She turned around to face the elder fallen angel.
"So please Azazel-sama...please teach me not only on how to be strong and control my power...but how to be a researcher like you!" she implored while bowing her head.
The man in question just blinked.
Then he grinned.
Interesting...very interesting!
"Very well...let's get started kid." he spoke with a grin, before turning back and heading inside HQ.
Raynare immediately made to follow, but she stopped for a moment to look at the sky.
She was sure. She was sure that this was what he meant...
She wouldn't give up on her mother. Not until there was absolutely no hope left...and even then...!
It wasn't over.
She got up from her spot under the night sky and walked towards the bright building to follow her new mentor.
She moved forward to grasp the future.
Naruto was jumping from house to house with his passengers in tow, they were about to take a break before they continued.
He didn't want Issei to lose his breakfast this time.
They stopped at a secluded fountain that was surrounded by trees so that there wouldn't be any witnesses to their landing.
He was pretty damn tired, he figured that when he got home he would get himself a nice ramen buffet for a job well done. But first he had to-
"Naruto."
The shinobi looked at Issei when he heard his name called, he couldn't help but notice that the other boy had resolute eyes trained on him.
"...Can you teach me to be strong Naruto?" Issei asked with hard eyes, though Naruto was slightly caught off guard by the question.
In retrospect, he shouldn't have been though.
"Uh...to be honest. Probably not, no." the blond replied bluntly. Though Issei remained persistent.
"Huh? Why not!? You're human right? You became very powerful right!? So surely you can train me so that..." Issei started before stopping himself abruptly and glancing at the ground.
"...So that what happened to Asia today...can't happen again." Issei finished with his eyes clenched shut.
Naruto sympathized with his situation...he really did. But the fact was not only did Issei not have any chakra for the blond to even train him in his own abilities...he also had no idea how much longer he would stay in this world. For all he knew, he could be ready to leave next month. Way too short a time for the blond to prep...what is essentially a civilian without chakra to fight supernatural beings.
He briefly wondered if Yuki could train him as a hero...but shelved that idea when he remembered that the Hero Tribe very likely wouldn't take the training of a new hero lightly. Especially one that the devils were aware of. Rias knew of him after all and that could cause another crisis altogether.
That only left...
"Then...I'd like to talk to Rias-senpai about becoming a devil!" Issei said desperately while bowing his head.
Naruto stared at the back of Issei's head as he continued to bow.
"Oi oi...you do know about the consequences of joining Rias-san's Peerage would be right? While I trust her enough to deduce that she would treat you well...it doesn't change the fact that you would become her servant. You would also lose your humanity and lose any right to deny her anything...you do know that right?" Naruto asked with a stern look.
Issei nodded while raising his head from the floor to look at the blond in the eyes.
"As long as I get Rias-sempai to agree to my condition of protecting Asia...then I'm ok with that!" he said without any doubts in his eyes.
He was serious.
Naruto nodded slowly, he supposed he shouldn't be surprised at this. He very nearly lost someone very close, if he was in Issei's shoes...he'd probably do the same as well.
He cared far more about his loved ones than he did about his identity and freedom, that's simply how he was. He suspected that Issei was similar.
The shinobi nodded towards his clone to pick up the sleeping nun and he grabbed Issei's shoulder. "Alright Issei...but first you should get some rest and let the girl rest in your home...you two went through quite a bit after all. We'll talk about this tomorrow ok?" Naruto said while preparing to jump again.
Issei nodded at this reasoning and looked over at the sleeping Asia.
She seemed to be smiling a little bit in her sleep...
He wanted to protect that smile of hers...as a human or as a devil. It didn't matter to the boy, as long as she was safe...then that was all that mattered.
Naruto slowly opened the door to his home, he really hoped that everyone was asleep right now. All of the drama and action of today had drained the teenager and he wanted to just eat a quick ramen buffet in peace before hitting the hay.
Though it seemed that fate was just shitting on him today.
The shinobi walked inside to see that the living room lights were on and that Mio and Maria were waiting for him.
They seemed quite serious too.
"Hey you two! What are you guys doing staying up so late? Hope you weren't waiting for me? I seriously had one of the most craziest nights that I have ever-"
"Naruto." Mio interjected seriously.
Naruto blinked at the girl's serious and thoroughly 'non-joking' tone. What was this all about?
Before he could actually ask, Mio placed down an item that he was sure shouldn't be outside of his room.
"Naruto...what are you?"
The blond was seriously beginning to hate that sentence.
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