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Hey guys! Sorry about everything once again. My authors note already went over all this stuff so I wont say too much more but I now have a Ko-fi and honestly donating would help me get out chapters so much sooner and more consistently (Not to say that you have to. If you don't/can't then that's perfectly fine. I'm not gonna paywall anything)

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ONTO REVIEW REPLIES!

The Sith'ari: I'm planning to hopefully address this issue later on in the story. But what Rias is doing is both similar and completely different to a Stray transformation.

Calderoneric758: Indeed! That is the vibe I was semi-going for. Glad it came across!

MCRasengan: Not quite. Once again this is something that will be discussed later on. But she is still a Devil, not a Demon.

Zeru'Xil: It may be your sadistic streak. But the way I've written her is quite antagonistic and hateable so I understand sort of

Rebmul: Fear not, Rias will be coming to her senses! Don't worry!

Mr. Blackwood: I have tried an update schedule in the past. But honestly im too flighty for such a thing and the world likes to shit on my plans so its sorta just a day-by-day "what do I want to write/do" sort of thing

Raw666: I will try my best to explain xP

Lovefanfictions72: Not so much get angry as get hurt. Its about a 30/70 between laughing and pain. Some of them are quite vitriolic

narutoDkurosaki: I understand that some people consider 5-6K to be normal length. But in terms of my own writing that's pretty long. The longest chap of DS is only like 8.7K after all.

Chosen-One-92: Honestly, thank you. After going through the many, many flames of chapter 26. This review was exactly what I needed. This actually really lifted my spirits, both when you sent it and right now as I read through it. Definitely words to live by and consider.

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No reboot. Option 1 (I think is what it was) is what I'm going with. 2-3 long chaps of worldbuilding and character development. I honestly have no idea how much the story will progress through these chaps, I have a bunch of ideas going forward.

REGARDLESS ONTO THE WORLD OF DEVILISH SAGE!

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Occult Research Club, Kuoh Academy

"Rias…It's been a week. We need to take a different approach to this situation..." Akeno said softly as Rias sat at her desk.

The girl, while still majestically beautiful, had let herself go slightly over the past few days. Loose strands of hair sticking out of her usually meticulously combed hair and a few of them knotting and clumping together. Her skin appeared a bit paler and she also looked a bit thinner. Her eyes sporting small bags under them as she looked over at her Queen.

"I can feel that I'm getting closer Akeno. Soon I'll have this under-control" She said confidently, only getting an internal sigh from her best friend.

"We need to take a different approach to your transformation. Please. You're running everyone ragged trying to battle you and recuperate so rapidly. Poor Asia-chan can barely keep up as it is."

"Akeno this is my own power. I've never had any trouble with any of my abilities before. Why should this be any different?" Akeno could feel a slight swell of annoyance in her mind at her friends stubborn disposition.

"Because this is like nothing you've faced before. You may actually have to train and work to gain control of this.." The demi-Fallen Angel said softly.

"Why should I have to train? I just need to get past that mental wall and then I'll be so much stronger than Raiser, even Sairaorg!"

"It's not just a mental barrier, Rias. We can see it whenever you actually transform. Your body can't handle it" Akeno said, desperation thick in her voice.

"Are you trying to say that I'm weak, Akeno?" Rias asked, her eyes narrowing ever so slightly.

"….Yes. At least in terms of being able to handle this transformation" Akeno said, feeling the slight swelling of her power.

"I am not weak. I'm not like others who have to spend all their time training just to grow slightly in power" Rias huffed indignantly while crossing her arms.

"Is that what you have against training? That you see it... below you?"

"Because it is!" She exclaimed fiercely.

"Is it because that's what Naruto does…?" Akeno asked cautiously.

"Grrrrr" Rias' eyes shone dark red for a few moments and Akeno sighed.

"Rias… I understand you don't like your brother but this has gone on way too far. If you don't train with this power it could kill you. Please, as your friend..." She grabbed Rias' hand, the girl looking conflicted.

Her green eyes flitted back and forth between the desk and her hand, currently held in her friends. Her mouth opened and closed before her jaw clenched and she balled her other fist up tightly.

