HEEEYYYYY GUYS!
I was so happy with the reception on the last chapter~ I'm so glad that so many of you enjoyed it!
As of writing this introduction (I got 3300 words in before writing the intro) I'm currently on a plane once again. About 9 or 10 days into my 16-day trip to the good ole US of A!
Also, I apologize if this chapter isn't quite at the same level as some of the others, when not on my computer or laptop I tend to be a lot laxer with my grammar and other similar things.
So, I've been to Universal Studios, was there all day yesterday. Should I feel ashamed for spending $410 (roughly) on comic book stuff and Harry Potter? Cause I'm surprisingly not ashamed at all.
AND NOW!
ONTO THE REVIEW REPLIES!
Redlox2: Thank you~ and thank you for the idea. It was actually so good I've been tinkering with it, trying to see if I can make it work~
(For those of you that don't know. I don't really plan the story out. Its sorta what I can come up with as I'm writing. Wait! Does daydreaming about it at school count as planning?)
HolyKnight5: Yep! That was sorta the plan~ Millicas has a bit of a larger role in my fanfic than in canon. So, things that happen to him (at least so far) have a purpose.
AfterlifeXD: I'm sorry! XD speaking of which. I've actually been trying to work the Bijuu's into the story. But I just can't figure out something that makes enough sense for me to be comfortable with it. The closest Candidate is like having them either be Demons or be trapped in Cocytus with the Demons.
RinnePotter726: Thank you for the criticism. What you said is correct. Negative feedback is definitely necessary, in small doses and if they have a point. Which luckily yours does~ though you did make a bit of a mistake. Sure, if people are disappointed in a chapter and a bunch of people drop the fanfic, I do try to fix things, to a certain extent. Because as much as this story is for you readers. It's also for me. And I'm not going to change major things just because people get pissy. (It's why I really didn't mind when I got multiple comments saying they're dropping the story because Naruto cries too much). I know you likely didn't mean it this way, I'm just using this chance to get that off my chest~
Naga986: She gets a *partial* reality check in this chap. Though her actual full-on reality check likely won't happen until the Raiser Arc.
MCRasengan: Thank you for your suggestions~ Currently on a plane to San Fran so this is helpful~
DarthMEOWS: Thank you for the suggestion. And if you ever have suggestions for recipes don't hesitate to tell me~ XD
Starravenwolf: AGREED! I wonder how much of a paper jaw I can give Rias without it being unrealistic?
Kai Alard: Yay! You agree with me! For some reason I find the idea absolutely adorable.
: Already been to Universal~
Firehedgehog: I can only imagine! I'm currently Casually employed but I only have a few more years to go until full-time employment; -;
Rebmul: XD Want to know something? That's actually an idea I've been toying with. And right as I'm writing this I think I've come up with an idea~
Luffyxrobin-luffyxnami: Lovely name XD but uhhhhh, thanks?
YuukiAsuna-Chan: b-but whyyyyy?
Guest: Natsumi isn't based off any other anime. Sorry!
Fuutone: Kiba? I haven't even added him into the story! If I did then I'd have to add Akamaru and- ohhhhhhh, right.
AnimeIsLife0407: I would like to say, it's nice to see you on another chap~ but I actually finished the main story the night before u left home. Also, yes, the Commander is a guy from Serafall's past. I'm actually surprised that no one has connected the dots about his identity. I left a few very blatant (for me at least) hints about his identity. (He isn't an OC. Though his behaviour is a little OOC)
PersonaNinja Lux: I haven't fully decided on if Naruto will change Rias' peerage just yet. Thank you~ kbaiii
DALucifer13: He might~ he might not~
CorpesKing: The magic making his eye glow is just an aesthetic that I ADORE. Which is why I keep bringing it up. Though the possibility of gravity magic? High, at least just simple spells.
Bijuk34: At the moment. Just enemies. THOUGH! I just came up with an AMAZING IDEA for future Demon chars which if you guys don't find amazing/shocking will make me cry.
TheMysteriousPerson -0-'-0-: Truly, an astounding name XD and yes. He is, I'm glad that some viewers have managed to link them together. But they've also missed some other hints about him that I left in~ And I play on all three~ what's your PSN? I'll hit you up!
uchihaNaruto247: THANK YOU! I'm glad that at least some people think the pace is good XD
Dragonfire987: A fellow fanfic reader in class? I didn't think they existed! XD
Starstream27(guest): Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoy his power growth! And the idea about Rasengan and Hiraishin is definitely one I'll be doing~
Mizukodai: *slow claps* congratulations. It was completely unnecessary to leave that comment. But at least it was somewhat eloquent.
