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Another round! OVERLORD OF WAR AGAIN! DRINKS FOR EVERYONE!
"hello"- regular speech
'hello'- regular thoughts
"hello"- phone/ radio calls
'hello'- internal discussion
"Hello" – Translated Demonic language
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(Where we left off)
As the newly expanded royal family of Hell bonded and got to know each other, Naruto being kept busy with keeping his father from running around every ring in Hell and shouting his discovery of grandchildren from the rooftops, We're going to pull away and take a look at some prior and current events.
(Within VVV tower)
Velvette could hear it through the door she was approaching, hear Vox screaming and shouting, with crashing and glass shattering aplenty to accompany it. As their two servants opened the door, she strolled on in after she waved them away, gesturing them to take the rest of the day off, rather then stick around and risk getting fried by Vox's outrage.
Glancing up from her phone, she took in the carnage. There wasn't a single piece of furniture left in one piece, and the walls looked as if they had been blown open in a military style raid. The windows were specially reinforced to resist intrusion by angelic forces, meaning it took quite a bit of force to break them. All but one of them were completely gone, and the last one had two of their couches in it along with half of the coffee table. All in all, quite a destructive tantrum, but a tantrum none the less.
"Well, at least I have an excuse to push those redecorations through now." She commented, glancing at the form sat on the only remaining couch… or at least the intact half of it. Vox looked exhausted, his suit jacket was missing, wait no she could see ashes over there, he'd incinerated it in his rage, while the rest of his clothes had stress tears throughout the whole outfit. He was sat with his elbows on his knees, head hung low.
"Our business partner is erased. A good 45% of our income just vanished, and isn't likely to come back, because the workers who brought it in got their souls back and will now refuse to deal with us ever again. Our reputation is about to take a massive hit and our brand is going to have shit smeared over it for the next century, and your concerned about reno work on the penthouse?" Asked Vox, lifting his head to stare at her. His screen was glitching around the edges, and his hypnotizing eye was randomly flickering on and off, but his voice was calm, almost deceptively so. He turned to the Robo-fizz, Kitty, and gestured for it to refill the glass on the ground beside it, before waving it off after it had done so. He drained the whole glass in one go, the hundred-year aged Scotch not even being tasted before it was swallowed.
"Focus on changing what you can, not what you can't. Was one of the first things you taught me after you brought me into this group, remember?" Velvette retorted, folding her arms and staring Vox dead in his eyes, making sure to avoid the hypno-eye. It couldn't force her compliance like most, but he could still influence her subtlety and change things slowly. It made trusting the bastard a challenge, but not impossible. "Beside, if we spin it right, we can make it work, if in a small way for us."
"And how do you expect to spin this to make it work for us? Val just attacked Lucifer's daughter! He's killed people for insulting her before, never mind direct attacks. There no two ways about it, were fucked." Vox asked, before spinning off into a small tangent while holding his head, before Velvette grabbed him and gave him a quick shake.
"By publicly and loudly announcing our cutting him off before word spreads he attacked the Morningstar's. If we make it look like he did this out of desperation to get Angel back because we cut him off, then we aren't associated with the attack." Explained the social media Overlord, getting Vox to pause and think, before he stood up and began to pace.
"That could work… but why did we cut him off? We'll need a good reason; or else everyone will see through it." He continued, getting a smile back from Velvette. If he was back to plotting and scheming, then he was still useable to her.
"Already got one. Rumors of his cruelty have been out there for years, but nothing was ever proven, officially anyway. We'll whip up a report from a non-disclosed private investigator, that wants to stay unnamed for personal reasons, and say we had it given to us this morning, when we decided to cut him out and he reacted badly, hence the state We're in. The public at least will buy that, even if the rest of the Overlords don't." Assured Velvette, getting a nod from Vox, before he stopped to look at her.
"We?" he asked, to which she shrugged and took off her jacket, before tearing it in a few places. As she did the same to the rest of her clothes, she turned to look him in the eye.
