Happy Hotel's Guard Hound
Chapter 2
Bodyguard to the Stars
'I fucking hate waking up early…' Naruto thought groggily as he pulled the blanket over his face, not wanting the light to wake him.
Naruto was not a morning person, far from it. Even at the earliest ages he hated waking up in the morning.
More so, Charlie was the first person to greet him in the morning as a child and always was guiding him through the castle.
Now though, it is just that they are nestled in an area with tons of violence, explosions, and nasty smells that he didn't want to know what they were coming from.
'Guess I'll get up now.' Naruto thought sadly, he had to threw off the blanket and started to get ready for the busy day ahead of him. 'After all the concert will be in the Circle of Greed, meaning it would take me a few hours to reach the circle and get set up with the studio.'
Once dressed and his hair brushed, Naruto walked out of his room and down the hall which was right across from Vaggie and Charlie's room. They had the largest room on the top floor and insisted on him having a room right next to them. Knowing better than arguing he agreed.
'Seems like she is tired, guess yesterday was pretty tiring and Angel being a hassle yesterday didn't help.' Naruto shook his head and walked down the stairs to the foyer, he yawned and looked around the room and was alarmed.
For one thing, the entire room seemed to change drastically from what Charlie had set up. The place had more of a bar theme going for it and seemed to look like it got decked out with some classy ascetics. Stuff that looked more 20's if he was being honest.
'Good thing Charlie made me study up on history for the last few hundred years. But this can't be Charlie's work. I mean, she is more modern in taste with all butterflies and shit.' Naruto thought as he moved over to the bar area, wanting to make himself a drink before Charlie woke up.
"Hey kid." A tired, gruff voice mumbled.
Turning to the voice Naruto's saw a black and white cat demon sitting at the bar drinking down a bottle in his hand that read, 'Cheap Booze'. The demon was wearing top hat and a bow around his neck.
"Husker?" Naruto asked as he realized the demon.
"Hey Naruto long time huh?" he said with a small smile, though he could not feel real happiness, he could express emotions when he could as Naruto chuckled.
"Yeah, it has been, not since you hired me for that little excursion at the casino." Naruto mentioned as he remembered their first meeting, which the cat demon laughed a bit as he did as well.
"Yeah, that was one hell of a night, you still got to tell me how you won all those games I mean you even beat the house cheating outright." Husker asked before he took a deep swig of his cheap booze.
"Not sure what to say man, but I'm curious," Naruto laughed before he raised an eyebrow, "How are you here man?" He smiled cockily. "You hear for that Redemption?"
Husker snorted, him Redemption. That is a good joke if he heard one.
"Nah, I got called here by some fucking asshole that decided to use me as guy for the front desk." He took another swig of his booze. "Other than that, the fucker dragged me away from my poker game when I was about to win the whole fucking pot!"
Naruto's brow furled as he went into deep in thought.
'An ability to teleport people.' He thought before a single person came to mind. 'Can't be him, can it?'
"How much was the pot man?"
The cat growled as he remembered all the cash he would have won.
"150,000 man! Can you fucking believe that shit!" Husker nearly shouted, slamming his bottle into the bar, nearly breaking it.
Naruto shook his head.
"Yeah, that sucks man but you mentioned someone summoned you here?" Naruto asked, silently hoping it wasn't who he thought it was.
Husker rolled his eyes as he leaned into the bar.
"Who else could do it?" He asked coldly, making Naruto's hopes take a nose dive. "Yeah, that red asshole decided that I was going to help with this hotel out of charity and for some booze. He basically told me to work reception and the bar, but apparently, I can only serve to people during the afternoon and certain amounts. Kind of a crock of shit if you ask me."
He took another swig but investigated his bottle seeing it empty. He threw it into the trash.
'Red asshole, definitely sounds like him.' making Naruto's ears lay flat as he gripped his head as he could feel a headache start to form. "You mean Alastor?"
Husker raised an eyebrow but then had a look of recognition.
"Right, you weren't here when he showed up or summoned us. But yeah, it was him."
Naruto groaned at this information.
'Charlie did you make a deal with him, if so, that was very, VERY stupid thing to do.' He thought before he looked at Husker. "'Summoned us'? Who else…"?
Naruto stopped when he heard humming from the other room, then rapid movement, more humming and then the sound of rapid movement enters the foyer, revealing Nifty.
"*GASP* A MAN!" she screamed, happy to see a man as she sped across the room to grab Naruto, only to be kept at a distance when Naruto's foot connected with her chest. "Oh, mommy likes it rough~"
"How annoying, but at least it is one of the less annoying Overlords in this day and age." Husker mumbled as he saw Naruto's face contort into annoyance. "This is Nifty, she will be the maid I think."
"I can see that." Naruto replied as he kept Nifty at leg distance, avoiding her grabby hands.
"Ah, Naruto how nice of you to say about your dear friend!" Naruto heard, his body becoming tense enough to fully kick Nifty across into the other room, causing a loud crash and chicken noises to go off as his fur stood on end.
Hearing the radio static voice, Naruto turned his head and narrowed his eyes.
"Alastor." Naruto said in a gravely tone.
Standing behind him was a red dressed man with red eyes, horns on his head, a microphone staff, and twisted golden smile.
"Alastor, I'm surprised that you would be interested in the hotel in anyway shape perform." Naruto said as he turned his head. "Husker, mind me pouring my usual?"
