BreakThrough

by NarutoPlug

Naruto Bael was born a low-class devil before the Great Devil War ever was a thing. Realizing how the devil-class system subjugated devils of lower class, Naruto will represent his origins as he rises and expose the corrupted system that he lives in, and he'll do it without the high-class devils even realizing it. Power of Destruction Naruto! Mass character crossover.

26. NarutoVsTannin

Ayo, ayo, ayo, it's ya boy, NarutoPlug, still living off the fact that the RAPTORS ARE THE NBA 2019 WORLD CHAMPIONS! WHEEEEWWWWWWWWWW, them stupid Warriors thought they was actually gonna win!

*cough* with all due respect, I hope Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant get's better…and I hope Ayesha Curry can find more appreciation from her husband rather than looking for it from other men *cough*

Shout out to Hardwin Potter, who THOUGHT the Warriors was going to win, and THOUGHT that my prediction of the Raptors winning in six games was stupid…

BUT GUESS WHO GET'S THE LAST LAUGH? ME! NARUTOPLUG!AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (Don't take this seriously, Hardwin is a good person)HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Alright, enough of that. Glad that mostly all of my reviewers enjoyed the last chapter. A lot of you feel sad for Kuroka, but, ya know, that's how the world works. It wouldn't be realistic story if everybody in the story got a happy ending. Apologies to all of those who really wanted them to be together, but keep reading the story anyway. I've still got some exciting things planned out so just stick with a youngin, ya digggg?

Also, as I type this, I only have about 6 confirmed members of Tannin's peerage. I'm still looking up dragons as I type this chapter up, I just gotta make sure my character selection on point. Thanks for all the recommendations for Tannin's peerage, everyone. You all have been a big help. Thanks for all the continued support as well.

Let's continue the story…

[Hey guys. I'm adding this extra AN to tell you in advance that this chapter is insanely long. Like, 25k words long. I'm sorry for the length of the chapter, I just got caught up with the battle scene, hehe! Anyway, if you skim through the battle scenes – MAKE SURE YOU READ THE LAST PART OF THE CHAPTER! Enjoy.]

BreakThrough

NarutoVsTannin

Rating Game Dimension – Dragon Mountains

Naruto's Base

Naruto and his group proceeded to walk towards the exit of their cave, not caring about the orange dragon standing guard at the front. Said dragon growled at the approaching group, flexing its claws in anticipation for the violence that was soon to happen.

Stopping only a few meters away from the dragon, Naruto waved at the dragon without fear, "Hey there, little fella…what'cha doing here, huh? Wanted to come over and play with the Devils?" mocked the Bael.

Coughing out a black plume of smoke, the dragon (Charizard) roared in anger as it suddenly attacked with a blast of fire that shift-shaped into a five pointed star. The dangerously hot flames carved through the solid stone ground as it shot towards the group.

Reacting instantly, Naruto summoned a magic circle and countered with multiple beams of regular magic. Piercing through the flaming attack, the beams made contact with Charizard, blowing him away while causing a minor explosion.

"Seems like this place is done for…" said Anna, watching their base cave in from the explosion.

"We'll leave the small lizard to you, Orochi." said Naruto as he called forth his Devil wings, everyone excluding Orochimaru following suit. With a collective flap of wings, the peerage flew off, escaping the collapsing cave and leaving the snake man to deal with Charizard, who was pulling itself out of a wall of mountain rock.

Orochimaru, Half-Blooded Low-Class Devil, [Pawn]

vs.

Charizard, Half-Blooded Low-Class Devil, [?]

"This environment isn't really the best for poor me…" Orochimaru said as he looked down at the recovering dragon. Their former base cave was set at a higher elevation, so Orochimaru was staring down at the dragon as it took a few steps away from the wall, looking up to his prey. 'These rocks are to sturdy for me and my snakes to burrow through…but these mountains do provide more than enough hiding spots for me to take advantage of…' thought the pale man, analyzing his surroundings for any advantage.

However, Charizard didn't give the only [Pawn] of Naruto any more time to think of a strategy as it flew at Orochimaru, coating its claws in green draconic energy, making them more powerful and dangerous. Roaring at Orochimaru, Charizard closed in with a double-clawed swipe, but Orochimaru ducked underneath the larger Devil-hybrid. Snakes shot out of Orochimaru's sleeve as they wrapped themselves around the dragon, providing enough time for Orochimaru to put distance between the two before Charizard sliced through them all and charged at Orochimaru again.

"Persistent…" muttered Orochimaru as he safely landed on the ground. Crafting a magic barrier, Orochimaru defended himself just in time as Charizard crashed into the dense shield. Jumping over the shield, the snake summoner withdrew a scalpel from his waist and sliced downwards. Landing on the ground, he glanced behind him to see the damage; he was disappointed to see his scalpel's blade mangled, hardly scratching the orange dragon. 'Tough scales…'

Orochimaru jumped over Charizard's strong tail once the dragon tried to strike him and shot a rapid-fire of close range beams of dark magic at the dragon's back. Flying away, his attack only gave him a few seconds before the dragon burst through the smokescreen caused by the explosion and shot a stream of hot flames at Orochimaru.

Blocking the heat with another shield, snakes erupted from the sides of the barrier and intercepted Charizard with venom dripping from their fangs. However, they were incinerated by Charizard's hot flames as it conjured green energy around its claws again. This time, when he connected with Orochimaru's barrier, it broke through and almost injured the [Pawn] if it wasn't for his instinct to avoid danger.

Orochimaru laughed menacingly as he kicked Charizard away with strength that would make Lee proud. "Kukuku…silly little dragon…"

Charizard crashed into the ground again, but shook off any pain it felt. Opening its eyes, the dragon was welcomed the sight of a huge anaconda, summoned by Orochimaru, with its fangs aimed for the dragon's yellow belly. Charizard countered with a slash of its claws, but was surprised as his claws slashed through the snake as if it were smoke.

The dragon's eyes widened when it heard Orochimaru's laughter from behind, "…you can't even recognize a simple illusion…"

This time, an actual anaconda wrapped itself around Charizard's body, entangling it with pure muscle. Charizard struggled for any way of freedom, but the grip of the anaconda was too great. "So then, little dragon…is this all you have to offer?" asked Orochimaru with a sick pleasure seeing the dragon struggle, "I need to re-group with my peerage members, so let's make this short, hmmm?"

From Orochimaru's sleeve came another hidden snake. However, instead of attacking the trapped dragon, it opened its mouth, revealing the sharp edge of Orochimaru's sword, Kusanagi. "Hopefully, your scales aren't sturdy enough for my sword. That way, it'll make things quicker, kukuku…"

Growling in anger at the snake man, Charizard slammed its foot on the ground, surprising Orochimaru by summoning a red magic circle. Flames grew from the seal and enveloped both Charizard and the anaconda. The large snake hissed as it tried to unravel itself so it could get away from the insanely hot flames, but said flames were too much as it burnt through the snake like paper.

With a new vigor, Charizard grinned as white energy grew around its claws. With a flap of its wings, Charizard was suddenly on top of Orochimaru with its claws aimed at his throat.

Countering with Kusanagi, Orochimaru matched Charizard's grin with one of his own. "Interesting." he muttered as he withdrew for his sword for another swipe. Suddenly, Charizard countered with a new move, spinning his body around to slam his tail, which was covered in the same draconic energy as before, into Orochimaru's sword. Following up his tail swipe, Charizard bent his head back, facing Orochimaru upside down. In a fit of genius, Charizard opened its mouth a fired a blast of fire similar to before.

"Gahh!" grunted Orochimaru as he jumped away from the searing flames. Glancing at his right arm, he saw his flesh burnt from Charizard's sneak attack. 'Seems I've underestimated it…' thought the snake man.

Landing a few meters away, Orochimaru's battle instincts screamed for him to defend. Using Kusanagi, he slashed upwards, blocking Charizard's flesh-opening claws. Charizard slashed downwards at Orochimaru using his other arm, but Orochimaru got away by quickly slithering away, his legs morphed for him to move like a snake.

Circling around, Orochimaru opened his mouth and released a cloud of purple gas. Smirking, Orochimaru used his formidable speed to enter the smoke cloud, smashed his fist into Charizard's stomach, and exit from the other side in only a second.

The dragon roared out in pain, inhaling some of the gas. With a strong flap of its wings, the gas dispersed in an instant as Charizard chased after the snake man. Multiple magic circles followed Charizard as they released a barrage of star-shaped projectiles.

Orochimaru snickered as he slammed his palms into the ground, conjuring a magic circle. A wall of earth blocked all of the stars, momentarily protecting the pale man. "This dragon really is interesting, kukuku…" he laughed as he awaited the oversized lizard.

Sure enough, Charizard burst through Orochimaru's stone barrier which was weakened by its previous attack. Kusanagi in hand, Orochimaru charged at Charizard without hesitation, aiming to slice off one of the dragon's wings.

Charizard roared out as its wings glowed white and slammed them into Orochimaru's sword, surprising the snake man at their density. The dragon spun around, wanting to knock Orochimaru away before blasting him with another one of its Flamethrowers, but it wasn't expecting Orochimaru to flip over it with snakes dropping from his sleeve.

The snakes hissed, showing off their dark mouths, before biting down into Charizard. Before the dragon could try to slash at all the snakes on his body, Orochimaru blitzed him with pure speed and kicked Charizard in his back, sending the orange lizard flying.

Crashing into the mountain wall and still being bitten by a plethora of black mambas, Charizard wanted to free himself from its crater first, but was suddenly hit with a powerful gale of wind, forcing the dragon back into its personal crater.

"You are resilient, I'll give you that…" said Orochimaru, a few meters away from the trapped dragon. Behind him were two large magic circles which was making the powerful winds trapping Charizard, "…but still no match for me."

Gripping his sword, Orochimaru took aiming, wanting this attack to finish their match. "Few have ever injured me. Be proud that you are one of the names on that list." he finished as he threw his sword.

The sword moved in slow motion to Charizard as his approaching death was only feet away. Deciding on going all out, Charizard's eyes narrowed as a white light flashed over its body. Suddenly, its muscle bulged as Charizard roared with power.

To Orochimaru's surprise, his Kusanagi bounced off of Charizard's scales once it made contact. The snake man was confused for a few seconds before it hit him like a ton of bricks. 'Of course! It must have promoted itself into a [Rook]! This peerage member was a [Pawn] all along?'

He growled under his breath as he recalled his wind magic circles. Looking behind him, he saw how close they were to his peerage's base, which was now destroyed. '[Pawn]s can only promote by being on an enemy's territory…and he's very well is on our territory that we abandoned recklessly.

Tearing off the last of Orochimaru's snakes, Charizard inspected his body for any punctures. He huffed in pride as the orange dragon didn't see any punctures, probably from its strong scales protecting him. The dragon glared at Orochimaru with hatred evident in its eyes as the newly promoted [Rook] took a few steps until it was only a few feet away from the snake man.

Without fear, Orochimaru stared into the eyes of the beast, taking notice for the hatred in them. "Kukuku…" snickered the snake man, pissing Charizard off even more, "You have impressed me today, dragon. I've underestimated you countless times and you've taken advantage of that countless times. However, the longer this battle continues, the more time the poison you inhaled earlier has of spreading throughout your body and disrupting your regular bodily functions. So if you have a trump card, now is the time to play it."

Blue eyes glared at set of calm, golden orbs. Hating the fact that it sensed no fear from the snake man, Charizard blew a cloud of smoke into Orochimaru's face.

"Petty…" muttered Orochimaru as he waved the disgusting gas away with his hand.

Grinning with a lust of battle, Charizard flapped its wings and soared into the air, looking down upon the pale man. Again, another wave of white energy washed over Charizard as it promoted itself to [Queen]. More and more energy swelled out Charizard, now rainbow in color, as it encased the dragon into a shell, confusing Orochimaru.

However, just as quick as the energy encased the dragon, Charizard burst through the energy shield, now donning a new look. Its skin was all black with a blue underside, along with two spikes curving upwards from the front and back of each of Charizard's shoulders. A dark-blue fire trailed the sides of it face and burned from the tip of its tail. Its body grew more bulky, screaming pure muscle as the dragon flexed its arms and whisked its longer, more powerful-looking tail around in the air. Opening its now red eyes, Charizard roared out, signaling the completion of its transformation.

Orochimaru 'tsked' in annoyance, "Well, I really wasn't expecting you to have something like this as a trump card, but nevertheless, the outcome of this battle will still end with me the victor…" Gripping Kusanagi in his palm, Orochimaru licked his lips with his insanely long tongue as he summoned his Devil wings.

"So, shall win finish this?"

With a loud roar, the promoted [Queen] rocketed downwards towards the pale man. Orochimaru smirked in anticipation as he engaged the newly transformed Dragon, Kusanagi in hand.

With Team Pickle Rick

The group, which now lacked their only [Pawn], was marching their way through the harsh Dragon Mountains, led by Naruto and Kuroka. Naruto was walking with pep in his step, excited for the battles ahead, while Kuroka lazily followed her master by his side, yawning into her palm every now and then.

"Can't we just get them all together and blow them up, nya…" muttered Kuroka as pulled at her kimono, loosening it around her large breast to give them some air.

"While that sounds like a good plan, this peerage isn't one we can play with." said Naruto, "I wouldn't be surprised if a few of us are retired during this match. Tannin is that good."

"Well, we're better!" shouted Kisame, "Fuck him and his team of oversized Geico lizards! I promise you, the next one that we see, I'm taking em' down!" he finished with his head held high and arms crossed over his chest.

Anna, who was latched onto Yoh's arm as the group made their way through the tough terrain, rolled her eyes at the blue-skinned man, "Those dragons wouldn't want to touch you…the moment they see you, they'll think your infected with a disease even they couldn't resist."

"Shut the fuck up!" he yelled comically, pointing at the monotone shaman with an accusing finger, "You know I'm sensitive about my skin color!"

"…which is why I decided to use it against you…" she said with a small, hardly noticeable smirk.

"Now Anna, we shouldn't make fun of Kisame's skin color. Nothing wrong with being blue." said Yoh.

"I wouldn't care if anyone else is blue…it's just funny that he's blue." she said, her evil smirk growing in size.

"You fucking bitch!" he yelled, having enough with Anna's smart mouth. Grabbing Samehada, Kisame marched over to Anna to knock some sense into her, but was suddenly paralyzed from the waist down. "What the hell? Why can't I move?!"

"Nya, can you all do this some other day…" Kuroka said with a yawn. There was a yellow magic circle under Kisame's feet with yellow strings wrapped around his legs, "Save your energy against the dragons we have to face…"

Kisame's body hovered next to Kuroka as the circle moved. Recalling her spell, Kisame was freed from Kuroka's grasp. Kisame muttered some curses under his breath while looking at the cat girl in suspicion, wondering how he didn't absorb all of the magic out of her spell. "Fuck all of you…" he said, attaching Samehada to his back and continuing to walk.

"YOSH! Kuroka-sama is super cool!" shouted Lee, "Being able to handle Mr. Kisame like that must really take a lot of power!"

"Which is why she is my [Queen]!" said Naruto with a grin, placing his arm on her shoulders and giving her a shake, "Just you all wait until it's her turn to fight! Kuroka's a real beast with her spells!"

"Which is why I want to finish this Rating Game as quick as possible, nya." said the Nekoshou, "I want to get some sleep tonight before I go visit Shirone on the Human Realm…haven't seen her in the while, nya…"

"I may actually join you, Kuroka." said Hao, speaking for the first time, "I have some business in need to attend to in Kuoh that I have been putting off for a while."

Kuroka's playful orbs locked onto the older Asakura, "Oh…Does this business have anything to do with a certain Sitri heiress, nya~" she said.

"My business is my own." he said, closing his eyes so that Kuroka wouldn't see his fear of being founded out.

"Nyayayaya! Don't worry, little Asakura! I won't play with your love life!" she laughed.

"Ohhhhohohoh! The Sitri girl? You mean that little rat that couldn't improve that simple water dragon spell?" said Kisame, "You like her? GGGAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! That's fucking hilarious!"

"I think they make a great couple. They both like to read books all the time. Maybe they can read to each other!" suggested the blonde Bael.

"Can we please change the topic…." Hao said with a groan, hating that he was the center of attention.

Anna hummed as she turned her head, narrowing her eyes at a certain pillar of rock, "We may just have to do so…we have company."

