A/N: My god… The support this story has gained is absolutely insane, I can't thank you guys enough for all the reviews, favorites and follows you have given me! My email has just flooded up so much since I posted the story. Here you are, Chapter 2 of The Fallen Leader!
Also, what the fuck is up with you guys's pairings? I respect each and every suggestion but I have said that I will not be putting one of the oldest beings in existence in a relationship with a bunch of 17 year olds… Why would you be interested in that?
Final Options for pairings. Please suggest only one person then I can collectively make everyone happy if i do end up making this story into a small harem, and please note that it's my decision in the end, but I am very open to good suggestions:
Gabriel (Came second place in ch1)
Ophis (Most votes in ch1)
Yasaka (Most Votes in ch1)
Any Fallen OCs or existing ones are also possible, I mention a few in this chapter, mainly just for the sake of giving out names.
Other Religions, (Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi, Shinigami, etc., open to suggestion)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Highschool DxD. This is purely a work of non-profit fiction, and I own none of the characters
Story Start!
Chapter 2 - The Fall of the Fallen
Grigori Headquarters
A flash emanated and faded as fast as it came and Naruto had appeared from the center of the flash, walking from his door to his study room where Azazel was already present. Azazel was now in his formal Grigori attire with his Violet coat to match his eyes with grey pants and brown shoes. He also wore four cufflinks, two on each leg near his ankles to complete his look. The menacing Attire however did not match the perverse face he had on his face as he sat on one of the couches giggling while stuffing his face into a little orange book. It was apparently some novel he was lucky to get a collection of in some alternative universe. He's been reading it ever since, and has collapsed from multiple nosebleeds in his time reading the trilogy. Naruto had to eventually place a cleanup unit on standby to avoid permanent staining of the finest woods and carpets that adorned most rooms of the Grigori Headquarters.
'Huh, that author must really be a super-pervert himself in order to get Azazel of all people that worked up." Thought Naruto silently to himself as he walked to his desk and sat down and started signing off some papers. It was a good 10 minutes before Azazel finally closed his book, slickly wiping a trail of saliva that was drooling off of his mouth. He coughed to get his younger brother's attention.
"Ah, Azazel, I was wondering when you would finish, I hope I didn't disturb your session of reading that trashy novel." he said placing down the pen and neatly placing the papers aside. Naruto's elbows now rested on his chair, with his palms intertwined right beneath his chest, leaning back.
"One must not make such assumptions of something he hasn't laid his eyes upon. Say the word, Naruto, I'll loan you this book and let you enter a realm of true Literature and-"
"I'm good." He said swiftly, raising a hand to dismiss the offer.
"Hn. Well if you ever change your mind… Anyway, Back to business then." Azazel says, walking up to Naruto's desk and taking one of the 2 seats opposite him.
"Well, things went smoothly. Raynare and Kalawarner, dead, Mittelt and Dohnaseek, Alive and kicking. Got some information on Kokabiel's plans and met our young Red Dragon Emperor. All in all, job done successfully." Said Naruto, leaning back.
"What did you think of him?" asks Azazel with a keen look in his eyes and a smile, as he always does when he researches on sacred gears.
"Has potential, more so than Vali, and less of a prick too." he says, rather disinterested in the petty matters of a bunch of teenagers.
"Yeah, that's my impression as well… What do think of Vali's future then? He says he is staying with us at the moment because he wants to fight strong people. He might well join the Khaos Brigade to do so, knowing that the three factions will probably turn against them, giving him that opportunity to fulfill it."
"Well, if he joins Ophis' little gang, then he his truly in over his head. I don't care about him, he's a brat with a sacred gear, just like the rest. He crosses paths with the wrong people, then I will kill him, simple as that. There's a reason both Ddraig and Albion know better than to have their wielders oppose me."
"Yes, you made it quite clear the last time. What about yourself? You know that Ophis is just dying to get her tiny little Loli hands on you as well."
"You know what she needs me for. I think the world can do without me unveiling to a sore loser dragon the method of breaking the seal that holds the Trihexa."
