Born of Death
Pitou sighed, she had a blast today. She got to hammer that stupid little Neko traitor into the ground and show her what it really means to be one of them. She got to thrash around those devils and best of all, she did it all without a scratch on her person.
Honestly, she was disappointed with how weak the Gremory peerage was, she knows some her age that are stronger, larger in number of members, and even better at fighting together than them. From what she can see they were gathered due to unique backgrounds and unique skills, that is about it. Outside of that she is focusing too much on Quality over the Quantity aspect and if the rumors from their side are true, she has an engagement coming up and if she is going to fight it, she is going to need more than quality on her side. More so, she is going to need some serious numbers and decent fighters and have some coordination if she wants to stand a chance against a half-baked devil noble.
Pitou waltzed into the house and saw Zest and Seliah sitting there with frowns on their faces.
"What nyo?"
"You know what," Zest jumped to her feet, glaring at Pitou. "You broke the rules, you were not supposed to engage the Gremory peerage."
Pitou's tails swished behind her and her ears flattened,
'Damn they found out.'
"So, what if I did nyo? Muzan-sama was going to confront them anyway I just did it without seriously killing anyone or maiming them to the point of no return nyo."
Seliah sighed,
"That is beside the point and you know it." She glared harder at the youngest of their group, "Naruto-kun gave all of us orders to leave the devils alone and told you to stay away from the Neko in the Gremory's ranks." She walked up to her, bonking her once on the head making her mewl in pain.
"That hurt nyo!"
"That's the point," Zest walked up and sighed, "You know the reason you're not allowed to go out in public in the first place. With the Neko's presumably near extinction we can't afford you being sighted."
"Exactly." Seliah chimed in, "Your actions now have alerted the Devils now that there is another Neko running around, and they are going to come hunting you for it. Do you really want to put Naruto-kun in a bad mood when he returns?"
Pitou frowned and looked down at the floor with her tail lying flat and her ears falling flat against her head,
"No nyo, but I can't stand it." She clenched her fist and glared at the floor, "I had my life destroyed by the devils and she gets to live in luxury for what her sister did? How is that fair nyo?"
Zest and Seliah looked at each other and then back to Pitou, they could understand her anger, but they knew that this doesn't justify anything.
"Regardless," Zest pointed at her, "You still have to be punished so starting today you are going to be cleaning the bathrooms from the tub to the toilets to the sinks with nothing more than a toothbrush is that clear?"
Pitou's eyes widened,
"Are you serious?"
"Do you want Muzan to hand out your punishment?"
"Which bathrooms in particular?"
Zest and Seliah smiled, Muzan was intimidating for sure, and they knew that if one person could keep almost everyone in their group in line it was him.
Heph
Heph sighed, today was a tiring day.
First, she had to deal with the mess of Issei and his rumors that were flying around.
Then she had to deal with the teachers trying to turn a blind eye to this matter and recording their behavior for the future.
Finally, she had to report all the students and teachers that were turning a blind eye to a student in desperate need. Ultimately leading to a ton of paperwork and even a couple of teachers fired and arrested for assisting in the bullying and hazing of a student. It didn't surprise her that more than half the teachers from certain classes were fired on the spot for even more blatant offenses while others were given reductions in their paychecks and told that they are required to report to the School Board and see if they were even going to keep their license or must get them reinstated.
Ultimately a busy day but she was glad to have caught Issei before he could run off and do his own thing. After all she was still a teacher at heart.
"Alright Issei let me take a look at what you made."
Walking up to his table she saw that he had completed in making a very basic bird house at this time. More so, the birdhouse was slightly crooked and the pole sticking out for the perch in front of the hole was loose. But overall, not bad.
"B+ today Issei, some finer work but I'm cutting you some slack given that we are swamped today with the mess that happened earlier."
Issei nodded his head, "Then can I go now Heph-sensei?"
Heph smiled,
"Yeah, I just have to put your work into the books and then I'll be out of here as well."