"We're going to fight again. I know I'll get it." Akeno sighed sadly and let go of Rias' hand.

"Okay… I'll go get the others." She shuffled out of the room, Rias flexing her hand as she walked out to the safe training ground with a small smile.

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The Occult Research Club currently sat in their clubroom covered in bandages and injuries, other than Akeno (a long-ranged fighter), and Asia (A healer who avoids conflict). Currently Asia was tending to a far-too-sore Kiba as he lied across one of the couches, staring at the handle of one of his broken swords with a hard look in his eyes.

"T-thank you Kiba-senpai…I don't think I could have avoided that blast on my own..." Asia mumbled, knocking Kiba out of his trance and getting a soft smile from the boy.

"I was the only one who could properly react. It would be improper to allow our precious healer to be damaged" He spoke charmingly on instinct before wincing as one of his injuries flared up as part of Asia's healing.

'If this is all it takes to injure me this badly. How much stronger do I have to grow to destroy Ex-' Kiba thought darkly, one of his fists clenching tightly before Akeno cleared her throat while placing down a tray filled with tea on the coffee table in the middle.

After softly handing a cup to everyone and taking a soft sip of her own cup she looked over at the unconscious form of Rias, the girls uniform once again ruined and her body covered in dirt, grass and small injuries. None of the injuries were even close to life-threatening and all the other members that did have injuries had worse ones, so Akeno had softly instructed Asia to work on them before going to Rias.

"We need to find a way to convince Rias that she is doing this the wrong way…" She began, catching everyone's attention.

"She's destroying herself." Koneko muttered, her unwanted abilities feeding muddled information to her about Rias' current situation.

"She is?" Issei asked cluelessly.

"Yes. As far as I've noticed. The transformation not only eats up her magic and stamina at astounding rates but also… destroys her body. It can't keep up, that's why the sessions get shorter and shorter each time.." Akeno muttered while placing her cup down "That said. I think I may know what this transformation is… at least partially." everyone looked at her in intrigue.

"Really? It's only been a week though..." Asia muttered, astounded by her upperclassmen's intelligence.

"Its because it's similar to something we've faced many times before… I think, and I'm hesitant to call it 'controlled', but I think this is some sort of controlled Stray Transformation…..Or some sort of 'Semi-Stray' transformation"

"Huh?" Everyone deadpanned to various degrees at Issei's completely lost expression.

"Issei. Did we ever explain how a Stray Devil is created?" Akeno asked him while sitting on the couch at the end of Kiba's feet.

"Uhhhhh, something about not following orders or something. Right?"

"Not even close pervert." Koneko deadpanned with no mercy or remorse.

"Issei's easy to distract Koneko. Don't get too annoyed~" Akeno turned her attention back to the one Pawn Rias had "That has something to do with the transformation. The thing is that Stray Devils, at least in terms of the transformations they undergo, can only be achieved by those reincarnated by an Evil Piece that weren't a Devil beforehand."

"Umm. Why is that Akeno-senpai?" Asia asked nervously.

"Its because an Evil Piece floods a person's body with Devil magic, forcefully changing at least half of their genome to match that of a Devil" Issei felt completely lost by some of the bigger words but luckily still managed to get the basic gist of it "The Evil Piece and by proxy, the King, regulate the magic inside their body. This is because Low, Mid and sometimes even High-class Devils don't have proper control over the magic. And when left to do as it pleases, Devil magic is quite volatile and dangerous."

"So…the Stray Devil transformation happens because the magic goes out of control?" The resident pervert asked and got a pleased smile in response.

"That's precisely it, Issei~" Akeno clapped her hands together slightly in praise "The Evil Pieces create a strange mental bond between a King and their other Pieces. It doesn't allow telepathy or control of one's body or magic. To be truthful I don't think even Lord Beelzebub fully understands what it is. When a piece disobeys too many orders, or severely enough, this link can… strain and break, for a lack of a better term"

"Like a fraying rope?"

