AN: If certain parts of this chapter seem rushed then they were. I simply wrote this on a whim by slapping together a bunch of random ideas because I was extremely bored. The reason being.
The spring animes have ended, thank the studios for a twenty six episode season of Mahouka, and its the dry spell before the good summer anime come out namely Akame ga Kiru, Tsukai no Blade which I hope that don't pull a DxD with useless fanservice and Rokujyouma.
I can't guarantee I will update I just started typing and went with it. I don't have an overlying plot so if I do it's just going to be me winging it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Nanda Ore wa Raito Noberu no Shujinkou ga Iru?
はじめ
Hajime
Start
A forsaken legend lost within the sands of time and known only to a select few spoke of a creature. A creature of unimaginable horror and power. The mere mentioning of the creature would send those who knew of its existence into a fit of insanity and terror.
One day the creature appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the "nothingness" of the Dimensional Gap in an explosion. Its spontaneous arrival had not gone unnoticed by the only two denizens of the Dimensional Gap Great Red, The True Dragon, and Ophis, The Infinity Dragon, who were once again fighting over prime ownership of the empty two dragons shortly arrived at the scene finding a giant lotus flower. This phenomena perplexed the two. Neither sensed inimical intentions from the strange flower so neither had provility to expunge the untimely intruder. Then without warning the flower wilted and died,right before their eyes, in a resilient display of color. Warily Great Red and Ophis resumed their rivalry in a fierce bout of magical power.
But by then it was too late. The seeds had been sown. The flower was merely a ruse meant to distract the two. Its true intention lie in the pollen sent adrift by the flower's death and now latched onto the bodies of Great Red and Ophis. The pollen contained a seed which burrowed into the body of its host and began its malicious usurpation of magical power. The parasite ingeniously adapted itself to the host's body system and tricked the antibodies into believing it was one of their own kin. Then slowly and meticulously it gorged on the vast reserves of host. Once it had eaten its fill, it burrowed its way out but not before leaving before another infantile copy of itself to begin the process anew.
The seeds were nanoscopic and its energy synched with Great Red and Ophis hiding its existence. Surreptitiously the seeds began filling up the void. They began gathering at a location deep, deep within the dimension's vastness away from the two. The seeds coagulated into a round green sphere. And to mention it was huge. It easily overshadowed Great Red and the future dragon, Midgardsormr. The green sphere was actually a lotus flower. The green and outer layer peeled away and opened up a subdermal pink layer. The subsequent pink layer opened to reveal a yellow bulb. The bulb had inside an undeveloped fetus shaped like a dragon. The bulb radiated a brilliant glow stretching across the void.
The glow alerted Great Red and Ophis. From the bulb they felt their power and were enraged at the thievery. So with extreme prejudice they simultaneously launched orbs consisting of destructive magical power to erase the nuisance. A resounding explosion rang out and a bright light blotted out vision temporarily. But without having to confirm it visually Ophis and Great Red were shocked to find that the intruder had survived. Not only that but without a single scratch. And furthermore it absorbed it to fuel its growth!
Then the bulb pulsated once, twice, thrice before a split appeared vertically through the center. It pulsed again, the more cracks. The Dimensional Gap becoming shaking violently as the tempo of the pulsations sped up. With one final pulse the bulb exploded releasing a torrent of energy that overshadowed Great Red's and Ophis' combined.
A sonorous roar shook the dimension in one final tremor. There before Great Red and Ophis it all its glory was a tower, lumbering black dragon. The dragon's scales were primarily black but had golden highlights. Two sharply curved horns jutted out from its head. It had ten eyes. Five on each side split down symmetrically and mirrored. Its wingspan was five times the length of Great Red's body. Merely its head in comparison took over three-fourths of Red's body. The dragon was terror incarnate. It stretched it's mighty wings out and gave a test flap. The gust produced blew away Ophis and Red. So far the great beast hadn't noticed and recognized either dragons' existence. That changed when Ophis shot a condensed sphere of magic right at one of its lower eyes. It tickled the creature but had the desired effect of announcing Ophis' and Red's presence.
