Crazy thing, bear with me, but at some point, that promise list needs to be completed. For that, I need 20 things Maki and Kaito would have done together. The things I have in her list are:

1. Go camping

2. Try out a bikini

3. Go to an amusement park

4. Go to space

I need 16 more for her list, so anything will do, just as long as it's something Maki would like to do or consider doing. Why? Because it'll be introduced next chapter. Why? Because next chapter will be Monday in the story. That day, was the day Kaito died, the day he wanted to do the list with her. So for her sake, add ideas.

Also for the guest who asked if Naruto was being paired up with Raynare...No, Raynare definitely has to die. I don't care if she is hot to some, she is beyond redemption, unless you do her right somehow in a fic of sorts. Otherwise, I'm killing her.

In Episode 11 of High School DxD: HerO, there was (finally) an eye catch of Seekvaira, something I really wanted and...my god she is stacked! Naruto you lucky Rook. Why isn't there more of her on FF or in the anime? I'm hoping for an OVA.

Wow, over 1000 follower of the story already? I guess this means that I shouldn't disappoint.


OP: HOT BLOOD by Nana Mizuki

"Um...Well...I'm...Yes...It hurts...A lot..."

"Is there someone you're waiting for?" asked Shizune. The girl simply nodded no in response.

"Would you like to come with us? As a doctor, I can't ignore someone in need of help." With a smile, she accepted the woman's help. Turning to Naruto, Shizune tells him to carry her on his back. Koneko left the group soon after to go home, though not before thanking them for letting her eat with them once more.

"It's very painful. I...feel like crying. Can I cry?" With a smile, Naruto told her it was okay for her to cry. The girl smiled as she silently cries.

Namikaze Residence

Naruto's Room

Naruto allowed the girl to use his bathroom to take a shower as he prepared some clothes for her to wear after she was done. As he laid them out for her, he wondered about the examination Shizune performed on the girl. She had found nothing wrong with her, and she felt better after the examination. Was it just temporary? Checking in on the girl, he finds her sleeping on his bed. With a light smile, he lets her sleep as he closes the door. In the early next morning, Naruto got up from the couch he was sleeping on and immediately went to check on the girl in his room, only to find her gone, and his blanket folded neatly on his bed.

"She must have left while we were still sleeping."

Kuoh Academy

Naruto's Classroom

"So she left without saying thanks?" asked a confused Joichi.

"Yeah."

"That's a bit rude. Oh, did you by chance watch the news this morning?"

"News?" Joichi tells Naruto about a murder that happened last night at an abandoned underground bar in Misaki Town. The victim's corpse was found with his limbs torn off.

"His limbs were torn off?" A bit worried, Naruto wondered if it was the work of a stray devil.

"Yeah, and the suspect is still at large."

"Can you tell me more about it after class?" asked Naruto as their teacher entered the classroom.

Crime Scene

Misaki Town

Abandoned Bar

"What a way to go..." said the commissioner, who looked like he was in his early 40s. He had two scars on the right side of his face, dark hair tied up into a spiky ponytail, and dark eyes as well as a goatee.

"You said it Shikaku. Do you think it's Firebrand?" asked a fellow policeman. He was a tall, plump man with long, spiky red hair. The policeman known as Shikaku tells his partner, identified as Choza, that it's possible, given the brutality he sometimes displayed, as evident from some of the crime scenes involving the vigilante. As they looked around, they hear a faint pair of footsteps entering the bar. Turning around, they find a woman in her mid-twenties approach the crime scene. She had purple eyes and a pale complexion. She wore her hair back in a ponytail with two strands of hair loose that go down the front of her body and wore a greenish jacket and custom-made black gloves. Her shirt was a white blouse. She had a brown belt holding up a dull purple short skirt. Around her left leg, she wore a brown satchel. Her shoes are boots that are only a bit above her ankle but are also heeled.

"Hey Miss, this is a crime scene!" yelled Choza. The woman takes out her badge, revealing her identity and her role as a detective.

"I'm Detective Kyoko Kirigiri, and I have permission to be at this crime scene," she told them.

"Kirigiri? Japan's Greatest Detective Kirigiri? What brings you here?" asked a curious Shikaku.

"My job. Higher-ups have asked me to help in this case, and judging by the way this man died, a case like this is beyond our understanding."

"And how is that?" asked Shikaku as Kirigiri went over to one of the body's limbs and looks over it for a few seconds before giving them some little details.

"If you notice, the ends of the victim's limbs have a slight twisting pattern around the joints. Given the manner they were severed, their limbs were forcefully torn from their bodies after they were twisted."

"You got all that from just a look?" Kirigiri smiled as she told Choza, "I'm not a detective for nothing." Turning serious, she continues her examination. "With their limbs torn as they are, you'd have to be at peak strength, or a gorilla, to do something like this."

"Maybe one of these unfortunate men fled the circus and became a gangster?" Choza joked.

"Not possible." When asked why Kirigiri tells him there were no fingerprints on the wrists or ankles.

"I know five people who are strong enough to do those feats, but they're clean. However, given that the limbs were torn without physical contact...There's only one possible answer..."

"Are you actually considering the possibility that there's magic involved in this murder?" Shikaku asked Kirigiri. "Usually detectives like yourself don't believe in that sort of crap."

"Considering the possibility that this Firebrand is actually utilizing magic, or has a knack for science people would mistake as magic, anything's possible, and sometimes it takes someone to see it to be a believer." Looking around the bar's pool table, she noticed some fingerprints belonging to a girl. "Tell your men to copy the fingerprints on the pool table and take it to the lab immediately. Also, give me a list of people who visit this bar." With that, Kirigiri left the scene.

"...Detectives."

"Weren't you one Shikaku?" asked Choza. "At least I stuck with the police for the whole investigation instead of just leaving the way she did just now. Those people either work solo or are just overconfident. That woman definitely works solo." As he finished, he pulls out a cigarette and lights it.

Rome, Italy

With Xenovia

"Xenovia, are you okay?" asked Irina. Xenovia looked like she was about to pass out as her head rested on the eating table.

"I just have a big headache from playing 10 hours of "Shadow of the Colossus" in order to obtain all the trophies."

"You've been gaming a lot in your free time Xenovia."

"I know, it's just that...I never knew that these video games could be so fun and immersive. It's like playing out someone's story or living a fantasy many would dream of living in. It makes me wish I did it sooner." The bluenette then asks Irina if she could feed her. Smiling, Irina spoon-feeds her friend some omelet rice.

"So good...Hey Irina?"

"Yes, Xenovia?"

"...What does kissing someone feel like?" This surprised Irina, hearing her friend ask her about the feeling of having someone's lips pressed against their own. Turning red, Irina struggles to tell her what it was like, remembering her first kiss involved a childhood friend.

"Well...kissing someone, especially...Especially when it's someone you like...There's a lot of feeling involved with it."

"Feeling?" Xenovia wondered, a question mark appearing above her head.

"If you have feelings for that person and you kiss him, it feels like time has stopped when your lips touch." Thinking back to when she kissed Naruto in her mind, Xenovia turned red in the face.

"Did you kiss someone?" asked a curious Irina.

"Well, it was in a dream of mine," Xenovia admits.

"Did it involve any of the boys here?"

"No, but I...met him during a mission with the Jaegers," she answered.

"Oh, what's his name?"

"I uh...don't know his name. I didn't ask for it when I saw him."

"Well, I guess that's one that got away."

"Yeah..."

"Cheer up Xenovia. As the saying goes, there's plenty of hunks in the sea."

"Don't you mean f-"

"I know what I said." Irina interrupts, a huge smile on her face.

Church Forge Room

Entering the forge, Xenovia walks towards the desk. Up front was a short old man with a large and spiky white beard, who asks the girl what brought her into his shop today. Setting the broken pieces of Naruto's shotgun down on the counter, the old man tells her, "Is there a reason why you brought me broken pieces of a sawed-off?"

"I want you to forge me a double barrel, with those pieces being a part of it." Xenovia told the old man.

"Is it for you?"

"N-No, it's for...someone else." This piques the old man's interest, who asks who the lucky guy was.

"No comment...So can you do it?'

"I've been doing this for 30 years, that question is unneeded. What I DO NEED is some serious coin and cotton (Basically money in old man speak). The ingots and wood I plan to use are very expensive, and I don't do chea-" The old man shuts up when Xenovia puts down a large sum of money she saved up for the request. "Very well then, I'll get right on it. However, it'll take a month to complete it."

"I don't mind waiting, just make sure that it's perfect," she told the old man. With a smirk, he tells her, "I'll make sure it's beyond perfect."

"Thank you." Xenovia said with a smile as she prepared to leave.

"I know this is not my business, but I think you should get yourself a new pair of guns. If my memory serves me well, those guns are-"

"I know, Griselda's. I...I'm going to return them to her when she comes back. For now, I'll continue using them."

"Make sure you take care of them well."

Kuoh Academy

Break Time

"Body Fitness Club?"

"Yeah, it's basically just a club meant for working out that I founded today," Joichi informed Naruto. "I'd like you to join it. I figure a guy like you needs to build some good muscle. A fit body helps a fit mind. I've already got a few guys and girls who are signing up to join."

"I don't know..."

"Come on, it'll be great. If you change your mind, swing by the Fitness Room on Friday tomorrow. Maybe join me on my early morning runs?"

"I'll keep a reminder in my phone just in case." As Joichi left to take a phone call from his girlfriend, Issei runs to Naruto and tells him some good news that happened to him yesterday. "Girlfriend?"

"Yeah, her name is Yuuma Amano, and she asked me, ME, to be her boyfriend. We plan to go on a date on Sunday." Issei told the blond, sounding ecstatic about it.

"She just came to you out of nowhere and asked you to be her boyfriend? Are you sure she's not using you for something? Like getting back at her boyfriend? Or make you her victim for a cruel prank?"

"What's with the negative thoughts Naruto? You should be happy that I got a girlfriend," asked Issei.

"I'm just trying to wrap my head around this. But if you insist on going through with this date, make sure you don't take her to a place she doesn't want to go to." Issei assured the blond he can be very gentlemanly at times. "I doubt that I really doubt that."

"I swear, if you and Kiryuu-san were to meet, you two would get along like peas and carrots."

"Kiryuu-san?"

"Yahoo! Did someone mention my name?" Turning around, Issei sports an annoyed face as a bespectacled girl with twin braided pigtails hanging on her shoulders grins at him.

"That's Kiryuu-san," Issei replied, sounding annoyed.

"Hmmm?" Looking at Naruto, Kiryuu takes her time to inspect the blond. "Oh, you're quite handsome my fellow bespectacled friend, with a very impressive "package" down there."

"Th-Thanks?"

"I wonder, is it big because you find me attractive?" she wondered out loud.

"No, that's not it..." Naruto replied, red in the face.

"Hmmm...There's something about you that I like. I wonder if it's the glasses? Let me see what you look like without those on!" Aika attempts to take the blond's glasses off, but Naruto doesn't let her.

"Hey, don't try to take someone's glasses without permission," Naruto told the second year. Much to his discomfort, he could feel the girl's moderate-sized breasts press up against him.

"You being so dodgy just makes me want to take them off even more!" Naruto struggles to keep the girl off him, but Aika was relentless in her attempts to take them off. With help from the just-arrived Sona, Naruto managed to get the girl off of him.

"Kiryuu-san, I'd advise you to not try that again, unless you want to meet me after school."

"Awww, Fun Killer...Very well then, catch you later, Na-mi-ka-ze." The three watched as Aika walked away with a small but playful grin on her face.

"She was...something," Naruto comments. Turning to Sona, he asked, "Were you looking for me Ms. Student Council President?" Blushing, Sona told the blond she needed help with her office computer.

Student Council Room

"It's no good. This computer is beyond saving." Sona sighed when Naruto told her the bad news, having finished inspecting the hardware.

"I figured as much when it died out on me."

"The best I can do is recover all the data in this computer. As for the computer itself, it'll take too long to have one ordered to the academy. If you want, I could build you a brand new one from scratch. Will save a lot of money." Sona was surprised when Naruto offered to make a new one for her, free of charge. "I have a 3D Printer at home I built myself. Just give me the specs you'd like, maybe some designs, and I'll make it."

"I don't believe you. There's no way a normal 3D Printer can do that."

"That may be so, but they're not as modified as mine," Naruto told the Student Council President as he adjusted his glasses.

"I'd like to see this myself...Would it be okay if I came to your house?" asked Sona.

"Sure, just pick a day and we can do that."

Lunch Time

Academy Roof

"Naruto nii-chan, you can't just invite people over to our house like that," Akame told her brother as they were eating.

"I was just being nice is all. It's only to build her a new computer," Naruto added. Looking at Moka, he noticed she wasn't eating her lunch. "Moka, are you okay?"

"Hmmm? Oh, I'm okay. I was just thinking about something." In her mind, she was thinking about her fight with Maki.

"Are you sure?" Moka assured the blond that she was fine. As she prepared to dig in, she, Naruto, and Akame hear the roof door open, turning their heads to see Maki come out.

"Harukawa-senpai?"

"Is it okay if I eat with you three?" This sudden change in Maki surprised the three first-years as she approached them.

"This is not the Maki I saw that night. And her eyes look "different". They're not like they were that night...I guess I don't have to worry about her for now. Still, how did she change from suicidal to...this?"

"Moka, can she eat with us?" Naruto asked his friend, grabbing her attention.

"S-Sure..." Sitting down across from them, Maki prepared to eat her lunch as the three continued to wonder about her change. After eating, Akame and Moka left early to get to their classes as Naruto and Maki stayed at the roof, the latter wanting to talk to him personally.

"...I'm sorry for the way I've acted with you and the others," Maki said in an apologetic tone.

"You don't have to apologize to me. I understand your reason for acting as you did. Losing someone you really care about is not something that people can easily get over. However, if you want to apologize to someone, apologize to Seekvaira. She deserves to hear those words from you." Maki said nothing as she looked down on the floor.

