Free as a bird, in love with a cat


He was Rias' twin brother that disappeared into the world in order to gain what he couldn't in the Underworld. More than half a decade later he returned to help her and others with the current situations that have appeared surrounding Kuoh


~Chapter 7~

It has been a few days since the events that occurred at the abandoned church. Asia, the girl they rescued who his sister had turned into her Bishop. Apparently she stays with Issei and his parents who didn't seem to mind it in the slightest. Which was interesting... considering the boy was the biggest pervert he had the displeasure of meeting.

The front door of Naruto's home opened as he stepped out with a smile that he didn't normally have considering where he's heading to.

The reason he had a smile was because of the person that followed him outside. After he heard Rias would take care of Asia and sign her up for school he took it into his own hands. Which was basically calling his brother. Regardless, he contacted his brother in order to sign Kuroka up as well.

Apparently she was bored without him which he wasn't surprised about as he too would be without having her around, evident by how he acted at school. While she is slightly older than him Kuroka didn't look like it which allowed them to sign her off as a student much to both their happiness. She had been to a school before during her time under her previous master but that was limited. She had learned most of the stuff herself so this would be a nice and new experience for her.

So there she was, leaving their home behind as she walked next to him with her Nekoshou features hidden as she couldn't be seen like that. She had complained at that fact with a pout that made it hard to resist. But, as much as he would love to allow he to free her ears and tails they'd had to fit in.

As she walked next to him Naruto took another good look at her which she noticed by the smirk she had on her face as he let his eyes wander over her lovely form. She looked really hot in that school uniform that made her golden slit eyes stand out more. Her hair was done it its usual fashion though she didn't wore the headband like normal. Speaking of her eyes, they shone with both play and happiness and she slid her hand onto his as she moved closer to him.

As they walked they unknowingly passes Issei's residence as the door opened to the home and Issei walked out followed by the new girl Asia.

''Oh, Naruto-senpai, Kuroka-san!'' He called out to the other two with slight surprise as he didn't expect Kuroka to attend school. They both in turn looked from where the voice came from. Issei looked behind him at Asia who seemed to be nervous but that was expected. ''Come Asia, they are friends of me.'' He informed the girl who slowly nodded and followed after him.

Naruto and Kuroka stopped walking as they saw Issei and his companion making their way towards them. ''Hello Issei, Asia.'' Naruto greeted the two with a kind smile as Kuroka did the same.

Asia blushed as she saw the smile the boy Issei said was called Naruto made. From the side of her Issei watched in jealousy as he could only look at how fast Naruto could make her blush. ''Damn you Naruto-sempai, making girls blush without doing anything... He's even worse than that pretty boy Kiba..'' He mumbled to himself as he walked with them, Asia to his left.

Up in front Naruto let a smirk form itself as he catched his mumbling with his enhanced hearing. He was brought out of it though as Kuroka increased the grip she had on his hand and turned to look at her. He paled slightly as he spotted the look she was giving him as she more than likely saw his reaction to Issei's words, especially since her hearing is a lot better than his. The look she gave him was one that woman gave their boyfriend or husband whenever they tried to start something with a different girl.

Quickly leaning over he kissed the corner of her lips which seemed to work as she lessened the hold she had on his hand and moved her head to properly return the kiss. Behind them both Issei and Asia had small blushed on their cheeks as they watched the actions of the two.

As they made it to the school they saw Rias and her peerage waiting at the front gate. Their eyes lit up as they saw them with the exception of Koneko, Kuroka's sister. She had told him what happened last week with the Fallen. While she didn't seem to completely hate her much to her relief she was still on guard. Naruto understood though, she had been told what happened which was that she was some kind of monster, to see her like this must have been a shock and perhaps a ploy in order to get her once she's off guard.

Naruto and Kuroka passed them as they greeted the group though Kuroka kept her eyes lingering on Koneko longer than was comfortable for the little girl but alas. As the couple made their way to the entrance they were subjected to numerous whispers from almost everyone who saw them.

''Hey who's that girl walking with Naruto-kun?'' He heard one of them ask.

''I don't know, new student perhaps?''

''Makes sense though why are they holding hands, are they a couple?'' Someone else asked.

''No, i doubt she's his type, he's more interested in someone like me.'' They heard the first voice speak.

''Oh please, like he want someone like you. If anything he's more inclined to someone as me.'' The second voice said in return. They were about to continue but stopped as they felt the feeling of dread washing over them. They turned and saw the girl who was walking with their Naruto-kun glaring at them with her golden eyes.

