Damn reviews is so few well better reply that for now
Animaman: About Uzumaki , maybe Naruto will completely resurrect Mito (Original one) to do what you said to Kushina.
LastPenis: I probably only gave him Rune of Punishment but I see what I can do.
Awakayah: Otohime actually will be revived for short time so she can spend time mainly with her family though I tempted to resurrect her in middle of battle with Hody forces and maybe made her a bit OOC . While she stull in her kindself but against Hody and his forces s she won't hesitated to destroy or at least encouraged people to fight back. Oh I'll add more but please no either one from Kaido and Big Mum gang . And since I plan to resurrect Otohime why not resurrect Scarlet too . Of course only for short time.
Anyway lets begun
Few days later at ORC room
The members of the Gremory group were all currently gathered in the club room to greet their two new "guests". The two Exorcists' had contacted them through Sona for a meeting with both of the Devil heiresses who were in charge of overseeing Kuoh. After having been contacted the meeting was agreed to, and both Sona and Rias brought their peerages to the Occult Research Clubroom where they would meet their guests.
Currently a slightly awkward silence covered the room as Sona and Rias sat on a couch facing their two guests. Who was none other than Irina Shidou and Xenovia Quarta
However, what had the group of devils on edge was feeling they were getting from the two girls. Or rather, from something the two were carrying. These two girls were Holy Sword users and the natural aura they gave off warned the Devils that they were dangerous, even though the full power of their swords was being masked. The Devil's found their skin crawling from just being in proximity to the muted power of Holy Swords these girls carried; it was not a pleasant feeling for the Devils and had all of them somewhat on edge as they prepared to speak with the envoys from the Church.
Though if Naruto want to say anything it seems Yuuto was the was giving off the most dangerous aura in the room. He finally showed up after few days missing. Naruto also now in standby in case the meeting turned to south and that reminded him , it seems Ange God persona, Rin Okumura won't attend as said two exorcist actually looked for him first so they changed to meet with Rias and Sona instead.
Speaking of two exorcists ,Both Irina and Xenovia cannot hide their surprise when they saw Naruto sit with Gremory which made Irina let out crocodile tears courtesy for Naruto deceiving her,
And then ORC become silent for minute until Rias decided to break the ice as she said, "First, let me welcome you to Kuoh town," Rias began her tone both polite and welcoming as she decided to start things off on the right foot. "I have to admit your presence in Kuoh is certainly surprising. Would your arrival have anything to do with Rin Okumura, the new overseer of Church activities in Kuoh."
Xenovia frowned as she heard Rias's words. "Our presence has not got anything directly to do with Father Okumura. We did try to speak with him before this meeting however, in the hopes of getting his assessment of things in Kuoh. However we were unable to meet with him."
"So does that mean he is no longer in Kuoh then?" Son asked up, her violet eyes fixed curiously on Xenovia as she waited for her response. Sona's own peerage had not been able to ascertain his location and that rankled with her, as when playing chess it was always good to keep an eye on all of your opponents' pieces, so for Rin Okumura to suddenly go missing, well it was concerning.
Xenovia and Irina shared a glance at that, before they turned to face Sona. "We are unsure of Father Okumura's whereabouts," said Xenovia calmly. "We arrived at the church few days ago and asked to meet with him, but we were told that he was not present. The Holy Maiden, Asia Argento," there was a tone of disbelief as Xenovia said this which caused the Devils to gain looks of confusion, as they spoke of one of their own, a servant of the Church in such a manner, "welcomed us but he was not there, nor was she able to tell us where he was. We later received word that a stray Exorcist by the name of Freed Sellzen may be in the area and considering his past, we believe Father Okumura may have been killed by Freed."
"I ran into Freed Sellzen last night," Kiba spoke up suddenly, gaining the attention of the room on him as he did so. "After I left you guys. He did mention something about hunting priests but I don't know who he was talking about."
