~Yuta Yukimura~

As Akeno led me to her room, a billion thoughts raced across my mind.

Was Akeno going to dump me? Probably not, I don't see anything I could have done to her that would have made her want to dump me.

Was she replaced by an impostor and I was going to be ambushed again? Considering how often I get attacked, I wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility.

Akeno dragged me to her room before shutting the door behind her and urging me to sit down next to her, to which I obliged promptly.

"Thank you for indulging my sudden request, Yuta-kun."

"No problem? Are you feeling okay, Akeno? Do you want me to make you anything?"

Akeno shook her head with a sombre demeanour before looking me in the eyes.

"Yuta-kun, I've... kept a secret from you for the longest time. After what happened recently, I felt like it was unfair to keep this from you."

With that, without waiting for a retort from me, Akeno turned around before loosening the shoulders of her dress and revealing two wings. One of a Devil, and the other was that of a Fallen Angel.

...Oooh! So that's why she smelled like a fallen angel.

"In truth, I am a half-fallen angel and half devil. An abominable union between a fallen angel and a human. I thought reincarnating as a devil would wipe away those disgusting wings, but it has turned me into even more of an abomination. Perhaps they are fitting for the filthy blood I carry. Do you hate me for it, Yuta-kun?"

I frowned at Akeno's baseless accusation.

"Akeno, why in hell would you ever think I would hate you?"

Akeno chuckled with a hollow voice.

"I am the daughter of Baraqiel, a Cadre like Kokabiel. I am a half-fallen angel like the ones who tried to take Asia and the one who nearly killed you. Not only that, but I hid this fact from you."

Now, I do not know why, but I do know my girlfriend needed my comfort right now. So I moved forward and embraced her in a hug from behind.

"Everyone has their own demons they don't want to reveal, Akeno. That does not make you any less in my eyes, it never will. I don't care that you are a fallen angel; I don't hold a grudge against them either. I may not know why you think this but..."

I turned Akeno around and held her by the shoulder as I gave her the most sincere look I could muster while I forced her to look me in the eyes.

"Akeno, no matter whose blood you carry or what you think makes you. You are not an abomination. You are one of the most wonderful girls I know. You are one of the most kind, thoughtful, helpful and lovable girls out there, and I will never see you as an abomination."

Hearing my words, Akeno chuckled and blushed in a hushed voice as her wings receded and she fell toward me, wrapping her arms around my torso and putting her head on the crook of my neck.

"You always do know what to say don't you, Yuta-kun? I'm relieved. I didn't know I could fall even deeper into love, but here I am."

"Hey now, you're going to make me blush."

Akeno hummed. I could feel her sheer range of emotions right now as her hug got tighter around my chest. I hugged her back as I leaned back and let us fall into a more comfortable position on the floor while I made Shadow Storage spit out a futon for us to lie on comfortably.

"Although I said all of that. Akeno, can you tell me more about yourself? It's fine if you don't want to, but I want to know more about my wonderful girlfriend."

"...Alright, Yuta-kun. I guess there is no harm in telling you. Here is my story I suppose..."

And so as we laid down on the futon, Akeno told me about her backstory.

By the end...

"Yuta-kun? Are you okay?"

Akeno asked with some concern in her voice as one of my fists was clenched tight enough that you could see the bulging veins in my arm.

"Yeah, yup, I'm fine. Just a question I have. How big of a problem would it cause if I murdered your mother's side of the family? I think I could do with some late-night exercise."

To make an hour-long story short, Akeno was the child of Shuri Himejima of the Himejima Clan of Shinto and Baraqiel, one of the Cadre of Grigori. A classic forbidden romance that gave birth to Akeno.

But the Himejima clan took offense at one of the priestesses marrying a Cadre, and while her father was out on a mission, they sent assassins to kill her and her mother. Successfully killing Akeno's mom and leaving her as an orphan after she told Baraqiel she never wanted to see him again.

And Baraqiel, the fucking shitheel dumbass, decided to respect his grieving and emotional 10-year-old daughter's wishes and left her alone, completely. Leaving Akeno with her mother's family that tried to fucking kill her. After which, Akeno was promptly kicked out of sometime afterwards.

Then she spent a year and a half as a homeless adolescent exorcist performing prayers and exorcisms for money to get by while running from the Himejima clan. Until one day, where she was almost killed by her Great-Uncle before being rescued by Rias, who took her under her protection and treated her like her sister.

The only thing stopping me right now from going over to the Himejima clan and dropping an Exalt 2.0 on their fuckassses was the fact that I was still injured.

Akeno giggled softly at my assertion.

"The Himejima clan is one of the 5 great clans of Japan who maintain the order of Japan and hide the supernatural from humanity. You can't just wipe them out."

"Well, Japan has me instead. I'm pretty sure I'm more valuable than those wastes of oxygen."

But I relented, for now, if I ever got an audience with the Shinto, I was going to bargain for an opportunity to beat her great-uncle to death with my bare hands.

Then I thought. Akeno's issues were certifiably beyond my means to tackle. I was less qualified than the average person about giving therapy to someone, considering the only reason I didn't kill myself in my past life was because I was just that good at suppressing my memories.

