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Welcome back!

Sorry for being gone for so long, been very busy with school and work and due to my hours, I only get a certain amount of hours during the week to work on my stories. So again, I apologize for all the times I said I would update sooner, but it doesn't look to be the case. So, due to this, my schedule will shorten, so expect my chapters to get slower updates, or faster depending on how much I can get done on certain days.

Anyways, the results for the poll on whether I should add women from the Naruto world to "Highschool of the Devil" are in and I will be adding some of them. I'm not sure who yet, so if you guys have some suggestions, make sure to either P.M. your suggestions to me, or send a review for "Highschool of the Devil" so that I can see it.

Next, I want to thank everyone for the great reviews as it means a lot to me to see so many people enjoy my stories.

Finally, the poll concerning what I should do with Irina, Asia, and Issei is finished and the results are in. So, I will be killing off Issei at some point and adding Asia, Irina, and the three fallen girls to Naruto's harem.

Now, I don't believe I have anything else to say, but if I think of anything or anything changes, they will be said at the end of this chapter.

Now let's get on with the story.

Beta Reader: Bratja Rasa

"I swear I gave you anything and everything." Normal speech

'Every little piece of me.' Normal thoughts

"But all you did was look away." Powerful being/Sacred Gear speech

"When I said, 'I've had enough I'm moving on.'" Past speech

'You said your love was never lost.' Powerful being/Sacred Gear thoughts

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Highschool DxD, the Devil May Cry series, or any other series that I show except for products I've bought.

Chapter 3 Rating Game!

~Last Time~

Before she could go further into her thought, she felt a hand on her shoulder gently shaking her. She looked and saw that it was Naruto kneeling in front of her while looking at her with concern.

Asia shook her head and asked, "What? What did you say?"

Naruto then replied, "I asked if you were alright? You came down and then when I asked the first time, you seemed to have just zoned out on me. I didn't want to leave you alone, so I stayed here and waited until you snapped out of it."

Asia cutely blushed before saying, "I'm fine, thank you for worrying about me. Just thinking about something from my past."

Naruto nodded his head before he stood up and held out his hand for her and said, "Well, if you're really alright, then let's start getting you flying with your wings."

With that Asia smiled and nodded her head before taking his hand and standing up. Once she was up, Naruto brought out his wings and begin to slowly go up into the air. Asia then brought her's out as well and began to follow him before she had one last thought.

'Naruto-san, are you really my friend V? And if so, then why have you been gone for so long and only come back now? And what am I going to do about my feelings for Issei if it is you?'

~Present, Three Days before the Rating Game~

It was currently midnight and Naruto calmly stood in the middle of one of the newly-made training grounds that was around the Gremory Villa with his eyes closed and just enjoyed the fresh air of the forest. He had Yamato in his hand with it still in its sheath and was in his usual outfit, just waiting.

RUSTLE! RUSTLE!

Naruto seemed to twitch at the sound of some branches in a tree rustling, but he just stayed in his position without moving. Meanwhile, in the tree, we can see two people crouched in the tree with nervous expressions. The reason for the nervousness? Well, you see, after the first few days to get everyone accustomed to the weights and how they work using some simple exercises, Naruto amped up the training for most of the group. A lot. He hadn't been kidding when he said he would do his hardest to prepare them, and he made sure to place most of them under EXTREME conditions. They would have to stand in the sun while holding gravity-increased boulders above their bodies to build up strength and stamina. They had to swim against the current in the nearby river when Naruto would bring out his wings and flapped them to make the river current stronger and crazier to build up lung capacity and the muscles throughout the entire body. When they all asked why he made them go through all this, he explained that while the exercises were very unorthodox, and potentially hazardous, which they deadpanned at him for, the exercises also were the quickest ways to increase their strength without any chance of mortality.

It was also for if the occasion arises that requires them to hold a boulder over their bodies or to swim against a current. Though he did take it easier on Asia and had her doing different, easier exercises since she was mainly going to be a support role, in the beginning. However, he was going to change that and help her become the game-changer in the future.

When they asked what else he could have done, he nonchalantly explained that he could have made them climb up Mount Everest instead to increase their strength, or made them run while hungry animals chased after them to increase their stamina. The group blanched when he talked about those two methods as he then said, how those were only two of the many harder exercises he could have chosen that would have guaranteed bigger results seeing as nothing was more motivating than the risk of dying. The group promptly shut up after that.

Afterward, when they were done with training or if they sustained an injury, Naruto would have Asia use her Sacred Gear to heal everyone to help them recover quicker. This also served the dual purpose of increasing the length of time Asia could use her Sacred Gear as well as help her learn to better control her magic by sometimes healing all of them at once. In addition to that, Naruto also spent time getting reacquainted with Koneko, Rias, and Akeno as he had essentially disappeared from their lives for five years. He also spent time with Asia after she had gained the courage to confront him about whether he was her friend V or not.

That was an interesting experience, to say the least.

~Flashback~

Naruto was currently watching as Koneko, Rias, Akeno, Kiba and Issei all stood in the middle of the training ground he had made while they were holding themselves in the push-up position with boulders that were carved into a shark, a cat, a bear, a horse, and a koala.

When the five saw the statues, they question why they were there. Naruto merely answered it was a hobby and to keep his sword-skills sharp by carving the statues with such detail.

Now originally, this might have been easier if it hadn't been for the shining black seals currently causing all the boulders to weigh 300 lbs each. Now, normally, this would have crushed them, but Naruto was allowing them to use just enough magic to physically enhance themselves only to prevent being crushed. Though it probably didn't matter since he's had them do this for almost three hours now.

"N-Naruto?"

When he heard this, Naruto turned to see a nervous-looking Asia standing behind him wearing a tight, white sports bra that nicely hugged her C-cup breasts and a pair a forest green shorts that went to her mid-thighs, showing off her nice, long, and smooth legs and hugged her ass nicely and a pair of white and black trainers. Her hair was currently in a braid to keep it from becoming an issue when working out as Naruto currently had her running laps and increased the weights she was using a little more to make it more challenging for her.

"Yes? Is there something you need Asia?" asked Naruto, as he hoped everything was alright.

Asia nodded and said, "Y-Yes, I just w-wanted to talk to you a-about something." Asia then subtly looked towards the others and said, "In private, if that is okay with you?"

Naruto noticed the look and nodded his head, while saying, "I understand, let me just deal with them very quickly and then I'll come to talk with you." Naruto then turned to the five to see the ground under their chin's beginning to form little puddles of sweat and said, "Alright everyone, you're done for the day."

As soon as he said that, with a wave of his hand, the seals stopped shining black and turned white, showing they were now decreasing the weight so that the group could flop to the ground without worry of being crushed. With that, Naruto looked back at Asia and motioned for her to lead the way, getting her to nod before the two walked off.

After the two were sure the others wouldn't hear them, Naruto asked, "Alright Asia, what was it that you wished to talk about?"

Asia had her back turned to him as she began saying, "About two years ago, in Italy, I was walking to an orphanage to help some of the children and to cheer them up. But I tripped and hurt myself on my elbow and knee. They weren't too severe, but they had prevented me from moving successfully due to the pain. It was early in the morning, so no one was awake and walking around to help me. However, some men walked out of a nearby alley and looked at me with lecherous eyes, and I knew what they were planning as they walked closer to me. "As Asia talked, Naruto looked slightly angry as also identified by him tightening his grip around Yamato and clenching his free hand until the knuckles were white on both hands. Asia didn't notice this as she kept talking while also pulling something out, "I had closed my eyes wishing that someone would be there to help me and that it wasn't real, and then someone did help me. They were covered in a tattered cloak so I couldn't see them, but I saw their glowing blue eyes and had introduced themselves to me as V after I helped heal them. After that, V and I began to spend time together and got closer to each other. But then one day, he vanished and had disappeared and I hadn't seen him since. He left a note saying not to worry about him and that he would see me again in the future, and so I waited for him, but he never showed up. I waited for him, hoping, praying that he would come back. I wished that he would come back when I was excommunicated from the church, but he never showed up."

As Asia had said all this Naruto had a look of sadness and guilt, but before he could do anything, Asia turned back to him, to reveal that she was holding something and was crying. He looked and noticed it was a royal blue handkerchief, and when he looked at the corner, he saw a familiar symbol. Asia then said, "Before he disappeared, I had taken this because I wanted to return it and to also ask if maybe he wanted to become a couple, but I never got the chance. So all these years, I've kept his handkerchief, used it, washed it, and kept it clean for the day that I ever met him again, I could give this back to him and tell him something." Asia then looked at Naruto with a determined look, that would have been impressive if the tears and slight blush on her face didn't make her look so cute. She then asked, "So, my question is, are you my friend V, Naruto? And if so, where have you been all this time?"

Naruto sighed while he scratched the back of his head before he looked towards Asia and began to move towards her, with her not moving an inch. He then gently grasped her hands holding the handkerchief, taking it from her and said, "I never meant to leave you alone for so long, but unfortunately I was unable to come back as some enemies I made had found me and I didn't want them learning about you. So, I decided to leave to protect you." Naruto looked Asia in the eyes as he had been looking at the handkerchief the entire time, before he then said, "I never meant to hurt you, and for that I am sorry. Can you forgive me?"

Asia looked stunned as she had her eyes wide open and her hands covering her mouth before she began to cry some more. The only difference being these were tears of joy as he had confirmed that he was indeed V. Asia then launched herself at him and began to hug him while she laughed and cried as she said, "I knew it," over and over. Asia then backed away as she wiped her tears, before saying, "Well, let's reintroduce ourselves." Asia then lightly cleared her throat before saying with a smile, "Hi, my name is Asia Argento, I'm a former nun and am now a devil in the peerage of Rias Gremory."

Naruto smiled before saying, "It's nice to meet you, Asia. My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I'm a [Free Knight] with a loose tie to Sirzechs-sensei's peerage and have recently returned after five years of traveling around the world."

The two were happy that they could reignite their friendship from the past while Asia thought that she would finally get the chance to tell him her feelings… at some point at least.

However, unknown to the two, someone had been listening in on their conversation and unknown to everyone, this will cause problems in the future.

~Flashback over~

After that conversation, Naruto had also been reconnecting with Asia, finding out about what has happened in her life since he had to leave. He was glad that she had made new friends with Rias and the others and that they had helped her integrate into the school. He was sad that she was excommunicated from the church and he wasn't there for her. Though, he was also suspicious of the devil who had sought her out to be healed. Especially since no devil goes to a church willingly, even if they were injured and the church had a healer.

Naruto had decided that he would look into that interaction, as no devil did anything unless they had something to gain from it.

Naruto had spent the past several days training the group to the best of his ability and he could honestly say that he was proud of them. The only one he seemed to be concerned about was Issei, as the boy had been acting strangely as of late. However, Naruto didn't know him that well, so he simply took it as this being the way the boy naturally acts.

Anyways, Naruto just continued to stand in the middle of the training grounds waiting with his eyes closed. He then heard more rustling and slowly moved his hand towards Yamato's grip, and once he gripped it, several people jumped out of the bushes and trees and made a beeline straight for him. Naruto immediately began dodging all of the attempts to hit him, before he swung a sheathed Yamato around causing a gust of wind to blow the attackers back. When the wind settled, one of the attackers went on the offensive again with a sword.

Naruto responded by blocking each strike with Yamato, which he still didn't draw from its sheath. Naruto then sensed something coming up behind him and swiftly jumped, flipping over the attacker who was aiming for a sneak attack. This caused them to hit the opponent with the sword, sending both flying, one from the failed attack, and the other from the momentum of their attack. Before the two could move, Naruto appeared and knocked the two on the head with his sheathed sword, knocking them out. Naruto then quickly had to dodge as several lightning strikes were launched where he was standing.

