Original Posted On: June 17, 2020
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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 48: Sands in the Hourglass
The air was tense as Sirzechs, Serafall, Michael, Gabriel, Azazel, and Naruto sat at the table.
"Well, as the mediator of this little shin-dig, I guess I'll go throw a list of things you guys need to talk about." Naruto said with a joking smirk as he opened up a small note pad, clearing his throat. "Ahem, The Kokabiel Incident…"
He flipped through the rest of the pages.
"And that is all." He said, making the young devils drop to the ground.
"That wasn't really funny, Naruto." Gabriel stated, an apologetic smile on her face.
Naruto frowned.
"It is true that this meeting is going to focus on that Incident, but we are also here to talk about an alliance between all four of our…" Azazel started before he was cut off by Naruto.
"My family isn't a faction, Azazel." Naruto said as he looked at the Governor-General.
"Yes, excuse me." Azazel apologized. "But we are here to make an alliance between our factions as well."
"That is true." Michael said with his everlasting smile. "And with Naruto here, we will be more relaxed. After all, he has been a big help to us, the Angels."
"And to us Fallen Angels." Azazel said, glancing at Sirzechs with Michael, waiting for him to finish.
"What?" Sirzechs questioned, out of the loop.
"Naruto actually doesn't have an 'alliance' with our Faction." Serafall stated, as she was the Head of Foreign Affairs. "It is true, I am married to Naruto, but that was done in secret."
Sirzechs wanted to be angry, he really did, but since this didn't affect Serafall's work performance, he let it slide.
"If we are sharing secrets, then I guess I'll start." Naruto interrupted as he glanced at Jack, who held shock and worry in her uncovered eye.
Naruto could see she didn't want him to say anything.
"It's going to be okay." Naruto said, confusing everyone except his wives and children.
"What is?" Sirzechs asked.
"Lil' Zechs," Naruto said, seriousness coating his voice. "I had a spy planted into your ranks a long time ago."
Sirzechs's eyes narrowed as the young devils gasped.
"Go on." Sirzechs said.
"She wasn't sent to be hostile, but to keep me updated on current events and such." Naruto said as he turned to his second child and motioned for her to step up. "And Jack has been dutifully doing this job, and protecting her King."
Jack stepped up.
"It is true, Lord Lucifer." Jack said as she looked at the ground.
She may have been a spy, but she still respected the Satan's and loved Sona, so being revealed in this way wasn't the worst.
"Impossible…" Sona said as she stepped up, putting her hand on Jack's shoulders. "Jack was brought to the Satan's by Misla Bael, asking them to take her in…"
"That is true, but it was a set up." Naruto explained as he looked at Sirzechs, who was pinching his nose. "I take full responsibility, so please, don't punish Jack."
Naruto bowed.
"Naruto, I understand your distrust of the devils." Sirzechs said as he took a deep breath. "But you are my teacher, if you had asked, I would have established a way to keep you updated."
"I know, but at the time, I wasn't in the best mind set." Naruto said, owning up to this.
"So, was all this…" Sona said as she was still in disbelief. "All this time, Jack was just working for you?"
"Jack stopped giving me updates when she was given to you, Sona." Serafall said, having known Jack was a spy when she gave jack to her sister. "I trusted her enough with your safety, and it was because she was here because of Naruto that I trust her now."
There was a silence.
"Alright then if that is out of the way, let us get to the actual topics of conversation." Azazel urged.
Gabriel, Michael, Sirzechs, Serafall, and Naruto nodded.
Jack touched Sona's hand, gripping it tightly, as they returned to their spots in the line-up.
She was shaken a bit, but kept a stern face.
"I understand if you don't want me in your peerage anymore, Sona." Jack said, wanting to tear up at the thought of being forced to leave. "I enjoyed all the time I spent with you."
Sona gripped Jack's hand back.
"I want you to stay." She whispered loud enough.
Jack gripped her King's hand tighter.
"Thank you." Jack replied as Azazel cleared his throat.
"As you all know, Kokabiel, one of my kin, attacked Kuoh and the residents living there." Azazel said as he handed out some files, each containing information on the incident. "From what I could gather on my own, Kokabiel did this for petty revenge and his desire to start another Faction war, not happy with the shaky peace we have."
