Hey guys.
Thanks for all the advice about OC and main characters, you guys are the best and helped me out a lot with deciding some things or the story. Really, over 80 reviews, you guys blew my mind. All of you guys's support helped me write this chapter fast.
I didn't really base Yui off any other anime character. I just wanted to add some fluff and then I thought about her and how she could be a positive influence, so I decided to add her to help the story go along.
Next chapter may take a bit longer, like an extra week because a friend of mine was stabbed and I am going to help finish up two chapters on his account. Hope he recovers well... You guys know him as Kiss-Shot.
Vt still doesn't own either Naruto or Highschool DxD
''The difference between success and failure is counted by the amount of times that you can try ONE MORE TIME.''
-?-
-In a room-
Splash.
Kalawarner stirred in her bed, being awoken by the feeling of cold water being splashed on her face.
''Goo~d morning!'' Naruto greeted the Fallen cheerfully, taking a few steps back.
''What the fuck...'' She grunted, opening her eyes to see that she was naked and the person that had attacked her in the previous night was just a few feet away from her.
''You!'' She growled, creating a light spear and jumping towards him, only for her vision to blur and her spear to fade away.
Ploft.
She fell on the ground face first, her body feeling weak and numb.
''Attacking me isn't going to benefit you, my dear fallen.'' Naruto said, crouching down in front of her, a towel in his hands. When he had summoned it or picked it up, she would never know.
''Ah and you were already naked when you flew above me, quite the sight really, is that a new thing of your people? Go nude or go nothing? Seems like something Azazel would approve, wonder how he got Shemhazai to agree...'' He then said to himself as an after thought, using the towel to wipe the cold water from her face.
Had she enough strength, she would have tried to bite off his finger or his arm, but her body felt so weak that even the slightest of movements seemed improbable.
''What do you want with me, you creep.'' She hissed, trying to muster strength to get up.
''Well...'' Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly, old habits die hard, ''I was going to need you for something... But after seeing through your most recent memories, I came to the conclusion that neither you or your fellow fallen qualify for that... So I don't know what to do with you yet, I could take the remains of your soul, but you are too weak to even make a difference, I could enslave you and make you a mindless puppet, but I don't like puppets and I am not in the mood for killing... So frankly, I don't know what to do with you.''
''You could release me...?'' She asked, her pride shattered at the fact that she wasn't even worth killing.
''Why do you want me to release you? Your days are counted anyway.'' Naruto said, sitting cross-legged in front of her.
''Counted? What do you mean? What did you do?'' She asked, trying to get up, but only managing to bring herself to a slightly upright laying position. Unintentionally showing Naruto her private parts, but he didn't seem to care.
''Me? I did nothing about that, it is your fault.'' Naruto replied, leaning backwards.
''What are you talking about?'' She asked, very confused.
''Azazel gave orders to your friend Raynare to watch the boy Issei, right?'' He asked and she nodded. ''Then he really did mean for you to only watch him. Azazel is a pacifist, the least troublesome of all the other faction leaders. Given that your friend killed the boy, in devil territory, which brought him to be revived as a devil by said territory owner, and that you then attacked him after his reincarnation, which can be taken as a direct action of war, how do you think Azazel would react? For you to almost start the one thing he has been avoiding, in his name... So are you sure you want to go back?''
Now that she thought about it, his words made sense. Azazel was famous in the world for avoiding trouble, he was the first to drop out of the war because he valued his people too much to lose them in it. Most certainly she would be exiled or killed as an offering of peace for what she had done.(1)
''...'' She opened her mouth but said nothing, there was nothing for her to say, he was right, and now she regretted it for now for not thinking about it earlier.
''You see my problem? I can kill you now, or I can release you so that you live for a few more days, maybe extend that for a few weeks if you run, but you get hunted down and killed either way.'' He said, closing his eyes.
''Kill me then, what is it for you anyway? Either way I am dying.'' She said, though her words contradicted what she was feeling.
