And here you go Chapter 10.

"What led you to make such a rash and stupid decision, Rias?" the cold, sharp voice of Grayfia Lucifuge rang through Rias Gremory's office in the old school building of Kuoh Gakuen, which also served as club house for the Occult Research Club

Rias had never seen Grayfia so livid. When the silver haired woman, who was dressed like a maid, was on official business she remained cold and impartial and in the presence of those close to her she opened up and, usually, she had a very open mind and tried to give Rias advice where she could. However Rias had never seen her so angry at anything.

"Giving your virginity to a human... Do you know what kind of consequences that potentially could have had?" the silver haired woman asked sternly, looking at Rias expecting an answer from the Gremory Heiress "I doubt either of Lord Gremory or Lord Phenex is going to make a big fuss about it since they have been friends for far too long to let their friendship be tainted like that but be sure that if this agreement had been between anybody other than them you could have created a feud between those houses. You know how much those are frowned upon with many of the old families decimated and you could have caused one nonetheless." Grayfia breathed in deeply to calm herself, she didn't want to face Sirzechs and tell him that his beloved sister had lost her virginity nor did she want to inform Lord and Lady Gremory about this incident right now "That was incredible selfish of you. I hope you are aware of that fact."

Rias so far had remained silent and had been quite fearful of invoking the wrath of her brother's wife and 'The strongest Queen' of the Underworld. However she finally found her courage and after recent events she decided to let all her emotions run free.

"Well maybe I wouldn't have had to resort to that if I wasn't forced to marry Riser!" she screamed in anger, no longer holding the royal composure she tried to keep up in front of Grayfia "That man is a narcissistic and arrogant scumbag with an ego the size of Lilith! I don't know why anyone ever thought that I would want to marry him or why marrying him was a great idea to begin with! Do you know how ashamed and guilty I feel to have used Naruto's goodwill like that?! He has done more for me today than either of my parents or my brother have in years!" Rias expelled all of her anger and resent as her rant continued "Oh I don't doubt they love me but father and mother forcing me into a loveless marriage? And even Sirzechs-oniisama refusing to help me in this matter? Those things don't show it very much. Why is it now that this is supposed to be my fault when everyone literally refused to ever listen to what I wanted and what I thought about this?"

An unnatural coldness filled the room.

"Do not raise your voice towards me like that, Rias." Grayfia scolded her, her demonic power getting the point more than sufficiently across.

Rias shut her mouth but anger and resentment were evident on her face.

The silver haired woman gave a small weary sigh "I am well aware of your...distaste for Riser but I am merely the maid of the Gremory. It is not my place to question Lord of Lady Gremory's actions. And you very well know that Sirzechs can not interfere without being seen to show favouritism towards the Gremory." Nevermind that Sirzechs had already decided that, should Rias prove herself determined enough to resist the marriage and show a sufficient level of strength, he would have called off the marriage regardless with his power as Maou Lucifer but Grayfia wasn't sure if he would still be able to do so with this developement, although Rias could very well end up getting her will after all.

"Be aware that I will have to report this to your parents who will likely inform Lord and Lady Phenex and Riser." Rias' blue eyes stared at Grayfia still defiant but definitely more calm "While there indeed is a chastity clause in the contract that was to serve as the finalizing step in the marriage, depending on the decisions of the House of Gremory and Phenex and of course should Riser still want to, you may have to marry him regardless."

Rias' eyes widened slightly, she had considered something like that very briefly but thought it almost an impossibility.

"It seems you have realized the folly of your mistake." Grayfia began gathering her magical energies to transport herself back to the Underworld "Take this time to reflect on your mistake. Riser was supposed to appear here tomorrow around four o'clock in the afternoon. If he still appears you can assume that you are to marry eachother, regardless of your chastity or not."

In a bright silver flash Grayfia teleported away returning to the Underworld.

Rias felt like someone had made her swallow heavy boulders. Her stomach sunk and sunk deeper as heavy feelings of guilt and regret filled her up. After coming down from her emotional high she felt just horrible. She quickly ran towards her bathroom as she retched and heaved, feeling absolutely horrible.

It was well into the night when Grayfia appeared in Sirzechs' and her residence in Lilith, the current capital of the Lucifer territory.

Sirzechs had been briefly startled by the sudden appearance of his wife as she appeared in their room.

"Welcome back, Grayfia-chan." her husband smiled at her "How did your visit to Rias-tan go?"

