Alright I am amazed at the support that this story has gotten.
Seriously not even a single flame.
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Omnipotent Anomaly: In regards to saying that "Hinata's 'love' is just high regards and admiration mixed with a little bit of a crush," I would like to point out that 'love' is really just high amounts of romantic affection mixed with desire which Hinata has for Naruto in spades.
RikudoNaruto1: Ahem . . . MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That is all.
Hellfire44: Okay I will admit that I dropped the ball on that one for not explaining it properly. First, that scene with Naruto owning the group of Fallen Angels that were harassing Sirzechs was sort of an inside joke on how most people make Naruto into a Devil (Naruto gets killed by Raynare then reincarnated by Rias); it was basically me saying, "Yeah, that's not happening here." In universe, I would like to point out that neither Azazel, nor any of the other Grigori leaders (sans Kokabiel) would be stupid enough to send a group of Fallen to fight Sirzechs. Basically, these were not a group of centuries old battle hardened Fallen Angels fighting Sirzechs but a group of young, stupid, arrogant Fallen that thought they were tough shit; they were wrong.
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Chapter 1: It Begins
One month.
It had been one month since Sirzechs had turned the young shinobi into a Devil using his Special Piece and he had been surprised by him and his guardian Jiraiya. Their methods of training had been . . . interesting to say the least.
Naruto was standing at the edge of a cliff, with a length of rope tied around his waist and the other end tied around a boulder. He was looking apprehensively at the Cliffside while Sirzechs was standing next to him curious as to how Jiraiya was going to train him.
"Okay," said the Sannin, finally finishing his preparations, "We lost a month on your training thanks to the destruction of your coils and I was up all of last night trying to figure out how to explain the newest developments to Tsunade-"
"Wait Baa-chan knows about this?"
"She should by now," he continued, doing his best to ignore the interruption, "But as I was saying, we've wasted time so I think the first thing we are going to work on is your physical strength and your chakra control. Some ground rules though; you cannot cut that rope and you cannot use your new Devil wings to fly. You do either of those and I will personally ensure that you will regret it."
"Please, Ero-Sennin, how are you going to make me regret it?" Naruto scoffed, not being in the least bit intimidated by Jiraiya's threat.
"No ramen for a month," Jiraiya said while his eyes flashed with vindictive pleasure, "And I will be feeding you an all-vegetable diet during that month; especially tomatoes."
"Why Ero-Sennin?" Naruto asked pitifully, now suitably intimidated, "Why would you do such cruel things to me?"
"Because I get off on your suffering gaki."
"Uh excuse me," Sirzechs interjected, completely out of the loop, "But how exactly are you going to be training him?"
"Good question," Jiraiya replied, "Like this." And then he kicked the boulder of the cliff.
Right before the inevitable happened Naruto glared at Jiraiya with impotent rage.
"You're an asshole Ero-Sennin."
"I know."
And with that Naruto was dragged off the cliff, and down into the ravine below, screaming obscenities and promising retribution.
"Is he going to be okay?" asked Sirzechs, worried about the Jinchuuriki.
"He'll be fine," Jiraiya assured him.
"Ero-Sennin you bastard, that rock almost crushed me!"
"Just be glad that you didn't end up like Obito Uchiha and climb back up using your feet you big baby!" Jiraiya screamed back down at his apprentice. He then turned back to Sirzechs, "See he's fine."
Sirzechs sweat dropped.
"And what are you going to do when he gets back up here?" Sirzechs inquired, wondering what other type of training Jiraiya had in store for Naruto; maybe some advanced chakra exercises or that elemental nature manipulation that he had heard Jiraiya mention before.
"I'm going to kick him back down," he said simply, grinning from ear-to-ear, "This time he will have to climb up only using his hands."
Sirzechs sweat dropped even more.
Sirzechs had observed them during several training sessions and it mostly consisted of Naruto suffering while Jiraiya laughed maniacally. There was also a point where Sirzechs could swear he could hear Jiraiya mentioning loosening a seal or something else suitably ominous. However, when Sirzechs later questioned Jiraiya's . . . methods, the Sannin sat the Maou down and informed him that Naruto's skills had atrophied in the short time that he couldn't access his chakra; their current training methods were to get him back to prime fighting strength.
Unorthodox training methods aside, Jiraiya was right; within a week Naruto was much stronger and faster than he had ever been before. He was, of course, still not at Jiraiya's level but it was still a vast improvement over his previous level of skill. It was at that point that Jiraiya had informed Naruto of the secret skill of the Kage Bunshin; when a clone dispels it gives its memories and experience back to the original and is, thus, the ultimate training tool. Using it Jiraiya had Naruto training in several different skills such as Elemental manipulation, Shape Transformation, Fuinjutsu and Tactics. Not only that but he also has the young Uzumaki read books on the current world that they are in and on the history of the supernatural world to further understand the situation that the two of them have been dropped in. All while the clones are doing this Jiraiya makes a clone for each group while the real him spars with real Naruto to improve his taijutsu. At the end of the day the clones would dispel and Jiraiya would carry an exhausted and unconscious Naruto back to their room for the night then come the next day they would continue as they left off. Rinse and repeat.
Of course, when Sirzechs had first heard of the Kage Bunshin he had immediately realized the implications of such a technique and had, in a dignified manner, asked that Naruto and Jiraiya teach him how to use it.
"Please!" Sirzechs cried, while having his arms wrapped around Naruto's legs and tearfully looking up at him, "You must teach me how to use that cloning technique! I'm begging you!"
