Shinigami's Devil Huntsmen Chapter 10
Author's Notes: Yello readers, I am SoulEmbrace2010, and welcome back to Shinigami's Devil Huntsmen HOLY BATMAN FUCKING SHIT GOT REAL!
*ahem*
It's been a year, so check out the details at the end at the end of the chapter. Also, I would like for future reviews to be about the update, not just the comments I make on my before and after chapter notes. If you want to respond to me about them, please PM me next time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, RWBY, Devil May Cry, or the other crossovers that'll appear, including any other crossovers that might appear.
Special credit and thanks: zemryx for letting me use the RWBY-ifyed Red Queen weapon from Devil May Cry 4 he drew on DeviantArt; and fairy tail dragon slayer for letting me use the Adaptability semblance from his story "Naruto the Huntsmen".
So, while you all enjoy this here new chapter, I shall be enjoying Youmacon!
Chapter 10: Team Napier's First Outing
(The Heaven's Above)
Shinigami sipped on a glass of fine wine as he viewed the actions of her handsome blonde Uzumaki below the clouds. As he holds the blood of Sparda and Adam and Eve of the First Civilization, he was the perfect candidate for being her Avatar.
But she knew that he'll need more than the power of his pedigree to handle the future threats lurking in the shadows. It wasn't Kaguya, as she was sealed inside Naruto, and thankfully bonded with him. However, her presence kept the more powerful enemies at bay, and when she was first sealed away by her sons, the enemies she didn't get a chance to defeat came out to play.
Her son Hagoromo and Hamura managed to defeat them all, but it took years off their lives doing so, and worse, the enemies they couldn't defeat slipped back into the shadows, just like the ones Kaguya defeat herself.
To combat this, Shinigami worked with her two sisters, Kami and Yami, to enact Crisis, a merging of worlds so to speak.
In truth, the world Naruto is in was rewound way back to the time before the Rabbit Goddess, after his previous self went down the wrong path in life that cost everyone around him their lives, from his family, to friends, to allies. Sure, he rose to become a powerful ninja and an influential person, but was a pacifist, a ninja who never killed and easily forgiven those who committed the worse crime; i.e. Naruto was a total stupid gullible idiot that was gay for the traitorous Uchiha, and would bend over backwards to forgive somebody for even the most heinous crimes, even forgiving Obito, whom deserved no forgiveness for causing the death of his parents on his path to 'reunite' with an illusionary version of his loved one.
The end result: Naruto became weak, neglecting his family and his training to focus on his realized dream of being Hokage and protecting Konoha. And as a result, the Elemental Countries was destroyed by an extremely powerful enemy that outright killed Naruto first before moving on to his other victims.
The end.
Kami, who was disheartened and pissed beyond relief that her Child of Prophecy was killed and the world he lived in was destroyed, reset the timeline before Yami and Shinigami could stop her, with their attempted intervention clashing with Kami's almighty power that caused several different worlds to merge as time reset, accidently triggering Crisis as they did.
Time went by as Kami, Yami, and Shinigami awaited the rebirth of their chosen Avatar, and noted that while the events before and after the Rabbit Goddess were more or less the same, the Uzumaki bloodline gain powerful bloodlines from the newly known past, causing light bulbs to go off. Despite the fact that what they were planning would change everything about their world with unpredictable consequences, and the fact that things already changed but barely affect the new timeline in Elementia, just outside of it; Shinigami and her sisters purposely enacted Crisis, adding a few more worlds into their existing one.
The results had more world-ending events from they would like, but heroes arose to stop them. It ended up so bad that the Ootsutsuki clan summoned a mist to protect Elementia from outside forces, with the outside Dust dominate world slowly forgetting about it.
"Still, the Reset, and Crisis. It produced more Avatars besides Naruto. Well, just a bit more…" Shinigami murmured with a smirk as she switched her view to a purple-haired girl with red eyes on a ship heading to Vale.
(Opening: This Will Be The Day by Jeff Williams and Casey Lee Williams)
(Downtown Vale)
It's been sometime since Naruto began his crusade of making Team CRDL look like utter fools, and the fun has not stopped after the first day. Even better that the members of RWBY and NNPR joined in on the fun.
After her near-rape, Ruby created specialized ammo packs that were prone to misfires, and would usually load them into Crescent Rose whenever the disgraced bullies are nearby during sparring sessions. They even have a peculiar sound when they're loaded, a sound that traumatized Team CRDL the first time Ruby used them.
However, she didn't have to use them much, as there's always a member of her team on her person at all times, acting like her personal bodyguard. While Ruby was capable of handling herself like she proved before, nobody was taking any chances. The upside is that Ruby got to bond with Weiss and Blake more, causing her to crack through Weiss' tsundere surface and get Blake to open up more, but unfortunately have to bear with Yang's now overprotective nature.
It made Ruby wish that Naruto was back on her team.
