Fortuna Castle

Surprisingly the first door Naruto tried opened easily, revealing the large hallway beyond.

"Hey, my luck's looking up." Naruto said, feeling better after his little rant.

The sounds of animals running reached Naruto's sensitive ears. Four legs, relatively light, and definitely more than one. A howl echoed through the chambers and made him cringe in pain. Four dogs the size of a pony skidded to a stop in front of him. Openings on in their charred hide revealed the fire that churned within them, and their skulls were made of pure flame.

"You know what?! Fuck you irony!" Naruto shouted.

One of them barked before its fiery skull shot out towards him. Naruto jumped, letting the fireball pass under him harmlessly. Landing, he saw the same dog regenerate a new head of flames.

"I've never seen a demon like this before…fascinating." Kyuubi murmured.

Another lunged at him, its skull glowing, ready to attack. Naruto's ethereal Devil Bringer grabbed it out of the air and aimed its skull at the others dogs. It was too late for the dog-demon to stop, his shot blasted the others away. Naruto smirked before he realized that the demons were barely damaged by it, watching them get up nearly unharmed from their companion's fire.

"Hmm… so much for fighting fire with fire." Naruto took the dog he held and slammed it into the ground. Naruto lodged Yamato into the creature's side, killing it instantly. Naruto pulled it out and sheathed the blade with a flourish.

"Who's next?" He asked, cold blue orbs watching them carefully.

Each of them seemed to hesitate for a moment, so naturally Naruto decided to do the honours.

He charged across the room, his blade blurring, leaving only flashes of light in its wake. Each one was blasted back by the shockwave that the attack created. The demons roared in pain as the blade dug deep gouges into their hides.

One fired it skull in anger, but Naruto blurred and appeared on the ceiling, the other jumped into the air to follow. Naruto pushed off the ceiling and aided by gravity, split the creature cleanly down the middle. Naruto landed lightly, two exact halves of the demon landing to either side of him.

Now only two were left and both were injured. Naruto swung Yamato and a blue arc of energy collided with one putting it out of its misery. The last dog tried to move, but a web of sword slashes surrounding it. The demon whimpered and all the blades detonated, consuming it in an explosion.

"I'm getting faster with my Slash Dimension technique…!" Naruto mused to himself.

He made his way further into the hall. Dismissing the massive tapestries that hung on the walls, while wonderful works of art they were, they didn't help him in the least.

The hall connected to a few rooms, but they were all blocked by a powerful force. He stopped at one in particular that was laced with interlocking webs of shielding. The barrier blocked a doorway that was covered in ice.

"Powerful…Kyuubi, you think Yamato might be able to cut through it.?" Naruto asked.

"Why so cooperative? A moment ago you detested my speaking." The demon said haughtily.

"Whether I like it or not I'm in demon territory, surrounded by the unknown. I need information and you, a demon of legendary power, can provide that information." Naruto stated bluntly.

Kyuubi was quiet, thinking carefully Naruto was sure. "If I choose to provide you with the needed information, you will do as I order?"

"Not a chance in hell, but I will heed warnings and take suggestions into consideration. Deal?"

"Fair enough, I would be saddened if my Naru-kun would somehow befall any harm. You are much too interesting to lose."

"Do I have your word?" Naruto asked, he was not an amateur at her game. "I shall receive necessary information if I listen to you, even should I not act the way you want?"

"You have my word as the Kyuubi no Yoko. I do not want to make these choices, young half-breed. I want to see you make them…"

"Will Yamato be able to cut through this barrier?" Naruto waited for a while as Kyuubi seemed to take his current power into consideration.

"No. You are not a master of Yamato nor are you a powerful enough demon. This barrier is held by two demons and they're very skilled in this area. But if you destroy their focal point the barrier will have nothing to feed upon."

"Alright." Naruto said. "Maybe Lucia can help me find it?" Naruto said more to himself than Kyuubi.

"You said so yourself 'you are surrounded by the unknown', just how do you expect to find her?"

Naruto furrowed his brows in concentration. "Something Dante said got me thinking. Back in Wave, even before I marked her, I could always sort of feel Trish. I think it has something to do with her serving the Sparda line. So if Lucia is also a servant I should…" Naruto trailed off.

ba-bum…ba-bum…ba-bum

The teen's body pulsed, sending out sonar like wave.

Kyuubi was amazed, lucky Naruto was to preoccupied to notice her shock. It took years to learn how to do this correctly, and he had done it on his first try! 'Amazing' she thought.

