Original Posted On: April. 13, 2020
Beta Read by: Heckelman88, Crowfeast, Tachyon99, xhope14x
Review Response:
Draegoon: The Paw pads don't increase power, just reflect. However, Uris Shock is a large amount of air compacted, thus its power output is HUGE! For the clothes thing, I say all Naruto verse cloth and clothing has chakra in it while DXD clothing for woman is made of barely stable fiber strands. I know, the picture was interesting. No, I haven't seen Demon Slayer yet, sadly. Also, is there any room in your bunker?
Calderoneric: With Naruto and Irina, they will bang, just need to figure out when and why, as Irina is still a believer of the Church, so she wouldn't want it to be out of lust alone.
Darkmaster10000000: It won't. (Dressed in full plate samurai armor) Got any room in the bunker? If not, you can hang with me and Draegoon in his bunker. He has snacks and his bunker has laser cannons.
Emn93: Yep, I'm proud of Irina so far, standing up to Xenovia and getting through their issue together. For the Rasenshuriken Training, you will have to see. Yeah, but I think, with Irina joining the harem, Xenovia, Ravel, and Koneko would redo their challenge to see who sleeps with Naruto next.
WindCitySlayer1: Thank you.
AxeMan18: Dude, you will probably love or hate what I do with Vali this chapter.
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Guest: NTR? What does that mean? No, Kuroka has staked her claim, so she is sticking to Naruto.
Harem:
Kunou (When she is 16), Koneko, Ravel, Kuroka, Xenovia, Irina
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 26: Vexation Infatuation
Khaos Brigade HQ…
Vali returned to his base to grab something he had 'forgotten'.
The rest of his team (Kuroka, Kisame, Arthur, La Fey, Bikou) were in Kuoh taking in the sights.
"Hey there, Vali~" A silky smooth voice purred as arms wrapped around Vali's shoulders and the hands connected.
Vali smirked and turned, wrapping his arms around this person's waist before he leaned in and kissed her.
"I missed you, my beautiful yokai flower, Robin." Vali said as he released his woman.
Nico Robin stood before her lover. (1)
She wore a simple pull over dress, knee length boots, and had her hair down, covered with a simple hat with sunglasses on them.
(Her Dressrosa outfit)
"And I missed you, my dragon charmer." Robin said as she turned and pressed her ass against his leg. "I missed you very much."
Vali smirked.
He was feeling the urge to bang his girl, but knew it wasn't the best time.
Battle maniac he is, but with Robin, he was a soft marshmallow.
"Oh, I see." Robin said as six more arms appeared, floating besides her. "I guess the hard way is necessary."
Vali laughed.
"You can try." Vali challenged. "You Yamanate are a rare breed, so I guess we should." (2)
Robin grinned.
'Men are so simple.' She thought as she leaned up and they started making out again.
Kuoh Academy, Main Building…
Griselda felt her breath hitch slightly.
Her chest tightened as she looked at the same child, who was seven when they first met, now stand before her as a young fifteen-year-old high schooler.
'He hasn't changed much.' Griselda thought as she looked at Naruto. 'He has definitely gotten taller.'
Naruto, meanwhile, stared at her in disbelief.
His blue, turning red, eyes thinned and he could hear his heart pounding in his eardrums.
Partially transforming his hands, Naruto's nails became claws as he started to shake furiously.
Griselda noticed this along with Yasaka.
'Shit…'
Naruto lunged at Griselda, in front Yasaka, Kunou, Irina, Xenovia, AND the human students and adults.
Few minutes before hand, Kuoh Academy Gym…
"What the…" Issei said as he, Rias, Ravel, and their respected peerages (Minus Kakashi, Irina, and Xenovia) walked up to the gym and heard loud voices and sounds of camera's going off.
Issei opened the door and saw two dozen male students, Matsuda and Motohama being two of them, snapping pictures of a very, VERY beautiful woman wearing a magical girl costume, staffed wand and all.
"Is that a Milky Spiral Alternative cosplay?" Issei accidently muttered loudly.
"How… do you know that costume?" Asia asked as the peerages filed in.
Issei smirked proudly, which was a façade, as he crossed his arms.
"An old friend of mine is a huge fan." Issei said as an image of Milton appeared in his head, blowing Issei a kiss. "We had a marathon watching it."
"Okay, that is enough."
