Knowledge is power

{Shizuka's POV}

(They're just like me and Rika.) Seeing the little goddess, because she was so little and I just wanted to hug her, reach out to the boy... It reminded me of the time Rika helped me. It was after an exam for my medical training, and I'd been asked to join a study group of my peers. At the time, I saw nothing wrong with it. Why would I? The person who invited me was a 'friend' at the time.

But getting there, I learned it wasn't a study group. The bottom of our class had decided to humiliate me, and by getting help from my 'friend' and a few others in our course, they almost did. They almost demeaned me, made my efforts into becoming a medic become a mistake, but I understood the situation for what it was. So before they got their chance, I left.

I left and didn't look back. But the sting of having someone I thought of as a friend, turn on me and try to humiliate me hurt far more than the attempt itself. I had no idea what they were going to try, but I didn't need to. The look in the eye from the person who opened that door told me all I would need to know.

But then Rika came, she offered me a place to stay, someone to be there when I needed help, and to just care about me. Rika and my relationship with her was the best thing that came out of that situation.

And Silver was the best person that came from the zombie apocalypse. He gave me the world, and like I said earlier, not it was MY turn to give the world to others. And Hestia along with the cute little rabbit seem just like the right people to get it.

Speaking of the little rabbit, after I shook hands with Hestia, I looked at him and saw the confused but happy face he had, and I hugged him. He was just too cute not too!

The embarrassed sound that came from both Hestia and Bell made me giggle. "W-What's going on?!" Hestia was starting to panic, but it was fineee. He could breathe... I was sure he could...

"Shizuka's just showing her affection in the best way she knows how... You should probably prepare yourself for that after his is done." Silver got me! Hestia started panicking now, and her twin tails even started whip around nervously. I made a note to introduce her to Saya later. They would probably get along great.

"Wha... But... I'll die! Do you SEE THOSE THINGS?! THOSE ARE WEAPONS! WEAPONS I TELL YOU!" Silver burst out in that lovely laugh of his, and I could see Hestia looking at me, a little worried. Not sure about what, she would be fine if I hugged her. "Oh no! Bell!" I blinked, looked down at the little rabbit, and saw he wasn't moving. Uh oh.

I brought him out of my hug, saw his face was redder than anything Saya has ever reached, and started shaking him. "Silveeer! Help! I think I killed him." Silver just laughed again, and Hestia almost fainted. But Silver came over, bopped me on the head, the meanie that he was, and grabbed the little rabbit from me. He looked at him, blinked, and then snorted.

"He's fine. He just passed out in embarrassment... Or suffocation. I can't tell which... I'll just assume both." Oh thank gods... Hm... That brought a question to my mind.

"Silver?" He blinked, then looked at me with a raised brow.

"Yes mo grá?" I preened inwardly at the name, I still loved hearing him call me it.

"Do we keep saying 'thank gods' or is it 'thank Hestia' now?" He blinked, and I watched as his tail started to slowly sway as he thought about it. Then he suddenly turned to Hestia, who was just looking between the two of us, clearly lost, and asked her.

"What do you think Tiny?" Hestia blinked, and seemed to break out of her confusion.

"I don't mind. And I'm not tiny! You're all just tall!" Silver smirked at her, and I couldn't help but giggle at her annoyance. She was just so cute! "Wait a minute! OH N...-" I just HAD to hug her. The way her breasts pressed against my body was a little arousing, but I focused more on the way she flailed around like a kitten. Even the way she grumbled against my breasts was cute.

"Silveeer. Are you SURE we can't keep them?" I tried giving him my puppy dog eyes, which were now my ultimate weapon, and I saw him falter! (Say yeees! You know you want too!) He tried to look away, but I saw his tail wagging up a storm.

It was very easy to read your lover when he had a tail that betrayed his thoughts. "We... We can't. I mean... There MIGHT be a way, but it can come later. Alright mo grá?" I deflated at that, and made sure my ears and tail drooped the sad way dogs did. I could control my tail and new ears the best, since it was part of me and I knew my body the best.

