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Chapter 2:
Walking down a long hallway was a very elegantly dressed young redhead whose name was Rias. Now, many would know who she is. After all, how could one not know the sister of the current Lucifer, or the heiress of the Gremmory Clan, someone who wields the power of destruction? Everyone that knew Rias would say she is a sweet little girl with a slight obsession with anime and anything related to Japan. But, they would make sure that the girl wasn't in hearing range. After all, there is no need for it to be known that her 'secret' obsession wasn't actually a secret. They would also be hard-pressed to find a more cheerful and polite young girl. However, Rias was neither of those things right now as she has just found out that not only is she engaged to who everyone else has described as an 'asshole' and a 'playboy', but she also has to now go over to their estate in order to celebrate the newest status as the King of a peerage of the younger brother of her 'fiances''. Rias still didn't understand how a kid who was practically three years younger than her had managed to get an evil piece set when she had to wait until she was ten, but apparently, because his flames were of a different color, everyone was okay with it. Grumbling to herself about how pretty flames were nowhere close to the power of destruction, Rias finally walked into the room where her parents were staying in order to travel to the Phenex estate.
-X-(Same time)
Lord and Lady Phenex, better known as Minato and Raven, could be seen walking into the kitchen in order to attempt to get their youngest two children finally ready for the party. They were usually such wonderful children, at least in their eyes. However, the second they learned that there would be a party, they both got the brilliant idea that they should help cook the feast. Thankfully, no one was hurt, though they were still trying to figure out what exactly caused the explosion. It was finally decided that while they couldn't make the meal for obvious reasons, they would be allowed to make a cake for dessert provided they had their oldest brother Ruval help them. Walking to the door to the kitchen, they braced themselves for what they were going to see, and slowly opened the door hoping the cost for the damages wouldn't be too high.
-X-
Smiling to himself, Ruval couldn't believe how amazing his sister was at baking especially considering how bad he and his youngest brother were. On the table sat a wonderfully made chocolate cake, with tons of icing, and the sentence "congratulations on becoming a King" written on top of it. Now, Ruval was many things. He was an amazing older brother, a father to an adorable baby girl, and a wonderful son and husband, just to name a few things. But, he couldn't bake for his life. So, he was happy at least one person in the family could. Turning to look at the one responsible for the cake, Ruval asked, "Not that I'm not grateful, but after the whole cooking explosion, I'm very surprised you know how to cook, Ravel."
Blushing at the praise of her older brother and avoiding looking into the eyes of either of her brothers, Ravel could only sigh while trying to explain how she learned how to cook. "Well, I know I can't cook very well, but I wanted to make sure I could do something special for Naruto's party. And I figured that everyone likes cake."
Smiling gratefully at his Queen, Naruto only had one thing to say. "You know sis, you are going to make a great wife someday."
'POOF.' Ravel's blush reached astronomical levels and she distantly realized that her powers had just caused her face to literally combust. She could only revert back to her tsundere personality. "What do you mean by a wife? As if I could ever be someone's wife. I'm your Queen, remember? And you better not forget that and go out with some other girl!"
Ruval deciding to take pity on his brother before he said something else to make Ravel decide to set his head on fire to match hers. He offered to wrap the cake up for them while they got dressed. Hearing a twin cry of surprise at forgetting about the whole reason for making the cake, he watched the two run out of the room, nearly knocking over their parents in their haste to get dressed.
Seeing his parents' questioning looks at the fact that there weren't any explosions, Ruval prepared himself for telling them about the little prodigy of a baker they had in the family.
-X-
In the dining room sat seven individuals around a dining table. They were obviously waiting for someone to come before starting their meal. At the head of the table sat Minato, with his wife Raven to his left. This setup was mirrored on the other side of the table by the visiting Lord and Lady Gremmory. To his right were two empty seats reserved for his youngest and oldest sons, followed by Rias and her mother Venallana. To the left of Raven was the seat reserved for his daughter followed by his son Riser, and Akeno. Seated at a table across from her 'fiancé' while silently glaring at her parents for putting her in this situation, Rias couldn't figure out how this could possibly get any worse. After all, her life was going to be over once she was of marriageable age and she couldn't have her happy ending. Rias always wanted a prince in shining armor to come and rescue her. But that dream might as well be dead now. The closest thing she would get to a happy ending was being forced to have tons of babies and becoming part of a harem for her husband's amusement.
Sighing to herself Akeno , who was Rias' recently turned Queen, could only wonder how Lord and Lady Gremmory could possibly think that this would be a good idea. She could practically feel Riser's gaze on her and she knew exactly why he was staring, and especially what he was staring at. She had just started going through puberty and apparently, she was a quick grower with a modest B-cup already that would know doubt grow with age.She also had a beautiful face that would make many men weak in the knees and a hard on somewhere else. It was no mystery to Akeno about why Riser was staring. She had genuinely hoped that the rumors were untrue about the apparent fiancé of her King, but it was starting to look unlikely that her hopes would be answered.
