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Dimension Lost dimension, Dimensional Gap

Everything stopped as the combatants took in the unexpected new arrival. Georg, the wielder of Dimension Lost, was especially surprised since he hadn't known it was even possible for anyone to enter a dimension he'd created without his approval. The fact this unknown had done so using a technique he didn't recognize or even sense until he was here was a bit unsettling to the supposed child genius magician.

With the newcomer in question, Kurama instantly assessed the situation even as he held Heracles' fist back with one hand. He spread all his senses to locate all possible combatants within the dimension, instantly identifying the unknowns as humans with powerful Sacred Gears, probably Longinuses considering their strength. Of them, the strongest was the smug-looking Chinese moron that was fighting Azazel with that gaudy-looking golden spear. It gave off the strongest aura among the Sacred Gears he could sense so he made a note to take down him first if it came to a fight. He noticed the Governor-General was wearing some weird gold and purple armor and filed it away for later.

However, Kurama scowled when he failed to sense his wife's energy anywhere nearby. Even though it had been a long time, his familiarity with her power meant he would instantly sense if she was nearby, even if she was hidden.

And by nearby, he meant anywhere within this dimension.

The fact that he couldn't sense her told him that she was either dead, which was unlikely, or more probable, that she was not within this dimension. And considering that he could sense the Dimension Lost user was the geek with glasses standing on the opposite shore, and he hadn't sensed her in true Kyoto, that meant she was in yet another dimension.

Could the Dimension Lost user create and maintain more than one dimension at a time?

It seemed unlikely but Kurama couldn't risk the possibility which meant he would have to keep the Dimension Lost user alive at all costs. For all he knew, killing the Dimension Lost user would cause any dimensions he created to collapse, killing everything inside them. While he could instantly teleport himself to safety, the chance of his wife being within a created dimension and being killed because of the user's death were too high.

All this, Kurama took in within the two heartbeats between what he said when he arrived and everyone noticing his presence.

Heracles looked surprised at the new arrival, noticing his revealed tails before smiling gleefully. "Well, well, well. Looks like a stray fox has joined the party! Ha! I hope this one is stronger than the last one! She was easy as hell to take down and no fun at all!" His face turned into a leering one. "Hot as hell though. Too bad she's a filthy youkai. I would have loved a piece of that."

Kurama's eyes sharpened at the admission of this man being involved with his wife's kidnapping as well as his crass statements about his wife. However, his wife's absence meant Kurama couldn't do what he really wanted which was rip this man head off. That didn't mean he would go unpunished though.

Heracles lost balance when the pressure holding his fist back disappeared, only to gasp in agony as Kurama punched him straight in the abdomen faster than he could react. This was compounded when Kurama slapped him aside with one of his tails, the force behind it causing the large man to go skipping across the water like a rock into the distance until he was far out of sight.

Kurama scoffed at how easy it had been to knock him out of the fight. Oh, he could sense that the brute wasn't dead or even unconscious but unless he had the ability to teleport or move quickly, he wouldn't be able returning to the fight anytime soon. That meant one less enemy to worry about for the upcoming fight.

Kurama looked around to take stock of what was happening, noticing both the weird monsters on the Hero side of the battlefield and how the Azazel had broken off from his fight with the Chinese brat with the golden spear. Said boy must be the leader considering how the other Sacred Gear wielders seemed to gather around where he landed. Kurama absently noticed that other than having his clothing a bit scuffed, he seemed unharmed so Kurama put him on par with Azazel in threat level.

Kurama then looked back to where the devils were standing only to do a double-take when he noticed a certain someone trying to hide behind Issei.

"Kunou?!" yelled Kurama out in shock, causing said kitsune girl to squeak and shyly peak out from behind Issei nervously. "What the fuck are you doing here?! You're supposed to be at the palace?!"

Kunou slowly came out from behind Issei, shyly scuffing the ground with her right foot. "Ano... I snuck out to meet Issei and company. They promised to help rescue Kaa-san and well..."

Kurama felt a migraine start to form at the girl's words. While he understood why she did it, he was still extremely angry she had risked herself like that, coming out into the open without even her guards. What if the ones who kidnapped her mother took her as well? He wouldn't have even noticed until it may have been too late!

He refused to admit that most of his anger was out of fear of her being hurt or aimed at himself for being so stupid as to not make sure she stayed at the palace. He inwardly admitted he probably would have done the same at her age if it was his sister or Yasaka in danger which only made him angrier remembering all the trouble he'd gotten into at her age.

And with a inward wince, he remembered how much stress and worry his actions caused his late sister. Talk about karma coming back to bite him in the ass.

"We will speak of this later," grit out Kurama, causing Kunou to flinch and look down dejectedly. Kurama sighed then looked toward the devils around her with a glare. "Your job for now is to keep Kunou safe. If anything happens to her, I swear I will make your deaths legendary."

