Chapter 1

I don't own Naruto or Devil May Cry. Otherwise, I'd have changed much of the Naruto storyline, and made Vergil be a good guy by the end of DMC3. And Nero would DEFINITELY not be related to Vergil. He's too old to be Vergil's kid anyways.


[Konoha, Shinobi Academy, during graduation exams]

Naruto was sitting in class, waiting for his name to be called to go take the Jutsu portion of the exam. After a while, he was called in to take the exam, only to be failed because of the clone Jutsu being deformed and dead-looking. He tried to argue that his scores were perfect until the clone Jutsu, declaring that he suspects foul play, but Mizuki still refused to pass him.

As everyone left the academy to meet their families, Naruto went to the swing to sulk in silence, wishing that he could have been passed like the other kids who barely passed half the tests. He stayed there, ignoring the families who threw insults and negative comments at him. One boy, the so-called Last Uchiha, scowled at Naruto. His mother was the only other surviving Uchiha, though nobody seemed to care since the males were the only true Uchiha in the eyes of the Council.

"Why would anyone team with that dobe, anyways? Even his so-called father doesn't want him."

The moment the Uchiha boy said that, a ton of KI was unleashed upon him, causing him to double over and fall to his knees in shock that someone could unleash that much killing intent. The source of the KI was a young man with black hair, black wolf ears, and a long black tail. The very person the Uchiha was referring to as Naruto's father.

.::POV switch to Takeshi::.

I glared at the Uchiha boy, then walked past him, going straight over to the swing to offer my hand to Naruto. He took my hand, but still seemed upset.

"I'm sorry I failed you, Tou-san..."

"Don't be. It's not your fault if you couldn't do the illusion clone Jutsu. You just have too much chakra, and it overloads the clones. Come with me, and we'll go get lunch wherever you wish to go to. Afterwards, we'll go talk about your situation with the Hokage. He'll find a way to fix it, even if Mizuki refused to pass you."

"Thanks, Tou-san! You're the best!"

"So, where do you want to go for lunch?"

"Ichiraku's!"

I smile at him briefly, walking with him past the shocked families with my head held high, casting a glance at Tsume as she and Kiba join us. She and her son both know of my condition, and Naruto managed to befriend the hot-headed Kiba early on. While we ate lunch, we talked about how Mizuki acted, and the fact that he failed Naruto regardless of his otherwise perfect scores simply for having overloaded the clone Jutsu.

"I'd say that Mizuki is planning something..."

"You should tell the Hokage."

"He may already be suspicious of Mizuki. Anyways, Naruto and I should get going soon. We need to go see the Hokage to find out what can be done about his inability to use the illusion clones. I already know it's not his fault because he could use most other Jutsu properly. It's only that one clone Jutsu he has trouble with."

Just as Naruto and I were about to get up, an Anbu appeared at the ramen stand.

"The Hokage requests your presence, Takeshi-san. It's about the upcoming team assignments."

"I was already planning to go see him, though I was only expecting to talk about Naruto's situation... Thank you, Neko."

With that, I held Naruto's hand and teleported us both to the Hokage's office, startling the old man with our sudden arrival. I saw a brief flicker of a book cover disappearing into his desk, but ignored it in favor of the situation at hand.

"Naruto has too much chakra to perform the academy clone Jutsu. Either he needs a higher level Jutsu, or he'll have to pass without it if he's to become a shinobi this year. I know he's capable of the clones I use, though that's one of the Jutsu you would have to approve of."

"Very well. I was actually going to suggest you join Naruto on Team Seven, despite neither of you having officially graduated the academy. I'll issue a notice that tells everyone of this situation. Also, your headbands will be a different color to signify that you're now shinobi by my decision, and to give you and Naruto permission to be treated as partners instead of individual members."

As he spoke, he pulled out two Konoha headbands with red cloth instead of the usual blue that all other shinobi wore. These bands also had a symbol that I assumed had something to do with my occupation.

