She looked down and noticed that she was bound by several wires!
"...Let's end this now eh?" Naruto-1 continued as if he never stopped.
Akeno chanced a glance behind her and saw...
"...I was wondering where you went." the raven-haired devil said as she stared at the grinning visage of the clone that brought her down. She assumed that he popped like what the blond said they would do when they received any damage.
Seems she did assume too much.
"Alright, I think that's a wrap! Let me just knock you out now..." Naruto-1 said lazily and began walking towards the captive devil.
Akeno tried to concentrate her demonic energy towards her palm and possibly get herself out of this predicament, but the clone holding her down noticed what she was doing.
So he pulled the wires.
Now both clones knew that there were some...unsavory stuff that some people were into. His trips with ero-sennin pretty much helped the whiskered blond with that idea.
But this was the first time that he heard someone moan from being constricted by wire.
Akeno had the decency to blush a little at the somewhat inappropriate timing, and gave both clones an apologetic smile.
"Apologies boys...it just comes out at times."
Neither of the clones responded, they were too busy giving the queen deadpanned looks.
...That was some kinky shit right there.
"...Yeah. Knock her out." Naruto-1 said while covering his face with the palm of his hand.
...There was just nothing that could be said about that. It was best to just...pretend it didn't just happen.
The clone did his job and chopped the back of Akeno's head and took her body to the rest of the collected Gremory bodies.
...That actually sounded much worse than he meant it to, but that was besides the point. The day's training with the Gremory team was finished.
Time to check up on the other teams!
Mio was concentrating heavily on finding an opening against the juggernaut that was her psuedo-brother. Maria and herself have been trying desperately to find one.
They hadn't found it yet.
Maria was sliding back towards the red-headed half-devil after another unsuccessful assault.
The dubbed 'Naruto-2' was literally just standing there and scratching the back of his neck. Seemingly not taking them seriously.
Well...she supposed that he had a pretty solid reason to do so.
"Mio-sama...we have to find an opening somehow...but I think I have an idea on how to make one." Maria said with a serious expression on her face.
Mio glanced at her guardian and nodded, when she was serious...she was actually very dependable.
"...I need you to jump up and down very quickly and distract him."
"Fuck no." Mio shot down the suggestion quickly.
She knew exactly what Maria was planning with that distraction of hers...the fact that she was staring at the red-head's chest was all the information she needed.
Maria clicked her teeth. "Damn. Well fine...be like that. Then can you at least take off your shirt...?"
"Maaaarrrriiiiaaaa...!"
The Naruto clone was watching in slight amusement as their planning session was falling apart. He was having fun.
Although he wasn't having fun just because of the funny antics the duo had, it was also because they were...surprisingly...doing pretty good.
It wasn't like he was fighting them at full strength, but he was taking them more seriously at the very least. Yet they managed to avoid any crippling attacks so far.
Mostly because they...
"Distraction success! Take this Naruto-sama!"
Maria created a magic circle and released several magic bullets towards the clone.
Immediately, Naruto-2 smashed his foot into the ground and created a rock pillar to defend himself. It did the trick, as the magic bullets were unable to completely pierce the rock formation.
But it also allowed for Maria to close the distance and engage in hand-to-hand combat.
At least that's what it seemed.
Before Maria could enter into combat range, she dodged to the left and allowed for the two fireballs that was following behind her to reach him.
So she used herself as a smokescreen for the fireballs huh? He definitely approved of this tactic!
This was why they managed to hold out despite him being a clearly stronger opponent...their teamwork worked really well.
Maybe it was because unlike the Gremory team...they truly faced life-and-death struggles while they were on the run.
The Gremory team may have overall experience in fighting in their specific fields, especially when compared to Mio. But the duo in front of him truly worked like a team.
They covered each other's weaknesses well and chained their attacks together without any hesitation.
He was actually a little jealous! Why couldn't team 7 be like this damn it!
The clone was hit by the incoming fireballs which hit the ground and created a tree-sized pillar of fire. Though he emerged from inside the the flames completely unharmed. Unfortunately for the two of them, he was pretty damn good at withstanding fire-based attacks.
But just as he moved away from the attack, Maria came in and attacked him again. Most likely to buy time for Mio to launch another attack.
But just like most people in this world...neither of them had a good grasp of their environment!
So it came as a shock for Mio when another Naruto came charging towards her from her flames!
Since the flames weren't too much of a threat in a short amount of time, he made a kage bunshin inside the pillar of fire and brought Maria's attention towards the original clone.
This left Mio wide open!
The succubus realized her mistake soon enough and tried to back-pedal to help her charge, though Naruto-2 wouldn't give her the chance to!
He quickly caught her arm and threw her away from Mio and separated the duo from one another.
In response to the tactic, Mio tried to use a lightning spell to push the incoming blond away. But she didn't have enough time to gather her demonic energy...!
"Got ya!" the Naruto clone cried as he threw a fist towards the unprepared red-head.
Maria ran back towards the battlefield, intending to help her charge, but was met by the visage of Naruto-2 again instead.
"It's over now. Mio's just been knocked out and without her, you're left wide open to my own attacks. So before I knock you out...got anything to say?" Naruto-2 asked as if he was asking for her last words.
The succubus just gave him a tired grin. "I got one I suppose...make sure your clothes are safe when you shower tonight Naruto-sama..."
The blond clone immediately knocked her out after that.
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