Hey guys! Sorry for the wait! Exam week is finished so I no longer have as much free time, not to mention my grandma has also come to visit, that's eaten up a lot of time as well.
I hope you guys like this chapter, the last one wasn't quite as liked as chapter 3 but I don't really mind that, I sort of new that was going to happen. Chapter 3 was a fun one to write! :P
This chapter is my longest so far so I hope you enjoy, It's a three year timeskip so I hope you're ready for a slightly older Naruto and co XD
ONTO THE REVIEW REPLIES!
Dfriel1996: Hello again! (Pyrrha would be proud of me!) I'm so glad you enjoyed the peerage choices. I though Tsunade would be a fun one to add in, she was almost replaced for Sakura but I like Tsunade more.
Truefeeling: No romantic relationship with Grayfia and Rias sorry, I apologise if I've confused you or any other readers about that, I might change that in the future. They just have a prominent role later in the story (Unless things change XD) so that's why I've listed them
Abcvoltage: No PoD at all my good Sir/Madam! Purely magics that theoretically any Devil can learn
Shadow(Guest): I said the piece was weakened so reincarnating a human like Saeko was basically his only option. Anything stronger and it would not have worked. Sorry if that confused you :P
Snex: Ummmmm. Goodbye?
Naga986: *sweatdrops* I'll try to remember that people don't like a 'whimpy' Naruto. Thank you for the review
ElDaniWar: There are some crossover eastereggs and references that connect the Naruto canon and DxD universe together in the future so don't worry
YuukiAsuna-Chan: I realise I never explained so ill try to fix that in the next chapter. How I see the pieces working is that based on the species and strength of the being its trying to reincarnate it gives them a 'number' if this number is too high. For example at Naruto's level we'll say the highest cap for reincarnating a Pawn is 30. If the number is too high, such as a 32/30 than Naruto cannot reincarnate them using only one piece but if he uses two its changes to 32/60. This 'cap' can be increased based on how strong Naruto himself is so as he gets stronger beings he might have needed multiple pawns for in his childhood he might only need 1 or 2. I hope that explains why so far every person has only used one piece.
Plasma Dragon 312: First of all: Amazing name. Second of all: Yes.
WhereIsUp: You made some interesting points and I do agree on most of them whole heartedly. If you do want a NarutoxRias incest story I may disappoint you a bit but one might happen sometime in the future, you never know~ Also the whole peerage won't be OC, just a few of them.
Zzlegendary23: Funny you should suggest her, I've just gotten back into Sekirei, I'll definitely think about her as an option!
Morregen: Hi again! Yoruichi has flitted through my mind more than once so keep your hopes up~
AnimeIsLife0407: I agree with your username. Also im so glad you enjoy my story! Your praise is also a big help, this story has helped my confidence quite a bit actually and review's like this make me glad I posted that first chapter! :P
Some of you guys really don't enjoy Naruto too much do you? XD Well, I hope you come to enjoy him in the following chapters.
ONTO THE CHAPTER!
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"This is Naruto Gremory on permutation 327 of the 'Asgard' teleportation formula. For this permutation I have factored in the Norse 'Hole' Rune on every ring and added in four inner-layers of barrier breakers onto the main formula itself, I have also gotten rid of the Norse 'Key' rune as it has proven ineffective and has only caused the formula's to collapse on themselves faster." The now 13 year old spoke calmly as next to him, Natsumi wrote it down in a notepad.
Said thirteen year old had grown in the last three years and now his red spiky hair had grown to his shoulders (The same hairstyle as Minato). He wore black camo cargo pants and black combat boots, on his upper body was a long sleeved dark red shirt. Natsumi meanwhile had taken to wearing a maids uniform similar to Grayfia's, said woman taking great pleasure in being able to teach and mould the young Queen. Clapping his hands, he pulsed his magic and as he widened them a bright golden magic circle whirled into life between his palms. Placing his palms outstretched in front of him he continued to pump magic into the magic circle as it continued to grow in size until it was slightly taller than his 157.5cm (Roughly 5'2) frame. As he continued to power the magic circle he allowed a spark of hope, it had already lasted longer than ¾ of the other permutations, to rise in him. Narrowing his eyes as the characters he had painstakingly calculated fully clicked in place he pulsed his magic one final time, giving the magic circle formula the last push it needed to stay stable.
Taking a moment to steady his breathing he snapped his eyes to the formula as he heard the sound of glass breaking and for a moment he felt his heart stop as the thought that this formula had failed as well flitted through his mind. Breathing a sigh of relief as he realised it was working and hadn't failed he took the time to look at the formula in wonder as the inside of the formula was exchanged for a swirling mass of golden energy.
"Permutation 327 has successfully stabilised, the first to do so. I will now test if the portal created harms organic matter" He spoke analytically as he grabbed a potted plant which he had begun growing for this exact purpose.
Walking up to the portal he went to stick the end of the plant through it when he heard the warehouse doors open and turned around the see the other four members of his peerage run in.
"Taichou alerted us with her familiar. You finally got one to work?" Sayuri asked curiously.
"Yes. I was just about to test if it harmed organic matter with this plant" Naruto replied while holding up the potted plant.
