"I don't know Issei, to put it bluntly...a lot of the guys at school wouldn't exactly object to seeing a new pretty face." the shinobi pointed out bluntly, an amused smirk plastered on his face.
The brown-haired boy's hackles were raised at the thought. "They leer at her, I'll beat them up."
"Issei-san, please don't hurt others." Asia reprimanded, gazing up at him with her innocent green eyes.
The pawn of the Gremory group just huffed, it was hard to stay mad when Asia was so innocent.
Meanwhile, the whiskered teen rolled his eyes. "Issei...aren't you being a bit of a hypocrite right now? Don't you practically leer at any pretty girl that has a big chest? Hell, aren't you a part of the infamous 'Perverted Trio'?"
Issei twitched, annoyed that he was called out at that precise moment, especially with Asia right there.
Dick move damn it.
Asia glanced up at Issei, horrified. "Issei-san! Is that true!? That can't be true, right?"
The perverted boy raised his hands in up in surrender, breaking out in sweat a little due to being put on the spot. "Now...I wouldn't say that. I just happen to have a...healthy admiration for the female body is all."
Naruto snorted in the background, much to Issei's annoyance.
Nevertheless, Asia sighed out in relief, thoroughly believing the perverted boy.
She never noticed the dark look that Issei threw at the orange-loving teen beside him.
"You know Naruto...maybe some people can claim that I have a little too much interest in bishoujous, but at least no one can claim that I have none at all." the brown-haired boy claimed with a sly grin.
Naruto's head snapped towards Issei, stopping in his tracks to stare; flabbergasted, by the insinuation he was making.
Low blow damn it.
"Hey! It's not that I have no interest, it's just that...I've been busy." the shinobi retorted lamely, realizing prematurely how stupid he sounded.
He really was busy though, by the time puberty really hit him, he was facing the ever-present threat of Akatsuki and focused on saving one of his closest friends. When he got to this world, he had to deal with the ever-present issue of getting back home.
Excuse him for being busy!
"Hey hey...don't worry about it, Naruto. I'm sure you can one day be as honest as I am." the wielder of the Boosted Gear crowed, ignoring the rising annoyance of the blond, which was exhibited by his shaking shoulders.
The shinobi's eyes sharpened and a crooked smile grew on his face when he found some ammunition against his friend in his memory banks.
"Funny...you claim that you're honest, but are you really? If you were a really honest perv-...'healthy' boy, then I wonder why you never stare at Rias or Akeno-san with your perverted eyes, huh?"
Issei took a step back, almost as if physically slapped, horrified by what the dastardly blond was suggesting.
"...Ar-Are you claiming that I'm not a true pervert!?" the brown-haired boy exclaimed, pointing an offending finger at his accuser.
A mocking grin on his lips, Naruto shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. Defend yourself against the accusation then."
Issei straightened his back, belatedly realizing that his very identity was being called into question. He had to make a stand here...
He would be fighting for the honor of perverts everywhere!
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"I'm a little scared of them." Issei admitted after a moment of silence.
Asia was patting him on the arm, not sure how, but still sure that he needed some comforting.
The shinobi said nothing for a split-second, deadpanning at his male friend, before finally deciding to ask the question that a part of him really wanted to ask, but another part of him really wanted to ignore.
"...Why?"
The perverted boy gave Naruto an annoyed look at the obvious disbelief in his voice. "...Picture this for a second Naruto, you are a normal human that has lived with the assumption that there aren't people who could obliterate you as easily as breathing. Then you find out that you're wrong, and get thrown in the middle of a battlefield where fallen angels are practically carpet-bombing the area. Do you think that you could act completely normal after such an incident?"
Naruto blinked slowly, staring at Issei as if he had just grown a second head.
"So...a part of you is afraid of supernatural girls? Is that it?" the blond inquired, honestly curious.
Issei shook his head. "No, I partially take back what I said. I'm not really scared of them, just...wary. It's just hard to see them entirely as...girls, ya know? Believe me, I've tried to."
"Really? You've tried?"
"Yeah. Buchou was taking a shower inside the club room, it was before we left for that training trip. So I really had the urge to see her bountiful oppai, but...Koneko-chan happened." Issei reminisced, shivering at the memories.
Naruto's eyes became sympathetic. She was a tough one.
Then the perverted boy perked up, pointing a finger at the bridge of the blond's nose and making a declaration. "But! Make no mistake! This is merely the exception to the rule that makes up my perverted code! Even then, one day...I will overcome this trial! One day, I will gaze upon their lovely oppai! Just you wait!"
The pawn of the Gremory group then began to cackle loudly, attracting the attention and derision of many of the female students that were making their way to school as well.
Issei stopped laughing and gave his friend a triumphant smirk. "So? What do you think? Pretty badass, right?"
Naruto didn't respond, too focused on something else at the moment.
"...Asia-san's about to cry." the blond commented, almost as if he was taking note of the weather.
Issei snapped his head towards the nun by his side, she was red-faced in embarrassment due to the the attention that the brown-haired boy had garnered with his words. Tears beginning to pool in her eyes as she bravely attempted to ignore the snide remarks coming towards their general direction.
The dam broke soon afterwards.
"Uuuuuuu...!"
Panicking, the perverted boy frantically waved his arms. "Ah! S-Sorry! I'm sorry! Please don't cry Asia! I didn't mean it!"
The shinobi stared at the strange duo; a perverted boy with no shame and a nun with too much innocence.
He needed some popcorn next time, just in case.
"When did you two form an alliance?"
The Sitri heiress was staring down her childhood friend, they were both alone inside the club room of the ORC building at the moment due to them both arriving early. Rias to do some work that she has to catch up on, and Sona for her own duties as a student council president.
Sona needed to discuss this with Rias.
Rias didn't bother looking up from her work, focused on jotting something down with intensity. "A few days after he's enrolled I think...? I don't quite remember."
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