"A rather apt description actually" Akeno nodded her head "And when this link is broken or strained too far, the Devil magic within them begins to run rampant and causes strange macro-physiological changes. Similar to the spider legs and… acid that the Stray Devil, you faced Issei, had. Of course if one has enough control over their own magic, even if they murder their King they don't have to worry about this downside" Akeno was distinctly aware of Koneko's gaze on her after using a very familiar example "This transformation causes a influx of magic, essentially a power-boost, due to its chaotic nature that allows the Devil Magic to run rampant within the body. But this leads to a degradation of mental faculties, sometimes permanently, sometimes temporarily…" Everyone looked at Rias, remembering her mindless berserker rage when in her form.

"But didn't you say it only occurs in reincarnated pieces? And those that weren't Devils?" Asia asked in confusion.

"I did… which is why, along with always reverting back to normal, I believe that this isn't a true Stray transformation. It shows remarkable similarities in certain areas but differences in others. What I think this is, is the closest thing a Pure-Blooded Devil can reach, to a Stray transformation"

"But why? She doesn't have a 'link' she can severe." Asia asked curiously, moving over to heal Issei.

"Not between her mind and her Evil Piece. But Devil Magic is highly susceptible to emotions and is fueled by imagination. I think her Sins have finally gotten the better of her since the Rating Game…"

"Sins? What sins?" Issei asked before yelping in pain.

"Every Devil. Every Devil. Correlates with one or more of the Seven Deadly Sins. Even if they don't show it, they are drawn towards that Sin. Yours is unequivocally Lust." Issei opened his mouth to refute the statement before gulping at the glare Koneko sent him "Rias, I believe, correlates with four Sins"

"What are they?" Koneko asked while sipping her tea.

"Pride. Wrath. Greed. Sloth."

"Uhhhh. How many do Devils usually have?" Issei asked while looking between Akeno and Rias.

"One or two."

"Oh…."

"'Oh' indeed. Rias is one of only, ironically, four Devils in history with four Cardinal Sins, if I'm correct that is."

"But didn't you say something before about not showing it?" Asia asked curiously.

"I did. Many Devils are known for how well they control the temptation of their Sins. To the point that a rare few have so much control that people don't even know what their Sins are. The thing is, much like two of the other Four-Sins in the past. I believe Rias suffers from Cardinalism…."

"Cardinalism? Is that some kind of disease?" Issei asked while scratching his head.

"Of sorts. It's a mental disease. Like depression or anxiety. What it essentially does is it limits or outright destroys any resistance to the temptations of their Cardinal Sins. If someone can break through the 'barrier' that it creates, steps can be made to fight back the Cardinalism. Of course they will always be more susceptible to the temptations, but it will no longer control their every action."

"So you think we have to…break through this 'barrier' to help her?" Kiba asked seriously while gingerly sitting up.

"I do…But at this stage it would take a serious psychological attack or shock to do that…It's possible that we could slowly grind away at it, but that can lead to some dangerous backlash"

"Screwed if we do, screwed if we don't." Issei murmured while trying to wrap his head around everything Akeno had said.

"Yeah. Buchou is dangerous." Koneko said monotonously while looking at the Heiress.

Kiba tightened his hand around the broken sword handle before dispelling it finally, just flexing and unflexing his hand in thought. A dark glint in them that was thankfully hidden by his hair.

"I'll keep trying to talk her down from this suicidal 'training' she's doing. Try to get her to attempt some more regular, less life threatening, training. But as her Queen I have one request of you all. Please, keep training. We need to be stronger, for her, and for ourselves" She gets nods from Asia, Koneko and Issei and a plastered on smile from Kiba, too distracted to notice "It's getting pretty late. I think you should all be getting home. I'll look after her"

With murmured agreements everybody stood up and began to make their way out of the ORC building and the school-grounds as well. Asia and Issei walking in silence as they made their way back to his house. Around them long shadows were cast by the setting sun, a warm orange glow bathing the sky and lighting up the clouds with beautiful colours and hues. A soft breeze running through the streets and ruffling their hair and clothes.

"Looking back on your memories. This 'Cardinalism' explains quite a bit of her behavior. And also where her hatred of her brother draws its strength from." Ddraig supplied helpfully.

'Huh? How so?' Issei mentally asked his 'partner'.

