37The Hell cat's
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(Abe clan, Main House, Living room, 6pm)
"Mother, I'm sorry I didn't inform you." Apologized Fujimai as her head hung low, she could tell her mother was none too happy about not being informed about Issei and Rias being placed in a marriage contract
"Fujimai." Said Aimi slightly angry as she looked at her daughter "While I am annoyed that you didn't contact me before you finalised the contract, I cannot deny the good intention of it." Explained Aimi as she understood why her kitten did what she did, but she didn't follow the clan's rules about marriage contracts "As you know, I have every right to break the contract." Explained Aimi seriously as she watched a scared look appear on her kitten's face, while she had no intention of breaking the contract, her kitten needed to learn her lesson
"Mother." Said Fujimai concerned as she couldn't tell if her mother was being serious or not "Please reconsider." Begged Fujimai as she knew that if the contract was broken, Rias would just be placed in another marriage, probably with another Devil like Riser
"Relax kitten, I have no intention of breaking the contract." explained Aimi as she smiled at her daughter "I just hope you've learned your lesson."
"I have." Admitted Fujimai as she knew what lesson her mother was talking about, she sometimes went ahead with her ideas before thinking everything through
"Very well then." Said Aimi happily as she could tell it sunk in "The Bonding will take place once Issei and Rias are 16." Announced Aimi as she saw the confused looks on Venelana's, Sirzechs's, Grayfia's, Shimziu's and Serafall's faces
"The Bonding?" asked Venelana confused, she'd never heard of it
"The Bonding is our most honoured ritual. It's used each time a male Nekoshou takes a mate, but it's used only when said mate is our own race." Explained Fujimai just as shocked as her friend "I've never read about it being used outside of our own race." Explained Fujimai as when she'd learned about the Bonding, she found zero cases of it being used on any other race
"That's because it can't be, the female has to be the same race." Explained Aimi as she brought everyone's attention back to her
"Then how are you going to perform the ritual?" asked Grayfia wondering how it would be performed since Rias was a Pure-blooded Devil
"I have to ask mother, how is it going to be possible?" asked Fujimai as she was curious as to how it was going to work
"There is a secret ritual known only to our kind, it's nicknamed the Schrödinger's paradox." Explained Aimi with a smile as she saw the confused looks on Venelana's, Sirzechs's, Grayfia's, Shimziu's and Serafall's faces and the shocked look on her kitten's face
"The Schrödinger's paradox?" asked Venelana surprised to hear about that "Isn't that about something that is alive and dead at the same time?" asked Venelana wondering what Aimi meant, as she remembered reading about the Schrödinger's paradox when it first came out in 1935
"The one by Erwin Schrödinger is about being simultaneously alive and dead, our ritual is slightly different." Explained Aimi with a smile as she'd read about it back in 1939 "Instead of being simultaneously alive and dead at the same time, they are a Nekoshou but not a Nekoshou at the same time." Explained Aimi as she saw the shocked looks on Venelana's, Sirzechs's, Grayfia's, Shimziu's and Serafall's faces and the shocked look on her kittens' faces "It also allows said female to have the abilities of our race." Added Aimi
"Can this ritual be used on any race?" asked Sirzechs as if it could be, he could see why it was kept a secret
"Yes, it can be." Answered Aimi as she knew why Sirzechs was asking
"Then I can see why it's kept a secret." Said Sirzechs as said female could cause a lot of harm if they wanted to, especially if they were a supernatural race before hand
"Sorry to intrude, milady's." apologised Seras politely as she walked in from the garden and bowed
"It's alright Seras, we've just about finished up." answered Aimi as they'd just finished going over what had happened over the past few days "What is it?" asked Aimi as she guessed it was something to do with her grandkittens, Rias and Sona
"The young Lords and Ladies have gotten hungry and dirty from playing." Answered Seras as Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone walked in behind her, all five leaving muddy footprints behind them, all five of them were covered from head to toe in dirt. Their clothes were even torn in a few places, most likely from the games they'd been playing.
