Disclaimer: I do not own the property of either Hazbin Hotel, or Naruto, both works are owned by Masashi Kishimoto, and Vivienne Medrano respectively.

Chapter 10: A Hell of a Party

The moment that two infiltrators step through those revolving doors where they are greeted with this side of the Pride Ring's most prolific inhabitants mingling with each other by the tables they were sitting at. The interactions were kept unchecked as some of the guests would either talk aloud with whoever they were conversing with or giving the state of some of the body shapes that were seen in this version of Hell some that flying up towards the ceiling that was large enough to accommodate them.

What really made the scene stand out for the shinobi other than the odd characters that at this point he grew to be accustomed to was the entirety of the setup of the room they were in. For one the set was the entire room was the color that was draped over it that included a light purple scheme layering all four sides of the walls.

"Whoa, this is really something"

"You can say that again, the joint has class to last to the end of days," Said Cherri as she looked around the place with a wide single eye."Really never took in the sights of places like these without blowing it up first"

"If we were here for anything other than what we came here to do I would probably prank the living hell out of these people" Starting to trek along while making sure not to look too inconspicuous in the process.

"Not too overly fond of rich snobs"

"Not all of them, only to those who use their wealth for only themselves, and not for the benefit of others who are in dire need of help"

"Fat chance of finding that here with these types" Looking as though she would rather take a couple of drinks for herself instead of dishing them out."Most would rather give up their own family to the fucking wolves if it meant saving their own status in the pecking order"

"Giving what am feeling right now I won't be surprised if that would be the case"

"Why did you say that?" Looking at the disguised blond with an arched brow."You got some sort of six sense for sins"

"Not a sense, but more around the likes of people's emotions"

"Emotions?"

"It makes sense inside my mind then when I say out loud"

"I bet it does"

"Garson!" Yelled out a portly dressed fellow who waddled his way towards them as he centered on Naruto who was taken aback by the individual."Give me a drink! Am feeling quite feisty tonight, and I need a couple of drinks in me right now!"

"S-sure, here you are sir" Presenting him the tray of drinks."Help yourself with as many as you want"

"Why thank you my good man don't mind if I do" Almost leering at him with how his eyes seemed to drift between the beverages and him.

Not the ideal position that he envisioned himself to be in this soon, but knew that he would need to bear through it. But what came next was a new one for him.

Said fellow only had to lean in forward with his back slightly bent a bit and his mouth drooling from the corners. As if the person in front of Naruto were a walking trash compactor the sinner's mouth opened wide open to the point of having an upper and lower jaw looking as though they were barely attached to the man.

No sooner did he do that than where once stood an entire tray filled with glass drinks in his hands were gone in a blink of an eye. Tray and all.

Naruto thanked his years of honed instincts in letting go of the tray at the moment the sinner clamped down on the tray. If he were anyone else with less experience he would have had both hands amputated on the spot.

"Now that hit the spot!" Rubbing his stomach completely satisfied with the treat."Nothing beats a nice hard drink to settle one's thirst after partaking in quite the feast over at the crafts table"

"Were glad to have been of service"

"If I could I would tip you well for the offering, but am probably now in the mood for some dessert" Looking now at Cherri who had a well-concealed eye twitch at the comment."Or maybe even two" Now looking at Naruto with wiggling brows.

This surely guaranteed a twitch from the blond himself. Luckily for them, they didn't have to respond to the unwarranted advances by the guest as a new voice entered their little group from behind the waiters.

They turned their heads to spot a tall lanky person dressed party-goer who was dressed for the occasion giving the stylized tuxedo he wore that was color patterned with black and red design with gold trimming on the shoulders with a black bowtie on the neckline. The man looked as though he was a man from the military of ages past with the monocle on the left eye tagged together with a nicely trimmed beard.

"Garbo, I see you couldn't contain yourself once again in being patient for the host's dinner" Looking at the still munching sinner who looked at who was talking."Do I need to teach you once more the basic etiquette of presenting yourself amongst high society?"

"What can I say, Malloy, when the urge comes to me I can't help myself, but fall victim to its unsuitable hunger"

"To you maybe, but I doubt the rest of the guests here share your point of view"

"Only if you look hard enough" Swallowing the last remnants of the metal and glass portions of the tray."Then you'll be surprise in how many share my "type" of hunger"

The now named new member looked now to the two waiters standing between the two and tipped his top hat at them and the two of them understood the gesture to stand aside for him to walk through them.

