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"You want me to get married? And that too with that good for nothing crimson witch?" Naruto's whispered, still not believing that it was really happening. Was his mother seriously considering this?
At her son's question, Layla's electric sapphire eyes morphed into her usual motherly warm blue. Taking a deep breath, she pressed her lips together and nodded slowly at her son "Yes" she murmured.
Hearing his mother's words, Naruto nearly fell out of his chair. "But... But Gremorys are idiot, mother," he whined frantically while giving Layla his best innocent look at the same time in order to convince her.
Layla sighed at her son's antics, but she can't blame Naruto for this, after all her son, for an unknown reason had always hated Gremorys from the very start. Smiling slightly she again looked at her son and spoke "I know Naruto, but this decision has been finalized by the elders of the devil council and we cannot do anything about it, except following this stupid decision." at the conclusion of her sentence, Layla's eyes glistened a bit. 'Those bastards want to take my little Naruto away from me' she thought.
" What happened to my idiot big brother, Riser? As far as I remember, that pervert was the one who eagerly wanted to marry that idiot heiress of Gremory clan?" he inquired and scowled a bit at the mere mention of his big brother. He and Riser had never been able to understand each other at all. Riser had always hated his presence from the very start and same could be said for him too.
Layla flinched at the tone her son used to address his big brother "Naruto... don't say such things for your own brother." she scolded lightly and bonked him hard on the head before continuing "I know Riser wanted to marry Rias Gremory but the marriage contract is between the youngest children of both the houses, and Riser by no means is younger than you, my little prince, and that is why the elders evicted him out from the contact and placed you in his position." she explained with an even face, skillfully hiding her distaste for the elders.
"You said the youngest of both houses, right?" Naruto asked and smiled when he saw his mother nod her head "Ravel is the youngest child of Phenex house, mother, why don't you tell elders to put her in my place" he suggested in a hopeful tone, not even registering what he was saying.
"I'm not going to marry a Gremory and neither I'm going to let brother marry one." a shrill shout interrupted the awkward conversation of mother and son.
As soon as his mind recognized the owner of the voice, Naruto's face impacted with the harsh surface of the glass table. 'Ravel... Great... just great.'
Hearing the sound made by the harsh impact, the girl now known as Ravel instantly flickered beside Naruto "Brother!! Are you ok?" she asked in worry, while some tears started welling up in her big blue eyes.
Naruto's face slowly rose up from the hard surface of the table and turned towards Ravel. "Ohh... I'm perfectly fine Ravel" he responded, and before he could say anything more, his cheek was pulled by a powerful grip. "Oiii-Oiii, what was that for?" Naruto asked as he rubbed his swollen cheek when his sister let go.
In answer, Ravel just glared at her brother, her previous tears completely gone from her face to Satan know where "How many times do I have to tell you, brother!! Call me Ravel-chan' in front of everyone just like those people in anime call their sisters..." she snapped, but Naruto simply shrugged, completely ignoring his sister's usual outburst.
Ravel noticing Naruto's uncaring look was about to pinch him harder but stopped as soon as she heard her mother's evil laugh from beside her. "My My, Ravel-chan is still causing pain to my little Naruto huh?" Like a gust of cold wind, Layla's voice swept over the whole room and sent a shiver down Ravel's spine. Everyone knows about Layla's over the limit love for Naruto, so hurting him in front of her was never a good idea, but unfortunately, Ravel just did that.
Turning her head a bit in order to face her mother, Ravel meekly smiled at her to make amends for her mistake but the evil smile on Layla's face didn't waver a bit. "Didn't I told you Ravel, that next time if you hit my Naruto, then I'm going to punish you...very harshly" Layla's said in a chilling voice which even made Naruto shudder in fear.
"Umm...mother... It's just" Ravel stuttered, unable to find the right words.
"Leave her mother, she was just playing with me" Naruto interjected between the fight and smiled gently at Ravel.
Realizing that her big brother had just saved her from their mother's fury, Ravel's eyes became wet as she instantly clung to Naruto's right arm. "Brother you are best!" she chirped, while Naruto just sweatdropped at his mother's and sister's abnormal behavior.
Layla who was watching the brother-sister bonding frowned slightly at how close Ravel was to Naruto, no one except her should be that close to him. " Well if your little child play is over, can we please talk about the more serious topic," she said in even tone.
Naruto shifted in his little sister's not so weak hold in order to look at his mother "Like?" he inquired.
"Visiting Gremory household!"
"Wait? What?" Naruto wasn't sure he heard it right.
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"This is Gremory's home?" the Naruto asked while looking up at the mansion that was coming into view. It was massive and clearly visible from this far away.
