I am happy to say that I hit over 1000 favorites. This is a huge surprise for me. For that, I thank those who are reading FIREBRAND. Now, I will reply/answer questions and reviews.

Eliza211: ugh lemons is life you know and akame is fav

A: Yes, she is fav all right.

Guest: Why don't you make naruto Combine magic and technology in his suit kind of irregular magician

A: He does, he just does it off scene, sometimes he will be shown working on it for a few minutes or so.

Guest: Is sona going to be part of naruto harem

A: Read this chapter and find out.

Guest: Is naruto going to get over his anger issues

A: Time will tell. He's very good at venting his anger without showing it much.

Stratos263: Well looks like Shino knows. Good luck naruto and his allies

A: Get ready for the Excalibur Arc. It'll emotionally hurt (maybe).


Maki's Promise List

1. Go camping

2. Try out a bikini

3. Go to an amusement park (Done)

4. Go to space

5. Go sing karaoke

6. Meet Kaito's family

7. Order the Royal Sovereign Burger at Burger Queen (Done)

8. Go to a beach

9. Learn how to dance

10. Visit a zoo

11. Hike in the mountains

12. Scuba diving

Need 8 more for the list. We can do this!


OP2: ViViD DESiRE by Eri Kitamura

Friday

Nighttime

Kuoh Town

Abandoned Building

"You know, it's useless to struggle. Especially since no one's coming to help you." A naked male teen with black hair and brown eyes could only struggle with his restraints as the stray devil swung his chain in his right hand. He whips it, making it hit the floor, inches away from his scared victim. "I wonder what part of you I should slowly slice off and eat first...Maybe I should go for the cheeks. Or maybe the thighs..."

"How about none of the above?" The stray devil quickly turns around and whips his chain at whoever was interrupting him. To his shock and horror, it's Firebrand, who slowly walks out of the shadows. The blond Rook had effortlessly caught the chain in his left hand.

"You're Firebrand! The one who hunts and kills stray devils!" he yelled.

"Well I don't limit myself to stray devils, but yes, I'm Firebrand." Infusing his energy into the chain, Naruto makes it hot enough to burn the stray devil, who lets go of it. Right after, Naruto used it to destroy a blast of devil energy from the stray. Looking at the chain, Naruto sensed special properties from it.

"For a stray devil like you, you have a very nice weapon. Must've spent a lot of rare materials making this. Or maybe...you killed the former wielder of it and took it for yourself." The stray devil tries to escape, not wanting to fight Naruto, only to have his left leg snagged by the Rook, who proceeds to slowly pull the stray devil towards him. "To keep it stained in blood to remind you that you enjoy killing innocent people for entertainment and food...That leaves a very bad taste in my mouth," he tells the stray as his tone turned dark. Once the stray devil was close enough, Naruto grabbed him by the throat with his right hand and allowed him to struggle for a few seconds before snapping his neck and dropping his corpse. Putting the chain away, he goes over to the scared male and tells him he's in good hands before erasing his memory of the events that transpired and taking his leave with the corpse and quickly disposing of it, via incineration.

Naruto then pulled out a list of stray devils Sirzechs had asked him to kill yesterday before proceeding to make sure every single name on it was crossed out. With Rias and her peerage occupied with new Peerage members Issei and Asia, he had to depend on Naruto to take care of them. After 2 hours of hunting and killing, Naruto had finished the list.

"Job completed. Better call it a night. But first..."

Gozen's

"Is it ready?" Naruto asked Shirabi, the latter presenting him with the armor (Pyonkichi Mk-V Armor, minus the arm guards) he requested. Like the previous outfit, it came with a hood to cover his hair and a mask that covers the lower half of his face. He also asked her to make him a pair of armored gauntlets as well, which he planned to upgrade, using some tech at his workplace and a dabble of magic. Looking them over, Naruto told Shirabi he appreciated her help.

"Sorry for the long wait. I wasn't satisfied with some of the ideas for the suit, mainly the parts where they were all black so I replaced them with silver, though that took some time to gather due to some...complications on my end," Shirabi apologized before asking Naruto, "Is that okay?"

"It's fine, all black can be boring," answered Naruto. "You've done a good job, or should I say, an excellent job with this. If I ever need anything, I'll make sure to come to you."

"Just as long as you have the money for it, which I can tell you don't have any trouble acquiring," Shirabi replied with a smile.

"Before I go, here." Naruto pulls out a piece of paper, having autographed it using a special ink he developed that made it look like he wrote it with lava. This surprised Shirabi as she took it from his hands. "For you, I'll make an exception."

"Thank you, I-" Without warning, Naruto disappeared in a burst of flames, taking his order with him, leaving the girl alone in the dark shop. "That was rude...though I have to admit, that was pretty cool."

Saturday

Kuoh Academy

Morning

"Namikaze-kun!" Turning around, Naruto sees a young beautiful girl with white hair and blue-green eyes approach him. This girl was Momo Hanakai, a second-year who's also a member of the Student Council and Sona's Peerage. Like Sona and Saji, Naruto got along well with the Sitri Bishop, helping her with some paperwork involving social events, community projects, and more.

"Hanakai-senpai? Is there something wrong?" asked Naruto. Momo tells him the secretary had made an error in some of the reports and that she had to correct them. However, she had to finish it by tomorrow.

"Would it be okay if you can help me after school?"

"...I can't, I have somewhere to be after school," Naruto told the girl.

"I see...Well, thanks for lis-"

"However, I get home at 6:30 pm for dinner so..." Taking out a small notepad, he writes down his address before ripping the note off and handing it to her. "You can stop by and have dinner with my family. We can finish paperwork after." Grateful, Momo hugs the blond as she thanks him several times. Realizing what she just did, she turns red before letting go of him, regaining her composure, and telling him, "I appreciate your help, and I look forward to dinner." Turning around, the blushing girl awkwardly runs away.

"I should hurry to my club."

Kuoh Academy

Body Fitness Club

Naruto was working up a sweat as he bench pressed 290 pounds of weight for a full hour as Joichi spotted him and the other members of the club look on. One guy, who was running a treadmill, even got distracted and slid off his machine. After lifting the barbell up for the umpteenth time, Naruto sets it up on the rack, sitting back up and getting congratulated by Joichi and a few of the other members.

"For a guy who's plain-looking, you've been improving yourself in such a small amount of time since the first day you joined," Joichi told Naruto. The blond tells him it was thanks to him that he was able to gain the strength he has now. "I appreciate it Naruto. Hey listen, tonight, me and the guys are going out for Saturday steaks. Want to join us? I'm buying." To Joichi's disappointment, Naruto declines, having promised "someone" that he'd meet with her online. "Oh yeah, "that girl" Shino introduced you to. How about next Saturday?"

"Next Saturday is...something important, can't do it. I will try to be available on another Saturday," Naruto responds.

"I'll take your word on it. Now it's your turn to spot m-" Before Joichi could say anything, one of the members rushed into the room and yelled, "EVERYBODY, OUTSIDE NOW! SOMETHING AMAZING IS GOING ON!" Immediately, members of the BFC started rushing out of the room, leaving Naruto and Joichi wondering what this amazing thing was.

Tennis Court

"Moka, what the hell is going on here?" asked Naruto as he, Joichi, Moka, Akame, Maki, and Koneko, as well as a large gathering of students, first, second, and third-years, watched a tennis match between Sona Sitri and Rias Gremory, the two Kings having their respective Queens support them from behind.

"I don't know. One minute, the Tennis Club was ready for practice. Next thing we knew, those girls reserved a court to have a match in. In just a few minutes, five students noticed their match and soon, more showed up, and...you know the rest," Moka responds before letting out a sigh, knowing that practice was canceled because of this.

"How the hell is this entertaining?" asked Joichi, annoyed by how the members of his club were horndogs, dropping everything they were doing as soon as some hot girls were doing something that got their blood pumping. Instead of answering his friend, Naruto just shrugged and watched the match play out. In the end, it ended with a tie and the destruction of four tennis rackets.

Agares Mansion

Naruto avoids two roundhouse kicks from Alivian before blocking the third one and making him skid backward with a strong punch. With a smile, the Queen tells him he's improved a lot since yesterday when he decided to resume the Rook's training in martial arts.

"Your hits have become a bit heavier. Is it from your club?" asked Alivian.

"Yeah, JoJo's a good trainer. Because of him, I can feel myself improving day by day," Naruto responds.

"Your development speed, as always, is incredible. Pretty soon, we can start with advanced combat training," Alivian informs him as he throws Naruto a water bottle, the latter thanking him before taking a sip from it.

"Alivian, today Gremory-senpai and Souna were having an intense tennis match today. Do you know anything about why they were having one? Last I checked, they're both heads of their own clubs, so why tennis?"

"It's because of tomorrow night," Alivian replies. When asked what tomorrow night was, he told Naruto it was the night new Devils got their familiars.

"Familiars?" Naruto asked, raising a brow.

"They're monsters and supernatural beings that can assist their masters in various tasks, being used for information gathering and relaying messages, and more," answered the now-present Seekvaira. "However, you can only obtain them during a full moon. It just so happens that tomorrow night is a full moon."

"What? This is a thing!? Why haven't I heard about this!?" Naruto comically shouts.

"We were pretty occupied with our own things that I forgot about it. Also, a newly-reincarnated Devil must complete a certain number of jobs before being qualified to have one," she replied with a smile as she adjusted her glasses. "Since you've completed many jobs for both myself and Sirzechs, you qualify for one."

"I see. Wait, what about Gremory-senpai and Souna? If they see me, my cover's blown."

"That is why you'll have to get to the Familiar Forest as soon as the full moon shows up." When asked what her familiar was, Seekvaira formed a proud smile on her face as she showed him a chibi silver-feathered roc, surprising him. "This is Heidern, my familiar. He's a roc."

"That legendary bird in Middle Eastern mythology? Naruto asked, sounding surprised. "Aren't they supposed to be larger?"

"Trust me when I say that, if he were to go into his real form, this whole room would be left in pieces," she responds. Naruto's eyes widened when his King explained what would happen if her Familiar reverts to its real form. It made him wonder what sort of familiar he'll end up getting.

Namikaze Residence

"I'm home," said Naruto, taking off his glasses before taking off his shoes. Setting his shoes down, Naruto noticed a pair belonging to Maki and Eu before heading to the kitchen to see if Shizune was there. To his surprise, it was Eu, who was currently in the middle of cooking dinner, wearing a cooking apron as she stirred a pot full of vegetables and chicken stock then preparing to make tempura dishes for sides. Noticing his presence, the girl turned and waved hello to him.

"Hey Eu. Cooking dinner?" The girl nods her head yes in response, not having her notebook with her at the moment. "Where's Shizune, Akame, and Harumaki?" Eu pointed down in response. Seeing this, he knew she was pointing to the basement. Walking downstairs, the Rook found Maki dancing horribly with Shizune as Akame watched. Noticing him, Akame shouts, "Welcome home, Naruto nii-chan!"

[Persona 3 OST - Mass Destruction]

Maki and Shizune stop practicing as they turn their attention towards the blond, Maki's mouth wide open as her face slowly turned red. She was also sweating a bit as she was exposed to the surprised Rook.

"What...is going on here?" Naruto asked them, a comical look on his face. Shizune told him Maki wanted to learn how to dance for an upcoming engagement party she and him were invited to. "She and I have been practicing for two hours. She's very bad at it, however, I have high hopes that, in a few days, she'll be ballroom dancing like a professional."

"Is that so...Well, I better not dist-"

"Hold on there, since you're here, dance with her for a bit, to help prepare her for when she dances with an actual guy."

"Ehhh?"

[Music End]

For 45 minutes, Maki continued stepping on Naruto's feet as Shizune and Akame looked on, noting how terrible of a dancer she was.

"You're really horrible at dancing, huh?"

"I never had the chance to learn it. But with the engagement party coming up, it's either sit down for the whole night ordering food or move your feet on the dance floor. Also, learning how to dance is part of my promise list so..." Once again, Maki steps on his foot on accident, apologizing to the Rook as he winced in pain.

"I guess that's all for tonight. Let's have dinner shall we?" said Shizune.

*DING DONG*

"Now who could that be?" Shizune heads upstairs to open the door. To her surprise, it's Momo, another girl she had yet to meet, until now.

"Goo-Good evening, Mrs. Namika-"

"My last name is Kato, and it's Ms." Shizune interrupts, surprising the girl, who checks the address Naruto gave her to make sure she was at the right house.

Coming up the stairs, Naruto welcomed the girl as the former looked up from the address the Rook gave her and greeted him. Behind Naruto, Maki and Eu wondered what the Bishop of Sona's Peerage was doing at the front door as Akame looked on, annoyed that another beautiful girl had arrived. Looking back at Naruto, Momo's eyes grew wide as she ran up to him and looked him straight in the eyes. "You're not wearing glasses!"

"Oh...I...I wear contacts when I'm at home," Naruto replied, sweating a bit. When Shizune tried to tell the Rook he didn't wear contacts, Naruto quickly interrupts by asking Momo if she wants to come in.

"Yes, I'd love to come in." Entering the home of Naruto Namikaze, Momo looks at the blond and comments on how good-looking he was without his glasses out loud, surprising them. Realizing this, she turns red and asks the blond, "Did I just say that out loud?"

"I didn't hear anything," Naruto replied, red in the face. He definitely heard her.

Dinner

"So you live 5 blocks away from here?" asked a surprised Naruto as he ate dinner with Shizune, Akame, Maki, Eu, and Momo.

