PA: I am back again, a new chapter for you all. Though to stop the questions and speculations... Naruto's father is God. This shows that Naruto's birth was planned well, well before he was ever conceived.
Onto answering your reviews:
Dregus: There have been a couple of references to songs throughout the story, I mean the title of last chapter was 'Don't fear the Reaper' for a start, but yes I felt it was really fitting to be put in there, all things considered.
luffyxrobin-luffyxnami: Akeno was chosen for many reasons, the first and largest is to tie all the factions together via their relationship, and yes I agree, her character is normally poorly written which is why it comes over as 'bland', but compared to Rias, Akeno has a hell of a lot more issues going on. Her father left her behind in a way, her mother was killed and her family chased her out... Rias was going to get married to someone she didn't like...
To be honest, I feel a lot more for Akeno than I do for Rias, in some stories she works as the main pairing, in this one she wouldn't.
Rygart Arrow: I have no idea what you said there.
YinYang1902: Nope, the list is pretty large as it is, I wanted to try to keep it as small as I could, but that didn't work out as I had planned.
Shadow-Lord-Kitsune24: Some people hadn't.
DragonPony022: Naruto is in a pretty rough spot, mostly because he is still working for the Yokai, so he is somewhat bound by their laws, you know, you don't follow your bosses orders you get fired sort of deal. So he can not do much while he is still working with the Yokai as they are striving for a 'pure peace'.
reader: God has been dead since the great war, 400 years is an okay time to date it I guess, in response to your question, how do his Sacred Gears still travel from person to person? How are Angels still falling? This is all due to God's system, a computer that he left running with a long list of tasks that it needs to constantly check. Considering he can send souls to people, Most sacred gears are simply trapped souls, at least that is what is inferred, then it shouldn't be all that hard to send his seed to the womb of a human long after he is dead should it?
As for the members of the Gokage, they are just Oc's that I made.
Guest (Angel Question): Naruto is able to fall there is no question about that. This story brings up morality in a subtle way, Naruto has never killed unless he was told to. If you are saying that Naruto should fall which to angels is akin to being a criminal, does that not also mean that we should lock away every military man that has ever killed someone? He is following orders not only that, but he was born with human morals, his view is not black and white like an Angel's, he is human and knows how confusing the world can be. So yes, while he can fall, he would have to fuck up big time to do so.
The Platinum King: The Fuma clan were a clan of ninja back in the Sengoku period of Japan, they were known to be formidable on horseback and naval battles. Kiba is not a member of the Fuma clan, and as far as anyone knows, Naruto is the last remaining member of it.
Cerulean Knight: Kushina will become important again, pretty damn soon actually. So that is something to look forward to:P
Disclaimer: I don't own any manga or anime referenced in this story.
Naruto's feet slapped the wooden floorboards of the Yokai temple where he was staying. A long yawn left his mouth, he could feel Alpha still working on all of the internal damage, a fun fact, fighting at full power would gradually eat away at his organs. Without Alpha he more than likely would have died by now, no he would have died countless times already in his life. Maybe that would have been best?
His eyes snapped to his door, leaning against the wall beside it was Rin, her eyes looking out in front of her with a worried expression on her face. Naruto walked right up to her and tapped her forehead, "Dead," He exclaimed in a calm voice which caused her to recoil in shock.
"N-Naruto? I didn't think you would be back so soon?"
"Yes because between myself and my students it would take more than an hour to do a complete search of the area," Naruto gave a small shake of his head, "Why don't you come inside?"
"B-but Himejima-san is sleeping inside?"
"Akeno is awake," He slid the door open and looked inside to see a sheepishly smiling Akeno, "She wakes up whenever I come home late, like she has forced her body to wake her up if she is sleeping when my aura comes into range."
He walked inside, leaving Rin out in the hallway. It only took her a few short moments before she entered after him, her eyes darting from Akeno who seemed to be in the middle of putting on some clothing, to Naruto who, to be frank, looked exhausted.
Naruto moved to a chair and puled out a packet of cigarettes, a sigh left his lips as he put the final one in the deck into his mouth. With a click of his fingers the tip ignited and he took a deep drag in, "Yasaka will more than likely have the damages totalled up by tomorrow morning. Though that is enough of the boring stuff. Why the hell did you become an Arbiter Rin?"
Hearing a sound of confusion from Akeno, Rin promptly spoke, "Arbiters, that is to say those like me, we make up a council of people who judge the actions of everything that enters the Lotus' network. In short, we are the legal system of the White Lotus... The reason I became an Arbiter was so that I could look for you Naruto. We have permission to use the full extent of the network..."
Akeno frowned at that, this girl had been looking for Naruto this entire time, yet when she finally finds him, he is not able to walk the path that he used to, "You both worry too much," Naruto responded, "I vanish for a bit and everyone freaks. Do people not understand how to do things by their own power?" He gave a small shrug, "Though the world would be better if that were the case perhaps?"
There was a slight knock against the door, "Naruto-sensei, are you back?"
"Being unable to tell who is inside of this room nets you a failing mark Makai..." Naruto drawled and the door opened a moment later showing Makai standing there with a faint grin on her face. The edges of her clothes were in tatters, showing she hadn't yet gotten changed from the fighting that had happened earlier.
"It was out of respect that I asked, in case you were 'engaged'," She cooed lightly.
Naruto gave a small shrug of his shoulders, "Yes after being on the verge of death that is the first thing I was going to do," Naruto shook his head lightly, "Get your mind out of the gutter brat."
Makai let out a small sigh as she pulled a fresh packet of cigarettes from her cleavage and chucked them onto Naruto's lap, "Mind if I pinch some drink Sensei?"
"Go for it, but remember, if you are late or don't show for training tomorrow, I will make you run until your ass melts," Naruto picked up the cigarettes and placed them inside of his pocket, a small smile on his face, "You know this doesn't get you off the hook for putting up traps in my room right?"
There was a small chuckle from Makai as she swayed her behind from side to side as she looked through Naruto's cabinets, "I know. But I saw that you were running low, I figured it would be best to refill you before you ran out."
"I don't live off of cigarettes," Naruto responded in a drawl.
Makai turned around in shock, "You are some machine that is fuelled by cigarettes and coffee?"
Naruto gave a small wave of his hand, "This is Makai, one of the students who could be called 'Elite'. Makai, this is my girlfriend Akeno and my childhood friend Rin," Naruto motioned to each as he mentioned them.
Makai rose a brow before letting a smirk come over her face, "Oh? Well Ahri still has half a year I guess," With that said she grabbed a bottle and walked out of the room with a small sway in her step.
