Kyōkai no ken

by RaisoneDetre

To bring joy and happiness to others and especially those close to him even at the cost of his own life. To kill. To protect. To be drawn. To be wielded. To be used. To be sheathed. To be discarded. That is the fate of a sword. The fate of a weapon. He who has chosen the path of the blade, the path of the weapon what fate awaits he in the end? Minor Tsukihime and Hellsing xover

4. Thy Allies

Kyokai no Ken

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

AN: This chapter admittedly will not be good as the previous two (in my opinion) as this chapter will acts as more of an introduction and set up chapter to the second arc of this story the "Vampire Hunting Arc" (Takes place before Raiser Arc) which I promise to be less angst, more comedic, and more boom boom kapo kapow action. Yep so this arc and the one following it will be more light-hearted in the sense that Naruto wouldn't do anything too drastic... or so I hope. Also will be an x-over with two verses both of which exists and remember guys emphasis on AU. Oh and before I forget I'm not from Italy and I've never been to the place so you know correct me if I'm wrong in some of the places etc.

Pairings: Naruto x "Holy Girls"

Tags: AU, Violence, Gore, Character Deaths, Ecchi, Minor Xover

Song List

Gintama OST: Koko was Samurai no Kuni da (Extended)

Naruto Shippuuden OST: Ochihabune

Sword Art Online OST: Everyday Life (Extended)

Naruto OST: Beautiful Green Wild Beast

Sengoku Rance OST: A Calmly Wind

-Kyokai no Ken-

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if yo do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

John 15:12-15

-Kyokai no Ken-

Chapter 4: Thy Allies

Play Gintama OST: Koko was Samurai no Kuni da (Extended)

The bright and dazzling rays of the ever luminescent Sun shined their modest blessings upon those who walked the earth.

It was these very same rays of light that passed through the various stained glass windows depicting the pictures of famous martyrs illuminating the inner most sanctum of a certain church where a boy of the age of eight or so with a sheathed japanese katana strapped on his back found himself walking ever so silently in.

Beside the boy walked a somewhat more stoic gentleman. "Emotions..." The effeminate gentleman of European descent with platinum blond hair -styled into a pony tail- who radiated a rather breath-taking and mysterious aura said. "...That is what you lack young one."

The boy merely tilted his head to the side in confusion as he kept walking beside mysterious gentleman."Emotions?"

A sigh escaped the man's rather feminine lips. "I had hope that your sessions with Ciel or Alexander would be enough to draw out some form of emotion within you but as far as I could see aside from learning their fighting style you haven't learned anything."

"I thought that emotions weren't needed. Master Garule told me that they were-"

"What Garule taught you doesn't matter." The platinum blond-haired man with silver eyes quickly cut the boy off. "My old friend's method despite it's effectiveness is rather lacking. I'm sorely disappointed at his archaic approach into training you. He fails to see the value of emotions in human beings, he prefers to mold a person by means of detaching them from their emotions. I am sure that he has already tried such a method with you." He shook his head in disapproval. "Then again his ideals lie solely on his own form of justice and vengeance." The man sighed once more. "Such is the aspect of heaven that he represents."

The boy furrowed his eye brows. "...I don't understand. Master Garule has never lied to me."

"I'm not saying he did." The man shook his head. "The only thing I'm saying is that my child emotions are fickle, very very fickle yet necessary for one such as yourself."

"Why?"

"Because with emotions, in one moment they can be the source of infinite strength that will allow you to defeat all your enemies but the next it could turn into your greatest weakness bringing forth not only your defeat but also your death."

"Why bother having it if it's both an asset and a liability?"

The effeminate man gave boy a sad and almost pitying look."...That is why I found it necessary to intervene with your training Naruto-kun. You need to learn of emotions, you need to understand it for both your own sake and for the sake of achieving your true potential, much like the very same potential that your ancestor showed."

The boy tilted to the other side as he tried his best to keep up with the older man. "My ancestor?"

"The Second Sage of the Six Paths." The man said softly, a small smile marring his face. "The man who killed a god, married another, then ascended into god hood. The very same man who represented the epitome of human potential." His powerful silver eyes gazed upon the boy "Do you know what gave him strength?"

The boy shook his head in response.

"Bonds, my child." The older man answered, the small smile never leaving his normally cold and stoic facade. "He gained his immense power from the idea of protecting those who he considered his precious people. To protect his bonds he gained power that far surpassed human comprehension allowing him to slay the [Shinju] and the primordial god's chosen one in mortal combat."

The boy found himself listening intently to the older man's words as it was the first time he has ever heard of this story, a story of a man who did the impossible and killed a God of all things.

"You're friendship with that girl Asia has already yielded great results, you now know of happiness, and you also have a grasp of the concept of sadness and its direct correlation with happiness. Have you not felt it after meeting her? The desire to make her happy? The desire to be stronger for the sake of not seeing her sad?"

The boy paused for a moment, thinking deeply before he nodded in response.

"Excellent." The effeminate man smiled brightly."That is why I feel that it is needed in your part to obtain more bonds."

"More bonds?"The boy found himself repeating the effeminate man's words.

"We're here." The older man announced as he led the boy through a set of wooden doors that existed within the inner most workings of the sanctum. The sight that welcomed the two was a well light that was somewhat reminiscent to the Kendo Dojo's of Japan. The floors of the room was made of shiny wooden boards and there several swords of every different types lined the walls of the room.

There were four people in the room, but the boy paid no mind to most of them as he followed his teacher towards the biggest and the eldest of the bunch. A beautiful sister of northern European descent which welcomed the two of them with a polite bow.

"Good morning Griselda." The effeminate man was the first to speak.

"Good morning to you as well Father Luce."

The effeminate man named Father Luce took on a slight more professional demeanor as he pointed at the young blond that stood silently on his side."You are aware of who this boy is?"

"I have already read the reports. Truth be told I assumed that I would have had a hand in his training earlier but it appears that I was mistaken."The nun said a soft and kind tone.

"It was necessary... the time he spent with Ciel and Alexander both served to create a perfect foundation for him before he started wielding the Kusanagi."

"I have read in the reports that he knows of Ciel and Alexander's fighting style though the report didn't state how efficient he was with it."

"Oh you'd be surprised."

"I see. A question, if you wouldn't mind father..."

"Yes my dear?"

"Why are you making me train him? I know full well that he is a student of... Garule."

Father Luce let out an exasperated sigh."...That is precisely why I want you to train him. You see my old friend hasn't been the same since the last war. Yes his loyalty still lies with the high heavens but his methods and ways are beginning to go out of hand."

"War does tend to change people."

"Oh if only you knew." The man's eyes shifted from Griselda, his gaze landing on the younger blond's form. "You know of my ability right?"

"Perception of Light is it not?"Replied the female exorcist.

"Correct. I have the ability to perceive the light which exists within mortal men." The effeminate man glanced at the boy who was still standing by his side. He noted that the boy's eyes was darting around the room most likely in an attempt to familiarize himself with it.

"The light that exists within that boy far surpasses anything that I have ever seen during my life time. So strong. So pure. I could even say it's too pure." The man closed his eyes as if he was blinded by a strong light, a small amount of tears fell from the side of his eyes. "I want to see to it grow naturally as it is, untainted by the methods which my friend employs. I know it maybe too late as I can see a taint within his heart but there is still a chance, I will so to it as my responsibility as a son of God to see the light within the boy flourish..."

"And if the boy were to leave and abandon our faction?"Griselda asked as she gazed upon the momentarily distracted boy.

"Then he shall still have my support."

"The higher-ups in heaven will not be happy to hear that."

"Oh there is no need to worry about that, I am sure that Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael will let me do as I please. They owe me that much."

The effeminate priest looked at the boy standing beside him, standing there as if waiting for his orders. "Naruto." He said in a kind voice, that came out rather flat for his part.

The boy blinked as he was brought out of his ministrations. "Yes Father Luce?"

"I need to talk with Griselda for a moment. Could you please go look around the room and perhaps talk with the other children?"

The boy simply nodded in response as he left the two adults to themselves.

After distancing himself from the two adults the boy found his eyes scanning the room once more, there were so many weapons, The floor was so shiny, the room was so bright, such simple stimuli were all together a new experience from the boy.

There was a flash of red that caught the side of the boy's vision, prompting his head to turn towards its direction. There he found a beautiful familiar looking flower sitting on a vase a top a desk that was located on the back of the room.

"A rose?" He blinked several times to make sure that his eyes were not lying. "A Red Rose?" The boy mumbled as his eyes found themselves attracted to the crimson colored flower. It didn't have the same calmness and mystique unnaturalness that the blue rose possessed, but instead it had a sense of joyous vigour and strength about it, the likes of which he has never seen.

It was beautiful in it's own right.

"Hey!"

The boy blinked, finally remembering that there were other people in the room aside from his Father Luce and the lady he was conversing with. Turning towards the direction of the voice his eyes was welcomed by a tuft of blue hair that belonged to one of the three boys around his age who were standing and looking intently at him.

"Umm... sorry about that I was a bit distracted." The boy apologized as he scratched the back of his head.

A boy with blond hair standing beside silver-haired boy with red eyes chuckled "No need to apologize even I do that sometimes, especially when I think about food." The blond haired boy smiled as a trail of drool seeped through the corner of his mouth. "Food."

"What's the matter with him?"

"He does that sometimes no need to worry about it, that's just how he is." The silver-haired boy said as he extended his hand towards Naruto in the form of a hand shake."You look tough kid, I like that. Hope we get a good scrap or two later. The name is Siegfried by the way."

The blond-haired boy took the hand and shook it."My name is Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki."

Siegfried grinned. "Nice meeting you Naruto." He said as he elbowed the other blond hair boy in the ribs. "Hey stop spacing out and introduce yourself!"

The other blond boy blinked and chuckled sheepishly for a moment before he turned towards Naruto. "Hey do you like snacks?"He asked.

"I do not dislike them."

"Then I think we'll get along fine."The boy extended his right hand at Naruto prompting his fellow blond to grab it and give it a good shake. "I'm Dulio Gesualdo nice meeting you."

"Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." He introduced himself a second time.

"Chinese?" Dulio asked.

"Japanese." The boy corrected.

"Mhmm... Sushi... Sashimi... Ramen... Soba... Udon... Gyudon... Katsudon... Oyakudon... Tempura..." From there on the green-eyed blond stared spacing out once more as he thought of several Japanese cuisine.

Naruto only sweat dropped at the sight.

Siegfried placed a knowing hand on the new comer's back. "You'll get used to it soon. Trust me, you will."

The descendant of the sage could only nod in response.

The last of the group, the kid with the blue hair just stared at the newcomer before voicing out his opinion. "Naruto Uzumaki... Your name is weird..."

The blue-eyed youth merely tilted his head to the side, easily brushing off what many would consider an insult. "Then what's your name?"

"It's... Xenovia." The boy replied.

"Your name..." Naruto opened his mouth and responded with innocent and brutal honesty. "It's even stranger than mine."

"No it's not!"

"Yes it is." He replied flatly.

"No it isn't!"

The boy shrugged. "...Whatever makes you sleep at night."

The blue haired boy glared at Naruto."Grrr stupid weird name boy weird name boy!"

"You're the boy with the weird name. What kind of a name is Xenovia?"