Angelo47: Thank you~ I'm glad you like my take on a Naruto neglect fic. Also, hypothetically, she would be humiliated. A lot. Then Naruto would help her a few times. Eventually she'd have hero worship. Which then turned into love.
Dippytrippy122: I thank you greatly for your review. I'm glad you're enjoying it so much. Likely not until the start of Canon. And because they were supposed to have a much larger role when I first started the story (although with the way I'm going they might end up having a large impact once again)
AAAAND THAT'S THE END OF THE REVIEW REPLIES!
I'm so thankful for all your guys every chap for all the replies you give! Everything from reviews asking me to continue, to deep, though through reviews which take a more analytical lens to the chapter.
Btw, before I go onto the chap. Do any of you guys know of any sights where I could write and release a book? Like an original storyline and stuff? Cause I've been thinking about writing a book lately.
ANYWAY! ONTO THE STORY!
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By THE Time Sirzechs had arrived home that night, he was fairly drained of his usual energy and enthusiasm. They had managed to get the city, but it was still listed under Youkai/Shinto claim and anything Rias or Sona wanted to do, to a certain extent, had to be reported to Yasaka. Not to mention the regular updates they have to do on the city as well. Though they now also had to pay recompense for the Nekoshou massacre, something they had weaselled their way out of in the aftermath of it happening, and that would cost a fortune or nine.
Walking into the lounge room; he was already prepared to "trip" over the end of the couch, faceplant into it, and fall asleep. Sadly, for him though, he was met with the sight of his wife trying to console their son. Said son was bawling his eyes out as he gripped his mother's maid uniform lightly. He slowly approached the two in confusion, flinching back as Grayfia's head whipper up and glared at him with a ferocity he hadn't seen aimed at him since that were first enemies back in the Civil War.
"Grayfia?...What's happened?" He asked cautiously while approaching.
"Your sister happened. I'm done ignoring the issue. She needs to drop this hatred for your brother, look at how scared she made poor Millicas!" Grayfia exclaimed, allowing her emotional side out due to her son's distress.
"Hey…. Millicas, buddy…. What happened between you and Rias-tan?" He could feel the ice-cold glare his wife sent at the nickname.
"I-I just brou-brought up Uncle Naruto a-and she snapped!" He bawled, only just being understood between the sobbing and his wife's clothing, muffling his voice.
"You need to set her straight. Sort out this irrational anger." His wife demanded.
Sirzechs nodded, already trying to plan the most reasonable way to go about this.
"Okay. I'll try to peacefully- "
"No! There is no peacefully working things out! That doesn't get through to her! You need to show her some tough love for once in her life!" Sirzechs flinched at the tone of her voice.
"I'm sure I can get through to her!" He pleaded.
Grayfia's teeth ground against each other and she picked up Millicas, holding him tightly.
"We will continue this in a moment" She seethed.
And so, she left with Millicas, the feeling of doom only growing the longer Sirzechs had to wait. After fifteen minutes she did return though, just without Millicas.
"Why do you refuse to see reason?" She snapped "Gentle, kind words will not get through to her!"
"I used tough-love on Naruto! Now look at our situation!" He snapped back at her. Finally losing patience.
"Well obviously you do not care when it comes to Naruto! You keep making the same mistakes!" She yelled, huffing at the end.
"I'm trying dammit! You know that!"
"And yet you won't try another method when it comes to Rias?! Are you really that devoted to her!?" Grayfia asked incredulously "You can clearly see that the current method isn't working!"
"Because using tough-love doesn't do anything good! All it does it ruin relationships and I'm sick of doing that!"
"Well, now, it's going to ruin a relationship either way" She growled out, small flecks of ice growing by her feet.
Sirzechs felt his anger skyrocket at those words, his form flashing deep red for a moment.
"And why, pray-tell. Is that?" He seethed. Preparing for a full-on screaming match with his wife.
"Because either you set Rias straight. Or I'm divorcing you" She said with finality.
Sirzechs felt all the anger drain out of his body. His expression going slack with shock as his brain short circuited.
"So, what is more important to you Sirzechs-sama. Your relationship with your sister? Or your wife? Choose." She commanded, knowing that in this moment she held every scrap of power there was to be held.
His mouth opened and closed wildly. His eyes glazed as he struggled to comprehend the threat. Inside his mind all the little 'hims' running around in panic as an alarm blared with a bright, flashing red light. Finally, though, right as Grayfia turned around to walk away. He spoke.
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Rias sighed while walking to the dining room of their mansion, having been called down by a maid that said her brother was waiting for her. She had been binging a good anime as well!
"Might as well get it over with quickly. He's probably gotten me another 'birthday present'" She muttered to herself, knowing that her birthday was still a few months away.
Walking into the dining room, she was surprised to see Sirzechs looking at her sympathetically.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" She asked, now worried.