(Well, Silver and the rest of the girls do too, but I know what I mean.) I heard Silver grunt, and clutch his chest again, but the action made me smile again.

"By the way, I think she's out of it too." I blinked, looked at Hestia, and she went limp in my hug... Uh oh. I repeated what I did with the little rabbit, and heard Silver laugh again. I pouted at him, because now my new cute friends were unconscious, I ignored the fact that it was maybe my fault, and kept the pout as my tail swished about. Silver raised his hands at me as he put the little rabbit on his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. I huffed at him for that.

"It's not my fault they can't handle a hug!" Silver's lips twitched, and he just chuckled as he shook his head at me. Then he walked over to me, picked up Hestia and sat her on his shoulder, using an aura seat to make sure she didn't fall off, and motioned for me to follow.

"Let's get Tiny and Bell to their home. We can figure out what to do after." That made sense. I reached out for Silver's hand, and clasped it the moment he realized what I wanted. That made me happy enough to forgive him. "By the way, you ok mo grá?" I hummed as we started walking, and realized what he meant.

"Yes, it's just... They reminded me so much of Rika and I. They needed someone, just like I did. Hestia reminds me of Rika. Just a smaller, not tan and cuter version of her." Silver snorted at that last bit, and I smiled. "Then Bell is a more naive, male, and albino version of me. That loneliness, the sadness that comes from not having anyone by your side... I hate it. I don't want people to feel that way if I can help it. We've known them for a few minutes, but I know. I can just feel 're good people. Both of them should get the world, just like I did." He held my hand a little tighter, and I saw the look of determination he had in his eyes.

"Then they'll get it. But I won't coddle them, they'll need to earn it... Which they most likely will, but they still have to go through their own trials." I nodded at that, and hummed as we walked. I didn't know where we were going, but I didn't care. Silver was with me, and that was the only reassurance I'd ever need. Then Silver stopped, and I looked at him. I could see just how much he loved me when I peered into his eyes, and I waited for him to speak. "And remember mo grá, you're not alone. Not now, and not ever again. If someone makes you feel down or sad, just let me know. I'll blow em to hell in a hand basket."

He meant it, and I knew he did. That just made my love for him shine. I could just feel the wind whipping about as my tail wagged up a storm.

It also made me want to give our new cute friends the world, just like Rika and Silver gave me, even more.

I stood on my toes, and touched my forehead with his as I nuzzled him. Silver really was the best boy, and I would keep reminding him about it for all of time.

{Maccillian's POV}

I didn't expect to find Hestia recruiting Bell, but it gave me a good idea on WHEN we were in the timeline. I was pretty sure Bell was in Orario for like... A week before he found Hestia. I didn't know when exactly cannon started though. (But who needs cannon? I can kill 2 birds with a single stone now. I can curb Hestia's Bell obsession, and make the kid into a better adventurer then he was before. Broken skill or not, I'm making this kid go far... Even if I don't really like him as much.)

Which I didn't. I was kind of neutral about Bell. He was too idealistic. Too focused on helping people do the right thing and all that. It also slightly annoyed me that the kid had girls pinning after him, and didn't try going for any of them aside from Ais. I was even fine with Artemis despite my mentioning of Hestia's god age. Don't get me wrong, I liked both ships. But Haruhime was RIGHT THERE. Huh... (... Yeah... I have a type... Now that I think about it... Aisha hangs with her all the time... Oh I'm seeing some parallels here.) That thought aside, I could just chalk all that up to him being a literal 14 year old.

Was I a hypocrite citing his age when I liked Ruby for her optimism and childish ideas? No. Ruby was a cute girl in a red riding hood cape. Bell was a boy. It's called being biased. I shook that aside, and blinked. "Oh, we're here." And we were. I had to retrace Hestia's scent, but it led me to the run down church she stayed at. The thing looked just like it did in the anime... "Damn... We've slept in forests nicer than this." Shizuka giggled at that, but let go of my hand, and walked into the church.

I followed after her, and looked for a good spot to put down Hestia and Bell.