The group looked at the stage and saw Saji clapping his hands to get the boys attention, with an annoyed look on his face.
"HEY ASSHOLE GET OFF THE STAGE!"
"YEAH, FUCK OFF STUDENT COUNSEL SUCK UP!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!"
Everyone went silent as a tall intimidating man stepped besides the woman.
He was a tall, light-skinned, lean, yet muscular man with short dark hair, a beard, sideburns, and sunglasses. From his sideburns on, his facial hair grew horizontally. On his cheek it grew downwards with a pointed end.
This man wore a white and cobalt blue knee-length trench coat that had a quilted design that had splashes of silver here and there, like water, which stopped just below his waist (where the coat then had a plain design), along with two black pockets slightly above the chest on either side. On the back was the Sitri clan symbol. Under the coat he wore a mauve-colored shirt with a purple-colored ascot embedded with a red jewel, with a golden-yellow outline at the top in the tie.
The most peculiar thing about this man, wasn't his height or clothing, but the fact he had a bunch of French fries stuck to his face.
"Listen to the young man standing before you." The man stated as he slammed his hand against Saji's back, creaking or cracking sound echoing from the Pawns spine.
You pick which sound is worse.
"He is trying to guide you down the best path, and if he says that this is enough, you will listen and obey him."
The male students were taken in by this man, this stranger's emotions and passion.
"Of course, sir." They all said in military like union before walking out one by one.
"What just… happened?" Everyone who wasn't on the stage and Saji asked as they looked at the duo.
The woman looked at the taller man, his stern face straight and true as his sunglasses covered eyes were looking at her.
"Damn it Vergo," The woman said in irritation as her cheeks puffed out, pointing her wand at him. "They weren't doing anything bad, so why did you have to get rid of them?" (3)
"My apologies, Lady Serafall." Vergo said as he placed his right hand over his heart and bowed. "But it seemed that this young man was doing his best to get their attention, and their disrespect to one of Lady Sona's pieces angered me."
Serafall Leviathan blinked at her Pawn and looked at Saji, who had owl eyes as Rias and Ravel walked up.
"You are one of Sona's Peerage Members?" Serafall asked in slight, before becoming serious and patting Saji down, which made him go stiff as a board.
And no, that isn't an erection joke.
"Y…yes ma'am." Saji said nervously, knowing full well who Serafall was by name, but not by face.
"Hm…" Serafall hummed as she stood up and nodded. "I approve. You are worthy of serving at my sister's side."
Serafall had a proud smile on her face, hand on her hip, chest puffed out.
"Hello, Lady Serafall." Rias said politely as she interrupted Serafall. "And it is a pleasure to see you again, Vergo."
Vergo smiled and bowed slightly.
"I am honored to see you again, Rias." He said, before he glimpsed Ravel. "Aw, Ms. Phenex, it is a pleasure to finally meet the youngest of the Phenex family."
"Who are you?" Lee asked in confusion, and slight fear as he could tell these two are VERY strong.
"Oh, I forgot my manners." Vergo said in embarrassment. "I am Vergo, Pawn and Manager of Serafall Leviathan."
"I am Serafall Leviathan, Satan Pink, and Magical Girl Levia-tan." Serafall said cutely as she struck a pose, similar to an older, and blonder heroine who was based on the moon. "And no evil shall strike harm to Sona or her friends as long as I am around."
Vergo chuckled at his master's antics.
"Who is causing…" Sona said as she entered the gym, only to stop when she saw Vergo and Serafall. "All… this… ruckus…"
Before Serafall could move towards her beloved sister, she pivoted on the ball of her foot and turned to face the main building of the school.
Vergo turned just as quickly.
There was a massive pressure and presence building in the school.
Right next to Yasaka and what appeared to be Griselda.
"No, Naruto…" Serafall said before she took off with Vergo in tow.
They were followed by the peerages, Koneko and Ravel running as fast as they could.
Present time…
Naruto lunged towards Griselda, who looked at him in surprise as she prepared to dodge.
Yasaka, however, grabbed the back of Naruto's uniform, only to see her hand hit the floor in a puddle of her own blood.
It took everything Yasaka had to cover Kunou's eyes, stop the bleeding, and keep in the pain she was feeling from her severed hand.
"HOLY SHIT, SOMEONE GET AN ABULANCE!" one of the adults shouted as many of the students, teachers, and parents started screaming as Yasaka picked up her hand, using senjutsu to reattach it, just in time.