Her older brother simply sighed and stood up, his armour making a small 'chink' sound as he did so.
"Yes. But you already know about it, Rias. I need to talk to you about what you said to Millicas when taking care of him" The girl gulped fearfully/
"I-I am sorry about that. Really, I am. But I was just so angry that my nephew would look up to that monster!" The Maou frowned at her words.
"Why do you call him a Monster? He is your brother after all"
"Because he is one! He caused his own peerage member to go stray and then killed him in cold blood! Then he had the audacity to go and act sad about it!" She said, beginning to rant.
Sirzechs though merely just sighed and internally shook his head as she continued.
"He's just a dirty little manipulator who uses people and twists them!" Rias yelled before huffing as she tried to catch her breath "I mean! Look at how he manipulated poor Millicas!"
At the mentioning of his sons name he remembered the fight with his wife and steeled himself.
"He's done nothing wrong to Millicas. You have though. I'm here because I'm going to try and make you see sense" He said professionally, wincing mentally at his own tone.
"What!?" She shrieked in surprise.
"Can you fight in what you're wearing?" He asked, looking at the casual clothes she was wearing.
Despite her surprise she still smirked and flipped her hair back.
"Of course, I can~ I could fight wearing anything" Sirzechs didn't dispute that, not actually knowing her strength in combat. But believing that she deserved her prodigy status.
"Then let's go" As he said that, he grabbed her shoulder.
A magic circle lit up underneath the two and in a few moments, they disappeared in a flash of red.
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Rias looked around in confusion as they stepped into a large, falling apart, mansion. Her senses telling her nothing as she looked around before turning back to her brother with a raised eyebrow.
"I can't even sense anything, you really expect whatever's in here to actually give me a fight longer than two seconds?" She laughed.
The elder Devil merely stayed silent though, instead just watching her to see how she would react.
Almost as if on cue, a dark, ominous chuckle echoed throughout the room. Rias tensed and looked around wildly. Her PoD formula's lighting up around her palms.
"Aw~ That's cute~ The little princess thinks she can hurt me~" The voice taunted her, causing her to growl in anger and launch a beam of destructive energy towards the probable origin of the voice.
She allowed herself a moment to smile smugly as a figure jumped out of the shadows to avoid the attack. That smile though soon turned to a look of horror as the figure stopped and she could see what it was. It was undoubtedly a Stray. But even the horror stories her parents told her as a child didn't live up to the nightmare that was this particular stray.
The only humanoid thing about it was the amount of limbs and the face. The Stray had two thick back legs that were shaped similar to a lion, muscles bulging through the two limbs. It's arms on the other hand were long and spindly, seemingly having no pure muscle in them, unlike its legs. The thing about its legs though…. each on was twice as long as its body. Its hands were large with long, clawed fingers; the skin almost vacuum sealed to the bones. Its face was stitched together, and eternally insane smile stitched onto its face. Said smile did nothing to help Rias' unease, neither did the one eye which just shook around uselessly in the socket. She refused to look at the left side of its face now.
"Come into my web, said the spider to the fly~" It quoted, getting an eye roll from Sirzechs.
Rias though could feel herself breaking out into a cold sweat as her nerves began to get to her. It took all her self-control to stifle a scream as it lifted an arm up.
"If the great Lucifer himself is sacrificing his beautiful sister to me. Who am I to judge? ~" It said creepily.
Rias screamed in fear and began to torch everything around her. Her PoD getting thrown around wildly with no control or thought. The Maou was safe because he simply just used his own PoD to burn hers away. The rest of the house and the Stray though, they were quickly atomized. The Stray screaming in pain while trying a last-ditch attempt to kill Rias. One massive arm swinging at her, the clawed fingers slicing through the air. The claws never reached her face though, Sirzechs catching the hand with his own. His blue-green eyes narrowed in anger as he instantly atomized the Stray.
Turning back to Rias he saw her composing herself, a small grin growing on her face. He raised an eyebrow at the smile.
"Did you see that! Hah! That stupid Stray was no match for us!" She cheered happily.
Sirzechs ignored her cheer. Instead he leant down and stared her in the eyes.
"Now. You and Naruto aren't so different. You both fought and killed Stray's" He said, doing his best not to turn into a mushy mess as he watches the realization sink in.
"B-but you killed him. Not me" She said, trying to take the blame off herself.
"The injuries you caused would have killed it anyway, I should know" He said seriously.
Rias was silent as she tried to process the revelation, that something she had been hating Naruto for, for years. She was now guilty of as well. Though, that anger she had been carrying for as long as she could remember just wouldn't let go without a fight.
"At least I didn't cause my own peerage member to turn so that I could kill them" She scoffed. Getting a deep sigh from Sirzechs.
