~ Chapter 01 ~ Dying Really Sucks ~
Naruto yawned as he turned off his alarm and got out of bed. The blond ran a hand over his still sleepy blue eyes and the whisker marks on his cheeks before getting up and heading towards the apartments bathroom for a shower. It wasn't long before he came back out running a towel through his spiky blond hair and then getting dressed in the schools' uniform.
That's right, school.
Naruto Uzumaki was a genin of Konohagakure no Sato of Hi no Kuni. He had joined his village's shinobi forces at twelve like most do and since then had gone on missions for the betterment of the village. He had trained and fought and gone through a lot in his first year on the job. And then his second sensei, a famous ninja by the name of Jiraiya, had taken him away from the village on a training trip around the world. He would be taught more skills, his current list would be refined, and he'd overall grow into a smarter and stronger ninja. Naruto had been eager to start.
That was a little under two years ago.
Now at sixteen years old, Naruto was attending high school in a place he didn't know. When Jiraiya had told him it would be a world trip, Naruto had stupidly assumed the Elemental Nations was the span of the entire world. Instead, the perverted sage had laughed loudly at that thought and took him on a ship and set off for the world beyond the Elemental Nations. Apparently in ancient times the legendary Rikkudou Sennin did something that hid the Elemental Nations from the rest of the world, as nobody outside of them knew they existed. Just as only the Kage's and a few trusted shinobi knew of the outside world. The pair had gone to many different countries and places before settling down in a country called Japan, where Jiraiya had instantly signed the blond up for school and threw him head first into the learning process, arguing a Hokage needs to be smart as well as strong. And since being Hokage was Naruto's dream, he begrudgingly accepted it.
So Naruto was a first year student at the local Kuoh Academy, wearing their stuffy suit-like uniform. A uniform that in his opinion sucked horribly because it didn't have a single speck of orange anywhere on it. The blond was surprisingly though not the bottom of his class. Considering his grades at the shinobi academy he had assumed he'd become a dead-last once again. But he wasn't, which he was grateful for and blamed on the lack of chakra related classes needed. He was nowhere near the top but he was at least ten spots away from the bottom, which was good enough for him.
"Hey Ero-Sennin, ya make breakfast yet?" Naruto called out as he came down from his room on the second floor of the house Jiraiya had bought. The first thing the man had done upon reaching Japan was have his Icha Icha series republished in the country in order to make money. And make money it did as it instantly jumped to the top of any adult literature sales and the Sannin became the fastest author to do so. Thanks to his perverted books, they were rich and he had purchased a house for them to stay in while Naruto went to school. "Ero-Sennin?" Naruto called again when he didn't get an answer. Noticing a slip of paper on the counter he went over and picked it up.
Hey brat, the publishers wanted to meet with me to discuss the next book I'll be putting out. As a result, I won't be back until tomorrow at the earliest. There's food in the fridge and I left you some cash on the table. You can last a day without me so just go to school and be good and all that. Just remember no chakra and we're cool.
~Jiraiya
"Yeah, no chakra. I remember." Naruto muttered as he tossed the note and grabbed himself a bowl of cereal and sat down at the table to eat, pocketing the cash there as he did. Apparently the rest of the world didn't know what chakra was so the pair had to hide their abilities. However to compensate for not knowing chakra, the outside world instead had technology the Nations back home could only dream of. He was still having trouble with the metal contraption in his pocket called a cell-phone. He hardly knew how to call Jiraiya on it! The TV was similar enough he didn't have any trouble with it and had started watching, just to get blown away by all the shows and movies they showed. Like most teenagers of the outside world, Naruto had been hooked instantly.
"Well, time for school I guess." The blond sighed to himself as he finished his food and got up. Grabbing his backpack by the door and slipping on his shoes, the teen headed out for another day in the educational system. Something almost as torturous as trying to catch Tora the cat back home.