She had almost hit the thirty second rule at 29.9 seconds of freshness or else she would have lost her hand permanently.
Yokai biology was strange like that.
"MOMMY!" Kunou shouted, her mother pulling her into her body to keep Kunou from seeing what happened.
Xenovia and Irina dropped to the floor as Naruto targeted Griselda.
Being the smart woman that she was, and with the experience she had obtained from her job, Griselda knew she had to get somewhere with no humans.
Swiftly dodging the werefox, Griselda slid next to the windows, opening one, and when Naruto jumped at her again, she ducked and he went flying out of it.
Problem.
They were on the third floor of the main building.
Naruto, using Moonwalk, jumped back into the building.
'Where is she!' he aggressively thought when he didn't see Griselda.
Instead of using his senjutsu sensing, in his blind rage, he sniffed around, ignoring all the gawking humans.
'There.' He thought as he took off after Griselda by her scent.
"NARUTO, STOP!" Xenovia shouted as she got up enough to see Naruto turn the corner and vanish.
Anyone in the vicinity of Kuoh could feel Naruto's power signature, having not bothered to hide it.
Kisame, Kuroka, Bikou, Arthur, and La Fey could feel it as they wondered around Kuoh.
'Naruto.' Kuroka thought as she felt him on the move, but didn't move a muscle to go to him.
She also had felt the presences of the Satan's, meaning she would most likely be killed.
This increase in power caught the attention of Azazel and Kuma.
All this time, Griselda weaved through the city to get to the outskirt forest.
Where most likely no one would be.
She hoped and prayed that was the case, because she didn't want to drag any innocent people into the supernatural world by accident.
"GRISELDA!"
Said woman stopped as Naruto appeared before her.
Their location: 1.9 miles away from the forest.
Griselda didn't like this, but reached into her purse.
Naruto went on the defensive as he lunged at her, only to feel a small metal canister to bounce off his forehead, curtesy of Griselda throwing it.
'A grenade?' Naruto thought as he saw the clasp snap against the can.
However, instead of an explosion, compressed mist burst from the tip of the canister, like shaving cream from its can.
Naruto's flesh started to burn as this mist made contact with his skin.
It was excruciatingly painful.
It was a holy water canister.
Griselda took this chance to start running again.
'Sorry, Naruto, but I have to get you away from the humans. Follow me.' Griselda thought as she left the screaming werefox, covering the mile plus left in ten minutes.
Naruto, by this point, was healing himself.
Slower than usual, but healing none the less.
His mind laser focused on finding and killing Griselda, thus allowing him to ignore the pain he was undergoing.
Once he finished healing, he followed her scent into the woods.
He sniffed the air and found Griselda's scent through the thick earthen musk air.
Griselda was found in a clearing.
"Naruto, I am not going to fight you." Griselda said calmly, her fingers twitching slightly as she saw Naruto approach her with his transformation dropping and his features and pelt becoming visible. "I came here to visit Xenovia for Parent's day, that is all. So please, calm down and let's talk."
"You got me to believe you once." Naruto snipped as he glared at her. "All those years ago at the orphanage in Italy. I trusted you, but then you attacked my mom!"
Griselda knew this was why Naruto was angry.
She had attacked Kushina, dealt a deadly blow, and was part of the reason why Kushina had been killed.
"Naruto, let me explain…"
Naruto entered his hybrid form and spun kicked the air, a Tempest Kick launching at her.
Reacting, Griselda sliced through the pressurized air projectile with an exorcist light sword.
Naruto, with Shave, got in close and pulled his arm back, finger pointed.
"FINGER PISTOL!" He shouted, thrusting his arm forward, only to get sidestepped by Griselda and his hand stuck in a tree. "DAMNIT!"
Griselda went to grab his ears, having been around him as a child she found out about his instant calm down spot, but was pushed back when his tail whipped around, sending several Tempest Kick like projectiles at her while Naruto tried to remove his hand.
Griselda jumped back and batted all of them away.
'He isn't going to listen.' Griselda thought, realizing what she would have to do. 'I will have to force him to submit.'
Reaching into her purse, Griselda grabbed three small objects.
Naruto, having successfully removed his hand from the tree, growled as he saw Griselda grab these objects.
'Getting close is dangerous, I need to stay at long range. No that is what she wants me to think. She wouldn't be the best exorcist with simple thinking.' He thought as he summoned two clones. 'I know it isn't perfected, but it should do something.'