The Maou simply just grabbed her shoulder and teleported them once again.
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Naruto sighed while relaxing in his bed. The house now having been built enough that they could use their own rooms. His room once again being the entire top floor of the building. Something which he hadn't planned. Though somehow all of the girls had persuaded him to accept it.
He idly looked around and began to plan ideas on how to fill up the massive amount of space in the room. For now, though he just focused most of his attention into sinking into the mattress that he had not been able to use for a good week/week and a half.
Right as he was about to fall asleep though, he heard a knock from the door of his room. He allowed himself the time to silently groan as he flipped himself out of the bed, nonchalantly showing how acrobatic he was as he landed perfectly on his feet with no issue.
Opening the door, the 14-year-old blinked at seeing Rossweisse standing in front of him with a sheepish smile. The 16-year-old waving slightly out of nervous habit.
"hi. I hope I didn't wake you" She mutters at seeing his general look.
"I hadn't actually fallen asleep yet. You're fine" He reassured with a small smile "What's up?" He asked curiously while leaning on his door frame.
"Oh! Uhhhhh. Odin-sama sent a message with the supplies. He says he would like to meet with you" The Valkyrie relayed professionally, getting a smile from the teen before it dropped off his face.
"And I just got back from Kyoto a few hours ago" He lamented, turning around to go and get dressed.
"Wait! No! He said that you have two weeks to arrive for the meeting" She said, cursing herself for not telling him that sooner.
"Oh, thank Maou" He breathed a sigh of relief while turning back to her "Thanks for telling me Rossweisse~ Can you please send a message to him saying that I'll be arriving to Asgard a week from today….at say 11am?" He requested.
The silver haired teen beamed happily and nodded. She totally wasn't this happy because she had a crush on the younger teen. Not at all!
"Of course, Naruto-sama~" She chirped before bouncing away.
Having learnt from many, many past mistakes. Naruto turns around to stop himself from staring and smiles lightly while shaking his head. Gently closing his door before collapsing on his bed, falling asleep no to long after.
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Odin couldn't help but smile at seeing the caring glance his Valkyrie sent towards the Devil boy sitting before him. He could obviously tell that she had grown fond of him in the one year she had been serving him. He could also tell that the Devil in question was both nervous and excited. Though, he narrowed his lone eye in thought, he wondered where the excitement came from.
"Naruto Gremory- "He began before being cut off.
"Uzumaki. There was an incident occurring with my former family, I'm preparing the paperwork to fully cut myself off from them currently" He said respectfully, before bowing his head briefly, letting him know that Naruto was done speaking.
"A shame" He said, before his features morphed into a familiar perverted grin "If you were still a Gremory, imagine all the women you could rake in through your family's prestige~"
Both teens blushed, while all the guards around the room simultaneously facepalmed and sighed. The two teens of course blushed for mostly different reasons. Naruto blushed from embarrassment, Rossweisse blushed from jealousy induced anger. The Deity merely began to laugh whole-heartedly at everyone's reactions.
"Hee-hee~ anyhow. Hehe. Why I've organized this meeting is because I think its time that I allow Rossweisse to join your Peerage" Both look excited at the prospect, Rossweisse much more visibly so than Naruto "However!" Both shrunk down slightly "There are stipulations. One: if you hurt Rossweisse, run" Naruto nodded fearfully "Two: I don't want to hear anything about you forcing her to do something. And third! If you two have children, I expect to be the Godfather~" Both teens yelped and spluttered in embarrassment.
"Me and Naruto-sama? K-kids!? I don't! I mean!" Rossweisse said while blushing blood red and waving her arms around.
The Old God laughed so hard that he fell out of his chair, hitting the ground roughly while still laughing.
"You kids are so easy~" He chuckled while standing up.
"Hilarious" Rossweisse muttered dryly with a pout and blush.
"I know I am~ Anyhow, Naruto. I've heard that you've started a Mercenary group? I'm disappointed that you didn't come straight to me with one of your special business cards" Odin said while waggling his finger and tutting.
"And how exactly did you learn about that? Especially the cards. I've only given one away" He said suspiciously.
"To Yasaka, the leader of the Youkai faction, I'm aware. And for how I know…. a little birdie told me~" He said cheekily.
"You've been spying on me with your jade crows?" Naruto muttered dryly.
"Yep! Now come on! Hand me one of those cards! A multi-use one if you would so please~" He said while holding his hand out.
Naruto eyed him suspiciously, not liking the glint in his eyes but doing so anyway. At this point. No business could be bad business, right?
Wrong. He was so. Incredibly. Wrong.
Both teens stared at Odin in shock and horror/embarrassment.
"You want Naruto-sama to what!?" Rossweisse shrieked, while Naruto shrunk into himself.
