Dreamer's Archive

by AlphaDreamer00

Just some old stories that I had deleted before.

12. Chapter 12

A General Disclaimer: I do not own any IPs depicted in all the fanfiction stories that I will post here.

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Apprentice of Ophis (Second edition)

Chapter II: Guardian Faction – New Friends & New Goals

Two years later

Naruto and Ophis were walking next to each other. Although Ophis had on a stoic expression as she usually does, but Naruto saw right through her.

"Ophis, are you still pouting?"

"I am the Infinite Dragon God, Naruto, I do not pout." Was Ophis's reply. The corner of Naruto's mouth rose as he just shrugged and stayed silent.

"How long are you two going to go at each other like rabbits in heat?" Naruto's grin grew ear to ear as he moved closer to Ophis.

"Are you jealous that I'm spending more time with Kuroka? You have nothing to worry about, I will always have time for you, Mom." Naruto replied with a light-hearted laugh. He had to admit he was spending quite some time with Kuroka, passionately, who had been his lover for two years. He had a good reason for it too; Kuroka came back from a long mission which lasted for almost two months, given to her by Yasaka.

"And how many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?" Naruto just laughed harder causing Ophis to shake her head. "I am not jealous of that cat but I would appreciate it if you keep your libido in check. And let's not forget that you still haven't beaten Great Red for me. I hope you didn't forget your promise, did you?" She said the last line with a raised eyebrow as she glanced at him.

"Oi, oi! I never break my promises and you know that. And excuse me for not beating Great Red, it's not like he's the strongest being of all existence in our world." Noticing Ophis giving him an incredulous look, Naruto coughed. "Current strongest being."

Naruto scratched his head sheepishly, talking about Great Red always put Ophis into a slightly bad mood. It was understandable. Sighing, he changed the conversation topic. "Speaking of strength, I still can't believe you haven't disbanded Khaos Brigade yet. Those good-for-nothing ingrates are going to backstab you in no time. My group is almost there but even now they are doing more than the combined effort from all the factions in Khaos Brigade."

Ophis paused for a moment before replying, "You may be right but you and your friends are not ready. All of you became exceptionally strong in the last two years but you still have a long way to go. What you need is more time and experience. Khaos Brigade should suffice in the meantime and when you are ready, they can act as backup." She paused for a brief moment before continuing, "And do you really think any of them are strong enough to harm me?"

Naruto was caught off guard as he blinked stupidly hearing the question, no, the statement. He just sighed and shook his head in frustration. Ophis was an honest and pure Dragon; and while she may be one the strongest beings out there she had a major weakness, she was naive and ignorant. He was pretty sure Ophis used to believe that no one could beat her before Great Red came into the picture. And seeing Ophis giving her approval and power to anyone in the Khaos Brigade regardless of who they were made him worry for her safety. He knew that they were going to come for her but the question was when.

Although it didn't matter to Naruto much because if anyone would come to harm Ophis, he would kill them no matter who they were, or die trying. And it was reassuring that he wasn't alone in that cause. "So who came this time? Usually, you don't invite me to these meetings." Naruto said.

Naruto was slightly worried. They were currently in Khaos Brigade Headquarters. Ophis created this place from scratch, from the surrounding area to the palace itself, everything. That was why it was easy for her to move the headquarters and hide it, something that Naruto suggested. Although it was regarded as the headquarters, most of the factions inside the Khaos Brigade had their own place. Nevertheless either to meet Ophis or to have important discussions everyone had to come here. So the fact that hidden HQ was not so hidden really worried Naruto; because to him anyone with unknown motives and background could come without much trouble, just like now. He wondered if he would ask Yoko to put some traps around the castle.

Shaking his head, Naruto pushed that thought aside for now. Ophis didn't reply or say anything, only silently telling Naruto to wait. Naruto groaned inwardly. After living with the Infinite Dragon God, Naruto knew what most of her gestures meant.

They finally reached the main chamber. It looked like a throne room from the Middle Ages, Ophis did take an interest in old-age castles when she made this. Naruto and Ophis entered the room from a door located behind the throne. There was no spectacular ceremonial chair as one would presume, because Ophis said those looked weird to her. She preferred to stand or sit somewhere cozy when needed.

In front of them, there were three young people, they looked like they were in their early twenties. It was obvious who the leader was seeing as how one was standing in front of others. Ophis scanned them before speaking, "I heard you wanted to join the Khaos Brigade. Do you know what this organization is for?"

"To create problems for the world and headaches for me," Naruto thought sighing mentally but was smart enough to not voice his thoughts.

The man in front straightened his posture and stared at them confidently. His eyes lingered on Naruto for a moment and it wasn't quite a mystery why; because Naruto, as he was now, had quite the reputation. As for Naruto, he had to admit the man was good-looking but his attire looked interesting, It was a combination between a Japanese school uniform and traditional Chinese attire. He took a few steps forward and spoke coolly, "My name is Cao Cao and yes I know what this Organization stands for. The sole purpose of Khaos Brigade is to remove the Great Red from the Dimensional Gap, correct?"

"Cheeky bastard." Naruto groaned inwardly, he really wanted to rearrange the person's face. To him, he had every right to. This was why he never liked to come to these kinds of meetings. All of these bastards would come to Ophis for power and they always acted as if it was their right.

Ophis nodded which made Naruto inclined to believe that the meeting was going to be over soon but the thought shattered at what she said next, "I believe you told me beforehand that you have 'True Longinus' and your friends each have a top tier Longinus."

Naruto stiffened but he quickly regained his posture. He was glad that he showed very little outer change. He took in a few small breaths to calm himself as he looked at their guests for answers.

"Yes, I have True Longinus." And to show proof of his claim Cao Cao summoned a spear and rested it on his shoulder. It looked exactly like the one Naruto owned but if you look closely enough you could see the differences. "As for my comrades, Leonardo wields the 'Annihilation Maker' and George the 'Dimensional Lost'. I am sure you know that those two are among the top-tier Longinus." Cao Cao finished his explanation with a small satisfied smirk.

Before Ophis could speak, Naruto stepped forward and walked down the platform, causing all the three people in front of him to tense. And that strengthened Naruto's hunch, that they knew who he was.

Everything Naruto was wearing was white; except for his pants which were a darker shade of white and his belts which were light grey. But the most noticeable was his mask, it was blank and pure white with two rectangular eye holes. Also, the mask was enchanted, it would change his voice according to his will and also change his hairstyle from spiky blonde to white slick. He came up with this idea two years ago, to use his infamous identity 'White Demon' and move around freely; of course, he couldn't use 'True Longinus' and have to rely on his other skills. It was to train himself to become stronger and also to monitor the factions within the Khaos Brigade freely.

He earned quite a bit of reputation over the years as the 'White Demon'. Even at the beginning, he was quite feared because of what he did in the Underworld. Other than making sure the members of Khaos Brigade wouldn't make a mess, he did quite a bit of mercenary and dirty jobs for Youkai, Fallen Angel, and Gods of Asgard; of course secretly. While doing these missions, he earned quite a name for himself for his clean and successful work.

"Nice to make an acquaintance with all of you, I am known as 'White Demon'." Naruto introduced himself politely but Cao Cao didn't miss the slight mockery in his tone. Naruto turned to Ophis before looking back at Cao Cao and his gangs, "I am … how should I put it … Ophis's right-hand man." The statement made the three Longinus users tense up more. And it was exactly what Naruto wanted; to make them understand that there is one more person watching over Khaos Brigade other than Ophis. And if Naruto did this properly, they would also learn that this other person wasn't as naïve as Ophis.

"Before we finalize the recruitment, I would like to have a friendly sparring match with you." Naruto finally made his intentions known, and then added, with a very casual tone, "Of course if you are up for it."

"And why does Ophis's right-hand man wish to spar with me?" Cao Cao asked cautiously.

Naruto took a deep breath to calm himself down. Thankfully no one noticed it through his mask, except for Ophis of course. "It's not every day we have someone wishing to join and claiming to own the strongest holy Longinus." Naruto nonchalantly replied.

"Do you doubt me?" Cao Cao removed the spear from his shoulder and held it lazily in front of him.

"Can you blame me?" Naruto shrugged, "I'm not asking you to show us everything that you can do with your spear. We just want to see if what you hold is real or not, and I think a friendly spar should be more than enough. As for the place, this," Naruto waved his arm, gesturing around him, "should suffice, wouldn't you agree?"

A large smirk showed on Cao Cao's features as he replied confidently, "Very well then, but be careful. I am not a weak pushover even if I am a human. Many other supernatural beings had learned it the hard way."

Naruto tilted his head sideways and had an amused look on his face, too bad no one could see it, "Don't worry, I won't. Also, I am not a supernatural being either." With that, Naruto walked back to Ophis leaving behind three stunned Longinus users.

Naruto took off his white trench coat and handed it to Ophis who grabbed it with a small scowl on her face. He chuckled at that because if Ophis wanted she could easily check if Cao Cao's spear was real or not but for that she had to hold it herself. Now there was no way Naruto would let Ophis get close to something of unknown origin while he was still around. He stepped down from the platform and smirked when he saw that Cao Cao still had a disbelieving look on his face.

"Shall we begin?" Naruto asked, his opponent gave a small nod in reply. Leonardo and George immediately moved away and went to the other end of the room.

Without warning, Cao Cao dashed and tried to stab Naruto who sidestepped at the last moment and tried to counter with a small uppercut. Cao Cao repositioned his spear to block the uppercut but Naruto predicted it as he struck the unsuspected Cao Cao with an open palm attack, who was forced to move back creating a long space between the fighters.

Cao Cao's eyes widened in surprise as he experienced firsthand the raw strength Naruto was displaying, soon his surprised expression changed into a dark scowl. He gathered his holy energy at the tip of his spear and shot at Naruto, not wasting a second. Naruto had already readied his defense the moment he had felt the energy spike.

Naruto raised both of his palms forward and said, "Shield of the Righteous."

Nine white shields of light appeared in front of Naruto and they positioned themselves in front of each other, creating a long shield wall in front of Naruto. The blast penetrated the first six shields but was fully stopped at the seventh.

