Hey guys! Great to 'see' you all again!
HOLY CRAPBASKETS! We're at 1000 favs! You guys have no idea how excited and happy that makes me! I'm truly so thankful so many of you guys enjoy this story :D
Also to some of you who managed to find references to Olivia in Granblue and other things. Olivia is an OC, any references found between my Olivia and another Angel Olivia is purely coincidence, I didn't even realise there was a similar character until I read the reviews.
I've also found out that when I really get into writing I can average about 1000 words an hour, useless information but that's about 85% of the information stored in my brain, just fun facts :P
ONTO THE REVIEW REPLIES!
KilluaGodspeed: Aaaaah, no. Sorry. Olivia is actually an OC :P
Shadow overlord279: Hello again! And thank you, I'm glad so many people, including you, enjoy Rossweisse's intro and the brotherly moment!
Abcvoltage: That is indeed the plan, probably mid-late game, my dear reader!
Roshane: Funny, a few other people say the same, I can see the connection of course but I use magic circles with all characters, most of them other than Naruto just haven't been seen fighting yet. I'm trying not to fall into the same trap that most anime do where the magic circles (handsigns for Naruto) appear less and less as they get more powerful and the series progresses.
Cruzcartoon: Thank you for the peerage suggestions and I'm glad you're enjoying the story!
Naruto Lannister(Guest): ummmmm. Calm down, its just a story. If you don't enjoy the direction mine has gone in you can always read others or write your own. Its very cathartic, might help with the temper, it has for me
X-ownz: And I thank you for putting up with such a despicable man because of your love for my story XD
MadGeniusDuck: Thank you so much! Its seeing reviews like these that make me want to write so much, I enjoy the short reviews that express their enjoyment but every now and again I love seeing reviews like this. They make my day.
Guest: Hi, yes I realise there are many unnamed guests but to answer the questions from one of you. Yes, Rossweisse is still busty, just not yet up to her full potential~ hehehehehehe
AnimeIsLike0407: Hello! Im glad you and so many others enjoyed the Asgard scene! And he shared his feelings with Sirzechs because his brother knows what it is like on a worse scale, I also have like a little joke with myself that he hasn't talked to any of his peerage about it because he wants to appear more 'manly' to them XD The softly spoken lines are more a case of him speaking in a quieter tone, thank you for pointing those out. Also no problems, I enjoy constructive feedback like this, helps me grow. Also on Sayuri's door was just like a pink wooden sign with her name in balloon letters and flowers/unicorns all over it.
Anyway, now that the reviews are over. ONTO THE STORY!
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Rossweisse yawned as she walked down the halls of the third level of the 'Housing' Warehouse to the stairs and walked down to the first level to their kitchen that she had been shown a few days ago. Blinking the sleep out of her eyes she slowly seemed to gain energy as she hummed a soft tune while making some coffee. First making her own, 2 shots of coffee, some milk and 1 sugar, before pausing and looking back and forth between the cupboard that held the cups and the coffee she had made. Sensing Naruto inside the warehouse next door she nodded to herself. After making up her mind she walked over and grabbed a second cup out, trying to guess how Naruto would like his coffee and decided to simply make it with 2 shots of coffee and milk before grabbing both cups, softly blowing on hers and drinking it as she used her developing hips to open the small door on the side of the building, walking over to the 'Research' Warehouse and utilising surprising balance and flexibility reached up with her right foot while leaning back and used her heel to push the door handle down and pushed the door open with her foot. Righting herself she grinned proudly as she noticed she hadn't spilt a drop of Naruto's coffee so far.
Walking inside the building she was quickly made aware of where Naruto was thanks to the loud noise of welding and the light it created. Weaving through the machines and stray bolts, gears and other such items she quickly reached the bench only to gape at seeing not only Naruto there but also Sirzechs Lucifer. Though she wasn't surprised she couldn't sense Sirzechs, supposedly beings with enough power didn't even register on the senses of lesser beings. Even now, standing a scant few meters from him she couldn't even sense him.