Naruto sighed, ''Nothing really, you have nothing to offer to me. You are just a child, neither you nor your partners know what you are into. Contrary to what many believe I don't enjoy killing... The true nature of creatures come out when their lives are at stake and I am fed up with bullshit. Your death would bring nothing to the world or myself... The Gremory girl isn't that bad, if you go talk with her and ask for forgiveness, then she won't ask for your head. If she doesn't and the issue is solved, then Azazel may end up sparing you. The boy is still alive anyway.''
''Oh...'' She muttered, all that she had to do was something as simple as apologize?
''You can go now... There is no more reason for you to stay here.'' Naruto said, getting up from his spot and turning around. A faint white glow appearing around Kalawarner, returning her strength.
''What about the others?'' She asked getting up and releasing her wings.
''I don't know, it is not my problem... Try and convince them if you like, I doubt that it will work, people only truly pay attention when their lives are at stake. You wouldn't have listened to me if I hadn't forced you to, so they probably won't listen to you unless you can force them to sit down and pay attention.'' Naruto replied with a sigh.
''They will listen to me. I'm su-''
''They won't.'' Naruto interrupted, ''They are blind, they will ignore it and attack you. They are just like you, only realize how deep they are when it is too late. You aren't strong enough to fight them and convince them.''
Convincing people with his fists had been something that he knew a lot of, nothing better than a good spanking to smack some sense into some people's head, it was how he did it all his life, Neji, Gaara, Nagato, Obito, all of them required a good ass-kicking before he talked sense into them.
''They will, and if it comes down to a fight, then you can come along with me.'' She replied, taking a step towards him, her rather plump breast jiggling slightly.
''You are asking a lot of me... I'm not a 'problem fixer', they got themselves into it, they get themselves out. Don't think much of me helping you, along with your memories, I saw your loyalty to Azazel, you see him as a father. It would be a shame if it all went away just because of a wrong decision, and because you were already here and you don't have any use for me anyway.'' He replied simply.
''Fine, if you won't. Then I have to do something, I can't let them continue with this.'' She said with a frown, turning around and flying through the balcony. Once she was outside, she glanced back at the hotel and bit her bottom lip before continuing. Deep down she just couldn't blame him for saying no, he could have done whatever he wished with her, yet he chose not to.
''You are getting soft, my Master...'' Spoke a voice, the temperature in the room dropping severely as a cloaked figure came out of one of the corners in the room. (Not an OC and not of the Naruto universe)
''Perhaps I am,'' Naruto said, turning towards the cloaked figure, ''Or perhaps I have always been like this. You arrived just in time, really couldn't have picked a better time. The boy awoke his Sacred Gear yesterday. I trust everything went well?''
''Yes...'' The figure bowed, pulling out a red gauntlet from it's robe, ''It is as you required, the modifications on the Twice Critical was a success. What name do you wish to call it?''
''There is no need to name it. It will be a name only us two know anyway.'' Naruto replied, taking the gauntlet and equipping it to his left hand.
The gauntlet glowed for a few seconds morphed into a larger, full arm dragonic gauntlet, ''Perfect... It will serve more then well... Have you had any luck with finding the Holy Grail?'' Naruto said, reverting it to it's normal state and sending it to another dimension.
''Yes my Master... The user has been located. It is in a Dhamphir of the Tepes Faction. The user's half-brother is conducting experiments on her as we speak, he is dangerously close to finding the secrets of the Grail... What must I do, Master? Do you wish of me to recover it?'' The cloaked figure asked.
''No.'' Naruto said firmly, ''I will retrieve it myself... The Grail is too important to give any chances. I cannot allow it to escape again.''
''Yes Master... Is there anything else that you require me to do?'' The cloaked figure asked, bowing down once more.
''No, you can go now.'' Naruto dismissed and the person nodded, a blue magic circle appearing beneath and enveloping it.
(2)
-Occult Research Club-
''Good morning Issei-kun.'' Akeno greeted her kouhai as he walked into the club.
