One more chapter before I am done with the 'Excalibur Arc'. Also since there were quite some dissatisfactions regarding the last chapter, please read 'Author's note' at the end.

Hopefully next chapter will be up by in a week or two.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or High school DxD, or any other manga/anime characters that may appear in this story. Just the original concept and plot regarding this story.

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Most of the supernatural beings tended to forget that Azazel wasn't the governor of Grigori just for show. He was the governor since the creation of the organization because of his strength and prowess. Even a lot of fallen sometimes overlooked that simple fact. To be honest, it wasn't their fault. After all, most of the time Azazel would be seen as a laidback pervert or a fanatic collector.

That was why Azazel found it funny to see that hundreds of fallen thought they could delay him ... and they thought they could pull it off without going all out. So Azazel showed them, one more time, why they had to follow him. He reminded them why he was the leader, not Kokabiel or anyone else.

Azazel only needed few seconds to down all the fallen angels in front of him. Like them, he also didn't arm himself. He just released all his powers in the most primal and raw form, and let it washed over them. The effect was instantaneous. None were able to withstand such powers as they lost their consciousness in mere seconds.

But he wasn't ruthless, even though in this case it should have been justified.

He expanded his power and cushioned the fall of his people, because from that height they all would have been injured gravely since they were flat out unconscious, fallen angel or not. After he made sure that his assailants were somewhat safe, he tried to teleport to Kuoh town; but was unable to.

"Bastard is using my own Anti-wards." Azazel had to give it to Kokabiel. He really made a fool out of him.

He really didn't want to drag the whole Grigori into this but it seemed the situation was already way out of his hands. He immediately contacted Baraqiel and Shemhazai and told them about the situation. After relaying everything he learned to his closest friends, he took off. He didn't need to give them explicit orders since he knew that both of them were capable enough to make proper judgments. And just as he thought, they didn't fail him.

Baraqiel was the closest to the Grigori Headquarters. After arriving at the HQ, he gathered his personal squads and started going over papers, notices, clues anything in order to know where most of the fallen were, especially those that were directly under Kokabiel as well as the independent squads. With his trusted assistants, he was able to pinpoint most of the fallen and their whereabouts. Even though Azazel knew and saw Baraqiel's achievements so many times before, he was still amazed.

Turned out, Kokabiel deployed three main teams to three different locations. The first team consisted of more than two hundred strong was sent to delay Azazel. The second team had a little around hundred fallen and they went to Kuoh Town. Azazel felt his hands and feet going numb after hearing that. He sped up hoping that he wasn't too late. He was sure that he invented quite a few new curses.

But that wasn't all. The third team had around ten to twenty fallen and they went to Haneda Airport.

Now that was confusing.

And this was where Shemhazai came in. He personally went to the airport to apprehend all the fallen. He also called his own personal squads and divided them into two groups. He sent one to where Azazel was to detain the unconscious ones. And the second group was sent to Kuoh town, but he informed him that Azazel would be arriving there long before his squad. Still, as a precaution, he told his squad to be fast and ready for any kind of conflict.

Azazel reached Kuoh in around half an hour.

It took so damn long because he was in one of his research bases near Malaysia and Kokabiel disabled all the teleportation portals closest to Japan from there. He really wondered just how long Kokabiel had been planning this.

Before coming closer to Kuoh, Azazel had a bad premonition since he couldn't sense much power coming out from the town. He expected, at worst, the town to be wrecked beyond recognition or the fight to be over with victory going to the Kokabiel's side. Clearly he just couldn't picture the devils winning in any way even with Naruto since they were up against around hundred strong fallen along with Kokabiel, who was acting as if he was in his primes.

Yet when he landed outside Kuoh academy, he saw the opposite of his expectation.

All the fallen were down. And their reason for defeat wasn't an army but one person.

Azazel knew the girl. At least he thought he knew. He had seen her only once but she left an everlasting impression on him. She was easily one of the top beauties he had seen, with an innocent aura and voluptuous figure; one of the most dangerous combo for any male. And then there was her luscious purple hair, a unique shade that he had never seen on anyone else. Right now she was beautiful as ever, maybe more. But she lost that innocent aura completely. Now the way she held herself was similar to that of a … predator?

"And wait … are those scales?"

"Melissa?"

Then the girl looked at him.

