Well i'm back I finally finished my course in English to make this chapter I hope you guys enjoy this one.
Chapter 5: Maid?
The room was very tense. That itself was an understatement.
You could practically feel the tension in the room itself. Literally.
There was a visible combined aura of irritation and jealousy around Grayfia and Sakuya and it was suffocating to those who were nearby as attested by several of the Gremory servants who had already fainted by simply being in the same room as the two.
Most of the servants in the Gremory estate were already passing out or hunched over grasping for breath from the pressure created from the two nearly identical maids.
Lord Gremory himself would have chuckled at the sight though one look from the two maids had him shivering in his seat making him ignore the thought of laughing at the cat fight about to occur any second.
"So I see you are the one whom Lady Kaguya assigned to be Naruto-sama's maid." Grayfia stated blandly as she eyed Sakuya. Even she had to agree they looked alike holding a few slight differences namely their bust sizes of which she was proud of having the advantage over her 'rival'.
"Indeed I am. I must thank you for serving Naruto-sama until now." Sakuya said with a small bow. She was irritated of the maid in front of her with similar looks. But still it would only bring her standing down if she couldn't act appropriately so she did a little curtsy.
Though did her 'rival' for her new master's attention have to have larger breasts than her? It wasn't fair in the minds of Sakuya who could only curse about the fact why she didn't have breasts as large as Grayfia.
"Is that so? Perhaps we should test wether or not you really are capable of taking care of his needs." Grayfia said with a little bit a venom in her voice. She would not allow for some new random maid to simply serve him even if they did look alike. She would make sure they could do it properly.
She was really fond of watching over Naruto. He wasn't so fussy with needs or wants, he was very humble and not at all condescending, and depending on the situation he wasn't going to complain at all if you gave him something to do. He was the epitome of what kind of master she wanted to serve.
Now Sakuya has come along and took the position of Naruto's maid from her. She was not about to let that go without a fight. So she had decided to bring out a test of her own and see if Sakuya could keep up with her standards which were quite high even for a head maid of her status.
"Hmm why not? At least this way we can make things perfectly clear of who is more clearly suitable to being his maid." Sakuya said tauntingly. All the while she was gripping her pocket-watch a little to tightly. She was going to prove just how good she was even if they had to fight to do it.
"Very well then please follow me I believe I have a good challenge for the both of us." Grayfia said as she moved towards the kitchen area of Gremory mansion while Sakuya followed silently behind her taking note of they layout of the mansion in case she had to come back to the place.
"So what is this test you have devised for me in your mind?" Sakuya inquired as she followed behind Grayfia.
"A maid must always be able to take care of her masters needs quickly and efficiently. So I decided to test you in a few fields and the first is to see how well you prepare a proper meal." Grayfia stated bluntly as she pushed open the doors to the kitchen.
The kitchen was the roughly the size of an indoor pool of a five star hotel. The tables were filled with numerous sinks and work areas; obviously designed for a large number of chefs to be working for large events with a lot of people attending and the such. The cabinets located around the room were clearly well stocked and there were four refrigerators, in the corners of the room, that Sakuya could see.
All in all it was a very bourgeois kitchen and obviously not even making a scratch on the Gremory finances.
"So what kind of meal would you have me prepare?" Sakuya asked as she looked around to locate the ingredients she would most likely need for the meal.
"A full course meal of course. The dish selections are up to your discretion." Grayfia said as she stood to one side observing the actions Sakuya would take in preparing the meal.
"Do you need me to tell you where the ingredients and materials are?" Grayfia asked blankly as she recalled it was Sakuya's first time in the Gremory kitchen.
"No, no need I can find the ingredients on my own. Rest assured it will not impact my performance in the slightest." Sakuya said as she activated her power of time stop. This allowed her to go through the whole room in a fraction of a second. Being the maid that she was she could remember where she could locate each ingredient and utensils she would need for her preparation.
All Grayfia could sense was that Sakuya had manipulated time and space and felt herself go through the time stop motion. It was only due to her high demonic energy that allowed her to not be as affected by the time stop. It still affected her but she could at least tell when such power was being used unlike most other people who could only tell it was used when major differences in perception start to occur.
When Sakuya finally cancelled out the technique Sakuya began her feast making. Leaving Grayfia, albeit reluctantly, in awe. Rather then bring out a new pair of utensils, when one was used up, like herself or ask the other maids to help to save time it seems Sakuya could use her powers to slow down time so she could wash her ingredients and utensils rather then use new ones essentially cutting down preparation time by a lot the only thing that took awhile to do was the actual meal cooking. Which Sakuya had to use five stations to accomplish even though she manned all of these by herself.
When Sakuya was done she had managed to make a 5 course meal in under 30 minutes thanks to her time stop powers.
Grayfia would say she was very impressed with Sakuya's skill but due to her jealousy of Sakuya, that was still lingering, she would keep quite and simply appraise Sakuya's work in a professional manner.
