In the apartnt building, shortly after Kuroka and Drako went to the airport, a door opened, and a young girl ca out of her room.
"Moo, they've been fucking like rabbits all night! They haven't let sleep at all!"
Natsu had ssy hair and deep dark circles under her eyes.
"Good morning, Natsu."
A beautiful blonde girl, Lavinia, ca out of the sa room. Unlike Natsu, it seed that Lavinia had slept well.
"You... Lavinia... what did you think you were doing last night? You almost walked into Drako's room again!"
Last night, Natsu left the room to go to the bathroom, and halfway through, she t a sleepwalking Lavinia. It was fortunate that Natsu t her, as Lavinia had been about to enter Drako's room while he and Kuroka were having sex.
"Hmm? It's not like it's the first ti I've slept there."
Lavinia had an honest face of confusion as if she didn't really understand what Natsu was saying. Sleeping in soone else's room? Isn't that what she did unconsciously every night? Though it was almost always Natsu-chan's room, and a few tis in Dra-kun's.
"You... didn't realize what happened in Drako-kun's room last night?"
"What?! Did sothing happen to Dra-kun? Dra-kun!"
Lavinia confused Natsu, thinking that sothing bad had happened to Drako and Kuroka.
"It's not that... Wait!"
Natsu ran after Lavinia, who was already beginning to invoke her Longinus. The witch opened the door to the room by the door, and was assaulted by the sll left by all the activity that Kuroka and Drako had been carrying out the previous night.
"Ugh... what is this? Dra-kun! Kuro-chan!"
Lavinia called about the two people who lived here, but received no answer. This worried her even more.
"Lavinia!"
Natsu finally caught up with the witch, and stopped her from doing anything crazy.
"What's going on? What happened here?"
"Drako and Kuroka have already left. Today was the day Kuroka's little sister returned, don't you rember? They should be arriving at the airport now."
"Huh, that's right."
Natsu was speechless when she saw her friend Lavinia. Was her head really empty?
"But... what is this unique... sll?" Lavinia asked.
Natsu entered the room with Lavinia.
"These... are the results of the battle that took place in this room yesterday. At least they were decent enough to clean the room before they left."
"Battle? Did Dra-kun and Kuro-chan fight soone yesterday?"
Natsu looked Lavinia in the eye. Was Lavinia making fun of Natsu? Or was Lavinia as innocent as she looked? Honestly, for Natsu, a 17-year-old girl couldn't be as innocent as Lavinia appeared.
"Sex. Kuroka and Drako had sex last night, all night long and nonstop. Really... I couldn't sleep at all because of the two of them. And that damn lazy cat, she was screaming her head off. I'm sure she was doing it on purpose. Ahh... I'm so sleepy."
While Natsu was complaining, Lavinia was blushing. She went from less to more, starting with her cheeks and ending with her ears.
Had Natsu said sex? Wasn't that the activity adults did to make babies? But that couldn't be possible. Kuroka and Drako were still very young, or at least Kuroka was, so they should not be looking for babies right now. Besides, her teacher had taught her that only married couples perford this act.
Had Kuroka and Drako married yet?
No, no, no.
That couldn't be true.
Because if that was true... wouldn't that an Lavinia wouldn't have a chance with Drako anymore?
"Is sothing wrong, Lavinia?" Natsu asked.
"Natsu... are Kuroka and Drako married?"
"Mmm... I don't think so. They're still too young to get married, aren't they? So I guess they're, uh, a couple?"
"But... they can't have sex if they're not married, right?"
"Huh? Where did you get that? Well, in so religions, the ideal is to arrive at marriage as a virgin, both man and woman. Still, even human religious don't listen anymore, what do you expect from a dragon and a youkai?"
Natsu did not know much about the supernatural world, but this was sothing that could be considered common sense. Religious practices such as arriving at marriage as a virgin were almost unheard of today.
Although Lavinia was not sure if Natsu's words were true, she felt a sense of relief inside.
"It seems that Kuroka has taken a step forward in her relationship with Big Brother. It's about ti, that idiot Big Bro has been keeping her waiting for a long ti."
The sudden arrival of Valina surprised both Lavinia and Natsu.
"Valina! Don't give us those scares!"
"Good morning, Va-chan"
Lavinia's reaction was calr than Natsu's, although that was expected given the different personalities of each.
"Good morning. Hmm... you don't seem to have slept well, Natsu."
Valina gave Natsu a mischievous smile. She seed to have guessed correctly why Natsu had not been able to sleep.
"I've had so problems, although I'm sure the great Valina has too. There's no way you couldn't have heard last night's screams with the perfect senses you have."
To answer Natsu, who is looking defiantly at Valina, the young Lucifer does a pose that she thought was cool.
