Happy New Year!
Alright, it's been a little bit since I've updated...I apologize. The holidays are so busy, ya know? Combine that with getting back from Boston, and then going to work for a week…. I've been busy. Hope you all had a good break.
I've re-uploaded the chapters to fix grammar errors, because my Beta reader MetalMechaMan is so awesome. Thanks again!
Now to address some reviews. I just wanted to say that some of you... I'm a little bit disappointed. Fanfiction has somewhat ruined certain aspects of angst, drama, and REAL LIFE mental disorders that can take place in a book and some people just chalk it up to "emo".
Some of you seem to have no idea what the difference between emo and clearly having some sort of mental disorder is. I feel as though the way Sasuke was portrayed in both the manga/anime and in Fanfiction has ruined the fact that he had suffered through an intense traumatic event that literally fucked his whole life up. Minus his intense hatred, I actually think he came out somewhat okay.
Clearly some of you have this idea that if someone is suffering, they suddenly need to wear black, slit their wrists and be emo? Where is that logic? It's completely stupid to automatically assume that and that thinking contributes to such negative ideas about mental disorders. Your brain is just as important as your body after all.
Another thing I want to say is that Naruto is in no way "nerfed" in this story. He is still as strong as he was back at the end of the war, except maybe a bit rusty. But his 'fight' with Raynare wasn't really even a fight. He was drunk, and he had no intention of killing her, only driving her away from the scene. This story is much more about a mental growth, than a physical growth.
As a clarification, Naruto will NOT be joining anyone's peerage. Sorry if I burst some bubbles, that's how my story is going.
Also if anyone wants to follow me at my twitter just to bug me about a chapter or just to talk, go ahead and give my twitter a follow! It's in my profile if you want to. At the very bottom.
This story is a crossover Naruto/Highschool DxD/Highschool of the Dead. One character took from Koe no Katachi. Fantastic movie if you've never seen it. I recommend.
Disclaimer. I don't own any anime of the sorts, not Naruto, HDxD, or HoTD, or Koe no Katachi. Nor do I own any references I make towards other anime or products.
Without further ado… please enjoy…
"Speaking." Kyuubi speaking
"Thinking." Kyuubi thinking
"Speaking." Person speaking
"Thinking." Person thinking
Writing
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When It Rains It Pours
CHAPTER 3
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His head was pounding.
He could feel the pressure against the side of his head, and the repeated banging that followed the rhythm of his heartbeat was like a hammer to his skull. It was obnoxiously loud.
Or wait…
That was the door instead?
Naruto groaned and opened one eye, hearing someone knocking on his door at god knows how early. His bloodshot blue eyes drifted across the room and surveyed the damage he had done. It looked like a tornado has swept into his room at some point in time during the night and wreaked havoc.
His eye stared at hole he had made in his wall. What a pain. Now he's got to fix the wall so his landlord doesn't see it. His gaze landed on his clock that had miraculously been saved from destruction. The shining red numbers were an indication that the plug hadn't come undone from the outlet. Lucky him.
It was 7:14 a.m.
Maybe it wasn't as early as he had thought. It had felt like he had just closed his eyes ten minutes ago. He grunted as he used as much effort as possible to lift his body up off his mattress, stretching sore limbs from sleeping in such an awkward position.
His eyes landed on his hand, which was caked in dry blood. His wounds had healed almost entirely overnight, of course, but now he had to clean up the blood from his apartment? Great.
Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock.
He blinked the sleep out of his eyes and looked down at his shirt. The plain white t-shirt had several blood stains and his pants, as well, were smeared with blood. Dammit, these pants were his school uniform too. He'll have to take a lot of time to scrub the blood out. He looked around the room and found a half broken cigarette lying near him. He picked it up and watched as the non filtered end hang on by a thread of paper, tobacco spilling across the ground. His eyes followed the part to the ground when he flicked it off the rest of the cigarette. He lit it up and took a drag, standing and stretching.
He heard the door knock again and he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, resting his smoke on the ground for him to finish when he came back. He wobbled over to his front door, ignoring the hangover he had. He paused for a second before he looked down at his shirt. He wrinkled his nose before he decided to take the damn thing off.
Stripping himself of the garment and throwing it aside, he opened the door with eyes half lidded and a frown on his face. He was surprised when he saw the face of a girl. She was glaring at him, eyebrow twitching.
She had a pretty face. Make up done lightly and naturally, not too heavy, but enough to accentuate her natural beauty. She had light brown eyes, and long brown hair. Her hair was in a half ponytail, and bangs framed her face. She was also wearing a school uniform.
His school's uniform.
The girl in front of him jumped slightly, cheeks turning red as she averted her eyes. Her mood taking a sharp 180 degree turn from the annoyed look she gave him a second ago.
"I-I'm sorry to bother you this morning, but I can be patient if you want to put a shirt on...or something?"
Her eyes flickered over to him again. Naruto shrugged. "I'm fine like this."
Her blush faded and she cleared her throat. "Right. Um, well my name is Miyamoto Rei. I live right above your apartment and last night I just heard a lot of commotion...I was just checking to see if you were alright…?"
"Last night?" He echoed, recalling what he had done. He definitely wasn't quiet, that was sure enough. "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry for the disturbance."
Rei's eyes started to dart around him, looking into his apartment, before flickering back to his face.
"Right, I'm sure you are. Sorry to bother you again." She slowly started to turn away, eyes glued to him. Naruto sighed in irritation and started to close the door.
"Ah, pardon me?"
He paused in his action, looking at the girl with a raised eyebrow. She was staring at him with a frown on her face now, fingers fiddling with the hem of her shirt.
"You don't happen to go to Kuoh Academy...do you?" She asked, curiously.
The blonde stared blankly. He really would like to just get back to sleep if it were possible. This whole ordeal was strange and he wanted to be done with it.
"Yeah I do." He grunted out.
Rei's eyes flickered with some recognition. He almost regretted his answer. "You don't happen to be Uzumaki Naruto then...right?"
He merely nodded. He watched her tense slightly, her eyes widening just the tiniest fraction. Maybe to someone else her reaction might have been pretty neutral. But Naruto could tell that his answer had put her on edge. Her eyes flicked lower, quickly, before looking up at him again.
"You should get your arm looked at." She nodded to the dried blood that covered his arm. He glanced down before shoving his hand in his pocket, looking away from her.
"I'll be fine, just a little scratch."