"So is the meal up to your standards?" Sakuya asked with a raised eyebrow. She had just done the work of two to three skilled maids she would call bullshit if it didn't pass Grayfia's standards devil or not.
"It is satisfactory please follow me once more. Since it is apparent you can do housework well enough let us see how well you can protect him." Grayfia said icily. Normally she would have tested if Sakuya could clean properly enough. Though if her skills in cooking was any indication she most likely had that handled.
Grayfia was incredibly annoyed at the moment as she had thought Sakuya was some mediocre maid but as it turns out she was on par with herself in service. So all that was left to test is her combat abilities and Grayfia was not going to go down easily. She was more than determined to show this new maid her place and just how inadequate she was in the proper protection of a person of such importance like Naruto.
A few minutes later they had just arrived at the main training grounds of the Gremory mansion grounds. While not really being a training ground it was really just a large expanse of barren land that just so happened to be in the Gremory owned land. There were no decorative plants or any vegetation really if anything it was just a few patches of grass amid the barren earth itself.
"As you have most likely guessed what I will be testing now is your aptitude in fighting. I will see if you really are up to the task of protecting Naruto-sama. I hope you have prepared yourself. I'm not going to go easy on you." Grayfia taunted as she flared her enormous magical energy making the winds blow wildly around the area. This action of hers alerted everyone in the Gremory mansion to her match with Sakuya attracting a small audience of the Gremory staff and the masters of the house themselves.
"I should be asking that of you after all I am not going to hold back in this matter." Sakuya said coldly as she gripped three knives in her left hand.
As the two maids merely began to stare at each other as they waited for a signal to begin their battle.
All of a sudden a gust of wind blew in between the two and the battle began.
Sakuya began by throwing her three knives at Grayfia however before Grayfia could do anything Sakuya began throwing more knives at here adding to the seemingly motionless knives she already threw.
'She must be using her time stop powers.' Grayfia concluded as she escaped the barrage of blades only to come face to face with Sakuya who threw some more blades at her forcing her to dodge around.
Feeling irritated at being on defense Grayfia finally had enough and began using her ice magic to form barriers around her or around the knives to stop them before Sakuya releases her time stop.
Seeing that her tactics were not working as usual since her opponents usually fell for her time stop attacks wherein she would multiply her attacks exponentially until they fell under a barrage of knives. Now however it seemed that tactic would not work as Grayfia could simply form a protective barrier of ice around her shielding her from the barrage of knives or encase her knives in midair before she could use her time stop powers.
Grayfia was now gaining the upper hand in the fight until Sakuya stopped using en-mass attacks and started to fight head on which Grayfia as well as using pin point knife throws which was not what Grayfia was expecting from the knife thrower catching her slightly off guard.
Sakuya had begun to use her time stop ability to speed up her movements as her ability affected everything apart from herself and thus could be used to speed up her movements. So now that she was on the offense trying to hold of Grayfia from using any complex spells at the moment. She tried to go in for the win aiming disarming strikes at Grayfia's arms however it did not go as planned as a sudden frost built up in the area nearly freezing her in place if she didn't retreat in time.
"Just because you can speed yourself up doesn't mean my ice magic is any slower." Grayfia said as the area started to get colder. In fact it began to start snowing and a sheet of ice began to form on the ground.
'Crap! I have to speed this up or she will really win this match.' Sakuya thought as she began to reevaluate her situation and all the possibilities for victory. Fortunately she still had her skills in danmaku which if successful would drain Grayfia of her energy.
Wasting no further time she began to fly in the air launching her silverish knife shaped danmaku at Grayfia. This action instead of causing Grayfia to continuously dodge her attacks simply made Grayfia rush in closer towards Sakuya at breakneck speeds.
As she closed the distance Sakuya halted time once more allowing her to dash up to Grayfia hoping to land a solid stab on the other silver haired maid. However Grayfia was expecting something like this and had prepared several traps for Sakuya; namely her trap barriers that would instantly activate the instant she entered their range.
Sakuya unaware of these barriers however rushes in for the kill. Unfortunately triggering Grayfia's trap barrier encasing Sakuya's limbs in ice which caused her to drop her time stop abilities.
"Hoh! I didn't think that would work so easily. What did you do did you perhaps try to rush into me?" Grayfia gloated slightly as she reveled in her victory over her 'rival'.
Before Sakuya could make a comeback a clapping sound resounded over the area they were in. Looking over to where the sound was coming the maids saw that it was Lord Gremory followed by Venelana Gremory.
As was in her nature she bowed to the masters of the estate with Sakuya copying her actions as best as she could with her frozen limbs.
"Grayfia do free Sakuya-san of your trap." Venelana told Grayfia who nodded in consent. Grayfia snapped her fingers and the ice shattered though the cold still lingered on Sakuya's limbs.
"Thank you Grayfia. With that display I could tell that Sakuya was a most skilled fighter it was just your years of experience in fighting during the war that allowed you the win Grayfia." Venelana commented receiving a nod from Lord Gremory.
