Author's Note: As always thank you guys so much for the amazing support and feedback that I've been getting. Without your support and motivation, I doubt I would have made it this far with the story! So, thanks! :D

Important: After some long and hard thinking, I've decided to go back and change Naruto's Evil Piece set slightly. The only thing I changed was his Knight pieces. Originally I had them as 2x Mutation Knights, but I've changed them to 2x Normal Knights, which will both be used on the one person. That being said, I've gone back to change the previous chapters slightly to accommodate for this change.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Naruto, High School DxD, or any of the other manga/anime that may be referenced over the course of this story.

The Second Son – Chapter 5 (The Clash of Phenex's)

After leaving the Occult Research clubroom in the human realm, Riser returned back to his home, the Phenex Manor. Upon entering the residence, the servants bowed to him respectfully as he simply walked past them, pretending they didn't even exist. He walked through the extravagant mansion without a care in the world.

After a few minutes of walking through the large estate, he came to a fancy looking study which belonged to Lord Phenex. When he reached his father's office, he opened the door and walked in, not bothering to knock.

"Riser?" Lord Phenex looked up from his desk to see his son standing in front of him with a smirk. "How did your business in the human realm go?"

"Very well. The marriage is guaranteed." Riser stated with confidence.

"Oh? I expected some form of rebellion from your future wife. Or has she finally come to accept her place in this world?" Lord Phenex asked, somewhat distastefully.

"Don't get me wrong, there was rebellion. She still believes that she should have a choice." Riser answered with a growing smirk. "She was adamant in denying the marriage contract, but now there shouldn't be any problems."

"What makes you so sure?" Lord Phenex asked, raising an eyebrow inquisitively.

"Being the silly little girl that she is, she placed her fate on a rating game." Riser answered with a chuckle. "And what makes things even better, is that she isn't even the one who will be fighting me. She let some low class trash challenged me on her behalf!" He finished before bursting into laughter.

Lord Phenex grew a dark smile. "It doesn't even matter who challenged you. No one can overcome the powerful might of a Phenex." He stated arrogantly.

"My thoughts exactly!" Riser agreed without hesitation. "And when I win, I will get two more beautiful women to add to my possession." He finished in a lewd tone.

Lord Phenex seemingly ignored his sons final words, losing himself in thought.

'After this wedding takes place, Rias will be under our control. Then I can finally get back at her trash loving brother for trying to spread bad words about my family!' Lord Phenex thought to himself with a dark smile growing over his face.

"Where is your sister?" Lord Phenex asked towards Riser after returning from his thoughts.

"When we got back, she said that she was going to visit Ruval." Riser answered with little interest as he walked back towards the door. "She said something about needing to ask him a question."

With that, Riser left the room to go and find his peerage, while Lord Phenex poured himself another drink and went back to his paperwork.

A Week Later

The seven days after the meeting in the ORC room passed by extremely quickly for a certain crimson haired heiress. During the week, Rias and her peerage went about their normal routine in Kuoh.

On the day of the engagement party Rias and the others met in their clubroom to travel via magic circle to the Phenex estate, where the engagement party was being held. When they arrived, the newer members of her peerage were amazed at the sheer size of the Phenex estate, and when they arrived to the Phenex's ballroom, they weren't disappointed to find that it was larger than an entire sports field.

Rias entered the large ball room filled with devils wearing her long crimson ball gown. She was followed by Akeno, wearing a similar gown, though slightly less modest, but in a raven black colour, the same as her hair. Behind them was kiba and Issei wearing white dress shirts with black suit jackets and pants. Lastly was Koneko and Asia. Koneko was wearing a simply golden yellow coloured dress, matching her eyes. And Asia was wearing a similar green coloured dress.

Rias led her group towards the quieter side of the ballroom, wanting to relax a bit before the main event started.

To say that she was feeling anxious was an understatement. Her whole future was resting on the event, and her fate was practically in the hands of a stranger. The only thing that kept her hopeful, was the fact that her older brother seemed to have faith in Naruto for whatever reason.

Her anxiousness didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the peerage either. For the most part, they were just trying to be supportive and do whatever they could for her, but at the end of the day, there wasn't really much they could do. Just like Rias, the rest of them were relying on Naruto to pull through for their King.

"Rias, are you okay...? Your hands are shaking..." Akeno said with concern in her voice, sitting down next to her best friend.

"I'm fine, just a bit nervous I guess..." Rias answered, forcing a reassuring smile onto her face.

"Buchou, no matter what happens, we will still be by your side." Kiba told her with his usual friendly smile, although it was obvious that he was just as nervous as the others.

"No matter what." Koneko added with her monotone voice, although there was a slight frown visible on her usually expressionless face.

"We wont let that arrogant bastard take you away from us!" Issei added his piece passionately making Asia nod her head in agreement.

Rias smiled warmly at her peerage, and for the first time in over a week, it was a genuine smile.

The group of young devils broke into light conversation to pass time until the party officially started. Every now and then Rias sent an anxious look towards the main doors hoping to see Naruto arriving. Since leaving the ORC room, Rias hadn't seen Naruto all week. She assumed that he was with his peerage, getting them ready for the rating game, but no matter how hard she and her peerage tried, they couldn't find him.

'Why isn't he here yet?' She thought to herself, letting out a frustrated sigh. 'I hope he actually knows how to get here...'

Rias was suddenly interrupted from her thoughts when two new devils approached her and her group. Looking up she smiled a bit at seeing her friend/rival.

