The Hands Of Fate Turn Once More

A world that has been torn by four great ninja wars can finally settle down and enjoy the one thing many people have given their lives trying to achieve. Peace, such a fragile thing, but not one that's easy to achieve and yet once it's been achieved you find obtaining it to be only half the battle. The other half reveals to be the difficulty to maintain the fragile concept, the future generation might not know the true meaning of pain. Yet if they didn't work at maintaining the peace so many previously died for then they would experience it for themselves and then finally the cycle of hatred would begin anew.

Many had thought peace to be an impossible dream and for some of the lesser individual it was just that. If you wanted something bad enough then you had to fight for it and one young man had proven that theory correct. He never backed down or gave up, he fought for it and he succeeded. This young man had broken the cycle and now the future looked bright for all, but this had not come without a price and he it was almost time to pay it.

We will now take you a distance away from Konoha to a small plot of land that held a small house big enough for two at a push three. The building design was nothing too extravagant, a simple design only housing a few rooms with the basic necessities. It was enough for those who lived here to have an average life. The owner of the land and property was once revered as a menace to society, but now after his accomplishments now held a place in every man and woman's heart in the elemental nations.

A young man named Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze

If he was honest about most of the events of his life, he would say he definitely had a shitty childhood. He was hated, beaten and starved for something that was beyond his control. These events are what began to shape him into the man he had become, he vowed to prove their opinions wrong about him and he did just that. It had taken him years and many others in his position would have submitted themselves to their fate or taken their own life, but not Naruto. He was too stubborn for his own good and in the end that had proven to be his strongest quality.

He was only twenty five years of age, but he had achieved the dream he set out for himself. Peace would still be considered a fairy tale if he hadn't stepped up to the plate. Young and foolish they had deemed him to be, but when the dust had cleared and the final steps had been taken he earned the acknowledgement of everyone. He was happy enough with that and now that had been achieved, he was ready to move onto the other side.

"You ready partner?" A voice said, drawing him from his thoughts. The young man in question turned around and smiled a soft smile towards the person in the door frame. The years had been good to the two of them, their history was unique and had held many unforgettable moments. The first one was learning the Kyuubi was actually a female not that he was sexist it was just quite a shock. The second was when they had discovered a way to give her temporary freedom from the seal. Her first time out, she had given him one of the most breathtakingly beautiful smiles he had ever seen. "Come on get changed, the others are waiting for you or do you need my assistance?" Kurama said with a sickly sweet smile that promised pain. If one didn't know any better they would say she was related to a certain Mizukage.

"Hold your horses, give me a minute to get changed." Naruto said, walking upstairs missing the sorrowful smile that attached itself to Kurama's face when he was out of sight.

Getting to the first floor Naruto then walked over to his room and pushed the door open not bothering to close it after himself. He glanced at the pair of fresh clothes already laid down on the bed. What Kurama must have forgotten was that he could sense emotions it was normally better with sage mode, but after using it so much he could sense emotions from a short distance and he felt the sorrow in her. He already had an idea of what must have gotten to her, the others may have failed to mention this to him, but he knew his illness had gotten the better of him and today was going to be the day his heart beat it's last.

Standing in front of the mirror he couldn't deny how much he had changed over the years and even admire how far he had come. When he first saw himself in the mirror he couldn't help, but reminisce about the loud mouth brat he used to be always screaming about he was going to be the Hokage when he grew up. That ugly jumpsuit definitely didn't help his case. Yet now he could only smile at the innocence he once displayed, it was cute how naive he truly was back then, but that kid had been gone for a long time now.

The boy had died and the man was born, looking at himself now he stood at an impressive 6ft 2. Surprisingly enough, he was able to keep his figure mostly intact, but he had noticed some weight gain from his lack of training recently. Even with the lack of training he could never say no to the food from the gods. He grew out his hair so now his bangs reached down the sides of his face, if you would to take away his whisker birthmarks then he would have looked almost like a perfect replica of his father.

The sudden thought of his father saddened him greatly, the man had given everything to the village so they may live another day. A completely selfless act and in return he only asked for one thing, for his child to be seen as a hero for the burden placed upon him. Unfortunately, that was a wish left unfulfilled. Naruto might not hold a grudge over the people of Konoha because they didn't know any better, but that didn't mean their hands were clean. The scars ran too deep and he could look at them any more so He departed from the village and hasn't looked back. Even after all the pain he endured, he still loved his father because to him he would always be his hero.

