Original Posted On: July 24, 2020

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Current Harem:

Zest, Gabriel, Lucoa, Serafall, Penemue

Children:

Yasaka (Tamamo), Jack (Unknown Birth mom), Kuroka (Fujima), Xenovia (Unnamed Italian female), Asia (?), Shirone (Fujima), Jiraiya (Lucoa), Oscar and Lily (Serafall), Joseph and Mary (Gabriel), Kushina (Zest), Damian (Penemue)

OKAY, LETS READ THIS SHIT! I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR HIGHSCHOOL DXD!

"Hey" = Speaking

'Hey' = Thinking

'Hey' = Memory

"Hey"= Sacred Gear/ Communication link/ Tailed Beast

Chapter 53: The Decision of what is Right

"You took my peace from me." Naruto said as he entered Six Paths Sage mode, the nine tailed beasts fading and entering his body as he did. "I'll take yours from you."

"I did what I did because I didn't want you to die!" Ophis shouted as Naruto made two of his Truth Seeker Orbs fly at her, turning into rods, which she sidestepped and caught with her magic snakes. "I never wanted to hurt…"

"But in making that decision…" Naruto shouted as he used substitution and swapped places with one of the rods, closing the distance as he made a Rasengan. "YOU HURT ME! WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO DECIDE MY FATE!"

Ophis guarded, taking the jutsu head on as it bore into her flesh, ripping it off as it spun.

'SHIT!' Ophis thought before she was blasted off her feet.

Naruto recalled the Truth Seeker Orbs, all eight of them floating behind him as he glared at Ophis.

"Who said you could give me life once I died?" Naruto questioned when Ophis hit the water, causing a big splash. "Old Man Sage? The God of Death? Or God himself? Because none of them had that right."

Ophis surfaced from the water and coughed up water as she gasped for air.

"Ashura… No one…"

Naruto stomped Ophis's head.

"My name isn't Ashura." He stated coldly before he kicked Ophis into the air, summoning chakra arms and grabbing her arms, legs, torso, and neck. "I may be the reincarnation of your son, but that doesn't mean you can call me that!"

Ophis weakly looked up.

She saw Naruto.

He looked gaunt. His skin sunk to reveal his bones, he was shaking a bit as he held her up showing he was weak.

"I'm… sorry…" She coughed.

Snakes shot out, wrapping around the arms, and went for the throat before they were bashed by the Truth Seeker Orbs, which cancelled out her magic.

"Nice try." He said as he opened his Rinne-sharingan. "But I will be ending this shortly."

Ophis felt a force pulling on her.

'He is taking my magic…' Ophis weakly thought as she saw Naruto's flesh starting to fill out, no longer as sunk as it seemingly inflated, restoring itself to what he is.

"You truly live up to the moniker of Infinite Dragon." Naruto stated as he continued to take Ophis's magic. "I can't see the end of it."

"Ashura…" Ophis gasped out. "Why are you so mad?"

Naruto didn't flinch at this question as he continued to take her magic.

However, as the silence grew, he lost his menacing look.

He saw her memories as he drained her magic, and could feel her current emotions of confusion.

"Why aren't you fighting back?" Naruto asked before he threw Ophis away, leaving her with enough power to move. "You have barely attacked and you are playing defensively."

Ophis got up shakily.

"Because… I am the one who decided to bring you here." Ophis stated. "No one asked me, I saw you with Indra's arm, and brought you to my home. Hagoromo, Ashura, and Indra couldn't stay by my side, so I selfishly took the peace you deserved away from you, so why would I fight back when all of this is my fault. I… I wanted you in my life! I wanted a family!"

Naruto tilted his head.

He cracked a smirk, and chuckled.

"Hm, I guess you are right." He said as he smiled while he powered down.

"Huh?"

"I did this because you came here to return Naruto to the real world." Naruto said, though it wasn't Naruto.

The world started to dissipate, and when Ophis blinked, she was once more at the camp fire with Iroh, Naruto, Yoshimaru, Minato, Miko, and Tamamo.

"What?"

Iroh let out a loud belly laugh.

"I have been a live a long time, not a long as you, but still." Iroh said as he ran his hand through Naruto's hair as he moved his tails from Ophis and Naruto's heads. "I could see that you were not being honest, so this was to get you to be honest."

Ophis deadpanned as snakes dangerously hovered over her.

"Okay, calm down." Iroh stated as he poured himself some tea. "I may have been the one to cause that, but those were Naruto's deepest feelings."

He took a sip of his tea before looking up at the clear, starry night sky.

"Every being has desires and parts of themselves they don't like, good or bad. Naruto has had difficult lives." Iroh lectured. "In the first, he lived twelve years without knowing why he was despised by his fellow villagers, then he was praised as a hero when he fought Pain. Although he had gotten recognition, he still held resentment, which Kurama had attempted to use against him when Naruto trained to use Kurama's power."

He looked back at Ophis.