Griselda heard a high-pitched noise ring through the air.
The wind started to pick up around Naruto and his clones as the Rasengan appeared in his hand, one clone spinning chakra, and the second holding his hands still.
'What is he doing?' Griselda thought as she instinctively summoned Shibuki, the Blast Sword, just to be safe.
"Be happy, Griselda." Naruto snarled as he focused. "You get to be my guinea pig."
Flashback…
"Kakashi-sensei, I can't get it." Naruto said as he tried taking what he learned by leaf cutting and imperfect waterfall cutting and putting Wind Chakra into the Rasengan.
"Well, for one, it is too early for you to be adding your Wind affinity into the Rasengan." Kakashi informed, proud his student had been taking strides to get a head start. "But I can see what you mean. Tell me, when you started training with Jiraiya, where you instantly able to use the Rasengan with one hand?"
"No, I actually had to have a clone help spin my chakra." Naruto informed, the idea dawning upon him again. "THAT'S IT!"
Naruto summoned a clone and started spinning the chakra himself, making the Rasengan, while the clone tried to add Wind chakra.
It didn't work.
'Maybe I need to try making three clones.' Naruto thought as he remembered that even with a clone, it took a while for him to master the chakra form (Making it a sphere) and adding rotation.
With two clones, Naruto reworked his Rasengan training by adding his imperfect Wind release training.
End Flashback…
"Wind Release:" Naruto said as he and his clones made the jutsu. "Rasengan."
Griselda saw a spirally sphere of chakra in Naruto's hand.
It was a dull blue gray in color, with what appeared to be either a circular disk or four blades on it in the center. It wasn't stable, as the disk was very wobbly.
Around it was chakra tendrils, causing the wind surrounding Naruto to jerk violently against itself and tear the surrounding environment.
'That center piece is cutting the air so fast. That is the cause of the sound.' Griselda thought as she saw Naruto Shave towards her, dispelling his clones.
"DIE, GRISELDA!" Naruto shouted, thrusting his palm forward.
Griselda went to block with Shibuki, channeling her magic into the paper bomb tags.
Deep down, she was afraid.
'I might die. Or worse, I could kill him.' Griselda thought as she forced her sweaty palm and fingers to tighten around her sword's handle.
Naruto got close, and Griselda threw the three objects.
They went off.
Naruto was deafened and blinded by the loud sound and light.
Holy Flashbang grenades made for highly sensitive beings.
"YOU BITCH!" Naruto shouted, no longer able to see or hear her, but he could still smell her.
He staggered a bit, his jutsu still spinning in his hand as he went to attack again, very sluggishly.
"That is enough, Naruto."
Kuma appeared between the two, his hand uncovered by his glove, revealing his paw pad.
He tapped the Wind Release: Rasengan, not touching Naruto, and the technique vanished.
Naruto, though he couldn't see or heat who did it, felt his attack disappear and couldn't believe it, but felt a force send him up in the air, Kuma above him.
"I'm sorry." He apologized as he rose his other hand, power of repulsion pulsating in his palm. "But you should sleep."
He tapped Naruto's chest, and the werefox was sent into the ground, his spine fractured and out of alignment as he barely clung to consciousness.
Naruto gasped in a small puddle of blood as his body started healing itself.
Kuma landed next to Naruto and Griselda, who sent Shibuki away before she went to Naruto's side.
"You okay?" Griselda asked, genuinely concerned.
Naruto's eyes glazed over white as he passed out.
"What happened here?"
Kuma looked up and saw Serafall, Sirzechs, Vergo, and Grayfia.
"Lord Lucifer, Lady Serafall." Kuma said politely. "Beg our rudeness, but we had to put young Naruto to sleep."
Serafall saw Naruto on the ground, his power signature still strong, and put a sigh of relief.
"Please explain what happened, from the beginning." Vergo demanded as he walked up and removed Naruto from Griselda's side.
"I can explain what happened." Yasaka said as she appeared, her hand now fully attached, but slightly less responsive and still in pain. "Naruto and I ran into Griselda, and he attacked her. He was out of line. Griselda simply defended herself, and Kuma stepped in as Naruto prepared a fatal attack."
"Understood." Sirzechs said as he looked at the werefox. "Did he say anything, Griselda?"
