A/N: Hey guys, I'm back, sorry for the short break, I just came back from a trip and I was really exhausted mentally and physically so I needed time to recover. But I'm back now and resuming my regular schedule.
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~Yuta Yukimura~
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I watched as giant fists hammered at the wall in front of me, definitely, enough power to kill any low-class devil.
I sensed an illusionary opponent appear behind me thanks to Zoroark and moments after they appeared, a large circular black portal appeared above them and a tree-sized limb made out of darkness erupted from the portal and smashed the illusion by punching it into the ground.
Another opponent was smashed apart by two portals appearing at either side with two giant arms emerging, clapping the target and reducing it to dust.
This was a decent combination.
[Void Hands Projection]
|Rarity: Elite(Combination Shadow Hands + Void Travel)|
This ability allows you to summon large limbs from the void to pummel, restrain, smash or break your enemies. You can summon the portal where the limb emerges from any location in your view. The more energy you expend, the larger or stronger the limbs.
It wasn't too much better than Shadow Hands but the advantage of it not needing to travel like Shadow Hands was undeniable. Plus, the raw power increase was definitely substantial between rare and uncommon.
I dispelled the combination and assembled another one. While this one actively hindered me during people with the amount of slots it takes, it is undeniable for how useful it is during general life.
[Void Drones]
|Rarity: Rare(Combination: Void Mirror, Share Sight, Shadow Hands)| |Class: Thinker, Emitter|
Allows the user to conjure void drones, humanoids made of void with the strength of grown men, you can share all of your senses with your Void Drones and pilot their bodies. They can act autonomously but as long as they persist they steadily consume energy to maintain themselves.
I decided to leave several Void Drones here, summoning one, they looked just like me, just without hair and all the surface of my body being covered in vanta black.
Wait... what if I...?
I know I have rarely ever used this ability before but I feel stricken from inspiration. Let's swap out Shadow Hands and add something new.
...Oh, oh dear.
[Void Clones]
|Rarity: Epic+(Combination: Chaos Entity Release + Void Mirror +Disguise)| ||Class: Mover, Changer, Thinker, Emitter|
You are able to release yourself into a Chaos Obvserver form and split up your body into several clones made up of your void energy state. You are able to manipulate the shape of these clones, but once they take enough damage they are unable to hold their shape and return to your main body.
You share your perception and mind with these clones and each take up an Observers Mark slot. You can freely distribute your energy between your clones and you can swap with the location of one of your clones once per hour.
Hell yeah.
These were basically shadow clones, without the efficiency mind you but shadow clones nonetheless. And unlike shadow clones, they are both durable and dependent meaning I know what they know at all times. Like a hivemind.
I tested it by activating the ability, feeling my body dissolve into the grey fog that made up my Chaos Observer form before it was split in half, both parts materialized into my body. I felt through both bodies and saw through both of them. Yet despite the doubled sensory information, It did not feel uncomfortable.
The feeling was comparable to adding another monitor to your desk alongside a mouse and a keyboard. But to compensate for it, it felt like my ability to handle two streams of information had increased, like how it was when I used the observer mark.
I pulled out my phone to check the time. Enough playing with clones for now.
Before I went I created 3 clones, 4 including my main body, each had 15% while my main body had 45% of my magical power. After that, I used shadow travel on my fourth slot to go into my room and change while my clones would browse the devil net for information gathering. I could tune out my active control of them and just passively receive the information.
I decided to switch it up for the date, and by that, I meant instead of my usual black hoodie I wore a formal red hoodie instead. But I made sure I was clean and everything else. I even tried to comb my hair to no avail, I always looked like I had bedhead no matter what I did.
There were about 20 minutes before our date started and I decided to leave early, because momma raised a gentleman.I used Void Travel(I don't know why, I just liked using it to travel compared to other means) to an alleyway near our rendezvous spot.
Stepping out of the alleyway I saw that Akeno was already here somehow. I even made sure to get here early too, what the hell? I saw a crowd had gathered around Akeno and I couldn't blame them considering Akeno's current date outfit.