''Good morning Akeno-senpai... Is Buchou here?'' He asked, the word 'Buchou' seeming a bit foreign for him, he wanted to call her onee-sama, but since she had already said no and he didn't want to find out if she was still disappointed/mad at him, he opted to not push his luck.
''Not really, she wanted to be alone and left last night to do some soul search.. Don't be sad, it has nothing to do with your incident last night, she is just having a tough time.'' Akeno said, trying to cheer the boy up.
''Buchou is having a hard time?'' Issei repeated.
''Ufufufu~ yes, but don't worry about it. She will be fine.'' Akeno reassured him, ''Your fliers are in her desk, be sure to give them out quickly, I have a feeling that tonight you may get another chance at a contract. You need to keep going if you want that harem, right? Ufufufu~'' she giggled.
However in truth, she really didn't know if Rias would be fine anytime soon, Naruto's words were harsh and affected both greatly. But she couldn't allow Issei to know that yet, the boy was still new and like them previously, completely ignorant to Naruto's powers. If he went and did something reckless, like how the two had done earlier, then it could mean the end of the line for them.
The distraction worked like a charm on the boy, and in the blink of an eye he was back to fantasizing about his future harem, ''Yosh, you're right Akeno-senpai. I must keep going!'' He said excitedly, going over Rias's desk and stuffing the pile of fliers onto his backpack and then running out of the club, though not before waving goodbye to Akeno and Koneko.
Right after he left, the magical circle in the living room started to shine a brig ht crimson color.
''Rias!'' Akeno gasped upon seeing her current state, rushing towards her along with Koneko. Her appearance though seemed like she had been through a war. Her clothes were all-but destroyed, her hands were burned and her body was drenched in a mixture of sweat, dust and blood.
''What happened to you? Were you attacked?'' Akeno asked, checking her for any dangerous wounds.
''No Akeno, nothing attacked me... It's a long story and I just want a shower.'' She said, waving Akeno off and turning towards the shower.
''No.'' Akeno said firmly, blocking her way, ''You will tell us what happened, we were dead worry about you.''
Rias sighed and glanced between Akeno and Koneko, who seemed to agree with her, ''It was a spell gone wrong... A couple of times... I tried to do like my brother and compress my Power of Destruction into a ball, but it just kept on blowing up on my face, happy?''
With those words said, she tossed the book that Naruto gave her into her desk and went inside the shower, Akeno and Koneko in too much disbelief to stop her.
Inside the shower, Rias turned on the hot water and closed her eyes, too tired to even care about the fact that she still had some clothes on. Her mind dozing off into what had happened earlier.
''That damn blond...'' Rias growled, taking a seat on top of a rock.
She was currently in a forest in the underworld territory, she had teleported there right after Issei had left. It was her special place, the place where she liked to go when things were troubling her.
The things that the blond had said had affected her more than she had thought, she tried to convince herself that they were lies, but why would he lie about that?
And the more she thought about it, the more it made sense, for as much as she hated it.
The history books about him were all doubtful, and because of his rampage on the war, all sides were forced to retreat and nobody actually knew what happened between the fight of God and the Maous because nobody stayed back besides the Maou, who died in the battle.
'Come to think of it, if he fought against the Maou, who were fighting against God, and he is alive, then what are the chances that God is alive as well?' She thought, looking at the book that she had previously tried to destroyed, but failed.
'It can't be true, the angels said no word about God being wounded... They have been completely silent about the War... Too silent... The world is going normally, it can't be possible that something happened to God.' She then thought, his strength was a mystery. At first she thought that he was perhaps below Heavenly Dragon, and that he could be reincarnated with the combined use of her last bishop, knight and rook.
But now it seemed unlikely.
''Do what you can't do until you can do them and one day you may end up running out of things you can't do.'' She read out loud, the first page of the book, the only one to have anything written.
''What does he care? I'm not slacking, there are a ton of things that I can do!'' She said to herself, throwing the book to the ground and getting up from the rock.
