26 Chapter 26

"I told you to not come with me Rias" Naruto said to the crimson haired girl who was flying next to him with her black wings out.

"Koneko is my servant" Rias said firmly "she is my responsibility you know"

"Very well then" Naruto said and sped up, he could feel Koneko's as well as the other Senjutsu user's magical signature, which was approaching Koneko with a very fast pace.

Why Kuroka was here, Naruto didn't know, but he got the feeling that she was here for Koneko.

After Naruto and Rias had advanced through the forest for several minutes, they finally found the little cat girl, standing in the middle of the forest Koneko was restlessly turning her head back and forth in the middle of the forest as if looking for something. But before Naruto could approach her, Rias grabbed his body and pulled him to hide behind a tree.

The blond turned to the girl, looking at her questionably but only Rias put a finger on her lips, telling him to stay silent.

"She can sense me" Naruto told her, but nonetheless he deactivated Sennin Modo and concentrated in hiding his power "she is also a Senjutsu user; there is no point in hiding"

But before Rias could say anything, they both heard an unfamiliar voice belonged to a female.

"It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"—! …You." Koneko's whole body shook in violent surprise.

"Hello, Shirone. It's me, your onee-chan."

Kuroka, one of the most wanted criminal of the Underworld made herself known to her sister. Kuroka was a young woman with a voluptuous figure, long black hair with split bangs, two black cat ears on top of her head and hazel eyes with cat-like pupils. Her attire consisted of a black kimono, a yellow obi, a set of golden beads, and an ornately detailed headband. The kimono also featured a red interior and it was open at her shoulders, giving view to her large breasts which in term of size, rival even Rias and Akeno.

Naruto was a little surprise by the way Koneko's siter was addressing her, but figured that it was Koneko's real name.

"Kuroka-neesama…"

"Onee-chan is very impressed that you came this far following after this black cat that sneaked into the party-nya" The cat woman said playfully, she was lying on a tree branch, looking down as Koneko with her tails moving side to side.

"…Nee-sama. What is this about?"

There was anger in Koneko-chan's voice. But, Kuroka just smiled.

"Don't make such a scary face. I just had some minor business to take care of. I heard that the devils were holding a big party here, you know? That's why I was a little interested. Nyan " Kuroka winced and waved her hand cutely. Naruto then hardened his gaze when he realized another person was coming into the area.

"Hahahaha, could it be that you're a member of the Gremory group?" it was Bikou.

"Khaos Bridage!" Rias said in shock at the present of Vali's partner.

"Even if you erase your presence, it's useless. With people like me and Kuroka who know senjutsu, we can approximately detect you with just a slight variation in the flow of your spirit." Bikou said with a smirk "Please come out"

Rias turned her head to Naruto, giving him a meaningful look before nodding her head. The Pawn of Sirzechs Lucifer and his girlfriend stepped out from their hiding spot, with Rias' arms crossed across her chest.

Seeing Naruto, Bikou widened his eyes in surprise while Kuroka's eyes sparked with excitement.

"Well...damn, of all the people that could be here" Bikou managed to force a smile. He didn't expect the one who was hiding to be Naruto Uzumaki, the current strongest Pawn and the servant of Sirzechs Lucifer.

"NARUTO NYA!" Kuroka cried out happily.

"Nii-sama, Buchou." Koneko's eyes widened in shock at the present of Naruto and Rias.

"Let's me take care of this Koneko" He said, putting a hand on her head and patted her gently before pushing her to behind him "Oi Bikou!" Naruto ignored Kuroka's cry and called out for the descendant of Sun Wukong "How's Vali" he asked.

"Pretty much" Bikou nodded his head.

He then turned to Kuroka and looked at her with a grin.

"Hello Kuroka" he greeted her "so I finally meet my secret fan, am I right?"

"Nya" she meowed and sat up "My favorite Sennin nya!" the cat girl said cheerily.

"Tell me Kuroka" Naruto looked at her "What is the different between the Senjutsu I am using and your Senjutsu?" he asked.

"Is it different from magic and the sorcery used by magicians?" Rias also followed, glaring at both terrorists.

"Yes, senjutsu is different from magic and sorcery. The biggest difference is that senjutsu stresses the importance of something called chakra, the aura that is the great original power that flows into one's spirit, in other words one's life-force, and turns it into a constant current. It's a power that is both similar yet different from the magic of demons and the light power of angels. Its direct destructive power can't match that of magic or the power of light, but senjutsu can make use of the unknown part hidden within plants, animals and people. For example, if one learned senjutsu, it's said that they excel at reading the flow of someone's spirit, of their aura, and that they can also grasp the movements of a faraway target to a certain degree."