Speaking of Naruto, he, along with Pyrrha, Nora, and Rin; were not happy about how their newly established team was formed, but they were getting along well despite that. They were not going to let that damn accident haunt them forever.
While what happened to Jaune was tragic, they had to move on.
Naruto in the meantime was doing his morning routine he does every single day to keep in shape, along with an interestingly dubbed "One-Punch Man Workout".
First he warmed up his body with calisthenics for 10 minutes, and finished up with 100 jumping jacks before executing said workout routine.
100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and running 10km around Beacon.
It's something he does on the weekends, but he ups the intensity on the weekends by 10 times, which is pretty insane for most people, but Naruto wasn't like most people, due to being an Uzumaki and the descendant of the Rabbit Goddess that is sealed inside him.
As soon as he finished cooling his body down with yoga and Pilates and worked out the clinks in his body, Konan suddenly appeared in a flurry of her signature paper, wearing a simple casual outfit consisting of a blue vest over a long-sleeved navy blue shirt, black trackpants with blue sandals.
"I see you're hard at work as always." Konan mused as Naruto wiped his brow with a towel, "How are you, Naruto?"
"Fine. Just peachy, and prepared for another day of boring classes. How about you, sis?" Naruto replied cheeky, with Konan looking irked and blushed slightly when being called his sister.
"The same, with checking in on Taiyang to make sure he's not drinking again, and tracking the movements of the White Fang and their leach-holders, CRME." Konan replied as sat down on the grass next to him.
"Crime?" Naruto repeated with a question mark over his head.
"Cinder. Roman. Mercury. Emerald." Konan elaborated, with Naruto sighing when he finally got it; that Konan used the initials in their names to come up with their faction name.
"Clever, but I don't think it will stick."
*cue montage of said enemies with Konan's suggested group name appearing in bold letters to epic music*
"Oh trust me, it'll stick." Konan assured him with a mischievous grin before turning serious, "The White Fang really has aligned themselves with Cinder and her group. They're starting to assist Roman in stealing more Dust from Dust Shops all over Vale."
"And we don't know is why. But what I don't get is how a two-bit thief like Roman even agreed to join Cinder. He must know something we don't if there's something in it for him." Naruto wondered as he looked up at the sky.
"Has your contact said anything?" Konan questioned, with Naruto looking grim.
"Only that Roman thinks he's joined the winning team. But since my contact is a bit close to Cinder, we'll be able to counter Cinder's plan before she can do some serious damage for whatever she's planning." Naruto said, looking confident as he worked out more kinks in his body.
"Can they be trusted?" Konan simply asked, looking unsure.
Konan knew who Naruto's contact was, and was worried about their loyalty staying intact to help them keep the peace in Remnant.
During Naruto's time in Signal, he and Konan decided to start a group dedicated to the protection of Remnant from forces that were not the creatures of Grimm. This came to light after Naruto was caught up in a robbery headed by Roman Torchwick himself, and Konan witnessed a murder by a deranged rogue Huntsman that was on Atlas Most Wanted. After sharing their stories with each other, their soon to be blooming group was born under the name and a private detective agency they opened called Devil May Cry, named after the legendary Son of Sparda's old shop via very private detective agency, at Naruto's insistence after having knowledge of his heritage from Shinigami, with their group name named after an international task force from the days of old. They made themselves known as Naruto and Konan stopped another robbery by Torchwick before beating the ever-loving crap out of him in a curb-stomp battle when the thief foolishly underestimated them, and hunting down the murderous rogue Huntsman, defeating him before turning him over to the authorities.
They became celebrates in the underground of Remnant and were known by those in power, with Naruto being known by his codename, Kitsune, and Konan being known by her codename, the Angel of Death; and soon, others flocked to their cause from all over Remnant.
ALL over Remnant.
However, only a select few were admitted into DMC, with Naruto and Konan weeding out the ones who were either in its for pure glory, use them as a platform to jumpstart their fame, and/or attempted to take over their group to use as their own. After kicking those idiots out, only a handful were left standing due to their desire to see the world safe, like the legendary heroes of old before the days of Remnant.
Oh, and even Team Blood Gulch were part of DMC too, not to mention that Naruto suspected that Shinigami pulled an interesting stunt that caused him to add some more interesting members to the group, but that's a story for another time.
For them at least.
"They were part of our team ever since we started our own group to protect Remnant from those who are not the Grimm. They volunteered, and I trust them, just like you should and my squirrelly contact in the White Fang does. Simple as that." Naruto replied sternly, reminding Konan that the one putting herself in danger for them was one of them, and she smiled.
"I understand. Sorry about that. I just worry about those who go undercover for us, just like our little squirrel girl. But I know they'll be fine. In the meantime, keep your head on a swivel. I learned the hard way that peace is only temporary, and considering since long times of peace, something is going to happen to disrupt it, with CRME and the White Fang being Ground Zero." Konan commented, with Naruto nodding in agreement.
