AN: Alright guys I'm gonna make this really friggin clear.
The Harem thus far:
Rias
Gabriel
Fem. Kurama
Ophis
Koneko
Grayfia
There WILL be two more added. Who they are remains to be seen just yet. I will let you all know who and how that will be decided when I myself figure that out so stop messaging me and all that regarding the harem. This is final. None of the above will be removed or replaced.
I will say this though Serafall is a really strong possibility. Akeno is probably not going to be in.
Issei will not be getting his own harem. He will remain as the comedic relief he was in the first version of this story. I can't stand his character as I've said before.
Will there be other pairings? Probably.
Will people other than Kyuubi be coming from the Naruto verse? Probably not.
Any other questions? Read the damn story and then review or pm me!
With barely any effort being shown on his face Red was able to bat the massive wind shuriken aside as if it were just an insignificant fly. However much to his surprise he saw that the scales on the back of his paw were heavily damaged and he was even bleeding, if slightly.
Red was given no respite from Naruto who called out, "Katon: Karyu Endan (Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet)!" and with a breath Naruto unleashed a massive stream of flames almost the size of one Great Red's limbs.
Due to his own size and the size of the attack Great Red could do naught but take the attack head on. With a grimace Red's torso was bathed in the massive stream of burning flames.
Naruto stopped fueling the attack with chakra and soon the scorching flames ceased and revealed that several sections of Red's torso had been burned black due to the high intensity of the flame's heat.
Great Red wasn't known as the True Dragon for nothing though and despite his wounds he unleashed a stream of his own flames. They bathed the spot where Naruto was but the Uzumaki had taken advantage of their difference in size and sped up Red's massive limbs and leapt into the air above Great Red long before the flames could reach him.
"Futon: Kami Oroshi no jutsu (Godly Wind From The Mountain)!" Naruto called and Great Red was buffeted by winds with such force that they would have surely slammed a lesser being into the ground and kept them pinned there, breaking bones at the same time. Even still Red was struggling to move due to the pressure the winds created. As Naruto's impromptu flight came to an end he summoned a normal Rasengan in both hands and slammed them both into the top of Great Red's scaled skull sending him sprawling onto the floor, kicking up a storm of dust.
When the dust cleared a grinning Naruto and panting Great red were revealed. With a massive roar and flap of its wings the rest of the remaining dust was cleared out.
"I can see that my size will do nothing but hinder me in this battle," grunted out the battered Red.
Naruto raised in eyebrow when his vision began to distort and the oddly colored orbs that flittered around became much brighter. Being a sage and the container for a Kitsune though meant that he knew exactly what was happening. Naruto merely blinked once and the world around him faded back to "normal". He was shocked though when the form of Great Red was revealed again but this time in a much smaller size.
Where Naruto was barely the size of one of Great Red's claws he was now only a few inches shy of Great Red's size, putting the true Dragon at around six foot and some inches.
"Didn't know you could use illusions but you're gonna have to do A LOT better than that to fool me with an illusion," Naruto spoke as he once more took the beginning stance for his taijutsu style.
"I figured as much as I can smell Kitsune on you and they are the only creatures whose illusions best my own. Though that illusion was only meant to distract you so I could shrink myself to a more suitable size," revealed the now much smaller Great Red.
With a nod to other the two were off in burst of speed only seen when fist met paw. Naruto was shocked to find that Red was actually very skilled in terms of hand to hand combat. He had figured that a dragon of his size would just use said size to his advantage and not even worry about knowing any actual style. What threw him for a loop was how Red incorporated the use of his tail and wings into it. He used his wings as distractions or shields and his tail as an extra limb to hit with. Naruto though had made his style to be able to fit any situation and sparring with a nine-tailed kitsune helped to prepare him for just such styles.
The two separated, Red spewing another stream of flames and Naruto calling out, "Suiton: Daibakufu no jutsu (Great Waterfall)!" When the two attacks met a huge amount of steam clouded the area reducing the visibility of most greatly. But Naruto was a shinobi sage and Red was a dragon so neither needed their vision to do battle.
Great Red used the reduced visibility to his advantage and cast an illusion over the red-head. Naruto knew almost instantly that he was in an illusion and dispelled it but the short time it took him to dispel the illusion was all Great Red needed to slam his scaled paw into the side of Naruto's face. Naruto was sent flying out of the misty area and skidding across the floor, Red hot on his tail. As Naruto bounced off the ground Red used his tail and wrapped it around Naruto's ankle and sent him into air at breakneck speeds, a stream of dark red flames following. The flames burned so hot that the air began to steam up around the stream.
