After the war with Rizevim and Qlippoth, the situation the Moonlit World found themselves in became tense, to say the least. Aside from preventing the Sunlit World from finding out about their existence, the leaders of the various factions scrambled to repair their respective pantheons. In the North, the Norse and the other European Pantheons began to rebuild and repair their homes while in the Americas, the Greeks dealt with the upsurge of monsters escaping from Tartarus. The Dragon Goddess Ophis returned to her home of the Dimensional Gap.
There were still members of the Qliphoth afoot, wreaking havoc across the known Supernatural World.
Things went well for the Biblical Faction. If you would call a two out of three a passing score when it came to the home field situation. The Devils had to deal with a massive fallout. The Four Maou were constantly swamped with paperwork and press conferences with the general populace. Most of the questions they had, the Maou were able to answer but the others… Well, they hit close to home for them. Most of the personal questions went like "Why didn't you alert the Underworld?", or "Why did you let a bunch of kids take care of it?", or the best one, "Do you not trust your own people to help handle the situation?". A government in which your own people don't trust you is a recipe for disaster and the Underworld teetered on the edge of another Civil War due to the perceived distrust that the leaders had on their own people. Yeah, Sirzechs and crew had a lot of work to do to repair their little slice of the Creation.
As a result of the secrecy, rebellions happened throughout the Underworld, instigated by devils who believed in the ideologies put forth by the Old Maou Faction or those that did not trust the Maou after they kept such a secret from them. In response to this rising threat, the Four Maou implemented a strike force to squash these rebellions before they got out of hand. That strike team came in the form of Vali Team. The Underworld's equivalent of the various strike forces used by the humans of the Sunlit World.
Why not the Boy you ask? Well, the leaders thought it would be better if the young hero got some rest. Spend some time with his future wife… s. Get ready for the married life. After all, several of them can attest that your wife is always right. Or in the boy's case, wives. So they asked his rival instead.
Thanks to the team's efforts in helping end the war and their efforts in helping to relieve the post-war situation, Vali and his team became celebrities across the Moonlit World. Their crimes had been pardoned as payment (incentive) by the Maou and over time, the masses adored them much like the humans adore their superheroes. As it currently was, they were as close as they could get to a vigilante team that went around and squashed evil. Of course, people never forgot what they did. Many questioned the Maou's choice among the Supernatural of allowing a team of criminals such leeway and mobility across the world after everything that they have done. However, Sirzechs and Vali shut it down with Vali swearing an oath that was televised across the globe. Which brings us to this situation.
October 10, 2019, 12:30 PM, Valak Territory, Underworld
A young man with white hair and hazel eyes sighed as he dropped a corpse onto the ground. Around him lay the dead bodies of the ones they were sent to eliminate in the old territory of the long-deceased Valak family. It still amazed him how skilled an orator his grandfather was. His words carried a message that seemed to transcend the species and cultural borders and called out to every psychopath each faction had to offer. Power might have been something his grandfather didn't have but skill at turning the masses against the ones who were supposed to protect them was something he had in spades. If such a thing qualified one for the Top 10 Strongest Existences, Rizevim would be the undisputed number one.
"Hey, Vali."
Vali turned to see a man with short brown hair and brown eyes looking at him. He wore ancient Chinese armor that belonged to the Three Kingdoms Era being ornate in its design. A slender brown tail swung lazily behind him. He leaned on a large golden staff and looked at Vali.
"What Bikou?" Vali asked as he sat down on a rock.
"Why the hell are we here again? You literally just took the first paper you saw on the L-Man's desk and dragged us out of Lilith," Bikou said.
Vali sighed once again. He had a feeling that he would be doing that a lot today.
"Because we have nothing else better to do so why not do this?" Vali said.
"You had nothing else better to do. I had something to do," Bikou said, giggling pervertedly.
"If ogling females at the capital of the Underworld counts as doing something, then yes, you were doing something," a man with blonde hair and spectacles piped up. He wore a long blue trench coat and black pants with a silver sweater. He sat on the floor, wiping the blood off his blade. His blue-green eyes looked at Bikou blankly.
