Original Posted On: Sept. 8, 2019

Beta Read by: Heckelman88, Crowfeast, Tachyon99, xhope14x, Neostardustdragon101

So, another idea that popped into my head… I hope it goes well, but I wanted to just get this out and see if you guys like it.

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

"Hey" = Speaking

'Hey' = Thinking

'Hey' = Memory

"Hey"= Sacred Gear/ Communication link

Chapter 1: The Coddled Vulpine

Akeno's shrine…

Rias Gremory, Sona Sitri, Tsubaki Shinra, Sairaorg Bael and Kuisha Abaddon sat at a table while Akeno Himejima served them tea.

The young devils were currently in Kuoh, with the females (all younger than 16) in their school uniforms with second year pins on their shirt collars.

"So, is he your secret piece you have kept out of the public eye, Sairaorg?" Rias asked her cousin as she looked past Sairaorg and at the other male in the room.

He was young, about fourteen. Spiky blonde hair, blue eyes, whisker like marks on his cheeks. He wore a similar outfit to Sairaorg, but it was messy and torn here and there.

The thing about him that stood out to the heiresses was the fact he had a crimson fox pelt tied around his waist, which his hand was running through the fur absent mindedly as he looked out the temple window. But they also saw he had a fox tail growing out of his tail bone and some big fluffy ears on his head that were bright orange with white tips.

"Yes, he is." Sairaorg said with a small amount of pride. "But there is a reason why I have kept him secret."

"Of course." Rias replied, rolling her eyes. "So why are you here?"

Sairaorg took a breath, glanced back at Naruto, who was ignoring everyone.

"With permission from the Satan's, Naruto is going to be joining Kuoh academy as a third-year Junior high student." Sairaorg stated. "I thought it appropriate to inform you both as it is your territory."

"I see, but why does he need schooling?" Sona asked, glancing at Naruto again, taking note of his body language. "He clearly doesn't seem like the type to study. Besides, I'm sure he has been tutored by Kuisha and others in your home."

"Very observant as always Sona." Kuisha chuckled but the girls could see the smile on her face was strained and she had a bit of a miffed aura around her. "But he isn't attending to study, he is being sent to learn how to interact with others his own age, and we wanted to ask you two to look after him while he is here."

"And why would he need that type of training?" Akeno asked as she placed a cup of tea in front of the Bael King.

Kuisha and Sairaorg's body language read subtle discomfort and hesitation as they looked at each other.

"Naruto…"

"We have coddled him ever since we found him. He is a strange case, and we can't help him with this as he would refuse to do this." Kuisha stated. "We realized long ago that this wasn't good so we have had to put our foot down and order him to do this." They saw her lips were saying one thing but they could see she was shaking with rage meaning she did not really believe what she was saying.

As the Kings and Queens at the table talked, Akeno approached Naruto, holding a cup of tea.

"Here you go." Akeno offered as she went to place it on the small table next to him. However, her hand slipped and the cup smashed against the table and the tea went everywhere, some droplets heading for the pelt before Naruto seemingly vanished, letting it hit his chair.

Everyone who wasn't Kuisha or Sairaorg blinked while the Bael and his Queen looked behind Sona and saw Naruto int the corner, glaring angrily at Akeno, who felt his stare and turned to see his anger.

An unknown amount bushy fox tails popped out of his tail bone alongside the first one and where covered by his pelt. His nails became claws, his whisker marks thickened, his eyes became red with slit pupils and his body enlarged, becoming taller and more muscular that he originally was, his clothes magically stretching to fit his frame and showed why his clothes were torn. His body was covered in burnt orange fur, his legs became three jointed, and the top part of his mouth became a fox snout with a human jaw. (1)

To top it off, his body was emitting chakra which was felt by everyone and it applied pressure to the Sitri and Gremory house members.

"That's enough, Naruto!" Sairaorg stated sternly as he stood up, his own power enveloping him and Kuisha. "Stand down, NOW!"

The pressure the girls felt vanished as Naruto instantly reverted back to his previous form.

"She tried to harm me." Naruto said in a quiet voice, his hands once again running through the fur on the pelt.

"Come here." Kuisha said softly and motherly as Sairaorg sat down.

Naruto made his way over and pulled his chair up next to Kuisha and leaned into her, allowing her to run her hand through his blonde hair, ignoring the shocked looks Rias, Tsubaki, Sona, and Akeno where giving him.

