Disclaimer: I do not own the property of either Hazbin Hotel, or Naruto, both works are owned by Masashi Kishimoto, and Vivienne Medrano respectively.

Chapter 5: Life In Hell

To say that his life has taken a sudden turn for the unexpected could not have been started by anyone other than the young sage. His current status as Pentagram's City's sole living resident was still under the adjustment phase, although given the state of the environment around him, any sort of progress could be described as its own sort of victory.

This, alongside living in Hell for over a month now gave Naruto plenty of time to recuperate back to health, and familiarize himself with his new surroundings. Though he had to give equal thanks to the combined efforts of Charlie, Vaggie, and Nifty for making sure he felt comfortable in being confined at the hotel.

Having already settled comfortably at the hotel, and gotten used to his new acquaintances, albeit, with some slight reservations, especially with a certain red deer, everything else went as smoothly as possible.

Getting up from bed every morning, or at the very least he assumed it was morning given the red sky outside never truly indicating what type of day it was unless you checked the time on the clock. He just woke up around the same time that Nifty herself started to clean the hotel.

This gave the sage a head start on the rest to get his bearings together and start to train his body to fully recover. Even without Kuruma to speed the process of his healing factor, thanks to his family ancestral genes he was still able to heal at a faster rate than most humans.

One of the methods in which helped to get his body back on track was a healthy dose of an exercise regimen that did wonders in not only helping him get better but keep his physique in top shape. He thanked Charlie for having fitted the inn with a fully functional workout center filled with everything an Olympic athlete would ever need to use on the sixth floor, as well as a pool on the roof.

In Charlie's own words, one of the steps to self-healing not only begins within oneself but also within their own body to help maintain the purity of the soul.

This in itself meant that the blond was the only sole person to be seen using the equipment as the rest either didn't care much about working out, or saw it as a pointless venture given that they were immune to many health factors that were typically lethal to living personnel.

The choice was obvious the latter, as he once saw Husk consume large amounts of alcohol that would have definitely killed the most hardened drinkers ten times over.

This did not mean that he wasn't visited from time to time, either when he was in his room relaxing, or during his daily exercising. The visitation themselves mostly consisted of Charlie checking up on him to see if he was doing well, Vaggie seeking a helping hand with some of the heavy lifting needed to be done, and Nifty bringing him meals, or any refreshments after his work-out.

He used these opportunities to get to know them better, whenever they paid him a visit. The majority of the conversations did not yield anything too personal about them, only small bits that helped Naruto understand their characters a bit better.

Learning more about the reasons behind Charlie's goal of creating a sanctuary for sinners was very admiralty for the ninja as he could relate to the princess' plight in having her dream repeatedly ridiculed by others. Even with the critics, Charlie still would not back down on her dream, and instead, choose to take a risk in opening the hotel.

What other aspects of his life that he could infer from their talks was that Charlie truly loved her parents, even if they weren't fully invested in their daughter's goal of redeeming Hell's residents. Her father in particular was greatly opposed to having her daughter pursue such a venture, even with the negative reception from both parents, Charlie still went along with her ambition.

Despite their less than favorable meeting with each other at first, he, and Veggie's relation greatly improved during the work he helped her with. Much of which entitled the blonde in helping Vagatha move furniture, refurbishing the guest rooms, replacing old wallpaper, and other chores to help accommodate future company.

It surprised Naruto how much still had to be done in order to have full functionality at the inn, though he was further shocked by Vaggie's comments on how it was much worse off when she and Charlie arrived to turn the place around.

In her own words "It was a complete shithole"

At first, she was skeptical about the two of them being able to fix such a rundown building, even more since they did not have the support from her girlfriend's parents as they did not support their daughter's endeavor. So much of the expenses had to be paid out by Charlie's own pocket. This included having to sell much of their personal belongings to keep them afloat in paying property taxes, and other essentials they needed to rehabilitate sinners.

This kind of rubbed Naruto the wrong way, as he could not believe that Charlie had to pay taxes just to keep the building her father owned. He would surely keep that in mind whenever he had the chance to meet him.

The time he spent with Vaggie helped to lessen any sort of unease that she felt towards him at the beginning, and felt that he could be someone to rely on if there ever came a time that they needed his help in case of emergencies.

Finally, there came Nifty. Not much had to be said about the fiery redhead to have a good measure of her character, as the briefest of moments spent with the maid could tell you everything you needed to know about what type of person Nifty was.

Out of the trio that he associated with, Nifty took a bulk of the time, as they would talk with each other on a regular basis. Most of the talks happened during his time working out, helping her prepare some of the meals or just adding a few extra hands in keeping the establishment clean.

The moment he unveiled his shadow clones once he had some chakra to spare was quite a shock to everyone. Even more so to the resident porn star who conjured up so many ideas on how to use his clones. To say that his comments did not elicit a response among the females would have been greatly understated.

