"One more thing." the brown-haired man said. "This man...Leohart; he's different from all of the devils you've fought so far, no doubt about it. Almost all devils have the same weakness, one you've probably exploited up until now. But this man...unlike the others, he's a close-combat specialist that was trained specifically to take down long-range fighters."
Naruto's eyes widened. Seriously? That was ridiculously rare in this world, at least from what he had saw.
He could be trouble.
With that last warning given, Jin turned around and began his trek away from the blond's home.
Yuki began walking after him, but turned to the blond after passing by him.
"...See you tomorrow?" Yuki asked quietly.
The blond raised a thumbs up in response. "Of course! Though how long you'll see me is a different question."
The young hero grinned a little, she would expect nothing less.
"Yuki-kun, come on. Let's let the nice brat and loli have their rest!" Jin drawled a ways away.
Yuki didn't respond, only staring at Naruto in the eye for a second longer than anticipated...
Then turning away, jogging after her father and walking step-by-step in tandem with him as they walked away.
Naruto and Maria watched the father-daughter duo leave in silence for a few seconds, calmly taking in the atmosphere.
Until Maria broke it that is.
"By the way Naruto-sama, when are you going to get rid of those dirty clothes of yours. You look like a bum on the street, don't you know?" the succubus pointed out playfully.
The shinobi looked down at his present state of dress, frowning.
Right, burnt clothes from giant fire-breathing bird. Probably needed changing.
"Don't judge, I've had a rough day. I don't see you taking down legendary creatures, do I?" Naruto retorted smartly.
Maria shrugged. "Well I don't ever get into these situations, unlike some people I know. You're just a trouble-magnet after all."
Oh boy...she couldn't even imagine how right she really was, life was just unfair at times.
The silverette turned around, walking to the front porch with her arms clasped behind her head.
"Hey Naruto-sama."
The shinobi perked up at his name being called, following the succubus into the house. "Hmm?"
She turned around, facing the blond with a thoughtful expression.
"With all that's happened recently Naruto-sama...I think that taking some time to relax with your friends is something we should be looking forward to, don't you?"
Naruto's looked shocked, honestly surprised to hear that from the usually playful succubus.
"...Yeah, you're right. I suppose it's times like these that you gotta appreciate the small things, right?" the blond replied, playfully rubbing the top of Maria's head.
Aiming for a goal was great and all, but without taking some time to relax, he would definitely have a much harder time when dealing with the more serious moments in life. Sometimes, just enjoying life was what was called for.
Unbeknownst to Maria, Naruto's expression went serious for a moment.
It didn't mean that he shouldn't have an idea of what he had to do next though, before he concentrates on his objectives with regards to peace and devil culture...there was something else he had to do first.
He knew exactly who to talk to about it.
Bleary pink eyes revealed themselves to the world.
Mio wiped the drowsiness from her eyes, trying to survey her surroundings and get some idea of where she was.
She was...in her room.
The red-head blinked. She was in her room? When did she get here?
Mio struggled to remember the events of last night for a moment, remembering the party...the reveal of her past...the duel...her tirade...Naruto's declaration.
Then blank.
She must have knocked out after a while, not exactly unexpected with the day she has had. She thought she soldiered through it pretty well, all things considered.
The half-devil slipped off of her bed to place her feet on the ground, only just noticing that she still had her dress on from yesterday's 'function'.
So...they pretty much just dumped her onto her bed then? Nice.
She quickly took her clothes off and got changed into more comfortable clothings, leaving her room to get food and greet her two annoying/lovable family members.
Except there was only one there.
"Maria? Where's Naruto?" Mio asked, scouring the living room as she looked for the missing blond, was he asleep still?
Maria looked up from the pot she was stirring and grinned at her charge. "Morning to you too sleepy-head! Breakfast is almost ready, but Naruto-sama was too impatient and left to school early today."
The daughter of the Original Lucifer stopped moving, eyes wide as she realized what she has just heard.
...Naruto going to school early?
Was this some kind of evil prank? Or was the world legitimately ending?
Just what kind of twisted reason did her brother possibly have in going to Kuoh Academy early?
Naruto suddenly had the urge to bonk a certain red-head upside the head.
No idea why, it was just an urge.
Nevertheless, the blond was currently jogging towards Kuoh Academy, moving at a reasonable pace for ordinary humans so that he could speak to Rias and Sona-kaichou.
It was very important, as a personal issue anyways.
As Naruto was making his way towards school however, he met some familiar faces...
Meh, he had some time to kill anyways, he left a little too early.
"Issei! Asia-san! Morning you two!" Naruto cried out, waving his arms frantically in greeting.
That definitely garnered their attention.
"Ah...hey! Naruto! What's up?" Issei called out, inclining his head in greeting.
"Naruto-san! Good morning!" Asia also cried out, bowing very quickly in her nervousness.
The shinobi grinned at the two, quickly walking in step with them and then taking notice about what was different about the duo.
"Asia-san, you're wearing the Kuoh uniform! I guess that Rias managed to get you in then, huh?" Naruto noted, curiously looking at her new clothes.
The nun nodded excitedly. "Yes! I'm starting to attend Kuoh Academy today, though to be perfectly honest, I'm a little nervous."
Issei sighed, scratching the top of his head. "Yeah, Asia has a pretty noticeable accent, so both of us are afraid that she might get bullied by some pricks. Though I will kick their asses if they ever did it, it could still isolate her."
Naruto sniffed, that is a pretty annoying problem. But...
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