Alright, time to reply to some questions!

Guest:
Q: Is Xenovia going to be a devil just like in canon
A: Yes

Guest:
Q: How much trouble is Esdeath in!?
A: Who knows...


I honestly don't remember if I put this in or not, but Naruto's Rook piece is a Mutation Piece. Originally, it WAS just a Rook Piece, but once Infernus entered his body and the blond became his host, his Rook piece immediately turned into a Mutation Piece. This is based on the information on the official wiki.


The scenes where Hoshikari had a headache have been scrapped. Originally I had this thing where Hoshikari was controlled by his father, but it felt ridiculous so I decided to scrap it in favor of an alternative.


IMPORTANT: I made a poll for Naruto of the 458th Universe, NOT FIREBRAND. This is VERY important. Mainly it's whether Naruto gets it on with a few before settling down for one (main) girl or the same thing without the getting it on part. As teens/men, we tend to either fool around with other girls like a bachelor or stay single and finally find that one special person.

For Naruto of the 458th Universe, he will have girls interested in him so it's very important I get these votes, mainly so he does not look like that fuck Makoto from School Days. We all know about fuck Makoto and what happened to him so yeah.

Overall, it's about whether he plays the bachelor and gets it on before deciding to stop and be responsible or a reserved person who saves himself for that one special person. This is very important and every vote counts. You'll find the poll on my profile page.


Maki's Promise List

1. Go camping (Done)

2. Try out a bikini (Done)

3. Go to an amusement park (Done)

4. Go to space

5. Go sing karaoke (Done)

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 (Done)

10. Visit a zoo

11. Hike in the mountains

12. Scuba diving

13. Seeing the Milky Way in a clear night sky (Done)

14. Wing-suit flying

15. Spelunking

16. Watch 2001: A Space Odyssey

17. Go trick-or-treating

18.

19.

20.

Need 3 more for the list. Do this for Maki!


OP3: NEVER SURRENDER by 水樹 奈々

Kuoh Academy

7:20 pm

"First off, the Student Council has put up a barrier in an attempt to suppress the damage to the areas outside the school. However, if Kokabiel really lets loose...not only this school but this entire city may be destroyed," Rias informed everyone, including Seekvaira's group (Naruto, Moka, Xenovia, Irina, Archer, Joichi, Keito, Mary, Maki, Fujino, and Kotomi) before Sona adds more.

"What's more, we can probably assume that Kokabiel has already come prepared to do just that. I've gotten confirmation that one of my familiars has sighted Kokabiel releasing his power, for use all at once. He was also spotted making his move alongside some rather powerful allies. The Student Council and I will be positioning ourselves to keep up the barrier to contain the damage within the school. Since our enemy's an overseer of the Fallen Angels, we have to be ready for anything, no matter how extreme it may be."

"It will be at least an hour before Sirzechs's backup arrives," Akeno adds. While Seekvaira formed a strategy with Rias, Xenovia tapped Naruto's shoulder. Turning around, he asked her shat she needed. Turning red, she shows him the shotgun she had the old man make for him.

"This is your shotgun, the one that got destroyed during the fight in Oolacile. I've been meaning to return it to you once I saw you again. I managed to have someone improve it, make it stronger." Naruto's eyes looked at it in amazement after taking it off her hands. "It can hold 8 rounds, allowing 4-8 shots total. The materials used are stronger than the original as well..."

"...Thank you Xenovia...I'm looking forward to using it." Xenovia turned red as she smiled to herself. Remembering the truth about Naruto's mission in Rome, Xenovia's smile fades.

"You okay?" Naruto asked. The bluenette assures him she was fine, telling him she should go get ready for the fight. "Oh, one last thing..." Out of nowhere, Xenovia punched Naruto in the face.

"OW!"

"You deserved that," said the smiling bluenette, Naruto smiling as he felt the cheek she punched, watching as Xenovia ran off to meet with Irina. Following this, Issei and Koneko approach Naruto.

"So...you're Firebrand..."

"Yeah..."

"This is...I'm still trying to process this. My underclassman is a vigilante."

"I WAS ordered to keep a low profile. A shame I had to blow my cover now than later on."

"You look nice without your glasses," Koneko told the blond, surprising him and the Gremory Pawn. Realizing she said it out loud, Koneko shyly turns away, avoiding eye contact with the Agares Rook. When Issei asked Naruto what piece he was, he told the Gremory Pawn he was a Rook, as well as a Pseudo-King.

"Oh, so you're like Koneko." The white-haired Rook turned beet red hearing this. She and Naruto were the same pieces. "Wait, Pseudo-King?"

"I am PARTLY in charge of my own Bishop and Rook," Naruto adds, with Seekvaira yelling, "Once this is over, you're going full-time!"

"How do you accomplish that!?"

"My little secret." As Rias and Seekvaira were about to inform the others of the plan, they are distracted by Valper preparing to use an alchemic ritual to put the four stolen Excalibur pieces (Nightmare, Transparency, Mimic, and Rapidly) together.

"It's time to make these four fragments into one," said Valper, an evil smile on his face as the four Excalibur Fragments float in the air and slowly come together, giving off an almost blinding light. Above them was the Fallen Angel himself, Kokabiel, sitting on a floating throne.

"How long until it's done, Valper?" he asked, the Genocidal Archbishop telling him, "No more than five minutes." Turning to Rias, he asked her if Sirzechs, or Serafall, were coming.

"All of us are enough to handle you, Kokabiel," said Seekvaira, Rias agreeing with her as they give off a powerful surge of energy that became visible to everyone present.

"How dull. I don't think any of you are worth fighting. For now, I will simply watch as my son and my...new friends handle the rest."

"Issei, I can sense a large gathering of different powers appearing, all of them dark," Ddraig informed the Gremory Pawn as Hoshikari and Elana appear, with a few powerful enemies from the Hidden Gap to back them up (Ornstein, Smough, and the Taurus Demon), having been buffed by Elana's magic.

"Uhhh, who are they?" asked Joichi, Naruto telling them they were monsters from a gap unknown to them, and they were strong, though not before assuring them that, with the numbers they have, they'll be okay, just as long as they worked together.

"I should also bring out my pets from Hell for you to play with. Have fun!" With a snap of his finger, Kokabiel brings out two Cerberus.

"Attack!" Elana yelled out as the Taurus Demon roared and made a charge towards the group, just as Naruto and Hoshikari clashed, the latter pulling out Igneox. Rias and Seekvaira combined their magic and fired off a blast of red-silver energy, knocking it back.

When Elana prepares to enter the fray, she gets interrupted by an arrow penetrating her back, courtesy of Archer. Pulling it out, Elana angrily snaps the arrow in two as she directs her glare towards a smirking Archer.

"Your fight is with me," said Archer as she traced her twin swords and clashed with the Squalid Queen.