He opened his glowing red eyes and gazed into the distance. "Found her…and the focal point."

His swiftly made his way towards one of the doors that wasn't blocked. He pushed against it but yielded no result.

"Its locked, young one. Which means they felt your pulse, what you did was smart but it was also reckless. They are most likely setting up a trap right now as we speak. Despite her words Naruto continued to push.

The Kyuubi sighed and was about to continue scolding him when the door shuddered and groaned as the wood around the teen's hands splintered inwards. Naruto's Devil Bringer began to glow menacingly as the door was destroyed, blasted right off its hinges.

The Scarecrows waiting to ambush him dodged out of the way. Naruto hunched in the doorway catching his breath. He looked up to reveal his red eyes, frightening the low level demons.

"You are being foolish! You must give yourself time to recover!" Kyuubi scolded. The fights without rest, the massive releases of energy to devil trigger against the Frosts, the pulse to locate the servant, and forcing open the door was too much stress on him at once.

He straightened and walked into the torture chamber. Ignoring the murky ankle deep waters he stepped in. The power of darkness gathered in his body and blade, rolling off him in waves. Six blue phantom swords the shape of large two bladed shuriken appeared around him spinning like buzz saws.

The demons backed up, as if to flee.

The teen chuckled as a blue aura mixed with his Dark Slayer energy as his Devil Bringer spread across his body.

"You shall die." The boy said calmly.

The Scarecrows were all slaughtered before they could run, cut down by the armoured Naruto himself or the ethereal blue behemoth that towered behind him.

Who was Jiraiya?

Depending on who it was you asked, or more specifically which gender, the answer would be different. He could be a massive pervert of inexcusable behaviour or he could be a genius and a brilliant writer. But those were answers derived from his writing of the famous Icha Icha series and also where the difference in answers ended.

Jiraiya was and still is one of the most powerful ninja ever to come from Konoha. Few ninja among the living or even the dead could match him.

It was interesting to note that for such a powerful and accomplished ninja, Jiraiya didn't hold his skills in high regard. If you were to talk to him about his fame he would assume you were talking about the fame his novels had granted him.

He would also, ironically, brag endlessly about his perverted nature, even to go as far to call himself a 'super pervert' to single him out among others, but never his skills as a ninja. Although, that didn't mean he was above using said skills to give you a sound beating, should you get in the way of his 'research' as he called it, proving that over the years he had not slacked off by any means.

Jiraiya may have past his prime age, but if one were to fight him they wouldn't be able to tell the difference in the very least. In fact, Jiraiya had only grown stronger, his vast knowledge, wisdom, and experience made up for the lack of youth in spades.

A member of the Densetsu no Sannin, or Legendary Three Ninja, that left Konoha. That brings us to the next question. Why was he in Konoha's market district?

He was on his way to do 'research' at the hot springs, of course! Jiraiya did research in many towns in his travels, but not all had the large hot springs Konoha offered or the general populace of women being kunoichi with bodies to die for.

And he would have made it there too if not for a word that caught his interest.

"Naruto…"

Turning he caught two women walking into a clothing store. He followed in after them. Lucky for him, it was a ninja equipment store so it wasn't suspicious or creepy that he was walking in moments after the women.

'Naruto…' That was the name of his main character in his first book. Could they be discussing it? He'd love to hear what they thought about it and the fact that they were two lovely ladies helped as well.

He walked up to a display case next to the shinobi clothing, putting him in perfect hearing range of their conversation. While there he inspected some seal ink and paper not to seem suspicious.

'May as well get some since I'm here anyway.' He thought, picking through them while listening in as the two women began to speak.

"Do you think Naruto will make it back from the mission he received?" The bluenette asked. "Its not that I doubt him, it is Naruto we're talking about, but I can't help but feel a little worried. The odds just seemed stacked against him. He doesn't have hardly any information on what he is up against or even where he is."

'So she hasn't finished the book yet?' The hermit wondered.

"Naruto-sama will be fine, Lady." The blond answered confidently.

Jiraiya picked the ink bottles he wanted with a few scrolls. 'Ah, so that's it. The blond must have recommended my book to the bluenette. She must be afraid how the last mission will turn out. The blond must be a big fan of Naruto's character, I wonder if she'd like to meet the author he was based on?'

Jiraiya was sure he understood the situation, that is, until the next question.

"Do you think this will fit Naruto-sama?" The blond asked, holding up a shirt.