"It could have gone better." Grayfia replied bluntly, giving a soft smile at her husbands antics

"I know Rias isn't very thrilled about the prospect of marrying Riser but how bad could it have been?" Sirzechs asked jokingly as his wife was sometimes quite difficult to read

"Well, Rias lost her virginity for one." Grayfia said and instantly a red and black aura of power surrounded her husband, who seemed to be heartbroken as he kneeled on the floor crying a river of tears

"Who?" he cried pathetically "Who was it that defiled my beloved Rias-tan? Who defiled my lovely sister?!"

"It was Uzumaki Naruto." the silver haired woman explained and despite Sirzechs shameful display he immediately regained his composure

"A human?" the red haired man asked tentatively and his wife responded curtly in affirmative "What happened for Rias-tan and him to have...?" he knew a normal human would never be able to captivate Rias' heart or take her by force

He left the end of his question open but Grayfia knew what he had wanted to ask.

"Apparently she saw it as her only way to escape her marriage to Riser."

"So she merely used him?" for Rias to have selfishly used somebody like that didn't seem like her at all and Sirzechs hoped it wasn't how things had transpired.

"Yes and no. Rias used him, yes, but apparently it was a mutual agreement between them. From what I could tell and what Rias said she felt horrible for having to resort to something like this." Grayfia responded looking at her husband who seemed to be quite concerned with her retelling of the recent events

On one hand Sirzechs was relieved that Rias had not merely used someone but was still quite concerned because of the consequences it could have.

"Did you talk to mother and father about this yet?" Sirzechs inquired of his wife, who shook her head in response

"No, I was going to do that tomorrow in the morning."

Sirzechs nodded. That gave him more time to think over it as well. He was sure that Riser would be sure to insist on marrying Rias anyway despite her being 'spoiled goods' if only because marrying the Gremory Heiress was a huge status symbol and having a beautiful girl like Rias as a wife would stroke his ego to unbearable heights.

Of course his parents and Lord and Lady Phenex would see it in a horrible idealistic fashion of Riser wanting to unite the bloodlines of the two friends and bring their families together.

But while Sirzechs did not like Riser he also knew that he would serve as a good bar for Rias to prove herself against.

However her selfish actions made things a whole lot more complicated.

A human had taken the viginity of the Gremory Heiress. Breaking one of the clauses the agreement hinged upon. His father and Lord Phenex would likely modify the contract to work without the clause and make it even harder to break off.

He wasn't sure if they would even accept the ruling of a Maou to break it anymore after that.

Sirzechs feared that all of his power would end up useless like that.

It was very likely that the only ones to be able to break off the engagement after the modifications were either Lord Gremory or Phenex or Riser himself.

"If you talk to my father tomorrow try to mention Rias displeasure of marrying Riser and have him accept the outcome of a Rating Game to be able to determine the fate of the marriage, that will give me hopefully some time to talk to Naruto-kun."

He knew that this boy could not be a normal human. Someone that was a simple human would never be able to captivate his beloved sisters heart. Even if she had done the deed merely to get out of the marriage she would not have merly chose anyone.

Perhaps he would be able to determine just what had endeared his beloved sister to that person.

The next day following Grayfia's eventful night the Gremory maid teleported herself to Gremory Castle. While sounding archaic the castle actually was decorated quite modern.

The silver haired maid appeared in the Lords study.

"Ah good morning, Grayfia." the Lord of the Gremory greeted her jovially

Despite being quite a few centuries old he didn't look a day over twenty. He had long red hair and bright blue eyes, just like his two children, Rias and Sirzechs. He kept his red hair in a ponytail bound by a black hair band and on his chin was a short stubble of red hair.

"Good morning my Lord." she showed the Lord of the Gremory proper respect as the family maid

"Did yesterdays conversation with Rias go well? Did you manage to convince her to accept her marriage to Riser?" the red haired man inquired eagerly of his families maid

The silver haired woman kept up her impassive facade.

"No, my lord. Rias is still as adamant about not marrying Riser as the first time you told her about the agreement."

The Lord of the Gremory gave a slight sigh "I guess I expected that much. Why can't she be as accepting of the marriage as young Riser-kun? That boy is so eager to unite both of our families."

While normally a very perceptive man, Grayfia noted that the Lord of the Gremory must have been blinded too much by his friendship to the Lord of the Phenex to realise that Riser wasn't eager out of some sense of duty or obligation to his family but because having Rias as his wife would be the perfect way to boost his status and ego.

