Edit: I figured that many people were confused by the end of this chapter, all I can say is that Naruto's thought process will be explained in proceeding chapters. :3
Naruto's eyebrow was twitching periodically as he stood outside the classroom. He was currently holding buckets up with both arms as some sort of punishment for skipping too many classes. Considering this was forcing him to miss even more material in the class, he thought that this was a stupid punishment.
Nothing will ever beat Iruka-sensei's big head jutsu in his eyes. Everything else was child's play.
The blond heard the classroom door slide open as the balding teacher stuck his head out and glared at him. Oi oi, he only missed like...what? Three classes? What was the big deal? He skipped far more Ninja Academy classes and he eventually did alright.
Naruto consciously didn't mention the fact that he was held back three times.
"Uzumaki...you may come back inside. I hope you have learned your lesson when it comes to skipping class. Keep this up and you will become a bum on the street." the teacher said harshly before making way to let him pass.
Naruto rolled his eyes in response at the threat. He never did have a good relationship with teachers, the bias that many had against him back at the Ninja Academy made him distrustful of many of them as a whole and was the origin of his disrespectful nature against people with authority.
The blond just cheerfully acknowledged the teacher and walked back into the classroom completely unrepentant, much to the teacher's frustration. All of his classmates looked pretty amused by the exchange as it seemed that Naruto's reputation was set by his actions.
Many in Kuoh seemed to have the impression that he was a bit of a delinquent, but that he was a very friendly one that just thumbs his nose at authority. In short, many students, girls especially seemed to have an impression that he was a 'bad boy' with his attitude and whisker marks on his cheeks.
Apparently he had a "boyish charm" or something like that, it was honestly the first time he was hearing this ever. He never heard such things about himself back in the Elemental Nations. Many of the boys who would have been jealous of the blond, were instead ensnared in Naruto's ever positive personality. Now he was apparently just another 'bro'...whatever that meant.
So he was decently popular, no where near the prestige that the 'Great Ladies' or the 'Prince' enjoyed...but he didn't want such things from Kuoh. Nice words were more than enough for him.
The blond sat down on his chair right next to the window and prepared to ignore history class again, he even prepared to use his own bag as a pillow.
He was all set before he felt an annoying poke in between the sensitive juncture between his ribs and thighs. He ignored it and tried to sleep before feeling the poke again, his eye twitched as he became determined to ignore the poking.
After what must have been the fifth poke in a row, Naruto finally gave in and peered at the girl next to him who was holding the offending pen.
"...What?" Naruto asked irritably, he was going to fall asleep either by getting bored or by resting on his bag. The bag was more comfortable so he wanted to sleep, no one liked having their sleep interrupted...even though he didn't really need it.
"Pay attention...this will be on the test tomorrow." Yuki said as she gave the blond a steady stare. She was still the class representative and wanted to make sure that Naruto had a good education...even if he wasn't a normal person by any stretch of the imagination.
Naruto deadpanned at her and attempted to go back to sleep, but Yuki was not the one who interrupted his sleep again. This time it was the teacher who slammed his ruler onto his desk to wake him up. Naruto had an irritated expression as he stared up unflinchingly at the now red-faced instructor.
"Is my class that boring for you Uzumaki?" the teacher practically hissed at the blond.
Naruto wanted to say 'yes' but that would imply that he was sleeping because he found the teacher boring, the problem was that even if he wasn't boring...the shinobi would still go to sleep.
He simply had no reason to memorize any of this for the future, after all, he was going back to the Elemental Nations and restore peace like the greatest hero that ever-
His daydream ended when the teacher slapped his ruler upside Naruto's head which caused the boy to just pout at his teacher for making him lose his train of thought.
"Ah come on sensei! It's not like I'm ever gonna use this crap!" Naruto complained, and for the most part he was probably right. But to anyone else it sounded like the same weak excuse that a lazy teenager would make when having to memorize stuff they don't like.
The teacher just sighed in return and then glanced at Naruto's neighbor.
Yuki noticed the teacher's gaze and raised an eyebrow, what was that about?
Later after class, Yuki found out and was given a new mission.
"Naruto."
"No!"
"Naruto this is for your own good. Let me help you!"
"I don't want help in this of all things!"
Several students were looking on in curiosity as Uzumaki Naruto continually denied the request of the the young girl behind him. It was lunch time and he promised to eat lunch with Mio since this was her first day here.
