Original Posted On: Feb. 1, 2020

Beta Read by: Heckelman88, Crowfeast, Tachyon99, xhope14x, Neostardustdragon101

Review Response:

Spacecore94: Yeah, that was based of Chopper's thoughts when he first used his Monster Point. In the beginning I was thinking of having Naruto have Chopper's seven-point transformations, eight including Monster Point, but decided against it.

Cerberus Kyuubi: Naruto hasn't really accepted anything. He just pushed it into the back of his mind until it was over.

Calderoneri758: It is a good idea, but I planned for a better one, the one to train Naruto that is. It was foreshadowed.

Doomqwer: Yeah, Irina is also excommunicated for knowing God is dead, and things are definitely going to be different… no, her world is upside down. I agree, last chapter was a cluster fuck.

R-King: Thank you, man.

Jupiter50: Thank you.

Fanficreader71: I'm happy you enjoyed the chapter.

Primarx: You're welcome.

Youngdrgn: You're welcome.

Djberneman: Yeah, that is interesting, but I have a different idea for that power.

Avjuan37: Here you go man.

Draegoon: Agreed, Law would kill himself if he tried to use Room on the entire world, but we have to think, is the world of One Piece bigger OR smaller than our own. What happened with Irina is severely messed up. Naruto has cracked a new form. And yes, Kakashi has Kubikiribocho and Griselda has Shibuki, the Blastsword. I thought it suited her best as she and Xenovia use destructive swords over finesse swords.

Harem:

Koneko, Ravel, Kuroka, Xenovia

OKAY, LETS READ THIS SHIT! I DON'T OWN NARUTO, ONE PIECE, OR HIGHSCHOOL DXD!

"Hey" = Speaking

'Hey' = Thinking

'Hey' = Memory

"Hey"= Sacred Gear/ Communication link

Chapter 16: Challenges of Faith

Kuma smiled a bit before becoming very stern as he gazed up at the beaten and battered Cardinal Fallen.

"Come on, we have a bird with wings that need to be clipped." He said coldly, removing his other glove.

Kokabiel scoffed a bit, standing up better than he was before.

"You think a… stupid yokai reject, a dog, and a human female could defeat me?" Kokabiel asked like a drunk as he fumbled a bit. "All for what? A werefox brat who doesn't know who the hell he is?"

His wound, while no longer bleeding profusely, but was still open.

To stabilize himself, Kokabiel summoned his wings and hovered over the ground.

"I don't think we can," Kakashi said confidently, brandishing Kubikiribocho at Kokabiel. "I know we can."

Kokabiel chuckled at this proclamation.

"Griselda…"

Said woman turned behind her and saw Naruto, who was grabbing his head.

He was struggling to do anything.

His mind screaming at him to attack Kokabiel for the things he said about Kushina.

He also wanted to attack Griselda for the attack on him and Kushina.

But he had to make a decision on who to attack.

Naruto growled as his eyes wildly spun back and forth between Kokabiel and Griselda, his tail further splitting, now two thirds of the way split.

"GRISELDA!" Naruto shouted after what felt like an eternity.

He lunged at her, entering his hybrid form, his nails were now claws posed to strike.

Griselda made no motion to move as she felt four sharp claws graze her waist as Kakashi appeared before her, palm striking Naruto in the chest.

Naruto went stiff before his eyes became drowsy, returning to human form, the black rings around his eyes and on his lips vanishing as he collapsed into Kakashi's one armed embrace.

"There, there buddy, I got you." Kakashi said as he saw the paper restraining seal that he used fall to the ground as Naruto's tail merged back into a single tail. 'Thank god, we got here at a good time.'

He took a deep breath as he stood up, carrying the sleeping werefox over his shoulder.

"You have my thanks, Mink." Kokabiel called out. "I would have killed him to get him to not awaken."

'Awaken?' Koneko thought as she heard that word. 'What does that mean?'

Everyone else was just as confused at this as much as Koneko was.

"As if we would have allowed you to kill Kushina's son." Kuma said calmly.

Griselda nodded as she applied pressure to her open wounds.