"As you could tell, Naruto is a yokai, classified as a werefox." Sairaorg explained.

"An actual werefox?" Sona asked in surprise as she looked at the boy. "I thought they were extinct?"

"He might as well be the last of his kind, which is why I kept him secret." Sairaorg explained as he scratched his head. "You know how many people would want him just to have him breed to get one for themselves?"

"A lot." Tsubaki said as she adjusted her glasses.

"Anyway, here." Sairaorg said as he handed Sona and Rias a small bag and a manual.

"What is this?" Akeno asked as she looked at the cover.

How to keep Naruto in check

"It's a guide that has all the safe ways to keep Naruto under control if he starts causing trouble." Kuisha explained. "In the bags are some items that can help also, but please don't abuse them."

Sona and Rias nodded and took the manuals and bags, placing them in sub-spaces for now.

"Well, I bet he and Koneko will get along well, both being yokai." Akeno said with a giggle, as both Koneko and Naruto would look adorable together with their yokai features out.

"I believe so, but there is something you need to know." Sairaorg stated seriously, glancing at Naruto who was pouting/glaring at him. "This isn't punishment Naruto. This will help you. I promise it will."

"Can we go home now?" Naruto asked dully.

"Naruto." Kuisha said softly. "You have to stay here and attend school."

Naruto pouted further.

The young heiresses and Queens watched as Sairaorg and Kuisha act like parents.

"So, will you take care of him?" Sairaorg asked, his attention back on Sona and Rias, bowing his head as he pleaded. Kuisha also bowed her head.

Sona and Rias looked at each other.

"I can accept him, but this isn't a Piece Transfer is it?" Rias asked.

"No, it isn't." Sairaorg stated. "He will be classified as a Free Pawn. Thus, he is free from any King, but is still tied to my house. You will be labeled as his Guardians, and all you have to do is make sure he studies and stays out of trouble while making friends."

"I don't want friends." Naruto stated as he clung to Kuisha. "I am fine with you and the others."

"I understand the situation, and I promise I will do what I can to help him." Sona said as she looked at the young man.

"I will do the same." Rias stated.

The three Kings stood up and shook hands, signaling that they were in agreement and the talk was over.

"Alright, we will leave him in your capable hands." Sairaorg said as he helped Kuisha up, and made Naruto release her.

"Don't leave me." Naruto asked quietly as he looked at his King and Queen, his blue eyes riddled with all negative and sad emotions one person could think of.

"We will come back and see you, I promise." Sairaorg promised as he hugged his pawn.

They hugged for a short time before Naruto reluctantly let Sairaorg go.

He watched as Kuisha and Sairaorg left via teleport circle and he was alone with the Sitri and Gremory.

"Well, I guess I will find him a place to live." Rias offered to Sona.

"I'll get him his uniform and register him for classes. Thank goodness we had Kuoh become Co-ed last year or else this would have been impossible." Sona stated as she looked at Naruto who had removed the pelt and was holding it in his arms and rubbing his face against it. "Naruto, we are going to get your uniform, please come with me."

Naruto said nothing as he nodded, walking eerily silent behind Sona and Tsubaki as they went to the school.

After an hour, Naruto walked out from behind a screen, his tattered uniform hanging up and replaced with the Kuoh male junior high uniform. However, he was messy and the pelt was once again on his waist.

Sona's eyes twitched as she approached him.

"Your clothes are ruffled and I won't stand for this." She said, mildly upset that this boy didn't seem to know how to dress himself as she smoothed out the shirt and jacket before reaching to untie the pelt. "And you still have that gross pelt…"

"DON'T TOUCH IT!" Naruto shouted as he smacked Sona's hands away.

Sona's hand stung and the bones felt like they were rattling as she winced in pain.

'what…?' she thought as she watched Naruto take several deep breaths as his hands gripped the pelt.

"It stays on." Naruto said aggressively after a minute of calming down, showing he was going to fight for this.

"Okay, but if only we cover it in magic so the others don't see it." Sona said as Tsubaki helped her up.

"I'm not good at magic." Naruto responded respectfully. "Never was, and no amount of training helps."

"Then we can…"

"Sorry, but no thanks, I can cover it myself." Naruto interrupted as the pelt seemingly vanished instantly.