Cao Cao was still having a hard time believing what he was seeing, and this small pause gave Naruto enough time to prepare for his next attack. "Light release: Swords of the Crusader."

Ten white magic circles appeared from behind Naruto. Cao Cao immediately solidified his stance and cursed himself for zoning out in the middle of the fight. Naruto smirked seeing Cao Cao getting defensive. Not giving him a chance to be aggressive again Naruto snapped his fingers, light swords started to come out from the circles, and rushed toward Cao Cao who swiftly countered all of them. Naruto frowned seeing how easily Cao Cao was crushing the light swords.

Naruto immediately went for something different. He moved the magic circles manually and positioned them randomly. Also, he changed the shape of the swords making some of them spin and some bounce back. So now they were coming toward Cao Cao in unpredictable and wild directions, making it harder to dodge. But to Naruto's frustration, Cao Cao started destroying them expertly. He didn't break a sweat as he turned and sidestepped to crush and dodge Naruto's holy weapons. Suddenly out of nowhere, Cao Cao pointed his spear at Naruto's head, which extended at an unimaginable speed and headed for Naruto's skull.

It happened less than a second; one second Cao Cao was countering the holy weapons and the next moment the head of the spear was in front of Naruto. Everyone tensed fearing the worst, but the unexpected result shocked Cao Cao and his teammates.

Naruto didn't move nor did he use any spells. He simply tilted his head to the side, causing the spear to safely pass by his head. Then another jaw-dropping moment occurred when Naruto, in a relaxed manner, held the spear and moved it further from his head. Cao Cao's eyes widened when he saw Naruto touching the light spear harmlessly. As far as he knew, if anyone other than the wielder touched the spear, they would be harmed.

Naruto held out his hand in a surrendering gesture and laughed softly, "I think we should stop here before one of us starts to take the fight seriously."

Hearing that declaration, Cao Cao scowled, "Are you really a human?" He asked as he retracted his spear back to its original size.

"In flesh and blood," Naruto answered with a mock bow.

"Then how can you use light magic, similar to that of an angel? It's not possible for a human." George asked in a frustrated tone. He out of all the people in the room seemed to be the most shaken after seeing Naruto using holy magic, "Do you have a Longinus or a special Sacred Gear?"

Naruto knew what George meant. There were different types of 'Light' that existed in the world. The 'Corrupted Light' which only the fallen angels and a few other specific types of monsters could use, had a bit more destructive power than the normal 'Light magic' which humans and low-rank angels could use. As for the 'Holy Light', only the upper-tier angels and gods from other myths have the capability to use it. But there was one more type of 'Light' that most didn't know about, which was considered one of the strongest elements ever to exist. The beings that had access to that power could be counted with one hand.

As for Naruto, his 'Light Release' magic was based on 'Holy Light', something that no human had seen used before. He was surprised to see George's ability to distinguish the 'Light'. For now, he noted it down mentally for later.

He looked blankly at them, not that it mattered, no one would have seen his facial expressions anyway. He sighed then spoke, "I'll tell you how I obtained them if you tell me your real purpose for wanting to join the Khaos Brigade."

Cao Cao didn't take much time before he started, as if he was expecting a question like this, "I believe that it's my responsibility as a descendant of a hero to defeat beings like Devils, Fallen Angels, and monsters, which are threatening human beings directly or indirectly. I will create a world where Humans don't have to live in fear, where they can live alongside any other supernatural beings despite being the weakest race in the world."

An unnerving silence stayed in the atmosphere when Naruto didn't reply. Leonardo and George flinched when Naruto looked over toward them. Without uttering a word, he walked towards Ophis.

Noticing that he didn't answer him, Cao Cao was about to protest but Naruto started speaking before he could, "When I was a child, some people tried to implant a holy object inside my body because I had a mass property of light attribute. Of course, they didn't have good intentions. But plans don't always work out, and stuff happened." Naruto took the coat from Ophis and put it on, "I was near death when Ophis found me. She gave me some of her powers. After what happened can only be considered as a miracle … at least to me ... as her power and the artifact inside my body combined, giving me the ability to use such Light magic." Naruto finished his explanation. This wasn't the first time he had to explain his power, so he knew exactly what to say.

Cao Cao didn't say anything. Seconds later, he looked up to meet Naruto dead in the eyes and said, "I see. So what did you think after our fight? Now do you believe that my Longinus is real?"

"Yes, and that is why I didn't ask your friends to demonstrate their powers." With that Naruto took a few steps back as he now stood behind Ophis. The same place where he stood before all this started, indicating that he was done with his evaluation.

"I will talk to you later. For now, use the castle as your base." With that Ophis left, Naruto following her.

Cao Cao looked at the door for a few minutes before leaving the room, followed by his comrades.

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With Naruto and Ophis

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"So?" Ophis raised an eyebrow delicately at Naruto, urging Naruto to share his conclusion.

"No point in debating whether his Longinus is fake or not; but whoever made it is good. I intend to find out who, how, and why. And as for our course of action, we do nothing." Naruto chuckled, "After all, we keep our friends close and enemies closer."

Ophis just shook her head. "Your human logic is confusing."

"Well then, let's leave all these confusing discussions for later. You will be glad to know that Wendy is making your favorite food for lunch." Naruto gave a soft laugh when he saw Ophis quicken her pace.

Naruto knew what he had to do regarding the fake 'True Longinus'. He wished there was another way but unfortunately, he wasn't that lucky. He had to visit that place again.

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Uzumaki Residence

"I'm home."

"Welcome home Naruto-nii. Did you bring ….." Wendy, Naruto's foster sister, stopped speaking and ran to Ophis when she saw her behind Naruto, "Mom!" With a joyous shout, Wendy hugged Ophis, who sported an annoyed look.

"How many times do I have to tell you two not to call me that?" Ophis scowled but Naruto didn't miss the slight upward twitch in her lips. Before she could protest more, Wendy started to drag her away as she spoke with a light laugh, "I don't know why it bothers you so much."

"It irritates me." Ophis shook her head in exasperation.

"It scares you." Naruto thought with a sad smile.

With a chuckle, Wendy gave Ophis a small hug, "Love you too Mom. Now come on, I made your favorite foods." With that, Wendy dragged Ophis to the kitchen. If it was anyone else, they would have missed the slight change in Ophis's demeanor but Naruto wasn't anyone. He saw the relaxed expression on Ophis's face and another twitch in her lips.

It wasn't that Ophis didn't like to be called mom, because Naruto knew better, it was just that every time she would hear Naruto and Wendy call her 'Mom' she would feel conflicted emotions, human emotions, because even a blind idiot could see how much Ophis cared for both Naruto and Wendy, except her. And this love for her children was something that was very new to Ophis who wasn't really good at expressing her emotions.

Now that wasn't something bad but the problem was, that staying with Naruto and Wendy and caring for them made Ophis understand different emotions and experiences; which were very new to her; which ultimately affected her. These changes were slow, but only for Humans. But for someone like Ophis who lived for thousands of years, these sudden changes were unnerving. And that was what scared her.

But Naruto was glad that Ophis was giving this a chance, rather than shying away from it.

"I'm going to go get Kuroka," Naruto announced, he then turned around with a genuine smile on his lips and went upstairs.

He knocked on the door softly when he reached his room, hearing a small whine he chuckled and opened the door.

Kuroka was sleeping on his bed completely naked, something that he had come to enjoy. The bed covers barely reached her thighs, showcasing her luscious body to the world. Naruto went inside and sat beside her on the bed. Looking at her sleeping face, he smiled as he slowly started to stroke her thigh making her purr.

It had been two years since that incident, something that still scared him whenever he thought about it. But it showed him how stupid he was. But … hey … who could blame him as he was raised by Ophis who was the very definition of naïve and dense. That incident opened his eyes but it was the talk after it that truly showed how much Kuroka loved him.

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Flashback

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After the supposed heart-to-heart talk with Kurama, Naruto knew that he had a lot to think about. But there was one more thing that had to be solved and putting it for a later time would just make him look like a coward and an uncaring person; and Naruto was anything but that. So with that in mind, he went out to find Kuroka.

It didn't take long to find her. She was watching over young Shirone and Wendy as they were playing with eight-year-old Kunou. Naruto stopped at the door, the reason that he didn't want to disturb them wasn't because it looked like the little girls were having fun, no, it was because at that moment Kuroka looked different.

She didn't have her signature flirty or sly expression. She was looking at the kids in front of her, with a small serene smile. She was so breathtakingly beautiful in her relaxed posture and soft facial expression that for a moment Naruto forgot why he had come here in the first place. He just leaned on the wall and enjoyed the view. But it didn't last long.

Kuroka got out of her trance as she sensed Naruto, she turned to him but before she could say anything Naruto put his index finger on his lips, indicating her to be quiet. Kuroka understood that Naruto didn't want to bother the kids for now. He motioned her to follow him before going out.

Naruto and Kuroka didn't say anything to each other as they kept walking. The silence between them was kind of unnerving, at least to Naruto. Finally, Naruto reached his room. It was the only place he could talk to her in private. Still, he hesitated for a moment before going inside; and Kuroka followed him without a question.

The silence still reigned as Naruto sat on a chair and Kuroka sat on his bed. He just didn't know how or where to start.

"There is no need to apologize. And I did it because I love you."

Kuroka's statement shocked Naruto. He just blinked stupidly at Kuroka who had her signature playful look. But even then, it took some time for Naruto to fully understand what Kuroka meant. She answered his questions without even him asking them. Naruto just opened his mouth but no words came out.

Kuroka couldn't hold it. She laughed out loud seeing the dumbfounded look on Naruto's face. Wiping her eyes, she started explaining, "Naruto-koi~ You are very unpredictable, but only when it comes to fighting. But when it comes to people, you are quite predictable. But in a very good way, that is also one of the reasons I fell in love with you, nya~"

She laughed again when Naruto closed his mouth and blushed heavily.

"I know what you want to say, Naruto-koi~ You want to apologize for not being strong enough to stop that disaster. And you also want to ask why I risked my life to say you?" Kuroka stated, her eyes held nothing but love and admiration for Naruto. The emotions in her eyes were so strong that Naruto had to look away shyly. He wasn't used to this.