"Yes, I was surprised myself when I looked up your address online," Momo replied as she tried the kisu tempura. She lets out a blissful moan before telling Eu how good her cooking was and how she may be in love with it. The mute Bishop blushed in embarrassment before focusing on her meal. "By the way, what brings you and Harukawa here?" Momo asked Eu, curious about their reason for being at the Namikaze's.

("Maki wants to know how to dance.") Eu wrote, embarrassing Maki and surprising the Sitri Bishop.

"Really? How is she?" Momo asked Naruto, the latter telling her she was horrible at it. The Pawn tells Naruto to shut up, telling him she's just a learner for now as she scarfs down her food in annoyance.

"How is Naruto at school?" asked Shizune, curious about his day from the girl's perspective.

"He is a very reliable student. He's helped the Student Council several times, enough that we consider him a member already despite declining the offer to join us," Momo informed Shizune before turning red and telling her of the times he's helped her. As she told the woman how he invited her here to help her with some Student Council work, she took quick glances at Naruto, the blond unaware of it as he focused on the meal in front of him. "Kuoh Academy is lucky to have a student like your son." Hearing this, Naruto almost choked on his food as he fell off his chair. Akame quickly helped him up and offered him water as Momo and Shizune continued their conversation.

"That's good to hear. Well, I hope you and him continue to get along with each other."

After Dinner

"Thank you for having us, Shizune."

"Of course, come back any time Maki-chan, Eu-chan." Eu forms a blush on her face as she and Maki turned around and went home. Entering the kitchen, Shizune sees Naruto washing the dishes. "So an engagement party huh?"

"Yeah..."

"Do you plan to bring Shino with?" asked Shizune. Unfortunately, while Naruto would've loved the idea of bringing Shino with, not only was it invitation-only, he couldn't bring any plus ones. Finished with the dishes, Naruto tells Shizune he should go upstairs and help Momo with her work. "Okay, and I will go get some work done on the car so-"

"Shizune?"

"Yes?" she asked, turning around to see what Naruto needed. His face a bit red, the Rook thanked Shizune for tucking him in the night before, surprising her. With a smile, Shizune told him, "You're welcome," leaving for the garage after.

Naruto's Room

2 hours later

After helping Momo with Student Council work and walking her back to her place, though not before exchanging phone numbers, Naruto found himself looking at the AmuSphere in his hands as he laid on his bed, wondering about Xenovia. He was surprised when he found out she started playing video games, and that, by some act of fate, Shino became friends with her. The bluenette acted the way she was before finding out he was a Devil. Did something happen to Xenovia when he temporarily infused some of his energy into her? (Fact: Naruto infused his energy into her to figure out what was causing Xenovia so much pain in Chapter 11, though he is unaware of what went on. Only the bluenette knows, just in case people forget).

"Should I tell her who I am?" Naruto asked himself. Maybe she won't try and kill him, though that wouldn't be a problem since she'd only be killing his avatar. But what if she decided to come to Japan and hunt him down? That would possibly end with his secret as a Devil at risk of exposure to anyone associated with him. "No, maybe not. At least until I know she still doesn't hate me."

Fatal Bullet

Ultimate Survivors Continental

"Did they forget, or are they running late?" Xenovia asked herself as she looked at her drinking glass, stirring the ice and the red beverage with her straw as she sat by herself at the bar, rejecting offers to join other parties/squads.

"Hey, Zenobia!" Turning around, the bluenette forms a smile on her face as she greets "Helljumper" before looking over his shoulder for Sinon.

"Sinon's not with you?" asked Xenovia. Naruto informs her that "Sinon" was sick today and it was only going to be them for tonight. "It couldn't be helped. Oh well, just you and I are enough for the rare, limited-time boss raid that's been going on for three weeks."

"From what I heard, only a single person or squad can challenge it a day before others have to wait 24 hours to have their turn. Once it's dead, no more raid," said Naruto.

"I guess we better get a move on then," she told Naruto as she quickly downed her drink and got up.

Unknown Wasteland

As they walked through the desert, Xenovia wondered what was under Helljumper's mask. Noticing this, he asked her if she needed something.

"I don't need anything. I'm just curious about what you look like without the mask on."

"Oh, this?" Naruto asked as he pointed to his mask. "I'm too shy to show my face online so this mask helps me through it all, especially when it comes to talking to girls," Naruto responds, making himself sound convincing as he answered Xenovia's question.

"Helljumper, too shy to show his face around girls huh? Who knew," she told herself as they approached an abandoned ancient spaceship. They immediately go behind cover as they notice a 4-person squad getting ready for the boss inside.

"Four people. All male. One has a battle rifle, single-shot to be exact, two have sniper rifles, and the last one has a medical stream gun." Naruto informed the bluenette.

"What's the plan?" asked Xenovia.

"...How fast can you go with "that?" The bluenette smiled as she told him, "As fast as you with your chain."

"That is debatable...Alright, after I take out the one with the medical stream gun, I'll follow you from behind and help you handle the snipers and the rifleman," he told the bluenette as he pulls out a tomahawk.

"Got it," Xenovia told him, a grin on her face as she took out a unique-shaped broadsword made of starship metal before pressing the trigger button on the handle, surrounding the edge of the blade with glowing blue, serrated energy. Getting out of cover, Naruto quickly throws a collapsible tomahawk at the unexpecting healer of the squad, hitting him on the back of his head, immediately killing the player's avatar. Getting out of cover, Xenovia ran towards the startled party as the masked Rook followed her from behind, chain in hand.

Taking out their rifles, the two snipers fire at the bluenette, their bullets getting blocked by her blade as they got closer. Rushing in front of her, Naruto speeds past the snipers as he wraps his chain around the rifle man's neck and quickly snaps it. With one swing of her sword, she cuts down the snipers. The dead status appears on the three players as they put away their weapons.

"Nice swing."

"Thanks," she said with a smile. "Come on, let's get this boss." Resting her sword on her shoulder, she walks ahead of the masked Rook as he followed behind.

"So Zenobia, how long have you been playing this game?" asked Naruto.

"About a month and two weeks."

"That long huh...Any other games outside of Fatal Bullet?" Xenovia tells Naruto about her long list of video games she's played and completed, not leaving a backlog. She even got all the achievements and trophies in each of them.

"You must have a lot of time in your hands."

"You could say that. Fatal Bullet is my favorite since there's no story mode to complete and no achievements. Just me, and other players online who may or may not be skilled enough to give me a challenge," Xenovia told Naruto. "Of course, the monsters, specifically the limited time ones, also pose a challenge for me and my sword."

"Do you make sure to get some sleep?" asked Naruto. Xenovia sweats a bit when asked about it. "I take it that's a no?"

"Guilty as charged."

"Make sure you get some rest after this boss, okay?" Xenovia promises him she'll get off as soon as they're finished with the raid. Opening the entrance to a large dome-shaped room, they see a giant mechanical titan with 100 arms and 50 heads. The monster, known as Mechatoncheires, lets out a loud roar as health bars appear around it, each health bar fixed on a separate arm.

"This explains why no one is able to beat it. I mean look at that thing," said Xenovia.

"No cover or high ground, which is bad for snipers and those who need to recover health. If we attack the body itself, it'll take too long. From the description I'm reading of it, if we destroy the limbs and the heads, it'll make its attacks easier to avoid. However, with every limb or head we destroy, its attack rises. Once it's left with two arms, its attacks become faster," Naruto told Xenovia, giving her his thoughts on the boss based on its appearance. The bluenette smiled as she readied her sword.

"So it gets stronger and tougher to beat the more limbs we destroy? What an interesting concept."

"I'll go for its face(s). With a gold rarity sword like yours, you'll be able to cover for me and cut its arms with just a swing. With its size, we can use its many arms as footing."

"Sounds like a plan. Let's turn it into rare materials!" Nodding his head in agreement, Naruto and Xenovia rush inside, the entrance closing behind them.

Overlord OST CD2 - 「NPC Battle」

Mechatoncheires throws fifty punches from its right side as Naruto and Xenovia simply jump over the attack and start running on one of its many arms. Naruto takes out his chain and uses it to swing from one arm to another one, shooting at its many faces with his Kel-Tec PMR-30 while Xenovia parries and cuts down five arms from the left and the five on the right that were being thrown at them (Remaining arms: 90). She yells out how she barely felt any weight to its punches as she jumps from arm to arm and cuts off six more on the left side (Remaining arms: 84) of Mechatoncheires. When Mechatoncheires is about to charge an attack from one of its mouths, Naruto throws an incendiary grenade into it. Right away, it explodes, disrupting its attack and dealing moderate damage to the monster's overall health.

"Zenobia, how are you doing?" asked Naruto. Xenovia yells that she's having the time of her life as she narrowly avoids a punch and cuts down the right arm that almost hits her (Remaining arms: 83). The Rook takes out a steroid injector and hands it to the bluenette, who thanks him as she avoids a grab before injecting herself with the item, boosting her damage output for three minutes. Sporting a gin on her face, the bluenette cuts down five arms from its right side, and another 5 on the left (Remaining arms: 73), each with one swing of her sword before avoiding being crushed by one of Mechatoncheires' right hands. She quickly holds her sword in one hand as she pulls out an SMG, armed with lightning rounds, and sprays bullets around like a madwoman.

Once fifty of the hundred arms were destroyed (Remaining arms: 50), twenty-five on each side, and Mechatoncheires' overall health was down 50%. it prepared to fire its 100 eye lasers in all directions as Naruto and Xenovia react fast enough to avoid being burned to a crisp by the concentrated beams. As soon as its attack ends, Mechatoncheires' eyes become overheated, having used most of its energy on that attack, entering a stunned state. This gave the players about 4 seconds to take out more of its arms. Putting away his pistol, Naruto takes out his shotgun and fires charged shots at 4 of the arms on the right (Remaining arms: 46), destroying them as Xenovia focused her attention on the left side, destroying 3 of them (Remaining arms: 43). Recovered, Mechatoncheires resumes its attack, forming its hands into blades and start swinging them around. Naruto narrowly avoids a left swing by ducking under it before planting a timed plasma grenade on it. In five seconds, it explodes, destroying it (Remaining arms: 42). Mechatoncheires spins around rapidly in an attempt to cut down the two players. Firing at its head, Naruto and Xenovia use their AGI to avoid the spinning blades, vaulting over and sliding underneath them. Stopping its spinning attack, Mechatoncheires forms its remaining arms into a large pair of arms, with the blades serving as claws for it, surprising Naruto and Xenovia (Remaining arms: 2).

[Music End]

"I thought you said we needed to get rid of all the arms! It just formed a pair of them with 21 of them in each hand!" Xenovia yelled.

"I was just assuming that's what happened! The developers must have updated it to make it even more of a challenge to players!" Naruto replied. Noticing its left arm preparing a swiping motion, Naruto pushed both himself and the bluenette down to the ground to avoid its attack. This ends up with the Rook's masked face being smothered in between Xenovia's breasts, embarrassing them. Quickly getting up, the blond apologized to her, telling her it was an accident.

"It's fine..." she replied in a shy tone. Dodging Mechatoncheires' claw strikes, the bluenette asks Naruto what the next step was.

"Well, now that it has two hands, it's a bit faster, though it shouldn't be a problem for us," Naruto told her as he jumped through the space between the mechanical titan's left ring and pinky fingers as it swiped at him before performing a dodge roll in order to avoid being crushed by its right palm.

"Looking at it now, it has one large health bar now, which is now at 25%. Earlier, I managed to get some good damage after throwing a plasma grenade into one of its mouths. If you have any, throw some in when one of them opens. For the rest of the fight, it's the head we have to focus on. Make sure to equip incendiary or acid rounds."

"Sounds good," said Xenovia as she puts away her equipped weapons and pulls out a Beretta 93R from her right leg holster before adding acid rounds for it. Unlike the regular ones, Xenovia spent a good fortune upgrading this gun. Damage, recoil, fire rate, all maxed out. She even ascended it to a silver rank weapon. The bluenette only used it if a powerful enemy presented itself in the game. This was one of them. As she fired at the boss' head, the rounds slowly but gradually burn down its health as the bullets hit its many 50 faces. Letting out a loud roar, it prepares to fire its all-directional eye lasers. Seeing this, Naruto yells at the bluenette to get her attention as he swings his chain at her.

Quickly, she catches the end of it as he pulls her towards a safe area he's on to avoid the lasers. Grateful, she thanks him before they both avoid being crushed by Mechatoncheires' fist.

"They're not as big as before," Xenovia told the blond, who assumes that it's using a powered-down version of it to avoid overheating. At the same time, Xenovia's damage enhancement wore off, and a notification screen appears in front of her, telling her she has 7 minutes before she has to log off.

"What? Seven Minutes!? That won't be enough time to defeat this boss!" she yelled. "Damn you Pizza Taco Saturday."

"...Pizza Tacos?"

"It's a thing I cook for myself and a few friends," she told him before they avoid a left claw swipe from the boss. "We have to finish this up as soon as possible. Any ideas?"

"It'll take too long just firing at it from the distance we're putting ourselves in," he told the bluenette, dodging a pair of lasers before asking her if she has a sac. When asked why, Naruto told her he planned to put all of their explosives (incendiary, plasma, nuclear, acid, Semtex, C4) in it and have it be thrown into one of its mouths.

"Then yes, I have one," answered an enthusiastic Xenovia, pulling one out of her inventory. As they avoided Mechatoncheires' beams, punches, and claw swipes, Naruto throws his explosives into the bluenette's sac until he's out of them. Adding her explosives into the sac, Xenovia doesn't see the fist that's about to hit her. Naruto, knowing his chain won't be able to reach her, quickly jumps to her and pushes her out of the way before taking the hit, putting his health in the red and sending him crashing to the ground.