"Does she really plan on trying to break the Seal of 666? What does the plan to do then, recruit it? If that thing breaks out again, the world really will be screwed." he asked rather sarcastically, knowing it was utter stupidity to try and get the Trihexa to listen to anyone.
"I won't let that happen. But I know that Ophis will stop at nothing when she does finally decide to try and pick me up… I know that's not the only reason she wants me too. She'll stop at nothing to recruit nothing but the strongest beings in our world."
"I know, but we have some time until then. Our main focus for now is our old friend Kokabiel. You want some of this?" asked Azazel, as he walked to the side table and poured himself a drink.
"No thanks. Speaking of old friends, I didn't know that the Baraqiel's daughter was now a devil."
"Oh right, Akeno Himejima, born half-fallen, parents attacked a long time ago due to them being, you know, one of us, and was converted devil when she was picked up by the Gremory. And holy hell, has she turned into a woman, I mean seriously those breasts-"
"...She's 17, Azazel." said Naruto, facepalming.
"I don't see your point." he said as he continued to rave on about women.
Underworld, Lucifer's Office
"Grafiya, are you positive about this?" came the voice of one very worried and slightly angered Sirzechs Lucifer. He was trying to wrap it around his head. Rias Gremory, his baby sister was placed in grave danger by encountering one of the strongest beings of the current universe. Damn. He knew sending her to the world of humans was too much of a risk. And consequences be damned, he would make it known on where he stood on Fallen Angels stepping on his sister's territory.
"My King, for the last time, yes, it is true, Rias-sama and Sona Sitri spoke and shared a cup of tea with the Fallen Archangel, Naruto."
"Damn, I should have been there to see it! I'm sure So-tan must have looked really scared. Ah! it pains me that I wasn't there for her to cuddle while she was facing such a dangerous man!" This was the voice of the third individual in the room, Serafall Sitri, or Serafall Leviathan as she was known now. She fit the perfect description of a loli, and even had the clothing of a Mahou Shoujo (Magical Girl) to go along with it. She was one of the four leaders of the underworld and the star of her very own show, Magical Levia-tan, that had exploded in popularity in both underworld and human realm television alike.
"You know, I agree with you on that one, Sera-chan." He said, gripping his fists together. But first, he would be dealing with the issue regarding her arrangement. At times he felt like it was his fault, being the Lucifer Satan, that he couldn't take his sister's side, but he knew that she could manage something in the end. She was a strong girl after all. As for the situation on territory, He and Serafall were going to visit the school soon anyway for the Parents/Open day at Kuoh academy next week. He could assess the situation over there and make sure his dear Rias-chan was okay as well!
Yes, these idiots that are feared by (most of) their enemies and rule the underworld are gigantic sis-cons.
"Make the necessary arrangements for my time off on my day to visit Kuoh Academy Grafiya. Also notify me on any updates ASAP regarding the faction meeting." Said Lucifer, in a dead serious voice.
"Of course, my lord. As it seems, both other factions have expressed their willingness to meet, but as usual, it appears that all 3 Fallen Leaders' constant evasions are a bit more than just a busy schedule." She said.
Back To The Fallen Headquarters
"And THAT'S why Amaterasu-sama is Number Two on my list of the hottest beings of omnipotence, pun intended." (She's the Sun God) said Azazel, and finished his eighth or ninth Drink. Maybe Tenth.
"You categorize them?" asked Naruto, who was intently paying attention to everything his older brother was saying, almost as if he was oblivious to the world Azazel was talking about.
"Yes, Yes, of course!" He was completely sloshed. Now was Naruto's chance.
"Hey, Azazel, you don't mind being our representative at the faction meeting in my stead right? You ARE the Governor General after all." Naruto hated politics with a passion, at least within his own religion and he'd be damned before he could even stand to be in the same room as Michael again. Anyway, that was one mission accomplished, now he had other things to deal with.
"Sure, Anything for you!" He said with a merry laugh and fell back into his chair. "You know Naruto, I couldn't have asked for a better partner when we fell, you're a good brother, you know?" he said, slurring on his words.