"You moron… Look. That dark haired girl said it before. The red haired Devil you're so enamored with contains strong temptations from four of the Seven Cardinal Sins"

'Yeah? How does that explain her behavior or hatred for Naruto?'

"Her Pride leads to the princess-ly, sophisticated manner she holds herself in. And is one reason she doesn't train. Her Wrath explains her brutality to her enemies, especially ones like that Fallen Angel that spited you," Issei felt himself shiver at the reminder of Raynare ", Her Greed explains quite a lot of her actions. Such as willingly flirting and flashing you with minimal disagreement."

'Hey! She does that because she likes me..! I think…?'

"Keh. Keep telling yourself that~ And her Sloth explains her minimalistic attitude. Especially in-terms of training and gaining power."

'Gaining power?'

"You and the other 'Peerage' members."

'What do you mean?'

"Don't worry about it. By the way you should watch where you walk" Right as Issei registers the words he collides with a cloaked figure.

"Oh! Sorry about that!" Issei gets up and offers a hand.

A black, leather clad, feminine hand reaches out from the cloak and grabs his hand, letting him pull her up. As he does, he overestimates how heavy the person is and pulls them a little too sharply, their cloak opening slightly and a necklace continuing their momentum and swinging forward. Issei felt his eyes widen as a sudden, searing, pain emanated from where the pendant on the necklace struck his jawline. Wrenching his hand out of the strangers and slapping it over the burning area with what was meant to be a pained scream, but only came out as a strangled hiss thanks to the closing of his throat.

"My apologies, Iapologies I should have been watching where I was going" A feminine voice came from under the hood of the cloaked figure.

A second cloaked figure tapped their shoulder and the first one sighed.

"Yes, yes. I know. Thank you for the assistance and sorry for running into you" The two turned away and began walking away.

As they were leaving the wind ruffled their hoods and Issei got a glimpse of their hair, chestnut and blue hair respectively. But at the current moment he was a little too preoccupied with the burning sensation from his jaw that made his whole body lock up and made breathing more of a struggle than he ever remembered it being before.

"Issei-san? Are you alright?" Asia asked, moving around from where she was standing relatively out of the cloaked figures sight.

With great effort he forces his hand away from the area, hearing Asia gasp and cover her mouth with her hands. There, folding from under his jaw around to partially on his right cheek was a bright red, pulsating, very, very burnt marking.

Issei had accidentally been branded with a Biblical Cross.

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Underworld, Akatsuki House

"Alright. So you said that after a training session yesterday you felt something 'click' within you?" Naruto asked the Silver-Winged Angel lying in the machine.

Olivia was currently lying down on a padded, metallic table as a metallic ring slid up and down over her, shining a soft green light along her body as it did so. Constantly scanning her for a multitude of things that Naruto, Tsunade and Rossweisse were looking at on a series of monitors.

"Yes, I was practicing with my magic and suddenly I felt something click inside my mind. I'm not quite sure what it is but I feel stronger. Not massively so but... noticeably so" Olivia explained while looking at the ceiling like she had been instructed.

"Her vitals are stable, a little more optimal than her last check-up, actually. Though that's probably due to the practices and exercises she's begun doing" Tsunade prattled off professionally, showing her expertise "Though I think I may have found either the cause or a reaction to this 'mental shift' Olivia was explaining"

"You have?" Olivia asked curiously.

"Its strange… You're aware of the magic nodes within your wings, correct?" Rossweisse asked the girl, getting a nod in response. "The nodes seem to have strengthened and thickened, especially in your second set of wings. How long have you had them?"

"The second set? Roughly two months now."

"From what we know of Angels. The nodes shouldn't be this developed until you're close to growing your third or fourth set of wings. And that's not even mentioning your first set." Tsunade said while writing something down on a tablet.

"Its likely because of whatever catalyst caused the Silver-Wing phenomena." Naruto replied, getting an affirmative hum from Olivia.

"Also every now and again I'll catch words drifting to mind, but I don't believe I've ever heard them before." She informed them.

"That so…? What would these words be?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Uhhhh. Capti. Reliquia. Daemonium. Perses." She recounted getting furrowed brows from the three Devils.