"Sona, it's nice to see you." She said genuinely before turning to see the person standing next to her. "...-" Rias' eyes widened in surprise and she was actually speechless for a few moments. Standing next to the Sitri heiress was a handsome young man with black hair and violet eyes. He was quite tall and muscular, and looked a lot more mature than the last time that she saw him.

"S-Sairaorg?" She stammered out, still recovering from the shock, before jumping forward and wrapping her arms around her cousin. "Where the hell have you been?! Nobody has seen you in years!"

"Yeah, sorry about that." He said with a chuckle, before returning the hug.

Sairaorg Bael is the eldest son of the Bael clan, making him Rias' cousin on her mothers side. Though he was the first born son of the Bael clan, he wasn't given the title of heir because he didn't inherit the trademark Power Of Destruction that is so prominent within the family. While growing up, he was treated poorly by his father, seen as a disappointment for not inheriting their families famous trait. From a young age, Sairaorg was shunned from his family, along with his mother, and they were banished to the countryside on the outskirts of Bael territory.

Even though he wasn't acknowledged by the Bael clan, that didn't stop him from being close with his cousins, Sirzechs and Rias. From a young age Sairaorg got along well with Sirzechs, seeing him as a role model and older brother figure. He also got along well with Rias. Even though he was only a few years older than her, he took it upon himself to try and be a role model of sorts to her, just like Sirzechs was to him.

Some people might think he'd resent the crimson haired siblings for inheriting the power that he did not, but that couldn't have been further from the truth. He valued them both highly and cherished the bonds they forged.

However, a few years ago Sairaorg stopped visiting them. At first Rias was sad, thinking that he'd started to resent her and her brother. Then after months of hearing nothing from her cousin, she decided to go and visit his mother to find out where he was. When she spoke with Misla Bael, Sairaorg's mother, she told him that he had gone on a training trip to become stronger, so that he could challenge his younger half brother for his birth right to be heir.

Rias accepted it at the time, happy that he wasn't actually resentful towards her like she'd feared. But as the months went by, and he still hadn't returned, she started worrying that something had happened to him. Months continued to go by, turning into years, and he still didn't return. She went to visit Misla again to find out if she knew where he was. When she asked, she was disappointed to find out that even though he had been sending her occasional letters, she had no idea where he was.

She had even tried to get Sirzechs to look for him, but when he tried, he too couldn't find a trace of him. It was as if he had completely disappeared.

Yet here he was, randomly showing up at her engagement party after three long years.

"Where have you been all this time?" She asked, slightly annoyed, after letting him go from the hug.

"Here and there." He answered vaguely with a smile. "For the most part I've just been training to become as strong as possible."

"You've been gone for years though! Was it really necessary to just go missing like that?" Rias asked him with a frown crossing her face.

"Oh, well... I guess I got lost on the path of life." He responded sheepishly.

The rest of the young devils observing the conversation had to hold back laughter while Sairsorg smiled at the twitching Rias.

"That-" She began in an annoyed tone before being interrupted by a presence on the main stage in the ballroom. She sighed at seeing who it was and completely forgot about the scolding she was about to send in Sairaorg's direction.

"Greetings renowned devils of the underworld! Riser would like to thank each and every one of you for coming today!" Riser spoke from the main stage in the ballroom. Moments prior to the beginning of his speech, he appeared in the usual Phenex magic seal and a burst of flames. Riser was revealed to be wearing a white suit with a red shirt, unbuttoned down to below his chest.

Beside him appeared Ravel, wearing an elegant pink dress, and on the other side was Lord Phenex in a similar white suit, and Lady Phenex, wearing an identical pink dress to Ravel's.

"This is a historic moment for the world of Devils. And I want our dear guests to be the first to know that two great dynasties are about to become one!" He announced to the guests while his eyes were travelling up and down Rias. "Riser of the distinguished house of Phenex, shall wed Lady Rias of the illustrious house of Gremory."

Riser smirked when the crowd began cheering at the news. Lord and Lady Phenex were clapping along with the crowd, though Lord Phenex was sending a subtle glare in the direction of where Sirzechs was standing with Lord and Lady Gremory. Ravel on the other hand, wasn't clapping with the crowd, but instead searching through it to see if she could spot Ruval.

When the cheering died down, Riser motioned to begin speaking again, but was interrupted by a guard flying through the main doors and collapsing to the ground.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Lord Phenex shouted from the stage while the devils around the doors moved to create somewhat of an opening.

From their spots near the side of the room, Rias and her peerage, along with Sona, turned curiously to see what the cause of the commotion was.

"Where did Sairaorg go this time?!" Rias asked towards Sona with a hint of annoyance in her voice after noticing that he was no longer with them.

"I don't know, he was here a second ago..." Sona answered before trailing off when they could all see the cause of the commotion. "What the...?"

Six figures were walking through the main doors to the Phenex ballroom. All wearing black cloaks with hoods pulled over their heads. The six figures completely ignored the confused looks they were getting from the devils surrounding them, and walked straight passed them and all of the guards.

When the moment of surprise wore off, Lord Phenex glared towards the intruders and spoke angrily in their direction. "Who dares interrupt this special occasion?!"

The six cloaked figures reached the stage, ignoring Lord Phenex's question, and were now standing directly opposite the Phenex family in front of the entire crowd.

"We were invited... As tonight's entertainment." The apparent leader of the group stated calmly from under the cloak.

"Oh? You must be the low class fool who thought it wise to challenge a member of the Phenex family?" Lord Phenex asked arrogantly.

At hearing this, hushed whispers started to travel across the ball room. None of the devils knew anything about any supposed entertainment, or a challenge being made towards the Phenex family. An excited atmosphere quickly washed over the crowd as the watched the stage for further developments.