"Say hey to Shiro for me!"
Makai froze in her steps and turned around, "Uh Sensei?"
"It is my job to know everything Makai. You didn't think you could hide that from me did you?"
Makai shifted her gaze nervously to the side, trying to avoid Naruto's eyes, "W-we had hoped to keep it secret a little longer..."
"Then you are a pair of idiots. You Yokai have stronger noses than me, so if I can smell that you two have been all over one another, the others surely will be able to," Naruto near bit out. He could tolerate idiots, he could not tolerate someone he knew was smart saying such a stupid thing.
"S-sorry S-Sensai..."
Makai froze as she felt her instructors hand rest on the top of her head, "A few quick rules brat," Makai twitched at Naruto's tone, "No children until after my training. So you two better be using protection. Second rule, you five class yourselves as 'Elite' and so does everyone else. So yeah, you may get a bit of leeway, like 'pinching some drink', but if you show up late to training... Well you will wish you were never born brat," Naruto took his hand away and Makai backed away, a little more nervously than before.
"Ah... Thank you Sensei... We won't be late, we promise. Aoji is on watch in the morning after all," She froze a little, "I shouldn't have told you that..."
"I already knew that pattern. You students need to change it up more often if you want to pull one past me," Naruto tapped at his cheek a few times, "Your studies are going well yeah?"
Makai nodded her head, "Of course, I am even helping Shiro to get a hold over math. If you'll excuse me though, this sake isn't going to drink itself you know?" She waved the bottle a little before vanishing down the hall.
Naruto rubbed at his forehead as he moved back into the room, closing the door and sitting down in his chair before finishing his cigarette, "Rin, I can only guess that you'll be given to me to be put to work. If that is the case, then do well to remember that what you see here should not be revealed to the outside world. Onto that though, I don't really have anything else to tell you, I ran into some housekeepers, your room is next door on the right, take care and get out. I'm kinda tired as hell."
Rin gave a small bow before smiling, it was good to see him not as high strung as he used to be, "I will see you tomorrow then?"
"You will," After hearing Naruto's words she too left. Leaving just him and Akeno, "Don't you have somewhere you're supposed to be?"
"I am not leaving this room until morning if that is what you're asking me?"
Naruto gave a light shake of his head as he walked over and pressed his forehead against hers, staring into her bright eyes, "I missed you."
"It is hard to sleep in our bed when you aren't there."
"What I am doing here can really help people Akeno... I know I have no right, but can you please wait for me for a little while?"
Akeno frowned, "You aren't going to be making trips back are you?"
"I spend nearly my entire day training these students... I want every moment I have can get to make sure they are ready for this world."
Her frown slowly turned into a haughty smile, "You must be pretty lucky, I mean I hate waiting you know?" She found her lips captured with a quick kiss.
"Thank you, I promise that I won't leave again once I'm back."
"Don't make a promise you can't keep Naruto..."
Naruto had found himself in the blue world once more, moments ago he had been holding tightly to Akeno, taking in the scent of her hair as he drifted into a deep sleep.
Naruto's eyes looked over the area as a ball of light formed and came towards him, "Alpha... You dragged me here to talk I suppose?"
"~Ah, Yes, indeed I did,~" The orb sounded out as it moved to float around Naruto. It paused before backing up and forming a ghostly image of the blonde himself, "T-there is a lot of emotion inside of you..."
Naruto placed his hands into a pair of jean pockets, his clothing seemed to have changed when he was brought here, simple jeans and t-shirt combo, "Are you trying to make a Sacred Gear out of me?"
Alpha's ability, while at first it looked to be the simple creation of Sacred Gears, it was different. He took a tiny portion of the soul, so small that it wasn't even noticed, once done he broke it down, shifting through everything it contained, memories, emotions, values, before finding a method that would best represent the soul, then use the soul to aid in the creation of a 'Symbol' a 'Sacred Gear'.
Alpha gave a small shake of his head, "I was forbidden to do so Naruto..." The blonde noticed that the speech of Alpha had changed when his form did, it was now much more human, "I don't think I could even if I was allowed."
"What are you trying to do then?" Naruto questioned, tapping his pockets and finding a packet of cigarettes, without pause he put one into his mouth and lit it. By this point it had become something akin to a method he used to deal with unpleasant conversations.
"I am trying to understand you. You make hard choices when you could simply leave it to someone else. Is this because you are God's child, because you will become 'Omega' or simply because you are 'human'?" Alpha crossed his arms over his chest, his lips pursed in thought.
Naruto gave a light shrug of his shoulders, "I don't know anything about this 'Omega' stuff... Though it has something to do Sacred Gears and Angels doesn't it?" Naruto question was answered with a small nod, "I don't like the feel of that... It isn't that I do not like Christianity, it is more that I have never been given a reason to feel for them. Though you already know that... at a time I hated the church, hated the Heavenly faction... But then I found out that those priests that experimented on me and Kiba, well they had been kicked out long before we were ever taken in by them," A tired breath escaped Naruto's lips.
"You didn't answer my question Naruto..." Alpha pressed.
"I don't know how to be honest. How should I tell you that I just do what seems right, I do what I am ordered to. How am I meant to separate each choice into a different part of what makes me, me?"
Alpha bowed his head, adopting a pose for thought, "... So the answer is, 'I do what I do because I am me'?"
"Something along those lines," Naruto replied with a small smile.
"A-about God... How was it meeting what was left of your father?"
"You already have that information Alpha," Naruto stated calmly.
Alpha though gave a light shake of his head, "I have the memories of the time... I was not there though, and I can not understand why you felt so much anger... Can you explain?"
Naruto widened his eyes and let out a whistle, "Now that is a question... Kiba's dad... I knew him for only a few years, so much so his face is all but gone from my memories now. The closest thing to a father I had was Kakashi... who is now living dead... And well, he wasn't the best of role models... Actually I think he was one of the worst I could have had, but he was still someone who showed me how to live a life... God didn't do that... So while his blood may run through my body... To me that undead creature you saw tonight is more of a father than he ever was."
Alpha took a shocked step back, "Without him you would never have been born! How can you say such things when he was so proud when he put his plan into motion?!"
"Because I. Don't. Know. Him!"
"He is God and your Father!"
"Then where the fuck was he Alpha?!" Naruto stepped forward, fists clenched as tears welled up behind his eyes, he refused to cry again for that creature, "Where was he when I needed him? When I was shivering in an alleyway next to naked so that Kiba could have some kind of warmth? Where was he?!"
