Original Posted On Nov. 23, 2023
Beta Read by: Darklord331
Review Response:
Bednarczykmiki: It will be better, that's for sure.
Nathair1: I do not understand why that is happening. Naruto has Zoro's techniques, yes, but he mixes them with Rokushiki and Kitsunebi-ryu. My thoughts on SG's are like Jojo Stands: Depending on the User and their imagination/execution of their powers. In Asia's hands, it is simple OP healing. For Raynare, it was OP combat/Healing. She healed while fighting while Asia has to focus to heal. Me too, last story to have Mittelt survive was Return of the Golden Protector.
Vongola Ninja: Not many people read this story, thus the lack of votes. For sure, Asia will forgive Mittelt, but Akeno and Issei, they won't do it that easily. Issei will long before Akeno. Manami/La Brava is Danjuro/Gentle's Wife, and she is a Maid to Ravel Phenex, not in the peerage. Danjuro is Ravel's Bishop/Butler. In an earlier chapter, I had Danjuro ask Ravel that if he join her peerage that he be allowed to have his wife come with him.
Calderoneric758: I was thinking along those lines!
Haunted Solitude: Glad to be back with this story, happy you like it.
ShadowBloodedge9396: It's the Goth-Loli attire. Yeah, I will do my best to make Issei a more serious person, knowing 'time and place' for perversions. Pretty much.
PLEASE READ: Thank you, I am happy when trying to think of ways Naruto and Koneko can mix and mash their Rokushiki techniques with their base powers, since Rokushiki is literally a GREAT supplement martial art to everyone. A part of this chapter was inspired by the recommendation you made. Thank you.
Guest: Thank you, I will.
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Guest: Not in this story, sorry.
Borello: Thank you, enjoy the chapter.
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: Mittelt (X1 Pawn)
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 46: Familiar Competition
Monday Morning, Kuoh Academy, ORC Clubroom…
Issei stared at Asia.
She was wearing a Kuoh Academy uniform, but instead of the cape, she wore a sweater vest.
"Asia…" issei said, it being the first time he has met her since her revival.
Rias had taken Asia, while she was asleep, to the ORC room, given her a bed to sleep, and when she woke up that morning, Rias explained everything to Asia, including her resurrection.
Asia didn't say anything, but hug Issei, crying into his chest.
"Thank you…" She choked, gripping the back of his jacket tightly. "I love you…"
Issei was taken aback, red covering his cheeks as he hugged Asia.
He didn't know what to say, but chose to not destroy the moment with babble.
He just hugged her back.
Until he felt Rias staring at them.
"President!" he screamed in startlement.
"Seems you two are close." Rias said in a deadpanned tone as Akeno walked into the room.
Akeno chuckled, covering her mouth.
"My, my, Rias… You seem irritated." Akeno stated, taking amusement out of the situation.
Rias closed her eyes, looking up, counted to ten, then relaxed.
"Asia, you are registered fully as a student," Rias said, handing some paperwork to the former nun.
"Thank you, Rias… I mean, President." Asia replied, smiling.
"Asia, don't forget," Rias said as she handed Asia another paper, this time being a small note. "You also have a few more people to thank. Especially…"
Year 1, Class A Classroom…
"Naruto, are you okay?" Koneko asked, waving her hand in front of the fox's face.
He had deep purple bags under his eyes.
"Yeah…" He said sluggishly. "Just… didn't sleep well…"
"Why not?" Koneko asked, head tilted.
Naruto gestured to his shoulder.
"My arm hurts… stupid bitch took a bite out of me… the adrenaline kept me from noticing…" Naruto replied.
"Couldn't Ravel have healed you?" Koneko asked, glancing at the Phenex heiress.
Ravel pursed her lips at the statement.
"I didn't have him healed, because it is a learning experience." Ravel told Koneko, who scowled.
"Letting a peerage member suffer is considered a 'learning experience'?" She asked the King.
"None of your business how I run my peerage, Toujo."