Naruto smiled and his brother fell into his chair further. "If I was REALLY a good brother, I'd be staging an intervention." He muttered to himself as he got up walked out the room, Azazel passing out just moments later. Naruto stepped out the room and closed the door, where his personal maid was already present, bowing down to her leader, in her standard maid outfit. Naruto pulled out his watch and was counting the seconds.
*Huuarghhhhh* was heard, muffled, coming from the door behind Naruto.
"How much?" Asked the maid with a straight face, and no emotion.
"1 minute and 45 seconds, 10 glasses of Blue Label Whiskey… Damn." He cussed.
"You owe me a hundred bucks." She said with the smallest smile on her emotionless face before taking the cleaning supplies and entering the room. "Goodbye for now, Sir." She said, walking away into the room.
"Yeah, Yeah, See you later Aiko… I need to stop making bets with her… Maybe I'm the one who needs an intervention." He said to himself before walking down the large corridor of his base of operations, smiling to himself as he did so. He felt like things were finally getting interesting again.
Kuoh Academy, The Following Week - Kuoh Annual Open Day
"WOOOH! WE LOVE YOU LEVIA-TAN!" Cheered the massive crowds that had gathered around one rather specific individual in the Kuoh Academy Theater.
"Don't worry, Levia-tan will make sure each one of you loyal fans get to have an autograph today!" Was the bubbly cheerful voice of the super star sensation herself, Serafall Sitri, in her Magical Levia-tan outfit.
Meanwhile, a little ways off on the side was Lucifer facepalming, along with most of the peerage of his sister. A cold and sinister aura was felt as the side door to the large hall was opened by Souna Shitori, the student council president. The crowd was dispersed in a matter of seconds.
"So-Tan! Why did you have to be so mean to my fans!"
"You're causing a disruption. It is my duty as the student council president to resolve issues especially ones that reflect poorly on myself. And with that she raised her hand fixing her glasses, delivering the cold final blow as the glare of the sun shone against her spectacles.
Magical Levia-tan suffered over 9000 damage points.
"So cold…" animatedly cried the current Leviathan of the underworld.
Kuoh Academy main building entrance
A man who was striking similar to Rias and Sirzechs was walking up to them and even to Issei, it took less than a second to place the man in his head as their father. They exchanged pleasantries, with Issei discovering a new childish side to his Buchou, being the youngest (Well, second youngest, counting Sirzech's kid) of the current household of Gremory.
Their conversation was cut short when the superintendent of the school had walked up to Lord Gremory and Sirzechs. Made sense, since they technically were the backbone of this school.
"Ah, good to see you Mr. Gremory. I was actually just thinking of calling you."
"Good to see you too, Ms. Superintendent, but how so?" He replied with a smile.
"Well I wanted to introduce you to our new benefactor who has done a lot towards helping student welfare after they graduate, with supporting scholarships, internships and opportunities in other universities."
As she finished her sentence a man walked up from behind her and came to her side. Every other individual present was shocked at what they were seeing.
"Mr. Gremory, I'd like to introduce you to Mr. Naruto Uzumaki. Mr. Uzumaki, this is Mr. Gremory, with a long standing family history with this school." Yes, next to the superintendent, there was none other than Naruto himself, using his common alias, a foxy grin on his face. He was wearing a full black three piece suit, with an orange shirt under the vest, no tie as usual. He also wore a black, form fitting overcoat to complete his look.
Sirzechs was the first one to recover. He smiled, raising his arm for a handshake. When Naruto had moved forward, effectively blocking the sight of the woman, Sirzechs glare broke through, Naruto's foxy smile not once wavering. Sirzechs was a definitely a tall man, but with Naruto being a slither taller than him, it brought forth a level of intensity felt between the two, one WITHOUT magic.
"I hope you enjoy the open day." Said Sirzechs, calmly, the glare fading from a ferocious one to a more calm neutral face.
