祖たるもの –The Progenitor–


Chapter Seven: Prologue – The Ghost「序章 - 幽霊のもの」


The first time he's heard of Gasper, the first thing that came to mind was that funny little ghost story he's heard of that came from somewhere in the west. Of course, that'll be everyone's answer to the question "Who's Gasper?"

The real answer to the little question, however, was a little bit… different than what Naruto imagined.

It's been a few years since Rias "adopted", for lack of better word, Akeno, Koneko and Kiba. For a moment, Naruto thought that she was serious about marrying him and having kids in the future. By the gods, he's not ready for that kind of responsibility yet!

However, when first meeting Gasper, Naruto was a little bit confused as to how he was supposed to address the young… cross-dressing boy. Regardless, Naruto tried his best to help his newfound friend, however…

Sometimes, he just keep having odd gaps of memories between times.

Is that weird?


"So how's Gasper doin'?"

Rias blinked at the sudden question.

"That's an odd question out of the blue…" Rias deadpanned before responding with another question, "Although, why the sudden curiosity?"

The blonde grinned, "Hey, if they're your family, then they're just as much of a family to me, too. 'Sides, even I gotta know how my lil cross-dressing brother's doing."

Rias smiled softly, touched that even if he wasn't part of her Peerage that her boyfriend was worried. She remember the good times when Naruto would often try and make time to play with them, even when Matatabi-san was busy. Rias paused, looking at the clock over the chalkboard as the teacher continues to teach. She smiles.

Perhaps…

"Well, if I talked to Onīsama, maybe he'll let us visit him."

Naruto grins, "Really? That's awesome! It's been nearly half a year already! Can't wait to see Gasper again!"

Rias grins, fondling with her other Bishop piece. Perhaps one day… one day she'll have enough control so that Gasper can control himself. And then. They'll all be happy together, her Peerage, Naruto, everyone. Seeing her lover grin like no tomorrow as he patiently waits – for once – for class to finish, Rias couldn't help but feel her grin widen.


"ONĪCHAAAAAAAAAAN!"

"Whoa!" Naruto yelped as he fell to the ground, a girl latching onto him. Rias blinked before giggling as Naruto tried to have the girl hugging him let go of his torso. What was funnier was the fact that the girl hugging her boyfriend was in fact, a boy.

Yes, the final Bishop of Rias's Peerage is truly the personification of a trap. Not even Hideyoshi-kun from Baka to Testcan compare to the true trap in front of her. It probably forced favor on Gasper since he preferred to wear girl clothing, whereas Hideyoshi-kun was rather hesitant to even cross-dress.

Pity.

Then again, Hideyoshi-kun will always be Hideyoshi-kun.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down there buddy!" Naruto tried to calm his cute little kōhai as said blonde continued to rub his… her?… head into Naruto's chest.

"Good-for-Nothing Gyakun…" Koneko immediately greeted as she and the rest of the Club members entered the room.

"WAAAAAAHHH! Onīchan, Koneko-chan's being mean to MEEEEEEHEEHEEEEE!" Gasper suddenly cried out as Naruto flinched at the scream. Chuckling as he tried to sit up, Naruto simply patted the young dhampir on the head, trying to calm him… her?… down.

Seeing this, Koneko immediately began glaring at Gasper, rendering him to continue crying in fear. Akeno began chuckling as Kiba smiled. On the other side of the group, Rias smiled at the two reconciled self-proclaimed siblings. Ever since she "adopted" Gasper into the family, Naruto pretty much declared the young dhampir as his new baby brother and did his very best to pamper up Gasper. Koneko, having been the closest to Naruto besides Rias and Sona at the time, threw a rather cute tantrum the moment the declaration was made.

It was rather cute. Well, until Koneko began hanging onto Naruto for a full month. Literally.

Then it just got annoying.


"Hah! Headshot! Take that, you fuckin' newb!"

"Why is it that every time I play with you, you always change personalities just like that?" Naruto queried as he and Gasper began playing the recently released Halo 3. Turning to see Gasper wearing a completely sadistic grin as he, once again, sniper Naruto's avatar in the head, the cross-dressing boy once again celebrated his one-shot-one-hit kill.

