PA: So the angel side came out not long ago. This is the vampire one, hope you all enjoy and yeah. I will start working on HNC tomorrow for those of you that were wondering.

Disclaimer: I don't own any anime nor references made during this story.

A chilling breeze washed over the calm and quite town on the outskirts of the Devil's side of the underworld. There was in a sense, nothing different about tonight than any other, at least that is how it would look to the normal observer. To those walking through the town, a group of fifteen, it was strange. The doors were bolted shut and cow blood smeared on the front of them, cloves of garlic hung on strings around the handles and all the windows were lined with salt. To the fifteen walking through town, it was quite clear what was happening. After all they were called here to deal with what had happened.

Vampires.

Or rather Vampire.

Singular, on his own, young in age. He had golden blonde hair, leaving people to at first believe that he was an angel, his eyes were like ice, icy blue crystals that looked straight through to your soul. Whisker like marks adorned his cheeks, or at least that was what the description said, he gave off the feeling of a demonic fox, holding their lives in the palm of his young hand.

"Are you sure he is still around here nya~?" Come the strangely spoken words from the raven-haired woman standing rather close to a smiling white-haired male. The woman had a still developing bust, maybe in her early teens, 14 at the most. On the top of her head sprouted two cat ears, mirroring the color of her hair.

She was clad in a black kimono, the shoulders cast down and resting on her biceps, barely containing her breasts inside the garment. It was held together by a yellow obi which was adorned with bells, really giving her the cat-woman feel.

"You would dare question your Queen?" A voice hissed beside her, the woman had long blue hair reaching down below her backside and sharp green eyes. She was clad in a white kimono like the others sans for the only male.

His white hair and blood red eyes were equally matched by the golden kimono he wore. He was a half breed of the Amy household, one of the few final members and one that was thought of in some fashion by the ruling class of devils at the current time, "Kuroka, Yume, must you two always fight?" He didn't expect an answer from the two and proceeded to rub his hands gingerly together, "If I am able to use my last Bishop on a Vampire I will finally have a strong enough peerage to win in the rating games."

Makibuta Amy, that was the name of Kuroka's King. A pig of a hormonal teenager who would sooner toss them to the ground and rape them than to actually help them further themselves. She had, thankfully managed to cast an illusion over the man to make him believe she had a dick, thus he often kept his clingy hands off of her. It had not stopped it completely as he often tried to fondle her breasts, but he had stopped trying to get into her pants, which was a relief. Her plan was to work for this guy for a while, make a name for herself and get traded out into a better peerage, one that was able to actually win in a rating game.

From there she could start making money to look after her sister properly and maybe even find a guy that was interested in helping her rebuild the Nekoshou, it would require a lot of mating so he had to have good stamina. A slight perverted grin slipped onto her face as she started to picture what the future could be like, maybe she could even get Shirone to join in with them? Thankfully these thoughts were able to drown at the arguing around her, that was until the temperature dropped drasticly and everyone became tense and on edge.

"Pawns form a perimeter!" Makibuta roared and the women quickly got into place, despite the shaking of their knees.

Kuroka frowned, the vampire wasn't hiding like she had thought it would be. No he was making it all too easy to find him, she looked up into the tree above to see him sitting there. His body resting against the trunk as his legs lounged out onto a thicker branch. She slyly licked her lips at the sight though that seemed to get his attention. His head slowly turned to her as he creaked open a single eye meeting her gaze and freezing her in place.

"We've lost..." She trailed as her body sagged, Yume looked at her in confusion while the Makibuta sneered.

"Get up and fight Kuroka!"

"We can't... ha ha," She swept her hand from side to side uncovering the earth just below her and revealing a tag under it, "It is a Shinto way of using magic, the pour life essence into ink and inscribe characters, symbols and other methods onto parchment to give it different effects."

"Well speak up you damn girl! What the hell is the meaning to these?!" Makibuta roared, he didn't feel like being shown up by some brat he couldn't even see.

Kuroka weakly lifted her hand and pointed it at the tree where the vampire was sitting, drawing the attention of her peers as they looked up at the vampire, "It is a binding spell, one that only he can control."

Makibuta lifted his fist, feeling the strain on his muscles as he slowly pulled it into the air and pointed at the male in the tree, "Do you know who I am you trash?!"

"Some pillar devil that believes that the world owes him because he walks on it?" The blonde questioned without a second of thought on the matter, now if the situation were more relaxed, Kuroka may have actually snickered at his words.

"If you know that, then why don't you just stop this farce and join my peerage?"

The forest was incredibly quiet after that, the peerage watched as the blonde shifted his legs around and dropped from the try, the air seemingly moving past him without a sound as he landed on the ground without so much as a cloud of dust erupting from the impact of his fall. It was as if he wasn't even there in the first place, merely just an image floating the in air. Though Kuroka was proud of herself for being able to fully bask in his image despite the situation, his nice dress shoes, his black slacks and white dress shirt. The slacks were tight while the shirt was loose and flowing, the first couple of buttons undone showing off his developing muscles around his chest. No that wasn't quite right, the were merely not developed for the purpose of being showy, they were muscles to function.

Slim and strong not bulky and flashy. That seemed to be the entire feel of this vampire, everything about him screamed that he was made to kill. A being that had been feared for almost as long as the devil himself, they were the true rulers of the night and this peerage had just walked right into the trap of one.

"No."

