Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto or High School DxD, unfortunately. Those rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Ichiei Ishibumi respectively. I also don't own any other anime or video games, its characters, names, or abilities that might appear in this story. And so, without delay… Sit back, relax and enjoy the story.
People speaking: "A true king stands with their men."
People thinking: 'I will live in the now, not the past."
Creatures/Weapons speaking: "With this blood/I vow to win."
Creatures/Weapons thinking: 'To fight is to live/And to live is to fight'
Techniques:"Shatter to pieces!"
Chapter 2 – Becoming a Devil
It's been over one month since Naruto and Mito started attending Kuoh Academy and the two of them couldn't say that small amount of time hadn't been entertaining. Thanks to Naruto's encouragement, Mito was able to make a few friends in her class, though she was still shy at times when she talked to them. Surprisingly Mito had actually gotten talked to Koneko a few days after they had met, and according to Mito, the two girls got along really well even though Koneko seemed a bit cold at times. Naruto suspected that his sister was able to get the courage to talk to the white-haired girl because of the face that they were so close in age, but Naruto was fine with that, as long as his sister had no trouble with making friends.
Naruto's time at the school had been interesting up to that point as well. He didn't know how it happened but in just a week he seemed to become very popular, and when he had tried to ask Rias about it she had given him a smile and told him it was because of his actions on the first day. Apparently rumors spread about him defending Koneko from the thug and that seemed to help him gain a lot of points with the other students.
Speaking of Rias, from the second day onward the two of them had quickly become friends. It was weird at first because he would get this weird feeling around her the first couple of times before shaking it off, but soon the feeling disappeared and Rias started to act a little different, kinder and more honest if that made sense. He had also got along with Akeno, who was with Rias most of the time he saw her, and people were talking about how the new transfer student had become friends with Kuoh Academy's Two Great Ladies… again with the weird titles.
At the current moment Naruto was in the gym, getting himself ready for a sparring session he promised with an underclassman. Naruto took a deep breath as he stared at his opponent, holding a bokken with both hands, "Are you ready Kiba?"
"Whenever you are Uzumaki-sempai." His fellow blond replied with a smile as he too held a bokken in his hands. Kiba Yuuto was a second year student with short blonde hair and grey eyes, and like Naruto he wore the Kuoh Academy's uniform for its male students. The two had met when Naruto had walked in on Kiba training by himself a few days ago, and after the two talked for a bit they agreed to have a match.
"Alright then…" Naruto said as he shifted into a stand, his eyes going narrow and focused. Kiba took a stance himself as he stared down the third-year student.
The air around the two blonds went quiet as they studied each other, muscles tense and neither moving an inch. From the sidelines the Female Kendo Club were watching the two with red-faces. Kiba and Naruto were both known as the two most attractive guys at the school and for them to be seen together was any female student's wet dream. Adding the fact that they were about to fight with swords, and possible causing a sweat, only seem to sweeten the deal for the girls.
"Don't hold back now!" Naruto shouted as he dashed forward, surprising Kiba with his speed before slashing downward.
The younger blond managed to side step to evade Naruto's downward slash, before countering with a side slash, but Naruto quickly raised the upper half of his sword and blocked the attack. After holding Kiba's attack back, Naruto lifted his bokken until Kiba's weapon touch the hilt and with a quick twist he pushed his opponent's sword back before attacking with his sword again. Kiba loosened his grip on his sword hilt before spinning to downwards and blocked Naruto's attack, pushing forward and moving swiftly to the side before attacking from the side. Naruto twisted his legs around and retaliated with a one-eighty spin, slamming one of his feet firmly on the ground as he blocked the attack.
Sounds of wood clashing were heard through-out the room as Kiba and Naruto sent attacks at one another while at the same time blocking each other's moves. Members of the Female Kendo Club were amazed at the speed and technique that the two boys were demonstrating, it was way above what any of them were capable of. The two continued sending attacks back and forth, trying to get the advantage on the other. As their swords clashed once again, the two seemed to measure each other, trying to figure out their next move.
Kiba pushed Naruto away before leaping back and went into a stance with the sword level with his head, he took a breath as he quickly analyze his opponent's form. His fellow blond was good with a sword, really good. Naruto's skill with a sword was very impressive, each blow he threw was accurate and effective, no wasted movements. Kiba knew that if he hadn't a Devil then it would be obvious to who would have lost by now… maybe he should go a little faster. Kiba crouched down a little more and his legs tensed once again.
Narrowing his eyes slightly, Naruto shifted his stance and moved his bokken to one hand as he crouched as well, his eyes studying Kiba's stance before looking back at the younger blond's face. The two seemed to be waiting for something, neither moving from their spots as they quietly watched each other. Naruto tightened his grip before swinging his sword to the side and charged forward with a leap forward, Kiba reacted at the same time, bringing his sword higher as he charged forward as well.
To Kiba surprised, as the two swung their swords at each other, Naruto's bokken which was originally heading towards his body quickly changed directions and made contact with Kiba's. The two passed each other with a spin and came to a halt with their backs to each other. Everyone looked in amazement before the sound of something hitting the floor was heard and turned to see the top halves of Kiba and Naruto's bokkens lying on the floor.
"… No way."
"Their weapons broke..."
"I've never seen that happen before."
Kiba looked at his broken sword in surprise, but his attention was taken away from it as Naruto called out. "Sorry about that, I didn't mean for that to happen." He rubbed the back of his head before sticking his free hand out to Kiba. "I guess this means we ended in a draw, hopefully we could have another match again some time."
'… He aimed for my bokken with the exact same amount of strength I was using and when the two attacks met, the force behind them made the swords break. But for him to have figured that out and execute it so quickly…' Kiba thought to himself, but on the outside he just smiled and shook Naruto's hand. "Yeah Uzumaki-sempai, I look forward to it."
"Ma, you don't have to be so formal. You can call me Naruto." The older blond said.
"Sure Naruto-sempai." Kiba nodded before turning to the girls that had been watching, "Sorry for interrupting you girls. We'll get out of your way so you can get back to practice."
One of the girls stepped up with a way of her hands, "Oh you don't have to worry about that. It was amazing to see you two fight so well."
"Thank you, but there are much better fighters then us." Naruto smiled before making his way out of the building, "Sorry to leave like this, but I have to go help my little sister with her homework." The girls seemed to swoon a little at that, the fact that a strong, handsome teenager was so caring about his sister seem to be a positive in their books.
Kiba watched as Naruto left the building, thinking to himself with a smile. '… I can definitely see now why Buchou is so interested in him.'
(Later that Night)
"Aaaand finished…" Naruto sighed as he leaned back into his chair. After eating dinner with his family and helping out his sister, he had gone to his room to work on his own homework. Taking a glance at the clock he saw it was just reaching eleven. "Huh, I guess it took me a bit longer than I thought."
"… Naruto-sama." Saber called out from behind him.
"What's up Saber?" Naruto turned his around to see she had an apologetic look on her face, "Hey, is something wrong?" Naruto didn't have to worry about people listening in on his conversation with his tenant while they were inside his room since it was so late and his family was probably asleep.