"Thank you" He replied at them as he took a few steps forward until he was standing next to the shorter male."Now why don't we continue our little chat to our table"

"But I was just about to have to propose a little fun for our helper's here" Starting to get a little closer to the two.

Something that got both Naruto and Cherry to stiffen seeing the blob of a man get too close to comfort. Especially for the blond with his heightened senses that were going through a rollercoaster of sensory overdrive with the heavy stench the man gave out.

It also didn't help that the man was close and only getting closer to make him want to bolt from the scene as quickly as he could. But before he could act out of instinct he was saved by the other man's companion.

"Now, Garbo how about you just let the two go and led them to continue with their daily business," He said as he put a hand on the short sinner's shoulder."The night is still young so go on wasting all your energy on smaller targets"

"I guess you're right" Stopping in his tracks and turning his head to the taller guest."I can't get too excited right now"

"Then let's get a move on" Talking a few steps back and twirling his cane as began to walk to his table."Don't want to keep the others waiting too long"

"Coming" He replied back as he began to trail behind the top hat sinner, before stopping and turning to look at the two waiters."I'll make sure not to forget you two" Giving the two disguised intruders a sharp look that held a deep-seated desire for the two, before turning back to catch up with his companion.

Safe to say that the two were not looking forward to having another encounter with the man for the rest of the night, more so Naruto than Cherrie who looked as though she was used to these types of people. But even the veteran to Hell could not stave off the shuddering goosebumps that formed once the pot-bellied man was gone as any indication from the hairs on her arms standing straight up.

"Though the fucker would never leave" She let out a huff as she kept eye conduct with the retreating forms of the two guests."If he got any closer I would have ended up shoving an entire set of explosives down his throat"

"He would probably enjoy it" Making sure not to act out of character to avoid suspicion from the crowd."Maybe even see it as you giving him an appetizer"

"Not for what I on me"

"Be it that case, we need to make our way upstairs and away from this crowd" Bumping her shoulder to get her attention."The less we act out of character, the less attention we get"

"Kinda hard not to, when some fat-ass in a coat ate an entire plate of drinks out in the open"

"That's why we have to hurry up" Starting to walk past some of the guests without getting too close to them."Let's get going"

Cherri didn't have to be told twice to do so.

"Are you gonna finally tell me why we're here"

"I'll tell you everything once we're upstairs, too many prying ears out here" Keeping a close eye on those around them wary about any other encounter from the party-goers."I don't want to be sticking around here in the open waiting for someone else to come to us"

"No kidding" She whispered back, holding on to the tray of drinks that weren't gobbled by the fat sinner and making sure that they wouldn't get spilled."What about you, shouldn't you get another tray to keep up the look"

"Well, going back to the kitchen is out the question as I doubt the head waiter is gonna be too happy in losing my plate"

"I don't know, the man looked to have an eye for your guy, maybe if you act sweet enough he'll give you a past"

Cue a shudder that made Cherrie smirk.

"God, don't even say that"

"Not your type?"

"Not with that person" Seeing another entrance connecting to another part of the mansion that looked vacant from the rest of the party."Too rough around the edges"

"Maybe a certain pink-haired spider with a softer touch is more up your alley"

"..."

"Should I take that as a yes?"

The blond didn't have to turn around to see that the one-eyed bomber have a huge smile plastered across her face as he had his gaze directed at something more important.

"How about we talk about something else that's not about my preferences"

"Not like your gonna tell me at the moment what we're gonna do"

"I will"

"When"

"Straight ahead"

The cyclops looked beyond him and saw the doorway and seeing how close they were decided to stay quiet as a group of guests gathered together on the side of the path were mingling with each other in deep talks.

Moving through the crowds was easier said than done as the body population of Hell came in a variety of sizes ranging from short-statured to that of towering height that they had to stop a couple of times in their walks to avoid colliding with some stretching their legs when passing right by them.

The ones on the shorter side were the ones that Naruto had to keep an on eye as they were much quicker on their feet and moved as fast as small rodents. And that only applied to the ones that had feet to walk on the wooden floor as those who slithered or flew above their heads that kept the environment lively with sinners from all sorts of backgrounds.

