Rias had just finished explaining the three faction's history between each other and where the devils stood at the moment.
"So we go out, form contracts with humans and expand the house of Gremory's power?" Naruto questioned.
"In simple terms yes, you are correct" Rias nodded at him with a smile.
"Still I'm still having a hard time believing all of you are devils," Naruto frowned with Issei nodding alongside him. "No offense, but all I can see are three very pretty girls and one blond guy."
"Ah hahaha," Kiba laughed sheepishly at being referenced as 'one blond guy'. "You're blond too, you know?"
"Yea, but I'm new here," Naruto shot back.
"Were the wings not enough to convince you?" Rias said with a raised eyebrow.
"I didn't mean it like that, I meant you all are just so...normal, like everyday highschoolers" Naruto admitted.
"That just shows how good our cover is Naruto-Kun" Akeno chipped in with a pleasant smile
"Now then Issei come forward" Rias ordered, Issei seemed to jump at her request but did as he was told.
Once he was directly in front of her, Rias continued "Alright Issei the reason you were targeted by the fallen angels was they believed you held a Sacred Gear, them killing you is confirmation that you do indeed have one".
Issei listened to the information Rias had provided "Sacred Gear huh?".
"That's right now hold your left hand out" doing as instructed "Now I want you to concentrate, focus on bringing the power within you to the surface"
"Hai Rias-senpai" closing his eyes Issei tried to search for this 'power' but he couldn't feel anything, peeking an eye open to see if they were playing a joke on him, Issei's caught a sight that totally screwed his concentration, he could see Ria's panties, camel toe and all under her skirt, a perverted expression blossomed on his face with blood trickling from his nose.
"That's it Issei focus" scrunching his eyes tighter, Issei tried to focus again, he really tried his hardest to focus.
But the call of the cooch was too much.
"Guha!" Issei's nose exploded in a fountain of blood, spraying into the air as he passed out.
…
The others stared at the fallen boy as his leg twitched occasionally.
"I guess it was too much for him." Rias sighed as she stared down at Issei.
"What is a Sacred Gear anyways?" Naruto asked as he hefted Issei onto the sofa.
"Sacred Gears are basically artifacts given to humans by God from the bible to enact miracles on earth. Only humans or human hybrids are born with Sacred Gears, though they can show up within the ranks of devils and angels if the human possessing the Sacred Gear is turned." Akeno cut in.
"So there is more than one?" Naruto questioned.
"Ufufufu Of course there are, there are hundreds if not thousands of Sacred Gears throughout the world being wielded or have yet to enter the world" Akeno clarified "In fact there is a user right next to you" She finished while motioning with her head.
Following to where she was gesturing he saw Kiba giving him a little wave with a slight smile.
"Really you have a Sacred Gear too?".
Nodding with his smile "I do Uzumaki-Kun, My Sacred Gear is called Sword Birth, it allows me to create magical swords to fight with in order to protect Buchou" Kiba finished.
"Buchou?".
"Ah Rias-Sama" Kiba explained.
"That's right Naruto, since I'm this club's president, the member's call me Buchou, while Akeno is the club's vice president and is referred as Fukubuchou" Rias finished.
"Uhh I think I'll just stick with Rias and Akeno-san" Naruto groaned.
"Ara Ara such a straightforward young man, I can't wait to see how you'll do as a devil" Akeno commented as she approached him with a cup of tea.
"Ah umm thanks" he accepted the tea.
"Ufufufu when Buchou said we would be receiving a bashful little brother, she didn't mention how cute you are when your flustered" she teased.
Naruto's cheeks darkened, he looked to Rias for help only to see her looking amused at the situation.
"A..anyways! Back to Sacred Gears" forcing the topic back "Is that what Issei will be able to do as well?".
"We don't know" Rias shrugged "All Sacred Gears are different, each hold unique attributes from magical swords like Yuuto's to visual prowess" She clarified.
"Huh so there's no way of knowing until it's revealed" Naruto asked, receiving nods.
"That's right, unfortunately until Issei brings that power out, we will have no way of knowing" She finished with a sigh.
Naruto seemed to think for a moment before he remembered something important.
"Wait, you said Scared Gears are all unique right? Would it be possible for one to be able to...talk?" He finished uncertainly.
All eyes snapped to his form at the question "That's an oddly specific question Naruto" Rias said as she stared at him with a raised eyebrow.
"It is?".
"Very".
