Original Posted On June 9, 2023
Beta Read by: Darklord331
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Nathair1: LOL, Naruto and Koneko are pervs, but unlike Issei, they had good parental figures who taught them resistance to acting without thinking. Yeah, Riser was played by his Master Zuko. Koneko knows Naruto enough to play him like a fiddle, and yes, she wants him to touch her boobs. LOL, yes, Naruto should find his swords first.
ShadowBloodedge3936: I did draw inspiration from the Goblet of Fire, yes, but I altered it enough to not be a total rip off. Yes, Koneko, like Ravel, are budding into fine young women, so of course she is trying to be bold and sexy in front of Naruto.
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PLEASE READ: Damn… yes.
Harem: Koneko Toujo, Ravel Phenex
Ravel Phenex Peerage:
King: Ravel Phenex
Queen:
Bishops: Danjuro "Gentle" Tobita
Knights: Sai Kurozumi (SG User: Ink Dweller)
Rooks: Vulcan (Blacksmith, Hammer/Fist (from Reincarnated as a Behemoth))
Pawns:
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 36: Alliances
Next Day, Kuoh, Phenex Manor…
Ravel walked Onimaru and Loona with Vulcan.
"I am worried." She told Vulcan, who was holding the leash of Onimaru, who was disguised as a dog.
"About Naruto and Sai?" Vulcan asked curiously.
"Well, yes, but Loona…" Ravel said as she looked at her hellhound.
Loona was not happy and energetic.
Instead, she was gloomy, reserved, and sad almost.
Vulcan tapped her chin in thought.
"Maybe she is sad that Naruto is gone?" Vulcan asked, knowing how much the hellhound loved the kitsune.
Ravel clicked her tongue a few times.
"Maybe…" She considered.
Meanwhile, Underworld, Bael Mansion…
Sairaorg donned Regulus in his Balance Breaker.
They were training.
"Come on, Sairaorg, I know you can use my Haoshoku and Busoshoku haki." Regulus aggressively stated, knowing Sairaorg could do it.
Sairaorg gasped tiredly as he looked at his fist, which was flickering between its normal gold color and a steel gray black.
"Yeah, I know." He said as he undid his focus, his armored fist returning to gold. "I need to master this… Naruto can do it, so can I."
The duo synced up once again, Sairaorg's fist held up as he allowed Regulus's haki to flow into him as if it was natural.
He channeled it.
Guided it.
Coated his hand in it.
"HYAAAAAAAA!" Sairaorg shouted, eyes snapping open as he punched a boulder.
The stone shattered, most of it powdered.
"YES!" He cheered.
Meanwhile, Kuoh, Gremory Mansion…
Rias smiled as Koneko spun before her and Akeno, showing off her new battle outfit.
The one Naruto had made for her.
"It looks amazing, Koneko." Akeno said, walking up to the Rook, her clothing changing into her Miko outfit. "We match now."
"No, I say mine is cooler." Koneko said cockily, swaying on the balls of her feet.
Akeno gave her a challenging look, but let it go.
"How has your training with Naruto been?" Rias asked as she sat down, tapping a chair next to her for Koneko to sit in.
"It has been tough, but it will be worth it." Koneko said, her battle attire vanishing, being replaced with her boots, leggings, jean shorts, and t-shirt.
"Has he… taught you anything that can be useful…" Rias asked slowly, her eyes burrowing into Koneko deeply.
Koneko sat down, feeling the depth and true question rias was asking.
Did Naruto teach her anything that could be used against Riser should the need arise.
"Well…" Koneko said as she touched her side, expecting to feel her tanto, having forgotten she put it away in her storage space. "I might have picked somethi…"
"Like his Kitsunebi-ryu?" Rias asked, desperation hidden but still evident as she leaned in.
Koneko put a finger to her own lips, closing one eye with a cheeky smile, and a head tilt.
"It's a secret~" She stated cutely, ending it with a kiss to her finger.
Rias faltered, her heart easing with the knowledge she gained.
'I don't understand the secrecy, but I wont push.' Rias thought as she grabbed her tea.
She trusted Koneko.
Why wouldn't she?
"I wonder how Kiba and Naruto are doing in the Challenges?" Akeno asked, munching on a small crumpet.
"Knowing Kiba, he must be speeding through it with ease." Rias mentioned, thinking highly of her Knight.
"Naruto probably is struggling. He isn't too good with academics." Koneko said, remembering Naruto struggling with some of his classes.
Day 2 of the Supernova Challenges…
Kiba gasped as he held his sword up.
His body was covered in non-lethal slash marks.