"Jeez get off me!" Naruto yelled, "Why do you want to learn the Kage Bunshin so bad anyway?"
"Don't you understand?" Sirzechs asked, incredulous, "With that technique I will never have to go to another boring meeting or do any paperwork ever again; I could just have a clone do it! I can finally get Grayfia off of my back about doing my job and have some time for myself! All of my greatest dreams are in reach, I just need to learn that Jutsu!"
Naruto sweat dropped. "A little help Ero-Sennin?" he asked only to turn and see that Jiraiya was palming his face.
"Kage Bunshin to do paperwpork, why didn't I think of that?" he asked himself and then started walking off, ignoring Naruto's plea for help while muttering, "I should probably tell Tsunade about this. Yeah, I'm sure she will be grateful and then when we return to Konoha she will want to thank me for my help and then-"and on Jiraiya went in his lewd fantasy while giggling pervertedly.
Well he's no help, Naruto thought while looking at where Jiraiya used to stand, Now how am I going to get out of this?
He decided on the truth.
"I'm sorry Sirzechs, but I have no idea how you could learn the Kage Bunshin." Naruto said honestly.
"What," Sirzechs whimpered, while doing his best impersonation of a kicked puppy, "But why?"
"Well," Naruto explained, "I only know how to use it using chakra, not Devil magic. So unless you somehow gain the ability to use chakra I can't teach you. Sorry." Truth be told, Naruto felt kind of bad for not being able to teach the Kage Bunshin to Sirzechs; the kicked puppy impersonation was not helping.
Yep, he asked in a truly dignified manner and when he was told he would be unable to learn it he took his loss with grace; he didn't curl into a ball and weep like a small child with Naruto spending the next hour trying to make him feel better. Nope.
Whatever else could be said about the boy, Sirzechs could definitely say that he had accomplished quite a bit in the month since he had been reincarnated. However, what Sirzechs was thinking about right now was not his training, nor was it the knowledge that he had managed to attain through the use of his Kage Bunshin; no, what he is thinking of is something that he would have considered impossible a few months ago.
As he and Naruto were walking down the road to the Gremory estate where his parents and sister lived, he looked over at Naruto to see the Uzumaki looking at a Queen Piece that he was holding. But this was not just any Queen, no, this Queen was special.
Because it was Naruto's.
From his own set of Evil Pieces.
That he had been given to him by Ajuka Beelzebub when he was promoted to a High-Class Devil.
Did he mention that it had only been a month since he had been reincarnated? Yes. Well that was because he still could not wrap his head around it.
In Devil society, there are several ways to be promoted from Low-Class to High-Class. One of those ways is to perform very well in Rating Games but Naruto had only recently turned fifteen and had not been in any Rating Games since he had been reincarnated; this is the most popular way to climb the ranks in society but Naruto had not used it. Another way is to be promoted through military accomplishment but seeing as they were in the middle of a ceasefire that was not happening. The final way is the slowest and least used way; being promoted by increasing your power as a Devil through contracts made with humans. It is slow and viewed as more of a tradition than as a legitimate way to climb the ranks when you could do it faster by participating in a Rating Game and it was this way that Naruto managed to become a High-Class Devil.
You may be asking yourself, "How did Naruto manage to gain sufficient power through contracts?" and the answer is the same as how Naruto manages to do half of the things he does: Kage Bunshin. As a Maou, Sirzechs and his peerage have a lot of contract opportunities, however, due to his busy schedule and his peerage being full of Ultimate-Class Devils most of those contracts are left alone, so when Naruto was training with Jiraiya he sent close to five hundred clones to do them.
All of them.
At the same time.
Every day, for a month.
In all honesty, Sirzechs can understand how Naruto managed to be promoted so fast it was just he had trouble understanding how he was still alive after doing it.
It really was no wonder why he dropped dead at the end of every day of training with JIraiya; he had been doing the work of about a thousand people at once. He was, honestly, the most hard-working person that Sirzechs had ever met, though there were times where Sirzechs thought the pressure was getting to him because he seemed to be talking to himself.
Of course, he didn't just do contracts for Sirzechs, sometimes Sirzechs had him deal with Stray Devils in his territory so he could become accustomed to fighting a fellow Devil. He acquitted himself well, all things considered, though there was an incident yesterday when Sirzechs had sat the two shinobi down in his office to explain what a Stray Devil was.
"Stray Devils are Devils who have diverted away from their masters. Without their masters around to keep their powers in check, they become a great threat if their powers go beyond their control. The Devils take this case very seriously, and any Devil who becomes a Stray will be killed on the spot."
The two shinobi listened attentively to Sirzechs as he explained Stray Devils to them. They were sitting in front of his desk which had two stacks of paper placed on it; Sirzechs was sitting behind the desk with both of his hands folded in front of him and a serious expression on his face.
Jiraiya could not help but point out a certain similarity between Stray Devils and a certain category of people in the Elemental Nations.
"They remind me of Missing-Nin." He said, thinking of Orochimaru and the Akatsuki.
"You have something similar in the Ancient Lands?" Sirzechs asked, intrigued.
"Yeah, we do," Jiraiya replied, going into what Naruto has dubbed 'Sannin Mode', "When a shinobi abandons their village and turns traitor they are branded as a Missing-Nin; afterwards they have a bounty placed on their heads and are hunted down, though there are exceptions." Jiraiya added the last part while looking directly at Naruto.
