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The Wolf prowling across dimensions by Pandora's Reader
 Highschool of the Dead & My Hero Academia/僕のヒーローアカデミア Xover Rated: M, English, Family & Adventure, [OC, Rika M., Shizuka M., Saeko B.], Words: 820k+, Favs: 1k+, Follows: 1k+, Published: Nov 17, 2021 Updated: Nov 9 779Chapter 48: Time for a training montage
Beta'd by NiteNight.
{One week later, Maccillian's POV}
"Again." Bell groaned at that, but managed to get back up anyway. He looked close to either giving up, or throwing it all in for some kind of protagonist shit. I just stood across from him, arms folded and waiting for him to make a move. Bell grit his teeth, started running towards me, and I hummed. "I know you're probably going to try something different, but I'll humor you." He didn't say anything, and just kept charging at me.
When he was in range, he led off with a punch, which I avoided, and then went for a sweep. I just jumped over his leg, casually kneeing him in the chin as I did. He grunted and staggered as I hit the ground, then made his move. He came at me again, low to the ground, and when he tried to uppercut me, he opened his hand and threw dirt at me! I got caught off guard because I didn't see WHEN he did it, but that was enough.
Bell used my surprise, and punched me in the chest with his other hand. The moment he did, he froze, and I watched him stare at his fist, then look at me like it was Christmas morning. I snorted at that, and nodded. "Yeah, that works." He lit up, and started fucking jumping for joy.
Literally. The kid was hopping around like a drunk lad with his mates. Though I let him have it.
When he was done, Bell turned to me, and I already knew what he was going to ask. "Alright. Come on over." He did, and I put my hand on his head. My aura started to shimmer, again, not enough for my Sword of Damocles to pop out, but just enough to do this.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality.
Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance, and unbound by death.
I release your soul and by my shoulder protect thee."
And then Bell's own aura surged into existence. It was pure white, almost like Summer's, and I saw the wonder in his eyes as it did. Then his eyes widened even more when he saw his scrapes start to heal. Not instantaneous or anything like that, but still fast enough to be noticed by the untrained eye. "Whoa..." I snorted at that.
"Just so you know, now that you can heal and stuff, your training is only going to get harder." He froze, and mechanically looked up at me. The way his face turned from 'pure glee' to 'oh fuck' was honestly the best.
"I-... I'll take it!" I just nodded, and patted him on the shoulder.
"You'll live... Ideally." He just stared at me, and I laughed.
Hm... Should probably go over how we got here.
{Six days ago/the day after last chapter}
After cleaning up the church, we told Hestia about the hounds, which she was freaking the fuck out at when she realized what they were, and the Valis we got. The night was full of hilarious reactions.
Which I caught on video since my scroll DID work, I just had no way to charge it or message the girls.
After we made sure Hestia knew the hounds wouldn't maul her to death in her sleep, she gave them a chance. Houndoom warmed... (I'm going to fucking end it all one of these days.) Warmed up to her the quickest, and submitted to the pats. She enjoyed how warm they all were, and ended up in a Hellhound version of a dog pile. That was fun.
The rest of our day settled into setting up a schedule for Bell, since I was going to handle his training, and what we would do with the money. We agreed to get some good food, new furniture, and get the church renovated. Though I'd have to take off the aura coating I made on it to do that.
After that, we decided on Bell's training schedule. We knew we'd make him earn his rewards, so the first stage was to land a hit on me at stage 0. Sure that SOUNDS easy, but even at stage 0, I was comparable to a level 2 in stats. That, and my instincts? It made it a challenge for the farm boy that's never seen combat before.
From there, we spent time with each other and the hounds, Bell named his hound Trix, and it was all around a good time.
That night, Shizuka and Hestia slept on the bed, Shizuka had pretty much taken Hestia as her body pillow, while me and Bell slept on aura couches I made for us. The place wasn't big enough for nice beds, but that was fine.
The hounds also appreciated the doggy beds I made for them.
Anyway, that morning, I got up early and woke everyone up. Seeing Shizuka snuggle closer to Hestia was both adorable and appealing considering how their breasts were pressed against the other, but it was whatever.
Bell was the easiest to wake up, I just dropped Trix on him, and cackled as he screamed like a little bitch. Sure I got scolded by Shizuka and Hestia, but it was worth it considering I got it all on camera.
Speaking of the little goddess. "You sure you gotta go to work?" She was preparing herself to head off, and we were all just watching her do so. "I mean, to fully brag and everything, I literally made us 600k in an hour."
Hestia sighed after I said that, and just started rubbing her head. "I know! It's just... I've worked there for a while, and the boss is a good guy and everything. It'd just feel so wrong to just up and go 'see ya, I'm rich now' you know?" I blinked.
"Not really. I've gone from a non-existent economy, to having a rich friend pay for all our expenses." I didn't count my first life. Hestia just grunted at that. "That and I could reasonably take whatever I want and no one could stop me... Maybe I can't do that right now, but you get the gist." Now she was out right groaning at that.
