PA: It has been a very, very long time since I have had the chance to sit down and write for fun. I won't lie that this feels a bit rusty compared to what I am used to. Though it was something that I wanted to try and to hopefully get rid of some of that rust before I start working on my novel again. I went back and read through my old stories and damn...there was a lot that I wanted to change before I even got around to working on them. I guess we shall see how this goes and uh, maybe this will stick for more than my last one hey?

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or series used sans Xhupon, that cat-dude is mine, get your own.

Naruto was many, many things: unpredictable, reckless, a knucklehead and stubborn beyond normal conception, just to name a few. What he wasn't though was patient; so, at least in his mind, it was no surprise that roughly ten minutes into the political discussions of his parents and younger siblings that he was thinking of something more interesting. That something would of course be the training of his abilities. Ruval had been a great help with this having shown him some of the more advanced theories regarding their aerokinesis. Then again his ability to zone out could be because of a lack of sleep from his studying last night. He tried his best to stifle a yawn, but the quiet giggle from Ravel told him that she at least had noticed.

"I'm sorry dear, are we boring you?" His mother questioned. Now he was smart enough to know how he should answer, but that didn't stop him from thinking about it for a moment.

"No Mother, I'm just tired," He replied quickly and spared a glance at his father who hid a small smile.

Lord Phenex cleared his throat as he adjusted in his chair, "Raven, I don't think that Naruto and Ravel really need to be here for this. Let them go play."

His mother did not seem to take overly fond to the idea as she stared the three of them down for a few moments before letting her shoulders sag, "Fine, but when they misbehave in social events I want you to remember your lackadaisical manner in which you handle their discipline."

Naruto waited just long enough for his father to wave them off before he jumped out of his chair leaving poor Riser to his fate. He could guess what the conversation was about anyway; the Gremory heiress had started to publicly kick up a fuss about being arranged to marry Riser. Now, Naruto loved his younger brother and sister, but even he had to admit that Riser was handling this whole thing very badly. There was a small cough from his side and he turned to see Ravel looking as prim and proper as their mother always does. "I hope you haven't forgotten your promise?"

He had. His mind quickly jumped into overdrive trying to think of his previous agreement. He studied her for a moment letting his recent interactions quickly spring fourth. "You wanted help with flying practice, right?" He guessed remembering a brief conversation about it a few days ago. Going by the small nod of her head he figured he guessed right. "Well I do have to meat Seeks soon, so if you don't mind going out in public we can do it on the way?"

There was a brief look of panic that came across her tiny features before she gave a small cough and righted herself. "There should be no problem with that. As a proud member of the Phenex line it is only right that I should grace the civilians with my majestic flying abilities."

"Sure, lets see if you can get off the ground today first, huh?"

She pouted and let out a small whine, he ruffled her hair and moved them into the yard. He had to admit his family had a good hand when it came to decoration. Then again most devil families did. The open paths that were lightly adorned with stone features or flowers just enough to be eye catching but not enough to assault the senses. He stopped guiding Ravel and took a few steps to stand in front of her, facing the youngest Phenex sibling, before rolling his shoulders forward and letting the flaming wings push out of his back.

Ravel wasted no time in copying his actions and he was glad that she could, having to explain it to Riser was enough. "Good stuff, now let's start slow, I'll drag you up and you just gotta keep yourself balanced, okay?" She nodded and he reached for her outstretched hands before lifting them both into the air with strong, solid flaps. He also got the privilege of watching her face scrunch up as she tried to get her wings to keep her stable, which was also an interesting sight. They were flapping like an injured bird, erratically and frenzied in an attempt to get some wind under them.

"Hey take it easy there or you'll wear yourself out. Try to do what I'm doing, long slow flaps." His words got Ravel to open her eyes and absorb his form for a few moments before nodding and slowing her attempts at staying in the air. Part of him was jealous at how quickly she picked this all up, it took him weeks to be able to properly control his wings. Maybe Ruval was just a bad teacher…yeah he'd go with that.