"Great." Heph watched the teen pick up his bag and walk out of her room and she heard him talking to someone on the other side. She could only shake her head,
"To be young and in love again what a feeling."
Heph frowned at the thought and rubbed her eyepatch before shaking her head,
"Heph, it's fine you did it for a good reason no point in beating yourself up about it."
Before Heph could finish putting stuff up from her desk, her phone rang, looking at the caller ID she could only deadpan,
SMOTHERING MOTHER.
Sighing she pressed the answer button,
"Hello?"
"HEPH!" Heph held the phone away from her ear at the scream and could only sigh in annoyance.
After the ringing in her ears stopped, she put the phone back up to her head.
"Hello Kaa-San."
"Oh, how is my precious daughter doing!? Are you well? Maintaining your looks? Is something bothering you today let me know and I'll do something about it!?"
"Kaa-San," Heph pinched her nose, "I'm fine I'm just finishing up some work and then I'm heading home for the day. It has been a busy day today and honestly I'm just ready-,"
"If you are almost finished then how about a mother/daughter date then? I miss you so much and we rarely get the chance to do stuff like this together!"
Heph could only rub her nose more, she knew that there is only one answer to this question.
"Sure Kaa-San why-," The line went dead and in a pop of pink smoke out came someone that quickly pulled her head into a rather impressive chest causing her to lose her breath.
"Oh, my precious daughter wants to see her dear mother and spend time with her I'm so happy!"
"MMMPH!"
"Huh?" The woman looked down and let go of her head leading to Heph sucking in air trying to catch her breath.
"Kaa-San don't do that, I almost died from lack of air!"
The woman frowned and smiled,
"Sorry dear but you know me I love all my children especially my oldest."
Heph could only sigh, this comes with being the daughter of the Goddess of Lust and Sexual Desire.
Standing before her is Aphrodite but unlike the famous legends her mother likes to every now and then change up her looks to keep things interesting. More so, she changes it to suit her means and to draw the attention of all around her.
She has long pink hair that goes down to her back, red eyes, small fangs poking out of her lip, a curvy figure with easily F-cup breasts if she was guessing, and a long pink dress that hugged her figure tightly and left little to the imagination (Asmodeus's mother, Iruma Demon School).
Apparently, her mother got into the spirit of anime and decided to rip off a character's design that was more about lust and seduction like herself and quite honestly, she knew the fanboys of Japan would eat this up and pay anything to see more.
"Alright first we get some clothes and then we can go get something eat!"
Heph froze at the mention of clothes, shopping with her Kaa-San? No thanks.
"How about instead of shopping we get something to eat Kaa-San, I mean there is a fancy restaurant that I've been wanting to try out since one of Naruto-sama's new followers mentioned it."
Aphrodite froze,
"Naruto, he has a new follower, does he?"
Heph nodded her head, "Yes he picked him up not too long ago he would not explain why but he is currently a servant under Muzan's blood."
"I see." Aphrodite chewed on her lip a little, "What is his name?"
"Issei."
"Good I'll make sure the others don't try anything against him, the last thing is we need Naruto coming back to Olympus to, 'teach' us a lesson in control."
"Understood."
Without saying anything else both women walked out of the school with Heph fitting into a snug red dress showing off her amazing figure and catching the eyes of all the men that passed the both of them. Men were leering at them to the point that one tried to get fresh with her mother, she showed him why that was ill advised with a well-placed blow to his balls via a knee strike.
Hey just because her mother is considered a slut in culture doesn't mean she would put up with everyone's crap just because she wants to have sex.
Arriving at the restaurant both mother and daughter took their place at the table and looked through the menu. Heph ordered a red wine for herself while her mother tagged onto that stating they might need the bottle.
Looking at Heph Aphrodite smiled,
"So darling daughter how are things? Is everything working appropriately?"
Heph blushed before puffing her cheeks at her Kaa-San,
"Yes, things are fine. But as to all my parts working you can say they are working just fine."