Her eyes narrowed. If she cared at all about who he was, she hasn't mentioned anything. Although she seemed much more tense now than when she had first arrived. He was somewhat grateful that she didn't mention anything else after that.
She nodded her head, "Riiiiiiiight. And what could cause such a 'little scratch'?" Clearly she had doubts.
"A cat came into my apartment. I don't like cats. Apparently they don't like me either."
"And that cat broke your night stand and flipped your bed?"
Naruto looked over his shoulder at the visible mess that was his bedroom. "It was a big cat." He lied through his teeth.
She didn't believe him.
"Uh huh…" She dead panned at him. "Did the cat drink all that liquor as well?"
He stared at her. Damn she was persistent. "No, that was me."
"You know it's illegal right? How do you even get any?"
He shrugged. "I guess I look old."
She scoffed. "You look like a bum, more like it…" Suddenly she marched up to him, pausing momentarily. Naruto tensed at the action, not expecting her to come into his personal space.
"Wha-" He started but was cut off when she aggressively grabbed his arm, bringing out of his pocket. She glared down at the appendage, inspecting it keenly.
"Let's get this cleaned up."
Naruto wasn't sure what was happening. But he was walking backwards, towards his kitchen. He watched as his front door closed and suddenly he was sitting down. He blinked a few more times, hearing his sink run.
His eyes drifted towards the girl who had decided that trespassing was what she had wanted to do today. She was looking at the bentos he had bought with disgust, sniffing them.
She muttered something under her breath before throwing them in the garbage. Naruto frowned.
"Hey I just bought those yesterday."
"And you left them out all night, they smelled rotten."
He couldn't really retort. He had a streak of eating spoilt foods. He just didn't want to waste any money. But Rei had other plans, he guessed. She looked over at him fixedly.
"Can I look in your bathroom for any disinfectants? If a stray cat really scratched you, then we need to clean it. They're claws can hold the most bacteria and germs out of almost any other animal."
Naruto tried not to glare at her. She was beginning to get on his nerves. "Well you've already barged into my kitchen, what's another room?"
She merely nodded before walking out of the room. Naruto stared after her in disbelief. He feels like he should just tell to fuck off and mind her own business, but her reluctant concern and help had felt...comforting. It was odd. It was familiar, the way she was treating him. Sakura used to scold him and do this sort of stuff whenever he had gotten hurt himself.
His fist clenched slightly, but his train of thought was interrupted when he heard Rei shuffle back into the room.
"What the hell is this?"
Naruto looked over at her. She was holding a rag and some antiseptic in one hand and the other one was holding the cigarette he had put down in his room to finish after he had dealt with the annoying person at his door.
He glared at her. "Do you know anything about privacy? Or common courtesy?"
"Do you?" She snapped back.
"You don't even know me, woman."
"It doesn't take a genius to learn that you are rude as hell."
He opened his mouth to retort. But then closed it. Of course he knew about common courtesy, but he just never found the need to really use it. He dropped his eyes and tried to glare a hole in his table.
Rei sighed before walking past him, rinsing the butt with water before throwing it away. "You should quit that disgusting habit. It's terrible for you and you are a minor. It makes your teeth yellow, you smell terrible, and is just a ticket to get cancer. Do you want cancer?"
He was pretty sure he couldn't get cancer, thanks to his Uzumaki blood. Thankfully. "My teeth aren't yellow." He mumbled in defense.
"No they're not." Rei admitted, "But you smell like shit. And put this on while I clean your hand. I don't want to see you half naked this whole time."
A t-shirt had hit him in the face, momentarily blindfolding him. He tensed reflexively feeling for an aggressive aura from her, expecting some sort of attack. He relaxed when he took off the blindfold and saw that she had moved to the other side of the table, setting up to clean his hand.
"Well it is my home. I could be full naked if I wanted to be."
Rei gave the complaining blonde an exasperated look. "Please don't. I'd rather you have the shirt on while I do this."
Naruto grumbled as he put the t-shirt on. He slumped back in the chair as she grabbed his arm and started to clean it. She washed off all the blood first. He looked down at the much smaller gashes in his hands. They really healed up quite well.
His blue eyes watched her work, confidently and quickly. Her well manicured hands getting somewhat dirty from cleaning all the blood off of his arm and hand. Her eyes concentrated on her work. They were focused and strong.
He didn't flinch when he felt her open up the scabs and spray it with the disinfectant. He was used to it from all the time he had been taken care of from Sakura and Hinata. It was almost...relaxing… in a sense. Minus the tense atmosphere that surrounded the two of them.
Her hands were soft, he mused. They were thin and attractive hands. Unlike the hands of a shinobi, who had rough and calloused ones. His eyes drifted up to her face, noticing that her eyelashes were long.
He frowned and despite himself, he couldn't stand the silence much longer. "You don't like talking to me, do you?"
Her hands paused, just a moment, before returning to their work again. Her eyes glanced over at him, softer than they had been for a while. "There isn't anything to talk about... My father always said 'silence is better than fake laughs.'"
He snorted. "Smart man."
Rei glanced at him again, eyes studying over his blue eyes. She studied his pale cheeks, which had a little bit of blood on them. He looked tired, she mused. Probably from whatever it was that had happened last night.
She knew about Uzumaki Naruto. Almost everyone in Kuoh Academy does. She had heard much worse about him than what she has currently witnessed this morning. Both of her parents worked in the police department. They had frequently came home and talked about their cases over dinner.
Naturally, she would pick up on a few things. Rei, herself, knew that high schoolers and teenagers had terrible habits of labeling people before they had a chance to prove themselves. She has reason to believe that maybe Naruto had been caught up in this wave of judgement.
Although he had terrible attendance, and clearly broke the law by smoking and drinking.
"Besides…" She started, thinking out loud. "It's not that easy to ask questions to the school's number one trouble maker."
She had been teasing him, but the silence he fell into had made her regret saying it. She looked over at him and saw that his eyes were glued to the table, unblinking and clearly thinking about something. He was quiet.
Rei inwardly sighed, somewhat annoyed by his silence but she continued to work quietly anyway. His hand really wasn't that bad, which was surprising for the amount of blood that she had seen in his room and what was on his body.
She had taken a few moments to study the drawings that were thrown about. They were incredible, to say the least. She wouldn't have had a single clue that someone like him would be into the arts. The place he drew seemed so life like, the effort and time he must have put into them was impressive to even imagine it.
A few of his drawings had captured her interest. It seemed like an entirely different world, from the way the buildings shapes and designs were to the mountain next to the town that had faces on it. It reminded her of Mount Rushmore in America.