"Sure, thing kid." Husker said as he moved a few feet away to get Naruto's drink prepared.
Alastor laughed as Naruto ignored him.
"Oh, come now, we're both Overlords here." Alastor said in a friendly tone as he walked up and put a hand on Naruto's shoulder, only for Naruto to remove it with a tight grip, making Alastor chuckle.
"You mean you're an Overlord, I never claimed to be one." Naruto stated clearly as he pointed out the window to an explosion in the distance. "All the turf I 'own' is under the watch of that explosive cyclops."
"True." Alastor laughed a bit before looking Naruto in his eyes. "But we both know that when it comes to being one, you're more than qualified compared to the rest of the so-called Overlords. Like that Munz-watcher Vox." He growled and his smile tightened with his 1920's slang as his insult.
"You really need to let go of that grudge man." Naruto said as Husker pushed his drink forward, Scotch on the rocks, which Naruto took in his hand. "I mean you know you could kill that fool if it comes down to it so why is it such a big deal to try and out do him?"
Naruto downed the scotch.
"Oh, dear doggie," He pulled on Naruto's cheek making him growl, before releasing and walking away from him. Naruto downed his drink and motioned Husk for another one. "Why would I do that?"
The cat demon just made another knowing how tense Naruto is with this red freak here and wanting to do what he can to keep them from fighting.
'Pretty sure those two would tear most of Hell down, or at least Pentagram city down in their battle.'
"Yes, I do hate him, Vox is nothing more than a nuisance to me, I COULD slaughter that stupid fool, but he is more of a numbers person and while I'm confident I can beat them all, I know that he has more than enough resources that it would be costly and annoying." Alastor laughed with his eyes dilating and becoming clock faces at the thought of slaughtering Vox. "Especially since it just gets me in trouble for doing it too often."
Naruto shook his head as he took his second round.
'Right Lucifer doesn't like it when the Overlords, ones of great power causing issues in Hell as this just means more work for him and more importantly weakening their overall population due to their bloodshed.' Naruto thought as he put the cup down, tapping the glass three times, saying he wanted more.
"So, tell me dear doggie, what do you think of what I did here?" Alastor asked as he returned to normal, his arms outward to show his touch.
Naruto looks around the Foyer and sighs.
"Well, you saved me from having to spend money to put a bar in this place but please refrain from giving Angel anything else other than this bar." Turning his eyes red for a second Alastor grinned and his eyes turned into Radio dials and his aura screamed to life. "We are trying to actually make this legit and the last thing I need is you tearing this place down just because you get bored."
"My dear boy, if I wanted to tear this place down-,"
"You wouldn't or did you forget the last time you crossed Lucifer and his family?" Naruto said nonchalantly, knowing Alastor could not do anything to him for the lack of respect.
For the first time in a while, Alastor lost his smile, before it returned more strained.
"No, I remember." He said in an angry tone, angrier than when he was talking about Vox.
Naruto nodded his head and took a sip of his drink, not downing it this time because he didn't need to be completely intoxicated for work.
"Good." Naruto took another sip. "Now please, keep your bad habits to yourself."
"Oh?" The deer demon laughed. "What about you? The Hellhound that has made enemies of almost everyone in Hell that is not allied to the king or doesn't want to jump your bones?"
"Yeah well, I'm not exactly indulging in my sins like a certain piece of venison." Naruto snipped.
This made Alastor bristle.
"Want to bet, doggie?"
Soon both auras flared back to life with Naruto ready to swing with his claws and Alastor summoning his shadows to his side and creating a terrifying situation for most.
Husker just hid underneath the bar ready for a brawl to break out, while also drinking another bottle of cheap booze.
"What the fuck is going on!"
Looking over the two see Vaggie in a nightie and Charlie wearing a black almost see-through nightie. Vaggie was glaring at both men, "No fucking fighting in the hotel!"
Alastor stopped and waved his hand at the girls, his smile no longer sinister.
"Good morning, dears! Don't worry about this, we just had a bit of a… what is it called these days?" He tapped his chin before snapping his fingers. "'A dick measuring contest' I think it is called."
Naruto snorted before turning back to Husker and banging on the table.
"Husk, it's over come back up."
The cat demon popped up again and started downing his booze with a bored expression.
"Well, that was anti-climactic!" He said angrily as he sat down. "I wanted to see some blood."
Naruto smiled and pulled out his phone, typed some stuff into it, and then pointed it directly at Husker.
"Husk give me your phone."
"Why?" he asked.
"Just do it man." Naruto urged.
The cat demon shook his shoulders and did it, a ding sound going off when their phones touched. Looking down he saw a transfer of $200,000 making his eyes bulge.
"Consider this an apology for Alastor screwing you in your gambling game and also funds for whatever you need while running the bar here." Naruto stated as he put his phone away.
Naruto turned on his stool and finished his drink giving the glass back to Husker.
For the first time, at least to Vaggie and Charlie, the cat demon smiled willingly.
"Thanks kid. You were always one of the good ones in Hell."
Naruto nodded his head and stretched his arms above his head, bending backwards to touch the ground with the top of his head.
"Alright time to get ready for work, it is going to take a while to get to the Greed Ring." Naruto said as he snapped back into a standing position, his statement making Charlie growl while Vaggie is trying to calm her down.
"Naruto," Said being turned to Vaggie who had a concern look, "Make sure you stay safe while out there. You know what people out there would do if they found you at the concert."
Naruto rolled his eyes.