The moment her purple eyes met his, he felt fear. And it confused him. Why would he feel fear? But it didn't take long for him to notice what was wrong. No, he wasn't feeling fear but it was as if the emotion 'fear' was being forced onto him. It didn't take long for him to notice where the source was. It was her eyes. Last time when they met she had her eyes covered. Gaining back his composure he stood straighter, and let a little bit of his power out. And just as he thought the 'fear' left him.

"Lord Azazel?" Her voice could freeze molten lava, "May I presume that you are here to stop Kokabiel not the other way around?"

Azazel coughed. He mentally made a note to learn about Melissa's history after the current situation calmed down.

But for now, "Yes, but it seemed everything has been taken care …"

"No." It was rude to interrupt someone of his position, but it seemed Melissa wasn't in the mood for any etiquettes, "These … fallen," Her tone clearly suggested that she wanted to use different terms, "may have been taken care of, but Kokabiel has taken Naruto-sama somewhere."

Then it clicked why she was so agitated.

"Tell me what happened."

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Inside Kuoh Academy

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Rias was glad that there was a barrier. Otherwise, the aftershock and the sound of her dishing out blasts after blasts to all the Cerberus would have woken up the whole town.

"Umm~ Rias?"

Rias turned to look at Sona, slightly annoyed. The Sitri heiress sighed and pointed at their opponents … or whatever was left them, "I think you should stop. You have already obliterated all of them."

The Gremory heiress finally noticed that she in fact had blasted all two of the Cerberus into oblivion, alone at that. It seemed she was more pissed than she had originally thought. But her anger wasn't directed at her enemies. She was angry at Naruto … for not believing in her, and for hiding things from her. She wasn't stupid. She could see that Naruto got the hints that she liked him. But yet …

"Regardless, it seemed we ran out of time." Griselda added with a sigh.

There was no need for any directions. Everyone could feel the sudden power rise coming from the courtyard. And they were on the opposite side of the school.

The first one to react was Kiba, who rushed toward the light. Everyone else immediately caught up.

As they reached the courtyard, it was already over.

"I have done it." Valper laughed with an inhumane gleam in his eyes, "I have finally created the one and only Excalibur!"

Griselda was quick to act. But unfortunately for her there was another guest, otherwise Valper would have lost his head.

Griselda didn't wait for Valper to finish his speech. The moment she saw the abomination, she would never call that a holy sword let alone Excalibur, she rushed to end the madman; while others were still awed or debating what to do. But there was another person aside from Valper and freed, who was standing behind all these commotions so no one saw her till now. Griselda's powerful blow was blocked easily by her opponent who was carrying two katana. That surprised Griselda as she was currently wielding 'Excalibur Destruction'. She had her own custom holy sword but since Xenovia was using Durandal she swapped her sword. But Griselda's distraction was enough for Valper who dropped the 'Fused Excalibur' onto the ground. And the power it emitted forced Griselda to back off.

Even though the person had a huge grey cloak covering the face and the body, but from the figure it was easy to see that it was a woman.

"Oi oi, boss~" Freed giggled, "Be careful will ya~ Without our cute little insurance here your head would have gone flying."

"Ah yes," Valper chuckled, he wasn't fazed at all even though he was really close to death. He turned toward the cloaked figure, "Thank you my dear. It feels really good to be recognized by someone like Kokabiel." Then he faced his attacker, "Griselda, have you come to witness my revolutionary creation?"

"All I see is a disgrace of Excalibur." Griselda snorted, she corrected her stance once again, "This isn't a puzzle board where you put the pieces together and call it a grand innovation."

"Ahh~ The hypocrisy," Valper gave a hearty laugh, "This wasn't the first time my work was seen as an abomination, and I am sure that just like the last time the Heaven and the Church will try their utmost to utilize the fruit of my labor."

"Valper!" Kiba's shout broke the tension between the two elder exorcists.

Valper looked at Kiba with a raised eyebrow. A second later realization hit him, "Oh~ The leftover from that 'Holy Sword Project'. Came here for your dead friends? Why not I do you favor? Hmm~ Since you came all this way."

Then he threw a crystal that fell in front of Kiba.

"The sacred will that each experimental subject had never reached the required amount. So, what was the answer? Simple," Valper was talking as if he a gentle teacher educating young kids, "Siphon out all the wills and give that collective sacred will a form. That crystal holds all of your dead friends will. It's the last of its kind but I will give it to you. See, I can be generous when I want to be."

