Original Posted On May 15, 2022
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Guest: I am not too sure where Naruto is going to be by that time. Because he isn't going to be a Santoryu master, most likely a master of Ittoryu and some of Nittoryu. No, your questions aren't crappy.
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Guest: Shit, I forgot to add that. I went and added it, the reason why. But long story short, stress, puberty, and small amount of PTSD.
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OKAY, LETS READ THIS SHIT! I DON'T OWN NARUTO, ONE PIECE, HIGHSCHOOL DXD OR ANY OTHER ANIME I MAY REFERENCE!
"Hey" = Speaking
'Hey' = Thinking
'Hey' = Memory
"Hey"= Sacred Gear/ Communication link
Chapter 10: Master's Instruction
Naruto opened the door, and saw long red hair.
His eyes widening, Naruto lunged forward, grabbing the person who possessed the long red hair.
"MOM!" Naruto shouted, pressing his face against them.
"Excuse me?"
Naruto's eyes widened further, this time in shock.
Letting go, Naruto moved back as Rias turned, seeing Naruto for the first time.
"Oh, hello?" Rias asked in confusion.
"I'm sorry." Naruto apologized quickly, his heart racing. "I thought… you…"
"You thought I was your mother?" Rias asked as she knelt next to him. "What's your name?"
"Uz…" Naruto started to say, but stopped. Taking a frustrated deep breath, Naruto exhaled. "Naruto Bael."
"Naruto?"
Pulling his attention, Naruto looked toward the owner of the voice.
"Shirone?"
She had short white hair, missing her cat ears and tail, but her hazel eyes shimmered with hope and tears welling in them as she gazed at Naruto.
"Koneko…" Kiba asked in concern as Koneko shuddered, biting her lip as she teared up further.
Koneko ran as fast as she could, slamming into Naruto before wrapping her arms tightly around him, nearly crushing his ribs.
"NARUTO!" She cried out, tears streaming down her cheeks as she clung to him.
"Shirone…" Naruto choked as his eyes bulged out, tapping her shoulder violently. "I missed you too…"
Koneko shook her head into his chest.
"Not Shirone…" She hiccupped as she loosened her grip. "I go by Koneko Toujo now…"
Naruto pouted with his ears drooping.
'But I like Shirone…' He thought as he hugged her.
"I thought you died…" Koneko told him as she calmed down a bit. "After mom… then…"
She stopped talking, pressing herself into Naruto, taking in his scent as he ran his hand through her hair, easing her nerves further.
'I missed this…' Both yokai turned devils thought, ignoring everything and everyone around them.
"SO…" Sairaorg interrupted, ruining the tender moment. "You already know her, Naruto?"
Naruto nodded toward his King.
"We are family friends." Naruto said as he felt Koneko turn in his arms, pressing her back against his chest as his arms hung around her neck above her chest. "We were separated when we were younger due to reasons."
"Oh, when Uzushiogakure was destroyed…" Rias blurted out.
Naruto and Koneko's eyes widened.
A familiar scent of smoke and burning corpses, the sight of loved ones faces in tearful anguish, the crumbling buildings, the sad sounds of waves crashing against the rocks.
Naruto pulled Koneko closer, his grip tightening on her as she gripped his wrist.
"Yes…" Naruto mumbled.
He glanced at Koneko, who caught his glance.
"You told her?"
Koneko nodded, her cheeks becoming pink.
"should I not have?"
"No, it is not a secret." Naruto replied as his tail wrapped around her waist.
Rias felt guilty.
"I am sorry about bringing that up." Rias apologized.
"It is okay, you didn't mean to offend." Naruto said, dismissing her apology politely. "But did you change Koneko's name by force?"
He glared at Rias, who didn't falter at said glare.
"You were recently reincarnated, correct?" She asked Naruto, who nodded his head. "Well, then you don't know about what happened to Koneko."
"Stop!" Koneko nearly shouted, eyes closed tightly. "Don't!"
Rias indeed stopped.
"What is going on?" Naruto asked in confusion.
Sairaorg put a hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"Don't worry about it." He said as he removed his hand.
Naruto pouted.
"So, everyone, you should introduce yourselves." Rias said to the rest of her peerage, which was still quite small.
"I am Akeno Himejima, Queen." Akeno introduced to Naruto. "It is a pleasure to meet you~"
Naruto shuddered at Akeno's light seductive tone.
'Creepy.' He thought as he bowed to her.
"I am Yuuto Kiba, Knight." Kiba introduced with a hand shake.
"Nice to meet you… you use a sword?" Naruto asked as he shook Kiba's hand.
