The Nephalem Chronicles

by Hussbek

Win a Great War, beat a stingy Goddess and knock some sense into a former emo teammate is what Naruto had in mind before looking forward to peaceful days. He wasn't expecting to bleed to death and be told that he's going to another world where crimes are a demon's daily activity in order to face an all powerful Overlord who goes around taking down other overlords...nothing new.

6. Spine crawling Chills

The Nephalem Chronicles

Chapter 5: Spine crawling Chills

Sindri was tending to his wares, having had a successful business here in Demunshroom when he heard footsteps and looked up to see some familiar faces "Welcome back Naruto! I trust things have gone well for you?"

Naruto shrugged in response "You could say something like that,"

"And whom might these new friends of yours be?" Sindri gestured towards the bunny girl and Prinnies next to the Nephalem.

"Oh, let me to introduce you to her. Her name's Usalia and the yellow Prinny is her servant, I along with a few others helped rescue her from a curse which was placed on her by one of the generals of the Lost. As for the Prinny, I saved him from some Lost soldiers along the way and he wanted to join me,"

"Hello," Usalia greeted politely.

"Wassup, dood?" the blue Prinny also waved a flipper in greeting.

The Merchant was quite surprised to say the least as he listened to Naruto "Wow, sounds like you've been busy on your part from what I've just heard,"

Kurama smirked "You have no idea and we haven't even told you the best parts yet,"

Sindri became confused by the fox's statement "What do you mean? Did something else happen?" Instead of answering him, Naruto simply showed him the sword which left the merchant stunned speechless as he instantly recognized the weapon being held in Naruto's hands "I-Is that what I think it is? You actually found the Yamato!?"

Naruto grinned in response "That's right,"

"Unbelievable…you really found it; the sword actually exists! Which means the rumors are true! May I hold it?"

Naruto shrugged "Sure," he handed him the Yamato as he took off its sheath and marveled at the beautiful blade that hasn't rusted over the years. "Amazing, I can definitely feel its power from the sword and it's in good condition. Where and how did you find it?"

"Well, it happened like this…," Naruto explained to him how he, Usalia and the Prinnies were sucked into a Spatial portal that appeared out of nowhere which he assumed it was triggered somehow and transported them to an unknown location where they encountered the 3 guardians who were protecting the sword. Naruto defeated them to claim the Yamato as his…as well other things.

"Talk about luck, I guess Kurama wasn't joking when he said you have the devil's luck on your side but you mentioned other things, right? What else did you get aside from claiming the Yamato?" asked Sindri curiously.

Naruto then said "Well these guys for one. Come on out you three!" snapping his fingers, he summoned the three shadow guardians with Griffon perching on his other shoulder and Shadow sitting next to him while Nightmare emerged from a pool of darkness with only his upper body being visible.

Sindri took a step back, feeling rather intimidated by the sight of them especially Nightmare "W-What are those creatures?"

"They're the Shadow Guardians that used to watch out the Yamato. This guy perched on my shoulder is Griffon, Shadow is the one next to me while the big guy's name is Nightmare,"

"I-I see...," the Merchant was rather nervous as he could have sworn that he saw a predatory look that Shadow was giving him while Nightmare is just staring at him emotionlessly which made him uncomfortable.

Griffon started laughing "Look at this guy, he's about ten seconds away from crapping his pants!"

Kurama grinned "I see what you mean,"

"Cut it out, you two. You can return," said Naruto sternly.

"Sure sure, ruin our fun why don't ya," Griffon grumbled before returning to Naruto's shadow along with the others

Sindri looked relieved, seeing that they're gone "Well, those were…interesting summons you got yourself. So, is there anything else? Also, I've noticed that you don't have Force Edge on your back but something else. What happened to your sword?"

"Funny that you mention that because the next thing I'm about to show you has something to do with my Force Edge," Sindri was again confused but that changed when Naruto took out a large yet very demonic looking sword from his back.

"W-What kind of sword is that!? Is that your Force Edge?"

Naruto affirmed "Yeah, apparently Force Edge has a true form which resulted in this: The Sparda. In order for this to happen, I needed to collect two pendants in order to reveal its form which I'd gotten its red half at Spirit Interment from my fight with Nelo Angelo who is a Knight Demon and now the blue half from my fight with the Shadow Guardians." he also showed him the complete pendant which is at the hilt of the sword to the Merchant.

"Amazing, you never cease to amaze me with this crazy luck of yours,"

Kurama simply rolled his eyes "You have no idea. Seriously, you really don't,"

Sindri continued to speak to Naruto "Well, I'm happy you found one more of the mythical weapons among other things but uhh…are you planning to sell that pendant? It looks it'll be worth a lot of HL and I don't mind taking it off your hands"

"No, I'm not. Sorry, it's not for sale," stated Naruto much to the merchant's disappointment as he put the weapons away "So, did anything happen or learn anything on your part? We're pretty much done here,"

"Yes actually, I've gotten some information that would be of use to you and I know where we're going to next. I'll explain along the way,"

"Alright then, open the portal so we can get going,"

Sindri became confused and asked "Aren't you going to use the Yamato now since you can create portals with it? In fact, you don't really need me for this,"

Naruto disagreed however "While it's true I have the Yamato but I don't know how to use its power as of now. If I were to use the sword to open a portal, I'll lead us to who knows where. I need to learn how to use it properly,"

"Fair Enough. In that case, let's be on our way,"

Sindri opened the portal for the next netherworld which they were about to enter…except Usalia who wasn't following them as she stayed in one spot while looking uncertain about something. Naruto soon noticed she's not following them and turned to inquire from the bunny girl "Usalia, aren't you coming?"

Usalia looked away as if she's forcing herself not to come along "…Naruto, thank you for everything. I'll now be going on my own, plip," her statement confused everyone especially Naruto

"What do you mean? You're not coming with us, dood?" asked the blue Prinny.

Usalia spoke with a sad expression "I am very grateful for your kindness, but as long as I'm around, I'll only cause more trouble for you, plip,"

Naruto frowned a bit, having an idea of her reasons to be alone "If you're worried about the issue of your curse, I still have Killia's curry to help you keep it at bay. It would be problematic if you were to go berserk again. Plus, I know how to make curry as well, I just need the ingredients to replicate how Killia makes it,"

Kurama perked up at that "Oh yeah, that one mission where you, Lee, Tenten and Neji set out to the Katabami Gold Mine to get rid of the Kurosuki Family which Lee's friend, Karashi was part of. Remember?"

"Yeah I remember. The guy along with her mother Sanshō who makes the Curry of Life at her shop. I wonder how they're doing right now, especially Ranmaru after that tough battle with Raiga,"

"Right, the head boss of Kurosuki Family. Well, he wasn't a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsman of the Mist for no reason,"

"Yeah, tell me about," he recalled how Raiga kept trying to light him up like a Christmas tree before beating him for the second time. Last time they had visited, the shop had gained popularity and recalled how Rock Lee forced his teammates and him to learn how to cook curry just so he could eat curry as much as he likes.

As he was going down memory lane, Naruto realized that he was getting off topic while noticing Usalia, the Prinnies and Sindri were looking him in confusion, mainly the former but latter seems to be interested in he and Kurama's conversation while looking intrigued about the Curry of Life part they mentioned.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "Heh, sorry about that. We were getting off topic. Look the point is, I'll make curry for you as I know how to which will solve the issue of your condition,"

Usalia shook her head in disagreement "No, it's not about the curry, plip. I'm being chased by the Lost, if you're with me, you'll be in danger,"

Kurama scoffed, looking rather bemused "Is that all? That's not a problem for us because we're fighting the Lost, too. Not only that, you should know that Naruto tends to be a magnet for danger. Whenever he tries not to look for trouble, it tends to find him instead,"

"Oh shut it, fur ball! It's not like I'm doing it on purpose. It just happens," Naruto looked rather annoyed

The fox looked at his partner smugly "That rather proves my words to be true,"

At this point, Naruto was sporting a tick mark while having to resist the urge to strangle Kurama or chuck him into the portal "Tch! While I don't agree with what he said-," he could see Kurama smirking at him which only increased the size of his tick mark which almost look like he's about to bust a vein "-But he's not wrong about us fighting the Lost which I'm sure we're being hunted by them as well. So, we're in the same boat, you and I, Usalia,"

After hearing that, Usalia was shocked as she said "Huh? You guys are fighting Void Dark too, plip?" Naruto, Kurama and the Prinny nodded. Usalia started to feel hopeful "Then can I…? No, I might cause more trouble…,"

Naruto went to her while bending a knee to get down to her level, placing a hand on her bunny ear band head as he spoke to her in a soft tone "No you won't, you'll be fine. I understand that you're uncertain with the situation you've found yourself in as well as the burden you carry with you due to the curse placed on you. But you're not alone in this as we share the same objective: taking down Void Dark and his Demon Generals. We're in this together as we're both targets of the Lost. Stay with us, I'll keep you safe from them and that is a promise of a lifetime,"

Usalia looked up to Naruto with awe and admiration, gaining the much-needed confidence and courage just from hearing his words before nodding energetically "Okay, I'll stay with you, plip!" then a screen popped up in front of Naruto.

The Overlord of Toto Bunny, Usalia, joined Naruto's party!

Sindri who was on standby at the portal and watching the whole ordeal was amazed at Naruto's kindness despite being a demon "I never imagined anyone in the Netherworlds can be this pure hearted in spite of being a demon, it's quite rare,"

Kurama smiled in response "It's just as he said before, he's one of the nicest ones you'll ever meet,"

"I'm very happy I've met Master Naruto, he's a nice and merciful guy, dood!" said the blue Prinny which made Kurama roll his eyes at him.

With all that said and done, Naruto and co finally went into the portal to take them on a different Netherworld as they disappeared through the portal thus left Demunshroom.

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Not long after, the gang emerged from the portal and found themselves having arrived somewhere in a very cold and freezing Netherworld with nothing but snow as far as the eye can see.

"So this is the place you were taking about?" said Naruto as he, Kurama, Usalia, Sindri and the Prinnies looked around at their surroundings.

The merchant replied to the former blonde's question in affirmation "Yup! Welcome to Icic-Hell, the name itself describes how cold this place is,"

"No kidding, no wonder it's called that. It's freezing here," Kurama commented.

Naruto rolled his eyes "At least you got fur to keep you warm, I'm shaking like a leaf from the cold!"

"Heh, one of the many benefits of being a fox,"

Naruto chose to ignore the smug fox and spoke to the merchant "So Sindri, you mind bringing us up to speed about this place? You mentioned about explaining to us about what you learned right?"

"Yes, the information I gathered from Demunshroom is that there are Lost activity that's been going around here," said Sindri.

"Alright. Anything else we need to know before we head out like usual?"

Sindri hummed in thought "Y-Yes actually. I've also heard that a Demon General is here as well,"

Naruto started to grin "Perfect! This gives me a chance to get information about the Lost when we find the demon general," Cutting out of his thought as he said "Alright, good to know. We'll keep a lookout on our part. Same to yours as well,"

"Of course! I wouldn't let those ruffians take my stuff!"

"Right…well good luck with your business as usual while we do ours. Meet up here?"

"Yes, same place,"

"Alright then, good luck. Let's go everyone," then Naruto and co left the merchant to begin their search for the Demon General.

As they traveled along the snowy path which they've taken earlier, Naruto noticed that Usalia had been silent for a while ever since they came to the new NetherRealm, making him wonder if she's alright or is deep in thought.

