The blond just rubbed the back of his head in a bashful gesture. "Well...despite how the so called 'Great Hero' seems...he's your superior right? It can't be easy to disobey him at all. Also, while you didn't warn me or anything, you also didn't take part in his little scheme of his. So why would I be upset at you?"
Yellow eyes stared at blue. Clear and crystalline blue, just like fresh spring water.
Those eyes wouldn't lie to her at such a moment.
She allowed for a slightly bitter smile to appear on her lips. How could she doubt her friend so easily?
Her friend...was the best kind of friend there was. Even though she didn't have much experience with such people...of that she was still absolutely sure.
She gave him a smile, one that truly came from the deepest recesses of her heart in gratitude.
"Thank you...Naruto."
The shinobi gave her a wry smirk in return.
"Don't thank me yet...you won't be so grateful once I kick your ass in our spar."
Yuki gave him a small grin in return, allowing for the familiar banter to ease her troubles.
"I wouldn't be sure Naruto...I might win this time."
They both lowered their center of gravity, with the hero equipping her hero's armor and weapons and the 'unknown' grabbing his kunai.
They were about ready to charge at one another...
"Wait. Time-out." Naruto said blandly, making the 'T' sign for a moment.
Yuki nearly tripped over herself at the abrupt end to their battle before it even began.
"Totally forgot to do something. No worries, this will be just a second!" the shinobi continued while grabbing an arbitrary rock from the ground.
The hero leaned against Sakuya as she gave him a dull stare in annoyance, the build-up was completely ruined and she was left feeling annoyed.
Naruto wrapped a small piece of paper around the rock and then threw it into the air.
Yuki watched in curiosity, what was he doing?
Naruto grinned as he set the exploding tag on the rock to explode when he made the hand seal.
The rock made a small explosion in the air, seemingly accomplishing nothing except lighting up the sky.
"...What are you up to Naruto?" Yuki asked with a suspicious stare. No way he did that for no reason at all.
The blond just gave her a cheesy grin. "Well...let's just say that we aren't the only ones who are about to fight seriously."
Naurto-1 was jumping from tree branch to tree branch, purposely leading the Gremory team further into the forestry. If he was a betting clone...he would say that...
A small explosion lit up the sky for a moment, coming from where the boss was.
Perfect. It was time huh?
He stopped on his most recent tree branch and turned back to face his sparring partners.
It was time to ramp up the difficulty!
Naruto-2 was grinning at the two half-devils that were prepping another attack against him. He wondered when the boss would give the signal...
His gaze was drawn upwards when a small explosion lit up the sky.
Ah...so it was time huh?
"Alright Mio...Maria...time to take the kiddy gloves off..."
Naruto-3 was staring at the brown-haired boy that was panting on the floor.
Issei looked pretty exhausted, especially after doing about three-quarters of the requested push-ups.
Even as a devil he was pretty out of shape...
The clone noticed that a small explosion lit up the sky for a moment.
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"Damn it..." the Naruto clone cursed, Issei was way too weak to be any fun to fight against. Looks like he got the short end of the straw here...
Lucky bastards...
Asia had no idea what to do.
She was asked to help heal anyone who had any wounds from these spars, but she was currently on standby until then.
She didn't have to be, she could also proactively go to where one of the battles were taking place and heal someone as soon as they were hurt.
But she was having trouble choosing where to go...
She could go to where the Gremory group was since that battle had the most people and very likely the most wounds that needed healing.
She could go to where Mio-san and Maria-san were since they were had to face Naruto-san alone.
She could go to where Issei-san was since she really didn't like the idea of him getting hurt.
So she was stuck worrying over which choice to make and who to help first, moving from one side of the clearing to another in her indecisiveness.
One gets the feelings that because of her indecisiveness...she's about to get swamped by many wounded patients.
There was only one thing anyone with a heart could say...
...Good luck Asia.
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