All was silent after he made his declaration, nothing was said as the young girl's little fists clenched the charred grass on the former forest floor.
"...I'll do my best. Naruto-san."
That was all he could really ask for.
The shinobi then snapped his head towards the forest and stood up to guard the now confused nun.
Someone was there.
It was a split-second...and very very faint...but it felt like someone was there.
"Asia! Where are you Asia!?" a certain perverted boy cried out from the forestry.
Naruto's shoulders drooped with excess energy, what the fuck? It was just Issei?
Then the blond frowned, no...whatever that was before the perverted boy arrived...it didn't feel like Issei. But he didn't know what it felt like either. It felt like...something.
It was the annoying feeling you get when you know that someone or something was there...but you couldn't find it.
Like a fly just out of sight.
...But maybe he was just too paranoid. He'd better stop before he got everyone else around him paranoid as well.
So he placed a grin on his face and awaited the arrival of his newest pseudo-punching bag.
For his sake of course.
As expected, Issei came out of the shadows of the forest and spotted his target.
Then he saw who she was with and paled.
"S-shit!"
"Yo Issei! Ready to get back to work?" Naruto asked with a grin, enjoying the look of horror on his face.
He sometimes wondered if he had a slight sadistic streak...or whether it was just his pranking side getting rejuvenated in these non-stressful times.
Issei for his part, was trying to think of a way to get out of this situation. He probably had to take Asia off her feet in order to get away...but he needed a distraction...
He found one.
"Hey look! It's a UFO!"
"WHERE!?" Naruto cried out as he turned around to find the illusive aliens. He watched a documentary on them once in class! He wouldn't let them get away this time!
As he was distracted, Issei scooped up the thoroughly confused Asia and booked it out of there. Thank you for being an idiot Naruto!
Suddenly feeling like he's been duped, Naruto turned to find his two companions gone.
"...Son of a bitch." the blond muttered as he glared towards where Issei ran off, how dare he trick him into thinking that aliens were back? He'd pay for it!
Naruto jogged after him, allowing for the perverted boy to wear himself out in the chase...he'd have his shits-and-giggles by exhausting him in some pseudo-training...running from the shinobi.
Who said that he wasn't a good teacher?
By the time that he got back, it was pretty much night time again. Geez...maybe he took his training too seriously?
Either way, Yuki was still preoccupied and most of Rias-san's Peerage were still doing...whatever they were doing.
He had no idea what Maria was up to, much to his discomfort.
But at the very least he knew that Mio and Rias-san had finished their training session.
When the group returned to the mansion, the high-class devil turned to greet them...
Then she paused.
"...While I know that you have his best intentions at heart...shouldn't you treat Issei a bit more carefully, Naruto?" Rias asked with dull eyes. She was referring to the exhausted pawn who was barely keeping himself from falling over.
Naruto bashfully scratched the back of his head, he had too much fun. He was moving slowly enough to give the kid hope that he could get away...but was moving fast enough that he had to move at his max speed to keep himself at a good distance away.
Boom! He's just been trained without him knowing about it!
Mio glanced at the perverted boy and then turned towards Naruto in amusement. It was funnier to see the results of his antics when she wasn't caught up in them.
Asia was poking at the nearly unresponsive Issei, seeing that her tactic wasn't working, she turned to the whiskered blond with teary eyes.
Naruto felt like he was looking at an abandoned puppy.
"Can you please help me take Issei-san to his room?" Asia asked politely, but her eyes were practically begging him to do so.
He'd feel like such an asshole if he said no...
The shinobi sighed, accepting his fate.
After he was done with this, he'd probably go and start his real training deep in the forest again. A good way to unwind anyways.
"Who knew you had such a soft spot...eh Naruto?" Rias asked rhetorically, smirking at the blond. Before standing up from her chair, ignoring the scowl from the male blond.
"I think that I'm done for today, hopefully Mio-chan can utilize her abilities better from now on. We practiced a little bit before you arrived, so don't go to bed too late ok?" the red-head finished as she yawned a little, she then turned to leave the room and head to bed.
"Ah. Wait, before you go Rias-san. I need to ask you something." Naruto said seriously after getting over what she was teasing him over.
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