Author's Notes

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooo People! CrimsonKyuubiSage here! First off, Happy May 4th to you all! May the Fourth be with you! I've finally gotten around to writing that 1st year anniversary fanfic I've promised. It's been a few weeks since that date, but I have a good reason. I've been working on a few new projects, unrelated to school, with a few friends of mine - a group called KNCT-Illustrated! I'd talk more about it, but I'll just get on with the story instead.

And Now, I Give You Atlas Bleeding! Read And Review!

Disclaimer, I Do Not Own Naruto or Highschool DxD or Call of Duty!

"Push forward!" -Regular Speech

'Overlord, this is Hunter 2-1, do you copy!' -Regular Thought/Sarcastic Remark

-New York City, 12:34 P.M.- -Time and Setting

"Grrrrr." -Demonic Speech/Zombie Speech

'These readers don't know I can break the fourth wall.' -Demonic Thought/Zombie Thought

"Back in my day..." -Flashback/Dream/Other Text

(Paint It Black by Rolling Stone) -Song Insert

Chapter -Chapter Start/End

Chapter Start

-Aoikigahara, 2300 Hours, March 23, 2055-

"Tourbillonnant Tides à Ballast Mari, vous me recevez?"

"Oui, je copie."

"Cible aperçu. L'autorisation d'exercer?"

"Permission accordée. Aller dans le calme. (1)"

...

"Can somebody PLEASE tell me why we're speaking freaking French?!"

"Are you kidding me!"

"So we can have at least SOME freaking discretion in this operation!"

"You guys know I didn't take French back in high school!"

"We don't give a flying fuck about your Spanish class. Prepare the Mute Charge and go radio silent now!"

"Fine, fine..."

Four dark-dressed soldiers crept silently through the forest surrounding them, the dim light coming from the moon illuminating them every now and then. The first person stood at 6'0" wearing black combat armor, dark grey camo clothing, a strange mechanical exoskeleton, and a faded dark blue bandana. The hair that wasn't covered by his bandana was gray, gray stubble was present on his face, and his eyes were brown in color. In his hands, he held an automatic, low recoil, thirty-two round, six-hundred RPM submachine gun with a laser sight and a suppressor, known by the name SAC3.

The second person was a British man, standing at 5'10" with black-blond hair hidden underneath a dark beanie and blue eyes. Like the first man, he wore black combat armor and a mechanical exoskeleton, but wore a black t-shirt and dark grey camo pants. His weapon of choice was an HBRa3, a thirty-five round, six-hundred-twenty-five RPM fully-automatic assault rifle with a thermal scope, a foregrip, and a suppressor.

The third person was the only female of the group. She stood at 5'7" with brown hair done up in a bun, C-cup breasts, and brown eyes. She wore the same armor and exoskeleton as the others, and in her hands was a Bal-27, a bullpup assault rifle with a thirty-two round clip, eight-hundred-fifty-seven RPM, and an ACOG Scope, a suppressor, and a laser sight.

And lastly was a young man that stood at 5'8" wearing dark gray and burnt orange combat armor and mechanical exoskeleton. His face was hidden underneath a futuristic helmet, and he held an Exo Crossbow with a crossbow scope.

The fourth man aimed down his scope and quickly raised his hand up, causing the others to abruptly stop in their tracks. He held up four fingers before motioning forward, the first man placing a Mute Charge on a nearby tree as the other three split off, quickly forming a perimeter over their targets.

~+=[-]=+~

"I swear to you! I'm not lying!" the Fallen Angel exclaimed, looking around frantically, as if something would pop up from behind him.

"What has gotten into you, Dohnaseek?" another Fallen Angel questioned.
"I saw them! Oh God! That means they saw me!" the first Fallen Angel, Dohnaseek, yelled.
"Who saw you? Who are you talking about?!" a third Fallen Angel asked.

"Does it matter if some humans saw you? It's not like they can do anything." a fourth Fallen Angel, the only female among the group, stated.
"No no no no no no no NO NO! Raynare, they're part of-" whatever Dohnaseek was about to say was interrupted when he lurched forward, his eyes widened. He stumbled slightly, looking up at his fellow Fallen Angels.
"What's wrong?" the fourth Fallen Angel, Raynare, asked.

"... They're here..." Dohnaseek said weekly, collapsing on the ground with an explosive crossbow bolt embedded in his neck.

"*BOOM*!" the three remaining Fallen Angels had barely any time to react, the second and third using their wings to shield themselves while Raynare used her wings to put distance between herself and the impending doom. When the explosion died down, the second and third Fallen Angels had minor scorch marks, nothing too serious, Raynare managed to escape with no injuries whatsoever, but Dohnaseek was worse for wear. The man's wings, along with all of his back, had been scorched, some parts of his body were missing, small parts of his left shoulder, a good portion of his back, and parts of the steaming and smoldering mess that was once his wings. What made it even worse was that the man was still breathing, that he had to suffer through the antagonizing pain of having his entire body burned.