"I'm afraid I don't know, my Lord." Grayfia noted without so much as an inflection "However I have bad news."

"Well then speak up, Grayfia. You know I would never deny you the right to speak."

"It seems that Rias has given up her maidenhood." the silver haired devil informed her superior

The red haired man seemed quite a bit shocked.

"I'm sorry but could you repeat that?" he asked, the Lord of the Gremory had expected many things but certainly not this

'Is Rias really so set against this marriage that she decided to give away her virginity?' he asked himself with no small amount of uncertainty

"I regret to inform you that Rias has given away her virginity in an attempt to cancel the engagement to Riser Phenex."

Lord Gremory sunk into his luxurious chair. How should he be feeling right now? Should he be angry that his daughter had defied him like that? Should he be happy that she had found someone to share this experience with? Should he be sad that he would tear Rias and whoever it was that she had chosen apart? It was impossible to tell but one thing he was certain of, he could not simply cancel the engagement like that. It would need either both his and Lord Phenex agreement on it or Riser to be in a position where he no longer would or could marry Rias. He definitely needed to contact Lord Phenex and Riser-kun about this developement.

"My lord, one suggestion."

"What is your suggestion, Grayfia?"

"With Rias so set against marrying Riser why not settle it with a Rating Game?"

Lord Gremory seemed to consider this for a mere moment "That would probably be a satisfactory solution." he then motioned for her to leave "You may return to your regular duties, Grayfia. I will be talking to Lord Phenex about this unusual turn of events and bring up the consideration of a Rating Game." the red haired man dismissed the maid from his personal study before preparing to make his way to Phenex Castle.

Drakul Yorushima was ecstatic. His researchers had presented him with great news. They had finalized the first prototype replicas of the Regalia.

Drakul took the elevator down to the hidden basement laboratories which weren't accessible to the public and most of his underlings.

The walls were kept an almost pristine white. Everywhere were large computers each running several complex programs calculating, deciphering and writing various algorithms.

And in three large glass cabinets, hooked up to said computers were the three regalia.

The Kusanagi no Tsurugi. It was a simple almost inconspicious double bladed sword. The handle was wrapped in black cloth which looked quite torn and faded in color from the centuries of its existence. The blade itself though was in pristine condition. No signs of wear, no rust. The iron blade, if it even was made out of iron, looked like a freshly forged sword that had just been finished by a master blacksmith.

Next to it was a small metal shield. The metal, again, looked like it was in pristine condition. In fact it shone and reflected any light falling on it nearly perfectly, giving it the appearance of a mirror. This was the Yata no Kagami.

And finally in the third case was a small curved, green jewel, the Yasakani no Magatama. It looked like the day it was carved, shining brightly with a hidden power.

"Hello, Boss." one of the researchers greeted him

It was a small male in a white labcoat. He had short cropped back brown hair and wore a pair of glasses.

Drakul acknowledged his presence briefly "Well then lets get to the important part. Time is money and I don't like to waste money." the quarter vampire urged his employee

The bespectacled man adjusted his glasses "Very well, if you would follow me." the labcoat wearing researcher went ahead to what could only be described as a testing range.

The three replicas had been carefully laid out on soft cushions. They looked absolutely identical, except for the handle of the Kusanagi, that one actually looked newer.

"So these are the prototypes." he picked the sword up and it felt light, unlike anything he had expected from a sword of that size or any weapon of that size. He had to admit, he wouldn't have been able to keep the replicas or real ones apart even if he were to spent looking at them side by side for a lifetime.

His research and developement team had truly outdone itself on replicating the outward appearance. The questions, however, was did they manage to copy their abilities?

"So what can they do?" Drakul inquired curiously as he eyed the weapon he held in his grip

"If you would like you can test it and see for yourself." the researcher that had led him to the testing room gestured to one of objects in the distance. Propped on a pedestal was a large metal cube.

"That cube over there is thirty centimeter in length and width and ten centimeters in heights equaling a volume of ninethousand cubic centimeter. The cube is solid iron so it has a mass of around seventy kilograms." the scientist explained not that Drakul really cared for these details like his researchers did.

The scientist pointed to a marking on the ground "Please stand on that marker and then swipe the sword at the block of iron."

Drakul did as he was told and swung the sword down and a strong gust of wind emanated from the blade and moved swiftly towards the iron. The wind impacted against the metal and effortlessly sent it sailing into the reinforced back wall leaving an indentation.

Drakul was mildly impressed by this.