"Hey, you girl! Come here!``yelled out a voice from the lively group that they just passed and was directed obviously to Cherrie given that she was still the one with the tray of drinks that weren't devoured.

Cherrie Bomb stopped midstep at hearing the voice called out to her and she wasn't the only one as Naruto turned his head to view her in a sideway glance to gauge her reaction. It made sense that she was the one to call as she was the only female waiter insight with drinks at hand near the group, so it being someone else was out of the question.

Seeing no choice, but to answer the call she had no choice, but to answer the call.

"How can I be of service?" She replied once she turned around with a fake plastered-up smile directed at the man in the center of the group.

Said the group in question looked to be mostly a group dressed up in a series of tuxes with different color schemes for each of their wardrobe. And by the look and sound of them, they looked to act as though they were members of a frat house in how childish and loud they were acting in comparison to the rest at the ball that kept up a more regal and refined image.

The one who had called out the attention of Cherrie was the tallest of the group, not big in terms of mass, but in height, as he was at least in the 7-inch range and was more in the lanky frame of body. Unlike the rest who were on the shorter side, but not too short to be called small, but more around the height of Naruto.

The supposed leader of the group's appearance was that of a lizard with ash-gray skin that had obvious marks from the parts that exposed skin on his clothing that resemble tattoos colored blue and almost seem to glow a bit when not hit with direct light. What added more to his unkempt personality was that his facial features that were wild in nature as his entire face was protruding forward the same as a canine with a row of teeth on full display on both sides.

How Naruto would describe the person would be that of a lizard standing on two legs. Though the difference is that he didn't have his back hunched back as he towered members of this group and was currently looking at the disguised Cherrie with evident lust in his eyes.

"If you wanted to be of service to me, then I would have you bend over while I ripped you a new one," He said with a massive toothed smile.

The comment elicited a laugh from the group and a low growl from the overlord.

"But at the moment what me and my friends here want is a cold one in our hands, so get your ass over here with those drinks"

"Right away, sir" Bringing the tray up to them to take.

"Good girl, maybe if you give me a big smile I may even give you a nice big tip" Getting close to her once everyone got their glassed drink leaving only one left on the platter for him to take."Don't be shy, why don't you keep me and my friends company relax a bit and take a breather to have some fun"

"That's a very tempting offer, but I really need to get back to work, or my boss is gonna have my head"

"Rather you give me some head right now," One of the members said as he grabbed onto his crotch with a leering look,

The rest of the company laughed at that as well as those nearby who heard what he said. Though this felt flat on Cherrie whose tolerance right now was starting to run thin in keeping up a quiet deposition.

"You tell her Raze!" His buddy next to him exclaimed with a snicker as he nudged his shoulder making a bit of the drink in his hand spill over onto his coat.

"Maybe we can take her out back and take this party up a nudge" Another one added who looked too excited at the prospect that he seemed to be shaking at the thought of it.

"Fuck that! Let's do it right now" One of the shortest of the squad said, coming forward with raised hands in preparation of grabbing the back of Cherrie's legs."She looks like too much of a tease to say no"

Though the right word was tried as he didn't get close enough to make conduct as the blond came up at the right time before that happened to prevent what was about to transpire.

"Excuse me, gentleman, but I really need to call my colleague back," He said getting between the short individual who seemed pissed at having his moment interrupted."So if you don't mind am just gonna whisk her away and leave your men to your own devices"

"But we do mind, you little shit," Said the leader of the group who got right in front of the blond to the point of having his nuzzle close to the blond's face."Me and my buddies here were just talking with the babe, ain't that right guys?"

"Yeah"

"Just talking"

"Friendly chat, that's all"

"See, nothing, so how about you just piss off and leave us alone" His liquored-up breath hitting Naruto's senses making his nose scratch up at the smell.

"Am, sorry, but I have to insist that she does, or we'll both be in deep trouble" Looking at Cherrie."Ain't that right, Dia?"

