Alright, time for another chapter of FIREBRAND. First, time to answer a few questions and reply to some reviews as well.

Guest: Will naruto learn new magic

A: Yes, though I need to find a good challenge first. He has learned some interesting ones I have yet to show. Who knows, maybe he'll have one this chapter or the next. You may even see them in Deleted/Extended Extras Part 4.

Rezuvious: It was nice to have a decent read, while I auto farmed some games.

A: What game? Is it good?

Guest: Hioping for #5 and #8

A: May happen in this chapter or another one.

Dark51: Salut très bon chapitre en attente du prochain.

Le jour du mariage de Rias et Riser, Naruto fera t-il une apparition avec Seekvaira ?

A: Yes, they will be there. Though Naruto needs to cover his face so no one he knows sees him and start asking questions.

Shin: From what little I know of Esdeath from her home series..this is par the course for her and tbh I'll be glad to see this version die. I've seen some good redemption fics for her but I really don't think this will be one of them..I just hope Kurome and Akame get to meet and patch things up though.

A: There have been too many redemption fics, need more Edeath...deaths. Only time will tell for Akame and Kurome.


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 (In progress)

10. Visit a zoo

11. Hike in the mountains

12. Scuba diving

13. Seeing the Milky Way in a clear night sky

14. Wing-suit flying

Need 6 more for the list. Do this for Maki!


One last thing. I need suggestions for missions Naruto did for Sirzechs that involve assassination, elimination, preventing something big from happening, bodyguard duty, rescuing an important target, and more. This all happens during the six weeks before Oolacile and the end of Chapter 11 before post-credits. These missions will also show up after Issei crashed the wedding so...yeah, suggestions, please.

I'll also take suggestions for contracts Naruto has to do. Ones I have in mind are:

1. Bartender

2. Tutor

3. Hunting buddy

4. Teacher's assistant

5. Ajuka's assistant

6. A mascot for a birthday party

7. Pianist


OP2: ViViD DESiRE by Eri Kitamura

Wednesday (4/27)

After School

Shibuya

Agares-Owned Photoshoot Building

Moka, Shirabi, Maki, and Kotomi ended up volunteering for the adjustable bras commercial, with Naruto and Shino being in a commercial about a new brand of glasses that can bring out a pair of holographic headphones they could interact with and Joichi with a new brand of Agares wine (Finia Liquoroso). As for Akame, she was put as talent for a new maid cafe commercial. Pekoyama was also part of the shoot, having answered the call and agreed to it without any questions asked. Finally, there was Archer, who was asked to be a talent as soon as Seekvaira saw her and asked her to be in the commercial, knowing full well that her sex appeal would help sell the bras.

"I'm sorry I dragged you into this shoot, Krista." Archer tells Moka it was okay since she would do anything for her Master and she didn't mind exposing her skin. Turning to Naruto, the Servant thanks him for carrying her to the hospital.

"No problem, I'm just glad you're okay," he told her.

"Alright Naruto, we'll be in the dressing room," Moka told Naruto, Shino, Joichi, and Akame before walking off.

"We're going to be in a commercial together...I'm honestly nervous about it," Shino told her boyfriend.

"Yeah, me too. But hey, let's have fun with it, okay?" said Naruto, making his girlfriend smile.

"Naruto!?" Turning around, the Agares Rook and his sister went wide-eyed when they saw a girl in her 20s run towards them. She had dark red hair in a bob cut, olive-green eyes, and a pale face with light freckles across her cheeks. Her outfit consists of an olive-green school jumper with a plaid white-and-orange tie, which she knots around the collar of her uniform shirt. She wore dark green knee-high socks, and her shoes were a dark shade of forest green. Directly below the opening of the socks, there was a small orange symbol.

"MAHIRU!?" Naruto and Akame happily yelled as they hugged the young woman, surprising Shino, Joichi, and Seekvaira.

"It's been too long!" said Mahiru. "I missed you guys."

"How was your shoot in Britain?" asked Naruto, the girl telling him it went without a problem and that it'd be featured in TIME Magazine. "Sorry we couldn't celebrate your birthday last Sunday."

"It's okay, there'll be other birthdays," she told them with a smile. "To think, you and your friends are going to be my models and talent. I'll be sure to show the best side of them."

"Naruto? How do you know this woman?" asked Seekvaira.

"Oh, right. This is Mahiru Koizumi. She's our cousin," Naruto replied. Mahiru formally introduced herself to the Agares King as she shakes her hand. "It's nice to meet the woman who pays my cousin for his gadgets." Turning to Shino, she asked Naruto if she was the girlfriend Chelsea had told her about.

"You've been in touch with Chelsea?" asked Naruto.

"Yes. It was a surprise for me to hear you had a girlfriend. So, what's your name, sweetie?" Mahiru asked in a motherly tone.

"I-I'm Shino Asada. N-Nice to meet you," said the blushing Shino. Going over to her, Mahiru checks the girl's facial features before telling Naruto, "Oh, she's a cute one, Naruto."

"Mahiru, you're embarrassing her," he told her, the red-headed photographer apologizing to the shy girl.

"It's fine..."

"I think I'll let you and your cousin catch up. I'll go check on the girls." Naruto nodded in approval before letting Seekvaira go. Turning to Joichi, Mahiru asked who he was with a curious tone in her voice.

"Jo-Joichi Johjima," he told her, red in the face from Mahiru leaning her face towards his. "Bu-Bu-But you can call me JoJo. I also have a girlfriend, whom I'm in a healthy relationship with."

"She definitely found herself a nice one..." Turning to Naruto, Joichi goes over to him and has a private conversation with the blond as Mahiru continues talking with Akame and Shino.

"Naruto, your cousin...I am a huge fan of her and her photo work! I even had a huge crush on her before I met Seiko! I never thought I'd get a chance to meet her!"

"You had the hots for my cousin?" Naruto whispered, surprised by this.

"Yes, I had the hots for her! She is so stunning in person. Why didn't you tell me you were related to her?"

"You never asked about my family."

"What are you two talking about?" asked Mahiru, scaring the two.