"We can also control the flow of spirit and can reinforce both the interior and exterior of our bodies, or disturb the spirits of all the surrounding trees, make them bloom, or make them wither-nyan . Senjutsu is a skill that manipulates the flow of life, after all. We can disturb our opponent's spirit, and inflict damage to their life-force by cutting it. Because the methods for repairing the disorder to one's life-force is limited for the magic of demons and the sorcery of magicians in comparison, this attack method almost always results in death-nyan " She then looked at Naruto, tilting her head to the side "but you already knew this, didn't you?"

"I did some research" Naruto said, closing his eyes. At that moment, Kuroka widen her eyes slightly when the natural energy began to be absorbed into Naruto's body. This was after all the first time they came face to face, but Kuroka couldn't help but feel warm by the chakra flowing within him "Anyway, Why are you here? Is this a terrorist attack?"

"No, we didn't come down here for such a thing." Bikou shook his head "It's just that a standby order has come out in the Underworld. Me and Kuroka are off-duty right now. When the order was given, Kuroka suggested visiting the devils' party. Since she likely wouldn't return easily, I came along with her too. Okay?"

"Is that so?" Naruto asked, but didn't lower his guard down

"Kuroka~, let's go back." Bikou turned around and tired to reason with the black cat "we're at the disadvantage here"

"Yes, let's return. But, I'll take Shirone and Naruto with me-nyan.

"I highly doubt that" Naruto said, he could feel Koneko's body shook behind him, he knew that she was scared "Tell me, you wanted to bring her because she's your sister, or because of the power flowing within her?" Naruto asked coldly and both Khaos Bridage's members couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Both, since I didn't bring her with me last time" Kuroka said

"What happen if I won't allow it?" Naruto asked, smirking with his eyes half-lifted.

"Well...seriously...we..."

"We will fight you Nya!" Kuroka said, jumping down to the ground "I think both of us is enough to take on you and little red head behind you"

"This child is my servant." Rias spoke up loudly "I also won't let you put even a single finger on her."

"Ara-ara-ara-ara, what are you saying-nya? She's my little sister. I have the right to love her. A high-class devil like you doesn't have that privilege." Kuroka said that while glaring at Rias, who returned with her own heat glare.

"Since you're so troublesome, I'll kill you and take them, nyan!"

At that instant, Naruto and the other felt they were seized by an indescribable sensation, the same kind of feeling whenever you were transported to somewhere else through the use of magic power. Even though the surrounding didn't change, Naruto could see the change in the air and the mood.

"…Kuroka, so you learned not only senjutsu, youjutsu and devil magic, but also the skill to control space?" Rias said that while making a sour face.

"I didn't go as far as learning how to control time, but I have fairly picked up on how to control space. If I use the essentials of barrier techniques, it's relatively easy, after all. I covered this entire forest with a barrier and isolated it from the outside world-nyan. That's why even if we do flashy things here, it won't leak outside and devils from outside won't come in. You're going to get pleasantly killed here by us and say goodbye-nya "

"Very well then" Naruto stepped forward "if you seriously think that you can come here and take Koneko away, prove it." at that instant, the ground underneath him crack and the amount of energy he was releasing was nothing but unimaginable, so much that his chakra became noticeable, surrounding around his body.

Both Bikou and Kuroka sweated nervously.

"Well then" Bikou brought out his staff "I also wanted to fight you Naruto Uzumaki-san, so please don't kill me alright"

"Depend on how much you guys pissed me off" Naruto said simply before stomping his foot onto the ground so hard that he made it cracked, charging forward.

"Kintoun!" Bikou shouted out, making a gold cloud appeared at Bikou's feet and he then flew straight at Naruto. Naruto calmly brought out his kunai and brought it back behind his head.

"Exteeeeeeend! Nyoi-Bo!" the descendant of Sun Wukong cried, making his staff extend, became longer and longer heading to Naruto.

But the blond acted faster, he threw the kunai at Bikou with supersonic speed, way faster the extend speed of Bikou's staff. Bikou widened his eyes and managed to move his head out of the way in time, but his right cheek was scratched by the blade of his kunai.

And at that very moment, he finally recognized what kind of kunai Naruto just threw at him...it was a tri-prongs kunai.

Naruto Uzumaki's infamous weapon.

When Nyoi-Bo was inch from his face, Naruto disappeared in a flash of yellow and not even a millisecond later, he reappeared behind Bikou with his right hand crook back, right at the position of his kunai, forming an orange Rasengan within his palm.

"RASENGAN!" Naruto cried and brought the swirling orb down Bikou's back, smashing him into the ground violent. The descendant of Sun Wukong could only cry out in pain when Naruto grinded him down farther and farther down to the ground.

Naruto's head snapped to the side, looking at Kuroka who was still standing still. He deactivated the Rasengan and took a strong leap at her, grabbing her neck with his hand and pushed her down to the ground, hard.

All that happened in just a matter of second, Naruto was so fast that neither Rias nor Koneko could see him move.

Naruto kept Kuroka down on the ground, with his hand on her neck, completely oblivious that her kimono had fallen down to her belly during the rough movement of him, exposing her entire cleavage.