Naruto decided to call out to her "Hey Usalia, are you alright? You been quiet ever since we got here," But no response until he said her name a bit louder "Usalia!"

This snapped the bunny girl out of her thoughts as she looked surprised "…What!? I-I'm sorry. I was thinking about how to combat the decreases both in birth rates and aging population, plip,"

This left Naruto and others in a very confused state as he did not expect that kind of response from Usalia which he doesn't know how to respond to that with his only logical answer being "Uhh…ok?" he got back to his original question "So what's on your mind Usalia… Are you scared?"

"…Are you all not scared, plip? When your enemy is Void Dark, that means ten billion Lost soldiers are out to get your life. Among them is the Demon General who cast that spell on me…," asked Usalia worriedly.

Kurama who arrogantly scoffed "Bah! That's not a problem for us, we've been through much worse. In fact, this is exactly what we want. No matter how many Lost Soldiers he sends after us, we'll defeat Void Dark and become the strongest demons above all NetherRealms!"

"Strongest above all?" asked the bunny girl in shock

Naruto explained "While there are times I would like to avoid violence if possible, but if given no other choice, then I'll do what I must. I'll continue to fight like I always have and train to reach even greater heights that no one else has. That has always been my goal aside from protecting my friends,"

Even the blue Prinny joined in as he spoke up "I want to be just as strong as Master Naruto, dood. I'm tired of how us Prinnies are always being seen as weaklings who are at the bottom of food chain, being carelessly used as their shield, getting thrown to sacrifice others or just having to endure the cruelty due to our past sins as humans even if we are to pay for it, dood. Well no more, I want to prove to the Netherworlds that us Prinnies are just as strong as other demons, if not, even an Overlord. I want to become the strongest Prinny where I can stand next to Master Naruto and not have anyone looking down on me due to my Prinny status, dood,"

Both Naruto and Usalia were very surprised to hear this, particularly Naruto as this Prinny wants to stand alongside him to become strong which he felt touched by these words as it reminds him how Konohamaru wanted to be like him as his student. But not much as Usalia as she was looking at them in amazement upon hearing their own reasoning to become stronger if it means making an enemy of Void Dark and his Lost Army. Even Kurama didn't scoff at the blue Prinny, seeing his ironclad determination being disturbingly similar to that of Naruto's.

Usalia spoke in a sad wishful expression "…You are all so strong. I don't have that kind of strength at all. That's why my mother and father were killed by the Demon General, and my home world was destroyed. Yet I still live on in shame…I would have been my father's successor…as the Overlord of Toto Bunny, I should get revenge and take back my home world, but…I want to be strong, just like you guys. And get revenge for my parents, plip,"

Naruto looked at her with a small frown after listening to her "Revenge… why is it always revenge…," he began remembering about Sasuke as he was so hellbent on getting revenge on his brother in order avenge his clan and parents that he would do anything to get it in achieving power. He doesn't want to see Usalia going down that same road like he did. And the same could apply to Killia and the others too but not as much as Killia does for he can tell something major happened that warrants his hatred towards Void Dark.

Naruto looked at Usalia straight in the eyes as he said "Usalia, I understand what you're going through, I really do. You want to avenge your parents by getting rid of Void Dark for how he and his Demon Generals took everything from you, even your home. I'm really sorry that it happened to you, but revenge is too heavy of a burden for a child to carry on their shoulders. I personally know what revenge can do to people that continue to go down that route, nothing good would come out of it and I don't want that happen to you. It would be better if you don't try it at all,"

Usalia looked down "I know, plip. But if I can't do that, then my life would have no purpose-"

"Don't say that Usalia!" Naruto cuts her off while grabbing her shoulders "There is always a purpose in life. You don't have to throw your life away just for the sake of revenge. It's only an ambition, a goal. I don't want you to let it take over your life! No good would come out of it, it never does. If you continue to put your life on the line just for revenge, then you'll-," before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted as a bunch of Lost Soldiers appeared right in front of them.

The blue Prinny began to panic a bit "It's the Lost! What are we gonna do, dood?

"What else? We get in formation and get ready to throw down," Kurama responded.

One of the Lost Soldiers, a blue Imp announced "We finally found you, Usalia of Toto Bunny! And what better luck, we even found Naruto Uzumaki and Kurama who're tow of the Most Wanted to the Lost Army!" Usalia was alarmed upon hearing this and started to wonder why they're after Naruto and Kurama to the point of having a bounty placed on them by the Lost army.

Kurama sneered "So you want Usalia, huh? It's so sad that they would gang up just to go after a child, how immature of them."

"Too bad they won't get her and they sure as hell won't get me ether. I won't let them get the chance," Naruto had his hand on the handle of the Yamato, ready to unsheathe it.

A Lost Soldier, Gunslinger said "We were informed that you're part of the Rebel Army, aren't ya? We've been authorized to kill you on sight,"

"Get ready, guys!" said Naruto, making Kurama jump off his shoulder and growing in size, Usalia stood atop her yellow Prinny and prepared herself, and the blue Prinny took out a pair of blades from his bag.

Music Start: DmC Devil May Cry OST; Never Surrender

Naruto did a quick headcount of the Lost soldiers before him and saw that they're mostly comprised of Valkyries, Magicians, Imps and Gunners.

"Time to die!" one of the Valkyries lunged at Naruto with a spear and thrusted it at him rapidly, Naruto swiftly parried the incoming attacks with his sheathed Yamato as he constantly backstepped

Suddenly changing on a dime, Naruto slipped past to strike the Valkyrie a few times with the sheath before fluidly taking out the Yamato to slash her with the blade itself before sending her flying with a powerful diagonal slash before resheathing the katana and taking a more relaxed stance.

Hearing a click, Naruto turned to see one of the aiming at him with their dual handguns then opened fire, the Nephalem unsheathed the Yamato and proceeded to slice the incoming bullets apart until the Gunner ran out of ammo "My turn, Air Trick!" Naruto suddenly disappeared from where he stood and reappeared before the gunner via teleportation the he attacked with an upward strike from the Yamato to launch himself and the gunner into the air where he unleashed a barrage of sword strikes before sending him crashing down to the ground and landing afterwards.

"Assault Circus!" Usalia had her Prinny curl up into a ball and spinning quickly with her running backwards atop as both rushed forward, barreling through a group of imps and knocking them down before she leapt into the air with a somersault and launched a volley of razor-sharp spoons as if they were kunai before landing atop her Prinny which unleashed an energy beam from its beak which Naruto noticed and thought to talk about later "This is the power of curry!"

"Take this, dood! Prinny Barrage!" the blue Prinny leapt into the air and began swinging his swords to launch spinning crescent-shaped waves of energy at some of the Imps "How's that, dood?"

"You're dead Prinny!" an Imp was rushing towards the Prinny with clear intent to destroy him when the demon suddenly found himself enwrapped in a long orange furry tail which proceeded to slam him to the ground repeatedly until he was battered all over and long since unconscious before being tossed away by Kurama.

"You seriously need training from the ground up if an Imp could get the drop on you," said Kurama, looking a bit disgruntled.

"Sorry, dood," said the blue Prinny apologetically.

"Whatever, just don't go attracting too much attention to yourself,"

Back with Naruto, he was engaging the magicians and Valkyries as the formers were launching spells at him whilst the latter were engaging him in close quarters. The ninja had switched over to the Sparda whilst alternating between the Trickster style to evade the incoming spells and the Royalguard style to deflect the physical strikes from the Valkyries' weapons. Naruto immediately took to the offensive by attacking with multiple slashes of the Sparda with some of the swings circling around him for radial attacks before lunging at one of the Valkyries with the sword morphing itself into a spear "Million Stabs!" then he unleashed a blinding whirlwind of stabs with the final thrust being what defeats the Valkyrie before turning towards the next one.

"I'm putting an end to you, Sonic Smash!" the Valkyrie leapt back a long distance and started running towards him whilst enshrouded in golden energy and rapidly picking up speed.

"If you're going for it then so will I, Stinger!" Naruto reared back with the Sparda while it's still in spear form and performed a high-speed lunge attack as both clashed in the middle but Naruto's attack won out and overwhelmed the Valkyrie, resulting in her defeat as well.

But then he saw one of the magicians preparing a spell for a Mega Fire and quickly reacted "Griffon, Shadow! Intercept the target!" the aforementioned Shadow Guardians appeared and rushed forward.

"Got your back, N! Cause dying is wack!" said Griffon with Shadow growling in affirmation as the former fired balls of lightning at one of the magicians, disrupting him from completing his magic spell while the latter dove into the ground and lashed out with multiple tentacles at the other one.

"Astral Wave!" one of the magicians formed a magic circle and launched a white beam of magical energy which Griffon managed to avoid by rapidly ascending into the air "Time to fry!" he called forth a pillar of lightning to strike down from the sky then he swooped forward while enveloped in electricity to slam into the magician then called down another lightning pillar to finish the magician "And the turkey's cooked, ahahahahaha!

Over with Shadow, the black panther was attacking fiercely with enlarged claw attacks which were followed up with piercing tentacle strikes for stacking damage "Mega Fire!" two small fireballs flew around Shadow before moving above to fuse into a larger version and drop towards its target. However, Shadow dove into the ground right before the spell hit, it snuck behind the magician then lunged out whilst shapeshifting into a form resembling a Venus flytrap to bite down on the magician then pulling him into its shadow and emerging afterwards.

"Stop ganging up on me, dood!" the blue Prinny complained as he ran, his reason for doing so were the group of imps pursuing him.

"Like anything you say matters to us," one of the Imps sneered.

Naruto saw this and wasn't pleased at all, he reared the Sparda back with both hands as it morphed into a scythe "Buddy, duck right now! Roundtrip!" the Prinny dove to the ground with his flippers on his head as Naruto threw the transformed sword overhead and at the imps, repeatedly slicing them up within its area.

Seeing an opportunity, the blue Prinny quickly stood up "Now's my chance dude, Prinny Bomb!" he reached into his satchel and brought out a large black cherry bomb with its fuse already lit, the Prinny initially had trouble keeping his balance due to the weight but managed to toss it with Naruto mentally recalling the Sparda back to his hand right before the explosion "Gotcha, dood!"

"Hold still, you little mutt!" the gunner yelled in annoyance as he continued to shoot at Kurama who was outpacing his shots with the kitsune's eye twitching at the insult which he finds very offensive.

"You've got guts to liken me to a dog, now I'm curious about the kind of guts you have inside of you! Resilient Hide!" Kurama's fur gained a slightly reflective sheen as he charged towards the gunner, all the while shrugging off the bullets till he was upon his target before unleashing a combo of claw swipes, tail lashes and full body tackles before finishing him off with one of his moves "Roaring Cannon!" he opened his mouth to launch a large energy beam to blast him away.

Music End

"Guess that's all of them," said Naruto, having seen Kurama finish off the last of the Lost soldiers as he placed the Sparda onto his back for it to latch on. He looked down at the Yamato strapped to his waist and noted its power which is not to be underestimated. While it's powerful, he knows that he needs to train with it more if he wants to use the katana at its maximum potential with the same going for the Sparda.