Rossweisse blushed in embarrassment as she realised what she was about to do in front of such a powerful and influential figure but calmed her nerves and walked over to the two with a gentle smile. Gently she placed Naruto's coffee down on the table next to him. Rossweisse smiled kindly at the somewhat startled boy and was surprised at the kind smile she got in return, both of them missing the somewhat jealous look Sirzechs sent them.
"Thank you Rossweisse" He murmured as he lifted his goggles onto his forehead, his violet orbs staring into her blue-green eyes.
Blushing in embarrassment she quickly took a step back and straightened up with a small cough, oblivious to the slowly growing smirk on his older brothers face.
"I-I didn't know how you took your coffee so I guessed, I hope its not too bad" She tried to say professionally, nervousness easily detected in her tone.
Taking a sip of the coffee his face scrunched up a bit and he opened and closed his mouth a few times while rubbing his tongue on his teeth and placing the cup on the bench.
"Bitter" Was all he said, a sinking feeling beginning to swallow the poor Valkyrie girl who was afraid she had already done something wrong after her 4th day as his assistant "Could you please grab 1 or 2 sugars for me?" He asked kindly while looking up at her "I find regular coffee a bit too bitter without some sugar" He explained.
Rossweisse brightened up immediately and nodded as she practically skipped out of the warehouse through the door she came in, obviously happy that she would be able to do her job properly.
"A Valkyrie? Oh hohohoho~ How did you manage to find one and why haven't you added her to your peerage yet?" Sirzechs asked curiously with a teasing grin.
The young Devil froze, his mind flashing back to the power Odin had showed him and the threats/warnings. His body freezing as he broke out into a nervous sweat and quickly flicked his goggles down and continued welding, being careful that no sparks fell in the coffee.
The Maou frowned at the reaction of his brother, having seen similar reactions before he knew that nothing short of physical torture would get his brother to open up. While he did feel bad that his brother didn't trust him enough to tell him he also knew that whatever caused Naruto to keep silent had terrified him and thus had likely made him paranoid that no matter what happened or how he said it he would be found out.
The older Devil just hoped that this hadn't reset the progress that he had been trying to make.
"So your new 'Assistant' seems rather attractive, planning something with such an innocent girl Naruto?~" Sirzechs teased and smiled when his brother blushed in embarrassment and turned to look at him incredulously.
Laughing at his brothers reaction he spoke up once more.
"Don't tell me you haven't thought about it, I saw that gaze as she walked out" He teased again, being careful not to go too far so he didn't scare the boy away.
"What gaze?" He asked, trying to act innocent while forcibly suppressing his blush and turning back to his work.
"Oh were you not looking at the stain on her pants?" The current Lucifer asked innocently as he internally grinned 'Come on Naruto~ Take the bait~' he thought.
"What stain?" Naruto asked in confusion before his brain could catch up and stop him "There wasn't a…" He trailed off as he realised what his brother had done.
The young boy unfortunately couldn't contain his blush and turned as red as his hair in embarrassment and shook his head as he tried to get the image out of his head and focus on his work, that stupid smirk Sirzechs was wearing wasn't helping either.
That was the scene that the innocent (A/N: For now hehehehehehe) Valkyrie came back to, her 'Master' blushing dark red while his older brother laughed his head off. Walking over to them she opened a sachet of sugar and poured it into his coffee, quickly and calmly stirring his coffee and handing it to him. Raising an eyebrow when his blush lessened when he looked up at her but was still very prevalent.
"Thank you Rossweisse" He murmured as he sipped the coffee, grinning at the taste and taking a larger sip of his coffee.
"Could Rossweisse make me a coffee as well?" Sirzechs asked his brother who out of both embarrassment and nervousness from having Sirzechs ask such a question to him, a boy who wasn't used to attention from his family, just didn't speak as he continued his work.
Seeing Rossweisse's worried look between him and his younger brother the Maou smiled calmingly at her and waved his hand lazily as if telling her 'its fine' and he did mean it. Just because he was acting calm and happy with his brother he had no intention of attempting to ruin his progress in any way and trying to order his own assistant, one who wasn't even a Devil, to do anything, even something as mundane as making a coffee, would lead to dire consequences
Looking down at what his brother was making he was reminded of the parallels between his best friend and his brother, both left him in the dust in anything even remotely science related, he just couldn't hope to keep up.
