Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Kyoto
[3rd POV]
"So how is it that we were allowed to come here? This is the territory of the Yokai, isn't it?" A woman's voice sounded out amongst the streets of a large and bustling city. This was Morgan, as she walked through the streets of Kyoto, Serafall at her side.
"I got permission of course! I'm the Satan of Foreign Affairs for a reason" Serafall replied with a grin, a magical girl outfit covering her form. Morgan on the other hand, had a suit on, one that Serafall deemed as "Villainous".
"And how did you explain that to the Yokai? Did you just tell them that you wanted to go to a Magical Girl convention?" Morgan asked, an amused smirk on her face as she imagined the reaction of the leaders of the Yokai.
"Yep! Everyone knows I am magical girl Levi-Tan~ So why lie?" Serafall responded, as Morgan just chuckled at her friend's response, knowing that Serafall wasn't lying. Her being a "Magical Girl" was known by all the factions, and she was rather famous because of it.
"Hmm, makes sense. What do you want to do now that the convention is over with?" Morgan asked the woman. At the question, Serafall went silent before a small grin began to form on her beautiful face.
"Let's get lunch! I know a good sushi place near here" Serafall said as she clasped her left hand with Morgan's right.
Morgan blinked at the motion, before sighing and letting herself be pulled by Serafall, off to try this Sushi restaurant the woman had chosen.
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Turns out that Serafall was not lying when she said that the restaurant had good sushi.
"This is...easily the best sushi I've ever had in my life" Morgan muttered as she bit into a roll, a sigh escaping her at the taste. Serafall was sitting across from her, watching her eat with a giggle.
"I didn't realize you liked sushi" Serafall said, amused as Morgan munched on it with fervor.
Gulping down the food, Morgan replied "It's one of my favorite food, up there with ramen and Pad Thai"
"Huh, I didn't take you for the Asian cuisine type. I thought you'd be a refined taste kinda gall"
"I might be the Lord of a Family, but I'm not that stuck up. Although I don't mind Wagyu or Caviar every once in a while" Morgan replied with an eye roll, knowing what Serafall meant by her comment.
The higher echelon of Devil Society were...pretty stuck up when it came to food. And for the most part, only ate the most expensive and extravagant foods, even if it didn't taste like much, or wasn't that good. Morgan, on the other hand, adored foods from around the world, like Pad Thai, Koshary, and Dal Tadka. Especially street foods, as they tended to be far more delicious than most restaurant foods.
"Well, I guess we're similar in that area! I can't stand the fancy crap they make at the Parties in the Underworld, like seriously, who wants edible gold on everything?" Serafall said with a huff, remembering the time she ate at some fancy Ball in the Underworld, only to have steak encrusted with edible gold.
"The Lords of the Devil houses" Morgan replied bluntly, before swallowing the last piece of Sushi. Serafall giggled at the response, finding it to be true.
"How's it like? Being the Lord of House Zagan?" Serafall couldn't help but ask.
Over the past few months, ever since the Rating Game, she had heard constant whispers and talks about Morgan, especially by the old coots in the Devil Council. They seemed to be under the belief that they had the right to ask Morgan to transfer Lint to "Someone more responsible" and "Of a higher prestige", something that was not a good sign. She knew enough about the likes of the older devils, that when they wanted something they didn't stop until they got it.
"Not as bad as you'd think. The recent uptake in marriage offers and trading for my adorable knight, have been...annoying" Morgan replied, remembering the literal stack of offers she got everyday, usually involving marriages, large offers of money, or plain old threats.
"And you haven't had anyone overstepping? Trying anything...frowned upon?" Serafall asked, going into Leviathan mode for a moment. She did this to not only make sure that her beloved friend was okay, but the Lord of House Zagan, that was rapidly rising in power, and the King of the Longinus Wielder.
"Nothing too crazy, just a shit ton of marriage proposals, offers for trading, and a few threats here and there. I expect someone to try something sooner or later though, but I've kept an eye on that little threat" Morgan replied, as she was talking about a certain Satan Lucifer.
The man was almost certainly going to come to her in the future regarding Lint, and potentially trading her to Rias. She knew that man was a HUGE Sister-con, to the point that it might be a little creepy. With his sister potentially being forced into a marriage with Riser Phenex, it was an inevitability. Whether it was in the next month, or the next two years.
"And who is that? I can maybe help with the problem if I know who he is. Same with all those threats" Serafall asked, frowning at the mention of her friend getting threatened by other Lords of the Underworld.
