Wings of Flames (NarutoxHighschool-DXD)

Disclaimer: This story is fiction. All the characters, names and places belong to their respective owners.

Harem is possible if the length is actually long enough. It won't be true harem, however. You can see read my profile for that. The interest thing affects all my stories, if there's not enough, this story will be on hiatus. Let's give this one another shot.

=[Wings of Flames]=
Part 4

"Look at that," Minato called out as he pointed at the sky with interest while standing in the most exquisite garden. He'd noticed there were two people chasing each other in the sky. The small trail of flames left by the one ahead had given him enough indication to who they were. None of the three adults around were paying any attention to him.

"S-stop it, we're not little kids anymore," Lady Phenex demanded in a high-pitched moaning voice while her endowed breasts were fondled from behind by a pair of hands. To those that were in the vicinity and could see for themselves, she was very much like an older version of her daughter except with her hair done in a more elaborately style with expensive glimmering ornaments.

Her husband, Lord Phenex, stared unflinchingly as his wife, who was trying to remove the offending hands as best she could.

"Nuuuuu… I finally remembered why Ravel-chan is so familiar when I first saw her. She looked just like you when you were younger, but less of a crybaby," Kushina refused the demand as she massaged the two soft mounts with a lecherous expression while Lady Phenex tried to hold in her voice. "Rayna-chan had grown a lot in these years with these things. Having more kids sure have made them big so they need to be massaged, and no one here is complaining. Isn't that right?"

Lord Phenex gave a nod on reflex as he watched the display while being strangely aroused. Several knuckles on the head later, he was standing with Minato away from their chattering wives. He finally saw the playful game of tags by his daughter and his friend's son as Minato had pointed out previously.

"They are having fun," Phenex acknowledged while rubbing the bump. "The offer still stands."

"Yes, they are having fun," Minato agreed as he watched the same scene. "It's just like you and Rayna those years ago when we were young, but that all it is. They supposed to have fun before they have to partake in their own paths, whichever it may be. I can only guide and advise my son on his journey, not dictate what he should do. The final say is up to him."

"I see you haven't changed in appearance and mind. Still the same Minato all those years ago," Phenex admitted as he lowered his eyes at the blooming garden that stretched on for miles. "But I cannot do the same like you. I admitted that I was too ambitious of wanting to holding onto the old tradition. As our population increases in numbers with each passing generation, the numbers of pure-blooded decreases. The Evil Pieces might have prevented our declines, but it took away what made us unique; our identity."

Phenex then chuckled. "Hearing my own words, I must have sounded like those of the previous government, refusing to accept the inevitable."

"… They are not wrong in that regard, but they took things to the extreme, disregarding all of our opinions narrow-mindedly," Minato said as he thought about the Old Satan Factions. "They're still trying to hold onto to their foolish ambitions. The moment they'd forsaken the wills and supports of our race, the war they'd pointlessly started was lost. Their stubbornness, refusing to change for the better, was their undoing. In my own opinion, if they were to rule, then our race would face extinction. Even if pure-blooded became a rarity in the unforeseen future, we will still be known as devils and no one can take that pride away from us. Considering your thoughts on the matter, there's still a problem about my son's bloodline if I accept your proposal."

"Thoughtful as always," Phenex said with a smile. "I already know that your son isn't of pureblood just like your wife. The union between Uzumaki and Namikaze was greatly frowned upon by our peers before the onset of the war. It was not because such marriage would create an uncontrollable offspring, but because she isn't of pureblood. They have since learnt the errors of their ways and became more inclined to the new government, but the discrimination is still there. At least there is some promise in this generation. The daughter of Gremory had shown me it by choosing that red dragon over my son. Strangely enough, I feel no anger toward her when she did, or when your son stepped in to fight on her behalf."

"I was there, remember? And why should you be furious? We're all relic of the past," Minato claimed, feeling incredibly old. "Teach them all we know then just sit back and watch the next generation show us the future they will create piece by piece. They have been doing great so far. Slow and surely it will come. But I hope it will come soon because I want to see a grandchild in my arms before my time is over just like my wife."