It was so simple, his response that it, that it froze the peerage in a mental manner. Their master, was refused so openly as if it was natural. They couldn't quite process the thinking of the blonde as he continued to move towards them, "No? Did you just say no, to me Makibuta Amy?"

"You? Did you not just hear what I, Naruto fără nume, said?" The blonde, apparently called Naruto stated in a tone of mock astonishment back at Makibuta. With calm steps he walked between the peerage, weaving so that he didn't touch them, like if he did he would be dirtied. He came to stop in front of the rooks and lightly tapped a point in their shoulders, sending the duo to the ground, the same happening with the knights before he stopped and stared at Kuroka, "Name?"

"Kuroka... Kuroka fără nume," She replied to his words, watching for his reaction, she was merely hoping that she had been able to piece together the meaning of 'fără nume' correctly, if she was right, it was Romanian for nameless, if that was the case, she would be able to use it as well. Though because she was using it as a name instead of actually speaking it, the others still would not be able to translate it with that 'language' perk that devils had. It was a flaw so to say.

The vampire known as Naruto tilted his head to the side lightly as he bent down, placing a finger under the woman's chin in his crouched position before slowly standing up, dragging her up with him, "How old are you Nekomata Kuroka?"

"F-fourteen!" She stammered out, trying to avoid his gaze, though she found her eyes constantly pulling back to his icy orbs.

"Stop ignoring me!" Roared Makibuta from his position a stride or so behind Kuroka.

Naruto didn't even bother to glance at him, "Shut that sty you call a mouth, I am talking to someone of worth... Fourteen... You are my age, yet you are still somewhat lacking in ability. I wonder do you not have the proper drive or is this difference purely because of our birth?"

"I... I..."

"Do not bother trying to answer, it was a rhetorical question," He took a step forward, their bodies almost flush against each other as he drew closer to her neck, "The way your body reacts is quite marvelous, your heartbeat is increasing more and more the closer I get, this scent is alluring it draws you in wanting to explore further."

"How stupid can a vampire be? That is a he! No matter what hangs from its chest, it is what's between the legs that counts!"

Naruto rose a brow at the pig of a man, slowly drawing back from Kuroka and seeing her bite her lip gently. The pawns around them weren't able to see her facial reactions as they were out of sight, the rooks and knights were out for the count and no one would see what he was about to. He stepped back lightly, an inquisitive look on his face as he opened the front of Kuroka's kimono, he was not greeted to what he was told to. No instead he was greeted to a small patch of black hair in the shape of a heart and a carefully crafted slit between her legs, not a hanging member.

Finding what he needed he slowly stood back up, redoing the front of the kimono and giving nothing away with his expression, "As you say, that was not what I expected," He leaned in again next to her ear, his breath tickling it lightly as her knees started to shake. It moved from her ear down towards her neck, she felt his teeth lightly trail across her skin before they sink in, though it wasn't painful as she thought it would be, no, it felt like her hardest of walls had broken.

Like a bursting dam, she felt all of her emotions run through her body as a heat slowly started to spread from where his lips were on her neck, she almost felt like she was wanted, that if she continued to stay near this man, she would not feel alone. Then just as quickly as the feeling came, it started to fade as his teeth were removed, he took a small step back and licked his lips to savor the taste, "You're an outsider here aren't you? Do not worry, I have placed an illusion over us."

"Do I need to answer that question?" Kuroka asked softly, her bottom lip quivering, a sprinkle of attention and a single bite had reduced her to this mess of emotions?

"No. I figured as much, considering you noticed that I hadn't bound you, yet you acted like I had. I watched your twitching hand, you were testing to see if you had been restrained. Like I said, you have worth, worth which is wasted on the likes of this would be devil that would do anything for power, I wonder, do you know why I denied his request?" Naruto gave a light hum at the end of his question.

Kuroka shifted her gaze slightly, "You're already a devil, the smell is faint, but it is there. I can only wonder what kind of devil is able to tame a vampire like you..."

Behind them a large magic circle appeared, its bright red color lit up the sky before a young girl walked out in a sundress, her long red hair flowed down to the middle of her back as she puffed her cheeks out in irritation, "Naruto!" She growled out, though it mostly just looked adorable.

"Yes Rias?" Naruto replied calmly, it looked like he was used to this, which somehow scared Kuroka a little, she of course knew who the redhead was, Rias Gremory, the younger sister of Lucifer.

"Are you playing with other peerages and communities again?"

"Rias please, I would never cast an illusion over a town to make them believe they were under constant harassment of a vampire to drawn out some devil who thought he could make me into a member of his peerage just to relieve my afternoon boredom. How could you think so little of me?" He questioned with mock hurt.

Rias in response let out a small sigh as she shook her head from side to side, the young ten year old often did not know how to deal with her Queen and first friend. He had, odd ways of getting rid of boredom, "You could have come and found me."

"Ah but you were busy studying. I didn't want to interrupt you," He stepped away and moved to the side of Rias, who seemed to get calmer as he approached, yet she was glaring at the black-haired teen before her.

"What did you do to them this time?"

Naruto scratched the side of his head lightly, "I figured it would be best to have them trampled by a stampede of naked sumo's, mixed genders of course, I would hate to be considered sexist."

Rias seemed to nod at his words, "It looks like you made a friend?"

"Friend... I wouldn't say that, she is interesting, though not entirely interesting. I guess I will continue to listen out for her exploits and if she becomes strong, I might even consider her a rival one day... Speaking of which, Kuroka... What piece are you?"