Naruto looked up just in time for a flash of bigger lightning to strike, causing a cloud of smoke and dust to cover the area. The attacker was trying to look through the dust cloud to see if they managed to land the attack. However, before they could react, Naruto came flying out of the smoke, heading straight towards the figure, and before they could react, Naruto slammed the still sheathed Yamato into their stomach, sending them crashing to the floor, inadvertently clearing the dust from before.

Naruto was about to push the offensive, when he suddenly sliced an arrow made of red and black energy, causing it to explode behind him. Naruto noticed more arrows coming towards him, getting him to fly through the air as he began to dodge them, but he then noticed that they began to follow him, surprising him a bit. Naruto began to pick up speed in an attempt to lose or dodge the arrows, but the arrows simply sped up as well. Naruto flew through the air, making twists and sharp-turns, dodging the arrows and causing some of them to collide with each other. Naruto then noticed another arrow get launched and began flying straight for where it originated from, getting the rest of the arrows to follow.

Naruto kept flying before he ducked down into the trees, making him have to dodge the trees along with the arrows. As he kept flying the arrows would collide with the trees, either causing explosions or simply erasing whatever they came into contact with.

The opponent who sent the arrows noticed Naruto was closing in on them, so they began charging up for a counter-attack. They held their hand out, palm facing the sky, as red and black energy seemed to form a spear above their hand. The spear was long and shiny, as it seemed to also emit a slight black miasma. Though, the most notable thing was that the spear seemed to be completely solid and was entirely red as there also seemed to be an ominous feeling coming from the miasma as well as the spear itself. (A.N. Just look up 'fgo Gae Bolg,' that is the design I am going for, but it is not the actual Gae Bolg. Just designed off it.)

Once Naruto was within a hundred meters and still heading straight for them, they launched their attack with a shout of, "HAKAI NO YARI! (A.N. #1)" The spear was incredibly fast, even faster than the arrows which were no longer chasing Naruto as they had all hit trees, causing them to all disappear or blow up. After Naruto had finished with all the arrows, he was flying at high-speed towards his target, but at the last second, he noticed a spear was heading towards him, causing his eyes to widen before he slashed at the attack using the now unsheathed Yamato. This caused an explosion which created a massive dust cloud, blinding the attacker as they searched for Naruto, before feeling something sharp and metallic on their neck.

The smoke and dust cleared before revealing Naruto holding Yamato against the opponent's neck as he said, "I win, Rias."

That's right, the people who had been attacking Naruto were, in fact, Rias and her peerage, though the two currently missing members were Issei and Asia. Though that was for different reasons.

Rias sighed as she felt Naruto remove his sword from her neck. She didn't sigh in relief as she knew Naruto would never hurt her like that, but more in disappointment that she couldn't beat Naruto. She turned to notice Akeno walking over while carrying Kiba and Koneko, all of them covered in scratches, and one or two scrapes or bumps (especially in Kiba and Koneko's case), but nothing too serious.

Once the three of them were in the new clearing that was created, Naruto turned and waved his hand, before, the previously empty clearing shimmered, revealing a medium-sized blue barrier was in place and inside was Asia, with several little animals around her and relaxing while she lay around and relaxed as well. Rias and Akeno could see all of the animals were native to the forest, there was even Shadow who was sitting calmly next to Asia.

Once the barrier came down, Asia closed her eyes and began to focus on Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko as she brought out Twilight Healing, though there were very notable changes to it compared to before. When training had first started, everyone knew that Asia's Twilight Healing looked like a pair of rings, though now it seemed to have changed or evolved. Now, instead of two rings, with one on each hand, Asia sported what looked to be two metal, fingerless gloves instead with the same design and look as her Twilight Healing which also didn't look uncomfortable or stiff as Asia was able to move her hands normally. Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko were suddenly covered in a layer of green light.

Rias, Naruto, and Akeno watched as all the scratches and scrapes healed and disappeared before Kiba and Koneko began groaning as they slowly woke up from being unconscious. Asia then stopped as she opened her eyes, getting the light to disappear from around Akeno and the now groaning Kiba and Koneko before she stood up and walked over to the others with Shadow following and the animals dispersing.

Koneko and Kiba groaned for about another minute before the two of them looked at Naruto before saying at the same time, "Did you really have to knock us on the head with a sheathed Yamato?"

Naruto simply chuckled and said, "Yes, as knowing Koneko, she would attempt to fake being unconscious, before attempting a surprise attack. As for you, I simply just felt like doing that so that I wouldn't have to deal with some of those annoying swords you figured out how to make."

At this, everyone began laughing as Kiba and Koneko grumbled since they were defeated so easily, before Rias stopped and turned towards Asia as she said, "By the way, I wanted to know, what are those gloves? They look similar to Twilight Healing but are gloves instead of rings."

Asia giggled as everyone, minus Naruto, looked at her curiously before she walked over to Naruto and wrapped her arms around his right arm as she said, "Well, these are the Twilight Healing but they evolved recently when I was training with Naruto. We're not sure why it happened, but it just happened so suddenly when he was teaching me the fighting style he suggested for me. In fact, we've been meaning to see what other abilities it gives me, but we haven't had the time." Asia finished while looking slightly cress-fallen since, due to the small time frame, they couldn't see what she could do.

Asia's expression, however, went from sad to surprise when Naruto patted her head after removing his arm from hers as he smiled and said, "Don't feel bad Asia, this little outing wasn't meant to increase your strength by an incredible amount. This was only meant to increase what skills that all of you already had, and improve on them to give you guys more of a fighting chance. The fact your Sacred Gear evolved was a surprise, but it was a very welcome surprise." Asia smiled and nodded as she had to agree with Naruto on that, while the others were happy for Asia.

Rias, however, was more along the lines of ecstatic, as she cleared her throat, gaining everyone's attention as she said, "I know, according to my brother, that sometimes Sacred Gears gain other abilities or their current abilities evolve as well when they undergo an evolution such as this. So I was wondering, what abilities did you gain, Asia?"

Asia giggled as she replied, "Well, I can still heal people, though now I can heal people faster, and for longer periods. I can heal multiple people as well including from a distance, though it becomes more effective the closer I am to who I'm healing." Asia then brought up her hands before showing a baby-blue light instead of the regular green light as she said, "I am now also able to heal myself and I've also gained an ability that uses only the soothing aspect of my Sacred Gear."

At that, the other three were confused on how that would be effective, as Kiba asked, "That is quite impressive Asia-san, but how would a soothing effect be useful?"

Asia gained a slightly mischievous glint in her eye, that went completely over Kiba's head due to him believing Asia was harmless because of her cuteness. Rias, Akeno and Koneko however, caught it and were slightly on edge due to their past with Naruto and his pranks when he was younger. Asia then turned to Naruto with a cute, questioning look that got Naruto to chuckle before he nodded his head while smiling. Asia, in turn, smiled, before she walked over to Kiba, and touched his thigh with her glowing blue hand. Immediately after Asia touched Kiba's leg, Kiba crumpled to the floor, much to the shock of himself and the others, minus Naruto.

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?" Kiba shouted, very much freaking out since he couldn't feel his leg, and it was something that scared him.

Asia giggled as she replied, "Hehe, well, basically, what I did was relaxed your leg to the point that it feels numb, causing you to be unable to use it. The length of time the numbness stays is dependent on the person's own healing ability or if I simply touch them again," Asia touched Kiba's thigh again, letting Kiba feel his leg again and allowing him to stand up, "then the numbness cancels and mobility is given back." (A.N. #2)

The group was shocked at such an ability, as to be able to take away someone's ability to use a limb was such an incredible ability. The fact that Asia can willingly use it since it doesn't cause pain was just a bonus since she wouldn't be afraid about defending herself now.

"That's amazing, Asia! I'm so proud of you!" said Rias, as she was proud that her healer would now be able to defend herself even more. Especially since now, Asia could incapacitate opponents and enemies without actually hurting them.

"Indeed, now little Asia won't have to worry about hurting someone to defend herself," said Akeno, as she was also very proud of Asia.

Asia blushed as she wasn't used to being complimented in such a way, but she still smiled as she was happy to be acknowledged like this. When she was with the church, she was thanked and complimented back then as well, but they thanked her for her Sacred Gear, not actually for anything she did. Don't get her wrong, she loved helping and healing people, but it became tiresome when people only thanked or complimented you for something you owned.

"Anyways," began Naruto, gaining their attention, "That about wraps up this little training trip, and I am proud to say that all of you have impro-" CRASH!

Naruto was unable to finish as there was a loud crash, getting the group to look and see the missing member of their group was currently on the ground panting as he had a gauntlet on his left arm. The gauntlet was a blood-red color and seemed to almost resemble scales. There was a large green jewel implanted where the top of the hand is, as well as two golden spikes jutting out from the sides. This was the Sacred Gear known as, the Boosted Gear. It earned its name due to its ability to double the power of the user every ten seconds. However, the number of times the user can boost and the duration are all dependent on the user's stamina.

However, the thing to notice was that he was currently sweating and panting like crazy.

The reason?

He was currently carrying four tree trunks with two in each arm as training. The point was to increase his physical strength by carrying the tree trunks while increasing his stamina and endurance by using his Sacred Gear to increase his strength and concentration because he needed to focus on keeping his strength enhances or face getting crushed. The crash just now was him dropping the tree trunks to the ground as Asia walked over and used her Sacred Gear to heal his pain enough so that it wasn't unbearable, but more uncomfortable.

Issei looked to her and said, "Thank you, Asia-chan, but why didn't you heal me completely?"

"Because Naruto-kun told me that by allowing your muscles to heal naturally, it lets them get stronger quicker rather than healing them with my Sacred Gear," replied Asia. (A.N. #3)

Naruto nodded his head and patted Asia's head as he said, "It's true, any time magic is used to heal injuries, it does make your body stronger, but nothing beats how strong your body becomes when healing naturally. I even told her not to heal the others entirely for that exact reason."

Issei looked at Naruto with a mostly indescribable look, but one thing that could be seen was pure jealousy. He hated how Naruto was so much stronger than him and how he had the attention of all the girls. Even Asia seemed to favor Naruto over himself and she had just met him!

Of course, Issei and the rest don't know about Naruto and Asia's history together. Then again, they never did ask if the two had a history since, to all of them, they had only just met during the meeting with Riser.

Naruto then cleared his throat to get everyone's attention and said, "Now then, training is done and I want all of you to pack up to go home and get some rest and discuss plans for the last two days before the match. After all, there's no point in doing all this work if you don't rest as well."

The group smiled and with that, everyone went to pack up before getting some sleep and heading home in the morning. As the group walked, Koneko realized that Naruto was still standing in the same spot and turned back before asking, "Naruto? Are you coming?"

This got everyone else to stop as well and turn back before Naruto simply chuckled and said, "I have some things to take care of tonight and over the next two days, so I probably won't see you until the day of the Rating Game," Seeing the looks he was receiving from the group, mainly Asia, Koneko, Akeno, and Rias, he simply smiled and said, "Don't worry, It'll be fine. Go get some rest, you guys still have some preparing to do before the match."

With that, the group began to continue their way to the villa, Asia looked back again with a worried look. Naruto, seeing the look, sent her a smile to reassure her that he would be fine, getting her to nod before she caught up with the group. Naruto continued to keep his senses up until he felt them all enter the villa, at which point, he began to make his way further into the forest.

As he walked, he felt a presence was nearby and it seemed to contain an increasing amount of lust the closer he got to it. He narrowed his eyes as he stopped when he felt the presence vanish while he used his thumb to slightly unsheath his sword and tensed his body to move at a moment's notice. He was prepared to strike if they made a move against him when he suddenly heard some rustling in the bushes nearby. With his hand on the hilt of his sword, he quickly turned to see a black cat walking out of the bush staring at him with its golden eyes.