"I get the whole realm walker thing, but could you NOT go rob people?" After showing Bell the video of Yang punching the Demi-Titan Feilong, we went into that. It didn't surprise me that they knew, but they were both entranced at our adventures. Though Hestia did get queasy when we talked about the zombie apocalypse of HOTD.
She took it better than I thought. But after hearing how Athena and Loki talked about it before, and that she cared more about us being here than that, it made sense.
"I mean... I haven't done it HERE... That's gotta count for something right?" The way Hestia just stared at me, and shook her head was amusing.
"Just... I... UGH! Just no stealing! Or mauling guild attendants!" Oh yeah, cause she just haaad to know about that. I sent a disgruntled glare at Shizuka, who just giggled it off.
I huffed, then looked back to Hestia. "Eh. No promises with the guild." Hestia just threw her hands up in the air, and opened the door. "Though if you want to be mauled some other way, you're free to let me know." Then she almost tripped as I said that. I cackled like an insane man, and watched an embarrassed goddess run away. Teasing her was great.
Though now that she was gone, I turned back to see Bell and Shizuka playing with the hounds. Houndoom and Mari were with Shizuka, and Trix was kind of just staring at Bell. He was constantly trying to pet her, but then he'd freak out at the last moment and fall back. It was interesting to see. "Anyway, Bell." He looked away from Trix, and at me. "We're starting your training." His eyes sparkled, literally, and he practically teleported to my side.
"I'M READY!" I snorted, and looked over to Shizuka.
"Want to go check on Rika and Saeko?" They didn't come back last night, but did send an aura wolf saying they'd stay at Loki's.
Shizuka perked up at that, and she practically corralled the hounds out of the church, then after a quick kiss, left as she ran to Loki's.
Bell and I just stared out the door, then I shrugged. "Anyway, let's go break some bones. Mostly yours." Bell whimpered, but still followed me out.
Something we were doing, which was still in progress, was making an Urahara-esque training grounds under the church. We couldn't go too deep because of the whole dungeon and everything, but so far, it was usable. The area was flat and reinforced with aura, so If I threw out slashes, without going full tilt, then the walls would hold.
It still looked like a very nice hole in the ground, but it would keep us from being spied on.
Speaking of them, I was 90% sure they were Freya's. The other 10% was me being unsure if Hermes was in on it or not. But it didn't really matter. They hadn't started shit, so they didn't make me have to go ape shit on them.
Back to Bell.
He was in his casual brown shirt and pants, and looking at me, kind of like a nervous rabbit. It was endearing and something I was so close to commenting about. But I could tease him about it later. "Alright. Show me your moves Bell." He nodded, and came at me...
And good fucking gods was it horrible. He threw the most telegraphed punch, that I was sure a blind and brain dead corpse could see coming.
Another half hour of Bell trying to hit me, failing beyond miserably, and I just had to stop him. "Alright. Stop... Just stop." Bell was panting on the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief when I said that. "We... We got alot to work on." Bell just groaned out an 'I'm sorry' and I sighed again.
"It's time for a grinding montage."
{Day one}
"Alright Bell. For now, let's just work on your style. Since you're lean, look like a strong breeze would blow you away, and are pretty much a rabbit, you'll be working on speed." He nodded, and I spent over an hour trying to drill into him the best way to move.
In the anime, Bell was a speedy fucker, so I was going to work on that now. It was annoying, since he had no idea what the hell he was doing, but two hours later, he had the basics of his style down. I made sure he remembered to stay low to the ground, body ready to jump or dash at a moment's notice, and moved onto actually using it.
"Alright. Come at me." And he did. I mean, he still sucked, but it was an improvement at least.
Bell was mostly relying on his dashes to lead up to a jump, I wouldn't call what he did after kicking, more flailing his legs in my direction, but he'd learn.
After maybe five hours, I found something out.
Bell DID learn... He was just a physical learner. So after a few scrapes, and calling Shizuka to come down, he managed to get a decent grasp of the style I wanted him to build on.
After that, we ended our session, and I went to chill with Saya.
It was the first time I went into Athena's Library, and I had to admit. "This is real fucking nice actually." I heard a sigh in front of me, and saw it was Athena.
"You must be where Saya gets her cursing tendencies from." I shrugged, but didn't deny it. "Hah... If you're looking for her, she will be in one of the side rooms dedicated for private study." I nodded, and went on my way.
Though I did look around the place, because it really was impressive, and found Saya up on the 2nd floor. I whistled to get her attention, and waved when she noticed me. She just gave me a raised brow in response, then started going down the stairs, books in hand.
When she got to me, she pointed at a table off to the side, and I followed her. "So, do you need something Zaka?"
"What? I can't visit my favorite cub because I feel like it?" She gave me another raised brow to that, but I just grinned at her. "It's true ya know." Saya hummed, dropped her books onto the desk, and sat next to an empty chair. I got the idea, and sat next to her.
"I'll take it. So, anything worth mentioning you'd want to bring up? Or do you just want to bask in my presence?" I rolled my eyes at her, and she just grinned back.
"Well, I started training Bell today. So that's a thing." She grabbed a book from the top of her pile, and hummed as she set it down in front of her.
"Go on."
"That's pretty much it."
"Uh huh. And how'd that go? 1-10."
