Trees, grass, leaves, flowers. This is what Grayfia was seeing, and she was baffled by it. Why, you asked? Well, there wasn't a forest back then since the last time she checked! This was supposed to be a barren wasteland! It was devoid of any greenery since the great war! How the hell did this forest –.
She was cut off of her musings when, "If you're asking yourself on how come there's a forest here? Well, I'm the reason for it." Said her blonde savior.
Oh, right. Her savior, the mysterious blonde hooded man. She couldn't help but be cautious around him. Sure, he saved her from a fate worse than death. But, does his intention really pure? Does her savior really come for her help? For all she knows, he maybe just like the ones who pursued her. She couldn't help but shiver at the thought. She was so deep in her musings that she didn't notice that they arrive at what seems to be a clearing of some sorts. She was then motioned to sit at one of the logs that were placed near a tent.
Nodding at the gesture, she sat on one of the logs before a blanket was placed around her shoulder to cover her up from the growing cold air that was brushing at her being.
"Thank you." Muttered Grayfia like a whisper. But, her savior heard it, clear as day.
Smiling under his hood, her savior then said, "You know, Grayfia. You have a beautiful name."
She couldn't help but smile a little at the complement. Pure honesty laced in his voice. Looking up, she saw his face was still covered by his hood. She was consumed by her curiosity of her hooded savior, so she asked the question that was plaguing her mind, "Uhmm… Naruto was it? Can I... Can I see your face?"
Smiling at that, Naruto brought his hands up to his hood before he slowly pulled it back to reveal his face. He then offered a hand to her, to which she accepted before he took the hand and placed a kiss on her knuckles, and smiled "Yes, it's Naruto."
Greyfia still stunned at what she was seeing, despite the kiss he placed on her knuckles. He was by far, the most handsome man she has ever seen. Maybe can make Sirzechs Gremory a run for his money on the looks department.
With the spikey, sun kissed, blonde hair. Chiseled face. Cerulean blue eyes that can get you lost when gazed upon. Not to mention the three whiskers like marks on each cheek that made him look like a fox…
Wait, fox… Youkai… He may be a youkai, judging from his whiskers like marks! But… He doesn't feel like a youkai…
"Uhmm, Naruto-san. May I ask… Are you by chance a… Youkai?" Asked Grayfia carefully, still wary of the blonde haired unknown in front of her.
Naruto raised an eyebrow before he answered, "Youkai? What's a youkai? But, to answer your question; I'm a Human."
Grayfia could only blink at his answer. Human? How could a human do such a feat? How could a human dispatch a squad of devils in a blink of an eye? How could a human be here at the underworld!? And is that… Chakra? A human with chakra?
"Are you alright, Grayfia-san?" Asked Naruto. Seeing that she was staring at him like he had grown a second head.
Grayfia blinked again before coughing at her hand to regain her stupor. Once done, she answered him, saying, "I-I'm alright Naruto-san. It's just that you're the first Human to ever set foot in the underworld… Plus, I can feel… Chakra flowing in you."
"Well, I'm not your normal kind of human. I'm a special case." Answered Naruto with a smile before his face change into a serious expression, asking, "If I may ask, why were those… devil pursuing you? Did you escape or something?"
Not noticing the subtle change of topic, Grayfia could only shiver again at the thought of the event that happened earlier. Those eyes of her pursuers… She didn't want to be that helpless ever again…
"I was defecting… I found out what our leaders planned on doing with our race… They would sacrifice every devil, our every own life, just for the sake of continuing what our original leaders envisioned… I was a fool to follow them… Sirzechs was right…" Said Grayfia, clinging on the blanket like a lifeline.
Naruto gritted his teeth on what he heard. GoD was right, this world was really in need of saving. Despite being a devil, they believe in peace.
Releasing a tired sigh, Naruto continued, "Question: Who's Sirzechs?"
Grayfia beamed at the name before she answered, "Sirzechs Gremory, heir to the Gremory family. He's the leader of the Anti-Satan Faction, along with Serafall Sitra, Ajuka Astaroth, and Falbium Glasya-Labolas. He believes that devils, angels, and fallen angels should co-exist in order for us to have peace. If the war continues, he fears that we might as well go extinct."
Naruto pondered on this new information. Anti-Satan faction. Sirzechs Gremory. This he could work with. His original plan was simple, storm the fortress, kill the guards, then face the leaders. But with this, the devils will be in good hands.
"Do they know you would defect, Grayfia?" Asked Naruto.
Grayfia raised one of her eyebrows before she answered, "No. But he has been recruiting me for some time now."
