Chapter 19

"Naruto, Naruto, Naruto . . . ah! Here I am," Naruto muttered under his breath while scanning the board in front of him. Posted on the board were the results of the semester's scores before summer vacation. Naruto was looking forward to seeing his scores and how he placed after working so hard in his studying. Naruto nearly cried when he saw he was in third place. Being ranked third for the Third Years wasn't so bad for him, but he had smoothly cruised through the midterms.

"What the . . . who was able to best me?" From his rank of third place, Naruto's eyes climbed the figurative ladder. At the top he saw the name 'Sona Sitri' sitting on the top with perfect scores to boot.

Then who was in second place? It was . . .

"Hey Naruto-kun. You are already here?" A crimson haired girl walked up to and stood next to him. She looked at the board, "Ah, second place? Not bad I suppose. Still, Sona beat me this time."

"Congratulation Rias-chan" Naruto smiled. He wasn't a pushover when it came to studying and he knew it. But Rias wasn't called a genius for nothing. He had heard about her scores from when she use to study in the Underworld. They were truly exceptional. There would be no way he could surpass girlfriend.

It has been two months since the Three Factions meeting. Now, Rias and Naruto had officially become a couple despite the fact they hadn't gone public about it. According to Grayfia's wizened advice, being with Rias, who was heir of one of he most powerful and influential Devil households, would incite their disparagement of Naruto. He already had the hubristic nobles clawing at his throat, so why give them another reason to attack him? Despite only being a low class Devil, Naruto was regarded as the Strongest Youth. He still needed proper stature as being part of Sirzechs peerage wasn't enough. So until he became a High Class Devil or, better yet, an Ultimate Class Devil their relationship should remain a secret even though the two spent a lot of time together.

Did he mention the hot, passionate sex they have? They only had sex with each other if the other residents were out for business, namely summoning requests. The sex wasn't too rough nor too soft for their liking. The couple really enjoyed cuddling with each other while making love. Grayfia was the only one who caught them in the middle of their sessions. Naruto couldn't shrug the feeling that she did it on purpose.

He had never seen Rias so happy and cheerful before. He was glad that his childhood friend shared mutual feelings, feelings of love.

But still, he would have to tell Rias' parents the truth about them. Summer vacation was nearing and so did the time for Rias to return to her parent's estate. Of course, she would bring all of her peerage along with her. There would be no other opportune time for Naruto to tell her parents about their relationship. He got nervous thinking about it. Lord Gremory and Venelana were people he considered as his parents after all.

Another thing that plagued his mind were his memories. After the eventful encounter with the zombie puppet, Orochimaru, who was a figure from his past, Naruto couldn't ignore the fact what more and more enemies, from his past, will endanger his friends. This summer vacation he would definitely prod the information from Kurama, who was the only one who could answer all of Naruto's questions about himself.

There was the fact the first memory he received from Kurama showed him, a year older from his first fateful encounter with Rias, where he had become a genin. It bugged him still.

"Third place? Not bad kid," a familiar man in his early twenties, who had incredibly handsome features, commented from beside Naruto while idly rubbing his chin. Yes, it was none other than Azazel, the Governor leader of Grigori, who happened to be the adviser teacher of the Occult Research Club. As incredulous as it sounded, Naruto had to endure an everyday torture consisting of Azazel's ranting ranging from his fishing trips to his days fooling around with girls. To Naruto, his man had no shame at all when he talked about girls. He didn't even mind having an affair with the high school girls in this academy.

Sirzechs had requested Azazel to become a teacher, so the man found it hard to refute. But still, Azazel proved to be a good teacher, and proved himself to be helpful when he planned out training schedules for Rias' peerage to help them grow stronger. Due to the man's massive deposit of knowledge on Sacred Gears, Azazel was the most suited to create regiments for those who had a Sacred Gear.

"Naruto-sama," A slender pair of arms snaked around his neck drawing unwanted attention from the males within their immediate vicinity. Then again, Naruto drew a lot of attention by simply standing next to the school's number one idol, Rias Gremory.

"Oh hey Akeno-chan," Naruto grinned. Akeno was the only person Naruto knew who would casually glue herself to him in this manner after all.

Rias, looking at the scene, got a little pissed off at Akeno's display. Her urges to 'discipline' her Queen weren't as strong as before because she had now become Naruto's girlfriend. There was nothing to be afraid of when Akeno smothered him like so. Still, the yamato nadeshiko didn't have to outright flirt with Naruto in public like that. And Naruto shouldn't just stand there griming like an idiot. After all, he had a girlfriend and was in a secret relationship with his maid for Maou's sake.

"Mou~ let's go to the clubroom Naruto-kun," Rias said trying her best to hide her annoyance and to sound as cheerful as possible. She, hugging Naruto's arm, pulled Naruto along with her as Akeno followed from behind them while giggling softy.

"I'm home," Naruto called out when he stepped through the door frame with his usual entourage plus an add-on, Xenovia, following him. Under the orders of Sirzechs, Xenovia would also move in to live with them to strengthen the bond between each member of Rias' peerage. Issei and Asia were also extended the same, but they refused saying they wanted to live within the Hyoudou residence. Naruto, of course, understood their reasoning, and thus didn't try to force them to move in with them.

"Welcome back Naruto-sama, everyone," Naruto smiled to Grayfia before throwing his bag onto the couch. He, then, proceeded to fall face first. After laying there for a few seconds, Naruto flipped over and stretched his body. Even though Naruto was done with tests, school was still troublesome and full of boredom.

"Naruto-sama?" Ravel, walking up to him, asked worried, "Are you tired? Am I pushing your schedule too hard? I knew it, I shouldn't . . ." Ravel stammered, panicked. Naruto stopped her fretting by laying his hand on her head and gently rubbing her soft golden hair.

"Nah, I'm not tired at all. Don't worry Ravel-chan," Naruto turned his head to her and smiled, "the schedule you made for me is perfect. You don't have to worry about it, okay."

"O-Okay . . . of course," Ravel suddenly stood up and laughed, "I should know better that there was no loophole in my schedule." She ran away with a blushing face. Naruto chuckled. Talk about tsundere.

Naruto felt a depression in the couch. He knew that his girlfriend just sat down near where his head lay. She, with a gentle touch, lifted his head. Naruto sighed happily at the feeling of what Issei had proclaimed when he first saw it. The legendary lap pillow.

Rias' thighs were soft. They felt incredibly comfy. The way she ran her fingers through his spiky mane was pleasing to say. If possible, Naruto would like to stay in this position forever. He needed to promote up to High Class, so he could publicly declare their relationship.

"Fufu, you seem to enjoy yourself Naruto-kun," Rias smile as she turned on the television. She had always enjoyed giving Naruto a lap pillow back when they were young, and her crush for the blond had developed fully into love.

"What, I can't enjoy my girlfriends lap?" Naruto asked playfully in a low voice. They were alone with the exception of Ikaros. Everyone had went to the kitchen whereas Xenovia decided to get things settled into her room.

"Ara?" Rias asked in mock surprise, "So you enjoy my lap over me? What a shame."

"Hey, it's not my fault," Naruto chuckled, "Don't you know that you and every part of your body is already perfect," Naruto said running his hand up her high. He earned a slap on the his backhand from the crimson haired girl when his finger tips brushed past what was under her skirt.

"Bad boy," Rias glared playfully, "control your hormones will you?"

"Anyway Rias-chan," Naruto began "tomorrow are you going to use the normal method of transportation or are we just going to teleport everyone there?"

"I thin it will be for the best if we let everyone experience it the normal way first," Rias answered.

The blond nodded his head. Tomorrow was going to be a long day for him and everyone.

Waking up early in the morning, Naruto yawned, still sleep addled. Well, at least he had gotten used to waking up early.

He walked with the group to the nearest station. His girlfriend, who was hugging his arm lovingly, hummed a soft, jaunty tune. He was afraid that she had spent too much time with Grayfia, who waited for them at the station. Why did he think so? Rias had acquired a bit of a sadistic streak. While nowhere near Akeno's level, she liked to tease him whenever they made out with each other. She would stroke his cock directly with her hand through his pants. He feared he would end up with a case of epididymal hypertension, or in layman's term, blue balls. Naruto had incredible self restraint, but her teasing was getting more daring by the day. Without doubt, Rias was either learning from Grayfia, watching porn movies or reading smutty novels.

For example, he woke up to the feeling of Rias' fingers around his cock, jerking him off. It was pleasurable, but it didn't satisfy him.

He would need to do something about that. Naruto didn't want his relationship with Rias and Grayfia was just locked at hours and hours of passionate sex.

Sighing, Naruto dropped he matter for now. He had summer vacation to deal with this after all. When he thought about it, Naruto couldn't believe that he already had so many things planned for this summer.

But to look at the bright side, Naruto finally had a lot of time to spend with the girls in his peerage. He would try to make up for all the time he had been staying in the human world and only visiting them on weekends. While they absolutely had no problem with him being away from them for extended periods of time until he became a High Class Devil, he knew that the bond between him and his peerage would only strengthen when he individually strengthened the bond he had with each and every single one of them.

Not even Ravel was an exception. She was one of his Bishops as well as his fiance. He hadn't spent much time with the younger blonde, and hoped that she wasn't angry at him for not spending time with her, the one who would become his wife in the future. He would never stoop to as low as Riser's level who held no love for his fiance, rather former fiance, and regard women as a pieces of meat and breeding stock. Naruto had heard of Riser's condition from Ravel. An eery smirk crept to his face just thinking about it making Ravel stagger in shock. Suited the bastard alright, he deserved it.

Everyone, including Ikaros and Ravel, went down to the platform. They all looked around and spotted Grayfia waiting for them near an elevator with in her usual outfit. This wasn't her day off she she preferred her maid outfit for the day. Whereas, everyone else wore the standard Kuou summer uniform. Ikaros wore her usual outfit with a blue coat covering her small wings.

"Welcome Naruto-sama, Rias-sama, everyone," Grayfia greeted the part with a cordial bow.