Suddenly, the pillar Anna was glaring suspiciously at melted as a blast of fire incinerated it along with anything in the fire's way. Hao stepped up, immediately summoning Spirit of Fire to block the approaching flames. Using its oversized palms, the spirit blocked the incoming firestorm, saving the group from a fiery death.

The spirit groaned in pain once the flamethrower ceased, revealing that its palms were melted. Hao narrowed his eyes at his partner's injuries as he supplied the spirit with the necessary magic to recover. "That wasn't fire…if it was; Spirit of Fire would have been able to block that."

The group turned towards the sound of a crackling laughter. Standing behind what was once a rock pillar was a large, but skinny, purple dragon with its rib cage exposed. Its menacing yellow eyes looked at the group of Devils with hunger, like a wolf watching a pack of sheep. On its back were a set of strong wings ready to take flight at a moment's notice. Sharp, blade like claws scratch through the touch terrain like paper as the dragon scratched at the grounds. Waving behind the dragon was a long tail protected by tough scales with a dangerous needle-like tail that was made to skewer through its enemies.

The dragon screeched inhumanly before starting to make its way to the group, dragging its long claws into the rocky ground. The Spirit of Fire screeched back in anger as its palms were fully restored thanks to its partner, Hao, supplying the necessary magic for it to reform. Waving its palms in front of the approaching dragon, Spirit of Fire flooded the surrounding area with an intense fire, stopping the purple dragon in its tracks.

"Seems like I've got my opponent." said Hao, stepping in front of his partner, facing the boney dragon without fear.

"I wouldn't underestimate Ridley." said a deep voice in the air, catching everyone's attention, "He's one of the crazier members of our peerage."

Landing next to the newly named Ridley, was another member of Tannin's peerage. This dragon was more sleek-like in appearance, with its scales resembling gold and red armor. In the middle of its chest was a greenish-blue diamond which gleamed with pure power. The dragon's set one set of wings were split, giving off the appearance of another seat of wings under the first pair. Lastly, a long, golden horn rested on the middle of its head, shining in the dark light of the Underworld.

"And you are…" said Hao, uninterested in the new dragon's appearance.

"My official name is Neo Dragonoid, but you can call me Drago." answered the newly named dragon, "This is Ridlely, my partner in Tannin-sama's peerage. We're both [Knights]."

Ridley screeched again, flapping his wings in a display of dominance. Drago sighed at his partner, "He's also very arrogant and prideful…the exact opposite traits of any honorable [Knight]." said the dragon in disappointment.

"I don't care what Evil Piece he has." said Hao, "Get out of my way or suffer the wrath of my flames." he demanded, Spirit of Fire backing its partner with a screeching of its own. Ridley and Spirit of Fire entered an intense glaring match, watching each other's movements like hawks.

"It seems you're a rowdy Devil. You'll make a good opponent for my friend." said Drago, "But who shall face me in bat-

"Me bitch!" shouted Kisame, jumping next to Hao with Samehada in hand, "I've been itching for a good fight and you look a feast for me. The smell of your magic has both Samehada and I riled up!" he yelled, getting a shriek of agreement from the demonic sword.

"Is that so…" muttered Drago. Glancing over to the other Devils not participating in their match, Drago counted how many members were left. "There are only five of you? How do you plan on defeating 7 other dragons with such small numbers?"

"Don't worry about us…" Naruto stated confidently, "Just worry about staying alive during your battles against my [Knight] and [Bishop].

'Arrogant Devils…' Drago mentally sighed as he prepared himself for the violence that would surely happen in just a few moments, "Well, we have orders to stop all of you right here. Ridley and I will take on as many of you as possible in order to carry out our leader's wish."

"Hmmm…I don't know about that…what about you, Anna?" Naruto asked his second [Bishop].

Understanding what he wanted, Anna summoned a massive magic circle over the landscape, surprising the two dragons. From it came a flood of pink dust, covering the entire landscape and limiting vision.

"Resourceful…" muttered Drago, "But not enough to stop us!" he yelled before flapping his strong wings, wanting to disperse the thick pink dust.

While he didn't clear the surrounding environment of the invasive dust, it did clear the air he was at, along with the area where Naruto's peerage once was. 'They're gone? Just that fast?' thought the majestic dragon.

"Eyes up here, lizard!" shouted Kisame, who had used the diversion Anna created to his advantage, his insane [Knight] speed allowing him to blitz towards Drago and slam into his midsection.

Drago's eyes widened at the strength of Kisame, who was vastly smaller than Drago but still strong enough to knock him into the rocky terrain behind him. "I'm gonna need some space to beat my lizard, Hao! Take your fight somewhere else!" Drago heard Kisame shouted before he reappeared over him, dropping Samehada into his stomach.

"Your first attack was only successful because you caught me off guard," said Drago, using his arm to block Samehada, "something like that won't happen again."

Jumping off of Drago's stomach to avoid the scorching fires he blew out, Kisame summoned his wings and up in the air, slapping any other fireballs Drago launched at him. "Woah!" he said as he suddenly dropped to avoid being cleaved in half by Ridley's claws. "What the fuck, Hoe! Get your guy!" he yelled out in anger.

"Not as easy as you think, dumbass…" Hao muttered as he flew into the air. Spirit of Fire was trying to keep up with the smaller monster, but Ridley was entirely too fast. What he lacked in size, he had in speed as he zoomed past any of the spirit's attacks and countered by slashing at its body, unharmed by the spirit's heat.

"Fuck! Send him over here!" shouted Kisame as he countered all of Drago's incoming fireballs with flying water sharks.

Hao flew after Ridley, just barely being able to keep up with the speed demon in the air. Dodging his tails as Ridley tried to stab him, Hao created multiple behind him to shoot out geysers of flames, all targeted at Ridley.

Spinning around mid-air, Ridley opened his mouth and launched a massive blast of concentrated energy, equaling the amount of power behind all of Hao's flamethrowers and entering a beam struggle.

However, what Ridley wasn't suspecting was the much larger Spirit of Fire to appear behind him. With a roar, Spirit of Fire knocked the unsuspecting Ridley out of the air with a double-handed sledgehammer.

Dodging another fire ball, Kisame flew over to the descending Ridley. Crafting a magic circle, a large, blue shark made purely from water came from seal. Opening its maw, the shark swallowed Ridley, was just a little bit smaller than shark, and then took off, the magic seal it came from acting as a platform for the shark to hover in the sky.

"You're welcome!" shouted Kisame as he blocked another fireball from Drago with a magic shield. He grinned at the power behind the oversized fireball as the flames came from the sides of the shield.

Watching the shark fly over the mountains with Ridley inside of it, Hao took this time to recall Spirit of Fire behind him. "He's too fast for us. We'll need to take counter measures."

With a roar, Spirit of fire glowed before its entire body shrunk into a glowing ball of orange. Merging with Hao's body, a mechanical, jet armor gear suited itself around Hao. Two large energy cannons formed on its back along with two long claws that were similar to the Spirit of Fire's. On Hao's chest was a smaller version of the Spirit of Fire's head, but was grey in color instead of its usual fiery red.

'Done…' Spirit of Fire muttered to Hao mentally, signaling the completion of their armor, Over Soul Armor Style: Black Fowl.

"Good luck." Hao said to Kisame as he took off after the shark. It wouldn't hold Ridley for long so he had to catch up to it. Taking off at insane speeds, Hao flew off like a jet, leaving Kisame and Drago to themselves.

"That was impressive…" said Drago with a flap of his wings, "You were able to fight off my attacks while sending Ridley off somewhere else to clear up the surrounding area. You Devils are really interesting."

"Yeah, well I hope you keep that same interest when I'm bashing your face into the side of a mountain!" grinned Kisame.

Drago, Half-Blooded High-Class Devil, [Knight]

vs.

Kisame, Half-Blooded Low-Class Devil, [Knight]

With a piercing roar, Drago flew at the patiently waiting Kisame. Before reaching Kisame, Drago let out a few fireballs that were regular to the Drago, but were double Kisame's size.

Kisame defended himself by slicing all of the approaching fireballs in half with Samehada, absorbing the magic packed into the massive fireballs. 'It's always harder for me to absorb elemental attacks, especially lightning and fire spells…but since there's so much magic in each of his attacks, I can't help but try my hand at devouring everything he throws at me!' thought the shark demon as he charged after Drago with an insane grin.

Summoning a multitude of magic circles, small shark bullets riddled the air, targeting the approaching dragon. However, the bullets only bounced off of Drago's tough exterior, effectively useless against the defense. The two [Knight]s clashed, with Kisame swinging Samehada into Drago's large horn.

Reeling back, Drago twisted his body to hit Kisame with his tail. Kisame comforted the blow with Samehada, but the monstrous force of the blow sent him flying. Drago followed up his attack with another barrage of fireballs all centered at Kisame.

Shaking off the last attack, Kisame used his wings as an air-break, stopping himself mid-air. Summoning a barrage of sharks to counter Drago's fireballs, he flew back at the Drago with bad intentions, wanting to slam Samehada into Drago's gem on his chest and absorb a shit-ton of magic.

However, Drago proved to be faster than he looked, appearing in front of Kisame in pure speed and shooting a vortex of flames from his massive mouth at Kisame. The blue-skinned [Knight] didn't have any other option but to defend with a multi-layered barrier, protecting him from utter annihilation.

Knowing that he was defending his flames with a shield, Drago suddenly switched gears, flying at Kisame with his horn aimed to pierce through Kisame and his barriers. He was moving so fast thanks to his natural speed and with him being a [Knight], Drago caught up to his flamethrower and flew through it like it was nothing.

"Damn!" Kisame only realized at the last second that Drago was meters away and tried to avoid being impaled by Drago's sharp horn. Said horn destroyed the multi-layered shield with no effort and cut through his side, opening his stomach. While the injury was brutal, it was nothing compared to being impaled by the long blade.

Avoiding all of the spikes sticking out of Drago's body, Kisame quickly concentrated on healing his wound that would have been fatal for most Devils. "You're fucking annoying!" Kisame yelled out, angered at the fact that Drago was the first one to land a significant blow.

"And you're easy to read." replied Drago, dashing at Kisame.

Two massive sharks flew out of two magic circles made by Kisame that matched Drago in size met the dragon half-way, crashing into Drago's open body and forcing the dragon out of the air and into the rugged terrain below.

"GArHh!" cried out Drago the moment his back connected to the tough ground. Both sharks were still biting down onto the red dragon, with one latched onto Drago's midsection and the other trying to pierce through Drago's left wing.

Kisame dive-bombed at Drago, aiming for the gem on the upper-half of his chest. "You thought you had me, huh? That's what makes you stupid, you oversized lizard!" shouted Kisame, his feet connecting to Drago's gem. The force of the blow crushed the ground underneath the dragon, forcing him deeper into the once solid mountain.

Drago struggled to free himself from his new entrapment. Rocks were falling on his injured body and for some reason; his magic was leaving his body. Noticing that Kisame had Samehada placed on top of his gem, he realized that this was the source of his magic being stolen from him. 'His sword steals magic?'

The [Knight] of Tannin groaned as he forced himself out of his trap and shook Kisame off his body. With a huff, Drago spoke, "You are very powerful, shark Devil, but don't think that you've won just because you've absorbed my magic. My reserves are immensely large, an amount that you can't handle."

"No…" muttered Kisame with a devilish grin. Samehada shrieked in happiness at its meal as it burst out of its ribbon cage, revealing it dangerously sharp scales and massive mouth. "You underestimate our hunger, dragon. All you are to me is a feast of magic just waiting to be devoured."

Drago narrowed his eyes and Kisame, who only licked his lips in anticipation. 'His injury is fully healed…' Drago thought, scanning Kisme's side. The left side of Kismae's rob was ripped because of Drago's horn slashing through it, revealing Kisame's toned stomach area. Sure enough, Kisame's side seemed perfectly healthy, as if he was never hurt to begin with. 'An incredible healing factor…and a hunger for magic…a fearsome foe indeed…however…'

A red aura washed over Drago's body as he stood tall, "You shall not win this battle, Devil, for I have a reason I must fight for. Tannin-sama's spotless record is on the line, so I must fulfill my duties in defeating you to help him!"

With a flap of his wings, Drago engaged Kisame, hovering right over the ground with his mouth wide open. Gathering his magic, Drago released a close-concentrated beam of fire, washing both Samehada and Kisame in flames that ate away at the ground beneath them.

The duo was safe, though, as Kisame defended himself with a strong barrier capable of staying intact of such a powerful attack. 'While I want to absorb the magic from this, the actual heat of these flames is real. I'd be cooked to the bone before I could absorb anything of this magnitude.' Kisame thought strategically.

Stomping on the vanishing ground beneath him, Kisame created a large, blue magic circle that was double his size. Water gushed out of the seal and circled around Kisame, enveloping him and Samehada in a water bubble. Recalling his barrier, Kisame escaped by swimming away, the water bubble acting as a personal pool for Kisame as it continued to cover Kisame as he continue to move over the hard ground.

Noticing a blue blob of water escaping, Drago turned his attack to the moving water bubble, following its every move as his fire scorched through the ground with ease. "You can't escape forever!" shouted Drago as he continued to rain fire on Kisame.

With the remaining members of Team Pickle Rick

"Why is this place so big…." grumbled Naruto as he kicked a nearby pebble, "All of these rocks…I haven't seen a tree in an hour."

"I don't know how the dragons do it." said Kuroka, walking next to Naruto, "This place is so bare. Why would they want to live in such a boring place, nya?"

"Apparently, the Dragon Mountains is the only place left that grows a specific fruit that certain dragons live off of." said Yoh, "That's the main reason why Tannin became a Devil in the first place; to move here and find away to increase the number of dragon fruit so his species can live."

"Oh yea! I do remember him saying something about that…but I just didn't care about it at the time." mumbled Naruto.

"YOSH! Naruto-sama! I see someone!" shouted Lee, pointing towards the top of a pillar of rock.

Following Lee's finger, the group saw what seemed like a regular Devil boy. Said boy was had a brown skin tone, tall with a slim build but had noticeable muscle on his exposed arms. His spiky hair was all white with a unique red highlight. His had sharp eyes, similar to a dragon, along with a dragon crown on his forehead. He was wearing a black and gold tank top underneath a white lab coat which was hooked across the top of his chest, the sleeves of the coat flowing freely behind the boy. On his right arm was what looked like a golden gauntlet but it didn't cover his hand? Completing his look was a pair of black pants that matched his tank top tucked into his brown boots.

The boy grinned at the group with a certain evil in his eye. "Well look what we have here! A bunch of losers waiting to be destroyed by me! AHahahahaha!" he laughed.

"I thought all of Tannin's peerage members were dragons?" Naruto asked his peerage members, not caring for the boy's insult, "He's just a teenager.

"Ah-What! I am a dragon, you idiot! This is just my human form!" shouted the boy, his head comically doubling in size as he yelled at the clueless Bael, "You want to see a dragon! I'll show you a fucking dragon!"

"For some reason, I feel like he would get along with Kisame." said Yoh, ignoring the shouting boy.

Said boy blew smoke from the sides of his mouth. His anger increased as he saw the group talking amongst themselves, ignoring him as if he wasn't even there. 'How dare these buffoons ignore me, the great Ryuga, as I stand right in front of them! I'll show them why Tannin's peerage is considered to be one of the most powerful in the Underworld!'

However, the boy (Ryuga) gripped his fist together, trying to calm himself. 'Wait…I was ordered to report if I saw them…I'll just contact the others and wait for them to come…then the carnage can commence!' thought Ryuga with a sick grin.

Stretching his hand upward, Ryuga summoned a magic circle. A blast of red light shot into the sky, lighting up the surrounding area with a strong glow.

"AAHAHAHAH! You all just sit tight! The others are coming and we'll take you all down!" shouted Ryuga with an insane laugh.

"Alright then." said Naruto with clap, "Kuroka, would you be a dear and make some chairs for us so that we can rest our legs until the rest arrive?"

Ryuga face faulted when he saw Kuroka use her Senjutsu to manipulate the ground underneath her, creating a few chairs for the peerage to sit in. "What the fuck! You're just gonna sit around and wait for your doom like its nothing?!" he yelled.

"We've been walking through this shithole of a place for an hour. I want to get off my feet for a while, so shut up." demanded Anna with an intense glare centered at Ryuga.

"Who the hell do you think you are…." Ryuga said with a deep growl, his amber eyes glowing in response to his anger. A dark aura swept over Ryuga's body and suddenly glimpse of lightning danced around him, giving him a dangerous look.