After finding the couches, I set them down on opposite sides, and let Shizuka put their heads on her shoulders. I didn't question it, and decided to look around. The place really was a dump... But, there was something here. I didn't really know how to describe it, the closest I could go was... "It kinda feels like home." It was strange. This rundown church somehow reminded me of not only my home with Rika and Shizuka, but also the home I had with my parents. Both of them.

"Mhm... It's nice, isn't it Silver?" I hummed a response, and laid on the ground.

"So, what should we do for now?" Shizuka hummed, ran her fingers through Bell and Hestia's hair, and just thought about it.

"Not sure. Don't care either. Just point the way, and I'll follow wherever we go Silver." I grinned at that, and decided to spoil her for the answer. So I shifted, and went over to lay my head in her lap. Shizuka let out a happy sound, and stopped playing with Bell and Hestia so she could focus on me. My wolf forms ears and tail hadn't changed, so at least that was confirmed. "Silver?" Hm?

I looked at Shizuka, and waited for her to talk. She still seemed a little serious, but it was only a little. "What do YOU want to do here?" I was a little surprised at the question, but didn't mind it. I barked out my answer, and let her hum.

'Help all of you grow. And try to grow with you. I said that before, but I also want to have fun as we travel.' Shizuka started caressing my ears, and nodded after a bit.

"Then let's show them all the fun we can have. It'll be just like that time we all slept over with Ruby!" And now she was back to her usual self. The 'sleepover' was more of all of us being coerced by Shizuka to all sleep in a pile of fur and bodies. This was before Ruby and Yang were turned, so Ruby ended up being buried beneath Shizuka and Saya, while Yang ended up trapped with Saeko.

It was a fun picture. But then again. 'Didn't you almost break the couch that morning?' Shizuka just stared at me, and blinked.

"What couch?' I barked out a laugh at that, and then stopped when I heard and saw Hestia shifting.

"Ugh... What a wei...-" Then she saw us. And the way she blinked, stared, and then made her eyes go comically wide was hilarious. "Oh... OH... OHHHH!" She practically bounced out of the couch. "Are you serious!? Are you really going to join me?! ME of all goddesses?!" Shizuka gave her a smile, and reached her hand out again. Hestia blinked, then took her hand. The kind smile on Shizuka's face was almost motherly.

"Yes. We're going to give you the wooorld!" Hestia blinked again, then crashed into Shizuka to hug her. Shizuka wrapped Hestia up, and didn't suffocate her in her breasts this time. Seeing the little goddess crying on Shizuka's shoulder was both endearing, and a little sad. I understood why Shizuka took to Hestia like a mother to their child, despite the fact one was a literal goddess. Rika told me about the reason she cared about Shizuka so much, and I could easily see Shizuka finding that loneliness in Hestia. That thought made me remember another thing..

Despite saying I was here to let the problems come to me, I had another reason for being here. Other than curbing her Bell obsession. I liked Hestia. She was this happy ball of energy that had a mostly one sided love for a kid. Now I knew why of course, he was the first person to become a member of her familia. Her first child. (Without context, that sounds way more fucked up. 'A goddess falling in love with her first child' is kinda bad.) That aside, I liked Hestia's character.

And now that I've met her, despite only having a few minutes to talk to her, I came to the same conclusion I did when I first watched the series. (I like her.) Not in a romantic way mind you, but just in general. So with that understood, I shifted, and put a hand on her head. She sniffled at that, and I watched as she turned her head to look at me.

As soon as we made eye contact, I gave her a grin, and decided to cheer her up. "Want to do it now and make it official?" Her eyes went wider at that, and I thought I saw a star shine in her eyes. But instead of jumping at the opportunity, she shook her head, wiped her tears away, then cleared her throat.

"We should wait for Bell... I want to do all of you together... I don't think it'll feel right if we left him for last." That made sense. I nodded my agreement, and hummed. Hestia looked like she was about to say something else, but then Shizuka's tail started to tickle Hestia, and I saw the mischievous light shine in her eyes when she found out she could do that. Hestia seemed to see it too, and she practically jumped away. Kind of like a cat. Shizuka got off the couch, and slowly started to walk towards her. "Wait a minute! D-don't do it!" Shizuka's smile widened, and she basically started stalking towards Hestia.