She was very impressed with the people he had drawn though. They all had very distinct and weird fashion, but they seemed so life like. Almost like they all were actually their own persons.
How little she had known.
She finished up with her work and finalized her work by bandaging the small cuts. Naruto blinked, awaked from his stupor and studied her work. He seemed content, nodding appreciatively.
"It looks good." He glanced at her.
She couldn't help but smile at him, satisfied that he had been okay with her work.
"I'll be heading to school now, and I expect you will be leaving shortly soon as well?"
Naruto followed her to the door, opening it for her. "Na, I've got a terrible migraine, and someone's gotta a clean up this mess." He gestured to his room.
The brunette raised an eyebrow. "The mess the cat made?"
He gave her a one handed finger gun. "Exactly."
She sighed, straightening her blouse. "You should really focus more on school, Uzumaki-san. It's important."
"I'll take that into consideration." Naruto mumbled.
Rei turned to walk down the stairs, ready to head out for the day. She stopped when she had heard Naruto's voice from the doorway. She turned and looked over her shoulders, surprised to see him bashfully looking away from her.
"Thank you." He said, scratching his cheek. "For fixing up my hand."
She smiled, glad she was able to help a little bit. She twirled around, waving behind her. "Don't get used to it, Uzumaki!"
He watched her walk towards school, a little smirk on his face. Despite how odd this encounter had been, he rather enjoyed the small time they had been together. He almost felt like he was talking to an old friend again…
He shook his head, ridding his head of such thoughts. The small action reminded him of the hangover he presently had to deal with. He decided a small nap would be worth it before he got to cleaning his apartment. He walked back to his room and flopped down on the bed, closing his eyes tiredly. He was surprisingly exhausted. Combine his headache with the stress of dealing with that meddling woman… He needed the break from reality.
He took deep breaths, slowing his heartbeat down to a slow and steady rhythm. He could feel his body relax and finally, he drifted off to sleep.
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Naruto woke up feeling much better than he had in the morning, leaving his bed sometime in the afternoon. His hand was fully healed after the care he received that morning.
He sighed after eating a cup of ramen and inspecting his apartment. He really had done a number on it...Damn cats.
He picked up the papers that he had crinkled and thrown, carefully unwrapping them. He tried his best to flatten them and get rid of the wrinkles and tears. His eyes were bleak, memories dancing in his mind from the various images. Tenderly, he placed them back on the wall, giving an approving nod when he finished that.
Afterwards he grabbed a bucket of hot water and a sponge, washing and disinfecting the blood with some soap. He absentmindedly scrubbed, eyes not focused, and mind unthinking.
The once clear water now stained brown from the blood left in the sponge. He tiredly wiped away the imaginary sweat that gathered on his forehead, proud of his clean up job.
He dumped out the water and picked up his mattress, throwing it on the wall and picked up the pieces of his nightstand, ashtray, and bedframe. He threw them all in the dumpster outside of his apartment building. After sweeping up the remaining splinters and glass shards, he vacuumed the room, getting rid of any and all specks of dangerous splinters.
Clapping his hands together to get rid of the dirt, we wiped them off on his pant legs, which still happened to be his uniform pants. He sniffed his armpits, trying to smell a foul odor. Besides his normal smell, he didn't detect any bad body odor and just shrugged. He stripped his school pants and put on gray sweatpants.
He was just going for comfort at the moment more than looks. He threw on a black hooded sweatshirt and grabbed his wallet, intent on going out to grab some food and maybe another furniture set.
He pulled the hood over his head, enjoying the cool evening air. The sun set over the trees, basking him in a twilight. He quietly hummed a tune as he walked towards the district section of town. He walked through the park again, hoping that tonight nothing weird would happen.
He was wrong.
Naruto saw Issei in head of him, staring intently at the fountain that he had been killed next too only 24 hours ago. Apparently Issei hadn't felt his presence yet.
The blonde felt an aura, one that felt familiar to the girl's aura last night, suddenly appear in one of the nearby park pathways. Naruto wasn't sure if he should be impressed that the brunette could draw more trouble than himself or if he should be worried.
"Well, this is unfortunate."
Issei turned around, staring in surprise as a stranger appeared from the ground. Naruto eyed his physique. He was tall, maybe around 6 foot. He had wide shoulders and a face that appeared to be in his thirties. His black hair was covered up by a fedora hat, and he was wearing a long tan trench coat.
He was a suspicious character.
"Here I am, running into someone like you in this provincial town."
Naruto frowned, studying the man's every move. "Does he not see me?"
The man chuckled and looked up at the brunette, who for an unknown reason was sweating. Issei could feel, deep inside of him, a need to put distance between himself and the man. It was odd. He's never hated someone who he didn't know but this guy….just instinctively put him on edge.
"I wonder if it has anything to do with becoming a devil like Rias-senpai had said." Issei thought, he clenched his fist and jumped back far as far as he could to put some space between himself and the unknown man.
He could feel himself sail through the air, landing gracefully and much too far away than he thought possible. Issei's eyes widened. "I just meant to backup a little bit! It must be my new devil powers!"
"Shrinking away, huh?" The man said, folding his arms across his chest.
Issei glared at the man, sweat dripping down his cheek. He couldn't relax around him. He didn't know what could happen to him. "Who are you?!"
The man chuckled again, lowering his arms at his sides. Two pairs of black wings, like Yuuma's, sprouted from his back and spread wide. "Your master and friends are nowhere around. Nor are you showing signs of disappearing, nor are there any magic circles around."
Issei clenched his hands and crouched down, preparing himself to fight or run away when the opportunity arises. The man's purple eyes surveyed the surrounding area, looking for something.
"It seems to me that you are a 'stray'." The man finally said, holding out his hand. A blue spear manifested in his hand, pointing directly at Issei. Credit to the brunette, he saw the weapon and took haste in running the opposite direction. "Then I see no problem in killing you, devil."
"He's a fallen angel!" Issei thought, looking for a way out of this situation. "I have to get away!"
Issei heard the flap of wings behind him and then peaked over his shoulder. The fallen angel was flying, winding his arm back to throw the spear. He wanted to dodge, to move, to run faster, anything to get him out of the path of that weapon. Unfortunately, his eyes remained glued to the weapon, remembering a similar situation from yesterday. He remembered te pain, and the cold, dying feeling. He had momentarily forgotten all about the immediate danger he was in.