The creature opened its enormous maw forming a magic circle in the front. Tremendous magic was felt being built up then in an ostentatious display of might it roared blowing Ophis and Red right out of the Dimensional Gap and leaving a gaping hole. In the underworld, earth and heaven every single being felt its power. How could they not? The creature's power blanketed and smothered everything with its oppressive aura.
Red's body rumbled and rolled through heaven, the biblical God's domain, crushing buildings with his weight. On the other hand, Ophis was shot through a multitude of structures before ultimately momentum slowed down and she, in female form, crashed forming a crater upon impact.
Before the angels knew it, a large shadow overtook the sun and a giant shadow covered heaven. Looking up, the angels eyes widened in terror before the creature's stature. They began lost their calm and began panicking.
"Look!" someone shouted.
And they did. The creature's maw open once again was mid-process of annihilating heaven because in the middle of its maw was a translucent purple orb which was steadily growing larger and larger by the seconds. When it had grown to a sufficient size, the creature reared its head back and shot the cannon in a whipping motion. And heaven ceased existing or would have if God had not acted in the last minute creating a barrier dispelling the blast. Although, the effort was taxing and God was already heavily panting.
Gathering his breath God shouted, "Rally behind me my children and we shall expel this intruder from our sanctimonious holy land!"
With their leader the angels let loose a loud war cry but died down when they saw Red and Ophis teleport in front of them. They thought the three dragons were cohorts scheming the demise of heaven until Great Red spewed a blazing inferno at the creature and Ophis boosted it with their magic. Their morale was bolstered even further upon learning that they shared a common enemy.
Their mood dropped once more seeing a frenzy of magic circles appear belonging to their mortal enemies, the devils. Even with Great Red and Ophis' help their chances looked bleak if the devils sided with the Apocalyptic Dragon.
Maou, supreme ruler of the devils, appeared in front of God.
"Maou! Temee(you) what are you doing here?" God asked in genuine surprise.
"Is that anyway to act when my forces and I are here to save your scrawny asses?"
At that moment magic circles spammed heaven's ground as warriors from different mythos joined their forces to combat the apocalypse, demi-gods, youkai, valkyries, angels and devils for the first time united.
Whereas back with Maou and God, other deities joined them.
Zeus, Ruler of Olympus, and the Greek pantheon.
Odin, The Allfather, with the Norse pantheon.
Para Brahman and the Hindu pantheon.
Amaterasu with her Shinto pantheon.
Horus, God of Pharaohs, along with the Egyptian pantheon.
Even with their combined forces the Apocalyptic Dragon also known as Trihexaproved to be a formidable opponent. Spells upon spells upon spells were thrown at it. And still it stood resolute.
One swing of its arm decimated a sixth of their forces and a blast of magic equated to a fourth. Their deaths were prevented by the gods whose sovereignty had control over death. They safeguarded departed souls from being devoured by Trihexa as their opposites who ruled over life resurrected the fallen warriors.
They had succeeded. They had defeated the Apocalyptic Dragon Trihexabut not without cost. During the sealing of the great beast, Maou had sacrificed himself so that God could finish the ritual. Even then God had not escaped unscathed either. God's fate had been sealed; Trihexa had cursed God.
In the future, God's angels would fall to temptation and attack the devils . Believing them to be its angels, the devils declared war lead by their new leaders the four maou. And for many a year the three factions clashed for dominion. At the apex of the war, the Yondai Maou and God would clash in one final bout forfeiting their lives. Thus concluding the Great War.
Banished and sealed into a separate dimension, Trihexa now reverted back into a lotus stayed in stasis. For the first millennia it fought and fought against the boundaries restraining it to no avail. The seals were too strong. It needed more power to break free; however, the seals prevented it from absorbing energy.