The devils present barring the unconscious Issei stared at Naruto "Well since I woke up this morning I've been hearing this voice in my head and I thought it might be one of these Sacred Gear thingys" he informed.
...ClOsE BuT nO CiGaR, NaRuTo…
"Really? And have you gained any strange abilities?" Rias asked.
Naruto just stared at her dumbly for a moment, his wing unfolded and flapped for a few seconds before they folded away.
"Hahaha, Not your wings silly, while they are different I meant more along the lines of an object like a sword or a piece of armour, maybe like a gauntlet or something?" She asked hopefully.
"Umm no?"
"I see… Well have tried asking what it is?" She sighed before giving him a solution.
"Hey, that's a great idea! Your pretty smart Rias" He said smiling, oblivious to Rias's twitching eyebrow, while the other laughed quietly.
"So uhh what are you?" He asked out loud.
...NoT WhAt ... WhO…
"Ah Sorry my bad" Naruto scratched his head apologetically "Who are you then?".
...SoOon…
Hearing the voice turn silent Naruto faced Rias "The voice just says soon?".
"Well it's not ideal but it would seem you will have to play the waiting game for a while Naruto" Rias said with a shrug, "But enough about Sacred Gears it's time for you and Issei get to work" she finished.
Once Issei awoke Rias lead them to a table covered in stacks of fliers "Your first task as devil will be to handout all of these fliers" Rias told them as she gestured the table, "Once you have finished both of you are to return here, understood?" Both boys stared at the table with sweat sliding down from their faces.
"Um Rias-Senpai? How many are we supposed to handout?" Issei questioned.
"Well there are 4000 fliers here so... 2000 each" She said with a smile.
Both Issei and Naruto, outfits and all turned a deathly white with cracks on their forms as they stared at the mountain of paper.
"Is it too late to become human again?" Naruto asked in a depressed tone.
"Yep!" Rias's smile didn't make him feel any better at all.
Time skip
2000 fliers later
"See it didn't take you that...long?" Rias took a long pause as both new devil's dragged their way back through the door looking like all life had been sucked out of them.
"So many weirdos"
"So many guys"
"Ara Ara Boucho, our new kohai's look like they need some TLC ufufuf" Akeno giggled.
"All right you two, there's just one job for you both to do and you're finished for tonight" Rias said.
"Is it more fliers?" Naruto asked fearfully.
"No nothing like that, both Yuuto and Koneko have double requests tonight so Issei will take one of Koneko's and you will take one of Yuuto's" Both devil's mention offered a nod of appreciation.
"Thank you for the assistance Uzumaki-Kun".
"Thank you Issei-Senpai".
A crimson glow caught the attention of the devils, turning they saw Akeno standing with two glowing, spinning circles on the ground, one on each side of her.
'It's those circles from before' Naruto thought as he stared at them.
"These are magic circles, they are used to cast spells and have a variety of different uses, but tonight both of you will be using them as teleportation" Rias clarified, "Naruto, Issie hold out your hand for me" doing as she instructed they watched as a smaller circle paper on the backs of their hands.
"This is our crest, the crest of the Gremory house, This shows you are a member of my household" Rais told them as the crest faded from view, "Are you both ready?".
"H.Hai!"
"You betcha!"
"I'm glad to see you both raring to go!" Rias smiled before blinking "Oh Naruto hold on" Rias disappeared through the door for a moment before returning with black medium size rectangle box with a red bow wrapped around it, "I got you a little gift!" She held out the box to him.
Naruto stared at her with widened eyes "You got me a present?" He asked, almost breathless.
Issei silently cried as he stared at the two...the silence ended immediately "BOUCHO! I WANT A PRESENT TOO!".
Giggling at Issei's reaction "Issei this is a gift for Naruto because he tried to save your life, Besides I'm sure you wouldn't want this gift".
Both boys looked confused at her words, opening the package they both stared inside to see what she had gotten him.
To their surprise it was something very familiar to the both of them.
To their surprise it was something everyone in the room had.
To their surprise it was something that looked exactly like what Kiba and Issei had.
Pulling out the item, Naruto raised up to look at it even more clearly.
It was a jacket.
Correction it was a very familiar black jacket.
It was the same jacket that the other two guys were wearing.
It was…
The School's uniform jacket.
Looking back into the box Naruto saw the rest of the uniform that had been hidden by the jacket folded neatly.
"From now on Naruto you will be attending our school!" Rias announced while the other started clapping with smiles on their faces.
