Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Agurra, bringing you another idea from the endless black void that is my mind. Now I know a lot of people want me to update my other stories, which I will get to in due time. However, this is one that I've been sitting on for a long time, mainly because Naruto x High School DXD crossovers seem to be pretty popular and I can understand why with both having interesting storylines to them. That being said most Naruto DXD crossovers follow a very similar pattern which is

Step 1: Naruto in DXD World, usually Kuoh Academy

Step 2: Naruto saves Issei or tries to from Fallen Angel and Dies

Step 3: Naruto reincarnated as a member of Rias Peerage

Step 4: Naruto overshadows Issei as the main character and pretty much makes Rias his girl, either through several chapters or a single glance.

And this process pretty much follows with every story and frankly I'm tired of it. So just to clear the air I'm gonna make something very apparent right now. I have no idea if there will be a pairing as I suck ass at romance, but in the event I somehow manage to do it, the pairing will not and I cannot stress this enough….WILL NOT INCLUDE RIAS, AKENO OR KUROKA! I'm pointing to these three specifically because they are the most popular pairings for this crossover and I'm not fond of any of them, they've been done to death and I have no interest. So there.

Anyway other than that, well I'd go into more detail but that would spoil the fun, you'll just have to read to find out. So without any delay lets dive right in shall we?

-The Red Rider Start-

"Such a strange item. So small...so fragile, and yet able to call forth power that could tear the entire world apart."

These thoughts echoed through the mind of one whose hands were currently wrapped around a small, seemingly metal, object shaped like a diamond. The object was coloured blood red, as if it had been dipped in the substance, and had the imprint of a demonic skull with a pair of crossed blades behind the skull. A strange symbol adorned the center of the skull's forehead the current holder could not identify. To any normal individual, it would be considered a low class trinket, something a person finds in a second-hand antique shop for a nominal fee and end up using as a coaster or simply a bobble whose only purpose is to collect dust.

Yet through the grey eyes of its current holder, they saw immense power contained within the seemingly unappealing trinket. With each finger tracing across the rough iron of the item, sparks or some form of energy trickled through the skin, bringing the smallest of movements to the attention of individual.

With a causal glance, the item was raised to the sky, the light of the moon illuminating all under it's brilliant light in an other wise dark evening. Fingers continued to trace the ridges of the skull emblazoned upon the diamond-shaped piece of metal, placing the thumb in the middle of the skull's forehead, right upon the unidentified symbol.

Not one moment later, the finger began to apply pressure to metal center, with small cracks beginning to form, excitement building in the mysterious carrier of the item, whose eyes showed growing interest as strange red wisps began to leak from the cracks.

A very small twitch of the owner's blank face revealed their intention to cause greater damage, fully intent on breaking the item.

"So this is where you've been hiding, I see."

The holder showed no reaction, not so much as a single twitch or a goosebump. The holder's eyes were fully trained on the diamond, though the pressure upon the center had stopped.

"Vali…Your presence isn't necessary right now, leave now."

The figure stepped out of the shadows, revealing a silver haired individual in his late teens. He was clad in red pants with a black shirt and coat. His blue eyes peered down at the individual before him.

"You'll have to forgive me, but it's not often you show much interest in anything, thus it's cause to raise some eyebrows. Being born from nothingness, it's hard to imagine anything getting you to so much as crack a smile or twitch." Vali said, leaning against a nearby wall whilst crossing his arms, whilst the figure in the shadows barely turned to acknowledge his presence.

"Your curiosity is noted and understandable. Though don't you think you shouldn't be so quick to presume someone will tell you anything simply because you wish to know it."

Vali only chuckled lightly, showing no hint of anger or even care towards the somewhat cold remark. "Perhaps, but you've never really been one to keep secrets, especially from me. Besides, if that piece of metal in your hands plays a part in our mission, I imagine you'd reveal it to us sooner or later. So I figured why wait?"

Ophis didn't respond to the retort, seeing little point in arguing with the silver haired teen, her gaze remaining on the item in question as Vali moved closer to her. However, he quickly halted when he felt a rather stinging presence in the room, almost as if every step he took to get close stung at him, with miniature needles piercing his being.

His eyes quickly scanned the room for the source of his pain and immediately locked on Ophis's form or rather in front of her form. Managing to make his way close enough to her, he quickly caught sight of a small book before her, opened to reveal one of its passages. However, Vali quickly took a several steps back as he quickly figured out what the book was.

"A bible? I never pictured you to have any sort of interest in such a childish tome. Especially when there are certain parties present who are less that amused when in it's presence."

Ophis didn't response, not so much as moving an inch, yet Vali could sense her using her powers as the book quickly opened, flipping through several pages as if the wind itself were guiding it. It didn't take long for the page shifting to cease and the book to remain open on a specific page.