Trihexa epiphanized; God only accounted for the energy sources of this dimension but Trihexa's origins lie in a radical different plain. One God did not account for.
When Trihexa first arrived in the Dimensional Gap it only possessed ten percent of its original max capacity.
Forty percent had been stolen away by the human who had defeated it.
Trihexa was enraged by the thievery of its power so it swelled up like a bloated balloon and exploded. However, at the last moment the human who had defeated it expelled it a separate dimension where the resulting explosion killed the human but at the cost of fifty percent of its power. The explosion also repelled it to the Dimensional Gap but not before it reverted into its weakened lotus form.
And there it regained back an additional seventy percent by stealing from Ophis and Great Red.
At eighty percent of its max power, Trihexa almost single handily destroyed this dimension.
Kokabiel laughed loudly and landed on the ground. The leader of fallen angels stood confidently while radiating an intense aura. With a fearlessly smirk he ordered, "You there, Sekiryuutei use your sacred gear and transfer all the power you can muster to your ally."
"Don't mess around Kokabiel," Rias Gremory indignantly shouted.
Kokabiel gave a full laugh, his eyes narrowed in the slightest, "Don't mess around? Are you really think you in any real position to say that? Honestly, do you think your group has the remote possibility of striking me down?" For added effect, Kokabiel flared his ten wings, "None of you here can possibly fathom the extent of my power. Now will you do as I have command Sekiryuutei or do I need to repeat myself?"
To punctuate his statement, the overwhelming and oppressive weight on the shoulders of the Occult Research Club became heavier. Many of the members bodies shivered due to fear. This was the power of a high rank fallen angel, one who has been recorded in the bible.
Rias turned to face a girl. This girl has long russet brown hair wrapped in a bun. Two long side bangs extended past her shoulders which twirled at the end. Her body rivaled that of Rias' and Akeno's. Along with Rias and Akeno, she is remarked as being one of the Great Ladies of Kuoh despite only being a second year. She was none other than a proud pawn of Rias' peerage and holder of the sacred gear, Boosted Gear, Hyoudou Itsuko.
"Itsuko hurry and activate your sacred gear."
[Boost!]
The call rang out along with the bright red glow of the gauntlet.
For several minutes not one person dare take a step. Poor Asia trembled greatly. Everyone else fared slightly better with the exception of the former fallen angels, Kawalamer and Raynare, and Phenex Ravel and her assistant Yubelluna. That was given since as fallen angels Raynare and Kawalamer must have felt this kind of power before. With Ravel and Yubelluna they are veterans from Rating Game matches.
"It's here!" Itsuko shouted.
The boost had reached the limit.
"Great! Now transfer it to someone," said Kokabiel imperiously.
"Itsuko transfer it to me."
"Hai, buchou!"
The light of the jewel of the gauntlet passed onto Rias, and a red aura of demonic power blazoned into existence. 'With this amount of power not even a speck of dust would be left afterwards,' Kiba remarked.
"Fuahahha," Kokabiel laughed in delight, "Yes yes yes! Looks like you inherited your brothers talent! Now show the fabled power of destruction!"
From Rias' hands shot towards Kokabiel was a block of highly condensed demonic power coated the power of destruction. It rapidly zoomed towards the fallen angel who had so far made no sudden move to block or dodge. Before the moment of impact, Kokabiel raised one hand and held it palm facing outwards.
Everyone observed the cloud with expectant eyes and baited. Kokabiel had been overconfident in his ability and was obliterated by the attack.
"Did we do it?" Asia timidly asked as she healed injured members.
"Interesting! Interesting indeed!" a familiar voice rang from within the dust cloud. A shadow sighted from within the cloud casually strolled towards the group.
The cloud was sudden cleared with a gust of wind. Kokabiel except for his tattered robes had received no damage.