It has been a few days since the meeting with Rias and her Peerage had been concluded, with neither Mio or Maria being alerted to the fact. Both were still wary of the devils that go to Kuoh Academy and were trying to avoid them when necessary.
However it seems neither of them knew a thing about Yuki and her involvement with the Hero Tribe. So this was a good chance to at least introduce the hero and Mio, hopefully they could create a lasting friendship with each other!
But first things first, he had to guide the persistent hero to Mio.
But seriously? What was this about her becoming his tutor? That has to be the silliest thing he has heard in a long time, but it seemed that Yuki didn't agree.
"Naruto..." Yuki tried to say but was cut off just as quickly.
"No means no Yuki! I don't even know why you care so much about my grades! It's not like it's going to matter any!" Naruto stated crossly, repeating himself several times was beginning to get on his nerves.
"Sensei asked me to tutor you to get you reacquainted with the subjects that will be on the test tomorrow Naruto, as the class representative it is my duty to help a fellow student and friend." Yuki responded simply.
Naruto was still slightly surprised by Yuki's new demeanor after their clash in the forest, she was a hell of a lot calmer and friendly...in her own way anyways.
There were times where she would offer her help at the most awkward of times and with the most awkward of things...
He really should have seen such incidents coming when she offered to give him a massage after he complained of back pains in the middle of the street. The looks he got from several pedestrians were as embarrassing as one would expect, the thumbs ups he got didn't help.
He supposed that it probably had something to do with the fact that she was probably socially awkward...after all she was training to be a hero most of her life right? So that would explain it since she probably had few friends.
He just wished she chose better times to offer her weird requests.
Naruto shook his head for a second in order to forget the weirdness his life took recently, he actually had a question he was meaning to ask Yuki for a while now. But first he had to move away from the wandering eyes and ears of his classmates.
Not so hard since Yuki was still pestering him about tutoring sessions with her.
The shinobi kept walking with the class representative right on his heels, he took a turn for the stairs that led up to the roof of the building. As he reached the door leading to the roof top, he turned to check if his persistent friend was still behind him and confirmed that she still following him with that stare of hers.
He ignored it and pressed onward to the rooftop where they could have the private discussion he wanted, it was also where Mio wanted to meet up for lunch later. But since her class was at the bottom floor, they had a little bit of time before she arrived.
He faced Yuki again with intent but was forced to look away again at the very heavy stare she was giving, what the hell...she was even more insistent than usual!
"Jiiiiiiiiiiiii"
She was even making sound effects! Just how determined was she!?
Naruto sighed and decided that this needed to be dealt with. "Yuki, why do you want to tutor me so bad? I know you have your responsibilities but surely other people wouldn't go so far or be so persistent in tutoring someone else." Naruto said, while they were friends now it was still strange.
Yuki stopped her staring for a moment to contemplate her friend's question, why was she being so persistent? Was it because she felt that she owed him? Maybe because she wanted to help a friend? She frowned at that last one, friend...when was...?
"Ah." Yuki said with realization. She then turned to Naruto and relayed her findings.
"It's because you're my first friend." she said simply.
...
...
"...Wait really?" Naruto asked with wide eyes, he was her first friend? But what about the other heroes? But before Naruto could voice that thought, she continued.
"When hero children first start their training, they are taken in by an established hero to become their sensei. I...lost my sensei and was eventually trained by my adopted father. For the most part I would train and study instead of socialize with the other hero children, so you're my first friend." Yuki eventually repeated.
She supposed she was just doing what she thought friends did, which was help each other.
Naruto groaned at this, so she was really socially awkward then? He never really noticed it since he focused more on her fighting skills rather than her social life. Well at least one mystery was solved, now to the next one.
"Hey Yuki, I have a question that I think is pretty important. It's about our fight in the forest." Naruto said, hoping that Yuki would understand why he was asking.
Yuki turned back to Naruto with a certain glint in her eye which told the blond that his friend was up to something, something he probably isn't going to like.
"If I answer your question, then you have to allow me to tutor you like sensei asked me to." Yuki said with that glint still in her eye. Naruto deadpanned at the girl for her attempts at milking the situation, but unfortunately for Naruto he didn't have much time left. Mio would no doubt have trouble finding where the roof was since she was new here, but she would find her way eventually.
"...Deal." Naruto said through grit teeth, that hurt much more than he thought it would.