"The next part is up to you. Get it over with, and make sure they hurt." She said before she spread her arms wide. Vox frowned, before he approached her and stopped in front of her.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm the 'Backbone of the Vee's', remember? Obviously he attacked me first, before you threw him off me and ruined your suit driving him off. Try and make it quick please, the longer you drag it out the worse it will hurt." She replied, getting a nod from her now sole business partner, before he slugged her in the face and commenced beating her pretty badly.
The things you do for your partners…
(at the Dark company's base)
The dual guards of Sigismund and Helbretch were giving orders to the soldiers around the high value prisoner wing. Their lord had ordered that none were to lay eyes on the angel until he returned bar them, and so they were the only two stationed by the door. The rest were being made to guard the rest of the way up to them.
A soft voice echoed through the wrought iron and tempered steel of the door keeping her in containment area.
"could I request some food? I haven't eaten in three days, and our lord did order me fed, clothed and watered." She asked, getting the pair of armored warriors to look at each other, before Sigismund turned and opened the heavy door to her room and stepped inside, sealing the room behind him.
The room was large and well decorated considering it's status as a prison cell. It was normally meant for high value prisoners, sons and daughters of goetia families that tried to attack them for perceived slights normally. But now, this room held a far more interesting guest in Sigismund's opinion.
She was sat at the foot of the bed in the same cloak they had covered her in to get her back here, the large black cloth pulled tight for warmth around her in the cold steel room they were in. Her eyes, the iris of which was once filled with heavenly light, were now gleaming pools of blood, and her hair had grown far longer in the short trip back than it was before 'the bloody process' as they had dubbed it, now resembling a curtain of liquid ebony that flowed from atop her head.
Sigismund reached around his waist and retrieved a canteen and another metal cylinder, pressing both into her hands.
"The canteen is filled with water, and enchanted to hold far more while weighing far less. There should be plenty in there for you to drink until my masters return's. If not, tell me so I can get you more." He intoned, his voice a hard rumble, filled with grit and steel.
"and the cylinder?" She asked, to which he responded by reaching over and grabbing the other end to the one she held, before he twisted it off and revealed its contents.
"A food storage module, designed to keep food warm and prevent sweating in things like this. You best enjoy that burrito, Enrique was on the stove last night, and he only cooks once a month." He explained getting a nod from her before she looked down at the food within, only for her to look at him again.
"What is this… thing?" she asked, getting him to lean back into the chair he had sat on.
"You've never seen a burrito before?" he asked, getting a shake of her head in return.
"I've not even heard of these before." She explained, getting him to shake his head in wonder.
"And you claim heaven is a paradise? Yet you don't have burritos? What a sad place." Sigismund proclaimed, shaking his head at the sheer notion that a place claiming to be paradise wouldn't have every type of food available at all times. By his master, he knew that if the cooks weren't going with him, he wasn't leaving for heaven.
"Unlimited fresh fruits has it's own appeal." She retorted, getting him to raise a second canteen he had on his waist as she pointed that out.
"A special gift in its own right. Anyhow, just take a big bite out of the end, no forks or knives needed." He explained, prompting her to do exactly that.
"Mmmm! So good!" she cheered, swaying happily side to side at the flavor of the burrito.
"Clothes will be delivered shortly to this room. We'll knock when delivering them. Feel free to enjoy the books here, there's some good reading in these shelves." He informed her, before knocking on the door and standing back as it opened, stepping through and sealing it shut behind him.
The bloodied angel got up after finishing her meal, before walking to the bookshelf and grabbing the first book to catch her eye.
"'For whom the bell tolls' huh…" she quietly read, before sitting down on the comfy chair and cracking open the book.
(With the Morningstar's)
"For the last time, no you cannot call the other Sins here to brag about being the first one to have grandchildren. If I see Mammon now, there's every chance I'm going to try and kill him. Still, Bee and Satan already know about them, so I guess you can call them." Said an exasperated Naruto, who had shifted back from his 'Morningstar form' and was in his preferred guise, was holding his father by the back of his suits collar and well off of the ground, trying to rein in his incredibly happy sire from glomping his two granddaughters further. They loved the attention and acceptance, but still needed time to adjust to the revelations, so it fell to their father to keep the 'glomping grandfather' busy while they went to greet and get to know their decidedly less 'glompy' Aunt.