A few seconds later the smoking form of the Uzumaki was seen plummeting to the ground where it crashed, cratering it due to the velocity it had gained from its fall. Even still Red wasn't keen on letting Naruto have any sort of breathing room.
Red took to the air before he once more let loose a stream of flames into the crater where Naruto had landed. The blazing heat from the flames was so hot that the ground they impacted upon began to melt into molten lava, filling the crater with the burning rock.
Before Red could even fully stop the flames he felt a fist smash into his scaled abdomen causing him to bend over in pain and loss of breath. Naruto didn't end it there though and grabbed the dragon's skull and slammed it into his knee, though he paid for that as Red's scales tore into his skin and tore off a good chunk of it. Despite this Naruto spun and heel kicked the True Dragon in the snout, sending the dragon speeding towards the unforgiving earth.
A massive cloud of dust and shrapnel was sent into the air as Red's body impacted with the earth.
Naruto then flashed to Red's fallen form, Rasengan in hand only to have the True Dragon's tail puncture straight through his abdomen causing him to stumble and giving Red the opening he needed. Red used his tail to slam Naruto into the ground repeatedly, using the respite to get himself into a standing position and regain some breath.
Great Red then savagely tore through Naruto's chest with his clawed hands, the Sage coughing up the blood from his now punctured lung.
With a pained groan Naruto managed to form the hand seals for his next technique, "Futon: Kaze no Yaiba (Wind Release: Blade of Wind)."
With the formed wind blade in his hand Naruto returned the favor to Red and stabbed the dragon through the abdomen.
Red grunted in pain as the sharpened blade of wind tore through the scales on his abdomen in an attempt to skewer him. Before the technique could fully penetrate him Red tossed Naruto away, violently tearing his claws and tail from the red headed Sage.
Naruto's body tumbled across the ground before finally stopping with Naruto sprawled out on his back.
Much to both Red and Ophis' surprise they heard Naruto begin to chuckle before slowly pulling himself to his feet, a grin plastered on his face. His clothes and cloak were torn in several places with stains of blood covering his shirt in several large patches. But instead of the gaping wounds the expected to see they say only the smooth and tanned skin that lay underneath the shirt.
"How are you still not wounded!? I've stabbed you twice now with my claws and once clean through with my tail!" shouted an irritated Great Red. Even Ophis would have been severely wounded at this point yet this supposed Sage remained unscathed.
Naruto only chuckled, "My family was known for its abnormal longevity and healing. Mine was amplified thanks to a friend of mine and it only only got stronger as I got older."
"Of course you have a healing factor. Just great. As much as I am loathe to admit it I'm on my last legs here. One last go?" questioned the grinning Great Red.
He wouldn't openly admit it but he enjoyed battling just as much as any dragon. It was in their very DNA to want to fight and show who was dominant, to show who stood at the top of the food chain. His battles with Ophis were more like spats and neither really wanted to fight, even if neither would admit to it. But this….Sage had pushed him to fight like he had when he had been but an arrogant hatchling out to prove his worth and it had been many a century since those days.
Unfortunately due to how long ago those days were he had grown rather rusty. Yes he still had enough energy leftover to kickstart the Apocalypse but his body had grown unused to using such massive amounts of energy for such long periods and he was beginning to feel it. If he tried to use any more energy than what his body would allow it may actually start physically hurting him.
On the sidelines a gaping Ophis attempted to regain her composure. She had been witness to many a great battle in her long life time where blood was spilled by the gallons and even magic flew like the very wind but these two...their battle was nothing like that. Neither really used flashy magics or spilled too much blood. It looked more like one male dragon fighting another to show who was the alpha and such fights only involved pure force of will, the very strength in their body, and the cunning they had in their minds.
Even still she knew who had won this fight. Should this Sage lose this last little skirmish Ophis knew that thanks to his abnormal healing factor, which was insanely rare even amongst beings such as them, that he would simply rise once more and be ready to dish out even more. Great Red on the other hand truly was on his last legs. From the way they fought Ophis knew that this Naruto person had gotten to his current level through blood, sweat, and tears and had fought tooth and nail to constantly keep getting stronger. Herself and Great Red had grown complacent knowing that they were at the top…until recently at least.