"Hey, chill out." said Naruto, noticing Ryuga power-up, "Listen, let's just wait until your friend arrive. Plus, a 1 vs. 5 battle isn't fair, so take a breather for a while." he said before leaning back into his chair, "Damn…these things don't have any cushion at all…"

Ryuga's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at Naruto's lazy attitude. However, he did recall his power. "Fine…" he muttered, taking a seat on his rock pillar and watching over the group from up high. 'Have it your way, Naruto Bael, but when the others come…you'll regret this moment…'

Near Team Pickle Rick's destroyed base…

The black Charizard erupted from a pile of rocks that trapped it underground. Ever since the small dragon transformed (Mega-Evolution), Charizard and Orochimaru continued to battle against each other in an impressive display of magic and power. Orochimaru's last attack knocked the dragon into the side of a rock column, causing it to tip over and land on top of Charizrd.

"Kukuku…you really don't know when to stop, dragon." Charizard glared at his opponent, who was standing a few meters away from the transformed dragon. Charizard body was littered with injuries. During their battle, Orochimaru's constant attacks were slowly overcoming Charizard's sturdy scales, chipping them off and exposing the dragon's softer insides. Also, the poison that Charizard inhaled earlier was starting to take effect, weakening Charizard's movements and attacks, making it harder to keep up with Orochimaru, who was relatively unharmed.

While Orochimaru's right arm was burnt in multiple areas from Charizard's previous sneak attack, the only notable injuries Orochimaru had were a few scratches and patches of burnt skin. His robe ripped in multiple places as well, but Orochimaru was seemingly still functional.

"It won't be long until you succumb to your injuries, dragon." said Orochimaru with arrogance, "Are you sure you want to continue this one-sided battle of ours?

Charizard saw red as he flew at Orochimaru with the same green energy coating his claws. Dragging them onto the rocky ground below, Charizard swiped upwards once he was close enough to the snake man, knocking up a cloud of grinded rock at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru protected himself with a barrier and quickly jumped away, saving himself from Charizard's claws slicing through his barrier like paper. His sandals slide against the ground once he landed back down and quickly summoned a mass array of magic circles around the duo. Coming from the magic circles were multiple beams of magic, all of them attack Charizard from every direction.

The black dragon roared out in pain as he swiped through one beam, only to be attacked by four others in his back. The assault continued with Orochimaru's evil smirk growing as Charizard's pain-filled howls.

After a while, Charizard got tired of all the annoying beams. A large blue stream of fire erupted out of his mouth as he threw his head around, washing the area in dark-blue fire and destroying all of Orochimaru's attack. The ground around him melted from the intense heat as Charizard set his sights on Orochimaru once he cleared the area of his magic circles. With a flap of his wings, Charizard flew after Orochimaru, still releasing his powerful Flamethrower at the snake man.

Summoning his wings, Orochimaru charged at the incoming firestorm without fear. Creating a cone-shaped barrier, Orochimaru pierced through the fire and planned on running his shield through Charizard. However, the dragon surprised Orochimaru as Charizard quickly switched attacks, ceasing his Flamethrower and flipping mid-flight, slamming his glowing, green tail into Orochimaru's shield.

Charizard immediately tried to claw Orochimaru's face off with one of his claws, but Orochimaru ducked under the attack while releasing some of his snakes from another magic circle he created above the duo. He knocked away with a kick as his snakes bit into Charizard's neck as they flew with him. The snake summoner didn't let up as he followed after Charizard, his legs morphing into the body of his snake as he rushed after Charizard. Slithering underneath Charizard's body with speeds that would make Lee jealous, Orochimaru crafted a brown magic circle before taking a sharp turn, avoiding the earthen spike coming out of the magic circle and roughly jabbing at Charizard's back.

A black liquid gushed out of Charizard's mouth as pain was the only feeling Charizard had at the moment. Its eyes were widen in shock as the dragon didn't move for a while, too overrun with pain to do so.

A fair distance away from the paralyzed dragon was Orochimaru, whose legs had returned to their usual state. He watched as he his spell vanished, along with the earthen spear that was holding Charizard in the air. "I believe that did it." said Orochimaru as he watched Charizard's body crash into the ground with a thump.

Charizard hadn't move since the attack, but Orochimaru knew the dragon was still conscious since it hadn't been recalled from the Rating Game. Unsurprisingly to the snake man, Charizard's body started to twitch as the dragon began to gain its bearings. Slowly pushing itself on its feet, Charizard growled as it flexed its wings and claws, its eyes glaring holes into Orochimaru.

"Still have some fight in you, even with your injuries and my poison. My, my, you really are a resilient foe." chuckled Orochimaru, "You'd make a great play date for Lee. He annoys me with his pestering for training…maybe I should send him to you once this battle is over."

Charizard didn't respond to Orochimaru, still staring at the pale man while huffing out air from its nostrils. The dragon didn't make any sudden movements, just staring at Orochimaru, analyzing his body and all of his injuries.

Orochimaru caught Charizard glancing at his right arm in particular. "Oh? Does this injury fancy you?" he asked, raising his right arm. There were multiple burn marks on his arm, but it didn't hinder any of the snake man's movements. "A lot of this skin is cooked to the bone. It will be hell trying to replace all of that skin later on, but it's nothing significant to me. Kukuku…I guess that leaves you with little to take advantage of."

Orochimaru raised an eyebrow at Charizard. Again, the dragon didn't respond to his taught, which Orochimaru deemed unusual behavior for such a feisty dragon. 'He's planning something…' he thought.

Finally, after a long wait, Charizard flapped his wings, causing him to hover over the ground by a few inches. "Oh hoh? Are finally ready to fight?" asked Orochimaru, preparing his magic to combat against whatever Charizard had planned.

Blue flames surrounded the flying dragon as its magic began to grow immensely, surprising Orochimaru that Charizard still had this much magic left over. Ignoring the pain that coursed through its body Charizard slammed its fist into the ground with a massive war cry.

The ground shook as geysers of fire erupted out of the landscape, filling the sky with blue fire. The number geysers continued to increase in number as they made a beeline for the awaiting Orochimaru.

'So this must be it!' thought Orochimaru as he prepared to counter. However, he was surprised when the geysers suddenly changed direction, not growing in his direction anymore. Instead, blue fire erupted around him, encircling and trapping him in the middle of a shower of fire.

The ground beneath Orochimaru started to bulge, alerting Orochimaru of the incoming attack. Jumping off the ground while creating a multi-layered shield to protect himself from the massive, volcanic eruption of blue fire breaking through the ground and rocketed in the air, slowly melting through Orochimaru's enhanced barriers.

Thinking on his feet, Orochimaru created another magic circle under him. A gale of wind burst out of the seal, continuingly pushing him upwards and safely avoiding the hellish blue fire. Looking down at the scene, their battlefield was utterly destroyed, melted by the intense heat and was now a pool of lava. "That was unnecessarily powerful…" he muttered as he summoned his wings while recalling his magic circle. "Even with all of those injuries, he still had enough stamina to-

Suddenly, a blue rocket shot out of the flames and blitzed at Orochimaru. Orochimaru couldn't react fast enough as the blazing Charizard crashed into him, causing a massive explosion to occur in the air, knocking both Orochimaru and Charizard out of the air.

Before the black dragon crashed into the ground, Charizard flexed its wings outwards, using them as a wind brake and stopping his decent, only feet away from the ground. Landing on its two massive feet, Charizard sighed as he sat down, glad that the fight was over. The dragon strategically used its Blast Burn as a diversion while also absorbing the strength of the move to power-up his last attack, Flare Blitz.

Charizard could feel the poison really disturb his organs regular flow and knew he wouldn't last long.

"Stupid…human…" Charizard grunted with a huff, crossing his arms over his chest arrogantly, "I win and he lost. That's all that matters."

"Hohoho, so you can talk?"

Looking down at his chest, Charizard saw the sharp edge of Kusanagi sticking out, soaked in his black blood. Behind Charizard was Orochimaru's head coming out of a hole from the ground with Kusangi growing out of his mouth.

Orochimaru laughed menacing as he pulled Kusanagi out of Charizard's stomach, "You were entertaining for a while, dragon, but nevertheless, I am the victor."

Orochimaru watched as Charizard fell to his side, succumbing to his injuries. "You last move created a lot of caverns underground. While it was hot down there, I was able to navigate through it…and with that last attack of yours…"

Orochimaru's body slowly came out of the hole he dug out. Charizard's eyes widened in shock when he saw that only Orochimaru's top half of his body was intact, with snakes slithering out of his open stomach, "You could say that you've forced me to waste a lot of my magic…"

Kusanagi retreated into Orochimaru's mouth before two hands came from the inside of Orochimaru's mouth and gripped his lips. Pulling the skin back, a new Orochimaru grew out from the old, perfectly healthy. "Kukuku…" he laughed as he stepped out of his shed skin, "Thanks for the fight, dragon. I enjoyed myself." he said as he watched Charizard's body be enveloped by a blue light before disappearing.

"One [Pawn] of Tannin-sama has retired." said the announcer, his voice echoing throughout the dimension.

The [Pawn] of Orochimaru stretched his arms out, "You know what…I think I'll take my time regrouping with the others. This is a large dimension anyway, so I have an excuse." said Orochimaru, beginning his long stretch through the Dragon Mountains.

With the remaining members of Team Pickle Rick

"One [Pawn] of Tannin-sama has retired."

"What!" shouted Ryuga, jumping to his feet in shock, "How in the hell did we already lose someone?"

"Ah, it seems like Kisame, Orochimaru, or Hao won their battle." said Yoh, "Good for them…"

'The announcement said that it was a [Pawn] that retired…' thought Ryuga as he gritted his teeth, 'The only [Pawn] that left before anyone was Charizard! That idiot rushed out of base when the Rating Game started so he could take down as many opponents as possible first! That fuckin' dumbass!'

Ryuga's pointed ears twitched when it picked up the distant sound of wings flapping. Looking behind him, a large, shit-eating grin grew on his face as he watched four massive dragons flying towards him. "Hahaha!" Ryuga laughed, catching the attention of Naruto and his peerage members, "They're here! OOHOhhohoho! Now the action can start!"

A few seconds later, the dragons made landfall with two on Ryuga's right and the other two on his left. "About damn time, you imbeciles! What the hell took you so long?" questioned the white-haired boy.

"I was hoping they'd take care of you while we flew over." said a shining blue dragon. It was one of the two dragons that accompanied Tannin during Naruto's meeting with the Devil Council, Blue Eyes White Dragon; "You and Ridley are the most annoying dragons I've met in my life" said the dragon with an eye-roll.

"Shut the hell up!" shouted Ryuga with an animated large head, "I am the great Ryuga! I demand respect!"

"While you are strong, Ryuga, that doesn't make you the boss of us. Tannin is…it would be for your own good if your remember that." said a dragon Naruto was unfamiliar with. Said dragon's immensely muscular body was dark blue in color. It had a large mouth filled with razor sharp teeth, blood red eyes, and two large horns with golden rings. Around its wrist were also golden rings.

"You can shut hell up too, Blue Dragon!" Ryuga yelled with no remorse, "I can do whatever the hell I want!"

"Wait." said Naruto, interrupting the arguing dragons. Naruto covered his mouth, trying to hide his grin as he asked, "Your name is Blue Dragon?"

"Yes?" answered the large reptile, "What about it?"

"Pfft…..That's so lame…"

"What? There is nothing wrong with my name!" shouted Blue Dragon.

"Your name is literally what you are!" laughed Naruto, "That's like if my name was Blonde Devil! Hahhahaa!"

"It is kinda stupid…" Kuroka said, not as interested with the dragon's names like Naruto, but he did have a point.

"And you!" Naruto pointed to Blue Eyes White Dragon next. "Blue eyes…white dragon….Did your mothers not have any creativity when she was giving you names!" said Naruto, continuing his bit of laughter.

"Don't you dare talk about my mother! She loved me very much!" Blue Eyes White Dragon shouted.

"Heheh…." Blue Eyes glared at the dragon laughing next to him. It was the other dragon that accompanied Tannin during the meeting, Red Eyes B. Dragon. "That's kinda funny…"

"What are you laughing at, huh?" said Naruto, turning his attention to the laughing dragon, "Your name, if I remember correctly, is Red Eyes B. Dragon, right?"

"….Maybe…." muttered Red Eyes B. Dragon, not liking the fact that the joke circled around to him.

"And I bet you all the money in my pocket that the 'B' in your name stands for black!"

"…."

"…."

"…."

"…"

"….maybe…." Red Eyes B. Dragon said, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

"YOSH! Naruto-sama, you really showed them whose boss! said Lee, high-fiving his master.

"They really did it to themselves." said Naruto with a shrug, "I guess their mother's didn't love them enough to come up with better names…"

"Hey! You leave my mother outta this!" Red Eyes said with a snarl.

Ryuga snickered at Naruto, "That guy is pretty funny! I don't see how I haven't made fun of you three for your names."

"Now that I'm thinking about it….Blue Dragon isn't that original at all…." said Blue, "He didn't have to smoke us like that."

"Well, what about Giratina!" shouted Red Eyes, pointing to the only dragon that hadn't spoken yet. Said dragon was the biggest member of the group and gave off an evil, creepy vibe. Giratina was a unique dragon that was mainly gray with gold half rings circling the back of its long neck. Down its neck and stomach ran a vertical black stripe with red horizontal stripes. Its wings were what made Giratina stand out from the other dragons, which were pitch-black like shadows with red tips that looked like claws.

"I think Giratina is a cool name." said Yoh, getting a nod of agreement from both Yoh and Kuroka.

"Enough with this childish banter of names!" shouted Blue Eyes, "We came here to defeat you!"

"I guess are break is over…" Naruto said with a sigh as he stood from his stone chair, "Alright, how are we gonna go about this."

"Let me, Yoh, and Lee deal with these guys." said Anna, "You two still need to face Tannin himself and his unknown [Queen]." she said while pointing at both Kuroka and Naruto, "Wasting your stamina here will only put you at a disadvantage."

"It seems like I'll have to show them the power of my YOUTH!" yelled Lee, a fire of determination flashing in his eyes.

"Lee," Anna chopped the top of the Green Beast's head, causing him to cry out in pain, "These dragons aren't like the others. We'll have to take them seriously. As you are now, you won't be able to beat just one of them. While you fight, I'll watch your back."

"Uhh..sure….." said Lee, rubbing the bump on his head.

"And what about Yoh, nya? Kuroka asked, hiding her astonishment that Anna was actually talking. 'This is the most she's ever talked before, nya…Good for her…'

Anna glanced over to her husband. Feeling awkward at Anna's bland stare, Yoh started to sweat, "You want me to do something?"

"Me and you are lead. You support me. I support you."

Yoh raised an eyebrow at Anna's words, "Now that I'm thinking about it, we haven't fought together in a long time, huh?"

"So now is the time to show them what we've got." said Anna.

"While I do like this commanding side of yours, Anna," said Naruto, "Going up against 5 dragons is too risky, even for you three. Me and Kuroka will play it safe, shooting projectiles from afar…just wanna make sure everything is cool."

"We'll make sure those dragons don't hurt you guys, nya!" said the Nekoshou.

"No…go." said Anna, surprising everyone. The shaman had a determined look in her eye as she stared at her opponents that awaited them. "This is our fight…trust in your peerage members that they'll get the job done…and we shall…."

Naruto and Kuroka glanced at each other, not sure of what to say. After a while, the two said their goodbyes and summoned their wings, flying in the sky and distancing themselves from the soon to be war zone. On the ground, standing against 4 dragons and one smirking Ryuga, stood Anna, crossed arm with Yoh and Lee at her side. Her red bandana held down her hair as a small gust of wind blew through the open valley.

"Get ready, dwebs." said Ryuga with his cocky grin, "You all won't last against the likes of us."

"I'd say otherwise," Anna calmly stated, "and I'll use opportunity to defeat anyone not of member of my master's peerage."

A red bulge started to grow from Anna's forehead until it formed into a curved red horn. Behind Anna appeared a massive magic circle, surprising all of the dragons at its size. The seal slowly hovered from the ground into the sky, with the body structure of a large being come out of the seal. Once finished, the seal disappeared revealing a massive monster that was taller than even the dragons. Donned in his white shirt that had a menacing, glowing green face, and two iron cuffs on each wrist was Oh-Oni, Anna's third guardian spirit.

Looking up at the behemoth, Yoh's eyes widened in realization as he waved at the large ogre, "Yo, Oh-Oni! It's been a while!"