'Only the second day,' Kiba thought, gasping as he refused to take his eyes off of his opponent. 'And I am already… this badly hurt…'
"Oh, and here I thought you'd be good competition to test myself." His opponent said, holding his own sword, a small tanto with a blue-silver handle wrap with an S-Shaped guard.
"I'm not done yet!" Kiba stated as he tossed aside his blade to summon two blades, fire and ice.
His opponent held a creepy, snake like smile.
"Pierce his flesh…" He said, taking a thrusting stance, his eyes opening slightly. "Shinso…"
Meanwhile…
Justin dodged a minotaur's strike, which crushed the earth beneath it's club.
"Oh, My Lord~" Justin said in a prayer like fashion, easily avoiding his attacker. "Please, lead me to victory, be it swift and clean…"
The Minotaur roared in anger, stomping its hooves before charging to gored Justin.
His horn passed through the devil…
"Please, accept this sin, my King." Justin said as he raised his arms, his torso no longer that of a human, as a carcan bras, closing its head in tightly. "I must… Executioner's Form…"
Tears streamed down Justin's face as his leg's vanished, his body becoming more like a guillotine as his torso gained a single blade, poised above the minotaur's head.
Sensing its impending doom, the beast thrashed, roaring, snarling and doing what it could to get Justin to let it go.
"Death Penalty…" He said as his arms lowered.
The guillotine dropped.
"I pray, your soul shall receive rest." Justin said as he returned to his human form, the decapitated minotaur's head behind him, it's body on the ground before him.
Meanwhile…
Sai had his back pressed against the hedge, waiting patiently as he listened for any person that may be nearby.
Feeling something graze his foot, he looked down to see a few Ink Mice he created.
Pulling out a piece of paper, the Ink Mice climbed up his body and jumped onto the paper, becoming words and a small map of the maze.
'Hm, so if I take this route, I'll find some others. But if I take this route, it could lead me closer…' Sai thought, wanting to have as much information as possible. 'This maze is as large as a city, and with our job of finding our way to the center… can't be too careful…'
Sai decided to take the safer route, away from the others.
Meanwhile…
"MIRROR ALICE!" Tsubaki shouted in desperation, her sacred gear manifesting before her.
The giant condor flew into the mirror, shattering it.
The force the mirror absorbed was rebounded, striking the bird dead.
It's dying screech was silenced by a blade swiftly slicing it's throat open.
'Thank… Lucifer… I found Naruto's blades…' Tsubaki thought, wiping Shigure clean before sheathing it.
She had found both of Naruto's swords earlier that day, both of them together.
'I still prefer my naginata, but these will do.' She thought as she started to prepare the condor to be consumed.
The wilds of the Maze were toughening her up.
Meanwhile…
Guts smirked as he cut through some webbing, using Tsubaki's naginata to do so with his only hand.
"Come on, is that ALL you got, spiderman?" Guts asked, holding the pole arm at the ready.
His opponent smirked.
"I hope I can make this fight worth while for you then…" He said sinisterly as his six arms moved menacingly.
"Before that, what's your name?" Guts asked, wanting to know.
"I am Kidomaru…"
Meanwhile…
'Well, they aren't my blades, but they will do…' Naruto thought in disappointment as he put Guts' throwing knives belt across his shoulder.
They were better than nothing.
Returning to his fox form, the clothing magically shifting size to fit him, Naruto trotted along, smelling the air.
He had found the belt by accident.
Naruto had run into anyone or any monsters, so he was a bit hungry.
Reaching a turn, Naruto cautiously looked down the way.
Down it was a single tree.
An apple tree.
'I don't smell anyone nearby, so I guess I can take some apples.' Naruto thought as he returned to human form.
He jumped up into the tree, grabbing an apple.
The moment his fingers grazed the fruit, Naruto jumped back, flipping backwards as a branch swung at him.
'What the fuck?' Naruto thought as he grabbed one of the throwing knives, holding it on his hand.
"Well, your reflexes are sharp." A sensual female voice said as the tree split open, revealing one of the contestants.
She had red/orange hair, green eyes, and… green skin.
She wore a pair of black jeans with knee high boots and a button up long sleeve shirt, with the top and bottom two buttons undone, revealing her collarbone and her stomach.
"Who the hell are you?" Naruto asked aggressively, trying to figure out how he couldn't smell her scent.
"Isley, Pamela Isley, Queen of Zagan." She introduced with a smile.
"Naruto Bael, Pawn of Bael…" Naruto said as he felt uneasy.
"Pleasure of meeting you, Naruto…" Pamela said as she raised her arms up.
The hedges of the maze started to ripple violently before the ground cracked.
Roots and flowers filled with magic broke through the cracks, surrounding Pamela defensively.