'These will scar, just like the ones Kushina gave me.' Griselda thought as she felt her blood ooze through her fingers.

Kokabiel glared at the three of them.

"Of course," Kokabiel said cockily. "That boy is dangerous, and if that tail fully split, everyone behind you three would have been dead."

"Kakashi, Griselda," Kuma said as he never broke eye contact on Kokabiel. "Go protect the young ones, and ask the blonde girl to heal you Griselda. I will deal with Kokabiel myself."

"Kuma…"

"I am not going to ask again, Griselda." Kuma stated sternly.

Griselda sighed and sealed Shibuki into her subspace.

"Understood, Kuma." She said as she turned and started walking towards the peerage with Kakashi carrying Naruto and his sword.

"I am actually surprised the Church, let alone Michael, allowed you into their services." Kokabiel stated as he kept his eye on Kuma. "I mean, look at you, a defective yokai experiment. Your own dad screwed you over before you were born."

Kuma, as stoic and as calm as can be, thrust his palm forward.

Kokabiel was hit, right in the chest, by an invisible projectile, leaving a circular paw imprint on his chest, sending him to the ground.

"Unless you have something useful to say, Kokabiel…" Kuma warned as he towered over the gasping Fallen Angel Cardinal. "I suggest you keep your mouth shut."

Kokabiel tried to get away as Kuma walked near him, catching up to the man.

"If you were to take a vacation, Kokabiel, where would you like to go?" Kuma asked as he watched Kokabiel tried take flight into the air, where Kuma couldn't reach him.

"Fuck you, exorcist trash…" Kokabiel shouted as he tried to get away, Kuma's power looming over him like the Sword of Damocles.

"Since you gave me no suggestions," Kuma stated as he pulled his hand back, power building up in his paw pad. "Then I shall pick where you go."

"NO…" Kokabiel shouted as Kuma swiped his hand through the air, and bopped Kokabiel out of existence, leaving only black feathers and blood to show the man was even there.

And with Kokabiel gone, the Bomb Seal deactivated itself.

"Kuma…" Kakashi said in concern over his friend as Kuma was deadly quite after sending Kokabiel flying.

'Mom, dad… I have avenged you. Please, rest in peace.' Kuma thought as he put his gloves back on. "We have finished our mission, Griselda."

Griselda, who had Asia healing her wounds, nodded.

"Understood." She said once Asia was finished. "We should collect the Excalibur Fragments and the shattered Fused Excalibur."

Kuma nodded in response.

"Who are you and why did you appear now?" Issei asked, so confused at what he was watching.

"I am Kakashi Hatake." Kakashi introduced himself. "I am a part of the Yokai faction, as you can see, I am a dog Mink."

"I am Bartholomew Kuma, exorcist." Kuma introduced politely. "It is nice to meet you, Red Dragon Emperor."

"Like wise." Issei said nervously as he looked at the man who took out Kokabiel with one hit.

"I am Griselda Quarta." Griselda said as she finished picking up the broken Fused Excalibur pieces along with Destruction.

Everyone looked at Griselda, then Xenovia, and then at Naruto before looking at Griselda.

"Kuma, please send me flying to the Vatican so I can give them our report and return the swords." Griselda asked.

"Of course." Kuma said as he removed one of his gloves. "I'll stay here and continue our other assignment."

"Griselda, wait…" Xenovia called out to her guardian/teacher.

Griselda spared a sad look to her student, who she knew now knew the truth about God's death.

"Xenovia…" Griselda muttered as Kuma prepared to send Griselda back to Italy.

She was about to respond when her eyes landed on Xenovia, more specifically Naruto's pelt that was still wrapped around her shoulders.

However, Griselda went silent and was tapped by Kuma, vanishing the same way Kokabiel had moments earlier with the Excalibur fragments and Destruction in hand.

Kuma sighed.

'That woman sure is stubborn.' He thought politely while putting his glove on. 'But she is very proud.'

"Man, Kuma," Kakashi said as he put Kubikiribocho in a seal on his wrist. "You sure got tall over the last century and a half, and really strong. I have been following your exorcist career ever since I heard that you took the number one spot in the male division."

