Rise of the Uzumaki Clan

Written By: Rave Rose of Twilight

Warning: I don't own Naruto and I certainly don't own High School DxD.

Chapter One: Evil Pieces and Inheritance: The Power to Subjugate Hatred is Here!

Thousands of years ago, there were the Three Factions. Unlike other supernatural groups which were, more or less, independent of one another, these three were all interconnected with one another. Together, the Three Factions spawned the Judeo-Christian religion and became part of the Bible. These three factions were the Angels, the Devils, and the Fallen Angels.

The Three Factions waged war against one another under the leadership of the Biblical God, the Four Great Satans, and the Fallen Angel organization known as Grigori, led by Azezel, which came to be known as the Great War. After the death of the Biblical God and the Four Great Satans, the Great War had finally come to an end, but not without heavy consequences. Thousands of Angels and Devils had died in the conflict along with only hundreds of Fallen Angels. This left the Three Factions in a heavy state of conflict, members of each side wishing to re-enter the fray in hopes of defeating the others in their tired state.

Due to a state of extreme exhaustion after the Great War and with all three factions suffering heavy losses to their main forces, neither of the forces leaders wanted to continue fighting a losing battle. So, in spite of there being no true peace between the Three Factions, there were no further outright battles between them.

Because of this, the Angels and Devils devised similar methods of recruiting new devils and angels. Those methods were known as the Evil Piece System, based on the game of Chess, and the Brave Saint System, based on playing cards. Thanks in part of the Great War, the 72 Pillars, the 72 main families of Pure-Blood Devils had taken serious casualties and were reduced to 34 families due to the feelings some devils had about how devils whose blood wasn't pure weren't true devils. However, one family seemed to stand out the most amongst the 34 remaining pure blood families. That family was known as the Uzumaki Clan.

The Uzumaki Clan was famous amongst the High Class families because of their special power: The Power to Subjugate Hatred. Under normal circumstances, this power would be seen as a minor ability with little-to-no real world usage, but when a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attempted to master Senjutsu on its own, the Uzumaki Clan Head, Lady Mito Uzumaki, and her husband, Lord Hashirama Senju, Head of the Senju Clan, successfully subjugated the SS-Class Demon and sealed it using a powerful Sealing Magic spell within Mito Uzumaki. Because of this, the Senju and Uzumaki Clans were granted the title of Duke. However, the seal would only last until Mito was on her deathbed. So, she requested another Uzumaki from the clan, a young girl by the name of Kushina Uzumaki, to act as the jailor for the Demon Fox.

Later on, as time passed, Kushina met a young High-Class devil by the name of Minato Namikaze, a member of the Namikaze Clan and heir to the title of Count. The two fell in love and married soon after meeting for the first time. Kushina had made Minato her Knight and quickly became pregnant with a young baby boy. Sadly, the seal was weakened significantly due to the pregnancy and they had to move to a safe place in order for Minato to supply his own magic power to the seal to reinforce it while Kushina gave birth.

Suddenly, a man wearing a spiral mask with one eye revealed appeared and released the Nine-Tailed Fox by luring Minato away using their newborn son, Naruto, as bait. The fox laid waste to the area, but thankfully, no real damage was suffered by Lilith, the capital of the Devils' territory. Minato, a master in the art of Sealing Magic, used a special seal that drained him of almost all of his magic to begin sealing away the Fox Demon into Naruto's body. As a last ditch effort to escape being sealed away for a third time, the Fox launched a claw toward baby Naruto, but it was intercepted by Minato and Kushina, both of whom had died to protect their son. Minato's Knight piece and Kushina's King piece seemed to fall to the ground at Naruto's feet before silently disintegrating into dust and blowing away with the wind.

Sirzechs Lucifer, a member of the Four Great Satans and a family friend of the Uzumaki Clan, found Naruto crying on the ground with an intricate seal glowing bright red on his naval before fading away into nothingness. Behind him was his wife, Grayfia Lucifuge, walked up to the baby boy and held him in her arms, whispering sweet nothings in his ear and cradling his tiny body before he fell asleep. Sirzechs approached his wife smiling lovingly.

"He looks just like his father, you know," said the red haired man, slowly stroking the mop of blond, spiky hair. Grayfia giggled and nodded. "He'll be a lady killer for sure."

"You know that just means he's going to inherit his mother's personality, right," she said teasingly, causing her husband to pale significantly. "I can already tell he's going to be incredibly strong. So much potential in his tiny body," said the silver-haired woman as she rubbed her thumb along Naruto's whisker-like birthmarks. "I wonder how Rias-chan will react to having him around the household."