'This again really.' Naruto thought before he looked back at Vaggie. "Yeah, I know but don't sweat it, I got this handled and my job probably is just stopping imps and other demons from rushing the stage and what not. Plus, I'll be wearing a hat and glasses keeping her from recognizing me right away."
Walking back up the stairs he saw Charlie stewing.
'Hm, seems I have to pull out my ultimate weapon.' Naruto thought as he approached Charlie.
"I'll be fine don't worry and I'll call if I need anything, mom." He then leaned down to her and kissed her cheek making Charlie stiffen with a massive smile.
'He knows how to manipulate her to well.' Vaggie thought as she shook her head, while the others raised an eyebrow at this level of affection from the Hellhound as he proceeded up the stairs.
"Oh, Vaggie isn't he the sweetest child!" Charlie gushed, pulling her hair over her face to hide her blush as she smiled; she really was an overly loving mother.
"Yeah, he sure is." Vaggie said as she tried to bring down the happy over affectionate side of her lover.
Naruto walked up the stairs and back into his room, where he changed out of his t-shirt and shorts and put on a classier outfit by his taste.
A suit made for fighting. It is exactly what it sounds like.
The outfit looked like a suit; black with a red tie and what not to make him look professional but there are hidden elements for the clothing.
They were made from breathable elements that allowed him to move around as easy as he would in his other clothing and fight in them as well. They are easy to mend if torn and didn't leave him feeling stiff.
Perfect mixture of looking professional and having the ability to fight on short notice if need be.
Naruto then pulled out a fire red and orange beanie and put it on his head to help hide his damaged ear and obscure his face a bit. Next, he put on his shades and sighed.
"Man, such a pain but hey, I'm getting paid so this is, okay?" he said as he looked in his door sized mirror, checking himself to make sure he had everything on correctly. 'Damn tie.'
Naruto walked down, undoing his tie.
Charlie, now coming down from her cloud nine, saw this and approached him.
"Here, I got it." Charlie said as she took the tie and tied it correctly.
"Thank you, mom." Naruto said as he hugged her, her feet no longer touching the ground before he put her down.
As he straightened up, he saw Angel had come downstairs and talking to Alastor and flirting with Husker.
Naruto could only shake his head.
'Husker doesn't feel love for anyone or anything other than booze so he'll be lucky to even get his attention for more than five minutes.' Naruto thought as he prepared to leave. "I'm off."
The room turned with Charlie immediately taking some pictures of him in his outfit and him just deadpanning, "Really?"
"Of course. I always love seeing my child looking his best even if it is for that BITCH." Charlie said, snarling the last bit with a partial transformation.
Naruto rolled his eyes behind his shades and waved.
"Everyone, behave, and that goes double for you Angel."
"Hey what the fuck!" Angel shouted at the lack of trust between them.
Naruto chuckled and after walking out the front door he saw the white limo ready for him, hoping into the back he sighed,
"Xavier, you mind taking me to the job site?"
"Yes, sir Lord Magne." Xavier, a honey badger demon said as he started the car.
Naruto deadpanned.
"Xavier, we have gone over this several times already; I'm not Lord Magne, just Naruto get that through your head." Naruto stated in mild irritation.
The driver chuckled.
"Of course, Lord Naruto." Xavier replied as he pulled out of the parking and started the long drive to the Ring of Greed.
Naruto just rolled his eyes and looked out the window, he really hated royalty status. All the kissing up to and what not got old.
'Well at least I can watch the crazy shit in hell on my way to work.' Naruto thought as he put some headphones in and started listening to some human world music.
Hotel
Not even ten minutes since Naruto left Charlie began pacing back and forward muttering to herself.
Alastor thought it was hilarious so he watched with delight.
Nifty was cleaning behind the girl every few minutes while rushing off through the hotel.
Husker just rolled his eyes at this and kept on drinking.
Angel was surprised to see the normally bubbly and caring owner to be so frantic and angry. Turning to Vaggie who was just reading a magazine at this point he poked her side making her growl.
"What?" She snapped, her bow looking like horns.
"What's up with the boss lady?" Angel replied as he held his hands up.
Looking at Charlie, Vaggie just sighed in exhaustion as she closed her magazine.
"This is common when Naruto goes on jobs but this one especially has her on edge." Vaggie stated. "She just is worried, especially with the person who hired Naruto."
Hearing her muttering Vaggie and the others sweat dropped hearing, 'Strangle bitch' 'My baby' 'Shouldn't have let him take the job, just make another do it.'
"Uh, did something happen with the girl that he is going to see?" Angel asked as he had not even heard of this 'woman' that had Charlie's knickers in a twist.
Vaggie growled in annoyance as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Were you not paying attention yesterday at all?" She asked in annoyance.
"Nah I was looking for something to eat after you guys agreed to the bar." Angel replied with a casual shrug.
Vaggie rolled her eyes and let out a sigh of disgust.
"Look it dates back about three years ago." Vaggie started to explain, to which Alastor and the others listened in while Charlie was pacing still and seemed to be wearing a path into the carpet. "Naruto took a job for this client before being her bodyguard. This was after Naruto got famous and all that jazz, it was considered a goal for anyone to even score him for some work." She ran her hand over her eye and through her hair. "The client was on the rise in terms of the pop music scene and considered one of the hottest artists at the time."
"HUH? Wait you are saying it is-," Vaggie covered his mouth making him annoyed. She pointed an annoyed look at Charlie who turned and sweated at the sight of Charlie almost turning demonic.