A crimson flash of light drew everyone's attention to the centre of the stage, where Sirzechs Lucifer now stood.

"Fellow devils, we are all honoured to be attending such a prestigious event!" Sirzechs announced, trying to force the sarcasm to stay out of his voice, which seemingly worked if the cheers of the crowd were anything to go by. "This event is being held to celebrate the engagement between Riser of house Phenex, and my lovely little sister, Rias of house Gremory!" He continued earning more cheers.

Rias herself blushed slightly at having the attention focused back towards her momentarily.

"Seeing as this is such a momentous occasion," He was trying so hard not to let the cynical sarcasm seep into his voice by this point. "There has been some entertainment organised for this evening."

'So you were behind this, you trash loving brat.' Lord Phenex thought to himself venomously.

"Tonight's entertainment shall be a Rating game between Riser Phenex, and the challenging party." Sirzechs continued while gesturing towards the six cloaked individuals. "There are multiple things being staked on the outcome of this Rating Game by both parties, but the main reward going to the victor, will be the marriage contract involving the Gremory heiress."

This earned mixed reactions from the room filled with devils, but the one thing they all had in common, was the curiosity in their eyes while looking towards the six cloaked figures.

"With all of that being said, I think it's due time that we meet our challengers for this evening, don't you?" Sirzechs asked towards the crowd, earning another excited cheer.

Sirzechs, along with every other pair of eyes in the room, then expectantly turned towards the group of six cloaked figures, waiting for the grand reveal that would eventually shock the entirety of devil kind.

Elsewhere at the same time, Serafall Leviathan was sitting behind a large desk piled with paperwork.

She hated dealing with paperwork so often, but in her position as head of foreign affairs it was necessary.

She let go a sigh of frustration before standing up from her chair and heading away from the study towards her room. Earlier in the week, Sirzechs visited her to see how everything was going. That in itself wasn't all that weird seeing as the two were best friends and everything. The thing that was weird however, was Sirzechs' mood.

Serafall would have assumed that Sirzechs would have been angry about the upcoming engagement party between his sister and that Phenex. But contrary to her expectations, Sirzechs was laid back and relaxed, excited even...

She was even more suspicious when he ended up practically begging her to attend the party.

Originally she wanted nothing to do with the event, and while she was quite fond of Rias, and the prospect of seeing her own little sister, she couldn't get over the fact that she'd be in the presence of those people. She hated the Phenex family with a passion and wished there was something that she could do about the engagement, if only to spite the Phenex family, but there simply wasn't anything she could do, just like Sirzechs.

That's why she wasn't going to go to the engagement party. Not only did she despise the family and want nothing to do with them, but she felt like attending would the same as showing her support towards the marriage, something that she wholeheartedly did NOT support.

In her eyes, Riser was the exact same person as Lord Phenex. They were both arrogant, elitist and condescending.

She was surprised to find Sirzechs begging her to attend the engagement when she told him she wasn't planning to go. She was still hesitant about going, and was sure that Sirzechs wasn't telling her something, but she was eventually convinced to attend.

That didn't mean she wasn't going to show up fashionably late to avoid as much of the event as possible...

Back in the Phenex families ballroom, the six cloaked figures were lowering the hoods of their cloaks, revealing their faces to the ballroom filled with devils.

To say that there was quite some shock from various different people for various different reasons, would be an understatement.

At the front of the group stood Naruto, in his adult form. He stood at a proud six feet tall with his tan skin and bright blue eyes. His spiky blonde hair stuck out in all directions with two jaw length bangs framing either side of his face.

Standing next to him was Claire. Coming in at just a few inches shorter than her King, she stood proudly with her waist length green hair.

Behind the King and Queen were two more figures. One of them looked to be around the age of eighteen with long purple-pink hair flowing down to her waist. Next to her stood another girl looking to be around the same age. This girl however had knee length black hair and red eyes.

Rounding out the group was the tall, silver haired vampire, Moka, beside a handsome man with black hair and violet eyes, Sairarog Bael.

A lot of devils in the ballroom recognised Sairaorg even though it had been multiple years since any of them had seen him. And all of those that saw the young devil were shocked to discover that he was a part of this unknown blonde devil's peerage. Even though he was treated harshly by his family, it was still uncommon for a high class devil to submit themselves to the authority of another devil.

None were more surprised though then Rias herself.

Sitting near Rias though, Kiba was curiously eyeing the girl with black hair and red eyes. Or more specifically, the sword that was strapped to her waist. Even though the blade was sheathed, he could sense a strange, demonic like power radiating from it. It was subtle, so he wouldn't be surprised if not many people picked up on it, but he could feel immense power coming from the sword, even from the distance he was at.

Sitting beside Kiba, Issei was simply drooling at the sights of the four new beauties on the stage.

"Who are you, to think that you have the right to challenge the might of a Phenex?" Lord Phenex asked towards the blonde leading the group, seemingly oblivious to who it actually was.

Naruto chuckled darkly inside his mind at this.

"My name," He paused giving a mock bow towards Lord Phenex. "Is Naruto Uzumaki."

This revelation caused differing responses throughout the room.

From the table where Lord and Lady Gremory were seated, could be heard the sound of a glass being dropped out of pure shock. Both were wide eyes and completely speechless.

Sirzechs from his position between the two groups on the stage had a small smirk on his face while trying to remain indifferent.

Riser was just eyeing the girls that he would be adding to his collection in a lewd manner, completely ignoring the blonde that had his both of his parents full attention.

Lady Phenex was seething and glaring daggers in Naruto's direction, and if looks could kill, Riser might actually have had a chance if his mother could help him.