Looking at her three smiling Kittens, Fujimai couldn't help but smile. Back when they lived in Kuoh, whenever there was good weather, Issei, Kuroka and Shirone would always come in covered head to toe in dirt, leaves and small twigs. Kuroka and Shirone always loved to play with their older brother, it didn't matter what it was, they would do it together.
"I think a bath is in order, wouldn't you agree?" asked Fujimai as she got up, walked over to her kittens, Rias and Sona and removing some of the twigs from Issei's hair
"I think so." Agreed Venelana and Shimizu with a light chuckle as they took a sip of the Abe clans rice wine out of their small white cup which was decorated with black ink in the design of flowers
"Well then, Seras, please go and have the group bath prepared." Asked Aimi as she smiled before turning to face Seras, only the small group bath would be ready, and that would be to small
"Of course, Lady Aimi." Answered Seras with a quick bow, before she left the room to prepare the bath
"Everyone, you are more than welcome to stay for dinner as honoured guests." Said Aimi as she offered to provide dinner for everyone
"Dinner sounds nice right about now." Agreed Sirzechs happily as he'd had a long day of dealing with paperwork before he had to deal with Riser, out of all the Devils in the Underworld, Sirzechs hated dealing with Riser the most
"Agreed, it has been a long day." Said Grayfia agreeing with her husband, today was one of those days she couldn't wait to go to sleep
"From the sounds of it, you can't wait to go to bed." Said Aimi with an understanding smile, sometimes she hated running the house, as it could really tire her out
"Yeah, today has been a long day." Agreed Grayfia as she finished off her rice wine "I'd like to put it behind me, as quickly as possible." continued Grayfia sadly as today was supposed to be a day of fun, instead it turned into a day of anger and sadness
"The bath is ready, my Lady." said Seras as she came back into the room and bowed
"Thank you, Seras." thanked Aimi as she could tell a bath is just what everyone needed, it would help everyone relax
"Are you joining us, mother?" asked Fujimai as she removed the last twig from Issei's hair
"I will, just let me sign Riser's transfer papers, then I'll join you." answered Aimi as she had to sign the last of the paperwork, before Riser would be taken into custody by her clan
"If everyone would please follow me, I'll take you to the baths." offered Seras happily as she smiled at the kids, she'd grown fond of them in the short time she'd played with them
"Unfortunately, I've been called back." said Sirzechs sadly as everyone saw the Gremory's magic circle appear by his right ear "Lord Phoenix is not too happy about this." explained Sirzechs as he'd just got an earful from Lord Phoenix, ranting on and on
"Have fun." teased Fujimai sarcastically as she smiled at Sirzechs
Sirzechs shot a slightly angry look at Fujimai, who was now grinning like a Cheshire cat, she knew Sirzechs was not going to enjoy the talk with Lord Phoenix. Sirzechs couldn't help but chuckle as he sighed, things had just become a slightly better, thanks to Fujimai.
"A cat grinning like a Cheshire cat." commented Sirzechs as he laughed at the irony of it "Ironic."
Everyone in the room that understood the irony of what Sirzechs said, started to laugh. Fujimai's simple tease had brightened their day up, on a day it was most definitely needed.
(Abe clan, Main House, small and large Baths, 6:15pm)
"Spectacular." commented Venelana praising the marvellous work that had gone into the baths, it was on the same level as the Sitri ones back in the underworld
"Thank you for the praise, Lady Gremory." thanked Seras happily as she looked at the star-struck Devils "We take great pride in everything we build." explained Seras as everyone admired the hard and dedicated work that had gone into making the baths
The baths contain a huge single pool, which was decorated gorgeously with ornate patterns, tropical plants, Nekoshou statues pouring water into the bath, and the Abe symbol decorated the walls. To the left-hand side of the room, was a small set of showers. They were all set up and waiting to be used, plastic stools for both kids and adults to sit on, sets of flannels, shower gel and shampoo, bar soap, shower cloths, shower caps, hair brushes and face sponges. To the right-hand side of the room, was a small counter made out of cherry tree wood and polished white limestone. Behind the counter, stood three Nekomata's, the first one had blonde hair, the second one had midnight black hair, and the final one had light blue hair.