The thoughts about his dad wasn't so only thing that came to mind, Kushina Uzumaki had come along with them. He might have looked like a carbon copy of his father, but on the inside it was all his mother. Because of her daring and never back down personality, he was able to earn himself a place in the heart of every shinobi and civilian all over the elemental country. He only had a few minutes with one of the most wonderful people he had ever met in his life, but those few minutes were long enough to make his heart clench at the thought of not having longer with her. A lone tear slipped from the corner of his eye and skidded down his face until it landed on the ground. When he was younger all he wanted was a mother and then when he finally met her, he wanted to grip onto her and never let her go, but from the only meeting with her he was able to see how proud she was of everything he had accomplished. It had been nine years since their last meeting and he would be able to see her again soon.

Naruto's azure eyes traced over his being one more time before he sighed softly to himself and made way over to his bed to prepare himself for his final day. Picking up the grey fishnet long sleeved shirt first and throwing it over himself, then he got into his orange trousers, a moment later he threw on his black shinobi sandals. Last but not least, he picked up his orange and black jacket, leaving it open he walked to the other side of the room to get the final piece of his attire he would need. The headband that displayed himself as a proud shinobi of the hidden leaf.

"Come on Naruto, it's time!" Kurama shouted from downstairs and Naruto couldn't stop himself from rolling his eyes. Tying his headband around his forehead as he had so many times in his past, before shutting the door, he looked back for a moment before closing it behind himself. Taking a deep breath, he then moved down the stairs to find someone else there waiting for him alongside Kurama.

The young woman was wearing a deep blue gown that reached just below her knees, the dress was of a simple design. This young woman didn't need anything too flashy after all she was one of the nine great beings of chakra so if she wanted something simple then there wasn't anything anyone could do about it. She had sapphire blue hair that reached down to the small of her back. Naruto had never told anyone this, but the first time he saw this woman what drew him in were her eyes. There were very few people that had different coloured eyes, one was a sparkling topaz while the other was a piercing emerald.

"Hello Mata-chan, I didn't know you were coming here if I had been aware earlier, I would have prepared something for you." Naruto joked slightly chuckling as he finished his descent down the stairs. Matatabi didn't say anything she simply walked forward and embraced him. He wasn't shocked by this after all they had hugged plenty over the last few years, but this one felt different. A hidden meaning of sorts, eyes flickering to Kurama's silently asking what he should do. The only sign he received from the crimson haired vixen was a smile, so he then wrapped his arms around the blue haired woman and drew her closer to him.

"Why?" The beast suddenly said as she had her head wrestled in the crook of his neck as moisture began to build in her mismatched eyes. Kurama's eyes dropped slightly as her heart went out to her sister, she herself might appear to be in total control, but on the inside she was probably the most affected out of them all. She had been sealed into two Uzamaki's and she had no hope for the third one, but she never knew how wrong she would be in sixteen years after her third sealing. It was still amusing to them about how wrong she was, first they started as enemies and then as friends before it finally blossomed into love.

That's right ladies and gentlemen, the great Kyuubi no yoko had fallen for the one person she called 'meat sack' for the majority of his life. How could she not though, he was everything she wanted in a mate. He was kind, brave, sweet, thoughtful, but when the situations called for it he could dominate the battlefield. Yet when it came to matters of the heart he was still as clueless as his mother before him, but instead of making her think less of him it only endeared him more to her. Years upon years of silently building up their friendship had finally take its toll and him finding a way to give her temporary freedom only solidified that connection.

So in this case she couldn't blame her sister if she had developed some feelings towards her favourite blonde just as she had. The reason for her sisters crying was because today was going to be Naruto's last day on this earth. She hoped, no she prayed he had simply ignored the telltale signs, but something inside her screamed he had known all along.

While Kurama was lost in her own thoughts, Naruto and Nibi were still conversing in a very intimate hold.

Naruto drew himself back slightly so he was face to face with the distressed tailed beast. "You're crying because after today, you won't be able to see me again." He stated bluntly, as her face displayed a look of pure shock. He felt her tense and with the help of his natural sensing ability, her emotions were starting to run rampant. "I am not mad at you for keeping this from me." He said flashing her a small smile. "I have known about this disease for years, but it was only this morning that I found I was going to die, but on the bright side. I'll be able to see my family again." The smile he then shown her then was anything, but filled with his usual cheerfulness. After hearing all that she couldn't contain her tears any more and she openly wept in his arms. Let this day be known as the last day any of the tailed beasts would cry for a human.

"I know I never got to say this b-" Naruto was suddenly cut off as Nibi leaned forward and captured his lips with her own. Shocked would be an understatement for the young ninja, but while this taste foreign it was definitely not unpleasant. Quickly overcoming his shock, he started to move his lips in-tune with her until they became synced with the other. Nibi feeling happy that her love interest was finally moving back with her wanted to take this a step forward. Moving her tongue forward until it was at the entrance to his mouth, she flicked it over his lips silently asking for permission which he was more than happy to grant.