Fights

Naruto vs Hoshikari

Archer vs Elana

Joichi, Kiba, Irina, Maki, and Xenovia vs Ornstein and Cerberus 1

Seekvaira, Rias, and Akeno vs Taurus Demon

Keito, Mary, Moka, Fujino, and Koneko vs Smough and Cerberus 2

Support

Issei, Asia, and Kotomi

"To think we'd be fighting side by side under these circumstances, Seek-chan." Seekvaira told Rias the feeling was mutual as Ornstein finds the time during his fight to hurl a lightning bolt at them, only to have it redirected to Xenovia's Excalibur Destruction by Akeno in order to enhance the blade's power. The bluenette then swings the lightning-powered holy sword, decapitating all three of Cerberus 1's heads, killing it. When Ornstein attacks while she was open, Joichi knocked the dragonslayer away with Heartbreaker before assaulting him with a flurry of punches.

"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA! ORA!" With the last punch, Heartbreaker managed to dent Ornstein's helmet.

"This is great! (グレートだぜ! Gurēto daze)" said a widely smiling Joichi. "I've been fighting thugs and gangsters up till now. It's nice to change things up!"

"Everyone is fighting so hard. Alright, I should-"

"Issei, for this fight, I'll need you to act as support this time," Rias told her Pawn as she blasts Smough with her Power of Destruction to prevent him from smashing Mary with his hammer before both Koneko and Moka kicked the executioner away.

"Ramp up your power and then pass it on to us. If all of us share that massive boost, our fighting power as a team will be that much higher," Rias told her Servant.

"Got it!" Issei said out loud as he begins to build up power. Fujino prevents Cerberus 2 from attacking the Gremory Pawn by applying her Mystic Eye powers to her telekinesis, releasing a blast of distortion with a flick of her finger. All over the field, Naruto and Hoshikari continued to clash, both unable to land a hit on the other.

Naruto performs a helicopter kick on Hoshikari, but the fallen angel blocks all three hits with his sheath before swinging at the blond. Naruto takes out his shotgun and fires it at the ground, using the recoil and power from the shot to boost him up and jump over Hoshikari's swing, appearing behind him. Activating Igneox's katana mode, Naruto turns around clockwise and swings his weapon. The swing manages to leave a small scratch on Hoshikari's right cheek.

"You're not using that other power you have?" Hoshikari asked while he slashed Naruto from a distance, only to have the blond block them with his weapon.

"I decided to fight you, and beat you, with my own power. Think of it as settling this fair and square between us." Hoshikari couldn't help but laugh at this as he commends Naruto for his choice to fight as equals. "Then show me what you are truly capable of, Naruto Namikaze!" Summoning several swords made of light around him, Hoshikari hurls them at Naruto, who uses Igneox's katana mode to block them.

"Naruto, is there anything I can do to help!?" asked a worried Kotomi, having assumed her pixie form. Having asked that, Kotomi sees Hoshikari summon a raven to attack her. "You can fight that." This served to scare Kotomi.

"Can I even win against that!?" asked the now-scared Kotomi. "I thought I was supposed to be supporting you!"

"You are supporting me, by following my orders and fighting that thing." Seeing the pixie familiar, Hoshikari's raven flies after her as she turns around and flies away from it while it fires razor-sharp feathers at her.

"That's your familiar?" asked Hoshikari.

"Pretty much," Naruto told the fallen angel before resuming their fight.

Back at the Ornstein fight, Xenovia swings her blade at the dragonslayer, only to be parried by the swing of his lance, leaving her open. However, Irina parries him with Wailing Dark as Kiba used Sword Birth to summon several swords to erupt from the ground, the dragonslayer jumping back to avoid being impaled. Maki loads her gun with alchemy-made rounds and fires it at Ornstein, penetrating his chest armor.

"Got you," said a smirking Maki. Ornstein jumps and stabs his spear down in an attempt to impale Maki, only to have the Agares Pawn roll out of the way and fire at him three more times. The dragonslayer deflects two of the shots, the last shot penetrating his thigh. Extending the blade, Irina managed to have Wailing Dark's blade stab into one of the bullet holes, hurting Ornstein a bit more before shrinking it back to its regular length.

"Are you sure you need this back after?" asked Irina, taking a liking to Wailing Dark.

"Yes, I want it back after," Maki responds as she dodged the dragonslayer's spear thrust.

Keito severs Cerberus 2's left head before Koneko kneed the middle head in the chin, with Kiba swinging his sword downward, splitting it in two. Moka froze the last one with her freezing touch, shattering it with a simple flick of her finger.

Mary managed to throw some knives at Smough, hitting the nerves on the executioner's hands, preventing him from holding his hammer as Fujino lifts the weapon up with her telekinesis and swings it over Smough's head several times before she finally crushed the executioner's head with the final one, surprising Keito, Mary, Moka, and Koneko.

"Our opponent has been defeated," said a smiling Fujino, some of Smough's blood on her face. Seeing her with a happy smile like that freaked some of the members out.

"Great job, Fujino!" said a proud Seekvaira as she threw five space shards at the Taurus Demon before moving out of its range so Akeno can freeze his weapon while Rias destroys it with her Power of Destruction.

"Where did Naruto find her?" Rias asked herself. Using her Time Magic, Seekvaira traps it in a circle that froze it in time as Akeno and Rias form several spears made of fire, ice, lightning, and destruction energy that flies towards the Taurus Demon and freeze into place, being inside the circle itself. Adjusting her glasses, Seekvaira says, "Time resumes", allowing the spears to penetrate and shred the demon as the circle disappears. However, it instantly heals its wounds.

"Well, this is going to be difficult to put down," said Rias.

"Ara ara, It looks like we'll have to dish out the harshest punishment on it until it can no longer sustain its regeneration."

"Sounds like a plan," said a grinning Seekvaira.

Repelling Archer with her dark magic, Elana takes Smough's soul and puts it into the injured Ornstein, making him grow bigger and stronger as she used some dark magic to transform him into a more powerful version (The Old Dragonslayer). Seeing this, Rias and Seekvaira ordered Keito, Mary, Moka, Fujino, and Koneko to go help Joichi, Kiba, Irina, Maki, and Xenovia.

Back with Archer, she finds herself fighting off several skeletal soldiers that were constantly being summoned by Elana, who fires Dark Orbs at Archer to keep her distance. Archer avoids them before she throws her twin swords at Elana, the blades cutting through the skeletal soldiers as they make their way towards her. Elana swings her poleaxe, knocking them away as they disappear.

"Even as a fragment of that monster's soul, she's just as strong as her original body."

"You are familiar...Where have I seen you before (Since this is one of Manus's souls, Elana remembers Archer as young Xenovia, who fought alongside Keito and Naruto to defeat/destroy Manus's original body)?"