"You underestimate , Natsu Minagawa. Valina Lucifer is always ready for any challenge. Knowing Kuroka, I knew she would make as much noise as possible so that we would realize what they were doing. Since I knew this day would co sooner or later, I have special headphones ready, so I didn't hear anything."
Valina responds with an arrogant smile to Natsu.
As expected from the descendant of Lucifer and the bearer of one of the 13 Longinus, she was prepared for any situation.
"Damn it... I want to sleep!"
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Artemis was looking at the rainbow-colored heavenly bridge that was rising to the sky. This was the Ama-no-uki-hashi, the heavenly bridge that connects the Takamagahara, the heavenly court of the Japanese gods, to the earth.
Today was the day that Artemis had agreed to et with Amaterasu to discuss the whole matter of the connection she felt six months ago.
"I am Artemis, goddess of the hunt and virginity, I have co, as agreed, to et with Amaterasu Ō-Mikami."
Artemis announced her arrival.
"Co up."
An ethereal voice ca from the high heavens, the Takamagahara, giving Artemis permission to tread the celestial lands.
Artemis did not delay and climbed to the top. When she reached the top, a servant was waiting for her.
"Amaterasu Ō-Mikami is waiting for you, I will be the one to guide the steed guest."
"I will be in your care."
Artemis followed the servant to where Amaterasu was waiting for her. She said a respectful goodbye to the servant and entered the place.
The interior looked like a typical Japanese traditional room, and a young woman was waiting while she drank what appeared to be tea.
This woman had the appearance of a woman in her twenties, but she had not passed twenty-five. Her features were those of a Japanese woman, which did not an that she was not beautiful. Her beauty, though different from that of Artemis, rivalled that of the goddess of the hunt. She wore a simple white dress, with few details. Her hair was black, and her eyes emitted a golden glow.
She was the main goddess of Japan, Amaterasu.
"It has been a few decades since our last eting, Artemis."
"That's right."
Artemis sat across from Amaterasu. The two goddesses were only separated by a traditional Japanese wooden table.
Artemis had changed her appearance. She no longer looked like a 12-year-old girl, but a woman of about 17-18 years of age. This was the appearance that Artemis had when she attended official etings.
Amaterasu handed Artemis a glass of tea similar to the one she was drinking, and Artemis took it with pleasure. They only enjoyed the tea in silence as they looked into each other's eyes.
Artemis and Amaterasu, the goddess of the moon and the goddess of the sun were very good friends. Both were single at this ti, though Artemis was the only virgin. The truth is that it was very difficult to find a virgin goddess these days, with Artemis being one of the few of them.
Amaterasu had been married once. Her ex-husband was her brother Tsukuyomi, but she had been divorced after an incident in which he killed a goddess friend of Amaterasu. Since then, the sun separated from the moon in Japanese territory.
Since then, thousands and thousands of years had passed, and Amaterasu had not t another man. During that ti, she t Artemis, and she was amazed at her determination to remain a virgin during her lifeti. Eventually, they beca very close friends, if not best friends.
"Well, to what do we owe your presence here? You told you had sothing important to investigate on my turf, what is so important that it requires the personal presence of an Olympic goddess?"
Amaterasu went straight to the main issue.
Artemis smiled. Amaterasu had always been this serious when it ca to official business.
"Six months ago, my brother and I felt that soone was making a connection with us. It was only for an instant, a few seconds, but we felt it. We want to investigate who has made a connection with our divine spirits, and I want to know how they did it. I ca here because Japan was the place where we felt that connection."
Amaterasu frowned. Six months ago, in Japan... Hadn't the new Suzaku ntioned to her that an incident had occurred during that ti?
"You could have sent your jackets to investigate, why didn't you?"
"They're busy hunting, plus..."
"You seem to have sothing on your mind."
Amaterasu knew Artemis well, so nothing could escape her eyes when it ca to her best friend.
"That connection... reminded of Atalante."
Artemis sighed.
Atalante was one of the most talented hunters ever to be devoted to Artemis. The goddess saved her when she was a baby abandoned in the mountains, but she never expected her to beco one of the greatest hunters ever recorded. In terms of her talent with archery, she was only on par with Orion, but he surpassed her in terms of physical qualities.
Artemis intended to recruit Atalante into her huntress retinue, but she married before the goddess could extend her invitation. Once married and having lost her purity, Atalante could no longer join Artemis' retinue of hunters.
Artemis lanted that event, but lanted, even more, the cruel fate of Atalante. The huntress, who was living a happy married life, committed the sin of having sexual relations in a sanctuary of Cybele. As a punishnt, they were transford into lions.
By the ti Artemis learned what had happened, it was too late to reverse it.
But now, Artemis had felt a connection that reminded her of Atalante. Was she the reincarnation of Atalante? If so, Artemis was willing to bring her into his care.
"I see... I have good news for you, as I may have so information about what happened six months ago."
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