"As do I," Lord Phenex said with a chuckle. "I admitted my own daughter is not on par with Gremory's daughter. I still wished her to have a suitable husband that cares and loves for her. When she became Riser's bishop out of the blue, I was furious and would have done something I will definitely regret if my wife had not stopped me."

"… Phenex… don't put your daughter down like that. What makes Rias outshined Ravel? In my opinion, your daughter had made a better impression than Gremory's daughter. My wife immediately adored Ravel since she looked too much like Rayna when we were kids. If it was up to me, I and my wife would be busy planning the wedding already, but unfortunately, it was not. If I forced my son, he will definitely rebel. It has to be his choice on the path he walked. That is what I believed."

"I see. I suppose you are right in that regard. We shouldn't be hovering over our children like some sort of watchers, or they will never grow up," Phenex said thoughtfully as he remembered his own colourful youth. "Do you still remember that particular bachelor party when you were engaged to Kushina? We were all there, drinking our body weight in alcohol."

"I … I don't know what you're talking about," Minato said sheepishly with a dismissive wave of hand. He then became agitated even though it had happened so long ago. "We were just joking around then, but it got you two together didn't it so why are you still angry about it?"

"Truthfully, I'm not angry at how things turned out. I took responsibly for what happened even if my wife said it was fine with her while crying a waterfall," Phenex answered with a smile at the nostalgic memory. "Nothing actually happened then even there were many rumors about us floating around the academy. I'm glad you had set us up. I was too hesitant to ask her on a date even though I was smitten by her shyness."

"Well, you were sucking on her…" Minato trailed off about the bizarre rumors. "Heck, if I was me, I would take responsibility too. It was just a childish prank, but we all got punished by our parents in front of the whole academy and the girls we liked. It was incredibly embarrassing."

"Yes, it was," Phenex muttered as he remembered everyone who had a hand on in it was hanging upside down outside the academy half-naked for all the girls to see under the relentless sun. "As embarrassing as it maybe, it was still one the fondest memory we all shared. From that moment onward, we've learn that take responsibly for our actions and shared in the burden. I hope you have taught your son well just like our parents did."

XxXxX

Naruto did several aerobatic loops in the air playfully, trailing a long line of flames with his fiery wings, before blasting ahead with hypersonic speed. As fast as he was going, it would still take at least several minutes to traverse the entire landscape to the edge of the estate. He was speechlessly shocked to learn that the entire mountains range along with vast fertile pastures was only a small part of the Phenex's total wealth.

"Naruto-kun, can you slow down?" Ravel called out, but her voice was lost in the flapping wind. She tried to follow him as fast as she could, but she realized her eagle-like wings could never match his flames enhanced ones. As he vanished from view in front, she slowed down and panted heavily while looking at the purplish horizon.

"Naruto…"

"Why did you stop?" A familiar and firmed voice to her side asked. He hadn't left her behind after all, and with that thought went through her mind, she felt her young maiden heart soared higher than she thought possible.

Ravel tried her best not to display the emotion on her flustered face as she turned to face him. "You were flying too fast. I tried to call out, but you didn't hear me at all."

"No, I heard, but I thought I was flying at fairly slow speed," Naruto said with a frown. He had overestimated the girl's power since she was a High-Class devil, who should have her own peerages by now. "I was just a bit excited at how rich your family is. I know we have far more landmass than the human world since there is no large body of water, but I cannot put my head around this at all. How much of land does your family have in total?"

Thinking hard, Ravel tried to estimate her family enormous wealth. "Umm… I don't know exactly since father and mother never tabulated it before, but all the Pillars Clans have roughly about the same amount of lands once it was divided evenly after the war."

Naruto had to mentally stop his eyes from falling out of their socket. From what she had said, that meant each family of the remaining pillars had land roughly the size of Honshou of Japan under their control. "I thought the Gremory was rich because of Sirzechs-kun favoring them, but I guess I was wrong huh. So every Pillar has about 150,000 square miles of land? That's a lot!"

"About 200,000…" Ravel corrected as she remembered her brother, Riser, gloated about it once. "But I'm sure your family has the same."

