Reading Devil Ninja

by sandewrpally

Come and read about how Naruto influences the world of DXD! Reading of Devil Ninja done with permission form The Engulfing Silence.

5. Chapter 5

Reading Devil Ninja

Chapter 5

By SandewrPally

Original Work by The Engulfing Silence

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So... hi everyone. Sorry for the delay.

Ok now with that out of the way i bring you the next chapter of Reading Devil Ninja. Here's answers for Reviews.

Expect various people to come to the Velvet Room, including the girls that are interested in Naruto. So Ravel, yes.

I'll try to get the power levels between the two series more in line.

Everyone has a hate/love relationship with decent hangovers.

And with that

On with the show!

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"RIAS-TAN!"

At the proclamation form the red-haired man all Rias could do was groan and blush in embarrassment. As the man, followed by a silver-haired woman ion a maid's outfit of all things, stepped through the door the Shinobi were on high alert. These two radiated power similar to Rias, though on a whole different scale. The feel of their powers were also different. While the male felt like incarnate destruction, the woman felt much like Haku's power felt. Again, on a whole different scale. Needless to say the shinobi were on edge.

"Brother, how did you even know we were here?"

"Mou Rias-tan, a brother can't worry about his sister?"

The man pouted towards Rias, while the woman had turned towards the Shinobi. They could easily tell that if a fight broke out they would be in for one heck of a fight. Luckily the tension was diffused rather quickly due to the Velvet Room attendants.

"Ah, I see Elizabeth delivered the message." Margaret stated, much to the confusion of everyone.

"Yes, though how she got through the various wards and protections around my office still baffles me."

Margaret merely gave a small smile as she gestured towards the two new arrivals. "She does have a way with getting messages to people.. For now though I believe introductions are in order."

At the gesture the red-haired man turned to notice the four Shinobi, with one petting his sister's rook to blissful euphoria. "Ah, I guess we should introduce ourselves."

The red-haired man offered a small nod as he introduced himself. "I am Sirzechs Lucifer, one of the current Maou's. The beautiful lady next to me is my Queen and wife Grayfia Lucifuge."

Menato took the reins for the shinobi. "I am Namikaze Minato, Yondaime of Konohagakure. My wife is Uzumaki Kushina." at being introduced the Uzumaki matriarch sent a small wave though the Shinobi and older devils could tell she was a little on edge "Next to her is Senju Tsunade, Godaime of Konohagakure. And Finally

"Uzumaki Naruto, at you service." Exclaimed Naruto, earning a bemused look from Minato. Sirzechs had let outa few chuckles before turning to Margaret.

"The message said that Rias and her peerage were reading a book?"

"Indeed." Margaret said, the small smile having not left her face. "The book is primarily about the young man" she pointed to Naruto "And his effect on your dimension."

"I see. Well then let's not delay!" Before anyone could stop him Sirzechs had snatched the book and appeared next to Rias on their couch. Grayfia proceeded to stand behind him, much to the confusion of the Shinobi. For some Reason Rias knew that her brother was possible the last person she wanted to read about her life. He was already a sis-con of somewhat extreme portions. 'Though it could be worse she mused.

Elsewhere Sona sneezed, annoyed that the paperwork she was on blew out of her hands.

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Chapter 5: A Time to Fight!

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Naruto stifled a yawn as he woke up after another exhausting night. His body ached in places that no amount of healing jutsu could fix, probably because they were not actually wounds but the result of a nights hard training. Cuts could be healed, bones mended, muscles restored, but the ache brought about by hard work and good old fashion exercise could only be healed with time.

"Sure they can, except when the person in question trains themselves to utter exhaustion and actual needs medical care." Tsunade stated, directing her gaze to Naruto.

"It was only a couple of times!" Naruto exclaimed. Naruto could only grumble as everyone chuckled.

It didn't help that Naruto pushed himself quite hard last night after watching that battle between the rest of Rias' peerage and Vizor. He was in good shape, but he wanted to be stronger, strong enough that he could be of help to Rias and his new friends. That meant working back up to where he had been before getting sent to this strange world, no matter how painful such a task was.

Naruto could only groan as Tsunade sent a smug look at him. It didn't help that his mother was berating Minato for his son inheriting his training habits.

As his mind began the slow process of waking up he absently let his hands rub the curvaceous body of the beautiful red head in his arms.

Sirzechs had paused before turning to his now sputtering and blushing sister. Akeno could only hold her hand over her mouth, trying and failing to hold in her giggles.

"Other me!" Rias shouted in an attempt to defend herself from well… her other self. Sirzechs merely decided to continue reading before forming a definite opinion about his sister being in the same bed as the blond Ninja.

His thoughts soon turned to his training; what he was good at, what he was bad at, what he would need to improve on.

Surprisingly enough, he discovered that his chakra control was exceptional, which was a nice change from his previously horrendous control. It wasn't perfect, but he wasn't going to become a medical ninja or Genjutsu specialist so perfect chakra wasn't necessary.

"You, a medic?" Tsunade chuckled. Kushina gave her son a pat on the ack in companionship, knowing the struggles of having above average chakra reserves and none of the control for smaller Shinobi techniques.

Though he was hoping to replicate baa-chan's super strength, which he remembered Sakura saying needed very precise chakra control. It would be hard, especially since Naruto did not have a clue as to how good his control needed to be.

"That would be awesome." Naruto muttered. HE had seen what Tsunade and Sakura were capable of, and with his diminished chakra reserved it would come in handy.

His Ninjutsu was terrible.

'And there's the drawback.' The Shinobi thought.

While his control over his chakra had become a thousand times better than before, it was only due to the fact that the amount of chakra he could now use was so much smaller than what he used to that he had naturally better control. This meant that many of his more chakra intensive jutsu were out of his reach.

"That is a big problem." Naruto said, a little more worried about his story counterpart.

Considering almost all of his jutsu were chakra intensive and required the reserves of an above average jounin to even use, that left him with a very big problem.

"That would be an understatement." Minato commented. To not be able to use most of your arsenal was a huge hit to his son's combat potential. Unbeknownst to everyone else Sirzechs had looked at Naruto in interest before continuing the story.

Thankfully, all was not lost. Naruto still had some of his more basic jutsu, including the ones Jiraiya had taught him when they were training. He only had a few that were B-rank and below, but they should be enough for now. At least until he could begin making his own jutsu. It shouldn't be too hard for someone as awesome as him. If Sasuke had been able to make his own jutsu, then so could Naruto.

"Someone's a little jealous." Akeno teased, earning a growl from Naruto. Though they had worked out their issues there were still some problems with Sasuke. Mainly the fact that he still kind of had a stick up his ass.

Next he would need...would... need...need...

"Ah. Seems someone realized that he's not alone." Kushina stated, much to the embarrassment of both Naruto and Rias.

….

….

Eh?

As his mind became fully awake and cognizant, the blond-haired, whisker-faced former Konoha ninja finally realized where he was, what he was doing, and that there was a very familiar person laying in his bed...again.

At the questioning look from both Sirzechs and Grayfia Rias' blush had reached the same shade of color as her hair. Unfortunately Akeno was there to dig her hole a little deeper.

"Ara ara, it seems you've been there every night eh Bucou?"

Cue atomic level blush. The two older devils shifted their gaze to Naruto and surprisingly a somewhat jealous Koneko.

"Other us?" Naruto defended weakly.

How many times does this make now? Six? Seven? He was beginning to lose count.

Rias could only sputter as she heard that line. She was that comfortable being around Naruto? How else could she explain sleeping with him in the same bed for a week?

Groaning, Naruto thought about what he should do. He could slip out of the room, go take a shower, cook some breakfast, and get ready for school―not something that brought about pleasant thoughts for the young man―

The three older shinobi chuckled, reminded of the stories they had heard from Kakashi and other sources. Rias and Akeno could only smile at the thoughts of the blonde Uzumaki.

or he could just stay where he was and relax, which was infinitely more preferable. After all, what hot-blooded male wouldn't want to lay in bed with a drop-dead-gorgeous and completely naked female in their arms.

It seems Issei isn't the only pervert around here.

"What? I'm nothing like Issei." Naruto pouted at being compared to the perverted pawn. It was like before when some people compared him to Jiriaya on the training trip. Rias merely blushed at Naruto's thoughts about her.

However, as nice as laying in bed with this beautiful, naked girl in his arms sounded, there were things he wanted to know: like finding out just why she was in his bed again.

"That is the question on everyone's mind." Tsunade commented, her eye twitching at the situation that had apparently been repeated a couple of times.

"Rias," Naruto said. The girl didn't stir. Frowning, he shook her a bit and spoke more loudly. "Rias. Rias. Wake up."

"Not exactly a morning person." Sirzechs commented to the shinobi, who chuckled while Rias shouted for her brother to stop. "We had to make sure she didn't blast any of the morning staff when she was woken up."

"Brother! That was a long time ago."

"Sure it was." Sirzechs said, leaving a sputtering Rias as he continued. The Shinobi were chuckling at the reaction form the Gremory Heiress.

"Mmm..." Rias moaned slightly as she drifted back into the world of conscious thought. Sitting up, once again heedless of her nudity, Rias yawned widely as she raised a single hand to rub the sleep out of her eyes.

Naruto was a little glad that Koneko was sitting in his lap. But while it did hide his reaction to Rias' beauty, it did not stop Koneko from reacting to it. Or the slight rubbing she had started. Kushina had covered Minato's eyes, with the man himself chuckling at the expression he was certain was on his son's face.

It was almost as cute as Koneko, only instead of being adorable, her actions were incredibly sensual. It was like her very being just exuded a sort of cute and innocent sexiness that was such a natural part of her she didn't even know it existed. Rias was definitely what Jiraiya would call the "girl next door" type.

"Who is this Jiriaya if I might ask?"

"A perverted lecher." Was Tsunade's immediate response.

"Our sensei. "Naruto and Minato responded.

"An older version of your sister's pawn." Kushina stated with some mirth, much to the embarrassment of Rias. She got it already, Issei was the King among perverts!

"Despite his rather, unethical hobbies, Jiriaya was one of the strongest Shinobi form Konohagakure produced." Minato corrected, though he didn't deny that Jiriaya was in fact a pervert among perverts. A super pervert if you will.

"Good morning, Rias," Naruto said softly. Rias looked down at him as she rubbed her eyes and offered a sleepy smile.

"Good morning, Naruto," she greeted, making Naruto smile in return. It left a second later as he remembered he was supposed to be a bit disgruntled.

"Ahh, but you two look so cute together." Kushina commented. What made it worse was Sirzechs nodding along with Kushina's statement. Even form the little he read, and the way the Naruto across form him acted, it seemed that this Naruto was a good match for his sister. Much better than that bastard-

Taking a deep breath, he put that off to the side. Maybe he could help Rias find a solution through this place.

Or was he? Waking up with a beautiful woman was certainly not something he should be complaining about, after all. Still, it was a bit annoying to wake up with someone else when you know they had not been there the night before.

"Care to tell me why you're in my bed...again?" asked Naruto with a single raised eyebrow. Rias blinked several times as she registered his words before smiling.

"I seems Rias-sama rather enjoys this situation." Grayfia commented, earning some laughs from the group. Rias sent her brother's wife a betrayed look, while Grayfia just kept her stoic look.

"I had trouble sleeping on my own," Rias admitted, causing Naruto to look at her oddly. "Normally it's fine so long as I have something to snuggle with, like one of my stuffed...toys, but for some reason I just couldn't get a good nights sleep. I suppose you could say I was feeling restless."

"Oh those poor stuffed toys." Akeno commented, more than familiar with her king's penchant for cuddling. She herself had cuddled, along with Koneko, multiple times but grew out of forcing her peerage to share her bed. Though it seemed Naruto was swiftly undoing any progress to not needing a 'cuddle-buddy'. Koneko had not stopped glaring at her king for sleeping with the blonde Uzumaki.

Naruto struggled as he tried to work through what she was saying. It wasn't that he didn't understand her words so much as he just could not picture Rias having any stuffed toys. She didn't seem the type.

…

"Really?" Kushina stated to her son. From her perspective Rias was the type that made stuffed animals sensual without even trying. Minato must have had the same idea, for the pitying look he gave his son was any indication.

Okay, so maybe that wasn't entirely true. She was very grabby in her sleep, as he could attest to. He could easily picture her holding onto some large, overstuffed, human-sized animal or something as she slept.

On a side note, it was a very cute image.

"Would you like to see a picture?" Sirzechs stated. At Kushina's nod the elder devil had produced a photo that was instantly disintegrated by a heavily breathing Rias.

She thought she had destroyed all those photos, for devil's sake.

Naruto dispelled those thoughts with a shake of his head as Rias began to speak some more. "Then I remembered how easy it was to fall asleep next to you. You were so warm and cozy, like being next to a fire without the possibility of getting burned. I just couldn't help myself."

Naruto groaned, more than familiar with how his natural body heat made for, in several of the women he had slept with terms, the perfect cuddle buddy.

Naruto sighed as he rubbed his eyes with a tired expression. What to do, what to do, what to do. It wasn't that it necessarily bothered him that she slept with him. He would admit that it felt nice to wake up next to a warm body. It hadn't happened enough back in the Elemental Nations.

Kushina and Tsunade frowned before turning their looks to Naruto. The blonde Uzumaki merely shrugged, knowing that Jiriaya had corrupted him a little beyond the grave.

At the same time, as much as he liked Rias, he still didn't know her that well, and he wasn't the kind of guy to allow intimacy to develop without knowing he and the girl in question really did love each other.

Naruto, along with his parents, could only smile at the other Naruto's thoughts. He was in agreement with his counterpart when it came to love and intimacy.

That one time at the brothel during his training trip did not count. It would never count.

"Naruto!" Tusnade and Kushina whipped their heads around to a shocked and pale Naruto. That was one tidbit about their training trip he would have rather anyone not have known.

"He tricked me!" Naruto quickly defended himself, hoping that his godfather's reputation would save him. Which made him feel dirty for some reason.

Minato could only shake his head, guessing what method he had used to get Naruto into that situation.

Curse that Jiraiya!

"The pervert is very lucky he is dead at the moment." Tsunade growled while Kushina cracked her knuckles, tresses of her waving around as if they were tails.

In the pure lands Jiriaya had a feeling of dread, and he knew that it had to do with his godson somehow.

"Does it bother you that much?"

Naruto made the mistake of looking at Rias when she asked him that question. The blond had often felt that Koneko was the very definition of moe, and that was true, but Rias had something special that Koneko did not.

Rias ignored the look that her rook was sending her, a little unnerved with the neko girl being more expressive ever since meeting Naruto.

The first thing he noticed was the way her hair fell down around her face. It gave the gorgeous red head a strange aura, a combination of innocence and mystery that entranced all who laid eyes on her. Her bangs fell about her face, hovering around and over her eyes.