As for Lord Phenex, his eyes were wide with surprise for a few moments, before recovering and adopting a dark look over his face.

'So this mistake is still alive and kicking... Coming here today was a mistake, trash. You don't stand a chance against a pure blooded Phenex.' He thought to himself arrogantly.

Ravel on the other hand, wasn't even looking towards Naruto and his peerage, instead she was staring at her parents, observing their reactions to the blonde devils identity.

'So what Ruval told me was true... I-I can't believe it..." She thought in shock, the reactions she'd witnessed from her parents, confirming what her eldest brother had told her.

"The outcome of this challenge has already been determined." Lord Phenex stated confidently, placing his hand on Riser's shoulder.

"Indeed it has." Naruto replied calmly. "Shall we begin?"

The two groups of devils were soon teleported into the arena where the Rating Game would be taking place.

Naruto looked around to observe the arena that the battle would be taking place in. They were in a large Colosseum like construction made out of stone. The ground was made into a large black and white checker pattern similar to that of a chess board, and all around the outside of the arena were large, multiple story tall chess pieces.

'Hmm, fitting place for a rating game.' He thought to himself with some amusement.

"Attention one and all, My name is Grayfia Lucifuge and I will be the mediator of this rating game." Came the voice belonging to Grayfia from seemingly everywhere around the devils inside the arena. "The terms have been set by both sides and both teams are now inside the arena. For your pawns to promote, they simply have to reach their enemy's side of the board. When any pieces are unable to continue they will be removed from the game to receive appropriate medical attention and the game will not end until one of the Kings either surrenders or are unable to continue."

There was a brief pause as everyone took in the information before Grayfia continued.

"The rating game has now begun!"

Phenex Ballroom

'This is going to be so fun to watch.' Thought Sirzechs with an amused grin.

'I hope this all works out...' Rias thought nervously.

'That trash doesn't stand a chance against a TRUE Phenex.' Were the venomous thoughts coming from both Lord and Lady Phenex simultaneously.

Heaven

An extremely beautiful woman with curly blonde hair and a voluptuous figure was excited awaiting the beginning of the rating game about to take place. There were six sets of white wings extended from her back and a halo floating above her head.

"Michael it's about to start!" She called out towards a handsome man with pale skin, long blonde hair and green eyes. He also had six pairs of wings, though his were gold in colour, coming from his back and a similar halo floating over his head.

The Archangel simply smiled towards his sister before joining her in her observations.

"I can't wait to see how much Jibril-chan has grown since leaving with Naruto." She exclaimed with excitement clear in her voice.

Grigori Headquarters

A tall man appearing in his twenties with an average build, black hair with golden bangs at the front and a black goatee was leaning back in his chair with his feet propped up on the table. Just like the Angels from heaven, Azazel was excitedly awaiting the Rating Game, though he didn't show it in the same manner as those airheads from above the clouds.

Behind the leader of the fallen angels stood a young man with dark silver hair who had bored expression covering his face.

"Why are we wasting out time watching this squabble between devils?" The young silver haired man asked nonchalantly.

"Because I have a feeling that the blonde," He said pointing towards where Naruto was standing on the screen in front of them. "Will provide quite the interesting performance."

'That, and I want to see if the rumours about his sacred gear are accurate...' Azazel thought to himself afterwards.

"He looks like another ordinary devil to me..."

"I think that there's a bit more to him then that... You might find that you have more in common with him than you realise, Vali." Azazel added cryptically with a chuckle.

Unknown Location

"Kick some yakitori ass, Nya!"

Rating Game Arena

"Okay guys this is it." Naruto said, gaining the attention of his peerage.

When they all turned to him with their full attention he smiled and continued.

"Claire I want you to stay by my side as we observe the coming fights." He said towards his Queen who simply nodded.

He then turned his head towards his pink-purple haired Bishop and his Knight with knee length black hair and red eyes.

"Jibril, Akame, I want you two to stick together and provide each other with support. Aim to take out their Knights and Bishop. I'm guessing that Riser with keep his Queen and sister by his sides during the early stages of the rating game." He told them while they just nodded along attentively.

Finally he turned towards his Rook and Pawn.

"You two stick together as well, work together to take out the Rooks and Pawns." The both smiled and nodded along with his words, exited for the chance to kick some ass. "Sairaorg... Show the people watching this just how big a mistake the Bael clan made by neglecting you simply for not inheriting the power of destruction." He added for some extra motivation.

"Oh I plan to." Sairaorg added with a determined grin. "Do you still approve of my request?" He asked

Naruto looked over towards the Phenex peerage in the distance before a smile came across his face.

"If you think you can handle all eight of his pawns promoting, than I won't stop you." He answered, knowing that his pawn was more than capable handling the eight promoted pawns.

Sairaorg and Moka were both patiently waiting on their side of the board. As soon as the Phenex peerage started moving, they noticed around half of the members trying to subtly make their way around the side of the board, behind the large chess pieces. Assuming that it was the pawns trying to sneak around in order to promote, the Uzumaki Pawn and Rook simply took to waiting for them to arrive.

After a while, Moka heard, with her heightened senses, ten sets of footsteps approaching them quietly... Well at least they were trying to be quiet...

Before they knew it, Moka and Sairaorg were completely surrounded by the ten devil group who had victorious smirks on their faces.

"Hah, you two must be as idiotic as your King." A well endowed girl with shoulder length black hair commented condescendingly.

"Oh? And why is that?" Moka asked in a calm tone.

"Well your King is an idiot for thinking he could stand a chance against Riser-sama." The same girl continued before one of her comrades took over.

