"Err, Naruto-san, you did a great job defending innocent lives. The police can't thank you enough" He said awkwardly. John's sudden change was partially due to the look Martha shot him.
"The stylist writhe group or whatever you called them... What's that?" Naruto asked with veiled curiosity.
The crime rate in Kuoh had been increasing recently and Naruto didn't care one bit. Maybe a devil was behind all this so that means, that's devil business and that's a no-no for him. The Gremory kids would handle that.
"You haven't heard of them?" John asked.
"Of course I have. In fact, I hear about them all the time and I know everything there is to know about them so I wonder why I'm even asking you this in the first place!"Naruto words were dripping with sarcasm.
John shot him a look that clearly reminded him he was crossing boundaries.
"I'm sorry. It's just that I've been stressed out lately."Naruto apologized.
"A dangerous crime unit headed by a more dangerous man called Quavo. They've managed to evade capture all these years and their leader was said to have killed a whole squad of SPRT, special police response team. You don't know how lucky you are to come out with your life intact." John said.
"Quavo? So that's his name." Naruto questioned rhetorically.
"He's an infamous dangerous criminal. He's always with his signature guns, twin blue pistols. His guns have specially made blue bullets we can't ID. It's like this guy handmade them."
"Of course you can't, it's his sacred gear. But to think a thief with a sacred gear was on the loose… That's disturbing" Naruto pondered with furrowed eyebrows.
"Naruto-san?" John called bringing the distracted blond's attention back to reality.
Naruto cleared his throat as he relaxed into the chair.
"That will be all, you're free to go."He gestured at the door.
John stood up and extended a hand to Naruto for a handshake. Naruto looked from the extended hand to John's purple orbs and raised his handcuffed hands.
"Oh, I almost forgot about that" a sheepish John freed Naruto from the metal constraint. The blonde teenager rubbed his wrists after the purple eyed detective freed him, relieved he could once again stretch his hands wide.
"Well then, goodbye super cop!" Naruto stood and gave a two-fingered salute. "Marie,'' Naruto nodded at John's little sister.
Naruto was two feet away from the door before John's words stopped him in his tracks. "Thank you for saving my baby sister's life."He gave a deep bow of appreciation and Martha followed suit.
Naruto pursed his lips and nodded twice before he left the police station.
"What a weird guy."John said before getting back to work.
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Naruto was about to hiraishin home outside the police station before he remembered something important.
"Ah! I knew I forgot something!" Naruto yelled, making the passersby in front of the police station stare at him. He ran back into the police station when he finally remembered what it was that he forgot.
Naruto flung the door wide open, locked eyes with John and asked, "Where's my Cart?"
(Scene change)
"I'm Home"
"Naruto, What took you so long?!" Gaia screamed like a worried Mom.
Naruto unceremoniously dropped on the couch face first and answered with a muffled voice, "Had to stop a robbery."
"A robbery?!"
"Hm. Some fools tried to rob the store I was in and what's weird is that the leader had a sacred gear."
Gaia sighed unsurprised. "This isn't the first time humans have used the sacred gears for evil."
"Sacred gears… Those things are hard to deal with. They're no fun."
"Yeah, some sacred gears are even strong enough to kill gods. They're called Longinus."
"Longinus?"Naruto repeated.
"Thirteen in total. The strongest one is currently possessed by Cao Cao, the leader of the Hero Faction."
Naruto's eyes darkened at the mention of the Hero Faction and Cao Cao which Gaia noticed.
"Cao Cao, I get this feeling that one day I'll be seeing him again and our meeting will be ugly."
"Kyoto… You haven't been there ever since?" Gaia said, looking at a despondent Naruto.
"...I miss them, ya know."
"Then go visit them. Make some time to go see how they're doing."
The mother goddess thought Naruto should have at least paid them a visit to let them know how he's doing. The poor people might think Naruto found a way back home or something worse might have happened to him.
"That's a luxury I can't afford," Naruto said.
"The only thing holding you back is you, Naruto."
"..." Naruto pondered on what the goddess said, not exactly sure about what she meant.
Naruto turned his head towards the TV, watching the afternoon news going on. As ever the shit was depressing and it seems like the increase in crime rates wasn't limited to just Kuoh.
"Let's watch something interesting. News' no fun."
"Like you know how to have fun." Gaia snorted. There's nothing wrong with watching the news. It was more educative than the action movies young people loved to see. The Avengers vs Morning news! What would you pick?
Naruto scoffed. "I don't think an old woman like you knows how to have fun."
Naruto moved just in time dodging a lightning fast projectile in a crash course heading for his skull. The projectile broke into pieces with a loud clatter on the floor.
"Ah, my remote!" He yelled dramatically and shot Gaia a dry look.
With a snap of her fingers, the destroyed remote levitated inside a green magic circke till it was restored to it's original state
"I still hate magic… show off."Naruto looked to the side, mumbling the last part. He wouldn't admit it but, magic was awesome.
"Hn."Gaia had a smug smirk on her face. Seems like Naruto's rubbing off on her.
"Well, there's this new movie… Wanna see it together?"
Naruto grabbed two beers from the fridge replacing them with the ones he bought yesterday. With great precision, he flipped both bears towards the table before vaulting over the couch to a new console switching it on before bouncing off the floor with a backflip, grabbing the can of beer along, and landing on the couch perfectly.
"See, I know how to have fun."
Gaia nooded unconvinced. She sat beside the shinobi with a cup filled with popcorn.
"Hey, I was the prankster king back at home."
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