"...How did you do it?" Naruto turned to Maki, wondering what she was trying to ask him. "How did you get over losing people?"

"...Funny thing is...I haven't. At least not completely." Getting up from where he was sitting, he tells her, "The only reason why I'm not going around with a face that tells people that I want nothing to do with them is because I accepted help from those who cared for me in my time of need. It was because of them that I can keep going. All this time, you rejected help from people like Seekavaira, who obviously care for you...If you can accept that you need people in your life again, the pain of loss will eventually go away."

"I see...Then, will you help me?" she asked.

"We are part of the same peerage," Naruto replied with a smile. Frowning, Maki tells him that his smile annoys her. It was as if he won a huge bet. "Pretty sure you should have kept that to yourself, Harukawa-senpai."

After School

"Naruto nii-chan?"

"Yeah?"

"You invited her to come to dinner with us," said an annoyed Akame as Shino, Shirabi, Maki, and Moka watched.

"I don't get how they're siblings. They don't look like they're related." Maki comments.

"Akame's adopted," Shino informed the Pawn.

"So despite not being related by blood, they still treat each other like family." Looking at Maki, Moka couldn't help but find Maki socializing with others to be...unlike her.

"Do you need something Akashiya-san?" Moka yelped a bit when Maki turned her attention towards her.

"It's nothing..."

"It can't be nothing if you're staring at me like you've seen a ghost."

"If you insist...The day you didn't want to eat with us...you had an empty expression in your eyes. Now they're...different."

"Different?"

"Like they're a little bit of life inside them now," she added as she awkwardly smiled at the girl.

"Is that so..." Looking at the siblings, she sees Naruto putting his hand on Akame's head as he gently ruffles her hair. Looking at his sister, Maki couldn't help but have a look of envy towards her.

"How much do you know about Akame?" asked the Pawn as she focused on Moka once more.

"I know almost everything Naruto knows about her. Why?"

"She piques my curiosity..."

Namikaze Residence

"Shizune, we're home," said Naruto as he took off his glasses. Coming down the stairs, Shizune greeted everyone. "When did you get home from work?"

"20 minutes ago."

"So not long...Was work okay at the hospital?"

"First day at my job and you're already worried about my work life?" asked a teasing Shizune, with Naruto hiding his embarrassed face and telling her, "I have no idea what you're talking about..."

"You don't have to act like that Naruto. To answer your question, work went smoothly for me. Everyone was so nice to me. It's to be expected, considering the person who trained me." Looking at their guests, Shizune expressed how happy she was that Naruto and Akame were inviting more friends over. Moka had left the group, wanting to return home and fulfill a promise she made (Archer wanted to eat Moka's cooking once she was better XD).

"I'm Shirabi Gozen! I go to school with his girlfriend!" she yelled. Shino couldn't help but feel embarrassed when Shirabi called her his (Naruto's) girlfriend.

"Maki Harukawa, nice to meet you Ms. Namikaze." said the Pawn as she bowed.

"...My last name is Katō." Shizune awkwardly told the Pawn. Realizing her mistake, she reintroduced herself to the woman. "You don't need to reintroduce yourself. It was a simple mistake, nothing too serious."

"If you say so..." While Naruto was busy with homework in the TV Room with Shino and Shirabi, Maki and Akame helped Shizune with preparing sukiyaki. As they were cutting and preparing ingredients, Maki asked the woman if she was Naruto and Akame's mother, surprising her.

"I'm not their mother, that should be obvious from the get-go, but I treat them like they're my own."

"Naruto doesn't seem to like you, from the expression he had when we entered the house. Why is that?"

"I don't think he dislikes me. I think there's more to it than what others may think. It's more along the lines of being hesitant to accept me, but I don't think that should be a problem. While he may not look like it, I think he cares for me in his own way. If he didn't, he wouldn't be speaking to me at all," Shizune told the girl. Hearing her answer, Maki remembered how it was with Kaito and her. She didn't say a single word to him for a month, only communicating through grunts and nods.

"Uhhh Maki-chan?" Shizune got the girl's attention in order to tell her that she had cut all the ingredients she gave her, surprising her and Akame. "You're very fast with your hands. I'm impressed."

"Thanks..."

Dinner

The Pawn silently observed everyone at the table as they ate. She and Kaito never had anyone over for dinner. She was fine with the two of them having dinner at their apartment. Now, looking at the gathering she was a part of, this was a brand new experience for her. Noticing that she wasn't eating, Shizune asked if she was okay. Realizing that she zoned out, she tells the woman, "I-I'm fine, I'm just not used to...eating in this sort of atmosphere is all."

"...Make sure you eat a lot okay?" Seeing the woman give her a warm smile to her as she said that, Maki turned a bright shade of red.

"Okay..." Turning to Akame, Shizune gives her extra servings of meat, making the girl happy. Noticing Maki's gaze towards her, Akame asked if something was on her face.

"No..." Seeing how Maki was acting around Shizune and Akame, Naruto wondered what was on the girl's mind.

After Dinner

While Shirabi and Shino left to go home, Maki, for some reason, decided to spend the night at the Namikaze Residence, to Akame's annoyance. As Shizune washed dishes, the Pawn entered the kitchen and asked if she could help. Smiling, Shizune accepts it. As they rinse the dishes, Maki sees Naruto leaving the house.

"Shizune, I'm going to "work" now."

"This late?" asked Shizune.

"Yeah. I may work overtime," he told her.

"Be careful out there. I heard on the news today that there's a murderer on the loose." Nodding, Naruto leaves the house.

"Did you enjoy the sukiyaki?" Maki simply nodded and told her it was delicious. Unintentionally, Maki smiled, which didn't go unnoticed by Shizune. "That's a beautiful smile, Maki-chan." Realizing this, the girl turns red and looks away. The woman tells her there was nothing wrong with smiling and that she should show it more.

"You think?"

"Yes. Who knows, maybe you'll get a lucky guy." Hearing this, Maki accidentally drops a plate and breaks it.

"Di-Did I say something wrong!?" asked a worried Shizune.

"No, it's...I just remembered something...sad."

"I'm sorry that-" Before she could say more, Maki interrupts, telling her, "It's fine, it happened over a year ago...I'll clean up the broken plate."

"No, it's fine, you're a guest Maki-chan. I can handle this," said Shizune as she carefully cleaned up the broken pieces. Seeing how kind the woman was to her, she wondered about Naruto's true thoughts towards Shizune.

Akame's Room

With Maki

Maki checks herself out in the mirror as Akame prepared a futon for her. Shizune had lent her one of Chelsea's nightgowns to wear for tonight, and she wasn't sure if she liked the blue color.

"...Akame?"

"Yes, Harukawa-senpai?"

"You're adopted right?" Akame simply nodded as Maki exited the bathroom.

"I am...Do you not like orphans like me?" she asked the Pawn, sounding worried. "I saw the way you looked at me and-"

"No, it's not that. Not that at all...I was never adopted by any family, back when I was an orphan." Akame's eyes widened as Maki begins to unravel her story to her. "My real family abandoned me when I was only a baby. I never knew love from a mother or father as I grew up. Moka told me everything about you and...I can't help but envy you. You, who was also abandoned by her parents, experienced what it was like to have found parents who truly loved you, a sister and brother to spoil you...I could never have what you have, no matter how much I tried...I don't have anyone waiting for me at home, no relatives to go to, no one."

"So that's why you were looking at me like that when we were walking home and when we were having dinner..."

"You noticed?"

"Believe it or not, I have some sharp senses. I honestly thought that you hated me." Akame told the Pawn, sounding relieved that it wasn't the case. "Hearing your story, I think I understand you a little better...If you want...Why don't you come over to our house more?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, though you'll have to ask Shizune first. For Naruto nii-chan, well..."

"I'll stick with Shizune."

With Kirigiri

Kirigiri-Naegi Residence

Living Room

On her laptop, Kirigiri looked over the names of the gang members who were present in the bar. Three of the four were still alive and were nowhere to be found. The fingerprint on the pool table revealed that there was another person at the bar. A woman named Fujino Asagami. Upon further inspection of the placement of the fingerprints, the detective could tell she was being raped by the gang members but decided not to fight back, feeling helpless during the rape. Hopefully, the girl was able to see who or what killed that man.

"So I have a girl who's a victim, three gang members, who should be charged with sexual assault, and an unknown killer who's after them..." Kirigiri sighed as her husband entered the living room and sets down a cup of civet coffee at the table.

"Kyoko, don't overwork yourself."

"I should say the same thing to you, Deputy Prime Minister Makoto Naegi." Closing her laptop, Kirigiri takes a sip of her coffee and tells her husband, with a smile, "I am not going to get used to calling you that."

"Just Makoto is fine when we're alone or at home...If you want, I can try and-"

"No, it's fine. You have more things to worry about than some murder case," she assured. Smiling, Makoto tells her to watch herself when she does her job since he tends to worry a lot, considering the many dangers she puts herself through with her profession.

"Noted."

With Naruto

Misaki Town

As he observed the city and its people, Naruto wondered if he should ask Shizune to adopt Maki. Looking at her earlier, the Pawn seemed to be attached to her. Would it be weird if he asked either of them about it?

"No, I don't think that'd work. I should stop watching "13 Reasons Why" on Netflix." Naruto sighed when he couldn't detect or find anything out of the ordinary. "Spend over an hour knocking out robbers and thieves and still nothing...Who or what am I looking for exactly?" During the search, there were a few crimes here and there, but they were small ones that only required a good punch to the face and they're out. Sighing, Naruto decides to head home. That was until he sensed a foe approaching from behind. Taking out Igneox, he blocks the strike of a Fallen Angel's katana. The fallen angel was a young man with a pale complexion, with long black hair tied into a ponytail, and red eyes. He wore no shirt underneath his black spike-studded blazer, and wore a pair of grey jeans that were ripped, exposing his knees. What caught Naruto's attention was the one fallen angel wing was sticking out of his back. His katana was a golden blade with a grey and silver handle. Its sheath, silver with feather decorations around it, rested on the left side of his waist.

"We meet Firebrand..." said the Fallen Angel as he performed another sword strike that Naruto quickly teleports away from, appearing behind his attacker as he splits Igneox into its twin staves mode. "To be able to block my first strike and have a weapon that's perfectly crafted and balanced..."

"Who the hell are you supposed to be?" asked Naruto.

"I am Hoshikari (JP: Makoto Furukawa, EN: Robbie Daymond), son of Kokabiel. That's the name of your last opponent."

"Sounds corny." said the Rook as he deflected three holy spears hurled at him by the fallen angel before throwing one of his staves at the latter. Hoshikari attempts to deflect it, only to have the weapon teleport in front of him and appear from behind, hitting him in the back of the head as Naruto vaults over him and retrieves it in mid-air before appearing behind him and sweeping him off his feet with his staves. The fallen angel quickly recovers and takes a step back as Naruto throws a ball of fiery orange energy (Inferno Grenade) at him, exploding once it was within range. This blows Hoshikari back a bit as Naruto quickly runs at him and strikes him in the face with the stave in his right hand before spinning counterclockwise and, appearing behind him, strikes his back with his left stave. Hoshikari quickly turns to bisect him, only for Naruto to duck before kicking him into the air. Recovering, he takes flight, creating distance between them.

"Either it's A) Someone sliced your other wing off, B) You're purposefully keeping the second one hidden, or C) It's a birth defect."

"It's C."

"I wasn't expecting an answer, but wow...Are you the killer on the news? The one who murdered that man at the bar last night?"

"As if I'd waste my energy on some lowly thug."

"So he's not the killer..."

"Are you not going to sprout your wings Firebrand?" asked Hoshikari.

"No, I have a better idea..." To the fallen angel's shock, Naruto propels himself by releasing a constant stream of flame from the soles of his feet. The fallen angel summons several light spears and sends them flying towards the Rook. With a smirk, the blond avoids them as he engages in close combat with the Fallen Angel, maneuvering the night sky and moving past several large buildings as they traded and parried blows. Igniting his right leg Naruto closes the distance between them and sends a kick towards him. The fallen angel blocks it. However, despite blocking the attack, the concussive force of it goes through the blade and hits him, sending the fallen angel flying backward as Naruto reforms Igneox into its staff mode and extends it before rushing his opponent. Hoshikari recovers quickly before blocking and parrying several strikes from Naruto's weapon. Finally, the Rook manages to hit him from under his chin before teleporting above him and striking him over his head with Igneox, sending him crashing down, into a bamboo forest.

Unknown Bamboo Forest

Getting up, Hoshikari sees Naruto land safely onto the ground, smirking as he praised his combat skills.

"I had a good teacher," said Naruto, mentioning Alivian.

"If Freed were to face you again, he wouldn't last a second. Neither would Dohnaseek." Naruto's eyes widened when the fallen angel mentioned Freed. "Freed constantly annoyed me, telling me to finish you off for him."

"So you're here because he sent you?"

"No, I'm here because I wanted to see your power myself. I have no interest in killing for someone like Freed. If I kill, it's for myself and my father. I have to say, while your overall skills are worth praise, I'm truly not impressed with what I'm seeing now." he told Naruto, his wounds healing. "I had heard of a mysterious Devil named Firebrand, who laid waste to his foes with overwhelming flames and brutality. Everything I was hoping to see from you...I don't feel that power coming from your blows."

"Is this the part where you tell me you were only at this many strength?" asked Naruto, raising a brow.

"It's not that I wasn't at full strength, your blows simply don't have any power to them that would actually hurt me. It seems the information I had on you was wrong...As for the part where I tell you it was only at a small percentage of my strength, I don't have to tell you that..." To Naruto's confusion, Hoshikari swipes at the air before sheathing his sword. After two seconds, a shocked Naruto receives a diagonal cut to his chest.

"How did he cut me? He didn't even move."

