Chapter 112
Hues of orange invaded the slumbering boy's shut-eye. They streamed in through his curtains, attacking the folds that guarded his eyes in an attempt to wake him. They succeded.
It was just another morning for Uzumaki Naruto with him waking up feeling like he should complete the morning rituals that Jiraiya forced on him.
He immediately got off his bed as usual and then moved to a clearer side of the room and plopped down onto the floor. He crossed his legs over each other and brought his fists together, right above his feet into the meditative stance Kurama had taught him whilst instructing him in achieving sage mode. His breathing slowed and thoughts faded, his mind blank as he focused and worked to calm his mind in preparation for what was to come.
This Sunday's meditation was a little different from what he was used to. He could hear the distant chirping of birds, the gentle flow of a nearby stream, croaking toads, some cicadas, the low guttural sounds of trucks and idle chatter from the youth that frequented a nearby street.
What was the difference that irked him then?
There were no noisy neighbours to give him headaches as he dived into his little world. Naruto sat motionless, controlling his breathing and clearing his mind. The silence was quite loud to the point that it rivalled that of a graveyard.
Sounds of light, controlled breathing invaded the room. That and the sounds of clicking buttons from a nearby room but they were so quiet they were insignificant to him.
A few minutes passed and Naruto pondered about what could have happened to the noises he was used to hearing in the morning. Good thing he convinced Rias to use magic to soundproof his room at night. He didn't need to be reminded that he still hasn't taken that stage with his babe. The silence in the morning bothered him slightly but his stoic demeanour didn't betray him.
"Oh yeah… They're dead," he suddenly remembered, getting up from his meditative posture before beginning to do a few stretching exercises. After that was done, he turned to his bed and noted that Rias was gone to which he just shrugged off as a normal occurrence. Devils had devil duties after all
He then moved to make his bed, folding up the blankets, straitening any creases on his sheets and fluffed his pillow before placing it down in the appropriate place.
As he moved towards his door, the sound of buttons being pressed and the sounds of guns being fired became louder. "Wonder who that is?" he yawned slightly as he proceeded towards the door.
He opened the door and stepped out of his room, rubbing his eye and yawning once.
"Senpai, make me breakfast."
Koneko was seated on the floor, facing his television with a controller in her hands. On the screen was the popular first-person shooter, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
She was dressed in a manner that screamed, "Perfect Girlfriend!" which was a large t-shirt and pink panties. She wasn't attempting to hide them from him in any way given how her knee was up to her chest as she played, pulling the T back revealing her underwear. She hadn't even reacted or tried to make a change in her posture when she heard him open the door.
Both her ears and tails were out as well as if attempting to provoke him into attacking her, with how the ears twitched and the tailed swayed around in a rather seductive manner. It was working. Naruto felt his morning wood get harder.
"Hmm? You can have this sausage," he pointed at his erect member. The cat girl's cheeks flushed slightly as she turned to regard him with a weak glare. "Pervert," she chastised softly as she turning back to her game, skillfully manipulating the buttons on her controller, shooting down enemy after enemy. She noticed a shadow coming over her but did nothing to intercept its castor but instead moved her thumb towards the pause button.
Naruto had moved behind her and slid one of his arms under her knees and the other under her back and lift her into a princess carry. She hurriedly pressed the pause button before tilting her head to give a weak glare at the offender.
"I was playing," she protested, nestled in his arms as they moved into the kitchen area.
"Yes you were," he replied easily as he set her down and reached into one of the drawers and handed her a kitchen knife. A cutting board with various vegetables on it was placed in front of her.
Koneko didn't need to be told what to do so she touted her knife skills by slicing up and dicing the veggies into perfect, thin cuboids. Knife work was something Naruto had taught her a while back, a time when she wanted to learn how to make sashimi. Naruto knew how and Rias happened to want to have the peerage and Naruto to have a good relationship.
He and Koneko didn't start well at all. He had tried to take an éclair off her plate and ended up slipping and sticking his head into her skirt. It was obvious it took all the girl had not to punt him across the room. He was human, and it was obvious to all observers that it was an accident.
Their relationship was a little stiff but it slowly improved as they had one thing in common, they wanted to help Rias be happy and that led to them hanging out. This quickly escalated into a good friendship where both parties were willing to inconvenience themselves for the sake of the other. With Naruto willing to go fishing with her and tutoring her when he could have been producing content and expanding his skillset or Koneko who could have been training and doing her duties but she would occasionally come to his house and clean up after him so he wouldn't get in trouble with Rias and would simmer ramen broth for him.
Koneko grew to admire him as a person as well. Despite what his personality might suggest, his work ethic was extraordinarily high. On the days she went to visit him, she observed him working himself to dirt without displaying much discontent or annoyance despite having the occasional epic fail. He seemed happy with regards to everything he did and seemed to give it his all. She saw in him, someone who valued hard work.
Even when gaming and not recording to edit and upload, he would sit down and VOD review his gameplay so he could improve and provide better gameplay for his viewers. He would also spend a significant number of days designing his merchandise, making it look as good as possible so it would be worth every penny spent for the buyers.
His ability to stay working was amazing but another thing she noted was how he constantly tried new things. She was there to witness his first days of learning c and c# and despite all the duds he ran into, he never once seemed discouraged and continued pushing forward. She felt moved when he presented his first game to her. It was horrible but still great at the same time. She could feel the dedication he put into it so she soldiered on played it in its earlier stages. It eventually evolved into an addictive game that featured a girl that looks suspiciously Rias but with brown hair and a smaller bust and a dude that suspiciously looked like Hatsune Miku. Interesting.
He worked like a mad man, occasionally even forgetting to eat and sleep when he wasn't with members of the peerage or strolling around town, visiting random ramen stands. He didn't obsessively sit and scroll through Instagram feeds as one would expect, instead, he did what he felt was valuable to him which seemed to be increasing his skillset. Then there was his liking for Ramen but it was one of the things that made him unique in a way.
To her, he wasn't just a human, he was a superhero of sorts.