"I'm the only one here who doesn't have someone going for them! You have Elaine back at House Pendragon waiting for your ass to sweep her off her feet and Vali, you have Haru's fucking bombshell of a twin sister gunning for you!" Bikou said, pointing at the two of them.
"How is the fact that you can't get a girlfriend our fault?" Vali asked.
"You should be helping me get one!" Bikou said.
"I don't think you'll be scoring any girls in Kuoh after what happened at the movies," Vali said.
A few weeks before they were sent on a mission, Vali and his team decided to take the week off and watch the Nun. Vali had laughed the entire movie. It was nothing but cheap jump scares and twists on an actual Devil family which was ironically had the same name as the family who owned this land. Vali could still remember Kuroka's mad laughter when Bikou had pissed himself during the movie.
"Come on," Vali said, standing up. His stomach rumbled, causing the others to look at him. "I'm starving. Let's go."
The two nodded and got up.
"Where did Kuroka run off to a few days?" Bikou asked as he placed his hand behind his head.
"Kuroka said that she was being called to Kyoto by Lady Yasaka. Something about becoming the ambassador between the Devil Faction and Youkai and Shinto Faction," Arthur answered as he tried to form a magic circle. The circle fizzled out and Arthur sighed.
"Looks like the ambient energy is too much for the circles," Vali said, glancing back at the corpse of a large black dragon. "It's the only reason we were able to find these guys anyway."
"Maybe if we walk for a bit, we'll be able to teleport if we get far enough," Arthur theorized.
"Uggghh! This is your fault Vali!" Bikou complained.
"Hn," Vali said as they walked.
"Do you know why Kuroka accepted the job Vali?" Bikou asked as they walked out of the gate.
"I can only guess," Vali said. "It's probably because of Haru. Haru holds a high position in society after all. Kuroka probably wants to impress my rival and prove himself worthy to be one of his lovers."
"I mean, she doesn't have to go through all that. All Haru likes in a girl is their boobs," Bikou said. Arthur nodded sagely.
"Haru is a man of simple taste," he added.
"No, Haru just doesn't care where you come from," Vali said. "But he does look for other aspects in a girl."
"Oh? Had a heart to heart with your rival?" Bikou asked.
"Hmph. We're rivals. We need to know every—!" Vali stiffened and his eyes widened as a cold chill swept and enveloped his entire body. Every hair on his body stood on end as he stopped walking.
[Vali. Did you feel that?] a voice called from inside his head.
"There's no mistaking it," Vali said, clenching his fists.
Arthur and Bikou had noticed that Vali had stopped walking and fell behind them. The two turned and saw Vali with a dark look on his face.
"Yo, Val, what's wrong?" Bikou asked. "You look like Naru just got asked out by another guy."
"Bikou," Arthur said. Bikou went silent as he felt Arthur's stare and the growing pressure of Vali's aura.
Arthur turned to Vali.
"What is it?" he asked.
"I felt something just now, for a split second," Vali said. "It felt like, and I know you'll think I'm crazy, but it felt like Hyoudou was entering the [Juggernaut Drive] ."
Arthur and Bikou gave each other confused and surprised glances before turning back to Vali.
"Um, are you sure?" Bikou asked.
A pair of white draconic wings with blue energy-like feathers manifested on Vali's back. The feathers pulsated as Albion's voice could be heard coming from it.
[Do not doubt my senses ape! I'd know Ddraig's energy from anywhere.] Albion said.
"But you also felt the other thing mixed into it right?" Vali asked.
[Yes, I did. It felt… familiar.] Albion said.
Arthur looked at Vali for a second with a scrutinizing gaze before sighing. Pushing up his glasses, Arthur attempted to form a transportation circle only to succeed in his efforts.
"Looks like we can teleport now," Arthur said.
"You believe me right Arthur?" Vali asked as [Divine Dividing] retracted into Vali's back.
"Look, I don't know whether this is just your nerves, an effect of war, or if you did feel something out of place over in Kuoh. Right now, we need to hand in our report to Sirzechs. You should tell him what you felt and see if he can get someone to look into it," Arthur said.
Vali looked down for a minute, pondering his friend/teammate's advice before nodding. Stepping onto the circle with Arthur and Bikou, the three disappeared in a flash of white light.