"If I recall, you almost killed me," said Archer. Unsure of what she meant by that, Elana noticed how the Servant had the same energy as Xenovia's, only stronger.

"Now I remember you. I almost crushed you in my hands...It will be satisfying to end your life and your younger self's life." With a sigh, Archer told Elana how she was only a novice when she fought Manus.

"Since I am an older version of my younger self...I think it's time I avenged my younger self by killing you. I shall think of it as the ultimate form of relief." Putting away her twin swords, Archer creates a dome of blades to defend her from the constantly attacking skeletal soldiers as she recites an incantation.


I am the bone of my sword

Steel is my body and fire is my blood

I have created over a thousand blades

Unknown to Death,

Nor known to Life.

Have withstood pain to create many weapons

Yet, those hands will never hold anything

So as I pray,

Unlimited Blade Works.


Archer's Reality Marble

In an instant, an illusionary fire that does not emit any heat spreads out to form a boundary and wall for the Bounded Field. The bright light fills the vision of Elana and manifests an open, barren desert with monolithic black gears gyrating in the distance around the two. It is a kingdom of rubble littered with thousands, perhaps a countless number, of swords anchored in the ground like grave markers in a wasteland, yet are well preserved.

"I made sure to only take you with me since I have faith that the others will be victorious while I deal with you...Plus, I figured since I fought in your turf, it's time you fought in mine."

"You separate yourself from your allies to die alone? How foolish of you..." Elana tries to summon her undead, only to have five swords fly at them and slice them to pieces. "WHAT!?"

"A threat like you requires using everything at my disposal to kill you. Prepare yourself..."

Kuoh Academy

"Where did Archer and that weird lady go?" asked Keito as he threw a Black Key at Ornstein, penetrating his shoulder and setting it on fire.

"Don't know, but I'm sure we shouldn't worry about it. Wherever she is, she'll come back victorious," said Moka as she uses her Space Ripper Stingy Eyes and fires two pressurized fluid jets from them that took off two of the dragonslayer's right fingers when he attempts to avoid it, only to have them regrow.

Using telekinesis, Hoshikari controls his sword as it attempts to swing and stab at Naruto as he engaged the Rook in close quarters. Naruto blocks a left punch from the fallen angel before moving back to avoid a swipe from his one wing, punching him with his flame-infused right fist before avoiding Hoshikari's katana. Swinging his left fist, the Rook hits him in the face again, finishing with a backflip kick to his chin.

Hoshikari recovers right away, sending his floating katana flying at him, Naruto catching the blade in between his hands. The blade slowly cuts Naruto's hands as it moves closer to his head. Naruto teleports away as the katana flies forward, the blond appearing above his opponent before spinning downward in order to build momentum and bringing his left heel down on Hoshikari. Anticipating this, the fallen angel's wing turns metallic as it blocks Naruto's attack.

Kotomi screams as she continues to be chased by the raven. Wondering what do to defeat the bird, Kotomi realized one advantage she had over the familiar: She could grow human size.

"Right, I forgot I could do that. Hello Kotomi!" Kotomi grows into her Human form, turning around and swinging her open right hand down, smacking the bird familiar down to the ground before crushing it under her foot. "I did it!"

Back with the Taurus Demon, Seekvaira used light magic to create 6 clones of herself who help her restrain it with light whips before telling Rias and Akeno it was now or never.

"Issei, are you ready?" asked Rias, the Pawn telling her he was, his King asking him to empower both her and Akeno.

"You better hurry..." said Seekvaira as she and her clones hold it down.

"Right, here I go! Boosted Gear Gift! Transfer!" Their powers now boosted, Rias and Akeno combine their powers, creating a large black lightning bolt that gave off a red hue of energy which strikes down the Taurus Demon and destroys it. Forming a large black sphere that was 8 times her size, Rias hurled it at Kokabiel, who simply knocked it away with one hand.

"He knocked that away with just one hand!?" Issei yelled in disbelief.

"Huh, is that all the power you and your Pawn can draw? How pathetic," said Kokabiel, sounding unamused.

"IT'S COMPLETE!" yelled Valper, the ritual to combine the four Excalibur Fragments complete. "Within 20 minutes, this whole city will be leveled!" Hearing this, Naruto clenched his teeth in annoyance as he avoids Hoshikari's sword swing.

"There's no way to cancel the ritual but to defeat Kokabiel!" Valper adds as Issei notes how they won't have time to wait for Sirzechs to arrive.

"Freed..."

"Yes boss?" asked Freed, having watched the fights that were going on.

"For some last entertainment, show them the power of this Incomplete Excalibur."

"Sure, Sure. Geez, The Boss really treats people rough. But to wield an Oh-so-awesome Excalibur-chan, isn't that just the greatest honor possible?" I'll be sure to enjoy chopping you all to bits!" said Freed as he grabbed the Incomplete Excalibur. Naruto, unable to fight Freed at the moment, tells Kiba to make sure he shattered the sword while he continues to fight Hoshikari.

"Got it," said Kiba as she stops fighting Ornstein and focused on Valper and Freed.

Fights

Naruto vs Hoshikari

Archer vs Elana

Joichi, Irina, Maki, Keito, Mary, Moka, Fujino, Koneko and Xenovia vs Ornstein

Seekvaira, Rias, and Akeno vs Taurus Demon

Kiba vs Freed Sellzen

Support

Issei, Asia, and Kotomi

"Valper Galilei, I am a survivor of the Holy Sword Project. No, that's not right. I'm something you murdered, reborn as a Devil. I have a question for you. Why would you do such a thing!?"

"It was almost like a dream how much I adore the Holy Swords. Mere stories of them could make my heart dance. But when I was told that I had no aptitude for them, that I couldn't use them, I fell into a deep despair...Because I couldn't use them, I became enamored with those that could. I wholeheartedly plunged myself into research on the artificial creation of potential Holy Sword Wielders. Thanks to you and the other test subjects, I was able to complete it."

"COMPLETE!? ALL YOU DID WAS DECIDE THAT WE WERE FAILURES AND DISPOSE OF US!" yelled Kiba.

"In my research, I realized that a certain gene was required in order to use the Holy Sword and began to research potential wielders in large numbers. But quite quickly, I discovered that there wasn't a single one of you that possessed enough of the gene to be able to use the swords. From that, I made a simple conclusion: Couldn't I just extract the gene that I needed?"

"As I thought," said Keito as he, Maki, and Xenovia clashed with Ornstein's spear before Moka kicked the back of Ornstein's left leg, sweeping him off his feet as Joichi and Koneko assault the dragonslayer with a combined flurry of punches. "When those of us chosen to wield the swords are blessed, something is put inside our bodies." Valper confirms this as he pulls out a green jewel containing the genes.