Even though she was pinned down by Naruto and completely helpless, Kuroka was grinning.

"What're you going to do to me now?" She asked with a husky tone

"Why didn't you attack with Bikou?" Naruto asked emotionlessly, ignore her question once again.

"Because I want to fight you myself" She said, smiling at him "especially someone like you" the black cat girl put her hands on his cheeks and her body suddenly glowed, somehow in a blink of an eye, Kuroka was able to remove herself from Naruto's hand and sat up a little to bring her lips to his.

Naruto was completely stunned by her action while Rias and Koneko dropped their mouth down to the ground in shock.

His body froze in shock when Kuroka's tongue made its way into his mouth. Her tongue swirled around his tongue, exposing every part of his mouth before drawing an amount of saliva from him and gulped it down her throat.

"Naruto!"

Rias' shout reactivated his mind and Naruto, with his iron hard will power pushed her back down to the ground just in time to see a Ki orb appeared in her hand.

DOON! She shot the orb at his chest. Naruto quickly teleported himself back to Rias' side, successfully avoiding a nasty injure from her attack.

"Um...and I was enjoying that Nya" Kuroka stood up and licked her lips "You taste good, by the way"

"I will take that at a compliment" Naruto nodded his head, using the back of his sleeves to wipe away the drool around his mouth, trying not to stare at her exposing breasts.

"Kuroka, may I ask you a question?" Rias spoke up. Now that Bikou was defeated by Naruto, if he wanted Kuroka wouldn't be much of a problem for him "Why didn't you take Koneko with you that day?"

"It's because a youkai cannot help another youkai." Kuroka said simply "However, this time, I simply want Shirone because I want another piece under my control. I can understand Shirone's power better than a red-haired onee-san like you, you know?"

Koneko shook her head at her sister's words.

"…No…I don't need that kind of power…I don't need a dark power like that…I don't need a power that brings misfortune to people like that…" She started to tremble and shed tears. Rias then hugged Koneko-chan.

"Kuroka…You who had been blinded by power left a wound on the heart of this girl that won't disappear for her whole life. After you killed your master and left, this child saw hell." Rias spoke up strongly "When I first met her, there were no feelings left in her. Koneko was betrayed by you, who was her only family to her, lost a future to rely on, and was despised and abused by other Devils, to the point where she was going to be disposed of…She saw many harsh things. That's why I will show her many fun things! This girl is Toujou Koneko, [Rook] of Rias Gremory's group! My important servant devil! I won't let you put even a single finger on her!"

"Kuroka" Naruto spoke up "You said you understand Koneko's power than Rias, but can you understand your own sister more than me?" He said "What is she like? What are her most favorite foods? What is her dream? What is the thing she want the most in the world?"

"I...I..." Kuroka made a bitter expression.

"You can't call yourself her sister if you can't even be there with Koneko when she is crying" Naruto said calmly, completely dropped his guard "Like you, I am also a Senjutsu user...but unlike you, other than control her I will teach her to use that power to protect her family, the ones she cared about" He turned around and walked away, Rias and Koneko looked at him unsure for a moment, turning her eyes to Kuroka cautionly before following Naruto as well.

"Goodbye, Onee-sama" Koneko whispered to her sister, using her hand to wipe away the tears.

After the Gremory Group disappeared, returned to the party, Kuroka let out a bitter sigh, her mood dropped and her ears laid flat on her head.

What Naruto said was true, she couldn't agree more. She knew nothing about Shirone, or Koneko as she was now called.

The only thing she knew that she made the right choice that day...

Kuroka turned to Bikou, who was still unconscious on the ground.

"Time to go home" She whispered and pulled her kimono up to cover her breasts. Today business was a total failure, not only she couldn't bring her sister with her but she was also unable to make the first good impression in the Sennin's eyes.

Maybe next time, she thought.

However, at that moment, after she returned her black kimono to its original state, a small piece of paper fell out from the sleeves of her kimono.

Looking at it curiously, the black haired woman reached down and picked the paper up and opened it.

Her ears instantly perked up in excitement as what was written inside.

My deepest apology for my harsh words Kuroka, but they are necessary.

I know the true reason behind your action that day Kuroka; I did a lot of research with your case and it actually not that hard to figure it out what kind of a devil your former master was.

In term of Devil, you're a criminal but in term of a sister; you're the best sister in the world any girls like Koneko could find.

Don't worry about Koneko, I promise to take care of her and teach her how to use Senjutsu properly and I will try to do whatever I can to redeem you from your past actions, so that you can reunion with Koneko happily.

Again, sorry for my harsh words

Hope to see you again in the future Kuroka

Naruto Uzumaki

P/S: I really like that armband you made for me, it is very cute...thank you.

"NYA!" Kuroka screamed out in joy, jumping up and down excitedly.

This was everything she could ask for, after all.