"I'm a girl!"

The boy merely raised a brow, not bothering to show the surprise he felt. "Well you look like a boy. Nothing about you looks like a girl at all." He replied in all honesty eliciting a low growl from the self-proclaimed girl.

After a few seconds of growling Xenovia stuck out her tongue and blew him a raspberry. "Blergh!"

"Hn." Siegfried grabbed Dulio by the back of his shirt."Yeah the two of us are not going get in between this." He said as he dragged the young exorcist trainee away, distancing the two of them from the visibly enraged Xenovia and the relatively calm new comer.

"My my it looks like we have a pair of energetic kids with us today." Father Luce said as he walked towards Xenovia and Naruto, earning a slight bow of respect from the latter while quickly being ignored by the former.

"I don't really know how you can call your student energetic but with regards to Xenovia. I have to agree that she is a bit head strong, aggressive, and energetic. If only she could calm down a bit, then I could truly start teaching her the ways of the sword." said Griselda Quatra as she walked beside the effeminate looking priest.

"Hmmm why don't we have the two of them fight?" suggested the priest.

"Should they use their holy swords?"asked the nun who quickly agreed to the man's suggestion.

"We'll allow them to, I will intervene if it gets too serious." Father Luce gazed upon the two kids. "Would you two agree to that? A fight between the two of you to resolve this small argument?"

This time actually eliciting a response from the blue haired girl."Master Griselda has taught me since like forever it wouldn't be fair for the new kid. I'll be him up so easily that it won't be funny."

"I accept."

Several minutes later Naruto and Xenovia stood in front of each other in the middle of the Dojo-like room while Griselda, Luce, an excited looking Siegfried, and Dulio who was still spacing out stood on the side.

"This is the most fired up I've seen you in your entire life." Father Luce said with a small smile on his face as he watched the two kids draw their holy swords."We haven't been here for ten minutes and the other kids are already having a positive influence on the boy." The radiant father commented as he closely watched the two children.

"Aren't you worried that you'd be humiliated by a girl?!" Xenovia asked as she used both hadns to hold a large blue sword with a golden edge.

"No, I won't be humiliated because I know will win, I can already see it."The boy quickly replied as he held an ornate katana with both hands.

"You're pretty overconfident. A bit too confident if you ask me."

"Only because you're under estimating me."

The blue haired girl grinned as she tightened her hold on her blade before she made a mad dash towards the blond boy, who soon followed suit and ran towards the bluenette as well.

The two children charged at one another, running at breakneck speeds that far surpassed children of their age. In one swift motion the children drew their swords, the boy now holding a beautiful ornate silver japanese katana with one hand, the girl still wielding her sword with both hands. Both children poised to unleash violence upon their adversary.

A flash of blue and yellow passed one another momentarily forming a hue of green which was accompanied by small sparks as their weapons met for just a second before the flashes separated, resulting in each combatant now standing in the opposite position from where they started.

The boy's blade extended to the left.

The girl's blade extended to the right.

The sharp sound of steel clashing against steel which was then followed by the sounds of metal cracking resounded in the room.

With one quick exchange a blade cracked and shattered.

With the cracking of a blade, the battle had ended.

With the cracking of a blade, the victor was decided.

With the shattering of a blade, the girl was momentarily torn.

With the shattering of a blade, another bond was born.

-Kyokai no Ken-

Play Naruto Shippuuden OST: Ochihabune

The Biblical God created the world in seven days, such was written in the Book of Genesis.

Naruto Uzumaki was by no means God, but for him seven days has passed. Seven long days since his arrival in the Vatican, seven days since the event rainy night where he stood before the blue roses and let out his sorrow. Oh those seven long and agonizing days that he spent contemplating and evaluating his actions during the [Witch Hunt] the what ifs? And If only I, never ended. In fact his actions did nothing but plague his mind to the point that he had to push back, repress, and endure those thoughts and memories that assailed him to no ends.

With those memories and thoughts came sadness, he couldn't really fight back the sadness he felt, and even helping others during the past week and bringing them joy continuously robbed him of the small amount satisfaction that he felt when he saw people smile. So instead of making others happy the young man distracted himself with training, honing his skills until the day he awaited for arrived, and indeed it did arrive.

For seven days after his arrival in the capital of the church, he was once more cleared to take missions. To go out in the field and slay heathens in the name of God. No need for thinking, no need for contemplation, or reflection, no he just needed to fight and kill. That's why he loved taking missions, and going around the world killing heathens. Not much thinking and contemplation involved. Just look for the target and kill them, simple as that.

Naruto gave a polite nod to a pair of priests which guarded the door leading to his handler's office. This time as he walked inside, no smile made it's way on his face. Instead he walked towards the center of the plain and barely furnished room, stopping just in a few steps in front of the large wooden table where the aged middle-eastern man with silver hair and silver eyes.

"Hello Naruto..." Garule greeted with a deep yet somewhat gentle tone.

Naruto bowed his head slightly in response before returning the greeting in kind. "Hello Master Garule."

The old man gave Naruto an appraising gaze, one look with those powerful silver eyes which felt as if the man was looking through his very existence. The bespectacled exorcist did his best to hide his discomfort. "Is there something bothering you my child?"

The exorcist quickly shook his head. "My mind is clear of any distractions. My body is healed of all its wounds. In the past seven days I have not dulled, I am a sword ready to be drawn."He replied almost mechanically causing the older man to frown at his response.

"You did not answer the question, my child."

"No." Naruto responded without hesitation, as he knew full well that showing such would warrant a deeper questioning on the part of his handler and mentor which would undoubtedly lead to the discovery of his heretical decision of not destroying and burning Asia's body like protocol states but rather leaving her body with her sacred gear in the midst of a group of devils.

Silence permeated in the room, as the older man kept his stern gaze upon the young exorcist, after half a minute or so, Garule retracted his gaze allowing a form of relief to swell within Naruto.

"...Are you sure with your words my child? You're body maybe healed, but your mind is still plagued with unease. Though I am not one who can read minds or peer deep within your very soul I can see that something is amiss. What it is I cannot say and I am sure that you will not confide to me of your problems as in your mind it will make me sad to do so." The older man shook his head, why did the boy had to grow up so complicated. "Are you truly ready to go out on the field once more and deliver the justice of God towards all the heretics and heathens that roam this mortal plane?"

"I am the sword of god who brings judgement upon the world. Humanity's weapon against the damned, you need only to point me to the right direction and I will bring forth divine retribution." Naruto replied, flatly while he stood in front of the older man.

"I see..." Uttered the large muscular man as he placed his hand upon his chin and played with his non-existent beard. "If you think that you are ready to venture out in the world then who am I to stop you, as long as you destroy our enemies then you have my blessings to roam the lands as you please."

Naruto nodded slightly in agreement to his handler's words. "Then can I get a mission today? Preferably one that involves a rather high-ranking enemy."

"Give me a minute or two." The older man stood up and went to the large book cases behind his desk where several files and mission requests were kept.

"You know this would be easier if you used the computer that I gave you." Naruto couldn't help but point out.

"Nonsense. The Church has survived for generations without technology." The older man looked through several papyrus scrolls. "As much as I appreciate you buying me a computer in my opinion we need not to indulge ourselves with such objects, keeping things simple and following the traditional methods set by the founders is better than relying in the inventions of men, specifically those that indulge in the ways of the heretical art known as science." He pulled out one folder in between several papyrus scrolls and scanned its contents before placing it on the table with one hand while he placed the other scrolls back in place. "Technological advancement is just one way of saying that people are losing fate in God, the angels, and the churches." The older man spat out with obvious distaste. "I barely tolerate you using that phone of yours." He added in the end while he turned away from the case and sat back on his chair.

As always Naruto found himself internally yawning during one of his mentor's long-winded sermons. He really shouldn't have bothered buying that computer for him a few months back if this was what came out of it. "I apologize for buying the computer then, if sticking with the old ways makes you happy then I will do my best not to impose upon you with modern technology." He replied halfheartedly, as his eyes carefully scanned the folder that Garule placed on the desk.

Venatione Vampyram

Naruto found himself raising a brow as he stared at the folder which undoubtedly contained the details for his mission. "Another vampire hunt?"

"Indeed."

"That's the ninth one over this last two months." Naruto noted as he recalled all string of vampire hunting missions he accomplished before his mission in Kuoh. "Their kind has been really active recently."

"Something is a miss." The older man clasped his hands and entwined his fingers taking on a pose eerily similar to a certain commander of an organization known as Nerv. "It maybe due to the rising tensions between the Carmilla Faction and the Tepes Faction, from the information that church has gathered this is due to an imminent war breaking out between the two sides because of Velerie Tepes the leader of the Tepes Faction who wields one of the Longinus."

"A war between the male and female vampire groups?" Naruto asked briefly recalling that Carmilla is a female-dominated faction, while Tepes is a male-dominated faction. "Should we worry about how this will affect the church?"

The older man shook his head and chuckled. "There is no need for that, heathens killing one another, such a glorious day for our organization." He said before his laughter subsided. "Sadly, this hunt that you are about to undertake has nothing to do with the two factions. In fact this mission relates to vampire thought to have been killed many years ago."

Naruto nodded as he found himself taking in the information, older vampires meant they had more experience and knowledge which obviously correlated to the amount of danger they presented. More often than not vampires who went beyond the age of two hundred were a significantly bigger threat than younger ones, such as the young Tepes that he killed in that graveyard all those weeks back which most likely didn't go beyond the age of a hundred."Am I going solo on this one?"

"Your partner for this mission is already in the area, you'll know who it is when you see the person." He took the folder and handed it to the bespectacled exorcist.

The descendant of the sage opened the folder and scanned through its contents. There was nothing written indicating who his partner was, but there was definitely a place written in it. "Milan, Italy?"

The older man nodded. "It is quite close by a five hours if you take a car, and about a few hours or even less if you take an air plane."

Naruto nodded as he kept scanning the folder, his eyes taking into account all the information written within it, which honestly was rather vague. He silently scanned the folder for a few seconds before his eyes landed on one name that made his eyes slightly widen.

"Ah. I see you have found the problem I have with this mission." The older man said, effectively directing Naruto's gaze from the folder and back to Garule. "Sadly... despite this mission being near our territory another organization who deals with vampires has been alerted and has dispatched one of their own to deal with the threat." He sighed exasperatedly. "After conversing with the head of the organization it has been agreed upon that you are to collaborate with them as much as possible. A sickening thought our organization working with one of their but mind you it might be needed this one time."

"And why is that? I am sure that my partner and I whoever he or she is would be enough to deal and neutralize this threat."

Garule's eye brows furrowed as he stared at the executor. "Rumours and such... mostly speculations from certain texts from our archives. Apparently this was an extremely strong vampire which supposed to have been killed years ago by man hailing from Japan but for it appears that the vampire has survived for some unknown reason."

"I see. Does he have any abilities that I should worry about?"

"Your target has the usual array of vampire capabilities most likely with a surprise of two. Nothing outside your capabilities as far as I'm concerned. Though a little back up would help if things were ever to go south." The silver-haired man grinned. "And knowing you, they will definitely go south."

"Does it have to be them?"

The older man grinned. "The vampire hunters of Great Britain. You should be familiar with their group, after all you've met them several times in the past."