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Kuoh Academy was like pretty much every other school Naruto had ever heard of. It had buildings filled with teachers and students, it had an area outside for the gym classes, and the students were pretty much just like teenagers everywhere else in that they seperated into their own little groups and judged those outside them. Being a transfer student, Naruto wasn't automatically friends with any of the students. Due to his blond hair and whiskers making him look different, he wasn't very popular with most of the students who thought he looked wierd. (Though he had once heard that a few of the girls thought he was cute.) And finally, because he was struggling somewhat with modern technology that they'd all grown up with but was new to him, he was considered an idiot that must've grown up in a cave. All three of those things made it so that Naruto didn't have any friends in school. Sure he knew a few people but he wasn't really friends with any of them. He also hadn't been trying that hard to make any since he was only going to be there for as long as school took before going back home to the Elemental Nations. He didn't want to make any real friends here just to leave and never see them again.
"Hey you! Blondie!" An older student called out and Naruto sighed.
It didn't help that some of the older and meaner kids thought they could pick on him because he was different.
The student came up with a couple of his friends as Naruto just kept walking and ignoring them. Until they cut him off and forced him to stop. Giving them an annoyed look Naruto shifted his backpack for a second before talking. "What do you want? I've gotta get to class."
"Oh look at this, the caveman thinks he can learn." One taunted, caveman being something Naruto had been called a couple times due to his newness to technology.
"Hilarious. Listen ya whiskered freak, you're going to hand over all your cash right now." Another claimed and Naruto sighed before giving the three a blank look.
"No."
"We're not asking blondie."
"And I don't care. Move before I make you." Naruto threatened as the three laughed. Around them in the hallway a few other students had stopped to watch but Naruto didn't pay them any attention. He was focused on the three in front of him. This wouldn't be the first time someone tried to fight him. And nobody was stupid enough to try it a second time.
"We said, hand it over!" One shouted as he tried to grab Naruto. The blond however leaned back and grabbed his wrist before pulling him forward to drag him off balance before shoving him back into his friends as they all stumbled back.
"Last warning. Leave me alone, or I'll hurt you." This didn't really help Naruto's reputaion either as most saw him as a troublemaker, ignoring the fact that he never started any of the fights he would get in. He just wanted to be left alone, but others couldn't give him that. The three other students got up and while the one he had orginally grabbed looked slightly wary and was rubbing his wrist where Naruto had grabbed him, the other two were glaring at him.
"Get him." The first ordered and the other two charged. Naruto narrowed his eyes and was quick to move out of the way of the first one, throwing out his leg in a quick kick that tripped him and sent him down clutching the wounded spot Naruto had hit. The second tried to punch him but Naruto leaned to the side before raising his knee and driving it into the kids' gut. He collapsed holding his stomach as Naruto turned to the last one who growled and tried to punch him. Naruto just caught the fist with his left before driving his right into the kids' face, breaking his nose. He dropped down clutching his now bleeding face as Naruto just scoffed and started walking to class as if nothing happened. All around them other students began breaking into talk about what just happened.
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"Man I hate detention." Naruto muttered as he left the school later that day. Due to his actions he had been punished by being forced to stay after school for a while. When the blond explained his side of the story, nobody listened since he'd gotten into fights before and just automatically assumed it was the new kid causing trouble. Jiraiya would be called later but once Naruto explained his side of the story he knew the old pervert wouldn't punish him. Stopping at a local pizza parlor for a quick dinner, Naruto had chowed down on what had become his second favorite food, right after ramen. Since then though Naruto was just walking back home, taking the long way since it was a nice night out. On his way he was passing by the local playground and noticed a couple around his age walking through. The blond would've kept to himself about it but then he sensed two things.
Killing intent, and chakra.
Turning quickly the blond saw the girl had created a spear of light in her hands and was about to throw it at the boy. The blond didn't waste any time in responding by pushing chakra to his own feet and rushing in, managing to pull the boy down before the spear of light could pierce him. "What the hell is she trying to kill you for?" Naruto asked as he got back up from dropping with the other teen as he was still staring at the girl in shock.
"Y-Yuuma-chan..."
