Original Posted On: Dec. 18, 2019
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Current Harem:
Zest, Gabriel, Lucoa, Serafall
OKAY, LETS READ THIS SHIT! I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR HIGHSCHOOL DXD!
"Hey" = Speaking
'Hey' = Thinking
'Hey' = Memory
"Hey"= Sacred Gear/ Communication link/ Tailed Beast
Chapter 21: Paying Back a Favor
Naruto held a blushing Gabriel's hand as they walked through Vatican City.
Gabriel, after hearing Naruto say yes to her offer of spending time together, had dressed in modern casual wear. Flip flops, blue jeans, T-shirt, and sweater. Her hair stayed the same.
"Want to eat there?" Naruto asked as he pointed at a small coffee shop.
"Sure." Gabriel said nervously.
As an Archangel, Gabriel had to be careful of falling and being clean in her relationships.
Due to this mindset, Gabriel felt like she fell behind in Naruto's eyes with women like Zest and Lucoa beside him.
Gabriel sighed as she walked beside her beloved, who was smiling as they entered the café and were seated near the window.
Naruto, meanwhile, could hear whispers amongst the customers, mostly whispers of how he got with a beauty like Gabriel.
They took some menu's and ordered some coffee and some food.
"Hey, Gabriel, can I ask about Xenovia's progress in her schooling and exorcist training?" Naruto asked as he patiently waited.
Gabriel blinked before cutely putting her finger to her chin in thought, eyes looking at the ceiling.
"From what I know, Xenovia has learned her basic math and history, pretty easily. Seems she could pursue a career in that easily if she decides to go down those paths." Gabriel replied adorably. "In her training, she has shown prowess with a blade like Griselda. Especially heavy swords."
Naruto nodded proudly.
"We have trained her body to be as tough as possible and it has made her strong." Naruto said as he remembered finding Xenovia sneaking into his room to try to use the Executioner's Blade without him finding out. "I might give her a very special sword when she is ready."
"We were thinking the same." Gabriel replied, seeing Naruto raise an eyebrow. "We were thinking of bestowing her Durandal, at Griselda's request. She really has taken a liking to Xenovia, so it is unique to see her willing to give up that particular Holy Sword to one so young."
"Xenovia is strong, but she is still young, like you said, so she will prove to be a handful, when she starts puberty." Naruto stated as their coffee arrived.
Gabriel nodded as she grabbed her croissant and buttered it.
"You also… empowered her, didn't you?" Gabriel said slowly as she took a bite.
"Yeah, I did." Naruto said as he looked at his bagel. "Though, I probably would have never done it if she wasn't at Death's door."
"I see." Gabriel mumbled. "She told me that you took in another two children, nekoshou sisters?"
"Yeah, they are the children of my old students." Naruto replied fondly, before his face became angry while his fists clenched. "I found them being chased by some devil brat who was trying to get the older sister to join him."
Gabriel gasped at this.
"Fortunately, I was able to get to them in time." Naruto said as he calmed down, his face softening. "The devil wasn't killed, I made sure to just knock him out, but I could have done it so easily."
Gabriel touched Naruto's hands.
"I know devils are my enemy at the moment, but I am proud of you, Naruto." Gabriel said as she looked him in the eyes. "You let him live to face justice."
Naruto smiled and chuckled a little.
"Thanks Gabriel." Naruto replied as he moved over and leaned into her.
Gabriel smiled and leaned into Naruto.
"It was my pleasure Naruto." Gabriel said as she turned her head and kissed his cheek,
Many men were knocked out by their girlfriends that day in that café due to them stating how lucky Naruto was.
Meanwhile, Underworld…
Serafall shivered.
'I feel like killing an angel.' Serafall thought as she shook off the feeling.
She leaned back in her chair and stretched her arms out.
'Anyway, I still can't believe that kid could have screwed me over if the others decided to get the information out of him.' Serafall thought, counting the blessings in the stars that she had or else she would have been out of a job, and would have had been banished or killed.
Flashback…
"… and then that son of a bitch proceeded to beat my peerage up when we were just trying to help the nekoshou." The Naberious Heir stated, lying through his teeth to Serafall.
