PA: Here is the remade version of 'The Bridge'. The pairing at the current time is Naruto X Akeno X Xenovia, I do plan on adding another at some point, but it will come in time. I just felt that this time, the story flows a little better and the interactions are a bit more meaningful.

Though in saying that, I have also decided to place 'The Bridge' up for adoption, that is if someone wants to continue that.

Disclaimer: I don't own this.

A warm feeling filled his chest as his eyes slowly opened once again, taking in the deep ocean blue water around him as he floated there, no difficulty breathing what so ever, no heavy weight on his chest from what should be the starting feelings of pressure pushing on his body.

The boy we were watching was a teen, one that had recently turned sixteen, his toes tilted downwards yet still only barely touching what seemed to be a sheet of glass extending out, further and further beyond the realm of possibility.

"What are we doing today Naruto?" A voice chimed as a small light blue orb appeared, hovering in front of the face of the teen.

The teen, now known to be Naruto lifted his left hand up and batted the orb away lightly, "The same thing we did yesterday Alpha, and the day before that, and the day before that."

"Ah~... Yay!"

Alpha was the name of Naruto's Sacred Gear, it was only after he fell ill though that he had been able to unlock it, that was by spending copious amounts of time looking deep inside of himself as his body rested and healed in the tank that contained him. He had long since lost track of how long he had been inside of here and if it wasn't for Alpha he may have driven himself to the point of insanity.

Then again he was talking to a glowing orb that apparently lived inside of his body... Inwardly he sighed, wasn't hearing voices like one of the possible signs of insanity?

Naruto clenched his fist tight and pursed his lips slightly, his body felt tense, yet he couldn't tell why... Something must be happening on the outside, it irritated him to no end that he couldn't see outside of his body anymore. Shaking his head lightly he looked at Alpha who seemed to be trying to figure out what he was thinking by staring at his face.

Was it even possible for a glowing orb with nothing that could resemble an eye to 'stare'? "What are you doing?"

"Well Naruto, I learn by studying everything around me, currently you are frustrated at your own inability. Though you really shouldn't be, seeing as with me by your side we could be unbeatable~!"

"Uh huh," Naruto gave a dull nod as he rubbed at the back of his head before sitting down on the glass panel below him, he was about to start practicing with Alpha again only for a bright light to shine down on him as a bullet flew right past his face causing him to blink in shock.

"Oh look, we are waking up Naruto~ I guess things are going to be different from yesterday after all.~"

Bubbles rose to the top of a tank, it was filled with light blue water helping to support the life inside of it. Standing before the tank was a young boy with blonde hair and grey eyes, a small mole under his left eye as he looked at the floating body inside.

It was his half brother, older by two years. From what he could remember they had the same mother, yet there was no father for Naruto, at least that is what their mother proclaimed over and over. His brother was named Naruto, while the younger one had been given the name of Kiba.

Kiba placed his hand against the glass between them, he hadn't spoken to Naruto in months, well he hadn't heard a response, he had spoken to his brother, but the older blonde hadn't been able to respond, "Things aren't looking good Naruto. Valper is going mad and everyone is scared... I don't know if you can hear me brother... But I don't know how much longer we will remain here..." There was a knocking at the door and Kiba turned on his feet, missing the twitching of Naruto's brows.

The large metal door slid open and showed men covered in black, large tanks on their backs were plugged into steel frames in their arms that spewed flames, "Target sighted," Came a muffled voice from the man in front as he raised his gun to Kiba's face.

Thee young blonde widened his eyes in shock as he moved backwards tripping over as a bullet flew past from someone in the back, hitting thee container that his brother was in.

"Check your aim! Do not hit the containment tube!"

The glass cracked and that long crack from the bullet spread out like a spiderweb, covering the entire front as Naruto's eyes snapped open a chilling icy blue that seemed to glow even in the brightly lit room, the armored men froze in place.

This sixteen year old scared them to death, even the scientists that worked with him everyday didn't understand what he was, the tubes in his back disconnected and bubbles quickly filled the tank blocking the view of Naruto, "He's awake! Fire fire!"

Bullets and flames filled the room and Kiba crouched over trying to make himself as small as possible though he didn't feel anything, he would at the least expect it to be hot, even if everything was missing him, yet there was nothing.

Pulling the hands away from his head he looked up and saw a large silver shield blocking everything away from him, "I won't forgive anyone that tries to harm my family," Came a cold voice across the ruckus of the room, Kiba widened his eyes in shock only to feel a hand land on his shoulder in a comforting manner.