She saw how much he cared about nature to the point that he would hang around the forest quite often. He would go down to the woods just to meditate, occasionally planting saplings to support the dwindling tree population and generally avoided harming what was around him without cause showcasing his rather peaceful nature. She liked him. She felt that she could trust him.
She told him about her past and her fears about sen jutsu and to her surprise he told her, "Meh. Don't worry about that Sen Jutsu shizz. If you go crazy, papa will stop you. I promise, so don't fear that power. Work with it, become stronger and protect our friends," he gave her a wink. Despite his joking attitude, she could tell that he was very serious. He continued and told her, "You know, an old friend of mine told me that when you feel overwhelming hatred, focus on the love you have for someone." He gave a despondent smile, referring to his mother, unbeknownst to her.
She smiled as she finished up cutting the vegetables and waited for Naruto to finish his preparations.
He cracked a dozen eggs into a bowl and used a fork to whisked till homogenized.
If you were to ask Naruto what the most defining features about Koneko were he would tell you, "her resemblance to him and Sasuke."
His initial impression of her was just another avenger who will drive herself over the edge. Well, much to his surprise, he was pretty wrong. He felt wrong about comparing her to him and his rival, given that everyone, as an individual, will react differently to the same situation. Her loss of a sister and sense of abandonment had driven her emotions to the back of her heart yet… She didn't tip over. She took it and did her best to hang on despite the pain.
Both he and Sasuke were familiar with the concept of being betrayed by their sibling. With Sasuke it was Itachi and with Naruto it was Sasuke.
If you were to ask him the same question once more he would tell you, "Her strength."
She was fierce, not only in battle but also in life. She didn't let her feelings of betrayal towards her sister harm other people and Naruto acknowledged that as strength. The power to logically communicate with ones' heart was something both he and Sasuke lacked which led to them committing great atrocities. Examples include when Sasuke found out about the Elders' involvement in the extermination of his clan and ended up not only targeting the leaf village but also harming those who were in no way involved such as the samurai in the Land of Iron.
Or the time Naruto murdered a country's worth of people just to spite Orochimaru as the snake was directly responsible for the death of a close friend of his, his grandfather figure, taking his brother away from him and desecrating his lovers' corpse. Some were just people who were warped by the snake's inhumane experiments but most were people who could laugh, cry and smile like him and he just… Snuffed them out like the flame on a candle. To him they weren't people, they were just obstacles that needed to be shoved to the side and destroyed.
Perhaps Koneko was luckier than they were, but still… She was a pretty cool kid in his books.
"How'd your battle go?" he asked, retrieving the board covered in vegies and then tipping its contents into the hot, melted butter. A sizzle was heard as the pleasant smell of caramelization diffused into the kitchen area.
The girl climbed up and then sat on the counter, "It was neat," her stoic expression shifted to a pleasant smile. "That so? I heard you guys got a new friend, what do you think of her?" he asked as he began sprinkling shredded cheese over the omelette then folding it.
He split the rolled up omelette in half and pulled out some plates and placed 3 pairs of toast on each plate. A spatula was then used to lift the eggs and lower them onto their respective plates.
"She's okay I guess nya," she responded, moving to retrieve cups from one of the upper cupboards. She easily caught a carton of milk tossed by the blonde. She opened it up and filled both glasses before yeeting it back to its sender who caught it, and put it back in the fridge.
She got off the counter, handed him his milk and moved to sit in front of the television once more.
Naruto had somehow disconnected her game without her noticing. Everyone in the peerage had long since given up on finding out how Naruto did certain things. They had accepted that it was beyond them and left it at that.
They had their breakfast whilst they watched the first of the John Wick trilogy. Plates and cups were placed to the side as Koneko moved to sit between Naruto's legs. Naruto then proceeded to help himself to her ears and let her tail lightly brush against his cheek. The television's speaker was the only thing that could be perceived as the two descended to a comfortable silence once more.
The movie finished and Naruto cleaned up after them as Koneko went on ahead and took a shower. He did the same and they both dressed up casually. Koneko wore black shorts and a white T-shirt with brown sandals.
Naruto was dressed in grey shorts and a blank tank top with the Uzumaki symbol on its back. He had yellow wrist warmers and had blue crocs.
Koneko stared at his feet blankly.
"Don't judge me. They comfy as hell," he explained proudly.
"Whatever… Let's get outta here you weirdo," she shook her head as she walked out the door and Naruto waited a few minutes before moving to the place they agreed to meet. The forest.
-About An Hour Later-
It had been more than 40 minutes since Naruto arrived and started watching Koneko practice her kata. Her skin glistened with sweat as she moved through forms, throwing jabs here and there.
She went through a few more forms before stopping for a water break.
Naruto tossed a towel and bottle of water which she caught and chugged down immediately. Long gone were her shorts and T-shirt instead she was dressed in black knee-length tights and a black sports bra.
She wiped her lip using her forearm and turned to her companion who was still dressed in the same way as before.
"So senpai…"
"Neko-chan?"
"What do you think?"
"Hmm?"
"You showed us how knowledgable you are in combat the other day nya. I want to further improve my hand to hand capabilities."
"Who, me? Nah, girl, you trippin!"
He got a jab to the gut for that.
"Okay, okay, sorry," he chuckled, moving in to rub her scalp. He took his other hand and placed it on his chin. "Well… One problem I can see is that you don't have a sparring partner. Constantly practising your kata is very important but it takes away from the benefits of facing real, unpredictable opponents," he explained as he turned away from her and faced a tree.
"Why else do you think Kung fu isn't very practical? Most schools only practice form and never test out the theory so there's a bunch of useless stuff in there," he continued elaborating before taking the strong fist stance.
He beckoned her to attack him.
"Oh…" she looked down in thought before bouncing slightly, moving closer to the teen before feinting to the right then throwing a straight punch from her left hand.
She watched as her fist slowly approached the human who had taken a strange stance. "He is going to parry with his hidden ha-," her thoughts were cut off as Naruto spun his along her arm before delivering a solid elbow strike to her neck whilst gripping her extended wrist using the hand that was hidden. It wasn't enough to faze her per se but her surprise stunned her for a moment and that brief moment was all that was needed to close the engagement.