"Oh, does that mean," She got a cat caught the canary look, "You finally managed to snag your beloved Naruto-sama?"
Heph glared at her mother before blushing more,
"No, as you could probably guess the others wouldn't let me get away with that and quite honestly, I'm not sure he wants to see me in that light." She rubbed her empty eye, "Not after what happened."
Aphrodite frowned and held her daughter's free hand.
"Honey, it was an honest mistake. You were trying to do something nice for him."
Heph scoffed,
"Yeah, and looked what that lead to. More trouble and him almost hating me for doing what I did."
"Yes, but what you did for trade?"
Heph growled slightly,
"He told me it was unnecessary and that he didn't blame me for what I thought would make him happy."
"See?" Aphrodite squeezed her hand, "He was not upset that you did it because he knows your true intentions of doing it."
"Maybe but I still don't feel worthy of that attention he gives me. More so," she had a small tear running down her face she quickly wiped, "I can't forgive myself for not asking him first."
"Honey,"
"It's fine Kaa-San can we talk about something else?"
Aphrodite sighed,
'It is always like this with her.'
Aphrodite didn't know all the details, but she knew that her daughter did something and that unsettled Naruto badly. Apparently as punishment she did something horrible to herself and this left her with a permanent reminder of her sin,
Her missing eye.
But she can see that she didn't want to talk about this anymore, so she moved on,
"We'll have you had a chance to put in the artificial eye your father made for you?"
Heph grunted,
"Great way to Segway away from my mistake."
Aphrodite released a frustrated sigh,
"Well, what do you expect honey, you're a beautiful woman," She pointed at her body and her face, "Your face is the best properties of myself and your father and yet you continue to walk around without a second eye in your head. Your father even went through the trouble to make it look like and work like your regular eye with some enhancements and all your doing it letting it get dust."
The wine was set down at the table and Heph poured a glass and took a drink,
"Yes, and while I appreciate the gesture from Tou-San that is not the only reason I'm not wearing his creation. You know that I despise the idea of letting people's judgements about my physical body cloud their thoughts."
Aphrodite glared,
"Well sometimes I think you don't put enough emphasis into it."
Heph snorted,
"Excuse me if being beautiful and talented in something that is male dominated is off putting but I am my Tou-San's child as well and you know it."
"Yes." Aphrodite took a drink and stared at her child, "But that doesn't mean you shouldn't take some pride in how you look. I mean I did put the effort into your looks for a reason."
"I know," She held her Kaa-San's free hand and smiled, "I appreciate it but unlike you and the others I'm not worried about what people think about how I look and more worried about being useful to people in general."
Aphrodite smiled,
"I get that but please just take some time to think a little more about it would you? It wouldn't kill you know?"
I will." She took a drink of her wine and poured another glass.
Aphrodite and Heph sat in silence for a second before she said,
"Your father wants you to visit Olympus."
"No."
Heph took a sip of her wine and glared making her mother frown,
"Honey look I know your last visit wasn't the best, but things have changed."
"Oh?" She put her glass down and put her hand in one of her hand's palm looking at her mother in the eye making her nervous. "Is Zeus still a cheating pervert that will hop any mortal woman that doesn't shake him off or worse rape that woman if she resists his advances?"
"Well now that is just Zeus being-,"
"Is he still a paranoid asshole that thinks that everyone is out to claim his throne over Olympus?"
"Oh, he has reasons for that sweetheart."
"What about Hera, is she still smiting anyone that dares to sleep with her husband while never punishing her husband for his actions?"
"Hera and he have been like that for centuries and it something the rest of us just stay out of given-,"
"Is Ares still a perverted fucker that is only wanting to see if he can get into my pants?"
Aphrodite frowned,
"I'm afraid that part is true, but I warned him about doing that or attempting it and he would answer for it."
"Oh really?"
Heph glared harder this time, "Like the time he tried last time I was on Olympus?"
