Naruto almost felt bad for her, she was seemingly devastated.
Almost, like hell he would be subjected to something so bad that he'd be embarrassed to show his face in public.
By this point, almost everyone was awake and accounted for.
Everyone has already eaten breakfast while he was out and Yuki has finally taken her shower, so it was about time for everyone to get back to work.
...At least Naruto thought so.
"No way." Rias said bluntly. She was concentrating on reading her book at the moment.
"Huh? But the entire point of this trip was to make yourselves stronger Rias-san! So why dodge training?" Naruto asked with a confused look on his face.
Rias gave the blond an annoyed stare. Did he really have to ask?
"Naruto...I think you may have temporarily broken their spirits." Yuki said quietly while waiting patiently on the table.
The shinobi blinked, did he really?
Rias didn't say anything, unwilling to accept her overwhelming loss.
She was known as the 'Crimson-haired Ruin Princess' in the Underworld...her queen was known as the 'Priestess of Thunder'...
They had such titles and yet they lost to a boy that was younger than them...hell...they lost to his clone.
Maybe it was because they were so used to being on top of the food chain to most people...but the loss stung most of them, deep inside.
It wasn't just her and Akeno; Yuuto and Koneko were both brainstorming for ways to improve.
They were all trying to think of new ways to compensate for their failings. Mostly because their pride demanded it...but partially because just like her...her Peerage wouldn't accept such a beat-down so easily.
So it wasn't a loss...it was a temporary setback so that they could re-align their priorities for dire situations in the future.
Yeah...it wasn't a loss at all.
But until they were ready to train like that again, they decided to rest a bit.
Naruto clicked his tongue in annoyance, he couldn't really fault that logic. Better that they take time to think about their weaknesses in their fighting styles rather than ignore his words.
"...Fine. But now that I've helped you out, can you help out Mio with her magic? You don't have to work your body or anything too stressful with just that right?" the shinobi asked, curious to see if Mio could advance her skills.
Rias thought about that while tapping the spine of her book, it was true...magic didn't require too much physical exertion. It only required an understanding of it's functions as well as the imagination to utilize it to it's fullest effects.
"...Alright. That's fair. Although I have no idea what energy your sister utilizes in order to power her magic..." the high-devil trailed off, wondering what supernatural being she was.
Maybe that might give her a clue in finding out what Naruto actually was.
Naruto glanced at Mio, who was sitting down next to Yuki on the table. She returned his glance with a steady nod, sure that the little sister of the current Lucifer could be trusted by now.
This permission in hand, Naruto feigned ignorance and widened his eyes at Rias. "Eh? You don't know? I thought that you'd know a devil if you saw one Rias-san!"
The Gremory snapped her neck towards her fellow red-head, shocked at this revelation.
"...I am the product of a devil and a human Rias-sempai. Is it really so shocking that I hid my identity?" Mio asked dryly, partially telling the truth.
Although part of her motivation was because she didn't want to spread around such dangerous information...like being that mans's daughter. She also liked to think that Rias-sempai could be trusted with such information and that she was helping her out by not involving her with her own problems.
Mio could hope.
Rias thought about that, it made a type of sense...from what she understood of her kouhai, she didn't like making trouble. Rather, she preferred to live a peaceful existence and got upset whenever her brother did anything too crazy or involved her in something without her knowledge.
She should know, Mio has been very specific whenever they talked to one another about their...'brother' issues.
The high-class devil then frowned, that wouldn't explain why Naruto would involve her with this then...why train Mio in using magic?
Naruto was involved in the fallen angel incident...so maybe this was an extra precaution against any retaliation?
Either way, she liked Mio. So helping her out was definitely something that she wasn't opposed to.
"I see. Well that makes things easier then." Rias claimed as she closed her book and stood up from her seat. She then motioned for her fellow red-head to follow her as she turned to leave the table.
Mio blinked, she guessed that it was time to focus on magic huh? So she quickly moved up from the table and followed Rias to begin her training.
The shinobi nodded in satisfaction, now...what to do now that almost everyone was taking a break?
He turned to face Yuki, who was sitting down and relaxing herself and gave her a questioning glance.
She understood immediately.
"As much as I'd like to spar with you Naruto, I have to contact my father. He wanted to know if you would accept his apology, so I have to tell him about the fact that you forgave him." the hero said with a small smile.
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