"A Bishop..." She trailed lightly, really having such a young girl switch between giving her a glare or smiling at her was starting to unnerve her.

Naruto gave a light chuckle, "Sleep now Bishop, but remember this strongly, the peerage of Amy was defeated by a single member from the peerage of Rias Gremory, and maybe next time, this Queen might be a little rougher," He drew his index and middle finger up to a single point and gave a sly smile, placing his left hand on the shoulder of Rias while his right stayed in front of him, the air around them changing as the thick fog embraced the two, "Or maybe I will just toy with you again Kuroka, grow and give me someone to fight in illusions..." His voice faded as the fog left the clearing, the binding spell beneath them sizzled as the parchment caught fire and her peers fell to the ground, seemingly knocked out from a heavy illusion.

A faint smile graced her lips, if she could get into that peerage, she had no doubt she would be able to support Shirone better, not to mention she could learn alongside the blonde vampire who easily outclassed her peers and herself. She raised a hand up to her neck, where he had bitten her and gave a slightly wider smile, he was someone she would have to seriously watch.

Naruto's feet hit the marble floor for only a second before he scooped Rias up in his arms and dashed forward, nimbly avoiding the harisen that struck where his head would have been. Had it of been a normal harisen swung by a normal person, or even a normal devil, he would not have bothered to dodge.

This paper fan though, was wielded with a skill that not even those trained in the art of striking people of the head could obtain. He had heard whispers of it being called the harisen of death, though that was mostly from Sirzechs. Naruto, ever so slowly turned his head and was met with the stoic glare of one Grayfia Lucifuge.

He was not sure if there was even such a thing as a 'stoic glare', though if there was, he was definitely receiving one now. He placed the shocked Rias on her feet and returned a glare to the woman, though his was hidden behind a cheerful expression, "Wow that was pretty close, you could have hit someone there Gray-chan."

"You'll have to forgive me, I was trying to swat a fly that suddenly appeared in front of me," She replied calmly and somehow, even though he had been watching her, the harisen vanished, "As of moments ago, you are late for my lessons Naruto-sama. A proper young man like yourself should be punctual."

Naruto let out a tired sigh as he folded his legs up under him, hovering in the air. Flicking his wrists lightly a wooden board formed in front of him along with quill, ink and parchment, "Sorry about that, I guess I got a little carried away in having fun."

Grayfia's brow rose a fraction of two millimeters, showing she was paying attention to his words, "And pray tell, did this fun involve terrorizing the peerage of others again?"

"I like to believe that I am scouting for a worthy rival, haven't found one yet though," He trailed lightly and hummed to himself, "Oh sorry Rias, I forgot that I had lessons with Gray-chan this afternoon. Once I am done we can watch that new anime you got okay?"

Rias, who had previously been looking down on hearing that Naruto had lessons suddenly had a wide smile across her face with her hands clapped together in front of her as she nodded frantically. That sounded like a good evening, watching her new anime with her Queen, yes. She would make them snacks, oh maybe even those little blood cookies that her mother showed her, with new determination in her mind she nodded once more, "Okay~! But you better not be late Mr!"

Naruto smiled over his shoulder at the young girl, "I won't be. Gray-chan wouldn't dare dash your hopes like that," He looked back to the woman who, and this was if Naruto was reading her correcting had a 'Wouldn't I' expression on her face, "I think... Anyway, see you soon Rias~!"

Grayfia and Naruto continued down the halls, he was ready to start making notes as he followed her around with her duties, "Are you truly searching for a rival?" It was a question that Naruto wasn't expecting. Normally she would give him a scolding that looked like she was at least trying to reprimand his behavior, but they both know she wasn't really trying. Just like earlier, if she truly wanted to, she could have easily hit him with the paper fan.

It was in that way, that Naruto knew she understood him, at least somewhat. He wondered if that was why she was so focused on being a maid, that way she always had something to do? He tried to picture Grayfia being a bundle of energy and had to fight the snort of laughter that tried to erupt from his mouth. She was a new mother, he had half expected her to be completely run down looking after the young lord. Though in a way it was good that she lived with the Gremory's, after all, Venelana, or Lady Gremory, was all to happy to look after her grandchild while Grayfia did her daily work, or when she simply needed to get away from the crying babe.

Naruto pressed his lips together in thought, reflecting back on her previous question, not exactly sure how he got so easily side tracked, "I guess... I mean, there isn't anyone near my age that is near my level in strength, so I don't exactly feel the need to keep pushing myself, I like getting all of this knowledge, but I really just don't have the drive to continue training my abilities."

"It is no hidden truth that you are stronger than your King, yes she could defeat you, but her Power of Destruction is much to slow to come close to you are the current time. Sona Sitri is the same, her water magic is not yet at the level where it poses any threat, and neither of them have tried to train in physical combat. The only ones that you can't defeat that you have met, would be those from the same peerage as myself, or those that serve Lord Gremory. But in those cases we have a large amount of time over you, so it is understandable that you would feel bored and tired of your current situation," Grayfia stated calmly, though when she didn't get a response from the blonde she turned to him, only to have wide eyes directed at her, "Did I say something shocking?"

"No, it's just that is the most I have ever heard you say at a single time," He let out a tired sigh before dipping his quill in ink and making a few quick notes before holding up a piece of parchment that blew confetti out, "Ding ding ding, we have a winner~" He drawled, not showing any enthusiasm behind his actions.