The revelation surprised all those who didn't know.

Griselda took her chance once again.

She rushed forward, this time her aim was the cloaked person. Just from their last exchange, she could tell that this unknown guest was very powerful. And that person took her stance ready to intercept her. But that was what she hoped. As her attention was on Griselda, Xenovia was right behind her to go for the 'Fused Excalibur'. She wasn't her apprentice for nothing, they took many missions together and all they needed were very subtle movements to communicate with each other.

Unfortunately Griselda's prediction on their opponent's power was grossly underrated. The mysterious lady gave three power strikes, with one hand katana, to Griselda. They were so fast that even the veteran exorcist couldn't keep up with them. The first strike stopped her attack, the second disrupted her balance and the third threw her off her feet. Xenovia hesitated for a moment to see her master getting thrown off like that. And at that moment, her opponent struck. She hit the side of the Durandal to throw off both the hesitant sword strike and her balance with it. As Xenovia was falling forward, she was struck on her neck by the end of the Katana handle. Fortunately, Griselda recovered quickly as struck her from the side, which forced her to fall back giving the two exorcists enough time to back off.

"Impatient as ever." Valper chuckled, amused to see how easily his opponents were taken care of.

"Sorry but I really have zero tolerance against heretics." Griselda spat as she once again regained her stance and with her both Rias and Sona power up as well. They weren't taking any rash actions because they were being cautious. A single cut from a normal Excalibur shard was dangerous, so they didn't want to risk it to see how bad it would be from a Fused Excalibur. No matter what Griselda was saying, both of the devils could feel just how much of holy power that sword was emitting, and it was nothing to scoff at; at least not for them.

"Heretics? You call me heretics but isn't the Church using my method to create new Holy sword users?" Valper snorted, his amused impression didn't leave his face at all.

"We do not massacre innocent to achieve our goals!" Griselda growled, her anger kept rising the more she looked at the nonchalant look on the traitor's face.

"Those were nobody orphans. Their deaths paved a new way for the future of Holy swords." Valper sighed, his expression slightly turned to irritation.

And those words broke the dam.

The area was suddenly filled with warmth. And the source was from the crystal which was picked up by Kiba. He was staring at the stone with regret and hope. He closed his palm and smiled. Tears ran down his cheeks as he whispered to the crystal, "I will never forget any of you."

Then Kiba looked at Valper. His eyes didn't hold any more hatred or rage, just conviction. It made Valper step back.

"To someone like you, we may be nobody," The warmth surrounding the area started to concentrate on Kiba.

"But to us, everyone was an irreplaceable family member," The white and black light violently burst out from Kiba's closed fist as they started to take a shape.

"So I will cut you down for what you did to them," The lights calmed down to form into a sword.

"Not for vengeance but for justice," Kiba tightly gripped the sword and aimed at Valper, who took several steps back. His face lost all the composure it had.

"Sword of Betrayer."

The sword that was on Kiba's hands had more elegance and beauty than Fused Excalibur. It was even radiating the sharp light of Holy swords and at the same time had a dark aura like Demonic swords. While everyone was awed at the new development, none noticed the small grin on the cloaked figure's hidden face,

"Perfect."

"Freed!"

Valper shouted at Freed who was, till now, beside 'Fused Excalibur'. He shouted in glee as he delicately took Fused Excalibur, "Finally, I get to hold this baby." Then he turned toward Valper and gave a mock bow, "Thank you for the treat boss." Taking a fighting stance the deranged swordsman turned toward Kiba. But before he could utter a word,

A loud clap broke the tension.

Everyone looked at the source to see that the cloaked figure was in front of the complex magic circle, which was used to create Fused Excalibur, "I think we should get down to the main business. You see this magic circle over here," She pointed at the circle with her katana, "It will detonate after ten minutes. I am not sure how big the explosion will be but it may cover half of the city. And only Valper and I know how to stop this."

Her voice didn't have that maniacal tone like Valper or Freed. She spoke as if she was stating a simple fact. As Rias and everyone else got riled up, she immediately raised her other free arm, "So how about this? Freed and that boy over there, Kiba was it? Both of them will duel one on one, and if Kiba wins I will deactivate the magic circle."

"What?!" Everyone shouted at her, but her supposed teammates were the loudest.

Her hooded head turned toward Valper, her tone showed clear annoyance this time, "You told Lord Kokabiel that you can create a Miracle, right? If this is your Miracle, then show me. I am not even asking to fight the Durandal wielder."

