Wow! Can you believe it, another story and I can promise you that another one (this time a one-shot) will be on the way as well. If you're a reader of my other stories, be prepared to know that the next update for any of my stories will not be out before December 16. Why? Well that is due to CXC mock exams that are currently under way (If you're not from the Caribbean then you'll probably don't know what those are). Hell, even the fact that I wrote this one out came as a shock to me.

Anyways... So yeah, this story idea originally is not mine. Y'see, it was a challenge that was sent to me by one of my readers Zack Sathanus. He (I think he's a he) sent me a PM concerning an idea he had and I really liked it. Plus, I liked to think it would help me to get back into my Highschool DxD groove seeing as how my first fanfic came from that anime.

So yeah, shout out to Zack Sathanus for the awesome idea and I hope I'm able to flesh it out the way you wanted.

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing with the exception of a few OCs that will appear.

Enjoy...

Sasuke Uchiha was going to die.

There was no doubt about it. He could fell his strength waning with each passing second and his battered body would soon give out. And as he died, his life flashed before his eyes. The Avenger of the Uchiha clan had lived a very eventful life. He had watched in dismay as his older brother - the person he had loved more than the whole world - slaughtered their parents. He betrayed his friends in search of power in order to kill his own brother. He ruthlessly severed all the bonds he had made and without hesitation, had turned his back on those that loved him the most. His life had quickly turned into a slipping slope. A long fall from grace. Looking back at it all, he wondered when he had fell so deep into the darkness. Gaara had warned him at the Kage Summit, but in his mad power-lust, he had ignored the young kage. All his friends had forsaken him, cursing his name and placing among the likes of his ancestor Madara Uchiha when it came to treachery.

And he wasn't ashamed to say he had deserved it.

He had fallen so low that he doubted he had a moral compass anymore. He had lived his life with only himself as a priority and had used countless others as only stepping stones without a second thought. He had lied. He had cheated. He had murdered. So yes, he had deserved it all. The whispers behind his back when he had entered the war. The suspicious gazes as he stood alongside the same persons who had once considered him friends. And the less than kind thoughts about him when he declared his goal to become hokage. He deserved them and much more. Hell, he had been prepared to fend off attacks from the Allied Forces upon his arrival. Yet none came.

And it was all because of him.

Through all the lies and abuse, he had stuck around. He had refused to break their bond and was determined to bring him back to the village he had forsaken. Whenever he was put down, he only came back stronger than before. 'He's a pest,' he had once thought of him. But now... now he held a different perception of the blond who had hounded him for years. Now, he felt a sense of respect and love towards him. He loved him like a brother (A younger brother, mind you but a brother none the less)

So yes, Sasuke Uchiha was going to die. But he would die with a smile on his face.

As his eyes drifted close and the sun peeked out from behind the mountains in the distance, his last words left lips with as much strength as he could muster.

"Live on... Naruto,"

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

"He's going to die,"

Sasuke's eyes snapped open with a start. He was surprised to not be greeted by the blue skies nor the bland wash of white he expected of the afterlife. Yet instead, he spied an endless void of random colors. He was sure that he was dead though. All his wounds were healed and his missing arm which had been blown off had somehow regrown. He groaned as he rose to his feet. He noted that he was ankle-deep in some form of liquid but he wasn't wet. An interesting phenomenon yet this was not the first time it had happened. His mind immediately went back to when he had met the Sage of Six Paths. Had the old man brought him here before he could pass on? Had he saved Sasuke's life?

"Do not misunderstand child, I am not Hagoromo,"

Instantly Sasuke spun on his heels. It was an amateurish mistake to have left himself so open but his mind was still reeling from the his final clash with Naruto. Shifting his weight, he fell back into a defensive position, ready to dish out a world of hurt on whoever it was that had brought him here. Well, wherever the hell here was to begin with in the first place? The first thing he noticed was the blond hair. For a moment, his mind had tricked him into believing that it was Naruto but he dismissed that thought as soon as it came. While this man shared the same hair color as his former teammate, that was where the similarities ended. Where Naruto's hair was short and spiky, this man's hair was long, flowing and practically glowed with power.

