Chương 388: Little Lucifer

After dropping Alec off at the Misty Manor(and making sure his face was wiped clean of fruit juice), Alex promptly headed towards Asora's hospital to wait for the birth of Vali and Aiko's child, the Lucifer of the next generation.

There he was unsurprised to find quite the crowd of people also waiting for news regarding the baby, namely Aiko's father, Hatayama Tetsuo, her students that had been sent to Tortus, the high class Devils residing in Asora, Lavinia, and the members of the Vali team. With her father and Hajime giving Alex a curt nod at his arrival, which he returned, he then turned his attention to the person who was obviously the most anxious in the room, and perhaps even the most scared, Vali.

The silver haired Lucifer was anxiously pacing back and forth through the waiting room as he awaited word regarding Aiko and his child, until Alex said to him,

"You're gonna make a hole in the floor if you keep pacing like that." When he heard Alex's voice Vali stopped and looked up him with an undisguised glower, before he resumed his nervous pacing.

"Don't mind him." Tetsuo suddenly said to Alex, before continuing in a subdued voice,

"He's happier than he's letting on that you're here, but we just got word that there's been complications due to Aiko's size, so we can't help but be fairly nervous..." Alex nodded slowly at his words, while also watching the older man anxiously wring his own hands as he awaited news about his daughter and grandchild.

Though they could use Spirit and Regeneration magics to prevent both Aiko and the baby losing their lives, that didn't mean that there still couldn't be certain complications during the actual birthing process. And Aiko's petite size that was comparable to Yue or Mavis would definitely be a factor that would cause some problems.

However Alex wouldn't be any help whatsoever with complications that arose with Aiko at the moment, so he decided to focus on something he could help with. Casually throwing an arm around Vali's shoulders, earning him another glower in the process, Alex then said to him,

"Don't worry, Anne would never allow anything to happen to either of them." When he heard that some of the tension in Vali's shoulders loosened as he said,

"I know, it's just that this is the first major problem I've encountered that I couldn't just fight my way out of, it's frustrating..." Alex nodded slowly in understanding, having already experienced several times the anxious wait for his own children to be born, and no matter what that feeling never changed. Instead of trying to come up with a way to sooth Vali's nerves though, a hint of a smile showed itself at the edge of his lips as he said,

"You know what I find helps the most in these situations though?" When he heard that Vali look at Alex curiously before saying,

"No, what?" This time Alex's smile became more prominent, alerting Vali that something was about to happen, but before he could do anything Alex's hand suddenly gripped the back of his neck loosely, while a ripple appeared in the space before them.

"I always found that being by my woman's side was better than waiting outside like this!" The next thing Vali knew he was being sent forward into the distortion in space, only to appear in Aiko's hospital room instantly.

Alex then watched through his 'Domain' with a markedly warmer smile as Aiko's mother, Akiko, began to verbally tear into Vali for waiting outside to let Aiko experience this without him, while the woman herself only felt a profound sense of relief that he was there with her, despite the pain she was currently in.

"Thanks for that." Tetsuo said to him suddenly, to which Alex nodded in affirmation before saying,

"No problem, but we need to be a patient with Vali when it comes to these things due to his own circumstances." This time it was Tetsuo's turn to nod in agreement, as Vali had already long since informed them of how his own family had treated him growing up, and his fear of becoming like his father and grandfather.

Then began the long wait as they awaited word for the child's birth, which Alex provided the occasional update as he kept an eye on things through his 'Domain', of which Tetsuo and the rest of those waiting were really grateful for. This continued until Alex suddenly jerked his head up in alarm, followed quickly by everyone else when they sensed the same thing he had.

"W-what is that?!" Tetsuo asked in alarm as, despite being a regular human, he too had felt the sudden powerful force coming from Aiko's room, to which Alex said to him,

"That, is the birth of a super devil. Congratulations." With confirmation that the baby had finally been born, a sigh of relief went through the room before a series of excited voices filled it as everyone eagerly began discussing things like if the baby was a boy or girl, and potential names Aiko would decide for it. Meanwhile, off to the side, a certain monkey-like man, Bikou, was shaking his head as he questioned,

"What the hell is up with this? I thought the powers of super Devils weren't genetic?" With the rest of the Vali team silently contemplating what he had pointed out, as none of the other confirmed super Devils, Sirzechs, Ajuka, or Rizevim, had super devil children, Alex suddenly said,

"I've been thinking about that since the birth of my own children. My two most likely theories though is that it was either the way Vali and the others became super Devils, as they weren't born as them, or it had to do with our other powers increasing our children's own power and potential, as Heavenly Dragons along with my Saiyan bloodline." When he explained his best theories for why so many super Devils had been born from him and Vali, the members of the Vali team and the gathered high class Devils nodded slowly in contemplation, but before any of them could say anything the door that led to Aiko's room opened, and Asia appeared in her cute nurses outfit before saying,

"It's a girl!"