Suddenly he felt himself get hit by something like a truck. He's never been hit by a vehicle before, but he imagined that's how it would feel like. He felt his neck whiplash and something crashed into his body, pushing him off to the side. He skidded along the ground, shouting in pain as his head and various limbs smacked and rolled into the ground. Issei finally stopped rolling, but slid across the ground, scraping his exposed arms.
Issei finally stopped sliding, and he sat up holding his head. He winced in pain from the scrapes and various wounds. He heard an concrete exploding on the ground and wearily he looked up.
He blinked away the dizziness and focused on the figure standing exactly where he was just running a second ago.
"Ooops, I hadn't meant to push you that hard. Sorry."
Issei's eyes widened when he recognized the person who happened to have saved him from being a kabob. "U-uzumaki-senpai?"
Naruto's eyes drifted over to him, a blank look on his face. "At this point in time, I've saved you three times. You might as well call me by my first name."
"Three times?" Issie muttered, confused by what he had meant. He saved him from the swim club, then this guy right here...but what about the third time?
Suddenly flashes from the night before popped into his head, and he thought he had dreamed of his senpai standing over him as he died. Their short conversation had felt like it took place a year ago. He honestly hadn't realized that it was real this whole time, until Naruto just said that.
Naruto looked back at the man, studying his wings. "So you're a fallen angel, huh? I think i've gotten the hang of your energy archetype. And I think I can tell who's a devil now as well." He jerked his thumb over to the brunette. "Since the perv's energy is the same as Gremory's now."
The man tensed, making another light spear. This boy in front of him...he had pushed Issei out of the way when he had thrown his light spear and merely kicked the spear into the ground next to him. He appeared to be completely relaxed, but he could tell… the slight tensing of his muscles and the way his eyes flickered over their surroundings… he was no ordinary boy.
But he could feel that this blonde...the teen was in fact human. Something that had sent warning bells off in his mind. Perhaps he had some sort of sacred gear?
"Who are you human?" He asked the blonde.
Naruto sniffed, "Name's Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto." He almost had to bite his tongue because for the briefest of moments, Naruto had wanted to tell this guy to remember his name…
"Naruto, eh?" The man echoed, testing it. "I am Dohnaseek, of house Grigori. Why is a human defending a stray devil?"
"Stray devil? What does that mean?" Naruto thought, peeking over at Issei who was still staring at him with wide eyes. Clearly he had blown the poor boy's mind.
"Well you know," Naruto started. "I couldn't just sit by and watch some old guy put his pointy stick in some young kid." Naruto shook his head, hands on hips as if chastising him. "That's something a responsible senpai like myself should prevent."
Dohnaseek twitched, face contorted into a frown. "Aren't you snarky…"
"Snarky? Well that's a new one." Naruto scratched his head, closing his eyes.
Dohnaseek found an opening to hopefully incapacitate this human, maybe he could eliminate him first. Humans are just pesky creatures after all. He threw his spear, as quickly and as hard as he can at Naruto's chest.
After throwing it, his purple eyes made eye contact with the blonde's. Those blue eyes froze him in place with fear. His blue eyes seemed dead and chilled Dohnaseek to the core. Cold annoyance made him feel small, as if he had made the wrong choice to an question that pointed to the right answer. His breath hitched, feeling as if he had been stabbed in the throat, unable to inhale air.
Before the spear even made it halfway to the blonde, his spear exploded when red lighting made contact with it, nullifying the danger. He tore his eyes away from the blue.
"Was that your doing?" He looked one direction, at the devil he originally wanted to eliminate. "No I suppose it wasn't." Purple eyes looked at the other side, where a flash of red had caught his eye.
A magic circle deteriorated as three young women suddenly appeared. Dohnaseek instantly knew that they were devils. He frowned as he realized that his situation may have turned grave. He'll have to look for a way out of the situation alive…
His eyes flickered over to the blonde, who thankfully was paying attention to the new comers. The boy had struck a nerve deep inside him… one that only Kokabiel-sama and Azazel-sama had reached. For the instant his eyes met Naruto's… he was frozen up in fear. He had wanted to fly as fast and as far away as he possibly could. It unnerved him.
"Please keep your hands off of them."
A smooth feminine voice interrupted his thoughts and his attention was drawn to the females who had arrived. Issei's eyes widened when he recognized who had arrived.
"Rias-senpai!"
Dohnaseek grit his teeth as he made another spear, flinging over at the girl who spoke. "Who do you think you are, devil!"
A small white haired girl jumped in front and kicked the spear up, breaking it and nullifying the attack into nothing.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the small girl, "Hmmm?"
She was a very petite girl with white hair, and hazel eyes. Which happened to be glaring at the fallen angel in front of her. She was currently wearing the Kuoh Academy girl uniform. She had two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs on her forehead. She was wearing a small, black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair, probably keeping her side bangs back a little bit. She was very short, probably around 4'6". She could fit into his bag probably.
His eyes flickered over to the other two girls there. One of them was Rias Gremory, who he had sensed when she arrived via magic circle, as the fallen angel Dohnaseek had called it.
Which that alone had raised some questions...Magic? Wasn't that what dudes used to pull rabbits out of a hat? Is that how she had teleported to him yesterday?
The other girl didn't surprise him either. Himejima Akeno. Rias's right hand woman. She was smiling with her hands held in front of her. She caught Naruto's eye and they widened ever so slightly. The shinobi kept his eyes on her, noticing her smiled seemed to have been somewhat forced now.
"Why you…" Dohnaseek growled out, creating another spear. His eyes flickered around at the group. Four devils and one human… Honestly he didn't like his odds, especially with this human around. He couldn't shake the feeling that there was much more to the blonde than any of the other teenagers.
He kept the spear at his side, noting the positions and his distance away from the group. He needed to retreat…
Dohnaseek's eyes landed back on the group of females, specifically one. "Red hair…" He loudly muttered. "I can see that you're from the house Gremory."
Rias nodded, an air of dignity around her person. "Rias Gremory. How are you doing tonight, my good fallen angel?"
Her tone was almost mocking to him. Dohnaseek smirked in irritation. Clearly this girl was aware of her advantage over him. "Well, well, imagine this town being under the control of the next head of house Gremory."
The fallen angel jerked his head towards Issei, who had stood up and started to wander over to the others. "Is he one of yours?"
Rias raised her chin slightly, "Bring any harm to him and you will receive no mercy."
Dohnaseek put his fedora back on, hoping to leave peacefully. "Well, my apologies for what happened today. But you shouldn't let your servants run loose like that. Someone like me might hunt him down while out taking a walk."