Eight Years Later…

Eight years. Eight years of torture, pain, and depression….for Sirzechs Lucifer. Growing up in the Gremory household, Naruto Uzumaki had gotten along with almost everybody he came into contact with. Even Lord and Lady Gremory enjoyed having the young Uzumaki heir around the house to...liven things up a bit. Especially when all of his pranks were targeted toward Sirzechs Lucifer or Falbium Asmodius. Even Serafall Leviathin adored the young boy's antics and occasionally joined in.

Now, however, it was time for Naruto to get his set of Evil Pieces. Rias Gremory, Sirzechs' little sister, had decided to go along with them simply for the sake of getting a chance to play with Naruto afterwards and because she had gotten her Evil Piece set two years ago. Rias Gremory was a 10 year old girl with deep crimson hair and seafoam green eyes. She was just an inch or so shorter than Naruto, making her around 4 feet tall while Naruto stood at around 4 feet 1 and a half inches.

As they approached the 'castle' of Ajuka Beelzebub, Naruto seemed to grow increasingly nervous all of a sudden. It was understandable since Ajuka custom made the pieces for each individual devil based on how that devil answered his questions. However, two question were always the same: 'What will you do with the Evil Pieces once you get them?' and 'What's your goal in life?'. Even Rias was terrified of Satan Blue when she got her pieces.

Before Sirzechs could knock on the door, it swung open to reveal a handsome young man with light blond hair and deep green eyes smiling down at them. "Welcome," the man said with a devilish tone. "So glad to see you've finally come to get your Evil Piece set, Uzumaki-kun! I've been waiting forever for you to finally come of age to start your Peerage!" Looking down beside the young blond-haired, blue eyed boy, the young Satan noticed Rias holding onto Naruto's hand. "And you brought young Ria-tan with you too! How exciting!"

Ajuka began to walk deeper into his 'lair', as Sirzechs liked to call it from time to time. The trio followed, though only Naruto seemed to wonder where they were going to. "So, Uzumaki-kun," Ajuka said, breaking the ice. "How do you like things here in the Underworld so far?"

Naruto shrugged. "It's fine, I guess. I mean...except for the weird looks I keep getting from some of the Low-Class and Medium-Class devils when I walk through town, I can't really complain." Sirzechs nodded to himself. It wasn't odd to see some of the Low-Class devils giving Naruto looks of gratitude, though the Medium-Class families often gave him dirty looks. He was the last of what was essentially a dead clan. Being the only member, many of the Pure Devil families in the Middle-Class liked to believe that Naruto was simply a commoner riding on the coattails of the Gremory Clan and the Uzumaki Clan's powerful name. Naruto proved, however, that he wouldn't buckle under the pressure given to him by some of the Low-Class and Medium-Class children who made fun of him or outright pretend he didn't exist. "But aside from that, I've made lots of friends. Rias-hime, Hinata-chan and her twin Hanabi-chan, Haku-chan, and even Yugito-chan and Karin-chan agreed to be my friends."

Ajuka grinned, nodding sagely. Hanabi and Hinata were both members of the Hyuuga Clan and Hinata was the Heiress. Haku was the younger sister of Sona Sitri and Serafall Leviathin. Karin was an Uzumaki, but her mother was a vampire belonging to the Carmilla Clan. Yugito was the daughter of Matatabi, the Two-Tailed Demon Hell Cat, one of the Nine Great Hell Demon Lords. And Rias Gremory, who was blushing quite strongly, was Naruto's best friend and heiress to the Gremory Clan. All six were rather powerful and had connections to influential people. Normally, such a thing would be seen as a potential powerplay in the 72 Pillars community, however, Ajuka Beelzebub knew about Naruto's special ability...the odd ability to befriend anyone simply with a smile and a few kind words. Even Hiashi Hyuuga, the Hyuuga Clan Head who initially disliked Naruto's presence around his two daughters grew quite fond of him because of the boy's strange and unique power.

Maybe it was an extension of his Power to Subjugate Hatred. Maybe the boy simply had an air about him that made even the most stubborn and hated of enemies become friends and allies. It was worth looking into for future reference.

"I'm so glad to hear you say that, Uzumaki-kun," Ajuka said madly with a chuckle that reminded him of the stories about mad scientists and other fairy tales Lady Lucifuge often read him before putting him to bed for that evening. "I've been curious about something for quite some time, Uzumaki-kun." Naruto looked up, a curious frown on his face. "What do you look for in members of your peerage?"

Naruto smiled kindly. "That's an easy one. I'm looking for good friends!" Ajuka and the others stopped walking for a moment.