Grayfia inwardly smiled. Not because Naruto was bored, no she wasn't that cruel... Unless it was to her darling Sirzechs. No it was more the fact that he could use his magic for such a manner without feeling bad about it, or more over, the fact that simple things like this were within reach from a simple flick of his fingers or wrists, "I will arrange for you to meet someone who is in the same situation tomorrow then. So I would prompt you not to go 'rival scouting' tomorrow."

"Good to see that you are calling it by its proper name... How strong is this person?" Naruto folded some of the parchment in front of him into a bird and scribbled some symbols onto its wings, causing it to flap the folds of paper and take to the air around him.

Grayfia once more smiled, though this time it was external. Those strange symbols that the blonde used, they really didn't seem to have any limit, she held her finger out lightly and saw the blonde glance at her from the corner of his eye before another bird took off from Naruto's makeshift desk, this one much more full, having even lets and talons. It gripped onto her finger lightly and preened itself for a moment before singing a small song, "He has no talent for magic, though in terms of physical combat, I would say that he is either slightly above you, or at the same level."

"Is it that he has no interest in learning magic, or rather more that he can not learn it because of a birth defect?"

"It would be the second one, Naruto-sama," Grayfia replied coolly.

Naruto though felt his eyebrow twitch, "Don't do that Gray-chan. Don't be like everyone else," She could hear the tone in his voice, though outwardly he seemed normal, at least how he normally portrayed himself, she could hear the lonely child just beneath it.

Venelana, she had found him in the middle of a battlefield four years ago, his body littered with cuts and bruises. Men much larger and older than him lay dead around the blonde as his black nails still dripped blood from their last kill. As the Lady of Gremory approached, she saw the countless bodies around her turn into ash and float away in the wind, leaving the child alone, barely hanging onto his life.

Grayfia could remember the next part in great detail, it was something, that still to this day haunts Venelana, though Naruto seems to have forgotten it. She watched the blonde move, dashing across the field, not in fear of the devil in front of him, but like he had just remembered something important.

When they arrived at the destination Venelana said she had to hold a hand over her mouth to stop herself from vomiting, a beautiful woman was pinned up on a cross through her wrists and ankles, a peaceful smile on her face while she had been stripped of her clothing, revealing her pale white skin, littered with signs of abuse. It was someone she knew, not in the friendly manner, but they had met before, Kaguya Carmilla.

She was the height of beauty, neither Serafall nor Gabriel could compare, a woman with no equal. A force of nature that was part of the coalition to bring down Dracul before he sent the world into night. While Venelana was called the 'Brunette Madame of Extinction', even she was scared of crossing the woman in front of her.

Yet something, someone, had defeated her. The sound of wood breaking and searing flesh brought her attention back, watching as Kaguya fell to the ground, her stand broken, she grimaced at what she saw leaking from between the woman's legs, some people truly were scum that deserved no mercy.

"Mămică, mama lor plecat acum , vă puteți trezi acum. Mămică?"

(Mum, mum their gone now, you can wake up now. Mum?)

Yet Kaguya did not move, no, the only movements she held were those that her child was forcing her to do. Venelana watched, as did the child, as Kaguya Carmilla faded into ash. The child slowly stood, rubbing at his eyes before nodding, "Mama Bine am înțeles, voi ține zâmbind odihnă acum ... La revedere mama , te iubesc..."

(Okay mum I understand, I'll keep smiling you rest now... Goodbye mum, I love you...)

The young child nodded his head a few times before turning around, tears falling from his eyes but a bright smile on his face, looking at Venelana , "Do you... Speak English?"

Venelana gave a slight nod of her head, "I do, though I think it would be best if we get you some place safe."

The blonde gave her a confused look before slowly looking down at his feet, "I... I don't have anywhere to go Lady."

"Then how about you come with me?"

A vampire prince. That is what the blonde was, apparently people used to always bend over backwards for him, despite the fact that he just wanted to be treated normally. He couldn't remember that night, though he tried to smile as much as he could.

"-ia, GRAYFIA!"

The silverette jumped in shock, only now noticing that Naruto was hovering in front of her, only inches away from her face with his brows furrowed lightly in concern, "Are you okay?"

"I was lost in my own thoughts."

Naruto widened his eyes for a moment before nodding, "Ah. I did that once... Dumplestilskin..." He shivered at the memories.

"Dumplestiltskin?" Grayfia questioned, only to see the blonde freeze and spin around in the air.

"WHERE!?" Seeing that the coast was clear he started to rock back and forth as he hovered in front of Grayfia, "Shhh, he can not see past his brow..."

She hummed at the boy, not sure how to proceed. He seemed to be completely taken by this character and she had no idea how to deal with it, "Were you talking to me, earlier I mean?"

Naruto's head shot up in her direction before he quickly nodded. Thankfully it seemed that diversion was the correct course of action in this situation, "I was asking how Millicas was doing."

"Good, good. He can sleep through the night at times now. It is quite refreshing to be able to get a full night of sleep. Though speaking of which... When do you sleep? I always believed that I was the first to wake and the last to fall, yet you are always awake when I got to sleep, and always awake before I get up," She had found that suspicious at first, but had grown used to it, after all no body seemed to mind.

"Ah, I don't?" He tilted his head to the side in confusion before pursing his lips together, "I guess I should fix that, maybe after my next slumber I will try going to bed like normal people," Naruto nodded a few times, "I didn't think that anyone had noticed."