''This is what Onii-sama does...'' She said to herself, extending her right hand and trying to focus and compress her power into a small ball, only for her to lose her focus and be blasted back a few feet and landing on her butt.
''Urgh... Dammit, one more try...'' She said to herself, getting up.
She was so hell-bent on trying that one spell, that she had completely lost track of time. When she came to notice, it was already the morning of the next day.
Yet even after all that trying, she had done little-to-no progress with the spell. She had just found out that compressing the Power of Destruction was a difficult process, using it in waves like how she would normally did was easy, charge up and scatter in the opponent. Compressing required concentration, focus and a lot of control.
She knew that it wasn't the way her brother did, yes he did compress it, but his was just many times more denser than her own, so he required a less amount to compress.
''What have I been doing...'' She said to herself, closing her eyes.
-Streets of Kuoh-
''Ugh! This sucks, I been giving out fliers for an hour and I'm not even half way there!'' Issei groaned, taking a seat on a bench.
Suddenly hearing some footsteps besides him, he quickly turned around to see who or what it was.
''Hello Issei, we finally meet...'' Said Naruto to the boy, but Issei didn't respond, he couldn't, his once shiny brown eyes had turned dull and soulless.
''Unfortunately though, your mind is somewhere far away.'' Naruto chuckled, crouching down so that he was at eye-level.
''It's been a long time, Ddraig...'' Naruto said, the crimson gauntlet of before appearing on top of his palm, a crimson gauntlet appearing on Issei's own left hand.
''So my time is up... You finally came for the remains of my soul, Evil Dragon God.'' Spoke a voice through Issei's hand, more precisely, the green jewel on it.
It was common for the factions of the world including dragons to associate him with 'evil' due to his brutal and merciless fighting style, and while he could technically be called by the same titles of Great Red and Ophis, the Dragon Kings decided for the sake of convenience, they labeled him as such, not one of his favorite epithets mind you, but it could be worse.
''Yup... A lot of time has passed since the Great War and I gave you plenty of time to enjoy yourself against Albion's host... I was going to give you some more time, but now that the Holy Grail has been found, I may need to speed up my work... With it I will finally be capable of localizing it, and I will need all the power at my disposal to finish the job and eliminate it.'' Naruto said placing his right hand on Issei's chest.
''So you really plan on taking it out for good... Could I know the name of my current host? He will die before learning the secrets of my powers or even my name.'' Ddraig said, and Naruto imagined him 'sighing'.
Hearing the dragon, Naruto took his hand off Issei's chest and then took a step backwards, ''His name is Issei Hyoudo, a human reincarnated as a devil. He won't die, yet. This is a special Twice Critical that was modified for him, will keep him alive and will help him somewhat. Your full power would be a waste on him now, zero times two is still a zero after all. How many times he multiplies wouldn't matter.''
''You sparing a life? How long have I been asleep? What's next, Ophis transformed into a little girl?'' Ddraig laughed, but stopped when he saw Naruto's deadpan look. ''Your fucking with me, right?''
Naruto nodded, ''Yup, and not just any child... A Gothic Lolita. 'It' is now the world's most powerful loli.''
''Bwahahaha... You mean 'it' is now a loli? What has become of the world?'' Ddraig laughed, and then hummed, ''Still... What made you go through the trouble of finding and modifying the device for the boy? Didn't think of you for being one to care, or give others opportunities to speak... You took my soul without any warning, was finally going to get rid of Albion when you and those pesky devils and angels interrupted us.''
''I warned you two many times, your battles were damaging the planet, something I cannot allow. Why is it such a surprise for me to spare somebody? Who do you think I am, Grendel? For fucks sake, now I understand why Hades is so bitter about people labeling him as a ''Dark God'' or ''Evil God''. You could say that he reminds me of somebody I once knew, so I am giving him the benefit of doubt, despite him being such a disappointment...''
''Disappointment? Never mind, I don't wan't to know, I don't care. Just get this over with.''