"Naruto-sama, you didn't place the wire correctly, the black wire goes in the 8th socket not the 6th" Rossweisse calmly said from over the boys shoulder, seemingly just as interested in the machine as her Master.
The red haired Maou looked between the two with a shocked gaze. This girl actually KNEW how this thing was being put together!? Oh…Oh no.
"There's three of them now…." Sirzechs mumbled in despair as his mind supplied him with an image of the two teens in front of him and Ajuka creating some sort of super machine which created portals and somehow accidentally created a second Great Red.
Overdramatic and exaggerated? Definitely. Possible? He wasn't willing to find out.
"So what's this machine supposed to do?" Sirzechs asked with a large grin.
"Supposed to act like a small super-magnet" Naruto replied blankly, not really paying attention to the words that were said, replying off pure reflex.
"A-ah…" Sirzechs stuttered, a bead of sweat trailing down his face nervously, the previous mental image coming back with a vengeance for a brief moment.
"So Naruto. Are you coming to the family dinner tonight!?" Sirzechs asked excitedly, desperately trying to distract the two teenagers from the machine.
Rossweisse looked between the two worriedly as Naruto flinched and stopped working, easily flicking his goggles upwards as he looked towards Sirzechs with a nervous smile.
Standing up he placed his goggles on the wrack and sipped his coffee to try and calm himself from his nervousness at the thought of going to the family dinner.
"Raincheck" He mumbled nervously as his brothers eyes softened in understanding and he stood up, walking over and placing his goggles on the wrack as well.
Without thinking Sirzechs gently hugged his brother only to frown and then gasp as his brother tensed in his arms before quickly and unnecessarily harshly shoving his brother away, his eyes wide in alarm and surprise. The elder Devil smiled sadly as his brother finally realised what he did and smiled nervously once more, he didn't feel angry at Naruto though, he knew how distant everyone, especially his family, had been physically and emotionally. The younger boys reaction did not surprise him in the slightest, though it did make him feel sad.
"It's fine, I just hope that one day you'll feel comfortable" Sirzechs said "Unfortunately I have to go, this was fun. Hopefully we can do this again soon?" The older brother suggested hopefully.
Closing his eyes momentarily he opened them again and let a small, barely noticeable smile spread over his face and nodded.
With a large smile a magic circle lit up underneath Sirzechs and began to swallow his body up, though before it got to his head he spoke with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"Remember to be a 'good girl' for your Master~" He said to Rossweisse before he completely disappeared.
Both teens now stood blushing crimson, steam pouring out of Rossweisse's ears as thoughts of Sirzechs implied meaning circulated throughout their minds.
"What a degenerate" Rossweisse muttered with an embarrassed blush in disapproval of Sirzechs' words.
Naruto simply sighed and finished his coffee. His brother, while nice, was a complete, teasing, asshole. If this is what Rias constantly had to go through then he gladly would stay out of the limelight and let her have all of those comments.
"I'm going for a walk, do you mind staying back and training with the other girls?" He asked his 'assistant' politely.
Said girl only nodded with a brilliant smile, not only eager to see what her 'allies' had in terms of combat skill but also that she would be able to do something she found fun.
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Olivia frowned as she stood before what was basically a panel of elder Angels, all of them ranging from 6-10 wings, though if the offense was large enough a Seraph may show up every now and again.
Despite knowing that her offense wasn't enough to warrant a visit from any of the Seraph's she still felt unnerved at the stares of the 12 Angels above her, all sitting on polished wooden chairs that looked fit for a King, though it had nothing on the thrones of the Seraph's, let alone those of the four Seraphim.
"Olivia Gardvild (Guard-Vile-D)" A 10 winged Angel spoke, getting a nervous squeak from the girl "On the practice mission you and another young Angel girl went on, Claire Absol, you not only showed yourself to a human in broad daylight, gave him one of our coins and disappeared right in front of him, you also, admittedly indirectly, caused the death of one of your guide's. What do you have to say in your defence?" The Angel asked neutrally, careful not to fall to any of the seven sins.
"He was homeless! His life was in shambles and him and his dog were going to die soon if nothing happened! I couldn't stand back and do nothing!" Olivia replied heatedly.