The little goddess was backing away, 'fear' evident on her face like a cornered animal, and I just sat down on the couch, letting the show play out. "Tickle attack!" Shizuka lunged at Hestia, with base human strength and speed, and Hestia avoided it and started running around the room, with Shizuka chasing her. I knew what Shizuka did there, and I obviously approved.

"NOOO! MACCILLIAN! HELP MEEE!" I just laughed as they started running circles around the room. Though all the noise seemed to have woken up the last person of our quartet. Bell groaned, started wiping his eyes, then paused as he took in the sight of Hestia running away from Shizuka.

"What... Huh?" I laughed at his reaction, and that made him turn to me. He blinked, then suddenly got all flustered. "He-HELLO!" His shout made both women stop running, though Shizuka slowly started to move over to Hestia, and look at him.

"Hey to you too kid. How're you feeling?" He shot a glance towards Shizuka, which slightly amused me when he started to burn red, and started nodding like a bobble head.

"I-I'm fine! Thank you for asking." I nodded, and was about to say something, but then the squeak from Hestia brought our attention towards her. And when I saw Shizuka was hugging Hestia from behind, giving her the infamous breast hat, and tickling her, I just nodded and looked at Bell. He was right here after all, so why not get to know the kid like I did the rest of the RWBY gang? I didn't have a reason not to.

"While they do that, wanna just talk, kid?" Bell looked like I'd just tossed him gold when I asked, and managed to pry his eyes away from the way Shizuka and Hestia's breasts moved.

"Yes sir!" I rolled my eyes at the address, and got up.

"Come on then kid, let's let the women have their fun. Mo grá, let me know when you're done!"

"Kay!" Hestia stared at me with wide eyes, and started reaching towards Bell and I like a dying woman taking her last breaths.

"TRAITOOOR!" I just laughed, and walked out with Bell. He followed after me like a puppy, and it was kinda adorable...

(The fuck? You know what, forget it.) Bell and I stood outside the church, and just stayed there. Bell was fidgeting as Hestia and Shizuka's laughs were heard from the church.

"U-um... What should we do now?" I shrugged.

"Dunno. The idea was to just help you stop staring at their tits." Seeing Bell panic, start waving his hands in front of his face, and then just start bowing was an odd but amusing sequence of events.

"I'M SO SORRY!" I clapped his back, almost making the kid stumble, and just laughed.

"It's fine, kid. Shizuka and I don't care. I don't think Hestia noticed, or didn't mind. Though you gotta do better kid. Can't keep getting embarrassed when you see a gorgeous woman." He straightened back up, and started fidgeting again.

"B-but how? I don't... I don't know how." I grinned. Step 1 of the 'make Bell a better man plan' was a go. I wasn't about to let this kid be dense as shit, or not know how to talk to women. I wanted my fucking Bell x Haruhime ship to sail dammit! And if he ended up with more then that, maybe with Ais somehow, then oh fucking well.

"For that, there are a few ways. Wanna know how?" I made a mental note on how fast Bell shifted from stuttering insecure child, to determined and ready to learn student. It wasn't even funny, yes it was, how fast he changed.

"How do I do it sir!?" I put an arm around his shoulder, and grinned at him.

"What you have to do is..." I started talking, and he looked like a soldier taking orders. And I knew. I was going to have so much fun with this. (Hm... Wonder what the girls are doing.)

{Saya's POV}

Re-reading about War Shadows was interesting. They were like a cheaper Grimm. Thinking about how they were structured, as a strange blob of something, again, similar to how Grimm were, was a subject I wanted to find out more on. "I'll need to write a reminder about nabbing one to experiment on later." That was meant for myself, but the groan I heard, and movement I saw from Athena, made me pause.