"Heph please,"
"No!" She slammed her hand on the table, thanks to the magic surrounding them no one was paying attention, "You are not going to sweep what he did under the fucking rug again! Just like last time how you and Tou-San did jack shit against that monster!"
"Honey you know he is my-,"
"Lover? Don't fucking remind me." Heph growled and took another drink of the wine before pouring another glass, worrying Aphrodite that she might be feeling the effects of the alcohol.
"Language!"
"Never." She glared at her and this made the goddess back off from scolding her, "You saw what he tried to do to me, what he and Zeus were trying to do to me! You turned a fucking blind eye to this, and it took the others to stop them long enough for me to escape!"
"It was never my intentions for things to boil out of control like that, but you know Zeus is stronger than your father and I, there was nothing we could do at the time."
"Oh, really didn't stop the others from stepping in and stopping them!" She growled, "The only good thing that came out of that incident is that is Naruto. HE put a stop to everything that was going on and was the one that put everybody in their place when they were getting too big about themselves."
Heph put her drink down and Aphrodite looked down,
"What would it take then?"
Heph raised an eyebrow,
"What would it take for you to come to Olympus for a visit? The others really want to see you and given that you're the only direct link to all of us in the world and my only daughter with your father we want you to come."
Heph looked at her mother and held up three fingers,
"First I want your assurance that if Ares or Zeus try something again then someone is going to try and stop them."
"Got it, I promise I will keep it from happening again."
"I know because I also am having Naruto and the others come with me on this visit for added insurance."
Aphrodite bit her lip,
"That I can agree to, but you know Zeus is not going to-,"
"To be honest Kaa-San, fuck him. If he behaved this would not be needed."
"Yeah, I know dear."
"Good, the final thing is that I need you to make sure father knows that I'm only there to visit not to 'rebuild' anything in Olympus like you all want me to."
"I know."
Heph sighed,
"Fine I'll visit on those conditions, but I have to wait for Naruto-kun to come back and then we can head there."
Aphrodite nodded her head and smiled,
"So do you know how big Naruto is yet?"
Heph choked on her wine,
Yeah, now that sounds more like her mother.
Naruto
Naruto looked at the grave with a smile on his face and the empty basket. This really brought back memories of a time that was simpler.
Footsteps could be heard behind him and he looked to see a woman approaching him. This woman was wearing a white Kimono around her body, orange cat ears on her head and two swishing cat tails behind her swinging lazily. The woman had gold eyes with slits in them and tanner complexion than most of her kind would have.
"Naruto-sama nya, I'm here to pick up the stuff to be thrown and cleaned nya."
Naruto smiled,
"Thank you Kyo," the Nekoshou smiled,
"It is my pleasure Naruto-sama nya."
After gathering up the trash and empty containers the woman proceeded to walk away but saw Naruto stood up and was standing at her side.
"I thought I stop by town and see how things are going do you mind?"
The woman was shocked but she shook her head quickly,
"Of course, not Naruto-sama nya. But don't' you want to you, you know?"
Naruto smiled,
"Not sure, today I feel it has been long enough and that it is time to come to a decision about some stuff I've been thinking about for the last few years." He kept his hand in his pockets and grabbed the items in them, "After all, I know that I can't be like this for much longer and that it soon is time for me to move on you know?"
Kyo smiled at Naruto and could only think,
'Master is about to take the step to find happiness, I'm so happy for him!'
"I say, I think she would think the same thing Naruto-sama."
Naruto and her continued into town which was more of a small community that was built out of the remnants of his vampire lineage and the homes of extinct vampire clans that were long dead or absorbed into other families. In its place is a thriving community full of Neko's of all ages and paths even a few male ones were walking around in this town.
The minute they saw Naruto they bowed their heads, why shouldn't they? He was their lord and master, he was their Dark Savior, and he was the one that ended the attacks of the devils on their kind.
Naruto could only smile, happy to see a place that was once full of nothing but blood and death with his 'relatives' being uptight about appearances now a thriving loving community. It really made the place feel like the past never happened and that it was always a place of love and care.
