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Chapter - 3
Sirzechs had been waiting in the Occult Research Club with the Phenex patriarch for over 3 hours, and to tell the truth all of them were getting worried for their friends and the success of the mission in general.
The stakes were high and there was a possibility that if the complications were not handed delicately then it would cause an international incident with disastrous consequences.
Even though it was just a retrieval mission there was a possibility of things going south because of the numerous variables in play.
Remaining members of Rias's peerage realized that, hence they were constantly fidgeting and were clearly worried for their fellow members of the peerage. They had every right to worry about them, since the retrieval of the package was supposed to happen in the Vatican City which is the main base of Angels, the nemesis of Devils.
Sirzechs had sent two of his peerage members to see to it that the mission went without a hitch.
'It shouldn't be taking this long for Grayfia for just a retrieval mission of a 16 year old devil who is only adopted by the Phenex's.' Mused a worried Crimson Satan Lucifer.
'At best he should be a High Class Devil, and someone like Grayfia and Beowulf can easily take care of someone of that caliber, if they proved to be a trouble.' Crimson Satan mused further.
Sirzechs narrowed his eyes and gave a side glare to the unaware Lord Phenex. 'Maybe he is hiding something about his son. There must be something special about him or else why adopt him?'
Lord and Lady Phenex were also getting incredibly worried about their son's health. Unlike their other children Naruto had not received any kind formal training from their family and he was holed up in a place which was very hostile for any devil.
They also had so many questions for him, and they expected an answer. What kind of son just leaves one day without leaving any kind of good explanation? Definitely not a good one. They already had a disappointment for a son in Riser Phenex. He was way too arrogant and had every possible bad habit a juvenile can have.
After heart wrenching gap of time a bright light invaded the room of the Occult Research Club and a teleportation circle of the Gremory family appeared on the floor to reveal the face of 5 members who were responsible for the retrieval of Naruto Phenex who were accompanied by our very own blonde hero.
Sirzechs worried expression instantly turned into a frown when he saw the state of his family/peerage member's. In Layman's term everybody except Grayfia looked like shit.
'What the fuck happened?'
Even the rest of the members of Rias's peerage were alarmed after watching the terrible condition of their King and Queen, but before they could run towards them and help them, Sirzechs stopped them with a glare. All of them got the message.
'It was not the time to let emotions control you.'
The second Lady Phenex saw Naruto, she ran towards him and gave him a tight slap on his right cheek and then hugged the life out of him. She was crying tears of happiness, finally after a decade her son was returned back to her for her this was the happiest day.
Nobody dared to interrupt them, not even Sirzechs. Even he knew not to poke the Mama-Bear.
"I missed you too kaa-san." Naruto replied with a true smile. He was glad to be home.
"You have grown a lot, when I first met you, you were like only 2.5 ft., but now you are easily around 6ft in height." Lady Phenex said with pride.
"I guess thanks for the compliment." Naruto said with a sweat drop.
Rias watched this scene and even she felt little sad for Lady Phenex and she also got to see Naruto in a new light. At present he didn't seem like a guy who almost killed everyone on her peerage just a few minutes ago. It was like he was able to turn his emotions on and off like a switch. That thought scared her even more. He was acting like a killing machine back in Vatican City when he was beating the crap out of them now he was a loving son.
Rias gritted her teeth when she remembered her shameful defeat at the hands of Naruto. He took her down with a single hit and then proceeded to take down the rest of her peerage within second's right in front of her eyes.
She started to clench her fists so hard that it turned white. 'I was unable to do anything against him.'
Issei was also lost to melancholy and his own powerlessness whereas Akeno was still unconscious.
Lord Phenex gave a nod to Naruto which meant 'Welcome back'. Naruto returned the nod back and went to his father to have a little chat with him.
After few minutes of small talk between father and son, Sirzechs donned a smile to cover his own restlessness and interrupted them and said
"Naruto-kun would you mind to go to another room with Rias's peerage? I would like to have some talk with your parents here." Sirzechs made it sound like a request but in fact it was an order.