Jiraiya nearly tripped on his way to the register. 'What! There is no one named Naruto in Konoha besides…Wait…No, Minato's brat is probably just hitting puberty. Minato was a ladies man but for the brat to have two gorgeous women at thirteen!?'

"I'm not sure, Trish, I've never even seen Naruto in a shirt before." The blunette, Lady, said. "But honestly, I like his 'shirtless trenchcoat' look." She finished, blushing slightly.

"Yeah, but it offers very little protection. I also believe he is outgrowing his 'flashy rebellious' stage with the trench coat and becoming more serious." Trish reasoned, picking out clothes in the dark blues, reds, and blacks.

"Whatever, I just want to get back to our shopping. We're still saving a little for a soak in the hot spring when he gets back right?" Lady looked at a few of the weapon displays cases with a critical eye.

"Here is your change sir."

Jiraiya's focus went back on the clerk. "Yes, thank you." He walked out calmly, his mind working furiously. 'This needs looking into.'

Naruto stumbled up the curved stairs in the next room. When he finally got to the top, all the demonic energies had faded from his form. He sat down, trying to catch his breath, look around, and sooth his headache.

"I take back calling you foolish, that was complete stupidity what you did! Three fights, two Devil Triggers, and a pulse to locate Lucia. At this rate you won't have to worry about the demons killing you, you'll kill yourself before they even FIND YOU!" All the while Kyuubi was determined to make his headache worse.

"You maybe half devil, but you're half human as well. The devil may not need time to heal or rest but the human does. Honestly, there are times I question how we've come so far."

"I feel so strong here." The teen muttered, finally catching his breath and allowing his body to heal.

"This place is filled with demons, causing dark energy to concentrate in the castle. When they're demons also release a small amount of that power. Your body instinctively absorbs these energies sustain itself and become stronger. But since you've never been in such an area your mind isn't gauging the amount you are taking in correctly. Your mind thinks your body is taking in more than it really is."

Naruto got to his feet and turned to the opening the stairs had led to. "Fine, fine, don't get your tails in a bunch." His seal burned uncomfortably at his comment.

He had to stop short when the floor ended. The torture chamber he fought in stretched out beneath him. The spikes on the ceiling were a few feet over his head. He looked around the room, past the blood stained walls, to see another platform and an opening in the side of the room.

"Please..." Naruto said in a bored tone. He blurred and reappeared on the platform leading to an exit.

"As if that would stop me." He said, throwing the doors open.

Naruto looked around. He was on the overlooking balconies of the darkening main entrance where he entered the castle, snow was already collecting due to the open doorway.

"I don't remember this being here." He reached out to touch the barrier that blocked off the railing.

"Don't touch it!"

Naruto's hand stopped. "That strong, huh?"

"You won't have a hand left…"

"I must be getting close." Naruto said, moving to the other side of the balcony.

"Again!"

Sasuke picked himself of the ground breathing harshly. "Sadistic bitch."

"Flattery will get you everywhere, Sasuke-kun." Anko smiled. "You heard Kakashi, you have to be able to create, at least, an incomplete Chidori in battle before you can begin refining it. Too bad you haven't even managed a spark yet."

It was Sasuke's turn to train with Anko while Kakashi taught Sakura. He was supposed to use a Chidori while sparring with her, but she didn't really believe in holding back to much. He hadn't been able to concentrate on the jutsu as he was constantly fending off her assaults.

"You haven't given me enough time, I can't focus it!" He shouted.

"An enemy would have killed you by now. Stop focusing on just using the technique so much! Focus on using it correctly!" She said slightly annoyed.

Sasuke wasn't listening. He had already flashed through the handseals, he could feel the chakra gathering. Her leg crashed into his gut before a spark could form. He flew across the clearing and bounced off the ground, coming to a stop face down. He pushed off only for a foot to push him back into the ground.

"Chidori is an A-rank assassination technique, pretty boy. It needs time, focus, and a high amount of chakra. You can't just try and use it when your opponent is on top of you, especially when its a new technique and your fighting a vastly superior opponent. One who knows what you're trying to do, her main focus would be to stop it. It should only be used as the first attack, the last attack, or both, never in between." Anko said calmly.

"But Kakashi-" Sasuke said trying to throw the foot off him.

The foot pushed him back down again, harder this time. "Kakashi created the technique, you idiot. He spent years training with it, gaining the experience to perfect and master it in its highest form and in different ways. He is only able to create it so quickly because it's like second nature to him."

She bent down and pulled his face out of the dirt. "Just how many times have you seen him use it in battle? When did he use it?"

