The elders said that if Naruto wanted the girls to become his official peerage, then he had to take the promotion test three months from now like most devils to become a mid class devil, then take another promotion test to become a high class devil.
"Naruto-sama, please stay with us!"
"Please Naruto-sama! Please I don't want you to leave."
Ni and Li screamed out and ran to hug him tightly, "Girls, calm down… please!" Naruto pushed both cat girls from his body and held them from their collar and gently put them on the ground.
"Naruto-sama, I don't care about what the higher ups said!" Mira pleaded, "We will follow you if you go to the human world and stay here if you are here! We will never leave your side, never!" All the girls nodded at Mira's speech, agreeing with her words. Naruto sighed and massaged his forehead, he should have delivered the good news first.
Looking at Ravel who was looking at him with a meaningful look, he understood exactly what she wanted him to do. Looking at the girls and taking a deep breath, he began,
"Everyone, listen to me!"
"Yes Naruto-sama!" Everyone answered in unison, nodding his head Naruto continued,
"Don't worry about it!" His face warm and gentle, he looked at each of them in their eyes and said in a gentle voice, "All of you, you're my peerage now, I will do everything to protect all of you and I really do mean it. So I'm definitely not about to let some old geezers order me around and tell me to stay away from you." Naruto smirked evilly when the girls looked at him in confusion, Yubellena asking the obvious question,
"But Naruto-sama, you said that the elders forbid you from having an official Peerage until you were a high class devil."
"They did, however they didn't say anything about an 'unofficial Peerage' now did they?" His smile grew wider when they finally understood his implications and rushed over to hug him. As he was swarmed by them, he thought of how he managed to convince the elders to accept his idea. He swore on his life that he wouldn't lead them astray and when that didn't do the trick, the support of the four Maous and the implied possibility of a painful chakra fueled beating did.
After Naruto got out of the impromptu group hug, Xuelan asked, "So what does that mean for us now?"
"Well, I'm still have to become the tests to become a high class devil so I can't participate in Rating Games with you guys but I don't care about that, I care about you guys. So I'm sorry if any of you girls are displeased with this, so please bear with me until I become a high class devil, alright?"
The girls hearts fluttered when they heard his words and if there was any doubt that he was the master they were waiting for, there were none now. All the girls looked at at each other and came to a silent agreement. Yubelluna, acting as the representative of the group again, said,
"We could live with that Naruto-sama but please remember that if you're in any trouble or need our help, all you need to do is call us, we will be there for you!" Yubelluna said with a bright smile on her face, all the girls behind her cheering loudly.
Naruto looked at Ravel and saw her looking at him with a satisfied smile on her face, and once again, Naruto understood the meaning of her look.
'Thank you, Naruto-sama.'
Now he was progressing smoothly with his Peerage. Naruto was pleasantly surprised when the girls actually didn't mind having him as their master and would answer his call whenever he asked them to, just like they said they would.
With a lack of other things to do considering they weren't his official Peerage, Naruto had decided that the girls should for now stay at their respective homes at the underworld and take missions while training together which included him.
Naruto got to know the girls better during the week of intense training. Yubelluna on the battlefield was almost the exact opposite of Yubelluna in daily life. While she was cunning on the battlefield, she showed a surprisingly submissive personality when outside the battlefield, making her the exact opposite of Akeno. Mihae was as gentle and quiet as her appearance suggested, making her the person everyone in the group goes to have a nice relaxing chat.
Naruto to his pleasant surprise discovered that Li and Ni, the twin cat girls who specialized in close combat also have a love of pranks like him. This was perfect for Naruto who had been itching to get back at Sirzechs ever since he revealed his guilty pleasure food ramen to the devils during his fight with Riser.
So he seized the opportunity to teach them extra 'stealth' lessons, which basically meant taking turns to find out who could prank Sirzechs the hardest under his guidance. He still smirked at his last conversation with Sirzechs before he and the twins began their plan two days ago.
(Flashback, the Gremory Castle.)
"Hey there Sirzechs! How are you doing today?" Asked a very cheerful Naruto to Sirzechs who he 'happened' to see in front of him in one of the corridors.
The tone of his voice immediately made Sirzechs freeze and go on guard, as carefree as Naruto was, Sirzechs knew that even he wasn't this cheerful without a reason, which usually meant he was about to suffer from one of Naruto's pranks, which was especially likely since he revealed his guilty pleasure food to the public.
So he spoke without turning around, "Uh…I'm fine Naruto, what are you up to these days anyways? Last I heard, you were busy training with your Peerage." He said both in an effort to make small talk and because he was genuinely curious.
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