"What the fuck do you mean I have to go to school?"

Kushina Namikaze flinched at her son's harsh tone "Please calm down Sochi!"

Menma Bael glared at his mother and father who stood across the room from him "Calm down, you're planning to send me of to Yokai Academy! Why the fuck should I calm down!"

Minato Namikaze, the head of the Namikaze Family shook his head at his son "This isn't up for debate Naruto."

Menma glared at his father as his right eye flashed red in his anger "Don't call me that!"

Minato just sighed "You can call yourself Menma all you want but it doesn't change your true name Naruto, now you are old enough for an Evil Piece set, so you're going to Yokai academy to find your Peerage. End of discussion."

In a fit of rage Menma slammed his fist through the table shattering it before he stormed out of the kitchen and headed for his room. Now before we go further let me explain some things, see Menma's birth name is Naruto and he has a twin sister, Naruko, now Menma hates his sister and his parents, they have spoiled Naruko her entire life thus she is in Menma's opinion a total bitch. So to distance himself from them he started calling himself Menma. As for his last name, his mother Kushina was originally a part of the Bael family before she married Minato.

Now the Namikaze family are one of the 72 noble devil families of what is known as the underworld, and as heir to that family Menma was expected act a certain way but he refused not wanting anything to do with his father, call it an act of teenage rebellion if you wish but it forced him further from his family. Now the Evil Piece system is like a game created by the nobles long ago, it works like a game of chess, a noble is the king and forms his or her peerage from of species, Yokai or human it doesn't matter as when a person becomes a part of a peerage they become a reincarnated devil. For some Yokai races this is considered an honour.

Now as for why Menma is so pissed, it's because his sister was given an evil piece set years ago and their parents went out and acquired for her strong beings to be her peerage, and once more he was an afterthought left to fend for himself, it was obvious to him that he wasn't wanted, he knew his parents hadn't wanted a son, they just wanted a daughter so he was an unwanted burden.

"Menma-sama?"

Okay not totally by himself, standing in his room was Virgo, one of his family's servants and one of the few he truly cared about "Virgo, can you pack my things for me please, looks like I'm headed to Yokai Academy."

Virgo nodded "Did you get your Evil Piece set?" seeing him nod Virgo smiled and walked up to him and bowed "Then please make me apart of your peerage Menma-sama."

Menma was shocked "Are you sure about this Virgo? I mean why would you want to?"

Virgo just smiled "I have looked after you for several years now and I would like to continue to do so, I serve you Menma Beal, not the Namikaze family."

"Virgo, I… thank you Virgo."

Virgo just smiled "It is my pleasure Menma-sama, if I may, I feel I would be best suited for the role of the Bishop."

Menma nodded "Are you sure you don't want to be the Queen?"

Virgo nodded "I have given this some thought, you should hang onto the Queen piece until you find someone truly amazing to fill that role for you, I am happy enough to be your first Bishop and will loyally serve you for the rest of my days."

Menma felt truly honoured by her words and found that he was truly grateful to her for everything she had done for him, so how could he refuse her request. He couldn't.

Carefully taking the wooden box and setting in down on his desk he opened the lid and stared at the chess pieces that looked to be carved from marble, he held his hand over the pieces and channelled his devil magic into the pieces for almost a minute before they flashed a cobalt blue and then appeared to be carved from pure cobalt blue gems.

He carefully removed the King and as he held it the piece sank down into his hand "I don't think I feel any different."

He took the Bishop piece and handed it to Virgo and it began to glow the same Cobalt Blue as his magic "I command thee, the Maiden Virgo, on my name Menma Bael!"

As Menma held his hands over the chess piece, its bright blue glow began to pick up even more luminescence than usual "Become my servant and walk these lands as a Devil!"

Slowly, the bright, glowing chess piece began to sink into Virgo's body as Menma finished the incantation "Thou shall lead a new life with great joy as a member of my peerage!"

Once the process was finished the Bishop piece had fully bonded with her and Virgo dropped unconscious as the reincarnation process began, but Menma caught her and laid her down on his bed and then moved to pack some things while occasionally checking on Virgo to make sure she was okay. He spent a half an hour packing some spare clothes and some of more valuable tomes form the family library that were quite rare and packed them away to take with him. Once he had his things packed into a devil sealing scroll he sat down at the chair in front of his desk and waited for Virgo to wake up.