Yuki gave him a small smile, in triumph or in gratitude he really wasn't sure. "What do you wish to know Naruto?" Yuki asked, obviously satisfied.
Naruto just 'hmphed' and asked his question. "How does your True Sight work?" Naruto asked with a small frown.
Yuki returned the frown with one of her own at the question, why ask her this?
"I don't understand, you figured out it's weakness during our battle. So you should know how it works by this point shouldn't you?" Yuki asked, somewhat unsure of why Naruto asked her this question. She then widened her eyes when a thought occurred to her. "...You really don't know? Then how did you know to not look into my eyes?" Yuki asked with incredulity.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly then responded. "That's just it...I didn't. I just knew that as long as your face wasn't in my general direction, then for some reason your power turned off." Naruto said, shrugging helplessly.
Yuki just shook her head in disbelief.
The hero looked at Naruto for a moment before beginning her explanation, she had nothing to fear from a friend after all. "True Sight is a Sacred Gear that inhabits my blade; Sakuya. It is a gear that gives the user the power to avoid any of the enemy's attacks without fail." Yuki explained steadily.
Naruto was somewhat amazed at such an incredible ability.
Yuki simply continued her explanation.
"The True Sight gives the user the speed to keep up with their opponent as long as they retain eye contact with them, all attacks that are done at a certain range are completely blocked or dodged in accordance to the Sacred Gear, in short the Gear moves your body for you if you allow it to. The weakness you exploited of True Sight is the fact that you used that little knife of yours to to attack me which was outside of True Sights range and that you attacked me from behind with that cloning ability of yours." Yuki said simply. She didn't seem particularly broken up by her loss, but she did seem a little down when she told him the weaknesses of her Sacred Gear.
"I get it...so then all I need to do is back you up so that nobody can use those weaknesses against you. Simple right? After all friends always got each other's backs." Naruto smirked at her. That earned him a small smile in return.
They stayed silent for a little while just enjoying the quiet contemplation that Naruto's words brought before hearing a voice that broke both of them out of their reverie.
"...Am I interrupting something?" drawled a feminine voice.
Naruto snapped his neck towards the voice before a comical sweatdrop began to form.
"...Ah...hey there imouto!" Naruto said cheerfully, much to the ire of the younger girl. The girl was none other than Naruse Mio, decked out in her new Kuoh Academy uniform for girls and had her lunch in her hands. Truth be told Naruto completely forgot about her coming for a moment since he was so concentrated on Yuki's explanation of her Gear.
"...Hi there...oni-...onii...nii-san." Mio grumbled with a glare at the spiky haired youth. Naruto supposed that she was still upset about the fact that since Naruto announced that Mio was his sister to the student council president and due to the rules at Kuoh, he had to have Mio down as his younger sister from abroad.
So they had to publicly address each other as brother and sister...or at least that's what Maria said they should do. She seemed to enjoy this far more than what was appropriate. Nevertheless, Mio has already threatened to kill him a hundred times several times already by now.
Ah...the thankless job of being an older brother.
"I'd like to introduce you to a good friend of mine Mio. This is the class representative of my class, she has helped me a lot ever since I arrived." Naruto said cheerfully, silently hoping that the two would connect together easily.
"Thank you for taking care of my stupid nii-san so well iincho-san, it must have been tough for you." Mio said with a bow.
"Not a problem Mio-san, your brother may sometimes be lazy and a general menace. But he is a good person, by the way call me Yuki please." Yuki said genially.
...Ok he didn't want them to go and connect that easily...
"I'm not that bad am I Yuki? Mio? Right?" Naruto pleaded with both girls, positive that he wasn't that much of a public menace...
They both turned their heads away from him.
This just made Naruto to go into shock at their lack of responses.
Internally, he supposed that Mio was bound to insult him with snide remarks due to recent circumstances...but did Yuki really have to encourage her!?
"Damn it, you guys suck." Naruto pouted.
Mio just giggled slightly in response to his words and Yuki just sent him a small smile.
He supposed that he could get used to this peaceful kind of life.
Naruto was currently walking towards his next class with the intention of actually taking the class...and not skipping it. He supposed he had to be a responsible student every once in a while, besides he had no idea when the next supernatural emergency would strike.
Yes, best to just go to class before his luck struck again.
That was Naruto's mental plan, but his thoughts were broken over a dull roar of noise from somewhere far away.
That is to say that he heard a lot of screams and yells echoing down the hall.