"I thought you said you aren't good with magic?" Tsubaki asked, sort of insulted at this.

"It isn't magic. It is a transformation jutsu, it uses chakra." Naruto explained as he undid it and the pelt reappeared. "Are we done here?"

Sona flexed her fingers, stopping as pain shot through her body.

"Yes, we will go find Rias and she will take care of you from now on. Remember, school starts at Eight in the morning, meet me outside the gates before that time and I'll take you to your class and give you your schedule." Sona stated as she put on a façade.

"Okay." Naruto said before he bowed. "I'm sorry for hurting your hand, Ms. Sitri."

"I… It's okay." Sona said, very surprised at his emotional change. "And please, call me Sona."

Underworld, Bael Territory, Sairaorg's House…

Sairaorg the minute he got home he saw his queen immediately wonder off on her own without saying a word to him. This is unusual given how close they are to each other but in the end, he knew why she was angry. She did not want to do this in the first place and it was the first time in his life he can recall that his entire peerage had to make sure the argument did not turn hostile.

Flash Back Begins, 1 week ago

In the middle of the room was Sairaorg and his queen Kuisha who both were staring each other down with the peerage watching in the background to make sure this stayed civil. Next to them at the table was Regulus who was there just to keep them from killing each other and at the same time to hear both sides of the discussion. That and he had the best view of Naruto outside looking up at the sky being comforted by his pelt.

"Kuisha why can't you see this is for the best?"

"Because you are saying that we need to send him out on his own with your cousin! For once in your family life can you people stop seeing Rias and having her seen as this perfect person and just see that it is dangerous to leave her there!"

"What is that supposed to mean?" She glared harder but Regulus coughed getting her to calm down,

"You know as well as I do that Riser is pushing for their marriage to happen sooner, given that don't you think it is too good of a chance for her to try and recruit him to her side for this? Given we know there is hostility between the two of them and that ever since the little princess got to know him, they have been getting worse?"

"I'll have him there as a Free Pawn so there are no worries about this." He was tired of this discussion but he had to make sure she did not go back on the deal they were about to make for Naruto's future.

"Oh, and you want to hand them the golden tools to basically control Naruto then? While they might be perfect in the eyes of others, I can see someone that would probably abuse this tool to do as she wants and make the decisions that best suit her." The peerage sighed, one hand they agreed this is a possibility but they knew this was more for wanting to keep Naruto at the house.

"Your being ridiculous. Naruto will be fine; look I love the kid as much as you do and my mother does but he needs this to grow." Kuisha stood up abruptly,

"How fucking dare, you say you love him when you are doing this to him! Sending him away into the hands of your family is you own way of saying, 'please fix him so that I don't have to!'" This comment sent off the king and he stood up as well flaring his own aura but she matched it.

"I've known the boy as long as you have and I love him as my own child but he needs to grow! If he stays here nothing will be change!" Soon the two were about to throw spells until Regulus slammed his hands down on the table silencing the both of them.

"You both make valid points but here are the facts: Sairaorg you have to see things from the Queen's perspective. You are sending Naruto away to someone that we don't know if can be fully trusted in the moment of her wedding looming over the horizon. On top of that we both know that Yasaka will not be happy if we do not tell her about this decision, let alone 'him.'" The peerage flinched at the word him, that monster was someone Yasaka sent a while back and while his training was ruthless, he was showing results. Plus, he was the same as Naruto so the boy was able to bond with him more than others.

"Another thing though, Naruto needs to socialize and we can consider this a test run. We can still check on him Kuisha, just, let's give this a try and if the results are as bad as you said they are then we'll bring him home okay?" The girl bit her lips and walked out of the room and outside to hug Naruto who returned the hug. Regulus turned to his king,

"You know I would follow you to the end of the earth, right?"

"Yes, I do Regulus." He frowned and warned him,

"Then think carefully about this, because if Naruto is hurt then you will lose me and your peerage never forget that. You treat us like family and we will fight for our family even if it is you." He went outside to be with his little brother now and the rest of the peerage dispersed to give their king some time on his own. Never seeing the tears flowing down his face,

"I know and that is what hurts the most, I don't want to lose him or anyone but I have to do something. Mother please forgive me for this."