"[Hellsing]" The blond muttered under his breath as the memories of his old teacher flashed within his mind. The former paladin who lived and turned into a monster for the sake of fight other monsters. "Isn't this out of their jurisdiction?"

"It is, but unfortunately they had business in the area when the sightings of the vampire first occurred and well let's just say that there were people who made rather poor choices which resulted in their organization being contracted along with ours to deal with the threat." The man said with tranquil and unnatural calmness that without a doubt hid an unimaginable amount of anger.

"I see..." Naruto closed the folder in his hands and tucked it in between his shoulders.

"As much as I hate to tell you this, I expect you to be on your best behavior when you're working alongside them since I do know that you've had a rather bad experience with the organization in the past." Calling it a bad experience would be a gross understatement, after all that organization was responsible for the death of one of Naruto's old masters.

Naruto looked calm and ever stoic as he placed his hand upon his glasses and pushed it up. "I will try my best."

"Give it more than your best as I do not want to deal with more a paper work and such."

The younger man only nodded in response.

"If that is all then I would be going now since I still need to stop by [The Armory] to resupply." When the older man didn't reply for a few seconds Naruto took that as a cue to leave. The exorcist turned around and walked towards the door, opening it with a light push.

"Naruto." The older man's deep voice reached his ears prompting him to stop from fully exiting the room.

"Yes Master?"

"I want you to be honest with me." Naruto didn't need to turn around to know that his handler was giving him a stern gaze. "Did you carry out your last mission to the best of your capabilities? Meeting all of its objectives?"

"I did master."

There was another short moment of silence before it was broken by Garule. "...I see, you may go."

"Thank you." The executor said as he finally exited the room, if Naruto bothered to turn around at any point between their conversation and exiting the room then he wouldn't have missed the frown marring the older man's face.

-Kyokai no Ken-

The Church or [Heaven Faction] of the greater [Biblical Faction] is an extremely large and complex group with millions of followers scattered in almost every country of the globe. Sadly not all of those followers are privy with the real dealings of the church, and in all actuality only about thirty percent at most of its followers know what happens behind the scenes. Being such a large organization itself the Church was generally composed of various subdivision or agencies which are lead by various archangel and angels, with the exception of the four Seraphs Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel who guarded the throne of heaven.

These subdivisions which composed the Church specialized in a variety of subjects. For example on of the most commonly known division of the church is called the [Order of Templar], a group led by the angel Sandalphon, which is composed of a group of knights and warriors which serves as the defenders of the church and it's people. [Order of Umbra] is a division of church ninjas closely related to the Order as it is not only led by Sandalphon's brother Metatron but also acts as buffer towards the knights highly visible selves by acting in the shadows.

Another well-known group is called [Necessarius], the Church of Necessary Evil which acts as the main Magical branch of the church, which deals with pacifying and keeping inline the various magical organizations in this world. There's also the [Assembly of the Eight] which acts as a specialized branch of the church which are responsible for research, recovery, and management of holy relics scattered around the world. With both groups being led and supervised by led by the Seraph of Mysteries Raziel.

One of the shadier groups of the church is known as the [Iscariot Order] led by the Thunder of God Ramiel, this group is considered as both the primary vampire slaying organization of the church as well as the science and weapon development of the church. This branch heavily involved human experimentation and is considered one of the darker divisions along side the [Burial Agency] and the [Executors].

With regards to the [Burial Agency] -also lead by Ramiel, is a sub-division of the church which mainly dealt with demons, both studying and slaying of said creatures. This particular group is considered the black sheep of the church, as in this group abilities comes before faith. Making this division gold the most none believers among all the other.

Then lastly the [Executors] a lovely branch of the church led by the Seraph of vengeance and justice Raguel, which dealt with the complete and utter destruction of all heretical beings. Many consider this as the bloodiest and most violent department of the church where most of its members are considered first-rate murderers who became mankind's weapon against all the evils of the world. Naruto Uzumaki was ten when he was inducted into their ranks.

[The Armory] was but one of hundreds of the division of the church, and much like it's rather unoriginal and plain name, this division served as a group who are responsible for the acquisition, maintenance, and eventual distribution of all the weapons created by the various subdivisions of the church which are sent and stockpiled into division.

Though [The Armory] in itself could considered unique in a way that entrance to this group's division or even knowledge about the members of the group were in a strict need to know basis. Honestly some of the people who worked in the darker parts of the church didn't know of its existence as information and entry to the armory was granted only to a handful of individuals who the church considers the best of the best, thus allowing them access to obtain the highest qualities of all the weapons created by the church.

Play Ghost in the Shell OST: Doll house

That was why at that very moment one Naruto Uzumaki was walking along that dark pitch black underground tunnels that existed beneath the Vatican. He did not bother to use a torch to light his path, rather he knew that the path would not open itself to those that carried a light in these tunnels. After all only those who braved through the deep darkness without the guide of light may reach the treasuries and tools that awaited within [The Armory].

For what felt like hours the bespectacled exorcist traversed through the darkness.

He went up two sets of stairs, he went down two others.

He took slipped in a tiny crack on a wall leading to the left, he ducked and entered an unused sewage steed to the right.

He pushed down a secret wall and walked to the left, he then kicked down a pillar which opened a door leading to an equally dark corridor leading to the right.

Upon walking this corridor for several minutes he found himself in front of a small altar of an angel with a blind fold holding out its two hands. Around the altar several letters in latin were scattered about. He carefully ran his finger through each object until he found the letter B and A which he then placed on the angels hands making sure to place the B on the left hand and the A on the right hand.

"Initium (Start)." The exorcist uttered within the darkness, the only for of response that he got was a soft clicking sound that permeated within the corridor, a small sound when compared to the louder one which soon followed. The altar itself descended into the ground revealing a rather large pathway that was hidden behind it leading to a last set of doors.

This was it, the path leading to [The Armory], the last leg of his impromptu journey.

Taking a deep breath the executor ventured into the last path, walking ever so calmly within the darkness, until he was only a few feet away from the large doors which served as a last barrier to his path.

However before he could even reach this set of doors a flash of blinding white light radiated throughout the dark corridor with such intensity that it forced Naruto to place his hand upon his face just to protect his eyes from the sudden brightness.

"Why do you cover your eyes from the light young one?" A deep voice said from the darkness.

Upon hearing those word the exorcist's danger senses went into over drive. Before he even noticed it he jumped back, away from the source of light, his hands already placed upon the handle of his sacred blade, his body poised for combat as his eyes scanned and observed the newcomer appraising its threat level.

There stood in the once dark hallway, an eerie figure garbed in pure white cloak that his most of his or her features from the world. Wisps of holy white energy floated from the figure's body in a most frightening manner. For a moment Naruto was a lost for words, the energy he felt radiating from this being was what could only be described as pure and sheer holiness, an utterly exaggerating amount of holiness that bordered in being vile and down right scary.

"Who are you?" Naruto couldn't help but ask, as he kept his guard up.

The figure extended his or her hand from beneath their cloak revealing to the blond a deathly pale hand holding what looked like a large tome, a pristine silver tome which radiated the same eerie aura that the cloaked figure exuded. "I have written and erased many a names in my tome." He or she released his or her hold upon said tome and instead of falling to the ground it floated around the figure's body, rotating around him or her as if he or she was the sun. "What I write is the birth of man, what I erase is the name of the man at death. Forever I shall write until the world reaches its end." As those words left the figure's mouth Naruto could feel an intense gaze coming from beneath the hood which hid the figure's face. "Who am I?"

Naruto put together the hints given to him by the strange figure. After less than a second he connected the dots and bowed his head as a sign of respect as he released his hold upon his weapon. "He who heralds the end, the only unfallen among the angels of death. Sariel."

The path trembles when the immense presence of the vile holiness flooded the room instantly putting Naruto on guard once more. "I see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. With my eyes I gaze upon your very soul, with my ears I listen to the command of god, with my mouth I only speak the truth." The pale white hand pointed on his sword. "You need not tense, I will not hurt you son of the sage."

Despite his mind's protest of doing the most logical of all things and keeping his guard up, the exorcist soon found himself relenting to the angel's words. After all if this was really one of the Seraph's of death then his life was already forfeit if the figure wished for it.

"Excellent." The figure nodded. "Though I see that something is forming within your mind. You wish to ask soemthing, do not hesitate I answer only in truths."

"Why is one of the Seraphs here?"

"I was merely inspecting my division..." The tome floating and rotating around him stopped for a moment as it opened and revealed the word [The Armory] written within it. "...As the angel who represents the aspect death it is my job to look over the tools for combat, the weapons our warriors wield to slay the damned. Now come oh young one, tell me of why you choose to pass my domain? The domain of the archangel that represents the aspect of death in the heavens, the command of God, Sariel."

"For the sake of my mission, I need some steel for the wrath of God my opponent's shall feel. For the sake of my mission, I need to break the rules that God has created. I need weapons, swords, arms, amulets... I need them all for the sake of ending lives. To fight and bring forth death and destruction." Naruto replied in all honesty and without any hesitation less he wants to offend the angel in one way or another, something he'd like to avoid if possible.

There was slow rustling of the head, as the archangel nodded. "A sword yes you truly are a sword. A weapons used against our foes." The angel chuckled. "A sword needs to be sharp, a sword need to be strong, a sword need to be durable. To achieve all that a sword must be well-kept and maintained, very well you may pass my domain... go on and arm yourself combat as you see fit and continue delivering the judgement of God towards the enemies of the church." The cloaked figure stepped aside, away from the door which s/he previously blocked. "Go on disciple of the Angel of Vengeance, go and spread the justice of God. In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost."

Naruto bowed his head down in a solemn sign of respect. "Amen." He replied silently before hastily making his way to the doors which the cloaked angel guarded, leaving behind the angel of death who by then held his tome in hand.

"I have erased many a names due to your actions..." The Angel of Death chuckled, a ghost of a laughter that would have sent shivers down people's spine. "...and I will erase many more." Bright wisps of white started to embrace the angel's frame. "I eagerly await what the future holds for you, Descendant of the Sage, Naruto Uzumaki." uttered Sariel before he disappeared in a literal explosion of blinding white lights that heralded the return of the absolute darkness which reigned within the secret path.

-Kyokai no Ken-

Play Sword Art Online OST: Everyday Life (Extended)

There was a wall made of black glass.

To call it eerie, strange, and out-of-place would not be an exaggeration as there were several runes, symbols, seals and crosses engraved upon the wall making it look akin to one gigantic black mural. Though those objects did serve a purpose, because of them this large magically reinforced and enchanted glass that spanned the entirety of the barely lit room called the [The Armory] could take on the attack of Ultimate Class Devils.

The glass wall went several metres high and it's length took up the majority of the room, a testament to how large and spacious the place was despite being underground. A few feet in front of this glass behemoth of a wall were several wooden tables with no chairs. They were pieces of furniture which existed for the sole purpose of allowing the very few people who had access to this room to look over and appraise the weapons and supplies that they acquire from this room.

Speaking of weapons and supplies.

Naruto looked around the room and as he expected there was no one other than himself present. Not really surprising as he could count the number of humans allowed to freely enter this room with his hands and feet. With footsteps as light as a feather the bespectacled blond exorcist made his way towards the tinted wall. He didn't bother knocking on the wall or poking any of the runes and symbols upon it but rather he knew that he was already being watched by the people beyond the wall.