"And you two are just as foolish for letting yourselves be trapped by us." A girl with brown hair and a mask covering half of her face continued.

"Trapped you say?" Sairaorg asked in an amused tone. "Just because there are more of you, and you're surrounding us, that doesn't mean that we are in any way trapped."

The ten girls surrounding the two members of Naruto's peerage smirked before eight of them called out.

"Promotion Knight!" Called out two identical looking girls with green hair carrying chainsaws and a girl with blue hair who was carrying a staff.

"Promotion Rook!" Came the shouts of the remaining five pawns, who either didn't think it necessarily to promote to the Queen rank, or their bodies simply couldn't handle the strain.

"This is starting to get boring..." Naruto's silver haired Rook commented in a bored tone, earning a chuckle from her companion and glares from the enemy.

"You're going down! There's no way a simple Rook and a single Pawn who hasn't even promoted can take on all of us!" Shouted two of the girls wearing cat ears that promoted to the Rook status.

The ten Phenex devils were about to charge towards Moka and Sairorg before pausing with a bit of hesitation when they saw Sairaorg was laughing...

"Why are you laughing?!" Shouted a girl with brown hair wearing a maids dress.

Sairaorg ignored the question before turning to Moka with a grin. "Do you want to have some fun with them, or just end it quickly?"

"The sooner we put them in their place and end this excuse for a rating game, the sooner I can get something to eat." The vampire/devil responded with a grin.

"Ladies first." Sairaorg commented gesturing towards the furious looking devils surrounding them. "Though it would be nice if you left the Pawns for me." He added.

Without another words Moka vanished in a blur of speed that none of the Phenex pieces could follow.

"I thought she was a Rook! How can she be this fa-" Exclaimed the half masked Rook from Riser's peerage before she was silenced.

"One of Riser-sama's Rooks has retired."

"WHAT?! She took down Isabela with one hit?!" Screamed the black haired rook now feeling slightly panicked. The information they'd been told was that the one with silver hair was a Rook and although her strength made sense, the sheer amount of speed she just displayed should have been impossible. "How is that even poss-" She began before...

"Another one of Riser-sama's Rooks has retired."

With both enemy rooks now removed from the game, Moka returned to the spot that she was previously, with a bored look on her face.

"Your turn." She commented with some amusement at seeing the mix between awe and terror come across the eight Pawns surrounding them.

"You can't beat all of us!" The Pawns shouted in unison before charging.

Sairaorg looked around him with a bored expression before disappearing in a burst of speed similar to Moka's. A split second later he returned to his spot and grinned towards Moka.

"E-Eight of Riser-sama's Pawns have retired" Grayfia announced, internally scolding herself for letting her surprise show through the announcement.

"Show off." Moka teased as they started walking towards the rest of the Uzumaki peerage... no, the family.

The ballroom inside the Phenex manor was dead silent.

Not a single person could believe what they just witnessed.

Ten of Riser's pieces were taken out in mere seconds, AFTER they were allowed to promote, and the Uzumaki pieces did so with seemingly zero effort.

"T-They were going so fast... I couldn't even follow their speed..." Kiba thought out loud in shock at what he'd just witnessed.

Sitting near her blonde Knight, Rias couldn't help but smile a little with hope building within her.

"S-Shouldn't we go and help the others before we lose even more pieces...?" A woman with wavy purple hair asked anxiously towards her King.

"Nonsense, Yubelluna. They may have been able to deal with the others, but it doesn't matter. They are simply reincarnated devils who have little power in comparison to a glorious Phenex." Riser responded arrogantly.

Standing beside her brother, Ravel couldn't help but frown at his attitude.

Elsewhere in the arena Jibril and Akame were standing across from both of Riser's Knights, and one of his Bishops.

Both groups were observing each other silently before one of Riser's Knights stepped forward. She was a young woman with light brown hair, wearing a set of silver armour.

"Fellow Knight-san, I challenge you to single combat." The exclaimed confidently, but at the same time respectfully.

Akame tilted her head curiously to look at the Knight challenging her. She was about to accept the challenge when the other Knight spoke up.

"Karlamine, this is no time for your chivalry to come into play. We've already lost half of our pieces... We should both take on the Knight, while Mihae takes on the Bishop." Stated the tall young woman with long dark blue hair tied into five ponytails.

"But-"

"I agree with Siris. I know that you like to uphold your honour as a Knight and everything... But we can't risk losing anyone else." Mihae interrupted before Karlamine could protest.

"Fine..." Karlamine conceded, drawing her sword and channelling energy into it, making it become surrounded by flames.

Back on the other side, Akame turned towards Jibril.

"I'll take the Knights, you take the Bishop." She said calmly while drawing her own sword.

"Okay." Jibril replied cheerfully before extending the her wings.

When she did so, all those who were watching widened their eyes in shock.

On Jibril's back were not the normal bat-like devil wings that you'd usually see. Instead there was three sets of white angel wings.

While all the people observing were trying to figure out how it was possible for Naruto to have an Angel in his peerage, Ajuka was grinning at learning something new about the system he created. It turns out that the prototype sets have even more hidden qualities then he could have imagined.

After somewhat recovering from their shock, Riser's three pieces engaged the Uzumaki pieces.

Karlamine dashed in to swipe her flaming sword low in an attempt to cleave Akame's waist. At the same time Siris jumped higher, aiming her broad sword at Akame's neck. Just before the hits could connect, Akame flicked her sword up, knocking Siris off course causing her to fall past her, before dropping to one knee and blocking Karlamine's strike.

Karlamine jumped back, surprised at the precision and strength behind the girls movements. Siris was now behind Akame, so Akame was kneeling between the two Phenex Knights.