"Yeah, he's right sir" Placing herself next to Naruto to the point of almost touching her shoulders."We really need to get back to work"

"Come on, baby." Putting his hand on her shoulder and rubbing it with a bit of force, smiling inwardly in feeling her tense up at his touch."Stay and have some fun. We promise that we won't be that rough" Putting his head near her's."Hell, maybe you'll come to enjoy it"

Cherrie at this point looked to be at the breaking point of holding back as her blood was at a boiling point as she wanted nothing more than to rip the fucker in front of her shit-grinning head off and shove it up one of his friend's ass. But sensing the nudge given to her by the human next to her meant that she shouldn't resort to blowing her cover, while in the middle of a den of dangerous people.

Taking a moment to recollect herself, she closed her sole eye for a brief second, before opening it to stare directly into the man's own yellow ones and slowly took his hand that was on her shoulder.

The man smiled thinking this was going to lead to a pleasurable outcome as it was a while since he got some tail and seeing that the bitch was in no position in saying no to him it would be an easy score in going a couple of rounds with her. And after that, if he was feeling nice he'll give his leftovers to the guys as an early bonus.

His smiling grew an inch more just thinking how she would feel.

Probably tight…

The pain soon shot over his entire hand as the feeling of heavy pressure was all he could feel on the right side of his hand the moment the waiter bitch grabbed onto it. Even though the music in the background and the noise of talking was all that could be heard around them, he swore he could feel some of the bones on the hand popping as she continued to hold it in her grip.

It was like his hand was being crushed by a fucking cinder block…..!

"Fucking hell…." He cried out as the pain was becoming too much to handle."Let…go…you..bit-AHHH!

His attempt to snatch his hand back ended in failure as another source of pain exploded from one of his legs as the female waiter landed a blow directly at his chin courtesy of her kicking resulting in falling down on one knee.

All while Cherrie still had an iron-like grip on his appendage and only adding more pressure by the moment. Making more sounds of bone-breaking more evident.

"The fuck! The hell are you doin-" One of his friends called out in an attempt to help his friend.

The keyword was attempted as he felt his legs waver as though something had blown them from the back propelling him forward and hitting one of his buddies nearest to him. Making the both of them fall backwards into other guests and crushing through one of the tables.

The other two on the opposite were too shocked to move by the events that were transpiring in front of them that by the type their brains short-circuited back to act they themselves also feel victim in being hit at the same time in the chest that had them tumbling backwards into other unsuspecting guests.

The resulting action of bodies hitting other partygoers at a celebration filled with very potential dangers had the obvious outcome of a scuffle waiting to break out.

"The fuck is wrong with you!" Yelled out one who had been sent to the floor by one of the frat boys with his eyes slitted in anger.

"You complete imbecile, you look at what you did!" Came the shrill voice of a female guest in a white satin dress holding an end of it that was ripped.

Seeing that a crowd was beginning to form around the ones that crashed onto others and with the looks that a brawl was about to break out, the resident ninja knew it was time to leave from there.

"While they're distracted, let's get a move on," Naruto told Cherrie as he tapped her on the shoulder to get her attention.

"Yeah, let's" Not wanting to be told twice as more guests and some of the waiters nearby began to converge on the chaotic scene breaking out.

"I know Nuggy, you don't have to keep reminding me" Came out the voice of a familiar spider."You really want to go see whiskers"

"Oink"

"Am starting to feel like I'm getting replaced here" Pouting at the thought of being thrown out like yesterday's garbage.

"Oink, oink" Rubbing his little head on his fluff chest.

"Okay, I'll take that back, but don't go on forgetting who's the parent here" Petting the side of his ear."I don't mind sharing you Nugs, but at least give credit where credit's due in raising you" He added playfully.

Angel had taken the opportunity to dress in some new digs before leaving his room instead of wearing the usual get-up of a white-pink striped coat and black shirt with black stockings. He now wore something more casual in being a light color shirt that had white and blue stripes with a heart design at the center of the chest together with a skirt. The stockings were replaced by brown-fur kneesocks. The casual footwear was that of similar color to those kneesocks in loose sandals.

Overall a very calm and collected Angel Dust roaming the hallways on his day off. And given that he was still in recovery with some of the bandages that were replaced with a set of fresh ones (in small thanks to a familiar blond) he was getting back to feeling like his usual self.

Seeing the doorframe for the room of the local resident human, Angel was almost thinking of changing his mind as he felt a bit of nervousness start to build up inside his stomach, a look to his pet in his arms helped to quickly quell that feeling.