"We'll deal with them when the time comes."
(Ozpin's Office, the next day)
"You wanted to see me, Ozpin?" Naruto asked as he entered the Beacon Headmaster's gear-themed clocktower office.
"Ah, Mr. Uzumaki. Excellent timing." Ozpin asked warmly as Naruto came up to his desk, "Why don't you take a seat?"
"I rather stand, thank you. I don't want this meeting to take long. I have teammates to watch over, an operation to manage with Konan, and CRME to hunt down, so please make this fast." Naruto said without pausing for breath and leaned on the offered chair.
"Crime?" Ozpin questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Ask Konan." Naruto deadpanned with a tone that said 'don't ask'.
"Very well then. My only question regarding that matter, is that if there's anything new on your end regarding the enemy." Ozpin requested, with Naruto groaning.
"I don't have time for the pronoun game, Ozpin. All I can say is that the White Fang have all thrown in their lot with Cinder, allowing Torchwick to increase the frequency of their Dust robberies. My own forces are stretched thin trying to deal with them, and recruitment's been getting difficult by the year due to those focusing on increasing their fame instead of protecting the world." Naruto stated flatly with a hint of annoyance.
"I understand. I only ask that you don't strain yourself, especially when I have missions for you. Remember, Cinder and her allies are not your only targets, but the creatures of Grimm as well. There's a legion of them harassing a village near Mistal, supported by some kind of demon that provide enhancements to them, and there aren't any available Hunters available, so I'm sending you and Konan if she wishes. I know both of you are more than enough to handle the threat and save that village." Ozpin said as he transferred the mission parameters to Naruto's Scroll.
"Short staffed, huh? You mean-" Naruto trailed off with a frown, with Ozpin nodding.
"What you're confirming is a piece of info I don't want getting out, Naruto. It'll cause panic that Cinder will capitalize on. Now, about the mission…"
"I'll take it, under one condition."
"And that is?"
"The rest of Team NNPR comes with me and Konan. It'll allow me to get to know them more, and gauge their abilities."
Ozpin took a sip of coffee out of his mug before responding, "Permission granted. Good luck…"
(Beacon Cliffside, the next day (again))
"I can't believe we're going on our first mission this early. This is gonna be so awesome! So, what are we doing? Transport? Protecting a VIP? Killing Grimm? Crippling bullies? Not that I want to torture some CRNL assholes some more. I could use a break from it anyway. What better way than to kill Grimm and sell their pelts-" Nora rambled excitedly as she and her NNPR teammates made their way towards one of the aerial docking bays.
"Nora, calm down will ya? It's just a simple Grimm Extermination mission near a village in Mistal, like I told you yesterday. Save all that energy for them." Naruto chided her while Rin sighed.
"It won't matter, Naruto. After this mission, she'll still have plenty of energy to spare." Rin remarked as they got to their transportation where Konan was waiting.
"Nora must be your lost clan cousin, Naruto." Konan mused as they got close enough.
"Not everyone with near-limitless bundles of energy has to be an Uzumaki, Konan." Naruto replied before turning to his team, who all looked ready to go, "All right team, we won't be getting back until early evening due to the distance between here and Mistral, so let get back to time to prepare for another round of CRDL humiliation involving mousetraps, ducktape, eggs, and porn. Now, let's go."
"Mousetraps, ducktape, eggs, and porn?" Rin repeated as they got into the plane, "Do I want to know what you're planning?"
Naruto just gave her a knowingly grin, making her feel sorry for CRDL as they took off.
As the plane disappeared into the horizon, a certain team who was spying on their departure grinned, knowing that the knight in shining armor, Naruto, was gone for the day, and they were allowed to take a despicable action.
(With Team RWBY)
Some of Team RWBY (Ruby and Yang in peculiar) were bummed that they didn't get to go on Naruto's mission. When asked why, Naruto stated that it was a simple extermination mission, and he wanted to gauge his new team's abilities outside of training. He did promise that he'll take them when there's a similar mission in the future.
Currently, Weiss and Ruby were in the library, with the former helping the latter study for an upcoming test. Ruby was just like Naruto, preferring hands-on training and learning on the go, and didn't enjoy the memorizing process when it comes to being a Hunter. Not to mention that it was absolute utter boredom, with Ruby preferring practical tests and exams. Sure, she can retain information about the various types of Grimm and their strengths and weakness, but the history of the world, not so much, a fact that irked Weiss to no end. Despite the nodding off to sleep and the looks of torturous boredom, Weiss stayed determined to help Ruby succeed, but almost gave up hope until she discovered a way to get Ruby to study.
Exploiting her love of cookies after witnessing her sneaking into the cookie jar Naruto keeps to reward Ruby for her accomplishments.
With a stroke of inspiration, Weiss retrieved the cookies and held them for ransom, rewarding Ruby one for her progress. That and Weiss may have stealthy implied that she'll tell Naruto what the scythe-user did. Needless to say, Ruby wise up pretty quickly.