"Dohnaseek!" Raynare exclaimed.

"Weapons free." a near silent voice called out. Less than a second later, bullets silently whizzed by from all sides, a dozen of which pierced through Raynare's comrades, some through their shoulders, necks, but mostly through their skulls, effectively killing them.

"Targets K.I.A., one remains." the same voice said, all four soldiers walking into the clearing with their weapons trained on Raynare.

"Luke! Isaiah!" Raynare exclaimed, watching her comrades lifeless corpses fall to the ground.

"On the ground! Hands where I can see them, Fallen Angel." the fourth soldier called out, the woman complying with their demands, slowly moving down to the ground with her hands up.

"Urgh..." Dohnaseek groaned out as he tried to get back up, only to be pushed back down by the fourth soldier's foot. He held his Exo-Crossbow down at his side, pulling out his sidearm, an eight-hundred RPM semi-automatic pistol by the name Atlas 45. The man swiftly aimed down at Dohnaseek and...

"*BANG*!" Dohnaseek's brain and skull fragments splattered the ground, causing Raynare to let out a cry of surprise.

"Dohnaseek!" Raynare exclaimed, only to go quiet as the pistol's aim was shifted to her. "W-Why?! Why did you kill him?! Who are you people?!" she asked in fear. Raynare received her answer in the form of a syringe being jammed into her neck. The last thing she saw before falling unconscious was the four soldiers standing around her.

"Fallen Angel sedated." the fourth soldier said, pulling out the syringe out of Raynare's neck. It wasn't anything too bad... just azaperone mixed with some etorphine and carfentanil. Just enough to knock out a fully grown elephant.

"And the other three?" a new voice cracked over the commlink.

"Confirmed K.I.A." the fourth soldier stated.

"Good." the same mysterious voice replied. "I'll have the Autopsy Team stop by and pick up the bodies."

"Understood." the fourth soldier said.
"Oh, and Whirlpool..." the voice started. "How did the new metal test out?"

"It's by far the most effective against Fallen Angels. I'm certain the same applies to Angels, and I need to test it against Devils before I can make any concise conclusions." the fourth soldier, Whirlpool, replied.

"Okay. Return to base effective immediately. That goes to all of you." the voice said.

-Three Days Later, Akihabara, Taito, Tokyo, Japan-

"Authorities are still on the lookout for the mysterious perpetrator responsible for the triple homicide case in the Aoikigahara forest area. Anyone with any additional information is advised to contact the police immediately. And now we'll take a quick commercial-"

Rias tuned out the rest of the news broadcast and continued to walk down the street. Rias Gremory was a beautiful young woman that appeared to be in her late teens with light skin, blue-green eyes, D-cup breasts, and a buxom figure. Her most distinctive feature was her long, crimson red hair that reached down to her thighs, with a single strange sticking out from the top. Her hair also had loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face. She wore a girls' school uniform, which consisted of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with a black ribbon on her shirt collar worn under a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, a magenta skirt with white accents, with her skirt being so short that her black lingerie panties could be seen, and brown dress shoes over white crew-length socks.

Oh, and she was a Devil, specifically the heir to the Gremory family. But why would a Devil be out walking among humans in plain sight? The answer was very simple.

She was an otaku. A sexy otaku, but an otaku nonetheless. And right now, she was on an otaku mission...

"Where is it? It's gotta be here!" she mumbled, perusing through the various vendors that were selling all sorts of otaku collectors' items. "Aha! There it is! About to be bought by - About to be bought by someone else?!" Rias exclaimed, her eyes widening to comical proportions as she saw a... handsome blond man that appeared to be around her own age about to buy the one item she was searching for, the limited edition golden Menma headband that only five of were in existence and could only be found if one was lucky enough when unboxing the item in question.

How did she know it was in there? Devil powers. That's how.

"No dammit!" Rias yelled, dashing forward towards the man, fully determined to get that golden Menma headband. She had delved so deep into her own otaku that she actually tackled the blond man to the ground.
"Oof!" the man exclaimed as he was tackled by a red blur. "What the hell?" he groaned out, looking down at what exactly had tackled him, only to find a mop of red hair.
"Ugh... That felt much more harder than expected..." Rias muttered. The red haired woman looked up, only for blue-green eyes to meet cerulean blue ones. A small blush crept across Rias's face as she got a good look at who she had just tackled. The man's face held no baby fat, a light tan was present, along with golden blond hair that appeared spiky and unkempt, yet had a sort of rugged handsome appeal, and three thin whisker-like scars on his cheeks.