"I doubt that, that was even a drop compared to the original Regalia right?" the dark haired vampire asked rhetorically and the researcher that was responsible for the project nodded.

"Indeed our current estimations are that this first replica manages somewhere between fifteen and twenty five percent of the originals output in power. The weapon was likely supposed to give the Emperor the ability to strike down whoever he met so that he would be the strongest fighter of all." the scientists eyes had a determined glint to them at the prospect of continuing his research "Our current hypothesis is that the blade of wind created by the original Kusanagi would have been able to easily cleave the block in half and would still have enough power to severly damage the titanium alloyed wall behind it."

Drakul marveled at the power behind these objects. Once they were able to reliably create perfect or near perfect replicas he would be making the big money.

"What about the other two treasures?" the boss of the White Suits demanded to know

The head scientist motioned for one of his assistants. The assistant and picked up the Yata no Kagami and placed it in a small harness to hold it suspended in the air.

The assistant moved out of the area and protective bulletproof glass encased the area on the push of a button.

An automated gun sprang from the ground and opened fire on the shield. As the bullets impacted against the shield they were violently reflected into every direction, hitting the glass and causing cracks to appear all over it.

The automated gun stopped firing and the glass disappared back into the ground.

"The Yata no Kagami is highly resistant to different forms of attacks. We have tried blunt force, piercing as you saw, fire, pressure all of it. This would be the Emperors defense against attacks to never suffer a wound in battle. In fact during our first testing round an assistant broke his own arm from the reflected force of hitting the mirror with a hammer. We do not know how far the reflectory capabilities of the mirror stretch but our estimate is that this mirror is somewhere in the vicinity of thirty three point three repeating and fourty percent of total effectiveness." the lead scientist informed Drakul

"Excellent." the quarter vampire praised his employees and he was by no means someone known to give out praise "What about the Yasakani no Magatama?"

One of the assistants picked up the curved, green colored jewel.

"This is perhaps the most curious of the three items." he pointed the jewel at one of his co-workers and a green light shone from the jewel on him. The green light washed over the researcher before completely fading. The affected person had a blank look on his face.

"Jump." the assistant holding the jewel said and to Drakul's surprise the person that had been hit by the green light jumped into the air "Bark." the person barked like a dog and the holder of the Magatama gave a few more ridiculous commands all of which were followed to the letter

"As you can see Drakul-sama, the Magatama gives the holder absolute control over the mind and actions of an afflicted target. An embodiment of the Emperors will and a way to keep his subjects eternally loyal." the head researcher explaned "However in this case we can not estimate how effective the true item would be since it is a rather hard quality to measure. Although I believe that the true Magatama would be capable of enthralling close to one hundred persons, maybe even more than that, at the same time. This Magatama could end up destabilizing if it's user were to try to exert control over more than ten people at the same time."

The enthralled scientist was released and he seemed to lack any knowledge of what he had just done.

"Excellent. Pack those prototypes up and send them to Inume in Kuoh and make sure to send it over a secure route. The government will likely keep an eye on any packages being sent around the country, especially if they are being sent by someone like us." Drakul ordered his amethyst eyes gleaming at the prospect of being able to make a lot of money in the near future. He took a look at the brown haired researcher "How are you going to collect the combat data once Inume uses these?"

The researcher polished his glasses a self-assured smirk on his lips "We have integrated a monitoring chip into the items that grant us access to an assortment of data at all times. Even from Kuoh there should be no problems in receiving the data for our future evaluation."

"Excellent work. It seems the money I keep investing in you and your team is well worth it."

"You are much too kind, Drakul-sama." the scientist responded and a mad smiled spread across his face "After all without you we would have never gotten our hands on such interesting items in the first place. The age of gods must have been a truly marvellous time when objects like these were a much more common occurence. Just imagining what it must've been like back then and getting my hands on even more wonderous items makes me tingle in excitement and anticipation."

Naruto cracked his eyes open as rays of the morning sun invaded his room.

'Time to wake up, I guess.' he quickly checked his alarm clock and knew that he wouldn't get in an absurd amount of sleep any more

From the sounds coming from below Naruto knew that Asia was already awake so he could take his shower undisturbed.

The blonde's thoughts started drifting back to yesterdays night.

He had really done it with Rias. A small blush spread across his face as he remembered the velvety wetness of her folds.

Before his face fell as he thought back to the silver haired devil that had suddenly appeared in his home. Even if her expression had not spoken volumes of it, Naruto knew that she must have been quite angry.