She was wearing a white frilly blouse with pink accents paired with a short pink skirt that barely covered her ass paired with a pair of white heels that made me want to jump her but I was a man with self-restraint in troves, so I managed to push down my desires and approach her normally.
Seeing me approach her face brightened up as she waved me over. By the time I had reached her side, she gave me an appraising look coupled with a bright smile.
"Huhu~ you really don't change do you Yuta-kun? Well, what do you think about my outfit? It's not what I usually wear but Rias picked it out for me."
I closed my eyes in exasperation.
"Believe me Akeno, I tried but my style just refuses to change. But I can definitely say that your outfits look beautiful. I didn't take white and pink as your colors but they definitely suit you. Not that I think there are any clothes you could look bad in."
Akeno blushed and linked her arm with mine. Giving me a sly smile as my arm was trapped between her generous soft mounds. The trap was a psychological one, preventing my arm from moving in any way.
"My~ Yuta-kun, how smooth. Let us go, I planned a lot for this. I have been looking forward to my first date."
"Well then, that just means it's my responsibility as your boyfriend to give you the most premium experience possible."
"Huhu~ I'll look forward to it honey~."
Alright Yuta, this is her first time. Time to get your mind in order. She is your girlfriend and it is your responsibility to be the best boyfriend you can be for her.
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~Yuta Yukimura~
Our date was going really well, Akeno and I first walked around the park, Kuoh Park was always a sight for the sore eyes with all of the well-maintained greenery, cleanliness and views. And with all of the couples like us around sightseeing along with us, it grounded the fact that this was just a normal date. After getting some ice cream we started on our real goal for this date.
We ended up touring multiple furniture stores, buying furniture for her room, and after buying it legally Akeno employed a little amount of mind magic to make sure they did not mind my shadow stretching and swallowing the furniture we bought.
As a traditional girl, Akeno was leaning more towards traditional Japanese furniture, a low table etc. but she also bought some other kinds of furniture such as potted plants, a proper bed not a damn futon, two bean bag chairs, some mood lights, etc.
The theme of her room was going for a mix of Japanese and Rustic with mostly warm colours of brown and yellow.
After that, we sat at a picnic table to eat the lunch I packed(I had 60 different lunch bags packed in my shadow since it was in Statis). Normally we would have gone to a cafe or something but obviously, my food was miles better than anything a cafe served thanks to Pearl Jam.
What surprised me the most during our date was just how chill Akeno was. Sure there was some flirting here and there as expected but it felt like she was taking the time to just relax and enjoy each other's company without sexual tension thick enough to be considered a physical object.
But just as we were heading to the picnic tables we were greeted by an unexpected sight.
"Please spare some change for the lost sheep of the lord."
"Please bless us in God's stead!"
"Oh dear, that looks rather pitiful."
I blinked, seeing the holy duo once more, not as enemies or having them on their mission but instead being greeted with the sight of them begging on the streets. How the hell did this happen when I wasn't paying attention to my Obverservers Mark? I only let them out of my sight for 5 hours or something.
Closing my eyes and I focused on the mark to retrieve what it saw and it left me speechless. After being forced to camp at the wrecked abandoned church since they did not know it was wrecked, Irina had been scammed out of all of her money after being sold a fake painting by a sleazebag who capitalized on the fact that she was a religious nut and used it to trick her into thinking it was a genuine holy painting.
So the two exorcists were not only homeless but penniless. It was like they were speedrunning failing their mission.
I'd laugh if it were so pathetic that it stopped being amusing and just started being sad.
The two church girls spotted us, Irina blushing furiously in humiliation while Xenovia gave a defeated sigh. I looked towards Akeno, I would rather not want to interrupt our date dealing with these two.
"Akeno, should we just ignore them? No reason to interrupt our date."
Akeno chucked and gave me a peck on the cheek before shaking her head.
"Well, we should at least hear them out Yuta-kun, despite our differences their mission affects us too. Our date was perfect already, don't worry. We can always go on another one later."
I sighed and slumped my shoulders before shrugging. She was the queen, while I was but a mere pawn. Her wish was my command.