Seekvaira Agares was in a difficult position. She was not a romantic like Rias, so when she was introduced to her husband to be she thought little of it. When he found out about her, uh, collection of miniature appreciations of mechanical engineering and theory crafting and actually encouraged her; well she agreed to the proposal. There was no problem for her in putting out a child or two of Phenex blood if she was able to help both clans while still living her life as she wanted. Then again it would appear that she got the much better option of the Phenex siblings. From what Rias had said Riser was nothing like Naruto. Though she could just be exaggerating, Seekvaira knew she was prone to do so.

The difficult position though was that Rias had locked herself in Seekvaira's room and was not letting anyone in. Which more than likely included Naruto who said he had a present for her. Now she could just kick Rias out, but that didn't sit too well with her, not with the redheaded heiress currently crying into her limited edition plush Gundam mk2. Seekvaira could try bribing her with anime or manga. She tapped her chin in though there had to be something she was hooked on at the moment. There was a knock on the door and she paled, Naruto was here with another member of the Phenex family, she could tell that much. Though she didn't get a chance to respond as Rias quickly spoke up. "We're busy, go away."

Seekvaira heard something that sounded like 'wait here' before Naruto loudly announced he was coming in. Rias tried some faint kind of protest saying that they were indecent, but that didn't stop him. His messy blond head of hair poked in before those deep blue eyes looked over the room.

Seekvaira had a faint smile on her face as she spoke, "and what would you have done if we were actually naked?"

"Probably still come in?" He questioned with a shrug, see her pointed look and the horrified one from Rias he continued, "Well Seeks, you're my fiancée so we're going to see each other naked whether we want to or not, and if Rias was getting changed I figured you would have locked the door."

"Fair point. As you can see my bed is already occupied so sadly you cannot lament the woes of your studious life on it to me today." She saw him crack a faint smile before holding up a bag. "For me?"

"Yeah, it's meant to be some super limited test run or something and I figured you'd be uh, busy with the announcements so…yeah." He finished lamely and handed the bag over to seemed to look at Rias for a few moments and Seekvaira quirked her brow before he sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "Uh, Rias?"

"What do you want?" The redhead near bit, not a good start, then again both of them had a very short temper so this could be quite explosive…She spared a glance around her room, nothing was safe, she had best mentally prepare herself.

"Look, your causing a bit of a stir…I can speak to my family about laying off of it for a while if that helps you I don't know, process it all?"

Seeks watched as Rias looked up towards her blond buffoon and gave a faint nod. "That'd be nice…Thanks."

"So we're all friends?" She pushed though watching Rias crank her chin up and Naruto give a nervous laugh showed her answer. "Um, thanks for stopping by, but I kind of need to, you know?"

He gave her a nod and placed his hands in his pockets. "Yeah, I get it. Oh, I'm going to be heading to Kyoto on some business, so if you want anything special let me know."

Seekvaira tilted her head tot he side and thought about it for a moment before responding, "I'm sure I'll think of something."

With that he gave another faint laugh and left closing the door behind him. She heard a muffled conversation between him and Ravel before she felt them leaving. With her attention back she focused back to Rias, who was giving her the most pointed of stares. "What?"

"You two seem to get along well."

"We understand that we each of hobbies that the other cares very little about. He is happy doing his thing and I'm fine doing my own."

Rias craned her head to the side. "Trade me?"

"No chance."

"You sure?"

"Very," Seekvaira let out a sigh, "You could try to work out a deal with Riser?"

Rias puffed her cheeks out. "I doubt he'll listen."

"You never know if you don't try?"

She watched Rias sag a little into the pillow fort she was in the middle of making before Naruto came. "Wait," She paused, "I thought we weren't allowed into Kyoto?"

Seekvaira shrugged. "Maybe he got permission after the vampire thing in Tokyo?"

"Vampire thing?"

"Some old vampire showed up and turned a handful of people and the church was about to get called after the town's exorcist nearly died or something. I probably should have paid more attention now that I think about it."

"Lucky."

"What?"

Rias poked her head out from the pillows and looked at her. "I said he's lucky. I want to study in Japan."

"As do I."

"Then why did you go with him?"

