Rule#6: Always assume your enemy is stronger than you.

The Vatican, one of the smallest countries in the world, was far from being one of the poorest. The Pope, once an image of unattainable power to which one couldn't even hope to dream of, became the ruler of a small, tourist attraction instead of the vast empires of days past. At least, that's what they want you to think… as it was the headquarters of the Church and hosted some of the most powerful exorcists alive.

Naruto took out his notebook and looked at his schedule. He had more than enough time to explore the Holy City since Ajuka's plans for the village should be done in roughly two and a half months.

He had a lot of things to do, he needed learn about technology, he had to brush up on leading and maintaining a village, and most importantly, he had to learn more about the beast that ravaged his home.

It was a warm morning and he was on top of a rooftop with the Main Cathedral in sight.

The most obvious thing would be to check the main Cathedral, where the Pope and the main chairmen stayed, and possibly where the darkest secrets and valuable information was. However it was most likely well guarded and protected, and it could be real bad if he got caught in there.

Of course, the solution to that was to simply not get caught and being prepared.

And for that... He needed to know who and what he was dealing with, he needed to know them better than they probably knew themselves. He needed to know of every single person and sentient creature that existed in there, he needed to know their patterns, quirks, voices, names, response and everything he could get out of a person.

It was a very intensive and exhausting job, very similar to how he and Kaguya smuggled and brought Cleria to the Underworld, but much worse. There was no Byakugan to make maps and now, thanks to Roygun, he knew that he was able to be sensed when in Sage Mode.

She had said that she couldn't sense him without it, and that with it - in the Underworld - he had a terrifying presence. It would seem to be a two-way road, they couldn't sense him normally, and he couldn't sense them.

'This is going to suck later.' Naruto sighed and three clones appeared besides him, then each of them disappeared in bursts of speed. He closed his notebook and began to observe.

-Several hours later-

Observing and planning was such a boring and exhausting part of any job, but it constituted around 90% of most of them. He missed when things were as simple as just beating the bad guy and saving the day.

'Alright, here goes nothing.' Naruto took a deep breath and dispelled the clones that he had sent to observe from other angles.

His head pulsed, he clutched it with his right hand and fell to a knee as the visions rushed through his mind. He took in deep breaths and leaned against a wall.

It was a lot of information.

Then it all finally stopped.

''Naruto...'' He heard a feminine voice call out to him, and he glanced to the side to see it but found nothing.

''Naruto...'' He heard again, clearer than the last time, but still failed to find the source.

'Great, the headaches are starting again. I'll sort through the stuff the clones got later, I should sleep now.' Naruto thought and closed his eyes, it would seem that in that night, he would sleep outdoors.

Which wasn't too bad, the breeze was nice on the rooftop.

-Next morning-

Naruto woke up with the sun on his face, which wasn't that bad due to shades, his body was stiff, he had a migraine and felt hungry.

''Ah….today really is going to be one of those days.'' Naruto said as he struggled to get up.

'What's going on with you?'

'Kurama is that you?' Naruto rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. 'It's complicated, can we talk about this later, my head still hurts.'

Kurama huffed and closed their 'channel'.

Naruto was thankful, he wasn't in the mood for anything and he hadn't even figured out what he wanted to do yet.

'This migraine isn't going away anytime soon, I should probably just have breakfast, or lunch... what time is it anyway?' He glanced upwards and saw that the sun was reaching the center of the sky, whatever that meant.

So he left in search for a place to exchange the money that Roygun had gotten for him from the drug dealer to pay for lunch. Which in hindsight, should have been the first thing he had done today.

-two hours later-
In a park

Exchanging money was more complicated than he had expected, they were big on procedures on large amounts, but were lax when it came to small ones. He took the opportunity to test how Genjutsu works and if maybe he could use them on normal people.

It took a few tries, but he managed, and succeeded in exchanging all of his money. Then had a very large breakfast and went back to the streets, where we find him now, on a park.

