Hello everyone, I would like to say 'Thank You' once again for your wonderful support.
So without further ado, here is the next chapter
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or High school DxD, or any other manga/anime characters that may appear in this story. Just the original concept and plot regarding this story.
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The week passed by too quickly for the ORC members. And it was not only them, even in the underworld everyone was eagerly waiting for the day as it became quite the topic there; that to annul her engagement with Riser the crimson-haired ruined princess had chosen a representative to fight on her behalf. The news spread like wildfire because of a certain arrogant loud-mouthed Phenex. But no matter what, no one was able to learn the identity of the mysterious representative.
And today was the day of the engagement party. Rias and her members just arrived at the Phenex estate, where the engagement party was being held.
"Holy crap! Not only is this place huge, but look at all these people." Issei said in a surprised tone when all of them entered the ballroom.
"You mean devils, Issei-san, and yes there are way too many of them it seems. My guess would be that it is because of Riser and Naruto-san's match." Yuuto replied though he whispered the last part.
"Is he here?" Issei looked at Yuuto and whispered back.
"Yes," Rias replied without looking at them, "He is with my brother."
Rias wasn't looking at anyone as she was heading directly toward the waiting room where she knew Naruto and her brother were. She wanted to come with Naruto but Grayfia notified her that he left early with his peerages, because he had to follow some protocols. But Rias's journey to her brother was cut short when someone came from the side, "What's with all the hurry, Rias-chan?"
He took Rias by surprise but when she saw who he was, without a word she hugged him, "Sairaorg, it has been so long."
Sairaorg laughed as he returned the hug, "That it has, so how the little princess is going to entertain us this time?"
Rias grinned, "Just wait, I am sure you won't be disappointed." Then she looked back to her friends, "Everyone, this is Sairaorg Bael, my cousin."
"Yo." Sairaorg waved cheerily.
"Huge." Issei, Yuuto, and Koneko thought at the same time as it was their first time seeing him.
"How have you been, Sairaorg-san?" Akeno asked politely.
"Good, good. So is Rias causing too much trouble?" Rias pouted when she heard her cousin's words.
"You will see soon." Akeno giggled.
But their conversation was interrupted by a voice coming from the main stage of the ballroom, "Greetings everyone, I would like to personally thank all of you for coming to this wonderful event." Sirzechs beamed, he had his usual cheerful attitude and was wearing his traditional majestic robe.
"Today was supposed to be the engagement day between Rias Gremory and Riser Phenex, a decision made by their parents for their wellbeing." Sirzechs than looked at Rias and smiled softly, "But Rias wants to choose her own path, create her own destiny by her own two hands. That is why Rias asked for the withdrawal of her betrothal contract. But Riser doesn't want to back down, and I don't blame him," Sirzechs made a fake sorrowful face and continued, "I mean who doesn't want to marry my lovely and beautiful Rias-chan?"
Rias blushed at how her brother was embarrassing her but she kept quiet, later she would just ask Grayfia to punish him. But the stares from all around her were getting a bit uncomfortable for her.
"So, a deal has been made and I am pretty sure you all know about it." Seeing the crowd whispering amongst themselves, Sirzechs grinned, "All of you are thinking she should be the one fighting Riser herself but let me ask you, will it be a fair match?"
And the whispering stopped. Even Rias was surprised to see her brother's tactics. Sirzechs didn't belittle Riser, even though she knew that he wanted to do it badly, nor did he compliment Rias one-sidedly. Instead, he put them in the same position and then pointed out to the audience, the major fault if Rias were to challenge Riser directly. Rias was inexperienced in rating games whereas Riser was a seasoned player.
Sirzechs released a satisfying smile seeing that his tactics working. After all the devils cared more about a flashy and an engaging fight rather than a boring and obvious match. And that was exactly what would happen if Rias would fight Riser. He didn't mean to belittle his little sister but the world adored the strong. That one law was true in every faction, "I will not make you wait any further. The match is going to start in ten minutes and there I will properly introduce our mysterious king."
With that Sirzechs left the stage, but not before giving Rias a meaningful look.
Rias understood the signal, "Let's go, everyone."
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Waiting Room
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Rias and Akeno blushed when they saw Naruto's getup, though the latter was able to cover it. He was on his casual clothing. He was wearing the golden colored jacket which had furs as collar along with a white t-shirt, black pants, and those unique cross-shaped earrings. And somehow they had a feeling that this wasn't the Naruto they used to see at the academy. His posture, his outfit and his expression, they were giving a different kind of vibe but they couldn't pinpoint the difference.
Tearing her eyes away from Naruto, Rias looked around to see his peerage members and she had to admit she was slightly disappointed. Not because she had any doubt of their strength seeing how each had a powerful aura surrounding them but it was because of their number.
"Don't worry about the number. They are more than enough to handle the chicken-head and his bedmates." Naruto said without even looking at Rias who blushed furiously getting caught like that.
With a sigh, Naruto got up, "Well you already know Asia," Naruto ruffled Asia's hair who let out a small smile, "So let me introduce my other peerage members."
"This is Haku, and yes even though his name sounds a bit girly, he is a guy and he is my bishop." The said person was wearing a long, light blue kimono adorned with small snowflake symbols, and a pair of dark grey pants underneath, with a dark blue sash. The kimono hung loose, showing his t-shirt which looked somewhat like a chainmail.
"Nice to meet all of you." Haku bowed politely.