Vali's interest peaked. He slowly advanced toward the tome, making sure to not get too close, lest he suffer the burning pain or headaches any devil would suffer from contact with the book. Taking one fine step, his eyes were able to make out the text on the page.

"Book of Revelations, Chapter 6, verse 3:4?" Vali's expression became slightly puzzled, despite being a rather knowledgeable individual, reading the Bible never was something he was made privy to due to his devil heritage and generally not caring about what the age old text stated, much less knowing each passage by heart.

His thoughts were quickly interrupted by a cracking sound, causing his eyes to quickly dart in Ophis's direction, whose fingers were now tightening as the applied greater pressure to the item in her hand. Cracks actually were forming from the skull in the center, spreading to each corner of the item, whilst more red wisps appeared to leak out of each crack, the sight of which made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on in.

"What in the name of God…OW….is she trying to accomplish?" Vali seemed to ask to no person in particular, at least that would have been the cause had it not been for a certain white piece of metal on his arm.

"It is ancient power, partner. A dangerous force that no being should ever trifle with, regardless of the reason."

"Albion?" Vali quickly brought the white bracelet to his face as he spoke, "I take it you know what that thing is Ophis is trying to break?"

"Only small bits of information. Most of what I know is mere conjecture and nothing concrete. However, what I do know is that the power she's releasing from that pendant is powerful and old...as old as the human race itself and potentially older than even me."

Vali's ears refused to acknowledge Albion's words beyond that point in his dialogue.

"Perhaps older than one of the two Heavenly Dragons. Consider my interest piqued!" He mused.

His partner, Albion, the White Vanish Dragon, was one of the oldest and strongest creatures in creation. Very few surpassed him in age and experience, and those that did were either beings who exist on a higher plain like God and the original Satans, or transcendent beings like Ophis. Meaning above all things, whatever was coming, wasn't some run of the mill demon and likely had the potential to clahs with those same legendary figures. If his curiosity hadn't already kept him from just walking away at this point, his feet might as well have been glued to the ground at this point, cause he was staying for the long haul, carefully watching as Ophis's full attention remained on the item as she prepared to speak.

"And when he had opened the seal, I heard the beast say, Come and see. And there went out a horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."

With each word spoken, Vali felt a haunt presence slowly descend upon him, growing in intensity as Ophis's hand effectively crushed the item in her hand, shattering it completely, its pieces falling to the ground like crimson snowflakes. The red miasma that had been emitted from it seemingly disappeared at first, leaving only the shattered remains of its vessel.

The moment, however, was brief as the pieces began to glow a violent crimson red, blood red electric energy erupting from each fragment, as sounds resembling screams of hatred, agony, death and destruction roared to life in every direction.

The sound was so deafening in terms of volume, Vali had to cover his ears. The partner of the White Vanish Dragon winced as the sounds ripped and tore through his eardrums, whilst sending a cold, dark chill down his spine.

"It's like being in the middle of a war zone. Gunfire, explosions, sword strikes, bombs, the cry's of the dead and the dying? Just what in the nine levels of hell has Ophis unleashed?"

A loud thundering roar seemed to answer him, as the sounds of battle and carnage seemed to quiet in response, a presence unlike any he could identify seemed to descend upon the land.

Vali stared on, watching as the red energy from the fragments seems to crackle and wail, warping the air around them, before concentrating in the air above them, at least eight or nine feet high. The energy quickly took the shape of a blood red orb, which proceeded to fire another red bolt of energy at the empty space, roughly twenty feet away from Ophis and Vali.

The energy bolt started about ten feet in the air before going straight down in a ninety degree angle, leaving a glowing dark red line in its wake, before halting at the ground. The red line, then expanded, seemingly like opening a massive door or gateway, spreading until it was roughly ten feet high and twenty feet wide.

Vali continued to watch, finding himself growing increasingly disturbed by the sight, feeling a strange sensation emanating from the doorway. Cries of agony and pain seemed to resonate from every inch of gateway, and a foul odor spread out of it, now hanging over the area like a dense smog cloud. He actually felt compelled to cover his own nose, the stench affecting his enhanced sense of smell.

"It's like I'm standing in a sea of blood and corpses. Where exactly does that portal lead too?"

"Nothing."

Vali quickly turned to Ophis standing beside him, staring at the portal with her same blank expression, though if he was being honest with himself, he'd swear Ophis's expression changed somewhat, if only by a millimeter or two. Regardless, it still was something to gain the Longinus user's attention and interest.

"You say nothing, do you mean it in reference to the Dimensional Gap?"

Ophis only registered with a slight headshake as she continued to stare into the seemingly endless red void of the portal, "You're half right, Vali, in that the portal is an opening to a void, though not the same void from which I reside."