Naruto's eyes twitched as he stared at the jacket.
…
"Naruto?"
"Uzumaki-Kun?"
"Are you alright man?"
…
…
"NOOOOOOOO!!!"
Naruto sank to his knees while screaming at the ceiling, only the whites of his eyes were visible while his face held nothing but horror.
Akeno kneeled down beside his unmoving form, poking his cheek with her finger "Ara Boucho, I don't think Naruto-Kun was happy with his gift ufufuf".
Rias looked a little disturbed at his action. "I thought he would've liked to go to school?"
Kiba then walked over to him and patted his shoulder "There there Uzumaki-Kun".
Issei tried to offer his own encouragement "Come on Naruto you get to go to school with a bunch of beautiful big breasted girls! It's a dream come true for guys like us! I'll even show you where all the best peeping spots are!".
That...actually sounded quite tempting.
Sighing, Naruto stood up and proceeded to pack the clothes away in the black leather school bag Rias had gotten him.
Rias gave him an unsure smile "Sorry I thought since you've never been to school it would be nice for you to join us at ours".
Naruto looked at her before smiling too "Thanks, I mean it" Rias's eyes seemed to light up at his words.
"Well go on then, both of you into the magic circles" Rias ordered.
Doing as they were told, they stood in the centre of the circles "You both know what you doing correct?" Rias asked.
"Do the request, form the contact and take one step closer to becoming the harem king!" The pervert exclaimed.
A synchronised sweatdrop infected them as they all stared at Issei, who was currently laughing with a pervers look on his face.
"A.Anyway are you both ready?" Nodding at her the circles started to charge up, the others stood by Rias's side while watching as blinding light took over the two.
Once the light had faded everyone stared at where the circles had been, but there was one problem.
"Eh?"
The two that were meant to vanish were still here!
"Ara Ara"
"Hmph"
"W..Was that supposed to happen?" Issei questioned.
"No it wasn't, it seems like you two aren't ready to jump" Rias sighed, "It looks like you will both have to go on foot" she finished with an apologetic face.
"Huh/Huh?!" They both exclaimed.
Rias handed them what look like GPS devices "These will show you where the request is coming from".
Naruto was about to make his way out of the club when he found his legs unresponsive, looking down at his feet Naruto's eyes widened in shock.
"Um Rias?" Naruto called for her nervously.
"Hmm?" She turned to face him, she could see his face had turned deathly white from fear. "What's wrong?".
Rias followed his gaze and understood why Naruto was so nervous, his shadow had formed a perfect circle around him with wisps of darkness floating from it.
Rias stared back into Naruto's eyes with shock in her own.
"Help...please?" He whispered nervously.
The others had also taken notice of his situation and were just as shocked as their master.
...GoInG dOwN…
"Ahhh!!!"
As if ground gave way, Naruto fell into the shadow screaming as he did so, the others yelled out his name in fright and concern.
As Naruto fell through the void of black space still screaming as he fell, he heard Rias repeatedly calling his name in panic, looking up he could see her worried face through the circular whole he had fallen through, that was closing!.
...StOp ScReAmInG LiKe A BiTcH,…It'S EmBaRrSsInG…
"FUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOU!" The pitch black space he was in must have been huge going by how far his voice echoed.
Turning his body so that he was facing the opposite discretion, Naruto saw the black space create a circular opening again.
"AHHHHHH-UMFF" Naruto fell through the hole and face planted on a blue carpeted floor, the black hole above him vanished as if it wasn't there.
"That hurt" Naruto mumbled as he got and took in the environment.
… and promptly frowned. He was definitely no longer in the clubroom, that much was for sure. But the room he had entered wasn't exactly what he had been expecting from someone summoning a devil.
What he got instead was a bright, cheery room with white walls, a blue colored carpet and pink, flowing curtains. It was a very girly room. The kind he would have expected from, well, a really cute girl.
"Ah!"
Turning around, Naruto found himself being met by said really cute girl, thereby confirming his suspicions about the person who such decor belonged to. The girl in question had long black hair in princess curls, electric blue eyes and pale skin. She was very cute, which Naruto would freely attest to.
She also didn't look much older than 11 or 12.
"Um..." This couldn't have been the person who summoned him, could she? "Excuse me, but I was wondering if you could ―"
"Mou~!" The girl interrupted him by crossing her arms over her chest and adopting an adorable pout. If Naruto had motherly instincts, they would have kicked in just now. "I was hoping to get Kiba-kun when I summoned a Devil."