It put a sour taste in his mouth to ensure Kunou's safety to devils of all people but he really didn't have a choice. These so-called heroes had been strong enough to take down and capture his wife, a Satan-class threat. He would need to dedicate all his attention to them or risk the same happening to him. After all, all it would take is a single moment of distraction for even someone as strong as him to be taken down in the right circumstances.

The devils in question shivered and gulped at Kurama's threat but nodded in acceptance. They would have protected her anyway but they would doubly do so now. They still remembered the beating they got the last time he was angry at them and did not want a repeat.

Meanwhile, the negligent way Kurama had tossed Heracles aside had instantly put the Hero Faction members on their guard as they assessed the new threat. While only human, Heracles was still strong enough to contend with most supernatural beings when it came to brute strength so to have this newcomer slap him aside like a fly instantly sent up red had their guards up as they considered him warily.

The only exception being the smug Chinese brat with the golden spear who had only cocked an eyebrow at the show of strength. The following conversation between Kurama, Kunou and the devils easily told him who the newcomer was. "Ah, you must be Yasaka's husband, Kurama, that we have been hearing about so much lately," said the Chinese boy, who must be the one who called himself Cao Cao according to Makoto's information. "I must admit to being surprised to your being able to enter here without Georg's permission. You-"

"I'm going to give you one chance," cut off Kurama rudely, not interested in the arrogant brat's monologue in the slightest. He always found humans' necessity to monologue stuff during a fight to be utterly idiotic. "One chance and that only out of respect for my wife's desire for peace. Hand my wife over and I will let you all leave Kyoto with your limbs still attached to your bodies. If you don't..."

Kurama's flexed his power as a show of intimidation even though he knew it would be useless. If idiots were so easy to convince, Naruto wouldn't have had such problems making friends in his younger years. Idiots who thought themselves strong were even worse and these humans no doubt fell into this category.

It was a sadly recurring theme among humans in this dimension, heck, among all species even youkai. Give them a bit of power and they suddenly thought they were greatest thing since sliced bread. It was worse when that power wasn't even earned like Sacred Gear wielders. It suddenly gave them the belief that they were special because they received their power due to the luck of the draw. They received this power so obviously they must be different and unique and that gave them the right to do whatever they wanted.

Retards.

It was why he disdained nobles and other high-born beings. They didn't earn their power and so never truly appreciated it. Azazel was a prime example. Instead of keeping his fellow Fallen in line, he wasted his time in his own idiotic pursuits, allowing his people to run wild, apologizing afterwards like we should just overlook his complete lack of leadership. Imbecile.

Say what you will about Kurama but he never forgot the responsibility that came with his power. Something that the so-called pureblood high-class beings often forgot.

But the one good thing about this was the weakness that came with such arrogance. Kurama could only internally scoff at the smug smile on Cao Cao's face, the fool no doubt thinking that he was smarter and stronger than Kurama. He no doubt thought that Kurama was no threat after defeating his "stronger" wife, Yasaka, despite eveything he'd no doubt heard about him.

Imbeciles. Kurama was surrounded by imbeciles. Oh well, it was the job of the older generation to kick the younger generation's ass, I mean, teach them their mistakes. And Kurama was more than willing to do just that.

"I'm afraid I can't do that," said Cao Cao with that condescending smug smile of his. "We need her for a little experiment we're planning tonight at Nijou castle. We're going to use the leylines and therefore, she's an important piece for the experiment. But you're welcome to come tonight to witness it. We'll give her back to you once we're done with her."

Only a slight twitch in his right eye betrayed the utter fury Kurama felt at the smug prick's words. The idea of his beloved Yasaka-hime being talked about like some cheap commodity ticked him off to no end but he, barely, controlled his instinctive impulse to turn the arrogant prick into a smear on the pavement.

Now wasn't the time to act rashly. His beloved Yasaka's safety was far more important than some arrogant brat's words and until he could personally ensure her safety, his pride and anger would have to take a backseat.

Though he made a mental note to make that smug prick's beating and eventual death especially painful.

"I see," said Kurama, outwardly calm. "Then I guess we have nothing more to discuss."

Cao Cao had been expecting it. After all, why wouldn't someone respond violently when told they were going to continue to hold their loved one hostage? Especially animals like these youkai?

Yet despite his having expected it and preparing himself beforehand, he still couldn't follow it. To his eyes, one moment the kitsune youkai was standing on the bridge and the next he was right in front of him and punching at Cao Cao with enough force to destroy a building. If it wasn't for the automatic shield that the True Longinus placed around him to protect him from instantly lethal attacks, he would have been killed on the spot.

As it was, Cao Cao was blasted back into the distance and even through a few buildings from the force of the punch that the True Longinus' shield couldn't block alone.