Seeing the cat, Naruto sighed before relaxing his body and placing Yamato completely back into its sheath as he said, "Really, Kuroka? Need I remind you that attempting to sneak up on me is pointless?"

The cat merely smirked before it was covered in a plume of smoke as he heard a voice say, "Nya! I guess my attempt in surprising Naru-chan was a failure, Nya!"

Once the smoke cleared, Naruto was treated to the sight of a very beautiful woman standing before him. Just like the cat form she was using, she had long black hair and golden eyes. She was wearing a tight, black kimono with a red interior and a yellow obi that accentuated her large E-cup breasts. She was also wearing an ornately decorated headband and a set of golden and black beads around her waist where her kimono had an opening, showing off her long, smooth legs. Something interesting about her was the pair of black cat ears and tails that were swaying behind her.

This was Kuroka, the SS-class stray devil criminal known for killing her previous [King].

Naruto sighed while shaking his head and said, "Come now Kuroka, you don't honestly believe that you had a chance to sneak up on me, do you?"

Kuroka sashayed over to him before she wrapped her arms around his neck while wrapping a leg around him as she squished her breasts against his chest as she purred in his ear, "Nya~, but it was worth a shot Naru-chan. After all, it's been nearly six months since our last meeting and I wanted to see if I could get the drop on you this ti-IME!"

Kuroka squealed in pleasure at the end because Naruto had gripped her toned, heart-shaped ass with his hands and gave it a good squeeze. Kuroka had originally been trying to go after someone else's affections (Read: children), but when she had come across Naruto, she'd tried to attack him but he'd promptly put her in her place.

She always got excited remembering that encounter.

~Flashback, 2 years~

Kuroka was currently traveling around Europe in an attempt to find something that might be able to garner Vali's attention. She figured, maybe changing up her style would gain his attention, seeing as, despite practically being a shrug away from being naked, she never seemed to be able to get his attention as he always seemed to be more interested in fighting. As she was walking around, she saw some people who were running and from their scent, they were devils. However, they seemed to be running away from something if the panicked looks on their faces were anything to go by.

She watched as the group ran before one tripped and fell with the rest of the group not even looking back. She watched as the devil scrambled to get up before he suddenly stopped moving and fell to literal pieces. Kuroka was shocked as she had sensed something right before the devil stopped, but she was broken from her thoughts when someone else passed the dead devil, sword in hand, as they chased after the rest of the devils.

She couldn't see much from the person due to the tattered cloak they were wearing that covered them from head to toe. On top of that, she couldn't tell what this person was despite trying to sense him. She could tell they were something supernatural, but she just couldn't tell what. Deciding that her curiosity needed to be sated, she followed after the group by jumping from roof to roof. She watched as the group of devils eventually came to a dead-end when they brought their wings out. She watched as the devils lifted off the ground but then the one chasing them swung their sword. She felt more than saw the attack as it passed the devils before each of them lost a wing as they were cut off at the same time.

She couldn't recognize the attack but she knew it used a familiar type of energy, but she just couldn't seem to place it since it was in such a small quantity. She was broken from her thoughts when the cloaked figure walked up to the injured devils with his sword still in hand. She watched as they stopped and sheathed the sword before using it as a cane as the person then spoke to the downed devils.

"Now then, I believe you three have some answers to some question I have about your recent actions in this part of the human world and your leaders." Said the cloaked figure who Kuroka could now identify was a male by their voice.

One of the devils gained a brief burst of courage (Read: stupidity) and shouted, "We aren't going to tell you shit, commoner filth!"

The area suddenly went silent and Kuroka could feel her tails and the fur on them standing on end as the entire area suddenly seemed to have an increase in gravity as the cloaked male suddenly gained a visible aura of dark blue energy with a dark red outline. Kuroka watched as the aura seemed to expand more and more before the person lifted their head and she saw their glowing blue eyes staring at the devil with absolute pity and power. The devil began to shake in fear before the aura died down and the cloaked figure walked past them, getting the devil to sigh in relief, the other devils to smirk smugly and Kuroka to get confused before they all heard a resounding "RING!" At that moment, the devil seemed to stop moving before they fell apart to several bloody pieces, while the cloaked figure continued walking up to the remaining two devils and asked, "Are you going to tell me what I want, or am I going to have to reunite you with your friend over there?"

The two devils were extremely terrified at this point and nodded their heads, showing they were beginning to comply. Kuroka, on the other hand, was feeling curious about the male and the power they used for their attacks.

"Excellent, now then, my first question, what are you devils doing here in Europe?" the cloaked figure asked.

"W-We were t-told to cause u-u-unrest and tension be-between the Underworld and H-Heaven," The first devil informed.

"By doing what exactly?"

"A-anything we-we wanted. I-If we wanted to k-kill someone, we co-could. I-If we wanted something, w-we'd st-steal it," The second devil said.

The devils saw the cloaked figure's glowing eyes narrow as his aura came back and he asked, "Did you rape anyone while you here in Europe?"

This stopped the devils cold and judging by the pale, panicking looks they now sported, Kuroka and the cloaked figure could guess they had. However, the figure kept his cool for the moment as he asked, "This is my last question, who ordered you to cause the tension between Heaven and the Underworld?"

"I-I-It was our leader-!," The first devil began before they along with the second devil spontaneously combusted into blue fire leaving nothing but ashes. (A.N. #4)

The cloaked figure had moved back when the fire started in surprise, while Kuroka did the same as she hadn't been expecting that. Unfortunately, some of the flames caught onto the cloak and quickly began to spread but were unable to do anything when Kuroka saw the cloak get quickly thrown off in a show of blue sparks and embers while the now visible person gathered some of the flames along the edge of his sword. Kuroka would admit that this person was indeed attractive, but those devils were small fry, and being able to take them down didn't prove much.

She was about to leave when she had to dodge an incoming attack, causing an explosion of the same blue flames while she backflipped. When she landed, she found herself face to face with the person holding his still flaming sword in front of her face with a hardened yet cold look on his face. Kuroka realized that she had gotten careless and underestimated this person simply because they were capable of taking down a couple of weak devils.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" The person asked, she looked up at the person in front of her.

Kuroka answered, "I am Kuroka and I was just very curious when I saw this group of devils running away from something. Though now it appears they were running from someone instead."

She watched as the person narrowed his eyes at her, before relaxing and walking away from her. She then watched as he summoned a magic circle, or what should have been a magic circle. She noticed that it was royal blue on the outer and inner circles and there were no designs or symbols. She realized what he was doing, he was making new magic for himself, but he required something as a base. Then she remembered the blue fire and watched as he placed the circles over his still flaming sword before the fire was sucked into the circle causing it the spin while designs finally began to appear. The designs were dark red and continued to fill and complete the magic circle until she saw a symbol of a sword with wings appear in the center, showing he had completed his magic. (A.N. #5)

Kuroka was stunned by this as, while she may not pay much attention to magic due to using her senjutsu and yojutsu, she remembered Le Fay saying that making a new magic circle was extremely difficult and dangerous to do. And yet, this person just made a new circle like it was the norm. Now she had to get this person to join Khaos Brigade.

Kuroka realized she must have zoned out for a good two minutes as she then realized he wasn't anywhere in sight. Jumping to the roofs, she began to use her senjutsu to search for him to attempt to get him to join, even if by force. She knew what she was looking for as she just had to look for the energy signature that she couldn't tell what it was. After getting a lock on him, she began to make her way to him before finding him in a park where he pulled out a slab of meat and gave it to a black panther. She was shocked to see the panther, especially when she got closer and saw that it didn't seem to be a normal panther. As she got closer, the panther suddenly stopped eating and began growling in her direction, gaining the young man's attention as well, before he narrowed his eyes at her and placed his hand in front of the panther, getting it to stop growling.

"It's alright, Shadow. Keep eating, I'll handle this." The young man said, getting the panther to look at Kuroka again, sending her one last growl, before it went back to eating its' slab of meat. As if to say it was annoyed she interrupted its meal.

The young man looked at her and asked, "Why are you following me?"

Kuroka smirked and said, "I gotta admit, I originally was just gonna leave you alone, but then I saw you use that blue fire earlier to make a magic circle. And unfortunately for you, my group is always looking for people with talent and power, so I'm gonna have to ask that you come with me."

Keeping his eyes narrowed, he placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword while pushing it out a bit with his left thumb as he replied, "Sorry, but I don't think I'll be going anywhere with you."

Kuroka's smirk dropped to a frown as she said, "I don't think you understand the position you're in or who I am. I'm Kuroka, the SS-class criminal of the Underworld, wanted for becoming a stray after killing my [King]. And you don't have much of a choice in this decision."

"Well, since you've introduced yourself, it is only proper manners that I do the same," The young man said, as he then said, "My name is Vergil, a [Knight] with loose ties to Sirzechs Lucifer, and if you think I'm going to be a pushover," In that instant, Vergil had disappeared before appearing behind Kuroka, shocking her before she felt several scars appear on her body along with immense pain, as Vergil said, "Then this is going to be a very short battle."

~Flashback End~

After that, the two had fought, with Naruto overpowering Kuroka with his speed and strength wearing Kuroka down. As even if she could sense him and his attacks with her senjutsu if she wasn't fast enough or had the endurance to outlast him, then there was no point. After a while, Naruto had managed to knock Kuroka out, before he tied her up and took her to a location to find out what she knew. She had revealed that she was a part of the terrorist group known as the Khaos Brigade and how they lead by Ophis. She went to reveal how despite Ophis being the "leader," she didn't interact or manage the group, so most of them end up doing their own thing without a care of what would happen to the other factions.

After Kuroka had said everything she knew about the group, Naruto offered her a chance at redemption by becoming his spy in the Khaos Brigade, shocking Kuroka before she questioned him on why he would ask her. He surprised her when he said that he knew she had her reason for killing her [King] as he had also been researching that incident for information to reunite her with her sister. He proved it when he pulled out an old journal that Kuroka recognized as her former [King's]. Kuroka had been shocked that this person, who she had tried to force into the group, would so willingly help and believe her. Even going as far as researching her case that had gone cold after so long. Kuroka couldn't remember the last time she had cried so much out of joy and relief at someone believing her.

Since then, Kuroka would report back to Naruto roughly every six months to not draw attention to herself. She had even made a challenge to Naruto, that if she could get the drop on him once, then he would have to marry her and let her bare his children. Naruto agreed, and since then she has tried three times and failed each time, with this being the fourth. And every time she failed, she would receive a "punishment" or as Kuroka would call it, "a torturous reward."

~Lime (If you are not 18 or up, I would advise you skip to the next bold heading. IF not, then it's your choice)~

Kuroka was a moaning mess as Naruto was currently groping and massaging her E-cup Breasts that were currently out of her kimono. Naruto had pulled her down to his lap as he sat down, cupping her left breast while snaking the other down her hip to her thigh, moving the Kimono skirt, exposing the creamy flesh of her thigh while keeping her lower cat covered.

"So, were you able to find any leads of where Lupus might be, among the three places I have yet to search?" Naruto asked huskily as he pressed himself into her neck, laying a butterfly kiss on it, making tingles go down Kuroka's spine as she enjoyed the feeling of his hands on her.

"Yes~, I-I f-found out… ah~!...th-th-that she ha-has… oh~!... been seen recently in A-A-America. That's a-a-all I k-know for that s-s-subject… mmm~!," Kuroka stated quickly in between moans as her breathing picked up as he slid his hand under her skirt, brushing against her furred bush.

Naruto gripped her breast tightly.

"Are you sure, my sweet kitten?" Naruto asked as he moved the rest of her skirt to expose her furred pussy to the world and how she was starting to get wet, from the small amount of moisture but the great amount of heat emanating from her core. As well as how she kept herself neat as seen by how the hair was trimmed into a little heart.