"Eh... 3?" She looked at me, and I just looked back. "What?"
She shook her head, then opened the book. "Nothing. Anyway, what're YOU doing then?"
"To train?" She nodded. "At the moment, I'm still working on my gravity abilities."
"... That's it?" She didn't take her eyes off the book, but her tone was enough.
"For now, yeah. I've had an idea for another move, something that should be real fucking good, but I'd need to let my Sword of Damocles out since I'd need to flare my aura." Saya looked interested at that, and looked away from her book.
"Why haven't you brought it out anyway? You've had a few chances to do it." That was a good question.
And also one I had an answer for. "Bait." She looked confused, so I decided to elaborate. "One of my objectives is to...-" I checked around real quick. Seeing no one in range, I nodded, and turned back to Saya."- Kill a god. Remember?" She nodded. "If I swung it out, then I'd end up announcing how strong I am. That'd end up scaring off some people I want to come over. That, and I want an excuse to lead people on then flex when they realize they've underestimated my POWER!" She deadpanned at that.
The deadpan stare at that was amusing. "Really?"
I nodded, because it was true. "There are some things I want to and will change, but if I just go in fangs first, then I kinda miss out on a bunch of other fun shit that'll come. Like this War Game with Apollo. I'm going to change how it happens, but I still want the thing to happen. I want to flex on the whole fucking city, and that's an event where I can do that in HD." Saya looked thoughtful at that, and eventually shrugged.
"I'll just take your word on it." I nodded, and just sat back.
"By the way... Where's Cinder?" Saya pointed to a side room, and I got the picture.
"Athena refuses to allow her near the main area, so she stays in the side room. I can't even tease her to change her mind." I zoned in on that 'tease' comment, and looked at her with a grin. Saya blinked at me, then just went 'ah' as I felt my grin grow. "We'll talk about that later."
"Nope. Details ceann beag." She stared at me, and after a minute of staring, she gave in.
"Fine... So it all started...-" As Saya spoke on, I felt my grin grow more and more.
(Yeah. I'm abusing this knowledge.)
{Day two}
"Today, you're going to work with Saeko. I don't use weapons, and she's the best, if not only, swordswoman I know. Anyway, say hi mo lann."
She grinned at him, and I could practically see her get hungry for rabbit. I'd have to bring her some from the dungeon later. "Hello little rabbit."
Bell bowed to Saeko, did the profuse thanking, and then stood up. We were using weapons today, so he had his guild knife with him... "You know what, here." I made an aura knife, and tossed it to him. Saeko would probably end up breaking his knife, so I had to do something for that.
Bell caught it, and after 'swinging' which was also more like flailing it around, he nodded and thanked me. "Yeah... You're not going to be thanking me much after this." I turned to Saeko. "No crippling, maiming, or semblance use mo lann. And base human strength and speed please." Saeko nodded, and brought out her 'blade.'
"Of course my lord." Bell shivered at the look she gave him. "Now then my little rabbit, let's play." And then she was off. She didn't turn into a blur, she gave Bell time to see her coming, and react.
They 'clashed' and Bell lost. Saeko hummed, and went back into it. She wasn't outclassing him like I said, and was genuinely at base human strength.
It was maybe ten or something minutes later that Saeko stopped. Bell was tired, and was on the ground panting like a dog. "Some advice my little rabbit." Bell looked up at her. "You are fighting the wrong way." He winced. "Instead of crossing blades, you should learn to avoid more. To only rely on a contest of strength if there is no other option. Your frame leans more towards speed, just as my affinity does. You should prioritize this. After a few minutes, you will get up, and I will teach you how to dodge." There was something in how she said dodge, that made me send a prayer for Bell.
"Y-Yes ma'am!" And a few minutes later, Bell was standing again.
"Good boy. Now then." From where I was, I saw Saeko grin. "Do try not to die." And she slashed towards him. She was using a bokken though, I think she got it from Take, so he wouldn't get cut... Unless she tried to cut him with more strength.
By the end of that session, Bell had a more than healthy fear of Saeko and her bokken. I decided to get the kid something nice to make up for dropping Saeko on him. He thanked me for the food, and we went about the rest of our day.
Though I did get an earful from Hestia about letting Saeko 'train' Bell.
But it was whatever.
{Day three}
The next day was all about his style again. The idea was to alternate between the two, then work on both of them in another session.
Bell made some better progress at using his speed, and after a few hours, he seemed to have it down. He was a fast learner. (Though that might be from me threatening to get Saeko again, but eh, fear will do him good.) That aside, he was doing good. Before we started, he was more like Kohta in not knowing how to do anything physical, he was now more like Takashi. Competent with his own style, and ready to move.
Though, despite the comparison, I was sure Takashi could beat Bell's ass even if he wasn't a Werewolf. Kid knew karate or some shit.
We trained some more, and took a break when Hestia came down with food and drinks. "HEEEY!" Bell and I went over to her, and I made aura seats and a table for her to set the food down on. While we ate, Hestia looked Bell over, then turned to me. "Are you sure you're not being too hard on him? He's still a teenager Maccillian." I leaned back in the chair I made, and hummed.