Placing his hand once more on Issei's chest, a tremendous amount of crimson energy then started to flow from Issei to Naruto, while red energy flowed from Naruto's gauntlet to Issei. The red tattoo's on the left side of Naruto's body stretching themselves to the side of his chest, neck and the corner of his face, a single slash below each whisker and a small flame above his eyebrows. (3)
''The replacement will be capable of aiding you, isn't as powerful as the Original Boosted Gear, but it can give out some boosts, as long as you train that is... Until we meet again, this time under better circumstances.'' Naruto said, his body vanishing in the air like a mirage.
''So~ many fliers to give out... But I MUST NOT SLACK! MY HAREM AWAITS!'' Issei shouted, filled with energy. Completely unaware of what had just happened.
-Abandoned Church-
At the entrance of the Abandoned Church, a certain blue-haired fallen descended, now with clothing.
Not a minute after she arrived, Raynare, Dohnaseek and Miltet went to meet her.
''What took you so long?!'' Miltelt shouted angrily, ''We thought you had been captured by the devils or killed!''
'Not a devil... Come to think about it, I should have asked his name...' Kalawarner thought, remembering that neither of them had actually introduced themselves.
''How was the mission?'' Raynare asked, stopping in front of Kalawarner along with her companions.
''I failed, the boy was the same that Dohnaseek met, he was reincarnated as a devil and unlocked his Sacred Gear.'' Kalawarner said, meeting Raynare's stare.
''Dammit!'' Raynare hissed, ''Not only did he survive, but he is also with the devils now! Then must hurry up and kill him at once along with the devils, we cannot allow them to live.''
''But how do you plan to kill them? The Gremory devils are powerful.'' Dohnaseek asked Raynare, a bit skeptic about how she planned on taking on the devil peerage.
''The nun, we will extract her Sacred Gear and use it to defeat them. We use light, it is our advantage, with the power of her Sacred Gear, we won't lose.'' Raynare answered with determination.
''No.'' Kalawarner said, surprising the three.
''What did you just say?'' Raynare asked with a glare, her tone raising a tad bit.
''I said 'no'. We can't go on with this, we need to go back.'' Kalawarner answered, meeting Raynare's glare with one of equal intensity.
''What do you mean with 'We need to go back'? We need to finish what we started! Our leaders will be pleased with our efforts here, we might even get a promotion for going the extra mile! We can't go back now!'' Raynare snarled, taking a step closer to Kalawarner.
''Yes we can, this isn't what Azazel-sama would want of us, we have to go back and report to him.'' Kalawarner retorted, not backing down.
''Maybe it is best we do go back, Raynare. Even if just to get some reinforcements.'' Dohnaseek advised, seeing the strategic value of it.
''We don't need to get reinforcements, we can take them on our own! I say we stay and kill those devils.'' Miltelt argued, breaking her very impressive silence streak.
''You know what Kalawarner, I'm starting to think you switched sides. What's the matter? You with the devils now? Is that why you took so long? I don't have to tell you happens to traitors right?'' Raynare asked, the tension in the room rising.
''No. I didn't switch sides, I am still as loyal as ever. I would rather die than betray Azazel-sama.'' Kalawarner replied fiercely.
''I don't think so. You don't seem very loyal now, if you're really one of us then you have to prove it. If you are really loyal, then go back and finish the job with Dohnaseek, assassinate the boy.'' Raynare said with a smirk, crossing her arms under her bust.
''The Gremorys are now in alert, we can't go just the tw-''
''No.'' Kalawarner interrupted Dohnaseek.
''What do you mean 'no'? You don't have a say in this.'' Raynare stated, her eyes narrowing, not even attempting to hide her anger towards Kalawarner.
''I mean no, simple as that. I won't go on with this plan, it isn't what Azazel-sama would want of us." Kalawarner tried to reason, but Raynare had enough.
"I am tired of your insubordination..." Raynare growled, clenching her fists.