Seeing her party member injured, Xenovia sports an angry look on her face as she faced Mechatoncheires and told it, "You're going to pay for that, in pieces!" As she runs at Mechatoncheires, the mechanical titan tries its best to hit her, failing to as she advanced towards its head, running at fast speeds, using its left arm as footing. Once every three seconds, she would narrowly avoid being shot by its lasers, and pierced by the claws in its right hand. A leap away from one of its mouths, Xenovia makes a jump for it, before Mechatoncheires could crush her with its right hand, and throws the explosive-filled sac into its mouth as it roars at her before swiping at her with its left hand. As the sac slowly falls into its mouth, Xenovia avoids its left claw before ninja sliding on its arm and jumping over a point-blank laser blast. Landing safely behind it, she hears the explosives go off, blowing its head off and finishing it. Once it harmlessly exploded into pieces, Xenovia immediately runs over to Naruto and checks to see if he's okay. Getting up, with some effort, he asked her if she killed it.

"Yeah, blew its head off with the explosives," she told him.

"Oh good." Immediately, a separate screen appears in front of the two. While they both earned a separate but fair amount of materials for armor and weapon crafting, they had separate weapon rewards. For Xenovia, since she took out the boss, she got the A-01 Mechatoncheires Lens Rifle, a sniper that used laser ammunition that could pierce starship metal. For Naruto, he got the Mechatoncheires Claw, a combat knife made from one of the mechanical titan's claws. Unsatisfied with their weapon rewards, both players traded each other.

"Rewards aside, we're going to earn a lot of reputation, good and bad for killing this boss." Xenovia tells Naruto she doesn't mind since it meant more challenges from other players.

"I have to go now."2

"Pizza Tacos?" Xenovia nods her head yes to answer the blond. "Okay, see you next time," Naruto told the bluenette as he decided to log off for today.

"...Helljumper?" Looking up from the menu screen in front of him, Naruto asked Xenovia if she needed something. "...Thank you, for pushing me out of the way. I appreciate it."

"No problem."

"...I can't tell if you're smiling or not. Are you smiling?" Naruto was, though he wasn't going to tell her. Instead, he just logged off right then and there. "...I'm sure he was smiling."

Sunday

Shino's House

"So you and Zenobia killed the raid boss?" Shino asked as she lied in bed, wearing a face mask, with Naruto, Moka, Shirabi, and Akame hanging around her place reading manga and keeping her company.

"Who's Zenobia?" asked Moka.

"A girl online who saved Shino from an ambush."

"An ambush!? That's horrible. I wished I was online to help you when it happened." Shino assured Moka it was fine since she met Zenobia, who was a very good ally to have online, as a tank character. "Despite the tough character she shows when fighting other players, she was a very kind girl when there wasn't a firefight going on and once you get to know her."

"She sounds cool," Moka comments.

"She is...So what was the reward?" Shino asked as she turned her attention to Naruto.

"Just a sniper rifle and a knife. You can have the rifle since I'm more of an up-close kind of guy." Shino smiled at this as he offered the weapon to her. "Thanks, I'm sure I'll find a good use for it."

"Next boss, we'll fight it together. You, me, Zenobia, Akame, and Moka," he told his girlfriend.

"Speaking of together, do you want to go do karaoke later, Naruto?" asked Moka. " We can bring Joichi, and Maki along as well." Akame agreed to it except Naruto, who had plans to practice dancing with Maki tonight. This saddened Moka. "Okay, maybe next time?"

"I promise." Getting up, Naruto asked Shino if she'd be okay by herself. Assuring him she'll be fine since she had Akame and Moka to keep her company, and Shirabi was planning to stop by later to hang out. "Alright, I better go then. Shizune needs me to go stop by at the hospital for something."

Kuoh Town

Shopping District

As Archer made her way to another shop to buy clothes for Kokoa and herself, the Servant stops to see a happy couple on her left, acting all loving towards each other. She forms a small smile on her face as they passed her by.

"They look very happy with each other..." As she resumed her walk, she stops to see Naruto walking on the left side of the sidewalk. "You're-" Noticing her, Naruto forms a smile on her face as he greets her.

"Oh hey, you're...Moka's...relative right?" Archer responds by telling him she was her cousin and that her name was "Krista Bloodriver".

"Nice to formally meet you," Naruto told the Servant as he shook her hand. When asked where he was going, he told her he was on his way to the hospital to see Shizune. "She's my guardian. What about you?"

"I'm running errands for myself and for Kokoa," Archer replied.

"For Kokoa?"

"Yes, she wanted me to get her a brand-new game that came out on Friday," she told Naruto.

"Oh, what kind of game? Taking it a game cover out from her bag, Archer shows it to him. To his shock, it's an eroge taking place in a high school setting.

"She...plays these games?" Naruto asked in disbelief.

"Yes, she would've gotten it by herself, but all of her adult disguises are being washed at home."

"She dresses like an adult...to buy hentai games?"

"Yes...She wears so many socks to make herself tall."

"And Moka doesn't know about this?"

"No, and she told me to keep it a secret," Archer added.

"Guess that doesn't make her a little girl anymore." Naruto jokes, earning a small chuckle from Archer. "You have a pretty nice laugh." This earned a blush from the Servant, who thanked him for the compliment. Suddenly, Archer receives a really bad headache, massaging her noggin as the blond asked her if she was okay. "I-I'm fine, just a bad headache is all." When asked if she needed him to grab some medicine for her headache, she was about to tell him she would be fine, until her headache became too much, making her scream in pain before collapsing in front of several people walking by. Worried, Naruto quickly checks her pulse and feels her head.

"She has a fever..." Quickly, Naruto puts her on his back and carries her stuff as he decides to take her to the hospital.

Kuoh General Hospital

"So let me get this straight Seekvaira...you and Naruto found her at your place, outside of hospital grounds...and called Dr. Karnstein to come to your place and treat her, without telling anyone else?" Shizune asked Seekvaira as Dr. Karnstein and Fujino stood next to her.

"Yes, she was in terrible condition so I offered to have her stay with me and have Dr. Karnstein treat her. I know I should've told you as well, and I should've taken her to a hospital, but she couldn't be moved at the time so I called her since I knew her phone number. For that, I am sorry."

"That is one story for the books...Also, you two should've told me as well. She's my patient too, not just Dr. Karnstein's. I would still help her, even outside of hospital grounds," Shizune told the Agares girl. "Is there anything else you need to tell me?"

"Yes, I plan to have her live with me, since her family...disowned her, telling me I can do what I want with her and that she wasn't their concern anymore." In truth, only Fujino's Father said those words. Her mother, still loving and caring towards her daughter, told Seekvaira to take good care of her.

"They disowned her?" Looking at Fujino, Shizune couldn't help but shoot a look of sympathy for her as she turned back to Seekvaira and told her, "It's sad to hear that her family doesn't care for her and that they kicked her out...You make sure to take good care of her, okay?"

"I'll treat her like family, that I can promise," Seekvaira assured with a smile as she turned to Fujino and made her smile bigger before telling her they should head back home. Before they could, they heard Shizune and Dr. Karnstein being called to see a patient, telling them they were requested by Shizune's "son".

"Naruto?"

Archer's Hospital Room

As he heard the door open, Naruto turned to see Shizune, Ayumi, and, to his surprise, Seekvaira and Fujino enter the room. He tells Shizune she collapsed in the middle of the sidewalk while out running errands, and that Moka was on her way to see her. Walking towards Archer, she feels her head.

"She has a bad fever, not life-threatening...To be out running errands in her condition...You did good bringing her here," Shizune told Naruto with a smile. "So...my son huh?" Naruto turned red as he looked away and told her it was the quickest way to help "Krista".

"Why did you call me over here? Did you need something?"

"Yes, Seekvaira told me you found Fujino at her place, and you didn't tell me." Surprised, Naruto looks at Seekvaira, who gestured him to roll with it. "You should've let me know right away."

"You're right, I'm sorry. It won't happen again," he told her.

"You promise?"

"Yes." Satisfied, Shizune allows Naruto to leave as he follows Seekvaira and Fujino out the door.

Burger Queen

"Fujino's going to be living with you?" Naruto asked as partook in some burgers and fries with his King and his (Naruto's) Bishop. Normally, a King was responsible for handling their own peerage members, but since the Rook was a Pseudo-King, and since his girlfriend had a Sacred Gear that prevented her mind from being altered, Seekvaira couldn't renovate her Rook's house and make it a mansion, who had written plans for it.

"Yes, and she's going to be attending your academy starting tomorrow," she informed Naruto, who looks at Fujino with a smile and tells her she'd fit right in at Kuoh Academy. When he asked Seekvaira how she finished all the paperwork needed to transfer Fujino, the King formed a proud smile on her face and told him, "I'm not the heiress of the Agares Family for nothing. Paperwork is child's play to me."

"I look forward to attending school with you, my King," Fujino told Naruto before bowing her head to him.

"You can just call me Naruto, and you don't need to bow," he told his Bishop.

"If you say so..." Immediately after, Naruto's phone ring. Taking it out, he's surprised to see Momo calling him and picks up. "Hello?"

"Namikaze-kun, are you free around 7:00 pm?"

"I don't think so, why?"

"The Student Council President requests your help."

"Help with what exactly, Hanakai-senpai?" asked Naruto. Momo tells the Agares Rook he needed to be a substitute player for their dodgeball match tonight since one of their members was busy with college. "But why me?"

"Because you're the only person we can count on at the moment," Momo told him.

"...What do I get in return?" he asked, raising a brow. "From the way you're sounding, this dodgeball match that's going on tonight must be very important. While I AM helping out the Council for free during school, after and out of school is another story so...What's in it for me?"

"What...What would you like?" asked Momo.

"Extra funding for the Body Fitness Club, so JoJo can get better equipment for it," he answered, surprising the Student Council member.

"That's it? Really?"

"Yeah, what do you think I was going to ask for?" he asked. It was a good thing Momo was talking to him on the phone, or else he would've seen the redness on her face.

"Nothing! Nothing you should know!" she replied before regaining her composure and asking him, "If we provide extra funding for the club, will you help us tonight?"

"Yes, I'll help you, but I can't guarantee victory for Souna," he told her.

"Thank you, Namikaze. We appreciate it. See you tonight." As soon as she said that, Momo hung up.

"A dodgeball match?" asked Seekvaira, with Naruto confirming it, asking her if he could help out Sona. "Of course, just make sure you don't make any stops after so you can leave early to obtain your familiar."

"Okay, also...can you do something for me?" Curious, Seekvaira asked her Rook what he requested of her.

Agares Mansion

Ballroom

"You're going to teach me how to dance?" asked a surprised Maki.

"Yes, believe it or not, I'm a very good teacher when it comes to it. Sure, there's Irisviel, but she's usually busy with her husband and child that I can't find a good time to get her," she informed her Pawn. "Naruto was right to have me teach you."

"Where is he?" asked a curious Maki. Seekvaira tells her he was doing some training with Scáthach. "Scáthach's training him? He must really want to get strong fast if he asked her for help."

"Yes, as soon as she noticed how strong he became the last time she met him, she decided to help him with his training," Seekvaira informed her Pawn, surprising her.

"Did she now..."

Training Grounds

"You need to speed up the time it takes to wind up your attacks! Barely deflecting my attacks and dodging them's not what you should be doing in combat!" Scáthach shouts as she swung and twirled her spear around trying to hit Naruto. Her attacks were narrowly deflected by the surprised and tired Rook, who was wielding a metal bo staff the Knight gave him for practice. They have been going at it for 3 hours, and he had been knocked down a total of 89 times, each fight getting longer and longer as he adjusted his fighting to keep up with the Knight. Moving back a bit, Scáthach forms a thrusting motion with her spear, with the Agares Rook narrowly dodging her attack, though it cuts the jacket he was wearing before catching him by surprise when she quickly stabs her spear into the ground and swings around on it to deliver a powerful kick to his stomach, sending Naruto flying back and hitting a tree. With a smile, she walks up to the Rook and offers him a hand, who takes it as the Knight lifts him back up for the 90th time.

"You're definitely better than Alivian. I know he's strong but...I don't think he'd beat you in a fight." Naruto went wide-eyed when the Knight told him he wasn't wrong about her beating Alivian in a fight. "You're serious? You actually beat him?"

"We fought for 2 weeks without rest, which ended with me besting him with the last of my strength. Was the last one standing," Scáthach revealed, adding how this was before she became a Knight of Seekvaira's Peerage. "Looking at you now, you still have a pretty long ways to go before you can fight Alivian seriously."

"Good to know," said Naruto as he prepares for another round with Scáthach, who smiles and tells him she's considering taking an apprentice again, asking the blond if he's willing to learn how to fight like her. "Sounds like an invitation. Very well I accept, Master."

"Never thought I'd be called that again. I'll be sure to find a way to work around your schedule later. All right, LET'S GO!" With that, Scáthach engaged in combat with her new apprentice.

Evening

Kuoh Academy

Student Council Room

"Namikaze, are you okay?" Sona asked Naruto, the latter feeling his own sore muscles. Scáthach did not hold anything back when she officially made him her apprentice. She even used two spears to fight him, who had assumed she was only adept at using the one, which made her twice as deadly.

"Fitness trainer didn't hold back on me, so I'm pretty sore right now," said Naruto.