"Next is my knight who goes by the name Battousai." Naruto pointed at the person who was leaning on the wall. His dressing was somewhat old-fashioned. He was wearing a men's kimono which was crimsoned colored with a white umanori hakama, zori and white tabi. He had a big straw hat that hid upper part of his face and the lower part was covered by his long orange scarf. But the striking part was his long red hair which was tied in a ponytail. It had a lighter shade than Rias's.
The person touched the front of his hat and bowed his head slightly, "It's a pleasure meeting all of you."
"Now next is Shukaku, my other knight." Everyone looked at him who was standing furthest. Although no one could see his face as he was wearing a tanuki mask, his short red hair was clearly standing out. He was wearing a long-sleeved crimson coat and full-length dark trousers with a pair. He was wearing a grey vest over the coat and had a strange looking small gourd which was held in his waist by two buckled belts.
He bowed politely but didn't say anything.
"Last but not least, my pawn, Melissa."
Out of all of Naruto's peerages, she was standing out the most. Her clothing and stance were not only radiating mysterious and mature kind of aura but also showing off her marvelous beauty and voluptuous figure. She was tall, maybe few inches shorter than Naruto making her one of the tallest women Rias had ever seen. And she was standing right behind Naruto and was moving accordingly. This was something Rias saw countless times, it was how Grayfia would act when she and Sirzechs would be in a formal meeting.
For some reason, Rias wanted to know if this pawn of his was special to him.
"Umm, Naruto ..."
"So, there you go." Naruto finished the introduction with a grin.
Shaking her head, Rias put that thought aside for now. If Naruto could pull this off the way she wanted, then she knew what she had to do next. She came and put her hands on each side of his shoulder and grinned cheekily, "Naruto if you lose, I will tell my brother that not only have you taken my chastity but also you have corrupted me. And then I will tell Serafall-san, who is another Maou and a bigger siscon, that you also did the same with her sister."
Then she backed off and smiled brightly, "So no pressure."
And then she left with her members.
"She is a lively one," Shukaku said with a slightly amusing tone.
Minutes later Grayfia entered. She looked at everyone before speaking, "Before we begin the match I will tell you about the rules and regulations and I will answer any questions that you may have. So are you and your members ready?"
Naruto looked at his members, everyone nodded back at him.
"Yeah, we are."
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The Phenex Ballroom
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The spectators divided themselves equally, the older members of the Gremory and Phenex family grouped together whereas the normal guests were just staying wherever they were. As for Rias and her group, they were with Sona and her members along with Sairaorg, watching the large plasma screen that was projecting the battle arena.
"Greetings renowned devils of the underworld, I would like to have your attention please." The voice immediately attracted everyone's attention, "First of all, thank you for your patience. The rating match between Riser Phenex, another rising star of the renowned Phenex family and Naruto Belial, son of deceased Cleria Belial and nephew of Diehauser Belial, is about to begin now."
The bomb was finally dropped.
Everyone who didn't know about this was shocked and immediately the whole ballroom became hectic because of the whispering from the spectators. The general devils did not know much about Cleria other than the fact that she was Diehauser's cousin and died in an unfortunate accident. She wasn't well known as she never participated in any rating games, but the fact that her son, an unknown entity, was going to have his first rating game excited everyone. Because at that time all the audiences were having one simple thought,
'Will Naruto be as good as his uncle, The Emperor?'
"My name is Grayfia Lucifuge and I will be the mediator of this game. The rules have been set and both teams are now inside the arena. The Arena will take place in a rural town. Riser Phenex and his group were teleported to the Town-chief's house whereas Naruto Belial and his members are at the Townhall. This match is free for all battles and will follow standard rating game rules."
There was a pause before Grayfia continued,
"The rating game has now begun."
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At the Battle Arena
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The moment Naruto and his members were teleported at the Townhall,
"The rating game has now begun."
Naruto looked at his members and spoke in an unenthusiastic manner,
"I believe you guys got this, just leave the chicken head to me." With that, he went behind the only desk in the room and sat down. Then he motioned Asia to come to him, who was the only confused one here.
"Asia, you will monitor them. We all have the communication earpiece so they will be sending back all the information that they will gather." Naruto told Asia in an instructing manner.
"I will not be joining the fight?" Asia asked, a bit downfallen.
"Do you want to go out there and hurt people or conserve your strength and heal your friends when they will need it?" Naruto chuckled, he knew exactly what his foster sister would prefer. She was not a fighter but a healer in heart and soul. And just like he predicted, Asia beamed and smiled back at Naruto at his suggestion.
"Also you will be trying to make a map and navigate them from here with all the information they will be passing to you. Think of it as a training program, okay?" Naruto instructed in a gentle tone. Asia didn't question him as she took out the few papers and ink with a determined look. Those were the items Naruto gave her before the start of the match.
Naruto couldn't help but let out a small chuckle when he saw the firm expression on Asia's face. "At least she will get some valuable lessons and experience," and with that, he proceeded to make himself comfortable in the chair.
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With the Audiences
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"Rias …"
"Don't Sairaorg, just watch." Rias had never wanted to facepalm so hard in her life than at that moment.
She could feel the disappointment rolling out from everyone. Although Riser was seen fondling two of his pawns' breasts, his queen and his sister laid out the plan and everyone were following the order to the letter. The discipline and the teamwork were clearly outstanding in Riser's group.