Naruto brought his left foot forward and quickly wrapped it around her legs before pulling and tripping her. Koneko attempted to retaliate by sending a kick but it was caught easily and she immediately felt herself being twisted onto her front side.
Naruto quickly secured one of her arms with his right hand whilst forcing the other to the ground with his knee. His left hand touched the nape of her neck.
"Game."
He got off the flustered girl who looked at him with visible astonishment, a far cry from her typical expressionless face.
"You are… Good…"
"Thanks," he got into his stance once more. "Take a page from Krav Maga, real opponents won't follow the rules of a tournament or whatever so do everything to kill them and stuff. Just don't use your super strength on me and stay away from the nuts kay?" he advised as she got into the peek-a-boo boxing stance.
"Yes," she nodded.
This time she approached with caution, not letting her eyes leave his body.
"Hmph!" she began throwing jabs and kicks which were easily evaded by her taller companion. He parried, leaned back and tilted his head back, completely avoid her attacks.
He then quickly moved to perform a sweeping kick which easily avoided by backflipping.
As her eyes were off him, he quickly followed up with a quick roundhouse that landed in her temple, flipping her over and causing her to tumble to the ground spectacularly. The girl got onto her knee and gave him a pout.
"Backflips are best used for outmanoeuvring your opponent, not dodging. They work in initiating grappling techniques or breaking out of them. This is combat, not Martial Arts," he chastised, taking a stance once more.
"Martial Arts is combat though," she tilted her head in confusion.
"Technically, yes but Martials Arts tend to be very controlled in training and hence allow the freedom to do whatever moves you wish… To the point that people end up moving to impress judges and the audience. At this point, they just becoming sport not serious combat. So it's just that. It's art. Combat, on the other hand, has no rules except winning so there's that," he tried explaining, tripping over his words a little trying not to repeat the messy mistake he made when he and Konohamaru exchanged Futon nin jutsu.
The memory made his cheeks redder than what he could force out of Hinata in bed.
"You go whoosh! Then Slish woosh," he explained to which Konohamaru tilted his head in confusion.
"Martial artists would drag your ass for that, nya," the girl giggled as she took a stance once more.
"Pfft, bitch please, I'd like to see them try. I can body whole dojos with a hand-tied behind my back. Easy," he scoffed, rolling his eyes whilst preparing to take the initiative this time. "Besides, it's not all Martial Arts that do that shit anyway," he shrugged before tensing his legs.
He quickly charged at the girl and sent a barrage of jabs and knee attacks whilst taking care to redirect her blows and pressure her. Koneko latched onto his wrist but he easily broke free by twisting towards her thumb.
He ducked under a roundhouse and countered with a sweeping kick, successful destabilizing her balance. She then heavily telegraphed a backflip.
"Bait… I'll bite," Naruto attempted to sweep her arms his right leg, so she would fall onto her face but she didn't. She instead allowed one arm to be swept, to give the impression of being caught before quickly latching on his ankle with her free hand then using her superior strength to yank him towards her before bringing a fist down to his crotch.
"Not bad," Naruto managed to move his nuts away in time, instead of receiving the blow with his psoas muscle.
He then threw a punch at her face which she blocked as she wasn't in a position to dodge as she was still in mid-air. Naruto then followed up with a clean head butt before quickly getting onto his feet and judo flipping her and restraining the girl with relative ease.
She looked visibly frustrated by how she was done in again.
"Don't be sad Neko-Chan, if you didn't hold yourself back I would have lost. You can be really good at fighting but if someone's physical capabilities surpass your own significantly then there isn't much you can. Just like kids and adults," he got off the girl and sat himself on the ground.
She frowned at his statement but didn't push it.
He looked at the sky. A pleasant day it certainly was. The skies blue was like a parallel to the ocean, its vastness expanding far beyond the horizon. Tufts of white were present here and there as well. Each long and soft like a bird's feather.
The sun shone brightly, radiating copious amounts of heat which were scattered and dispersed over the Earth's atmosphere, some places warmer than others causing breezes to blow and cool the creatures that inhabited the Earth. Naruto lied down on the ground and watched the beautiful green leaves sway to and fro as they received the wind.
For someone who could track extremely fast-moving objects, this was like watching a 9000 fps video except this was constantly on high definition. His photographic memory captured the trees' different phases, creating breathtaking images as shadows crawled up their barks and danced as leaves span and fell to the ground. Birds chipped, insects crawled and rodents scurried.
Naruto was in an extremely pleasant mood as he took in his surroundings. "To think people would ignore you and harm you recklessly."
Koneko laid on top of him, using his chest as a pillow and she joined him in staring at the sky blankly.
"You stink."
"That's mean, nya."
He snorted and stayed lying down.
"Hey, senpai…"
"Hmm?"
"Can we stay like this forever?" she asked with a slightly flushed face and twitchy ears. She leaned into his chest and moved her right hand to take his which he reciprocated. She clutched it gently before bringing it up to her cheek.
"Nope, I wanna go see Rias plus my life span is shitty compared to yours," he responded in a dry yet amused manner.
Koneko elbowed him and pouted, "Even if you never look at me senpai, I will always be there for you when you need me," she thought as she nuzzled his hand onto her cheek.
"Idiot," she whispered as a smile formed on her face. She felt a familiar hand on top of her head and she leaned into it. Her guard lowered significantly, feeling safe in his arms and so she plummeted into the depths of Morpheus' domain.
"Dang it… She fell asleep," he whined internally, listening to her soft breathing. "Oh well, she worked pretty hard today so I'll just leave her," he shrugged and just let her sleep.
-Later That Day-
"Hey Kiba, Issei."
"Naruto, what's up?" Kiba gave the blonde a fist bump.
"Suh dude," Issei waved lazily, not bothering to look at the blonde as his focus was"Yo on an orb of luminescent green energy.