"Alright, can you describe this man?" Serafall asked as she sipped some coffee, dressed as a female interrogator from a cop show.
"Tall, with blonde hair, tan skin and whisker marks." He said as he struggled against his bindings. "He had a strange eye in the middle of his forehead."
Next thing he knew, the heir was once again knocked out when Serafall activated a spell that allowed her to see his memories.
'Shit, he isn't lying about Naruto being there.' Serafall thought, though she growled at the aggression and attacks he allowed on Kuroka and Shirone. 'This little bastard deserves some punishment.'
The heir woke up, stripped to nothing but a leather loincloth covering his junk and standing before him was Serafall.
"I'll get the truth out of you, you lying piece of processed horse shit." She stated as she cracked a horse-riding crop across the kid's face.
End Flashback…
'Oh, he cried like a bitch.' Serafall thought darkly before snapping out of her memories. 'Shit, I almost went back to my hardcore self for a moment. I need to stay bubbly or else Sona and Naruto wouldn't want to be around me.'
Serafall was a hard ball during the civil war, being known as the 'Falls of Depravity' all because her anger at not being able to be with Naruto allowed her to be a savage beast on the battle field.
And she has been trying to repress this for many years, even though she has a connection to him, it wasn't enough.
Skip…
"GRANDPA!" Kunou shouted as the tiny seven-year-old ran to her grandfather, arms open as she jumped up and hugged him.
"Kunou." Naruto said as he spun around, getting gleeful giggles from her. "How have you been my little Sunflower?"
Naruto had decided to go camping with Kunou, who had been a good girl and helped set up camp and then with his permission was allowed to wander around as he got firewood.
"I've been good." Kunou said as she looked at him, her eyes full of giddiness. "Watch this."
Naruto watched as Kunou's tiny hands were engulfed in divine flames, something she got from Amaterasu.
"And then this."
Sand came from Kunou's gourd, which Naruto gave her for her fifth birthday, and merged with the golden flames and Naruto was amazed to see the pure sand that had Shukaku's curse mark pattern, signaling she indeed was the Successor of Sand, become glowing, molten glass that flowed like water around Kunou and Naruto.
"Amazing." Naruto said as he could feel the heat. "You learned this all by yourself?"
Kunou nodded her head.
"I just knew how."
"I helped her subconsciously." Shukaku muttered, large amounts of pride in those four words.
Naruto smiled and held Kunou up high as the glass cooled and became brittle, making the tiny kitsune very tired.
"I think you should wait a while before doing anymore glass tricks, okay?" Naruto asked as he cradled her in his arms, Kunou snuggling into his warmth, like her mother did at her age.
"Okay *Yawn* Grandpa." Kunou muttered before falling asleep.
'She looks like her mother… Yasaka so much.' Naruto thought before he twirled the lock of black hair Kunou got from Amaterasu. 'To think she is already strong enough to merge her sand and flames like this. I can't wait to see how strong she will be when she is properly trained by Yasaka.'
Skip, October, Underworld…
Misla sat up as she looked at Naruto, who was very concerned.
"What happened?" Naruto asked as he could feel the distinct disturbance in Misla's body.
"I am sick." Misla said honestly, knowing that lying would have been a waste of their time. "And I want you to do me a favor."
"Okay, but that depends." Naruto stated.
"I want you to train your godson." Misla stated.
Naruto blinked.
"Godson?" he questioned, getting a nod from Misla.
"My son, Sairaorg. On the day of his birth, I had you made his godfather if anything happened to me. And with this sickness where are you going?"
"I'll be right back." Naruto said before he walked through a portal.
Mexico…
"Ma'am, I think you had enough." A bartender said as Tsunade hunched over the bar, plastered.
"Don…t…tell me…what…"
"Lady Tsunade…" Shizune, disguised, said in embarrassment.
The bartender sighed as Tsunade slouched more before she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Come on Tsunade, you are needed for something to get sober."
Tsunade heard Shizune gasp and she turned around, her tired drunk eyes becoming revitalized and focused as she saw Naruto being hugged by Shizune.
"I missed you too, Shizune." Naruto said as he hugged her back, looking at Tsunade. "Hey, grandma."