"Hey! Don't interfere in my work blondie!" She shouted as Naruto turned around just in time to see that she had black feathered wings coming out of her back before another spear stabbed him through the chest. The blond coughed up blood as he was sent a coule feet back and landed on his back. He shakily raised a hand towards the spear embedded his chest but pulled it away when his fingers began to burn from the concentrated light weapon. "Now that that's taken care of, your turn Issei." He heard her say as she turned back to the other male to do what she had originally planned. Naruto though didn't pay it any attention. All he could focus on was the immense pain from the spear that had punctured a lung at the very least, perhaps even nicked or pierced his heart. His insides felt like they were burning and the seal on his stomach holding back the Kyuubi no Yoko was burning the hottest of all. In fact he could even hear the demon inside it screaming in his head in pain from the light construct burning through him.
'Am... am I really going to die from this?' Naruto thought. He had only been this injured once before but Kyuubi had been able to heal him right away. This time though the demon wasn't, likely from the fact that somehow this weapon was hurting it too. Naruto faintly heard the girl taunting the other boy who now had a spear through him to match Naruto. Something was said about gods and sacred gears but he hardly heard a word of it. 'I... I can't die here...' Naruto thought desperately as his vision started to black out from the blood loss. 'Please... someone... someone help... me...' The last thing Naruto saw before going unconscious was a flash of red.
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The last thing Rias Gremory had expected from a such a simple contract summoning was what she had found. In front of here were two teenage boys near death, the bright residue of light weapons hovering around the holes in their chests. She didn't know what had happened or why. All she knew was that the brown haired boy had summoned her with his simple desire to die in the arms of a beautiful girl. A rather simple request she'd be fine with granting since collecting human desires made a devil stronger. However arriving at the boy's location via summoning had shown her things weren't what they appeared. She was expecting someone on their death bed in a hospital or at a house with a terminal illness or some such scenario. Not two bloody teens at the local playground. She didn't think she'd be able to do anything here and was going to leave when two things caught her attention, one about each boy.
The first was that the brown haired boy had the distinct aura of a Sacred Gear holder. Having a Sacred Gear made someone strong, and she could use strong people alongside her in her Peerage. Depending on the Gear the teen could become a very powerful asset.
The other was that the blond radiated power. Immense power. She didn't know if he had control over it or what he could do with it but in just terms of the scale of the power she'd place it very close to her brother, one of the most powerful Devils alive. The boys' power also had a small tint of a darkness to it that she had only felt before when the mightest of devils grew angry. And the strangest thing about the boy? He was one hundred percent human.
Like the first, she could use such an asset in her Peerage. However she was unsure if she could get both. There was a way to get them under her command, even though both were practically on deaths door. She'd just turn them into devils under her name. They'd get to live and she'd get new servents out of the deal. However, there was a price to pay for that and she didn't know if she could get both. She only had one Knight, Rook and Bishop left in addition to eight Pawns. If she couldn't get both then she'd have to pick only one. However that in itself would be a near impossible choice for a young devil like her. The brown haired boy's Sacred Gear could easily make him into one of the best eventually whereas the blond was already very strong and could be of help without needing much training. Plus that darkness she could sense in him was somewht alluring.
First things first though, she should check them to see if she can pay the price for both before seeing if she'd have to pick one. Kneeling down by the blond she pulled out what looked to be simple chess pieces but were in reality markers for her Peerage collection. Holding up a Rook first she placed it on him only to find it didn't react. So apparently that wasn't the right price. She tried again with the Knight to get the same result so she grabbed her Bishop and placed it on him. Still nothing. Sighing to herself she tried all eight of her pawns, knowing that such a powerful person should require more than one. So she was understandably shocked when only a single Pawn reacted.