Alpha stepped back as Naruto pushed forward, "He... He was dead he could not have helped!"
"Doesn't that seem wrong Alpha?" Naruto shook his head from side to side, "My 'father' as you call him was dead, long before I was ever born... You have my memories now... Can't you see that, can't you hear the rain splashing onto your back as you shield your brother? Can't you feel the water seeping into your skin as you sleep beside a trashcan hoping to anyone listening that the owner will not be too hungry tonight so you can have his scraps? That is the life he left me with Alpha... How can he have the gall to call himself my father when the only way I could support myself and Kiba was by taking the life of another?... No... the sad thing is... That is the life he planned for me wasn't it?"
Alpha looked at Naruto, there was a smile on his face, but his eyes looked so sad, it was an expression that looked so out of place that he could not put a finger on it. Nor did he have time to respond as Naruto continued to talk, "He wants me to suffer, so that I do not let my strength get to my head... So that I will not forget the people that are less fortunate than myself... How selfish, to push all of this onto his 'son', honestly he is the worst."
"I... I do not understand... Are you happy or sad?"
"I don't know Alpha," Naruto lifted up his hand and gave a small chuckle, "But how many people can say that they busted God's kidney?"
Six months past in a flash for some. For others it felt like years. For the majority of the Yokai present this was the first time they had seen Naruto's students in any real action, Kuroka was of course an exception as she had become something akin to Naruto's personal aid.
Rin had given the numbers that would need to be repaid to the White Lotus, who had responded promptly, along with offering to aid them with additional security until the training of the new students had been completed. It was clear that it was an excuse to spy on Naruto, even still the Yokai agreed, after all, Naruto was teaching them his way of the assassin, not the Lotus'.
Thus Rin had stayed to keep control of the Lotus members, along with constantly offering aid to the students, despite how they turned her down saying that even though they respected the strength of the Lotus, they would only learn from Naruto. Rin would admit that he was not the blonde she had once known. He was cruel yet kind, cold yet still warm... He seems to have found his place, someone who is willing to do what it takes to protect all those he holds dear.
Yet despite all that, she saw it at times, that blood lust that earned him the name 'Kin-Yasha'. It was still there, buried deep and thrashing about in chains, but still very much there. Today though, she was working alongside Kuroka, helping the students that had already graduated to relax as they received their markings and watched those that were still fighting... Nearly everyone was done at this point, only the Gokage remained, which was also why a large number of Naruto clones were around, going about and marking the students.
Rin had suffered some in this time, she could see Naruto starting to crack under the constant sexual pressure of Kuroka, in a way she was thankful that he would be leaving today, she did not want to see him become something he himself would hate.
Kuroka though was fuming, Naruto had not actually tried to kill her the past few times she had sneaked into his room of a night, let alone into his bed. He of course asked her to so kindly 'Get the fuck out' when he woke up, but it wouldn't be much longer as that already sounded more tired than angry now. Another month and she could more than likely be having his thick member drive into her from behind, the thought made her body shiver as she wiped a small trail of drool from the side of her mouth.
Now though it appeared as though her plan would go up in smoke, he was leaving this all behind today, they would have lunch together then say their goodbyes as Naruto and Gasper returned to Kuoh. Yasaka had already given them permanent passports so they would be able to return whenever they wanted... But he was going back to be with her. Kuroka had of course checked on the fallen angel from time to time, when she figured Naruto was looking of course.
She didn't seem to be going too well with him not around, had she really become so dependant on him that half a year away could cause her to fall behind in her schooling along with her Devil training? Kuroka sighed, is that what love would do to her? Would she become the same when Naruto was gone? A part of her felt giddy at the idea of finding out what this warm feeling in her chest was. Turning her head towards the field she smiled, Naruto's own apprentice had taken the stage.
Gasper took a deep breath in, his body having aged to look much more like the young man he was. Now he was only a slight shorter than Kiba, his body lean yet toned. He wore a uniform similar to Naruto's 'Oni' garbs. Though his was a dark red, a human on the extra cloth over his right leg which was made to appear as if it was praying and crying tears of blood.
He drew a tanto from his back and let out a slow breath, his senses stretching out far, then without a second thought he dashed to where the disturbance was. When he landed he was instantly forced to jump up and flip over the razor sharp wire that sliced through all the trees in the clearing without missing a beat.
Gasper let out a shaky breath, his Sensei really didn't seem to pull his punches anymore. No, that wasn't true. Each of them knew that their Sensei was holding back a great deal, they had watched him fight against those master assassins from the Lotus Group.
Gasper quickly brought his blade up to the front, deflecting the kunai and shuriken that came at him. Only to notice his mistake as a shimmer of light reflected from one of the many strings that had been attached to them. He saw them tighten for a moment and tried to react, only to find himself far away from where he had just been.
"Thanks Sonic," Gasper offered, Sonic was the code name that had been given to Aoji, both of them being blue and fast. Aoji had grown as well, now looking to be in his late teens, unlike Gasper who had to maintain a certain age otherwise it would stand out too much. Thus the rest of 'Gokage' didn't wear an illusion as Gasper did, though their ageing drasticly slowed down as they reached their late teen early twenties. Aoji wore a blue uniform of the same style as Gasper's, only his symbol was a bleeding raven.
"I can't find him Clover," And Gasper was called Clover because of his luck.
"It is possible he is using a Sacred Item to stay invisible? Vixen?" 'Sacred Item' is what they had taken to calling Naruto's weapons and equipment that he made with Alpha, while the gave Sacred Gear like abilities, they were normally flawed or used much too much energy for them to be usable by anyone else.
Ahri had been called Vixen, the reasons were beyond simple, she landed next to Gasper, wearing an outfit that was quite similar to a certain Nekoshou's. Black flower petals flying out from where her feet hit the ground as her well endowed form jiggled from the sudden stop, "No fluctuation from his stand activation. So unless Sensei was already using the Sacred Item when we started, it is all his own doing."
"This is the reason that you all rely on me so much, never quite thinking for yourselves are you?" Makai hummed aloud as she landed atop a closed war fan that stood nearly as tall as herself. A purple shirt skirted kimono covering her form with bandages running up her long legs, "Thumper, level the area," On her command she clapped her hands together and formed a strong barrier directly over their group.
There was a loud battle cry as a form flung itself through the air, when it struck the ground the earth shook as pieces of terrain flew into the air along with a massive cloud of dust. The Gokage watched as the impact spread out, levelling an incredibly wide area, only the objects inside of the barrier were left untouched.