But... I think I knew someone who could provide Akeno with that emotional support. Besides, it could be a great test for the Law of Regression.

And after all, it would be too sad for Akeno to go to the parent-teacher conference alone.

"So, Akeno, your mom died roughly 9 years ago, right? Do you know where her ashes are?"

Akeno faced me with an expression of confusion.

"I buried her urn at the Kuoh Cemetery. Why are you curious about this, Yuta-kun?"

"Oh, nothing really, I just wanted to see if I could revive your mom."

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds

"What...? You can do that...?"

I nodded to Akeno whose mouth hung open in shock, staring at me with a dumbfounded expression.

"Yeah, I got two ways, the one I'm going to try, and if that does not work, I'm going to do the unconditionally succeeding one, but it's kinda costly. Either way, you should definitely get your mom back."

Akeno said nothing while looking into my eyes, sensing my sincerity, the corner of her eyes got a little misty, making her wipe her eyes with the sleeve of her dress.

"S-sorry Yuta-kun I-I-"

Akeno hung onto me like a baby koala as she cried, overwhelmed by emotion while I softly patted her back to comfort and support her.

"Hey, hey, it's fine. You can save all the emotions for when I bring your mother back, alright? We should get her urn now."

"Y-Yeah, let's. I'm sorry for showing you such a disgraceful demeanour, Yuta-kun."

"It's fine, Akeno, I'd be concerned if you didn't. Now let's get your mom."

After all, we had a dead milf to revive.

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~Yuta Yukimura~

I looked at the urn on the table in front of us and back at Akeno.

"Akeno, fair warning, you should... probably turn around or close your eyes. I'll be turning back Causality slowly and surely, so your mother will be a decomposed corpse for a bit. You probably won't want to see that."

Akeno looked at me and nodded solemnly, but despite that, her excitement and anticipation were impossible to disguise.

"Yeah, my mother probably wouldn't like me to see that. Good luck Yuta-kun."

Seeing her turn around, I dumped the ash inside the urn onto the table and held my hand out.

Normally, returning a soul with the Law of Regression should be way harder, but I had Spirit Affinity and Esper.

And I could tell.

I could do this.

From my hands, a golden light erupted along with the sigil of the Law of Regression. The ashes on the table started shaking and enlarging and fusing together slowly... on my other hand, I held a bottle of Hlanith wine and started chugging it to get the effects of the magic regeneration it provided.

"Grrh..."

This was hard. Like pulling a car as a regular human, the strain on my energy reserves was hard. I felt the taste of blood in my mouth. My veins strained visibly.

The ashes slowly started regaining the color of flesh and the figure of a woman with numerous wounds all over her but I couldn't focus on the figure as I did my best to put on the finishing touches as those wounds closed as well and finally I felt reality strain under the weight of my assertion as the soul of the deceased Shuri Himjima was forced back into the world of the living in its prior condition.

And then the woman on the table opened her eyes.

"H...uh? What happened to me?"

She looked exactly like an older Akeno, she also had that total milf aura with breasts even bigger than Akeno's with light brown eyes in contrast to Akeno's purple. And she was totally naked, apparently the Law of Regression did not bring back her clothes, not that I was complaining.

Hearing Shuri's voice, Akeno turned around with tears in her eyes and leapt at the naked woman, pulling her into a hug.

"Mom!"

"Akeno? Honey? Is that you? You've grown so much."

As expected of a mother, she recognised her daughter pretty much instantly despite almost 9 years passing. She hugged her daughter back. I looked at the tearful reunion with a light smile as I put my hands on my knees.

"U-umm, Akeno, who is that gentleman with us in the room?"

Shuri asked with a sweat as she poorly tried to cover her genitals. Akeno turned to me and was just about to rush at me with a hug before I stopped her.

"Yuta-kun thank you! Tha- huh?"

I held a hand out and stopped her before I extended my shadow and threw up blood from my mouth. A few times until I managed to get rid fo the blood from the Karmic Backlash imposed on me by the Law of Regression. I was just thankful her mom was weak, so the backlash was not severe. I would probably recover in a few days at most.

"Yuta-kun!? Are you okay!?"

"Y-Yup, just peachy. Just Karmic Backlash. Speaking of, pleasure to meet you mommy- I mean ma'am. I am Yuta Yukimura, Akeno's boyfriend and the one who revived. Now, please excuse me and take some time to catch up while I pass out."

"Huh?"

With those words, I lost consciousness and dropped to the floor like a casualty defying devil-shaped sack of rice.

A/N: It almost always blindsides me just how fucked up Akeno's backstory was whenever I visit it again. Seriously, that girl definitely has the worst backstory in this story out of any of the heroines. Baraqiel definitely deserves a trophy for being a shit dad, and the Himejima need an Exalt for their sins.

Besides, we got another Milf baby! I knew this had to happen the moment Yuta got the Law of Regression; the Phoenix Feather is being saved for bigger fish. Anyway, with Shuri here, and things are bound to get very Exciting and Chaotic. What did you guys think about the Akeno scene and Shuri's revival? I'd love to know.

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