"Hmm. Then you know where they are now?" Asked again Naruto to the silverette.
Shrugging her shoulders, she answered, "Yes. I know where they are."
Naruto nodded his head before he said, "Okay then. Tomorrow I'll accompany you to wherever they are. After what happened earlier, I'm pretty sure that they are still searching for you. Plus, you're hurt and exhausted. You need to rest while I heal you."
Grayfia smiled a little before she nodded her head. Moving to seat next to her, Naruto proceeded to heal Grayfia's wounds using the Mystical Palm Technique.
After some time, Naruto finished healing her cuts and bruises before saying, "There, you're all patched up." He then motioned her at the tent and added, "Use my tent, rest for a while. Once you're reserves are back, we'll leave for the Anti-Satan Faction"
Nodding her head, she walked inside the tent, but before she entered the tent "Thank you, Naruto… You didn't have to do this for me." Muttered Grayfia.
Naruto looked at her for second before he smiled. "You're welcome, Grayfia. It's the least I can do."
Giving him her best and realest smile to her savior, Grayfia retired for a while to rest. Seeing that she's finally resting, Naruto made some shadow clones to guard the perimeter before he leaned on one of the tree's and close his eyes to let sleep take him.
Grayfia awoke from one of her best sleep she had ever had. She felt recharged, complete even. Then the memories kicked in from the events that happened before she slept. She looked around and found out that she's still in the tent. Looking at her clothes, she sighed in relief to see that nothing was amiss. Walking out of her tent, she saw Naruto was seating at the middle of the clearing, clearly meditating by the looks of it.
Walking towards he savior, Grayfia was about to greet him when she was startled by the sudden voice she heard coming from Naruto, "Hello, Grayfia. I take it that your sleep was good?"
Taking a deep breath to regain her composure, she answered, "Yes, Naruto-san. The sleep was good."
Suddenly, she felt an overwhelming feeling of warmth wash over her. She looked at the source and found out that it was coming from Naruto, who apparently, was exhaling his breath.
Standing up from his seating positon, Naruto then faced Grayfia when suddenly she asked, "What was that?"
Naruto rubbed the back of his sheepishly before he answered, "Sorry. I was meditating, and I subconsciously gathered Natural Energy around us. Had to release it."
Grayfia could only gaped at what she heard. A human. A human that can utilize senjutsu… Who the hell was this person? Not only that he has chakra, he could even gather natural energy!
"Senjutsu… You can use Senjutsu…" Muttered Grayfia, still staring at him with her mouth still agape.
"You know senjutsu?" Asked Naruto.
Grayfia could only nod her head at his question.
Naruto could only chuckle nervously. "Okay… I think I broke her…"
"Uhuh / [You did]"
"Both of you, Shut up!"
Grayfia regained her composure before she asked, "Who are you really, Naruto-san?"
Smiling at her, he gestured her to follow him before he answered, "I'll explain in due time, Grayfia. Right now, let's head for the Anti-Satan Faction base."
Grayfia narrowed her eyes at him before she answered, "Fine. You'll explain it to me when we get there."
"Yes, Ma'am!" Naruto said with a two-finger salute. To which Grayfia smiled at his antics.
"Good. Now, would you follow me please. It's a long walk ahead." Said Grayfia before she walked pass her savior. Naruto shook his head before he followed after her.
In a room where only a single source of light was the only thing that was illuminating the room for the occupants, four individuals were having an emergency meeting. And by the looks of it, it wasn't good.
The first person was handsome man with a shoulder length crimson red hair, and blue-green eyes, with an appearance of man in his early 20's. His name was Sirzechs Gremory. Son of Zeoticus Gremory and Venelena Gremory, and heir to the Gremory family.
Next, is a beautiful woman in her late teens with black hair, tied into twin tails and purple eyes. Her name is Serafall Sitri. Heir to the Sitri clan.
Next is a bewitchingly beautiful and attractive young man appearing in his early twenties, with light blue eyes, and green-slicked back hair. His name is Ajuka Astaroth. Heir of the Astaroth family
And last, but not the least, we have a tall man whose head is completely bald, has grey eyes, and appears to be in his early 20's. His name is Falbium Glasya-Labolas. Heir to the Glasya-Labolas family.
Not only these four are the strongest among Anti-Satan faction, they are also the four leaders of the Anti-Satan Faction. With Sirzechs being the strongest among them all.
"What are we going to do now, Sirzechs? Our line of defense is broken, our fortress is being sieged, and It's only a matter of time before they breached the main gate." Explained Ajuka to Sirzechs.