By this point Naruto was blushing once again, along with Rias. The adults were looking between the two teens with amused expressions, except Koneko. The neko girl was pouting and sending her King a death glare at the moment.

Which were the next two objects on the list of things he noticed. He had been enchanted by those eyes the first day they met, loving their unique color. Right now those eyes had narrowed into a look that was somehow both remorseful and seductive.

It may have had something to do with the sad frown on those beautiful, pink lips, which was the third thing he noticed.

"Ah, putting my son in a full throttle guilt trip? Very sneaky Rias." Kushina commented, earning a confused sputter form the girl in question. Sirzechs had managed to take a picture of her expression before continuing.

Or maybe it just had something to do with her breasts. She was still naked, after all.

"Naruto.." Tsunade growled.

Naruto could only shrug weakly. They were nice breats! What the heck was he going to say?!

"No, no," Naruto waved his hands in front of his face, as if attempting to ward off the look she was giving him. He may have some experience when it came to naked women thanks to Jiraiya, but he had next to none when it came to situations like this. Zero tolerance meant his will and fortitude quickly eroded. "It's not a bother at all! I like it very much in fact!"

Akeno had made a whipping motion, earning embarrassed stuttering from her King and Naruto. Oh, how she was enjoying the teasing she was getting into!

"Really?" Before he knew it, Rias was leaning in, her eyes growing large and sparkling with joy. It was almost as bad as the other look.

Naruto could only stare in suppressed horror. He had never been able to resist looks like that, from anyone. Except maybe Lee. Then it was disturbing.

"Yes, really!" Naruto leaned backwards, hoping against hope that maybe space would lessen the effects of her technique. It didn't, but that was mostly because he was lying down and couldn't actually lean back. "I mean, it felt really nice... You know, holding you in my arms and all... I..." He flushed suddenly. It was one thing to sleep with a naked girl. It was quite another to explain your feelings about something like this through words. "It feels... really nice..."

Rias had a smile on her face like that of the cat that caught the canary. Which was promptly crushed when she remembered her brother was currently in the same room. Reading the same thing that she was secretly taking joy in.

Rias smile widened. It wasn't quite the cat that ate the canary look, but it did make Naruto feel like he was missing something.

"Oh son." Minato shook his head, knowing that his son's denseness was coming full force.

~KatCHRP~

Rias Gremory was still smiling when she entered the Student Council room. She was feeling inordinately pleased with herself, and why shouldn't she? She had finally discovered a way to make Uzumaki Naruto flustered.

The Shinobi had shocked looks. Though Naruto and the rest of the group could easily tell that they were just messing with the blonde Uzumaki.

She had been a little disconcerted by how unaffected he was by her nudity. Despite not having many (or any) of the modesty taboos that humans do, she was well aware of the effects her body had on the male (and some of the female) population. That this boy seemed completely unaffected by it bothered her.

"Please don't take it personal Rias." Naruto said. "I was 'trained' by Jiriaya to resist the female body."

"Which we will be discussing once we get back to Konoha." Tsunade threatened. Naruto could only gulp, more than happy that his godfather was in the pure lands. He might not have survived the beating from an enraged grandmother figure.

That wasn't to say he didn't like what he saw. She had clearly seen the appreciation he had for her body during those times she woke up in his bed (and since she always woke up in his bed these days, well...you get the picture). Several times she caught his eyes wandering over the swells of her breasts or tracing the curves of her hips with lingering glances.

Sirzechs looked between the two mentioned teenagers, who couldn't look at the maou in the eyes at the moment. The Maou Lucifer merely smiled, more than happy that her apparent peerage member wasn't a complete and utter pervert.

From what his informants were reporting the boy had jumpstarted his training, which was a definite increase from just a few weeks ago.

But his gaze was not like those of Issei's or other men. It was...different. There was no other way to describe it. When he looked at her, it felt different than when other men looked at her. There was no real lust in his gaze, no desire to do something more to her then simply looking...or it was just so well hidden that she couldn't see it. Either way it felt like nothing more than simple admiration of her beauty.

'Much the way we came to be married.' Were the thoughts of both married couples. It was the little things, and it seems Rias and Naruto had started down that path. The counterparts at least.

It was both flattering and at the same time disappointing. That was why she was so elated to have finally found something that affected him.

While Naruto was unaffected by her nudity (at least as unaffected as a teenage male with raging hormones can be), he could not remain unaffected by the feelings of a woman. It seemed his entire personality, or a very good chunk of it, was built towards ensuring the happiness of others. He simply didn't like to see other people sad.

Naruto could only sheepishly chuckle, more than happy with the realization Rias had made towards him. He truly was happy with the people precious to him happy as well.

She didn't really know if it was because she was a girl or not, though she felt it certainly helped her chances. Regardless of how unaffected he was by her nudity, Naruto was still male. All men were predisposed towards acting out in some way when dealing with a member of the opposite sex, whether that was acting like a chauvinistic pig or a chivalrous knight was dependent upon the persons personality.

Naruto was definitely the latter of the two.

The devils had a good idea of a good example of a chauvinistic pig. The shinobi could probably add more than a few to that list.

"Gremory-san," a voice greeted her as she entered the room.

Rias did not even bother looking around the clubroom as she waltzed up to the desk where a girl around her age with black hair styled in a short bob cut and violet eyes sat. She sat herself down on the empty chair in front of the desk and greeted her rival with a smile.

"Sona-san."

Sona Sitri, a third year like her and the School President of the Student Council, looked at her over red rimmed glasses.

"She looks so serious." Naruto commented. The devils could only laugh, more than happy that someone she hadn't even met had called her out on it.

"It is very rare for you to visit me like this," Sona said as she used a minor application of magic to get rid of the paperwork that was stacked neatly on her desk.

"That would be a great power to have." Tsunade commented, getting a swift agreement with Minato. paperwork was, after all, the enemy of every leader.

A snap of her fingers and a Chess Board appeared within a magic circle that had Sona's family crest, the white side facing her and the black side facing Rias. She looked over at the other members of the "student council" and spoke again, "Please leave us."

One of the members, the only male student among them, looked like he was about to protest, but a sharp glance from Sona had him leaving as well, albeit grudgingly.

"SO it's not only my sister that has trouble with her pawns." Sirzechs commented. Rias was grateful and more than a little happy that she had blackmail on her best friend. Blackmail was always good.

Turning her attention back to Rias and the Chess Board, Sona made her first move. "Whatever you want to talk to me about must be very important if you had to come see me so early in the day."

Rias studied the move Sona made as she carefully decided her own. "I don't know if it's really important, or at least not vitally important. I am simply here to satisfy my own curiosity," she said, finally making her own move by taking a knight and moving it in a position where it could take Sona's rook if she wanted to.

"I'm reminded of whenever Shikimaru corners someone to play shogi." Naruto muttered. Minato could only chuckle, reminded of the times he and Shukaku would challenge each other.

"I see," Sona narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. After several seconds, she moved her bishop. "You are here about Uzumaki Naruto, correct?"

"Ah, looking for information about our favorite blonde eh buchou?" Rias teased. Rias huffed before focusing on the story, hoping to get more information about how Naruto arrived there in Kuoh.

"You know me too well," Rias sighed. Sona had always been good at reading her like a book. It didn't help that she tended to wear her heart on her sleeve unless required not to. "Yes, I am curious about one of the newest members of my peerage."

"I am surprised you don't know much about him already," Sona frowned. "You members of the Gremory Clan are well known for being affectionate towards your servants."

Sirzechs merely smiled as Rias shared a similar one. It was one of the reason's the family had some of the best peerages in the underworld at the moment. The Shinobi seemed to approve, if the smiles sent their way were any indication.

"I know plenty about him," Rias argued as she watched Sona make her move, grimacing as one of her Rooks was taken. In return, she took Sona's knight. "Naruto-kun is very forthcoming when it comes to himself. I've... I've even asked him about some things I probably shouldn't have, yet he didn't get angry at all and still answered my questions honestly."

"It's okay Rias." Naruto stated, much to the silent relief of the Gremory Heir. "I can understand being curious."

"Hmm?" Sona studied her friend's expression. Rias wondered if the guilt she still felt at bringing up such terrible memories for her newest servant was visible on her face. Probably. "Sounds like someone has had a troubled past."

"That's an understatement." Kushina grumbled as Minato and Tsunade winced. Troubled was a nicer way of saying something about Naruto's life before. Naruto himself just focused on the girl in his lap, knowing that those memories were not the best in the world to dwell on.

"I really can't say," Rias' shoulders slumped. "Naruto's story is his to tell, and I don't want to break the incredible amount of trust he's shown me by saying anything."

The older shinobi seen Rias grateful looks, knowing that the blond was always hurt talking about his past. Sirzechs sent his Wife a look that she responded to by a small nod. This boy was interesting, both in and out of the story.

"A smart move," Sona admitted as she moved another one of her pieces. Rias frowned when she saw that her friend and rival was trying to trap her king. "If he is so forthcoming about himself, then why do you need to ask me about him?"

"It would probably be something that doesn't have to do with Naruto personally." Rias muttered, getting a nod from her brother and queen.

"Because I've come to the belief that the answer to the question I want doesn't lie with Naruto-kun himself," was the immediate answer as Rias decided to use her Queen to destroy the piece that had been about to put her King in check. "I suspect he would not even know the answer to the question I want to ask."

"And that question is?"

"Naruto is on my brother's scholarship program."

That drew several reactions from the devils. Sirzechs had raised his eyebrow, contemplating what exactly his involvement was with the boy. Rias had a suspicious look, and Akeno merely tilted her head to the side.

Rias frowned as Sona moved her Queen and placed her in check. She placed a hand upon her King, but quickly discarded the idea to use it and instead moved her Rook to shield it from the Queen. Now, if Sona tried to take her Rook, she would take her rival's Queen. "I want to know why?"

"And what makes you think I know the answer?"

Rias scoffed. If anyone had information on anyone Sona would be the prime candidate.

"You have information on everybody who comes to this school," Rias said without hesitation. "Surely, you would know something about Naruto."

"Not as much as you might think," Sona sighed as she found her Queen taken. She had extended it a bit too far into Rias' territory. An oversight on her part. "Though I do have a bit of information that you may find interesting. When Naruto was admitted to Kouh Academy, the person who filed his papers was none other than Grayfia-sama."

The surprise on Grayfia was only visible by a slight widening of her eyes. For her husband and king to take such interest of the boy across from them was interesting. Though if the boy in the story was just as powerful as the one petting her sis-in-law's rook, then it would be warranted the interest.

Sirzechs mind was running a mile a minute, wondering if it would be explained later.

"My brother's wife!?" Rias nearly choked on air as she heard this. "That's ― but why? That makes no sense! What makes him so special?"

"Lots of things." Naruto jokingly responded, earning a few chuckles from the group

"That, I do not know," Sona said as she studied the board before smiling. "I only know what I just told you." She moved her bishop into position and leaned back in her seat. "Checkmate."

It would have normally galled her to lose to her rival, friend or not, but Rias was no longer paying attention to the Chess match between them. Her mind was occupied by something far more important than Chess.

"Aw, you think my son is important." Kushina said out loud. Rias merely looked away, though the blush was still noticeable.

A little over one month ago, Naruto had joined Kouh Academy under her brother's scholarship program. At that same time, her brother had given her the most unique mutated piece she had ever seen, and only required that she trade it for a single pawn (she got a mutated pawn out of the deal as well, which was how she was able to resurrect Issei so easily). Now she just found out that the person who had filed Naruto's paperwork to be admitted was none other then her brother's wife.

Just who was Uzumaki Naruto?

'A good question that, hopefully, will be answered.' Sirzechs thought.

~KatCHRP~

"Naruto! Naruto! Koneko! You need to wake up!"

A hand on his shoulder began shaking Naruto awake. Opening his eyes, the blond wearily glanced around to ascertain his current location. He was in the clubroom, lying on the couch where he had elected to get some shut eye before heading out to do some training. A glance at the person the hand belonged to showed a worried looking Kiba.

Rias groaned, realizing where in the story the events that were taking place. While she had reported to her brother the events of that particular week, she was wondering what his reaction would be actual seeing it firsthand.

"K-Kiba..." Naruto yawned as he stretched himself out on the sofa. Laying on top of him, curled up like a cat, the lithe Koneko began stirring. "What's up? Something wrong?"

"Issei's in trouble!" Kiba explained in a rush. "Himejima-senpai is already preparing a magic circle to transport us to his location. The only ones not ready are you two."

"Huh, imagine that. The kid seems to have luck similar to you when it comes to getting into trouble." Tsunade stated.

"At least I have the other luck to fall back on." Naruto muttered

That was all Naruto needed to know. Getting up on the couch, Naruto helped Koneko to her feet and quickly brushed her down as she rubbed her sleepy eyes. A glance towards the other end of the room showed a silhouetted figure standing by the window. Even with her features obscured by the setting sun, he could see her concern and frustration.

'I really hope al that frustration is due to Issei.' Rias thought. Form what she gleamed it seemed Naruto and Koneko had fallen asleep together on the couch.

"We're ready," Naruto told Kiba. "Let's go."

Stepping into the magic circle with Koneko and the others, Naruto was transported to the place where Issei was apparently in danger.

He was really beginning to wonder about that boy.

"In the way he's similar to you?"

"OI!"

The first thing that hit their senses was the copper heavy stench of blood. It was a rank, cloying scent that burned the nostrils with it's poignant odor. The smell was thick enough that anyone not accustomed to it would have gagged.

"You never truly get used to it. Tolerate it, but never used to it." Minato commented, remembering the aftermath of his famous fight against Iwa. Kushina took his hand and squeezed for comfort. Sirzechs had the feeling the blond haired man, who was more than likely a fraction of his age, knew the battlefield well for that reaction.

Naruto ignored the corpse that had been nailed to the wall, and pulled out a cloth and a bottle of perfume, liberally spraying the scented liquid on the cloth before handing it to Koneko. Much like during the Rogue Devil hunt, she was the one who seemed to be the most affected by the horrid stench caused by the bucket loads of blood that had been splashed across the walls like a mad painter throwing paint onto a canvas.

"Never go without it." Naruto said, but it was easy to tell that he was a little tense. He had never been fond of killing after all.

Koneko sent him a thankful look as she took the cloth and held it to her nose. Naruto absently pat her on the head as he took in the scene before him. Issei was standing, barely, his legs wobbling and looking like they were about to collapse at any moment. It was not hard to notice why, the tiny bullet hole that was leaking blood from his right thigh didn't look very pleasant, even if it was a small wound.

"Injuries like that are never fun." Naruto commented. He had, after all, an extensive list of injuries he had received over the years. Though this 'gun' wound seemed to be similar to being stabbed now that he got a good look at it.