"Okay, because the elevator can only hold six people, we will split into two groups," she turned around to face everyone. Pointing a finger at the newly reincarnated Devils, "Issei, Asia and Xenovia, you three will go with Akeno, Naruto and I. Yuuto and the rest please go together with Azazel afterwords."

"Yes, Buchou."

Naruto stepped into the elevator with the first group. Rias took out what appeared to be a card from her skirt pocket, and inserted it into an electronic panel.

PI

And electric sound was emitted from the panel, and everyone felt the elevator begin to move down. Issei and Asia could not hide their surprise. Xenovia just tilted her head as a small reaction. Rias and Akeno saw the shock states of Asia and Issei, and giggled a little at their expense.

"Beneath this station there is a secret level," Rias explained to them.

"Buchou, even though I grew up in this town, this is the first time I am hearing of such a thing," Issei gasped in surprise. Then he looked at Naruto, who had an amused expression on his face, "Senpai, have you known about this station?"

"Ah Issei-kun" Naruto scratched the back of his head, "I grew up with Rias and everyone in the Underworld for most of my childhood, so I have never used this kind of transportation before. Plus, with Hiraishin, I don't have to use any magical seals either to go there you know."

"Seriously Naruto-kun?" Rias shook her head while Akeno just giggled.

They kept descending for another minute until the elevator stopped.

After the doors opened, Rias urged them forward with a 'Go ahead'.

"Well, that was impressive to say the least," Naruto smiled while looking around the platform that was for Devils only. It was huge, bigger than any platform Naruto had seen in his life.

After walking for a few more seconds, they stopped in front o a massive crimson train with the symbol of the Gremory Household. They were going to have the entire train to themselves. Having known how rich Rias' family was, Naruto did not gasp with his mouth open like a fish like Issei currently was.

Before he could follow Rias into the train, Akeno suddenly linked hands with him. It wasn't like when he received hugs from the busty girl whenever they walked together. Naruto, looking down, saw Akeno's face. She was smiling softy while looking down demurely. He had never seen Akeno acting like this before. It was like she was a normal girl instead of the erotic and sadistic queen he knew, who liked to tease him. Seeing her act like this perplexed him. Naruto squeezed Akeno's hand gently make the young woman's cheeks redden a little. She sighed in happiness.

Such an action from Akeno did not go unnoticed by Rias. She was fuming in jealousy at the sight of the two couples, Akeno and Naruto plus Asia and Issei, holding hands.

Akeno enjoyed the feeling of Naruto's hands. She had seen how Rias and he had spent a lot of time together lately. They were more comfortable with each other. That made Akeno feel lonely. She thought she was falling behind Rias. She knew that Naruto had yet to recognize her feelings for him yet. But this summer she was going to show Naruto her love for him.

The two walked inside the first train car and sat down with Rias occupying the chair in front of them. The first car was reserved for important Devils such as Rias, Naruto or Ravel. However, Naruto decided to sit in the center with everyone. Rias and Ravel soon appeared and they sat down. Ravel took her spot in Naruto's lap with Rias and Akeno at each of his sides.

Soon, after everyone made themselves comfortable in their seats, the departure whistle sounded. The train began to move.

Asia and Issei sat together in the seats behind Naruto's group while Xenovia took the seat facing them. Koneko, Gasper and Kiba occupied the seats next to them. Thought Koneko looked like she wasn't too pleased with Ravel usurping her seat, and wasn't in a good mood for argumentation. Azazel sat at the end of the car. The man had already nodded off into sleep land.

Ikaros, sitting across from Naruto, had her eyes locked on his form. In her arms was a large watermelon. Grayfia excused herself to service the needs of everyone. Apparently, the maid was restless when sitting down, inactive, for too long.

The train zoomed by for several minutes. Naruto closed his eyes and rested his mind for a moment. His head slumped to the side, resting on Rias' shoulder, as he drifted off. Seeing that Naruto had fallen asleep, Ravel decided it was best for her to get out of his lap. She occupied the seat next to Ikaros.

"He looks so cute sleeping like this," Akeno smiled at Naruto's sleeping face. She slowly removed her hand from Naruto's loosened grip.

"He sure is," Rias nodded her head with a smile. She looked out the window letting Naruto rest his head on her shoulder. Grayfia soon appeared with a blanket in her hand, and gently draped it over Naruto's form to keep him warm. It was summer so the train's air conditioner was blasting freezing air, so it was pretty cold in here.

Rias let Naruto's head fall into her lap. Akeno reset his legs so they rested on his lap to make him more comfortable as he slept. The blond unconsciously snuggled closer to the girls making them smile gently. The group behind them looked at Naruto and smiled. Issei grinned widely at his favorite senpai, who he got the honor of fighting alongside with. Of all the people they knew, Naruto was the only who deserved a break more than any other. He had done so much for them after all. Be it be there for them, be strong for them, cheer them on so they can continue to move forward and protect them whenever they needed him. And yet, he asked for nothing in return.

"I won't let you lay another finger on Naruto-kun,"

"Why did you come here? He id too much for-"

"No, I felt like being selfish . . ."

"What the hell are you saying!? That's no excuse for jumping into a dangerous fight like this."

"I'm here because I want to be. I'd always cry and give up right away, always getting it wrong . . . until you Naruto-kun, showed me the right path to follow. I chased you forever always wishing that someday I would catch up, always dreaming that we would walk side by side, always trying to make it where you were. You saved me, your smile changed me from who I was! I'm not afraid to protect you, even if I die doing so!

Because… I love you, Naruto-kun!"

"HINATA!" Naruto shouted and sat up with unimaginable speed looking around frantically with a tri-pronged kunai in his hand. His body was drenched in a cold sweat as his eyes shot wide.

Everyone was looking at him wide eyed in shock. Naruto sighed dropping his kunai. It hit the ground with a thud. Falling back into the chair, he looked up at the car's ceiling.

"Naruto-kun, what happened?" Rias asked, worried. She was right beside him.

"Nothing Rias-chan . . ." Naruto answered quietly. If there was something Naruto was extremely poor at it was lying when something worried him. She knew he was lying to her. Why? She did not understand.

'Hinata' that was the name Naruto had shouted out when he woke up. As far as she knew Hinata definitely was a girl's name. She could see the fear and shock in Naruto's eyes when he scanned the interior with weapon in hand.

'Kurama . . . what is happening to me? Was that . . .'Naruto thought inside his head. His mind was filled with questions. Ones he did not have the answer to. By now he had calmed down, but the image of that dark blue haired girl standing in front of him and saying those words lingered in the recesses of his mind.

"Yes, Naruto that was a memory," Kurama informed him, "Apparently all the stress you've built up about your past was overloading her brain, so it forced a memory to trigger. I did not know that a memory somehow escaped removal by that man. As far as I remember, you did not know about that memory or had forgotten about it."

'Kurama . . . Hinata, that girl who is she?" Naruto asked but got no answer from his partner. Sighing tiredly, Naruto jumped to his feet, gently hustled Rias and began to walk away, "Sorry guys but I need some fresh air," he said lazily and opened the window. In one motion he climbed out the window and to the top of the train. He glued his feet to the top of the car. He needed to think, and no one would disturb him here.

Rias wanted to go out there with him as well, but a hand firmly stopped her. Turning her head around, Rias saw the stoic face of Grayfia. The older woman just shook her head. Understanding what the maid wanted, Rias returned to her seat and sat down. She didn't know what happened to Naruto and what he saw in his dream, but it perturbed everyone and her. Especially the ones who held feelings for the blonde.

She didn't like the sound of it at all. She knew Naruto would eventually have dreams about his past, but he had woken up shouting the name of a girl. Hinata. She wondered who that girl was and her apparent relationship with Naruto.

Unknown to Rias, the girls were having the same thoughts as she.

After having time alone to think, Naruto sighed and stood up. He shook his head to clear all the thoughts in his head. Damn Kurama and the other bijuu. They didn't have any useful advice for him in this situation. He would ask Kurama about his past later. For now, he should return to the car and act normal. He had worried everyone, especially Rias, enough.

In a flash of yellow, Naruto appeared in the chair next to Rias with his arms folded across his chest. The crimson haired girl gasped out in surprise with his sudden appearance, but it was short lived.

"Naruto-kun, don't do that again," she said.

"Sorry Rias-chan," he smiled to her and leaned his back against the head rest with his feet on the table.

"Are you alright Naruto-sama?" Ravel, worried, asked. She was sitting in the chair opposite from him.

"It is nothing Ravel-chan just a dream," Naruto shook his head. Ravel nodded her head at the blond. She didn't detect any negative feelings from her soul mate at all. Maybe he was okay now, but she still wasn't pleased.

Naruto, looking around the interior, saw that everyone was looking at him with concern, especially Rias. Sighing, he stood up with a wide grin and shouted out with exuberance.

"What are you looking at?" his sudden proclamation made everyone except for Ikaros and Grayfia flinch in surprise, "I am perfectly fine see," he punched and kicked the air like a kick boxer, "I am perfectly . . . Ouch!"

Naruto held his head with both hands when he felt pain erupt from the back of his head. Turning around with comedic tears in his eyes, Naruto saw Grayfia standing with her hand out. Her face and eyes were cold. Cold like a killer.

"Please clam yourself Naruto-sama. I won't let you act like an idiot in front of so much people like this," she chided sternly.

"Okay, okay. Geez, chill out Grayfia," he nodded his head rapidly. Climbing back into the seat, everyone was looking at him with a smile. Once Naruto saw that everyone's moods had gone up he sighed in relief. He did not want any of them to worry about him.

But still, the image of her, Hinata, was still fresh in his mind.

Before Naruto could ask Rias about the ride, Akeno climbed into his lap wrapping her slender arms around Naruto's neck. Their faces were mere inches away from each other. Her violet eyes peered directly into his azure. Her lips curled in a seductive smile. She pressed her upper body against him rubbing her impressive bust on his chest while grinding her lower region against his crotch.

"Ara, Naruto-sama I guess you had a bad dream didn't you?" Naruto nodded his head dumbly. Her delicious lips were an inch away. He defiantly resisted the urge to kiss them. His cock began to harden as she ground her lower body. Akeno's cheeks flushed at the feeling of his length poking her, "So let your servant help you release your stress then."

