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CxC Chapter 8: Bigger They Are
🕑 Added 2024-12-11 16:22:50 +0000 UTC~Yuta Yukimura~
I would say I settled into a pretty good routine at night, it was cooking and working out while watching the anime Morisawa lent me, speaking of, I should probably give them back to him sometime.
I tried to cook a meal for the cloud elemental on the off chance that she may eat it but no. Seems like she really is just a sentient gathering of clouds.
Out of the things I tried with her she did seem like to... eat? Ice cubes. I could tell because I could vaguely communicate with my familiars it seemed. I could tell their intentions and they could tell mine
So, this was why I ended up doing pushups while my elemental floated idly and chewed ice cubes out of a bag while watching me.
She didn't make for a very pleasant conversation partner I will admit, on the account of being unable to engage in conversation. But at least she was company. Besides, she was the perfect air conditioner without having the funky air of an air conditioner.
Another thing to note was that I was making spectacular progress in filling out my frame. Regeneration was truly busted, I could already see some definition on my frame. And when I drew on my demonic power I noticed my physical power was enhanced.
On average, as a devil I was about twice to thrice as strong as I was when I was a human? Thankfully, it was not too hard to get stronger yet, I hope I get some gravity training power, that would be pretty friggin sweet.
As a repeat, I abused my body until exhaustion and was given the world's strongest shower throwing myself to bed. Normally, with how utterly exhausted I was and the fact I was only sleeping for a solid smattering of hours I wouldn't wake up to any normal alarm.
So, instead of just relying on my alarm I had my Cloud Elemental wake me up when my alarm rang by sprinkling water in my face.
Sure, it was not a pleasant way to wake up at all but it woke me up and that was what mattered. And after that, it was breakfast and going to school with Rias in tow.
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~Yuta Yukimura~
Again, Rias and I parted our way, something unexpected happened.
"Yukimura―! You bastard!" I saw one Issei Hyoudou running at me while shouting and swinging his fist while the other two of the perverted trio seemed aggrieved with me too. I think their names were Cueball and Four Eyes.
I turned to them with a confused expression, did I even speak to them before?
Issei and his friends reached me and he pointed an accusing finger at me.
"You! How the hell did a loner like you get the attention of Rias-senpai! You have to tell me!" I turned to him, speechless while his other friends rattled on too.
"Yeah, how did you even get in her good graces? We even saw you get out of class Akeno-senpai too! What secret are you hiding? Did you learn hypnosis!? You have to teach us too!" The four-eyed man rattled on while Cueball nodded.
"Yes, us loners have to stick together. That's why you can introduce us to some occult research club girls right? Seriously how did a loner like you even come to school with the school idol? I'll even part with some of my porno collection with you so just introduce us will you?"
I looked at them.
I... I'm just... lost for words.
What the fuck were they smoking? Seriously how do you ask something from someone like that? I am pretty sure they insulted me more than they asked for my help.
Were they just that deluded? The bigger question is how I should mess with them? Hmm. I have an idea, is it worth spreading rumours more just to feel the satisfaction?
Yes, yes it was.
I took a breath and channelled my inner smugness before unleashing my most condescending grin possible.
"Hmph, why would I need your porno's when I already have a relation with Rias where we shared a bed naked together?" The three recoiled in shock as if physically struck by my statement while I left their blustering selves behind.
I felt my intelligence briefly drop down to their levels for humouring their delusions but seeing their crushed faces made it. Now I just hope I don't have to see any their faces again.
As I made my way to class I got a ping on my phone. Pulling it out of my pocket I looked at the id.
'A message from boss?'
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~Yuta Yukimura~
I knocked on the Occult Research Club room door, I had no idea why Rias needed to call a meeting at this late into the night. Was I getting fired for not meeting an unknown contract quota? Did I fail some arbitrary test Rias gave me that I did not know about?
"Come in." Hearing the invitation I entered the room to find the entire peerage waiting for me.
"...Why did everyone gather? Did I come too late?" Rias shook her head.
"No, you came just in time Yuta-kun, we have all gathered here because a stray devil who attacked their master was spotted in my territory and we are going to dispose of it." Oh, that was bad, I think. Stray devils in general kinda go off the rails, especially ones that are insane enough to attack their king.
