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Without even turning to face the group of rogue priests Naruto spoke in a low voice seeped with danger, "You have one minute. If you are not out of this church in one minute your life is forfeit."

Now onto the chapter!

As soon as the last word left Naruto's mouth the supposed men of faith began scrambling towards the nearest exits, pushing and shoving to escape the wrath of the Sage.

"Ano…why did you let them leave like that Naruto-kun? Surely you know they'll just try something like this again right?" Akeno managed to get out.

"I may have let them go, but that doesn't mean the Angels would let such men roam the earth so freely. By now they're probably either dead or in the custody of the Angels."

To everyone's surprise, Naruto's personality took a total 180 as soon as he looked towards the tied up Asia. The once hardened eyes had returned to their normally warm sapphires and a small smile was now in the place of the previously stern expression.

"Now let's get you taken care of, alright Asia-chan?"

Asia was too shocked to say anything and just shyly nodded her head.

Ignoring the presence of the other three Fallen Angels, Naruto made his way to the pulpit where Asia was chained, nothing hiding her young body from sight. Now was not the time for any inappropriate thoughts though, so Naruto immediately set to work breaking the chains as if they were made out of wet paper.

When Asia was finally free from her bonds he took off his sage cloak and draped it over her shoulders, then, using his hitaie-ate as a belt, wrapped it closed to cover the girl.

"You ok to walk Asia-chan?" Naruto asked in a warm tone that would soothe even the most angry of beasts.

Asia demurely nodded her head, "Y-yes. T-thank you."

"Hey now, none of that. An innocent girl like you didn't deserve any of this," Naruto said with that same warm tone.

Truth be told, a certain Neko was finding it hard to not feel any sort of jealousy at the way her Senjutsu sensei was treating the nun.

"Naruto-sama?"

Rias and her peerage turned wide eyes towards the three female Fallen Angels who were now bowing towards the Sage. It had been the brunette in the leather jacket that had spoken Naruto's name.

"Yes Kalawarner?" Naruto asked as he turned and finally took notice of their presence.

"We would like to apologize for our part in what has happened to the nun," the now identified Kalawarner said in the same subdued voice.

"Don't apologize to me. You should be apologizing to Asia-chan instead."

Everybody noticed how all three instantly went rigid for just a brief moment before they turned and inclined their heads towards Asia.

"We apologize for what we did to you….especially Mittelt," Kalawarner said, getting in a jab at her shorter comrade.

"Hey! Fuck you Kalawarner!" An indignant loli yelled back.

Naruto just shook his head and chuckled at the now bickering females. Of course, he knew that if he didn't interfere the two would probably keep going for at least another hour, and he would much like to get back to his bed before that.

This is probably how Kakashi-sensei felt dealing with me and Sasuke.

"Alright, that's enough you two! You can continue your little spat after we're done here."

Almost instantly the two went back to bowing, "Of course Naruto-sama."

It was at this time that Rias and her peerage made their way towards the group, all with wary faces, though none more so than Akeno.

So what Azazel said was true huh? Hopefully I can help Akeno-chan out…

"Naruto-kun, what exactly is happening here?" Rias finally asked.

"Oi! Don't talk to Naruto-sama like you know him!" Mittelt burst out.

Before Rias could say anything in return Naruto spoke out, "Mittelt it's fine. She's a friend."

Mittelt only huffed and began to grumble about "disrespectful bimbos".

Naruto could only sweatdrop at the Fallen Angel's attitude, "Riiiiiggghhhttt. Anyways, long story short – while I was out and about I happened to bump into Azazel," right as the name left his mouth Akeno tensed, an action Naruto easily caught.

"So, we chatted for a bit before he told me how some faction of his comrades had split and were operating outside of his orders. When he told me that they were working from here I volunteered to handle it when I came back. Evidently that needed to happen sooner than I would have liked."

"What about Gabriel? How did you meet her and why did she want you to act on her part?" Rias asked, even more questions racing through her head.