Sirzechs noticed the look and understanding he wanted more information Jiraiya explained, "Naruto's best friend, Sasuke Uchiha, left the village to join one of my old teammates who betrayed the village, Orochimaru. The gaki is absolutely dead set on bringing him back." It was clear by Jiraiya's tone of voice what he thought of that idea.
"Hey it isn't Sasuke's fault," Naruto defended his friend while glaring at the Sannin, "That bastard Orochimaru manipulated him with that Curse Mark of his; if he had been thinking clearly he would have never abandoned us."
"Face it gaki," Jiraiya countered, "Your friend, and I use the term loosely, was willing to kill you if it meant he could get stronger."
"That's not true!"
"Really?! Two holes in your chest when Kakashi found you says otherwise!"
"He was being affected by the Curse Mark at the time!"
"And what about your friends who came with you! Two of them nearly died!"
"That was done by Orochimaru's men, not Sasuke!"
"The Uchiha was the one who caused the entire situation by abandoning the village! You need to face facts Naruto, you cannot save someone who doesn't want to be saved!"
"Gentleman!" Sirzechs yelled, getting their attention, "I can tell that this is an argument that you have had many times before and that it is going nowhere so if we can move along?"
"Fine," they both conceded, obviously disgruntled with each other.
"So, what are those?" asked Naruto, pointing to the stacks of paper on Sirzechs desk.
"These," he said, gesturing to the stacks, "Are dossiers on some of the more dangerous or elusive Stray Devils that are still at large; I brought them here to show you so that you will be able to identify them on sight and either take them in or flee, depending on the situation." With that said he gave a stack each to Jiraiya and Naruto with the two shinobi flipping through the dossier's; well, at least Jiraiya was, Naruto seemed to be staring wide-eyed at the first one in his pile.
Jiraiya was busy looking through a certain dossier while making comments about the Stray, "So let's see, Stray Vizer. Ooh, she's topless . . . but the bottom half leaves much to be desired. Exhibitionist tendencies and has the ability to fire acid out of her-"Jiraiya stared wide eyed at that piece of information. "Hey gaki, look at this it says that she can shoot acid out of-"but he stopped mid-sentence when he saw Naruto staring at his first dossier with wide-eyes and an incredibly red face. Curious at what was causing such a reaction from his prude of a Godson Jiraiya looked over his shoulder at the dossier, and then immediately giggling in a perverted manner, reminiscent of a certain Jonin when he reads Icha Icha.
Wondering what the commotion was about Sirzechs came over and looked at the dossier; when he saw who it was he understood their reactions, "Ah, I see," he said while getting Jiraiya's attention, "it would be hard to remain focused when faced with her beauty for the first time."
"Who is she?" Jiriaya asked; sure he could have taken the dossier from Naruto and found out himself but he was finding his Godson's expression at the moment to be priceless.
"She is the Stray Cat Kuroka," Sirzechs explained, "A SS-Class Stray Devil who killed her master and then went on the run. She is incredibly powerful, extremely talented in both Youjutsu and Senjutusu, and not afraid to use her good looks to get her way."
Jiraiya filed all of that away for later, especially the Senjutsu part, and looked at Naruto . . . who still had not taken his eyes off of the photo of Kuroka.
"I think we lost him," said Sirzechs, thoroughly amused by Naruto's focus on the photo.
"It's alright," said Jiraiya, also enjoying the moment, "I know how to get him out of it." Jiraiya then leaned over to Naruto's ear and whispered one word, "Hinata."
The reaction was instantaneous.
Naruto jumped up while looking around wildly, shooting off excuses. "I wasn't ogling!" he said defensively, turning to see Sirzechs smiling in amusement and Jiraiya laughing boisterously.
"So, did you enjoy the show, gaki?" Jiraiya asked while trying to contain his laughter, "You seemed really focused on that picture, especially a certain part of it." While Naruto observed Jiraiya waggling his eyebrows he seemed confused at first until it seems he realized what the Sannin was insinuating.
"I wasn't ogling!" he repeated, face turning red.
"Sure you weren't, and I'm the Hokage." Jiraiya countered, then rushed over to Naruto and held him in a bear hug, "I'm so proud of you! Your first ogle; you will be peeping in bathhouses in no time!" he declared cheerfully, manly tears running down his face.
"Yes well, I see that you have taken an 'interest' in Kuroka," said Sirzechs once the Sannin had finally let go of his Godson, "Though I must warn you, she is as deadly as she is alluring."
"Deadly and beautiful," said Jiraiya, "Sounds like pretty much every Kunoichi I have ever met."
"Come on Ero-Sennin, be serious."
"I am being serious," Jiraiya countered, "Tell me one Kunoichi you have ever met that wasn't completely gorgeous and I will buy you all the ramen you can eat."
"All right!" said Naruto happily, and then began to think.
By the end of the day Naruto was still thinking and bemoaning the loss of his beloved ramen.
'Yes, that was definitely an interesting day,' thought Sirzechs remembering how Jiraiya spent the rest of the day teasing Naruto about his ogling of Kuroka's picture.
He was not alone in thinking about that day as Naruto was also doing so, though his thoughts weren't as fond.
'I can't believe those two,' he thought angrily, 'thinking I'm a pervert. I am not a pervert.'
He suddenly looked up at the purple sky of the Underworld and sighed.
'This is all Kyuubi's fault.'