He turned to see Naruto standing there, his scar over his heart still remained, those strange marks on his face along with his toned body that showed he used to work hard and would no doubt return to doing such things. His other hand extended out opening with a flat palm. The shield that had been protecting them extended in width and height before large spikes came out of the front and it surged forward crushing the enemies through into the hall behind them, running them over and clearing a path as a second one formed in front of Naruto, who grabbed onto the handle and fixed it onto his arm.

Naruto spared a glance at his younger sibling, his face was full of questions, "I have a Sacred Gear... It just took me a lot longer to unlock it than you did Kiba," Naruto patted Kiba lightly on the back before stepping forward and blocking a large barrage of bullets that flew at them, "You should stay close. I plan on pushing them all out the front door."

Kiba nodded and stepped into his older brother's shadow. He felt so much better now that Naruto was here, even if he had more questions that still needed to be answered, when their parents passed away, Naruto stood up and looked after them until he started to fall ill, which lead them to this place. This hell. He wondered what kind of sickness it could have been for Naruto to have been in that test tube for so long, but now, now he seemed to be fine, as if nothing had happened.

He was back to being Kiba's guiding light. His hair was a little longer, which was to be expected seeing as he unable to move for months. It now came down to the middle of his back in a rough looking mane. Kiba held back a small chuckle as he ran behind his brother, he wondered how all these grown men felt being tossed to the side by a teen in his underwear?

Embarrassed, shocked and full of shame hopefully.

They quickly came to the main hall, the stench that filled the air was heavy, Naruto tossed his shield forward and blocked the only entrance other than the one they just came through up, while it would protect them, it was also sealing the foul smell inside with them, Naruto didn't need to look around to know what it was.

"God dammit it's freezing!" Naruto whined loudly as his bare feet padded around on the tiles below him, "We'll keep moving soon, I just need to get some clothes before I freeze myself to death outside, can you keep an eye out for me Kiba?"

"O-okay, I can do that," Kiba gave a small nod as he summoned a small dagger and held it in the ready as his eyes scanned the room. His breath seemed to be stuck in his throat as he continued to look, making sure that nothing was able to sneak up on them while Naruto was busy.

A couple of minutes passed and the elder blonde came back. He was in a pair of ripped jeans, a tight black muscle shirt and what seemed like it was once one of the black shirts that the older males were wearing torn and draped around his neck and shoulders as a muffler or scarf if you will.

He pulled it down a little and gave a warm smile to Kiba, "Let's keep moving Brother... can you make me a sword?"

Kiba gave him a questioning glance before slowly nodded and making a strong steel blade for his older brother, only to see a shield hovering in front of him, he took it without question as he handed the blade to Naruto, who gave it a few swings, "Eh feels just like the one I used to use at home."

"I um... I used to use it when you were studying... I'm sor-"

"Don't worry about it Kiba, it's natural for people to get curious right?" Naruto gave a small shrug as he fastened the shield on his arm, it was sturdy. The large shield that was blocking the door was blown off from where it had been secured and flew straight at the brothers.

Kiba stiffened as Naruto stepped forward, his blade glowing ever so slightly as he let out a slash at the coming shield splitting it in half and letting the metal go flying either side of the two, his icy eyes staring in the direction from where the attack came.

Standing there was an older male, possibly in his thirties, his hands having a strange glow of light. A smile was stretched across his face as he gently pushed his glasses up his nose, "My my, we seem to have a few kiddies out past their bedtime. Allow me to tuck you both in."

Naruto gave a small smirk as his twirled the blade around in his hand, "Sorry but I don't swing that way, I mean, I know what some of you priests are like and I prefer not to 'Treat the Holy Snake', I can defang it though it you want?"

"You stupid little fuck!? What the hell do you think you're doing screwing around like this?!"

"Naruto maybe it wasn't such a good idea to say that..." Kiba murmured softly an uneasy look on his face.

The blonde in question though gave a small chuckle, "Eh? What are you talking about?" Naruto pointed his blade at the man and gave a warm smile, though it didn't reach his eyes, they were cold, never leaving the man, "I mean, I guess you're right, priests like it better from younger boys... It would mean more if it came from you Kiba."

Kiba paled and shrunk a little behind Naruto, never noticing how Naruto changed his stance to block Kiba off completely from the man. Naruto clicked his tongue lightly and took a small step forward, the priest clenched his fists tightly, the edges of his lips twitching up ever so lightly, as if he was taunting Naruto.

The elder blonde took a step forward and heard the door on the other side of the room swing open, the path from which they had come from, the area that Naruto had pushed everyone out of, yet somehow someone came out of there.

From his back sprouted a pair of pure black feathered wings. Now that was something different, the feeling he gave off was chilling, he grit his teeth, shifting himself and Kiba backwards, positioning them in a way that had the two of them in Naruto's line of sight at the same time.