Feeling Esdeath and Saeko sidle up on either side of him just in case something went wrong he felt a smile tug at his lips and slowly stuck the end of the plant through. After a few moments he went to pull it back only for it to resist, feeling a tug back he had only a moment to blink in shock before he was pulled through the portal. Said pull being far too fast for him to have even tried to let go of the plant before it happened.
"NARUTO-SAMA!" Natsumi yelled above the four other shouts of surprise and bolted through the slowly closing portal, the rest of the peerage following.
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Naruto felt his vision clear as he stumbled out of the portal and looked around quickly in shock. Seeing roughly ten armoured women with weapons pointed at him (Though it could have been more, motion blur and adrenaline mixed together made analysis of situations a bitch) he jumped back and created magic circles above each of his hands and pointed them in the general directions of what he imagined to be Valkyries, embers beginning to float off said magic circles as they powered up. Cursing internally as his peerage burst through the portal which then destabilised and collapsed behind him, he glared at the armoured women as they poised themselves to attack while his peerage got between him and the women protectively.
Right as things were about to come to blows an immense power rested over the clearing and every being fell to their knees. While the women seemed to be breathing heavier and unable to move, the teenagers struggled to even stay conscious, let alone move. Glaring at the frail looking old man with one eye who walked into the clearing, Naruto felt himself grow angrier as he walked right up to him and his peerage.
Looking down at the girls who were looking at him in a mixture of fear and anger and the single male who was glaring at him the old man spoke.
"Six children managed to open a portal into Asgard? That is impressive" He complimented them before clicking his tongue, looking at the red haired male he felt a spark of familiarity he internally smirked "Well, unfortunately, no matter how skilled you six are. For slipping through the barrier into our dimension I'll have to kill you. Such a shame, you girls would have been such lookers in the future" He said with a perverted giggle before looking up as he felt a swirling mass of magic.
The old man raised an eyebrow with a grin as dark red magic swirled around the teenage boy, the boy releasing his own magic to counteract the pressure of his own magic. He felt even further impressed as the boy managed to struggle to his feet even against the pressure of his own magic. The old man increased the pressure of his magic to test the boy and felt his grin grow wider as the boy fell to his knees before increasing his own magic pressure and once again struggling to his feet. Looking down at the teenage girls he felt himself frown as the only one still conscious was the kitsune girl with three tails. Deciding to give the kids a break he completely stopped his magic pressure and took great satisfaction in the surprised look on the two teenagers faces.
Naruto looked at the old man in confusion as his magic pressure suddenly disappeared. Looking at the old man warily he dropped his own magic pressure before realising that, that was a very stupid decision as the artificial energy created from him releasing such high (for him) amounts of magic left him all at once and the world went black as he fainted in exhaustion.
Looking at the boy in sympathy he turned to look at the kitsune girl in the maids outfit who had run over to the teen who just fell unconscious and cradled his body protectively while looking at him in fear. Sighing he smiled in a grandfatherly way.
"I'm not going to hurt any of you brats. Though when he wakes up I am going to get the answers I want. Deal?" He says forcefully and got a shaky and hasty nod from the terrified girl.
Turning towards the Valkyrie's, some of which were still picking themselves up off the ground he spoke.
"Some of you take the children and follow me. And!" He began which got some of the Valkyrie's to flinch at the hard tone of his voice and seriousness on his face "All of you will be receiving 'punishment' for falling to such small pressure" He said, his face morphing from pure seriousness to a perverted grin which got blushes out of all the Valkyrie's and Natsumi.
Grumbling in embarrassment some of the Valkyrie's grabbed the teenagers while Natsumi herself carried Naruto while they walked behind the old man.
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Naruto groaned as he woke up a few hours later to aqua eyes hovering over his face. Blushing in embarrassment the eyes pulled away to show a flustered looking girl that looked around his age with a large blush on her face as she stuttered.
"I-I o-oh I-I-I'm s-supposed t-t-to t-tel-tell y-you t-that O-O-Odin-sama w-wou-would li-like t-to s-s-speak t-to y-you" The silver haired girl stuttered.
Coughing lightly to try and push down his own blush he nodded and swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up, waiting for her to lead the way. Blushing brighter the girl lead the way for Naruto who followed her while looking at the halls around them.
Arriving into a large room with a throne that the old man was currently sitting in he saw the other members of his peerage. He saw Natsumi's ear twitch and prepared himself as the fox girl twisted on the ball of her foot and shot straight for him. Grunting as the girl tackled him into a hug he felt his eyes soften as she cried silently into his shirt, the rest of his peerage running over to him to check on him as well.
From his throne, Odin felt a small, nostalgic smile ghost over his lips at he saw the group which he could tell greatly care for each other.
"Naruto Gremory!" Odin spoke, said teen snapping his now ice cold, purple eyes at him as the girls all turned their attention to him as well.
"I didn't harm any of you. In return I would like to know how a 13 year old Devil could slip past the barrier that I erected around Asgard" Odin said dangerously.
The silver haired girl looked at Odin in confusion and surprise. This was the same man that regularly spanked his Valkyrie guards as he walked past them? He was so different from the man that she had grown up knowing, so different to the man that the majority of Asgard's residents that the girl couldn't look away.