Kuroka hissed at the girl she heard arguing with one another over her boyfriend/lover/ and leveled them a hard glare before turning around and shocking everyone who was watching them by smashing her lips into his.

Naruto was caught off guard by Kuroka's action but quickly recovered and began to return the kiss. Kuroka let out a throaty moan as everyone merely watched on as who they proclaimed as hottest guy was making out a girl who, while her looks where up there with Akeno and Rias, no one had seen before.

Breaking off the kiss Kuroka had a triumphant smile on her face as she watched the faces of numerous girls set in glares. She grabbed his hand as they continued their walk, leaving dozens of heartbroken girls and jealous boys behind.

A distance away Rias and her peerage had seen the scene with the two and had slightly flushed cheeks.

''Ara ara, guess that's one way to deal with his fangirls, right Buchou?'' Akeno said as she licked her lips. She herself had to admit, Rias' brother was hot. If she had to rate him he'd definitely be a 9/10 perhaps a 10/10 if she could see him naked... If it weren't for the fact that he was all over Kuroka she might've given him a shot herself… not that she would say that to Rias though.

Rias shook her head as she tried to get rid of the image of her brother and Kuroka kissing. She wouldn't admit it immediately but she was slightly jealous of the two. Not as in the way that she wanted to kiss her brother but more about the fact that he was free to do so while she herself was stuck with that stupid marriage contract her parents made.

Ugh, just thinking about it made her want to gag. She was wondering what her parents were thinking when they accepted said offer, they didn't even ask about her opinion on the matter either. Riser Phenix her fiance… yuck the boy was as arrogant as they came and the nightmare of any girl that had some ounce of self respect.

So, while her brother was able to kiss and have sex with someone she was stuck… Yes, she could go and get in a relation but when the time would come they would have to break it off and what reason would she give them?

'Sorry, i'm engaged to an egotistical immortal devil we have to break up?' Pfff, if only it was that easy. It's one of the things her brother lucked out on by not being the heir to the family she guessed. He had made it clear when they were younger he wouldn't accept any marriage contracts as there was always the possibility of him falling in love with someone else and he would be stuck with someone he had no desire to marry.

A part of her was looking forward to their next meeting. Riser would no doubt try something with her but she knew that Naruto would have none of it. He could be more protective of her than Sirzechs is sometimes which is impressive by itself as he was a siscon to the highest degree.


Naruto and Kuroka left the principal's office after they got her schedule. He had to thank his brother next time they spoke as he managed to get her to have the same classes as him. They both made their way to the room they had to be for their class.

Knocking once, then twice the door opened as their teacher showed himself. ''Yes Gremory-san, you know you're late right?'' The man spoke.

''Hehe sorry for that but i had to help the new student find their class.'' Naruto told him as he gently nudged Kuroka. She saw the man's eye turn to her and look her over, she shivered.

''I see… what is your name miss?'' The man said as he looked between them in order to see if there is some connection.

''Kuroka, just Kuroka no last name.'' Kuroka introduced herself. She didn't go with a last name and definitely not the same as her little sister used as it could cause unwanted attention to got to her. She knew her little sister was quite antisocial. It hurt her to know she was the cause of it, she used to be so much more talkative back when they were younger. Before IT happened that changed her personality from curious and talkative to antisocial and perhaps even scared? Scared to let someone get close to her incase history repeat itself?

A lightbulb lit, was she was onto something, Kuroka thought to herself. Could her action make her fear forming bonds other than the one she has with Rias? She put those thoughts to the side in order to mull over later.

''Kuroka hmm…'' the teacher said as he looked over some papers. ''Ah, i see new student transferring from Kyoto it says here.'' 'Kyoto?' Both Naruto and Kuroka thought but shrugged as Kuroka nodded her head.

''Very well, wait here for a bit before i call you in.'' The teacher said as he went back inside with Naruto following him after giving her a smile.

Naruto took his regular seat as the teacher stood up and walked in front of the class. ''Alright everyone, today we gain a new student who's transferring here from Kyoto.'' He said as the attention went to him. Whispers were being said as boys and girls were hoping for someone of their interest to enter.

''Please come in!'' He said as all eyes went towards the door that opened. The first thing they all saw was midnight black hair and a buxom figure that made the males in the class happy.

''Yes, another hot girl!'' One of the boys said as Kuroka then turned to the class, showing them her exotic looking eyes which landed on Naruto who gave her a smile.

''Hello. my name is Kuroka ny-'' She cut herself off as she was about to use her verbal tic. It would do her no good if she were to let them hear her meow. It would most likely gain her some unwanted attention which she didn't really need as she had enough due to her actions from earlier, not that she regretted it though.