The tiny girl let out a sad sigh. "There is something important I need to inform you about. Truthfully I would have preferred to not involve you in that world and live a long, peaceful life… But with the way things are going I have no choice."
"That world? What are you talking about Saber?" Naruto looked at his oldest friend with a confused look.
"… Before I begin Naruto-sama, I want you to know that I've only been holding back from telling you this because I didn't want you to be put in danger…" Saber shook her head a few times before looking back at Naruto again. "As you know I am not exactly from the normal world you live in, the truth is Naruto-sama, is that there is another world that lives together with this one. I should begin with the most important thing first… There are three groups of supernatural creatures called The Three Factions…." Saber explained almost everything she knew about the Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels history. About the three races always fighting against each other, and the Great War that took many lives from each side. She even told him about the Sacred Gears, powerful artifacts created by God to bring miracles to enact miracles in the worlds.
When she finished explaining everything to Naruto, the boy blinked his eyes in amazement. "Wow… just wow… I can't believe such a world could really exist… I mean I already expected it after I met you but I've never thought it would be something like this."
"I know it's a lot to take in, but everything I've told you is true." Saber said as she placed a hand over her chest. "I swear this on my honor as a knight."
Naruto let out a breath as he slumped back into his chair, making it turn a bit. "It's not an issue on whether I believe you or not… But like you said, it's a lot to take in." Naruto replied before he glanced at the blonde girl. "Anyway why are you telling me this now?"
"It's because you've been unknowingly involved with the supernatural world recently and I needed to tell you this now before something bad happens." Saber answered, now crossing her arms, "Do you recall what happened before you started school?"
"You're talking about the glowing right?"
"Yes, you see the glowing was caused by one of the abilities my scabbard has, it's a way for it to protect itself from possible dangers in the area. That way it wouldn't be used by any supernatural beings that would use it on innocent civilians." Saber said, explaining some of her powers to her master, "It's basically acts like a detection filter, which means as long as you didn't make any direct contact with a member of the Three Factions, none of them would have even noticed you."
"… So I'm guessing from that, I DID meet someone then." Naruto crossed his own arms in thought, before remembering what happened after his first day of school. "That black feather… was that object I saw that day one of those Fallen Angels?"
"Correct, but I doubt they noticed you since you didn't make direct contact… and they weren't the ones I was talking about." Saber took a breath before giving Naruto a hard stare. "I will be direct, that friend of yours, Rias Gremory, is a Devil… as well as a few other students in your school."
"Rias-chan… is a Devil…?" That caught Naruto by surprise, but the blond shook his head before looking at Saber. "But that doesn't mean threat, right? I mean she's my friend and a kind person."
"… Naruto-sama, I can't say what kind of person she is, nor do I know if she is a threat." Saber said before giving him a comforting smile, "But if you want to believe in her I won't stop you, but just remember to keep your guard up until you can say that you truly trust her. Understand?"
"… Yeah, I understand." Naruto nodded.
"And don't let your feeling for her affect your judgment." Saber added with a knowing look.
Naruto's face went a little red at that, it was true that during the time the two of them had talked and hanged out Naruto had started to feel something for the red-head girl. After all she was his type of girl, she was kind, very smart, really beautiful that wasn't faked by any means, strong willed and much more.
Shaking his head, Naruto looked down at Saber, "Don't worry, I won't… But I still believe Rias-chan is a good person."
"I understand Naruto-sama," Saber softly smiled up at him. This was the reason she was happy she left that cave to be with her new master, there was something about him that gave off a warm feeling to others, like it made you want to stand by his side and believe in him… just like how it was with her first master. Saber quickly dismissed those thoughts as she remembered something else she wanted to talk to Naruto about. "There is something else I would like to talk to you about."
"Seriously Saber, any more information and my head might blow up." Naruto joked as he stood up from his chair, turning off the light as he made his way to his bed. "… So what is it?"
"I want you to start training on using my power. So you can be prepared in case you run into any supernatural enemies." Saber said as she turned herself into a glowing ball before reentering his body, the girl had already given her master an explanation on her powers so she knew he had an idea of what she was talking about.
"That sounds cool, but how does that work?" Naruto asked as he got under the covers. "It doesn't sound easy."
"… I guess the easiest way to explain it would be saying that we would be training you to use my power at will, and to do this properly we will need to be completely sync with each other."Saber explained, "I will admit this training will be difficult at first, but as long as we work together it will be alright."
"Alright Saber, I'm going to do my best." Naruto replied before turning on his side, "Goodnight Saber."
"Goodnight to you as well Naruto-sama."
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It's been one week since Saber had reveal the supernatural world to Naruto and the two of them began their training for Naruto harness and control Saber's powers. The first day started with Naruto just learn how to bring the power out, and the second day was spent with them figuring out how long he could hold onto the power before reaching his limit. When the third day arrived the two decided that Naruto would finish up school and making sure Mito got home safely first before he and Saber would go into the woods to practice. This continued for the next few days and now Naruto was starting his seventh day, at the moment he was currently resting his body as he leaned back against one of the school trees in the courtyard, it was lunch time and he had a peaceful expression on his face as he listened to the wind pass by.
"Good afternoon Naruto-kun." Opening his eyes, he saw Rias looking down at him with a smile. "I see you're by yourself today. Where Mito-san?"
"Hey Rias-chan, yeah a few of my sister's classmates asked her to join them for lunch." Naruto replied before noticing that the red-head seemed to be alone. "So where's Akeno? Usually she's with you during this time."
"She had to take care of something, so I decided to spend lunch with you." Rias smiled down at the blonde before moving to the spot next to him. "Is this spot taken?"
"No really, go ahead." Naruto nodded as he watched her sit down next to him, he could still remember Saber telling him about what Rias really was. Mentally shaking his head, Naruto stated having a small conversation with Rias about some of the small stuff such as the weather, classwork, and other topics. As time passed, Naruto decided to check and see if what Saber had said was really true. "… So how's your club been doing?"
"It's been going pretty well, we've been getting a lot done." Rias responded. "There's never a dull moment either."
Naruto looked at Rias with a curious expression, "Interesting… So how many people are in your club anyway?"
"We've got four members including Akeno and I… So what's with the sudden interest in my club?" Rias asked as she leaned in a little closer, "Are you thinking about wanting to join?"
"Well I can't say it doesn't catch my attention, a club that focuses on learning about the supernatural creatures of this world. After all there are a lot of history and legends involving such creatures like Angels, Fallen Angels and Devils," Naruto said as he placed his arms behind his head as he leaned back against the tree, almost missing small twitch of Rias' hand. "Stuff like that would be interesting to explore."
"… I see," Rias replied before slowly turning back to look at the blond. "Naruto-kun?"
"Yeah, what's up?" Naruto answered, already knowing what Rias was thinking of asking.
"… Do you-" She was cut off by the warning bell ringing, telling the students that lunch was over and it was time to get back to class.
Naruto quickly stood up and patted his pants, before turning to Rias and extended a hand out to her. "I guess that's it for lunch then, let's get going."
"Right," Rias placed her hand in Naruto's, silently enjoying the warm feeling it gave off. She felt him lift her onto her feet and gave him a small "Thank you."
