Yo. I wanted to get this chapter out about 2 days ago but I got distracted with finishing up classes and what not. This one is also a little bit shorter than what I usually do for reason that is explained at the bottom. Not like last chapter got a lot of reviews anyway to make me go faster. Anyway here you go.
Chapter 15: Prepare for Battle
"Oh I get to sit at the big kids' table?" Naruto leaned his head on his fist looking amused as he sat at a large table in the ball room. All along it sat high ranking officials from Sirzechs, Serafall, and Ajuka Beelzebub, to other high standing devils whom he didn't recognize. Michael also sat at the table along with Azazel and Odin who had his valkyrie attendant on hand standing behind him. The high level beings seemed to be having a meeting discussing what had happened not an hour earlier at the reception party.
Sirzechs smiled at his to-be brother-in-law as he sat opposite him. "Yes Naruto-kun I thought it would be a good idea for you to be an important head to account for here. You are also a stand in for Yasaka-dono when she isn't available so I thought we might as well have you here."
Sirzechs then directed his attention back to the rest of his guests as he spoke. "Looks like the danger has passed for now. Ajuka sent Loki and Fenrir to a faraway location but they will no doubt be back soon."
Michael nodded in agreeance, "Yes I feel certain that Loki will return to cause issue again. This is likely only the beginning of something more."
The weathered old god that was Odin stood up with a look of seriousness in his one eye. "As the Norse pantheon leader I take full responsibility for what happened." Naruto chuckled not too bothered by it.
"Don't worry about it old man. You can't be held responsible for the actions of a trickster. If push comes to shove I'll deal with Loki and his pet."
Odin rose an eyebrow at the bow before chuckling as he stroked his beard. "Hohoho you got spunk kid I like it! To be so young and yet able to sit at this table must speak multitudes of your talent."
"I'm an embodiment of war gramps along with other things. So I take pleasure in dealing with conflicts like this more than the leaders here would.
"Show Odin-sama some respect! You may be a young man but at least show some manners." Naruto blinked at the voice before his eyes slowly shifted to the person next to Odin. She flinched under the gaze as his eyes pierced into her. She was a beautiful young woman and while not human wasn't very old either. In fact she was probably only 2 or 3 years older than he was putting her a little older than Tama and Tayuya. Interesting thing was her long silver hair reminded him of Tama and Grayfia and interestingly enough she was about the same height as them as well. From his keen eyes he could tell that she even had similar measurements and cup sizes to the two aforementioned women as well. She actually reminded him of Tama so much that she could be her sister just with... a less threatening appearance. The two ahoge on top of her head that reminded him of antennae was also something he found adorable.
"Who are you?"
"Now Rossweisse be nice he is your peer afterall. If you don't relax more and stop being so serious you'll never get a man."
Her eyes widened at the comment about not having a man before her eyes started to water. The rest sweatdropped as a rain cloud appeared above her head and she started to cry.
"I-I my be an ugly Valkyrie whose always been single but that w-won't stop me from doing my job okay!"
"A Valkyrie! As in a half-goddess and warrior woman?!" She looked startled by Naruto's excited shout as she nervously answered.
"Y-Yes?" That's another similarity she has with Tama. There was a crackle in the air as a glowing red halo appeared above Naruto's head gaining shocked looks from Odin and Rossweisse and the ones who didn't know him.
"Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Naruto Uzumaki, the Juubi so I am a god and a demon. Demons basically being the halfway point between youkai and devils. I have a fondness for strong women and I can feel you are indeed strong so you have an ally in me."
"An ally?"
Naruto's excited look calmed down before he adopted a more sly grin. "Or whatever you need of me~." The look he gave her made her blush darkly as she looked at the ground abashed. Odin laughed at his attendant liking Naruto already.
"Looks like you might have found yourself a man Rossweisse."
"Odin-sama please!" She covered her face as her ears turned red now in embarrassment at having everyone look at her. She hardly even knew the guy. Sure he was extremely hot, exotic, and if he was strong too then even better but he was probably an asshole like all the other guys she met. She stole a glance at Naruto again and couldn't get a read off of him at all before she quickly looked back at the ground fidgeting with her hands.