Once she introduced herself people began talking. From where she sat Rias felt a pair of eyes land on her and looked to where it came from only for her to gaze directly into the violet orbs of her childhood friend Sona.

Sona looked at Rias as she saw as far as she knew SS-Class criminal Kuroka introduce herself to the people in the class. She gave Rias a piercing stare which was answered by her mouthing 'Later'. Sona nodded, she could accept that… for now.

''Very well Kuroka-san, how about you take a seat next to Jira Makyo.'' Kuroka heard the teacher speak. She looked around before spotting a boy who was practically eye raping her. She shuddered in disgust before turning towards the teacher as she spotted an empty seat beside Naruto.

''No thank you, i'll take the empty seat next to Naruto-kun.'' She replied as she walked towards him. The use of the 'kun' suffix wasn't missed by the students who already began to form numerous rumors that most like would have spread out at the end of the day much to his displeasure.


If one were to look at Sirzechs they would see something that didn't happen often.

Behind his desk Sirzechs looked on with a serious face as he stared at the papers that lay before him. His parents had had immediately wanted to visit Naruto when he had informed them he apparently moved to Kuoh which was the same place his sister, Rias was at. He luckily managed to calm them down enough before telling them perhaps it wasn't the best time and he would visit them himself when he felt like it.

He had made it clear to them he didn't hated them or anything but he doubted he would look forward to a random visit even if it were his parents. They were confused but relieved their son didn't hold any negative feeling towards them and couldn't wait for him to visit them.

Though, it changed slightly when he told him he was in company of former SS-Criminal Kuroka. They had bombarded him with questions on how and why their son would be in accompany with someone like her, who was strong enough by herself to match Mid-Class Devils all by herself with her use of Senjutsu and Youjutsu. He had told them about their relationship in hopes to calm them down but that didn't work as he had hoped… It was mainly his mother though who wanted to know why and how he could be in love with her, a Nekoshou and not a Devil.

Don't get them wrong, his parents were by no means racist or anything but the Devil Society frowned upon relationships between pure-blooded Devils and members from an other race. The only thing that would be more acceptable if said man or woman had power, lots of it. While Kuroka managed to kill her previous king the boy wasn't really anything special as he was an extra devil, no one too important which was shown when he had manage to reduce Kuroka's criminal status. He doubted if she had killed anyone from some of the more important family's out there she would still be on the run with her criminal status attached to her name.

Though he could tell they were secretly pleased. Their family now had possibly both the last two members of the almost extinct Nekoshou race which would add more power to their family and if Naruto were to marry her and get children with her. They'd be the progenitors of a new line of Devil/Nekoshous hybrids who could possibly inherit the power of Destruction combined with Senjutsu and you make create a powerhouse.

So while they weren't opposed to the two being together they would wait till they meet her in person before giving their acceptance of the couple. Not that Sirzechs thought his little brother would really care either way and make his own decisions. Something his parents seemed to agree with as well as he looked at the numerous marriage contracts that flooded the Gremory household once his parents announced their son would return to the Underworld soon.

They had shown his picture to other families so they could see how he looked currently and silently cursed himself for that. The boy had grown very handsome, even he had to admit and combined with him being from a prestigious family it wasn't really a surprise he got attention from the female gender.

Hell, even Serafall, a fellow Satan who was hundreds of years older than him had shown interest. Saying she wanted to do lots and lots of ecchi things with him. Sirzechs shook his head before focusing back on the papers and hoping his parents won't accept any of these. Because as laid back Naruto can be, rudely declining a formed marriage contract would look very bad one their family which he knew even he wouldn't want.

A perfect example of this would be his little sister Rias. Thinking about her made a pang of guilt hit him. Their parents had made a marriage agreement between their son, Riser and Rias. The guilt came from that despite him being a Satan, he couldn't save his precious little sister from a marriage contract formed years ago.

He really hoped his little sister would find some way around this as she deserved someone better. The Phenix boy was an arrogant kid, thinking the world revolved around him and solely him. He had seen the look the boy had in his eyes whenever he would look, no leer is a better word. Whenever he leered at her. It made his protective brother senses go off in alert.

Though the next meeting between the two would without a doubt go different now that Naruto had returned and was almost always in company of her with his own Queen Kuroka. He had sensed the power he held when both he and Grayfia had visited him and was astonished by how much he had grown and could tell Grayfia was as well. It was more than either Rias or Riser which was quite an achievement for a Pure-Blood who hasn't even lived a century.

With how Riser acts the boy would no doubt make an unwanted advance on either Rias or Kuroka which would cause him to act. He almost fell bad he couldn't be there when they met as he would look forward to the beating the boy would receive from his little brother.

