Solitude Of A King

xirons20: I am still deciding whether or not he will have the True Longinus or just outright murder Cao Cao.

King0fPowers: I will be making Ozymandias like his canon self so like OP magic and his trump cards are still there, all of his abilities will be present. As for the Nereid Kyrie it is a good idea I might just think about adding it and Ingvild Leviathan in the future.

SlyUzumakiVii: You'll love the next few chapters then.

Chapter 13: Reunification Of The Heroes

"I want Cao Cao's location, once I have the heathen's head then you shall escape our wrath." Naruto said as kept his steady gaze set on the emotionless dragon standing before him.

"And if your demands are not met?" Ophis asked her indifferent gaze never leaving contact with Naruto's menacing glare. Taking a step closer, the dragon stopped immediately when a golden blade pierced the ground before her. Eyeing the two, the Infinity Dragon could feel the putrid hate the second human sent at her. Though she cared little about their words, she knew the two were powerful in their own right potentially becoming members of the Top 10 Strongest Beings in existence. Making them worthy additions to the Khaos Brigade while sacrificing a single outspoken Longinus.

"Then we will rain death and destruction upon your measly gathering of mongrels." Naruto replied evenly, "We are not enemies you would wish to make, Infinity Dragon."

"Do you truly believe your threats frighten me?" Ophis asked.

"If words shan't reach you then our might shall, cur." Ozymandias threatened joining in the conversation with his vexing voice brining all attention in his direction. Grabbing hold of his large crook, the mighty king aimed the heavy weapon straight at Ophis daring her to move, "I have no love for your minions, Infinity Dragon, if you deny Naruto's request then I shall personally execute you."

"I am the Infinity Dragon, human not some weak Devil you may do as you wish." Ophis replied her tone still emotionless.

"Then a gift perhaps?" Naruto mused as if on cue the large double doors leading into the throne were thrown open and Diarmuid entered dragging the bound Sirzechs with him. Making his way to the thrones situated at the end, the ever so loyal knight shoved the fallen Devil not so gently on the ground forcing him to kneel, "Sirzechs Lucifer, the mighty Devil foolishly considered the mightiest among his breed, for the price of Cao Cao and my little sister's safe return you shall be gifted with the Satan."

Beckoning Diarmuid to grab the prisoner, the knight forcefully dragged Sirzechs to Ophis throwing him before the petite dragon, "Semiramis has not broken him too much, still a prized trophy."

Eyeing the disgraced Devil, Ophis took the deal in consideration. To give up Cao Cao she would receive Sirzechs, though beaten and mentally damaged the Satan could still be useful. All she needed was the human and she would receive her very own Super Devil and potentially the favor of the arrogant humans, a worthy deal indeed. Returning her gaze to Naruto she responded.

"Very well then, King of Heroes I shall give you Cao Cao and your sister."

"The Devil is yours." Naruto announced before he gave the dragon another harsh glare, "If you double cross me, I will have your head."

Nodding her head at the threat, the Infinity Dragon turned to her prize and quickly teleported out of the room leaving the three Heroes to their thoughts. Once Ophis vanished from their room, Naruto smirked turning to Diarmuid the blonde king nodded to his knight. Moving to the doors Diarmuid ushered the occupants waiting outside into the great hall, stepping with unimaginable grace Semiramis walked into the room with a dove on her shoulders. Accompanying the bewitching woman, was Mordred who glared at the smirking woman with venomous hatred.

"How did our little plan go, my Lord?" Semiramis asked a hint of curiosity escaping her playful tone.

"Splendidly, as expected Semiramis." Naruto replied before releasing a chuckle of mirth, "Now that she has taken the bait, we shall await her contact... If she does betray us, we shall storm their base. The little Devil is properly controlled correct?"

"I enjoyed breaking him, my Lord... Making the mighty Devil scream aloud and turning him into my toy."

Rolling her eyes at the comment, Mordred turned to Naruto, "Uzumaki, how is the Devil going to help us?"

"As expected a barbarian such as yourself has little brain power to decipher the situation." Semiramis said before giving Mordred a sad shake of her head.

"Well this barbarian is going to kick your ass Witch!" Mordred growled brandishing her blade in anger.

"Behave, Mordred." Naruto muttered in annoyance grabbing Mordred's shoulder before she could stab Semiramis. Turning to Diarmuid who had stood before Semiramis, "Diarmuid how goes the Exorcist?"

"Lady Xenovia is recovering well, she is anxious to meet you, my Lord." Diarmuid replied with a small smile.