"My apologies boy. She's a bit of a shy one."
No one saw it as Naruto mentally gained an evil grin at hearing that. 'A shy girl is like a lost lamb in front of a hungry wolf.'
Sirzechs glanced at Naruto having an idea of what he was thinking.
"You certainly don't waste time at all Naruto-kun."
"Well there are so many beautiful, talented women in the world I can't help myself."
"I'll take that as a compliment towards my sister. Anyway back to the problem at hand. According to our surveillance and Naruto-kun not only were we visited by Loki but also by Bikou the former monkey king and Kuroka the SS ranked stray nekomata. All from the Khaos Brigade which shows that they likely have a strong force of many powerful individuals already. So we have to make sure we prepare for it. Tannin held off Bikou while Naruto-kun actually defeated Kuroka and forced her to retreat. Kuroka was likely somewhere in the Ultimate class range so when Loki returns it would be a great idea for Naruto to aid in the battle if he was able to handle her so easily." The others rose eyebrows at that surprised as Kuroka was infamous and extremely dangerous yet this kid dispatched her so handedly.
Azazel took his turn to speak out as he went over the events of the party crashing. "Yes Naruto will be an important boon in the fight. Ajuka may have sent Loki away but the barrier blocking him from returning will only last for about a day. Once he returns you can expect him to throw a tantrum. The Satan's can't elect to fight him because if they do it could cause another war. Unfortunately that means Michael and I can't fight Loki as well."
"A war is likely what Loki want's anyway so it really would be a bad idea for you to fight. My team will take on the job but while I'm able and ready we can't account for anything backup Loki might have which may overwhelm my group. I have faith in their abilities but with Tama's current condition well..."
Naruto gestured as Azazel nodded filling in the blanks as to what he probably meant. Tama holding that egg while the girl has proved to be extremely dangerous if not more so because of the egg Naruto would rather have her in the action as little as possible.
"Right there is that issue... Don't worry about numbers though we have that covered."
It always felt weird when he walked though the hallway's of the Gremory estate. Probably because they were so wide and spacious. He was glad there weren't maids and butlers lining the halls again like when they had first entered the mansion or else he would have felt uncomfortable. Naruto made his way over towards the living quarters before stopping at the door of a bedroom. He expanded his senses for a moment to make sure it was okay to enter. Feeling that the occupant was aware of his presence he opened the door and entered.
He gave a small smile to his white haired student who was sitting up in her bed as he closed the door behind him.
"Feeling alright Neko-chan?"
She had her cat ears out drooping and he couldn't tell if it was from fatigue or somberness. "Yes. How did things go with Kuroka-oneesama?" He took a seat at the side of her bed as he glanced her over noting that she for the most part had no serious injuries from her run in with her sister.
"I beat her ass just like you wanted."
"I wouldn't expect any less from you master."
"Mmhmm yeah your sister is pretty strong though. If she had taken things more seriously I wouldn't have gotten out of that fight so unscathed." Of course my unpredictableness didn't help her at all...' "You know I will be going off to fight Loki tomorrow with a few others. Can't have an arrogant god wreck the balance of our peace afterall."
"Can I help?"
"Huh?"
"I want to help and be of use to you all. You need all the help you can get right."
"Yeah but you need to rest right now."
"Please I've worked hard so that I can aid my friends when they need it."
Naruto saw the determination in her eyes and couldn't help but chuckle. Well if she wanted to fight he had to make sure she was up for it. He grabbed Koneko's arm and ran too fingers along the side of it checking the limb to make sure it held up correctly.
'Hmm... still as strong as ever. Chakra networks a developing right again. Chakra is also flowing naturally throughout her body in minute amounts as a passive now. Would be good to work on her reserves some more to increase the natural flow. Being a youkai her suppressing her bodies natural chakra production all those years likely stunted her growth and impeded the development of her body. That should be fixed now, only time will tell.'
