"Ken-chan! How was Hachi-kun? not too mean I hope," I hid the grimace on my face as I sat down in front of Susanoo-No-Mikoto at the Shin-Corp building's inner gardens.
"He was fine," I answered calmly, "We managed to get my Sacred Gear working once without me falling unconscious, but we hadn't managed to get it to work again after."
"Hmm, That's a start I suppose," The god said before he clapped his hands loudly and leapt to his feet.
"So! Today I'll be going over what You'll be expected to do once your training with Hachiman is over," Susanoo said and with a snap of his fingers, a television appeared next to him.
"As you might know already, Japan is filled to the brim with supernatural elements, from Excorsist families to Yokai, to lesser Kami and even wild spirits." Susanoo pressed a button on the TV remote and an image appeared on the screen, A man wearing a Yukata, Bird Wings extending out of his back, and a wooden mask covering his face.
A Tengu. I've already seen some in this very building.
Next Image was photo of a group of Bald old men, wearing monk robes with prayer beads around their necks, standing in row in front of a temple, smiling at the camera.
One of the men was holding a glowing slip of paper between his fingers.
And the final Image was of a large muscular creature, covered in green scales, a large shell on its back, with a bowl-like indent on its head. Standing its two back legs and flexing its arms like a bodybuilder, Several smaller Turtle-creatures standing near its feet smiling at the camera and jumping around, nowhere near as tall or muscular as the focus of the photo.
As I looked at that last image, I knew deep down, that this Turtle was more dangerous than All the monks and the Tengu combined.
"That's a Kappa..." I whispered as I looked at the last photo.
"Huh, this guy?" Susanoo pointed at the TV, "Don't worry about him, He's one of our Yokai, he knows better than to start trouble." Susanoo once more pressed the remote and the Image on screen changed to show Kyoto from above.
"Now, You gotta' understand something important, We at Shin-Corp have access to every corner of Japan, from the most northern peak of Hokkaido to the southernmost point in Okinawa, All that is our territory," Susanoo said.
"All of that except one place," He turned to look at me, "Kyoto," he paused for dramatic effect before he continued once he saw I wasn't giving him a reaction.
"There was a short while, Just over ten years ago, that Kouh was also one of those places," Now that got my attention.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
Susanoo smiled at that and sat down once again, Placing the remote on top of the blocky old television.
"Before we Shinto got active in monitoring our territory, The Yokai faction, an independent coalition of Yokai living in Kyoto, sold Kuoh as territory for a Devil," Susanoo spoke as he leaned forward in his seated position.
"As you might have guessed, that was a major step out of the boundaries that the Yokai faction had, and so we decided to be more active in how we deal with out territory. The Devil who bought Kuoh, was soon executed for having relations with an Exorcist of the church, and the Church pulled out as a result." Susanoo pointed his finger at me, "Don't worry, right now Kuoh is Shinto land and we won't be selling it to anybody,"
I nodded my head at that, glad to know that there weren't any Devils running around Kuoh.
"Back to our topic," Susanoo said and jumped back to his feet, "The Yokai Faction in Kyoto, We allow them to rule over themselves as long as they don't break a list of rules we gave them," He pointed at me, "Kidnapping you and introducing you to this world broke several of those rules, if you want to know," I nodded at that.
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Side Character DxD
FanfictionMotohama isn't an important character. He doesn't even get a last name. His character Archetype is Perverted Best Friend. He never engaged with the plot of the world around him. He is, without any question, A Side character. Until I took over, that...