"Humans do not need us meddling in their lives, a kind Samaritan would have helped them, faith is needed in these sorts of things Olivia" A beautiful woman said from besides the man, her 10 wings stretched out dramatically.
Olivia looked flabbergasted at the woman, for the first time in her life doubting the kindness and benevolence of her own race.
"Faith? I have faith but no one was helping him! I only gave him a single coin so that he could survive with his dog. Is that so bad?" She asked confused and desperate for anyone to agree with her.
"Patience as well as faith are needed" A second male Angel intersected with an amused smile as he corrected the other Angel's comment.
Olivia looked between the 12 Angels, seeing them all in agreement with each other she felt her anger growing, her wings darkening a single shade for only the briefest moment, not even becoming a light grey it was so insignificant, but the 12 caught it easily, the single moment being easily enough time to watch the minute change in colour.
"What was that?" The woman from before asked, her features having lost their kindness and were now hardened into stone.
Olivia, having not realised what happened, felt her anger dissipate as she looked between the 12 Angels in confusion.
"You don't even know what just happened" Another woman claimed in surprise, her 6 wings curling inwards slightly.
"It appears that she doesn't" The head Angel spoke once more, his 10 wings stretching out as far as they could go as he levelled an ice cold gaze on Olivia, freezing the girl in her spot.
Olivia felt her body freeze in fear as the old Angel levelled his gaze on her, her entire body feeling like it was just dunked in subzero ice as she paled.
"Olivia Gardvild. Are you aware that just for a moment your wings darkened?" He asked seriously, a minute shake of the girls head was his reply "I realise the academy has yet to go over this in detail, but due to the potential threat of you turning into a fallen" He paused as he took a breath "God has decreed that you wear this as a warning to those around you of the danger you pose" He said holding up a white collar.
The 13 year old girl felt her world shatter around her. A Fallen Collar!? No! That was practically worse than actually being a Fallen! Even without having gone over it in explicit detail in class every Angel was taught the significance of someone wearing a Fallen Collar, it was a warning to Angels around them. The Darker the colour of the colour turned the closer to becoming a Fallen they were. Wearing one meant that practically everyone distanced themselves from you, it was torture to even be threatened to wear one.
Olivia knew that if she didn't wear it her punishment would be far worse, with a choked sob she nodded her head and the collar was placed around her neck, the leather-like material turning from pure white to a sightly darker shade, similar to a shade of cream.
Some of the elder Angels felt bad for the now sobbing girl who sank to the ground, though even the ones that felt sorry for her believed that she deserved this, it was God's will, not only for her actions on the mission today but also for even considering Falling.
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Blank green eyes stared despondently at the polished door of her house as she lazily pushed it open, walking inside she quietly closed the door behind her, she looked up just in time to see the happy expressions of her parents at seeing her, morph into expressions of shock and fear at seeing the collar. She saw her father tense and her mother reflexively take a step back in fear.
A pang of betrayal flashed through her as her blank, almost uncaring green eyes bored into those of her parents. They were supposed to love her unconditionally right? Isn't that a parents job, that even if they're child was to become a criminal of the highest calibre they would still love them? Looking at her parents now, she didn't see her two loving parents, she saw two scared Angels and she almost snorted in humour, to think that a simple collar was enough to make even the strongest Angel fearful was strangely amusing to the broken girl. Idly, a thought made itself known in her head.
'They've been brainwashed pretty well' She thought, having seen the same reaction from at least 50 Angels on her way home, it seemed to be an ingrained response.
She actually did snort in amusement when her mother gasped in horror and his father took in a quick breath, her collar must have darken slightly.
"I'm home" She said blankly as she turned away from them and began walking up the stairs of her house to her room, her feet barely leaving the ground due to her current lack of energy.
Reaching her room she lazily pushed her door open and closed it with her foot as she walked into her safe haven, even if she hadn't realised it yet, and collapsed on her bed, tears welling up in her eyes once again as she cried into a pillow.
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Olivia woke blearily to the sound of something tapping on glass, looking around she saw a hand tapping on her window and lazily swung herself out of bed and walked around the construct to her window.