Naruto pushed his tongue forward and engaged her in a small battle for dominance, he wasn't proud to admit that he didn't last long against the slightly more experienced older woman. Damn her cat flexibility. Pulling back Naruto who's face looked the equivalent of Kurama's hair. Matatabi couldn't help, but smile after all that was her first kiss as well the only practise she had was making clones and practising on them before the real target.

"I know you wouldn't hold a grudge against us, but that didn't make keeping it from you any easier." She said sadly. "I wanted to apologise and I figured a kiss from yours truly could hopefully make up slightly, but truthfully... You have become someone very important to us Naruto-kun." Matatabi breathed as more of his scent flooded her nostrils.

"It's fine, honestly I believe I have lived long enough. I mean, look at me, I have achieved my dream and now it is up to everyone else to keep that thought alive." He sighed, hoping they would keep up the peace that many had died for, but ultimately it was out of his hands now and he could face his sensei and father and tell them their dream had come true. "You all have become very special to me as well, when I agreed to fight for you all during the fourth ninja war I meant it, but I can't go on any longer I want to rest with my family." Naruto finished gently, wrapping a lock of her rich blue hair around his finger and twirling it slightly.

Kurama who had recently returned to the present could only raise one brow at the 'interesting' position of her sister and object of her affection. She must have been out of it for longer than she thought because the last thing she remembered was her sister standing right next to her and with the blush currently on her face rose a lot of question she didn't want to deal with right now. "Matatabi why are you so close to Naruto?"

Matatabi squeaked as she jumped out of Naruto's arms, she didn't want no one ruining her 'Naruto' time. Spinning around, she glared slightly at her older sister and leaked some of her killer intent only for it to be shrugged off by Kurama while Naruto didn't seem bothered by it at all. Her anger soon faded away when she realised it would only waste the precious time they all had left and the fact of how it was basically worthless against her.

"I just wanted to let Naruto-kun know how I feel about him and how much he means to me, to all of us." Nibi said without missing a beat. "You might be willing to close off your heart and let your pride keep it closed off, but if I was you I would be honest with him already before its too late."

Naruto looked between the two sisters and couldn't help, but scratch his head in confusion which to them only made him seem cuter. He did then notice the subtle red tint on Kurama's cheeks, when he saw that look he started to feel something swell in his chest. That feeling quickly left him by her next sentence.

"I don't know what you are insinuating, I would never feel anything for a flesh bag." Kurama said with fictitious conviction, but between Nibi and Naruto only the former had been able to spot the truth in those crimson slits. "I only value him at most as a dear friend. Nothing more, nothing less."

Naruto would have kept his attention on them until a sharp pain originated from his chest more specifically around his heart area. He didn't waste not time in moving his hand and gripping his chest tightly as he felt his heart beat increase dramatically. Kurama senses picked up a unique type of fear and normally she would have been delighted to see it, but when she turned to Naruto her eyes widened.

"Naruto!" She shouted and rushed over to his side. "How are you feeling?" Kurama asked, still believing that he was oblivious to his condition, but boy was she going to be in for a shock.

Naruto could only smile weakly at her as the refreshing nature chakra flooded his system. "You don't need to hide it any more Kur-chan. You might have thought me an idiot and I'll admit I was one back then..." Naruto said as he started to take deep breaths. "But I know my time is limited now, this is one of the main reasons I was so insistent on gathering all nine of you guys here." He finished with a soft smile that shown how much pain he was still currently in.

Tears began to gather in her crimson slits, all she wanted was for Naruto to be completely unaware of all this. It might have been selfish of her to want that, but he had been through enough pain to drive any grown man insane. "I'm so sorry." She said in a cracked voice. "I know I should have told you after you won the war and we discovered something was affecting you, but you looked so happy." She smiled as a younger him flashed through her mind with his shit eating grin present on his face. The familiar warmth filled her chest. "By the time you had decided to retire and leave the village, we all couldn't find any way to help you. It was too late, we were too late." Kurama said the last part in a whisper, but they both heard her with their enhanced hearing. Reality began to settle in for Kurama. She was going to lose her first friend, her first crush, first love. She was going to lose him and there was nothing she could do to stop that not even with her power.

Naruto glanced at her and took note of the tears welling in her eyes and then turned around to face her fully. He wasn't going to let this goddess cry, grabbing her by the shoulders, he pulled her into his chest ignoring her gasp. Taking a deep breath he mentally prepared himself for what was probably going to be his cheesiest speech.