Rias frowned at that, slightly annoyed that Kiba was only choosing to reveal this now and not before. Looking over at Sona she could see the irritation on her fellow King's face as well. No doubt Sona like her would have preferred to have known this before hand, so that they could have be better prepared for the upcoming meeting.
Xenovia nodded solemnly while beside her, Irina looked sad. "I guess that confirms what happened," Xenovia said simply her tone slightly somber as she showed her belated respect to the priest she had never met. "He must have been ambushed by Freed on the way to the church and killed. It is unfortunate but-"
"Or," A familiar voice suddenly spoke up, grabbing the attention of the Devils and Exorcists in the room. "I could have been reporting to the Vatican and simply didn't have time to send word beforehand. You people really think the worst." Everyone turned as one, as 'Father Rin Okumura' unexpectedly entered the clubroom a large smile on his face as he purposefully chose the perfect moment to make a dramatic entrance.
"Anyway don't bother with me. " Rin (Ange) turned 'his' attention to certain exorcists. Maybe you two should tell everything so we can conclude it easily."
"We'll go straight to the case", Irina was the one who initiated the conversation. "The other day, three of the holy swords Excalibur were stolen while in storage, under the church care."
Naruto decided to cut as he said, " So the rumor Excalibur turned to multiple sword was true. I wonder why that's possible though?"
Irina explained," "Well, while the church couldn't restore the Excalibur's true form, they managed to salvage seven important fragments of the original itself…"
Xenovia then continued the explanation after Irina. "And through alchemy, the seven fragments were transformed into seven new cores, and the church has created seven new swords as the cores' vessels. One of them…" the blue haired girl unravelled the white cloth of her large item and revealed a two-handed sword with a cross in the pommel, a grip long enough that could be held with three hands (judging from Xenovia's hand position), an axe-like guard, a second grip with a chain-like form, and a long blade that ended with three points.
"… Is this, the Holy Sword of Destruction, Excalibur Destruction. This sword is under the catholic supervision", Xenovia introduced her sword and she started to put the cloth back on the sword again.
"And mine is…" Irina said as her armband twirled around, and it immediately changed its form into a katana. "Holy Sword of Mimicry, Excalibur Mimic, which is under the care of the protestant church. It's really convenient for travelling, since it can freely change shapes", Irina said proudly as she played around as the sword kept changing shapes.
"Irina…," Xenovia said sternly. "There's no reason to tell these devils the ability of Excalibur, is there?"
"Oh my Xenovia. Even if they are Devils, we still have to form a trustworthy relationship with them, isn't that why we are meeting them like this in the first place? Also, even if my sword's ability is revealed, I won't fall behind any of the Devils here," Irina said confidently not at all concerned about how she was in a room full of Devils.
"Ha! As if we would ever trust Church lapdogs !" Kiba said harshly, his eyes narrowing hatefully as they flickered from each of the representatives of the Church. He wouldn't trust any of them; he had seen how corrupt the Church was, he had witnessed firsthand and been a victim of their malice and cruelty.
"Yuuto!" Rias said sternly as she gave the boy yet another warning glare, once again she was feeling this meeting slipping out of her control as her Knight gave in to his anger. "I apologize for my Knight's words; they were spoken from a place of anger. But they do hold a certain note of truth in them, the Church has never tried to create a trustworthy relationship with us before, in fact the Church has spent most of this last millennia condemning and hating us?"
"Well, I hope that changes since recent information means we'll have to work together," Rin spoke up . Everyone save Naruto looked surprised at his words, none more so than the two female Exorcists. Though Rin sent look 'Ask later ' toward two exorcists which made Irina and Xenovia silent and also knew their question will answered soon so waiting a bit doesn't really matter
"I see… What is your intention in this town, then?" Rias asked after hearing the exorcist's explanations.
"Of seven Excalibur fragments, two each are held by the catholic, protestant, and orthodox churches, and the last remaining one, which was lost during the Great War. The discussion and investigation about how each one was stolen from each sect have brought us to this land."
