A/N: As the name suggests, these are merely random story ideas. So for now, they are merely one-shots. I do not have any intention of developing them into full stories now. Of course, this may change in the future.

This, and subsequent ones are merely ideas written when they were still fresh. Hence, they are all in the beta stage and may contain plot-holes in certain areas. If they ever become a full story, I will improve them in any manner I deem fit.

I hope you enjoy reading, and do review to provide feedback.

Furthermore, to those who are followers of my current works, I am sorry that I have kept all of you waiting without any news. I am even more sorry to announce that there will not be any updates any time soon. I am undergoing a rather tough time now, what with studying for university entrance exams and other personal issues. Writing fanfiction is not a priority for me, per se. Thank you for your kind understanding... even if you do not understand anyway.

Story #1: [Among Men, Uzumaki Naruto; Among Beasts, Kurama]

Categories: Naruto/Highschool DxD Crossover

Summary: As unpredictable as a raging tide, as untameable as a wild beast, there was once a man so strong yet so infamous that his name was etched in the annuls of history. His time was cut short by a treachery which he himself was famous for committing, but his blood still lingers in the world. Will the descendant of the venerated general bring order or chaos to the world?

It was an unusually dark night, with the sole source of light being the round creamy disc suspended in the sky, glowing dimly, gracing the land with its bounties. The clouds engulfed the dark sky, drowning the moon's light as if they were curtains. The sound of winds and moving sands filled the air. It was a serene night, a peace and tranquility that could only be obtained from nature. Amidst the blowing sands of a desert, a single figure could be seen walking casually without a care. Held over his shoulder was a long pole-like object with what seemed to be a load on one end, wrapped with white bandage rolls. The figure's intense blonde hair seemed to glow in the night sky, as he continued traveling over the endless expanse. It seemed that his journey would continue for eternity, until...

"Halt, Uzumaki Naruto."

The figure, now named Naruto, turned around in slight surprise towards the source of the voice. A noble-looking man with black hair, tied up in a ponytail stood opposite him. Donning a black clothes with dark red belts and motifs as well as a cape, he looked totally out of place in the great desert.

Electric blue eyes scrutinized the figure in front of him. "What do you want... devil?"

"I am the true descendant of the demon of lust, Asmodeus, Creuserey Asmoedeus... And you have been inhibiting our plans to overthrow the new Maous, human. Before you become a greater problem, you will be removed here."

Naruto stared at Creuserey for a few seconds, before snorting. Placing the pole-like object he held upright onto the ground, the white bandages unwrapped themselves to reveal a mighty halberd. "So those filthy devils I killed were your underlings... no wonder they were so weak. They were boring, and provided me not even an iota of entertainment. For your sake, I hope that you are different and are able to provide me with a decent challenge."

Creuserey's violet eyes narrowed in anger. "Such arrogance. They will be your downfall."

Forming a blade of darkness energy on his right hand, Creuserey charged forwards, his devil wings flapping in the air to provide greater acceleration. In response, a bestial smirk grew on Naruto's face, giving him the look of a feral beast. "So you would dare challenge me to close combat? How interesting! Let us pray your prowess match your words!"

Clutching the great two-handed halberd with only one, Naruto charged forward to meet Creuserey in battle. With his halberd, Naruto had the greater reach. Thus, he was the first to initiate the clash. He swung his halberd in a beautiful arc, a swing that was certain to deal a fatal injury if allowed to land. Creuserey immediately parried the blow with the blade in his right hand, grimacing due to the great force of the blow, and immediately formed another blade in his left and stabbed with it.

The greatest merit of wielding a one-handed sword is being able to use another weapon or a shield in the other. This allows one to attack and defend simultaneously. Of course, Naruto knew of this beforehand.

Ducking under the stab, Naruto used his free hand to throw a punch, landing it on the devil's torso, as Creuserey released a grunt of pain. Naruto then used that opportunity to back off to regain his bearings. "Hmph. It seems you are slightly better than those trash, after all."

Creuserey snarled, "You filth. Know your place, human!"

Both of them then lunged towards each other once more. Once in range, Naruto swung his halberd down with a great swish towards the devil. Creuserey then quickly brought up his right hand to block the incoming weapon. The two blades clashed, both battling for dominance and supremacy, aiming to overpower its foe.

This time, both of them did not back off. A deadly dance of steel and light ensued. Unleashing a flurry of blows, with his halberd, Naruto was a veritable whirlwind of death, a maelstrom of devastation. However, his foe was no slouch either. Born from the unholy union of the great demon of lust, Asmodeus and another demon, destruction lied within the blood of Creuserey Asmodeus. He retaliated to the onslaught with his two blades, parrying all of Naruto's strikes, each which held the capacity to slay a lesser demon in a single stroke, and attacking whenever an opening offered itself. The battle appeared to be at a stalemate.