His migraine had gotten worse with the Genjutsu attempts, but numbed down after breakfast.

He had a lot of information to sort from the clones, and to get to that he first needed to clear his mind, so he opted to sightsee the Country. It had an impressive architecture, the entire world had, very different from his planet. It had a lot of churches, a large flow of tourists and a decent amount of street artists.

At first everything was amusing for him, but the more he stopped to observe the people and his surroundings, the more analytical his view became. Even if he didn't want to, it was becoming instinctual to dissect and learn things.

It was like he was losing his humanity, he needed to lose it, he needed to improve himself, but not to the point of Madara. It was like the world was losing its shine, and at the same time he had it on his fingertips, like he could do whatever he wanted with it and all he had to do was want to.

'I need to find a way to distract myself...' Naruto thought and glanced around till he spotted a street musician, a teenager playing a violin.

He observed the teen from far for a couple of hours, it was intriguing how the instrument produced different sounds based on the position of hands and way the bow's strings grinded against them.

It served to distract him from the voices whispering in the back of his head.

Time passed and soon the street performer began to pack his things to leave. Naruto got up from his spot and went to the young man. ''Hey I know you are about to leave, but can you teach me the basics for fifty Euros?''

Naruto showed him 50Euro note.

The teen looked at him for a few seconds, then nodded, ''You won't learn much just from the basics, but okay… for starters your posture need to be like this, back straight...''

He went on with the explanation on playing the stringed instrument, but Naruto tuned out upon seeing a familiar face on the background. It was an exorcist, the same one that decapitated and killed Clerias' boyfriend.

Naruto raised his hand and stopped the boy, then gave him the bill. ''Hey, I just remembered something, can we continue later? I'll catch you around.''

The teen took the money and Naruto patted him on the shoulder and left to follow the exorcist.

-With the Exorcist-

It has been a bad week for Shidou Touji, a really shitty week. By orders from his superior, he was forced to kill a member of his team, a close friend of his… for what would amount to nothing. Not only that, but he also broke his daughter's heart by separating her from her best friend, Issei which broke his heart as well, but had to be done out of necessity.

He hadn't gotten all the details of what went down, other than that the devil which Masaomi was dating survived, and that another noteworthy devil was killed in return.

He'd just come back from the main cathedral to try and find out more about what had happened, but was stonewalled by the upper ranks. They didn't even allow him one step in the door to the mission archives before booting him out under the pretence of Highly "Classified" Information .

It was a bad week indeed…

His house wasn't far, and it didn't take long for him to reach it. It was a small and humble house, with swings up front on a large and thick tree. The sight of it didn't brighten his mood, in fact, it probably made it worse.

Inside were two more people that he had disappointed, his wife and his daughter. His wife understood that sometimes things happened and they had to move, she didn't like it, but she understood.

His daughter however… she was the only thing that kept him from running straight through the door... he had broken her heart by separating her from her best friend.

He entered the house and Irina who was playing with her toys in the living room, got up and left to her room and she didn't even spare him a glance.

His frown deepened, and his wife sighed at the occurance.

He glanced at her, gave her a strained smile and went to their room.

Their room was simple and humble, it had a couple's bed, a wardrobe for both of them, and a nightstand with a closed bible on its surface. On the east wall, opposite to the was the bathroom's door.

He went straight towards the bathroom and closed the door behind him, then placed his sword on the side.

'I had warned him! I warned him that what he was doing was heresy! Why didn't he stop? But why do I feel like this.' Touji stared at himself in the mirror. 'Lord, I have fulfilled your will, I have done what was needed, and yet my consciousness is heavy and my heart aches with untold regret.'

Meanwhile
On top of nearby building

'Shidou Touji … you remind me of Kakashi-sensei, you seem to have enough issues on your own.' Naruto thought and before he could leave he felt the air shift behind him.

''Turn around slowly, make any sudden movement and it will be your last.'' Spoke a feminine voice from behind Naruto and he heard the fluttering of clothes.