Naruto took a deep breath calming himself down from the high of his encounter with the angel of death which clearly unnerved him to some extent before listing out his orders. "Six sets of a hundred MPHS: 1228 with maximum purity, twenty-five bundles of sacred parchments made of papyrus, eight flash bombs, nine bottles of holy water, a hundred blank oriental note, four silver rosaries, one sacred stake made out ivory..." The bespectacled youth pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "...and a hundred cups of Ramen sealed inside a scroll, make sure they vary in flavour preferably of the spicy variety but none of the curry stuff." Naruto waved his had dismissively. "I don't really like curry it especially when you mix it with noodles."

As those words left his mouth a wave of killing intent flooded the armoury. "Oh? Who is this badmouthing Curry." A familiar feminine voice said immediately catching Naruto's attention making him turn away from the wall and tilt his head towards one of the other entrances to the armoury.

Slowly walking towards him was a young woman wearing that looked no older than sixteen or seventeen. She had darkish blue hair, bright blue eyes, and was wearing a black nun's habit without the head-piece. The lithe young woman was smiling coyly -or was it angrily?- as she sashayed towards him with light footsteps from her combat boots. She was one of his sensei, a member of the [Burial Agency] branch, and is one of the top female executors of the Church.

"The very same person who thinks curry is disgusting and inferior when compared to Ramen." Naruto replied flatly, though he had a small mischievous smile on his face.

That seemed to set the young woman off, as his words caused her to make mad dash towards him, eventually accumulating to his head being trapped in a one hand head lock from the nun."You cheeky kid! Haven't I converted you to the glory of Curry after all of these years?"

"I shall only convert upon death Yumi-sensei." He knew he said something wrong when he felt her hold suddenly tighten.

"Naruto-kouhai what did I tell you to call me?" The blue haired young woman said with an overtly sweet tone that Naruto observed was common with rather strong women.

"Megane-sensei." He replied flatly and predictably the headlock tightened, though not to the point of discomfort.

"Not that."

Naruto tilted his head to side innocently."Cosplay Fetishist Sensei?"

A tick mark appeared on the woman's head as she increased her grip on the boy's neck this time illicit a strangled gasp from the younger exorcist. "Definitely not that one brat."

"Curry-sensei?"

"Close but still no dice." She shifted the headlock to a one-armed hug, her body pressed up against his back as she wresting her head on the crook of his neck where she pouted, her lips slightly quivering. "Don't tell me you've forgotten about me after all those night's we've spent together!? Has my cute and adorable Deshi (Disciple) slash Kouhai (Junior) really forgotten about all that?"

Naruto rolled his eyes as he quickly turned around, freeing himself from her hug. "We were training at nights and I was like six at the time. If were going with what you're insinuating then wouldn't that make you a cradle robbing pedophile who craves for young boys?" He countered, internally patting his back when he saw his sensei splutter in surprise clearly not expecting him to tease her back.

The senior exorcist shook her head before smiling coyly. "Well we are members of the church, and you know how there's been issues with some priests who as you said love little..."

Naruto was quick to act as he cut off his sensei preventing her from finishing her sentence."And I think that's a good place to stop that conversation Ciel-sensei."

Ciel placed her hands on her hips."Why? Is it because Kouhai-kun can't handle a little humor?"

"No but I don't think people will be happy if they heard what were talking about. Especially those people who you don't know and just suddenly comments on how much a failure you are at life based on one thing you've said." He responded flatly.

"Where did that come from?"

Naruto shrugged. "I'm not really sure, perhaps from a memory from a previous life, a past incarnation?"

He could feel a slight spike of killing intent from his sensei, it only came for a moment, less that a second before it vanished. Naruto raised an eye brow of confusion at her actions before he realized what he said. "I'm sorry sensei! I didn't mean it like that way." Naruto quickly waved his hands in front of his body.

The bluenette looked at the blond for a moment, staring at him intently before releasing a sigh. "Fine, I'm going to forgive you this one time it's been so long since we've seen each other and because I know you didn't mean it." The senior executor replied. Talking about past incarnations and past lives were a bit of a sore topic due to the actions of a certain vampire that screwed up her life. "So how's my cute kouhai doing?" She asked quickly changing the topic of their conversation.

"Not good nor bad just..." Several memories flashed within his mind forcing the boy to let out a rather strained smile. "...Normal. Yes, just Normal."

"Hmm..." She looked over towards the younger exorcist for a moment. "That's good, sometimes normal is fine for people in our line of work. Anything more or less would definitely mean that there's something wrong going on in you. So how were your previous missions? Anything that you want to talk about?"

"There's nothing to talk about." He quickly replied. "I did my duties, just like always. That's all to say about them."

The older woman sighed and scratched the back of her head. "No need to get defensive Naruto-kun. I just want you to remember Kouhai-kun, if you ever need anyone to talk to, someone to just listen, you know how to reach me." She said in all honesty showing that she indeed care for the younger exorcist. Truth be told it wasn't that far from the truth as Ciel treated Naruto somewhat like a younger brother and not a student.

"I'm sorry sempai it's just that my past missions has been rather mentally exhausting, I didn't mean to act all defensive like that." He replied feeling bad for making her worry. He didn't like it when people worried, since most of the time worry lead to sadness and he didn't like it when people were sad. "I'll remember your offer okay? I promise I'll tell you later when I feel better. I'll even treat you out to Curry."

The bluenette let out faint smile, one filled with sombre and melancholy as if she recalled a scene from the past. "Now that's the Naruto-kun that I know."

Before the two could proceed with their conversation a loud clicking noise came from the glass wall. Turning towards the colossal wall, Naruto found that a small portion of it was opened, and from that opening a small cart that contained everything that he ordered was pushed out before it closed. With the entire process occurring in the span of a second.

Ciel let out a small whistle. "People in this department still work pretty damned fast."

"That they do sensei, that they do." Naruto walked towards the cart and began rummaging and checking through the various objects he requested. Carefully opening the six cases he scanned and found around a hundred swords in each contained. Nodding to himself he subtly lifted the sleeves of his white jacket revealing several seals and tattoos that ran along the length of his forearm.

"Do you know anyone from this division?" Ciel asked as she looked over the various objects that her former student bought, giving an approving nod every now and then as she checked on the quality of the items.

Naruto shook his head in response as he sealed the mass-produced holy swords within the tattoos on his arms. "People working here are labelled nonexistent. No one knows who lurks behind that wall. We just know they provide us with the tools we need for our trade."

Ciel looked at the black stained glass wall with obvious suspicion. "Really strange if you ask me."

The exorcist pulled down his sleeves, his hands moving onwards to the other contents of the cart. "Why don't you ask your weapon Nanako? Didn't you get her from here? She may know something about them."Naruto took the rosaries, holy water, sacred scriptures, blank notes, flash bombs, and deposited them on the pockets that lined his jacket. He then took the scroll marked Ramen and carefully placed it in his pants pocket.

"Already did, she said she didn't know anything about the wall." Ciel walked towards it and gave it a light tap. "I mean I've been here way before you Naruto-kun and even I have no idea about what's behind this thing."

"Mhmm that's strange I expect her to at least know something about them." He pushed the now empty cart towards the wall. Upon contact a small opening formed causing the cart to disappear towards the other side. Again it all happened in less than a second, not giving those standing outside a glance of what happened within the glass wall.

"Yoh~ Ciel-san, Naruto-san." A somewhat lazy voice echoed in the large room. Turning towards the caller of their names Ciel and Naruto found a familiar looking blond young man with blond hair and green eyes, wearing priestly garments walking towards the two of them.

"Oh Dulio is that you? When did you get back?" Naruto asked as he turned towards his partner before his last mission.

The strongest exorcist chuckled. "I just got back earlier today." He pointed at member of the [Burial Agency]. "We actually took the same flight to get back here, just different classes though."

"Why again was I stuck in Economy while you were in first class?" Ciel asked with a hint of irritation in her voice.

"Digs on possessing the second strongest longinus and being the strongest exorcist of the church?" When all he got in response was a blank stare from his peers, he chuckled and decided to give a slightly more serious answer. "Well it might be because I could actually afford the tickets since you did say something about spending all your money in your little curry foray."

Naruto nodded in agreement with his fellow blond. "That is definitely like sensei."

"You blonds are teaming up on me." She gritted her teeth as a the image of a certain golden blond-haired vampire flashed in her mind. "Why does it always have to be the blond ones who always knows how to get in my nerves."

Naruto turned to his fellow blond. "So what are you doing here Dulio?"

"Hmm well I'm here for a quick resupply. I just need some more holy water and a few rosaries."

"Oi don't just ignore me!" Ciel protested.

Predictably she was ignored by the two causing her to grumble something about blonds as she turned to the wall and made some orders of her own, finally remembering why she was here for in the first place.

"That's rare for you." Naruto crossed his arms around his chest. "You almost never have to resupply since you just ice everything to oblivion using Zenith Tempest."

Dulio laughed sheepishly. "Well something came up and I had an encounter with a really strong Vampire in India about two weeks ago just after we separated from that mission."

"Mhm Vampires really are getting active these days." Reaching for his pockets the bespectacled exorcist pulled out a scroll. "So how did the fight go?" He asked as he handed the scroll to Dulio who looked at it in obvious confusion.

"It was actually a challenge. Like seriously had to step up my game when I faced this guy." He replied before taking the scroll. "What is this?" The strongest exorcist asked politely.

"Mochi, just open it up and channel your energy into the seals." Dulio did as he was told and was rewarded with several boxes of mochi that came from the scroll. "So you got yourself in a good scrap huh? That's rare, you almost never get serious for anything. The last time I heard you got serious was when you got into a scuffle with the [Slash Dog] from [Grigori]."

"Hehehe I remember that fight it was definitely one that I had to go all out." He opened one of the boxes and took out a piece of green tea mochi that he stared to chew on. "But that wasn't the case with this vampire, you see this guy did this thing. Well I don't really know what he was doing but it was a pain cause it was like he was teleporting all over the place."

"A sacred gear?"

"Might be." Dulio shrugged his shoulders. "Though I never did find out cause the vamp what was his name... Marlon? Yeah I think it was Marlon, basically ran away after I started taking the battle seriously. If it wasn't for that trick of his I would have killed him with my Zenith Tempest."

"How did he get away?"

"Well we were fighting to the death and I already froze one of his arms and then it happened." The young man narrated lazily.

"He used his technique?"

"No." Dulio quickly shook his head. "I smelled the aroma of a rare delicacy sold in the village where our battle occurred. A rare type of curry produced using naturally grown vegetables and spices."

The bespectacled exorcist found himself staring blankly at the possessor of Zenith Tempest. "Don't tell me..."

Dulio chuckled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. "Before I even realized it I was already running for the place that cooked the curry and well the Vampire probably used that opportunity to escape."

Naruto palmed his face. "I swear Dulio Gesualdo this better not come back and bite any of us in the ass." He turned towards Ciel and saw that she finished her business with the merchant as she carried along eight cases with what he assumed contained his sensei's weapon of choice the corporeal demon repelling blades, Black Keys.