"You know someone like you shouldn't cry for someone like me." He said with a humourless chuckle, she pulled back her head and glared at him for a moment before he pushed her head back to his chest, with that blush on her face he couldn't take her seriously. Clearing his throat, he needed to be serious for this next moment. "Ya know when I was younger everyone hated my existence to them, I was the devil child and anyone else would have laid back and accepted their fate." The words hung between them for a moment. "But they instilled something in me, the will and desire to prove them wrong. It didn't matter how many times I was abused or how they sabotaged my education, I wouldn't let nothing keep me down. I couldn't give up and even when I didn't know about you then I always thought you were watching me."

Matatabi could be seen leaning against the wall paying rapt attention to the duo. Kurama had been very secretive about her connection to Naruto, the only thing she ever let slide was that she thought him to be a 'meat sack,' but the underlay of affection with present just well hidden. Being the strongest tailed beast had made the girl incredibly stubborn, so having this once in a lifetime chance to get the inside scoop. This was the last chance her sister would have with her only precious person since the sage, so she wasn't going to miss this for the world.

"Then when we first officially met started speaking and you were adamant about keeping me at arm's length, but I broke through those barriers and we started to form a bond." He couldn't stop the smile forming on his face. "Even when I drew more of your chakra and went berserk, I could sense some of your emotions besides your hatred and it was then that I realised it was never anything personal against me. You just wanted your freedom, that is why I eventually forgave you." A soft chuckle escaped his lips. "After all, with how stubborn the two of us are, we are almost two identical sides of the same coin."

Kurama's crimson eyes widened as memories flashed before her eyes of all their interactions, she was a bitch to him and yet what he said was right. He always forgave her, no matter how far she pushed him. He was always there at the end of the dark road with a smile plastered on his face. It was truly amazing how one human could have such an impact of her life, yet why did she only realise all this too late.

"I saw the pain behind your mask, we were alike in almost every category." He tightened his hold on her. "I had to accept my own darkness before I could even think of tackling yours. When I took your chakra I got a look behind the mask, so then I worked harder to strength that fragile bond into what we have today." Naruto finished with passion in his voice and a wide closed eyed grin on his face.

"N-Naruto." Kurama whispered with a stutter. That warmth had returned full voice and was threatening to burst from her chest. These feelings were so foreign to her and yet she didn't want them to leave. The problem with feelings is that they were so beautiful when they were developing, but when there was beauty there was ugly. When the good turned bad, it wasn't something she could just crush with her claw and be done with it. Feelings scared her because she couldn't fight it, but she would continue to listen to this young man who wormed his way into her heart, even if she might be too stubborn to full-out admit it.

"Ssh just listen, I'm almost finished, we then went and formed our first tailed beast transformation and I could feel the warmth originating from within your chakra." Naruto grinned his fox like grin at her. "It was awesome and then we went on to battle Obito, Madara, Kaguya and even Sasuke." Naruto smiled took a wistful outlook.

"Then when the war was over and we all began building the foundations for peace, I then left Konoha and finally we found a way to get you out the seal… what I mean to say is that you have always been there by my side even when you didn't know it and it's because of your friendship that I am now able to stay sane." He smiled a beautiful smile that caused her to blush a little from his soft, but intense gaze. He moved closer to her ear so that she felt his hot breath. "I just wanted to thank you for everything," He finished and she was able to see from the corner of her eye a thin line of moisture slide down his face.

Both Kurama and Nibi were in a state of shock more so Kurama because it was all aimed at her. Then the words of their father rang through their minds, about one who would eventually come and unite them all together, not as weapons but as beings. The old man was right because what they found in Naruto was more than they ever could have hoped or dreamed about.

"Naruto I-" She was able to finish her sentence because Naruto shot forward and captured her lips with more passion. The kiss might have been small and sweet, but she felt the love in it. Her eyes fluttered for a moment before closing and snaking her arms around her love's neck. Matatabi was watching everything with a small smile on her angelic face, she felt a tinge of jealousy, but after hearing all that from Naruto she squashed it and let her sister enjoy her moment. A question popped into her mind, did her sister know how truly wonderful she had it, and how many others would give to be in her sisters, Nibi included.

After a moment Naruto reluctantly drew away from her with a megawatt blush. "You don't have to say anything." He waved her off. "Come on, let's go and greet the others, we have spent enough time here and I am almost at my life's end." He then took her hand in his right before looking over at Nibi and took her hand in his left and then proceeded to drag them to the door and go greet their friends/siblings.