Naruto, looking at the old man, remembered the pressure that he had released and subconsciously began to sweat in nervousness.
"I recreated a teleportation formula" He spoke clearly but softly to the elder god "I used the common Devil teleportation formula and recreated it to see if it was possible to go to other dimensions with our magic" He spoke, tensing his body as Odin narrowed his eyes.
The silver haired girl looked at Naruto in shock. He had gotten past the barrier around Asgard? Even the original Devil Maou hadn't been able to do that, though in all fairness they had just been using brute force to try and break through, this boy had obviously done the opposite.
"Can you show me this formula?" Odin asked.
Nodding, Naruto got his peerage to move back a bit as he clapped his hands together and pulsed his magic, the process of creating the portal being much easier now that he had already done it once, and that he new it worked.
Raising an eyebrow in interest the elderly god stood up and walking over to the magic circle which was now floating in the air, not being able to create a portal because it was already in Asgard.
"I see…" He muttered as the glass over his missing eye glowed ominously "This is quite advanced, especially for someone of your age. Do you realise why this works?" Odin asked the teenage boy.
"As far as I can tell it creates a 'door' in the barrier around Asgard" He muttered, annoyed that in one look the god had managed to figure out more about his own formula than he did, and he made the bloody thing!
"You aren't wrong" the old man conceded before continuing "The use of the 'Door' rune is one of the main factors that this formula even as a chance of working but you see the four barrier-breaker layers you have?" Odin said gesturing to the four circles attached to the edge of the golden formula "These four layers in tandem with the 'Door' rune allow this formula to find the weakest point of the barrier and 'slip through' so to say" He explained.
The silver haired girl looked at the boy in awe. He was 2 years younger than her and yet he had managed to create such a sophisticated spell.
Naruto grumbled quietly as he let the formula fizzle away and turned to Odin as he groaned and bent back, cracking his spine with a satisfied grunt.
"Well. Seeing as I promised not to hurt any of you, and I would hate to kill such potential beauties" Odin said with a smirk while the five girls in Naruto's peerage and the silver haired girl glared "I will let you go. But considering that you now have a way to break into Asgard. Something that could potentially be very dangerous if you gave it to other people I will have to assign a watcher to you" Odin said conversationally as he playfully looked around before settling his eyes on the silver haired girl behind Naruto's peerage.
"M-me Odin-sama?" The girl asked in surprise.
"Of course Rossweisse dear! You've already completed all your formal Valkyrie training at the academy. And hopefully you can find a boyfriend~" Odin suggested with a grin while looking pointedly at Naruto, who even while trying to stay calm and collected felt a blush creep up onto his face. Though it was nothing compared to Rossweisse' "After all you're 15 and still haven't even tried to find a boyfriend! I think that is absolutely dreadful" Odin said jovially while chuckling at the blushing duo and the five glaring girls.
Allowing himself a few moments to enjoy the easy going atmosphere he had created it continued talking.
"Until I say otherwise Rossweisse is to be your assistant. Whether that be maid work or bodyguard work I don't mind but if I find out you've been abusing her I will unleash the Valkyrie's on you, understand?" He warned the red headed boy who nodded silently with a gulp "Also. She is to stay a full-blooded Valkyrie unless I say otherwise. Understand?" He said a bit more forcefully which got a much more hasty nod "And one final thing. If you tell, show or teach anyone about that formula I will bring down the full might of Asgard upon you. Do I make myself clear?" Odin asked as he released his magic pressure and focused it on Naruto who nodded his head so fast he gave himself a headache.
Stopping his magic pressure he smiled kindly at the 6 severely shaken Devils and unfortunately also Rossweisse who was covered in a light sheen of sweat as she stared at Odin in fear, and that was when he was trying to focus it all on Naruto as well.
"Off you go" He said in a grandfatherly voice with a smile.
Odin wouldn't admit it but he took a great amount of pleasure in the way that every teenager scrambled around Naruto as quickly as possible and without so much as another word the seven disappeared in a flash of red.
"hehehehe. I've still got it" Odin mumbled "Now bring in the Valkyrie's awaiting 'punishment'!" He yelled with a perverse grin.
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Emerald green eyes sparkled in enthusiasm as she bounced around happily.
"I can't believe that I get to go on an actual Devil hunt with experienced Angels!" She squealed happily as she tied her blonde hair up in a ponytail while making sure that her shiny white armour was in place.
She carefully checked to make sure her shin and forearm guards were in place and tightened securely and made sure the armour on her chest and back was also tightened securely before looking in the mirror and nodding to herself.
Running down the stairs of her house excitedly and quickly saying goodbye to her mother she slammed the door shut and jumped in the air, her pure white angel wings extending and allowing her to flight to the rendezvous point with the experienced Angels.
Touching down she grinned happily as she noticed one of her classmates also there with the two Angels who she knew had four wings each.
"Claire!" She said happily and hugged the girl with pure white hair and bright blue eyes who hugged her back.
"Olivia! You're coming as well? This is going to be so fun! We get to see and help humans and watch real Angels in action!" The white haired girl squealed happily.
"Okay girls. Ready?" The gruff voice of one of the Angels spoke.
Turning to him, Olivia was the first to nod before Claire did the same and with a wave of his hand the Angel teleported them all to Earth.