"No problem, you're my friend Rias-chan." Naruto smiled as he reluctantly let go of her hand, having also enjoyed the soft feeling of her hand. "And remember this, even if you're not human, I trust you." Before the red-head could say anything else he had already started walking towards the school building. Rias staying behind a bit as she stared at Naruto's back.
'… So I was right… you do know Naruto-kun.' Rias thought as she hurrying over to walk along side Naruto back to the classroom. As the two of them did, a lot of the other students watched them with looks of both glee and jealously. One of the Two Great Gentlemen was together with one of the Two Great Ladies… and this everyone, is how rumors start to spread.
(Later that Night)
"Alright Naruto-sama, as soon as we get to our training spot we'll do our usual drill before getting deeper in our training, understood?" Saber said as she and Naruto traveled through the forest.
'Sounds good to me.' Naruto replied as he continued down his usual route, '… Hey Saber, how long did it take your first master to learn how to do this?'
"It's hard to say. He actually had a Holy Sword before he acquired my partner and I, so he already had experience when it came to that sort of thing." Saber had brought her hand up and made a thinking pose, "But I have to say by the rate we are going, you should have a decent control over soon."
'Not really an answer I was looking for,' Naruto thought with a deadpanned tone before shrugging. "Oh well, I try to master it in a month or two.'
"Naruto-sama… I think that's getting a bit ahead of yourself…" Saber replied with a sweatdrop falling down the back of her head.
'Nonsense, one of the best kind of motivator is when you set a goal for yourself.' Naruto's eyes looked down at his clenched fist. 'I have to get stronger so I can protect my family and friends.
"You're very dedicated Naruto-sama." Saber smiled at her master's dedication, he was the kind of man who would do anything to protect the people he care about. "Very well, tonight we will train even harder to reach your deadline."
Speaking of friends, a certain red-headed Devil was shadowing Naruto from a distance behind him. Truthfully Rias had used her familiar earlier to follow Naruto after school forthe past few days, feeling something had been off about her blond friend. But for some reason her familiar was never able to follow him all the way to his destination, and after their conversation earlier, Rias decided to go herself instead.
'What could he be doing so far in the woods?' Rias thought in curiosity as she stared at Naruto's back, thoughts to what he said earlier still in her mind. She was about to move again when she noticed Naruto coming to a halt. 'Hmm? What is he… Wait, this is…!'
"Naruto-sama." Saber said as her body started to glow before entering Naruto's body.
'Yeah, I know. Be prepared just in case.' Naruto thought back before calling out through the darkness. "I know you're there, come on out!"
"...Impressive!" Naruto turned his head a bit to see a man walking out from behind a tree. He had the appearance of a man in his early twenties with blue hair that was spiked upward and crimson red eyes. He was wearing white shirt with a black leather jacket over it and black leather pants, but what caught his attention were the two black crow-like wings on his back. "I'm surprised you were able to detect me."
"Kind of hard not to when you're emitting a killer intent," Naruto said as he placed a hand on his hip. "So by the look of your wings, you must be a Fallen Angel."
"That is correct, I am the Fallen Angel, Abazeth." Abazeth introduced himself arrogantly.
'Cocky guy.' Naruto thought to himself before speaking, "So what business do you have with me?"
"Very interesting…" Abazeth said as he started to walk closer to him, hands in his pockets. "I was flying by and caught the presence of a Devil, so I decided to have some fun. But I have to say that you definitely caught my attention a lot more, after all, even though I can see you're standing right in front of me, I can't seem to detect your presence. It's almost as if you don't exist."
'He was picking up a Devil's presence in the area? Does that mean someone else is in this forest as well?' Naruto's head was full of questions as he stared at the Fallen Angel. 'Whatever this guy picked up, because of that he made direct contact with me and has slipped through Saber's detection barrier.' Naruto braced himself as Abazeth stood an arm's length away from him.
"So tell me, boy…" Abazeth lifted a hand up and brought it under Naruto's chin. "Just what are you exactly?"
'What will you do Naruto-kun?' Rias silently watched the two men. When the Fallen Angel first appeared Rias had thoughts about wiping him out quickly, but she stopped herself as curiosity got the better of her. 'Fighting someone who is a completely different species, show me your strength.'
"…"
"What's wrong?" Abazeth frowned as he removed his other hand from his pocket, "You should speak when someone asks you a question."
"…Alright then," Naruto said as he reached up and smacked the Fallen Angel's hand away from his face. "Don't touch me again."
"How dare you!?" The winged-man exclaimed as he created a sword created from what looked like a green light. As he swung it down, Naruto slammed the back of his fist into Abazeth's arm with incredible force, knocking the arm away. "Argh, what the-" He was cut off as he immediately dodged a spinning high kick aimed at his head, but was cut off guard as Naruto continued his spin and sent out another kick with his other leg that made contact and sent the blue-haired man flying back into a tree.
Naruto lowered his leg as he took a breath, looking down at his hand and leg with a quick glance before his eyes snapped back to Abazeth, who got back to his feet with ease. 'His body is much hard than I thought, I may need Saber's power earlier than I thought.'
"I'm impressed once again trash." Abazeth said as he patted his stomach a few times, "You're very good at hand to hand combat, I should keep my distance." His wings flapped a few times before he shot up into the air.
"Just what's he up to?" Naruto narrowed his eyes, silently signaling Saber to be ready just in case. Rias stared up at the Fallen Angel as well, a calculative look on her face as she watched the battle.
"Now then trash… Let's see how well you handle against these." With a snap of his fingers, Abazeth summoned two more weapons of light, a sword and a spear. Both started to shake like crazy as they pointed at Naruto. "I hope seeing your dead corpse bring me some amusement, trash!" As he shouted that the two weapons fired at Naruto, who stared up with a calm expression.
'He's just standing there, what is he thinking!?' Rias thought as the weapons drew closer to him, but the blond teen didn't budge as the weapons of light seemed to crash into him and caused an explosion. 'Naruto-kun!'
"… There's no way he could… Impossible…" Abazeth muttered as figure could be seen through the smoke, standing perfectly straight. The figure raised an arm and swung it across its chest, dispersing the smoke to reveal an unharmed Naruto, but if you looked real closer you could see a very soft glow surround him, in his right hand was the light sword that had been shot at him. "Just what are you?"
"Naruto-kun, what did you…?" Rias mumbled to herself as she watch Naruto swing the sword a few times, as if to test its weight. "He's still holding it."
"What? You sound surprised." Naruto said in amusement before looking back up at the man hovering above them. "Can't you comprehend what happened before your own eyes?"
The Fallen Angel narrowed his eyes as he stared at Naruto, '…He was able to catch the first sword and used it to destroy the spear as soon as it got into range… He's no ordinary man.' Shaking his head a bit he called out to Naruto. "There's no way you can be a Devil… Who are you, boy?"
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, third year student at Kuoh Academy." Naruto spoke up as he shifted his stance, "And to answer your earlier question, I'm human."
"A human?" The winged man repeated before an enraged look appeared on his face, "A filthy, insignificant human… was able to not only land a hit on me… but deflect my attack as well… WHAT COMPETE BULLSHIT?!" Multiple weapons of light formed as he shouted this, each different shapes and sizes, formed around him.