"I see. Why did they decide to hide here? Surely it would be smarter to hide somewhere else not ruled by a Devil?" Akeno helpfully supplied me with the answer.
"That's because Kuoh has a sparse supernatural population due to being Devil territory. It's easier to hide where fewer people will find you rather than somewhere like Kyoto with a high density of supernaturals." Rias added on top of it.
"And they underestimate me." Rias added with a slightly offended undertone. "They assume that I will be some incompetent princess unable to take care of them or them because of my age. So we will be doing the family who the stray escaped from a favour and show that strays have no business in my territory." I shrugged, made sense to me. I didn't need much of a reason.
Bossman(Bosswoman?) wanted the stray dead, that meant I was killing the stray apparently. Because it meant it was a mission and missions were tickets and tickets were power and power was good.
"Alright, how do we do this?"
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"Alright, we are here."
We all stepped out of the teleportation circle Akeno had cast and began walking to the abandoned theatre at the edge of Kuoh. I felt a tad nervous as we approached. Inside the theatre was just about what one would expect, just the usual horror movie setting. But ignoring the cliche, when the moment Akeno said she detected something we all got on edge.
"I smell something foul, something sweet. I wonder if it will be tasty or bitter~" A giant creature crawled out with the upper body of a naked woman, her voice sounded garbled like it was multiple voices stitched together. She looked like a woman who stapled everything above her torso to some fucked up chimaera the size of a double-decker bus.
Uh... on second thought, I don't think I can mildly inconvenience at least 20 tons of mean with 6 arms, sharp claws and presumably magic. While I was debating the logistics of trying to take on the stray devil Rias suddenly did an anime pose.
"Stray Devil Viser! For the crime of abandoning your king and selfishly pursuing your desires at the cost of my people's safety, I sentence you to death! I will blow you away!" I had to give Rias a second glance at that.
"Rias-san, did you practice that pose and speech?" I could see beads of sweat forming on her forehead as a blush overcame her face.
"N-nevermind that." She definitely did, was my king a Chuuni? That was adorable. "Yuta-kun, allow us to show you how Devils truly fight." Viser grinned madly at that, exposing her sharp teeth, her visage growing more... demonic(heh).
"I'd like to see you try you pompous brat! I smash your skull and see which is brighter, your hair or your blood." She raised her large body in preparation, damn did she look intimidating, but I decided to try my luck.
"Say, Rias-san, could I try something? I'd like to try and take her on myself." Rias looked at me with wide eyes as I pulled off my blazer and tossed it aside while rolling my sleeves.
"What? Why, you just reincarnated Yuta-kun, it's too dangerous for you to face a stray devil." I took a step forward and gave Rias a reassuring look.
"Don't worry boss, I discovered some things about myself. I want to try my mettle against hers at least once. Besides, don't I have some reliable senpai's right behind me who can cover for me if I mess up?" Rias looked hesitant but Akeno placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Just let Yuta-kun have a try Buchou, just place a little trust in him. Besides, with us here he shouldn't be in any real danger." Rias looked back at Akeno and then at me and then slumped her shoulders.
"Alright Yuta-kun, go ahead. We will pull you out in any case of danger." I smiled back at them which made Rias blush a little.
"Thanks boss, Akeno-senpai." I stepped forward where Viser was looking at me eagerly. "Sorry to keep you Viser, and thanks for waiting."
"Hihihi~" Her laugh sounded like nails on a chalkboard. "I don't mind waiting handsome, especially since such a good meal presents itself to me, I will keep you alive just to drain you over and over." I rolled my shoulders.
My eyes appraised her form, looking for any weak spots, any approaches I could take.
"Thanks for the consideration I guess." My arms looked more muscled as muscles strained and veins expanded like I suddenly took steroids while my nails grew into 3-inch claws, I was basically copying Killua with a little upgrade thanks to Natural Weapons, my claws were sharper and more durable than the average knife.
But as I was leisurely walking I suddenly snapped my fingers and took off into a sprint at the same time my elemental emerged, drawing gasps and exclamations of surprise from the crowd and Viser who raised an eyebrow at the Cloud Elemental who just joined the fray.