Vali raised an eyebrow at the response, finding himself more confused than before, but not clearly showing it in his body movements, "So it's not a part of the Dimensional, but is still a void in and of itself. Here I thought there was only one Gap in the universe."

"Well, calling it a void isn't entirely accurate. In fact, if I were being completely honest, I myself am not a hundred percent sure what exactly you'd call it other than a container of sorts."

"Container? Container for what?"

As if creation itself decided to abide by the sacred rule of "Show don't Tell", Vali got his response, not from Ophis's own mouth but from the portal, or rather what he heard from the portal itself.

The sound itself, despite sounding far away, still seemed to crash and bellow with the same force as a thunderclap, playing one after the other in a consistent stream of stamps. As the sound got louder, Vali and Ophis could make out a rather large shadow in the otherwise empty red void. It began progressively growing in size as it got closer, whilst its form became clearer and more defined, making out the shape of a rather large creature approaching. Though from what Vali could see, the creature was a mount of some kind as there was a figure perched atop the creatures back, both with piercing red eyes that seemed to glare through the gateway and directly upon his and Ophis's forms.

With another resounding roar, the pair reached the entrance of the gate. A single massive leg made it's way through the gate, light finally shining upon it, revealing a massive hoofed appendage covered completely in thick, blood red and ash colored fur. These were quickly followed by a second hoofed leg, attached to a massive red torso covered by a black iron chest plate that was held up by massive red chains. The chest plate was emblazoned with a skull identical in appearance to the one on the original item.

Finally the beasts head emerged from the gate, revealing a massive horse's head, similarly covered in blood red and ash colored fur, red eyes that seemed to glow like burning coals, whilst it's head was covered by a thick mane, though not of hair, but of dark red fire, flailing in the wind similar to actual hair.

The creature seemed to scan the area, slowly treading through the gate. The crimson mount released heat from its body, exhaling flames from its nostrils with each breath. Finally, the massive beast continued to exit the gateway, fully revealing it's massive and frightening form upon the land.

However, despite the beast's impressive majesty, neither Vali nor Ophis seemed interested in the creature, focusing instead of the figure who seemed to command the mighty steed.

His form resembled a human male in his late teens to early twenties with a build and height similar to Vali's, if not a bit larger. His body was clad in black boots and pants. The pants were seemingly held up by a dark red belt, which held a metal belt buckle with the same skull emblem that had been upon the emblem, which summoned the gate. His upper body seemed to be clad in what appeared to be a very light form of dark grey chain-mail armor on his torso and a metal breastplate. The armor itself seemed to extend to the entirety of his arms as bits of the armor was visible, save for his hands, which were clad in black fingerless gloves. Though it was difficult to fully assess the figure's full appearance because of the large, dark red duster jacket he was wearing, a large red hood concealing his face in blackness.

Though what seemed to truly catch Vali's eye was the massive sword strapped to the rider's back. It was difficult to fully see due to its position, but from what he could make out, it appeared to be a massive, double bladed broadsword with a handle similar in color to the rider's coat and horse. From the little of the blade he could actually see sticking out from behind his back, the blade itself was a dark gray metal, seemingly forged and sharpened with unparalleled precision, having an edge that he'd swear could very well cut his eyes if he kept staring at it.

Oddly enough, the oppressive aura that had released by the gates, seemingly to grow weaker as the stranger appeared, as if shut off by some other party. Though Vali merely attributed that to the gate, which had since closed once the rider and his horse had left. But yet, something seemed to linger and it was making the young devil/dragon wielder edgy to say the least.

"So strange, I find myself having the sudden urge to battle this stranger. True enough I've never really been one to walk away from a fight before or even to stop myself from fighting a worthy opponent...but even though I know nothing about this individual, I find myself wanting to fight him more with ever second that passes."

His urge seemed to translate towards his powers, as a white and light blue gauntlet seemed to form around his left hand, gradually covering his arm and shoulder before passing over his body. As this ocurred, his desire to fight growing stronger with each second that passed.

Ophis merely shifted her eyes towards her ally, not showing even a hint of interest or shock in the obvious actions he was about to take, seemingly more interested in the stranger she'd called forth.

"It'd be wise to rethink your actions Vali. Though it doesn't truly matter to me if you wish to fight him, it wouldn't accomplish anything. Not that you could defeat him even with all your power."

Her comment seemed to fall on deaf ears as the silver haired devil had since become completely encased in white and blue armor. A pair of massive wings appeared on his back, each holding a set of blue wings seemingly made of pure energy. Only his head remained free as he stared upon his opponent, whilst levitating off the ground.