Flash Back End

After then the rest of the peerage was waiting on pins and needles to hear something happened to him and charge into battle. He only hoped that Rias did take his warning of not abusing the whistle or he would have his own ass on the line and then he would teach his cousin what happens when she crossed him. But for now, he had to apologize to his queen and make it up to her this week, maybe a nice shopping trip will help?

Kuisha's room…

Kuisha sat in her room, alone.

'Naruto,' She thought worriedly. 'I hope you are alright.'

Flashback….

"I don't trust them." Kuisha stated for the umpteenth time since she and her King returned home.

"Kuisha, please." Sairaorg replied. "Sona and Rias won't abuse him at all."

"I know you trust them, but I don't trust them to handle him. He is not like Gasper. Naruto could go on a rampage and kill them, yet you trust his wellbeing with them." Kuisha argued.

"That is enough Kuisha." Sairaorg responded angrily. "They won't do anything bad."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I…" Sairaorg said before shutting his mouth to think.

"Exactly. We have no idea how they will handle him. Remember, Naruto is emotionally damaged, they don't know him at all due to the agreement we had to make with Lady Yasaka. Thus, they will have no idea how to keep him in line." Kuisha told him angrily.

"Is this coming from my Queen, or the one who coddles him?" Sairaorg snapped. "Because my Queen would never doubt my judgement on something this important."

It was now Kuisha's turn to not have a response but he could see the anger in her eyes and approached this carefully.

"Look, I understand your concern." Sairaorg said calmly. "But this is for his own good. If we kept him here, it would not make Naruto any worse, but it would keep him stagnant."

"Fine." Kuisha snapped. "But I will check in on him and if I find out they have done anything to harm him, I'm bringing him home."

"That is fine. But we can't keep coddling him Kuisha." Sairaorg responded. "He is growing up, and we can't always be there for him."

"But, he…"

"I know you care for Naruto very much. But he needs to learn how to do things on his own." Sairaorg interrupted her. "I am just as upset as you, but I want him to be better than he currently is."

End Flashback…

This argument happened three days before today, and Kuisha still wasn't happy with it.

'Naruto, please be safe.' Kuisha thought sadly. She was snapped out of her muses when she heard a tapping at her window.

Upon opening it, Kuisha saw a phoenix, in its beak a letter with the Phenex family insignia.

Skip, later that night…

Rias and Sona called their peerages to the ORC clubroom to meet him and introduce themselves.

Naruto looked over them all, unsure how to approach any of them, as the majority of them were women, and only Rias had a male peerage member.

However, a particular scent wafted through his nose.

A yokai scent.

The scent of a nekoshou.

Koneko, who was snacking on some sweets she brought, looked up and staggered a bit when she realized that Naruto was in front of her, sniffing her.

"What?" She demanded. "I'm not sharing."

"Be nice Koneko." Rias said as she watched her Rook and the Pawn of Bael stare at each other.

Naruto's curious blue eyes never broke from Koneko's hazel eyes as he brought his hands up and clapped once.

Rias, Sona, and their peerages were shocked to see white cat ears and a single white tail appear on Koneko, whose eyes started to widen with fear before she started purring.

Naruto gently grabbed her ears. Massaging them Naruto smiled and leaned in, chewing on her ear gently as he pulled Koneko close. A pair of fox ears and a single tail appeared on his person.

"Oh, that is so cute." The girls in Sona's peerage stated as Naruto removed his hands from Koneko's ears and put them around her waist and pulled her into his lap, his tail wrapping around her while he continued to nom on her ears.

"S-Stop it…" Koneko moaned, face hot red, and eyes lidded with a smile she was trying to keep from happening on her lips.

Naruto said nothing as he continued what he was doing but gave her a quick lick on the cheek.

Koneko's pleasure filled face became rich with rage.

"I SAID GET OFF!"

Naruto felt pain spread through his body as the white-haired girl punched his face, loosening his grip, and then several more times, breaking his concentration and his pelt getting revealed as he fell to the ground.

Koneko, very upset, took notice of the pelt.

"What's with that stupid fur wrap?" She asked.

Naruto's eyes snapped open, thin and focused as he got up slowly.

"What did you just say?" he asked angrily as he ran his hand through his pelt.

"I asked what the stupid fur wra…"

Koneko was punched through the wall, her nose broken and bleeding.

'Senjutsu…?' she thought in a panic as she landed, rolled on the ground.