Akeno smiled before taking Naruto's hand into her own smaller one. She slowly guided his hand to her high and up her skirt then to her panties. Naruto blushed a deep shade of red. Yes, he had experienced a lot of enjoyable things with Rias lately, but he still could not help his nervousness, and blushed whenever the girls, especially Akeno, decided to tease him.

But before Akeno could push Naruto's urges any further, Rias took his wrist and pulled it away.

She glared directly at Akeno, "Akeno you are my servant not Naruto's," she said with a 'matter of fact' way. She tried to hide her transparent jealousy, but Akeno wasn't easily fooled.

"Oh my. Do I detect jealousy in her voice Buchou?" Akeno smiled before hugging Naruto's head burying him deeply into her massive cleavage. Naruto was having a hard time breathing properly due to the size of her breasts, but it truly felt heavenly to feel such firm, soft and large tits.

"Ha . . . I am not jealous. Why should I be jealous!" Rias ran a hand through her long crimson tresses while announcing cockily. Naruto was her boyfriend. There was no way she would be jealous, because her queen decided to flirt with him . . . would she?

"Ara . . . ah~ you sure have been acting strangely lately Buchou," Akeno moaned when she felt Naruto move his head around in her large cleavage trying to gain or oxygen or else he would die from suffocation. That was the last thing he wanted. Well, dying between a pair of large tits did not sound so bad actually.

"Release him Akeno," Rias said while trying to separate the sadistic queen from her secret boyfriend, but Akeno's grim was vice like.

The lack of air became too much for Naruto. He forcefully pulled his head out of Akeno's cleavage by grabbing her should from behind and pulling his head up as he pushed Akeno's shoulder down. The result was not something he had expected. His lips were touching something soft. He realized they were another pair of lips.

Issei immediately spat out the water he was drinking. Asia was looking on with a blushing face. Koneko dropped her cake onto the table and did not care about it. Kiba smiled nervously, he did not know what to say in the situation. Rias looked like her world just shattered around her. Ravel was close to ears. Xenovia stared at them. Grayfia was looking while raising her eyebrows. Ikaros just sat silent with a hand on her chest wondering what was happening to her system.

But the two who were shocked the most were Naruto and Akeno, who were looking at each other. Their eyes wide with shock and their lips pressed against each other. Naruto was so shocked that he completely frozen not knowing what to do. Akeno's cheeks began to redden. Though she be a sadist, she was still in fact a young girl. A young girl who wanted to give her first kiss to a certain special person. However, she would have never thought Naruto would be the one who kissed her first, even it was an accident. It was like a massive lightning bolt had boomed right into her when their lips touched.

Both girl and boy, slowly, pulled back at the same time while still looking at each other.

"A-Akeno-chan," Naruto muttered. He was the first one go gain his bearings after the 'accident'. However, he did not know the right words to apologize to the black haired girl. He had thought she would be angry at him, but the look on her face was not of anger. It was something else Naruto could not describe.

"That was … my first kiss," Akeno whispered quietly, but everyone in there could hear her as clear as day, "Please take responsibility Naruto-sama."

She crashed her lips into Naruto once again.

"Welcome home Rias-ojousama."

Fireworks were set off. Soldiers aimed their guns at the sky and fired. People who looked is if they were from an orchestra band began to play simultaneously. A soldier, who rode on top of a mysterious creature, flew in the sky above waving a flag. There were a lot of butlers and maids present too. When Rias approached them, they simultaneously bowed their heads, but Rias stomped past then with an angry expression on her face. Each step was taken like she was trying to break through the ground with her feet. The maids and butlers looked uncertain, and wondered what had happened to their kindhearted and beautiful princess.

But then, when they saw the second person jump out of the train, they immediately bowed to greet him. The maids blushed having the chance of seeing him as he passed them.

"Welcome home, Naruto-sama."

"Oi Rias-chan, wait . . . will you let me explain," he called out loudly and ran past the greeter, but not before turning around and smiling to them apologetically, "Thank you everyone for such a heartwarming welcome."

He ran after the crimson haired princess.

"Hey Rias-chan, wait…"

Rias stepped into the extremely elegant carriage prepared for her arrival and slammed the door shut before Naruto could reach her.

"Stupid Akeno, stupid kiss," Rias muttered in a huff, "stupid Naruto," she saw a yellow flash right next to her, and knew that Naruto had just teleported into the carriage using her bracelet as the marker again.

"Hey, I told you it was an accident," Naruto scratched the back of his head while smiling nervously. Rias just huffed and turned her head the other way. The carriage began to move and head to he place where she and Naruto grew up together. The Gremory estate.

"What about the second kiss? You did not do anything about that . . . I bet that you enjoyed it very much didn't you?" Rias questioned. Her voice held no emotion in it.

"Uh, I . . ." Naruto spluttered. He would be lying if he said he didn't enjoy it, but this was Akeno he was talking about. Wasn't all of that just her teasing?

"Hmph!" Rias huffed again folding her arms under her breasts, "I knew it . . . you will never get enough do . . ." Rias was cut off when Naruto put his hand under her chin and gently turned her head to him. As soon as Rias looked at Naruto, his lips touched her own lightly in a soft kiss. Rias' eyes widened slightly, but she closed her eyes in favor of kissing him back.

The kiss between them began to get steamy as they opened their mouths to hungrily kiss the other. Rias threw her legs aside, and climbed unto Naruto's lap making her self comfortable as her cleavage smushed up against his chest. Naruto wrapped his arms around her small waist. Their tongues soon met each other in a battle of dominance and subjugation which Rias lost desperately after trying to overcome Naruto.

After a few seconds, she pulled back and looked at him. A strand of saliva lingered in a bridge between their lips.

"There won't be a next time got that Naruto-kun," Rias glared at him.

"Alright, Rias-sama," Naruto smiled and pulled her to him.

Rias and Naruto waited patiently for everyone. When they got there the group began walking together to the Gremory estate. Naruto walked right next to Rias and Ravel as he looked up at the massive castle in front of him. Memories rushed back to his mind when he saw it. This was the place Rias, he and everyone grew up together and strengthened their bonds. He couldn't believe that six years had passed by since the first time he arrived her with the little crimson haired princess who always stuck with him wherever he went.

The younger devils especially Issei and Asia looked really impressed by the stunning, majestic castle and garden. Beautiful flowers bloomed, water flowed out of a magnificently modeled fountain. Bird of various colors flew about. It was an amazing view even for Naruto who was familiar with the scene.

"Rias-neesama! Welcome back!" A cute looking boy with the same shade of crimson colored hair as Rias rushed past the maids and butlers, waiting for them lined up on both sides of the path. Following behind the boy was an absolutely stunning woman who smiled warmly as she looked over everyone in front of her paying extra attention to Rias and Naruto.

"Millicas! I'm back. You've gotten big haven't you?" The boy jumped up and embraced Rias in a tight bear hug. The girl lovingly returned the gesture.

Millicas released her aunt and looked at Naruto with his eyes sparkling with excitement. He held out his knuckles which rose a warm chuckle from Naruto before he bumped their fists together.

"Yo Millicas-kun, long time no see," Naruto greeted the small boy with a smile. He wrapped his arms around the boy when Millicas jumped up to hug him like Rias.

"Naruto-niisama, it's so good to see you again" Millicas grinned brightly.

"Nii-sama about the Black Flash," of course, Millicas would know who the identity of the Black Flash. Since the day he was born, Millicas had grown close to Naruto. The boy held him in the light of an older brother, someone who Millicas aspired to be like one day. Millicas had been the first who uncovered the secret identity of the Black Flash after watching the second episode of 'Magical Girl Levia-tan'. Millicas may be young, but was was extremely smart for his age, "when are you going to unmask yourself? When are you going to beat the undead king that had tried to kill Levia-tan, and will you use that bad ass fox form of yours in the movie. Please, please I want to know," the boy shouted out with excitement. Naruto sweat dropped with a nervous smile on his face while everyone behind him didn't know what to feel about the situation Naruto was in.

"Please calm down Milli-kun," Sara, Millicas' mother, smiled at her son. She moved to in front of him and bowed with her hands on her lap, "Rias-sama, Naruto-sama, Ravel-sama and everyone welcome back to the Gremory estate."

"Hey there Sarah-neesama, it is good to see you again it's good to see you again," Rias smiled warmly giving the older woman a hug.

"You haven't forgotten your little brother now have you?" Naruto smiled spreading his arms out. Sarah giggled and hugged Naruto tightly.

The first time he met the woman was a year after he lived at the Gremory estate. It was summer vacation for Rias, and he decided to use his Hiraishin to take her to Sirzechs' castle to surprise her older brother. When he appeared in Sirzechs' room his jaw dropped to the ground when he saw his surrogate brother making out with a woman in her late twenties, with raven black hair and a voluptuous figure. Rias, being the first to react to the sight, quickly screamed out 'Hentai!', and released her power of destruction everywhere alerting nearly all the servants of the castle and, of course, Grayfia. She left Sirzechs alone with his wife for some private time. Although, no one would have things would have turned out like this. It ended up with Sirzechs lying on the ground, his body beaten and bloody, for doing eighteen year old plus activity in front of children. Sarah wasn't let off so easily; she received a scolding from the Strongest Queen for letting Sirzechs do whatever he wanted.

Naruto and Sarah had become great friends with each other. Naruto considered her to be like his sister. She was the wife of his surrogate brother after all. They shared many similarities. They were roughing it out on the streets until a Gremory found them and extended a hand. They were given a new lease on life, the nobles or higher-ups had issues with them about the class problems.

Well, that was the story for another time.

"The years have treated you well Naruto-sama," Sarah pulled back with a smile, "The last time I saw you, you were just fourteen years old and still a little boy. Now look at you, the Strongest Youth of the Underworld."

"Hehe," Naruto scratched the back of his head with a smile. He wasn't used to receiving compliments that well.