Taking a calming inhale of air and letting it out with a shaking exhale he raised the lower right arm.

Knock!

Knock!

"Hey, whiskers! It's me Angel open the door, Nuggy here wants to hang out with you"

Nothing.

Knock!

Knock!

"Can you hear me? Open up"

Still nothing.

"Maybe he's not in his room," He told himself as he would usually respond by the first couple of knocks."Could be somewhere else in the hotel helping one of the broads. Not like he had anything else to do while being cooped up at the hotel for this long"

"Oink"

"Yeah, makes you want to kill yourself with what little he can do while stuck down here"

"Oink"

"But hey" Smiling widely while rubbing behind Nuggs ear gently."At least he has us to keep him company"

The action only spurred the piglet in his arms to cutely rub his head against his hand as he was one to like having the back of his ears scratched like that.

"Guess, we just have to go look for him then" Staring at the door frame for a moment, before starting this trek to some of the areas that he thought the blond was at."Won't do us no good in having to stand in the middle of the hallway doing nothing"

"Oink"

"Hopefully we can find him" Having his eyes dim a bit at what he was currently thinking."Really need to get a hold of that knucklehead" Continuing with his walk with his first destination being that of the hotel's gym.

"Really need to talk with him about that" He mulled over as he gave the door to Naruto's room a brief side glance before returning back to stare at where he was walking.

But if Angel Dust were to stay a bit longer than he did he would have eventually heard the sound of muffled noises and heavy thuds to be heard from the outside of the door. The odd noises only became louder and louder with each passing second.

"I want to live"

"I want to give"

"I've been a miner for a heart of gold"

"It's these expressions"

"I never give"

"That keep me searching for a heart of gold"

"And I'm getting old"

"Keep me searching for a heart of gold"

The sound of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" could be heard blaring from the small-hand held radio Husk had stationed on the bed on top of his chest.

"What a goddamned long day!" Said a very gruff voice.

At the moment, said voice belonged to that of the local barkeep who at the revelation of his displeasure was laying down sprawled over his bed with a lit cigarette hanging off limply from his lips, a drink in one hand, and a dirty mag on the other.

"Screech!"

The sound of screeching could be heard coming out from a sealed wooden box at the nightstand situated next to him that seemed to have a life of its own with the small shaking that it did.

"Quite down?" He replied at it, not really looking at it as he continued to lazily read the magazine he was working with."Don't make get out the switch again"

"screech!"

"Good, no be little good cards and stay the fuck quiet" Taking a swing of his bottle."Got a bitch of a headache pounding inside of my head and you screaming your heads off is not doing any favors to it"

Thankfully it had the desired effect of having the screeching cool down so as to have only the loud noise of the music continue on, but even with it that still did not make the pain in his head, not even with the beer or the puffs from the cancer stick.

He reasoned that the lack of results of not being able to find the rest of his prize playing cards were one of the reasons for the headache.

Or it could have been his abuse of the genie in the bottle.

"Naw, it's pretty much the missing cards killing me right now," He remarked as he looked up towards the ceiling of his room to watch the barely functioning fan not able to rotate properly to keep him cool.

"Cheap ass hotel" Husk muttered, puffing another puff and using it to form a ring of smoke that slowly rose up in the air before losing its shape."With how rich the girl is you'll think daddy would pay to have some air conditioning put in place"

He looked to his surroundings and noticed that unlike some of the rooms upstairs that were furnished to at least make them appealing to stay in, his was more stripped-down of his own choice that made it so it didn't have that glossy wallpaper and the fur carpet that littered the ground.

He wanted his quarters to not be too much of an eye-sore in having all that bright crap in his room, so chose to have one of the rooms near the kitchen area that used to be a building's winery as the place he wanted to sleep in.

It was also an added bonus that the room still had the lingering aroma of aged wine that had seeped into the walls over the years. But other than that it wanted the room to be left simple with the brown rusted color of the walls to be kept the same. Unfortunately, that must have also included leaving the conditioning of the room left alone as well.

Just thinking about that made him almost growl in not being specific about that before he moved in. But then again he has stayed in worse hubs than this so at least it was tolerable. Either way, he would have to remind himself to tell Charlie to have it fixed at some point.