Finally deciding that the atmosphere had gotten too quiet, especially with Ravel and Naruto still waiting to join them, Minato decided to at least get things going. "Thank you for coming to my son's party for becoming a king. I would also like to welcome you to the family Rias. After all, you'll eventually be marrying my son."
Practically growling, Rias made sure her opinion on the matter was firmly known. "I will not me marrying your son. And I will definitely not marry someone I don't love!"
Wondering what he ever did to deserve this, Lord Gremmory decided that if they were going to get anywhere, he'd have to run damage control. "Thank you Lord Phenex, and I apologize for my daughter's outburst. I'm sure she means no disrespect. She has only just found out about her engagement earlier."
Ignoring the murmuring of the redheaded little girl that sounded a lot like 'yeah, no disrespect my ass', Raven decided to accept the apology. "I'm sure she didn't. And we know that Riser can be a little difficult but where sure that with time, they will grow to care for each other."
Deciding to ask a question that had been bothering him for a while now, Lord Gremmory said, "Yes I'm sure. However, since this is supposed to be a party for your son Naruto, who is absent along with your youngest, I don't suppose you could answer a question I have about a rumor I heard about him?"
Having seen this coming and deciding to get it out of the way, Minato could only give a slight nod indicating that he would answer any question asked.
Genuinely happy to satisfy his curiosity,something that all Gremmorys were known for, Lord Gremmory asked, "I have heard that your son is able to control Blue Flames and because of this power,he was even able to acquire a mutated pawn and bishop when he infused his power into his evil chess set."
Snapping her head up, Rias looked at her father in astonishment. After all, she knew how hard it was for any devil to acquire even a single mutated piece. For this kid to be able to get two was unheard of. Deciding to ask the important question, at least in her mind, Rias asked, "I understand that blue flames should be hotter. But what's so special about the color of his fire? You're all acting like it has some secret ability."
Deciding to finally enter the conversation and to satisfy her daughter's curiosity, Venallana decided to inform Rias just why the blue flames were special. "Rias, I doubt you know this, but there used to be 9 beasts of incredible power. These beasts where known as Biju and each had different abilities unique to their species and their number of tails."
No longer understanding what her mother was talking about, Rias asked, "But mom, what do you mean by their species and their number of tails?"
Seeing where this line of questioning was going, Raven decided that since it was her son that this was about, she should be the one to explain it. "What your mother means, Rias, is that each Biju had a number of tails, going from one to nine. With each tail, the Biju showed a higher level of strength. Each Biju was of a different species, and each had a different ability." Seeing the nod that Rias was giving, Raven decided to continue. "They went in this order. The one-tailed raccoon, the two-tailed hellcat, the three-tailed turtle, the four-tailed gorilla, the five-tailed dolphin-horse, the six-tailed slug, the seven-tailed beetle, the eight-tailed octopus-bull, and finally, the strongest of them all, the nine-tailed fox."
Still not understanding how this was all relevant, Rias let her confusion be known. "So why haven't I heard about these Biju if they're so powerful?"
Deciding to cut to the chase, Minato helped connect it for the girl. "You see, Rias, these beasts where terrorizing everything until a man wielding blue flames defeated them all. He then transformed them into sacred gears and implant them into those that were at least part human. Using this system, they could be used the same way that any other sacred gears are used, with minimal risk, since their powers are, for the most part, sealed away."
"So can't the people that have them even use their powers?"
Minato sighed to himself. "They are sealed, correct, but they can use some of the power that the Biju naturally have. For example, whoever wields the one-tailed Biju has control over sand. They can even get the ability to use a stage one and a stage two Biju cloak if they learn their Biju's name. However, in order for them to unlock their full power, they need a key of sorts."
"Okay. I think I understand. But what's the key to unlocking their full power then?"
Unable to keep the smug look off his face, Minato said, "If they were sealed using blue fire to restrict their abilities, then the only way to remove that restriction is to 'attach' them to a person that wields the same ability."
Nodding at the explanation, Rias only had one more question. "So how do you attach someone to someone else?"
Smiling slightly, Raven decided to finish the story. "Well Rias, I'd say the same way you attached Akeno to you."
Seeing the look Rias was making and having absolutely enough of everyone explaining stuff the whole family had been told ages ago, Riser made his opinion known. "While this is fun and all, can we get the ball rolling? I have my Queen waiting upstairs to 'take care of me' once this is over and I'm through waiting for the two brats."
