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Rias and Sona stood beside each other, staring at Naruto who was perfectly balanced, sitting cross-legged on a telephone pole, bowl of ramen still in hand.
"Let's see if you can, Sensei/Naruto."
"You are a spoiled one, Cow-tits," Naruto commented wwith a dry look. "The first thing I'll do after winning is make you my slave for the rest of the term. Using a 5th grader's logic, that means your slaves are my slaves." he quickly downed the remaining broth down the hatch.
"They are not slaves. They are family!" Rias corrected strongly
"Yeah, yeah, go tell that to Shinji. The reincarnated devil who committed suicide when he couldn't take his master's abuse anymore. By the way, I slaughtered the master and the entire peerage," Naruto said with an indifferent expression.
Rias and Sona were horrified, to say the least.
(Outside the game field)
The devils burst into murmurs at the revelation.
The elders watched with their game face. It was all in the past now.
(Inside the game field)
"How could you slaughter an entire peerage?!" Rias shrilled accusingly.
"Ever heard of putting something out of its misery?" Naruto aske deadpanned
"But still—"
"Don't make a mountain out of a molehill, Sonic. Devils kill humans, humans kill devils. I just added a few numbers to the tally." Naruto cut Sona off.
A few numbers was an understatement.
"You murderer," Rias growled with contempt.
"You're no exception, Cow-tits. You even let a human die knowing full well you could have saved him." Naruto's indifferent expression morphed to his cold one.
"I didn't—"
"Issei Hyoudou… Did he know you let him die on purpose?" Naruto questioned.
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Kiba glanced at Issei who had stopped running. He looked devastated. Saji had stopped advancing forward in favor of being by his friend's side.
Akeno gritted her teeth as she and Tsubaki moved into formation.
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Rias bit her lips in fear, shame, and anger.
Fear because Issei heard everything Naruto said. The last thing she wanted was Issei's hatred.
Shame because everything Naruto said was true.
And anger because it was coming out of Naruto's mouth. He was twisting the truth.
"I-I… It's true because back then, I was desperate; I wanted to save myself from a fate worse than death and I was willing to do anything to stop my marriage with Riser."
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"Issei, man, snap out of it!" Saji yelled.
The boy was on his hands and knees shaking like a leaf.
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"Back then, I was nothing but a selfish spoiled princess—"
"You still are one," Naruto deadpanned.
"But if I was given a chance to go back to the past, I'd let him die all over again so I can have him in my family again, so I can fall in love with him all over again."
"Ooh… a love confession."
"I'm sorry for letting you die, Issei but I'm not sorry for resurrecting you as my pawn! All the battles we went through, you held my hand and protected me; you kept your promise. You changed me and my family. You helped us overcome our fears. Koneko, Kiba, Asia, Akeno, everyone you met, you helped them for the better."
"Um, just so you know, once upon a time, I was like that too. Oh, where did the good ol' days of Talk no Jutsu fly to?" Naruto raised his hand in the air with a nostalgic look on his face.
"Issei, without you, my family is incomplete, my life is incomplete, I'm incomplete without you."
(Outside the game field.)
"He's more cunning than I thought." Were the thoughts going through the leaders' minds.
Venelana had a smile on her face as her daughter confessed her love.
"It seems we have a lot to discuss… Issei Hyoudou." Lord Gremory's magic levels were rising fast.
(Inside the game field)
Kiba offered Issei an arm with a smile on his face as he pulled him up.
Issei looked like he grew a few centimeters taller as he stood, trying his hardest not to cry.
He heard all of them confess their love to him and the confession strengthened his trust and drove off any doubt he had.
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"Tch, his emotion's changed."
"So, give us your best shot, Naruto! We are going to defeat you!"
Ah, the Nakama power effect, always a sight to behold but, sadly, this ain't a certain anime where characters don't bleed even when they are cut with bladed weapons.
Naruto smacked his lips as their resolve reached him. He could feel it... and to have thought that it had dwindled a moment ago.
Was this how Madara felt when he didn't give up? It's quite annoying—the feeling—now that he was playing villain with highschool kids. Devils, but highschool kids nonetheless.
"Well, I must say, I am disappointed and impressed… simultaneously."
Disappointed that his tactics to rip them apart from the inside didn't work.
Impressed because of the strength of their bonds.
"Cherish the bonds you have, red bat," Naruto used something that's not degrading to address her for the first time. "Same goes for you… Sitri."
"When you suddenly find the world you live in upside down, those bonds will be what you have left. Cherish them."
(Outside the game field)
Venelana snorted with a grin on her face.
"Nice. He was probing their bonds." Lady Phenex commented, finding Naruto interesting all of a sudden.
(Inside the game field)
"Now that I know your bonds are deeply rooted, what's next?" Naruto trailed off, letting the question hang in the air. "Ah, I remember!"
The winds picked up around Naruto as little leafs danced around him. He stood up from the pole, standing perfectly on the tip. "I haven't taught you two anything, have I?
Rias and Sona conjured a magic circle, waiting for the slightest change in Naruto's posture.
"Lesson 1." he caught a leaf between his index and middle finger.
(Outside the field)
"Those fingers again…"
(Inside the field.)
The winds were howling as they surrounded Naruto, acting like a smokescreen, covering him from view.
Naruto did a half ram seal before he announced the first lesson, "... Taijutsu."
The winds, the leaves, everything stopped for a moment and when it all cleared, Naruto wasn't on top of the pole anymore.
Rias' green orbs went wide as Naruto materialized in front of her and kicked her in the gut. The power behind his kick was strong enough to launch her a few feet away in the air.
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