The other Hero Faction members didn't fare any better, being too shocked by his raw speed to react fast enough to his presence among them. While Kurama used his fist to punch the smug boy away, he had lashed out with his tails at the four others. The blonde girl barely managed to dodge the first tail but was thrown away by the second. To her credit, she managed to roll with the hit since it hadn't had much strength behind it and land on her feet a short distance away.

The geeky brat with glasses seemed to have a sort of automatic magical shield much like the Chinese brat but was still thrown away from the force, though not as far as Cao Cao was. He fell on his backside but soon scrambled to his feet, a magic circle forming before him.

The short weird kid was protected by some equally strange creature; a monster with black skin, standing upright on two legs with very sharp claws and teeth. Whatever they were, they seemed to be pretty solidly built because while Kurama barely put much strength behind the strike, at least compared to his full strength which was still strong enough to break stone, it wasn't weak by any means. So the way it seemingly shrugged off the hit was pretty impressive. Of course, it did nothing to stop the second tail which crawled between the monsters' legs, grabbed the weird boy's legs and threw him aside like nothing, hitting the pavement nearby hard enough that he coughed a bit of blood.

Looks like he wasn't that physically compared to even the magician of the group.

The last one was a white-haired swordsman considering the swords at his waist and he had the best luck of the four. He instantly reacted, showing he probably had the most battle experience of the group, instantly drawing the swords at his waist to defend himself from Kurama's tails. The swords were extremely sharp and if Kurama hadn't been reinforcing his tails with chakra then they would have easily been cut off. As it was, Kurama had to pull back his tails with a hiss as he felt light cuts form where the swords clashed with his tails.

Still, he achieved his objective which was to separate the leader from the group. With barely a thought, a Tank Shadow Clone appeared behind him before blasting off toward where Cao Cao was thrown. He would deal with the brat while he played with these four brats.

"Now," said Kurama with a bloodthirsty grin and cracking knuckles. "Why don't we dance a little bit?"

With that, Kurama charged at his enemies with a bloodthirsty and excited grin.

Back with Kunou and the devil group, the group watched in slight shock as Kurama easily handled a group that had been giving them so much trouble until he arrived. With Issei and Rossweisse temporarily out of action for different reasons, the group had been far short in terms of offensive might. As it was, they barely managed to take down the hordes of antimonsters summoned by the Annihilation Maker as well as the group of female grunts that attacked them.

When Siegfried entered the fray and took on Kiba, Xenovia and Irina alone, they had realized how outclassed they were. With Issei lacking the ability to use Boosted Gear and the three capable of fighting busy, they hadn't been able to do anything when Heracles broke off and attacked Issei directly.

Really, Kurama's appearance had been really lucky for Issei and that bothered him. After going so far and getting stronger, he was once again too weak to help his friends and nothing more than dead weight. It angered Issei deeply and the fact that the reason he was so powerless was currently the only reason he was still alive only made it worse.

"Tou-san," whispered Kunou just loud enough for them to hear. "He's really strong. He'll save Kaa-san for sure."

Issei should be happy that someone so strong was helping rescue Yasaka but he couldn't help but think that he could help as well if he hadn't sealed away his Boosted Gear.

Azazel was also watching the fight between Kurama and the Hero Faction with critical eyes. "He's holding back."

Everyone turned to Azazel at his words, confused by them. "What do you mean, Azazel-san?" asked Irina in confusion. "Why would he do that?"

Even as she spoke, Kurama easily danced around Siegfried's sword swings while holding Jeanne back with three tails and destroying any antimonster summoned by the weird boy with his other tails with negligent ease.

"Because Yasaka isn't here," said Azazel absently as he watched Kurama closely. "He can't risk killing any of them or they might retreat, taking Yasaka with them. If they do that, we might never find them again until they reveal themselves and by then it might be too late. Right now, he's just taking the measure of the enemy so that he can take them down easily when it counted."

Issei couldn't believe that Kurama was actually that strong. Was he really playing around with people that were giving them such a hard time earlier? Just how strong was he?

Issei turned back to the fight, remembering Kurama's words about him being useless without Boosted Gear, realizing that perhaps he might be right.

Back in the fight in question, Kurama was doing exactly as Azazel said he was, taking his opponent's measure and so far...

…. he wasn't impressed.

'Subject: Siegfried,' thought Kurama as he dodged another three sword swings, ignoring the demonic aura surrounding the swords with ease. 'Mix of Power and Speed type, specializing in weapons, specifically demonic swords. Type of combat: completely offensive with very little true defense or support attacks. Wields the a mutated form of the common Sacred Gear Twice Critical.'

