"...Just what are you doing, Naruto-kun?" Sirzechs asked quietly, confused at the mysterious blond's actions.
It wasn't like Naruto-kun couldn't have dodged the attacks, yet he just stood there and took it. Just what was he doing exactly?
The red-headed male narrowed his eyes, as a matter of fact...he seemed to be allowing for the attacks to get closer and closer...
"Sirzechs-sama, have you noticed how much more...powerful Riser-sama has become?" Grayfia muttered to her king, staring pointedly at the child of the Phenex clan.
He was not able to do that before...
Sirzechs eyes widened as her words clicked something in his head.
The realization eventually caused a small grin to grow on his face, looks like Naruto-kun was smarter than he let on at times...
"...Sirzechs-sama?" Grayfia asked quietly, unsure of what happened to make the Maou grin.
Sirzechs waved his beautiful wife's concerns away, pleased that he at least had some grasp on what the 'Unknown Variable' was thinking.
He deserved the name was all he could say.
Riser was watching the small inferno he caused in front of him, it was beautiful.
He never thought that he could be this strong!
Truly, a few Phoenix tears was more than a fair trade for such power!
With the promise of more power if things goes awry as well...
The young Phenex didn't even notice how thoroughly enveloped he has become on the idea of power...
But before Riser could continue to congratulate himself, a blond blur broke through the flames of the inferno, speeding away from Riser's position.
The son of the Phenex clan snarled as he recognized his enemy. Why won't he just stay down!?
Naruto for his part, singed but still fine, studied his person for damage.
He got hurt alright...
"Good, time to end this then." Naruto muttered, before turning to face the smug older blond.
With that idea in mind, Naruto charged forward, making straight for the wall of flames covering the young Phenex.
Riser raised an eyebrow, a frontal assault? Was he stupid?
Just in case, Riser manipulated the flames around him and shot them as streams of fire towards his enemy.
Naruto, in a burst of speed, clearly dodged the attacks by spinning his body around one of the fiery attacks and then jumping over the other, launching him into the air.
The high-class devil smirked, perfect target opportunity.
Before Riser could take advantage of the opportunity however, something happened.
For some inexplicable reason...the airborne human moved.
He didn't just move however, he was practically launched like a missile while in the air and towards Riser!
Riser's eyes bulged at this, what the hell just happened!?
The devil quickly recovered from his shock, but realized that the maneuver would allow for the human to land right in front of the wall of flames.
Fine, but he wouldn't actually pierce his wall without that blue orb from before...
As predicted, Naruto landed gracefully in front of Riser and looked at him, with his jaw set and eyes fierce.
Riser smirked. "So, you finally managed to get close to me, congratulations. What will you do now, I wonder? These flames are constantly being fed by my demonic energy...so they are top-notch! If you could barely handle my flames before...you would get incinerated by these!"
Naruto didn't say anything, he just raised himself up and stared at his opponent, the man hiding behind his fire.
Fitting.
"...I think you're misunderstanding something here, Riser-san." the younger blond said without any change in his facial features.
Riser's smirk cracked.
"...I admit that you've gotten a lot more powerful in a short time, these flames are near the level of one of my closest friends..." Naruto admitted easily, casually walking towards the flames.
Before his expression darkened.
"...But unfortunately for you, that was the level of flames that was able to hurt me three years ago."
Riser's jaw unhinged for a moment.
"Wait...what?" Riser stuttered, unbelieving of what he just heard.
But that was all he managed to get out.
As right when he stuttered out a sentence, Naruto took that opportunity to charge straight into the wall of flames, without even a hint of hesitation.
Then, gobsmacked, Riser stared at cerulean eyes that pierced through the walls.
"Surprise you son of a bitch!" Naruto roared out as he sent his fist straight towards the devil's jaw.
*Crunch*
Damn it, he loved that sound.
Riser was sent flying out of his own barrier, sending him over the castle walls and outside the courtyard.
The flames that composed the walls immediately began to dissipate once the continuous flow of demonic energy has ceased.
Naruto quickly checked his body...
As he thought. Light burns everywhere, but nothing bad.
The shinobi then gave chase, jumping over the castle walls and joining the annoying devil at the...
At the...
...What was it called, the castle grounds or something like that?
Anyways, the blond was going to continue the fight outside the walls.
As he left, he heard the shuffling of movement from inside the castle, no doubt their spectators would follow them.
After a split second of catching up, he moved fast enough to see that Riser was only just crashing into the ground when he arrived.
He fell straight into a rock formation. Making a decent sized crater on impact.
The shinobi finally closed the distance between them and landed in front of the furious devil.
"You...you! How!? You were dodging my attacks the entire time! So wouldn't that mean that my flames were too hot to take!? I don't get it!" Riser shouted in anger, it didn't make any sense to him!
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