After all, her love for cookies rivaled Naruto's love for ramen.
As for Yang and Blake, they were pretty hands on when it comes to training…and each other. After training, Yang would ambush Blake in the dorm when Ruby and Weiss weren't around for some fun time that would usually being out Blake's cat side, allowing Yang to bring out the kitty toys. Blake was strong-willed, being able to resist her feline urges, but when it comes to Yang, her defenses crumble pretty quickly, and thanks to Yang's warm ministrations, Blake quickly becomes cat putty in Yang's hands.
As they rested, with Blake motorboating Yang's breasts, while Yang gently squeezed Blake's derrière, Yang was thinking of ways to get Blake into their family, aka Naruto's special group of girls. It's no secret to Yang that Blake was interested in Naruto, and with the right push, Yang was sure that she can get Naruto and Blake together. But first, Yang wanted to get closer to her partner, and have her feel that she was her home. Yang also suspected that due to Naruto and Blake knowing each other, and the revelation that Blake was a Faunus, the latter was part of the White Fang in the past, before Naruto managed to get her to leave.
And if it was true, Yang had no intention of letting Blake go back in case of a relapse, as Blake's purring vibrated through her body.
(Mistal, Local Village)
The Creatures of Grimm were having a really bad day. They were terrorizing a local village to engulf the humans in the darkness in which they came. It was supposed to be another day succumbing to the instincts of killings, but instead they were under attack by a group of humans emitting Aura.
And the group of humans consisted of Naruto, Pyrrha, Nora, Rin, and Konan.
The new leader of the newly named NNPR, Naruto, was weaving in and out of Grimm targeting him, and sliced through them like a hot knife through butter. He not only used the techniques of his mother and father's clans, the Uzumaki and Namikaze clans respectively, he used the sword techniques of the Sparda clan. Slicing through Beowolf after Beowolf, Naruto revved his Red Queen and beheaded a Ursa that tried to flank him. Spinning his blade around, he stabbed behind him and skewered a Creep through it head before bashing it with the back of his fist, making said head explode. He then charged forward and spun around, Red Queen weaved his flames, and destroyed several Beowolves and Creeps before whipping out Thorn and Petal in its combined double-barrel form and shot down a Beowolf attacking Pyrrha from behind.
Pyrrha wasn't fazed, knowing that Naruto and the team got her back, as she cut down a Creep in front of her. Not losing her momentum, she swung Miló in an 180 arc to the side, cutting down several Beowolf who attacked over. She then did a corkscrew flip to the side while throwing her shield Akoúo̱, that rebounded off a horde of Grimm; at the same time, she fired Miló in rifle form at the shield. The combination had the bullet ricochet off the shield while the latter was bouncing off the Grimm, creating a kill zone in a straight line, ending with the shield returning to Pyrrha via her magnetic semblance.
The bullet however headed straight for Naruto, but he nonchalantly deflected it off Red Queen and ended up in the head of a Nevermore. Pyrrha smiled in satisfaction before holding her arm out with her shield Akoúo̱, in which impacted with Nora's Magnhild in hammer mode, creating a shockwave in a straight path that blew another horde away.
Nora backflip into Pyrrha's shield, and launched herself into another group of Grimm, the ground exploding with electrical energy as she landed. The Creeps and Beowolves closer in on her position, but ended up being knocked away by her hammer. Nora grinned menacingly before launching herself using her hammer, mowing down all Grimm in her way. She then landed on an Ursa, and bashed it on its head, with the recoil bouncing her into other Ursa, allowing her to bash it on the head as well. She rinsed and repeat until she finally landed on the ground, at the same time as the Ursai's heads exploded and her bodies stumped to the ground. Switching to her grenade launcher mode, she shot behind her, the spots impacting on a Death Stalker that Rin was fighting.
The grenades cracked the armor of the Death Stalker and dazed it, allowing Rin to get in close, jam her StormFlower into the cracks, and let loose a hail of bullets into its skull. The Scorpion's head swell until it exploded, with Rin jumping clear and evaded a flanking Creep. Using her Aura to strengthen her attacks, she kicked several Grimm away with lightning fast kicks and jammed the blades of her StormFlower into an incoming Ursa. The Ursa roared and swiped at Rin, who ducked and unleashed a hail of fire on the Ursa, causing it to cover up. When it lowered its arms, Rin was gone. The Ursa looked around until it was punched in the back of its head by Rin's Aura-enhanced punch, turning its brains to mush, before it was consumed by Konan's razor sharp paper techniques.