Looking out her window she saw an Angel roughly 20 years older tapping on her window with a kind smile on his face, though one glaring difference between this Angel and any other was a grey collar around her neck. Raising an eyebrow she opened her window and took a cautious step back as the Angel hopped into her room.
"Hi Olivia" The girl greeted politely with a small curtsy of her white skirt.
"How do you know my name?" Olivia asked warily, her recent 'collaring' having robbed her of some, definitely not all, but some of her naivety.
"Who hasn't by now?" She asked rhetorically in return "I'm a part of a group of Angels similar to you and I, I came to bring you to a meeting we're having. Would you like to come?" The female Angel asked kindly to the young girl who after a moments hesitation nodded with the briefest of smiles.
Both jumping out of her window and taking flight they entered the outskirts of the residential area that Olivia lived in and into houses that were not only taller but also more packed together, showing the growth in humanities population over time. Reaching a point, Olivia yelped in surprise as her 'partner' suddenly dived straight down and quickly followed after her.
Straightening out as the ground of the alley quickly drew nearer she flapped her wings once and twirled, blinking as some dust got in her eyes and accidentally flapped too hard, sending her straight into the wall of a building next to her.
Looking behind her the elder girl raised an eyebrow in surprise and helped the teenager to her feet, giggling lightly at the girls pained groan as her eyes swirled before she blinked rapidly and shook her head to try and clear it of the cobwebs. Smiling towards the older Angel she followed after her as they approached the entrance to a fairly large house and waited patiently after the Angel girl knocked on the door.
As the door opened, Olivia took her time to look the man over who opened the door. He had brown hair and brown eyes, fairly average looking and probably wouldn't even be noticed by the vast majority of Angels if it weren't for the nearly pitch black collar around his neck.
"Ah Dianne! So nice to see you brought young Olivia here, welcome young one" He greeted, his age showing in his words as he stepped aside and opened the door further, allowing the two girls to enter.
Walking inside Olivia was reminded of her own home, the sense of style in the furniture and aesthetics were pretty similar but not quite the same and it had the same 'homey' feeling as her house on any day other than today. Walking through the corridor she blinked in shock at the 20 or so Angels that were already there talking amicably amongst themselves.
"Ladies, gentlemen! Dianne has brought Olivia to us as promised, lets make her feel at home." The man exclaimed and got various shouts of support as some of them walked over to Olivia.
One by one as all of the collared Angels expressed their condolences and gave sympathetic words and actions she felt tears prickling at her eyes once more and looked up when she felt two arms wrapped around her. Seeing that Dianne was the one hugging her she tearfully blinked in confusion and got a sad smile from the woman.
"I can't imagine how this feels for you Olivia, all of us were collared after we were over 80 years old. And you've been collared at 13…" Dianne trailed off as she herself began to cry.
Olivia couldn't handle it anymore and turning in the woman's arms, wrapped her own around her and began to cry loudly. Everyone looked on in sympathy at the two girls, but more specifically Olivia.
After a few moments the man who owned the house stepped forward and put a comforting hand on Olivia's shoulder.
"I understand that this must be tough on you. I couldn't imagine it being easy in any stretch of the imagination. But know that you have us, and likely most other collared Angels to look to for comfort, we will always welcome you with open arms. Sadly you are one of us now" He said and got a teary eyed nod and sincere, but tiny, smile in return as the two girls separated.
"A-are you guys some sort of secret organisation?" She asked innocently only to get a small round of chuckles.
"No" The man said while laughing "Nothing so insidious or secret, we are merely a group of collared Angels who meet together every two or so weeks. My name is Peter by the way" Peter introduced himself with a large smile.
Olivia, seeing his smile, couldn't help but smile herself and seeing this, Peter ruffled her hair, getting a childish pout from the girl.
"Its good to see that even after all this you still have that innocent childlike side of you. I was worried it might have been destroyed or buried too far down" He said while breathing out a sigh of relief.
"Speaking of children you have school tomorrow don't you?" Dianne asked, poor Olivia freezing in fear.
"T-They wouldn't act any different. Would they?" She asked hopefully "I-I mean my collar can still be considered bright white" She said pointing at her own collar which by almost any standard was still a very bright white.