Naruto was pretty confused, this was a normal high school if you excluded all of the supernatural beings who attended here. So what could cause what sounded like a mob out for blood to form?
Perhaps it was because Naruto simply skipped too many classes or maybe it was because he simply lucked out, but he never had the minor displeasure of meeting the infamous three perverts of Kuoh Academy.
While the blond himself was confused, no one else near the blond was and he definitely noticed it.
Many boys either sighed or just shrugged at what they considered a fact of life by this point, while the girls shared dark glances with one another in order to confirm whether it was their mortal enemies.
Naruto knew the look that the girls were sharing, he has seen such a look directed at his ero-sennin far too many times during his three year training trip. That meant that the trouble definitely revolved around-
"PERVERTS!"
...Yeah that.
Naruto watched in morbid fascination as three boys were hunted down by a large mob of angry girls that no doubt felt righteous fury in their crusade against the perverts. All three of them were pretty plain looking to Naruto, and his pervert senses that he obtained by hanging around ero-sennin too much were also going off due to their close proximity.
They were all irreconcilable perverts through and through.
So Naruto allowed his self-preservation instincts to kick in and stepped out of the way of the perverts and the mob chasing them.
"So much for this being a normal high school." Naruto mumbled to himself, not really intending for anyone to listen as he watched the group pass.
"Yes, but I think it is more refreshing and interesting this way, don't you Naruto-san?" spoke a masculine yet still soft voice.
Naruto glanced to his left to see the (in)famous 'Prince of Kuoh Academy' in all of his glory.
He couldn't help but give the pretty boy a small smirk to greet him. "Yo Kiba-san, what does someone with your prestige want with someone like me?" Naruto asked cheerfully.
Kiba just waved his hands in a placating manner thinking that the blond was serious. "No, nothing like that Naruto-san, I'm just a messenger for Buchou. She asked me to ask you if you're available next period for a private talk." Kiba said with a smile, ever the polite gentleman.
To be honest, Kiba's demeanor kind of made Naruto want to try to break his perfect exterior to see the man underneath. No one was this polite without hiding a bit of themselves, but he figured their acquaintance was too new for that, so he backed off from that idea. Now the bigger question was what to do about Rias-san's invitation?
Should he be a responsible student like he said he would be and postpone the invitation for a later time? Or rather should he just see what's up and skip class with a somewhat reasonable excuse for himself?
...
Stupid question.
"Lead the way Kiba-san." Naruto said while motioning for Kiba to go.
Well, looks like his luck struck again.
The shinobi stared at the creepy building that served as the club room for the ORC. More importantly, he was staring at the building that the Gremory heiress has made her base of operations in Kuoh Town.
Naruto grinned at that, he actually had an idea with what was up with this crazy world now. After his discussion with Rias-san, a lot of questions he had about the world and more specifically, the supernatural were answered by her. Devils, angels, fallen angels, the Great War, the other known factions across the planet?
Yeah, he knew a lot now and that made him very happy, if only for the fact that he didn't feel like he was walking on eggshells all the time anymore.
Kiba opened the door to the club room with Naruto on his heels, it was only when he actually entered the room that he noticed something off.
Naruto deadpanned.
"Now I'm not a good person to talk to when it comes to looking deeply into someone else's words but...I thought this was a 'private' meeting Rias-san? Naruto said with a sweatdrop forming. His confusion was based on the fact that all of the ORC members were currently accounted for in the spacious room.
Rias looked up from her work at her desk in order to greet the blond, pointedly ignoring his opening statement. "Greetings again Naruto-san, how are you doing today?" Rias started with a congenial smile.
Naruto's eyebrow twitched at her completely fake greeting, she kept doing this ever since he let it known that he hated such pointless talking when there was something more important he could do. Or rather, something more fun to do.
His impatience might have something to do with Uzumaki Naruto finally spreading his wings again after suppressing it in favor of staying low. But for now, to deal with the she-devil in front of him.
Rias grinned a little at his obvious annoyance before getting up and leaning back at the front of her table to face him. "Sorry sorry Naruto, your reactions are simply too irresistible to not try and tease you a little." Rias said apologetically, though one gets the feeling that she really wasn't too sorry.
This was what a stereotypical 'onee-sama' would do anyways.
"Ara ara Buchou, it isn't good if you tease foxy-kun too much you know? He may get strange ideas." Akeno claimed with a dainty hand covering her smiling mouth.