Naruto felt her heavy punch land outside the top of his head, mildly hurting before she hugged him tighter than Shizune.
"You fucking stupid asshole." Tsunade said, completely sober thanks to Saiken purging the alcohol from her body.
Next day…
Naruto stood before Sairaorg.
He was fifteen, tall for his age, and Naruto could tell Sairaorg had been training from the muscle Naruto could see on him.
"Nice to meet you." Sairaorg said as he bowed. "Mom told me you are my godfather, and I can see why she would trust you. Also, I'm grateful you got her help."
After Naruto and Tsunade reunited, he brought her to Misla's home and the slug and rabbit yokai got to work. They set up machines and started testing to find out what was going on with Misla.
Naruto smiled and patted Sairaorg's shoulder.
"It was no problem." He said as Sairaorg stood up straight. "She helped me out years ago, so I am helping her by helping you."
"I am still thankful." Sairaorg said, his face becoming angry. "My father doesn't seem to care about me or mom."
"Don't worry." Naruto said as he stepped to Sairaorg's side, opening a portal. "I will make you strong enough to stand against anything."
"I am ready." Sairaorg said as he followed his godfather. 'Mom, I promise I will succeed and make you proud.'
Sairaorg stepped through the portal, which closed, and Sairaorg was greeted to a view of the ocean.
"Zest!" Naruto called out as he walked away from Sairaorg, who recognized where he was from a fairy tale Misla read to him as a child.
'Wait… Naruto…' Sairaorg thought as he turned and looked at Naruto interact with Zest, informing her of his new student's predicament. 'No way… the golden protector is still alive?'
"Who the hell are you, nya?"
Sairaorg looked to his right and saw Kuroka (Age 14), Xenovia and Shirone behind her. All three of them in training gi that were starting to wear out.
Kuroka looked at Sairaorg with a glare, her arms crossed and stern.
"I am Sairaorg." He replied, not liking Kuroka's tone.
"Oh, perfect, you guys are meeting each other." Naruto said as he interrupted their conversation. "He will be training with you on the weekends, so please get along. Also, Shirone, you want to go shopping with me today?"
He walked up to the tiny nekoshou, picked her up, and put her on his shoulder.
"Yeah, I will." Shirone said as she gave him a big smile and hugged his head.
"Then we will go find out, alright?" Naruto laughed. "Xenovia, I'll get you to the Vatican in a minute after you change into your uniform. Kuroka, you and Sairaorg will be training with Zest today."
Everyone he mentioned nodded, Xenovia and Shirone ran into their rooms to change, followed by Naruto, thus leaving Sairaorg and Kuroka with Zest.
Sairaorg and Kuroka turned to Zest, who handed Sairaorg a gi.
He quickly changed and met Zest and Kuroka in the forest at the foot of Sage Mountain.
"Today, you will be maneuvering through the woods to the edge of Genbu's shell." Zest said as she looked at her students, getting a nod from both teens. "You will be forced to fight the animals, but you can run away. The point of the fights isn't to win, but to test resourcefulness and your guts. So, no killing the animals or getting killed."
The teens nodded, Kuroka very sure she could do it as she remembered how big the animals were and had sparred with them a few times.
Sairaorg had no idea what he was in for.
"You have until sunset, that is in five hours." Zest said as she looked at her watch, glancing up to see them still there. "What, get going."
Sairaorg and Kuroka dashed into the forest as Zest sat down and entered sage mode, to keep an eye on them.
Meanwhile…
"Have a good day, Xenovia." Naruto said as he waved her off, said child beaming brightly as she walked backward, waving at him, stopping when her friend Irina Shidou ran up to her and they started talking as they entered the academy.
"You ready for some shopping, Shirone?" Naruto asked the eight-year-old, having placed a transformation jutsu on her to keep her ears and tail hidden.
She was wearing a cute dress, resembling Ophis's usual attire, but not as Victorian. It was white and silver with a splash of blue, gold, and black on some ribbons.
Her white hair had been cut short on her request, making her look more like her mom.
"Yes." Shirone said while she nodded.
Naruto smiled as he took her hand and they went to the market.