Kuma smiled fondly as he sat down, cross legged.

"And you have gotten… smaller?" he asked playfully, getting a roll from Kakashi's shoulders while the Mink pulled his headband over his sharingan.

"All jokes aside…" Kakashi said as he walked up to Kuma, a hidden smile on his masked snout. "I missed you, old friend."

"Excuse me…" Rias said as she, her peerage, Ravel, Xenovia (Who helped Irina over as well) and Sona's peerage (Who disabled the barrier) approached the two men.

"Yes?" Kakashi asked as he adjusted Naruto's sleeping form.

"Why are you here?" Rias asked as she couldn't think of any reason to why they were even in Kuoh.

"I was on a mission, which I would prefer to not go into, Young Devil King." Kuma replied politely.

"Yasaka actually got a call from Naruto earlier today, but something happened and the call ended before they could talk." Kakashi said, Rias's cheeks flushing as she had destroyed Naruto's phone. "So, I was sent here to see what was going on, and I bumped into Kuma and Griselda when I arrived."

"Wait, the Yokai faction?" Issei asked Akeno.

"Yes, in Kyoto, there is a separate faction that has an alliance with our faction…" Akeno started to explain.

"Sorry, but we actually have alliances with all three major factions, as well as all the monster factions across the world." Kakashi interrupted her, correcting her mistake. "It is why Griselda was using Shibuki."

"I was going to ask about that sword." Xenovia said as she propped Irina's tired body up.

Kuma saw this and felt guilt.

"Come here, please." Kuma said as he motioned for Xenovia and Irina to come to him while he pulled off his glove.

Ones who respected the strongest male exorcist, Xenovia and Irina made their way to Kuma.

Kuma gently tapped Irina, a massive translucent red paw shaped bubble appeared behind her.

"What…" Irina muttered as she blinked.

All the pain and fatigue she had been feeling had vanished.

"I used my power to repel all fatigue and pain you were feeling." Kuma explained. "It was the least I could do, since both of you now know the truth, thus you are both going to be excommunicated."

Irina and Xenovia felt their hearts drop.

"So, God really is dead?" Irina asked tearfully.

Kuma gave no answer, but he patted Irina's head.

Part of her hair, which had been ruined by Freed, fell from her head, now in a short bob mixed with a choppy pixie cut style with side bangs.

"I know it isn't how you like it, but it is better than leaving it ruined, don't you think." Kuma asked as he dispelled the red paw bubble before putting his glove back on.

Irina ran her hand through her short hair.

"Thank you, Mr. Kuma." Irina thanked.

Kuma smiled softly.

"It was no problem." He replied as he turned to Xenovia and the peerages. "As for the sword Griselda was using, Lady Yasaka of the Yokai Faction gave it to her to use in place of Durandal, which is in young Xenovia's hands."

"Okay, but what about this 'Awakening' thing I heard you mention?" Koneko asked as she stepped up. "It sounded bad from how Kokabiel was talking about it."

Kakashi and Kuma looked at each other, contemplating if they should tell them about this.

They sighed in unison.

"I'm sorry, but it isn't my place to give such personal information." Kuma replied solemnly.

"Same here." Kakashi said before he stood up and walked to Xenovia. "Can I have Naruto's pelt?"

Xenovia looked confused before she remembered she was wearing Naruto's pelt on her shoulders, sheepishly handing it over to the dog Mink.

Kakashi carefully put it in Naruto's grasp and picked Naruto back up.

"What are you doing?" Ravel asked concerned.

"I am taking Naruto back to Kyoto, he has had a stressful day, and will need medical attention." Kakashi explained as he picked up the discarded werefox pelt cloak that Kokabiel wore.

"Wait…" Sona tried to said before Kakashi vanished from sight, leaving Kuma alone with the Devils.

"I am still on my mission." Kuma said as he himself stood up. "But if there is something that I can do to help you with, please let me know."