Rias closed her eyes and smile, crossing them under her sizable chest. "Thank you for the advice. And for my part, if this ever happens again...I will not hesitate to start something." She opened her eyes and gave him a fierce glare. "Bear that in mind."
"I could say the same thing to you, next head of house Gremory."
Dohnaseek jumped into the air, and took off in flight. He couldn't have been more glad to have been able to retreat peacefully. He glanced behind him, hoping to catch one more look at the interesting blonde.
Naruto's dull blue eyes locked with his own. He nodded his head towards him, and broke eye contact. He truly didn't want to see that child for a minute longer.
The dark haired man could tell...he was dangerous.
Naruto watched the fallen angel fly away, not feeling a need to hunt him down at all. After he was out of sight, he glimpsed over at Rias's crew. He would really rather just avoid them tonight, but judging by the look she was giving him...that wouldn't happen.
Naruto shoved his hands in his pockets and was about to leave when a voice stopped him in his tracks. He was hoping to disappear before she could say anything.
"Why do I always seem to find you when trouble keeps happening, Naruto-san?"
Too late.
Naruto reluctantly turned around and walked up to the group, not meeting anyone's eyes. "Why is there always trouble with you involved? I just the bad luck to be walking by."
"Two nights in a row?"
Naruto sniffed. "Yep." And that's exactly what had happened.
Rias glanced at her servants. Akeno was blatantly staring at Naruto, eyebrows furrowed slightly. She hadn't mentioned yesterday's events to her queen yet, and she had felt somewhat guilty about that now. But she would never have guessed that she'd see him again so soon.
Koneko was sniffing and frowning. Her deep breathes made Rias aware that whatever it was she was smelling...was somewhat unusual.
Especially not after yesterday.
Issei rubbed his cheek, which had a bleeding cut. "Who the hell was that bastard?"
Rias sighed, looking over at Naruto. "Naruto-san, I'd like to introduce you to a member of my peerage."
She saw him tense at the word, ever so slightly. He relaxed a split second later and she forced a smile on her face. "This is Toujou Koneko, my rook. This is Himejima Akeno, my queen. And this is Hyoudou Issei, newest member of my peerage, and my pawn. He accepted on his own free will."
She added that as an afterthought, but seeing the calm look on his face she figured that it was best that she had added that.
"Why are you saying things like 'rook', 'queen', and 'pawn'?" Naruto asked, genuinely confused. Did those words mean anything? He knew about the word queen. To be a queen, you needed to be married to a ruler, or a king, right? So was Akeno and Rias….married? Were they lesbians? Naruto gulped, avoiding the thought process. It was a hell of an image to get rid of.
Rias smiled at him. "You weren't at school today, Naruto-san."
Naruto glared at her, sour that she would bring that up. "Are you going to tell on me, Gremory-san? I actually didn't take you for a tattletail."
Her smiled dimmed somewhat, "Well, no. I wasn't. I was more referring to our meeting that I had wanted to have. It would be nice to talk to you and catch you up on some information…"
She decided not to mention the fact that she also wanted to know more about him. After what she had seen yesterday, she was unbearingly curious about this blonde enigma.
Naruto looked hesitant. She took a second to look over his outfit. He was wearing a black hood that was pulled over his head, and gray sweatpants. He had normal sneakers on to finish the ensemble. Clearly he hadn't expected to see anyone…
Both of their train of thoughts were interrupted by a loud growl. Rias blinked in surprise, as did the other three members of her peerage. Naruto's cheeks colored the tiniest bit before he turned his head.
Rias smirked. "Of course we could grab something to eat as well. My treat."
He froze, eyes slowly making their way over to her. His face revealing nothing. "Where at?"
"Where ever you want to eat."
Surprising her and everyone else there, Naruto's eyes sparkled a bit brighter than usual. The grayish color fading into his bright blue eyes. Rias was a bit taken back by the sudden shift in his demeanor. Akeno giggled to her right, entertained by his reaction.
Naruto's lips tugged upward, just barely. "I know of a place…"
~~o0O0o~~
Rias's smile was much more forced that she would have liked. She felt her eyebrow twitch. "Ramen?"
Naruto nodded next to her. "Yep. Pretty good, and cheap. It's a nice place."
Rias sighed. "I guess he wouldn't know what a nice place would actually be, would he?"
Naruto walked in to the door, nodding to the worker behind the counter as he sat down. Issei had immediately sat to the left of Naruto, much to her amusement.
Rias decided to sit down on the stool to Naruto's right, Akeno sitting next to her and Koneko on the end. They all ordered respectively, the man behind the counter didn't even take Naruto's order however. Rias merely raised an eyebrow at that. Did the blonde come here that often that the guy would know what he would want?
"Now what is it that you would want to talk about?" Naruto asked, fiddling with his chopsticks.
Rias was surprised, she didn't think that they would have talked about this here at the restaurant. Her eyes glanced over at the worker behind the counter and she smiled awkwardly.
"I'm sorry Naruto-san, but this isn't exactly a conversation we can have at a restaurant." Rias said, gesturing discretely to the ramen maker.
Naruto looked back up to the man. He probably shouldn't tell her that the person working was actually a clone of his under a henge. Not too mention the fact that this ramen shop was his and he eats here for free anyway.
Oh well. She doesn't need to know.
He waved her off. "He's okay, I trust him with my life."
"Oh...kay." Rias said staring at the man suspiciously. "What about anyone coming into the shop?"
"It's technically closed to public, except me."
Rias hesitated. Looking over her shoulder, she could see people walking by the shop, at a respectable distance away.
Rias crossed her legs, and hugged herself under her chest. She smiled slightly. "Well i'll get straight to the point. All of us here, excluding one other is apart of my club. The Occult Research Club. But it's just a hobby of mine, to be honest."
Naruto frowned, "'Occult Research Club? What does occult mean?"
"To be frank, Naruto-san. We are all devils."
Naruto's ramen order was placed in front of him, the others getting theirs soon afterwards. He slurped up a few noodles before swallowing. "I already knew that. And the girl and that guy were both 'fallen angels', right?"
"Yes, you learn quickly." Rias complemented, elegantly taking a bite of her own ramen.
Naruto scooped up more noodles. "Fallen angels… what are they? What are you?"
"Fallen angels are angels in the service of god who, as a result of possessing corrupt emotions, have descended into the underworld. They are attempting to wipe us, the devils, out while they manipulate humans. Their counterparts are angels who have not possessed corrupt emotions, that want to wipe out both the fallen angels and us, the devils."