"Capti… Reliquia… Daemonium… Perses... Trapped, relic, demon, Perses?" Naruto translated, writing it down with a large question mark next to it "Is there anything else? Any other words? Any context or anything?"

"It's not my voice… It's soothing, powerful, and male. It's strange. I think the voice tried to tell me something else but all that came through were a bunch of static and screams, over the top of his voice..."

"How long has this been happening?" Rossweisse asked.

"Only last night, after that mental something clicked into place" Olivia replied before turning her head to Naruto, getting squawks of indignation from the two girls "Would we be able to spar? I want to test this new strength."

Naruto hummed before shrugging and placing his tablet down, walking over to a holographic keyboard and typing in the command to turn the table she was sitting on, off. As Olivia sat up and slid off with a groan the King turned to his Peerage members.

"Nobody's using training room S are they?" He asked, getting a roll of her eyes from Rossweisse.

"No. You can take our Angel friend to your 'greatest creation'" Tsunade teased with air quotes.

Naruto flicks her forehead as he goes past her, getting a slight yelp from Tsunade as she snapped a hand up to rub the spot he had just flicked. Blushing red in embarrassment at the teasing grin and twinkle in his eyes as he walks out.

"Don't be rude, Tsun-Tsun~" Rossweisse slapped a hand over her mouth and turned red from her effort to not bust out laughing as Tsunade bristled in embarrassment.

"She said she wouldn't tell!" She cried in indignation and embarrassment.

Naruto paused at the doorway and tilted his head to look back at her with a smirk while Olivia looked between them curiously.

"You believed Kuroka when she said she wouldn't tell me about that?" He asked in a mixture of disbelief and amusement.

Tsunade opened her mouth multiple times before snapping it shut and slumping over with a defeated groan. Facepalming with an embarrassed moan while tilting her head up.

"You're right… that was my fault"

"Don't worry too much about it. I think its cute you want me to give you a nickname~ Olivia, lets go. Tsun-Tsun and Rossweisse will be watching and studying from the side, okay?" The Silver-Winged Angel nodded slowly and followed.

As the group of four walked through the underground tunnels they entered a very large room. The room, as Naruto explained proudly while walking in, was a full 250x250x150m in dimensions. The entire surface was covered in what looked to be thick white tiles with gaps between them. Each tile was approximately 10x10m with a gap between each tile roughly three or four centimeters and was a deep black. Honestly, just the size and aesthetic of the room was impressive to Olivia, let alone whatever other tricks Naruto had packed into it. Right next to the entrance was a staircase covered in what appeared to be very thick glass which lead to what appeared to be an operations and command room, of sorts. Said staircase and room is where Tsunade and Rossweisse diverted off to while Naruto gestured for Olivia to keep following him.

The two walked roughly fifty meters into the room before Naruto stopped, Olivia stopping roughly five meters away from him. She watched him shrug off the jacket he was wearing and begin to stretch, deciding she should do the same, even if to a lesser degree.

"So, Master. Which setting would you enjoy this time?" Rossweisse asked through a speaker system.

"I don't have a preference, surprise me. " Naruto replied as he slid out of his stretching into a more relaxed stance, spurring Olivia to do the same.

The Angel only had a moment to wonder what they were talking about before suddenly the pitch black gaps between all of the tiles began to light up a burnt orange. Suddenly the lights began to focus themselves on the ground floor and before her eyes holographic wire outlines of buildings and streets began to appear in the same burnt orange light as those surrounding her. The wire outlines beginning to get filled in by actual material while the tiles began to shift colours and hues. The whole experience giving Olivia a slight bit of vertigo as within moments an entire cityscape had been risen and built around her. The two of them new standing in the middle of a street in a city which was modelled after some American city she wasn't quite sure of.

"Woah…." Olivia gasped in awe, the tiles having shifted to show the sky in such detail that she almost forgot she wasn't outside.

"Certainly beats helping my company in Europe doesn't it?" Naruto asked with a small chortle.

The girl just nodded before slowly sliding back into a more combative stance, her Magic visibly swelling around her getting a small grin from the boy across from her.

