Rias herself thought that she appreciated Naruto's strength a whole lot more when she wasn't on the receiving end of it.
Grayfia was giving the blond human a hard stare, unsure of what to make of this strength.
Was it dangerous to Rias-sama? He may be fighting for her now...but what about later?
Her thoughts were ended as a figure trudged back from the forested area.
Riser has come back, his torso completely healed.
Naruto sighed, this was getting annoying.
"...Do you understand? No matter what kind of power that Rias has given you, you won't be able to defeat me! I am a Phenex! My regeneration will always restore me to perfect health! You have no hope of winning! I will simply outlast you! Like in all of my Rating Games!" Riser proclaimed with a smug grin, despite the ruined state of his clothes.
The shinobi wasn't impressed.
He supposed that he could just use the incomplete rasengan to drain him enough. But that would take him too long.
But at the same time, he really didn't feel like showing off any jutsus like his kage bunshins...not against this guy. He wasn't worth it.
Naruto looked down at his palm. The rasengan was the perfect weapon against this guy...but the only one that could truly last long enough would be the one completed version.
He closed his eyes...
Then his eyes snapped open.
That's it! Once upon a time...before he used clones to make complete rasengans...he used a different method!
The blond ninja held his left hand out...and focused chakra on his right hand...
Then the right hand began to repeatedly cup over the left hand. Seemingly grabbing something that wasn't there.
Use the left to hold the chakra...
Use the right to create the rotation...!
Naruto then slammed his hand over the blue orb that coalesced over his left hand.
A completed rasengan.
It wasn't as complete as he'd like, since he can't make it with one hand yet...but he could do it with two hands! Without clones!
Maniacal grin in place, Naruto turned towards the son of the Phenex clan and began walking towards the hapless devil.
Riser widened his eyes as he saw the blue orb.
No...! Not again!
He desperately created large fireballs, one after the other, all thrown at the incoming human beast.
"Stay away! Why won't my flames hurt you!?" Riser screamed out loud, fear began to drown his senses.
"...Hey Riser. Do your flames melt stone? Are your flames strong enough to immediately evaporate large pockets of water? Because if not...then you have no business in trying to use fire on me." Naruto said seriously, not bothering to try and defend himself.
Riser just frantically tried to throw more and more fire onto the younger blond, hoping that it would stop him.
Then he stopped.
He stopped because the enemy that was at the very least ten seconds away...was suddenly right in front of him.
"...The attack that I used on you before was an incomplete version of this one. It's rotation continually grinds against the opponent. The rotation will never stop unless the user ends it or it faces something strong enough to slow it down. Your body isn't one of those things. So you have two options. You can either give up and not take this rasengan...or you can take this attack to the stomach and wait until you can't regenerate anymore." Naruto stated clearly, face completely serious as he stared down the older blond.
...
Riser glanced at the blue orb he was holding.
The first one he used...was incomplete...?
This wasn't worth it.
It wasn't like he lost anything anyways...this deal won't count.
"...I give up." Riser muttered quietly.
Grayfia raised a hand up. "The spar is over! Naruto-sama is victorious!"
Naruto ended his rasengan peacefully, as promised.
Then he gave the high-class devil a look.
"Well. I guess the engagement is canceled eh?"
Riser said nothing.
Then a dark grin spread across his face.
"Did you really think that a deal made in a sparring match would end an engagement deemed by devil society as vital? Don't be ridiculous. I made the deal with the reasonable expectation that you were a normal human. But it is obvious to me that Rias has done something to you...thus I wasn't treated fairly in this agreement. Besides, even if it was fair...high devil society wouldn't accept it. They wouldn't accept that their precious engagement wouldn't happen because of the actions of a mere human." Riser explained with a maniacal grin, thoroughly pleased that he managed to trick the human.
"What! That's not fair!" Mio cried out, she was jogging towards the two former opponents and she heard what Riser had said.
Everyone else followed closely behind her, especially a disappointed Rias.
"Doesn't matter whether it's fair or not. High devil society wants this to happen. The only way they'd accept the engagement's cancellation...is if both parties fairly end it." Riser continued haughtily.
Heated glares was sent towards him by Rias' friends, but he ignored them.
How did it feel to fail, human!?
Naruto didn't look crestfallen.
Or disappointed.
No. He looked amused.
"Normally, you'd be right. Rias-san explained that to me before. But it actually doesn't matter whether high class devils accept it or not...because you have to abide by the contract." Naruto retorted with a grin.
All eyes turned to Naruto in confusion. What contract?
"...So that's what you were up to..." Grayfia muttered as she moved to join the group.
"Heh...so you get it?" the shinobi stated smugly.
"Wait wait wait! What are you talking about? What contract!?" Rias interjected in shock.
"...A traditional contract needs to be signed, sure. But a hand shake can be considered as a binding contract by itself, right?" Naruto pointed out.
Rias wasn't convinced. "It can count as a binding contract...but..."
Then she stopped.
Devil society was in a sense, ran by business transactions.
From human-to-devil transactions when devils complete a wish for a human...to transactions between devils themselves.
So devils have contrived numerous ways to make sure that they can't be cheated out of such a transaction. Some based on the human world.
A hand shake wasn't usually a binding contract...but it could be under certain conditions
If there was someone present when the hand shake was made after a clear agreement...and they could clearly testify if asked to do so...then it is binding!
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