He also said it loud enough for everyone to hear it. Rias and her peerage had already started moving in to other room.
Naruto always got annoyed when someone gave him any orders, he wasn't the type to follow orders but he didn't want to cause anymore troubles, he was already in deep shit with the beating he gave to his retrieval team. That is why he complied.
After 2 minutes there were only the Phenex patriarchs, Sirzechs and his peerage were also present in the Occult Research Club Room.
"What do you want to talk about Sirzechs-san? I still have to ask so many things from my son." Retorted Lord Phenex, who clearly didn't want to have this conversation.
Sirzechs asked with a strict tone "Why did you adopt Naruto-kun, Phenex-san? Adoption rarely ever happens in a family as powerful as yours in fact it is frowned upon."
Both Lord and Lady Phenex got incredibly nervous after Sirzechs asked the question, and they knew he was not going to budge until he got a satisfactory answer.
After some time they collected themselves and said "When we first met him he was bleeding incredibly and was unconscious in our garden, we thought that he was going to die but then miraculously his wounds started healing rapidly right in front of us like a Phoenix, and he also looked so much like a Phenex that we couldn't ignore it." Lord Phenex concluded with a sigh.
"After he woke up we questioned him about his wounds but he never told us anything the boy was too traumatized to say anything about the unfortunate incident." Added Lord Phenex.
"Then we adopted him into our family, and we were also in great need of a strong son, for us it was like heavens were being merciful. We have lots of hope for him." Said Lady Phenex with a calm tone but everyone could see the fire in her eyes.
"Clearly, your son is strong, he managed to harm so many of our people including my King's pawn and Sister." Grayfia replied with a chilly tone.
"That is not possible, he received no kind of formal education or training from our family, he shouldn't be strong enough to defeat a group of devils with such a promising future." Lady Phenex pressed since the logic was found.
Lord Phenex was now petting his chin and was trying to make sense of the situation since it was deteriorating by the second. 'Something might have happened to Naruto during his self-imposed exile.'
"Before we make any kind of conclusions I and Beowulf would like to debrief the mission, it will make the situation clear which will allow us to get to a rational decision." Suggested Grayfia with her usual stern maid mode.
Grayfia and Beowulf started to explain things which occurred in their last mission.
Phenex matron and Sirzechs first listened out in curiosity and then their eyebrows shot up because of astonishment on the Young Phenex's accomplishment.
"You got to be kidding me! Grayfia. Do you mean to say that he was able to defeat an entire group of devils by himself?" Sirzechs asked with his jaw hanging on the ground. All facts pointed that he shouldn't be this powerful. This raised even more questions.
Sirzechs thought that some angels might have interfered for this much damage to happen but clearly that was not the case.
Even Lord and Lady Phenex were left speechless. They only had one thought 'What have you been doing for the last 10 years Naruto-kun?'
"He was able to take us down systematically by using only his physical prowess, and his holy sword. I believe he was using the legendary Kusanagi. That in itself raises lot of alarms." Beowulf said with a grave and shameful tone since he was again reminded of his quick defeat against that monster of a Phenex.
Sirzechs was thinking of various scenarios to take care of the situation and he was drawing a blank but one thing was clear this kid should be put under surveillance no matter what. 'He is so much of a threat, we know nothing about him.'
After the biblical God's death some devils showed some affinity to light magic but to able to wield something like Kusanagi was entirely new thing.
"You could've easily avoided the problem by just asking him to come back with you to home. Why didn't you do that Grayfia?" asked Sirzechs to satiate his growing curiosity because she didn't act like a good leader, which was unlike her. He would often make bad decisions but Grayfia never made an uneducated move.
Now all attention was on her, even Beowulf was looking at her for an answer.
Grayfia gave a sigh "It was because of his magical power." She stated.
"What about his magical power?" questioned Lord Phenex.
"It was humongous, maybe even greater than mine which easily puts him in the low Satan level, so the second I sensed such massive reserves, the mission was no longer just a retrieval but this mission gained another objective which was to gather intelligence on our target." Explained Grayfia to the best of her ability.