"Fair enough as I do wanna ask some questions," Naruto grinned.
With a nod to each other the two god-like beings began to charge up their final technique. In Naruto's right hand gale force winds began to form a vortex that dug out trenches where the winds touched the ground. In his left hand flames that seemed to melt the very ground around them formed a similar vortex.
Naruto recalled when he and Sasuke had performed this technique to destroy Kabuto and his own little Zetsu army. The red-head knew that performing the attack on his own weakened it severely because Sasuke was a much better fire user than he was, being able to recreate the Blaze release but that didn't mean that his version wasn't insanely strong. When performed in tandem with Sasuke the jutsu had been the only jutsu to ever be marked as a triple S-rank kinjutsu. His own version while weaker was still a double S-rank. The only justu stronger than this was the version he performed with Kurama.
Across the way Great Red mentally grinned as he knew he was going to lose this last little skirmish as he could feel the amount of energy those two attacks alone had and they were more than what he could perform right now. Fresh he could pull off just as much destruction the two attacks could but he wasn't fresh, far from it.
Nonetheless his pride wouldn't allow him to just give up without going down swinging.
Naruto slammed the two swirling vortexes together and let it fly calling out, "Shakuton: Kōrin Shippū Shikkoku no Ya Zeroshiki (Scorch Release: Halo Gale Jet Black Arrow Style Zero)!"
The very air around the swirling shuriken shaped technique was almost boiling from the intense heat being emitted while the winds continued to gouge a trench into the ground several feet deep.
With a mighty roar Red unleashed his own attack, the bright red beam flattening the ground underneath its user and itself due to the pressure the attack emitted.
Due to the swirling and cutting nature of the attack Naruto's empowered Rasengan was able to carve a path straight through the beam of energy. Red closed his eyes in preparation for the technique to hit only to barely feel the heat and cutting power graze his side. He looked behind him to see that the destructive technique had curved around him and miles away exploded making a crater several hundred feet deep and several hundred feet across.
Red only chuckled before falling to the ground in exhaustion.
"You never quite explained me to why you're following me," Naruto asked as he calmly walked to his home, an equally calm Ophis walking beside him.
"It's simple. You have the capacity to manhandle Great Red and I want him out of the Dimensional Gap so that I may have my peace and quiet once more," Ophis calmly spoke not even turning to look at Naruto.
Naruto just shook his head as he could tell she was lying if slightly but he wouldn't push the matter. Due to his being the Child of Prophecy and the container of Kurama who was an empath, he had received a "gift" of sorts that allowed him to know what kind of person someone was almost instantly and then bring out their good traits. It was the whole reason that Kakashi had taken to calling him Konoha's Most Surprising Shinobi. It was this gift that had allowed him to bond and ultimately save Princess Koyuki, Sasame, Shion, and countless others.
Speaking of adventures he wondered if he should do something similar to Jiraiya and start writing his own story, though much less perverted than Icha Icha. Kami knows that his whole life was just as good if not better than any action, drama, or adventure book. He also wasn't a fan of his rather underhanded way of getting money right now.
Using shadow clones, henge, and some minor genjutsu was easy and being a shinobi meant that it wasn't exactly against his morals but it was rather tedious and bothersome.
As he mulled his new idea over in his head he could sense that a certain red headed devil was trailing him and his new house guest.
He had no problem with it as she wasn't really causing him any problems and he'd be lying if he said that he didn't find her VERY attractive. He had met many beautiful women through his journey and had become quite close with a lot of them, hell he had housed an orange-haired vixen who had hounded him near constantly to be her mate and had attempted to seduce him on several occasions.
Being honest with himself he had grown quite fond of Kurama during his 3 month training stint on Mt. Myoboku. She had been the only person he could talk to who wasn't a toad. She had also been the one constant in his life and as a shinobi constant people or habits were what kept you sane in an otherwise insane world.
As he continued his train of thoughts he realized that he had strayed from thinking of the bombshell she-devil on his tail and had instead transferred over to the women who he had grown close to in his home world. Part of him was sad that he had left them behind but another part of him knew that even had he stayed that it wouldn't have worked out.
If he had become romantically involved with any human he would long out live them and possibly his own children. Uzumaki longevity powered by Bijuu chakra and senjutusu meant that he was going to live quite a long life. His ancestor Mito had lived well into her hundreds and that was because of her Uzumaki blood alone. Kurama would have been the only candidate for perfect spouse/mate but due to her being a Bijuu and naught but a construct of chakra kids were out of the picture.