Rias' lips twitched downwards slightly at the fact that the holy swords were stolen and had been brought to Japan, her territory to add.
"Such careless moves from the culprit… Speaking of, who would do such a thing in the first place?"
"We believe the one who had stolen the three Excalibur fragments is none other than Kokabiel of the Grigori, the 'One who Guards Against the Children of God'", Xenovia stated with grim tone.
Naruto grumbled , " Well, I'm not surprised. According to bible.." Which earn him stare by all occupant in the world, " Oy just reading Bible won't hurt me. You need High level Holy weapons to have chance to hurt me." Naruto paused abit before he continued, " Considering he actually is a warmonger , there is possible he wanted to cause something bad."
"Well, like Naruto said, he probably want to start war . No he definitely wanted to start a war . He stole the Excalibur fragments to get the Church involved and then came here, to the place where two relatives of the Four Satans were located. No doubt he plans to kill not only us but Rias and Sona as well. And if he success ... another Great War is inevitable." Rin concluded.
"Very well," Sona said calmly, her analytical mind working over what she had heard so far, weighing the likelihood of Kokabiel's plans succeeding and the probability of successfully stopping those plans from advancing. "With this knowledge then we have to work together to end this threat. Kokabiel is one of the Cadre and we won't be able to kill him by ourselves. We only stand a chance by working together. How does a temporary alliance sound?"
"While I find it disquieting to ally ourselves with Devils," Xenovia said slowly. "Under the circumstances, I would have to agree. Our orders are to stop another Great War breaking out at all costs. Even if that means allying with you Devils. Very well, from now until Kokabiel is neutralized, we can consider ourselves allied."
Irina looked disturbed by what was happening but Rin's comforting hand and warm smile made her doubts disappear. For her faith and to preserve the lives of the innocent, she would ally herself with the Devils. To do the greatest good she would suffer through the necessary evil of allying with Devils. Their orders were clear after all, they were to recover the Excalibur Pieces and stop another Great War from starting. To do that they were to use any tool available to them. They were also told that Father Black would be assisting them in any way he can, so it was not like they were alone in this.
Everyone else seemed content with the arrangement for now. Both Sona and Rias wanted to deal with this issue themselves, as they knew if they informed their siblings of what was happening, then they would be taken back to safety in the Underworld and would lose their territory and hard fought independence. Some may think them selfish for risking so much for so little, but Devil's were selfish creatures by nature and both Sona and Rias wanted to be seen standing on their own feet, especially with having such influential siblings and families.
However, one person was not happy with the arrangement.
It was Kiba. He was glaring at the Excaliburs and the two Excalibur wielders with a cruel and hateful look on his face that no one had ever seen before. It was like he was wishing to cause the two Exorcists to spontaneously combust right there and then.
As for Kiba, he never thought that he would encounter the Excaliburs here. He'd thought he would have to go and search for them and now two of them were right there in front of him and a further three of them were here in Kuoh, it was something he had never even dreamed of. Already he could feel the burning desire in him to go on a rampage and destroy the damn things.
But now! The president was even talking about allying herself with them! If Kiba jumped in now, then there was a good chance he would be classified a Stray Devil. The worst case would be the start of a battle. There's no way that there would be no casualties against the Excaliburs.
Yet Kiba couldn't just let them go! His dead friends demanded vengeance and the subject of it was standing not ten feet from him!
Rin sensed Kiba turmoil and decided that unless he interfered, something bad would happen. Kiba needed an outlet for his rage otherwise he would blow this whole thing, so he would provide one.
"How about a spar?" Rin asked calmly, getting everyone's attention. "Kiba seems eager for a fight and this way we can see each side's capabilities."
Rias looked at her Knight and saw that Rin was right. It was best for him to get it out of his system before he did something stupid. "What did you have in mind?"
Rin shrugged. "How about Kiba fights against Xenovia here? They'll spar and we'll see the capabilities of both our groups."
"I wanna fight too!" Irina pouted childishly. "I wanna show off my faith!"