"Don't. Speak. Her. Name." Vaggie warned in a tone that promised death.
Angel nodded his head, watching Charlie take some breaths and walk out of the main foyer and back up the stairs with a couple of powerful stomps.
"Naruto did the job as her guard but while working out his payment, she got a little frisky with him due to his fame, apparently his sex appeal as a rising Hellhound and, her being a succubus, could see his sexual potential, and finally due to the fact that he is a virgin." Vaggie explained.
"Hold up!" Angel held his hands up, "Dog boy is a virgin!? At his age?"
Now this colored the room surprised as being a virgin was almost a sin down in Hell.
More so since Naruto was twenty-four years old and already the center figure for a lot of reforms in Hell and royalty no less.
Basically, he should NOT be a virgin with all of that in play.
"Yeah, Naruto has had no interest in sex and even then, he doesn't like to talk about it to any degree. But this made the Succubus want him more, so she tried her luck with him and all it led to was Naruto leaving the area without his shirt on and running all the way back to the pride ring from the lust ring." Vaggie stated, remembering the state he was in when he arrived back home that day. 'So many cuts we had to disinfect.'
"Damn," Angel laughed loudly as he collapsed into an armchair. "Most would kill for that kind of attention, so it is kind of funny."
Vaggie shook her head.
"Not for the aftermath it wasn't." Vaggie replied, shuddering a bit at what happened next. "Charlie got called up to sell Naruto's services to her and Charlie had found out what she tried and without restraint she gave a very graphic idea of what she would do to her if she ever laid a hand on Naruto again. Since then, both try to avoid talking about her or even mentioning her concerts."
The hotel staff nodded and realized there is a reason for the tension, but most didn't care while Angel now had something new to talk to Cherri about when she came to see him.
'The Virgin Hound now that is a riot.' Angel thought as he pulled out his phone and started a Tweet.
Ring of Greed
'Note to self, smack Angel when I get home. No idea why just should.' Naruto thought as he stepped out of the limo.
Naruto looked at the Ring of Greed and all it had to offer.
More importantly, the arena that he was attending for work. From what he saw, it was bigger than most castles in Hell and was solely designed to get as many people in as possible and to have them spend all their money on some stupid show on a massive stage making it seem 'grand' in design.
Yeah, Naruto was not a fan of such places, but he was not being paid to care or give his thoughts.
"Xavier, come and pick me up the minute I call you got it. Enjoy your time in the Ring and let Charlie know I got here safe, okay?" Naruto asked as he patted Xavier's shoulder.
"Of course, Lord Naruto." Xavier replied, smirking Naruto growled before he sped off.
"One day that fucker is going to just call me Naruto as Lucifer is my witness." Naruto growled, bearing his fangs a bit before calming himself down.
Walking into the stadium he saw imps and other minor demons running around working on everything in sight to get the concert ready.
'Wow, someone just got knifed.' Naruto thought as he witnessed a fish like demon get gutted and looted by a cat demon.
Imps were the lowest ranking demons in hell, Hellhounds are about as highly ranked as them but thanks to Naruto's popularity that is changing, and they were ranked higher than imps and given the same importance of other demons of minor classes. They were considered worthless and useless but Naruto knew there is a use for everyone you just had to look.
"Oh, good you're here!" a female voice said, which was directed at Naruto.
Naruto turned to see a slightly taller female imp wearing glasses and wearing a black business suit being followed by two smaller imps carrying clip boards and coffee.
"Yeah, I figured I get here earlier than normal to let me get a feel for the place." Naruto replied, settling into his business mentality.
The woman smiled.
"That's good, at least SOMEONE KNOWS HOW TO BE A FUCKING PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE!" shouting this to all the workers who either scurried faster or just growled.
The woman sighed and motioned Naruto to follow her, thus he did and was taken into an office at the highest floor looking out over the concert.
The two imps next to her, set her stuff down on her desk and motioned for Naruto to take a seat in one of the chairs in front of her desk.
"So?" Naruto asked with a sigh. "May I learn your name?"
"It's Diane." Diane said as she extended her hand.
As Naruto reached out to shake it, one of the two imps rushed to him.
"Can we get anything for you sir?" they asked with enthusiasm that would be used by a simp.
Naruto raised an eyebrow and saw the female imp sigh.
"Nah I'm good but thanks for asking." Putting his hand into his pockets he pulled out $200 and handed it to the two imps, "Why don't you guys go get something to eat while your boss and I talk?"
The two imps looked at the generous amount of money and then to Diane.
"Go you little fuckers. I'll call you two when I need you." Diane stated aggressively, making the two imps take off out of the door and Naruto laughed.
"So nice to see more Imps running around and doing work these days." Naruto said with a hint of pride.
Diane snorted at his statement.
"Yeah, but down to business." Naruto stared at the Diane. "As I'm sure your aware, Tex called you on my request."
'Figured' Naruto thought before replying. "Yeah, he mentioned that he needed help which confuses me."
"Normally, Tex can handle riff raff and idiots that rush the stage or try to get too close to your star." Diane stated in a professional manner.
"To ask for my help, that means something is going on that isn't known outside of a few people in the public setting." Naruto said as he laced his fingers together. "Any reason for this?"
Diane smiled before huffing. She stood up from her chair she took a drink of her coffee and sighed.
"Your perceptive and that is the exact reason I want to hire you today." She turned to him. "You remember a male popstar called JK$$?"