"You see what curry has done?" He jokingly pointed at her, and much to his surprise he was ignored by his sensei who instead gave Dulio a knowing look. "Was it the one sold in that stand beside the large building in the market place?" She asked.

Dulio nodded enthusiastically. "The really spicy and tangy vegetable curry. Really worth letting a vampire go so I could it fresh off the pot."

"Oh I know that one! Definitely the best vegetable curry in the world. Know that I won't reprimand you for your course of action as even I would have probably tempted to abandon combat for the sake of tasting and eating that luscious and heavenly curry."

"The vegetables were cooked to perfection."

"The Ratios and mix of the spices used to create the sauce was nothing less than perfect."

Naruto coughed out rather loudly getting his peer's attentions and effectively cutting their conversation about curry. It was somewhat rude but in hind sight it was the best course of action as the last time the two talked about curry they descended into a talk about wide array of curry and ingredients that spanned three and a half hours. That and he didn't really see what was so good about curry after all Ramen was better anyways. "So yeah speaking of vampires. I'm going on a mission to kill another one of them, one who's apparently somewhere in Italy."

Dulio blinked for a moment as he chewed on yet another mochi."Hmm we've really getting a lot of missions about killing vampires recently." He replied not really minding the sudden change of topic. It was too troublesome to talk about the change.

"Are you going solo?" Ciel asked in a slightly more professional tone.

The sword of the church shook his head. "I'm working with someone from the church, who it is I have no idea. Aside from that person I'm also going to be working with [Hellsing]."

"[Hellsing] huh..." The bluenette sent a worried glance at Naruto. "Are you..."

"It's okay sensei, I no longer have any ill will with that organization."

Ciel was silent for a moment as she looked at him intently, looking for any hints of lies or anger hidden within his calm facade. After a few seconds of peering and failing to find what she seek, the woman nodded."Good wouldn't want your personal issues to get in the way of your mission. I thought you better than that."

"Mhmm." Dulio nodded in agreement with the blue haired executor's words as he chewed on some green tea mochi. "So the vampire from any of the noble houses?"

"I have no idea. The details are pretty vague, normal vampiric abilities, and the target is supposed to be a vampire who was killed about twenty plus years ago."

"So someone wasn't thorough in killing the vamp off." Ciel quipped.

"And I have to clean up their mess. Not that I'm complaining about it, after all it's my duty to kill the heathens that roam this world." The possessor of the Kusunagi shrugged as he spoke.

"You know you should really brighten up a bit..." Ciel said as she let out an exasperated sigh. "Doing nothing but missions and training would definitely make me insane. You should take a vacation."

Naruto scratched the back of his head causing his spiky blond locks to bristle about. "I just got back from a week off, and you can say I love doing missions and training since they help to relax."

"You know I wish I had the motivation that you're showing but... I'm rather content with slacking around and enjoying my delicacies as I travel around the world." Dulio commented lazily reminding his companions once more that he was pretty laid back despite being the strongest exorcist of the church.

"To each his own I guess."

"Speaking of missions..." Ciel turned to Naruto and pointed a finger at him in a style reminiscent of a certain ace attorney. "What was this I heard about you fighting a vampire without using your magatama or True Holy Sword?"

"Wait, where did you hear that from?"

The point shifted from one blond to the other who was still munching on some mochi. "We talked for a bit when we were waiting for our flight."

"Et tu Dulio?"

Dulio chuckled sheepishly. "Well I didn't really know I wasn't supposed to tell anyone that you tried fighting a Vampire from the Tepes with nothing but your mass-produced holy swords?"

"Fair enough."

The oldest of the trio tapped her left foot on the ground. "So I'm waiting for my explanation about that reckless stunt that you pulled."

"Ummm I didn't feel like using them? Don't really see the problems since I won."

Ciel gave Naruto a stern look as she took her infamous Ciel-sensei persona as if berating him for dying and getting a game over from a game. "Naruto-kun, yes you won that fight but next time you may not be lucky against your opponents and you may need to rely on the Seji no Sanpo (Three Treasures of the Sage)" She pointed at the pair of glasses on his face, his magatama necklace, then finally on the sword resting on his back. "Yata no Kagami- the wisdom of the sage, Yasakani no Magatama -benevolence of the sage, Kusanagi no Tsurugi -the valour of the sage. Using any of those three would almost always even out any battles you face. Care to explain why you aren't using any of them or their abilities?" She pointed back at the nine magatama bead necklace. "Especially this one since in my opinion its the most useful out of all of them as it gives you the ability to boost yourself in battle. So please care to share Naruto-kun?"

"Mhmm share share..." Dulio mutttered in the side as he chewed on some more mochi, apparently having forgotten why he was here in the first place as he still hasn't sent an order for his supplies.

Naruto looked the two of them for a moment before relenting to his sensei's demands and sharing to her- and by extension Dulio- his reasoning behind his action. "I prefer not to completely rely on these artifacts, using them would dull my abilities as it would lead me to being reliant on the boosts and abilities that they grant me upon activation and continuous usage of them will make me predictable. You know that I like to polish and use my skills to their fullest during battles and that I'm not the type to just flat-out use a nuke in every combat situation."

The long time member of the Burial Agency faction of the church scolded him like the kind sensei/senpai that she was. "Naruto-kun what your saying is good and all but you need to remember not using and practicing your other abilities can also as you say dull your abilities. You should really consider using them next time you fight or find yourself in a pinch or even the next time you train just so you won't get rusty."

"She's right you know, what you did was really reckless bordering stupid." Dulio said, throwing his own two cents in the conversation. "Though I have to admit it was pretty cool and entertaining to see you beat the crap out of that Tepes guy."

Naruto paused for a moment and allowed their words to sink in, in all intents and purposes his sensei and friend did have a pretty solid point, he wasn't practicing using the abilities of his artifacts baring Kusanagi's. Truth be told he couldn't even remember the last time he used the magatama's abilities. He sighed, finally giving up his planned rebuttal since, she did make sense, and he didn't want her getting sad that he wasn't listening to her advice. "Okay I promise to use them next time I train or find myself fighting someone strong."

"Good, that's my beloved student Naruto-kun" She patted and rubbed his head, a gesture she always did when she was happy or proud about his actions while Dulio simply sent him a happy nod from the side.

A small smile made its way along Naruto's face as he smiled at his two allies. "As long as I can make you two happy." He said as the three of them conversed about various topics before the bespectacled blond pardoned himself and left the group in order to start his mission.

-Kyokai no Ken-

When Naruto Uzumaki arrived at the city of Milan, the sun was already long gone, and in its place a blanket of stars and the mystical moon ruled the perpetual cloudless heavens.

Upon departing from his transportation, a helicopter which landed a top a hospital, the exorcist found himself once more walking down a set of familiar streets. Milan hasn't really changed much since his last stay, it was still as beautiful as ever, the streets, the roads, the magnificent architectures.

Not even the darkness of night could tarnish their beauty, dare he say it even increased the aesthetic appeal of his surroundings.

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Holy Mary of Grace was one of the such, the red brick wall of the famed Dominican convent of Milan known as a World Heritage site and famous for containing the mural of [The Last Supper] by the ever famous Leonardo da Vinci looked magnificent beneath the night sky.

The descendant of the sage found himself walking towards the convent, carefully noting that there was not a single soul nearby, there were no civilians, priests, acolytes. It was as if the entire street and the surrounding area near it was abandoned for that night.

Chalking that fact up as an act of either [Hellsing] or his own organization Naruto made his way within the convent hastily making his way through the halls, benches, and altars until he reached the barely light refectory of the convent, stopping just in front of the famous mural which served as the designated meeting spot for that night.

His normally cold blue eyes reflected a hint of melancholy as he looked at the painting, a sight that he has seen many a times. Every time he looked at this painting his eyes couldn't help but gaze upon a man garbed in blue robes while holding a small bag money as he sat towards the left of the son of god.

Judas Iscariot.

The greatest betrayer of the church.

He of thirty silver coins whose kiss lead to the inevitable death of the son of God.

However every time he gazed upon this painting it was not Judas that he thought of, but rather his mind focused on the word [Iscariot], the very same holy order in which his deceased teacher served until the bitter end.

"Alexander-sensei." The young man muttered as he kept looking at the mural. His thoughts flying a mile away as they recalled the his teacher. His teacher was a compassionate and kindhearted man to children and to those within a church yet when facing his adversaries his sensei was merciless, unstoppable, border line psychotic killer. In a sense he took after his teacher, taking into his own ideology the importance of showing kindness and compassion to those he considered close to himself while showing no mercy to the creatures of the night who brought about unhappiness to the world.

Naruto sighed as he was brought out of his reverie when he sensed something moving about within the shadows of the long white corridor leading to the mural. As he turned around to look for what ever it is that disturbed him from his thoughts the dim lights illuminating the refectory died out, even the windows thatnear the ceiling was shrouded in reddish mist engulfing the room in darkness.

There was sense of malice and dread moving in the air, it was a fear inspiring feeling that would have rendered even the bravest men in to a state of catatonia. Then again Naruto Uzumaki was unlike many men, so despite the heavy feeling in the air the exorcist showed no fear.

Play Naruto OST: Beautiful Green Wild Beast

His eyes adjusted almost immediately to the darkness, magnificent cold blue orbs, that scanned the area in hopes of finding the perpetrator for this fiasco. He took a sniff in the air, and noted that the smell of iron filled the area."The smell of blood. Oh joy." He said flatly before letting out a frustrated sigh. "Stop it with the theatrics. I know you're there heathen, come out before I make you."

Black wisps outlined in a hue of crimson blood rattled in the ground, crawling, stalking, and creeping before they lashed out violently in the form of sharp threads that shot off the ground and sped towards the executor in a clear attempt to impale him on the spot.

Unfortunately for the manipulator of those bloody black threads the exorcist saw them coming a mile away, giving the young man enough time to flip himself through the air evading all the tendrils as he landed on a spot far from the deadly blackness. "I had a feeling that something like this would have happened if we were to meet again." Three blades appeared in between the knuckles in each of his hands as his eyes went around the room, carefully observing every little detail in order to find his attacker. "You can come out now, where ever you are..."

He sensed a spike of malicious energy coming from his left and almost automatically he responded by tossing all of his swords towards the spot not really caring that he and his attacker were inside a world heritage site.

*Thunk* *Thunk* **Thunk*

The dull thumps echoed as his sword hit nothing but the hard concrete missed or rather his opponent evaded his attack, and in response several black spikes erupted from the ground forcing him to jump away once more, only this time he conjured two blades one in each hand as he turned around and crossed the swords successfully blocking a horizontal strike coming from what looked like a long pole wrapped in brown cloth.

*Clang*

The sound of steel crashing against steel resounded in the room before Naruto was sent flying back as he was over powered by his attacker. His feet skidded along the ground as he held on both of his swords, his eyes never leaving the frame of his opponent who was hidden in the shadows.

It was then that light of the early morning moon decided to hand him its aid. The light seeped through the darkness which tainted the windows revealing unto the blond the familiar features of his attacker. His opponent is a voluptuous young woman with short blond-coloured hair, she was wearing a blood red uniform with a short skirt, a pair of white gloves with eerie symbols engraved upon them, long black stockings, and a tall brown boots. Honestly if it wasn't for the fact that she had pale skin and deadly blood-red eyes it would have been rather hard to pass her off as anything other than a hot and sexy nineteen year old girl. Sadly that was not the case, as he knew full well that his young woman was a vampire that went by the name of Seras Victoria.