"If it…"
"Alright class, let us begin." The teacher said as they entered the room.
Phenex Manor…
"No, no, no, incorrect!" Danjuro stated with authority.
Mittelt jumped.
"What's wrong?" She asked, confused on what she did incorrectly.
Wearing a more… traditional maid outfit, with the Phenex emblem, Mittelt had chosen to become a Servant of the Phenex clan, like Manami and Danjuro.
She could have gone to school, with everyone else.
However, with certain… individuals, Mittelt felt it would be best to stay home.
"You are folding the clothing incorrectly!" Danjuro lectured, pointing at a pair of jeans.
"This is how I usually…"
Danjuro's hand chopped the Fallen's head.
"Do not lecture ME on how to FOLD clothing." Danjuro stated, taking the shirt from the Fallen and undoing it. "Again!"
'Maybe I should have taken the uncomfortable route and gone to school~' Mittelt thought as she felt angry and like she was about to cry.
She had sworn loyalty to her King, so she was going to prove it.
After two hours of folding laundry (Due to there being six, now seven, people living in the manor, there were lots of clothing) Mittelt was outside in the backyard with Manami.
"I have to clean up shit…" Mittelt asked in deadpan.
"It isn't glamorous, but it is necessary, especially when you have…" Manami said as she looked onto the deck.
Mittelt followed her gaze.
On the deck, all napping, was Kurotama, Onimaru, and Loona.
"Three familiars that are more like common dogs and cat." Manami concluded, getting started on cleaning up the poop.
Mittelt wanted to just run.
But…
'No, it is not a big deal.' She thought, remembering she had a pan, a broom, and rubber gloves.
She started cleaning.
"Oh, wait, don't get…" Manami tried to warn Mittelt from staying away from what appeared to be a brick tool shed with a chimney.
*BOOM*
Mittelt was blasted in the face with black, ashen smoke, covering her skin and clothing in ash.
The door opened, Vulcan barreling out, her hand wafting the smoke away from her face, coughing.
"Ugh… failure…" Vulcan coughed out.
"THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Mittelt screamed, grabbing the cat beast-kin.
"Just attempting to temper light." Vulcan said as the smoke started to finish exiting the small building.
"In a shed?"
"No, its my forge." Vulcan said, insulted that Mittelt called her precious workspace a tool shed.
Mittelt felt like she was going insane.
"Hey, we still got plenty to clean." Manami reminded Mittelt.
"WHY DOESN'T SHE HAVE TO CLEAN POOP!" Mittelt screamed, tears in her eyes.
"Because Vulcan is the black smith…" Manami said, unsure, scratching her cheek. "You know what, Vulcan, you can help us clean."
"WHAT!" Vulcan screamed. "BUT I AM BUSY!"
"Considered this a break." Manami said, tossing the beast-kin a pair of gloves.
Mittelt snickered, but was silenced from the Maid's glare.
Skip, Kuoh Academy, Lunch…
Naruto sat in the YOC clubroom with Ravel and Sai.
All three of them were eating lunch together.
The Yokai Observation Club's clubroom was similar to Rias's ORC clubroom.
A few sofas and table, a desk for Ravel to sit at.
But, instead of the gloomy atmosphere, Ravel took the opposite direction.
It was light brightly enough with the natural light entering the clubroom, due to it being located in the new school building.
It had pictures of various Japanese spirits and monsters, various paper slips with questions asking how valid their existence was.
Which was hilarious because they were all real, but none of the humans needed to know that.
"So, you helped Gremory save her Bishop?" Sai asked, mouth full of food.
"Yeah, I did. Not because she asked though, because that crazy fallen bitch attacked me." Naruto explained, careful to not worsen his injury.
His healing helped seal the wound, but with how deep the bite wound was, it was going to take until the evening or until the next morning to be fully back to normal.
Sai chuckled.
"You must have been so happy knowing you helped Gremory." Sai stated.
Naruto's fist was next to Sai's face.