The strange winged man let a smirk crawl across his face, "These two are different, gear holders, the older one is pretty sharp too, not to mention his eyes."

"The one with wings is a Fallen Angel Naruto~. Hehe, Father wasn't happy with what they did so he banished them, ripping the feeling of peace and safety from their bodies~ Careful though, they can be dangerous.~"

Naruto gave a small nod to the voice inside of him, tightening his fist slightly around the blade in his hand as he felt a strange energy swirl inside of him like a raging maelstrom. He flicked it around lightly an arc of energy trailing behind the cold steel as he swapped it to a reverse grip before flying forward with a sprint. The likes of which caused the Fallen to widen his eyes slightly before summoning a spear and using it to block the spinning strike of Naruto which would have gutted him on the spot.

"Ah he doesn't hold back, not an ounce of hesitation, Father why don't you deal with the other naughty child?" The fallen questioned and the priest moved to made good on the request only to be cut off as a sharp shield nearly took of his head.

"Sorry but I am a bit of a glutton," Naruto remarked with a smile of steel, "I think I will be dealing with both of you, otherwise I couldn't quite live with myself."

"Oh I like you boy, though I think you may have bitten off a bit more than you can handle," The angel stepped forward pushing Naruto back and shattering the blade in his hand causing him to curse. With his shield gone he had nothing to protect himself with, thus he jumped back, dodging the spear ever so slightly and watching it tear through his top.

Landing on his feet with a small slid Naruto let out a small groan, "I just stole this shirt too," Inwardly though he was sweating, that was way, way too close for comfort, "Alpha can we make something strong enough to fight against that spear?"

"Ah... well maybe. Your shields should stop the spear, though with your body right now I don't know~." The orb hummed slightly as if it was thinking, "Why didn't I think of that!?~ Picture a spear forming, just like the fallen had."

Naruto pursed his lips slightly "Okay, but when this fails give me something new," He stretched his fingers out feeling the strange energy move as if he was controlling it before forming a spear, just like the one in front of him, "Alpha... I think we are going to need to have a talk after this!"

"Ah~ Naruto Less talking more fighting!~"

The fallen stood with a brow risen high, "Well aren't you something, a human that can control light... I really like you boy."

"Sorry the feeling isn't mutual~" Naruto spoke in a sing-song voice before dashing forward again, forming another shield on his arm as he did and pushing the fallen's spear to the side before he thrust his own forward only to feel something push his strike out to the side, it was a second spear, "Okay, I feel like calling cheating on you now!"

The fallen saw how Naruto's eye kept going to where the priest was every few seconds as they held that position before he lifted his foot and planted it into the blonde's chest sending him flying backwards, "Call me a cheater if ya want, but I feel like you deserve some credit... If you want to protect that other child so much, go for it, I won't fight you until you finish dealing with the priest."

Naruto pursed his lips slightly, the Fallen seemed to be the bigger threat, that much was certain to him right now, he was fast, probably even more so than Naruto as the blonde hardly saw him move before he was able to block.

"Father... Do I have your word that you won't move from that spot until I finish my fight here?"

This caught the others by surprise, but the fallen merely widened his smile, "Oh? Was my offer not good enough for you?"

"Sorry, but I am not exactly going to trust someone who fucked up and was kicked out of Heaven because of it Fallen Angel..." Naruto gave a slight nod of his head as a second spear formed in his left hand, the straps of the shield pinning it tight to his arm now to give him the ability to dual wield.

"And here I thought that you children were not taught about the super natural..." The fallen trailed before shrugging his shoulders lightly, "Very well, Father, do not move from your position until I finish killing this one, if you do I will kill you myself!"

"U-understood!"

"Naruto..." Kiba trailed looking at his older brother.

Naruto crossed his spear over one another and gave a smirk to the fallen in front of him, "Now you have my full attention," He dashed forward again, watching as the fallen lightly tossed his spear and angling his shield for the spear to bounce off of it as he moved, quickly closing the distance he stabbed forward with his spear, meeting the sound of it striking another before doing the same with his other and hearing the same sound.

The fallen had created another in the time it had taken for Naruto to close the distance, without taking time to think Naruto ducked down letting go of the spear on his shield arm and barging forward before striking the fallen with the point on the end of his shield, ignoring the blood that spluttered onto his face and the look of shock on the man in front of him.

"You little brat!" The fallen retorted as his wings flared before firing a barrage of feathers at Naruto and exploding.