'Strengths:,' continued Kurama as absently destroyed three more antimonsters with his tails, his body on autopilot as he continued to avoid said swordsman's swings. 'Extremely high level of swordsmanship combined with battle experience and the sharpness of the demonic swords means only a single strike could win him most fights. His reflexes are high enough to react instantly to even foes much faster than him.'

'Weaknesses: Over-reliance of demonic swords and probable lack of hand to hand combat ability due to this. Possible lack of any magical ability as well means he's overspecialized in swordsmanship.' Kurama dodged backwards to avoid a spell from Glasses before reengaging Siegfried once more. 'Possible strategy: deprive subject of swords and land lethal blow before he can react. Threat Level: Moderate in close combat, Low in any other ranges.'

Kurama's tails once again clashed with Jeanne's holy swords, the chakra running through them proving more than a match for the fake Holy Swords.

'Subject: Jeanne,' thought Kurama, turning to his other enemy. 'Pure Speed type, also specializing in weapons, specifically the holy swords created by her Sacred Gear Blade Blacksmith. Type of combat: Highly offensive as well with her defense revolving around dodging attacks rather than tanking them. Considerably slower reflexes than Siegfried suggests less combat experience and therefore, ability to contend with faster opponents.'

'Strengths: Sacred Gear's capabilities can be extremely versatile and dangerous in the right hands.' Kurama jumped to avoid a blast from an antimonster, lashing out with one tail to pierce it through the skull, killing it instantly. 'Swordsmanship, while not as high as Siegfried, is high enough to contend with most demonic threats. Weaknesses: Relatively low swordsmanship compared to Siegfried points to over-reliance on holy swords advantage over devils to make up for the relative lack of power behind her strikes. Furthermore, has serious lack of imagination in how to use her Sacred Gear, using it for nothing more than direct strikes and summoning swords beneath the enemy in hopes of catching them off-guard. Possible strategy: lack of reflexes and lack of defense means a fast enough opponent can bypass her guard and cut her down before she can react. Threat level: Low, can be moderate if skill with Sacred Gear increases.'

Kurama disappeared from Siegfried and Jeanne's range to appear before Georg who barely summoned a magic circle in time to block his punch.

'Subject: Georg,' thought Kurama as he dodged the return spell fire and studied the third opponent. 'Stationary type like most magicians, specializing in long-range magical bombardment and support. Mainly a support fighting style who uses his magical abilities to support his more aggressive allies though does not lack in offensive and defensive viability on his own.'

'Strengths:,' Kurama sidestepped an attempt to cleave in half from behind by Siegfried and used his tails to block a trio of flying holy swords from Jeanne. 'Extremely intelligent and no doubt taking stock of my own abilities just as I am theirs. Has a wide knowledge of dozens of magical styles ranging from Norse to Fairy type giving him a wide pool of knowledge to draw from to combat most if not all types of threats.'

'Weaknesses:,' thought Kurama as he reengaged the two close-range combatants. 'Lack of experience means there is a second or two hesitation between switching magical styles. No doubt he is smart but not experienced and the leader is the one who identifies enemy weaknesses and tells him what to do. Furthermore, like all magicians, he lacks any physical strength of his own, meaning he is a glass cannon. Can dish out a lot of damage but can hardly take any himself. Possible strategy: maneuver him to a predetermined spot where one can lay a trap of some kind and blitz him before he can react. Threat level: Low.'

Kurama had to break off his thoughts when the two close-range combatants jumped back just as a barrage of what looked like magical missiles crashed down around Kurama. Luckily, he had reflexively used Hiraishin when he sensed the incoming danger, appearing a short distance away.

Looking toward where the missiles went showed a glowing Heracles standing near Georg who was probably the one who used his magic to summon him back into the fight.

'Subject: Heracles,' thought Kurama as said brute charged him, the ground where Kurama was standing before he absently dodged it exploding both from the force of the punch and Heracles' Sacred Gear. 'Obviously a power type who focuses on close combat and brute strength. Given the lack of noticeable damage from his previous attack shows subject has a immense amount of durability. That and his lack of noticeable speed means the subject is a tank: he takes a large amount of damage and dishes a large amount as well.'

The three close-range combatants tried to attack him at once but met a unsurprising lack of success, the conflicting styles meaning they got in each other's way more often than not. Kurama barely had to do more than dodge once in a while allowing to focus on sizing up the large brute.

'Strengths: Large amount of brute strength for a human means unless one has an equal amount of durability, one hit can take someone out of the fight.' Kurama jumped back and attacked with his tails, keeping the three fighters back for a bit before he had to dodge a blast from an antimonster. 'Combined with his Sacred Gear which is obviously Variant Detonation, makes for a devastating offense for the unprepared.'