Once the three Nekomata behind the counter had noticed the arrival of the group, the blonde haired one walked out from behind the counter and walked up to the group.
"Everything is ready." Said the blonde haired Nekomata as she bowed
"Thank you, Claire." Thanked Seras as she knew they were on their break when they'd asked them to prepare the baths "For calling on you during your breaks, you three can have the rest of the day off."
"Thank you, Seras." Thanked Claire happily as she bowed once more before she left along with her two friends
"Dinner should be ready by seven, so you have just under an hour to bathe." Explained Seras as she'd asked for kitchen staff to prepare dinner for 7pm
"Are you not going to join us?" asked Fujimai as when they were younger, herself and Seras had bathed together a lot
"Unfortunately, I can't." answered Seras sadly as she wanted to catch up with Fujimai now, but she had other work to do "I have other work to do around the house."
"That's unfortunate, we'll have to catch up another time." Said Fujimai sadly as she wanted to catch up with Seras now, but she knew Sera's work was important
"We'll have to." Agreed Seras sadly as she placed her right hand on Fujimai's left shoulder as she walked by
"Mommy!" yelled Issei impatiently as he pulled on his mother's kimono
"What is it Kittens?" asked Fujimai as she smiled down at her three kittens, Rias and Sona, she acted as if she didn't know why they were being impatient "Oh, right!" said Fujimai playfully as she smiled "It's time for your bath." Said Fujimai playfully as it seemed Rias and Sona were also happy about having a bath
"Yay!" cheered Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone happily as they started to jump up and down, Issei's Kuroka's and Shirone's tails started to dance around happily in sync
"Alright, calm down." Laughed Fujimai as she smiled, she didn't want her kittens, Rias or Sona to slip on the slightly wet floor "The floor is wet, so you could slip." warned Fujimai as she pointed at the floor
"Okay." answered Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone sadly as they stopped jumping around, and Issei's, Kuroka's and Shirone's tails hung low
"You five are just adorable." Commented Venelana happily as she found it so cute that Issei's, Kuroka's and Shirone's tails were always in unison, whenever they were together, which was most of the time
"They are." agreed everyone else as they found them so cute
Fujimai chuckled to herself as she started to make her way to the showers, quickly being followed by her kittens, Venelana, Grayfia, and Rias, Shimziu, Serafall and Sona also following quickly behind. Once everyone got to the showers, they saw that a fresh set of traditional Japanese clothes had been laid out on a wooden bench to the side, along with several towels for them to dry off. 8 colour matching kimonos' for Fujimai, Venelana, Shimziu, Serafall, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone, and a single colour matching hakama for Issei. Once everyone had taken off their clothes, and placed them in large laundry bin.
Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall then turned on the showers, and set them to the right temperature. Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone immediately sat down on the little plastic stools, immediately the dirt and mud washed of and flowed down the drain. Once the water started to run clear, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone started to playfully splash each other with water, which they'd gathered in their small hands. Everyone couldn't help but smile, they'd barely known each other for more than two days, and yet they were getting along great.
Still laughing, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall went and grabbed a plastic stool for themselves. Fujimai sat down behind her son and started to wash his hair, Grayfia sat down behind Kuroka and started to wash her hair, Serafall sat down behind Shirone and started to wash her hair, Venelana sat down behind her daughter and started to wash her hair, and finally Shimziu sat down behind her youngest daughter and started to wash her hair. While their hair was being washed, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone waited patiently, they wanted to keep playing.
(5 minutes later)
"There, all done." Announced Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall happily as they grabbed the showers out of their holders and rinsed of the remaining shampoo suds
"Mommy, can we go and play in the pool now?" asked Issei excitedly as she turned around and faced his mother
The fur on Issei's, Kuroka's and Shirone tails had jutted out in all directions, their eyes had dilated as well, telling their mother they were very excited/playful and wanted to get in the pool now.