He decided to talk to Rias after school to make sure she didn't get into too much trouble with whoever that person was but he was sure Rias had known her.

Although he would have to talk to her in private he didn't want to know how any of the others, that were a part of the Occult Research Club, would react if they knew about it. Mostly just Issei's and Akeno's reactions were what worried him. Koneko usually kept quiet and rarely exchanged many words, Kiba was too polite to make any comment and Asia was just too shy for that. However Naruto still didn't want anyone's opinion to be influenced just because he had helped Rias out of a sticky situation.

'And after I talk to Rias, I'll go and keep learning more about chakra from Kurama.' he decided

Naruto, freshly showered and clothed, walked down the stairs to be met with the smell of freshly prepared breakfast.

"Good morning, Asia-chan!" he greeted the cute, blonde girl as he entered the kitchen and received a shy "Good morning." in return

'Although' Naruto noted 'It's a lot more shy than usual for her.'
Asia had opened a bit more up in this past week in the Occult Research Club and living with him. She was still by large a more shy and reserved girl but even this was quite atypical of her.

"The breakfast smells delicious." Naruto praised, grinning at Asia

When the smaller blonde looked at him a faint blush spread across her face and she looked away, something he noted but decided not to comment on, for now at least.

The pair ate breakfast in relative silence because Asia kept avoiding Naruto and talked as little as possible.

That was something that didn't sit well with Naruto at all, to be ignored as if he had done something wrong.

"Is something wrong, Asia-chan? Any reason in particular you are not talking to me?" he asked concerned.

He really hoped he had done nothing to offend the good natured and kind girl.

"No, everything is alright." she told him but she didn't even look at him as she had said that.

The scenes of yesterday night kept repeating themself over and over in her head and were intermingled with the dream she had had. In this dream she saw herself in place of Rias as she and Naruto shared a passionate night together. The mere thought made her heat up uncomfortably.

'No. I can't be thinking like this.' she chastized herself 'I can't go thinking these impure thoughts.'

Even if she was a devil now she still adhered to what she had been taught during her training to become a nun.

She just couldn't tell Naruto. What would he think of her if he knew that she had spied on him and Rias?

But Naruto wasn't defeated quite this easily.

"Come on, Asia-chan. You can tell me. I'm your friend. If you have a problem I'll help you." he tried to reassure her that whatever it was he would help her "There is nothing that would make me think less of you, Asia-chan."

"A-are you sure about that?" Asia responded with quite a lot of uncertainty in her voice.

She wanted to keep it a secret but knew that getting things like this off her chest were better.

"Of course, Asia-chan."

The blonde devil girl marveled at how simple words like that managed to fill her with confidence and ease her worries.

She steeled herself, taking a deep breath.

"I saw you and Rias...yesterday night." Asia wanted to sink into the ground in shame as she had spoken those words

Naruto stared a bit in shock "You saw us?" he asked and saw Asia nod in response

"Err...umm..." Naruto, honestly, was not prepared for this and he definitely felt guilty at the sad and dejected look Asia wore when he didn't respond.

"Look, I'm sure it was an accident." Naruto said quickly although he didn't sound very confident, completely taken aback by her confession "Just don't worry about it. I said that nothing would make me think less of you and I stand by what I said."

Although there was a part inside of him that felt incredible embarassed as Asia had seen them during what at least was supposed to be quite an intimate moment, even if it was born more out of necessity than emotional attachment.

The blonde girl perked up "Do you mean it?" she asked him and Naruto nodded in response.

Asia beamed at him and he could sense her relief "Thank you, Naruto-kun."

Naruto breathed a small sigh of relief "Now let's put away the dishes and get to school."

As they focused on their task Naruto spoke up once more his voice careful "Asia-chan?" said girl looked at him "It would be great if you didn't mention anything about Rias and me to anyone."

The blonde girl nodded not willing to indulge anyone else in what she had seen that night.

School went by quickly for Naruto as his mind was filled with many distracting thoughts.

The blonde followed his best friend Issei and his friend Asia towards the Occult Research Club.

"I wonder what Buchou has planned for today?" the wielder of the Boosted Gear asked to no one in particular "She said that our normal schedule was cancelled for today."

Neither Asia nor Naruto could really answer his question although Naruto guessed that it had to do with Rias' marriage.

The three entered the Club where the other four Koneko, Kiba, Akeno and Rias were already waiting.