When it comes to Konan, she never lost a step as an ex-kunoichi, now Huntress. As she grew up…again…, she expanded on her paper techniques, doing more than attacking with hordes of plain sheets of paper. She shaped them into weapons, and not just paper shuriken, but paper sword, a paper spear, a paper scythe, etc. Wielding her paper swords, she danced around slicing down Grimm after Grimm, and occasionally flew paper bombs full of explosive Dust. When the Grimm attempted to swarm her en-mass, she spouted wings and took to the air. She then dropped a wad of bunched up paper that when it bounced off the ground, spouted a sphere of spikes that ended the Grimms' miserable existences.
Konan then frown in the distance before spotting something and shouting, "I see the leader at your 3 o' clock in a mile out, Naruto! It's a Beringel, and it's retreating!"
"I'm going after it! You gals clean up here since their numbers are dwindling!" Naruto called out as he sent a Beowolf exploding into a tree before taking off in hot pursuit.
"Understood." Pyrrha confirmed for the rest of the team before bashing a Creep in the head with the back of her shield, while Rin nodded and Nora threw up a peace sign in confirmation.
"Be wary of its grappling abilities, and be careful!" Konan shouted after her surrogate brother.
"I got it already!" Naruto yelled back and disappeared into the trees.
"Damn you. You didn't have to respond like that. Despite your pedigree, I do worry about you, you know. It doesn't make you invincible, baka." Konan thought with a pout on her face and a tickmark on her head as she stabbed a Grimm from behind, "Just…be careful. I don't what you to end up like Yahiko and Nagato did…"
Little did Konan know, as Naruto was leaving, Kaguya had read Konan's mind from his mindscape, and heard her thoughts.
"It won't happen. Not if I have anything to say about it. You needn't worry, Kamihana Konan. I will protect Naruto, and help him harass my power so she'll become strong. Strong enough that he'll run circles around those like my old powerful nemesis Salem that I sealed away. Hell, I'll make him strong enough to defeat the likes of me." Kaguya said and looked to the sky.
After her revival at the hands of the Akatsuki, and the sealing of her being and power into her descendant by Shinigami, Kaguya originally wanted to tear out of it despite Shinigami's many warnings. She hated being trapped, and did whatever she could to give Naruto discomfort as a side effect of her being sealed into him, resorting to giving him nightmares and inflicting phantom pains from time to time.
However, the Bijuu discovered her to be the root of Naruto's nagging problems both physically and mentally, and teamed up against her, throwing her into Naruto's memories of his childhood and blocking the door. When Shinigami came to investigate, Kaguya returned from Naruto's memories, absolutely broken and shut herself in a house she made for herself in a section of Naruto's mindscape.
She would not come out until Naruto broke inside to talk to her, and didn't back down when she threatened his life, damn the consequences and despite what she saw in his memories. Instead, Naruto hugged her and didn't let go. As he was still a kid, he figured she needed a hug so she could feel better. Little did he know, he unconsciously used his Aura to calm her. As a result, Kaguya calmed down and poured her heart out to her young descendant, sharing her past as a dark heroine before her fall with him, the fears that caused Zetsu to latch onto her and possess her, and the consequences of her actions. She sobbed her heart out when she finished her story, with Naruto and the Bijuu feeling for her.
Yoko, the Juubi, then explained that she has a chance to redeem through Naruto in the eyes of Shinigami by helping him continuing her work in protecting the world. Naruto then said that he would help protect the world and his new family and friends, declaring that he trusts Kaguya to help him. Since then, Kaguya did just that while slowly warming up to Naruto, knowing that they need each other to survive in the new world. She also grew fond of Naruto's new surrogate family, and had plans for those closest to him.
They would need that she would offer them in the future to tackle the old threats that would no doubt return since it's been a long time while since they were sealed or crept back into the shadows, if not outright killed.
"An Uzumaki with the blood of Sparda and the abilities of an Assassin. Truly perfect for being Shinigami-sama's personal Huntsman." Kaguya murmured as she stroked the water of a small pond next to her.
As for Naruto, he closed in on the Beringel as it was nearing a cliff. He revved his sword, superheating the blade with fire-element Dust, and went for a Stinger. The Beringel managed to evade it and grab Naruto by his waist. Roaring, the Beringel slammed Naruto down on the ground multiple time before decking him in the face. Naruto skidded along the ground towards the edge of the cliff with the Beringel jumped after him with a roar, intent on pancaking Naruto into paste.
Naruto managed to jump away and slashed wildly, catching the Beringel in the chest area, leaving a scar across it chest. Sadly, Naruto overshot his jump and found himself in the air over the cliff.
"Crap!" Naruto yelled and immediately shot a chakra chain from the palm of his hand and latched onto the back of the Beringel's neck.
The gorilla-Grimm roared in pain, trying to stay on the ground, but the weight of Naruto forced it to fall with him. Naruto then detached his chakra chain as the Beringel turned and cocked back it's fist to smash Naruto to a pulp. As it threw its punch when it got close, Naruto twisted his body at the last second, getting above the Berginel as it passed him before stabbing it in its heart.