Exorcist Academy, lunch time…
"Hey, Xenovia, that guy was your dad, right?" One of her classmates asked her.
Xenovia nodded, her long hair hanging from her shoulders.
"Yeah, why?" Xenovia asked curiously.
"Well, that little girl with you two didn't look like you or him, so who is she and why was she with you and your dad?"
Xenovia blinked.
"Naruto has lots of friends, and he helps take care of their kids, so Shirone is like family." Xenovia lied, feeling guilty having to do it.
"Why do you call your dad by his name?"
"I always heard everyone call him Naruto, so I assumed it was fine." Xenovia said, blushing a bit. "He hasn't really said anything about it, so he might not have a problem with it."
"That's weird."
Xenovia nodded and felt Irina tap her shoulder.
"Lunch is almost over, so let's get to class early." Irina said cheerfully.
Meanwhile…
"WHY THE FUCK ARE THESE ANIMALS SO DAMN STRONG!" Sairaorg shouted as he ran from a giant penguin, gorilla, and snake.
He had been running for several minutes, unable to think as whenever he would stop to try to come up with something, he would be attacked.
'She said this is to test my guts and resourcefulness, but how can I do that when I can't do anything but run.' Sairaorg thought as he barely dodged an attack from the penguin. 'Shit!'
Meanwhile, Kuroka swung into a tree branch, grabbing onto it and swerved around, releasing it, hitting Armidiko the giant armadillo, sending the poor guy flying.
"Sorry, Armidiko." Kuroka shouted, sidestepped, her gi ripping as the wind from a massive vampire bat's wings, exposing parts of her shoulder and right breast, but it was mostly covered.
'Oh, it's on, Luna.' Kuroka thought as she stared at the female bat as she turned around and faced Kuroka.
As this was happening, Zest sat in Sage mode, feeling out what was happening with the two teens.
'Kuroka sure has grown.' Zest thought as she could feel Kuroka's movements. 'She will be ready for Sage Training in a few months or less if she keeps it up.'
Zest looked slightly to the left, where Sairaorg was.
'Him on the other hand will be an issue. He probably only expected strength training, but we will make him realize that he will need more than muscle.' Zest thought as she sighed. 'He does show promise though.'
Later that afternoon…
"Hey, we are home." Naruto stated as he and Shirone returned with Xenovia, having picked her up from training in the Vatican.
"Naru, nya." Kuroka said as she ran up and hugged him, almost making him drop his bags. "I did really great in training today, nya."
"Really?" Naruto asked as he felt her nod into his chest. "What happened?"
"She and Sairaorg were tasked with getting to the other side of Genbu's shell." Zest said as she entered the room, wearing an apron. "She did very well and the animals can back me up on this. Sairaorg, however…"
Zest looked behind her and Naruto, Shirone, and Xenovia saw Sairaorg bandaged here and there, however, he was writing everything down and was muttering to himself on what he should have done.
'Wow, I expected him to just be a meat-head.' Naruto thought as Kuroka released him, petting her head as a reward. 'But he has a good head on his shoulders. Now it just needs to be tempered.'
Xenovia and Shirone helped Naruto put the food away and did some light training in the training ground with him for an hour before Zest called them in for dinner.
"So, how was your first day?" Naruto asked Sairaorg, who was mulling over his notes.
"I was chased by a penguin, snake, and a gorilla." Sairaorg said as he shoveled food into his mouth. "I wasn't able to do anything but run, but I will change that."
Naruto smiled proudly.
"Alright, but remember, only on the weekends will you be training here."
"I know, and I won't allow my studies and looking for peerage members get me down." Sairaorg stated.
Naruto's and Zest's eyes thinned.
"And would you force anyone here to be in your peerage?" Naruto asked darkly.
Sairaorg felt an intense pressure press on his body as he looked at his godfather.
"No… I wouldn't." Sairaorg said shakily. "Why would I?"
Naruto let up and laughed.
"Good answer." He said as he patted Sairaorg on the back, finishing his dinner before standing up. "I'll go get the bath ready, when you are done, take a shower and then get to bed."
"Alright." Sairaorg said as he finished.
He did not know that he would be bathing in a mix bath with Naruto, Zest, Kuroka, Xenovia, and Shirone.