Kiba watched as the fire engulfed his brother in shock, "Naruto..." To see him taken down so easily was just-

His thoughts were cut when a spear shot out of the fire and struck the angel in the chest as Naruto jumped back, his feet sliding across the floor as blood poured out of his chest. A thin metal slowly worked its way over his body, seemingly sealing up the holes he had acquired along with the burns his hand was extended outwards in the direction of the spear then with a seemingly large amount of force working against him, he stretched his hand into an open palm causing the spear to explode just like he had moments earlier due to the feathers.

"I can't believe that worked... Yeah... we are going to be having a nice long talk after this Alpha," Naruto spoke aloud causing confusion to cross Kiba's face, along with a large amount of relief.

Naruto reached down and touched his stomach, he was going to grip it tightly to see how bad the pain was, but Alpha had already covered his injuries with metal and started repairing his internal ones with his 'light' ass the floating orb called it.

His training in his mind may have very well have saved him there, having been able to create a very thin shield in front of his body to take the majority of the blow before it erupted, even still it had done a large amount of damage to him.

He grit his teeth watching as the cloud of smoke lifted showing a battered and bruised fallen angel glaring daggers at him, "You are actually starting to piss me the fuck off brat!"

"hehe ouch oi don't make me laugh you dick! Though it serves you right for looking down on us!" Naruto took a small step back and summoned up two spears again, a third one appearing moments later in his mouth. He spared a glance to Kiba, seeing his younger brother fumble the blade in his hand lightly, he had to try his hardest not to shake his head, why the hell did he have to fumble at that moment, he made it look as if he couldn't protect himself, now Naruto would subconsciously worry about him, even if he knew better.

Naruto slashed at the spear that came towards him, creating a concave shield in front of its flight path to block the blast if it did explode. Without pause he moved forward, blocking another spear and repeating the process before getting close enough that he could stab his right spear into the ground and take the one out from his mouth and use it. Another appearing a moment later in his mouth again as he twirled and stabbed them into the ground again and again around the fallen before skidding along the ground under his feet and planting two small spears made of light into them, pinning him to the ground.

Without waiting he moved away and stretched his hands out causing a massive explosion, the force of which would be amplified on the fallen in the middle of it as it came from all directions, again Naruto had to wait for the cloud to settle only to find that the fallen was well and truly dead, he was not recovering from that.

He let out a pant as he struggled to try to catch his breath, there was a loud crack and Naruto's eyes shot out wide as something entered his body, he looked down and saw blood leaking out of a hole where his heart should be, with wide eyes he turned to the priest in shock, in his hand was a gun pointed at Naruto and a deranged smile on his face.

Kiba's mind froze, Naruto had won, without any shadow of a doubt his brother bested a 'Fallen Angel' whatever the hell that was, yet the priest shot him?! He grit his teeth and ran forward, his dagger in hand as he let out a roar of emotional pain, he just couldn't understand why things had to happen like this?!

He blocked the gunshot with his shield that Naruto had given him before he approached and slapped the man in the side with it, though because of his lack of strength it did next to nothing, shaking his head in frustration he thrust his dagger forward feeling it puncture flesh and his stomach churn at the thought of what he had just done before pulling it out and stabbing him again, and again and again.

Even as the priest started to fall to the ground Kiba didn't stop, he let his instincts take over and just needed to make sure the man paid for what he did. There was a loud crunch and the body seemed to fall limp. Snapping his head around Kiba turned to look at his older brother, watching him struggle to sit up.

He looked up to Kiba and gave a warm smile before his eyes widened and his hand shot out forming a shield behind his brother mere moments before a thundering impact was heard. Kiba slowly turned and from the corner of his eye he saw the priest on the other side of the shield, a sword of light in his shaking hands, "You should have just let us kill you both, it would have made this so much easier on everyone."

Naruto let out a small chuckle before wincing as he stood, taking a small stride forward and stumbling a little before he dragged his feet, feeling his blood leek out with each step though he was able to close the distance. The priest tried to pull his hand away, finding out that the task appeared to be impossible, he was locked in place, the shield had extended metal tendrils of a sort to bind his arm to it, keeping him from moving.

He peered around the shield and saw the blonde standing there, blood seeping from both his chest and his mouth as his shoulders hung down along with one of his limp arms. His left was stretched outward, pointing towards the priest as light formed on its tips, "Oi... I know you pricks have a thing for stabbing little boys with your swords... But get the fuck away from my little brother!"

Five thin beams of light shot from his finger tips and struck the priest, flinging him against the far wall before turning his body to ash, his screams following the actions the entire time.

A cough racked the body of Naruto, sending him to his knees as blood splattered on the floor in front of him, "Naruto!" Kiba exclaimed quickly rushing to his side and holding onto him tightly.