"I doubt it, considering it's your fellow Satan" Morgan replied with a snort.
"E-Eh? You mean Sirzechs? Why would he do anything?" Serafall asked, confusion filling her as she began to think of reasons as to why Sirzechs would want Morgan's knight to go so far as to potentially even threaten the woman.
Slowly as Serafall began to think about it more, she slowly came to a realization. "...Rias" Serafall whispered, as she looked to Morgan.
"You think that Sirzechs will try and take your knight for his sister?" Serafall asked, wanting confirmation.
"I think that he adores his sister enough to not allow the likes of Riser Phenex marry her, and I think he would gladly take my knight from me if he has to do that to save his sister. I know enough about the man to know that he would kill me if he needed to" Morgan replied bluntly, knowing better than to sugarcoat something like this.
"That...is concerning. I'll...I'll keep an eye on the situation, thank you for bringing this to my attention" Serafall said, as she felt worried about what sort of things Sirzechs might try. She knew the man enough to know that Morgan wasn't entirely wrong about what sort of things he was willing to do for his sister, similar to what she was willing to do for her sister.
"Thank you, Sera" Morgan said genuinely, knowing that Serafal wasn't lying.
"No problem, Mo-chan!" Serfall replied happily, deciding to up the mood once more.
"Now, let's continue, there's so many cool spots I wanna show you!" Serfall said in excitement, as Morgan just chuckled.
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[later that day]
Later in the day, after she and Serafall parted ways, with Serafall returning to the underworld and her opting to stay in the city for a while longer, Morgan was walking through the outskirts of Kyoto, taking in the surroundings.
She had been interested in the Yokai of this place, as well as the Five Principal Clans. The later was a group of 5 clans that were all human, they're clans incredibly proficient in purifying ancient spirits, killing yokai, and for their sacred beasts. These being: Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Yellow Dragon.
These beasts were given to hosts that had proven themselves worthy through power, influence, etc, within the clan that they were a part of. The reason why she was so interested wasn't entirely because of this, but because of one of the 5 clans.
This being the Himejima clan, the same clan the Half Fallen Angel - Akeno Himejima - was a part of through her deceased mother. It was this same clan that killed her mother. Besides being interested in the clan because of that, she was also interested in the current wielder of the clans Sacred Beast, the Vermillion Bird. The wielder was Akeno's cousin, Suzaku Himejima, and a woman she was interested in recruiting into her peerage, should she be able to.
The only problem with this idea, was the fact that the 5 clans were intricately connected to the Shinto Gods, who ruled all of Japan, and were far above Devils in power. With the leader of the Pantheon, Amaterasu, being in the top 15 strongest beings in the world.
The clans were "Blessed by the Gods" and because of that, were under their protection. So she'd have to tread carefully if she really did try to recruit Suzaku.
Morgan was cut off from her thoughts as a frown formed on her face. She could sense...something. Going silent, she snapped her fingers and went invisible, a magic circle forming as she began to walk towards whatever it was that she was sensing. Soon, she heard sounds, voices belonging to men.
"This little bitch bit me!" A man roared in anger, a backhand slamming against the cheek of a small figure, sending them to the ground, as sobs escaped their lips.
"Stop bitching Rein, and help me get this bitch outta here! We don't got a lot of time before someone notices, and the Lord wants his new pet to be sent safely!" Another deeper voice exclaimed, as Morgan frowned deeply.
Glancing at the small figure, her eyes went wide in shock as she recognized the figure-no...the child. Nine golden fox tails swishing behind her waist, two golden fox ears twitching at the top of her head, and tears streaking down her childish face. Lying on the ground, crying out in pain, was the one and only...Kunou.
Kunou was the daughter of Yasaka, aka the leader of the West Yokai Faction, and an Ultimate Class Nine Tailed Fox, the last Nine Tailed fox besides her daughter. Yasaka was...powerful, very very powerful. And thanks to her intricate connection to the Leylines in Kyoto, she was very nearly at the level of a Satan. The only ones that could compare to her, Yokai wise, were the East Yokai Faction Leader, Nurarihyon and Sun Wukong, though the latter is no longer much of a Yokai, now being a Buddha.
'This...is another effect of me existing, isn't it?' Morgan thought, frowning deeply as she gazed at the two devils. If she had to guess, they were both around High Class, making them much stronger than the young Nine Tailed Fox.
"Alright, alright relax. The bitch'll be fun to use when the Lord is over with her. I've always wondered what yokai pussy is like" The first man said lecherously, a wide grin forming on his face, soon followed by the grin of his "friend".