Without bothering to wait for another attack, Akame flipped backwards, catching Siris by surprise when she landed behind the blue haired Knight. A split second later she dashed forwards with an overhead strike. The blow was parried by Siris' broad sword, but she was still forced to stumble backwards from the sheer strength behind the blow. Seizing the opportunity, Akame lashed out again with a series of fast paced sideways and overhead swipes.

Siris was barely able to defend herself from the onslaught, and sighed in relief when Karlamine appeared beside her, helping her parry the incoming blows. The two managed to do a decent job of defending themselves, but the were being pushed back at a decent rate.

Both girls were forced to cross their blades in order to block a powerful overhead swipe coming from Akame. As soon as the three swords connected, Akame pushed forward into their guard making them loose their balance.

After a few fast paced swipes towards the unbalanced Phenex pieces, Akame jumped back and started walking away.

"Siris, are you okay?" Karlamine asked nervously, while helping her comrade back to her feet.

"Yeah, I just got a few cuts on my arm." She answered dismissively. "You?"

"Same, Just two shallow cuts on my a-" She begun to respond before both girls screamed out in pain and collapsed to the ground with strange black symbols crawling across their skin from where the cuts were inflicted.

"Both of Riser-sama's Knights have retired."

"W-What just happened?!" Mihae asked in shock from her spot in the air across from Jibril.

"Akame has a special blade." Jibril answered in a calm voice. "When cut by her blade, the injured party is injected with a powerful poison that can apparently stop a human's heart beat in mere seconds. Luckily for those two, it only seems to severely injure devils, so given enough time to recover, your friends should be fine."

Milhae just took in the information, shocked that she could have such a powerful weapon... 'Is it a sacred gear...?' She wondered to herself before shaking the thought from her mind and focusing on the pink-purple haired angel/devil floating across from her.

"You're going down!" Milhae shoted before raising her hands above her head and conjuring a large ball of fire. Once the ball of flames was around a meter in diameter, she hurled it in Jibril's direction before starting to conjure several more fireballs.

Jibril simply dodged the incoming attack by swerving through the air, using her wings to propel her at great speeds to dodge all of the attacks. After a while of dodging, the Phenex Bishop seemed to understand that her attacks were never going to hit, so she stopped an glared in Jibril's direction.

"Stay still damn it!" She cursed.

"If you insist." Jibril responded with a smile, confusing the girl floating across from her.

Seconds later Jibril's wings rose up behind her, and with a powerful 'flap,' the three sets of wings came down. However instead of moving the angel/devil hybrid, she stayed perfectly still while over thirty spears of light shot out of where her wings came down.

Milhae adopted a terrified look on her face as she willed her body to move, but before she could blink, it was too late.

"One of Riser-sama's Bishops has retired."

"Yay! Ji-chan has gotten so much stronger!" Gabriel cheered from where she was watching the rating game in Heaven.

"She has indeed." Michael agreed. "It's amazing that after only this long with Naruto, Jibril has grown to not only two, but three sets of wings." He admitted, slightly in awe.

"Well we both knew that she would achieve greatness." Gabriel stated with affection obvious in her voice. "And after everything Naruto did for us, it seems that allowing Jibril to join him has not only helped Naruto, but it has also helped her greatly."

Michael smiled and nodded in agreement, but on the inside he was holding back a frown.

'I just hope that he doesn't loose himself, going down the path that he is...'

Riser was gritting his teeth in frustration.

Somehow, that trash and his peerage managed to take down all of his Pawns, both Rooks and Knights and one of his Bishops. It simply was not acceptable.

"They all fell without taking a single piece with them..." Riser growled, verbalising his frustrations. "After I deal with this mess, they will all be punished for their incompetence." He spat out, finally loosing the last of his composure after watching his peerage get destroyed.

He wasn't annoyed that they fell. The thing that annoyed him was the way that they were defeated. All of the members of his peerage that had been defeated so far, were taken out with little effort from the enemy. On top of that, they didn't manage to take out a single piece of that trash's group.

That was simply not acceptable.

He was being humiliated.

On his pride as a Phenex, he would not accept it!

Yubelluna looked towards her King with concerned eyes, meanwhile Ravel just rolled her eyes and sighed. For the most part she was used to her brothers attitude, but lately she found it bothering her more and more. Ever since meeting Naruto and then later talking to Ruval, she found her respect for Riser steadily decreasing. And his current behaviour was certainly not helping.

The trio looked up when they noticed Naruto and his peerage walking straight towards him. Unlike them, Naruto still had his entire peerage with him, and they looked perfectly fine.

"If you surrender now, I won't be forced to humiliate you further." Naruto stated calmly causing Riser to glare at him.

"There is still no way trash like you can defeat me." Riser growled causing Ravel to sigh. "Even though you managed to defeat the members of my peerage, it means nothing, they are nothing compared to me." Ravel sighed again. "I am an almighty Phenex! I am immortal! You can not defeat me!" He screamed in rage causing Ravel to sigh... Again...

"Well I gave you a chance, Don't say I didn't warn you..." Naruto told him before turning back to his group. "You guys have done your job, leave the rest to Claire and myself."

Sairaorg, Moka, Akame and Jibril all nodded before moving away to watch the rest of the rating game from a distance.

"Do you think it wise to send away the rest of your pieces...?" Yubelluna asked, surprised that Naruto would seemingly throw away his advantage.

"It doesn't matter, each member of my peerage could single handedly take on your entire group." Naruto answered. What caught Yubelluna by surprise was the fact that he didn't even sound as arrogant as the statement might suggest. The look in his eyes told him that he believed what he was saying, and if everything that has happened so far was anything to go off, it was probably true.