Usalia spoke with a sad voice "…Please, you have to understand, Naruto. If you guys are with me, I'll only cause more trouble for you, plip. The one who murdered my parents, destroyed my home world, and is still coming after me is Demon General Majorita, plip. She is very persistent, plip. I know she won't stop coming after me until she finally kills me,"

Kurama quirked an eyebrow "Oh, so you were talking about that short stack Majorita…,"

"So Mar Mar is after your life too, huh? Guess we have more in common then we realize because of her," said Naruto nonchalantly confused the bunny girl.

"Mar Mar? Do you guys know her, plip?"

"Yeah, we had an encounter with her before when we were at the Spirit Interment NetherRealm,"

Usalia was surprised to hear that "I-It's a miracle that you guys had faced her and still live, plip. That's impressive,"

Kurama smirked while puffing up his chest as he said "If you thought our encounter was impressive, wait until you hear that we've fought her and won. She even threw a tantrum at the fact she underestimated us and we were anything but weak,"

Naruto chuckled a bit from what Kurama said but he confirmed it to her "Heh, yeah. Mar Mar didn't take it very well after our fight, she was extremely upset that she lost to us,"

"Sounds to me you guys had fun before you met us," Griffon commented as he perched on Naruto's other shoulder and Shadow rubbed his head against Naruto's leg for attention which he complied with a head rub.

"I'll say, dood," said the blue Prinny.

Usalia was very shocked at what she just heard as she stares at them in amazement and admiration "You guys fought her and won?! Wow! That's so incredibly amazing, plip. I didn't know you guys are that strong. It's extremely impressive that you defeated Majorita and didn't get killed,"

Naruto replied "Yeah, but now we're pretty much Most Wanted because we beat her and for that reason they'll definitely be hunting us, especially Majorita herself. Come to think of it, Sindri has mentioned about one of the Lost Soldiers having talked about a bunny girl that Majorita ordered to be found, guess that means you're her target. Which also means we're both on the same boat since she'll be coming after us,"

"Let her come after us, It'll be all the more satisfying in beating her again no matter how many times she tries," Kurama scoffed.

"Then I hope you don't mind if I light her up like a dead Christmas tree," said Griffon.

"Be my guest,"

Usalia just giggled at this "So that's what happened, plip…we've been brought together in a unique way,"

"While I don't believe in fate, but I suppose it was a coincidence that it led us to you," said Naruto with a small smile.

"Probably because we are hunting the Demon Generals and Void Dark to get rid of a very annoying problem later on. But hey! Given that we're all targets in the shorts stack's hit list, we could use Usalia as bait given Majorita has it out for her first. That'll be something," Kurama commented offhandedly.

Naruto who frowned at that idea and immediately scolded the fox while flicking his ear "We are not using Usalia as bait. Besides I doubt she'll even agree with that. Right, Usalia… Usalia?" he turned to look at Usalia who appears as if she's…considering the idea!?

"Usalia is bait… I see, plip." She nodded to herself before looking at them with eyes full of determination "Understood, then I think I can help you guys. Usalia will be your bait, plip." Naruto look shocked at her agreeing to become bait while Kurama laughed and the blue Prinny just sweatdropped at this development as the former glared at the kitsune "Now look what you did fur ball! She's fully onboard with that bait idea of yours!"

"I didn't think she was actually considering in wanting to be bait, I was kinda joking on that," Kurama defended himself

Naruto narrowed his eyes "Kinda?"

"…Maybe?" Naruto looked like he was about ready to choke the life out of Kurama as tick marks started appearing on his forehead.

Usalia was just staring at them before smiling at them as she spoke "You know, I still can't get over how someone like you two is strong enough to fight the likes of Majorita which is kinda hard to believe but it's good to know that someone can put her in her place…I just wish I had that kind of strength to do the same to her after what she did to my parents and my home world, plip,"

She felt a hand on top of her head as she looks up to Naruto who smiled down at her gently "Don't sell yourself short, Usalia-chan. I'm sure you do have the strength to beat her, just don't let her walk all over you and once you train hard to gain power and strength, then you'll be the one to put her in her place to avenge your parents and rebuild your home. I'm sure of it,"

Usalia's eyes just sparkled at how kind he was to her despite her situation they both have with Majorita but to Naruto, he didn't let that get in the way. She just couldn't help but admire his personality and his prowess which inspired her to want to be strong like him. She ended up hugging him while saying "You're right. I won't let Majorita get away with what she's done, plip. I want to be strong just like you and have the strength to defeat her and Void Dark. Thank you, plip. I'm so glad I've met you, I just wish I've met you sooner before Majorita came along and ruined everything. My parents would've liked to meet you, plip,"

Naruto hugged her while patting her head which she seems to enjoy as she leaned in the palm of his hand "If they were still around, I'm sure they would've loved to meet me, kiddo,"

The blue Prinny who was watching all this said "Wow! Master Naruto is very passionate and kind. I wish there were others like him out there, dood,"

Kurama said "Who knows? I'm sure there are others somewhere out there in other Netherworlds,"

Naruto let Usalia go much to the bunny girl's disappointment, almost letting out a whine "Alright, I think we're been standing around here long enough. Let's continue on, shall we?"

Which everyone nodded as they continue on their path but not before Naruto asked Usalia something "Usalia-chan, I know you won't give up on your revenge which I understand as it's normal for everyone to feel, but know that I'll back you up every step of the way. Just don't sell out your life away for it. Can you do that?"

Usalia was hesitant for a moment but responded "I-I'll try, plip,"

Naruto smiled "Thanks, that's all I'm asking of you,"

And with that, they resumed their path through the snow-covered environment. After a few minutes of traversing through the snow path, Naruto decided to started up a conversation with Usalia "By the way I noticed that some of your moves were similar to that of ninjas, do you like them?"

"Yes I do, ninjas are so cool, plip!" said Usalia excitedly.

Hearing that, Naruto puffed up his chest "Then you needn't look further cause I too am a ninja but a whole lot better,"

"Really?" asked Usalia curiously then Naruto created a shadow clone who waved at her with a foxy grin, making the bunny girl look at the clone with sparkling eyes of childish excitement "Wow, that's amazing, plip!"

Naruto smiled proudly, then Kurama decided to burst his bubble "You'll find it hard to believe that this brat was the dead last back in the ninja academy,"

"Need I remind you that this supposed dead last kicked your fuzzy butt?" said Naruto angrily.

"Oh ho? Sounds to me like you want a rematch,"

"Unless your rabbit ears are for show, then I'm up for it,"

As the two pressed their foreheads again each other with gritted teeth and were practically seconds away from fighting each other while Usalia and the others watched on Killia and co appeared from the other path and were surprised to see them again.

Red Magnus called out to them "Naru! You and Li'l Usa are back!"

Christo pushed up his glasses with a calculative look "I'm a bit surprised to see you two here after what happened last time in Demunshroom, but it brings me relief to see you both made it out of that portal in one piece,"

Calming down, Naruto then responded "Yeah we're fine, with all things considered,"

"Where did that portal even take you two?" Killia inquired

Before Naruto could give Killia an answer, he felt a negative yet familiar energy as someone just appeared before them in purple mist-like miasma which revealed to be Majorita.

"Oh look, the short stack has arrived," Kurama muttered to Naruto in a deadpanned tone which the latter smirked in agreement.

Majorita step forward towards them as she points a finger at Usalia and Naruto "I finally found you, princess of Toto Bunny. Especially you, Naruto Uzumaki. You and I have unfinished business between us," Then she began to notice familiar faces she had met before back at Spirit Interment "Huh? Looks like you've attracted some maggots," this statement made Killia's group frown at the obvious lack of respect.

Naruto then turned his smirk into a foxy grin "Hey Mar Mar~ Still holding a grudge for losing to us I see,"

Even Kurama mimicked Naruto's expression as he said "Don't hold us accountable just because you underestimated us and ended up losing. Not our fault you didn't take us seriously, you got yourself to blame for thinking we were weak. Ain't that right, short stack?"

"Looks to me like she hadn't been drinking her milk to become this short," Griffon cackled gleefully from Naruto's shoulder.

Kurama joined in the laughter "Now that you mentioned it, you're right!"

Majorita got infuriated as well from forming a tick mark from hearing what Naruto and his friends said "Shut up! The three of you SHUT THE HELL UP! Don't you ever call me 'Mar Mar' or 'short stack'! You both just got lucky, but this time things will be different,"

Naruto quirked an eyebrow in response "Oh I doubt that, but whatever you say. Just don't start throwing a fit once I beat you again, Mar Mar~"

"Grrrrr!" Majorita growling at them with so much hate pouring out of her very being. Killia and co was just sweatdropping at Naruto and his two animal friends that are just rubbing it in towards Majorita.

"Uhh, Naruto? I don't think it's wise for you to anger her," said Christo with uncertainty.

"They're either very brave or very idiotic to antagonize her…I'm betting on the latter. Although I do find this mildly entertaining to see the plebeian getting under Majorita's skin," said Seraphina as she's just watching how Majorita looked like she's about to bust a vein as she's losing her cool because of Naruto and Kurama.

Usalia then stepped forward, unable to contain her hatred "You…! You killed my mother and father! I'll…! I'll never forgive you, plip!"

Killia and co were surprised upon hearing this from Usalia while Majorita switched her attention to Usalia, the anger she had towards Naruto has now shifted to her evil grin after hearing that "Hehehe…Well that's surprising. A kid who used to piss her pants and cry a lot is now trying to challenge me to a fight," Majorita took a few steps towards Usalia "Interesting… Do you really hate me that much?"

Usalia began forming tick marks at her obvious question as if she's mocking her "Do you even need to ask!? Revenge for mother and father…I'll take it now!"

Majorita then started chuckling evilly after hearing Usalia statement "Hehehe, I can't wait to see that rage-filled face of yours become tainted with the look of devastation," she raised a hand into the air, making everyone tense.

"Wh-What do you plan to do?" asked Seraphina nervously

"I'm gonna do this… kill and recycle!" Majorita started snapping her fingers and out of nowhere, corpses started to appear around the gang as they were getting surrounded by their numbers she summoned.

"Tch! This girl is…" said Killia, looking a bit annoyed upon seeing this many corpses around them.

Christo adjusted his glasses "Ah yes, the Corpse Master Overlord. Summoning this many corpses at once…there's nowhere to escape,"

Usalia looked very annoyed at having to deal with Majorita's corpses she's making them fight against "Urgh… I'm not going to lose to these guys, plip,"

Naruto said "You won't Usalia, in fact none of us will," he then stepped forward to confront Majorita "Hey Mar Mar, have you not learned anything from our previous fight? What do you hope to accomplish by sending your corpses on us? You're making the same mistake yet again,"

Majorita looked a bit annoyed at that 'Mar Mar' nickname again but choose to ignore it this time "Oh don't you worry, Naruto. I know my corpses won't be enough for you, although I would be satisfied if you do lose to them. Besides, I'm the only one who gets to kill you. For now, I'm just saving you for last. I'm going to enjoy killing and recycling you and your mutt to add to my collection," Then she turns her attention to Usalia "As for you, little girl, did you mention something about revenge? Then overcome these corpses. If you can could get to me without losing any body parts, then I shall reward you by taking you on. Hehehehehe…" after that, Majorita disappeared as she left them to deal with her corpses.

"Now I see why you diss her so much," Griffon commented.

"She's so evil, dood!" said the blue Prinny.

"Eyes up and stay sharp you guys, let's mow em down," Naruto took the Sparda from his back and stood at the ready as Griffon and Kurama got off his shoulders while Shadow padded close to him, growling threateningly.