There was a tense silence between the two as they measured up their opponents, each carefully planning their next moves, along with their opponents moves. A mind game shared between to adversaries who were familiar with each others fighting style.

His attacker was the first to speak. "Hound." She spat out in a mix of familiarity and anger as she held the long and thick pole like object wrapped around in brown cloth with one hand.

"Kitten." Naruto replied in kind as he stared at the buxom blond-haired woman or rather Vampire. The swords in each hands increasing from a one to a three.

Tense silence ruled once more after the brief exchange of words, as both carefully sized up their opponents. A total of five seconds passed before the silence was broken by the vampire. With a quick step she rushed towards Naruto, her hands grasping onto the large makeshift bat.

Before she even swung the large object in a sweeping horizontal arc the exorcist already leaned his body back to avoid the initial blow. The exorcist then quickly manoeuvred himself to her defenceless side tossing all six blades at her.

*WOOSH* *WOOSH* *WOOSH**WOOSH* *WOOSH* *WOOSH*

All six blades shot through the air as they came at the vampire in a surprising amount of speed, that caught the vampire off guard and caused all six blades to impale Seras all over her chest and stomach.

Normally mass-produced holy blades would prove themselves to be fatal towards demons, devils, and vampires, but there are rare situations where creatures belonging to those categories have an innate resistance towards the poisonous and deadly effects of the blessed blades. He knew for a fact that Seras Victoria was one of the few who possessed such resistance due to the blood that flowed through her veins along with her high-end regeneration. That was why he wasn't really surprised when she barely flinched as she was stabbed by his blades.

Seras shrugged them off and charged at him once more, thrusting, swinging, and stabbing that large pole she had in her hand like it didn't weight over sixty kilograms.

"Please don't tell me that you're holding a grudge." Naruto muttered as he carefully dodged each blow knowing full well that just one of those monstrous vampiric empowered attack could warrant him a one way trip to the hospital.

"The last time we worked together, you left me trapped inside a mineshaft that was in a barren island in the middle of nowhere! You even bloody blew my helicopter up to strand me on that island!" She shouted as she wielded and used her pole with the skill of an experienced bojutsu practitioner.

"I was dealing with my grief." The bespectacled exorcist replied in a dead panned voice as he purposely opened his guard, tempting his opponent to attack the weak points within his defense to have a better chance in avoiding each blow.

"How is that dealing with your grief!" She swung the make shift staff downwards with such force that a large gash formed upon the ground from the point of impact.

Naruto rolled to the side to avoid her attack, he then braced his body to endure the shock wave that her attack produced before he channeled chakra to his legs and kicked off the ground. He rushed at his opponent, speeding around her as he threw several holy swords towards her, each blade nailing her body in a different spot. "Your master did killed my own and that made me unhappy. To balance things of I made you unhappy by stranding you in the island, for how long again?" He asked as he ran circle around the vampire, for once glad that he was a bit faster than his adversary.

"Two Months!" She shouted as she shrugged off his attacks, not even flinching at the pain she felt with each mass-produced sword which was not holy enough to actually warrant her attention. Nope she wasn't even bothered by the fact that she had around fifteen blades sticking out all over her body, her own blood splattering down on both her weapon and the floor of the church.

"Hmm what a coincidence, that was about the same amount of time I was upset due to my sensei's passing." Naruto replied with indifference which came out more of a deadpan as he tossed another sword at Seras followed by a vial of holy water.

Her red eyes caught sight of the sword allowing her to tilt her head aside in order to avoid it. The vial of holy water on the other hand, smashed against her face drenching her in pure blessed water. "The smell of holy water. Oh joy." The woman wiped to holy water off her face, not even showing a sign of discomfort despite the fact that her pale skin was burning and sizzling upon contact with the water, proving once more that she came from a fine lineage of vampires, perhaps even the finest among all the families and vampiric factions. After all she did carry the blood of one of the few vampires who reached Ultimate Class in terms of power levels.

"Oh? So the little vampire girl is all grown up. Finally gotten some of your insane master's quirks? Like that persistent ability of his to not die when everyone wants him dead." With a sword in each hand the executor took several steps away from Seras, distancing himself from his opponent as he thought of another approach that he could use to deal damage to his attacker without using his Shinka Jutsu (Sacred Fire Technique) as he didn't want to burn this hole place down, he could just imagine how many people with be saddened by the fact that the original painting of the Last Supper was burned down in a fight between a vampire and a priest. Also he was planning on not dealing that much damage to the point that it'd kill her since he was technically going to work with her for this mission, just enough pain to make her wish she was dead.

"Says the little brat who tosses his swords around like his old teacher. How old were you the last time we met? You were pretty short back then were you like five?" She asked back as she carefully pulled out each blade impaling her body, before tossing the bloodied blades on the ground. There was a slight sizzling noise and a bit of pain and discomfort but it wasn't anything that the buxom blond wasn't used to at this point.

Naruto on the other hand sent his opponent an irritated glare.

He was around ten or eleven when they first met in the midst of the fiery battle field of London, but it that was more of a parting glance between the two of them as they did not even fight, they just passed by one another as he fought against the armies of the Ultimate Class vampire along with the members of Iscariot while she stood by her master's side. It wasn't until a joint mission to slay a remnant of the artificial vampire project set by the Nazis around two years ago that he truly met the vampire and it was painfully obvious that the two weren't going to get along as his younger self greeted the Draculina by putting a holy sword through her throat.

Probably not the best way to introduce yourself to normal people but it certainly served as a great way to make yourself known to vampires and devils. After all if a sword being shoved down their throat wouldn't make one hell of a first impression then the blond didn't know what would.

Taking her bringing up his old teacher as a cue, Naruto opened the proverbial Pandora's box as he let out one insult that he was dying to use against the vampire of [Hellsing]. "Says the heathen whose master died from eating a cat." Naruto smirked as he recalled more details of the reports about the girl's master, one of the most notorious vampire in existence, a heathen by the name of Alucard. "A tom cat at that. Who knew your master swung that way?"

The swing of her make shift staff at his direction couldn't have come any faster.

Naruto ducked avoiding the enraged blow by mere inches, that was why he liked insulting and riling his opponents up. Made them sloppier and more predictable. After evading the blow Naruto aimed for her legs lashing both his blades out in attempt to slice them off from the thighs.

Seras apparently saw this coming as she managed to evade his attack by taking several steps back, as she backed up she swiped the long steel object at Naruto prompting the blond to slightly jump off the ground and with a little application of chakra stand himself along the length of weapon.

Naruto attempted to attack her from there as he rushed towards her running a top her wrapped weapon only to quickly abandon such thoughts when tendrils of blackness made out of blood whipped out from the length of her weapon forcing him to shift his attention towards the deadly objects.

With a swing of his blades his sliced several of them off preventing them from reaching his body. He then slightly crouched down and expelled chakra from his legs shooting backwards towards the ceiling and away from Seras. In the few seconds that he spent airborne as he flew backwards the bespectacled exorcist's arms flickered from existence as he threw than a hundred precisely aimed mass-produced holy swords at the vampire. "Hyaku-Shi no Ame (Rain of a Hundred Deaths)" He uttered not opting to light the swords on fire while sent a smirk at the vampire who stared at the rain of swords with slightly widened eyes.

Using her monstrous strength Seras hefted her make shift staff in front of her, holding it with two hands before proceeding to skillfully spin it around. A symphony of clings and clangs echoed in the empty church as her the pelting rain of holy steel clashed against the length of her weapon. With each passing blade that she parried a piece of the cloth was torn and shredded until nothing was left revealing her makeshift staff to be nothing more that her infamous cannon the [Harkonnen] aka a really big fucking cannon.

Before Naruto could even land on the ground the vampire already successfully blocked or misdirected the hundred blades with the help of her inhuman abilities. Unfortunately for the church though, the swords she blocked were sent crashing towards windows, walls, and the floor, wrecking a good portion of the area where the [Last Supper] was kept.

With a soft thud Naruto landed on the floor, his back was against a white wall, while his front was facing the barrel of a large cannon which was pointed towards his direction by a visibly angry Seras.

"Eat this!" The vampire shouted and with an audible click she pulled the trigger and fired off a large armor-piercing shell, that had enough fire power to kill a large group of the undead.

A small grin made its way towards Naruto's face as he did what no sane man would do.

Instead of running or rolling to the side to evade the speeding bullet, he walked towards the speeding bullet, his cold blue eyes never gazing away from its trajectory as he carefully followed the bullet while he shifted his body to adopt an impromptu iaido stance. He then quickly drew the famed grass cutting sword in his back and sliced the incoming projectile in two with ease, before he sheathed his blade just as quick when he drew it. Meanwhile the two halves of the bullet carelessly pass behind him, exploding into an inferno as they crashed against the wall.

"Did I push a button?" He tilted his head to the side. "...Are you mad?" Naruto asked as the fiery results of Seras' cannon shot burned fiercely behind his body, not really minding or caring about the flames.

Seras growled at the exorcist as she loaded another bullet at her cannon. "Master is not gay and he is definitely dead, unlike yours."

The bespectacled exorcist shrugged as one blade appeared in his left hand, three in his right. "I see, even after all these years, your still stuck in the denial part of Kubler-Ross. I've already went through with it and I have accepted the part that my master died trying to kill your Master."

"I said he's not dead yet!"

Naruto quickly waved her off. "Yeah, yeah, whatever makes you sleep at night."

She glares at the exorcist. "That's it kiddie gloves are off! Screw working together with you. I'll suplex your first then beat you to a bloody pulp, you asshole!" She stomped violently on the ground, causing spider cracks to appear on the bottom of the soles of her feet. She released her hold on her cannon letting it fall into the ground with a loud thud while she extended her gloved hand towards the front of her body. Her right arm rose slightly, the back of her hand facing the exorcist, her ring and index finger were curled up towards her palm while her middle and fore fingers were pointing down, and lastly thumb extended out. At the same time her left hand moved the opposite direction, middle and fore fingers pointing up, thumb extended to the side, while the other two fingers were curled up. She brought her two hands closed together forming a makeshift square, a single eerie red-eye shined within it, as the entirety of her body was shrouded in blood soaked darkness that radiated malicious energy.

"Commencing the Cromwell Invocation. "Seras announced in an obviously deeper and darker voice, as more of the dark wisps of energy surrounded her those words left her mouth what appeared to be dozens of blood red eyes opened all over her body, and with each opened eye the feeling of dread amidst the church increased tenfold.

"Oh so you want to go all out vampire girl?" Naruto asked as he placed he released his hold upon the mass-produced sacred blades, instead he placed his left hand upon the handle of Kusanagi. He did promise Ciel-sensei and Dulio that he would try to use the abilities of the artifacts sometime soon. Now that a perfect opportunity presented itself who was he to say no to that? He spared a look at the nine magatamas in the form of a necklace that he wore. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes as he started tapping into the power that were dormant within the sacred jewels. "Would you care for me to perform for you..."A large influx of power exploded out of the exorcist's body in the form of waves of golden colored energy. "...Your last rites?"His tone changed, shifting into a more feral tone as more of the golden wisps of pure energy which filled the area with life started radiating from his body, counteracting the dreadful feeling in the air.