"Well that one's a pretty long story, but the gist of it is she actually sought me out after I met Azazel. When she heard about what Azazel had asked me to do, she wanted me to help her out by rounding up the rogue priests."

"So what was it exactly that you were doing that had you meeting the leader of the Grigori and one of heaven's strongest Seraphs?" Rias pressed on.

Naruto sighed, knowing that this was only the tip of the iceberg as far as Rias and her questions went.

"Looking for some answers to some questions I had – and no, not all of them were answered, but I learned some rather interesting stuff while I was away."

"Wait, what about those Fallen!? I thought you said they were sentenced to death by that Azazel guy!" an irritated Issei questioned. As far as he was concerned the three females should have suffered the same fate that doughnut guy had for what they had done to Asia.

"Doughnut boy and whoever the hell the was ring leader for this operation were indeed sentenced to death, but Raynare, Kalawarner, and Mittelt were all kind of sleeper agents for Azazel," Naruto explained.

"But wasn't she the one to have originally killed Issei? Did Azazel order that as well?" Kiba asked.

"No. She was out of line with that one and Azazel has already decided her punishment for that," Naruto replied quickly.

He could tell several members of the current group were getting rather antsy being so close to each other, and he wanted to avoid having to break up a fight or deal with anything too serious for the remainder of the day. All he wanted out of life right now was to eat a nice bowl of ramen five and to lay down in bed and catch up on some much needed sleep.

Just because he had the stamina to put most wolves to shame (1) didn't mean he couldn't get tired, or enjoy sleeping in a bed like everybody else.

He wasn't the only one though. Rias hid it well, but he could see that the day's events were finally taking their toll on her and the silent look of "you, me, bed, sleep" she was sending his way wasn't very subtle (not that he was complaining).

Akeno just looked like she wanted to be anywhere other than near the Fallen. Koneko looked almost entirely drained, she was already leaning against his arm to avoid falling to the floor and curling into a ball to sleep.

Kiba looked much the same, his eyes drooping closed every so often and his head bobbing up and down. Issei wasn't much better, his Sacred Gear having receded back to wherever it was stored and taking with it the power boost, leaving a very exhausted fledgling Devil.

That piqued Naruto's interest. It seemed that the Sacred Gear itself, one of the Longinus if he what he heard was right, held all of the power and acted like Kyuubi had for him; granting Issei a huge but temporary power boost. Once the power was no longer needed it went back to "sleep" and left Issei feeling drained because the energy was not his own, meaning his body couldn't totally handle the strain the Gear put on it, even as a reincarnated Devil.

Interesting. Does that mean that if he pushes it too far too soon that he'll lose control of it? And if so, then who or what would be controlling his body?

Despite his curiosity, Naruto was much too tired to put much thought into and instead filed it away in the "investigate when not tired" portion of his brain.

"Alright, I think we've all had enough excitement for one day," Naruto then turned his gaze to the three Fallen Angels. "You three are to report back to Azazel and the rest of you….let's get some damn shut eye, ne?"

Everyone was more than happy to agree to that.

"Umm… Uzumaki-san? Where would I be staying?" the still shy Asia asked.

Not missing a beat Naruto turned to her, "My house of course – there's more than enough room for you! And call me Naruto, or Naruto-niisan"

Asia's face burst into a full on blush at the fact that Naruto hadn't even given it a thought to offering her a place to stay.

"T-thank you again Naruto."

With the three Fallen Angels gone, the rest of the group made to leave the church, intent on getting some well deserved rest. Staying in the church with the holy power draining them for so long had taken quite the toll on all of them. So with an already asleep Koneko on his back Naruto lead the group out into the cool night air.

"I was wondering when you would be done in there Naru-kun," came a sultry voice not too far from them.

All eyes present turned to see a female figure standing underneath the shade of the trees, just out of the moonlight.

Naruto was unperturbed by this and spoke back calmly, "Sorry about that Akemi-chan. Just had some loose ends to tie up."

The obviously female figure that walked from out underneath the shade of the trees could only be described as a goddess given physical form.