Naruto had grabbed one of the dossiers in his pile and was looking over it when he noticed the picture attached. It was off a young women in her early-to-mid-twenties with a voluptuous figure, long black hair with split bangs, hazel eyes with cat-like pupils and two large, black cat ears on her head.
'She's beautiful,' he thought to himself and was about to look at the information on the dossier when he was interrupted by voice inside his head.
Damn, those are impressive.
'Kyuubi, is that you?' he thought.
No it's your mother, hi honey, it said in an overly chipper voice.
'You could have just said no, he grumbled, What do you want?'
Nothing, just admiring the pair on Matatabi's spawn.
Naruto could not help but notice said pair, now that Kyuubi had pointed it out to him, and turn beat red.
'Perverted fox.'
Hey, I am not a pervert! It replied indignantly, I just couldn't help but notice that they are bigger than mine, okay.
'Oh okay,' he replied and then thought about the Kyuubi just said.
. . .
'WAIT, WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY ARE BIGGER THAN YOURS?!'
What? I have a human form, it defended.
'YOU'RE A GIRL?!' he asked, completely shocked by this information, his eyes wide.
Of course not, it replied derisively, I'm genderless remember?
'But you can-'
My true form can be viewed as a large ball of malicious energy, it explained, the only reason I appear as a fox with nine tails is because I am rather partial to it.
'And you appear as a woman in your human form because . . . ?'
It was the closest thing I could find to what I was comfortable with, it said, then sensing his confusion it added, Females are lithe and agile, like a fox.
'Ooooh,' thought Naruto finally getting it.
By the way, said the Kyuubi, the entire time we've been having this conversation you've been staring at that picture. Without the proper context it probably looks like you've been ogling her the entire time.
'Huh?'
"Hinata," said a voice beside him.
Him appearing to be ogling a picture of a beautiful woman and Hinata finding out flashed through his mind causing him to jump up, look around wildly and say out loud, "I wasn't ogling!" He then saw both Sirzechs and Jiraiya staring at him and he could only think one thing.
'Goddammit Kyuubi!'
He had to deal with Jiraiya's mocking teasing since then because of that incident, and he wouldn't believe him no matter how many times he tried to tell him about his conversation with the Kyuubi; then again, the Kyuubi being a girl (no matter what else it said to the contrary) and having minor breast envy does sound pretty far-fetched when he really thought about it so he guessed he can see Jiraiya's point of view.
"Well, we're here."
Naruto looked up when he heard Sirzechs beside him and saw the massive mansion in front of him; they had finally arrived at the Gremory Estate.
Naruto put his Queen Piece away and then looked at Sirzechs with a glare that could freeze the black flames of Amaterasu.
"I am not happy about this Sirzechs," he stated plainly, "Not happy at all."
Sirzechs rubbed the back of his head sheepishly; "Well I did say I needed you to protect my sister didn't I?" he pointed out, "And I did mention that she was going to Kuoh Academy."
"Yes, yes you did," the Jinchuuriki conceded, "However, I thought that I would simply be watching over her, NOT GOING TO SCHOOL WITH HER!"
If there was one thing Naruto Uzumaki hated it was school; not only was it boring as all Hell, but it did not bring up the best memories with Naruto. Images of children making fun of him, saying he would never become Hokage, flashed through his mind. Yeah, it goes without saying, he really hates school. Especially going to school.
"It will be much easier to watch over her if you are there," Sirzechs, again, pointed out.
"Fine," Naruto pouted, "Still not happy about it though."
It had taken one month for this meeting to be possible; he hoped it went well.
Naruto was standing in the Gremory's meeting room with what he assumed was Sirzechs family. There was a red haired man with a goatee in a white suit, accompanied by a woman with short brown hair in a fancy dress; he figured these were Sirzechs parents. Though his eyes were drawn to the couch by the fireplace where to young girls, around his age, sat; the one on the left had long crimson hair with blue-green eyes and the other had long black hair, put into a ponytail by a loose orange (awesome!) ribbon, and violet eyes with both of them wearing what appeared to be a matching uniform. He figured that the first girl was Sirzechs sister and the person he was supposed to protect from a threat – Sirzechs was very vague on that part – but he couldn't concentrate on any of that because a certain fox was shocked.
Three.
'I can see that Kyuubi.'
There are three of them, and one of them is a redhead; I hate redheads!
'Hey my mother was a redhead!'
And where do you think I developed that hate? Truth be told, the reason I made my breasts at their current size was because I was pushing the threshold of believability, I wonder . . .
. . .
Sigh. 'Kyuubi what are you doing?' Naruto asked exasperatedly, wishing Kyuubi would act more in-character; honestly it was acting like a teenage girl.
Making some adjustments to my human form, it replied, Don't come in here! And with that the fox cut off the connection.
While he was curious on what its human form looked like he had more pressing matters to attend to, like watching Sirzechs attempt to glomp his sister; key word being tried. Apparently she valued her personal space, who knew?
While Sirzechs was busy crying in a corner, bemoaning the cruelty of "his Ria-tan," Naruto decided to introduce himself.
"So you are the new piece that Sirzechs has told us so much about?" asked Lord Gremory.
"Yep, Naruto Uzumaki at your service," Naruto introduced himself in typical fashion, pointing at himself and smiling like an idiot, "Newly reincarnated Devil and the guy that broke the record for fastest promotion to High-Class Devil."
"You are a High-Class Devil already?" asked Lady Gremory.
"Yep." He said with enthusiasm.