Sadly for him, and not so sadly for the rest of the world, that was the last smile his face ever held, as within an instant of hearing this comment from the horrid creature, Morgan blurred, and similar to how he backhanded the young child, she backhanded his head clean off his body, with his friends head flying moments later.
"Fucking trash" Morgan spat, growling as she gazed at their corpses that dropped like their strings had been cut. Turning, her eyes softened as Kunou shrunk fearfully.
Crouching down as the bodies behind her were consumed by shadows (Her Devour the End sacred gear), Morgan softly began to speak to the terrified child.
"You're okay now, little princess. I'm not here to hurt you" Morgan said, as Kunou didn't seem convinced, continuing to sniffle in fear.
"Is it okay if I look at your wound? I'd hate to have it bruise" Morgan asked softly, as Kunou looked up at her.
"W-Who are you" Kunou stuttered, gazing at the unknown woman.
Hearing this, Morgan grinned "I am Morgan Zegan! Magical Girl extraordinaire, lover of everything cute, and hero in the night!" Morgan said with a wide grin, as she decided to go into an over the top introduction, hoping to get a giggle out of the girl.
And if the small noise the Kitsune made was any indicator, Morgan was able to do so.
"And as the lover of everything cute, and hero at night, It's only right I help and heal a cutie like you!" Morgan exclaimed, as Kunou looked at her for a few moments before softly speaking, fighting off the urge to giggle at the strange woman.
"O-Okay"
"Excellent! This'll be over in a moment, alright?" Morgan softly said as she walked forward to the girl. Laying her hand on the Kitsune's cheek, a small magical circle formed around it as Kunou's eyes widened fearfully.
"You-You're a devil!"
"Yep! But don't worry, I'm not like those little things that hurt you, I promise" Morgan replied, as the circle slowly disappeared, so too did the wound on the girl's cheek.
"Can you stand now, or do you want me to carry you?" Morgan asked as the young girl tried to get to her feet, only to whimper in pain as she collapsed into Morgan's arms.
"It's alright little one, I'll carry you." Morgan said softly as Kunou looked up at her.
"W-Why are you helping me? Mama said that devils hate Yokai"
"Hmm, well, your Mama isn't entirely wrong, but that is only most devils, and I am not "Most devils" so don't worry about a thing, okay?" Morgan replied.
"Plus if your Mama is who I think she is, she'd probably eat me alive if I hurt you, wouldn't she?" Morgan replied with a small smirk, as Kunou couldn't help but giggle.
"She would, Mama says she would burn the world for me" Kunou replied, as she slowly allowed Morgan to lift her, only to blink in surprise as the woman placed her onto her back in the form of a piggyback.
"Now, do you have any idea where you live?" Morgan asked the young girl, who she estimated was around 9-10 or so.
"N-No, Mama didn't let me out very much" Kunou replied, sniffling slightly as she feared she wouldn't be able to find her way home.
"Well, it looks like you and I will just have to find it then! I'm sure your Mama is already looking, so it won't take long! Ah, and what is your name, Princess?" Morgan asked the young girl as Kunou down at her in surprise.
"Kunou"
"Well Kunou, let's find this Mama of yours, onwards to adventure!" Morgan said with a wide smirk, as she began to march off, Kunou on her back as the young girl couldn't help but giggle.
Inwardly, however, Morgan had slightly different thoughts.
'...I wonder if Yasaka is as...gifted as she was in canon' Morgan mused, remembering the impressive...shape of the woman. She was also (embarrassingly enough) Morgan's favorite "Milf Waifu" in the series.
'...Actually...let's just hope she doesn't actually eat me alive'
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That's the end of the chapter!
Morgan meets Yasaka next chapter, has some more talks, and a lot more. It's also longer, at over 3.5k words.
[Confirmed Harem - Valiana, Ingvild, Kuroka, Issei, Lint, Valerie, Koneko, Serafall, Rias, Levinia Reni Yasaka]
[Potential Harem - Grayfia, Akeno, Asia, Sona, Reina Smith, Suzaku Himejima, and some others]
As said before, the harem will be large, but at the same time, romance is NOT a big focus of this fic, so don't expect a lot of it. There'll of course be romance chapters, lemons, and slice of life, but not a lot, not nearly as much as my other fics, as romance is just...not my strong suit lol.
But I will try my best to make every harem member make sense, and not gained similar to a "Pokemon" Harem fic.
Anyways, have a good day!