Smooth, beautifully tanned skin only a shade or so lighter than Naruto's own complexion almost glowed in the moonlight of the cloudless night. A slit up the left side of a crimson colored cheongsam showed a fair amount of her lithe legs when she moved, with a pair of black shinobi sandals covering her feet. The chinese dress also left enough of her sizable bust visible as to tantalize those who looked at her.

Her hair, which looked like a living fire due to the different shades of reds and oranges that made it up, fell flat and smooth to just below her shoulders with bangs curved to the left, giving her a seductive "come hither" look. Lightly lined deep carmine eyes with long, dark lashes finished the look off. Her plump lips were painted a fiery red.

She lacked the massive bust that Rias and Akeno possessed, her curves instead fitting perfectly on her lithe figure and showing that despite her beauty she was extremely fit.

A seductive smirk on her face tied it all together.

Issei was openly drooling like a fountain at the sight of the woman, while even Kiba was blushing up a storm and doing his best to look anywhere except where the woman stood.

Asia was left in awe and only stared at her.

Koneko looked at the woman then back to her body before pouting.

This isn't even fair anymore.

Even Rias had to admit that the woman was gorgeous, though her pride wouldn't let her say so aloud.

What gained everyone's attention was when the woman sauntered up to Naruto, not once tearing her predatory gaze away from him, and wrapped her arms around his neck. Without either party batting an eye, the woman nuzzled her head into his chest while almost purring.

"Mmm I missed my Naru-kun. You just up and disappeared on me."

Jaws dropped at that statement.

"Wait! YOUR Naru-kun!?" a gaping Issei shouted.

The woman didn't even bother to spare the boy a glance, "C'mon let's go Naru-kun. I'm feeling tired and I know you are too. Our bed awaits."

Rias was the next one to react, "YOUR bed?"

The woman finally turned a bored side glance towards the rest of the group, not letting go of her hold on Naruto, "I'm sorry, who are you?"

Tiffed at the casual dismissal she was given Rias used every ounce of royalty she had and crossed her arms under breasts, assuming her most dignified stance, before replying "I am Rias Gremory, heiress apparent of the Gremory clan."

"…..good for you, now be a good little girl and stop interrupting my Naruto time."

Rias clenched her fist and a tick mark began to form on her head out of frustration.

Naruto knew if he let this go on any longer he would not be getting nearly as much sleep as he wanted, "Akemi-chan, be nice."

Akemi pouted at Naruto, "Fine."

"Now c'mon. If anyone wants to crash at my place you're more than welcome to," Naruto said before yawning loudly.

Kiba shook his head, "Thanks but no thanks. I'm ok to make it back to my home. Ja ne minna-san."

Issei did the same, "Yeah, my parents are probably wondering where the heck I'm at so I should get going too. Ja ne!"

Naruto shrugged at the two, "Fair enough. What about you Akeno-chan?"

"Ara ara, already inviting me to your home Uzumaki-kun? How daring of you! What would people think if they knew?" Akeno said dramatically.

Naruto was unfazed by this due to the sleepiness clouding his mind and having a certain Snake Mistress as a friend, "Funny Akeno. Real funny. Now c'mon, we're going there via Hiraishin transports."

"Ufufufu, so bold Uzumaki-kun."

Naruto wasn't even going to try and respond to that one, so with all of the girls holding onto Naruto in some fashion, Rias and Akemi glaring at each other heatedly, they were gone in a flash of crimson.

When they were gone a small spot in the air above the church shimmered before revealing a shadowed figure standing on the roof.

"Tch, bastard ruined my plans to get that Sacred Gear. And now the Grigori and Seraphs are onto me. Just great."

The next morning finds the Sage on the receiving end of two angry gazes, though said anger had nothing to do with him directly.

The night before Rias and Akemi had begun to bicker over who would be sleeping with Naruto in his bed. Naruto at that point had just wanted to sleep, and took advantage of the fact that he had several other rooms available to him. However, Koneko had long since fallen asleep leaning against him and was tightly clutching him so he had gone to sleep with her wrapped around his arm.

