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Also a super big sorry to everyone for the wait. I started this as more of a hobby and, as you can see, I got carried away with other things... *cough cough* Dark Souls Remastered *cough* Bloodborne *cough cough* Dark Souls 3 *cough cough cough*

Time to start! Enjoy!

Half-Devil, Half-Saiyan - Chapter 5: Innocence

"Crap" - Speech
'What now?' - Thought
sigh~ - Sound effect
SMASH - Loud Sound effect
[Ah well.] - Talking through weapons. Ex: Ddraig talking.
['Dammit'] - Talking through weapons, but mentally. I'll probably only use this in fights.
Later... - Time Skip
AN: - Author's Note

Sam, after being in the Underworld with Kuroka, Valian and Ophis for a month, returned to the Dimensional Gap to train with Great Red more. After a month's worth of training, he returned to his friends, and after another month, he left again.

Sam kept up this pattern for a few months, until his return after turning 8 years old. This is where this chapter begins...

"KURO-CHAN!"

"NOT AGAIN!"

Sam and Kuroka shout as the latter is tackled into a hug.

"Must you do this every time-nya?" Kuroka asks.

"Hehe, sorry." Sam says, getting back up.

Kuroka takes this time to notice his new attire. He wears a black zip-up hoodie with a red hood and white strings and a dark grey undershirt beneath coming to his collarbone. It also has a red stripe on the upper left arm. On his forearms are black armbands with a red stripe in the middle, covering the hoodie's sleeve. He also has baggy, dark grey pants held in by a wide, light brown belt. The belt has a large, silver buckle with 3 black dots on it. The belt itself is bordered by a stripe along the top and bottom of it, with a 'X' pattern in the middle. On his feet are white boots with black laces, a black toe and sky blue soles which raise up in the back a few inches. His hair has also increased in length, now reaching the bottom of his neck.

"You got a new outfit?" Kuroka asks.

"Yup! I have a different shirt, pants, boots, belt and set of armbands for training, though."

"Oh, Sam! You're back!" Sam turns around to see Valian walking into the living room.

"Hiya, Vali-chan!" Sam exlaims as he runs to and hugs the White Dragon Empress.

"Hmm... you've definitely gotten stronger."

"Do you only care about fighting, Valian-nya?" Kuroka says with a deadpan expression as Sam breaks the embrace.

"Maybe. You learn anything new?" Valian asks Sam.

"I can suppress about 75% of my Super Saiyan power for a while now, and I can use Kaioken up to Times 14 now!"

"Why are you trying to suppress your power?" Kuroka asks.

"Because everyone from Heaven to here, in the Underword would freak out at Super Saiyan's power, so I need to learn to hide it."

"Makes sense." Valian adds.

"You've returned." Says a monotone voice. Sam traces it back to...

"Ophis-chan!" Sam runs and hugs her too.

"Hugs, are nice." Ophis says happily.

Later...

Sam and Kuroka just got done with their sparring session.

"Man, that senjutsu is strong! I wish you could teach me that!" Sam says, drinking water.

"Maybe I will, one day-nya." Kuroka says, sitting next to Sam, also drinking water.

"...hey Kuroka." Sam says, getting her attention.

"Hm?"

"You're wanted as a Stray Devil, right?"

Kuroka's expression saddens. "Y-Yeah."

"Is there anything we can do about that?" Sam says, suprising Kuroka.

"Well maybe if we had some kinda evidence then maybe..."

"Kuroka, where was your old home?"

"Why do you ask?" Kuroka questions.

" 'Cuz we're gonna get some evidence!"

Later, that night...

Sam and Kuroka step out of a teleprortation circle in front of a old, burned and generally destroyed mansion-like building.

"Here it is, nya." Kuroka says.

The two walk towards the building.

"Are you sure there's even anything here still?" Kuroka asks.

"No, but I'm sure we'll find something." Sam says while opening the door to the building.

After walking for what seemed like an eternity, the two were certain they had scoured the entire house. They met up in the main hall.

"Well, the first floor's mostly burned, so I've got nothing, and I'm not going anywhere near that basement..." Kuroka says, shuddering from her memories, as she walks to Sam who is sitting on a wide staircase.

"Second floor's empty. Is there anywhere something valuable would be kept?" he asks.

"Maybe that bastard of a master's study, on the second floor."

"Then, let's go!" he says.

After a bit of walking, they find the study. Most of the left side of the room is burned, due to the fire that most likely originated on the first floor.

"Secret door, secret door..." Sam says inspecting every item in the room.

"What are you doing?" Kuroka asks, pausing from inspecting the desk.

"Looking for a lever to a secret door or something like that. There's gotta be one somewhere..." he says, not stopping his inspection.

"Oh, come on, there's no way that-"

Kuroka is cut off by a CLICK sound when she pushes a small statue on the desk a few inches. As she does that a small door on the wall creaks open.

"Aha! I told ya Kuro-chan!" he happily exclaims.

"Huh." Kuroka stammers out a response, shocked that he was right.

The two walk over to inspect the small door, only to find... another door.

"A safe!? How are we gonna get the code?" Kuroka says, worried.

"Wait a sec..." Sam says, as he easily opens the safe. "Looks like the lock's broken."

Inside the safe are a few stack of papers and a small, leather journal.

"Must be an important book of he's hidden it this well." Sam adds before opening it. Kuroka stands back, not wanting to read it's contents.