"And that a problem how? I'll transfer the Sin of Greed to Paimon, fuckers always greedy for more titles and prestige, and you'll be removing a thorn in my and the other five Sin's sides. Explain why I shouldn't call him here at least to have you kill him?" Asked Lucifer, before grabbing Naruto's chest plate and shaking him. "And what do you mean Bee and Satan know?!"
"… we'll come back to me killing the annoyance later, as for what I mean, I've had close ties to Bee and Satan for at least 5000 years. Bee found out because she's my girls hellmother, while Satan found out because despite being 'competitors' in the mercenary business, we're still close. He's one of the few I actually trust down here." Explained Naruto, getting nods from his father on both fronts.
"Well I'm getting them here. I need to brag to them at least!" Declared Lucifer, getting Naruto to shrug in response, before a wicked grin grew on his face. Lucifer saw it and paused his calls, waiting for his son to share the prank he had in mind.
"They don't know…" trailed off Naruto, causing Lucifer to blink, before a mirror grin grew on his own face.
"You wanna surprise the fuck out of em?" He grinned at his own question.
"yes…"
(About twenty minutes later)
"Have you got any clue why Lucifer called us to Charlie's newest obsession?" Ask Queen Bee, aka Beelzebub the sin of gluttony. She was in her everyday guise today, her form her preferred fox-like form with her lava-lamp hair. Her wings were resting on her back so she could walk by her longtime ally. As they were walking, she was casually sucking back an absolutely enormous 12L bottle of water, with a huge homemade sandwich in her other three hands that she was scarfing down with gusto. She was hungover after last night and was trying to get herself straightened up before Charlie saw her. Her little Nephilim pseudo-niece wouldn't stop with asking about her own condition if she saw her hungover.
"I haven't got a clue, but he only called us of the Seven Sins, so it is either something incredibly serious or not at all." Replied Satan, his own form towering over everyone in Hell. He was a veritable giant, but aside from that he just looked like a stereo typical Imp that had lived a long time and spent the whole of it power lifting. The horns on his head were absolutely enormous, curling over themselves several time over. He wore a casual suit today, mostly because Charlie was here, and he refused to be less then presentable in her presence! Innocent little thing she was… he had to protect his image as invincible in front of her!
"Hah… I hope it's not a problem to deal with, I had a huge bash planned for tomorrow night, and I need to swipe some of Bell's party drugs in order for it to be perfect! Old prick above knows she's changed the locks again, so I'll need time to swipe em." She complained, getting Satan to shake his head and chuckle as they arrived at the hotel, only to double take at the sight that greeted them.
From what they could see, it had recently been attacked if the scattered weapons, ashes and bones were any indication, but it was the soldiers and engineers outside and pouring in from the transports working on repairs, fortifications and clean-up that caused them to glance again. They were all shapes and sizes, from sinners to Hell born of their own rings, but the patches on their shoulders was what drew their eyes. It was a simple symbol, a bloodred heater shield on a black backdrop, with a pair of Grey Great Swords crossed over the shield. It was a symbol both of them were very familiar with, in more ways then one. But they each hadn't seen it in use for over 200 years.
"The Dark Company is here? When did he hire them for protection?" questioned Bee, getting a shrug from Satan, before they both proceeded towards the checkpoint by the door.
As they did, the guards on watch noted their approach, before stepping in front of the door when they began to move past them.
"Identification please." Came the dull voice of the man manning the computer by the door. He was rather plain, if human looking, but his eyes drew their attention. They were a startling shade of purple.
"Beelzebub, Queen Beelzebub the Sin of Gluttony." Voiced Bee, getting a raised eyebrow, before the guard turned an eye to the other one.
"And you?" he asked, getting a look from the King of wrath.
"Satan, the Sin and King of Wrath. We're here to meet with Lucifer." He replied, his annoyance tempered by the fact the soldiers were doing their job properly even in the face of a Sin. Seemed his second rivals quality hadn't dropped in his 200 years of lying low.
"Give me a moment." He replied, before speaking in language that neither of the Sins recognized into his radio on his shoulder. He swiftly got a reply back, before he waved the soldiers away from the door.