"Okay Kittens, just stay in the shallow end until we join you." Laughed Fujimai as her kittens was so adorable sometimes, so she happily rubbed her nose against Issei's, both purred happily
"Thanks mommy!" thanked Issei happily as he hugged his mother before he got up and started to make his way to the pool, quickly followed by his sisters, Rias and Sona
"Issei is just so adorable!" squealed Serafall as she was loving how polite Issei was, as everyone watched the kids jump into the pool and start splashing each other with water
"I wonder what he'll be like when he grows up?" asked Venelana as she smiled, part of the smile was to agree with Serafall, the other part was thinking of something much more fun to do with Issei when he was older
"You're thinking about having sex with Issei when he's older, aren't you?" asked Fujimai as she smirked at Venelana, judging by her reaction she hit the nail right on the head
"Oh, don't tell me you haven't thought about it." Shot Fujimai back as she returned Fujimai's smirk, male Nekoshou were so rare and powerful that even their mothers usually had their sons breed them, not to mention most agreed that that out of all Youkai, male Nekoshou's were the best to have sex with
"You're right." Agreed Fujimai as she started to wash her hair, quickly being joined by everyone else "But, I have to make sure he grows up right." Added Fujimai as she didn't want Issei to turn out like his father
"Issei won't be like his father, we'll make sure of it." said Fujimai as she started to comfort her long-time friend, so she decided to hug Fujimai from behind
"Thank you, Venelana." thanked Fujimai sincerely as she turned her head to face her smiling friend, Fujimai couldn't help but smile so she decided to give her a kiss
"If the kids weren't in here with us, I'd take this further." whispered Venelana seductively in Fujimai's ear, as her hands slowly started to roam down Fujimai's body
"I say once the kids are asleep, we continue." Whispered Fujimai seductively back, she wanted to let off some steam, but couldn't do it with the kids around
"I can't wait." Answered Venelana excitedly as everyone could tell that Fujimai needed to let off some steam, not to mention they needed to
"Mommy! Come join us!" called Shirone pleading for her mother to join them as she was splashed by Rias
"Be there in a second, Kitten!" called Fujimai happily back
"Let's not keep them waiting." Laughed Shimziu as it was so nice to see her Sona play with kids her age
Smiling, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall made their way towards the pool. But before they could get into the pool, they started to get water splashed at them. It was the literal and nonliteral little Devils in the pool, they were trying their hardest to splash the literal and nonliteral; Devils in front of them.
Fujimai chuckled as an idea popped into her mind, it was slightly evil since she was much older kittens, Rias and Sona. At first, she was against it, that was until she got almost a litre of water splashed against her face. Once Fujimai opened her eyes, she saw who was responsible, it was her smiling kittens.
"Oh, you three are asking for it!" said Fujimai playfully as she jumped into the pools splashing her kittens with a huge wave of water, the remainder of the splash hit Rias and Sona, who quickly responded by splashing Fujimai back, Issei, Kuroka and Shirone also quickly started to splash their mother back
After a few seconds of laughing, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall jumped into the pool, creating a huge wave of water that splashed Fujimai, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone.
Fujimai turned and face her friends, a mischievous smile had formed on her lips. Fujimai then turned around and pulled Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone into a circle. After a few seconds of whispering, Fujimai, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone all turned around to face the slightly concerned Devils. The reason Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall were concerned was because Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone had adopted Fujimai's mischievous smile.
"Umm… Fuji?" asked Serafall nervously as whenever Fujimai had a mischievous smile, it means she had something planned
"Get them!" yelled Fujimai in response as she started to splash her friends with the water
As soon as Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone heard what Fujimai said, they instantly started splashing Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall. Soon a full-blown water fight broke out, Fujimai, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone against Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall.
(Abe Clan, Main house, group/ small baths, 6:35pm)
The water fight had lasted a good 10 minutes, the only reason it had stopped was because Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone had run out of steam. Now, they were just floating in the shallow end of the pool, being watched by Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Grayfia as they sat on the edge of the pool talking to each other. It was then that Fujimai noticed that her mother had just walked in, she was about to call her over when she saw the look on her mother's face. It wasn't her normal motherly one, instead her face held concern and anger.