"I think I will, you really have done a great job with the campus here." After that, the superintendent left on account of some work to be done.
"Why are you on my territory, Naruto-dono? I fear I may have to take action if this keeps up. Especially Kuoh." Naruto's smile had faded as well. He said nothing for a minute, as if he was sizing up the threat that he was given.
"Two hours, the abandoned church. I'll be waiting. Bring the Magic Girl too." Naruto said simply not waiting for an answer, turning to Asia.
"Well, Asia, what do you think of your life at school here so far? Has everyone been treating you well?" He asked in perfect greek. Asia, never being told who the man in front of her actually was, was a bit afraid of his familiar tone.
"W-well, I'm still getting used to it, but all my friends are really nice, and I appreciate Issei-san's help!" She said, avoiding eye-contact.
"That's good to hear." He said, with a light smile. He patted her head before walking off.
"Rias. Akeno. Issei." He said as he walked away, as if acknowledging a goodbye with each of them.
Two Hours Later, The Abandoned Church.
Sirzechs and Serafall had made their way to the church making it right at the time window given to them. Serafall had changed into her formal clothes, with a serious demeanor. They walked up to the door, and feeling no seals or any form of magic at all, decided to open the church doors. They walked in, observing the mess from the battle that had taken place a week and a half ago. Naruto was sitting on a fallen pillar, staring at the statue of his youngest brother, who now, was also dead.
"I thank you for coming." He said, his voice echoing in the mass hall.
"I hope this is not some feeble plan of asking us to join us in a crusade to take down heaven at the meeting." Said Sirzechs.
"Have you even met me? I'm not an idiot, the only one with that much power that would do something that stupid was Rizevim. And I think we both don't need to say out loud what happened to his followers when he sought my help. I have no interest in heaven anymore, or rather, I never did. This is a warning from what my spies have gathered that concerns you." He said.
"Really? And why do you care?" Asked Serafall, genuinely curious as to why he would give them this information.
"... Because it involves the holy swords."
"The strays of the church intend to revive the Excalibur." Sirzechs said immediately.
"Normally, it wouldn't be a concern. They don't have enough power, both magic wise and manpower wise to guide an operation, but this time… They're working with someone who does have those resources."
"And that is?"
"I have nothing concrete. The method of communication is impeccable, and while Heaven is in knowledge of what's happening, they don't know either. The freaking Vatican, has no clue. But piecing together immense magical prowess and manpower being required, I turn my guesses to either the last bearer of your title", he said pointing to Serafall, "or, the more scary option here, Ophis."
They remained silent, processing the information.
"Also, since this is devil territory, especially since its yours, it makes it the ideal place to work with the swords without the eyes of the church. Now given, Rias's precarious position with holy sword users of that knight filled to the brim with hatred of hers' I suggest you take necessary precautions. I'll give you a heads up when they're on the move, but with things as bad as they are, I won't have to."
Sirzechs and Serafall said nothing again. Naruto got up from his position, stared at his brother's statue one more time, before walking through the aisle where they stood.
"Either way, let's just say that in some minds, the holy sword project is still in progress. The Vatican has deployed two holy sword users to this town already to find and claim any swords here."
"Thank you." Said Serafall, as Sirzechs had gone unusually quiet.
"No Problem." And rather unusual for Naruto, instead of teleporting, he spread his 12 wings, and launched into the sky.
Play music - MKAlieZ by Hiroyuki Sawano from Aldnoah Zero
'This is worse than I thought… much worse. Kokabiel and the Old Satan Union. Would Ophis recruit any of them? If she did then we really might be screwed… Well, one thing at a time I suppose. Wait… this feeling… trouble!
Grigori Headquarters
He teleported immediately, going back to his own realm, outside the Grigori Headquarters. Everyone was looking up at the sky, where the normally purple sky had taken a bright red and orange color. As he stared, he felt a voice invading his mind. 'Let this be a warning to those who stray to where they aren't needed'.