"Don't Nee-sama, it would only boost his ego which is big enough already," Rias said with a smirk getting a cry of 'Hey!' from Naruto but she ignored it. She turned around and introduced the mother and son combo to her peerage, "This child is Millicas Gremory. He is the son of my brother, Sirzechs Lucifer, and my nephew." Then her voice became serious when she turned to Sarah, "This is his wife, Sarah Gardener. Please keep his information between us!"

Noting the confused looks on the his kouhai's faces, Naruto decided to explain, "Like I, Sarah-neesama started out as a Devil on the streets without a family or status. When she married Sirzechs-nii, they couldn't publicly disclose that bit of information. It had to be kept a secret because Nee-sama was still a Low Class Devil at the time. So unless she was promoted to High Class she won't be viewed as Sirzech-nii's legal wife. This is a high class society, so a Maou can't take on a Low Class Devil as his wife as those so-called nobles say."

"I have made it to Mid Class," she smiled gently, "While most of you think that I'm Sirzechs-kun's wife, I am just like you so . . ." Sarah smiled nervously. She never let the idea of being the wife of a Maou stoke her ego. For a majority of her life, she slept on the ground in some abandoned building hoping that a miracle would happen just like any homeless devil dreamed of. She knew how hard life could be thus she never looked down on anyone just because she was Sirzech's lover, "I mean . . . I want to be your friend that is all."

All of them nodded their heads with a smile on their faces. Naruto placed a hand on Sarah's shoulder and nodded his head when she turned around to look at him earning a smile form the beautiful woman.

"Thank you everyone," she then turned to her son and gently tugged him to Rias' peerage, "Come on, Milli-kun."

"Yes, I am Millicas Gremory. Nice to meet you all," Millicas greeted politely with a small bow.

"Because only the person who succeeded the title of Maou can retain the name, this child is a Gremory even though he is my brother's son. He's also next in line for family head after me," Rias explained taking her brother's hand in her own, "Come on, let's go inside the residence."

Everyone followed her into the castle, most of them was looking around in awe and utter shock at the elegant of this Castle. Naruto smiled, this place hadn't change at all. The only time he had seen it was Rias' engagement party.

"Ojou-sama, I would like to show everyone to their rooms at once," Grayfia suddenly appeared next to Rias and spoke with her usual stern voice. She, then, raised her hand and maids gathered around them. Issei was particularly gasping at the sight of so many beautiful women.

"You're right, I have to go greet mother and father after coming home as well."

"Ara, Rias. So you've returned."

At that moment, a woman's voice echoed from above them. Naruto, looking up, smiled at Venelana, Rias' mother, who was slowly walking down the stairs. She looked almost exactly like Rias with a few differences here and there. Namely, her hair color which was brown. But all in all, she was a true beauty like his girlfriend. Before Venelana could get to them, Naruto elbowed Issei right in the ribs to rid the boy of the perversion clouding his eyes aimed at his girlfriend's mother.

"Kaa-sama I've returned home," Rias smiled at her mother and gave the woman a hug.

"M-M-Motheeeeeeeeeeeer!? But, but no matter how you look at her this young woman is not that much older than Buchou!" Issei exclaimed out in shock earning another elbow in the ribs. This time it was Koneko who did the deed.

"Ara, to say such a thing that I am a young woman," Venelana touched her cheek with her hand and smiled. Naruto shook his head. Women, not matter how old they were, enjoyed being complimented on how young they looked.

"As the years go by, Devils can freely changed their appearances with magic. My mother always had the appearance of being the same age as me," Rias explained, "Please forgive my servant Kaa-sama. It is just he was a bit clueless."

"Don't worry, but I expect he will receive a proper education about us Devils soon," she nodded her nodded speaking with a hint of sternness in her voice making Issei and Rias wince. She then turned to Naruto and her face spread out in a warm smile.

"What are you waiting for boy?" she joked playfully opening her arms wide.

Naruto chuckled and gave his surrogate mother a big hug. She could be stern and strict at time, but she was a loving mother to him. Having never knew a mother's love before, someone like Venelana was a great gift in his love. He considered everyone in the Gremory household as part as his family. He would love to refer to Lord Gremory and Venelana as his Kaa-sama or Tou-sama, though he still didn't believe he deserved it so he refrained to calling them so.

"You have grown up so much since the first summer we met you Naruto," Venelana said when she pulled back.

"Hehe, it was thanks to Rias and your care Venelana-san," Naruto grinned. It was obvious to say that they were his family now. Rias brought him here or else he would still be living as a street urchin. Who knew what could have happened if he was still under the influence of his mysterious manipulator.

But then, immediately Naruto knew he had said something wrong, but he had naught a clue what it was. Venelana's eyes sharpened, the warmth disappeared and was replaced with an emotionless face as she slowly turned her head to Rias.

"Rias . . ." she uttered her daughter's name in a serious tone, "What is the meaning of this?"

"My deepest apologies Okaa-sama, however . . ." Rias tried to explain while throwing Naruto a meaningful look which completely flew over the head of the blond in question. She knew what her mother was going to say. Even though she and Naruto had been in a relationship for two months now, and her parents saw Naruto as their son. She didn't think Naruto would be comfortable just yet with calling them his parents.

"For you to say 'however' her . . . you will be taking in the man who will accompany you into our house. So why aren't you doing it more properly? Also, have you decided on the 'sequential order'? At least Ravel-sama and Akeno-san are in it correct?" Naruto's eyebrows rose at this. Ravel tried her best to make herself small and a guilty expression appeared on her face for some unknown reason. At least for Naruto.

"If the man is having problems with that, then it is your role as the heir to manage it. You understand that Ravel-sama is having no problems with it. If it's going to increase even more, you will have to do it properly from now on. It was I who took control of it in the case with your father. It's a common occurrence in the world for a woman to be attracted to men who are both charming and strong. Sirzechs only has Sarah because he is a Maou, but 'he' isn't aiming to become Maou correct? Then there isn't a problem . . . or you still haven't made up your mind on it yet? Oh my, I thought you inherited the pushy attitude from me, but for you to become weak at the last and crucial moment. Once you form a relationship, you can also gain the authority of other women around him. Rias, can you not even make progress in your relationship with him without me getting involved? Or should I say getting Grayfia involved in this matter as well?" It seemed Rias was embarrassed by her mother's words. She began to talk rapidly, because she felt unsatisfied by something. Naruto knew based on his sensory perception.

Rias was looking down with a shameful expression on her face. Her peerage looked unsure and nervous. Grayfia glanced between Rias and Venelana with her usual stoic expression. Deep down inside, she understood the situation because she was directly involved in this matter as well. Ravel, who wasn't directly involved in the conversation between the mother and daughter, felt she was somehow at fault. After all, Rias and she would be Naruto's legal wives in the future.

Naruto's protectiveness of Rias, which had grown even stronger than before after becoming her boyfriend, kicked in. He stepped in between Rias and her mother. He held his hand, in front of him, trying to ease the thick tension. Even though somehow, he felt that he was getting in this 'matter' between them as well.

"Whoa, whoa I don't know what is going on here Venelana-sama, but don't you think it is a bit harsh?" he asked with a frown on his face.

"Naruto you are also at fault," Naruto's eyes widened at her words, "First of all, you need to know how to address the people of the house of Gremory. Calling me 'Venelana-san' or '-sama' is unacceptable. You must call me by either 'Okaa-sama' or 'Hahaue'."

"You're kidding right?" Naruto asked with a sheepish smile, "I mean, sure I have been staying here for nearly what six years now. And while I love you and Lord Gremory like my parents, I can't call you two that. I already have those old vultures breathing down my neck. If I accidentally cause trouble then they will torment me alone, not you guys," Naruto tried to reason. It was the best excuse he had for the moment for her request. No to mention that Rias and he were lovers now. A wrong move and everything would crumble around them.

Little did he know that they had accept him for quite the time.

However, as clueless as he was, Naruto was completely oblivious when it came to these kind of situations.

Venelana let out a small sigh. She would have to talk to her daughter about this later. Grayfia was the one who reported daily about the growth of Naruto's and Rias' relationship. It was no secret that they were boyfriend and girlfriend now. However, as long as Naruto wasn't a High Class Devil, he would still have the higher-ups troubling him and his friends. Naruto's power had been growing at an extremely fast pace. It could easily rival a Maou. They still haven't forgotten the paramount day Naruto broke into the castle and nearly killed Rias. They feared that Naruto would someday turn against the Underworld returning to this 'master' of his, who had ordered Naruto to kill the heiress of the Gremory clan.

Talk about being paranoid. But that was the reason Naruto would never be free to do anything especially partake in a romantic relationship with Rias. Ravel and he had been bonded by the sacred bonding 'Full-blood Phoenix's Tears'. There was nothing anybody could do about it. The Phenex clan treasured that bond. Trying to break the bond between Ravel and Naruto would invoke a catastrophe which would lead to the death of many in the Underworld.

However, his relationship with her daughter was something they could easily involve herself in. That was the last thing she wanted to think about now.

"Do you like Rias?" she asked him expecting an honest answer from him.

"H-Huh? Of course! Why do you ask?" Naruto answered a bit unsure why she had asked him that question.

"Very well," Venelana found the answer appeasing. Addressing the other devils, "Nice to meet you all. I'm Rias' mother, Venelana Gremory."

While the brown haired Gremory greeted them, Naruto titled his head to the side whispering to Rias, who stood beside him, "Hey, what was that all about? Are you okay?"

"A-Ah yeah, I'm fine Naruto-kun," Rias plainly replied. She knew was going to have 'the talk' with her mother later.

After the conclusion of the introductions, Grayfia decided she should show everyone to their rooms. Naruto and Rias were accustomed to cohabitating the same room as children, so they would continue to do so.

Naruto walked around the massive living room waiting for every to return while Rias rested on the sofa reading the latest volume of her favorite manga series. Naruto chuckled when he saw how her eyes sparkled with excitement with each page she read. Naruto never bothered reading more than two chapters of that series, because it did not have any fighting in it at all. While he enjoyed watching anime with Rias very much, he tended to drift off during any breaks in the action. Rias wasn't too pleased about his actions.