"I think I'm not going that hard on him." I heard Bell gulp. "Though to be fair, he IS making good progress. And besides, said teenager is also going into a dungeon full of monsters when he's healthy enough to go." Bell started to scratch his cheek at that, and we were both on the receiving end of Hestia's 'hmmmm.' "You know Shizuka can just heal him up right? Nothing's permanent."
Hestia hummed at me again, and sighed. "I know you're right, it's just hard to look past the fact he's still getting hurt." I smiled at that, and started to ruffle her hair the way I did Saya's. Hestia responded the same way, and tried to get me to stop. "NOOO! I am not a child Maccillian!" I just smirked and kept going. "By decree of your goddess, I order you to stooop!"
"Hmm? A goddess huh? All I'm seeing is the tiny woman called Hestia. So where's this goddess huh?" Hestia squawked at me, and I just laughed. I even heard Bell start to chuckle, and reached my other arm over to him. When I started to ruffle his hair, he joined Hestia in the squawking department. "No one is safe from the ruffling." They both tried to get me to stop, but I didn't. It was fun messing with them like this.
"UGH! I'll get you for this! Mark my words Maccillian, you shall know vengeance!" I just snorted at her for that. "Why did I have to get such an unruly child? Ugh..." I laughed at that, and just shook my head.
"Whatever you say Tiny. Whatever you say." Another half hour later, Shizuka came down to drag Hestia to a girls day out. I had no idea who came up with that idea, but it was fine.
"Alright Bell, back to work."
"Yes sir!" And work we did.
By the end of that session, Bell was drained, and walked back upstairs like a zombie...
Which left me on my own in the basement. "I might as well try again." I sat on an aura chair I made, and started molding my aura. I told Saya that I was working on SOMETHING, but there were a few other things in that too.
Training my gravity abilities was one thing, an annoying thing since I was starting from scratch there, but my aura abilities were another thing I wanted to work on. Other than my TOTW, slashes, and wolf constructs, I didn't really use much else.
Not that I couldn't, just that I didn't really feel like using anything else. "Though that's gotta change. I'm a walking nuke, and that's it. Hell, even restricted as I am, I could probably destroy a majority of the city with a 'full' power slash." Which was true. But I couldn't always just go 'fuck you it's time for the nuke.' There had to be more.
So one of the things I was working on were smaller scale moves. Something I could use indoors without destroying the building I was in.
I was also working on my reinforcements, enchantments, which I had decided to also bring to Saya since she'd probably go crazy with them, and new moves.
For the moves, I had options... Like A LOT of them. I watched a fuckton of anime and played a lot of games for crying out loud. The issue is what road I wanted to go down.
Shizuka was the 'beat things till they die' route. A woman after my own 'press the big red button' heart.
Rika was our range specialist. Her gate was a great example of that.
Saeko was polishing her aura armor, and working on close range abilities. The armor was in the 2x boost range now, we were sure of it, but she was still improving it.
Saya was going constructs and enchantments. Hearing Saya shout out curses when I dropped by to see how she was doing with the latter was hilarious.
And then there was me. I could do ALL of that. But I didn't have a road of my own to go down. That got me thinking, 'What'd I want to do?' And after a bit of thinking, I figured it out.
I liked overwhelming power, who wouldn't? But how could I be overwhelming and also keep myself from destroying everything?
The answer came from both my Sword of Damocles, and Fate. Because what spoke POWER, other than a Reality Marble? Sure there were Noble Phantasms, but not all of them were strong.
But Shiro's Reality Marble? His own domain where his soul impressed itself onto reality? An area where HE had all the power? Oh yeah. I wanted that.
Mixed that with my gravity abilities, aura abilities, other stuff, my idea for something of a signature move outside of TOTW, and my Sword of Damocles hanging above me in the sky? It was going to be the most badass thing since sliced bread. I snorted at that thought, and focused on the now.
I looked at the scene in front of me, and whistled when I noticed I pulled it off without flaring too much aura. (Thank you INT for affecting my aura... Now if only that worked for my gravity abilities.) I shook my head, and focused on right now. It was just a small circle around me. The ground turned pure silver, a sign of my aura seeping into it, but it was a proof of concept. Sure it might not be the same thing, but I had a working idea, and I was going to run with it.
I brought back my aura, and grinned when I saw the floor go back to normal.
{Day four}
Day four was weapons training again, but I didn't bring in Saeko. I had an idea for this session, and used one of the ideas I had first coming to Danmachi. "Bell, what floor are you at right now?" Bell blinked at the question, and nodded after a second.
"I made it to the 3rd floor on my own yesterday." I hummed. When it came to diving, we didn't join Bell simply because we would be giving him a free bus ride. He had to work for his strength, and he wouldn't be able to do that if we coddled him.
"That's fine. For now, pick between kobolds or goblins." He blinked, then picked goblins after a moment. "Got it." Then I started shaping my aura. Bell watched as I started forming constructs, and after a minute, saw I made five goblins. They all had clubs that were very blunt, and snarled like their real counterparts. "Done. Today, we'll be having you go for practical experience. You've already used your style in the dungeon, but we're going to keep working on that and your weapon training today." I tossed him another aura knife, and let the goblins walk ahead.