"Simple, my first mission to Akatsuki…Naruto simply has to spank you~" Odin repeated before giggling perversely.
"Nope! No way! No!" Naruto said with finality, grabbing Rossweisse's hand and preparing to teleport them both away.
"Surely you don't want your first ever mission to leave a black mark on your record? ~" Odin tried to persuade them.
"Don't care! No!" And with that the two teleported out of Asgard.
"Odin-sama…. that was cruel" One guard said disapprovingly.
"Meh. I have all the time in the world to play matchmaker~" He chuckled.
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"Pllleeeeeeaaassssse! I promise to be super good!" Kunou begged her mother.
Yasaka only smiled tiredly at her daughter. Placing her pen on the table, which she had nearly finished clearing of paperwork.
"I understand that you really like Naruto, sweetie. But I really don't want to waste his card if it's something someone else could do" She said, trying to circumvent the real reason why she hadn't given into her daughters begging.
"Come oooonnnn! Isn't there anything he could do? Ooooh! Maybe you could message him and train his girlfriend!" Kunou suggested excitedly.
Yasaka blinked and did a mental double take at her daughters' words.
"Girlfriend?" She questioned curiously.
"The pretty kitsune girl! Duh!" Kunou said while giggling and rocking her head to the side.
As Yasaka remembered the girl in question she couldn't help but smile and chuckle at her daughters skewed understanding. Her laughing made Kunou pout adorably and stomp her foot while glaring at her mother.
"Kaa-channnn! Why are you laughing?" She whined.
"The kitsune girl with Naruto wasn't his girlfriend, sweetie~ She just had a crush on him" She tried to explain to her daughter.
Kunou pouted and nodded while crossing her arms.
"They should date" She said as if it was a fact of life.
Yasaka couldn't stop herself and started laughing so hard she had to clutch her sides. More than one guard had to look away as her large…. assets bounced around due to her laughing.
"If you want to believe that. Then you certainly can, sweetie~" Yasaka laughed while picking Kunou up and placing her on her lap.
"If you hire Naruto we can get him to date the pretty kitsune!" Kunou suggested excitedly, only making her mother sigh.
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Three hours later. Naruto could be found in his room, idly writing notes down in a new notebook. Lying sideways across his swivel chair, using one of the arm rests as a head rest while his legs hung over the side. Hearing a 'meow' he briefly looked down from his notebook to see a now somewhat familiar black cat with sharp amber eyes and a fluffy tail lining up a jump. Rolling his eyes good-naturedly and smiling he didn't move to allow the cat to jump up onto his lap and curl up. Shifting slightly, he continued to write in his notebook for another few minutes before speaking.
"You know what. I can't tell if you're just a really good actor. Or if you just enjoy being a cat" He spoke while writing.
"A little bit of both~ So what'ya writing, nya?~ " A mischievous feminine voice came out of the cat's mouth.
"Just some notes for our house" He mumbled idly.
"Really? Cause it doesn't look like any language I've ever seen before" Kuroka said while looking at his notebook.
Even with as much travelling as the Nekoshou had done in her life, she had never seen a written language that was so…. archaic. Looking over the pages she tried to make sense of it but just couldn't.
"That's because you haven't. It's the written language of the Demon's" He said while looking down on her.
"Demons? Don't you mean Devils, nya?" She asked in confusion.
Naruto looked at her in confusion for a moment before realization dawned on him.
"That's right! You don't know about the Demon's" He commented, only adding to the Nekoshou's confusion more.
She watched how with barely a twitch of his finger a book suddenly floated out of the neatly stacked bookshelf and over to the two of them. Amber eyes looked curiously as the book opened to show her that it was full of the same symbols that Naruto had been writing in.
"It took me forever to decipher their written language. And even after 4 years I still come across words that I have no knowledge of" He explains.
"How does this explain these…. Demons to me, nya?" The Nekoshou-in-cat-form said dryly.
"I was getting there" He said calmly "As far as I've been able to figure out. Demons are the precursors to Devil kind. They had amazing power, but poor adaptability. They fought against the first Angels and the Biblical God" He winced as he got a headache "Apparently. After a few hundred years, about 300 at most. The Angels were losing…badly. On average, on Demon was worth about 10-15 Angels when in combat. Due to this, the Biblical God" He hissed in pain "Banished them all to the deepest level of the Underworld, Cocytus. The Frozen Wasteland"
"I know what Cocytus is, nya" Kuroka interjected, somehow managing to portray her annoyance on her cat features.
"You know only what it was like before the Demons arrived. They seemed to have been able to Terraform a territory of Cocytus and warm it up. Inside this territory it's no different from outside here. Though I can't figure out how they've done that. The most I can figure out is that they are surrounded by some barrier. Anything more isn't given to the general populace apparently" He said, annoyance evident in his tone as he finished.