"Well, I'll fight with you then, Irina-chan. " replied Naruto. " I also want to see how strong the exorcists now . But I suppose Kiba will fight first and I want to fight two at once. And I will figjht with this." Naruto unsealed a sword and that was Arondight.
That made Rin surprised (he pretended though) , " Arondight eh? Well, lets see if two fragment of Excalibur can stand against that." Meanwhile Irina wondering how Devil capable to wield Holy sword since Arondight leaked out strong Holy energy and if Irina not wrong that sword supposed to equal of Excalibur before it shattered. Well time to find out.
Skipped Kiba vs Xenovia
Turned out despite Naruto fight both exorcist Naruto easily outperformed both of them and he actually not even trying as he let both Irina and Xenovia attack himself and all he do just blocking and dodging their attack until Naruto felt bored and struck them down with hilt of Arondight.
Rin just looked amused as he knew boss surrogate son managed to overwhelmed both of exorcists. After then Rin bring Irina and Xenovia back to church . Naruto then decided to walked around a bit . Of course in case something happened he decided to made sure Yuuto sleep as he didn't want Yuuto roaming around . For now at least.
However after walking around a bit he sensed something suspicious. Large amount of holy signature, tainted though coming to him. And it was behind him. And then he sidestepped the attack and turned back only to saw thw attacker was none other than Freed Sellzen.
"Well shoot, I missed," the priest laughed standing up. "And here I was going to be nice by giving you shitty Devils a quick death. Ah well," his grin turned wider as he laughed. "May as well do things the old fashioned way! Slow and agonizing it is!"
"Well, well. It seems we meet again, Freed. I guess now its time for continue the last time." Remarked Naruto "Ah, it's like you're reading my mind!" Freed laughed. "That's exactly it! I'd thought I'd see some new sights, hang out at some old haunts, and then maybe go to that little school and kill a bunch of Devils like that little slut you've got hanging around you!"
Not easily provoked Naruto just said, " Well, lets see what you can do. Hope you improved from the last time, Freed." " I know you not like some ordinary devil . So I'll use this. With this Excalibur Rapidly , I can cut you down easily now." Exclaimed Freed. "Wait," Naruto frowned, "Excalibur…Rapidly?" "Ah, only one of the coolest swords ever! I just have to scratch Devils with it and they go down in agony! It's awesome!" Freed laughed, waving the blade around. "And best of all, I get some cool powers when I use it. Wanna see? Okay, here I go!"
The sword suddenly lit up with golden light and Freed chuckled before he suddenly vanished.
Naruto calmed down as he closed his eyes to determined his presence . And since the crazy exorcist not bother to hide his signature it will easy to find out as he sensed Freed attack him from behind and he side stepped and tripped Freed made said exorcist stumbled but quickly recovered.
Freed looked angry but keep trying but it seems Naruto managed to keep up as he summon his Kamikaze to parry everything Freed given. Naruto actually grinned as he found out Freed was moving too fast for his reflexes to keep up. He was already committed to swinging at Naruto and since Naruto keep blocking him . And it was obvious hadn't spent much time training with the blade and instead just was given it and decided to go on a rampage.
Still, he could work with this. So, Naruto created some kind of barrier which made no opening so Freed wouldn't be able to slip through or stab him from a short distance. If the guy was as eager for a kill as he thought, and if he wasn't using scare tactics by attacking the spears first, his next move would be obvious. There was one way past them and given enough time Freed would use it and…
"DEATH FROM ABOVE!"
Naruto looked up as Freed began coming down from above with his sword ready to slice him in two, glowing brightly with the magic it possessed. "Got you!" Naruto grinned, lifting his hands up.
Naruto moved and timed the attack right, reaching up and…
*THWAP!*
…catching the blade of Excalibur Rapidly as it came down on him.
