Original Posted On: May 7, 2020
Beta Read by: Heckelman88, Crowfeast, Tachyon99, xhope14x, Neostardustdragon101
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Genesis09: Well, I explain why in this chapter.
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Guest: Lying about what? What was Kokabiel lying about.
Guest: Oh, that is a good reason for Rias to do something stupid.
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Primarx: When the majority of the family have tailed beasts, barriers aren't truly necessary.
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Current Harem:
Zest, Gabriel, Lucoa, Serafall, Penemue
Children:
Yasaka (Tamamo), Jack (Unknown Birth mom), Kuroka (Fujima), Xenovia (Unnamed Italian female), Asia (?), Shirone (Fujima), Jiraiya (Lucoa), Oscar and Lily (Serafall), Joseph and Mary (Gabriel), Kushina (Zest), Damian (Penemue)
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 42: Pigs for Slaughter
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! MIMIC IS MISSING!"
This shout woke everyone up, Naruto, Basara, and Jack actually jumping out of their beds and rushing to where Irina was, which was in Xenovia's room, frantically looking for Mimic.
Zest was at work at this point.
"What happened?" Naruto asked as he looked at Xenovia.
"I don't know, but apparently, her sword is missing." Xenovia explained as she moved to her friend and touched her arm.
"I went to bed with it on my arm, but when I woke up to go to the restroom, it was gone." Irina stated as she tried to keep calm, but wasn't able to. "I failed my mission to protect Mimic… Lord Michael is going…"
Basara hugged Irina, making her gasp at his actions.
She felt a soothing calmness rush through her body, no one noticing a very faint blush appearing on her cheeks.
"Irina, Lord Michael will understand." Basara said as he rubbed her back.
Irina's eyes partially closed as she hugged him back and nodded into his shoulder.
Xenovia saw this.
She did NOT like this interaction between her friend and Basara.
Naruto was silent.
'This has to be a misplacement.' Naruto thought. 'Zest and I would have sensed someone entering the house.'
"Sen… Mr. Uzumaki…" Jack said as she stepped up to the window. "I think I have an idea on what the person was, the one who broke in."
"What do you think, Jack?" Naruto asked, curious to see what Jack would deduce.
"Look right here." Jack said, having activated her Byakugan under her eyepatch, which Naruto felt, and checked with his own. "You can see it too, can't you?"
Naruto nodded.
He did see it.
He saw imprints of faint magic, so faint he would have never noticed it.
"Okay, what does this mean?" Naruto asked.
Jack didn't answer as she activated her concealment magic, vanishing from every power sensing person nearby.
Even Naruto.
She touched the window with her hand, and left the same type of faint magic print.
"The person we are looking for is a reaper, like me." Jack stated as she undid her concealment. "It was only one of my kind who could slip by."
"Interesting, but why would a reaper want to steal Mimic?" Irina asked, having separated from Basara and looked at Jack.
Naruto stepped out of the room.
"I'll go investigate." Naruto stated before he dressed. 'I will figure out why a reaper would steal a holy sword. The reaper race doesn't interfere with the church, so why now?'
As he was about to leave, Sona walked into him as he left his room, wearing his Sage cloak and his normal clothes.
"Naruto… I mean…" Sona stuttered as she tried to figure out what to call him.
Naruto smiled softly and put his hand up, stopping Sona's mental trouble.
"Please, you are family, so Naruto is just fine." Naruto stated. "So, did you need something, Sona?"
"Well, you mentioned training…" Sona stated.
"Yes, I did, but right now, I have to post pone it." Naruto said sadly. "I promise, as your brother-in-law, that I will make you and your peerage strong."
"But… what about Rias?"
Naruto's face became disgruntled, and then softened.
"While I will have Issei trained by Lucoa, I will not have Rias trained by anyone." Naruto stated.
"But…"
"Sona, there are many people in this life. Many have to work for their lives and their families, some are born into a lavish life style, not lifting a finger to earn anything. With Rias's decision to refuse, she has chosen the hardest path, now she will have to take that journey, just like I did." Naruto explained.