"Are you serious!? He's going to help us in that condition?" asked Saji, voicing how against it he was. "Not only is he in bad shape right now, we don't even know if he's any good at dodgeball. What's worse, we have ten minutes until Rias and her team gets here, which isn't a lot of time for him to heal."

"Oi, I'm right here, ya know," an annoyed Naruto told Saji.

"He's not even part of the Student Council!"

"True, but he's been helping us enough that I consider him a member," Sona told her Pawn, turning her attention towards Naruto and thanking him for agreeing to help her.

"Sure, just as long as you keep your end of the deal," Naruto replied.

"Of course, I will provide extra funding for your club," Sona told him with a smile.

"And to answer your question, maybe," Naruto answered, directing it to Saji.

"Are you serious!? If we don't win this, I won't-"

"This game does not revolve around you Saji! If we don't win this, don't go crying about it and suck it up! Just be grateful to know I was nice enough to come here to help your ass!" Naruto shouts, surprising Sona and the other peerage members. Even Saji was surprised when he raised his voice.

"O-Okay..." was Saji's only reply, being a bit intimidated and hurt by the Agares Rook.

"...Hey man, I'm sorry, I just had a rough workout and..." Naruto stops mid-sentence once he sees Saji tearing up a bit. "Are you crying?"

"What? No, I'm not crying...Not one bit..." Saji told him, trying to act tough as tears streamed down his face. The other peerage members awkwardly looked away as Naruto handled the Sitri Pawn.

"Saji, you don't have to hold back. I know you're crying."

"I'm not crying, there's just...Nimura brought a huge bag of onions in the room and they're making my eyes water," Saji tells Naruto, more tears streaming down his face.

"Saji, there are no onions in the room. You're obviously lying to me and trying to act tough...Now...Now I just feel bad for yelling at you," said Naruto.

"Fuck you Namikaze...you asshole!" Saji yelled, forcing himself to hold back the urge to cry.

"...Would you feel better if I got you a soda?"

"...Yes, preferably one that's black cherry-flavored," answered the teary-eyed Sitri Pawn.

"Okay, I'll go get you your black cherry soda from the vending machine, and when you get it, will you feel better champ?" Saji nods his head yes before Naruto awkwardly left the room to buy Saji his soda.

"...Wow, Namikaze-kun can be tense at times," Tsubaki adds, with Sona agreeing with the Queen.

With Moka

Kuoh General Hospital

Archer's Hospital Room

Opening her eyes, Moka is welcomed by a smiling Archer, who asked if her Master slept well.

"Yes..." Looking down, she noticed a blue scarf she was knitting for the Servant. "I must've dozed off while working on this for you. How do you feel?" Archer informs Moka that she was feeling better now that her fever was gone, and that she was ready to go back home with her.

"I never knew that Servants could get sick."

"I didn't know we could get sick," Archer adds. "I'm sorry you had to cancel plans for tonight."

"I wouldn't be much of a Master if I didn't care for my Servant. Hmmm...If you say you're feeling better, we can go sign the release form and go home." Archer smiled as she told her Master she wouldn't be a good Servant if she was bedridden at a hospital. She also joked about how the beds at the hospital weren't very comfortable. Following Moka out of the room, she asked Moka if she thought her laughs were nice. "I have seen you laugh, and for a Servant who's usually mellow and semi-serious, you have a cute laugh." This made the Servant blush a bit, Moka asking her what brought the question up.

"N-No comment."

"Hmmm...Very well, I won't pry into it. At least for now."

With Naruto

Gymnasium

"Naruto? Is that you?" asked a surprised Issei, the Rook walking beside Sona and her peerage. "You're an official member of the Student Council now?"

"I'm not, I'm just filling in a spot...It's complicated...What the hell's around your foreheads?"

"It's a headband, to represent our team," Yuuto responds. Looking over the Knight's shoulder, Naruto says hello to Koneko, who tells him she and her team won't go easy on them. Seeing Sona add a "non-Devil" member onto their team, Rias privately tells the Student Council President they'll have to restrict the use of magic during the match, the Sitri girl agreeing with her. At the beginning of the match, one of the Student Council members, Tsubasa Yura, throws a ball at Koneko, who, while barely dodging it, gets part of her shirt ripped, which counted as an elimination.

"Always go after the little ones I guess..." Naruto thought to himself before dodging a ball thrown by Yuuto and throwing his own ball at him. Tsubaki tries to hit Rias with her ball. However, the Gremory King easily catches it, eliminating the Sitri Queen, before throwing it at Tomoe Meguri, a Knight of Sona's peerage. Reya Kusaka, Sona's Bishop, tries to eliminate Issei while he's distracted, only for her ball to be caught by Akeno, eliminating her from the game and allowing Koneko back in.

"Despite fewer numbers, Rias and her peerage have already taken out three of Sona's players..." Naruto aims for Asia and throws his ball towards her, who simply ducks under it, scared that it'll hit her. Naruto was a bit surprised when she dodged it. The Agares Rook was serious about eliminating her. Perhaps he should've thrown it a bit faster. No, if he did, he'd probably give the poor girl a concussion, or worse. Checking on his fellow "players", Naruto saw Rias preparing to throw her ball at Sona, who had left herself vulnerable after avoiding a throw by Koneko. Quickly, he runs to her and takes a direct hit in the face, knocking off his glasses and cutting his lip a bit, drawing blood, making everyone stop what they were doing.

"Oh my goodness! A-Are you okay Namika-..." Standing his ground, and clenching his fists, Naruto looks up at the Gremory King and gives her an intense glare, one that instilled fear in her for reasons she couldn't understand.

"T-Time out!" yelled Momo as Naruto takes a deep breath, counts to three, and exhales.

"Looks like I'm out..." Naruto told himself with a sigh.

"Here..." Looking to his right, he found Sona presenting him with his glasses. "I made sure they weren't damaged so..." Sona found herself unable to finish her sentence, her cheeks red as she looked into the Agares Rook's eyes. She could see his eyes clearly, and they were a very beautiful pair of ocean blue. Sure she's made eye contact with him several times, but not like this. Smiling, Naruto thanks her before putting his glasses back on, thus snapping the Sitri King out of her "trance".

"You...You're welcome. Thanks for taking the hit," Sona told Naruto, sounding shy.

"No problem. Sorry I couldn't do more."

"It's fine Naruto. What matters is that you tried."

"...Did you just call me by my first name?" Realizing this, Sona turned a bright shade of red as she (frantically) told him to go grab a drink and let her handle the rest. "Okay..."

Continuing the match, Sona quickly eliminates Issei by quickly throwing the ball at his nuts. They had to stop the game the second time so Asia could heal the Gremory Pawn's nads. Resuming the game once more, Koneko "avenged" Issei by hitting Saji in the balls, thus eliminating him. Before they could go another round, Momo announced the game as over. The Gremory Peerage had won, though they congratulated Sona and her peerage for putting up a good game. Looking at Naruto, Rias apologized to him for the small injury she gave him, and for knocking off his glasses.

"It's fine. You didn't do it on purpose."

"I'm glad to hear that."

"...You mind if I let you in on something?" When Rias asked what he wanted to say to her, he told her, "If this match had gone on longer and I was put back in the game somehow, I would eliminate you," in a very serious tone, surprising Rias, Sona, and everyone present. "But who knows, Koneko would probably catch my ball and eliminate me again before it could even connect. See you all tomorrow." With a calm smile on his face, he left the gym and went straight to Seekvaira's.

"...Namikaze can be tense at times," Sona told Rias, who was still processing the fear she was feeling. "He was sore from working out since he got here so he wasn't really trying. He must have been angry that he couldn't perform how he wanted."

"He was sore before he got here? No wonder why," Rias replied, sounding relieved.

"As promised, you and your peerage will get your familiars first."

Agares Mansion

"Welcome back, Naruto," Fujino told her "King" with a smile, the Rook's eyes widening when he saw her new look. (Based on her Stage 2 Ascension from F/GO)

"Fujino!? Wow, you look like a brand new person! I almost didn't recognize you!" Naruto happily replied.

"Doesn't she look stunning?" asked the newly arrived Seekvaira, adding the part where she hand-picked Fujino's clothes herself and did her hair. Naruto replies by telling her the girl looked very stunning, and that she (Seekvaira) outdid herself. The Agares King proudly smiles to herself as she rested her arms under her breasts.

"Now that I'm here, can we go get my Familiar, please?" Naruto asked in a polite manner. Snapping out of her proud thoughts, she prepares a portal for them to enter.

Familiar Forest

Naruto and Fujino are welcomed to a forest full of dead trees, the former asking Seekvaira if he'd actually find any in a depressing environment like the forest they were in now. Seekvaira assures him he'll find one before turning to Fujino and telling her once she does enough contracts, she'll be able to come back and get one. Looking around, the Agares King wonders where the Familiar Master, Zatouji, was. With a sigh, she assumes he was having one of his many diarrhea problems.

"Let's go, we have about 15 minutes before Rias decides to come with her peerage," Seekvaira informed her Rook, making haste after. As they walked around the forest, Naruto saw a small Sprite Dragon with blue diamond-like scales that was flying towards him using its small pair of wings.

"Oh, a sprite dragon. That'll definitely-" Seekvaira stops when she sees it cowering in fear after looking at Naruto, flying in the opposite direction until it was out of sight. "Huh...That was new."

"I was hoping to get that one...Let's search some more." As the three looked around, Seekvaira asked Naruto what sort of familiar he was looking to get. "I don't have any preferences. Any kind of familiar would be fine." Looking at a Bat Familiar, Fujino points at it, asking if something like that was good. "Maybe, let's-"

For the second time, another familiar flew the other way once it locked eyes with him, annoying the blond. Sure, he didn't shower after the dodgeball match, but that shouldn't make him unapproachable. From a cat to an undine, to even a mouse, almost anything that locked eyes with Naruto ran the other way. Feeling defeated, Naruto drops to his knees, wondering, "So this is how Saji feels..."

"Hmmm...I think I know the problem. Familiars are known to have good sensing abilities when it comes to measuring and feeling one's energy. I think because you have Infernus..."

"You're telling me those familiars ran the other way because they're afraid of Infernus?" Looking down at his stomach, Naruto called the dormant demon a jerkass. When Fujino asked who Infernus was, Seekvaira told her, "I wish I knew what he was...All you need to know is that he's a powerful demon inside of him."

"How many minutes do we have left?" Looking down at her watch, Seekvira tells them they have 6 minutes left. "That much...Alright, time to-"

"AHHHHH!" Turning around, the three heard someone scream as they run towards it. Arriving at the source of it, they see a is a beautiful woman, the size of a hand, with hollow gold hair tied into a side plait and yellow-gold attire made her look like she was a dealer at a casino (Guild Girl from Goblin Slayer)(JP: Maaya Uchida)(US: Sara Ragsdale). Seekvaira identifies her as a pixie, a basic to mid-level familiar. At the moment, the pixie was being chased by a hydra.

"Looks like that familiar's in trouble," Fujino pointed out as Naruto prepared to help the pixie. Before the Hydra could bite off her wings, Naruto appears between them and holds its mouth open with his bare hands, surprising the large monster. Inhaling a bit, Naruto exhales, blasting its mouth with a stream of flame that sears its insides a bit, scaring it off. Turning around, the Rook asked the pixie if she was okay. To his, Fujino, and Seekvaira's surprise, she was crying very loud as she thanked the Rook, creating a pair of small waterfalls from her tears.

"No...No problem just...stop crying please." Nodding, the pixie wipes away her tears as she calms down.

"That was so scary."

"I bet. Why was it attacking you?" The pixie tells Naruto how she got word of golden apples that grew somewhere in the forest and had taken all of them to eat later, unaware it was guarded by the monster familiar, having woken up when she accidentally dropped the last golden apple on its head.

"Just like Heracles..." To the Rook's surprise, the pixie hugs his right cheek and affectionately rubs her face against it as she tells him how kind he was saving her. "No...No problem."

"In return, I will offer my services to you!" the pixie told Naruto as stops hugging him to give him some space.

"You mean you want to be my Familiar?" The pixie nodded her head yes, a smile on her face. "The familiars I've encountered would rather go the other way than stick around."

"I can understand why. Your power is very unique, hard to understand for familiars like me. It's natural to be afraid of something beyond your understanding. However, since you saved me, it doesn't bother me one bit. So what do you say?"

"Hmmm...I don't know. We just met, and I am unfamiliar with abilities you possess and the tasks you can accomplish that can benefit me in battle or in my duties as a Rook for Seekvaira," said Naruto.

"I can do some things like...I can cook!"

"I have a sister and a girlfriend to do that for me."

"...I can do cho-"

"I can do chores with my sister." The pixie looked annoyed a bit, pouting. "I will do your home-"

"I'm the top of my class, and I don't like cheating."

"...OH! I'm a very fast swimmer!"

"How does that benefit me? What about combat?"

"Ummm...I have support magic, though it's medium-level at best." Naruto raised a brow, not looking impressed. "Bu-Bu-But I'm sure I can do more things for you along the way!" she told him, waving her arms up and down, feeling panicked.

"Is there more?"

"...I didn't want to do this, but..." To Naruto and Seekvaira's shock, the pixie prepared to strip naked, looking away as she unbuttoned her shirt. "If you want, I can offer my body to you. You can fondle me wherever you-"

"Whoa whoa whoa! You don't...You don't have to do that! I-I-It's not necessary. Besides, how can you offer it to me if you're so tiny!?" Naruto asked as he covered his eyes.