"I know, Ajuka. I know. We were caught off-guard by their attack last night and it left our forces in ruin." Answered Sirzechs with a sigh.
"To top it all off, we are outnumbered by a large margin. We can't face an army of 20,000 loyalist with our army of 5,000. It's suicide." Said Falbium while leaning at one of the walls in the room.
"Did we call any reinforcements?" Asked Serafall while biting her thumbnail.
"Yes we did, but they are days away from here. They won't make it in time." Answered Ajuka.
"Then we need to hold our defense. We need to give everything we have, for us to survive this." Said Sirzechs.
"Then let's do it! Reinforce the walls and the main gate. We, at any circumstances, don't let the enemy breach that gate. If it comes to that, then we need to fight our way out to escape." Said Ajuka while eyeing their fortress map for any weakness in their defense.
"Alright, now we -" Serafall was cut off in mid-sentence when one of their subordinates suddenly entered the room frantically, saying, "The gate has been breached! The loyalist has entered the courtyard!"
"Shit!/Sunnava bitch!/dammit!" Said the three men, while Serafall narrowed her eyes.
Sirzechs then suddenly barked his order, saying, "Alright! Calm down! Gather every able body and meet us in the courtyard! Have the civilians use the escape tunnels, while we fight our way out of here! That'll serve as a distraction for the civilians to escape!"
"Sir, yes sir! It will be done!" Said the soldier before he turned on his heels and ran to fulfill his lords order.
Sirzechs looked amongst his friends before gained a serious expression, "Whatever happens, stick together. We'll survive this." Sirzechs said.
The three friends nodded at Sirzechs before the latter walked out of the room, followed by his three friends into battle.
They could only hope for a miracle to happen.
Naruto and Grayfia walked for some time in the early hours in the morning until it was noon. Stopping only when they needed to rest for a bit or take a water break. While they were at it, Naruto explained to her where he came from and why was he here while they were traveling.
Naruto first started his tail at the fourth great shinobi world war up to the sealing of the Jūbi into himself, resulting in his untimely death. But instead of passing on to the afterlife, his soul was pulled by his ancestor, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki. His ancestor then explained to him that he already fulfilled his prophecy in his old dimension, and now, there is a world in need of him. After some time, he agreed to his ancestor, and proceeded to make a new body for him, passed everything he knows to him as a gift, before transporting him here in the underworld. To his ire, she called bullshit on that. To which it earned a twitching eyebrow from Naruto.
Can you blame her? For all she knows, it could be bullshit!
"Let me get this straight. You're a revived hero from your dimension that was entrusted a mission from your ancestor to go here and save it?" Asked Grayfia, while still leading her blonde savior to the Anti-Satan faction.
"Yup" Said Naruto, popping the p at the end.
"And not only that, your remade body is much more durable and stronger, plus your ancestor bestowed upon you every jutsu he knows on each of the five elements in your dimension, including mastery on very affinity?"
"Uhuuuhh. Sounds about right." Answered Naruto with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Plus, you have the eyes of the primordial GoD that grants you the visual prowess of two of the three great Dojutsu in your dimension?"
"Actually, make it three. Just found out earlier that I can also use my eyes like the Byakugan." Answered Naruto.
Grayfia stopped walking before looking back to look at Naruto, saying, "Byakugan?"
Naruto stopped also before answering, "Like I said, it's one of the three great Dojutsu's in my dimension. Byakugan or All Seing White Eye gives the user an almost 360 degrees diameter field of vision, with one blind spot at the back of the neck. The Byakugan also allows the user to extend his or her one's range of vision and see through solid objects."
Grayfia suddenly stopped on her tracks before looking back to gaze upon him, "You do know that you are overwhelmingly powerful, Naruto-san?"
"Yes, I know." Answered Naruto simply with a shrugged of his shoulders.
"Well, it's a good thing that you grow up to be the man you are right now." Said Grayfia with a smile.
"Why is that?" Asked Naruto. genuinely curious on her answer.
"Because with great power, comes with great responsibility. And as far as I can tell, you embodied the word: Responsible." Answered Grayfia with a smile.
"Thank you, Gray-" Naruto suddenly stopped in mid-sentence and gained a serious look on his face when he felt an enormous amount of magic emanating from their destination. Grayfia noticed his sudden behavior change and asked, "What is it, Naruto-san?" But the blonde didn't answer her.
Unknown to her, he was having a conversation with his two tenants inside of him.
"Kit. Are you feeling that?" Asked Kurama.