Now all of them were dumbfounded after hearing Grayfia say that, to hear someone so young have such reserves for magic. It was unreal, both of the Parents were incredibly proud and at the same time their son's unreal progress raised alarms on their conscience and mind. Since, power came with a price tag.
"I also have reasons to believe that what he showed us in Vatican City barely scraped the true depth of his power, since he didn't use any kind of magic against us and even then if not for me none of us would have come back alive." Added Grayfia with a grave tone.
"He is the strongest Phenex, in the recent history of Phenex family. He is stronger than Phenex-san's oldest son Ruval Phenex. One thing which I am absolutely sure of his immense physical capabilities which he demonstrated in our fight. To tell the truth it was more of a massacre then a fight." Said Beowulf with a shame clearly visible in his voice.
"We also don't have any idea of the identity of his peerage members." Added Beowulf since he was pretty sure this Naruto kid's companions were anything but powerful.
Sirzechs and Grayfia were now thinking of all the changes the Phenex's youngest son would bring and they didn't like it. Naruto was a variable of which they had no idea whatsoever. Everything about him was shrouded in a veil of mystery and whatever they were able to procure about him were made on half reliable facts. This made them uneasy.
The Parents of Naruto were glad for his achievements in last decade. At present they didn't care about anything since after a long time their son was home. That's all mattered. They didn't want to think too much and ruin the joyous mood. Nevertheless their mood was ruined by Sirzechs and his Queen's next statement.
"Your first born son is soon going to be promoted to the Ultimate-Class Devil, and then suddenly you claim to have a younger son who appears donning the colors of Phenex proudly on his back." Said Sirzechs with a suspicious undertone.
"….who is at present considered as strong as a low level Satan, no matter how you see it Phenex Clan will be receiving a lot of attention in the future." Finished Grayfia for her king with the same undertone.
After hearing that Lord Phenex gritted his teeth and fire started coming out from the entirety of his being and he snarled "Are you accusing us for his disappearance? Do you think I would do that to my own son? Banish him and tell him not to return until he is strong enough."
Even Lady Phenex's eyes were now as cold as ice. 'How dare he insinuate something like that!?'
Sirzechs brought both of his hand in upright position to show that he surrendered and didn't mean any disrespect by bringing his thoughts into open "I mean no such thing, Phenex-san, but you have to agree that Phenex-san your son's timing appear suspicious, and other families might feel threatened by it. They might take actions which might be unsavory."
After hearing Sirzechs say that he calmed down but the atmosphere was still tense in the Occult Research Club.
Sirzechs really didn't mean any harm, but he had to be sure about some things since this man was going to marry his baby sister, and as far as first impressions go, Naruto really didn't get any points for that from Rias.
At present Rias might hate Naruto more than Riser for nearly killing her pawn. Naruto didn't just try to kill Issei but he went further and humiliated him. Rias considered her peerage a part of her family and to nearly loose Issei to her so called future husband might have really shook her core.
'What a mess has this turned out to be!?' thought Sirzechs.
"Maybe we can talk to the man himself later, this will clear most of the misconceptions." Suggested Lord Phenex. He really wanted to be just done with this mess.
Sizechs nodded his head, clearly taking a liking to the idea. Talking might clear things in this situation.
Meanwhile in the other room of the Club…..
Naruto followed the rest of the Rias peerage to the room next to Occult Research Club. All of the peerage members were looking at him with suspicion even a small blonde girl was glaring at him but it looked more cute than intimidating.
The blonde girl started healing everybody with her Sacred Gear Twilight Healing. She started healing with Akeno who was unconscious and according to Naruto was on the verge of waking up because of the moans she was making.
'Her Sacred Gear is interesting.' Though Naruto for a moment.
Rias was trying her best to ignore Naruto, since she didn't know how she felt about him, with his parents he acted like a decent being, but when he was fighting he didn't show any kind of emotion. It was as if nothing mattered. She didn't want to admit it but she was scared of him. He wasn't normal even by their standards.
Naruto knew that he had to clear something's with Rias or else they will get worse with time. In other words he decided to apologize for kicking their ass back in Vatican City.