"Rather, I just have to show you what I am capable of when I stop beating around the bush and use my preferred fighting style (Iaido)." Appearing in front of him, Hoshikari prepares his counterattack as Naruto narrowly blocks his assault. The Rook receives one cut on his right arm, two on his left shoulder, and one on his right leg. Naruto jumps back and forms Igneox into its twin swords mode before engaging Hoshikari again. Naruto tries to slash at him, but the fallen angel's superior reflexes allow him to block every single one of his slashes. Finding an opening, Hoshikari performs a myriad of quick slashes before appearing behind the blond. Re-sheathing his blade, several cuts appear all over the Rook's body, violently gushing out blood. The Rook drops to his knees in pain as his blood stains the ground with drops of his blood.

"Being a Devil, cuts like those are fatal. To be able to resist the holy effects of my sword strikes are impressive. You must have built quite a tolerance to pain."

"This is not like the attacks I received when I first fought those Fallen Angels. This guy's attacks are far more potent than theirs. I can't beat a guy like him, not yet...But I can't escape...I could use Sling Magic, but I won't be able to enter the portal before he kills me. Wait a minute...That could work."

"Had it been Dohnaseek and Freed, you'd easily beat them without any effort at all. But I am not weak like them. It was nice fighting with you Firebrand. You're one of a few to ever survive more than one strike of my katana. However, there's no coming back for you once I plunge my sword straight into your heart. I will make sure I remember this fight."

"Too bad for you, this won't be the last you see of me."

"And why's that?"

"Because the moment you strike, it'll be the greatest mistake of your life." Hoshikari smiles at this before telling the blond, "I doubt that." Leaping forward, the fallen angel prepares to thrust his sword into the Rook's chest. With a smirk, Naruto avoids the attack. Instead, Hoshikari thrusts his blade into a small sling portal the Rook made that's connected to a second one. Its destination: the fallen angel's back, LITERALLY stabbing himself (Think PORTAL and PORTAL 2 by Valve but without the puzzle mumbo jumbo). Naruto quickly escapes through a third Sling Portal as the fallen angel quickly but painfully pulls out his own sword from the portals and clutched his chest wound in pain. As he looks at his own blood in his hands, Hoshikari couldn't help but let out an amused laugh.

"While he was looking at me, he made sure to observe the position my blade was in and used a couple of portals to trick me into injuring myself...While he's not strong physically, he's smart. It makes me wonder much he'll develop when we cross paths once more..."

Agares Mansion

"How many times have I come here like this?" Naruto thought to himself as he struggled to find Seekvaira. After 10 seconds of painful panting, Naruto collapsed.

Naruto's Dream

"Hey, Mom?"

"Yes, Naruto?"

"Do you think I'm strong?" Kushina was surprised when her son asked him that question.

"Yes, you're strong Naruto."

"How can I be strong if I sometimes rely on you and Chelsea?" asked Naruto.

"There's nothing wrong with relying on others Naruto, and it sure as heck doesn't matter if you lose a fight. You still get back up to protect Moka right?" The young Naruto simply nodded his head to answer Kushina's question.

"As long as you keep getting back up, not only does it mean you're strong in spirit, it also means that you haven't lost yet, and the fight is never truly done."

"I haven't lost yet?" Hearing this from his mother cheers him up, enough to bring him to tears, and run to his mother as he hugs her. Smiling, Kushina hugs him back.

"One day, I'm sure you'll become strong enough to win with your own two hands. When that time comes, I'll be here to give you a big hug. For now, just rely on me for a while longer, Naruto..."

Dream End

Waking up, the Rook found a pair of breasts dangling above him, surprising him as he got up. He turns to see Scáthach looking at him with interest.

"This wasn't the reaction I was expecting." said the Knight as she gave him a smile.

"Who are you and where's Seekvaira!?" asked a blushing Naruto.

"Who am I? Don't you have that picture our King sent to you when she and I took your friend Moka out for drinks that one time?" The Rook's eyes grew wide when he realized who it is he was talking to.

"You're Scáthach? The Witch of Dun Scaith? Mentor of Cú Chulainn?"

"The one and only."

"She so hot!" Hearing his own thoughts, Naruto wondered what the hell was going on in his mind. First, there was that Aika girl, now there's Seekvaira's Knight, with body proportions that would put almost any mortal woman to shame or invoke jealousy in them.

"As for our King, Seekvaira left with Alivian to attend an important business matter."

"Arranged marriage?" The Knight nods her head yes to respond to Naruto's question. "...Did you heal me?"

"Yes...Seekvaira says many good things about you, one of them being how strong you are."

"Strong huh...To her yes...but...tonight showed me that I am not strong...With Infernus I would be, but..." Naruto remembered the fight with Hoshikari. He wasn't ready to face him as he was. If Infernus was with him, they'd easily best the Fallen Angel. However, Infernus was still dormant inside of him. He had to get stronger, for a trick like the one he used on Hoshikari may not work the second time.

"Without Infernus, you're just a simple Devil."

"Pretty much. Great, here I am, talking about how I'm nothing without Infernus. I shouldn't be thinking about relying on him."

"At least you know what you need to do," said a smiling Scáthach. "Not many are willing to point out or admit to their own weaknesses. How about I steer you into the right direction?"

"Right Direction?"

To start, I sense great magic within you Naruto. That, for you, won't be a problem, given your massive reserves. And from what Alivian has told me, your martial arts is improving. Your speed and strength, however...it's at a basic level. For levels like those, your martial arts can only injure Humans and regular Stray Devils and Fallen Angels at best. But when faced with those above them, and those who have built themselves to the peak of their potential, even beyond, that's where you're at a disadvantage. You have trained your skills, but not your body. If you can train it enough, your physical attacks may be able to hurt whoever gave you those wounds earlier. Like every healthy person, such as myself, we must constantly build our bodies to the peak of our potential, even beyond it, in order to face the unknown."

"What do you suggest I do?" Naruto asked his fellow Peerage member.

"Starting tomorrow on, don't use your Devil strength, or your Rook abilities, and don't go on any night vigilante work for a while. Take your time to train. Rely on just your regular, non-enhanced muscles and improve upon them. Only then will you attain the strength needed to win your own battles."

"Strength to win my own battles..." Naruto remembered the dream he had. Thinking back on it, all the fights he won, he did it because he had Infernus and because his own body was changed/enhanced by the Devil energy inside of him. It was time he improved his own body and win the next fight with Hoshikari, should he fight him again. No enhancements, no magic, just hard work. "Thank you Scáthach, you've given me a good idea on where to start..."

"One last thing. I noticed you utilized a staff-like weapon in combat at times. Once you build enough strength on your own, have Seekvaira call me. I may be able to help you further develop your weapon skills. Until then, start building those arm and leg muscles."

"I will keep that in mind, thanks," Naruto responds with a smile, Scáthach smiling back at him. "I guess I should call Ange and have her take charge for a while."

"Ange? Is she some sort of sidekick?"

"We may be partners in crime, but she made it clear that she's not my sidekick," Naruto joked.

Fallen Angel Hideout

Hoshikari's Quarters

[Quick Lemon]

While Hoshikari was pondering his thoughts, a nude Raynare rode his cock while moaning in pleasure and fondling her own breasts.

"I can't think while you're moaning that loud," he told the panting girl.

"You're...so serious...especially when you're fucking a beautiful girl...like me," Raynare told her fellow fallen angel in between moans. She rests her hands on his chest as she slightly increased the speed at which her hips are moving.

"I only told you to heal me, not have sex."

"I am healing you...Sex Magic is just my favorite way of doing things." Soon after she said that she found herself getting close to her orgasm. After a minute of riding, Hoshikari, she and her fellow fallen angel came at the same time. Getting off of him, Raynare licks the cum off of his cock while smiling at him.

[Quick Lemon End]

"Now get out." Raynare looked annoyed as she puts on her clothes and tells him, "While your cock was amazing, your disinterested expression is far from it. Am I not that good or do you secretly swing the other way?"

"Just get out." Frowning at him, Raynare leaves. Now alone, Hoshikari wonders if Firebrand is a Devil without a peerage. His thoughts were interrupted when a fellow fallen angel by the name of Zellmon entered his room. He was bald and had a more muscular build than him, and he wore nothing but a pair of ripped black jeans and reinforced golden gauntlets.

"You should've told me you fought Firebrand. I would've liked to fight him as well," he told Hoshikari.

"If you fought him earlier, you'd have been disappointed. His hits felt weak, that I assure you. However, since he got away, he may become stronger..."

"Let's hope so. I've been itching for a good fight ever since the three factions started becoming less about conflict and more about peace. It sickens me to hear that Azazel is more for peace than war."

"Don't worry my friend. As soon as my father is done with "certain arrangements", we'll be able to overthrow Azazel and have our war."

The next day...

5:30 am

Kuoh Central Park

Yawning, Naruto meets up with Joichi, who smiles as he tells him, "Wow, you actually came. It really helps to have a running buddy at this time."

"Still can't believe that some people actually go on runs at this time," Naruto tells him.

"Believe it indoors guy. So have you given it some thought? About the club?"

"Yeah, I plan on joining," he answered, Joichi putting a hand on his shoulder. "Great! I'm going to make sure to build you up like an athlete, maybe better if you're up for it. Now then..." Joichi takes out a pair of weighted arm and leg bands and tells his friend to put them on. Complying, as soon as he tries them on, Naruto feels the weight on them as they pull him to the ground.

"HOLY CRAP JOJO! HOW MUCH DO THESE WEIGH!?" yelled Naruto. (The weights are a reference to Naruto Ultimate Ninja 4, where Naruto had to wear heavy prayer beads on his arms and legs for training where every movement made him stronger until the beads turned red, signifying the end of his training.)

"I don't know. What I do know is that reaction you have towards it was the same as mine when I went on my first run with my old man."

"Where the hell did he get weights like these!?"

"He got it from a trainer of his at a highly popular gym. I think his name was Might Guy or something. I think he also owned the gym. Alright enough talk, let's go!" With that, Joichi runs ahead.

"Come on Naruto, this is for training..." With a sigh, Naruto follows Joichi, with difficulty. As he ran with his friend, he slowly, but barely, adjusted to his weights, working up more sweat than his pores could naturally work up. At some point, after receiving a runner's high and combining it with maximum effort, Naruto was able to run side-by-side with his friend as they continued.

7:45 am

Namikaze Residence

"Wow Naruto, you worked up a hell of a sweat," Joichi told the blond. Naruto was heavily panting as he felt his heart pumping really fast.

"I...I had to give it everything I got...My arms feel numb, and my legs are aching...What the hell are in these things?"

"No idea. I asked my father, and he said the same thing I did. Well, I have to head home and get ready for school. I look forward to seeing you at the club." Joichi prepares to run off as Naruto wondered how he still had energy left to spare.

"Oh and starting today, you need to keep those weights on until you get used to them. Every movement, every step you take will help you get stronger. That's what those weights do. Make sure you start moving a lot."

"That sounds ridiculous...However, if I can get the strength needed to land a good hit on that Fallen Angel...Very well JoJo." As Joichi walked away, Naruto wondered how he was going to brush his teeth and go about the upcoming days ahead.

On the way to school

"Naruto, are you okay?" asked Shino.

"Yeah, it's just...I decided to take a morning run for the first time." This served to surprise the Asada girl, as well as Moka and Akame. Only Maki didn't show any reaction to Naruto working out, aware that he was lacking in some departments.

"You took a morning run? That's a first," Moka told her friend.

"Morning runs will help prepare your body for later exercises," Maki adds.

"That reminds me, you stayed at my house last night. How was it?" Maki told him it was less lonely, making the Rook smile.

"Your smile pisses me off..." Naruto stopped smiling as he frowned at the girl.

"If you don't mind me asking...Why do you have weights on your arms and legs?" Moka asked.

"They're for training. I have to keep these on until my body adjusts to them. Right now, I'm putting a lot of effort into every movement I make, believe it or not." Hearing this, thegirls wondered who gave him that task.

Kuoh Academy

Body Fitness Club

(Note: Moments like these are based on how characters from the Persona series build/rank up their stats. I also wrote these based on episode 3 of My Hero Academia and maybe some Mob Psycho 100. These parts will be slightly hilarious and over the top at times)

Naruto struggled as he bench-pressed an unknown amount of weights on a barbell. Joichi, his spotter, yelled, "COME ON NARUTO! PUSH IT! PUSH IT! PUSH IT NARUTO!"

"It...It's too much..."

"YOU'VE ALREADY DONE 29 OF THESE! I NEED THAT 30! I NEED THAT EVEN NUMBER! I WANT YOU TO SAY THAT YOU CAN DO IT! COME ON!" Joichi yelled.

"I...I..."

"COME ON NARUTO! SAY IT! SAY IT!"

"I CAN DO IIIIIT!" Naruto finally lifts up the heavy weights as Joichi and several other well-built male students scream ecstatically, the Rook setting the barbell back on the stand above him. Patting him on the back, Joichi tells him, "I knew you could do it!"

"I think the yelling was a bit much," Naruto told his friend as he felt his heart beating fast.

"Maybe, but it's because we have faith in you." The Rook smiled as Joichi told him his reason for pushing him. "Now, do some curls."

"But I just bench pressed that with the weights on my arms!" Naruto yelled.

"Come on Naruto, don't be like that. Look at Maki, she's not complaining during the workout." Turning to Maki, Naruto went wide-eyed when he saw her effortlessly do one-finger push-ups as a muscular student sat on her back while he did curls. The Rook found the scene to be ridiculous, but at the same time, he found Maki's sheer strength and will as something to be admired.

"I'm surprised she joined. How did you get her to do it?" asked Naruto as he turned to Joichi. "Me? She came to me by herself." This surprised Naruto, who turned back to see Maki working out. With a smile, he tells his friend, "I guess I better pull my weight then."