"And you are going to Kuoh Academy, as well?" asked Sirzechs sister, Rias, with interest.
"Yeah." He said with significantly less enthusiasm.
"Well then we must ensure you get your own club," said Lord Gremory, "Rias is the President of the Occult Research Club and young Sona is the Student Council President so it is only natural you get your own club for you and your peerage as well." And then on he went with his ideas for clubs.
Naruto had expected this, after all no one knows the real reason he is going to Kuoh; they might suspect sure but Sirzechs didn't tell them. To his family Naruto is just a young Devil desiring to go to school in the Human World. However, Sirzechs made it clear that he will need to be around Rias to protect her; he had ensured that they had the same classes and everything. It would kind of put a wrench in things if Naruto had to ask for an appointment every time he wanted to talk to her.
"Actually," said Naruto, interrupting Lord Gremory's club ideas, "I haven't gained a single member for my peerage so a club just for me seems like a waste of resources."
"Hmmm, I see your point," said Lord Gremory, "Well, considering you are a member of the Gremory family I suppose you could always join Rias' club."
'There is no way it is going to be this easy,' Naruto thought to himself.
"What do you think Rias?" asked Lord Gremory.
"I don't see a problem with it father," said Rias, smiling at Naruto gently.
'By the Sage, it was that easy. How!?'
Naruto would eventually realize that he had been dealing with affluent nobles and not fellow shinobi skilled in deception. It was a forgone conclusion that he would be able to get what he wanted with little trouble.
Naruto looked back to see that Sirzechs was currently being lectured by Grayfia – When did she get hear? – about propriety and acting like someone worthy of his station. Poor guy.
"Rias," said Lady Gremory, "Why don't you show our guest around the estate? You will be responsible for looking after him when he is at Kuoh Academy after all."
As Rias agreed and started leading him out of the room Naruto could not help but reflect on the sheer irony of that sentence.
"You know," Naruto said, currently standing in Rias' room, "When Sirzechs told me he had a sister I imagined someone who looked just like him and who was a prim and proper lady."
"Am I not?" asked Rias.
"You misunderstand," he replied, "When I say prim and proper I mean that they have a stick up their ass." The Hyuuga Clan came to mind.
"Oh."
"And not only do you not," 'Thank the Sage,' "But it appears you have an interesting hobby."
Rias blushed and looked to the side in embarrassment.
Okay I'm back and whoa what's with all of the anime stuff?
That was the point exactly. Rias Gremory had in her room a veritable collection of anime, anime figurines and manga. They ranged from Bleach, One Piece, Naruto and-
'Wait a minute, back up.'
Bleach, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, and more on and on.
'Huh, must have been imagining things.'
So the person you're protecting is an Otaku, Said Kyuubi, Didn't see that coming.
'Oh hey Kyuubi,' thought Naruto to the fox, 'So how did it go?'
The Bijuu sighed, It just looks wrong; I honestly don't know how these women are doing it.
'Oh don't be like that Kyuubi,' reassured Naruto, 'I'm sure you look fine with your current set.' Honestly, he felt kind of weird comforting a Bijuu on its inability to have a larger bosom.
I killed your parents.
'You always bring that up.'
And I will continue to do so until you stop trying to be friendly with me.
'Why can't we be friends?' Naruto had been trying to be nicer to the fox and the Bijuu was not making it any easier.
Three reasons, replied the Kyuubi, One, and I cannot say this enough, I. KILLED. YOUR. PARENTS. Two, you hate me and I can sense it no matter how much you try to hide it. And three, how can you and I be friends when you don't even know my name, Ningen?
Yes, it had been a month and Naruto still had yet to figure out the Kyuubi's test; the only thing that had stopped him from just demanding it to tell him its name was that he knew that it would most likely take that as his answer and fail him on the spot. It honestly frustrated him that he could not answer such a simple question and made him question whether-
"Naruto, are you all right?"
"Huh?" Naruto said intelligently and realized that both Rias and her Queen – Akeno her name was if he remembered correctly – had been staring at him for the past few minutes while he spaced out.
"You were spacing out for a few minutes," said Rias, appearing concerned.
"Oh sorry it happens sometimes. Anyway, I couldn't help but notice the way Sirzechs greeted you," he said trying to change the subject, while at the same time being genuinely curious, "Is he . . .?"
"He's a siscon." she deadpanned.
"Wow, that is surprising and yet it explains so much." Naruto now had a good idea why Sirzechs was so adamant on him protecting Rias.
"He and my parents can be so annoying sometimes," she complained, "You know what I mean?"
"Actually no I've been an orphan since the day I was born," he said on reflex and then realized what he had just said when he saw Rias pale.
. . .
And now you've made it awkward.
"So," said Akeno, trying to change the subject, "Where are you from, Naruto-kun?"
Happy for the change in subject Naruto replied, "Oh I'm from the Elemental Nations, though it seems that you guys call it the Ancient Lands." Before he could even blink, Rias was suddenly in his personal space looking at him with sparkling eyes and Akeno was observing him with something akin to pity.
"You're from the Ancient Lands?" she asked excitedly.
"Yeah?" he said, leaning away from her and suddenly very conscious of the invasion of his personal space, "Why?"
"Oh I have read so much about it," she explained, "It's said that the Japanese Yokai come from there and no one has been able to get in because of the barrier around it and I have always been curious about it do you think you can tell me-" and on she went asking question after question some of which he actually needed Kyuubi's help to answer with the fox putting in its own two cents.