(Pronounced Jacash)
Naruto looked at her quizzically.
Diane then pulled out an old poster.
On it was a red skinned humanoid demon with thin, muscled arms and torso, due to him being shirtless, revealing several dollar signs tattoos on him. He wore 70's bellbottom pants that were tie-died, acid green, black, and teal blue. He wore a triangled headband around his short, feathered blonde hair with horns short horns on the sides of his head, a star painted on his right eye with black circular glasses. On his feet, he wore cow-boy boots, white in color with black studs on them forming dollar signs.
In his arms was a guitar coated in diamonds, causing a glistening affect as he had a joint in his mouth.
Under his feet was a mountain of men and women.
JK$$, the Incubus Pop-star
Performing at the Ring of Gluttony for his 'Lust and Love' tour.
Buy your tickets now or miss out on the reveal of
JK$$'s new trainee
Verosika Mayday
'He looks like he is trying to be David Bowie, Jimi Hendricks, John Lennon, Paul Stanly, and Elvis.' Naruto thought with a deadpan at the amalgamation on the poster.
He had seen weird shit in hell so that is a possibility and learned of the human musicians from Charlie.
"Jack Cash, stage name JK$$. I remember him, well, was told about him by my family." Naruto nodded his head as he put the poster down. "He was a big deal back in the 90's, wasn't he?"
Diane frowned as she hit the poster, nearly breaking the table it was on.
"Yeah, and he used to be one of our big cash grabbers back in the day as well as being Verosika's vocal coach and then he hired her as a backup singer, but she was so good they were a duet for a while." Diane informed Naruto as she lifted her hand to rub her eyes and took another drink. "Surely you heard what he did two years ago?"
"You mean he killed several people in his agency and murdered that up-and-coming star because he was becoming more popular than him?" Naruto stated nonchalantly, moving his shoulders and arms in the 'wave' motion. "Of course, I heard about it. Also, didn't he get extremely pissed when people called him Jackass, not JK$$?"
"Exactly." Diane growled, smashing the drink against the table, destroying the piece of furniture. "After that fucking incident I made it clear our agency would no longer endorse in his stupid shit, but he didn't care. He thought he could succeed without a studio to back him." She smiled darkly. "He found out fast that is not going to be the case, especially since he didn't have the means and resources to succeed in this capacity."
"True," Naruto knew from personal history unless one had a personal backer, chances are you're not going to last long in Hell, which is why new popstars appear all the time, but the good ones are rare and stay on top for more than a decade.
"So, what does this have to do with your star though and my hiring?" Naruto asked, feeling like he knew where this conversation might go.
"You see Verosika, our star, is having this massive concert and if it is a mass success like we think it will be, she is going to finally bury that fool to the point that he will never recover." Diane exclaimed, really wanting this to work out. "But sadly, her biggest issue is that we know that JK$$ is coming to murder today. We need to prevent him from succeeding and if necessary, killing the damn fool once and for all." Turning her head to him. "That is the real reason we are hiring you. JK$$ has some power and some followers still so if you were able to get rid of him and his followers then that would be a big boon for us."
"Okay." Naruto sighed. 'This job is such a pain now.' "So, the goal is to kill JK$$ if he shows up and if he has followers kill them too and don't disrupt the show at all cost?"
"Exactly." Diane said as she turned to him after burning the poster of one of their former stars, the table remnants being charred. "Can I count on you?"
"You know my rates for jobs like this are not cheap especially since this puts the Hotel in the crosshairs of things if something goes wrong, no?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow.
Diane smiled, pushing her glasses up her nose, leaning back as she metaphorically looked down on him with a confident smirk.
"I know which is why I promise you this, I will pay the amount as required and make sure anything that can come back to you from JK$$, or his followers will be buried and done." Diane stated confidently. "But if he proves to be more than you thought and desire more compensation…"
Diane took her glasses off and seductively push them against her lips.
"I am willing to give my services." She stated seductively.
Naruto swallowed a lump in his throat, and before he could sweat, he cracked his neck.
"That won't be necessary." He replied as he stretched his limbs. "I guess it is time to earn my check for the day hopefully I can avoid any unnecessary problems. As for sex, nah, I am good."
Diane pouted before returning to her professional persona when she put her glasses back on.
"Let's hope but if you happen to keep JK$$'s head intact, please bring it to me I have a perfect place to put it and feel superior to that fucking loser." Diane asked as she sat down.
Naruto rolled his eyes and walked out of the office and sighed.
"Man, my job is going to be complicated I can feel it." He groaned as he walked down the hall and smelled a familiar scent and quickly turned on his heels and went the other way.
'I will NOT deal with Verosika if I can prevent it.' He thought with paranoia.
Time Skip
"I want your ugly, I want your disease
I want your everything as long as it's free
I want your love, love, love, love
I want your love"
The concert was in full swing: Verosika had the masses in her grasp, people were cheering for her, lusting for her, and a few tried to rush the stage for her as she sang Bad Romance by Lad… *Muffle sound, disk scratch, stab* Bad Romance, an original song Verosika wrote herself.
The Succubus is dressed up for the event; in her normal white outfit of 0 and stars, her hot pink skin on display with her hourglass figure, and her horns shined up for the event. One shorter than the other but he figured that was a fashion statement more than anything else. On top of that she had pink eyes with yellow sclera, pink hair, and heart shaped tail. Overall, he could understand her sexual appeal.