"Naruto, I hate to tell you this, but Rias and her peerage are about to arrive," a red-faced Seekvaira informed her Rook. "Once we leave, we won't be able to come back here until another full moon appears."

"What!?" Turning to the pixie, he tells her, "I guess you'll have to do!" Happy, the pixie quickly hugs his cheek again as Seekvaira, Fujino, Naruto, and the familiar teleported to Agares Mansion.

On the way home

After making a contract with the pixie, now known as Kotomi Uchida, Naruto made his way back home, his familiar flying right next to him. She was very curious about the Human world, asking him to show her around a bit in town. In an electronics store, she was almost seen, Naruto having to (secretly) use his powers to heat up a computer to distract people long enough for him to run out of the store.

"You can't just go flying around and look at stuff whenever you want. You could've been seen."

"Sorry..."

"As long as you understand...Back to the conversation we had at the store, what does a familiar do when they're not doing anything and their Master puts them away?"

"The Familiars are sent to a pocket dimension where we undergo a dreaming stasis until we're needed," Naruto weyes went wide following her response to his question.

"So you're put into a dreaming state until you get summoned to do something for us, and then go back dreaming? I can't imagine how any other familiars are okay with that..."

"You won't send me there, will you?"

"After hearing that, it makes me not want to do it," Naruto responds. "Though...I can't have you flying around."

"Not a problem. I can assume a Human form if needed."

"Wait you can what?" Immediately, Naruto was met with a regular Human-sized Kotomi, who was now the same height as the Rook.

"You...What...You're-"

"I forgot to mention that, as Familiars, we can assume a Human form when needed." Looking at her, Naruto remembered how Kotomi had offered her body to him earlier, turning red as he remembered the exact words she said to him. Immediately, Kotomi hugs her Master, affectionately rubbing her left cheek against his right, her breasts pressed up against his right arm as she wrapped her arms around it.

"HUGE!" Naruto thought to himself.

"Mmmm, this is way better than doing it in my pixie form...Master...Master..."

"Kotomi, please let go." As soon as she stopped affectionately hugging her Master, Naruto took some time to cool down a bit before recalling what Seekvaira told him after the contract between him and his Familiar was established.

"As her Master, your Familiar is your responsibility, and it's a big one. Make sure you take good care of her."

"May I ask where we're going?"

"My house. Since I don't want to have you go back and forth with the stasis, you'll be living under my roof as a "regular human girl", understand?"

"Understood!" Kotomi yelled, saluting him with a smile on her face.

"...So...you mentioned how you stole golden apples from that Hydra." When asked if he wanted one, Naruto nodded as Kotomi took out a golden apple from storage and offered it to him as she took out another one to eat herself. Taking a bite out of it, Naruto is put in a good mood as he tells Kotomi, "These are very juicy. I think I might want more of them later on."

Namikaze Residence

"And so that's why...I...have no place to live...not even a thing to eat or money with which to try and take care of myself...Seeing me all by myself, your son was kind enough to buy me these clothes and ask me to live with him..." After Shizune and Akame heard Kotomi's "sad story" and seeing her "crying", the former had shed tears for the familiar, telling her she can live with them, Naruto left surprised by how well she fabricated her whole backstory.

"You must be tired Kotomi. You don't mind sleeping in Naruto's room, do you? I would let you sleep in Chelsea's room, but she's on her way home." Naruto and Akame's eyes widened when Shizune told them Chelsea was coming home.

"No, I don't mind sleeping in his room at all," Kotomi replied, red in the face.

"Chelsea's coming home?" Naruto asked the black-haired woman.

"Yes, she was so homesick that she managed to convince her professors to allow her to work on projects online for a whole two weeks so she can come home." As soon as Shizune finished, the doorbell rang. "Oh, that must be her!" Shizune walks over to the door to open it for Chelsea, who immediately runs to Naruto and Akame at blind speed and hugs them.

"OH, HOW I MISSED YOU GUYS!" yelled Chelsea as she affectionately hugs her siblings. "Big Sister Chelsea is back for a limited time!"

"Chelsea...too tight..." Naruto told his sister, feeling a bit suffocated. Letting go, she apologizes to him before noticing Kotomi. "Who is she?" she asked Naruto, turning serious. "Don't tell me you broke up with a nice and cute girl like Shino-chan for this hot new one!"

"No, what?" I'm still with Shino. That girl's Kotomi. She's going to be living with us." After Shizune tells Chelsea the familiar's "backstory", Chelsea sheds tears for her as she hugs the girl and tells her, "You can stay with us forever Kotomi-chan! Treat this as your own home!"

Naruto's Room

"Ahhh, that was so refreshing!" said a happy Kotomi, coming out of the bathroom naked as she dried her hair with a towel. Red in the face, Naruto covered his eyes and threw her a robe, telling her to put it on. "Okay." Having finished putting the robe on, she shrank back into her pixie form before flying into his bed and getting herself all cozy, surprising him.

"You can shrink the clothes you're wearing!?" Naruto shouts.

"Of course. If I couldn't, I'd be in the nude. Wow, this bed is so cozy...Are you coming to bed Master?"

"Ye-Yeah, just...call me Naruto from now on. Not really a fan of being called that." Kotomi nods her head in approval as the Rook got into bed and said good night to her. "...Naruto?"

"Yes?"

"You're warm." Naruto turned red as he thanked his familiar for the comment.

Morning

Kitchen

"Naruto, what should I do for today?" Kotomi asked as she and her Master ate breakfast with the others.

"You can stay here with Chelsea and chill out until she needs you for something."

"That's it?"

"Yeah, that's it." When asked where he was going, he told her he was going to school. "Can I come?"

"No, you can't. You're not a student where I'm going." This saddened Kotomi, something Chelsea noticed as Naruto and Akame finished breakfast and prepared to head out.

"Chelsea, are we all still going camping this Saturday?" asked Naruto.

"It's that time huh? The family's yearly Camping Trip. I almost forgot. Thanks for the reminder." When Shizune asked what that was, Akame told her it was a yearly camping trip their parents used to do with them. Jiraiya would be the adult who took them, but since he's out on tour, Akame asked the woman if she would like to come.

"I'd be happy to join you three." Turning to Kotomi, Shizune asks her if she would like to come.

"If Naruto's okay with it," said Kotomi. Naruto tells her it's okay as he puts his shoes on.

"Naruto, why don't you ask Shino to come with?" The Agares Rook blushed when Chelsea told him to ask his girlfriend.

"I...I was planning to..." Seeing his blushing face, Chelsea asks him if he planned to go first base with his girlfriend during the trip. "That's none of your business."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure to find a good tent for you and her to have your business," Chelsea teased, Naruto's face turning redder as he tells her goodbye before leaving for school with Akame.

"I should head out as well," said Shizune, finishing her coffee before getting up and telling both Chelsea and Kotomi to take care of the house as she ran out the door. Getting up, Chelsea decides to clean the dishes. Kotomi offered to help, but Chelsea told her it was fine and that it was her first day at the Namikaze Residence. This seemed to upset the familiar.

Kuoh Academy

Classroom

"How's Shino?" asked Joichi, Naruto telling him she was okay and that she was feeling better enough to go to school. "That's good to hear." Koneko arrives a few seconds after, in a bad mood. "What's up your butt?"

"Issei and his pervert friends were spying on me and the other girls in the changing room earlier," Koneko told them with her usual blank expression.

"Oh, them again huh...Hard to believe they're our senpais," Joichi told her, Koneko agreeing with him.

"How are you Namikaze? You took a bad hit last night," Koneko asked Naruto. The Agares Rook tells her he was fine, and that he didn't hold a grudge against Rias. "That's good to hear."

"What happened last night?" asked Joichi. When Naruto told him Rias and her club members had a dodgeball match with the Student Council, he was left shocked, since he would've wanted to participate in the match as well. "With you and me on the same team, I'm sure we could've taken them down, easy peasy."

"If something like that happens again, I'll make sure to let you know," Naruto assured his friend.

"Alright students get to your seats," said the teacher. After everyone was seated, the teacher told the class they were having a new student joining them. This was Fujino's cue to enter the classroom and introduce herself.

"Hello everyone, I'm Fujino Asagami. I look forward to learning with you all," she told them before bowing her head to her classmates. The boys, minus Naruto and Joichi, found Fujino cute as the girls talked about how pretty she was and how her mild and passive nature made her stand out. As for Koneko, she had a look of surprise, remembering her as the girl Naruto had to carry on his back when she went to dinner with his family.

"Ms. Asagami, you can take the seat on the right of Namikaze," the teacher told the Namikaze Bishop as the latter turned to Naruto with a smile and said, "Understood."

With Kotomi

Namikaze Residence

Kotomi didn't know what to do. Here she was, sitting at a couch intently as she watched Chelsea work on a paper. Asking her if she needed a glass of water, Chelsea told her she was fine and that she had a can of soda with her at the moment.

"...What about something to eat?" Looking up with a small smile she told Kotomi she was fine.

"...Okay, I guess I'll be cooking for myself then..." Getting up, the somber familiar walked to the kitchen and started cooking gratin with bamboo shoots. As she was cooking, Chelsea asked her if she wanted to go to school. "School?"

"Yes, you look so bored and without purpose at all, which is very understandable since I can handle myself and...I just think you need something to keep you busy. I think school is the best way to keep busy. How old are you?"

"Six...Sixteen." She wasn't actually sixteen, but she didn't want the older Namikaze sibling to know that.

"Sixteen!? This world we live in...To let a girl your age suffer for that long angers me," said Chelsea, a small frown on her face. "Oh yeah, you definitely need to go to school. If you do well and graduate, you can go to college, and you can get a nice paying job and live happily ever after. It'll also be nice for Naruto to have someone from home in his class. Who knows, maybe you'll be useful to him at school."

"Useful to Naruto at school?" Thinking of all the praises she'll get from him, she blushed as she told Chelsea, "YOU ARE A GENIUS! TRULY A GENIUS! But how can I go to school? I'm not enrolled there."

"Hmmm...I'm sure we can figure something out."

With Seekvaira

Agares Mansion

Accessing a secret shelf hidden behind a seal, the blushing Seekvaira took out a book called "The Basics of Sex Magic 101" before resealing the shelf. She couldn't get the night Naruto kissed her out of her mind. It was drunk but passionate, and it was very hot. Usually, Sex Magic was used for enhancing the user or the participant using sex. However, it could also be used to enhance the sexual experience, making orgasms all the more satisfying during release. She also figured if Naruto somehow got drunk and he didn't pass out on her like last time, they could continue...

"What am I thinking? Naruto wouldn't allow himself to get drunk like that again. And what am I thinking, wanting him to cheat on his girlfriend with me?" Seekvaira asked herself, red in the face. "No Seekvaira, it should be fine. We're Devils, we can-" Before she could finish, her smartphone's ringtone scares her. "Who could that be?" Picking it up, Seekvaira finds the call coming from the Namikaze Residence. "Did Naruto not go to school today?" she asked herself as she pressed the "answer" icon.

"Seekvaira-san?"

"Kotomi-chan!?" Seekvara yelled in surprise. "How did you get my number?"

"Naruto's older sister gave it to me."

"Oh, she's back? I mean, what's going on? Is Naruto treating you well?" Kotomi tells the Agares King how Naruto left her home and didn't leave her with anything to do, and that she felt like she had no other purpose than being there.

"I want to be of use to him...That is why I want you to enroll me to Kuoh Academy. If I go to the same school as him, I may find some purpose there for myself and be of some use to Naruto."

"Is that so..." With a smile, she tells Kotomi that she'll pull some strings and get her enrolled right away, with the pixie familiar thanking her. It was a good thing Rias' father was an administrator of the Academy, which allowed her to enroll anyone from her Peerage. Though for Kotomi's case, there would be a lot of explaining to do without revealing her Rook's identity. She never heard of a Familiar wanting to go to school.

With Naruto

Kuoh Academy

Break Time

"Do you want to hang out after school?" Koneko asked the blond.

"Is there a special or something going on involving sweets?" he asked. A surprise sprung at him when she told him it wasn't that, at least not today.

"I just need a distraction from all the school work is all. I'm also...going through some things involving my club," she responds. When Naruto asked what they were, she replied with, "It's very complicated. We'll be away from school for a while."

"I guess we can hang out after school, but only after I go visit my girlfriend at Kawahara Academy. She's working hard in being selected to represent her Archery club for a tournament. Her coach says she never missed a single target, and her talent for archery is very rare. She's guaranteed a spot in it."

"You must be proud," Koneko responds, with Naruto smiling.

"You're welcome to join me."

"I have to meet with my club for urgent business after school."

"Then maybe some other time?" Koneko nodded in approval as a response.

"Naruto!" Looking over Koneko's shoulder, he sees Fujino running towards him. "I've been asked to watch a movie with some of the girls in this class after school. What should I do?"

"You don't need to see me for guidance. It's all up to you, Fujino. Do you want to go see this movie with them?"

"Yes, but I wasn't sure if you would-"

"I'm fine with it, really. Go have a good time. If there's a problem when you're hanging out with them, let me know," Naruto interrupts, convincing Fujino to take the offer. Thanking him, the Asagami girl goes back to the girls and accepts the invite.

"...I take it you and Asagami became good friends after she stayed at your place that one time?"

"Yeah."

"Naruto?" The blond and his fellow Rook look over to see Moka enter the classroom and approach them, looking very troubled.

"Moka? What brings you here?"

"There's a girl here. She said she was looking for you." The blond Rook's eyes widened, knowing full well who was looking for him. Entering the classroom, a happy Kotomi, dressed in a female Kuoh Academy uniform, ran up to him and hugged him, affectionately rubbing her cheek against his.