''We could do it that way… I turn around, you don't recognize me, ask me who I am, why I am following an exorcist, see where things go from there. We could do that… or you could walk away.''

''Now why would I do that? Turn around, slowly.'' The woman said and Naruto exhaled.

''Because some roads you shouldn't go down… because maps used to show the locations of dragons, but now they don't. But that doesn't mean the dragons aren't there.'' Naruto said and felt something pointy pressing against his back. ''How old is your kid, adopted right?''

''I said, turn around slowly.'' She repeated in a more forced tone and then retracted her sword to give him space.

''I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do and what you should do, Griselda Quarter. I'm going to walk away and you should turn around and go home to your daughter. And every few years you are going to look into her face and know that you are alive and well because you chose to not going down a certain road on a certain day. That you chose to walk into the light instead of into the darkness… do you understand me?'' Naruto asked and then slowly turned away, seeing her to be a beautiful blond woman wearing a nun outfit.

Naruto then walked passed her, but right before he left, she shook her head and ran towards him, then tried to stab him with her sword.

He stopped, turned around and she stabbed him through the stomach, but he didn't flinch. He grabbed her hands on the hilt and squeezed, cracking her hands and fingers, then warped them both to the Kamui dimension.

In there, he released her hand and she staggered backwards, dizzy from the teleportation, leaving the sword in his stomach.

While she recovered, Naruto began to weigh his options and probabilities as if the sword wasn't bothering him. He managed to disarm her and avoid any further attention and exposure of fighting in the Vatican by bringing her to the Kamui dimension. But there still was one problem… what should he do with her?

She had seen his face and could report him to Church authorities if he allowed her to leave. Which in itself wasn't that bad on the short term, they wouldn't be able to do much with his description in the present moment, but it could mean future complications.

The smart thing, would be to kill her and vanish with her body, but… he was brought out of his thoughts when the Nun drew two daggers and assumed a battle posture.

''Hmm...'' Naruto's lip thinned.

''You… what is this place and who are you?'' She asked and tensed as Naruto stepped forward.

''Two fairly important questions, the answer to one is that this is the Kamui realm, my personal dimension. As for me, I'm nobody important'' Naruto began walking around her. ''This place is pretty cool huh? I used to hate everything about it, now though, I love it. ''Don't ask me how we can breath in this void, or how these things float or how gravity works here. I haven't the faintest idea on any of those subjects.''

Her posture was somewhat odd, he could see that she was having a hard time holding the daggers with her crushed fingers, but that wasn't what was odd. It was like she wasn't meant to be a sword-fighter or wield daggers, like she was new and trying to find her vocation and fighting style.

Not wanting to give him time to analyze and strategize, Griselda launched herself at him, imbuing her daggers with light mid-way.

He sidestepped and she passed by him, then she crouched down and attempted to sweep for his feet, but he jumped and avoided again.

While still in the air above her, Naruto's eyes widened slightly then narrowed as she gained a white aura.

''Burn!'' Griselda yelled and raised her right arm and dagger up, pointing it at Naruto, then followed a beam of holy energy at him, and everything went white.

A huge explosion occurred which forced her shield her face from the light and force, then after the wind died down there was silence, complete silence.

She uncovered her face and looked around, noticing how the there were no human remains. Her confirmation came in the sound of swirling air on a nearby cube, and then a second later he appeared, having removed the sword from his gut sometime while he was away, welding it with his right hand.

''Sword's aren't my style, but this will have to do.'' Naruto spoke and she felt the sense of foreboding, that he was dangerous.

A gust passed by her towards his directing, his presence became palpable. It was a strange feeling, before she felt nothing coming from him, no presence, now however… it was strange, it wasn't good nor evil, it just existed. Beneath his sunglasses, he gained dark-orange lines around his eyes, similar to the ones of his original sage-mode.

She blinked and he disappeared, her instincts reacted quickly and she lifted her right arm and dagger upwards, and just in time to parry her own holy sword.