"He still hates me." She said hesitantly, Kuma putting his hand on her shoulder. "Naruto probably won't ever be able to look at me and not feel anger for what I did to Kushina. It was a mistake coming here today."
Griselda started to tear up.
"Griselda, it wasn't a mistake to want to see Xenovia." Kuma stated. "Naruto made the mistake to not listen to you on purpose. He is the one at fault. You wanted to talk and ask for forgiveness, didn't you?"
The Satan's, Grayfia, and Vergo looked at the strongest Exorcists.
"Yes." Griselda said as she wiped off the make up covering the scars Kushina gave her over her eye. "But it seems like I won't get the chance."
"Don't worry." Serafall said, her tone serious as she entered work mode. "As Head of Foreign Affairs and our factions wanting to join forces, we can't allow any anger amongst out new comrades to stay, so we will make it possible for the two of you to talk."
Griselda, for the FIRST time in her life, bowed her head to a devil.
"Thank you, Lady Serafall." Griselda said as she lifted her head and looked at Naruto.
Yasaka looked at Vergo and back at Griselda.
"Vergo, give Naruto to me, please." Yasaka asked, knowing the devil very well having had many meetings with Serafall.
Vergo did as asked and Naruto was handed to Yasaka, and then handed to Griselda.
"He isn't dead, just asleep." Yasaka said, knowing Griselda knew that. "But it doesn't mean he can't hear you."
Griselda, surrounded by her comrade Kuma, the Satan's and their subordinates, gripped Naruto's form and pulled him into a hug, her tears streaming down her face.
"Naruto, I'm so sorry." She said as she held him. "I won't make excuses. I did something horrible to you. I know you won't forgive me, but I want to talk to you without hurting you more."
The comrades around her stayed silent as the strongest woman exorcist got this off her chest.
Griselda needed this.
'Well,' Sirzechs thought as he, Serafall, Grayfia, and Vergo turned to leave. 'It is time to wipe the city's memories of these events. Luckily, I will be able to spend time with Rias and Father at the Hyoudo's after this.'
Serafall and Vergo smiled as they left, having plans to meet with Sona and her peerage after all this business.
Skip, Uzumaki House…
Kunou sat shakily as she sipped the hot chocolate she was given.
She hadn't seen what happened to her mother, but she could tell from her chakra that her mother had been in pain.
Then there was Naruto's chakra.
It had been so dark and destructive that she wouldn't have recognized him if she hadn't seen him with her own eyes.
Xenovia was shaking and was being comforted by Irina.
"It's all my fault." Xenovia blamed as she gripped her arms. "If I wasn't here, Griselda wouldn't have shown up, and Naruto… Naruto…"
"Don't do that." Koneko said as she flicked Xenovia's forehead. "He would have had to meet up with her eventually with this meeting happening, so it was inevitable."
"Koneko is right." Ravel said as she brushed Gilga's fur, Lee helping with Ameyuri. "Don't beat yourself up about it."
Xenovia didn't make any sound or visual motion to show she heard them.
Kunou wanted to speak, but these people, except Lee and Kakashi, she didn't know them much.
Her ears twitched as she heard something approach the door, and it was two chakra signatures she knew.
Kunou ran to the door and opened it to see her mom and Naruto, asleep on her back.
"Mom." Kunou said as she hugged her mother in a panic. "Is Naruto alright? What happened?"
Yasaka silenced Kunou when she raised her hand.
"Sorry, Kunou, but I would like some quiet please." Yasaka asked tiredly.
She may be the leader of Kyoto, but when away from it and the Leylines for too long, Yasaka would loose roughly thirty percent of her total power, so she had to recover from restoring her hand.
Kunou nodded.
"Lady Yasaka." Kakashi said as he appeared before them. "Let me take you to a room to rest."
Yasaka thanked the Mink and gave Naruto to Kunou before Kakashi helped her to the guest room to sleep.
Kunou moved to the living room where the girls saw Naruto.
"NARUTO!"
Next Morning…
The young werefox woke up the next day, his body fully healed and currently feeling a lot of pressure on him.
On his right was Xenovia.
On his left was Ravel.
On top of him was Koneko.
'I… Griselda… then everything went white and silent. How did I get home?' He thought as he shifted carefully to get out from between the girls.
Obviously, since he was sleeping, Naruto was naked when he removed himself from the girls.
He put the blanket back on them, who missed his warmth and cuddled with each other to make up for it.