"Oh, you know us guys! We're just talking about girlfriends and club meets!" Naruto told his cousin, forcing a non-convincing laugh.

[Persona 4 OST - Specialist]

Changing Room

As they finished putting on the bras, Moka comments on how comfortable they were. Shirabi, wearing a white and red string bikini, comments on how hot she (Moka) looked with her pink and white strapless bra, making the vampire girl turn red.

"Th-Thanks Shirabi..." Turning to Maki, she asked her what she thought of the bras. Coming out of her stall, Maki, blushing furiously, had on a red frilly bra with black spots.

"Shoot me now," she said.

"You don't like it?" asked Moka.

"I'm just not used to wearing these kinds of things. Besides..." Looking down at her breasts, she tells them how it exposes her cup size (C-Cup). When Moka tells her she looked pretty in it, the Pawn yelled, "Don't make it worse!"

"Moka, I'm done putting mine on." Coming out of one of the stalls, Archer asked her Master how she looked. The girls were speechless when Archer came in wearing a lacy black and blue bra. Not only was Archer scorching hot, but she also looked very cool in it, and she wasn't embarrassed one bit.

"...For some reason, I feel threatened when I look at her," said Shirabi, commenting on the Servant's mature and exotic look.

"Don't be, you're all beautiful in your own ways." Turning to their left, they see Pekoyama in a grey and black-striped push-up bra.

"So this is the body of the kendo club captain..." said Moka. "Wait, where's Kotomi?"

"I'm not coming out," said Kotomi, confusing the girls.

"Kotomi, we have doughnuts." Immediately, Kotomi rushed out of her stall, wondering where the doughnuts were, only to realize that she had been tricked. The girls were left surprised by the bra she was wearing. It was one that was inspired by the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam. The underwear and leggings also matched with it.

"SEEKVAIRA!?" yelled the madly blushing Moka. Entering, the Agares King asked if something was wrong. "THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG!" Moka yelled, pointing at Kotomi's adjustable bra.

"Oh yes, that one. I designed them to be used for comic book and anime conventions. It's my favorite one since it goes from Unicorn Mode to Destroyer Mode." Pressing a button, Seekvaira activates the bra's Destroyer Mode form. The girls, with the exception of Archer and Pekoyama, have steam coming out of their heads as they witness this.

"You look so sexy right now Kotomi!" said a happy Seekvaira. "I knew you'd look good in it." Turning to Moka, she tells her, "I also made one for you, based on the Burning Gundam, for when the shooting for the Mobile Suit Gunbras commercial is ready."

"You named it!?" yelled Moka.

"With the bust adjustability of the auto-adjustable bras and the dream of making sexy Gundam-inspired wears, the Mobile Suit Gunbras will revolutionize cosplaying and beyond!" Seekvaira yelled as she pumped her fist in the air.

"Does the photographer know about this?"

"Oh yes, she definitely knows, and she was all for it, being a fan of the Mobile Suit series," Seekvaira responds, adjusting her glasses as the girls wondered who it was. "Alright, now that you're all dressed, let's get this show on the road! Photoshoots start before recording!" she yelled as she pushed the girls out of the room.

A few minutes later

"Oh, so many cute girls in one room! Those embarrassed looks on your faces while wearing less clothing help make the trip back home all worth it!" she told herself as she rapidly snapped pictures of them on her camera while getting different angles of them.

"Naruto's cousin...is the one in charge of the shoots and the commercials!?" The girls thought to themselves.

"Naruto, what do you think of the girls in those undergarments?" asked Mahiru.

"You...You want my opinion?" asked the blushing Naruto.

"Yes Naruto, what do you think of them in their underwear?" asked a smiling Joichi, Shino putting an assuring hand on his shoulder, telling him to speak his mind.

"They're certainly a sight to look at wearing those, not that they weren't stunning to look at already..." Finished, he found every girl in the room madly blushing, with the exception of Archer. "Th-That's all!"

"Is that so..." Satisfied, Mahiru tells the girls to get ready for the commercial. As hours went by, everyone did their best to bring out their A-game as Mahiru directed and ordered her crew around to make sure everything went according to the scripts. First, they shot the auto-adjustable bras, which became hard to do at first, due to the male cameramen getting boners and nosebleeds that made them pass out, forcing Mahiru to hire female interns working at Agares Corp towards college credit. Next was Naruto and Shino's glasses commercial. As usual, Naruto did well to stay in character, and Shino's shyness helped to make the "love story" in the commercial more immersive as a Japanese cover of "Palace by Keisuke Murakami" played in the background. Boxes of tissues were provided for the girls just in case they bawled their eyes out.

After that, Joichi, dressed in a butler outfit, started shooting the Agares wine (Finia Liquoroso) commercial, with Mahiru being talent so she could be the first to try the wine, Naruto taking her place as director. It took a whole 45 minutes to get it right, due to Joichi's nervousness around the Agares Rook's cousin. After finally completing the commercial, Joichi, red in the face, had to step out of the room, too embarrassed to look at anyone.

Finally, Akame's maid cafe commercial was shot, with Kotomi, Shino, and Shirabi dressed as maids. Every girl, excluding Akame, did well in every take. Akame had to serve her brother, who was acting as a customer at the cafe, whom she had to call, "Master". There WAS a part where Naruto asked, "If I could order to go, can I have you for take-out?", which was supposed to be a joke between the maid and the customer. But that didn't make the cut since Akame passed out after the blond asked her in a seductive tone, something he was unaware of/oblivious to.

[Music End]

9:00 pm

"Everyone, thank you for donating your time after school to help me out with the commercials. I thought it'd take until Thursday, but we managed it in just one whole afternoon. For that, I am grateful. I will be sure to pay you all for your hard work. Also..." Rushing in, several delivery boys and girls presented them with several boxes of pizza and a special Agares brand of soda. "I took the liberty of ordering several boxes of pizza from Tokyo Neapolitan. Double Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, Mushroom, Hawaiian, and Four Cheese. All this pizza you can enjoy while downing a nice glass of Agares-brand soda!" Thanking Seekvaira, everyone starts taking a slice. Taking a bite, Kotomi's eyes lit up as she stuffed the cheesy goodness into her mouth. As the others were eating, Shino decided to talk to Seekvaira, the latter feeling nervous around her Rook's girlfriend.