"HUH?!" Freed cried as he landed, sword still caught by Naruto. "Hey! No fair! I was about to cut you!" "Yeah, too bad," Naruto grinned, wrapping his hands around the blade, using the diamond hole as a spot to grip it. Blood dripped from his palms, meaning he'd been cut by his bonehead move. "No more running around for you."
"Umm wait a minute! You're devil and Excalibur supposed to hurt you and yet you just get small scratch from that!?" Freed shouted as he just noticed that but he said, " Well I guess I just force my way then." He then getting the blade to begin to glow, but after a moment, the glow didn't spread to where Naruto was holding the sword and soon it died down, "HUH?!"
"Well, well. It seems I managed to neutralized Excalibur eh. But then again your sword just fragment . And it won't be yours when I'm done." Naruto smirked as he know this is the end.
"You asshole! Let my sword go!" Freed demanded, struggling to pull the sword away from Naruto's grasp.
"No," Naruto grinned, his aura flaring again, "My sword now!" Naruto then kicked Freed's chest and knocking him away with a cry of pain. In the surprise, his hands weren't tight on Excalibur Rapidly, forcing him to let go as he was flung back, crashing through the wall of spears. Naruto grinned as he watched Freed hit the ground. He then looked to the sword and twisting it around, holding the handle as he held it up.
"Agh! Oh you bastard! I'm going to kill you!" Freed snarled, pulling out what looked like a hilt which suddenly burst with light as a sword made of it extended from the handle.
"You know, now I'm curious. Normally there'd be no way I'd be able to use this sword on account of my body, but right now I have a way around it," Naruto ignored Freed, giving the blade a few test swings. Despite the weird shape, it actually felt quite light and easy to use. "And this sword, I think it's the kind which the effect you get is by how much magic power you put into it, right? And despite being Devil I knew how to .Anyway lets give a try then!"
"Bah! Bullshit! Not just anyone can wield that sword! You have to be born to wield it!" Freed laughed. "No way a shitty devil like you can do it!"
"Lets test the theory then." Naruto then lifted the sword and prepared to use the weapon. He knew a bit of Excalibur, but everyone did. He also knew that to wield Excalibur was to make an oath and he doubted Freed made one. So to use it like he did, you just had to have an overabundance of something the sword looked for in a wielder. But for anyone to use it, they had to prove they were willing to follow what the sword was made to do. That's how the legends went, the wielder having to prove they were worthy of it, not born to wield it. It was a wild guess and likely wouldn't work, but Naruto had a gut feeling that using Excalibur wasn't as difficult as the church liked to believe, not when they believed in what Excalibur stood for. So, Naruto made his oath, "By the sword of the King of Knights, King Arthur, I hereby pledge fairness to all within my kingdom, to protect the weak who plead for my help in their struggles, and to vanquish evil wherever it may rise up within my borders! With this sword Excalibur, I will become a King of Truth and Justice!"
The sword reacted instantly, the metal flaring with a light not even Freed managed to bring out of it. Freed gaped openly. Naruto winced as he felt the power seep into his body through his hands, making for quite the sting, but the magic was taking effect.
"What the fuck is this shit?!" Freed gaped, backing up against a wall.
"I'll tell you," Naruto frowned, lifting the weapon higher. "EXCALIBUR…RAPIDLY!"
In less time than it took to blink, Naruto was gone from where he was and instead was standing in front of Freed, the sword lowered. Freed blinked, but then began to grin and lift his own blade. Naruto didn't seem nervous and suddenly he began to grin. In the next moment, the street gave a horrendous roar as it seemed to explode in close footsteps leading up to Naruto's feet, concrete and asphalt launching in all directions, making Freed yelp in surprise. Once the steps reached Naruto, the wall behind freed promptly fell over, sliced cleanly, like a hot knife through butter.
"I think I put too much into it," Naruto observed. "I went so fast it took everything a moment to catch up with me. Didn't think that was possible."
"Huh?" Freed blinked.
"Might have to tone it down next time," Naruto grinned before he pointed his weapon at Freed. "Now you ought to be catching up to it too."