Naruto weakly smiled as he pulled on some shorts, shirt, and grabbed his pelt before leaving his room to go pee.
It was five-thirty in the morning according to the bathroom clock.
'I woke up early…' Naruto thought as he washed his hands. 'Though, it makes sense. If I am home and awake, that means I lost yesterday.'
Naruto felt shame and anger boil in his guts. They ravaged their way up into his heart and he nearly ripped his ears off as they intensified while he left the bathroom.
"Naruto."
Naruto jumped as he heard his name, unexpectedly.
"Kakashi-sensei." Naruto gasped as he felt his heart race. "Don't do that."
"It wasn't my intention, but I will try not to in the future." Kakashi said in a serious tone. "We need to talk, as your master and as my student."
Naruto recognized this tone.
It was one Lucci and Jiraiya would use when he was in trouble for disobeying them.
Sairaorg and Kuisha did too, but as his parental figures, they weren't as good or as harsh as they needed to be.
Kakashi motioned for Naruto to follow him, and they arrived in the kitchen, where Kakashi started to make his breakfast.
He had originally woken up to get ready for work, but when he saw Naruto awake, he decided to use one stone to kill two birds.
"Naruto, what you did yesterday was uncalled for and could have put the faction alliance at risk even before the groups arrived." Kakashi said sternly as he made his food. "And to top it off, Naruto…"
Naruto swallowed the lump in his throat.
"You injured Yasaka."
Naruto's eyes widened and dilated, nearly vanishing.
"I… I did what?"
"In your rage, you severed Lady Yasaka's hand." Kakashi informed, not bothering to show how upset he was though his tone. "If it wasn't for the fact that she is a master of senjutsu, she would have bled out and died."
This fact dawned hard on Naruto as he curled up into the fetal position.
"Then, you proceeded to attack Griselda Quarta, chasing her through the school, hands partially transformed and then chased her through the city." Kakashi continued. "She kept you busy until Kuma appeared and knocked you out without killing you, so you owe both of them your life."
"BUT I DON'T WANT TO!" Naruto shouted. "She… she took my mother away from me."
Kakashi didn't immediately respond.
"That is very true Naruto." Kakashi answered as he finished cooking. "She could have easily taken your life. But there is also one more thing you did."
Naruto weakly looked up at Kakashi as he sat down with his plate and a glass of milk.
"You are rushing your training." Kakashi said as he removed his mask, revealing his canine snout and gray fur. "You attempted to use your incomplete Wind Release: Rasengan. I told you, you haven't finished your waterfall training, so you weren't allowed to use it."
Naruto knew Kakashi was right, and put his head against his knees.
"What do you think could have happened if that attack hit Griselda, or worse, backfired onto you?" Kakashi asked as he started eating.
Naruto had no answer.
"Yes, your silence is right. We have no idea what that jutsu can do." Kakashi said, taking a deep breath, having realized he had been using his stern voice to hard, and needed a break. "If you do that again, your punishment will be much worse Naruto."
"Punishment?"
"You broke the rule I set out for you, you attacked Griselda under no provocation, hurt Kyoto's leader, you put innocent lives at stake, and made Lord Lucifer and Lady Leviathan wipe the memories of the whole town minus members of either faction, so of course you will be punished, Naruto." Kakashi explained. "I am not doing this to be cruel. Lucci or Jiraiya would have done the same if they were here."
Silence.
Silence.
Silence.
"W-what is my punishment?" Naruto asked, his throat so dry that it sounded like he was choking. He had tears running down his cheeks like small rivers as they dripped from his chin and soaked his clothes.
Meanwhile…
Kuroka, in cat form, stalked outside Naruto's house, keeping an eye on him and Shirone.
She could see through the kitchen window Naruto getting talked down to by Kakashi, which rubbed Kuroka the wrong way.
Kakashi stood up, put his hand on Naruto's shoulder, said something to the young boy before he left to finish his grooming before he went to work.
Kuroka, once she was sure Kakashi was busy, crept from the fence and to the glass door window, where the doggy door was, and slipped in.
Naruto heard the door jiggle and turned to see Kuroka there.
"Nya~"
Naruto removed himself from the chair and picked Kuroka up, sitting on the floor, letting the lunar light hit him and Kuroka.
He held her close and securely.
"Naruto…" Kuroka Naruto as she looked at his face. "It's going to be alright, Naruto. I am here, nya."