The elder blonde though rubbed his younger brother's head lightly, "Well I guess I got to come back in an explosive way eh Kiba?"

Said child went to respond only to feel the hand on his head stop and the body in his arms slump fully. Kiba clutched Naruto tighter, holding him close, turning his head ever so lightly as he heard the sound of steps coming. Without a second thought he summoned a blade into his hand and turned to face where it was coming from, his eyes narrowed as he took in the red-haired girl before him, "Leave me alone."

"Sorry but I want to give you and your brother a new lease on life."

Kiba widened his eyes at her words, looking down at the form of his brother before meeting her sea-foam gaze, "What's your name?"

"Rias, Rias Gremory."

Naruto let out a groan as he sat up, which was strange, he didn't think that he would feel tired or pain once he was dead, yet here he was, feeling both of those, his eyes slowly opened and he came face to face with a pair of near pink eyes and long silky black hair that framed what happened to be a very cute face, "Ara ara, you should rest awhile longer, you were quite injured when you were brought here."

"Ah, to have someone like you looking after me I must be in heaven," He teased lightly, one of his eyes checking the bandages wrapped tightly around his body, it was quite clear, at least to him that he was more than likely still alive.

"Actually we are in the Underworld."

His face paled slightly at her words, okay, maybe he was not alive still, he gave her a curious glance, "I have a feeling that I am either missing a few pieces of information... or when they call alcohol the 'Devil's Juice' they really aren't joking."

The cute girl lifted her hand up to cover her mouth before giving a light chuckle, "We should wait for my master to return before delving too much deeper into this conversation."

Naruto gave a small nod, searching himself inwardly and externally, "Alpha... if things turn sour, how would we go right now?"

He paused, waiting for the reply, "AH!~ Naruto~ It is good that you are up. We are... well we are not in good shape, though in saying~ that, we are also in the best shape we have ever been~!"

The blonde rose a brow at that, "Okay, slow down and explain Alpha."

"Ah~ It is simple, your dormant powers from your father have started to awaken~!"

"Wait... what are you talking about?"

"Naruto-san?" Akeno questioned, the boy that was previously stuck in what seemed to be a deep thought suddenly spoke, though it didn't seem like it was directed at you.

Naruto held up his hand and narrowed his eyes on her, "Can't you see that I'm in the middle of something here?"

"I... I will just sit here then, carry on," Akeno mumbled out, her eyes more than a little wide as the blonde gave a sharp nod and glared at a piece of lint on the bed, if looks could kill, that lint had traveled to the sun by this point.

"Ah~ As I was saying Naruto, and do listen this time, you are a child of light... ARGH~! Why don't you believe me?! Fine, picture wings on your back just do it, come on, why won't you do it?!"

Naruto rubbed at his temples, this was a headache coming he already knew it, focusing on his shoulders he felt a strange energy build up, almost like a burning sensation before it finally broke, like a wrecking ball tumbling through a wall.

He was, in fact, forced to lean forward a little as it burst from his shoulders, he felt the bed under him shatter and saw the cute girl jump back and glide through the air as she landed on the other side of the room, her eyes were wide, so much so that they looked as if they could burst from her head at any moment.

Before her was a pair of large devil wings, that much she had expected, well not quite yet, but once he knew what had happened she figured he would try to call them forth, it was what rested underneath them, two feathered wings, as white as snow, resting directly below his devil ones.

She bit the inside of her lip as the door slammed open with Rias leading the group, Koneko and the new knight, Kiba Yuuto, the younger brother of the one in the bed currently, were flanking her.

"Akeno what's going on I felt a large amount of angelic ene-" The words died in her mouth as she looked at Naruto, "That is... not what I was expecting."

"Nii-san?" Kiba questioned in hesitation. His voice seemed to draw the older blonde back to reality, his blue eyes had a light glow to them as he turned to face Kiba.

"Hey there little bro... Uh, just a moment," Naruto extended his hand out as a glowing blue orb formed before becoming ethereal and floated away as it moved to circle around Naruto, "Yo did it work Alpha?"

"Indeed it did~ Naruto!" The orb paused and seemed to spin on the spot slowly before stopping again, "We are surrounded by weird people Naruto~"

"It happens a lot, you'll get used to it Alpha... Oh yeah, Kiba, this is Alpha my Sacred Gear," Naruto gave a small wave of his hand at the orb who shot over to the younger sibling, "Don't worry to much about that, in fact it is better if you just pretend that he isn't floating around you and talk to him like he was standing in front of you... Otherwise you'll just give yourself a headache."