"Why you-!" Freed scowled, but then gagged as his chest sprayed out a blast of blood in a diagonal line, one which was opposite the angle the wall was cut at. "GACK!"
"I actually slashed twice," Naruto confessed as Freed dropped to his knees, gasping in pain. "One was the wall to bleed off the extra power from the strike. The second was weak in comparison, just enough to put a shitty priest like you down. And you have information I might want."
"Gah! Fuck…you!" Freed gagged. "Sorry , I'm straight you know." Mocked Naruto "Now do I have to stab you a few times or are you going to come quietly?"
"How about…neither!" Freed gasped before something dropped from his sleeve and he threw it to Naruto's face, causing it to explode in a flash and blinded Naruto. Notlong when his sight returned, but Freed was gone save for some blood pooled in front of the destroyed wall.
"Dammit," Naruto grunted, wiping his eyes. "Slippery bastard. Didn't even consider he had an escape route." " Well, I guess I should find out more about Excalibur." Said Naruto as he walked to his own home.
Later at his mansion
Naruto now learned out Excalibur Origins when he tried to found out everything about Excalibur since Irina and Xenovia won't tell much. Actually Ange clone Rin is the one provided the information. Turned out King Arthur not really exist. And the story began during the Roman Empire when the Romans were withdrawing from the lands which would eventually become Wales. There was a leader of a band of Roman soldiers named Artorius. When the Romans began to withdraw from Wales, they were left to fend for themselves. Artorius came into contact with a band of barbarians who were being attacked by an even worse group, Saxons who were being aided by the Devils. Seeing what the Devils intended, Artorius swore to defend the lands not just for the Empire, but for all that was good and just. Hearing this, some divine figure granted him a sword forged by the arts of Heaven, but made for mortals. It was named after the blade of a mighty Pagan God whose appearance meant the end of the world as it was known.
Naruto then assumed it was a mix of the mythology surrounding this Pagan God and Artorius' own exploits which created the myth of King Arthur. And so Artorius and his line used Excalibur to fight for Heaven and in the Great War between the Three Factions. However, while an incredibly holy and powerful sword, it was still a mortal's weapon and as all weapons eventually do, they break."
And that was why Excalibur become seven sword . The church attempted to repair Excalibur since the destruction of such a holy weapon would indeed be a blow to their morale and forces. Sadly, even the most skilled blacksmiths or wisest alchemists were not able to recreate the process Heaven used to forge the mighty blade. That method has been lost. However, the church was able to take the shards and re-forge them into seven brand new swords, each bearing the name Excalibur as well as what power they received from the original.
And aside Excalibur Rapidly with speed increasing ability, Excalibur Destruction which has the power to destroy anything it strikes with very little exceptionAnd Excalibur Mimic which able to change its forms, usually to other weapons to aid the wielder. There is Excalibur Nightmare, one which allows the wielder to cast illusions. Fourth is Excalibur Transparency, granting the power of invisibility. The fifth is Excalibur Blessing, which holds more holy power than the others and is used as a point of power in holy rites. The last was lost in the Great War, it was named Excalibur Ruler and allowed the user to command weaker-willed individuals.
Naruto now assumed two of them is either, Nightmare, Blessing and Transparency. Since he now held Rapidly. Duo Exorcist wielding Destruction and Mimic while Naruto knew who now possess Excalibur Ruler. After all said person also part of Kuroka group and said group part of certain organization lead by certain infinity dragon.
Naruto then remembered when he visit this universe, Ophis the name of said dragon wanted him to join his cause. But Naruto declined since he stated he not like some group who also part of her organization. Ophis then told him he will be the best bet to help her kicked out Great Red from Void Plane. Naruto also asked why she need help when she actually can do it herself but Ophis responded , " Both Baka Red and I have same strength and this will never ending fight so I asked help and that's why I perform Khaos Brigade."