"Yes, Kurama. It feels like…" Naruto trailed off before his new partner added,
"[Magic. Massive amounts of magic are being released. Not only that, but it's the power of destruction. The same power of destruction that one Sirzechs Gremory wields.]" Said Ddraig.
Raising an eyebrow internally, he asked, "And how do you know he's the one releasing it?"
"[I should know because I once fought him. He, alongside his Devil kind, Fallen Angels, and with GoD and his Angels, interrupted my battle with Albion, the Vanishing Dragon, my rival. In our anger for being interrupted, we attacked the three factions. Resulting in our deaths and being turned into Sacred Gears by GoD.]" Ddraig answered.
Naruto gained a dead panned expression before saying, "You do know that you basically signed your own death warrants when you attacked them, right? Plus, if I recall correctly from the knowledge that GoD gave me, you both were so engrossed in your fight that you both failed to notice that you two were causing collateral damage."
Ddraig could only chuckle sheepishly before answering, "[O-Oh… R-Right…]"
Naruto shook his head internally before asking, "Grayfia, are you well rested yet?" His gaze still fixed ahead of them when suddenly, veins popped out from the side of his head, particularly, from the side of his eyes. signifying his usage of his Byakugan.
"I am, Naruto-san. Is something wrong? You suddenly stopped in mid-sentence a while ago." Asked again Grayfia.
"I'm afraid, there is." Focusing on extending his field of vision, he finally saw what was happening with the Anti-Satan faction. "I think the Anti-Satan faction is under attack. and judging from what I'm seeing right now, it's not going well for them." Answered Naruto with narrowed eyes.
Grayfia widened her eyes, "Then let's get going then! We must help them!" Shouted Grayfia with determined eyes.
"I'm way ahead of you, Grayfia. Let's go!" Answered Naruto before he sprinted away with Grayfia. The latter, hoping that it's not too late.
Sirzechs and his friends, along with their army was on their last legs. More than half of their forces were killed. But, they manage to bring their enemy's numbers to a surprising half of their original number of loyalist forces.
Sirzechs, along with Ajuka, fought to the last man in the courtyard. While, Serafall and Falbium were protecting the entrance to the escape tunnels. The said tunnels were now sealed so that the civilians weren't followed. Serafall and Falbium rendezvoused with Sirzechs and Ajuka after they sealed the tunnels off.
"Sirzechs! The tunnels are sealed and secured! We're the only ones left!" Shouted Serafall through the raging battle, while using her ice powers to impale any poor bastard who come across her.
"Good! We push on through the front gate! make our retreat now! Stay close to me!" Shouted back Sirzechs before charging his power of destruction to full power before releasing it in front of him, rendering any poor soul that came into contact with it into dust.
"There! Follow me!" Ordered Sirzechs before he and his friends, along with the remaining forces they have, ran using the path Sirzechs made for them.
Using her powers, Serafall used her ice-based magic to act as a wall to block out any loyalist forces to cut them off of their escape. With Ajuka, he used his immense demonic power to render any enemy devil that came across him into minced meat, with Falbium doing the same. But not before breaking his enemies' bones into powder before destroying them completely using his powers.
They were about to escape the one-sided battle when suddenly, their escape path was blocked by a legion of loyalist devils. They then were encircled by the remaining loyalist forces to render them trapped by their enemies.
"Shit! We're trapped! What do we do!?" Shouted Serafall, while using her powers overtime to help defend their comrades from overwhelming odds.
"We have no choice! Fight till the last man! If we're going to die, then let me tell you three that it's been an honor fighting alongside my friends!" Shouted back Sirzechs, before unleashing his powers to its fullest and releasing it onto their enemies.
Ajuka could only smile before he too, charged his immense demonic power before forming it into his hands and engaging into a full-on close quarter combat. Obliterating any body part, it came into contact with.
Falbium smirked before he then charged at the enemy with calculating movements, demolishing any opposition in his way.
Serafall could only smile at her friends before using her powers into its fullest potential. Concentrating on her powers, she conjured a dragon that's made of ice before willing it to attack the opposing devils.
The battle went on, and the Anti-Satan faction was finally gaining ground, reducing their enemy's number more and more. But, like our dear friend, Murphy said: Anything that can go wrong, will go worng.
"SIRZECHS! LOOK OUT!" Shouted Ajuka to his best friend.
Sirzechs was too late when he was suddenly blindsided by an enemy devil loyalist. Tumbling on the ground, Sirzechs manage to pry himself away from his attacker and was about to retaliate when an ice spike went through the would-be attacker's head.