"Shall we?" She asked politely.
Naruto shifted his position before entering his hybrid form.
Pamela's eyebrow quirked in amusement.
"Interesting." She said as she flexed her fingers.
The plants around her lashed out like whips, precise to the centimeter.
'Soru.'
Naruto vanished, closing the distance between himself and Pamela.
'He's fast.' She thought, putting effort into dodging Naruto's swipe.
"You're open." She said as she touched the ground. "Bamboo Javelin!"
Bamboo shoots burst from the ground, all of them sharp.
Naruto couldn't dodge.
'Tekkai!'
Naruto was strike over a dozen times as he was sent upward into the air.
'Fuck… Geppo.' Naruto thought, several puncture wounds bleeding as he kicked through the air.
"What unusual powers you have." Pamela said intereged with Naruto's abilities.
"I could say the same, plant girl." Naruto replied, gasping slightly.
"Actually," Pamela said as her skin became thick, like bark. "I am a Forest-Woman."
Her red hair became leaves, with various small flowers blooming on her skin while her feet became roots, embedding her into the ground.
'She has the power of nature on her side.' Naruto thought as he raised his hand, gripping the throwing knife. "Sanjuroku Pound Ho!"
Naruto swung, the flying technique cutting through the roots.
"MUSCLE FOREST!" Pamela declared, her plants and roots buffing themselves.
The remaining plants deflected Naruto's attack before they retaliated.
'Kami-e!'
Naruto weaved through the barrage of whip attacks, being struck every so often.
'He is no joke.' Pamela thought as she felt uneasy as her attack ended. "I know the Satan's said no killing, but you are an obstacle. I guess injuring you enough will be fine."
Naruto ignored her, using Soru to pass Pamela's defenses.
Pamela raised her hand.
Roots shot out of her fingers, impaling Naruto.
"Hmmm…" She sensually moaned. "Oh, yes… your chakra is delicious. So youthful."
Naruto was pushed into the ground.
Were her root fingers were absorbing his chakra, and draining his body into a husk.
"SHIT!" Naruto shouted, crossing his fingers, summoning Clones.
All three of his clones had the throwing knives.
Swinging them, the chakra in the blades striking against itself.
The roots were struck with fire.
"AAAAAAAAH!" Pamela screamed, reeling back as she held her hand, which returned to normal with each finger sliced open and burned.
'Fire!' Naruto thought as he got up, feeling weak as one clone pulled the roots out of his body.
"THAT HURT!" Pamela screamed, tears in her eyes.
"I CAN SAY THE SAME THING!" Naruto yelled at her, grabbing the dropped throwing knife before grabbing two more.
'What is he doing?' Pamela thought, closing her eyes.
The world became gray, black, and white.
Naruto moved forward, pushing through the roots without defending.
"Santoryu: Tatsumaki!"
Pamela gasped.
Naruto had broken through her defenses, ignoring his own and sustaining more injuries as he held one throwing knife in his mouth and the other two in his hands.
'I've never done this with blades before, so…' Naruto thought before he attacked.
"Santoryu: Tatsumaki!"
Naruto swung all three blades.
A twister of chakra, sharp and wild, spun to life, striking all the roots Pamela summoned to defend herself, even with the Muscle-Forest boost.
Pamela felt heavy pain through her body witch each plant cut down.
'Who the fuck is this kid?' She thought as she was struck by the attack, her body being cut open before being she vanished.
'That did WAY more damage with Santoryu then Mutoryu.' Naruto thought as he watched his attack fizzle out.
He normally did his Tatsumaki attack with Mutoryu, so this was his very FIRST Santoryu attack.
'Oh, oh shit did I kill her?' Naruto thought in a panic as he didn't see any part of Pamela.
Cautiously walking through the slashed plants and roots, Naruto looked around, his chest beating loudly because of fear of failure.
A small flower popped to life behind him.
It started growing bigger, and bigger, and Bigger before it bloomed, taking human shake.
Pamela gasped as she hit the ground, her clothing in tatters.
Naruto whipped around, ready to strike.
"WAIT, WAIT!" Pamela screamed, holding her hands up. "I yield."
Naruto stopped moving, but was still poised to strike.
"Let's team up." Pamela stated, looking at Naruto in the eyes.
"What?"
"Let us team up." Pamela repeated. "We can work together and pass this test together. What do you say?"
Naruto lowered his arms.
"How can I trust you to not attack me when my back is turned or when I am asleep?" he asked with a threatening look in his eyes.
Pamela stood up, and touched one of Naruto's injuries.
Her finger became a plant.
And it stung.
"FUCK!" Naruto shouted, pointing the blade at Pamela.