Kiba smiled, he didn't know what was going on but he understood one thing. He was given a chance to directly confront the sword together with his old family that destroyed his past and so many lives; he couldn't have asked for more, "Fine by me."

"Dumbass, are you for real? Do you really wanna get minced by me so much?" Freed let out another of his arrogant laughter as he pointed Fused Excalibur at Kiba.

"Hold on! Aren't we supposed to wait for Kokabiel?" Valper shouted, enraged that the main star of their show wasn't here to see his masterpiece. But one look from the mysterious lady and he mellowed down.

"He has some other business to attend. So I am here as his proxy."

Their focus shifted to the battle. It seemed both Kiba and Freed couldn't wait anymore.

The Battle started intensely. Skill wise both of the swordsman was almost equal. Almost in this sense that Freed had better fighting instinct whereas Kiba had superior speed. But Kiba was still being pushed back because of the varieties of attacks coming from Fused Excalibur. Although this fact made Rias, Sona and Xenovia worried but few were composed as if they knew how the battle was going to end.

And just as they expected, the battle ended in an instant.

Kiba, with quick steps, shortened the distance between him and Freed; and delivered a powerful blow.

The Fused Excalibur shattered.

It was as if time stopped, except for those who knew this outcome everyone else froze, even Kiba. He immediately composed himself to strike down Freed but his instinct kicked in as he jumped back to dodge.

"How?" Valper fell to his knees, "How can this happen?" He looked at Kiba's sword, "There is no way such a fake sword can destroy my Excalibur! Light and dark shouldn't … coexist." Valper stopped. He blinked and then opened and closed his mouth several times. Finally, he relaxed,

"Of course, with all these abnormalities …"

But he couldn't finish as the barrier surrounding the Kuoh Academy shattered.

"Guess the big boss is here," The mysterious lady sighed. She turned toward the magic circle and muttered something in very low voice. A second later the circle that was threatening the Kuoh town disappeared.

"Wait! Kokabiel came?" Valper shouted, running toward the lady who without a second thought kicked him away.

"Not our boss," She pointed at Rias and others, "Their boss. Also, you do realize that the deal is off, right? Lord Kokabiel helped you because you promised that you create the true Excalibur, not a cheap knockoff. But," then she pointed at the shattered Excalibur.

"Wait …"

But Valper couldn't finish as he was knocked unconscious by taking a solid blow from Xenovia.

All the time Kiba and Freed were fighting Griselda was looking for a chance to take out the mysterious lady. With her down, she could then capture Valper and interrogate him. She was glad that Rias told her to take command since she was more experience in handling these kinds of situation. The veteran exorcist guessed that she did it to show her maturity. And as for Kiba, she wasn't worried because she knew he was going to win. But she couldn't find any gap in the cloaked figure's stance to exploit. As the match ended, she was warily looking at Valper and the lady beside him but the expression and comment from Valper startled her. She could see that he was finding out the truth about Heaven.

She needed to stop him, at any cost.

Then the barrier broke and the mysterious lady revealed a surprising fact. Knowing now that Valper was all alone, she motioned Xenovia to knock him out while she went for Freed. She wasn't going to let that crazy lunatic run away again.

Freed didn't expect Griselda coming at him with such vigor. He was fast but not enough. She struck him with the flat side of the blade on his stomach and then another one on his head, knocking him out.

She turned and sighed. The mysterious lady was gone, no magic circle or flashy exit scene. She just disappeared, and the worst part … right under their noses.

Griselda blinked as she noticed another person missing.

It was Rias.

And as for the Gremory heiress, the moment the barrier went down, she exchanged a look with Sona. Although Sona was reluctant, she nodded back. And Rias rushed off.

When she reached the gate, she was surprised to see Azazel. She immediately went on guard.

"Ahh~ Rias-chan, don't worry. I am here for the cleanup." Azazel smiled sheepishly.

"You should hurry." Rias looked at the voice and was surprised to see Melissa. She looked the same yet somehow different.

"Ahh~ Yes, yes." Azazel nodded at Melissa before disappearing into a teleportation circle.

Rias blinked as she finally noticed it.

"Where's Naruto?"

Melissa sighed before she turned to Rias, "Naruto-sama has gone to confront Kokabiel alone. And as you just saw, Azazel went there as well."