"Um, Nii-san I believe there are some things that we need to explain to you," Kiba gave a slight bow of his head, creasing his brow lightly as Alpha moved with him, like a planet in orbit and his head was a star, after his bow and light observation he waved his hand dramatically in the direction of the red-haired girl, who had previously burst into the room to start speaking to someone named 'Akeno', Naruto figured it to be the cute girl from earlier, though he wasn't sure, maybe the girl was deciding to call him Akeno... That would be pretty weird, "This is Rias Gremory, though given where we will be heading it may be best to get used to saying it Gremory Rias."

"Okay... So you found yourself a girlfriend or something Kiba?" Naruto gave a confused look before Alpha darted back to his head and started his orbit.

"Quite the opposite~ The young lady here is not a lady at all, she is a devil~"

Naruto quirked a brow slightly, "Like horns and fire and stuff yeah?"

"Ah~ Yes."

"Okay so the devil is a small teenage girl... I guess I can live with that."

"Ah~ No, you to are now a devil. It is not singular but rather a race~"

Naruto nodded his head lightly, "I guess that makes sense, I mean you said that prick back in the church was a 'Fallen Angel'. That would mean that 'Angels' are real, meaning that Lucifer falling from heaven and becoming a devil may not actually be just a fairy tail," He pressed his lips together in thought, "But I thought that those that served under Lucifer were Demons, not Devils?"

"Ah~ That is another story for another time~ Anyway, the Devil there is your new 'Master' so to say," Alpha stopped his orbit and slowly spun to look at Rias while he rested beside Naruto's ear, "Everyone in this room is a Devil~, though there are also two children of light here."

Akeno, at least that is what Naruto was going to call her until told otherwise, tightened her features as she glared at the blonde and his floating orb, "What the hell is this child of light stuff you keep talking about Alpha?"

"Ah~" The orb paused and bobbed a few times, "You're an angel, so is the girl with pink eyes, though she is fallen~ Like the one you killed in the church~!"

Naruto pressed his lips together as he looked at the dubbed' Akeno', "Okay," He gave a small shrug before looking back at Alpha, "So anything else I need to know about?"

"Ah~ We are, and by that I mean you, are now a Rook, from the game of chess, you have increased physical and magical defense with a major boost to your physical and spiritual attacks, magical attacks remain the same, though our endurance has been raised," Alpha bobbed up and down before circling around Naruto's head again, "Yay~"

"I think you are taking this pretty well Alpha," Naruto trailed tiredly.

"Ah~ Well I am more opened minded now that wee are together~ Well not together together, but together you know?"

"I do not,"

"Ah~"

Naruto rubbed at his temples again sparing a glance to Kiba, "This is what I went through every day I was in that tube."

"I am so sorry Naruto-nii..."

"Nah it's not that bad. You do get used to it after a while, but it can still get a bit irritating from time to time, so we are all devils, that's pretty cool I guess, though what would mum say now, no doubt she would blame it on television," Naruto scratched his chin a little before shrugging his shoulders, which caused his wings to flap and knock everyone over, "Ah I forgot about them... Alpha how do I draw them back inside?"

"Ah~ Just focus on them going back inside, it should work well," There was a small bob, "I hope, or we will suddenly burst into flames, either way~"

"God dammit Alpha."

The others flinched like they were struck by something which caused Naruto to give them a ludicrous look, "What the hell are you guys doing?"

"Talking about G-O-D or anything Heaven related normally ends up in us being struck, why aren't you?" Rias spoke, for the first time since she entered the room, though that was from Naruto's prospective, she may have indeed been talking, but he was more preoccupied with the floating orb and Kiba.

"Ah~ That is because Naruto is an Angel," Alpha explained of so simply, "Ah~ Not a Fallen one~" He added after a moment of thought, which caused a small growl from the other side of the room.

Rias blinked a few times before looking at the orb, "You're a Sacred Gear correct?"

"Ah~ Yes," Alpha replied after a moment of thought.

"I didn't think that Sacred Gears outside of the Longinus were sentient?"

Alpha paused in his movements, "We were not made to be God Slayers, Sacred Gears are to fuel the evolution of the races," Naruto rose a brow at the serious tone that Alpha had taken, while the others in the room gave a confused look, "I am Alpha, 'The First', or the hands of God, together with God we have created all known Sacred Gears in rotation."

A pin drop could be heard in the room as the devils stared in awe. Naruto scratched at the back of his head before lightly bopping the orb on the head despite its somewhat see through nature, "You need to calm down a little there."

"Muuu~ But its true and God chose you to be the next wielder of me long ago. He has plans for us."

Naruto craned his eyebrow at that, "Whatever they are, I don't care. I want to live my life my way," He shot a glance to Rias, "Do you have a problem with that master?"