"That said I think it would be fine for you to watch over Naruto and take over some of the duties Grayfia has when it comes to Naruto as Grayfia is also busy with other duties as well." Lord Gremory said though he could see Grayfia protesting to this decision. He knew just how attached Grayfia had gotten to Naruto in the span of a few weeks. If it was possible he knew Grayfia would have adopted Naruto as her own.
"Lord Gremory I am perfectly capable of accomplishing my duties. Taking care of Naruto-sama is no burden for me at all." Grayfia claimed. She was not about to be cut of from Naruto for months on end waiting for her vacation days to come up.
"Oh we didn't mean for you to stop looking after Naruto, Grayfia. We simply meant that you should allow for Sakuya to take some of the responsibilities as well. I know you would be uncomfortable if we cut you off from Naruto too long so we just decided to have both of you be his maid its just that Sakuya will be the one most often seen around Naruto as you have other duties to take care of as well." Venelana said as she clarified for her husband.
"I see very well i accept your decision." Grayfia said with a bow.
" Now that your differences have been settled why don't you both go to the clinic. You both could use a short break before you break the news to Naruto." Lord Gremory said as both he and Venelana teleported back to the mansion. The clinic was placed there when Rias caught a cold when she was younger. Venelana couldn't stand the thought of bringing Rias anywhere far from the Gremory estate so she had a clinic built so whenever Rias got sick she would be close by.
"Just don't let your new station get to your head! I will not tolerate anything happening to Naruto!" Grayfia said as turned to face Sakuya.
"Hmm what happened to Naruto-sama? Don't tell me your developing feelings for my master. I didn't know you were such a cougar." Sakuya replied haughtily.
"I am no such thing! I only see Naruto like a son! Besides at least I have a better figure than you flat chest!" grayfia said childishly as she glared at Sakuya who looked outraged at her words.
"Hey at least I have a chance of them still growing unlike you old hag!" Sakuya replied as she clashed with Grayfia in a headbut.
"Old! who the hell are you calling old! if anything your hair is even closer to white than mine granny" Grayfia rebutted.
"You want to go at it again? I can take you down for sure this time." Sakuya challenged as she took out some more knives.
"You seem to be under the impression you were even remotely close to winning I guess I must rectify that thought." Grayfia said as ice shards began to gather around her.
It would be a few minutes before their second 'fight' finished and the aftermath was something that caused Sirzechs to sleep on the couch for a while.
As it turns out both of them ran out of energy sometime during the middle of their fight causing them to enter into a brawl which ended up in them trying to make the other submit and in the process ruined their clothing.
Grayfia's outfit ended up destroyed in such a way only her apron and stocking remained. Her apron was barely covering her large breasts and was hanging on together by threads.
Sakuya on the other hand lost all of her clothing and was covering herself up with her hands.
Taking pity on her 'rival' Grayfia teleported them to the clinic in the Gremory mansion.
However that turned out to be a mistake as Sirzechs was there trying to hide from the paper work. You see he had just heard that Grayfia was going to test out the new maid Naruto got so he was confident that she wouldn't be bothering him for a while so he decided to hide out in the clinic all the wile reading a manga he had just discovered. Unbeknownst to everyone but himself and Rias it was him who had gotten Rias hooked on all things Japan. Since he was an otaku himself he thought he might as well see if he could get Rias to have the same interests as him. He succeeded with little effort.
So by the time Grayfia and Sakuya teleported into the room Sirzechs was in awe as he had never seen Grayfia so disheveled in his life and there was someone with her and she looked like an identical twin of Grayfia save for a few differences. As he saw there states of undress his nose began to bleed.
Seeing this Grayfia got a tick mark on her head.
"I see your skipping out on your work again Sirzechs-sama." grayfia said as she pulled out her shamisen causing both Sakuya and Sirzechs to wonder where on earth she pulled it out from.
"Now now Grayfia i was just taking a small break as I got a headache and needed some medicine." Sirzechs said as he backed away from his clearly angry wife.
"Oh Realy and how would you like to explain that manga your holding in your hands." Grayfia said with her eyes narrowing on Sirzechs.
All Sirzechs could do was back away and say "Mercy?". Though this turned out to be a mistake on his part as all it did was enrage Grayfia further making her beat up her husband with a paper shamisen that was somehow enhanced to feel like being hit by metal plates.
All Sakuya could do was stare in horror as Grayfia released her rage upon Sirzechs.
Chapter End.
And that brings the battle of maids to a close for now. How will Sirzechs react to Sakuya's presence? How will Naruto react to the outcome of this chapter's match. Stay tuned for Maid? part 2.
I hope you guys enjoyed that. The next chapter will be a continuation of this one as it got a bit to long for me to write so I will put the continuation in the next chapter Maid? part 2.
As for Sakuya's powers I checked and its something similar to a manipulation of space and time but I will mostly base it on Gaspar's powers as a basis.
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