With a sigh Naruto unlocked the door to his home by biting his finger and smearing blood on the handle which only received a quirked eyebrow from Ophis. Naruto merely waved off the unasked question with, "I'll explain later."
He then allowed Ophis in before he spoke out loud, "You're more than welcome to come in Rias." He then walked in and left the door open only for said crimson haired devil to walk through the door and close it behind her.
Both women raised an eyebrow at the other before they followed Naruto to his kitchen where there was a chest high island made of black marble with rather tall chairs of black wood surrounding it. The two females took a seat across from the other and Naruto walked to his fridge, "Anybody want anything? Water? Soda? Booze?"
Ophis spoke first not tearing her gaze from Rias, "Water."
Rias did much the same, "Tea would be lovely."
Naruto nodded and grabbed the two their desired drinks, heating Rias' tea with a minor Katon jutsu. He grabbed himself a beer which Rias raised an eyebrow at.
"Old enough to kill, steal, and breath fire, old enough to drink and fuck was my people's motto…more or less," Naruto said, answering her unasked question.
Naruto then seated himself, "So I can assume that the both of you have some questions, most having to deal with who I am, what I am, and where I came from right?" Both girls nodded at that.
Naruto took a swig of the beer then ran his hand through his rather long crimson hair, "Well better get comfortable cause it's a rather long story."
By night's end Naruto had recounted to them the rather long tale of his birth and the battle that eventually became the Fourth Shinobi World War. He had left out the smaller details like meeting Haku and such, not out of mistrust but more to keep it short and sweet.
As it was the abridged version had taken him almost two hours to recount, which didn't include the little Q & A portion where he had to explain some of the basics like Chakra, shinobi ranks, Kekkai Genkai, and the like to the two females.
"Ok so let me get this straight, you're a ninja-sage from another dimension who near single-handedly brought ultimate peace to your world ending generations of hate, grief, and darkness. You are also pretty much a deity level being due to circumstances from your birth and events throughout your life which culminated in you being your world's Child of Prophecy. Bout sum it up?" spoke a surprisingly calm Rias Gremory.
"It was far from being single-handed but yea that's the gist of it," replied the Uzumaki.
"…join my peerage," spoke a now confident Rias.
There was no way she could pass up the opportunity to have such an amazing power in her peerage, even if turning him took all the remaining pieces she had left.
"Before I either accept or decline your offer can I ask you one question?" Naruto asked.
Rias nodded her ascent. If he was really going to join her peerage than the least she could is let him ask a few questions.
"Why did you wait for that Fallen to outright kill the boy? We both know that you had more than enough power to stop it from even happening in the first place," Naruto asked.
Rias seemed like a decent enough girl from what he could tell but letting the brown haired teen die when she had the power to stop it struck Naruto as odd. There had to be some ulterior motive there.
Rias sighed as the answer was one she doubted Naruto would like.
"In order to be able to successfully reincarnate a human or other creature into a devil, they must either be close to death or freshly dead otherwise it would more energy or fail completely."
"So does that mean that if you wanted another Devil to become part of your peerage then you could use an Evil Piece on them?"
"Yes. I don't exactly know how the pieces themselves work but I know that their purpose is twofold. Turn the receiver into a full fledged Devil and then mark them as a part of the user's peerage."
"Would that mean that having Devil's join your peerage would require less pieces due to having to use less energy to turn someone into a Devil?"
"I can't say. The only person who could fully answer that question would be their maker, one of the Four Satans, Ajuka Beelzebub," Rias answered truthfully.
"Hmm alright," Naruto said as he once more began to ponder on what little information he now had on the Evil Pieces.
The things intrigued the Seals Master part of him as they functioned almost exactly as some seals would, relying on a series of formulas to complete their task. That was at least what he could gather from seeing Rias use several on the teen she had saved.
"So will you join my peerage then?" an anxious Rias asked.
Before Naruto could answer Ophis beat him to it, finally speaking up for the first time in awhile.
"Pft, good luck with that girly."
Turning an irritated gaze at her fellow female Rias finally asked the question that had been bugging her for quite some time, "And who are you? I hardly feel anything from you which means you're either a really weak devil or a regular human."