"Don't worry, someone made it very clear that it wasn't my fault. But the fact remained that I wasn't strong enough. I was taken out first, like nothing." Naruto said as he clenched his fists. But was surprised as Kuroka came and kneeled down in front of him, taking his hands with her own before bringing them to her lips.

As she kissed his fists, she spoke, her eyes meeting his, "Naruto-koi~ You are the strongest and most noble human … no, being I have ever seen. You lost, yes; you weren't strong enough, yes; but don't let these harsh experiences demean you. Use them to become stronger. And someday when you will reach the top, you will look back and appreciate these obstacles for motivating you." Then she lowered her gaze and her voice softened, "And if you'd let me, I will become stronger as well and walk by your side till then."

Naruto felt it; her sincerity, her respect, her love. It made him speechless. But he needed to know, "How can you love me so much?"

The corner of her mouth rose as she looked at Naruto and her eyebrow rose in amusement. But this time Naruto didn't shy away, he held his gaze, because he needed to know. Seeing his firm gaze, Kuroka smiled, "I love you so much because of who you are."

And it was that moment Naruto knew that the girl in front of him would become precious to him. Naruto looked away but immediately regretted it. All this time he was looking at Kuroka in the eyes but now that he looked below, he was gifted with a splendid view. He averted his gaze but not immediately.

When he heard her giggling, he sighed. He turned back to meet her gaze. Her laughter stopped when she saw the look. He gently pulled her up and made her sit on his lap. It was the first time Naruto saw her looking so shocked. It was a … refreshing sight. He savored the moment for a bit, and then,

"Kuroka, will you go out with me?"

Another new sight, her tears of joy and happiness. She didn't say anything but Naruto got the answer, loud and clear. She just buried her face on his shoulder and hugged him.

This time, the silence was comforting. But,

"You are quite eager down there, Naruto-koi~"

"Fuck!"

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Flashback Ends

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Naruto chuckled softly. Thinking back, he really was acting like an insecure idiot. But once again he blamed it on his upbringing and lack of mature friends. Still, he had to admit, spending time with Kuroka was fun. She was lively and a true prankster like him, something that he appreciated greatly.

But there was something else that he appreciated the most, it was sex. Anyone would admit that Kuroka had a great body and she really knew how to use it. Naruto didn't last a week after the first date before he gave in. It was both their first time, but it wasn't that awkward; because Naruto took a crash course from Kurama and Kamina beforehand and was able to surprise Kuroka. After that night Kuroka understood that she mistakenly had unleashed a beast, and she was right. For the next few days, Naruto made sure that she couldn't walk properly.

Kuroka also kept her promise. She aimed to be a 'Great Youkai' just like Yasaka, Kurama, and Yamato so that she could stand beside Naruto and fight side by side. To achieve her dream, she started to train under Kurama, Yasaka, and different other strong youkai. She would also tag along with Naruto whenever he was doing missions for the Khaos Brigade and sometimes would do various kinds of tasks given to her by Yasaka.

Naruto was brought out from his thoughts when a gentle hand touched his cheek and stroked it lightly.

"What's so funny, nya~" Kuroka asked as she slowly got up. She giggled when Naruto grabbed her by the waist and put her on his lap, "Hmm, someone has to train more to control his spear. I can help you to train that, nya~"

"I can train all my life but I don't think I can control that particular spear." Naruto laughed and kissed Kuroka tenderly, "As much as I would love to accept your humble offer, dinner is ready." He slid Kuroka off his lap and stood up, "Also if you are free I have a special task for you." Kuroka's smile brightened up as she heard that; she always loved it when Naruto relied on her, be it on a mission or in bed. It made her feel special. With a positive nod, she headed toward the bathroom.

"Oh before I forget, Ophis is here."

A loud noise came from the bathroom which made Naruto laugh loudly.

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Ten Minutes Later

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Naruto stood at the kitchen doorframe and stared at the sight before him. Kuroka was smiling nervously as she was pouring sweet sake for Ophis while Wendy and Shirone were preparing the table together, chatting animatedly while doing so. Ophis was giving Kuroka a blank stare but from time to time her eyes would shift towards the food.

The scene made Naruto appreciate what he had and what he needed to do to protect it.

With a gentle smile, he joined them.

His family.

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In Heaven

Among all of the Longinus, 'True Longinus' was considered many things; the first, the original, the strongest, the guiding Longinus for its fellow brethren, and many more. So it wouldn't come as a surprise for 'True Longinus' to have a few unique skills of its own. For example, it gave its users a teleportation portal directly to Heaven's 'Sacred Gear' system room. Although it would teleport the wielder it wouldn't hide his presence, but Naruto had it covered because of Ophis. After all, wandering around in the underworld was one thing but roaming in the 'Sacred Gear System room' in Heaven without being detected, there was no way Naruto could have pulled that off alone.

The first time Naruto was able to infiltrate without alerting any angels, he was jumping around in glee. He thought that with that he could check on other sacred gear users as well as who were the present Longinus-users. He even had an ingenious idea about how he could use this to outplay the Khaos Brigade. Turned out, that Biblical god was one step ahead. He just made one simple change. Naruto could roam around the room freely, stay there as long as he liked, and check the status of the sacred gear but there was one small problem, he could not read the system. The system was written in a language he had never seen before. He couldn't even crack it with 'True Longinus'. And turns out even Ophis had no idea about the language. That's not all, at the entrance of the room there was a warning signboard, the language of which would change according to its reader's will,

Be careful young one, one wrong move and the world will go 'Boom'

Naruto felt like the Biblical God was screwing with him. Cursing the God, he left thinking he was never going to come back to the place. For Naruto, it was the worst torture he had ever experienced.

But after seeing the fiasco with the new members of Khaos Brigade, he thought it was high time he would take a risk. Well, it wasn't a risk because the status and information of the Longinus he would check belonged to him, so he thought there shouldn't be any problems, well at least he hoped.

Naruto materialized in the room out of thin air and immediately his eyebrows shot up. The last time he came to this particular room was three years ago and luckily no one was there but this time he wasn't alone, and as usual Lady Luck showed no mercy as the other occupant was right in front of him and facing toward him. He knew she was looking at him directly but his eyes were roaming elsewhere

"Holy Shit! Those are the largest ones I have ever seen. Are they real?!" That was the first thing Naruto thought. Gathering his wits he, with great difficulty, looked up to see the floating angel's alarmed and surprised face.

In his adventurous life, he has seen a lot of beautiful ladies and is in a relationship with one of them. Kuroka was undoubtedly one of the sexiest people he had seen. But hands down, this woman would be amongst the most beautiful people ever. Even though she was wearing modest clothes, he could see that she had the curves to die for. It would even make Kuroka jealous and that was saying something. But contradictory to her tempting body, she had an innocent face with warm eyes, something that Naruto found very alluring.

His gaze was going up and down to check her out, he did see the twelve pure white wings but dismissed it quickly, only to understand his situation a second later, "Oh wait!"

It seemed he had spectacularly screwed up once again.

Naruto coughed and the angel tensed more, he knew he should tread carefully,

"I come in peace."

She immediately started to gather her power.

"Wait, wait, wait!" He wracked his brain to come up with something, anything. Of course, she would suspect him and would arm herself. What would anyone think of an unknown person breaking into one of the most secret and sacred places in the world, wearing a mask no less? A burglar, that's what. Seeing that she wasn't calming down, Naruto did what he was best at.

Being unpredictable.

"Please forgive my disrespectful and idiotic approach as I was enthralled by your marvelous beauty. I humbly beg to be given a second chance to clarify my reason to be here." Naruto stated with a calm expression as he went down on his knee, his head looking down; his stance was defenseless. He looked at the angel from the corner of his eye and gulped when he saw the amount of pure holy energy she was radiating, it would crush the amount he could produce alone by an enormous margin. Guess his 'Gentleman Approach' failed, sometimes he wondered why he even listened to Kurama.

"Is everything okay, Gabriel-sama?" A few angels spoke from outside and that made Naruto tense.

"If you would let me, I will tell you who am I and why I am here but please, I beg you not to alert anyone else as I need to keep myself hidden for now. It's not for me but to protect my family." Naruto tried a different approach this time, 'Screw everything and be honest'. And it worked. The angel felt the sincerity in Naruto's voice. Her power diminished and she waved her hand. The angels outside must have felt or understood something as Naruto felt their presence leaving.

Naruto felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off from his shoulder. He sat down on the ground, suddenly tired from the recent event. Seeing the curious look and the guarded stance the angel was displaying, Naruto raised his arms in a surrendering gesture,

"You must be Gabriel, one of the four Great Seraphim, right?" He quickly elaborated as he pointed toward the exit, "Those other angels were calling you by your name."

Saying that he messed up would be the understatement of the year. With a heavy sigh, Naruto continued, "I know this is rude and abrupt, but can you keep my identity a secret." Naruto looked at Gabriel with pure sincerity, "I swear on my mother that I will not lie to you. Yes, I may not reveal everything about myself or things I don't want to share but I will not lie."

Gabriel's gaze softened, like the other four great Seraph she also had her own unique abilities and the one she was most proud of was 'Resonance of Heart'. She could differentiate between truth and lies, loyalty and treachery, love and hate by reading the person's heart. Yes, there were ways to block it but very few knew how. And Naruto's sincerity was making it easy for Gabriel to see his heart. It was as if he didn't put any mental guard up at all, completely submitting his heart to the Seraph.

With a snap of a finger, Gabriel created two chairs and a table, "I think it would be better if we sit down properly. Something tells me this is going to take a long time." Hearing her voice made a shiver run up Naruto's spine. Her voice was so melodic and soft as if she could make anyone relax just by talking. Somehow he found it arousing.

Shaking his head vigorously, Naruto got up and sat on the other side of Gabriel.

"So where should I start?" Naruto asked.

"Will you remove your mask?" Naruto started scratching the back of the head when he heard the question. Gabriel smiled as she clearly felt him being uncomfortable at her request, "It's alright. But will you tell me how you got here? No one should be able to enter here."