"Reason clears, let em through." He said, before turning back to the duo of Sin's. "Sorry about the delay, your arrival has been cleared and reported to all staff on site. You won't be stopped again. last reports say lord Lucifer is in the main hall through this door."
The two Sins nodded before proceeding through the opened doors, the two soldiers on either side bowing now that they were confirmed and allowed to be here. Walking in, they saw several groups moving about and hauling large crates on carts, with more sinners still moving about to repair and touch up parts of the building. Proceeding through the hustle and bustle, the two sins could hear the arguing and raised voices coming from the other end of the hall.
"… And I say we need to tell them after! It'll help with the shock value!" they heard their boss proclaim, before a voice familiar to the two Sins echoed through the halls.
"And I say we tell them right after they've seen me! It will produce a bigger reaction!" Rumbled the voice of the Overlord of War, sending a shiver down Bee's spine. It may have been a thousand years ago that it ended, but she still remembered their tumbles in their bedrooms. Dammit now she was in the mood! Curse her dry spell!
Ehhh, on second thought, while it was fun, he was a loyal and married man now, and it was a mutual split from growing apart and different lifestyles. Best leave well enough alone.
Besides, she still had a couple of secrets of her own that she kept from him. And she knew they weren't conductive to his or her health.
"NARUTO!" Roared out Satan, sprinting down the hallway and winding the corner to the room he was in at Mach 1 speeds, throwing himself at the aforementioned demon with a fist raised. Naruto twisted to meet him, throwing an equal punch in response that perfectly stalled out his own. Producing a small shockwave when they clashed, the two warriors glared at the other hard.
Right before they broke the clash and grabbed each other in full hugs, cheering and laughing as they did.
"Two hundred YEARS, and you don't even give me a message? Send a letter, heaven even the head of one of my more foolish servants to my doorstep?" Questioned Satan, getting a shaken head and a laugh in response.
"Nah, had to lay low, so we couldn't play our normal games. But now that I'm back… Blood sports?" Naruto offered, getting a cheer from the Sin of Wrath.
"Prepare to lose, boy! We haven't stopped practicing, so I hope your brothers haven't slacked off!" he declared, pointing his finger directly into Naruto's chest, only for Naruto to laugh and wrap an arm around his shoulder.
"Not a chance!" He declared, only for a finger to tap on his shoulder. Turning to face the taping soul, he saw one of the only people outside his family that he would fight to the death for.
"Bee!" He cheered, wrapping the Sin of gluttony up in a full hug, picking her up and swinging her around as he did. She was as happy to see him as he was her, wrapping her four arms around his chest and holding on tight, laughing and whooping as he spun them around.
"It's been a while sweetheart! Now where are…? Ah-ha! There you two are!" proclaimed Bee, before dashing too the twin daughters of the Uzumaki-Carmine family as she spotted them, picking both of them up and wrapping them in her hugs, getting squeals of joy from the twins.
"It's been sometime Bee." Greeted Carmilla, standing up to greet the Sin properly, only for Bee to pull her into the hug as well.
"Carmilla! It's been forever! You need to come by for another night, we need to have another party!" Decided Bee, getting a half-smile from Carmilla.
"Only if it ends like the last one." Carmilla agreed, getting Bee to stiffen up and stand up straight, releasing the twins in the process, before she leaned down by Carmilla's ear.
"Promise?" Bee purred into Carmilla's ear, getting a blush from Carmilla as she glanced towards her husband who was bantering with Lucifer and Satan, before she looked Bee in the eye as she nodded, getting Bee to cheer and hug her again.
"Okay, before Bee turns this into a den of debauchery, Lucifer, why did you call us here?" interrupted Satan, getting a half glare from the Sin of gluttony before she turned to face 'the big boss'. He didn't really care what they did in their own rings, just so long as there was some form of control, if not necessarily order. 'keep the noise at an acceptable level' as Lucifer called it.
"Right, why I called you here…" he trailed off, before he turned to face the armor covered Overlord. "You wanna tell em, or should I?"
"Lucifer's son has been located." Stated Naruto, getting a pair of dropped jaws from the two Sins. Bee was just flat out shocked, kind of stuck in one place frozen, while Satan was twitching on a continuous loop and letting out little 'uhhs', before they both shook their heads.