"It's a healing plant." She explained, the plant having broken off of her finger (Which returned to normal). "I am healing your wounds."
Naruto looked down.
Indeed, the plan was covering his wound, which was now numb.
Naruto thought about it.
"Fine." He said, his arms lowered as he returned to human form.
Sheathing the three knives, Naruto held out his hand.
"Partnership?" He asked.
"Partnership." Pamela said as she shook his hand, then pulled him close and struck each of his wounds with her hands.
Plants bloomed and numbed each one.
"FUCK!" Naruto screamed.
Meanwhile…
Sirzechs nudged Serafall with his elbow.
"Seems like an unlikely development has been made." He said, sliding over a magic display screen to his fellow Satan.
Serafall touched it, making it bigger so she and Sirzechs could watch the partnership of Naruto and Pamela be made.
"Hm, a partnership." She said as she witnessed Naruto and pamela shake hands. "It isn't against the rules to team up."
"Bonus points?" Sirzechs asked with a cheeky smile.
"Bonus points." Serafall replied, smiling equally as big.
Their joy was interrupted by Falbium, who handed a thick set of paperwork to Sirzechs.
"Here." He said tiredly, yawning. "List of people who have so far been take out. Your sister's Knight is one of them."
Sirzechs looked through the paperwork as his coworker returned to searching through footage.
"Guess you owe me some money, Sirzechs." Ajuka said smugly, yet playfully to his coworker.
"Yes," Sirzechs said in defeat, grabbing his wallet to give Ajuka the aforementioned money. "I do."
"Excuse us."
The Satan's turned to the door, seeing the three Elders, Danzo, Homura, and Koharu walked in.
"We'd like to know how the challenge is going, our lords." Koharu asked as she sat down.
"No problem." Serafall stated as she used magic to make a massive screen, which showed all twenty participants at the start of the challenge. "Let is start from the beginning."
They played the recording, X4 speed.
Danzo watched Sai and Naruto with interest.
Evening…
Naruto threw another log on the fire.
It was small, and above it was a roasting boar.
"So, you really don't NEED to eat food?" Naruto asked Pamela, who was on look out.
"Nope." She replied again. "I can absorb nutrients and magic from things, so physically eating things is no longer required."
"Amazing… and yet so sad." Naruto said as he spun the boar, allowing it to roast evenly.
"Why is that sad?" Pamela asked curiously.
"Because you don't get to taste the food."
Pamela went to speak, but didn't.
'He has a point.' She thought as she continued to be on look out.
Meanwhile…
Guts tore a chunk of meat from his rabbit with his teeth, spitting the meat chunk into a skillet.
He still didn't find his prosthetic arm, so he needed to use his teeth.
The smell of cooked rabbit wafted around and through the maze.
"My, my, if it isn't the King."
Guts rose to his feet, the naginata in hand.
"Wow, I am not here to fight." The mysterious person said, hands up. "I was actually looking for some food, and just happened to smell this delicacy."
"Who are you?" Guts asked gruffly.
"I do apologize." The teen replied, their snake like smile not faltering. "I am Gin Ichimaru, Free Pawn of No One."
Guts was immediately on edge.
The teen before him had his eye closed, a snake like grin with pale skin. He wore white and black clothing with sandals. He had gray/silver hair.
"And…" Gin said as he reached behind him, grabbing something. "I bring a gift, a peace offering you can say."
He pulled the item out, making Guts' eye widen.
In Gin's hands was his prosthetic arm.
"So…" Gin said as his smile grew. "Food?"
Meanwhile…
Sai sat within the hedge, lightly sleeping safely within the brush.
Meanwhile…
Tsubaki… was having a tough day.
Her outfit was torn in several places.
She had injuries all over, mostly small.
And her glasses were cracked.
She was cold, shivering as she sat in a fruit tree, not wanting to be found by anyone who may walk through that part of the maze.
'Should I forfeit?' She thought miserably.
She contemplated giving up several times that day.
Tsubaki shook her head.
'No, I will not bring dishonor to Sona.' She thought, her resolve resetting… again. 'I will also not disrespect Naruto's swords by quitting.'
Meanwhile…
Justin stood straight up, his music blasting loudly as he stood still.
Soft snores emitting from his throat with a small bubble in his nose.
He was sound asleep, enjoying it peacefully.
The Night wore on, with the sun breaking over the horizon slowly.
Naruto, Pamela, Gin, Guts, Sai, and Tsubaki prepared for the third day of the Supernova Challenge.
Chapter 36, DONE!
This was a fun chapter, and I hope you all had fun too.
Next chapter, I feel will be fun as well.
Any ideas for enemies/monsters of the Maze is appreciated.
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