"Thanks to this, our research was to make a huge leap forward. But those in the Church denounced me as a heretic and banished me, even while keeping the results of my research. Looking at that blue-haired friend of yours, it seems that my research has been passed on, though Michael himself condemned me."

"You're telling me you slaughtered my friends and me just so you could take our genes!?" yelled Kiba.

"That's right. I used about three crystals on Freed. The one in my hand is the last one," Valper informed the Gremory Knight as Freed laughed.

"You toyed with all these lives just to satisfy your own desire! Valper!" yelled Kiba.

"HAHAHAHAHA! I'll show those Angels and their idiotic believers who dared condemn me! All the fruits of my research! Here, I'll give this crystal to you. It's just a shadow of what it once was, as you can see," said Valper as he threw it to the ground in front of Kiba, who takes it as he held it to his heart and cried.

"Oh boohoo! All your friends have become a crystal! What a touching moment! You can hug all of them as I bring this cool sword down on your head!" said Freed as he attacked a vulnerable Kiba, only to have his swing parried by Xenovia, the bluenette letting the others continue their fight against Ornstein as she repelled the stray exorcist.

In a combined assault, Joichi sends Heartbreaker to uppercut the dragonslayer into the air. Moka and Koneko and jump up into the air sending him higher up with a full-powered kick and punch respectively. Fujino immediately brings Ornstein back down with a powerful telekinetic slam as Mary, Irina, Keito, and Maki finish him off with a four-way slash, hacking him into pieces.

As Kiba apologized to the friends he lost, looking at the crystalized genes, he finds himself having a tender moment with them, wondering if it was okay for him to still be alive. However, after their spirits convinced him they were fine and that they would always be together, Kiba, now overcoming his past, absorbs the crystal, activating his Balance Breaker.

"To prevent history from repeating itself...Valper Galilei, Freed Sellzen, for those who sacrificed their lives for me, I will stop you here and now!" Kiba vowed.

"Hahahahaha! After a heart-to-heart with some ghosts, what, you think you can actually beat me now!?" asked Freed as he clashed with Xenovia.

"Let's find out..." SWORD BIIIRTH! Balance Breaker! Sword of the Betrayer!" Kiba summons a sword that uses both holy and demonic energy, surprising everyone. Kiba launched himself forward and aided the bluenette as they clash blades with Freed and his Incomplete Excalibur.

"Gremory Knight? Can you give me some time?" With a smirk, he nods as he held off Freed, even when he utilized the abilities of Mimicry, Rapidly, Nightmare, and Transparency to his disposal.

"Peter, Basil, Dionysus, and lastly, the Virgin Mary. Lend thine ears to my humble request. I wield this blade in the names of the saints who dwell within it! Durandal!" Valper's eyes widened as the bluenette pulls out Durandal and stabs Excalibur Destruction into the ground.

"IMPOSSIBLE! IN ALL MY YEARS OF RESEARCH, THERE WERE NONE WHO CAME CLOSE TO WIELDING DURANDAL!"

"True, not even the Vatican was able to artificially create a wielder of Durandal. Among the few Natural-born wielders, Irina and I are one of them." Using the Magic Crest Naruto gave her, she reinforced the holy sword in her hands as blue magic circuits reinforce and empower the blade before she ran at Freed. With a swing of Durandal, Xenovia broke the Incomplete Excalibur's blade, shocking Freed as Kiba swings his sword at him. Freed attempts to block Kiba's swing with the now broken Holy Sword, to his shock, the Gremory Knight's Sword of the Betrayer breaks the blade further and leaves a large diagonal cut on Freed's chest, defeating the stray exorcist.

Did you see that everyone?" Kiba whispered to his fallen comrades, "Our combined power overcame Excalibur..."

"A Demonic Holy Sword? It's unthinkable that such opposing forces could be united in one blade..." Valper said to himself as Kiba turned his blade towards the Genocidal Archbishop.

"You're next. I hope you're ready to die..." said Kiba as Xenovia points her blade at Valper as well.

"I see it now! I understand! The key behind it all! This is what happens when-" Before Valper can finish, Kokabiel kills him with a light spear to his heart, shocking everyone.

"You were a great man, Valper. It's beyond impressive that you were able to figure it out in the end. But I should have eliminated you from the start and forged ahead alone..." Turning to the two Kings, Akeno, and Issei, Kokabiel told the latter to transfer the Boosted Gears' power to someone so he could fight.

"How can you be so confident!?" yelled Issei, directing this anger at Kokabiel. "Don't underestimate us!"

"You really think you can defeat me?" Kokabiel laughed out loud as Rias asked her Pawn to transfer the boosted energy to her. Nodding, Issei transferred the power to the Gremory King as she asks Akeno and Seekvaira to back her up.

"Oh? So you three are to face me? How interesting..." As he said that, he assumed a powerful form as his body produced a bright flash of light that blinds everyone. Once the light fades, Kokabiel was a whole new Fallen Angel. His wrists, shoulders, and legs had crystals on them. His ten fallen angel wings became crystallized, his body a pale white. At the same time, Archer returns from her battle victorious.

"Moka..."

"I know, I can feel it too..."

"Uhhh Naruto?" Stopping their fight, Naruto and Hoshikari sense Kokabiel's already overwhelming power to be rising.

"Ddraig...Is he the-"

"No, he's not the Vanishing Dragon's wielder. He is something far worse..." said Ddraig. Seekvaira, wide-eyed, noticed something about Kokabiel's new power.

"He...He's like Naruto now..."

"I can feel it...This power...IT'S MARVELOUS!" yelled Kokabiel. Elana outdid herself when she found him (Seath the Scaleless). With the promise to vanquish every dragon they see if he helps him create a new Great War, Seath agreed to fuse with Kokabiel.

"Naruto, he's just like us. They won't win against him." Naruto asked Infernus what he meant by that as he pushed Hoshikari back with a fireball. "From what I can sense, he can't be killed."

"How's that even possible?" asked Naruto.

"There's something tethered to him. The line seems to be connected to the Hidden Gap, making him unkillable until we destroy whatever it is. We need to finish this fight as soon as possible. Are you sure you want to not screw the rules? We can kill him if you-"

"I'm sure...After all, this is between me and him." Infernus calls Naruto a piece of work and to make sure he wins since he's allowing Naruto to be selfish.

Fights

Naruto vs Hoshikari

Joichi, Irina, Maki, Keito, Mary, Moka, Fujino, Seekvaira, Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Kiba, and Archer vs Kokabiel (Fused with Seath)

Support

Issei, Asia, and Kotomi

"Now then, come at me with whatever you've got! Devils! Exorcists! Monsters!" Kokabiel yelled as Rias fired a beam of destructive energy at him, only for the fallen angel to absorb it into his crystals and fire it back at the Gremory King, but stronger.