The redhead gave a tired sigh as she rubbed the bridge of her nose, "My family doesn't work like that, we treat our 'Servants' and I use that word very lightly mind you, with respect, I actually consider most of my Peerage to be my friends."

Inwardly though she was jumping up and down at what she had heard. The first Sacred Gear... to get her hands on that, the one responsible for aiding in the creation of all the others, she just may be able to defeat the unbeatable Phenex. His words though were something that rung through her a little, he wanted to be who he wanted, not what others expected him to be.

That was something she could respect, feeling that they may be able to use that small shared belief to form a connection.

Not to mention he was an Angel, or at least partly, one that was able to stay to his routes despite being changed into a Devil, at least if his wings were telling the truth. That was unheard of, a major rare piece, mixing that with the 'Alpha' as it seemed to be called... She may have hit the jackpot with these brothers.

Her lips pressed together slightly, seeing him toss her words around in his head, would he believe the truth, or would he take it as a convenient lie? She watched him stretch his arms up and reach behind his head, giving a small shrug, "Whatever, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, you can't be worse than the last people that took us in after all."

Rias saw Kiba wince from his words, she had, after all had a brief, very brief, overview of what the brothers went through before she found them. Along with watching the elder one tap into light and start using it almost naturally in the same battle against a Fallen Angel with no doubt, much more experience with the magic than him, and coming out on top.

"So I'm a Rook, that's the castle right?" Naruto questioned causing Rias to blink a handful of times at him before noticing that she was being addressed.

"Uh, yes. Though you are a mutated Rook, meaning that you are worth more than the standing five points of a Rook," Rias answered letting a small breath out, she had actually forgotten about that with the amount of things that had been discovered about the blonde. He was a once in a lifetime piece.

Naruto rolled his hand around a few times letting bright lights flicker over it like rolling coins, he noticed that Rias had her gaze trained on the 'coins', "Is there a problem?"

"No, it is just that Light energy, which you are currently using can be quite dangerous to Devils, which just so happen to fill this room currently," Rias explained calmly, though she was interested in how he seemed to control it naturally now, if she hadn't seen it herself, she wouldn't have been able to tell that he had only recently awoken his Angelic side.

He spread his fingers out wide, stretching the coin like a rubber band around his tips before quickly rolling his hand and closing his fingers shut causing it to vanish like it had never been there, "Well what are we waiting for, no offense really, but I don't like people in the room where I was sleeping, it feels kinda strange, I mean... well last time I was asleep well..."

Rias widened her eyes for a moment before quickly nodding, "I didn't think of that, sorry Naruto-san."

"Eh no big I guess Rias-san, so let's get out of here ne?"

Kiba adjusted the shirt on his shoulders, making sure that the white fabric was properly in place before he smoothed out the slacks he was wearing. It was the clothing he felt the most comfortable inside of, it was simple yet it had just enough flare to make himself stand out. They were of course provided by the Gremory house, he wasn't quite sure what to make of them yet, they seemed nice enough, though in this world, nice normally was not enough.

He spared a glance to Naruto, who was currently playing with the hood on his new jacket. He was in a pair of dark grey jeans, a tight white t-shirt covering his chest barely being exposed to the outside world by his large black jacket with an orange fur-lined hood. It was fake fur, at least Kiba believed so.

Naruto pulled his hands away from his hood and ran one through his hair to calm himself, though he wasn't really bothered by anything, it was more over the fact that he had done so much since his test tube broke and he hadn't really stopped.

After his conversation with Rias in that bedroom, they met the people that lived in the mansion, along with Grayfia, the head maid of the house, after a small glare war along with Naruto having to explain how he broke a bed by drawing his wings out, which he still wasn't quite sure how that happened, she had given them money to fetch clothes for themselves.

This was the outcome.

Naruto clapped Kiba on the shoulder and pushed him towards where the girls were no doubt waiting. It turned out that Akeno, yes he made sure that it was actually her name, and Rias were both in their first years of High School in Japan, it would turn out that Rias stumbled by them during her vacation with Akeno and Koneko, Koneko was a year younger than Kiba.

This of course made Akeno and Rias a year younger than himself, it would be his second year if he was in High School in Japan, that was if Alpha's information was still good, though the floating orb hadn't steered him wrong before.

In saying that though, Naruto was sixteen, going on seventeen, while Akeno and Rias were either turning sixteen or were already such.

Stepping out into the main area of the store he saw the attendant widen her eyes in shock at the two young males before her cheeks gained a light dusting of rose.