"M-Master you're close." He snapped out of his thoughts upon hearing Koneko's soft voice and noticed that he had worked his way up her arn and now had his face close to her shoulder and collarbone as he ran his two fingers along them. She had a blush on her face as despite Naruto not having any perverted intentions when he did that she was still in her sleepwear so not much was hiding her body from him.
He leaned back and apologized as he leaned back out of her personal space again.
"Ah sorry was just making sure your body was okay after the fight and all."
"And is my body okay?"
"Yeah you seem to be fine. Maybe a little sore in areas but nothing a good night's sleep won't fix-."
"No I meant... how do you feel my body...?"
Naruto blinked as the question surprised him. "Ure?"
She blushed heavier as she looked down at her chest and cupped it over her shirt.
"I mean you like girl's with breasts more right? Like bucchou, Akeno, your sisters, and the other girls right?"
"Koneko-chan I'm not sure what that has to do with anything-."
"I know I'm small but if my sister turned out like that then I'm sure I'll grow more too, probably." Naruto didn't have the heart to tell her that Kuroka was already a little more developed than Koneko was when she was her age. Seeing her sister so stacked probably made her even more conscious about her own body. He got more onto the bed as he cupped Koneko's chin in one hand and grinned as she gasped at the intimate contact which brought their faces only inches apart from each other.
"It's okay Neko-chan. I love your body just the way it is... Because I'm also a lolicon."
That halfway ruined the moment as her eye twitched in annoyance.
"You're a pervert."
"But being a pervert isn't so bad if you benefit from it eh Neko-chan?"
Before she could respond he silenced her lips with his own muffling her voice as her eyes widened. He just dove in as he slipped his tongue into her small mouth. He pushed her down and moved over her as he increased the passion of the kiss. His tongue wrestling hers as it wiped all around the inside of her moist cavern, overwhelming her senseless as he dominated her so quickly. With him over her kissing her so heatedly and with the largely noticeable size differences not to mention strength differences she couldn't even fight him as she was quickly rendered helpless under the advances of her teacher. Her mind began to fog as Naruto started to push her harder into the bed with just his lips on hers alone as if trying to drown her with his affection alone.
Her mouth taste sweet to her, maybe even more so than the other girls to him. Possibly because her candy fascination. He couldn't help it but he was getting a rise out of dominating the petite girl like this. She squirmed beneath him as her body grew hot until finally after several minutes he released her letting her breathe. Her chest heaved as she caught her breath, her head turning to the side as her eyes refocused.
"What was that... for?"
"Think of it as a reward for coming so far in your training. Also because I simply wanted to do that for a while now. Well I'll let you get some sleep now." He got up to go but was stopped when he felt a small hand tug on his shirt. He looked back at Koneko to see her biting her lip and looked unsure of herself.
"Something on your mind Neko-chan?"
"Please... If you want you can have me." His eyebrow rose at that as he smirked amused. Her blush deepened clearly embarrassed from saying that.
"I don't think that's a good idea if you want to be able to participate in the fight with Loki tomorrow.
"What but why? I'm a rook my body should handle fine right?"
"Hmhmhm Koneko a Rook's defense doesn't transfer as much internally and while I would love nothing more than to make a mess of your body until you can't see straight and then some, because you are a loli with a tougher body that would make me more inclined to overdue it more than I already would normally."
"S-Still though I'll be alright."
"If you think you can handle me that easily then you are either extremely naive, overconfident, or underestimating me. But I will let you make the choice. Do want me to fuck you or do you want to fight and fuck later?"
"I..." Her face heated up at the question both at the question itself and how bluntly Naruto put it. She wanted Naruto for a while now and knowing that he was stronger than her sister was basically the final milestone needed for her to want to mate with him 100%. She may be acting a bit impatiently but that heated kiss not a couple minutes ago didn't help cool her arousal at all. But she also wanted to help her friends in the fight and show everyone how much she has grown. At least if she fought she would have something to look forward to as a reward. And so she may not have liked the answer she gave but it was probably for the best.
"I'll go with the latter." Her voice came out slow and strained as if she was ripping those words out of her showing she really didn't want to say that. Naruto grinned as she let go of his shirt and he stood up again.