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Looking around in wonder the two girls giggled happily.
"I realise that this is your first time in the human world but please try to stay focused" The other Angel spoke, his slicked back blue hair giving him a very unique look.
Chuckling nervously, Olivia attempted to stay focused as they walked through the streets of the European city. Walking through the winding streets the two 13 year old girls took the sights in before Olivia noticed a homeless beggar on the sidewalk who patted his dog sadly as the mass of people walked past uncaringly.
Feeling her heart reach out to the man she walked over managing to reach him before the Angel with the slicked back hair noticed she had gone missing and looking around, quickly located her before walking over.
"Olivia. What are you doing?" He asked admonishingly "You shouldn't have disappeared without any warning"
Olivia turned and smiled apologetically, feeling sad that even though they were standing right in front of him the bearded man and his dog would never know thanks to the barrier the two Angels had created. Turning back to the homeless man she grabbed out a coin and went to drop it in his hat before looking at the other Angel as he grabbed her wrist.
"What are you doing?" He hissed again "Our coins are solid gold. You can't expose us like that. We could get in serious trouble" He said cautiously.
Olivia looked at the older Angel and felt some of her joy about this trip die as a small smoulder of anger lit inside her.
"He's a human. We're Angels. We're supposed to help humans. All humans" She rationalised and wrenched her hand free before turning to the homeless man and before the blue haired Angel could stop her, dropped the barrier around her.
The homeless man and his dog looked at the girl in surprise, having been the only ones to notice her sudden appearance due to her kneeling down and how everyone didn't want to look at him in his pitiful state. He saw the young girl smile brightly and drop a gold coin into his hat. Looking at the coin his eyes widened in surprise as he grabbed it out and looked at the girl.
"There you go sir" She said in a melodious voice "I couldn't stand to see you or your beautiful dog in such pain" She said and patted the dog carefully "That coin is worth quite a lot. It is solid gold so you should be able to restart your life with it"
The bearded man felt himself begin to cry as he clutched the valuable coin in his hand and he hugged the girl tightly as he cried onto her white dress. Olivia felt her lips twist into a large smile as she hugged the man back before pulling back, the elderly man hugging his dog as he continued to cry in happiness.
"I'm sorry. I have to leave now" She said regretfully.
"T-thank you!" He said happily "Y-you're an Angel! D-do you have a name?" He asked hopefully.
Olivia smiled back at him and stood up.
"My name is Olivia" She said simply before the Angel next to her put the barrier back up. To the man looking like she had simply disappeared.
Now walking away from the homeless man the blue haired Angel seethed at Olivia.
"How could you do that?! Human's aren't meant to know Angels exist. And not only did you appear and disappear right in front of him but you gave him a solid gold coin!" He roared as they arrived back with the other Angel and Claire.
"I was helping him!" Olivia shot back.
"You weren't supposed to help him" The gruff speaking Angel said plainly "You were supposed to watch us do our mission. You may have just gotten us in serious trouble Olivia" He said before the four started walking again.
In the back Olivia felt that small smoulder of anger growing at the words of the two older Angels before taking a calming breath to stop her anger from consuming her and followed after the two experienced Angels and felt a twinge of betrayal when Claire purposefully walked with the Angels and away from her.
By the time they reached the rusted and weathered warehouse the Devil was said to have been using as a home, Olivia had felt that small smoulder spark into a small flame and flicker dauntingly at her inside her head.
Ripping the rusted metal door open the gruff speaking Angel created a light spear, his partner doing the same as a shadowed figure could be seen thanks to the light the spears exuded.
"Stray Devil Starrick!" The blue haired Angel yelled, knowing he had the Devils attention when the shadow figure's head snapped in their direction "For crimes against the church and humanity" Olivia scowled further "We have been ordered to execute you. May the Lord have mercy on your soul" He finished with a small prayer which his partner copied before they both blasted forward.
Jumping above the charging Angels, Starrick flipped into enough light that the two teenage girls could see him and both felt like throwing up. Over half of his face and on random parts of his body was brown fur which was covered in blood as the two girls watched more fur force its way through his skin, causing blood to leak out of his skin.
Olivia's attention was quickly drawn to the glowing gemstone he held in his left hand, the claws and fur he had grown making it surprisingly difficult to see it without knowing where to look.
"Angels" He spat in annoyance before grinning wildly "You're too late!" He yelled as he held out the gemstone for all to see.
Olivia blinked in confusion at the strange symbol which looked like nothing she had ever seen before, but she didn't have much time to contemplate it as the symbol disappeared from her view as Starrick dodged and weaved for his life to avoid the two spears of the partners who worked very well in tandem. Hissing in pain as he felt two simultaneous cuts from the light spears appear on his arm and hip he began to chant.
"Bring destruction and ash!" He began before leaping off of one Angel only to receive another shallow cut as he did so "From the beginning you were there. But now you sit shackled!" Seeing the gemstone begin to glow brighter in response to his words the two Angels grew more desperate in their attempts to kill him "Sealed by the pure for your very nature! Now rise again!" He yelled.
"Watch out!" Olivia shouted in concern, even if she was angry at them they were still her kin.