"YES!" Kuroka screamed as he prodded her clit.

"Then I believe that is worth something," Naruto muttered, leaning back with her going with him, allowing him to nip her sensitive cat ear, making Kuroka shiver with anticipation.

Naruto inhaled the scent of her long black hair.

Coconut Peach shampoo.

'She certainly does know what I like,' Naruto chuckled as he continued to nibble on the Neko's ear, feeling her body against his shiver and his ears hearing the melody of her moans.

'Yes…,' Kuroka hazily thought as she felt him cup her wet pussy, her back arching as he ran his fingers up and down her moist folds, some of the juice smearing onto his fingers.

"You feel so hot and moist right now, Kuroka," Naruto whispered into her ear, earning a weak nod as she placed her head on his shoulder, turning her head slightly to look at him.

"I am, nya…." She slurred.

Naruto rubbed his finger up, moving further, feeling her clit.

"So, onto other business," Naruto stated as he removed his finger from her clit.

Kuroka's eyes widened as she felt an instant crash, and her body felt cold (Metaphorically) as it was refused its release.

"Please, nya! Continue!" Kuroka begged as she grabbed his shirt and tried bucking her hips into his hand to get her release.

Naruto smiled, released her breast and wrapped it around her waist, holding her still, as his other hand continued to gently prod her wet folds.

"Before I give you the release you want, tell me, what have the Old Satan faction been up to?" Naruto asked while still holding Kuroka, preventing her from bucking her hips to get the release she wants.

Kuroka, desperately wanting her release practically shouted, "They have been making plans concerning the Faction meeting that is coming up soon, but I don't know exactly what they are planning! I'm sorry for failing you!"

Naruto smiled as he huskily said, "You didn't fail me, you did more than enough by getting me this information already my dear Kuroka." With that, Naruto moved his arm from her waist, allowing her to move again.

"Thank you! I also wish to tell you that Khaos Brigade is aware of Kokabiel attempting something as well to start another war," Kuroka finished and placed her hand on his cheek and the other on his hand, guiding it to her entrance.

"Now that I have been a good kitten, nya, give me my reward," Kuroka begged as she forced his fingers inside of her, making her face become a dopey wobbly smile as her eyes became glossy with ecstasy.

Naruto pulled out slightly, hearing her gasp and push against his hand to keep him inside, her warm insides grasping and lathering his fingers in Kuroka's fluids.

"More…." Kuroka moaned before she pulled him closer and kissed him.

Naruto pulled his finger's out and stood up, dropping Kuroka on her plump butt.

"Ow…" Kuroka groaned. "Why did you do that, nya?"

"You know my rules, Kuroka," Naruto stated as he helped her up and redressed her. "No kissing when I do this for you and no sex."

"But I have kissed you several times in the past, nya." Kuroka pouted weakly as her ears flattened, and her tails drooped, knowing she had screwed up.

"You are a good person, but your instincts are a weakness for you," Naruto said as he rubbed her head. "So, until next time Kuroka."

Kuroka wanted to reach out, and when she did, he was too far away.

~Lime End (For those who skipped, you may continue reading now)~

Kuroka sighed as she knew she either needs to show more restraint with her instincts, which was impossible, or she needs to hurry and find Lupus so that she (Lupus) and Naruto can get it on already before she (Kuroka) can get her turn. And from what she's felt the one time he let it slide that she groped him, he was hiding a monster down there.

Kuroka summoned a portal before disappearing, completely missing a pair of red eyes that had been watching the two of them with anger, jealousy and a hint of restrained lust.

'Soon, Naruto-sama. I will have my revenge soon,' The figure thought, before disappearing.

~Timeskip, Day of the Match~

It was finally the day of the match, and Naruto was making his way towards the school where he would meet up with the rest of the group. He knew they all had grown stronger and would be able to win against Riser, but he wanted to be there to make sure they were all okay.

As he was walking through a park, Naruto suddenly sensed an incoming attack which he swiftly dodged before looking up in surprise when he saw a rocket that collided with him causing an explosion.

"Do you think that did it?" Asked a voice.

"I don't know! Why the fuck would you ask me!?" Shouted another voice.

"Because you're the one who shot the fucking rocket at him!" Shouted the first voice, before the two figures could be heard fighting each other.

"ENOUGH!" A female voice shouted, getting the two to stop and turn to the woman to see who it was.

The woman had short blond hair, red eyes, and delicate features that gave her appearance a cat-like feel. She had pale, soft skin that fit her appearance to give her that elegant beauty. She was wearing a cloak that hid her body from view.

"Of course that wouldn't be enough, after all, this is my former teacher we're dealing with. Isn't that right, Vergil-kun?" The woman asked before turning to look behind the group, getting everyone to turn around and find Naruto standing there just fine. The only difference being that he currently had a cold expression on his face while his eyes began to glow, showing he had switched back to his Vergil persona.

Vergil looked around the area to see that he was currently surrounded by a group of twenty to thirty rogue exorcists. Looking at each one, Vergil would admit that they were all well-trained and prepared, though they wouldn't be enough to stop him. However, his focus zeroed in on the blond-haired woman in front of him as she smiled at him with lust and slight insanity. She seemed familiar and he tried to remember why she looks familiar before he finally remembered.

"Clementine?" asked Vergil, getting her to smile.

"That's right, Vergil-sensei. It's been a while, hasn't it?" Clementine said with a smile still on her face as all the other rogues began pulling out their light swords or their guns.

Noticing all the weaponry, Vergil asked, "What is this about, Clementine?"

Clementine merely giggled before she had a slightly insane grin appear on her face as she said, "Why this is our reunion party and these are my guests. And what kind of party would it be without a game?"

Vergil narrowed his eyes at that before slightly turning his body while putting his hand on Yamato's hilt as he asked, "What kind of game?"

"To kill you, of course!" Clementine exclaimed as the rogues with their pistol began firing at Vergil which he countered by rapidly drawing Yamato and spinning it around his body before holding out horizontally, showing that he had just stopped every bullet using his sword. Vergil's eyes then flashed for a second before the area was covered in lights with them ending a second later and Vergil was in the process of sheathing his sword.

"Weak." Vergil stated as he fully sheathed his sword, making a 'Click' noise.

All the men Clementine brought with her were slashed to ribbons by dimensional slashes, making the former Exorcist laugh at the carnage.

"You were always so fast, Vergil-kun," Clementine stated happily with a crazed look in her as she shed her cloak, showing her quite revealing armor. She was wearing a black tube-top that revealed a lot of her cleavage and tightly hugged her E-cup breasts. On top of that, she was wearing a bronze cuirass with matching shoulder pieces. She was wearing a set of clawed gauntlets with brown leather forearm protectors. She was also wearing an extremely short, black skirt that just barely covered her toned ass with a set of bronze armor over the skirt. Underneath, she was wearing a black, skin-tight garter belt that went slightly above her skirt and connected to her black stockings that showed off her long, smooth legs. Finishing off her outfit is a pair of brown leather boots with one going all the way up to her knee and a pair of knife sheaths at her waist for a pair of stilettos. (A.N. #6)

"Now that is a revealing outfit for a woman under God," Vergil stated as he got into a Battōjutsu stance, hand poised to draw Yamato.

"Well, after what you did," Clementine lulled as she drew a stiletto. She then slowly, and sexually licked up the blade as she continued, "They marked me as a traitor, and thus we are in this predicament."

She leaned down, hand on the ground.

'Ability Boost. Greater Ability Boost. Flow Acceleration. Greater Evasion. Invulnerable Fortress. Movement of the Wind,' Clementine thought as she increased herself as much as possible.

'So, she learned some magic,' Vergil thought as he felt magic swell within Clementine's body. 'She has improved since I left.'

Clementine licked her lips, her eyes widening in ecstasy and lunged at an incredible trajectory and clashed blades with Vergil, who drew and Yamato slammed into the stiletto.

"NOW FOR THE SURPRISE!" Clementine stated happily as she drew the second stiletto.

Sounds of metal striking metal echoed through the air intensely and at the end, Clementine laughed as she, for the first time, evaded Yamato and managed to strike Vergil in the stomach.

Blood crusted her weapon and hand.

"YES!" Clementine screamed in joy before she leaped back. "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?"

Vergil's body emitted his powerful energy, forcing the blade out of his body, sealing the wound shut with his Healing Factor. The energy surrounding him took the shape of an ugly dog-like creature, both it and Vergil glaring at her.

A smirk appeared on Vergil's lips.

"You have indeed gotten stronger, my dear student. You have increased your mobility and I was barely able to keep up with you by sight alone," He said as Yamato was gently swung with grace and precision, its otherworldly blade glowing as if the moon was upon it, Beowulf appearing on his arms and legs. "But you still have much to learn."

"What?" Clementine asked as she prepared for more fighting.

"Balance… Breaker."

His body was submerged in the power he exuded and what replaced it was a monster.

~Meanwhile, With Rias's Group~

As Naruto was facing the group of rogue exorcists and his former student, Rias, and her peerage were at the ORC waiting with Grayfia. The reason they were waiting is that it wasn't time for the rating game yet and they had wanted to meet early to discuss strategy. However, they had also been hoping Naruto would have been here already since, according to Grayfia, she had beaten the lesson of always being on time into his head to the point that he arrives early. Even earlier than Grayfia.

However, it's been almost twenty minutes since everyone had arrived, and there was still no sign of Naruto.

Rias sighed as she said, "Alright everyone," The rest of the peerage turned towards their [King] as she said, "It looks like we'll have to start strategizing without Naruto-kun."

"Do you think anything happened to Naruto-kun?" Asia asked as she had just reunited with her long-time friend and she didn't want to lose him already.

Grayfia took over at this point, "Naruto knows better than to ever arrive somewhere late. I should know since I tortu- I mean taught him about the importance of arriving on time. So if he doesn't arrive on time, then there is a very good reason for it. After all, he isn't the type to leave those he cares about without a reason."

Everyone sweatdropped as they all thought, 'You were about to say 'torture,' weren't you?'

However, they all quickly shook those thoughts from their heads as they were happy that at least he wasn't abandoning them. Koneko was especially happy since, even if he helped clear up why Kuroka did what she did, she still had some slight abandonment issues. So she was happy to find out that he hadn't abandoned her-Them!- but now she was worried if he was okay.

"So, now we need to discuss how we are going to face Riser without Naruto being here," Rias said as she pulled up videos from his previous rating games. "From what I can see, he tends to let all his other pieces fight and weaken the enemy before he, his queen, and his sister come in for the 'kill,' in a sense. We need to make sure we don't use too much energy when dealing with all of them, and we especially need to make sure the [Pawns] don't make it over to our base or that's game over for us."

"Why would it be game over?" asked Issei as he was still new to the whole rating game thing.

Akeno decided to pick up at this point, "You know how other than the [King], the [Queen] is the next strongest piece, yes?" When Issei nodded, she then explained, "Well, it would be game over for us because if all of the [Pawns] make it to our base, then they can Promote to [Queen] and instead of facing one, we would be facing the equivalent of nine [Queens]." Issei paled at that as he knew how strong Akeno was, and if this was the same as facing nine Akeno's, then he'd really have to make sure they stop the [Pawns].

"Okay, so how are we going to stop them?" Issei asked.

"We could set traps."

Everyone turned to Koneko, prompting her to continue her idea.

"If we place traps, then we can stop them and not use as much energy," Koneko said before she continued, "Naruto told me, that the best traps are the ones that hide behind dummy traps and capture the enemy instead of hurting them. So, if we place traps that act as decoys, we can use that to take away their focus. I would suggest a cage trap to prevent them from leaving, doubled with electric magic to make it an electric cage that will hurt them if they try to escape."