"I really liked the music you used for the commercial Naruto and I were in," said Shino, smiling as she told her how nervous she was when the couple danced to the music.

"Tell you the truth, it was supposed to be a solo commercial where everyone passed the glasses onto another person, but that sounded boring so I remade it to make it similar to, if not better than, the "Palace" commercial Apple made," Seekvaira tells her. "I was glad I found a Japanese version of it and got permission to use it."

"...Naruto told me about you two...kissing." Both girls turned red after. Frantically waving her arms up and down and telling her it wasn't on purpose, and that Naruto was drunk when he did it. "I know, he told me the details..."

"He did huh..."

"I don't know what to say to you, or how I should feel towards you kissing him...All I can say is Naruto means a lot to me, and it hurt me a lot when he told me about it. I should break up with him over that, even tell him to not see me for a week, even two, but I won't. All I can do, as his girlfriend, is forgive you, and give him more of my love, show him that I'm not willing to give him up and that I want this relationship to work." Seekvaira couldn't help but feel amazed by how much Shino thought things through. "Of course...there's also...doing things other girls wouldn't be able to do with him past kissing that helps me one them up," Shino admits, a blush on her face.

"...So what would you do if Naruto were to be kissed by another girl and gave in to it?" asked Seekvaira, having been informed of him and Sona when Shino went to the bathroom before the glasses shoot.

"...He locked lips with another girl and told you about it, didn't he? And he wasn't drunk?"

"Those are very accurate questions, and yes, he did all those...He was afraid that you'd be very angry at him, which is why he told me to tell you."

"Well, to answer YOUR question, this girl must have been one pretty girl to force her lips onto him. I should be angry about it since he gave in to this mystery girl's lips, but instead..." Going over to Naruto, she takes off her glasses as she french kisses him in front of everyone, making them go wide-eyed as Shino's kiss lasts "30 hits" before she stopped. (Assassination Classroom reference)

"What...Huh...You..." Naruto could not form a sentence, having received a kiss that was far more intense than the one he had with Sona. Putting her mouth against his ear, Shino seductively whispered, "You naughty fox..." to him before putting her glasses back on and walk back to a blushing Seekvaira as everyone finished where they left off, hearing Mahiru tell the blond, "Shy girls, they always have a wild side to them." She also heard Shirabi comment on how the kiss she gave her boyfriend was deadlier than her archery skills.

"I'll simply do my best to outdo them," Shino finished.

"Fair enough, Shino," Seekvaira told her, frantically adjusting her glasses, red in the face.

10:30 pm

Namikaze Residence

"So she gave you a very intense kiss in front of everyone? And it lasted up 30 hits? I can only go up to 25," said an amused Chelsea. "Makes me wonder why she did that...Naruto?"

"I'm not going to tell you. It's between me and her..." said a blushing Naruto.

"Girlfriend aside, how was the commercial shoot Naruto?" asked Shizune, curious. The Rook tells her it went well and that Seekvaira would send a check to him and his friends on Monday. "I can't wait to watch it once they're done with the post-production. Akame, did you-"

"I don't want to talk about it," said a flushed Akame, confusing her siblings. With a smile, Naruto ruffles her hair as he tells her she did great in her commercial. "Th-Thank you, Naruto nii-chan."

"So where's Mahiru?" asked Shizune.

"She went home to edit the commercials. She told us she was going to work on editing the videos fast so she can come to the camping trip on Saturday."

"Too bad Jiraiya won't make it this year," Chelsea adds. "He's probably out in America somewhere, chilling at a hotel room with some ladies he picked up."

"That's Jiraiya for you," said Shizune, sweatdropping.

With Xenovia

Training Spot

"Beginning synchronization..." Xenovia said to herself as she held her zweihander. Magic circuits appeared over her hands as they move up and slowly envelop the blade. "Tracing basic structure..."Tracing component materials..." At this point, the bluenette had sweat pouring down her face as the circuits struggled to envelop the weapon in her hands.

"Altering fundamental structure...Strengthening component materials..." After 4 seconds, the circuits surrounding the weapon fade away as Xenovia drops the sword in her hands and drops to her hands and knees, panting a bit before getting up. Putting away the weapon, Xenovia decides to go have dinner at Mapomine's, having worked up an appetite.

Mapomine's

"Hey Keito is it okay if..." Xenovia went silent when she saw a young woman with light grey hair and golden eyes talking to Keito and Mary. This was Keito's older sister, Caren Hortensia.

"You're-"

"Oh, if it isn't the Slashing Princess herself," she said out loud.

"Caren, she has a name you know."

"...How've you been Xenovia?" asked Caren, the bluenette telling her she was doing well.

"What brings you back to Italy?" Caren tells Xenovia she was just coming over to see her little brother and his girlfriend. Caren found Keito dating Mary, a Servant who kills with a touch of her skin and lips, very strange, even ridiculous. This angered Mary, who would defend her love for her Master and her decision to marry him. Keito had just dispelled the animosity between the two before Xenovia arrived.

"I was about to ask her for her blessing to marry Keito."

"No, I'm not letting you get hitched with my little brother," said Caren, making the Assassin-class servant angry in a cute way. "I still don't accept having you as my sister-in-law."

"Mary, you don't need my sister's permission to-"

"But I want to. After all, she's the only family you have, and I want to have her like me before we marry. It'd make it all the more meaningful..." said Mary, her head down. Smiling, Keito pats her head, earning a blush for the Assassin-servant. This moment is ruined by Xenovia's stomach growling, who can't help but blush.

"Is it a bad time to ask Mary to cook something?"

45 minutes and eight bowls of mabo ramen later

"Awww so full!" Xenovia told herself as she finished her last bowl, a satisfied look on her face. The bluenette compliments Mary, who thanks her before taking her dish to the kitchen to wash.