Almost an hour and a half later he heard Virgo groan and watched as she sat up slowly and looked at him before noticing the devil sealing scroll on the table behind him "Menma-sama, how long was I out?"

Menma just smiled "Around two hours, while you were out I packed up some clothes and the books I took from the library."

Virgo stood up and bowed to him "I'm sorry Menma-sama, I shall finish gathering our supplies."

Menma just nodded "Sure thing, all that's left is some food."

Virgo nodded and disappeared only to reappear a few minutes later with a scroll full of sealed away food "I have the food ready and we can leave whenever you are ready. Do you have a plan?"

Menma nodded with a slight grin "Sure do, we're going after Ginkaku and Kinkaku!"

"Are you sure about this Menma-sama? Adding these two to your peerage I mean?"

Menma nodded "Sure am, these two are perfect, the Gold and Silver Brothers, two Kitsune who are descendants of the most powerful Kitsune ever born. Kurama, the great nine tailed fox who almost ascended to the level of a Demon God but caused so much damage and death, so they're treated like outcasts even by their own kind out of fear of them becoming another Kurama. I want them in my peerage."

Virgo nodded in understanding "I understand Menma-sama, then we should get going, they have staked a claim on a small portion of land on the very edge of the Kitsune territory, where exactly along the border I don't know."

Menma nodded "Right, then we should head to one of the Kitsune villages near one of the borders and ask around, so let's get going."

The dark haired blue eyed teenager took a deep breath before he channelled his devil magic into a magic circle which formed beneath both himself and Virgo before they both vanished from the underworld in a flash of cobalt blue.

…

Menma sat comfortably in the room they rented for the night reading one of the tomes he had taken with him, this tome had detailed sections on the 72 pillars of hell, the section he was most interested in was the section on the strongest and most powerful of the 72 families, the Beal family. More specifically what little information the tome had on the Beal Family's unique 'gift' known as The Power of Destruction.

"Tea is ready Menma-sama."

Menma looked up from the book and smiled at Virgo who was standing right beside him "Thank you, so where did you disappear to Virgo."

"I was asking questions around the village about the location of the Gold and Silver Brothers."

Menma nodded as he began to eat "You're leaving something out."

Virgo nodded "I have also been discreetly asking about a specific item."

Menma stopped eating for a moment and looked at his first Bishop out of the corner of his eye before he continued to eat "I see what you're doing. You're searching for a Sacred Gear aren't you?"

Virgo shook her head "No. I am searching for a specific weapon though. One that I believe will serve you well in the battles to come."

The young teenage Bael just nodded "A weapon huh, as long as it's not a Sacred Gear that's fine with me."

"You don't want to find a Sacred Gear for yourself Menma-sama?"

The black haired King shook his head "No, the only means of obtaining one would be to approach the Fallen Angels and I have no use for one any way. Now I want you to go out and check around the Temple, they must have some information on the Gold and Silver Brothers location."

Virgo nodded and vanished with a bow "As you wish your Highness."

…

"You're Highness please wake up."

Menma yawned as he scratched his head and slowly got up of the bed to see Virgo standing there bowing slightly "What time is it?"

"It's six am Your Highness, time to get up, I've laid out your clothes for the day and run you a bath."

"Thank you Virgo, I'll go get cleaned up."

Virgo nodded and bowed before she vanished most likely to go and prepare his breakfast, once more Menma was incredibly impressed with her skills, he still had no idea how she even found the time to sleep but he knew that she did. Almost an hour later Menma had finished his breakfast and the two devils sat down to plan before they set out into the Kitsune village and make their way towards the Temple.

"Did you find any information last night Virgo?"

The pink haired blue eyed celestial spirit/devil hybrid nodded "Yes, I believe that the head priest knows their general location and if not then he should be able to at least point us in their general direction."

Menma nodded but he could see that Virgo had something else to ask "Go ahead and speak up Virgo, I don't mind you asking me questions."

Virgo nodded "I am wondering how you intend to get the Head Priest to tell us what he knows?"

The dark haired King just smirked "Simple, we tell him that I am a demon hunter, I've suppressed my Devil Magic and my Aura completely so he should mistake me for a human, if he thinks we're here to kill Ginkaku and Kinkaku then he might just tell us what we need to know."

Virgo nodded in understanding "Wouldn't it be easier to pose as an Exorcist, make the lie more believable?"