As if hearing Riser mention them, two blondes came running into the room followed by their older brother Ruval, who seemed to be carrying the cake that Ravel had made earlier. Seeing the questioning looks that his parents were giving him, Ruval could only sigh. "Don't look at me. Those two decided that it'd be funny to skip this meeting to go pester one of the servants about a rumor they heard."
Genuinely curious about the two new kids, Rias decided to ask, "What's the rumor and what made it so interesting?"
Smiling and nodding at each other, the twins said, "We heard that there's a demon masquerading as a girl with white hair!"
Deciding to dismiss this story as nothing more than a servant fueling their imagination, Minato said, "As cool as I'm sure that is, don't you think it's time you to joined us for dinner and met Lord and Lady Gremmory, and their daughter Rias."
Sitting exactly to the right of his father, Ruval watched the twins get into the seats designated to them. He also couldn't help but wonder why that Gremmory girl kept staring at his youngest brother like that, but he assumed that she was just be curious about how he would act in comparison to Riser.
Rias, however, was genuinely curious about the kid sitting next to her. After all, who wouldn't be after hearing the story that they were just told? The icing on the cake, though, was that he was completely ignoring her in favor of talking to his sister. This, while showing her how close the two were, did nothing but infuriate the little redhead, who was used to being the center of attention. Deciding to enjoy the meal spread out for her, she wondered that if he is going to ignore her, then she'd just have to ignore him as well. Rias went back to her food which, she noticed, was fried chicken,ironically.
Smiling at his sister and 'quietly' discussing when they were going to 'investigate' the new rumor they heard about, Naruto was pleased to see that while somewhat nervous, Ravel seemed to be all for going to investigate it the next day. Deciding to take a break and seeing that the girl next to him had finally stopped trying to glare a hole through his head, Naruto decided to introduce himself. "Hello, it's nice to meet you. My name's Naruto, and across from me is my twin and my Queen, Ravel."
Nodding slowly, Rias said, "My name's Rias and my Queen is to my dad's right. Her name's Akeno."
"So is it true that you're going to be my new big sister when you marry my big brother?"
Growling at everyone's inability to realize that she would not be marrying Riser Phenex, Rias decided to set these two straight. "I will not be marrying your brother nor will I be marrying anybody until I decide to."
Wondering what evil he must have committed in a past life to deserve this, and glaring at Riser to make sure he wouldn't try to rebuke that statement, Minato said, "While I'm sure we could go into that, why don't we enjoy the dessert my daughter Ravel made us? I'm told that it's supposed to taste pretty good."
Blushing profusely, Ravel could only accept the praise with a slow nod of her head. It's not that she doubted her ability, it's more that no one in the family really compliments her except for her twin and she's likely to lose control of her powers if anyone does. Deciding to take a slice of the cake before she can't get any, Ravel smiled when she saw her King enjoying her treat.
After waiting a suitable amount of time, and seeing that everyone was done with dessert, Lord Gremmory decided to take his leave. After all, he wouldn't want his son complaining about hogging his daughter. "As nice as this evening has been, Lord and Lady Phenex, I do believe it's time we took our leave".
Ignoring how pleased Rias looked at this revelation, Minato could only give a nod. "Yes, it was good to see you again, Venallana and Liexalon, and to meet you, Rias and Akeno."
Seeing the weird girl about to go, Naruto decided to give his own goodbye. "Bye Rias, it was fun to meet you. I hope we can do it again and tell your brother to enjoy his days as Lucifer."
Blushing at the personal greeting and curious at Naruto's mention of her brother, Rias asked, "Yes, we should do it again, though what do you mean by saying that my brother should enjoy his days as Lucifer?"
Puffing his chest up, Naruto said, "Because I'm going to take that title away from him one day!"
Nodding, Rias smiled slightly at the youngest male Phenex. Maybe he was different from the rest, though she would hold her opinion for now. Slowly walking to her parents and feeling her mother hold her hand, she could only give one fleeting glance at the curious youngest son of the Phenex's before being teleported away.
Smiling slightly at his youngest son, Minato could only smile at how sure he was that Naruto had just made his first friend that wasn't related to him.
-X-
Waking up the next morning around 10 am, Naruto and Ravel were getting ready to check out the rumor they heard yesterday. It was true that their parents had warned them about investigating the rumor, but they were confident that it would be worth any punishment they could get. With one last smile at each other, they transported to the town where the demon girl apparently was.
Chapter End
Well wanted to update pretty fast so hope you guys don't mind and I'm probably going to keep chapters at least 3k word count. Also a shout out to my new betta Fee-fi-fo-fum he really helped a lot! Other than that I wonder who will figure out who's in the peerage?O and they never actually gave Lord Gremmory a name so for this fanfic his names Liexalon.