Everyone nodded with Akeno being happy that she can help with the traps, Asia then asked, "Do we know what the area will be for the match?"

Grayfia nodded her head as she brought up a map of Kuoh Academy before she said, "The match will take place in a replica of the school that is made on a separate dimension. Your base will be the club building we are currently in, while they will have the Student Council room on the other side of the school."

"Thank you, and in that case," Asia said to Grayfia before turning to the map, "I'd suggest that we place traps around the building, throughout the forest area, and then through the baseball grounds. These are the likeliest places they will travel while giving us some more defense."

Asia, upon not hearing anything, turned around to see Rias and the others were staring at her with wide-eyes. She blushed and asked, "What?"

"When did you become so good in tactics like this Asia-chan?" Rias asked as she had not been expecting sweet, little Asia to be such a tactician.

Asia blushed a bit more as she said, "W-W-Well, Naruto-kun decided that since I wouldn't be at the level of strength he wanted for me by the time the rating game came around, he would also teach me tactics and war strategy to make up for it until a later time. So, he made sure to have me play games about strategy with him as well as read strategy books to increase my knowledge on the subject." (A.N. #7)

Everyone smiled, including Grayfia, at how much Naruto cared for them. He knew that not all of them would be up to par within the amount of time they had so he looked to increase other areas and skills to make up for it.

Rias cleared her throat as she then said, "Alright, what else would you suggest then Asia-chan?"

With that, they began making a plan to hopefully deal with every possible change that Riser makes. As their extra time came winding down, Grayfia eventually cleared her throat, gaining everyone's attention as she said, "It's time, Rias-sama."

Rias nodded her head, as everyone finished preparing with Kiba summoning a sword to his waist, Asia summoned her Twilight Healing, Issei summoned his Boosted Gear, while Koneko put on some MMA gloves with pink paw prints on the back of the hand. Akeno and Rias hadn't changed much, but they now had books in their hands. The others weren't sure what they were for or where they got them but they left it alone for now. Meanwhile, Grayfia had wide-eyes at seeing the books as she knew exactly what they were.

'How did they get those? Those are only found among Witch Covens and either the Witches Forest or Wizard Guilds,' Grayfia thought in shock, as she knew that witches and wizards tended to keep to themselves. (A.N. #8)

Grayfia then shook her head as she said, "I will now teleport you to the area of the match." A Magic circle suddenly appeared underneath the group as it slowly began transporting them to the dimension of the rating game. Before they were completely gone, Grayfia said, "Good luck and I will try and find Naruto to see what has happened so just focus on the match."

Rias and the others nodded with all of them smiling except for Issei though none of them saw him. Once they were gone, Grayfia made an Ice Clone that will act as the referee of the match while she went to look for Naruto. As even though she had faith in him as his teacher, she was still worried about him.

'I hope you're alright Naruto,' Grayfia thought, as while Rias and the others might not have noticed it, she felt the surge of power throughout the town. With that, Grayfia left the ORC building to look for Naruto while her clone teleported to referee the match.

~With Rias and the others~

Once everyone finished teleporting, they opened their eyes, though Issei was confused as he asked, "Did the teleportation work?"

Akeno answered, "Yes it did, just look outside." Looking outside, Issei saw that the sky was green with a fluctuating Arora Borealis that was an almost white green.

Suddenly, everyone heard Grayfia talking, "Greetings everyone. This is the Rating Game between Rias Gremory and Riser Phenex. Both teams have five minutes of preparation before the match begins."

After that, Rias turned back to her peerage with a determined look and said, "Alright! Kiba, go set the traps in the areas we discussed before arriving." Kiba nodded before using his speed that had increased even more thanks to the training with Naruto and vanished from sight to place the traps. Turning to Akeno, Rias said, "Akeno, you and your familiars go charged the traps and place the decoys." Akeno simply smiled while summoning her familiars which were a bunch of little imps. They took off to charge the traps with electricity while also placing the decoys to lead towards the real traps.

After they came back from placing the traps, Rias then began telling everyone where they will go. Akeno will be in the air looking out for the others, eliminate those caught in the traps and keep an eye out for Riser's [Queen], Yubelluna who is also known as the "Bomb Queen." Kiba was to watch the other side of the forest that had fewer traps to provide better defense until Issei, Koneko, and Asia were done securing the gymnasium. Once they secured the gymnasium, Asia was to return to Rias while Issei and Koneko left to support Kiba.

After they accomplished defending their side, they would push for the offensive and close in on Riser. It was at this time that they heard Grayfia's voice again, "The five-minute preparation time is over the Rating Game between Rias Gremory and Riser will now begin!"

"Alright, Akeno, Kiba, you know what to do. Issei, Koneko, Asia head towards the gymnasium, the sooner we remove that from play the better. Make sure you all watch each other's backs and stay safe!" Rias exclaimed as she and everyone else remembered what Naruto told them while training.

"It doesn't matter if plans fail or orders are ignored as long as you all make it back safe with your friends and comrades."

Naruto had told them this as he had made it his personal rule to always make sure all his friends and everyone he met returned home, safe and sound. It was that same personal rule that each of them took as their own as well, so they had decided that from now on, they would always make sure each of them made it back safely.

With that, everyone left while Rias stayed in the copy building of the ORC while looking at the book that she had brought with her. She remembered when Naruto gave her and Akeno the pair of books, or to be more specific, grimoires.

~Flashback~

Rias and Akeno were now trying to come up with different attacks using their training of shape manipulation that Naruto had put them through. Interestingly enough, they found it to be easier since the two of them had inspiration from different hobbies that they enjoyed, like Rias's anime or Akeno's BDSM hobby.

"Rias, Akeno, take a break and come over here please!"

The two had stopped and turned to see Naruto was in the area and he still carried his sword with him, but they also noticed a pair of books he had under his arm. The two walked over as Rias asked, "Yes Naruto-kun, what is it?"

Naruto looked at the books for a second before he held them out and said, "I wanted to give these to you two."

Taking the books, Rias and Akeno were grateful for them, but they were also confused until Naruto continued, "I know it is slightly confusing but let me explain. Those are known as grimoires and they hold incredible magic, spells, and other things that I won't tell you since I want it to be a surprise." Rias and Akeno pouted at that, causing Naruto to chuckle before he continued, "Anyways, I am giving these to you because I believe they will help you. I do not know when as that will be entirely up to the grimoires themselves."

This confused the two as Akeno asked, "Don't you just mean 'up to us?'"

Naruto shook his head as he said, "No because a lot of times, the grimoires are the ones who decide when is the best time to help. Once you have proven to be at a sufficient level will you be able to actively use the grimoires without issue, but until then, they will decide what spell is best for the occasion. Though it will be extremely draining so be careful when using these spells." (A.N. #9)

~Flashback End~

Rias clutched her fist tightly as she had a determined look in her eye and thought, 'I'll show you that your training was not in vain, Naruto-kun!'

~With Issei, Koneko and Asia~

The three had just entered the gymnasium and were sneaking through in case some of the opposing peerage members were already inside. The three of them were about to cross from behind the stage when a voice called out to them.

"We know you're there! You might as well come out already!"

Looking at each other, the three of them decided to just walk out from behind the stage and looked to see who called out and found that it was two of Riser's [Pawns], the twins, Ile and Nel, along with one of Riser's [Rooks], Xuelan.

Ile and Nel looked to be very young girls with turquoise hair and blue eyes. They both wore white t-shirts with blue accents, black leggings, sports socks that went up to just below the knee and blue and white tennis shoes. Both held a bag in their hands, with one being colored blue and the other being colored pink. Xuelan, on the other hand, was a well-endowed, young woman with blue eyes and black hair styled in two buns and v-styled bangs. She was wearing a blue qipao with gold accents that is open at the chest area showing off her D-cup breasts while she had a white sash tied around her waist. To finish off her outfit, she had a pair of black, low-heeled shoes and black armguards on her forearms.

"Look, look! It's the perv who insulted Riser-sama and called him filthy!" Ile exclaimed while pointing at Issei, getting Nel to laugh while Xuelan lightly chuckled. The right side of Koneko's mouth was twitching in her attempt to not smile while Asia had a sheepish expression.

Issei on the other hand just looked pissed at being made fun of for who he was. What made it worse was the fact that he couldn't defend himself without making himself out to be worse. On top of that, neither Koneko or Asia were trying to defend him either.

Then again, they really couldn't say anything since it was true that he was a perv and that he had insulted Riser.

But Issei was at least going to try and defend himself as he exclaimed, "Hey! I may be a pervert but at least I don't go around trying to practically force myself on girls like he practically did on Asia-chan."

Asia slightly flinched at the reminder but both also noticed how the girls seemed disgusted with Riser's actions and were surprised when Xuelan said, "Yes, we wish to apologize for that as Riser-sama is indeed not the best person, both in terms of personality and actions. We understand that his actions as of late have been inexcusable, unfortunately, we are unable to say anything due to being low-class devils."

Koneko, Asia, and Issei nodded their heads in understanding. Koneko because she had grown accustomed to the rules of devil society while Asia and Issei were taught about how low-class devils were treated worse amongst other peerages due to being low-class. They knew that most high-class devils are cruel to their peerages or just don't care with the Sitri and Gremory families being some of the only families who treat their peerages like family.

Asia replied, "It's okay, you shouldn't be the ones who apologize for your [King's] actions. Besides, I'm pretty sure that Vergil-kun would humiliate him if he ever tried anything towards me and the others."

Koneko and Issei smiled at Asia's kind nature, while they also knew that Naruto would most definitely humiliate Riser if the flaming chicken tried anything. Xuelan, Ile and Nel were all surprised at the former Nun's words but smiled at knowing she didn't blame them for their [King's] actions.

"What's Vergil-san like?" Ile asked while Nel then asked, "Yeah, what's he like? What's he like?"

Xuelan then showed interest as she asked, "I must admit, I am quite curious as well, what is Vergil-san like?"

"Well," Koneko began, before deadpanning, "He's a slavedriver. He acts cold towards people who cross him and shows no mercy towards those who hurt the ones he cares for," Koneko then showed a soft smile as she said, "However, despite how he acts, he is extremely kind and shows more mercy towards people. He has a soft, caring side that he hides behind all of that stoicism and coldness and tends not to show it in the most obvious of ways, but he still does regardless of whatever he says."

This surprised Xuelan and the twins as they had seen Vergil's mannerisms and stoicism and were kinda scared when they first saw him. However, to find out that he had a softer side to himself made them very curious. Now that they had thought about it, when he first arrived, he could have hurt Mira much more than he did, but he simply knocked her out by sending a pulse of energy to send her into the wall.

"Wow," Xuelan said with a shocked expression still on her face, "Now I'm very curious about this so-called, 'softer side' of Vergil-san," Looking at Ile and Nel, Xuelan asked, "How about you girls?"

Ile and Nel smiled as they both exclaimed, "Yeah!"

Xuelan then looked back at the Gremory group and asked, "Do you know if Vergil-san is a high-class devil and is looking for a peerage?"

The Gremory group was confused by this and they looked at each other before shrugging their shoulders as Asia answered, "We're not sure if he is looking for prospective members for a peerage, but he has told us that he isn't a high-class yet. He is mid-class but simply needs to prove that he has the power, control, and strength to become a high-class." Xuelan and the girls looked down at that, getting Asia to be curious, "Why did you wish to know?"

Xuelan then looked at the three and sighed before she said, "The reason we're asking is that we wanted to see if he would like to take us on as his peerage members."

This shocked the Gremory group, getting Koneko to ask, "Why would you want to go with Vergil-kun?"