Riser on the other hand scoffed at the prospect, not believing it to be true.

"Yubelluna, deal with them." Riser told her, when he saw her hesitation his eyes narrowed and he added, "Now!"

"I'll leave this one to you." Naruto said to his Queen with a smile.

Claire nodded her head and stepped forward, facing the nervous looking Yubelluna.

"If you surrender now Queen-san, Neither I or my King will think any less of you." Claire told her in a calm voice.

Even though it was meant as a gesture of good will, the pressure coming from her King and her will to win for him made Yubelluna take the words as an insult. In doing so she flew into the air and looked down towards Claire who simply looked back up at her.

"In the name of Riser Phenex-sama, I will take you down!" She shouted with determination.

She raised her hands and moved them in Claire's direction. As soon as she did this, there was a large explosion on the ground surrounding where Claire was standing.

'I suppose that's why they call her the bomb Queen.' Naruto thought from his view point.

"Hah, it appears you're not as strong as the rest of your group." Yubelluna stated while the dust was settling around the area that Claire had just been caught in the explosion. 'It appeared to hit her, but there was no announcement so she must have survived it somehow.' She realised in annoyance.

"It will take a lot more than you're capable of to defeat me." Claire's voice came from behind her.

Yubelluna spun around in surprise, when she turned she saw Claire facing her, without a scratch on her body.

"How-?" She started to ask, but a split second later Claire reached towards Yubelluna and the fight was over.

As soon as their skin came into contact, Yubelluna seemed to slip from conciousness. Her body started to writhe around in pain, and tears even began falling from her tightly closed eyelids.

"Surrender, and I'll make it stop." Claire stated in a calm voice.

In the meantime, Yubelluna was trapped inside a hallucination.

Claire was using an ability that allowed her to trap Yubelluna inside her mind, forcing her to experience the hallucination that was contorting the memories of her past into a nightmare.

"Surrender." She repeated, not really wanting to force the girl to suffer more then necessary.

No matter what Yubelluna did, she could not escape the hallucination. It was at that moment, when she was biting back her screams of pain and sorrow, that she realised something.

She realised that they never stood a chance.

"Riser-sama's Queen has retired."

After Yubelluna's body disappeared, leaving only Riser and Ravel, Claire dropped to the ground and moved to stand beside her King once more.

Naruto gave her a simple nod before they once again stepped forward to confront the Phenex siblings.

Naruto noticed the look of absolute rage in Riser's eyes and when he turned towards Ravel, he was surprised to see her watching him, not with rage or anger like their brother. She was watching him with curiosity in her eyes.

Filing the thought away for a later time, Naruto turned back towards the seething Riser.

"What now Riser? You have no more pieces to hide behind so what will you do?" He asked. "Will you admit that you never had a chance and surrender, saving yourself further humiliation? Will you force your little sister into a battle that you know she can not win? Or will you fight me yourself, and settle this rating game once and for all."

"You dare talk down to me?! Like am some common trash like you?!" Riser growled. "I AM A PHENEX!" He screamed before flaring his energy and summoning his large fiery wings. "I will kill you for daring to talk down to me!"

Naruto just let out a tired sigh. 'Like father like son...'

"Stop..."

Everyone's attention turned towards the blonde haired girl with drill like curls.

"Just stop, you can't win... He's proven that he is superior to you. Why can't you just accept it and move on?" Ravel asked, surprising all of those watching.

"What did you just say to me...?" Riser growled in a dangerously low voice.

"I said that you should surrender." Ravel repeated, not wanting to stand down.

"You... YOU..." Riser was now shaking from his rage, completely forgetting Naruto and turning his full attention towards Ravel. "YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THIS FAMILY." He screamed at her.

"No..." Ravel paused and then looked in Naruto direction. Their eyes locked and for a moment Naruto saw sadness flow through her expression, before her eyes hardened and she turned her gaze back on Riser. "This family is the disgrace!"

'She knows?!' Naruto thought to himself in shock at the sudden revelation.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Riser screamed furiously, completely loosing himself to his rage. "YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN THAT TRASH!"

Moments later Ravel was frozen in fear. Floating above her with a look of pure rage, Riser was glaring at her as he conjured his most powerful attack above his head. The large fireball was completely white and at least three times Riser's height in diameter. The heat it was emitting was so great that she wasn't even sure if her Phenex regeneration would stop it from being fatal.

Frozen in terror at seeing the supernova hovering above her, she couldn't do a thing as it started flying towards her.

"DIE!" Riser screamed, oblivions to his own apparent insanity or the fact that he was trying to kill his own sister.

Seconds later, the large supernova impacted where Ravel was standing, and the whole arena was shaken by the explosion it caused.

"RAVEL!" A terrified shout came from where the Phenex family was watching the rating game.

Ruval Phenex arrived half way through the game to see his half-brother make his return. What he did not expect however was for his youngest brother to turn on his own sister like he had just witnessed.

The whole crowd watching the match was frozen in shock at what they had just seen.

Lady Phenex was speechless as she watched the ball of fire collide with her daughter, still not being able to accept the fact that Riser himself was the one who sent the attack.

'THIS IS ALL THAT HALF BLOOD TRASH'S FAULT!' She screamed inside her head furiously, not willing to place the blame on her own precious son.

Lord Phenex himself was in a similar state of disbelief, he was snapped out of his thoughts however when he heard Ruval slam his fists down on the table they were sitting at, snapping the piece of furniture in half.