"Rias-san, can we talk for a minute? I need to resolve some matters with you and your peerage for that matter." Asked Naruto with a kind smile. He didn't want to intimidate her, it will bring no benefits whatsoever.
Rias turned around and stared at Naruto right into his eyes and said with a chilly tone "I am listening…."
Akeno had already woken up after getting healed by Asia and now Issei was also watching the proceedings with great interest.
"I don't want to delay this, but I am sorry for hurting you and your peerage back in my base. I thought you were an enemy and I did what I had to do defend myself." Naruto said sincerely.
Rias gritted her teeth and said "You could have easily subdued us but you came with the intent to kill. If not for Grayfia all of us would have died because of you."
Issei also agreed with Buchou with this one, he could have easily subdued us "Buchou is right, someone like you could have easily subdued us. Why come up with the intent to kill?"
'She and her peerage are incredibly annoying. My patience is running thin.' Thought Naruto with barely restraining anger but he decided to endure. He was no longer the boy who made decisions based on his emotions. He was taught better by his teachers.
"First of all, if I came at you with the intent to kill none of you would've been alive except Grayfia. She is strong but not strong enough to protect you and fight me at the same time." Naruto said with a calm tone.
Issei also got angry on the last statement but not because of Naruto, it was him and his own powerlessness to do anything against him. He clenched his fists so hard that his hands turned white. He still remembered how Naruto destroyed him, it was like he was playing around. Even though he wasn't going to make his apologizing any easy.
"You did try to kill me with your sword." Mentioned Issei with an accusing tone.
Now everybody were looking at Naruto for an answer "I didn't try to kill you Sekiryuutei, I was just going to maim you. At best you would have lost a limb or two, then I would have tortured you for some answers." Replied Naruto with a sheepish expression.
Everybody had a sweat dropped, thinking that killing would have been better than torcher.
Issei's face paled after hearing what Naruto was going to do to him. 'He is crazy!'
Rias wanted to give a piece of her mind but before she could say anything Naruto said "I even gave you enough time to explain yourselves before our little altercation. If you would've explained yourselves then nothing of this sort would've happened. Why didn't you do that Rias-san?"
Rias blushed like a tomato and remembered what she was doing at that time. She was checking him out. Rias spluttered a lot of times trying to give a reason but ended up embarrassing herself.
'I am the one at fault here.' Thought an embarrassed Rias.
"Ara Buchou, he is right. Anyways none of us were harmed, there are just some bruises." Said Akeno with her usual playful tone. 'He was going to torcher Issei, he really must know some techniques. I hope he will teach me.'
Naruto saw a blushing Akeno and said with a honey like voice "Thank you for being so understanding. I really appreciate it."
Akeno blushed even harder.
Rias had a massive tick mark above her head, Naruto was ignoring her but then he turned around "look it doesn't have to be like this. I know we started on a wrong foot but give me another chance. Let me make it up to you Rias-san." Naruto said with the same sincere tone.
Rias blushed a cherry red and she spluttered again but she managed to say measly "OK"
Issei was crying anime tears in the background because Naruto managed to solve a tough situation just by using sweet words. 'He is just like Kiba, in that regards. Bastard!'
"Where are the changing rooms, I would like to change into something which will not draw so much attention." Asked Naruto.
"Changing rooms are right around the corner." said Rias while at the same time pointing to the direction to the changing room.
Naruto gave a nod and vanished to the changing rooms in Occult Research Club.
After some time Sirzechs and the Phenex matrons entered the room of the younger Devils followed by the members of the Sirzechs peerage which included Grayfia and Beowulf.
"Where is Naruto-kun?" asked Lady Phenex.
Before Rias could answer her Naruto voiced himself from Sirzechs back.
"I am right here kaa-san." Replied Naruto with a cherry tone.
Naruto was wearing a white shirt with wrinkle free black pants and he was also wearing a black blazer which looked incredibly good on him. He kept 2 of the shirt's button open to show a little of his well sculpted chest.