Naruto turned a curious glance to the loli themed being as he too wanted to know the answer to that particular question.
Ophis had only told him her name and that was about as much info as he could gleam from her. He didn't really care too much about what she was as such things never bothered him in the first place. One of his best friends was a massive construct of chakra that had been sealed into his stomach at birth and his worst enemy had been a human who was naught more than a sore loser who had gotten stuck in the friend zone. Species and race really meant very little to him.
"While Uzumaki-kun wouldn't know of me I at least expected an heir to one of the 72 pillars to know of me, though I have grown quite adept at hiding my presence these last few centuries," Ophis said, the ever neutral expression and monotone voice not once changing, though she did get a raised brow from the red head Uzumaki at the added suffix to his name.
Rias could only look at her wearily. If this person was strong enough to warrant her infamy amongst the 72 Pillar families then she was clearly powerful, how powerful that was though remained to be seen.
"To be short my name is Ophis, the Infinite Dragon God," Ophis said leaving a dumbfounded Rias gaping.
Naruto just hmm'd at the information as he himself wasn't much for titles despite his own numerous ones. Back in the Elemental Nations many had taken to calling him the Nidaime Rikudou Sennin (Second Sage of Six Paths), Bijuu no Tentei (Master of the Tailed Beasts), and various other monikers likening him to his ancestor.
Rias on the other hand was left bewildered at the information. Ophis and Great Red were said to be two of the strongest beings in existence only being matched by the power of the True God. Not even the Seraphs or Four Great Satans could stand up to their power let alone the corrosive properties of their home plane, the Dimensional Gap. Yet what shocked her even more was Naruto's own calm demeanor, as well as the fact that Ophis had taken such an interest in her fellow red head. To have caught the attention of such a powerful being spoke volumes about his own power but how he compared to Ophis remained to be seen.
If Ophis had taken a liking to Naruto then that meant he had to be somewhere close to her level, which by proxy meant that he was just as strong as any of the Satans, if not stronger. It was at this point that Rias realized that there would be no way possible for her to have Naruto join her peerage. She doubted any of the Satans, her brother included, could perform such an act.
"As much as I've enjoyed our conversation I think it's about time to go on and hit the hay. I already know Ophis planning on staying here but what about you Rias?" Naruto asked as he stretched.
"I wouldn't mind saying here as well as it is already pretty late," Rias said, still lost in thought about Naruto and what made him so special.
"Alright well restrooms are upstairs as are the bedrooms. Help yourself to anything that's here. Night," Naruto said as he himself headed in the direction of the stairs.
The two women stood seated, Rias looking at Ophis questioningly, "Never thought that the Ouroboros Dragon would be a gothic Lolita."
"Being a big tit cow isn't everything Gremory," was Ophis' monotone rebuttal.
Before Rias could say anything else Ophis had left the room, presumably to find a room for herself. The red headed Gremory was left to silently fume at the insult before she followed Ophis and Naruto up the stairs to the bedrooms.
Healing Issei without physical contact and having that talk with Naruto had really drained her, leaving her to start feeling the effects of the day hit her now at the offer of a comfy bed.
AN: and that's about it for now. I did quite a bit of tweaking regarding dialogue, the fight with Red, and other things, even combining part of what used to be Chapter 4 into this and I hope you guys are satisfied with it.
I know most of you are eagerly awaiting the emergence of a plot and to see where the divergence between this revamp and the old one will be but don't worry, hopefully you'll have seen a lot of the hints I was dropping throughout the chapter. If you didn't…welp sucks to suck haha.
But seriously those hints as well as the divergence will be made clearer as the story progresses so just be a little patient. The updates are fast now due to me only having to pretty much rework most of the stuff. I have as of yet to have to fully write out something completely new and again that's mostly due to it being the beginning of the story. Things to introduce, people to set up, and all that good stuff have to happen now so no one is confused by stuff that happens later.
Someone commented on Naruto's being jaded. Here's the thing, he already is jaded, very much so. You would be too having seen and done the things he has done. Will this heavily affect his character? Yes and No. He will still be Naruto but a more mature and grown Naruto with a more realistic view of things. It just a matter of him having those bouts. It'll be far from angst (dont' need him being another Sasuke) but more of a struggle between that jaded view and his usual upbeat self.
Happy April Fool's Day to you all!
Hope you all had fun and that no one was pranked TOO badly haha.
Until next chapter!
Peace