"Naruto stand down now!" Sona and Rias ordered, internally scared as they saw Naruto instantly transform into the form they saw earlier.

Naruto ignored them and got on all fours.

'Shave.' He thought before he vanished and reappeared before Koneko. 'Tempest kick.'

He kicked the air, but missed her, however, a sickle of compressed air sliced through and struck the nekoshou.

"Shit!" Sona's peerage members thought.

Rias watched as her peerage members leap out of the hole that led outside.

"Lightning/Sword Birth!" Akeno and Kiba shouted as they activated their power/Sacred Gear.

'Paper Art.' Naruto thought as he reflexively dodged all of Kiba's swords and Akeno's lightning as if his body was made of paper.

He appeared behind Akeno, his arm extended forward, index finger pointed at them.

'Finger Pistol.'

At blinding speed, his index finger sank deep within Akeno's shoulder, shattering the Queen's Defensive boost and her shoulder cuff.

"You are open!" Kiba stated as he swung at Naruto.

'Iron Body.'

Kiba slammed his sword into Naruto's back, only to feel it vibrate his bones as the blade shattered upon impact.

Naruto's tail wrapped around Kiba and he spun around, slamming the Knight of Gremory into the Queen, sending them into a nearby tree while Naruto turned his red fury filled eyes to Koneko.

Koneko was sacred.

The power of senjutsu was fluctuating around and within the Pawn she saw before her and flashbacks of her sister and the trauma she caused her, Koneko started to break down.

Naruto lunged at the Rook, before his eyes widened and he collapsed, gripping his ears and screamed in pain as his body reverted to his human form.

Kiba and Akeno noticed this and wondered what was going on as they looked around and saw Sona and Rias both holding… whistles?

But they weren't making any sound.

'Dog whistles?' Akeno thought as she helped Kiba stand up, his body still shaken from the impact with the tree.

Sona and Rias stopped blowing on the high-pitched whistles, Naruto relaxing and breathing hard as they approached him.

'Thank the Satan's Sairaorg packed these in the bag.' Sona and Rias thought as they watched Naruto sit on his butt with his pelt covering his upper body, as if he was hiding himself from them.

Rias checked her Peerage members as they were hurt while Sona walked slowly up to Naruto.

"Are you alright?" Sona asked calmly, the whistle in her hand to be used if necessary.

Naruto shook his head from under the pelt.

"May I ask why you got mad?" Sona asked.

Naruto was silent, but he moved the pelt down a bit, his eyes being visible, full of tears as he gripped the pelt.

He said nothing before he stood up and walked off, most likely to his small apartment that Rias got for him.

No one tried to stop him, but the got tense as he stopped near Koneko, who looked at him with fear and anxiety as his hand came out and gently patted her head, sending soothing sensation through her, calming her down.

Naruto smiled a bit, before he used the Bael teleportation circle to go home.

"I see you really screwed up."

Everyone turned to see another devil.

"Who are you?" Sona demanded.

"I am Sairaorg Bael's other Pawn, Regulus." Regulus introduced. "I was ordered by Kuisha deliver something to Naruto, and it seems like it was a good thing I did for if you guys didn't find the whistles, I would have had to step in."

He turned to the Nekoshou and said. "Careful with what you say girl, next time he might actually kill you for insulting her."

"Her?" Rias asked confused.

"The Fur wrap on his belt." Sona frowned.

"Why is it so important to him and why are you here?" He sighed starting to walk out of the room.

"I was sent by Kuisha who I will not tell about what happened today as she will flip out and things will turn ugly. There is a letter from a friend of his in the Underworld that is planning to visit him so please know that he is going to be busy this weekend." Regulus said as he handed Rias the letter, before he frowned. "The reason I call the fur a she is because that fur you all insulted and called filthy is the fur of his mother."

Upon shutting the door behind him the rest of the room was stunned silent.

"I guess I'll got deliver…"

"I'll deliver it." Koneko stated as she took the letter from Rias.

Koneko needed to find out why that poor child was broken and she could only wonder what happened to his mother for him to be this emotionally disturbed.

Chapter 1, DONE!

1 this is basically the Mythical Inu-Inu no mi: Model Kitsune from One Piece but the Man-Beast/Hybrid form. Naruto has three forms, four if you count his 'Human' form. His base form, which has fox ears and a tail. His hybrid Form, self-explanatory, and then full beast form which is a fox.