Rias and Akeno immediately blushed after watching him in such a formal attire. He looked handsome and fierce at the same time.
'He said he didn't want to attract any attention, as if his present clothing helps him!' thought Rias with her still furious blush
Sirzechs thought were running on an entire opposite direction as compare to Rias.
'I didn't even sense him.' Sirzechs thought gravely but nevertheless maintained his bubbly personality.
"Naruto-san we would like to have a conversation with you later, maybe we can do it in the Underworld?"
Naruto gave a nod "I would like that, it's about time that I returned back to my home. I want to feel her very beating heart." Said Naruto showing some of his enthusiasm.
"Let's do that." Lord Phenex clapped his hands and a teleportation circle of the Phenex family appeared beneath the feet of Naruto and Sirzechs peerage and they vanished from the Occult Research Club leaving only Rias and her peerage.
Phenex Mansion….
Lord Phenex teleported himself and his companions to his study room in the Phenex mansion to get some answers from his wayward son.
Lord Phenex's study was very extravagant with a teak desk and a small mini-bar in the corner of the room filled with the most exotic scotches in the underworld. The study room was archaic in nature and had big windows which had brilliant view of thick trees and nature in general. There was also a dartboard attached to the front wall of the desk and some darts were attached to it.
Naruto made his way to mini bar and poured himself half a glass of raw whisky with only ice and started taking some sips from it and started playing with a dart which was there in the minibar.
"So let's get to the point and tell me what you want to know but keep in mind that I won't be answering all of your questions." Naruto's cheery tone instantly changing into a cold and stern one.
Everyone was a little surprised to see sudden change in his behavior but nevertheless asked their questions starting with Lady Phenex.
"Where were you all these years?" Lady Phenex asked with a concerned tone.
Naruto gave a small smile, his mother always knew how to make him calm "I was in a lot of places. Budapest, Prague, Vatican City, Olympus, the list goes on…."
Everybody's eyes widened when Naruto mentioned the last place. Olympus is a place where the Greek Gods resided. Nobody was allowed to just enter there on a whim.
"What were you doing in Olympus Naruto-kun?" Lady Phenex asked again before anyone else could. Everyone could clearly see that she was worried.
"I was on a mission for Lord Zeus, can't give the details they are classified." Said Naruto with a stern tone before Sirzechs could question him further.
"Why did you leave us in the first place Naruto-kun? We were heartbroken, we had every reason to believe that you were already dead." This time it was Lord Phenex who demanded answer with a sad face, clearly his old age was catching up to him.
"I am sorry for doing that, I would like to give a decent reason but the truth is I wanted to become strong but at the same time I also wanted to visit different places and learn new things." Replied Naruto and he was clearly serious.
This time Lord Phenex showed some anger "We could have easily provided with all kinds of training you needed to make yourself stronger….." Naruto raised his right hand stopped his father before he could speak any further
"No, you could have never made me as powerful as I am today, even you know that. My strength is a strength which is achieved by being in numerous life and death situation. No kind of training can give me that, in last 10 years I had a goal…"
"What was it?" asked Sirzechs barely concealing his curiosity about the enigma this Naruto Phenex is.
"To Survive and flourish. To do this I had to become someone else, I had to become something else." Finished Naruto with a calm tone.'
"The only reason I survived this endeavor was because of you two…." Naruto points at his parents "You both gave me the strength, because I knew that you both loved me and no matter how much of a trouble I am in I always had a place to return back to. My Home….." by this point even Naruto had some stray tears rolling down his cheek.
Lady Phenex ran to her son and gave him a huge hug, Lord Phenex also followed his wife and also gave him a hug.
"Your home now" said the Parents of Naruto together.
'What a brave boy!? Doing something like this takes strength. No wonder he is so powerful in such young age.' These were the similar thoughts which were running in both Sirzechs and his Queen.
I am finally done with the 3rd Chapter of my Naruto DxD crossover. I got a really good response for my 2nd chapter. Thank You readers.
In this chapter there was no fight, but the action will come soon, but first I had to develop some plot. Tell me what you think about my new chapter.
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