Music Start: Devil May Cry 5 OST; Devil Trigger

"Stinger!" Naruto wasted no time in making the first move with a highspeed lunge attack as the Sparda shifted to spear mode to pierce through several zombies then flung them off to crash into the other reanimated corpses. He dashed forwards, slashing in wide arcs and spins to cut through the hordes of Zombies when he suddenly felt something grab his legs and looked down to see a pair of rotten hands gripping his shins tightly as the zombies advanced towards him.

"I see what you're trying to do, but it's not gonna work. Demonic Howl!" Naruto opened his mouth to unleash a powerful roar which sent the demons tumbling away from him before he accessed his holy energy "Angel's Judgement!" he thrust a hand to the air to call forth a pillar of holy light with two additional pillars of light appearing to orbit around him in a circle before spiraling outwards to repeatedly attack the demons and damaging them greatly with their weakness "Here's another, Round Trip!" he threw the Sparda while it was in scythe mode ahead of him, sling through the zombie hordes nonstop.

"Want some more? Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto created a shadow clone next to him "Gunslinger!" both immediately unholstered their handguns and stood sideways with their back towards each other and started firing bullets rapidly at the animated corpses with the shells plopping to the snow-covered ground then they swapped positions whilst skillfully reloading their firearms then resuming shooting before recalling the Sparda after the clone disappeared and resumed slashing at the zombies.

"Get toasted!" Griffon called upon multiple pillars of lightning in a row to rush forward and clear a path through the hordes of Sludge demons but had to take evasive action when some of them launched slimy tendrils to attack the birdlike demon only for them to be batted aside by Shadow's own tentacles who then extending its neck and transforming its head into a cross-shaped hook before attacking with a flurry of lashes, splattering the Sludge demons all over the place before lunging forward and transforming into a large spinning two-bladed buzzsaw as it sliced several more reanimated corpses apart.

"Save some for me, will ya? Paw of the Beast King!" Kurama swung one of his paws as it enlarged to a giant size in an arc to send many demons flying into the air then he followed up with an additional attack "Crimson Blazer!" he opened his mouth to release a powerful swirling stream of white flames that has a red-orange flame spiraling around it, incinerating a majority of the hordes of the animated corpses.

"What an interesting weapon Naruto has, capable of changing into different forms in the midst of battle. I wonder what happened to his previous weapon?" said Christo as he observed.

Killia responded casually while punching a zombie away from him "He didn't replace his sword but rather it evolved into something much more powerful. Take a closer look at the sword's hilt and you can tell it's the same one,"

"Ew, it's looks so gross. I'd be embarrassed to wield such a weapon for everyone to see," said Seraphina, looking rather disgusted.

"You would call it that, but Red Magnus think Naru's sword has become even more super along with those familiars of his!" said Red Magnus whilst grabbing two zombies by the heads then slammed them together.

Seraphina responded in a deadpanned tone "Coming from you, I'm not even surprised,"

Meanwhile, Majorita was watching all this with a scowl on her face as she watched her undead warriors being destroyed en masse especially by the Nephalem and his familiars which angered her further.

"They think they can win, let's see how they deal with this…," Majorita began snapping her fingers to summon even more undead demons than before to overwhelm them, gleefully awaiting their expression of despair at the hopelessness of it all.

"Drive!" Naruto swung the Sparda in a reverse grip to launch a crescent wave of demonic energy to slice through several Sludge demons but frowned as he noted the large number of reanimated corpses surrounding them "I should be able to clear them out fast with my shadow clones or any of the chakra modes, but there's one I haven't used yet. It won't hurt to try…,"

After clearing the area around him with Angel's Judgement, Naruto sat cross-legged on the ground and called out "Kurama, Griffon, Shadow! I need you guys to cover me while I gather energy!"

"You're not planning to use Sage Mode here, are you? There's no natural energy here," Kurama pointed out.

"I know what you mean, btu I figured with my new constitution I can do something similar,"

"What's he talking about?" asked Griffon confusedly.

Kurama explained "He intends to absorbs the energy around him to empower himself, but the problem is that what's he about to do is different from how he usually does it,"

"Trust me on this, I've never steered you wrong," Naruto insisted.

"*Sigh* Fine, but I'll reserve the right for an 'I told you so' if this goes south,"

"Thank guys," Naruto closed his eyes with his fists pressed against each other as he began to meditate.

The blue Prinny was cutting down some Sludge demons and felt a sense of satisfaction when he saw Naruto's current state "What's he doing, dood?"

"I don't know, but it must be important if Mr. Kurama and the others are protecting him, plip," said Usalia who was just as confused. Even Killia and the others noticed Naruto's odd behavior but were too busy fending off the undead demons to comment on it.

"What's that loser doing, perhaps he's finally realized how hopeless it is to face me? But wait…," Majorita frowned in thought "Why hasn't that mutt of his transformed yet?"

Naruto felt the energy of the NetherRealm seep into his body as he meditated "It's working, so far so go-," his thoughts were suddenly disrupted as the energy began to go wild much to his shock as it tried to overwhelm him "What the, is it trying to take over my body? But natural energy never acted this way!" then it hit him, this isn't natural energy so he shouldn't expect the energies of the NetherRealm to act the same way. Unlike the former which could be gently invited into his body, the latter needs to be tamed and brought under his control.

With that in mind, Naruto proceeded to reign in the chaotic energy and bring it under his control. Then he felt his demonic side begin to resonate which made it easier for him to control the energy akin to that of a parent bringing a stubborn child to heel "Alright, now we're getting somewhere…,"

From the outside, everyone saw Naruto be engulfed in a cyclone of red energy for some time which then dissipated to reveal Naruto standing but having changed in some ways. He possesses a pair of demonic horns made of red energy protruding from his forehead with red glowing eyes and veins on his face.

"Well now, looks like you've proven me wrong yet again," said Kurama.

Griffon commented "Sounds to me like he does that a lot,"

"Like you wouldn't know,"

Everyone could feel the heavy pressure from Naruto who stood there calmly.

"W-What did he just do to himself?" asked Seraphina nervously, something about merely looking at Naruto makes her feel like being far away from him and hoping to not catch his attention.

"The amount of energy emanating from his body is not to be disrespected," said Christo, his skin paling slightly.

"Red Magnus doesn't know what Naru did but it's making Red Magnus super nervous," said Red Magnus

"…," Killia didn't say anything but the single drip of sweat more than told others what he thought of Naruto's sudden boost in strength "That meditation of his must have given some sort of temporary boost, I wonder how long it will last?"

Naruto held the Sparda with one hand and stretched the other towards the hordes of undead demons then spoke in a calm tone "Dark Clutch," an arm of demonic energy formed around Naruto's arm but it didn't launch itself at a single, instead it rather formed a dark sphere of energy which pulled the surrounding enemies towards him then he prepped up a counter "Dance Macabre," he proceeded to unleash a streaming barrage of sword slashes that dance around the doomed targets with breakneck speed, finishing with a home run swing which launched a massive horizontal crescent wave, bisecting a numerous amount of undead demons in one go

Naruto held out a hand and formed a Rasengan which grew larger by the second to the point of having to hold it above his head, he leapt into the air and dove towards the ground "Demonic Sage Arts: Giant Rasengan," he rammed the giant sphere into the undead demons and expanded, grinding everything it touches into molecules as the empowered Nephalem landed a safe distance away from the radius of the attacks.

"Whoa, now that's some serious power up there. He could take all these walking rotten eggs by himself without breaking a sweat," said Griffon in awe of Naruto's power.

"It's no surprise as this is one of his trump cards besides combining his power with mine," Kurama pointed out.

Majorita was sweating at the new power that Naruto has displayed and was destroying her undead toys even faster than before "This guy, just how is it possible that no one has heard of him until now!? Which NetherRealm is he an overlord of to be this powerful? He's proving to become a real threat to our plans,"

Soon enough, Naruto and the others had completely cleared out all of the undead but then they noticed that Majorita was gone which annoyed them a bit as the Sage Mode wore out and Naruto was back to normal.

Music End

Red Magnus looked annoyed as he said "That little brat…really pisses me off. She uses Zombies instead of fighting for herself,"

Usalia nodded in affirmation "She always does exactly what her opponents hate the most. That's Demon General Majorita's strategy. The evil smile she had on her face when she cast that spell on me… It still haunts my dreams,"

Christo blinked in surprise at the statement and asked "Wait, so Majorita was the one who cast that spell on you that made you go berserk?" Usalia nodded as Christo turns his attention to both Naruto and Kurama "And you guys know about this?"

Kurama shrugged in response "Yeah, we figured it was Majorita as she seems to have it out towards Usalia so it wasn't that hard to figure it out. I'm surprised you guys didn't catch on,"

"To be fair, we have yet to meet the other Demon Generals so I would understand if they didn't think about that possibility," Naruto pointed out.

Seraphina then decided to comment "Well, Majorita sure has that charming personality. I do wonder what kind of environment was she raised in to end up like that?"

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Somewhere else unknown we see Majorita talking to herself as she recites a mantra of sorts "Kill and recycle. Kill and recycle. *Sigh* I have to end this war quick… Demons are so helpless and pathetic… That is why we need a powerful ruler, like Lord Void Dark… Lord Void Dark is the only one fit to unite and rule the disorganized Netherworlds… So, I need to kill more demons and just kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill…,"

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Back with the group, Killia went to speak to Naruto who was petting Shadow due to the panther seeking his affection "That power you just used, I've never seen anything like it,"

Naruto quirked an eyebrow "You're asking about my Sage Mode?"

"I too am curious about it, such power was quite fearsome as we felt its pressure," Christo added.

The Nephalem contemplated for a bit then decided to tell them about it "My Sage Mode involves me absorbing the energy from my surroundings and fusing them with my energy to achieve it. While in Sage Mode, everything from strength, speed, durability to my techniques is doubled in power. But I'm rather surprised to hear that you felt pressure since it doesn't usually happen,"

"It's most likely due to the demonic energies you absorbed having a different effect when you usually absorb natural energy back in the past," Kurama pointed out.

"You have a point there," said Naruto thoughtfully, for odd reasons he felt very aggressive when he used the demonic energy to access the Sage Mode, he might need to be careful when using it.

Seraphina spoke up "And what's with that sword of yours, frankly I prefer the old one better considering it looks rather ugly right now,"

"Hey, watch your mouth lady. I ain't gonna let you disrespect the Sparda as long as I'm still flapping these wings!" squawked Griffon indignantly.

"Did he just say Sparda? I believe I've heard that name somewhere before," thought Christo with a small frown.

"Well, Red Magnus approves of such power and the sword is perfect for striking fear into the hearts of our enemies!" said Red Magnus in full support.

"Gee, thanks Red Magnus," said Naruto awkwardly.

Killia then turned to speak to Usalia "Usalia," however, she wasn't responding so he tried again but louder this time "Hey, Usalia,"

This time she responded to him as she spoke with a surprised expression "…Huh!? Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking about measures I can take to combat global warming, plip,"

Killia had no idea how to respond to that, he looked at Naruto and inaudibly asking if this happens which Naruto noticed and just shrugged his shoulders while inaudibly telling him 'Don't worry about it, just go with it' which he seems to understand and decided to not ask about it

"Usalia, I know both you and Naruto have your own agenda, but if you're gonna follow us, then I need you to promise us one thing,"

This piqued the rabbit girl's curiosity "Wh-What is it, plip?"