"Thank you, we will need it." Sona said as she sat on the ground, exhausted from expanding so much of her magic. "Rias, since we put up the barrier, you owe the Student Council a favor."

"Okay, we can do that." Rias said as she sat down as well, just as exhausted, mentally and physically.

Every devil sat down, mentally tired from todays events, Koneko leaning into Ravel, Ameyuri, and Gilga, actually passing out as she cuddled with the puppies.

"Hey, Ravel." Xenovia said as she removed herself from Irina's side, who was currently talking to Rias. "Can I ask you a question?"

That night…

Yasaka, Kunou, Kakashi, and Sengoku watched as Yasaka's blue Fox Fire set the werefox cloak Kokabiel wore ablaze on the royal family funeral pyre.

'Please, I pray for all of you,' Yasaka thought as she prayed for the souls of all these people who were slaughtered. 'Please, rest in peace, all of you.'

She thought this multiple times, knowing there were hundreds of different werefoxes that were turned into this cloak.

Once the flames died out, the ashes were collected to be scattered, to return to Nature's embrace for a peaceful rest in the Pure Lands, the after life for Yokai and Monsters across the globe.

"Mommy, do you think Naruto will be okay?" Kunou asked as the two kitsune entered their compound after leaving.

"Yes, sweetheart, I think he will." Yasaka replied as she dropped Kunou off at her room. "Actually, I know he will."

Kunou had a melancholic look before she had her ears rubbed, getting a laugh and a smile from her before she was ushered off to bed.

Yasaka made her way to Naruto's room.

She knocked on the door.

"You can enter." A female said.

"It's just me." Yasaka said as she entered the room.

Inside was Rin Uchiha, Obito's wife, and Yasaka's most trusted doctor.

She was a Lynx werecat, thus she had a single tail and a pair of ears. The rest of her looked like a normal human. Short, light-brown hair, dull brownish-gray eyes, and had two distinct blue markings on her cheeks.

"How is he doing, Rin?" Yasaka asked worriedly as she looked at Naruto's sleeping form.

Obviously, Naruto was sleeping naked as he held onto his pelt like a life line while he had small medical technology hooked up to him to monitor his brain patterns and heart rate.

"Besides the major muscle fatigue and chakra exhaustion, Naruto had a small portion of his life force drained upon his awakening." Rin replied as she went over the notes on her clip board. "Although, it is to be mentioned it wasn't a normal awakening."

"How so?" Yasaka asked as she sat on the bed, running her hand through Naruto's sun kissed blonde hair.

"From what Kakashi said, the spirits of the werefoxes that Kokabiel killed, well, the chakra remains of them within the cloak kick started his awakening with their hatred of Kokabiel." Rin said as she reread Kakashi's written report. "They enhanced his healing factor to heal light-based weapon poisoning and the same poison that killed Kushina seven years ago. And his awakening wasn't natural as it should have been instant with his tail splitting within a second as well. But this, it was slow and drawn out, like a scene in a movie or a bad fanfiction."

"Hm, who would want to read that?" Yasaka sarcastically asked.

Both look at the reader.

"Anyway, the spirits forced this partial awakening, thus the life force Naruto lost wasn't a lot, but enough to knock him out upon stopping the awakening." Rin continued as she looked at Naruto. "All he needs is a single Yokai Healing Method or the Bedroom Method and he would be right as rain."

"I'll do it." Yasaka said before Rin could say anything more. "He is my future son-in-law, so it is natural I would want to help him."

"I won't argue, but after you finish, I would like him to be moved to my home so Obito and I can watch over him until he wakes." Rin concluded before taking her leave.

Yasaka carefully removed the medical equipment from Naruto's arms and head before she got under the covers with Naruto, fully clothed, and snuggled with him, opting for the Healing Method over the Bedroom Method.

Yasaka pulled Naruto into her, smooshing her breasts against Naruto's back and head as she used Senjutsu to replenish the life force Naruto lost.

'Please,' Yasaka mentally prayed as she wrapped her tails around Naruto. 'Please don't let this be an omen for anything bad.'

Three days later…

Michael and Griselda looked over the Fused Excalibur fragments.