"No way… there's so many." Rias muttered to herself before shaking her head to focus. 'I need to stop this now.' As much as she wanted to see Naruto's capabilities, the red-head cared more about his safety. But just as she was about to move forward and make her appearance, the Fallen Angel spoke again.
"ALL RIGHT HUMAN, LET'S SEE HOW YOU HANDLE MY TRUE POWER!" Abezeth shouted as he released his weapons at Naruto.
'Let's go Saber!' The human thought as he spun the sword in his hand.
"Yes sir!" Saber's voice replied from within Naruto's body, before the teen's body to glow a bit brighter. "Remember that your limit can't go over four minutes or else your body won't be able to handle the strain anymore."
'Yeah I know,' Naruto's eyes narrowed as he felt more of Saber's power course through him.
His head cocked up as the first projectile, a spear, came towards him at high speeds. Naruto shifted his body to the side before catching the spear as it was about to pass him and swung his sword at the next one causing both weapons to break a part. The blond jumped back on the third before swinging the spear in front of him, knocking back a sword that spun a few times before landing in Naruto's free hand. One by one Naruto kept destroying Abezeth's weapons, whether it was by the sword in his right hand or the spear in his left, none of the attacks reached him. From the shadows, Rias could only stare in amazement at the level of abilities Naruto was showing.
"BEHIND US!" Naruto snapped his head back and saw two weapons coming at him from the smoke that had been created from the destroyed weapons, as they drew closer he flipped back and kicked them back into the air as they passed him.
Taking note of a glint coming from the direction he kicked the weapons, Naruto quickly stabbed the spear into the ground before placing his feet on it and kicking off with a lot of strength. Almost immediately a halberd of light crashed into the ground and caused several cracks in the concrete as it exploded, Naruto landed on his feet and moved to grab the broken halberd before it disappeared and with a tug, threw it into the air at another weapon. The collision created a giant shroud of smoke around Naruto, making Abezeth unable to see him. The Fallen Angel's eyes widened a bit when he saw two swords came towards him, spinning quickly as they got closer. But with narrow eyes the winged man immediately summoned a sword of light in his hands and knocked the spinning weapons away. He looked back towards the smoke and saw that it was parting to reveal Naruto staring at the man with a hard look, seeing this Abezeth's body began to shake with rage.
"How dare you… Raising my own blades against me will be your greatest mistake, I shall tear you apart!" Abezeth roared as he summoned even more weapons, this time almost covering the entire sky behind him in light. "It's time for you to die!"
'He still has that much energy left?!' Naruto's eyes widen in shock at the number of weapons, the glow around his body and the strength he gained from it vanished. 'This isn't good, with Saber's power gone there is no way I can handle all those.'
Rias turned her gaze from the weapons in the sky and turned back to Naruto in time to see him fall to his knees, panting from exhaustion it seems. It made sense since no matter what abilities Naruto had, the fact remand that he was still a human fighting a supernatural enemy. Deciding that it was time to stop the battle, a red seal appeared under her and quickly teleported her to Naruto side, catching both him and his opponent by surprise.
"That's enough Fallen Angel." She spoke with a chilling tone, Abezeth narrowed his eyes when he saw her. "I won't allow you to harm him."
"Rias-chan…? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked, but his question was dismissed as her gaze never left the man floating above them. 'Was she the Devil Abazeth was talking about?'
"Devil, what are you doing meddling in my affairs?" The black-winged questioned as he lowered himself to the ground level, dismissing many of his weapons of light along the way but kept a few floating behind him. "He is not part of your peerage and is still human, which means you have not business here."
Rias had a cool smile on her face, the wind blowing passed her making her hair rise itself into the air. "That's where you're wrong. You see this area is still my territory and seeing as you're attacking someone in my presence…that gives me more than enough reason to step in."
"That red hair… I see… You're the heir to the Gregory family."
"Indeed, would you care to test your luck against me? I can summon my peerage here in no time or I can easily defeat you myself. Or you can turn around and walk away, it's your choice." Rias finished while crossing her arms.
Abezeth looked between the panting Naruto and the calm Rias. "I see… very well then, I shall take my leave…" Even as the man dismissed the rest of his weapons and started to walk away, Rias kept her guard up, not trusting the man to not try something. Sure enough the man stopped walking and turned his head back to look at the two. "But before I leave, I still require one thing…!" A wall of multiple weapons quickly appeared and shot at Rias and Naruto, "THE DEATH OF BOTH OF YOU!"
Naruto widened his eyes at the number of weapons heading toward them and called out to his tenant, 'SABER!'
"Hai!" Naruto's body started to glow again and he raised his arm to send a large amount of energy in front of him and Rias. The gold energy formed into a giant wall of light and deflected all the weapons, surprising the Devil and Fallen Angel.
Rias took a step back as she felt the light start to weaken her a bit, she couldn't believe Naruto had this kind of power inside him. After the assault came to an end, the shield stayed there for a few more seconds before disbursing, revealing a shocked Abezeth. And to the red-headed devil's surprise, her power seemed to instantly restore itself, almost as if she was never exposed to the powerful light in the first place.
"T-That's impossible. For a human to be so powerful… a Sacred Gear?" He mumbled before extending his wings again and taking off into the air. "I won't forget this! The next time we meet, I will kill you!"
Rias watched as the Fallen Angel's form disappeared into the distant sky, and after making sure he was definitely gone she turned back to a heavily panting Naruto. She quickly went to his side and started checking him for injures.
"Rias-chan… are you alright?" Naruto asked as he lifted his head up to face her, showing her his tired face.
"Baka, I should be the one asking that!" She replied as shook her head. "What were you thinking, fighting someone like that? And what was with that power of yours, it look like it took a lot out of you."
"Indeed, that's what happens when you try to push far more power than your body is used to."Saber's voice called out,the worry was evident in her voice. "Naruto-sama, you must return home immediately and rest."
Naruto nodded his head at that before turning to a concerned Rias. "I'll tell you tomorrow, right now I need to sl-" Before he could say anything else, Naruto lost consciousness from exhaustion and fell into Rias' arms. The girl stared at her unconscious friend with a surprised look before shaking her head a bit, a smile on her face.
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'Ngh…' Naruto slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was a very familiar ceiling. He shifted his head to the side and looked around to see he was back in his room, he gazed outside the window from his spot on his bed and noticed it was morning. 'I'm back in my room? But how did I get home... Was it Rias-chan?'
Naruto rose up a little and look down to examine his arm, during the battle when he had been pushing back all those weapons, one of them had managed to cut him along the arm. But as expected of Saber's healing abilities it had healed almost as soon as the cut had been made, that tiny girl never ceased to amaze him. Shaking his head a bit he tried to lift himself off the bed, but was met with something holding him down. Blinking a few times he turned his head down to see his blanket was now covering his waist and a big lump next to him, with a lump of red hair sticking out.
'…Hey Saber?' He called out in a confused tone.
"… Oh Naruto-sama, good morning!" Saber replied as she just woke up herself, she immediately straightened herself as she exited Naruto's body and reformed next to his bed, flying up to him with a concerned look. 'I was a little worried when you suddenly passed out like that, luckily Rias-san was able to get you home safely.'