Locker Room Showers

After working out for two hours, the guys of the club took to the locker rooms and took a shower together. Joichi suggested they do it in order to strengthen their friendship. Not only was it a bit hard to wash himself, due to the weights on his limbs, he also found it weird to be showering in a room full of muscular males.

"What's wrong Naruto, not used to showering with dudes?"

"Well, there's also these damn weights, but yeah that as well. Usually, I shower with my sisters at home." This surprised Joichi, who asked if he had any brothers. "No, you didn't know that?"

"You never mentioned it...Do you shower with Shino as well?" Naruto blushed when asked if he showered with his girlfriend.

"What!? We haven't done anything like that!" This served to shock Joichi and the male members of the club.

"You shower with your sisters but not with your girlfriend!? Naruto, as boyfriend and girlfriend, you must shower together in order to improve your skinship!" yelled one of the male members. "That's the first step to building a sexual relationship with her!"

"WHAT!?"

"It's true Naruto. By showering together, both you and her won't be embarrassed by seeing each other naked. Seiko and I shower together whenever the opportunity presents itself. In fact, we've already had sex, several times. The first time was in my bathroom, while the warm water sprayed our nude bodies."

"Hold up, you and Seiko-"

"Yeah, and that was two months ago, and it was truly an amazing experience!" Joichi informed the nude blond, sounding proud about it.

"Hearing JoJo talking to me about sex...Reminds me of Infernus." Naruto clearly recalled every conversation he had with Infernus, sex being a favorite topic of his.

"As boyfriend and girlfriend, either you or Shino need to take the initiative and tell each other you want to take things to the next level, or else it's going nowhere, making the relationship boring and without passion, even if you love each other. If either of you don't take it up a notch, you may lose each other."

"I would lose her?"

"My mother was once in a relationship with a guy before my dad. However, while they loved each other, he never took it any further than kissing. A year passed, and there was still no progress, and despite meeting his parents and giving the relationship time to grow, it slowly turned for the worse. Finally, she dumped him after."

"Just for that?"

"My mother may be a patient woman, but eventually, that patience dwindles like a dying flame. As a man, not only is it their job to tend to a woman's wants and desires, it's their job to be ready to take things up a notch when the time is just right. I know you Naruto. You like to be gentle with a woman like Shino, and you want to take the time to know her, but gentleness can only go so far. At this point, it's time to be a bit more assertive, maybe even aggressive in your relationship."

"Assertive and aggressive..." Naruto immediately thought about ripping off Shino's clothes and ravaging her body as she moaned his name. As he thought about it, his body felt hot all of a sudden. Thanking his friend for advice, he quickly got out of the showers and ran off to change in his clothes. As he dressed up, the thought of his girlfriend telling him to be gentle as they made love burned into his head. As he ran out the door, he accidentally bumps into Moka, landing on top of her. Opening his eyes, he found his right hand on her breast, shocking him and surprising the latter.

"Na-Naruto?" Accidentally squeezing her breast, Naruto earns a light moaning sound from his friend as he lets go and apologizes to her before running off.

Hallways

"Ahhh Kiba-kun!" yelled the many female students who watched as Kiba walked past them.

"There goes Yuuto Kiba, always getting the girls. It's like he wants us to know that he can get any girl he wants, don't you think Naruto?... Naruto?"

"Huh? What?"

"You okay man? Your face is red."

"Of course, I just have a small fever is all!" Naruto yelled.

"I was just asking. Do you need to go see the nurse or-"

"I'M FINE!" he yelled in a way that almost felt demonic, surprising everyone in the hallway. "...I gotta go." Naruto quickly ran off as everyone looked on.

Outside

Naruto took off his glasses as he turned a water valve and put his head under the faucet as water sprayed over him. After a few seconds, he turns it off, having cooled down.

"What the hell is going on with me..."

"Naruto Namikaze?" Turning around, Naruto comes face to face with Pekoyama, who tells him to come have lunch with her.

With Moka

Lunch Time

"Lunchtime..." Taking out her bento, Moka proceeded to head up to the roof to meet up with her friends. As she exited her classroom, she meets with Maki by chance, surprising her.

"Maki-chan!?"

"Oh, Akashiya, are you on your way to the roof as well?"

"Yeah, I am, I'm going to the roof!" Moka awkwardly replied in a loud and panicky tone.

"You look scared of me, why?" asked the stoic Pawn.

"What? No, I'm not scared of you. I-"

"Don't act like you're not. I'm not mad. After all, I'm used to being scary." This made Moka curious as they made their way to the roof. Moka wanted to talk to her, but due to the fight they had that night, she didn't know what to say. Finally mustering the courage, she calls the Pawn's name.

"Maki?"

"Yes, Akashiya?"

"Why do you say that you're used to being scary?" she asked, curious.

"Would you believe me if I told you I hurt people?" Moka was well aware of it but decided to play along, asking her if she did hurt people. "More than you could ever imagine. These hands may look clean, but they're still dirty with blood no matter how hard I try to wash them. I don't know how many I hurt, and I didn't care, no...rather I had to get used to not caring until I felt nothing. As I went on, I became less human and more monster. Soon, those who saw me only saw the monster I had become. The human side was almost non-existent." Hearing Maki's reason for being scary, Moka felt empathetic towards the Pawn.

"Because of the many days they saw me as one, I slowly adjusted to the life of a girl isolated from the open world. Before I knew it, the thought of hurting more people was too much, and because of the remaining human side that was still inside me, I made the decision to leave before I lost what remained of the old me forever. However, the knowledge of the many lives I hurt stayed with me. I could barely breathe. It was by meeting someone special that I moved on and slowly left my past behind. However, that was taken from me, and before I knew it, I went back to it. Because of what I lost, I distanced myself from others, not feeling worthy of having any sort of relationship or bonds to build, and I felt that by reconnecting with people, I'd lose them and myself."

"So what made you decide to reconnect again?"

"...Someone I knew gave me a piece of her mind." Moka raised a brow when Maki answered her question. "After that, I decided to try again, with you guys. Seeing Naruto and his family last night...It reminded me of the things I wanted but could never have...After yesterday, I figure that a second chance at regaining what I lost wouldn't blow up in my face."

"I'm glad you're trying to reconnect with people again. A girl like you shouldn't have to be alone."

"...Do me a favor. Don't tell Naruto what I told you. I don't want to see that damn smile of his." Moka sweatdropped when Maki told her to keep her mouth shut about what she told the vampire girl.

"I-I'll do my best...So who was the girl that gave you a piece of her mind?"

"Someone I rejected for a very long while...I plan to apologize to her, but I'm not sure if she'll forgive me for what I put her through." Maki told the vampire girl with honesty.

"Whoever she is, I'm sure she'll forgive you." When asked how she can be so sure that it'll end in a good note, Moka simply smiled and said, "My intuition is never wrong..."

"I swear, your smiling almost annoys me and reminds me of Naruto's damn smile."

"O-Oh..."

"...I said almost...I can tolerate it only a little," said a blushing Maki, surprising Moka. Arriving at the roof, the girls find only Akame waiting for them. Naruto usually arrived first. Where was he?

With Naruto

Kuoh Town

Spice Kingdom

"...Those weights heavy for you?" Peko asked as Naruto took a sip of water while they waited for their orders.

"Would you believe me if I told you every movement requires all of my energy and effort?" he replied.

"Must be something...I noticed that Maki had lunch with you yesterday." Naruto tells the Knight the girl also went to his house for dinner and slept over as well. "She finally did something different..."

"How's Seekvaira?"

"Seekvaira came home upset the night before yesterday. She barely said anything to me since then. But starting yesterday, she didn't look mad, just expecting." Naruto asked Peko if she was expecting Maki to come to her, the latter replying, "It's highly likely that she wants Maki to come to her and want things to be good between them. At the same time, I believe Maki wants to apologize for how she acted but is too afraid to confront her."

"Makes sense, given the way Seekvaira expressed how she felt towards how Harukawa-senpai was acting and living her life." Peko simply closed her eyes and smiled before telling the Rook, "Our King can definitely surprise you when she feels like it. I don't think there's any need to worry about what happens next. Just give it a few more days for the two of them to sort things out and things will be okay."

"We can only hope so..."

"Now...the reason why I invited you to have lunch with me...I've noticed you're been leaking sexual energy." Naruto spat out his water when she told him that. "What you're doing is unhealthy. You need to release it, or risk making some girl or woman your victim. How long has it been since you've masturbated?"

"I've...I never jerked in my life," he told her.

"Is there a particular reason?"

"I find it weird for a guy to..."pump his gun with his own hand and shoot", which is why I don't do that."

"It's worse than I thought," she told herself, the Rook wondering what she meant by that. "You need a release Naruto. A way to let it out. Or else..."

"Or else what?" Peko simply turned red as she told him he'd become a sexual demon, having no restraint or sense of right and wrong, ripping off the clothes of women in order to do lewd things to them. "Seriously!?"

"As I said, you need to release that energy as soon as possible. You should hurry and do something about it before the build-up becomes unbearable..."

"Here's your mapo tofu deluxe!" yelled a male server. Naruto could feel the heat coming out of the meal as Peko looked at it.

"If you do, it's a large weight off your shoulders."

"Pekoyama-senpai, are you sure you can finish something like that?" he asked. To his shock, Peko was sweating a bit, with small drops of sweat moving down to her breasts. He could also see what type of bra she was wearing, her white shirt becoming a bit transparent. "Don't worry, I can handle this," she replied as she pulled off the black ribbon on her uniform and unbuttoned some of the buttons on her white shirt, revealing her cleavage.

"I don't think I'm hungry Pekoyama-senpai! I think I'll just skip lunch and get back to class! Later!" Naruto paid for the meal he wasn't going to eat before running out of the restaurant in a panic, confusing her. Outside of the restaurant, Naruto told himself, "That's it, I have to do something about this tonight..."

With Kirigiri

Ahnenerbe

Having tea with her friend Azaka, Fujino silently listens to her problems with the former as the detective enters the shop and introduces herself to the girls. Looking to Azaka, she asks if she could talk to Fujino in private outside. Looking at her friend with worry, Azaka is assured by her friend that it's fine and that it won't take long as she follows the woman outside to talk in private.

"The night the day before yesterday, you were with a small gang at an abandoned bar, am I right?" Fujino simply nodded yes. "I'm sorry to ask this, but...were you raped by those men?"

"Yes."

"I see...While this isn't involved with your sexual assault...During that moment, do you recall someone entering the bar and killing one of its members?"

"Yes, but I was in complete shock from what was happening that I wasn't able to see the killer's face. All I know was that after I regained my sense of awareness, that man was dead, and I..."

"So you didn't see the killer due to the shock from what they were doing to you...It would have been helpful if you were a witness...Why didn't you go to the police after that?"

"I was scared to go to the police...They wouldn't be willing to help me, and they would think that I was the one who killed him."

"The fact that you didn't see the killer, he or she wouldn't have had a reason to go after you...If the killer wanted to, they'd have killed you right then and there...Is it possible that the killer doesn't go after females? No...That's not it. Yet-"

"Detective Kirigiri?" Kirigiri notices that she's in deep thought in front of Fujino until the latter called her name.

"Sorry, I tend to think too much on the information I gather from time to time...Since you don't know anything about the killer, I can't bring you in for questioning. I'm sorry to have taken some of your time. If there's anything you need, here's my card." Kirigiri hands the girl her business card as the latter thanked her. "Take care of yourself, Asagami." With that, she left Fujino to hang with her friend. As she walked away, Kirigiri felt there was something wrong with the girl.

"She answered that one question without any hesitation in her voice. Usually, girls don't have the courage to confess to being raped, let alone cry when asked if they were. Could it be...No, I shouldn't assume that. I should focus on finding the remaining gang members before the killer gets to them first. Maybe they can shed light on this investigation..."

With Xenovia

Training Spot

Walking to her usual training spot, Xenovia looks at the bench she and Naruto sat together on after she had finished training. She remembered having cup ramen as he was beside her. She remembered resting her head on his shoulder as she slept. This brought a slight smile on her face as she sets down three water bottles, three cup ramens, and a battery-powered water heater on the bench and started training with her dull zweihänder. Until she improved her body, she would not be able to effectively use her magic. As she swung her sword, her thoughts were focused on the talk she had with Naruto in her dream. She knew she told him she'd end up trying to kill him if they were to come across each other again. But after taking some time off to calm both her mind and her soul...

"Do I really want to kill him?" she wondered. With this question in mind, she stops swinging her sword. "What are you thinking Xenovia? He may look human, but he's still a Devil. Yet..."

"Xenovia?" Hearing her name being called, she turns to see Ritsuka waving at her. He had on a custom-made Mystic Code that was designed just for him (Arctic Region Chaldea Uniform). "Ritsuka? What brings you here?"

"This is where I train," he told her. Seeing as she occupying the area, he decided to go train elsewhere, but Xenovia stops him and asks if he wants a sparring partner, surprising him. "Spar with you?"

"Yeah. I've been in need of a sparring partner, but usually no one's available. So what do you say?"

"Very well then...You won't send me to the infirmary, will you?"

"That depends on the fight." As she told him, she noticed Ritsuka putting on a pair of gauntlets. "So you prefer using your fists than casting magic?"

"Yeah, while I have some confidence in my magic abilities, I prefer fighting up close. The magic is mainly for support and buffing," he said.

"What fighting styles do you know?"

"I trained in Muay Thai and Kickboxing." Xenovia whistled in surprise. When asked what the gauntlets do, he told her she was about to find out as they prepared their fighting stances.

With Naruto

Kuoh General Hospital

"I asked Asada-san to come to help me, not you," said Shinkawa, sounding annoyed, as Naruto carried some hospital equipment alongside him to the doctor's office.

"She had archery club so it couldn't be helped. I also needed the exercise, given these damn weights around my arms and legs. Every step and arm movement is hell."

"You also look ridiculous with them on."