"Hello, Papa. It has been a while." turning his attention back to his summoner, Oh-Oni's green eyes locked onto Anna's form, "Hi, Mama."

"Hello, Oh-Oni. I have a mission for you. I will assist you to make sure our mission is successful." said Anna, not even turning around to look at her spirit.

"What mission?" he asked.

Anna pointed at the dragons standing on the other side of the valley, "Defeat them."

Team Anna (Anna [Bishop], Yoh [Knight], Lee [Rook])

vs.

Team Ryuga (Ryuga [Pawn], Blue Eyes White Dragon [Bishop], Red Eyes B. Dragon [Bishop], Blue Dragon [Rook], Giratina [Rook])

"It seems like they had some type of trump card amidst them." said Blue Eyes, staring daggers at the newly summoned Oh-Oni.

"Who cares!" shouted Red Eyes as a pool of dark red energy gathered at the center of his mouth, "I'd like to see if they can stop this! Inferno Fire Blast!" Red Eyes released a large, powerful orb of dark fire magic that radiated intense heat.

Withdrawing Harusame, Yoh usual lazy stature morphed, his eyes locking onto the approaching death orb with a seriousness he wasn't known for. A large amount of blue magic surrounded both Yoh's right arm and Harusame's entirety. Even with Red Eyes B. Dragon's attack only dozen of meters away and quickly approaching, Yoh remained calm, gathering energy until the time was right.

"Have at it, Yoh."Anna muttered to her fiancé.

Pulling back his headphones, the younger Asakura twin whispered, "Chou Senji Ryakuketsu –Mikazuki no Futsu…"

From the other side of the valley, Ryuga and the dragons were shocked to see Red Eyes large fire blast suddenly shrink. By the time the attack would have hit the group, the fireball had disappeared, and not a trace of its presence was detectable.

"What! What the hell was that?!" shouted Ryuga.

"Was that a spell…that nullifies magic? Blue Dragon asked.

Entering a run stance, Yoh looked over to Lee, "Let's go, Lee!" and disappeared in a burst of speed.

"YOUTH!" Lee shouted, his skin color turning red after immediately opening the third gate, Gate of Life, and following Yoh's lead.

Reacting to his battle instincts screaming for him to counter, Ryuga swiftly twisted his body and blocked Yoh's swing with the gauntlet on his hand. 'How the hell did he get behind me so quickly? He was just across the valley!' he though in shock, also noticing the strength in Yoh's swing.

He couldn't even counter Yoh because of the Green Beast flying right at him. "Dynamic Entry!" he shouted, kicking the unsuspecting Ryuga in his back, sending him flying.

"You go after him." Yoh muttered. Lee nodded and the two disappeared, avoiding a beam of blue light coming from Blue Eyes White Dragon.

"Damn…they're quick." he muttered, trying to locate where the two went.

Blue Dragon was the first to spot Yoh, landing back on the ground not too far away. "Got you." he said with a flap of his wings, speeding his way towards the Asakura.

However, he was met with a face full of fist as Oh-Oni, knocking Blue Dragon into the side of the wide valley. "Don't touch Papa." the behemoth said with a snarl.

Red Eyes and Blue Eyes entered the air, flying over Yoh and Oh-Oni and rained two powerful shots of fire and light magic at the duo. Oh-Oni blocked the approaching beams with his huge palms, saving Yoh from utter destruction.

"That blue one uses light magic!" Yoh shouted to Lee and Anna. Anna nodded, making sure to prioritize targeting Blue Eyes White Dragon the most. Light magic was bane of all Devils. One clear shot from Blue Eyes could spell the end for them.

"Yosh! I understand!" Lee shouted, dodging a punch from Ryuga and replying with one of his own. However, Ryuga was surprisingly strong; able to catch Lee's punch was ease. "Pathetic." he said with a wicked grin. The fingerless-gauntlet on Ryuga's arm charged to life with purple lightning dance around his arm. Releasing Lee's fist, a charge shot of lightning burst from the gauntlet and hit Lee square in his chest, lighting his body up with electricity.

"You aren't ready to face an opponent of my level!" Ryuga yelled with arrogance as he kicked Lee away, knocking him into the middle of the battlefield.

Landing on the ground, Lee tried to recover, the powerful shock left the young [Rook] disoriented, making him available for Red Eyes B. Dragon to swoop down and try to bite Lee in half with his sharp teeth.

He was saved by Goki, one of Anna's main shikigami guards. The red shikigami had his axe's handle in his mouth as he used his hands to pry Red Eyes' mouth open. "Thanks, Goki." said Lee, slowly regaining feeling in his body.

An increase of heat in Red Eyes B. Dragon's mouth alerted Goki that the dragon was about to launch another fire attack. Pushing Red Eyes away, Goki created some distance for Zenki, Anna's other shikigami guard, to jump in with his shield, blocking the close-range fire blast, which exploded around the trio.

Jumping out of the smoke, Goki grabbed his axe and planned on slicing Red Eyes B. Dragon's chest open with one swing. Red Eyes read his opponent, catching the blade between both of clawed palms. "Thought ya' had me?"

"Please…" Yoh suddenly appeared underneath the black dragon and finishing what Goki started by slashing at him with Harusame and disappearing again, leaving Red Eyes shocked that Yoh actually cut through his tough scales.

'I'm not heavily injured, but that was too close.' he thought as he flew away, dodging Zenki, who tried to follow up Yoh's attack with a powerful punch to his damaged stomach. While it wasn't much, Red Eyes B. Dragon's stomach was bleeding slightly, proving that Harusame sliced through his tough armor. 'He's dangerous…'

Dodging the rain fire of yellow-laser bullets coming from one airborne Blue Dragon, Yoh blitzed his way back over to Oh-Oni, who was fighting Blue Eyes White Dragon. While Oh-Oni was a physical behemoth, he didn't have any long range attacks to hit Blue Eyes, who was a fair distance away from the oni. The only thing Oh-Oni could do was block and slap away all of Blue Eyes' sky attacks, an unfavorable position for the ogre.

Jumping on Oh-Oni, Yoh ran up his body, jumping from limb to limb until he was on top of his head. "Papa?" said the giant, confused by Yoh's action.

"Just gonna use your head as a foot stool for a second." Yoh said as he summoned his wings and jumped off Oh-Oni's head with all his strength, soaring through the air like a rocket. Using Harusame, Yoh slashed at Blue Eyes, shooting sharp blade projectile at the light blue dragon.

Blue Dragon came for his peerage member's aid, flying in front of the slash and taking it head on, his [Rook] capabilities allowing the dragon to receive the hit with no backlash. Blue Eyes flew underneath his partner and shoot a beam of blue light energy at Yoh, knowing that he had a good chance at hitting the boy.

However, the dragon was shocked when Yoh suddenly changed direction, as if he pushed off the air, and shot to the right, the blue stream of destruction missing him by a mile. 'How can he change his trajectory mid-air like that? Even with wings, a sharp turn like that is impossible."

The two airborne dragons received the shock of a lifetime when two large magic circles appeared over the duo and dropped two powerful lightning bolts on top of them. Both blue dragons roared in excruciating pain as they descended down to the ground.

From the ground, Anna watched as the two began their drop back to the ground, internally smirking that her attack went unnoticed.

The pain for the two dragons didn't stop there as Oh-Oni caught both dragons by their necks and slammed them into ground with monstrous strength. Oh-Oni proceeded to apply pressure, wanting to crush the dragon's throats or chock them until they retired.

His plan was working, but the sudden presence of Giratina, who hadn't done anything since the beginning of the battle, grew out of the ground between the trapped dragons and slammed into Oh-Oni's midsection. The unbearable pressure of Giratina's heavy body forced the ogre to release Blue Dragon and Blue Eyes White Dragon as he slammed into the ground behind him.

Giratina let out an ungodly shriek at Oh-Oni before gathering a ball of orange energy and then releasing it all at Oh-Oni's head.

It was Lee that speed towards Giratina and jumped at the dragon with a powerful kick that was strong enough to knock its head to the left, obliterating the ground next to Oh-Oni instead.

Giratina, not that fazed by Lee's kick, screeching again as it flew off Oh-Oni and merged with the ground again, appearing at the same spot he was watching the battle from.

"Thank you, annoying Lee." said Oh-Oni as he stood back up, facing the two blue dragons before him.

"Annoying?!" shouted Lee, "Why am I annoying to you!? This is the first time I've met you!"

"Mama's main thoughts about you are annoying and stupid. I'm just using what I've learned about you from her." he replied.

"Oh…" Lee slumped for a few seconds, but regained his posture, knowing this wasn't the time for games.

Red Eyes B. Dragon landed next to Blue Dragon and Blue Eyes, who had recovered from Oh-Oni and Anna's combined assault. "These guys are better than I thought." said Red Eyes, glaring daggers at their opponents. Goki, Zenki, and Yoh regrouped with the other two, so both teams were now at a standoff, waiting for a signal to resume. "That little one with the sword is a problem."

"Let me handle him." Blue Dragon said, "His sword attacks are something I can handle. You two focus on the big guy and the other bugs while Giratina continues with his surprise attacks."

Both Red Eyes and Blue Eyes agreed with Blue Dragon, "Then let's apply even more pressure!" Red Eyes shouted wickedly as he and Blue Eyes White Dragon both released to massive beams of fire and blue light energy at the Devils.

Goki and Zenki crafted a conjoined super shield to block the massive combination attack from the two dragons. Their shield cracked against the strength of the two blasts, but was able to withhold and protect the group from forced retirement.

So it was a surprise to see Blue Dragon fly out of the two conjoined beams and smash through the shield with ease, knocking Goki and Zenki into the ground. In his mouth was a growing ball of blue light that was ready to be released. "Fire Crisis!" he said while releasing the orb and shooting into at the group.

While they weren't directly hit since they tried to avoid the attack, Yoh and Lee got hit by the powerful explosion following Blue Dragon's attack, sending them flying in the process. Oh-Oni withstood the explosion and tried to attack Blue Dragon with brute strength, but was held back by Giratina, who snuck up behind him again and used its wings, which had transformed into shadow streams with red tips, and wrapped them around Oh-Oni's midsection. Slowly, Giratina tried to pull the struggling oni into the ground with him, pulling him away from the main battle.

'It moves using shadows!' Anna realized. She had been watching Giratina ever since it attacked Oh-Oni before, wondering how the phantom dragon appeared out of the ground without anyone noticing. 'Oh-Oni is in trouble.'

Now entering the battle herself, Anna walked towards her massive ogre summon with multiple magic circles behind her, releasing multiple magical beams at Giratina. The dragon shriek as it released Oh-Oni and retreated back into the shadows that covered the valley.

"Get back witch!" yelled Blue Eyes Dragon, his blue eyes glowing with power as he activated a spell.

Three light swords suddenly dropped out of the sky and impaled the ground around Anna, trapping her. She hissed as her skin was burnt from the angelic-like light coming from the swords. "My Swords of Revealing Light Spell will hold you there for a while. No need for you to get involved and causing more trouble."

"Let her go!" Oh-Oni shouted, his red skin and greed demon face on his shirt glowed in response to his anger and he ran at Blue Eyes White Dragon.

"Anna!" Yoh saw his fiancée' hurt look and his protective side instantly kicked in as he dashed towards her. However, it was Blue Dragon that dropped in front of him, cutting him off.

"Where do you think you're going?!" he said. Coating his claws with blue energy, Blue Dragon now had two swords replacing both hands, "While I am a [Rook], I still have the sword prowess of a [Knight]!" he said as he clashed against Yoh's Harusame.

"I don't have time for this!" he said jumped back from his clash with the dragon and used his insane speed to get to his fiancée. However, Blue Dragon surprised Yoh when he slammed his tail into Yoh's stomach, forcing a glob of blood out of Yoh's mouth and sending him flying, right into the valley.

"Yoh!" Anna shouted. She couldn't free herself from the light swords because the light was like acid to her Devil-skin.

Oh-Oni was a few meters away from the trapped Shaman, but Giratina's head popped out of the shadows in front of him with a fully charged Hyper Beam. With no restraint, Giratina released the powerful beam, easily blowing off Oh-Oni's right shoulder. With its work done, Giratina retreated back into the shadows and back to his original spot away from the fighting.

"No…" Anna said between gritted teeth as she watched her inner demon fall to the ground. Magic was escaping the massive ogre's open shoulder, so the giant covered the hole in his body with his other hand. 'Damn it, I can't send my magic to Oh-Oni to heal him because of these damn swords.'

"It's like your gift wrapped for me." said a voice behind Anna. The shaman's heart skipped a beat when Ryuga stepped to her right with a evil grin, "It would be very easy to retire you right now."

Anna balled her fist in anger at her uselessness, which only filled Ryuga with a sick glee. "Awwwww! Is the little girl mad that she can't do anything? Too bad!" he laughed, "I told you all that you'd regret waiting for my team members and now look at you…"

Ryuga's gauntlet brimmed with energy as lightning danced around his arm. Pointing it at Anna, Ryuga eyes gleamed with glee as he prepared to finish her off, "Seems like all that talk was for nothing! Be gone!"

In a split second, Yoh appeared in front of Ryuga, his face filled anger as he slammed his fist into Ryuga's face, "Get the hell away from her…." he growled.

Ryuga groaned as he rubbed his cheek, "What the fuck…I thought Blue was gonna take care of him…." Ryuga searched for Blue Dragon, wanting to know what went wrong. What he didn't expect to see was Blue Dragon on his knees, a river of blue blood flooding from all of Harusame-induced cuts.

"Too….fast….." the dragon muttered as he was engulfed in a blue light, his body disappearing.

"One [Rook] of Tannin-sama's peerage has retired." said the announcer.

"Wha…y-you…" Ryuga stuttered over his words as he studied Yoh's new look. A purple and white armor floated around the Asakura's shoulders, with his right arm encased in a gauntlet-styled arm. A giant three-fingered arm on his right held Harusame for him, increasing his range and length of attacks. In his left hand, Yoh held a new, small stone carved into the shape of a sword. Two hexagonal breastplates covered Yoh's left shoulder along with an apparatus armor panel with two spike panels on his back.

Ryuga stood on his feet, still holding his injured. He growled at Yoh, knowing that things just got harder for him. "So you get a little power up and now you think you will win? AAAHahahahah! You've gotta 'nother thing coming for ya, dumbass!"

Giratina upper body grew out of the shadows behind the smirking Ryuga and released a devastating Hyper Beam at Yoh. However, the younger Asakura brother disappeared without a trace.

Appearing behind the shadow dragon, Yoh slashed Giratina's back before disappearing again by pure speed, now underneath the dragon that suddenly felt a slight pain in its back. Slashing at the dragon's neck his time, Yoh reared Harusame back and suddenly knocked Ryuga away again with a strong kick.

"GArhHH!" he yelled as he bounced off of the ground a few times, "That damn swordsman!" he shouted

While Giratina wasn't hurt much by Yoh's slashes, he flinched somewhat, tilting his head back which changed the direction of his Hyper Beam. "Hey!" shouted Red Eyes, who was fight Lee, Zenki, and Goki alongside Blue Eyes, "We're doing something over here! Don't get in our way!"

Jumping next to Anna, Yoh's new armor slashed through the light swords, freeing his fiancée from the annoying prison. "Anna, are you alright?!" he asked with worry.

"No… but I'll be fine…" muttered the shaman. She winced as she expected her body, which was littered with burn marks from the heavenly light. "Damn, that light did a number on me."

"Shit…" Yoh muttered, a rare curse escape his lips. Giratina had vanished again, leaving the couple with a furious Ryuga.

"Stop fucking kicking me, you idiot!" said the teenager, "That shit hurts! Get 'em, Giratina!"

Suddenly, red eyes flashed from the shadows in front of Anna and Yoh. The shadows morphed into thick vines as they tried to catch the duo in their grasp.

Reacting instantly, Yoh picked up Anna and escaped with a burst of speed, appearing atop of the mountain on the right side of the valley. "Eh?" said Ryuga, trying to find where the two ran off to.

Yoh gently sat Anna on the ground while inspecting her injuries, "You're hurt…"

"I am." she replied, "But this is nothing. I have to continue."

"Are you sure? You can retire while we handle things here." suggested Yoh, "You don't need force yourself to fight, Anna."

"If I retire, you and Lee will get washed." she said with no remorse, not caring for her fiancé's feelings.