"We have Tsunade on hand, don't be afraid to go all out. " Naruto reminded her before sliding into his own combative stance.

With a crack of pavement and displaced air Olivia disappeared in a frontal rush. Reaching her target in moments the Angel created a long sword of light and swung downwards as if trying to split the boy in half. Said boy side-stepping it smartly and noticing the much more silver glow of her light compared to the regular golden or white glow of Angelic light. Noticing the change in her grip and stance he lent back to avoid the swing at his chest and followed his momentum into a backflip which he used to kick her in the chin.

The Angel felt her teeth clack together audibly and her body began to lift off the ground from the sheer force behind the quick attack. Even with her head forcibly tilted up, and her gaze of him blocked away, she knew roughly where he was and with her free hand shot a blast of light at him. Said blast of light hit the road before exploding, causing Naruto to jump back to avoid the very harmful light. Grinning as the dust cleared and saw Olivia standing there seemingly fine.

Olivia dispelled her sword and stared down the young leader of the Akatsuki. Unbidden she felt a small smile light up her face even as her silver wings popped out of her back with a swell of her magic. With barely the slightest of sounds she shot into the sky. Naruto in hot pursuit with his own bat-like wings on display for everyone to see. The two beginning an aerial magic dogfight as they blasted through the artificial cityscape in intricate loops and shapes.

"So Naruto, " Olivia began to speak as she curved around a building in a very sharp turn, causing three of the magic missiles following her to hit the building adjacent to her, `` I'veher ", I've been wondering. What's the relationship between you and your Peerage?" She flipped so her back was to the ground as she flew and begun to rapid fire blasts at the teen.

"Me and my Peerage? Well. Im pretty close to all of them really" Naruto responded as he used flight in tandem with kicking off buildings to avoid her volley of blasts "Other than Ravel at this point. But would you count her? I mean she isn't technically- shit!" Naruto did an impromptu barrel roll to avoid a chunk of a building which had been broken off by a stray blast and nearly fell on top of him.

"So you're pretty close to them? As in 'friend' close orr...?" Olivia questioned curiously.

"Why the sudden questions?" Naruto asked, landing on the road and exploding forward in a burst of speed which ate up the distance between them in seconds before launching himself up and grabbing her ankle, using his sudden sideways momentum to transition into a midair roll and flip her over his shoulder and into the ground.

The beautiful Silver-Winged Angel hit the asphalt with a pained cry but got up nonetheless, albeit shakily "Just curious is all really…. I know you and Natsumi are boyfriend-girlfriend close but I don't really know about the others…." She panted before holding her hands forward and lighting up a silver magic circle.

"Oooh~ What'sWhats that? And to answer your question. While I am probably the closest to Natsumi. I'm also close to all of my peerage. Both physically and mentally"

"Thanks for answering. And this is just a little spell I thought up. Nothing special" Out of the magic circle came many small beams of silver light which sent Naruto's instincts screaming in danger.

Watching them cut through everything in their path with minimal effort as they fanned out to converge on him was enough justification in his head to begin dodging them with everything he had.

"So have you been… intimate with any of them?" Olivia asked amidst the chaos with a small blush.

"Huh? No, no. Not yet. I promised my first time would be with Natsumi and we agreed we'd save it for her first Heat. " Naruto replied while dodging before flinging a few miniature magic circles at her.

Olivia saw them out of the corner of her eyes and quickly abandoned her spell in favor of leaving their blast radius to avoid any unnecessary damage. Hearing something cutting through the wind and feeling her instincts scream at her she turned to the side and raised her arms as Naruto struck them. And while it helped for a few moments, he very quickly broke through her guard at the same time as her feet left the ground. Thus the girl was introduced to the very unpleasant feeling of both having a fist striking between her sizeable chest and her back being used to carve through a building.

"Okay Naruto. I think it's time you guys stopped. We got everything we should need from the readings." Tsunade spoke over the seemingly omni-present speaker system built into the room as the cityscape around them began to fizzle away in a multitude of different coloured lights.

"Good fight~" Naruto spoke cheerfully with a small grin, getting a groan from the poor Angel.