Thank you for underestimating my capabilities.
"Thunder." I whispered under my breath.
Crackle! Zap!
"Grraaaaaah!!!" Viser made a horrible noise of pain as my cloud elemental heeded my quiet command and blasted Viser with lightning like a certain emperor.
"You bitch I will tear you apart!!!" I felt my demonic power drain as my elemental blasted Viser with thunder, and while Viser's attention was squarely on my familiar I sprinted to her blind spot and waited for a moment where I could strike.
When Viser raised her giant body to slam her hand down on my elemental I summoned her back, making Viser crush down on nothing while at the same time I leapt at her, leveraging my enhanced Devil body to step on her large centaur-esque lower body as a foothold to launch myself toward her human half with my claws raised.
"Grahhh!" My fingers sunk into her neck, but it felt tough, like hardened leather, I wasn't able to sever her head fully, a shame, and taking advantage of my failure Viser grabbed my arm, her grip felt like a metal vice.
"You fucking brat I will rip out your balls and shove them down your throat!" I grimaced slightly as I felt my bone break under her grip, I could hear shouts of concern and saw Akeno prepare a magic circle in the corner of my vision along with a Kiba who looked ready to spring into action but I still had a card up my sleeve.
___/Abilities\_____________
-Active(1/1)-
[Uncommon - Natural Weapons] -> [Uncommon - Sand Veil]
"Grahh! Fuck!" Viser had to let go of my hand as a vicious blast of sand emerged from my body and blasted her with the power of a localized sandstorm right in the face, pelleting her eyes and mouth with fast particles of sand and powerful winds. And I took advantage of her distraction to use my still transformed hand.
"Kuaaakh!"
To drive my non-broken arm into the other side of her neck to fully sever her spinal cord, drawing a short pained gasp before her human half limped and her chimaera half collapsed, dropping me down to the ground.
Victory tastes sweet.
A/N: Yuta finally encounters the pervert trio in the flesh and predictably, they accost him for being near a pretty woman because they cannot handle the salt.
In other news, Yuta finally displays his combat potential, he thinks calmly and assesses the situation, he feels no fear when jumping in, he has faced far worse situations and came out of them alive after all. Whats a chimaera beast if not Thursday? What did you guys think about the short Viser fight scene? I wanted to show how Yuta uses his abilities in a combat situation, his current build is really leaning on an assassin approach.
Comments
Colin Peden
So, will he go chunni himself? Will he quote Assassin's Creed? Will he work in the shadows to serve the light (Rias)? I can't wait for both the conversation on his abilities and when he grills her about her Sailor Moon rip off. 😁
Better World Project
Okay, this is awesome. Though Raynara didn't kill Issei which is weird? Okay, what evil plans are the fallen trio cooking up? Asia gonna need some help big time. Also new ticket 🎟 what is he gonna get now. He beat a character in canon was ganged up on by Rias group so something good at least
Rauko the varment
Oh! That would be three achievements or one, right there, if they all need to have one! Getting the trio girlfriends! When has any DXD novel or fanfic ever given the cueball or four-eyes 'good' endings?
Dave Steele
Great fight. Also, Yuta is not beating the delinquent allegations with how the rumors will spread even further now. And he's getting muscular too!
Loghead101
I always thought it was ridiculous how the perverts mauled at every single opportunity about life is unfair and pretty boys need to die like dudes, if yall could just get rid of the sexual harassment, they’d be able to get girlfriends. They’re not that bad otherwise. They just can’t keep themselves in check. Hell you know there are girls who are just as perverted as them and would be into that but don’t want to commit social suicide. And Yuta just got a solid pull. Maybe a silver advantage. It’s not something to be expected this early in the game but not wholly a risk that is set apart either. And the group finally saw his multitude of abilities, can’t wait for the conversation and how it will go.
Jaded
Honestly I agree on keeping this up, maybe till we get through the fallen angel/Asia stuff.
dragongod0117
Same
Rauko the varment
Damn it, i was so into it that it felt so short! I'm already going through withdrawals here, I need moar, Moar, MOAR!!! Pretty please?