Few weeks later…
Sairaorg and Kuroka had been dumped in the middle of the forest again, tasked with surviving for three days. They had been running and surviving attacks from the various animals all day and they were currently taking a break. Right now, they had built a little fire and were cooking some fish they had caught and prepared on some sticks
Right now, however, they were just glaring at each other as, despite the fact they were fellow apprentices, they just weren't capable of getting along. Sairaorg would go through his training routine but then Kuroka would either show him up by performing a more difficult routine, or she would just mess with him, causing him to lose focus. However, it wasn't only going one way as Kuroka would be focusing or in deep concentration while trying to perform certain techniques, but then Sairaorg would purposefully use his naturally loud voice to scare her. This would cause her to mess up and either fall to the ground from tripping, or get a face full of smoke if it was a chakra technique.
It was safe to say that they were not getting along anytime soon.
The two continued to glare at each other until Sairaorg sighed and rubbed his forehead while saying, "Okay, it is obvious that we both do not get along."
"That's an understatement, nya." Scoffed Kuroka.
"But I think we got off on the wrong foot and I would like to make amends," Sairaorg finished with a tick mark on his forehead from Kuroka's statement.
Kuroka seemed to think about it for a second before she sighed and nodded her head as she replied, "I suppose that's fair, while I may not like you, I could at least attempt to get along with a fellow apprentice, nya."
Sairaorg sighed in relief as he said, "Great, well, since we're on the subject of getting along, why exactly are you always messing with me? I mean, I'm the new guy, surely you don't feel threatened by the new guy?"
Kuroka looked away for a second before she sighed and said, "It's not entirely that I feel threatened by you as a fellow apprentice. I feel threatened that Naruto will forget me in favor of you, nya. I mean, I don't have your strength and I know Naruto is very strong as well."
Sairaorg was shocked and replied, "Really?"
Kuroka nodded her head and quietly muttered, "Yeah."
However, she was not expecting to hear, "Wow! That's a surprise!"
Kuroka was surprised by his response and asked, "Why is that, nya?"
"Because I was kinda feeling the same way," Sairaorg said, getting a surprised look from Kuroka.
"Really, nya?"
Sairaorg rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish expression and replied, "Well, yeah, though it was for a slightly different reason." Seeing Kuroka's confused look, Sairaorg continued, "Well, as I said, I also feel threatened by you but it isn't because of your strength. It's because you can learn senjutsu and other chakra techniques from Naruto. I won't be able to learn those because I don't have chakra, so I was afraid that Naruto would favor you over me because of that."
Kuroka was shocked when Sairaorg said that before she started giggling for a second before she completely lost it. Sairaorg wasn't that far behind her as he had started chuckling before he began laughing as well. However, they stopped laughing when they heard growling coming from the bushes. Slowly turning to the bushes, they noticed a giant tiger slowly walking out of the shrubbery.
Kuroka noticed that this wasn't one of the friendlier animals she had come to know and slowly began to back up along with Sairaorg when he saw her back up. The tiger slowly continued to walk towards them as Sairaorg muttered, "What are we going to do now?"
"I'll distract it while you escape," Kuroka said, getting a wide-eyed look from Sairaorg. Before he could say anything, she continued, "I have more experience when it comes to dodging large animals from my time in the forest on Genbu's back so I know what I'm doing."
Sairaorg then said, "No, I'll distract it while you make your escape." This time, it was Kuroka's turn to go wide-eyed. Looking at Sairaorg from the corner of her eye, she was about to respond when he continued, "As you said earlier, out of the two of us, I'm the stronger one, so I'll be able to handle the tiger once I get a grip on it."
Kuroka shook her head as she glared at him from the corner of her eye, "Nuh-uh! No way! You'll get eaten alive, you don't have the agility to dodge its bursts of speed! Like I said, I'll distract it while you leave!"
Sairaorg then began glaring at Kuroka from the corner of his eye and said, "No, you leave while I handle the tiger! I have my strength and my family's ability to tame beasts, so I am more than capable of handling this myself!"
