We spent the next few minutes discussing the differences between our two Universes. And while Azazel Alter was growing increasingly horrified by all the Marvel things I mentioned, I was growing more excited. He was describing a DxD world that sounded incredibly similar to Canon. I really wanted to see it!
"Can we go to your Universe?" I asked him.
"What!?" Emma turned to me. "We just traveled to an alternate dimension and now you want to run off to another Universe? I thought you were going to show me around this dimension?"
I waved her off. "We can do that anytime. How often does an opportunity like this come up?" I asked her.
"Pretty often for you because your Orb of Anywhere can let you travel across Universes whenever you want. You're welcome for that by the way…" Azazel muttered. He was still a bit miffed that he hadn't been able to recreate the Orb without the Eye of that Eldritch Being.
"Cmon. Let's go! It sounds fun!" I said excitedly. I could finally meet sexy Devil's that weren't pure evil!
[And there's the real reason you want to go…]
'I have other reasons!' I thought defensively!
[Do any of them involve avoiding Heather?]
'I'm not avoiding her!'
[Sure you're not…]
I wasn't going to take that from my own System. I'd prove it wrong. 'You know what, it's almost the weekend anyway, I'll pull her and Asia out of school and they can come with us!' I came to a decision.
Heather seemed to like my last adventure and I knew that Asia was feeling left out since she hadn't been on one yet.
Now that I thought about it, I was liking this idea more and more. I'll bring them over right now!
[Wait Host! They're still in class!]
I opened up two portals in the air nearby. Two teenage girls ended up falling through them and landing on their butts nearby.
"Eeeeep!"
"What the hell!"
Asia and Heather exclaimed at the same time. Heather immediately stood up and had her wand out–ready to fight. "Alright you bastards! You want to kidnap me, in the middle of class! I won't go down without a fight–oh it's you…" Heather trailed off when she saw me smiling at her awkwardly.
"Miss Layla? Why are we back in the Grigori?" Asia asked while taking in the familiar sights. She turned to Azazel and gave him a polite bow. She then bowed to the second Azazel without missing a beat or even questioning his existence.
[She's too nice and accepting for this world.]
Is that the church's Holy Maiden?" Azazel Alter asked us. "Why is she with you?" He asked me.
I shrugged. "It's a long story that ends in the Devils are bastards."
He nodded in acceptance of that answer. "That tells me nothing and everything at the same time. You want to bring them with us?" He asked.
"Bring us where?" Heather asked demandingly. "Do you realize that you just teleported us out of the middle of class. You probably just caused a panic!"
[I tried to warn you, Host.]
"It's fine. I'll leave Natasha a note and she can explain it to your teachers. SHIELD pretty much runs Baxter High anyway." I said casually.
"What!?" Heather squeaked in surprise. "The school is run by a secret spy agency!?"
"It's the only public High School in the country that openly accepts mutant students. Of course it's secretly run by SHIELD. All of your teachers are probably trained agents." I said.
Heather scrunched her face. "You know…Our math teacher is in really good shape now that I think about it."
"Our English teacher knows Kung Fu!" Asia said excitedly!
"He does? How did you find that out?" Heather asked her.
"I asked him." Asia replied.
"Why would you just randomly ask her–you know what, nevermind." Heather sighed.
The girls I turned back to Azazel Alter with a grin. "OK, the girls are on board–"
"We still don't know where we're going!" Heather cut in!
"–When can we go?" I finished asking him.
He scratched his cheek. "Um… We can go whenever. I suppose that I have been away for a few days and Penemue is probably going to throw a fit if I stay away any longer."
He reached into a pocket space and pulled out a small round object. It resembled the original flrm of my Orb, but I could feel that it was much weaker. I didn't know what he used as the Gear's core, but it definitely wasn't the same as my own. I'd ask him about it later.
"So who is coming with?" He asked everyone.
"Hmmm. I'm afraid I'll pass for now. His Gear has given me some inspiration to finally finish recreating Layla's Orb. It'd be nice to be able to travel without having to rely on her all the time." My Azazel said.
"I'd rather not run off to a new Universe either. I don't even have any supplies…" Emma said. "I'm technically supposed to be meeting members of the Grigori anyway, since I'm going to be your secretary, Layla. I'll be staying here, if that's alright?" She asked Azazel.
"It's fine with me. I've wanted to check out a mutant anyway. I wonder what makes the X-Gene tick?" Azazel said while checking out Emma. Not in the sexual way though.
I smacked Azazel on the shoulder. "No dangerous experimenting on my super hot blond secretary!" I told him.
Emma blushed at my outburst.
Azazel laughed at my defensiveness. "Relax, all I need's a small blood sample. And only if she's fine with it?"
Emma shrugged and said that she didn't mind either way.
So it was just me, Heather and Asia going to check out DxD canon. Asia was incredibly excited that I remembered to take her with me this time. Heather was trying to be a typical teenage girl and act indifferent, but I could tell she was also excited by her small grin.
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