Being distracted by her yell the two Angels faltered and with surprising accuracy the Stray Devil stabbed his hand through the chest of the gruff speaking Angel who stared at Starrick in shock as he coughed up a globule of blood onto the Stray's shoulder.
Olivia felt the world grind to a halt as her heart pounded inside her ears. The effect was amplified even more as the blood of the now dead Angel over the gemstone caused it to not only glow a bright red but also to release a swirling mass of demonic magic. With a dark grin the Stray Devil spoke, not seeming to notice or care about the light spear heading straight for him. It was then that Olivia heard three words which would later become a major bane of her existence.
"Demons of Cocytus!" He screamed as the magic coming from the gemstone pulsed in reply.
Starrick's eyes widened in shock as the blue haired Angels light spear opened up a hole in his abdomen, almost completely destroying it. Falling to his knee's the Stray Devil cracked a deranged grin as the spear disappeared, causing large amounts of his blood to rush out of his body. Before any of them could stop it, Starrick created a teleportation formula and teleported the gemstone away.
"The demons…they w-will…..rise, a-again" He said with his last breath before the light left his eyes and he fizzled away into light particles thanks to the blue haired Angel's light spear.
The blue haired angel sank to his knees besides his friend and stared at him blankly, not even reacting when Claire nervously walked up to him.
"S-sir?" She asked only to get no reply, frowning she shook his shoulder. Once again no reply, turning to Olivia she spoke "I-I think he's in shock" She stuttered nervously.
Walking over, her movements very uncoordinated and janky as her brain struggled to keep up with any topics after the death of the Angel and Starrick. Standing next to Claire and the two older Angels she felt tears begin to slip down her eyes and knowing that the blue haired Angel wouldn't be able to in his current state, teleported the four of them back to Heaven.
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A few minutes earlier the peerage of Naruto, Naruto himself and Rossweisse were all sitting on couches and chairs as they watched a movie, all of the girls sitting close to Naruto to try and draw some sort of confidence from the boy after the terrifying experience with the elderly god. To a lesser extent Rossweisse was trying to do the same but she still sat a respectable distance away due to a mixture of trying to stay professional and her own nervousness.
Naruto chuckled a bit as the man in the movie looked into the mirror to realise that his head had been set on fire (They're watching Home Alone 2) when he stiffened as he felt a pulse of dark magic from nearby. Evidently his peerage and Rossweisse had felt it as well as he felt and saw them all tense and look in the direction of the dark feeling magic.
Waiting for a moment he felt a second pulse and with a resigned sigh he stood up and turned to Rossweisse.
"I can't stop these five from following if I tried" He said gesturing to his peerage who now stood battle ready "But if you don't want to you can stay here" He said softly.
Rossweisse deliberated for a moment and shyly shook her head. Naruto nodded and ran over to the steps, his peerage following after him.
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Starrick's gemstone struck the ground next to a ravine with a fast flowing river at the bottom in an explosion of dirt and dust. With one final pulse of power a twisting icy blue mass of energy formed out of the gemstone. From the icy blue energy a giant frozen hand gripped the edge and pulled a massive ice golem out of the portal, the Ice Golem's eyes glowing a demonic red. The Ice Golem stood at well over 100m (roughly 328ft) tall and swivelling its head around it blew out a breath that froze the immediate surroundings. It had large clawed hands and thick but stubby legs with spikes all along its back and head.
"This is the top layer of the Underworld? Feh, absolutely pathetic. Wouldn't you agree Soryu?" The giant Ice Golem asked the figure who just pulled himself out of the portal.
The new figure smirked arrogantly as he surveyed the forest around him. He also had demonic red eyes and was made of ice, though he was much smaller than his supposed brother. He stood at a mere 3m (roughly 10ft) tall though the very ground he stepped on froze over. He had blades coming out of his wrists which reached his elbows and two large spikes came out of his knees, reaching mid-thigh.
"Of course I agree Koryu. Though we have 6 signatures incoming" He responded cockily.
Floating down to the ground rather quickly was Naruto and his peerage. Touching down on the ground the red haired devil frowned as he felt the unknown figures energy. It was dark, even darker than his own natural energy as a Devil.
"You are?" Naruto asked softly as he stared down Soryu.
"Your death" Was all he said as he charged up his magic and charged the peerage of teenagers.
Naruto didn't even blink as Esdeath blocked his approach with a wall of ice and Saeko began trying to cut the Demon to pieces with an elegant katana which flashed in the fake sunlight of the Underworld in the hands of the purple haired Knight. Naruto felt a shift in the air and saw Koryu's giant fist swing towards the ground, evidently Saeko had felt it as well as she kicked off of Soryu's chest and backflipped over the ice wall, landing next to Tsunade as the giant fist swung past where she had been. A large gust of wind from Koryu's fist broke the ice wall Esdeath had made and revealed the 6 teenagers who stared at the 2 Demons in silence.
"Tsunade. I'm going to summon Tri, you and him will handle the giant one. Saeko, Esdeath you two are with me. Natsumi, Sayuri, I want that portal broken. More could come through and I don't want that" Naruto ordered in a whisper which they all heard and the 5 females shot off to do their jobs.