Though he did take note of how Nifty reacted to the idea of having multiple copies of him roaming around the hotel. It didn't take a genius to figure out what type of thoughts were coursing through her head right at that moment.

Thankfully the time spent with Jiraiya helped to make him a bit less tense when it came to the opposite sex, though it still did not help the blonde cope with having to deal with far more promiscuous characters.

While he enjoyed his time with Nifty, he was surprised at how the small maid took a bit of a liking to the sage too quickly to the point of being quite pressed in making sure that he had everything that he needed. Not wanting to be pampered, or wanting her to overwork herself as a means of pleasing him, Naruto on many occasions told Nifty of being self-sufficient in his lifestyle, and instead of waiting for her just to leave him to his own devices when it came to taking care of personal matters.

At first, she was adamant about offering her assistance to the blonde, as she found it to be the most rewarding experience of helping those in need, even if it meant her services were not being needed. It troubled Naruto to a certain degree in how trusting Nifty could be, as she seemed like the kind of person who would be taken advantage of.

Fortunately, he was able to talk her down in not fretting too much on him, and it pained him to see her have a downtrodden face at the idea of not giving hand, but soon relented if it meant making him comfortable. Their budding friendship still remained strong and continued to grow.

Though he could never shake the feeling of a pair of eyes watching him when alone in the gym, or during the shower. On occasions, he had to ask Charlie for more boxers as they kept disappearing from the laundry.

He wished he could say the same about Alastor, and Husk, but given that both men heavily contrasted with each other in how they contact themselves, it only made sense that the blonde would have a very difficult time being in their company.

Husk was by no means a bad person, foul-mouthed, but not bad. The few times he managed to talk with the alcoholic cat could be described in layman terms as being both awkward, and unproductive in the times he was able to converse with the gambler. The most he got from those discussions was mostly a combination of drunken nonsense or irritation of being put in charge of manning the bar by the red overlord.

It was clearly made evident that the relationship Husk had with Alastor was purely based on the grounds of repaying a debt. What said debt was, was in itself a complete mystery. A mystery that sage hoped to learn more about once he was on better terms with the resident barkeeper.

The one takeaway lesson that he did learn through his sparse talks with Husker was that he was never one to mince his words on what he truly thought about people in general. To which none of the rest of the hotel's inhabitants were spared from his unfiltered opinion of them.

Be it Charlie's endless cheery disposition in life, despite living in Hell. And her goal of purifying the souls of sinners' wishes quickly grew to be irksome.

Vaggie's shrewd personality and times were unbearable in the tasks that she assigned to everyone (Though the jobs themselves were out of necessity for the wellbeing of the hotel).

If his problem with Charlie's personality was to be desired, then his issue with the ever-loving maid was intensified tenfold given her cheerful persona.

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To the best of the blonde's knowledge, he was the only one to be at least tolerated by the card dealer, but that was not saying much.

Angel on the other hand was an entirely different matter altogether. For obvious reasons.

The mere thought of the male gigolo made it hard from keeping down a blush from forming. His interactions with Angel to say the least had been very colorful in comparison to the rest. He could still vividly recall his encounter with the spider during his early recovery phase.

2 weeks after his arrival

Having recovered quite nicely during these past two weeks, and with no means of returning home any time soon, he chose to help around the hotel by doing odd jobs. This mostly stems from a means of contributing back to the care he was giving, as well as doing something productive instead of nothing.

The first such job given to him by Vaggie was to retrieve Angel from his room and make sure he was in time for his daily sessions with her, and Charlie for Counseling up on the seventh floor.

His time spent with the Spider may not have been the longest, with only a few meetings here, and there as Angel always left the building at odd hours. What he did was not clear to Naruto, and when he asked Charlie what Angel did to leave at such hours, her only reply was very vague as if she didn't want him to worry too much about what the spider did on his own time.

The same response was also given by Vaggie who chose to not divulge any info about Angel either. The blonde just chalked it up as being protective of their client's personal affairs. He decided not to pry too much afterward.

"Ok…" Currently walking down the hallway of the fourth floor looking at the numbered signs. "Angel's room has to be number 412" With a quick turn to his left, he was able to spot the number he was looking for. "Here it is"

"I guess I didn't have to be told that this was Angel's room by just the number alone," he told himself as he looked at the graffiti-covered door, which looked as if it were covered in all sorts of markings of crudely drawn symbols, and stains adorning much of the wooden frame.

He proceeded to lightly tap on the door a few times but was met with silence. Knocking once more with a bit of force to his knuckles, silence still greeted him. His third attempt would have been the loudest if it weren't interrupted by the forcibly way the door was swung open.

What lay in front of the ninja was that of a half-naked Angel covered in a very loose kimono that barely shielded his body, and seemed to be on the verge of slipping from his shoulders if he moved too any further.

"WHAT!" he yelled, visibly angry at having been woken up. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"Midday"

"Oh" Having momentarily lost his sudden anger on realizing that half the day was already over.