"Well to put a long story short, I have a Longinus that allows me to venture into any place. And somehow this place was set as a … how should I say … checkpoint from before." Naruto wasn't lying but he would like to refrain from revealing the whole truth for as long as he could. He immediately added with a reassuring tone, "Don't worry, this is the only place in heaven where I can come, and rest assured that I can't do anything to the system because of the language barrier. I just came this time because I had to confirm something."

Like all other Seraphim, Gabriel knew about Longinus and most of their 'abilities'. She was worried, the only Longinus that should have the power to do something like that was amongst the top four which were still mysterious to the Seraphim up till today. Only Michael and Azazel knew the most about all the Longinus and even they had no idea about the limits of those four. And because of the condition of heaven, it was kind of worrying. "Is it 'Dimensional Lost'?" But she kept the thought to herself.

"So why are you here?"

"Now that's the million-dollar question, isn't it?" Naruto chuckled, "Now how should I begin?" Naruto stroked his chin as he sported a thoughtful look, something that Gabriel couldn't see because of his mask, "I came across some other Longinus users and found there are some problems that shouldn't exist. Some new glitches perhaps? But the Biblical god should have fixed those by now. So I just came here to check if he changed the full system or if the problem is from somewhere else." Naruto knew he was being vague but he couldn't reveal everything, not yet at least.

"If only," Gabriel whispered in a barely veiled depressed tone but Naruto caught it. Something inside Naruto clicked when he saw the angel's downcast look at the mention of her father. Too many pieces of the puzzle fell into their places automatically; the angels relying heavily on the church and exorcists rather than coming down from heaven, Longinus-wielders popping out left and right, Devils being able to resurrect 'Sacred Gear' wielders and able to reincarnate any beings, unrestrained power-houses emerging from Devil ranks. All these pointed out that something had gone terribly wrong in the Three factions. Ophis pointed out that maybe it had something to do with the Biblical God. Naruto didn't believe it at first, but now.

"He's not here, is he?" Naruto took a wild guess but he was hoping with all his might that he was wrong in this.

Gabriel was shocked as she had a panicking look, she opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. "Of course, as if Luck will ever let this kind of chance slip by to utterly fuck me." Naruto thought wryly but immediately tensed up when he saw tears forming in the Seraph's eyes. He cursed himself because he was never good with women crying, as he didn't know how to comfort them.

"He died in the Great War." Gabriel knew she shouldn't have told him but remembering her father was painful for her. So many things were going wrong and the angels couldn't do anything to fix them. Although Michael and the other Seraphs activated Heaven's system and could monitor it but still no one could accurately use it. All Michael could do was supervise the system and make sure it worked properly.

She wiped away her tears and looked at Naruto pleadingly, "Will you please not tell anyone? I don't want to cause more trouble for my brothers." She tightened her hold on her dress as if she felt small and weak, "If the people below learn that….."

Gabriel's soft whispering stopped when she saw Naruto removing his mask. His hair changed back to its original state as for the first time she saw Naruto's real face. She saw the concerned and guilty look in his eyes. Releasing a deep breath he stretched his arm, with a soft hum and a slight glow the first Longinus revealed itself. Gabriel immediately felt as if someone was stroking her hair, calming her down. She never felt so relieved, so serene as most of her worries and sadness slowly faded away. It took her some time to fully understand what she was looking at.

"You have 'True Longinus'." Gabriel gasped out.

"Yes, I do and the only reason I am showing my face and this to you is for you to trust me." Naruto's face softened up as he smiled at the angel, "I swear on the 'True Longinus' that I will not divulge this information to anyone without your permission." The spear glowed as if it understood the depth of Naruto's promise and conveyed that feeling to Gabriel.

Gabriel smiled, it was a genuine smile that caused Naruto to blush. It had been a while since he lost his cool in front of a woman. Naruto quickly composed himself, "I know I am pushing it but is it okay if we check something? I will also tell you the real problem I have encountered." Gabriel smiled and nodded softly at the request. Naruto gave her a smile of his own before heading toward the deepest part of the room, the Seraph following behind him closely.

They passed the normal 'Sacred Gear' section. This part of the room was filled with small flying orbs with various symbols engraved as each orb signified a sacred gear. But Naruto's destination was further ahead. A few more minutes later they finally reached the 'Longinus' section. Here instead of orbs, there were huge tablets made of ancient-looking metal with lots of markings adorning them. And in front of them, there were display stands. Each of the tablets had all the recordings regarding the respective Longinus. The display stand just stated the name of the Longinus and the current user. But Naruto was looking for something else. Finally, the duo reached the end of the room. There were four giant transparent spheres instead of tablets and in the middle, there was a core that was constantly changing its color. No writing or marking was visible but they did have the stand in front of them.

These spheres represented 'The Top Four' Longinus.

"Can I ask you to read what it said in the stand of 'True Longinus'?" Naruto requested the Seraph who tilted her head in confusion before nodding in acceptance.

"These four Longinus never had any real information like other Longinus, instead it would just show riddles when they are awakened," Gabriel explained with a sad tone. This was why the Seraphim had a hard time figuring out about the Top Tier Longinus. The Seraphim had access to see certain, not all, information regarding the other Longinus but for these four, the only things that they could see were the puzzle written on the stand. She went front and took a look at the display stand, and then blushed. Naruto tilted his head at her expression but she laughed shyly, "It is kind of embarrassing to say but here goes,"

Carrying the promise of infinity on my shoulder

I will pierce through the dimensional lizard

With my cheat code stick

BELIEVE IT

Naruto choked on his own spit.

It was something he said as a joke to Ophis when he was younger. He still couldn't believe that his verbal tic was coming back to bite him in the ass after all these years later. But the most surprising fact was that the stand noted down exactly what he said, word for word. Now he was sure that the Biblical god was screwing with him, "Oh wait. He's dead."

"Well, that cleared up a lot of things. Now to keep my part of the deal." Naruto sighed, as much as he would like to keep it a secret, a promise was a promise. Also somehow it felt very wrong to deceive her in a way, "Someone duplicated 'True Longinus'." Gabriel widened her eyes at the revelation, Naruto just continued with a sad smile, "It's fake as I have battled with the wielder. But it's still powerful, if it has the ability to do 'Balance Breaker' its power could match the top-tier Longinus, but I'm not sure."

Gabriel sighed as she had a faraway look in her eyes, "How did it come to this?"

"If I were to guess, then I think some other God created it. But one thing for sure is that it wasn't created for a good purpose." Naruto sighed as well.

"Why other Gods would want to create a Longinus?" She was becoming more concerned but she was snapped from her saddening thoughts when Naruto walked in front of her and gave her his signature smile.

"Don't worry, leave the fake Longinus to me. I will try to find out who created the spear and for what purpose." Then he looked down sheepishly, "You know it will make things easier for me if you help, of course, it would be best if this is between us." Naruto added quickly, "I'm not forcing you or anything. And as I promised your secret is safe with me."

Scratching his head in embarrassment, he continued, "Of course, I will also help you fix whatever problems you have up here in exchange for your help … well … I'll try at least."

Gabriel was shocked, she didn't know what to say. Naruto just chuckled weakly seeing her conflicted look, "Just think about it, alright? And if you want to call me, just power up this medallion with your energy." Naruto handed a medallion to the angel.

"Do you really need my help?" Gabriel asked with a shaky voice.

"Honestly I am glad that I met you instead of your brothers. Not that I am saying they are bad but I am sure that Uriel and Raphael would have struck me down right at the spot, they have the right to do that actually. As for Michael, I am not sure what he would do." Naruto shrugged with a smile

"What can I do?" Gabriel said with a small downcast voice.

Shaking his head, Naruto went up to Gabriel and clapped his hand in front of her, startling the Seraph. He gave a mock frown at her as he said sternly, "Are you serious? You are one of the 'Four Great Seraph'. I am definitely sure you can do a lot more cool stuff than the little old human me."

Gabriel was stunned but she started to giggle. Naruto started to chuckle with her as well, gone was the tense and sullen atmosphere. Naruto looked at the sphere representing 'True Longinus' fondly and spoke, "Guess I better leave."

"Thank you." It came as a whisper but Naruto heard it.

"You're welcome." Naruto smiled brightly before vanishing into the thin air.

Gabriel stared at the spot where Naruto was standing minutes before.

"Are you the one I was looking for?"

And as for Naruto, he was teleported to a safe and untraceable location. He released a deep sigh and looked up to the sky,

"I hope I don't come to regret this."

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Somewhere in the Alps

Naruto was flying fast toward the Alps. Kamina and Yoko went there a few weeks back in order to investigate an artifact related to Greek Mythology. Everything was fine till today. Yoko had sent a distress message to Kurama, asking for help a few hours ago. Kurama contacted Naruto who immediately took off with Kuroka. It wasn't hard for the Nekoshou to track the duo. But what came to their sight really surprised them.

Kamina was standing tall. And around him, stretching to three to four kilometers was nothing but wasted landscape.

Naruto growled and dashed toward Kamina. The moment Naruto landed in front of him, Kamina looked at him from his broken sunglass, hands still crossed over his chest, "You are kinda late dumbass."

Naruto didn't know how long he was holding his breath. Releasing a deep breath he chuckled, his eyes still scanning the surroundings, "You didn't exactly give me a teleportation point."

"We couldn't." It was Yoko who said that as she made her presence known. She came from under a camouflaged robe, then she looked around and back to Naruto, "But we need to get out of here first."

Naruto didn't miss the nervous glances she made toward the surroundings. But no one was here, not now at least. He and Kuroka double-checked. He also didn't miss that although Kamina was looking good with all those injuries, he wasn't moving. So he took his head to Yoko's idea. He created a special untraceable portal and helped Kamina to get to one of their main bases, which was in Kyoto.

Kurama was already waiting there, his frown worsened when he saw the state Kamina was in. He didn't say anything but summoned a few human-fox spirits and took Kamina to their personal medical bay. Naruto and others wanted to follow but were stopped by Kurama. He motioned to wait which they reluctantly obliged.

