CHAP 24 (technically 25) YEEEEEEEEEE!
I'm out with another chap an honestly its one that I never thought I would ever get to. I didn't even think I would get to 10 chapters let alone 24. I know it seems a bit weird but that realization sorta just hit me while I was trying to plan out this chap.
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NOW ON TO THE REVIEW REPLIES!
Nise no kishi: Im glad you enjoyed it! When I first came up with the idea. Minato wasn't even supposed to be mentioned until Naruto met him face to face xP
Xirons20: Exactly!
SPark681: All will be revealed in time~
Vongola Ninja: Im glad you enjoyed it! I actually loved this review btw. Yes! It did effect her all this time. The Phenex family is certainly one of issues and strife. And eventually they will get back together.
Gold Testament: It was something like that~ And Lady Phenex will mercilessly tease her husband if she finds out.
ThePhenoix11: They aren't tho. Where did you get that idea from?
Yugi the Godfather of Games: Love your name btw. But yes indeed! Hopefully you'll enjoy this chap~
Mikeblade: If I called them "Demons" then sorry, that was a genuine mistake. But the Devil clan that Riser is a part of is spelt "Phenex" not "Phoenix" which is how the actual creature is spelt.
Plums: He is no longer apart of the Gremory Clan. So by blood he isn't from an Extra Clan. He has still forsaken that clan and created a new one. Placing him in an 'Extra Clan' despite his heritage.
HanableKing28: Yeeesss! Give me more praiisssseeeee! XD nah, im joking. But thank you so much and im glad youre enjoying it so much. This story was sorta just a little passion project that I made so I could have a few of my fav girls in the same story.
AND THAT'S THE END OF REVIEW REPLIES!
And with that out of the way, time to return to the world of Devilish Sage in the aftermath of the Rating Game!
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Naruto had been flying on a high for the past 34 hours since his Rating Game with Riser. A smile pretty much attached to his lips and a twinkle in his eye for the entire time. Of course his Peerage had seen how drastically it effected his actions but even business partners and contracts had noticed how much more positive he was. The only thing he was sad about was that he couldn't gloat to Rias, the Princess of Ruin having basically locked herself in her room since the transmission of the Rating Game had ended.
Though even the most powerful of emotions can be swept aside by circumstance, and right now was no different.
"Really? Are you certain it's from Lady Phenex?" Naruto asked, getting a nod from Tsunade.
"Yeah. Sairaorg handed it to me when I visited his mother today for her check-up." Tsunade explained "Apparently a servant of the Phenex family delivered it to him because he was your cousin and knew he could likely get it to you. The servant said the letter was made on the order of Lady Phenex herself." With that said, the medic left the office, leaving only Naruto inside.
The King checked the plain envelope, the only things on it was his own name on the front in fairly neat handwriting and the Phenex seal on the back of the envelope. With the barest flick of his wrist he had the envelope open and emptied of its contents. The only thing in the container being a single slip of paper with a magic formula on it, bearing the language of the Devils and the insignia of the Phenex Clan.
When he felt the slip of paper give off a pulse of magic, he wouldn't lie, his first thoughts lead themselves to some kind of bomb or attack. Instead of doing anything harmful however, it merely began to show a hologram of the Phenex logo. And with startling clarity, Naruto realized what the slip was. It was essentially the magic equivalent of a skype call. The symbol turned into static and noise began to flow through so he could only guess that someone had answered the 'call'.
"Ah Lord Uzumaki~"
"Oh! Lady Pheeeeeeeee-" Naruto cut his voice off before he ended up squeaking, he could already feel his face heating up.
"I'm glad my servant managed to get the letter to you. Though as you can see I am not quite prepared for us to converse just yet~"
There, shown on the hologram before his eyes, was the image of Lady Phenex. A very attractive woman, who was currently very naked and sitting in a bathtub. He was just glad he couldn't see below the top of her cleavage. Because if he could, he knew without a doubt that he would not be able to maintain any sort of conversation, let alone professional attitude. As it was his eyes have already, reflexively, looked down at her large breasts. Which despite her age seemed just as round, soft and perky as one of his own girl-
'Abort, abort, abort! End that thought sequence immediately! Wee woo wee woo. Shutting that shit down.' He thought as his face flushed even brighter while he coughed nervously.