Sasuke muttered something under his breath.

"I didn't hear you, your going to have to speak up!" She said, tugging his hair.

"Once!" Sasuke bit out in pain.

"And?" She asked, pulling harder.

"As a finishing move after he had already trapped the enemy." Sasuke's face hit the ground when she let go.

"Good boy, now we're getting somewhere." She said in mocking tone. She patted his head and got off him. "Now get your ass up!"

The boy didn't move.

"You finally get somewhere and you want to give up?" Anko said in an annoyed tone, but still didn't get a response from the boy.

"I'm sure Naruto-kun would still be fighting, hell Naru-kun would have mastered the technique by now even without your little Sharingan. I get a shiver just thinking about it… he's getting stronger as we speak while you're just lying their like a kicked pup-."

"SHUT UP!" Sasuke charged with an erratic attempt of a Chidori in his hand, his Sharingan eyes blazing.

The sound of a thousand birds screeching their battle cry reached the clearing Sakura and Kakashi were in.

'Hmm…To form it in the first day, you surprise me Sasuke. Do you see Naruto as that much of a challenge?' Kakashi had ordered Anko to rile the boy up with mentions of the silver haired teen should he seem to start giving up. However, he never expected him to form the Chidori in a matter of hours.

The jounin sighed before focusing back on Sakura. She stood on top of the lake across from him. "Remember Sakura, Suiton techniques are much more diverse than Katon, suitable for offense and defense. While it requires slightly less chakra to perform Suiton the control needed is considerably higher. You can not overload a Suiton technique with chakra like a Katon-"

The sound of a thousand birds cut off Kakashi's lecture. The jounin's visible eye widened. 'The Cursed Seal is not the answer Sasuke.' The birds' warcry stopped short but the sound of electricity continued. Kakashi suddenly realized the sound was quickly getting closer. The jounin had already grabbed Sakura off the surface of water and jumped away by the time Sasuke blasted out of the trees. The Cursed Seal's flame like markings covered his right side and in his hand was Alastor, crackling with electricity.

The boy skipped across the surface of the lake before Anko appeared behind him and launched him into the air with a kick. Anko appeared over him and brutally slammed the boy's limp body back into the hard ground.

The Uchiha laid there in the crater looking up into the dark sky. Naruto's image stood above him, seemingly radiating with power. Shakily, he reached out and pointing Alastor at him. 'I will catch up to you and I WILL surpass you.' Alastor gave out a few dying sparks before the blade fell from his hand and Sasuke gave into the darkness.

"They trapped her in the library?" He said, taking in the books that covered the walls. "But just where is she?"

He flipped through an open book on the table, stopping on one page that caught his eye, it was someone's log.

Day 698

I had thought the experiments were a failure; I had thought I was wasting time, but I've done it! My first creature, a hound powered by hell fire. I call it a Basilisk, it is incredibly agile, a fast runner over long or short distances, and is able to fire its own skull at an opponent and then regenerate that head in mere moments with fire! There is so much more that must be done, I must finish my other experiments. And then there is the ninja Santus has been dealing with. We will soon leave to watch some kind of devil-human hybrid he spoke of, similar but different to the likes of Dante, but not before we get force edge in our possession.

"This could be useful." Naruto pocketed it and spun around when he heard the sound of swift movement behind him. Yamato pointed at a man in a detailed suit of armor, complete with a lance and shield.

"That's a good way to get yourself killed." Naruto said, but the man didn't answer. He just stood there, his covered eyes focusing on Naruto's Devil Bringer. Naruto ignored him and turned back to the books, looking for anything else useful.

"You a devil hunter?" Naruto tried making small talk only to be ignored. He glanced back at the man who was carefully approaching him. "Silent type, huh? Well that's…annoying."

As soon as the armored man got close enough, he aimed his lance and struck. Naruto turned and caught the lance in a book, stopping the point inches from his face. They stood at a stand still.

"Listen, I don't know who you are and honestly I don't care, but you get in my way and I'll kill you." Naruto said dangerously.

The man twisted his lance free and lunged forward. Naruto ducked under a wild stab and danced out of range from the wild swings that broke the table and surrounding trinkets he had been near.

"If you wanna fight, then come on!" Naruto said.

With a hollow war-cry the man pulled his lance out of the rubble and took a ready stance. Two more then appear to surround Naruto.

Naruto charged the first one. 'Mikadzuki no Mai.' Illusions of Naruto surrounded the man. He brought his shield up to block the first Naruto, but several others stabbed into him from the side and behind.