"I must say, this is a first for me. Never have I met someone and felt such an uncontrollable urge to fight them. I don't really know what it is or who you are for that matter, so I admit I feel a little odd about this whole thing, but..." Vali's head was quickly encased in a white, dragon like helmet as he rocketed towards the rider and his horse,

"AT THIS POINT, ALL I WANT IS TO CLASH WITH YOU! SO COME ON!"

The rider and his horse merely watched as the teen clad in armor rocketed towards them, seemingly at mach two. At the same time, the pair could swear they saw a massive white dragon forming behind the teen, seemingly adding to his ferocity.

Yet the stranger didn't even flinch or show single care, barely raising his head to gaze upon the teen in question, who was mere inches away from him.

It was in that single second, Vali barreling towards his unknown foe, his eyes caught a glimpse of something buried in the darkness of the strangers hood…..It was a pair of pure, glowing, blood red eyes. And it was in that single instance of contract that a familiar aura appeared before him. That same feeling of violence and hate washed over…No, smashed into his form with the force of a tsunami, as if the very ocean had lifted itself off the ground and crashed down upon him, quite literally.

Through some unforeseen force, Vali found himself blasted backwards, faster than he had been flying. His armor, actually cracking as a result of the impact he was seemingly felled by. His form struck the ground unceremoniously, skipping between points of contact with the ground like a rock being tossed across a small pond or river.

Ophis watched on as one of her most powerful allies continued to speed across the earth, waiting until he came to a dead stop...which was roughly a mile away. Several pieces of stone he'd passed through now collapsed upon his fallen form creating a massive dust storm in the process.

"And upon him was given the power to rob peace from the world of men...you certainly live up to the legends surrounding you." Her neutral expression, became slightly sinister, smirking with a degree of wicked glee as she watched the rider depart from his steed, whilst pulling down his hood.

"Though I suppose I should expect nothing less from one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, isn't that correct War or do you still prefer the other name?"

Her question in response was met by the sound of the rider's hood dropping upon his shoulders, revealing the visage of a young man, his head covered in thick blonde hair, in style resembling a porcupine as a result of all the uneven spikes. Upon his cheeks were a set of whisker like markings, making him resemble something of a animal instead of a man, made more frightening by the silted blood red eyes he held, currently glaring upon Ophis with a look of hatred, who responded with a look of demented mirth.

"My my, there's a frightening look. And here I thought you would enjoy the chance to stretch your legs out here on earth. Well...am I wrong, Naruto?"

The now identified Naruto's glare grew harsh, his eyes glowing dark red, an aura of crimson shadow like fire appearing behind him, burning the very ground he stood upon, whilst the evening sounds were replaced by the cries of warefare and bloodshed, the cries of the dead and dying echoing across the sky.

"Tell me something Ophis." His voice resembling that of an old war general containing a raspy whisper resulting from years of shouting and roars on the field of conflict. "Before I kill you on this day, please enlighten me to something..." As he spoke his hand quickly grasped the handle of the sword on his back, his aura exploded in all directions, the screams becoming full-blown war cries, whilst his eyes burn with searing heat.

"Do you have even the faintest idea of just what you have done?"

-The Red Rider Ending-

And There you Go. Yes Naruto in this story is a Horseman of the Apocalypse, specifically the Red Horseman, War. I decided to go with a Horseman since, for one thing, Naruto's already been a Devil, Angel, Fallen Angel, Member of the Church, a Phenex member, Fox demon and even the Son of God at one point. Really this seemed like a nice change of pace. Also the Four Horsemen haven't ever actually been seen in the DXD world, so that made it easier to incorporate them into the story itself and take more liberties with them and their powers.

Naturally some people might say making Naruto, the living emboidiment of War, which he's more or less sworn to eliminate in the manga and anime goes against his character and he's little more than an OC. Well to that I say he's had less than five lines of dialogue so his character hasn't been established, so keep those comments until further along.

Really this story is more an experiment with this idea, as I've had it for a while and wanted to give it a shot. Plus I figure it might inspire more people to think a little more outside the box and try to make Naruto something other than a Devil in DXD. It might not be the best story out there, but I figured I'd give it a try.

Okay, well anyway, next on my list of stories is a collab with NeonZangetsu. I'd say what the story is about, but I like to make people wait for stuff like this so, feel free to drive yourselves insane thinking about it.

Note: Also I think I might need someone whose more familiar with DXD to help me with the dialogue as my usual guy isn't as familiar with the series and I'd like to make the conversations in the story sound more natural and less wooden. So if you're interested, give me a ring and if possible a writing sample of some DXD dialogue.

Okay, well that's all I have to say on this matter. If this story proves to be popular I might update it again in the near future, or focus on my other stories. Who knows, till then however, this is Agurra of the Darkness and I'm out.