"Mother, what's wrong?" asked Fujimai urgently, as she'd never seen her mother so concerned
"I've just received some disturbing news from Sirzechs." Answered Aimi sadly as she walked up to her kitten and her friends "Riser has escaped." Explained Aimi angrily as she sat down on the edge of the pool
"Really?" asked Venelana dumbfounded at the fact Riser had managed to escape
"Unfortunately, so. He had help from the Old Satan Faction and House Nebiros." Explained Aimi as she looked at the shocked faces of her daughter and her friends
"The Old Satan Faction and House Nebiros?" asked Grayfia as she could maybe see the Old Satan Faction helping Riser if they made some kind of deal, but House Nebiros?
"I'll explain how Sirzechs told me." Answered Aimi as she started to explain what Sirzechs's had told her
(20 minutes ago, Underworld, Gremory Manion, Meeting room)
"Lord Lucifer." called Aphrodite politely as she walked up to Sirzechs, who was standing with several mid-class ranking guards, and the person she once called her son stood in the middle of the guards
"Yes, Lady Phoenix?" asked Sirzechs as he turned around to face Riser's mother, slightly annoyed since Lord Phoenix had been ranting on and on about how this whole thing was wrong
"May I come with you?" asked Aphrodite as she wanted to go and personally apologize for the actions of her 'son'
"Is it to apologise for Riser's actions?" asked Sirzechs as he knew Aphrodite was nothing like her husband and three sons
"Yes, it's the right thing to do." Answered Aphrodite as she felt sickened to her very core that she once called Riser her son, this was shown by her very uncharacteristic look of pure hatred at Riser "Since my sorry excuse of a husband won't do it, I'll do it." Explained Aphrodite as her husband showed no signs of apologising to either Lady Fujimai or Lady Aimi
"You may come, Aphrodite." Said Sirzechs answering Aphrodite's first question "It's a shame that you're the only Devil, that holds the Phoenix name that acts like this." Said Sirzechs sadly as any Devil that held the Phoenix name or was related to them always acted high and mighty
"I pride myself on that, Sirzechs." Said Aphrodite with a smile, she was the only Phoenix that anyone liked
"Flashbang!" yelled the Captain of the guards as he saw a Flashbang land at their feet
Immediately, everyone covered their eyes and ears, just in time as the Flashbang went off with a bang that would've permanently deafened a human. After a few seconds, Sirzechs and Aphrodite opened their eyes to a site of horror. The guards had been brutally impaled through their hearts, killing them instantly.
"I think I'm going to throw up." Announced Aphrodite as she brought her right hand up to her mouth, her cheeks had gone green from the brutal sight before her
"Where's Riser?" asked Sirzechs as he didn't see Riser anywhere, managing to suppress his gag reflex at the same time, he'd seen some stuff in the Great War, but nothing like this "And why is the barrier down?" asked Sirzechs as the mansion's barrier should've had blocked anyone from attacking
"Riser's over here!" yelled Riser happily drawing attention to himself
Sirzechs turned to see a massive hole in his family's mansion, and on the other side was Riser floating in the air with hundreds of other Devils, most if not all of them were OSF loyal Devils. But a few of them Sirzechs recognised, to Riser's right was Lord Nebiros himself and almost all of the high-class ranked Devils of House Nebiros.
"Nebiros! What is the meaning of this!?" yelled Sirzech demanding as he looked up at Riser and Nebiros smiling evilly
"Well, Lord Lucifer." Spat Lord Nebiros his voice full of hate "I'm just doing what the true Devil Kings are asking of me." Explained Lord Nebiros as he raised his right hand and then clicked
All of the OSF and Nebiros Devils started to fire all types of magic at Sirzechs and Aphrodite, but before they could hit them, the mansion barrier came back up. The barrier, then reflected all the attacks back at their owners, killing 90% of them. Every single member of the Gremory clan was alerted to the attack, and swarmed out ready to defend their home. The attack on the Gremory mansion also alerted all other houses, and reinforcements would be here within minutes.