Asia had gone to the room adjacent to his with Akeno taking the one to the left of his.

Naruto had no idea where or even if Akemi and Rias had fallen asleep last night. What he did know was that the two were at this moment wide awake and demanding answers from him, and with it being a Saturday Rias didn't have to go to school and Akemi could find him anywhere he went so running was out of the question.

Today's gonna be a long day, I can already tell…

A certain loli dragon god chose that exact moment to walk into the kitchen as well.

"I require your services Uzumaki."

A reeeaallllyyy long day.

The sound of wood hitting wood reverberated throughout the Kuoh Academy dojo as a certain Gremory Knight traded blows with a certain red headed Sage. On the side-lines were the members of the Kendo club, who sat in awe at the masterful skill both teens displayed. What was even more shocking to the girls was the calmness the two exuded, making the whole exchange seem as if the two were just having a polite conversation and not trying to strike each other.

The other members of Rias' peerage were also in attendance, and were just as surprised at the prowess their comrades had when it came to the art of the blade. Rias of course knew Kiba was talented with a sword, knowing of his harsh past with the Holy Sword experiment. The experiment may have failed at its primary goal but Kiba was left with the skill of a master swordsmen, which made him a perfect Knight.

What she noticed, and many others failed to, was that Naruto was outclassing Kiba completely. She had realized that right from the start it was Naruto who was in control of the flow of the battle, and in any kind of battle, sword play or not, that was something you didn't want to give to your enemy.

Rias was even more intrigued when she realized the ease with which Naruto was dictating the course of the battle. He looked perfectly calm and happy, even excited, the entire time and hadn't even started to breathe heavily, let alone put in any real effort. Had it not been for the huge grin on his face and the occasional chuckle he could have been sleepwalking for all it mattered.

Kiba on the other hand was dripping with sweat and it was clear from the sloppiness of his normally precise technique just how much the fatigue was beginning to affect him. Nonetheless he had a grin on his face, enjoying the chance to be pushed to his limits without having to have his life on the line.

"Ara, ara, Uzumaki-kun is extremely talented with a blade eh Buchou?" Akeno commented from her seated position next to her crimson haired King.

Without even looking away from the fast paced duel Rias replied, "Indeed he is Akeno."

"Makes one wonder how he got so good at such a young age. After all, there are Devils who have trained for decades but are only half as skilled as Uzumaki-kun."

Rias' eyes narrowed, "Yes, but keep in mind Naruto-kun was raised to be a weapon for his village."

Next to Rias Koneko stopped eating halfway through her sweet bread, her fists clenching. Akeno was the same, her head turning down as she also recalled what Naruto had revealed to them the morning prior.

(FLLLLAAAASSSHHHBBAAAACCKKKK)

"So who is she Naruto?" an angry Rias asked.

Naruto sighed as he ran his hand through his hair.

Rias was standing before him, arms crossed and a fire burning in her eyes, with the other members of her peerage behind her. Ophis was off to the side leaning on a wall but he could see that she was just as interested in the answer to that question.

The amount of power Ophis could feel from this Akemi person was astounding and in many ways bore heavy similarities to Naruto himself.

She wasn't the only one though. Thanks to being a little more accustomed to using Nature energy, Koneko's sensory abilities had been boosted quite a bit and using said abilities she could see that this Akemi person was somehow heavily linked to her Senjutsu sensei.

Everyone present could feel it actually, but no one could tell exactly what it was. Rias however felt it differently. In a way Akemi and Naruto's connection felt somewhat similar to the connection she had as King to the rest of her peerage, and that kind of bond was bordering on the soul level.

Naruto nervously scratched the back of his head and chuckled, "The short answer? She's my best friend and the one person who knows me better than anyone else probably ever could. Maybe even better than I know myself."

"And the long answer?" Rias questioned.

"Well the long answer is a little more… complicated," Naruto answered. Regardless, Rias just kept her gaze on him, silently telling him that she was willing to listen regardless of how complicated it was. After a moment, he sighed and began to explain.