"Eh? But Naruto-san should be strong enough to take a little teasing from his senpai shouldn't he Akeno? Even if he can't, this will help him with experiences with older girls. As is my duty as his sempai." Rias retorted with a sly smile at her friend, framing her teasing as 'help'.
In response to this Naruto's eyebrow was beginning to twitch more frequently.
They were doing this on purpose. Maybe it was because they were the 'Great Ladies', but they were treating him like a sweet little 'kouhai' instead of the badass he was!
"That is very true Rias, but foxy-kun is not only our precious kouhai, he's also a little fox. So I think he needs to be treated like a little fox should. With treats if he's good and a little collar if he's not." Akeno replied cheerfully.
Naruto did his best to ignore the warning bells that were going off in his head about her words. He must have misunderstood her, that's the only possible explanation.
"Oi! Damn it...don't talk like I ain't here dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed, he couldn't handle their blatant teasing if they were both ganging up on him!
He looked at the other devils in the room for support but found none with Koneko-san since she was eating sweets and Kiba clearly wanted to keep out of the conversation.
"Awww, foxy-kun even has a verbal tic. You're such a cute kouhai." Akeno cooed as she began patting his head, much to his chagrin.
Doing his best to ignore her petting, he cleared his throat and looked at the Gremory heiress seriously.
"Ok you had your fun Rias-san, now that I'm here what is it that you wanted to talk about?" Naruto asked irritably.
Rias nodded in regards to Naruto's question and sat back down in her chair in order to address Naruto. She was about to speak when she noticed that someone still didn't stop their ministrations yet.
"...Akeno, please stop petting Naruto-san so that we may continue." Rias spoke with a sigh laced in her voice. Maybe they did sometimes go a little too far with the teasing.
Akeno just pouted at being ordered to stop, but she complied and decided to make some tea as the discussions began.
Rias finally could begin to elaborate on why she summoned Naruto here. "Naruto-san, there is a favor that I wish to ask of you." Rias said, going straight to the point this time.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at this, looks like she was invoking their 'agreement' earlier than he thought...
The shinobi decided to hear the girl out and make a decision based on that. "Well what is it you need Rias-san? I can take it if it's not too crazy, but sometimes I wonder with you..." Naruto said dryly.
He was referring to the agreement that all three parties made during Naruto's last visit in the club room. It was essentially a pact between all of the...'powers' of Kuoh Academy to stay out of each other's business unless it interferes with their interests and to aid one another as long as it, once again doesn't interfere with their own interests.
It was not stated nearly as eloquently as that when Naruto said it but that is what it essentially boiled down to.
Both Yuki and the Gremory group were skeptical of each other initially, but of course that's what he was for, somehow he managed to become the 'middle man' between the two groups and the deal was set.
Rias nodded at that, this agreement of theirs came at a good time, her issue was...somewhat embarrassing for her to deal with and it had to be done.
"Naruto-san, I want you to talk to a boy named Hyoudou Issei and invite him to become a devil for me." Rias said with a beatific smile.
Naruto wasn't as inspired as Rias would have hoped, his deadpanned expression told her that when he processed her words after a split-second.
"Eh...? Uh...Rias-san. Don't you have other people who can do that sort of thing?" Naruto said with a sigh, he even looked around himself to illustrate the point as the other ORC members were apparently comfortable enough with his presence by now to just...do their own things.
Rias nodded and continued to explain. "That is normally true Naruto-san, but the reason I'm sending you isn't because I can't send someone else to...it's because you're genuinely the best person for the job to send at all." Rias said seriously, her voice immediately conforming to a more deeper tone.
Her attempt at a King's voice if he ever heard one.
"Ok...I'll bite...why would I be a better choice to send than any of your Peerage members, Rias-san? They probably have a better chance to sell that sales pitch to anyone better than I can." Naruto said with a frown, he really was confused on why Rias would ask him this favor.
Rias just shook her head and smiled at Naruto for his disbelief. "It may sound somewhat strange Naruto, but please. Do this as a favor to me." Rias replied earnestly, she thoroughly believed that Naruto could turn Issei into the 'dark side' so to speak. The irony of that statement caused Rias to smirk a little which only unnerved the already confused boy in front of her.
"Good luck Naruto!" Rias said cheerfully before he could ask her anymore questions. Naruto blinked, before giving up and accepting the favor as per the agreement. Naruto quickly glanced around in order to gauge the reactions of the other Peerage members. Did they have any idea about this?