Subconsciously he noticed that they appeared to be a bit smaller than Kuroka's and Tsunade's but still easily enough to match all of his other girls. And that he could just see the tiny bit of pink flesh denoting her nipple over the top of the very thankfully murky water.
Even when he managed to move his gaze away from her chest he still noticed her beauty. Her wet blonde hair curling elegantly down and around her face in a way that he knew was purely coincidental but looked so breathtaking that he couldn't help the thought that it was done deliberately. By the time his eyes finally trained back on her eyes, he could see the satisfied and seductive smile on her face.
"And here I was thinking that I was beginning to lose it~" He fought to keep another blush down, just smiling nervously instead.
"My apologies.."
"Oh no. Don't apologise. It's certainly a welcome treat~ At least now I know that if Plan 1 fails I always have Plan 3. So feel free to stare as much as you want~" The mature woman then proceeded to slyly smile and wink in a way that set his face aflame like it hadn't in years.
He's fairly certain that steam began pouring out of his ears, but he really wasn't sure because he was too busy trying to calm down and not think about what Plan A and Plan B are. He thought he had grown out of his blushing, nervous phase dammit!
"O-Okay…"
"Well we really should find a time to talk, maybe when I'm a little more clothed?~" She teased once again with another seductive smile "How is…tomorrow at 11 am? Simply just teleport to the Phenex Manor and I'll take care of the rest."
"That is….fine" He lightly coughs into his hand "What is this meeting about? The rating game?" He guesses, managing to lesson his blush by keeping his gaze locked on her eyes and nowhere else.
"Partially~ I'd say more along the lines of...an, alliance, shall we say?~" He must have shown his confusion on his face because she lifted a delicate looking hand to her face and giggled into it "You'll learn more tomorrow. Farewell~" And with one final teasing action of blowing a kiss, the hologram fizzled out and the slip of paper burnt to ash.
It would take Naruto twenty minutes to realize this, as the second the hologram had cut out he had bolted towards his bathroom with a blood red face. Intent on taking the coldest possible shower he could.
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"This was a bad idea. Why did I accept? I'm not going to be able to do anything the whole time..." Naruto sighed to himself as he looked at himself in the mirror.
The nearly-adult looked over his spiky, blood red hair. Pulling a strand of it out to the side then sliding a hand around his neck to the back and ruffling through his hair. He noted that he'd have to get it cut soon or put it in a ponytail or something. He wore black combat boots that came up to mid shin, his baggy black and grey camo pants tucked into his boots. He had a belt looped around his pants to help hold them up and a second, larger, belt only through a few loops so it slanted diagonally down and hung over where he would usually keep pouches of various items. He had a blood red long-sleeved shirt with black embroidery of a kyuubi kitsune stretching from his right hip, up, over and around his left shoulder and curling back on itself slightly over his back. Over all of this, he had a black haori with red clouds over it and a high collar, a red thread attaching each side of the neck to each other.
"Lady Phenex is a very noble and sophisticated woman, Naruto-sama. You have no reason to fear this meeting, other than possibly Lord Phenex." Naruto sighed, knowing that Natsumi didn't believe him about what happened during the hologram yesterday.
"If you say so…"
"Though it is strange that Lady Phenex would organize this meeting. Usually it's the head of the house that organizes such things."
"Perhaps he was busy?" Rossweisse suggested, getting an appreciative hum from Natsumi.
"I hadn't considered that…yes, that would make sense"
"Well. Time to go" Naruto said as the two girls walked over to him, a spinning magic formula appearing at their feet and raising up into the air, seemingly swallowing them before fizzling out of existence.
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"Even if the Phenex clan as a whole are douchebags. They have a nice place." Naruto commented idly as they appeared directly outside the door to the Phenex Manor.
"I mean, it's certainly pretty but it's totally inefficient and a waste of money. Do they have any idea what they could be investing in if they didn't spend so much?" Rossweisse, ever the budgeter and deal-seeker, grouched while looking around.
Before anything else could be said, the large wooden double doors opened, and a pair of rather attractive maids stepped out. Unlike what all three of them were expecting, they were actually wearing surprisingly modest and conservative uniforms. They still were tight enough to show off their bodies, but nothing compared to the slutty maid cosplay that two of Raiser's Pawn's wore.
"Lord Uzumaki." They both greeted with a bow, getting Naruto to raise his eyebrow.