Some of the added items that at least make his room more pleasing were the posters of various females adorning the walls that either had them on top of motorcycles or holding weapons that we covered the walls near his bed that seemed to barely stick to the wall by the peeling tape. On the corner of the room was a display case with rows of liquor bottles that contained some of his more prized collection of vintage and expensive alcohol. The rest of the room also included the likes of a stationed desk with a rolling chair on the opposite side of the room next to a large set of cabinets that had other collected valuables that he had accumulated over the years since he arrived in Hell.

Most of which were locked behind a series of different styles of locks that ranged from padlocks to numbered codes that indicated the level of worth each had. Did not want to take any chances in having someone walk in when he wasn't here to help him/herself with something that was his. Even from the residents of the hotel. For most this would be seen as being too much of a judgment to pass on, but for Husk, it would be justifiable given that he didn't fully trust most of the people he has come to know for the past month. While he didn't give much thought to most at the Happy Hotel as he could not give much of a damn to the princess's dream of making a successful rehab center it was at least better than nothing as he was given a roof over his head rent-free. Even though the circumstances of him being here was purely on the grounds of paying off a debt to a red-haired deer bastard.

The rest of the cast was either mostly tolerable or in some cases just plain out annoying.

The moth carpet muncher was a pain in the ass.

The spider was by far the worst person other than Al to give him the urge to choke him out every time he talked to him and it didn't help that he was a major moocher in wanting something outta him that him put his personal stash on lockdown.

The cyclops was annoying, but at least helpful when he needed her to be. Food and drinks notwithstanding.

Not much had to be said about his relationship with Alastor to prove his point on their stances with each other.

And finally, his time with Naruto was more on the grounds of being tolerable as he was the only one in the building that was by far the most component one that he could at least trust, but his personality is always being an optimist was something that got on his nerves at times.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that he was related to Charlie given how the two blonds were always happy."

Thinking about said blond made him think about someone he once knew when he was alive. Though as quick as the thought popped in his mind the quicker it existed before it could be delved into any further.

"Man, of all the things to think about why did it have to be him"

"Thinking of whom, Husker?" Came the familiar silk voice of the radio demon.

Looking down at his walkman, he noticed that it had taken up a red color tint with the biggest change being that of the speaker becoming a yellow eye with a black slit in the middle looking at him in deep concentration.

"Not in the mood for this Alastor" Husk said with an angry twitch of his eye and the cracking of his palm that gripped the small walkman."Get lost"

"Come now, is that any way to talk to someone who only wants to take part in some friendly banter"

"That's the problem Al, your definition of "friendly" doesn't come anywhere close to being that"

"As opposed to being cooped up to that small cellar you call a home wasting away in bed drowning yourself in an assortment of cheap alcohol all while listening to load some music" The portal radio then shifted rapidly through frequencies at an alarming rate."How about listening to something worth hearing, how about Kid Ory's "Muskrat Ramble", or what about King Oliver's "Carnal Street Blues", maybe someone you'll probably know like Duke Ellington"

Each name that was mentioned was followed by the clip of their music that went in and out in rapid succession that was hard to keep track of if it weren't for the frenzied manipulation that Alastor was applying to the small tech.

"Would you just fuck off Al and leave me alone" Gripping onto the radio even tighter that had the effect of having its edges crack under the pressure and making the lights in the radio flicker briefly.

"Your no fun" Taking a mocking tone that only made Husk even angrier than he already was."Guess wallowing by yourself is more up your alley then"

"Is better than having to talk to you right now" And to prove a point he gulped down the rest of his drink in one sitting before belching out a loud one at the glowing eye.

"Husk, now you're breaking my heart here"

"Eat me" Fidgeting around with the walkman to see if he could get the music going again, but was to no avail given the strong presence of Alastor's possession.

"Is that an offer"

"Goddammit"

"Just tugging your chain, buddy old pal, besides even if I wanted to take a nibble out of you it would only leave me with a bad case of indigestion"

"Why do I even bother?" He whispered to himself as the radio demon continued on with his talking.

"Well seeing that you're not in the mood for some idle chatting then I guess I'll just leave you to your own devices and take my leave then"

"Yeah, you should"

With that his old-handled walkman reverted back to its usual gray and metallic color and the familiar-sounding voice of Young came back.