So, not only an Otaku but a Japanophile as well. You sure know how to pick them, don't you kit?
'I have a feeling that this is going to be an interesting few years,' thought Naruto.
Fifteen-year-old Hinata Hyuuga was currently running through the deserts in Wind Country with her Sensei on a diplomatic mission to Suna. The two of them were to deliver a scroll containing the new treaty to the Kazekage and then return with his response. Simple and easy.
'I wonder if Naruto-kun is okay,' she thought to herself.
Hinata could not help but clasp a hand over the necklace she always wore while thinking of a certain Jinchuuriki. It was a gift that he had given her when they were children, something he made himself so that she would have something to remember him by. Aptly, it was a wooden carving of the sun for Naruto was like the sun to her; warm, happy and necessary.
As Suna came into site Hinata chanced a glance at her Sensei, who was her partner for this mission; the rest of Team 8 was busy at the moment so it was just Hinata and Rin-Sensei.
Rin Nohara, a Jonin of Konoha and the wife of Naruto's sensei Kakashi Hatake, was someone who had looked after Naruto while he was a child and was thus someone that Hinata had known for most of her life. She was also one of the few people who could truly understand Naruto, given that she was Konoha's other Jinchuuriki.
Back during the previous war, Rin was captured by Mist-Nin and had the Sanbi placed within her; the plan was for her to return to Konoha and, through a hidden signal, have the Bijuu be released and destroy the village. It looked like Kakashi – who had rescued her – would have to kill Rin to keep the village safe but then their Sensei, Minato Namikaze, arrived and – through his expertise in seals – managed to undo the activation seal in Rin; with that Rin's life was spared and Konoha gained another Jinchuuriki.
Rin had been made the Sensei of Team 8 and been something of a mother to Hinata since then, teaching her Iryo Ninjutsu and Elemental Manipulation among other things. Of course, to her family she was still viewed as weak due to her not being proficient in the Clan's Jyuken like her sister; a Hyuuga using something other than the Clan's Jyuken was viewed as a disgrace. It was ironic that a Clan that values strength so much would limit the strength of their members so much but it did not matter, Hinata would show them she was strong. She would prove that she had what it takes to stand by Naruto's side, no matter what opposition she had to face.
They eventually arrived inside the walls of Suna and when they did Rin turned to her companion. "Alright," she said, "We are probably going to be here for a few days while waiting for Suna's response to the treaty so I want you to look for a place for us to stay while I take this to the Kazekage."
"Hai," replied Hinata and then left to do as she had been instructed.
As Rin watched her go she could not help but marvel at the similarities between her and a certain deceased teammate of hers; honestly, she and Naruto were so much like Obito it was unnerving. While Naruto had his looks and his personality, Hinata had Obito's personal life; both of them had been looked down upon by their Clan's for being considered weak. And, just like Obito, the both of them had plenty of potential just waiting to be unlocked. Hopefully they would live long enough to reach that potential.
'Obito,' Rin though to herself, looking to the sky, 'I hope wherever you are, you're in a better place.'
Obito Uchiha was many things.
Some would call him a monster, others a hero and even more would call him fucking insane; all of these labels meant nothing to him, they were just as useless as his original name.
He was currently sitting on top of a rock in the patented Uchiha Brooding Pose™; the rock itself was placed on top of a sand dune that had a perfect view of Sunagakure with the sun beating down on him whilst it began its descent into the horizon.
How did Obito find the one rock in the desert that was placed at the perfect place for observing the Hidden Village you might ask? The answer is: he didn't. Let it be known that Kamui is a very useful ability when you want to bring something large and heavy with you with minimal effort; like a Jinchuuriki, or a brooding rock.
It was a known fact that the longer one lived in the shinobi profession, the more eccentric they would become; Might Gai was obsessed with Youth, Jiraiya of the Sannin was an unrepentant Super Pervert and Tsunade Senju was an obsessive drinker and gambler. Obito himself had a slight obsession with theatricality, hence why he was currently sitting on the Uchiha Brooding Rock™ in the Uchiha Brooding Pose™ while no one else was around to see it; this was all like one massive play to him and no matter what changed in the script, it always went in his favor.
It made sense when you think about it, given that the Uchiha was a glorified actor. No one knew the real him; the vast majority of the Akatsuki thought he was an idiot, the more important members thought that he was Madara Uchiha, a certain Jinchuuriki had no idea who he was and his former friends and allies thought that he was dead.
But soon, none of that would matter. Soon all of them would know, and then the world would be replaced by a better one; a perfect world. But first, some people needed to die.
As the sun descended further Obito could not help but think about how he became the man he was today, instead of the naïve child who had dreamed of becoming Hokage. He remembered Kannabi Bridge and the incident that resulted in his "death." When he had awoken in Madara's care he had only wanted to return to his friends, and did not want to listen to anything the ancient Uchiha tried to tell him; the moment he had heard that his friends were in trouble he had rushed to their aid afraid that they, especially Rin, would be hurt. But when he arrived he did not arrive to a soul shattering scene but instead he saw his Sensei and teammates perfectly fine.
And it pissed him off. Minato could take time out of his busy schedule to save Kakashi and Rin but he couldn't do the same for him? It made his rage boil over and at that moment he decided he would go back to Madara; not for his precious plan, but for the power necessary to make his Sensei pay for his perceived slight against him. During his training he managed to awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan through sheer force of will, so great was his desire for revenge. He might have also been a bit bitter over the fact that his team had not even bothered to come back for his body or it could have been brain damage from a heavy boulder crushing half his skull. Whatever the reason, looking back on it, attacking Konoha with the Kyuubi had been really stupid.