'Just one Pawn? All this power, and only the bare minimum cost required?' Rias thought to herself as she stared wide eyed at the boy. Something had to be different about him for his value to be so low. A flaw or downside of some kind. There was no way someone this powerful could cost so little. Narrowing her eyes in thought the girl left the one Pawn on him and went to check the other boy to see if she could get him as well. Again she placed pieces on him like she had the blond. Again the Rook, Knight and Bishop pieces failed to react. However all seven of her remaining Pawns reacted to the boy, telling her that was his cost. 'It must be the Sacred Gear for you. To be worth seven Pawns it must be strong.' She thought before glancing back at the blond and looking at the single Pawn on his chest. 'I don't know what that means...' She thought before standing up and gathering power in front of her. 'But since you'll be in my Peerage after this I'll have all the time I need to figure it out.'
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"Gah!" Naruto gasped as he woke up scrambling with the blanket covering him. The blond quickly looked around to see that he was in his own bedrom, though he had no memory of entering. In fact the last thing he remembered was... Getting stabbed! Ripping the blanket down roughly the blond saw he was clad only in his ramen themed boxers and that his chest was completely normal, only a slight scar from where Sasuke had pierced him with a Chidori (One Thousand Birds) around two years earlier. No new hole from getting a spear of pure light struck through his chest. To be honest the lack of scars and waking up peacefully in his bedroom did not let him relax. It actually did quite the opposite.
"What the hell happened last night?" He muttered as he closed his eyes and tried to think. He had gotten detention for getting into a fight, he'd had pizza at the local parlor before walking home. However as he had passed the local playground he had seen a teen couple there when the girl attacked the boy with light. He had reacted and defended the boy but left himself open and gotten stabbed instead. If the mumblings he had heard afterwards were right then the girl went and killed the boy right after anyways. Then she left and there was something red before he blacked out. Only to wake up here perfectly fine.
What happened?
Shaking the thought off for now Naruto got out of bed and went through his morning routine of a shower and getting dressed before heading downstairs, idly noticing the TV was on. Getting downstairs he went for the kitchen to get some breakfast when a man popped his head in from teh living room. "Hey brat." With spiky white hair and a long spiky ponytail that went down his back, Jiraiya was an easily noticable man. He also had red tear like lines running down his cheeks and was currently dressed in a simple white button up and some blue jeans. Coming fully into the room the man crossed his arms as he leaned against the door frame. "So what's up? You look like you've got something on your mind kiddo."
"Well..." Naruto muttered as he tried to think about what to say. "Was anything going on when you got back?" He asked and Jiraiya thought about it before shaking his head.
"Nope, you were snoozing away in bed and everything else was fine so I just hit the sack myself. Why?" He asked in return as Naruto turned back to the fridge as he did his best to hide what he was feeling. Back in bed? That meant that whatever had happened had returned him to his room after he blacked out but before the Sannin came back.
"Uh, nothing. Just thought I might've left the TV on or the door unlocked or somethin' ya know?" The blond nervously lied. Jiraiya narrowed his eyes as he could see right through such a badly told fib but after thinking on it figured it couldn't be anything big since there was nothing major the blond could've done in the time he was gone. In fact, outside of a hastily constructed prank against him Jiraiya didn't know if the blond could get into any trouble in the day he had been away. So he shrugged and walked back to the living room. If Naruto wanted to keep something a secret he'd let him. The blond knew enough to not keep the truly important things from him.
"Whatever brat. Just get to school and get back. We're going out training this weekend so I don't want you getting into any trouble, ya hear?" He called back as Naruto let out a silent sigh at the Sannin not pushing his questions. Even Naruto could tell the man didn't buy his excuse, but he was grateful all the same that Jiraiya was willing to let it go. Suddenly though the man stuck his head back around the frame. "Oh yeah, I got a call last night about you getting into a fight. Did you cause it in any way?" He asked as Naruto shook his head. "Just the local idiots messing with you again?" This time a nod in response. "Alright then, just checking. Try and keep a low profile brat, I know the stupid ones like messing with you for some reason but still..." Jiraiya muttered as he went back to what he was doing before as Naruto merely rolled his eyes. It was the same message every time and while Naruto was trying to keep a low profile, they just never left him alone.
Still, as to his real problem, he decided not to tell the man until he could be sure of what happened. After all even Jiraiya would be skeptical at hearing how he was stabbed by a spear of light and blacked out yet somehow woke up in his room perfectly fine with no idea how he got there.