The Beringel roared before it was cut short as Naruto twisted Red Queen before thrusting the blade deeper, the superheated blade burning the Grimm from the inside out. Before Naruto could pull Red Queen out by kicking it, they crashed through the ground below.
An unknown time passed before Naruto regained consciousness, and coughed up some dust. Looking around, he saw Red Queen stabbed through the ground, where the last of the Berginel Grimm faded away. As Naruto got up, his body was racked with pain, but slowly faded as his healing factor kicked in. He lifted his blade up, put it on his back, and looked around finding himself in a cavern of sorts.
"Well shit…" the blonde muttered when he saw that he fallen quite a ways from the ground above.
He took out Thorn and Petal in its combined form, loaded a flare, augmented it with his chakra, and fired it through the hole in the ceiling above. Satisfied, Naruto looked around the cavern, taking in its structural design.
"This energy feels…familiar…" Kaguya mused after connecting with Naruto's senses and noticing something a few feet away, "A tomb. But for whom?"
"Let's find out." Naruto replied as he stabbed Red Queen into the ground and walked up to the cradle, "Still, why does it feels like I'm stepping in a random power gain situation?"
"Who knows? Maybe there's a consequence this time, if that's the case." Kaguya shot back slyly, just as Naruto arrived at the cradle, "It doesn't take away the fact that you work for your strength and abilities."
"Just don't want to disappoint you, Granny Rabbit." Naruto said, making Kaguya growl at that nickname, "Hm? This is…"
Upon closer observation, Naruto noticed a red orb in the center of cradle.
"A materia?" Naruto wondered as he put his hand on the orb to inspect it.
The orb then glowed bright, with Naruto jumping back in shock, but the orb sticking to his hand to go along for the ride. Naruto frowned when markings traveled from the orb to his hand, and to his body. He tried to wave it off, but it stuck to him like white on rice, much to his chagrin.
"This orb! It's reacting and bonding to his mana coils that intertwined with his chakra network! Wait, this orb…and this power, it's can't be! Command Spells? The Holy Grail was destroyed! The Four Maidens and I made sure of it!" Kaguya screamed in denial, realizing that Naruto was about to become a Master and was going to gain a Servant, but frowned, "Wait, this is different somehow… Still…"
"Kaguya! I can sense your distress! What's going on?!" Naruto shouted as his body was now covered in 'Command Spells'.
"You're going to be okay, but the world might have a bigger issue than Torchwick, Cinder, and the White Fang! This process you're going through may be a coincidence, but I hope to Kami that it is!" Kaguya said as she grit her teeth and bit her thumbnail.
"And if it's not?" Naruto asked slowly as the markings receded into his skin.
"Then everyone in the world, from human to Grimm, is going to have a major problem…" Kaguya growled as memories of her past before her fall bombarded her thoughts, "You'll need to accelerate your plans to move against Cinder's Faction- Naruto?!"
Naruto was blown back into a pillar by the cradle suddenly exploding from a pulse of strong energy that didn't feel like chakra or Dust.
"Magic? Pure magic?! That's impossible! Could it be that the Four Maidens powers still exist?" Kaguya wondered with a frown before her eyes widen, "No, this isn't their power. This is…a Grimiore?! No!" Kaguya screamed before reopening the connection, "Naruto!"
"Can it wait?!" Naruto snapped back, as he wielded Trickster towards the figure that rose out of the cradle, "I'm kinda busy, and this orb just went into by Devil Bringer!"
It was someone wearing a purple cloak with a high collar with red blood zig-zag going down it's cloak like a zipper, and two long, white scarves ending in red rags that resemble flames. The figure was also wearing a large, pointed hat that concealing their face.
"Naruto! That's not a materia that Yang's sensei uses! It's a Grimiore!"
"A Grimiore? It doesn't have the shape of a book." Naruto noted as he looked at his Devil Bringer.
"It's not the Azure Grimiore, if that's what's you're suspecting. No, it's meant to be compatible with the Azure Grimiore. It's a Grimiore of my own creation, the Crimson Grimiore: Burning Red." the figure suddenly said, making both Naruto and Kaguya jump at the unexpected voice.
A voice that is feminine in nature and Kaguya recognizes.
"That voice…" she muttered to herself before letting out a 'tch' sound, "Ozpin, that shrewd man. This was more than a Grimm extermination mission…"
"You boy. Are you my master?" the figure asked, her eyes on Naruto who readied himself for a fight.
"I'm not the master of anyone. All I make are my family, friends, team, and allies. I have no need for servants." Naruto stated with a scowl.
"Regardless, you did pull out my Grimiore, and the one who is capable of just that is now my master. So, from this day forth, whether you like it or not, you are my master." the figure replied sternly, as if there was no room for discussion on the matter.
"Naruto, she's a witch. Ask her about the Holy Grail." Kaguya commanded her descendant.
"Is there a Holy Grail tied to this?" Naruto relayed Kaguya's question, in which the witch looked to the side.