"If you encounter Majorita again, don't act on your own. I don't want to be interrupted. Understand?"

Usalia understood as this is similar to what Naruto promised her "Y-Yes. I'll be careful, plip."

Then Red Magnus asked Killia "Hey Killia, don't you think you're being a little strict on the kid?"

Seraphina responds to Red Magnus question with a scolding tone "You fool!" she pulled out her pistols and began firing a few rounds of bullets at Red Magnus which made him fall to the ground as she explains "Sir Killia is being strict with her because he's worried she might overreach and end up losing her life. Do you not understand that undemonic kindness?"

Killia responded while closing his eyes towards her "…You. Stop putting words in my mouth,"

Seraphina said with her cheeks tinged pink "My, please excuse me❤️"

Kurama who rolled his eyes at this while pretending to coughing mischievously "*Cough* simp *Cough*" Naruto started to chuckled a bit at what Kurama said, of course Seraphina heard it too which a tick mark formed while resisting the urge to shoot both the fox and Naruto.

Killia frowned a bit "But for a little girl like Usalia to bare that much hatred, something big must have happened to her,"

Naruto answered him "You don't even know the half of it. I only know bits and pieces about what she told me so far. She lost both of her parents and her home world was destroyed which Majorita is the main cause for it. That's about as much as we know about it,"

Usalia spoke sadly "…Even now, I clearly remember what happened, plip," everyone listened attentively to her story "My father built Toto Bunny all by himself for demons who don't like to fight. Even though it was a Netherworld, it was a peaceful place. But…then Demon General Majorita showed up and everything changed in an instant. My mother and father resisted till the very end, but I wasn't able to run away in time, so Majorita cast a spell on me…"

Seraphina answered "And then you had to obey,"

"Yes. Majorita's spell would turn me into a beast and ultimately kill me, so I had to weigh my life against the fate of my world. Majorita approached my concerned father and told him that if he obeyed her for a hundred days, she'd remove the spell. My father believed her and obeyed Majorita. But that was part of Majorita's trap, and it was only the beginning." Everyone was staying quiet as they continued to listen, especially Naruto and Kurama while the former was looking serious and quiet the more he listened in her story of what Majorita's actions has caused which Kurama was giving a few glances at his way to see what he's thinking while listening to her story "Some did nonstop hard labor, some were told to become suicide bombers on other Netherworlds and some were just killed for sport. But everyone in my home world obeyed for the sake of Toto Bunny's only successor, me. But… But…my mother and father were killed before the hundredth day even came. Like a child who had gotten bored of its toys, she killed them and took them apart…!" Everyone who listened to her story had various reactions, especially Naruto who has a serious expression while closing his eyes.

"So that's what happened… clearly Majorita is more of a scumbag then we thought who thinks she controls Life and Death whenever she pleases. That does not sit well with me," said Naruto who didn't bother with her nickname as he clearly sees what kind of person she truly is from what he's hearing.

Red Magnus then said "A true Overlord should fight fair and square in a clash of power against power… What a coward! That little brat… Red Magnus will never forgive her!"

Kurama added his own thoughts "Nor would she receive any forgiveness she doesn't deserve,"

"T-That's way too evil, dood," said the blue Prinny, clearly not liking what he had heard

"Obviously, I can't forgive Majorita, but I can't forgive myself, either," said Usalia, clearly feeling frustrated

Killia asked confusedly "…What do you mean?"

Kurama answered for him "What she means is she felt it's partly her fault for not at least taking action or anything against Majorita,"

Naruto look at Kurama while giving him a warning tone "Kurama…,"

"I'm just saying!" The fox defended himself.

"No, it's ok Naruto, Kurama is right. If I wasn't dragging them down, my parents wouldn't have been killed. Or if I was brave enough to end my life," said Usalia sadly.

Naruto intervened at that sentence "Usalia, you know that's not true,"

"But it is true. Everyone died because of me. They must all hate me. So, when I'm done getting revenge…"

Everyone was looking at her in a somber experience, especially Naruto as he wanted to comfort her but he couldn't from learning how she felt and everything.

Christo witnessed all this while thinking "I thought there was something more behind her motivation, but she's purely driven by vengeance… The love her parents had for her was strong, so her determination to get vengeance is equally strong… Love, huh? I didn't know demons were capable of such a thing. I…,"

Suddenly from out of nowhere, Zombie corpses appeared before them which they instantly knew were from Majorita who had sent more after them.

Red Magnus was annoyed at what they'll up against "Zombies agaaaiin? More of that little brat's henchmen, huh?"

"Is she testing us or just messing with us? Probably just messing with us…," Killia wondered

Naruto frowned "She's toying with us is what she's doing. She really thinks her Zombies are gonna be enough to stop us,"

Seraphina fumed at how Majorita is playing with them for fools "My pride will not allow me to be toyed with by some child," Then she gave Killia a command "Sir Killia, get rid of them, now,"

Killia sweatdropped as he looked at her "…Uh-uh, you're gonna hafta fight, too,"

"Yeah, pinky. Instead of ordering others to do your battles for you, you need to get into them yourself. So, get off your high horse and get your hands dirty," Kurama chipped.

"That's right, we aren't playing chess here!" Griffon snarked.

This only made Seraphina growl at them "Be silent! I will not be disrespected from a mutt and bird like you two!"

"Whatever…," Kurama rolled his eyes as everyone got in their battle stances and prepared to fight once more.

Music Start: DmC Devil May Cry OST; Zombie Fistfight

Naruto did another quick headcount to see the kind of demons that Majorita had sent to attack them and identified to be zombies, maids and oddly enough rabbits. For some reason, Naruto felt uncomfortable, maybe it has something to do with Usalia's story

Snapping back into focus, Naruto called upon the Six Paths Shakujo into his hand and rushed towards some of the zombies who swung their claws at him. He parried the incoming strikes away from them then began bashing at them rapidly when suddenly the Shakujo flew out of his hands and twirled behind him like a propeller when he heard metallic clangs and looked back to see arrows on the ground, having been fired by the maids from a distance.

He quickly flung a handful of shuriken and formed several handsigns "Shuriken Shadow Clone jutsu!" the shuriken multiplied into a thousand copies of the originals, taking down some of the maids while the others were forced to retreat for the moment. Naruto turned to look at the Shakujo with surprise "I didn't know that the staff could do that,"

"The Six Paths Shakujo has partial sentience not to the point of talking to you but to perform certain actions on its own to help you. The old man's Shakujo often did that when he was fighting in the past, it will act according to your wishes," Kurama explained.

Upon hearing that, Naruto got an idea as he held the Shakujo horizontally with both hands and concentrated "Split!" it complied to his wishes and divided into two short staffs with one half bearing the circle with rings attached to it and the other end having the crescent moon "Alright, now we're getting somewhere!" he held them at both sides and dashed forwards to reengage the enemy.

"Take this, plip! Flatty Dance!" Usalia brandished her weapon which turns out to be a large wooden mochi mallet and proceeded to pound the zombies into the ground as if they were wooden stakes with great speed and power then turned towards her next targets "Mega Star!" she conjured a magic circle beneath the feet of several maids as two shooting stars spiraled around them then rose into the air before a large pillar of light shot down and engulfed them in its powerful ray.

"Roaring Cannon!" Kurama unleashed a powerful beam of energy at the undead Rabbit but it managed to jump out of the way and swing its sword at him but he used one of his tails to deflect it with a scowl on his face "How I hate rabbits,"

"Last I checked, the kid has traits of a rabbit," said Griffon who was firing lightning bullets at the rabbit but was missing his target as well much to his irritation.

"I hate rabbits in general but she's the lone exception,"

"You're making me curious as to why you hate rabbits,"

"I'd rather not talk about it," Kurama shivered upon recalling Kaguya and how she had consumed him and the other Bijuu until Naruto and the others rescued them. Snapping back into focus, Kurama extended his tails to grab the rabbit who leapt into the air to evade but it turned out to be a trap as Griffon swooped in from above to grab the rabbit by the ears and wasted no time in electrocuting it before letting it plop to the ground.

Killia stood with firm focus as the maids charged at him with spears in hand before moving to counter them "Exploding Tiger!" he moved at blurring and suddenly appeared behind the maids who were encased in ice which then shattered into pieces. He swiftly somersaulted backwards when a couple of rabbits attempted to attack him from his blindspot "Hellfire Shot!" his fists ignited in flames before he rapidly punched, launching numerous fireballs to rain down upon them before finishing up by launching the last but largest one which incinerated them "…hmph,"

Christo adjusted his glasses as he looked at the incoming undead demons with a calculative gaze "This fall within my calculations, Piercing Light!" he conjured a white magic circle in front of him which then unleashed a barrage of arrows made of light, piercing through them and eliminating without a trace. He was caught off guard when a couple of maids attacked him from behind and he wasn't able to react in time.

"Steel Arm Lariat!" a large red skinned arm swung out to intercept the maids, sending them flying away then Red Magnus appeared with his enlarged arm returning to its normal size "Never let your guard down, Lil C'sto!"

"Why yes, quite careless of me," said Christo, feeling a little embarrassed at what almost happened to him.

Naruto was currently engaging several zombies and rabbits whilst wielding his Shakujo in dual staff mode and utilizing the Trickster style to keep up with them the using Claws of Nightmare to attack the rabbits whenever they attempt to use their agility against him. He was preparing to use a ninjutsu when he felt his demonic energy pulse throughout his body. Then suddenly, dark energy enshrouded his hands and legs then shaped into razor sharp claws.

Naruto looked at the claws in confusion "What's going on?" then a window popped before him with a message.

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[An unforeseen synergy between the Claws of Nightmare skill and the Trickster style has led to the creation of a new demonic skill

Darkest Fears; rip and tear your enemies apart with claws of darkness and drain their life energy to restore your own]

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"Using two different techniques created a new one, that's pretty cool," Naruto released the Shakujo to reconnect to its default form and float close behind "Let's give this new move a try!"

Naruto dashed forward and attack with consecutive kicks combined with a rush of scratches, then he followed up with a continuous somersault kick along with several more scratch attacks before finishing up the assault with a drill rush attack via the claws on his hands, taking down the undead demons surrounding him.

"Whoo!" Naruto looked at the claws again "If I can create a move like this by combining techniques, I wonder what else I can create?"

Music End

Eventually the battle was in favor of Naruto and co as they had already taken all of the undead demons down.

Then Kurama spotted a last remaining corpse that survived and called out "Hey guys! We got one that's still clinging on!"

Everyone came over as Naruto got a good look at the corpse "That corpse's appearance, it looks different compared to the rest. It looks like it resembles that of a-," Before he could finish his train of thought, the corpse who was struggling to stay alive managed to say something that got everyone shocked.

"L-Lady…Usa…lia…"

Everyone especially Usalia herself couldn't believe what they just heard which made her run up to the corpse but unfortunately, the corpse died as it dissolved out of existence. Usalia didn't say a word but everyone can tell she was upset.

Red Magnus then asked "H-Hey, Lil Usa, wasn't that…?

But she didn't answer which Seraphina pretty much answered for everyone "C-Could it have been…Toto Bunny's…?"