Seekvaira gave Rias a flat stare. "Because I have to look after a bratty childhood friend throwing a temper tantrum. Plus, I'm not too sure I'm ready to go on some long holiday with him just yet. The day visits are enough for now."

Rias huffed and moved some pillows to block the stare before retreating into her fort causing Seekvaira to sigh at her friend's antics.

Naruto rubbed at the back of his neck as he stood before the torii gates; he had tried to tell the Tengu guards that he was expected. That didn't really stop them surrounding him with their black steel spears. It was a tense situation and Naruto wasn't really the best with those types. They continued to surround him as they waited for the minister of domestic affairs and he started to play with a ball of fire between his hands. He threw it around his body and had it float in the air for a few moments. He noticed some Yokai children watching from behind a tree and thought to give them a little show of magic. Thankfully it was not too much longer before a cat-eared man came out with his hands between his sleeves. He looked at the situation and gave a small laugh, "I would apologise for the display but it does not seem to bother you."

Naruto clapped his hands together and the fire turned into tens of little swallows that quickly flew towards the children and exploded into a tiny shower of fireworks. He watched them giggle and run away before looking back to the man. "It's fine. Our factions aren't on the best of terms so I get it. Curious as to why I was called though, no one really wants to explain that Mr?"

"Xhupon, and yes…It is a delicate matter, one which we aren't too proud to admit. I do just have to confirm that you are Naruto Phenex, correct?" Naruto gave a small nod to the question and Xhupon returned a small chuckle. "I thought you might be a bit older."

"Yeah, I get that a bit. The uh, Tengu are coming with us I guess?"

"Believe it or not Lord Naruto, they are for your protection. Times have been tense."

Naruto nodded the Nekoshou incident had severely strained relations with the Yokai. "I understand. I would like to offer my prayers if time allows?"

Xhupon took a small step, it seems he wasn't expecting that? Naruto wasn't too sure. "I heard you were honourable, I guess it is just different to experience it." The conversation lulled a bit as they started to move through the torii and Naruto could feel the piercing glares of those around him. His race had a lot to answer for, that was sure, but he didn't have the political power to investigate what happened and he didn't know if he ever would. He didn't have too much of an interest in it like Riser and Ravel, nor was he drawn to rating games like Ruval…honestly he felt out of place among his siblings. More than the name anyway…He had asked to change that himself after he started having these strange dreams…Naruto had sounded better and felt more, natural, he guessed.

Their group paused as they came to what seemed to be some kind of prison. Guards were keeping a vigilant watch and they were armed with more than just spears. He looked to Xhupon. "I'm not under arrest or anything am I?"

Xhupon took a moment before widening his eyes and waving his hands. "No, no my dear boy. I really should have explained. No, there is someone inside that we are having difficulty with and they seem to respond to your energy."

"My energy?"

"Well, the guards that directly interacted with you appear to have had a calming effect on the prisoner, but that effect is wearing off. We just want to confirm some things before we do anything further, if that is okay of course?"

Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "Sure, you know, so long as I'm not going to end up in one of those cells myself."

"Haha, not yet my boy."

Naruto paused and eyed the man who just gave him a wide smile before the group started to move again. They entered the building and the first thing that Naruto noticed was the large number of horned individuals behind bars, he figured they must be Oni, from what he had read they were not the most helpful in trying to have a peaceful life, but they were strong as all getout. He shook his head and refocused his attention as they came to the end of a corridor and saw a dimly lit cell. The occupant seemed to be missing, but with careful enough hearing there was a breath coming from inside the cell. "She is playing this game again…" Xhupon muttered as he took a step forward and lightly tapped one of the bars, "Come on out, you have a visitor."

There was a faint tap of flesh hitting the stone floor. Naruto knelt down to get to eye level as he saw a pair of gold slit eyes boring into him from the darkness. "What's her name?" He questioned as he put his hand between the bars ignoring the pleas and screams of the guards as they rushed forward. He felt a tug on his arm as pale flesh appeared in front of him and ripped back pulling it off in a fluid motion. The guards pulled him back and he gave a scream as they started to panic and the Oni from earlier started to roar in laughter. Xhupon looked ready to blow a gasket and through it all Naruto heard the creature in the cage chomping on his arm.