As the cloud started to clear the final member of the group stood there, a feral grin stretched wide on his face. His clothing was the same as the other males, only he had no sleeves, instead he had large gauntlets that almost looked like they had rockets attached to his elbows. It was not far from the truth as he pushed chakra out from the 'rockets' to make his fists move even faster. His clothing was white and his symbol was an oni holding up a blood covered skull.
There was a slow clap the sounded out as the dust vanished showing Naruto standing there without a single speck of it on him, "Everyone else has already passed," He was wearing his own uniform, his arm revealed showing the tattoo that they were all trying to get permission to wear. Naruto lowered his stance and gave a wide grin, "It is my last day here. So do make me stretch a little, you guys are my favourites, so you have to perform better than anyone else... Not to mention you lot are elites right?"
Shiro smacked his fists together, "Egghead, cover me!" He took off before the words even finished leaving his mouth. Makai inwardly twitched, she never should have let Shiro pick her name, then again her's was not all that great for him either. Regardless she quickly went through a series of hand signs which focused chakra through her body and into her hands before picking up her war fan and spreading it out wide.
With a might swing a large number of kanji appeared around Shiro. Naruto had seen this tactic before, Makai would use Scripture to invoke the meaning of words onto Shiro. It was an incredibly useful ability, even more so when one used kanji as they could have a different meaning when written as opposed to when they are spoken. Makai clapped her hands together and Naruto saw that the rest of the team had vanished, "It's on you now Thumper!"
There was only a single problem with Shiro's strategy, Naruto was much stronger. This much was clear when even with his run up and the enchantments that were cast on him, this coupled and multiplied by the chakra jets in his arms, were stopped with Naruto taking a single step and placing his hand out to catch the fist. The ground around them exploded outwards and Naruto let a smile come across his face, "You know I wasn't just sitting back while I trained you guys, I was getting back into shape you know?"
Naruto quickly stepped back, narrowly dodging a slash from the nodachi of Aoji. Watching the blade slide down past a point where it could not be changed into a horizontal slash, Naruto rolled back onto his hands, his body displaying a nimbleness not thought to be possible for one of his size and age. The toe of his shoe just barely missing Aoji's chin, yet even still that near miss spit the chin open spilling blood.
Aoji jumped back to avoid getting hit again, Naruto used this time to shift his body again, pulling his legs back down towards Shiro and pushing away from the ground with his hands, giving it a fair amount of energy, which pushed him like an arrow coming from a bow. Straight and hitting its target true.
Shiro coughed up blood before vanishing into a burst of blood that covered Naruto. His brows narrowed dangerously as the thick stench of copper filled his nose, "Eh... Not bad, trying to wipe out my nose so I can't track you. Not a bad thought, but seriously you guys are too predictable," Naruto tugged a string that he had attached to Aoji's foot just before.
Only instead of pulling Aoji to himself, he pulled a large tree from very far away. His lips thinned in both irritation and pride, "Maybe you are the one being a little predictable Sensei?" Gasper's voice gained Naruto's attention.
"Clover," The lucky assassin, Gasper, Rias' Bishop and in all honesty, Naruto's favourite student. Rias had informed Naruto that Gasper was a shut in, that he was antisocial and frail because he never worked out or tried to maintain his body at all. What he had seen though was so far different that it had nearly brought him to laughing point many times over.
Gasper wasn't antisocial... At least not because he was scared of people, he was worried about hurting someone with his power, so he had locked himself away so that it didn't happen. Though after Naruto stepped in, showing that he could keep a leash on his powers to some degree, not only that, but he was completely unaffected by his ability to freeze time... It gave Gasper a reason to believe that he could choose to be different.
"To the rest of the world it has been half a year, can you remember how long it has been for us Clover?"Naruto cracked his neck.
"Too long," Gasper gave a small smile, "Sorry we had to play a little dirty, but you should be used to that right Sensei?"
Naruto pursed his lips into a thin line, "Do you remember what I said to you... The night before we came here?"
Gasper stiffened as he recalled the memory.
Flashback
Gasper watched as Naruto walked down a long path, the sun setting behind them. He had spent the last two days, following the older blonde. Watching him, studying how he interacted with people. He bit his lip as they came to a stop outside of a tiny little food shop.
The place looked like it could go out of business at any moment. At least that was how it looked on the outside. When Gasper followed Naruto inwards he found that the place was remarkably clean, near spotless everywhere he looked. Naruto took a seat at the counter and flashed the waitress a kind smile. She was not a stunning beauty, it was more of your ordinary beauty, the kind that made you feel welcome and slightly warm when she smiled back.
"Gasper, you can order whatever you want, I'm paying," Naruto told him calmly, Gasper came up and sat on the stool beside Naruto, "They are Elves by the way, so you can speak freely here..." Naruto trailed, placing an order for a large bowl of ramen and a beer.
Gasper did the same, though instead of a beer he grabbed a soda. Somewhat thankful that he was a half breed as the meal was incredibly nice, not what he had been expecting. They didn't actually speak though, despite being free to.
After eating, Naruto paid for the meals and stood up, wishing the workers a goodbye as he walked out of the store. Once they left, he sparked up a cigarette, his lips pursed, "What did you think?"
Gasper knew what he was referring to, "The meal was much better than I had been expecting," He hung his head down a little, "I..I feel bad that I thought little of them."
"That happens, you shouldn't judge things by what you see alone... You aren't scared of the world Gasper, are you?" Naruto saw from the corner of his eye that the young teen sadly shook his head, "You're scared of yourself," Gasper nodded, "I know how that feels kiddo."
Gasper snapped his gaze up to Naruto in shock, Naruto thought just gave a small chuckle, "Why're you surprised? You shouldn't be, really you shouldn't. I am so scared that I might hurt Akeno one day, after all I use pure light energy, to Akeno I am basically poison."
Gasper looked down a little, he understood how Naruto felt, "It was actually why I started off being so distant with everyone. I wasn't sure I could control myself, so I kept away until I could. Now Red, she has given me permission to take you with me to Kyoto. I am going to be training people on how to take and protect lives... In the end Gasper, it is up to you. I can not guarantee that you will be able to control yourself better when the training is done. But I am pretty sure you will be more confident, you will be stronger and you may even make a friend or two while we're there."
The younger blonde clenched his hand tightly, "I.. I think I want to try Sensei!"
"You will more than likely hate me when the training is done. I can be pretty harsh you know?"
Gasper paled a little at Naruto's words before the elder blonde chuckled and led them back home.