Kiba and Xenovia rushed towards him swords poised. Xenovia with her Durandal took to the sky bringing down the obtuse weapon as Kiba closed in from the side slashing at the fallen angel diagonally using his holy-demonic blade.
Forming spears of light in each hand, Kokabiel effortlessly deflected their strikes and sent them barreling away.
This was the power of one of the top echelons of fallen angels. Everyone had visages of despair and breathed ragged violent breathes. The only one holding the advantage smirked.
"Despite the futility I applaud your efforts. After losing your masters you devils and followers still have the will to fight!"
Kokabiel scanned the faces and found the befuddled expressions of doubt. He laughed aloud as if he found it truly amusing.
"Blonde knight how is it remotely possible that you have managed to combine two opposing powers, holy and demonic? It should be impossible! But of course the higher ups surely want to keep this knowledge under wraps. As you all know during the Great War the Yondai Maou died but that's not all!" spreading his arms he gestured to everyone, "God died! He died along with the Yondai Maou! With their absence unique phenomenons such the brat's holy-demonic sword occur."
"It can't be . . . lies . . . it's a lie" Xenovia strength fell and her grip on Durandal loosened. It fell to the ground. She slid to her knees. A despondent expression. Xenovia's existence was in serving God but God didn't existence. Therefore, she had no reason to live. "No no NO . . . then what . . .everything . . ."
The fallen angel smirked, "Well then rejoice! You will reunited with God!"
The group watched as a spear of light screamed towards Xenovia who made no move to avoid. Without doubt it would certainly pierce her heart and kill her instantly.
Instead of death, Xenovia felt a wet substance splash her face and a heavy object crash into her. Slowly opening her eyes she saw a body on top of her. The group rushed to her aid.
"Xenovia-san are you alright?" asked a certain caring nun, "Ehh? Who is this person?"
Gently pushing the body off of her Xenovia was now able to examine her savior. He wore the standard Kuoh uniform except the sleeves were rolled up to his elbows. His moppy, short, spiky hair is a dull grey. But the most peculiar observation isn't the whisker marks on his cheeks but the black sleep mask over his eyes. All in all his looks were pretty average.
A gasp from Ravel, "Naruto-san! Why is he here?"
"Ravel, do you know this student?"
"Yes, buchou Naruto-san is a second year student like I and he shares all of my classes. Furthermore, he's just a regular human and must have gotten caught within the barrier."
"I believe you have more pressing concerns than a stray human." The fallen angel's aura began skyrocketing as he constructed a large magic array for his spell.
"Asia focus on healing up Naruto and Ravel should stay with her. Yubelluna you can stay to back up your king if you want. Everyone else we have to stop him."
From the sky a black shadow descended. In a flash Kokabiel's wing soared through the air. Blood sprayed from the wound.
"Aargh! My wing! You! Vanishing Dragon are you opposing me?!"
The moonlight illuminated the Vanishing Dragon's form. White plated armour similar to Itsuko's "Boosted Gear Scale Mail". The Vanishing Dragon quietly laughed.
This enraged Kokabiel. Countless spears of light lit up the night. Unintimidated, "My name is Albion."
[Divide!]
Immediately Kokabiel's aura got reduced and half of the spears vanished.
"The Sekiryuutei's ability lets the user double its power every ten seconds. As the Hakuryuukou I halve the power of my opponent every ten seconds. Your power will become my power. If you don't hurry up you will become weaker than a human."
[Divide!]
With a roar Kokabiel lunged at Albion with a spear of light, but the Vanishing Dragon easily caught it within his grip and crushed it.
[Divide!]
Albion sighed, "Already the power of a mid-level? Boring. I thought I would have more fun."
Burying his fist in Kokabiel's gut, the fallen angel reared over and vomited.
"Impossible . . .me . . ."
Albion laughed, "What? You have resorted to spouting common grunt lines? What's next 'This can't be!'? Azazel ordered me to take you take back by force. You acted out of line."