"Forgive me if I'm wrong-" 'Which he isn't' Natsumi mouthed behind him "-but is such a greeting not reserved for Lords of the 72 Pillars?"
"Ah! Lady Phenex told us to address you as such. She did not give any reasoning however."
"I see. I assume you are to take me to my meeting then?"
"That is correct, Lord Uzumaki." With that, the group of five made their way through the, surprisingly majority mahogany and red oak, halls until they reached what appeared to be a small conference room.
Naruto could only guess it was for meetings between Lord and Lady Phenex and only two or three other people based on the small table and limited amounts of seats. In one of the seats sat Lady Phenex herself in all her glory. The woman had her usual hairstyle with her bangs framing her face and a strand of hair coming down diagonally between her two eyes, her high ponytail falling down into four separate drill-style curls (much like Ravel's) that reached roughly the middle of her back, maybe a little further. She was wearing a black and red dress, the dress featuring a high collar but seemingly going out of its way to show as much of her cleavage as possible. The low-cut of the dress not forming a V shape but more of a line across her chest while also sticking to and curving around it like spandex. The dress also had long sleeves which came up to her wrists and once again seemingly stuck to her skin like spandex, each forearm adorning elongated gold plating as jewelry. Around her neck was also a beautiful necklace featuring a red gemstone at the base of her neck with two golden chains reaching out from each side and stretching around her neck, the front parts of the chains adorned with four diamond-shaped blue gemstones hanging off the chain. Finally what finished off the necklace was almost certainly what made it her favorite necklace, a red gemstone hanging off the main one and sitting at the beginning of the swell of her large breasts and also at the start of the deep valley between them. Undeniably meaning that anyone admiring the necklace would end up staring at her extremely generous chest.
Naruto found himself fighting down a blush as he found himself doing just that within moments of seeing her and quickly sat down in the seat opposite her. Natsumi and Rossweisse standing on either side of his chair.
"Thank you ladies~ You may go now" Both maids bowed and left the room "So, how did you enjoy the lovely maids I chose to pick you up? I made sure they were above average in terms of looks."
"I did notice that Lady Phenex. Why specifically send such attractive maids?" Natsumi asked respectfully.
"Ah! You must be Natsumi, the infamous 'Tailed Queen'. I must say, I enjoyed your match against my sons Queen."
"Oh, well thank you for the compliment Lady Phenex. But, respectfully, Yubelluna was not a challenging opponent for me to face."
"I did see that. I'll have to see the extent of your abilities one day, perhaps when you've gained a sixth tail? If you can that is. I've heard there's a cap on such a growth"
"I believe it to be a myth at best, I strive to become a Kyuubi through sheer effort and hard work"
"Wonderful! Truly a wonderful Queen you have Lord Uzumaki~" Lady Phenex said with a small clap and smile.
"That reminds me, my Clan is only an Extra Clan. One that is barely a few years old at that. Why insist on referring to me with Pillar formalities?"
Lady Phenex hummed in thought for a few moments, pretending to look around and mull over her words despite having rehearsed this conversation many times last night.
"The Uzumaki Clan is definitely not worthy of such titles based on pure age and merit. Surely my dear loving husband would blow up should he hear how I refer to you, but you see, I'm not your everyday Phenex. You, and by extension your Clan, are valuable Lord Uzumaki~"
Blue eyes stared at the King across from her with a half-lidded yet hard stare, a somehow lazy and seductive smile playing across her features as she delicately crossed her arms, resting them on the table and leaning her body forward just enough that her arms pushed her sizable bust up and together to pronounce it more. The lighting suddenly dimming as all the candles in the room suddenly had their flames diminish from the size of a child's finger to the size of a pupil. The changed lighting perfectly highlighting her features, which still looked to be in their early twenties, and her blue eyes suddenly seemed so much more pronounced in the dim lighting.
Both girls suddenly felt so very threatened by the woman sitting before them. Her having eyes for only Naruto and using seduction techniques on him reminded Natsumi of Yasaka, except Yasaka suddenly seemed like an average teenage girl next to the veritable Goddess of Seduction that was Lady Phenex.
"Ties to two of the four Satan's, the Norse Gods and the Egyptian Gods? That makes you an oh so valuable ally~" Naruto, despite the bright blush on his cheeks, was taking what she just said with immense seriousness.