"Oh…" Yoh said with a deadpan stare, "Makes sense…"

"So I have to stay….I need to do more to win this fight." she said, slowly standing with her husband, looking down at the valley below. Her two shikigami along with Lee were getting pushed back by the combined efforts of Blue Eyes and Red Eyes while Ryuga watched in laughter at their suffering. "They need our help…"

As their backs were turned, the shadows behind them started to silently bulge from the ground, a pair of red eyes flashed dangerously at the two as the shadow morphed into Giratina's full body. His eyes gleamed with evil as he slowly manipulated the shadows around Yoh and Anna's ankles, holding them hostage…

"But first, let's deal with him…" said Anna plainly, alerting Giratina that she knew he was behind her. Suddenly, Oh-Oni, healed from his past injuries, reformed behind the phantom dragon and wrapped his massive arms around Giratina, trapping him in his powerful grip.

Giratina shrieked as he tried to escape into the shadows, but Oh-Oni's grip was something not even he could escape. "I'll deal with this thing. You go help Lee finish off the other two. I'm recalling Zenki and Goki to reserve my energy." she said as she summoned a magic circle. Reaching in it, Anna retrieved what looked like a few slips of paper, "Go." she said as she threw them in the air.

"GAAhh!" shouted Lee as his body roughly landed on the ground. He was just fighting against Red Eyes B. Dragon with Goki while Zenki held Blue Eyes White Dragon back, but the two shikigami's sudden disappearance allowed Blue Eyes to land a clean hit on the young [Rook], slamming him into the ground.

"Seems like your friends bailed on ya!" laughed Red Eyes as he released a fire blast at the downed Lee.

Lee pushed off the ground and prepared to dodge, but was surprised when Yoh appeared in front of him with an armor he hadn't known the [Knight] to have. "Chou Senji Ryakuketsu –Mikazuki no Futsu!" shouted Yoh.

Just as before, Red Eyes' massive fire ball of destruction disappeared into nothingness thanks to Yoh's spell. "Sorry about that, Lee." Yoh said as he prepared to fight the two dragons with his friends.

Blue Eyes and Red Eyes were about to engage the two dragons when, suddenly an explosion occurred atop of the mountain to their left. "What! What happened up there?!" shouted Red Eyes in confusion.

Anna stepped towards the edge of the drop off, looking down at the dragons below. "You're friend thought he could sneak up on me. Bad idea." she said as she waved a few pieces of paper in her hand, "I call them paper bombs….something I learned from my [King]."

Hearing groaning behind her, Anna checked to check just how much damage her paper bombs dealt to the defensive dragon. Narrowing her eyes in annoyance, she noticed that while her bombs did hurt Giratina, the damage was hardly noticeable as the phantom dragon continued to struggle against Oh-Oni, who was hurt more from the explosion of the paper bombs than the intended target. "Throw him." she demanded.

Using his insane strength, Oh-Oni threw the heavy dragon in the air. Summoning multiple magic circles, Anna let loose a barrage of magical blast all centered at the phantom.

Giratina was prepared, however, as he countered them all with a wave of his powerful Hyper Beam, annihilating anything close to massive dragon.

"Woah!" Lee said as he watched the intense battle up above.

"Focus, Lee." said Yoh, snapping Lee out of his awe, "Our battle is here."

"Right!" he said, entering his usual battle stance as the two Devils faced off against the two dragons.

"You think you can beat us!" shouted Blue Eyes, arrogance evident in his tone. "You two are just third-rate Devil on a fourth-rate peerage! You should count yourselves lucky you've made it this far!" A green magic spell appeared in front of Blue Eyes as he shouted, "Mystical Space Typhoon!"

A strong wind filled the valley as a large, blue tornado came from sealing. The wicked storm travel towards the two Devils, destroying everything in its path.

Yoh and Lee disappeared in the blink of an eye, using pure speed to avoid being sucked into the dangerous storm. Red Eyes caught Lee running up to his side and slashed at the approaching boy with his needle like claws. Lee was quick enough to dodge the blow and move into Red Eyes' midsection, kicking him with an immense amount of strength.

Meanwhile, Blue Eyes was washing the area with his Burst Stream of Destruction, trying to Yoh, who was moving as fast as a missile, seemingly running in the air. Pushing off the air, Yoh changed trajectory and now dropped to the ground while Blue Eyes' was still shooting his energy in the air. Seeing the opening, Yoh teleported at Blue Eyes with the intent of slashing it open with Harusame, but a multitude of shining swords dropped from the ground, blocking Yoh's way of attacking the dragon.

Switching tactics, Blue Eyes White Dragon's claws were coated with lightning as he pointed them at Yoh, "Raigeki Break!" he shouted as whips of lightning shot after the retreating Yoh.

Summoning his wings, Yoh darted off in the air, changing direction ever few seconds to avoid being shocked with the dragon's powerful lightning. Kicking off of the air, Yoh avoided another stream of lightning while blocking another with a magical shield. Flipping his body and kicking the air above him, Yoh abandoned his shield when all the streams of lightning targeted and destroyed his shield. Yoh slashed at the air with Harusame, shooting multiple magic blade projectiles at Blue Eyes.

The dragon's eyes narrowed at Yoh as he blocked all of the projectiles with a large shield he made. Watching Yoh's unusual movements in the air, it slowly made sense to the dragon as to how Yoh was moving such a way. 'I see…He's not pushing off of the air to change trajectory at impossible angles…he's creating platforms underneath his feet with earth elemental magic to jump off of! That's how he can pull of the illusion of being able to walk on air!'

He was knocked out of his thoughts when Red Eyes B. Dragon suddenly crashed into Blue Eyes, the two tumbling to the ground beneath them. "What are you doing, Red Eyes!" shouted Blue Eyes as he winced at the weight of his partner.

Lee appeared over the black dragon, now in the fourth gate, Gate of Pain. "Reverse Lotus!" the red-skinned [Rook] shouted as he smashed his right foot into Red Eyes stomach.

Black blood escaped out of the dragon's mouth as his bones cracked under the pressure of Lee's physical strength. "ARRgGGHHH!" roared Red Eyes. Even with all the pain racking through his body, the black dragon locked onto Lee, whose foot was still implanted into his chest. With a slash of his long claws, Red Eyes cut open Lee's body, blood flying everywhere as he knocked the [Rook] of him.

Lee yelled out in pain as he hit the ground. His stomach was sliced open along with his upper chest. "This…..hurts….." he said between gritted teeth as he tried to hold back his howls of pain.

"Lee!" Yoh jumped in front of Lee's downed body and slashed through another one of Blue Eyes White Dragon's Burst Stream of Destruction, which would have surely forced Lee's retirement. Blue Eyes, while still underneath his partner's body, had a good look of Lee and decided to act upon it. 'This guy's speed is incredible!'

Looking back at the Green Beast, Yoh winced at Lee's injuries, knowing he would need immediate medical attention. "This isn't good…" Yoh muttered as he glared at the dragon that did this to his friend.

However, another surprise greeted Yoh's eyes as Giratina dropped down into the valley and landed onto the other two dragons. The phantom dragon, his body lathered with injuries, roared as he dropped on top of the other two dragons.

Standing atop of the valley was Oh-Oni, who had recovered from Anna's explosion and was the one that threw Giratina down into the valley below. "Good riddance." said Oh-Oni with one final glare as he disappeared, his work now done.

"Gahh! Why the hell am I at the bottom!?" Blue Eyes yelled in anger as Giratina's extra didn't help his predicament.

"Yoh!" Looking up in the sky, Yoh saw his wife high the air with a massive green ball of magic hovering over her, "Get Lee and get out of there now!"

Taking heed to his wife's warning, Yoh grabbed Lee and summoned his wings, flying out of the valley with haste. 'She's about to do something big…' thought Yoh as he made sure to fly out of the soon to be destroyed valley.

Anna glared at the three fallen dragons with unprecedented hatred. "You three have annoyed me to my limits. This ends now…." she muttered, her red horn glowing with power as she sent the massive power ball of energy down to the ground.

Groaning, Giratina rolled off of Red Eyes, which allowed him to get off of Blue Eyes. "Finally…" muttered Blue Eyes as he pushed himself off the ground.

"Hey, what's that thingy up there?" asked Red Eyes, pointing to the glowing green ball of energy that illuminated the entire valley.

Giratina released a panicked screech at the sight of Anna's incoming death ball. Analyzing the surrounding area, Giratina couldn't find any shadows to escape in because of the massive orb lighting up the valley. Giratina groaned as the light blinded the phantom dragon.

"Ohh…shit…" muttered Red Eyes B. Dragon and Blue Eyes White Dragon as the orb made contact with the valley walls, exploding on contact.

Yoh flew over to Anna with Lee in his hands as he watched what could only be considered carnage as the entire valley, along with the two mountains that formed the valley were destroyed, erased from the landscape as the explosion ate through everything in range. Yoh stared at the ruined terrain with wide eyes as what was once a valley-turned battlefield was now what looked like the landing zone of a giant crater.

"Two [Bishop]s and one [Rook] of Tannin-sama's peerage has retired." said the announcer, his voice stretching throughout the dimension.

'Even though they were injured, Anna just forced the retirement of three dragons!' he thought in both fear and astonishment. Glancing at his wife, who was checking her nails as if nothing had happened, Yoh's heart dropped to his ass as a sudden realization hit him like a ton of bricks. 'Holy shit! I have to marry this woman!'

"Why are you looking at me like that?" asked Anna, back to her usual monotone self.

Yoh jumped, not realizing that he was staring at Anna, "Uhhh…no-nothing, Anna! You did a great job!" he said.

"Of course, I did." she said. Yoh's eyes widened in astonishment when Anna looked at him, revealing her smiling face, "As the strongest member of Naruto-sama's peerage, why would you expect less of me?"

Yoh returned Anna's smile with his own, "Right…" he replied.

"How's Lee?" she asked, glancing at the young Devil in Yoh's arms.

"uHhhhhhh…." Lee's eyes were swirled as he tried to visualize what was going on around him, only to see a blur, "Did we…..win?" he asked drunkenly.

Yoh grimaced, taking in the sight of the large amount of blood leaking out of Lee. "This isn't good. He hasn't acted like this since the time he drank to many protein shakes. You can heal him though, right?" he asked his fiancé with hope.

"I can heal him, but he's lost too much blood." Anna said, studying Lee's gruesome injuries, "He's in no condition to fight any longer."

"Nnooo…..I can figghhhhhhhhhtttttttttttttttttttttt…" Lee slurred out, clearly not at the right state of mind because of his blood lost.

Deciding to end the [Rook]'s misery, Anna chopped Lee at the back of his neck, effectively sending the boy to dreamland. Lee's body glowed blue before disappearing, recalled back to the Underworld to be healed.

"One [Rook] of Naruto-sama's peerage has retired." said the announcer.

"Whelp, I guess we should go see if Naruto-sama and Kuroka need any help." said Yoh.

"No." she said as she stared at the ground, noticing a certain white haired boy on his knees in the middle of the crater she created, "We still have one person we need to get rid of."

Descending to the ground, the couple landed softly as they took in the sight of Ryuga slamming his fist into the dirt, whispering curse. Anna crossed her arms, clearly annoyed that Ryuga hadn't got caught by her attack and retired him. "Give up. You're team is gone. It won't be long until the others we left come here regroup. You should retire now to avoid being slaughtered by my hand."

Ryuga's body shook as he slowly rose from the ground. "You bitch…" he said, facing the duo. His eyes glowed purple as his anger continued to increase, "You think…..you think you've won?"

"I know we have won." Anna answered without hesitation, "I have more than enough energy to fight you. Along with my husband relatively unharmed, you have no chance in defeating us both, idiot. Retire now."

Purple energy slowly swirled around the tan-skinned boy, his hair rising as a ominous wind suddenly swirled around his body. His oversized white-shirt flapped behind him as the wind speeds increased. Small sparks of lightning danced around his body as his power kept increasing. Clenching his fist, Ryuga shot the shaman the deadliest glare he could muster, his eyes flashing purple. "You really….think…that you've won…" he said between gritted teeth.

"Yes." Anna answered, annoyed that he asked the same question again.

"Heh…..hehehe….." Ryuga chuckled, "Hehehehe…hehehheh! HEEHhaaahahah! AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!" he laughed as his power swirled around him. The sky darkened as clouds formed over them, blanketing in darkness. However, Ryuga acted as at light source as his purple energy shot into the air, piercing through the clouds. "YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME! HAHAHAHAHA! HILAROUS!"

Ryuga's shit-eating grin grew as he stared at the calm couple, "You defeated them….those fucking imbeciles!...but you didn't defeat me…Do you know who I am? I am-

"The great Ryuga…" said Yoh, rolling his eyes, "We've heard you say it before and, honestly, it's starting to get old. Listen, can't we just do this some other day? The new season of Black Mirror is out and I haven't watched the first episode is out. I heard that it's crazy."

Suddenly, all of Ryuga's power vanished as he stared at the lazy Asakura in shock. "Wha...what did you just ask me?"

"I asked if we can do this some other day." Yoh said, cleaning out his ear with his finger, "You'd understand if you've watched Black Mirror before. Really, some crazy shit goes on in that show. That one guy put his girl's conscious in a teddy bear…." he said as he flicked his finger of any gunk and rubbed it on his pants, "Ew…"

"…." Ryuga was speechless as he stared he turned his sights to Anna, who only shrugged.

"It is a good series." she answered with her same monotone voice.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…sooooooooo, can I go home now-

"OF COURSE YOU CAN'T LEAVE!" Ryuga shouted, his power output returning in full force as his purple aura shot into the sky. Multiple lightening strikes shot down to the ground as Ryuga's eyes were enveloped as his rage only increased by Yoh's lazy attitude, "HOW DARE YOU DISGRACE ME, THE GREAT RYUGA, AS TO SKIPPING OUR FIGHT JUST SO YOU CAN WATCH TELEVISION?! I DON'T CONDONE OF SUCH STUPIDITY!" he shouted as his power spiked again. The grounded beneath him peeled away as he was overcome with his purple aura and lightning. As his power increase, Ryuga's purple aura was starting to mix with a new aura, which red like fire.

The wasteland was overrun with random lightning strikes and strong winds, all resulting in Ryuga's power. "TO THINK THAT YOU WOULD ANGER ME TO THE POINT OF REVEALING MY TRUE POWER! YOU THINK YOU CAN DISRESPECT ME WITH SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES!"

'Maybe…' Yoh thought with a sweat drop.

"ah-YOU IDIOT! I BET YOU THINKING YOU WERE!" the teenager with an obvious anger problems as he saw Yoh's face, "I SHALL DESTROY ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING THE REST OF YOUR PEERAGE MEMBERS ONCE I'M FINISHED WITH YOU! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?"

Ryuga's body was enveloped with purple and red light as the sky continued to rain down lightning strikes. Anna eyes widened as she jumped in front of Yoh, creating a magic shield around them as the power centered at where Ryuga previously was exploded, steadily increasing the damage done to the fake Dragon Mountains.

'Shit….' Anna thought as she recalled her magic once things had calmed down. Dust was everywhere, limiting her field of vision. "Are you alright, Yoh?" she asked, wanting to make sure her fiancée was safe.

"Yup." he said as he looked around, "Wow. Seems like he really got angry."

"You really had to ask him if we could fight some other time?" she said with an accusing deadpan stare.

"H-hey! You kinda agreed when you said that Black Mirror was a good series!" he countered.

Anna sighed at her lover's antics as she summoned a basic magic circle. A cyclone of wind blew out of the seal, clearing the area of the dust limiting their vision. "There he is…" she muttered as she looked up at their transformed opponent.

High in sky was Ryuga, who had transformed into a three-headed dragon. Each dragon's serpentine body was attached towards the bottom of their body, allowing them to move without the need of the other two complying. Each dragon was red in color with a fire sprouting out of their yellow eyes and from the shoulders of their small, clawed arms. An orange mane sat atop each dragon's head and continued down their backs. In the middle of their forehead was a glowing white gem, leaking with power. Even with their obvious affinity of fire because of their appearance, purple lightning danced around their bodies, just waiting to be released and fry their opponents.

The trio growled before releasing a powerful roar that could be heard throughout the dimension, "I AM THE GREAT METEO L-DRAGO DESTROYER, PROTÉGÉ OF TANNIN AND SUPREME RULER OF EVERYTHING!" the newly named L-Drago shouted as lightning from the skies striked behind him, adding to his already menacing appearance.

Anna groaned as she looked at Yoh, "This is all your fault. Now we have to deal with a three-headed fire/lightning dragon." she muttered with a face palm.