The revelation startled Rias, and soon her expression turned to anger, "Why did you let him go there alone?!"

Melissa looked Rias at the eyes, who unconsciously flinched, "It was his choice and I respected it." Melissa lowered her gaze and released a deep breath, "And before you say where he is, I do not know. Azazel has a secret base near that place so he teleported there. Unfortunately, he couldn't tag me since I wasn't a fallen angel."

Rias backed down. She was still angry but she knew Melissa was right. Then she looked around, "The fallens? What happened to them?"

Melissa hesitated for a moment before she turned away from Rias, "Azazel ordered them to leave."

"And Kenshin?"

"He went to our base, just in case Naruto-sama needed backup."

The silence was quite uncomfortable, at least for Rias. She kept stealing glances at Melissa. Slowly she came to understand what the difference was about Melissa. It was her presence. She had this overwhelming domineering presence. And for some reason, Rias couldn't get a proper read on her power.

The Gremory heiress wanted to talk to Melissa, about Naruto. And the topic she had in her mind wasn't regarding the mission. But she couldn't, her instinct was ringing all the warning bells that it wasn't the right time. But she ignored all the forewarnings.

She was Rias Gremory, heiress of the famous Gremory clan and the sister of current Lucifer. Calming her emotions, she went for the strike,

"Are you Naruto's lover?"

Melissa turned and faced Rias. Her mystical eyes alarmed Rias. Her lips twitch, ever so slightly,

"Yes, I am."

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Naruto looked at Kokabiel. Even though he was chained down by his 'Enkidu', the fallen had a serene smile on his face. It was as if his defeat was all but a small part of his larger plans. And it was somewhat pissing off Naruto.

'Enkidu' was a weapon he created based on his mother's special technique called 'Adamantine Sealing Chains'. His mother, Cleria Belial, was a very creative devil ... especially when it came to her powers and governing the city. Unlike other Belials, she materialized her clan's special power 'Worthlessness' into chains. It had more impact but unfortunately she needed longer time to process the 'Understanding the Properties' part. Naruto, as he inherited her mother's brilliant mind, was able to unlock the full potential of that technique using his 'Longinus'.

And it was simple actually. First of all, his 'Worthlessness' was special … very special since his body contained light energy as well, which mutated the Belial Clan's ability. But following the laws of the world, his special powers came with a limitation which was the amount of time he could use 'Worthlessness' was limited. He wasn't sure why but according to Kurama it had something to do with his soul. Regardless, he found a way around it. Instead of using 'Worthlessness' as an ability, he would use it like an 'Enchantment' to craft very special weapons; for example, 'Enkidu'. Also, the chains were very special. He crafted them using dragon's bone, used his own blood as a medium for 'Worthlessness' to give his ability an extra boost. And lastly, he dyed the chains using the blood of the 'Divine Beasts'.

The end result was this magnificent weapon capable of binding even Gods.

But no matter how much he upgraded 'Worthlessness' he still needed to properly utilize the 'Understanding the Properties' of the ability. Fortunately for him, he left that part to Kurama.

So why didn't he use this at the very beginning of the battle?

Simple, it was because of Ophis's power.

There were very few things or beings that 'Enkidu' couldn't detain, one of which was Ophis's power. Now, if Kokabiel was using a small or lightly medium amount of it, he could have still used 'Enkidu'. But unfortunately the fallen overdosed the power to the point where his own unholy power and Ophis's blessing, as the dragon god liked to call it, merged violently.

Of course, the side effect was clearly showing right now.

Kokabiel's veins started to sport a light green color as one of his irises turned full green. He wasn't going to live for long. And it wasn't their fault. His body was self-destructing. Naruto knew it, everyone there knew it. Unfortunately, there was nothing they could do.

"You know you could have let me fight a little longer."

Naruto looked at Natsu who was pouting. Unlike Naruto, he wasn't in his 'Balance Breaker' state anymore. Naruto had to admit that was one bizarre 'Balance Breaker', even his 'Longinus' didn't make any sense to Naruto if it was one to begin with. But unlike Natsu's normal state, his second stage was able to go toe to toe with Kokabiel. But just after few exchanges of bouts, Kurama pointed to Naruto that the Ophis's blessing within Kokabiel weakened and his power was somewhat stabilized. So he went with his 'Enkidu' and immediately stopped the fight.

"It wasn't my fault that certain someone was out cold when the real fighting was going on." Naruto couldn't help it. And seeing Natsu clicking his tongue and looking away made him feel all the better.