Menma nodded "True but the holy cross I would have to wear would burn me, better to just pose as a human devil hunter after two evil demons to save the world, or there is my other idea, yeah I like that plan much more than some human hunter."

Virgo bowed "As you wish Your Highness. Does this mean I should prepare that outfit?"

Menma just nodded with a smirk.

…

"Who are you? How did you get past all the priests?"

Standing across from the head Kitsune Priest was a man wearing a white Kitsune mask, a dark blue-grey robe with grey lining and a fur collar, and a tattered grey-blue cape emblazoned with a personal emblem: a mandala comprised of nine reddish-brown circles of varying sizes atop a larger green-grey circle.

"You don't need to know the answer to those questions, all you need to do is answer mine. Tell me where the Gold and Silver Brothers are."

The head priest shook his head "Why do you want to know where those two abominations are?" The Masked Man just shook his head but didn't say anything making the priest extremely nervous "Answer me!"

The Masked Man raised his right hand and held it palm forwards at the priest who was suddenly struck by an unseen force and sent crashing into the wall and then fell to his knees only to be struck by a second unseen force which pinned him against the wall and began to slowly crush him against the wall.

"PLEASE! Please stop, I'll tell you what you want to know."

He was released by the unseen attack and dropped to his knees shaking "They stay one hundred miles north-east of Galuna Village!"

When he didn't hear anything the terrified priest opened his eyes and found that the Masked Man was gone.

…

Menma smirked as he removed his Kitsune mask and handed it to Virgo "We ready to go Virgo?"

Virgo nodded as she packed away the mask and his long blue-grey robe and cape "Yes, I assume that the priest knew their location?"

Menma nodded as he stretched his back "Yeah, one hundred miles North-East of Galuna Village. You'll come with me but I'll deal with them myself, don't interfere."

Virgo nodded "I won't interfere unless I must."

…

"I know you two are out there, come on out of the shadows and fight me head on like the monsters people claim you to be, prove to me that you deserve to be a part of my peerage."

"Oh here that Kinkaku, a peerage, we've got a devil here. Not the first to come looking for us."

"You're right there Ginkaku, but no other devil got this close. So who are you little devilling."

Menma turned as two large forms emerged from the trees behind him "I'm Menma Bael, formerly Naruto Namikaze."

Ginkaku smirked as the two approached the young black haired devil "Oh, a devil of the Namikaze Clan, why the change little devil."

Kinkaku nodded in agreement with his brother "I would have thought being a Namikaze would be a great honour for a devil."

Menma just scoffed "For other devils maybe, but not me. I'm the unwanted son, but that doesn't matter, I'm here to force you two to join my peerage."

"Why would we want to join a devil's peerage?"

Menma just shook his head before he blasted the two kitsune with his repulsive technique "I want only the strongest in my peerage, you two are the most feared kitsune since your ancestor Kurama. But you're shunned by your own kind, I can understand that. We're a lot alike, that's why I want you two in my peerage."

The Gold and Silver brother pushed the fallen tree's they had crashed through aside "This one is different brother."

Ginkaku nodded in agreement "He understands us, but it will take more than that. Show us your power Menma Bael but be warned that we will kill you if you aren't strong enough."

Menma just smirked and faster than the two brothers expected he threw his right hand towards them with a sphere of crimson and black demonic energy "Look at that Kinkaku."

"Indeed, he truly is a Bael, the Power of Destruction, we have to take this seriously Ginkaku."

Menma smirked and the two kitsune watched as the power of destruction formed into the vague form of a snarling canine like beast "Take this Destruction Hound!"

The wolf like beast made from pure destructive energy dashed at the two kitsune splitting them up as it exploded, seeing them apart Menma vanished in a burst of speed and reappeared in front of Kinkaku with a perfect sphere of destruction energy in his hand which he thrust into the gold haired kitsune's chest "Rasengan!"

There was a large explosion as Kinkaku was struck by the destructive attack only for a very focused and deadly blast of Yokai to piece through the smoke, Menma would have been struck head on if he hadn't have revealed his wings to avoid the attack.

"That was a close one. So was that the infamous Nine Tailed Beam of your ancestor?"

Kinkaku came walking through the smoke with a grin on his face and now had a large fan made from white feathers with red tips "That it is, but we can't use it to anywhere near our ancestor's destructive capability. Banana Palm Fan: Coil of Fire!"