"As usual, the only things you know are to train and eat," said Caren, Xenovia telling her they weren't the only things she knew and that she started gaming and tending to Sif. She also started playing the violin (Reference to Kaori Miyazono from Your Lie in April, a character Risa Taneda voiced), to Keito and Mary's surprise.

"Since when did you do those things? Usually, you'd pass on doing anything else but swing a sword around at the same spot. I wonder what's going on..." said a curious Caren. Blushing, Xenovia told her it was complicated.

"Complicated? Funny. Every girl I ask that question to says the same thing, mainly because of a boy." Xenovia had steam coming out of her head as she avoids eye contact with the girl. "In love huh? I wonder what sort of boy he is."

"Caren, don't go teasing her like that," said Keito, sounding annoyed.

"Always killing my fun as always, Keito..." Getting up, Caren decided to head back to her hotel and sleep before returning to Japan the next morning. Before she goes, she tells her brother it was nice to see him before leaving and that Mary had better take care of him, for if she got back and Keito was still alive, she'd consider the Servant as part of the family, surprising the three.

"She rarely says things like that..." said Keito. Mary smiled to herself as she considered this a small victory for herself.

"...So violin huh?"

"I...practice playing it on Tuesdays and Thursdays, sometimes even Sundays, whenever no one's around to practice in the music room. I also...volunteered to be one of the violinists for Reia's concert next month." Keito and Mary had surprised looks on their faces as they stared at Xenovia, who was currently looking the other way to avoid eye contact.

"A violinist for Reia?...Can we listen to it?"

"I don't own a violin. How would I-" Xenovia stopped talking after Mary came back with a violin. "Where-"

"Keito's mother used to play the violin, so Keito kept it as a memento," Mary told the bluenette as she hands her the violin.

"...Turn the other way. I'm not used to having people see me playing," Xenovia told the couple. Nodding, Keito and Mary turn around. Making sure they weren't looking back, Xenovia plays 花の唄 (Hana no Uta) for them. As she plays the instrument, Keito and Mary grew wide-eyed as they listen to the violin being played. The bluenette was immersing herself in her thoughts as she played, her eyes closed, shutting out the world around her as she focused on moving her hands. Once she finished playing, she opened her eyes to see Keito and Mary looking at her, surprised.

"I told you two to not look," said Xenovia, red in the face.

"Sorry, we couldn't help it...That violin...I think you should keep it," said Keito. When the bluenette asked if he was okay with letting her have it, he told her, "It's fine. I never was good at playing it, and it's better off in your hands than in mine."

"I'll make sure to care for it well."

"If you're planning to keep it, I should go find a case to put it in." Getting up, Mary leaves to find a case for the violin, leaving the two alone.

"How's your training going?"

"Nothing special, just adjusting to my magic circuits by practicing my reinforcement magic. If I can adjust to them at the pace I'm going, I may be able to use my time alter and projection magic without straining my body," Xenovia responds. "Back then, my bones felt like they were being electrified and immolated at the same time whenever I used my circuits, probably because I would go all out without understanding the harm it inflicts on my body. Now, I only get tingles whenever I use them. If I keep this up for a good two weeks, I may be able to use them without any strain."

"That's good to hear," Keito told her before asking her about her projection and time alter magic. Xenovia tells him she hasn't used them since Oolacile, wanting to focus on mastering her circuits and training her body. "Good choice."

"...Keito, can I tell you something?"

"Of course, you can tell me." Blushing, Xenovia tells Keito about the dream she had about Naruto while she was unconscious, and that she wants to see him again, aware of who and where he is. "Naruto Namikaze huh...and he's in Japan?"

"Yes...I've been...thinking about him a lot..."

"From my only interaction with him, he's very kind, not something I've seen from a Devil," he told her before asking the bluenette if she planned on having a romantic relationship with him?"

"Yes..."

"Well...considering the Church has plans to attend the Three Factions Summit, pursuing a relationship with him should be possible. I think you should go for it when you see him again." When asked if he was sure, Keito tells Xenovia to go with how she felt, and that he'd be there to forgive her for her feelings towards Naruto.

With Naruto

Saturday (4/30)

8:15 am

6 days until Rias' Rating Game

"Camping Day!" Chelsea yelled as she pumped her fists in the air. Naruto, Akame, Kotomi, and Shino helped Shizune load up the two vans as Maki and Joichi arrive.

"Alright, everybody, use the bathroom before we go," said Shizune, Akame and Kotomi rushing back inside to use it.

"Is it okay for Eu to stay by herself?" Naruto asked Maki, who told her the Bishop was staying with Seekvaira. Turning to Shizune, the Pawn thanks her for allowing her to come with them.

"It's no trouble at all. The more the merrier," said a smiling Shizune.

"Seiko couldn't come?" asked Naruto, Joichi confirming it as he tells him how she had a family emergency involving her uncle in a car accident. "I hope her uncle makes it."

"Her uncle is tough so I don't think we'll need to worry about coming back and hearing bad news."

Chelsea's Car

Akame rode shotgun as Shino, Maki, Kotomi, and Joichi sat in the back. Chelsea had offered to drive them since she had more space, and since Shizune's van had all the camping gear and equipment, having room for just the passenger's seat, leaving Naruto to ride with her.

"This is going to be a great trip. Not only do we have a few more than the last trips we've had, Naruto's bringing his cute girlfriend along for the trip. I'll be making my special Chelsea-brand curry for lunch, and I'll be showing the newcomers a great spot to swim in." The girls, minus Akame, were surprised. They weren't expecting to swim.

"We didn't bring any. We didn't know that-"

"Not to worry, I went ahead and bought each of you a swimsuit just in case this happened," Chelsea interrupts.

"SO PREPARED!" Everyone in the back thought to themselves.

Shizune's Car

As she was driving, Shizune directs quick little glances at Naruto, who was currently looking out his window. They were both unsure of what to talk about, and the silence wasn't helping either. After 10 minutes of it, Shizune decides to try to start a conversation with the blond.

"So I cleaned your room a few days ago and found a magazine for a guitar. Are you interested in it?" she asked the blond.

"I was thinking of owning one so I can play it. I already know how to play the piano well so I thought I should try something new."