Feeling greatly outclassed, Naruto looked away shyly with a crooked smile. "Yeah… we have about enough land for a big comfortable home with a huge library and few extra rooms, so about a few dozen squared miles?"

"But. But that can't be! Even if your clan isn't part of the active pillars, they should have entitlements for their lifetime of accomplishments," Ravel pointed out with shock. "Your parents should be like mother and father, having the same prestige as Dukes and Archdukes."

"Hmmm… that's true. Maybe my parents had relinquished their ownership of their properties when they left the war and went in hiding?" Naruto muttered questioningly as recalled the social hierarchy of his race.

Everyone started at the bottom as low-class devil and then climb the ladder to ultimate-class unless there were some exceptional circumstances. There were, of course, favoritism, but that was ironed out as much as possible. To ascend the ladder, there were several ways to do so. This included gathering points by contracting with humans, accomplishment great noteworthy deeds, and the most popular was the rating games. Everyone was placed into four official classes of ranking, but each have multiple of grades to them. In term of raw strength and powers, a High tier Ultimate-Class devil could potentially overpower a Low tier Ultimate-Class even if they were both classed as Ultimate-Level. Above that was God-Class, and in between were an unofficial class called super devils.

"Hey, wait a second. I'm an Ultimate Class, how come I got no landholding?" Naruto asked, feeling the sinister greed rising within his being. "I mean, it would be cool if I have a vast chunk of land to play around in?"

Ravel tried to think of a reason, but came up emptied. "Are you you're an Ultimate Class?""

The entire area shook heavily as Naruto glared at the girl for even questioning his powers level. Ravel was shaking from the potent aura radiated from the blond before it vanished completely. "Ah… I'm sorry for that. Hmmm… I'm going to check with Sirzechs-kun. Ummm… I will take you back home in a flash."

XxXxX

"Naruto-kun… and Ravel-chan," Sirzechs greeted warmly once the silver-haired maid let them in with a courteous bow. Ravel actually returned it, but Naruto felt it was unnecessary. "If you wish to see Rias, she's not here right now. Do you want something to eat or drink while you wait?"

Naruto and Ravel returned the greeting as politely as they could before taking their spot on the opposite of their host on a comfortable couch. They were sitting closed together, side by side, thus their display caused Sirzechs to raise a brow. Grayfia did the same before she left the room to get some refreshments from the kitchen.

Sirzechs finished examining the couple and smirked: "Are you already cheating on my sister, Naruto?"

"Huh? No, I wanted to take Ravel-chan home before heading here, but she refused to comply, saying it was her job to look after me or something…" Naruto said before mentally kicking himself blurting that out. "Pardon me, Lucifer-sama. Even if what you are implying is true, Rias and I are not a couple yet so it's technically not cheating."

"Hahahahahaha," Sirzechs laughed loudly. The two blond-haired guests waited patiently for him to calm down. "Sorry. I see you're setting up your harems already, but Ravel-chan is a bit young, don't you think?"

"I don't mind if Naruto-kun don't mind, Lucifier-sama," Ravel said with a smile, but Naruto ignored the statement.

"I didn't come here to discuss about something like that," Naruto said with a light headshake. "I wanted to confirm if I'm an Ultimate Class or not, Lucifer-sama. I always had assumed I am since my father and mother had said so themselves."

"Ultimate Class… well if your parents said so, then it is must be the truth, isn't it?" Sirzechs said with a few chuckles, but Naruto narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Alright, no need for that, Naruto-kun. There are actually two branches of ranking, but you qualified for both. Your power level is of Ultimate-Class so officially, through me, you are one. My previously fractured arms can attest to that. I will have to put in the paperwork for it so everyone can recognize you as such in both birthright and capability. I'm curious why do you ask about it now?"

"… no, I'm just curious as to why I have no entitlement? Doesn't Ultimate-Class can claim unused lands as their territory?" Naruto questioned. "And what are two types of ranking?"