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"Excuse me." Naruto paused as he was leaving school for home that day as a beautiful young girl walked up to him. She had long black hair tied back in a ponytail and wore the normal school uniform, though if Naruto were completely honest it looked like so much more on her than on other girls he had seen. "Naruto Uzumaki right?"
"Uh yeah... Can I help you with something...?" He trailed off for a name as she gave him a small smile.
"Akeno Himejima. I was just hoping you could follow me somewhere so we could talk about something important." She told him as Naruto tilted his head to the side in thought. Her name was somewhat familiar and judging from how everyone around them was whispering at how she was talking to him he had the idea that she was important somehow, though he didn't know why. He also had no idea why she was talking to him or what this 'something important' could possibly be since he could truly claim he had never spoken with or even seen her before.
"Um... what exactly is it you need me for?"
"To talk to you about last night." Now this got Naruto and many of those listening in to go wide-eyed, Naruto because he knew something of what she meant while the others because they instantly assumed the perverted worst. Noticing the whispers around them picking up and overhearing a few of them Naruto began to blush while Akeno merely rolled her eyes. "So if you'd follow me?" She offered and Naruto nodded as he left with the girl, the whispers picking up as they did. Once they left the school building she turned and led him towards the old buidling where most of the schools' clubrooms were housed, making him think she wanted him for a club of sorts. The blond kept silent until she stopped and opened the door to the room labeled 'Occult Research Club' which is where he stopped.
"Okay, what is this about really? You mentioned last night but I don't really think you must know what happened since there was nothing really occult about it." Akeno merely giggled lightly before lightly placing a hand on his shoulder and steering him into the room.
"Don't worry. She'll explain everything to you Uzumaki-san." She said as she closed the door behind him while Naruto was left staring at another beautiful girl wearing the school uniform, this one with long red hair that went down past her shapely rear. Once again Naruto couldn't help but think that the uniform looked like so much more on her than it did on other students. "Well here he is Bouchou. (President) Just as you wanted." Akeno commented as she went over to a small portable stove in the corner of the room and began making tea. The red haired girl smiled at her friend before directing her attention to the blond standing near the door.
"Why don't you sit down Uzumaki-kun so I can explain everything?"
"Uh sure..." The blond muttered as he took a seat on the couch across from her and Akeno brought over a couple cups and laid them down in front of them both. "So who are you?"
"I suppose that would be the easiest place to start. My name is Rias Gremory." She introduced gesturing to herself before motioning to the room around her. "I'm club president to the Occult Research Club." She then waved a hand back towards Akeno, who was finishing the tea. "You've already met the club's vice-president and one of my closest friends in Akeno Himejima." Naruto nodded to show he was following along as Rias continued. "When Akeno went to get you, I'm sure she got your attention by mentioning last night, correct?" Again the blond nodded. "You see, what happened last night was somewhat complicated. That couple you saw, the boy and the girl, well one wasn't normal. The girl is what's known as a Fallen Angel, identifiable by both the black feathered wings coming from her back and the weapons she could form out of light. She had tried to kill the boy due to him possessing a very rare power when you interfered. She killed you because you got in the way and Fallen Angels are very tempremental most of the time, loose cannons essentially."
"Wait a minute-" Naruto cut in waving his hand for a second to stop her as Akeno came back and poured tea for the three of them. "If she killed me then how am I here? I'll admit that it really hurt and I passed out but how do I know what happened really happened? Plus how do you know all of this if you weren't there?" He asked as a couple things weren't adding up. He was pretty sure the attack actually did happen but figured playing ignorant or in denial would get him more info. Rias simply smiled though as if she expected those questions and place a hand over her chest.
"You're here, because I saved you." At Naruto's look she nodded her head at Akeno and suddenly both of them had grown two bat wings from their backs, making Naruto jump slightly where he sat. "You see, we're Devils and I used my power to bring you back."