"So, the Naruto Light Novels… they are of your life?" Sona asked in confusion. "But that… that doesn't…"
Sona stopped when Naruto patted her head with a smile.
"I will explain later, but now, I have to go." He said before he removed his hand. "Please, stay safe, Sona."
Sona felt like she was in a dream as she walked Naruto walk away before he went to bid his family farewell.
'I still can't believe it.' Sona thought as she went to change out of the pajamas she was allowed to wear. 'The Golden Protector is my Brother-in-law. And now I am going to get training from him like my sister before me.'
Sona soon left the room and ate breakfast with the Uzumaki family, including Ravel and Diego after they made breakfast.
"What are you two going to do?" Shirone asked as she looked at the exorcists, who wore some of Naruto's and Xenovia's clothing due to them only having their exorcist gear. "Now that your sword is gone, I mean?"
"Well," Basara said as he scratched his head. "I could stay and keep investigating the missing swords… but I don't want to do it without my teammate."
"Rias's Knight could make her a sword as a replacement." Sona interrupted as she ate some toast. "It could be the same as Mimic."
"I would like that, but from what happened yesterday…" Irina stated with a little bit of regret.
"Actually, Naruto talked to Kiba yesterday and helped him calm down, so he could possibly help you." Jack said as she cut open an orange and gave half to Asia, who thanked her. "Just have to ask him."
"Oh, okay."
"I'll ask him for you, okay." Jack said before she took a bite of the orange.
"Thank you." Irina thanked, very grateful.
"So, while we are at school, you two can stay here." Kuroka said, as she was the oldest one here, thus was in charge until Naruto or Zest returned.
Normally, this wouldn't be the case with Jack there, and being older than Kuroka, but they had to keep up appearances since no one knew Jack was actually with Naruto's group.
"But…"
"No buts, unless you want me to spank you." Kuroka stated, making Shirone and Xenovia to clasp their hands on their own butts. "See, even they know not to cross me."
"No, we are actually thinking of Zest spanking us as children." Xenovia explained.
Diego grinned at their panic, Ravel laughed and pointed at them, while Basara, Irina, and Sona stayed quiet, not wanting to fuel this fire.
Jack, meanwhile, finished her breakfast and washed her dishes.
'Just another morning at the Uzumaki's.' She thought with a proud smile of her siblings, Sona, and the rest of them.
Later…
"You want me to help?" Kiba asked as he had returned to school and it was now lunch time.
"Yes," Jack said as she and Kiba walked through the hall to go get something from the cafeteria. "Irina doesn't have her sword anymore. Someone snuck into the house and stole it. And they were able to by pass Naruto and Zest's sensing abilities."
"How?" Kiba asked, asking how he could help and how someone could have gotten in.
"Well, Naruto didn't apply seals to the house, so that is how. And for helping Irina, I would like you to make a Mimic replica for her to use." Jack explained as she grabbed a tray.
"Okay, I guess… no that is dumb. If Naruto was at the house, he should have…" Kiba started to voice his disbelief.
"Naruto can't sense reapers when they are using their concealment magic." Jack stated as she grabbed her food.
"What?" Kiba asked, sort of confused.
Jack sighed.
"I am a creature known as a Reaper, so is Bennia." Jack stated, looking at Kiba. "Every Reaper has a unique magic exclusive to our ilk, and that is complete concealment from sensing, sight, and sound."
Kiba nodded.
"Not even Naruto, with all the tailed beasts within him, could sense a Reaper when they have their concealment active." Jack finished.
"How do you know this for sure?" Kiba asked, making Jack's eye widen.
'Shit, I said that without thinking.' Jack thought as she started to sweat.
"Well, I was sent to spy on him when I worked for Lady Serafall a long time ago." Jack lied, pleading with any god who would listen to her.
Thankfully, she rolled a natural 20, and Kiba accepted her answer.
"Okay, that makes sense. Still, I'm surprised you worked for Lady Leviathan." Kiba said as the two of them sat down at the long table. "And about before, sure, I'll help Irina. I'll go over to the house and make one for her after school."