The two continued to argue, not noticing that the tiger was getting impatient. It suddenly lunged forward with a ferocious roar getting the arguing duo's attention and getting them to dodge. Kuroka suddenly threw a rock at the tiger's face, getting it to roar in annoyance before charging at her. Kuroka began to jump back as the tiger's claws and teeth tried to make a meal out of her. She kept this up for a while before she felt herself hit something and turned to realize that it was a boulder that was blocking her path.
Hearing a roar, Kuroka turned around wide-eyed as she saw the tiger running towards her before it lunged. She realized that she didn't have enough time to dodge, so she closed her eyes, preparing for the pain. However, it never came, and she instead heard the tiger roar in surprise and annoyance before she heard someone grunting in effort.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? MOVE ALREADY!"
Kuroka's eyes snapped open as she looked and saw Sairaorg holding the tiger by its tail. Quickly snapping herself out of her daze, Kuroka jumped out of the way before she watched as Sairaorg began to spin the tiger around and sent it flying where it slammed into a tree and roared in pain.
Seeing the tiger was briefly out of commission, Kuroka marched up to Sairaorg and shouted, "Why did you do that?! I had everything under control!"
Sairaorg then glared at her and shouted, "How is almost getting mauled 'having things under control!?'"
However, before he could say anymore, Kuroka grabbed Sairaorg and quickly jumped to the side just as the tiger passed by where they had been standing. Kuroka and Sairaorg briefly looked at each other with glares before they clicked their tongues.
"Well, if you're not gonna listen, I suppose you can serve as a good catapult for the damn thing," Kuroka said, getting Sairaorg to glare at her.
"Hmph, I was gonna say the same, though with you being the mouse to that thing's cat," Sairaorg retorted, getting Kuroka to glare back.
They would have kept arguing and throwing insults but were reminded of their current guest by the roar the tiger gave off. Glaring at each other one last time, the two charged towards the tiger while it began running towards them as well.
Ten Minutes Later…
After a long-fought battle against the extremely overpowered tiger, Kuroka and Sairaorg were currently laying on the ground panting. They had various tears and rips throughout their training gi's, as well as being covered in dirt from the fight. Luckily, after breaking one of its legs and giving it several cuts, including over one of its eyes, the tiger finally gave up.
Sairaorg, finally managing to get his breathing somewhat under control, said, "You know, you were actually pretty good out there."
"Hmph, I guess I can acknowledge that you were somewhat decent," Kuroka said, "You're still slow though."
This caused a tick mark to appear on Sairaorg's forehead as he said, "Yeah, well, I guess I should be calling a mouse instead since all you managed to do was dodge and jump around like a little mouse"
This caused a tick mark to appear on Kuroka's forehead, and the two of them immediately began butting heads. However, they had forgotten how close they were to each other and how tired they were because they ended up slamming their heads together. The two of them gripped their heads in pain, before looking back at the other.
"Well," Kuroka began, still rubbing her head, "I guess if you're gonna get any faster, this humble mouse must take an underling and teach him the ropes."
Sairaorg smirked as he said, "Oh? Then I guess if your gonna get any stronger, this catapult must train you up."
The two began glaring at each other again as they had complimented and made fun of each other again. This was the start of a beautiful rivalry.
December, Greece…
Sairaorg and his recently attained Queen Kuisha followed Naruto and Zest through Greece.
As a reward for doing so well, Naruto took Sairaorg to Greece to take to mythological locations, such as Nemea, Mount Ida, and Delos.
"Amazing." Kuisha said as she looked around, having never been to Greece.
"Next we are going to Nemea." Zest said as they fast traveled through the sky, unseen by the clouds which Naruto had used with the Hidden Mist Jutsu.
Naruto suddenly stopped and looked at the ground.
'Wait, isn't that…' He thought before he realized what he was feeling, a sly smirk on his face.
"Hey, Sairaorg." Naruto said as he looked at his student. "Down there is the Nemean Lion, tame it."
"Wait, what?" Sairaorg asked in surprise. "But that isn't possible. The Nemean Lion is now a sacred gear, isn't it?"
"Not anymore it seems." Naruto said as he pointed down and everyone saw a cave. "He seems to have returned home and doesn't have a host. This is a good opportunity to get a new ally or at least test yourself."