"Yes, I actually have an ability to create swords." Kiba explained as he summoned a plain devil sword in his hand. "I can do more, but don't want to ruin the carpet."
Sairaorg laughed.
"True, this isn't cheap you know." He laughed as Naruto let Koneko go, but she didn't leave his side.
"I ask because I also use a sword." Naruto said as he opened his wallet and pulled out Yubashiri.
"Wow…" Kiba said as he watched Naruto draw the sword. "It is beautiful craftsmanship."
"Thank you." Naruto said in embarrassment. "Though I only have basic Kendo training with it…"
"Don't worry," Koneko said as she looked him in the eyes. "With who your mother was, I won't be shocked if you inherited her skills with a blade."
This drew attention from Rias.
'What is she talking about?' Rias thought as she looked at Naruto.
She squinted in thought.
'Hm… he does look familiar…' She thought as she began to scratch her head as Naruto put Yubashiri away. 'OH WHO IS IT! I KNOW WHO IT IS… BUT WHAT'S THEIR NAME!'
Naruto took Koneko's hand.
"Let me show you my room, Koneko." Naruto said in excitement as he dragged the Rook of Gremory out of the living room.
He led Koneko through the mansion and arrived at his room, which had his name engraved on a metal plate on the door.
"It… baren…" Koneko stated as they entered.
His room was still bare, though his desk was a mess with Jiraiya's possessions and his bed had the packages of new clothing.
"I know, I'll try to fill it up, but…" Naruto replied as he shut the door. "Where is Fujima?"
He already knew the answer, but he wanted to know what happened.
Koneko slumped, looking at the ground.
"Mother died a year and a half ago." Koneko told him as she sat on the bed. "She fought someone before that… came home injured… from there she got sick, and she wasn't getting better… until she died, giving her sword to…"
Naruto noticed Koneko going silent.
"She gave Wado Ichimonji to Kuroka?" Naruto asked as he walked to the bed. "Speaking of, where is Kuroka?"
Koneko's eyes widened.
"Shir… Koneko?" Naruto asked as he saw Koneko start to curl into the fetal position, hands clasped tightly to her head. "What's wrong?"
Koneko shook more violently.
"She… She is evil…" Koneko spouted as she started to breath quickly, hyperventilating as she remembered that day. "She killed her King…"
Flashback…
Ten Month's Prior, Naberius Mansion…
Shirone (Age 8, almost 9) slept in her room, which had a door connected to the room next to her, which Kuroka lived in.
It had been an exciting day, and not the fun kind.
The day before, Guts, Griffith Naberius's Pawn, had been offered to take the Promotion Exam, a specially made one for him alone.
He was to jump from Low Class to High Class, and if Guts passed, he would get a peerage.
It was to be a spectacle for Griffith's fellow Kings to watch.
Anyone would be proud of one of their Peerage members to have the opportunity to promote to a high-class devil.
However, one person was not happy for Guts' chance of promotion.
Two, actually, but fuck Corkus.
Griffith Naberius was NOT happy.
Nor would he let Guts take the Exam.
SO…
There was a duel early in the morning, before breakfast.
Guts had not wanted to duel his King and friend, but Griffith, his hawk like eyes narrowed on him as if Guts was his prey, gave him no choice.
Falbium Asmodeus acted as witness of the duel.
Guts won.
With one strike he broke Griffith's sword and stopped his blade at the nape of Griffith's neck.
With the duel over, Guts took the exam that afternoon.
He passed.
Guts was now a High-Class devil, and was granted his Evil Pieces.
Everyone, Shirone included, were happy for him, except Corkus who was a dick, stating it was just dumb luck he beat Griffith and passed.
However, Griffith acted strange.
He had collapsed, a look of disbelief and shock as he held his shoulders.
The peerage could not get him to move, so they had left him alone.
Shirone whimpered, face scrunching in annoyance as she heard sounds coming from Kuroka's room, shifting to cover her ears with her pillow, but the sounds got louder.
However, the sound of a door slamming open and Corkus screaming at Kuroka jostled Shirone awake.
"Kuroka?" Shirone mumbled as she sat up in irritation.
She got out of the bed, heading toward the door, but jumped when she heard Corkus scream before more voices barged into the room, followed by the sound of glass shattering.
Flashback End…
"She fled, having become drunk on haki…" Koneko hiccupped into her hands. "She left me alone… I was then imprisoned…"
Flashback…
Three Days after Griffith's Death…
Nameless child sat in her cell.
She had a chain connected to the wall clipped to her leg.
Nameless child watched with hollow eyes from the corner of her cell out of it through the cell door, the bars in her vision.