Filing the piece of information away for later, the blonde smiled at his little group before beckoning for Mordred and Semiramis to follow. Taking off out of the throne room with Ozymandias following by his side, Naruto commanded his knight return to the hospital ward and check on Xenovia. Her presence created a few possibilities for him in the future but if she refused his offer to join the Hero Faction then he would need to deal with her, nevertheless he kept the train of thought running before turning to Ozymandias.

"Semiramis, I have a task for you." Naruto said finally turning to the woman, "I need you to send your doves out to the remaining members of the Hero Faction, it is time we all reunited."

"Of course, my lord." Semiramis said smiling at the thought of every single member of the Hero Faction returning to her fortress, the chaos was simply intoxicating. Oh the intense rivalries which brewed ever since Naruto gathered them under a single banner, only the blonde king could keep the Hero Faction under control the members even if they did not admit it held a sliver of respect for the blonde. In any case, the large and very dysfunctional faction amused her to no end, to see them argue and bicker amusing indeed, "Would that be all?"

"Yes, and monitor Sirzechs and Ophis closely I want no mistakes." Naruto said which the smirking woman only nodded in turn before vanishing in the hallways of the Hanging Gardens. Turning to Mordred the blonde then laid out the task he wished for her to perform, "Now, Mordred I want you to deliver a message for me."

"Who to, Uzumaki?" Mordred asked as Naruto handed her an envelope sealed by wax.

"The Devils of course, a little warning if they step out of line." The smirking blonde replied, "A gift, to rest their wary hearts."

"Heh, you are a real bastard Uzumaki. I'll have it to them by an hour."

"Come back alive now."

"Oh? Does the mighty King Naruto care back little ol' me?"

Rolling his eyes at that comment, Naruto proceeded to walk further into the Hanging Gardens with Ozymandias by his side. All of a sudden, Naruto decided to stop and he gave his rival and friend a look of seriousness. Frowning somewhat at the sudden stop, the golden eyed king gave his friend a look of confusion before Naruto spoke,

"Promise me if I ever fall, you would take care of Asia for me."

Faltering somewhat at the sudden change of tone, Ozymandias relented a moment later, "You have my word, Naruto. If you pass onto the next life I shall defend Asia in your stead."

Ajuka Beelzebub could not stop his painful headache as he sat behind his large oak desk buried in a sea of papers. After Sirzechs disappeared to who knows where, his workload had doubled and his time in his laboratory died down to mere hours a day. He by a vote of 2 to 1, had been given the Sirzechs daily work until he returned meaning more paperwork and more responsibilities forcing him to run not just one but two territories. Though a part of him worried for the lack of contact from his longtime friend, the other more logical part argued that he, wherever he was, was too busy to contact them from the report from Rias and her beaten Peerage he knew the attacker or attackers were Ultimate-Class level or perhaps higher.

Shaking off those thoughts, the reigning beelzebub sighed as he looked over the reports to construct a new hospital in Lucifaad, a city in Sirzechs territory. He needed to write a report either accepting or declining the petition from the company, send over to inspect the current area first before writing his report and go through a series of other painful legal processes that were set in place for projects in that specific level. Cursing his friend for leaving him to the tiresome process, the green haired Satan looked over his other pile of papers to see if he could finish them off before calling it a day. Much to his dismay, the larger pile of unfinished paperwork seemingly grew while he pondered his situation.

Eyeing the stack, Ajuka prepared himself before tackling into the first pile working in a frenzy he felt the stack dwindle. Giving a smile of triumph he signed off his current form and placed it in the finished pile. Just time, his ears picked up on the shouts from his security outside and then screams followed a moment later. Standing up, he walked toward the double doors leading into his office and prepared to solve the distraction, just then his doors were forcefully opened and one of his security guards crashed through the polished wood and landing roughly on his desk, shattering the decorative furniture. Feeling a small part of him die, Ajuka watched as his papers cascaded down from the air mixing his work he had done for some time now.

"What is the meaning of this." Ajuka all but demanded as he eyed his unhinged doors in annoyance. Walking through the destroyed entrance, a girl with pulled up blonde hair smirked in amusement as she eyed his fallen guard, "Just who are you? You do realize attacking a Satan is punishable by death, correct?"

"Hmph, so you're the pansy I was supposed to deliver this letter to." Strolling up to the man, Mordred offered him the letter before smirking at the groaning guard once last time, "This a letter from my boss, he told me you'd want those pictures."

Quickly breaking the wax seal and pulling out three photos, Ajuka's veins ran cold as he saw them. They were all of Sirzechs, instead of looking his usual self, the red haired Satan was tied up and beaten in one photo and in another his friend was collapsing on the ground naked to the world laying in a pool of his own blood. The third and last picture the Satan voted on as the worst out of all of them as it showed Sirzechs laying on the ground licking on the dark boots of a unknown woman, who smirking viciously onto the obedient Devil she had broken with vigor.