"I'm sorry Olivia" Peter apologised with a grim look "But they have all been taught just like you have, the only difference is that you actually have a collar. They will avoid you like a disease. I'm sorry that such a young girl has to go through this" He said regretfully, looking up at her as her hand rested on his shoulder.
"Maybe there might be one or two that will be nice" She said hopefully even through the sad smile on her face "And is not your fault Peter" She tried not to cry once again and continue smiling.
Peter merely smiled in return and stood up, grabbing her hand and beginning to lead her around to all of the other Angels.
"Lets introduce you to our little group shall we?" He said with a cheeky grin which managed to successfully get a giggle out of the girl.
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Naruto walked calmly through the forest surrounding his warehouses as he let his mind whirl in thought about his family and his peerage. Idly he chucked a pebble up and down in his palm while walking. Just as he was about to head back though he felt a pulse of familiar dark magic and with a start he flew towards it.
Arriving at an icy blue portal he narrowed his eyes while reflexively holding onto the pebble as a man walked through, looking completely human if it wasn't for the blue skin and claw-fingers made of ice.
"A Devil? Huh, You're the species that took over for us? Pathetic" The Demon spat.
Shooting forward the teenage Devil threw the pebble in his hand to distract the Demon, thick, red energy coating the pebble, allowing it to actually be a threat. Of course his aim was far from perfect but even then if the Demon didn't move it would still hit his shoulder and likely do a large amount of damage.
The Demon scoffed and knocked the pebble away as the portal closed behind him, the momentary lapse in concentration as the Demon's eyes tracked the pebble allowed Naruto to not only gain a solid kick to he Demon's chest but also pulse his magic as he did so, knowing that at the very least Sayuri would be able to sense it. Said magic pulse came in a bastardised version of Tsunade's own technique that she hadn't even mastered yet, so even if it wasn't even a ¼ of her strength it was still enough to send the Demon sprawling like a ragdoll before he caught himself and landing with a solid 'thunk' as his feet hit a thick tree.
Keeping his purple eyes trained on the Demon, he was ready when the blue skinned male kicked off the tree and was quickly in his face and managed to catch his strike by the wrist, the dangerously sharp icicle fingers being uncomfortably close to his face.
"Why are you here?" Naruto questioned as he caught the Demons other hand mid strike and the two entered a power struggle "I thought you needed those runic gemstones to leave wherever you come from" He questioned as he struggled against the Demon's superior physical prowess.
"Oh dear little Devil~ We only needed the gemstone coated in Angels blood because it broke the barrier between our section of Cocytus and the dimension it was in" The Demon revealed arrogantly, his lips twisting into a deranged smile at the small spark of fear he saw in the teenagers face "Its not the Overworld like we expected but I'm sure the Generals would love to take back our rightful home from you fakers" The Demon hissed.
Naruto glared in anger and feeling a fast approaching 'blip' on his senses he rolled backwards, pulling the Demon with him and kicked him in the stomach using Tsunade's technique again, hissing in pain as he mistimed the output of power and injured his leg, blood beginning to slowly stain his pants as the Demon flew in the air.
Just as the Demon was about to taunt his opponent, his senses screamed but in the air he could do nothing and had to watch as a vicious clawed strike knocked him out of the air and into the ground in a large explosion of dust.
Naruto grinned painfully and rolled onto his feet, his weight shifting onto his left leg as Sayuri's concerned silver eyes filled his vision. With a caring smile he looked at her and nodded his head in thanks before the smile dropped from his face and the caring spark in his eyes was snuffed out like a flame as the Demon launched himself at Sayuri in fury. Pushing the girl aside he allowed his anger the briefest moment to surface and in an instant he found himself in the air, almost parallel to the ground, over the Demons body which was still speeding towards Sayuri. His magic swirled around him and his eyes glowed softly at the rage and magic flowing through them, his senses, reflexes and body at an all time high as above his right hand a small but extremely hot fireball appeared in an instant, an overpowered matrix appearing and disappearing so fast he normally would have missed it.
'Stay away..' He thought angrily as he twisted his body to begin his attack.