As those words were heard, a massive portal was opened in the sky, a massive inferno of a fireball had encased the entire sky, descending upon them. The Fallen Angels scurried about, whereas Naruto calmly stood afloat with his wings staring at the threat with a glare. He brought his arms close together, meeting his hands at his fingertips, and closed his eyes, gathering a massive amount of magic.
"Hah!" He screamed, and as the inferno was nearing, another portal opened behind Naruto, however this one was smaller, still big, seemingly taking in the space around it. Naruto flew through the portal, the inferno following, effectively evading it's intended target. Naruto watched it hit the ground of a barren wasteland in another dimension, with a massive blast radius. He stood there for 22 minutes. Before descending to the ground when the dust had settled, Staying silent. The silence was interrupted by the musing giggle of what sounded like a little girl. Naruto calmly turned around.
"Ophis. Is is your idea of a warning?" He said irately. Ophis' face returned to its stoic ever present look, etched on her Lolita body.
"When I said I'd be giving you a warning, I wasn't referring to the inferno. I was thinking, something much more personal than that." And before Naruto could react, he felt pain in his gut, being launched back fast, for almost three hundred meters. As he stopped on the ground, a half-ophis-half-serpent rose from the ground, with a sword in her hand. She leapt for his laying body and took a stab, Naruto barely managed to move in the last second, the blade hitting and piercing through his thigh.
"Argh!" He grunted, as he rose and started flying around in erratic patterns, at light speeds. In the matter of a split second, she was behind him and shot a concentration of magic straight at the right side of his 12 wings. He was hit and the wings were on fire as he was free falling to the ground. He was on his one good knee panting, As Ophis was preparing another shot of magic. Naruto managed to leap at light speeds and landed a blow with his left fist across Ophis' current child like face, knocking her back several meters. Naruto fell to his knees again, when he felt her behind him. She swiftly grabbed the same arm of his previous attack and bent it backwards, a resounding crack following.
"Hurghh…" Naruto panted helplessly, and then felt another shot in his back, going through him this time. He felt the blood bleeding out of the gaping hole in his stomach and coughed up quite a bit as well. His blonde flowing hair was drenched in sweat and blood as he lifelessly fell to the ground. Laying in a pool of the blood, with most of the top of his suit absolutely destroyed, with some pieces of orange shirt remaining. His world went black, using the last of his energy to send out a beacon for his brother to follow.
He could hear a few muffled sounds. He could sense Azazel. He could sense Aiko as well. They had come to his aid. Naruto was barely fading in and out of consciousness through his healing and treatment, until he finally awoke to the white light, which faded into the yellow dim lighting of his bedroom.
8 Days Later
Naruto had finally opened his eyes, struggling to do so. He could feel the various presences around his castle. As far as he could tell, no one was dead. It was a minute before the immense wave of pain had hit him, particularly from his stomach and thigh. He undoubtedly had stitches in both locations, and felt that his arm had been the main focus of the healing sessions of his medical staff. As he saw it was uncasted and in place, stitches still adorning it. He felt like crap.
"Azazel, you bastard, you're supposed to be working." He said, in a raspy voice, from the lack of water. It took him a minute before he found the cable of his IV, using the vial to pump up the flow of morphine, a special variation of the IV fluid that his body and other fallen wouldn't immediately filter out.
"I am. It's my job to make sure that my brother is doing all fine and well. It's a miracle you're even fucking alive!" Replied Azazel, who was on the other end of the room, already getting up to get Naruto a glass of water. Naruto thanked him and gulped down the liquid, coughing as he lowered the glass.
"All you've been doing is reading that trashy novel… FUCK!" screamed Naruto as he felt another wave of pain.
"That fine little girl sure did a number on you, didn't she?" Though the question was asked in the classic Azazel vocabulary, you could tell that at this moment, Azazel was most definitely NOT a happy man, a uncharacteristic stoic expression on his face. It was one of the few moments in history that Azazel would drop the smile of arrogance he always bore.
"Even if I wasn't at 100 percent power… Her power was alarming."