"This is your fault! You forced your arrogant elitist beliefs on Riser and now look what he's done!" Ruval growled furiously, sending all of his killing intent towards his father.

Lord Phenex snarled back towards his eldest son, not willing to let him speak to him in such a way. "Listen here -"

The Phenex family's argument was interrupted when gasps were heard all throughout the ballroom.

Back in the arena, Riser was grinning like a mad man while he waited for the dust to settle.

When the dust did settle however, his grin turned into a frown. And then the frown turned into a hate filled glare.

In the spot that Ravel had previously been standing was now a large, pitch black ball of fire.

Inside the fire Ravel was shaking with her eyes closed firmly, still waiting for the end to come. She had felt like time slowed down as the attack was approaching her, but after several more seconds it still hadn't arrived.

Slowly opening her eyes, she found herself inside a large ball of black flames. Looking around she realised that somebody was holding her in a hug... Protecting her from harm...

Looking up she saw spiky blonde hair and azure blue eyes looking back at her.

"O-Oniisan...?" She asked nervously.

Naruto's eyes widened slightly for a moment before he gave her a warm smile.

"It's nice to finally meet you properly, as your big brother..." He told her with a heartfelt smile.

Ravel didn't know what to say at that point, she just stared at him silently.

Seeing the girls shocked state, Naruto continued to smile at her before motioning to put her back down on the ground.

When he did so, Ravel was even more surprised to see that the ball of black flames that had saved her from Riser's attack, was actually made out of multiple sets of wings coming from Naruto himself. They were the same as Riser's single pair, except Naruto had multiple pairs and they were all made from the pitch black fire. Although, unlike when she saw the flames in the ORC room, the wings weren't emitting an overwhelming heat towards her, instead they were now surrounding her in a comforting warmth.

Naruto narrowed his eyes and turned his glare towards Riser. The sheer amount of anger in the glare actually made Riser flinch at take a few steps back from where he had been standing.

"You..." Naruto said in a cold tone.

Without another word Naruto jumped high into the air, exploding into a massive form of black flames. The floor of the arena was started to crack and tremble from the immense amount of heat and power coming from the form of black flames in the sky.

After a few moments the mass of black flames morphed into the shape of... a... Phoenix.

The gigantic phoenix was easily comparable to the size of the arena. The massive creature made of pure black flames started circling high above the ground before setting it's sights on Riser.

As soon as it did this, the creature roared and started flying straight towards the terrified Phenex.

All of Riser's rage was gone, his confidence was gone, even his arrogance in that moment was gone.

All that was left was the frozen figure of Riser Phenex, staring up at his superior.

As the black phoenix came closer to the ground, it's size reduced so that it could fit through the top of the arena. It shrunk to the size of the massive chess pieces scattered throughout the arena an kept flying directly towards Riser.

On impact, the shape of the phoenix exploded, sending a wave of black flames pulsing throughout the arena, surprisingly though, the flames passed of Ravel and the rest of Naruto's peerage without hurting them.

When the flames dispersed, Naruto was revealed to be crouching over Riser's body. In his hand was a long translucent black sword, made out of pure energy.

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Vali's eyes were wide in shock, discarding his usual nonchalant expression.

"I-Is that a Longinus?!"

Back in the arena

"W-What are y-you...?" Riser gasped, coughing up blood as he spoke.

Naruto thought about the answer before smiling down at the Phenex coughing up blood below him.

"The biggest mistake the Phenex clan ever made." He answered darkly.

Naruto slowly stood up from his crouching position, removing the sword from Riser's chest.

When he did this, instead of the younger Phenex being covered in flames that would normally heal his body, the flaming wings on his back faded, the demonic power within him completely disappeared and he lost conciousness.

"Riser Phenex-sama has retired... Naruto Uzumaki is the victor."

Loooooong Author's Note (Sorry haha): Firstly I have to state this, because I know a lot of people will probably get annoyed about it if it isn't addressed. Even if Naruto holds the marriage contract regarding Rias, it does NOT necessarily mean that things will stay that way.

I couldn't really decide whether or not I should make the rating game seem like a contest or not. At first I thought it would seem boring if Naruto's peerage absolutely destroyed the Phenex peerage, but then I realised that, realistically, Naruto's group is far superior and shouldn't have any trouble whatsoever.

Also I decided to change the way Akame's blade slightly. In Akame ga Kill, if her blade so much as cuts a person, it released a poisen into their bloodstream that kills them without fail. For the purpose of this story thought, I've made it so that her blade doesn't instantly kill a devil, is just does severe damage. Besides, who know's what would actually happen seeing as devils and humans are quite different, so the effects could be different too.

Yup Sairorg is Naruto's Pawn (All eight pieces), he joined Naruto before challenging his brother for the right to become the next heir to the Bael clan, so he is still pretty much viewed as a powerless waste of space by his father. I though him and Naruto would get along well because of their similarities, and if he seems a bit different to cannon, well that's what spending a few years with Naruto can do to you. :P

The next chapter should be the final one in the return arc, although it might take a little longer than usual to come out because I'm going to be super busy for a while, that being said I'll still try my best to update at the usual times.

King: Naruto Uzumaki-Phenex

Queen (Mutation): Claire Uzumaki (C.C from Code Geass)

Bishop (Mutation): Jibril (No Game No Life)

Bishop: XXXXXX (Secret) ((Even though I'm pretty sure every one knows who it is by now lol))

Knight (x2): Akame (Akame ga Kill!)

Rook (x2): Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire)

Pawn (x8): Sairaorg Bael (High School DxD)

All feedback is greatly appreciated so please leave a review or even PM if you'd prefer.

Thanks for reading!