Naruto then said he will think it over which Ophis agreed and she only said she will wait and added he shouldn't worry about Old Satan and Hero Faction which Naruto warned her to be wary of them and Ophis just replied , " I probably will consider removed them from equation as you will be more valuable for my cause." Naruto decided to return to his digging around of Excalibur more. And he found something interesting as holy swords were believed to only be able to be used by select individuals who were born worthy of using their powers. And according history some of expert have assumption that one is not simply born to use them, but must prove themselves worthy of using them. But it seems Church preferred old method.
Naruto then found out the reason he can use Excalibur because he actually embrace Artorius teaching even he not realized back then and when he do he was able to do something way more powerful with the sword than Freed had managed to do with him. Naruto moved so fast the world needed a few moments to catch up while Freed only moved fast enough but in the end Naruto still able to keep track with him as he only fast followed by Naruto normal eyes as he not activate his EMS.
And Naruto also found out some interesting fact about Holy Sword Project with Yuuto Kiba as only survivor though there is possibility of another survivor. Holy Sword Project began due natural born ones were so rare. So an archbishop and arcane scientist Valper Galilei headed a project for a means of creating holy sword users instead of waiting for them to be born.
Though his method was inhumane as he took in numerous orphans who were in the care of the church and committed terrible experiments on them. Painful, scarring, and then eventually lethal experiments. He first tried to identify what made a person worthy for a holy sword and then tried and transplant it into others, or amplify what worthiness they had. All he ended up with were numerous corpses. When the church found out what his experiments were doing, they moved to eliminate him, but he killed the remaining orphans to silence them about his failures and fled, becoming excommunicated for his crimes.
Naruto then found something which angered him so much as the church had the audacious hypocrisy to use Valper's research to extract a substance from the semi-worthy and implant it in their agents! Children died for that lunatic's experiments and the church took advantage of it anyway!
Anyway , Naruto suddenly got some memories from his clone. His clone actually observed Yuuto Kiba
Flashback
After some arguing with Rias, Yuuto walked out of the club silently. He did that knowing without her permission he could become a rogue devil. But even so he must destroy those swords for the sake of his friends. Yuuto looked up to the darken sky and sighed. He knew that what he did was ungrateful because Buchou has given him life once more. He owned her his life.
Naruto now decided to follow Kiba in silent as he didn't want to tip himself off. After all after the 'spar' Boss wanted to strolling abit. So he followed Kiba and surprisingly Koneko somehow joined in without Kiba knowledge and also Saji from Sona peerage. They also teamed up with certain duo exorcist. The clone realized Rin gave them order to patrol.
And then Yuuto arrived at some kind of place and confronted Freed and someone named Valper. After some clash Both fugitive managed to escape with Kiba and exorcist duo following. Naruto decided to pooped out after that.
Flashback End.
Naruto just shook his head and decided to sleep as tomorrow will be interesting.
Tomorrow
Naruto and Irina now found themselves at some kind of abandoned mansion. Naruto actually wanted to find out how two exorcists doing and when he visited the church Rin said both have yet to back so Naruto decided to look around. Only for him to meet Irina Shidou. He then teamed up with Irina as he sensed something there.
Then both of them find themselves at some kind of study room and when they entered both find said room . The study room they intended to look around was quite spacious despite the simplicity, a square-shaped room with two high shelves filled with numerous books and records, a coffee table and set of chairs in the space between the shelves, and at the other side of the room, a desk with a computer set and a window covered by a curtain behind the chair. Surprisingly, unlike the corridor, the lightings in the room was brighter, giving the two childhood friends a better visual.
"Alright, let's do this quick. Irina-chan, you can start with the records, I'll see what I can find in the computer", Naruto took an initiative, while Irina quickly obeyed and started to look around the shelves. Irina took a particular folder that caught her eyes out from the shelve and opened it, while Naruto sat on the desk and started to rummage through the keyboards. Naruto then groaned, "Damn nothing useful here . Irina-chan how about you?"