"Now, I don't know about you two but for me, I got some questions for him." Naruto turned toward Arthur and Natsu. After all, if he wanted he could have used that 'Balance Breaker' and one shotted the fallen. But he wanted to keep that a secret for as long as he could. Natsu wasn't much of a problem but he definitely would never show it to a member of a church not unless the said member was on the opposite side of that weapon of his. Also, there was the fact that he wanted to capture the fallen alive, at least well enough to talk.

"Is it about the prophecy?"

Naruto looked at Kokabiel. Even though his body was breaking down, his face never lost that content look. With a sigh, he took a step closer, "So I am guessing you are gonna talk?"

"The only one who knows the full prophecy and what it truly entails is Michael. But there were hints of it here and there. And, I don't know how, but Azazel was able to interpret the core of the prophecy from all the clues he got. Still it took him more than three hundred years to do it." Kokabiel explained. His voice sounded tired, "And before you ask how I know, do realize that I am one of the oldest fallen who led and survived the Great War. I know when your superior is restless and doing something behind everyone's back."

The silence was quite deafening. No one expected Kokabiel to be so upfront about it.

This time Arthur spoke up, "I am sure you know about the 'Peace Treaty' that was going to be held at the end of this year. You could have brought this up then."

Naruto arched an eyebrow at Arthur. But Kokabiel took the spotlight once again as he started laughing. Somehow it felt wrong.

"Peace Treaty? Are you really so ignorant?" Kokabiel's laughter died down to mere chuckles, and it felt as if he was mocking them, "Tell me this, who possesses the 'Boosted Gear', a human or a devil?"

Seeing the understanding and shocked look on their faces, Kokabiel gave a triumph laugh, "The tips were already on the devils' side when they figure out a way to repopulate their race, in a very treacherous way to be honest. And then they had gone above and beyond by reincarnating those with 'Sacred Gears'. That should never have been allowed. 'Sacred Gear' is the privilege solely for humans and the only artifacts bestowed upon them to protect and fight against supernatural."

"And the lifespan of the devils would make it harder for the 'Sacred Gears' to rebound. And as for the 'Longinus' …" Naruto added with a frown.

"They will be nothing more than precious pawns to be groomed ... so that they can be properly used in the next war." Then Kokabiel looked at Arthur, "So what exactly are they gonna talk in the 'Peace Treaty'? How is the weather?"

"Well … this is too confusing for me but what if they make a deal of some sort, you know, not to touch the 'Longinus' wielders?" Natsu added his thoughts, all the while scratching the back of his head.

"If you honestly believe that the devils are going to keep their promise then you are more foolish than I thought." Kokabiel snorted as he groaned. It wasn't a pleasant feeling chained like that.

Natsu was riled up but didn't act on it when Naruto motioned him to stop. He then turned to Kokabiel, "Then what are we? Some grand champions to come and save the day? Some heroes who will protect the balance?"

Kokabiel chuckled at Naruto, "Are you not?"

The knowing look the fallen gave him completely caught him off-guard.

"I am not someone who judges one's belief and resolve. But why would you go so far," Arthur's gaze swept over Kokabiel's body, which was deteriorating further, "To fight us?"

"The Great War left an impact on all the factions, directly or indirectly. It was that devastating. The Gears of the supernatural world stopped moving forward for four hundred years, except for the Devil faction. Even humans with all their technological advancements failed to create the Kingdom of Utopia that they always envisioned. Now all they want are empires built on top of useless wars and petty arrogance." Kokabiel snarled, his breathing becoming more abrupt.

Kokabiel stopped. He knew that his outburst was only going to prolong his inevitable demise. He closed his eyes and started to take long deep breaths. When he felt he calmed down, somewhat, he opened his eyes again. Both his gaze and voice were tired, "I just wanted to see what kinds of Miracles you possessed."

"So I am guessing these so-called Miracles are our special Longinus?" Naruto added.

Kokabiel chuckled, "Yes, that's what anyone would think, now wouldn't they?"

Before the fallen could be asked any more questions, everyone looked at one particular direction. Arthur immediately made his Excalibur invisible, which made Naruto to subtly look at him.

"Have to give him credit," Kokabiel sighed, "That man sure can get things done if he wishes to." Then he looked at them and stood straighter, even though the chains started to dig into his body he paid no mind to it, "I know you are not going to listen to anything I say. After all, I am just a warmonger of a fallen governor with full of arrogance."