"Hyoudo-kun, we're here to help."

"Ara, ara, you look injured."

"Priest..."

"Ah!" Issei looked at the group in shock. "Everyone's here!"

Akeno smiled a lovely, terror inspiring smile as she placed her hand on her cheek. "Just leave everything to us." Her eyes strayed to the person who had likely been the cause of Issei's injuries. "Now, I wonder how I shall cook this one, ufufufu."

"Honestly that is a rather bad habit." Kushina stated, much to the shock of Rias and Akeno "I you were a shinobi they most likely would have taken advantage of your 'playing around'. It can cost you when it matters."

Akeno had looked down, her mind going through the times when she could have just ended it quickly but decided to play it out for fun. What if she cost the life of one of the peerage because she chose to play with her enemies?

It was food for thought.

Issei shivered and sweat dropped at the same time.

"Greetings, shitty ass Devils!" Yelled out a young man with short white hair, red eyes and a disturbing slasher smile. Judging from the clerical clothing he was wearing, it was easy to deduce that he was likely a member of the Church.

"That man is a member of the church?" Kushina asked incredulously. "He looks like he should be in a nut house!"

"Not all people form the church are that bad." Sirzechs stated "From what Rias and her peerage gathered the man was exiled because of his tendencies."

"He would have bene put down in a heartbeat if by any shinobi that met him." Minato stated seriously. Men like the one on the screen were better off dead most of the time.

"Oh, any devil worth their salt would do the same." Sirzechs responded with a confidant grin.

The psychotic looking teen who looked like he could give Joker a run for his money in the insanity department rushed towards them with a strange beam of light in his hand.

"Or several shinobi." Naruto stated, with the rest of the older shinobi nodding in agreement.

Kiba darted forward, meeting with the white haired male in a clash of blades. They met in the center, their swords clashing, making a strange zapping noise as light blade met steel.

A power struggle began between the two, each trying to push the other off. It soon became clear that the pair was evenly matched in the physical strength department. Neither seemed capable of overpowering the other.

"Stupid light powers." Rias muttered. Had the crazy priest not been armed with a weapons that continually pulsed light she was certain her knight would have already gotten a few injuries on him.

The two jumped away when it was clear neither would neither would be winning this contest. Kiba had the advantage of strength with his reverse handling of his sword, but the white haired boy could put more force into his push.

"Power isn't everything in kenjutsu." Kushina stated in a lecture like tone. "Often times it is the person with the most skill that wins out. Not every time though."

Rias nodded, making sure her knight would take to getting more skill. And possible reining in his anger when dealing with anything church related.

"You know, it's very rude to attack someone without even introducing yourself. You won't earn any points with the ladies that way."

"You actually bantered with that loon?" Naruto asked.

Rias merely groaned as she recalled the events of that night. In retrospect she should have just blasted the priest off the face of the earth for what he had done to those innocent peoeple and Issei.

"Ah?" The white-haired boy looked like a retarded dog as he let his tongue hang out and his posture slump. "Do I have to introduce myself again? I'd rather not give another introduction to more shitty Devils who are just going to die soon. Why don't you ask the shitty Devil whose nearly dead on his feet! If you survive long enough to, that is!"

"Really should have just finished him right there." Rias muttered, remembering the priests insanity even more than she ever wanted to.

As the two began trading blows again, Akeno blinked as she noticed someone was missing. "Ara? Where is Kitsune-kun."

"Over there," Koneko pointed over to where Naruto was. Akeno felt a bead of sweat trickle down the side of her face as she saw the blond teen crouching in front of a petrified looking little nun.

"Naruto, stop scaring the poor thing!" Kushina exclaimed.

I'm just probably introducing myself." Naruto retorted. He didn't scare people. Except with pranks. Those were always hilarious.

"Hiya!" Naruto greeted with a wide grin, seemingly not at all bothered by the sounds of combat going on between Kiba and the strange white-haired dude. "My name's Uzumaki Naruto. What's yours?"

"See?"

"A-Ah!" The nun, a cute looking girl around their age with blond hair and green eyes, shrunk into herself a bit. "My name's...it's Asia. Asia Argento."

"Naruto you're scaring the poor thing." Tsunade commented.

"I'm sure it's all the crazy guy's fault."

"Asia, huh?" Naruto blinked, then tilted his head. "Kind of a weird name, but whatever." He held a hand out to the timid girl, who squeaked at the action. "It's nice to meet you, Asia-chan!"

"Okay I have to admit that the squeak was cute." Kushina commented, getting nods of agreement from everyone else.

"U-Um," years of instinctual politeness kicked in and Asia found herself giving her fellow blond a handshake. "Nice to meet you too..."

"Oi! Oi!" The white haired priest disengaged from Kiba and glared at Naruto when he saw the blond chatting up the nun. "The hell do you think you're doing, shitty Devil! Huh!? You can't just go ignoring me like that!"

"Says the crazy person." Naruto responded. It was a good tactic in dealing with those of that mentality. Especially if you had teammates to back you up.

The priest ran towards Naruto, prepared to run him through with his blade. Asia, who was in front of the blond male, saw what was happening and opened her mouth to scream out a warning.

Before anything else could happen, a large burst of dark energy forced the priest to jump back, lest he be destroyed. The energy ended up hitting the wall on the other side of the room, then going straight through the wall like it wasn't even there before blasting into several more walls after that.

'Damn.' Were the general thoughts of the Shinobi, seeing a good example of the Power of Destruction. It reminded them of the Third Tsuchikage's abilities, but used with more ease and power.

"I dislike it when people hurt my cute, little servants," Rias said as she finally decided to get herself involved in the battle now that she had a clear shot of her enemy. All eyes followed her as she moved to stand by Issei, her hand still outstretched towards the priest and her eyes narrowed in anger. "Especially someone with such a vulgar mouth. Then again, I wouldn't expect anything less from a stray exorcist."

"So he's like our rouge shinobi." Minato commented.

"Yes, much like our stray devils they are hunted down when they are found, though only experienced devils are called in to deal with them most of the time due to them wielding our natural weakness." Sirzechs explained

"I get the feeling the church doesn't pursue their strays that much?" Tsunade asked. The small shake of the maou's head was all the confirmation they needed.

The only set of eyes not really following Rias or the happenings in the room at the moment were Naruto's, who finally realized that Asia was exposing herself.

He took one look at her breasts, which were free from their confines, both her bra and nun outfit having been ripped sometime before their arrival and hummed thoughtfully.

"Hmm, we need to do something about that," he murmured, taking off his school jacket, wrapping it around the girls shoulder and closing the front. Asia just looked at him surprise. "Well, it's not a perfect solution, but it'll do for now."

Kushina hugged her son, proud of his actions. The rest of the group gave the blond smiles, having a better view of his personality with the actions towards a complete stranger and supposed enemy of devil-kind.

"Uh... thank you," Asia said automatically. Naruto gave her his foxy grin.

"Aw, don't mention it. Anything for such a cute, little imouto-chan." Asia flushed at the new title she had just been given by this strange but nice boy she had just met a few seconds ago.

"Eh hehhehheh." ANruto nervously chuckled.

"You made a girl that you were nice to think you were strange." Rias commented.

"Yeah but I was kind as well."

"That's not the point!"

"Yeah, yeah! I've got a potty mouth," the priest was ignoring Naruto and Asia now that Rias was actually willing to fight him. She was the bigger threat anyways, it seemed. "I'm so sorry about that! The Church didn't like that I was so vulgar, or that I kept killing humans. So I was kicked out. But you know what I say!? Fuck the Vatican! So long as I get to continue killing you shitty Devils, nothing else matters!"

"That is a lot of bloodlust for one person. And a lot of hatred as well." Naruto commented.

The devils nodded in agreement. Most of the stray exorcists were somewhat along the same lines, when it came to devils and those that associated with them at least.

"Your kind are the most difficult type of exorcist to deal with. The kind of exorcist that takes pleasure in killing us."

"Fuck you! I don't need to be told off by a Devil! I'm just trying to live my life like everyone else! I'm not in a position where pests like you can talk down to me!"

"They always make excuses it seems." Sirzechs commented.

"Most rouge shinobi are the same way, though there are some that go rouge for no reason.

"Even Devils have rules."

"Ha! Why the hell should an exorcist care about the rules of someone beneath them?"

"Then why don't you just disappear," Rias exclaimed coldly before she fired another blast of dark energy at the priest. He jumped away just in time to avoid being vaporized. The energy sailed past him before blowing another hole into the wall, causing him to whistle at the destruction caused.

"Need to work on your aim Rias-tan." Sirzechs commented, with Grayfia nodding behind him in agreement. Akeno giggled as Rias proceeded to pout, while making plans to train her aim. It was hard ot get training in when your power was more likely to destroy whatever or whoever you were training with.

"Nice. I like those passionate eyes. Onee-san, you are the best. I can feel your urge of wanting to kill me. Is this love? No. I think it's a killing intent! Superb! This is great! I love the feeling of intending to kill and getting intended to kill!"

Rias felt a shiver run down her back as the exorcist's expression was shown on the screen. A flicker of pressure came form the maou before he reined it in, confidant that the Freed in this story was already taken care of.

Despite the amount of bravado he had, it was probably clear to the priest that he was outnumbered and outgunned. Even someone as insane as him had to recognize how bad his situation was. Even without Rias' energy blasts trying to tear him apart, facing off against four devils of unknown strength was not a good idea.

"It's generally not a good idea to fight without any information after all." Minato commented.

"Buchou," Akeno warned, her voice screaming over the explosions caused by the energy blasts Rias was unleashing. "We're going to need to finish this quickly. I can sense several fallen angels coming to this location."

"So they must be working together." Kushina said, getting a nod from the devils. "I take it that it's not that unusual?"

"Sometimes, but even some fallen angels wouldn't help or interact with someone of Freed's disposition." Sirzechs commented. He knew that Azazel attempted to keep a tight leash on his followers, after all.

"I see. Then it looks like I need to hurry this up." Taking aim once more, Rias began to rapidly throw ball after ball of black, demonic energy at the priest. With the amount of explosions that began taking place and the number of holes appearing in the wall, it was a wonder the house was still standing.

"Like swiss cheese." Naruto commented before being whacked with a pillow to the face.

"I do not make places look like swiss cheese!" Rias exclaimed, throwing a threatening look at her own queen. She had always been teased about that!

It got to the point where even the exorcist realized his situation was hopeless. Suddenly, the idea of sticking around to fight didn't seem so appealing anymore.

He quickly reached into his cloak and retrieved a vial of clear liquid, which he threw at Rias. The vial would have hit, but before it could, a blond figure stood in the way, his left hand swiping at the vial to knock it aside.

Rias' eyes widened. "No, wait! Naruto! Don't!"

Rias' own eyes widened, as did the rest of the devils. The Shinobi had worried looks, seeing the expressions of both the devils sitting across from them and the ones on the screen.

She was too late; the moment her blond servant's hand hit the vial it shattered from the force. Whatever was inside flew out, splattering all over his face and upper body. Naruto hissed, a pained grimace set on his face as the liquid began to hiss and steam, eating away at the exposed parts of his skin.

"Naruto!" Exclaimed the older shinobi, with Kushina bringing her son in for a desperate hug. The Blonde himself was grimacing, having an intimate knowledge of that type of pain from his incomplete transformation that would peel away his skin.

"N-Naruto!" Rias shouted, startled and concerned as her servant took a blow meant for her. And one that contained one of the greatest weaknesses of Devil kind, especially those of a lower class.

"I-I'm fine," Naruto murmured, wincing as he felt the strange liquid burning the left side of his face. It felt like his skin was being eaten away by acid.

"Ugh, that's gonna be a bitch to heal." Naruto muttered. He idly heard his mother say 'language' before the group turned their attention back to the story. Koneko was rubbing her head into his chest as if to reassure her that the blond was uninjured.

Off to the side Sirzechs had an approving glint in his eyes as he glanced at Naruto before continuing. Anyone that would jump in front of a vial of holy water for his sister was okay in his books.

Rias snarled as she saw the damage the water was doing to Naruto's body. She turned to the exorcist once more to give him a lesson in pain that he wouldn't soon forget, only to find the priest and that little nun that had been with him were gone.

"Dammit!" Finally, Rias swore as she let her anger get the best of her. "Come on you guys, we're leaving! We've already retrieved Issei, which was our primary objective anyways."

"Naruto…" Rias muttered as she looked at the blonde in a different light. She didn't like people sacrificing themselves for her, even more so when it was one of her peerage on the line. Akeno was contemplating grievous murder for hurting one of the best sources of entertainment at the moment.

"Why did you do that!?"

Rias was nearly in tears as she healed up the ugly looking burns on Naruto's face and body. Of course, a good deal of those tears were as much from anger and frustration as they were sadness at seeing one of her beloved servants so injured.

For some reason Naruto blushed at the attention he was receiving. Well, his counterpart anyway. Kushina was holding him in a death grip on one side, while Koneko had his torso in another death grip. It was getting hard ot breath actually.

The red-haired beauty grit her teeth so hard her gums almost bled as she looked at the wounds on Naruto's flesh. They were truly hideous to see. The entire left side of the blond teen's face had been burnt to the point that she could see his cheekbones and part of his jaw. In other places the skin was cracked and red and deformed, turning what had once been an handsome face into something that looked like it come straight from a B-budget horror flick.

The image that appeared had most of the group paling at the injuries the story Naruto had sustained. It looked as bad as it probably felt, and without his chakra and the fox apparently healing him it would have been a lot worse had Rias not been healing him.

And it wasn't just his face that had suffered. The rest of his body had several patches where the skin was blistered and cracked. She saw one that looked particularly horrendous on the right side of his torso just below his armpit. It looked like it had gotten an extra dose of that holy water. All the skin in that area was gone and she could clearly see the bone and muscle.

The grip on his body from his mother and the neko girl tightened even more, as Naruto struggled for breath. Rias and Akeno had paled dramatically, having not seen that amount of damage done ot one of their own before. Tsunade and Minato had murderous expressions, wanting nothing more to jump into this story and tear the son of a bitch that did this to one of their precious people.

She could heal it, of course, and there wouldn't even be a scar, especially not when combined with the strange healing that Naruto's body seemed to be doing automatically. But just seeing her servant like this was enough to bring Rias to tears. It was even worse because Naruto had taken that damage for her.

"Why?" Rias choked out "Why did you-"

"Because if it's within my power, I'll always protect those that are precious to me. It's always been that way." Rias stared at the blonde for what seemed like a full minute before turning back to the screen, watching as her other self-expressed the same feelings that she herself was going through at the moment.

"Why did I do what?" asked Naruto, sounding surprisingly calm as Rias healed his wounds. He didn't seem all that bothered by the injuries he had sustained, nor by her chosen method of healing. Since her form of healing required as much skin contact as possible, they were both completely nude, lying together in a bed.