"Riser, we didn't prepare for this fight." Said Lord Nebiros as he looked at the growing number of Gremory Devils
"Tch, Riser will be back!" yelled Riser angrily as he teleported away with Lord Nebiros, leaving their forces to die at the hands of the Gremory's
"Son! We just got a call from Lady Nebiros, she said her husband had taken a large number of their forces that were loyal only to him and planned to attack us." Explained Zeoticus as he ran up to his son, feeling sorry for the impaled Devil Guards
"Lord Nebiros is working with the Old Satan Faction, Riser seems to be as well." explained Sirzechs as he checked on Aphrodite
"Well then, it seems only Nebiros and Devils loyal to him are working for the Old Satan Faction, as Lady Nebiros and the rest of the house, put up no resistance when we said they would be arrested." Explained Zeoticus because as soon as Lady Nebiros had finished explaining what happened to him, he said they would be arrested until further notice, they put up no resistance
"Until we can be certain, place Lady Nebiros and all Nebiros Devils in separate cells." Ordered Sirzechs as he didn't want to take any chances "And raise the security of all houses to maximum, the Old Satan Faction could attack again." Ordered Sirzechs as whenever the OSF attacked, they could launch another attack
"I would contact Lady Aimi." Suggested Zeoticus as he watched the maids and butlers of his house, organise who was going were to tell the other houses
"Why?" asked Sirzechs as he knew he would contact Lady Aimi since Riser had escaped, but it seemed his father was telling him for another reason
"Lady Nebiros explained to me that her husband has been in a bad mood for the past few days, apparently he lost three test subjects. And these three test subjects, happen to fit the description of Issei, Kuroka and Shirone." Explained Zeoticus as he gave a brief summary of what Lady Nebiros had told her
Sirzechs expression turned deathly pale, after a few seconds Sirzechs regain his composure, he then quickly raised his right hand to his ear to call Aimi.
(Back in the Able clan Baths)
"Riser and Lord Nebiros working with the Old Satan Faction, why am I not surprised?" asked Fujimai rhetorically as she shook her head, she'd never gotten along with Lord Nebiros
"Fuji, are you alright?" asked Aimi as she was concerned for her daughter since she was deathly quiet
"I'm fine." Answered Fujimai weakly, she was going over everything her former husband had done, and it all now made sense, to him they were just test subjects, he didn't love her or her kittens, and she was a fool to think he did "I just need a few minutes." Explained Fujimai as Issei, Kuroka and Shirone swam up to their mother and hugged her legs, trying their best to comfort their mother since they could tell she was sad
"Until we're certain that the Old Satan Faction won't attack again, I recommend that you all stay here." advised Aimi as she knew normally, her daughter and friends would have no problem defending themselves normally, but with the kids, it would make things harder as they would be easy targets
"You're right, it will be too risky to travel with the kids." Agreed Venelana as the OSF could easily set up a trap for them if they left Abe clan territory "Speaking of the kids, I think they've worked up quite an appetite." Said Venelana as everyone heard the synchronised rumble of Issei's, Kuroka's, Rias's, Sona's and Shirone's stomachs
"Then what's stopping us? Let's go get some food." Laughed Fujimai agreeing as she smiled down at her kittens, who returned the smile
"Yay!" cheered Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone happily
After Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone quickly got out of the bath, everyone made their way to the fresh set of clothes and towels. After everyone had dried themselves and brushed their hair, they got dressed in their matching clothes. After everyone left the bath, they made their way to the main dining room.
After enjoying a fabulous dinner, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone were taken to the games room, with Seras keeping an eye on them. While Aimi, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall had another meeting, they now had to deal with the whole Riser and Lord Nebiros incident.
Once it was time for bed, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall went and collected Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone. By the time Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall had arrived to collect Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone for bed, they found them already fast asleep together on bean bags. After carefully picking up the sleeping kids, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu and Serafall made their way to their rooms. Heeding Aimi's advice, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimziu, Serafall, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone ended up staying with Aimi for a whole week.
During the week, House Nebiros had been thoroughly investigated. Turning up a lot of condemning evidence against Lord Nebiros and the Devils that were loyal to him, while at the same time clearing the names of Lady Nebiros and Devils loyal to her. Lord Nebiros's experiment log book had been found, and it contained two very important pieces of information. The logs of what experimentation had taken place, who had performed them, where it had taken place and who supervised it. And the names of the people involved in his experimentation, along with their signatures. And one name stuck out from the rest, it was Fujimai's former husband, he'd been working with Lord Nebiros years before he met Fujimai.