"That's nice...You know, your father used to own a guitar. He was very horrible at it." When asked what happened to it, she told him his father was rushing too fast to impress her and ended up tripping, smashing his guitar in the process.

"Oh..."

"Yeah..." Again, silence took over. Wondering what other sorts of topics she could have with Naruto, she decides to talk about Jiraiya. "Jiraiya called me last night before we went to bed. He asked if you and Shino-"

"I'm not answering that," Naruto interrupts.

"I figured you'd say that..."

"...How is he?" asked Naruto, wondering about Jiraiya.

"He's doing well on his book tour. He told me to tell you to stay safe and to not get into any trouble at school," Shizune replies. Naruto tells her he hasn't gotten into any trouble at Kuoh since his first day, and that he's keeping to himself. Of course, Naruto had to lie, all in order to keep people like Shizune, Shino, and Jiraiya from worrying about him. "I'll be sure to tell him that when he calls again..."

Unnamed Campsite

10:15 am

"Oh, you made it!" yelled Mahiru as everyone arrived at the camp and started helping each other unpack everything and setting up tents for the next 2 hours. When Joichi asked how they knew of the spot they were camping on, Naruto tells him the whole site, even the land, was owned by his father's company.

"He planned to have a company camping trip here, but no one showed up, so my mother decided to continue the camping trip with just my dad and her. Things got romantic and...let's just say my mother loved this place so much that my dad decided to purchase the land."

"Wait, your family owns this land?" asked a surprised Maki.

"A shame his employees never saw the beauty of it," Naruto adds. "Raspberry bushes, lack of carnivorous animals to attack us, a waterfall with a small river to swim-"

"Wait, you guys own a waterfall!?" Joichi interrupts, Chelsea responding with a yes as she brings out firewood, telling him she'll show them later. After finishing with setting everything up, Mahiru tells everyone to gather around as she prepares a camera stand and puts her camera on it and into position. Centering it perfectly, Mahiru runs in and smiles with everyone before the camera flashes. Looking at it, Shizune comments on how well shot it was, Mahiru looking proud.

After lunch

"Alright, the girls and I are going to check the waterfall," said Chelsea, taking Shino, Akame, Kotomi, Maki and Mahiru with her as the guys help Shizune clean up the dishes. Once the girls leave, Naruto and Joichi help set up some cooking gear. Well, Joichi had to set up the cooking gear since no one trusted Naruto to set it up, for obvious reasons.

"Back to an earlier conversation, I was wondering, if your parents are dead, who handles your father's company?" Naruto tells his friend his father's assistant and friend, Kakashi Hatake, handled it, along with a new assistant named Iruka Umino. Jiraiya handled some parts of the business whenever he was out of state, as well as taxes. "So this Kakashi, is he trustworthy?"

"Very. After all, my father risked his own life to save Kakashi's when..." Remembering the explosion, Naruto skips it. "He managed to survive, though with a damaged eye, which had to be replaced by a cybernetic one my mom made," Naruto added. "He's very cool. Want to see his picture?"

"Sure." Taking out his phone, Naruto shows Joichi a picture of Kakashi. Looking at it, Joichi asked his friend why the silver-haired man was wearing a mask that covered his mouth. Naruto wondered about it himself, saying even he wasn't sure why.

"I'm going to go gather some herbs. Why don't you boys go hang out with the others?" said Shizune as she prepared to go into the forest.

"Hey..." Turning to Naruto, she wondered what he wanted to tell her. "...Be careful." With a smile, she tells him not to worry before leaving.

"I'm curious about this waterfa-"

"JoJo, we're going catfishing," said Naruto as he took out a fishing rod and walked off.

"Catfishing?"

With Shino

3:49 pm

"This place is really nice," Shino told Chelsea as they walked along the trail.

"Just wait until you see the waterfall. It's a very breathtaking sight." Arriving at the spot, Shino, Maki, and Kotomi marvel at the waterfall that was providing water for the river in front of them.

"It's...It's beautiful!" Kotomi told Chelsea as her eyes marveled at the scene. Looking behind them, Maki's face turned red when Chelsea, Akame, and Mahiru started taking off their clothes, revealing their swimsuits. Mahiru's was a yellow plaid two-piece, Chelsea's was a blue frilly one, and Akame's was like Chelsea's, but white.

"Wh-Wh-Wh-What are you two doing!?" asked Maki.

"What do you mean? We're preparing to swim in it," said Mahiru.

"I DID say we were going swimming," said Chelsea, taking out a bag containing swimsuits for the three girls. "The white and blue frilly two-piece is for Shino-chan, Kotomi's is the black one-piece, and Maki, for you I have a strapless, red two-piece."

"Strapless!?" Looking at each other, the three sigh before taking their respective swimsuits and trying them on from behind the bushes. As the girls came out, Mahiru and Chelsea comment on how nice they looked, Mahiru telling the older Namikaze sibling she did a nice job with picking their swimsuits as she snapped pictures. Getting in the water, Chelsea tells the girls to come in, complimenting how nice the water felt.

Dipping her toe in the water, Shino notes how cold it was before entering the river with the other girls. Kotomi voiced how nice it felt as she floats on it. Suddenly, Mahiru splashed her with water, starting a splash fight with the familiar. Soon, Akame joined in. As Maki comments on how they were acting like children, she suddenly gets splashed in the face by Kotomi, who had attempted to splash Mahiru. Immediately after, the Pawn joins in on the splashing as Shino and Chelsea watch.

"Hey, Chelsea..." Looking at Shino, she asked the girl what she needed. "The waterfall behind us... What's behind it?"

"Nothing really, just a shallow part of the river that goes up to your waist, and a nice bit of land you can sit or lay on to rest and soak your feet i-...Wait a minute..." Developing a small smile on her face, she asked Shino if she planned to do something naughty with Naruto later.

"What? No...Not at all, I was just wondering if there was a cave or-"

"Shino-chan, you can't hide it from me. I'm fully aware that you want to have sex with Naruto during this small trip of ours," Shino turns a bright shade of red, having been exposed by the older Namikaze sibling.