Two twitches of movement from his mother and Koneko caused Naruto to look away, blushing that he was, once again, in bed with the beautiful red-haired devil. From his peripherals he could see both turn their heads to stare at Rias, who was sputtering at the looks she was receiving from everyone.z

"It is a very good thing Jiriaya is not here." Tsunade stated, much to the agreement to everyone. They could easily imagine the 'Super pervert' trying to get healing in this manner.

Rias was on top of him, her body pressing against his from above, her breasts pushing into his chest as their legs entwined and their hips connected. It was as close to sex as one could get without actually having sex.

Naruto could feel the piercing gaze from not only his parents and Tsunade, but from Rias' brother himself. A nervous sweat began to leak, though he noticed that Koneko had kept staring her King with what he assumed to be a death glare form Rias' shocked expression. Instead of waiting for Sirzechs to continue reading Grayfia picked up the book and continued, allowing Sirzechs all the time in the world to glare at the boy his sister apparently liked.

She was healing him in a private bedroom located within the Occult Clubroom. Naruto wondered why they had a private bedroom in the Occult Clubroom, but wasn't able to dwell on it long for several reasons, not the least of which was the body of his drop-dead-gorgeous King on top of him.

Rias blush had receded somewhat, but still stayed on her face as the story continued. For some reason compliments form Naruto were different than the one's she would receive from the populace of Kuoh or even her fellow devils.

"Don't give me that!" Rias looked up from where she had laid her head on his chest to scowl at him, small drops of glistening liquid still leaking out of her tear ducts. "You shouldn't have taken that holy water for me! For someone like myself, holy water would hurt but it wouldn't be fatal. For a new Devil like you it's incredibly dangerous! You could have been killed!"

"She's not wrong." Sirzechs stated and continued to elaborate "Newly made devils have are the most susceptible to Holy energy. Even weak attacks imbued with a little holy energy can be considered deadly. The higher a devil becomes, and the stronger he or she gets, builds more resistance to the element. It does remain a weakness though."

"You can't expect me to just stand there and do nothing when someone attacks you," Naruto defended himself. "There was no way in hell I was going to let anything happen to you, and I wasn't going to risk the small chance that it was something that wouldn't kill you."

"But you could have died!"

"Better me than you."

Before Grayfia could continue Rias had stood up and approached Naruto. Noticing the look form her queen Koneko slid off to the side while Kushina merely smiled at what she figured would be a good thing. The next moment rias had enveloped Naruto in a hug, pressing her impressive bosom into his chest. While momentarily shocked he returned the hug, warmth seeping into him from Rias.

"You are such a dummy." Rias muttered into his chest. Naruto laughed in response.

"Not the first time I've heard that." Rias sniffed into his chest. "And probably won't be the last time either."

"Sooo cute!" Kushina squealed, ruining the moment for the two teenagers. Jumping away from each other as if they had been burned they retook their respective, not dignifying the looks they were receiving from everyone else.

Koneko had retaken her seat on Naruto's lap, jealousy streaming off her in waves. Naruto merely smiled before starting to pet her, dispelling any jealousy for the moment.

"You... you..." Rias clenched her teeth so hard that it actually hurt. After several seconds of glaring at the blond beneath her through frustrated tears, her body collapsed on top of him. All feeling left her as exhaustion set in, and not just from their arguing.

She rested her head against his chest, her ears pressed to his skin as she listened to the reassuring heartbeat that let her know Naruto was still alive.

Koneko purred as she heard that heartbeat, strong and full of life and euphoric inducing chakra.

"You are so incredibly stubborn," she whispered in a pained voice as she placed her hands on another one of his wounds. The most dangerous ones had healed now, leaving healthy, pink skin.

Naruto chuckled a bit. "So I've been told."

"This isn't a laughing matter!"

Naruto winced as Rias smacked his chest.

"...Sorry."

"Even in another dimension you cause trouble." Tsunade commented, shaking her head at her pseudo- grandson's stubbornness

For the longest time, neither one of them spoke. Rias had to focus almost all of her attention on healing the rest of Naruto's wounds, and the blond knew better than to speak out of turn. It required even more effort for Rias to heal his wounds than usual because she spent so much energy flinging balls of destruction at that priest.

"Again Rias, we'll need to work on your aim." Sirzechs smirked, earning an embarrassed glare from Rias.

Perhaps it had not been her best idea to not dispose of the priest immediately, but she had been angry at him for hurting one of her servants, and scaring the crap out of exorcists was very therapeutic.

"Until it comes back to bite your ass." Kushina commented, earning a nod form everyone one of the older part of the group. Rias merely sunk further into her couch seat, knowing that she probably could have been better about facing Freed the first time.

"I am sorry that I upset you," Naruto said after a while, speaking in a very soft voice. Rias did not raise her head, she was too tired for that, but she did squeeze his hand to let him know she was listening. "But you have to understand, I can't let you get hurt. I can't. Seeing my friends get hurt and not doing anything to stop it when I know I can causes more pain for me than anything else in this world. I could never forgive myself if I let you get hurt when I had the power to protect you."

His mind went back to Neji, one of many friends he failed to save. He would not let that happen again. Never again.

Naruto had his head down to where his bangs were covering his face. Even though it was shadowed the older part of the group could emphasize. They had all lost something, whether from war or other reasons.

"How do you think I feel?" asked Rias, lifting herself up with some effort so she could look at him. "Don't you realize that I feel the same way? Naruto, you're not just one of my servants. You, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko and Issei, you're my friends. I would never be able to live with myself if you got hurt on my account."

Sirzechs smiled, glad his family's penchant for treating their servants like family was continued on with his sister.

"Than I guess we're stuck. I understand how you feel, but I won't―can't stand by and watch while you get hurt so long as I can stop it. I'm just not capable of that."

Rias felt like groaning, but she was far too tired to commit such a desire into action. "You're going to be stubborn about this, aren't you?" She closed her eyes, thereby missing Naruto's nod.

"You have no idea." Tsunade commented "He inherited both sides of the family stubbornness."

Minato and Kushina merely chuckled sheepishly, knowing that they did indeed have a reputation for being stubborn back in the day.

"Even if you were to order me not to, I would disobey you in a heartbeat if it meant keeping you or the others from harm."

"That is my way." Naruto stated with upmost confidence.

Strangely enough, even though Rias heard his words, a good part of her focused on his use of "you and the others." For some reason she felt a bit sad that he had included everyone else. She didn't know why that was. She should be happy that her peerage had become so important to him, but she could not deny that some part of her, one that she refused to acknowledge even to herself, wished that statement had been made solely for her.

"Someone's in denial" Kushina singed, earning a embarrassed blush from Naruto and Rias. As if the devil himself was out to get her, her brother jumped on the tease wagon.

"Indeed Rias-tan. Denial isn't heathy for a budding relationship." Sirzechs had a wide grin as he turned towards Naruto "And form what I've seen you couldn't find a better young man to be with."

Naruto had joined Rias in trying to sink into the couch, though Koneko was merely trying to mold herself to Naruto even more.

At least a part of her wished that. The other part wished he wouldn't say things like that at all. The idea of him getting hurt protecting her bothered her more than she cared to admit.

Too tired to do anything more, Rias wrapped her arms around Naruto's muscular body and pulled herself as close to him as possible. Her breasts mashed up against his chest, and she could feel his powerful abs and pectorals ripple underneath her. She ignored the pleasant tingle this caused, too burnt out to think on what it might mean, and simply let exhaustion begin to get the best of her.

Rias' blush had reached the same shade as her Hair, and Akeno wondered if the amount of blood rushing to her king's head was ok. Though it was hilarious to the queen.

Naruto was having his own problem, especially since Koneko had noticed as well if the slight rubbing the girl was doing was any indication.

"Just promise me you won't get hurt like that anymore?" she whispered to him pleadingly. Her eyes drooped closed as she spoke. She could feel her mind slipping as the sandman came to claim her.

"I can't promise that," Naruto replied, his tone just as soft. "But I will promise to be more careful from now on. How does that sound?"

Rias didn't respond. She was already asleep.

"Ah, you two look so cute Rias-tan!"

Rias groaned, but noticed that Kushina and Minato were nodding in agreement.

~KatCHRP~

The next morning Naruto woke up to find himself still sleeping on the bed in the backroom of the Occult Research Clubroom. Sunlight was streaming in through the parted curtains of the rooms sole window, illuminating the dark red ceiling above. He could only thank the Ramen Gods that the window was nowhere near the bed. He hated waking up to the sun in his face.

Several snickers echoed through the room, though they were all in agreement as well.

Hmm, maybe he should think about living here instead of his apartment?

Rias was also there, still sleeping peacefully on top of him, her arms wrapped loosely around his side.

A click of a camera had Rias whipping her head towards her brother, who was looking at the new photo on his phone. Rias had to resist the urge to blast the phone to dust with her powers.

Acting with both care and gentleness, Naruto rolled Rias off of him and onto her back. Her arms and legs flopped a bit, as did her breasts, but otherwise she did not move.

"You must have been exhausted to not respond to losing your favorite pillow, eh Buchou?"

Rias also resisted the urge to blast her queen and best friend.

She must have really exhausted herself last night. Generally, the few attempts Naruto made at extricating himself from her iron grip when she slept ended with her simply holding him that much tighter. For her to not even seem to recognize she was losing her heat source meant she was well and truly exhausted. Just how much energy did she expend last night?

"More than she needed." Grayfia responded in a deadpan, earning some snickers form Sirzechs.

Rolling over so that he was lying on his side Naruto looked at Rias. Her hair was splayed out over the pillow and bed in a wild, untamed mess. Her eyes were closed, though Naruto could see them occasionally moving behind her eyelids, and her mouth was parted slightly as she rhythmically breathed in and out.

"I don't know if I should beat you into a pulp or commend you for actually noticing girls." Tsunade muttered, hoping she wouldn't have to see if Jiriaya had influenced her grandson in more ways than one.

Taking note of her breathing unfortunately brought attention to her chest. Her two large breasts stood out proudly on her chest like mountains with pink, snow capped peaks. For just a second, Naruto found himself mesmerized by the way her breasts jiggled with each inhale and exhale of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

"Beating it is." Tsunade said, dragging a helpless Naruto to the same room another pervert had received his punishment. Naruto cries for help went unanswered, as his parents knew that Tsunade would heal anything that broke. Plus Naruto could easily fight off Tsunade.

Right?

He shook his head. He was not a pervert. At least not completely. Nowhere near Issei's or Jiraiya's level of perversion at least. He was just a healthy teenage male with a good deal of hormones and a large libido, same as any other male in his age.

Keep telling yourself that, Naruto.

"Not the face!" Was the cry of said teenager along with several bangs and more screams.

The bed creaked just a bit as he moved his legs over the side and stood up. Rias still did not wake up, so Naruto decided to tuck her in. Placing his left arm under her knees he lifted her legs into the air, pulled the covers she was laying on top of back, then up. He set her legs back down and straightened them out, then pulled the covers over her. He let the sheets rest just above the swell of her breasts and below her collar bone, ran his hand soothingly through her hair, then straightened back up.

"It is a great trait when the one you love tucks you in." Kushina sighed romantically. Sirzechs himself was smiling, while Grayfia had an amused glint in her eyes. Minato brought Kushina in for a hug, while Rias, Koneko and Akeno were imagining being tucked in by their perfect man.

Two out of the three imagined Naruto, and proceeded to blush.

After putting on a pair of pants, Naruto left the room and walked into the main clubroom.

It was not much of a surprise when he saw everyone was still there. Issei had been pretty injured as well, it was only logical he would stay there while Akeno healed him. The rest were all very close to Rias, and had probably decided to stick around because she was.

Sirzechs smiled, more than happy that his sister's peerage was close. They would need to be in the days to come.

They were all asleep at the moment, Issei was laying on the couch where Akeno had been healing his wounds. Akeno had fallen asleep with half her body on top of him. It didn't look very comfortable, but Naruto could only imagine how amusing it would be to see Issei wake up like that. Kiba had taken to using the floor as his bed and was laying on his back with his hands behind his head. Koneko had curled up into a tiny ball on the chair.

Kushina smiled as Koneko crawled into her lap, purring as the Uzumaki matriarch started to pet her.

It was Koneko that Naruto walked up to. Kneeling down, he placed a hand on her shoulder and began to shake her awake.

"Koneko-chan. Koneko-chan."

Watching the first year wake up brought with it an entirely new level of moe that Naruto did not know existed. Unfurling herself like some kind of cat, the white-haired cutie stretched out her arms and legs, twisting her lithe body this way and that as she yawned widely. It was so incredibly adorable that the blond-haired, blue-eyed young man nearly squealed like some kind of fangirl.

Luckily, his mother was not of the same fortitude. As were Akeno and Rias.

Dodging another punch from his grandmother Naruto had the feeling that he would have embarrassed himself had he been in the room at the moment. The second of distraction was all Tsunade needed to get him in a vice grip however.

He was not a fangirl though. Or a fanboy for that matter. Nope. Definitely not. So he did not squeal.

He did let out a small squeak though.

After stretching herself out, Koneko then sat up, her legs tucked under her rear as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

Then she saw Naruto.

Her eyes widened.

Naruto didn't even have enough time to say good morning before the girl was leaning into him, her arms engulfing his torso as she buried her face in his chest.

Rias was pouting, though it had nothing to do with Koenko getting Naruto's attention.

Nothing at all.

"Koneko-chan?"

"I'm glad you're okay..."

Realizing that the girl had probably been as worried about his safety as Rias was made Naruto feel like an insensitive prick. Now he had not only worried the girl who was quite possibly the most important person in the world to him,

Rias' eyes widened in shock, not knowing how to respond to the fact that the Story Naruto considered her one of the most important persons in her life. Kushina merely smiled as she felt another ping of jealousy from the girl in her lap. Leaning in she whispered "You would make such a cute daughter-in-law." Kushina chuckled as the neko girl buried her head into Kushina's chest.

but he had also worried his cute little Kohai who had easily taken the number two spot for the most precious people position. What kind of jerk worried his friends so much?

Apparently he did.

"That is always the problem with those that are willing to jump in for their friends." Minato said, much to the agreement of Sirzechs. He could recall the times he had been saved by both his peerage and fellow mauos during the war.

Not being able to really do anything else, Naruto returned the hug, burying his face in her hair as he ran a hand down the back of her head.

He found it kind of strange that he was being so affectionate. Back in the Elemental Nations he had almost never shown this much affection for others with a few exceptions.

Both parents scowled at that, remembering how rough their son's childhood had been. They were saddened that more people hadn't been able to or willing to show their son more affection.

It had only been after the first three days of being with this group that he realized he was acting this way because he had always wanted to act like this around Sakura, but had never been able to. Namely because that girl would have punched him through a wall with her insane strength if he actually hugged her.