"That's pretty interesting, nya. Does that mean you've found a way into Cocytus?" She questioned.
Naruto made the book close and float back into the shelf with nary a thought. Turning his attention back to Kuroka, he nodded.
"Yes, I have" Was all he said.
Kuroka was quiet for a moment.
"Can we go, nya?!" She asked excitedly.
"Yes. But not now though"
"But I wanna go noooooooow, nya" She whined, the scene very comical due to her still being a cat.
"Today is for relaxing, I'm not going into Cocytus" Was his reply, the teen going back to writing notes in his notebook.
There was a sudden shift of air. Naruto's arms suddenly bent to fit the increased mass which suddenly appeared on his lap and between his arms. The swivel chair squeaked as additional mass was added onto it from seemingly nowhere. The poor 14-year-old felt his face go blood red as he felt very familiar "pillows" pressing against his chest and a beautiful, feminine face mere centimeters from his.
"Preleases!" She whined seductively, angling her body to not only press against his as much as possible but also beginning to lean her head in.
Naruto began to overheat, his genius mind turning to mush in the face of the seductive cat girl. This level of physical contact being something that he had never experienced or thought he would experience. As his mouth shakily opened to reply. The world suddenly numbed for half a second as the young King sensed a disturbingly large pulse of Demonic energy within the Underworld. His head snapped to the left, and he noticed that Kuroka's did as well.
Naruto made a brief motion and Kuroka rolled off of him. Easily landing on her feet and standing straight up as Naruto's wings unfolded and he floated off the chair and folded them once he was in the air. Much like the Youkai besides him he also landed on his feet easily.
"I can't bring you to Cocytus. But if you want to meet some Demon's there you go. If you want to keep your secret, turn back into your cat form. I need to go inform the girls" He said, Kuroka unable to stop the slight shiver at his commanding tone.
Turning back into her cat form. The girl ran and jumped on Naruto's shoulder as he fell through his custom teleporting spell.
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"Okay Soldiers! Today. We are finally able to bring a Lieutenant into the Underworld. You all are the best Captains my Squadron has to offer. You four will be accompanying him to eliminate Akatsuki" The Commander barked.
The four Captain-1's all saluted their red eyed Commander. Their Lieutenant standing on the right side of the line, obviously still drunk.
"Your job is to assist the Lieutenant in his mission. Despite being a 5th level Lieutenant he is highly- "He was cut off by the Lieutenant belching loudly and rudely "Skilled and revered…." The Commander finished off dryly.
"T-thanks Commaaaander~" He slurred drunkenly, the four Captains looking at him incredulously and with disgust.
The Commander looked to his left and nodded in satisfaction when he saw the portal opening up.
"Now go! And kill those disgusting cretins once and for all!" The Commander ordered.
The five of them all nodded, though the Lieutenant nearly fell over from dizziness, and moved towards the portal. The Captains going to move first, but the Lieutenant tripped over a rock and was so drunk that he couldn't even stop himself from falling through the portal. All four Captains sighed and looked at each other before one by one jumping through.
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"Lieutenant! We have to move to a better location! If they catch us here we'll be at a disadvantage!" One of the Captains basically begged.
"Ahhhh! Such a worry wart!" He laughed and slapped his knee "We'll be perfectly fine. After all, I'm here with you guys!" He laughed drunkenly once again.
One of the Captains was about to say something once again before turning her head towards a sound from behind her. Something that sounded like a dart cutting through the air. Within moments the other Captains noticed as well and turned to see four quickly growing dots in the sky.
"Woah! Those guys are pretty quick~" The Lieutenant exclaimed.
Suddenly one of the dots in the middle was surrounded by a cone of air which seemed to burst apart as they suddenly shot forward at almost double the speed they were going before. The figure dived down, gaining even more speed.
The Captains tried to intercept the figure, but they were all too slow. The Lieutenant though, his eyes widened in shock and adrenaline began to course through his body as he realized the danger this figure posed. He saw their lips move about 600 meters out, in less than a second though they were face to face. Glacial purple eyes staring straight into his, the figures hair waving around wildly as its fist flew forward and impacted his chest.
The Lieutenant tried to hold his ground, but the impact proved to be too much, and he was sent flying back at ridiculous speeds. The figure meanwhile backflipped and landed on its feet, staring down the four Captains. The first thing the Captains noticed was the ominous black cloak with red clouds across it, the second thing; the very noticeable wall of wind following after it.
"Wind Wall!" One of them cried, all four crouching and covering their faces with their forearms.