Naruto looked at him with curiosity but just shrugged at turned to face the Yamato Nadeshiko.
"Akeno," Naruto greeted, allowing his eyes to roam her bombshell of a body.
"Oh my, my lord, Don't tell me you are finally prepared to have an affair?" the girl's cheeks were dusted pink as she licked her lips seductively. Naruto stepped forward and wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close and brushed his lips against her ear.
"I wonder," his hot breath tickled her ear, nearly sending her over the edge.
He was promptly pulled away from the young woman by a jealous loli. "Keep it in your pants Senpai," her voice chastised.
"Kinda funny how that's coming from the girl with dirty knees," he responded eliciting a yelp from the girl as her cheeks flushed for what seemed to be the 30th time that day.
Boom!
"Ara."
"Poor Koneko."
"Yo Issei! Keep the explosions to a minimum, you gonna cause the fauna to dip and the trees to be riddled with parasites," Naruto called out in annoyance as Kiba disappeared in a blur of speed and caught the boy who was sailing through the air.
Issei flipped him off, before groaning in discomfort as he got out of Kiba's arms and extended his arm once more and began concentrating.
"How's he coming along Akeno?" Naruto questioned, moving to stand next to his girlfriend's queen.
"He is doing relatively well. Not much talent but he's making up for it with his dedication," she replied, giving details to her observation. Naruto nodded at her response and watched in silence as Issei focused on creating another orb of light.
"Dedication huh?"
"Let's fan our flames of youth together Naruto-kun! Huwah! Dynamic Entry!"
Akeno and Koneko gave worried looks, noting the distant, despondent expression on his face. They said nothing, this was fairly normal after all. They, including Rias, felt intimidated by the prospect of asking about his past. They felt afraid that the happiness that they loved from him would crack even more. And so they waited.
"Yo Issei, aggressively forcing your energy into a ball will make things harder. Coerce it, seduce it into fulfilling your desires," Naruto shouted from his position.
"Right," the Red Dragon responded as he did his best to relax and calm his tense body. "Don't focus on the ball focus on what you want," Naruto added, adding a line that seemed to counter the previous line. Issei was confused at first but he eventually started to come around.
He could understand what Naruto was trying to say to some extent. He didn't hear Akeno correcting the blonde so he listened and focused on the spherical shape at the centre of his mind. This continued for what seemed to be an eternity until…
"Good job kid, you can pfftttt… Finally, do your dragon… HAAHAHAHA. Pfftt... Wave," the blonde snickered making Issei's eye twitch.
"Screw you!" Issei threw the orb in a random direction and a loud and fairly large explosion followed causing the observers' eyes to widen in shock. Akeno quickly moved to shield Naruto from potential debris falling on him.
"Not bad… More kick than a typical fireball jutsu but much slower," Naruto analyzed, watching the dust settle and fragments of bark and clumps of earth fall to the ground. Naruto's jaw then tightened as his eye begins twitching.
"Hey, fucker! What'd I say about the explosions? Wanna fight you little shit? Don't care about your rip off ki-blast, I'm gonna drag your ass!"
"Woah man, cal- argh!" Issei's face was kicked by a croc, sending the devil to the ground. "Kuso!" he thought as rolled away from a stomp in an undignified manner.
Naruto moved to grapple the boy and successfully latched onto his arm. Naruto then pulled Issei off the ground and judo flipped him before tilting his head, dodging a straight kick to his face. Naruto latched onto his foot into Issei's foot then tugged, pulled the devil to him before landing a clean blow to his hamstring.
Issei's eyes widened as he felt the blow land on his hamstring. His hands flailed as he began using his other foot to attempt to force the blonde to let go of his foot. He was successful but he knew Naruto wasn't done with him so he tried to distance himself.
The three spectators sighed as they watched the scuffle.
"Hey, Akeno… Could you teach me how to make Narutomaki," Koneko requested, turning to her sister figure?
"Of course," Akeno nodded before turning to Kiba. "Kiba, do you mind running by the store? We running low of sauces."
"Of course," Kiba nodded. And so they left.
Issei tumbled to the ground before rising in a fluster then narrowly dodged a punch to the face by diving to the side.
Naruto sent a series of jabs at Issei, not even giving the boy time to protest as he was forced to focus on the kicks and punches being sent his way. Naruto didn't really seem upset, plus it was clear he could have knocked Issei out at any point or even actually injured him but he didn't.
It seemed like Naruto was evaluating him and his capabilities with how Naruto would not only challenge him physically but forced him to think of ways to escape. Him attacking from out of nowhere was strange but Issei believed that Naruto would never attack him for something like that so he decided to play along and do his best.
As the fight went on, Issei began realizing how much he sucked at hand to hand combat. Throughout the fight, there were moments where he felt that he was starting to be good and attempted to evade by tilting his head. His face was smacked every time he tried.
He couldn't throw a proper punch nor defend himself from one. Issei realized once more how much work it would take to be a powerful devil.
The fight soon ended with Naruto winning by landslide and so to rest they sat on the forest floor.
"I can't help but feel that our time of peace is gonna be a distant memory soon," Naruto sighed and turned to Issei.
"I hope you realize how lacking you are," said Naruto as he let his gaze bore into Issei who looked down, feeling slightly discouraged.
"Yeah, I'm pretty bad," the perverted sighed as he looked at his hand and formed a tight knuckle.
"Well… As long as you keep going at it, you won't suck forever. But seriously dude, I've seen babies that fight better than you," Naruto expressed with a disappointed tone causing Issei to cry dramatically.
"That's not nice at all you bastard," he hissed in annoyance.
"Being nice is for losers," Naruto stated boisterously earning a blank stare from the Red Dragon Emperor. "Anyway, how's that wanking hand of yours doing?" he asked, staring at Issei's left hand with mild curiosity.
"It could be worse," the boy shrugged, ignoring the healing cuts and burns that covered it. "It will be worse with what I'm planning to put myself through though," he added in a rather discouraged tone causing Naruto's curiosity to increase. The look Naruto gave asked for an explanation and so Issei went on.