Slamming his hands on the ground he grinned in satisfaction as the magic circle lit up on the ground, much larger than it had been three years ago. The boys dense magic allowing the spell to quickly pulse in completion and without a second thought he blasted forward even as a single paw ripped out of the formula and slammed into the ground hard enough to make it shake. Using the surprise of his familiar pulling itself out of the summoning circle and instantly biting down on Koryu's arms and neck he pulled three purple senbon out of his pants and throwing them at Soryu. Said Demon only just managed to dodge 2 of the senbon as the ground shook from the impact of Koryu and Tri hitting the ground, hissing in pain he pulled the third senbon out of his arm, wondering how the Devil boy had managed to get regular needles to pierce his ultra-dense ice body as he crushed said needle in his hand.
Standing up, Koryu growled in anger and spat a cloud of ice at the annoying canine who had tried to bite him. As the canine jumped back he lumbered to his feet only to see a small blonde haired girl who merely smirked at his gigantic form and smashed her fist into the giant Ice Demon who hunched over as he felt his stomach crack.
Seeing the sea of flames heading towards him from the Cerberus he slammed his palm into the ground, knocking everyone, even his brother, over from the force as a wall of ice just as tall as he was erupted from the ground and blocked the flames, a thick and large amount of steam floating down and covering the entire forest in their vicinity.
Soryu leapt to his feet as the steam-turned fog covered the battlefield and his eyes darted around warily, this battle had just gotten far more dangerous. His instincts screamed at him and he ducked the katana which flew where his neck had just been and rolling back into a handstand he blocked the ice-katana of the blue haired girl with his foot. Digging his clawed fingers into the ground he used it as leverage to pull back with his foot, Esdeath's blade coming with him as the blade had gotten stuck in his foot. Soryu smirked as the blade of the purple haired girl easily smashed the ice one and used the broken remains to heal his foot by absorbing the frozen shards.
Esdeath and Saeko both had the same grin on their faces as the battle began to heat up, both jumping back as their King rushed forward and quickly engaged the smaller Ice Demon in hand-to-hand combat.
Sliding into an upwards kick he felt himself smile slightly as it hit and quickly spun his other foot around to impact the Demon in the chest. Using the momentary distraction created from his two quick blows he grabbed two thick discs from his right pant pocket and threw them at the Demon. As the discs flew vertically to the left and right of Soryu he created two magic formula's which glowed a dark red and smashed his hands into both of them, pulling his hands out he gritted his teeth as the formula's broke after completing their purpose and leaving both of his hands covered in lightning. Soryu heard the sound of the two discs flying towards him and looked up right as the disc's hit the ground on either side of him in a diagonal manner. Both discs sticking diagonally upright so that they leant away from him.
The two discs blinked an ominous red as they detected a magic core between them and the discs opened up into many panels which emitted a high frequency soundwave on either side of the Demon who held his hands to his head and screamed in pain as the sound waves made his entire body shake and rattle.
Running towards the Demon, the red haired Devil quickly struck out three times with his lightning covered fists, cutting through and melting large chunks of his abdomen before jumping back as the pain from the technique became too much for him and he was forced to shut it down. Taking a moment to shake his hands as they tingled he smiled subtly as Natsumi and Sayuri finally managed to break the portal.
Sayuri groaned as they finally broke the portal, the gemstone keeping it together crumbling into sand as they did so. Turning to her three tailed friend she gestured towards the large Ice Demon who had gotten back up and was battling Tri and Tsunade again.
The kitsune girl looked between the two battles. Seeing that the two battle crazed girls were keeping Naruto safe she nodded back to Sayuri and they both rushed towards Koryu.
Soryu growled in anger and breathed a blast of ice towards the three he was battling, growling as they avoided the blast of frozen spikes and as he went to engage them in close combat he turned to his left arm to see that it had turned a dark purple that was slowly creeping up to his shoulder.
"You poisoned me" He hissed as he tore his arm off brutally and smiled savagely at the Devils "Too bad that isn't enough to take me down….brat" He hissed again.
"Maybe this will be?" A smooth voice called out as a wave of what looked like black and red tinted flames swallowed the Ice Demon whole, destroying him instantly.
Turning to their right the King, Knight and Pawn saw Sirzechs smiling at them before feeling the air shake as Koryu screamed in pain. Looking over at said Demon, Esdeath's eyes widened in shock and surprise even as her mouth stretched into a bloodthirsty smile as she saw Grayfia override Koryu's control of his own body and made the Demon implode on itself using her own mastery of ice magic.
Naruto raised an eyebrow as his peerage stood around him and Sirzechs merely looked up at Tri.
"So this is your familiar?" He asked Naruto while still looking at Tri with a childish smile "He's huge!' He said with an exaggerated gesture.
"I am aware" Naruto replied dryly in a low voice as his hands twitched in pain.
Natsumi turned to Grayfia and nodded to her, getting a nod back from the silver haired maid.
"Grayfia-sensei. What are you and Lucifer-sama doing here?" She asked respectfully to her teacher.
Before she could answer though Sirzechs spoke up while looking at the remains of the gemstone used to power the portal.
"We felt the release of an incredibly dark magic and came to check it out" He said seriously before smiling childishly again "But it took so long because those old cronies kept badgering us" He said insulting the Elder Devil Council easily.