'It's a demon!' Naruto realized when the man didn't bleed. Naruto jumped away, leaving his clones to trap the man. Thousands of slashes appeared in the air around them and detonated killing the creature and dispersing his clones.

VROOM… VROOM!

'That sounds like Red Queen.' Naruto blurred out of the path of the charging demon knight. The other was there waiting for him.

It tried to bash him with its shield but Naruto punched and shattered it with his Devil Bringer. The creature dropped its lance, stunned by Naruto's power. Naruto used the shock to unleash a Judgment Cut directly in his face.

Naruto kicked the fallen lance into the air and grabbed it with his ethereal Devil Bringer. The demon that had charged him just recovered only for Naruto to hurl the lance like a javelin. It tore through the demon armor and pinned it to the wall.

Their empty armor clattered to the ground before suddenly exploding in light. When the last one fell a bookcase on the side wall slid over. Inside the room was a large dome of ice with a woman inside.

"This must be Lucia." He said, walking over taking in everything with a sharp eye. A glowing piece of metal floated in front, obviously keeping the ice intact.

'And this must be what I sensed, but what kind of weapon is it?' A wooden handle that shifted to rusty metal, forming two tubes, and an elegant rose design was etched to spread across the entire weapon. He looked closer to read the wording on the side. 'Blue Rose?'

Naruto grabbed it out of the air, his Devil Bringer instantly absorbing it. Without anything to hold it together the ice began to melt. He caught Lucia as she fell from her icy prison and was finally able to get a good look at her, long blood red hair, chocolate skin, and complete with soft angelic features.

She was also completely naked so Naruto took off his coat to cover her. Carrying her bridal style out the library he questioned the Kyuubi. "What now? I doubt she be able to help much in the condition she's in."

"The barriers have weakened. It seems that was the core, without it the barriers should be like glass." The Kyuubi said.

"Let's finish this." Naruto said dangerously.

'It's so peaceful.'

'Nyu…'

The full moon loomed over Gaara. Her counter part sat beside her on the roof, seen only in her mind's eye. For the first time they could just watch the beautiful scene before them. His bloodlust and screams were gone, they didn't have to battle him for dominance over their own body, they could just bask in the moonlight. Sleep was still strange and foreign to them, it was easier just to observe the world around them in ways they couldn't before.

Their body's sudden growth had been met with surprise but many valued their lives to much to bring it up. The Sand and Sound knew she was already off limits before so why did it change now? She was powerful enough to crush a jounin easily and had only gotten stronger with the control her mate had granted her, not that they knew she had a mate, it wasn't worth it.

They blushed as naughty thoughts of Naruto came to mind. Their love was only matched by their loyalty to him, they would follow him to the ends of the earth and crush anyone that threatened him.

"Don't you sleep?" The sudden shout broke her away from her increasingly detail thoughts on Naruto's body.

She stared at the sound genin wrapped like a mummy. "Leave us, we do not seek any blood…only peace…and quiet."

"Well, that's too bad. See, you're an obstacle between me and that bastard, Naruto. I don't care about Orochimaru's pet, Sasuke-kun, I want to make that silver haired punk pay for humiliating me!"

"…" Something in Gaara's and even the illusionary Nyu's eyes changed. "You seek to harm Naruto-sama?" The red head finally asked.

"No I don't want to harm him, I want to kill him! Now lets see if that sand of yours is faster than my sound." The genin fell, the killing intent bringing him to his knees.

The insane glint in Gaara's eyes nearly made him wet himself, her words resonated with barely contained rage. "We…we will not allow you to harm Naruto-sama."

His visible eye widened as the sand's shadow covered the whole building. "WHAT ARE YOU?!" The boy managed to scream before death claimed him.

Two men watched from afar, hearing the pain filled scream of the sound ninja but making no move to assist him. The sound ninja raised an eyebrow from the impressive display while the sand ninja watched in awe, he still never got used to seeing this even if he was the girls jounin-sensei.

The other man tensed slightly, so little it was almost unnoticeable. He pushed his glasses up slightly. "Would you mind taking care of the straggler? I have urgent business I must attend to."

Lucia drifted in and out of consciousness. She tried to move but her body felt numb and unresponsive. Was she floating? No, someone was carrying her. Her mouth was dry and she struggled to form the words she needed. She felt so tired.

"Dante-sama?" She rasped out.