Gasper let out a small chuckle, "I have a good grasp on my Sacred Gear now, it is a tool, only good in the hands of a good user. If I did not better myself it would still be faulty," He gave a light shake alongside his words, "I am better then I was, there is no contest. I also made some friends, lastly though, you were wrong Sensei... I don't hate you, I don't think any of your students do... You showed us what we can become if we just gave it everything we have!" Gasper readied his blade, holding in reverse in front of his chest with his left hand acting as a guard for his stomach.
"Seems like I should take off the children gloves for you guys. To those that are watching, do not be discouraged in thinking that I was not taking you seriously, I was, my senses were harshly watching your every movement, every thought... I can safely say that each of you is ready to become an assassin. Each of you is already able to stand at the same level as a member from the White Lotus in the low double digits... the Gokage though, they are approaching the level of a single digit team," In Naruto's right hand a tanto formed as he took the same stance as Gasper, his left hand flagging Gasper to come forward.
The gathered crowd watched as the blood lifted itself off of Naruto, they also saw Gasper sag a little as if a large weight had been placed onto his shoulders, "That has to be cheating..." The younger blonde nearly whined, "Not to mention you are now using weapons," Gasper gave a sigh before twirling his tanto in his hand and gripping it tight. A smirk coming across his face, "Life isn't fair."
On instinct, the moment Gasper lost track of Naruto he took a step back, raising his blade up to defend against the slash that was coming. Sparks flew as the two tanto's met, followed by a quick flourish of attacks. Naruto was faster than this, Gasper knew it having seen him go at sonic speeds when he had to.
This was nothing, his strength was held back. Though even without his monstrous strength and his immense speed, his technique, was well polished, akin to a master of the weapon. Each strike set to reduce the energy he would need to expend on the next. Then it happened, Naruto's left hand shot forward and tapped Gasper's elbow as he swung, putting the younger blonde off balance and widening his eyes in shock.
He saw Naruto's knee fly upwards towards his stomach, it would knock the wind out of him, then they would break for a moment so that Gasper could not cut the femoral artery. The chance that it would kill Naruto was incredibly low, but it would more than likely be enough to change the pass of this exam. That is why it would not happen, it is why Naruto would break and not try to knock Gasper out then, he would wait for the next clash where Gasper would be still trying to recover his breath.
These were all tactics that he had learned in his time. It is also why he was not all that surprised when Naruto was forced to jump back due to a handful of kunai would have skewered him. Gasper also saw the strings that had been attached by Naruto while they clashed. Honestly sometimes he believed that his Sensei was an actual spider.
What did catch Gasper off was the way that Naruto had jumped back. It was not just a simple dash, his body was still inline with Gasper's, it was at this point that he saw it, Naruto rising his tanto and flicking it strongly with his wrist.
Gasper widened his eyes as it shattered into shrapnel just feet away from him. Before it got a chance to clash as his body had just started to move again the strike was blocked by a large open war fan. He took a few deep breaths and felt his body start to get back into the flow of it, "Thanks Egghead."
"ARGH! Get a hold of yourself Clover!?" Makai screamed out. Though her mind clicked, something was wrong, it was too quiet. She peered out from behind her fan and paled, looking to Gasper with dead eyes, "None of you have figured out how to fight against a fan yet right?" Seeing the blank look Gasper gave her only caused her to sink further into a pit, "Looks like we're tagging then Clover. Get to the others and back me up as I need it... Like seriously do, this isn't going to be any fun at all!"
Gasper vanished in a cloud of mist and Makai drew her fan from the ground, closing it and seeing the wide grin of Naruto having taking the same stance, with the same weapon in his hands, "I will crush every stratagem you come up with."
"Ah that is kinda really scary when you say that in this situation Sensei!" Makai knew that out of all the Gokage, she was the least suited to facing off against their Sensei, that is in every situation bar this one. The war fan was something she had picked up during her training, something she had made her own. She hadn't seen her Sensei even so much as pick on up... Yet the way he held it, the way his feet had positioned themselves, it was as if he knew exactly what he was doing. Though judging just what their Sensei was, there was a fair chance that that was the case.
Makai went to move, only to hear the snap of a war fan spread to its max, her eyes widened as she saw her Sensei already mid swing the earth behind him already churning from being torn up by the wind. She watched as his body twisted and he followed through with his spin, sending large rocks into a spiralling twister that soared directly at her.
Quickly flicking her fan open she lashed out to the side, changing the air flow and pushing it away from her, the force she needed to put into her technique to do so was incredible, not only that, she had to block her own vision of Naruto for a moment to do so. A fatal mistake that she had already known from the start, but she had seen that the tornado was drawing things in that were well out of its range, had she tried to dodge, she would have more than likely been dragged in as well.
Seeing Naruto already thrusting his fan at her, Makai knelt down, quickly scribbling into the ground as she heard the thunderous impact above her, "Why thank you Thumper," She near purred out, as she finished her kanji a wide smile spreading across her face, "I'm done here."
"Then move!" Shiro roared out.
Makai didn't need to be told twice as she heard his chakra fly into the jets on his arms. She jumped out of the way, observing as her Sensei destroyed his fan and in the next second was wearing combat gloves with studded knuckles and light armour that ran up his arms. If one were to simply look at the two weapons that were about to strike, it would be no contest, Shiro's should win every time.
It was the next few moments that cemented the fact into her mind that she was not a close range fighter. Shiro, her 'darling' boyfriend put his foot firmly into the ground, yes not onto but into, a crater forming under him as he pushed off of it, his movements becoming a blur.
Loud cracks and creaks sounded out as trees, far from their starting position, were broken in half. To the other members of the Gokage, they could see it. They could see that Shiro was being pushed back, the strikes landing against him were light, but there were so, so many. One struck his chin sending the large male flying and tumbling through the air until he crashed into the ground digging a trench with his body.
Naruto blurred next to him only to jump back, his gloves changing for a nodachi as Aoji entered, though he wasn't alone. Standing slightly to the side was Ahri, clad in a pair of tall shoes, the middle of the sole having long blades coming out from them, though they weren't breaking the surface of the earth. In her hands was a spear which she twirled around with a grace she learnt from Naruto, she was the only one that dared to learn their Sensei's weapon of choice.
Seeing this though caused Naruto to give a light shrug, his nodachi turning into a double sided staff blade, "How about something a little new now?"
"Let's go with 'Tempest', okay Sonic?"
Aoji gave a nod of his head as he dashed forward, before he came into contact with Naruto though he veered away, landing outside of his reach and kicking up a cloud of dust. Naruto smirked at their plan, block his vision with the dust, while using their long weapons to attack him from outside of it, not a bad plan, but to him, it was nothing.