"Naruto, there you are! I thought I would never find you! Naruto...Naruto...!" Seeing this new and beautiful girl appear, several male and female students look at her and the blond Rook, wondering what was going on, feeling jealous towards him and envious of Kotomi's foreign looks. First Issei became friends with their "goddesses", and he had Asia living with him, now this?

"Pardon my interruption, but how do you know this girl, Naruto?" Moka asked her best friend.

"Yes Naruto, how DO you know her?" Koneko asked, sounding curious with a tint of jealousy.

"Y-You see, I-"

"He's my beloved Master, and I'm his trusty and beautiful Servant!" The whole room became quiet when Kotomi answered Moka's question.

"Beloved...Master?" Moka asked, in disbelief.

"Yes, we live together, we share a room together, and we share a bed together!" Kotomi adds, blushing as she gushed about it.

"You...share a bed with him?" asked Moka, who was continuously trying to process this, a blush on her face. Everyone else around them went silent before yelling, "EHHHHHH!?"

"Yes, and now we share the same classroom! Rakkī (ラッキー)(Lucky)!"

"Oo...shitto (Romaji for "Oh...shit")..."

"You have a lot of explaining to do, Naruto," Koneko tells the Rook, knowing his school life was going to get more hectic.

Lunch Time

"Naruto nii-chan...she came to school," said an annoyed Akame. As if Koneko and Joichi weren't enough, they now had Maki, Fujino, and Kotomi eating lunch with them. Can they ever get some alone time together?

"I know Akame, I know." Facing Kotomi, he told her, "It would've been okay if you just told them you lived with me. The whole being my servant thing, and how you share...You shouldn't have told them that. Now I have several eyes all over me, filled with jealousy, anger, and so and so."

"Gomen'nasai (Sorry)..." said Kotomi.

"Let me get this straight. You found her on the street, felt bad for her after hearing this sad story of hers, and told her she could live with you?" Moka asked her friend, having heard her "story".

"Yes, I was about to say that earlier, but Kotomi...you know what she did." Again, Kotomi apologized. "So why did you enroll here?" Naruto asked the pixie while he prepared to eat the lunch Shino made for him.

"I wanted to be with you...that's all." Hearing her answer, the others blushed as Naruto sports a surprised looked on his face. He wasn't expecting that answer from her. Realizing what she just said, Kotomi's face turns cherry red as she frantically tells him, "No-Not in a romantic way! No romance whatsoever, I just wanted to be of help to you is all, while getting my own education of course!"

"Is that so..."

"I also made you some bamboo gratin," Kotomi adds as she presents the lunch box to him.

"That looks good, but I already-" Seeing Kotomi's sad face, Naruto decides to have Kotomi eat Shino's lunch while he eats the familiar's. Taking a bite out of it, he finds the familiar's cooking similar to Shino's as he quickly scarfs down Kotomi's gratin, making the girl happy as the others look on.

"You made this?" asked Naruto.

"Yes, it's one of my special recipes. Would you like it if I made it for dinner tonight?"

"That sounds good," Naruto replied as the others thought, "You could've at least brought some more gratin for all of us to share..."

With Xenovia

Training Spot

Readying her Zweihänder, Xenovia thrusts the blade forward as Ritsuka activates his gauntlets, forming a pair of collapsible shields that blocked the attack, but sent him skidding back a bit. Ritsuka moves out of the way as he avoids an attack from above, the bluenette's dull blade stabbing into the ground. Seeing an opening, the male exorcist deactivates his shields as he prepares to throw a right punch. To his shock, Xenovia quickly turns around and catches it with her right hand before sweeping him off his feet with a kick.

"You're getting better Ritsuka," Xenovia told her fellow exorcist, offering him a hand to help him get up.

"Thanks, it means a lot coming from you," said Ritsuka as he takes her hand and gets up from the ground. "Even today I still can't beat you. I also forget you can fight unarmed."

"When you're up against someone wielding a large sword, or a pair of them, make sure you're prepared for when they're unarmed or wielding weapons in one hand...Those gauntlets of yours, they're a lot tougher than the first time we fought," Ritsuka informed her of how he went to the blacksmith who designed everyone's equipment and received upgrades for them.

"There's more to these gauntlets, but I didn't want to show them just yet."

"Okay, now you're piquing my interests. Next practice, we go all out. I don't want to be the only one at 100%."

"Ritsuka! Xenovia!" Turning around, the two see Mash happily running to them, a picnic basket in hand as Irina and Sif follow from behind. "I made lunch today!"

"Right on time, I was just about to suggest going somewhere to eat," said Xenovia. After setting up the picnic blanket, the five enjoyed Mash's special spring greens and bacon sandwiches.

"Mmmm, Mash's sandwiches are always the best. The honey mustard compliments both the bacon and the scrambled eggs. I just can't get enough of this..." Xenovia thought to herself as she finished her sandwich and had another one. When Sif gestured for another sandwich, Mash took out another sandwich for him, with extra bacon, to the wolf's joy.

"Ritsuka, what do you think of the sandwich I made?" asked a blushing Mash. Her heart fluttered when he told her they were delicious and that she'd make a good wife, surprising himself, Xenovia and Irina. "You think so?"

"Y-Yes, I really think so," said a now embarrassed Ritsuka. While Ritsuka and Mash talked together and Irina enjoyed her sandwich, Xenovia looked at them, picturing herself with Naruto having lunch together. Noticing this, Irina asked Xenovia if she was okay.

"I'm fine, I was...just thinking that Ritsuka and Mash would make an interesting couple," This made the male exorcist and bespectacled scholar turn a very bright shade of red as Irina looked at them and said, "They do, don't they?" As Ritsuka and Mash tried to deny any hints of romance towards each other to Irina, Xenovia thought to herself, "I wonder what you're doing right now..."

Xenovia's Room

As Sif rests peacefully, Xenovia got cozy as she rested her back on his comfy fur and started reading one of her romance mangas.

"Hey, Sif...what are your thoughts on moving to Japan one day?" Sif simply barked once. Lucky for her, Xenovia understood his "language", turning red as she told him, "No reason, I just think that..." The bluenette stopped when Sif opened one eye to look at her as if he was seeing into her soul.

Following a sigh, she told the wolf, "For a wolf that can grow gigantic, you're very observant..." Sif smirked a bit as Xenovia directs an annoyed look at him.

"Now you're just being an annoying little brother..." Reading her manga, she confides in her pet.

"If you want the truth, there's someone I want to see again...I don't know when or how, but I want to see him so I can figure out where to go from here. Before I found you, I fought a giant monster alongside him. I...hated him a lot. He turned out to be a Devil, who caused me so much pain, running me through with that sword and making me fall for him through what I assume were lies to blend in and make others feel sorry for him. But, after fighting alongside him, and after I attacked and wounded Wild Hunt Leader Syura for trying to kill him...Even though he caused me so much pain...I want to see him and confirm my feelings and..." Xenovia covered her blushing face with her book as she thought about the possibility of pursuing a relationship with Naruto.

"I am aware of how wrong it is to love someone who's part of a faction the Church despises but...maybe..." Before she could say more, she heard Sif snoring. As she looked at her sleeping pet, a frown formed on her face before she smiled at the sleeping wolf. "I'll take your slumbering as you telling me I shouldn't overthink these things."

With Kotomi

Classroom

While the teacher gave the class a lecture on the Sengoku era, Kotomi diligently took notes on her notebook. As soon as the teacher was done with her lecture, Momo came in and asked for Naruto to come to the Student Council Room. Wondering what Sona needed, he gets up to go with the Sitri Bishop. Worried about her Master, Kotomi asks to go to the restroom. After being allowed to leave to go use it, she gets up to go find Naruto.

With Naruto

Student Council Room

"I'm sorry to have asked you for your help sorting these documents again Namikaze."

"It's fine Hanakai-senpai. I don't mind helping you at all. Tell you the truth, I used to sort out these kinds of documents for my godfather so it's nothing to difficult. Hell, I even do his taxes sometimes." Looking at Naruto as he worked, Momo formed a blush on her face.

"Namikaze?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you have any plans for next Monday?"

"I haven't made any plans for next Monday," he told her. "Why?"

"...A new horror movie comes out this Friday. However, I won't be able to make it on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, and I would usually go with Reya to watch new movies, but she already has plans for that day. Do you think you can take her spot?"

"Sure, I can make plans to hang out with you on that day," Naruto replied.

"REALLY!?" asked a happy Momo.

"Yeah, you've helped me a lot with Student Council Work so it's fair that I do the sa-"

"Naruto?" Stopping mid-sentence, Naruto feels a chill down his spine as he turns around and sees Kotomi with a cold yandere expression on her face.

"Ko-...Kotomi?"

"Who's that girl Naruto? Are you cheating on me with another helper? And a cute one at that. No, that shouldn't be. Naruto is a kind Master, there's no way he'd choose another helper. He has me...I should be the only one who can provide him with all the help he needs...Yet, here he is, owing this girl a favor for assisting him with all sorts of work she's asked him to do...Naruto, am I just your side helper?" As Kotomi spoke to him with a cold and creepy tone in her voice, her head tilted to the right as she slowly approached them.

"What's this malevolent aura coming from my familiar?" a scared Naruto wondered. "You-You've got it wrong Kotomi! She is not my assistant at all! We just work together. It's normal for people to help each other out."

"Really? You're going to lie to me in front of my face? After being caught saying those things to her by me?"

"I'm telling the truth!" yelled a comical Naruto, with Momo agreeing with him and trying to tell Kotomi she wasn't Naruto's assistant.

"Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar..."

"Who are you?" Sona asked as she and the Student Council enter the room, snapping Kotomi out of her thoughts as she turned to the Student Council President. "I asked you a question. Who are you?" she asked again, narrowing her eyes, her gaze piercing the familiar's soul.

"O-Oh, I'm just-"

"She's a student who came looking for me. I'll take care of her," Naruto interrupts as he sports a "We have to talk after we get out of this room" expression on his face. The familiar did not like where this was going.

Vending Machine Area

"I meant the truth when I said she wasn't my assistant. People help one another, it's normal. You didn't have to go all possessive on me like that. Pretty much scared the shit out of me, and I'm your Master."

"I'm...sorry..." said Kotomi, looking down at her drink before sipping it. "Do you hate me?" Looking at the sad pixie familiar, Naruto puts a hand on top of her head as he tells her, "No, I don't hate you. You didn't do anything wrong so there's no reason for me to hate you. And considering this is your first day as my familiar, it would be wrong of me to end a contract with one I just got last night, whom I barely know much about."

"Naruto..."

"...If you want to be of use to me...you can help me out with whatever jobs the Student Council asks me to do. You know, as an extra pair of helping h-"

"YES!" yelled Kotomi, surprising Naruto. Blushing, she tells him, "I mean, yes, I'd appreciate it, Naruto. After all, I'm yours to command, and you're mine to serve."

"Great, I just need to tell Souna about it later. Also, I think I have a job for you to do later."

"Really!? What is it?" asked a happy Kotomi.

"While I'm visiting my girlfriend, I need you to spy on Koneko and the Peerage she's in after school, see what's up with her and her King. How good are you at concealing your presence?" Kotomi had a proud smile on her face as she told her Master that her ability to conceal herself was natural and that it was like writing her own name.

"Make sure you go into your pixie form when you follow her." The smiling pixie familiar salutes Naruto as she told him, "Roger that!"

With Kotomi

After School

[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OST - The Stardust Man Appears]

Kotomi, in her pixie form, concealed herself, physical form and all as she followed the Gremory Rook to the ORC Building.

Entering the building before Koneko could close the door on her, Kotomi stayed 3 feet away from her to stay safe as she followed her to her hidden stash of sweets. As the girl took them out, Kotomi noticed something that caught her eye: the box of assorted doughnuts, each with different shapes and flavors. Glazed, Chocolate with sprinkles, strawberry, and more.

"What...What are those delicious snacks!?" Kotomi wondered. As she looked at them with hungry eyes, her stomach growled. This caught Koneko's attention as she turned around. The pixie covered her mouth as she stayed invisible and silent. Koneko's stomach growls before she tells herself, "I should hurry to the meeting room." As she watched Koneko rush to the meeting room, Kotomi thought, "I should ask Naruto about those delicious things later!"

Entering the meeting room, Rias, Akeno, and Grayfia welcome the Gremory Rook, the former telling her to have a seat.

"Issei, Asia, and Kiba should be here soon," Rias informed as Koneko nodded and took a seat, preparing to eat her doughnuts once she was comfy. While Kotomi observed the four, she snuck a few looks in as the Gremory Rook finished off the doughnuts by herself. It was complete torture for her, especially when the white-haired girl was having it with iced lemon tea. She wanted to just grab one and savor it with every bite. But if she did that, it would spell trouble for herself and for her Master.

After 10 minutes of waiting, Issei, Asia, and Yuuto entered the room as Rias and Grayfia started a meeting with a man in a burgundy blazer, appearing in a burst of bright flames. He had short blond hair and dark blue eyes, and his expression was arrogant and full of pride. The power coming from him was impressive, though not as strong as Grayfia's. Naruto would definitely need to know of this.

[Music End]

With Naruto

Kawahara Academy

Archery Club

With focused determination, Shino readies her bow as Naruto, Eu and Shirabi watch on silently with the rest of the club members. Narrowing her eyes, Shino released her hold on the bowstring as the arrow flies into the center of the target. Everyone claps as she turns to them with a smile.