Bell looked at them all, and when I gave him the signal, the session started.
My goblins were probably the weakest things I'd ever made, but they were perfect for Bell's training. When I brought up the idea of making aura monsters, Saya had practically jumped at that.
Though I ended up getting an earful from Athena, which was wholly unfair since it wasn't like I told Saya to make a Jack Bird that Cinder chased through the library. (I'll just make sure Saya teases her relentlessly later.) I knew Athena was pretty much crushing on Saya, but neither of us minded.
Back to the present, Bell was doing good against the goblins. So I decided to ramp things up a little. I made two more goblins, then a kobold, and set them on him. Bell noticed the 'reinforcements' and panicked. "I thought it was just goblins?!"
I shrugged. "I never said I was going to keep it that way."
"SIIIIR!" I snorted at that, and just sat back as Bell fought them off.
"You'll thank me later!" Bell groaned at me, and fought on.
{Day five}
Day five was a break day. And after the girls came back, Shizuka was carrying Hestia like she was a baby, which I took a picture of for further teasing opportunities, I decided to take Bell out on our own guys night. Though I had an idea halfway through the day, and decided to act on it.
So there we were, standing outside of Loki's place, with a nervous Bell by my side. The guards at the gates didn't let us through, but that was fine. "Hey, you guys know where Bete is?" The guys shared a look, then shook their heads.
"Bete and the advanced party took off to the dungeon yesterday. They should be back in two weeks should everything go well." Huh...
"Welp, there goes that idea." With that confirmed, I dragged Bell away, and off to the hostess. I was still curious about the whole thing with Syr, and this gave me the chance to observe her more.
When we walked in, Bell and I got a bunch of looks, though it was mostly me, and some guys started to cheer. The news about me and Aisha duking it out in the street spread in the days I've been training Bell, and a bunch of people knew it by now. "OI! YOU BETTER NOT START ANYTHING AGAIN!" I just snorted at her.
"Sure thing Mia. I'll be on my beeest behavior." I smirked as her eye twitched, and just herded Bell to a table. Mama Mia and I ended up having a talk after Aisha and I fought, and we came to an understanding. As long as I didn't rile up the bar, or break anything, I was allowed in. It made it easier when I said(read begrudgingly agreed) I would pay for whatever I broke.
With Bell and I seated, we took in the atmosphere and waited for our server. And surprisingly, it was Chloe. "Hi! What're ya ordering?"
"Just give me some booze and whatever's got meat." She just raised a brow at me for that.
"Most expensive meat dish and alcohol it is then. What about you bunny?" Bell blushed at being called a bunny, and I smirked as Chloe snickered.
"I-I-I'll take water and a salad..." Now that was adding fuel to the fire.
Chloe started to laugh as she wrote that down. "One bunny dish coming right up!" Bell spluttered at that, and the both of us laughed as Chloe went off.
"You know, you're going to get compared to a rabbit or bunny for the foreseeable future right?" He slumped down in his chair, and rested his chin on the table.
"I know... But it's embarrassing. What kind of hero is cute?" I blinked. There were A LOT of options here.
Arturia was cute, and pretty much the rest of her Saber face descendants were. Then there was Ru... "That'll do." Bell blinked, and looked over to me as I said that. I remembered to bring my scroll, and thanks to some magic bullshit, Saya managed to find a way to charge them. Sure it sacrificed an entire magic stone, something she said she'd work on, for a single scroll, but it worked.
"Um... Sir?" I ignored Bell's confusion for a moment, and unlocked my scroll. I knew I had some videos of us hanging out, and after a bit, I found the one I was looking for.
"Here. Take a look." Bell scooted over, and looked at my scroll. He was still fascinated by it, and I couldn't really blame him. It was like showing a caveman a Nintendo Switch.
The video started playing, and Bell watched. The video was one of our training sessions back on Remnant, and it was me sparring against Ruby. We were in the slime dungeon, since that was the easiest place to train without being watched, and also because it was a nice plains area.
"I'll get you today Mr. Macky! I swear it!" Ruby was comically shaking her fist in my direction. She looked just like she always did, and I was standing across from her with my arms folded.
Video me smirked at her, and did the 'come on' motion. "Then come at me Reddy Rose. Who knows, impress me and I'll go get you ice cream." Her face turned into pure glee, and she made Crescent Rose change into its scythe form.
"PROMISE?!"
"Yeah yeah. Come on Reddy, impress me." And so the spar began. Ruby dashed at me with her semblance, and started spinning around me as a twister of petals. I stood there, waiting for Ruby to come out, and after a few moments, she did. Surprisingly, Ruby came at me from the front, and swung Crescent Rose.
I blocked the hit, grabbed Ruby with my free hand, and tossed her over my shoulder. But she didn't let that stop her. She turned into petals before she hit the ground, and zoomed towards me without a moment to spare.
At the time, I thought she would try to confuse me with the twister move again, but that time, she didn't. Ruby came at me, and before she reached me, she made Crescent Rose materialize, and ONLY Crescent Rose. She never did that before, so the sudden appearance of just her scythe surprised me. I caught Crescent Rose, but Ruby used that moment to go under me, and materialize behind my back.