He saw the spear enter and grabbed onto it, yanking the holder in, he dodged the bladed foot that threatened to take off of his head before the long legs of Ahri retracted and she stood hip to hip with Naruto, "Did you just want to get me alone Sensei?"
"Maybe if you were the original," A wide smile came across his face as he saw 'Ahri' give a flustered expression, he felt the nodachi of Aoji come close towards him and tossed 'Ahri' at if to block the strike before grabbing the back of the blade with his free hand and thrusting his blade staff forward, dispelling the clone of Aoji just after he dispelled Ahri's. Naruto gave his neck a small crack, "I am not going to pretend to be distracted by my own technique anymore. If you plan takes longer than this, it should be considered a failure."
From high in the air Gasper dropped down, his charming face had morphed into an expressionless mask. From behind, two large wings made of blood had sprouted showing he was going to give it everything now that he had flipped his switch, "Experience Despair," The words came out almost like they had been spoken by a robot.
The rest of the Gokage dropped down behind him, all showing their animal traits along with cold eyes, "Embrace Fate," Came from Ahri has four long tails swept from side to side behind her, the ears atop her head locked keenly onto Naruto.
From his shoulders two large black wings had come out, they gave a single flap and the gust they created would be more than enough to knock people over. Aoji's nose had turned into a beak as his head took on a more hawk-like shape, "Scattered Dreams."
Makai had a lone tail fall down behind her, her hair becoming frazzled as it pulled free of its restraints becoming something like a dogs mane as two large ears poked free from the top, "Drink Regret."
Shiro was the only one that did not have a cold face, instead his had become slightly feral, two large horns had sprouted from his head as his eyes seemed to leave a trail of energy behind them, "Respect Carnage!"
Gasper shot forward first as Naruto pulled his wings out, meeting Gasper in a clash for strength. It was too late though, he noticed that when he met Gasper, the younger blonde did not twitch, no he moved without a second thought, grabbing tightly onto Naruto's wrist as the other members of the Gokage surrounded him, their bodies already homing around him, they had trusted Gasper completely with his task, something which gave Naruto no shortage of pride.
He quickly calculated the positions that their weapons were coming from, a wide smile spreading over his face, they had grown so much under his watchful eyes. There was no doubt in his mind, they were on par with a single digit team, with more time they would only become even stronger.
Naruto stood perfectly still, feeling their weapons just barely graze against his skin and lock him in place. It was true that he had created the weapons they used, but now that they had grown and poured their own energy into them, he could not destroy them as he wanted, because technically they were no longer 'his'. His ownership having been transferred to their new users.
"Surrender..." Came the voice of the Gokage as a single voice.
The smile that formed on Naruto's face could not be pushed away, "You all pass. Let's go get those tattoos for you all now."
Rin and Kuroka stood there blinking. They didn't know that the children had already learned how to flip their switches, despite having spent so much time watching over them due to their close proximity to Naruto.
The one in the most shock though was Yasaka, "In half a year..." She muttered out to herself. Naruto had done as promised, in half a year he had created an army for her. He had of course already given her lessons on how to treat the now young adults, they had been surprisingly easy.
'Treat them like you would anyone else, they're still people.'
'If you give them a vague order, do not question their result. It is your fault, not theirs!'
'Do try to avoid becoming involved in their private life, you never know what you could leak without intending to.'
'And lastly... Yasaka... If they take lives, it will take a toll on them. Sometimes they will need a bit of time and you will give it to them if they need it. Break my students and I will come for blood!"
That was basically the rules he had put in place, ones that should could not disagree with in the slightest, especially after seeing just how strong they were she would put those in the Gokage at the level of a High-Class Devil, while the rest were in the mid to high mid-class range.
Her eyes shifted to the students at had already passed, dozens of clones of Naruto were sitting there, on the backs of his students while those nearby stretched the skin. Long rods in each of their hands as they used a method of puncture tattooing. Naruto had given her a brief overview of what he was doing, he would be using his own energy, both spiritual and physical to create the same mark he had on his shoulder on his students.
When she asked if the Yokai would be able to help, he had laughed at her, saying it was both a rite of passage and a bonding moment between teacher and student. Above all else though, it was be a vessel in which Chakra would be stored over time... It would also serve as a beacon, allowing others to identify them, should the body no longer be a reliable source.
She could see a few of the students had already finished being marked. The mark going on the same side as their dominant hand. Rin and Kuroka were wrapping up the marks, Naruto had said it would take a day to heal fully because of its functions.
Yasaka watched as those getting marked grew tears in their eyes, not from the pain, they had gone through much worse, to them it was little more than a pricking feeling over and over again, an irritation if you will. The tears that welled in their eyes were because, this was their last day with their Sensei. In six human months he had watched them grow from children into young adults under his guidance.
To some of them, he was a father, others a brother, to all though, he had become something of a role model, someone that they wanted to be. A warm smile shifted across her face as she watched a few of the students start to spar lightly against one another, calling it a light 'warm down' to break down the acid build up in their bodies.
"Sensei can I g-"
"You tattoo is going on your shoulder, not your breasts, not above your crouch, not on your ass or just above it, not on your thigh. It is going on your shoulder, if you have issues with that, I could always not give you one Ahri?" Came the voices of the Gokage along with Naruto.
Yasaka walked up to him, causing him to pause in his strides as they stared at one another for a few moments before she bowed deeply, "Thank you for doing this Naruto-sensei."
"Remember my rules... That is all I ask," Naruto gave a small shrug in response.
The vixen let a smile creep over her lips, "Oh so we don't have to worry about your payment?"
She watched as a wide smile crept along Naruto's face, "Do you really want to see what my retribution will be for that?"
Thoughts quickly flew through her mind, what kind of things could Naruto do that would put her out of place? The staggering amount weighed upon her as she sagged her body, the first and foremost was the fact that these students of his were loyal to him first. It was one of his very few conditions when he had started training. She held her hands up in defence, "You don't have to worry, we have added a bonus after we saw them go past our expected results."
Naruto shrugged as he summoned another large pipe into his right hand, a cigarette was fished out of his clothing with his left. The tip lit and a trail of smoke rose into the air, "Okay brats, which one of you is first after I finish this?"
To no one's surprise Ahri appeared in front of Naruto, her top lowered so that he had a full view of her back. She rolled her shoulders around and positioned herself into a state of comfort, "Sit on me all you like Sensei, not just for the tatt-"
"Yeah, just for the tattoo kiddo."