"As you must have noticed, these are not just shinobi headbands. They also indicate that you're both official Konoha demon hunters, which means that you two must remain on the same team and therefore count as partners instead of separate members of the team. Kiba Inuzuka is the only other person with the privilege to have a partner on the same team. The Jounin instructors will be informed later on this decision. As for Naruto's clone problems, you may teach him the Kage Bunshin. And seeing as you are his legal guardian..."

At that point he did some gesture, and three presences vanished from the window sill, followed by a faint blue glow covering the whole room before fading.

"It's time you both knew about Naruto's special condition."

"It's about Kurama, isn't it? I found out about him when I caught the faint hint of Kitsune blood on Naruto back when I rescued him from his attackers. The old fox must have given Naruto a boost from what his mother's clan already had."

"How did you know about that?"

"I'm technically supposed to know. Besides, I got to visit Kurama in Naruto's mind once to make a deal with the old fox. He's agreed to my terms, and will be allowed some freedom in exchange for becoming a Devil Arm. The seal will remain, holding Kurama's chakra, though Kurama himself will be able to leave the seal to aid Naruto."

"How did you subdue him?! He's the strongest of the nine Bijuu!"

"I outrank him. You should already know that, since I showed you my True Form before anyone else got to see me."

The old man's eyes could not have gotten any wider when he realized what I was saying to him. I simply shrugged at his reaction, instead tying the new headband around my neck like a collar. Naruto was unfazed by the conversation, since he already knew about me being the Juubi no Okami. He wore his headband proudly on his forehead.

"And now, I'd like it if you could give Naruto his inheritance and the info on his father. I only told him of Kushina, since Kurama let that slip when talking about Naruto's condition. It's up to Naruto what he does after that. He's more than welcome to stay with me if he still wants to."

"I go where Tou-san goes!"

"Very well..."

The next hour consisted of the Hokage telling Naruto about his heritage, and offering the keys to the Namikaze estate, which Naruto accepted on the condition that his family move there with him. I just simply laughed at the look on the Hokage's face when I mentioned the workplace I stay at has already relocated there upon Naruto making his decision, eliminating the need to move anything.

"The building itself isn't even my home. I just put the door and window there as the portal into my home. I can pretty much move it to anywhere I want, including the air itself. The interior is a pocket dimension that holds the original Devil May Cry building's interior, which was remodeled the moment I got sick of the place looking run-down."

"...Okay... Anything else that I need to know?"

"Yeah... Naruto wants to learn how to use a handgun, so I'll be teaching him that as his reward for becoming a shinobi. He'll also be using Red Queen during missions. The blade will reject anyone who isn't allowed to use her, since Red Queen is sentient, so I'd suggest the Uchiha keep his hands to himself if he's on our team."

"..."

The old man finally had enough. The soundproofing seal was deactivated, Anbu allowed to return, and Naruto and I allowed to leave. Just after he gave us permission to leave, he pulled out a jug of sake and started chugging it down right then and there.

"Thanks again for your time, Hokage-san."

Naruto and I then teleported to the pizza stand, where Dante and Vergil had just walked out.

"Naruto knows his heritage, and the shop was moved."

"Where to?"

"The Namikaze estate. The Hokage finally caved and will announce Naruto's heritage publicly today, and make it law that nobody is to question Naruto's name."

"Well then, take us to the estate. You know where it is, right?"

"Just don't use the portals..."

"We're already here. I teleported us just as you said to take us there."

"Can you stop reading our minds?!"

"If you get rid of your smelly socks that you've worn for ages and are saturated in demon blood..."

"Forget it."

"I will win one of these days. Just you wait..."

"How do I open this!?"

"Blood seal. And we need to add our blood to it after you open the gates to make sure we can come and go freely."

After all that was dealt with, I started strengthening security to keep all uninvited visitors out so that nobody outside the family can get in without us knowing. Once that was done, I followed the others into the mansion. The whole place needed to be cleaned, so I set fifty Kage Bunshin to work on that, while I went upstairs to where the shop was relocated to. Dante and Vergil chose to take guest rooms, while Naruto got the master bedroom since he's going to be the next Namikaze clan head, once he finds a girl and reaches adulthood. Naruto won't be forced under the CRA due to not having a known bloodline, and due to me having helped disband the Civilian Council.


