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Once Kenji had been taken on a tour of the house by Azazel, he was lying in the bedroom that he'd claimed for himself. It was on the fifth floor, and the closest to the gaming room.
Valian had taken the room closest to him, and Penemue and Albedo had taken two rooms on the first floor.
Once Kenji had chosen his room, he asked Azazel to make his bed the biggest he could, in case someone was sleeping with him. Azazel pointed out that the beds he'd placed in the bedrooms were fine, but he did it anyway, increasing Kenji's bed-size to that of a superking-sized bed, while all the other beds were standard king-sized beds.
Kenji heard a knock on his bedroom door. When he called out for whoever was there to enter, he saw Valian walking into his room.
"Hey, Val. " Kenji said, grinning at her.
"What do you need?"
"To ask you something. " Valian lay down next to Kenji.
"Hmm?" Kenji gently caressed Valian's hair.
"You know, now that I'm in your peerage," Valian began. "Shouldn't you be thinking about building up the rest of it?"
"You know, I was thinking about that too. " Kenji replied.
"I've got an idea of what kind of people I want for the pieces in my peerage, so there's no time like the present to get going, is there?"
"I guess not. " Valian replied.
"Just make sure you always come back, alright?"
"I promise, Valian. " Kenji replied, kissing her passionately.
"I'll be off now, after I've said my goodbyes to everyone. " Valian nodded.
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"I thought that you'd be doing this soon. " Azazel told Kenji when he broke the news to him.
"Having a peerage looks good for any Devil; you can't just have a Queen. "
"Even if that Queen is the great-granddaughter and the one and only known female descendent of of THE Satan Lucifer himself, and therefore the great-great-granddaughter of the dead God of the Bible. " Tobio added.
"You're a lucky motherfucker, Kenji. "
"I know, Tobio. I know.
" Kenji replied, shaking his hand. "Thanks for teaching me how to use swords.
"
"Anytime, bro. " Tobio grinned.
"Try not to be too much of a stranger, 'kay?"
"I'll make a note of it. " Kenji replied.
"See you around, Shem, Baraqiel. " The Vice-Governer-General and the Strongest Cadre nodded to Kenji.
Kenji turned to Penemue and Albedo.
"I'll come back. " Kenji promised.
"So you can feed on me every so often. "
"We'd love that. " Penemue and Albedo replied, grinning and hugging Kenji.
Finally, Kenji turned to Valian.
"See you around. " Kenji said to his girlfriend and Queen.
"Bye. " Valian replied, kissing Kenji.
Kenji pooled his magic into a magic-circle, and with one final wave to his three lovers, Tobio, and the three leaders of the Grigori, his Evil Pieces safely in his pocket, vanished, in a flash of red light.
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When Kenji came to land, he found himself in some woodland area. The sun shone through the trees, and Kenji immediately knew that he was in the human world, as there was no sun in the Underworld.
Kenji quickly summoned his sword and looked around, seeing if there was anyone around. Even when there was no-one, he kept on his guard.
He slowly walked through the woodland, taking in the scenery, but remaining on his guard.
After a few minutes of walking, Kenji heard a noise a few meters behind him. It sounded like a twig snapping.
Kenji whipped around, and raised his sword.
"Who's there?" he said, keeping his breathing even, but feeling unnerved. There was no answer.
Kenji gripped his sword tighter, hoping against hope that whatever it was wouldn't attack him.
He hadn't even been out of the Grigori for a goddamn minute!
Suddenly, Kenji heard a rustling of leaves behind him, and he whirled around again. This time, he saw someone, and in shock, he cried out the name of the one person he did NOT expect to see.
"Zest?!"
"Zest?!"
The white-haired young woman whipped around, and her golden eyes met Kenji's mismatched ones.
Ten full seconds passed, neither moving an inch.
"What are you doing here?" Kenji asked.
"What are you doing here?" Zest asked, at the same time.
"None of your business. " Kenji replied.
"Looking for you. " Zest replied, at the same time.
"What?" they both asked afterwards, at the same time. There was another uncomfortable silence.
"Why are you looking for me?" Kenji asked, without Zest saying something at the same time.
"Well…" Zest lingered for a moment, inwardly SHOCKED OUT OF HER FUCKING MIND that the ONE person she was looking for just turned up, out of the blue, right near her. "It was because Zeotifucks ordered it so.
"
"Zeotifucks…?" Kenji suddenly burst out laughing. "That's a real good name.
"
"Thanks. " Zest blushed.
"So I guess Zeotifucks- I am so using that name from now on- is still going on sending guards and maids after me, seeing as you're out here?" Kenji asked, not letting his guard down.
"Actually, no. " Zest replied.
"He stopped, three weeks ago. "
"Why?" Kenji asked. "Did the motherfucker give up?"
"Actually, no. " Zest replied.
"In the eyes of the Devils Territory of the Underworld, you're… presumed dead. "
Kenji was silent for a full minute.
"Well I'm alive, aren't I?" he asked. "So there's no harm-" He was cut off as Zest ran into his arms and hugged him, tightly.
"I was… destroyed. " She muttered, while silently sobbing into Kenji's shoulder.
"I cried for about a week after I heard from Zeotifucks that you were apparently dead. I killed the group of guards I was put with, and I've been looking for you ever since!"
"I'm flattered. " Was all Kenji could say.
"You'd look for me for approximately a month, even when you thought I was dead?"
"Yes!" Zest said, looking up into Kenji's eyes. 'Damn, he's grown taller since four months ago.
' She thought. 'A lot taller.