There was the chance of a rating game happening, actually he was quite sure Rias would take that option in order to try and cancel the contract. However, as much as he wanted to disagree he knew his sister's chance of winning against the boy wasn't very high. Riser had already played numerous rating games with his peerage while she had none and on top of that her peerage was barely complete.

Naruto on the other hand, while neither having played a rating game had traveled the world gaining experience. He heard some things from contacts he had spread around the world but even that was limited. What they told him though was very promising however. And while he didn't have a complete peerage either as he only had Kuroka turned into hsi Queen she was still stronger than most. In fact, unlike his parents Sirzechs had no doubt she would be able to go toe to toe and even best her regardless of her status of a High-Class which was given to each and every Pure-blooded Devil regardless of their strength.

Unlike her Kuroka had to fight from young age in order to take care of both herself and her little sister which didn't happen from her being idle. So with her experience and skill in Senjutsu, Youjutsu and other she would make easy picking out of Rias.

The fact that his little sister's skill with the Power of Destruction wasn't close to him or even her brother who could bend it more to his will made it a major weakness to herself, as one would only have to be slightly faster that she was to be able to dodge her blast and go for close combat which Rias wasn't trained at.

So even though Naruto only had Kuroka as his Queen the two where more than a challenge to Riser and his Peerage and the biggest chance at her freedom from the contract.

With those thoughts having finished he put the papers aside in order to show them to his parents later and hoping they don't make the same mistake they did with Rias and allowed his little brother to choose his own love life without outside interference.


The door to the ORC room opened as Rias entered with her Peerage sans Issei. She had assigned the boy to bring her to them so she can explain about her being a Devil. Honestly she had no idea how it would go as with her being previously a member from the church she was aware she would be less than happy…

Good news though was that she had received information on why she was banished. Apparently with she had healed a Devil due to her Sacred Gear allowing one to heal without discrimination which the church had found out. If she still retained those memories introducing her to the supernatural world would make things a lot more easier which was something she hoped for.

She broke out of her thoughts and noticed that during her time in thought her brother had arrived who was lying on the couch. Kuroka was laying on top of him, happily ignoring everyone else in favor for snuggling into the body of Naruto.

Rias could only withhold a sigh at the two. It has only been a day since Kuroka attended school but already she had gained quite the fanbase that somehow increased when neither she nor Naruto did anything to hide their relationship with each other. In fact the two became the most sought after couple of the school and made her own and Akeno's fanbase lessen.

She was kind of upset about that actually, she had worked hard in order to get almost the entire school to admire her and Akeno but Naruto hadn't been here for less than two weeks yet seem to be beating them if not matching theirs.

Her head snapped to the door that again opened only this time Issei entered, followed closely by the new girl, Asia who nervously looked around. She spotted both Naruto and Kuroka and carefully made her way towards them. ''Hello Naruto-san, Kuroka-san.'' She softly said.

They both turned their attention to her and smiled kindly. ''Hello Asia, and please don't use 'san' with both of us alright?'' Naruto told the girl while Kuroka gave her a quick nod before going back to nuzzling her face into Naruto's neck.

''A-alright Naruto-sa- Naruto.'' She corrected herself before making herself comfortable as she sat down on one of the other couches which was partly occupied by a small white haired girl. She recognized her, Koneko Toujo, first year student. She looked in her direction and saw her give a single nod before going back to eating the sweets she had in her lap.

She absently noticed her eyes were similar to those of Kuroka's but didn't thought much over it as they didn't look very familiar aside from that little aspect.

''Asia.'' A female voice called her out. She turned around and looked at what in her opinion's a beautiful girl. She was definitely on par with Kuroka, while she had her exotic looking eyes going for her this girl had her long crimson colored hair. She felt slightly out of place as she took in all the beautiful looking woman around.

The other dark haired girl she saw earlier who usually accompanied her, Akeno if she recalled correctly as most of the population seemed to have some sort of obsession with the girl. ''Y-yes?'' She replied.

Rias let out a sigh before turning to Issei and gave him a look. The boy quickly nodded as he understood what she wanted from him and slowly made his way towards her in order to calm the girl for what was about to be revealed to her.

''Well, how do i say this… Asia, you're a devil.''


End chapter 7.

Note: After writing for a bit i've decided from now on each chapter, regardless of the story will be at least 4K words.

Why? I feel that it's the right amount in order to appease the reader tbh. That doesn't mean i'll purposely stop at the 4k mark or anything like that but that's just how it'll go. For those that wonder if i'll go back to correct previous chapters the answer is no, atleast not atm but i might later on.