(And back to the future!...present?...whatever)

That morning Naruto had told them the reason his parents had died the night he was born and he was treated like trash for the first twelve years of his life. They had all been surprised that Naruto had stuck around as long as he had.

Nonetheless, everyone present had gained a dislike towards anything having to do with Konoha.

It struck a chord in Rias though. For twelve years Naruto was not Naruto to the villagers, but instead was the Bijuu he held at bay. Even when he saved them countless times he still wasn't Naruto to them; he was the son of one of their greatest heroes.

Rias could sympathize with Naruto on that. Being the little sister to one of the new Maou (the one generally considered to be the most powerful, no less) and heiress to one of the 72 Pillars meant she was seen less as an actual individual and more like a pawn for their plans. Even her own family saw her as such, engaging her to that fool Riser despite all of her protests.

She had to make decisions that kept the name of her clan in mind, whether she wanted to or not. Naruto could have turned out the same way, but one of the things Rias admired about her fellow red head was that, despite having innumerable people expecting various things of him, he always found a way to stick to his own personal set of morals and never compromise who he was.

All were very impressed when, only a few moments later, Naruto was able to pin Kiba's sword under his foot whilst pointing his own blade at the bishounen's neck.

"I'd say that that about wraps up our little spar, ne?" Naruto asked, his face fixed in his infamous foxy grin.

Kiba only smiled back and nodded, "Hai."

The two stood tall and shook hands before heading towards their friends.

"Ano... here you go Naruto," Asia said as she smiled and handed Naruto a bottle water.

"Thanks Asia-chan," Naruto said, giving the nun a grateful smile.

Naruto of course took notice of Rias' faraway look, something she wasn't exactly known for. Actually she had been distracted for the past few days. She had also seemed a little on edge and would occasionally glance at the calendar, which meant something was going to happen soon. Aside from all that she had also begun to spend some time going elsewhere, and it had to do with that last person who was connected to her.

She's feeling nervous and she's visiting whoever that last member of her peerage is rather frequently, but why?

Before Naruto could ponder the matter any further a certain pervert had to run in screaming his head off. What sent everyone into a fit of laughter was what was painted across his white shirt.

In bright bold orange lettering across Issei's chest was "The student council SUCKS!" Of course, given that the student council members were all very well liked by pretty much the entire student population, Issei soon found himself being hounded by a small crowd of its supporters.

Naruto was openly laughing aloud as he saw his little prank come to fruition. Even the spaced out Rias had begun to giggle, although she attempted to hide it by covering her mouth with her hand. She then turned her head to the one responsible for this, "You do know about the student council right Naruto-kun?"

Still chuckling Naruto turned his head, "Hmm? You mean about them being Devils as well? Yeah, I kinda figured."

So he can easily sense when there's a Devil around. Does that mean he also knows about Liza? Rias thought.

With that in mind Rias gave Naruto a look he was all too familiar with; the dreaded "We need to talk" look. He had been on the receiving end of that look quite often during his teen years, so when Rias directed it at him he had a few flashbacks to the times when Tsunade, Sakura, and even Shizune had used it on him.

Rias and even Akeno were curious as to why Naruto suddenly shivered and began to sweat, his eyes darting to all the windows and exits like someone had come to murder him and he had to find the perfect exit to escape through.

Akeno reached a hand out to the tall red head and was surprised when Naruto almost jumped out of his skin when she put her hand on his shoulder.

"Ufufufu, I had no idea I had that kind of effect on you Uzumaki-kun."

Naruto chuckled and began to rub the back of his head, "Hehehe... sorry about that. Force of habit."

Rias only raised an eyebrow at that response.

"Yes, well, I have something to talk to you about…well actually both you and Issei so meet us in the club room."

Mere minutes after Rias and her peerage had left the dojo Naruto realized exactly what she was asking of him.

Damnit she left me to save the perv and drag his ass back to the clubroom. Well played Rias, but you are messing with the wrong person! Naruto thought.

None of the Occult Research club members were surprised when Naruto leapt into the room through the open window, Issei being carried over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. What caught Naruto's attention was the additional person in the room, who was occupying the seat next to Koneko.