"Ability restrictions lifted for limited use until the enemy has been rendered silent." Seras continued with renewed resolution as the dark energy around her body increased in both size and intensity.

"O holy hosts above, I call upon thee as a servant of the son of god, to sanctify my actions this day in preparation for the fulfilment of the will of God." Naruto prayed as a rough outline of a bright fox-like shroud of energy with one tail formed around his body.

"Release Restraint Level- /Uzumaki Hijutsu: Sosen-(Uzumaki Secret Technique: Ancestry-)"

The two were about to simultaneously release majority of their powers and let all hell break loose, but sadly they were interrupted when the sound of several continuous gun fires echoed in the air. "Enough!"A loud authoritative voice followed the sound of gun fire."Both of you stand down!"

Upon hearing that commanding voice the dark energy surrounding Seras' body vanished faster than you can say Ramen. Such an event actually caught Naruto off guard and caused him to blink several times as the energy cascading around his frame dissipated as well. And like that what should have become a legendary death match involving a high amount of collateral damage to be remembered for ages to come, was not only interrupted but completely stopped on its tracks.

"I knew something like this might happen." Heavy footsteps echoed within the refectory causing Seras to slightly flinch. Naruto on the other hand turned his head towards the owner of the voice. Walking towards their direction was a woman smoking a large cigar. She has long blond hair, creamy brown skin, and powerful blue eyes. Her clothes consisted of a green suit which hid most of her femininity and made her appear more masculine. He immediately recognized this person as the leader of the [Hellsing], one Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing.

Naruto for one knew that she was just a regular human who lacked any form of power of ability, but despite that he couldn't help but feel that the woman was somewhat dangerous. After all not only did she exude an aura that demanded respect, but she also had the ability at one point in her life to keep not one but two powerful vampires under her command.

How she did it, he had no idea, but without a doubt he knew it was something grand or complex.

The older bespectacled woman stopped a few steps in front of the exorcist and the vampire. She looked around the area, scanning the obvious signs of the small skirmish all over the church. Her eyes then shifted towards the exorcist who met her own blue eyes with his equally blue yet utterly cold orbs. Finally her gaze broke from the exorcist, as they landed on the vampire who was poking her index fingers together like a child while trying -read failing, to make herself known. "What have I told you about holding grudges?"

"To not hold them?" The vampire replied meekly, refusing to meet her mistress' gaze. Due to her actions she didn't notice her mistress walk towards her, nor did she notice her fist dropping on top of her head until it was too late and she already squealing out in pain upon contact. A disturbing thought as being stabbed by mass-produced holy swords didn't even elicit such a response from the buxom blond.

"And what did you do?"

Seras pointed at Naruto who was standing idly by the side with a shaking finger. "I ambushed him to a fight?"

"And why did you do that?"

Seras puffed her cheeks out as she stared on the ground. "Because of what happened last time." Before the vampire could even react her cheeks were already pinched and stretched around by Integra. "I told you to not attack the people of the church! I made it clear that we are now under their jurisdiction and that it is unwise for you to attack anyone from their group!" She pinched harder. "You're causing trouble again and it's giving me a new set of grey hairs! I swear to Christ you're just like your master!"

All the while Naruto was just staring blankly at the scene. Outwards he looked perfectly calm and collected but internally his head was going haywire at the absurdity that he was witnessing. Integra was not using any spells or amulets, or anything else of mystical persuasion. No she was just pinching the vampires cheek and that was enough to keep her in line. "What is going on..." He couldn't help but whisper silently as he looked at the opponent he was considering unleashing most of his abilities on in order to fight, the very same vampire that tanked and took his blows like they were nothing, was getting man handled by a regular human being.

He had the urge to smash his head on something extremely solid.

He was brought out of his thoughts when the sound of struggling and a body getting dragged reach his ears, and much like what he heard the exorcist found that Integra walking towards him while she was pinching Seras by her left ear, dragging the vampire along.

The urge to smash his head increased tenfold.

The two stopped a few steps away from him as the head of [Hellsing] pushed the vampire forward while still holding to her ear. "So what do you say to the priest?" Integra asked sternly as she looked at her organization's trump card.

"Sorry..." Seras mumbled out like a child who was being made to do something they didn't like.

"What was that? I didn't hear you missy!"

"Fine." She looked at Naruto her red eyes meeting his blue ones. "I said I'm sorry. I sincerely apologize for attacking you out of nowhere. There I said it!" She looked at Interga with pleading red eyes. "Now can you please let me go?"

"The hell..." Naruto said flatly as his mind reprocessed all the information he had on Seras and Integra. Taking not to the fact that his respect for the former decreased proportionally to the amount it increased for Integra. Though this thoughts still didn't help his mind which all together was having a difficult time to process the absurdity of the situation he just witnessed. Perhaps he should forget about this entire scene. Yep, he should look for Dokuro-chan when he gets back to the Vatican so that she could whack his head with her club and make him forget this entire thing.

Intergra smiled proudly as she nodded her head while she released her hold upon the vampire's ear. "Now that's settle with..." Her eyes landed on Naruto. "I assume that you are the exorcist or rather executor that we would be working with today. Is that right Naruto Uzumaki?"

Sensing that the conversation was taking a more serious and professional turn, the blond opted to put everything he witnessed on the back of his mind repressing it along with any other discomforting memories that may get in the way of his mission. "Indeed I am, it is a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance. Although I would have preferred if it didn't involve standing on a battle field."

She took a puff out of her cigar, exhaling white smoke before she responded. "I wouldn't say the same to you, though it is nice to finally meet the infamous [Sword of the Church] and [Hound of the Vatican] I feel that you also owe our organization an apology for attacking and stranding dear Seras here in the middle on an abandoned island in the pacific."

"It was momentary lapse of judgement on my part as a result of grievance for my master Alexander Anderson's demise at the hands of your organization. I assure you such a thing would not happen a second time around."

"Good. I expect nothing but strict professionalism from one of the best the church can offer." She looked at Seras who was already standing behind her. "Why can't you act all calm and collected like this guy here?"

Seras pouted in response as she kicked some debris on the ground like a child. "I said I'm sorry." She whispered back.

Naruto refrained himself from sighing. "I promise to work together with your organization to the best of my ability. I will try to keep myself and her from killing one another while keeping any further collateral damage from occurring. Are those terms agreeable?"

Integra didn't respond immediately but rather she like the smart woman she was she thought of various loopholes around the executor's words. "Make the promise for both you and your companion then we have a deal."

"Agreed." The exorcist replied before asking a question that suddenly popped up inside his mind. "When does the operation start?"

"At 22:00 hours there will be a debriefing at the Palazzo Marino, the place where our temporary base of operations is stationed. After the briefing our groups will then head towards several helicopters stationed nearby that will take us to the scene or at least near it so we can set our last base of operation. The mission will officially begin at precisely 23:35 hours, just five minutes after our estimated arrival time." She took several puffs of smoke, inhaling and then exhaling the smoky essence several times. "Is that clear?"

"Crystal." He replied as he quickly took out his phone from his pockets and scanned the was 19:30 hours, still an adequate amount of time left to search for his partner. "I do apologize for making this meeting short but I will have to pardon myself until the appointed time."He said in a respectful manner before he turned away from the two females and proceeded to exit the area to look for his partner.

Seras watched along until the executor was long gone from the church. "Wait whose going to clean all of this up?" She asked in sudden realization.

"Who do you think?"Integra asked back.

The vampire looked left, right, front, and back in search of any other person inside the church and upon noticing that there was no one there but she and her boss, she pointed at her self. "Umm...me?"

"You have three hours." said Integra as she started walking towards the exit.

"This isn't fair."

"Life isn't fair. You should already know that by now."

Seras visibly deflated."I'll get to cleaning now I guess."

Integra smiled smugly like the badass boss that she was as she took one last puff out of her cigar before throwing it to the ground amidst the rubble that the two combatants created. "You do that." She said as she left the premise of the burning and broken refectory of the convent.

-Kyokai no Ken-

Play Sengoku Rance OST: A Calmly Wind (Repeat Until END)

There was a calm breeze that swept through the air when one Naruto Uzumaki left the confines of the Santa Maria Delle Grazie. Having no clue about where to find his partner for this mission the executor of the church opted to walk around the city in hopes of finding someone that stood out from the crowd.

As he walked down the streets of the bustling city away from the sealed off area of the convent he found the various residents of the city living about their ephemeral lives completely ignorant of the danger that lurks within the ever existing darkness. Sometimes he couldn't feel but think of how is it like to live like that, a happy and harmonious life filled with false peace and tranquility. A life where there was no need to worry or contemplate about the murders that he will, had, and has committed. Though in the end he knew for a fact, that such as life was impossible for one like him. After all he was a sword of the church, a weapon forged, tampered, and honed to slay heathens.

A weapon of war can never experience the sweet fruits of its labor, the sweat nectar known as peace and normality.

He took a deep breath and exhaled, releasing a warm mist due to the rather cold temperature brought about by the climate.

Why was he thinking about that?

Normally he would have just concentrated on his mission, just thinking about the objectives that must be achieved, how to complete them as efficiently as possible, then go back to headquarters report and take another mission and be on his way.

Such was the cycle of his life.

He was happy with a simple life like that, but somehow something was different.

He didn't know what, but he knew for a fact that something was off.

A memory of a blue rose flashed in his mind.

Naruto shook his head to steer his way out of those distracting thoughts the would get in the way of his mission. Now was not the time to think. It was the time to act. To look for his partner and carry on this mission for the sake of the church. The true holy sword wielder hastened his strides as he walked around the city in search of his still missing partner.

Truth be told he still had no idea who his partner is, as the folder Garule handed him only said that he'll find out who the person was when he saw the, apparently the person would be painfully obvious to see and will without a doubt stand out. Which is saying a lot since the population of this city was around a few million.

Eventually after a few minutes of walking around the city the bespectacled youth found himself in walking towards the [Castello Sforzesco], a large citadel once inhabited by the Duke of Milan which was now nothing more than an ancient relic of the past which served as a museum and attraction spot for tourists. Naruto walked to the castle enduring the blowing of the cold wind as he carefully scanned the surroundings.

There was relatively large square in front of the citadel, and in it stood a large fountain where various residents of the city sat and talked enjoying the cool night. His eyes then darted to the left of the fountain and there he found an old peddler, that sold flowers of all variety who was packing his things most likely going home for the night.

It was then that the of his vision caught sight of a person sitting near the fountain, a person wearing at white cloak that hid most of his or her body which did a good job to conceal the person's identity but did a crappy job to hide the person's presence as they stood out like a sore thumb.

Naruto slowly shook his head as a small bead of sweat dropped down the back of his head while he walked towards the cloaked person. "So you're my partner for this mission?" He asked getting the person's attention.

The exorcist a familiar flash of blue from underneath the hood that hid the person's face as the cloaked person nodded in response. As the blond executor approached the cloaked figure a low grumbling sound reached his ears, a familiar sound in fact that came from the person's stomach.