"Yeah, but since this is all to gain muscle, it doesn't bother me one bit." Shinkawa felt annoyed when Naruto smiled, even though he told the blond he looked ridiculous. "Speaking of weights, they're slightly becoming lighter."

"...How's Asada-san?"

"Shino's doing well. She comes to my house once in a while to eat with me and the family, enough that we make sure to have a plate ready for her. She cooks bentos for me, and they're delicious. I can't cook for her, but I wish I could. I'm thinking about getting her a present in order to repay her."

"A present huh...To call Asada-san by her first name...That should be me you damn blond."

"And...I'm also thinking about making our relationship...more intimate," Naruto told Shinkawa, a blush on his face. Hearing this shocked and angered Shinkawa, though he didn't show it, all to prevent himself from hitting him. "I plan to do it tonight. However, I'm kind of nervous just thinking about it..."

"You're hopeless. There's no way you'll go anywhere with her being the way you are," he told the blond. "In fact, don't go anywhere with her at all you bastard."

Being reminded of the many attempts with Moka, and remembering the talk with Joichi, Peko, and Sona, Naruto says, "I guess you're right. I've never been able to make something work because I never had much bravery to do it and because I was never good at being aggressive. If I didn't tell Shino how I felt that night...it'd be the same thing with me and Moka. That is why I have to tell her tonight, no more holding back." Just seeing Naruto building confidence in himself pissed Shinkawa off. How could he be so optimistic?

"This is what I hate about you..."

"...I can tell that you don't like me, Kyouji," said Naruto.

"You figured that out just now?" Shinkawa asked.

"No, I knew you didn't like me from the start, I just decided to tell you now since we're both alone. Truthfully, I don't like you either, but I'll put up with you, for Shino."

"You're just saying that to make yourself the good guy. You just want her as a fucking partner...She's mine you hear me!?"

Arriving at the doctor's office, they meet a beautiful woman with chin-length, frizzy black hair and red eyes. She wore a lab-coat over a black dress that revealed her cleavage. For footwear, she wore a pair of black platform high heels. (English VA: Caitlin Glass, JP VA: Yumi Hara)(It's basically Karen from Code Vein. However, Code Vein is not of this universe so it's not her. She may look like her, but it's not her.) Just the sight of her gave Naruto very erotic but dangerous signals that served to make his "urges" build up even more.

"Dr. Karnstein, here's the medical equipment Dr. Kato asked for."

"Oh, thank you Shinkawa." Turning to him, she noticed Naruto and tells Shinkawa, "I wasn't expecting you to have help. I wouldn't mind if you had to do a second run, but I don't condone you involving other people to help, especially since it's an employee's job, and not someone outside of work's."

"That was because Asada-san asked this damn blond of a boyfriend to come instead," Shinkawa thought to himself.

"Oh well, I'll let it slide since you brought such a handsome young man to my office," she told Shinkawa as she focused on Naruto, who blushed at the nurse's compliment. "You can go on break now Shinkawa. Thank you for bringing me the equipment."

"You're welcome," he said as he left the doctor's office. Seeing as his work was done, Naruto decided to take his leave. That was until she stopped him. "Have you ever thought about working part-time here?"

"Here?"

"I know we just met, but seeing a nice young man appear before me, I wouldn't mind having a "personal assistant" like yourself doing everything I tell him with no means of talking back," she replied in a seductive and playful tone.

"Oh wow...That would be...But I...I have two part-time jobs already." Naruto replied as he looked away, unable to look her in the eyes.

"That's a shame," she adds as she crossed her right leg over her left. "But should you ever change your mind, you know where you can find me." Hearing her tell him that with the seductive tone in her voice made Naruto very hot and sweaty as he said, "I...I have to go." As he attempted to leave, he sees Shizune in front of him, voicing her surprise that he was at her work.

"What brings you here Naruto?"

"Just helping out a friend is all," he quickly replied.

"Dr. Kato, you know this young man?" asked a curious Dr. Karnstein.

"I'm his guardian," answered Shizune as she rests her hand on the Rook's shoulder. "So you helped bring my equipment here? Thank you, Naruto."

"It was no trouble at all. I REALLY have to go now."

"Of course Naruto, make sure you get back to school safely."

"I'll make sure! It was nice meeting you Dr. Karnstein!"

"Same to you. The next time you come here, call me Ayumi, okay Na-ru-to?" she said with a smile as Naruto quickly left the room. "He's a nice young man."

"That's Naruto for you..." The two adults hear the door open, following Shizune's response.

"How can we..." Shizune had a look of surprise when Fujino entered the room.

"It's you..."

"Hello again..."

"Hello to you as well..." she told the girl as she took a seat. "Perhaps now I can give her a proper examination..."

With Naruto

Kuoh Academy

Student Council Room

"Thank you for helping me set these books on the shelves Namikaze-kun. Honestly, Saji is unreliable at times. I can always count on you."

"It's...It's no trouble at all."

"Are we still okay for Sunday?" she asked as Naruto completes his task.

"Sure...Ms. Student Council President, can I ask you a question?"

"What sort of question do you have for me?"

"...Promise you won't laugh?"

"I definitely won't laugh at you. Now tell me, what seems to be troubling you?" Naruto went on to explain what Joichi told him, from showering together with Shino up until the sex talk, and how he's been holding back on any sort of sexual release. Hearing this come out of him made Sona turn away in order to hide her blushing face. "O-Oh...So you're in need of sexual advice, is that correct?"

"Yeah...I tried talking to a student (Pekoyama) about it but...there were "complications". I decided to talk to you about it, given your role as the Student Council President."

"I'm glad you thought of talking to me about this...May I ask why you hold yourself back?"

"It's because I didn't want girls to see me as a guy who is just for the looks, and not her everything. That's mainly why I kept them inside. My father always told me there's more to women than just their looks, and to take time to know everything about her before getting serious with her."

"Your father sounds like a reasonable man. I take it that was how he eventually got with your mother?" Naruto nodded his head to confirm. "I'm just going to say this: You're right to hold back on your desires. However, it's unhealthy to keep all those thoughts inside, with no way of release. It's natural as Humans to have desires, lust, needs, and wants, and it's natural to release them in a healthy way. If I had to suggest something...You said you've known this Shino girl for ever since the school entrance exams, am I correct?"

"Yeah..."

"I think it's about time you and her became...physical with each other." The blond Rook turned a bright shade of red when he heard Sona's answer.

"Phy...Physical?"

"Normally, I wouldn't suggest this. But with your case, it'll help a lot. Once you get that release, I assure you that you'll feel refreshed. No buts, you really need this, you hear me?" Naruto simply nodded, earning a smile from her.

"Thanks for your advice, I'll talk to her about it tonight."

"One last thing." Sona tells Naruto, as a precaution, to get her a gift, as it'll help with the talk. Thanking her once more, he leaves.

With Shino

Kawahara Academy

As Shirabi prepared to go home, she is approached by a blushing Shino, who asks her if she could come shopping with her, and if she could stay over at her place.

"I don't mind, but what's the occasion?"

"Nothing, I just...want to talk to you about something."

With Naruto

After School

Kuoh Town

"Question is...what should I get her? I've been doing nothing but save up my cash. Perhaps I should get her something expensive...No, that wouldn't work. That'd be overdoing it. I'm not some guy who overly spends to impress. Something little should be good. If I recall, she's a fan of Tom Clancy...I could get her a book by him. Wait, she already has all of his books!"

"Oh, hey Naruto!" Turning around, he sees Joichi's girlfriend Seiko approaching him, bags of groceries in her hands.

"Seiko? What's going on with you?" he asked.

"I'm just running errands for my mom. You?"

"I'm...getting my girlfriend a present, though I have no idea on what to get her," he answered.

"Hmmmm...What have you given her so far? During your times together?"

"Chocolate strawberries, a cat plushie, a card, a sapphire necklace, music CDs, a pair of cat-themed headphones...That's pretty much it."

"If you didn't buy the chocolate strawberries, that would've been a good present for...I'm sorry, what sort of occasion are you celebrating? Is it an anniversary or-"

"No, not an anniversary. I'm...I'm going to ask her for a more sexual relationship." Seiko stayed silent when Naruto told her. As she stood in front of him, her face gradually turned red. "Seiko?"

"Sorry, I just...was not expecting that answer," she answered before regaining her composure. "As I said, chocolate strawberries would've been a good present for that sort of occasion. However, since you already did it, it won't have as much of an effect as the first time."

"It won't!?" Naruto yelled. "You've got to be kidding me...So what am I supposed to give her then?"

"Hmmmm...Have you tried perfume?"

"Perfume?"

"Girls like to dress up and smell good. There's a perfume store called Scent Appeal not too far from here. You should go try it."

"Seiko, you're a lifesaver!" he told her before running off.

"You're welcome...Joichi's friends are weird."

Scent Appeal

Entering the store, Naruto observed the wide selection of scents from chocolate to orange to cinnamon. He even saw perfume that smelled like ramen and roasted chicken before stopping at apple.

"I wonder if- There!" Naruto picks up a 3 oz. bottle of PINK APPLE by Glenn Perri, smiling as he did it. "I'm sure Shino will-" To his horror, he sees Shino and Shirabi enter the store. Putting the perfume bottle back, he quickly hides behind the service desk. When the lady working the register asked what he was doing, he hushed her before telling her his girlfriend was in the shop and that he didn't want to be seen.

"Hmmm...Ah, they do have it." To Naruto's dismay, she happily picked up the perfume he was planning to buy for her.

"I've been looking for this one. Finally, after three stores, I found it!"

"What makes that one so special?" asked Shirabi.

"Naruto and I both like Pink Lady Apples. His previous favorite was the Red Delicious, but after I offered him some Pink Ladies when we hung out at my house to read books, he grew to like them. He even joked about how he'd like a sack of them for his birthday."

"Hehhhh, so that's why you were looking for this one. What's the occasion?" Blushing, Shino told her that it was a secret and that she'd tell her later. "I can't wait to hear it. Well, hurry up so we can try out that new sweets shop. As soon as the two left, Naruto got out of the counter and said in a defeated tone, "She...She got it before I could do it for her..."

Kuoh Town

As Naruto walked the streets, he wondered what sort of occasion she was buying the perfume for? "It's probably for a future date...I'm back to square one." After taking the time to think, he gets the idea of getting her some sweets at a popular restaurant that doubled as a bakery located in Ibaraki and decides to take a train there. To his shock, the whole place was booked and scheduled for a private party. When he tried to convince the manager to let him make an order, the manager wouldn't allow it and told him to leave. Next, he tried getting her a vase for her place, only to accidentally break the one he was going to get her after sneezing and losing his grip on it. This made the owner angry, as it was one of his masterpieces.

Nighttime

"It's almost 6:00...Shino's probably at her house already, and it's dinnertime, which means food is not a good gift at this time..." As he was talking to himself, he didn't notice Yuuto in front of him and bumped into him, accidentally knocking the blond Knight down on his ass.

"You okay?" Naruto asked as he offered a helping hand. Smiling, Yuuto took his hand as the former got him back on his feet.

"Yes, and thanks for the hand...If I remember, you're Naruto Namikaze, right? The first-year who helps Souna even though you're not part of the Student Council?"

"Yeah, that's me."

"I'm-"

"Yuuto Kiba, the guy girls at Kuoh want to be with, as well as the guy other males strive to become and or beat up," Naruto interrupts.

"Are you one of those guys?" he asked his fellow blond.

"As if."

"That's assuring," Yuuto replied with a smile.

"...Can I ask you something?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"What is a perfect gift you can give to your girlfriend at a night like this?"

"What's the occasion?" Naruto, not wanting to tell someone he barely knew about his plans to ask his girlfriend for sexual stimulation, tells him that it was for a romantic evening alone that included dinner and Netflix. "...Flowers, simple as that."

"Just flowers?"

"You can never go wrong with a bouquet of flowers, especially when she opens the front door at a night like this, and sees her lover with a bouquet in his hands," Yuuto added before telling him of a shop called Yamanaka Flowers and Apothecaries. Naruto thanked the fellow blond before running off as Kiba received a call for a contract from Rias.

Yamanaka Flowers and Apothecaries

"What the hell am I supposed to buy? There are red flowers, blue flowers, white flowers...What if she's allergic to some of the ones I get?"

"Trouble with women?" Turning to the left, he's met with a smirking blonde girl behind the counter.

"No, just trouble with getting a gift for her, especially when it involves picking and choosing whatever won't get her an allergic reaction," he replied.

"How long have you two been together?" she asked him. When he told her he's been dating his girlfriend since February, she told him, "Dating for that long and you didn't think of asking her what her favorite flowers were during your times together? Wow, Boyfriend of the Month ladies and gentlemen."

"Don't sass me," he told the grinning girl as he frowned. "...You know, you could help me pick."

"Maybe, but unless I know what she's not allergic to...I'm afraid I can't help you." This only made Naruto sigh. "You know, a good present to give would simply be you, her, and a dinner made by you. That's what my boyfriend did for me."

"I set a kitchen on fire in a cooking club during club registration day at my academy."

"Then you should try another night."

"But I have to do it tonight because I said I was going to do it tonight," he told her. "Also because I am very stimulated right now..." Just thinking about his confrontation with Dr. Karnstein aroused Naruto, both shaming him that he had thoughts about another woman, and making him all the more desperate to get it on with Shino. He was glad that his resistance to temptation was strong, but how long would it last before he couldn't take it anymore? Before he did something out of lust and desire?

"You...are horrible at planning things," she told the Rook.

"Naruto?" Turning around, he sees Seekvaira enter the shop.

"Seekvaira!? What brings you here?"

"I need to set up a delivery of flowers to someone I don't like as an apology before going to your place. What about you?"

"Nothing really, I was just about to leave."

"Is she the girlfriend you're trying to get the flowers for?" This made the two blush as Naruto told her, "She's not my girlfriend."

"Really? She's a beauty."

