He's seen her eyes before...? What did that mean? What was he talking about?
She bit her lip, shaking her head slowly. Was this some sort of stupid joke? What did he know? Surely he couldn't...
It was only after she stood still at the empty hallway for about a minute or so, pondering the mysterious blond's words, that she belatedly realized something.
"...I'm late for class." Koneko deadpanned.
...Was she absolutely sure that he didn't come to prank her...?
Gleeful purple eyes was taking in the scenery of Kuoh Academy, it seemed to be so much bigger when compared to the last time she was here!
She was currently skipping around the high school grounds, looking for a safe place to begin having her fun. A nice temporarily secluded spot so that she could-
"Going somewhere?"
Maria yelped and jumped a foot in the air, feeling two arms grab her from behind and keep her in the air.
"N-Naruto-sama!? I thought that you'd be in class!" the succubus exclaimed, wiggling around and trying to break out of the blond's hold.
"I never go to class! You should've known better than to make such a silly assumption dattebayo!" Naruto declared. "Now, you mind telling me why you're here, Maria?"
The silverette stopped wiggling around, glancing up at the whiskered teen with innocence. "...Nothing."
"Bullshit."
"Hey! I can be an innocent bystander too!"
"Ok then, what are you doing here? Try giving me an actual reason this time, would you?" the shinobi asked cheerfully, closing his eyes and giving the succubus a smile.
Maria idly noticed that his features, especially with those scar lines on his cheeks, made him look like a fox.
"Um...well..." Maria fumbled for an excuse, eyes glancing around for a distraction to escape the blond's grip.
Then her eyes lit up, there was one way!
"Naruto-sama!" the succubus shouted with a shit-eating grin on her face. "I came here to invite you to join me on a pranking spree!"
The shinobi's smile vanished, replaced with abject shock. Was she serious?
Seeing a chance to plead her case, the silverette continued. "Yes, I have proof! If you check behind that bush right behind you, you'll see that I even brought supplies! Enough for two as a matter of fact!"
Naruto glanced behind him, seeing the bush that the succubus claimed. In response, he began to walk backwards towards it, dragging the hapless girl that he had in a hold with him.
After getting close enough and digging his free hand into it, he indeed found quite a bit of...'materials'.
Ok then, she might be telling the truth, a big 'might', but maybe he could use this to his advantage? If he pranked the student council soon after Sona-kaichou rejected his demands...then that would show that he meant business...
A dark smile spread across his lips, yes...this would work.
As Naruto began to chuckle to himself, plotting his first metaphorical 'shots' against Sona in his 'war', while Maria just sweat-dropped at his strange behavior.
"...Can you let me down now, Naruto-sama...?"
Ah, sorry.
"Kaichou, are you paying attention?"
Sona blinked, refocusing on her present surroundings, was she drifting off more than usual...? That's troubling.
"Apologies, please continue, Tsubaki." Sona apologized, nodding for her queen to continue.
Tsubaki stared at the student council president for a moment, then continued as if nothing had happened. "As I was saying, we have to prepare for the Ball Tournament soon. Prepare some space, a schedule, notify the student body ahead of time, and secure the funds for it. Should we make that the student council's agenda for the next week or so?"
The Sitri heiress contemplated the issue, truth be told they really did have to prepare all of that soon, they didn't have much time left for the Tournament and they procrastinated enough as it is. But unfortunately, there was something else on her mind.
A certain blond troublemaker to be specific.
After refusing the blond's request for leave, she half-expected him to either leave anyways, or to retaliate in some way.
She felt that if she tried to concentrate on something like the Ball Tournament preparations, she would be leaving her back unguarded for any of Naruto-san's shenanigans.
All around, she felt on edge. Waiting for something to happen.
It was extraordinarily infuriating to say the least.
"Kaichou, are you worried about Uzumaki?" Saji asked, walking up to his king with a frown. "I guess he's attending school again, huh? Is he causing trouble for you?"
Sona felt her eyebrow twitch slightly, was she truly that transparent?
"...No, he's not causing trouble. Although, I can't help but wonder how long that will last." the king said, remembering how many among her Peerage didn't exactly see eye-to-eye with the blond.
Especially Saji, who was made to take a bucket to the head once through Naruto's machinations.
The male pawn huffed, annoyed that the troublemaker was causing the student council president to worry. If only-
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a harsh clanking sound reverberated across the room, shocking all the occupants present and forcing their attention to the air vents.
All Sona saw was a hand throw something into the middle of the room, quickly hitting the floor before any of them could react.
The room was suddenly filled with smoke, clouding everyone's vision and casting confusion, much to the Sitri heiress' growing consternation.
Then she felt something impact her in the chest.
Hard.
Sona quickly touched the area where she was hit, checking to make sure that the damage wasn't-
...
...Paint?
The high-class devil flinched as several stings impacted her body, leaving paint in their wake and coloring her up, very much against her will.
Hearing the grunts of annoyance and the faint crash of someone falling over some furniture, she could assume that she wasn't the only victim here.
After one more barrage where she was pushed back enough to trip over her chair and fall flat on her rear-end, the smoke had cleared up enough that the perpetrator immediately stopped and retreated back to the depths of the air vent.
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