Steel and solid darkness clashed and clashed in a rapid fanfare of battle, the battle occurring at such a high pace that there was no time to think. Their battle was one beyond the boundaries of mortals. Their movements were guided by refined instincts and their experiences, honed from years of battle. There were no useless motions in their deadly dance. Flowing into one another, their movements were so fluid, so sublime, that it was almost beautiful.

Of course, everything would eventually come to an end. If destruction was what flowed through Creuserey Asmodeus, then it was utter annihilation towards his foes that lied within the blood of Uzumaki Naruto.

It was a small mistake. For the smallest of instant, Creuserey overextended himself in a stab. It was a mistake so small, so minor that it might as well have been non-existent. But that did not escape the eyes of Uzumaki Naruto. Catching the brief instant where his foe was so hideously vulnerable, he immediately sidestepped the thrust and his halberd screeched through the air in a great swing to capitalize on his foe's mistake.

"Ugh!" Releasing a great grunt of pain, Creuserey was sent flying to the air at a great speed, akin to a game of baseball, where he was the ball and the halberd, the bat. The advantage of the battle immediately flowed towards Naruto. Holding no intention of letting the devil escape, he crouched, gathering his strength into his legs, and leaped to chase after Creuserey.

However, Creuserey was a devil. He had the added advantage of wings, allowing him greater aerial mobility. Flapping his wings, he halted in mid-air and crafted a spear out of darkness in his right hand, immediately tossing it at Naruto.

Eyes widening in surprise, Naruto could do nothing but block it with his spear, lest he risk being impaled by it. However, the spear immediately exploded, the sheer kinetic force pushing him back to the ground, the collision sending heaps of sand into the air like a dust cloud.

His joints creaked in agony and blood trickled from his forehead due to the point blank explosion, but he paid no heed to either of those due to his bloodlust, which began to increase due to his enjoyment of the battle. His blood sung beneath his flesh, boiling furiously as adrenaline coursed throughout his veins. This was what he lived for! To fight! To battle!

With a bloodthirsty smirk upon his face, as jubilation and joy danced in his eyes, he relished in his lust of the battle. Standing laxly, he lazily scrutinized his flying foe. "Those wings of his sure are an annoyance. I will have to ground him in some manner to finish this."

Creuserey gritted his teeth in anger. "To think that I would be wounded by a mere human! This cannot be tolerated!"

Gathering his magic into his palms, the devil then shaped his magical energy into spheres and threw them towards his foe, repeating this process rapidly, bombarding his foe and carpeting the desert plains with explosions.

However, his foe was not one so easily dealt with. With the speed of a hare, the agility of a lion, Naruto dodged them all, accelerating through the sands in an approach run towards his foe, before taking to the skies.

"What a fool! You have made your last mistake, mortal! Did you learn nothing from our previous bout?!" Creuserey shouted, surprised. It was a natural reaction. After all, he held the aerial advantage, and was free to move in the skies as he pleased. Only a fool would expose himself with opening in air, where he was vulnerable and unable to dodge any attacks. He was an even bigger one if it was a mistake he was repeating.

Unfortunately, Naruto was neither in battle. Arching his back as if drawing a bow, he throws his halberd towards Creuserey. Like an arrow, the halberd sliced the air in its path, streaking through the air so fast towards its target that it appeared nothing more than a blurred continuous line.

It took no more than two seconds to reach its target.

The first fatal injury of the battle was dealt, as Naruto's halberd struck the bat-like wings of the devil, ripping a hole in it like a skewer. Red ichor flowed from the hole as Creuserey roared in pain, his wings rendered useless by the injury. Creuserey then plunged towards the desert plains as his injured wings was unable to maintain the flight.

White hot pain flared up once more as Naruto took his weapon by the hilt and ripped it out ungracefully, uncaring of the pain it caused his fallen opponent. Sneering down at his opponent, Naruto spoke.

"Hmph. I have no interest in fighting weaklings who can't fight anymore. Stay out of my sight if you wish to live."

Growling, Creuserey painfully retracted his wings back into his body, hatefully glaring at the blonde before his eyes. It was obvious to any outside observer who the victor of their fight was. His injury was much more major while the blonde was relatively unscathed.

"I am one of the descendant of the great devil kings, Creuserey Asmodeus! The honorable blood of the devils who scourged and blighted these lands lies within me! To think that I, would grovel so pitifully beneath a human, of all beings! This cannot be allowed to stand!" Snarling impetuously, he gathered his energy and crafted it into a spear, throwing it at the blonde as a final gambit.

"Fool." Dodging the spear, Naruto clutched his halberd tightly, holding it up high as preparation for the coup de grâce, when he was slightly startled by an enormous explosion beyond the horizons behind him. "Hmph, so you held such impressive powers. What a pity it is not enough to defeat me."

Naruto was surprised once more when Creuserey let out a roar of rage and using the last vestiges of his energy, charged towards him with a small dagger of darkness in his palms, intending to run him through with it. Naruto merely sighed at Creuserey's desperate and futile attempts.