Flashback…
A younger Naruto is standing there with Muzan and sees a blond hair woman walk past him and Muzan shouts at her. Naruto waves it off and scoffs at the woman,
"You really wish to train in the sword? Do you even know how to hold that blade in the least?"
The woman pouted,
"No but I'm beginning lessons today so what is it to you stuck up asshole?"
Naruto's eyebrow raised and Muzan about exploded but Naruto chuckled,
"I like that, your attitude." He smiles slightly at her and Muzan calmed down wearing the face of shock, "What's your name?"
"My name? How about yours first?"
Naruto bowed his head with one hand over his chest,
"Of course, my name is Naruticus Uzumutis, heir to the Uzumutis family and one of the potential heirs to Alucard."
"Oh, cool." She smiled back, "My name is-,"
Flashback End…
Doors swung open; Naruto had entered a dark hallway in a large but mostly forgotten manor. The place was still clean and well maintained but sadly, nothing had happened in this house since that day all those years ago.
Looking up he saw the portrait hanging in the middle of the stair case for all to see; A beautiful blond hair woman with gold eyes, she was smiling down at him wearing a beautiful white dress and carrying herself with confidence.
"My dear Alice-chan, I've come to see you one more time today." He looked at the portrait with longing and pain, "I know you always wanted me to move on, to live my life and not be swept up in your absence but I couldn't help it." Tears formed at the corner of his eyes, "You were the center of my heart and nothing I could think about doing would fill my heart again."
Naruto pulled out the two items in his pockets and showed them to Alice,
"Today I'm finally ready. I'm ready to leave the past and live in the present again. I have a beautiful daughter waiting for me at home, subordinates that need my help, a dear father figure that desperately needs a break," he laughs a bit and swears the picture smiles brighter, "And two or so women that desperately want to make me happy again." He looked down at the rings and without hesitation he bent down and placed the rings in front of her portrait, "I hope you can forgive me for trying to find love again and with your best friend." Naruto turned away from the portrait and then left behind a simple comment, "Oh yeah, I go by Naruto Uzumaki these days, I kinda adopted a more Japanese thing these days kinda funny? You loved the country so much that I live there now."
Naruto waved at the portrait and without warning, he was gone in a flash of gold and black light.
Outside the manor Kyo saw that Naruto-sama had left, but she saw the two golden glints in the house and knowing what they were knew she had to tell someone.
Gathering up some of her chakra, she created a portal that she walked through allowing her to appear in a far-off location in an instant, plus she noticed that the exterior of the place was freezing cold.
Standing before her was a massive castle of almost untouched beauty and gothic architecture. She walked up to the main door and opened it, revealing a portrait of three beautiful girls sitting next to each other wearing 18th century dresses.
Kyo could only shiver knowing the truth about the daughters and knowing that she was in the castle, that they were going to come looking for her very soon.
Walking past the front foyer, the neko managed to make it into one of the main halls in which there was a grand stair case leading to the upper floors. She was about to approach the stairs but then saw bugs forming around her and shivered,
"I know it is you mistresses please just appear already this is very unsettling."
Out of the flurry of bugs appeared three girls of varying looks and ages, each of them was wearing a dark cloak around their body and black dresses, each with a maniacal grin on their face and the site of blood on their faces.
The girls were smiling at her,
"What brings you here Neko?"
"Yeah, you here to be a taste test for us?"
"Wouldn't mind that would you sisters?"
The other two shook their heads but then a cough was heard and a thud was made.
"Now girls what have I said about bothering the poor Neko's that come to visit our home?"
"Not to mother." All three pouted in their own way and walked away leaving the area open for the Neko to look up and see a very tall woman standing before her with golden eyes, a white dress and white hat, along with black gloves and pale white skin.
"Greetings Kyo how have you been?"
""I've been good Lady Dimitrescu I actually have some news about the Dark Savior I thought you be interested in hearing."
The woman's smile brightens,
"Oh? Do tell."