Ahh! So the shadow thingy had brought him to the summoner, at least it didn't take him halfway across the planet.
"Um-".
"And why didn't you arrive through the flier like normal? What's with falling through my ceiling?" She questioned frantically.
"Excuse m-".
"Still," the girl walked over to the blond, examining him from head to toe.
"O-Oi, what are you doing?" asked Naruto as the girl moved behind him and pinched his butt. He squeaked and held both hands against his offended rear end. "What was that for?"
The girl completed her circuit and took a position, standing in front of him. There was a large smile on her face and her cheeks were stained red.
"You're kinda cute too," she admitted at last. Naruto felt like he had passed some kind of test or something. He wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.
"That's...thanks ... I guess..." He was actually kind of disturbed by this girl. What sort of 11 year old pinches people on the ass?
Well, whatever. Time to get down to business, he supposed. This girl had summoned him after all.
"So, do you have a wish you would like me to grant...?" he trailed off, inviting her to tell him what she wanted.
"I want you to take my virginity!"
...
...
...HmMhMAhAhHahAHhahHA!...
As the dark voice in his mind cackled, Naruto couldn't help but think about the other new devil that Rias had saved. Surely, he couldn't be in a worse situation, right?
Scene Change
With Issei
Issei's situation was not much better than Naruto's. In fact, it may have been even worse.
After Naruto had disappeared, the club had been in a mini panic mode and by club he meant everyone but Koneko, Eventually Akeno had located him at the clients home which caused Rias to calm down and made him go to his own contractor's home.
On a bike!.
This sucked big time because the person who had summoned him lived nearly thirty miles away, meaning he had to really haul ass if he wanted to get there before it was too late.
Only his desire to become a harem-king gave him the strength needed to carry on.
Sweaty and tired, Issei had finally arrived at the residence he had been summoned to and rang the doorbell before waiting for whoever had summoned him to answer the door.
He didn't know what kind of person would be waiting for him on the other side, but Kiba had said that he was often summoned by beautiful girls. Hopefully, the blond prince's information was accurate. It would be totally awesome if he managed to get a hot girl as his first contractor.
After a few seconds of waiting, the door cracked open.
"Nyo..."
"Nyo?"
Issei blinked several times, having not expected that to be the first thing he heard from the person he was to be making a contract with. Then he sighed. Great. Not only was his contractor a man, he also had something as weird as a catchphrase.
The door opened further and Issei began the necessary introduction. "Sorry for intruding, but I... was... wondering..." he trailed off, his eyes widening in horror.
"Welcome nyo~"
Standing on the other side of the door was what could only be some kind of monster. It was large, beefy, built like a brick shit house with muscles on its muscles and arms bigger than Issei's head and definitely not female.
Not that it wasn't trying to at least look female. It was just doing a very horrible job of it.
It was wearing its hair in twin pig tails with ribbons tied into bows. It was also wearing a sailor fuku uniform that showed off its disgustingly hairy legs, with a pair of white wings sticking out from behind its back. Issei abstractly recognized the clothes as a Magical Girl uniform, but that wasn't something he was immediately focused on. It was more an after the fact detail.
The... thing, for that's all it could be in Issei's mind, loomed over him like some kind of indomitable fortress of pink.
"I've waited for so long nyo~"
Issei, who was staring up at the thing with wide, teary eyes and snot dribbling down his nose, just barely managed to speak, such was his fright. "Your... wish...?"
"I want you to turn Miru-tan into a magical girl nyo~"
"Eh?" He really should have expected that, what with the cosplay and all, but for some reason he hadn't. In fact, he was so startled that he was knocked out of his terror of the monstrosity before him. "I think you need to go to another world for that..."
"I've been to another world, but no one has the ability to give Miru-tan magical girl powers." The hell? This thing actually went to another world? "At this point, I have been forced to make a request from my enemies, the Devils, to grant my wish."
"E-Enemies!?" Oh shit! Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! This was not good! So not good!
"I want you to give Miru-tan... I WANT YOU TO GIVE MIRU-TAN MAGICAL GIRL POWERS NYOOOOOO~"
"WAAAAAAHH! I'M GONNA DIE!"
Yes, Naruto may not have been the luckiest guy in the world for his first contract, but at least he didn't end up with Miru-tan. You've got to be thankful for the little things in life.
Right?