"Experiment... On what?" She was slowly getting up from the couch, and took a moment to look at the books I'd grabbed. I found all the ones I needed, and nabbed a few more for good measure. I was reading the bestiary, I outright skipped the kobolds because they were a disgrace, and Athena seemed to approve.

"War Shadows. They're similar to creatures I've come across with my pack, and I'm interested in picking them apart to see what else is similar." That caught Athena's attention the moment I finished saying it, and she got back into her librarian posture.

"Really? What were these creatures called? How similar to War Shadows would you say they are? Did you perhaps have some notes about them?" Oh yeah. I was going to love this woman. I marked the page I stopped at, and set the bestiary down by my other books.

"They were called Grimm. A War Shadow seems to be similar from the fact both creatures are seemingly made out of solidified darkness. I DO have notes, they are just with my lover and sister mate at the moment." Athena nodded along for my first two points, looked interested halfway through my third, but froze when I finished. I just watched her blink once, then twice, and flush a pretty red after the third.

"S-sISter mate?" I had to keep myself from giggling at the voice crack, and eventually nodded. I wasn't sure if harems were a commonplace thing in this world, I didn't have that kind of information, but I didn't really care. If anyone had a problem with our relationship, then I'd beat the shit out of them.

"Yes. I'm in a poly-amorous relationship with one man and three other women." I wasn't even TRYING to tease her, but Athena just seemed to get light headed at the answer. That was a good sign, but just to make sure. "Hm? Would you like MORE information about this Lady Athena?" NOW I was teasing her but also fishing for her opinion. She went even redder than before, and started stuttering up a storm. (Holy shit... This is like crack.) I watched the Goddess of Wisdom stutter and blush like a virgin schoolgirl at the image I gave her. (To be fair, Saeko made me blush and stutter worse yesterday... Holy fuck, I've found an outlet other then sex to deal with this... I'm a genius!) Self praise took a backseat when Athena managed to bring herself back from the stuttering mess that she became.

She cleared her throat, and managed to keep a leveled look at me, despite the still clear blush on her cheeks, and looked 'serious' again. I gave her my full attention, and waited on her. "Well, we were sidetracked quite a few times here. But let us get back to the main topic, shall we?" I nodded, and started taking off my Qipao again. She hadn't said anything against it, so I assumed it was fine in her opinion. I saw Athena's eyes trail my body, and even saw a slight twinge of... Disappointment? As I laid against the couch.

I mentally grinned at that. (If that means what I'm assuming it means, then I'm getting so much mileage out of this.) I watched as Athena schooled her expression and went towards one of the desks by the side. After rummaging around for a second or two, she found a quill, grabbed a chair, and came back over to me. After pushing the table a bit back, she set the chair next to me, and sat down.

"Are you prepared for this Saya Takagi?" She was in 'serious' mode for this, and I appreciated the professionalism.

"Yes. Go ahead Lady Athena." She nodded at my answer, and I watched her prick her index finger on the quill. My senses went a little crazy as I saw a drop of her blood come out, and I just watched as she put it on my back. The moment she did, I felt my aura recognize it, and I felt like I could resist this if I fought it. I wasn't sure if I would be able to beat it, but I knew I could fight it if I chose to do so. But since this was something I asked for, I chose not to fight it.

"Astounding. Did you feel some kind of resistance Ms. Takagi?" I nodded at her, and let her keep going. I had to control my aura to not fight against being given a falna, so I couldn't verbally respond. "Unbelievable! I don't think there's ever been a case where a child was able to resist being given a falna! We MUST discuss this sometime soon Ms. Takagi." I nodded again, and waited for Athena to finish giving me her falna.

And after a few minutes, she was done. "OH MY! A, wait, TWO unique skills already?! My dear, we have so much to talk about!" The pure joy in her voice interested me, and the mention of skills even more so. I had a few ideas from what I had read in the beastiary, it had mentioned the skill 'Abnormal Resistance' when talking about the Purple Moths of floor 7. A stupid name if you asked me, but an interesting creature. It reminded me of a Dustox from Pokemon.