'Damn you…' She thought as she gripped her arms tightly. 'Damn you to hell, Kuroka! I hope they find you… and torture you until you break!'
She stayed quiet, hearing the footsteps of the warden draw closer, along with his assistant and a new person, judging from the new scent Nameless child could smell.
"Shirone," the warden called out as he walked up to her cell… before farting out a toxic gas. "Oh, my stomach…"
Prisoners howled with laughter at the warden's dismay.
"TAKE THAT SWAMP ASS!"
"Warden Magellan, calm…" his assistant started to say before the giant of a man stood tall.
Warden Magellan growled as he started to secrete a purple substance from his pores.
Magellan is a large man, about three times the height of a normal human. He has a face that resembles a mandrill, with very sharp teeth and a thick beard, though this is matched with deep scarring that stretched over the left side of his face.
He wore bat wings and horn-like ornaments on his head, the latter of which he can pull out and use as weapons, though the left horn and wing were made of sheet metal, probably damaged from when he got his face scarring.
Underneath those horns, he has short black twintail-styled hair. Overall, Magellan resembled a stereotypical devil. While most guards wear a white-colored uniform, Magellan wears a black-colored suit with a red shirt underneath. His suit features more buttons than those of his subordinates. Draped over his right shoulder is a piece of rope. He wears what appears to be the standard militaristic cap of Impel Down worker.
He was most dangerous of all the workers for two reasons.
He secreted poisons of ALL kinds from his body.
He is a Bishop of Asmodeus.
"SILENCE!" Magellan shouted as his poison took the shape of a dragon like beast. "HYDRA!"
The beast roared and flung itself toward the prisoners who dare laugh at him.
Nameless child winced as the sounds of pain filled screams reverberated through out this level of the Prison.
"Ahem," a new comer coughed. "I think that was an over reaction, Warden."
Magellan huffed as his poison sweat poured off of is body.
"I'll deal with my prisoners as I see fit, Zodd." Magellan stated to the Pawn of Lucifer.
Nosferatu Zodd, like Magellan, was tall, but unlike his contemporary, he was heavily muscled.
He looked like a barbarian, his hair reminded Nameless Child of Guts, short and bristled with pointed ears. But his eyes were red with light green tinted skin.
He had a X belt across his chest and back with a skull on it, with bear skin draped around his shoulders with leather pants and boots.
At his hips were a gigantic sword and axe.
"Just get the girl." Zodd told Magellan.
Nameless child watched as Magellan opened the door and Zodd entered.
"You are coming with me." He said in a gruff attempt to sound nice and non-threatening.
Without any choice, Nameless child took Zodd's hand, and was taken from the prison, Impel Down.
They traveled in silence, with Nameless child not realizing she arrived at Gremory Mansion.
Before her were three people, two she recognized.
"GUTS, CASCA!" Nameless child screamed as she pushed away from Zodd, running to her friends.
"Shirone…" Casca cried out in relief, kneeling down to hug her. "We are so sorry, Shirone…"
"No!"
"What?"
"I don't…" She huffed in Casca's embrace. "I don't have a name…"
"Shirone…" Guts mumbled in surprise, pulling her attention, only to make Nameless child gasp.
Guts' right eye was bandaged as his left arm was missing just under the elbow, heavily wrapped in dried bloody bandages as he was walking with a crutch.
"Did… did she do that to you…" Nameless child asked in tears, pulling away from Casca.
"Shirone…"
"Not my name!"
Guts sighed as he touched her head, gently caressing her head.
"No, She didn't do this…" Guts told her.
"Liar…" Nameless child interrupted.
"We wanted to take you into our peerage," Guts continued, making Nameless child go silent to listen. "We," He looked at his girlfriend, Casca. "want to look after you, but…"
"I had a different plan."
Nameless child turned and saw Sirzechs Lucifer, standing there with a soft, gentle, yet goofy smile.
"You…" She whimpered.
"I want you to meet someone special to me," Sirzechs said as he knelt to the small child. "My sister…"
Flashback End…
"That is how I became a devil, and became Koneko Toujo." Koneko finished explaining, her head in Naruto's lap with the faint light from the setting sun entering through his window.
She was laying on his bed with her head on his lap, while Naruto lazily rubbed her head, ears and tail drooped as he heard her story.
"I see…"
…
…
…
What could he say to Koneko?
Nothing.
They sat in silence, enjoying the company of each other as the sun set.
The darkness caused both children to become drowsy, the excitement of the day making them tired.
*Knock, knock*
"Koneko," Rias called out as she opened the door. "it's time to… oh…"
Before Rias, on Naruto's bed, was Naruto and Koneko.
But not their human forms.