"Thank you Kiba, she will appreciate this." Jack thanked.
"It is no problem." Kiba replied before they returned to casual small talk.
Meanwhile, Dimensional Gap…
'God, they didn't send anyone.' Naruto thought as he left the Reaper colony.
They had taken a small dimension, thanks to Naruto's help, as their home to keep out of the affairs of any faction, even Naruto's.
That is where the majority of them lived, there were some independent reapers scattered around the globe and through the underworld.
"Hey, Ashura."
Naruto felt Ophis land on his shoulders.
"Ophis, what is it now?" Naruto asked, not really in the mood for his spiritual mother's antics.
"Nothing, but a suggestion." Ophis said as she ran her hands through Naruto's hair. "When Kokabiel attacks, don't interfere."
"Why would I not step in?" Naruto asked, not liking the fact she basically told Naruto to let his children possibly die.
"Think of this as a test for them." Ophis said as she had her ever present smile on her face. "Zest could easily kill Kokabiel, but we should let the next generation test their limits and show them that they aren't going to stop growing."
Naruto… couldn't really argue.
He could, but negotiation against Ophis would be like taking in an overabundant amount of senjutsu as a newbie, you would turn to stone and break.
"God, fine, you win." Naruto stated aggressively, the tailed beasts laughing at him at how easy he gave in to his spiritual mother.
Ophis smiled as she snuggled into her son.
"So, anything new going on with the white dragon?" Naruto asked. "I heard from Azazel that he and a guy named Orochimaru have 'helped him out' and was curious. You house him, so could you tell me what they did?"
Ophis nodded.
No reason to not tell her son.
Meanwhile…
"w-What do you mean?" a small reaper asked as he stood before the tall Kokabiel, who held Mimic in his hands.
"Your service isn't done, one last thing and then you are free, Donatello." Kokabiel stated as he handed the sword to Valper. "Go ahead and merge those together now, that way, we can have the advantage right away. And since those two didn't try to steal the sword, we will kill them."
"As you wish, Lord Kokabiel." Valper snickered.
"But you said you would let me go." Donatello stated in panic as he removed his hood, revealing a choker tied around his neck and no clothing under his hood.
He had the appearance of a small male child, and had light gray hair.
"I know what I said, and this paid off a majority of your debt to us, Donatello." Kokabiel stated as he walked next to the small reaper. "But this last mission will pay it off in full, after that, you are free to live your life."
Donatello shook as he looked at the ground, biting his lip as he started to sweat.
"u-Understood, Lord Kokabiel." He stammered.
"Good boy. Now, get some rest. I need you at full power for tonight's mission." Kokabiel stated as the boy nodded and hurried off. 'Fool, does he honestly believe I would let him go? All it will take is one more push, and he will willingly stay by my side, his power all mine.'
Kokabiel snickered evilly as he made his way to his own room, to continue planning some back up plans if they were needed.
Meanwhile…
Rias was doing her school work, her teacher having taught the lesson and given the students the rest of the class to do their homework.
Rias bit her lip as she focused.
Her hands… they were fading in an out of her vision, replaced by the version two version of the Tailed Beast Cloak before it blurred to her normal hands again.
'Stop it…' Rias thought, remembering the fact that Kurama, well a piece of Kurama was inside of her, was currently screwing with her.
"Why?" Kurama asked as he, metaphorically, walked around her. "You are weak, and it makes it easy for me to talk to you. Maybe I should try possessing you, Rias. It has been a while since I went wild, so this is my golden opportunity."
Rias felt a chill go down her spine as Kurama chuckled darkly while she started to sweat.
'I don't need your power, so just try to possess me.' Rias thought as she forced her hands to work. 'I will reject you and keep you within me, like Naruto…'
Rias snapped her pencil.
"You are nothing like Naruto, Gremory." Kurama snarled in disgust. "He worked for everything he has, while you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. While he was training to save his village at your age, you are lazing about, trying to keep a peerage that will follow you with no disobedience."
'Silence…' Rias thought as she tried to tune Kurama out.