"My Sacred Gear allows me to double my power at the cost of my stamina, and the number of times I can boost is also limited by how much my body can handle. So one of the steps to realize its true potential is to greatly increase my body's strength."
"Oh, makes sense," Naruto nodded with a smile.
"Hey uh Naru…"
"Hai, Naru desu."
"Buchou… She's been acting strange this morning. Akeno also had this troubled look on her face when she was talking Buchou as well," he explained while scratching the back of his head. "Like her mind was elsewhere, even when I tried talking to her. She did stuff like sipping at her cup even when it was empty, walking into closed doors, repeated tasks she already did and staring at what looked like a picture of you in alarm," he continued, causing his posture to slouch and shoulders to relax.
Naruto's eyes widened a bit, "Ho? I'm surprised there are other things you can think of besides boobs," he chuckled spiritlessly. His jaw tightened and his brow furrowed as he brushed his hair back, exposing a bit of his forehead. "What's gotten into her?" he thought as he looked at Issei.
"Got it. I'll take care of your big sis," he promised with a small smile which prompted Issei to nod in satisfaction.
"Now run along now kiddo. Remember to do your homework," Naruto shooed Issei.
'Hey, what the fuck! For the goddamn, OUCH! Last time, we the same age moron. And practice what you preach," Issei complained as he got onto his feet, moving his hands to brush off the fragments of grass on his pants. He turned. Naruto was long gone.
"He is as quick a sprinter but wait… Didn't he tell me Akeno taught him magic? Wait…" Issei shivered at the thought of what Akeno could have taught their sociopath.
"No… No… No…" he chanted as he stumbled away not noticing a pair of blue eyes watching him from atop one of the trees.
"Yare yare," he cursed under his breath before carefully climbing down the tree and walking towards his home
-Later-
It had been some time since Naruto arrived in his apartment. He had gotten himself to relax over a cup of instant ramen and orange juice while watching a World War II documentary. It troubled him… A lot.
Naruto just couldn't understand why he couldn't bring himself to tell Rias everything about himself, his origins and his power. Perhaps it was the fear that Rias would forget about him and only remember the power he possessed like most other people from his world. He felt a great weight in his heart that was in likeness with a sea bird that had its wings covered in oil. He felt guilty that he was doubting the one who gave him hope, love and a home. Something he valued greatly as he grew up without those things leading to him being clingy to his precious ones.
Perhaps he felt that in the presence of an extremely powerful being would make her go lax, relying on him all the way. He found that appealing but he knew it was poison. He vividly remembered Sakura's death to this day which was caused by her being too relaxed and relying on Sasuke. Naruto knew very well that there were beings in this world that are capable of not only standing up to him but defeating him as well…
He too was growing lax in a way. His skills rusted heavily after not experiencing true combat for several years, his ability to manipulate his power also probably weakened as he didn't use any form of chakra over the years as well. He was just a 'normal' human after all.
Another possibility was the severe guilt he felt from failing to save both his lovers. One fell to the hand of a student who was under the same master, his brother in a sense and the other to a rampant false god.
Hinata was an incredibly kind girl who taught him to show consideration for other people that were not of value to him. She taught him the values of how doing small things for other people went a long way by using him as an example. He couldn't comprehend what she tried teaching him at first but was able to grasp it after a while just so he could make her happier… This ended up getting warped by the will of fire. The so-called greater good.
She died because of him. He chose to rush after Nagato instead of running back to the village because he knew that Nagato escaping would lead to the deaths of millions. He did the right thing and he regretted it. What the hell was right about that? He still lost her. She was the most important person to him, not the millions of peoples scattered across the globe, not the fanatics that inhabited the moon and most definitely not the fuckers that lived in the village he had been groomed to protect.
He had a lot of potential for growth so why didn't he use it instead of goofing around with his perverted master from time to time. If only he had been stronger, faster and had more chakra… He probably could have had enough chakra to create and send a clone to the village but he didn't… He couldn't.
He believed that Ino too died because of his weakness. If only he had returned to the world earlier, instead of brooding like a moron. He promised her that he would return to her by the Rinne festival… He didn't.
That was days before Kaguya attacked and claimed the lives of many.
Naruto didn't just hate himself, he hated the power he had gained which was useless to him when it mattered the most. People always worshipped him as "The Heroic God of Destruction or The Golden God of Heroes". Every time Naruto heard that he'd just tell himself, "If such a guy exists, won't he won't he come and wash my pain?"
The person the Populus described didn't exist in his eyes… He was just a fluke. He felt that he was a mistake the person that they described should replace him. He would be called a hero numerous times but that didn't matter to him. That was not him, he could never consider himself a hero because he failed to save the ones he loved.
He didn't deserve the power so he put it away, locking it away with his family's secret arts so that the pain of having it. The curse that robbed him of his identity and burdened him with a responsibility he was obliged to adhere to. The curse that would never be enough when it's needed the most.
He didn't deserve the beauties of the world so he locked himself away, hiding away in a tiny bedroom and never allowing himself to see the outside and practice the values instilled to him by his deceased lover. He hated the world that would set him up and remind him that working hard won't guarantee anything. He no longer had anything to look forward to as he knew the world would keep challenging him over and over again, to take everything he loved from. He could destroy it but then it would take him with it, along with the lives of a myriad of people who had nothing to do with his problems.
Moving forward was too hurtful. He was a failure as a shinobi. He failed to endure.
He thought it was over and believed he had exhausted every chance of being happy and tried giving up.
But still, he hoped, he called out to the world but no one answered him. He was alone once more. Just like how the power he grinded for created a rift between him and his friends. To attain the power to protect them ended up pushing them away from him. What was to say that the power he locked up wouldn't do the same to him and Rias.
This was one of the moments where Naruto had a great deal of hatred for himself. It was simple really, unlock the seal and get rid of all that brings darkness into her heart. He couldn't. He just couldn't…
He released a laboured sigh, turned off the screen and tossed the empty cup into the can before washing the glass cup. He put everything away, went to his room and just plopped down onto his bed. His attention became arrested by a very familiar circle, riddled with ancient runes which had appeared before him and released a crimson light.