Tex prevented people from getting on the stage by knocking them out or throwing them back into the crowd if necessary.
Verosika's followers are busy having some fun with the idiots in the crowd they could reach and in minutes the whole thing almost became an orgy.
Naruto's nose was overwhelmed by the lust and the pure scent of sex that was permeating all around him. It was overwhelming and honestly it was very annoying.
He was wearing an earpiece to communicate with other 'officers' incase JK$$ appeared.
'So far the concert was going well and nothing seems to be out of place.' Naruto thought as he looked over the crowd from his position. 'Maybe that JK isn't coming. Would help him save face I guess.'
"Naruto can you hear me!? Someone broke in through the back!" an officer shouted in the earpiece, nearly bursting Naruto's eardrum.
'Just my fucking luck,' Naruto touched his earpiece in his hidden ears. "Got it do we know where they went?"
"They are heading for the stage! You got to stop JK$$! The asshole is really here!"
"Got it." Naruto sniffed around and found an unusual scent in the area and within a few seconds saw the overrated and ruined popstar charging through the back curtains with a maniacal look on his face.
The man looked like most Incubus he had seen in his life; red skin, horns that are black, and wearing revealing clothing.
However, unlike other Incubi, Jack Cash… let himself go, which made his pants and shirt… stretch tight across his body.
He no longer had his thin, muscled look he had during his career. He had gained a massive pig belly and his limbs looked like over sized sausages with stubby fingers on his hands. His blonde hair was a long-tangled mess that was clearly cut by Jack himself due to how crude it was. His face looked like a balloon full of wet sand, about to burst with rage from the look in his eyes.
That was the thing that bothered Naruto.
Jack's eyes were almost completely red, given that most have gold or yellow eyes.
'Dude probably is full of drugs right now.' Naruto thought as he took notice of Jack's arm, which had a rubber strip wrapped around it with infected injection holes in his elbow.
Naruto stood in front of the entrance to the stage, preventing Jack from moving forward.
"Sorry buddy you're not getting to Verosika."
The man growled, foaming at the mouth literally.
"Get the fuck out of my way you fucking mutt! She has to die for me to rise again!" Jack shouted as he pointed at Naruto.
Naruto rolled his eyes at this threat.
'Fucking drama queen.' Naruto thought as he prepared to fight. "Dude your popularity sunk because you suck. No one is interested in a has been who can't come up with new material on his own. Even if you succeed, no one would listen to you now as… you're a fat ass."
"FUCK YOU!" the Incubus screamed, running toward Naruto, moving faster than expected Naruto expected from an Incubi his size. "I'M BIG BONED!"
Jack tackled Naruto and drove him onto the stage, getting the attention of the crowd and Verosika, who is surprised to see both men there.
Jack let out a guttural roar as he punched Naruto, knocking his beanie fell off as his glasses broke from the tackle.
'It's him!' Verosika smiled and licked her lips making the fans scream out in greater lust and excitement.
Naruto on the other hand was pushing the Incubus off him after the tackle and putting some distance between them.
The Incubi, surprisingly, was agile enough to jump off the floor and drew a knife which seemed to be coated in some purple liquid.
'Poison huh? How weak.' Naruto thought in annoyance.
"Move dog I will not be denied my fame! I will rise again and stand at the top like I was always meant to!" Jack declared.
'Yep, definitely annoying.' Naruto sighed. "You're a dime a dozen, female stars last longer than male ones and that is only because most of them have greater sex appeal to the other opposite and same gender."
Verosika blushed but seeing her former teacher she is annoyed he is brandishing a knife against her future dog and worse, he is causing problems at her concert.
"That bitch, she took everything." Jack screamed, his voice cracking as he teared up. "All she had to do was serve me and I would have given her everything, but she had to get bigger, she had to get more popular, and then take my place as the top star in all of Hell! I won't allow it! I'm the true King of hell!"
Naruto frowned.
'Wow the drugs must be good if he is this high on himself.' Naruto thought before shaking his head. "Well unfortunately for you I'm not going to let you get close to her."
He smiled as he saw his insults were getting under the former popstar's skin.
"Come on, Jackass~" Naruto taunted.
Jack saw red.
"IT'S PROMOUNCED JACASH!" Jack shouted as he charged him and slammed the knife into his chest.
Verosika is shocked and furious, but hears Naruto cough out a laugh.
"J-just wow, man, you really are dumb as fuck no wonder you lost fans so fast." Naruto coughed out as the broken poison covered knife blade hit the ground, his skin not pierced.
Naruto swiped his claws beheading the popstar, letting his body fall to the ground spurting out blood all over the stage.
"Dumbasses have to know by this point I'm immune to poisons if that even got me, but I am strong enough to stop a knife." Naruto coughed as he picked up the head and the body, the large crowd cheering as he quickly dragged them off the stage.
He dropped the body and pulled down his shirt enough to lift his fur to see some swelling on his chest.
"Though the force of your attack still hurts. Going to bruise a bit." Naruto grumbled.
"Hello honey." A sensual voice.
Naruto's whole body froze, fur standing on end as he turned his head to see Verosika standing there with a smile on her face.
"So nice of you to protect little old me, want me to reward you later?" She said flirtatiously, winking at him.
Naruto paled, memories of their past encounter coming to mind and some memories from his own time as a child toy in his human life.
He disappeared in a flash leaving Verosika to pout.