"It is my duty to look after the manor and all that reside inside of it, as head maid it would be poor of me to not notice that you don't sleep," She brought a hand up to her forehead, this was the only real issue she had with the boy, if he wasn't told to do something, he just did what he thought was normal, for example floating around the hall making paper birds.

"Okay, well I guess I will enter slumber tomorrow, that should put me out for a couple of days, after that I will try to have a nightly sleep... Anyway, what am I learning today?" Naruto asked, changing the topic again.

Grayfia gave a small nod, as if accepting his words, "We will be doing history today."

"Devil or Human?"

"Human."

"Damn..."

The following day had people gathering around an arena, it was, for better or worse, a contest between two young boys. Both at the age of fourteen, one was clad in what seemed to be long black pants with a matching shirt, only having a silver/gray vest over the top of the shirt to serve as padding. He had black hair that seemed like it had a mind of its own and bright violet eyes. These eyes, were currently looked onto the boy across from him.

Gone was the somewhat 'nice' outfit Naruto had been wearing the day before. Now he was clad in baggy black pants with matching black cloth shoes. He had a sleeveless Gi top on, held together by a long and flowing orange obi. His blonde hair seemed to be longer than the day before, much longer. Now it came down to the middle of his back after being pulled up into a ponytail, kept in a nice formation by a steel cap at the end that had a bell attached to it. His icy eyes were looking at the boy across from him, apparently this was Sairaorg Bael, a cousin of Rias and nephew to Venelana.

Naruto craned his neck to the side as a loud crack rang out, "You better be strong, everyone else our age is pretty weak."

Sairaorg gave a wide grin, smacking his fists together, "I was about to say the same thing. Rias has told me a bit about you, apparently you are like a true demon when you get serious. I really hope she wasn't lying to me."

A slight sound of irritation rung from Naruto's mouth, the smile that had been in place fell instantly, "Rias wouldn't lie to family. I'm not going to go all out from the start though, if you can force me to use that much against you, then you will see what she means."

-"The Arena has been placed under the same rules as a rating game. While injuries are expected to come from this spar, you will be teleported to the infirmary before you get close to a critical state."- Came the voice of Grayfia over the speakers. Naruto spared a glance to where she was standing, Rias and Sirzechs were seated behind her, along with Lord and Lady Gremory, it seemed that everyone was here to watch.

He cracked his knuckles and looked back towards Sairaorg who deepened his stance, -"You may begin!"- The ground around Sairaorg exploded as he shot forward, his fist coming within an inch of Naruto's face before the blonde bent back at an awkward angle and shot his foot straight up before flipping back. Sairaorg was barely able to avoid the kick, it had come at near lightning speeds and had a pinpoint accuracy. He landed from his dodge and brought his fingers up, feeling the smallest of cuts on his chin. A wild grin stretched across his face, to think that the boy across from him had split his skin with just the wind rushing off of his kick.

Sairaorg watched as Naruto gracefully landed on his feet, his arms crossed and an unreadable look on his face. Though Grayfia found it prudent to note to those around her, that that was the look Naruto assumed when he was measuring someone with potential. She knew this, only from watching him a couple of time when he sneaked off to 'scout' other peerages.

"You're faster than I thought you would be," Naruto remarked, "It seems that I may have underestimated you slightly."

"Don't go thinking that you are ahead from just that," Sairaorg rebutted.

The blonde tilted his head lightly to the side, "No I am ahead. First blood went to me, in fact, you are lagging behind. If you don't start to take this seriously, you won't see what Rias was talking about."

Sairaorg was about to dash forward again, only to blink in shock as Naruto shot forward. Just before impact, Naruto rotated his body in the air, bringing his leg up to kick only to meet the back-arm of Sairaorg, strong and defiant, that is what he felt from the small clash. He paused for only a brief moment, though to the less skilled observer it looked like a single continued movement as he twisted his body around and snapped his neck out to the side as he passed.

Sairaorg found his head cracked to the side as a long spike was whipped against his cheek, it was strong and commanding, his hand shot out, grabbing onto the golden hair tightly and causing Naruto to freeze in the air before he was thrown over Sairaorg's shoulder and into the ground, his body impacting with a solid crash as the ground below him split and cracked.

Not giving him a chance to recover, Sairaorg sprung forward, landing on top of the down blonde only to see his lips stretch into a feral smirk and feel a solid impact in his gut, looking down he saw the cloth shoe of Naruto embedded into him deeply. The blonde twisted, landing another foot into his gut before bending his arms and slamming both heels into his chest, sending him flying through the air.

Spreading his wings out behind himself the raven-haired male stopped himself from falling further, he placed a hand down to his stomach, the muscles were protesting against continuing this fight, but Sairaorg couldn't fight the smile on his face, someone he could trade blows with, plus he wasn't even getting serious yet.

He watched as the blonde slowly floated up into the air, he lifted a hand out in front of him showing his fingers to his opponent before black claws grew from his nails. With a swift move his hand vanished and appeared again, only this time it was holding the mass of hair he had used as a weapon previously, "I guess I won't be able to break through your hardened skin with such a light gimmick. I would say that you have my attention now Sairaorg Bael."

The spoken about male gave a stern nod, "Good, I was wondering how long it was going to take to get it."

"If you can not force me to get serious, I will become disappointed in you. I took my time to read up on you, 'The Genius of Hard Work', that is what people are calling you," Naruto flexed his fingers lightly, his eyes narrowing on Sairaorg.