Christo confirming it as he spoke in a solemn "That is certainly possible. Majorita is the Corpse Master Overlord after all. She can restock her forces by using the bodies of civilians she murders from various Netherworlds as her servants. Plus, corpses don't require food or water. It truly is kill and recycle,"

"It's as I feared, it's a lot like the Reanimation jutsu in a way as it's somewhat similar," Naruto recalled how the Allied Forces had little to no choice to fight their loved ones who were resurrected to served Kabuto and Obito, and then it became a nightmare when Uchiha Madara resisted the Kinjutsu's release

Seraphina crossed her arms in thought "Well it's far more economical than using Prinnies, and they seem far more useful. I'm rather jealous and at the same time outraged,"

Kurama, Griffon and the Prinny looked at her as the former spoke "You're sick, you would use corpses as your servants? That's gross,"

"I'm starting to question your sense of priorities here lady," Griffon added.

Even the Prinny shook his head while saying "I feel really insulted that she said a corpse would be more useful than us Prinnies, dood," While they are talking, only Naruto, Killia and Usalia remained silent before the former decided to speak.

"Usalia, I know what you're thinking, and I know that you're hurting from what Majorita has done, but there is still time for you to change your mind if you can't go on," said Naruto with a gentle voice

Killia then added "…He's right Usalia, if you're going to back down, now would be the time. If you keep on going, you're definitely gonna witness something that you don't want to see," Usalia hasn't said a word but she was listening to them which Killia continued "You know what we're trying to say, right?" Usalia nodded, understanding what they're getting at "I will defeat Void Dark. In order to do that, we will face the Demon General who cast that spell on you. You'll get your revenge, even if you don't get it yourself. There's no need for a child like you to do this,"

Naruto finished "Yeah. Your life is more important than just throwing it all away just for the sole purpose of revenge. You may have lost your parents and your home, but you still have a whole life ahead of you. So, Usalia…do you still want to continue? We would understand if you don't,"

Usalia was thinking about the words they said which she looked at the both of them "…It's okay you two. I'm ready to do this," she took a step forward while nodding to herself with confidence and determination "I will handle our battle against Majorita,"

Naruto smiled "That's what I like to hear, don't you agree Killia?"

Killia nodded while sporting a smirk "Heh, yeah,"

"Welp, let's get going. The sooner we find Majorita, we'll be one step closer in getting to Void Dark," a statement which Killia fully agreed, then Naruto called out to the other "Hey! If you guys are done talking, we're gonna go on ahead if you don't want to get left behind. Kurama! Griffon! Shadow! Prinny! Let's go," the four follow Naruto as Naruto, Killia and Usalia continue on the path while the others catching up to them.

"Sir Killia, don't leave me behind!" Seraphina called out as she ran after them.

"Hey, don't go and hog all the fun. That would be super rude!" said Red Magnus

All Christo could do was push up his glasses and just mutter "Oh dear...," As he catches up with the others.

---

As the gang explored the NetherRealm, they reached a big opening then immediately stopped after hearing a very familiar voice "You guys were able to make it all the way here. You're good,"

Usalia recognized that unforgettable voice all too well as she announced "This voice…Majorita!"

Killia stepped forward with a frown on his face "…I'm not here to play games with children. Where are you? Show yourself!"

As if in response to Killia's demand, Corpses started to appear and finally Majorita made herself known in front of the gang with her Zombies behind them as she sneered "Hehehe… But isn't it an adult's duty to play games with children?"

Kurama scoffed in response "A child? You? Bah! Don't kid yourself. You are anything but a child,"

Seraphina added "The things you have done in the past go way beyond child's play,"

Christo adjusted his glasses and added his own input "Her magical powers are also way beyond those of a child's. In fact, I don't believe our opponent is a child," That made both Naruto and Kurama give Christo a deadpanned look as if saying 'Are you serious?'

"Nooo… 'you think'?" said Kurama in a sarcastic tone.

"You're just now realizing that? I thought we established that fact already," said Naruto as if questioning Christo if he was paying any attention which made said person sweatdrop at Naruto and Kurama's sarcasm.

Red Magnus stepped forward with gusto said "Just leave it to Red Magnus! The supreme one will give this super little brat a spanking she'll never forget!"

Majorita looked confused as she actually got a good look at the Oni demon "Huh? You, muscle gorilla. I know you…"

Red Magnus who looked flattered unaware it was an insult as he said "By muscle gorilla, do you mean Red Magnus ❤️?" everyone was looking at Red Magnus with a questioning side glance.

"That wasn't a compliment," Seraphina stated.

Majorita who was too focused towards the muscle gorilla and started to remember who he is before sporting an evil smile "Oh yeah, now I remember. You're the Overlord of Scorching Flame, or at least you were before I destroyed it,"

After hearing her say that, everyone was looking at Red Magnus who looked shocked at this news "Wh-What did you say!? You…!?"

Seraphina then asked "You…destroyed Scorching Flame?"

Majorita explained with indifference "I was going around being destructive and crazy, but you never showed up, I thought you ran away, but it seems you were hiding here,"

Naruto frowned "You're unbelievable, as if it wasn't enough that you destroyed Usalia's home and ruined her life. Now you're going around wreaking havoc across other Netherworlds?"

Majorita simply shrugged her shoulders in response "It's not my fault he didn't do anything about it. Had he taken up action rather than hiding, he would've been able to salvage what's left of his Scorching Flame. Oh well, not like it matters now anyways,"

After finishing her sentence, Red Magnus was really pissed off as he heard enough "It was you…! So, you're the one who did that to my Netherworld!"

Majorita with an evil smile said in a mocking voice "I heard Scorching Flame was full of strong demons, but it was pathetic. Hehehe,"

Red Magnus who looked even angrier the more he listened to Majorita's words as he spoke in a threatening voice "…No more spanking. You're gonna be super murdered!" Red Magnus then jumped in front of Majorita intent in fighting her, however her Zombies got in his way as Majorita turns her back on him to step away. Red Magnus then said in a frustrated tone "Krgh…! Dammit! Fight fair and square!"

Majorita who was enjoying seeing Red Magnus frustration which made her chuckle "Hehehe…Okay, I'll make you a promise. If you can defeat these corpses, then I'll face you,"

Naruto just rolled his eyes at detecting her lie as he said "You're wasting your breath if you think he's gonna accept your false promis-," before Naruto could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Red Magnus who looked ready to accept as he Jumped in anticipation

"Alright! You better hold up your end of the deal!" Naruto looked at Red Magnus in disbelief that this musclehead would accept her lie like that.

Kurama stared at Red Magnus in annoyance "You're a fricken idiot, I hope you know that," Majorita left the group to fight the undead demons yet again.

Music Start: Devil May Cry 5 OST; Psycho Machine

"Haaahhh, let's just get rid of these guys quickly," Naruto reached for the Yamato with intention to use it to swiftly deal with the undead demons when Christo called out to him.

"Please wait for a moment, Naruto. Do you see those colored crystals ahead of you?" said Christo.

Naruto looked ahead to see the aforementioned crystals of varying colors and also that there were panels sharing the same colors which were certain areas then turned back to Christo "Yeah, what about them?"

"Those are Geo Crystals and Geo Panels which are known to grant certain effects to whoever stands on them. But beware as the effects could be either positive or negative," Christo explained.

"Guess we're gonna have to watch our steps here while we're fighting," said Naruto thoughtfully.

"Hey, how about bringing out the big guy for this?" Griffon suggested "He should be able to clear out all these cannon fodder,"

"I can do the same but hey, let him have some fun," said Kurama with a shrug.

"Alright then…," Naruto stretched out a hand to the air "Nightmare, come forth and defeat my enemies!" the ground began to rumble, alarming everyone then the ground suddenly burst open as Nightmare emerged and stood next to Naruto in silence and yet vigilance.

"The big guy is here, dood!" the blue Prinny exclaimed.

"Just where did that thing come from!?" said Seraphina in shock at the sight of Nightmare.

"It would appear that this one is a familiar of Naruto like the other two," Christo theorized with interest.

"Who cares?! Red Magnus is gonna wreck everything!" Red Magnus rushed at the undead with his axe in a fit of rage.

"He's being reckless," said Killia in disapproval before moving in to engage the enemy.

Back to Naruto, he was dashing towards a chimera with a hand on the hilt of the Yamato "Rising Star!" he moved at blurring speeds then unleashed a spiraling cut to propel himself and the undead chimera into the air "Aerial Rave!" he attacked with several consecutive spinning slashes then sent it crashing down to the ground with a vertical slash.

"Hey N, you got incoming!" Griffon called out in alert as some Sludge demons attacked with multiple tentacles extended towards Naruto who turned to face the incoming attacks.

"I'm on it, Rapid Slash!" he dashed forward, relentlessly slashing anything and everything in his way to pieces till he was upon the Sludge demons and flashed past them. He calmly sheathed the Yamato right as the Sludge demons splattered to the snowy ground. Hearing a low growl, Naruto turned to see Shadow next to him and in then sunk into the ground and waited "You want me to get on?"

Receiving another growl of affirmation, Naruto got on and soon found himself moving along the ground with great speed "Whoa, I didn't know you could do that! Maybe I can put this in good use, Gunslinger!" after holstering the Yamato to his waist, Naruto brought out his Anaconda and Over-Drive handguns and began shooting at the undead demons as he glided along the ground atop Shadow "Honeycomb Fire!" he took aim in front of him and unleashed every single bullet he has in the guns to shred his targets into pieces

Meanwhile some of the undead demons targeted Nightmare who unleashed a brutal flurry of punches which in spite of the lack of speed was quite powerful as witnessed by the sight of several undead corpses being sent flying via its swings. The zombies attempted to overwhelm Nightmare with their numbers by climbing all over its body in order to restrict its movements. However, they severely underestimated the golem's elephantine strength as it spread its arms out and performed a spinning attack, flinging all of them off.

"Alright Nightmare…," Naruto rode up to Nightmare from behind and leapt off Shadow to land atop the golem's shoulders "Let's move them down!" Nightmare fire a laser beam from its core at the ground in sweeping motions which triggered chains of explosion and it leapt into the air raised above its head then swung down to impact the ground and launch a radial shockwave "Divine Light!" Naruto wasn't being idle as he fires rays of holy light repeatedly from the palms of his hands at any undead demons that came close.

"Death from above!" Griffon cackled madly as he swooped towards the hordes of reanimated corpses with Kurama held in his talons.

"Just the way we like it!" said Kurama with a wide grin. Griffon summoned multiple pillars of lightning upon their targets and Kurama followed up by using Roaring Cannon as they swooped in from above.

"Astounding, it confuses me to no end as to how come I haven't heard of him until now," said Christo, his glasses glinting in the light.

"Whoa, they're so cool, dood!" said the blue Prinny with eyes of admiration.

"Hmph, they're just showing off," Seraphina scoffed, looking away since she didn't want to admit that their prowess is not to be underestimated.

"Amazing, plip," said Usalia with sparkles in her eyes.

"…," Killia didn't say anything or didn't need to as his interest in Naruto grew more and more with each encounter.

"RAAAHHH!" Red Magnus on the other hand wasn't paying attention right, having been swinging his battle axe left and right in anger to defeat all of the reanimated corpses in his goal to make Majorita pay for the destruction of his home world.

Music End

After defeating the undead demons…again, Red Magnus held up his axe with a roar of victory and vindication.

"Nice! Majorita, we won! Hurry up and come out here!" Red Magnus declared, but Majorita wasn't showing up "Huh, what's going on here? Why isn't she appearing?"

