The Red Beast Of DxD

Chapter 15

"Hinata," Arata began, his tone gentle but cautious. He didn't get any further.

"I'm fine!" the dark-blue haired girl snapped, though it came out more of a gasp.

She looked much better, was much fuller than she had been the first time Kiba had seen her, her muscles and flesh starting to return, but she was still a far cry from whole,

And it made Kiba bite his lips to see the slender girl struggling so desperately to maintain a pack which would have been average sized for even a normal human.

"…hard to watch," Koneko muttered, and Kiba had to grimace as he nodded.

"She's trying hard," he offered, "and she's making good progress. But…"

Even as he said the words, he caught sight of the girl's legs starting to tremble.

Tensing, he moved to help, but he froze when even before Hinata's legs gave out, Arata already had an arm around her.

"Enough," Arata said gently, so gently you almost missed the firmness behind it.

"If this keeps up, your body might give in and I will have to make you stay in bed for the majority of the time here, I'm sure you don't want that, right?"

She gave a sudden snort, and Kiba realized that she had tried and failed in an embarrassing way to suppress a giggle.

The stern look she turned on the golden haired boy holding her was enough to make Kiba pretend as though a bird in the nearby tree was infinitely interesting just so he could avoid receiving it himself.

"You still haven't told me about it," she declared flatly. Arata sighed, and began to tug at the small pack the girl was carrying. She resisted, narrowing her eyes at him, before he sighed.

"If you'll let me carry your pack, hime-sama, then I could tell you?" Arata offered, and despite his usually easy going nature he seemed very nervous.

As though Hinata could sense that nervousness, she finally surrendered.

"I've wondered for a long time, so I suppose that will do," she muttered, still flushing red with shame and embarrassment as she let her boyfriend spoil her.

Arata gave her a small half smile as he swung her pack up onto his.

"I'll tell you next time." Said Arata.

"Hey! You cheated!"

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After they arrived at their destination, everyone took their rest after the long and cumbersome journey. Koneko also started to train Issei in his physical strength while Kiba helped in in his speed.

Arata asked permission to train on his own before he took off and went straight at the forest, but before he left he told Hinata to rest.

After arriving at the deepest part of the forest, he touched his earings and four bracelets appeared with puff of smoke. He took it and began to inspect it, a kanji of '1000' written on each of them.

Then, he took all of his clothes leaving him on his shorts that reaches his knee, and put every bracelets on all four of his limbs.

Right after he wore them, a click sound was heard and Arata quickly kneeled.

"Rrgghh! Gah! Fuck I can do this! Im a devil now, I'm physically stronger and tougher than before! 4000kg is nothing! AAHH!!"

Arata managed to stood up and began to do some 'light' exercises.