The door was slammed open. Naruto was the first to turned his head to the sound. Two white and green little blurs crashed into him. They would have tackled him the ground if not for his good balance and preparation. Moments later, two familiar twin cat girls, wearing revealing school uniforms, hugged him and rubbed their heads into the crook of his neck lovingly.

"NARUTO-SAMA, YOU CAME," he heard the familiar shouting from the girls who were hugging them. Most of the members of his peerage were entering the room. Rias had been so surprised by the sudden outburst that she threw the book, she was reading, into the air in shock.

"Ni, Li, Lle, Nel" he heard Yubelluna shout while trying to pry the clingy twins off of him, "You four, let go of Naruto-sama now!" His queen turned her eyes to him and bowed her head in apology, "I am so sorry Naruto-sama."

"Don't worry Yubelluna-chan," Naruto just grinned while shaking his head.

After the twins were separated from Naruto, his peerage sans Ravel organized themselves in a straight line and bowed to their King. Naruto just smiled nervously, he wasn't used to this kind of respectful greeting even though so many people before had greeted him in the same manner. The girls looked pretty much the same, though he saw that Nel and Lle had grown up an inch or so. Other than that most of the girls wore the same outfit; although, Shuriya no longer wore that revealing outfit Riser had commanded her to wear but still there were a lot of skin.

"It is good to see you Rias-sama," all the girls chorused at the same time greeting Rias. The girls smiled at him.

The next hour Naruto just sat there listening to his peerage tell him about their stories, what he had missed during the months he couldn't go to the Underworld to pay them a visit because of exams. Most of the girls were really excited to tell him about their missions or how strong they have become using his patented training programs. Naruto would like to personally train them, but the only time he had was when he met them on weekends, so training was really limited. But still, he always tested out their powers by sparring with each of them. He was sure that they had gotten stronger than before.

As most of the girls were excited, a few of them kept silent like Mihae. Naruto had to curse Riser for this. The Phenex had created a peerage with all the members having different personalities. Excluding Ravel, Riser had thirteen girls with different personalities, hobbies and emotional expressions.

When the group returned to the living room, an angry Nel and Lle chased a frantic Issei around the room. It was payback for using Dress Break on them during the Rating Game. Due to Asia's pleas the angry girls withheld themselves from killing Issei. Naruto just smiled saying that the boy needed proper discipline about creating perverted moves that stripped young girls of their clothing.

Ravel walked up to him slowly with a small blush on her face. She stood in front of Naruto looking like she wanted something to say, but was unsure of how to approach the subject. It definitely was something really important and involved them or else the blonde Phenex would not look so fidgety.

"What is it Ravel-chan?" Naruto kindly asked.

"Uhm," she gulped dryly before speaking with a hopeful expression on her face, "Naruto-sama next week my family is hosting a party to welcome our return. I guess it will be just like the party a few years ago."

Naruto's eyes widened. The party where he had met Ravel for the first time was at the engagement party between Gremory and Phenex clans. If the upcoming party was just like it, then it meant that this party would be about Ravel and him.

Naruto could understand why they wanted to throw a part like this even though it was going to be between a high class lady and a lowly Devil. It wasn't everyday that the Underworld could witness the sacred bond of a full blooded Phenex. A female Phenex was extremely rare in the family. Ravel already had three older brothers and the bond only worked for a female Phenex. Naruto had done more research about the bond and was surprised to see that the bond described in the book was the bond between Raven Phenex and Lord Phenex, Ravel's parents.

"Oh, then that means."

"You will . . . I mean I will be your partner at the party Naruto-sama," Ravel said. Naruto knew what she wanted to say. He was supposed to be her partner at the party, not the other way around. After all Ravel was a High Class Devil.

Glancing at Rias, he could see that she was looking at him approvingly. Naruto let out a sigh of relief. He really didn't want his girlfriend to feel sad. It would be a high class party so the next heir of the Gremory Clan would naturally attend. Maybe Naruto could ask Kiba to act as her party for the night. He was her knight; therefore, the most suitable for her. Naruto shuttered when he thought about asking Issei to be Rias' partner. It would be disastrous for their relationship when she found out.

"Alright, it's not like I have a choice in this," Naruto nodded his head rubbing the shorter blonde's hair to cheer her up. She was looking really nervous.

"Hey!" Ravel slapped Naruto's hand off her hair. Before anyone could blink, Ravel's bossy attitude returned. She folded her arms under her modest chest turning away with a huff, "You should be grateful that you can accompany a high class lady like I to the party Naruto-sama."

"Right, right," Naruto chuckled before going back to spending time with the others. He was surprised to see that Koneko didn't react like she always did whenever he rubbed Ravel's hair. Her emotions were odd with a hint of sadness thrown in. He wondered what happened to her, but decided no to ask the normally quiet girl. After all, he didn't want to trouble her or snoop into anything that was not his business.

Naruto sat down in his chair next to Rias waiting for the servants to prepare their meal. Several hours after stopping his Pawns from killing Issei, it was finally time for dinner, and everyone gather around the massive dining room. Rias sat down to his right with Sarah and her son, Millicas, next to her. Yubelluna, his Queen, sat to his left followed by the rest of his peerage. Rias' servants sat on the other side of the table. They had to do that or else. The 'or else' being if they let Issei sit with Naruto's peerage the boy would get torn apart. Ikaros sat with Ravel opposite of Rias and him. The emotionless Angeloid had built the most rapport with Ravel.

Lord Gremory sat at the head of the table with his wife next to him while eying Rias and Naruto with interest. It did not take him that long, like his wife, to figure it out. The change in his daughter's and his unofficial adopted son's relationship from how they were talking with each other. It was part of a father's duty to know what sort of interest his daughter held in boys. Looking at them right now, he could see the love in Rias' eyes for Naruto. From the first step Rias and Naruto took into the house, he could see the their love. The blonde boy returned, if not a stronger, love for Rias. He would have to talk with his wife about this later. Maybe they could get grandchildren to spoil sooner than they both had expected.

Grayfia, who had refused to sit down and eat with all of them, ran around the dining room giving order after order to the servants of the Gremory estate. Being the maid that she ultimately was, she couldn't sit down and enjoy herself while all the other servants, while quite good themselves, potentially mess something up. She would not allow any possibilities if she could prevent it.

Dinner began when the servants carried out platter of freshly cooked food and placed them down in front of the diners. Everyone ate their food with class, even someone who was extremely hungry like Issei, who had to behave himself or else his master would lose face in front of so many people, which included two High Class Devils, her parents. Naruto being himself, ate casually like he always did ,while everyone, even Issei who was trying his best, eating like a true noble's members.

Venelana had imparted upon Naruto the proper etiquette befitting a High Class Devil a long time ago. However, she was only able to when she used his favorite food, ramen, to teach him. So the brunette Gremory just basically thought her teachings would carry over to all other meals. When she first saw, she had been appalled by the way Naruto vacuumed bowl after bowl after bowl of roman down his gullet with no end in sight. So, she had forbidden him from eating at any high class place or high status party other than at the Gremory estate.

Glancing at Grayfia he grimaced. He knew that she was the one who specifically instructed the chefs not to make any ramen for him. Knowing their fondness of him, they would have cooked ramen for Naruto if he requested so. Naruto would eat ramen like crazy, but she knew that he could handle other food completely fine. He was still sloppy at eating, but at least it wasn't as terrible as with ramen.

The entire time Naruto ate his eyes were focused on Koneko. She hadn't touched her food at all, and was staring blankly at the meal in front of her. Something was wrong with her, and he couldn't ignore it any longer. She looked up and their eyes met for a few seconds before she abruptly turned her head away with the blank expression on her face. Although, her mood had risen a little.

"The members of Rias' group, please think of this place as your home. Having just arrived in the Underworld, you are in an environment you don't understand. If there is something you want, please say so to the housemaids without reserve. They will prepare it right away," Lord Gremory cleared his throat and said heartily to Rias' group. He turned turned to Naruto and said with a warm smile on his face, "So Naruto-kun are you ready for the Middle Class promotion test?"

"Hm?" Naruto asked with the fork still in his mouth. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Venelana's and Rias' eyebrows twitch, but he ignored the, "Oh yeah, I nearly forgot about that."

If the situation allowed then Rias would have smashed her head through the table. The Middle Class promotion test was nearing by the day. It was going to take place next month. Recently, Naruto had accrued quite the accolades meaning that those arrogant nobles couldn't ignore him anymore. He had completed enough missions and what he had accomplished recently was enough to let him skip to High Class, probably enough Ultimate Class, but the so called elders didn't want that preferring that Naruto stay at his current status. All four Maou had opposed that idea for a long time now, and now they have finally opened the gate for him to promote up to the level of a High Class Devil.

While the exam was extremely hard, Rias believed that her boyfriend could pass it without breaking a sweat. Having the same education from her mother since Naruto was young made him remember all the advance information of the Devil's society. It didn't hurt Naruto was smart himself. Not only that, Naruto had Ravel help him study lately. The girl wouldn't let him go to sleep until he had remembered all the information she made him study.

But did he have to blurt something out like that? She knew that Naruto wasn't the 'sit down and study' type of guy. He preferred action and adventure in his daily life.

"My, I hoped that you will be able to pass that exam Naruto," Venelana said with a stoic tone, secretly sending him the message, 'If you don't then there will be hell to pay,'.

"Hehe, relax Venelana-san, it's not like something I can't handle, dattebayo," Naruto grinned by adding his trademark verbal tick at the end. Rias' looked at the boy before sighing. The boy was too carefree sometimes.

"By the way Naruto-kun," Lord Gremory said in a somewhat serious tone, "have you heard about the gathering of young Devils that will be hosted at Lilith tomorrow?"

"Yeah," Naruto nodded his head turning it to Rias, "You are going to be there as well aren't you Rias-chan?" He asked with a smile. She nodded her head in response, "Well, I can't say that I'm not interesting in that meeting."

Naruto couldn't wait to meet Sairaorg Bael, Rias' cousin, again. Aside from a few High Class devils like Rias or Ravel, Sairaorg was the first guy that was okay in his book.