"He got away." She shrugged her shoulders and went back to the stage to sing. 'Oh well, I'll catch him sooner or later it is only a matter of time, fufufu.'
Naruto felt a tingle up his spine.
'I should ask Charlie if I can install more locks in my room, windows… no, around the entire hotel.' Naruto thought as he returned to his post as Verosika started singing 'Poker Face', another song written by Lad… *Stab, disk scratch, muffled screaming, stab* written by Verosika.
End of the concert
"Thank you so much for this lovely gift." Diane said happily as she looked at the head of her former client and the anguish look was so delightful for her.
"Yeah, so concert went off without a hitch and I don't think too many people in the crowd notice me killing JK$$." Naruto replied as he was looking around in mild paranoia.
"Oh, who gives a shit, the concert still was a success and even if someone noticed, they wouldn't care as the cameras were focused on Verosika like normal." Diane stated as she put the head on the wall and admired it while having turned the corpses body into a table.
She sure held a grudge against someone that killed one of their stars and tried to murder a former student and their top money maker and she wanted to enjoy this.
"So, my money?" Naruto said in slight desperation to leave the building. 'Verosika could be lurking anywhere.'
Diane pulled out her phone and typed into it before Naruto's phone dinged signaling, he got his cash.
"Thank you again and hopefully we can do more business in the near future." Diane said happily as she gave Naruto her card. "I got yours."
Naruto waved at the woman and walked out the door and sighed.
'Hopefully, I don't have to do anything like this for Verosika again.' He thought before he looked up and smiled, his anxiety calming down.
"Yo dog." Vortex said as he saw Naruto, smiling at his friend.
"Hey Tex concert was a hit." The gray and black furred hell hound laughed at this joke. He was slightly taller than Naruto and more muscular and with more scarring on his ears and over his eye but that came with the territory their kind had. Especially as a celebrity's bodyguard/bouncer.
"True dude, some Hellhounds are planning to hit up Giovanni's in the Pride ring soon want to join us?" Vortex asked as he wanted to party with his best friend.
Naruto waved his hand as if to push it aside.
"Not today man but when you guys hit it up later let me know." Naruto politely refused. "Besides, after getting hit with that knife, I want this swelling to go down, and dealing with your… boss… has me on edge."
"Sure thing." Vortex said as the fist-bumped, clapped claws gave a one arm hug with each other.
"Tell your girl thanks for the jacket, I wear it when I can." Naruto said as he did appreciate the jacker Vortex's girl had made for him.
"Will do man. Catch you around." Vortex laughed before they bid each other good night.
Naruto walked away from one of his best friends and text Xavier.
Bring the car around I'm ready to head home.
"Yes, Lord Naruto."
Stop that damn it!
"Annoying driver."
"Ahem."
Naruto turned after hearing the voice and saw that it was Verosika who had a smile on her face and is now wearing her pink fur coat she is accustomed to.
"Naruto, I wanted to tell you something before it became public news. Something I think you'll find exciting." Verosika said without any hint of lust or attempt of seduction.
Naruto stepped back and glared at her, prepared to run.
"Look if it is about your next shoot and you're going to be stripping then I'll pass, you know I'm not interested in those kinds of events." Naruto stated clearly to the popstar.
"No." Verosika said quickly as she waved her hands and laughed a bit, keeping that in mind for the future. "I'm taking your advice serious from our conversation all those years ago and I'm going to rehab for real."
"Oh?" Naruto said with a quirked eyebrow. 'Verosika hates Rehab so the fact she is willing to go on my advice is suspicious.'
"So, I just wanted you to know it is a special clinic and I would like you to come and see me while I'm there, okay?" Verosika said with her hands behind her, her tail making the shape of a heart.
Naruto shrugged his shoulder, not caring and wanting to leave.
"I'll try to make time but I make no promises." He said, not intending on following this promise.
Verosika nodded her head and without letting the chance pass she kissed him on the cheek making him blush under his fur with wide eyes.
"Until next time." She walked away with a sway in her tail while Naruto could only shake his head, looking for a place to wipe off her scent.
Finding no other option, Naruto booked it to the bathroom and feverously scrubbed his face down to get her smell off of him.
"Okay… okay I think that does it." Naruto said as he tried to calm down. "She is more dangerous than any demon in hell I have seen. Even Valentino and Alastor pale compared to her."
Exiting the bathroom, Naruto went outside seeing Xavier there waiting for him and after getting in the back of the car he said,
"To the hotel Xavier."
"Of course, sir how was work?"
"Annoying, I'm going to catch some sleep wake me up when we are there." Naruto said as he put his headphones back in.
"Yes, Lord Naruto."
"You will just call me Naruto one day you bastard." Naruto declared lightly, not sounding threatening, as he set the seat to lean back as he closed his eyes, falling asleep and trying to dream of better times, but the nightmares are still there and all he saw at the end is red eyes and a dark red figure in the distance.
In another part of Hell
In a dark, fancy bedroom was a girl sitting on her bed and watching the live concert of Verosika.
While normally not her scene for music, she heard someone interesting was there from some of the updates and tweets. Hearing this she tuned into the event, on her father's card of course, and saw a hellhound fighting a washup popstar. But what caught her attention is his blue eyes and his damaged ear.
"It's really you. I finally have found you." A blush formed on her face and her pink eyes started glowing in the dark, "This time I won't let you go, you've ignited my soul and I refuse to let anyone else get to you first."