His breathing became slower as he looked up, "No matter what the real prophecy is; remember this … he gave you a Miracle, not a Destiny … that is yours to make. And if you need help with it, just look up at the sky. You'll know what to do."

These words … were not what they expected. And their stunned expression showed it all.

The heavy atmosphere was broken by the arrival of the Grigori leader.

Azazel looked at the defeated and chained Kokabiel who had a satisfied smile on his face. But one quick glance was enough to tell that his time was almost up. They held their gazes for a moment before Azazel turned away and faced Naruto, "Would you mind unbinding him?"

If it was any other time Naruto would have given some sharp retorts. But now, he was just exhausted. And it had nothing to do with the fight, "So what happens now?"

Azazel raised an eyebrow at the statement. Naruto just sighed and waved his hand. The chains binding Kokabiel disappeared. And it seemed the reason he was able to stand for so long was these chains. So the moment when his support was gone, he fell on his knees, his wings disappeared.

"The Grigori will send out an official apology and if needed I will personally apologize as well. But for today all of us had enough." Then he threw them a card, "These will send you back to where you were picked up from." Natsu opened his mouth but Azazel gave him a stern look, "She is waiting for you back him and last time I checked, she was quite angry."

Natsu gulped and immediately activated the card. A flash of bright light and he was gone.

Saber looked at where Natsu was a moment ago and then back to his card. His reluctance was clear and it seemed Azazel knew the exact reason, "All the fallen from the Haneda airport had been detained. I had a call from one of my trustee," Azazel gave a subtle look at Kokabiel at that specific word, "subordinate. But let me assure you that you were merely tricked."

Seeing Saber blinking, Azazel chuckled as he elaborated, "You were forced to come here as the fallens there threatened to start a fight right inside the airport, right? Unfortunately those were all false threats. They know the consequence of going through such disastrous plan is nothing but death. So rest assured, not a single life in the airport was under any danger."

That explanation made Saber smile, and at the same time it became clear to Naruto why and how Saber came. He would check the facts out later, for now, "Guess we will be seeing each other again."

The knight looked at the king with a stunned expression, which slowly turned into an amused one. With a nod of acknowledgment, he was gone.

"I assume my ticket is to Kuoh town?" Naruto raised the card at Azazel, who simply just nodded back.

Naruto glanced at Kokabiel one last time before he activated the card.

As the light started to emit from the card, Kokabiel looked at Naruto. His serene expression was still there, and it seemed he had some special parting words just for Naruto,

"Young man, be the king who embraces the future ... do not be the emperor who rules by the past."

Naruto's eyes widened but the time was up.

"Was it necessary?"

Kokabiel chuckled, "They don't need guidance Azazel, and neither they need any advice. All they need, and deserves, is the truth." His voice slowed down, "And whatever destiny or path they want to take is up to them." Then he turned to Azazel, "Isn't that what he taught us?"

Although Kokabiel was looking at Azazel, he couldn't see him. Azazel could tell. Since his eyes were just blank, void of any life.

"I could have helped you know?"

Kokabiel gave a hearty laugh.

"And disrupts this fragile peace?"

"You really don't trust my judgment, do you?"

"I do." Azazel's eyes slightly widened at his answer, "That's … why …"

Azazel didn't speak anymore. He quietly went beside Kokabiel and sat down.

For some moment neither of them spoke, just enjoyed each other's silent company, for the last time.

"Azazel." His voice was barely audible.

"Hmm~" Azazel couldn't turn to face Kokabiel.

"Do you … think … we could have … saved him? If … we didn't fall back …"

"No, I don't think so." Azazel didn't hesitate for a second, "Regardless, your plan … your advice at that time was one of the reasons Grigori had the least casualties. For that …"

Azazel stopped. Because his listener wasn't there anymore. Azazel covered his face with one hand. He knew no one was there. Still, he just didn't want to show such a face under the starry night.

Silence reigned once again. But this time, it was painful, very much so.

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Kuoh Academy

In front of Kuoh Academy gate, Naruto appeared, with his right arm stretched and his mouth slightly opened.

He blinked; then looked around.

Rias and Sona have their power drawn onto their hands whereas Kiba, Xenovia and Griselda had their weapons out; all aimed at him. And they were merely around ten meters away from where he was standing. It seemed they weren't told how he was coming. And when his eyes landed on Melissa, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

With a sigh, Naruto regained his composure and smiled, "Guess mission is complete."