"Well, I have heard from Sirzechs that you will also participate in the meeting with your peerage Naruto," Naruto's head snapped toward Lord Gremory's direction, with a surprised face just like everyone around the table.

"But . . ."

"I know Naruto-kun, while you are not a High Class Devil, you are currently the Strongest Youth and Pawn. In addition, you also have your own peerage. Those two reasons are enough for you to be the seventh Devil in the meeting," Naruto nodded his head slowly while Rias' face was slowly losing its color.

"T-t-then . . . that means . . ." Rias stammered.

"Yeah, it's possible that we will face up against each other in a Rating Game if Sirzechs-nii decided so. With the current situation, he is most likely to something like that to strengthen the Devils of the next generation to fight against the Khaos Brigade," Naruto idly scratched his chin while speaking his thoughts. He saw all the members of Rias' peerage looking at him with horrified expressions, "What is wrong?"

"What is wrong, what is wrong?" Rias looked at him like he was crazy, "There is no way we could beat you in a Rating Game, the main purpose of the game is to take out the King . . ."

Naruto cut her off with a smile, "Hehe don't worry," Naruto began, "by the time we fight, I think I would have to get serious." He chuckled, "Plus all of you have gotten stronger, and I believe that I will have a hard time against you guys. In addition, you have better stratagem, and I haven't fought with my peerage yet. Power isn't the only thing that decides a game. Use your tactics okay."

"But still Naruto-sama," Akeno shook her head. Naruto's training methods were what everyone could call hell, and the power he displayed lately was unimaginable even for some for them. The blonde just shrugged his shoulder while taking a swig from a glass of water.

"By the way Naruto, there is something I want to ask," Venelana directed her inquiry at Naruto, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

Immediately, Naruto spat all the water, in his mouth, nearly choking. Yubelluna gently patted her King's back to help subdue the violent fit. Rias' face turned a bright red while she looked at her mother with eyes widened from shock.

"What are you talking about Venelana-san?" Naruto asked as soon as he stopped choking, with an eyebrow raised.

"It is pretty common that a Devil may have more than one lover. Ravel-sama and you have been bonded by her tears, and she will be completely loyal to you. However, the same can't be said for you Naruto," Venelana said, "So, do you have someone you like?"

Lord Gremory wanted to stop his wife, but he, too, wanted to hear Naruto's thoughts on this matter.

"Uh it's . . ." but before Naruto could answer, Rias slammed her hands on the table. She stood up with anger clearly showing on her face.

"Kaa-sama! I've been listening quietly up until now, but what kind of thing are you trying to advance while leaving me out of it!?"

"Be silent Rias. You have already canceled your engagement with Raiser remember? The fact that we permitted it should be though as of special treatment. How much effort do you think your father and Sirzechs had put in order to take care of things with the other High Class Devils? Do you know he told one noble, 'My selfish daughter canceled her engagement using her childhood friend, who is part of her brother's peerage'? You may be the younger sister of a Maou, but there are still limits," Venelana said in a stern voice.

"Hey, stop right there Venelana-san. It was my decision to break Rias' engagement," Naruto, at one point, stood up. There was blatantly something wrong with these two. They had been at each others throats since Rias returned.

"Be quiet Naruto," Venelana glared at him, "You are at fault here too. Sirzechs also had to explain a lot because one of his servants broke the engagement of his little sister."

"Onii-sama has nothing to—"

"Are you saying that Sirzechs is completely unrelated to anything you do? Officially, that is true. However, everyone sees you as the Maou's younger sister. Right now, when the Three Great Powers formed an alliance, your position is known even by the lower classes of the other powers. You can't behave selfishly as you have in the past. And, above all else, everyone will pay attention to you from now on. Rias, you have been placed into that kind of position you know. There will be no second instance of that kind of selfishness. Do not carry any spoiled thoughts. Understand?" Venelana turned to Naruto, who was trying to control his anger, "You too Naruto, your actions have caused trouble for both Sirzechs and the Gremory Clan lately. Attacking an engagement isn't something . . ."

SMASH!

That was the last straw that broke the camel's back. His anger had reach its boiling point. With all his strength, he hit the table with his hand breaking it in half as the result. All the food and drinks on the table fell to the ground. A few of them crumble into pieces. Everyone looked at Naruto dumbfounded. Although, no one was more astounded then Rias and her family.

"If you were afraid to lose face then why bother engaging Rias with Rise in the beginning?" Naruto asked in a low tone, yet a cold aura permeated the air, "You have no idea how much I wanted to break every bones in his body and smash his face when I met him at that party three years ago," he looked at Rias and took her hand pulling her away.

"Naruto-kun," she whispered quietly.

"If you wanted to engage her to someone then you should have found someone you loved her rather than treat her as an object. That wasn't her being selfish for wanting to be with someone who she loved. You are the one who is selfish here, you cared too much about the sake of your Clan and completely forgot about your daughter's happiness" He paused to glare at them, "Remember this, if you wish to engaged Rias with someone like Riser again, then I make him suffer pain worse than the one I inflicted on her last suitor. High Class this or High Class that . .. you High Class Devils sicken me sometimes."

Naruto began to pull Rias out of the room with him. The blonde opened the door and slammed it with so much force that it nearly broke. Naruto stopped to look at the door for a few seconds, but shrugged his shoulders and stomped away heavily. Rias followed close behind with a blushing face.

Inside the room, no one had broken out of their shocked stupor. The first one to broke out of it, Venelana Gremory, stood up heaving out a tired sigh. Curtly bowing to everyone, "I'm sorry for showing something ugly to Rias' and Naruto's peerages," she looked at the broken table and called for Grayfia, "Grayfia make sure everyone has food for dinner in their room."

"Yes, Venelana-sama," Grayfia nodded her head with a bow. She promptly instructed the servants. She, too, was shocked by Naruto's outburst, but understood why he had gotten so angry.

After excusing everyone, Lord Gremory and Lady Venelana walked silently to their room.

"I will have to apologize to them later," Venelana sighed turning her heels to Rias' room knowing that both of them would be in here. While she was an upper class lady, she was still a mother who cared for her children. She always wanted her children to be happy no matter what, "I-I guess Naruto was right. I was blind to my daughter's own feelings."

"I am also at fault here. Knowing Naruto, he probably would have crashed Rias engagement even if the person loved her or not," her husband sighed.

"I'm glade that she has someone like him in her life . . ." Venelana said before walking to Rias' room with a sad smile. Naruto's words truly reached the bottom of her heart.

"Ah damn it," Naruto fell to the bed with his face hitting the pillow. He couldn't believe how he lost control like that.

"Naruto-kun, thank you," Rias smiled warmly. She kneeled beside the bed to look at his face, "for standing up for me like that."

"Don't worry Rias-chan, I would shout in the faces of those higher-ups if they decided to mess with you," Naruto cheekily grinned making Rias giggle lightly, "Still, I shouldn't have exploded on Venelana-san like that. I think I should go apologize to her." He sat up and scratched the back of his head.

Knock. Knock.

"Rias, Naruto can I come in?"

Speak of the Devil and she will come. Naruto immediately stood up and walked to the door. Opening it, he found Rias' mother standing outside with a somewhat nervous expression on her face.

"Uh sure," Naruto nodded his head, and opened the door for her.

Before Venelana could say anything, Naruto shouted, "I'm sorry for my sudden outburst . . . I shouldn't have said something like that to you Venelana-san. Please forgive me," Naruto said clearly and truthfully. He had hoped to make a good impression for Rias' parents this summer so when he told them about his secret relationship they wouldn't be against it, but after today he doubted that Venelana would consent.

"Please Naruto I'm also at fault here," she said gently. Looking at her daughter, "I . . . was too selfish to think about your feelings. Your father also wanted to apologize to you about the engagement with the Phenex Clan. Both of you please forgive us," she lowered her head making both Naruto and Rias look at her in shock. The crimson haired heiress quickly made her way to her mother and guided her to the bed, where she sat.

"You don't have to apologize for anything Kaa-sama," Rias reached and pulled on Naruto's, who was sitting behind her, ear, "This guy should be the only one who needs to apologize," she said simply and pulled on his ear harder making him wince in pain.

"OUCH! It hurts Rias-chan," Naruto said in complaint.

"You two," Venelana shook her head, "By the way Naruto about that question . . . I already know the answer," she said with a smirk on her face "It was just a test, however I never knew that you would react that way Naruto"

"H-H-How do you know about is?" it took Rias barely more than a second to know what her mother was talking about. She blushed a deep scarlet while Naruto looked away with his own blush.

"Well, I have my ways you know. And now, if you excuse me, I would like to leave you two some alone time with each other," she stood up and began to walk out of the room. She stopped at the door, "And make sure not to forget to put up a silencing spell while you two are at it."

She closed the door behind her and locked before a pillow could hit her face. Rias stood, with her arm extended in a throw. How the hell her mother had figured out Naruto and she were in a relationship was beyond her comprehension.

Rias sat down on the bed looking at Naruto. She quickly realized that they were the only two people in the room for awhile. Unlike at the Uzumaki Mansion, Akeno wouldn't know how to break into her room. As a precaution, Rias had asked her brother to reinforce the room when she learnt of Akeno's affections for Naruto. Akeno being in the same room with them when the sadistic girl was young was the last thing Rias wanted when she was young.

Right now, Rias was pleased with herself for her smart decision.

Being alone in the room, a sound proof room, with Naruto could only mean one thing.

"Well it looks like we are along now Rias-chan," Naruto, seeing her red face, smirked. He slowly closed the gap between their lips. Naruto was having a hard time controlling himself with Rias sleeping, naked, next to him lately. Sooner or later they were going to make love, so why wait when your smoking hot girlfriend was sitting next to you with the same desires as you?

Before his lips reached her soft, cherry ones, Rias grabbed his collar and pushed him back with a smirk playing on her face.

"Ah ah, naughty boy Naruto-kun," she said playfully. Before sex, Rias enjoyed playing around with her boyfriend, "Behave yourself or I will give you the biggest blue balls you can imagine," Naruto's face paled a little, "However . . . I guess I can give you a reward for standing up for me in front of my parents." She put her finger tip on her lip and went into a thinking pose, "Hm, come to think o it, it has been awhile since I've let you fuck me as much as you want. How about I give you permission to do that?"