'So it was Rias-chan…' Naruto shook his head a bit. 'Never mind that, did Mito sneak into my bed last night?'
"Not that I can recall… Why?"
"Mmmh…" The two paused their conversations and turned to the moving lump, Naruto slowly grabbed the blanket and pulled it off the figure. The figure slowly raised their body up, not noticing the shocked expression Naruto had as they rubbed the sleepiness from their eyes. "Good morning Naruto-kun."
The human was speechless as he stared at a naked Rias sitting next to him, his eyes went a little down as her large breasts bounced as she moved her hand across her eyes before the gaze subconsciously started going a little lower. Leaning back a bit in surprise, Naruto realized he was sitting at the edge of the bed and lost his balance, and fell onto his back with the blanket following him. Rias stopped rubbing her eyes in time to see Naruto fall over and she leaned over the bed's edge to look at him.
"Are you okay?" She asked as she tilted her head to the side.
"Yeah, fine, never better…Wait!" Naruto shot off the floor and pointed at Rias. "Why were you in my bed? And more importantly, WHY ARE YOU COMPLETELY NAKED?!"
Rias shrugged her shoulders before answering, "After I brought you here I decided to stay the night and to answer your second question, I don't really like to sleep with any clothes on. It's get to stuffy during the night and sleeping naked is just more comfortable." Her gaze went down before a small blush came to her face as a smile appeared. "It certainly appears you didn't mind me sleeping with you."
Naruto blinked in confusion and noticed Saber was also staring at him with a red-face, he followed their gaze downward to see he was naked as well and Little Naruto was standing at full attention. He turned his body away from the two and shook his head furiously as he tried to calm down. He could hear Rias giggle a bit before feeling her body press into his back, her hard nipples pushing into his skin.
"It's okay Naruto-kun," She whispered into his ear, making him shiver a bit from the feeling of her breath blowing into it. "I don't mind if you look at me like this… If fact I prefer if it was you." She had whispered the last thing to herself as she pulled away, getting a curious look from Naruto as he had caught what she had said.
"Huh, Rias-chan… Is something wrong?" He asked with a concerned look. She was going over to a pile of clothes she had left on his desk, putting on her panties first.
"It's nothing…" Rias dismissed his concern and continued to put the rest of her clothes on. "So Naruto, you already knew about the three factions before last night, didn't you?
"… Yeah," Naruto moved over to his door and turned the switch and checked to see if it was locked, before moving over to put some clothes on himself. After putting on boxers and pants with a bit of difficulty, he turned back to see Rias was trying to clip her bra closed, "Need help?"
"Please." She turned her head to look back at him with a smile, before lifting her hair to make it easier. "You know, you're actually taking this much easier than I thought you would. I would have figured you would be either embarrassed, confused, or even aroused."
Naruto went up behind her and clipped her bra shut, "Trust me, it's taking a lot out of me to not jump you or do anything perverted right now. I am still a perfectly normal teenager with hormones after all." Naruto looked to the side to see Saber was sitting on the windowsill with a small blush still on her face. "But thanks to how I trained myself I can control myself and hold myself back."
"I don't know if I should be impressed or disappointed." Rias replied with a teasing tone as she put on her skirt. "… So who told you about our world, and how long have you known about it?"
"Not long actua-" They were interrupted by a knock on the door, and Naruto called out in a hesitant voice. "Who is it?"
"Onii-chan!" Mito's voice was heard on the other side, to which Naruto let out a sigh of relief. "Kaa-chan says breakfast is ready."
"All right, I'll be down in a second…" After a few seconds Naruto called out again, "Hold on a second Mito!"
"Huh, is something wrong Onii-chan?"
Naruto turned to a fully dressed Rias, "Want to join us for breakfast?"
"Sure, it smells amazing!" She nodded with a smile.
Naruto smiled back before calling out to his sister. "Mito-chan, can you ask Mom to add another plate to the table? I have a friend that stayed over for the night."
"… Okay, I'll tell her." The sound of small footsteps heading down the stairs were heard.
"A friend, huh?" Rias raised an eyebrow at Naruto, who was putting on a dark orange shirt with long black sleeves.
"It's the truth, besides it's not like I can say my Devil classmate teleported me here after I passed out from fighting with a Fallen Angel that could summon multiple weapons of light with a flick of the wrist." Naruto gave a shrugged.
"I guess so." Rias brush her hair behind her ear, "You're still going to have to answer my questions later."
"No problem, I will explain after we eat and find a good place to talk." Naruto smirked as he moved to the door and unlocked it, opening it wide and gesture "Well then… Ladies first."
Rias giggled into her hand, "Why thank you."
With that said, Naruto and Rias made their way down the stairs where they were greeted with multiple reactions from Naruto's family as they watched him walk into the room with a beautiful girl his age. Kushina was shocked at the fact Naruto had a girl over, Mito was surprised to see Rias in their house, and Minato had a look of pride on his face.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he introduced Rias, "Everyone, this is Rias Gremory. She's my classmate at Kuoh Academy. Rias, you already know Mito, and these are my parents Kushina and Minato."
Rias kindly smiled and bowed to his entire family. "It's very nice to meet you all."
"Uh hello…" Kushina replied slowly before motioning for them to sit, "… I hope you're all hungry."
Naruto moved to sit down in his usual seat while Rias sat in the open chair next to him. The girl was surprised to see such wide variety of food on the table. As soon as Kushina sat down in her seat everyone started eating and conversing a bit, Rias guessed that since this was a free day the family could actually enjoy their meals in the morning. The Devil girl smiled to herself at the warm feelings she could feel from the family, before joining in on the conversation herself as Kushina had asked her a question.
(Later at the Occult Club)
"I must say, your mother is a great cook." Rias smiled with her eyes closed as she sat in one of the two couches. Naruto sat across from her and smiled as he patted his stomach.
After eating breakfast the two of them decided to head over to Rias' Clubroom to talk, so after saying their goodbyes and finding a secure place, Rias had teleported them to the empty room since the other members would be out doing requests right about now.
"Yup, she's one of the best. Believe it or not she used to be one of the top chiefs in Japan until eighteen years ago."
"Really?" Rias opened her eyes, "Why did she stop?"
"Well according to her, the reason she even started cooking was because she wanted to make my Dad fantastic meals. After a while it became a livelihood and a passion, but after she became pregnant with me she stopped." Naruto explained with a grin. "She still loves to cook so every now and then she whips up something special depending on the occasion."
"That's amazing, I'll have to eat more of her meals then." Rias said while nodding to herself.
"Sure, I'm sure she'll enjoy having you around more. Next time though, you shouldn't use your power on them…" Naruto pointed out.
"Oh, so you noticed?" Rias replied with an interested tone, "What gave it away?"
"Well the fact that my mom didn't react more… actively at the fact that I had a beautiful girl around my age stay the night in my room was a big clue..." Naruto casually said as he leaned his head back, "But I doubt my mom will have any problems with you, you're pretty likeable."
"Thanks," Rias nodded her head, happy at Naruto's compliment. "We'll see what happens later on."
"If you do decide to come over again
, I'll have to cook something for you to try myself." Naruto noted as he thought back to when his mother taught him how to cook.