"Rho Aias!" Archer yelled as she appears in front of Rias and forms a seven-layered Bounded Field to take the punishment. While it protects Rias, the energy used to make the shield along with the energy she used earlier to sustain Unlimited Blade Works took a toll on Archer. Kokabiel goes after the vampire girl, hitting her with a crystallized fist, knocking her into a tree, and cracking her ribs. Mary tries to use her poisonous touch, only to find it ineffective as the fallen angel prepares to kick her. Keito quickly appears in front of his Servant lover and parries the attack before swinging his scythe at his leg, leaving a small but ineffective cut before jumping back as Kiba sends several demonic holy swords to erupt from the ground and pierce him. While it penetrates his skin, he laughs, unable to feel the pain before breaking the blades and instantly healing from his wounds.

Using her Magic Crest, Xenovia traced a second Durandal and engaged Kokabiel in close combat as the fallen angel formed twin swords made of crystals to block her strikes. Fighting her for a few good seconds, Kokabiel finds an opening and knees her in the stomach, knocking her back. As he goes for the kill, Joichi uses Heartbreaker to stop time, using the three seconds to knock the fallen angel back before he could harm Xenovia.

"I don't know how you did that, Filthy Human, but it seems that it's taken a bit of a toll on you," said Kokabiel as Joichi's hands bleed.

"Damn, not now..." said Joichi. Kokabiel hurls several crystal projectiles at him as Heartbreaker throws punch after punch to break them, receiving some minor cuts from the crystals that managed to get past his fists. Finding an opening, Koneko tries to attack him with a punch, only for Kokabiel to turn around and stab her with one of his crystallized swords.

"KONEKO!" Kiba shouts as he lunged at Kokabiel, who sends out a surge of power to both send him and Koneko flying back. Issei managed to catch the Gremory Rook as Kiba plants his feet on the ground to stop himself.

Seekvaira forms a bazooka made from her magic and fires it at the fallen Angel's face, though it doesn't faze him. Akeno followed it up by firing lightning, fire, and ice at him, Kokabiel forming a dome of crystal around himself to protect him.

"Hohhh... You must be Baraqiel's..." This angers Akeno as she yelled, "DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK OF HIM AND ME IN THE SAME BREATH!", before firing a strong lightning blast as Rias fires a blast of destructive energy in a two-pronged attack that Kokabiel destroys with twin crystal swords.

From behind, Seekvaira, in a Unicorn Gundam construct, kicks him up in the air, catching him off-guard as Fujino used her Mystic eyes and telekinesis to send him plummeting to the ground hard, applying more and more pressure on him as his crystals start to slowly crack, amusing him.

"Mystic Eyes and telekinesis. A hazardous combination...though it will do nothing to stop me," said Kokabiel as he slowly gets up from the ground. Fujino tries to add more power, but the strain is too much and she is left weakened. Kokabiel stops the Gundam's fist before destroying the construct with a blast of energy and shooting a crystal at Seekvaira. Maki appears in front of her King and knocks it away as Irina extends Wailing Dark's blade. Kokabiel quickly turns around and catches it in his hands as Irina retracts the blade, pulling herself towards him and kicking him in the face. Landing on her feet after, she notes about the hardness of his skin as she compares it to accidentally stubbing her toe on the leg of a bed before she avoids Kokabiel's crystal sword and, with Seekvaira, Maki, Keito, Archer, Xenovia, and a recovered Moka, engaged him in close quarters once more.

"Yes! That's it! Struggle!" yelled Kokabiel as he welcomes those facing him to give them their best shot. Moka forms a whip out of her own blood and performs a Sustained Sweep attack on the fallen angel, who quickly avoids the attack as Keito's scythe changed into a straight, spear-like form, extending it as the blade attempts to pierce Kokabiel's crystal-hard chest. Keito activates the thrusters on both ends of the blade to increase its penetration power, managing to have the blade stab into the fallen angel's chest. Unfazed, Kokabiel breaks the scythe's blade before removing the piece that was stuck in his chest without any trouble. As he flew towards Keito, Kotomi, in her pixie form, quickly flew in front of Kokabiel and blinded him with a powerful flash of light magic, stunning him, though the fallen angel was able to knock the pixie away, putting her out of commission, while he was temporarily blinded before Moka kneed him in the face.

Back with Naruto, he throws one of his staves at Hoshikari, who moves away from it to avoid it. Anticipating this, Naruto swings his chain at him, though the fallen angel moves to the side and avoids this. With a smirk, Naruto's chain ensnares the staff he threw as he pulls it back towards him, the stave hitting Hoshikari at the back of the head, stunning him as he quickly puts Igneox together and used its katana mode to stab Hoshikari in the side, making him cough blood. But Naruto wasn't done there. The Agares Rook uses the heat blade emanating from Igneox to burn Hoshikari's power until he was too weak to continue fighting.

"My...power...How-"

"I learned how to burn an opponent's power until they were unable to fight or until they died," he told him, surprising the fallen angel. "I win..."

"Yes, you won. You have gotten stronger on your own..." Pulling out his blade, Naruto prepared to give Hoshikari and honorable death until a crystal spear runs both of them through the stomach, shocking them both.

"Fa...Father...Why?" asked Hoshikari, turning his head to face his father.

"To lose to a Devil like him...I have no use for weaklings like you...I also figured it was the perfect time to finish him before he decided to come for me," Kokabiel told his critically injured son as Naruto angrily but painfully broke the crystal spear. Hoshikari falls to the ground, unconscious. Around Kokabiel, almost everyone who fought him (Rias, Akeno, Seekvaira, Maki, Keito, Archer, Xenovia, Moka, Fujino, Joichi, Mary, Koneko, and Kiba) were standing/lying on the ground, too battered/weakened to get up or fight any further. Only Irina was knocked out cold.

"How could you do that to your own son!?" yelled a wounded Naruto.

"How? He's weak if he lost to a Devil like you. I trained him to be strong, gave him several chances in order to prove himself, only to disappoint me every time. At least he can die knowing his great father was the one to put him down and not a filthy Devil!" Kokabiel quickly throws a few more at Naruto, hitting him in the knees, shoulders, and chest before using the crystals that pierced Naruto to absorb his energy and de-power him.

"Shit, he's absorbing your power!" yelled Infernus. Feeling the power he got from Naruto, he comments on how strong it was, as well as how similar they were before noting that if he fought him, the Agares Rook could be a threat to his life. "Damn, our link isn't even close to being fixed. If he attacks us again, we're done for..."

"I'm sorry Infernus...This is my fault. I wanted to win on my own and-"

"No...I don't blame you. If there's anyone to blame, it's that asshole for interrupting the fight before it could be concluded."

"Now, I should finish you off before you manage to get back up." Putting his hand forward, Kokabiel fires several crystals at Naruto. Seeing this, Moka recalls how Naruto died, and how she was unable to act upon her instincts out of fear.