"Well, it's still too damn early. Not that I don't mind seeing you, but what brings you here in front of my doorstep?" he said, while resting his body on the side of the door frame looking at the human with a puzzled stare still not minding being practically naked in front of the blonde.

Something that Naruto had difficulty with keeping eye contact with the spider, without averting his gaze to somewhere else.

"Vaggie told me to fetch you because you're running late on your counseling"

A silent pause

"Oh, that" Snapping his fingers at the reminder of having forgotten again his sessions with the dyke duo." I thought I was forgetting something," he told himself while looking up towards the ceiling as if in deep thought. "Can't you just tell them if we can postpone this for tomorrow, I kinda had myself a long night"

"Sorry, but Vaggie was dead set on you attending the meeting as she's becoming fed up that you keep on missing dates" Putting an emphasis on dead set as she was very adamant on the drug addict showing up, even if it meant having to drag by force.

"Uhhh!" Heading back to his room without a second thought leaving the door open behind him. "Fine I'll go just give me a sec to get ready"

"Alright, I'll just wait for you here out in the hallway"

"Come on, don't be such a stranger standing by yourself " Waving one of his arms at him." Why don't you keep me company, while am getting ready"

"I don't want to be a distraction"

"You won't, just get your ass in here"

"If it's fine by you, then I guess it is no problem then" With that said the blonde entered the gangster's apartment, and closed the door behind him.

The sight of the interior of the room looked to have seen better days as the once clean headroom had turned into a mess-filled collage made of either plate with half-eaten meals, empty booze bottles, or cigarette butts on a green stained ashtray. Other items that littered the floor seemed to be more personal items that consisted of loose clothing, socks, underwear, and black laced boots.

Over to the wall where a three-way mirror was located was the set-up of countless glass jars of make-up, eyeliners, hanging jewelry, and a few different colored wings lined at the far end of the counter.

Another sight that he found was that of a small bed placed near the main bed that had two sets of bowls in front of it. Both were half-filled with either water, or pellet drops.

"He must have a pet" He contemplated, but couldn't spot one out as the heavy odor of perfume, and alcohol engulfed the entirety of the room.

Some of the more risque objects were that of fur-covered handcuffs, mouth gaggers, short-end anal beets, and a multitude of different-sized dildos.

"Of course he would have those," he thought with a small blush beginning to form as he spotted some white stains at the end of some of the sex toys. It didn't help his heightened senses from smelling their scent from where he was standing.

The smell wasn't that bad.

"Looking at something you like?" He looked upwards to catch the smirking face of Angel who looked at him over the thinly-veiled clothing sheet. One of which helped to center on the outline of his body over the papered wall. "Anything got your interest because I don't mind sharing anything if you'll let me join in"

"N-no!, I was just admiring the view of the…" Too flustered to come up with the right words to say. "Of your room. Yeah, your room is pretty cozy, and well put together…"

"Well put?"

"Yeah…"

A very awkward silence soon enveloped the conversation.

"I'll just wait outside" Before he could move a single step to avoid making this even more uncomfortable he was stopped by Angel's voice.

"Wait! You don't have to go, I was just having some fun with you." Stepping away from the cover wall, with his usual get up, and made his way to his bed to put on his boots. " Look, I wasn't trying to be mean, it's just that I have a habit of putting my foot in my mouth with the things that I say."

"Yeah" Waving his left hand in the air. "Is no big deal. It's just that I am not used to this type of attention."

"If you say so"

"So, do you have a dog or cat with you?" Quickly changing the subject to avoid any further dead air between the two of them.

"Nah, even better than that" Standing up from his bed once he was done putting on his footwear. "Here, sweetie, come to daddy" lightly tapping the bottom side of the sofa with his boot.

The noise that came from under the mattress seemed to indicate movement from underneath, and only getting louder as it got closer to the edge. From the pitch darkness came that faint glow of two red pinkish dots emitting eerily.

"What in the world could that be?" Unsure of how to react to the strange noise emitting from the bedding. His thoughts were soon interrupted by what came forward, and the loud squeal erupted from Angel.

What came from the depths of the bed was that of a small sharp tooth piglet whose snout was covered with the specs of dust bunnies from scavenging carpeted floor.

"Oink"

"Oh, there you are my little nuggy!" Picking up the small pig with his lower set arms, and putting him in a loving embrace.

"Well, wasn't expecting that" As anti-climatic as that was, he couldn't help, but smile at how Angel was reacting to the animal as opposed to how he would usually react to others. The sight was quite nice to see such a loving display.

"I'd like to introduce to you Fat Nuggets" Putting the pig in front of his face to showcase how cute it was.

"Fat Nuggets?"

"Cute name, don't you think?"

"Oink"

Looking at the creature close to its face, he could very well say that the pig was the most normal animal he has laid his eyes on since his arrival. The rest of the wildlife he has seen were far from normal as ranged from one-eye flying bats to murderous sharpened teeth crows.

