Chapter 10

Sins, Heroes, and Dragons

In the school of Kuoh one could find Sona Sitri pacing back and forward in concern. Ever since the party no one had heard or seen anything from Naruto. More, he seemed to have fall off the face of the earth and this threw her into hysteria. Especially due to the fact he was seriously injured during the aftermath with his fight with Riser. Then his random transformation into something even more powerful and bloodthirsty threw her through a loop. Finally, the peerage of his mother showing up and stopping him from going too out of control threw her through a loop.

Honestly, she was wondering where he was especially now that things got more complicated after the fight. Rebecca now engaged to him, apparently the Phenex Clan wanting to speak to him, and finally herself having a contract written up for her to marry Naruto as well. Then you include the fact that Rebecca went against tradition and overthrew her cousin to take the title of Heiress from her finally her becoming the official next clan head. But she would marry Naruto first that was one thing the Sitri heiress knew for a fact meaning she could keep her title of Lady Gremory but she would become Lady Sparda!

In her office, Sona's peerage watched as she paced back and forward with Sirzech sighing with how nervous she is.

"Sona please calm down." She looked at the Lucifer and frowned,

"I'm sorry I can't do that my Lord. I'm worried about Naruto-kun too much." She began pacing the floor again making him sweat drop from this. Really this girl needed to relax for a few minutes or she was going to have a heart attack.

"I see that you are all gathered." Everyone turned their heads and saw Gowther appearing in the middle of the room. He had a blank expression still on his face and this leads to Sirzech being on edge.

'His body it comes off with a funny feeling. Something about him is not natural but I can't put my finger on it. It is as if he is not even real, maybe not alive.' Sona rushed him and grabbed him by the front of his shirt with suprising strength for all to witness.

"Where…. Is… Naruto!" The man looked at the girl with the same expression as before and just removed himself from her grip. He did this by simply pinching the nerves in her wrist and then falling to the floor.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you that. You see, something has come up with his body and we need to keep him hidden until further notice." Sirzech frowned at this,

"Could you at least tell us how he is doing outside of that?"

"Of course, he is fully healthy and will be making a recovery in the near future. But something has gone wrong after the transformation from before and now he is starting to slowly recover." Tsubaki looked at the man and asked,

"Can you answer something for me?" The man nodded his head,

"Within reason I can answer most questions you might have."

"Well your part of Naruto's mother's peerage right?" He nodded his head,

"I am what of it?"

"Well I was wondering why didn't you guys take care of him all those years ago? I mean we originally thought Naruto-kun was some kind of human but for some reason he is a descendant of Sparda." Gowther tilted his head while pushing his glasses up,

"Truth be told we were not aware that our King's son was out in the world. For the most part, we were unaware of his location as someone else was hiding him from us."

"Who?" Sirzech was planning on hunting this person down and getting answers from them.

"It was Kushina's Queen." Sirzech paled, scratch that he was going to stick as far away from that crazy monster as possible. More he knew from his own past experiences with them pissing them off is a bad idea.

"To answer the second question the reason that Naruto was human is that is the trait all children of the Sparda line are born with. They are mostly human starting out in their lives until time progresses. For example, after death Naruto would have not faded but instead would have awaken his Sparda blood anyway and thus revived."

"So the piece was never necessary?" He smiled at Sona,

"Well it accelerated the process in a sense and it was good convenience but the problem is that Naruto thanks to this piece now can start having his own peerage. Where as before he would have to awaken more of his power before he could ascend to that status."

"So the piece was more of a cheat piece then?" He smiled,

"Yes." Sirzech sweatdropped, Sparda was really planning for all outcomes possible even if his death only meant he would come back to them either way.

"So, I'm just here to drop this information off for everyone."

"Wait, what about that transformation that was happening after his fight with Riser. What exactly was that?" Gowther frowned and tilted his head,

"Well to be honest I don't know. No one in the peerage possibly knows this answer. Could be something to do with his father but that is not a certain thing."

"Who is his father?" Sirzech had been hounded by the other nobles about Kushina and her lover. Apparently it was a seriously hot button topic given that no one knew what kind of man it was that won the heart and the soul of a woman like Kushina. Years ago Zekram tried to ensnare her with his own allure but she turned him down and nearly casterated the so called oldest devil.

"Again I don't know. The father is a mystery that even Kushina herself did not explain, more the same with how she came to die. It took us years to find out what happened to her. She was poisoned by an enemy faction that not happy that she recruited the Queen to her side." Sirzech's aura flared to life, he would make them all pay for this!

"Would the queen know who the father was?" Sona was curious to know about the man that would be her father in law.

"Possibly but finding them is harder than finding the other two members of the peerage. They've remained elusive but I have heard some rumors about other races and royal families of different clans being wiped out by their hand. Might be them or someone else there is no telling." Gowther shrugged his shoulders and Sirzech sight.

