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Chapter 3

Two weeks later

"So that's Rias Gremory," Naruto spoke as he stood atop a nearby building and looked down towards the eighteen-year-old girl currently taking part in a skirmish before Kuoh Academy.

She was a pretty little thing with the familiar red hair and blue-green eyes he recognized all too well. He would have mistaken her for Venelena Gremory if not for the hair and could easily recognize her as Lord and Lady Gremory's daughter despite never formally meeting her.

He was watching as the young Gremory girl was fighting a ten-winged Fallen Angel alongside her peerage and, to his surprise, two followers of the church, with one wielding a holy sword and the other wielding what looked like the Durrandal.

"I have not seen that sword in a long while," he whispered.

Scanning the school, he could sense another High-Class devil along with their peerage on top of the highest building in the academy. From what he could tell, they were creating a barrier to protect the school. The devil's signature felt strongly like his old friend Serafall.

'Some kind of relation, I guess. I did hear Lord and Lady Sitri had another child some time ago.'

He stood and watched before wincing when the Gremory girl blasted back but was saved by a brown-haired girl who he guessed was part of her peerage.

'They won't last long against Kokabiel,' he thought as he had her arms crossed against his chest. 'They are nowhere near that kind of strength yet. Not even the Gremory girl can pose a threat to him.'

"I'm a little disappointed. I thought the little sister of that red-haired bastard would be better than this. I guess I got my hopes up," Naruto said, twiddling his fingers before focusing on the brown-haired girl standing protectively before her.

"Though there is something special about that girl," he muttered, drawing attention towards the girl and looking her over. Everything about her looked normal, and he did not feel all that powerful. But what attracted him was the gauntlet that covered her left arm.

"A sacred gear, but it feels and looks different from the others I have seen. It feels stronger. A Longinus, maybe?"

He scanned it with his eyes and played back in his head all the sacred gears that he was aware of, had seen, and read about over the years. 'A Red gauntlet with a green gem in the center of it,' he thought.

After a moment of silence and he sucked in his breath. "The boosted Gear. I remember reading about it many years ago."

"The Boosted Gear, also known as the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet. It has the spirit of the Welsh Dragon, Ddraig, within it. It can double the user's power every 10 seconds and is one of the strongest Sacred Gear in existence and the rival of Valiana," Naruto said to himself while shaking his head.

"No wonder Azazel was so interested in this kid." Naruto sighed and clicked his tongue as he turned to his left and was not surprised to see Azazel standing on a building a little ways off, watching the battle as well. He then turned his head and saw Azazel motion to the fight.

"I better stop these kids from getting killed. Damn rookies," he muttered before he flew into the air.

He didn't want to get involved but couldn't let them die, even if one of them was the sister of the red-haired bastard.

Outside Kuoh Academy

"Izumi," Rias Gremory shouted as she saw her pawn holding by her neck, and she was choking for air. He released her, and she fell.

Rias slid along the floor and caught her pawn, Izumi Hyoudou, before she could hit the ground and looked around the battlefield. All her peerage members were currently down and out for the count. Her Knight, Kiba Yuuto, Bishop Asia, and Rook Koneko Toujo were unconscious to her left, with her wounded Queen, Akeno Himejima, standing protectively before them.