Her right hand started to glow with a bright purple light, making Kalawarner immediately jumped back, her wings sprouting from her back.
The light stabalized into a spear, just like with Issei, "I am tired of your non-sense, traitor. Die!" Raynare threw the light spear towards Kalawarner, who was prepared and managed to duck to the side.
'She really wants to kill me!' Kalawarner thought, creating a spear of her own and using it to deflect another one of Raynare's spears.
Now Kalawarner was no Kokabiel in terms of strength and power, she still was no slouch either and had a decent amount of training, for fallen of her rank that is.
Not wanting to give Raynare time, Kalawarner rushed towards her,Rushing towards Raynare before she had time, but mid way, she saw something glow pink from the corner of her eyes.
It was Mittelt, throwing her pink spear towards Kalawarner.
She had noticed it too late, she had made the terrible mistake of taking her eyes off the other two and now she was about to pay the price. Giving her momentum it was impossible for her to dodge it and she knew it, but in a act of reflex, or luck, her wings fluttered slightly and shifted her position just a slight bit to the left, making the spear pierce her right shoulder instead of her heart.
Ploft.
Kalawarner fell to the ground, clutching the wound on her shoulder. While she was no devil or demon, getting pierced by a light spear was still fatal regardless.
''Good job Mittelt, I was expecting Dohnaseek to be the one, but you served good.'' Raynare praised the short girl, walking towards Kalawarner.
Dohnaseek remained silent, he didn't want to take any part in it. Killing a devil or a stray was one thing, killing one of their own was another way different.
''Not so high and mighty now, are you, traitor.'' Raynare hissed, pinning Kalawarner's right wing with her left foot and kicking her with her right one.
Once she was completely on the ground, Raynare placed her foot on top of the wound and started to sink the tip of her heel in it. Her face showing how much she was enjoying the action of bringing pain onto her former ally.
Kalawarner just grunted in pain, trying and failing to create a spear in her hand. The pain preventing her from concentrating enough.
''How cute that you still have some fighting spirit...'' Raynare chuckled darkly, ''I like that... But people like you and those devils are a stone in my shoe, and that is why you have to die!'' She yelled, lifting her arm upwards a spear of light appearing on her hand.
''Ara-ara...''
Spoke a voice from behind Raynare, freezing her body entirely and sending a cold, sinister shiver down her spine.
''Excuse me young fallen, could you please step aside... I happen to know that person you are above of.'' Said the voice, now revealing itself to be Naruto. In the sidelines, both Dohnaseek and Mittelt unintentionally took a step backwards in fear.
Hearing the man speak, Raynare's heart started to race, her first instinct was to run and hide, but her body wouldn't obey. She couldn't move, even breathing was becoming difficult.
She felt small.
''I will not ask again. There is something I must do tonight and you are wasting my time... Step aside now.'' Naruto ordered more forcefully, his golden eyes shining brightly.
Raynare couldn't help but do anything other than obey, her body acting on its own will and getting off of Kalawarner, allowing the blue-haired fallen to recover her breath.
''You are becoming a handful, I am already starting to regret letting you go.'' Naruto told Kalawarner, his eyes adopting a bored look.
''Yet you came...'' She chuckled and then coughed a blob of blood.
''Yet I came...'' He repeated. ''Consider yourself with luck, though my arrival begins your debt. The first tip is always free, the second however... You will find out.'' He said to her and then turned his gaze towards Raynare, who had joined the other two.
''Disobedient children are such a drag...''
(1) - Azazel the M.V.L - Most Valuable Leader, he was the only one that saw the war for what it was, a waist of lives. He was the only one between the three that cared about the lives of his followers.
(2) - Frankly, Kalawarner was the most loyal of the group to Azazel, I honestly think that their characters in the anime was too shallow, like they were only used to get things rolling and that's it.
(3) - Half of the facial tattoos on Acnologia. Yes I like the black dragon, even more so after chapter 470.
Did you guys get all them references?