He waited a few moments and as the guards got ready to enter the cell he started to laugh. "A-are you okay, Lord Naruto?"

Naruto reigned in his laughs and shook out his stump of an arm. "I'm a Phenex," and like it was waiting for that statement blue flames erupted from his stump and formed a brand new arm, shirt and all perfectly attached. He gave it a twirl before waving it at them, that was a bit odd, "No harm."

"Oh thank the gods. I did not want to have to deal with that backlash. As for her name, Hanekawa Tsubasa."

Naruto nodded and knelt back down to eye level. "So, Hanekawa, does my arm taste good? Sorry if you were expecting blood."

There was a small shuffling of feet before a gnawed arm was dropped on the other side of the bar. Shortly after the pale features of a fifteen year old girl came into view, he looked back at the guards when he saw her lack of clothing and they motioned to the pile of it in the corner. Her long white hair nearly came down to the ground and slowly she crouched across from Naruto, the two white ears atop her head twitching at the noise in the prison. "You are what I was smelling nya-haha."

"Xhupon says you were more relaxed when you could smell me, what's up with that?"

Hanekawa tilted her head from side to side and her nose twitched a few times as she took in his scent, he guessed, "You're warm and full of life."

Xhupon made a weird sound and Naruto turned to face him, "Is everything okay, and do you have what you need?"

The cat-eared male gave a quick nod, "Ah, yes. We might have to do some tests, but it is possible that she could have a strong connection to energies, in her case they might play with her emotions. It is one of the early warning signs of senjutsu."

"Warning signs? I thought senjutsu was meant to be super good for you guys?"

Xhupon lowered his head a little bit as he looked at the ground. "It might be best to talk about this outside."

They all made to move as a hand quickly grabbed his and held it in a vice-like grip. He looked back to see a hint of fear in those golden eyes of hers. "Xhupon…how would you feel about releasing Hanekawa into my care?"

The Yokai let out a small groan as he rubbed his face. "I was hoping to save on paperwork."

Naruto though laughed at his plight, and was thankful he didn't have to deal with any of that yet.

The process of having Hanekawa released was faster and less troublesome as apposed to the process of getting her dressed. It was after the third time of her tearing apart her shirt that he started to question if he should continue to bother, but then the thought of his mother seeing him come home with a topless woman froze him. He wasn't quite sure how she would react, would she be happy? Probably not. Would she try to fry him alive? That was a possibility. Thus it was his current goal in life to get Hanekawa dressed. "Can we please get you dressed?" He would not admit it aloud, but he was down to pleading, he also would certainly not tell Ruval about pleading for a woman to put on clothes…he wasn't sure he would live through that shame.

"Nope, not gonna!" She called as she rolled around on the floor playing with his arm. It was watching her playful nature that caused an idea to spark within him.

He took off his shirt and tossed it towards her, watching as she put it on without fuss. Inwardly he sighed as she did the buttons up and sniffed the collar deeply. He took his pants off and thankfully there was no protest as she put them on. With a flick of his wrist he summoned a new pair of slacks and a white button up shirt for himself. She seemed happy enough but he could see this becoming a problem quickly. Xhupon gave them a curious look when he returned. "Look, I don't want to talk about it. Is she good to go?"

"Ah, yes. Just sign here and she'll be in your custody. If you need anything in the future do not hesitate to call upon us."