'However,' thought Kurama as he negligently punched through an antimonster's skull. 'He has an equally large weakness. Mostly that he has no true speed of his own and his durability is definitely not as high as his namesake meaning it can be overcome. Furthermore, while his strength is high, it isn't anything out of this world, once again like his namesake, so in a fight just as strong and better trained, he would be overwhelmed. Possible strategy: Use superior speed to blitz him and land a lethal blow before he can react. Threat level: Low.'

'And now for the last subject: Leonardo,' thought Kurama as he focused on the boy in question, blitzing him while simultaneously dodging the three close-range combatants, destroying the monsters between him and the boy easily. 'Definitely a stationary type like Georg but relying almost solely on his Sacred Gear Annihilation Maker in place of magical spells. He has almost no power or speed of his own, completely relying on his Sacred Gear and definitely has no durability of his own. His style of combat is long-range support through his monsters which can vary in ability and technique depending on his desires.'

Kurama broke off engaging the boy when he summoned three large monsters between them. Lashing out with his tails showed they were much stronger than the previous ones and required more than one hit to destroy. Not wanting to pinned down and attacked from all sides, Kurama once again used Hiraishin to teleport to the bridge, his mind finishing going over what he learned so far.

'Strengths: Abilities of monsters are only limited by his knowledge and imagination meaning they can be dangerous in the right circumstances. Weaknesses: Boy is still maturing meaning his Sacred Gear's abilities are still limited. Also, the boy himself is extremely weak combat wise and is useless without his Sacred Gear. Probable strategy: seal Sacred Gear away much like Issei's and boy ceases to be a threat. Threat level: Low.'

Kurama stood tall as his opponent's turned to him warily, each having realized how out of their league he was compared to them and no doubt preparing to activate their Balance Breakers.

He thought over what he learned and came to the same conclusion as before.

These brats were an overwhelming disappointment.

Oh, their abilities individually were impressive and if allowed to mature further and explore more about their Sacred Gears, they can be quite a threat in the future. However, they struck too fast and too soon before they had a chance to fully mature and explore all aspects of their Sacred Gears. The magician never used his Dimension Lost in conjunction with his magic, showing he didn't know how to use it beyond basic applications, depriving him of a possibly extremely dangerous variable and his best weapon.

The white-haired swordsman was too overspecialized and hadn't learned any magic or anything to cover his weaknesses, completely depending on swordsmanship to win. The blonde girl was the same but worse. She easily had one of the most variable and potentially dangerous Sacred Gears yet uses it so one-dimensional it was actually painful to watch. And Heracles was little more than a walking tank that depended far too much on his barely above-average strength and durability to see him through. Heck, even Naruto had had a healing factor to make up for whenever he made a mistake. He doubted the brute had that much going for him so the next time he overestimated himself, it would be fatal.

As for the weird boy with Annihilation Maker... the less said the better.

But the biggest failure of theirs was two things: their lack of teamwork and experience.

Each of their weaknesses can be compensated by one of the others but it was painfully obvious they weren't used to working alongside anyone much less each other. Their team attacks were awkward, slow and got in each other's way most of the time. It was painfully obvious that at least the close-range combatants were more dangerous individually than together.

But far worse was their lack of experience. Specifically, their lack of experience in losing.

Their battle strategies had obviously worked time and time again to the point that they were almost incapable of adapting mid-combat. When faced with an opponent where their strategy didn't work against, they didn't adapt but rather pressed on as if hoping it would eventually work. They tried to team up but their lack of experience doing so made it more of hindrance than anything. To be blunt, it was obvious they had never lost a battle using their respective strategies before and so were too arrogant when it came to it.

It was almost the opposite of Kurama himself who had been forced to constantly adapt and create new strategies due to lack of inherent talent. He had been forced to find dozens of new ways to apply the few skills he had in order to keep up and defeat opponents much stronger. Kurama hadn't been a master of any one trick but rather a jack of all trades who had become extremely proficient in all of them. A swiss army knife compared to the swords of this world.

But now, with the near unlimited power of the Biju combined with centuries of battle experience through the eyes of his wardens which gave him a large pool of knowledge when it came to chakra techniques... well, Kurama was almost unstoppable once he got going.

Heck, if he didn't need these brats alive, he would have killed them within seconds of the fight starting.

All in all, Kurama had lost all interest in this fight and was annoyed that he couldn't just finish them off rather than continue to waste his time with them. The adrenaline rushing through him at the prospect of a fight had left leaving him feeling more like a bully picking on a bunch of kids which left a bad taste in his mouth.

Off in the distance large explosions sounded showing where his clone was fighting with the leader. He couldn't but feel like his clone got the better deal between the two fights. He had thought fighting so many at once would be more challenging but now he thinks he would have had more fun fighting Cao Cao.

Oh well, might as well knock them out. Maybe he could use them as hostages to make the leader give Yasaka over. He doubted it but who knows, he might get lucky and finally fight a bad guy that actually cares for his subordinates.