"Hehehe….whoops?" he laughed awkwardly with a head scratch.

Anna rolled her eyes at her husband before focusing on the task at hand. "You do have enough energy to fight, right?"

Yoh smirked as his armor appeared around him, "Sure do."

Anna raised an eyebrow at Yoh's armor, "I haven't seen that in a while. What did you call it again?"

"I wanted to have something like Hao's armor, so I created my own." Yoh said with a grin, "I call it 'Over Soul – Spirit of Sword: White Swan'. Sounds nice, huh?"

"Sure, copycat." she said as she readied her magic to face off against L-Drago.

The two turned to left when they heard a small thud. "Kukuku…seems like you two could use my assistance." said the newly arrived Orochimaru, recalling his wings while walking over to the two, "I felt a power spike and quickly made my way over. I didn't know what happened when I heard Lee's retirement."

"Glad to have you with us." Anna said with a nod, "How much magic do you have left?"

"About half." he answered, staring up at L-Drago, "My opponent was smarter than he looked. I underestimated him. However, with you two here, I supposed half is still a good amount to defeat….whatever that is."

"Looks like he's sick of waiting." Yoh said as L-Drago flew down at the group, "Let's go."

With Kisame and Drago

Drago roared in pain as he was slammed into the side of a small mountain, knocked back by three massive shark bullets created by Kisame, his opponent.

"Urh…..what power…" Drago couched out as he pulled himself out of the rocky wall. Ever since the start of the fight, the half shark demon had the upper hand as he absorbed all of Drago's attacks like they were nothing and countered with his water spells, Drago's main weakness. 'I underestimated him at the start of the battle, believing because of his size that I'd be able to overpower him, but this man is clearly overpowering me!'

"Looks like your hurt." said Kisame, exiting the smoke cloud his large-scale attacks made, "Good. That means you can't run away from me anymore….time for dinner…"

Drago's eyes widened as Kisame dragged Samehada, who was now three times bigger than Kisame because of all the magic the demonic sword absorbed from Drago. "Time to finish things up."

Drago eyes flashed with determination as he slammed his foot into the ground, summoning multiple magic circles on the ground, "I won't give up! I must protect Tannin-sama's legacy!" he roared as the magic circles erupted with hot fires.

Kisame walked through the fire pit, protecting himself and Samehada from the firestorm outside of the shield. "This idiot really thinks he can win…" Kisame chuckled evil as he continued to walk through the fire.

Believing that he was close enough, Kisame spun Samehada around, the sword's mouth now facing Kisame. "Good girl. Have you had your fill?"

The sword shrieked. Because of his long time relationship with Samehada, Kisame understood that the sword was still hungry. "Good. Let's finish this up so I can continue to look cool by defeating Tannin before that blonde idiot does. Now cough it up!"

Drago was confused as to what Kisame was talking about, and wasn't prepared when the sound of a cannon flooded through the mountains. From its mouth, Samehada spit out a small, black missile of concentrated energy. The missile tore through the ground with no mercy, the energy alone paving a way through the fire as it connected into the dragon's stomach.

Kisame watched as the massive explosion consumed Drago's body. His roars of pain couldn't be heard because of the thunderous sound of Kisame's attack exploding, permanently scaring the environment. "I'd say that would do it. Time to eat." Kisame said as he slammed his hands together. His mouth bulged before releasing large amounts of water. Crushing waves flooded the mountains, washing through the flames Drago's spell produced.

Drago, who was thoroughly weakened by Kisame's last attack, was surprised as half of his body was enveloped a mass of water, which was steadily increasing in size. "What is going on?" were the last words the dragon could muster as his body was fully submerged under the newly made body of water.

Being a dragon, Drago's would be able to hold his breath while under water thanks to his massive lungs. However, he could hardly move because of Kisame's last attack, weakening him immensely. 'How can I escape this blasphemous water?' he thought as he tried to swim through the water. Sadly, Drago's body wasn't meant for swimming, meaning he was stuck in what seemed like an endless body of water.

"Thanks for offering yourself for me…" said the familiar voice of Kisame. To his left, Drago saw the shark demon, now literally looking like a demonic shark. Gone was Samehada as the sword merged with its master. Kisame's cloak was gone, allowing his fin like arms free mobility in the water. His hands were now webbed, and a long tail swishing behind the shark. "This is my true form. With it, I'll shave you of all your magic and then go off to defeat Tannin! Hahah!" he laughed as he engaged the weak dragon with a hunger, sharp scales growing out of Kisame's fins.

Kisame shredded through Drago's armor-like scales like they were nothing as he started his deadly dance within the water, slicing Drago in one area and swimming away before coming back to repeat. Because of his morphed body, Kisame was able to move faster than ever before in the dense water, leaving Drago a dying mess as his magic continued to be devoured by the hungry shark demon effortlessly. 'Forgive me, Tannin-sama…for I have failed you…' were Drago's last thoughts as he lost consciousness, Kisame draining him of all his magic.

"One [Knight] of Tannin-sama's peerage has retired." said the announcer as Drago's body disappeared from the Rating Game dimension.

Kisame's grin was at is maximum potential as he adjusted to all of the magic he stole from Drago. "This is fucking amazing! I've never been this full before!"

In his head, Kisame could hear Samehada shrieking in agreement. "Heheh! Because ate so much magic, I may have to release some of it just as a precaution!"

As he said this, he heard a massive explosion coming from the north, the same direction the others flew off to find Tannin's other peerage members. "Whelp, looks like I know where I'm going."

The gigantic water bubble Kisame created lost its shape, flooding the rocky terrain. Kisame, still in his shark mode, used some of the water to create a water shark, in which he entered. "I can't let them have all the fun without me!" he shouted as he swam off, his water bubble following his every movement.

With Naruto and Kuroka

Descending to the ground, the [Queen] and [King] duo retracted their wings as they made land fall. "Seems like we've made it." said Naruto, staring up at their opponents.

Standing at the edge of a cliff side was Tannin, the Ultimate-Devil/Dragon hybrid himself, in all his glory. No longer was he in his miniature form, Tannin stood tall like a tower, his reptilian-body packed with muscle under his armor-like scales.

"From where I'm standing," said Tannin, his deep voice reverberating through the mountains, "I'd say you're the lizard now, Naruto Bael."

Naruto chuckled, "Yea, yea…You've got me in the size department, but don't think that because you're bigger than me that this will be an easy fight."

"I'd never underestimated an opponent." Tannin said, jumping off of his perched landing on equal ground with Naruto, his feet smashing through the sturdy ground with ease. "To think after all of those years trying to open that damned chest, it was an blonde idiot trapped in it this whole time."

"I'd like to thank you for keeping me safe all those years, even though you didn't know it at the time." said Naruto, "I guess now is the time to repay you with the fight of your life."

Tannin smirked, crossing his arms over his massive chest. "Have you met my [Queen]? He's been waiting for you to come here."

A screech came from out of Tannin's cave, causing both Naruto and Kuroka to stare at its entrance. Out of the dark cave flew out a long, green, serpentine-like creature. The dragon had red-tipped, rudder-like wings on its shoulders and down its body, and similarly patterned finds on the tip of its tail. It had two limbs with three-clawed hands, and two long, flat horn-like structures on its head, with two shorter horns along its jawline. Finishing the dragons physical appearance were its small, yellow eyes with black pupils, prominent pink gums, and two discernible fangs in its upper jaw.

Naruto and Kuroka covered their ears as the dragon roared at an ungodly volume. Finishing its display of pure dominance and intimidation, the dragon landed next to Tannin, sitting up with a height greater than Tannin. "This is Rayquaza, one of my closest friends. He was the first dragon to follow me into the Underworld for our species survival."

"Awww, how nice." said Naruto. He then pointed to Kuroka, "And this is my [Queen], Kuroka, one of the most important people to me….she joined me because she didn't have anything better to do."

'Wow…what a great introduction…' thought the Nekoshou with a sweat drop. "Uh..Hiya!" Kuroka said to the two dragons with a wave.

Tannin hummed in thought, staring at Kuroka suspiciously before glancing at Naruto. "Wait a second…" he said, confusing to [Queen]/[King] duo. Tannin glanced back at Kuroka before saying, "Didn't you say when I first met you that what was in that box was your future husba-

"NYAYAYAYA! Let's just start the fight! No need to keep waiting, nyayaya!" Kuroka laughed awkwardly, silently cursing her past self.

"I do want to get this started with! I've been itching to fight someone like Tannin." said Naruto with a devilish grin.

"Then let us start, Naruto Bael!" shouted Tannin, "Show me why you had the confidence challenging an Ultimate-Class Devil and a Top 10 peerage!"

Naruto Bael, Full-Blooded High-Class Devil, [King] and Kuroka, Half-Blooded Low-Class Devil, [Queen]

vs.

Tannin, Half-Blooded Ultimate-Class Devil, [King], and Rayquaza, Half-Blooded High-Class Devil, [Queen]

The sky above their battleground was riddled by magic circles, all made by the purple dragon [King]. From the circles came forth massive, flaming meteors, threatening to smash anything under them. Rayquaza quickly took flight as well, flying above the battlefield and releasing a large ball of blue light, static jumping around the massive orb as it descended towards the Devils.

"Kuroka, deal with Rayquaza." ordered Naruto, calling forth his legendary Power of Destruction. Focusing his energy into his hand, a small orb of destruction pulsed with power as he shot it at one of the approaching meteors.

Making contact with the massive rock, the explosion inhaled the giant rock, erasing its existence as if it was never made. Naruto continued his assault, shooting multiple orbs of destruction at Tannin's meteors, effortless destroying them with minimum effort.

A dark aura appeared underneath Kuroka as she started a spell with her Youjutsu. Dark kanji appeared in front of her as she chanted a powerful spell. A large magic circle grew behind her and Naruto and released an orange ball of energy, crashing into Rayquaza's attacked and piercing through it, headed straight for the airborne dragon.

Using his agility, Rayquaza easily dodged the orange ball, but had to continuing moving as the orange ball of power continued following him.

Tannin, taking the offensive released a flood of angry flames, bathing the area with no place to dodge. "Counter this, Bael!" he shouted as he amped up his power, increasing the amount and intensity of his flames.

Kuroka calmly stepped in front of Naruto, creating a blue shield that encircled them. Green magic circles circled around the shield's exterior as the flames crashed into her shield, protecting the duo from a fiery death. "So do we have a plan or are we just attacking head on, nya?" she asked her longtime friend.

"There's no point trying to attack Tannin with brute strength." said Naruto, watching the deadly flames outside of Kuroka's barrier circle around them, "His scales are like armor. Any type of kick or punch wouldn't even tickle him. It's best to stick with magical attacks. That other dragon, however, doesn't seem to have as thick of skin like Tannin. I could knock it around for sure. I'll move in when the opportunity presents itself. For now, let's just have some fun."

Nodding in agreement, Kuroka recalled her barrier once Tannin's flames ceased. The duo was greeted to the sight of a quickly approaching Rayquaza, still running away from Kuroka's previous attack.

"This seems like an opportunity of you ask me!" Naruto shouted, jumping at Rayquaza. His hand was quickly enveloped in red aura and formed into the arm of his Golem of Destruction. With a battle cry, Naruto smashed his enlarged fist into Rayquaza's snout, forcing his head into the ground below.

The Bael immediately switched from offense to defense as he summoned a magic shield at his right, blocking Tannin's monstrous kick. While his shield held sturdy, the force exerted upon it kicked Naruto in the air, sending him flying.

'Woah…' thought Kuroka as she blocked Tannin's fire breath with another magic circle as she watched Naruto's flying body, 'That's a lot of strength…one hit by that and we wouldn't survive.'

Focusing back on the battle, Kuroka glared at Tannin as she gained control on the stray ball of energy that was closing in on Rayquaza. Mentally changing its direction, the orange ball curved upwards and hit Tannin's face, exploded on contact.

"Gah!" Tannin said as the force knocked him back a few steps. Kuroka didn't stop there, using her mastery of Senjutsu to manipulate the landscape, raising the ground at the same spot where Tannin would step.

Surprised by the change in elevation, Tannin tripped on the raised platform and fell on his back, leaving his chest open to a barrage of icy magical streams of energy.

Far in the air was Naruto with a blue magic circle hovering over his hand, "That's what you get, lizard." he muttered as he flew back to the battle, shooting bolts of destruction at the two dragons.

Rayquaza, to Kuroka's surprise, slithered into the ground, escaping Naruto's firestorm of destruction bolts while Tannin blocked them all with his armor-like exterior. Rayquaze burst out of the ground behind Kuroka with a fully charged Hyper Beam, ready to plow through any defense the cat girl was sure to conjure.

Not even turning around, Kuroka created a magic circle behind her and matched the powerful beam with one of her own. The two beams clashed, one not easing up on the other. Kuroka's magic circle suddenly produced two new magical beams, one striking underneath the dragon's chin and the other in his midsection.

Rayquaza cried out in pain before swiveling away, spinning around the large beams and descending into the ground. Naruto landed next to Rayquaza's hole. "Catch him!" he ordered his [Queen] before shooting a red blast of destruction down into the whole.

The serpentine dragon was slithering through the ground with no problems until the ground tightened around him, exerting pressure around Rayquaza to the point of immobilizing him. Behind him, the dark cavern was illuminated as Naruto's Power of Destruction filled the hole.

The ground beneath Kuroka and Naruto bulged because of the explosion happening a few meters below. "He won't be coming back outta there for a while." said Naruto, now able to focus his full attention on Tannin, who was right on top of them with a fist aimed at the smaller Devils.

Both [Queen] and [King] defended with a combined magic barrier, but it still cracked under the raw force of the Ultimate-Class Devil. With another punch of his massive fist, their barrier was destroyed, leaving them wide open to Tannin's fire breath.

"Damn it!" Naruto shouted as he countered with a continuous blast of his PoD, Kuroka backing him with a torrent of black flames.

Their feet cracked the grounds below them as they continued their power struggle against Tannin's Dragon Flames. Naruto grunted as Tannin began to push them back. 'We need another way to fight back…'

"I need to attack his back." Naruto suggested as Tannin continued his display of dominance, "You focus on his front. He's too slow to fight us both off at the same time."

Kuroka hissed as the heat started to become unbearable. Tannin's flames were slowly getting closer and scorched the ground around them. "How do you plan on getting there? We're literally about to be fried, nya. I can't strengthen my attacks with Senjutsu because this heat is making it impossible to concentrate."

Naruto sighed, "Fuck it…" he muttered as he summoned a blue magic circle under his feet. Ice danced along the ground, growing at a quick rate as it made its way towards the unsuspecting Tannin. The ice was when he noticed a cold feeling around his bottom half did he notice half of his body was covered in a layer of ice.

"What's this?" Tannin said as the nice was now up to his neck. It couldn't grow any further because of the intense heat of the flames coming from his mouth, but it was still any annoyance to the dragon.

The small distraction was all Naruto needed as he coated himself in red. His Power of Destruction sounded him, changing shape until he was now fully consumed in his Golem of Destruction. Continuing his outpour of magic, Naruto forced his way off the ground and through the river of fire, his protective armor annihilating any flame hitting against it.

Shooting out of the torrent of flames, Naruto flew at Tannin face and slammed his fist into the dragon's face, forcing him back. "Let's go, Tannin!" shouted Naruto, circling around to Tannin's back and firing a barrage of red rockets of destruction.

Kuroka, now able to concentrate without worry, summoned a massive array of magic circles, stretching dozens of meters on either side of the cat girl. "Stupid dragon, nYaA!" she shouted hundreds of magical blast shot from all of the magic circles, connecting to Tannin's front.

Breaking through the ice that covered his body, the purple dragon crossed his arms over his chest to block the incoming blast. Tannin grunted as the massive outpour of magic pushed him back, along with explosions following. The power of Kuroka's magic knocked Tannin off his feet, throwing him into the air.

"Whoa!" shouted Naruto as he dodged the flying dragon "Maybe that's too much power, Kuroka?" he said as he watched Tannin crash into the ground.

"No such thing, nya!" she said as dark kanji formed in front of her. A black magic circle with blue flames grew behind her as she targeted a specific spot at the ground.

Suddenly, Rayquaza burst out of the rocky earth, only to be met with a blast of blue flames. Rayquaza screeched as he ignored the pain and flew out of the ground. He was about to attack Kuroka with another powerful Dragon Pulse, but Naruto appeared behind Rayquaza, grabbing the back of his head with his golem's hand. "Let's go on a trip, huh?" said Naruto and he brought the dragon back down and slamming his head into the ground. With a strong grip, Naruto continued his flight, sliding Rayquaza's head through the rough ground.