With her behind me, she jumped at my back, but before she could latch onto me, I ducked, and let her fly past me. Ruby grumbled as she missed, but I laughed. "That's new! When'd you figure that out Reddy?" Ruby pouted at me, but lightened up after I tossed her scythe back to her.
"Yesterday. Saya asked me why Crescent Rose turns into petals with me, and after thinking about it, I figured out I didn't know why. So then I thought some more! And with some help, I figured that out! Isn't it cool?!" Both past and present me chuckled at her enthusiasm, and shook our heads.
"Yeah, I guess it is. But we're not done yet." Ruby pouted again, but past me laughed it off. "BUT!" She perked up. "That DID impress me, so ice cream's on me."
"YES! You're the best!" Both past and current me chuckled at that.
"I know I am. Now let's go, we still got ten minutes before we gotta go." Ruby nodded, and we went on again. But that was enough.
I closed the video, and looked back to Bell. He looked astounded, and when he realized I was looking at him, he met my gaze. "Who was that?" I smiled as I ruffled his air.
"That ya little rabbit, was Ruby Rose. She's a year older than you, and another hero in the making. Cute right?" He blushed a bit, a reaction I mentally narrowed my eyes at, I started getting protective of the little reaper at some point, and nodded.
"Y-yes..."
"Uh huh. Anyway, She's fought things just as bad as dungeon monsters, and still keeps her happy go lucky attitude. She's a little hero, and just like her, you can still be a hero despite the whole rabbit comparisons." Bell looked thoughtful at that, and after we got our orders from Syr, who I kept my eye on, he nodded.
"Can I really be a hero? Can I be someone like you and Ruby?" After gulping down a drink from my mug, I looked at him.
"Yes, you can Bell. Granted, you'll need to work on it, but you CAN be a hero." Bell smiled, and I nodded. "And who knows, you just MIGHT get your own harem because of it." Now he spluttered and blushed like the child he was.
It was great. But I didn't miss the fire in his eyes, which I KNEW wasn't there before. (It happened huh? This'll be fun.)
After we relaxed and ate, Bell and I left the hostess. Unfortunately I wasn't sneaky enough to dine and dash, but oh well. Though I did feel someone's gaze linger on me, so I not so subtly turned around and locked eyes with whoever it was.
Seeing Syr, who in a split second, went from surprised to cheerfully waving, just made me more suspicious of her. (The fuck is up with her? Hm... I'll keep an eye on her.) That aside, we left, and went back home.
Hestia had recovered from her hangover by then, and as soon as we got through the door, she gave Bell and I a hug, though mine was a very embarrassed one, and then hid behind me the moment Shizuka came around the corner.
The rest of that day was us watching Shizuka chase Hestia around, teaching the hounds, and just spending time in the church.
We even had a mini movie night when Bell told Hestia about Ruby.
That ended up with us all on the couches, watching videos we had of the RWBY gang, and just talking about our time on Remnant. Hestia adored Ruby, and I was tempted to make her a cape just like Ruby's, but made of aura.
Though I decided to leave that for another day.
{Day six}
Pretty much a repeat of day four, but I added more kobolds, and even war shadows. Bell had made it to the 5th floor, so I decided to prep him for what he'd find on the next one.
Sure he might've been creeped out by the silver masses with red eyes, but he still fought on.
Not much worth mentioning happened, but that was fine. For once, I didn't mind slow days. Teaching someone, just like I taught the kids in Remnant, and the pack members back home, made me feel good. It was a tribute that I enjoyed doing.
After we were done with that training session, and my own, we heard from Hestia that she wanted to appoint me captain. Apparently she forgot that, and only remembered because Hephaestus brought it up. I still hadn't met her, but that was whatever.
I took the position, but denied ever showing up in a formal setting. I remembered that even with Apollo, and despite the fact I knew I was going to fuck him up, I wanted nothing to do with being put into a suit. I just wasn't the kind of person that could act nice, wear a suit, and do all the proper shit. I couldn't do it as Maccillian Thorn, and I couldn't do it as Muzaka.
But Shizuka? The moment she heard 'parties' she jumped at the chance.
So now Shizuka was Hestia's official escort to anything party related. That made a part of my mind interested in how that would go, but another part was more thankful it took far more wine or alcohol to get her drunk. (Wait a minute... Do they serve Soma wine there?) Internal panicking aside, that gave me an idea for later. Lili should still be with Soma, and since she DID want out, I could kill two birds with one stone.
An Idea for later.
Eventually, all Bell's training led up to tomorrow.
{Present}
With his aura unlocked, Bell would be able to not only better dive, which he already was but he was having a hard time with, the dungeon, but also have insurance in case he fucks up. He could also get a semblance, and the idea of his semblance interested me.
But for now we celebrated. And I had just the idea how. I whistled to get his attention, and nodded when he turned back to me. "Go show off to Hestia, I'll go check something out." He smiled again, and ran out of the... "Basement? What do I call this place? The training grounds? But that's generic... Eh, fuck it." I shrugged, and shifted.