Irina just showed folder she read earlier and when Naruto read it, "Holy Sword Project… by Valper Galilei? I thought the church had confiscated all of his research files?"
"Judging from the ink, I guess he managed to make a copy before the church could take the original. Let's look what's inside…" Irina said as she flipped through the pages. After reading them for another while, Irina's eyes widened. "What the…"
Sometime later
Both Naruto and Irina still reading tacks of folders that sprawled all over the table and the floor, most of folders are the copies of Valper's research of holy swords, particularly about Excalibur.
Naruto flipped through pages of the draft in his hands, then he spotted a page that consists picture of children, boys and girls with small profile. All of the pictures of the children were stamped with 'deceased' in red. Naruto immediately knew that these children were probably the failed test subjects of the holy swords project.
"Anastasia, Tyler, Erika, Letitia, Cristian, Alec, Malley, Kadan, Gilver, Tosca… Isaiya…?" Naruto skimmed the name in his head until he found the last name had a familiar picture. A child with blonde hair and a mole under his left eye, the picture was also stamped as 'deceased' as well.
"How's your end, Naruto-kun?" Irina asked as she peaked over, while she still had a folder opened on her hands.
"Does he look familiar to you?" Naruto replied as he showed and pointed at the profile 'Isaiya'.
Irina furrowed her eyebrows for a second, then her eyes widened. "That face… Isn't that your knight friend?"
"Yeah. Although the name is different, but I can tell that he's Kiba…" Naruto said while nodding.
"And how can you tell? There's a chance that he's just a child with the same face, right?"
"What are the odds? Besides, thinking back of Kiba's background, his current name is not necessarily his original identity, right?" Naruto said. "Anyway, how's your side?"
"Here", Irina showed her folders this time. "This is Valper's research log… As well as his journal."
Naruto started to scan the file together with Irina. They did not have the luxury to take in every single word, so all they did were skimming through sentences and connecting some key words into information.
And after some reading
Irina covered her mouth in disbelief. "It can't be… But now I know… The thing that was put inside us during the blessing to wield Excalibur fragments… It was the genes of the failed test subjects? People…?"
"Valper, you old son of a bitch…" Naruto said in anger.
Few minutes after that Naruto and Irina were still stunned about the truth regarding the holy sword project, with the latter took it worse. While Irina wished to use her Excalibur Mimic to fight for the her God and protect His creation and world, gaining a power with sacrifice of people who were killed mercilessly felt horribly strange for her. It was as if she was standing over the corpses of those children who had been subjected for the holy sword project.
While Irina still contemplating about her resolve, Naruto caught a sight of a particular book in the shelf. The book looked old, and it did not look like other books with its much smaller size. Rather, the book was more like bunch of notes being compiled into a book. He picked it out, opened it and he ran through the pages as he found that the language written was very old, ancient to be precise. Turned out that was Fallen Angel notes and to be exact Kokabiel journal. Naruto then read it with some assistance of Ddraig as Naruto won't waste time translated that,
And after finished it Naruto and Ddraig then mentally spoked
"So Ddraig, this is not joke right!?" Naruto asked certain dragon inside though he pretending and said Dragon not even know anything .Ddraig replied [As much as unbelievable it sounds… Yes, I'm sure. Besides… I also have a bit memory during the great war… The Biblical God seemed… Extremely exhausted when he was engaging us the heavenly dragons…]
Naruto then decided to close the book and hoped what he read before not leaked as it will be turned to catastrophe. He also hoped Ange not made her God persona appear so fast. Well for now at least. And his thought interrupted as Irina called him, " Naruto-kun. What are you reading?" Naruto decided to closed book fast and replied, " This is Kokabiel journal. Most of them was useless but at least I found out he want to start another great war."
Irina just nodded until both her and Naruto felt a familiar aura signature was covering the entire surroundings, the entire building.
"Oh crap! Irina! I think we should get out before-…..! Irina!?"
To Be continued.
Sorry cliffhanger! Next time Naruto will clash with Kokabiel.