Unfortunately, they were either too preoccupied with their own things or didn't seem to care about their conversation. But most likely they were just faking it so that he couldn't gauge it from their reactions. Damn.
Well...favors were voluntary things anyways. He was just gonna ask the kid and tell him the details and accept whatever he chose.
Naruto still let loose a curse before he left the ORC main room and then left the building to find Hyoudou. This was gonna be 'fun' alright...
As Naruto left, the room remained silent before Rias let loose a small breath of air that she didn't realize she was holding. It seemed that it was the catalyst for the other occupants of the room to finally stop what they were doing and pay their full attention back to Rias.
"Um...Buchou? Is this really a good idea to be asking Naruto-san a favor from him so early on? Also why ask him about recruiting Issei? Naruto was telling the truth about not being the most eloquent person to talk to." Kiba began, asking a reasonable question.
He wanted to know why his king would ask Naruto, who only recently learned of their existence, to convince Issei to become a devil. Even if Naruto was eloquent, wouldn't it be better if it's someone who knew of all of the perks of being a devil to go and ask Issei?
"You're absolutely correct Kiba. But before we go onto this subject further, I'd like to ask all of you something...have any of you noticed?" Rias asked with a serious face. All of her members looked confused at this question, Rias then just gave them all an enigmatic grin before settling herself back to her desk.
"Then for now, I'll just have to ask you all to trust me and watch the fireworks with me." Rias finished.
Luckily for Naruto, his last class ended before he was done with his talk with the ORC.
Unluckily, he now had a new mission.
Ask Hyoudou Issei to give up his humanity for devilhood.
He actually didn't have many moral qualms with this, if Issei was adamant that he wouldn't become a devil then he would stop and go back to the red-headed devil empty handed.
If he was wishy-washy about turning then maybe he was at the very least a little unsatisfied with his current lifestyle and could maybe change it to something better.
As long as the kid knew what he was getting into, there was no problem.
It was then and there that Naruto realized he had a problem, ironically enough.
How did Issei look like?
"Crap." Naruto sighed, times like these that he wanted to bonk himself upside the head. He really could be scatter-brained at times. So he decided to ask around, maybe someone knew him? But then Naruto realized something else, his last class period ended and his last class of the day was a free period.
The shinobi looked around to see if their were any students around to ask, but it seemed they either left or they were in class. So at a minimum he had to wait another half an hour before he could ask anyone.
...
"Ill get a bite to eat." Naruto said nonchalantly. He found a decent ramen place a bit south of Kuoh Academy, he would go there to kill time before he started his search for the illusive Hyoudou.
He quickly left the school grounds to head to the restaurant, he couldn't make ramen to save his life so he depended on this ramen to get him through his addiction before he made it home so he could pig out at Ichiraku's! Just the thought of the food of gods made Naruto's stomach rumble with lust for the food.
Yeah, his stomach lusted for ramen. It was that good for him.
Naruto was cheerfully taking in the peaceful scenery of Kuoh Town during his walk, but then he saw something up in the sky that immediately destroyed the peaceful atmosphere for Naruto.
"...No."
"...No no no..."
But as much as Naruto vocally denied what he saw, he knew what he saw. Black wings stretched up in the sky beyond what normal humans could see. Also now that he actually noticed it, his senses also detected their energy as well.
It was light, that meant only one thing.
Naruto didn't hesitate at all as he slipped away from the crowds and entered an alleyway.
No one noticed the yellow blur that sped off into the sky.
Raynare was bored. She has been floating around in the sky beyond the line of sight for the humans on the ground. Searching for the boy that her leader had dictated for her to search. Hyoudou Issei, holder of a powerful Sacred Gear that could potentially fall into the hands of the devils in this territory.
Problem is that they had no idea where he really was. This was devil territory, so while they knew that Hyoudou Issei was here in this town, they didn't really know where since they had very few chances to thoroughly study the area. So the group nominated her to scout the area, the strongest of her generation of fallen angels to do this.
She had no doubt she was going to hear how ashamed her mother was of her weakness...
She shook her head of the thoughts and continued to glide around searching for, what Sachael said would be a very noteworthy individual. For what exactly she couldn't tell.
All those thoughts left her head thought when something that could only be compared by asking the question 'How would it feel like to get hit by a plane?'.