And that was the last straw for Naruto before he unleashed his pent up frustration on his 'poor' girlfriend. Really, the girl was just too stubborn to know when to give up.

After a sightseeing tour around the Gremory grounds, everyone got on the train heading to Lilith. Today was the day of the gathering of young Devils. Just as Lord Gremory said, Naruto would be participating in the meeting that will be held in front of the Four Maou and higher ranked Devils. Ikaros had stayed at home to play with little Millicas. The Angeloid sure had a way with children. Millicas almost instantly took a liking to her. She was his special Angel sister. It wasn't everyday that a Devil child like Millicas could meet and play with an Angel up close like this.

When the train finally stopped at Lilith, the Capital of the Underworld, Naruto and Rias were the first two to get out of the train. They were followed closely by the rest. Naruto saw a large crowd of teenagers which consisted mostly of girls around his age gathering around the front of the gate. They cheered thunderously when they saw their favorite idols walking together. As far as he knew, right now his actions at the engagement part of Rias and Riser Phenex was a hot topic amongst young Devils. His popularity had sky rocketed before he knew it.

The meeting was set to take place in the biggest building in Lilith. The building had been built during the time Naruto spent up in Heaven as he didn't remember it being here. Although it wasn't as impressive as Sirechs' abode, it had the size and elegance required to host an important meeting such as this. The bodyguards, that accompanied them, stopped and one of them led everyone to the elevator. There he stood on standby. The elevator was massive, large enough to hold everyone within its confine.

"Everyone, I will say it one more time. No matter what happens, stay in a calm state of mind. No matter was is thrown, don't start a fight. The people above us are our future rivals. We must not show our unsightly side," Rias turned to and said seriously to her peerage.

"Take that to heart as well girls," Naruto said aside to his peerage. They nodded their heads in understanding.

With that everyone stepped into the elevator. A few were really nervous like Issei and Asia. The ride to the top floor, in the elevator, was short. On the top floor the doors slid open with a hiss, and everyone stepped out finding themselves in a wide, spacious hall.

"Welcome Gremory-sama, Uzumaki-sama. Please come this way," A person who looked like an employee was there, and bowed to Rias and Naruto.

The quickly followed after the employee. After they went down a certain passage, the figures of several people were in a corner.

"Sairaorg!" Rias called out when she recognized one of them. The handsome, black haired man turned his head to the voice, and grinned brightly when he saw his cousin along with her peerage. Although, the person he wanted to meet than any other was here as well, Uzumaki Naruto.

"It has been a while Rias," he walked closer to them and shook hands with Rias while smiling before he turned to her peerage, "It has been a long time everyone. It's good to see that all of you are doing well," Sairaorg's eyes landed on Naruto's form and his lips spread out in a thin grin, "Naruto-san."

"Sairaorg-san!" Naruto grinned brightly before taking Sairaorg's hand in a firm handshake. The grip was as strong as Naruto remembered it to be. Of all the auras Naruto felt in the room, Sairaorg was the strongest one.

"Heh, I never had the change to thank you for saving my cousin from that jerk," Sairaorg patted Naruto on his back nearly making the blonde fall forward, "So thank you buddy."

"It was nothing really," Naruto scratched the back of his head. He looked around the room and saw that Sairaorg and his peerage were slightly separated from the others. He looked at Sairaorg in confusion, "So what are you doing in a passage like this?"

"Ah, we cam out here because it's so idiotic in there," Sairaorg shook his head with annoyance in his voice, "Agares and Astaroth have already arrived. Zephyrdol came next. The moment he stepped in, Zephyrdol and Agares started arguing.

"Really?" Naruto asked, but before he could ask more the building shook greatly. He heard a smashing sound. Naruto felt a large build up of magical energy within the room, and shook his head.

"Yeah, I know!" Sairaorg said sarcastically "Geez, this is why I advised not to arrive early before the meeting."

Rias appeared to be a little worried by the sound. Without hesitation, she pushed the double doors open revealing an exquisite banquet hall. Or formerly exquisite as everything was all smashed up. Naruto and Sairaorg along with their peerages followed the crimson haired girl into the room. All the devils inside were split up into two opposing sides as they glared heatedly at the each other. Weapons were drawn and there was a thick tension in the air.

On one side there were evil looking goblin like Devils. The other side seemed to be made up of relatively ordinary looking Devils. Both sides gave off an aura that was full of cold killing intent. To the point of being frightening.

"If I remember right, her name is Seegvaira Agares isn't it?" Naruto asked by tilting his head to the beautiful girl. She wore a blue robe that exposed very little skin. She also wore glasses. Her eyes were cold as she glared death at the other Devils standing opposite of her.

"Yeah," Sairaorg nodded his head, "and here comes Zephyrdol."

"Zephyrdol, can you not instigate a fight at a place like this? Do you want to die? Do you really want to die? Even if I kill you, I won't be blamed by the people on top," Seegvaira said coldly.

"Hah! I'll say it again, bitch! I said that I'd teach you in one shot in a private room with great trouble! The Agares' Onee-san really doesn't like being without her guards, now does she? Heh, is that why you're still a virgin who hasn't let a man come near her till now!? Geez, all the women of families of the Maous stink of virgins and are unbearable! That's why I said that I'd do a formal opening ceremony for you!" Zephyrdol was a good looking man with black magic like tattoo on his face, and his green hair was standing on its end. There were also black magic like tattoos on his upper body which was bare and uncovered. The ornaments on his pants jingled and clanked.

But this man's appearance screamed danger. He definitely had the vulgar mouth to go in hand.

"You think we should stop this?" Sairaorg asked Naruto turning his head to the blonde. Instead, he saw empty space. Naruto was already walking up to the hostile groups with confidence brimming with each step, "Let's see how you handle this Naruto-san," Sairaorg smirked.

The Bael held a great amount of respect toward Naruto, for not only his power, but his personality as well. He couldn't wait to fight with the Strongest Youth, who had managed to climb to the top within a month of his appearance at the engagement party of his cousin.

"Hey, hey," Naruto stood in front of everyone and held his hands, placating. He grinned, "Chill out everyone. We are all fellow promising Devils here," he smiled to both sides. However, the only response he got from Glaysa-Laboloas' crew was a scowl.

"Uzumaki Naruto-sama, what a surprise to see you here!" Zephyrdol said with mock respect, "This matter isn't something that needs your interference, so please step aside so I can take care of her."

"Well let me get this straight," Naruto said, adopting a thoughtful pose. All the eyes around the room were on him; they stayed quiet eager to hear his words, "This place is a waiting hall where we remain on standby until the time comes. To explain it better, the young people gather here and exchange greetings. However, this is what happened when young, hot-blooded Devils congregate within an enclosed space. Problems and arguments arise," he turned to Seegvaira and smiled lightly, "It seems that Seegvaira, princess of the Agares family, didn't start this conflict. I am right? And hopefully, she doesn't think too bad of me anymore. However," Naruto directed a glare at the heir of Glaysa-Labolas with his Mangekyou Sharingan spinning wildly, "if you decide to create chaos here, then as a member of Lucifer-sama's peerage I will have to step in. I can't let it happen in a place like this. If you decide to attack, then I will be your opponent."

At those words, veins throbbed angrily on the foreheads of the delinquent Devils; they burned red with anger. His anger clouded his mind, his judgement. Glaysa-Labolas opened his mouth, "Heh, you should considering who you are Uzumaki, Naruto. If you think that since you are Lucifer-sama's favorite blond that you can do what you place . . . then you are sorely mistaken," his beady eyes landed on Rias, momentarily, before he fixated them on Naruto, "just because you defeated Riser Phenex to save that crimson haired little girl doesn't mean…."

BOOOOOOMMMM!

However, before he knew it Zephyrdol's speech was interrupted. A massive bone hand licked by purple flames shot out and grabbed him. Zepyhrdol had not time to reaction as Naruto slammed him into the wall with so much force that spider web like cracks marred it.

Zephyrdol's servants attacked Naruto to save their master. A black blur zoomed past Naruto as he was about materialize his Susanno's other hand. A few thuds later and all the members of Zephyrdol's peerage kissed the wall just like their master. They fell to the ground groaning in pain.

Sairaorg appeared behind Naruto, smirking. He cracked his knuckles, "Now who else wants some?" Naruto and Sairaorg asked at the same time. It was enough to bring unimaginable fear into every Devil inside he room.

"I am Seegvaira Agares, the next head of the Agares family, rank Archduke," Seegvaira introduced herself to the Gremory group. After the incident, the reception hall had been restored by the magic of the staff members. The young Devils gathered amongst themselves again and were exchanging greetings. They were all sitting around a table with the exclusion of the delinquent from before and his servants.

No one dared to challenged the former and current Strongest youth. They liked their bodies in one piece, thank you very much. So everyone adhered to Naruto's request and began opening up with each other. The atmosphere around the room was pretty much less tense than before.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Rias Gremory, the next head of the Gremory family."

"I'm Sona Sitri, the next head of the Sitri family."

Rias and Sona, who came to speak with them after the tension loosened, continued their greetings.

All the Kings, including Naruto, sat down with their servants, who were on standby behind their repsective masters.

"I'm Sairaorg Bael. I'm the next head of the Bael family, rank Great King."

"Uzumaki Naruto, Low Class Devil and heir to nothing," Naruto said sheepishly earning a slap on the back of his head from Rias. Sairairg was trying to control his laughter. The blond had a good sense of humor.

"I'm Diodora Astaroth, the next head of the Astaroth family. Please take care of me everyone," A boy with a gentle atmosphere, who had been gracefully drinking tea all through the earlier fighting spoke. His voce was gentle like his demeanor. He appeared to be kind and caring, but Naruto didn't trust him. The blonde already made tabs to keep an eye on him. Naruto didn't like the way he looked at Asia. He was giving off a perturbing vibe.