"You can cook?" Rias asked with a curious tone.
Naruto nodded his head at her question. "Of course, having a mom like that kinda makes it a requirement."
"Interesting… Well I can't wait to try it. " Rias commented as she smiled at Naruto before a more serious look grew on her face. "Now then, back to the matter at hand… If you don't mind me asking… How did you learn about our world? You said earlier you learn about it recently, correct?"
"… The truth is that while I only really learned about the Factions and all that almost a week ago." Naruto explained as he looked up at the ceiling, "But while I only recently discovered it, I have known about that supernatural creatures existed since I was seven years old."
"Since you were seven?" Rias crossed her arms, narrowing her eyes a bit. "That's quite a long time to not be aware of the dangers that could come after you."
Naruto glanced back down at Rias for a second before rubbing the back of his head. "It's not like it was by choice, Saber tried her best to keep me away from it as much as she could."
"Saber?" Rias asked as she tried to recall a being with a name like that, but was unfortunately coming up with a blank. "And who is this Saber?"
"She's a spirit I met eleven years ago. It started when I was in the park with my mother…" Naruto started to tell Rias what had happened all those years ago, finding Saber who was all alone, convincing her to live on inside him, and some of the situations that followed. Needless to say, Rias was amazed something like this happened to a young boy.
"For you to find something so powerful in a cave, I can't recall anything that could follow that kind of scenario." Rias said as she thought back to her brother telling her about some of the Holy Artifacts. "And from the sound of it, this doesn't sound like a Sacred Gear either."
"Sacred Gear, isn't that those powerful items given to human by God? Saber had told me a bit about them when she explained the Three Factions." Now that Naruto thought about it, Saber had been awfully quiet since the left his room earlier.
"So you already know about them, that's good. Less for me to explain." Rias nodded to herself before crossing her legs, "So Naruto-kun, did you have anything you wanted to ask me."
"Now that you mention it," Naruto leaned forward and placed his elbows on his knees. "Last night that guy had said something about a peerage, care to fill me in."
"Oh you don't know? I guess it would make sense with this Saber trying to keep you away from the fighting." Rias stood up and moved over to her desk and summoned a small box via seal. She walked back to the seats, this time sitting next to Naruto and opened the box to reveal several chess pieces. "But in order for me to properly explain it to you, I should first tell you about Evil Pieces System. It's a system that was created to repopulate the devils numbers since we lost many of our own during the Great War. They're a set of 15 chess pieces that are given to top-class Devils to increase their ranks by reincarnating other beings into Devils." Rias started going into more detail about the different attributes and the pro and cons of each piece, making Naruto curious about the person who had thought up the whole thing.
"Wow… So from the few that seemed to be missing here, I'm guessing you already have a few members in your peerage." Naruto looked at the chess pieces in the box.
"That's right Naruto-kun, as you can currently see I only have three members of it so far." Rias nodded enthusiastically. "You already met one member of my peerage and my queen, Akeno. I also have another who is a knight and the last person is a rook."
"… But I can see another one missing here, it looks like a bishop." Naruto noted as he looked at the remaining pieces, there was a rook, a knight, a bishop and eight pawns left, meaning she had eleven more members left to join her peerage. He turned away from the pieces to look at the red-head and saw that she had a sad look on her face as she appeared to be in deep thought. "Rias…?"
She snapped out of her thoughts before shaking her head, giving a sad smile as she spoke. "Unfortunately my bishop is unable to be here at the moment, as much as I want them to be."
"I see… So what exactly are the members of a peerage, are they considered slaves or something?" Naruto asked, trying to shift the topic a bit. "I figure if this is based on the game, then that would make you the king and the most important piece right?"
"That's correct," Rias nodded as she grabbed a piece, one of the pawns, and lifted up for him to see. "It's just like you say, the ones that become part of my peerage serve under me. But it depends solely on the King on how they treat their Peerage, they can see them as slave, as comrades, or even a harem depending on what the genders of the members are."
"And what about you?" Naruto narrowed his eyes a little, slavery was not something he was a fan of. "How do you see your peerage?"
"The Gremory family is well known through-out the Underworld for being caring and looking after their peerage." Rias replied, bringing a hand to her chest, "Our peerage becomes part of our family and we never turn our back on our family."
"That's nice to hear, however…" Naruto said as pointed at her. "I was asking on how Rias-chan sees her peerage, not the Gremory's."
Rias was surprised at that before shaking her head a few times before showing Naruto a beautiful smile, which caught him off guard a bit at how breathtaking she looked at that moment. "The people in my peerage are precious to me and I will always protect them with everything I have, and I know they feel the same way when it comes to me."
Naruto stared at her for a few seconds before he started to grin, "Glad to hear it." He stood up from his seat and stretched his arms outward. "Thank you for filling me in on this Rias-chan."
"It's no problem at all," Rias replied as she watched in amusement as Naruto twisted his body a few times. "After all, you did answer my questions."
"Well I should probably head home now, I've got some training to prepare for." Naruto said clenching his fist as he remembered the battle last night, if it hadn't been for Saber's power and Rias' intervention he would have died. He needed to get stronger in order to be ready in case he ever made contact with Abezeth again, he had to have better control of Saber's powers as well. Walking around the table and couches, Naruto made his way to the door.
"Hold on Naruto-kun!" Rias' voice called out, making him turn from the door to see she was now standing behind the couch and had a concerned look on her face.
"If you're worried about me telling people about you and your club, don't." Naruto gave the girl a thumbs up, "You're my friend after all."
"Thank you, but that's not what I'm worried about." Rias said as she walked closer to him, stopping a few feet away and reaching her hand towards his cheek, "That Fallen Angel will definitely come after you again, because even if your power doesn't come from a Sacred Gear, they don't know that and will see you as a threat."
"Then I'll just get stronger," Naruto replied as took a hold of Rias' hand. "You saw how I did against him, I just need to get stronger, so I can protect not only myself but also the people he could harm trying to get to me."
"I understand… But let me ask you this, what can you do as a human? While your abilities are incredible, there is no way you could stand a chance facing him again if he brings allies with him next time." Rias's thumb brushed along Naruto's cheek.
"Then what do you suggest I do?" Naruto replied with his own question. "I can't stand back and do nothing."
"Get allies of your own," Rias said as she took a step back. "... Become a part of my peerage."
"Me… become a Devil?" Naruto narrowed his eyes with a suspicious tone, "Does that mean you've been wanting me join you for a while, because this seems really convenient."
"I will admit, I've been interested in you since the day we met." Rias answered without hesitation, her blue-green eyes staring into his own. "But right now I am not asking you as a Devil, I'm asking as your friend and someone who doesn't want to see you hurt."
Naruto had a serious look on his face before a small bit of amused broke through, "If anyone else were to hear those words, they would think you were trying to tell me something."
"Maybe I am," Rias countered with a seductive look as she once again moved close to him, pressing her impressive bust against him and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Like I said, I've been interested in you for a while now… And I refuse to lose you, whether it's by the hands of a Fallen Angel, or even to another Devil's peerage."
"… Rias-chan…" Naruto muttered as he stared into the red-haired Devil's eyes, "You do know I am not effect by your spell, right?"