Kushina scowled, wondering if this Sakura would ever come to the Velvet Room so she could give her a piece of her mind. Koneko was of the same mind, but in a more physical sense.

Sakura felt a shiver of dread creep up her back, though brushed it off as she worked on another patient.

This desire for physical contact that he'd had since he was a child had only grown with time, but had rarely ever been realized back in the Elemental Nations. He could count the number of times he'd had physical intimacy on both hands and have fingers left over. Compared to most people who received hugs and kisses from moms and dads and friends and girlfriends for most of their life, that wasn't much physical affection.

Sirzechs scowled at the information about the blond. Even devils had families and friends that showed affection, even during the war. For one child to be demonized…

It wasn't only devils that could perform heinous acts.

And on that note, he still refused to count that one time during his training trip with Jiraiya.

Naruto wondered if he was acting out on his desires because of Rias. The girl was certainly one of the most...cuddly people he had ever met. She had no trouble sneaking into his room in the middle of the night, stripping naked and snuggling with him like he was some kind of oversized teddy bear.

In this instance, Naruto was actually thankful to Jiraiya. If there was one thing the perv had done right, it was help him become immune, sort of, to female nudity.

The door to the training room banged open, a haggard Naruto being dragged out by Tsunade. The group sweat dropped as Tsunade set the unconscious boy back in his seat, and retook her own. For the devils they instantly became wary of the Slug Princess. Knowing that there would have bene an oddly colored lump had it not been for her healing skills.

Then again, maybe he was just different now. It had been a long time since he thought about Sakura in that way. He had stopped lusting after her long before coming to this world. Perhaps he was just a more mature person now?

…

…

Yeah, right.

Snickers and laughter erupted from the group, while Naruto twitched as if in annoyance.

Of course, he could just be over thinking this, which was strange because he didn't like to think much, if at all. Thinking hurt his brain, and he had too little of that to waste it on thinking about pointless things like this.

"Of course that wouldn't have anything to do with a certain pink-haired medic would it Tsunade?" Kushina asked sweetly. Tsunade could only look away, knowing that her student could have eased up on the feminine fury once in a while.

"Ne, Koneko-chan? Wanna come with me and grab some food for the others?"

Koneko did not release her hold on him, but she did loosen it so she could look up. A second passed. Then two. Finally, she nodded.

"Even you pauses are so cute!" Kushina squealed as she rubbed her cheek into the neko girl's hair.

"Okay."

"Great!" Naruto stood up, taking the first year with him. "Then let's get going!"

They began making their way out of the room, arm in arm. As they walked, Koneko looked up at Naruto.

"I want Daifuku."

Rias and Koenko smiled at their pawn as she chomped down on a new set of sweets that Theodore had brought.

A small bead of sweat ran down the side of Naruto's forehead. "You really like sweets, don't you?" After a second he beamed at Koneko. "Well alright then! Our first stop will be the sweet shop!" He paused. "Holy shit! I just wrapped like Killer Bee!" A mild wide grin split his face. "I'm awesome!"

Koneko blinked. Once. "Killer who?"

"...Never mind."

"We don't need Naruto to pick up weird habits. Well, more than he already has." Tsunade stated, remembering the annoying brother of the Raikage. Naruto merely pouted at the mention of his fellow container and friend.

Koneko's cheeks were just a teensy bit red as she walked along the sidewalk with Naruto, both her arms wrapped around one of his. There feet made light tapping noises along the cement as said appendages carried them to their destination.

"Aw look at you two. So cute!" Kushina cooed, earning a blushes from both mentioned teenagers. Rias on the other hand was twitching in annoyancde3 at the image.

And a little bit of jealousy as well.

The sun was now out, though it was still fairly early in the morning. As Sol's rays radiated down on Terra and coruscated off the asphalt, a calm breeze blew through the streets, causing those few trees that lined the pavement to rustle and sway.

Those few people who were awake at this early hour of the morning were staring at the pair as they walked by. Koneko's enhanced hearing managed pick up the comments some of those people made. Not all of them were very pleasant. The derogatory remarks they made about Naruto's sexual preference pissed her off even more than the ones they made about her―she wasn't a little girl!―and those rude remarks about how Naruto was some kind of lolicon delinquent made her want to pound their face's in.

Naruto had merely rolled his eyes as he felt a fresh wave of anger form the girl in his lap. He put both hands to work petting, causing the neko girl to once again rub herself against him. The anger was gone and replaced with blissful feeling of petting.

"Don't let their words bother you," Naruto's voice cut through her thoughts. She looked up at him to see his grinning face staring down at her. "They don't know anything about us, and none of these people are important. I don't give a crap what they say about me and you shouldn't either."

"It's never worth it, well most of the time." Naruto commented and grinned a rather sadistic grin. "Though that doesn't exclude a few well placed pranks later on."

After a moment of thought, Koneko nodded. "Okay. I won't let them get to me," she said, then added, "I still want to punch them through a wall."

Both Naruto and Kushina chuckled, knowing the feeling.

Naruto's grin widened until his eyes were forced closed and his "whisker" marks spread further across his face. In that moment he truly looked like a Kitsune, just as Akeno always teased him about. "So do I."

"Pranks are just as good." Naruto responded. Kushina laughed along with him, before Akeno piped up.

"Are you sure you don't have some kitsune in you?" She asked, earning a new round of laughs from the Shinobi. The confused look from the devils merely caused them to chuckle before Naruto held up a finger.

"Secret."

With her thoughts and desire for violence stymied, for the most part, Koneko turned her thoughts on how she ended up in this position.

Rias held in her jealousy well, though the twitch in her eye did not go unnoticed be her queen.

After their small, touching moment within the clubroom, Naruto had asked her if she wanted to go with him to the market so he could buy breakfast for the others. It hadn't taken her long to agree, and that was how they ended up traveling down the road, heading back towards the clubroom with Naruto carrying several bags in one hand, filled with all kinds of breakfast foods.

She had enjoyed the time they spent together immensely, though a part of her was wondering why this was. Naruto was new to her. She did not know him all that well. Yet somehow, in the span of a single day, he had become very important to her.

"It's gotta be the head petting." Rias stated. Koneko just released a new wave of purrs in her general direction. As if to mock her.

It must be the head petting. It felt good.

REALLY good.

"….Devil damn it."

"Rias-tan!"

They soon entered the clubroom to see a frantic Rias demanding that they all spread out and begin to search for her and Naruto.

"Jumping to conclusions a little soon don't you think?" Minato commented, earning a blush from the Gremory heir.

"I was just worried about one of my cute servants." The shinobi smiled while Naruto just chuckled sheepishly.

"Yuuto! I want you to lead the search! With your speed you should be... able... to... to... to?"

Rias trailed off as Koneko and Naruto stepped into the room. The others also noticed their arrival and turned to look at the pair.

Cue awkward silence.

"It isn't that awkward." At the silence that met his statement Naruto pouted as the rest nodded in agreement.

"You could have at least left a note."

"Yeah….I could have." Naruto responded as Rias smiled in victory.

"Uh..." Naruto attempted to break the awkward silence by lifting the steaming bags of food. "I brought breakfast?"

"Naruto!?" Rias looked like she was visibly restraining herself from pouncing on him. Koneko was impressed. It was a well known fact that all members of the Gremory household were very affectionate towards their servants. Rias was even more affectionate than others. That she had not jumped on him already was amazing.

The shinobi looked from Rias to her brother, who merely shrugged in response. Though his position demanded a certain image he still held his peerage as part of the family. Rias even more so since she didn't have nearly the amount of restrictions with her image as a maou of the underworld.

"Good morning, Rias," Naruto said as he set the bags down on the table and began opening them to pull out the contents. Koneko decided to stand there with him rather than sit back down. It would be pointless to take a seat when she would just move onto Naruto's lap the moment he sat down anyways.

"Koneko…" Rias muttered as she glared at her servant. This was getting ridiculous! She heard giggling next to her, and dared not look at her queen

"You're not helping!"

"I'm sorry I didn't wake you, but you looked tired, so I thought I'd let you sleep in."

"Where have you been!?"

"Uh..." Naruto looked at her oddly. "Getting breakfast?"

"Why did you leave the clubroom?"

"To be fair you did get seriously injured the night before." Minato commented. Rias sent the older blonde a nod of appreciation. At least someone understood her worry. Though the appraising look form Kushina made her feel like a piece of prey before a tiger.

Naruto blinked. "Because I wanted to get breakfast for everyone?"

"You still shouldn't have left the clubroom," Rias argued. Her body shuddered once. She was definitely hanging on by a thread. "What if something happened? What if you ran into that priest? Or the Fallen Angels he was working with?"

"All valid points." Tsunade commented, though the Rias in the image did, As Koneko's counterpart had stated, look ready to pounce the blonde any second.

"Then I would have kicked their asses," Naruto declared with such confidence that Koneko actually believed he could. "The only reason I got injured the last time was because I ended up letting that stuff spill all over me before I realized it was dangerous. Now I know better. It won't happen again."

That is one thing that you have going for you brat." Tsunade stated with some mirth "IS htat you can switch strategies on the fly if one doesn't work."

"Thanks Baa-ch-"

A cookie hit the blond straight in the face before Koneko snatched it and stared too much on it.

"Still..." Rias looked uncertain.

"Ara, ara," Akeno butt into the conversation before it could devolve further. "It seems Buchou really is taken in with Kitsune-kun. Acting like a spouse worrying for her husband. Ufufufu..."

"That..." What was this? Was Rias actually blushing? What a rare occurrence.

Said blush was replicated and further reddened by the Rias sitting across from Naruto. As for the Knucklehead himself?

Sputtering and blushes as Kushina nodded. He did not like that nod. Not at all.

Issei didn't seem to like where the conversation was heading, judging by his expression. Not that Koneko cared what that pervert thought.

"It's just because he's my servant. I would have been just as worried if you, Issei, Kiba, or Koneko went out when there were Fallen Angels and a rogue exorcist running around."

"If you say so," Akeno didn't mention that Koneko had been with Naruto, and Rias had not been nearly as worried about her being gone as she had Naruto.

"Akeno…" Rias groaned. What was this boy doing to her?

Her counterpart! Yes her counterpart.

Rias crossed her arms under her chest, which pushed them up quite a bit. Koneko looked at Rias' chest, then at her own chest. She frowned.

Naruto chuckled, knowing not to get involved when that topic came up. He had been through it enough with Sakura and Ino when they argued over womanly topics. Though the betrayed look the Neko girl sent to Tsunade, who had just as impressive bust as the younger devils probably didn't help her any.

"I do say so."

"Speaking of exorcists," Naruto decided to steer the conversation in another direction as he set about piling food on one of the paper plates he had brought back. Everything from Onigiri to bread rolls and pancakes were put on the plate. He also grabbed two forks before moving to sit down. "You mentioned that the one we ran into was an exile."

As soon as Naruto sat down, he had to move the plate above his head so Koneko could crawl onto his lap. Setting the plate down on Koneko's lap he let the girl hold the plate with one hand while giving her one of the forks. The other hand slid around her waist to keep her in place and he used the hand that now possessed only one fork to begin cutting up the pancakes.

"Some else seems to also fit the model of spouse, though smaller and cuter." Akeno stated as if to taunt Rias. Knowing her Queen for as long as she had, it was very likely.

Koneko attacked the Onigiri, munching on one of the rice balls like it was one of her sweets.

Rias sighed as she saw the scene. She was too tired to feel irritated.

The Rias not in the story had enough energy to feel irritated. For both of them. Sirzechs merely chuckled, rather enjoying seeing this side of Rias. He wasn't known as a sis-con for nothing after all.

Issei was not. He glared daggers at Naruto as he took large chunks out of the bread roll in his hand.

"I bask in his hate." Naruto chuckled, followed by the rest of the group.

"There are two kinds of exorcists," Rias explained. "Those who work under the Divine and those who have gone Rogue. They are considered heretics and are normally killed on sight when found by the Church. However, some manage to escape and come into contact with Fallen Angels. As both are considered enemies of the Church and God, they often team up and work together."

"Common interests in staying alive no doubt." Kushina commented, knowing from Minato's work as Hokage that missing nin commonly grouped up for better survival.

"They are very dangerous," she continued. "Sometimes even more so than a regular exorcist. It would be best if both you and Issei did your best to avoid running into them."

"Due to us being low-rank devils?" Naruto asked Rias.

"Yes. Since you and Issei would be newly reincarnated you're at the weakest point as the newly created devil energies are at their lowest. Only those that are incredibly resilient, such as rooks, or are powerful enough to shrug off the effects should even think of fighting against holy energies as newly minted devils."

Rias' mention of power worried Naruto. What had happened to his other self? And where was the furball in all of this?

"Are all priests insane like that?" asked Issei, suddenly speaking up. "That exorcist didn't seem like he was all there. He really enjoyed killing Devils. He even found enjoyment in killing humans..." Issei went quiet for a moment as he stared at his free hand. "And that girl... Asia... I couldn't even protect her."

Rias winced, remembering the conversation between her and her pawn about Asia. It all turned out for the better in the end.

"Please forget about that girl, Issei," Rias snapped at him with surprising suddenness. He looked up at her in shock, causing the red-haired Devil to grimace. "Sorry, but you really shouldn't be spending time with her. That girl is on the side of our enemies, working for those who would like nothing better then to kill us. If you ended up getting involved with her it would cause a lot of problems. I don't even want to think about the amount of blood that may be spilled from an incident where you two got involved with each other."

"I can think of similar situations if a Konoha Shinobi got involved with a Iwa Shinobi. At least before the war." Tsunade commented

"Historically." Sirzechs piped up "Relationships between factions don't survive being exposed. It becomes…complicated. And usually involves bloodshed."

Issei didn't say anything, but the look on his face made it clear he was not happy with Rias' words.

Breakfast was quiet after that.

"You made the right call Rias." Sirzechs responded to his sister's silent doubt. A Nod form the Shinobi helped her to feel a little better about her choice of words towards her pawn at the time.

~KatCHRP~

"Do you think I did the right thing?" Rias asked now that everyone aside from her and Naruto had vacated the premise. Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko had school to go to. Issei would have gone to school, but his injuries were still aggravating him so she had told him to take the day off. He had stomped out just a little while ago. No doubt the young man was still miffed about Rias' words against Asia.

"Such a naughty pawn." Akeno licked her lips, thinking of the various ways she had 'punished' her pawn after his subsequent actions.

Naruto also had the day off, but decided to spend it with Rias instead of going home. It wasn't like there was anything to do back home that he couldn't do here, and the company was infinitely more pleasant.

Rias smiled, a warm feeling in her chest that Naruto would spend time with her even though he didn't have to.