Then I sat up, and Athena handed me my status. "Hm?"

Saya Takagi - Level 1

Power : I - 0

Endurance : I - 0

Dexterity : I - 0

Agility : I - 0

Magic : I - 0

Unique Skills

Αναλύει - By focusing on an object, be it a structure, creature, or other, the caster gains the ability to understand whatever is being focused on.

Aρχείο - No sights should be forgotten. No knowledge lost. You are incapable of losing memories. Can be sorted mentally.

Development Abilities

I looked at my status, and hummed. (So it doesn't take into account prior experience. Laplace doesn't even register either... Though I can't say I like seeing my status to be so low considering I've had them put into numerical values before. Then these skills... That first one seems like Yin's Observe, but better in my opinion. Then that second one? 'Can be sorted mentally?) I decided to go with my gut on this, and thought about my mind.

And not even a second later, I saw I was in a library. Not Athena's library, but just one in general. Then I felt how this skill was supposed to work, and started figuring it out. It might've taken me more time to do so if I didn't already have an idea for this the moment I got 'here.'

A Memory Palace.

I turned my mind to the image of Athena's library, and sorted my memories into shelves. I was tempted to make it look like home, but that would've been a little more annoying to navigate. I'd rather navigate a library than an empty mansion.

I had no clue how long this went on for, but when I felt like there was nothing else I could sort, I 'nodded' and returned back to the real world. Apparently just in time to have Athena hug me with all the excitement of a happy Shizuka. "Oh my dear, you are going to be the best seeker of knowledge the world has ever SEEN! AH! We need to celebrate!" Athena was absolutely ecstatic, and I couldn't help but find her enthusiasm was rubbing off on me.

That and her breasts, but the horny part of my mind could take a back seat again.

I returned Athena's hug, and just let the happy goddess have her fun. "AHA! I know just the place to go my dear! To the Hos...-" I blinked, Athena looked at me with a smile that slowly froze. She looked at our position, that she was practically in my lap with her breasts pressed against mine, and started getting a nosebleed again. "AHH!" She backed away, and practically fell backwards onto the table.

I just blinked again, looked at her position, and didn't even waste a second with this new material that just fell into my lap. (Well, she fell OUT of it, but still counts.) I gave her a grin, and went in for the kill. "So you like being on your back, good to know." Athena turned into a nuclear tomato, and I just laughed my ass off as she passed out again. (Fucking damn, teasing someone is the best thing in the world. Why have I not done this sooner?! Ah... That's right, I didn't have anyone to do this too. Oh well. NOW I DO!)

I'd forever deny that I started cackling like a lunatic after that thought went by.

{Saeko's POV}

"I'm telling you Crazy, Amazons being the majority of dark skinned women here is a sign. I was born to be an Amazon." I rolled my eyes at Rika's logic. We had heard about them from the helpful woman Eina, and Rika had latched onto the idea that she somehow, was an Amazon in spirit. Now I was also interested in these Amazons but for an entirely different reason. "Though I might be the most chill one. How the hell do you end up with an entire race of women that are like YOU." That one.

"Oh I don't know. Perhaps it's also a sign? Maybe you should indulge in battle more often, Rika. Especially considering you hardly use Triple Tap's axe configuration." Which was true. I could count on one hand the amount of times she used that configuration. Even now, Triple Tap was in its spear configuration to avoid too much interest. This world didn't have guns after all.

"Yeah right. Just say you want to beat my ass Crazy, we both know you're the bitch to go too when it's up to CQC." I hummed at that, kept an eye on our watchers, and nodded. 'If it comes to it, I'll be support.'

"Well I do. You make the most interesting sounds when I kick you." Rika snorted at that, and clapped my back without using all her fingers.

'4' I subtly nodded. Just as many as I noticed. "You kicked me in the tit you crazy bitch. You know they're sensitive." I smirked at her, and licked my lips at the thought of fighting our observers.

"A fight is a fight Rika. Fighting dirty is an advantage no matter the circumstances." She shrugged, but subtly shook her head. I sighed, and felt my tail droop. She didn't clear me to go kill our observers.