"Fine then. Now that that's settled do you want some ice cream, or ice water or something? You know so you can cool off?" She got out of bed with her head down to hide her embarrassed face from him as she grumbled and walked ahead of him out the room.
"I'll get it myself." He watched her leave the room and go down the hall and signed.
"Heh she's mad. Well now to find something else to do now that I just cockblocked myself." Naruto put his hands in his pockets before walking out the room as well and going down the hall in the opposite direction of where Koneko went. As he walked down the hall windows broke from the pressure he gave off. Holding himself back can be torture sometimes.
- Next Day -
Everyone was standing out in the courtyard as they got ready to leave. Ajuka could only send a select number of people so they had to decide who would go. Currently it was just him and Issei out standing next to each other. With all things considered in terms of power levels he wasn't surprised that Issei came along. A minute passed and his sisters showed up next battle ready. They were the most well rounded when it came to fighting so they would be a valuable asset. Tayuya was following behind them but he knew she wasn't coming. Mainly because she wasn't interested but also because this was not a battle she would be well suited for. Most of her power lies in getting close to an opponent and Loki would be someone out of her skill range to risk it, especially if he returns with Fenrir and even more so if he summons any other beasts to the battle all she would be good for is too stall and sabotage so it would be better if someone with pure attack power came in her stead.
He put on his hood and closed his eyes collecting his thoughts and delving deep into his being as he waited for the rest to show up.
- Mindscape -
Naruto's mental realm had changed a lot over the past months. From awakening to accepting his instability and growing multiple persona's to acknowledge the different bloods in his body. Finally giving up on his humanity actually made him develop better oddly enough. Humanity was overrated anyway when you weren't even human anymore. Now his mind had change a bit again after the training.
The three giant chess piece-like thrones were still there but now they were all vacant except for one. In that one seat sat the embodiement of Naruto's Demon Wolf form. Really it was basically him now as there was no real difference. In order for him to exist like this so perfectly without stamina issues and others lags he had to get rid of both his Demon and Wolf personas via merging them. His god form also was changed. It still exists just part of it went into his Demon Wolf form which is why he had a halo appear behind his back at the end of his fight with Kuroka. The rest of his godly nature... well that was being managed elsewhere.
Naruto looked down at the giant object resting on a pile of broken chains at the center of the three thrones. There sat the massive egg. It had fallen from where it had floated in the sky and now had the upper half of it missing as some kind of energy continuously flowed out of it like a fountain.
Whatever had been in there had long since hatched and was very much alive.
"I guess he'll be making his debut soon by the looks of things. I can thank Akashi-nii for helping me reawaken that part of me so soon. That along with what I got from tou-san I'm more than ready for anything now."
"Naru-kun?"
His eyes snapped open under the shadow of his hood showing one eye turn red for a second before it reverted back to his normal violet swirls. He looked to the side and blinked seeing Tama looking at him curiously as she stood on the transportation circle.
"Tama-chan why are you here?"
"To fight of course."
"But the egg?"
Tama held up her arm pushing back her sleeve and showed the wrapping lines and arrow of her Armorer mark on her fore arm and he saw that now there was a red X on the front and back of it connecting at the sides so that they formed diamonds between them.
"I got your sisters to seal her inside of me that way I can fight." He looked at her in irritation at her finding a way to participate. She looked to be of good health and was wearing her cloak though he already had an idea of what she had under it. Not like she was technically pregnant anyway so he supposed she was fit for battle. Hopefully no harmful mood swings happened.
"Fine you can come." Seems in attendance they also had the two knights Xenovia and Kiba. They would be great support and distractions for the others with their evasion. Raynare was with him as well ready to be of service in however way she was needed. Finally Koneko showed up and stepped up with them. She had a scowl on her face as she glanced at him to which he just chuckled lightly at before moving on. He noted that she was wearing a sleeveless white vest with black fingerless gloves and paw pads on them replacing her old ones. Right behind her was Akeno walking with Sona, Rias, Asia, and Selene.