Naruto signed the papers and a copy was handed to him. He stuffed it away in one of his pockets and looked to Hanekawa, who was making confetti out of the previous shirts. She lifted it up and blew it in Xhupon's face before laughing and hiding behind Naruto. Part of him was starting to regret this and he knew it was only going to get worse when they went home. He was going to be hounded, he knew that. Thankfully it seemed like things were done with the Yokai so he gathered up her things watching as she clung to him. "Well, I guess this is goodbye for now Xhupon. Let me know if you guys need a hand with anything in the future. I'll try my best." They shared a small bow and then Naruto summoned up his clan's crest to take them home. His arrival was met with the usual fuss of the maids then as one they stopped and peered around him at the growth he was carrying. He saw the thoughts pass through their eyes before they all ran off to find his mother. He had to hand it to her, she had trained the maids well, her own little spy network. He knew he had precious moments of peace; he grabbed Hanekawa's hand and quickly led her to his room only to find the entrance barred by his mother. There were a few thoughts that ran through his mind. Firstly, he needed to spend more time with her and figure out how to make a network like her one, second just how boned he was going to be.

"Dinning Room?" He questioned to which she nodded. He let out a tired sigh and slowly started to lead Hanekawa there. It didn't take overly long for the rest of the family, sans Ruval, to show and take their normal places. The plush adorning and over decorative features of the room normally felt welcoming, but now they only seemed to fill him with a sense of foreboding dread that he couldn't wash from his palate. Hanekawa didn't seem to care, she also seemed to have stolen a cooked fish on their trip…He would have to thank the maids when he was done. All eyes were on him. "Now I want to start off by saying that I can explain everything."

"Explain how you brought a cat-girl home with you and tamed her in a few hours? This I want to hear," said Riser as he leaned forward a little.

His father leaned forward as well. "Perhaps for a different reason, but I am also curious, as I believe your mother is also." He didn't need to look in her direction to know a pointed face slowly nodded in affirmation.

"Okay, well this is Hanekawa," he motioned to the girl in question who put her hands up like paws, "the Yokai of Kyoto found her rampaging through the streets draining the energy of civilians and Yokai alike," he paused and waited for any interjection but none came so he continued. "They found that she was much more, uh, relaxed when some of the guards I had interacted with during the vampire incident were watching her so they called me to see if it was a coincidence or not. Turns out it isn't. Though she did rip my arm off." He saw Ravel flinch at the thought while Riser and his father held back laughter. His mother was not. She did not appear to have an impressed bone in her body at this moment. "The Yokai believe that she is starting to access senjutsu, or a mutation could be occurring within her causing her to experience things like a senjutsu practitioner would. After confirming that my uh 'scent' seemed to calm her we were planning to leave, but Hanekawa didn't want me to go. I couldn't stay so I asked for her to be released into my care, there will be correspondence between myself on behalf of the Phenex and the Yokai of Kyoto on the matter allowing with home visitations and trips back to Kyoto for both training and check ups," Naruto finished and looked over his family. Everyone seemed somewhat impressed or interested apart from his mother. He reached into his pocket and produced the paper from earlier. "I also had a contract made between the two parties, this is our copy, if you want to check over the details yourself." He placed it on the table and for the first time since his return he saw his mother smile.

"Good, always make sure to have it in either writing or blood. Plus this should give our family a semblance of standing with the Yokai faction to hopefully help restore some faith after that event. And pray tell, what did Seekvaira say about all this?" His mother questioned.

Naruto tilted his head to the side as did Hanekawa. "I didn't ask her?" He saw his father roar backwards in laughter while his mother and sister sighed. He looked to Riser but apparently they were both confused on the subject.

"You should inform her this instant and find a suitable gift that might alleviate her anger."

Naruto shrugged and pulled out his phone. "I don't see why but okay?" After a moment he put it away. "Done."

His mother's jaw dropped as she stood from her seat. "D-did you just text her that?"

"Yes?" He looked to his family for support, his father was laughing harder, Ravel had planted her face into the table and Riser…Well at least Riser looked as confused as he felt right now. His phone went off and he answered. "Oh, hey Seeks."

"Where are you?" She bit out, and it was at this point that Naruto thought he might have done something wrong.

"Uh?"

"Naruto?" She sounded like she was getting angrier. Stalling was probably not going to work right now.

"I-I'm at home. In the dining room," he barely got the last bit out before she hung up. A moment later he heard the maids welcome someone and when he heard her scream for his direction he hung his head.