When she said that many of the female members of Hajime's class let out excited voices while the guys became momentarily dejected, before they too jumped into the discussion. However, when someone mentioned going in the to see them, Asia stated in an uncharacteristically stern yet cute demeanor,

"You can't go in just yet, both Aiko and the baby need to rest! Come back tomorrow and you'll probably be able to see them though." Despite being somewhat dejected that they couldn't go and see Aiko, the former students still filed out of the waiting room as they then began to discuss potential gifts that they'd bring for her and the baby the following day.

Alex had been just about to take his leave as well, when Asia quickly said,

"They said that the three of you can go in Alex, Lavinia, and Tetsuo." While the latter two quickly followed Asia's lead to Aiko's room, Alex briefly wondered why he was included as well. Tetsuo was Aiko's father and Lavinia was Vali's adopted older sister, so the two of them were understandable, but why him?

Instead of standing around wondering about it though, Alex simply followed Asia's lead as she brought them to the room that Aiko and the baby had been moved into. Within, Aiko was lying on her bed looking exhausted, but content as she struggled to stay awake for a little bit longer, while her mother sat at her side comfortingly. Meanwhile on the other side of the bed stood Vali, who was holding a small bundle wrapped in a pink blanket while looking down at it in awe.

Alex traded a knowing look with Tetsuo when the duo saw that, as they both knew what was going through Vali's head at that moment, the realization that everything was going to change for him. While the older man and Lavinia approached Aiko to check on her, Alex approached Vali before asking,

"Still worried you'll end up like your family?" Instead of answering him though, Vali could only ask,

"How?" Alex smiled wryly at the single worded question, knowing exactly what he meant.

'How did someone like me, help create something as beautiful as this?'

That was the exact question going through Vali's head as he looked down at the face of his newborn daughter, disbelief filling him despite the fact that he was currently holding her in his arms. It wasn't for well over a minute that Vali even seemed to notice Alex standing there, before he surprisingly, and reluctantly, handed the tiny bundle over to him.

Surprised, Alex carefully accepted the bundle while looking at Vali curiously, to which the silver haired man simply said,

"We named you the godfather..... Aiko insisted..." Looking away pointedly as he said that, Alex glanced at Aiko to find her smiling at him warmly.

"Thank you..." Alex said seriously as he looked down at the little girl sleeping in his arms, before Vali continued,

"It's nothing. I only agreed because if something happened to us I wouldn't want someone weaker than myself looking after her." Smirking at his rival, Alex remarked as he turned to walk towards Aiko's bed,

"Such a tsundere..." Naturally Vali frowned at him as he walked away, but didn't say anything since he'd then be called defensive.

Looking back down at the sleeping girl one last time while he was holding her, Alex asked Aiko,

"What did you name her?" Despite her exhaustion Aiko suddenly looked a little sheepish as she said,

"I didn't know very much about devil culture, so I gave her the only actual devil related name I knew of for girls, Lilith." Alex cocked a brow as he gently handed the newborn to Akiko, before turning towards Vali questioningly.

In the DXD world Lilith was the wife of the original Lucifer, and the ex-wife of Adam. She was also the one responsible for birthing the Devils that existed in the DXD world, until doing so put her in a comatose state of near-death. She was also coincidently Vali's great grandmother.

Of course the man in question simply shrugged his shoulders, as he had left most of the major decisions regarding their child to Aiko. Since Vali didn't have anything else to say about it, Alex murmured,

"Lilith Lucifer... I like it." Aiko smiled at Alex's praise as he gently handed the small bundle to Tetsuo, before making his way back to Vali.

"Azazel would be really proud." He said to him, making the usually cool man tear up a little as he recalled his adoptive father.

"You're going to get them out of there when we return, right?" Alex immediately nodded and replied,

"Of course! I've got unfinished business with that fucker to begin with!" As he recalled Trihexia, who Azazel was trapped with along with so many others, Alex's heart started thundering as he anticipated their rematch. (A.N. Before people ask when they fought, it was during the time skip I did in DXD before the Azazel Cup. That's why you wouldn't remember it.)

Alex's thoughts regarding the apocalyptic being were then disturbed when he heard Lavinia suddenly remark,

"Hmmm.... Va-kun suddenly has such a cute daughter~.... I order if it's about time for me to settle down and have children as well...?" Alex then pretended not to notice as she sent a glance in his direction, lest the serene atmosphere be ruined by Vali thinking he was trying to make a pass at Lavinia.

***

After saying goodbye to Vali and the others, especially his new goddaughter, Alex returned to the Misty Manor to give everyone else the news before retiring to the space-time orb for the night. Within, he promised Grayfia that he'd fulfill his promise to her soon, before finding the room his children usually slept in and joined them, creating a small pile of monkey-tailed bodies as they snuggled up to him for the night.