Sword clashed with dagger as Naruto brought down the sword on her. The pillar beneath cracked from the pressure and she attempted to stab him from under with her spare hand, making him jump backwards to another pillar.

'This guy… he's dangerous! His strength, my arm is numb, I can barely feel it. my arms won't last long if I clash with him directly, it was a miracle that I managed to block him. I need to end this, fast!' She thought and her covered herself in holy light, then launched herself at him.

It was all or nothing for her, she knew that she wouldn't survive if the fight lasted too long, her arms and body would give way. She needed to end him and fast, then figure out a way to get out later.

Her speed had been greatly enhanced, to a normal human she had disappeared and reappeared in front of him, but against sage mode and the Mangekyou Sharingan, she may as well have been in slow-motion. He parried her first strike and jumped back to avoid the second, but as he did so, she sent a holy blast his way.

It struck him and he disappeared in a puff of smoke, then carried on till it reached a nearby pillar.

While she was still in the air, another Naruto appeared behind her and attempted to slash her back, but following her instincts, she turned around and blocked it with both her daggers. It however wasn't enough to protect her, the strength behind the swing sent her crashing at one of the taller pillars, creating a large indent on it and nearly destroying it.

She dropped her daggers and fell and fell limp on the pillar below.

''Stay down, you're only making your situation worse.'' Naruto said from a cube above and she began to get up,

''He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty…'' Griselda got up and began to build up holy energy and picked up her daggers.

''Oh, you foolish woman…''

''Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee for the Lord is thy shield and armor and no harm shall befall thee for he is by your side!'' She charged at him and he smiled, and when she was a meter and a half away from him, he exploded.

Her holy aura protected her from most harm, but the shockwave stopped her momentum and she fell. While she fell, another Naruto approached from behind, bringing down the sword on her, to which she barely managed to parry, then countered with a holy energy blast.

The blast carried him backwards and she fell on the ground, it exploded brightly but her instincts warned her that something was wrong. She turned around and for a brief moment it seemed that a golden light flashed through her.

She turned around again and found him with his back turned, and wisps of flames that vanished as she saw him. She took a step forward and pointed her right knife at him, but her aura flickered and dimmed

''What did you…'' Griselda dropped her knives and a red stain appeared on her chest.

A drop of blood slid from Naruto's blade to the ground

Her legs wobbled, she coughed blood and fell on a knee, her strength was dwindling fast along with her courage, which was replaced with fear. She tried to push herself upwards with her left hand, but her limbs had enough, and she frontwards, a pool of blood forming underneath her body.

''You fought till your end, and your God didn't save you… what a shame, I was half expecting something stopped me.'' Naruto said while turning around, then made his way to her. ''You brought this on yourself, and yet… I still don't want to let you die.''

He jabbed the sword into the ground next to her, and placed his right hand on her stomach.

His hand glowed green and the wound closed, she was still breathing but very weakly, she'd live.

'Great… now what. There must be some other way of making sure she doesn't talk or forgets me…' Naruto rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes behind his comically sharp sunglasses. 'I can't erase memories with genjutsu and I have nowhere near enough practice with fuinjutsu. Kaguya and Roygun are going to be busy for the month and I have a shit ton of stuff to do till then..."

Naruto groaned as the stability of his mind wavered, he'd been pushing it too far with the constant use of the Mangekyou.

It was time that he had drawn the line, he couldn't just go around killing people like Obito probably would have back in his darker days. What he was doing was for a righteous cause and he knew it would cease to be a righteous one if he began slaying innocents. He'd changed drastically since his arrival, but he wasn't a monster, nor did he want to become one.

'Hey Naruto, you alright there?.' A deep and familiar spoke inside Naruto's head.

'Huh, Kurama is that you? I'll be fine, what is it?'

'We have an idea, but we need time. Between us nine, we've seen lots of your human fuinjutsu. We never bothered trying but we've seen it plenty of times. Isobu remembers one that was used on Nohara Rin, I've seen plenty in action too, if we combine our past experiences, then we might be able to figure something out.'