"I worked hard to get here, I'm not just living off of my families abilities like some devils do," He grit his teeth lightly and clenched his fists tight, readying his stance.

"If you think that I didn't work to get this strong, you're wrong. I'm just not interested in surpassing what I have already gained yet, though, I guess we are starting again, this talk is growing dull."

Sairaorg flinched as Naruto appeared in front of him, he blocked the punch and felt his bones creak under the pressure, from the corner of his eyes he saw the kick coming and moved into its path, grabbing it and entering a rapid spin with his body only to feel another leg clamp shut around him. Seeing where this was going to lead to he stopped his spin for a moment, making careful adjustments he was able to get Naruto into a lock with his head facing towards the ground.

He entered the spin again and took them straight down, not giving Naruto a chance to fly again. Upon impact there was a sickening crack and Sairaorg flinched, he let go of the blonde and moved back, watching as the body bent over, the head stuck beneath the ground. After a few moments he started to get worried then he watched as one of the clawed hands moved, the body straightened and the he pulled himself out with a one handed hand stand. His hair, now a brilliant white, his eyes gone was the pupil, now it was a shade of white that seemed to hold the slightest hint of purple within. He locked eyes with Sairaorg, "Now you've done it."

With a flick of his wrist he generated enough force to push his body high enough into the air to right himself with a flip and land softly on his feet, he rolled his shoulders forward and the gi that had been around his top fell apart, showing his bare chest. It was on this bare chest that Sairaorg noticed something, there was a tattoo, it looked like a white haired woman was wrapped up in thorns. The thorns slowly started to untangle themselves and the woman turned around, stretching her arms out wide and fading into the blondes chest.

It happened in an instant.

The air changed, it was cold, frost was forming at the soles of the blonde's shoes. His now white hair grew longer, down to the middle of his back, his fangs protruded slightly from behind his upper lip. His brows had become smaller and more delicate along with the marks on his cheeks vanishing, his skin became paler and he very much took on the appearance of a perfectly crafted porcelain doll. Naruto crossed his arms over his chest, his black nails strumming against his arm. A form that only the highest of vampires could reach with an amount of training that caused most to give up before they ever achieved it.

Here he stood, looking at a child his own age doing what he had not expected, all the raven-haired boy could do was throw his head back and laugh, "Wow! When you said you would get serious, I didn't think you meant like this, damn I can feel the strength rolling off you, so this is the 'demon' that Rias talks about?"

"It is," The voice came from behind him, it was calm, cold. Sairaorg turned his head ever so slightly, seeing the white locks being blown by the wind. He spun and shot his fist out only to hit a wall made of iron, at least that was what it felt like. He looked down at his fist only to see the clawed hand on the once blonde holding it tightly.

Naruto let go and took a small breath in before shooting his palm forward, stopping it short of actually striking, but the force behind the movement was enough to send the black-haired boy backwards several feet and knock the wind from him.

Panting heavily Sairaorg looked up at Naruto, "Damn, I feel like if I hold back anything now you'll kill me... Well I haven't used this in a fight before as no one has ever pushed me like this, and it isn't perfect, but it is the last thing I have," He grit his teeth and clenched his fists tight, feeling the energy from inside of him shift, pushing out and covering his skin like a shell.

"Touki... That is quite interesting," Naruto spoke evenly, taking a step forward only for his opponent to do the same. The vanished in a flicker before appearing to clash in the middle of the arena, fist striking against black claws.

A large bubble of energy swirled around them ripping up earth and sending it floating into the air as the ground below them continued to crack away under the pressure of the two fighters. Violet staring at pale white, white against black. Naruto closed his fingers closer together forming the hand for the serpent style of combat, this only caused the ground to crack further as the aura continued to get bigger and bigger before it finally turned black and swallowed their forms.

Those on the outside were sitting on the edge of their seats, to the Gremory's, it was the first time that they had seen someone of Naruto's age fight so well against him, to think that they were related to the contestant as well was only a boon. Sona Sitri was gritting her teeth, unable to believe that Rias had been able to get her hands on a Queen like that.

The Bael family was beyond impressed at how well the 'trash' was doing in an actual fight. If this continued, he would be able to challenge the current heir and win, that did not bode well. Grayfia watched with a warm smile, she honestly would have been disappointed as well if Sairaorg wasn't able to push Naruto at least this far, the blonde wouldn't have anyone his own age to call a rival, to force him to grow stronger so that he wouldn't lose. Now to see Sairaorg push out an amount of energy that could rival Naruto's own, that had both surprised her, and made her incredibly happy.

Then it happened, the large black orb in the middle of the arena, the one containing Naruto and Sairaorg, started to crack before it violently shattered sending out an insane amount of wind that ripped up all the earth around them, forming a crater below the two combatants. In truth, the once pristine arena now looked like a bomb had hit it, just from the fighting of two youths.

Sairaorg was flung backwards as was Naruto as they both impacted the arena wall, everyone watching was quiet, they didn't dare speak until Grayfia made an announcement. The silverette watched with a critical eye as Sairaorg seemed to move, only for his body to fall out of the wall and land onto a tiny patch of ground below him. She turned her head to Naruto, seeing him start to fall only to hover instead, his body stayed like that for a few moments before he righted himself, his chest littered with cuts and bruises as his pants were in tatters now. His eyes scanned the arena for a moment, watching as Sairaorg slowly made his way to his feet, stumbling around a little before putting his fist out and giving a wide smile, "Next time... Nest time I'll win Naruto!" He shouted with the last of his energy before he fell back over and was teleported to the infirmary.