Xuelan scoffed and said, "I'm not sure if you've noticed, but the peerage doesn't like Riser-sama and we all found out that he manipulated us in someway when we originally met him. For example, these two lost their home and mother in a fire and Riser-sama had saved them and they joined his peerage. But we later found out that he had caused the fire just make himself out to be the hero since he had seen their mother's beauty and had originally wanted her but she refused. For Yubelluna, she was once part of a noble family and was a part of an arranged marriage herself, but she was seduced by Riser and made to believe that he cared for her. She willingly left with him out of love only to find out that he only cared for her body and not for her as a person. Now, she puts on a strong front, but I and the others in the peerage know that she is miserable." (A.N. #10)

Koneko, Asia, and Issei were stunned that even Riser's own peerage hated him, but after Xuelan explained why then it made sense. If they had all been manipulated into joining Rias's peerage through a sad and traumatic event or their feelings, they would hate her too. Asia had to wonder though, why were they telling them this?

"Umm," Asia began, getting everyone's attention, "Why are you telling this to us? Wouldn't it be better if you told the Satans about what's been happening?"

Xuelan sighed as she said, "While that is true, who's to say that they would even take the time to listen to us? Like I said, "We're only low-class devils and it would turn into a game of the word of a bunch of low-class devils vs a high-class devil's word. If that ever happened, it would probably end up going in Riser-sama's favor before the rest of us are punished. That's also the reason why we still have to participate in this Rating Game, even if we don't want to."

Issei, Koneko, and Asia nodded their heads in understanding as there would always be a case of nobles being favored for their class and status rather then being fair to all. Koneko understood that from past experiences of when she had first met Sirzechs when he saved her from being executed for the actions of her sister. Meanwhile, Asia and Issei knew that from the human world and how the underdogs were always looked down upon.

Koneko nodded her head and said, "We understand and if it makes any difference, we'll see about getting our [King] to talk to her brother about your situation. And while I understand that you don't wish to take part in the Rating Game, don't think we won't take it easy on you." Koneko finished with a smirk as she tightened her gloves.

Xuelan smirked along with Ile and Nel, who Xuelan had told to uncover their ears, as she got in a stance and replied, "We wouldn't have it any other way. Isn't that right girls?"

Ile and Nel both exclaimed, "Yeah!" Before they suddenly pulled out a set of blue chainsaws which they revved up and the chains were suddenly lit on fire.

With that, Ile and Nel charged towards Issei and Asia while Xuelan charged Koneko, officially starting the fight between the two peerages.

~Koneko vs Xuelan~

Xuelan first struck with a right jab while Koneko blocked and threw her own which Xuelan dodged. Xuelan then threw a kick at Koneko with her right leg which Koneko leaned back to dodge, catching a glimpse of something that caused her to smirk.

Koneko jumped back with her arms still ready as she said, "I didn't take you for an exhibitionist."

Xuelan blushed at this as she glared at Koneko and exclaimed while throwing another kick and said, "I'm not! But Riser-sama ordered me to not wear anything underneath, despite my protests! I would have been fine with no bra since it would have looked strange with my outfit, but he expressly said no panties as well."

Koneko frowned at that as she dodged the kick and said, "Now, that's just abusing his position."

Xuelan sent another kick towards Koneko, "Right! I asked why and he told me it was so he could take me easier when he was in the mood." Xuelan said in disgust.

Koneko grabbed the leg and threw Xuelan into the wall, making a dent and getting a grunt from Xuelan. Xuelan picked herself up from the wall before she picked up one of the nearby benches and threw it at Koneko. Koneko slammed her fist into the bench, shattering it, but what she did not expect was for Xuelan to make use of that opening and kicked Koneko in the side. This sent Koneko flying and where she slammed into a bunch of other benches, slightly tearing her shirt and skirt to show some of her midriff and some of her thighs.

Xuelan smirked at Koneko getting her to glare before charging at Xuelan with Xuelan doing the same before they jumped and threw a punch at each other's faces at the same time. Thankfully though, Koneko had built up her defense and strength with her training so she wasn't knocked back and instead had sent Xuelan slamming into the ground, making another dent.

Xuelan was coughing as she had the air knocked out of her but was pushing herself up when Koneko landed on her, causing her more pain and knocking her back to the ground. When Koneko moved forward to land the finishing blow they heard an exclamation of, "Haha!"

~Meanwhile, Asia vs Nel~

Asia and Nel were in the middle of a fierce match to see who would land the first shot as Nel kept swinging her flaming chainsaw while Asia tried to look for an opening.

Asia was glad that Naruto had taught her how to fight as now she was able to hold her own against some opponents. Asia knew that she was only doing well against Nel because Nel was around the same skill level as her so it wasn't too difficult, but it wasn't easy either. Asia was currently dodging Nel's chainsaw while she had her Twilight Healing out and her hands were shining blue.

'This is a lot more difficult than I thought it would be,' Asia thought to herself as she dodged another swipe but had her sleeve caught and torn off her nun's habit.

"So, I need to ask," Nel started getting Asia's attention while the two were still fighting, "What's it like, being under your [King's] service?"

Asia blinked as she dodged another swipe before seeing an opening and landing a palm strike on one of Nel's hands and legs, numbing them and shocking Nel as she crumpled to the floor. Asia smiled then replied, "It's nice, Rias-san is very kind and treats all of us with respect, like family."

Nel puffed her cheeks as she looked up at Asia and said, "Lucky, Riser-sama only treats us like his playthings. Like we aren't actual people and only objects meant to please him. And while Xuelan and the others think me and my sister don't know what he's done and try to protect and shelter us, we know exactly what he did. We just don't want to hurt their feelings by thinking they couldn't protect us." Nel finished sadly as she felt bad about tricking the other girls in the peerage. It was bad enough that her younger sister, Ile, came out traumatized, but if they were to find out that they failed in trying to protect them, they would feel terrible.

Asia, sensing Nel's sadness, said, "Well, I think you should tell the others that you and your sister are aware of what he did," Nel looked at Asia like she was crazy but then Asia continued, "You're afraid of hurting their feelings if they find out that you and your sister know what he did. That is very true, it will hurt their feelings," Nel looked like she was about to agree until she heard what Asia said next.

"But it won't hurt as much as them finding out that you and your sister knew, and never told them. It would make them feel like you didn't trust them and that is the worst thing you could do to them."

Nel was shocked as she hadn't thought about that and she realized that Asia was right. Looking back up at Asia, Nel was about to thank her until both her's and Asia attention was caught by an exclamation of, "Haha!"

~Meanwhile, Issei vs Ile~

While Koneko was fighting her fellow rook, and Asia handled one of the twins, Issei was in a panic while dodging and running from Ile who was swinging her chainsaw around in an attempt to hit him while shouting various lines like:

"Stand still! I just wanna slice you up a bit!" or "Come on, don't you want to play!" or "Don't worry! You'll be fine, probably missing a limb but you can get that healed easily!"

The scary part was that she was saying all this with her childish voice, freaking Issei the fuck out! Of course, Issei wasn't getting tired as easily thanks to his training but that voice she was using did not match what she was saying!

And it scared the hell out of him!

"Get ahold of yourself, partner!"

Issei almost tripped at the sudden voice in his head but his fear of getting sliced by the little, chainsaw-wielding girl outweighed his surprise.

'Ddraig?' Issei mentally asked.

"No, this is the other voice in your head, Bob," Ddraig said sarcastically, before shouting, "Of course it's me! What the hell are you doing!?"

'I'm running for my life! What the hell do you think I'm doing!?' Issei mentally shouted, as he dodged another swing that came close to him.

"I mean, why didn't you just summon your Sacred Gear to Boost your defenses!?" Ddraig shouted, getting Issei to smack himself before he summoned the Boosted Gear to his left arm.

With an exclamation of "Boost!" Issei was able to feel himself get stronger and faster as he turned around and dodged Ile's next swing before he backhanded the chainsaw with his left arm. This knocked the chainsaw out of her hands, shocking her before she fearfully looked at Issei.

"Haha! Now have a taste of my new spell!" Exclaimed Issei, drawing everyone's attention as he had his right hand ready to snap his fingers before he exclaimed, "Dress Break!" He then snapped his fingers and before anyone could react, all the girls in the gym had their clothes ripped and torn apart until nothing but rags were left, leaving Koneko, Asia, Ile, Nel, and Xuelan all naked.

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"KYAAAAAAA!"

All the girls screamed and began to cover themselves as they now realize that they were completely in the nude. Issei himself was laughing like a moron until Koneko quickly smacked him on the head, driving him to the ground as she said in an angry, yet monotone voice, "Die, pervert."

This had the effect of getting Issei's head stuck in the hardwood floor while he tried pulling himself out. Issei kept trying to pull himself out when he heard multiple pop sounds before hearing some rustling. It took him about ten minutes before he finally managed to get his head out of the ground, expecting to get another glimpse of all the naked girls.

Only to come to see a clothed Koneko now wearing a pair of short-shorts that hugged her toned ass nicely and showed off her smooth legs. She was also wearing a pair of white trainers with a black and white striped t-shirt and jean jacket while she still had her MMA gloves. Asia was now wearing a bright yellow skirt that went halfway down her thighs and a set of white thigh-high socks with yellow shoes. She was also wearing a white button-up shirt with an open, yellow cashmere sweater on top.

Issei would admit they looked very cute, but he was still disappointed in being unable to see them naked. Remembering the other girls, Issei frantically looked around until he spotted them, only to groan in disappointment again. Xuelan, Ile, and Nel were given sets of grey sweatpants and sweatshirts while being tied up with some rope.

"Where did you guys get all of those clothes?" Issei asked, as while he had very much wanted to see all the girls naked again, he was also extremely curious.

Koneko and Asia looked at Issei and they pulled their sleeves up to show a mini magic circle on their forearms and Asia said, "Vergil-kun placed these on our arms, along with Rias-san, and Akeno-san. He said they are storage circles that we can use to hold a certain amount of items, and he had suggested packing extra clothes when he found out about your Dress Break spell."

"What!? How did he find out!?" Issei exclaimed as he could have sworn he had kept it a secret.

Koneko looked at Issei with a deadpan and said, "You didn't honestly expect him to be as strong as he is, and not have a way to spy on all of us, did you?"

Issei looked down in frustration at that and said, "I guess I didn't think of that."

Koneko figured that had been the case since Issei only seemed to have oppai and the like on his mind and never actually thought with the head on his shoulders. That was something that she didn't like about Issei and with how much he thinks about sex and stuff, she wouldn't be surprised if he ended up being a sex offender with those so-called friends of his. Koneko then summoned a magic circle by her ear and said, "We've taken the gym, Akeno-senpai. One [Rook] and two [Pawns] have been captured as well. We've also found out some interesting information and would very much like to meet up as soon as possible."

"Roger that, Koneko," Akeno's voice said from the magic circle, "Proceed with the plan and make your way towards Kiba-kun with Issei-kun after escorting Asia back to Rias."

"Understood, and try to make their elimination as painless as possible, please," Koneko told Akeno.

"... I'll do my best," Responded Akeno, getting Koneko to sigh before the magic circle vanished.

Koneko looked to Issei and Asia as she said, "Alright, our job here is done. Now we're going to escort Asia back to Rias before meeting up with Kiba-senpai."

The two nodded their heads before all three left the building, and once they had left they saw a bright flash from behind them. Turning around, they saw that the gym had been destroyed before hearing an announcement.

"One of Riser-sama's [Rooks] and two of Riser-sama's [Pawns] have retired."

Koneko, Asia, and Issei all looked up to see Akeno in her Miko outfit which consisted of a white haori with red accents, red hakama along with a pair of zōri and white tabi. The group noticed that she was carrying the book with her and they also noticed its intricate design. It had a light blue cover with plant-like designs on the front and back cover while it had lightning designs running along the spine. Then in the center of the front cover was another lightning symbol. (A.N. #11)

Akeno looked back down at the trio before waving at them with a smile before she flew off. Koneko then looked to Issei and said, "Alright, we need to get Asia to Rias already. I don't like her being out here with just you and myself being the ones to protect her."