"Of course I do, but I'm not using them on you at the moment." She said, "Right now I'm asking you this with only my words and my honest feelings."
"… Do you really want me to join that much?"
"Yes, Yes I do. So what do you say, will you become mine?" Rias asked, but whether or not if she meant more to what she had said was unknown to Naruto.
The blond turned his head with a sigh before reaching up, his hand brushing against her soft hair as it went up, and rubbed the side of his head. "As much as I don't like the thought of serving someone, for some reason I don't think it will be so bad with you." As Naruto said this, Rias' smile grew. "So do you have a specific piece in mind for me?"
"Well each piece has a pro and con to them, and the ones I think would benefit you the most would either be a knight or a rook. However…" Rias released Naruto from her hold and moved back to the table where her Evil Pieces were. "There are rare times when a Devil can get a rare piece called a Mutation Piece, and the fact is that only one out of ten Devils actually have a chance to acquire one."
Naruto let out a whistle, "Wow that is rare. So I'm guessing you have a Mutation Piece then?"
"That's only half right, you see I managed to receive not one, but two Mutation Pieces. One was a Bishop Piece, which I had told you about earlier and the other… was this one." Rias lifted her hand to reveal the Knight Piece she had.
"So I'm guessing that's the one for me." Naruto mused, getting a nod from Rias. "Are you sure? I mean that kind of piece must be very powerful, you could save it for someone with much more potential."
"No, I'm sure. I've seen you in battle so it is easy to determine that this piece is the best choice." Rias replied, thinking about Naruto's speed and power yesterday, imagining what would happen if that was boosted by a Mutation Piece.
Naruto was quiet for a moment before nodding his head. "Okay, so how does this process work? Do we need to do a blood pact or something?"
"No nothing like that, all you have to do is stand still. I just recite the words needed to reincarnate you and the piece will then enter your body, then the process will begin." Rias explained as she moved in front of Naruto and raised the hand holding the Mutation Piece. "Are you ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be…" Naruto replied making her nod her head once again.
"Alright then, let's get started…" Creating a seal under Naruto, Rias channeled her energy through her body and two black bat-like wings spread out from behind her back. Rias took a deep breath and began to say speak. "I, Rias Gremory command under my name for thee, Naruto Uzumaki, to become my servant and lead a new life as my Knight!" The Knight Piece in Rias' hand floated up and moved in front of Naruto, glowing a powerful red as it drew closer.
"WAIT NARUTO-SAMA! YOU MUST STOP THIS IMMEDIATELY!"Saber's voice called out, making Naruto blink his eyes in confusion, not noticing as the knight piece started to spark.
"Huh?" Was all Naruto could say before his body began to glow just as the Knight made contact with his body, causing a small explosion to occur and made Rias cover her eyes. "AAAAAHH!" The sound of someone yelling was heard, followed by something crashing through the wall.
Rias slowly opened her eyes before a shocked look appeared on her face, on the floor where Naruto had been standing was the Knight Piece laying on its side. A giant hole was right next to the door to the hallway and Naruto could be seen on the other side of it with his back to the hallway wall and his feet stuck in the air. His body twitched as smoke came off his body.
"Naruto-kun!" Rias shouted as she quickly dismissed her wings before rushing through the hole towards Naruto's body, "Are you alright?!"
Naruto let out a few coughs before replying, "I'm alright… was that supposed to happen?" As soon as he finished saying that Naruto lost consciousness, startling Rias and Saber.
"NARUTO-KUN/NARUTO-SAMA!" They cried out at the same time.
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"I'm so sorry Naruto-kun, I didn't mean for that to happen." Rias said as she held a now conscious Naruto's head on her lap. After getting Naruto back into the club room, Rias was about to send her familiar to send for a healer but was surprised to see Naruto's body glow for a second before instantly restoring itself, and after a few minutes he was awake again.
"It's okay Rias-chan, it's not like you knew it would happen." Naruto reassured her, reaching his hand up and placing a hand on her cheek. "I'm just wondering what happened."
"Maybe I should explain…" The two turned to see Saber floating above them in a bowing position. "It's because of my power."
"Huh!? Who is that?" Rias asked in surprise as the girl appeared out of nowhere.
"Saber?" Naruto raised an eyebrow before realizing what Rias had said and turn to face her. "Wait, you can see her? But how?"
"Of course I can see her." Rias noticed Naruto's surprised look, "What?"
"Rias, this is the spirit I was telling you about. The one that resided within the scabbard." Naruto pointed over at Saber, "This is Saber Lily."
"…Wow, I've never seen a spirit so small before." Rias got closer to the flying girl and examined her, "… It's almost like she's a familiar… But how can I see her?"
"It's thanks to you trying to make Naruto-sama a part of you peerage, and turning him into a devil." Saber said as she lowered herself onto the table in front of them. "…Naruto-sama, do you remember what I told you before about my scabbard's power a few nights ago?"
"Uh yeah, you said that it can protect me from all magic, and nothing can penetrate its defense." Naruto said as he recalled what Saber had said to him that night. "Is that what happened, you rejected her power?"
'It's still incredible to hear, can a defense that powerful really exist?' Rias thought to herself as she stared at the tiny girl before recalling last night when Naruto had used that very power to protect them from Abezeth's attack. '… Something that can reject all magic…'
"That is technically what was supposed to happen, however you were willingly accepting it into you so it reacted differently than it was supposed to."Saber explained as she sat on the edge of the table before placing one leg over the other. "When my defense activated, instead of rejecting the piece entirely it allowed you to just absorb the Evil Piece's power.
"Wait, does that mean I did become a Devil?" Naruto asked, Rias nodding her head at the question. After bringing Naruto into the room, she had gone to check the Mutation Piece and was shocked to see that Naruto had somehow absorbed all the power inside the piece, turning it into a regular chess piece, which meant she had to see if she could get a new Knight Piece.
"That is correct, you were successfully reincarnated into a devil."Saber answered before raising a hand over her chest. "But because of my influence, your new body has certain advantages to it that normal Devils do not have."
"Can something like this really be possible?" Naruto asked Rias in confusion, raising himself from her lap and looked at her.
"Hmm…" The red-head had a hand to her mouth in a thinking pose. "I don't know, this has never happen before as far as I know… And the fact you were able to reincarnate from the power of an Evil Piece without becoming a part of my peerage should be impossible." Rias looked up from her deep concentration, "Try summoning your wings."
"And how do I-" He was cut off as a pair of bat-like wings similar to the ones Rias had shown him earlier erupted from his back. But unlike her black ones, these wings were gold in color. "Whoa, that was easy."
"Interesting, I've never seen devil wings in this color before." Rias muttered as she reached out and softly grabbed the wing closest to her. Naruto shivered as she rubbed it a bit, "But even with the different color, they still feel like regular wings."
"Um Rias-chan, can you please stop?" Naruto barely asked, catching Rias' attention and looked at him to see he had a slightly red face. "That feels kinda weird."
"Oh sorry," Rias apologized with a blush of her own as she let go of his wings. "If you want to put them away, just imagine them gone."
"A-Alright…" Naruto focused on making his wings go away and with a gold flash they disappeared. As soon as they did he looked over at Saber. "So now that I'm a Devil, what were those changes you were mentioning before?"