Time skip
Scene change
At the Devil's den motel
Naruto just stared across the little circle table at the two recent newcomers, present in what he considered to be his 'new' home.
These two girls have recently told him their story; how Maria was a succubus-devil hybrid, and how Mio was a hybrid of a devil and a human.
Hell, he didn't know that hybrids were a thing until now, such was his ignorance, But now he had his master to teach him all about the world of the supernatural.
But the red-head...she wasn't just any kind of half-devil...she was the daughter of Lucifer!
The real Lucifer, the one that was thought to be the greatest evil in existence, the former leader of the devil faction in the Underworld.
Naruse Mio was the daughter of a Maou that was overthrown in a civil war, where dark feelings about the first Lucifer were no doubt still festering in the hearts of the winning faction.
He picked the absolute worst person to offer a home to.
But the fact was that it happened, nothing could change that now.
And now that he had offered his home as a safety net against their enemies, Uzumaki Naruto would keep them safe, at least until they were able to move on their own.
"Ok, before any of you assume anything. I'm not about to kick either of you out now that Mio is awake." Naruto reassured easily, sensing how tense his two guests were by their squared shoulders.
Considering how the tension immediately left their shoulders following his statement, it was obvious that both of the half-devils were immensely relieved.
Besides, he knew full well that even if Mio was conscious now, and Maria was now no longer sleep-deprived, they were both still not at a hundred percent. Not only that, but they could both be attacked by stray devils again if they didn't have a secure place to rest at.
Speaking of which...
"Quick question, why were those monsters after you guys?" Naruto asked, curious on why so many of these, apparently, mindless creatures managed to hunt them down.
Maria tilted her head in confusion. "Didn't I mention that Mio-sama's unique smell attracts such beasts to her? Since she is the daughter of the first Lucifer, she naturally attracts stray devils since they sense the hidden power inside of her. Unfortunately, since she is part human and still new to her powers, the monsters she attracts try to eat her since they think that she's delicious meat..."
"...You didn't have to put it like that." the red-head grumbled in soft protest.
The succubus sweat-dropped by this point, shrugging helplessly at her usually reserved charge.
Although she seemed to be taking the situation lightly, she actually was genuinely worried whether the stray devils would drive them from this new temporary home of theirs.
Just like every other time they tried to settle down somewhere.
Naruto massaged his temples as he took in all the information from the two, maybe he could get Rias to help them out or something.
"Are you sure you're ok with us being here Naruto-san?" Milo asked him nervously.
The blond blinked, and focused his gaze on the red-head, quietly studying her.
She was unconscious when Naruto and Maria initially met each other face-to-face, as well as their subsequent conversation.
...Now that he was looking at her, especially as she cautiously shifted her gaze away from him, he could quickly figure something out about her.
She was scared of him.
Probably by the fact she was in a strange town, being chased by strange creatures and being in a stranger's home.
Naruse Mio was a young girl that had lived a normal life mere months prior to this moment. She, like him, was fairly new to the world of the supernatural.
That being said, Maria seemed to have gotten a good impression of this man while she was out, and she trusted her guardian's advice.
After all, she would be dead without it guiding her when her foster parents were killed.
The red-head winced at the thought, still smarting from the fact, but quickly swallowed it down.
Smiling at her "Of course I am, I couldn't just leave you guys high and dry, plus I have the space so as long as you both don't mind sharing one bathroom, then you guys are welcome to stay here for as long as you like".
Even while he was speaking, the young man was nervously scratching his head, a gesture which Maria thought to be really cute.
"Ah thank you so much Naruto-sama! We are very grateful for your hospitality" Maria stood bowed deeply to him.
Naruto twitched, not used to being treated so formally "Um you don't need to be so formal with me y'know, you guys can just call me Naruto, no need or sama or san" he said as he scratched his head nervously.
"Hai Naruto-Sama!" Maria's bright smile did nothing to distract him from the fact that she had completely ignored him.
But he had to ignore that for the moment in order to address something more important.
Ground rules.
"Alright, since we are going to be living with one another for a while, I guess we'll have to come up with some ground rules" Naruto stated clearly, leaving no room for interpretation.
Both girls nodded in understanding, grateful to even be having a place to crash at all.
"First; don't practice any of your magic inside the house, y'know unless it doesn't blow up. Second; both of you will have some chores to do to help out around here. Third; I want you guys to teach me everything you know about the supernatural world, cool?".the whiskerd teen emphasized, trying to be unwavering on these points.
