[December 24th DxD/August 16th DBT]
'Issei is right to be envious...' Vahn mused to himself, relaxing atop a gold chaise lounge with crimson cushions and gazing out over a red-carpeted room that had been furnished into a festive, holiday-themed casino. There were slot machines decorated like presents, poker tables with candy cane trim, a thirty-meter-tall spruce tree adorned with spiraling silver tinsel and thousands of ornaments, and boughs of mistletoe dangling from luminous crystal chandeliers. It was a sight to behold, but what made it spectacular were the hundreds of scantily clad women seated, lounging, or sauntering about in sexy Santa, reindeer, and elf-themed lingerie.
"Hmm? It's rare to see you unaccompanied..." remarked a petite woman with distinctive white twin tails, green eyes, a characteristically apathetic expression, and, most notably, pointed ears, an exceedingly short, white-fur-trimmed red skirt that barely covered half her ass, a high-waisted red thong, a similarly fur-trimmed red tube top that left her slender shoulders, lower back, and navel fully exposed, and toeless, candy cane-patterned stockings.
"It's even rarer to see you out and about..." countered Vahn, his smile broadening as he gave his left thigh a few pats, prompting the reclusive Elven beauty, Frieren, to straddle it and unabashedly expose her modest breasts as she flatly asserted, "I've been preoccupied with my research. If this event weren't mandatory, I'd still be in my room..."
Grabbing the slender Elf by her soft but taut waist, Vahn repositioned her to straddle his bulge as he contended, "I'm not going to force the matter, but you should get out and socialize more. If that's too tedious, you could also consider taking on an apprentice—someone to look after you and run errands..."
"Mmn...it's not the worst idea, but there are still more than seventy years before Fern's presumed birth...assuming her fate is powerful enough to guarantee she's born at all..." remarked Frieren, casually grinding against Vahn's bulge with a tepid but increasingly flushed expression, mostly due to his hands caressing her exposed sides.
"Seventy years is longer than the average human life expectancy," noted Vahn. "I can't deny that you and Fern have great chemistry, but you could train other apprentices."
"That's true..." affirmed Frieren, raising her gaze and tilting her head back and slightly to the left as if she were seriously deliberating the matter. In the meantime, Vahn lowered his face and brought his mouth to her chest, gently suckling her left breast while massaging her small but well-shaped and very perky ass...
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As he was getting Frieren to consider becoming a Mentor through the PAP(Pavilion Apprenticeship Program), another Vahn, one of six Flower and eighteen Shadow Clones spread throughout the festively decorated room, was seated between Kushina and Tsunade, encircled by a group of women in their early to mid-twenties from the world of Naruto. Each had been given the option of wearing more conservative clothing, but except for the sandy-haired Karura, who was wearing a reindeer-themed onesie she had recently unzipped to provide a glimpse of the off-white bikini top she had on underneath, the other eight women were wearing variations of the same sexy lingerie as the majority of women attending the event.
"I think it's wonderful that everyone wants to enroll their children in the Pavilion's Rising Dragons Academy. It's long past time that the senseless conflicts between the Elemental Nations and Hidden Villages came to an end~" hummed Kushina, practically glowing as she sat to Vahn's left with his hand cupping her exposed, thong-clad bottom.
"While it's certainly a good thing that the fighting has ceased, I wouldn't say the conflicts between our villages were senseless..." argued a young woman with short black hair that framed her face, angular, obsidian black eyes with long lashes, and a slim but athletic build currently clad in a sexy Santa outfit. Her name was Chiseki, and though she wasn't someone Vahn was familiar with from the Naruto anime or manga, anyone knowledgeable of the two series would notice the similarities between her and her three-year-old daughter, the prospective Fourth Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, and a contemporary of the canon Naruto, Kurotsuchi of the Stone.
"We should try to avoid this topic. That era is now behind us, and the reasons why each village fought are no longer relevant..." said a notably mature woman with light blonde hair that framed her face, curved bangs, sharp blue eyes, and a notably shapely figure in a brown, white-trimmed, reindeer-themed bikini, complete with arm and leg warmers, a tail, and a cutesy antler headband that starkly contrasted her serious, naturally aloof appearance. Were it not for the presence of Tsunade, she, Arashi, mother of a fourteen-year-old Samui, would have had the largest bust among the Kunoichi present.
"I am in agreement with Arashi-dono. Let us enjoy the peace we've found beneath Vahn-sama's grace..." chimed a woman with inordinately fair skin and delicate features that included almond-shaped, pale purple eyes with no visible pupils, thin brows, pastel pink lips, and long, inky-black hair that parted above a somewhat broad forehead, framed her face, and flowed to the small of her back. Notably, while she, Hyuga Tsubaki, wasn't the most attractive of the women present, her appearance had a certain ephemeral quality that felt almost otherworldly. That, combined with her status as wife of the current Hyuga Head, Hiashi, caused her to stand out greatly—particularly in a short-skirted Santa ensemble that emphasized her ample bosom and the shapely figure she was destined to pass to her daughters, Hinata and Hanabi.
"I'm just waiting for the orgy to begin. I was sure that was the reason we were invited and given the option of wearing these flimsy undergarments," remarked a woman with modest breasts, red-brown skin, sharp, hawk-like eyes, and crimson hair tied back and fixed into a spiky ponytail. Her name was Amai, mother to a six-month-old Karui, and she was currently seated in a very unladylike pose with her right foot pulled up on her chair cushion and her legs spread in a relaxed posture, providing a clear view of the red lace thong she was wearing beneath her Santa outfit. Notably, due to the sheer quality of the fabric, it wasn't the only thing visible.