Kurama returned after half an hour. But those thirty minutes felt like an eternity for those who were left behind, waiting. Every one of them was on the edge. Kurama gave a humorless chuckle when he saw the three pairs of worried eyes snapping at him when he entered.

"It is worse than it seemed but nothing serious. The injuries will heal completely but with due time. He almost emptied his reserves it seemed. So for now he just needs some rest, and will have to follow the doctor's prescription, strictly." The last sentence Kurama spoke while giving Yoko a meaningful look. For some reason, both Naruto and Kamina didn't like doctors or their medicines but unfortunately, those two were the most that ended up in the hospital beds one way or the other.

"So what happened?" Kurama finally asked.

"Two Longinus users, and not just any Longinus. They had 'Annihilation Maker' and 'Dimension Lost'." Yoko replied, slightly shaken.

Hearing that Naruto cursed, loud enough for everyone to hear. Yoko looked at Naruto sharply. She narrowed her eyes, "One of your screw-ups again?"

Naruto blinked, and then his eyes met Yoko's, "Don't say about things you don't know?"

The anger in her eyes was evident, as her eyes turned red, "Really? Then why did they say that they were from Khaos Brigade, members of this new faction called the 'Hero faction'? Look me in the eyes and tell me that you didn't know about them."

Naruto didn't falter his gaze, his anger didn't calm down at all but he kept his voice leveled, "Yes I met them, but only less than a week ago. I informed Kurama that something was amiss and I am going to report it to everyone at the end of the week."

"Guess your judgment almost got Kamina killed, again." It was a low blow, Yoko knew it and so did everyone else. But she really wasn't in a stable mind after what she went through. She did regret it when she spoke those words. But the reply came just as harsh.

"Just because I don't get fucked by Kamina doesn't mean I don't care about him," Naruto growled. Now his powers flared. But with one clap Kurama calmed down the situation. He didn't want to intervene, he knew that they needed to let the anger out before discussing with a clear head. But seeing that it was going down hard, he finally stepped in.

He gave a pointed look at both of them, who turned away their gaze. Then he focused his attention on Naruto, "Naruto, let us hear what you have to say, about these assailants."

Naruto took a deep breath to calm down. He would apologize in a heartbeat if he was in the wrong. But no matter who or what reason, he wouldn't just stand and be silent when someone would accuse him for no reason. He had enough of these guilt trips. Shaking his head, he looked at Kurama, "They follow a guy called Cao Cao. And the reason I didn't want to inform right away was because I wanted to be one hundred percent sure …"

"Sure of what? Sure that …" Yoko rudely interrupted but was stopped by Kurama growling warningly at her. She stopped but didn't lower her gaze.

"He possesses 'True Longinus'."

The point hit the mark perfectly. Kurama and Yoko were taken aback by the revelation. Kuroka knew as she always tagged along with Naruto. Seeing that he finally had the attention he wanted, Naruto elaborated, "I checked with some places and it turned out it was indeed a fake. But when I fought him, in a friendly spar, I could see that it was really powerful. And if it had a 'Balance Breaker' which I fear it has, then it could match the top-tier Longinus. For now, it is just a speculation."

Kurama was the first to come out from the shock, "I am guessing you have no idea who could be behind it."

Naruto shook his head negatively at the question, "They just joined a few days back. I had only enough time to check the verification of 'True Longinus'. I also have my doubts about the other two but unfortunately, I think those are real."

Kurama blinked as certain words sunk in, "So they are in Khaos Brigade."

"It is easier to monitor them like this. I had a hunch about their team but now I am sure about one thing." Naruto said and when he saw Kurama's questioning gaze, he elaborated, "They only recruit humans, strong humans with or without Longinus." Then he slumped his shoulders, "That's all I know about them for now."

Seeing that Naruto finished, Kurama looked at Yoko, who was silent for a second. She finally spoke, "I am sorry, Naruto. I …"

Naruto smiled, he saw this coming, "Apology accepted. You were worried and we still have that nightmare from two years ago. But I should also apologize, I reacted badly."

Kurama then butted in, "Now that you two hot-blooded kissed and made up, time to move on. Yoko, what happened?"

Yoko smiled wryly, Kurama's insensitiveness wasn't something new, "Well since you asked so nicely, I won't bore you with meaningless details." Naruto smiled at the hidden jab but Kurama dismissed it, "These two approached us, George and Leonardo. They invited us to join their faction. The conversation was going well till they figured out that I was not human. And you know how Kamina gets when someone insults me. It started to go downhill from there. And then this irritating knowing-it-all George decided to teach Kamina a lesson."

Naruto smirked, "It seemed he underestimated Kamina seeing who won."

"We didn't win Naruto." That statement surprised everyone but Yoko pressed on, "It was a draw, and only because they retreated first. They were inexperienced in combat I can tell you that. Because if they pushed more, we would have lost. We had a huge advantage because of our vast experience and skills. But … their Longinus. Naruto, I don't know about this fake one but these weren't jokes. Their unique powers alone made those stronger than us. If it wasn't for Kamina dealing some heavy blows to George, they would've won."

Naruto's face lost all humor. The situation was direr than he thought. After Yoko was done, Kurama spoke up, "So what is your game plan, Naruto."

"I could really use some tips here, you know," Naruto replied with a dry tone.

Kurama shrugged, "This is what you decided for yourself, right? To stand beside Ophis? Helping her in managing the blasted brigade? To protect her back? And isn't this why you asked for Yasaka's guidance? To learn the arts of manipulation, politics, and leadership. So, let's see what you have learned."

Sometimes he wondered why he bothered. Naruto already had a plan but it wasn't really solid-proof but at least it was better than nothing. "Well, I have a friend in Europe. I helped him a couple of times before and from what I can tell he is a really chivalrous type of person.

"Like you lot," Kurama commented in a careless tone.

Naruto just gave him a frustrated look before he continued, "I will ask him to join this 'Hero Faction' and spy for me. But first I have to make sure that I cover all the grounds. And then I think it is high time I start with my original goal."

"Oohoo~" Kurama smirked, "Are you sure you can do it now? Making a faction of your own?"

Kuroka and Yoko were both surprised. Naruto didn't tell anyone other than Ophis and Kurama about this as it was a big step. He wanted to be fully prepared. But seeing how random people just started making their own place in this world and started doing whatever they wanted, changed his mind. Naruto nodded, "I can do it. I will face obstacles but I cannot delay any more."

"What is this about, nya~" It was the first time Kuroka spoke, a hint of disappointment was evident in her tone. Naruto knew why. It was because Nekoshou was thinking that Naruto didn't trust her with this.

"It is something I thought about long ago." He said as he smiled reassuringly at Kuroka, "The reason I didn't tell anyone other than Kurama and my mom was because I knew I wasn't ready. My first priority was to become strong, so I was focusing on that. I still think that I am not ready yet but I know that I can pull it off with all of you."

"You still didn't tell us what is this about?" Yoko asked, she wasn't angry just curious.

"There are two stages actually. In the first stage, I want to invite the strong and the noble and make a powerhouse faction that will replace the 'Khaos Brigade' and help Ophis achieve her goal. After it is done, I want to make it an independent faction, where anyone can join. There will be no discrimination between species or beings. The sole purpose of that faction will be to maintain peace and balance." Naruto elaborated, excitement was very clear in his tone.

"That is purely like you nya~" Kuroka smiled.

Naruto laughed as he scratched the back of his head. Kurama nodded his head approvingly, "The sooner you get started the better. But I think you already have quite the team here; you, Kamina, Yoko, Kuroka, and guess what? The kid that had 'Absolute Demise' also wants to work with you."

"Was it Tosio?"

"It was Toshiro, Naruto-koi~"

"Yeah well, is he reliable?" Naruto asked. After all, he just did one mission with him and that was two years ago.

"It seemed you guys left an impact on him. Also, his father is ok with him working for Ophis. I mean they are descendants of dragons." Kurama explained.

"Alright, but I will check with him later. I have to go and talk to his friend of mine if he is willing to be a spy for me." Naruto commented.

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In France

It had been one week since Naruto revealed that he was going to make a faction of his own. And after that, his workload increased by almost fivefold. He had to wait for Kamina to recover before telling him about the plan. He agreed to it in a heartbeat. He also didn't have a problem with Toshiro joining but he wanted to have a match with him, something that Naruto wanted as well. And it wasn't just him, Kuroka and Yoko also started to work together to make networks and connections. And they were really good at it.

Now that his workload decreased a bit, he finally came to France to meet his friend.

Naruto hummed in pleasure as Kuroka kissed him tenderly. They were in a café, sitting on a couch. He smirked when he looked at the men drooling at the girl beside him. She was wearing low-cut short jeans with a fitting T-shirt. "Every man's dream," Naruto chuckled inwardly as he pushed the thought of those problems aside for now.

Naruto hooked his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him, earning a small purr from his lover. He tugged her t-shirt up slightly and started to gently rub the side of her naked waist with her thumb. Kuroka moaned softly as she rested her head on his shoulder earning him the glare of every man in the café. He returned those glares with a wide mocking grin.

His entertainment stopped when he saw his friends coming, "They're here." Naruto whispered softly but Kuroka didn't budge making him chuckle.

"Long time no see." Naruto greeted them as they came in front of his table.

"It's been a year I believe." Said the man as the other two people nodded at Naruto.

"So is she your girlfriend, Naruto-sama." Naruto sighed hearing the girl. He tried to make her drop the honorifics but no luck.

"It's the first time all of you meeting each other, right? Come on Kuroka." Naruto lightly nudged the girl who raised her head and looked at the people in front of her.

"Arthur Pendragon." The man courtly introduced himself.

"Le Fay Pendragon, Arthur's little sister. Nice to meet you." Le Fay's cheerful introduction made all of them smile at the girl.

"Elaine Westcott, Maid of the House of Pendragon," Elaine said with a polite bow.

"Arthur's *cough* lover *cough*," Naruto murmured between his coughs but everyone heard it causing Elaine to blush and Arthur to sigh.