Ahri pouted, "I'm old enough now you know?"
A tired sigh came from Naruto's lips, "That would make me... Akeno is seventeen turning eighteen... I really don't want to have to explain that."
"I could always bring it u-"
"Okay kiddo, want to feel a lightning storm course through your body without actually dying? 'Cause I can do that, by god can I do that. You have seen me fight as an assassin, you have learnt ways to gather information through torture with tools... I don't need a tool, I can create water, I can make strings, wire, lightning, air and even fire. Now, I will say this one final time... Mess with my relationship and I will show you why I was feared in the White Lotus."
The air around Naruto became electrically charged as he finished his cigarette and sat down on Ahri's behind, the lightning around him flowing out and lashing lightly against her body causing her to moan, "MMMM tease me more Sensei~!"
"Damn masochist," Naruto grunted out, charging his pipe with a faint voltage that would zip about in her body each time it entered. He summoned ink into the pipe and started his work, ignoring the groans and moans that were coming out from the teen beneath him.
Yasaka looked to Gasper with a nervous expression on her face, "Is umm Ahri-san always like this?"
Gasper rubbed at his forehead before sighing, "Only to Sensei... Actually, he seems to draw out the worst in everyone..." Those around him started to chuckle, it was true, Naruto was strict, though it was times like this, where he would sit down and interact with them as if they were all equals, he dragged out emotions that they tried to keep hidden and helped them to deal with problems that they couldn't deal with on their own. A warm smile crossed over his face, "But he also draws out our best."
Rias could not stop the smile on her face, despite the morbid methods that she was going through, tonight she would acquire another peerage member, one that apparently smelled like a dragon, at least that is how Koneko described him. The sky had already started to turn dark as she continued to keep her presence as low as possible, watching over her soon to be pawn. She watched as the disguised fallen showed her true colours, spurring the future devil into a back peddle.
The fallen raised her hands up and formed a spear, apparently readying herself to throw it. Rias, looked towards Issei, her future pawn, hoping that his death would be a quick one.
She waited and waited, the spear never came though. Shifting her attention back towards the Fallen she saw why. There was a blonde standing in front of her, in the middle of the air. A pair of jeans and a tight white shirt over his frame. In his hand was a tiny knife, Rias actually believed it may be a steak knife that was taken from a nearby shop. That knife though had cut through the spear, that is if she had added everything together right, that being that the Fallen's arm was scorched and the spear was gone.
"W-where did you come from?" Raynare stuttered out in shock. She couldn't feel anyone around her apart from the human on the ground.
"Doesn't matter," The blonde replied calmly, thrusting his steak knife into her throat and ripping it to the side so fast that Raynare barely had time to widen her eyes as an absurd amount of blood started to gush from the wound, "You broke the treaty and attacked a human on devil soil. Your life become forfeit Fallen Angel."
Raynare stumbled back only for her body to slump to the ground as the remainder of what held her head on was removed by a kick that had moved faster than she could process. The blonde rolled his shoulders before giving a tired sigh, looking at the knife in his hand before giving a shrug, "Think you can deal with the body Buchou?"
Rias stumbled out of her bush, which was being used for cover as her eyes went wide, taking in the blonde that turned to her, his eyes towards her, they were a bright pink in colour, that along with his platinum blonde hair caused her to freeze, "Gasper?"
"It has been a while Buchou, but Sensei and I arrived back in town half an hour ago. We were just getting something to eat before we came across, well this?" Gasper gave a small wave at the body of Raynare.
Rias though blinked, "W-wait you said Naruto is here? Did he already go to visit Akeno?!"
"Actually Sensei is right behind you Rias."
The redhead slowly turned her head in a robotic motion, seeing the mentioned blonde standing behind her, his back leaning against a tree as smoke drifted up from the cigarette in his mouth, Issei laying knocked out at his feet, "Heya Red. Sorry to steal your thunder and all, because I know you weren't just going to let this boy die so he wouldn't have a choice right?" His smile sent tingles up Rias' back. Rias quickly shook her head, "Of course you wouldn't, that would be pretty dirty... Gasper you get a five, next time don't converse with the target and try not to let it suffer. I taught you better than that," His gaze swapped to Rias, "Now are you going to clean up the body, or do I have to fix that mess too?"
Rias lifted her hand and sent a small orb of destruction towards Raynare's body, disintegrating it upon impact.
"To be fare, I thought that she should at least know why she was being killed... That one looked like an idiot," Gasper reasoned with a small shrug of his shoulders before he closed the distance and picked up Issei before Rias could blink, "I got the human."
"Good 'cause I wasn't carrying him. Anyway, I assume you were there recently, Red is my fridge stocked?"
Rias tried to recall what was in the fridge she had opened this morning, only to no avail, "I don't think so? Also, why would you 'assume' I was there?!"
"Cause Akeno lives there? Or did she move out in the past 2 days?" Naruto replied with a confused expression.
This though got a confused one out of Rias, "Two days? You haven't even been back for two hours?! How would you know about two days ago?!"
"Uh Yin?" Naruto answered as if it was the most natural thing in the world. As he said that Kuniko popped out from Naruto's hair and gave a big yawn, "Well it is your own fault for staying up so late..."
"Ku... Ku~" Groaned out the tired looking fox.
Naruto reached up and plucked Kuniko from his head before putting her inside of his shirt, his lips forming into a thin line, "Bring the brat with us, we need to go shopping and he will no doubt be hungry when he wakes up."
Gasper nodded and Naruto's words and shifted Issei so it would be more comfortable to carry him. Meanwhile Rias just looked at the two with wide, confused eyes, "So we're abducting someone?! That's what we're doing right now right?!"
"Either that or I destroy him. He saw the supernatural, devils and fallen angels would kill him or recruit him. An angel would destroy his memories... To be honest I have no problem with killing him, nor do I feel bad for destroying his memories... But to let him die than recruit him forcibly like that... It has to be some kind of sick joke," Naruto drawled out with narrowed eyes.
Rias sagged her shoulders, "It is kinda hard to explain... So if I fill your fridge... Will you listen?"
Naruto rolled his eyes at her, "I am picking, you just pay Red."
"You know I am your King right?"
"The way you said that... Almost makes it sound like you believe that I should care."
"G-Gasper help?"
"Sensei said that I need to focus on our abduction."
A sigh escaped the lips of Rias as she stumbled around with the extra weight of shopping bags in her arms. Not only had she paid for them, now she was being forced to carry them home, no magic was allowed, "But it is heavy~!"