"I mean you're right. But at the same time, Silver doesn't fight dirty." He did, but that was a message. My lord had said he wasn't sure on the rules on killing others here, so I couldn't just go after our observers, torture the information out of them, and then kill them. Rika's message was to tell me my lord hadn't told us it would be fine to engage. I'd take it for now, and vent any frustration's I had on the dungeon monsters.

"That's fine. I'll just need to ensure I'm the only one that chooses to do so when the time is right."

'I'll fight if they choose to come after us.' Rika understood, and nodded.

We kept walking, and talking about Amazons, then found out where the most of them were after a stray Amazon told us about it. "The red light district? Makes sense. We're hot as shit and fuck like crazy." I rolled my eyes yet again at Rika. While yes I would openly admit she IS sexy, I doubted that was because she was secretly an Amazon.

"So that's what you think? That you're sexier than I am?" Rika gave me a smirk, turned to me, and held her arms under her bust.

"Are we really comparing ourselves Crazy? Cause I think I'm winning THIS." I returned her smirk and posture, and stared at Rika. I had grown another inch, and had two over her now, but our busts mirrored the other. Rika hadn't gained anything in height, but both of our busts had grown a few more cms. Not enough to be another cup size, but still, growth was growth.

"And I assure you Rika, I wouldn't say you're sexier then I am. After all, what is that song we love? Aha! ~Like an animal. I want you to myself come on take control yeah, can you hold me down smooth criminal yeah, you're rushing through my veins. Got me going half insane. I, I, I'm feeling like an animal.~ And we ALL know I'm the sexiest ANIMAL around." I let my claws grow and fangs bare themselves to accentuate my point. I even felt my tail swish around in a predatory manner, and Rika seemed to take it as a challenge.

She grinned a grin as feral as mine, and copied me. She came closer, pressed herself against me as she let her claws grow, bared her fangs, and met my challenge. "Don't go singing that song to me crazy. You know I love it. ~I want you tied up in my bed with my name carved deep into your chest. These harmless games went to my head, now I want you breathing down my neck.~ We ALL know who that first verse fits. So tell me crazy, who wants to be a sexy animal when you'd rather be tied up taking it from the back like a call girl? Hell, the last time you were on top the WHOLE time was like a month ago." I grinned at Rika, and was about to respond, but heard someone whistle and come towards us.

Rika and I turned to the newcomer, and saw a tanned woman maybe an inch shorter than me with flowing black hair, wonderful purple eyes, in a revealing outfit that showed off her curves, muscles, toned calves and a physique that spoke of power. I also took note that she was barefoot, had what seemed to be groceries in her hand, and was trailed by another pair of tanned women. (Ah, the subjects of our initial conversation. They all seem to be quite strong as well... Oh this will be VERY interesting.)

"Well damn, I heard some beautiful singing, but who the hell are you two beautiful ladies?" The Amazon who caught my eye spoke first, and I could see the amusement all over Rika's face. Rika had been wearing my lord's jacket wrapped around her waist, leaving her only in the white top she wore when we first met her. So to me, this looked like Rika had met a long lost sister.

Rika held her arm out, and the yet to be named Amazon had clasped it instantly. "Name's Rika Minami. What's yours ya bad bitch?" The Amazon grinned, and clapped Rika on the back. An action she mirrored.

"I'm Aisha Belka. Just call me Aisha. And I'm liking you already Rika." They broke off their hug, and I saw fit to introduce myself. I retracted my claw, and walked over to Aisha.

"I am Saeko Busujima." I held my hand out to Aisha, and she gave me a solid shake in return. And that contact allowed me to finish the conclusion I came to when I first saw this woman. (She's stronger than me. Granted I am in my base form, but SHE'S STRONGER. OH YES!) My face must've betrayed my thoughts, since Aisha gripped my hand harder, and sent me a challenging smirk.

"Wanna go doggy?" My grin was all the answer I had to give. Her face shifted, and I swore I was seeing a mirror of myself. "Oh we're going to get along GREAT." That did it.