"…It's pointless, Majorita doesn't keep her promises, plip. I told you; she does whatever her opponent hates the most. That's just like Majorita, plip," said Usalia.

Kurama then spoke up "In other words, you let yourself get tricked, you dumbass,"

Then Christo joined in "Red Magnus' brain is made of gelidium jelly. Didn't you hear what Usalia said?"

"He clearly didn't. Otherwise, he wouldn't just willingly accept her obvious lie," Naruto sighed in disappointment

Red Magnus was shocked upon hearing all this "Wh-Whaaat!? Are you telling Red Magnus that he was super fooled!?"

This question made Kurama who was getting frustrated and annoyed at this man's stupidity snark at him "'Nooo, she was gonna uphold her end of the deal', of course you were fooled! As if it wasn't that obvious to all of us. Do you not possess any intelligence in that simpleminded brain of yours or do you just let your muscles do the talking!? Because if you ask me, it would seem you're not capable of having any brain cells besides just wanting to becoming the strongest,"

"I see no point asking a dumb person if he is dumb, it would a waste of time for those with common sense like us," said Griffon.

Naruto looked at Kurama while attempting to calming him down "Whoa Kurama, chill, chill. No need to be hard on the big guy…even if it's true. Besides, he just learned that his Netherworld was destroyed by Majorita, cut the guy some slack,"

That only made Kurama scoff while looking calmer now "That still doesn't mean he gets a free pass, he was just told from Usalia that Majorita is not meant to be trusted and yet he believed her anyway,"

Usalia clenched her fists in frustration "The one who killed my parents was right in front of me, but was just playing with us… This is so frustrating, plip!"

Killia then spoke up "You're right, but we don't have enough strength to face her. Not yet…"

"Maybe not for you guys, but Kurama and I are more than capable of handling her. We defeated her before; we'll do it again. Right, Kurama?"

Kurama smirking smirked in agreement "You got that right, I'll be more than happy to break her toys again,"

Seraphina who suddenly just remembered something as she spoke "My, how foolish of me. I almost forgot to ask a very important question. Hey you, muscle idiot. Is it true that Scorching Flame was destroyed?"

Red Magnus looked away before responding in a grimly tone "…Yeah, it's true. Scorching Flame was turned into a wasteland,"

Christo then asked "How did that happen?"

"I don't know. I was taking a nap. But by the time I woke up, everything was wrecked. I couldn't even find a single one of my underlings. They were most likely all killed by Majorita… And that's when I noticed I was missing my powers… Dammit!"

Killia hummed thoughtfully with a conclusion "And that's the reason you're fighting the Lost. You want revenge, too…"

"Red Magnus' Netherworld was also destroyed. That means we're both in the same situation, plip," said Usalia, feeling sympathetic.

However, Christo disagreed "No, no. In Red Magnus' case, he was taking a nap while his Netherworld was being destroyed. It's an entirely different situation,"

"Yeah. I couldn't agree more. He let it all happen to his Netherworld while he was too busy snoozing away in his dreams when what he should've been doing was trying to prevent his Netherworld's destruction," Kurama agreed with Christo.

Even Seraphina is agreeing with them "Yes, it's his own fault. He was out shouting 'I'm gonna be the strongest Overlord!' But what was most important to him was taken away. He doesn't have any right to call himself an Overlord,"

"Yikes, everyone's tearing into the big guy," thought Naruto with a sweatdrop.

At this point, Red Magnus was starting to get angry at how they're disrespecting him of his situation "Grr… Shit! You all just watch! Once Red Magnus can unleash his real powers, that little brat will be finished in one hit…! Alright! In that case, Red Magnus will super beat up that little brat, and Void Dark, and then we'll all be even! Then finally, Red Magnus will create a super Scorching Flame and become the strongest Overlord!"

Seraphina then said "…My, what was I thinking? For a second there, I was actually jealous of your flower garden-like brain,"

"Let's get back on track and locate Majorita…again, and this time no accepting any offer she makes," said Naruto, looking at Red Magnus pointedly.

"No worries, Naru. Red Magnus will not be fooled this time!" Red Magnus declared confidently.

"So, you're saying that you can be fooled at any other time," everyone thought with a deadpanned expression.

---

Resuming their search for the demon general, the group managed to locate Majorita once more. Apparently, she was waiting for them albeit surprised to see that they're still alive but then sported an evil smirk yet again.

"Wow …interesting. You guys have faced those corpses and still managed to stay alive. I was looking forward to killing and recycling you guys to add to my collection, but…"

Usalia brandished her weapon, ready to fight "You're the one who is going to die! To avenge my mother and father! En Garde!"

Majorita who stared at her for a few seconds then started to chuckle evilly as she just thought of an idea "Hehehehe… To avenge your parents? Then…what will you do about this?" She raised her hand and as she snapped her finger, summoning two corpses beside her but something about them made Usalia gasp in horror at the sight of who those corpses are "Mother! Father! N-No…!" Usalia looked devastated at the terrible sight of her undead parents as she collapsed to her knees.

Killia who had his eyes closed spoke "…I knew it,"

Naruto looked really angry at the sight before him, not knowing whether to use the Yamato or the Sparda on the brat "You...you truly are the worse. You would desecrate Usalia's dead parents and use them as your servants?"

Majorita sneered in response "Of course. This is the ultimate form of kill and recycle, the tearful reunion. Hehehe,"

Christo who just starring at the corpses with a small frown "Controlling the corpses of Usalia's parents and making them fight her… That is too cruel,"

"Tch! That brat is just like Orochimaru who enjoys desecrating the dead and making them fight their loved ones. Same could be said for Kabuto as well," said Kurama while growling in anger.

"I know, those two are by far the worst," said Naruto, recalling the Snake Sannin and the atrocities which he had caused in the past and also the reason why Sasuke left the village.

Christo who was confused at this new information Kurama just said asked in curiosity "Um, who is Orochimaru and Kabuto?"

Naruto instantly refuted "Don't worry about it. They are not important and it's irrelevant." Christo wanted to pressed more for information but he knows it's not the best time nor place to ask them questions so he would let it slide…for now.

Red Magnus was super pissed at all this "Dammit! Hey, little brat! Don't you have any blood, sweat, and tears!?"

Majorita smirked evilly "Hehehe… This is all for my crusade to create a demon utopia. I will go to any length to be victorious,"

Killia looked interested at this information while Naruto narrowed his eyes at this with the former asking "A demon utopia…?"

"Yes. The unification of all Netherworlds by Lord Void Dark is the only way to rid the Netherworlds of war,"

Seraphina became confused and unsure at this idea "Huh? To create peace in the Netherworlds, you're going to destroy them? That doesn't sound very rational to me,"

Majorita who looked at Seraphina as if she had said something insulting "Be quiet. If all the Netherworlds are unified, then there won't be any point for a war ever again. I, along with Lord Void Dark, will definitely create a Netherworld utopia,"

Naruto who had been staying quiet for a while decided that he heard enough as he finally spoke "You really are a helpless fool," As he said that, he gained Majorita's attention who looked mad at what he said

"What did you say to me?"

Naruto then said again "You keep on prattling that you and Void Dark wanted to create peace in the Netherworlds and your only solution is to destroy them? You're not unifying anything; you're just going around creating mass genocide on a galactic scale. This 'utopia' you spoke of is nothing more than an illusion, a facade. You're not creating peace, you're just creating more wars which is the exact opposite of what you and Void Dark are doing,"

At this point, Majorita looked angrily at Naruto while everyone was watching the two of them as they listened "What do you know about world peace? You have no idea what me and Void Dark are striving for in order to stop all wars. You don't know what you're talking about nor anything about our cause!"

Kurama interjected for his partner and best friend "He knows a lot more of solving world peace then you and Void Dark could ever do. This situation is no different than the one back home which we've dealt with in a similar manner. Your so-called 'utopia' is nothing more than a coverup just to get rid of obstacles that get in your way for your conquest. The more I hear about your dream is reminding me of a certain Uchiha whom I hate had the same kind of ambition Void Dark had,"

Naruto already knows what Kurama was talking about as he was referring to Madara and Void Dark sharing the same ideals in this world. Everyone was looking confused at hearing all this, especially Seraphina as she asked Christo

"Hey Christo, I'm lost here. Do you have any idea of what those two talking about?" asked Seraphina confusedly.

Christo had been listening intensely as he replied "Honestly, I have no idea. I'm trying to figure that out as well. From what those two are saying, I can only assume they've been in this kind of situation before,"

"What do you mean?"

Christo elaborated "What I mean is, judging by the way both Naruto and Kurama explained, it's like they've been in this kind of similar situation as in like…they've been to war like this one. Plus, Naruto look like as though he understands the very grasp of the concept of world peace itself. It's almost like he has solved a world problem before,"

Seraphina looked at the Nephalem in disbelief "Are you sure? I doubt someone like that plebeian and his mutt are capable of that magnitude,"

However, Christo disagreed "It's hard to believe, I know. But something about Naruto tells me, he's likely been through this kind of scenario. I don't know how and why I think that but it just is. We don't know much about them so hopefully in the later future, they'll tell us once they trust us enough to join our Rebel Army," Seraphina reluctantly accepted this answer while looking at Naruto with little interest as if trying to figure him out despite her dislike for him.

Killia who's been silently listening to them stared at Naruto in wonder. If Naruto had been through this kind of problem, then that means they truly don't know anything about them as well as what they're capable of. He really wonders how is it they never heard of him and if he's an Overlord like them.

Anyways back to Majorita who was getting irritated at both Naruto and Kurama as she said "So what if we are? If it means conquering Netherworlds or destroying them in order for our utopia to become reality then so be it. Their lives would serve a purpose for us as we create peace for them whether we spare them or take lives. This is an opportunity we're giving them as we're trying to create a utopia where there'll be no wars, no conflict. Just peace itself. I'll go great lengths in order for this to happen…even if I have to kill as many in order to get it,"

Usalia at this point was getting tired of hearing Majorita talking about her utopia as she said "You dare talk about a utopia after doing this to my mother and father!? Stop fooling around!"

Majorita then shifted her attitude back to Usalia "Stop your yapping. They were one small step towards Netherworlds' unification. You should be grateful. Little girl, I'll kill and recycle you, too. That way. you can be with your parents forever and ever. Hehehehehe…" and she looks at Naruto "And don't think I've forgotten about you. After I'm done with her, I'm coming for you next as I kill and recycle you and your furball to add to my collection,"

Naruto took a stance, making the others do the same "I'd like to see you try…,"

Majorita then sends Usalia's undead corpses of her parents along with more reanimated corpses to fight them while the gang got ready for a fierce and difficult fight.

Music Start: Devil May Cry 3 OST; Divine Hate

"So, what's the plan?" asked Kurama.

"Trying to come up with something," Naruto replied.

"Well, it's a given that you don't want to fight the kid's parent considering the fact that you're using the Shakujo and not planning to use the Sparda or Yamato,"

"That obvious, huh?"

"Been with you long enough to know how you operate,"

Glancing at Usalia who was quivering at the sight of her undead parents, Naruto sighed "Might as well do what I does best; work things out as I go,"

Usalia then noticed Naruto create a Shadow Clone and was confused at his action "W-What are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna have my clone restrain your parents' corpses so that you wouldn't be forced to fight against each other for the meantime while we deal with the other undead,"

"O-Okay," said Usalia, feeling a bit relieved but still tensed.