"No, but don't worry about it, I get that a lot. If its not him its Sparda. I'm thinkin' about keeping my hair long just to be different." It was quiet for a moment as if he remembered something. "Or I could try and get a different shorter hair style."

'He's of Sparda's blood?' Lucia tried to open her eyes, but her body refused to listen. She drifted back into the realm of unconscious with final words of warning. "Beware Dagon and Bael…"

Naruto continued his thoughts at easy pace as Lucia fell unconscious. "I could try spiking it or slicking it back, maybe a combination of both? Ah hell, I'll worry about it later, AFTER I kill this thing and get back."

Naruto gently set her down in a corner and created several shadow clones.

"Guard her, anything that gets close dies. Understood?"

"Sir!" The clones replied moving in front of the woman. While they didn't retain their creator's demonic abilities they were still very skilled fighters.

Naruto smashed though the frozen door that had been protected by a barrier before and preceded into the darkness. Past the door was a massive coliseum like battle ground. Naruto tried to hold back his laughter as he faced the two demons that caused all the trouble.

"You're kiddin' me right? Toads!?"

Monstrous toad like ice beasts with two small female shaped nymphs as lures. The nymphs hung on thin antenna that connected to the beasts' foreheads. Icicles protruded from the tail and the top of their head. The only difference between them was that one of them had a pair of blue lures while the other had red.

The toad demons seemed irritated by Naruto's laughter.

The red one roared, suddenly cutting Naruto's laughter off. "How dare you insult us, human! We are the strongest of ice demons!"

The blue one lunged and swallowed Naruto who, the boy still smiling. "Brother Dagon, I could not stand the human. He got what he dessssseeervvv-AAHHHH!"

The red one eyed his brother. "Brother Bael?" He asked, but Bael's cries of torment continued. "Brother, what ales you?"

Blood shot from the blue demon's eye as Red Queen cut it from the inside. It withdrew, but punctures and cuts continued to appear. Dagon watched in horror as Naruto busted out of Bael's back, spraying blood and ice everywhere. Dagon saw Bael's lifeless body fall to the ground as a lifeless heap. This human just destroyed his younger brother from the inside out. Dagon turned back to the teen to see him brushing his pants, trying to get the gore off.

"Nasty! Do you have any fucking idea how hard it is to wash this?" The teen said pointing to his mane of hair. "This better come out!" He said to the stunned Dagon.

"…I will CRUSH YOU!" Dagon shouted, spraying Naruto with saliva.

"Damn, do you realize just how much you stink?" Naruto said, obviously not amused as he revved Red Queen.

The toad roared as giant ice spikes shot from its forehead. Naruto blurred and reappeared in front of the demon. Dagon took a startled leap back to put some distance between them. He landed and took a deep breath. Naruto watched as the demon expanded before spewing out ice and a dark gas that blanketed the area. The massive demon seemingly merged into darkness

"So this is how you managed to ambush Lucia." Naruto said as the two nymphs began to dance around him. "You hide in the shadows. You're too weak to face your opponents head on." Naruto used his ethereal Devil Bringer to snatched one of the Nymphs.

The teen yanked the giant toad demon from the shadows. He spun the massive creature around him until its antenna snapped. Dagon went flying, smashing into the surrounding walls while Naruto was left holding the small nymph. The small, delicate looking creature, squirmed in his grip before it glowed and was absorbed by his Devil Bringer.

"YOU WORM YOU CANNOT DEFEAT-" Dagon was cut off by Naruto stabbing the Red Queen deep into its skull. Naruto jumped away as the creature froze over completely and shattered.

Naruto flicked the slimy blood from Red Queen's blade and replaced it with Yamato.

"I really didn't expect you to defeat them so easily Naruto-kun even if they're not the strongest in battle." A mysterious voice stated.

Naruto turned toward the entrance, his kage bunshin's memories flooding back to him. "I knew you were going to be trouble, Kabuto."

Kabuto stood before him with an exact replica of Yamato by his side, his glowing red eyes staring deeply into his.

End.

Disclaimer: I do not own the DMC series or Naruto.

(Author finishes last paper and looks behind him at the multiple stacks of paperwork) Finally.

What? Kabuto's a main character? It seems so. But, Bael and Dagon were defeated so easily why? I hate them both because they don't seem like strong bosses to me, they're cheap and annoying.

Thank KnightX for betaing this chapter, you guys should check out his fics too. And don't forget about my other fic Dragon's Fist.

I'm thinking about trying to organize the updates for my fics but I'm most likely not going to because that's no fun. Cya next chap.