The man was tall - even taller than Sasuke was. Eyes that seemed to reflect the very ocean and a smile as bright and warm as the sun, the man gave off the aura as someone who could do no wrong. Just standing within his presence made Sasuke remember the days he would sit and just watch as Itachi trained. It reminded him of the days before everything had descended into misery. The man smelt vaguely of his mother's homemade pastries that sent the final Uchiha on a nostalgic trip back to when he was young. It seemed everything about the man was designed just so you could lower your guard and trust the man explicitly.

And with that fact in mind, Sasuke was put on edge.

"Who are you?" Sasuke asked the first thing on his mind.

In response, the man merely tilted his head. Sasuke noted offhandedly that the man's eyes, despite brimming with kindness, were shaped in a perpetually sad manner. Despite his flawless skin and unblemished complexion, the wariness and sadness flowed to the surface like a waterfall. "Who am I?" the man hummed, "Are you sure that is the question you want to ask, child? Are you not concerned about where you are?"

In response, Sasuke scowled. "I'm a dead man. Where I am is of no concern to me. Who you are however, is?" Sasuke tensed slightly, ready for whatever it was the man was to say. He had meant it when he said he didn't care where he was. After all, he was dead. Yet this man was able to somehow stall him from passing over to the afterlife for whatever reason it was. An ability like that was not one you would normally come by. Just looking at him now, Sasuke wasn't sure if he would win if it came to blows. And that was a worrying thought seeing as how at the point of his death, he was the joint strongest shinobi of all time. So yes, he was more interested in who the man was as opposed to where he was.

"Ah, I... see," the man stated. "Well, you only need to ask and it shall be given. As to who I am, I am he who have gone by many names. I am God,"

"You're a god?"

The man chuckled. It was a melodious sound. Like the tinkering of small bells. "Yes and no. I am indeed a god child but I am also not a god. I was there before the beginning of time. I am a being which transcends life itself and all life originated from me. So no Sasuke, I am not a god yet I am," the man - no, god who was not a god - suddenly stopped and scratched his cheek with a sheepish smile akin to another blond Sasuke knew, "Am I making any sense here?"

Sasuke furrowed his brow in thought. "No, you're not. You claim to be what you've admitted that you aren't."

The man scratched his chin for a moment before he suddenly struck a fist into his palm, apparently reaching an epiphany as to how to explain his situation. "I guess one way to look at it would to call me a being that transcends even godhood. I've existed before the concept of gods were even fathomed and will continue to do so long after. So simply put would be that I am a primordial who goes by the name God."

"I see," Sasuke commented. In a round-a-bout way, this being was making sense. His name was God yet he was not a god but was something more. Now Sasuke was sure that if it were to come to the blows, he would no doubt lose. He knew for a fact that Kaguya was a goddess yet the man was in a whole different category of his own. He was completely at his mercy. He shoved those thoughts aside though, instead focusing on the man. "Seeing as how you know I am, can you care to explain me why you saw the need to bring me here?"

"Of course!" the man exclaimed, suddenly beaming at the prospect at getting down to business. Honestly, the similarities he shared with Naruto was slightly terrifying. "You see Sasuke, I am what you consider a true immortal. And despite what most may believe, immortality doesn't necessarily mean you can't die. As contradictory as this seems, not even immortality can protect you from death. However, true immortality means you can never cease to exist. So while I am able to be 'killed' physically, I can never cease to exist,"

Sasuke processed his words and found himself nodding along. Hidan and Kakuzu had both claimed to be immortal yet both had been felled in battle. In fact, his situation was reminiscent to the Sage of Six Paths. While the old sage had died physically of age, his spirit was able to live on in a different plane.

"Precisely so," the man commented as though knowing exactly what the Uchiha was thinking. "I, myself have 'died' a few centuries ago. In my passing, there were many things I've left unresolved and over the years these unresolved issues have only grown to heights that not even I have foreseen," the man explained, his voice growing dim at the end. Sasuke felt a shred of sympathy for the man. He obviously cared a lot for the persons he had left behind and with him not being there for them seeing as how he was technically dead, it was eating the primordial up on the inside. Yet despite it all, he failed to see what this had to do with him.