"Nothing but flying colors for you, Asada," said the Archery Club Captain. "With you, Gozen, and Mitsuzuri in the line-up, we're sure to win the rookie tournament."

("Your girlfriend, how does she do it? Hit all those perfect shots?") asked Eu as she tugged Naruto's shirt so he could see her question. "Sinking several hours into Fatal Bullet may have had a hand at it. I sometimes wonder if she's just naturally good at it."

"Alright, that's it for practice. Good work today everyone." As the captain told everyone to get ready to leave, Shino approached her boyfriend and asked him how she did.

"Still hitting dead center as always."

"I can't seem to turn it off," said Shino, who gave him a peck on his cheek. "I'll be back, I just need to change out of these clothes." Once Shino and Shirabi left, Naruto asked Eu how she and Ange were feeling after coming out of the hospital.

("I'm great. As for Ange, she's still recovering mentally at Irisviel's from almost being killed.") Eu wrote. ("I wouldn't worry about her. Ange has pulled through tougher situations where her life was on the line.")

"That's a bit assuring...If you don't mind me asking...Can you speak at all?" asked a curious Naruto.

("Maybe.")

"What do you mean maybe!?" Eu gave him a thumbs up after. "You are a strange one. Well, I'm one to talk, seeing as how I'm strange as well." Eu gives him a smile as Naruto smiles back.

15 minutes later

Exiting the school, Naruto lets Shino know he was going to be hanging out with Koneko.

"That's fine. I'm going to go help out Shirabi at her shop with Eu and Maki-chan. I'll see you to-"

"Shino?" Turning around, the girl asks Naruto if there was something he wanted. "This Saturday, my family's going camping...Would you...like to come?"

"A camping trip with your family? Sure, it sounds fun," she replied with a smile before going with Eu and Shirabi.

"NARUTOOOOO!" Turning around, the Rook sees Kotomi flying towards him in her pixie form, carrying some important news, mainly about the engagement party Naruto was going to in less than two weeks. Turning to her Human form, she gives him the scoop.

"WHAT!? You're telling me that the Rias Gremory from our school is getting engaged to some Riser guy? And their engagement party is on the day their Rating Game is supposed to happen!?"

"Yes. From what I heard, he's part of the Phenex Clan, who have powers of the immortal bird, the Phoenix. He also has a peerage consisting of fourteen members, all of them female."

"Seekvaira never told me about this. I'll have a talk with her about it...You did good Kotomi," Naruto told her as he pats her head, much to her joy. When asked if there was a way to repay her, Kotomi remembers the doughnuts and asks him about it. "Wheel shaped snacks? Do you mean doughnuts?

"Doughnuts? A weird name, yet it sounds delicious."

"You want doughnuts?" Kotomi nodded yes to answer, a wide smile on her lips. "Alright, I can go get you some while we're hanging out with Koneko."

45 minutes later

Taking a bite out of a chocolate doughnut with sprinkles, Kotomi's eyes lit up as she shouts, "Oishī (おいしい)(DELICIOUS)!" while Naruto and Koneko watched. "These doughnuts are absolutely wonderful! Truly delicious!" she told them as she finished the doughnut in her hand and took out another one from her 24 pc. box, one covered in white sugar.

"What have I done?" Naruto thought to himself as Koneko watched the girl eat.

"She's a weird one." Naruto could only agree while walking beside the Gremory Rook. "...I appreciate you taking the time to hang out with me before I leave school for a while."

"It's no trouble. We are friends after all." Looking down, a blushing Koneko asked Naruto if he'd miss her at school. "Of course. I mean, I can go without you pulling at my cheeks, but I'll miss you."

"That's good to hear," said Koneko, who forms a small smile on her face. Looking at her, Naruto told her how surprised he was finding out she was capable of smiling. Embarrassed, Koneko pulls at his cheeks in public. "I'll make sure the cheek pulling lasts for the rest the days I'll be gone from school!" As Naruto had his cheeks pulled by the Gremory Rook, Kotomi stood where she was while blissfully enjoying her doughnuts.

"Ā... Dōnatsu..."(ああ...ドーナツ...)(Oh...doughnuts...)

With Shino

Gozen's

"A camping trip with Naruto..." Shino could tell it was a way for the two of them to "seal the deal". She recalled trying to have sex with Naruto at his place on Thursday, having the house to themselves. However, they were interrupted by Akame's arrival. They tried to do it again the same night, but again, Akame intervened when she decided to sleep in the blond's room for tonight. Perhaps with the camping trip, they can find some alone time to finally have sex.

"Camping trip?" Shino got startled when Maki appeared out of nowhere. "What's this about a camping trip?"

"Naruto and his family are going camping from Saturday to Sunday, and he invited me along so I plan on going..."

"...I want to come too." This surprised Shino, asking the girl why she wanted to come. "It's only my list so it's a perfect opportunity to cross it off."

"It should be fine, you just need to ask either him or his sister Akame. Although..."

"What?"

"It'll be strange to have Naruto go on a trip with just girls," Shino pointed out.

"You have a very good point, considering he's the only male of the family...How about you have Naruto ask Joichi and his girlfriend to come?" Maki suggests, with Shino telling her she'd give it a shot. "...How are your eyes? Has your Sacred Gear been activating by itself lately?"

"No, it's been normal on my end, and I'd like to keep that way," Shino responds.

"If it activates, let me know okay?"

"Sure...I know I asked you this already, but...you're not bringing anyone else into your...activities, are you?" Aware she was thinking about Naruto, Maki takes a chance and tells her she wasn't. Much to her luck, the girl's Sacred Gear didn't activate. "Do you swear?"

"I swear..."

With Naruto

The top of Agares Corp Building

After hanging out with Koneko and saying goodbye to her, Naruto told Kotomi to go home without him as he transformed into his Firebrand persona (First Firebrand suit) and got ready to do his night activity as Seekvaira appeared from behind and asked him if the scenery was good from where they were standing.

"It's okay."

"Just okay?"

"Yeah, I mean, there are a few other towers with this kind of scenery...Why didn't you tell me it was an arranged wedding between Rias and this Riser Phenex?"

[Fate Stay Night Heaven's Feel l. presage flower OST - scar of the war]

"In the war, Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels had lost so many numbers from bloodshed, neither side victorious or ready to surrender. Because of this, it's imperative that Devils remain pureblood while reincarnating Humans as Devils, as the factions recover our numbers from the last war. Because of it, circumstances force families like mine and Rias' to not be selfish."

"How is it you're able to stop these engagements?" asked Naruto.

"The reason why I'm not engaged to anyone is because I triumphed in a few Rating Games that made me known enough that it allowed me to annul the engagements. Since then, not many have dared to challenge me if they try anything funny. As for Rias...she has yet to even play one since only mature and qualified Devils are allowed to participate. That puts her at a disadvantage, which is why she and her peerage plan to train before the day of the match."

"Can't you have me fi-"

"No, I can't. Even if I wanted to ask you to fight Riser and his Peerage, and even if Sirzechs wanted to annul her marriage, we can't. Only she and her Peerage can stop it, via Rating Game. That's why I didn't tell you. I don't want you to make problems between other houses yours, even if some of their plans are wrong."

"...Understood."

"Just focus on what you're doing and don't think about it. I'm sure Rias and her Peerage will pull through." Before Naruto goes off on his own, he tells her, "If you ever get engaged to someone you can't break out of, I'll be there to help you. I won't let you be married off to someone you don't love." This made Seekvaira turn red, hearing Naruto worry for her and tell her he could rely on him to save her from a marriage proposal she'd potentially be unable to get out of.

"That's very reassuring to hear from you. You won't have to worry about it, but I appreciate it. Thank you, Naruto." With that, Naruto teleported away, leaving Seekvaira to herself.

"So Firebrand IS your way of showing your true personality..."

[Music End]

As Naruto was jumping from building to building, he tried to reconnect with Infernus again. To his annoyance, the fire demon didn't respond.

"Still nothing..." With a smile, he told the demon, "You just like taking your sweet time, don't you?" For most of the night, Naruto went around Kuoh, dispatching gangs selling drugs to women, people who were kidnapping daughters of families, and occasionally, Devils, using the new hellfire chain he obtained last Friday to pave a path of bloodshed and dismemberment, getting some practice in. Thanks to playing Fatal Bullet, he was already accustomed to how it works. Scáthach training also paid off as he worked his chain in sync with Igneox. Checking his watch, he found himself with an hour left before he had to go home. Concentrating, he sensed Issei's dragon energy, along with another he assumed was on the same peerage as him. Curious about where they were heading, Naruto decided to follow them.

With Issei

Abandoned Church

"We're here Buchou," said Issei as he arrived with Asia.

"Sorry to have called all of you here. I know we should be getting ready to pack for tomorrow, but as you all know, there's a Fallen Angel in our territory spelling trouble, and as members of the House of Gremory, it's our duty to handle those who trespass and wish to do evil."

"Right, we've got your back!" said Yuuto as Issei and Asia agreed with him.

"Yeah, let's tear this guy a new one!"

"Actually, he's a she, Issei," Akeno told him with a smile, surprising Issei. Breaking the doors open, the Gremory Peerage find themselves face to face with a female Fallen Angel who was in the middle of finishing the preparations for a summoning circle.

"Whoever you are, I'm putting a stop to your plans now. Give up and turn yourself in and we won't have to kill you," Rias told the Fallen Angel, who just laughed.

"Rias Gremory? Oh, this is just perfect! Of all the Devils that showed up, it was you! How...delightful," said the Fallen Angel. "It's an honor to be the one who will crush you for my Master."

"Master? Who is it?" asked Akeno, preparing to use lightning.

"Sorry, can't tell you. After all, you'll be dead anyway. You have no idea about the forces I am about to summon." With a sigh, Rias told her she knew she wouldn't come quietly, giving the Fallen Angel a choice after as she and Akeno fired a red beam of destruction and lightning respectively at the Fallen Angel. With a smirk, the Fallen Angel presented a rune stone in her hand as it absorbed their magic, surprising the Gremory King and Queen as the former raised the stone above her. The stone levitated above them before exploding, opening a tear above them and releasing a pulse that knocks the Gremory Peerage back. "I was counting on the two of you to do that. I didn't have the magic required to open it, but my master told me I was bound to attract strong enemies to me if I made myself known."

"You...planned this?" asked a shocked Rias.

"Of course, and you fell for it! Now, watch as I command-" Right before she could finish, a pair of Bell Gargoyles swoop down on her and violently tear her to pieces, shocking the peerage, just as the portal closed on the two monsters. The Fallen Angel summoned two beings, only to be ripped to pieces. Issei was quick to cover Asia's eyes as he watched the Fallen Angel's death unfold. Finished, the gargoyles direct their attention towards the peerage and fire off a stream of flames from their mouths. Rias is quick to create a shield around them as the flames are blocked by the magic. Immediately after the shield goes down, one of the gargoyles lunged at them with its halberd in hand, aiming to cut down Akeno. Yuuto quickly appears in front of it and blocks the attack, using a pair of demonic swords. The Bell Gargoyle roars at the Gremory Knight as it repels him and prepares to stab him. He narrowly dodged it, receiving a cut on his chest.

The other Bell Gargoyle attacks Koneko and Issei, the latter protecting Asia from its tail swipe, receiving a large cut on his back from protecting her. It then blocks Koneko's punch, using its small round shield before slamming her face with it, knocking her to the ground.

"Akeno, help Koneko!" Rias yelled as she and Yuuto focused on the Bell Gargoyle they were fighting. Akeno got in front of Koneko as the Bell Gargoyle charged into the Queen, sending them both flying out of the church. Recovering, Akeno fired off repeated fire and lightning attacks at the monster, only for it to easily maneuver through them before swiping at her with its halberd. Akeno avoids the attack, doing her best to evade the gargoyle's stream of flames after.

In the abandoned church, Yuuto managed to cut off the bell gargoyle's tail, angering it as it turns around and elbows him, knocking him down before turning around and running the halberd's mounted spike into Issei's left leg. Rias, angry, creates a large sphere of destructive energy and disintegrates the right side of the Bell Gargoyle, leaving it near death and allowing Yuuto to finish it off. Rias pulls the halberd's spike out of Issei's leg as the Pawn winced in pain. Asia attempts to use her Sacred Gear to heal him. To her shock, her Sacred Gear couldn't heal him.

"This is...not possible," said Asia.

"If Asia can't heal, then Akeno's in serious-" Rias doesn't finish as she falls to her knees, weakened from the amount of magic she used to kill the Bell Gargoyle.

Outside, Akeno pants, tired from using up her magic trying to hit the Bell Gargoyle. She's too late to stop the monster's next attack as it charges at her, stabbing her in her left side with the halberd's mounted spike, sending them both falling down to the ground. Fear overcame the Queen as it roared in front of her face. Rias and the others heard a crash coming from outside and rushed to check it out. To their horror, the Bell Gargoyle stood over Akeno, victorious as it lets out a victory shout.

Angry, an injured Issei boosts himself as he sprouts his wings and blindly jumps at the monsters, ready to punch it with his left fist. It doesn't connect, however, as it slaps him away with its tail. Koneko throws a rock at it, knocking it away from Akeno. Quickly, she dropkicks it square on the chest, stunning it for a second as she went for an uppercut. The Gremory Rook unknowingly leaves herself vulnerable as the monster ensnares her left leg with its tail and slams her to the ground several times, throwing the injured girl forward after.