Issei nodded in understanding as the two of them weren't able to provide the best protection, especially from long-range fighters. With that, the three of them moved to get Asia to Rias before Koneko and Issei moved to meet up with Kiba.

~Meanwhile~

In the forest area, we find the rest of Riser's [Pawns] walking through the forest cautiously. They were originally just strolling through the forest and launching fireballs at what they thought were horribly hidden traps. This turned out to be a mistake as they found out those weren't merely decoys when they had triggered a trap in the form of a cage and had to quickly dodge. They were shocked to see that it wasn't even a regular cage, but an electric cage that was meant to prevent them from touching it or they would end up unconscious.

After that, they had decided to proceed with more caution as they wouldn't know which would be a fake and which was real and if some traps were better hidden. This had slowed them down considerably but they were finally making headway and finally had the ORC club in their sights.

"Finally made it! That took so damn long!" exclaimed one of the [Pawns]. She had tanned skin, long, pale-blue hair, and amber eyes with purple highlights around them. She was wearing a bikini made up of a metallic underwire brassiere that did nothing to hide her high C-cup breasts and a silk loincloth that exposes her sides and shows off her long, smooth legs and tight, toned ass. Also, she was wearing a silver tiara that had a ruby in the center that matches her earrings along with silver neck rings that had a sapphire. She also wore a pink veil around her arms and behind her back with a silver snake-themed bracelet on her upper arm of her left arm and a pair of sandals.

"Calm down, Shuriya. We don't want anyone to discover our location," Said one of the other [Pawns].

"Especially since they may already know we're here after we triggered some of their traps," Added another one of the [Pawns].

These two looked to be your average maids as they were both dressed in French Maid outfits with some slight differences. The first one had shoulder-length, light-brown hair and dark brown eyes. She wore a buttoned, sleeveless maid outfit that hugged her mid-C-cup breasts with the standard cuffs, headpiece, and apron with white lace design. She also wore light grey tights with black shoes. The second one had shoulder-length maroon hair and blue eyes. She also wore a French maid outfit, though hers was open, showing off her D-cup breasts and had white lace along the edges. She also wore the standard headpiece and apron with a pair of gloves that went up to her forearm and black shoes.

"Come you two just calm down, and Shuriya, please understand that we've activated several traps so it is very likely that they know we're here." The familiar form of Mira said.

These four [Pawns] were Marion and Burent, the maids of Riser's peerage, Shuriya, the dancer and entertainer of Riser's peerage, along with Mira, the current weakest member of Riser's peerage. These four were given the order to try and invade Rias's base to promote to [Queen] before they moved on to help take down the rest of Rias's peerage. The group suddenly stopped however when they saw the familiar sight of Rias's [Knight], Kiba Yuuto with a simple katana at his side.

Kiba turned towards the [Pawns] as he had a calm smile on his face and he said, "What took you four so long? I figured you would've been here a while ago."

This kinda pissed them off, as he probably knew they had to dodge traps and had spent the entire time just standing around relaxing. Unfortunately, Shuriya had a bit of a temper and she charged Kiba, completely ignoring her fellow peerage members' warnings. Shuriya jumped towards Kiba, intent on kicking him in the head until he disappeared from view. Shuriya was so shocked that she wasn't able to react in time when he appeared in front of her and clubbed her in the stomach with the sheathed katana. This sent her flying back to her fellow [Pawns] who caught her as was coughing from having the air knocked out of her. They all looked back at Kiba in shock as he looked at his hands a little surprised at how strong he was.

"Huh," Kiba started as he gained a calm smirk on his face, "I guess Vergil-san's training did show results."

This had shocked the group of [Pawns] as they remember who Vergil was since he was the one who had knocked Riser down and sealed his power.

"Vergil-san is the one who trained you?" Asked Burent, as she was confused about who this person was.

"Indeed, he also trained everyone else in buchou's peerage," Kiba said.

"Wow," Burent said, "I mean, we figured he was strong but to also be able to train all of you must mean he also a very good teacher."

Kiba shivered at that as he went slightly pale, getting confused looks from the [Pawns] as he said, "Please don't remind me of the training. It may have made us stronger but it was borderline cruel."

Marion, Burent, and Shuriya shivered in fear at how strong Vergil sounded and at the training methods he seemed to pick. Kiba noticed the looks of fear, and said, "Don't worry, I say borderline cruel, but that's just because they seem unorthodox and are difficult, but they do show results."

"The person who trained them is the same one who knocked you out and sealed Riser-sama's power."

Mira finally understood their shock and went wide-eyed herself at that as she remembered waking up and finding herself being taken care of by the other girls in the peerage. She had been surprised to find out that Riser-sama was currently unavailable due to being injured during the meeting. She knew she was the weakest in the peerage, that was very easy to see, but having Riser constantly bring it up was something that had hurt her very much. So when she found out that Riser was being taken care of by his family, giving them time to themselves, she felt happy.

"Well, I guess I owe it to him to say thank you," Mira said before she saw the sly looks from her fellow peerage members, "What?"

"We didn't take you for such a masochist that you'd get off on getting knocked out," Marion said, getting Mira to blush.

"I meant for technically giving us a two-week vacation! After all, I don't remember the last time we got a vacation," Exclaimed Mira, getting Burent, Marion, and Shuriya to nod in agreement.

Kiba then cleared his throat, garnering their attention and making them blush in embarrassment at forgetting they were in a Rating Game. "As much as I would enjoy hearing about Riser-sama being in pain from what Naruto-san did to him."

~At the same time~

Akeno was flying around the air keeping an eye out for anything suspicious until she sneezed. Humming to herself, she said, "Hmm, I feel like I've rubbed off on someone," She then smiled sweetly and said, "I hope it was Naruto-sama~!"

~Back with Kiba~

"I do believe we should continue the match," Kiba said as he stood with his sword at the ready.

Yes, I believe we should, right girls?" Mira asked, getting them to agree. With that, the four of them charged at him while Kiba stood at the ready thinking, 'I wonder what happened to Naruto-san?'

~Back at the Park~

Clementine slammed into the ground causing a crater to form before she was knocked through a tree, shattering it. There was a flash of light and Clementine shakily looked up as she had a memory flash of a figure wearing exorcist clothes with menacing, glowing blue eyes looking down at her. Suddenly the image went away to reveal Naruto looking down at her with Yamato pointed at her as bits of armor seemed to be vanishing like mist off his body.

"W-what are y-y-you wa-a-aiting f-f-for?!" Clementine exclaimed, "Finish me off!"

Naruto looked down at her before he turned away and sheathed Yamato as he began walking away and said, "I don't think so. It would be a waste to simply kill you after you've improved so much."

"IF YOU LEAVE ME ALIVE, I WILL COME BACK! I'LL GATHER MORE PEOPLE WHO'LL SIDE WITH ME TO KILL YOU!" Clementine shouted as tears began gathering in her eyes from the emotional pain she was experiencing which felt sharper than any physical pain she had experienced her entire life.

Naruto stopped before slightly turning and said, "Go ahead, but just remember that their blood will be on your hands."

With that, Naruto continued to walk away while Clementine stared at his back. Seeing him walking away brought memories back to a wide-eyed Clementine from when he first left and she couldn't do anything to stop him.

"WAIT!"

Hearing the shout, Naruto stopped and turned to look at Clementine who had her head down and her eyes shadowed. He fully turned towards her as he noticed her shoulders shaking and was beginning to think it was simply from the pain until he saw her look back up at him with tears in her eyes. Naruto was shocked to see Clementine was crying as he remembered that she was never one for crying.

"Please. Don't leave me behind again," Clementine begged.

Not hearing Naruto respond, Clementine continued, "Please, if I did something to make you leave the first time or I disappointed you somehow, then I'm sorry! I'm sorry for whatever it is that I did and I'm willing to make up for it, just, please! Don't leave me behind again!"

As Clementine continued to beg for forgiveness and to not be left alone, she never noticed Naruto walking towards her. Nor did she hear him due to her crying and sobbing. Eventually, Naruto stood in front of her, before gently cupping her chin, surprising her, and lifted her head so that she was looking at him. She was shocked when she looked at him and saw the gentle smile on his face, as she had never expected such an expression from him.

"You did nothing wrong, Clementine," Naruto said, "You were punished for me leaving was something that should have never happened. I had told the church that I wouldn't stay forever as they had originally wanted me to since I was only there to help train some of the exorcists-in-training. When they heard this, the church tried forcing me to train specific people but I refused and threatened to leave immediately if any more actions such as that were attempted. The church, while not happy, conceded and left me alone to do as I pleased."

Naruto gained a soft smile as he remembered his time with the church, " I trained you and a small group of other exorcists because I saw the potential you all held. That is why I trained you, because of the great potential you showed and I believed you and the others could have been the first bridge to making peace between the factions. However, before I could start to show you and the others that not all devils are evil, some enemies I had been avoiding found me again. I had no time to explain anything, so I simply left in the dead of night."

Naruto then looked at Clementine with an expression of guilt, "I'm sorry for not doing more for you and the others. No doubt they feel the same you do with the way I left and I will face them just as I have faced you, though maybe a little less seriously than with you," He finished while chuckling at the end.

Clementine, who was still pain, looked at Naruto in confusion as she asked, "Why w-won't you face th-them seriously?"

"Because," Naruto started, before saying something that shocked Clementine, "You were my best student when compared to the others." Seeing Clementine's shock, Naruto elaborated, "You see, the others all had something that gave them a sort of skill or some type of extra weapon or ability. You, however, didn't have any extra abilities, skills, or weapons, and this made you train harder to make up for it. No weakness, no crutch, no specialties. You were just you, and that was the best thing about you."

Clementine was shocked at his words, as he had never given praise before. Hearing him say that she was his best student made her happy. But she was confused about something, however, before she could ask, Naruto moved his now glowing towards her and said, "Now I think that's enough talking for now. Why don't you get some rest."

With that, Clementine's world went dark as she lost consciousness. Naruto then summoned a magic circle underneath Clementine, but before he could teleport her away to someplace safe, he felt a jolt go through his body. Eyes widening, Naruto grunted in pain before hell to his hands and knees panting heavily while holding his side as he spits up some blood away from Clementine's direction. Naruto looked at the blood and saw what looked to be pieces of black, metal rods before he began vomiting up more blood and more metal rods.

'Damn it! I forgot how much it hurts and how exhausting it is after using THAT,' Naruto thought to himself as he kept holding his side while he began shaking from the pain he as feeling.

"Well, what did you expect?"

Naruto knew exactly who this voice was so he didn't outwardly react as he thought, 'I knew what to expect, Beowulf! I just forgot how painful it was using your Balance Breaker since it's not like I can train with it!'

The one Naruto was communicating with, was the spirit within his Sacred Gear which didn't have an actual name, so he just called them by the name of the spirit, "Beowulf." Beowulf looks like an extremely large wolf with dark grey-almost black-fur. However, he has veins of light flowing all around his body while his singular eye glows bright white and a scar is over his other eye. (A.N. #12) Naruto had met Beowulf one day when he was facing a group of powerful devils and was on the verge of being defeated when he awakened his Balance Breaker. However, while it granted him victory, it caused tremendous amounts of pain due to many of its abilities.

Beowulf simply grunted as he responded, "It's not my problem that you're so weak you can't handle it."

'WEAK!?' Naruto mentally shouted, 'I'll have you know that I am most certainly not weak!'

"Whatever you say," Beowulf replied in an uncaring voice before closing the link between them shut.

"Urg," Naruto grunted as he tried standing but failed and fell again from how weak he felt, struggling to stay conscious.