"You lost all your money again didn't you?" The person nodded slowly in response but he could have sworn he saw a flash of red beneath the hood. Probably a blush if so one most likely from embarrassment.

Naruto sighed. "Don't tell me your making a habit out of this, cause seriously this would be like the fifteenth time this happened to you ever since we started partnering up for missions a few years back."

"I-it was not my fault this time, I was convinced by some merchants into purchasing this..." A baritone and unfeminine voice came from the person wearing the cloak but despite the sound, it was a familiar tone to Naruto and the exorcist knew that the person he was talking to was a girl.

He watched as she placed her hand inside her cloak, rummaging around for a few seconds before she pulled out an object that immediately elicited a twitch of a brow from the bespectacled youth.

The cloaked individual held a suspicious looking phallic object in her hand.

"...The merchants said that this is a stake used to kill vampires. They insisted on me buying it and stressed the point that it was a weapon for fighting vampires and it would protect me if I were ever to encounter one. Though I don't really see how you can use it. The point is too dull, not sharp like normal stakes. The use of the studs along the length of the stake also confuses me as I don't know what they are used for. Though I think they maybe used in conjunction with the stake's vibrating capabilities. I also think that it might be used for a form of ritual or are they sacred runes or sigils used to reinforce this stake's..." Before she could even finish her sentence Naruto's hands already lashed out and grasped the suspicious looking stake.

Without even thinking about it Naruto found himself throwing the damned object with all the force his body and chakra could muster, throwing it west wards, making it fly through the air until it was nothing more but a silver glint in the night sky.

"..Strength." She blinked comically underneath her cloak, her eyes then followed the direction in which the stake was thrown and saw that it was nothing but a small speck in the bright sky. "Ah? Why did you do that Uzumaki? It could have been useful during our fight against the vampire."

"Trust me we don't need it." Naruto said with finality knowing full well that what the starving exorcist of the church bought was not a stake but rather a phallic object used for self pleasuring and procreation. He'd really have to thank Curry-sensei someday for teaching him about that stuff or he'd be clueless as his current companion. He just shuddered at the idea of using such a thing during a vampire hunt, he was sure that if he were to pull that stake out the vampire would have laughed themselves to death.

On a side note he still recalled a time that he thought the protection sold in convenience stores was the same as protection amulets that the church provided. Embarrassment wouldn't even begin to describe how he felt on that one particular occasion.

A scary aura effectively drew Naruto out of his thoughts, with one quick look he found that the aura was being emitted by the cloaked exorcist, and for a moment Naruto could have sworn that the eyes hidden within glowed an unnaturally frightening red. "...I spent all my money on that Uzumaki. I do hope that you're planning on compensating for it."

"I would do normally do that but not now, not when our hunt is to start in a few hours." He shook his head as he said those word. "But you are also at fault for carelessly spending your money on random objects that attracts your attention. Take this as another learning experience for you just like all the other times..." He whispered the last part, hoping she wouldn't catch it.

She heard him. "What was that?"

"I said it's good to see you again." He waved her off as he smiled innocently at his partner for this mission, an all too sweet smile that was often worn and used by their sword instructor Gridselda Quarta. A smile he uses when she wants things to go her way.

His fellow exorcist flinched, her body unconsciously inching away from his as he projected that eerie yet familiar smile. "Ugh..." The exorcist placed her hands on her temples and started rubbing it. "Please don't do that you know that smile unnerves me."

Naruto nodded in satisfaction as he derailed the conversation from what would have probably become and argument for the two of them. Griselda-sensei trained this one well.

Another gurgle of the stomach echoed between the two of them, one of the two already looking down at the ground in embarrassment for her obvious plight. He turned towards the sitting exorcist, his left hand reaching towards her, inviting her to use it to get herself up. "Hmm how about this let's go out and eat dinner before our mission. You know since our mission doesn't start in a few hours and its been a while since we've been on a mission together." The blond suggested upon seeing his partner's obvious plight.

His cloaked partner stared at the extended limb for a moment before reaching out and grabbing it with her slender and calloused hand. With one small huff she pulled herself up. "...It really has been a long time Uzumaki." The girl said as she dusted her cloak with her free hand, while her other hand was still linked with Naruto's own.

"Let's find a nearby restaurant, we can catch up while we eat." He sent a soft smile at her. "It's even my treat."

Her stomach grumbled once more, as if answering for her without her consent."I would enjoy that." She admitted as she bowed her head down in hopes that he wouldn't see her embarrassment.

"Come on then, let's go." The blond started walking, his hand still holding hers as he walked through the town leading her to a restaurant he saw in passing a few minutes back.

"Thank you... Uzumaki." The exorcist said not bothering the to hide the feeling of relief and happiness in her tone. Naruto turned back to her in order to reply but at that moment a strong gust of wind blew by, the red roses sold in peddler's cart flew up in the sky, their petals being dragged along by the cruel breeze as they detached themselves from the flowers causing a miniature of storm of red petals to fly about the night sky.

At the same time, the hood covering his companion's features was blown back by the wind revealing her hidden features to the world filled with floating petals of roses. She was beautiful, a young woman around his age with powerful brown eyes and short blue hair with a green fringe that contrasted the momentarily red landscape created by the flowers behind her.

He paused for a moment taking in how much she has changed since they've last seen each other around four years back, the red behind her made her more appealing to his eyes. Yes, red was perfect color to describe her, brave, fierce, strong. Such an aggressive and violent color extremely fitting for his fellow swordsman or in this case swordswoman.

"I appreciate it." She said dragging him back to the realm of reality for but a second and allowing him to reply to her words with his own.

"There's no problem Xenovia..." He shook his head as if to emphasize his words before he sent her one heartwarming smile, ultimately he was content and happy with life when he saw those he cared for happy." After all, that's what friends are for right?" Naruto asked as he and his companion walked in search of a place to dine underneath the dazzling and beautiful night sky.

-Kyokai no ken END-

EN1: The Church/Angels: Yeah chapter included a small sneak peak of Naruto's life within the church and his interactions with several members such as Garule, Dulio, and Ciel. For the Angels I'm starting incorporate/introducing/mentioning/alluding to them early on as a lot of angels will be involved in one of my future arcs, a major one at that. As a spoiler I should just say this now since I alluded to it the whole chapter but Garule is the human name of Raguel the Angel of Justice and Vengeance and though he has a kind and grandfatherly persona he is more of if you may say a Danzo when it comes to his views and actions. Luce (He is not Lucifer and I won't reveal which angel he is as of yet) on the other hand often acts calm and stoic, appears to be like Danzo but his ideals are actually similar to Hiruzen. To put it in perspective Luce is the counter balance to Garule, he is the Sarutobi to Garule's Danzo. Luce cares and teaches Naruto not because he hopes of making a weapon out of the boy but because it is his self imposed responsibility to see the light within Naruto flourish. Suriel or Sariel the Angel of Death on the other hand well you'll have to see what his role in this story is until later on. As for various characters and divisions I won't outright say that they'll have big roles in the story but do note that they'll have roles to play in the future. Oh and to type moon fans the Ciel I'm using is mostly her exaggerated Carnival Phantasm version at least during her casual scenes during battles and serious situations I'm using her Roa hating persona.

EN2: Vampire Hunting: This is an important arc for Naruto (character development wise) as well as Xenovia (One of my favourite girls in the series), expect some interactions between the two and Seras. Sorry about those who were expecting Alucard but I really can't find him working with Naruto in any way and his current state of Death fits well within my bastardized timeline (Events of Hellsing occurred during the year 2006). Ability wise Seras is weaker than her master but she has embraced her vampirism meaning she has a decent number of lives within her, hundreds actually. Thus the need for restraints. Also I'm not going to outright say who Naruto, Seras, and Xenovia are going to fight but know that I've planned to include this character many many times in my other fics. My clue as to who the person is... well look at the conversation between Dulio and Naruto in this chapter. Props to who can actually get it. Also I left a hint about what I'm basing the setting on the next two chapters on the directions Naruto took in the dark path to [The Armory] Kudos to those who get that one as well.

EN3: Asia and the Occult Research Club: What they are doing will be featured in an interlude so don't worry about me forgetting about them. But if I did forget about them then please feel free to pistol whip me.

And now that all of that is said and done here is just a little something that's been boiling in my mind/pseudo challenge.

Omake: GAME OVER

Keima Katsuragi is known as God to some people, the a God of Conquest famous for having ensnared and captured the hearts of thousands, there is no girl he can't capture, there in no ending he can't see, and apparently there is no game that he can't beat. Emphasis on apparently as it was soon made clear to him that there was one game that he could not beat.

The game called life.

For one day as he walked down the famous streets of Akibahara after an epic journey of life and death that involved the normally recluse and nonathletic boy leaving the comforts of his school and home and venturing out into the world in search of a limited edition dating sim the game called life came knocking at his face. Well not life parse but rather a beautiful young woman who invited him out on a date.

Predictable he ignored her attempts to allure him and ask him out for the sake of other women, which existed within the confines of his hand held PFP. The young woman did not take kindly to that, not at all. For she followed him as he walked through the streets of Akibahara, the train stations, the roads of his home town, which eventually led to the boy who was still playing with his PFP passing through a relatively abandoned park on his route home.

That was when the woman he ignored acted.

Looking back at things, he would later come to regret not noticing the tell tale signs of a Yandere flag being wave right across his face. If he only noticed it sooner then life perhaps wouldn't be so troublesome. But alas life was a cruel game, and it had a lot in store for the God of Conquest.

One moment he was walking to his home, the next he was stabbed through the chest by a spear of light, his blood splattering into his beloved console as he crumpled on the ground, dying like a protagonist who ended up getting a bad end for doing something stupid like not getting enough points with the heroines.

He didn't really notice when his attacker left, heck he didn't even know why he was still conscious after being impaled with extreme prejudice by his attacker. Though one thing was for certain, this was not an ending that he was expecting. As he lay dying on the ground he stared at the screen of his PFP, a screen marred with his own blood, a screen where a pink haired girl was looking sadly at him as if aware of his death.

"Yokkyun." He uttered with his dying breath, as he stared at her. Stared into her sad blue eyes. He couldn't die here, not in front of his Yokkyun but not just for her, he can't die if there were still hundreds if not thousands of girls out there waiting for his help, waiting for his kind self to comfort them in their times of need. He was the only one who could do that for their sakes! He was the God of Conquest! He could not die here! He shall not die here!

As if responding to his wishes a crimson emblem appeared in the empty space in front of him. It shined brightly for several seconds before the blinding light receded and revealed a buxom young woman with long crimson hair with a look of pure surprise upon her face. "To think that someone would have enough Greed to summon me without the use of a contract." The woman said as her eyes landed on his crumpled form.

From there on the girl went about introducing herself as a devil and yada yada, the thing is she offered to revive him a devil and be a part of her club. It was one continue in the form of a sudden Deus Ex Machina being offered by a random buxom red haired devil that came out of nowhere. Truth be told it would have probably better if he thought this through and just stayed dead, less trouble some in the long run, but alas to one Katsuragi Keima his games were worth being turned into a devil for, and so amidst his dying state, he accepted her offer, earning himself another chance in life.

Nothing would ever be the same.

[GAME OVER END]

Next Chapter: Thy Hunters in the Night

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