"Azazel? So that's how it is, huh. Azazel!"
Closing in, Albion had a punch coiled ready to knock the fool out but leapt back. Good thing too. A barrier of purple flames erupted around Kokabiel. The flames spread to within the enclosed space and burned Kokabiel alive. His screams punctured the air. The fallen angel clawed at the wall helplessly as the flames ate him alive. The barrier faded leaving scorch marks on the ground, no trace was left of Kokabiel.
"Hmm, looks like we can't interrogate Kokabiel anymore. Now where's Freed there are things I need to ask that shitty exorcist."
Spotting the body of Freed, Albion flung the body over his shoulder. Albion spread his wings and took flight.
"Get stronger possessor of Ddraig, I will fight you one day."
Asia's hands feel to her sides exhausted. She worked furiously to heal the gaping wound but it wouldn't heal no matter what. Ravel used a vial of tears. That failed also. It was perplexing.
"Ravel-sama what if we resurrected the boy into your peerage?" suggested the Bomber Queen.
Like Rias, Ravel Phenex is a high class devil and thus it would be befitting of her to have pieces. Under the command of Riser she lacked the time to formally search for her own. After Riser's subsequent defeat to Rias her mother had requested that Rias allow Ravel to study at Kuoh under Rias' protection. Rias accepted the request.
Lady Phenex believed that it was time for Ravel to being her own peerage and asked for a volunteer. And Yubelluna offered to be Ravel's queen. Ravel saw the Bomber Queen as an older sister and was overjoyed. Riser wasn't happy but he reluctantly accepted his queen's wish.
Ravel thought over the proposition. Her brother's peerage consisted of former humans and as a matter of fact Yubelluna was one herself. Deciding to start low and work upwards, Ravel snapped her fingers and a brief flash of light appeared within her hand. The light died down to reveal an object. A golden chess piece. It was a knight. Using this Ravel would resurrect the male as her servant.
Stepping back after she placed the piece on his chest, Ravel recited the incantation.
"I command thee, Naruto, on my name of Ravel Phenex, become my servant."
The piece glowed brightly. Nothing happened.
Frowning, Ravel replaced the knight piece with a rook. She was met with failure once again. She tried the bishop. That didn't work either.
Last of all was the pawn. This time the piece sank into Naruto's body. He remained motionless. More pawn pieces were required.
Her eyes twitched dangerously, Naruto's body had accepted four pawn piece yet the it rejected the other four. Next to her, Asia and Yubelluna watched silently but their thoughts were along the same lines of Ravel.
A myriad of combinations were used. Knight. Double knight. Double bishop. Double rook plus a knight. Double rook and double knight. At one point Ravel threw on the rest of her pieces despite a notion of caution from Yubelluna. Even then, even then nothing happened!
At the brink of frustration, Ravel exhausted all venues. She dropped to her knees. She ran out of options. 'Wait!' she came to the sudden realization, 'there's still that method.'
Under normal circumstances, a Phenex could not directly heal another person's wound only indirectly through the tears. The method Ravel mentioned was a special ritual which can only be employed the females of the Phenex blood lineage. However, if she were to use this method it would have unforeseen consequences.
Ravel's face loomed mere centimeters away from Naruto's. Her cheeks were flushed a brilliant scarlet. Ravel's soft, pink lips embraced Naruto's in a chaste kiss as she sent a surge of magic. A bright glow blotted out their forms. When it died down, Ravel removed her lips, her face still flushed.
Yubelluna, shocked, watched the scene play out with widened eyes. She immediately understood what happened and the significance of her master's actions.
Naruto twitched. He quietly breathed as his body restarted the functions vital to life. Previously unhealable the wound closed right before their eyes leaving a scar underneath his heart. A testimony to his near death experience.
"Asia! Ravel! Yubelluna!"
"Itsuko-san!" Asia waved.
The group congregated.