"Sirzechs! Are you alright!?" Asked Serafall before slamming her hand on the ground, conjuring up ice spikes that spread outward. Killing some loyalist devils that didn't have the time to dodge the attack.
Sirzechs nodded to Serafall before he stood up from his crouching position. He winced at the sudden pain he felt before checking the side where his assailant managed to tackle him. He found a dagger, lodged in his side.
Serafall widened her eyes before Sirzechs removed the lodged dagger, not before wincing again in pain in removing the said dagger. "Sunnava bitch! that hurt!"
"Here, let me stop the bleeding." Said Serafall before using her ice magic to freeze the stab wound.
Sirzechs gritted his teeth in pain again. That really fucking hurt!
Removing her hand from his wound, she nodded at her work before saying, "There, all done."
"Thank you, Serafall-chan." Said Sirzechs, before standing up. Albeit, slowly.
His two other friends regrouped with them before Ajuka suddenly spoke, "Sirzechs! Are you alright!?"
Sirzechs looked at his best friend before answering, "Yes, I'm fine, Ajuka. What's the situation?"
Ajuka looked at him grimly before answering, "To be honest? We're practically making our last stand."
Sirzechs could only stare at him for a minute before shifting his gaze around them. He saw the loyalist devils were closing in around their position and judging from the number of magic circles that were conjured up and pointed right at them, their time is almost up. closing his eyes, and releasing a tired sigh, he said, "Alright then. If we're going down, we're taking a lot of them with us."
Ajuka, Serafall, and Falbium could only nod at him before they formed a circle, and all them were back to back from each other. Each one of them charged up their demonic powers and was about to release it to attack the loyalist devils when suddenly,
Ice spikes sprouted around them, impaling many loyalist devils from the sudden surprise attack.
"Uhh, Serafall-chan. Did you do that?" Asked Sirzechs.
"…No, it wasn't me." Answered Serafall. Still baffled by the sudden ice attack.
"Then who was it?" Asked Falbium before they heard a womanly voice spoke from above them.
"Sirzechs-sama, Serafall-sama, Ajuka-sama, and Falbium-sama. Are you all alright?" Asked the unknown woman.
"Grayfia-chan!" Said Sirzechs, recognizing the new comer. To which the other three recognized as well, "Not that I'm not glad that you're here and all. But, why you're here? Did Rizevim sent you?" Asked Sirzechs.
Dropping down from above them, she landed in front of Sirzechs before answering, "No, Sirzechs-sama. I left the house of Lucifer after finding out on my own the truth and what would be the outcome of this war."
Sirzechs smiled at her before saying, "I'm happy that you are finally with us, Grayfia-chan." Grayfia smiled a little at him before he added, "But, I'm afraid that we still have loyalist scum to deal with."
Grayfia's smile turned to a full-blown smirk, to which Sirzechs, Serafall, Ajuka, and Falbium noticed, before she spoke, "Do not worry. I'm not the only one who came."
Serafall raised one of her eyebrows before she said, "Then where is your com-" She was cut off in mid-sentence when she saw one the loyalist devils got close and was about to stab Grayfia from behind, "LOOK OUT!" Shouted Serafall.
Time seemed to slow down for the four friends. They were all certain that the silver haired woman was going to die, if they didn't stop the loyalist attacker. To their surprise, the silverette still has her smirk plastered on her face, despite the incoming attack on her person.
Sirzechs was about to attack the loyalist who is about to stab Grayfia when suddenly…
Sirzechs, Serafall, Ajuka, and Falbium widened their eyes when a cloaked figure suddenly appeared in front of the would-be attacker and grabbed the attacker's hand in a vice like grip.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The cloaked figure, then proceeded to crush the offender's hand, making the loyalist drop his knife. He then let go of the crushed hand before using his other hand to bury it to the devil's stomach. If you look closely, you could see the hand threatening to emerge from the other side of the devil's back.
He removed his buried hand before grabbing the back of the devil's head and slamming it on the ground, burying the head, along with half of the devil's body with such force that the ground that the head was slammed into, broke apart. Forming wide cracks all around from the epicenter and forming one big dust cloud.
All in all, all of this was done in mere seconds. Earning him wide eyes and jaw drops from the four leaders of the Anti-Satan faction, and also with Grayfia.
Removing his now bloodied hand from the (literally) man-made crater, the cloaked figure asked, "Are you alright, Grayfia?" While eyeing the surrounding enemies one-by-one.
Glancing at her savior, she answered, "I'm alright, Naruto-san." She looked at the three of the four leaders of the Anti-Satan faction, before her eyes locked onto Sirzechs. Specifically, the wound that was frozen on his side.