Before he could do so though, the fight between his clone and Cao Cao returned here, said clone landing beside him while Cao Cao landing less gracefully near his subordinates.

Kurama turned to see the happy grin on his clone's face as well as the few burns and cuts on his body. "Have fun?"

"Oh yeah," said the clone happily. "The guy might be an arrogant prick but he definitely has the strength to back it up."

"Tch, lucky," muttered Kurama before absently dispelling the clone, receiving all its memories. Since he knew that similar techniques in this world didn't have the memory transfer that shadow clones did, that meant the leader would think he knew all of Kurama's techniques while he didn't know his.

Kurama looked to where his clone and Cao Cao fought, seeing a large trench of fire running through the center of the fake Kyoto where his clone used a Great Fire Annihilation. He had been so into dissecting his enemies' techniques that he hadn't even noticed though it said something about the brat that his clone used it at all considering it was one of his stronger attacks.

"Lucky bastard," muttered Kurama in slight depression as he realizes his clone definitely got the better deal. These brats barely made him sweat.

Cao Cao looked frazzled and not as confident now as he did before. Almost being barbecued did that to a person. "I must admit, you are stronger than I anticipated," said Cao Cao, much more wary now than before. "Our information states that you're weaker than Yasaka but I guess it must be outdated. You are much stronger not to mention more experienced."

Kurama smirked. "What I can say? My wife is the velvet glove while I'm the steel fist underneath."

Cao Cao nodded in understanding. "I see. I will take that into consideration and not underestimate you again."

Both sides got ready for the second clash which would be the one where no one was holding back. Kurama could sense them readying their Balance Breakers, no longer willing to hold back.

But before they could engage, they were interrupted by the appearance of a magic circle between them.

Out of the circle came cute middle school-age blonde girl with a slim body and blue eyes. Her attire consisted of a sorceress-like dress, a huge blue hat with a black bow and yellow stars with a matching cape with pink flowers and a white interior.

All in all she looked like your stereotypical blonde witch.

Cao Cao seemed to recognize her since he paused. "Le Fay Pendragon? What are you doing here?"

The now-named Le Fay smiled happily and waved at Cao Cao. "Hello, Cow-kun! Nice to see you! One moment please!"

Kurama tried not to snort when he heard the nickname the cute girl gave him. Cow-kun. Classic.

Le Fay skipped over to a shocked Issei with a small blush. "I'm a big fan of Chichiryuutei, the Oppai Dragon! I-if you're not too busy, can you shake hands with me!"

Issei seemed more shocked by her being a fan than by her appearance and after looking at Azazel, who gave an encouraging nod, he shakily shook hands with the girl. The girl smiled happily at his action, looking for all the world as if she'd achieved a dream of hers.

Cao Cao looked as bemused as Kurama felt. "So what is a member of Vali's team doing here, Le Fay?"

That seemed to break the girl out of her spell and turned back to the matter at hand with a mischievous smile on her face. "Oh, I'm here to send a message from Vali-kun! 'I thought I told you not to disturb me!' - that's the message oh -You need to be punished for trying to put us under surveillance ~~"

Just as she said that the ground shook and fractured where she had appeared. Kurama instantly jumped back, landing in front of Kunou and between her and the new arrival in case she proved hostile.

Out of the ground burst what looked like a giant stone statue at least ten meters tall. It stood tal and roared in Cao Cao's direction who only looked bemused at the act.

"Gogmagog!" yelled Azazel in surprise as he identified the stone giant.

"Yep," said Le Fay cutely. "This is our new team member Gogz-kun!"

Kurama heard Azazel explained that it was a weapon created by the ancient gods millennia ago that was supposed to be deactivated and dropped in the Dimensional Gap. Apparently, Vali found it while traveling through the Dimensional Gap a while ago and added it to their team.

The stone giant charged at the Hero Faction who quickly moved out of the way as it slammed its fist down where they had been standing on the bridge, causing the entire structure to collapse as well as destroying a whole bunch of antimonsters just from the shockwave alone. Good thing it was only a replica because if not Yasaka would be pissed. She really loved that bridge.

The stone giant turned to continue its attacks only to be stopped cold and actually sent falling back when Cao Cao extended the True Longinus to pierce its shoulder.

"Gogz-kun!" yelled Le Fay in distress. No doubt she hadn't expected it to be taken down so easily.

True, it might be big and strong but it was basically just a bigger Heracles. And considering the piercing power that the True Longinus showed from his clone's memories, it was nowhere near durable enough.

Kurama quickly dashed to the fallen giant, landing on it and using Hiraishin to teleport the stone giant away from another hit from the True Longinus, one that probably would have caused it a lot more damage.

