126 The Pool Episode

Human World, Japan, Kuoh.

After entering the locker rooms, the members of James and Rias' peerages waste no time changing into their P.E. uniforms and other clothes they did not mind if they were soaked in sweat. Then, for the next two hours, they all worked together to clean the pool after they emptied it.

Then, with Akeno's magic, they were able to quickly fill the Pool again. After adding the proper chemicals in the proper amounts, the pool was once again ready for swimming. And once again, the group entered the locker rooms. This time, they all changed into their swim wear. And naturally, the boys were the first to exit. While the boys, excluding Gasper, waited for the girls, they engaged in some casual conversation.

"Oh man, I've been waiting for a day like this for a long time." Issei said excitedly as he kept his sights on the entrance to the girls' locker room. "I can only imagine how good everyone will look in their swimsuits.

"If you're eyes wander too much, Ise." James said with a friendly smile on his face while resting a hand on Issei's shoulder. "I'll give you two options for your punishment."

*Gulp!*

Issei could not help gulping a mouthful of saliva when he heard the seemingly friendly tone in James' voice. At the same time, Cu Chulainn and Yuuto only shook their heads.

'I wonder if this kid will ever learn?' Cu Chulainn thought to himself as he looked at James and Issei's interaction.

'It's not like James-Senpai asks him not to look at all.' Yuuto thought to himself. 'He only asks him to keep his perverted intentions to himself. I don't think that's too much to ask.'

"Uh... So, what are those choices you mentioned, Senpai?" Issei asked with a nervous smile.

"Well, I don't think they are too bad." James said, maintaining his friendly smile. "I can either put you through another hell mode training session, or I can pluck out your eyes. Not so bad, right?"

Issei shuddered at the options he was given. He was absolutely terrified of the hell mode training sessions he had participated in over the last year. And the worst part is that as he got stronger so did the difficulty of each session. On the other hand, losing his eyes would be a lot more painful, but the pain would be over quickly with Asia's [Sacred Gear]. But there lies the problem. He would never be able to see again.

'Although I hate the constant pain brought from the training, at least I would be able to see the glorious boobage of all the girls.'

Then, Issei's expression changed into something resolute.

"I'll take the hell mode training." Issei said with certainty.

"Tsk!" James clicked his tongue. To Issei's surprise.

"Senpai, did you really want to pluck out my eyes?" Issei asked in fear.

"If I plucked out your eyes, then I wouldn't have to go through the trouble of punishing you as often." James explained in an annoyed tone.

"James, I think you're thinking about this too simply." Cu Chulainn said as he patted James on the shoulder. "If you took his sight, he would just try to use his other senses. Are you telling me you would take one of his sensory organs every time he made a mistake."

Hearing Cu Chulainn's reasonable opinion, James stopped to think while stroking his chin. Then his eyes lit up.

"I could just take them all at once." James said excitedly.

"Well, that's true." Cu Chulainn agreed with a shrug.

Seeing the lack of care the two older boys showed for his well-being, Issei was well and truly scared.

"I'm sorry, Senpai." Issei said while bowing his head. "I promise to do better."

"Do better at what?" James asked in an innocent tone.

Gritting his teeth, Issei lowered his head even further as he struggled to speak.

"I promise I'll do better to not stare at your girlfriend's boobs anymore."

"I don't think that's good enough." James said with his arms crossed. "You either do, or don't."

"I promise not to..." Issei began.

"Oh, and that includes anyone who feels uncomfortable from your stares." James interrupted. "I mean, seriously. Mio has complained about you twice since she joined Rias' peerage yesterday."

Issei could only look away awkwardly. Yuuto and Cu Chulainn knew that was not entirely Issei's fault. Mio complained once just because Issei turned his head in her direction. However, they could also understand where she was coming from based on Issei's behavior over the last two years.

"*Sigh* I promise." Issei said dejectedly.

"Good." James said with a radiant smile. "I really hope it will be a long time before I have to remove any body parts from you."

"Wait! I thought it would just be hell mode training since I promised." Issei exclaimed in terror.

"Did I say that?" James asked while tilting his head. Then, he turned his sights toward Cu Chulainn and Yuuto. "Lancer, Kiba, did I ever mention that?"

With Cu Chulainn and Yuuto as his last hope, Issei also shifted his attention to the other boys.