At the last minute, Moka musters all of her strength to appear in front of the blond, using her body to shield her best friend from the assault, shocking everyone, including the Agares Rook as the sharp projectiles pierce her chest several times, one of them damaging her heart.

"MOKAAAAAAA!" Archer cried out as the vampire girl Moka coughs up blood and falls into Naruto's arms. As Kokabiel was about to fire again, Issei, no longer wanting to be the support, becomes enraged as he forcefully activates his Scale Mail and punched Kokabiel in the face. While Issei covers for them, Naruto focused on Moka as she bleeds heavily from her wounds.

[Nagi no Asukara: Surinukeru Kokoro / Heart that Slips Through]

"Thank God...Thank God I was able to make it before they hit..."

"Why did you do that?" asked Naruto as he teared up. "You didn't have to! Yet you-"

"You're wrong..." she told Naruto as she finally speaks her mind.

"I...I regret not revealing myself to you for so long, even when that man stabbed you...I could've saved you, but I didn't. I just watched like a helpless girl...I bore that guilt, even when you came back as a Devil...I would be devastated if I saw that happen again...Very devastated..." Moka told her friend as she clenched the sleeve of his suit, tearing up as she looked at him.

"I wanted to ask you before we came here, but I was afraid to ask it, but...Do you hate me for not saving you on that day?"

"Why would you ask that? I would never hate you Moka...You're my best friend..." Naruto told her.

"I'm so glad to hear you say that...I feel cold, colder than I've ever been...before I go...I at least want you to express myself to you, with the warmness I still have left in me..." Caressing his cheek, Moka pulls his face towards her as she kissed him on the lips, both surprising and hurting him, realizing she felt the same way towards him.

"I want to...I want to at least hear how you...feel about me..."

"I've felt the same way about you, ever since we met. I've wanted to say these words to you for so long, but I never could, afraid that it could affect what we had. But now...Now...I can finally say...Moka Akashiya...I love you." Tears flowing down her face, Moka forms a warm smile on her face as her hand slowly falls to the ground. Moka Akashiya was dead. Naruto could only look at her in disbelief.

[Music End]

At that moment, Issei is knocked back by Kokabiel, his scale mail shatters as Rias caught him in her arms.

"You have all fought well. Even you exorcists, after having lost your trusty lord."

"What are you saying?" asked Xenovia as she struggles to stand.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! I suppose they don't tell you much, do they!? Now's as good a time as any. You should know...God is dead. It wasn't only the Fourth Devil King who perished in the Great War. God was also killed." Everyone excluding Naruto had shocked looks on their faces.

"But it was hardly in the best interests of the three ravaged powers to inform Humans of this. After all, Angels and Devils alike rely on Humans for their endless faith and propensity for devilish ideals. Only the top brass of each faction was aware in the first place. Valper realized it too a moment before I killed him."

"You lie..." said a shaken Xenovia, the revelation making her sword feel heavy in her hands.

"And it's not as if another war will break out unless someone schemes to cause one. Each of the powers suffered heavy losses last time, after all. That bastard Azazel proclaimed, "There will be no second war," and that was the end of it! I couldn't bear it! If only we Fallen Angels could take over, we wouldn't have to rely on Humans anymore!" As Asia fell to her knees and fell into despair, Issei tried to help the Gremory Bishop keep it together as her faith was put into question, all while Kokabiel continued to speak his mind.

"War is coming! I'll take your heads and show Lucifer and Michael that the Fallen Angels reign supreme!" Kokabiel finished before laughing like a maniac. As he laughed, he didn't notice the white-haired girl appear out of a portal and deliver a large cut to his back, using Darkdrift, surprising everyone as she lands next to Naruto, knocking him out of his current state.

"You are..." Turning to face him, the girl smiles.

"It's her...Oh shit, it's her..."

"I'm sorry it took a while. I had to take care of something in the Hidden Gap." The girl would've come sooner, but, sensing Seath, she knew she had to find a way to get rid of the scaleless dragon's immortality before coming here. For that, she ventured into the Duke's Archives, effortlessly cutting down several monsters until she made it to the Crystal Cave where she found the Primordial Crystal, destroying it before she arrived.

"You...What did you do!?" yelled Kokabiel as he noticed that the wound on his back hasn't healed before firing several crystal projectiles at her. The girl brings out both blades and holds them at an angle against each other and rotates them rapidly, destroyed the projectiles.

"You can still save her." Hearing the girl say that made Naruto's eyes widen. "Don't forget, you can use a piece to reincarnate her...You haven't lost her yet. Death for her and those fighting with you await if you do nothing now. Get up...and let out a defiant roar..."

[Persona 3 Spring of Birth OST - Protean]

In an instant, the girl appears in front of Kokabiel and parries his attacks while effortlessly evading him and inflicting minor cuts on him, Naruto, knowing he can save Moka and feeling determined, painfully pulls out every crystal in his body. The pain slowly subsides as he got up. Inside Naruto's body, Infernus feels their link fully repaired as both host and demon's energies resonate with each other.

"Oh, this is going to be good. You heard her Naruto...LET OUT A ROAR!"

"RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!" Naruto's eyes give out an intense red glow as yellow, orange, and red flames encircle him before erupting into a violent pillar.

"What is this feeling?" Kokabiel wondered as his hands start shaking. Others watching were astonished when the Agares Rook emerged with a new appearance. His body had a luminescent appearance with a black silhouette and flaming eyes. He also acquired sharper claws and nine ethereal flaming foxtails. Jumping back, the white-haired girl smiles as Naruto walks forward, lightly scorching the ground.

"This power...There's no way a mere Devil like you can possess power that's greater than-!" Naruto shuts Kokabiel up by firing a fireball at him, partially burning the right side of his face. Recovering from the attack, Kokabiel's eyes widen as the Agares Rook appears in front of him, grabbing his head before slamming him on the ground three times and throwing him to the ground, kicking him away after. Quickly getting up, the fallen angel hurls three crystal spears that stab into Naruto's chest, though he doesn't feel any pain.

"I HAVE YOU NOW! I'LL JUST USE THOSE CRYSTALS TO ABSORB YOUR-" Kokabiel stops mid-sentence as he finds himself being overloaded by Naruto's power, shattering his crystals as the crystals embedded in Naruto's body break, his wounds closing up within a second.

"Seekvaira...Will it be okay if I destroyed part of the school?" Seekvaira smiles before she gives him permission to do so. After all, rebuilding the damage was a simple and easy task. "Good." Cocking his fist back, several spell circles line up behind it as he prepared to throw a punch. (Devil is a Part-Timer Episode 5 reference)

"No! I refuse to be opposed by someone like you!" yelled Kokabiel as he raised his arms up in the air and formed a large spear of light that had three circles surrounding it. Swinging his arms downward, Kokabiel hurled it at Naruto. Throwing his punch, a burning image of a demon fox's head roars at the fallen angel, distorting and destroying Kokabiel's attack. Kokabiel was helpless as the attack hits him head-on, destroying him and half of the academy as it breaks the barrier the Student Council put up.