"What did you do to him?!" Ajuka bellowed as he blasted Mordred with a spell but the knight was faster than him dodging the sudden attack, she smirked wildly at him.

"No, no, no, I can't possibly tell you that, after all what fun would it be if I did?" Mordred asked her shit eating smirk expanding when Ajuka clutched the photos with unhinged rage. Taking a step closer to the enraged Devil, Mordred gave him a playful grin before whispering, "Remember now Mr. Devil, we have your friend and if you do anything my boss doesn't like, well, say goodbye to Sirzechs over there. I'll show myself out."

Eyes still bulged in both anger and shock, Ajuka took a step backward. His friend was possibly the strongest Devil he had ever met, outshining the others with power and potential he never thought his closest friend would fall. Then, a thought struck her mind.

Just what sort of monster took Sirzechs down?

Laughing mirthfully, Mordred began reciting her tale about her encounter with Ajuka Beelzebub and describing his expression the blonde knight cackled again. She had returned from the Underworld only a few minutes ago and she decided it was in the best interest of everyone if she recalled her little adventure into the home of the Devils. Apparently the woman found some sort of pleasure from watching the all powerful Super Devil crumble into putty, something Semiramis seemingly shared much to the worry of Diarmuid.

"And then, he tried attacking me but I was just too fast for him and I dodged. But, that looked he had on was hilarious! You should have been there." Mordred said stifling her last laugh.

"It ended much better than we expected." Ozymandias mused before smirking widely, "Beelzebub remains their second strongest Devil, if we managed to shock him then the moral of the heathens will dwindle, worthy of their title as pests.."

Nodding his head in agreement, Naruto sipped his ever present wine goblet and smiled. The news made him happy to no end, if they held the Devil as a political ammunition they would be capable of gaining more from the unexpected surprise than he originally thought. Dangling Sirzech's life to the Devils who adored their Lucifer, he could stop the pests from attacking them and wasting his time. The way Semiramis broke the mighty man could give Gods nightmares, the simplicity behind her tactics were astounding but were efficient none of the less. Now, will another faction subdued, all he needed now was Ophis to complete her end of the bargain if not he would storm their base, either way worked with him.

"Now that we have the filthy mongrels under control, we shall await the arrival of the others and then bring Asia back." Naruto said sipping his wine before a flame of determination illuminated in his sharp eyes.

"I wanna give that bastard Avicebron a piece of my mind." Mordred said scowling at the name, "He betrayed us to Cao Cao, I want his head."

Nodding his head in agreement, Diarmuid's eyes hardened as he thought about his greatest failure, "They shall be punished for their deeds, do not worry my Lord I swear I will defeat Siegfried in your name."

"With me by your side, we shall not fail. I, by the blessings of Ra, will bring down the unsightly curs, old friend." Ozymandias said his golden eyes glimmering with unnatural confidence.

Lifting his head to heed the call of the gentle flute, Semiramis smiled as she heard the charming melody enter her room. Making her way to the garden of her large mobile fortress, the beauty soon found herself eyeing a man standing under the large oak tree at the the center of the garden. With his long purple hair swaying through the wind, the man had a matching kimono on and a katana strapped to his. Being the only man to wear traditional Japanese garments for any occasion, Semiramis knew just who the silent musician was.

"You have returned, Sasaki. Naruto will be pleased by your arrival." Semiramis commented as she eyed the tall man. Recognizing the gentle features of Naruto's prized swordsmen, the enchanting woman crossed her arms as he returned his flute to its simple case.

"I am happy to return by the call of Naruto-sama, Semiramis-san." The newly named Sasaki replied as he gave the woman a calculative look before walking back to the halls of the Hanging Gardens. He valued his position in Naruto's faction of heroes, being the only man that bested him in a duel the swordsman accepted the defeat. Naruto offered him a position by his side, impressed by his skill with the katana but the ever so hardheaded follower of the blade could not bind himself to a lord without defeat. And here he stood as a loyal follower of Naruto and one of his most trusted advisers, while he felt respect towards his lord he could not speak the same to the other members of the Hero Faction.

"Oho? You have returned, Sasaki." Naruto's words filled the garden before the blonde king smiled.

"I answered your request, Naruto-sama... How may I serve you?"

Chapter End

Here is a list of Naruto's followers so far.

Hero Faction:

Leader: Naruto Uzumaki

- Ozymandias (Friend)

- Semiramis

- Diarmuid

- Mordred

- Ddraig

- Jin

- Sasaki Kojirou

Those are all of his followers so far, I am still open for suggestions for any other members.