"That's a fairly vague answer, Uzumaki-kun," Ajuka stated. "Would you mind clarifying that for me? What constitutes friendship to you?"

"Well, a friend to me is someone who you're willing to protect with everything you have and someone who would do the same for you." Naruto's smile seemed to weaken a bit. "Haku-chan told me that a person can only become strong when they have something precious that they want to protect. Something that you would give your life to keep safe. It doesn't matter if they're strong or weak."

Everyone smiled just a little bit brighter at this. "That's a very good answer, Uzumaki-kun. As long as you keep to your beliefs, I know you'll become as strong as Sirzechs."

Rias hugged herself closer to Naruto, both children blushing a great deal. Rias because she was happy Naruto considered her a precious friend and Naruto because he had a huge crush on Rias. Continuing their way toward the main lab where the pieces were created, Ajuka decided to ask the two big questions to Naruto. "Say, Uzumaki-kun. What's your big goal in life? What's your dream?"

Sirzechs grinned, already knowing the answer by heart. "I want to become strong enough to become a member of the Four Great Satans and to use that strength to protect the denizens of the Underworld, friend or foe, boy or girl, pure blood or mixed blood." Ajuka grinned with joy and excitement.

Now he understood what made the boy's presence so calming and full of joy. It was because Naruto did everything for the sake of others rather than for himself and it spoke in his every thought, every word that passed through his lips, and his very stance when he moved about the Underworld. Naruto was quite possibly the most kind-hearted devil in the 72 Pillars community. It was a shock that the boy wasn't an angel, he was so pure and selfless. No matter how many times people glared at him or ignored him...he simply absorbed all of that foul stigma and turned it into joy and happiness.

"Maybe once I take over Sirzechs-jiji's position, I can be Satan Orange!" Rias and Ajuka just started to laugh as hard as they ever had while Sirzechs' head fell with an arrow saying 'Old Man' being jabbed into the back of his skull.

"Why Satan Orange," asked Rias between her bouts of laughter.

"Because my mom was a candidate for Satan Red and my dad had yellow hair like me. Red and yellow make Orange and orange is an awesome color!" Rias smiled, though her giggles wouldn't stop completely.

"Does that mean our future child would have orange hair, Naruto-kun," she teased, causing him to blush and stutter madly.

"I wouldn't mind if Naruto-kun were to be your future husband, Ria-tan," called Sirzechs, causing Rias and Naruto to blush harder.

"Onii-sama/Jiji," cried the two before Rias and Naruto punched the Red Satan in the crotch, forcing him to fall to his knees and crying sadly at the lack of respect he got from the two youngsters. Ajuka continued to walk with Rias and Naruto, leaving Sirzechs be until he got back up and ran up to the traveling caravan.

"Now, Uzumaki-kun," Ajuka stated. "Once I give you your Evil Piece set, you can do whatever you want with them so long as its within the guidelines of the system. What are your plans with the Evil Pieces I give you?"

Naruto looked confused for a moment before a thoughtful look took its place. "Well, I was planning on asking Hinata-chan, Haku-chan, Hanabi-chan, Yugito-chan, and Karin-chan to join my peerage. We're already really good friends and I want them to get stronger too. Because of their families standing, Hinata and Hanabi won't be able to get Evil Pieces until they become High-Class devils and I want to help them make the Hyuuga Clan stronger. I think Haku-chan always wanted to join my peerage because she kept asking me how long before I got my Evil Pieces and if I would want her to join my peerage, so I was going to let her join. I know Yugito wants to learn Senjutsu and I can help her with that with my power, so I think she'd accept being offered a place in my peerage. Karin, however," Naruto said with a sweatdrop falling from his forehead, "she said that I didn't have a choice in picking her to be in my peerage. She said she'd find a way to steal one of my Evil Pieces and join my peerage if I didn't ask her. That and she's been getting really clingy lately and sneaking into my bed to sleep next to me completely naked."

Upon hearing this, Rias began to shake in either unbridled anger or pure jealousy. Karin and Rias had both been rivals for Naruto's heart since the day they met. Karin was half vampire and half succubus. She was a redhead with ruby red eyes and a very voluptuous body with almost D-Cup breasts, despite her young age. Rias, however, had just started to develop breasts, but they barely qualified as a B-cup.