Rias let a smile creep onto her face while Akeno slightly lessened the neigh permanent glare she held on Naruto. After all he came right out and said that she was a Fallen Angel... well his Sacred Gear said it... He just didn't seemed to care, which wasn't right, how could he not care about something like that? What was he planning to do with that information? Blackmail? She honestly didn't know.

Though she could admit that he did look good.

Naruto crouched down and looked at little Koneko who was giving him a blank look, "So pipsqueak, how do we look?"

"It's Koneko," She turned her gaze away, looking outside of the store and giving off the impression that she wasn't going to reply, "Look cool," She softly stated causing Naruto to give a smug smile.

"Well if pipsqueak says we looks good it must be true, must be because we were gifted with our mother's amazing good looks eh Kiba?" The younger brother merely gave a nervous chuckle, he couldn't remember their mother all that well, to be honest it was kind of a blank point in his life, he couldn't remember his father either, to him it was mostly just Naruto that he could remember and all the things that he has done for him.

Naruto gave a small shrug of his shoulders, "Well Red, are you going to keep ogling me all day or can we go get something done?"

Rias had a small blush form on her cheeks before she cleared her throat, it was indeed true that she had been looking at his well toned chest that stuck out below his tight t-shirt, though she wouldn't say that aloud, "I believe we sh-"

Though her words were cut off, which actually shocked her greatly considering who did so, "Uzumaki-san, can we speak in private?"

Eyes turned to Akeno, after all she had referred to him, which was strange in itself. Her voice was also slightly gritted, though it was more the fact that she had remembered a line that he had spoken on their way here, even if it was quite, she seemed to hear it and remember clearly. His mother was called Uzumaki Kushina, he seemed to hold a strong connection to his mother, so it would after all make sense for him to prefer to use her name, that along with the fact that apparently he didn't have a father.

Naruto placed his hands inside of his pockets and let out a small sigh, "Sure, I guess Red and the others will catch up to us."

With that the two angels walked out of the store, leaving Rias to pay for the shopping trip, by that we mean Lord Gremory pay for the trip, because after all Rias didn't walk away with nothing from all this, she needed to pick up the new season's change of style.

She spared a glance to the direction where the two left, her mind wandering on what that conversation could be.

Once they were outside Naruto gave a curious glance to Akeno, "So what do you want to talk about?" He looked down as she grabbed onto his hand and dragged him down a nearby alleyway, "I guess I'll just follow you then?" He offered though Akeno didn't reply until they came to the back of the store they were inside of and she put him up against the wall, trying her hardest to look intimidating as she glared at him.

"What are you doing?!" Akeno hissed out.

Naruto though rose a brow at her, "I guess I am being held up against a wall by some cute little devil girl?" Her eyes narrowed on him dangerously, "Look, I have no idea what you are talking about."

"It wasn't your secret to tell!"

"Yep, I am missing something here..."

"I didn't want anyone other than Rias to know about that side of me," Akeno growled out clutching his shirt tighter, "That I have such dirty blood."

She was taken back though when the blonde just laughed at her, intertwining his fingers with her own and breaking them away from his shirt, "Who cares what you have in your body?" She widened her eyes and looked to the blonde, "I mean I am an Angel or something right?" Akeno nodded at his words, slowly but she nodded nonetheless, "Yet so far, I like you devils the most, I mean, yeah you have the blood of a Fallen, and one of you guys tried to kill me and my brother... But he wasn't you, so why should I care if you have Fallen blood or not? To me and Kiba, you haven't done anything wrong... Other than glare at me none stop since we left the room today."

"I... I..." She saw that their hands were still linked together and felt a rush of heat to her cheeks before she took her hand back placing it behind her as she tried to fight the blush that was rushing to her cheeks, "Th-than-"

"Akeno, are you done yet?!" Came a call from the front of the store.

Naruto gave a small chuckle, "It would be pretty cool if you could stop making those faces at me, then again we don't know each other... Eh screw it, Red will probs get angry if we leave her alone for too long," He took a few steps back towards the front before looking over his shoulder, "You coming?"

"S-sure," The young teen stuttered out, still able to feel the touch of his warm hand against her own, his words as well, he was so different to others, his mind seemed to be much more open than she thought it would be, especially considering the fact that he had already been attacked by a Fallen, if anything he seemed to have a decent enough reason to be somewhat hostile towards her, yet, he wasn't.

Maybe he wouldn't judge her like the others seemed to... Maybe things could be a little different this time?

PA: So what did you think? I mean, I know that Koneko only had one line, but that shouldn't matter right? At least not yet, everyone that is a part of the peerage had a chance to talk and that's what is important.

Also, is it just me, or are a whole lot of people now doing Angel stories as opposed to when 'The Bridge' first came out when there were none?