To be truthful though, the chores thing was something that he just made up on the spot while he was thinking about the rules that he could place. Naruto knew he wasn't the tidiest person and that having these two living here, he could get out of cleaning his home.
But the other two rules were very important to emphasize, for one thing he didn't want their new home to be blown to smithereens and by getting the two to teach him about the supernatural world, then he would be able to adapt to his new life as a devil easier.
Meanwhile, both girls shot glances at one another once Naruto finished laying out his ground rules, speaking without words.
After a brief pause, they both eventually nodded and turned back to the blond, prepared to agree to his terms.
A safe haven with rules was infinitely better than no safe haven at all, as they could actually take a breather from their consistently dangerous lives on the run.
A crimson glow from behind them caught their attention, they all turned to see a magic circle, a magic circle that was familiar to Naruto.
However Mio and Maria quickly took defensive stances behind him, thinking that an attack was imminent.
Once the magic subsided, Rias stood in place of the transportation circle holding a familiar red and black box.
"Ah Naruto! I was just stopping by to drop off your uniform and see how you did on your first contract" She said with a smile.
She soon lost her smile when she noticed that her cute new servant wasn't alone, in fact her features took on a more stern look.
"Oh hello, I didn't know you had company Naruto" Rias said to him pointedly.
Naruto blinked in confusion, wondering why Rias was being hostile, "U-Um Hi Rias, how's it going?".
Her eyes seemed to sharpen at him "Everything is well thank you, but aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?".
He heard both Mio and Maria take a sharp breath behind him, he turned to face them and could see the fear in their eyes, while Maria seemed scared he could tell she was ready to fight if need be but Mio looked terrified, like she was paralysed from the mere sight of Rias.
But why? Why were these two girls so afraid of Rias? Sure the look she was giving them at the moment was a little intimidating, but he was sure that once he explained the situation everything would be cool, after all once they see that she is just a normal girl like them then-.
...wait…
A normal girl like them….
A normal girl like them…
A girl like them…
Like them…
Ohh…
They weren't afraid of this girl, they were afraid of this Devil!.
Maria had said that they were being hunted by the underworld, meaning they saw Rias, a Devil, as a threat to their safety!.
Which meant he couldn't tell Rias the truth about who these girls were, if Rias found out that Mio was the daughter of the original demon lord Lucifer and told the underworld where she was, then who knows what could happen to them! He needed to find a way to protect their identities from his master and make sure she didn't get suspicious.
"U-Um th-this is...I mean they are..." He looked back and forth between Rias's stern gaze and Mio and Maria's nervous stares.
His eyes locked with Mio's, he could see how scared she was that their secret was about to be exposed to this Devil.
...WhY pRoTeCt ThEm?…ThEy ArE nOtHiNg To Us...CaSt ThEm OuT!...
Shaking his head at the voice Naruto steeled himself against Rias's gaze "This is Mio and Maria Naruse, th-they are old friends of mine, they just lost their home and have nowhere to go, so I offered them a place to stay...here…with me...Naruto…".
Mio and Maria breathed a sigh of relief when Naruto didn't rat them out to the Devil in front of them, He turned to face them with an arm gesturing towards Rias.
"This is Rias Gremory, She's a new friend of mine that's..umm.. helping me with… with uhh… work! Helping me with work around town...me...Naruto…" the girls sweatdropped at their introduction.
'He does realise that we saw her using a magic circle, right? Mio thought as she stared at the blond fool in front of her.
"You do realise that they just saw me appear by a magic circle right, Naruto?" Rias dryly stated.
Ah…
He fucked up.
"Allow me to correct this for you Naruto, before you try telling anymore lies, yes my name is Rias Gremory and I am a devil and more importantly I'm this young man's master, meaning he is mine" she stated firmly.
"Now if you could both please tell me the truth to what you are and why you are with my cute little servant" Rias finished with narrowed eyes.
Mio gulped at Rias's tone, She knew that if she told them who they were then it would end very badly for them, after all this was Rias Gremory! She knew exactly who this girl was and more importantly who she was related too, to find out their blond haired saviour was a servant to the Gremory family was like a cruel joke.
"Well?" Rias pressed as her eyes flashed red for a brief moment.
Mio tried to speak, she really did but the fear of what this girl and what her family could do to her was enough to make her feel like she was joking.
"My apologies Gremory-sama!"