"Hm, I guess he truly wasn't happy with me ending the war." Naruto said as he looked through the file, Zest reading it over his shoulder.
"It is very sad to see how my fallen brother became so deprived." Gabriel said sadly, her heart aching.
Even if Kokabiel was a Fallen, Gabriel still cared for all creatures created by her father.
"Yes, it was truly sad." Michael said as he read the file. "Stealing the Excalibur fragments and fusing them… truly something that a desperate man would do. But that brings up another concern. Where the Fused Excalibur is now, since it wasn't brought back."
Naruto glanced at Irina, who was biting her lip as she fidgeted in place.
"Don't worry Michael, I know where it is, and trust me, its in safe hands." Naruto said as he finished the file.
Michael raised an eyebrow.
"You have it?" He asked.
"Yes, as I am in the middle of purifying the sword." Naruto said, exaggerating, which Michael could feel. "Kokabiel had tainted the Holy sword, so I decided to do you a favor and return it to normal for you."
"I thank you for the gesture, Naruto." Michael said, truly thankful for this.
"No problem, Brother." Naruto responded, turning back to Sona and Rias. "Should we get your report on what happened, young Kings?"
"That is true." Serafall agreed. "Let's hear your report."
Rias and Sona stepped up.
They went through what had happened, providing their own reports from what they had seen/experienced.
Everything.
Including Kuroka, Shirone, and Xenovia using their Tailed Beast Cloaks Version One forms.
"And then…" Rias said as she glared slightly at Naruto. "I was possessed by that beast residing within me, and I was out for the rest of the fight."
Naruto nodded.
"I took over as she was not willing to take the appropriate actions, Naruto." Kurama muttered.
'I see.' Naruto thought as Sona continued.
"After Rias passed out, the Gremory Peerage and Naruto's family attacked Kokabiel, who used the abilities of Excalibur to fight them off." Sona explained. "He over powered them, until Xenovia stepped up and..."
Sona turned to Xenovia, confusion on her face.
"I don't fully understand what you did, so do you think you could explain?" Sona asked, very upset that she couldn't explain it herself.
"Sure." Xenovia responded as she approached Sona and Rias, standing beside them. "I used my two swords, Kubikiribocho and Durandal, and mixed the Holy Magic of the latter with the senjutsu of the former to attack Kokabiel. While it was powerful, it didn't work. Then, I was pinned down, and after seeing everyone here get kicked around… I used my tailed beast cloak version two to escape Kokabiel's clone, but I passed out from the strain."
Xenovia left it at that, slightly blushing as she had to slightly lie.
Yes, she was upset that her friends had been hurt, but the one who set off her transformation was seeing Irina nearly get killed.
"I can take over from here."
Ophis descended from a portal above them, as they were outside.
"OPHIS!" Sirzechs and Azazel shouted as they stood up, while everyone else was startled by this.
"Okay, hold on." Naruto said as he calmly stood up, hands up in the air. "She isn't here to attack."
Ophis nodded as she landed on the ground, irritation evident on her face as she saw Vali and Issei, who shivered a bit from within their sacred gears.
"Ashura, you didn't tell them about me? I am hurt." Ophis said in false sadness as her son approached her.
"I forgot, but next time, don't just appear. You could have stirred up a bunch of trouble." Naruto lectured.
Azazel and Sirzechs watched as Naruto talked to Ophis.
"What is going on?" Azazel asked, so confused.
"You don't know that Ophis is related to Naruto?" Michael asked, honestly surprised.
Sirzechs and Azazel collapsed to their chairs.
Vali, meanwhile, was trying to keep his face neutral, but was seriously disturbed by this revelation.
'This could be bad.' He thought as he kept his composure.
"Okay, just tell them what happened and then leave." Naruto finished saying as Ophis pinched his cheeks while he pinched hers.
"Sure, but you owe me one, Ashura." Ophis said sternly.
"Fine, now let go." Naruto said as they both released each other's now red cheeks, making Zest, Serafall, Gabriel, and their children stifle a giggle.
Ophis straightened herself out and floated in the air, seemingly sitting above them as she looked down at them.
She was the Infinite Dragon God, and they were Peons.