[Music End]

"What was that!?" Saji asked out loud, with Sona and the other Student Council members wondering the same thing. Back with Naruto, he reverts to his normal self as the white-haired girl congratulates him on his victory. Saying nothing, Naruto slowly goes over to Moka's body.

"You've been keeping someone like him in your peerage?" asked Rias, still trying to process the strength Naruto showcased.

"Pretty much," said the Agares King as she used Time Magic to repair the school.

"Are you sure he's a Rook?" asked Keito, noting how he displayed powers similar to or greater than a usual King Piece.

[Fate / EXTELLA: The Umbral Star - what if the night continues]

As this was going on, Naruto pulled the crystal spears out of Moka's body before using a Reserved Queen Piece to reincarnate her into his peerage. As he held Moka, he felt her body become warm again as her wounds heal up. Slowly opening her eyes, she sees Naruto gently smiling at her.

"I thought...I thought I-"

"I reincarnated you Moka, as my Queen...I know, it's a bit selfish of me to make you part Devil without your permission but-" Naruto stops as Moka tearfully hugs him.

"A welcome back would've been nice, you know..." Naruto hugs Moka back as Asia, Maki, Irina, Archer, Mary, and Fujino tear up with joy, with Joichi, Kiba, and Issei smiling at the sight. Going over to the wounded Hoshikari, Seekvaira asked Naruto what they should do with him as the Rook approached her after setting Moka down. Looking at him, Naruto told Asia to heal Hoshikari, surprising the one-winged angel.

"Are you sure Naruto?" asked Seekvaira, informing him of the times he almost killed the Rook.

"His father tried to kill him. He's not a threat anymore unless he still wants to be." With a sigh, Rias asked Seekvaira if Naruto was right in the head.

"I heard that, and yes. Trust me." After Asia healed the fallen angel, Naruto and Kiba went over to the spot Freed's body should've been lying at. It bothered them when it wasn't there. Freed had escaped once more, much to their annoyance.

"Is it really over?" Kiba asked the Agares Rook.

"Far from it. There's still someone, maybe more, at the Vatican moving ahead with that Valper guy's old research," he told the Gremory Knight.

"I see...When I confront them someday, what will I choose to do with this Demonic Holy Sword?"

"Don't think about it too hard. For now, your business with the Holy Sword Project and your old friends are over for the moment..." Kiba smiles as he tells the Rook that was pretty assuring coming from him.

From the sky, the (real) White Dragon Emperor, his white dragon wings out, had watched the whole fight, impressed by Naruto's abilities and keeping notes on Issei's development. He was a handsome young man with light silver hair and hazel eyes. He wore a dark green V-neck shirt with a high-collared black leather jacket over it. He also wore burgundy jeans with a silver chain drooping down over them and black leather chaps with three bands encircling his right calf, and black shoes with black buckles.

"It seems it was worth getting called here by Azazel...or else I would've missed this spectacle..." he told himself before flying away.

[Music End]

Half an hour later, as Sirzechs and his men arrived and talked the three Kings, Naruto stood next to Hoshikari as the white-haired girl stood with them.

"You are a strange one, Naruto Namikaze," said Hoshikari. Earlier, Sirzechs was ready to arrest Hoshikari for his involvement in Kokabiel's plans and for murdering several exorcists during the theft of the Excalibur Fragments. However, Naruto managed to convince the current Lucifer to let him have custody over the fallen angel, telling him if Hoshikari went out of line, he'd kill him. "Why did you convince him to put me in your custody?"

"I just felt like sparing you. There's no other reason I can put together than that. Pity didn't have anything to do with it either..." Sensing Fujino, Naruto turned to see her hiding behind a tree as she observed her King talking to the Fallen Angel. "As an order from your "responsible party", I want you to apologize to Fujino for the incident at the bridge." With a sigh, Hoshikari decides to walk over to Fujino and do just that, telling Naruto, "...I owe her that much..." Fujino is a bit hesitant to have him get close, but her King assured her the fallen angel would behave. While Hoshikari apologized to Fujino, Naruto turned to the white-haired girl and thanked her for helping him out.

"It's my job, as your retainer."

"Retainer!?"

"Ayano Kagami, a pleasure to finally meet you. I am a former firekeeper who knows the demon that resides inside of you VERY well." Naruto's eyes widened.

"What's up Ayano?"

"What's up? Is that all you say, after sealing me away before you fought that monster and died? After giving me this name, taking me out of that world and teaching me so many things?" asked the girl known as Ayano, sounding angry as she took off her crown, revealing her blue eyes. Naruto could tell there was history between her and Infernus. "Now you don't have a body and have become a wandering soul..."

"IT WAS TO PROTECT YOU!" Infernus yelled. "BE GRATEFUL DAMMIT!"

"Don't raise your voice at me you bodiless sex fiend! Even if it was for good intentions, it was cruel of you to do it out of the blue!" Hearing them yell at each other, Naruto compared their relationship to that of a father and daughter.

"How'd you even get out?"

"After your host gave you possession of his body, and you became dormant after, the seal weakened, allowing me to break it. I had to survive on my own for a while since I didn't have any money. I had to kill some gangsters to make a living..."

"You must have really missed him..."

"Anyways, my work here is done. I'm heading home now. I'll see you tomorrow Naruto." As soon as Ayano left, Naruto told Infernus, "...I like her."

"Fuck off Naruto."

"So...why Ayano?"

"I won't tell." As Naruto smiled to himself, Seekvaira approached her Rook.

"Who was that girl?"

"She's someone Infernus knows." This surprised the Agares King.

"So she's the link to who Infernus is...Will we see her again?" As Naruto talked to his King, Xenovia stood by herself, looking down on the ground as she processed everything she knew now.

Namikaze Residence

With the threat gone, Keito and Mary decided to stay with Moka for the night, with the recovered Irina staying at Issei's, after he, Saji, Kiba, and Koneko got "punished" for going after the Excalibur Fragments without their knowledge. Naruto and Kotomi arrived home, the latter happily eating a box of doughnuts, a reward for winning her own fight and for helping with the fight against Kokabiel.

"Welcome home you tw-...Oh my, I wasn't expecting guests," said Shizune. Hoshikari (Human Form) and Xenovia were standing behind them as Naruto told Shizune they were temporarily staying with them. "Well, our home is your home..."

"Thank you very much, you're too kind," said Hoshikari, bowing to the woman. As Hoshikari decided to take a shower in Naruto's bathroom, Xenovia looks at the pictures of Naruto and his family in the living room. Looking at the ones with Akame in it, she saw how happy she looked with her new family. Xenovia had a look of sadness as she recalled how she dismissed what the blond told her as lies.