"Yes, it is. Gremorys are very well respected in the Underworld, so please put on your best behavior Naruto in front of them, otherwise, they would think low of Phenex house," Layla answered in her usual warm tone, walking beside her son along the winding path.
"Why can't we just teleport directly there? I'm sure they won't mind that" Naruto asked silently. While he did enjoy taking the long routes, he was here to talk about some useless marriage contract, so he shouldn't be loitering around and wasting his precious time.
The rest of the Phenex family who was walking behind them groaned at his question, while Layla just smiled at her ever-curious son. "My little prince, we can't just teleport directly into people's home like that. They would assume you were a trespasser and probably attack you on sight and also there's something called the first impression," Layla explained as their pace became slower.
"Leave him, mother, he's just an idiot and would never learn anything about nobility." Riser, the pinnacle of Phenex clan said in an arrogant tone, earning a glare from Ravel, Layla, and even his own queen Yubelluna.
"Riser..." Layla's cold tone was enough to make the pinnacle of phenex silent. Pleased by the desired effect, Layla then quickly went near to Naruto and smiled warmly at him. "Sorry Naruto, you know your brother can be an idiot sometimes," she said, looking a bit guilty at her older son's behavior.
"Don't apologize for him mom, I never take him seriously anyway" Naruto said in a careless manner, after all, who has the time to listen to that pervert.
The rest of the trip went in a serene manner as no one dared to interrupt the mother-son duo. Five minutes later, the Phenex family arrived at the front of the giant castle where they had an entourage to greet them. They were greatly greeted by the guards, maids, and butlers of the Gremory family where they were then led into the mansion.
Entering the castle's main entrance, Naruto groaned as he saw several family members which he guessed was the Gremory family. The first red-haired devil was a middle-aged looking man with crimson hair and a goatee. He wore a stylish white tuxedo with black shoes.
Next to him was a beautiful young woman in her late teens with shoulder-length brown hair. She wore a cream-colored dress that reached just above her ankles.
Standing, a bit, away from the two was another man who was quite handsome and had the appearance of a 20-year old who also had crimson hair. By his side stood another beautiful woman. She also appeared to be in her twenties with long silky brown hair and matching eyes. Her hair flowed all the way down to her back in a ponytail. She wore a red coloured dress that reached all the way down to her ankles.
The next person was the one who shocked Naruto the most, She was an unreal beauty who appeared to be in her early twenties with silver hair and matching mesmerizing silver eyes. Her hair flowed all the way down to her back with long braid on each side with small blue bows at the ends. She wore a strange maid outfit and completed her look with red colored lipstick on luscious lips.
But one person that caught Naruto's attention the most was the one that looked to be around the same age as him. A young girl with crimson locks, like the men, that reached her shoulder blades and is wearing a cream colored dress like the brunette woman. The girl looked very familiar to him but no matter how much hard he tried, he couldn't identify her. Slowly by slowly, the clockwork inside his mind began working in sync and when the girl abruptly turned her gaze on to him, it finally dawned on him.
"Greetings my friends of the Phenex family. I hope you had a safe trip here?" the crimson hair man greeted them.
"Greetings to you, Lord Gremory and Lady Gremory." Revan replied with a smile "The trip was pleasant." He added, but before their small meeting could go any further, two shrill shouts boomed throughout the large room.
"Tomato Bitch!"
"Idiot Bastard!"
Startled, everyone looked at the direction of the shouts and found Naruto and Rias standing very close while their fingers were accusingly pointing at each other and they had a vicious glare etched on their faces.
"How you became so...umm... un-flat chested?" Naruto who was too much in shock by the unexpected developments sputtered the nonsense question and quickly looked down to hide his slightly red face.
Rias in answer, intensified her glare on the boy "I was beautiful and developed from the start, idiot, but what about you? How you became so...so...un-ugly?" she asked, hiding her own small blush.
Hearing Rias' question Naruto perked up and looked at her questioningly "Oii...what do you mean by un-ugly. I was beautiful from the very start Gremory, I got my looks from my daddy" he retorted smugly, while everyone else present sweatdropped at the mention of Minato.
The two continued glaring at each other for a while before they both looked away and huffed.
"Tomato Bitch"
"Idiot Bastard"
Lady Phenex who watched the whole exchange between the two teens was now seething uncontrollably, how dare this red big tit cow call her little Naruto an idiot bastard. Her Naruto was no doubt a little bit unique in his childhood, but by no mean, he was an idiot child... He was just a little bit more curious and shy than other children. She was about to unleash her fury on the little Gremory but ceased as a hand stopped her from doing so, looking to her side she found Revan standing there with a frown on his face, equally upset as she was. Controlling her anger she nodded at him.