With a loud 'bang' the fireball struck the Demon's back and forced all of his forward momentum straight down into the ground which cracked and cratered under the assault of the technique.
'From my Peerage!' He mentally yelled as the fireball destabilised and exploding in a large column of fire. (Imagine the scene in the Minato vs Obito/Tobi fight where Minato uses rasengan on Obito)
Rolling very quickly along the rough ground he groaned in pain as Sayuri caught him before he impacted a tree, not only had the quick movements made his leg worse but he also had 2nd and 3rd degree burns up his right arm.
"Hurts" He mumbled as Sayuri helps him stand up, his left arm wrapped around her shoulder.
"I'm not surprised" She chuckled "That was pretty cool though So-Taichou, didn't know you could move that fast" She complimented him while staring at the dust cloud calculatingly.
"Neither did I" He chuckled weakling before wincing in pain.
As the dust cloud started to wane the rest of his peerage, minus Natsumi, and Rossweisse flew down, landing around the duo. Tsunade and Rossweisse gasping at the injuries and Saeko and Esdeath glaring dangerously at the dust cloud.
Tsunade looked at the burns and blood soaked pant leg and a feeling of uselessness washed over her. Sure, she could fight in hand-to-hand combat pretty well, and her healing was decent, but she had focused far more on combat since she became a Devil, almost completely forgetting about her medicinal practices in the euphoria of developing her super-strength technique, but looking at Naruto now she wished that she had the means to help him. Looking over his injuries she could tell that he would be fine, to some Devil's (Not including Phenex's, they're cheaters) these sorts of wounds are superficial at best. Even so she cursed her inability at being able to help relieve his pain.
As the dust cleared the blue skinned Demon stood dizzily to his feet, blue blood leaking out of the wound on his back which he knew would leave a large scar, if he managed to make it out of this fight alive. His previous arrogance now destroyed, if one Devil, a teenager at that, managed to do this to him, what could an older one do? Or multiple ones? He had to report this to his superior's.
The peerage's eyes all snapped towards the Demon as a portal whirled into life behind him, Naruto's eyes glinting as his mind raced to memorise the formula that appeared, and he slowly began to inch towards it while holding his abdomen with one arm.
"M-My superior's will know of this. W-What is your name?" The Demon asked, the pain causing his speech to come out stuttered "A-and that of your group?" He added in.
"Naruto" The boy responded "And my 'group' is called…" He trailed off, his mind desperately looking for a name, trying to keep the knowledge of peerages away from the Demons, before his eyes caught the portal.
For some strange reason, to Naruto, the portal in the middle of the dust seemed to look like a sun in the clouds in the early morning. With a determined glare at the Demon he spoke only a single word.
"Akatsuki"
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Aaaaaaaaaand I'm done!
Thank you guys so much for reading the 6th chapter of Naruto: The Devilish Sage. I apologise for the shorter chapter, finally broke my tradition of each chapter being longer than the last XD
I hope you guys like that little twist at the end~ That twist was one of the ways I'm going to 'try' and justify this being a Naruto x Highschool DxD fanfic instead of a Highschool DxD fanfic with an OC main. There will be more and I already have an idea how to tie the Canon of Naruto into the story (It'll likely be a reference to the canon world so don't get your hopes up that he ends up travelling to Canon Narutoverse or anything )
I've already seen a few people complain about how this shouldn't be a Naruto x Highschool DxD fanfic because it has nothing to do with Naruto and this isn't because of those comments but to those comments and commenters, please read my next words..
THERE IS A REASON THIS IS NARUTO X HIGHSCHOOL DXD. YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT TILL LATER FOR SOME OF THE MORE MAJOR ONES. The first 10 or so chapters are sort of like three prologue arc's (Which funny enough I didn't actually plan to be separate arc's, they just ended up like that XD) and so very little to do with the connections between this Universe and the Narutoverse will be revealed/explored.
Anyway, I've been thinking about getting a beta reader. What do you guys think?
Also just a fun little question for you guys, sort of something to bring me down to earth. What was the first video game you ever played/first remembered playing?
Mine was Shadow the Hedgehog
Anyway I hope you all have a lovely day/night and goodbye to you all!
Adios!