"Such a daring and creative girl you are...to have plans to go first base at a nice area like this." Putting an assuring hand on her shoulder, Chelsea says good luck to her, giving her a thumbs up.

15 minutes later

With Naruto

"Mind telling me why we're out at this river looking for catfish?" asked Joichi as he held a spear Naruto had fashioned by hand, the blond holding his fishing rod.

"We're not hunting for many, just one."

"One?"

"There's a catfish, 15 feet long, that's been swimming here for who knows how long," Naruto answered, surprising Joichi. The blond goes on to tell him how he, when he was young, Akame, and their father would try to catch it, only to fail since their lines would always break. Naruto also held a grudge against the fish, since it would always appear and eat the fish they caught.

"The fishing rod I have is designed to pull in fish like the one we're hunting. This time, I will catch it, with your help, JoJo."

"How are we going to go about catching it?" Joichi asked, just as they arrive at the river.

"I will attempt to reel it in with my rod once it gets the bait. While it's distracted, you will stab it in the spine with that spear I fashioned."

"Sounds good, Naruto." The blond nods in approval, telling his friend to cross the river so they can get started. However, as soon as Joichi enters the water, the 15 feet long catfish appears and catches Joichi in its mouth, to his and Naruto's surprise. With Joichi in its mouth, the catfish swims off, with Naruto chasing after it.

"JOJOOOOOO!" yelled Naruto as he followed it to the waterfall the girls were splashing around in, Kotomi pointing at it as she yelled, "WHAT IS THAT!?"

"Ahhh, that's the fish that always ate all the fish I catch on every one of our camping trips!" yelled Akame, pointing at it as well.

"Save me!" Joichi yelled as he struggled to keep himself from getting swallowed. Immediately after he said that Maki swims at the fish at fast speeds before diving into the water. Boosting herself up, the Pawn performs an uppercut, hitting it in the stomach, thus releasing Joichi from its moths as it crashed into the water. As it attempts to escape, Naruto yells, "Oh no you don't!", as he swings his rod, the hook getting caught in its tail. As the Rook struggled to reel it in, Joichi and the girls come out of the water to help him bring it to them. With Chelsea's suggestion, on a count of three, they pulled at the same time, bringing it out of the water. As it struggled on land, Maki stops it by grabbing a large rock and slamming it downward, hitting its spine in order to paralyze it.

"We...We finally caught it..." Naruto said out loud.

"Bastard tried to eat me...Now we're going cut it up, cook it, and eat it," Joichi adds.

Camp

5:35 pm

"Oh, you're all- WHAT IS THAT!?" Shizune yelled.

"Hey Shizune-san," said Shino as she and the others came back, having carried the large catfish together. "We caught dinner..."

"I can see that," said a wide-eyed Shizune, wondering how they caught a fish of that size. Shino, Mahiru, and Kotomi worked on cutting vegetables like tomatoes, celery, and carrots, as well as the healthy herbs Shizune collected earlier. Naruto, Joichi, Akame, and Chelsea were tasked with cutting apart and cleaning the fish, removing the bones, and taking out the guts so Shizune could use the fish's brain, eyes, and bones for a delicious soup stock.

"Shizune, the vegetables have been diced," said Shino, the woman thanking her as she took them and dumped it into the pot. At the same time, Naruto and the others finished slicing up the fish as Shizune told them to cook it by the fire. As the fish meat cooked, Kotomi smelled the aroma coming from the roasting fish meat, drooling as she wondered how it'll taste.

6:31 pm

Once the meat was well done, and its skin crispy, Shizune had just finished with the stew, telling everyone to gather around the fire. After taking a picture of this moment, Mahiru gave them the okay to start eating. Taking a bite out of the fish, Joichi comments on how crispy the catfish's skin was, telling them, "For an aquatic bastard that almost made me its meal, it has some crispy skin."

"Mmmm, so good!" Kotomi said out loud as she savored the taste of the fish meat. Shizune hands each of them a bowl of stew to try. Taking sip in unison, everyone lets out a sigh of blissful happiness.

"So glad I came back to Japan..." Mahiru said out loud. Taking out her list, Maki crossed out 1. Go camping, and 2. Try out a bikini before putting it away. Checking her phone, Mahiru informed the others they can get a good view of the Milky Way at around 10:30 pm.

"After eating, let's tell some scary stories," said Chelsea.

"Scary stories huh. Joichi Johjima has an amazing story that will knock your socks off."

"Really...How about a bet?" asked Chelsea. "The ones who tell a story that doesn't scare the most people, before the time we need to see the Milky Way, will have to disassemble and put away all the camping gear tomorrow."

"Sounds good," Joichi replies, a smile on his face as Akame, Kotomi, Maki, Mahiru, and Shizune get in on the bet. As they talked to one another, Shino texts Naruto to come with her after eating and to pack some swimming trunks. Looking at her, the Rook sees his girlfriend looking the other way, red in the face.

7:45 pm

Waterfall

After having some time to have fun and splash each other in the water, the two decide to go behind the waterfall.

"I've always wanted to go camping with my mother...But we could never go since she was still having trouble with handling the loss of my father...You're lucky to have experienced this with yours before...Sorry if I sound jealous, Naruto."

"I don't mind Shino...Maybe she can come to join us in November. My family and I own a cabin in Hokkaido and it'd be nice to have more adults around, other than Shizune."

"You sound like you're warming up to having Shizune around," Shino adds.

"Seekvaira did tell me to give her a chance," Naruto told her.

"When was this?" asked Shino, Naruto telling her it was 6 weeks after they became a couple. "So you talked to her about it and not your cute and loving girlfriend? How awful of you," Shino told her boyfriend as she pouts and flicks him on the forehead.

"I deserved that..." Shino agrees with him before sharing a laugh with the blond.

[Lemon Start]

"...Hey Naruto?"

"Yes, Shino?"

"Did you know I can stay underwater without air for about 3 minutes?" she told the Rook, red in the face.