Rias directed her gaze towards the newly birthed and sleeping devil. "Let's wake him up and explain the situation."
"No need I'm already awake."
Naruto slowly pulled himself upright. He languidly slid his sleep mask up. Heterochromatic marine and magenta eyes half-lidded revealed themselves to the world. Without breaking tempo, propped one knee and pushed off of it.
Muttering under his breath, "What has [Absolue Choice] gotten me into now?"
Naruto's eyes scanned the persons before him. His eyes widened ever so slightly when they landed on Itsuko. Only the shadows on his face hid the change.
"So anyone interested in explaining the situation to me?"
Rias cleared her throat with a couth gaining Naruto's attention, "The Occult Research Club is merely a clever ruse. Everyone here sans Xenovia is a devil." Punctuating her statement, Rias unfurled bat like wings followed suit by the other members."Furthermore, you are now a devil. You were caught by a stray spear and suffered a fatal injury. You surely would have died was it not for Ravel's quick decision making."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at Ravel, "Doumo. Ravel-san."
Ravel crossed her arms before looking away in a huff her cheeks dusted pink, "Think nothing of it; I just acted. Besides from here onwards I'm your master and its only natural for me to help out my servant."
"It's late so is it okay if we continue our discussion tomorrow in the clubroom?"
"Come to the clubroom tomorrow after school. Ravel will escort you there."
At school the next day, Naruto did what he usually did during class. He covered his eyes with his sleep mask and slept. The teachers ignored him since he held a spot in the top ten and whenever they called on him he answered the question correctly.
Smack dab next to him sat Ravel. It was strange to her how calmly Naruto acted considering he died and came back to life as a devil. She sent furtive glances at him which could easily be misinterpreted as her having feelings towards the sleeper.
Once the bell rang signaling the end of school, Ravel awoke Naruto from his slumber with a gentle shake. She lead him through the corridors and hallways to the entrance of the clubroom.
To her surprise she saw the battle nun Xenovia sitting on the couch casually sipping tea. As it turns out Rias turned Xenovia into devil taking up the vacant knight slot.
"I found out that God is gone. So I turned into a Devil as a self-abandonment.
I gave back the Excalibur fragment. Having Durandal is enough for me. When I informed the church of God's death I was branded an outsider. You know how the church hates outsiders and heresy. Even if that person wielded Durandal; it was the same with Asia Argento.
Irina was lucky she was wounded during the battle. Her belief is stronger than mine. If she found out then I don't know what would happen to her. She was disappointed that I became a devil; I couldn't tell her the reason obviously."
Rias confirms the arrival of the guest, "Let's start . . . " as the crimson haired devil finished, "Do you have any questions Naruto-san?"
"No, I think I got the gist of it. Right now I'm a low-class devil of the lowest value. I can rank up and get my own peerage. Not only that there are two other factions the Church and Fallen Angels are our mortal enemies. Furthermore, the God from the bible is dead . . . Am I missing anything else?"
"Nope that was spot on," answered Rias.
"Well then if we are finished here I'll go home." stated Naruto raising from his seat.
"Not yet Naruto-san, as a new devil you have certain duties. Ravel if you will?"
Ravel snapped her fingers, a magic circle appeared and out came a stack of papers, "Naruto your first assignment is to pass out these flyers." explained his fellow classmate.
He accepted the stack stuffing the pile inside his bag, "Okay is there anything else or can I leave now?"
Itsuko spoke up, "Naruto-san I've noticed that we only know your given name. You have yet to disclose your family name," Her eyes narrowed on "family name".
"Ah," scratching his head, "it's H., H. Naruto, and I should really get going now. Jaa mata ato de."
Glibly Naruto escaped any further questioning by exiting the room. Left in the clubroom, Itsuko's hand traced a small scar on her naval obscured by her uniform. 'Is it possible? Can he really be?'
The setting sun cast an orange glow.