The figure merely stood completely still as the wall of wind it created from tis flight ripped up trees and threw them in their direction. All of the tree's seemed to magically miss the five, either going too high or hitting the ground and flipping over them. Then the wind hit, and with it came words which were seemingly spoken by the wind itself.
"This is your one warning Demons…. leave"
Eight eyes locked onto the figure who stood in the exact same position while glaring at them. In a small flourish of wind, three females all clad in Akatsuki styled clothes landed around them. The four Captains froze, they couldn't help it. After all, Akatsuki had found them.
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Olivia smiled brightly as she had her hand continuously shaken by the young exorcist, Irina Shidou. Her partner, Xenovia Quarta stood to the side while holding her face in her palm at her idiotic partners actions.
"It's so nice to meet an Angel! I've never met one before! You look so cool!" Irina babbled excitedly while still shaking her hand.
Olivia simply just smiled nervously while letting her hand get shaken continually, briefly her gaze flickered to the sword that Xenovia had, seeing her own reflection on the flat side of the blade and seeing the extremely dark grey collar around her neck. So, she may have had a tiny freak out when she learnt that none of the Archangels knew how the collars were being used and how people with them were treated. It wasn't enough to warrant such a large skip in colour!
"Why thank you Irina~ That's certainly kind of you~" She said kindly, finding the girls smile and attitude infectious.
The girl smiled brightly before pulling back and chuckling nervously after Xenovia coughed loudly to catch her partners attention.
"I'm sorry" She apologized sheepishly.
"It is no problem~ It is always a pleasure to meet someone as cheerful as you are!" Olivia said truthfully.
"So, Miss Olivia. What is our mission?" Xenovia asked respectfully, obviously being the more mature of the two.
"A Fallen took an old parchment of the Church, our mission is to get it back. Apparently, they've escaped into Japan and are trying to hide out among the Youkai" The 14-year-old Angel relayed the information.
"Okay! Wait, ummmmm. H-how are we getting to Japan? We're in Italy" Irina pointed out with a confused look.
"Easy! ~" Olivia chirped, pure white formulas appearing under the three "We're teleporting~" She then snapped her fingers and the three disappeared in flashes of light.
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The three idly made their way through the crowd of people in the crowded market place. The two young exorcists following after Olivia, who apparently had managed to detect the faint Holy presence of the parchment. As they walked through the crowd. Both human girls noticed Olivia making multiple stops to give homeless people charity and briefly talk to them, or to help out people nearby.
When the Angel returned from one of her mini-detours, Xenovia spoke up.
"Miss Olivia, shouldn't we be focused on getting the parchment as soon as possible?" She asked in confusion.
"But Xenovia! These people need help! We wouldn't be true servants of the Lord if we didn't help those in need" Irina argued.
"While that is true, we also have been given this assignment by the Lord himself. This should be our priority"
Olivia sighed while walking, the two girls now having a full-blown argument as they followed her. Sensing the parchment nearby she looked around, her emerald green eyes meeting someone's metallic grey eyes. The moment their eyes met the man's eyes widened in fear and he turned and bolted.
"Xenovia! Irina! Over there!" With that she took off after the thief.
The two young exorcists saw the man and both climbed a nearby building, chasing from the rooftops as Olivia and the thief ran through the crowd. Slowing both of them down.
Olivia chased the man, thankful for the thinning of people the further they went through alleys and backstreets. Soon enough, between Olivia chasing him and the two girls helping herd him. The man backed up against the wall of the dead-end fearfully.
"We aren't here to hurt you. If we can just grab the parchment and leave, that will be perfectly fine" Olivia said calmly, trying to calm him down.
"T-they actually sent an Angel and exorcists after me? This isn't even an important parchment! It's just a drawing Gabriel did of Rome as a child!" The Fallen shouted.
All three looked at each other in confusion, they had been sent to chase a man who had stolen a random drawing?
"Surely you didn't mean to steal a drawing?" Xenovia asked from a rooftop to his right.
The man's fearful expression then changed. It was still fearful but there was a hint of…something. In that expression, a confidence which hadn't been there before. In a blink of the two exorcists eyes the fallen had created two spears.
"Sure, you want to hear what I meant to steal? ~ Angels have fallen for less than this knowledge~" He spoke ominously, trying to hide his fear.
Despite the fact that Olivia knew the Fallen was scared, on the verge of terrified. She also knew he spoke the truth, and that scared her.
Olivia was quick to react, making a light spear and forming it into a chain. Spinning to gain momentum and throwing one end at the Fallen. The Fallen, in an attempt to distract Olivia, threw the two spears at the girls on the roofs. Olivia, seeing the spears quickly let go of her end of the chain and created two spears of her own. She spun on the balls of her foot and threw the two spears.