"Kuroka, nya~." With that Kuroka slightly bowed and went back to resting her head on Naruto's shoulder.

"She isn't a morning person but she didn't want to stay at the hotel either." Naruto chuckled.

"But I was so looking forward to chatting with her." Le Fay pouted.

"You will. Right after I am done with our work." Naruto assured the girl.

"Can I?" Arthur asked, Naruto nodded making him continue, "Did you actually mean what you said over the phone?"

"Of course, you are my friend and comrade Arthur. Doing that wouldn't be a problem at all." Naruto replied.

"What are you two talking about?" Le Fay asked.

"Well," Naruto scratched his chin, "I know what is going on at Pendragon household and Arthur's decision to leave the household to protect Elaine." Le Fay and Elaine were surprised but Naruto pressed on, "But I gave him an easier solution. I will have Elaine live in my home as she would be safe there." Naruto added with a chuckle, "Always wanted someone mature to look after Wendy and Shirone."

"Is that true Arthur-sama?" Elaine asked.

"Yes, I trust Naruto and I know for a fact that his place is one of the safest places in the world." Arthur smiled for a second before his face hardened, "But I still intend to leave that house. They are becoming too arrogant for their own good."

"Then I'm coming too." Le Fay looked down, "I don't want to be left behind."

"Both of you are welcome to my humble home if Elaine can take care of ….." Naruto paused for a moment to think, "Five people."

"Five people?" Elaine asked.

"My sister Wendy and my surrogate mother, Kuroka's sister Shirone, Le Fay, and," Naruto smiled sheepishly before adding, "Kuroka."

Seeing their surprised look, Naruto elaborated, "Don't get me wrong, Kuroka is great at tracking, fighting, as a mentor and a training partner, and really really great in bed but she is not good at household chores."

A few seconds passed by. Le Fay started to laugh cutely, Elaine giggled and Arthur smiled and shook his head. Naruto groaned when he felt Kuroka biting his neck lightly notifying him that she heard that.

"Thank you, Naruto," Arthur said sincerely as he bowed his head. His lover and sister did the same.

"No need to thank me. I did say that I need you to do a favor for me." Naruto said as he bowed in return, well as much as he could, seeing that Kuroka still had her head on his shoulder.

"We should talk about it later." Naruto nodded hearing Arthur's suggestion. Arthur smiled suddenly as if he remembered something, "Also I think you will find this useful. A few weeks ago, the Pendragon household found few supernatural activities somewhere north of here."

"And?"

"And according to the magic signature, it belonged to some sort of devil-dragon hybrid," Arthur said.

'Dragon and devil, odd combo.' Naruto thought before smiling at Arthur, "Thank you for the information. I will check it out soon."

Saying that Naruto relaxed a bit,

"By the way, we are kinda new to France. Care to show us around?"

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Four Days Later

Naruto and Kuroka were in front of an ancient ruin in the middle of nowhere. After the tip he got from Arthur, he was quite eager to find out that person or being. So after spending two days with Arthur and his company, he set out with Kuroka. And this was one of the reasons he loved working with Kuroka. It might have taken him weeks to figure out the location and Kuroka did it in two days. She was good at tracking before but now. According to Yasaka, she became one of the best.

Kuroka suddenly turned in one direction before looking back at Naruto and silently telling him she found her target. Naruto nodded before he wore his mask. He always found it easy to deal with his targets as 'White Demon', because then he wouldn't have to worry about any fallouts should it happen. Seeing that Naruto was ready, Kuroka moved her index finger in front of her as if writing something in the air. A symbol appeared and immediately Kuroka and Naruto were covered by a small mist, masking their presence. With that, both of them headed toward the direction.

Naruto whistled unintentionally when they reached the place. Bodies of the dead devils were lying all around the place and sitting in the middle of the carnage was a young boy. He looked somewhere around fifteen to sixteen years old, radiating an aura that showed otherwise. What caught Naruto's eyes was his silver hair. It was as if his hair was glowing in the moonlight. The boy looked at Kuroka directly but his eyes widened the moment they landed on Naruto.

"Great not only he saw through the mist but he also knows who I am." Naruto thought as he could see from miles away that this wouldn't end well.

"Now as much as I want to ask what is a Nekoshou doing all the way out here," The boy didn't move but Naruto could clearly see that his posture passively became aggressive, "What business does the 'White Demon' have here?"

"Now, now. Don't need to get all worked up." Naruto put his arms up in a surrendering manner, but Kuroka knew that stance. With a snap of a finger Naruto could conjure any holy weapons of his choice without casting, "We are just looking for a hybrid?

The boy flinched, for a second, but Naruto and Kuroka caught it. They had a strong guess from the beginning but this just cleared it. The boy openly took a defensive stance, "You didn't answer my question, what are you doing here?"

"The question is what are you doing here and why are there so many dead devils here?" Naruto asked as he motioned all the dead devils that started to disappear.

"They were stray devils causing problems. Now answer my question." To some, the statement might show how arrogant he was but Naruto could see the cautiousness in his approach.

Naruto thought for a moment about how to approach this. Clearly, the teen in front of him knew who he was and maybe had an idea about his strength. But he had no clue of his origin and about his power. So he took a gamble, "Like I said both of us came here to look for a hybrid. If you want to know it is a demon-dragon hybrid. I got tips from my friend that there were some disturbances going around and they thought that the hybrid was behind those incidents. Clearly," Waving his hands to show his destroyed surroundings, Naruto clarified, "They got it wrong." Naruto hoped that his somewhat honest approach was enough.

The teen nodded positively after a while which Naruto liked, but then he had a vicious glint in his eyes which he didn't like.

"I have heard a lot about 'White Demon'. There is a rumor saying that you defeated a Satan singlehandedly, and on their own territory no less." The aura of the teen became visible, showing how eager he truly was to fight Naruto.

Naruto knew that it was a lost cause. He really wished that it didn't come to this. The reason was the fake Longinus. It made him realize that the powerful beings out there were not sitting idly. Somewhere some god or entity was doing something that they shouldn't be. That meant that he had to be more careful. But unfortunately, it seemed that all those precautions just went down the drain.

The teen took a step forward and immediately Kuroka was in front of Naruto, "Back off, nya!"

"Stand down, cat." He looked at Kuroka as if she wasn't worth anything, "You are of no concern to me."

Now if there was one thing that Naruto didn't like. It was anyone insulting his family, bad things would happen to the offender, really bad things. And it also became clear that the boy would only listen to him when he would be lying on the ground, beaten.

"Hey kid, how about a bet?" The boy perked up hearing that, "I'll fight you, and when I make you eat the dirt on the ground you will apologize to my woman. After that, we can where this goes." Naruto said casually as if he wouldn't have a problem doing that.

"Vali Lucifer, the descendant of the original Lucifer and in possession of the Longinus 'Divine Dividing'. You do know what that means, don't you?" White and transparent dragon wings appeared, supporting his claim, "Do you still think you can follow through on your promise?"

Naruto couldn't believe this, another Longinus user. And he had to admit, he was unique. But there was one thing he knew for sure, this one wasn't affiliated with 'Hero Faction'. Well, the game changed it seemed. There was no reason to hide anything; and if Naruto could play his cards well, then he might gain another ally. But first, he had to knock some sense to him, Naruto-style.

Naruto closed his eyes as he grinned. Extending his arm, he called for his partner, the sacred gear that had the power to change the history for better or destroy the world, came out like a normal weapon as if the weapon itself was taunting Vali and his claim. But no one except Naruto caught it as his grin broadened.

"Charmed~"

Vali had a keen eye when it came to finding strong opponents because it was his goal to reach the top. And for that, he started looking for strong opponents. But up until now, he hadn't found anyone that truly pushed him over the edge other than Tobio; but he never fought Vali with all of his power, he always backed off when the battle would take a serious turn. And that made him all the more frustrated.

But gazing at Naruto now, he knew that he had finally found his match, someone who could push him over the edge and truly show how far he had come after all his training and hardships. Till now he was taking a loose stance but now he put his guard up properly as his battle instincts were screaming at him that one wrong move and it would all be over. After all, he was wielding the one and only 'True Longinus'.

Naruto walked passed Kuroka but stopped to give her a reassuring nod, not that she needed any reassurance. She already knew who would be the victor of the match.

"Seeing your grin, I presume that you want to go all out." Naruto had to admit he was getting excited as well. After all, it had been some time since he used his Longinus, and from the looks of it, it would be an interesting match. But still, he needed to take precautions, "If we are going all out then I suggest that we take the fight somewhere else. We are far from the normal population but not enough. I don't want innocent to get caught in our senseless fight."

"Lead the way," Vali replied, making Naruto raise an eyebrow.

Shaking his head he took out a small orb and threw it. When the orb touched the ground it shattered as the pieces spread out, creating a portal. Naruto and Vali walked through it. Kuroka wanted to come, but Naruto stopped her saying it would be dangerous. Not that Kuroka couldn't take care of herself, it was just that Naruto didn't know if would Vali take advantage of her.

When the portal closed off, Kuroka sighed, "That dragon boy still doesn't know what he got himself into."

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With Naruto and Vali

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"This is a good place for fighting and training." That was the first thing Vali said when they entered the new place. They were on a huge island. At first glance, it may look like any normal island, but the differences were easy to notice. There were huge pillars and ruins all around the place which were positioned in a way that anyone could say that it was meant for training.

"How did you find this place?" Vali asked in an amused tone. Naruto shrugged, he really didn't want to reveal that Ophis made the whole place for him.

Yes, even if it looked like a normal island, it was not. The whole island and even the whole surrounding around the island were created by Ophis. Their exact location was a private dimension made by Ophis for Naruto's training purposes. And Naruto didn't see any point in telling Vali all that.

"So let's begin?" Naruto asked and immediately jumped away to avoid Vali's direct charge. "This Kid is really impatient, reminds me of someone."

"Divide!" Vali shouted as his punch was blocked by Naruto.