"Though one of the leaders of the Anti-Satan faction is wounded." Added Grayfia.
The four future maou's of the underworld raised their eyebrows. Who is this Naruto? What house is he from? Is he even friendly? Is he really here to help them? Why can't they read his power, or even his demonic energy. Many questions were popping out of their heads, especially Ajuka. But for Sirzechs, the only question that's circling in his head is; Why is he with Grayfia?
The cloaked figure nodded his head before he parted his cloak to unsheathe what seems to be a chokuto from his back and holding it in a reverse grip. Assuming his stance, he spoke, "Understood. Get them out of here, along with the rest of the rebels, Grayfia. I'll hold them off while you all escape." He was about to spring into action when one of the leaders suddenly shouted, "Are you insane!? There's still thousands of them here! How in seven hells are you going accomplish that!?"
Naruto glanced at the one who spoke, and he found out that the one who spoke was a beautiful woman, easily on par on the looks department against Grayfia.
Instead of the cloaked stranger answering, it was the silverette who answered for him, "Do not worry, Serafall-sama," She glanced again at her savior, smiling a bit, she added, not noticing the narrowed eyes of Sirzechs when she smiled a bit, "He is well capable of."
Naruto nodded at Grayfia before he shifted his gazed back to the loyalist devils, "Kurama, we're up. Ddraig, you'll sit this one out. Don't want them to find out about you being my sacred gear yet."
Ddraig nodded, "[I understand, Partner. You still haven't finished training also using the Boosted Gear]" Before Kurama answered, "Are we going to use our new form?".
"Yup. This would be a perfect opportunity to try out our new cloak, Kurama" Said Naruto while grinning.
Kurama also grinned before answering, "Well then, let's do this, Naruto!"
Naruto internally nodded to his new partner before closing his eyes. Feeling his chakra in sync with Kurama, Naruto started gathering Nature energy around him. Sirzechs, Serafall, Ajuka, Falbium, and even Grayfia, once again widened her eyes at the feeling they are experiencing, as well as what they are seeing as well.
As for the fighting around them, they too stopped what they were doing, in favor of looking at the cloaked figure and the power he was releasing in the air.
Naruto gained a dark crimson aura that buckled the ground where he stood. The aura then formed what seems to be ten tails of a fox, swaying back and forth lazily. Removing his hood with one hand, everyone saw that his hair has same color just like his aura and was standing end-to-end. The hair also looks to be like it has a mind of its own, dancing like the fire from a bonfire in a camp. His facial features on the other hand, was different. In the eyes of Grayfia that is.
His whisker like marks looks to be more defined than ever. His canines sharpened and elongated enough that it poked out from his mouth. When he opened his eyes, his eyes changed from cerulean blue, to crimson red. While his pupils were changed into slits.
"I-It can't be… This f-feeling… S-Senjutsu… That's senjutsu… But h-how?" Said Ajuka. Still not believing what he's seeing, let alone sensing the power of the unknown person was releasing in front of them.
"S-Senjutsu? But I thought senjutsu could only be used by Youkai's!? And by the looks of him, he is no Youkai!" Shouted Serafall.
"W-Well, he can use it!" Said Falbium. He too was gaping like a fish.
Sirzechs could only gape as well, and couldn't help but wonder, who the hell is this guy!?
Looking over his shoulders, he looked at the four leaders before at Grayfia, nodding at her, being the silent signal that she should get them out of there. Grayfia understood what her savior wanted her to do before she nodded back him. Returning his gaze at his opponents, Naruto bend his knees forward, before he suddenly disappeared from his position with the air where he stood imploded and the ground, disintegrated. In a straight line, Naruto moved pass them at lightning speed before the bodies he went through suddenly collapsed to the ground, dead. With their heads severed from their shoulders.
Standing up from his crouched position, Naruto disregarded the five devils, who were about to use him as a human pin cushion, much to the glee of the would-be attackers. To their surprise, their weapons phase through their opponent, and out of the five devils, three lived, while the other two died from each other's sword strike.
Naruto inwardly smirked before looking at the remaining three out of five devils who attacked him, "Huh, Now I know why Obito loved using this ability." Before backhanding his first target, sending the poor devil through their own ranks with a shattered jaw, with the head looking backward. Disappearing from their view, Naruto reappeared behind the two devils before grabbing both of their heads and used the human path ability to yank the soul out of the two devils from their body, storing them within the king of hell and effectively killing them.