.::Time-Skip to team assignment day::.

Naruto and I got up early morning as usual, just before sunrise. I had already taught him the Kage Bunshin, so that he would have an ace up his sleeve for when he has to fight. I even gave him training as an Assassin, and gave him his initiation into the Brotherhood. The estate was remodeled early on into what would be more suited to training Assassins, including a Leap of Faith tower set up in each location that would represent different means of escape. Lucky for us, there was a deep lake and river on the Namikaze property, so we had a place to train in water escapes. I also taught Naruto how to cushion a landing with chakra so that he could use a Leap of Faith even without a pile of hay or deep water to land in. Kurama had by now become Naruto's first Devil Arm.

When we arrived at the classroom, several of the fresh Gennin started whispering amongst themselves, a few even demanding to know what we're doing here. My response was to blast the few rude ones with KI to shut them up. Naruto and I proceeded to take seats at the only remaining spots left at the back of the room. Shortly after we sat down, two bickering girls came in and started fighting over who would sit next to the emo Uchiha. I got sick of it and blasted them with KI.

"Just shut up and sit down you noisy kids."

The two girls promptly sat down, but unfortunately for them, there wasn't a seat where they sat down at. That was the scene Iruka walked in to. I just waved before pulling out LOVELESS, Naruto mimicking me. We ignored Iruka until he called out Team 7, which consisted of the Banshee, the Emo, Naruto, and myself, with Kakashi as the sensei. An hour after lunch ended, we were the only team left to be picked up. I looked at Naruto, then smirked. He smirked back, and the two of us started on our plan to force Kakashi to break his habit of being so late to pick his team up.

The moment Kakashi walked through the door, all hell broke loose on him and he ended up on the receiving end of a rather nasty prank that left him with a fear of tardiness from that moment forward... Well, fear may be a bit of an understatement, knowing my pranks...

"Er...meet on the roof asap..."

He promptly left, followed by the rest of us. On the roof, we got dragged into a game of introductions.

"Why don't we start by introducing ourselves? Name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams."

"Why don't you start?"

"My name is Kakashi Hatake, my likes are of no importance, and neither are my dislikes. My hobbies, I won't tell that. And my dreams... Also not telling. You first pinkie."

"My name's Sakura Haruno. My likes are... My hobbies are... My dreams..."

"Dislikes?"

"INO PIG AND NARUTO BAKA!"

Her reward was being blasted by KI, forcing her to reconsider disliking Naruto, or at least insulting him in front of me.

"Alright, you next Wolfy."

"My name is Takeshi Okami. My likes include training, stargazing, pizza, ramen, and hunting. My dislikes are perverts, rapists, criminals, avengers, loudmouth humans who scream worse than banshees, people who threaten or abuse Naruto, and anyone who judges based on appearances and masks. My hobbies are making new things, pranking people, playing with the Inuzuka hounds, hunting, training, and killing the bad demons that attack humans for no reason. As for dreams, I want to see the world become more peaceful, and for humans to stop wasting their time fighting over silly things."

"That was very descriptive... You next blondie."

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze Okami. My likes are the same as Tou-san's. My dislikes as well. My hobbies are pranking people, training, and hunting demons with Tou-san and his friends. My dream is to become Hokage."

"You last."

I tuned out the last guy, not caring what he says beyond just learning his name, already not liking him due to his comment from a week ago. After all the introductions are finished, we're told to meet up in the morning at 8 o'clock for the field test to determine if we're truly ready to become Gennin.

.::End of Chapter One::.


The next chapter will begin with the trip to the Land of Waves. The bell test happened the same as in the anime, except that Naruto and Takeshi beat Kakashi together and nobody else bothers to work together. Naruto and Takeshi hand their bells over to Sasuke and Sakura. There were only two bells like in the anime, since Naruto and Takeshi are counted as partners. Therefore, either Sasuke or Sakura had to be given a bell, though both got one because the point of the test was teamwork.

The next chapter will be posted whenever I get a chance.