"Naruto!" his girlfriend appeared and immediately tackled him onto his bed, nuzzling into him.
Naruto's eyes widened in mild surprise not by her tackling him but at how she reached down, caressed his member through his shorts.
"Rias!" he spoke firmly latching onto her wrist, immobilizing her arm. Rias flinched at the harsh tone and stifling moved her head to look into his eyes. She knew very well that when he used that tone, he wouldn't accept any form of trickery. She could it. He could see right through her and he didn't like it when she lied to him.
Moisture welled in her eyes and she immediately latched onto his frame.
"Naruto!"
"That's my name."
"Naruto."
"Yes. Still Naruto!"
He pulled her into his chest and gently stroked her long, luscious crimson hair, whispering sweet things in her ears.
Rias smiled through her tears and pulled herself away from his embrace. She was sure now.
"Naruto. I want you to take my virginity. I can't explain right now but all I can say is that I love you. I am certain that I want you and you alone!" she proclaimed with copious amounts of affection. She pressed her lips onto his and allowed herself to be pulled into his embrace once more.
His hand made its way to the back of her head and pushed her face closer to his. With his free hand, he latched onto one of her large, bountiful breasts then squeeze and kneaded eliciting a whimper from the devil. Said hand then moved to her cleavage and slowly drew a line from her breast to her diaphragm to her belly button before gently rubbing her pelvis.
"D-d-don't play with me, you idiot. Just go for it! Go FOR IT!" she shivered feeling his hot breath on the nape of her neck. The hand that was on her head slid down to the back of her neck before drawing a semi-circle around it before stopping at the button that helped multiple others keep her shirt on.
Click!
One…
Click!
Two…
"O-Oh Satan!"
As Naruto worked to undress her, Rias promptly used her magic to remove all of his clothing to keep the sense of urgency. He had to hurry or else time would be lost. He obliged and turned her to his bed
His hand plunged into her honey pot causing her to squirm.
Rias let a sensual moan, encouraging Naruto who was carpet bombing her collar with kisses, moving down to her toned stomach. His hands then moved up, groped and fondled her bountiful breasts "Mine!" he thought as he worked for his hands on her large tits before allowing her pink, hardened areola to slip in between his middle and index finger.
He leaned forward and licked her nipples causing her to arc her back in response, shivering in pleasure as he moved to suck her teats. Her dripping snatch was practically drooling as he rubbed his hardened member between her labia teasing her clit. He then stopped suckling on her boob and assaulted her neck with kisses.
His hand then went down rubbed her plump ass, grabbing it and pulling her closer before moving his lips close to her ear, ceasing his attacking paralysis inducing attack.
"Rias, before I do this, I just want to ask and make sure... Am I worth it? Are you sure you want to lose that to me?" he asked with a hint of nervousness. Rias strengthened her resolve and stared right into his crystal-like blue eyes with slight tear droplets forming at the corner of her eyes.
"Naruto. I love you I'm obsessed with you. You are the only one I could think of. I want to give you everything I can because you gave everything you could to me!" she cried, wrapping her arms around his neck. He winced slightly, feeling guilt as his reluctance had caused her eyes to water up. He really needed to trust her more.
"You saw me for me and accepted even my weirdest tastes. You laughed, cried and talked with me. You got mad at me, you showed me how beautiful the human world could be and you gave me everything I have ever wanted and it's so unfair! And… And… And.." Her tiny pinprick tears became waterfalls, cascading from her eyes. From the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
The stream that had been her love had flooded the banks and caused the valley it was in to collapse, inhibiting what she was trying to say. The water welled up and worked to overcome the obstacle before it.
"You gave me everything some giving you this is the very least I can do. So I tell you Uzumaki Naruto, my first love, you may do whatever you want with me, fulfil your most disgusting and twisted fantasies. Use me in any manner you wish. I won't resist. Use my body as if you'll never see it again," she announced firmly.
The last part alarmed Naruto to a great deal such that he froze in shock at the implications. His hair covered his eyes, hiding them from the world as he did something he hadn't done since his childhood, his lovers' deaths and meeting Rias for the first time. Cry.
"Understood," he whispered hoarsely knowing that he couldn't do anything that involved devil affairs. He may have had the power but stepping in would cause Rias problems and those problems could end up harming their friends. He was extremely capable in combat but he couldn't be everywhere at the same time. Even if he sent clones they could still be killed.
He knew that with the way devils typically act, there would be bloodshed if he acted. This bloodshed will then cause a moment of weakness which will likely cause other factions to attack weakened devils. That wouldn't do at all because despite what her parents and house had put her through, he knew that she still loved them.
Her brother was the great demon lord Lucifer and so it was a given that he would join battles. Naruto's past experience told him that no matter how powerful someone is, they can still be killed if the right approach is used. Just like one of his Shinobi God predecessors, Senju Hashirama.
That didn't matter right now. The issue was his power and the potential repercussions of using it to save her… His status as a human would guarantee that their lives could never be peaceful again as various factions such as the Angel faction would attempt to recruit him into their ranks or try to eliminate him because a human-like him being affiliated with devils would cause issues with the believers.
Then there was his guilt…
For her, he was willing to release his seal and use the power he considered a curse after all... She was far more important than his pathetic little guilt trip and his secrets. Hiding that power wouldn't be an option if she was in danger yet here he was. He felt the same sense of hopelessness he felt when watching Kakashi fight Zabuza, watching Sakura die, watching Sasuke receive the curse mark, watching Itachi overwhelm Sasuke, fighting Kimimaru and the list goes on and on. Such was the life of a shinobi after all. This time he wouldn't fail. He would cherish this time he has and use it to the best of his abilities.
He grabbed her from under her knees and hoisted her up before slapping her plump posterior causing her to moan in discomfort and pleasure. He let go of her and glared, asserting dominance.