Excalibur Destruction having been returned to its resting place within the Vatican, this time sealed with Senjutsu thanks to other Yokai exorcists.

"Hm, interesting design…" Michael said as he put the pieces next to each other, to imitate its completed form. "Valper was a traitor, but his design choice was impeccably precise to maximize the abilities of this sword."

"Lord Michael…" Griselda said sadly as she helped wrap the pieces up to send to the Alchemist Corps. "Naruto knows about Kushina, Kokabiel informed him of the… attack she and her… father did. However, he seemed to be in denial of the truth."

Michael blinked as he finished.

"Oh, dear. That is a problem." Michael stated sadly as he sat down. "What happened?"

"Well, Naruto did somewhat awaken, just like his mother, but it was different from when Kushina and I last fought." Griselda said as she touched her eye. "It didn't seem natural."

Griselda proceeded to inform Michael of all she and Kuma witnessed before they stepped in.

Michael put his hand on his forehead.

"I am upset that he learned it in this way, but he would have been told the truth eventually." Michael explained to himself as the guilt he felt was building and gnawing at him.

"I know sir. Naruto didn't seem to want to believe it." She replied. "But he is a smart child, he surely will put things together and see the truth amongst this."

"But what will that bring?" Michael asked as he looked at Griselda. "He might become wild, and could possible end up a vengeful and angry person, just like Kurama…"

The air became thick with memories in Michael's head.

"Griselda, please take the sword to the Alchemists, then take a week off. You deserve it." Michael stated calmly with a forlorn look in his eyes.

"Yes sir." Griselda replied politely before leaving with the sword.

She dropped the sword off and soon made her way to the training ground, summoning Shibuki.

'This Blastsword…' Griselda thought as she swung it around with relative ease, having been using heavy swords since the start of her training like her protégé, Xenovia. 'It is well balanced, but I need to get used to the recoil of the blasts.'

She started training with the very basics.

'Naruto, please, be alright.'

That Night…

Azazel was once again at the pier fishing.

"So, you finally returned?" Azazel asked, not Kuma who had been nearby, but Vali who touched down on the pier in full Scale Mail Armor Balance Breaker.

"It was a challenge finding him." Vali admitted as he disengaged his Balance Breaker, throwing the broken but still living Kokabiel near Azazel. "He was sent all the way to Mexico, thanks for the tip, Kuma. I wouldn't have been able to find him otherwise."

Kuma said nothing as he watched the three men on the pier.

He was to observe, not interfere at all.

"KUMA!" Kokabiel shouted like a mad man as he looked all over trying to find him. "Where are you!"

Vali scowled and stomped Kokabiel's head through the wood paneling of the pier.

"Jeez, Vali," Azazel said as he reeled in his line, not catching a fish. "You scared away my catch."

Vali scoffed and removed his foot from Kokabiel's bleeding head.

"Azazel, why are you allowing that… that… that bastard Kuma near us?" Kokabiel sputtered out as Azazel stood up, propping his fishing rod up. "He attacked me with Griselda and some Mink."

"I actually know what happened, Kokabiel." Azazel said as he folded his hands into his kimono sleeves, looking down at his associate. "Vali was there on my orders to step in if necessary."

Kokabiel's eyes widened as he put things together in his mind.

"Damn you…" Kokabiel growled as he glared maliciously at Azazel, who was unimpressed.

"You were always a dog, Kokabiel." Azazel said as he held his hand out, summoning a Bident of Light. "So, I guess I'll put you down."

Azazel stabbed Kokabiel in the back, the light of his weapon penetrating Kokabiel's body.

The once strong Cardinal cried out in pain as his body was ravaged by light before he succumbed to his injuries and faded into light particles.

"I guess you are happy, Kuma." Azazel stated as he moved back to his fishing pole, his bident vanishing.

"I would be lying if I said I didn't take enjoyment in knowing that he has been disposed of." Kuma said as he walked up to Azazel and Vali. "Though, as a follower of the church, I wish you hadn't killed him. Kokabiel committed crimes against us, so he would have been put on trial."