And for Naruto, he just waved off his team and his members just lazily walked out of the place without a plan and without even saying a word to one another. It was as if their heart was not in the fight.
"Let's hope for the best, shall we?" Akeno gently said it to Rias who just sighed and nodded back.
And while they were having a chat with themselves, Sirzechs, who was watching the match from a different place, had a visitor.
"I didn't think you would be coming, Ajuka," Sirzechs told his friend. He and Ajuka were watching the tournament from the judge room. In order to make sure that the match is judged fairly, the Phenex family asked one more high ranked devil to come and evaluate the match, and surprisingly Ajuka volunteered.
"And I didn't think you would be putting the fate of your sister in an unknown and unpredictable individual's hands," Ajuka replied back.
Sirzechs turned to the screen and his gaze solely focused on Naruto.
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Flashback
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"Then can I talk to Naruto alone?" Sirzechs asked.
The Crimson-Maou didn't think that his day was going to turn out like this. He knew Rias would challenge Riser but he didn't think she would ask someone else to fight for her, someone who just popped out of nowhere. He knew his little sister too well and so he could clearly see she was smitten by Naruto.
And if what Naruto said were true then in the future too many problems would come. So he just needed to make sure of few things.
Seeing Rias giving him an alerted look, he smiled sheepishly, "Don't worry I just want to confirm a few things, a man to a man."
Grayfia understood her husband's hidden words as she came forward, "Come on Rias-sama, we should give them some time."
Rias pouted and slowly left before giving Naruto an apologetic look who just smiled back at her reassuringly.
The moment they got out of the room and locked the door, the energy and the pressure coming from Sirzechs skyrocketed. And Naruto could sense that he was keeping his powers limited inside the room so no one outside had a single clue what was going on here. And the power increased by another tenfold, making Naruto bow his head involuntarily.
"Naruto Belial, what is that you want from Rias?" Sirzechs asked, his voice could freeze the ocean and his power could melt the even the underworld
The strongest devil stood up and went around the desk to stand in front of Naruto who started to shake, "If you are truly her son then I am sure you know what actually happened to her. And that makes me wonder, do you have an ulterior motive? Are you going to take advantage of my little sister to …" Sirzechs stopped when he noticed one thing.
Naruto wasn't shaking because of his power rather he was shaking because,
"Hahahahaha." Naruto started to laugh out loud, making Sirzechs to actually look at him eyes weren't focused but he was making an expression as if he just hit the jackpot. Naruto's laugh slowly decreased as he looked at the Maou like a bloodthirsty predator that just found an equal, "You really are strong."
With that Naruto got up, Sirzechs didn't let his power down and so he was genuinely surprised to see Naruto walking around like it didn't affect him one bit. He came to Sirzechs and stood straight in front of him, their faces were inches apart.
Sirzechs was beyond shocked to see the look in Naruto's eyes. It was not azure blue, like what he saw before but it was like a crimson void. The intensity of that gaze alone could make even a high-class devil flee in fear. He knew this look very well. It was the same look he used to see every day at the time of the civil war, in the morning when he would look in the mirror. The haunting hollowed gaze that saw too many deaths and too many battles, the eyes that could only promise absolute destruction if anyone were to oppose them.
"Sirzechs," The Crimson-Maou was pulled back from his thoughts, "Yes, I have ulterior motives because I do know what truly happened to my parents. But if there is one thing I utterly loathe that would be backstabbing. So, no; I would not be backstabbing Rias in any way or shape." Naruto backed off and looked at Sirzechs amusingly.
"Then let me rephrase my question." Sirzechs looked at Naruto with equal intensity, he wasn't a Maou for show, "Will you harm her in any way, directly or indirectly?"
"She is innocent." That statement made Sirzechs to quirk an eyebrow, "And I would rather like her to stay that way. So if I believe that any harm might come to her in any way, directly or indirectly, I will cut my ties with her." Naruto paused before continuing,
"Does this answer satisfy you, Sirzechs Lucifer?"
There was a pause as Sirzechs was looking at Naruto, trying to see through him to confirm his statement.
"Guess for now I will believe you. But tell me, Naruto Belial, what do you truly want?" Sirzechs lowered his power but he was still looking at Naruto with an intense calculative gaze, making sure not to let any slip or lie pass by him.
Naruto looked back at Sirzechs with the same intensity. The stare down went for few seconds before Naruto shifted his gaze toward Sirzechs's chair. And then his facial features softened,
"Keep that chair warm for me, will you?"
"Oh-ho," Sirzechs chuckled, "You think you have what it takes to reach here?"
Naruto didn't answer through words. He answered through his power. The thing he showed Sirzechs made the Maou to drop his power in surprise and to gape at him like a fish.
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Flashback Ends
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"He is an interesting guy and I am sure he can pull it off," Sirzechs answered vaguely.
"He sure is." Ajuka's words made Sirzechs quirk an eyebrow.
"What makes you say that?" Sirzechs asked.
"Remember when you send him to me because I needed to check his evil pieces and register him as a legal king." Ajuka looked at his friend.
"Yes, he was a bit reluctant." Sirzechs rubbed his chin.
"He had the reason to be. Would you believe me if I say that he figured out all the hidden secrets of the evil pieces and on top of that he readjusted the settings of the pieces himself?" Ajuka calmly told Sirzechs whose eyes went wide.
"Is that even possible? Wait, is it even legal?" Sirzechs asked anxiously.