Naruto frowned. "Sounds complicated."
Rias waved her hand, "It is a delicate situation between the three 'Factions' as we call them. Angels being one, fallen angels another, and the devils the last faction. Many political meetings take place to ensure peace between the three factions."
"I doubt there has been peace forever." Naruto stated, if this world is anything like his, there had to have been countless wars. You can't have power, without those who wish to use it, after all.
"You're right. There hasn't been peace forever. In the distant past, there was a war between the three factions, and it almost wiped out the devils. We have very few purebred devils. To gather more devils, we can resurrect humans into what we call peerages. They start as low class devils, and can work their way up to high class or ultimate class devils and can have peerages of their own." The red head explained.
"So you're telling me…" Naruto paused his sentence to scratch his chin, thinking. "That your devil society uses slavery on a regular practice? And only nobles get a peerage? Why do you have one then? What makes you special?"
Rias hummed in approval. "I am born in one of the original 72 noble houses, which we call pillars. 39 of them have gone extinct since our last war. If you belong to one of the Pillars, than you are born a high class devil."
"Of course." Naruto muttered, somewhat bitterly. "Bunch of aristocrats that are born thinking the world owes them something."
Rias smiled sympathetically, getting the vibe that he might not like dealing with nobles. He had some sort of experience it seemed. "Members of a peerage can work they're way up to high class. Usually, to rank up, you must perform admirably during Rating Games, or making contracts with humans, or having some sort of military accomplishment."
"What do you mean 'making a contract with humans'?" Naruto asked.
"We hand flyers out to people and if they feel like making a wish, we will come and grant them." At this, Akeno spoke up, smiling softly.
Issei groaned next to Naruto, "They gave me the whole talk today. I really wish I knew about this before I became a devil, then I could have wished to do all kinds of sexy things." Issei blushed and drooled slightly staring off into space.
Naruto gave him an unamused look. "Keep it in your pants perv. Grown ups are talking."
"Hey!" Issei snapped out of it, and held up a fist at Naruto, who almost smirked.
"Ara ara, you two get along quite handsomely." The ravenette giggled into her hand.
Naruto returned to his noodles. "Better than a lot of people I talk to I guess."
Issei huffed next to him. "I don't see why everyone hates you, Naruto-senpai."
Naruto shrugged, thoughts quickly flashing to his childhood. "Humans like to take their anger and sadness out on something, Erocchi. Might as well be me."
Issei choked on his noodles. After coughing slightly, he turned to Naruto, heated and red faced. Whether it was from the coughing or just being upset, Naruto didn't know. "'Erocchi'?! What the hell?!"
Naruto took a bunch of noodles in his mouth, ignoring the shaking fist. "That's what you are and 'cchi' just makes it sound better."
Naruto smirked at the fuming boy, who merely pouted and returned to his own ramen. This scene somewhat reminded him of someone else… Naruto's eyes softened and he looked back over to the brunette.
A giant sat there instead, whose white hair went to the floor. He turned to Naruto and grinned, the red lines on his face shaping with his cheeks. Naruto smiled sadly, eyes shimmering.
He looked back at his bowl, holding up some noodles to eat. "Ero-jiji… more like baka-jiji…" He muttered to himself.
He could feel the eyes of the others wander over to him. He cleared his throat, hoping to change the subject before they commented on it. "So where do the humans fall into all of this?"
Rias was silent for a second before raising an eyebrow. "Where do they fall? To be honest, they aren't one of the factions."
Naruto paused. "Why not?"
"They simply aren't strong enough." Akeno stated, dabbing her mouth gently with her napkin. "Humans don't generally poses magic, so they physically can't keep up in battle with the three factions. There are times when humans are taught to use magic and are called 'Magicians'. Or they can have something called Sacred Gear."
"I've heard that before…" Naruto started. "Magic. What exactly are you talking about when you say magic?"
"Magic is what we use to create spells, or make us stronger, faster, improve our senses. It's our life force...in a way." Rias explained.
"Ah, so I guess their magic could be called my chakra." Naruto nodded, "I see. And these 'Sacred Gear'? What are those?"
Rias flipped her hair over her shoulder. Naruto looked at his clone and nodded for a second bowl. "Sacred Gear are artifacts that God has created to give to humans. Sacred Gears can come in all shapes and forms, and has the power to do almost anything. Issei has a Sacred Gear called Twice Critical. Or Boosted Gear. It doubles the user's power every ten seconds."
"There are others out there as well. Some Sacred Gear users can control time and space, others might be able to control fire to a perfect extent. It all depends on the Sacred Gear." Rias finished explaining.
Naruto finished his bowl of ramen and waited for the second bowl to come out. "Last question. Why are you telling me all of this?"
Rias and the others looked surprised that he had asked that question. She bit the inside of her cheek gently, trying to think of the best way to describe her curiosity for him.
"The best way to describe it… we can sense that you are strong." Rias started. "Not to mention that I saw you heal Issei to save his life. And Akeno has had a feeling that there is more to you that meets the eye." She finished with a smile at him.
Naruto's eyes drifted over to Akeno. She was smiling at him, her eyes closed. He had no idea what he had done to warrant her attention so, but it wasn't something that he had been expecting. She was...out of his league in every possible way, and he really did his best to hide his presence. What about him could possibly gain her attention?
Naruto nodded before returning to his fresh bowl of ramen that was placed in front of him. He wasn't sure how to respond to that. He wasn't sure if he wanted to respond to it…
So instead, he'll slurp.
~~o0O0o~~
"I never realized that you could have eaten that much ramen." Rias said, holding her head in disbelief. Where had all that food gone? It was like a black hole for satan's sake.
Naruto just shrugged. He knew it was kind of cheap. After all he gets his food free, but he hadn't told Rias that, so she had paid quite a lot for him to eat there.
He shoved his hands in his pockets and looked up at the night sky. The moon was crescent shaped, and pretty. He often looked up at the moon back at his own home. Back when he fought in a war to defend the world from the moon itself.
He closed his eyes is resignation. Basking in the night air, he couldn't find any reason to move his feet at all towards his home.
"Well Naruto-san, I hope today's lesson was very informative."
Well, there was one reason at least.
He looked over at the red head. Her locks gently swaying in the breeze. If he were a lesser man, he might have acknowledged the beauty she possessed at that moment. The way the shop light tenderly caressed her face, bathing her in sharp contrasts that brought out the brightest and the darkest of her hair color. It was a fascinating transition.