They looked to be around the same age as his Senjutsu student and she had blonde hair that reminded him of a certain Yamanaka back in Konoha. The only difference was that where Ino's hair was long enough to fall to her shapely rear end, the girl sitting next to Koneko had hers cut in a short bob.

What interested Naruto was the fact that she had the same connection to Rias that her peerage did, which meant that the newcomer was the last member.

"I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume that she has something to do with what you wanted to talk about, right?" Naruto asked.

Rias only nodded her head.

"I figured that since you could differentiate between Devils, Angels, and humans I should properly introduce you to my Bishop, Elizabeta Vladi (2), though she prefers Liza."

Naruto dropped Issei to the floor without a care, leaving the teen to moan about not getting any respect. Naruto then proceeded to his usual spot, Koneko getting up to let the red-head sit before happily occupying his lap. The whole sequence happened without anyone batting an eye, though if you looked closely Rias' hands began to clench tightly.

The young platinum blonde Devil next to Naruto began to nearly hyperventilate at being so close to Naruto.

"Well, I actually figured out she was Devil after I realized that she was a part of your peerage."

Rias was even more shocked when he told her that bit of info.

"You can tell when someone is in a peerage?"

"Kind of. I can sense that you are all somehow linked and so I figured that the link had to do with them being your servants," Naruto said nonchalantly.

Rias nodded her head in acceptance.

"Though I gotta ask, why are you only now telling not just me, but also Issei about Liza?"

Rias sighed at that.

"Liza is actually a Dhampir-"

"Wait, what's a Dhampir?" Naruto interrupted.

"A Dhampir is the offspring of a human and Vampire." Seeing Naruto understood Rias continued, "Liza is a Dhampir, but is special because she is also the holder of a Sacred Gear called Forbidden Balor View which allows her to freeze those she sees in time."

Naruto whistled at that.

"That's a really powerful time ability. I know a couple of much stronger and devastating ones, but having that naturally is impressive."

Rias raised an eyebrow, "I know that your Hiraishin is a pretty ingenious work of time/space powers, but I thought that was the only one of its kind."

Naruto chuckled, "Nope. There's a whole branch of ninjutsu called Jikukan jutsu. One of my senseis could actually use a technique called Kamui (Authority of the Gods) that allowed him to transfer anything in his eye sight to an entirely different dimension. I once saw him teleport an enemy's arm. The bastard I fought against could do the same to his own body, which made him intangible and invulnerable to almost any physical attacks. Made him ridiculously hard to kill."

Rias and the rest of the group were highly interested in the story, as Naruto was still only revealing bits and pieces of his past to them, so any time he talked about himself or his past they listened with rapt attention.

"How did you end up killing him?" Kiba asked.

"Me and my best friend Sasuke combined our strongest attacks and unleashed the equivalent of a hydrogen bomb on his ass. Took him and a large chunk of our home country out with it too," Naruto said as if he was talking about the weather.

Even Koneko who had been purring under the magical hands of her teacher stared at Naruto in awe. For a while, everybody was too shocked to say anything.

Eventually Naruto broke the silence, "That was nothing compared to the technique me and Akemi can perform together though. Now THAT was powerful. Created a massive crater and even shook the continent apart."

Again they were left speechless. Naruto had just confessed to acts of destruction on a massive scale with a casual comment, and they had no idea how to react.

"Um… where is she?" Rias asked.

"Akemi? She took Asia out shopping to get the girl some new clothes and other things she'll need."

Rias coughed before nodding, "In any case, back to Liza. The trouble is that she can't control the Balor View and so I've kept her sealed her at the Academy until we could somehow learn how to control it."

It was Naruto's turn to raise an eyebrow, "What do you mean by can't control it?"

Rias sighed showing just how tired the topic made her, "Liza becomes much more violent when using the power and takes on an entirely different persona, one that I think is tied into the Sacred Gear somehow."