On autopilot Naruto walked home taking slow and deliberate steps.
'Really anyone else would have panicked after learning of the existence of the supernatural. I die and become a devil yet I take it all in spades,' sighing mentally, 'What's next an angel falls out of the sky?' Naruto joked.
Naruto stopped in front of a playground abandoned of children because at this time they were at home. Laying on the ground was an ero magazine.
'Yareyare who just leaves a ero magazine in a playground?! I should dispose this harmful material.'
He glanced left then right. As a high school student there was the issue of keeping appearances. People misunderstood.
His hand brushed the spine of the piece of literature.
[Erande]
[1] Press it against your face and smell it.
[2] Eat it.
'Not again!' he lamented.
"Like I could pick either!"
An intense pain struck his head.
'Itai! Itai!'
[Erande, choose, choose . . .]
With every passing moment the pain grew until it felt as if his head was being split open. Under the delusion of pain, Naruto ran up the slide before sliding down. He smashed it head against the steel support. Good thing he was a devil now.
He finally fell to his knees and feebly crawled up to the erotic magazine. The paper crumpled with the deep labored breathing. Removing the offending object from his face, he saw the floating choices fade into oblivion.
[Zettai Sentakushi] otherwise known as [Absolute Choice], is the name of the condition, the affliction, the curse. As the name implies, he is randomly presented with choices in which he has to choose one or the other. No matter how illogical or irrational the choices may be . . .
Every man is the architect of his own future.
Life is a series of choices.
People are always troubled by something, and are always making choices.
Making choices is important.
Success and failure in life stem from the choices one makes.
What do choices mean to you?
[1] Make it a touch screen.
[2] Make it a flip phone.
The Iphone becomes a worldwide phenomenon
[1] Give up already.
[2] Never give up.
The wright brothers become the first to fly and pave the way for aeromechanics.
[1] 1+ 1=2
[2] E=mc^2
The theory of relativity!
After seeing all the possible choices these great people in history have made, it can be said the choices you make directly impact the environment around you . . .
The history of evolution was achieved through choices. And even now elsewhere on Earth choices are being made.
Sighing, Naruto did a lot of that, he deposited the magazine into the trash and resumed his journey home. [Absolute Choice] made his life miserable. His current living conditions was caused by it, his new life as a devil was also the indirect result of a choice. He swore it was like he is the protagonist of a light novel, manga, anime or something along the line.
Here comes Murphy's Law.
[Erande]
'Huh? Seriously again?! I- what-'
Above him the clouds morphed into his choices.
[1] A beautiful girl falls from the sky.
[2] A beautiful undine falls from the sky.
'What the hell are these choices? Nothing ever makes sense with [Absolute Choice] and anything happens. Whatever I pick will happen. So . . .' he internally debated, 'a beautiful girl or an undine. As I recall undine are water nymphs so should I pick option two?' Naruto's body unconditionally shuddered, the image of muscular thing crushing and smothering him between its obtuse muscles invaded his mind.
A head splitting pain brought him to his knees.
"If option two doesn't work . . . then one! I choose the first one!"
He looked up in gratitude as the pain disappeared.
"Huh?!"
An object burst through the clouds and it was descending rapidly heading straight towards him.
Another mental sigh, he lamented, 'Naze? Naze fukou da? Ore wa kyokou no sutoori no shujinkou ga iru kara? (Why? Why am I so unfortunate? Is it because I'm the protagonist of a fictional story?)'
The falling object collided with him head on. The impact shot up dust in a cloud. Slowly, Naruto peeked his right eye and got a faceful of panty, white, lace panty.
"Gomenasai!" an angelic voice melodiously rang out. The figure shifted position until she, he hoped it was a she Naruto would kill himself if it was a guy, had her plump rump on his chest. Then for the first time he saw her.