"The Glaysa-Labolas family appears to have had some family trouble the other day. The person who was supposed to be the next head of the family just had an unforeseen, accidental death. Zephyrdol, from just before, is said to have become the newest candidate for the next head," explained Sairaorg with a sigh.

There were seven young Devils in total present. There was the Gremory who had Lucifer, the Sitri with Leviathan, the Astaroth that had Beelzebub, the Glaysa-Labolas that had Asmodeis, and also an Archduke and Great King as well. There were six families and one Low Class Devil. Naruto sighed; although, he came was raised alongside Rias in the Gremory territory, he wasn't related to them all at all by blood.

And the, the door opened and an employee walked through.

"Sorry for making you all wait for so long. Everyone is waiting."

At last, the function was starting.

The room that the young Devils were all lead to had a strange atmosphere around it. There were seats placed in very high places, and in them were distinguished looking people which Naruto recognized instantly as the nobles who were dead set on holding him back.

Also there was the familiar face of Maou Sirzechs Lucifer. Beside him was Serfall Leviathan. She wasn't dressed as a Maou Shoujou this time. But the moment she saw Naruto, she gave him a small wave and wink. Naruto smiled and waved back in return. The other two Maou were sitting next to them smiling warmly at the next generation. Well, in Ajuka's case, the Maou just appeared to be as lazy as Naruto remembered him to be.

Naruto stood with his peerage in line next to Rias and her own peerage. Everyone's calculative gaze was fixed on Naruto is what he thought.

And then as one, the seven young Devils moved forward by one step. Zephyrdol had also recovered and was there as well. Naruto had broken a few bones in his ribs and hands with his powerful slam.

"Good, you have all gathered. In order to check the faces of you all, who will carry the burden of the next generation, you have been gathered here. This is also a meeting that is performed over a regular cycle, so we can ascertain the young Devils," an elderly male Devil spoke in a solemn voice while clasping his hands together.

"They seem to have fought right away though," this time a full mustached male devil said sarcastically. He was referring to the matter from before.

"You seven are all devils of the next generation that have pedigree and true ability that on objection can be raised against. That's why I want you to compete together before your debuts and increase your power this way," Sirzechs said this from his seat on the upmist level.

"Will we also eventually be sent out to battle against the [Khaos Brigade]?" Sairaorg asked that without hesitation.

"I don't know. However, I don't want to send out young Devils if possible," Sirzechs answered as such.

"Why? Even if we are young, we carry part of the responsibilities of Devils. If we just receive kindness from out predecessors, even at this age and nothing is done . . ." Sairaorg raised his eyebrows in seeming incomprehension at the answer, "Plus, I would like to help Naruto-san in this battle. By the look of it you had no problem sending him out to the battlefield Lucifer-sama."

"Sairaorg, I acknowledge your bravery. However, unlike my Pawn you are reckless. Above all, I'd like to avoid sending you all including Naruto-kun as well, who are still in the midst of growing, to the battlefield. Besides, it would be too great a loss if we lost the Devils of the next generation. I want you to understand. You are all more of a treasure to us than you think. That's why I want you to experience important things step by step and grow."

Sairaorg muttered with a nod, "I understand," to Sirzechs' words. Sairoarg resigned to them. But, his expression seemed dissatisfied. After that, the difficult talk continued with different thing being said by different nobels and about the upcoming Ratin Games from the Maous.

"Now then, I apologize for keeping you here with his long talk. Well, we all see our dreams and hopes in you young ones. I want you to understand at least that. You are the treasures of the Underworld," everyone took to heart Sirzechs' words, "To finish things, will you let us hear your respective future goals?"

The first to respond to Sirzechs' request was Sairaorg.

"My dream is to become Maou." He declared that with a confident voice. Naruto smirked at his dream, those nobles won't be liking that idea.

"Hoh," as Naruto expected, the higher-ups also let out breaths of wonder at Sairaorg's goal, which he had declared upfront without hesitation.

"It's unprecedented for a Devil from the Great King family to leave it," a male devil higher-up said this.

"When the people of the Underworld feel that there's no choice but for me to become Maou, I will become one," Sairaorg declared even further. Naruto was even more impressed with the young man standing next to him. To the blonde, he was an amazing person.

"My goal for the near future is to become the next Gremory Head and to win in each Rating Game battle," Rias said with confidence matching her cousin. Naruto nodded, typical Rias. His girlfriend wasn't someone who liked to lose a game.

After that the other young people also stated their dreams, their goals, until the next was Sona.

"I wish to build a school for the Rating Games in the Underworld," Naruto was surprised by the idea. He felt there was a deeper meaning behind her goal.

"If it's learning about Rating Games, isn't there already one for that?" As if checking, a higher-up asked this to Sona.

"That is just a school where only High Class Devils and Devils of privileged rank are accepted. The school that I want to build is one where Low Class Devils and reincarnated Devils can also attend freely without any distinction," Sona answered blankly.

'Wow,' Naruto thought inside his head. That was a big and unusual goal, but nonetheless it was a great dream. Each and every single Devil here had their own dream and goals, but Sairaorg and now Sona were the ones who impressed him the most.

However-

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" the laughter of the higher ups ruled over the assembly hall.

"That's impossible!"

"This was just brilliant!"

"I see! So you're a little girl who dreams!"

"It's good to be young! However, for the next head of the Sitri family to state such a dream, I have to say thank goodness that it was here at this place of introduction before your debut."

"I'm serious," Sona stared at them before saying with her usual blank face, but this time her voice carried more force behind it.

Serfall also nodded strongly in agreement. She almost seemed to be saying, 'Well said!'. While Naruto knew even though Serafall was Maou, she couldn't support her younger ister. Despite that, she was concerned about Sona. 'Such a good sister,' Naruto thought with a smile.

"Sona Sitri-done, Low Class Devils and reincarnated Devils merely work for their High Class Devil master. They are only selected for their talent. Wouldn't building such an institute make old families, who value tradition and pride, lose face? No matter how much people say that the world of Devils has entered a period of change, that change can be both good and bad. Something like teaching mere Low Class Devils is really nothing of your concern," a level headed spoke coolly.

"They why am I here anyway?" Naruto asked with a bored expression. Everyone's heads turn to his direction.

"Uzumaki Naruto, be care…"

"Careful of how I talk?" Naruto smirked, "Like I care what you think anyway," he said with a yawn before his tone steeled, "However, I want to ask you this. What am I a Low Class Devil doing here?. Why am I leading my own peerage in a High Class game that only High Class Devils can play?"

"They are not your peer . . ." a random noble began scolding before Naruto interposed.

"Well not yet at least. Thanks to you people, I couldn't visit them for a long time," Naruto muttered, but everyone heard him. No one knew that he secretly paid visits to them save for his close friend. Nobody needed to know that little fact.

"What's your point Uzumaki?"

"My points is . . . Sona Sitri can open a school on her own and teach about the Rating Game to Low Class Devils like us," Naruto said, "Don't you get it? Most of the time High Class Devils, or should I say the King, is the one who devises the strategy while the servants most likely couldn't voice their opinions even though sometimes it would be such a good idea. And if the High-class devil knew that the his or her servants had been well taught in Rating game, the servant's good advise will be incorporated the idea by the King. If Sitri-dono opens a school like that, not only can she make the game more exciting for all of is to enjoy, she can also indirectly strengthen the bond between a master and their servants. Because, after all what makes a strong team isn't their power, but the bonds they share."

"Naruto-san," Sona muttered while looking at Naruto. She bit on her tongue to refrain herself from saying anything. His logic was sound and she couldn't have said it any better. Plus, now the higher-ups were more considerate of her goal.

"Trust me Sona-san," he whispered aside to the short-black haired girl, "They will come to accept your idea," he winked at her with a smile. Sairaorg, who was standing between them, nodded his head encouraging his fellow Devils.

"Alright," the discussion stopped, "we will discuss this matter further with you after this meeting ends," Sona nearly broke out in tears but composed herself. She had always wanted to achieve her dream.

"Now, onto the last devil . . . Uzumaki Naruto-kun. What is your goal?" Surprisingly, Serafall was the one who asked him that question. She was lookin at him with a radian smile. Her favorite blonde had just defended her lovely sister's dream. Her liking of him had risen to another level.

Naruto closed his eyes in contemplation, "Well, Leviathan-sama aside from finding the truth about my past, I want to help all my friends in this gathering fulfill their dreams," the Maous, collectively, nodded their heads while the higher-ups looked pleased with his answer. At least Naruto wasn't out to destroy the Underworld or exterminate all Devils.

"Very well. Then, let's play the games between these young people," Everyone paid attention to Sirzechs, who held Rias and Sona with his gaze, "Rias, Sona would you knot like to fight each other?"

"…"

"…"

Rias and Sona stared at each other. They blinked in surprise.

"Originally, it was planned for Rias' game to take place in a few das. Azazel has gathered Rating Game fans from each of the powers under the pretext of watching the games of these young, promising Devils before their official debut. That's why it's fine like this. Let's hold the game with Rias and Sona," without minding them, Sirzechs continued.

Rias let out a breath, and then showed a defiant smile to Sona, who also started to show a scornful smile.

"It may not be an official one, but it feels like fate to me that you would be my first Rating Game opponent, Rias."

"Now that we're competing with each other, I won't lose, Sona."

"I know that those two were at each other's throat since childhood, but . . ."Sairaoarg lowered his head to whisper to Naruto, "don't you think their rivalry is a bit too extreme?"

"Rias-chan was always ranting about how she would triumph over Sona-sana, so I guess this is the perfect oppurtunity for them to duke it out," Sairaorg chuckled at Naruto's words.

"A match between Rias-chan and Sona-chan! Yes, it will fire things up!" Serafall squealed in delight. She looked really happy.

"The date of the match is set to happen on August 20th in human world time. You may each divide up your time as you like until then. The details will be sent later."

Naruto looked at his peerage and saw their bright smiles brimming with confidence. Naruto curtly nodded his head. He was going to prepare for the first Rating Game of his life. Like Rias he wasn't going to lose. Not to Sona, not to Sairaorg, even not to Rias.

He will win this Rating Game and prove everyone who he is.