"At least we know Naruto is safe." Gowther nodded his head and started up a teleportation circle,

"Fair warning, this is all the beginning as a greater threat is coming. One that threatens the balance of all the factions if left unchecked. Be prepared." He then was gone,

"Wait what do you mean, Son of a bitch." Sirzech was tired of running circles that he stood up and activated his teleportation circle. "Sona stay safe and keep an eye on Rias for me would you? I'm going to find out about this mysterious threat he was talking about." Sona nodded her head and the Lucifer was gone not knowing that something was fast approaching the city of Kuoh. Its dark red wings and green eyes trained on the city high in the sky. They had on dark scales on their arms, legs, and stomach and had a dark red tail coming out of their tail bone. Their ass was covered in red scales and had dark gold horns coming out of their head. In the end this person had a dark green gem in their chest and on their right arm.

"Soon this will be mine. All the treasures will be mine."

In the underworld Veronica sensed something was coming and knew this presence better than anyone.

"Silvia."

Boar's Head

Naruto sat up,

"Fuck my head." Looking around he saw he was in some kind of bedroom that was sitting near a window.

"Where the hell am I?"

"Your in my bar." Turning his head he saw Meliodas standing there with his sword sheathed behind his back.

"Who are you?"

"Name's Meliodas and I'm the leader of the team that served under your mother." Naruto's eyes widened,

"Kaa-san's peerage? How come we never met?" He laughed a little bit,

"Your mother did not want you be exposed to the devil world."

"I see." Meliodas touched his forehead,

"Your temperature is down so come on lets head down I'm sure your hungry." Naruto nodded his head and upon reaching the bottom of the stairs he saw something odd.

King was yelling at some white hair man with red eyes, the brown hair girl wearing the pink top was arguing with him as well, a pink hair man with gold eyes watching this going on, and a white hair girl was trying to play peacemaker.

"Hey everyone!" Everybody stopped what they were doing and saw Naruto.

"Morning Naruto-kun I'm glad your awake." Elizabeth walked up to Naruto and hugged him close to her chest nearly smothering him. He thanked her and then saw Ban approaching him,

"So how you feeling runt?" Naruto narrowed his eyes,

"Fine how you doing drunk?" He laughed,

"Pretty good." King frowned and floated over to Naruto and smiled,

"I'm glad your in better shape now Naruto."

"Yeah I feel great." Diane came up and introduced herself and Naruto was given some food. But after taking one bite he spat it out,

"This food taste like shit!"

"Well of course this is a bar I'm more known for my drinks than food!" Naruto's tick mark appeared to grow and he slammed the food tray on the man's head and he did not flinch.

"Relax kid the Captain does this to all the new comers that come into this place." Naruto glared at the white hair man who then passed him another plate of food. "Here I promise this is going to taste better than what you just ate." Naruto looked at the traditional food of rice with meat and vegetables and began to eat slower eyeing the white hair man. Soon he started digging into the plate like crazy due to the great taste of the food.

After Naruto finished is meal he finally asked,

"So why am I here? I should be getting back to Kuoh." Meliodas frowned,

"I'm afraid it is not that simple. You see we have some questions for you that we hope you'll be able to answer." Naruto thought about it and nodded his head, "First do you remember the person that was caring for you when you made it to Japan?"

Naruto thought back but shook his head,

"No sorry I remember a woman named Griselda but after that my memory is blank up until social services took me away from that place." Meliodas sighed,

"Well that confirms one theory."

"Theory?" Meliodas ignored him,

"Now do you remember what happened after your match ended?" Naruto thought back,

"I remember a dark feeling of death coming for me, I remember hating that I was so weak and pathetic, the hatred I had for the man for his taunts and what he was going to do. Soon my anger took over but I heard a dark voice, shouting at me to kill him and everyone that dared to stand in my way. After that I blacked out and can't recall anything else up until I woke up but I do remember hearing a voice telling me to stop."

"I see, so then that means there is more to the power than meets the eye." Meliodas sighed, "Naruto what you did was you attacked us and Riser in the attempt to kill him. This fight lead to all of us having to fight you and nearly die in the process." Naruto's eyes widen in shock,

"I did something like that but I can't remember!"

"I know but that is the reason you shouldn't feel guilty about it. No one was seriously injured and everyone is okay now." Naruto shook his head,

"I still injured you guys." Meliodas laughed,

"Trust me Ban being torn in half and then forced to heal from it is not as uncommon as you think."

"It still hurts like hell captain." Naruto sighed,

"So basically I unlocked some kind of otherworldly power then?"

"Yep," turning to King he smiled, "But don't worry over time I'm sure we will all be able to help you control this power down the line." Naruto shook his head,

"Maybe." Naruto then asked, "Have you guys noticed something is off with me?" He held his hand to summon his blade but it did not come to his side.

"Yeah about that," Ban smiled sheepishly, "Due to the power you used a few days ago it kinda sent your body into a shut down magically. Meaning you can't use magic of any kind until it sorts itself out."

"Your telling me I'm practically screwed for the next few days or weeks!"