"On your knees bitch! I want to see that fine ass of yours," he commanded causing her cheeks to redden in embarrassment but she complied with, "Yes my lord."
She then shook her ass, causing it to jiggle and further arouse the boy behind her.
Naruto reached out and grabbed her hips and immediately buried his tool deep into her soaked honey pot.
"Ahn," she whined, wincing at the stinging pain that signified that her purity had been taken.
"It's an honour Rias Gremory," the overwhelming pride he felt alleviated the depression seated at his heart. He took a moment to appreciate the extremely warm, most and tight cave his member had filled up. They were one. They felt an instinctual connection forming between them, one that allows them to communicate with the slightest of gestures. Naruto was a former shinobi, he could read her perfectly but her body language added further clarity.
Rias cried out in great pain and discomfort as she began forcing her hips to move, thrusting them up and down causing her great pain. It had only been 3 seconds since he entered her vagina
"S-s-so good!" she cried out but Naruto wasn't fooled one bit. She sure as hell wasn't masochistic and he could tell simply by reading her body. While her hips were thrusting themselves back and forth, the rest of her body seemed to be trying to escape like a frog being thrown into boiling water.
Don't lie to me! It was clear to him that this was an act of punishing herself. He couldn't let her do that to herself.
He turned her so she could be in the missionary position before grabbing her shoulders and pushing her deep into the bed whilst thrusting deeper into her bloody snatch, effectively immobilizing her. The aggression with which he did it caused her body to freeze. She had been found out again.
Once her body had stopped moving, he wrapped his right arm around her frame and pulled her closer to him, allowing her to feel his hot breath on her ears. His left hand then trailed down her stomach and finally reached her clit which he immediately began stimulating in hopes of alleviating her. His member was large and so it wasn't suited for virgins. Rias doing that to herself could have traumatized her and this was her first time. Losing one's virginity to someone they love was important in the world he was in and so he did his best to make it as special as possible.
"I don't want you hurting yourself. You've suffered enough," he whispered, "Just let your go, relax and enjoy," he continued before gently nibbling on her lobe drawing a soft moan from her. She nodded slightly and stayed in that position for a moment, taking a moment to let the pain fade.
Its tenseness faded with the pain and she didn't have to tell him to move. He already knew and so he slowly rocked his hips, drawing a moan from the devil. She wrapped her legs around his waist as he slowly started increasing the tempo with her moans increasing along with it. He abruptly moved his left hand to play with her nipples, forcing her to raise her voice.
"Y-y-yes, fuck me! Make me yours, pinch them!" she exclaimed as her breasts were skillfully manipulated by the boy. Her moans of approval made his hands work in a hard, feverish manner in tweaking her nipples.
"Damn! You feel amazing," he groaned as he felt her walls massaging his member encouraging him to thrust with more force. This persisted for a few minutes until he heard Rias whimpering.
"C-c-cum…"
"I know, I know, hang on a bit longer kay?" he replied before ceasing his other ministrations so as to prolong her time. "I-I'll try!" she screamed as leapt up and wrapped her arms around her neck, making him carry her as he thrust upward.
Obscene, smacking sounds flooded the room, only being overpowered by the devil's moans and the human's grunting. He raised his hand and brought it down on her ass soliciting a yelp that contained both pain and pleasure. He chanted, "You like that huh?" in a hushed voice whilst she tightened her grip, making sure to limit it to what a typical human can handle. He brought his face close and she immediately pressed her lips onto his and shoved her tongue into his mouth, attempting to dominate for once.
She couldn't. But she loved it. Their lips separated, only being connected by a line of saliva.
"Good girl… I am about to cum," his hot breath tickled her neck, causing her to lose control.
"Oh Satan!" she screamed as her walls clamped down on his member which caused it to twitch and release a glob of cum. She collapsed into his chest as he pulled out causing her to moan at the loss of length. Naruto placed her back onto the bed and watched as her gaping hole dripped his cum.
He was one of the few without a refractory period so he remained hard as he ate up her form. He had given her the first time but now it was time to move on to her other statement.
He turned her onto her stomach and made her raise her hips before plunging his fingers into her cum soaked vagina.
"N-N-Naruto, please wait… I'm still sensitive. Wait. No. Hey!" she was ignored as he scooped up more cum and let it rest on his hand before plunging his member back into her snatch.
"Ahn!" her sensitive body tried jerking away from him but it was far too late. His left arm had already secured her and preventing her from jumping away. The sounds of cheeks being heavily clapped filled the room once more.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Stupid N-Naru! I-I-I'll get you fwo dishhhhhhh," her words slurred as he crammed as much of his member as he could into her with no success as a few inches were out of her vagina. She felt like her gut was being punched as the boy ploughed into her hole with the aggressiveness of a spartan.
Naruto slid his right hand in between her cheeks and lathered her back door with cum. Rias didn't panic as she knew this would happen because of the contents of the pornos he thought she didn't know about but she did know about them.
"G-gimme your f-finger," she managed to choke out.
It was in front of her and she spat on it and a red magic circle appeared around it. Naruto watched in fascination as his pointer finger seemed to produce lubrication but didn't watch long and got to work on prepping her for the next stage.
If her sensitive body wasn't being ruthlessly fucked, she would have felt a cold, viscous fluid invading her colon. Instead, she wondered how he was able to keep such a high thrusting pace, whilst working on her anus. It was beyond her so she didn't question it. She tried not screaming in pleasure as he wrecked her booty and smashed her g-spot.
Naruto felt her ass getting used to and adjusting his index finger and so he inserted his middle finger then his ring before spreading them repeated, loosening her up. "I-I-I'm cumming!" she moaned as a clear fluid exploded out her pussy causing her to arch her back in pleasure.
Naruto smiled as he pulled out of her pussy, causing more fluid semen to flow out. He got onto the bed and crouched above her placing his head close to her rosebud.
"W-W-Wait," she whined, "lemme rest first you brute," she continued regretting telling him to do as he wished.
"Denied."