"You should hope that someone never seals away your magic then Red, 'cause at the moment it looks like you're useless without it," Naruto commented before pulling out a cigarette and placing it on his lips, "You understand that Gasper is stronger than you right?"
Rias looked down at the ground, she hadn't been able to keep track of Gasper's movements, not to mention he took down that Fallen Angel without any magic apart from standing in the air... Which she was still confused about, but it would be something for another time. Her peerage was getting stronger and stronger... They were leaving her behind when she was the one that needed them to help her... At this rate it would just like they were fighting for her, not with her... That is not what she wanted, "I don't know how to get stronger..."
Naruto stopped in his strides, slowly he turned around to face Rias, "You are into all those manga and stuff right?" It was a small fact about her that he had remembered when he was looking up information on her, when he saw her nod a smirk formed across his face, "Why don't you try to mimic some of the things you see there?"
Rias frowned, "Power of Destruction can't just be bent however I want..."
"Yet your brother coats his entire body in it. The way I see it Red, you have a trump card, your 'Power of Destruction'... But it is a tool, one that is stupidly slow, as I have already pointed out, many of times. You yourself are slow, prime example is the fact that I was able to draw on your face without you noticing," Naruto gave a small shrug of his shoulders as he spoke, watching the mortified expression form on Rias' face.
"W-what did you draw?"
A smirk crossed Naruto's lips, "Something simple, 'They're implants', right across your forehead."
"BAKA!"
"Careful or not only your hair will be red. Either way it gets my point across, what you need is not to increase your 'power' but rather to increase your 'speed' and 'control'. That will make you stronger Red," Turning on his feet again Naruto took to walking, it didn't take them long at all after that to reach his house, his lips forming into a thin line as he did, "Not even a day," He whispered to himself. His hand gripped the doorknob and a light glow emitted from it before it clicked open.
He felt a light tingle against his skin, something he had grown accustomed to around her, seated at his kitchen bench, almost as if she had never moved was 'Gabby'. In her head, currently resting against her lips was a cup of tea, her eyes had widened in a fake show of shock as she slowly pulled the cup down from her lips, "Welcome home?"
"Not the first person I was expecting to see, but thanks Gabby, I hope that the tea is to your liking?" Naruto offered as he continued to walk in, Gasper and Rias moving behind him while the latter panted a little, "On the bench please Red," Naruto turned towards Gabby with his brow cocked, "How long has Akeno been in the shower?"
Gabriel gave a small shrug, she honestly did not know nor did she care. This stopped though when Akeno called out from further in the house, "Whose there?!"
Naruto heard the tap turn off, Akeno was no doubt straining her ears at the moment, "I'm back!" Naruto called through the house. In the next second he head something fall, no doubt Akeno as it sounded like she was trying to rush to her feet in the moments after it.
A door slammed open as wet feet quickly hit the ground, Naruto turned as he watched Akeno tear down the hallway, in a pair of jean shorts and an orange top which was clinging tightly to her wet form. She stopped and looked at Naruto, her chest heaving as she did, violet eyes scanning over his form, he hadn't aged a single day since she last saw him. Though behind him she blinked, raising a finger and pointing at the one who seemed to be giving off the 'mini-me' vibe, "Gasper?"
"Hai Akeno-senpai," Gasper chimed with a smile, he turned to face Naruto who looked over his shoulder, "Where do you want the body?"
"Couch it, move anything breakable away, he looks like some kind of idiot that will flail about when he wakes up," Naruto answered before looking back to Akeno, "You could have dried yourself off, it isn't like I plan on going anywhere."
Akeno shook her head as she quickly walked forward, watching as Kuniko jumped away before she was caught in the middle again. Her slender arms reached up and wrapped tightly around his neck drawing them together, "I don't like waiting," A small smirk rolled over her lips before they gently pressed against his. He did not pause and quickly returned her affection as he wrapped his arms around her waist, using a small amount of magic to dry her off, after a moment she broke away, tilting her head to the side a little as she studied his face, "I am glad I did though," Akeno's gaze was captured by Rias for a moment before she started to laugh, "Really Rias?"
"What are you laughing at Akeno?"
"They're implants? I would have never guessed?"
Rias ground her teeth as she glared a hole in the back of Naruto's head, "Someone thought it would be funny. I am still trying to figure out how to get back at him," With that she stormed off tot he bench and placed the bags on top of it, ignoring the snickering Gabby as she did.
"You can wash it off with soap and warm water Red," Naruto offered in a tone that suggested that he didn't really care, which earned him a slight pinch from Akeno, "It was to prove a point. One that got across I hope?"
Rias grumbled about not getting any respect before walking down the hall, only to find one of the wet spots that Akeno had left as she ran, which of course prompted her to slip and land on her behind with a shocked expression on her face, her blinking eyes moving rapidly as if she were trying to take in everything that just happened, "Why me?!"
Naruto though just rested his head atop Akeno's, "What do you want for dinner tonight?"
"Surprise me?"
"I shall," He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone quickly dialling Kiba's number.
A few seconds passed before it was answered, not by Kiba but by Koneko, "Senpai?"
"I was hoping to reach my brother, but I guess he is in good paws, either way, I am making dinner at home tonight if you two are interested, or able to pull yourselves apart for a few moments to join us."
Naruto could nearly hear a blush form on the stoic girls face, "S-senpai!... W-we'll be over soon..."
With that the call ended and Akeno was smirking wide. Gabriel on the other hand was doing her absolute best not to destroy the cup in her hand... the only reason she was making an effort was because it belonged to her precious little brother. Anyone else and they would already be minus a cup... possibly a wall too at this point.
Regardless she still felt, dirty, being in the same room as these devils, not to mention that filthy fallen that was hanging herself over her Naruto. It was an absolute disgrace, how could Michael sit there and simply watch this happen? Doing her best to keep up a pleasant face she looked towards the boy that had been brought in, he felt foul, like hell had vomited then the fallen had defecated after eating said vomit.
To be honest this was all getting a bit much, she had finished her cup and was about to leave, she would make up some excuse, ah perhaps that she had to get up early for work the following day? "Hey Gabby, do you want to stay for dinner?"
Her ears perked up at the sound of Naruto's voice and she looked over, "If it is no issue?" She replied without delay, damn the smelly human boy, she could ignore the devils and the fallen, her little brother wanted her over for dinner!
PA: I figured this was as good a place to finish as anywhere. Well not really but it shows that canon timeline is here now, next chapter is going to be interesting I guess... Well something has to happen to Issei now don't it?