Fish and Diodora

~25 April 2008~

When Kojiro wakes up from his sleep, he immediately goes to the training room and is ready to train. As he walks inside the simulation room, he hears...

"Welcome to the Simulation room, please select the difficulty"

After thinking for a few seconds he says.

"Single enemy mode. A++ Parameter. All Class."

"Acknowledge. Single enemy mode with A++ Parameter. Enemy with a class of Saber, Lancer, Rider, Archer, and Caster. The simulation will begin in 30 seconds."

Hearing it, Kojiro takes out his sword and also his handgun. He also activated all the effects in his weapon and armor including his forcefield.

"Simulation will begin in 10 seconds"

"!0… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1...."

After the countdown reaches zero he sees a robot without a face appear in front of him. The robot holding a spear with a shield in its other hand. When the robot appears, Kojiro charges at the enemy first and the robot blocks his charges with its shield and creates a shockwave all around the area.

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"Haaah… Haaah… Huuuu"

He looked at the robot in front of him. It was one of the most difficult battles he ever had. This robot moves like Heracles from Fate/Stay Night but this enemy is faster and tougher than Heracles. However, he must admit that this robot is easier to beat than the strongest greek hero because this robot doesn't have a Noble Phantasm while Heracles have God Hands as his trump card.

"Congratulations, repeat stage?"

"No."

"Acknowledge, deactivating simulation"

He then looked at the exit and slowly appeared in front of him. As he walks outside he looks at the clock in the wall and it shows it is already 4 AM in the morning. Seeing the time, he goes to the bathroom and takes a shower quietly. After showering, Kojiro goes to the market to buy some fresh fish and other ingredients for his cafe.

When he arrived at the market he looked at many people walking around the market seeing the fish they wanted to buy. Kojiro walks around the area and stops in one of the stalls in the corner of the market.

"Ah! Hello there Kojiro-sama, What can I help you-nya?"

"Hello Akari, I need some fish for my dishes"

"Then please pick all the fishes you need!"

This woman in front of him is the granddaughter of the leader of Nekomata that stays with Nurarihyon instead of following the pack that goes to the underworld, Akari. Her Grandmother Magari is an old Nekomata that lived for at least 500 years or maybe more because the said old lady tried to punch him when he asked her age.

"I will take this one"

"Okay-nya!"

While waiting for his fish, Kojiro looks at the man near Ikari and says.

"Iwaki-san"

"Hello, Kojiro-sama"

"Is there any trouble lately?"

"No, Everything is fine, Kojiro-sama. Well except Akari-san try to seduce you in front of Yasaka-sama the other day."

He still remembers the fight between Yasaka and Ikari. It starts when Ikari sits on his lap and begins to stroke his chest with her tail. Yasaka seeing her doing it immediately takes Ikara away from him and starts to lecture the nekomata. Until this day, every time he meets Yasaka and Akari, the nekomata will try to make him angry by stroking him with her finger and tails.

Kojiro snaps from his thought when Akari comes back with more fish in her hand.

"Here you go-nya!"

"The price is as usual?"

"Yes!"

"Then here we go"

After buying all the necessary things he needs for his cooking, Kojiro walks home and gets ready to prepare for his cafe. While walking home and enjoying the morning breeze, he immediately 'smell' rather familiar mana. Kojiro activates his presence of concealment and begins to follow his nose. When he arrives in front of his home, he sees a young man wearing expensive clothing and the young man has dark green hair. While the young man is wearing a sweet and gentle expression, Kojiro can feel a foul smell coming from the man in front of him.

He knows who this young man is. The man in front of him is Diodora Astaroth, the culprit behind the Asia ex-communication. He is also a member of Old Satan Faction and Khaos Brigade, He knows he already joined Khaos Brigade because he has the same 'smell' as the snake Ophis gives him.

Diodora looks at his Bounded Field around his home that he created after he got the house. After a minute looking around, Diodora walks away from his house and then creates a magic circle and disappears from the area. He doesn't know what Diodora is doing in front of his house but Kojiro will kill that little snake if he lays his dirty hand on Sakura. After Diodora disappears, Kojiro begins to check the Bounded Field around the house if there is a spy spell or anything. When he finishes checking and comes out clear, Kojiro goes inside the house.

As he walks to the kitchen and puts down his fish in the freezer for later use, he hears something break coming from the upstairs.

*Crack*

He immediately goes upstairs and sees Fou hissing at the Ophis Snake. The thing that broke is the glass tank he used for the snake home.

"What happened here?"

As he says that, Fou and Lilith (Ophis snake) look at him before 'saying'

"Fou Fou Kyuuu Fou Fou!"

"Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhh"

He doesn't know what both creatures are saying but he can 'feel' their intention. Fou says that Lilith is the one that starts it but Lilith says the opposite. He doesn't know how to react to their behavior. Both of them are like Rin Tohsaka and Luviagelita Edelfelt every time they meet. When Fou meets Lilith, he immediately hisses at Lilith and begins to attack the snake. He doesn't want to know why they attack each other but their rivalry is more dangerous every time they meet.

"I don't know who started this but this must stop."

"Fou Fou"

"Shhh Shhh"

"I don't care, If you two don't stop then you guys will only eat rice for the rest of the week"

"Fou?!?"

"S-Shhh?!?"

"Yes, Only rice and nothing more. I will hide all the food except the rice inside my Pocket Dimension. Do you guys understand?"

"F-Fou"

"Shhh"

While both of them are strong creatures. Fou as a Primate Murder while Lilith as the Snake coming from Ophis the legendary Dragon. Both of them have a similar trait which is glutton. At first, when he wants to give Lilith some food, he doesn't know what kind of food she accepts but to his surprise, the snake eats his curry that he wants to eat as dinner. Both of the creatures are like their master, a glutton that has a limitless stomach.

"Good, Now go to Sakura's bedroom and wake her up, will you? I will cook some food."

"Fou Fou!"

"Shhhh!"

"And don't fight again!"

He then walks to the kitchen and prepares to cook some food for their breakfast.

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Diodora Astaroth appears in front of his room in the Astaroth castle, Underworld. After scouting the target house, he must say that the ward around his target house is a top tier ward. While he can destroy it with a brute force, it will cause him a problem because the owner will know of his presence. Yesterday he sent one of his peerage members to spy on his target and see that the swordsman has a little sister and to his surprise, the little girl has a massive mana pool if the report is correct. While he usually doesn't target others that are not a Holy Maiden, maybe this time he will make an exception. However, he needs to do this carefully because he knows the news about this swordsman being strong enough that he can repel Behemoth. Luckily he already has a plan and Shalba Beelzebub gives him the blessing to do it. He will try to kidnap the little girl and hide her in one of Old Satan's base then break her will like he usually does to the Holy Maiden. While he wanted the Holy Maiden he targeted from the earlier day, he forcefully forfeits his goal after seeing Asia Argento the Holy Maiden get transferred to another division where Griselda Quarta is their leader. While he wants Asia as his peerage he also doesn't want to get killed by one of the most powerful exorcists in the world.

After we walk inside his room, he sees his queen slowly walk to him and says.

"Welcome home, Diodora-sama. Do you want to eat or want our 'service' first?"

Diodora smirked a little and let his queen take away his cloth and take him to the bed.