Grayfia pulled his cheek harshly getting a whine out of her husband.
"You shouldn't disrespect them like that Sirzechs-sama" She chided before turning to Natsumi while still pulling her husbands cheek "Is two days from now a good day to have another lesson?" She asked respectfully.
The three tailed kitsune looked at her King hopefully and got a gentle smile and a nod in return which made her smile brighten before she giggled as Tri bent one of his heads down to try and get a pat from Naruto who chuckled quietly and patted the snout of his familiar.
Unseen to any of the teenagers, Sirzechs frowned sadly while staring at his brother and he quietly stood up while gently moving Grayfia's hand off of his cheek, surprising the maid with the unexpectedly serious action though she quickly caught herself and remained standing calmly besides her King.
"Be careful now! We have to go! Bye Naru-tan!" Sirzechs yelled childishly while waving, noticing Naruto's frown and slight glare at the name and actions of the older Devil.
"Thank you for the assistance Lucifer-sama" Naruto said respectfully which got a loud laugh out of Sirzechs as a teleportation matrix lit up under him and Grayfia.
Once the light disappeared to show Sirzechs' office in Lilith, the capital city of the Underworld, he stopped laughing and the large smile quickly dropped off his face as his body slumped. Shuffling over to his desk he quietly sat down and began doing paperwork with a blank look, his mind replaying his only brothers reaction to him over and over again, and every time he saw it he hated it more and more.
"Sirzechs-sama? Are you okay?" Grayfia asked in concern.
"What went wrong Grayfia-chan?" Sirzechs asked while looking up at his wife with a sad expression "When Naruto was younger things used to be so much better, we weren't inseparable but we at least felt like brothers" He sighed as a depressing aura cloaked his form.
Grayfia frowned as she noticed the aura he seemed to be exuding, it was one she knew well from during the civil war and afterwards when Sirzechs would get flashbacks. She smiled fondly and walked over to her husband and sat on his leg before hugging him gently.
"Naruto-sama is a very independent person. In two days, when I go to train Natsumi-san why don't you spend time with Naruto, you always do so with Rias-sama" She murmured into his ear and smiled when he nodded slowly while in her embrace.
The red haired Maou thought about his brother sadly, even as he realised that Grayfia knew more about and was closer to his brother than him.
"Grayfia-chan. What do you know about Naruto?" He asked as he tightened his arms around her.
With a delightful smile the maid began speaking.
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Naruto couldn't move, no matter how hard he tried he wouldn't move from his spot. Looking down at his wrists and ankles he found them shackled to the ground by thick chains. Hearing the zap of lightning his head snapped up only to see a fully Stray Ken standing in front of his immobile peerage with two cleavers covered in crackling lightning.
Naruto's eyes widened as chains sprouted out of the ground and forced all of his peerage onto their knees while tying them up at Ken's mercy.
"N-Naruto-sama. Please h-help" Natsumi cried as tears leaked down her cheeks.
The Devil boy's eyes widened and he struggled against the chains, trying to use his magic to break out only for nothing to respond to his call. Sinking two his knees with tears in his eyes he watched helpless as a cleaver went straight down through the girls head and got stuck in her spine at chest level, blood and muscle flying out of her body as she toppled over, dead.
Naruto felt all of the sound in the world disappear into silence as he watched the unmoving body of Natsumi. The world shattered like a glass window. Naruto screamed.
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With a startled scream Naruto sat up and looked around his room with wide, fearful eyes. Looking around, his eyes settled on his clock as his heartrate slowed in his chest, even if it still felt like it was trying to break through his ribs and escape.
3:34 AM
Naruto groaned and placed a palm over his face, feeling the tears running down his face he quickly wiped them away and scowled.
"I thought I'd gotten over this" He grumbled angrily as he swung his feet over the edge of his bed and stood up, knowing he wasn't going to get any more sleep.
Dressing in track pants and an oversized black t-shirt he tiredly walked out of his room and out of the warehouse, being careful not to wake anyone else as he slipped out of the 'Accommodations and Recreation' warehouse and walked into the 'Research' Warehouse to try and distract himself.
Turning on a light he deftly bobbed and weaved between the large amount of technology, machines and projects before arriving at a large workbench and grabbing a custom set of black goggles from a nearby shelf he sat down with a yawn and began working on a new machine.
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Sirzechs looked at the three large warehouses idly as Grayfia walked into the left one and as they walked up to the third floor the Maou admitted that he was impressed with how homely they made the massive warehouse feel, even without the immense wealth of the Gremory clan.
Sirzechs snickered as he noticed the childlike sign on the door of Naruto's Knight's door, Sayuri if he remembered correctly. Looking back at the door he smiled widely as Natsumi walked out, looking like a mini-Grayfia if she was a blonde kitsune.
Natsumi smiled as he heard the tell tale knock of her teacher, 3 short taps on the door, and walking up to the door she opened it before blinking in shock as she saw Sirzechs standing besides her teacher.
"Lucifer-sama?" She greeted in confusion with a small bow only to get a laugh out of the man.
"Grayfia-chan has taught you well, I'm just here because I wanted to spend some time with Naruto. Is he the one I can sense in the middle warehouse?" He asked in a calm manner, surprising the girl who had only heard stories of his eccentricities, though that last part made her frown.