"WAS NOT!"
"Naruto!"
Naruto was on the couch once again.
A knock at the door interrupted the confrontation.
"Come in." Ravel answered, gaining some composure before the door opened, revealing Rias, Asia, and Issei. "Ah, Rias, it's nice to see you."
Ravel stood from her desk and shook Rias's hand.
"No problem, Ravel, thank you for letting us visit." Rias said, nodding at Sai, who waved his hand, and then looked at Naruto.
"Doing good, Gremory?" Naruto asked, not looking up from his food.
"Very good, Naruto, thank you." Rias replied, smiling slightly.
It still felt VERY strange for the fox to be nice to her, but Rias would not look the gift horse in the mouth.
"Asia, this is Naruto Bael." Rias said, gesturing to the Bishop to look toward Naruto. "Naruto, this is Asia Argento…"
"I remember." Naruto said, putting his lunch on the table, standing up as he wiped his face. "She is the nun whose sacred gear was taken, am I right?"
Rias nodded as Naruto approached.
Naruto was vastly taller than Asia, making her look up at him.
"Thank you, for helping Issei and President in recovering my sacred gear." Asia thanked, bowing deeply.
Naruto felt guilty.
He didn't get Twilight Healing back for Asia to thank him.
"It was the right thing to do," He told her as Asia stood upright. "So, no need to be formal with me, Argento."
"Please, call me Asia, Bael."
"Well," Naruto said playfully, hand on his hip. "Just call me Naruto."
Rias was happy the two blondes got along.
'I was worried for nothing.' She thought, mentally wiping sweat off of her brow.
"Uhm…"
Everyone noticed how meek Asia suddenly got, staring at Naruto bashfully.
'Oh, please don't tell me Asia like him!' Issei thought in a panic, his soul feeling like it would die.
"Are those real?" Asia blurted out, her eyes locked onto Naruto's fox ears, which twitched.
"Yeah…" Naruto answered, his tail swaying. "So is my tail."
"Can… can I touch your ears?" Asia asked, restraining herself.
Naruto quirked an eyebrow.
"Sure…"
He leaned forward, lowering himself enough for Asia to reach up and cup his ears.
"Soft… and fuzzy…" Asia said with a childish glee.
"I've been wondering…" Issei said to Ravel and Sai. "But what is Naruto? Isn't he a devil? Or is he… a fox?"
"I can answer that." Rias said, a pair of glasses on her face, a white board appearing behind her. "Naruto, like you deduced, is a fox yokai."
Rias drew a crude and ugly drawing of Naruto.
Naruto was irked, but couldn't correct the drawing, since he loved drawing, because Asia was now petting his tail.
"Okay…" Issei said, following Rias carefully.
"Now, when a human is reincarnated, they lose their humanity," Rias stated, drawing Issei. "Becoming one-hundred percent devil. But," she draws a yokai that no one could figure out. "If a yokai like Naruto is reincarnated, they become half devil, allowing them to keep their natural traits without being over ridden, while giving them all the benefits of being a devil."
"Wait, but Naruto doesn't have wings." Issei said, remembering the night before and from earlier that he never saw Naruto use his wings.
"I have devil wings…" Naruto explained, showing them off. "But I don't use them. Don't need to."
Issei was interested.
"So, can you turn into an animal? I mean, a full fox?" Issei inquired.
Naruto rolled his eyes.
He entered his fox form, which made Asia smile.
Naruto melted in Asia's magic hands.
Rias's phone rang.
Dismissing herself for a short bit, Rias left the clubroom and answered her phone.
"Hello?"
"Rias, it's Sona. I am just reminding you my peerage and I are going to the familiar forest this weekend."
"Well, I was wondering…"
End of School…
"Naruto, I need a favor, which I will repay with ramen again if you help me." Sona said as she walked along side the fox.
"What is it?" Naruto asked, not wanting to agree to something he didn't want to do.