Noticing the subtle but telling changes in the expressions of the nine Kunoichi, each the mother of at least one child of note from the Naruto canon, Vahn, maintaining his relaxed smolder, exhaled from his nose and remarked, "I can understand how you came to that conclusion, given my reputation. But, contrary to what some might claim, I don't have an overt habit of targeting married women to steal them from their husbands..."
As if driven by some unseen cue, the gazes of each of the nine Kunoichi immediately shifted to Vahn's left hand, resting on and casually caressing Kushina's ass. He was even habitually sliding the tips of his ring and pinky fingers along her slit, completely unaware that he was doing so due to his multiple perspectives.
Feeling embarrassed due to everyone's gazes focusing on her, Kushina's usually friendly smile cramped awkwardly, her right brow twitching as she asked, "Why is everyone suddenly looking at me? Minato and I separated before Vahn and I got together. He didn't steal me away..."
"Well, fuck. If there's not going to be an orgy, I'm hitting the craps table. Peace out," expressed Amai, rising to her feet and giving a relaxed peace sign before departing. Little did she know, but there were actually several orgies planned for that evening—she simply wasn't included among those scheduled to participate.
"I should go and keep an eye on her..." sighed Arashi, closing her eyes as she rose gracefully to her feet. Before departing, however, she gave Vahn a meaningful look, accompanied by a System notification requesting that she be added to his Contacts.
Since he had no reason to refuse, Vahn offered a curt nod and accepted Arashi's request before following her departure through his Domain rather than his eyes. Fortunately, she and Amai were the only ones to leave, as it would have been even more awkward if the group suddenly shrank to just a few members...
Helping to make things less awkward, a young, raven-haired woman with a hairstyle similar to Tsubaki's but with markedly sharper, obsidian-black eyes, beamed at Kushina, asking, "How have little Naruto and Mito been? My Itachi recently turned six, and thanks to the special crops provided by the Pavilion, my little Sasuke is growing like a bean sprout."
'Nice save, Mikoto-san...' Vahn hummed internally, doing his best not to allow his gaze to wander to Mikoto's modest but well-shaped breasts, the tempting line of her abdomen, or her partly exposed thighs, clad in green, mistletoe-patterned stockings as she modeled Elf-themed lingerie.
"You think your son's growing fast...?" asked Kushina, sitting properly and raising her hands as if she were describing a bear as she happily chimed, "Naruto-chan isn't even five yet, but he's already 118cm and weighs close to thirty kilograms! At this rate, he's going to be just as tall and handsome as his—"
Nearly crediting Vahn with being Naruto's father, Kushina caught herself, her cheeks flushing considerably as she settled down and embarrassedly appended, "At the rate he's currently growing, he might even surpass two meters by the time he finishes puberty..."
"Oh, my...it sounds like he's going to be very popular among the girls in his class..." remarked Mikoto, her brows raised and her right hand partly covering her mouth in feigned surprise. In truth, she felt Naruto looked a bit simple in the photos Kushina had sent her. And when compared to her two adorable sons, other boys were fated to fade into the background or be forced to act out and dress in bright colors to steal even a fraction of the attention her own boys would receive from the opposite sex.
Unaware of Mikoto's musings, Kushina beamed proudly and affirmed that Naruto would be one of the most popular boys in his class, if not the most popular. From there, the conversation naturally shifted back to the subject of the Rising Dragon Academy, which was set to accept its inaugural class in two weeks, specifically on January 6th. Kushina and Mikoto intended to enroll Naruto and Itachi, respectively, while Karura planned to register her four, going on five-year-old daughter, Temari. This led to speculative talks about which of their sons Temari would favor as they grew, placing Karura in a somewhat awkward position, as she privately favored the idea of her daughter joining Vahn's harem to avoid getting dragged into the inevitable power struggle between his children...
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[December 25th DxD/August 17th DBT]
With the date changing and much of Termina celebrating Christmas, Vahn, embracing the holiday spirit, elected to check on Shalba after what would have been 384 years and ten months from the man's perspective. He was supposed to be there 511 years based on Sis's initial projections, but since he had been working hard toward his rehabilitation, Vahn figured he could release the man early if he showed genuine remorse for his actions.
'Did we mistake the coordinates...?' Vahn asked both himself and Sis, a wave of confusion washing over him as he teleported to where Shalba's Rehabilitation Planet was supposed to be located, only to find an empty black void.
(*This is unquestionably where his planet should be. And since its spatial coordinates are locked, it shouldn't have been possible for him to relocate it, even with full access to his power*) answered Sis, even more confused than Vahn. She had stopped monitoring Shalba when Vahn chose to enter the Training Room, and since he had been diligently tending his land when she last saw him, it hadn't occurred to her to check in on him.
Sensing Sis's feelings of shame and guilt, Vahn smiled and reassured her, "It's fine, Sis. You work trillions of times harder than anyone else, and this place was supposed to be inescapable, even to an S-Rank. For now, let's try scanning the area to see if we can't find any clues."
Punctuating his words, Vahn emulated and fused the energies of Angels, Devils, Fallen, and Dragons within him to activate what Rias and Medaka had jointly dubbed his Almighty Dragon God form. Doing so allowed him to expand his Domain from a casual one hundred meters to several tens of thousands of kilometers in an instant, filling the empty black void with luminous golden light. As he did, he immediately became aware of a large amount of dust and presumably planetary debris floating about, a telltale sign that, through means unbeknownst to them, Shalba's planet had been destroyed...
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