The maid from before, Grayfia-san, has left to tell her king about what has happened to Rias-san's marriage. Apparently she had some things that she still wanted to tell them, so they were going to wait at the mansion until she returned.
Naruto allowed for a wry grin to reach his lips, his friends had decided to celebrate Rias-san's good fortune by throwing together the best meal they could possibly forge.
It was beautiful.
Nothing better than a buffet!
Except for the suspicious lack of ramen...that was sad.
Now, he was just letting all of them wind down from their celebrations and staring off into the sunset. Enjoying the scenery that he may never get the chance to see again.
This mansion was awesome.
Although...he wasn't just here to stare at the sun. He also had to take some time to think.
It only hit him recently due to the events that have occurred in this summer home.
The issue of just how...difficult it could be to attain any sort of meaningful peace between the factions.
It wasn't like he thought that it could be easy or anything, just that he wasn't really looking at the small things.
He was looking at the issue while focusing on the leaders or the higher-ups in these factions and how to get them talking. But what about those people who focused on their own selfish desires over everything else?
That masked man from yesterday...
Riser, to a lesser extent...
Hell, the fallen leader; Vretiel, now that he thought about it!
That wasn't even counting the people who didn't want peace either...
The point of all this thinking was simple, Naruto needed to figure out just how far he would help out towards the objective of peace, his boundaries.
He needed boundaries, he wasn't going to stay in this world forever...so he needed some realistic end goals here.
Did he...want to simply promote peace?
Did he...want to provide the framework for it?
Maybe just push the faction leaders to talk?
Naruto sighed, this was all getting pretty complicated. Especially since he wanted to keep Mio and Maria safe from the devils that had grudges against the Original Lucifer...
One thing after another with him.
"Ah, Naruto. There you are. I've been looking for you."
The shinobi perked up slightly and turned to greet the red-head that he had recently helped out.
"Rias-san. What are you doing here? I thought that you would be celebrating with everyone." Naruto responded with a raised eyebrow, curious for why she seeked him out.
He really shouldn't be though.
Rias walked towards the blond with a determined look on her face. She's been looking for him for a while now, needing to speak to him.
Before she walked up to him though, she made sure to close the door to the balcony. This needed to be a private conversation.
The high-class devil then finally turned to him.
"Naruto...words cannot describe how thankful I am for what you've done for me. I honestly don't think I can thank you enough to be honest. If it wasn't for you, then I'm positive that I would've been forced into the engagement." Rias said quietly, a small smile gracing her face.
Naruto merely shrugged. "No need to worry about it Rias-san. You needed help and I was happy to help out."
Rias shook her head. Expecting this response but was unwilling to accept it.
"Maybe to you it wasn't much, but to me...it's entirely different. So while I may not be able to thank you properly for your actions...I could at least try." the red-headed devil continued, a determined glint in her eye as she stared at Naruto.
She wouldn't take no for an answer it seemed.
"Naruto...what do you hope to accomplish?" Rias asked while staring at the blond intensely.
The male teen glanced at her, confused at the switch in topics.
He humored her though.
"I want to promote peace between the Biblical factions...and later, hopefully a lot of the world's factions." Naruto briskly stated.
Rias turned to face the whiskered teen in slight shock, this was the first time that she heard of his goals before.
Before, it was mostly about promoting trust and friendship between the different supernatural factions at Kuoh Academy.
But this was...
"Unexpected?" Naruto said dryly, a teasing grin on his face.
"...A little." Rias admitted readily, not too afraid to admit to her shortcomings in front of the mysterious blond.
Even now, he was still a mystery to her.
But...at least she knew one thing about him by now.
He was genuine.
"...Then I'd like to help you with your endeavor." Rias declared shortly.
Naruto's eyes snapped back towards the red-head in his own shock, eyes widening slightly.
Did she even realize what she said?
"Naruto." Rias interjected before he could say anything. "Before you say anything, I'm not just going to support you because I feel some sort of obligation to do so. No...that would be an insult to you and to myself."
She turned to stare at the beautiful sunset, eyes unseeing.
"...To be honest, when I first heard about your initial aspiration for co-existence between Yuki-san and the devils of Kuoh Academy, I was skeptical of your motives. Unsure of why you would stick your neck out for such a seemingly impossible goal. So when you first suggested the little 'Kuoh Pact' when we first met...I used it more as a means to study you rather than promote co-existence." Rias recalled quietly, walking through her motivations in times past.
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