"Keep me searching for a heart of gold"

"And I'm getting old"

"You can say that again, Neil '' Transitioning back to staring back at the ceiling with another bottle that he got from the open case located at the bottom of his bedpost and proceeding to drink to his heart's content.

"God, I thought we were never gonna get out of that crowd," Said the one-eyed sinner as she huffed out the air in having to quickly escape from the brawl that broke out.

"You're telling me" Replied back to the ninja as he kept a sharp eye from where they came from in an attempt to keep a lookout for anyone that may have followed them, or seen them run away.

The noise of the commotion that was caused by their little run-in with a group of obnoxious sinners, who by the sound that he could make out from their end of the hallway was still happening given the loud noises emitting from just around the corner of the hall.

By just the sounds of them, they only seemed to be growing louder and if he could put a guess in some of the more warped sounding yells it sounded not even remotely human. Something that he did not want to stick around to find out.

"You okay" He heard her call out to him as he still kept his focus on his surroundings.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Giving her a side glance, while still keeping the other eye sharp.

"Because you look as though you're about to break out from your skin by the slightest touch," She said as she moved up alongside him while keeping close to the wall."Not comfortable in being too close to other sinners?"

"Not in that type of environment" Now turning to look at her, once he was comfortable enough to look away.

"Don't blame yeah" Feeling where he was coming from."I was about the same when I first came here" Continuing with her trek with Naruto as the two of them began to make some distance away from the noise."I wasn't able to keep myself grounded without freaking out that I almost collapse on the spot thinking that this was nothing more than a nightmare"

"What got you thinking differently?"

"When some pissant came up to me and wanted nothing more than to drag me to some back alley for a quick rub" Narrowing her sole eye at the memory.

"Guess the guy didn't who he was dealing with"

"You betcha your ass he didn't because the moment he wanted to get his happy ending he found his little friend not with him anymore"

"I….did not expect…..that," He said as he felt some shivers run below the belt at the thought.

Seeing the reaction from the ninja got Cherrie to laugh over what he was thinking about the morbid details.

"Didn't expect that type of answer"

"No, just surprise that's all"

"Yeah, right"

"Not like the guy didn't deserve what was coming to him" He replied back as the two of them turned a corner leading to another long corridor.

"And after that, I started to know the lingo of Hell and what it took to survive here at a yearly basis and all while making sure to keep myself at the top to make sure that no-brain chump would want to take a go at me"

"Makes sense" Seeing her point, and then thinking about a friendly spider from back at the hotel."What about Angel?

"He and I go back 30 years strong now, I think" Pondering about the exact date."Why you ask?"

"Nothing much just wanted to know how long you two been friends" Happy to know that Angel had someone to call a friend other than himself, but surprised by the length of time."It really tells a lot of two people being that close for at least three decades"

"Now don't get sappy on me now, is nothing to write home about" Though by the smile she had was any indication it was something that she prided in being acquainted with Angel."Besides is not like am Angel's only friend now that you're here"

"You really think so?" Raising a brow at her reply."Didn't think that I gave off the impression that I could be a friend to Angel"

"Is a gut feeling, and given that it has not proven me wrong after all these years tells me that you are one" Nudging on the shoulder lightly.

Well, lightly for her as her jab had more of a push than Naruto was expecting as he almost took a misstep, but quickly straightened up to avoid falling down.

"I can just imagine how it would feel like if it were a full-on punch," He thought as he lightly rubbed the spot on his shoulder that took the hit. It didn't hurt him much, but it was the surprise behind the impact of the hit that made him think about what Cherrie could do if she was more serious.

It made me think about the guy who was putting the moves on Cherrie and hearing the sound of bones on the sinner's hand break loudly the moment she took hold of it.

"That's nice to hear, but I am more curious about how the two of you met because it must have been something to have you stay close friends after all these years.''Moving to another conversation piece, instead of dwelling too much on the punch.

"Thinking about now, it may sound like nothing much as two troublemakers meeting each other at some dank bar, but it was memorable in how much we had in common and just the general outlook on what we thought of living in Hell and what we did to get by everyday"

"That's normal, having something in common with someone new is how most connections start to form in the first place"

"I guess so"

"What else?"