Saber coughed into her hand as she closed her eyes. "I can't be too certain, because this is the first time I've belong to someone who became a devil, which should be impossible to begin with."
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked as he leaned forward.
"Naruto-sama… There is something I left out when I was telling you about the Three Factions and the Sacred Gears… it involves my creation." Saber said as looked up at the two, "My power influences my wielder's body, and increases the properties of light in their body so they can use both my partner and I effectively. It is because of that and my defensive power you were able to grab and control those weapons in that battle with Abazeth."
"That is the normal requirement for someone to be able to fight with a Holy Sword," Rias said as she crossed her arms and stared hard at Saber, feeling as if there was something she was forgetting.
"I was created to be partner with a Holy Sword, but not just any… One of the Four Holy Swords created by the original God himself." Rias gasped after Saber said that, making Naruto turn to her with a confused look.
"What? Did you figure something out?" Naruto asked, but was ignored as Rias stared at Saber in shock. "Rias?"
"… Naruto-kun, based on what you told me about Saber's past, the sword she had been partner with was destroyed, right?" The blond nodded his head at her question, "There has only been one sword that could fit that description if it really is one of the Four Holy Swords… The Sword of Promised Victory, Excalibur."
"Nani?! You mean the sword from the King Arthur stories!?" Naruto called out before looking down at Saber in shock, "Saber, that was the partner you were talking about?!"
The tiny girl was silent as she nodded her head in confirmation.
"Wow, that's incredible… To think I had such a legendary partner this whole time." Naruto mused as he leaned back into the couch.
"Unreal, to think I be face to face with the scabbard of Excalibur." Rias said as she leaned closer to Saber and examined her form. "It's almost hard to believe this tiny girl is Av-" The red-head was interrupted as she felt Naruto grab onto her shoulder, catching her attention and turned her head to see he had an finger pressed to his lips. "Naruto-kun?"
"Sorry Rias-chan, but can you not call her by that name." He asked with a smile, making Saber look up at him in surprise. "After all, Saber and I agreed that when she felt that she was ready she would tell me her true name. Until she does, her name is still Saber Lily."
"Thank you Naruto-sama…"Saber bowed her head in thanks.
Rias looked back and forth between the two before nodding her head, "I guess that's fine, I was going to suggest we keep it a secret for now anyways. We have no idea what you're capably of with Saber's power influencing your own, this is uncharted territory for any Devil so I don't know how much I can help."
"Then we'll just have to take it one step at a time." Naruto replied before a thought came to mind, "And if you want to, you can tell your Peerage too, just make sure they keep quiet about it too."
"I appreciate that."
"But while we're talking about it… What happens to me now, I mean since I am not part of your peerage." Naruto asked as he sent the girl a curious look.
"Well I guess you could become a Independent Devil, though you would be a Low-level Devil until you boosted your rank… But still," The female Devil release a heavy sigh as she pouted, "It a real disappointment, and I was so close to having a powerful ally to join my peerage too…"
"While I might not be able to join your peerage, that doesn't mean I can't be your ally. And I can still join the Occult Research Club too," Naruto said as he tried to cheer the girl up. "You're my friend Rias, and I always do my best to help them out when they need it."
"Thank you Naruto-kun, I know I can count on you…" The Gremory heir looked at Naruto before nodding her head with a smile, "Do you swear to always be there for me when I need you?"
"Of course! I promise you right now that I will be by your side no matter what!" The two didn't notice as their hands moved closer to each other, "And believe me when I say that when an Uzumaki makes a promise, they always keep it no matter what happens."
"I'll hold you to that." Rias said as she moved her body a little closer to his and rested her head against his shoulder. "And Naruto-kun, I promise that neither my Peerage nor I will never turn our backs on you." Saber smiled at the scene, before her attention shifted to a seal appearing at the door.
"…Thanks Rias-chan." Naruto replied as he sat still, the two of them enjoying the quiet atmosphere. But it quickly ended as a voice came from directly behind them.
"Fu Fu Fu, well now… You two seem pretty comfortable." The two turned around to see Akeno leaning over them, making the two jump back in shock.
"Akeno, when did you get here!?" Rias asked as she stood up to face her queen.
"Just in time to see you cuddle up to Naruto-kun here." The ponytailed girl smiled in amusement before turning to Naruto. "So I take it you're now a part of Buchou's peerage, Naruto-kun."
"Not exactly…" Naruto rubbed the back of his head when he saw the confused look on Akeno's face before he and Rias began to explain to her what happened the night before to what happened just before she arrived.
When they finished explaining the situation to her Akeno was now sitting on the couch, drinking some tea that she made for the three of them. "…I see now, this is definitely something new. But Buchou, we should keep this information away from Kiba for now."
Rias nodded her head with a serious face, "Yes I agree, there is no way to tell how he would react to this."
"Are you talking about Kiba Yuuto?" Naruto thoughts turned to the other male blond he shared the title of Kuoh Academy's Two Great Gentlemen with… okay seriously, what was up with these weird titles? "So he's a member of your peerage as well?"
"Correct, he's my Knight." Rias replied back. "He's great with speed attacks and using swords."
"… Hmm… That is true, he did pretty well when we sparred the other day. I guess this explains how he got so good to begin with." Naruto raised an eyebrow at the two women before looking down at his tenant. Saber was eating a cookie that was as big as she was, apparently the spirit could now eat and drink like a normal person, though it seemed like she could eat a lot even though she had such a small body because that was actually her second cookie. Shaking his head in amusement he turned back to the female Devils, "But why would Kiba have a problem with Saber, I mean she has control over light but still."
"While light is very dangerous to us Devils, it is not the problem. Kiba has a deep hatred for Holy Swords, but the hatred he has for Excalibur is much greater than he has for any other." That caught Saber's attention as she looked at Akeno in surprise. "If he were to find out that Saber-san here was related to Excalibur in such a way, it might not end well."
"Why would he hate them so much?" Naruto asked, "Excalibur was destroyed centuries ago and Saber has been in a cave by herself since it shattered." The tiny girl had let go of her cookie and silently placed her hands in her lap, a sad expression on her face.
"…It's not our secret to tell." Rias answered as she shook her head with a sad expression, "But until he can let go of his hatred, we should try to hold this information back as long as possible. For now we can just say Saber is a Holy Artifact you found as a child."
"I guess so…" Naruto slumped back into the couch. "So when do I meet the other members?"
"They should be here in a little while, I'll explain more about a Devil's duty while we wait." Rias had a sly smile grow on her face, one that Akeno knew well. "But during that time… Tell me Naruto-kun, how good are you at chess?"
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And with that, my second chapter is done. So Naruto is not going to be a part of Rias' peerage, I apologize to anyone who wanted that to happen. The next chapter is going to start at the beginning of the canon, so Issei's joining and the Fallen Angels Arc will begin. Anyway, like always be sure to leave some nice reviews, but remember that all flames and insults will be ignored, so don't bother writing them. I hope you enjoyed reading the chapter and I hope to see you again.
A/N: I will give you guys a little spoiler and tell you that Naruto will have a peerage of his own later on in the story, but it won't official begin until the Excalibur Arc.