The more I learn about these Sacred Gears, the more and more they remind me of the relationship between a Jinchuuriki and their Bijuu. They are essentially this world's Bijuu, things born of the Shinju's energy, though more watered down as the Christian God was the one to create them and he himself was only a fraction of the Shinju. The Sacred Gears seem to be as sentient as the Bijuu were as well. What about Asia's? Does her Twilight Healing carry a sentient being in it? Naruto thought. The whole affair unnerved Naruto greatly.

The entire situation bore too much of a striking semblance to the Bijuu and the creation of the Jinchuuriki. Some humans were chosen to bear these items and the items in return gave them abilities that made them better in some way than the average human. The wielders of these items also had no choice in the matter, being born with them. Then there were people out in the world who saw the holders of said items as nothing more than tools or sources of power.

On top of that, there were also people out there who were willing to kill to get their hands on one of the items. Then there were more still who were trying to create artificial versions of the items.

And in all this there were the holders of the items, people who, most of the time, just wanted to live a simple normal life. That dream would never become a reality though.

When Naruto saw Asia on the pedestal about to have her Sacred Gear extracted he had gotten flashbacks to seeing Gaara after having Shukaku extracted, dead. It had made him angry beyond words.

Honestly the more I think about it the fewer differences I see. The Sacred Gears really are this world's version of the Bijuu. The Sacred Gear holders are viewed almost exactly like we Jinchuuriki were; treated differently for something that was thrust on us, never looked at as just people. To nearly everyone, what we contained was more important than us as people…and it's happening all over again.

Everyone in the room could feel it, the oppressive aura that suddenly covered the room, sent a shiver of fear down their spines, and suffocated them. It was a feeling they hadn't felt since the whole Church incident and that had been a second hand dosage. What they were feeling right now was close to being directly aimed at them.

Koneko was the one to break the spell, her hands softly caressing Naruto's cheek. When Naruto looked up, not even realizing he had begun to clench his fists or even that he had looked down in the first place, he was greeted with the worried eyes of Koneko, Rias, Akeno, and Kiba. Liza and Issei were huddled together in a corner due to fear of Naruto.

Naruto chuckled to break the tension in the room, "Sorry about that. Just got lost in my thoughts for a minute."

No one dared to ask what the crimson haired Uzumaki was thinking of that had gotten him mad enough to create such an oppressive aura.

"At any rate, is there any way possible you could help her with controlling her powers like you're doing with Koneko?" Rias asked, an imploring tone in her voice.

She really does care for her peerage members like family members…

Naruto sighed, "I can help Koneko, because I am a master at Senjutsu. While I may be pretty good at seals and understanding Jikukan jutsu I'm nowhere near being a master at it."

Naruto immediately saw the look of disappointment cross Rias' face, a look being mirrored by Liza. Naruto hated to see that look, especially when he was the cause of it, and so he continued, "BUT that doesn't mean I can't help her control it. It may be a time/space ability but it's an ability, a power, and all powers can be mastered through good old fashioned hard work. Besides if anything goes wrong I can be there to contain it or help her along with it."

A shining look of hope instantly appeared on the once depressed Dhampir's face. Rias gave Naruto a grateful smile, happy that he could help someone close to her where she couldn't, yet again.

...she better not try to steal Naruto-senpai, were a certain Neko's thoughts. Sure, she was happy for her fellow peerage member, but she'd be damned if the Dhampir tried to muscle in on her time with her favorite person. It was already hard enough to get time alone with him with Rias and Akemi around, and then there was Asia. Now Liza? Yeah, Koneko wasn't exactly a happy camper.

After a rather long day of first training Koneko, then dealing with the ever arguing duo of Akemi and Rias, introducing himself properly to the Dhampir Liza and starting her training by getting to know each other a bit more, and helping Asia get situated with all that Akemi had bought for the girl (using his money he might add) Naruto was pretty tired.

Akemi had gone off to explore this world some more, whatever she meant by that, which left Naruto the rare joy of sleeping alone in his own bed. Don't get him wrong he loved having another body to warm the bed with him, but there were some times that he liked to be alone.