Using again his intangibility technique, Naruto phase through some enemy magic attacks before disappearing from where he stood and reappearing on his next target. Caught off guard of the sudden appearance of the one-man army killer, Naruto bisected the surprised devil diagonally before dodging left from an enemy magic attack. Bending his knees, Naruto launch himself again at the Loyalist Devils. Bisecting, disabling, or the occasional maiming of said devils.
While this was going, the four soon-to-be maou's could only watch with their mouths still hung ajar. "S-Such p-power…" Said Sirzechs, while looking at the carna – no, a massacre of one man was doing to an army of supposed trained devil soldiers.
"I-I know what y-you mean…" Said Ajuka, while Serafall and Falbium could only nod as their answer.
The four soon-to-be maou's suddenly heard a cough from the side, making them look at the source, "Sirzechs-sama, Serafall-sama, Ajuka-sama, and Falbium-sama. If you all would be so kind, let us be off. I have the utmost trust that Naruto-san can hold them off, while we escape."
The four of them looked at one another before nodding at the same time. They gathered what remains of their forces at their location before issuing the order to retreat. Some were glad that they could finally escape while the others were reluctant to leave, knowing that they can win with the cloaked man's help. Grayfia lead the group out of the fighting while using her powers to kill any loyalist devil's that stands in their way of escape. Sirzechs and Ajuka formed up on Grayfia's side and started helping her with the job of clearing the way of enemies. While this was going, Serafall and Falbium was ushering their comrades to follow Grayfia, Sirzechs, and Ajuka. Once all of their forces are following their friends and the maid, both Serafall and Falbium followed after them. The loyalist devils spotted the retreating traitors and proceeded to try and cut them off from the leading group.
Serafall was caught off-guard by a stray enemy spell that elected a stone wall in front of her, effectively isolating her from the group. Falbium, who was the closest to Serafall, was about to assist her, was suddenly cut-off as well by overwhelming odds. Serafall saw this and cursed under her breath that she was cut-off by any means of escape.
Looking from side to side, she saw that she was out numbered 100 to 1 and by the looks of her would be attackers, she saw the lust filled look on their eyes and was ready to overpower her in sheer numbers.
She was about to attack them when suddenly, she saw that her would be attackers looks turned from lust into horror and then she felt an overwhelming feeling of warmth and comfort behind her. Like she felt that nothing will happen to her at that moment. Looking over to her shoulder, she saw the towering form of the guy that was with Grayfia, standing right behind her and glaring daggers at her would be attackers.
"Are you okay? Did they do anything to you?" Asked the cloaked blonde man.
Feeling nervous all of the sudden, Serafall answered, "Y-Yes, I'm fine."
Glancing at her, he nodded before returning his gaze back at the enemy. "What's your name, miss?"
Serafall looked at him again but now with a smile and answered, "S-Serafall, Serafall Sitri. And y-you are?"
Naruto walked pass her while he answered, "Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki. It's nice meeting you Serafall. Now, I would love to get to know you and the others more, but you will have to excuse me. I have pests to deal with."
And with that, all hell broke loose. Naruto charged in and proceeded to beat them all six ways to Sunday. To say Serafall was impress was an understatement, she saw that Naruto not only did brake their bones into tine tiny pieces, he made sure that they wouldn't use it the same way the said limb what it's supposed to do. Whenever a punch, a kick, a sword swipe, or even a tackle, Naruto would counter and then proceed to disable them with extreme prejudice. One devil was unlucky enough to over extended his arm reach when he tried to stab Naruto, but Naruto capitalized on this and proceeded to disarm him, grabbed his wrist, extended his arm, and then uppercutted the extended arm at the elbow, dislocating the forearm from the elbow before hitting the shoulder with enough force that dislocated it as well, rendering the whole arm useless. That said devil was one of the lucky ones, mind you. The others? Well, broken necks, shattered ribs, spine, and some, skulls. Courtesy of a senjutsu powered punch that caved one of the devil's skull in.
After a one-sided fight that lasted for about three minutes or so, Naruto proceeded to walk back to Serafall, who was gaping at the one-sided beat down that Naruto gave to the loyalist devils. Naruto stood in front of Serafall before he said, "You should go now, Serafall. I've cleared the way for you."
Serafall looked at Naruto, then at the wailing loyalist, then back at him, "R-Right."