"That was pretty much it, we both met, shared some drinks, started talking, and just had fun being in each other's company"

"I was kinda expecting something more dramatic in you and Angel meeting each other"

"You'll think that would be the case, but now it was nothing more than two people who love to raise the occasional hell talking with each other with a couple of drinks in hand," She said as the two of them made up a level of stairs leading to the second floor of the mansion."The friendship part just developed over the years"

"Okay" Not really sure how to imagine a situation involving the two of them being nothing, but animated instead of just a normal encounter given their personalities.

"But if it makes you feel any better we did end up trashing some of the local patrons that night when they got a little riled up with what Angel said that ended with the entire bar going up in smoke."

"Now that's what I was expecting to happen."

"Everyone always does when it comes to the two of us hanging out with each other, that's why your landlady's back the hotel doesn't want us to be together because they think I'm a bad influence on Angel" Airing the word bad in quotation marks."They just don't know what fun is even if it bite them in the ass"

"I don't know about that, but am just assuming they think that because it may hinder Ange's rehabilitation in getting him sober to change the type of lifestyle he's currently living" The blond pointed out.

"Well, that's the thing Angel doesn't have to change the way he is" She countered back."What you guys think Angel is the real him, and there's nothing wrong with that" Cherrie stated all while making sure in keeping her voice toned down so one other than the two of them would hear.

"Then what about what happened recently, you didn't see that state that Angel was in," The shinobi said with narrowed eyes aimed at the cyclops."Because if he wasn't ashamed of what he did for a living then he wouldn't try to hide it"

"..."

"And like I said before if he didn't have people that cared for his well-being then we wouldn't be here in order to him"

"Then how exactly are we going to help Angel that your so-called rehab can't" Wanting to finally know what there were doing here"

"Here's as good a place as ever to tell you already what we're doing here" Stopping in his tracks, something that the overlord did as well."This is something that I recently found out from Charlie about Angel's current predicament with his boss Valentino" Stressing out the name with disdain.

"Which is?"

"His contract with the man"

"Oh, that" Her face took a knowing look at the response.

"I take it that's something that you're familiar with"

"For an overlord is practically our bread and butter," She said looking at the assortment of furniture that was placed throughout the massive hallway they were in. Something that spelled out rich pricks with bad taste."Is what makes us stronger through the contracts we make with other sinners"

"And that's why I want to take Angel's contract away from Valentino because as long as he is under the hold of that pimp then Angel would never be able to get better"

"Are you listening to yourself, you're talking about stealing a binding contract that connects two people together by Hell's code of laws"

"If it's the only way to save Angel, then so be it"

"Christ" Rubbing her head in frustration, but given where they were right now there was no point in arguing about leaving now that the two of them were inside the mansion."Fine, but we first have to find it so I can help you severe the bond between the two of them"

"Then we better get a move on because we won't find that contract here downstairs and am pretty confident in saying that Valentino may have it in his personal quarters"

"I just hope you know what you're doing?" Following behind the blond into the three V's home

"I hope so too" Taking the lead once more on their trek."Besides the night is still young so we have plenty of time to look for that contract" He replied back as the sound of music blaring from the walls helped to drown out their steps as they delved deep into the mansion.

End of Chapter 10

Sorry for the delay in the chapter. This was something that I wanted to finish earlier in the year but got caught up with other urgent business to continue writing. So now we are a bit further in with the infiltration of the V's mansion festivities and have had our first glimpse of the membership of some of Hell's high society.

One of the things that I have in mind with not just this fic, but the same with Helluva Fox and The Agents is to create a slew of new characters that can fit with the setting as best as I can, all while making them as organic as possible in their interactions with the original cast.

One of the hardest things that I find myself doing in everything I work on is writing dialogue that fits the personalities of the characters as trying to imagine how the creators would write them is always something that I take a lot of time in when I get around to writing. I Imagine that this is something that most writers have an issue with as coming up with the written dialogue for the characters is one of the most important parts of the development of the plot.

The next updates will be as follows: Helluva Fox, The Agents, Unnatural, as well two new stories that I have in the works.

Well, until then, thank you for reading. And also before I forget the next installment of this fic would have a surprise the first introductions of one, or two characters from the sister show.