Le Fay quickly ran over to the fallen giant and used some magic to start healing it or at least fixing it. Kurama walked over and bopped her on the head lightly, getting a small cry.

"Idiot," said Kurama softly but sternly. "Don't underestimate your enemy just to prove a point. He may be an arrogant brat but Cao Cao is a brat that can back it up. Now stay back and heal your friend while I handle this."

Le Fay gave a subdued nod making Kurama turn back to where the Hero Faction had regathered, completely missing the jealous look Kunou sent Le Fay.

However, before he could attack them, Kurama was brought short when he noticed a familiar silver-haired figure stumbling toward the enemy.

"Rossweisse?!" yelled Kurama in confusion.

"...Hey. Itsh sssooo noisshy people can't ssssleep (hic!) properly here!" yelled Rossweisse drunkenly as she glared at a spot five feet to the left of the Hero Faction.

Kurama had to face palm at the sight. Just great. If Rossweisse was anything like her mother and grandmother when they were drunk then it was very good that this was all fake because... well, let's just say the last time her grandmother got drunk they had to use a lot of memory magic and an excuse of a brace of tornadoes to explain away the destruction.

Rossweisse continued to glare in the general direction of the Hero Faction. "Whatssh the matter? You want a fight? Sho! I'll ssshhhow y'all the power of old man Odin's former bodyguard valkyrie!" As she said that, dozens if not hundreds of magic circles appeared in the air around her, all aiming in the direction of the surprised Hero Faction. "Tassste my Norssssh magic which countersssss all attributessss, all fairiessss, and all divine exisssstencessss!"

Oh yeah, she was definitely that old crone's daughter. He made a mental note to never have any alcohol within ten miles of her whenever she was in Kyoto. There was no way he could cover the property damage.

Kurama then remembered how Yasaka got when she was drunk and made another note to never have those two get drunk at the same time or within twenty miles of each other. He didn't think he could explain away the entire city being destroyed.

However, Kurama was brought out of his thoughts when he saw the Hero Faction's response. Georg summoned a large amount of mist which intercepted all the attacks aimed in their direction, leaving them all unharmed as his Sacred Gear seemed to send the attacks away to another dimension, probably the Dimensional Gap.

'Correction,' thought Kurama as he studied the glasses-wearing boy. 'Upgrade threat level of Georg to moderate.'

Once the barrage stopped, Georg lowered his barrier and Cao Cao stepped forward. "There seems to be too many interruptions so we'll continue this later tonight. I'll see you all at Nijou castle."

And with that, the group was covered in a large amount of mist and disappeared. Once they did, mist started to cover all of them as the dimension broke down. Kurama heard Azazel state they were being sent back to the real Kyoto and Kurama quickly hid his tails as he walked over to a fallen Rossweisse, picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder in a fireman's carry.

The world seemed to shine for a moment before they all appeared at a once more pristine copy of their previous location, though the presence of various humans showed they were back in Kyoto proper.

Kurama walked over to Kunou who noticed his approach, causing her ears to droop at the look on her face.

"We'll talk about this at home, Kunou," said Kurama sternly, causing said girl to nod sadly. He then turned to the devil group. "Well, thanks for being good bait and drawing my wife's kidnappers out. However, your job here is done. I know where to find Yasaka tonight and I'll rescue her myself. For your help, I'll allow you all to leave Kyoto in one piece. Be thankful."

As Kurama turned and started to walk away, he heard Issei call him causing him to turn slightly to look at the boy. "Hey, where are you taking Rossweisse?"

Kurama cocked an eyebrow. "Back to the palace, of course. If she's anything like her mother and grandmother, she'll have a massive headache from the alcohol and will need to recover. Her mother and grandmother are old friends and I knew her when she was little so it's no problem for her to be healed at the palace. With the Hero Faction around, she'll be safer there."

Issei looked like he was about to argue but a hand on his shoulder by Azazel stopped him. "We're thankful for the generosity. However, are you sure you won't need our help?"

Kurama's face hardened. "I'm sure. Make no mistake, Governor-General. While your unknowing work as bait was helpful, I haven't forgotten both your race's and the devils hand in hunting my family like animals. We are far from being close to being on good terms."

"Yasaka wanted to make a treaty between our factions," pointed out Azazel calmly, getting a glare from Kurama. "She might think differently."

"I love my wife," said Kurama softly before his eyes started to glow red. "But if she pushes me on this I will overthrow her and take over the Youkai Faction myself. In this, I will not budge. There will be no treaty or even peace between our factions until your races answer for your crimes."

Azazel looked grim at his blunt declaration of overthrowing Yasaka if she pushed him on this and the fact was he could easily see Kurama do it. Even with the leylines' power, Kurama was far more powerful so it would probably be easy for him to do.