Nuggets though normal still retain some of the odder features to graze it. It had a triangle curved shape tail, black small spikes trailing its back, and four black spots on its sides that had a faint glimmer when hit by dark light.

"Is its sides glowing?" Leaning a bit closer to see the dark spots begin to flicker as Nuggets squirmed to its sides under Angel's grip.

"Pretty cool, huh," he said while gently stroking the top of Nuggets head, who in turn purred in content. "He's been able to do that ever since I found him wandering by himself in the outskirts of town"

"What were you doing all that way over there?"

" I was just doing a team exercise with some of my coworkers. My boss wanted us to partake in a bit of a nature retreat." he said with a bit of reservation in his voice."And that's where I ended up meeting this little cutie."

"Really"

"Yep, one of the best things to ever happen to me since that moment I got here"Nuzzling the animal even more by the end of the sentence.

Naruto smiled at the display of emotions as it told him a whole lot about the type of person Angel was, maybe he wasn't as bad as he was made out to be by Vaggie. Though he did hold back to comment on Angel's tone when he talked about his work. Probably a sensitive subject.

"His eyes also glow too. Helps to serve as my own personal night light" he added while placing the creature on the ground. Nuggets on his part did not shy away from getting closer to the blonde's leg and started to rub against his leg affectionately. Something that surprised Angel by the looks of it.

"Holy crap, he's taken quite the shine to you" A bit dumbfounded in Nuggets acting friendly to someone other than himself.

"Is that really that surprising?" He asked as he crouched down to pet the pig on its back resulting in an even more happyish purring. "I don't see why he wouldn't be friendly to others"

"Because he isn't," Angel replied as he lowered himself to the same level as Naruto. "Since the moment I adopted him, he has never shown any interest in other people, not even to my best friend Cherri, Hell not even Charlie."

"So, am the first huh"

"Pretty much yeah. How the hell did you even manage to do that anyway?

"For as long as I could remember animals always seemed to have an affinity towards me. I just attributed to my Chakra having a sort of resonance in calming their instincts."

"No Shit. Charlie is gonna be very pissed when she finds out that Nuggets likes you more than her"

"Speaking of Charlie, they're still waiting for you to show up." He reminded the spider as he was on the clock to bring him in." The longer we keep them waiting, the more aggravated Vaggie is gonna get with each passing second."

"Man, that chick has a stick so far up her ass I'll end up coming out the front one of these days" He stated as he took a cig out his breast pocket with the intent of lighting one up, only to have it plugged from his lips from said resident sage.

"Hey!"

"No smoking. Charlie was very adamant of you in not ingesting any narcotics, and by the looks of your room, you haven't kept your end of the bargain. Now you promised her that you would try to get better, and that won't work if you keep doing this behind her back."

"Oh come on, not you too" Tossing his head to the side at the type of reaction being leveled at him."So I smoke a few snubs and drink a bit of hooch that doesn't mean I am off the wagon. I only use it to take the edge off from time to time, nothing else."

His only response from the ninja was that of a long silent stare aimed at him.

"Hey now, stop with th-"

"You Promised"

"Now don't start with the kiddie stuff, promises are a dime of a dozen that most never owned up to"

"Not to me Angel. Never to me" Voice filled with the conviction to back up those words.

Seeing that his attempt to knock some sense into his thick skull was met with failure. All Angel could do was drop his head, and sigh in defeat.

"Fine, you win. I'll go to the stupid meeting" Angel replied, though in a flash he grabbed unto Fat Nuggets, and huggest hugged close to his fluffy chest."But am taking Nugs here too, with how riled up you got me, I need all the stress reliever I can get."

The two promptly exited the spider's room with the latter locking up his room behind him. Now all three were now ready to head out, but before the shinobi could take a step forward he felt his right arm being grabbed and placed under one of Angel's own. He stared in surprise at the sudden move.

"Don't start. If I have to go then, the least you could do is escort me there. Ain't that right Nugs?"

"Oink"

"Fine by me"All while smiling in getting Angel to budge."Well, let's not keep them waiting any longer."

It wasn't long after his encounter with Angel, that he became a regular attendee in his scheduled sessions, leading to Naruto becoming a bit more acquainted with the recovering drug addict. His presence helped with Angel's meetings with Charlie, and Vaggie greatly as it aided him in being more comfortable in opening up about himself. Though it did not mean that Angel gave up the habit of ingesting drugs, it helped at the very least in calming down his urges.

Slow process, but a process nonetheless.

When not busy with chores, he was mostly found hanging out with Angel on either the recreation floor or in his room. Albeit after making sure that it got a thorough cleaning in part of a combined effort of him, Angel, and Nifty.

All in all, it was quite the experience having to rummage all over Angel's room as some of the things that they found left the blonde red-faced, and the maid panting like a dog in heat.

"Deep in thoughts of someone dear, my joyous fellow" The unmistakable voice of a red deer spruced up behind him.

