The teenaged girl said nothing. She didn't like being blown up, no one liked getting blown up. So what the hell was he talking about?
"...I'm not too sure what I walked in on. Perhaps I should get a little bit of context for blowing people up?" Kiba Yuuto said as he walked inside the room.
Naruto waved in greeting and then waved off his concerns. "She's just being prissy because I blew her up yesterday."
"Ah...I see..." Yuuto said with slight amazement. So he didn't get the worst of it huh?
"Don't worry Kiba-san. You'll get used to his 'Narutoisms' soon enough, though for the sake of your sanity...I suggest sooner rather than later." Mio said blandly while laying her head down on the table.
Naruto gave her an affronted look. He did not cause people to lose their sanity!
...He just happened to be around of a lot of people that already lost their sanity.
All you had to do was look at his teachers.
Before he could retort to her comment...two more people entered the room and also commented on the situation.
"...Is that what his quirks are called now? 'Narutoisms'? I didn't know that you had an '-ism' named after you Naruto." Rias said with a slight grin. Feeling much better after her shower.
"Ara ara, Buchou! Foxy-kun's quirks deserve nothing less don't you think?" Akeno agreed with a smirk.
The shinobi gave them annoyed looks. They were acting as if he didn't just beat them up yesterday, trying to forget about it maybe?
He was about to try and rectify that by reminding them, until something more important grabbed his attention.
The microwave went off.
His ramen was done.
Ignoring the presences of the 'Two Great Ladies' for a moment, he grabbed his ramen from the microwave and began inhaling it's contents as if he was starved.
The whole group stared in fascination as he downed the entire ramen cup in about 3 seconds flat without choking.
While he was doing this, a certain hero went up to Rias and Akeno to ask them a question.
Once he was finished, he wiped his mouth and sighed in satisfaction.
"Yep. Ramen is definitely one of the essentials dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed with a massive grin. Now that's what he called a good breakfast!
Then he felt someone tug on his shirt, trying to get his attention.
"Naruto. You're not hungry anymore, right?" Yuki asked while giving him a weird stare.
He didn't know why it was 'weird'...just that it wasn't exactly a normal stare.
"Well...although I'd like another ramen cup...yeah. I'm not hungry anymore." the shinobi replied.
The hero nodded. "You're also still quite sleepy, right?"
He couldn't help but notice that her stare was getting weirder. But now he could confidently say that her stare was...heated.
Almost as if she wanted him to follow along with what she was suggesting.
Now if only he could figure out what exactly she wanted...?
"Hmm...well I am still pretty sleepy...so yeah. Maybe I should go take a nap?" Naruto wondered aloud, trying to ignore the stare that was trying to bore into his head.
The hero nodded, her eyes seemingly sparkling.
"I see!" Yuki said with a slight smile on her face. "Then we should go take that bath, now that Rias-san and Akeno-san have finished their showers."
Naruto thought about that, while he didn't really want to take a shower...now that he had some food in his stomach...
Then he blinked.
Wait...'we'?
"Woah...wait. 'We'? What the hell are you talking about Yuki!?" Naruto asked incredulously, shocked that she could have said that with a straight face.
She merely tilted her head in genuine confusion. "What's wrong? I simply want to wash your back. I was told that taking a bath with a friend would help strengthen that friendship, especially if they washed each other's backs."
The blond took a deep breath, trying to calm his temporarily raised heartbeat. Where the hell did she get these crazy ideas from...?
"Whoever told you that...I'm pretty sure that they meant that for friends of the same gender." Naruto reasoned, making a logical assumption to try and clear up what he hoped was a misunderstanding.
Yuki didn't look convinced.
Looks like the shinobi had to try a different tact...
He turned towards his captive audience, which has once more stayed silent throughout the course of their conversation.
He couldn't really blame them.
"Hey everyone, help me clear this up with Yuki would ya? This is a little embarrassing dattebayo." the blond claimed while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
Mio was currently speechless, too stunned to respond to the events happening in front of her.
But the Gremory group wasn't, they began glancing at one another after hearing the whiskered blond's request.
They all nodded towards one another, seemingly in agreement with what needed to be done.
But...why did they all seem to have dark glints in their eyes...?
"It seems that Naruto is a bit confused Nonaka-san...from what I understand about it...taking baths together is often a good way to improve relationships between people." Rias said casually while twirling her long crimson hair.
"...Eh?" Naruto asked with widened eyes.
What were they...?
"Yep! I have also heard that doing it multiple times have bonded people for many many years!" Akeno chirped happily with a sly smile.
They wouldn't...
"...Skinship has been stated to forge lifelong companionships between friends." Koneko said quietly while giving Naruto a dark stare.
No...wait please...
"Um...how do I say this? Please take care of Naruto-san from here on out, Nonaka-san." Yuuto said while bowing towards her.
...Traitors. The whole lot of them.
Naruto cautiously glanced towards the silent hero, she has been strangely quiet...
Her eyes were shadowed under her bangs and she was shaking slightly.
"...I see...my thinking was far too childish...! I should have been more ambitious from the start...!" Yuki berated herself as she turned towards the blond.
Her eyes were practically on fire.
Naruto took a step back as he couldn't help but feel the overwhelming conviction behind that look.
"Naruto...in order to improve our relationship further...please! Let's go and-"
"Wa-wait!" Mio cried out, suddenly intensely aware of just what exactly was happening.
Her cry temporarily brought Yuki's attention away from the beleaguered blond and towards the distressed red-head. The hero was interested in what Mio had to add into her growing knowledge of skinship.
When she got the hero's attention, Mio immediately tried to scramble for a way to stop the impending disaster that was about to happen.
Then her eyes lit up.
"Yuki! What everyone said was absolutely correct...but if the other person is uncomfortable with it...then that could damage your relationship with them! Only when two people are happy to take baths together...can they grow closer!" Mio proclaimed with as much vigor as she could muster. Hoping to convince her friend to at the very least delay her request.
Maybe by that time, Naruto could find a better excuse?
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