That thought process was thrown out the window when a glowing red circle of runes appeared at the foot of his bed signaling the arrival of a certain Gremory. However Naruto was thoroughly surprised when a very nervous and distracted looking Rias stepped out of said set of runes. He was used to the Rias who was witty, firm in her beliefs, and not afraid to stand up for herself. This side of Rias was something that kind of unnerved Naruto.

"Naruto-kun… you said you'd help me with anything if I asked you right?" Rias asked, not once looking at the Sage.

The Uzumaki got up from his bed, uncaring of his shirtless appearance, "Of course Rias-chan. What is it you need?"

Rias seemed to grow even more nervous, if that was possible, "I...my family made a marriage contract for me when I was younger. I don't want it, I hate it! I hate that they want to marry me off for political reasons and I despise the person they want to marry me to!"

Rias then rushed to Naruto, burying her face into his chest, "Please you have to help me! Help me get out of it!"

Naruto just wrapped his arms around Rias' smaller frame and nuzzled his head into the top of hers, "I'll help you any way I can Rias. We'll figure this out… together."

That night Rias slept, cuddled in the arms of Naruto, holding tightly onto him as if she feared he would fade away otherwise.

(1) Fun Fact: some wolves can travel at up to 35 mph for several hours on end without rest

And so Naruto reveals to the group even more of his shadowed past. They now know of his status as a former Jinchuuriki along with a handful of other things. He has also been introduced to the time controlling Vladi! How will he affect HER? Can he help HER master HER powerful Sacred Gear? If you don't get it by now yes Gasper was gender bent into a female we've named Elisabeta aka Liza, she/he was another damn Haku.

On a related note (2): Elizabeta is actually the name of Vlad Dracul's (Dracula) human wife in Bram Stoker's original book. Fitting seeing that Gasper and his family (Vladi) were based off of Vlad III Dracula, aka Vlad Tepes/Vlad the Impaler who was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Count Dracula.

Also Rias finally reveals to Naruto the marriage contract she is bound to.

Next chapter, something you've all been waiting for… Naruto Uzumaki The Sage meets Riser Phenex the pig headed d-bag!

LET'S GET READY TO RUUUUUMMMBBBLLLEEEE!

Mothballz: Like I said it wasn't too long of a wait for this chapter! Little longer as I got sick (again damnit), then had to help a friend move and paint, and life. But there it is! The new chapter. Myself and Kyram decided that Gasper would work better as a female for a plethora of reasons and no she will not be paired with Naruto. Koneko is the only loli in the harem...unless you include Serafall but she's hardly a loli.

And now to answer some ACTUAL reviews!

Some people are still asking how Grayfia will work with being in the harem. I would like you to refer back to the Author's Note in chapter 4. That's all I gotta say.

The two Kyuubis worry. The Naruto Kyuubi (Akemi) is not a Youkai or a Devil, none of the Bijuu are. To my understanding they are pieces of the Juubi which was the God Tree, the Shinju. In a way that makes the Bijuu something like lesser gods. Kunou (DxD Kyuubi) IS a Youkai. Akemi is not. Her Bijuu form happens to mimic that of a nine tailed kitsune but she is not the mythical Kyuubi.

Besides that is the fact that there are indeed more than one Kyuubi currently living in the same plane of existence. Kunou is one and the other is her own mother, Yasaka. Don't know how the DxD writers would defend that but there it is.

Kunou herself? She will not be a part of the harem though I do have something interesting planned for her.

One last thing if you guys could do me a huge favor and check out my latest crossover fic. It's a Naruto and Dishonored crossover and I'm enjoying writing it so if you guys could show it some love in the form of reviews and what not I'd be really appreciative of it!

Kyram: Well, it's the longest chapter yet, and well over 6k words (over 7k if you count the ANs). We've been having fun stomping on canon with steel toed boots, and it's only going to get more extreme. Also, hopefully the next chapter will come out much quicker, given that a large chunk of it has been written already. Other than that, I hope you enjoyed and won't flame, because we'll just use flames to make omakes mocking you. But hey, if you want that, go right ahead.