Naruto suddenly felt a presence entering the park and weakly turned to see Grayfia looking around frantically before she spotted him. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw how he looked before she ran over to him and placed his head on her lap.

"Naruto! Are you alright!?" Grayfia asked, incredibly worried about her student.

Naruto weakly looked at Grayfia as he said, "I-I'm f-f-fine. J-Just suffering a bit of pain from using my Sacred Gear."

Grayfia looked at Naruto like he had two as she shouted, "You're spitting up blood! I don't think that qualifies as fine!"

Naruto began to chuckle painfully before coughing and turning to the side spitting up some more blood so as to not get any on Grayfia. It was then that Grayfia noticed the black, metal pieces that were coming out in chunks in Naruto's blood as she asked, "Are you going to be alright?"

"I'll be f-fine," Naruto weakly said, having finally spat out the last of metal rods, "I just need to rest now."

Grayfia nodded her head before saying, "Alright, I'll take you home now, just tell me where it is."

"It's the mansion… on the… far side… of… town," Naruto told Grayfia, growing even more tired as the exhaustion began to set in. He then weakly lifted his hand that was faintly glowing and said, "Just… look… for my… energy."

Grayfia nodded her head and prepared to teleport them before he weakly said, "Wait~, don't forget her."

Grayfia looked to see the blonde exorcist alive. Injured, but alive. Before she could question him, Naruto lost consciousness, leaving a worried Grayfia looking at him and the unconscious exorcist before she sighed in frustration and took the unconscious exorcist with them.

'I better get an explanation soon or I'm going to be even harsher to you Sirzechs-sama!' Grayfia thought angrily as she teleported both Naruto and an unconscious Clementine away. Meanwhile, a certain Red Satan suddenly began shivering in fear of something but didn't know what.

~Back at the Rating Game~

Currently, Issei, Asia, Akeno, and Rias were moving towards where Riser was, along with his [Queen] and [Bishop]. They had lost Koneko and Kiba to an explosion that had consumed both of them from Yubelluna, retiring them from the game due to their injuries. Issei had suffered some burns but luckily those didn't last long thanks to Asia.

Right now, Issei had just promoted to [Queen] to try and help out as much as possible against Riser and his two remaining peerage members. Rias then turned to three and said, "Alright, this is where we put all our training to the test. Let's make Naruto-kun proud and win."

The three answered, "RIGHT!" Though Issei looked slightly reluctant when Naruto was brought up, neither Rias, Akeno, or Asia noticed as they all then made their way to the roof. Upon reaching the roof, they saw Riser standing there with Yubelluna and Ravel nearby. Riser had his usual arrogant smirk on his face, while both Yubelluna and Ravel looked to be almost looking for someone before showing very slight disappointment but nobody had noticed except for Asia as she recognized the looks.

"So," Riser began with his 'I'm better than thou,' tone of voice, "Has dear Rias decided to give up and surrender to Riser?"

Rias simply glared before saying, "No, I have not since I have told several times already and I will say it again, that I will not marry you!"

Riser frowned before saying, "It matters not what you want. You and Riser will marry and that will be the end of it. If you need more convincing then Riser will simply have to finish off the rest of your peerage. Yubelluna, have at it."

With that, Yubelluna waved her staff towards the Gremory group, releasing a series of explosions, getting them all to jump away or fly away in the cases of Rias and Asia since Asia was to stay by Rias's side. Akeno then launched a bolt of lightning at Yubelluna who flew up to dodge, along with Riser and Ravel, before hearing a shout of, "DRAGON SHOT!" Yubelluna turned to see a beam of red energy heading towards her and quickly tried to dodged but was suddenly prevented when she noticed circles of electricity surrounding her, preventing her from moving.

Looking towards Akeno, Yubelluna saw her giggling as she said, "Thunder wave." Yubelluna then looked at the beam in horror before it collided and caused an explosion.

"Riser-sama's [Queen] has retired."

The four were smiling at each other and glad they had at least managed to eliminate Riser's [Queen] but before they could do anything else, Issei was hit with a fireball, knocking him towards the edge of the roof. Luckily, he was only suffering from burns due to promoting to a [Queen] so he wasn't eliminated.

"Hmph, it looks like this low-class devil actually survived," Riser said while looking at Issei as if he was a piece of trash.

Riser then began making another fireball with this one being bigger than the last and he held it towards where Issei was still laying on the roof. The burns he was suffering were slowly healing thanks to Asia and her new ability to heal from a distance but it was still at a slow pace due to how far she was from him.

"Surrender Rias," Riser said while making the fireball seem even more threatening, "Or Riser will continue to burn your little [Pawn]!"

Rias was glaring even harder at Riser when he said that, along with Akeno and Asia. Rias then shouted, "I will never surrender!"

Riser simply sneered before saying, "So be it! Enjoy the funeral of your [Pawn]!"

With that, Riser launched the fireball at Issei and Issei could only watch with one open eye as the fireball came closer. Asia, Rias, and Akeno all began to rush to try and get to Issei, but they knew they would be too late. Suddenly, Akeno felt a pulse of magic and time seemed to stop as she looked to see the grimoire shining. It suddenly opened by itself and went flying through several pages before it stopped on a page with writing that she was unable to understand but she instinctively knew exactly what it was.

Akeno then shouted, "RAIJIN NO NAGAGUTSU!" (A.N. #13)

Suddenly time flowed back and everyone continued watching as the fireball drew closer to Issei when there was a sudden flash of light before an explosion from the fireball. Riser was looking at the smoke with an arrogant smirk as he waited for the announcement, but when he didn't hear one, his smirk dropped as he began looking through the smoke to see that Issei was being held over Akeno's shoulder.

However, something to notice was the rough-looking boots made of lightning that were on her feet and went up to her knees.

Everyone was shocked to see this as no one had ever heard of creating armor out of magic like this. Even Sirzechs' true form, while similar, wasn't anything like this. Akeno put Issei down and immediately collapsed into unconsciousness due to the amount of power she had used from the spell.

"Rias-sama's [Queen] has retired."

With that announcement, Akeno vanished like all the others who were retired from the amount of damage they took. This left everyone shocked at Akeno performing such a powerful magic spell that it knocked her out of the Rating Game. However, one person had a different reaction as she was shocked at how much power one spell was able to exude.

'One spell caused her speed to increase that much!?' Rias thought to herself in shock, 'I mean, I know Naruto said the spells were powerful, but I didn't know they were that powerful. I guess that also explains why she got knocked out after using it.'

Rias was both shocked and amazed in the power that one spell showed, especially in one who hadn't reached the proper level to use it yet. She was even amazed when she noticed that Akeno's grimoire complemented her abilities over lightning-based magic. Looking to the grimoire that she had tethered to her waist from some smalls chains that seemed to magically connect to her skirt and were wrapped around her grimoire. Her grimoire was a crimson red color that matched her hair with black wave designs along the spine and cover of the book while the center of the book had a black sphere that seemed to be absorbing all the designs of the cover.

'But what about my grimoire?' Thought Rias, 'Was this situation not dire enough to warrant the usage of a spell? Or do I just subconsciously know I'll lose if I use a spell?'

Rias had several thoughts flowing through her mind, but these were the most prominent. She wanted to know if all the spells were that powerful, or if it was just them not being proficient enough with magic to properly use them. However, she also knew that if she passed out due to using all of her magic and if the spell didn't defeat Riser, then she would lose.

However, Rias was broken from her thoughts when she heard Riser say, "Well, Riser must admit that it was a shock for your [Queen] to have that much power. However, it looks like that was only a one-off and it is now time for Riser to finish this little charade."

With that Riser made another fireball and launched it where Asia was, shocking everyone to the point that they couldn't react. Suddenly there was an explosion from the fireball and when the smoke cleared, Asia was nowhere to be seen and only the roof suffered any damage. Issei was distraught, thinking that Asia had been attacked until the announcement came.

"Rias-sama's [Bishop] has been forfeited."

Going wide-eyed, Issei looked at Rias and saw her with her hand extended towards where Asia had been with tears flowing down her eyes. Riser then smirked as he said, "Riser is impressed with you, Rias. Forfeiting your own [Bishop] so that she doesn't get hurt, however, all you've done is make it even harder for you to win."

Riser then disappeared and held Issei up by his throat, causing Issei to have difficulty breathing as Rias was wide-eyed at Riser's speed. Riser then began squeezing Issei's throat, getting him to gasp and grab at Riser's arm in an attempt to free himself, despite how futile it is.

"Now, you have a choice, give up now and your [Pawn] won't have to suffer anymore," Riser then gripped his hand a little harder, getting to gasp even louder due to the lack of air. Riser then said, "Or continue to fight and watch as your [Pawn] suffers."

Issei looked at Rias from the corner of his eye and weakly said, "D-Don't… d-do it, b-b-buchou."

Hearing the pain in Issei's voice, Rias looked conflicted for a moment before she fell to her knees as tears continued flowing from her eyes and she raised her arm before saying, "I, Rias Gremory, surrender."

With that, everything began turning white overtaking the entire area and eventually, Rias, Riser, Ravel, and Issei as well. Teleporting the four out of the area, but not before a final announcement was heard.

"Rating Game over. Winner, Riser Phenex."

GOD DAMN! 74 pages and 20k+ words, talk about a chapter!

Anyways, so like I said at the top, I'm sorry for taking so long with this update. I've been extremely busy recently with school and work and recently just suffered some writer's block myself but I believe I am good now and should be able to work on my stories some more.

Also, I want everyone to understand that I do feel terrible about taking so long to update anything and will be releasing more updates over the Winter break that is coming up soon for me.

A.N. #1: Hakai no Yari (Spear of Destruction)

A.N. #2: This is just me sneaking in the Hyuga's Jyuken ability from Naruto

A.N. #3: I mean come on, while magic could help you heal, I believe it doesn't help make you stronger as it's artificial healing. I believe healing naturally is the best since that is when your muscles get stronger by healing after they tear.

A.N. #4: If you know the Hellsing series, it's the same blue fire that burns Jan Valentine to ashes. Plus, since they are devils and he was a vampire, I figured it would be something like hellfire like from Matatabi since I figure regular fire would have a harder time burning them due to their magic.

A.N. #5: I figured magic spells could be made if the person is knowledgeable enough. I mean look at Ajuka and all the stuff he makes, who's to say it's impossible to make your own magic. As for the magic circle, imagine the Gremory clan circle but the outer ring is Royal blue with the inner circle being crimson and the symbol in the middle is the tattoo Dante from DMC: Devil May Cry has on his back.

A.N. #6: Clementine from Overlord

A.N. #7: I wanted Asia to be more than just a healer like I said at the beginning of this chapter. So I'm slowly changing her from simply being a healer to being a proper support-class who can also take care of themselves.

A.N. #8: I said there would be other crossovers, and if you were able to guess the ones I hinted at with this line before the end then props to you. Now, the two I am adding are Black Clover and Fairy Tail and the reason is that both involve magic, so they would fit in with the supernatural and would make interesting arcs.

A.N. #9: I mean come on, it's a grimoire essentially given to what is a couple of newbie magic users. Of course, there is going to be some issues like energy drainage and not being able to properly use the spells inside

A.N. #10: So, the whole thing I was going for is that Yubelluna and the other girls in Riser's peerage were manipulated by events that Riser set into motion so that he could claim them for his peerage. Now, there is no actual information about any of them except for Ravel, so I figured I could make use of that to give them these backgrounds.

A.N. #11: Luck's grimoire without the clover symbol and a lightning bolt replacing the symbol

A.N. #12: So, I know that Sirzechs is supposed to have someone in his peerage named Beowulf, but I figured, Beowulf would fit for now as either his actual name or until I think of something else.

A.N. #13: Raijin no Nagagutsu: Thunder God's Boots