"So they decided to amuse me?"
"Ya. You have a lot of influence in the hierarchy,"
"Good to know. Ever thought of publishing them yourself?"
"Icha Icha? No. It's a big hassle and I have enough work thank you. Naruto, did anyone else find you other than the people you told me?" He asked curiously.
"No, not really. None came close and I think most would have forgotten about it by now," Naruto said with a confident smile as they saw a small bird fly past them.
"Well, come to my home, we can eat Ramen and I'll introduce you to all the girls,"
"Hmm, okay. But I want something other than ramen as well," said Shikamaru and Naruto nodded.
"Maybe some shogi?" He suggested and Shikamaru's eyes lit up.
"Did you have a set?" He asked eagerly and Naruto nodded.
"Oh, it is with that mastery you defeated Sona with!" He exclaimed and Naruto's eyes widened.
"What? How did you know that?" Naruto asked, expecting Serafall to drop in at any moment. But then he remembered she is busy apologising to Sona and Sona is busy mashing 'Jiraiya' and sighed in relief.
"Dude, what do you think of me? I'm your second in command. Don't you think I can at least conclude that much knowing Sona's predicament and Serafall's nagging?" He asked rhetorically.
"Well, ya. Poor girl thought that I cheated and played three matches without knowing. She didn't inform her parents, but it will come out someday.
I didn't know about the marriage contract till she came out with it as Serafall didn't go into detail about how her 'So-tan' defeated this unworthy brute in her terms." Naruto said and Shika nodded in understanding.
They started walking to Naruto's house and as they entered, Shika's eyes fell on a familiar set of photos.
"You didn't leave them even after all this time?" He asked seeing the paintings in the entrance lounge as they entered Naruto's house.
"How can I? I didn't spend time with them. At least let me remember them like this," Naruto said, with a small hint of sadness and Shikamaru nodded in understanding.
"Naruto-kyun, welcome home!" They heard so many girlish screams as many bodies slammed into Naruto. Shikamaru watched in amusement.
"Oof, wha-, wai-, hey-" Naruto tried protesting as the air was practically taken from him by kiss after kiss from one after another.
"Oh my, Naruto's cousin is here," said Reni, noticing Shikamaru to the side watching in amusement.
They all stood straight in a second and vanished from sight in an instant. "Are they shy?" Shikamaru asked with raised eyebrows.
"Shy, my ass. They are just hiding since you are new here. You should have seen their feats when Sensei comes," said Naruto.
"Let me introduce to all of them," said Naruto and introduced all the girls to his long time friend and after introductions, they sat to eat dinner.
After dinner, Shikamaru and Naruto talked about their plans and normal things and after promising to stay in touch and played a Shogi match to close off the day.
After a close win to Shikamaru, he returned to the Underworld to perform his duties as the Satan of Devils.
Few Days later
Everything was going smoothly in Kuoh as Rias and Sona started talking with Naruto again as if nothing happened and the blonde didn't mind.
Roygun and others were happy, though they got curious about the whole Shika thing, they didn't care much about it as Naruto didn't explain further about their relationship.
He found something nagging at the back of his mind and spread his senses to see what the feeling was and got a surprise. A small bird was watching him.
It's not like any bird as its teal eyes looked at him in particular with interest as he was teaching his girls some Taijutsu katas and Saeko a few stances through the window.
He started training Saeko seriously as she is already willing to join his Peerage and she pushed herself to impress him and is progressing well.
"Interesting, I didn't think someone had the gall to spy on you, Naruto. Who could it be?" Kurama asked curiously.
'Why don't we investigate?' Naruto asked with a smile and signalled Reni to take over for some time and vanished from his office.
Instead of flying away knowing it was caught, the bird took off towards north into the forest that surrounded Kuoh and Naruto followed curiously.