'Oh.. uh, that'd be great, but we are a bit short on time… I got an idea for now' Naruto thought back in reply and their connection was closed. Then he turned his attention back to the unconscious Griselda.

'Kaguya and Roygun must be having a better time than me…'

-Meanwhile-

In Kaguya's dimension

''Ahahaha! Run skank! Run for your life skank! This is just the beginning!'' Kaguya grinned wickedly as large purple fireballs rained down upon Roygun like a hailstorm. It was nighttime in her dimension and the purple glow of Kaguya's flames lit up the night and left gigantic craters throughout the landscape.

She had waited patiently for some alone time with the Devil, some girl-to-girl time to put her in her place, directly beneath her feet.

Kaguya had been raining hell on Roygun for the entirety of a month. She had been bending time 'slightly' by ratio of 15:1, giving them plenty of time to get to know each other.

'Oh fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!' Roygun flew around a fireball and blasted another one with her demonic power. Her blast made it explode and the shockwave sent her speeding to the rocky bottom.

Her monthly experience was howere paying off, she unfurled her wings in time and regained control of herself before crashing, and continued to dodge and duck. It was the experience of her second week that was being the most helpful in this predicament.

Kaguya would put Roygun through a different kind of torture/training every week. The first week was inside under a freezing cave network, the second was dodging lightning and hail, large chunks of hail the size of cars; the third week… now that was something that Roygun wished she forgot.

-with Naruto-

Rooftop

Naruto placed the unconscious Griselda on the ground on the rooftop where she first confronted him. It was dawn and would soon get cold, but he believed that she would soon wake up.

'I'm going to need to monitor her to make sure that the jutsu worked. At least you get to live troublesome wo-agh!' The pain resurfaced with a vengeance, it felt like someone poured lava in his skull.

He staggered backwards, clutched his head and gritted his teeth. His vision flickered and the colors inverted, and the world shook, his heart raced and the pain and pressure increased as if the world was crashing down on his shoulders.

''Naruto!''

He heard somebody call out amidst the chaotic mess, and like a light piercing through the shadow.

''Naruto!''

It repeated, clearer, the voice sounded feminine, and it felt… familiar. The voice served to snap him out of it enough to regain his bearings and disappear in a burst of speed.

It was going to be a long night...

-Omake-

The following is just an omake and in no way is foreshadowing something.

''I want to watch that movie.'' Kaguya said to Naruto as they walked, stopping him and pointing to a poster of a movie entitled ''Junior''.

''Hmm… you do? Junior… you got any idea what it's about?'' Naruto asked and they walked towards the poster.

''I saw from that it is about male pregnancy. I want to see it.'' Kaguya insisted and Naruto blinked, if she wanted to see, then he had to see.

With those words said, the poster began to make sense, the man with a strong face and a large belly with a fat man listening to his stomach with a stethoscope.

Naruto had better things to do, he had to study, he had to train, and he felt like it would be too much of a distraction. ''Umm… can't we watch this another day?''

Kaguya glared, ''I want to watch this now. I thought you'd want to watch it too, given your condition…''

''Me? My condition? What condition? What you talking about, woman?''

''I gave you the consciousness of the bijuu, and they are now inside you…'' Kaguya placed her hand on Naruto's stomach.

'I don't like where this is going…' Naruto began to sweat, and Kaguya's lips curved upwards.

''[...] You've been feeding them with your chakra, and they are growing inside you…''

'Oh no…' The color slowly drained from Naruto's face.

''[...] You are officially pregnant."'

''Oh shit.''/"Oh shit"

Hey guys, sorry for taking so long to update, just came out of my vacation now and was slacking a bit. Chapter was a bit short because the majority of the action I am saving for the next chapter.

Now that I am back from vacation, next chapter shouldn't take as long. Saved majority of action for next chapter. Next chapter, shit is going down.

Thanks to Dangasaur for helping check my mistakes and with ideas, he also has been going through previous chapter, chapter 1 has been edited