"What do you mean next time ya bastard. You relied on your pure strength of will, I had to dip into my vampire powers... If anything you won this one," Naruto grimaced lightly, his 'victory' left a bad taste in his mouth. He didn't even wait for Grayfia to call the match, instead turning into mist and appearing next to her, "Tell Sairaorg when he wakes up, that if he loses to anyone else before I defeat him again, I will never forgive him."

"Why don't you tell him yourself?" Grayfia mused lightly.

Naruto eyed her for a moment before giving a short laugh, "I guess, I'm not happy with that outcome, so I want to train."

"I understand," Grayfia responded with an inwardly smile, "The winner of the match was Naruto of the Gremory Peerage."

The people in the stands got up and cheered and clapped, Naruto, honestly didn't care for them. He looked to Rias who was waving at him nervously. Controlling his powers as best he could at the moment he hovered over to her crouching down in the air and coming to her eye level, "Hello Rias."

"H-hello Naruto... You look pretty like that," She stuttered out.

Now Naruto had been called many, many things in his short life, 'pretty' was not one of them, and it took him by surprise, he blinked his eyes at her for a few moments before deciding to go along with her on this one, "Okay, what about me do you find pretty?"

"Your eyes," She answered without pause.

His throat dried slightly when she said that, swallowing he nodded his head lightly before giving her a warm smile, "Thank you Rias. I got my eyes from my mother, I loved her very much," It was not a lie, the majority of his vampire abilities came from his mother, his father, while also a vampire, came from a different family and thus had different abilities. Sadly he got the looks of his father when he was out of his combat form.

Inside of it though, his eyes became the same shade as Kaguya's. Rias smiled back at him, before moving forward and hugging him, "I love her too, without her I wouldn't have become your friend Naruto!"

The white-haired boy looked at Venelana who had a kind smile on her face while Lord Gremory gave a light chuckle. He slowly wrapped his arms around Rias protectively, "Don't worry Rias, I don't plan on going anywhere."

A couple of weeks had passed since then, Naruto could be found in the training grounds, a large number of targets around him destroyed as he hovered in the air, his eyes closed as he lowered his leg back down to the gorund. He hadn't fought against Sairaorg again yet, but he was waiting for it, it would come soon and he could feel that the boy would be even stronger than before.

A wide smile stretched across his face only to turn kind as he heard the sound of familiar feet running towards him. He was in his slacks and dress shirt again, his shoes were the ones that Venelana had picked out for him. He turned his body to face the direction and saw Rias running down the stairs to the training ground, she had just turned 11 a few days ago. She was still wearing the bracelet he got her. It was simple, silver with some emeralds in it, just like her eyes. At least that is what drew him to it at first.

He had placed a handful of protection spells inside the bracelet that would go off if Rias was ever in any danger that she couldn't handle. The young heiress waved her hand at him, causing him to reply with the same gesture, "Hey Naruto, we're going to Japan!"

He rose a brow, really? Didn't she had school or something she was meant to be attending? He pushed the thought away, honestly this was probably something she roped either her father or brother into. All she had to do was give them a pouty face or maybe even the puppy dog eyes if it was a bigger ask and they caved instantly, "Sounds like fun. When are we going?"

"Tou-sama said we should go now so that Kaa-chan doesn't find out. I don't understand why she would have a problem with it though?"

Really? Naruto thought, could Rias really not see why Venelana would want her daughter to stay home and study rather than run around Japan? Damn he knew he was going to lose a lot of money on this trip. Oh well, if it was to keep Rias happy he didn't really mind, "Neither," He lied, "Let's go, maybe we will see a giant robot or something?"

"Don't be silly Naruto, everyone knows that Mech's were wiped out by that musical magic girl."

"I uh, must have missed that one..." The blonde trailed.

Rias nodded her head, "Don't worry, I have it on Blue-Ray so I can show you the battle."

"Honestly Rias, I think I'm good."

Her feet struck the ground as the ran, ran faster than she thought her legs would be able to carry her. It was his fault she was like this. It was his dirty blood that ran through her veins and made everyone hate her. It was because of him that her mother was killed.

Killed her.

She died because of him.

He killed her.

She bit her lip, drawing her dirty blood as she continued to run, she could hear the adults behind her. How could they have found her so easily? Did someone talk about her to the temple?

"Get her! Don't let that thing escape!"

She continued to run, she could feel them getting closer, her raven-hair which reminded her of her mother was so dirty now. She pushed away a low hanging branch that was in front of her, only to see a blonde-haired male standing not to far away. His eyes were closed and what looked like a lollipop stick was hanging from his mouth.

"Rias was right, you do have worth... Will you become our friend Himejima Akeno?" He spoke in a voice that felt so comforting, yet she froze.

"H-how do you know my name?" She stuttered out, watching as his eyes slowly opened and locked onto her own. Akeno felt so small under that gaze.

"Rias, has been watching you these past couple of days. She wants to know if you will join her peerage alongside me. If you accept, I will clear you of this mess. All you have to do is come stand beside me," He spoke calmly.