"It would have been illegal if he would have used a third party or power to do that but he didn't. Using the most basic fundamental concepts, he used his own powers to adjust the pieces." Ajuka actually grinned slightly when he saw the irritated look on Sirzech's face.
"Will you stop saying these in riddle manner?" Sirzechs's patience was really getting low.
"Simple, he used the concept of 'King's Boost' and 'Unused Evil Pieces' to evolve his normal pieces." Seeing the confused face of his friend, Ajuka openly chuckled this time, "King Boost is a feature in the king piece that will increase King's power if he or she undergo trials of some sorts, the more trials and hardships the person will go through the more boost he or she will get. And Unused Evil Pieces is a feature that will make the normal evil pieces to undergo changes according to the master's growth."
Ajuka then looked at the screen to see Naruto dozing off in his chair, "He combined those two features and used them to make his normal evil pieces almost as strong as a mutation piece."
"What?" Sirzechs almost screamed.
"Yes, he doesn't have a single original mutation piece but all of his pieces can be considered as pseudo mutation pieces."
"How is that even possible?" Sirzechs looked at Naruto tiredly.
"Sirzechs, what does a devil do when they get their evil pieces?" Ajuka asked, his eyes glued to the screen.
"They start searching for their peerages?" Sirzechs didn't see where Ajuka was going.
"Exactly, without even understanding what are the evil pieces or what is their role as a king, they start their peerage hunts immediately as if the evil pieces are a mean to collect valuable objects or to gather servants to win a game." Ajuka sighed, his voice was full of disappointment, "In their mind, a reincarnated being's value depends on how many pieces he or she needed to be reincarnated. They don't even bother to see that maybe it is their own weaknesses or maybe there is more to the evil pieces than they think."
Then Ajuka smiled, "But he is different, a breath of fresh air if you'd look at it from my perspective. If my hunch is right, when he got his evil pieces, instead of looking for peerage members like what every devil do, he evolved himself, he thrived to become stronger. And the more powerful he became, his unused pieces become that much stronger with him. And not just that, he also did one revolutionary change in the evil piece, although I think he believes that I didn't figure it out."
"And that would be?" Sirzechs asked readying himself for another big impact.
"I will tell you about it later," Ajuka smirked and it only increased when Sirzechs groaned.
Shaking his head and putting the discussion aside, Sirzechs looked at the screen and smiled,
"Let's see young Belial, what more surprises you have in store for us?"
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At the Battle Arena
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Marion, Burent, and Shuriya were advancing toward the town hall through the forest. It was the longest road but also the safest path as it was away from the main sections of the town. Well, that's what they thought,
"Are you girls lost?" Hearing the voice they stopped and looked up to see Battousai standing on top of a high tree branch.
"Girls' let's take care of him fast," Marion commanded but before they could even move, he was already behind them wielding a normal looking katana which had too many engravings in its blade.
"I guess not." Battousai finished his sentence with a sigh.
"What are …" And then one by one all three of them fell.
"Three of Riser-sama's pawn has retired."
Battousai sighed, "Naruto-dono made the right choice by not calling him to this squabble."
Suddenly the smell of fire hit him and he looked to up to see huge fireballs were coming right at him, and there were lots of them.
And in a second the whole forest was on fire.
Ravel Phenex had entered the battle.
Meanwhile,
Shukaku was solely focused on his opponents as he was against one rook and three pawns altogether. They were in a big empty stable of some sort. He had to admit the rook knew Chinese Kung Fu well but she was too predictable and so were the three pawns.
"You bastard! Take us seriously!" The rook shouted.
"You are right, I should finish this fast," Shukaku replied modestly.
The moment the rook came with a frontal kick, he sidestepped at the last minute and karate chopped her neck, hard. Immediately he dodged the two chainsaw lolis and Karate chopped them as well.
"Xuelan, Ile, Nel." But to her surprise, her opponent wasn't there and before she could look for him, her consciousness left her.
"One of Riser-sama's rooks and three of his pawns have retired."
"Well, that take cares of ..."
And then multiple huge explosions occurred, completely obliterating the stable.
The bomb queen had entered the battle.
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With the Audience
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The disappointments from the devils were soon replaced with admiration and awe, seeing the raw power from Naruto's members and clever tactics from Riser's ones.
"Did you see those knights' moves?" Issei asked Kiba.
"The one on the stable, barely but for the katana-wielder, no, I couldn't, he was too fast," Kiba replied in shock.
"Yes but too bad they were ambushed immediately," Issei said with a dejected tone, his eyes not moving from the screen.
"Rias," Sona was worried but was surprised when she saw her smiling.
"There was no announcement."
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Back at the Arena
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Melissa and Haku were surrounded by almost all the remaining members.
"Two pawns, two knights, one rook and one bishop." Haku looked around.
"You are forgetting about us." Ravel and Yubelluna joined from the sky.
"So how do you want to approach this, Haku-san?" Melissa asked.
"Surrender now, it is eight against two." Ravel chuckled.
"No, it's four against eight." Shukaku came from the side, completely unharmed.
"How?" Yubelluna was surprised and immediately put her guard up, so did Ravel.
"There was no announcement. Small it may be, but as a seasoned fighter you are supposed to notice something important like that." Battousai came, Ravel was surprised to see he was surrounded by a white flame which disappeared when he snapped his fingers.