Her teal eyes sparkled in the night, and her smile accompanying it only accentuated the natural curves of her cheeks. Naruto stared for a second longer than he should have. He blinked out of his trance and looked away, towards the road he'd use to walk home.
"It was." He grunted out.
He sighed and stretched his back, arms over his head. He noticed that the others were gathering up their stuff and ready to head home for the night.
"Well I guess i'll be off for the night. Thanks for the ramen." The shinobi threw a wave over his shoulder as he started to walk away from the group, heading home.
He heard a couple say goodbye to him and he tucked his hands into his pockets, lifting the hood over his head again. It was a few steps away when he noticed a second pair of feet next to his own.
Curiously he looked to the side and checked out his company. Akeno was smiling, eyes closed with her hands held behind her back. Unknowingly, or knowingly, it caused her bust to look even a tad more perky.
He stopped walking, looking at her and then looking at the group that was currently walking away form the two of them. He looked back at Akeno who was smiling politely at him, her magenta eyes sparkling with mischief.
"What do you think you're doing?" He muttered, questioningly.
Akeno tilted her head cutely. "Whatever do you mean, Naruto-san?"
"Why are you walking with me, and not your 'king'?"
Akeno hummed, a dainty finger tapping her lips in thought. She was being far too innocent to be sincere, but nonetheless...he found himself amused.
"I wanted to walk you home, since I live in this direction after all."
She was batting her eyelashes at him, a playful smirk tugging at her lips and he could only reciprocate. He sighed and looked away from her forward toward the direction of the park.
"Well let's hope there aren't anymore fights happening in the park this time."
Akeno giggled and mock saluted him. "Aye-aye captain."
~~o0O0o~~
"I can't believe him." Rias groaned, hanging her head slightly. "I can't believe he ate that much ramen."
Koneko peered over at her master, face blank but mind wondering. "You seem to trust him a lot, buchou."
Issei had walked off his own way earlier, stating his own home was close. Rias had felt like taking a little walk with her rook before she retired for the evening.
"I wouldn't necessarily say that I trust him…" Rias voiced, a touch of worry seeping into her words. "But he's a wild card at this point. He had basically brought back Issie from the dead. He is strong, I can feel it. I'd rather him learn about our world from us, instead of someone more...unpleasant."
Koneko didn't say anything as they continued to walk. She would have left already, but she knew her king had wanted to speak with her about the boy. Her evaluation of the newcomer had been vague, and several pieces were still missing.
"Are you thinking about adding him to your peerage?" Koneko asked, curious.
Rias lips tightened. "I would be lying if I said that the thought hasn't crossed my mind…"
Koneko could sense it. "But…?"
Rias laughed humorlessly, seems her rook knew her better than she had thought. "But I'm not sure if I could even turn him."
"You aren't sure?"
Rias stopped walking, looking at the white haired loli intensely. "Have you ever met someone, and felt….small?"
Koneko gave her a blank stare.
"Not physically, but… emotionally." Rias frowned, correcting her words. "I consider myself strong, Koneko. I consider my peerage to be strong as well. I am proud of all of you, but when I was in his presence yesterday...I had felt weak. Insignificant. Meager. It was demeaning and embarrassing."
Rias sighed, continuing to walk. "When I had seen Naruto-san heal Issei...I wanted to run. I instantly could tell that I would have been no match for him. Even around my brother, I've never felt like that before…"
"I'm not sure if Uzumaki Naruto is who we think he is. He must have some sort of Sacred Gear, otherwise he's using magic. Or even a new type of power…" Rias didn't want to think about that possibility. It would bring chaos to the world if any of the faction leaders found out about a human having a significant amount of power.
"Whatever it is, I believe Naruto-san to be stronger than me, and maybe all of us. I don't think I could recruit him into our family. But if I can have him as an ally…" Rias trailed off, letting the small girl finish her thought for her.
Koneko had done a great job of keeping her face schooled into something neutral. She bowed her head, her thoughts on the blonde haired enigma transitioning into apprehension.
"Koneko…"
Koneko looked at the redhead who called her name. Rias had stopped walking again and was now biting her thumb nail, eyebrows furrowed.
"Have you gotten a good scent on Naruto-san?"
Koneko frowned, recalling all of the different smells that she had sniffed out when she had met him in the park. "Naruto-senpai smells...bad."
"Bad?" Rias questioned, looking surprised.
Koneko nodded. "He smells like cigarettes, alcohol, and ramen."
Rias sweatdropped. She had gathered that much from him from few times she had interacted with the blonde.
"And…something else." Koneko added hesitantly.
Rias whirled to face Koneko directly, who was now avoiding eye contact. "What else?"
"He smelled like…" Koneko frown deepened. "...fox."
"Fox?" Rias echoed, jaw slackening. "As in...a youkai?"
Koneko only nodded an affirmative. Rias bit her thumb nail again in thought. "That would explain his ability to create fire, and maybe the whisker marks. But wouldn't he be more foxy?"
"Youkai are masters at shapeshifting, buchou." Koneko reminded.
Rias thought back to when he was healing Issei...Could it be possible for him to be related to the Kyuubi? Was Uzumaki Naruto a youkai? In every way, he had seemed human. But it would make much more sense if he was a kitsune youkai. His ability to create fire, his advanced speed and reflexes, his strength, but what were those eyes? Those cross shaped orange eyes? Those weren't features of a kitsune youkai… He had also healed Issei. Did...did Uzumaki Naruto possess some sort of Sacred Gear as a youkai that allowed him to heal? But such a thing was impossible, only humans were born with Sacred Gear.
Rias's mind flashed back to those orange eyes. The way they had pierced into her soul, intimidating her into a state of near submissiveness. She had never felt a direct pull to claim someone as her leader, but in that instant...if Naruto had asked her to follow him to the ends of the Earth, she might have said yes.
It's odd that a kitsune youkai would be so far out here. They normally reign in the Kyoto district. They're uninvolvement with the factions had let them stay somewhat neutral throughout the whole ordeal.
But was Naruto a kitsune youkai?
If he was, why was he here?
"Buchou?"
Koneko's questioning voice brought her out of her reflection. Rias plastered on a reassuring smile, hoping to snuff out any concern.
"Thank you, Koneko." Rias patted her head. Koneko smiled and leaned into the touch. "That was very helpful of you. I appreciate your input. Now get some rest tonight. We will see each other again tomorrow."
