Winds of Change (DxD)

Volume 6 - Chapter 10 - School Memories, Lilith, Rubicante and Crimson Moon*

Word count: 27k

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Japan, Kuoh

Skyward Household

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Jin Skyward's Soliloquy

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When we arrived home, it was quiet... too quiet, that I became suspicious.

"Why is it so quiet?" asked Kuroka.

"Mmm. It's usually a lot louder than this, even on calmer days it's a lot noisier," added Suzaku.

As I was about to take the first step—

"Aniiiiiiiiiikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!" the voice of a screeching Vali erupted from the elevator as he ran towards me.

I sighed and put my hand up. "I'll spar with you later; can you give me some time to unwind?" I asked. However, before he could answer me, Lavinia lunged at him and hugged him. Vali looked very uncomfortable.

"Vaa-kun, we just came back from a trip. Can you give us some time to get used to the pace here?" she asked in a gentle way. Vali's lips twitched but he agreed in the end and Lavinia let go of him. He muttered something about seeing me down in the [Training Facility].

"Nia-chin can neutralize Lucidrago very quickly, nyahahaha~" Kuroka then started looking around the place trying to detect Akeno. "Where's Akeno nya~? I wanna brag to her about my engagement~ nyuhuhuhuhu~" she said and skipped away.

"Well... dismissed, we can meet up later and discuss this in the meeting room with Team [DxD] and then inform the rest of the alliance," I told them and everyone left except for Suzaku who stayed by my side. "Is something wrong?" I asked her.

"Can I stay with you? I'll be going back to my clan later on so..."

"Sure thing, I was just planning on going to my office for a bit and sort through the things the Hindu gods might add. I'll just remove anything that isn't relevant. It may be boring though," I said, but Suzaku insisted on going.

So, we arrived in my office, and instead of heading to my desk like usual, I moved over to the couch. However, what I found on my desk was an explanation on why everyone was mostly missing, and the one to write it was Grayfia.

Team Slash/Dog was at an assignment with Fusae again, something apparently happened in Australia, so Team [DxD] went to it. The Gremory peerage were back in the Underworld with her since they were asked by Sirzechs and Asteri to help with Millicas' training. Grayfia also went back there to interrogate Euclid more.

Raiko and Rose were still apparently in their homeland, and they were coming home a day late. The rest were either in my home doing their usual things or in the [Training Facility]. I read this note with Suzaku as I had gone back over to the couch.

"Will you be fighting Vali Lucifer?" asked Suzaku.

"Hmm? Yeah, I mean he won't leave me alone otherwise, so I'll have to. But it'll be better than being stuck doing this all the time, though I'll try to get it done as quickly as possible," I replied and summoned some Android fairies.

"Do you want help?" she offered.

"You'll be doing your own work soon. I don't want to burden you with more work, Suzaku. If anything, you staying with me is going to help me a lot," I said.

"How would that—mmm..."

I interrupted her by kissing her. She was quite surprised, but also kissed me back.

"W-why...?"

"Well, I won't exactly get to relax even when I come home. I need to deal with this, then Vali and whatever other drama happens after I showed the world, I have another form beyond [Juggernaut Overdrive] and potentially my [Queen] for my [Boosted Gear]," I told her. "I need someone right now. Normally Nia would be attached to me, but she's gone to be with Vali, so..."