The only one among them who had been difficult to convince to leave had been Koneko. The girl seemed to truly love Naruto, or at least love getting pampered by him. It was hard to tell with her. Only Naruto's promise of more head petting when she came back convinced her to go to class that day.

"And there's that feeling gone." Rias muttered, more than a little jealous and irritated at her rook. Naruto was her servant. He should be pampering he-

Rias promptly shut down that train of thought. She was becoming eerily similar to her story counterpart. At least in regards to the blonde Uzumaki across form her.

"You mean with Issei and the nun?" asked Naruto as he sat on the same couch he always did, his left leg laying horizontally over his right knee as he stretched his arms against the back of the head rest. He looked pretty relaxed, but Rias was beginning to understand him a bit better and knew that even when he looked like he wasn't paying attention to anything happening around him, he was just as aware as everyone else.

The shinobi nodded with smiles, happy that even de-powered the blonde took his lessons to heart. Sirzechs also smiled in approval, with Grayfia nodding slightly along with her husband and king.

Rias nodded.

"That's a very difficult question to answer," her spiky haired servant sighed as he leaned his head back against the headrest. Rias didn't say anything, even though she wanted to. She suspected, correctly, that he was simply trying to put his thoughts into words.

Naruto knew that his grandmother figure was just waiting to make a comment about his intelligence. He had suffered enough, hadn't he?

Eventually, his head came back up and he looked at her with his azure blue eyes.

"You didn't do anything wrong, per say," he started out, speaking slowly and carefully, as if he wanted to make sure his words were the correct ones. "As a leader, you must always do what is best for those under you. Not only that, but you are a noble among the Devil clans. Any actions taken by a member of your peerage can be ascribed as an action taken by you. If Issei went out and started killing Fallen Angels, they would assume you ordered him to and attack in mass. Which, of course, would lead to the other Devil Clans attacking in retaliation for the attack on you. The situation would quickly escalate and we would eventually have a full scale war on our hands."

Sirzechs was pleasantly surprised. Not only had her peerage member have the foresight to see the results of just outright killing the fallen angels, but the repercussions of furthering the already tense standoff between the three factions. He was impressed, to put it lightly.

Naruto marveled at how mature and wise he sounded. All those lessons he had with Baa-chan about what a Hokage had to do were finally starting to pay off in some way, which was good because he was really beginning to wonder why he needed to have all that useless crap shoved into his head (even if it was done via shadow clone).

A glare from said woman let him know that he wouldn't be able to get away from using shadow clones anymore.

It was good while it lasted.

Now he was finally putting that knowledge to use and it felt good.

It was official; he, Uzumaki Naruto, was awesome.

"We'll see how awesome you are once we get back." Tsunade commented, thinking of various D-ranks she could convince Kakashi to send the blonde Uzumaki on.

Once more Rias marveled at how intelligent Naruto was. He sounded a lot like her brother. It was almost like he was speaking from experience.

Sirzechs locked eyes with Naruto, before both men sported matching grins. Rias and Grayfia realized that they were more similar than they needed to be. The dimensions did not need two people who were so similar getting along.

"At the same time, you need to see things from Issei's perspective." Rias perked up. "Issei is a human who got involved with this world for no other reason than because he has a Sacred Gear. He doesn't give a crap about the conflict between Devils and Fallen Angels. Things like that just don't matter to him."

"That is one of the problems with bringing in people who don't have experience in the supernatural." Sirzechs stated "The readjustment period can be difficult, especially for someone like Issei."

"Rias nodded, as she was still having some issues with her pawn in regards to his knowledge and understanding of the supernatural world.

"It's the reason Shinobi have been trained form a young age. Throwing a civilian into a shinobi like situation just spells disaster." Minato commented, seeing the maou's point.

Naruto paused for a moment, then nodded to himself. That sounded pretty deep, just like something his sensei and godfather (Kami bless his pervy soul) would say.

"It's like flipping a coin." Rias muttered. Despite the blonde's ridiculousness she was more than happy that her counterpart was getting this advice from the story Naruto.

"And because of that when he looks at Asia, he doesn't see a nun and enemy of Devil kind, but a friend. When two people meet a bond is formed between them. These bonds become nearly impossible to break, and doing so is often one of the most difficult if not downright impossible tasks to accomplish." He knew that from experience. Thank you Sasuke-teme. "Issei has already formed a strong bond with this girl."

Rias sighed, knowing that Naruto was right. From the interactions after she had become a devil it was easy to see the 'bond' they shared.

"Is it stronger than the one he has with us?" asked a now worried Rias. She knew that if Issei did not have a strong bond with them it would be her fault. While she had not neglected him per se, she had focused more of her attention on Naruto because she wanted to unravel the mystery behind her blond servant.

"Just one change that you brought to their world." Kushina commented to her son. Naruto shrugged, but was a little worried that he had effected how much time that Rias would normally spend with her other new member.

And form what he had seen, he needed that attention.

"Without seeing how the two act around each other I can't say for sure," Naruto replied honestly. "However, it's clear to me that the two of them have a powerful bond while his bond with us is hanging by a thread, especially after your argument just a little while ago." Rias winced. "If it comes down to it he will side with her."

"What would you do if you were in my place?"

Despite the question being asked by story Rias, she silently sent it towards Naruto. He merely pointed to the book, more than sure what his response would be.

"I would never tell you how to lead your peerage," Naruto said, "I've never been a leader before." Though he had come close. Had the war just ended differently then maybe...but no, he couldn't think about what ifs. It would just lead him to look at all the mistakes he had made back then. He needed to look towards the future now, and Rias and the others were that future. "However, the way I see it, you have several options available to you."

While the Shinobi sent their favorite knucklehead worried looks, Rias had leaned forward,, interested in Naruto's response.

"The first is to kill Asia and make it look like the Fallen Angels had decided to get rid of her. This will direct Issei's anger towards the Fallen Angels and will push him to train harder by turning him into an avenger."

Rias and Akeno had paled, though Sirzechs merely nodded, as if expecting this response. The Shinobi had expected something along that lines, familiar to anyone that dealt with the Uchiha's at any interval.

"That's horrible," Rias felt bile rise in her throat. How could Naruto even suggest she do that?

Naruto had become somewhat uncomfortable. He had lived trying to pursue someone going down that road.

"I know," Naruto gave her a grim smile. "Aside from being morally reprehensible it wouldn't really work in the long run anyway. There is just as much a chance of Issei finding out what you did and the situation backfiring on you. Aside from that, even if he did not find out you staged her death, you run the risk of him turning into a mindless killing machine hell bent on revenge. He would become an uncontrollable monster and would likely start the war you were trying to avert anyways."

"Even the dirtiest secrets gt exposed." Minato muttered, more than familiar with making touch calls. Kushina merely wrapped her hand around his, nodding as memories of their last minutes coming back to them.

"Then why would you even suggest this?"

"Because it's option I've seen used before," Naruto replied. "There are those in this world who would do anything it took to get their desired outcome. I knew someone who took this route and saw it's outcome. It wasn't pretty."

For just a second, Rias thought she could see a flicker of anguish within Naruto's eyes. It was gone almost as quickly as it came, but the sight of that pain left her stunned.

The devils had seen the same thing in the Naruto sitting across form them, though less pain than the story version. It didn't prevent Koneko from patting the blonde on the chest, trying to comfort him.

"The second option is to find some way to force Issei into obeying your orders," Naruto continued. "This isn't as bad as the first option, but still won't help you in the long run. By denying him the chance to save his friend, Issei will begin to resent you. He will likely become rebellious, questioning or sometimes outright refusing your orders, and when the time comes that you need him, he will remember that when he felt he needed you, you were not there for him."

Rias closed her eyes. That was certainly not an option she wanted to think about.

Rias nodded, more than happy she had gone the route she did. She would need al little help she could get to get out of this marriage contract with a certain flaming chicken.

Opening them again, she looked back at Naruto. "And the last option?"

"I think you know what the last option is," Naruto gave her a knowing smile. "The last option has the highest risk, but if it succeeds, it'll likely yield the greatest results."

The smile on his face grew.

"I like to call it doing the right thing."

Rias giggled, more than happy that the story version of herself had such a great servant. She was a little sad that she couldn't take Naruto home with her.

As a friend!

~KatCHRP~

"Please let me go save her!"

"Not a chance," Rias didn't even look up from where Issei's silhouetted form could be seen against the curtains backdrop as she spoke. She finished buttoning up her shirt, then got started on her skirt, pulling the cloth up her porcelain legs. "If you do this your actions will have a major effect on the relationship between Devils and Fallen Angels. Entering their territory without just cause would mean war." Once the skirt was buttoned up, she slid her socks on.

"Really?" Tsunade looked to the red-haired teenager. "You're having a serious discussion and you're not even dressed."

Rias had the decency to blush.

"But Asia is my friend!"

"Dammit, Issei!" Rias finally slid the curtains open, forgoing the shoulder cape and button down corset. She stalked towards the brown-haired boy, her eyes narrowed. The normally perverted second year took several steps backwards until he was pressed against the wall. "Don't you get it!? If I let you go to the Church to rescue that girl you. Will. Be. Killed! I don't want something like that to happen to you!"

Rias sighed, details about that particular argument running through her mind. Could she have done things differently? Probably. She was just happy that it had worked out in the end.

"But Raynare said something about a ceremony today! It's possible that Asia will be killed, and that's something I can't allow to happen!"

Naruto leaned against the wall next to Koneko, his arms crossed as he watched the proceedings. The others were also in the room, all except Akeno, and all of them focused on what was happening between their club president and King, and the Pawn of their peerage.

"I don't care," Rias stated, "So long as you are a member of my peerage, I won't let you go."

"We could have always restrained him." Akeno jokingly added, though the lick of her lips made it a far more serious suggestion than she probably intended.

"Then disown me!" Issei cried out. The young man looked like he was on the verge of a breakdown. Even Koneko could not help but feel for the boy. "I'll save Asia on my own. I'm just a pawn anyways. It's not like you'll be losing much by letting go of your weakest piece."

"You're not just a piece Issei." Rias muttered, rubbing the bridge between her eyes. Her pawn had grown on her, despite his less than stellar hobbies.

Rias' eye sharpened. "Enough!" she snapped, causing Issei to actually go stiff at the dangerous tone in her voice.

Just then, Akeno burst into the room. She hurriedly walked over to Rias and leaned into her ear, whispering something that no one else could hear. Rias' face shifted for a moment before going back to a neutral expression as she nodded.

Rias was confused for a moment, before realizing what she had done. Akeno must have realized as well, with the grin she was sporting to match her king.

She turned back to look at the others. "Akeno, Naruto, and I have something important to do, so we'll be going out for a bit."

Naruto stood up from the wall and uncrossed his arms. Placing a hand on Koneko's head, he smiled as the girl looked up at him.

"Take care of your Senpai, okay? He might be a pervert, but he's a good kid."

"I know," Koneko nodded, "Don't worry, I'll watch over him."

The group smiled at the Neko girl, not that she would have noticed. Blissful euphoria was hard to get out of currently. Especially when the young man doing it had added a little chakra into his fingers, stimulating the girl even more.

"Right," Naruto rubbed her head, carefully running his fingers over her ears. The girl twitched and nearly began purring. "And take care of yourself as well. I would hate to see anything happen to you."

Koneko blushed. "Okay."

"Naruto…" Rias growled towards Naruto, who was not sure what he had done this time.

"B-Buchou!" Issei shouted in surprise. "Wait! I'm not done yet!"

"Before I leave I want you to know something," Rias interrupted. "You may think the pawn is the weakest piece in Chess, but that's a very big misconception. A pawn possesses a very special ability that no other piece has. Promotion. Much like in a real game of Chess, the pawns in the evil piece system possess the ability to be promoted to any piece other than a King once it enters enemy territory."

"So a power boost the deeper the pawn is in enemy territory." Naruto sated, getting a nod fomr the devils.

Issei scratched his head. He didn't get it.

Rias looked mildly exasperated.

"Even a complete stranger who isn't a devil got it." Rias muttered as a cloud of depression appeared above her.

"Issei, what I am saying is that the moment you step into enemy territory, you can be promoted and increase your power beyond that of a simple pawn. For instance, a Church to us would be a good example of enemy territory."

A little ways away, Kiba knocked a fist into an open palm as a look of realization spread across his face. Naruto was grinning fiercely.

Simplified, but enough to get the few gears in his head running. Reminds me of someone else." Tsunade commented.

Naruto joined Rias in the cloud depression club. Kushina took over the petting of one Koneko as she giggled at the two potential lovebirds.

"So wait," Issei's face scrunched up as he struggled to comprehend what he was being told. "Are you saying that if I were to enter enemy territory and be promoted, I could gain power similar to Akeno's ability as a Queen?"

"In theory," Rias told him, "but the Queen is the strongest piece. With the amount of strength you have right now, that kind of power may put a large strain on your body. It's possible that you won't be able to bear the weight of the promotion."

One of the limitations of the promotion. The weaker the body of the pawn, the weaker the promotion is." Sirzechs explained.

"So then, turning into a Knight will make me like Kiba... and a Rook would be like Koneko-chan..."

"Oh there will never be another you Koneko-chan." Kushina gushed, causing the girl in question to bury herself into the Uzumaki matriarch's cleavage. Though Kushina could easily tell the neko girl was blushing.

In a certain Infinity dragon's camp one Ophis had the sudden urge to be petted. She shook it off, as the numerous requests of the people she gathered were being ignored in favor of her silence.

Meanwhile at a certain Phenex household Ravel was jolted out of her nap, having the sudden urge to be petted by a handsome yet goofy blonde.

"Maybe I should see someone…." Ravel muttered, a little disturbed at the feeling of wanting to be petted.

"Also possible," Rias said. She grabbed the corset and shoulder cape in Akeno's hand and began putting them on as Naruto walked over to them. "Also, I have one more thing I need to tell you." Issei looked over at her. "Your Sacred Gear is activated by your willpower. The stronger your will is the more powerfully it will react to your request."

"Willpower..."

"And the last thing you must remember," Rias stated with the utmost seriousness. "Even a Pawn can kill a King. This is the same basic principle found in Chess. With it you can become stronger."

"Very good Rias. Finding a way to trick your pawn yet support him at the same time." Sirzechs stated as he gazed at Rias proudly. Rias smiled, before remembering

Issei was now off in his own little world, studying the Chess set on the table. Rias turned to Kiba.

"Yuuto, I leave everything to you."

Kiba gave his King a small salute. "Of course!"

Rias nodded, then left with Naruto and Akeno in tow.

"That was some pretty good acting back there," Naruto told her when they had gotten far enough away that it was unlikely anyone would hear them. "I was impressed."

"It was impressive." Naruto commented.

"Says the one who couldn't act to save his life." Tsunade commented, fully enjoying teasing her surrogate grandson.

"I was in a movie!"