"You pesky little shits!" said Tannin, forcing himself back on his feet and running through Kuroka's magic blast. Rearing his fist back, Tannin tried to smash the cat girl under his gigantic knuckles, but Kuroka escape, flying away from the massive dragon while continuing to blast the dragon with her powerful magic.

Sick and tired of all the annoying blast, Tannin roared out flames, burning through all of the incoming attacks and destroying the wall of magic circles with their intense heat. Kuroka blocked a column of fire with a magic shield as she created some distance between the two.

'He doesn't know how to stay down!' she though in anger as she snapped her fingers. 5 large scaled magic circles grew behind her, all colored differently. From them grew massive elemental dragons. Each dragon roared at Tannin down below before blitzing towards him with insane speeds.

"These are nothing!" Tannin said, awaiting the dragons the approaching beast. Taking the earth dragon head first, Tannin slammed his fist into its head. The earth dragon's body cracked until it was utterly obliterated by Tannin's strength, rocks flying everywhere as a result.

Switching gears, the wind and fire dragon didn't attack Tannin, confusing the Ultimate-Class Devil. Instead, the two circled around Tannin, combining together and doubling in size. Tannin was trapped inside of a tornado of fire as the last two dragons, which were lightning and water based, entered the eye of the storm and slammed on the top of Tannin's head, the water from aqua dragon on adding onto the damage from the lightning dragon as the following explosion devouring Tannin's body.

"Time to put the cherry on top, nya!" Kuroka said with an evil glint in her golden orbs. Commanding the ground to do her biddings, two large walls of earth grew on both sides of Tannin's body. With a snap of her fingers, the walls closed in on each other, smashing Tannin and the explosion in the middle.

Kuroka continued this process three more times, effectively burying the Ultimate-Class Devil under layers of rock. "Oh, Naruto!" she called out to her [King] who was battling Rayquaza in the air.

"I've gotcha." said Naruto, palming Rayquaza under his chin with the added force of a sphere of Power of Destruction, heavily injuring the serpentine dragon while sending him flying. Recalling his Golem of Destruction, the blonde Bael created a red ball of energy in his right hand, concentrating on adding more power to the growing ball of energy. "This is gonna be a big one, Kuroka!" he shouted at his [Queen] before throwing the small orb at the buried Tannin.

Erecting a multi-layered barrier, Kuroka watched as the small ball exploded on contact, mimicking a nuclear bomb making landfall as everything was obliterated by the blast. The height of the explosion rivaled that of some of the neighboring mountains. The powerful shockwave alone ripped through the ground where Kuroka safe watched inside of her barrier, even though all of the dirt and flying rocks blocked all possible visibility.

Rayquaza roared at the scene below, mad at himself that he couldn't save Tannin. Moving his sights on the Bael that caused the destruction, Rayaqaza saw red as he flew at Naruto, his long tail glowing shining silver. Nearing the blonde Bael, Rayquaza spun around and slammed his tail into Naruto's side, hoping knock the Devil out of the air.

While the force of the strong blow did push Naruto, back, he was unharmed, summoning a strong barrier between him and Rayquaza's tail at the last second. "It's time I deal with you now." Naruto said, his happy-go-lucky attitude abandoned as he engaged the green dragon.

The green dragon shot the approaching Devil with a powerful Dragon Pulse, but it was in vain as Naruto destroyed the ball of blue energy with a swipe of his Power of Destruction, exploded on either side of the blonde Devil as he flew between the open space of the attack.

With another swipe of his hand, a line of blue magic circles rained sharp icicles, ready to pierce through anything. Rayquaza's thin-body allowed the dragon to swivel through the barrage of ice spears, but the few that made contact chip his already damaged armor-like exterior.

Naruto caught the dragon by surprise when the magic circles switched from icicles to dropping an avalanche of snow down onto the [Queen] of Tannin. The snow crashed into Rayquaza, knocking him out of the air and into the side of a mountain, burying him in a hill of white.

Suddenly, back on the ground, earth was thrown everywhere as Tannin burst free from his rocky tomb, flexing his arms and wings while doing so. His armored skin was heavily damaged from Kuroka and Naruto's attacks, but it didn't stop him from trying to go help his friend. "I'm coming, Rayquaza!" he shouted as he prepared to take off.

"Not so fast, nya!" said Kuroka, surrounding Tannin's form with magic circles. Golden chains wrapped themselves around the escaping dragon. Tannin struggled against the chains, using his brute force to break through some of them, only to be replaced seconds later.

Kuroka gritted her teeth as she supplied her spell with magic, trying to hold back the massive dragon from interfering with Naruto's match against Rayquaza. "Uh, Naruto!? Can you finish things up with that thing!" she said as she strained against Tannin's strength. Coating herself in white aura, Kuroka activated Touki to help fight back against Tannin, but even then, she was struggling to subdue the Ultimate-Class Devil.

Naruto laughed at his [Queen] before regaining his serious stature as Rayquaza flew out of its snowy tomb and into the air with Naruto, clearly hurt. "Don't worry, Kuroka…this will end soon."

Rayquaza screeched at Naruto before continuing to ascend in the sky, leaving Naruto to question what Rayquaza was doing. "Is he running away?" Naruto asked himself.

Breaking the cloud barrier and not too far from the edge of the dimension, Rayquaza concentrated, calling forth a mystic energy. The clouds swirled around the long dragon as the sky darkened. Massive amounts of magic circled around the green dragon, incasing him in a shell of pure draconic energy.

However, a red beam broke through the shell and hit Rayquaza head on, interrupting his transformation process. The [Queen] of Tannin cried out in pain as he was shot out of the sky, falling through the cloud barrier and back down towards the Dragon Mountains.

A red arm caught Rayquaza by his head, halting his decent. It was Naruto, with his right arm covered in the armor of his Golemn of Destruction. The blonde Bael smirked at the weak dragon, noticing how it hardly had the energy to try to break out of his grip. "You should have known that I wasn't gonna let you power up. I may be stupid, but I'm not an idiot."

A red hue made from pure Power of Destruction lit around Rayquaza's body like a flame. Because of Naruto's enlarged hand covering the dragon's face, Rayquaza's screams were muffled as the deadly aura slowly ate his body. His armor-like skin slowly deteriorated, eaten by Naruto's invasive aura.

"Rayquaza! No!" yelled Tannin as he tried but failed to free himself from Kuroka's chains.

"Give up." Naruto said, throwing the dragon away like trash. The [Queen] of Tannin quickly fell back down to the ground, hitting the side of a mountain and rolling down its slope. Tannin watched in anger and sadness as his long-time friend rolled down the mountain side, disfiguring it and creating a large scale, rocky avalanche that slowly buried Rayquaza just as he made it to the base of the mountain.

Blue streams of light illuminated through the cracks of the boulders until Rayquaza's presences disappeared from the Rating Game dimension. "Tannin-sama's [Queen] has retired." said the announcer.

"And then there was one." said Naruto, not affected by Tannin's death stare. Slowly descending back to the ground, the blonde Bael landed next to his [Queen]. "Thanks for holding the big guy back for me. Now we can take him on together with no interruptions."

"About time…" said Kuroka as she released Tannin from her golden binds. The Nekoshou sighed in satisfaction now that she didn't have to strain herself to keep the massive dragon trapped. "He was a pain to keep still, nya."

Naruto grinned as Tannin set his sights at the duo, "You two have really angered me…." he growled deeply, glaring at the two with an intense ferocity.

Kuroka rolled her eyes at the oversized dragon, "Please...You're just not used to being on the losing side. If the roles were reversed, you'd probably be gloating of your peerage's strength, nya. Stop being a sore loser."

Tannin hummed in thought, internally brewing over Kuroka's words. "I believe…that you are right, Ms. Cat-Devil. I am not used to being on the losing side….in fact…If this continues on, I will lose this fight."

Tannin surprised the Devil duo by taking a seat on the ground, leaving him open for any possible attack. "Whew…I've really gotten rusty…" he muttered as he sighed, releasing a black smoke cloud in the process.

Naruto looked on at the laid back dragon in confusion. "What are you doing? We still have to fight."

Tannin shook his head, "No. There is no reason. Even if my other peerage members defeat your remaining members, which I highly doubting seeing I only have two members left in this game, you two will surely defeat me, and when the King pieces is captured, so is the rest of the squadron."

Kuroka's cat ears perked at Tannin's words, "So you're giving up, nya?" she asked, hopeful that she won't have to dirty herself anymore in a fight against the former Dragon King.

"Yes." he answered truthfully, "The main reason why I even chose to proceed with your challenge is to test the grounds a bit…see what's changed over the past 200 years. I was sick of retirement and wanted a challenge and I'm glad to say that I got that challenge. Even more so, it seems like I took a bite I couldn't swallow! It is clear to me that you two are the clear wins of this fight along with this game…."

"Oh…..Thanks!" Naruto said with a cheeky grin.

"…and that you two are more than ready to be promoted as Ultimate-Class Devil." Tannin said, dropping a bomb on the smaller Devils.

Both Kuroka and Naruto's eyes widened in shock at Tannin's words, not fully grasping what he said until they had a few moments to clear their heads. "What are you talking about, nya?! I'm a Low-Class Devil, so I can't possible just jump to being an Ultimate-Class Devil! And while Naruto is a High-Class Devil, doesn't he have to go through some type of test in order to become an Ultimate-Class Devil?" she asked.

"This was the test." Tannin admitted, adding on to the duo's shock, "While you maybe a Low-Class Devil, Kuroka the Cat, you are clearly strong enough to become an Ultimate-Class Devil. I highly believe that if we were to face off against each other uninterrupted, you would win. Now that I'm cornered by your and Naruto Bael, I know I have no chance of winning so it'd be best to end it here…plus, I'm tired. I haven't received a work out like this in ages!" Tannin said with a hearty laugh.

Naruto's shock slowly turned in to realization as he connected the dots together. "Sirzechs planned this, didn't he?" he asked with a well-known smirk.

"Indeed." confirmed the dragon, "It was a few days ago when he approached me with the task of testing you. I know of you situation as to why you accepted this challenge: there are Devils still unsure of just how strong you are. My job was to gauge your skill level to see if you were ready to become an Ultimate-Class Devil."

"And if you deemed me unworthy?" asked the blonde Bael.

"Then I would have smushed you under my feet and kept my polished record clean…..this will be my first loss ever in a Rating Game."

Tannin then stood up on his large, clawed feet. "Wheww! You've really done a number on me. That Power of Destruction along with your [Queen]'s Youjutsu and Senjutsu is no joke. That last time I've been hurt like this is when I stole that gold from Tiamet…."

Tannin shook his head, wanting to stay on the task at hand, "Nevertheless…Naruto Bael and Kuroka the Cat, I give you my blessing to become Ultimate-Class Devil. The decision is yours on whether you wish to accept your promotion."

"Wow…" muttered Naruto, astonished by the turn of events, "Thanks, Lizard Guy…it really means a lot."

'He's just like Azazel…' Tannin thought with a sweat drop, an image of a laughing Fallen Angel leader appearing in his mind, "Also know that I support what you plan to do in the future. I hope that today's battle shows everyone that you are serious about your goals."

Tannin's words caused Naruto's eyebrows to rise, "You mean…you know?"

"Your 'friend' has been active in gathering supporters." Tannin said with an underlining meaning.

Naruto chuckled at Tannin's words. 'Agares…you slimy dog.'

"Well then, I believe that it is all. It was a good fight." the former Dragon King said to the two Devils, "Let's do battle again one day."

"Sure thing, Tannin." Naruto said with a thumbs up.

Tannin nodded before turning his sights up to the sky, "You can bring me back now. I retire."

With Anna, Yoh, and Orochimaru

In the red skies of the Rating Game Dimension, L-Drago roared as he slammed his head into Oh-Oni's fist. A strong shockwave filled the sky from the force of the blows clashing against each other. The second [Pawn] of Tannin growled dangerously at Oh-Oni, his yellow eyes staring daggers at the massive ogre, who matched L-Drago's glare with his own. "Fuck you!" L-Drago shouted, pushing back against Oh-Oni's fist.

L-Drago's other two heads released two flaming blast at Oh-Oni, but Orochimaru saved Anna's guardian by flying in front of the oni and blocking the flames with a large magic barrier. Orochimaru grunted as he poured his magic into the shield, fighting back L-Drago's great power. "Yoh! Take care of it!" he shouted as he started to sweat profusely from L-Drago's fire.

Appearing behind the red dragon, Yoh used Harusame to slash at L-Drago's body multiple times, creating platforms fueled by earth magic under his feet, which allowed him to jump around as if he was kicking the air.

L-Drago howled in pain as Yoh's sword swings slashed through his scales and cut his body open. "You damn brutes!" he shouted as he winced in pain.

Yoh created a magic circle to land on while in the air. Expecting his blade, Yoh frowned as he was greeted to the sight of a molten Harusame, parts of its sharp edge melted because of L-Drago's fiery body. "Shit…" he muttered.

The opposing [Pawn] drew back away from Oh-Oni before purple lightning danced around his body. "Have it, you fiend!" L-Drago shouted as his he shoot out his lightning in all directions.

Orochimaru flew behind Oh-Oni, using him as a meat shield from all of the stray lightning bolts. "Damn it…it's getting harder and harder to hit him…"

Oh-Oni, in a fit of anger and display of resilience, ignored the electricity coursing through is body and charged at L-Drago, shoulder bashing his body and then grabbing one of his three heads. He flexed his massive muscles as he swung L-Drago around multiple times before throwing him down into the ground. "Stupid dragon!" Oh-Oni yelled as he followed the falling dragon, slamming into his body and crushing him between his weight and the solid ground beneath them.

Even with the large Oni on top of him, L-Drago moved as quick as lightning with, two of his heads wrapping their long, snake-like bodies around Oh-Oni. "You think that's all it takes to defeat me!? THINK AGAIN!" said L-Drago's third head, whose head was poking from under Oh-Oni's butt.

Oh-Oni gritted his teeth as L-Drago's flaming skin started to burn through Oh-Oni's body. "Mama…"he said as he tried, and failed, at freeing himself, "I think I need to do it…"

From far away, Anna watched the battle scene, taking slow, heavy breaths every few seconds. Ever since Ryuga's transformation, she had to reform Oh-Oni's body multiple times, vastly reducing her magic reserves. Fatigue was steadily creeping up on the girl and she feared that if this fight continued, she would pass out in exhaustion.

"Fine…" she muttered between her breaths, "You've done an amazing job, Oh-Oni. Thank you."

Anna's creation smiled at her, satisfied by his mother's compliment. Focusing back to his opponent, Oh-Oni called upon all of the magic he had, even the magic that was necessary to sustain his physical form. "You are going down with me, dragon!" he shouted as his skin cracked.

Orange light escaped the growing cracks on Oh-Oni's body, something L-Drago took notice to. "What the fuck are you doing!? You better not be doing what the fuck I think you're doing! Because that won't be cool at all!" he yelled in fear.

L-Drago decided that staying around the spirit was a bad idea and started to unwrap himself from Oh-Oni. However, once Oh-Oni's arms were free, he grabbed the two dragon head's neck with a strong grip. "This is your end, dragon."

"LET ME GO!" L-Drago shouted, firing a blast of magic from their mouths at Oh-Oni. Oh-Oni didn't even try to block, knowing that he was only seconds away from going sky high. "I SAID LET ME GO YOU STUPID, UGLY, DISGUSTING LOOKING PIECE OF SH-

Orochimaru and Yoh made to Anna, who was far away from the two battling behemoths, and constructed a magic barrier around them, protecting them from the shockwave of the explosion of Oh-Oni's suicidal bombing. Because of their distance away from Oh-Oni, they didn't receive the brute force of the blast, but the aftershock as still strong cracking the ground below them and threatening the collapse of the small rock column they were on.

"I believe we are safe for now." said Orochimaru as their barrier fell, "Hopefully he's either retired or injured enough whereas we can finish the job."

"I'm not hearing any announcement, so he must still be alive." Anna said with a wince as her red horn slowly detracted, retreating back into her forehead. She groaned in annoyance once her horn was gone, rubbing her forehead at the slight pain she felt.

"Are you alright?" Yoh asked, checking on his fiancée, "You've used a lot of your magic, Anna. You need to rest."