Nodding to the clone, it activated the Trickster style then used Air Trick to disappear at blurring speeds and get behind the parents' corpses then several chakra chains shot out from his hands to wrap around them, restricting their movements entirely.

"At the very least, we won't lose any focus during the fight," Naruto explained to the others.

"Right, then Red Magnus will be less super reckless!" Red Magnus declared.

Seeing Naruto's actions, Killia understood the intentions behind and dashed to attack a maid, darting from side to side in order to evade the arrows fired from her bow till he was upon her "Phantom Blow," two afterimages of Killia appeared on both sides of the original as they converged to launch the maid into the air with an uppercut before moving at blurring speeds to get behind it to fuse with Killia who had a fist radiating fiery aura to punch the undead demon, sending it crashing down to the ground.

"Tri-Burst!" with a twirl of her handguns, Seraphina rapidly fired a barrage of bullets that ricocheted around the confused zombies before hitting them in their blind spots "And for the finale, Victory Bullet!" she backflipped into the air and took aim before firing a powerful bullet of red energy which left behind a trail in the shape of a 'V' as the zombies were defeated

"Fear my super prowess, Boulder Crush!" Red Magnus slammed his axe into the ground and yanked out a large boulder attached to the blade which he used as a makeshift hammer to smash several zombies "You want some more!? Then have some of my Yo-Yo Trick!" he threw the axe to send it spinning through the air like a buzzsaw as it sliced the targeted zombies in half before flying back to his hand akin to that of a boomerang.

Over with Naruto, he was working alongside Kurama and two of the Shadow Familiars being Griffon and Shadow as they fought off the hordes of the undead demons. Naruto saw there were still more of the Zombies and got a bit annoyed, so he put away the Six Paths Shakujo which caught the attention of the others.

"Hey N, what's the matter? Don't tell you got cold feet all of a sudden?" asked Griffon.

"Nothing like that, just prepping up to take these guys out in one fell swoop," said Naruto as he began gathering his chakra.

Seeing this, Kurama smirked before turning to the others "Try not to blink, you don't wanna miss this!"

Accessing the Dark Slayer Style which was linked to the Yamato, Naruto utilized the Trick Up to teleport himself high into the air where he crossed the middle and index fingers of both hands together "Multi Shadow Clone jutsu!" he conjured over a hundred clones with each proceeding to form a Rasengan before diving towards the undead demons below "Super Rasengan Barrage!" they all descended upon the demons like a meteor shower, leaving no demon unscathed and completely destroyed.

"Whoa…," Griffon was in awe of what he had just seen.

"Would you believe me if I told you that he used a souped-up version of it when we fought each other?" said Kurama mischievously.

"You gotta be kidding me!"

Music End

After defeating the hordes of undead demons for hopefully the last time, the group approached the bound corpses of Usalia's parents with the poor bunny girl being unable to tear her eyes away from them.

Majorita reappeared and taunted them although annoyed that they were restrained from fighting like she wanted "What's wrong? Aren't you gonna finish them off?"

Usalia was being hesitant, struggling with the decision to either finishing them off or not "Errrgh…! I want to get revenge for my parents, but to do that, I'll have to destroy them…!" she tried to approach them but her legs refused to listen to her. Eventually, she couldn't do it and collapsed to her knees in shame "I…I-I can't do it…!"

Naruto looked at her in sympathy "Usalia…," he could understand how hard it is for her to go through with it but it made him angry at Majorita for making Usalia go through this situation.

"You should ease their pain. Hehehe… I feel bad for them. Their daughter is so horrible. Well, you were still a little fun. As a reward, I'll kill you myself. Kill and react. Die, and have fun spending some quality time with your family. Hehehe…,"

Naruto has had enough of Majorita as he stepped forward "You're not killing anyone, but what's going to happen is me giving you another beat down. Instead of you picking on Usalia, why don't you start dealing with me. Unless of course you're too much of a coward to fight me by yourself and rather send your corpses instead,"

Majorita was getting infuriated at what he said but calmed down as she sneered with a dark smirk "Wow, you're really in a hurry to die that badly. Fine, I suppose I can kill her later and just fight with you instead. After all, it's about time I return the favor after you humiliated me. So, I'll grant your dying wish," Majorita finally stepped forward towards Naruto while working up a way to free her corpses from those pesky chains since they're still of use to her.

Naruto and Kurama were smirking as they're finally gonna fight her again with intention of kicking her ass yet again even more than the last time.

However, Red Magnus made the 'wise' decision to get in the way again "Heh! You're finally bringing it. Red Magnus was getting super tired of waiting." He then immediately jumped right in front of Naruto, Kurama and Usalia.

Naruto with a frown said "Red Magnus, what do you think you're doing? Get back,"

"Naruto, Killia, stay outta this. She's gonna pay for destroying my Netherworld and henchmen. She's about to go one on one with the supreme one!"

Kurama was getting annoyed at Red Magnus for butting in "Are you completely brain dead? Get out of the way!"

Majorita hovered before them with her hands radiating with purple energy "A piece of garbage like you is gonna go one on one with Demon General Majorita? Hehehe… how dare you look down on me," She then released her mana energy from her body which pushed back Red Magnus since he was the closest but everyone felt her power, her bad energy is just oozes out of her.

"Ugh…! Such power…! Her power alone has that much impact!" Seraphina said as she was forced to shield her face at Majorita's sheer pressure

"Which means she must've at least held back her power during our fight. That just makes it all the more satisfying when we crush her again," said Kurama who wasn't fazed by her power one bit but was rather grinning in anticipation, same with Naruto.

Christo realized the danger they're all in and immediately warned them "K-Killia, Naruto, this is bad! I recommend we make an emergency retreat! Run away!" But Christo then noticed that Killia is currently chowing down food despite they're dire situation "This is no time to be eating!" Christo in disbelief as he couldn't believe that Killia would choose to eat at a time like this.

"Sorry Christo, we're not running away. We're staying here since Majorita and I have unfinished business with each other. I still need information on where Void Dark is at," said Naruto, he and Kurama were standing their ground and not being pushed back a single inch.

"But Naruto, we are not powerful enough to take on Majorita like you two can. We're not strong enough for this. We need to retreat now!" said Christo in desperation

Naruto however shook his head in response "No can do. We're right where we need to be. You guys are more than welcome to try and escape but I doubt Majorita would just let you go. Unfortunately, you guys have no other option but to survive this outcome,"

Killia who had finished eating spoke up "He's right. It's pointless to run away. We have to force our way out through combat,"

"See? Even Killia understands the situation we're all in. Besides, it doesn't matter whether we try to escape or not, we have no choice but to fight back if you all want to walk out of this alive," said Kurama with a smirk.

"You really are a crazy one, N. but that what I'm starting to like about ya!" said Griffon, cackling madly while Shadow stood next to Naruto and was ever ready to help him.

Usalia was very sad at how this is turning out for everyone right now "E-Everyone, I'm sorry. It's my fault that you're all in this situation…"

Red Magnus gritted his teeth in frustration "Grr! Dammit! Why can't Red Magnus unleash his powers at a time like this!?"

Majorita started to raise her hands up into the air in preparation of something for them "Don't worry, I'll kill and recycle you all. Hehehe… So, you can die first!"

But before she could do anything, a dark armored clad figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere which gained everyone's attention and surprisingly enough, destroyed Naruto's shadow clone before it could react which made the chakra chains disappear along with it.

Majorita looked unhappy at being interrupted as she powered down and confronted the demon in the black armor "…What do you want, Bloodis? Do you plan on interfering?"

"Bloodis… So that's this armored warrior's name? He attacked so quickly that my clone couldn't react in time to defend," thought Naruto in thought whilst staring at the newly arrived dark figure.

"I have orders from Lord Void Dark," Bloodis stated in a cold tone.

That gained Majorita's attention at hearing this "What? Lord Void Dark…?"

Bloodis nodded in affirmation "Destroy Explocution immediately,"

"Why?"

"Do you need a reason to follow Lord Void Dark's orders?"

Majorita was in thought for a moment "Explocution, huh? Alright, I'll destroy it by tomorrow." She then looked at everyone, mainly Naruto and Usalia before giving them her parting words "You're all lucky I don't have the time to kill and recycle you all. Consider yourselves fortunate that your lives have been spared…for now," And with that, she disappeared

"H-Hold on a second, you…!" Red Magnus called out in anger.

"Mother…! Father!" Usalia reached out for her parents but they too went gone as well.

Bloodis who had been silent for a bit now spoke "Now…how should I deal with you guys?" as he said that, he began raising his battle aura which was huge, something even Naruto and Kurama felt that it pales in comparison to Majorita.

"Th-This is the Lost's No.2. He is rumored to be Void Dark's right-hand man, Demon General Bloodis…!"

Kurama then commented "So this the mysterious second Demon General we've been hearing about. Well, he definitely fits the bill for it,"

Naruto nodded in agreement "I'll say. His power is way different compared to Majorita's. It's unnerving if I'm being honest here,"

The Prinny wanted to say something but fear had taken his ability to speak the moment he was about to face Majorita and now Bloodis.

"He he… Such intimidation… Red Magnus is super excited that monstrous contenders are coming out, one after another," said Red Magnus in spite his body shaking all over.

Seraphina looked indifferent but was actually quivering in fear in the inside "Y-Your voice is shaking. Although…I'm not one to talk,"

Killia stepped forward while assuming his battle stance "Overlord Bloodis… If I can defeat him…" then he heard a voice echoing at the back of his mind which sounded just like him but darker and with anger

"Now, hurry up and unleash me. You actually do know, right? That I can kill Void Dark in an instant?" said the other Killia.

Bloodis asked a single sentence with a menacing tone "Obey or die… Which one will you choose?"

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Naruto's Arsenal
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Anaconda - Borderlands

This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto along with his new companions reunites with Sindri and learns from him of the presence of a Demon General in another NetherRealm known as Icic-Hell. At first, Usalia was unsure as she viewed herself as a source of misfortune for anyone that stays with her but was persuaded otherwise by the charismatic Naruto.

Like always, the now bigger group bumped into Killia and the others as they confronted Majorita once more and they all learn the reason why she was pursuing Usalia. It turns out that Majorita was the one who placed the curse on Usalia and destroyed her home world, killing everyone including her parents without any remorse. She even went as far as to summon the corpses of Usalia's parents and taunted her into fighting them which angered everyone especially Naruto and Kurama. Not only that, she also revealed to have been the one responsible for destroying Red Magnus' home world as well albeit he was asleep when it happened, enraging said Overlord.

They ended up fighting Majorita's undead demons repeatedly although Usalia couldn't bring herself to fight her parents. Majorita herself was about to fight them directly when another one of the Demon Generals Bloodis interrupted to give her an assignment to destroy another NetherRealm while he remained behind to face the group with no concealed intention to destroy them.

Had to combine several battles into this chapter with the big one between Naruto and Bloodis coming up in the next one. I also altered the Sage Mode to differ between holy and demonic as it's obvious that there's no actual natural energy for the Toad-style Sage mode to be accessed. Anyways, how the battles are to your liking even though they must be the highest number I've ever done in a chapter. No worries though, Naruto is definitely gonna get payback for Usalia. I'll be coming up with a name for the Blue Prinny as it's going to be a special one compared to other regular Prinnies but I'm open to suggestions on the PMs and reviews. Be sure to read and review like always.

This is Hussbek from Ghana.

Signing out and staying alive.