"Christ Alastor!" Startled by the overlord who always manages to get one over him. Something that was a rarity to him of all people giving his excellent honing skills. "Can you please stop doing gonna end giving someone a heart attack"

"Don't fret too much about such a concept, we sinners are more resilient than you give us credit for. A minor spook would have no such effect on anyone down here."

"Still though" Putting a hand on his chest to calm down his racing heart. "No one likes being sneaked upon."

"Haven't heard any complaints from anyone yet"

"Probably too scared to even say it" He uttered under his breath.

"Anyways, what brings you here standing all by your lonesome self" Standing a tad too close to the blonde as he once more failed to ahead people's personal space.

"Just waiting for Vaggie to show up so I can help her with some of the supplies that she, Razzel, and Dazzle went out to fetch to restock the kitchen."

"Charlie opted out in not joining her"

"Charlie was too busy in coming up with new methods of rehabilitation, so she's kinds locked up in her room with the meantime"

"Oh, that sweet misguided girl" Placing his gloved hand on his chest as if he were mourning. "When will she realize that her venture will bear no fruit. There's never been any such a case of a corrupted soul sent to Hell ever stepping beyond the pearly gates of Heaven".

"Have you ever seen a sinner be redeemed"

"Not in all of my century's year stay in this dastardly inferno"

"Then is still possible for it to happen"

"Excuse me?"

"Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it is not impossible for it to occur"

The response itself left the overlord quite over the response given to him by the human, and whose eyes glowed briefly for a second as if he was processing the information. As brief as his perplexity came, that it quite left soon replaced with a sharp-tooth smile stretching all across his face.

"If being nice was all it took then Hell would be a very empty place. I doubt Charlie would have it takes to make it possible"

"We won't know unless we wait to see what Charlie has in mind"

"I'll never work"

"Then, why stay here if you don't support her goal. What other reason do you have in being here at the hotel at all?"

Leaning close to the blonde's face even more so than he already was to the point of having the radio demon's eyes illuminate his own. "For entertainment"

Unfazed by the direct candace he just leveled a stare of his own at him.

…..

…..

The silence was deafening as both men stood on their grounds without flinching, or backing down.

"It's a fool's dream"

"Then I guess that makes me one too."

No other words were spoken as the noise of the front doors of the entrance were quickly opened revealing the forms of Vaggie, and the two short red goats carrying an assortment of grocery bags.

"Sorry about keeping you waiting too long, traffic was a lot more hectic than I thought I'll be" Her smile aimed at him soon turned to that of a frown as she saw who was standing close to him.

"Alastor"

"Greetings Vagatha, and fellow help. I presume those bags are meant for the kitchen?"

"Yeah, there are" She replied slowly as stood her distance wary of the deer, same was applied to Razzel, and Dazzle as both choose not to stick around too long around the overlord and decided instead to quickly scamper off to the kitchen to deliver the fresh produce.

Looking to see that both of them were standing awfully close to each other, she noted a sort of tension between, and couldn't help put two-two together.

"You're not starting any trouble, are you Alastor?"

"Heavens no!" Fainting surprise."Why would I ever do such a thing? I agreed to commit no such violence in these here premises." Proceeding to put his arm around the shoulder of Naruto, and bring him in a tight embrace. "All that I am doing is having a friendly discussion here with my good pal"

Vaggie carefully looked at the radio demon with a calculated gaze to call his claim but knew that would be a waste of time given who she was referring to.

"Is he telling the truth, Naruto?"

"He's right. There's no problem here" Getting out the overlord's hug, and walking to where Vaggie was. "We were just talking to pass the time"

"About what?"

"You know, Guy stuff"

"Guy stuff? really" Rolling her eyes at such a blatant response. "You can just say that you don't want to tell me"

"That obvious"

"Very"

She once again turned her attention back to Alastor. "I may not know what you two were talking about, and quite frankly I may not want to, but for the love god, Alastor don't try to stir any unwanted commotion for anyone else. The last thing we need here is having to worry about what you may do.

"On the contrary my dear Vagatha, all that I wish to do is be of service to our humble landlord, and make sure that her ambitions are thoroughly met with the utmost satisfaction" Placing a hand on his heart. "Scout's honor" Ending it with his trademark grin.

"Right" Still did not believing a single word that he just said. But knew better in getting into an argument with such a dangerous overlord. Besides, she still needed to finish stocking up the pantry. "Naruto, let's get the rest of the food from the car before it starts to spoil"

"Sure thing"

Almost halfway through the front doors of the entrance did Vaggie stop to call out the attention of Alastor once more to deliver one last remark. "And don't call me Vagatha. It's Vaggie"

"Perish the thought. A name such as that is too cross for me to speak out loud"

"Smartass" Was the last word Vaggie said to the radio demon as she and Naruto exited the building. Leaving said demon by himself lost in his world, deeply entrenched into the very existence of the blonde warrior.

"Come clean, did he do anything to make you uncomfortable, or threatened?" She said with dead seriousness in her voice. "Just say the word, and I'll ask Charlie to call off this deal she made with him.