Azazel sighed.

"I guess you are right." He admitted as he baited his line. "You want to join me? I have a spare fishing pole."

Kuma looked at Vali, and vice versa.

"Thank you, but I'll decline." Kuma replied as Vali flew off with his base Divine Dividing wings.

Azazel laughed at his misfortune.

"All well, then that means more for me." The Governor-General chuckled as he cast his line.

Next morning…

Irina shot up, gasping for air and covered in sweat.

'It was just a dream…' Irina thought as she wiped the sweat off her forehead, standing up as she did.

It had now been four days since the Kokabiel incident, and ever since then, Irina had been having nightmares of what happened when she was being held captive.

"It's okay, I'm safe…" Irina told herself as she walked to the window and opened it, early morning light pouring in and illuminating her room.

Her Kuoh Academy uniform was once again hung up nearby, having joined the school.

Irina took a deep breath of the cool morning air, it hitting her skin and calming her a bit in the early morning light.

She looked at the mirror in the room, within the small apartment Rias had helped set up for her.

Irina stepped in front of it, closing her eyes. She applied some mental thought into her back, and when she opened them, her face saddened when she saw her devil wings.

Irina Shidou, former exorcist of the church and wielder of Excalibur Mimic, have become the Knight of Rias Gremory.

'Of course, I still have these.' Irina thought as she recalled her wings. 'I guess I'll get ready for school.'

Irina entered her bathroom and entered the shower when the water was warm enough.

She cleaned her body and short hair, still used to it being longer, so she was in and out within three minutes.

Once dry, Irina dressed in her school uniform and made breakfast.

She ate silently and alone.

The silence didn't sit well with her as she ate. It was uncomfortable to the usually upbeat and bubbly teen.

She finished her breakfast and washed the dishes before leaving for school, an air of depression around her as she walked silently into the day.

"Hey, Shidou." One of her classmates said on their way to class.

Irina smiled weakly and waved.

This happened a few more times before Irina arrived at her class, a few others there already waiting for class to start.

Irina made it to her seat and sat down, getting ready for class.

'Just another day…' Irina thought as she finished her preparations. 'One day… at a time…'

Irina yawned and felt drowsiness grip her body.

'I have enough time, so I'll take a nap.' Irina thought as she crossed her arms in front of her and rested her head on them.

Vivid flashes of Freed and Kokabiel flashed Irina's eyes and murmurs of God's death rung in her ears.

"NO!"

"OW!"

Irina blinked as she looked around, having shot up, knocking her chair over, feeling a sharp stinging in her head.

Before her was Issei, Asia, and Xenovia.

Issei was holding his chin, as she had hit him with her head as she shot up.

"Irina, what's wrong?" Xenovia asked as she gently touched Irina's shaking shoulder, gingerly helping her friend sit down after picking up the chair. "Are you okay?"

Asia helped Issei to his seat, careful to not allow others to see her Twilight Healing heal Issei's jaw.

"No… I'm not. How come you are?" Irina asked weakly as she looked into Xenovia's brown eyes.

Xenovia stared back into Irina's amethyst eyes.

They looked dead and lacked the spark of life Irina had.

"I am not fine." Xenovia replied as she herself sat down. "It has been difficult for me as well."

Irina desperately wanted to call Xenovia a liar, but knew that wasn't true.

Both were excommunicated from the church together, and so Xenovia, who had been raised since childhood by Griselda and the church, was also struggling to come to terms with what had happened.

However, Xenovia was adjusting much easier than Irina due to the fact she hadn't been tortured and nearly raped by the man who took her captive.

"Irina…" Xenovia said before Irina stood up and walked out of class, leaving all of her stuff at her desk.

"Should I talk to her?" Issei asked as he was helped up, his jaw healed.

"No, I think she needs to be alone." Xenovia said sadly as the class bell rang. "And there is that."

The three of them wanted to run after Irina, but decided to wait.

Irina, meanwhile, went home to her apartment, throwing off her clothing and climbed into bed, crying herself to sleep.