"Oh, why thank you."

Kuoh Town

"So you're going to have Alivian deliver flowers as an apology to a suitor you beat up?"

"He was just in it for the looks and the reputation, and he made the mistake of forcefully grabbing my hand," she told her Rook, who told her how lucky he was that he doesn't have to go through crap like arranged marriages. "Lucky you...Scáthach told me about what happened. I wish I had known about it. I would have come to you and helped but-"

"It's fine. You have your own life to handle," he told his King.

"You're part of my life too, Naruto," she replied, both turning red as the former said it. "I don't forgive anyone who harms my Peerage."

"I appreciate it, but if I didn't get my ass kicked, it wouldn't have shown me how weak I am without Infernus," he told her. "That Fallen Angel, Hoshikari, I won't be able to win against him the way I am now. I can beat the ass out of his colleagues, but they're nothing compared to him. The amount of effort I am using to move the weights I have on my limbs are proof that I am not ready to face him, at least not yet."

"Always the hard worker. Not that it's a bad thing...Are they heavy? Those weights?"

"Yeah, they are. JoJo got it from a guy named Might Guy." Seekvaira commented on how weird his name sounds, asking her Rook if Might was Guy's first name.

"No idea...Seekvaira?"

"Yes, Naruto?"

"If you had a boyfriend, what would you like as a present?" The King turned red when he asked her what sort of presents she would like. Regaining some composure, she tells him she'd like a nice massage, surprising Naruto, expecting something like a Gundam kit or tickets to a mecha museum.

"Believe it or not, a massage is a more preferred present for me. It helps with a lot of stress. Is this for your girlfriend?" When Naruto admitted it, the King couldn't help but feel a little jealous as usual. "Why do you want to know this?"

"I uh...I plan to ask her for a more physical relationship tonight, during a shower together or when I massage her." Seekvaira's eyes grew wide when he told her he wanted to "get physical" with Shino.

"So you want to have sex with her?"

"No, well not yet. We're simply going to...pleasure each other..." Naruto explained, red in the face.

"Without penetration?" Naruto simply nodded in response. "That's a big step forward with you and her."

"Yeah and-" Before he can say more, his phone rings. Picking it up, he sees that it's Shino and takes the call. "Hey Shino, what's...What? You're at Shirabi's? I was going to...Oh, it's nothing really...I'll tell you tomorrow night...Maybe...I love you too...Bye." Hanging up, he tells Seekvaira that Shino was spending the night at her friend's place and that she wasn't going to be home. "I sounded all cool and confident in front of Kyouji for nothing..." he said to himself, defeat in his voice.

"Cheer up Naruto, there's always tomorrow."

"Yeah..." Seeing him down, Seekvaira asks him if he wants to go grab a bite with her to cheer him up.

Unnamed Yakiniku Restaurant

Private Room

Having finished eating all the grilled meat and rice they ordered, Seekvaira told her Rook how she wanted to come to the restaurant with her parents tonight, but they never got the chance to due to work conflicts. "So like you, my plans were foiled."

"Well, at least you're not doing this alone..." Seekvaira only smiled before asking her Rook if he drinks. Hearing a no from him, she orders a large bottle of cold apple sake.

"Naruto, when things don't always go as planned, you and a bottle of sake, maybe more, is your best friend," she told him. While a little hesitant, due to the age restriction, after putting his new life as a devil into consideration, Naruto agrees to have a drink with her.

"To foiled plans..."

Shirabi's Room

With Shino

"What do you think?" asked a shy Shino. Shirabi couldn't help but turn red when her friend told her she wanted to make her relationship with Naruto more sexual.

"That is a bold decision for someone like you Shino-chan."

"I wanted to talk to him today about it, but...But I don't know if he'd be interested in being more intimate or not. I don't even know what to do for this type of stuff. What if I'm not good enough if he agrees to it?" she told her friend, who was sympathetic towards her.

"Hmmm...Okay! Let's watch some porn and help you get off!" Shino's eyes grew wide, surprised that her friend suggested they watch porn while her aunt and uncle were home.

"Wha-Wha-Wha-What!? But-"

"It's fine, my aunt and uncle are usually out like a light after working the shop all day. When that happens, I watch porn and pleasure myself while doing it."

"You!?" Shirabi simply nodded.

"Don't tell me...you've never done this before!?" yelled Shirabi. Shino tells her she's never touched herself like that before. "You should definitely try it, it feels SO amazing. It'll take a while before either you or Naruto go first base, so until then, self-pleasure will help prepare yourself."

"...Are you going to be in the room?" asked Shino. To her shock, Shirabi told her she was going to be pleasuring herself next to her as they watched porn. "But you're-"

"Shino I'm not gay or bi if that's what you're worried about. Can't a friend simply watch with you?"

"...I'm not sure about this, but okay."

Lime

After turning on her computer and pulling up a chair beside her friend, Shirabi opened a video link that was about 10 minutes long. Skipping 2 minutes ahead, the male in the video was having his cock sucked by either his girlfriend or a pornstar who was hired to have sex with him. As she sucked him, the girl was fingering herself, the male deciding to put his hands on the sides of her head and have her take all 8 inches of his girth into her mouth. Watching this, Shino's face flushed red, her nether regions getting tingly from watching the video.

"Shirabi, my body is feeling hot..." she said, heavily breathing as she told her friend. Getting no response, she turns to see Shirabi fingering herself with her right pointing and middle fingers while her left hand was fondling her breasts. Seeing this, Shino couldn't help but watch.

"D-Don't just watch it...DO what I do..." she told Shino, who had proceeded to take off her glasses before moving her panties to the side and using her right hand to finger herself while her left-hand spreads her pussy. Moving her fingers as she timed how fast she moved them with how fast the two people in the video were fucking in the bed, Shino felt a rush of pleasure envelop her. Feeling her body getting hotter, she stopped for a bit to hastily take off her clothes, leaving her in her birthday suit, before she resumed fingering herself.

In between moans, Shirabi told Shino to visualize Naruto fucking her as they watched the male take the female from behind doggy style. "Picture yourself...submitting to his cock...as he pushes it inside of you, again and again...Faster...Faster..." Shino's moans got louder and more sensual as her left hand moved up to her breasts, fondling them as her head and back arched back, the pleasure becoming more and more intense.

"Oh my god, I'm almost there...I'm almost there!" Shirabi moaned, with Shino feeling her climax coming as well. Finally, after one last minute of self-pleasure, the girls' release came as they orgasmed on the once clean floor at the same time, just as the couple in the video finished. Shino and her friend heavily panted on their chairs as they waited out their orgasm.

Lime End

"How do you feel Shino-chan?" asked the panting Shirabi.

"That felt...amazing..." Shino replied, red in the face and in a state of orgasmic bliss. The white-haired girl smiled at her, telling the Asada girl she was on fire when she decided to strip off all her clothes.

"It just felt good is all...You do this every night?"

"Oh yeah...Just think about how you'll feel when your boyfriend does it for you. Now help me clean up the floor."

With Naruto

Unnamed Yakiniku Restaurant

Private Room

"I can't help but play out all the things I could do with Shino and nothing else. She's just so damn cute when she has her glasses on, and when she stutters! When she takes off her glasses and becomes brave, the way she looks and acts is the equivalent of finding out that Kara Danvers is Supergirl or that Diana Prince is Wonder Woman!"

"Tell me more about her!" replied Drunk Seekvaira.

"Don't tell anyone this, but...she has a nice ass," Drunk Naruto adds. "When I hug her, whether it's in real life or in Fatal Bullet, I always feel the urge to grab her butt, but I have to refrain from doing it, even as my instincts tempt me! It's like having a sex-driven Hulk inside me!"

"Screw refraining! You're a Devil of the Agares Peerage! Go for it! Grab that ass of hers when the opportunity comes!" yelled Drunk Seekvaira. "As your King, I order you to grab it with your own two hands! Like your life depended on it!"

"As your Rook, I accept this mission!" Naruto yelled as he took the sake bottle to pour more into his cup, he noticed it was empty. "Aww man, we're out. Can we order more?"

"I don't think that'll happen. We did order 20 rounds of sake. I doubt that they'll allow us to order more."

"Well, let's just pay the bill and leave."

Kuoh Town Streets

Naruto and Seekvaira had their arms around one another as support as they walked to the latter's place since the blond Rook didn't want to go home drunk.

"I'm not letting Akame and Shizune see me like this. I would not hear the end of it if I went home..."

"Thank your King for allowing you to stay at my place." Drunk Naruto chuckled before smiling. "I'm glad to have someone like you. Someone I can be open with about my...urges."

"Is that the alcohol talking, or you?" Drunk Seekvaira joked.

"Haha very funny..."

Agares Mansion

Seekvaira's Room

Entering her room, the now sober Seekvaira acted as Naruto's support, the latter still drunk. "Here we are Naruto."

"You get sober really fast. What's your trick?" asked Drunk Naruto.

"When you're me, you get sober after walking it off for a good hour or two, depending on how much I drink or how potent the alcohol is. Since you're new to drinking, yours is longer," she replied. "Did you have fun?"

"Yes, I had an amazing time with you Seekvaira." Drunk Naruto answered, Seekvaira voicing how glad she was that he enjoyed himself. "Alright Naruto, let's get you in bed and-" Before she could finish, she lost her footing, falling back first on her bed, with the drunk blond on top of her. Both didn't say anything as they stared in each other's eyes.

"Oh dear, this is embarrassing. If you don't mind, I'd like it if you got o-" Before she knew it, the drunk Rook had planted his lips onto hers, shocking the King. Parting lips, the Agares girl asked her Rook what he was doing. "Naruto, you have a-" Once more, she was stopped by another kiss from the drunk blond. This time, he inserted his tongue into her mouth, massaging hers with his. From what was going on right now, she concludes that Naruto's drunk state had made him vulnerable to his desires. To put it simply, the built-up lust he had inside was loose and was being directed to her.

"There's so much pent-up desire in me Seekvaira. Moka, Xenovia, Shino, Kiryuu-senpai, Scáthach, Pekoyama-senpai, the hot nurse working with Shizune...even you...I just don't want to care at all and take you right now, regardless of status as Rook and King..." As he said it in a serious tone that made him sound hot, he fondled Seekvaira's left breast with his right hand. "I'm a Devil, I shouldn't care about sinning at all and just go with what I am feeling."

"Th-That may be true, but-" Immediately, Seekvaira was interrupted by Naruto licking the left side of her neck, the Agares heiress moaning as he did it.

"This is...Naruto when he's not hindered by his morals?" Was it wrong to think that an unrestrained Naruto was hot to her? As he kissed her neck, Naruto's left hand began feeling Seekvaira's slender right leg before snaking it up to her ass as he grabbed and massage the right cheek. After a good 20 seconds, Naruto's left hand decided to slowly unbutton and unzip her pants before slowly slipping into her underwear.

"Naruto's hand is going to..." Feeling unprepared for having something other than her fingers feeling her nether regions, Seekvaira grabbed his hand. "Naruto, I-I'm not prepared for this! I don't want to do this just-" Interrupted once more, Seekvaira watched as Naruto passed out on top of her, his head resting on her chest, surprising her.

"He's asleep!?" she yelled out loud, sounding disappointed. After getting the sleeping blond off of her, she placed him in bed before getting in with him and pulling a blanket over them. Remembering the kiss, the King turned red in the face. Sure, he was drunk when he did it, but his lips felt nice on her own. And the way he was so aggressive when he...Just thinking about it was too much for her mind.

"So you kept that inside of you for so long...If you didn't fall asleep on me, we'd be..." Thinking about what could have happened, she sighed before directing a smile to the sleeping blond as she gently pulled at his cheek.

"Pervert Rook..."

With Maki

Namikaze Residence

Garage

"Thank you so much for helping me with this Maki-chan, even if it's just handing me the tools."

"You're welcome," Maki replied as she handed the woman a screwdriver. Finished, Shizune closed the hood of the car and gives out a satisfied sigh. "Shizune?"

"Yes, Maki-chan?"

"...Do you consider me as someone who can be forgiven?" Maki reveals to her that she hurt someone's feelings, someone, who wanted to help her, only to reject her help and rip something of hers that made said person cry.

"How long ago was this?"

"8 months ago..."

"What did you rip exactly?"

"Her notepad. She doesn't speak, and she didn't know sign language, and I..."

"First off, that was very mean of you Maki-chan," Shizune told the girl, wagging her right finger as she did it. "Second, to answer your question, it depends on the ones you've hurt to decide if you're forgiven or not. I don't have the answer to it. That is a question you need to find out for yourself."

"A question I need to find out for myself...Thank you, I now know what I must do tomorrow."

Misaki Town

Train Station

"Do you happen to know where Keita might be?" Fujino mysteriously twists and tears off a man's limbs by unknown means as he screams in pain. "I must see Keita at all costs. If I don't, I..." Finally, she twists his head around before ripping it off his body. With the man dead, Fujino clutched her stomach in pain as she leaves, though not before taking his phone.

The next day...

Agares Mansion

Dining Room

Naruto entered, having a small headache that had him holding his light and dizzy head.

"I am not drinking for a while," he told his King.

"A wise decision, my Rook," Naruto told his King that he didn't remember anything from last night other than the fact that they drank a lot of sake.

"I didn't do anything crazy, did I?" Hearing this, Seekvaira spat out her drink as she recalled what happened. "What did I do?"

"No-Nothing at all! Nothing you should worry about!" she told him, blushing as her tea drinking hand shook a bit.

"Seekvaira...What did I do?"

One reveal later...

"I did what!?" yelled the Rook.

"You kissed me, twice, licked my neck, groped my breasts, and felt my butt. After that, you.." Seekvaira couldn't say more as the memory played out in her head. "You passed out before you could go any further."

"I am so sorry Seekvaira! Wait, I just...If Shino knew what I did, she'd kill me! Worse, she'll probably break up with me."