"Three minutes, wow. That's a minute more than Chelsea. And I should-" Naruto paused as Shino immersed herself into the water and starts pulling down his swimming trunks, exposing his cock. Prior to the trip, Shino had been researching ways to pleasure Naruto, coming across some videos on PornHub that involved a woman performing fellatio on her partner underwater. Wrapping her right hand around the Rook's shaft, Shino jerks it a bit to stimulate it before using her tongue to circle the head as Naruto sucks in a sharp breath.

The Rook's eyes roll back in his head as he lets out a moan that deepens when his girlfriend slides him all the way into her mouth till he reached her throat. The blond's fingers tangle in her hair as he helps bob her head back and forth. Underwater, Shino started moving her panties to the side and using her left pointing and middle fingers to stimulate her pussy, moaning as she sucked the blond off.

After, 2 1/2 minutes, Naruto moaned out loud as he came inside Shino's mouth, the girl cumming as she lets go of his cock and comes back up for air. Breathing heavily, Shino takes off her underwear as Naruto takes out a condom from his shorts pocket and puts it on. Immediately following, the blond rests his back against the rocky wall as Shino helps him position his cock against her entrance.

"Are you ready for this?" asked Naruto, Shino telling him it was now or never. With one thrust, the Rook had partially entered the Asada girl's pussy. Shino winced in pain as her hymen broke, blood leaking into the cool water. Worried, Naruto asked her if she was okay.

"Yes, it's just a little pain. Let's keep going," she told him. Nodding, Naruto completely enters her as she lets out a moan. The blond starts thrusting in and out of her with slow, steady movement as the girl moves her hips in order to match his thrusting.

"You're so tight Shino...it feels amazing inside of you," Naruto told his girlfriend. As he continued to thrust his cock inside of her, Shino wrapped her arms around the blond's neck as she whispered into his right ear, "Faster..." Given the okay, Naruto increased the pace of his thrusts as the girl wrapped her legs around his waist and bounced on his cock. As he furiously thrusts inside of her, Naruto pulls up her bra, exposing her breasts and gropes her left breast and sucks on the nipple, Shino letting out a moan as she yelled, "Oh fuck...Oh, fuck..." Looking up at her, Naruto was surprised by her foul mouth.

Looking at him, the blushing girl, plants her lips on his, inserting her tongue in his mouth as she furiously massaged the Rook's tongue. Experiencing this side of Shino only turned Naruto on even more as he grabs her butt with his hands and thrusts deeper, hitting her G spot as she moans in her boyfriend's mouth. After a whole minute of making out, Naruto parts lips with Shino as he tells her, "I'm so close..."

"Me too." Shino rests her forehead against his as the blond speeds up his thrusts. Crying out her name, Naruto and Shino came at the same time, the girl arching her back, head thrown back and mouth hanging open as she orgasmed.

"Holy shit Shino, that was amazing..." said Naruto, removing his cock from Shino's pussy. Shino agreed with the blond in between pants. Looking down, the girl noticed Naruto's cock was still erect, much to her amazement.

"It's still big!?"

"I think I can go for one more round...If that's okay with you?"

"I can go for another. What do you have in mind?" Seven minutes later, Naruto was thrusting his eight-inch cock inside of her from behind, on top of the small bit of land behind the waterfall. Shino was on all fours as her breasts swayed forward and back, Naruto's hands on her waist as he furiously thrusts inside of her. The lustful devil instinct inside of him told him to take her like an animal, and he was very much obliged to do.

"Yes, Naruto! Right there! Harder!" Shino moaned as Naruto formed a smile on his face and shoved his cock deeper, getting a lustful scream out of her. Finally, Naruto lets out a scream as he came inside her the second time, Shino releasing her juices after. Finally spent, Naruto exits from her as he lied next to his girlfriend, the couple smiling at each other before sharing a small laugh.

"I love you, Shino."

"I love you too, Naruto..." Having waited out their ordeal, the two put their clothes back on before walking back to camp, hand in hand as Shino lovingly rests her head on the blond's shoulder.

[Lemon End]

Camp

8:57 pm

"There you guys are!" said Joichi. "Where've you guys been?"

"We were just taking a walk together is all," said Naruto, red in the face. Looking at them, Chelsea knew what the couple had just finished doing, forming a smile on her face as she gave Shino a thumbs up that went unnoticed by the others. "You guys still telling scary stories?"

"Of course, so far, Kotomi's in dead last," said Joichi, Kotomi pouting as she jabs him in the side. "Ow!"

"Well, we have a long way until 10:30. Might as well tell you guys some scary stories of my own." In the end, Kotomi didn't scare any of them with her "scary stories". Though sad at first, her mood brightened when Naruto promised to buy her two boxes of doughnuts when they got back.

[Fate/EXTELLA OST - Main Theme]

Following this, Mahiru got everyone's attention as they look up at the night sky, their eyes filled with wonder as the Milky Way appears, lighting up the sky.

"It's beautiful..." Maki said out loud as her eyes gazed upon it.

"This is a nice way to end a night..." Chelsea adds. Mahiru takes a picture of it for her collection as Naruto holds Shino's hand in his. Looking at the others, Naruto smiles before gazing back up. After 20 minutes, the Milky Way disappeared. Tired, everyone decided to call it a night as they prepare for bed. Before he entered the tent with Joichi, Maki approached Naruto and thanked him for having her on the trip.

"Anytime Harumaki."

[Music End]

Sunday

12:30 am

5 days until Rias' Rating Game

Getting up, Naruto finds himself needing to use the bathroom two hours later in the night. Exiting the tent, Naruto walks a good distance away from the camp before finding a good bush to pee on.

"Much better..." said a tired but relieved Naruto.

"Make sure you shake it a bit to let out the droplets." The Rook screams a bit when he hears an all-too-familiar voice in his head.

"In...Infernus!?" You're back!?"

"Well yeah, I've been back for a good while now."

"I see...Wait...A good while...When did you get back?" asked Naruto. The blond turns red after Infernus tells him he returned when his host was taking Shino from behind doggy style, complimenting the girl's figure after. "You were watching!?"