"As your knucklehead self."

Naruto quickly sank into the couch, muttering about not being such a knucklehead anymore.

"Are you sure this plan is going to work?" asked Rias, not even looking at Naruto as they walked away from the Occult Research building. "I'm taking a big risk, even knowing that the Grigori are not involved in what's going on this in this town there is still a large danger present, especially with that Rogue Exorcist hanging around."

Sirzechs scowled, making a note to get in touch with Azazel as soon as possible.

"Everything will work out fine," Naruto reassured her. "Have faith in your servants. Even Issei is not without his strength."

"But Issei's still not very strong," Rias bit her lip in worry. "He hasn't been able to increase much in strength since his reincarnation. What if..."

"Issei is currently fighting to protect something precious to him," Naruto interrupted with the kind of confidence someone showed when they knew what they were talking about. His voice carried the strength of conviction. "He is fighting for his friend, to rescue her, to protect her. And when the time comes that he needs the strength to do what's necessary, I have no doubt he will find it. It's only when we're protecting the things that are precious to us that we find out what true strength really is."

"You speak from experience." Grayfia said, scrutinizing the blonde before her. Several different emotions, ranging from sorrow to happiness came across the blondes eye's before they steeled into electric blue.

"More than I care to admit."

As they walked down out of the school Rias found herself in awe of Naruto's wisdom. It was so at odds with his personality, and yet, she couldn't help but think it suited him. Listening to him now, she almost believed that he had experienced something similar to Issei already.

And maybe he had. Rias still didn't know as much about Uzumaki Naruto as she wanted.

Naruto merely shrugged, knowing that if his counterpart was anything like him he would tell those that were precious to him in his own way.

But that would change soon. After all this was over, she would step up her game to find out more about him. That was a promise.

~KatCHRP~

Naruto grinned as he looked around the clearing Akeno's magic circle teleported them too. It was in a forested area somewhere near the Church, or at least he assumed it was near the Church. It's not like he could see anything beyond the trees. They were pretty thick here. Even though they were nowhere near as large and majestic as the trees back in Konoha these ones were still very big; with trunks that were easily five people wide, standing at a height that towered over 30 feet, and branches that were thick with leaves. It made seeing past them impossible as the branches overlapped each other in a twisted network of patterns that only nature could produce.

"Well, look what we have here."

"Ah, the cliché villain line." Kushina chuckled, followed by the rest of the group.

There was also a little girl here. Standing up on the branch of one of the trees before she jumped down was a girl with her blond hair styled in twin, short side ponytails and blue eyes. She was wearing a Gothic Lolita outfit, which seemed to consist of a black lolita dress with white frills, a large black bow on the front and a green jewel embedded into her collar. Covering much of her legs were thigh high, white socks and black shoes. She was also wearing a bow on top of her hair.

"That is a fallen angel." Minato deadpanned.

"Yes."

"Enemy of both Angels and devils." Kushina commented.

"Indeed."

"Wielder of power that could kill lesser devils in one strike." Tsunade added in the same deadpan.

Akeno nodded, not sure where the shinobi were going with this.

"She looks like she belongs in front of a store as a mannequin." Naruto finished.

It took several seconds to register what Naruto had said. The first to crack was Rias, who started to chuckle. She was easily followed by Akeno, who dove right into laughing at the shinobi's impression of het fallen angel. Sirzechs was the final one to start, recording the conversation on his phone for Azazel later. Even Garyfia had a small smirk on her face as she continued to read.

"Welcome to our humble little part of the forest," the blond girl curtsied. "My name is Mittelt, and I will―Kya!" The girl in the lolita dress stumbled back in shock, nearly tripping over her own two feet as a pair of bright blue eyes appeared mere inches from her own. "Wha...? How did you get over here so quickly!?"

Akeno and Rias both blinked, then looked to their left. When they saw the young man they had come here with not right next to them they looked back at the scene with the blond girl in shock. There was only one thought on their minds. 'So fast!'

"Oh no." Tsunade groaned, knowing that look well. It was the same look he had when it came to ramen.

"So kawaii..." Naruto mumbled out. Mittelt flushed a deep red and also take a hesitant step back. That look he was giving her was seriously freaking her out. What the hell was up with this guy?

Before she could so much as think of moving further away, the girl suddenly found herself being hoisted off her feet, earning a loud squeak from her. She was then presented to Akeno and Rias like some kind of prize won at a stall.

'This has to be his devil influences.' Rias thought. Based on the mortified expression from the Naruto in front of her, it was easily made conclusion.

"Can we keep her?" asked Naruto, his large blue eyes staring at Rias as he gave the red head his variant of the Puppy Dog Eyes.

"Ara, ara," Akeno gave the blond an amused smile as she placed her hands on her cheeks. "It seems Kitsune-kun really does like cute things. I guess that's why he likes Koneko-chan so much. I wonder what Koneko-chan will say when she sees she's been replaced..."

Naruto instantly caved when faced with Koneko's pout, complete with drooped ears and tail.

"Nonononono Koneko! No one could replace you!"

"More petting." As if the girl wasn't destroying his will the pleading tone shattered any resistance that the blonde had left. Not a second later Naruto was laying on the couch, Koneko purring loudly into his chest as he rubbed her head with both hands, adding some chakra into the mix as well.

No one knew why the blonde had laid down, though Based on Rias' expression she didn't really care.

Rias' eyebrow twitched. "Naruto, you cannot keep the Fallen Angel."

"But―"

"Put the Fallen Angel down, Naruto."

"Aw," Naruto sniffed, "You're no fun, Rias." The red head just gave him a glare, causing him to sniffle a bit more before putting the girl down.

By this point Akeno had a full-blown vindictive smile on her face. Eerily similar to one Anko Mitarashi when interrogating a new prisoner.

Or enjoying her dango. It was hard to tell.

This act seemed to snap the blond-haired Fallen Angel, Mittelt, out of her stupor. She jumped back, putting several meters of distance between her and the trio of Devils and glared at Naruto, though the effect was ruined by her large blush. It didn't help that she looked like a cute little girl instead of a dangerous fallen angel.

"You're going to pay for that!"

"Ufufu. So brazen even after being manhandled." Akeno said. Rias groaned as her queen and best friend went into full sadist mode.

Naruto couldn't help but laugh at the girl as she stomped on the ground. It really just made her look even more like a child. "You don't really think you're enough to beat all three of us, do you?"

"She might not be able to on her own," a voice sounded out behind them. "But that's fine because she's not alone here."

Floating in the air with their angel wings already out were two people. The first one Naruto noticed was another woman, this one buxom female with long, navy blue hair that obscured her right eye and brown eyes. Her clothing was about what he would usually expect a Fallen Angel to wear, given all he'd been told about them; a violet, trenchoat like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt and black heeled shoes. The trenchcoat was open at her chest, giving an ample view of her cleavage. The only other item of interest was the necklace that hung around her neck.

"Please tell me that not all Fallen angels are perverts."

The silence was telling. Even more so for Sirzechs, as Azazel was considered one of the most perverse out of the three factions.

"Right." Tsunade responded to the quiet conformation. "Well we know what Jiriaya became."

The Shinobi laughed, easily seeing the deceased toad sage.

The other Fallen Angel that had shown up was one Naruto was already familiar with.

"Ah! It's the Donut guy!"

"I'm not the Donut guy, brat!" The Fallen Angel growled. "It's Dohnaseek! Dohnaseek! Get it right, dammit!"

"Sorry," Naruto scratched his cheek sheepishly. "But that's way too long for me. I think I'll just call you Donut Guy!"

By this point the incredulous expression on the Fallen's face caused everyone to laugh. Even more so when Naruto could clearly call the guy by his actual name.

"Grrr!"

"He's trying to make you angry, Dohnaseek," the woman chided. "Don't let him rile you up."

"Hmph! It's not like I actually care what a brat like him says."

"Oi! Don't call me a brat you damned Donut man!"

"It's not Donut man either! Idiot!"

"Who do you think you're calling an idiot!? Idiot!"

"Good Kami, how you manage to piss off almost every opponent is mind-boggling." Minato commented, earning a glare from both his son and wife. Ah, he forgot who his mother was.

By this point everyone else in the clearing was sweatdropping as Naruto and Dohnaseek began butting heads with each other. No, really. They were butting their heads against each other, their teeth grit as they tried to overpower the other. The only thing they didn't have was sparks of rivalry flying from their eyes.

"Akeno," Rias sighed as she tried to stave off the coming headache. She was beginning to regret having Naruto come with her for this. "If you would?"

Rais could easily see herself in her counterpart's shoes. Especially if the grin on Naruto's face was any indication of the trouble he could, and probably would, get into.

"Ara, ara," Akeno smiled widely. "Of course, Buchou."

Dark storm clouds began gathering in the sky, causing the two arguing males to stop arguing and look up with everyone else. There was a rumble of thunder, then lightning lit up the sky and descended upon Akeno, lighting her up like a Christmas tree.

Rather than get hurt, however, all it seemed to do was change her clothes.

Of course, that makes it sound a lot less exciting than it actually was. It didn't just change her clothes. First, all of her clothing seemed to dissolve, leaving her completely bare. Then, thick ribbons of energy gathered around her body. Her breasts became bound in a white kimono shirt with long, voluminous sleeves appearing on her arms, and her hips and legs were hidden by red hakama pants. Instead of looking like a school girl, she now looked like a Miko Priestess.

"Interesting wardrobe change and the method." Kushina commented. A little showy for her tastes but to each their own. She could only chuckle as Naruto's eyes glued onto the screen.

Issei would be disappointed when he realized he missed out on this sexy transformation. Naruto was going to make it a point to rub that in his face when this was all over.

"Oh I defiantly will." Naruto muttered, before flinching as Koneko pinched his ribs. He was almost certain there was a small bruise that was going away.

"What is this!?" Mittelt pointed at the now Miko'd out Akeno. "Some kind of cosplay!?"

"You're one to talk," Naruto shot back with a snicker.

"Grr! What's that supposed to mean!?"

"I think he means your maid outfit, Mittelt," the bustier Fallen Angel informed her blond comrade.

Mittelt blushed.

"Okay, I can see the cuteness." Minato admitted, as his wife was seconds away from replicating his son's reactions to the fallen.

Despite finding the proceedings between Naruto and the Fallen Angels amusing, Akeno went through two hands signs. Naruto was surprised when he recognized them. She then raised her hands above her head and he felt a brief surge of her power.

Seconds later, dozens of red magic circles appeared in the sky, surrounding all six of them. They were trapped.

"Interesting. Instead of projecting the lightening through her body as we do, she projects through those seals." Minato commented, as both he and Kushina scrutinized the seals makeup.

What? They were interesting.

"So this was your plan all along, huh?" Dohnaseek scoffed. "You wanted to trap us inside of here where you could finish us off?"

"That's the plan," Rias smiled. "I'm going to make you all disappear."

"Ha! As if you, the Miko, or that brat could... eh? Where'd the brat go?"

The three older shinobi smirked before looking at Naruto. Rias and Akeno and shifted their gaze to the blonde Uzumaki as well, though with more question than amusement.

"Did I ever tell you I can get stir-crazy?"

"Oh no." Rias muttered.

Rias and everyone else looked around when they realized that Naruto had somehow vanished while everyone was focused on Akeno's magic show.

They didn't have to wait long to find out where he was. Not even a second later, he made an entrance that no one would be forgetting any time soon.

"BANZAI!"

"Ara ara." Akeno giggled, though this one sent shivers down his spine rather than amuse him "It seems Kitsune-kun likes to ruin other people's fun. I think punishment should be given no?"

Naruto could swear he heard the cackle of a certain snake mistress form far away.

Before the woman with blue hair had a chance to turn around, she felt an inexplicable and excruciating pain on the back of her head as a pair of shoes heel slammed into her with the force of a freight train. The woman shot towards the earth like a rocket, Naruto flying right behind her, and face planted into the ground hard enough that rock and gravel exploded outwards from the center of impact.

A few seconds later the dust settled down to show Naruto standing on the back of the woman's head. Said woman's body was sprawled out like a rag doll that had just been thrown to the ground. Her left leg twitched once, twice, then, no more. She was quite clearly out cold.

"Impressive strength." Sierzechs commented, nodding as the fight continued.

Naruto soaked up the praise, even with a sadists glare aimed square at him.

"Whooo!" Naruto cheered, pumping a fist into the air as a huge grin emerged on his face. "That was awesome!"

"He just took out Kalawarner in a single blow," Mittelt gaped at the blond.

She would have been better of keeping her mouth shut, as she had now drawn Naruto's attention.

"And there goes another." Kushina stated, mirth obvious in her voice.

Quicker than the blond girl could ever hope to follow him, Naruto raised his hands and began manipulating his fingers. Several steel wires glinted in the moonlight as they were suddenly strung taught.

Mittelt, who was in the middle of all these wires, quickly found her eyes widening as she was tied up with no room for escape. With an indignant squawk, she ended up falling to the ground.

Eye's wide Rias had to cough into her fist lest she let out a squeal of excitement. This was just like one of her animes!

Naruto ignored the girl who was yelling and screaming and wiggling around like some kind of earth worm. It wasn't like she could do anything to him when she was all tied up like that.

"Two for two." Tsunade commented. Even without most of his arsenal the blonde still did the shinobi world proud.

He quickly hopped backwards to avoid the light spear that had been thrown at him. The weapon buried itself in the ground he had just vacated, fizzling before it crackled out of existence.

Looking up, he grinned when he saw Dohnaseek bearing down on him.

With a flick of his wrists, a pair of kunai dropped into his hands. Naruto quickly began channeling minute amounts of wind chakra through the blades. A green glow soon surrounded the kunai, like ethereal fire the "flames" of chakra licked at the edges of the blade and cast shadows on Naruto's face as he lifted the kunai up.

Sirzechs had leaned forward, hoping to get a glimpse of the blondes powers, however diluted they may be. It would give the maou a good impression of whether his idea could possibly work or not.

Dohnaseek struck at the whisker-faced former ninja as soon as he was within striking distance. His light spear thrust towards Naruto's chest. It was a move that was bound to miss as Naruto brought his left kunai to bear. Striking the underside of the light spear with his own all-purpose utility weapon, Naruto caused the spear to move up high over his shoulder, missing him completely.

'Defiantly not devil power. It must be the chakra that he has mentioned several times.' Rias thought. While Chakra was prevalent in Yokia it had never shown up in human's before. I could be her ticket to getting out of her problem.

A thought shared by her brother as well.

In retaliation for the attempt on his life, the blond shinobi quickly struck out with his right kunai. Dohnaseek threw himself backwards. He was quick enough to avoid getting his head taken off, but not quick enough to escape unscathed.