"You were drunk Naruto, you had no control in your drunken state," she told him. "And I don't think she'd break up with you over being unable to control yourself when you're drunk..." Before they could discuss more, Naruto gets a notification on his phone telling him he needed to get to Kuoh Academy.

"Just go about your day. I'm sure you'll figure something out. If it were up to me, it helps to be honest. You may get an earful, but it's better than keeping it from her."

"You're right..."

"And after last night...I think you should go for her." Blushing, Naruto agreed with her before leaving.

Kuoh Academy

Student Council Room

"Thanks for the help again Namikaze. I apologize for keeping you here, even after you finished your club and your classes so early." Sona had called the blond to help her arrange some paperwork for her. As usual, he agreed to it without being asked twice. "So...how did it go yesterday? With your girlfriend?" Hearing this, Naruto told her he wasn't able to tell her last night. "So you failed to ask her..."

"Yeah..." Sona felt bad for the blond as she gave him an apologetic look.

"Cheer up Namikaze-kun. I'm sure someone like you will manage somehow."

"T-Thanks for the assurance, it helps a little..." Sona smiled a bit when Naruto thanked her.

"Is this all the paperwork?"

"Yes, you can go now. Thanks again." Giving her a smile, Naruto told her to have a good day before leaving the room. On his way out, he noticed Maki walking towards him.

"Naruto, are you free now?" she asked.

"Yeah, I just got done for today. Why?"

"I am meeting a peerage member at Kawahara Academy."

"Is it for a mission?" he asked. To his surprise, Maki told him she was going there to apologize to her before explaining to him what she told Shizune.

"You did that?" asked the surprised Rook.

"Yeah...I was also asked by another student to give her boyfriend a letter." When asked what the letter was about, Maki told him she didn't know what was written in it and that she wanted Naruto to give it to the boyfriend instead.

"So we're going to Shino's academy...This is way too convenient for me." Maki raised a brow when he said that. As they exited the academy, the Pawn asked Naruto what he meant by "convenient". "I've been meaning to ask Shino for a more physical relationship than just kissing and hugging last night, only to fail at planning things beforehand."

"There's more to it, isn't there?" Wondering how she knew, Maki told him he was easy to read.

"I've been having all this pent-up lust inside of me, and I was told that I need to release it as soon as possible, or it'll get worse. It managed to get out last night and...I did shameful things to Seekvaira as a result of giving in to it while drunk. However, it wasn't enough to satisfy it."

"So I'm not the only person keeping things to myself." she joked. "So you're going to her academy to tell her? About the lust?"

"Yeah."

"You're taking a huge risk Naruto. Are you sure you're ready to take it?"

"If I wasn't, I wouldn't be going to her academy with you, would I?" he replied.

"I guess not...I've noticed you still have those weights on. Have you adjusted to them yet?" she asked.

"Now that you bring it up, I'm not using as much effort as I need to use to move them. I guess that means that I'm slowly adjusting to them."

Kawahara Academy

As she walked with her friend through the hallways, Shino recalled the sensation she felt when she touched herself. She couldn't think about anything else than that. It was beginning to worry her. In one of her classes, she yelled "That is so wrong!" during a lecture. To her luck, the answer a student wrote on the board was wrong, and she played along with it, correcting the student's mistake. Noticing her friend's situation, Shirabi pats her on the back and assures her she'll do fine and that a guy like Naruto wouldn't think of her differently.

"What if he finds himself in the arms of another woman who's more beautiful than me before I can tell him and find me boring?" she asked her friend.

"You shouldn't look down on yourself Shino. I mean, I saw you naked last night, and you are a beauty in your own way," she told her, earning a blush from the Asada girl as she adjusted her glasses in her embarrassed manner. As they walked to their academy, they found Naruto consoling a male student in the hallways, surprising her.

"Naruto? What are you doing here?" Noticing Shino, Naruto greeted her first before telling her he finished his classes and his club early, and that he was tasked, by a student in his class, with bringing a breakup letter to her boyfriend, and that he was consoling him until the Asada girl arrived.

"A breakup letter!?" yelled a surprised Shino.

"Yeah, it was a surprise for me...He should be fine after the talk I had with him."

"...Oh, I just remembered that I need to help with the shop, and my aunt and uncle are having their anniversary today. Can you guys help me out?" This made Naruto's plan to talk to Shino go on hold until they were alone.

"Sure, I just need to talk to Harukawa-senpai first."

"Oh, Maki-chan is here? Invite her to help out as well."

With Maki

Literature Club Room

From a distance, Maki watched over a young girl with straight silver hair that goes well past her waist and blue eyes. Underneath her academy uniform, she was clad in silver armor and wore a purple dress underneath. She also wore a piece of armor on her forehead as well. Currently, the girl was arranging a shelf of books with a smile. Mustering enough courage, Maki enters and calls out the girl's name.

"Eu?" Turning around, the girl known as Eu had a look of surprise on her face. "That face is to be expected. Never thought I'd come here after what I did to you." Eu tilted her head to the right, confused. "If you're wondering why I am here...Well..." Rummaging through her bag, Maki takes out a purple notepad and offers it to the surprised girl, who points to herself, wondering if it's (really) for her.

"Yeah, I got it for you Eu...Also...If your offer still stands...I'd like for you to live with me in my apartment."

("Do you really mean it?") Eu wrote on her new notepad.

"Yes...I know I've hurt your feelings several times Eu. You were only trying to help me, yet I rejected it, pushed you away, all for my selfish reasons...I didn't want to feel what it was like to lose something important again and..." Eu tugs at Maki's shirt to get her attention. On her notepad, the smiling girl wrote, ("I understand, and I forgive you, Maki. I still want to live with you. After all, you were hurting inside.")

"...You've always been the kindest and most forgiving out of everyone in our peerage," she told the girl with a light smile before being caught off guard as Eu hugged her. Smiling herself, she hugs the girl back. Unknown to both of them, Naruto, Shirabi, and Shino watched the whole thing, not only surprised by Maki's approach but finding out themselves that the Pawn was capable of smiling. Noticing their presence, Maki turned a very bright shade of red. "How...How long were you guys standing there?"

"We just got here. By the way, nice to meet you." Eu simply waved hello to them as Maki told them, "You three saw nothing, got it?" The three nod their heads as their faces sweat a bit. "So, what do you guys need?"

"...How good are you two at working a register?" asked Shirabi.

"...Huh?"

Gozen's

Naruto, Shino, Maki, and Eu worked the registers as customers entered to purchase weapons and armor, though not before signing a waiver that they couldn't sue them, and denying those who seemed "off" to them or didn't deserve to purchase the items at the shop.

"I must say, the weapons and armor she forged in this shop are absolute masterpieces." Maki couldn't help but marvel at the blades the girl made. "Perhaps I should purchase some from her...or maybe..." Grabbing Naruto, she whispers to him that weapons and armor like Shirabi's would really help them out.

"There are no weak points that I can find in them. They're basically flawless. Perhaps we should visit her at some point and ask her to forge equipment for us." Their talk is interrupted by a surprising arrival from Yuuto.

"You're-"

"Hey, Kiba-senpai."

"Namikaze, you work here?" Naruto nods his head yes and told him was a part-timer. Turning his head to his left, he sees Maki working a register. "Harukawa...Hellscythe..."

"Kiba..."

("Kiba...")

"Hellscythe, I understand, but you, it's strange to see you working at a shop with other people."

"We were simply coerced into helping the owner," she replied. "Now are you going to buy something or not?"

"I'm just window shopping is all. I have no need to purchase anything at the moment. Though I must say, all of these weapons are perfectly forged without any impurities. I'd like to meet the one who made this."

"Then you're just wasting your time," Maki told him in a cold manner. Turning his attention to Shino, Yuuto looks at her with curiosity. This didn't sit well for Naruto as the Gremory Knight walked towards her.

"Who are you?"

"I'm ummm... I'm-"

"She's my girlfriend." Naruto interrupts, defensively pulling Shino towards him. "Don't even think about it, pretty boy."

"Oh no, I'm not like that. I was just curious about who she was is all. I'm sorry if I gave you mixed signals."

"Apology accepted." Smiling still, Yuuto takes his leave, though not before telling Naruto, "See you on Monday."

"Uh-huh." As soon as the Knight left, Shino asked Naruto if he could let her go, feeling embarrassed. "Sorry about that."

"It's fine...It felt nice being in your arms..." Naruto turned red when Shino told him how she felt. "You're my girlfriend, I have to let guys know you're already taken." Looking at the two, Eu wrote how romantic the two were as Maki remembered how Kaito was whenever guys looked at her like she was up for the taking. She remembered Kaito saying the same things Naruto told his girlfriend.

2 hours later...

"Thank you so much for your help guys. As promised, here's your share of the profits," said Shirabi as she hands each person their payment. Looking at the cash in her hands, Eu's eyes glittered as she thought about the meals she can make for herself and Maki now that the latter told her she can live with her.

"If it's fine with you, I'd like to work part-time here as well."

"You'd like to be a part-timer here!?" Shirabi happily yelled. Maki simply nodded before telling her it'd be nice to work at a shop that suits her interests.

"Yes, of course! It'll help me a lot if you worked part-time here!"

Asada's House

"Maki working part-time at the shop. I guess that means you and I may have more time together huh?"

"Yeah..."

As they approached the front door, Shino was about to say goodnight to Naruto before being interrupted by him asking her if he could spend the night with her, surprising the girl. "Okay..." Entering her home, Shino told him, with a smile, that she'll make dinner for the both of them to enjoy, and to make himself at home. Going into the TV Room, Naruto decides to turn on her television and watch a show. To his shock, it's a Lifetime movie about a boyfriend who is unfaithful to his girlfriend. Before he could see what happens next, he changes the channel to a show that has the main character telling his crush that he wants her and that he can't hold back any longer. He changes it once more, this time focusing on the news. His eyes widen when it's about a woman who attacked her boyfriend for having a one night stand with another woman. He turns it off, deciding to wait in silence.

Dinner Time

Sitting at the table, Naruto and Shino said nothing as they ate Duck soup with brown rice and yams, the latter smiling as she ate her dinner.

"Shino..."

"Hmm?" Shino swallows her food before asking him if the soup was okay.

"It's good, it's just...I did something bad..."

"Bad? Like what?" she asked, raising a brow.

"I...got super drunk last night...with my boss."

"You went to drink with your boss? At your age?" she asked her boyfriend.

"I couldn't say no to her..." he said, knowing that wasn't the reason he drank with Seekvaira.

"If that was it, it couldn't be helped. I mean-"

"I'm not finished...I spent the night at her place and...I kissed her...and groped her...before passing out..." Hearing this, Shino's went silent on her boyfriend. "It was wrong of me to do it, and I am sorry..." Shino said nothing, worrying the Rook, who called out her name.

"...Finish dinner first...Then we'll talk..." Hearing this, Naruto had a worried expression on his face as they continued eating.

20 minutes later...

As they washed their dishes, Naruto expected Shino to say something, but she stayed silent, further worrying him as time went by.

"Shino...are you okay?" Again, he didn't get a reply. "She must be furious with me..."

"...Some of the clothes you left here for when you decided to stay over are in the drawer under my bed. Go shower, then we'll talk."

"O-Okay..."

Bathroom

Lime

Using the shower, he wondered what Shino had in mind for him when he was done with the bathroom. All those days spent together...gone after one night.

"She's definitely breaking up with me. I can't blame her though." As he lathered soap all over his body, he heard the bathroom door open, Turning around, he was surprised to see a nude and blushing Shino.

"Sh-Shino!?" Saying nothing, the blushing girl pushed him onto the wet tile floor before straddling him. "Shi-Shin-" Without warning, Shino kissed him, inserting her tongue into his mouth as she massaged his tongue with hers while rubbing her pussy against his erect cock, the two teens moaning in each other's mouths. Parting lips, a thin trail of saliva formed before breaking apart as Shino stopped straddling him. Curious, Naruto told her he was sure she was going to break up with him.

"It's my fault you ended up kissing another girl last night," she told the blond, confusing him. "Last night, I wanted to talk to you about getting close to you, like this, but I was afraid of what you'd think of me. Instead of coming to you, I went to talk to Shirabi about it instead..."

"Re-Really!?" Naruto yelled, surprised. "I was going to do the same thing, and I was planning to get you a gift to go with it."

"So you-"

"Yeah...I want this..." he told her.

"I want this too Naruto..." Sitting on the right side of him, Shino moved her right hand towards her lover's cock as she wrapped her fingers around it and began the process of jerking him off. Feeling it getting bigger in her hands, she smiled knowing she was making him hard. The sensation Naruto felt from the handjob was unimaginable as he moaned, his voice echoing in the bathroom.

"Holy cow Shino, that feels nice."

"I'm glad that you're enjoying yourself." she told him before seductively whispering in his ear, "Though you shouldn't be the only one getting pleasure...I need you to feel me as well Naruto."

Face flushed, Naruto takes his left hand and starts inserting his middle finger into her pussy, moving it in and out as his pointing finger played with her clitoris and the other fingers spread her pussy open. Shino moaned alongside him as they continued to help each other to their release. Two minutes in, feeling bolder, Shino stops jerking her boyfriend as she moves her face towards his cock and starts licking it, starting from the shaft and moving up to the tip. Naruto was stunned at the lengths his girlfriend was going to satisfy him as she proceeded to suck him off. To his astonishment, she managed to fit all eight-inches of himself into her mouth before bobbing her head up and down.

Naruto couldn't believe that this was Shino. The same girl he's been dating for over a month was giving him his first blowjob. Not wanting to be outdone by her, Naruto puts them in a 69 position, Shino being on top, and used his tongue to rub and lick her womanhood, to her great pleasure. Unknowingly fulfilling a drunk promise, his hands started grabbing her butt as he pushed her closer to him, his tongue moving in deeper as it wagged and swayed inside of her pussy, almost making the girl shiver from the pleasure. After thirty seconds, Naruto came inside the Asada girl's mouth as she released her juices onto his tongue. Unable to take the whole thing, Shino lets go of his cock as it squirts some cum on her face. As she got off of him, the sight of her cum-covered face made Naruto erect once more, surprising her.