Naruto saw that Rias looked like she did not get much sleep last night. She seemed almost slumped by a heavy invisible weight.

"What's wrong, Buchou?" the Pawn asked full of concern for his King

Seeing the normally bright, beautiful and kind leader of the Occult Research Club down like that was something he didn't think he would get ever to see and it was definitely something he didn't want to see.

"Please sit down everyone. I'll have to tell you something." she gestured for the two new devils to sit down on the couch, which the two followed

Rias prepared herself to tell them about her horrible fate. This morning she had received a letter from her father telling her that despite her actions Riser had still decided to marry her and the engagement would not be called off.

"Akeno, Koneko, Kiba and Naruto already know this." Rias began and both Asia and Issei were surprised that Naruto was included among the people that knew this 'secret'

"I am engaged to..." she began when a flaming magic circle appeared in the room.

It was the shape of a phoenix encased in a circular shape, the clan symbol of the Phenex.

Rias glared at the person that stepped out of the circle.

"How I hate the filthy smell of the human world." the newly arrived devil stated with large amounts of disgust dripping from his words, instantly failing to endear himself to anyone that was present in the room

"Riser how pleasant to see you." her voice dripped with sarcasm.

The person stepping forth was a tall and handsome young man in his early twenties with short blonde hair and dark blue eyes.

His outfit consisted of a burgundy blazer with gold embroidery on the right with matching pants and black dress shoes. Underneath his open blazer was a white dress shirt that was not fully buttoned, giving a slight view to his chest.

"No, need to be so hostile to your future husband, Rias." the haughty voice of the devil rang through the room "You should be more accepting of our marriage even after you went and gave your virginity away, to a filthy human of all things."

Gasps rang through the room as this revelation was the least expected of all.

Akeno was the first to put the pieces together. Why Naruto knew about Rias' engagement and being the only human Rias was reasonably close to.

She gave the blonde a questioning glance, knowing that now was not the time for any teasing.

Issei, surprisingly, had been able to put the clues together as well.

While he felt jealous he ,also, was insanely proud that his best friend had come to enjoy the body of a beautiful woman like Rias.

"Naruto, you sly fox." Issei smirked and slapped his best friend on the back much to Naruto's chagrin.

In response Naruto smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.

What could almost be considered a torrent of flames exploded from Riser.

"So you are the filthy human that has taken Rias' virginity?" the pompous blonde growled in anger, as the temperature began to rise to uncomfortable levels

"So what? I would do it a thousand times if it meant she would not have to marry someone she never wanted to." Naruto responded harshly

This Riser guy, from the moment he had stepped in the room, just rubbed him the wrong way.

"This marriage is far too important for the good of the devils. A stupid human like you could never understand that." Rias was quite surprised that having her virginity taken by someone else had made Riser so angry. It must have been such huge blow to his pride that he was unable to do so himself that he ended up losing control now.

The other occupants in the room could only stare as the two blonde guys glared at eachother.

"Yes, I probably don't understand but if understanding it means locking a kind and nice girl like Rias in a loveless marriage then I never want to understand." Naruto growled and subconsciously began to draw on small amounts of Kurama's chakra, waking the fox.

The temperature in the room rose even further as Riser tried to intimidate Naruto even more.

"Calm down, Riser. I wont tolerate you treating a guest like that." Rias said sternly and the Phenex Clan member gritted his teeth in anger as the raging flames died down.

"I will adhere to your wish, Rias. However I want you to make this...human leave, now!" he demanded throwing Naruto a dirty look "You should be happy that killing insects is far beneath my pride as a Phenex but if I see you again I will not hesitate to turn your body into a pile of ashes."

Naruto didn't want to back down and give that guy a piece of his mind when Rias interrupted him and placed a placating hand on his shoulder.

Rias wanted to say a lot to him but she didn't have the time right now to say any of it.

"Please bear with it." she whispered to him and so, begrudingly, left the room and the club behind.

It was time for Naruto to blow off some steam and demolish some trees.

As he left the building he could hear the indignant shouts of Issei, who released his anger about the whole situation and his mistreatment of Naruto.

'What did you get in this time, Naruto?' Kurama finally decided to ask him and Naruto began to inform his companion about what he had missed when Kurama had slept.

'Well it seems Rias is in an arranged marriage to this Riser guy. Apparently both of their parents had drafted an agreement I don't know how long ago. She obviously doesn't wish to marry him though.' Naruto explained 'And yesterday after you went back to sleep she told me that one of the conditions the marriage hinged upon was that she remained a virgin.'