"Wanna run that by us again? Lucifer's son, you know the one that vanished, has been found?" rumbled out Satan, before holding his head in one of his hands.
"Better yet, he's here." Replied Naruto, before the newest appendages he possessed sprung from his back with a flurry of loose red feathers, shocking his two oldest friends with the reveal.
"… your Lucifer's son? You, the little bastard who burned polka bands alive because they annoyed him, are the son of the one guy in Hell who enjoys that genre of music?" Asked Satan, getting Lucifer to give Naruto a glance from the corner of his eye while his smile became decidedly more strained.
"I burned them because they were a bunch of hedonistic fucks that were trying to force a group of women under my protection into… less then ideal conditions and employment opportunities. The fact that they were a polka band was just icing on the cake." Explained Naruto, raising a hand behind him for Vaggie to high-five as she walked behind him. Seeing as she heard the story whole walking towards him, she decided to not leave him hanging and gave him a solid high-five in return.
"Ahh, scumbags who had it coming, got it." Replied Bee, having exactly zero issues with that solution to the problem.
As the sin of gluttony, she obviously encouraged indulging in your sin's regularly. It's her whole shtick after all. But, she also encouraged safely and consensually doing so when indulging, as well as for the right reasons. You couldn't indulge more if you died from overindulgence, and indulging for the wrong reasons just ruined the vibe.
"But… yeah. Apparently I'm the long lost son of the monarchy of Hell." Wrapped up Naruto, before a light chuckle escaped his lips. "It's kind of funny, even without knowing my heritage, I'm still on the top 10 strongest list, and I'm in command of the largest army in Hell. Even without my heritage, I carved out my own power and legacy. Wonder where I'd be if I had grown with dad and… mom I guess."
"Probably the same place, just with less hiccups. Actually, more. Luci's family draws in madness like moths to flame, every thing you've done would have ended up 20 times crazier." Assured Bee, before back tracking upon realizing the madness that Lucifer and his bloodline drew to themselves. Seriously, each member was a magnet for trouble.
"Regardless, that explains why your so strong. No sinner ever reached your power level, and few Hell born could as well. That part never did make sense to me." Satan spoke up, getting the attention of the rest of the room.
"That 'radio dick' is up there though. He's just below Paimon from what I can tell, even if it feels like his power is bound by something else." Commented Lucifer, getting a glance from Naruto before his eyes tracked to a shadowed corner of the room.
"Of course he's strong, he's like me. Isn't that right, Alastor?" Said Naruto, getting looks from the sins, before Alastor emerged from the corner of the room, a light chuckle emerging from his grinning teeth. "or should I use the name you took from your shard?"
"Either is fine. I am both and neither at the same time after all. Though I am admittedly curious how your personality remained intact when ours couldn't." came the filtered voice of the radio demon, his staff planted firmly into the floor.
"Heritage, I guess. After all, I'm the son of Lucifer. Your host was a mortal, no matter how exceptional, game master." Answered Naruto, getting his father's attention, before he glanced at Alastors laughing form.
"Him as well huh? Which one?" He asked, before waving his hands to his most trusted subordinates to stand down. Bee and Satan had raised their guards all the way up the instant he'd emerged from the shadows, mostly because before that they couldn't tell he was there!
"That would be the only one with an actual plan for the endgame, my good sir. After all, the knower of the unknown must always have a plan in place." Answered Alastor, getting Lucifer to scowl at the reveal.
"Tzeentch. I should have guessed your annoying ass survived that battle. Still on with your 'just as planned' bullshit?" groused Lucifer, his bland greeting to the lord of deception and trickery catching his subordinates off guard.
"Luci, you know I love you, but why in the fuck aren't you surprised that the bullshitter is alive and here?" asked Bee, before an aura of death and carnage filled the room, forcing the second and third strongest Sin's to relive some of their worst memories.
"Because I am here, and because I've already told him of the leftover fragments of the 4 chaos gods." Began Naruto, his sword unsheathed from its hellhound sheath and planted tip first into the floor. " When you all destroyed them, shards were left from the shattering. Most were absorbed by the reshaped Warp, becoming the evil energy that fills Hell and draws in the vile souls of mortals and lets the rest go above."