"Then you brought him when he drowned after fighting Sasuke Uchiha. He was a human that could use chakra and senjutsu, something my daughter wanted to nurture, but her deep seated distrust of humans caused her to become cold and beat him. Leading to his mentor's crippling." Iroh continued. "Then there was the war, seeing his comrades die by the hands of Devils, Fallen Angels, and Angels alike. Then he had a massive shock when Miko sacrificed herself to protect him from Trihexia. He then regained all the power he had in his previous life, and with that more responsibilities when he married Tamamo."

Iroh looked at his daughter and granddaughter as they slept.

"Naruto, in an attempt to protect his wife and son, ended up killing them." Iroh said sadly as he looked at the boy in his lap. "The pain he must have felt then, knowing the people he loved were dead because of him drove him to leave Kyoto in Yasaka's hands and the want to be forgotten."

Iroh paused for a bit.

"Then, as of late, Naruto is shouldering the burden of helping the factions, doing his best to keep the balance of peace. It is seen through his constant irritation, going home to his original dimension, and having flashes of anger that cloud his judgement." Iroh said before he took a breath.

"You are saying that these emotions are hidden behind a mask of love?" Ophis asked as she looked at Iroh, accepting some more tea.

"Yes, because he isn't the type to let anger and revenge drive him, his first Master Jiraiya and fellow Brother in Training Nagato taught him that when he fought Pain." Iroh replied. "However, after so much, even the greatest of walls crack, and eventually, crumble."

"So… what Ashura said about dying…" Ophis asked depressed.

"Yes, deep down, he awaits the day he will pass on. He wants to return her to live in peace." Iroh stated. "But, he has much to do in the living world."

"That is true." Miko said as she sat up, looking at her father and Ophis. "Even though it is painful, Naruto needs to return. Hmph, that is funny coming from me."

"Indeed, but it is fine, sweetheart." Yoshimaru said as he sat up as well.

"I will miss him, but I understand that being an Uzumaki means sacrifice." Tamamo said as she and Minato awoke as well.

Iroh smirked as he heard what his family said.

"Then I guess it is time for you to take him back home, Ophis." Iroh said as he carefully placed Naruto in her lap.

"Is this right?" Ophis questioned as she looked at her sleeping son. "I mean… I brought him to this world against his will. So, do I have the right to decide this?"

Ophis showed sadness through her eyes as she cradled Naruto.

"What is the decision of what is right?" She asked as her eyes started to water when she closed them.

She was so confused.

She, for the first time in her existence, had no idea what she could do.

"Hmmm…"

Ophis opened her eyes and looked at Naruto, who was waking up.

He looked up at her as he wiped his eyes.

He blinked as he saw Ophis's silver eyes filled with tears.

His tiny hands reached up and rubbed her eyes carefully of said tears, a smile on his face when he got them all.

Ophis smiled as she hugged him.

"I love you, Ashura." She wept as she started to glow with magic, which entered Naruto's tiny body.

At an accelerated, yet slow rate, Naruto started to grow.

Kuoh Academy…

Donatello shot up.

'Where am I?' He thought looking around, not recognizing anything he saw except the sword handle in his hand.

He gripped the handle and got up.

'Master Kokabiel…' He thought partially crazed as he left the room, and blinked when he saw Rias, Kiba, Akeno, Mittelt, Kalawarner, Issei, Gasper, and Anko in the room.

"Donatello?" Rias said in surprise and happiness. "You are awake, that's good news."

"Who are you!" Donatello demanded as he held the broken sword at them. "Where is Master Kokabiel! He promised he would free me from his services! So, where the hell is Master Kokabiel!"

"He is gone." Rias said as she approached Donatello carefully. "He won't hurt you anymore."

Donatello's eyes didn't show any joy.

They were wide, his pupils dilated.

"He is dead?" Donatello asked dejectedly as he felt weak in his knees. "No… no, no, no, no, NO!"

Everyone was on edge as the reaper started flailing.

"HE WAS SUPPOSED TO FREE ME! AND NOW HE CAN'T!" Donatello shouted as he started to tear up.

He didn't think nor did he try to as he pointed his broken sword towards his throat and fell.

The blade tasted blood as it sank into Rias's arm as she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him in.

Kiba, meanwhile, ripped the sword out of Rias's arm, making her wince and tear up in pain, and out of Donatello's grip.

"HEY, GIVE THAT BACK!" Donatello shouted as he tried to break Rias's grip.

He struggled and nearly broke her grip.

'What should I do?' Rias thought in a panic. 'If he gets ahold of that sword, it could possess him again and we would be…'

"Stay calm."

Rias's eyes widened.

'Kurama…'

"Stay calm." Kurama repeated. "This boy is emotionally unstable, so holding him will make him struggle more. Giving him the sword will make him dangerous. But he will calm down. Give it back."

"Kiba, give him his sword back." Rias ordered.

"But Buchou…"

"JUST DO IT!" Rias shouted as her grip was about to break.