The first thing he noted was her eyes, they are a deep forest green. Then he saw her hair which is a rich fusion of honey and golden wheat. She had a voluptuous body one which was the envy of women and the desire of men. He brushed aside a soft, feathery wing. Wait. A wing? His eyes trailed up the wings and he counted twelve, a set of six on each side.
Her green eyes bore into his with curiosity, "You're H. Naruto right?" It sounded more like a statement and then a question. "Hajimemashita (Nice to meet you), my name is Gabriel and I've come to help you!"
Naruto was shocked to the core but not by the fact that an angel fell on top of him. He already knew Gabriel's name before she introduced herself. How could he have known? Floating above Gabriel's head were these words in blue.
High Angel
Gabriel
LV: ? ? ?
おわり だ
Owari da
End
Congratulations for reading the work of this noob writer all the way through! I swear I'll never understand how people can churn out ten thousand sometimes fifteen thousand word chapters. I can barely write two thousand!
Issei: Don't get me wrong here, I don't hate him. In fact, I like his character and growth. Issei around volume five or six in the light novels becomes respectable. Admittedly his perversion is quite normal I'd say except he's highly vocal about it. If he surely wanted to then the school wouldn't be spared from the terror of his Dress Break.
Issei's genderbending serves a purpose later on if I can incorporate the idea. That and as a noob writer I can't write two main characters at once which is something Hail Emperor Naruto talks about having two male leads and as a pro-Issei fan I can't simply ignore him otherwise. Itsuko was what I came up with. She will still be perverted though.
Naruto's personality: Eh, its only the first chapter don't judge so quickly unless you're a quickshot. The environment Naruto the shinobi and Naruto of DxD are different. The character's personality is majorly defined by his environment. Of course, Naruto of DxD personality will be similar and different to Naruto the shinobi.
Additionally, I just enjoy lazy esque characters and having bad luck is only a plus. Kamijou Touma.
Naruto's aesthetics: Yes, he's grey/gray haired. Oh no! I've totally ruined the story for you haven't I? I've described him as "average looking" it irks me how in fanfiction Naruto writers will make Naruto have a super tone, super muscular body with a thirty-two pack and a third arm/third leg to back it up. All the girls instantly want the D.
I'm counter writing that by underplaying his looks.
Who can guess where I got the sleep mask idea from, it's a rather good Webtoon.
Naruto's power: While I despise God Like Naruto stories for the most part, there are ones I can tolerate. I love light novel, manga, or anime where the lead starts off weak or underestimated like in Anti Magic Academy. I especially love it if the character has God Like potential kinda sorta like Issei whose growth can be limitless.
Romance/Pairings: It's going to be a single pairing . . . I'm sorry I can't honestly say that with a straight face. If you want single pairings then this is the wrong fandom instead I suggest you read the copious amounts of Naruto x Hinata stories instead which are usually monogamous. By undermining Naruto's looks I avoid the "Girls falling in love because he looks bishounen" trope everyone likes to use.
Speaking of harems, I love them when they are pulled off correctly. My love of them began with DxD which was only strength by reading Campione!. I've categorized harems into three archetypes.
A. [The Girls Fall into the Protagonist's Lap]
Self explanatory. To me my least liked depending. For a bad example, To-Love-Ru, by no means am I endorsing the series, where Rito trips over air and landing in compromising positions. The girls magically fall in love with him for no reason.
Another is Sekirei. Just look at Minato. That's all.
B. [Harem King]
What I like to call the Issei Route. Our main character's dream is to be harem king.
C. [Forced]
My favorite amongst the three which combines the two in a way. The main character is put into a position where the harem is happening whether or not he wants to or likes it.
Magika no Kenshi to Shoukan no Maou is a prime example. In order for Leme to bend the 72 pillars Hayashizaki Kazuki must subjugate the other humans. In other words, make them fall in love with him.
What I'm trying to say is I wonder which of these three is your favorite type?
Once again I congratulate you for reading my insanely long author's note. Here have a cyber cookie.