In a rundown office, a gray, white, and black fur female hellhound smiled watching the concert on the computer.
"Nice to see you doing so well Naruto. I hope to see you again after all these years."
Hotel, 2 days later
Naruto sighed in tiredness as he sat down, having just finished installing additional locks to all doors and windows around the hotel.
'I will settle back into my routine.' Naruto thought as he remembered his attempts calming his mother and Vaggie down from what happened at the concert two days prior.
He had to explain what happened and the fact that he was noticed but it was not a big deal, it just showed that he was there and killing a former star and thus increasing the overall appeal of the concert.
The residence had a laugh, minus Charlie and Vaggie, and Naruto then had to ask Charlie for permission to install all the locks.
Since it was a big hotel, it had taken two days.
Listening carefully, Naruto could hear Alastor in his room, doing what he did.
Nifty was shuffling somewhere in the attic, cleaning, obviously.
Husker was currently at the bar, restocking the shelves.
Angel, who had a mild relapse in his rehab, was under surveillance by Charlie and Vaggie. Currently, he was out getting the newspaper as a test.
The sounds of the hotel staff were lulling Naruto to sleep, making him smile at the normality of his day.
Ring!
The door bell ring echoed in all rooms, not the bedrooms, but rooms that all staff members would most likely be in.
Naruto groaned.
'I am the closest one to the door…' he thought as he forced himself to get up. 'I guess I'll answer it.'
Walking to the door Naruto sighed and put a small smile on his snout and opened the door.
"Welcome to the Hazbin Hot-," his smile disappeared as his blood ran cold.
Standing in front of him was Verosika with a smile on her face and her bags behind her.
"Hey there honey." She announced as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek.
This action brought him out of his shock and he whispered, "What the fuck are you doing here?"
"Oh, didn't anyone tell you?" She smiled, as she pulled back a bit. "I heard this hotel is supposed to help us with the road of redemption and helps people let go of certain vices to redeem themselves or something like that." She waved her hand. "I decided that I need to overcome my drinking habit and the best way to do it was here."
Naruto started to sweat when he heard footsteps behind him and he just thought.
'Shit is about to get real.' He thought as he turned his head, he saw Charlie smiling.
"Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel!"
Verosika raised an eyebrow and looked behind Naruto.
Charlie saw who it was and saw red.
"What the fuck are you doing here? Naruto is not for sale!" Charlie said as she ran between them and held her arms out to keep Verosika from Naruto.
"Well, I'm not here for buying Naruto's services." She smiled, trying to sound convincing. "I'm here because your hotel helps sinners overcome their inner demons and what not." She waved her hand and had some imps dragging in her bags with a struggle and Naruto just watching. "So, my manager and alike agreed to let me enroll here in exchange I quit drinking."
Charlie is steaming and the heat coming off her was terrifying for the imps but Naruto knew that she was mad she was caught in a rock and hard place.
Charlie couldn't turn Verosika away as her policy is helping anyone that wants help, she had to help her quit drinking and thus she is to indulge in helping.
"W-w-w-w-well welcome to the hotel." Charlie forced herself to say, moving very slowly like a rusted robot.
Vaggie, in the background, watched Charlie and saw that's she is almost gritting her teeth.
"So where is the paperwork I have to fill out and where is my room? Preferably next to the security of this place would be nice." Verosika said with a wink at Naruto.
He just sighed in defeat.
'Things are going to be interesting from now on.' He whimpered.
"Oh, we have a room for you and we can take care of the paperwork now." Charlie grabbed the popstar and dragged her away while Verosika just winked and blew kisses at Naruto who just ignored her and turned to Vaggie.
"Make sure mom doesn't kill her, okay?" he asked.
"Yeah." Vaggie ran off after Charlie leaving Naruto to go to Husker.
"Drink." Naruto said as he propped his elbows on the counter.
The cat demon nodded his head and instead of a glass gave him the bottle of scotch and Naruto started drinking from the bottle.
'Good thing I updated the locks.' Naruto thought as he guzzled down the scotch, putting it on the table with a loud groan.
Angel walked into the room and threw a magazine on the bar with a smile, the newspaper under one of his lower arms with sunglasses on his eyes.
"Check it out Naruto." He said before winking at Husker. "Hello Husker honey."
The cat ignored him and just took a deep swill of his beer.
Naruto looked at the cover and dropped his scotch, which broke and spilled across the floor, to which Nifty shot toward it and cleaned it.
"Husk, I'm going to need another bottle." Naruto said as he shook lightly.
On the cover was him but, in this pic, there was the caption:
Sexiest Demon Alive, is he dating the hottest succubus? What is their secret relationship?
"OH~ Is the Virgin Hound scared~" Angel asked in a teasing manner.
Naruto's fist smashed into the spider's eye, breaking his sunglasses.
Chapter End
Alright I posted this comment in a different story but here is the long and short of things:
I had a lot of personal stuff that has happened in the last while and lost a lot of motivation. At this time I starting on three new ideas (Including this one) and plan to keep them going.
Old ideas are being shelved as I need time to look back on most of them and think about the story lines and how to get motivation back for them.
If anyone has any interest or thoughts or questions about this story or past stories they want to talk about feel free to PM me and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can since I have my page open most of the time.
This concept: I have made at this time 4 chapters so expect some quick updates for this week and then updates for my new ideas as well. I'm trying to become more active again but I hope you guys enjoy my work from here on out.
Shout out to Brata for helping me with this concept in particular