"We have to clean up fast," Shukaku said and seeing Haku opening his mouth, he added, "No point calling Naruto since he is busy teaching the newcomer."
"So how do we do this?" Shukaku asked as he looked at his comrades.
"You are all going down." With that, the bomb queen pointed her staff at Shukaku, while Ravel threw huge fire magic at Melissa and Haku. Rest of Riser's members went after Battousai.
"Guess they chose." Shukaku pointed out as he easily dodged the explosion.
Battousai disappeared from where he was and appeared near Haku who had a huge ice shield in front of him and Melissa to block the incoming fire spells.
Ravel smirked, "Fire and ice and we are both bishops. Also, you are quite good looking too. This will be fun."
Her words made all three of Naruto's peerages to look at her amusingly.
"Was that a proposal?"
"That sounded like a proposal."
"Definitely a proposal."
Ravel blushed and stuttered, "Th-That was not a p-proposal! I w-was just complimenting."
"Tsundere?"
"Seems like it."
"Definitely Tsundere."
Ravel blushed furiously and screamed, "How d-dare you insult me?"
"Haku-dono, I think you should take her," Battousai suggested making Haku to sigh and to approach the girl with caution.
Melissa looked at the angry six girls who were ready to pounce on her and the swordsman. Then she looked at the reluctant knight, "If you reduce their numbers, I can take care of the rest."
Battousai touched the tip of his hat and nodded before vanishing once again.
'Thud'
'Thud'
"One of Riser-sama's rooks and one of his bishops have retired."
Battousai appeared beside Melissa again holding that unique looking katana, "There you go Melissa-dono, hope this helps."
Melissa nodded. She could see that the rest of the girls were frightened and was extremely cautious. Sighing, she raised her arm out and said softly, "I summon ye, Celty and Rachnera."
Two magic circles appeared in front of him and from there two girls appeared. But,
One was a young woman with short purple hair but what was standing out the most was the lower half of her body which was that of a giant spider adorned with a large skull design on its back. She also had six pupil-less, monochromatic red eyes and her teeth are all fangs. Still, her attire was quite attractive and her face was somewhat similar to her summoner.
The other girl was wearing a tight biker girl costume which was really complimenting her figure. And also she had the jacket chain down a bit showing a nice amount of cleavage. But her face was hidden since she was wearing a yellow helmet which had cat-like ears.
"Girls, I need help." Melissa said in a serious voice, "Celty, can you take the brown haired girl and the one with the giant sword. Rachnera, I think the twins won't give you much trouble."
Celty, the biker girl, nodded her head and took out a scythe out of nowhere and dashed toward her opponents.
"You had a fun week with the master, didn't you?" Melissa didn't say anything but her face flushed a bit.
Chuckling, the Arachnoid lazily went to her opponents who became scared seeing the intimidating girl.
The fights didn't last long.
The fastest one was Rachnera who caught the twins, Ni and Li, in a matter of seconds with her threads and then neck-chopped them which made them go unconscious. Not before having some light bondage play with them, and this really turned on some of the male as well as few female audiences.
Siris and Karlamine were having a really hard time against their opponent. The girl they were fighting was beyond agile and she was exceptionally skilled with her scythe. Siris went for a wide swipe but her opponent kicked her in the stomach and then delivered a roundhouse kick which hit square at her head, knocking her unconscious.
Karlamine stopped and shouted for her friend but that was her downfall. Celty crouched down and made a swipe with her scythe, knocking the other knight down and immediately she followed up with few consecutive strikes from her scythe though she hit Karlamine with the end of the scythe handle.
"Riser-sama's two Knights and last of his pawns have retired."
Rachnera smirked at Celty, "You got better."
The biker girl rubbed the back of her helmet at that compliment.
"Good job girls." Melissa smiled.
"So, when are we going to have a private party with our master again?" Rachnera asked with a smirk, even Celty turned toward Melissa and her body language clearly showed she was excited as well.
Melissa just sighed.
Meanwhile with Shukaku and Yubelluna,
"Stop dodging like a coward and take it like a man." The queen shouted.
"Sorry but I don't think any man would like to be blown to pieces," Shukaku replied nonchalantly. Suddenly he stopped and pointed behind the girl.
Yubelluna felt dread filling up her as she slowly looked back.
There was a huge hand purely made of sand right behind her.
Before she could point her staff at the sand arm, it grabbed her and then slammed her to the ground. Then it picked her up again and slammed one more time. Yubelluna used some small explosions to loosen its hold. She was desperately trying to get out of the hand's grip seeing that the hand was going to slam her again. She wouldn't survive another hit like that. Few more explosions and the arm dissolved.
She was badly injured but she still had Phoenix Tears. With a shaky breath, she went for the vial but,
"Just because your opponent is in front of you, you shouldn't disregard your surroundings." A voice whispered and before she could retort, Shukaku struck her neck, knocking her out.
"I hope I wasn't too rough." Shukaku grabbed Yubelluna and landed gracefully holding the woman in bridal style. But a second later, she disappeared.
"Riser-sama's queen has retired."
The Knight looked up to see a fire, shaped like a bird was heading toward the town hall.
"Guess it is going to end soon."
As for Haku and Ravel,
Ravel was surprised when she heard every member of her brother's peerage had retired.
"You cannot beat me; the firepower of Phenex family is one of the superior fire types of magic. Your ice magic will not stand a chance." Ravel said as her fire was increasing and almost every building near her was lit on fire.