"What'd you expect? I came back to you fucking the hell out of that girlfriend of yours. Was that you losing your virginity?" Infernus sounded surprised when Naruto told him he lost it right before the demon returned. "So you lost it right before I was available...I'm proud of you. I must say, you've been doing some pretty interesting shit while I was gone. Getting a sexy familiar and Bishop of your own, meeting some very nice girls I have yet to see in person, making out with your King and that Student Council President you're always helping out, being introduced to the Pawn and Knight of Seekvaira's, and getting your blood sucked by that sexy vampire nurse. Let me tell you, that Knight and the nurse...I would definitely want to wreck their asses." Naruto turned red from hearing Infernus speak his mind.

"I...I've...missed you Infernus." The moment gets ruined when Infernus asked if he was coming on to him, telling his host he wasn't bi. "...Of course I expected this from you."

"Joking aside, you've definitely improved on your physical and magical abilities while I was gone," Infernus adds, the blond telling him he joined a club that helped increase his physical abilities. "While you still only have access to 10% of my power, it's been improved upon thanks to your club activities, so that's a win for you."

"Anything I should know about?" asked Naruto.

"Just one thing. While you now have access to 10% of my abilities again, I can't take over your body or voluntarily switch places with you." The Rook jokes about how that didn't sound like a loss for him. "Fuck you Naruto I'm talking. The upside is that it's only temporary and that it'll be fixed within a few days. Knowing you, this shouldn't pose a problem, just as long as you don't get yourself into any sort of trouble.

"That shouldn't be a problem since I haven't encountered anyone who could pose a problem for me," he told the demon, who then told Naruto to not jinx it. "That said, I've actually missed having you being the annoying demon that lived inside my body."

"Good to be back." Smiling, Naruto heads back to camp. "Once we get back home, you should head straight to Glasses' place. I'm going to let you in on a few things I've thought about trying." When asked if they were new attacks/magic he could use, Infernus confirms it, telling him it'll help him be more effective in close combat, and it'd increase the damage he deals.

11:30 am

Namikaze Residence

"Ah, good to be back!" yelled Chelsea as the others came in and helped put away the gear and camping equipment. Naruto puts his glasses back on before helping Shizune take the tents out of the car before storing them in the storage room.

"I'll see you tomorrow Naruto. Great camping trip," said Joichi as he went off to meet with his girlfriend Seiko. Checking her phone, Shino got a message from Xenovia to hang out in Fatal Bullet.

"I have to go home. Zenobia sent me an invite to a quest." Naruto tells her to have fun. Before she goes, she whispers in Naruto's ear, "Let's rent a hotel room in-game later. I want to find out if we can do more in the virtual world." Naruto turned red as a smiling Shino said goodbye to Shizune and the others before leaving.

"I can't wait to see you and her fuck in the virtual world."

"Fuck off Infernus."

"And there it is..."

"Shizune, I'm going to go pay a visit to Seekvaira," he told the woman, who told him to get there safely. "Don't worry, I'm bringing Maki and Kotomi with."

On the way to Seekvaira's

"Doughnuts, I don't know how but you always taste good with every bite..." said a blissfully happy Kotomi as she walked behind Naruto and Maki.

"So your demon is back?"

"After a long hiatus," said Naruto.

"It makes me curious to test how strong you are now that he's back," Maki replied. "Does this mean you'll quit Joichi's club?" Naruto tells the Pawn he wasn't planning on quitting his friend's club, considering it a dick move before telling her he still has room to improve his body.

"Well, aren't you loyal..."

"It's what friends do..." Naruto finished.

Agares Mansion

Entering, Naruto and Maki present themselves as Seekvaira rushed towards the former and hugged him, surprising both him, the Agares Pawn, and Kotomi.

"Daaarling! You're finally home from your trip!" Seekvaira told Naruto in a cute tone as she rubbed her face in his chest.

"This is new..." said Infernus, wondering what was going on in the King's head. Before Naruto could say anything, a man with light-blond hair and red eyes, wearing a nobleman attire, makes his presence known, along with a black-haired man with grey eyes, wearing a gold shirt underneath a red blazer and pants, a gold handkerchief in the man's right breast pocket.

"Oh, how I've waited and waited for you to return to my loving arms!" Knowing Seekvaira, this must be something very important if it meant pretending to be her "darling". With a smile, Naruto gently tells his King, "It's good to be back in your arms, honey." This serves to piss off the grey-eyed man and spark curiosity from the blond nobleman.

"This is the young man you've been seeing for several weeks Seekvaira?" asked the surprised nobleman.

"Isn't he handsome, Father?" At that moment, Naruto's eyes grew wide.

"F-Father!?" This was Seekvaira's father, the Archduke.

"Before I forget, here's your welcome home kiss." Immediately, Seekvaira kissed her now-surprised Rook on the lips, in front of a blushing Maki and Kotomi, her father, and the pissed off man in red.

"What did you get yourself into this time?" asked a curious Infernus, letting out a demonic laugh.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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


Next chapter may or may not conclude the Riser Arc. I know I promised Infernus to return in the Excalibur Arc, but the camping trip gave me the opportunity to finally have Naruto and Shino having sex and have Infernus return. I was worried that if he returned later, he'd be somewhat irrelevant and that people would forget he was there. I also missed his foul mouth and his need to speak his mind.

Things I wanted to add/include but couldn't add in:

1. Mountain climbing

2. Seiko joining the camping trip

3. One of the girls losing their top, the catfish taking it

4. Mahiru revealing photos of ruins found underneath the Alps, with Seekvaira wanting to explore them and fund the girl's expedition.

5. Esdeath getting word of the ruins and making her way there.

6. Naruto waking up to a happily sleeping Kotomi lying next to him in his and Joichi's tent.

7. Shirabi being invited to the camping trip

8. Scáthach making an appearing, killing the catfish with Gáe Bolg

9. Glimpses of Issei's training

10. Xenovia asking Caren to look for Naruto

11. Xenovia retrieving the shotgun she had the old man make for her

Had I went another route, the next chapter would have Naruto and Scáthach fighting Esdeath in the Alps. However, when I saw how OP she was, and after seeing the new trailer for Dragon Ball Super: Broly, I decided not to, since a battle like this would have to be for later when Naruto had enough skill at his disposal.