It was a simple idea really. He would make his Sensei suffer by making him lose that which he loved most – in this case, his wife, child and village. All things considered, the attack went about as well as one could expect; hundreds were dead, half the village was destroyed, the assholes in his Clan were implicated and the two people who were the closest things to parents he's ever had were dead. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old.
After his loss he wandered the Elemental Nations, thinking about nothing else. Namikaze had bested him, just like Kakashi, Gai and everyone else; they were all laughing at his failures, jeering and mocking him just like they did before when he said he would be the Hokage. Well he would show them, he would show them by becoming something beyond Hokage, and then he would let them know just who it was that had been behind it all, before wiping them from the face of the planet. But first he needed power.
He began to think things through, rather than act recklessly. When one of his plans failed him he found a way to turn it to his advantage; one such instance was when he took the failure that was the Kyuubi Attack and used it to destroy his Clan, gain many spare eyes and recruit a powerful member for the Akatsuki, though admittedly that last one was becoming more trouble than he was worth.
It was while revising his Akatsuki plan that he realized something. In the original plan he was going to wait three years before the Akatsuki made any moves on the Jinchuuriki. While looking it over he realized that that was fucking stupid – it was like he wanted Namikaze's brat to become strong enough to beat him – they should attack when the opportunity presented itself. Of course, he had Pain tell the rest of the Akatsuki that they would move in three years so that Itachi would inform Konoha; shinobi were masters of deception after all.
The sun had fully set now and in the distance Obito could see the cloaked silhouettes of Deidara and Akasuna no Sasori.
First Suna would fall. After that Obito would go and check out something that had truly begun to intrigue him, for you see when he had destroyed the Jinchuuriki's Chakra Coils he had also placed a Zetsu spore on him; this was done both to track him and to keep up to date on his activities.
Just thinking about what Zetsu had been sending to him in his reports was enough to send his mind whirling. Angels, Devils, Youkai? It made him aware that his activities in the Elemental Nations were only the opening act; he would need to prepare for main act, but before that . . .
Obito got up and absorbed the rock with Kamui while turning to the arriving Akatsuki members.
"Well gentlemen," he said, "Are you ready to begin?"
Before that he had to go and greet an old friend for the first time in sixteen years, and the last.
The Sanbi was his target after all.
Naruto was currently sitting on the couch of his and Jiraiya's new home in Kuoh; the Sannin was currently out looking for a publisher for his Icha Icha Series so that they could have an income besides what Naruto made as a Devil. Well, that and so that he could, quote, "Bring the glory that is Icha Icha and grant it to the entire world," unquote. Naruto could honestly care less at the moment, he was currently busy with something he considered extremely important.
It was a known fact that Devils could use demonic power in a way similar to magic and a vast majority of Devils relied on their Devil Magic to do battle. A Devils Magic is dependent on their imagination and the power to create and recently Naruto had perfected his first original spell; it was something he was really proud of and he knew that it would benefit the world.
You figured out how to use your demonic power to instantly make ramen, the Kyuubi deadpanned, yes I can completely see how this is an innovation that will revolutionize the world.
'It will allow people to get the Food of the Gods instantly,' Naruto defended his creation, 'How can it not?'
You know I preferred when you were being laughed at for ogling Matatabi's spawn.
Naruto felt his rage boiling at being reminded of his humiliation – humiliation that the Kyuubi caused – but then he thought about what the Kyuubi said.
'Hey Kyuubi,' Naruto asked, 'Why do you keep referring to that Nekomata, Kuroka I think her name was, as Matatabi's spawn and the like?'
The fox was silent for a bit, probably thinking its answer over, before it asked, Naruto, have you ever wondered why the Elemental Nations are viewed as the Holy Land of the Youkai's?
'I figured it was because it was the birthplace of Chakra.' he replied.
That is part of it, but it was also the birthplace of the Youkai, the Kyuubi explained.
'How did that even happen?'
You'd be surprised the things a Godlike being of incomparable power can do when it's bored.
'Excuse me?'
Well, you see, a few hundred years after my creation – when I was still relatively peaceful – I got bored and, remembering how the Sage created me and my siblings, I figured "If he can do it, why can't I?" Fast forward a few years – and several failures – and BAM a new species is born in the form of the Kitsune.
'Okay I get how the Kitsune were born but how the Hell did the others come about?'
Well after creating a completely new species, and being the first of my siblings to do so, I naturally felt the need to brag.
Sigh. 'I have a feeling I know where this is going,' Naruto thought to himself. He still wasn't used to this side of the Kyuubi; sometimes it would act like a wise old man and other times like a petulant child. It was hard sometimes for him to remember that it was an evil demon that was responsible for the deaths of thousands.
Anyway, continued the Kyuubi, ignoring the fact that it could hear everything in the blonde's head, after I told them about my success they were naturally jealous of my pure awesomeness and badassery so they attempted to copy me with only Matatabi being able to do it on the first try.
'Matatabi?' he asked.
My older sister, the two-tailed cat, mother of the Nekomata's and all associated sub-species, the Kyuubi explained and then in an undertone, It's also kind of a bitch.
'I'm sure it's not that bad,' Naruto thought. The Kyuubi then proceeded to say to him some of the things it had to endure because of the Nibi; needless to say "bitch" was not that far off.