Now standing several feet away from Naruto, the Fallen Angel with the fedora wiped at the wetness on his right cheek. He grinned when he saw it was blood. "It seems I've finally found someone who may be able to actually give me a fight."

"Of course the fallen he actually would fight is a battle maniac." Rias said, hoping the blonde himself wasn't one.

"Oh, I'll give you more than that Donut Guy!" Dohnaseek's eyes twitched. "I'm gonna kick your ass from here to the moon!"

"Ha! I'd like to see you try!" Dohnaseek roared, launching himself at the blond with every intention of running the boy through. His light spear crackled with repressed energy, seemingly just as eager as its creator to inflict harm upon the blond teen with whisker marks on his cheeks. With a sick grin on his face that showed how much he was enjoying himself, Dohnaseek closed in, his form a blur.

This desire to see pain inflicted upon his opponent was not to be either, it seemed. Just as he got close Naruto disappeared. His form flickered briefly and then it was gone.

'That speed still impresses.' Were the thoughts of the devils. The blonde was on par, no, exceeding even some of the higher ranked knights of the underworld.

Dohnaseek skidded to a stop, blinking several times as confusion set in. He looked left, then right, then up. Nowhere. The blond brat was nowhere to be found. Just where did he go?

"Never let your opponent get behind you."

The shinobi all had a feral glint in their eyes. It somewhat unnerved the two younger devils. Sirzechs merely smiled, completely understanding the thrill of a well-executed move.

Dohnaseek's eyes widened. He turned his head just in time to see the blond crouched behind him, his hands in the shape of a hand seal.

Naruto grinned.

"I've been wanting to do this for some time now! Thanks for giving me this chance! Konohagakure Hidden Technique: One Thousand Years of Pain!"

With a roar that shook the heavens Naruto shoved his chakra enhanced fingers directly into Dohnaseek's ass.

Silence. Utter silence pervaded the room as heads mechanically swiveled towards Naruto, who was barely holding in his own laughter.

"I'm going to kill that baka." Kushina muttered. She was almost certain that the only way Naruto could have learned something like that was from someone else. And only one person had the gall to do something as incredibly stupid, and funny she admitted, as that.

It was Sirzechs who broke first. His laughter had a domino effect, as the rest of the group joined in. Even Margaret giggled along, the expression on the fallen angel's face priceless as far as they were concerned.

You know those moments in all anime/manga/fanfiction where time seems to stand still and everyone sweatdrops because something incredibly stupid just happened? This was one of those moments.

"Oi! Its not that bad!"

Yes. Yes it was.

Several seconds soon passed, the moment of sweatdropping ended, and Dohnaseek was unceremoniously launched into the air like a cannonball from the glorified ass poke. With his hands on his rump the man unleashed a loud, girlish scream of anguish and humiliation. Said scream got softer and softer as the man disappeared into the atmosphere, and soon, it vanished entirely along with the Fallen Angel himself.

Despite the rather unorthodox method of victory Sirzechs had to hand it to the boy. It wasn't every day a newly minted devil defeated three fallen angles like a walk in the park.

"Bye, bye, Donut Guy!" Naruto waved as the man became nothing more than a pinprick before vanishing into the night sky. Behind him, Akeno and Rias both looked on. matching beads of sweat trickling down the side of their face's.

Naruto grumbled from his seat. It was awesome how he defeated the last guy!

"Akeno."

"Yes, Buchou?"

"Did that really just happen?"

"yet another two souls broken by your antics. Tsunade commented, earning a eye roll from Naruto. It was not the first time he had heard a comment like that, and probably wouldn't be the last.

Minato and Kushina could only smile at their son`s antics, glad that he inherited some of their personalities. Well, more Kushina`s side at least.

"If by that, you mean 'Kitsune-kun beating three Fallen Angels like they were newborn humans in the most humiliating way possible without killing them and not getting a single scratch in return' then yes, that did just happen."

"I thought so."

"To be fair its not everyday you see a newly minted devil dismantle fallen angels so quickly. The fact that you subdued them without killing them is even more impressive." Rias responded, having noticed the questioning look from the blonde himself.

Naruto merely grinned widely, knowing that even de-powered he still managed to kick some well deserved ass.

~KatCHRP~

Naruto found himself smiling as he walked home later that night. Today had been a good day, he decided. He spent time with his precious people, managed to learn a few things about Rias, and he got to kick ass all in the same day. Really, what more could he possibly ask for?

Ramen. Were three simultaneous answers. Tsunade groaned as the devils looked at the three shinobi who had responded. A moment of silence ensued before the three laughed. Grayfia continued, having read the next few lines silently as the three got their laughter under controll.

Well...an all you can eat ramen buffet would be nice, but you can't have everything.

Tragic.

"It's like Koneko with her sweets." Rias muttered. As she turned towards her queen Rias could only sweatdrop as she saw the sadistic look in her best friends eyes.

"Or Issei with his love for ecchi."

"Oi! Don't you dare compare ramen to anything that pervert does and or will do!"

Issei had also really surprised him today. Well, not really, but it was certainly good to be proven right. When the time came that he needed to fight for someone he deemed precious, the pervert had managed to find the strength to defeat a Fallen Angel. He still had a long way to go before he would actually be able to put up a fight against some of the stronger opponents that were no doubt out there, but Naruto had a good feeling that the kid would be fine.

Provided he had the proper motivation, of course.

"It does wonders when someone has the proper motivation." Minato responded, remembering his training with Jiriaya and his own genin team.

As he was nearing his home, Naruto finally stopped walking and sighed. "I know you're there. You're not very good at hiding. Why don't you come on out."

Naruto groaned, earning both confused and knowing looks from the assembled group. Even another version of himself had to always deal with people wanting to fight him it seemed.

"Hehe, so you were able to detect me," Dohnaseek stepped out from behind a flag pole. There was a disturbing grin on his face, one that most psychopaths have when they're about to do something, well, psychotic. "I would say I'm impressed, but it wasn't like I was actually trying to mask my presence from you."

"Why is it always the crazy ones." Rias muttered. From stray devils that obviously had a few screws loose to the rather psychotic Freed her territory had been getting more than its daily dose of craziness for her liking. Though she had a felling Naruto would introduce his own unique brand of it before long

"Where are the other two?"

"Don't know," the man shrugged. "Who cares about them anyways? They were weak. They probably went back to the Grigori to beg for forgiveness."

That was definitely different. Had she spared them after they got humiliated by Naruto?

"I see," Naruto paused, "Why didn't you follow them?"

"Che, why would I want to go back there?" the man scoffed, sounding disgusted at the thought of rejoining the Fallen Angel faction. "Everyone there is so weak. Constantly trying to maintain this fragile peace we now have. I've gotten sick of it! I want battle! I crave combat! I need to fight and kill so that I can finally enjoy this life I have!"

"Great, another one of those guys." Naruto muttered. The rest of the shinobi nodded in agreement along with Sirzechs and Grayfias. It was Naruto who had an answer to the unasked question.

"It's people like that guy that make it hard for anyone to achieve peace. What's worse is that they only care about themselves, intentionally or unintentionally hurting others that get in their way. Its get even more dangerous if a guy like that has a goal in similar fashion, and has the skills to lead others to that conclusion."

Rias sat back, a contemplative look on her face as she considered Naruto's words.

"So you're one of those people, huh?" Naruto closed his eyes, his face set in a grimace. "The kind of person who kills simply because he can, who takes pleasure from causing others pain."

"That's right!" Dohnaseek crowed. "I crave bloodshed and death! I need it! To fight strong opponents and watch as their life bleeds out of them! Ever since this damn stale mate I've been without it for so long I thought I might go mad!"

Sirzechs frowned, more than familiar with the extremes in his own society as well. Luckily he and the other maous had the power and standing to prevent the more intense personalities from casing the already tense situation between the factions to detonate.

Naruto said nothing, though the frown on his face intensified.

"You... you are strong. You managed to beat myself, Mittelt and Kalawarner without getting a scratch. Granted, those other two are weaklings and I had underestimated you." Light flared into existence within Dohnaseek's hand, coalescing into a physical form and hardening. He pointed the newly crafted light spear at Naruto, whose back was still turned. "I won't make the same mistake again."

"His mistake was coming back to the guy that showed him mercy. Never take a shinobi's mercy and spit it back at their face." Kushina commented, a little bit of her impressive killing intent filling the air.

"I don't suppose I could just convince you to leave?"

"What do you think?"

"I see," Naruto sighed. "You say you won't make the same mistake again, but by standing there, jabbering away like some kind of idiot, you already have."

"Huh? What the hell are you―urk!"

By this point Naruto was looking uncomfortable. He had never been fond of killing. Especially after seeing the results of it's consequences.

As pain erupted in his back and chest, Dohnaseek looked down to see a hand piercing it. The hand was sticking right out of the center of his chest, the solar plexus to be exact. It was covered in blood that glowed a bright green due to the strange energy surrounding the appendage.

He blinked several times, his mind not quite registering, or perhaps simply unable to comprehend, what had just happened.

The devils were shocked at the speed the blonde had apparently moved at, at least for Rias and Akeno. For the older two they could easily see the strength that the blonde held, especially since his counterpart was similar enough to him to get a rough estimate of how pwerful the young man eould be after regaining his powers.

"What...what..."

Somehow managing to find some strength to move, the man looked up to where he had last seen Naruto...only for the blond-haired, blue-eyed boy standing there to disappear in a cloud of smoke. The wind quickly worked to blow away the smoke seconds later, revealing the whisker-marked teen to be gone. The only thing left in the space he had been was a Log.

"Where?" Rias asked, a little bewildered as to where a log of all things spawned from the blondes powers.

Though no shinobi actually knew why a log came from that technique, the devils certainty didn't need to know. Especially for a good prank.

"Secret."

Naruto had to hold in his laughter at the Gremory heir's rather childish pout.

"How...?" Dohnaseek was unable to get anything else as the hand was yanked from his back. Copious amounts of blood began pouring out of the wound as the hand that had been acting as a plug was removed. His legs weakening as the life giving liquid spilled from his body; the Fallen Angel soon collapsed onto his hands and knees, his breathing heavy as blood began running out of his mouth as well.

Several seconds later, the man collapsed completely, his form going still and the light in his eyes dimming.

Naruto stood over his now dead foe, a grimace of remorse on his face. "Fool," he whispered. "You should have just left when I gave you the chance."

'To have the want and act on giving mercy. You are one interesting person.' Sirzechs thought, mirroring his sister.

He looked down at his hand, sighing as he used a burst of wind chakra to make all the blood shoot off and splatter across the concrete.

"You can come out as well, Rias," Naruto called out in a tired voice, "I know you're there."

Rias blushed and pouted, rather miffed that her counterpart had been discovered following her peerage member. Though it did beg the question as to why she was following him in the first place.

Looking chastised at being caught, Rias walked out from around the corner she had been hiding behind. She stood there awkwardly, not quite meeting his gaze as he looked over at her. Eventually, Naruto just sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.

'That's a look I know all too well.' Sirzechs thought. He had a similar look sometimes when he would think back to the wars he had been involved in, the amount of death for both sides.

It was the look of someone tired of seeing death.

"Is there something you needed me for?"

"No," Rias shook her head. "I just wanted to know why...?"

Rias leaned forward, interested in the blondes response.

"Why I didn't just kill those Fallen Angels when I had the chance?" Naruto finished, then gestured with his head towards the corpse of the Fallen Angel he had just slain. "You want to know why I didn't kill him the first time we fought?"

Rias nodded reluctantly. "Yes."

Naruto took a deep breath, already having a good idea what his counterpart's response would be.

"What purpose would killing them serve?" asked Naruto, closing his eyes tiredly. "None. There is no purpose in killing them. The only thing it would have done is spread the cycle of hatred even more. I'm betting that somewhere, those Fallen Angels have friends, maybe even family. If I killed them here those people who loved them would have found out and hated me for it. Then they would have come to kill me, which would make you hate them in turn and retaliate. Eventually, Devils and Fallen Angels would become embroiled in hatred as each sought justice and revenge against the other in a never ending and pointless conflict."

The Shinobi smiled at Naruto, knowing well what he was talking about. It was something that both Hiruzen and Jiriaya would talk about, among other less appropriate things.

The devils grew wide-eyed, more than invested in the blonde's response.

Rias said nothing, but she didn't need to. The look on her face said it all.

A click of a camera had the heiress whip her head towards her brother. Rias could only hang her head as Sirzechs smiled, motioning for his wife to continue.

'I better not see that picture anywhere. Especially the family album!' Rias sent her thoughts and glare towards Sirzechs, though the teasing smile she got in return merely shot down those thoughts rather quickly.

"Dying like trash. Never ending hatred. A pain that never heals. That is war." Naruto stared at his hand, clenching and unclenching it with an almost absentmindedness. "I truly hate war, and I will not be party to acts that might instigate it. That is why I refuse to kill unless no other option is available to me." He chuckled in mock derision. "I suppose you could say I'm a pacifist with a penchant for ass kicking."

Tsunade snorted, but agreed with the blonde's statement of himself. Minato and Kushina merely sent a smile towards their son, who was blushing with all the attention on him. His attention was brought to the girl in his lap when Koneko sent the blonde a small, almost non-existent, smile. The devils looked at Naruto is slight awe, especially with his thoughts on war.

'If only we had more people like him.' Sirzechs thought. It would defiantly make peace look more feasible. It was one of Sirzechs goals for his people, and more importantly, his sister. He never wanted his sister to experience of war, something that these Shinobi seemed intimately familiar with. He also had the feeling that it was not the 'Human' type of war.

He looked back over at Rias to see her staring at him. "Does that answer your question?"

"Ah, yes, yes it does," Rias smiled at him, though it was one filled with confusion and concern. "Good night, Naruto."

"Good night, Rias."

As Rias vanished within a magic circle, Naruto continued his stroll back home. He wanted to get some sleep. The fight with Dohnaseek had ruined his good mood.

"Well." Sirzechs stood, Grayfia handing the book to Rias before steeping in line with her King and husband "I admit this is more interesting than paperwork, but we need to get back to work. We'll see you later Rias, everyone."

Saying their goodbyes Naruto smirked once Rias' brother and sister-in-law left. "So, your brother is really into anything about you eh?"

Rias face instantly lit up in embarrassment, before the all too familiar cry of "BROTHER!" was heard throughout the velvet room, startling one Theodore as he was making more tea for the guests.

Underworld

Both Devils arrived back in Sirzechs office, the same woman who gave them the message and way of entry into the Velvet Room laying on one of the couches. The smirk on the velvet attendees face was a good indication of a successful job.

"I trust that your experience in the Velvet Room was satisfactory?"

"More than I can describe." Sirzechs responded "In fact…"

He leaned forward, the playful expression on his face gone, replaced with the face of a maou.

"Would it be possible for, say a shinobi, to cross over here?"

Elizabeth grin widened in response.