"….Your husband has no idea about this meeting, does he?" He finally asked, the conversation so far not sounding like something that Lord Phenex, the man famous for his arrogance and pride in his clan and social execution of Extra Clans, would try and set up.
The older woman let out a slight giggle which sent shivers down Naruto's spine "Not in the slightest~" And it turns out his theory was true.
"Pardon my intrusion, Lady Phenex. But is this not then technically treason?" Natsumi asked, not wanting Naruto to get in trouble.
"Its only treason to go against the head of the clan~" All three of them understood her implication within seconds.
"Your husband isn't the head of the Phenex clan?" Rossweisse asked, speaking for the first time in the meeting.
"Oh he thinks he is~" She tittered "And of course I play up the act in public. Can't have thousands of years of tradition fall for no reason, now can I?"
"I see." He paused for a moment "You want to create an…alliance?"
"Of sorts, yes. Are you aware how much controversy your Rating Game has created?" Naruto actually paused for a moment.
"I know that a few people are stuck between happy that I humiliated Raiser and angry that I beat a member of the 72 Pillars. But that is about it."
"Well there's more to it than that" She giggled melodiously at the look on his face "Don't feel annoyed, Lord Uzumaki~ That is the most social and widespread of the controversy. The other part of it is that even though I enjoyed the show and the lesson you taught my son; your actions have harmed the Phenex Clan. Brought our strength and prestige into question. Oh no, don't worry. It's nothing we can't recover from. But you see, unlike my husband, I can see a much quicker solution to our problem. Tell me, what are your opinions on my daughter?~"
Naruto froze within his seat. Rossweisse's smile began to slip off her face. Natsumi's ears stood on end and her tails began to sway more frantically and in more aggressive patterns.
"You're referring to Ravel...?"
"She, unfortunately, is my only daughter~" She brought back her sly smile and winked at him suggestively "I might have some more though~" She shifted and once again brought her chest back to prominence.
Naruto coughed and had a bright blush on his face, working hard to try and keep his composure. Mentally going through the English alphabet backwards before speaking.
"She is my favorite of the Phenex clan members that I have met" Lady Phenex made a teasing hurt sound "She seems nice. Certainly a reverse of Raiser in terms of personality."
"And what about her looks?~"
"…She is attractive"
"Only attractive?~ She's nearly a carbon-copy of me. Are you saying that I'm also just attractive?~" Naruto turned red and his eyes flickered down, refusing to answer her question.
"I am happy to hear that though. Tell me, what would you think about a marriage between my Bishop Ravel Phenex and you to make our Clans allies?~"
"Your Bishop? Was Ravel not Raiser's Bishop? I did fight her during the Rating Game." Rossweisse asked in confusion, also allowing Naruto to calm down a bit as Lady Phenex's attention turned to her briefly.
"She was my sons Bishop. I traded him a spare piece for her. So what do you say, Lord Uzumaki?~"
"Does it have to be a marriage...?"
"Oh of course not. I just thought the poetry of a marriage for a marriage was too good to pass up~ Though my daughter is quite pretty, and definitely single. So perhaps I may have been giving her a little nudge~" Naruto sighed.
"I couldn't accept such a deal." For only the briefest of moments, Lady Phenex's beautiful face creased in annoyance before disappearing entirely.
"Oh well, Plan 2 it is then." There was something about the sheer nonchalance in her tone that set all of them on edge.
"Lady Phenex…Do you not mean 'Plan B'?" Natsumi asked while trying to ignore the alarm in her head.
"Of course not~ That implies that I only have 26 plans~" None of them knew how to reply to such an ominous comment.
"Lord Uzumaki~" She began, her tone completely changing "As recompense for breaking Lord Lucifer's orders regarding the three-year punishment of Riser Phenex~"
"I knew it." Natsumi whispered while glaring at the woman who had risen from her seat with her hands clasped over her crotch.
"-I have gotten permission from Lord Lucifer himself to give you a gift instead of incurring a worse punishment. Please accept the gift and our apologies." She bowed at a perfect ninety-degree angle before handing the King an intricately carved metallic Phenex symbol.
"And what is this?..." He asked, shaking off the whiplash from her sudden attitude shift.
"A symbol of your ownership of one Ravel Phenex." He froze in the midst of reaching out for it "For the sake of the clan's standing and to make sure Raiser incurs no more punishments she has fully agreed to this but should she begin disobeying, this symbol also contains a marker that allows me to teleport to it so I can help sort out whatever issue may be plaguing her~"
'This woman. She's pure evil. She knew I would deny the marriage request…She planned this out' Naruto thought as he tightened his hand into a loose fist.