"I'm fine, Yoh." she said, but was obviously lying as she leaned into Yoh to support herself. "I'll rest when we've officially won."

Yoh sighed as he wrapped an arm around Anna's waist, supporting the female shaman. "My sword's damaged and I won't be able to fight at all with it, so I hope this guy is dead."

"STILL ALIVE, MOTHERFUCKERS!" Out from the massive cavern in the ground created by Oh-Oni's explosion was L-Drago. His body was heavily scared and most of the horns on each individual head were broken. "YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ABLE TO DEFEAT L-DRAGO, SUPREME RULER OF EVERYTHING!" the three-headed dragon screeched as he flew over to the injured trio.

"god damn it…" said Orochimaru, annoyed at L-Drago's durability to survive such an attack head on, "Seems like we've got some more work to do…"

"Hahahahah! You thought you could get rid of me? L-DRAGO?! JUST THE THOUGH IS AN EXAMPLE OF YOUR STUPIDITY! WATCH AS I DESTROY YOU ALL WITH MY FLAMES!"

Yoh grunted, clenching the handle of his damaged sword. "I won't be able to cut into him unless I destroy my sword…and I'm not that best when it comes to long-range spells."

"He's injured. We can still win!" Anna said with determination, conjuring a magic circle in front of them.

"AHAHAHAHAHA! DIE BY THE FLAMES OF THE SUPREME RULER OF EVERYTHING! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!? I AM L-DRA-

Only a few dozen meters away from the trio, L-Drago's body was surrounded by a veil of blue light before vanishing altogether. The light particles of his departure hit the faces of Orochimaru, Anna, and Yoh as they were all taken by surprise at L-Drago's sudden vanishing act.

"Wha…what just happened…." Yoh muttered, unsure of why L-Drago randomly disappeared.

"Tannin-sama, a [King], has retired." said the announcer, alerting the team of what happened, "Because of his retirement, Naruto Bael-sama has officially won this Rating Game. Congratulations to the winners."

"AAAWWWWWWW, COME ON!" shouted a familiar voice coming from behind the trio. It was Kisame, back in his regular Devil form, slammed a rather large Samehada into the ground, adding onto the cracks caused by Oh-Oni's suicidal bombing. "I was about to blast that fucker away with one of my Beast Bombs, but we just had to win!"

"Kisame?" said Orochimaru, "How long have you been there?"

"Eh? About two minutes." he said, causing the trio to sweat drop, "I wanted to finish L-Loser off with a surprise attack and show how cool I am, but that dumbass blonde had to beat Tannin! Fuck!" he yelled in anger, "Now my plan is all messed up."

Anna's eyebrow twitched in anger, "So you…..never mind…." she said with a sigh, "At least this is over. We won."

"Hmmm…" hummed Yoh, "I wonder what Hao was doing all this time."

Moments earlier…

With Hao

"Finally…" Hao muttered as he landed on the ground. His cloak was in shambles, shredded into pieces and only hanging together by small threads. His body was lathered with burn marks and scratches, but he didn't have any significant injuries that would have forced him to retire.

"Finally…after all that fucking running…" His Black Fowl armor disappeared from his back as he walked over to his fallen opponent, Ridley. Said dragon's most notable injuries were its torn wings and missing teeth. Ridley's skinny body was bleeding profusely and had scorch marks everywhere.

The dragon flinched as the much smaller, but strong, Hao stomp his foot into his visible ribcage. "If Yoh was never born, I'd say that you are the fastest opponent I've ever faced."

A ball of condensed flames grew in Hao's torn, gloved hands. He glared at Ridley's form, a massive tick mark protruding from the side of his head in response of his annoyance. "Do you know how annoying it was chasing you all over this damn dimension!?" he yelled in comical fury, a characteristic more known by Kisame or Naruto and not the Cherufe-wielding [Bishop].

Hao's right eye twitched in anger/annoyance at the skinny dragon as held the burning orb over Ridley's face, who whimpered at the heat. "I am going to enjoy this…." he said with an insane grin, "You…shall…die…"

Before he could release his attack and take pleasure in erasing Ridley's existence, the [Knight]'s body disappeared in a flash of blue light.

"Tannin-sama, a [King], has retired. Because of his retirement, Naruto Bael-sama has officially won this Rating Game. Congratulations to the winners." the announcer's voice echoed throughout the dimension.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…..*twitch*…*twitch*….."

"…."

"….ffffFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK!" he shouted an anger, blowing up the mountain he was on with an explosion of fire.

With Naruto and Kuroka

Tannin disappeared in a flash of blue light, leaving Naruto and Kuroka alone. Naruto stared at the spot Tannin was at only seconds ago, registering the fact that they had won. "We won…." he whispered, catching Kuroka's attention.

"We did, nya." she replied.

"We won….We won." said again, his voice growing in volume as happiness flooded his body, "We won! We won, Kuroka!"

The [Queen] of Naruto shrieked when the blonde Bael picked her up by her waist. "Na-naruto!" she said with a growing blush of embarrassment, "Put me down, nya! I'm not a child!"

"Heheh! Sorry, Kuroka." said Naruto as he placed the smaller girl back on the ground. However, he brought Kuroka in for a tight hug. "Thank you, Kuroka. Truly, thanks for sticking with crazy Naruto for so long…"

In any other situation, Kuroka would have tried to pull away from Naruto, but she knew that this moment was important for her [King]. She smiled as she rested her head against his chest, secretly taking a whiff of his scent. "Thanks for saving me all those years ago….and for feeding a stray…"

In an act of bravery, Kuroka lifted herself onto her toes and kissed Naruto's cheek. The two left the dimension in a flash of blue light, still embracing each as [Queen] and [King]…

Heaven

"They won!" said an excited Gabriel, jumping out of her seat in happiness as she clapped for Naruto and his peerage's victory. She was watching the Rating Game on a special projector, allowing her to tap into the Underworld's streaming services for Rating Game fans in other dimensions.

"That was an impressive win." said Michael, her brother, who was sitting next to his sister on a large, golden couch. "I didn't think that your friend was this strong."

"Boyfriend." Gabriel corrected.

"Boy-boyfriend?" gasped Michael, shocked at the new information, "You mean…you two?"

"Yup, yup, yup!" she said happily, "We made it official not too long ago! And a good girlfriend supports her boyfriend when he needs to beat up bad dragons!"

Michael stared at his sister with shock as she jumped around, celebrating Naruto's victory. "Oh!" she said, a thought hitting her, "I should make cupcakes for him and his peerage members to congratulate them for being victorious. Michael, would you please help your dear sister in making some delicacies for her boyfriend."

"Uh…sure…." Michael said, still shocked at the fact that Gabriel was in a relationship.

Underworld – Capital City of Lilith

Serafall Memorial Hospital

"Ouch!" yelped Lee as one of the many doctors assisting him applied pressure to one of his healing injuries, "That smarts!"

"We're just checking to make sure nothing is broken, Mr. Lee." said the female doctor, who wrapping his right shoulder with bandages, "As of now, what seems to be your main concern is your blood lost. You may need to stay here overnight until cleared."

"Overnight? But I must celebrate victory with my peerage members-YOSH!" Lee squealed at a sharp pain in his stomach where Red Eyes B. Dragon cut him.

"Calm down, Lee." said a shirtless Hao. He was sitting at the edge of his own hospital bed with two doctors healing his burn marks on his upper body with first-aid magic, "We'll celebrate when you're healthy. Stop being a bother to the medics and calm down."

"I wouldn't have to wait on you dumbass if you didn't get hurt in the first place!" shouted Kisame, flashing his shark-like fans at Hao, "Y'all are just a bunch of pussies! All we did was fight some dumb ass dragons and look at you! You look like fat kids who couldn't finish a simple obstacle course!"

"Most of us don't have healing factors like you, Kisame." Yoh said with a sigh. He was also shirtless with his right arm wrapped in bandages. He wasn't worried about his injuries; rather, he was staring at his charred Harusame. "It's gonna be a pain fixing Harusame…"

"We'll find a blacksmith for you soon, Yoh." said Anna, sitting in a chair next to Kuroka as a doctor focused on healing her forehead, "Don't worry about it."

"Nevertheless, you all did amazing." said Naruto with a true smile. Since he didn't have any serious injuries, he completed his check up rather quickly. "I'm proud of every single one of you."

"Naruto-sama! You're words are so kind!" cried out Lee, sniffling at Naruto's compliment. "YOUCH!" he flinched when one of the doctor's tightened his bandages.

"It was a hard fought victory…" said Orochimaru. Two doctors were healing his burned arm he received during his battle against Charizard, "In all honesty, I was surprised at the fact that we won by taking out Tannin before dealing with all of his peerage members. It's a strategy we usually don't do."

"Yeah, well I wasn't expecting Tannin to surrender." said Naruto, crossing his arms behind his head and leaning back into his chair as he continued talking, "Kuroka and I were doing good. We easily took care of his [Queen] and were about to focus on him…but then he surrendered, saying that he wouldn't last against us."

"I could've handled the both of them easily…" scoffed Kisame, rubbing underneath a purring Samehada's chin, "But you gave me the lame guy to knock around."

"Didn't you volunteer to fight that dragon though, nya?" asked Kuroka with a cute head tilt.

"I…oh yeah, I forgot…" muttered Kisame, "But I still would've knocked the shit out of Tannin if I was fighting him! Him and his stupid [Queen]!"

"Sure thing, Kisame." laughed Naruto.

"I just wished I could've finished off that stupid dragon that I finally got the upper hand on…." Hao muttered, releasing a small spike of KI at just the thought of the annoying dragon.

"We've finished tending to Mr. Lee for now, but I need to check a few things with the others before continuing the healing process." said the head doctor, who was attending to Lee's injuries, "Wait here for us until we come back." she said.

"Yes ma'am. Thank you for taking care of my team." Naruto said with a bow.

Once all of the doctor's left, Naruto returned in his seat with a smile, "Man…..everything is slowly coming together…I feel like we can't lose right now."

"And we won't, Naruto-sama." said Orochimaru, "I'm sure with this win, we'll be able to continue with our ultimate goal with fewer setbacks compared to before."

"And those pricks with sticks in their asses won't be able to deny our strength anymore now that we've defeated a Top 10 peerage, nya!" said Kuroka.

"Well, you do have an advantage since you have one of the most powerful Devils in your group." Kisame said with his usual shark grin, "Oh, and the best sword to." he added when Samehada nudged him.

Yoh rolled his eyes at Kisame, "While I believe Harusame is the best sword, I won't debate about it. But, I am looking forward to the future…things are steadily moving in our favor."

"I just want to go home and rest…." muttered Anna, rubbing her forehead.

"YOSH! TEAM PICKLE RICK SHALL TAKE OVER THE UNDERWORLD! OUCH!" screamed Lee.

Naruto smiled at his family, glad that he had their support. "Thanks guys…it really means a lot."

The group moment was interrupted by someone knocking on the door to their room. "Must be the doctors, nya." said Kuroka, standing out of her seat and approaching the door.

Opening it, Kuroka was slightly confused when she was greeted to the sight of a solo young woman instead of the doctors treating her friends. "Oh, I think you have the wrong room, nya." said Kuroka.

"No, I have the right room. I need to speak to Naruto Bael." said the woman with a commanding tone. Kuroka narrowed her golden orbs at the woman but slowly moved out of the way, allowing the woman entrance.

Entering the room was a beautiful woman that wrecked pride and confidence. She was tall, slender, and her long light blue hair rain down her slender, voluptuous body and ended at her knees. She was outfitted in a general's uniform, signifying her status as a strong Devil, both physically and politically. Her top was open, revealing her large breast and the unusual black tattoo on her chest. Her confident smirk complimented her playful blue eyes as she walked over to Naruto.

Kisame's body shook as he took in the sight of the woman. His mouth opened in shock as memories replayed in his head as a feeling crept through the Devil/shark-demon hybrid that he hadn't felt in a long time…

Fear….

He stiffened when the woman's eyes landed on him. "Hello there, shark demon. It has been a while, no? I remember our time fighting during the Civil War over 500 years ago. Quite fun times if I do so recall correctly."

Kisame gritted his teeth as he jumped out his seat in anger, "What the hell are you doing here!?" he shouted, trying to stop his body from its hyper-trembling fit.

"I'm just here to talk to your master…." she said as she stepped in front of Naruto with a smile, "Naruto Bael….what a pleasure it is to meet you." she said as she held out her hand.

"Uh…likewise….sorry, but I don't know your name." Naruto said as he shook the woman's hand, noticing that while her hands were smooth, she had a strong grip.

"Forgive me for not introducing myself at the beginning. My name is Esdeath, a fan of yours since your re-emergence back to the Underworld." she said with a soft smile, "Your Rating Game matches have always been interesting to me, and your victory against Tannin only proves to me that you are something special….."

"Oh really?" Naruto said with an eye smile, "Thanks for the compliment! It really means a lot!"

*Click!*

"Nani?" said Naruto as Esdeath snapped a metal collar attached to a chain link. A unique, blue seal appeared over the lock of Naruto's collar, spinning at the activation of a spell before disappearing.

"Hey!" Kuroka shouted in aggression of Esdeath's actions, "What the hell are you doing!?"

Esdeath smiled at Naruto's shock faced, rubbing his whiskered chin with her right hand, "Ever since I first saw you, I knew that you were the one for me. You have captured my heart, Naruto Bael, and I had to have you. Thankfully, the Bael Council supported my need for you and has now created an arranged marriage so the two of us to love each other for the remainder of time. Isn't that wonderful!" she said with glee.

However, Naruto felt no glee at all. His heart stopped as all color left his eyes. Everything around him was black and white as processed Esdeath's words. His entire world stopped as her words echoed in his head.

An image of Gabriel's smiling face appeared in his mind….

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….no….

…no…no…..

….no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no….

NO, NO, NO, NO,NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO…

…This wasn't supposed to happen….

Kuroka's battle stance slackened as Esdeath's words slammed into her like a truck, "Arranged….m-ma-ma-marriage?..." she uttered from her quivering lips.

"You've gotta be kidding me…" Yoh said, shocked at the turn of events.

"Yes!" said Esdeath with clap, the chain in her hand clattering as she moved, "As Naruto's peerage members, I'll be sure that you all have reserved, front row seating at the wedding."

Turning back to the unresponsive, shell-shocked Bael, Esdeath embraced Naruto like a child hugging their favorite teddy bear, "Come now, dear husband. There are some important people that want to meet you!~"

And as quick as Esdeath arrived, she disappeared with the blank-faced Naruto with her teleportation magic, leaving Naruto's shocked peerage members in the hospital room.

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GWWWAHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! YOU GABRIEL X NARUTO FANS THOUGHT YOU WON!? YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THAT EASY?

NOT WITH NARUTOPLUG- HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Whew shit I love my crazy fucking imagination! Always keep the readers on their toes is what I say!

Lol, anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter! This chapter was HELLA long! I really didn't want it to be so long but I get so caught up with the damn battle scenes-Fuck! I love typing that shit up cuz it actually makes you think to make the shit entertaining!

ESDEATH HAS MADE HER ENTRANCE! ALL THE AKAME GA KILL FANS SAY YAAAAHHH!

Been waiting on revealing her character for the longest. With her comes more drama and more exciting situations too type up for you all to enjoy! Thanks for all of the support I get from you all. It really means a lot to see those reviews about how you all love BreakThrough, and that's all I need to finish this story strong! While we're not at the end yet, it is nearing with every chapter.

THE FUCKING RACE IS BACK OPEN PEOPLE! GABRIEL, KUROKA, AND NOW THE AMAZING ESDEATH!

Lol, and you all really thought that the pairing was certified! And there I was, answering your reviews as if that how it was.

I'm so fucking evil its sexy…

But yeah that it-Sweet fiddle sticks! I'm at 50 pages! I've never gotten that far! and 25k+ words.

Ok, this shit has to end now.

NarutoPlug, signing out.

Like a real nigga should…

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Tannin's Peerage!

Tannin [King]

Rayquaza [Queen] – Pokémon

Giratina [Rook] – Pokémon

Blue Dragon [Rook] – Blue Dragon

Red Eyes B. Dragon [Bishop] – Yu-Gi-Oh!

Blye Eyes White Dragon [Bishop] – Yu-Gi-Oh!

Neo Dragoniod [Knight] – Bakugan

Ridley [Knight] – Metriod

Charizard [Pawn] – Pokémon

Ryuga/L-Drago [Pawn] - Beyblade