"...What a fool. I would have allowed you to escape with your life, no matter how pitiful it is. But if you insist on prolonging such a boring fight any longer..." Naruto ducked under the stab, and sent a roundhouse kick towards the devil's torso, launching him across the desert. He then held his weapon horizontally to the ground above the shoulder, preparing to throw it as if it was a javelin to deal the final blow towards his foe.

"Stop."

Naruto turned towards the source of the voice, and saw two figures. The one at the back was a handsome young man with silver-white hair. The other was another man with short black hair, wearing a combination of a Japanese school uniform and ancient Chinese attire. This was Siegfried and Cao Cao respectively, members of the Hero Faction of the Khaos Brigade.

"...Why did you stop me, Cao Cao?"

"Unfortunately, Creuserey is still needed for the plans of the Old Satan Faction. While their actions are none of our concerns, we are going to use their attacks on the new Satans to camouflage our own and prepare for the Dragon Gate opening. Thus, I cannot allow you to kill that devil now, Naruto."

Naruto's eyes narrowed as he stared at Cao Cao, and a tense silence fell upon the three heroes. The tension in the air felt so thick that that one could cut it with a knife. Just when it seemed that negotiations would fall through, Naruto sighed. He held his halberd out and summoned the bandage rolls that lied leagues away to him. The strips of bandages flew through the air and wrapped around his weapon, acting as a makeshift seal and cover.

"Very well. I shall respect your decision this one time, Cao Cao." Turning his backs to Siegfried and Cao Cao, Naruto clutched his halberd tightly, with force that could have shattered steel, and spoke. "However, do remember this. Never presume to order me anything... The consequences will not be pretty."

"Very well." Cao Cao allowed, a bemused smile on his face. "But do remember, the time for our plans to begin is upon us soon."

"Hmph. I know. Kyoto, right? I will be there. For the battles, if nothing else."

With that, Naruto continued on his journey across the endless desert.

"Curse you, Uzumaki Naruto!" Creuserey writhed in rage and pain, as he grasped his torso, pressing down in an attempt to alleviate his pain. Panting in exhaustion and hatred, he growled towards the direction which he was sent flying from. "You will regret this, Uzumaki Naruto. I am Creuserey Asmodeus, descendants of the true devil kings! We will overthrow the new devil kings and establish a paradise of devilkinds!"

Gathering his magic, he casted a teleportation spell back to his headquarters. A purple magical circle, holding the emblem of Asmodeus of the 72 Pillars of the Ars Goetia formed beneath his figure, lighting up with a violent violet as it activated, before it shrunk and took the lying form of Creuserey with it.

"And when that time comes, we, the True Satan Faction, will consign you to oblivion."

"Why do you insist on keeping him around, Cao Cao? That man is uncontrollable, untameable. He is a risk to everyone! Furthermore, given his lineage..." Siegfried questioned Cao Cao, trailing off at the end.

"I realize very well the possibility of him defecting. It is perhaps inevitable. He and I share an enmity akin to that between the Two Heavenly Dragons. After all, my ancestor was the one who had struck his down."

"Then why?"

"Have you forgotten our true purpose, Siegfried?" Cao Cao asked. "Beyond the Khaos Brigade, beyond Ophis's goal, have you forgotten our true motive? We of the Hero Faction are heroes. Our purpose are to defeat and purge the evil beings who plague and threaten humanity. We are to be the saviors of mankind, the champions of humanity, the vanguard of mortals against these threats towards our race. That is what we have preached to those who sought to join our Hero Faction. But you and I both know that isn't true."

"Yes..." Siegfried replied. "While your dislike for supernatural beings is indeed genuine, you do not dislike them to the point of wanting to destroy every last supernatural existence."

"The reason why I created the Hero faction is simple. I simply wanted to test the limits of the capabilities of mankind. I wanted to see how far, how strong, a mere mortal can reach against this realm of supernatural existences. I wanted to explore... humanity's infinite potential of evolution."

"And he is who you chose? To explore... humanity's potential?"

"...Do you know what my ancestor advised his soldiers, in the event of a confrontation with Uzumaki Naruto's ancestor? Do not pursue him. Indeed, that is perhaps the most apt advice I can give as well to any who seek to challenge Naruto's might." Cao Cao paused, taking a breath before continuing. "Do you know what they call me, Siegfried? The Strongest Human. Perhaps that is true, with my Longinus and its subspecies. However... in terms of agility, strength, martial prowess... If we were to remove all supernatural influence and battle solely with our mortal bodies and weapons, that man lies even beyond my reach."

"What?!"

"I speak the truth. I am the inheritor of the spirit of one of the emperor of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao. I do not mean to boast, but out of all humanity in this world, I am sure that I rank among the top in terms of combat prowess. However, if I am a genius of battle, then that man is surely a god of war. A tempest of destruction, a maelstrom of death. That is what he is. Truly, a fearsome beast..."

"... Uzumaki Naruto, the descendant of China's mightiest warlord and military general, as well as its greatest traitor... Lü Bu Fengxian."

~ Fin ~