"And this is where you come in,"

"... Are you reading my mind?"

The man chuckled nervously. "Ah, sorry. It's a passive ability I posses. I hadn't even noticed that I was doing it. But to answer your question, I came here to make you an offer that concerns you and your dying friend, if you agree of course,"

When Sasuke made no attempts to stop him, he took it as an initiative to go ahead.

"I am in the need for an avatar of sorts in order to fix this issues. This person must possess certain qualities that your friend Naruto so happens to possess."

Sasuke blinked. "You want Naruto." It was more of a statement than a question.

"Yes. Naruto is the ideal person to fulfill the role of my avatar,"

"Then why come to me. If it is Naruto that you want, why would you ask me?"

God only smiled. For the first step, he stepped forward. It was like watching the most elegant of swans on a lake when the man all but glided in his movements. In one fluid movement, his left hand reached forward. Sasuke blinked at the familiar feeling as two fingers connected with his forehead with a small tap. Then his mind exploded with images. He saw things he had no knowledge of. Information flooded into his mind and the Uchiha was overwhelmed. Angels, Fallen angels and devils. So much information poured in about a whole different world and supernatural beings. Racked with mental overload, he crumpled to his knees. His breath ran ragged as it all settled in and his mind put together together the pieces to a puzzle.

"You... you plan to... reincarnate... Naruto," Sasuke said through pants. Sweat beaded his brow as he stumbled to his feet. He bent over and placed his hands on his knees as he caught his breath. The divine being gave him the minute he needed and waited as the Uchiha stood upright once more. "You plan to reincarnate Naruto as a pure-blood Devil yet somehow give him holy powers as well. Why go through all that when you could have easily made him an Angel?"

"It would rouse far too much suspicion. In their eyes, I am dead. While many may not know it, the angels do. The addition of another angel would be proof that I still exist and I cannot allow that to happen. There comes a time when a parent as to step back and watch it all play out, and now is that time. Michael as done a great job so far and no doubt as what it takes to control Heaven in my stead, but he will place the need of the many over the few. There is nothing morally wrong with that but the gates of Heaven would only prevent my avatar from properly performing his duties due to the cautious nature Michael as adopted. No, the Devil faction seems the more appropriate choice."

Sasuke nodded along, having reached the same conclusion. Angels rarely left Heaven, and when they did it was usually for a short amount of time. No, being an angel was not the logical choice.

"And you need me... "

"For your eyes. The world I am from contains creatures of unimaginable strength, he will need all the help he can get," the man extended a hand, expected Sasuke to shake it. "So, what is your decision Sasuke?"

"I say... "

A child's wail echoed in the room. Laying on the bed with her blond hair a mess, Lady Phenex wore a tired smile. Her tanned skin seemed a bit paler and there was the evidence of fatigue showed with the heavy bags beneath her eyes. Beside her, a man sat on a chair. His smile was so wide it nearly split his face in two. Lord Phenex was a proud man in this moment as he gazed at his beautiful wife. The reason being, she had just given birthed to his third child, another son.

"What will we name this one, my dear?" he whispered in his wife's ear.

She considered his words as she gazed at her newborn. Small tufts of blond hair peeked out from blanket he was swaddled in. As a name reached her lips, her eyes glazed over as a soothing voice whispered. 'Naruto... his name will be Naruto Phenex,'

As the voice cam, it left. Feeling light-headed, she answered her husband, "Naruto. Naruto Phenex."

So the prologue is complete and the background as been set. God is alive... sort of and this won't be the last we hear from him or Sasuke. That's right, Sasuke will be in this fic. Not as a main character really, more like a guide to help Naruto in his journey.

Yes, Naruto will be a purebred devil and apart of the Phenex clan. This will affect the timeline a lot in case you're wondering. It would really be a boring fic if I still followed canon to the tee. here will be some changes to the plot line and I'll be focusing more on character development than the whole harem issue.

Yes, it will be a harem. Just not one that is ridiculously large. (At most three girls)

As for the peerage, most have already been decided but suggestions are always welcome. This is not originally my idea so the reader's opinion is well appreciated.

Again, shout out to Zack Sathanus for the challenge.

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