'Day 761: Experiment Report. The experiment planned to draw out my [Pawn] Nekomata Shirone's latent abilites is progressing as intended. The requirements should be complete in the next few days.'

'Day 766: Experiment Report. The experiment planned to draw out [Pawn] Nekomata Shirone's latent abilites has been postponed, and knowledge of this has been withheld from her older sister [Bishop] Nekomata Kuroka and the others. I believe [Bishop] Nekomata Kuroka is planning to hinder the experiment's progress at some time.'

'Shirone? That's her sister's name?' Sam mentally questions.

'Day 770: Experiment Report. The machine required to experiment on [Pawn] Nekomata Shirone has been completed, all that remains is to begin. The [Bishop] Nekomata Kuroka has been increasingly protective of the [Pawn] Nekomata Shirone as of late. It is obvious she plans to impede my progress. The experiment will begin tomorrow, under the cloak of darkness.'

'Experiment?'

'Day 771: Human World Time: 22:47. The machine has been connected successfully and will be activated once [Pawn] Nekomata Shirone has been restrained.'

'Day 771: Human World Time: 23:28. After a sweep of the manor, [Pawn] Nekomata Shirone is nowhere to be found, neither is her older sister, [Bishop] Nekomata Kuroka. This is a worrying discovery that does not bode well.'

As Sam turns the page, he finds a scarce few words and blood stained on it.

'Day 772: Human world time: 00:49. The bishoP nekomata known as KuRoka has found out my plans and has caused a fatal injRy to my torso. Survival rate: noNe. Vision and other senses: faDing. Ability to wRite; low. I will need tto put this in my safe, at least this way she will forever be Chased as a stRay Devil. It is the least she dEserves for this tracheRy...'

'T-That... bastard. He was going to do something to Shirone, yet Kuroka killed him to stop that... And he... he hid all evidence of this just before dying...' Sam though, enraged.

"Kuroka." Sam says, calmly.

"Y-Yeah?"

"I found all the evidence we need."

"Y-You did!?" The Nekomata nearly shouts.

Sam nods. "You killed him because he was going to do some sort of experiment on Shirone, right?"

"!?" Kuroka is visibly shocked by him speaking her sister's name.

"That... That man experimented on each and every one of us in an attempt to draw out out latent power... even me." She says somberly.

"After finding out he could do this, he began trying to push us past out limits. One he was able to do this, he went even further past, killing some of us in the process."

"!?" Sam visibly jumps due to hearing this.

"He-He tried to push me past my limits, but when he realized he had already reached them, he ended the experiment." She pauses. "I was hooked to a machine and the process was... slow... and agonizing."

Sam simply let her continue as she began to tear up.

"After I realized the same thing was going to happen to Shirone, I-I had to stop him-" Sam cuts her off by embracing her in a hug.

"Kuroka, it's fine. Don't say anymore." The Half-Saiyan calms her as she sobs into his chest. "It's gonna be okay, now. I'm here, and with that journal, you don't have to be on the run anymore."

"R-Really?" She says inbetween sobs.

"Really."

Sam lets her go as she wipes her eyes and regains her composure. "I-I'm fine now. Thanks." She then picks up the journal.

"Wait a sec, how are we gonna get this to anyone that's high up without them trying to arrest me, nya?"

Sam after thinking for a moment says... "I've got an idea."

Days later, in the Underworld...

The previously mentioned red-haired man, Sirzechs, is currently taking a small break from work at his desk.

" sigh~ All of this paperwork... and I'm only half done! Hm?" However, he's cut off by a small magic circle with the infinity logo etched into it appearing.

'T-That's the symbol of the Infinity Dragon God, Ophis! Why is that here!?'

As he thinks that, a small brown leather journal emerges and lands on his desk as the portal closes.

' A journal? With a note...' He removes the note to read it.

'Dear Sirzechs Lucifer. Contained within this journal is evidence proving the innocence of one Nekomata Kuroka.'

"!?" Sirzechs is taken aback by this.

'She did not kill her master for any reason other than saving her sister from torture. If she, even after this, will still be classified as a criminal due to killing her Master, you must know that he commited several heinous acts towards his peerage members in hope of pushing their power past their limits, some dying in the process.'

'T-That man did such things to his peerage!?'

'If you do not believe me, please, do not hesitate to read the journal's contents.'

Sirzechs, looking over the journal had only one thought on his mind.

'But, why would it be sent here by the Infinity Dragon God?'

"Thanks for that, Ophis-chan!" Sam happily exclaims

"No problem, Sam."

"And thank you Vali-chan for writing that note!"

"It's no big deal." Valian says, blushing. "Are you seriously gonna start calling me that?"

"Of course." Sam gives his usual, toothy grin.

"AAH!" He shouts as Kuroka runs up and tackl- I mean, hugs him.

"Thank you, Sam! How can I ever make this up to you, nya?" Kuroka says.

"Just stay happy." Sam smiles.

"Heh, how's it feel to be tackled like that?" Valian adds in her two cents.

"It's kinda nice." Sam gives that toothy grin again as he and Kuroka share a laugh.

'Sam, you are definitely an interesting and strange existence...' Ophis thinks to herself.

And END!

Kuroka's (hopefully) been deemed innocent and she's beginning to grow attached to Sam. I wonder how that'll turn out~?

Harems (Any harem suggestions are greatly appreciated!)

Sam: Kuroka, Ophis, Valian (Fem Vali)

Please note that the Harems will change over time.

See you all later! - XxExtremeSamX