'I can't do this.' She thought as she curled up into a tight ball. 'I can't do this… please God, help me?'

All Irina received was a splitting headache and more despair.

Afterschool…

Xenovia knocked on the door to Irina's apartment with Issei, Asia, Koneko, and Ravel.

"Irina, it's us." Issei shouted through the door.

No answer.

Ravel looked around for any normal humans that could be passing by.

"Ameyuri, Gilga. Both of you sneak in, one of you find Irina and the other open the door." Ravel ordered her grim pups.

The two puppies barked in understanding, Ravel's shadow stretching under the door and splitting, with the two puppies emerging inside the apartment and Ravel's shadow returns to normal.

They heard one of the puppy's patter deeper into the apartment while one of them tried to open the door.

Suddenly, one of the yelped in pain and at this point, Koneko smashed the door in, scaring Gilga, who was near the door.

"Gilga?" Ravel said as she picked Gilga up, before she merged into Ravel's shadow. "AMEYURI!"

Said grim barked, prompting everyone to find her, arriving at Irina's locked bedroom door.

"I smell blood." Koneko said as she recognized the scent creeping out from under the door.

Not skipping a beat, she smashed this door down as well, allowing them to enter Irina's bedroom.

Irina was pale, limp as she lay on her bed with multiple slashes on her wrist.

"IRINA!" Issei and Xenovia shouted as all four of them ran to Irina's bed, horrified at what they were seeing.

Asia and Ravel, who had Ameyuri retreat into her shadow, started healing her the moment their hands touched Irina's wrist.

Asia's Twilight Healing and Ravel's Flames of Restoration spread across the deep cut areas, mixing together and quickened the speed of the healing.

"Her pulse is weak due to the loss of blood." Xenovia said as she put her fingers against Irina's other wrist.

"What happened?" Koneko asked as she covered her nose, the pungent smell of blood was not something she enjoyed.

"It seems Irina… was taking this to hard." Xenovia said as she started to tear up, caressing Irina's cheek. "And I didn't notice. What type of friend am I?"

Issei felt his heart get pulled as he looked at his childhood friend, pale and dead like.

"There, I healed her." Asia said as she finished healing Irina's wrist, pulling out her phone. "But we need to inform Rias of this."

Rias and Grayfia appeared a few seconds later, checking over Irina.

"It's a good thing you guys arrived here when you did." Grayfia said as she looked at Irina. "She would have died if she was left alone much longer."

"Grayfia… what should I do?" Rias asked, thoroughly upset and shaken with this turn of events.

Grayfia, for once, had no definite answer.

She, as Sirzechs's Queen and wife, had been alive for a long time, and was there when Ajuka revealed the Evil Piece System.

Several hundreds of reincarnated Devils at the beginning committed suicide to get out of their forced servitude, while a lot just gave up living and became shells of what they once were.

"Honestly, Rias, all I can say is get her a good counselor and a doctor to possibly prescribe anti-depressants." Grayfia said sadly as she looked at Rias. "It is all up to Irina. She decides if she wants to heal or not in this particular situation."

"I understand, Grayfia." Rias thanked her sister-in-law as Grayfia dismissed herself and returned to the Underworld.

"Buchou, is Irina going to be alright?" Issei asked as he looked up from Irina to Rias.

"I don't know Issei." Rias answered honestly as she gazed at her Knight. "But I'll do my best to make sure she gets good help."

Kyoto…

Kunou sat besides Naruto as Rin checked him over for the second time that day.

'Okay, his brain patterns are more active, meaning he is getting closer to waking up.' Rin thought happily, her cat tail swaying nonchalantly as she wrote this down on her notepad. 'And it is all thanks to you, Yasaka.'

Rin's smile faltered as she saw Kunou sadly rub Naruto's head as he lay in the bed asleep.

"Kunou, you want to go get something to eat?" Rin asked as she knelt next to the Princess of Kyoto.

Kunou shook her head as she wiped tears out of her eyes.

"I want to stay here." She said softly, blushing with her eyes widening when her stomach grumbled.

Rin chuckled and took Kunou's hands.