"Umm... Could you please tell my why you just tackled me?" the man asked.

"Oh right! Sorry about that, but that item you were about to buy is extremely rare." Rias stated as both got back up.

"It is? But it's just one of those mystery Menma headband boxes, nothing too rare about that." the man stated confusingly.

"But..." Rias started, a near unnoticeable smirk appearing on her face as her eyes glowed.

...

"... But what?" the man asked confusingly, causing a look of surprise to cross her face.

"You're... You're not going to give it to me?" Rias questioned.
"No... I paid good money for this." the man said.

"Pwease?" Rias begged, putting on her best puppy-eyes at the man.
"Gah! AAAAGGGHGGGHGHHGHH!" the man exclaimed, falling to the ground holding his stomach. "Cuteness... combo... is over nine thousaaaaaaaaaaannnnddd!"

"Ha!" Rias exclaimed, only to be shocked as the man slowly got back up.
"You're cuteness may be strong..." the man said, his hair overshadowing his eyes. "But I've grown a resistance to the forces of kawaii over the years..." he finished, standing tall with the wind picking up behind him and the sun being at such an angle that it gave him a heroic pose.

"Who... Who are you?" Rias asked.
"I am Tourbillon Mergaz (2), ma belle dame, but mes amis call me Tourbi." the man, now identified as Tourbi, stated, reaching down and kissing Rias's hand, causing a tinge of red to spread across the red haired woman's cheeks. "Would you be so kind as to tell me your name?"
"R-Rias Gremory." Rias stuttered out.
"Well, ma beauté aux cheveux pourpe, here you go." Tourbi said, handing the box to Rias.
"Really?!" Rias said.

"For such a beautiful woman as yourself, of course." Tourbi replied, the red haired woman eagerly grabbing the box.
"Arigatou, Tourbi-san!" Rias exclaimed.
"No problem-" Tourbi started, only for a ringing sound to catch his attention. "Excusez-moi un instant." he said, picking up his phone. "Bonjour?"

"Casser le plus de temps." a mysterious voice stated from the other line. The person's voice was soft and near silent, though Rias was able to clearly hear their conversation.
"Mais je viens de rencontrer cette belle dame!" Tourbi complained, causing Rais to look away and unconsciously twirl her hair in her fingers.

"Je ne me soucie pas, les résultats des tests sont en!" the mysterious voice yelled.
"Bien, bien, je suis sur mon chemin. Je serai de retour dans une heure ou deux." Tourbi conceded before hanging up the phone. "I'm sorry, but I must be on my way now."
"Test results?" Rias questioned.
"How... How did you know what we were talking about?" Tourbi questioned.
"I - erm, well..." Rias panicked, trying to come up with a clever excuse. Suddenly, it hit her. "I've got pretty good hearing, and I can speak French too."

"Hmm... Well, mon frère called to tell me that my test result came in for an entrance exam I took a few weeks back." Tourbi replied. "I'm sorry to cut our conversation short, but I really must be off. Adieu." he said, waving to Rias as he left.

"B-Bye!" Rias exclaimed. The moment Tourbi was out of sight, Rias released a breath she didn't even know she was holding and clenched her hand over her chest. Her heart felt like it was beating a mile a minute. 'What's wrong with me? What's this strange feeling...?'

-Atlas Corporation Japanese Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan-

Tourbi quickly made his way out of the train car that he was stuffed into, taking a deep breath as he got his personal space back. Quickly looking left and right, Tourbi hastily made his way into the large building.

"Hello, sir, how may I help you?" the receptionist asked.
"Lovely weather, is it not?" Tourbi stated.
"And if it snows?" the receptionist questioned.
"I always make sure to carry an umbrella." Tourbi replied, causing the receptionist to nod her head and press a button.

"Good to see you again, Mr. Uzumaki. Mr. Irons and Dr. Maxis are expecting you down in B7." the receptionist said.
"Okay. It was good seeing you too Janice." Tourbi said, walking over to the elevator and performing a retinal scan.

~+=[-]=+~

The elevator made a 'ding!' sound right before the door opened up, revealing dozens upon dozens of scientists mulling about their tasks.

"Ah! Naruto! It's good to see you again!" a new voice called out. A man standing at 5'10" with greying brown hair and brown eyes wearing a casual business suit walked towards Tourbi alongside an older man that stood at 5'8" with a bald head, a grey beard, and brown eyes wearing a white lab jacket.

"Hey John, Dr. Maxis." Tourbi, now revealed to be Naruto Uzumaki, said.

"Naruto, my boy! Come here for eine Minute." the older man, Dr. Maxis, said with a thick German accent, motioning for Naruto to come over to him. "How was the new metal compound? I read the reports, but I'd rather hear it direkt aus erster Hand."