Sairaorg looked at the cave, remembering the legend of Heracles's first Labor.
Which was to slay the Nemean Lion.
Sairaorg swallowed the saliva in his mouth before he descended down to the ground.
"Naruto, this is insane, he will die." Zest said worriedly, concerned for Sairaorg's safety.
"He will be fine." Naruto said confidently. "Besides, he is part Vapula on his mother's side. And they are beast tamers. This will either help him develop that trait or force him to kill the lion."
Kuisha heard this and felt uneasy along with Zest.
"GO AWAY!"
Sairaorg braced himself as he saw the eyes of the King of Beasts from within the cave glow as they looked at him.
"LEAVE NOW OR DIE!"
Sairaorg stood his ground.
"Fine, have it your way."
The lion stepped out and was easily taller than the fifteen-year-old.
'Okay, I know I can use my taming ability, but I don't have much experience using it. It did help during the last few training sessions in the forest, but this is a legendary creature of myth, will I be able to do anything?' Sairaorg thought as he visibly relaxed and stepped forward, getting close to the lion's face.
"I don't want to fight." Sairaorg said calmly without fear, raising his hand. "I just want to…"
"HELP ME? YEAH RIGHT!" the lion roared, swiping at Sairaorg, who was barely able to block, his arm getting slashed to ribbons and blood splattering the ground, some of it covering the lion's claws. "ALL YOU PEOPLE… YOU WANT TO CONTROL ME!"
Kuisha was about to step in, but was stopped by Naruto.
"Don't worry, I'll jump in if it gets deadly." Naruto said calmly as he focused on Sairaorg with his rinne-sharingan.
Kuisha, having known Naruto for a few weeks, understood and watched as Sairaorg stayed his ground and didn't react violently to the lion's attack.
'This hurts so much!' Sairaorg mentally screamed as he kept his composure. 'FUCK! But this works in my favor.'
The lion growled as he watched Sairaorg carefully activate his magic around him. It was pure magic, nothing mixed into it, however, the internal inferno of rage the lion held was diminishing.
'What… how did…' he thought as he blinked, all anger gone.
"You alright?" Sairaorg asked as he once again walked up to the lion.
"Yes."
Sairaorg smiled and raised his hand up and slowly, the lion's eyes watching his hand, touched the lion's nose.
The lion felt the full affect of Sairaorg's taming ability, and immediately was calm and willing to listen.
"You are alone, aren't you?" Sairaorg asked as he removed his hand as Naruto, Zest, and Kuisha landed nearby. "Would you like a home?"
Sairaorg extended his hand.
"If you want to stay here, then I will leave." He finished.
The lion looked into Sairaorg's eyes, seeing no deceit.
"My former master… he was hunted by devils." He said as he teared up. "They wanted him because of me due to my Longinus status. And to keep me out of their grasp, he killed himself."
Sairaorg and Kuisha gasped while Zest and Naruto were not visibly disturbed.
Internally, they were angry.
"Next thing I knew, I had materialized before the devils, not entering the reincarnation process we sacred gears go through. I then attacked and was able to kill a few of them before the leader fled." The Lion said. "If I joined you, would you abuse me for my power."
"No." Sairaorg said as he looked into the lion's eyes, not flinching or looking away. "I would not."
"Then I am at your service, Master." The Lion said as he bowed to Sairaorg. "My power is yours."
Naruto was proud as he watched this, walking up to his pupil and healing his slashed arm, not leaving a scar.
"Well done Sairaorg, but before anything else, you should name him." Zest said as she walked up to the lion and patted it head, making the King of Beasts purr like a common house cat.
"Hm, how about Regulus."
Chapter 21, DONE!
Well, Sairaorg is Naruto's godson and oh boy is his strength going to be better than in canon.
And explains how Sairaorg got Regulus, and it used the canon explanation as well.
Yeah, I know Naruto doesn't like interfering with devil affairs, but Misla helped him get Jack into Serafall's peerage, so he did owe her one. If this isn't an okay answer then its your decision.
Anyway, what did you think? The rivalry with Naruto and Kuroka, and the relationship of Naruto and Gabriel still going, despite being interested they keep apart.
Let me know what you think in a review.