"Yes they do once they reached the rank," Sirzechs answered thoughtfully while his wife, Grayfia, returned to the room with a tray. Ravel went to help her as Sirzechs continued. "But that only if they are not part of any pre-existing families or clans. We have vast amount of unused lands at our disposal, but it will run out if we do not manage it correctly. The pillars have more than most because they supported the current government. Without them, nothing can get done in sufficient amount of time so they are entitled to that much."

Sirzechs exhaled and continued. "Two ranking are based on lineage and accomplishment. Usually, heir and heiress are automatically ranked as ultimate-class while their other children ranked as high-class, but achievement is more favored now."

"Oh… that makes sense," Naruto admitted as he looked at his emptied palms. He had never questioned his own powers and strengths, but he got nothing to show for it. No money, no title, no holding that he could call his own. He was still young with many opportunities coming his way so he gave a dismissive shrug. "Hmm… I thought I could get some lands on my own. Maybe with it, I can start a farm to grow something like dragon apples. I heard they are in demand since it difficult care for them. It sounds like a challenge."

"Hahahaha… yes, they are, but it's a waste of your talent to be a farmer, Naruto-kun. You should find something worthwhile to do with your time. If you desired so, I can give you a several hundred acres of lands for you to do whatever you want with it, but if you decided to grow some of them, may I have the first few picks of the season?"

Naruto gave a headshake as Ravel returned to her seat with a few drinks in her hand. She gave one to the blond as he thanked her. He pondered how she knew which drink he liked as he glanced at it.

Putting it away in his mind, he returned his gaze to Lucifer. "I can't accept that, Lucifer-sama. I want to gain it on my own then it would truly belong to me, and even if I do run a farm, I'm not going to favor you over other customers. You will have to get in line like everyone else."

"Eh? Don't be like that, Naruto-kun. I will pay good price for them," Sirzechs offered while Naruto adamant defended his stance on such privilege.

While Naruto and Sirzechs debated, Ravel remained silence and pondered how the conversation about entitlement became a talk about a nonexistent farm.

"Sirzechs-sama. Perhaps, Naruto-sama can reclaim the land that his parents had relinquished after the Great War as it was still belonging to Namikaze and Uzumaki clans," Grayfia suggested and handling out some confections. "Or Naruto-sama could gain them by going through the normal path of promotions like everyone else."

Seeing the questioning look on Naruto's face about the second part, Sirzechs explained in depth. "Let us put the birthright and heritage out of the way for now. There are many ways to become an Ultimate-Class through recognitions and achievements. The most common ways are collecting contracts, rising through the rating games and battling foreign powers. Technically, a Satan like me can promote anyone to Ultimate Class as long as they have the ability to show for it, skipping through the unnecessary steps in between. Such case is entirely based on their military capability. This usually happened during time of war or crisis, but it can be greatly abused. I have promoted you like that since I don't want you butchering your ways through the rating games to get your ranking, but in doing so, it lacked any entitlement such as landholding like you would get normally."

"Hmmm… so I will get some entitlements once I reach Ultimate-Class through that way?" Naruto asked as Sirzechs nodded.

"Yes. It's an examination to test you on your characters, knowledge and powers," Sirzechs said. "Not everyone can succeed since it is difficult if not prepared, but I believed it shouldn't be a problem for you as you are right now. Do you wish to take the test? If you do, you have to start from the bottom since it is not based on your lineage, but on your own ability."

"Hmmm… I think I have time right now," Naruto said, wanting to see how far he could go normally, as Sirzechs nodded in understanding.

"Ravel-chan have gone through the middle-class and high-class examination, maybe she will give you some pointers about it while I go notify the Ranking Administration about your request. It won't take long," Sirzechs said before leaving the room with Grayfia in tow.

Naruto eyed Ravel sitting by his side.

"I can tell you all about it, but it will cost you, Naruto-kun," Ravel said with a smile as Naruto raised a brow.

Author Note:

Naruto won't go to school in this one since well, I already did that with Red String of Fate with him as a teacher. He won't be a farmer; this isn't Harvest Moon/Rune Factory crossover! There are plenty of things I could do rather than recycling materials. From the splitting point, every route is different so if you didn't read the other ones, you're missing out something good.