While Serafall hightailed out of there, Naruto looked back at the remaining Loyalist force before positioning himself between the Anti-Satan faction and the Loyalist devils. Channeling his chakra to full power, buckling the ground from the sheer power he was releasing before muttering, "Senpō: Doton Goraku"
With that, the space in front of Naruto suddenly formed a large fissure that expanded horizontally for miles on end, effectively cutting off the Loyalist and the Anti-Satan Faction and making them retreat due to the power they felt on the attack. While this was going, Sirzechs and the others was looking at him from the distance and for the last time, they couldn't hold their jaws from dropping to the ground. Even Grayfia was stunned by the sheer power that Naruto was showcasing.
"S-Such p-power… To think he is just a human…" Said Sirzechs.
"Grayfia-san, you really are lucky that he found you when you finally decided to defect to us…" Said Ajuka, still having trouble believing what he was seeing.
"That I am, Ajuka-sama. That I am." Answered Grayfia, while a miniscule smile slowly etched on her lips of the memory of Naruto saving her.
Sirzechs saw the smile and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"Did you see how he disposed of the loyalist who was about to attack Serafall? That feat alone is a major plus in my books" Said Falbium, smiling at the lone human who stood at overwhelming odds like they don't even stand a chance against him.
"Also, for a Human. He looks kinda handsome" Said Serafall, looking also at her savior who is walking back at their direction with his chakra cloak deactivated.
Hearing this, Grayfia couldn't help but frown at Serafall's remarks against her blonde savior.
"Look, here he comes" Said AJuka, who proceeded to walk forward to meet their savior. Seeing this, Serafall, Sirzechs, Falbium, and Grayfia followed after Ajuka who was now conversing with the blonde human.
Walking up to them, Serafall couldn't help but mutter, "Did I say handsome? I meant drop dead gorgeous! He's handsome than you, Sirzechs-tan!"
The eyes of Sirzechs and Grayfia were twitching uncontrollably, but with different reasons…
"Oh, Shut up Sera-tan!" Muttered Sirzechs while Grayfia glared at Serafall.
Naruto and Ajuka shifted their eyes to the approaching group with latter saying, "Ah, good. everyone's here. I would like you all to meet our newest ally for our cause."
Sirzechs and the others gave their undivided attention. Even though Serafall and Grayfia already know his name, they none the less listened to his introduction.
Naruto looked at the person's or devil's in front of him, depending on who you are asking, and said, "Hello, my name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I'm the Nidaime Rikudō Sennin."
"Hello, Naruto-san. I'm Falbium Asmodeus. It's nice to finally meet you" Said Falbium with a smile.
"Like wise, Falbium-san." Answered Naruto also with a smile.
"And I'm Sirzech's Gremory." Said Sirzechs with a smile, while offering his hand to Naruto.
Naruto accepted the hand shake and shook his hand with a strong grip. "Hello, Sirzechs-san."
Releasing his grip to his hands, Naruto looked at Serafall with a nod, saying, "Serafall"
"Naruto-san" Answered Serafall with a sweet smile. Perhaps a little too sweet…
Naruto then looked at Grayfia with a smile and said, "Grayfia"
"Hello, Naruto-san" Answered Grayfia with a smile. To which Sirzechs narrowed again his eyes. "Why is it she keeps on smiling to him." Thought Sirzechs.
Naruto then looked at Ajuka and said, "I know you all have questions for me, and I will answer them truthfully with the best of my ability. But, we must find shelter. I'm guessing that the castle that the loyalist has laid siege isn't the only one you got, am I right?"
"Correct, Naruto-san. That castle isn't the only one we have. If you would follow us, we'll lead you to our next hide out." Answered Ajuka.
"Alright then, lead the way." Said Naruto with a smile before looking at Grayfia for second, and then proceeded to follow Ajuka and the rest of their army.
"Nidaime Rikudō Sennin? What the hell is that?" Said Sirzechs while following the blonde human and his friend.
"Naruto-san will explain himself, Sirzechs-sama when we arrive at our destination." Said Grayfia in her neutral tone with her stoic face.
"Uhuh, right. You already know this, don't you Grayfia-chan?" Asked Sirzechs.
"Yes, but not all of it. He promised to explain it in detail when he finally met all of you, Sirzechs-sama" Answered Grayfia.
"Okay, Grayfia-chan." Said Sirzechs, before adding, "Do you trust him?"
Grayfia looked at Sirzechs in the eye and said, "Yes, Sirzechs-sama."
Sirzechs could only nod and walked fast to catch up with his friend,
Seeing that they were alone now, Serafall then said, "Soo… How did he save you?"
Grayfia could only smile and said, "Like a knight in shining armor…" Before she walked up to Naruto and positioned herself beside him.
Serafall could only pout at her before moving to the other side of Naruto in hopes of getting to know the blonde more than Grayfia.