"If it was anyone else that it would have worked but unfortunately my lady," Haku's cheerful tone was replaced with a serious one, "My ice powers come from my Longinus, 'Absolute Demise'."
Haku pointed at Ravel and whispered, "Eternal ice prison."
And with that Ravel was trapped between really thick pillars of ice, space where she was confined was so congested that she could barely move properly. She kept using her fire powers; although the fire was melting the ice bit by bit, it was getting restored again at an incredible speed.
"Please retreat, your brother has already lost and you know it," Haku said gently but Ravel shook her head,
"No brother can still win, he will beat your king directly!" Ravel shouted.
"Then go back and watch the fight yourself, if you do that I promise you that I will not interfere with their fight." Haku released the ice prison.
Ravel looked at Haku for some time. She wasn't arrogant like her brother and was more level-minded so she knew that she was beaten. And she also knew that if all of Naruto's peerages would go after her brother altogether, he would lose.
"But if this guy doesn't fight maybe my brother will still have a chance. His ice Longinus will cause troubles for him. Guess this is the choice right now." Ravel thought internally. After that, she huffed and turned around, "You better keep your promise."
With that, she teleported out after that, because she knew that was the best she could as a strategist.
"Riser-sama's last bishop has retired."
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With the Audience
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Everyone was looking at the screen with utter disbelief,
All the devils were whispering as they were awed to witness the sheer might of Naruto's peerages.
Riser was one of the rising stars in rating games. His record was good and one of the main reasons he was becoming popular in the rating matches was the way he could use his peerages. Yes, all of them were girls and they looked more like his bedroom partners than actual fighters but there was no denying that Riser truly earned his victories. His members were disciplined, they knew teamwork and few of them were quite powerful, Yubelluna, Karlamine and then his own sister, Ravel.
But what everyone just saw now, totally blew away all their minds. Now, they could understand why Naruto's members were acting like their hearts weren't in this fight, because they really weren't. To them, Riser's peerage members weren't worth the effort.
"I thought that the tanuki masked guy was a knight," Rias asked particularly no one as everyone was as confused and surprised as him.
"He used earth magic with such proficiency." Tsubaki kept blinking.
"A knight who uses magic to fight, another knight who can take down enemies without them knowing, a bishop with a magic type Longinus and finally a beast tamer, this Naruto really knows how to pick his comrades?" Sairaorg grinned.
"Yah to think that he got a beast tamer." Sona looked at Melissa critically.
"What is a beast tamer?" Issei asked looking around.
"Simply put Issei, it is similar to evil pieces but instead of reincarnating other beings to serve you, a beast tamer makes supernatural monsters to assist them, mainly through contract," Rias explained, but before she could elaborate further.
"The main match is going to start," Sairaorg said as his eyes were glued to the screen, refusing to let a single moment to pass by him.
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At the Town Hall
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The place exploded as the bright orange fire spread around and started to burn everything down. And it was only the beginning as the fire slowly enveloped the whole village. In just mere minutes the whole village was on fire.
"One of Naruto-sama's pawns has retired."
Riser's lips reached from ear to ear when he heard the announcement. His mad grin soon turned to wild laughter but it stopped completely when Naruto came out from the fire, unharmed and uninterested.
Cracking his neck, Naruto looked up, "Wipe that smirk of yours, I sent away Asia before the explosion even occurred."
Riser gritted his teeth but soon composed himself. He was arrogant but not stupid. Even he knew that if all of Naruto's peerage members ganged up on him, he might lose. So his only assured way of winning was to aim for a one on one match with Naruto. Cause in this 'Rating Game' all was over the moment the king was defeated. With that in mind, Riser spoke in a taunting voice as he looked down at Naruto, "I have to admit, I didn't think an amateur like you would have such strong servants, and beautiful ones too. An innocent looking nun and especially that girl with the sexy bondage outfit. Woof~ I wonder how they will taste like?" He said in a manner as if he was going to have them whether Naruto like it or not.
Naruto knew Riser was riling him up but unfortunately for him, it worked. Because right then and there he changed his plan on how to defeat the lustful arrogant Phenex. Not knowing his agonizing fate, Riser continued, "Doesn't matter, when I finish you it will be over anyway. Maybe they might come to me when they see how superior I am compared to you." Rias extended one of his arms and huge amounts of fire advanced toward Naruto, who simply just took out one sword and grinned,
"Samehada."
Naruto's new sword was the size of a 'Greatsword' but the entire blade part of it was wrapped in bandages. The moment the fire got near Naruto, he used the sword to slice through the fire while a huge amount of it was absorbed into the sword.
Riser actually blinked not because of what Naruto did to his fire but because for a moment he thought he saw the sword … wiggling.
"Wow, he likes your energy." Naruto chuckled, it was a dry and a hollow laugh. He knew he was losing it … his sanity … but it was feeling so good.
Riser, not knowing what was going on Naruto's mind, was fuming in anger. He circled around Naruto and started throwing a huge amount of fires, fires that were burning everything around them to ashes except Naruto. He was just swinging that huge sword of his with one hand, and with each swipe, the sword somehow seemed to get bigger, bit by bit.
Seeing that long-range attacks weren't working, Riser went for the second option. His covered both of his hand with scorching flames and then he went flying straight at Naruto, fully intending to strangle him with his own two hands.