"It's still that large?" Naruto scratching the back of his head as he awkwardly smiled at her.

"Sorry..." Smiling back, she told him she was up for one more round. Straddling him once more, Shino vigorously moved her hips as her pussy rubbed against the Rook's cock, her arms wrapped around his neck. Naruto had his left arm feeling her right breast as he took the left one in his mouth and sucked on it, his right arm wrapped around her in a hug as he helped her rub her pussy against his shaft.

"This is the least I can do until I am ready. For now, this will do for now..." Shino thought to herself as Naruto informed her he was getting close to cumming. "Kiss me Naruto!" Complying, Naruto pressed his lips against his lover's as the two moaned in each other's mouths after cumming.

Lime End

[Persona 5 OST - Sweet]

Heavily panting, Shino got off of Naruto as she looks at her body and found Naruto's cum all over her breasts and stomach. "So this was how much you've been holding back?"

"Oh yeah..." he replied, heavily panting, but feeling refreshed, as if a large weight was lifted from his body. "You were amazing Shino..."

"You really think so?"

"Yeah, I do," he answered with an assuring smile.

"I admit, I am angry about what you did to your boss last night. Doing something so perverted to her. You jerk..." With an angry but cute pout, she flicked him in the forehead, making him reel back in pain a bit. "I'll let you off with that since you were honest with me. A lot of guys these days usually don't tell their girlfriends about this sort of stuff...I also want to go see that new Ant-Man movie. Can you do it tomorrow?"

"...If that's what you wish of me, then it's a promise."

"Great, now please help me clean my body, d-a-r-l-i-n-g." Naruto blushed when Shino called him darling as she formed a small smile on her face.

[Music End]

With Maki

Misaki Town

Container Bay

"So Eu's living with you now?" Ange asked Maki as they sat on a large stack of storage containers.

"Yes, and in return for allowing her to stay, she decided to be the one who cooks." Hearing the arrangement, Ange couldn't help but smile at this.

"Day after day, you're trying something new. I wonder, what made you decide to have Eu live at your place, after all this time?"

"...A woman gave me the words I needed to hear in order to seek forgiveness for what I did to her." The spy wondered who the woman was as she gazed at the town from where they were sitting. "Eventually...I'll go apologize to Seekvaira."

"Sounds good to me."

"...So you and Naruto worked together a lot?"

"Unlike the others, Naruto and I had more time in our hands, which we used to fight injustice sometimes," she told Maki, who found their vigilantism ridiculous and risky. "You have Naruto to thank for that. Although I have to say, it's a nice change of pace."

"Hehhh...So tell me, what are we doing in Misaki Town?"

"As you've heard on the news, there's a killer out on the loose, as well as two rapists that may be targets, and a victim, whom these rapists enjoyed to no end. There were originally three, but a body was found last night at a train station, his head and limbs twisted before being ripped off violently. Naruto wanted to look into this, but since he decided to focus on training, he asked me to do this. There she is. Fujino Asagami..." Ange and Maki focus their attention on Fujino being stopped by a strange male who offered to take her to meet Keita, whom Ange identified as a friend of one of the rapists. "If we tail them, maybe we'll bump into the killer as well."

[Garden of Sinners 3: Remaining Sense of Pain OST - 06-M0708]

Following them, they stop as soon as the male known as Kohei decided to turn to her threaten Fujino with a knife in his left hand, asking her to strip for him. With a cold expression on her face, Fujino called him a liar before twisting his arm. Kohei screamed as he dropped his knife onto the ground. Ange and Maki's eye grew wide as they saw this happen. Not only because the girl had telekinetic powers, but because she possessed something rare. Something that could rival a Sacred Gear.

"She has...Mystic Eyes?" Ange said in disbelief. As they looked on, Fujino started twisting Kohei's other arm.

"Tell me...Tell me where Keita is." When Kohei tried to run, she simply used her mystic eyes to twist his left leg.

"My...My legs...They're twisted like screws..." Kohei begins laughing maniacally from the pain he was feeling. As she approached him, she twisted his right leg.

"I'm sorry...but I need to do this," she told him as she slowly but painfully twisted his head. "This is the only way I can be like others...I really don't want to kill people." Having had enough of waiting, Maki decides to confront her, with Ange trying to stop her, but to no avail. Fujino notices her presence as she landed.

"Fujino Asagami...To think that you were the killer the police are looking for, making you both victim and murderer." Fujino moved back a bit as Maki approached her.

"Who...Who are you?"

"Someone who's like you," she told her.

"You're wrong! I'm not like you. I'm normal. I'm...normal..."

"Normal huh...would a normal person be able to twist limbs like you? Is it normal to possess Mystic Eyes? Give me a break. You stopped being normal as soon as you possessed those powers of yours and committed murder. You're coming with me."

"No...I...I don't want to. I have to find Keita."

"You don't have a choice...You DON'T want to fight me." Feeling threatened, Fujino used her powers to destroy a storage crane above Maki. Seeing this, Ange activates her C-Ball and rushed in to save Maki before the crane lands on top of her. However, Fujino escaped as a result.

"She got away..." Maki said, a bit annoyed by this.

"But at least we know that she's the murderer. For now, we should call it a night. However..." Turning to Maki, she tells her she's to not pursue Fujino. "We were supposed to observe, not interfere. We don't understand what her Mystic Eyes are capable of, and we don't know how they work. You can't just jump in like that."

"She could be a future threat to Misaki Town, maybe even Kuoh Town if we don't stop her. What if she develops a need to kill later on?"

"You don't know that. WE don't know that...Go home, Maki. You've already done enough. I'll continue my investigation alone and with Naruto once he's finished with training." Ange activates her C-Ball as she leaves to go home, leaving Maki alone.

[Music End]

Sunday Morning

With Naruto

Asada's House

Waking up, Naruto found himself naked in Shino's bed as the equally naked girl slept next to him. He felt very refreshed after he and his girlfriend engaged in non-penetrative foreplay last night. After kissing the girl on the forehead, he dressed up before leaving out the door.

Kuoh Town

[Persona 3 OST - Joy]

After picking up some materials he needed to build Sona's new computer, Naruto proceeds to make his way back home. He stops, however, when he sees Issei waiting for his date.

"Issei?"

"Naruto?"

"Waiting for your date?" Issei nods his head yes before asking the blond what he was holding. "These are just some materials I need to build Ms. Student Council President's new computer."

"Hehhhh...Wait, you're building her a free computer?" Naruto answered with a yes, adding the part where she was stopping by his place soon to see it get made. Shocked, the brown-haired male yelled, "The Student Council President's going to your house!?"

"Yeah, what about it?" asked Naruto.

"She's coming to your house!... Are you two dating?"

"No, we're not. I already have a girlfriend and-"

"Wait...YOU!?"

"Oh yeah, I didn't mention that to you."

"So you're having another girl come to your house!? Naruto, who knew you were like that."

"It's nothing like that at all. Geez, don't make it sound like things are going to happen between me and the Student Council President. I have to go now, good luck on your date," he told Issei before leaving. As soon as he left, Issei wondered why Yuuma was taking so long to arrive before being handed a flier by a woman wearing bat-themed clothes.

Namikaze Residence

Naruto's Room

"This is simply extraordinary..." Sona told the proudly smiling blond as his 3D Printer developed her computer. "You weren't kidding when you said it could build it. You said you made this yourself?"

"All from scratch," he answered.

"Most impressive...Anything happen between you and your girlfriend?" she asked. Seeing a blush form on his face, Sona realized something good happened with the couple. "While I don't know what you two did, it must've been amazing." As soon as it's finished, Naruto takes the finished computer out and hands it to her. Thanking him, Sona tells him she owes him a favor and that she couldn't wait to try it out.

"If you ever need anything, feel free to e-mail me."

"...If it's okay with you, can we exchange numbers?" asked a blushing Sona.

"Sure Ms. Student Counci-"

"And can you also call me Souna from now on?"

"...Okay, Souna." After giving each other their contact information, Sona said goodbye to the Rook as she left his house. Naruto got a message from Seekvaira to come to work, needing his help with a project. Smiling, he texted her saying he was on the way.

[Music End]

Kuoh Town

"So you and him finally did it?" asked a surprised Shirabi.

"We didn't have sex, we just sexually touched each other is all." said a blushing Shino.

"I am so proud of you! Do you think you'll do more?"

"M-Maybe..." The two girls hear the news being reported on a large screen, informing viewers of another murder victim found at a container bay in Misaki Town, and that a crane was damaged, destroying some property in the process.

"The workers there don't know how it happened, stating that it was in perfect condition before they left for home."

"How scary..." They thought to themselves. At the same time, Issei and "Yuuma" were looking at the same screen as them. Unknown to Issei, his date had a smile on her face.

"I wonder what sort of power caused that. I should probably send Hoshikari and Zellmon to Misaki Town to find whoever did that."

TO BE CONTINUED...

ED2: Kizuato (Scar) by Kalafina


Finally, this is done. I have no idea how I should feel after spending too long figuring this out other than relieved. I did have intentions to release this on the 4th, but complications caused me to move it to now. Hopefully, in three weeks I can survive personal life stuff while doing some writing in between the storms.

Maki may be improving a bit, but she is still lacking when it comes to working with people. She has her own way of doing things, as do the other members of Seekvaira's Peerage. Seeing how she acts with Fujino shows this. This is mainly due to her inexperience with working with teammates since she's been doing things solo for so long. Hopefully, something can be done about this.

Next chapter, Naruto's weights come off and Issei becomes a Devil. With the weights off, Naruto's strength training will still continue. With this chapter, I wanted to focus a little bit on what Naruto was lacking, which was strength. With Infernus, he was really strong. Without him, that amazing power is unavailable. Even with Devil Energy, he would be no match for enemies that were stronger than Freed or Dohnaseek. Because of this, I wanted him to focus on improving his human strength, the strength he could've gained when he wasn't a Devil.

The dream scene with Kushina will serve as a hint towards how the Asia/Asagami Arc will end.

Shikaku, Choza, and Ino make appearances while Might Guy and Sai are mentioned! It also seems that Kirigiri and Makoto from Danganronpa have arrived, the former investigating the Asagami case! Will she stumble into something? Who knows. All I know is that she and Naruto will eventually have a partnership like Gordon and Batman, though how long will that be?

Looks like Raynare is interested in obtaining Asagami's power, though she has to find her first. Hoshikari and Zellmon will be in charge of this and will come face to face with Ange. Maki and Naruto will eventually intervene, hopefully in the next one.

Given their backgrounds as orphans, I felt that Maki could find a sort of connection with Akame, seeing as how they were both abandoned. The only difference was that Akame was adopted while Maki was never taken in by any family. To have her interact with Naruto's sister and Shizune has her decide to ask Eucliwood, who was introduced this chapter, to live with her. The part about Maki tearing the girl's notepad was planned after watching "A Silent Voice".

Xenovia, if only I can do more for you. I enjoy writing about her. I should definitely get this arc finished so I can write the Excalibur Arc.

The scenes with the quick sex and the limes were pretty hard to do since I never wrote anything like this. I had to go by some hentai I researched as well as some maturely rated fics along the way. Hopefully, I can improve upon this. I don't know when, but let's give it two or three chapters, maybe more, but I want to write about sex. Mainly Naruto and Shino since it has yet to be done. Just thinking about it is just mind-boggling.

If you already know, a character from Code: Vein is in, but while the model and voice are the same, her name is Ayumi Karnstein instead of Karen. She will become important soon, maybe later.

Things that couldn't/wouldn't/didn't make it into the final cut:

1. Seekvaira offering to perform oral sex on him or give him a handjob

2. Caren Ortensia making an appearance as Kuoh Academy's nurse.

3. Naruto meeting Peko after Akame's kendo practice.

4. Archer meeting Naruto the second time.

5. Yuuto fighting Hoshikari and Zellmon.

6. Rias and Akeno appearance.

7. Naruto, Maki, and Eucliwood watching Shino practice her archery.

8. Naruto and Shino getting frisky in the archer club room showers (This would've been based on a hentai I found by accident)

9. Moka replenishing Archer's mana through sex. (Based on sex magic in the Fate series)

10. Xenovia practicing Projection Magic and meeting Mash Kyrielight.

11. Seekvaira being unavailable because she was at a Panic! At the Disco Concert.

12. Seekvaira revealing how Devils find Apples to be very addicting.

13. Naruto and Seekvaira going to an Okonomiyaki restaurant (Replaced with Yakiniku)

14. Naruto playing Rias against chess and winning.

15. Ange working for the police as a clumsy assistant or investigator (How would she keep that job?)

16. Naruto's glasses falling off from Aika trying to take them off, making every girl fall for him. (TOO SOON!)

17. Naruto and Sona roleplaying how the former was going to ask Shino for a sexual relationship, only for Naruto to go overboard and make out with Sona to the point he rips her shirt open.

18. Fight between Ange and Maki.

19. Naruto meeting Asia by helping her with directions.

20. Naruto trying to communicate with Infernus without success.

21. Xenovia masturbating.

22. Scáthach or Seekvaira arriving to overpower Hoshikari.

23. Shinkawa at the entrance of Shino's school, being angry at her for forgetting their plans and getting angrier when it's revealed that she had club duties and that Naruto, Shirabi, Maki, and Eu were with her. (TOO SOON FOR CRAZY KYOUJI!)

If you're wondering where Naruto's relationship is going, make sure you enjoy how loving Shino is with Naruto and whatnot because...let's just say that Excalibur may or may not be intense, things will be Claire Temple and Luke Cage intense, or something similar to that in some shape or form. Why? Secrets.