"I wanted to take my peerage to the familiar forest this weekend on to help Saji get a familiar, but with Rias acquiring Hyoudo and Argento, she now wants to go." Sona explained.
"Well, then it is a good thing the Phenex clan breeds Phoenix's for familiars." Naruto stated.
It was true.
Ravel could have easily gotten a Phoenix, but chose to go to the forest, which is where she met and obtained Onimaru and Loona.
"Too true." Sona said, pushing up her glasses.
"So, what is it you want me to do?" Naruto asked, sort of curious to know what was going on.
"I need an impartial referee." Sona answered.
"Excuse me?"
Skip, Saturday Morning, Kuoh Academy…
Naruto could not, WOULD not believe this.
He was wasting his day off… when he mostly did his training… to referee stupid contests to see who would go to the familiar forest.
None of the Phenex Peerage was there, it didn't concern them.
All of Rias and Sona's Peerages were.
All of them at the tennis court.
Rias and Akeno on one side, while Sona and Tsubaki were on the other.
Naruto sat in utter regret as the Kings and Queens stretched, preparing for their game.
Outside the fences was the rest of the Peerages.
Issei, Matsuda, and Motohama were utter giddy like starved dogs, waiting for… certain actions to happen due to Rias, Akeno, Sona, and Tsubaki wearing skirts.
Asia, Kiba, Saji, and the rest of Sona's peerage patiently sat in the bleachers, cheering their respectful teams.
Koneko?
Koneko really didn't want to be involved, so she was playing Mario Kart with a Clone of Naruto on their Nintendo Switch.
"Alright, everyone ready?" the real Naruto asked the players.
Rias and Sona nodded, Naruto tossing the red head the tennis ball, allowing them to start.
"Ready, Sona?" Rias asked, tossing the ball up and down a few times, swinging her racket, flexing her wrist.
"Anytime, Rias."
The ball was tossed…
Meanwhile…
Mittelt felt ragged.
It had only been a week since she joined the peerage, and her world was significantly flipped from what she was use to.
She was currently fighting Vulcan, with Ravel watching her.
Ravel wanted to know what her newest Peerage member could do, and what better what than in a fight.
Mittelt dodged Vulcan's Warhammer, closing the gap.
She was surprised when Vulcan released the weapon, arms positioning themselves like she was a professional boxer.
Four devastating punches struck her body, sending the Fallen/Devil hybrid spinning to the ground, which was softened by Danjuro.
"Not… done…" Mittelt gasped, her world spinning as she tried to stand.
"No, I think that is enough for today…" Ravel stated as she approached her Pawn.
Mittelt pushed herself into a sitting position, completely out of breath.
"Ugh… I hurt, everywhere…" Mittelt groaned, feeling bruises forming under her maid uniform.
"Don't worry, Mittelt." Manami said as she helped the poor girl stand. "You will get better."
Mittelt nodded toward the shorter woman, looking back to her King.
"Well… how did I do?" She asked, wanting to hear what Ravel thought.
Ravel didn't immediately respond, closing her eyes in thought, showing concentrating expressions on her face.
"Your swordsmanship and spearman-ship are average, judging from what I have seen." Ravel stated honestly. "Your magic usage is excellent, down right perfect. I can't really say anything on your light tempering ability, since I am not a Fallen, but it will be a big asset. However," Ravel held up one finger. "Your hand-to-hand skills are subpar. You rely to heavily on your light abilities. We shall work on that."
Mittelt nodded.
"Hey, be happy Naruto wasn't your partner." Sai said as he excited the manor, paint staining his apron. "He would probably have taken it to far and would have killed you."
His tone was an attempt at play joke/jabbing, but all it did was send a chill up Mittelt's spine.
'The fox.' Mittelt thought.
She had no personal problems with Naruto, but he did cut off Dohnaseek's leg… and killed Raynare to retrieve Twilight Healing.
Mittelt shook her head of her former comrades.
"Thank you, my King." Mittelt said, bowing.
"For what?" Ravel asked.