'Shit a Sacred Gear!' Menma glided fast to his left to avoid the oncoming trail of fire that came rushing at him only to hear a sucking sound from behind him. He turned his head to see Ginkaku standing in the fire's path with a large crimson gourd in his hands that was sucking up the fire "Shit they both have Sacred Gears!"

"That's right little devil. Crimson Gourd: Redirection!"

Menma cursed as the trail of flames was shot from the gourd back at him just as fast as before, but before he could move to avoid the attack he heard Kinkaku "Banana Palm Fan: Coil of Wind!"

Behind Menma Kinkaku swung the Banana Palm Fan and unleashed a massive torrent of wind right at the devil. Menma was engulfed in a massive explosion of flames as the compatible elemental attacks struck each other and combined with him in the centre.

After several moments of tense silence the smoke and flames caused by the explosion faded away showing Menma with his arms crossed in front of his face in defence "Impressive teamwork. Most lower and mid class devils and Yokai wouldn't survive that attack, and those Sacred Gears, the Crimson Gourd Benihisago and the Banana Palm Fan Bashosen, two of the five Treasured Tools of the Sage."

"Heh, you know a lot little devil."

Menma stretched his back until he heard a pop and sighed "Much better, and yeah I know all about Sacred Gears, seeing as how Devils can only possess a Sacred Gear if they were once human it peaked my interest."

Kinkaku nodded "True, but Yokai can possess a Sacred Gear if we have human blood in our veins, and our grandfather was human."

The dark haired devil nodded "We'll let's continue shall we."

Ginkaku grinned and rushed Menma, as he did the Benihisago vanished and the silver haired kitsune was instead holding a large broadsword with a talisman hanging from the end and was glowing with a holy aura, he moved to leap back but as he did a glowing golden rope wrapped around his arm and he felt his energy slip away leaving him unable to avoid the sword.

Seeing no other choice Menma closed his left eye and focused, Ginkaku saw his right eye flash red before the world around him shifted and he could see nothing but darkness around him "What the hell is this? Kinkaku?"

The golden haired kitsune watched as his brother began to stumble about calling for him "Ginkaku what happened?"

"He can't hear you" Kinkaku turned to Naruto who was smiling weakly "He's trapped in one of my illusions, The Bringer of Darkness Technique; all he can see is darkness."

Gathering what energy he could Menma managed to fire a small blast of Destruction energy at the rope that was wrapped around his arm and leapt back cancelling the illusion as he regained his energy "Two more of the Treasured Tools, the Seven Star Sword Shichiseiken and the Golden Canopy Rope Kokinjo. You two are full of surprises."

"You okay Ginkaku?"

The silver brother nodded "Yeah, his use of illusion's surprised me. Usually only Succubi and Kitsune use illusions. What do you think brother?"

Kinkaku nodded to his brother as the Golden Canopy Rope faded away "He's worthy. Menma Bael, if we join your peerage we would know what your goal is beforehand."

Menma sighed as he relaxed seeing the battle was over "My family tried to deny my existence. You two know what that's like."

Ginkaku nodded "We do, it's rare to find someone who understands our suffering."

"Well my goal is simple, they denied my right to exist, so I'll make sure that no one can ever do that again by taking the title 'Strongest Existence' from Great Red."

The Gold and Silver Brothers were shocked "You plan to fight the Dragon of Dragon's? That's insane!"

"Kinkaku is right, he holds the tile 'Strongest Existence' for a reason. He is the strongest being in existence. The only one coming close to his power is Ophis, the Ouroboros Dragon."

Menma just shrugged "You think I don't know this. But it doesn't matter to me, I'll take that title or I'll die trying, either way I will be remembered."

"What do you think brother? It would be one hell of a fight."

Kinkaku nodded "Sure would, alright Menma Bael. We'll join your peerage."

"Well done your Highness."

Menma smiled at Virgo as she approached "Oh, so you already have someone in your peerage?"

"Yeah, this is Virgo, she's a celestial spirit and my first Bishop."

"You hear that Kinkaku, a celestial Spirit, very impressive."

"Sure is Ginkaku, so what Evil Piece will you use for us?"

Menma took the Evil Piece set as Virgo handed it to him "I was thinking the Pawn because the promotion ability would be useful for the two of you."

The kitsune brothers nodded and laid down for the reincarnation process, when it was over Menma sighed as they both cost him three pawn pieces each leaving him with only two pawn's left.