When Rias began to subconsciously channel her Power of Destruction in her hand, a blue aura shot from Naruto's body toward Rias, enveloping her like a warm fire or submerging herself in a hot spring. Slowly, Rias' Power of Destruction began to burn out until nothing was left to show it had even shown up. Rias looked toward Naruto, who was smiling kindly at her, and muttered a weak thanks. Ajuka and Sirzechs, however, were shocked and mystified. This was the first time anyone had ever seen the Power to Subjugate Hatred used consciously to subjugate the Power of Destruction that was possessed by the Gremory Clan. It was an amazing sight in and of itself.

Despite not being targeted by the wave of blue energy, they could feel the warmth that radiated from both children. It was an amazing sight and even Ajuka seemed to have become pacified and enraptured by the display. The four devils continued to the lab only to find themselves there within a matter of moments. Ajuka excused himself before going off to a computer and typing up the answers to the questions he asked and typing up some additional factors that Naruto either displayed or mentioned before pressing a single key with an exaggerated press of his finger.

Loud pops and buzzes fill the air as computers whir to life and glow a bloody crimson. After about ten minutes, a small ding echoes through the room and a full set of crimson chess pieces rise through a warm fog. Naruto walked over to the pieces and grabbed the King immediately. As he inspected it, the King piece seemed to melt into his body and a pulse seemed to cause his eyes to widen before his stomach began to cramp.

A violent red aura seemed to surround his body. His azure blue eyes turned violent and bloody crimson and became slitted. The whisker marks on his cheeks seemed to thicken as his body lurched forward. Sirzechs, having known of Naruto's burden, prepared his own Power of Destruction. If Naruto went out of control...if the Nine-Tailed Fox took over, he would destroy him in an instant.

But before anything more could happen, the crimson aura was being pushed down by a blue aura that turned violet upon touching the vile chakra of the demon within his body. Naruto's eyes were slowly returning to normal and the whisker marks on his cheeks thinned to their normal appearance. By the time the red chakra was gone and the blue power was starting to reduce in strength, everyone began to settle down and Sirzechs' Power of Destruction died into nonexistence.

Naruto fell to his knees, eyes wide and his breathing labored. Rias rushed over to him and began to stroke his back softly. "What," he said, gulping as much air as he could to steady his breath. "What was that?"

Sirzechs and Ajuka looked at one another before nodding. Sirzechs knelt down to Naruto until he was face-to-face with the young boy. "What I'm about to tell you, Naruto-kun, is something that only a few other devils know about or even remember. That power you felt...that anger and hatred belonged to a powerful fox demon. You remember how Matatabi-sama and Son Goku-sama told you about Senjutsu and the dangers of practicing it?" Naruto nodded. "Well, the Nine-Tailed Fox thought that because of how powerful it was that it could handle the hatred that came from practicing Senjutsu. It was wrong. Eventually, it was stopped by Mito Uzumaki-sama and her husband, Hashirama Senju-sama, using the Power to Subjugate Hatred and sealing its power within Mito-sama's body. As she got older, she could feel the seal beginning to weaken. So she passed down the mantle to your mother, Kushina."

Naruto had a bad feeling he knew where this was going and swallowed the lump in his throat. "Kushina, as she gave birth to you, was attacked by a masked individual who used you to lure her husband, Minato-sama, away from her long enough to unseal the demon fox from her body. Before it could rampage further, Minato-sama and Kushina-sama used their strength to seal the fox within your body and died protecting you from a claw that threatened to kill you. Now, as the last Uzumaki with the Power to Subjugate Hatred, the mantle of keeping the underworld safe from its senseless, Senjutsu-induced rage belongs to you."

"He's right, Uzumaki-kun," chimed in Ajuka Beelzebub. "Not even I knew what would happen once your body accepted the King piece. Apparently, it just barely weakened the seal just enough to give the fox a false sense of hope and it chose to try to break free, but your amazing Power stopped it just before anything seriously dangerous happened. I must ask if you would be willing to allow me to study your seal and your Power. It may be of some help in discovering how your power is able to actually subjugate an emotion like anger and hatred."

Naruto was hesitant, but nodded. Any information he could learn about how his power worked would be useful to him and the future of the Uzumaki Clan. Ajuka bowed formally, but the crazed grin never left his lips. "Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity to study your Clan's abilities. I look forward to your visits in the future."

"Now, if you would gather the rest of your pieces, Naruto-kun," called Sirzechs, watching as Naruto took all of his Pawns and placed them in his left pants pocket while the Knights, Rooks, Bishops, and Queen were placed in his right pants pocket. "I believe it's time to head home, children." Looking up at his best friend, Sirzechs waved goodbye to the scientist.

"I look forward to watching your Rating Games, Uzumaki-kun and Ria-tan," called Ajuka with a friendly, yet somehow frightening, grin threatening to split his face in half.