Easily pulling her to his feet he casually leant towards her, not noticing her blush as he flicked some artificial rubble out of her hair which fizzled away soon. Leaning back he grinned at her, finally noticing her blush.

"Sorry about that. I probably should have asked before getting that close, huh?..." He asked with a sheepish grin.

"Alright lovebirds" Naruto's eyes widened minutely and Olivia yelped and covered her face with her blonde locks "I'll heal Olivia up and go over a few small tests. Meanwhile I think you should go to your 'training' with Serafall" Tsunade said with a small snort.

"Playing games and watching her tv show is training. Thank you very much~" Naruto responded in a fake haughty tone while puffing his jacket as he put it back on.

"I think its cute~ It's like you guys are siblings~" Rossweisse responded with a soft giggle.

Naruto froze slightly at the comparison. His fingers clutching his jacket in a vice grip before he began to loosen his grip. His eyes looking down at the floor as a soft smile stretched his lips. Looking back up at the girls with such a soft, heartfelt expression it practically put them in cardiac arrest.

"I think I'd enjoy that~…" He mumbled softly, walking past them all and out the room.

Right as the doors closed both Tsunade and Rossweisse fell to the floor with bright blushes. Tsunade holding a hand over her heart just to feel it beat and make sure that nothing bad was actually happening to it.

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Underworld, Serafall's Mansion

Naruto walked in with furrowed brows and his lips pressed together tightly and stretched in a thin line. His purple eyes lazily looking around in slight worry at the hallway he walked through. He knew their routine inside and out. He would arrive and everytime, everytime she would open the door and nearly hit him in the face. She would then drag him down the hallway to the same room, her room, every time and then they would either watch a movie, TV show or play a game. And sometimes she would teach him a few cool things. But this time he was waiting outside the door for twenty minutes and she never showed up. So moving towards her magic signature he stopped in front of her door awkwardly.

A few seconds were spent raising and lowering his hand before he finally knocked on her door. What met him was the very tired looking form of the usually hyperactive girl. Her hair frazzled and out of her regular pigtails and her purple eyes half-lidded, slightly red, puffy and blank before she realized it was him.

"Oh! Naru-tan. I forgot to tell you not to come today… sorry..." She mumbled, hugging a body pillow to her chest and burying the bottom half of her face into it.

"Serafall? Are you… okay?" He asked softly, unsure how to properly approach the topic.

The Maou took a few moments to think, humming quietly into her pillow before stepping aside to let him into her room. The girl closing her door behind her and sitting on the edge of her bed, looking over to Naruto slightly before looking back down at her pillow.

"What's wrong?..."

"…I suppose you deserve to know…today is the anniversary of the day my brother died…" the weight of her words hit Naruto like a truck and he nearly fell off her bed in shock.

"You…had a brother? And today is….oh. I don't….why does no one…."

"He died when he was young….barely into his thirties" Serafall mumbled in a dead tone "My parents, and the other nobles at the time, went through a lot of effort to keep him hidden…..Not even Sona knows…."

"That's….I'm sorry…." Naruto mumbled. Looking down at his lap and fiddling with his thumbs, his mind running a mile a minute "Could I…. know more about him…? I'm sure if he was your brother he must have been amazing" Serafall cracked a small smile while looking at her own lap.

"Yeah… he really was~…Okay. I'll tell you a little bit about him…" Naruto smiled at the answer, even if it was said with the same half-dead tone as everything else "I suppose I should start with the basics. My brothers name…."

Naruto hung off her every word, even if she really hadn't started yet their was an undercurrent of something in her voice that entranced him. He watched as she turned her head to stare directly into his eyes and uttered words which, even if he didn't realise it at the time, would become immensely important in the future. The elder Devil taking a moment to take a deep breath before finally speaking again.

"My brothers name was Tobirama Sitri…"

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AAAAAND DONE!

What's that? Cries of confusion and anger at a cliffhanger? Oh yes they most definitely are~ How do ya like them apples!?

But in all seriousness, I hope you guys enjoyed the chap, I had a surprising amount of fun writing it, and bonus! I managed to reach my 5-6K goal I set for myself. I'm actually quite proud xP

Anyways, see you guys next time!

Adios!