She thinks she now knows the answer to that one. Darkness was quickly overtaking her as she was losing consciousness. The last words she heard of her perpatrator were about as random as she could have imagined.
"Damn it fallen angel-san! This is what happens when you ruin my ramen time dattebayo!"
...
What the fu-?
Then Raynare knew no more.
Naruto stared at the scantily-clad fallen angel that is now on the rood of a building the he chose to lay her on. She was completely unconscious.
"...Shit." Naruto mumbled, going through a minor panic attack.
Naruto knew about the shaky truce between the three factions of the Christianity. When he saw the fallen angel floating in the sky seemingly looking for something, he immediately thought that she was someone that needed to be defeated quickly before she noticed him. But then another thought occurred to him.
"...What if she came here as a diplomatic mission?" Naruto asked himself out loud.
That's the source of his current panic, he never dealt with diplomatic crises before and he had no idea how to fix this. Then the proverbial light bulb went off in his head, he knew just how to fix this! He quickly grabbed the fallen angel by the sides and hoisted her up onto his shoulder, this would be tricky but he can pull it off without it being traced back to him or to the devils.
Naruto then made a cross sign with his hands in order to use his favorite jutsu.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Naruto cried as a kage bunshin materialized next to him and gave him a thumbs up, no doubt approving of the plan in his creator's head. Naruto quickly gave him his wallet; his beloved 'Gama-chan' in order to get a few things to make this work.
Naruto then left the clone to find the perfect spot for this.
'Uzumaki Naruto you are a genius!' Naruto thought to himself smugly.
AN: Hey guys! New chapter for you you guys!
Ok, so the first canon arc has begun, but even then this takes place at least a week or so before the canon of Highschool Dxd. Naruto's actions have just thrown everything out of wack already! But he has a plan to fix things! What will he do!? Why am I sounding like one of those reporters talking about things after the fact!?
Also, obviously this chapter is meant to show the dynamics between the characters. It was time to actually use the 'humor' tag that I placed the story under!
Now onto the general announcements!
First off I'd like to thank all of you for your feedback in regards to the last chapter, story in general, pairing etc. Really helps a lot to decide what I think is working or needs to change.
Now first is that there are quite a few suggestions about the pairings, I thank all of you who listed reasons of why who should be with Naruto. Now in accordance to those reviews I have to say that Serafall is out of the 'no can do' list thanks to a private conversation I had via a follower through PM. He convinced me that it could work. But everyone else I listed are still on there. Second is that for now these are all suggestions, nothing will be written in stone until the 4th crossover is revealed. Even the 'confirmed' pairings could be changed by then.
The reason I'm so flexible with this is because I'm making all the characters get closer, but mostly as friends or as 'interests' max. Things will change, especially by the next arc but for now that's how it is. All I can ask is to keep giving your opinions as you were and I'll take them into account. For those who don't get your fav pairing then I'm sorry but I can only allow so much before it gets crazy ^.^
Now another point that has been brought up is Naruto's growing strength in the future, he is indeed getting new abilities and powers to deal with future threats and the OPness that is the Sacred Gears of DxD lol. He won't be learning magic however, it will all be based on his chakra and based on a certain weapon that I think Naruto is perfect for and is rarely used in his own verse. I'm 100% positive you will all love it since I've NEVER seen it used before, probably because no one really knows about it.
All I can ask you guys is to trust my judgement, have I steered you wrong so far after all?
Hang tight my friends!
-RekkingPride out!
Quick Edit: It seems that there are quite a few people confused about Naruto's actions and since I'm gonna be gone for a little bit, I'm gonna have to make this little footnote:
Is it slavery if you agree to it when you're not under duress? The way I see it, the evil piece system is slavery when a devil turns someone into a devil against their will. Not so if they agree to it with the knowledge of what they're going to get. Looking at it as just slavery is only half the picture, everything has positives and negatives from the best to the worst of things in the world. The evil piece system is no different.
Naruto will pitch the idea with that understanding, he comes from a world where black and white is very blurred but his own moral compass remains strong. He ain't gonna force him or trick him into it. In short, while he may use his humanity as an identity, others may not. Hell some people hate being humans, that is why he is going to gauge Issei to see if he even cares about being human or not. To Naruto, devils are just another race instead of a possible enemy of humanity.
Some proof of this idea is where Saji joins Sona's Peerage willingly because he loves her instead of being forced to.
Hopefully that will help with the misunderstanding!