"What?" Riser looked at Naruto up and down, except for the fact Naruto was as tall as Riser, he really didn't look much as a fighter. Then again, all low class devils were the same, maybe that incredible power wasn't coming him, probably just an act "You want me to fight him Sirzechs-sama? Me, a high-class devil with the power of immortality and the fire of the legendary sacred bird Phoenix, against him, a lowly devil...This is must be a joke Sirzechs-sama. The result can already be decided Sirzechs-sama!"
Rias looked at Riser with an angry expression on her face, her crimson aura began to appear around her and her face darkened. Akeno was looking at Riser dangerously while her hand was cracking with lightning, the lightning she inherited from her father. Koneko really want to jump at Riser and beat him until he couldn't even think straight. Serafall was trying her best to control herself, if not for the status as a Maou holding her back, she would have frozen him for the rest of his immortal life and threw the iceberg into the deepest part of the underworld.
"Well, Riser-kun...The real reason is I want to test out the power of my newest and last Pawn!"
Gasps could be heard all over the ballroom, to think the last member of Sirzechs's peerage was someone so young.
Riser rose an eyebrows at Naruto and said
"Well, if you're Sirzechs-sama's Pawn, then you probably a little challenge for my power. But it won't change anything...Sirzechs-sama, why did you choose a weak devil to be your Pawn, the members of your peerage are all legendary, so why choose someone like him...? Trash will forever be trash." Riser shrugged his shoulder,"Fine Sirzechs-sama, I accept your terms." And turned around.
"Wait Riser!" Naruto called out to him "I think the difference in power between us is too much." He crossed his arms across his chest and took a thinking pose.
"Of course!" Riser laughed, "You could never defeat me, the gap between our powers is too big!"
"No, I didn't mean that...I meant that if I fight you alone, it wouldn't fair to you!" He slapped his hands together, "That's it, how about I fight you and your peerage at the same time, one versus sixteen!" Naruto said it like it was the best idea ever making the devils in the ballroom drop their mouth in shock.
"You...You...Damn it. If you want a beating that much, I'll gladly indulge you."
However Naruto interrupted him again, "Of course, IF I manage to defeat both you and your peerage, you must transfer your entire peerage to me. Surely you aren't afraid of losing against someone like me do you?" Naruto smirked at Riser in challenge. Everyone there could see that Naruto was blatantly baiting Riser. However Riser's ego and pride wouldn't allow him to decline a challenge like in front of so many witnesses.
"FINE!" Riser roared, "There's no way me and my Peerage can be beaten by rabble like you anyway. Girls, follow me!" His peerage quickly followed him while muttering something in shock about Naruto, mostly about his condition if he wins. Ravel was the only one looking at Naruto with a worried look on her face before following the rest of her fellow comrades.
The devils quickly went to the Gremory household's garden, where the fight between Naruto and Riser would take place. Everyone was really excited because they was about to see the power of Naruto Uzumaki, the mysterious Pawn of Sirzechs Lucifer. The ones most excited were the young devil girls, all of them really wanted to see if Naruto was as strong as he thought he was.
When everyone had went outside, only Rias's peerage, Sairaorg and Sona remained inside. Rias was still clinging to Naruto's arm when he walked to them. When he was closed to them, he quickly being hugged by a tearful Akeno and a very happy Koneko.
"Oya~It's been a long time isn't it? Akeno-chan, Neko-chan!" Naruto smiled at the two girls who were hugging him while Rias was looking at the two with jealousy clear in her eyes.
"I wanted to meet you so much Naruto-sama!"
"Nii-chan..."
After a minute, both of them let go off Naruto and Akeno shocked him with her lightning magic while Koneko punched him straight in the stomach, hard.
"Well, I guess I did deserve that." He said dryly while chuckling and holding his stomach. Rias had let go of his arm and was scolding Akeno and Koneko for hurting him too much. Then she remembered Naruto's condition if he wins and punched him in the stomach again just as he was about to recover sending him to his knee again. When the three of them asked why Naruto made a condition like that with fire burning in their eyes. Naruto chuckled and stood up to explain.
"I don't really know why I did that myself but I was able to see that Riser's Peerage weren't really happy. Yes, they are absolutely loyal to him and would do anything for him but I can know that deep down they aren't truly happy because they know that Riser would never look at them as they look at him."
Naruto took a deep breath then continued, "The moment when Riser said he loved Rias's body, I saw that while they were not disgusted and even supported him, all of their moods had gone down. I just...I just don't like standing by and watch others be unhappy, not if I can help it. So I will win this fight, not just for Rias but also for the other girls and bring them over to Gremory Castle and try to make them happier. I don't know if I can do it but I will try my best."
All of them just stood in silence when they heard Naruto's speech, they were giving him looks of admiration while Rias, Akeno and Koneko felt very happy that the one they had feelings for had grown into such a fine man. Sairaorg considered him as a true lion hearted man and planning on fighting against him in the future just like Issei who also felt Naruto truly deserved a harem and planned on helping him achieve it.
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