"It's not my fault that you suck, Nīchan!" Gasper simply shot back as he cut through his enemy once again with the energy sword in his own avatar's hands.

Rias chuckled weakly as she watched Gasper's personality turn a complete 180. While she wasn't a large fan of the American games that have recently gotten popular (she even heard that there was a group of Americans making a web series out of the Halo games), the redhead knows how much of an internet junkie Gasper was after reviving him. It was on that thought that she bought the recently turned popular Xbox. While not as popular as the PlayStation or Nintendo products in Japan, the American console has started to turn up around here and there. And ever since the release of the Halo series, the console turned into a popular gaming machine.

On the other hand, it was probably best that she puts away the Dead or Alive video game that she bought for Gasper's birthday. Rias doesn't need any more bloody video games to give Gasper a chance to develop any kind of MPD…

"BOOM! Fuck on that rocket launcher!" Gasper screamed in delight as Koneko covered her ears in annoyance of the loud music and sound. Akeno just watched with an interest smile on her face. Naruto on the other hand was simply twitching an eye as he watched himself get blown up yet again.

"You-… Are you teabagging me again!? Dammit Gasper, stop doing that!"

"Owowowowowowow, Ni-nīchan, STOOOHOHOHOOOOP~~~!" Gasper pleaded as his head exploded in pain from the fist digging into his skull.

As Gasper tries to free himself while simultaneously screaming for help, Rias simply giggles in her hand. Truly, these are blessed times she was living in, free from all the war and violence her brother often talked about when he was trying to teach her a lesson when she screwed up or made a mistake. Turning to the rest of her Peerage, Rias sighs in happiness as everyone began to join in on the tangled mess, willingly or not.

Akeno was the first to join, chuckling darkly like she usually does when her S-switch got turned on. The two blondes screamed in fear as they hugged each other, shivering like frightened animals.

Koneko was obviously next, not liking how Gasper was hugging Naruto tightly in fear from Akeno. The girl practically dove in between the two, clapping her hands high above her and pushing through.

Kiba, with that awkward smile of his, tried to be the bystander in all this, but was caught in when Gasper grabbed onto his ankle, tripping him. Rias couldn't help but laugh at the hilarity of it all as the group became a tangling mess of limbs here and there. It wasn't until she noticed Naruto's glinting eye did the laughter stop.

"Oh no. No you don't Narut- NARUTOOOO!"

And with a pull, Rias joined in on the fun.

Sooner or later, the group became a laughing stock of a ball of yarn. Flinching and trying to pull their arms and legs away from the tangle, the students could only stare at each other before laughing out loud.

Awkwardly, Gasper was facing Kiba's ass while the Cazenovia himself was nearly choked by Akeno's arm looped around his neck. Akeno was facing the back of Naruto's hair as the blonde had to look up to avoid seeing Koneko's armpit and breast. Across from him was Rias who had her own twinkling eye. Grinning, Rias leaned in and pecked the blonde on the lips.

Blinking, Naruto asked, "What was that for?"

"For being here," Rias answered simply as Naruto didn't get what the big deal was. The rest of Rias' Peerage simply smiled in agreement when Naruto simply asked,

"Okay then… now, any ideas how to get out of this?"

It would be nearly 4 hours (approximately 3 hours, 48 minutes and 21 seconds) before the group of six untangled themselves from their mess.


A/N: Happy Belated Valentine's Day folks!

And that was the Seventh Prologue!

I'll be honest, I did copy some parts from another source... I think... I can't remember, actually...

And before anyone retorts: Yes, yes I know that the name's actually Casper, not Gasper, but honestly, this is Naruto. He's bound to mix up something from time to time. This time, it was a ghost's name that he doesn't really care about. The name rhymes too, so meh.

Anywho, that was Gasper's introduction, and needless to say, I actually liked this. Oh, and a quick update on the story line:

I've decided to take out one of the prologues (mostly cause I couldn't think of anything), so that'll be one less chapter until the actual plot begins!

Hope you'll all like the next prologue!

In other news: I've finally finished the plot for I'm Not!. Now, I only have to fill in the blanks! This is gonna be so much fun if it wasn't for this stupid writer's block I'm having right now! Till then, toodles!

Next up is Sona's turn!