If Riser would have looked carefully, he would have noticed the vicious glint in Naruto's eyes.
The sword's bandage from the top came off all of a sudden. There was no sharp metal but a deep cut onto the top visible part of the sword. The moment Riser was where Naruto wanted him to be, the thick cut line of the sword opened up showing what it truly was, a mouth with sharp teeth. And Riser's one hand went directly inside that mouth.
*Crunch*
"ARGH!" Riser's scream echoed throughout the burning village.
He looked at the sword with wide and shaky eyes, though he was still screaming.
He was a phenex, a clan of devils who were as close to attaining immortality as they could get because of their regeneration prowess. And he boosted up his regeneration abilities taking the effectiveness up a few notches. So that was why he never really got hurt that bad. Even when he lost few of his fights, it was because he was strategically beaten or his magic was completely exhausted.
But never once he was badly injured.
But this,
The pain was excruciating.
The pain of his arm being slowly eaten, right in front of his very eyes; and the worst part was that for some reason his regeneration was not working. No, he could feel his regeneration working but it was too slow.
"Surprised?" Naruto smiled like a child who just got a candy; a pure and innocent smile. He closed his eyes and smiled wider when Riser screamed again, "Why not let me explain?"
"Riser, you are immortal as long as your dark clan energy flows throughout your body." Naruto started explaining nonchalantly while Riser was screaming his lungs out, "But unfortunately for you, my Samehada eats any types of dark energy. So right now when your body is sending your special energy to your arm but my Samehada is eating it before your arm could use that energy to regenerate, hence your painful experience. "
But Riser's mind couldn't comprehend anything since Naruto's cheerful voice was overshadowed by his anguished scream.
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With the Audience
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There was a pin drop silence.
Everyone in the room just stared at the screen with wide eyes and opened mouth.
Even Rias and her friends were watching the fight with disbelief. Rias thought Naruto was going to fight against Riser using his superior speed and outstanding swordsmanship. And seeing that he had a sword that absorbs fire, she was sure Naruto would approach Riser strategically, who relied on pure power and regeneration. But this,
Naruto was going head on head against Riser at their match. No, it couldn't be called a fight since Naruto wasn't even fighting. He was just playing with Riser.
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Back to Naruto and Riser
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What Rias didn't know that Naruto wanted to face Riser exactly the way she thought. He didn't want to bring out too much of his power but he would have shown off his superiority in the fight. But Riser dug his own grave the moment he taunted Naruto with his girls.
Naruto was a devil of pride and for that, he never took insults lightly. But because of his sharp mind usually, he would counter back the insults just through words unless things became too hectic.
But there was one more sin, hidden deep inside within him. One that he himself was wary about,
Sin of Wrath.
It was his original sin, the one that manifested within him all by itself. It was overwhelming and unstoppable, but with time he was able to suppress his wrath with his pride. Because whenever he let his wrathful side came out, it would always end up with the total annihilation of his opponents. The outcome was always bloody, savage and unforgettable. And the worst part of it was … he would enjoy every second of it as long as it lasted.
And now the egotistical Phenex taunted him saying that he would take away his sister and his lover. He would take away his new family that he was slowly building after all the things he went through.
Riser really shouldn't have done that.
Because of his mistake, Naruto let out his wrath.
And so right now, Naruto wasn't fighting to win or to show his superiority.
He was fighting to utterly destroy Riser … to the point where he would have nightmares for days … years to come. And to him the best part, he was a phenex, meaning Naruto could tear his body apart and Riser would regenerate back. The thought alone made Naruto shiver with delight. So right now, Naruto wanted nothing more than to kill him over and over again before the stuck-up chicken-head was nothing but a quivering mess.
Riser raised his other arm and created a huge fireball but before he could increase its size, Naruto grabbed the handle of the sword with both of his hand and made a huge horizontal swipe. The force of that swipe was so strong that Riser's arm was torn off as he flew and crashed into the ground far away.
Riser slowly got up, his breathing was erratic and he looked frantic. He raised his severe arm to see it started to regenerate but was slow, although in a minute it fully regenerated.
And in that one minute, Naruto didn't do anything. Leaning on his sword, he just stared at the downfallen Phenex with an amusing grin. When his arms healed completely, Riser stood up and looked at Naruto. His inner feelings were laid bare to the audience by the expression his face was making. He wanted to shout at Naruto, wanted to belittle him and accuse him of cheating but the look on Naruto's eyes told him the outcome. It didn't matter to Naruto what Riser would do because either way, he was going to have a piece of him. When he understood that he immediately took flight, making Naruto's grin to widen. But he wasn't having any of that.
"Come here!"
A chain shot out from the small magic circle that formed in front of Naruto's palm. The chain had one blade attached at its end which looked like a combination of multiple small blades. With a speed that was hard to follow, it pierced Riser who was at least hundred feet away from Naruto. The blade pierced Riser's back and came out from his front, and a moment later the small blades of the main blade extended, completely hooking the Phenex.
And then Naruto pulled the scared Phenex toward him and no matter what Riser tried he couldn't do anything but go toward Naruto. And the moment Riser came close, Naruto shoved his sword or more like the mouth of the sword at Riser's head who immediately used both of his hand to catch the mouth which was mere inches away from his face.
So with one hand, Naruto was holding his sword which was trying to take a bite from Riser's head and with the other, he was holding the chain making sure that the Phenex was on the ground.