"You are weak, and you will never change. Depending on the Red Dragon to save you, and now you expect someone else to help you with this Kokabiel problem. Word from the Wise: Stay home and don't interfere." Kurama told Rias before he went silent, going to sleep.
Rias was left in her thoughts.
'I am not weak…' She thought weakly, not hearing the school bell ring, signaling that school was done. 'I am… I am Rias Gremory… I am strong…'
Meanwhile…
"You think they will like this?" Irina asked as she and Basara were in the kitchen, preparing the ingredients for dinner.
"I believe they will, since they are allowing us to live with them." Basara said with a smile. "Oh, wait, don't…"
Irina blinked, as she was grabbing something from one of the shelves, didn't see that she was pulling on something that had stuff on top of it and it was currently about to fall.
Basara dropped what he was doing and rushed forward, grabbing Irina, and moved her out of the way while the items smashed to the floor, glass shattering and going everywhere.
"Thanks…" Irina said as she looked at Basara's face, still being held by him.
Their faces close.
They could feel the other's breath hitting their face.
"We are home." Kuroka shouted as she swung the front door open, everyone else that lived there with them filing in.
Irina and Basara separated, blushing as Xenovia and Kiba entered the kitchen.
"There you are, Irina." Xenovia said happily, since today wasn't a club day so she was able to come home with her family while Zest stayed behind for a teacher's meeting. "What happened in here?"
"We had a small accident." Basara explained, slightly blushing still, which was seen by Xenovia, who pouted with accusing eyes.
"Well, get to cleaning this mess." Xenovia said as she went upstairs to finish her homework in her room.
"Okay…" Irina said in uncertainty of why Xenovia was acting that way.
"Before that, here." Kiba said as he handed Irina what looked like a felt arm band/ribbon. "This is a sword I call, Dark Mimic. It is exactly like Mimic, but it is a devil sword. It should work until you get Mimic back. Sorry."
"No, thank you." Irina said as she took the ribbon and it took the form of a katana, like Mimic, but it was a gray handle, steel guard, and a black blade with a light gray hamon line. "It… feels so familiar…"
Irina teared up a bit and hugged Kiba.
"Thank you…" She chanted. "So much…"
Kiba chuckled as he and Basara forced Irina to release him.
"It was…" Kiba said before he stopped.
Everyone felt a massive power appear in Kuoh.
'Kokabiel…' Basara thought as he and Irina's clothes vanished, their exorcist gear appearing before they ran outside with Kiba, Asia, Shirone, Kuroka, Ravel, Diego, and Xenovia (in her modified exorcist gear).
"Where is he?" Ravel asked as she felt this power spread across the entirety of Kuoh.
"He is… near the school." Diego stated as he looked around, finding the strongest point in the direction of Kuoh Academy.
"Okay, let's go." Kuroka said as she took off, leading the charge of this group.
Skip…
Sona and Rias gathered their peerages and made it to Kuoh Academy as Kuroka's group appeared.
Standing before them was Kokabiel, Cardinal Fallen Angel, and a small child clinging to Kokabiel's cape.
"I'll get my peerage to set up a barrier." Sona said as her peerage quickly took formation with Ravel assisting them in creating a barrier, much to the amusement of Kokabiel.
"It is sad to see my brethren being devil's." Kokabiel said with false sadness as his eyes landed on Kalawarner and Mittelt. "But you had your chance to return to my side, but I guess you prefer this devil trash over your ilk."
"What is he talking about?" Rias demanded of her Knight and Bishop, who were starting to panic.
"The slaughter…" Kokabiel stated in sick glee, not allowing Kalawarner and Mittelt to speak. "Shall begin."
Donatello, knew this was one of the two things he needed to do to gain his freedom.
He shakily let Kokabiel go, and summoned his sword.
It was a thin scimitar, almost like a katana, with an elaborate, jeweled-encrusted cross-guard. The blade itself was sharp on both edges.
"I'm sorry…" Donatello apologized as he started to fade, starting with his feet. "But please die?"
Chapter 42, DONE!