The two creations of intense light cut through the air with unnatural speed. Impacting the Fallen's spears and causing all four to explode, which sadly sent the two girls flying. Meanwhile the chain which Olivia had thrown at the Fallen had wrapped around him and kept him bound. No matter how hard he struggled they wouldn't even budge.
"Irina! Xenovia!" Olivia shouted in worry, leaping into the air and flying to each one. She sighed in relief when she noticed that neither had died, they were merely unconscious. Flying down she landed gently in front of the Fallen who realized they had lost and had started laughing insanely.
"Before I go" Olivia tensed in alarm "I'll tell you a little something, girlie~ God is dead! I was trying to steal his last words to Michael and Gabriel. Its why they sent people after me!"
Olivia started to shiver, shaking her head as her eyes seemed to zoom out.
"No, no! It's not true!" She cried back.
"Of course, it is! Why do you think an Angel and exorcists even got sent if I only stole a drawing? Why those forsaken collars are even used! Why people are losing faith in the church!" He screamed at her.
"NO!" She yelled in fury.
He simply just chuckled victoriously before his body began to glow and expand within her chains.
The Angel-Goddess created a shield around herself as the fallen blew up. Black feathers raining down everywhere inside the alley. As the smoke cleared from the now destroyed alleyway, the girl dropped the shield and fell to her knees.
'God…is dead? N-no he can't…. but it would….it would explain so much….' She though in shock.
The more she thought it over the more things started to point towards God truly being dead. Looking up she saw the fading remains of a link of the chain she had created. The light, a power gifted to Angels by God, was the final straw. Clutching her hands in front of her chest she screamed to the heavens, her wings flinging out of her back and turning black as her sadness consumed her. She continued to scream and cry for a solid five or so minutes before finally gaining some semblance of control. Looking back, she saw the black wings and dropped her head, gently lifting off the ground, she floated up and over to Xenovia, picking her up. Floating over to Irina, she placed the two together and sadly created a teleporting matrix underneath the two, a few seconds later they were gone.
Flexing her hand, she realized that she suddenly felt almost three times stronger than before. Using this strength, she flapped her wings once and sent herself hurtling into the air above the city. Looking down at the sparkling lights, she felt tears building up again. She wouldn't stay sad, she promised herself that. But she also deserved to cry, and so she shot off through the night sky to find a nice, isolated place to release all of her sadness.
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Naruto leant back as the Lieutenant's foot swung past, his red hair rustling in the breeze created by the attack. He knew that his opening attack should have been enough to kill even a Captain-1. So, what was different about this guy? When he retaliated, kicking the man in the stomach and making him stumble back, he realized it. He could harden his skin, but only small patches at the same time.
"Well that solves that issue" He spoke to himself before running forward.
As the drunk Lieutenant tried to make heads or tails of his surroundings he found himself face to face with Naruto for the second time. Swinging a hand up into a textbook uppercut he watched in shock and horror as Naruto swept his hand to the side. He felt a hand clamp down on his shoulder and pull back, jerking him forward.
The Demon hopped forward slightly to keep his balance, though this is what Naruto wanted. As he reached the apex of his hop, the teen threw the hand holding his shoulder to the side. With the Lieutenant now twisted sideways in mid-air, Naruto now had many options to decide from. Raising his leg up he kicked the man in the stomach, wincing from the hardness. As he flew back the teen created and threw a formula which hit the ground and spread out.
The Demon looked at it in horror, but then confusion as he fell through the portal. His brain unable to comprehend what happened as he came out of the sister portal. The knife had come so quickly that he didn't even have the time to process it and harden his head.
The leader of Akatsuki shivered as the body hit the ground. He never did enjoy killing, but sometimes it was necessary. This was one of those times. Looking around, he saw that basically every other fight was done, except for the fight between Saeko and a red-haired swordswoman. Flickering over he knocked the sword out of the Captains hand and kicked the back of her knees, making her fall to the ground.
As the girl was about to get up she felt a sword point touch the side of her neck and turned her head to see her purple haired opponent. Knowing she was defeated she raised her hands while kneeling up, sitting on her feet as she stared up at the supposed leader of the Akatsuki.
'He doesn't look too much younger than me' She thought before shaking that thought away.
"Why are you in the Underworld?" Naruto asked sternly.
She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and stared him dead in the eye. Speaking in a very obviously rehearsed speech.
"My name is Erza Scarlet. Captain-1 rank. You will get nothing more"
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Sooooooooo, what did you guys think? ~
I thought the chapter has turned out pretty good. Especially because I wrote I on my iPad, and other such stories on my iPad have both terrible premise, and terrible writing due to laziness.
Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter~
This chaps question:
Best Naruto girl and why?
My favourite jumps around a lot but tends to fall on Ino the most~
Anyway
Adios!