During the week, the Phoenix house had also been thoroughly investigated. When Riser's room was thoroughly searched, it turned out he'd been working with the Old Satan Faction since the end of the Great War. Riser had been helping the Old Satan Faction with information on everything, he'd even help them attack several public events, which resulted in hundreds of deaths, most of which were children. No other evidence was found during the search to prove that Lord Phoenix and his other two sons were working with the Old Satan Faction, but that didn't mean people were going to trust them. Everyone knew Aphrodite would never work with the Old Satan Faction, she'd watched her family be murdered by them on the last day of the Great War.
Unlike predicted by Sirzechs, the OSF didn't attack again. Most likely because of the loss they'd occurred from attacking the Gremory clan, their losses were estimated to be around 300, with Lord Nebiros's forces included. Before the attack on the Gremory mansion, a small group of Lord Nebiros loyal Devils had infiltrated and taken over the mansion's barrier management room. They kept the barriers management team hostage, but they forgot about the scheduled check ins, which resulted in a strike team being sent to deal with them.
(Abe clan, living room, 9:30am)
"Mommy, can you come play with us?" asked Shirone as she got up and walked up to her mother and tugged on her mother's kimono, her tail was occasionally twitching since she was worried that her mother couldn't play with them again
Fujimai had been busy for the past week, so she hadn't had the chance to play with her kitten's, and said kittens didn't like that one bit. And at such a young age, it wouldn't do Issei, Kuroka and Shirone any good to be away from Fujimai for too long.
"I'm sorry kitten, I have one last meeting to go to." Apologized Fujimai sadly as she looked down at her youngest kitten
"Okay." Pouted Shirone sadly as her tiny ears held back, her tail tucked in-between her legs, clearly showing she was sad
"Once mommy's finished, would you like for mommy to play with you for as long as you want?" asked Fujimai as she felt so bad for barely playing with her kittens over the week "Is that what you want, Kitten?" asked Fujimai as she bent down to her youngest kittens' level
"Yes." Answered Shirone as she looked at her mother, her sad expression had almost completely disappeared
"Well then, that's what mommy will do." Promised Fujimai as she kissed her kitten's nose, getting a pleased purr from her youngest kitten
"Yay!" cheered Shirone happily so happily in fact that she started to jump about, and her tail started to thrash about like mad
Fujimai couldn't help but chuckle, as she watched her youngest kitten run back to play with her older brother and sister, Rias and Sona. She was worried that they'd already be affected by the separation, but it seemed it only made them sad, which wouldn't take long to fix.
"Milady's, Lady Yasaka, Lord Lucifer and Lady Phoenix have arrived for the meeting." explained Seras as she walked into the living and bowed
"Thank you, Seras." Thanked Aimi as she took her attention of the kids, who were watching tv "Please prepare some fresh tea." Asked Aimi as she got up and started to walk towards the door
"Of course, milady's." Answered Seras with a quick nod before she left to have some fresh tea prepared
"Let's get this over and done with." Sighed Fujimai as she got up, she wanted to get this over and done with
After Aimi and Fujimai left the living room, they went and joined Sirzechs, Yasaka and Aphrodite in the meeting room. During the meeting, everyone went over everything that happened with Riser and House Nebiros. The last thing to happen in the meeting was Aphrodite apologize for her son's actions, as she said she felt appalled by his actions. After talking things over, Yasaka, Aimi and Fujimai accepted Aphrodite's apology. Once the meeting had ended, Fujimai did exactly what she promised her youngest kitten, she spent the rest of the day with her kittens.
(Review responses)
Dragonsayianblue: Aimi is a member of Yasaka's council, as the Abe clan leads the other Nekomata/Nekoshou clans.
Kalashnikov: Thanks.
Antifanboy: If you hate my story, you hate my story, I don't care.
Devilscreed: Yeah, my bad on that.