Beside him, Kunou looked shocked and afraid when Kurama declared he would overthrow her mother if she argued with him on this. She didn't want her parents to fight! What if her tou-san left again and this time never came back!?

Kurama once again started to walk away when he was once again called back, getting him to growl in irritation. "What now?!"

Issei gulped at the anger on his face but eventually spoke. "Can you unseal my Boosted Gear please? Without it I'm useless."

Kurama studied the boy for a moment before speaking. "I will remove the seal." Issei started to smile when he dropped his bombshell. "But only if you all leave Kyoto."

"What?!" yelled out Issei, echoed by the other devils and angel in the background.

"You heard me," said Kurama sternly. "You still have my Hiraishin seal on you so I'll sense the moment you leave Kyoto. Do so and I will teleport to you and remove the seal. But if you stay here, I will leave it on permanently."

"But!" said Issei in a panic. "What about Yasaka-sama!? I promised Kunou I'd rescue her mother!"

"That is no longer your concern," said Kurama with a growl, not missing the slightly perverted gleam in his eye when he mentioned his wife. "I will rescue my wife. I'm more than capable enough so you don't have to worry."

"You have to choose," continued Kurama when he saw Issei about to argue. "Either your power or your word. Choose which is more important to you."

Before Issei could say anything more, Kurama used Hirashin to teleport back to the palace, leaving a visibly torn and frustrated Issei behind.

Kurama, a still drunk and giggling Rossweisse and Kunou appeared in front of the palace in a red flash. Quickly, a bunch of palace servants saw their arrival and walked toward them, the old tengu among them. Turning to Kunou, Kurama glared down at the girl, easing up when he saw her flinch.

Sighing, Kurama rubbed his face. "I can understand why you did it, Kunou, but it doesn't change the fact that you shouldn't have left the palace. Especially without your guards. So until I say otherwise, you're to stay in your room. Do you understand?"

Kunou nodded sadly and left with the kitsune lady who placed a hand on her shoulder and led her away. Seeing the droop in Kunou's figure, Kurama sighed.

"Kunou," said Kurama quietly, causing the girl to stop and turn. "I'm not angry but I was worried about you. Please... don't do that again."

That seemed to perk her up slightly and she shyly nodded her head before continuing back to her room.

Kurama was reminded of Rossweisse when said drunken valkyrie pinched his butt. "What the-!? Did you just pinch me?!"

"Muuuu," said the still drunk woman. "You're touching my butt so it's only fair I touch yoursssss!"

Kurama blinked at her words and realized that yes, his hand had indeed unknowingly landed on her butt as he carried her. Blushing slightly, Kurama then yelped when Rossweisse started to molest his butt.

"Rossweisse! Stop that!" Now that it had been brought to his attention, he tried to ignore the softness of Rossweisse's own derrierre (which he absently noticed was quite considerable) as well as the feel of her large breasts against his back. Not even remembering that he knew her when she was little helped stop the tightness in his pants from forming.

"Muuuu," slurred Rossweisse before giggling. "It's so firm! Yasaka is a lucky woman to have a husband with such a firm butt!"

"Here," snapped Kurama as he handed the drunk valkyrie over to some nearby servants. "Take her to the infirmary and help her get over her drunkenness and the accompanying hangover."

Giggling, the two maids did as he told though not before they sent a slight leer in his direction. He distinctly heard them start to wonder out loud whether his butt was as firm as their charge said it was.

Pushing down his blush (and ignoring the old tengu's snickering), he turned to the old tengu with only a slight blush on his cheeks. "Has the council been gathered?"

Stopping his snickering with effort, the old tengu responded. "Yes, hehehehe, yes sir. They have all arrived and are waiting for you in the council room."

Kurama nodded and decided to take the long way to the council room.

Hopefully by then his... stiffness would have passed. The last thing he needed was to greet the council members with that pointing at them.

Kurama entered the council room, stopping all talk once they saw him arrive. The council members stood and gave him the respectful greeting due his station which he returned.

Once that was done, they all sat and Kurama looked them over.

"Now, let's begin the first meeting to talk about what to do about the devils' actions against the nekomata four years ago," said Kurama firmly as he sat down.

At his words, he had the undivided attention of the entire room.

AN: And there's chapter 5!

I know it took a while but here's the next chapter. I know there was a bit of argument over my power rankings last chapter but I put a more detailed one in my companion piece to this and I',m sticking to it. You might argue but that's what I'm using and period.

Once again thanks to elmoryakhan for all his help but also to my cousin, SithAlex2014, for pushing me to finish this. It probably would have taken longer without both of their help. I also want to point you guys to my cousin's new fic, Invictus, which he published yesterday. The prologue alone is really good and I'm really looking forward to the next chapter.

Any questions or doubts please PM me because I usually forget to address them by the time I publish the next chapter.

As always, Read and Review!