Riser gave a light cough and moved to stand. "I don't think this concerns me so if you don't mi-" but was cut off by a sharp look from their mother, "- on second thought this is something I should watch carefully so that I don't repeat Naruto's mistake?" He looked to Raven for confirmation and her silent nod was all he needed.

The next moment the doors slammed opened and Naruto winced. Seekvaira gave a brief apology to his parents before she stormed into his face. Now Naruto was not a small man, approaching eighteen he was quite tall for his age and he worked out a fair bit, but under the fiery gaze of Seekvaira he felt very, very small. "Explain. Now!"

So he did, everything he had just told his family and then some. That didn't appear to be enough though as she was still glaring daggers at him. "I uh, didn't think it would bother you?"

"No, of course I would be fine with you adopting some stray cat-girl to take home. Why wouldn't I be perfectly okay with some hyper sexualised stereotype living with you?"

"This feels like a trick question."

Both of them stopped as Hanekawa rested her head on Naruto's shoulder. He could feel the anger coming from Seekvaira at this point. "Ne, Naruto, who is this hussy?"

If Naruto had more time he would of seen the reaction of shock, awe and downright hysterics from his family.

"H-hussy? Says the harlot hanging off my husband-to-be's shoulder like a life raft?"

Naruto was still processing what was happening. How did things go so wrong? What could he have done to prevent this. Well, probably check with Seekvaira beforehand, he knew that now.

"Husband-to-be?" Hanekawa tilted her head for a moment. "Nope." Before she chomped down hard on his neck and shoulder. Naruto winced a little in shock. He felt her nails dig into his skin, it was clear that no one was moving her now. "His my mate. Find your own."

Raven cleared her throat and all attention snapped to her, sans Hanekawa and Seekvaira, who seemed more than content to glare at each other. "As my son appears to have stupefied himself with his own actions, please allow me to clear up any misunderstandings. Hanekawa, Naruto is promised to wed Seekvaira in order to join our clans together. It is an agreement that both of them have the intention of following and have signed such. This does not mean that he can not take another wife, but you can't be his only wife, or mate if you will. Also, why are you biting my son?"

"Marking territory," Hanekawa said before slowly releasing her bite. Naruto saw her frown as the wound closed up in front of her eyes, he supposed it was better than the gasps he heard from his family. He was ready, they couldn't do much worse could they? He was already in Seekvaira's shit books and he was pretty sure his mothers.

His father leaned forward again, all mirthful laughter gone now. "Naruto my boy, are you aware your flames have turned blue?"

Naruto gave a small shrug. "It seemed to happen after Hanekawa ripped off my arm."

"She did what?" He uh, may have left that part out of the explanation to Seekvaira. "You are in so much trouble when we're done here, Naruto," she gave him a very pointed stare before looking back to his father. "Does that mean that he is the Azure?"

Rulven nodded. "I believe so. We had all thought it would be Ruval so we didn't really teach the others about it…that appears to have been a mistake. Thinking on it though it all makes sense. You inability to use aerokinesis, your dreams and your mastery over song and Hell Fire."

"Song?" Seekvaira questioned with a raised brow.

"Oh yes, Naruto is quite a fine singer."

"I shall keep that information for later."

"This, this changes everything," Rulven slammed his fists down and stood up. "From tomorrow on I will personally instruct you from my grandfather's journals. I have to inform the Maou, and Ruval." Rulven rounded the table and grasped Naruto's hands. "This means big things for us boy. Raven we'll prepare a ball where we announce it to the public. Seekvaira, I hope you'll attend?"

Naruto looked between the two and he caught her gaze and the smirk that wormed over her face. "Of course Lord Phenex. I wouldn't let my dear husband to be go through such a thing alone."

"Okay can we have like a time-out?" Naruto called getting attention back to him. "Like, I think three people here understand what is happening, can the rest of us get an explanation?"

Seekvaira walked forward and gently pinched his cheek. "It just means that you've become the hope of the underworld is all. No pressure."

PA: Let me know what you guys thought. Review, fav follow and all that jazz and I'll see you soon space cowboy. (Also yes, I know it's a bit shorter than normal, but it felt like a good end to the pilot chapter.)