'Not Ashura and the others, but everyone who isn't family.' Ophis thought before she spoke.
"I stepped in when Kokabiel was about to kill Xenovia. I sent him to the ground, destroyed the school with ease, and then used my ultimate technique on him." Ophis said with what could have been practiced ease. "I destroyed his arms and lower body, but I was able to grant him an immortal body. Which let him live, obviously. But before I could take him to Ashura…" Ophis looks at Vali, who she knows is a rat, and glares at him. "He used a strange ability to take him from me. That is all I have to say."
Ophis, unlike what she promised, didn't leave, but hovered over to her grandchildren and hugged them all.
'I am so drinking tonight.' Azazel and Sirzechs thought collectively.
They weren't prepared for any of today's insanity.
"Now, onto this treaty…" Michael said as he pushed a piece of paper onto the table.
Meanwhile, Kuoh…
"NO!" Oscar shouted at Joseph as they both gripped an All Might plushie. "MINE!"
Joseph, being the sweet little child that he is, was panicking as he pulled back, not having any idea what to do except pull on his toy.
"Okay, what is going on?" Diego asked as he squatted down next to the toddlers.
"Toy, mine." Joseph gasped out in a panic.
"NO, IT MINE!" Oscar shouted.
Diego felt a vein bulge in his forehead from the shouting, but took a deep breath.
"Okay, can I see the toy, you two?" He asked calmly.
Joseph nodded, letting it go, but Oscar attempted to run, but was stopped when Diego grabbed his shirt and hoisted him into the air by his arm pits.
"Can I see the toy, Oscar?" he asked again.
Oscar blew a raspberry and then kicked Diego in the chest.
'Don't freeze him, don't freeze him…' Diego chanted in his head as he was extremely tempted to flash freeze the boy.
Diego took another deep breath, grabbed the plush from Oscar's hands, and gave it to Joseph.
"Be a good boy, Joseph, I'll be right back." Diego said in false calmness as Oscar shouted as he attempted to break the dhampir's grip on him.
"Okay…" Joseph said as he snuggled with his All Might plush.
Diego walked from the room and found Lucoa outside with Asia doing the laundry.
"Lucoa…" Diego called out as he exited the house. "We have an… issue."
"Alright, what is it, Diego?" Lucoa asked as she folded the clothing she had.
"This one…" Diego announced as he held up Oscar. "Was trying to take Joseph's plush. So, I believe he needs a time out. But, as I am not one of his parents, I deemed it better that you do it."
"And you decided correctly, Diego." Lucoa said as she stood up and took Oscar, who had shut up as Lucoa got closer. "I will punish him accordingly."
Diego nodded and returned to Joseph, who had fallen asleep.
Diego carefully picked the small angel up and put him in his bed, careful not to wake him.
"He is really adorable, isn't he?"
Diego looked at the doorway and saw Ravel with Mary, who was also sleeping, cuddling with a baby blanket.
"Yeah, they all are cute children." Diego admitted. "But they are nuisances."
Ravel gently placed Mary next to her brother and the two of them left the room.
"Would you ever… want children, Diego?" Ravel nervously asked her boyfriend.
Diego stopped in his tracks.
He was silent.
'Would I be a good father?' Diego questioned as he remembered his… 'childhood',
He had been subjected to harsh training since he could remember by Orochimaru.
While the man trained him, Orochimaru also took care of him.
But he wasn't very good at it, and was a total ass when it came to being a role model for young Diego.
Diego shook his head of these memories.
"I would like children, but right now, I'm not ready." He answered Ravel honestly. "I am… worried I wouldn't be a good parent."
He showed Ravel, and ONLY Ravel, this softer side to him.
"Awe, that is adorable."
Diego went stiff when he heard this, turning around and saw Penemue carrying Damian and Lily while Jiraiya, who was next to her, carried Kushina.
All of them wearing tiny bathrobes of various colors.
Jiraiya even held onto Kushina's baby bottle as she drank from it.
Diego blushed in embarrassment.
"You heard… Nothing." He said as he walked past them, leaving Ravel with Penemue and the kids, who were confused at Diego's actions.
Ravel smiled as she watched Diego leave.
