Martha waved at them before they left.
"Gaia-san, when are they going to come back?"
"Well, given all the variables - especially Naruto - Maybe An hour?"
"An hour!" Martha cried out and Gaia nodded. Martha's purple orbs glanced at the analog wall clock. "Whoa, then that means we'll be here till 9pm?"
"Is that a problem?"
"Nope. Not at all," Martha chuckled, happy she was alone with a woman who reminded her of her dead mom for some reason.
(In the underworld)
"Sirzech-sama!"
A high ranking devil barged in breathing hard. The stack of papers on the great Maou's table went flying across the room by a startled Sirzechs.
The red haired Maou sighed, massaging his forehead "What is it this time?" He asked irritably.
The devil picked up the irritation in his voice and went down to his knees his head bowed for what he was about to say would surely bring the great Maous irritation to a new heights like never before.
"It's about Hel, Sir," He said.
Sirzechs sat up straight back to Maou mode.
"Um, I-II told them to t-tell you about it when it happened b-but the Curator toldusnottosayanythingnottodisturbyoutellingushehaditunderwraps" The lesser devil was visibly shaking on the floor scared witless.
"Calm down, talk to me. What about Hel? What happened there?"
"Sir! An SS-rank Demon escaped Hel four days ago!" He yelled, closing his eyes in fear, hoping he'd survive the wrath of the great Maou.
Sirzech's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as he shot up from his chair. "Look at me in the eye and tell me, which SS-rank demon was it and where did it escape off to?"
The lesser devil dared not looking Sirzechs in the eye. "Earth, Sir."
The devil heard Sirzechs breathe in sharply and the room temperature suddenly became hotter. He dared to glance at the great Maou, seeing a thin layer of the power of destruction seeping out of his body. He began praying to anyone out there so he could survive this.
"A demon, An SS-rank at that, escaped Hel, wandered off to Earth, four days ago and you're telling me now?! What demon was it?" Sirzechs ordered his anger at its boiling point. The devil raised his head and the great Maou saw the look of fear etched on his face.
"It was A-ash-"
With a wave of Sirzechs hand, the devil spoke no more. Sirzechs Lucifer's pupils shrunk back a fraction as he sat back on his chair.
"Thank you for working up the courage to tell me about this. You're dismissed."
As soon as the devil left, Three devils rose from a red magic circle conjured by Sirzechs. They all stood at attention seeing the look on Sirzechs face.
"I have a very important mission for you on Earth, your priority is to neutralize the target and bring it back. Keep it low-key as much as possible." Sirzechs informed." The team leader's Serafall."
Grayfia wondered why Sirzechs created a four man cell with a Maou as the leader.
"Are we finally going to probe that Blonde?" Souji asked, a bit excited.
"No, it's something far more important… An SS-rank demon escaped from Hell," Sirzechs saw the look of surprise on their faces and thanked his stars for the fact that Rias and Sona, along with their respective peerages, were in the underworld safe and unaware of the demon's escape. There's no way they'd want to sit this one out if they learned about it and an SS-rank demon wasn't something they could deal with right now. Even a squad of Ultimate class devils would be hard-pressed to defeat an SS-rank demon.
Sirzechs wished someone would pat him on the head and tell him he's doing fine. Being a Maou is really hard sometimes. Odin's visit is just a few days away and with the terrorist group, Khaos Brigade, on the loose who knows how audacious they might be and there's the fact that not all Norse deities are in consensus of Odin signing the treaty and now, there's an SS-rank demon loose on Earth. Who knows, Sirzechs might tender that resignation letter sooner than expected.
(Back on earth)
The Sun's done it's job for the day and it was time for the street lights to take over the night shift. Of course, big brother Moon, junior brother to great Uncle Sun, the chief Staff of the night shift, took it's time supervising the street lights making sure to illuminate the hard to reach spot where the street light rays can't reach.
Two humans in particular, Naruto and John, walked back home in silence in the cold breezy night. John offered to take the grocery bag but Naruto declined. It was really hard to start a conversation with Naruto because he gave short replies.
"So, you got anyone you're interested in?" John asks all of a sudden. This one would surely get anyone interested.
"No."
"No? Not even those pretty girls everyone talks about in the neighborhood who live beside you and the fact that you teach in the same school?"
Naruto stopped for a moment before he resumed. "I'm not interested in bat-women."
"Sorry?" John said unfamiliar with the term.
"Lets just say looks can be deceiving."
"So, they have a skeleton in their cupboard, who doesn't? I mean it's not as if they're devils with bat wings." John said with a blithely look on his face.
Naruto found it quite amusing, the fact that this guy was on spot every time. If Naruto didn't know he was an ordinary human, Naruto would think he was faking it.
"There's no such things as magic, devils, gods, angels and even ninjas."
"Whoa there, slow down. Ninjas? Ninjas are totally real!" Naruto's voiced out involuntarily. The shinobi in him wanted to prove his existence.
"Have you ever seen one?" John deadpanned.
"You bet your law enforcement ass I have," Naruto replied heatedly.
The Blond fought in a shinobi world war damn it!
"Yeah, I bet they were dressed in black and had throwing stars and what else? they could walk on walls and run on water? Better yet they can breathe fire with an intricate movement of their fingers?" He said sarcastically, forming a poor tiger seal.
Naruto narrowed his eyelids at John, sizing him up. He also made a mental note to keep an eye on John. This guy knew way too much.
"Ninjas are just a figment of someone's imagination I swear-"
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