Kiba threw the handle to Donatello.

The reaper caught it, and nearly instantly, he visibly calmed and stopped thrashing.

"Donatello, I am your master now." Rias said sternly, yet softly. "I am ordering you to live for me."

Donatello stiffened.

"O-okay…" he replied with a dead look in his eyes.

"Poor boy, Kokabiel must have raised him to be a killing machine that only knows how to obey orders." Kurama said sadly. "You have quite a troubling Piece, Rias."

"I promise, Donatello," Rias said to him and Kurama. "I will take care of you."

Kurama cracked a smirk.

'Now that is something Naruto would do.' He thought to himself.

Donatello, meanwhile, was released.

"So, am I in your care?" he asked.

"Yes, you are my Rook." Rias said as she looked at him.

Donatello looked like a male version of Jack, to the white hair and the purple eyes. He was tiny, and was now super strong due to being her Rook.

"I will be a good King, and eventually, you can accept me as your King." Rias said calmly as she patted her final Pieces head.

She looked around.

Issei, Pawn X8.

Kiba and Kalawarner, Knights.

Mittelt and Gasper, Bishops.

Anko and Donatello, Rooks.

Akeno, Queen.

Rias had now completed her peerage.

"Are you sure about this?" Kurama asked. His tone wasn't teasing, but held genuine concern.

'Yes, this is what is right.' Rias thought as she stood up, holding the tiny Reaper. "Everyone, after exams, we are going to the underworld to train."

Skip…

Lucoa ate her breakfast with the children in the Kuoh house.

She had taken it upon herself to keep an eye on them since Zest had been busy with her work, due to Exams coming up in a month.

'Four and a half months…' She thought sadly as she watched the teens and younger children eat their food.

Jiraiya, while he was eating, was feeding Damian as he teased Kushina.

Oscar and Lily were being fed by Irina and Basara, much to Xenovia's anger as she fed Kushina.

Mary and Joseph were fed by Kuroka and Shirone.

Penemue was upstairs, sleeping, due to having helped the teens the night before with their homework and studies.

'I… I can't believe nearly five months have passed since Naruto died…' She thought as she stood up, unable to eat anymore.

"Lucoa…" Diego said in worry as he looked at the matriarch.

"I'll be preparing the play room for the babies." She said with a false smile. "All of you enjoy your day and do well with your classes. Dinner tonight will be Italian."

"Yay!" the younger children cheered.

Kuroka and Diego, as the oldest, could see that Lucoa wasn't really happy.

'I should help out more.' They thought as they looked at each other.

Despite her pain, Kuroka had devoted her off time, outside of homework, to taking care of the children to lessen the load on Penemue and Lucoa, since they were stay at home moms.

Diego had been doing the same, even doing more chores without arguing, like he usually would.

He even stopped yelling at Oscar and Lily when they played pranks on him, which scared them more than when he yelled.

Diego and Kuroka took turns reading them all stories at night, doing funny voices and faces which helped the oblivious babes fall asleep.

Lucoa left the room, and the teens finished eating, cleaning the dishes and their siblings faces before leading them to the playroom before they all left.

As the large group left, they did not see a small creature vanish.

Alternate dimension…

"So, Kaguya's descendent hasn't returned yet?"

"No, master, he hasn't. It has nearly been five months. He must have died for sure due to Zetsu crushing his heart." The tiny creature said.

This was a tiny creature, very similar to the one that watched the faction meeting, but it was slightly bigger and had more of a face due to it having two eyes and a nose.

"Well, we can't be sure. Keep observing them and delivering the Zetsu to our… associates."

"As you wish." The creature said before Kamui enveloped it.

"How much longer are we going to wait?"

The speaker was a young Otsutsuki. She was beautiful, her pale skin and eyes alluring with her silver hair that had her bangs framing her face with her short hair done in a bun.

One eye was a byakugan, while the other was a fully matured sharingan.

She wore an Otsutsuki kimono.

"Aya, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Well, Father, I am upset that the creation of the next Divine Tree is taking so long." She said hotly, yet very respectfully. "The one you created in this universe that killed God was a failure, so I want to continue where you left off."

Her father paused.

"It is true, I did abandon the efforts after that failure, but I don't mind you continuing my old research."

"Thank you, Father." Aya Otsutsuki said with a sadistic grin as she bowed. "I won't fail you. Kagyua's descendent will be the core of the New Divine Tree."

Chapter 53, DONE!

I believe the reveal is pretty self-explanatory, so I won't explain.

Aya Otsutsuki is an OC, so don't worry about asking if she already exists.

Donatello finally awoke, and accepted Rias as his king in a way. Yes, he did it easily, because when you feel like you don't have a purpose, you latch onto something.

And finally, yes, Iroh was mind screwing Ophis so she would admit she is being selfish and want Naruto to return for her own desire.

Leave a review if you enjoyed the chapter, even if you hated it, I would like a review.