The girls didn't both struggling and just let him drag them with smiles on their faces as they enjoyed the warmth his hand provided. They weren't travelling for long until they reached a small lake. Their smiles grew when they saw all their siblings doing their respective things. They couldn't help, but frown when he let go of their hands though.

"Hey guys!" Naruto shouted and waved his hand. They young man couldn't keep the smile off his face when the six tailed beast came up to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. She looked up to him like a big brother and he adored her as a little sister, he rubbed her head, causing her to close her eyes and enjoyed the petting moment. Looking up and seeing all the other faces of his tailed beast companions made him happier than he had felt in a long time. Looking at this small group of friends made him sad for the ones he had left behind, once the war was finished, he retired abruptly to them and left saying he would never step foot in Konoha again. They had obviously made attempts to get him to return even using his old friends hoping it would sway him, but he refused them and told them to enjoy life while they could.

Life was precious and should have the most made out of it. Naruto looked down at the little girl with her arms still around his waist before he moved a hand over his heart and felt the small amount of nature chakra he absorbed disappearing. He quickly put one of his fake smiles on.

"How have you all been since your freedom?" He asked with what he hoped was enough enthusiasm. They noted his smile and he even felt the little girl tighten her hold on him, Kurama disclosed most of the events before coming here leaving about his confession to her. This caused all their eyes to widen, before something else was detected on their radar. Looking towards Naruto and seeing the nature chakra leaving his system at a fast pace, but what hurt them more was that was the only thing keeping his heart active now.

Naruto could see his act wasn't fooling anyone anymore. Misty eyes looked down at the little girl who was holding him with a vice grip. He didn't want to leave now that his life was just starting to get good. Perhaps he was selfish, but so what after everything he had given up, he deserved to be for once. The tears then proceeded to fall and land on her soft hair, bringing her to look up at him. "I d-don't want to leave." Naruto sobbed as the tears pace began to speed up, wiping his eyes with his arm.

Kurama quickly dashed forward, wrapping her arms around his frame from behind as her own tears fell. It wouldn't be long now, but they would make his last few moments comfortable.

"Naruto?" She whispered in his ear. This might be cruel, but she wanted to be truthful about her feelings before never seeing her favourite blonde again. "I lied earlier when Nibi asked how I felt about you. I value you as so much more than a friend, you were the first man I fell for." Kurama said as the tears continued sliding down her cheek. "I was too afraid to admit to myself about how I felt about you because I wouldn't know how to deal with it when you were gone..." She buried her face in his back, Naruto could feel his back dampening and his eyes began to close slowly.

"Kurama." He said, interrupting her, she looked up at him and he turned around to look into her crimson eyes. "The nature chakra is running out, I got probably around a few moments left so I shall tell you this… I love you Kurama I should have said it before now, but I needed you to know now." Naruto said as his vision began to blur and the last scraps of nature chakra left his system.

Kurama's bloodshot eyes widened when she felt his body go limp in her arms. She would have laid him down, but her little sister was hell bent on not letting go of her surrogate older brother figure. "Saiken, let him go now!" Kurama screamed shocking the young girl as she quickly moved back slightly watching her older sister lay down her saviour of the elemental nations. "I love you too, I always have and I shall find a way to get back to you even if it takes all eternity." Kurama whispered into his ear and she might have been going crazy, but she swears she saw a faint smile on his face.

Hello everybody!

Saint Arca back here with a new story idea as you probably guessed by reading all this, just wanted to clear a few things up first. Number one is that I am not well versed in the lore of DxD so I just wanted to let you know, but you don't need to know everything to write a story just enough drive to push forward.

First one is done, I would like to know what you all thought about his send of from the elemental nations. The main reason I done it this way was so that he could never come back because I find it boring to involved other characters as it soon relies too much on the old and not the new.

This chapter was supposed to be longer, but I cut it short because I wanted to explain the second part in more detail and have more of a think about what abilities he will be taking with him and some other little bits here and there.

Now topic will be about pairings, more shall be revealed next chapter. I already know most of you will most likely want a harem and I am not opposed to the idea and you can send me message about who you want, but you must give me a reason why you want them and how it would work so if a person if of higher ranking than Naruto they would need something to link them personally.

Final stop for this chapter is if anyone here has extensive knowledge of DxD and would love to have a helping hand in this story then send a message and we can discuss some more ideas in depth. You would need to have extensive knowledge and reasonable free time to look the chapters over, but over than that nothing else really matters.

I believe that is all I have to say for the time being, but if anyone has any questions they would like answered feel free to ask, now hope you enjoyed this. Read and Review!