Akeno walked onto the circle with the rest of him giving him a small smile as a greeting while he rose an eyebrow at Sona and Rias, particularly Rias. As if knowing why he was staring at her Rias shook her head and smiled at him. "I know Naruto-kun I shouldn't fight with my condition. Just promise me you will take care of my cute servants okay?"
"Aye Ri-chan they will be fine."
Sona took off her glasses to clean them as she glanced over at Rias curiously. 'Condition? Did something happen to Rias? I'll have to find out later." She put her glasses back on and directed an expressionless gaze at Naruto.
"Well I was planning on helping out with maybe Saji coming with me but Rias got first pick and everyone you are bring I'm pretty sure are more dangerous than my peerage Naruto-kun."
"Yeah I guess so. Not only are Tama and the twins powerful but they are also skilled and smart... Though you can't always tell." His sisters glared at him for that feeling insulted while Tama gaze her two cents while poking at the magic circle not even looking at them.
"I don't think you can talk Naru-kun."
He shrugged not really having an argument for that as he did do a lot of stupid things regardless of how intelligent he was. Suddenly everyone heard the sound of clanking metal and turned in the direction of it to see Rossweisse clad in her battle ready armor.
"Guess I'll introduce myself. I am the Valkyrie Rossweisse." Naruto gave a small whistle as Issei spazzed at seeing the form fitting armor.
She was wearing a white breastplate with gold and pale blue accents and matching, fingerless gauntlets, boots, hip guards, and wing-shaped hair clips. She was also wearing a black leotard underneath her breastplate, black thigh-high stockings, and a pale blue cloth wrapped underneath her hip guards, all of which are clad with the pink lacing along with her hair clips that she always had. It was really stunning how long and flowing her hair went down to her calfs, similar to Tama when her hair was down.
"It's nice to see a woman wear armor for a change. You look good in it." Naruto gave her a welcoming smile and nodded appraising her look.
"T-T-Thank you."
She simply looked down and blushed as Naruto mentally sweatdropped. 'I guess she really is shy when it comes to simple compliments as well. Still though she has a nice presence about her when I'm not around Odin. Like more relaxed.' Feeling eyes on him he looked around curious to see several of the girls deadpanning at him as they looked between him and Rossweisse.
"What?! I didn't do anything yet."
"You said 'yet' as in you will in the future."
"Yes, I haven't done anything to you yet either Koneko-chan." Naruto shot back at Koneko when she spoke without missing a beat as she went silent again.
"Hello everyone!" Everyone turned their eyes from Rossweise to the direction of the next girl approaching them as their eyes widened at the familiar person. Xenovia looked shocked as she would recognize the light brown twin tails and purple eyes of her old friend anyway.
"Irina?!" Sure enough it was Irina Shidou in the flesh, down in the underworld with the rest of them. She looked happy as usual as she wore her cloak over her clothes and waved at them as she walked up. Naruto wasn't too surprised as he had thought he felt her presence earlier. Only weird thing to him was why Irina didn't feel human anymore but he was already coming up with answers as to the reason for that already.
"Yep! I serve under Michael-sama now! Hi Naruto-kun and Issei-kun good to see you guys as well." The two just nodded to her as they looked at her in awkward curiosity. Before any questions could be asked the group was greeted by the leaders approaching. Azazel, Sirzechs, Ajuka, and Grayfia all stood in front of them to see them off.
"Alright kiddies I hope you said your goodbyes and are as ready as you can be because you're about to be sent into no man's land." Azazel said it but he didn't seem to be too worried at all, as usual.
Sirzechs donning his role as devil king stepped forward as he addressed them all in a professional manner.
"I want to thank you all once again for doing this for us. You are doing the underworld a service as well as helping maintain the peaceful balance we have in preventing another war from breaking out by doing this. Know that you all likely won't be getting back up as 12 people is pretty much Ajuka's 12 people wouldn't be a problem for the distance he is sending you all but doing that high level spell of instantaneous teleportation along with keeping Loki back until you all can get to his location is incredibly taxing. Loki is a god after all. With that being said keep your guard up out there everyone. This is a tough opponent so good luck."