"Works like a charm on the Fallen Angels. Speaking of which, how is our special guest holding up?" Naruto asked.
"She's tight lipped on what we're looking for, but she will crack eventually." Dr. Maxis replied.

"Oh yeah! Before I forget, Oz has got some questions for you." the first man, John, stated.

"You mean the new guy?" Naruto questioned.

"Hey! You!" a new voice called out. The 6'0" soldier from before came marching over to Dr. Maxis, John, and Naruto with a furious expression on his face.

"Hello, Oz." Naruto said.
"You." the man, now identified as Oz, said, pointing at Naruto. "And you." he added, pointing towards John. "What the fuck was that?"
"Care to clarify what you mean by that?" John said.
"You know exactly what I fucking mean! What the hell were those things?!" Oz yelled.

"Look, Oz-" John started.
"Don't fucking lie to me Jonathan Irons! Those things weren't human! They... They looked like-" Oz started.
"Like Angels. Specifically Fallen Angels." Naruto interrupted.

(Play Paint It Black by Rolling Stone)

"We come into this world with our eyes closed. And most of us choose to live our whole lives that way. We blindly follow anyone who will lead us, giving ourselves over to anything that provides us with a sense of purpose." Naruto stated. "But underneath this false illusion that humans are at the top of the food chain is the cold harsh truth."
"And what's that?" Oz asked.
"We're not at the top. Rather, we are merely playthings for these... higher beings." Naruto spat with venom laced in his voice. "Angels, Devils, Fallen Angels, everything from fucking myth and legend."
"Are you saying..." Oz said.

"History tells us one thing, and legend tells us another." John said, walking towards a medium-sized crate. "But sometimes... they overlap." he finished, opening up the crate and revealing a strange scepter that held a glowing stone.
"What the hell..." Oz mumbled.
"Is that what I think it is?" Naruto asked.
"It is." Dr. Maxis replied.
"What is it?" Oz asked.
"You'd think that these so called supernatural beings would be undying. But we've come upon a great revelation." Dr. Maxis stated. "These so called gods, Devils, Angels... they bleed."
"And the proof is right here." John stated, grabbing the scepter and handing it to Naruto.

"I still don't get what's so important about that staff." Oz said.
"Scepter. It's name is Baculus De Stellio (3), the Scepter of the Trickster. And this is... was previously owned by the Norse god Loki." Naruto stated.
"Loki? Previously owned?" Oz questioned.

"We had Shadow Company... take him out, so to speak." John replied. "Unfortunately, we are unable to replicate the scepter's powers, nor have we found out how to activate its power. So we're giving it to you. I'm positive you'll be able to figure it out though."

"I don't really see how you think that I-" Before Naruto could say anything else, a near inaudible humming sound started to emit itself from the scepter, growing louder and louder at a significant rate. A blue energy shot out of the scepter, firing towards the adjacent wall and severely burning it, spooking quite a few of the scientists.

...

"You were saying?" John rhetorically questioned.
"... Shut up. Someone write what the hell just happened down!" Naruto exclaimed.

"*Ahem* Back to business. We need to hunt down a Devil so that we can test Element 121." Dr. Maxis stated.
"Varanium (4). Dude, just call it Varanium." Naruto said.
"What? Why?" Dr. Maxis questioned.
"Element 121 doesn't really roll off the tongue like its official name." Naruto stated.
"But I like the name, makes it sound more official." Dr. Maxis stated.
"Alright, whatever." Naruto replied, waving his hand dismissively. "And I think I have a possible source for our Devil problem."
"Oh? Really? How so?" Dr. Maxis asked, causing Naruto to grin darkly.

"Let's just say, I met a girl."

Chapter End

Post Notes

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD DONE! If you haven't figured it out by now, this will be a Naruto/Highschool DxD/Call of Duty crossover.

(1) "Whirling Tides to Metal Man, do you copy?" "Yes, I copy." "Target sighted. Permission to engage?" "Permission granted."

(2) "Tourbillon Mergaz" is French. "Tourbillon" translates to Whirlpool, and "Mergaz" is a combination of the words "Mer" which translates to Water and "Gaz" which translates to Wind.

(3)Baculus De Stellio is Latin for the Scepter of the Trickster. The reference image for what it looks like is Loki's Scepter from The Avengers.

(4) Varanium - [Exert from Dr. Maxis's Journal] Listed as Element 121 on the Periodic Table, not much is known about this metal. All that is known about this metal is that it exists in large raw quantities and has a drastic effect on Fallen Angels. It is theorized to be effective against Angels, and further research is required to draw conclusion for the effects of Element 121 on Devils.

Well, that's it for now. I'll see you guys next time! Read and Review!

-CrimsonKyuubiSage out!