Akeno looked over her shoulder, the cries were getting closer, they would be upon her soon, gritting her teeth she looked at the blonde again, watching as he tilted his head to the side, as if he was curious about her choice. Shaking her head she ran forward and stood by his side. In a swift movement she felt something draped over her shoulders, it was a cloak, a traveling one that was incredibly warm.

She looked up to the blonde and he turned his eyes away slightly, "Your clothes are in tatters, it wouldn't work out well if I brought you back with a cold. You should do it up properly."

Akeno gave a small nod and fastened the clips on the front before looking back up at the blonde. It was snowing, lightly but that was still the case, and here he was standing in a dress shirt and pants, "I c-can't you would be cold."

"Ah, don't worry about that, I don't feel the cold," He let his words trail off and Akeno looked down at his feet, they weren't actually touching the ground, he could levitate?! The crowd that had been chasing her broke through the bushes and paused as they saw Akeno standing next to some random teen.

"You should move away from her boy," An older male huffed, it was clear that he was still out of breath from all the running, really humans were so unfit compared to the supernatural, "That thing shouldn't exist!"

Akeno flinched at his words only to feel a soft hand on her shoulder, "Akeno has chosen to be a friend to myself and Rias Gremory," He saw the people flinch at that, "Much more she now stands in our territory. If you cross the line to try any hostile action, I will be given full rights to deal with you as I see fit."

"You bluff boy! Men keep going forward!" The humans started to charge and Akeno grabbed onto the arm of Naruto.

The blonde though was looking into the trees slightly above him, "Is it ready yet?"

"Hai~" A voice hissed out before a large array of thread appeared and wrapped the humans up in a brief second, large seals placed on each of their foreheads as a result. Akeno watched in shock at how quickly they were taken care of only for a shadow to appear over her, she looked up and nearly let out a shriek as what looked like a cross between a woman and a spider was lowering herself to the ground.

Naruto rose a brow at the tied up humans, "Impressive, seems like you have been training again Arachna. Thank you for that."

The silver-haired woman with deep blue eyes bowed her head lightly as she reached the ground, her arms fidgeting under her web covered breasts. To give a better idea, the lower half of the woman was a spider, abdomen included along with the eight legs. Her top half was all human though, "I would not be worthy of being your familiar if I could not clean up trash like this."

Naruto beckoned for her to come closer, her long legs tapping softly on the ground as she did, pausing directly in front of him. He gently stroked her face and placed a kiss on her forehead, "I know I am asking a lot of you, but do you think you could drop them off at their temple for me? I would rather not have to deal with the added reports that come with the loss of human life."

Arachna nodded her head lightly before looking at Akeno who flinched and hid behind Naruto, "Do not worry child, I know not to attack those that my master has taken interest in, I must be gentle with them."

Arachna turned on her feet and grabbed onto an amount of web in front of her, it was attached to each of the men that had been chasing Akeno, after awhile they were being dragged along by the spider-woman. Akeno watched in shock, slowly turning to face Naruto, "Ah maybe I should have told her to take it easy on the humans..." Naruto mused as he watched them get knocked together, "Well they deserve it."

"I... Thank you, but you shouldn't be seen with something like me..." Akeno trailed looking down at the ground. Her feet had already grown so numb that she could no longer feel them properly. Mostly due to a mixture of the cold and the amount of running she had been doing lately.

"You mean about your fallen blood?" Naruto questioned as if it was such a simple piece of information.

"H-how do you know that?" She took a few steps back, bawling her hands into fists in case she had to fight her way out.

Naruto craned his head lightly to the side, "I don't know if you have noticed yet, but I am not human myself. In fact you are more human than I am. I can smell that you are a fallen angel, yet at the same time, you are also human... "

Akeno looked down at her feet again, "So you understand that we can't be friends? Dirty creatures like me don't deserve friends."

"I'm not going to ask you why you feel like that, you have your reasons and if you want to talk about it you will. But really? You think that your blood is dirty? That you as a product are dirty as well? Never knew my father, he was, or is a vampire, that much I know, but my mother... She was a vampire Queen, so tell me Akeno, what do you think is dirtier? A Vampire Prince, or a Fallen Angel?"

The young girl bit her lip, "You... You don't seem evil though..."

"Ah, that would be for two reasons, one I am not in my combat form, which would bring out my vampire traits further, and secondly because I don't want to be evil. Rias thought you could use a hand and asked me to give you a choice. Oh yeah, Rias is a devil by the way, she is sweet though and pretty cute. Around your age so you two would probably make good friends if you tried," Naruto gave a small wave of his hand before placing it down for Akeno to take, "So do you want to come with me Akeno?"

"Umm, shouldn't we wait for your spider?"

"Arachna will travel back to her dimension when she is done, from there she will be able to appear at my side again. That is the power of a familiar."

Akeno looked at his hand for a few moments before slowly extending her own and placing the smaller appendage inside his larger one, "Please look after me?" She asked softly, her voice full of hope.

Naruto gave her a warm smile, "We will, now this will feel a little strange, but I would rather not walk all the way back," As the words left his lips Akeno saw a thick mist roll in around them, swallowing the duo whole before clearing and leaving no one behind.

PA: So what did you think? It is before canon again. I just feel that most stories should start off before the actual timeline, I guess it gives the characters a bit more background. Also the style is a little different to normal, I guess, or at least it felt like I was writing differently to normal. Did you guys like that? Uh yeah, so Dumplestiltskin... If you want to see what I am talking about just google that, my god TFS should not be allowed near character creators.