"Whoa..." Akeno and Rias shared a slight grin at his awe. This was normally the response they got when they showed what they were to previosly normal humans. In fact they were somewhat looking forward to doing the same to the other boy later when they went to collect him. Rias had wanted to get Naruto done first though simply because she was hoping to talk with him and maybe learn about the power he held.
"You see, I brought you back with my power through the Evil Piece system Devils use." Rias started again. "Basically it means that you're now my servant for at least a certain amount of time." Naruto grimaced but nodded his understanding, holding off on asking her about that since he could tell she had more to say. "Another thing is that you aren't human anymore. The process turned you into a Devil as well. As a result-"
"You what?" Naruto cut in coldly, his face blank but the shock clear in his eyes.
"I said you've been turned into a Devil. It's part of the process used to save you from death." Rias explained with a raised brow, wondering what he was thinking. "I'm sorry if that's difficult for you but it was the only way to save you." She told him as Naruto grit his teeth in frustration before getting up and storming out of the room. "Wait! There's more you need to know!" She called out but he slammed the door shut without so much as glancing back while Rias was left looking at the door wide-eyed at his response. He clearly wasn't happy about the idea of becoming a Devil.
"That could've gone better."
"I... I know." The red haired girl muttered as she turned to her tea and took a drink. "I've heard how some people react upon becoming Devils but you, Koneko and Kiba never acted like that so I forgot it happens."
"Our circumstances were different as well Bouchou." Akeno pointed out and Rias nodded to concede the point. "Still, we should go get him and explain things. He might be at risk considering everything that seems to be picking up now." The dark haired girl mentioned and Rias nodded again.
"True but we should also give him time to calm down first. Perhaps it would be best to find the other boy, Issei, and letting him know everything first. Give Naruto a bit of space and speak with him later. Mabye if Issei turns out okay with being a Devil then we can bring him along to help show Naruto things aren't as bad as he might think." She reasoned so Akeno nodded. "Now to simply go find Issei and speak with him."
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'A Devil? I'm not human anymore?' Naruto thought as he sat on the roof of one of the taller buildings and just stared at sky as the sun was beginning to set. He knew Jiraiya would get worried and may even call him soon so he made sure his phone was on just in case but had otherwise made no attempt to talk to the man or go home. Instead he just ran to the highest place he could find in the city and stared out at the landscape as the sun set like he would've back in Konoha. While the city wasn't as impressive as his home village in his opinion, the view was still quite nice. And sitting somewhere from above, looking down on everything else had always calmed him down. But not this time.
'I'm really not human anymore... If that girl was telling the truth then what am I gonna do?' He thought as he had his knees pulled up to his chest and his chin resting on top of them. 'How can I ever face the village again like this? I spend the first thirteen years of my life trying to prove I'm not a monster and now I really am one. The second they found out it'd be all over for me.' The blond lamented silently. Due to holding the Kyuubi within him, he wasn't liked much back home. The great fox demon had destroyed a good portion of the village the day he was born, only being stopped when the Yondaime Hokage stepped in and sealed the beast into a newborn Naruto at the cost of his own life. As a result, the people hated the fox, but since they couldn't take that hate out on it they instead directed it towards the child it was held in.
Glared at, mocked, kicked out of stores, ignored. Naruto never had anybody growing up outside of the Sandaime Hokage, who had come out of retirement when his successor gave his life. The old man had been a grandfather to Naruto but he was busy running the village so he couldn't be there all the time. As such he was left alone in a village filled with people that hated him. He was sure the only reason he had never been attacked is because there was a law in place forbidding people from doing so. There was another in place preventing people from talking about his tenent, so Naruto's own generation didn't know about his burden but they still stayed away from him mostly. The older generation would simply tell the younger Naruto was a bad child and that they needed to stay back, and as a child is always told; 'listen to your elders'. The result was the younger disliking him almost as much as the older without even knowing why.