The Bell Gargoyle prepares to fly towards Koneko with the intent to kill her, only for its path to be blocked by Yuuto. Without any effort, it shatters Yuuto's blades and knocks him aside. When it tries to go for Koneko again, Issei quickly recovers and utilizes all his strength to grab it by the tail, trying to stop it from going after the others. Even as Issei's boosting his own power, the monster's strength far surpassed his own.

"What kind of monster is this!?" yelled Issei.

"One you're not prepared for, or well-equipped to face." Out of nowhere, a chain wrapped around the Bell Gargoyle's neck and catches on fire. With a powerful tug, the chain decapitates the monster. Looking to their left, they see Naruto, hellfire chain in hand as brings the chain back and puts it away.

"You're...You're Firebrand," said a surprised Issei. "You're the guy who kills people."

"Guy that kills people? That's how you know me? First off, I'm the vigilante that's been on the news for months, which you should start watching more of. Second, I save more people than kill. You guys were doing well despite not knowing what the fuck you were facing. That was until your King ran out of magic killing one of them and some of you got injured, one of them being your best." As he talked to them, he burned the gargoyle he decapitated to ash before heading inside the Church and burning the last one.

"Wait..." Turning around, he asked Rias what she wanted. "Some of my peerage members are injured. My Bishop tried to heal them but it's not working. Please, we need you to help us."

Silently going over to Akeno, he checks her wounds before preparing to use something he thought he'd never use.

Several weeks ago (Before High School DxD)

Agares Corp Building

"Estus?"

"It's a magic spell I learned when I became this. While there is fire that takes life, there's fire that gives and heals life. Heat, warmth, healing, that's the magic power of Estus. It can heal the gravest of wounds, even ones that are cursed or tainted," Infernus explained. "You can also store this magic in flasks to use later. It's very difficult to master for a beginner like yourself so...I'd try to learn this as soon as possible."

"How does this help me if I can heal as fast as I can now?" asked Naruto, with Infernus telling him, "Because if there's a day when you don't have me around and you can't heal at all and are about to get fucked, it'd be best to have a few of these with you. You know, when your luck is about to run out."

Several days later...

"You fucking kidding me? Only one? I made 20 of these fucking things on my first try."

"I'll get better at it...Eventually," Naruto replied.

"If you say so. Just make sure you don't use it all in one day."

Now

Taking out the Estus flask, Naruto pours some of the heat essence into her wound, healing her, to Rias and the others' surprise.

"What...is that?" asked Rias, curious about the contents of the flask.

"Personal secret. No comment," he told her as he went over to Issei and poured some of the essence into his wounds, healing him as well. "There. As for the others, you can just walk off the scrapes and bruises or have your Bishop use her Sacred Gear on them." After checking his wounds and finding them healed up, Issei is about to thank Naruto, only to be ignored by the Agares Rook as he enters the Church and incinerates the last body, along with the torn to shreds body of the female Fallen Angel.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" asked Rias. "We need to bring that body to the Underworld. They need to be-"

"I'm simply getting rid of the bodies so other factions like the Fallen Angels or Stray Devils can't use them," he told them before preparing to leave.

"Hold it." Turning around, an annoyed Naruto asks Rias what more she wanted from him. "I already saved your asses and healed your Queen and Pawn. What else is there?"

"Who are you Firebrand? You're not some Human with a Sacred Gear, and you're not a Stray. You also seem to know about those monsters we fought, and you healed my Pawn and Queen's wounds when my Bishop coul-

"Just shut up will you?" Naruto told her, making her silent. "First, one question at a goddamn time. Second, I'm about done answering any more of your questions, nor am I giving you anything I know, Ms. Gremory."

"How...How do you-"

"You're really going to ask me how I know you when I said I wasn't going to answer any more of them? Ridiculous," Naruto replied as he prepares to leave. "Oh, a little advice for you and your Peerage: If you value your lives, don't try to fight the Fallen Angels or these monsters. With each encounter, these monsters become far more difficult than the previous ones. Stick to contracts and stray devils. Fallen Angel business and business involving monsters that you just fought are mine and mine alone." With that, Naruto disappeared in a burst of flames.

"He's...very intense," said Issei. Asia tells the others she found him to be scary in person.

"He's also very rude," Koneko adds.

"Firebrand...the protector of Japan. I should try to look into him if I have time." Rias thought to herself. "For now, we should get home and pack for tomorrow."

Tuesday

"Naruto, are you okay? You look tired," Moka told her friend.

"I was "working late" last night," he answered before yawning.

"Make sure you don't overwork yourself okay?" Naruto tells Shino he'll make sure he doesn't.

Kuoh Academy

Classroom

"Hey, JoJo?"

"Yes, Naruto?"

"Would you and Seiko like to come camping with my family this Saturday? Shino texted me to ask you." Joichi had a huge smile on his face when his friend mentioned camping, telling him he hasn't been out camping for a while and that he'd love to join the Agares Rook's family trip. "Great, I'll let Shizune know." Finished with his talk with Joichi, he turns to see Fujino running towards him and telling him about her fun night with her fellow classmates.

"We went to see a movie as they said, and we went out for karaoke. I was horrible at singing, but it was fun nonetheless. Finally, we had a chef grill food in front of us before it was served."

"I'm glad you had a good time. Let's go do something together sometime. How does that sound?" Fujino replies by telling him she looked forward to it.

"Oh, before I go, Seekvaira needs to see you, Maki, Moka, Akame, your girlfriend, Kotomi, and anyone else you can ask to come to her office later."

"Why?"

"Don't know. All she said was that it was important."

"How important?"

"Very." Understanding, Naruto thanks her for telling him.

Student Council Room

"Thank you for coming, Namikaze. I swear, we have to find a way to pay you for helping us out." Naruto assures Sona the Student Council didn't have to pay him as he handed her a book to put on the shelf. From where Naruto was standing, he could see underneath the Student Council President's skirt, much to his embarrassment.

"...How are you and your girlfriend doing?" asked Sona.

"We've been pretty busy with other things, but Shino and I are managing well. We plan to go camping with my family this Saturday, along with some friends."

"Camping? Should be fun. Perhaps I should bring the Student Council camping. Do you think you can suggest some locations for me?"

"I'll be sure to send it to you later," Naruto replied with a smile.

"...Have you decided to join the council yet?" Sona asked Naruto as she grabs another book from the blond and puts it on the shelf.

"You're not changing my mind that easy, just because we're friendly towards each other," Naruto replied with a smile.

"I don't know, I think you fit in well with this Student Council."

"Still a no." Sona frowned a bit as she made her way down from the ladder.

"You can be stubborn sometimes, not that I mi-" Distracted, Sona lost her footing and fell off the ladder. Immediately, Naruto ran under her, cushioning her fall as she lands on top of him. Opening their eyes, they found each other in a very suggestive position, Sona being on top of the Agares Rook as she straddled him, her crotch against his. Their faces turned red as Naruto asked if she was okay.

"Y-Yeah..."

"...If it's okay, I'd like it if you got off ple-" Without warning, Sona kissed Naruto, a surprised look on his face as she places her hands on his cheeks and deepens it. His devil senses kicking in, Naruto returns it as he inserts his tongue into her mouth and plays with the Sitri girl's tongue while moaning in each other's mouths. Twenty seconds in, after Sona started rubbing her panty-covered crotch against his, Naruto, realizing what they were doing, stops the kiss, bringing Sona back to her senses, her eyes growing wide with shock from what they just did.

"I-I'm so sorry. I don't...I don't know what came over me," said a blushing Sona, getting off the Agares Rook so the latter could get up. "I mean you have a girlfriend, and I just-"

"I think it's best if I go," said a blushing Naruto as Sona agreed with him. As Naruto made his way to the door, the Student Council enter, to their shock and surprise.

"Hey Namikaze, what's-"

"Nothing happened!" Naruto yelled as he rushed out of the room, leaving Saji and the others confused.

"What was that about?" asked Saji, with the blushing Sona turning her back against them and telling them they shouldn't pry into it.

After School

Agares Corp Building

"So this is where you work?" Joichi asked his friend as he, along with Moka, Shino, and Shirabi looked at the building's interior.

"Yes, this is where I work."

"I guess now I can finally meet this Seekvaira girl you work for," said Shino as they entered the elevator and rode it all the way up to the Agares girl's office. Entering the room, Seekvaira welcomes them. As they walked towards her, Joichi comments on how beautiful Naruto's boss looked as Shino thought the girl was drop-dead gorgeous.

"So why have you asked us here?" asked Naruto, curious as to why she needed the eight of them.

"I need you all to be in a few commercials for Agares Corp's new products."

"...What?" they asked in unison.

"You're all going to be in a few commercials and shoots together," Seekvaira repeated.

"What happened to the talent you hired?" asked Naruto.

"They...They were just being assholes. Bossing my staff around, when they're not the one in power, demanding they change the script my staff worked so hard on, and...I could just go on and on about it. In the end, I fired them. That's why I decided to ask you guys. I need to finish shooting by Thursday night so my editors can finish it before Sunday's deadline and it'll take too long to find more actors." Looking at his friends and his girlfriend, he asked them what they think.

"...Very well, I guess I'll help out," said Maki. Joichi tells her he's 100% in since Naruto has been a good friend to him. Moka, Akame, Shino, and Shirabi simply agree as Kotomi tells her she'll only do it if Naruto tells her to do it.

"Naruto?" Turning to Kotomi, he says "...Seriously?"

"Yes."

"...Kotomi, do you think you can help out with this commercial?" With a smile, she agrees to it.

"Great, now signed these papers and we're all set." After signing the required documents, Seekvaira thanks them for agreeing to sign. "Excellent! Now that you're all my talents...Which one of you girls are willing to be in a commercial for a brand of bras I designed that adjusts itself based on the wearer's cup size?" The eight turn red in the face when the smiling King asks the question.

"...Is it too late to back out now?" asked the blushing Shino.

ED2.5: Weak and Brave by 鈴木 このみ (Konomi Suzuki)


With this chapter and other upcoming chapters, with Rias, Issei, and the others training to fight Riser and his peerage, Naruto has time for himself to get stronger until Infernus' return in the Excalibur Arc, and he can make time for the other members of Seekvaira's peerage. There will also be times where Naruto goes around killing BAD BAD people.

Estus flasks make an appearance, being flasks that contain heat essence the magic Naruto knows, Estus, which is a lot more effective than Phoenix Tears! If Naruto sold these in the Underworld, he'd be rich. XD

Naruto won't put on the new suit Shirabi made for him until the Excalibur Arc.

I would expect more interactions with Pekoyama, Maki, and Fujino next chapter, since they're also going to be in the commercials, along with Naruto's pixie familiar, Kotomi Uchida.

I wanted to involve Irisviel, Illya, Sella, and Leysritt, but it's not time to reveal them. At least not yet.

Since Guild Girl does not have a real name in Goblin Slayer, it took some time to figure out a cute name for her. Kotomi's abilities include using mid-level shielding magic, stealth, the ability to go back and forth in her pixie and human form, basic healing magic, light projection, huge appetite, and sensing. She may not be a strong one, but she can pull her own weight when she needs to.

Chelsea's back! I wanted her to return at some point, albeit temporarily. However, I couldn't figure out how until I did this chapter.

Things I wanted to do but couldn't:

1. A longer fight with the Bell Gargoyles.

2. A second chess match with Rias.

3. Naruto fighting the Gremory Peerage.

4. Maki revealing she knows about Akame's romantic feelings for her brother since chapter 13, having observed her interactions and speech patterns.

5. Xenovia masturbating with a pillow.

6. Naruto and Shino preparing to have sex, only for Akame to (unknowingly) ruin the moment.

7. Xenovia showing off her cooking by helping out Keito and Mary.

8. Esdeath making an appearance, being on a mission as she is informed of Xenovia's change.

9. Aika Kiryuu on the receiving end when Naruto role reverses with her.

10. Seekvaira asking Naruto to pretend to be her boyfriend.

11. Seekvaira being forced to marry someone she does not like, with Naruto defending her and vowing to kick said fiancé's ass, winning and annulling the engagement.

12. Naruto trying to reconnect with Infernus (in another scene)

13. Moka helping out with the Bell Gargoyle fight, with Archer firing an arrow that decimates the abandoned church and kills the gargoyles.

14. Archer needing to quickly refill her mana from Moka by kissing her (She wasn't kidding XD)

15. Naruto ripping Sona's shirt open during the make-out session.

16. Naruto refusing to help some first years cheat or copy his answers, ending with him dodging all their attacks and making them accidentally hit each other.

17. Asia puking when the Bell Gargoyles rip that female Fallen Angel to shreds.

18. Naruto and Shino cleaning up the Archery Club together and having sex for the first time in the changing room. (Look up Hajirai Body, you won't be disappointed)

19. Naruto and Pekoyama fighting each other in a mock kendo match.

20. Naruto trying out Parkour with Joichi and his club.

21. Naruto and Koneko hanging out.

ONE LAST THING! I need suggestions for Part 4 of Deleted/Extended Extras. In it, I need you, the readers, to provide locations Naruto needs to go to kill targets Sirzechs needs him to kill. Add the name of the person, the race, the location Naruto needs to go, and how Naruto kills said person, and if he runs into some trouble. It'll help a lot to have about five or ten ideas so...yeah. You also have a choice for Naruto to protect important people so that works as well.

Next chapter, it'll (possibly but) quickly cover the commercials, and skip to the camping trip with the others. It will also introduce Mahiru, Naruto's cousin! Finally, it may also include a lemon! No, it will include a lemon, maybe two. Time to own up on that promise Naruto made with Infernus.