"Yep." Naruto gained a tick mark and slammed the plate on the man's head sending him into the floor.

"That is shit that should have come up first!"

"Ouch damn was that really necessary?" He stood up but was back on the floor when Naruto kicked him in the balls.

"Yes and that was for good measures asshole." Naruto turned to the group, "So what I'm stuck here until I'm back to normal then?" Elizabeth put her hands on his head and rubbed his head.

"Yeah I know your not into this but honestly it is for the best." Naruto sighed but then sensed something, it was a distortion of some kind but he was not sure where it was coming from.

"Hey do you-," Meliodas cut him off,

"Yeah I sense it too." He ran outside the bar and he shouted, "Everyone you have to see this!" Running out of the bar the group saw a shocking sight. There was dark skies above them without a star in the sky, the terrain had changed to some kind of big abandoned city, and the air was saturated with some kind of magic.

"What the hell?"

"Ban you can feel it right?" He nodded his head,

"Yeah something or someone trapped us here."

"Okay," Naruto turned to Meliodas, "Where exactly is here then?" Meliodas responded,

"I don't know for sure but for some reason this tells me it is not a coincidence that this is happening to us." Soon a projection came to life in the sky and on it shocked the group, well everyone minus Naruto.

On the projection was a blond hair woman with dark red eyes with slits in them. She had a killer figure with her breasts being perky and about the good size of D-cup at the best. From what he could see this woman was scantly dressed. She had a black tank top that was barely covering the top of her breasts and showing off her stomach and lower breasts. She had red markings going up and down her body in jagged lines. She had on a golden plated armor on her waist while wearing a black skirt and golden boots. The thing that stood out the most about her is that she had a look of arrogance written on her face with her long blond hair hanging over the back of the throne she was sitting on.

"Greetings Sins its been ages since I've seen some of you and for others it is nice to meet you officially." Meliodas growled,

"Gilgama." She smiled,

"Indeed Meliodas it is I the Queen of Heroes and the oldest Hero in existence here to lay down the challenge! I've come for the Sparda Heir so if you hand him over I will let you all go and keep him for myself. I believe this is a generous offer from someone as mighty as myself to let you keep your lives while I take what belongs to me."

"Not going to happen." She frowned at Elizabeth but her smile quickly returned,

"Fine then how about we make this a game then."

"Game?" She smiled and snapped her fingers summoning 11 followers to her side.

"Yes a game, you see after seeing the Rating Games that those pathetic Devils like to play I decided that I could do something better. What better way than to play a game where the odds are stacked against someone in the terms that the winners have to face overwhelming odds. In this case, as the Queen I decided I'm going to have the odds in my favor as the game master at this point." She smiled and took a sip out of her golden goblet some wine from what Naruto could guess. "The game is simple, you have to make your way to me, all of you can fight someone or just one on one or even team matches. After the fight is official then the people are slated to fight and then outside help is forbidden. If you manage to defeat my followers then you only have to defeat me and then you can go free. But if I manage to defeat all of you that only Naruto-kun is left then I shall take him as mine and then send all of you away."

"We refuse!" Naruto was not taking part in some stupid game, "I don't know why you want me but I refuse to be dragged into this mix or drag others into this stupid fight! If you want to have me so badly come and get me yourself!" She smiled,

"Expected from someone with Sparda blood but this is how the game is going to go from here on out. Good luck Sins your going to need it!" She laughed and the projection ended leaving a fuming Naruto and frustrated team of devils.

"Things are just more complicated then needed, where the hell are those two when we need them the most now."

At Kuoh things were becoming more tense, as the minute the school day ended a dark red energy orb hit the school and destroyed most of the school buildings.

Sona, her peerage, Rebecca and her peerage, along with Rias and her peerage quickly flew out to find out what is going on. From there, they notice Silvia floating in the air with her dragon like features more prominent than what many would have expected.

"Oppai!" Kiba frowned,

"Is now really a good time for stupid shit like that?" The teen glared at Kiba,

"Shut up asshole I can do as I want!" Rebecca frowned, it would seem her Pawn is someone that is going to need to be dealt with at some point.

"Who are you?" Sona saw the dragon like girl smile,

"Name's Silvia and I'm the Red Dragon Empress and I'm claiming this city as mine! So prepare to die!" She gathered more power into another red orb attack firing at the group. Sona and the other produced a powerful defense barrier but in the end it didn't matter as Veronica appeared slicing the attack to pieces. Silvia growled at her,

"What are you doing here bitch?" Veronica frowned,

"Stopping my sister from making a mistake she will regret." This angered Silvia more as she was boosting more and this made her dark red aura more palpable.

"I don't want to hear it from a traitor like you!" She flew at her sister with incredible speed and they clashed with her fist hitting her sword blocking the punch.

"I think it is time for me to deal with you once and for all!"

"If this is the only way to save you then so be it sister prepare to face the Bloody Valkyrie!"

Sona and the others prepared their magics knowing this fight was going to be one of great trial.