"You can say that. From here, I can sense someone attempting to find the shards of the Grail to piece it back together. To do so will herald the resurrection of All the World's Evils, Angra Mainyu. And that's only the beginning." the witch stated and redirected her eyes back at Naruto, who groaned.
"And where do you stand?" Naruto questioned with narrowed eyes.
"Depends if you complete my task. Find my sister, and my power is yours." the witch simply said before disappearing in a pillar of flame, "And I suggest you hurry. I'm not a patient woman."
"Damn it. What did I just let loose?" Naruto wondered he reverted Trickster to its standby mode.
"Nothing. She used that Grimiore to enter the seal and is in your mindscape instead of the astral plane." Kaguya said calmly with her eye twitching.
As she said that, the witch appeared behind her in the same pillar of fire, only to be wrapped in Kaguya's chakra chains as a precaution.
"So that's why the kid asked about the Holy Grail. Not that I'm glad to see you, but is this really necessary, Kaguya?" the witch asked in an annoyed tone.
"Why yes, it is. Especially when you assigned my descendant an impossible task like finding your beloved sister. It's been centuries since the defeat of the Black Beast and that wretched fallen god, Takehaya Susanoo." Kaguya fired back in an equally annoyed voice.
"I'm aware of that, Kaguya. I just want to see how far he will go." the witch responded.
"You'll be surprised." Kaguya said with a grin before adding to herself under her breath so the witch wouldn't hear, "Especially when he already passed your trial…"
Back to Naruto, he looked at his Devil Bringer for a moment, remembering the times where he ended up absorbing artifacts with it to add to his powers and abilities, albeit unintentionally. But if they help in protecting his precious people and the world, then he's more than happy to have them.
"Naruto! Are you in there?!" Konan's voice suddenly called out from the hole in the ceiling before she descended herself.
"What took you so long?" Naruto deadpanned with a smirk as he took Red Queen out the ground and sheathed it on his back.
"That's my line!" Konan snapped back as she grabbed Naruto and flew upward, "Did you get the Berginel?"
"That damn dirty ape's been neutralized, dattebayo." Naruto replied cheekily as they exited the tomb.
"Good. Your team and I finished off the remaining Grimm, so it's a Mission Complete. Let's head back to Beacon to debrief Ozpin." Konan instructed as the village came into view.
Naruto nodded and smiled upon seeing his team waving at them and seeing that he was okay.
(Beacon Academy, Ozpin's Office, sometime later)
"There was a tomb near the village. It contained an orb that's a Grimiore, resting in the cradle that held some kind of witch that made me her master. Talk." Naruto said after he delivered the debrief with his team, and dismissed them so he and Konan can talk privately with Ozpin.
"The reason Grimm were drawn to the area of the village was because of that power that now rest in your demonic arm. You also freed the witch, whose lingering sentiment also played a factor in drawing Grimm to the village. Has she mentioned anything of value?" Ozpin asked, with Naruto rolling his eyes.
"She mentioned something about a Holy Grail that freaked Kaguya out." Naruto stated, noting the look of concern on Ozpin's face.
"From the stories of old, the Grail was destroyed. Could Cinder be after its shards in the empowered Grimm that's been popping up for the past couple centuries?" Ozpin offered with a frown.
"Unknown. At the very least, I suspect that the one Cinder's working for may be a descendant of one of her past enemies who looking to continue their work. Whoever it is, I'll find out who it is, and put an end to them." Naruto said, clenching his Devil Bringer arm that then receded into his skin.
"Pace yourself while doing so, Naruto. One misstep, and Cinder and her faction may capitalize." Ozpin told him and dismissed him and Konan with a wave of his hand, with Naruto nodding and walking towards the elevator.
"I know, but be sure to replay that to Ironwood as well. He's worse than Naruto here when it comes to shooting first and asking questions later." Konan said while ruffling Naruto's hair as he called for the elevator.
"That is something that we'll need to work on." Ozpin mused with a grin, "One more thing. It's seem that your nemesis in your first ran afoul of your old team. Fortunately, they underestimated them and are paying the price. I leave their punishment in your capable hands."
"You got it." Naruto nodded as the elevator closed.
Ozpin smiled before tapping his scroll to reopen a picture one General Ironwood sent him, "Pictures are not worth a thousand words after all. Nine the Phantom wouldn't become Naruto's servant if he was working with her after all." he noted as he examined a picture of Naruto taking a slightly defensive posture across from a delighted Cinder Fall.
(Team NNPR-RWBY Dorm)
The room was normal, until time froze and static showed up inside and outside the room. This continued for a few moments until it stopped.
Everything was still normal and as it should be…except one of Naruto's manga collection was now missing…
A manga series called Akame ga Kill…
(With Naruto and Konan)
"Naruto, construction of the new base in Uzushio is nearing 90%." Konan reported after looking at her scroll.
"I'm glad that the island moved out of the mist to let us use it. Will it be completed by the time the tournament begins?" Naruto asked, with Konan nodding.