The first one to react was Rias, who rushed at him and gave him a tight hug. Naruto stood there awkwardly for a second, before patting her back.

"You idiot! Why did you go to face him alone?!"

Naruto chuckled at Rias's outburst. He met Griselda's gaze and answered, "I wasn't alone." He didn't miss the slight twitch on her left eye which only widened his grin.

"So what happened there?"

The question came from Sona. Naruto opened his mouth to answer but stopped. He furrowed his eyebrows as once again he remembered those departing words. He really wished Kokabiel wasn't so cryptic with his words. It made him wonder, just how much Kokabiel knew. And what were his true motives anyway? But he wasn't sure if he was ever going to find out now.

Then he noticed it.

He was in still his 'Balance Breaker' mode.

With a sigh, he gently broke the hug, "Why not we talk about this tomorrow? I am sure we all need a good long rest after this tedious ordeal." When he finished speaking, he waved his hand. His 'Balance Breaker' wore off.

Sona agreed, "Yes, that's a better idea. In that way, even the rest will know what happened."

"And you got your shits?" Naruto looked at the two exorcists.

"Unfortunately we couldn't retrieve the Excalibur shards," Seeing the knowing look on Naruto's face, Griselda looked away as she continued, "But we captured the two heretics responsible for the theft."

That was the first time Naruto got a good look at Freed and Valper, both of whom were unconscious. For a moment, he didn't say anything. Finally, he looked away, "Good for you."

"So, let's leave at this for tonight, shall we?"

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Done

Author's Note:

I am not gonna bother correcting a lot of the rants, I mean if you wait till the end of the current arc, most questions will be answered automatically.

Now as for Naruto's power,

I don't know if you actually read the chapter but I told there that Kokabiel became as strong as Azazel, for a brief moment but with a heavy price. And Naruto went toe to toe with him and cornered him in almost every steps of the fight.

So how does that make him not so strong?

Also if you didn't guess it yet by this chapter, yes he has EA and it could have one shotted Kokabiel. But like I said there were reasons for which he couldn't use EA or 'Enkidu'.

And a special thanks to 'Noctus Of The Thousand Blades' for helping with the concept of 'Reality Marble'. He also pointed out a mistake on the last chapter. I wrote that in UBW, everyone goes to mindscape which was wrong, they go to the person's soul.

Just a head's up, Naruto's strongest weapon isn't EA.

And just like i said in the story, he uses 'Worthlessness' as an enchantment. The reason I did it is because I made his ability really strong so I gave some limitations. That's how I roll. I do not like to give super op power right from the start without any restrictions. Otherwise, the fights will become really boring.

About the characters,

The reason I used Saber (from Fate Prototype) and Natsu (from Fairy Tail) isn't because I like the characters. No, really I don't like Natsu at all. But for the main concept I have for the story, they fit in the best. I did try to find replacements but unfortunately later their characters or concepts will clash with the DXD origin. And you really can't expect me to tell the whole background and everything about the characters on the chapter that I introduced them.

But I am not going to focus on them much. They are just there to carry out few specific roles.

And about Melissa, I will get to her; can't write everything in one chapter.

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Now here is the weapon Naruto used in this chapter.

Enkidu: Restraints of the Old Ones

Rank: EX

Universe: Fate Stay

Type: Anti-God

It is one of the weapons Naruto created using 'Worthlessness'. Naruto uses 'Enkidu' like the Warrior authority from Campione. He needs to feed Enkidu knowledge about his opponent. If Naruto achieves enough and proper understanding, he can bind almost anyone.

The only ones that it won't work are the gods with pure and complete authority, for example Zeus who has authority over Olympus and Hades who has over the realm of the dead.

It also won't work on beings like Ophis, The Great Red and Trihexa.

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The reason I may sound rude in the 'Author's Note' is that for the last few weeks I am trying my best to update once a week, despite having my hands full. I am doing that so that I can finish this arc in a proper way and not leaving my audiences hanging since I believe that this arc is important for the story. But I guess some of the reviews just demotivated me.

Well, enough of my rant.

Hopefully the last chapter of this arc will be updated within a week.

Also if you want to know something or want to discuss about anything just leave a message or pm me. I am always up for a good talk.

Till next time everyone.