"However, there were still fragments left. Piece's that were left to represent the good aspects of the four. Khorne's honor, martial prowess and strength, leaving behind an honorable guardian warrior deity.
Slaanesh's love, passion for the arts and zest for life was imprinted into her fragment, leaving a deity of love, the arts and beauty.
Tzeentch left behind an entire universe worth of knowledge and magic, along with the hope of that universe. A deity of knowledge, magic and hope.
Nurgle left behind a fragment full of acceptance, compassion and the blessing of rebirth. A deity of death, acceptance and rebirth."
"The chaos gods left behind the best parts of themselves. Alastor is just like Tzeentch was is all, a sadistic chaos gremlin, which is why he seems to not have changed." Finished Naruto, gesturing to the radio demon, who bowed when the attention was turned back to him.
"Entertainment is the endgame, as it always has been, and as it always will be. So long as something interesting and new comes from it, I have no problems with aiding the status quo, the Sin's and the princess." Professed Alastor, before turning to face the other reincarnation. "Slaanesh's fragment was found recently as well. I've already reached out to her, and she'll be on the way to us to lend a hand, she just has to handle some personal matters first."
"Who found the prince of pleasures fragment? Where the fuck was it anyway?" Asked Naruto, before immediately following up with another question.
"In reverse order, the ring of sloth, and I'll keep that for a surprise dear friend." Replied the chuckling demon, before turning to face the still wary Sins.
"oh, do calm down won't you? My mother's Victrola was more pliable then you two are right now, and that creation was bent out of shape in at least 20 different ways." Whinged Alastor, wavy his hand at the two Sin's who were still on guard from the reveal of his new existence.
"Forgive us for bring wary in the presence of a, essentially, reincarnated Tzeentch. Not like he was a problem or anything" snarked Bee, getting a chuckle from Alastor.
"My dear, if I wanted to cause problems for all of Hell, I wouldn't need the Shards power to do so." Explained Alastor, his voice changing too its infamous radio static setting near the end, getting Naruto to glance at him.
"Calm down, or be sent to the respawn timer. Your choice, Alastor." He warned, Alastor visibly settling down as he did.
"Very well, my good man, very well. I'll subside, for now…" he trailed off, getting a glare from the Overlord of war, to which he only grinned in response.
Naruto heaved a mighty sigh at that, know that between a chaos fiend like Alastor and a remnant of the great schemer, he'd have to watch the sinners every move, otherwise he'd stir the pot furiously.
"regardless, these developments are good for the future of all the rings of Hell. After all, now we can focus on not just the other rings defense against heaven, but all of Hell, pride ring included." Proclaimed Naruto, getting looks from everyone in the room.
"Not to burst your bubble, son, but I can barely keep them from lashing out at all of Hell, and keeping themselves just in the pride ring. How do you plan on stopping them now?" questioned Lucifer, with everyone else waiting for the awnser.
Naruto only grinned, and it was a grin that even Satan would classify as downright bloodthirsty.
"A personal project I've been working on for over 5,000 years. A top-secret project known only as: Omega Phalanx."
AND SCENE! If this seems all over the place, its cause it is! Major changes in life have occurred, including but not limited too, Buying a house with my girlfriend! Quite proud of that if I'm honest.
But yeah, life decided to shake the whole box and turn it upside down for a while. Updates are going to be slow for a while, as we figure everything out. Sorry about that, but its life!
ANYWAY, Naruto isn't the only fragment bearer in hell! Alastor is also one, which is this realities explanation for his, Frankly, absurd strength. And he bears the shard of the great deceiver himself, Tzeentch! Tricky Bullshit abounds now! And the third and fourth are hinted in the chapter, please, take a guess and see if you can figure out who is the shard bearer for each one! I want to see if my plans are noticeable.
So, if you liked the story, leave a comment! It always helps me to read some positive reviews and constructive criticisms are always helpful. Any flamers will be used to cook well-done steaks for the hunters of Bherna village, the Soaratorium, Astera, Seliana, Kamura village and Elgado outpost. Keep your stamina up folks!