I turned to Rika, and kept the grin on my face. "I will concede your earlier points. Amazon's are WONDERFUL." The first one I met was like a combination of Rika and I, and I was looking forward to meeting more.

Rika snorted at that. "Oh sure, NOW you agree after finding someone that could pass off as my slightly more built cousin with a battle hard on as big as yours." Aisha and the Amazons behind her laughed, and I turned back to Aisha.

"I do hope you don't break too quickly Aisha. It would be a shame if I lost a new friend so quickly." Aisha's laughter grew more boisterous, and I joined her.

"Yeah. I'm going to LOVE the two of you." Rika and I agreed, and we began walking with our new friends.

(Ah, this day is shaping up to be amazing.) It was made even better when our pursuers stopped following us when we walked with Aisha.

[Omake - Da fuq? Loki's POV]

It was a nice day, birds were chirping and all that, the sun was hitting me just right, and it was just generally a real nice morning ya know? Well it looked like the morning wanted to say 'fuck you!'

There I was, chilling in the room of my familia's estate, thinking about finally getting Ais to let me cop a feel, when Fin walks through the door with an ever oh so serious Riveria, and a confused looking Bete in tow. Now normally, I wouldn't find that surprising. Sure they had a dive planned in two days... Or three, might've been three.

But it was the news they brought me that confused all the fuck out of me. "Say that again for me? I might still be hungover, cause I KNOW I did not just hear that right." Now I loved my kids, but I thought they were playing a prank on me. ME! The Queen of I dun did its!

Riveria nodded, and repeated the shit she just said. "A little under an hour ago, one of our members spotted a man that bears a STRIKING resemblance to Bete. He was reported carrying both Goddess Hestia, and a boy with white hair towards the church. This man is also a Werewolf who was seen with another woman, also a Werewolf, carrying luggage. I believe these people have just arrived in Orario, and would like to know your input about going to meet them."

I just fuckin looked at Bete at this point. I knew the kids' past, so the fact a Werewolf, which I could count on one hand how many there were here, was spotted, explained why the usually brash and antagonistic guy was as confused as I was. "You got anything to add here boyo?" Bete zoned back in from wherever the hell he went, and scrunched his brows.

"I don't. I was the last one, I was fucking SURE I was. My tribe shouldn't have ANY survivors. But then Finn comes over to me and brings THIS shit up? I don't know WHAT the hell to think!" I felt that, and I didn't know what to do with it.

On one hand, (Bete MIGHT, the biggest fuckin might in the world, have family.) ON THE OTHER HAND, (WHY THE OPPAI LOLI?! WHAT DA FUQ WORLD?! IS IT BECAUSE OF HER FUQIN RACK? IS IT BECAUSE I SPILLED SOME OF MY BEER ON TIONE LAST WEEK? WHY?! AHHHHHH!) I didn't let them know I was internally raging at my dreaded arch nemesis, but I was pretty sure Riveria and Finn noticed. But eh, to hell with what they thought at this particular moment. "So NOW what?!" Riveria and Finn just gave me a flat look, and I just looked at them. "What?"

Riveria just sighed, and leveled a look at me. "I am asking permission to reach out to this man in order to get answers for Bete. I find it doubtful that this may impact our schedule, but I want to be thorough. So do I have permission to move back the dive if the event calls for it?" Oh. That was easy.

"Yeah that's fine." The three of 'em nodded at that, then they walked out of the room. That gave me time to think, and damn was that annoying. The fact that the Oppai Loli got the attention of not only a Werewolf, but someone that looked like Bete? (Again, DA FUQ WORLD?!) I got out of my chair, went over to one of my bookcases, and pulled the hidden switch.

My shelf moved, I opened up the chest behind it, and stared at the thing inside of it.

A doll off my arch nemesis. Stupid giant rack and all.

Then I started shaking it! "AHHHHHH!" Who gave a shit if my kids could hear me raging at the Oppai Loli?

Not I, that's who! "AHHHHHHHHHH!"