"For not letting me fight the fox, I want to live." Mittelt replied honestly, her tone showing some fear.
Everyone sweat dropped.
"Who wants some lunch?" Manami asked, trying to get everyone's minds off of death.
Everyone agreed, not with their voices, but their stomachs growling.
The tiny woman smiled.
She loved challenges.
Skip, Evening, Kuoh Academy Gym…
"Now," Naruto said in a dull, annoyed tone as he held a red rubber ball in one hand. "Dodge ball."
On one side of the net, Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Asia, Issei.
Opposite side, Sona, Tsubaki, Saji, Momo, Reya, Tomoe, Ruruko, Tsubasa.
Between them was a line of four red rubber balls, five including the one Naruto held.
"We play until all members on one side are disqualified." Naruto stated, spinning the volley ball on his thumb expertly. "Whoever does that first gets the right to go to the Familiar Forest."
Rias and Sona nodded, eyes narrowing.
Their attempts to win the right to go had taken a bit longer than expected, meaning it was now dark.
This was the final competition, and it would be conclusive.
Naruto bounced the ball he had a few times absentmindedly.
"Game," Naruto exclaimed, everyone taking positions to get ready for the game. "Start!"
Kiba and Tomoe, being Knights, sped forward, grabbing two of the balls a piece, and pulling back, handing one to their Kings and one to the Rooks.
Rias and Sona stared at each other, competitive spirit spilling out of them in waves as Koneko and Momo eyed their targets.
The Kings threw their rubber balls, the Rooks following suit.
Everyone dodged, narrowly avoided, and jumped to not get hit by the spheres… except Koneko.
She ABUSED her Kami-e Rokushiki technique.
Naruto, meanwhile, could not help but feel pride in Koneko as she successfully avoided being touched.
His amusement, sadly, was taken away when Sona and Rias chucked the balls after enhancing them with magic.
"Foul, Gremory, Sitri, take five."
"What?" Both devils asked in confusion as everyone relaxed, taking the opportunity to catch their breath.
"Magic is prohibited, now get to the sides, or I'll red card you permanently." Naruto threatened, taking this seriously.
Sona and Rias stepped off of the court, taking their five minutes, before rejoining.
Sona's peerage, which was a few members bigger, was now reduced to herself, Momo, and Tsubaki.
Rias, meanwhile, had Kiba and Koneko.
Cheers for both sides echoed in the Gym loudly enough to match the sounds of the rubber balls hitting the walls.
Eventually…
It was down to Koneko and Tsubaki.
Koneko had stockpiled the balls, except one.
Tsubaki was gasping.
She was a Queen, yet she was pushed this hard.
Koneko was sweating bullets.
She had used Kami-e many times, and it was taking its toll.
Tsubaki threw the ball… And Koneko caught it, tanking it in her stomach.
"Game End, Rias Gremory wins." Naruto announced.
He did not cheer.
He just wanted to go home.
'A waste of my fucking Saturday…' He thought dully as he prepared to go home with Sona's peerage as Rias and her peerage left to get Issei and Asia their familiars.
Meanwhile, Kuoh Border…
A man walked, humming a sad tune.
Clicking and clacking of dog nails beside him.
The man looked up, seeing the bright moon.
"Oh, Eliza, if only you could be here…" he said, touching his chest, his heavy jacket crinkling. "But alas…"
His dog barked, grabbing his attention, which made him smile.
"It really is a lovely night out tonight, isn't it?" he asked his pet.
The dog barked.
"I know, Frankensteiny." He replied, smiling as he and his skeletal dog walked into the sleepy town as his eyes narrowed with dangerous precision. "I must remember my goal. Get the Phenex to learn how her immortality works."
Chapter 46, DONE!
Oh, shit… someone is here. And they don't want your money, Ravel.
Can anyone guess who he is? Hint: Eliza and Frankensteiny.
I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, I had fun writing it.
If you liked the chapter, please, leave a review, even if you hated it because it helps me become a better author.