Koneko nodded, stepping away from Rias and summoning a teleportation circle. Rias waved to the younger girl as she disappeared, probably to her own home and bed.
Rias took one last look at the moon, breathing the cool night air deeply. It was a refreshing smell. One that she cherished much, the underworld didn't quite have such a smell as the human world did. She summoned her own teleportation circle and glanced once more at the twinkling night sky.
It really was a beautiful night.
~~o0O0o~~
It was a dark alley.
The slight drip from storm drains and the graffitied dumpster had deterred most from entering such a place. The alley was long. Narrow. It felt smaller the deeper you went into it.
It was here where one could find a doorway. Seemingly normal. It was a metal door, with some gibberish written above the door frame. A black cat sat on top of a garbage can next to the door, it's tail swinging lazily. The green eyes were piercing, like it sat guard.
A figure walked down the alley, stopping in front of the doorway. The figure was of average height, but with broad shoulders. A dark gray cloak covered it's entire visage. The cat studied this figure before closing its eyes and paying it no more attention.
After this one hand lifted up, three fingers curling down and the pointing and middle finger staying erect. It held the fingers upright, near it's chest. The symbols above the door frame glowed red for a moment, before an audible 'click' sounded from the door.
The figure grabbed the handle and pulled backwards, opening up into a coat room.
Despite the appearance of the entrance, the inside was entirely different. Lavish red walls and black marble tiled flooring stretched long and wide hallway. Chandeliers hung from the tall ceiling, spilling light into the corridor. The walls were trimmed with elaborate designs cut into mahogany wood.
The figure walked down the hallway, its boots echoing loudly. At the end of the hallway were two doors. Both of them matched the mahogany trimming. The figure stopped at the right one, grabbing the handle and pushing it open.
The room the person entered was just as luxurious. A grand fireplace grabbed the attention of the room, pale brick placed beautifully. The black marble tile continued into this room as well as the maroon colored walls. There was a sitting area around the fireplace, a glass and steel coffee table placed between the two sofas.
On the other side of the room was a bar, entirely made out of the mahogany. The bar counter was topped with a grey colored granite. The shelves upon shelves of different liquor only added to the look. Besides that, the walls were lined with bookshelves filled with scrolls and books.
There happened to be three occupants in the room as the figure walked in, unhooding themself.
"Hoh?" One of them hummed. He was sitting at the bar with a small glass of liquor in his hand. Based off of its dark color and small cubes of ice, it had to have been something hard. "It's about time you've gotten here. She had called us a while ago."
"Leave the lad alone. If he's slow he's slow. Typical for a fallen angel to be so weak. My Nanna would move faster. Otherwise I would have been ashamed to be born from her daughter." The next figure chuckled. This figure sat on one of the sofas near the roaring fireplace, enjoying the heat.
"You should be mindful of the time. Afterall, you shouldn't keep a lass waiting. They get quite pissy." The same figure by the fireplace smirked at the new comer.
"Pissy?" The only female in the room growled out. "The only thing that makes me 'pissy' are arrogant pricks like you." She turned to the figure by the door. "We've been waiting for you for over two hours. It's quite inconvenient."
The cloaked man bowed his head slightly. "My apologies. My servants had reported something to me last minute that had peaked my curiosity."
The one at the bar raised an eyebrow. "Another potential?"
Taking off his cloak and hanging it on a coat rack, the figure shook his head. "I am unsure. My servant had told me that this… human boy had been interesting." he spat the word human out with much distaste.
"Human?" The female questioned, eyebrow raised. "Either your servant is extremely inadequate or we have a human that's able to fight with a fallen angel."
"Do not underestimate the humans, my precious underlings."
A soft, but commanding voice massed their attention. The four figures tensed and quickly headed over to the new voice. The four of them all kneeled down in front of the woman, heads bowed low.
The first figure spoke up. "Forgive my tardiness, your highness."
The woman walked over to him, placing a pale hand a top of his head, petting it gently. "You are forgiven. For I know of who your servant speaks of."
His gaze lifted a fraction, eyes widening ever so slightly. "You know of this human, your majesty?"
Her hand lifted from his head. She took a few steps down the line, looking at her cohorts bowing before her. "He is the reason why I had called you all here today."
She stepped back from them, putting her hands in her sleeves and smiled ever so gently. "I have located and found the being I had already told you all about. Uzumaki Naruto. Hiding in a small town name Kuoh located in the country Japan."
The female lifted her head. "Uzumaki Naruto is a human, your majesty? How can he be so powerful?"
The standing woman smiled warmly at them. "He is much more powerful that you might think. And for that reason, he must be eliminated. This world… the humans are sick, they are vile. They can not be trusted to make peaceful choices. After all, I have seen the destruction and death they had done to each other in the past. They are like children. They need a mother to teach them the ways of right and wrong. Unlike my home before this, whom have all made the incorrect choices."
"Uzumaki Naruto comes from my first home. He is one of those humans who cannot be trusted. We must eradicate the population of these humans, and start anew. We will rebuild this world, shaping it to the peaceful world I wish to see." The woman finished.
Her pale lavender eyes lifted towards the entrance, as it opened up. She clapped her hands once and the four kneeling generals all stood up. They followed her gaze towards the door, and some of them couldn't stop their mirth.
"My plan can finally be put into motion, for I have completed the undoing of this world. I have created the virus that will thin the herd of naughty children. When that is complete, I will reshape what it means to be human, bringing peace and prosperity to the lands. While we finish this, I will help you all rework the three factions. We shall rebuild the leadership of the fallen angels. And we will rewrite the government of the devils."
A grotesque creature in a glass box was rolled in. It appeared to have a humanoid shape, but the skin was a sickly gray color. Blood seeped from the orifices. It's eyes were rolled up and tight, it's mouth and tongue moving uncontrollably. It was groaning barely audibly.
"That is a disturbing sight. This was a human?" One figure said with disgust, eyeing it contemptuously.
"This was a human, indeed. The virus I have made kills its host, using the body to spread it's infection. The infection is transferable via saliva. And fortunately, this virus only affects humans."
She stepped around the four figures and walked up to the zombie in the glass cage. Its eyes twitched and it lunged at her as she put her hand on the glass, smiling sweetly.
"With this, we will reshape the entire world."
A wicked grin sprouted from her smile, veins bulging from the sides of her eyes on her temples. A third eye opened upon her forehead, it's red contrasted by the dark rings with tomoe rippling towards the center.
"And Uzumaki Naruto will finally fall before me."
~~o0O0o~~
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