"Nope!" Cu Chulainn answered swiftly. He too was annoyed by the lewd stares Issei would often use to gaze at his girlfriend.

"Sorry Issei, but it's true." Yuuto said while shrugging his shoulders. "James-Senpai only said what you needed to do to not get punished."

"Damn it..." Issei muttered to himself after realizing that he would be in deep trouble If he broke his promise.

Before he could fall too far into his depression, however, the door to the locker room opened. Walking through it, Rias and Akeno were the first to make their appearances. Wearing white and purple bikinis respectively, they both looked stunning.

"James, can you help me put on some sunscreen?" Rias and Akeno both asked as they quickly approached.

Noticing that they had made the same request, they stopped in place. Then, they glared at each other.

"Akeno, as my [Queen], don't you think you should allow me to go first?" Rias asked with irritation clear in her tone.

"Fufufu." Akeno giggled in her signature way. However, it did not sound as gentle or elegant as usual. Instead, it was filled with the intent to battle. "As the newest member of James' harem, you're sure getting full of yourself, aren't you Rias."

Hearing that, Rias' demonic power began to spike due to her anger.

"Would you mind saying that again, Akeno?" Rias said, trying to keep her rage under control.

"Aww, what's wrong, newbie?" Akeno taunted. "Is the princess not used to waiting her turn like a good girl."

"That's it, I've had enough, Akeno!" Rias said as she began hurling unrefined lumps of demonic energy at Akeno.

"Bring it on, Rias." Akeno said with a smile.

Then, the two girls began to move around the pool launching demonic power at each other.

"Don't they ever get tired of this?" Flora asked, having shown up while Rias and Akeno were arguing with her arms and breasts wrapped around James' left arm.

"Akeno just likes to tease Rias." James said with a smile while looking at Flora's swimsuit. "You look great in that suit, by the way."

"Thanks." Flora replied with a bright smile while squeezing James' arm even tighter. "So, since you're free for the moment, would you mind helping me put some sunscreen on my back?"

"Sure." James replied. Then, he led Flora off to the side and laid out her towel. As he was preparing to help Flora, Shuna and Shion approached.

"Could you help me put on sunscreen, too?" Shuna asked shyly while blushing.

"Me, too. Me, too." Shion exclaimed excitedly.

"Sure, I don't mind." James replied with a smile.

With that Shuna's blush deepened while Shion smiled brightly. At the same time, Asia also asked Issei to help her apply some sunscreen. Naturally, Issei agreed. Although he was excited to help a girl put on sunscreen, he was even more scared of James punishment if he stared too hard at Rias and Akeno's bouncing breasts

Eventually, while James was helping Flora with sunscreen, a line had formed from the girls who wanted his help applying sunscreen. To James' surprise, even Mio was lined up for it. When he looked at her in confusion, Mio simply looked away and muttered to herself. The next one who surprised him was Koneko, who was wearing a school swimsuit. There were no hard-to-reach places exposed in a suit like that. Putting that thought out of his mind, James looked at the last person who baffled him.

"Ayame, what the hell are you wearing?" James asked while staring at the youkai ninja coldly.

Hearing that, everyone present stopped what they were doing and looked at Ayame. Then, they were dumbfounded when they saw what she was wearing. Instead of a swimsuit, she was walking around with only her most intimate areas, such as her nipples and crotch covered by band-aids of assorted sizes.

"I'm wearing a swimsuit, James-Sama." Ayame answered with a shudder. "Is there something wrong?"

Hearing her shameless answer, the temperature of James' glare dropped by a few more degrees.

"Go and put on a proper swimsuit." James commanded.

Once again, Ayame shuddered. She could feel the gauze pad in the band-aid covering her crotch soaking up her juices.

"But this is all I brought." Ayame said with her cheeks bright red.

"Then take your ass home and get a new one." James said harshly. "And if you're not wearing something presentable when you come back, I'll send you back for good."

Seeing the look in his eyes and hearing the cold tone in his voice, Ayame did her best to hold back the orgasm she felt coming and answered James.

"Understood." Ayame replied. A moment later, she vanished from the spot and found a place to experience the pleasure she was holding back.

"Damn it..." James muttered as he returned to rubbing sunscreen into all of flora's hard to reach spots.

"Mmm~ what's wrong, James?" flora asked while trying to stifle her moans.