Naruto looked around to see everyone of his peers who was coming with him to have completely serious expressions on his face causing him to smile. If they are going to take this serious then that's less stress on him. He looked back at the leaders and knew that while the others were back up, he knew that a majority of their faith in them succeeding lied with him so he had to make sure that their faith was not misplaced. His eyes shifted over to Grayfia for a moment to see her looking right at him. Getting the hint he nodded to her so that she wouldn't worry.
Last time he was in a fight like this it kind of reminded him of Kokabiel except this time there was no chance of her even being able to help, only watching from back here. Naruto had to prove to the Satan level beings now that he didn't even need their help either. That he was more than strong enough to pull not just his but everyone's weight.
"Alright everyone let's get this show on the road."
The magic circle started to glow and without further stalling it rose up and engulfed them as they vanished.
- In some far off location in the Underworld -
In a flash of light everyone was transported to a barren location of a rocky range of ravines of sorts and other rock formations. Naruto scanned the area quickly making a not of what he saw. 'Good looks like we are pretty far out of the way so only thing I need to watch out for is the group so I don't hit them in the crossfire. The terrain is also pretty uneven which can be helpful for me.'
Everyone after gaining their bearings walked forward towards where Loki was sealed. It looked to be some kind of large pyramid shape of magic holding him contained. There was the breaking of earth and suddenly everyone felt the rubbling as the pyramid started to glow and rose out of the ground into the sky.
"Welp I guess it's a cube not a pyramid." Everyone got on guard while Naruto and Tama looked as unperturbed as ever when suddenly the magic green cube shattered showing Loki hovering in the air unharmed.
"Well that was pretty rude of Beelzebub." Loki had his arms behind his back crossed as he defied gravity above them. Seeing the traitor in front of her Rossweisse stepped forward and pointed at the Norse God.
"Loki attacking our leader Odin is unforgivable! If you had such an issue with how things were being run then you should have filed your complaint through the proper channels!" Naruto who was standing to the right of her with his arms crossed looked over at her bewildered.
"Really that's the best you could think off for the opening line against the enemy? 'File your complaint through the proper channels'? What the hell does that mean? Is he going to give Odin a bad review on a job site? Is he supposed to write out a really long and formal essay on why he's so butthurt with change?" Rossweisse glared at Naruto as Loki looked amused at the spike haired hybrid of a demon.
"Who are you boy?"
Naruto grinned as he held out his hand and pointed at Loki this time.
"I've been called many things but today I am your executioner. So allow me to formally welcome you... To Hell!"
Naruto's black aura exploded and licked over his body like flames giving him a very menacing appearance. Naruto has spotted his prey and he is on the hunt.
- END -
AN: Because I don't think much about the pacing I didn't realize until I was typing this chapter that the next big secret to reveal is actually coming up soon... like probably next chapter so I made this one a bit shorter so that I can make sure I do the next one great and have enough length for it without it being at an awkward stopping point.
I got family coming in a few days and that will likely mess with my posting speed so I will try to have the next chapter out in 2 days if I can. Between now and Christmas I want to have at least 2 more chapters out which will take care of the Loki fight. After that I hope you all don't mind if I take a little break. As in a few days of purposefully not typing anything around Christmas time as fatigue does build. Though that's if I can even bring myself to stop myself which may or may not happen.
Anyway caught up with Iron Blooded Orphans and almost done watching Etotama which is surprisingly good.
Also a few reviewers made it aware to me that the Anime of Dxd mixes things up quite a bit to how they happened in the LN so I will be following the anime for the most part but in the interest of time some things such as the Sairaorg fight and maybe a few other things will likely be moved up to where they can be put into the story smoothly.
Also check out my Deviantart. I'm still working on the Naruto drawing as I'm not liking how it's looking too much right now so I have to fix it more before I post that but I randomly ended up starting a drawing of Tama with her egg halfway through. Honestly the Tama drawing is possibly my favorite so far and I'm not even done with it yet.
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