'What about the Youkai that are different from the Bijuu?' Naruto asked, thinking of the Yuki-Onna and mermaids to name a few.
Accidents, experimentation and that one time when Son Goku and Isobu tried to make something together, the Kyuubi explained blandly, then shuddered, the less said about that abomination, the better.
'So what you mean to tell me is that the entire race of Youkai was created all because you were bored and because your siblings wanted to prove they were better than you?' asked Naruto incredulous.
Not quite, said the Kyuubi hesitantly, I don't know my fellow Bijuu's exact reasons – it could be just like you said – but I only created the first Kitsune because I was bored, and to see if I could, not the entire race.
'Then why did you?' Naruto asked, and when, after a few minutes, the Kyuubi did not answer he couldn't help but wonder why the normally arrogant fox was being so hesitant. 'Come on,' he coaxed, 'I promise I won't laugh, and I always keep my word.'
The fox took in a deep breath and said, It's because I liked the feeling of being a mother.
Naruto had not expected that answer at all.
The feeling I got when I succeeded in making that first Kitsune was indescribable, the fox continued, to this day I don't know what it was but it was the greatest thing I have ever experienced and after I was done I wanted to feel it again; before I knew it I had created an entire species.
Naruto did not have any comeback for this; he was completely speechless.
Maybe one day when you have kits of your own with your mate you will understand, the Kyuubi concluded.
'But then why did the Youkai leave?' Naruto asked finally finding his voice.
They were drove out by humans, Kyuubi said with barely contained fury, the day I saw my children being hunted down like animals by your kind is when I truly started to hate you. With its piece said the Kyuubi cut the connection.
'Love,' Naruto thought, 'the Kyuubi made the Kitsune race because it felt motherly love for the first one. Not only that, but its hatred of humanity stemmed from a protective love towards them.' That didn't seem like a cruel and sadistic demon but a person mourning their loss and lashing out at those who caused it. 'If someone did that to my kids . . .'
As he reflected on one of the last things the Bijuu had said he took out the Queen Piece in his pocket. When he had gotten his set of Evil Pieces he had gotten a Mutated Rook, Knight and bishop and ever since he had gotten them he couldn't help but stare at the Queen; the most powerful piece, the one who would always stay by the King's side. Naruto knew that now that he was a Devil he would outlive most of his friends back home, including Hinata, but if he used this Queen Piece . . .
Naruto sighed while looking up at the ceiling. It was pointless to think about this now. He would be starting Kuoh Academy tomorrow; one step closer to his dreams of protecting his precious people and keeping his promise to Hinata.
"I wonder how Hinata is doing right now."
Hinata was currently dangling a few inches off the air while being held by her throat. Her entire body burned and she couldn't feel her right arm; this was probably because the arm was not there anymore. She looked at her tormentor to see her Sensei, holding her by the throat while in her Stage One Chakra Cloak; if one were to look closely in her blank eyes they would see three tomoe circling the pupil.
She looked past her Sensei to see the Masked Akatsuki member putting his glove back on his right hand.
He then looked back up at her and said, "By the Sage, how I love the sharingan!"
He then started to walk away but not before giving Rin one final order.
"Finish her."
A/N:And that is the chapter. Not gonna lie, this chapter fought me every step of the way and was a real pain to write. To put it in perspective the prologue literally took me one day to write, this one took three and then I deleted a good portion of it because I didn't like how it turned out. Hopefully you all enjoyed the chapter.
Now speaking of the chapter:
Flashbacks:This chapter had a lot of flashbacks. Originally it was called Welcome to Kuoh Academy but it was running to long so I have saved that for next chapter. The first two were basically for comedy purposes and the last one I had actually not planned to put in there originally; just so you are aware that argument between Naruto and Jiraiya was physically painful for me to write because I had to defend Sasuke's actions. The reason for the Stray Devil flashback was because I wanted to introduce Kuroka early because I decided to make her a member of the harem and as I was updating my outline she kind of went from a member of the harem to THE member of the harem. Speaking of which . . .
Harem:Okay, I will apologize in advance for this but as I was looking over my outline I couldn't help but notice that I literally could not think of a way to fit Rias into the Harem despite the fact that I said she is confirmed so yeah I'm retracting that; the only one that is confirmed now is Kuroka. Here's hoping that does not change. Also, I know that I am going to get crap for this but Issei will be in the fanfiction and he will have a Harem, a small one; he's pretty much where I throw the girls who do not get Naruto.
Rin Nohara and Obito Uchiha: Yes she lived in this universe. It did not stop Obito from going evil in the slightest, just change his reasons. Speaking of Obito,you get an in depth look at Obito and his reasons for going evil; short version, he got sick and tired of being on the short end of the stick and decided to make everyone suffer for all of the ridicule he had to go through. This Obito is not an Anti-Villain, he is a straight up "I will murder all of your friends while you watch" villain.
Fem! Kyuubi: This is a guilty pleasure of mine and I know some of you will not be happy with it and for that I apologize. In case if you are wondering if Kurama is going to be in the harem the answer is: I have no idea but I am considering it. You may have also noticed that you got some backstory and on the Kyuubi and Youkai. For that I wanted to give an explanation while at the same time giving the Bijuu some humanity, hope it worked. Finally, as Obito mentioned in the chapter the longer you live in the shinobi world the weirder you become; that is my reason for Kyuubi's slight breats envy.
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