I ran out of the basement, and the church, and took to the streets. People were starting to adjust to a wolf running through the streets, so I didn't cause that much of a panic anymore... (But I still got fined for the first time... Stupid fucking capitalism.) I grunted as I thought that, but kept on running anyway.
When I made it to the hostess, I trotted in without shifting, and was immediately beset by a cooing cat girl. "Bag of cuddles!" Chloe had no reservations about me being a massive wolf, and I had no idea why. SHE WAS A LITERAL CAT GIRL! It was so fucking confusing the first time she did it. I let her have her fun, and shifted back when Mia called her back to work. "Aww... But mamaaa!"
"Don't mama me Chloe! We got customers to serve! So git." Chloe dragged herself away, and I just chuckled. "And what do you want NOW wolfman?!" I rolled my eyes at her, and decided to get to business.
I walked over to Mia, and got to the point. "How much to reserve the place for an hour or two?" Mia just raised a brow at me, and shrugged.
"100 thousand Valis." I choked.
"FUCKIN WHAT?!" She smirked at me, and went into the kitchen when she was called.
"You heard me! Either pay up or drop it!" I just glared in her general direction, and just breathed out.
"Why is it so expensive?" Mia just grunted.
"Gotta let the Harvester's we work with know we'll be busy later. Today's shipment is supposed to be arriving at that time. So it's mostly to placate those guys." Uhuh. Part of me was really annoyed THAT was the reason why, but I ignored it and focused on the now.
"I swear to fuck... Fine! We'll drop by around 8:00! I'll bring the money when we do."
"It doesn't work like that wolfman! Pay upfront!" My eye twitched.
"I don't just carry 100 grand on me at all times Mia!"
"Oh well! Sounds like something you should work on!"
"Don't lose your shit... Don't lose your shit..." I breathed out again, and just sighed. "Fine! I'll get your fucking money!"
"Good! Now if you're not buying anything, go on and git!" I flipped her off the moment she came out, and left. I ignored the laughing cat girl and Mia, and just stomped out.
After I left, I was about to shift, but I just decided to walk over to the dungeon, and blow off some steam that way.
It was maybe ten minutes later when I ran into someone. Eina. She was in casual wear, and it looked like she was going shopping. I had some time to kill before I went back, so there was no reason for me not to check in with her. She kind of WAS my advisor and all that. (Well, she's kind of all of our advisor now that I think about it.) Which was true. We may not go to her for much, other than Saya who was easily becoming friends with her, but the girls did hang out with her. (She was part of their girls night... I think. Not sure if I remembered that right.)
I shrugged, then made my way over to Eina. She was window shopping at the moment, so she didn't notice me coming.
Which I decided to use to fuck with her.
When I got in range, after making sure my steps were silent, I tapped her shoulder, and moved to the opposite side. Seeing Eina turn to her shoulder, see no one there, then turn back to get a face full of me was priceless. "AHHHH!" She practically jumped away from me, and I just laughed my ass off. Eina saw it was me, huffed once in annoyance, and huffed again at me this time. "Very funny Mr. Maccillian. I'm beside myself in laughter." I started snorting now, and Eina huffed AGAIN. She crossed her arms under her chest, and just started tapping her foot as she waited for me to stop.
When I did, I kept the smirk on my face, and just nodded. "Anywaaay. Hey Eina, whatcha doin?" Eina huffed again, but decided to drop it.
"Shopping. Thanks to CERTAIN adventurers, I've been dealing with more and more paperwork. So to deal with that, I decided to take some time off and shop before I report to work. But it seems SOMEBODY deigned to interrupt me." I just kept my smirk.
"Well whoever interrupted you must've had a real good reason." She raised her brow, and motioned for me to go on. "What? I just thought it'd be funny." She just deadpanned at me for that. "BUT!" She kept the deadpan. "I'm reserving the hostess for an hour or something later, you're invited." I didn't plan for that, but it worked out. I'd might as well be nice.
Eina just stared at me, hummed, then nodded. "Very well. You're not forgiven, but I'll accept anyway." That worked.
"Nice... Anyway, wanna hang out for a bit? I was going to go blow off steam in the dungeon, but this works too." Eina started to hum again, and after a bit of thinking, nodded.
"I might as well. I haven't spent much time with the adventurers I'm responsible for."
"Alright... So what're we going to do?" Eina just raised a brow, and waved her hand around the stores. I blinked at her, and just looked up to the sky. "Is it too late to take this back?" I heard Eina giggle, and then walk ahead.
"It is." I just groaned, and decided to follow her around. Unless I went to drop in with Saeko at Take's place, Rika at Loki's, Saya with the library, or Shizuka at home, this was going to be what I did for now... Sometimes I felt like I WAS losing brain cells after becoming a Werewolf. I had the perfect chance to go diving, and then I opened my mouth.
[Omake - Girls night out. Saya's POV]
"Why am I here again? I could be back in the library working on my constructs." Rika just blew a raspberry at me, and waved me off.
"We're not having a repeat of the lab incident. Guess you're just going to have to deal with us Smarts." I huffed at Rika, but knew she had a point. With my semblance, new skills from my falna, and a perfect library to dig through, I had the perfect working environment to further my studies.