"Come on, I'll make you something to eat." Rin stated as she helped Kunou out of the room.

"So, how is he doing?" Obito, Rin's husband, asked a few minutes later as he and Rin were in another room while Kunou was eating.

He was as tall as the average man, even looked like one with his dark raven hair. Though, he had three details that kept him distinctly into the yokai species.

One, he had an eyepatch covering his left eye, which was currently within Kakashi's left eye socket.

Two, his visible eye that was in his head was stuck in awakened sharingan form.

Three, he had multiple eyes covering his body, all closed at the moment.

"Naruto could wake up at any moment now." Rin replied.

KNOCK, KNOCK!

The two adults heard this along with Kunou who got out of her chair and went to answer the door.

"I'll go keep an eye on Naruto, you go see who is at the door." Obito said before he kissed Rin's cheek and left to watch Naruto.

Rin met Kunou at the door, opening it and taking a step back.

It was Rob Lucci, her boss.

"Where is my student?" was all Lucci asked as he stared at her with Hattori on his shoulder.

At a glance, it was filled with anger, but if you knew where to look, Lucci's eyes held worry.

"Follow me." Rin said as she took Kunou's hand, letting Lucci in before shutting the front door.

The three of them started walking down the hall way before they felt the compound shake.

"What's going on?" Kunou asked as she clung to Rin, who was protectively holding her.

Lucci and Rin didn't answer, but used Shave to get to Naruto's room, opening it to see Obito embedded in the wall near the door barely awake and a massive hole in the opposite wall.

"Sweetheart, what happened?" Rin asked as she put Kunou down and started healing Obito.

"Naruto woke up, started panicking, ripped the machinery out of his body and when I tried to stop him, he entered his hybrid form before attacking me." Obito mumbled hazily. "He then broke the wall and vanished into a teleporting seal that had the Bael crest on it."

Lucci growled.

"Of course, you would fuck this up, Uchiha." Lucci snapped.

"Hey," Rin snapped back, her eyes sharpening as she looked at Lucci. "There is a child here."

Lucci looked down at Kunou, who was crying while Obito tried to calm her down.

"Tsk, I'm going to get a drink." Lucci retorted as he leaped out of the hole and took off with Moonwalk. 'I know where you could have gone, Naruto.'

Bael Territory, Forest…

Naruto landed face first into the ground when the teleportation seal of his vanished.

He staggered to stand, looking around him.

'Home…' Was all he thought as he remembered the place where he grew up in.

The circular clearing, the fire pit, the cave, and the small tools he had to make.

Naruto unwrapped his pelt, leaving himself completely naked to the world.

He looked at it before growling, throwing his pelt across the clearing.

It landed atop the tool box of old supplies he stole, 'looking' at him.

"Don't you go giving me that look!" Naruto snapped as he looked at the pelt back. "You lied to me, you never told me about your past, and now… Now I have to… Why? Why didn't you tell me anything?"

Naruto paced back and forth.

"I don't want to believe anything that Xenovia and Kokabiel said, but the more I think about it, the more I can see that it is possibly true." Naruto continued to say to no one. "But what kept you from telling me about your dad, the attack on the factions, or your partner? What was so bad about it?"

Naruto grabbed his pelt, shaking it to try to get answers, but silence was all he got in response.

"Just… why…" he begged as he collapsed to his knees, sniffing as he started to tear up. "I don't know what to believe anymore… what I remember or what they told me. Were you good or were you bad?"

"She was your mother, nya."

Chapter 16, DONE!

Okay, okay put the pitch forks and torches away. I can understand the anger.

'How could I do this to Irina?'

Well, she was nearly raped, and rape, in any story, should not be used for 'shock value'. Since I did it, I knew Irina was going to be difficult to write, as she would have been different to write if it was only the reveal of God's death. But with physical torture and nearly being raped, she would have this type of reaction.

Anyway, besides that, what did you guys think?

Kokabiel was taken out, Kuma and Griselda got some development, and Naruto has flown the coop.

If you liked it, please leave a review, even if you hated it.