Naruto felt his stance faltering as his grip on his spear tightened. He jumped away again but Vali kept pushing with his attacks and shouting each time when he made physical contact with Naruto,

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

With each shout Naruto felt his power decreasing whereas Vali's power was increasing but instead of being worried about that he smirked. He knew about the 'Divine Dividing', it was one scary Longinus but it also had a few fatal flaws. But Naruto was thinking more of the additional weakness 'Divine Dividing' had now since its new wielder was someone like Vali.

Suddenly Vali toppled over as he started to breathe heavily, "What just happened?" he rasped out.

"You shouldn't steal power carelessly, you know," Naruto said as he stretched his body. Vali looked at him with disbelieving eyes as he felt Naruto's power start to rise again, "It might not be good for your body."

Vali understood. His 'Divine Dividing' was capable of dividing the power of its opponents by half and adding it to his own. But, Naruto was allowing him to use 'Divide' on him because Naruto's natural energy was of pure light attribute and he increased the efficiency of the said attribute by a few folds with the help of his Longinus. 'Divine Dividing' could filter out the attributes of the power Vali could divide and add to his own, but even it couldn't filter out that kind of pure holy energy. So now Vali had holy energy running through his half-devil body. And because his demonic power was extremely high, it was causing more damage.

"Release!" A surge of holy energy erupted from Vali's body, instantly removing most of the holy energy within him but he was still out of breath, though he looked better.

"Ready to kiss the ground," Naruto smirked. But raised an eyebrow when he saw Vali laughing, "This kid is nuts."

Vali never fought anyone who could dismiss his 'Divine Dividing' like that. He knew that Naruto wasn't even trying but he didn't take it as an insult. He took it as a motivation. Vali would defeat Naruto at all costs and if he couldn't then at least he would make him go all out. With that determination, he shouted, "Balance Breaker: Divine Dividing - Scale Mail."

Naruto just mouthed 'shit' as he started to gather energy. It didn't take more than a few seconds for Vali to finish activating his 'Balance Breaker'. Wearing his white dragon armor, Vali rushed toward Naruto.

Naruto put his spear up for guarding as he wasn't finished preparing his 'spell'. But one moment he was on the ground and next he was in the air, flying backward at the speed of a bullet. He coughed up a bit of blood and tried to look for Vali only to sense the second punch coming. Heeding his battle instinct, he put up his spear to guard the incoming invisible attack. He was flying away from the ground and now he was heading toward it. He still didn't see the attack coming but the last thing he saw before crashing to the ground, rather hard, was Vali floating and looking down at him. Oh, how he hated it when anyone did that.

"You are not a normal human so this shouldn't be much. Don't disappoint me now, show me the 'Balance Breaker' of 'True Longinus'." Vali smirked and continued with a taunting voice, "You achieved it, did you not?"

The only hearable sound coming from the surrounding area was debris falling over. For a moment nothing happened which made Vali frown. Then the power surge came; it was intense, it was pure. Vali was surprised to see some human wielding such holy power. And then Naruto came out.

Before the fight, Naruto was wearing his usual 'White Demon' attire. But now it fully changed. Now he looked like one of those fabled paladin, came to vanquish evil. He was lightly armored but the golden armor was illuminating a soft light, giving him a celestial look. His mask changed and now it was covering his full head.

"Is this your 'Balance Breaker'?" Vali asked cautiously.

"Not exactly. It's one of the strongest spells I have. I call it 'Heavenly Saint mode'." Naruto said shrugging his shoulder.

Vali disappeared. He thought it was going to be the same but was utterly shocked when he saw Naruto block his punch casually with his spear. With a frown, he disappeared again only for the process to be the same. No matter where Vali would punch or kick, Naruto would block them. He went for another punch but was alarmed when he saw Naruto's mouth,

'My Turn'

"Infinite God Style: Sky-piercer." Even from within the armor, Vali felt as if he had been thoroughly pierced. He saw the unavoidable counterattack coming but because he couldn't move away he powered up his own armor to defend the attack. But it wasn't enough. As he flew back, he looked down to see the crystal orb in the middle of his armor was cracked. He knew that he had to take a risk,

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow, though Vali couldn't see it. He wondered why Vali was taking his power knowing that it would harm him. But what Naruto didn't know was that Vali already awakened Albion and was communicating with him.

"Albion, this energy, is it?"

"I do wonder how he could use it despite being a human. But release the power immediately, I will use as much as I can to fix the armor with his power."

"How can a mere Human use the 'Holy Light' of the Seraphim?" Vali asked but from a safe distance. His armor shouted 'Release' and automatically fixed the damaged crystal, restoring it fully.

"How the hell everyone can tell which of the 'Light' I am using?" Naruto murmured to himself quietly before looking at Vali. Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "I have slept with a lot of angels. They just couldn't get enough of my spear."

"It's because of your Longinus?" Vali asked, with a disbelieving tone.

"Who knows?" As if Naruto was going to tell Vali about his secret in the middle of a fight. Who would do that?

"Can I request something?" Vali asked. Seeing Naruto shrug nonchalantly, he continued, "I will properly apologize to your lover despite the outcome of the battle. But after the match, could you answer a few of my questions."

Vali's power flared up as he didn't wait for Naruto to answer, "I am too hyped to care for those at the moment."

Readying his spear, Naruto grinned wildly, "If you do the same for me."

Vali dashed toward Naruto who jumped away just in time, "Infinite God Style: Hundred thrusts." A barrage of deadly strikes descended on Vali who swiftly dodged the majority of them and counterattacked Naruto. Though Vali was able to push Naruto back with a fierce kick, he did get hit by his spear quite a lot.

Vali's battle instinct screamed at him but he was too late to act, "Infinite God Style: Divine Slash." Vali didn't see the attack coming. Naruto just made a clean horizontal swipe with his spear even though he was far away from him. At first, Vali didn't know what happened except for seeing a small laser-like light coming out from the tip of Naruto's spear and passing by horizontally.

Then to his surprise, everything that the light touched was cut clean. Vali looked at his armor to see deep cuts on it as well, although it didn't reach his actual body, it was damn close.

"Half Dimension." Vali immediately called for his next attack.

Seeing the dimension start to become distorted Naruto immediately dashed towards Vali who was surprised to see the sudden increase in his speed. 'Half Dimension' would halve the size of objects and living beings but it needed a few seconds and seeing the distance between them, Vali thought he had enough time. It seemed he was wrong.

The moment Naruto reached Vali, he smirked as he said the deciding end of the match, "Infinite God Style: Spiral Spear."

The spinning powered up 'True Longinus' crushed the armor of 'Divine Dividing' the moment it made contact. There was no resistance at all. Vali coughed up blood as he was thrown away from Naruto and got smashed to the ground roughly. This attack would have injured Vali greatly if Albion hadn't concentrated most of his power of 'Scale Mail' into the focus point of the finishing move at the last second. Also, he started healing Vali instantly, though turned out he wasn't injured that badly.

Naruto landed properly. He looked up at his wounded opponent, "I told you, didn't I? That I would make you eat dirt. Give up now, it is clear who won."

But instead of curses, like he expected, he received laughter. Pure satisfying laughter. "This kid is really creeping me out."

"Give up you said. But the battle just started." Vali replied with a satisfying tone. Naruto clearly saw the pure glee in his eyes through his broken mask as if he was having the time of his life. Slowly Vali stood up and just started at Naruto. All of a sudden, he started to chant.

"I, who is about to awaken,

Am the Heavenly Dragon who has taken the principles of supremacy from God

I envy the "infinite" and I pursue the "dream"

I shall become the White Dragon of Supremacy

And I shall take you to the limits of white paradise"

"SHIT!" Naruto screamed as he powered up his spear. He knew his limits and he knew that there was no way he could counter what was coming at him without the full power of 'True Longinus'.

"Juggernaut Drive"

"Balance Breaker: True Longinus Götterdämmerung."

Naruto knew about the 'Juggernaut Drive', having Ophis as his mentor it shouldn't come as a surprise. But what truly did surprise him was the fact that Vali was able to keep his sanity and was able to achieve it so early.

"So I finally made you use your 'Balance Breaker'," Vali said in a deep voice.

Vali's armor changed and it looked more dragon-like but the most noticeable change was his size. He was now over twenty meters tall. But Naruto's form was simpler. His armor was gone and now he was wearing his 'White Demon' attire but without the mask. So his real face was visible now. The noticeable change on his part was his clothes and his spiky. It was as if they were on fire, pure white fire.

"Round two." Vali dashed toward Naruto but immediately stopped when he felt something wrong.

"Connecting to Archive 'Rise of Titan'," Naruto said in a calm and gentle voice as if he was praying, and as he stabbed the ground with the spearhead.

What happened for the next few seconds, would forever be seared into Vali's mind. The amount of white flame that came out from Naruto was massive as if it was going to drown everything around him. Vali took a flight to dodge the blazing flood but was stunned when he saw that the flame started to take shape. And within a few seconds, there was a colossal being standing right in front of him.

Vali's juggernaut drive was around twenty-five meters tall but the thing that Naruto created was around a hundred meters tall. It looked like an armored knight of an ancient being. The thing was created purely from fire but no one would say that now. The Titanic Knight had a solid and detailed form. It was as if the fire had solidified. As Vali was checking the being, he couldn't see where Naruto was but guessed that he may be somewhere around the chest area.

Vali headed toward the chest hoping that the titan wasn't faster than him. But instead of trying to catch Vali, it widened the space between its hands and then clapped hard. The shockwave that was produced from there made Vali stop in his tracks forcefully. And the next thing he saw was a huge gigantic fist right in front of his face, or rather his whole body.

The force of the attack clearly damaged his armor and threw him off by a few hundred meters. He crashed to the ground harshly as he slid quite some distance creating a long deep trail on the way. The giant tremor woke him from his semi-conscious state. He saw that the titanic being was coming toward him. He took flight again and shouted,

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

"Divide!"

The size of the giant knight didn't reduce at all but the armor started to show cracks, and they started to spread. Vali smiled but suddenly he felt as if he lost almost all of his energy. It was as if instead of getting powered up, something was sucking up his power.

"Is this ….. Mother of Dragon! Vali! Release all the power and do not take any from him!" Albion shouted, surprising Vali. He immediately followed what he was told. But instead of releasing the power randomly, he made it into an energy attack and fired at Naruto; who just absorbed the attack and used it to repair his titan.