It wasn't until he was made a shinobi and placed on a team that he even got any friends, and that was just barely. He had a crush on one teammate, Sakura Haruno, but she had one of her own on their other teammate, Sasuke Uchiha. As a result, Sakura would ignore him to try and impress Sasuke while Sasuke was mostly anti-social to begin with so he hardly interacted with either of them. Naruto did his best though and felt they all managed to become friends before Sasuke betrayed the village and they ended up fighting at the Valley of the End. Naruto had promised Sakura he'd bring Sasuke back and then left on his training trip with Jiraiya. As such he had no idea if Sakura still considered him a friend or what was going on with Sasuke altogether.
But if they found out he was not even human anymore... Naruto shook his head to try and dispel the thoughts from his mind. Sulking like this wasn't solving much of anything at all. Plus the sun had gone down so he knew it was getting late. He was surprised Jiraiya hadn't called yet but knew the man had to be getting at least slightly worried at Naruto's silent absence. Sighing to himself Naruto stood up, figuring he'd go back home to the Sannin and tell the man what had happened to see if he could do anything to change him back. He didn't want to be a Devil and while he knew Jiraiya acted like a pervert and was even proud of it, he also knew the man was the strongest shinobi he knew so he would hopefully have some kind of idea. Taking one last look over the horizon Naruto turned back and started to head down to go home.
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It was as he was walking home that things happened. He had ironically been walking past the same park as the previous night when he saw that the brown haired boy had also shown up. The blond had narrowed his eyes wondering if he remembered any of it and if he had been changed as well when an old man had walked out from a nearby street lamp and attacked the brunette.
Using the same light weapons as the girl that 'killed' him did.
Which lead to the current situation of the brown haired boy struggling to breath as he once again had a spear of light going through him, this time his gut rather than his heart, while Naruto was standing in front of him defensively.
"Ah what luck, not one but two lowly Devils to dispose of!" The man cried as he grinned, black wings growing out of his back and a spear of light held in his right hand. Behind Naruto, the brunette coughed up some blood but otherwise was just crumpled down struggling to breath. Naruto himself was glaring at the Fallen Angel as he tried to decide what to do. "The two of you shouldn't have been so careless as to leave your master. It makes you easy prey for people like myself you know." He taunted.
"Yeah, well fuck you. I'd like to see you try that spear shit with me you old fuck!" Naruto shouted back at the man who began laughing at him. Shrugging to himself the old man decided to do just that and threw the spear at the blond. Naruto however rolled to the side before charging in and trying to punch the old man in his face. However the man simply jumped into the air and stayed there thanks to his wings. Materializing two spears, one in each hand, the man laughed again before launching one at Naruto. The blond leapt back but was forced then to duck as the Fallen Angel came down and tried to take his head off with the other spear he held. While Naruto was still crouched down the Angel kicked him in the face, sending Naruto back to where the other boy was.
"So much spirit for one so weak. It makes killing you all the more pleasurable." The man mocked before both he and Naruto sensed someone else nearby. Turning they both looked to see Rias walking up, a small regal smile on her face as if such an event occured everyday, which for all Naruto knew could've been possible.
"I'd thank you not to attack my cute little servents anymore if you please." The old man raised an eyebrow at her polite tone thinking she had to be joking before he got a sense of the power she was building up to use if he didn't comply. With a smirk he dipelled the spear and gave a gracious bow.
"Ah but of course, they are yours then? So you must be the Devil in charge of this area I take it?" He asked and she nodded as she stepped between him and Naruto.
"I am. My name is Rias Gremory."
"Oh, the heiress to the great Gremory's. An honor to meet you." He replied giving another bow before looking at Naruto and the other boy. "A bit of advice, keep a better eye on your servents lest someone like me should take time out of our lives to kill them."
"Thank you, I'll be sure to do just that." The man could still sense that Rias was holding her power at the ready to attack if she needed to so he merely smiled and took off into the air.
"Good, then perhaps I'll meet them again another time and they'll be able to challenge me then. Farewell, Gremory-san." He called as he left. Rias sighed as she let the power she was holding dissipate and turned around to see Naruto frowning at her and the other boy collapsed on the ground unconscious.