"Where's Akame?" asked Naruto.

"She's out at her friend's. She won't be home until tomorrow," Shizune informed the blond.

"I see..." Seeing Naruto looking a little sad, Shizune asked him what was wrong. "Shino and I...We broke up."

"What? You two broke up?"

"Yeah...We...We're done..." Naruto told the woman, looking sad, even after he prevented Kokabiel from creating another Great War.

"I'm so sorry Naruto." Going over to him, Shizune hugs him as the bluenette watched. In Naruto's bathroom, as he showered, Hoshikari recalled how his father tried to kill him in order to kill Naruto. Feeling betrayed, Hoshikari clenched his teeth as he cried while slamming the wall with his fists.

With Moka

Akashiya Residence

Moka, showering with Archer, smiled when she remembered Naruto's confession, and how she finally had her first kiss.

"Moka?" Turning to Archer, she asked her what she needed. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to protect you when-"

"You have nothing to worry about. It's okay. Things were beyond our control, but it's fine. You finally know who you are, I am a Queen to Naruto's future Peerage, and I realized that Naruto loves me back. So everything's fine," she told her Servant with a smile.

"Let's promise to take better care of each other from now on, okay?" Hearing her Master tell her that, Archer forms a smile on her face as she replied with a simple, "Okay."

With Naruto

Friday (6/10)

Naruto's Private Plane

Xenovia, Irina, Keito, and Mary had Naruto fly them there since his Private Plane was faster and had better service than the airport. It was the bluenette who had requested he come with them, though she didn't say why. Ayano also decided to tag along, since she had a "responsibility" to stay beside the Agares Rook, to Infernus's annoyance.

Naruto had decided to come in order to get away from Japan for a bit, after everything that happened, Shino being one of the reasons. Seekvaira also decided that today was the perfect time to remodel Naruto's whole house since Shino knew they were Devils, allowing her and her special building crew to come in and remodel it while everyone in the Namikaze Household was away.

With Seekvaira's approval, Naruto was able to skip school and accompany the exorcists and Servant. Mika, the girl they captured, was being held in one of the guest rooms at the Agares Mansion for later questioning, after last night. Mika stayed in the guest bed without putting up a fight, telling Chitose, who was watching her, that she was too hungry to do anything. Right now, the Designer Baby was being watched by the Namikaze Rook and Irisviel, while Illya and Millicas kept her company. Millicas originally came over to see Naruto, only to be disappointed when he heard he was out for the day. Though the young, red-haired boy didn't mind the Agares Rook not being there after meeting Mika and turning a bright shade of red.

"Pretty soon, we'll be in Rome...Something tells me we're in for some big revelations," said Keito, still finding it hard to believe that God was dead. "Thanks for joining us Naruto, and for stopping Kokabiel."

"No problem Keito..."

"...How's Xenovia?" Naruto tells Keito she only told him to come with her to Rome and that she hasn't said anything else to him after. "She's probably still shaken from hearing that..."

"I think so too..." Naruto told Keito as they looked at the bluenette with concern.

Agares Mansion

Study Room

Inside its glass case, the Lordvessel is filled with Seath's Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard.


The next chapter will complete the Shattered Excaliburs Arc.

Inferno Install makes its debut! It is a VERY powerful form that taps into a fraction of the full power Infernus truly possesses. However, Naruto has no idea how the transformation activates. With this, I wanted it to be a power that only manifests when it's necessary. Otherwise, fights would only last a second to a minute long. It's also an incomplete form so its true form is a mystery. The inspiration came from Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear, and the Ultra Instinct -Sign- and Mastered Ultra Instinct forms Goku goes into in Dragon Ball Super.

Regarding the fight between Naruto and Hoshikari, after watching an episode of Preacher where Jessie fought Jody without using Genesis, I felt that fighting evenly was a way to end it between them. I also took ideas from Fate/Zero Season 2, involving the chivalrous fight between Saber and Lancer before all hell broke loose.

Instead of Kokabiel being sealed in Cocytus like the canon, Naruto kills him. With Kokabiel, it was difficult to figure out how to execute the final parts of the battle. So one of my brothers suggested he fuse with Seath, who was going to be the final enemy to face, but I figured with Naruto being fused with Infrenus, why not have Kokabiel take a page out of symbiosis and fuse with Seath?

With the fight between Kotomi and the raven, I wanted a comedic battle going on since I wanted the pixie familiar to have a moment of her own. I also liked adding the part where she temporarily blinded Kokabiel since it showed that she wasn't useless and could do something, even if it was short.

For Asia, she's only a healer-type so she rarely gets any scenes. However, that may change in future chapters.

The reason why the white-haired girl didn't show up until the end is mainly because the Primordial Crystal maintaining Seath's immortality had to be destroyed. I wanted to keep that lore where it needed to be destroyed in there, giving her a justifiable reason for appearing when she did.

Her name, Ayano Kagami, was given to her by Infernus. That name is of very great importance to the demon.

With Moka dying in this, the way it happened, I felt that Moka's regret over not helping Naruto in Chapter 1, out of fear, was what made what happened after all the more meaningful since, after keeping it inside, she finally had the chance to jump in and save her best friend.

Yes, Moka is officially part of Naruto's Peerage as his Queen. While she may not look like it, Moka still has a lot of potential within herself to unlock, and eventually, her parents will know of this during the next arc with the school having the students bringing their parents to school and whatnot.

While they know they love each other, they're not officially a couple. Sure they kissed, but there was only a confession and that, as well as feelings being reciprocated. There WAS NO "Will you go out with me" or "Let's be something more" so...there's that.

In the chapter, near the end, I wanted to add a scene where Moka kissed Archer, initiating a Mana Transfer, but I felt it wasn't time to show that. Eventually, I will add that part in, at some point.

Hoshikari won't be joining any peerages or anything. He will remain a Fallen Angel.

Mika seems to have won the heart of Millicas. I wonder when we'll see her again...

The fight involving UBW was off-scene since I wanted the focus to be on the other fights. All I have to say is that it took some time to kill Elana for Archer, given she was the personification of Manus's wrath. I also wanted to note that, due to activating her Noble Phantasm, after so long, it tires her out. With F/GO I felt that the leveling and ascension system were a means to show that a Servant can make themselves stronger and more powerful than before. Right now, Archer (Xenovia) in her Stage 1 Ascension. She can still become even stronger.

In a future chapter, Naruto will have a way for Hassan of Serenity, aka Mary, to touch people without killing them, giving her control over who to and not to kill. It involves science and technology.

Xenovia has become a bit quiet after finding out God had died. I wonder what she has going on in her head, and what she plans on doing in the next chapter...