"You don't have to do that. We were just talking, nothing more, and nothing else."

"Still though, Alastor posses an unknown danger to the rest of us"

"Trust me, I feel the same way you do, but right now he's all talk. The second he tries anything bad I'll make sure to put a stop to whatever he has planned"

"Just make sure not to let your guard down whenever he's near"

Looking briefly back, he wondered if they were being watched by the crimson overlord. " You don't have to worry about that happening, I trust him as far as I can throw him, and let me tell you I'll be hard to take him out once he sends hurling as far away from here"

"Snort"

Hearing her snort made him crack a smile of his own as the tension both felt when talking about Alastor lessened at the thought of the overlord being sent flying.

"Was it something I said?"

"Just picturing that red-headed prick send packing over the horizon"

"Yeah, I guess that would be pretty funny"

Both feel a whole lot chipper and focus on the task at hand instead of having a debate over the choice to worry over their affable associate.

After his tense encounter with Alastor, and a long day of doing an array of tasks. All Naruto wanted to do was head back to his room to crash down on his bed to pass out in a deep slumber. Walking up the flights of stairs seemed to have become a sort of ritual for the blonde, as it was both not that long of a walk to his room, and neither too short for his tastes. Thankfully his room was located on the 4th floor. Oddly enough it was the same floor that both he and Angel shared.

The rest of the hotel's guests stayed at different levels of the building. Given that both Charlie and Vagatha were in a relationship with each other it was understandable for them to share a bed together. Theirs was of course the penthouse suite up on the sixth, which made sense given that Charlie owned the hotel. Husk and Nifty stayed in their own enclosed lodging within the servant's quarters located on the first floor. The second floor was to be the location of Alastor's room. The reason for choosing the floor above the lobby was to be close to the entrance. Though given his ability to pop out of nowhere at any given moment, it was fair to say that traveling distance was not much of an issue when it came to the radio demon.

Even with the immense rooms still available, numbering below 350 rooms, the building did not feel as empty as it should be. He attributed this feeling to how lively his neighbors were that helped to fill in that vacant space.

"Man, what a day" he quietly said as he finally turned to the corner of the hall where his room was. But what he did not expect to see pacing around sitting on the carpeted floor leading to his doorway being that of Nuggets.

It didn't take long for the pig to sense the blonde out, and scurried quickly at him, all while letting out a couple of grunts.

"Oink! Oink! Oink!"

"What's wrong? Why are you all by yourself?" He told the small animal as he bent down a bit to see what was going on. Nuggets responded back by pawing at Naruto's leg. "Why aren't you with Angel?"

Hearing the name of his owner seemed to signal the piglet to begin walking away. Seeing the response Nugget gave when hearing Angel's name helped him to narrow down what the issue may be about. "Are you taking me to Angel?"

That seemed to be the right answer as Nuggets suddenly sprinted towards Angie's room at a rapid speed. Not wanting to wait a second longer he followed suit on the pig's tail.

Thankfully the travel to his room wasn't far from his own, though his curiosity started to take form in the pit of his stomach, and increased tenfold once he reached the spider's door that was slightly left ajar. It didn't take a genius to figure out how Nugget was able to get out, given its small stature.

The moment he rushed in the sight that greeted him was that of Angel who seemed to have passed out with his back laying against the post of the bed. The shape he was in left much to be desired as his casual attire looked as if it were put through the wringer as it was covered in tears, creases, folds, and dark stains trailing downwards of his dress shirt. His boots were thrown haphazardly to the side as if they were the only pieces of clothing that he could remove, before collapsing onto the floor. The short skirt he wore also took a bit of the blunt damage as it also had its fair share of tears alongside that of white color marks found around the rim of the clothing.

All in all, not a sight that would be considered friendly.

Quickly kneeling down beside him, he had to stop himself from reeling back on the strong odor that emitted from his body as the stench of nicotine, and alcohol assaulted his nostrils. The smell was the least of his worries, as he was also able to point out bruise marks running alongside both upper arms, and small cuts scattered on the lower set. Luckily they did not seem to be deep enough to cause any serious blood loss.

"Angel!" he called out while checking to see that he was breathing properly by placing a hand on the side of his neck to scan for a beat. It was faint but stable. "Come on Angel, you got to open your eyes?" Lightly tapping his palm against his friend's face a couple of times. This still proved to be insufficient as he was still met with no response.

"Let me get the first aid from the bathroom" Springing to his feet, and quickly headed into the lavatory, and opened up the medicine cabinet to grab the red-colored kit from its container. Quickly settling once more next to Angel as he began to apply relief to some of the open wounds after unbuttoning his shirt.

The action itself proved to be enough stimuli for the spider as he began to feel the coolness of the ointment applied to his wounds rouse him from his semi-unconsciousness. Struggling to open his main eyes, Angel had to resort to using his lower set specs under his main ones, but even with the extra pair of eyes, he could barely make the figure of Naruto as his line of sight swayed between pitch darkness and blurriness.