"Akeno, I'm going to need your help here." Rias called as he friend dropped out of the air from above as she had been using her wings to fly and watch over the situation. Both looked to Naruto before turning to the other boy. "Naruto, we still need to finish our talk but that can wait until tomorrow. As it is, Issei needs our help more." The blond nodded as they walked over to the now identified Issei and Akeno picked him up.
"What're you going to do with him?" Naruto asked so Rias turned back and gave him a small smile.
"Don't worry. We'll take him to his home and heal him up. Then when he wakes we'll explain everything to him like were were going to do with you before you left." She told him as Naruto looked away.
"About that..."
"Yes?"
"Was there really no other way to save my life?" He asked and she shook her head.
"Not within my power. Nor Akeno's either in case you're wondering." She told him so he nodded.
"Look, I'm still not comfortable with this Devil thing at all but I guess we'll talk about it later alright? For now I think you should probably help that dude before he dies." Naruto pointed out as Rias nodded her agreement.
"After school tomorrow just come to the clubroom. All will be explained there."
"It alright if I tell someone about my new 'Devil' status?" He asked, finger-quoting the word Devil. Rias was about to object when he continued. "It's the old guy I live with. He's gonna know eventually and to be honest I plan on telling him no matter what you say. I just want to know if I'm breaking any rules or anything before I do." The crimson haired girl closed her mouth for a second before sighing and waving a hand in dismissal.
"I'd prefer if you didn't but if you plan on doing it anyways then go ahead. There's no rules that forbid it, we just prefer to keep our matters out of those of humans'." Naruto nodded and said good night before turning to leave as Rias and Akeno used their magic to teleport themselves to Issei's room so that she could heal him.
Everything would be spoken about tomorrow.
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Alright now, another new story. I've read a couple crossovers of this type which got me interested in the Highschool DxD series so I went and checked it out and quickly became a fan. As such when my mind started slowly piecing together a basic plotline for a story I decided to roll with it and started typing. Next thing I knew, this chapter was all done in only a couple hours give or take. So here I am, posting it out for your enjoyment.
Now as for a few things about it. First off is that I'll admit the idea of Jiraiya taking Naruto into our modern world during the training trip and sticking him in school is not my own original idea. An author by the name of Gavedin has done this for both his Naruto/Bleach story and his Naruto/To Love Ru story. So if asked about it, I got the idea from his good tales. I mainly wanted it this way though because I can see lots of situations for Jiraiya to jump in on to help out or give some comedic relief so I wanted a way to have him here. This was easiest and let me build lots of other plans around it.
Next is Naruto's power. The blond is a Pawn meaning his only actual 'Devil power' is the Promotion ability the Pawn gets. He's not going to be learning magic or anything of the sort since he'll still use his jutsu. Also, a quick thing I'm saying right here is that the magic used by other character is simply another way to use chakra. This way I don't have to invent some new rules for how chakra and magic interact. Chakra and magic are the same thing here, just referred to by different names and used differently. Also, I had Rias mention Naruto has a lot of power, which is why she wanted him, however that doesn't mean Naruto is going to just steamroll everyone he comes across. He's going to struggle and work for his victories because while he has all that power he doesn't have much control over it and currently has no long range attacks so someone like Akeno could put him down real easily. Naruto being turned into a Devil is going to have an effect on Kyuubi's seal so there will be some trouble with that eventually.
Another thing is the pairing. I'm planning on it being Naruto/Akeno really since I like her the most out of the DxD girls and think she'd go best with the blond. Meanwhile Issei is still going to be struggling through the harem he's ammassing like his canon self is. That's going to change a couple things but I believe it'll work out.
I am planning a Konoha arc as well that'll involve Naruto returning to his home and things going from there before he has to go back. That's going to be hectic but it won't be for a while.
The last thing I want to do here is ask if anybody knows of a site where I can read the full manga? The two sites I use both end on chapter 25 but I looked on the DxD wikia and found that the series goes on much farther than that. So if anybody can give me a link to read it, I'll be very thankfull. I'll even give you something for the info if you want.
So anyways, please read and review!