Naruto and Koneko were a small fox wrapping itself around a kitten.
Smiling, Rias left silently to talk to Sairaorg about an abrupt sleep over.
Meanwhile…
Lucci sat in his room in the Bael Mansion.
He silently fed Hattori as he held a glass of wine.
'Tomorrow, that kid will be shown hell.' Lucci thought as he drank from his glass.
Hattori hooted as he looked at his master.
Lucci sighed, smiling slightly as he reached out to his friend.
Hattori jumped and perched himself on Lucci's hand, before being moved to Lucci's shoulder.
Next Morning…
"I don't wanna leave…" Koneko whined at Rias, who came by during breakfast to take Koneko home.
"You have too," Rias said in a sad tone. "I know you just reunited, but…"
"He is going to be busy," Lucci said as he entered with Hattori on his shoulder. "Training with me."
He wore black jeans and a tank top with his top hat on his head.
"What?" Naruto asked as he looked shocked at Lucci. "You are going to…"
Lucci appeared before Naruto, grabbing him by the arm before they vanished.
"Naruto!" Koneko shouted as she didn't want to say goodbye, even if it wasn't forever.
"Well, there goes the teambuilding exercise I wanted to do today." Sairaorg grunted in irritation.
Training Grounds…
Lucci tossed Naruto to the ground.
"Ufff…"
"Get up." Lucci told the kitsune, his eyes narrow with anger in them. "I am not going to waste the next year of my life training a weakling."
"YEAR?"
"Shut up." Lucci stated, making Naruto stand up, hands at his side and stiff as a board. "Lucifer told me to train you for the next year," he growled at the memory of the goofy face Sirzechs had made. "And I will drill Rokushiki into your bones. Also, forget everything you know about fighting. Your kendo skills, your Sword styles, everything will be forgotten."
"But…"
"You can relearn them in your own time AFTER," Lucci snapped. "You complete my training."
Naruto scowled.
But then he smirked defiantly at his teacher.
'I want to learn Rokushiki, the Rasengan, and Ittoryu…' He thought, remembering his Kitsunebi-ryu. 'And I will master them all, no matter how long it takes…'
Images of Minato, Kushina, Fujima, and Jiraiya appeared in his mind as he bowed to Lucci.
"I humbly accept your teachings, Lucci-sensei." Naruto said as he pushed his fist into his palm.
Lucci ignored this as he analyzed Naruto.
"I have been told you trained by the Toad Sage?"
"Yes, Pervy Sage trained me since my parents died." Naruto answered his master.
"Good," Lucci said as Hattori took flight and perched on a nearby post. "We can skip the body preparation and head straight into Rokushiki training. Listen up…"
Naruto stood straight as he looked at Lucci.
"We shall spend two months per power," Lucci explained as he looked at the kitsune. "So, two months on Tekkai. Two months on Geppo. Two months on Soru. Two months of Rankyaku. Two months on Kami-e. two months on Shigan."
Lucci prepared to begin.
"We will work Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. You will have Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays off to do what you need to do with your peerage or independent training if you choose to." Lucci stated. "You ready to begin?"
Naruto didn't answer as Lucci used Shigan to impale his finger into Naruto's shoulder.
"You weren't ready." Lucci stated as Naruto wailed in pain.
Meanwhile, Human World…
Azazel sat on a pier, fishing rod in hand as he waited for a bite.
"You know, asking me to meet you here is sort of a racial slur all on its own, right?" a gruff toned man said as he clanked toward Azazel.
Azazel laughed heartily as his companion took a seat next to him.
"No, I didn't," the Governor-General laughed as he faced his friend. "But you know I am not a racist, Jinbe."
Jinbe, Whale Shark Fishman and Warlord, chuckled at his friend.
"Yeah, you're not, but you can still be a rude bastard." He laughed as he patted Azazel's back… hard.
"Ow."
Jinbe laughed harder.
Chapter 10, DONE!
Well, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
I enjoyed writing the flashbacks, and for those who know what Griffith did in Berserk, please don't spoil what happened in the reviews. I beg you!
Just kidding, go ape shit.
Next chapter, Rokushiki training.
So, this is important.
Should the Rokushiki techniques be Chakra based or pure physical superhuman feats.
In One Piece canon, Rankyaku/Tempest Kick is a kick that is fast enough to send a blast of wind. Same with Zoro's techniques and Brook's techniques.
So, chakra based or pure physical feats?
Chakra would be a bit easier, but then there is a merit to letting it be a pure physical thing.
It is very important, so please let me know.
If you enjoyed the chapter, please let me know with a review, even if you disliked it. It helps me become a better author.