'And so you helped her by taking said virginity, right?' Kurama supplemented knowing that Naruto never left a friend hanging no matter the situation

'Yes, but it seems she has to marry him anyway.' the blonde said, clearly angry about that particular point 'And that arrogant bastard has the audacity to claim that it's for the good of the devils...' Naruto had finally arrived in the clearing he had used for training this past week

"Don't..." an enhanced kick met the bark of a tree splintering and felling the tree "Make me..." another part of the surroundings was demolished "Laugh!" the blonde screamed in rage

"As if that guy honestly cares about the good of others." the blonde spat as he began his mad rampage, destroying his surroundings more and more. He had recognized Riser straight for what he was. An arrogant, self-centered bastard that only cared about himself and how others thought of him.

This was no surprise to Kurama. That type of person was someone the old Naruto had clashed the most often with so it only stood to reason that this Naruto wouldn't be any different in that regard.

'It was good that Rias stopped you though.' Kurama commented dryly 'At your current level that Riser guy would have beaten you with very little effort. You need quite a bit more training to even think about facing him. Alternatively if I was to get to full power anytime soon I would swat him around like a fly in our full Bijuu mode but in your current state your body is not properly synched with me for that. You would at most last five minutes in it.'

Naruto knew that Kurama was probably right in regards to his strength, since the fox wasn't one to lie, but that didn't mean he liked it very much.

"Very impressive handiwork." an unknown voice spoke and Naruto turned around to find some guy wearing a red colored Super Sentai uniform

"Thanks?" Naruto replied uncertainly

Who was this person? Where had he come from?

Naruto had not sensed him approach or get close at all. He was just suddenly there and he doubted that he was merely someone cosplaying.

"Who are you?" Naruto inquired his voice laced with seriousness

"How about a fight? If you can win I'll tell you?" the cosplayer offered and settled in a loose stance

Naruto shrugged, he could use the distraction. In the blink of an eye he had appeared in front of the unknown person and threw a punch with his right fist only to find it blocked easily, much to Naruto's surprise.

A small frown marred Naruto's face but he was undeterred by his opponents skill.

Amping himself with a bit of chakra he blurred from sight again and assaulted his opponent from every angle and every side only to have his attacks blocked every time.

It was as if this unknown person was just playing with him. He didn't fight back, he simply stood there and parried and blocked every of his attacks.

"Are you even trying?" the cosplaying guy asked jovially, trying to taunt and aggravate Naruto

'Can I borrow some of your Chakra, Kurama?' the blonde asked, hoping to one up the guy. the fox grumbled in response

The fox grumbled in response 'Just a tiny bit and be careful not to get overwhelmed by the hate this time.'

Red hot power surged through Naruto's body. There was the hatred, he could feel it trying to take hold of his mind and reasoning. It tried to drown out his mind and just make him mindlessly destroy everything in sight.

He concentrated on pushing the feeling aside. The energy, this time, didn't envelope him in the red cloak of a fox but a shining yellow, golden form with black markings.

Naruto felt stronger and faster than ever. A small grin spread across his lips and he disappeared in a flash of golden light.

Much to Sirzechs surprise, at the sudden increase in speed, he had been struck across and sent flying. He ended up crashing through several trees.

He had not expected Naruto to suddenly power up this much. Not that he seriously hurt him.

The golden power that had enveloped the blonde boy felt so pure and full of life. As he pulled himself from the ground the boy once more disappeared in a burst of speed but this time Sirzechs was prepared and he repelled the assault.

Although the raw speed and power were well above anything he had ever seen from any pure human even that power up made him no match for Sirzechs own centuries of experience in fights and his power as Maou Lucifer.

However soon Naruto's burst of power subsided and he was left powerless, panting in exhaustion and having done nothing more than to land a single punch.

"That wasn't bad at all." the masked man said his voice still as upbeat as before and Naruto couldn't help but glare at him

"Don't be like that." the person said, chiding Naruto like a little kid

"Who are you?" Naruto demanded to know once again and Sirzechs couldn't help but laugh

He unclasped his helmet and his long red hair fell down to his shoulders.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Sirzechs Lucifer." the man introduced himself and Naruto couldn't help but stare at the man

Sirzechs looked very familiar. That red was so very similar to Rias but if he was related to her shouldn't he have the same last name?

"How are you related to Rias?" Naruto decided to ask his curiosity getting the better of him

"What?" the red haired man exclaimed in surprise as he seemed dejected "My beloved Rias-tan never mentioned her brother?"