"N...to" His voice was barely a whisper as even the act of speaking took a toll on his throat. Thankfully, it was loud enough for the blonde to make out as he continued to apply medical care throughout the gangster's body.

"My god Angel, what happened to you?"

"Can't t..talk mu..ch rig..ht n..ow." Trying to move his head forward in a vain attempt to get up, but hardly had the strength to even lift his head up, and instead had to rely on the shinobi's hand on the back of his head to support its weight. "Hur..ts t..o tal..k"

Seeing that Angel was too hurt to even form words, Naruto needed to call the others for help. "Don't try to speak to Angel, I am gonna send out a couple of clones to get Charlie, or Nifty to give me a hand." His attempt to spring out his shadow clones was halted in his tracks as he felt a hand grip his left fist.

"Angel?"

"N...o. I don..'t wa..nt an..yone el...se to k..now"

"You can't be serious? Angel, you're body is covered in cuts and bruises"

"Pl..ease" Now looking at with both eyes opened, or at the very least trying to as they struggled to aheed to the command of staying unbarred. "Don...t the..m"

"Fine" he reluctantly said as he knew that Angel would not waver at the prospect of having the others know the type of state he was in. "But I am gonna have to move you onto the bed. I can't do much with you laying on the ground"

Angel, thankful for his compliance nodded back at the request but knew that it would hurt more than it did to move his head.

"Okay, here we go" Naruto said through a low whisper as he took Angel in his arms by hooking his arms underneath his back, and legs. His movements were to be as gentle as possible as the damage sustained made Anggie let out a muddled groan.

"Nghhhhhhh!"

"I know it hurts, but just bear with me for just a bit more," he told him as he slowly lowered him on the bed. Afterward, to keep with the privacy he was asked to hold, he quickly locked the front door shut. "There, at least we don't have to worry about any uninvited guest's"

Turning his attention back to his friend, he set out to administer the best medical care he could provide at the given moment. "Hope, I don't come to regret keeping this a secret from Charlie"

3 hours later-(Past Midnight)

Though he wouldn't ever claim to be an expert medical practitioner, Naruto's sufficient knowledge in patching up bodies warranted thanks to both Tsunade, and Sakura for teaching him the main principles of healing.

The patchwork he did for Angel was enough to keep him both stable, and breathing right. Much of the damage that he worked on ended below the neck with much of the injuries hailing from the frontal area. Mostly on the chest, and stomach.

"This was intentional, whoever did this to Angel only damaged the areas that could be covered up by his clothing," He thought angrily on the offshoot of someone committing such a violent act.

Looking at the shape Angel was in made him even angrier, but at the same time sad that something like this would happen. His current helper in providing a soothing conform came from Nuggets who nestled onto his sleeping owner's side as he whimpered sadly on Angel being harmed in such away.

"Oink"

"I know buddy, I know," he said as he slowly rubbed his back with the side of his wrist. "But right now all we can do is wait for Angel's body to recover. So try not to fret too much" Checking the cloak he noticed how late it was.

"Past 2 already" Already too tired of staying awake as the previous day's activities on top of helping Angel made him even more exhausted. Not wanting to leave Angel by himself, he opted instead to stay in his room to monitor for any changes. Propping himself on the chair next to the bed, and using the spare pillow in the room, Naruto closed his eyes with the hopes of his friend feeling better by the time he woke up. "Here's hoping that everything turns out alright by morning"

Morning-(8:45 AM)

The morning after could only be described as murder for Angel as he woke up with the foulest feeling that he has felt in a very long time. Feeling a warm body next to him he looked down to see his beloved pig snoring away at his sides without a care in the world with only the occasional twitch of his sleeping prone signaling any movement.

"Oh, Nugs" lifting his bandaged arm to caress its head with the back of his hand. This prompted him to notice the dressing surrounding the left side of his arms. He noticed the same on the other, as well as the bindings on his chest, and midsection. "Took that many to patch me up. I look as if I belong at a hospice"

"With what I had to work with, I would have recommended you stayed in one" The voice surprising Angel has looked to his right to spot the blonde sitting on the armchair rubbing the tiredness from his eyes. "But I think it all turned out fine. Though I won't be privy the next time something like this happens."

"Hopefully it doesn't either, how would I ever charm myself into your pants if my good looks get sullied" Laughing at the prospect of teasing the shinobi, but quitted as he noticed the stern expression being given to him. "What?"

"Are we just gonna ignore the elephant in the room, or are we gonna talk about last night"

"Which would that be, the made-up one, or the one in your pants"

"Angel" Stressing his name out as he is locked into the spider's heterochromatic eyes. "This is no joking matter. Someone did this to you on purpose, and I just want to know who did this, and why"

"Honey, this is Hell if you have forgotten already. Most living here don't have a reason for the things they do. Heck, plenty just do it for shits and giggles"

"Not your wounds. Your's were done on purpose as if someone wanted to send a message"

"Don't you think that's a bit of a stretch" Not bothering in keeping eye contact, but instead fidgeting with the bottle of painkillers he grabbed from the dashboard.