She held back a scream as she felt his member slowly sink into her bowel! "OH! Oh! AHN!" She vocalized her discomfort whilst pushing her ass up to fully consume his dick. The feeling of anal was completely alien to her and was painful but not to the point that she'd jump away from him. She mentally encouraged herself to hang on as surely there a limit to his seemingly limitless endurance.
"FUUUUUCK!" She moaned, swirling her hips feeling his girthy cock reach her deepest parts with ease.
"You freaking tight, oh dang! Can't underestimate you devils and your erotic bodies. I wonder what fallen angels feel like," He groaned, ignoring the withering glare she sent at him.
He abruptly pulled out, leaving only the tip outside her ass before plunging in with Herculean force, causing the bed to collapse. He thrusted into her incredibly tight ass, loving every moment of it. He enjoyed watching it expand and contracted as he thrusted into it.
Rias' tightness clamped onto him, signifying that she was about to cum again. He too was coming close, so he released his final shot, "Argh!" before letting him fall beside her.
He could have easily continued, afterall Hinata was a crazy nymphomaniac that required both he and Ino to gang up on her in order to satisfy her during the early stages of their relationship. He eventually got used to it and grew to outlast them both. Good times.
Naruto used his arm to cradle to panting Rias, giving her a warm smile.
"So… How was it?"
"It was great at the start… Until you went crazy on me you dumb brute," she pouted cutely, turning her flushed face away from his.
"Well…" While in the spooning position, he lifted one of her legs and slipped his member into her pussy and slowly thrusted earning a low moan from the girl. "You naughty boy," she chastised but didn't move to stop him from pleasing himself.
"No… I can do this later, we still have an issue at hand."
"Rias…" Naruto paused, pulling out and turning her to make eye contact with him. "I… If there is a problem… Let's talk about it… What's wrong?" he spoke in a halting and shy manner like a person who was afraid of the answer they were going to receive.
She gained a downhearted expression and pulled into an embrace, her arms shaking as they wrapped around his being. Her hold was possessive by nature as he could tell that she was desperately trying to hold back the Devil strength she possessed. The strength that could 'pop' him.
He felt a wetness on his chest, hearing silent whimpers which his enhanced could make out.
"I'm sorry… I'm sorry…"
He didn't have the time to think logically about what that could mean he instead did both what he desired and what he was obliged to do. He just held her close and didn't utter a word, both physically and mentally.
He reached for his sheets and tossed them over to cover their naked forms.
-Sometime later-
Rias stirred from her slumber… Her side was much warmer than usual and turned her to see a familiar mop of blonde hair. He was holding onto her tightly as if she was going to be taken away from him.
A pained look made its way onto her face, marring the face that normally had a pleasant expression. It was quite unlike her and she knew it but she couldn't help it as she was about to commit the worst act in her life.
A red magic circle appeared on her palm and she slowly raised it to his forehead with shaky hands. Her eyes watered up as she felt herself getting paralyzed by extreme guilt but she felt that this had to be done. "It's for his own," she convinced herself.
"It's for his own good."
"It's for his own good."
"It's for his own good."
"It's for his own good."
"It's for his own good."
"It's for his own good."
"It's for his own good."
"It's for his own good."
"It's for his own good."
"It's… Is it?"
As she sunk into her thoughts, the floor of his room erupts into a blinding light. Rias' eyes widened as she felt bloodlust rolled off in waves from the figure about to emerge from the circle. It wasn't directed at her but rather at the heavy sleeper beside her.
Naruto's eyes opened, slowly moved his hand to retrieve the sword carefully hidden between the bed and its nightstand. The sword was a double Jian which had a grip that resembled a snake opening its jaw. The Kusanagi no Tsurugi. His body was ready to move at a moments notice so he could quickly evacuate Rias, and intercept the enemy.
He knew Rias was awake so he would have her distract the enemy whilst he grabbed his sword so he could draw his blood… One of the requirements for his seal to be released.
Rias raised a magic circle that protected Naruto from a shard of ice before sending hostility towards Grayfia.
"This. Was. My. Choice," she punctuated, glaring at the person who had appeared causing their killing intent to waver slightly. The person took note of how Rias took care as to not release her power in consideration of the human that had dared to defile her.
The person paused, then took a moment to scan the room and there it was. Though it had a concealing spell over it, they as an Ultimate Class Devil could easily see past it. A picture of her husband's little sister with the man lying down beside her. They both looked younger than they were at the moment and we're both cosplaying as characters from one of the human world's most popular animated series, Attack on Titan.
Rias's smile on her face as the boy had his arm wrapped around her waist in an affectionate manner spoke volumes about their relationship. Her desire to kill diminished and so did Naruto's hand inching toward his sword.
"I see," responded a voice that had the clarity of a bell. She could piece together what was going on now.
"R-Rias? Waz going on?" he feigned waking up but didn't fake the yawn as he really was asleep which made it all the more convincing. Neither of them caught on to his act.
"I'm sorry. I love you," Rias whispered, before getting on her knees and kissing his forehead. Before he could ask what she meant, a magic circle appeared on her palm and she promptly pushed it into his forehead.
"Rias, wait!" he managed to say before plummetting into a void. It was a feeling he was very familiar with as he had a Yamanaka girlfriend. He got caught because he let his guard down and now he was paying for it. He was nearly as defenceless to supernatural suggestion as normal humans because his chakra wasn't around to shield his mind "Rias. Don't go!" he couldn't cry out.
Rias' legs lost strength and so she collapsed onto her knees before grabbing his slumbering body.
"I will love, remember and cherish you for the rest of my days," she whispered before planting a kiss onto his forehead. Using magic, she immediately cleansed herself of any fluid that stuck to her skin then changed into her school uniform.
She turned and gave her brother's maid a look that combined being worn out, apologetic and despondent. She tried to hold a poker face but couldn't, she could feel her world caving in and so the dam broke.
Sniffle!
Rias was pulled into a warm embrace.
"I don't know who he is but… This was for the best," she comforted, "I will do everything in my power to make sure this information is not leaked," she continued, moving her hand to stroke Rias' hair whilst giving the girl a soft look