"Yes, that be Naruto-sama" She answered respectfully, missing the eyebrow he raised at her frown.
"Thank you Natsumi-chan! Enjoy your training with Grayfia-chan!" He said with a large grin before walking back down the stairs as the two girls teleported away.
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Looking around as he stepped inside the warehouse he couldn't help but whistle in appreciation at all of the machines and projects his little brother had been working on and using.
Taking a moment to wander before he approached his brother he saw the large amount of jars and broken machinery lying on a bench, though they hadn't been touched in a while if the dust was anything to go by. He continued to look at the surprisingly high-tech machines, some of which he could tell were from the human world. Finally having decided he put it off for long enough he grinned and hopped over to Naruto, yelping in surprise as he turned a corner and a bright light burned his retina's.
Naruto blinked out of his unresponsive state and turned around to see his older brother rubbing his eyes animatedly while whining in pain. Lifting the almost pitch black goggles off of his eyes and onto his forehead he raised an eyebrow as his brother turned to him blinking rapidly as his pupils rapidly dilated before returning to normal.
"Naru-tan! That hurt!" He whined childishly, said reaction getting a roll of Naruto's eyes (Though it was only internally)
"Can I help you Lucifer-sama?" He asked dryly. The name getting the childish energy to drain from his older brother.
"Ah right" He said wistfully "You aren't like Ria-tan" He murmured with a soft smile "Is this seat taken?" He asked gesturing to the stool next to Naruto.
Naruto stared at his brother in shock and surprise and slowly shook his head as he gestured to the seat himself, the sudden change in his brothers attitude surprising him.
"This is pretty impressive" The Maou praised his brother in a soft voice as he looked at the sound emitting disk Naruto had been using yesterday "I'm friends with Ajuka Beelzebub and yet I can't even tell what this can do" He continued as he tried to keep to a lower energy level than usual.
"It emits high-frequency sound waves" Naruto said automatically before turning his head to look at it "I have to make two news ones because you destroyed my other two yesterday" He accused which got a nervous chuckle out of his brother.
"My power isn't the greatest when it comes to keeping damage to a minimum" Sirzechs mumbled with an embarrassed laugh "So why did you wake up so early?" Sirzechs asked curiously as he bounced in his seat absently.
"No reason Lucifer-sama" He said stiffly "I just couldn't sleep" He half-lied which got a frown out of his brother.
Sirzechs, being as strong as he was and also being over 200 years old could tell when someone was lying to him, especially a teenager. Looking over Naruto he blinked in surprise when for a moment an image of a young red haired man, about a decade older than Naruto was now sat over a table with the same look, just far more traumatised. Blinking again the image disappeared and left his 13 year old brother staring at his unfinished creation blankly and he smiled ruefully.
"Nightmares huh?" He commented sombrely, ignoring his brothers surprised look "I know that look" He explained before continuing "I've seen myself with that look so often is sad, what was yours about?" He asked.
Naruto felt himself tense up and furiously blinked away the tears even as he paled at the memories of the nightmare.
"Ken" He whispered simply, though his brother heard it "I had thought I'd gotten over it. Then all of a sudden I had one this morning" He said as he turned to his brother who had an empathetic smile on his face.
"The Stray" Sirzechs said as he remembered arriving in this very warehouse and seeing the damage and gore caused in the battle "Not surprising. Though it never really goes away, not forever" He said before smiling gently at his brother as he leant forward and rested his elbows on his knees "Did you know I still have nightmares about my first kill?" He asked his brother who blinked in surprise and shook his head "It happened nearly 200 years ago, for a while I was plagued by nightmares but eventually they lessoned until they stopped completely. Then they came back 6 years later. Then 14 years later. The last time I had a nightmare about that kill was 5 months ago" He admitted to his brother who sat wide eyed even as he continued his story "I was inconsolable. I sat in bed for 5 hours straight as Grayfia comforted me"
"W-why are you telling me this?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"I don't want you to think that having those nightmares makes you weak, they show that you are a good person. I was also hoping we could bond a little" Sirzechs admitted sheepishly as he bowed his head ever so slightly and averted his gaze "After the incident a few days ago I realised that I had hardly spent any time with my brother. I was hoping that maybe, just maybe, I could fix that?" He asked hopefully in a soft voice, showing his brother a vulnerable side of him that not even Rias had seen.
Naruto didn't know what to say. He stared at his brother for a few moments as countless words and replies flitted through his head before, slowly, a small, soft smile graced his face.
"The goggles are over there…Sirzechs" He said, not quite comfortable with even saying his brothers name, let alone calling him Nii-san or Onii-san.
Sirzechs smiled brightly and grabbed a pair of goggles similar to Naruto's ones, happy to accept an branch his brother gave him before sitting down next to his brother as he continued welding.
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8231 words! Not including Authors notes! The longest chapter yet, though I don't know if I could continue the trend and write a longer chapter next time XD
I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, Introduction to Rossweisse and the Demon's and a nice brother bonding moment!
Also look forward to the next chapter. I think you guys may enjoy one moment that I have planned for chapter 6~
Have a wonderful day all you beautiful people!
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