Ravel was on the same boat as her mother. She was barely restraining herself from lashing out at the red-haired devil. 'How dare she call my brother an idiot Bastard. My brother is the most handsome and smart boy of the Underworld' she thought furiously and visibly blushed at her own lewd imagination.
The awkward silence of the room was again disrupted by a rather loud shout. "Oii, how dare you call my little sister a tomato-bitch! she's the most beautiful girl in the whole underworld." the voice belonged to none other than the Lucifer of the Underworld, Sirzerchs who was now glaring at the Phenex child.
"Rias...Most beautiful? Well, you are definitely a Gremory then." Naruto was about to speak more but a whisper from Yubelluna stopped him. "Naruto-sama he's the Lucifer so don't even try to debate with him and please apologize to the Gremory family." Naruto turned towards Yubelluna and looked at her in shock. He was going to argue with her, but her beautiful small smile was enough to make him obey her wish. "Fine" he grumbled while Yubelluna's smile only got more beautiful.
On the other side of the room, Riser, who was watching the conversation between his queen and his brother frowned at how close his queen was to his younger brother, but decided to remain quiet due to the fear of his mother.
Striding slowly towards the silver-haired beauty, Naruto bowed to her in order to show her the respect." I'm sorry for my words and the disrespect that I showed to your daughter, Lady Gremory" he apologized and with that, the whole room went silent. Suddenly a soft laugh reached everyone's ears and Naruto quickly looked at the direction of the laugh and found that it was the brown haired woman who was laughing lightly at him. "Ara Ara, he's an interesting kid, Layla," the woman said amusingly.
Layla didn't respond to the comment of the woman, as she was busy looking at her son with a deadpan expression on her face. "Naruto," she said in order to get his attention.
Hearing his mother's voice, Naruto turned towards her and asked: "Yes, mother?"
Instead of saying anything, Layla slowly got near Naruto and bonked him harshly on the head "She's not lady Gremory, Naruto!!. She's Grayfia Lucifuge, the maid of the Lucifer." she yelled, while a shocked expression engulfed the face of Naruto.
Slowly Naruto turned back to Grayfia and eyed her intently "But... But mother you told me that Lady Gremory is the most beautiful woman of the whole Gremory household and to me, she's looking the most beautiful woman present in this room." he murmured, eyes still fixed on the silver hair of Grayfia.
Grayfia who was standing in front of mother-son duo blushed ever so slightly at the boy's compliment. No one except her master has the guts to say anything about her beauty, so hearing it from a mere teen boy was both amusing and refreshing for Grayfia. Noticing that she still hasn't thanked the boy for the compliment Grayfia bowed to a still confused Naruto "Thank you very much for your compliment, Naruto-sama," she said.
Naruto looked flabbergasted for a moment before a small smile got embroidered on his face "Oh... You don't have to thank me for that, Grayfia. I said what I think is true. You really are the most beautiful women. Silver hair looks very good on you." Naruto said as he rubbed his head sheepishly, while both Layla and Ravel for a moment thought of dying their hair silver.
Grayfia's smile got more noticeable at the compliment of her hair, but before she could say anything in return, Sirzerchs decided to intervene. "Umm... Naruto if your little flirting is over, can we please start talking about the marriage contract between you and my sister" he said and instantly shuddered when he notice the glare that Grayfia was handing him.
Naruto was about to respond but a familiar shrill shout interjected him before he could even start. "No... I don't wanna marry this idiot. Even Riser is better than him"
Naruto visibly deflated at Rias' implication "Oii...don't compare me to this pervert. I'm far better than him..." Naruto retorted with a pout while pointing an accusing finger at Riser who was seething inwardly at being called a pervert in front of everyone.
"Both of you... Shut up!!" Saala Gremory, the wife of the Lucifer shouted, startling everyone present, even the ever stoic Grayfia.
Saala's fury laced gaze abruptly turned towards Rias who quickly took a step back in fear "You worthless princess... You are going to marry him... Ok?" knowing very well with whom she was talking, Rias nodded her head frantically.
Saala's burning eyes then peered over to Naruto, who was sweating mildly under the glare of the brown haired woman. "And you! You are going to join the Kuoh Academy in order to strengthen the bond between you and Rias. Ok?!"
"But I don't wan-" Naruto tried to object but an intensified withering glare from Saala was enough to shut him up. "Okk?..." her cold voice filled up the room again.
"Yes... Mam!!!" Naruto squeaked and turned his towards an equally frightened Rias. "I hope we can get together nicely"
Rias smiled nervously at Naruto and nodded her head gently "Me too"
While all this was happening, Sirzerchs cautiously moved a little away from his wife in order to leave the room, but not before giving an apologizing look to the shell-shocked Phenex family.
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A.N - Here you have it, the second chapter done and dusted. Thank you all for waiting. And. Also thanks for showing so much love to this story.
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