Maria suddenly bowed deeply to Rias much to the shock of Naruto and Mio while said girl was surprised at her actions.
"We meant no disrespect towards you or your family nor did we intend to have your servant lie to you for us, It is true that we are not close friends to him but it is true that our home did burn down. However due to who and what we are, we have been hunted for the past few weeks by all kinds of supernatural creatures. We would've died this morning if not for Naruto-sama saving us and letting us use his home to heal and rest. Please believe that we mean no harm towards you or your family" Maria finished.
Mio and Naruto stared at Maria slack jawed while Rias held an unreadable expression.
"...Rise Maria" Rias commanded.
Doing as she was told, Maria stared into pure bloods teal coloured eyes.
Not breaking her gaze with Maria, Rias continued "Come here Mio".
Gulping, Mio did as she was ordered and stood beside Maria "Now then…" Rias started.
"First of all I wasn't to say thank you for telling me the truth, even though I had to force it out of you." Both Maria and Mio looked a little sheepish at her words.
"While I'm sure you haven't told me the whole truth, I will respect your privacy and not force you to tell me why you are being hunted, though going by your demonic power I'm going to assume that you're both hybrids?" Rias' guess was confirmed by the girls' shocked and fearful expressions while Naruto looked bewildered at the revelation.
"Seems like you didn't sense that Naruto, don't worry you will learn all kinds of powers and skills from your new life as a devil under the Gremory house" She told him with a knowing smile, causing him to blush at her beauty.
Rias turned her gaze back "This can be a little lesson for you then, while it's not forbidden, the conception of a child from two different races isn't exactly...what's the word? encouraged, due to many pure bloods believing that the child is disgrace to the bloodline, there have been many times where the child's parents have either killed, abandoned and even abused the child" As Rias spoke, Naruto's eyes grew wide and his blood went cold.
Hearing what these children went through, hybrid or not, filled him with emotions he was very, very familiar with.
Sadness, anger, disbelief, loneliness.
Hatred
...ReMeMbeRInG sOmThInG, nArUto?...
Shaking his head at the voice, Naruto turned his focus back to the girls.
"Of course not all hybrid children live this way, but most have either lived or are currently living that way" Rias finished.
"D-did you two live that way?" Naruto interrupted.
"No Naruto-sama, Until recently Mio-sama didn't even know she was hybrid, and lived peacefully with her family, that is until her powers started to emerge and stray devil's started to sense her. I myself have known what I am for a while and learned how to handle myself". Maria said while Mio nodded nervously.
"I see".
"I myself hold no hate for hybrids nor do I condone their treatment from others, which you will come to see soon enough. But know that you two will receive no prejudice from myself nor my family".
Mio and Maria visibly relaxed at her words.
"However with you two not only entering my territory but also living with my servant, the both of you from now on will be under my watch and that also means my protection as well" Rias said as the girls went from wincing at her tone to smiling at her gratefully at her words, Naruto smiled as well at the show of kindness from the elder redhead.
"Thank you so much Gremory-sama! / Thank you so much Gremory-sama!" They both said as they bowed.
Rias's lips curved to show a slight smile "Please call me Rias from now on,...but I want to make one thing clear" The heiress started to emit a red and black aura covering her entire being, her eyes changed to a deep crimson glow and her wings unfolded and stretched out. The amount of pressure Rias was releasing was enough to force both of them to their knees, while Naruto stood shaking at the raw power of his master.
"Naruto is mine," Rias stated to the hybrids" and if you do anything that puts him in danger, If you try to hurt him, mislead him or even try to steal from him, then you will see exactly what the heiress of the Gremory family is capable of, I assume you both know who my brother is" Both Mio and Maria nodded fearfully.
"If either of you should take my kindness and mistake it for weakness, then it will be the last thing you will ever do" Her words held nothing but power and truth, Both Mio and Maria shuck with tears gathered in their eyes at sight of the powerful devil before them, they knew that if they made a wrong move against Rias, they would pay for it with their lives.
"...W-We understand." Maria managed to grit out while Mio stared at the floor paralysed by fear.
"Good!" And just like that, it was gone, the unbearable pressure had vanished, the demonic glowing and wings were no longer visible and all that was remaining was Rias, smiling like nothing was wrong.
"Now Naruto I'll come pick you up in the morning for school, so make sure you're ready! See you tomorrow" Rias stepped into a transportation circle and vanished, like she was never there.
…
…
...DaMn…
The voice was correct.
Damn.