Riser screamed and let lose a huge amount of fire, it was so strong that in seconds the full village … or what was left of it … was burned to the ground, leaving nothing behind. So literally they were standing on an empty scorched wasteland without any traces of life.
But Naruto was fine. His eyes still locked onto Riser with the same gleeful expression. It was as if he didn't even notice what just happened; although there was one small change. Riser, including every one of the audiences, was looking at that small change with a wide mouth.
It was the sword. The only thing that the fire was able to burn was the white cloth wrapped around it. But in no way, anyone could call it a sword after the full shape was visible to everyone. The true form of the sword was terrifying. The actual blade was comprised of a series of downward facing scales running along the entirety of its length until its hilt. It looked more like a beast … a living, breathing monster rather than a sword.
"What is that?" Every single person, who was watching the match, thought.
"What is that? I am pretty sure you are asking that in your mind." Naruto chuckled, "Why not let me enlighten you? Every sword, every weapon has a story, has a purpose. And they are created in such a way so that they can accomplish them."
The teeth of the sword sharpened as another set of teeth grew behind the first set.
"Now for my Samehada, it doesn't cut,"
The scales became longer and sharper … but worst of all, they came to life.
"It shaves."
The whole body started to shake in a slow but excited motion.
"It devours!"
Suddenly the mouth shook and it made an eerie kind of giggling noise, one that sent shivers to everyone watching,
"Gigigigigigigigigigi~"
"See, Samehada agrees."
While panting and gritting his teeth, Riser released his flames once more. But this time they were completely eaten by the sword. And after devouring his flames it giggled again.
"What the fuck are you scared of? Aren't you a Phenex, a so called immortal? Even if my Samehada bites off your head, you will regenerate it eventually." Naruto's smile turned into a snare. Then he tightened the grip on both his sword and his chain, and shouted, "So stop being a pussy and fight back, Riser! Fight and let me relish the moment! And if you can't do that,"
Naruto's power spiked again and with it, the sword started to shake violently as if it was on ecstasy,
"Then stop struggling and let me slaughter you!"
The mouth widened and Riser could feel the strength of his arm giving out, he could see the mouth was now big enough to devour almost half of his whole body in one bite. But the most frightening part was that he couldn't see anything inside the mouth even though he was so close. It was pitch black, an endless void.
Then he felt his arms shaking and saw that the mouth was closing in on him. He then remembered the crunching sound of his bone being crushed, the pain of his flesh being eaten right in front of his eyes. The agony, the sight, all of it was unimaginable. And the healing properties of his family were unable to protect him. Then it hit him,
How unbearable would the pain be if instead of an arm, it was the head?
In that moment, his mind showed him something.
It was as if he was deep in an ocean. He wasn't drowning, he was just floating in one spot and in front of him, there was a huge shark. And someone was riding on it. He knew who he was but what truly frightened him was the smile, the vicious smile, and the amused gaze.
And then the shark opened its mouth.
"I GIVE UP!"
And with that, the sword slackened as if it felt the discontent of its master.
Riser fell on his butt when the sword loosened up its mouth. And the chain that was holding him disappeared as well. When he looked up at Naruto he could clearly see the utter disappointment on his face, whereas Riser had an absolute terrified look on his.
"I-I s-surrender." He repeated again, between his shaking teeth.
"Riser Phenex has surrendered. The match is over," There was a pause as if even the judge had a hard time believing what just happened,
Winner, Naruto Belial."
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Done
Author's Note:
Hope you enjoyed the fight.
Here is a description regarding Naruto's peerage
King
Naruto Belial/Uzumaki
Race: Hybrid (Half human/devil)
Power Rank: Unknown
Unique Ability: Wielder of 'The Fourteenth Longinus'.
Queen
None
Bishop
Haku
Race: Hybrid (Half human/Youkai)
Power Rank: Ultimate Class low level
Unique Ability: Wielder of 'Absolute Demise'.
Bishop
None
Knight
Gaara (Shukaku)
Race: Hybrid (Half human/Youkai)
Power Rank: High class High level
Unique Ability: Possessor of a unique 'Sacred Gear'.
Knight
Kenshin (Battousai)
Race: Human
Power Rank: High Class High level
Unique Ability: Unknown
Rook x 2
Secret
Pawn x 6
Melissa
Race: Unknown
Power Rank: Unknown
Unique Ability: Unknown
Pawn x 1
Asia Argento/Uzumaki
Race: Human
Power Rank: Low Class
Unique Ability: Wielder of 'Twilight Healing.
Pawn x 1
Secret
Hope this new way cleared up everything. And yes, Haku is a boy; sorry but I am not budging from this. Because if I make her a girl everyone will want her to pair up with Naruto. DXD universe already has more than enough ladies. I am not adding any more.
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Here are the newest Naruto's weapons.
Samehada: The sword that devours
Rank: A+
Universe: Naruto
Type: Anti-Mage
Completely like the original universe but instead of chakra it eats energy, although it can only devour dark type of energy, like demonic or youkai's, even fallen angel's energy but not the purest ones.
Sickle Chain: The tracking kunai
Rank: B-
Universe: Mortal Kombat
Type: Miscellaneous
This is exactly like Scorpion's chain but one addition effect is that it drains the energy of its victim the moment it hooks him/her; and uses the energy to strengthen the chain.
That's it for now. All feedbacks are greatly appreciated so please leave a review.
Till next time.