"Then what happened?"

"I was attacked while walking home from work. Took a shortcut through an alleyway, and got jumped by a couple of goons that gave me a thrashing, and then went on their merry way"

"Can you imagine the reason "they" decided to attack you?"

"Who knows" Shrugging his shoulders."Maybe they thought I was easy pickings, and wanted to pull one over me"

"Did they take anything?"

"Not really. Much of what I had on me was just a few slips of paper and some loose change. Nothing to write home about, now that I think about it maybe that's the reason why they went after me. Can't blame them, when you look this good many would assume you're carrying something on yeah"

"Right" Now sporting an even more dubious look. "I wish I could believe in you Angel, but you're not telling me the whole truth"

"Really, what part in me being beaten up can't you believe in" Gesturing at the state he was in."Because I really like having to be bedridden after getting ten shades of blue to be kicked once in while just for the fun of it"

"Look, I am not trying to downplay your incident, but you're still a victim of a crime" Now sitting on the edge of the bed."All I want is to help you"

"I. Am. Not. " Lifting himself up with a bit of struggle."All that happened was just a run of mill incident"

"You're injuries say otherwise"

"Oh, for fuck sakes. Pray to tell on you can figure out how my wounds differ from what I just told you"

"Well, for starters" Talking in a small breath for the speech he was about to give. "The marks on your body are clearly cigarette burns pressed down on the skin, the red welches on your stomach are from repeated trauma from fists, which are very apparent given the hand-shaped prints on them. Your throat has a clear outline that can only be done if someone had a tight grip around it, and by how it's centered it only could be done if said "person" was standing up with you kneeling down" Now looking at Angel straight in the eyes."All of which points towards a single individual in committing this type of damage"

"..."

"Am I right Angel?"

"..."

"Am here if you want to talk about it"

"..."

"There's nothing wrong with opening up about what happened. You did nothing wrong, so please tell me what really went down" Placing a hand on Angel's shoulder, and giving it a soft squeeze. "I just want to help you"

"How can you expect to help me, when you barely know anything about me. We barely even know each other longer than a month."Looking into Naruto's eyes gauging to see if he was that willing to help him.

"With the truth"

"Fine, you win. On the condition that you bring me some breakfast because I can't be expected to open up on an empty stomach. So you don't mind can you bring me, and Nugs some grub"

"Fine" Smiling on the returning spunk of Angel" I'll see if I can spruce up some plates from the kitchen. I imagine that Nifty is already at work getting breakfast ready alongside Charlie, and Vaggie" Getting up from bed, and heading towards the door.

"See if you can also bring me some more painkillers, my head is starting to develop a tad headache"

"I'll bring you water instead, need you to be clear-headed" With that said he soon exited the room leaving Angel, and his pet alone.

Seeing that Nugs was snuggling closer to his sides again, Angel could only contemplate what he was going to say once the blonde returned. "What am I going to do now, Nugs?"

"Oink"

"Yeah, I think so too" Rubbing the black spot on the side of its stomach. "A whole heap of trouble"

End of Chapter 5

Feels good having finished this chapter. I think this may be my longest so far. Now that Naruto is settling into his new environment, I wanted to use a time skip of about a month to have him catch up with the rest of the characters now that he's living in Hell. Further development of fleshing out the world will come with each new installment. The part where Vaggie talks about Charlie's parents not supporting her dream will come to play a major part in this fic. As both don't really support her dream as much, rewatching the pilot episode, and seeing all the family portraits helps to signify how little Lilith, in particular, may not actually love Charlie at all, and instead choosing to pursue her career as a pop star something that many children of famous parents could attest to being completely lonely of an absent parent figure leading to many social problems once reach the age of adulthood. Lucifer on the other loves his daughter but also voices his disdain for having his only child associating herself in helping those beneath her.

I also took the liberty of starting to expand upon the Happy Hotel in putting in some new ideas in what the building should include. I've been going through multiple pics of the hotel, and sketches of the layout, and noticed how the building is always described as being about 7 stories which in real buildings would have an average of a couple of hundred rooms. Am thinking of mixing a combination of the buildings from the Haunted Mansion, and House on Haunting Hill (Remake) to expand upon them.

The method in which Charlie is going to rehabilitate sinners is going to include actual rehab style practices used on recovering addicts, mental care, and other medical practices to better go with the theme of redemption, and healing.

And lastly, I wanted to announce that I have recently adopted a story from author Ybarra87 called My Demon Family. The premise of the fic is what would happen if Millie and Moxxie adopted Naruto as a kid, and became his parents. I've already begun the process of revising the fic, and it will hopefully be published later this month. Working on both fics may be a bit time-consuming within the next couple of months as the new school year will start in a couple of weeks, as well as football season. Some stories may be a bit later, but that won't mean that I won't be working hard to make sure that new chapters will be published.