"Yeah, I looked through your memories while you were out of it. Even so, I'm impressed you landed a blow like that on her at only 25 percent… You were out for 8 days by the way. Trust me, I've never seen Aiko so scared, no matter how much she tried to hide it." Naruto laughed at that, only to feel the pain again, not receding this time.
"Well, before I load you up with magic and anaesthetic, what's out plan of action?" Asked Azazel.
"Lay low. As we always have." Said Naruto quietly, gasping for breath.
"Are you sure this is the best course of action? With the other factions and the Khaos Brigade, is it really the time to go quiet? We should do someth..." Azazel's suggestion was cut short in his speech when Naruto's hand grabbed his collar, and pulled him down to his level on the bed.
"Listen to me Azazel. We got cocky. Let's make sure NOT to forget that. This running around that we've been doing… It nearly cost our people their lives. ALL of them. I'm not about to let that happen again. We have our allies, and our neutral parties, let's leave it at that for now. So yes, this time, we're gonna go quiet for a while. Our people come first, so right now… As far as other factions go… I don't give a damn. They can burn to the ground for all I care."
"Fine… Not like I disagree anyway. Get some rest. I'll have the doctor in here in a minute." He said.
Later, With Azazel
Later, Azazel had retired to his own quarters. He had another drink in his hands, bearing the same sour expression he had on earlier. Whether it was intentional or not, or just Ophis' attack/warning messing with his head, Naruto was reverting to the anger and hatred he felt before. He immediately shut down all fronts of activity on the Fallen side, and Azazel felt like he might as well have been back in time a thousand years. Azazel knew that Naruto's sin of immense wrath had caused him to fall, and those feelings were brought forth again, when he felt the horror and fear that plagued his own people, because of his and Azazel's cocky actions and interference. A light was reignited within him. His annoyance of Devils… and his hatred for heaven.
He knew one thing for sure. Naruto's recent friendly front with the devils, and any opportunity of cooperation with heaven was done for. Because he knew how his friend and brother thinks.
"Azazel. Kokabiel. Today was an example of what we really fight for. The Ambush of the Devils… This is the reality of things… In the sheer madness of it all. There is nothing saving us, but ourselves. Let it be known that we reject every truce, every fucking ceasefire these devil trash throw at us for the next 24 hours. Take your armies, and, rather ironically… Bring Hell down upon them… And avenge those who fell to the madness of these infidels."
Azazel thought back to that moment, when they had raised their armies in retaliation to the devil's rejection of their neutral stance after God's death. Naruto alone had destroyed 7 out of the 14 pillars of 'Loyalty' that fell in those 24 hours. But more importantly, Azazel was there to see the 8 hours straight that Naruto spent at the cemetery after the devil's initial attack, amidst the graves of all of his people. And he knew what he felt. In Naruto's mind, there was already a war waging on. And perhaps Naruto was right. It was time to lay low for a bit.
Because Azazel couldn't agree more. Their Faction, above all else.
Play Music - Aldnoah Zero ED 2 - aLIEz by Hiroyuki Sawano ft. Mizuki
Chapter 2, End. - The Fall of the Fallen
A/N: And that's it! I know it felt a bit darker than the first chapter and I just felt that I can't help but put MKAlieZ in the background music when there's an explosive quantity descending through the sky, so I hoped you enjoyed if you bothered to play the song during that part. It isn't something I do often, and I probably won't, but I thought it would be interesting to try out this chapter. Anyway, this was to establish an undertone, and a sort of wake up call for Naruto, and his reversion to his old self. I will make things less dark as they go along, but some dark undertones will stay. The Leaders of the faction meeting all have rather… Eccentric personalities, so that will bring some fun into the mix!
I ended up making use of the Aldnoah Zero sountrack, since it is undoubtedly one of Hiroyuki Sawano's best works, and by FAR, the absolute most beautiful anime soundtrack I've heard. If you liked them I may introduce some tracks for some fight scenes.
Anyway as usual, I'm finishing up chapters at midnight as usual, so pardon any errors, I'll fix up most major ones if I find any tomorrow.
Let me know if you enjoyed!
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