"She got me again." James said with a wry smile.

Hearing that, Shuna giggled from the side.

"You've been treating her so gently for the past half year or so." Shuna said with a smile while wearing a blush. "I guess she needs to get that out of her system from time to time."

"I bet Ahn~ she is more concerned with Mmm~ getting James into her system~ at this point." Flora said with a smile between moans.

Hearing Flora's moans, all the girls waiting for their turns blushed a little. Eventually, James finished applying sunscreen to Flora and moved on to Shuna, Shion, Koneko, Maria, Mio, Mizore, Moka, Akeno, and Rias. After spending close to an hour helping the girls put on sunscreen, James was quite thirsty, in more ways than one. However, he noticed that he left his water bottle in the locker room.

"Hey guys, I'll be right back." James said as he turned toward the locker room. "I forgot my water bottle in the locker room."

"Come back soon." Rias shouted from the pool.

With that, James made his way back to the locker rooms. As he approached the door, Xenovia opened it and walked out wearing a white bikini.

"*Whistle* I gotta say, you wear that suit well." James said with a smile.

"Thanks." Xenovia said with her head lowered.

"*Sigh* Why are you lowering your head?" James asked with a sigh. "I know I was kinda harsh with you before. But you have to understand, we weren't exactly on the same side. Things are different now, though."

Hearing that, Xenovia raised her head. Then she spoke.

"I thought you hated me." Xenovia said with a slight blush. "No one has ever been that harsh with me before. Well other than devils that wanted to kill me."

"Well to be honest, I never hated you in the first place." James said nonchalantly. "You were neither strong enough to harm me or the people I care about, nor had you done anything I found unforgivable."

"But you reacted so strongly when I threatened Asia that one day." Xenovia said, now with confusion in her tone.

"Oh, that." James said, remembering how he protected Asia. "I was just angry in general at how anyone could call into question someone as gentle and kind as Asia's nature. I kinda projected my issues with the Church in general onto you. Sorry about that."

Surprised at James' apology, Xenovia stared at him blankly for a few moments. Then, when she came back to her senses, she began to speak once again.

"I find you interesting, James." Xenovia said while maintaining eye contact. "I'd like the opportunity to get to know you better and make a baby with you."

"I'm sorry... What?" James replied with genuine confusion in his tone. "That's quite the leap, isn't it?"

"Not really." Xenovia said while shaking her head gently. "After leaving the Church, I've realized that I've never done any of the things that normal girls do. I mean look at this."

Xenovia showed off her bikini.

"I just finished putting this on because I had no idea what I was supposed to do." Xenovia said without any visible changes in her expression. "I know nothing of what normal girls my age usually experience. So, I put together a list of things I want to do that normal girls do. And having a child is on the top of that list."

Hearing that, James understood what she meant, but he felt this girl needed some serious education on what would be considered common sense.

"*Sigh* Wait right here, I'll go get my water bottle from inside then I'll walk back with you to the pool." James said as he turned toward the locker room's door.

"Can't we make a baby right now?" Xenovia asked innocently.

"No, you're too young and too mentally immature for parenthood." James said without looking back.

Hearing that, Xenovia could only pout in response. A few moments later, James re-emerged from the locker room, water bottle in hand. Then, he and Xenovia walked toward the pool. Upon returning, James sent Xenovia to play with the others. Then, he pulled Rias and Akeno to the side and explained the conversation he just had with Xenovia.

"You need to put her through some classes so that she can get some common sense, or something." James said, concluding his thoughts about the former exorcist.

"*Sigh* I guess you're right." Rias said with an exasperated sigh. "I'll have her take lessons about it after school a few days a week."

"I suggest you train her harshly on her energy control as well." James said with a slight frown. "I remember her saying something about not being able to handle Durandal's destructive power properly during her fight with Freed."

"That's not a bad idea ether way." Akeno said with a smile. "Control was the first thing all of us worked on after being recruited, right?"

"That's true." James said with a nod. "Although there was one person who only worked on the control exercise so she could play with the water."

"An... Anyway, let's get back to having fun." Rias said as she turned around and walked away quickly.

"So, it was her, huh?" Akeno asked with a mischievous smile.

"Yup, it was her." James said with a similar mischievous smile.

Then, they chased after Rias and spent the rest of the day having a fun time.