Vali just watched blankly.

And this caused him the fight as he jumped. Vali cursed at himself for making such an amateurish mistake. He tried to run away as far as he could but he wasn't fast enough. When it landed, the shockwave was so strong this time that it blew him off completely. The last thing he saw before losing consciousness was another gigantic punch.

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Sometime Later

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Vali woke up with a groan. He rubbed his forehead and looked around. He noticed that he was back where he met the 'White Demon'. As he kept looking around his eyes finally landed on Naruto. He grumbled loudly when he saw Naruto and Kuroka were having a hot make-out session. "Have some decency."

Naruto looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "I am just enjoying a victory treat. At least I didn't leave your sorry ass behind. Now I believe that you owe something to my girl."

Vali stood up even though he was hurting all over and bowed politely, "I am sorry for my rude behavior earlier. I hope you forgive me."

"Forgiven, but just so you know I didn't mind. It's natural for the strong to look down on the weak." Kuroka shrugged nonchalantly.

"Not on my watch," Naruto grumbled but when he saw Vali was having trouble standing up he sighed. He took out a potion and threw it at Vali, "Here take it."

Vali caught the bottle and looked at Naruto, surprised. Seeing Naruto shrugging nonchalantly, he drank the potion, before saying 'Thanks'.

"No worries. Now I believe you have some questions. I will answer those that I can but I expect you to do the same." Naruto told Vali who nodded in response.

"Since I saw your real face, I am guessing you are going to ask me not to divulge anything of our battle." Vali pointed out.

"Wow, you are quite smart," Naruto was honestly surprised. He grinned as he nodded his head, "Yes, no telling anyone about our little bout. Also, who are you aligned with anyway? I mean there is no way someone of your caliber can roam freely. And let's not forget that you killed those stray devils, it must have been on someone's order."

Vali thought for a moment before answering, "I am allied with the Fallen Angel Faction."

Naruto whistled, "You work for Azazel? That explains why you knew me straight away. But if Azazel has someone this strong, why does he need my help anyway?" The last question wasn't aimed at Vali. Naruto just thought it out loud.

"He has confidence in my fighting capabilities but not anything else," Vali answered with a sour face. He knew that his guardian was right since he always would get carried away. Then he looked at Naruto and finally threw his first question, "I told you everything, will you at least tell me your name?"

That stopped Naruto on his track. It was risky to give away his identity, even though he saw his face, chances were very low to actually find him just with that. Naruto shook his head. Vali was being honest with him the whole time, something that Naruto really liked about the teenager, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. Your everyday regular human and wielder of 'True Longinus'."

"How can a mere human use 'Holy Light? And in such a manner? Also, what did you truly use in your 'Balance Breaker' form?" Vali finally asked the thing that was bothering him the most.

"If I answer your question honestly, will you hear out a request of mine?" Naruto said.

"I can't promise but I will try," Vali replied honestly, as usual.

"Good enough. Now for the question of the day, it is quite simple. Kuroka here showed me the secrets." Naruto said as he wrapped one of his arms around Kuroka and pulled her closer making the girl giggle.

As a normal human, it was quite understandable that Naruto would hit his limit at some point. But it came all of a sudden.

Under the guidance of Ophis, Naruto learned about 'True Longinus' very fast. He even was able to reach the second level quite early. But after achieving the 'Balance Breaker' he realized that spiritually he wasn't strong enough to hold such light energy. The reason? He found out that he could use 'Core Light' or as Ophis said 'Light that gives Life'; when he would go into the second stage of 'True Longinus'. There were only three beings alive right now that could use this power, himself included.

So the strain was too much for Naruto at first. Only because of his bond with his Longinus was he able to come that far but all those holy powers started to take a toll on his body. Ophis wanted to help him break that limit by giving him her power, a special and unique kind. But Naruto didn't want it. Maybe he was being selfish or stubborn or arrogant or just plain stupid; but Naruto wanted to stand by Ophis's side using his own hard-earned power, not using something that was given to him by a silver platter. Learning from his mother was one thing but getting powered up without any work just didn't sit right with him. Maybe it had something to do with seeing how the members of the 'Khaos Brigade' were using this power.

But in the end, everything worked out fine, as he learned that he could use 'Holy Light' magic. And since then he trained really hard to be proficient in that, which ultimately helped him to handle his 'Balance Breaker'.

And then it happened. He finally hit his limit two years ago. After almost getting killed by Kronos, he understood that he finally reached his human body's limitation. His speed, strength, and agility couldn't be advanced further, no matter how hard he tried. For months he tried but there was no positive result, only dead ends. Then the solution came in an unexpected way, even by his standard it was quite unpredictable.

It was when Kuroka was taking care of him. But that particular time she went for something new. She learned something new which could be used as both healing techniques and bedroom techniques. It was known as Bouchujutsu, a.k.a. the Bedroom Method, a.k.a. 'having sex'. The pleasure he got that time made him see heaven and stars. And that got his gears running. He asked Kuroka how she could use Senjutsu in such a way. It was at that time he finally understood what Kurama meant by the world had so much to offer.

Naruto raised his arm up when he saw Vali wanted to say something, "I know what you want to say. How Kuroka who is a youkai can help me, right? Well … that's a secret. And about my 'Balance Breaker'? That is also a secret."

Vali's sour expression almost made Naruto laugh. Vali then tried a different approach, "Then will you tell me what that 'Heavenly Saint mode' was?"

Naruto shrugged, "Maybe this will answer your first question. That spell, I copied the concept from Senjutsu, one specific part of it actually." Seeing the curious gaze of Vali, Naruto sighed as he continued, "Let's go from the basics, shall we? You know what chakra is, right? It is the aura that is considered the great original power that flows into one's spirit, in other words, one's life force. So instead of using the life force through chakra, I am accessing it through 'Holy Light'."

Vali nodded his head in understanding. Naruto didn't know how much he understood but he didn't bother to elaborate any further.

The reason was it wasn't as simple as he made it sound. He used the concept of 'Touki' from Senjutsu. Through intensive training, he was able to push his limit a bit further but what he really wanted was to combine his life force and his light magic. With lots of trials and errors, he finally created an ability that was able to replicate 'Touki'. He thought that it may be inferior as it was a copy. But later he found out that his 'Heavenly Saint' ability was far superior to 'Touki'. Of course, it took time to complete it and Kuroka helped all the way. She would use Bouchujutsu and Genjutsu on Naruto to make him understand Senjutsu and Touki faster. How she did do that? He got no clue … as a matter of fact … he didn't give a shit. All he knew was that it worked and he enjoyed training under Kuroka.

"I would need your healing tonight. I am hurt after all." Naruto said in a husky voice to Kuroka who raised an eyebrow delicately.

"Aww, does your spear need my special care again?" The only reply she got was a low grumble from her lover.

*Cough*

"You're still here?" Naruto said in an irritated tone.

"I still haven't heard your request," Vali replied with a blank face. Naruto had the decency to look sheepish as he coughed to compose himself.

"Tell me," Naruto leaned forward, if he read Vali right then he already knew the answer, "Do you want to join my grand expedition toward becoming the best? I am not alone here and the friends in my group are as lunatic as you are, maybe more. You will fit right in."

Now that got Vali's complete attention but before Naruto could elaborate further, he stopped. He frowned as he took out a medallion from his pocket.

It was glowing with white color.

Naruto started to chuckle which turned to pure child-like laughter.

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xXx

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Heaven (Some time ago)

For the past few days, Gabriel kept thinking about Naruto's offer. She kept her promise to him and didn't tell a single angel about their meeting. She knew the risks and problems that might come if she were to help Naruto and accept help from him. But she couldn't deny the fact that Heaven needed help right now, no matter how others thought otherwise.

With a sigh, she entered the 'God System Room'. She came in to see Uriel and Raphael had a troubled look on their faces as Michael looked at a few reports with tired eyes. She really hated to see her brothers like this.

"What's wrong brothers?" Gabriel asked already knowing the answer.

Michael smiled as he looked up to see their beloved sister, "Nothing Gabriel. Just some papers piling up, that's all."

"Can I help?" She asked, hoping with all her might, that the answer would be different this time.

"Don't worry sister, just a few problems needed to be done here and there. We'll take care of it." Uriel said as Raphael nodded in agreement with his brother.

"I see but do tell if I can do anything to help." With that, she left hurriedly leaving her brothers with a sad smile.

Gabriel knew that things were looking up but it was not the way it used to be, it would never be the way it used to be. She knew that she was a bit naïve but she whole-heartedly believed that she could help her brothers with the problems they were facing.

She was always the precious sister amongst her brothers, always protected and sheltered. She never had to do any true work a Seraph was supposed to do, because she wasn't given the chance. The last time she truly helped was to assist in the Great War. But she never liked fighting. She knew, believed, that she could help in other Heavenly matters but her pleading was never heard. But she never blamed her brothers nor did she voice her thoughts as she could see how tired and depressed they were. She didn't want to burden them with her feeble wishes, because she was that pure.

She didn't know why … no … she did know the reason as to why she was in front of the object representing 'True Longinus'. She knew it in her heart but as always she chose to neglect it. She wondered, when did she stop to follow her heart? Was it after the Great War?

She looked at the sphere. It was a few days ago that he was standing right there, holding his spear in one hand and resting it lazily on his shoulder with a big goofy smile on his face.

"You know it will make things easier for me if you help."

She subconsciously took out the medallion. She couldn't stop looking at it after he gave it to her. As if holding it would make her feel him near her, looking at her with that bright smile of his.

"Honestly I am glad that I met you instead of your brothers."

She delicately touched the middle of the medallion. She tried to remember when was the last time she felt someone sincerely asking for her help other than her father. She wondered if there were any humans that genuinely wanted to know who she really was other than a Seraph.

"I am definitely sure you can do a lot more cool stuff than the little old human me."

She wanted to know if he was the one who could save heaven, to help her brothers. "And will you be the one to help me find what I lost?"

Smiling softly, she powered up the medallion.

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