Naruto didn't respond.
(Insert Baka to Test Ost Kirishime Shouko)
He sat there, not even acknowledging Kakashi when he left for work.
Kuroka snuggled with him for the whole time, easing his discomfort while providing the comfort one sought from an animal companion.
The remaining lunar light faded away as the sun started to rise.
Naruto exited the kitchen and went outside with Kuroka in his arms.
"You know, nya." Kuroka said as she watched the sky become pinks and oranges. "Kushina, mom, and I did this quite often, nya."
"Really?" Naruto asked as he wiped his eyes.
"Very often, nya." Kuroka purred as she positioned herself to look at the raising sun. "It was actually on a spring morning when mom and I found Kushina pregnant with you, all alone and weak, nya."
An image of Kushina, weak, tired, hungry, and five months pregnant growling at her and her mother, Fujima. She had the look of a wild animal female protecting her young before she realized it was Fujima.
"Mom and Kushina hadn't seen each other in years, and when the sun raised above the rock, she was able to recognize my mother, nya." Kuroka finished. "I was four or so, so the details are blurred and hazy."
Naruto didn't reply as he sat down, still holding Kuroka tightly.
"Kuroka, do you think mom would be happy with what I did?" Naruto asked weakly.
"I don't know, nya." Kuroka said sadly. "I only knew Kushina for two and a half years, after that, she packed all her stuff and left with you, nya. Why do you ask?"
Naruto remembered something Kushina said as she was dying.
Flashback…
"I gave the angels and exorcists the slip…" Kushina continued weakly. "Griselda's Durandal sure is strong to knock my healing factor down like this…"
"Griselda…" Naruto growled with his eyes full of tears. "I will never forgive her… nor Durandal…"
"Little Maelstrom," Kushina muttered tiredly, her eyes becoming heavy as her adrenaline ran dry. "Don't hold a grudge…"
End Flashback…
"Mom said to not hold a grudge, but how… how can I not against Griselda?" Naruto asked as he pressed his face into Kuroka's furry back, crying into it. "I… I am so confused… and I'm scared. I know Griselda was doing her job, hunting down criminals, but why did she have to hunt mom down and hurt her so badly? Was it because of what mom's dad did when he tried to kill the faction heads? Or did mom do something to Griselda to earn her anger? I don't know!"
Kuroka couldn't answer.
…
…
What could she even say?
Kuroka sensed the girls waking up, and they were panicked.
She quickly transformed into a Siamese and acted like a wild cat before Ravel opened the window and saw Naruto sitting in their back yard.
"Oh, that goodness." She said, getting Naruto's attention. "I thought you ran off, Naruto."
Naruto didn't respond as he stood up and put Kuroka on the fence.
"Thank you, Kuroka." He whispered. "Until next time?"
"Until next time, my beloved." Kuroka purred and rubbed his hand as he pulled it back.
She sprinted off as Kunou, who had stayed the night with Yasaka as she is Kunou's mom and was injured, opened the sliding door and ran at Naruto.
"NARUTO!" Kunou yelled. "You… big dummy!"
Kunou landed several well-placed attacks on Naruto, which he didn't defend.
"Don't…" She hiccupped, her eyes pouring rivers of tears. "Do… that… ever… or I'll never forgive you if you scare me like that again!"
Naruto hugged Kunou and walked inside.
When the door was closed, he was faced with Ravel, Xenovia, and Koneko, who metaphorically towered over the werefox.
"Explain, now."
Chapter 26, DONE!
1 Post time skip Nico Robin
2 Yamanate is what Istuki is from Yu Yu Hakusho. So, Robin is a yokai, that can create limbs, however, she takes it a step further, her basic Devil Fruit powers.
3 Vergo from One Piece
I wonder if anyone noticed this.
Naruto has not once picked a fight with anyone.
Sure, he has fought when forced to, but this one against Griselda, it was all his desire to harm her that started this fight. He bared his claws first.
The stray devil in chapter two, was because Koneko was in danger.
Against Kokabiel, he only fought to defend his friends, and to then it was to kill him in a vengeance for his tribe/clansmen.
He didn't fight Sasori.
Some might point out Riser when he threw Naruto's pelt off the balcony in chapter five, BUT Riser didn't die. I am counting fights that were life or death.
Well, I hope you enjoyed and hopefully, leave a review, even if you didn't like it.