"And if I still refuse?" He asked cautiously.
"You see, even if my husband is technically the Head of the Clan. I still can't allow it to suffer. So as much as it would pain me to do so~ I would just have to move to plan 3 or 4"
"…And what are plans 3 and 4?"
"Plans 1 and 2 respectively but I use myself in the place of my daughter~" Naruto felt his heart sink into his stomach at those words.
"You win. I accept the gift….both parts of it." He grumbled as he stood up and grabbed the symbol.
"Marvelous~ I'm immensely glad that you chose to do so."
"You gave me no choice."
"Ahhh, but that's where you're mistaken. I always make fair deals when among business partners. I don't work in ultimatums."
"It certainly felt like an ultimatum."
"That's one of my greatest skills~ You could have simply said no, and I really wouldn't have much ground to try and force you into this situation. But by making it feel like an ultimatum…"
"You got me to agree to the option that you clearly wanted but I wasn't thrilled with."
"Precisely~ If you agree to marry Ravel somewhere down the line I'll teach it to you~"
"Please don't." Lady Phenex looked over at Natsumi and Rossweisse who seemed rather pale "Naruto-sama is already terrifying enough during meetings. Please don't give him knowledge of such a terrifying ability." Lady Phenex couldn't help but giggle at Natsumi's plea.
"Oh you just keep getting better and better, Lord Uzumaki~" She took a step forward and leaned forward, her eyes half-lidded and her lips upturned in a seductive smile.
"A-ah...I'm, glad?"
"Say, if you're interested I can sweeten the deal for you?~"
'Don't. Don't you dare. You know this is a trap. Don't you fucking dare you-'
"How so...?"
'Why am I so dumb!? Is this puberties fault? *sigh* I need to get laid so shit like this stops happening….'
"You could have me as well~" Her smirk got a little bigger as she winked and shifted ever so slightly closer.
"I-I'm good!" He squeaked, squeaked.
"You sure?~"
"P-positive. T-thank you for the gift…" He began to inch away from the woman.
"No problem, Lord Uzumaki~ Do come around in two days' time won't you? I'll have your gift all packed and ready to be picked up. And I'll have my own bags packed just in case~" Naruto felt all of his blood flow in two separate directions and to two very specific parts of his body and could almost feel the steam leaving his ears.
"T-that really won't be necessary L-Lady Phenex…"
"Oh, do call me Serena~" Rushed assurances and apologies met her ears as Naruto almost flew out of her room, his girls in tow.
Her soft giggle bounced around the room as her back straightened back out and she stared at the closing doors. A twinkle crossing over her beautiful blue eyes as she hummed in thought.
"You know…I think Plan's 5 and 6 may still have a surviving chance~" She muttered to herself with a grin and began making her way out of the meeting room and to her daughters room.
Her hips swaying as she replayed the conversation over in her head and her heels making a light clacking sound as she elegantly made her way through the halls. Eventually she reached her daughters room and knocked lightly. Waiting for her daughter to say something before walking in and smiling at the girl. Of course she was going to tell Ravel the good, but still somewhat disappointing for Serena, news. But first she had to begin her new daily ritual with her daughter.
"Time for training~" Ravel dropped the teacup she was sipping from, not even minding the tea and glass shards everywhere as she stared at her mother in horror.
"T-training is daily?"
"Of course dear~ Would you rather be like Raiser and his ex-bride?~"
"No….But I'm still sore from yesterday. I didn't even know what feeling sore felt like before yesterday."
Serena just giggled and teleported both herself and her daughter out of the room in the midst of a startled shriek from her daughter.
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AAAAAND DONE!
*ARA ARA INTENSIFIES*
How'd you guys enjoy Serena? I've literally fallen in love with her. She's genuinely my new fav character to write. Also from like the five photos of her online that I found. She's pretty as fuck.
Anyway, I have to ask.
How would you guys feel about me opening a or a Kofi or something?
There wouldn't really be rewards per se. Except maybe bloopers/deleted scenes or omakes or something. Just been thinking about it cause I'm about to finish high school and stuff soooooooo. Yeah.
Anywhooooo, See you all next time!
Adios!