Akeno approached the two with a nonchalant friendly attitude.
"Hello you two, what are you doing here?"
"We-!"
Grrrrrumbbbleeee
-Are starving apparently.
Xenovia went to speak but at that moment both of their stomachs rumbled violently. I saw both of them blush while Akeno struggled to not grin to spare their feelings.
"Would you perhaps like to join us for lunch?"
They exchanged quick meaningful glances before Xenovia let out a defeated sigh. Even faith falls before the starving stomach.
"Unfortunately, we aren't in a position to deny assistance. Even from a Devil." Irina looked at her friend, alarmed.
"X-Xenovia don't say that-"
"Am I wrong Irina?"
She quickly closed her mouth as I scratched my head.
They may be having a rougher time than I had first thought.
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"My god, I cannot believe it! I have never tasted anything that is so heavenly before. I am being led astray by the devil."
"Om nom nom nom! I can't believe food can taste this good! Even for the work of a devil, this is too good."
Akeno gave them an understanding look as the two holy girls seemed to be having existential crises from my food. They dug in ravenously as if they had been starving for weeks despite a single day passing, I had already given them 4 boxes. And the other people in the park gave us awkward looks as we sat on the bench.
Finally finished with her food-induced fugue Xenovia put the fork down and returned to her downcast look as she gritted her teeth in apparent frustration.
"How unbelievable, to prove our faith we had to get help from devils. This is so pathetic."
I raised an eyebrow as Irina gave a distressed look toward her companion.
"That's certainly a weird way to thank someone for cooking for you."
Irina hurriedly bowed to me.
"Ah yes, thank you very much for blessing us with this meal. May god bless y- mffph!?"
I stuffed sushi into her mouth before she finished her words and gave her a stern look.
"Remember, we are devils. I'd appreciate it if you didn't pray for us. It'd hurt a lot."
She nodded violently with the sushi in her mouth.
"Y-yesh!"
Seeing this Akeno addressed the crestfallen Exorcist while Iriana chewed the sushi in her mouth.
"So, why did you two end up on the streets?"
Xenovia gave her a look before releasing a sharp sigh making Irina next to her flinch.
"We were not given a lot of funds for our mission. And not only that, but Irina blew it all on a scam painting." The Irina in question tried to make herself appear small out of shame as the swords stabbed at her. "And since the church is demolished we have nowhere to stay either. But what is it to you?"
Akeno shook her head and shrugged her shoulders.
"I am the Queen of Rias Gremory. I simply wanted to know how your missions were going since you both are still in our territory. If you two are struggling so much I'm sure I can convince Rias to lend you both some assistance."
Xenovia scowled at that and stood up violently.
"We don't need your assistance!" She turned towards Irina. "Come on Irina, we are leaving, we have to search for the pieces of Excalibur."
"Xenovia..."
Akeno simply sighed and shook her head while I watched it unravel in interest. I would feel at least a little bad if I left them like this honestly. As they turned to leave I pulled another batch of boxes from my storage and held them out towards them.
"I said we-!" Xenovia was going to insist but I cut her off.
"Just take these, I made too much and if you don't take them I'll simply throw them in the trash."
Xenovia narrowed her eyes and held my stern gaze before contemplating and gritting her teeth before grabbing the boxes.
"...We'll take them."
With that she turned on her heel and started walking away, Irina following closely behind her after muttering a quick 'Thank you'.
Seeing their forms walk off into the distance I sighed.
This would definitely become my problem later on somehow.
A/N: Yuta's grind never stops, there is an unfathomable combination of abilities out there. Yuta is creating new combination after combination thanks to his Esper talent. And his date with Akeno was fun to write despite being brief, I wanted to show that he actually does stuff with his harem instead of them just disappearing and him moving on to the next girl.
Turns out, if you humiliate people they are far less willing to share their secrets with you. Like the fact that they are here to catch Kokabiel. That is some really crucial information that is now going to be an absolute pain in Yuta's ass. That aside, what did you guys think about the predicaments of the Exorcists and Yuta's new combinations? I'd love to know.
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