"You are her brother?" Rias had mentioned having one but never said what his name was

"Yes!" Sirzechs affirmed and was promptly hit a second time

"That is for being a horrible brother and making your sister cry. Why didn't you ever do anything to get her out of that marriage?"

"I guess I deserve that somewhat." Sirzechs nursed his bruised cheek, not that the blonde's punch had hurt him with the way he was now "I was going to get her out of it if she proved herself strong enough to survive without any protection. You can't imagine how worried I was when Rias said she wanted to live in the human world." Sirzechs spilled tears "I couldn't bear if anything ever happened to my beloved sister."

'He is such a sis-con.' Naruto thought as beads of sweat formed on his face

"If she did well enough and improved I would have cancelled the engagement but then she went and did something unreasonable... she gave her virginity to you." Sirzechs glared at the blonde and he could feel the power radiating of the red haired man

"Are you blaming me for helping a friend evade a lifetime of sadness?" Naruto returned the glare not intimidated by Rias' brother even as the person drew out more of his power "In the first place it should be your task as a brother to make sure she is not unhappy, so don't try to tell me what I did was wrong."

Sirzechs glared lifted. The blonde was not afraid to speak his mind, he was strong and had a lot of potential to grow but most important of all he was kind and cared about those he considered close to him and would help them no matter what or against who.

He could understand why it was him that she chose for this.

"No, I don't blame you at all. In the first place perhaps I should have tried to dissuade my father from keeping this engagement going but it had served so well as an additional motivation to keep Rias on her toes." Sirzechs sighed sadly "Now, I fear not even I can call off the engagement. In the first place it hinged on me speaking to our father as her brother and not Maou Lucifer."

Naruto's eyes widened. This was one of the four strongest devils in the underworld. Rias had mentioned that he was one of the four that had created an artificial moon.

No wonder he had not been able to win the fight in the first place.

"But maybe you could help Rias once more when I might not be able to."

Naruto didn't not hesitate "What do I need to do?"

"Rias is going to be preparing for her Rating Game against Riser for the next ten days. While you will not be able to participate, as you are not part of her peerage, you,however, can help her and everyone else improve. Maybe that will be enough to help her win the Rating Game." Sirzechs explained to the blonde who accepted his task immediately

Meanwhile Sirzechs would see if he couldn't try to get his father to cancel the engagement regardless of the outcome of the rating game.

"I hope we'll meet eachother once more under better circumstances." Sirzechs bid the blonde farewell and disappeared in a flash of red light.

'Whoops, I forgot to tell him where Rias will be training with her peerage.' he released a slight laugh of embarassment 'Well, he'll figure it out on his own. He's a resourceful kid.'

Well that was Chapter 10.

Now for something different. A power ranking of all the people Naruto has personally met so far. So of course this list will be severely incomplete in ranking everyone. And abilities/power at the current time are rated not any future ones. Also only characters that have any real combat ability will be mentioned so no random thugs.

Left column is Rank based on raw power. Here raw power is defined at the total sum of strength, speed, stamina, toughness, Demonic Power(or an equivalent) pretty much any kind of raw combat stats. Notable transformations are listed seperately

Right column is combat power. This is taking in account the persons tactical abilities, variability, technique, experience and so forth on top of their raw stats. However there might be scenarios in which a character even with a deficit in both raw power and combat power may win when considering certain circumstances. Kurama has been excluded since he doesn't fight on his own. If there are any further question I will answer them.

1. Sirzechs |1. Sirzechs

2. Uriel | 2. Uriel

Grayfia | 3. Grayfia

3. Naruto(four tails) | 4. Riser

4. Riser | 5. Naruto (four tails)

5. Rias | 6. Rias

6. Akeno | 7. Akeno

7. Issei(Queen promotion) | 8. Naruto

8. Naruto | 9. Koneko

9. Koneko | Kiba

10. Kiba | 10. Raynare

11. Raynare | Kalawarner

Kalawarner | Mittelt

Mittelt | Dohnaseek

Dohnaseek

12. Issei (Rook Promotion) | 11. Issei (Queen/Rook Promotion)

13. Issei (Knight Promotion) | 12. Issei (Knight Promotion)

14. Asia | 13. Freed

15. Issei (Bishop Promotion) | 14. Issei (Bishop Promotion)

16. Issei (Pawn) | 15. Issei (Pawn)

16. Asia