"Yes, it will be complete on schedule. They're doubling their efforts." Konan reported as the elevator stopped on the ground floor and opened.
"I hope our builders don't strain themselves too much. We need every able member of Devil May Cry to be able to counter the threat Cinder's boss has planned for the world." Naruto stated with his hands on the back of his head.
Naruto and Konan arrived to see the rest of Team NNPR, Team RWBY, and Team CFVY mingling together as they waited for his arrival. Upon closer inspection, they had Team CRDL all bounded and gagged…with ball gags.
"This world is where our precious people live. We have to protect it." Konan stated strongly as she smiled at the up-and-coming Hunters defeating the bullies of Beacon Academy.
"I believe that, dattebayo." Naruto agreed, his heart beating fast at seeing them laugh together, sharing stories as they ignored the struggling Team CRDL.
Looking at the smiling faces of his friends and family filled him with DETERMINATION.
END OF CHAPTER 10
Next time – Chapter 11: Trouble in Paradise
-Trouble is on the horizon as the fighters in the tournament make land, and a major shipment of Dust from the Schnee Dust Company arrive in the port. But that will have to take a backseat to the drama unfolding between two members in the Rookie Eight: Weiss and Blake.
SOUL'S THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS
-Naruto being a horrible father.
It doesn't take a genius to realize that I definitely offended some folks with my comments on the Boruto movie in terms of Naruto and his skills as a father, and I apologize. While my opinion stems from personal issues, I knew I should've elaborated more, but was in no mood to when I released the last update because I was tired as hell.
But now, after a long hiatus from this story and my others to pursue school, my position has changed to indifference about the whole thing. During my time in school I took Japanese Studies, where I learned about Japanese Culture and whatnot. When the topic of Japanese employees came up and how most of them were salarymen, I immediately was reminded of Naruto's job as Hokage and the fact that salarymen work almost 60 hours per week that can lead to family estrangement. Maybe that's the reason he was nerfed in the Sarada-centric tie-in manga, and the Boruto movie doesn't help in that regard. But what's done is done, and it won't kill my enjoyment of writing Naruto crossover fanfiction.
My final verdict after all this time is this: Naruto needs to take some more of those parenting classes, because he shouldn't be shocked at Boruto using that Kote aka Science Ninja Weapon. He hadn't been around to show him his ideals and the like to be honest. I hate that being Hokage takes more importance over being a parent. If he can use a Shadow Clone as a stand-in for him own daughter's fucking birthday party, then he can use Shadow Clones to help him with paperwork.
THAT is my opinion. How dare I have that one, huh?
-Roosterteeth Civil War: The Shane Letter Incident
Simple. I'm just gonna stay home, hole up, grab a Red Bull, and wait for this whole RT Civil War it caused to blow over. FUCKING PERIOD.
Oh, it's over? Ugh…thank god…YAY!
-RWBY Chibi
I hope there's a season 2! It bought RWBY back to the light side after the darkness that plagued it in Volume 3.
-RWBY Volume 3
SWEET CHRISTMAS! The last few episodes had shit going up the bend! And I'm one of the fans who believes the series has gone too dark too soon here. I swear, the writers must have been watching Akame ga Kill or something!
Grimm invasion thanks to Cinder's Faction and the White Fang. Yang losing her arm and the will to care. Pyrrha dying fighting against Cinder who gained the Fall Maiden's powers. The Dragon Grimm and Ruby's Silver Eyes. If that was Volume 3, what the hell is gonna happen in Volume 4? HOLY FUCK!
-Status of Shinigami's Devil Huntsmen (after watching Volume 3)
After much deliberation in my head, Volume 3 might be the last volume of direct events that will be used in this story. After the events of volume 3, the story will divert with an all-out war between Naruto's Faction and Cinder's Faction after a timeskip. Depending on the events of Volume 4, they might be implemented into the story. The arc will be titled The Great War, and will the conclusion of this story, with the Final Boss being Danzo-controlled Konoha, and the True Final Boss being Salem. That's my current plans for now, and they're subject to changes.
-RWBY Volume 4
I set a restriction on myself. I will not watch RWBY Volume 4 until I complete the events of Volume 2 in Shinigami's Devil Huntsmen. No spoilers please!
-More crossovers in the story
I love to abuse the site's motto: Unelash Your Imagination; and I love mass crossovers. As to why I'm suddenly do it for this story, let's just say I should've never become a fan of FJ-Tikoriko's work, and my brain went into overdrive.
If you want to address my thoughts, I will only answer through PM. So see ya later, peace out, ja ne, and see you in the next update, which will be the next chapter of The Fox of Overwatch!
SHAMELESS PLUG - Check out my new Youtube Channel: SoulEmbrace2010 GAMING. Come see my Let's Plays, Reactions, and Unboxing.
Released: Friday, November 4, 2016