The idea for today was to hole myself in the library, and study. But then I was dragged out by Rika, with Saeko right behind her. My only saving grace was that Athena was dragged out too when Hestia, at the 'behest' of Shizuka, asked Athena to come with us. (Seeing someone so scared of being tickled is both hilarious and infinitely amusing.) That aside, I looked around the group, and mentally hummed as I saw who was here.
Aisha, the Amazon that found Zaka's age tick.
Athena, my goddess.
Hestia, Zaka and Shizuka's goddess.
Loki, the trickster, and Rika's chosen goddess.
Then there were the rest of the girls. All around, there were alot of very attractive women in one place. And for once, that wasn't my horny side speaking. It was just a fact.
With us all here, the goddesses led the way, and we were off to the bar. Since we were all of age, technically I wasn't but the age to drink here was 'if you can kill a goblin you can drink.' We were going somewhere Loki and I quote 'has the fuqin best beer and alcohol outside of Soma's hidey hole.' I filed the information about Soma away for another time, and just followed along.
Though I did observe the groups we were in. Shizuka and Hestia were with Athena and I. Then there was Loki latched onto Rika's back, arms draped over her breasts, and the rest of the girls with them. Saeko and Rika had practically adopted Aisha, and she them. It was interesting.
But my eyes ended up on Loki again, and I just had to bring it up. "Ok. Rika?" Everyone looked at me. "Why is Loki practically groping you?" Said goddess decided to accentuate my point by wrapping her arms around Rika's breasts.
Rika just shrugged. "As long as she doesn't try to fuck me or something, I don't give a damn. Besides, you said it before 'fuck it, I've got nothing to be ashamed about.' Right Loki?"
"Psh! You got that right! Like hot damn these r fuqin firm!" Rika nodded as Loki groped her some more, and I couldn't keep myself from just rubbing my eyes at the scene.
"As interesting as you find that, can we maybe refrain from groping our children in public Loki?" Thank you my goddess.
Loki just looked at Athena, and she grew a Cheshire grin. "Oh, so I get the ok for doing it behind closed doors? Sweet!" Rika, Aisha and Saeko all laughed at that, while my goddess and Hestia blushed.
"Y-You know that's not what I meant Loki!" She laughed even harder, and just waved Athena off.
"I know, but c'mon Athena. Lookit these!" I groaned when Loki started poking Rika's breasts, and just looked up to the sky.
"Rika has some marvelous breasts, I will never deny that. BUT!" I felt Saeko's hands wrap around mine, and I yelped. This bitch! "I do believe Saya wins against Rika. And we're not even mentioning the TRUE winner in this department either." I tried swatting Saeko's hands away, but she gave me one last grope before letting go. I'd need to get her back for that.
But she had a point. When she said that, we all, even I did after swearing vengeance on Saeko, turned to Shizuka. She was smiling as she looked at us, and hummed when our eyes went to her breasts. It didn't help that she folded her arms under them, then stuck her chest out. "~I'm number 1.~" I couldn't even be mad at her.
"Yea... We're all fuqin nothin compared to those. Like holy bajeezus." We all nodded at that, then sighed.
"Kinda makes you think. There's always a plumper whale in the ocean." My mind processed that as both an insult, and compliment, but Shizuka just looked at Aisha like she was prey.
Aisha realized she was in danger, but before she got the chance to move or say anything, Shizuka walked over to her, and put a hand on her shoulder. "Did you just call me fat?" Aisha started sweating bullets at the sweet but very subtly hostile question.
"What? You, fat? Never? Not a single day in your life. Nope." Shizuka just 'smiled' at Aisha, then nodded.
"Good." Then she let go, and just walked ahead of us. Aisha looked like she escaped death itself, and almost fell to the ground. Rika caught her, and we watched her pat her on the back.
"I got ya sis. The big scary, but very sexy nurse, can't hurt you anymore." Aisha just mumbled her thanks, and Hestia leaned over to Saeko.
"I thought you were supposed to be the scary one?" Saeko, Rika and I snorted at that.
"Oh I am. But Shizuka is a special breed." Hestia nodded, and looked the way Shizuka we...-
"Wait a minute... Where'd Shizuka go?" That snapped everyone out of their stunned states, and we all just looked around. Shizuka somehow disappeared, and we, the girls in our relationship and I, panicked. "QUICK! FIND HER BEFORE SHE DESTROYS SOMETHING!" We ran, and went off to find the nuclear warhead we lost track of.
Tonight was going to be a long night.
[Status]
Name - Maccillian Silver Zaka
Title - The Silver King of Wolves
Level - 1
Age - 20(2,821)
Strength : H - 195(200 Restricted) -] Strength : G - 230
Endurance : H - 175 -] Endurance G - 205
Vitality : 150,060 -] Vitality : 150,075
Dexterity/Agility : H - 170(150 Restricted) -] Dexterity/Agility : G - 220
Intelligence/Magic : I - 70(280) -] Intelligence/Magic : H - 130
Wisdom : 560 -] Wisdom : 575
Charisma : 1,315 -] Charisma : 1,325
Luck : 210 -] Luck : 225
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