'He is such a big softy.' Ravel thought as she picked up Kushina, who finished her bottle and had her back tapped by the Phenex, burping after a few taps.
"Ravel, the bath is still warm." Penemue said as she, Jiraiya, and Ravel walked to Penemue's room, which had clothing of all the children so she could dry and change them.
"Okay, I will." Ravel said before they entered Penemue's room, returned Kushina to Jiraiya and left to take her bath.
Skip, Genbu's Back…
"So, White Dragon, what do you want?" Azazel asked Vali, who was leaning against one of the trees.
"I don't mind, as long as I can fight strong opponents." Vali stated without a care in the world.
Ophis, Naruto, and Zest's eyes narrowed slightly at these words, but didn't do anything as Azazel turned his attention to Issei.
"What about you, Red Dragon?"
"Uhm, me?" Issei asked dumbly.
"Yes, you, imagine." Azazel said as he summoned the Make-Out Trilogy. "If peace is achieved, you could be like the Main Character of the Make-Out series. Women of all factions throwing themselves at your feet."
"I WANT PEACE!" Issei shouted happily, blinking when he realized that he let his enthusiastic enthusiasm out. "I mean, I would like peace."
"Then that settles it." Michael said as he signed the document that held all the agreed upon terms for their alliance. "We are taking the greatest step in our history. All of our histories."
Azazel smiled as he sighed the document.
Sirzechs then signed it.
Naruto took the document and read it over, making sure it was alright before he signed it himself.
"Alright, this meeting is…" Naruto started to say before he stopped.
His byakugan activated in conjunction with him entering sage mode.
'What the hell?' Naruto thought as he sensed over a thousand magician class fighters outside his barrier.
Dozens of them were working on their attempts to break his barrier, which was something they weren't prepared for as it was made with senjutsu chakra, courtesy of the one hundred, twelve-inch tall toad statues Naruto made for the barrier.
He sensed a powerful devil, and with his byakugan, he was able to see them.
'Oh, Christ. Its Leviathan's little brat.' Naruto thought as he deactivated his byakugan while staying in sage mode as he stood up.
He grabbed his cape, which he draped over his chair.
"Sorry everyone, but I have some… unwelcomed guests." Naruto said as he threw his cape on, the moment the kanji for 'Six Paths' was visible, he vanished.
'Ashura?' Ophis thought as she looked up, feeling her son.
She then took notice of the magicians and Katerea.
'Oh, he is worried about those insects.' Ophis thought as she sighed. 'Whatever. He will take care of them.'
Outside the barrier…
Naruto appeared before the magicians, scaring a bunch of them as they didn't expect some one to appear.
"SHIT WE HAVE BEEN FOUND OUT!" one of the yelled.
"I am giving all of you one warning," Naruto said sternly as he looked at all of the magicians he could see. "Leave, now."
"Oh, well if it isn't Naruto Uzumaki, the Golden Protector, the Hero of the Faction War." A sarcastic, yet beautiful voice called out.
"Leviathan." Naruto said in an uncaring tone. "You are trespassing, so are your little cronies. Get lost."
"It's Katerea, and no, I don't want to leave." Katerea introduced/spat.
"Who cares what your name is, you are still trespassing."
Katerea glared at him.
"Continue on trying to break this barrier." Katerea ordered all of her men. "I'll handle him."
"I warned you." Naruto said as he closed his eyes.
"And you didn't take Naruto's warning." Naruto said, though his voice morphed into a different one.
Katerea was confused before Naruto's eyes opened.
No longer were they the basic Toad Eyes with orange rings around his eyes.
They were now a fusion of the bar pupil and a four-pointed star, with the right and left points thicker and rounded. Between each point was a dot. The color was a dull pale brown with the toad yellow.
The rings around his eyes were thicker, black on the edges like a tanuki as blue curse marks appeared on Naruto's forehead.
"You aren't dealing with Naruto anymore, bitch." 'Naruto' said with a sadistic tone and grin as a massive sand gourd appeared. "Shukaku the Sand Spirit, ready to kill you all."
Chapter 48, DONE!
Oh shit, Shukaku has been given the green light to kill.
I hope he has his license to kill.
Anyway, I know this chapter is short, the chapter itself is just over 3K words. But I got it done.
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