Ah Asia...if only he had such assurance in himself.
"Yeah...I really did it didn't I? I guess that I can become something worthwhile if I keep this up." Issei said with a smile.
Looks like everything would be fine now. All they had to do was get back to the mansion and have someone deal with that sick bastard properly.
"...Did you think I was dead?"
Issei's eyes widened. No way...he put everything he had into that punch!
The masked man emerged from the dark forest, a furious look in his eye as he glowered at the newest devil.
"...How dare you...how dare you hit my face! You will pay...! Do you hear me!? YOU WILL PAY!" the masked man howled, before creating another magic circle.
But this one was far more powerful than anything he threw so far...!
No...there was no way that Issei could stop that!
"You won't be able to stop this attack! Die like all scum should!" the crazed man screamed out as he prepared to fire the attack.
Then something happened.
Before he was able to fire the attack, a blond blur sped towards the unsuspecting intruder with a deadly attack on his hand.
"He may not be able to stop it...but I can!"
All eyes snapped towards the source of the voice.
One set in fear.
The others in elation!
...Naruto!
The masked man immediately canceled his attack on the brown-haired boy and created new magic barriers to stop Naruto's attack.
Naruto sped on through, sailing from the sky onto the one who truly deserved this attack in spades!
"Rasengan!"
The blue orb smashed through each and every magic barrier that was created to stop it. Soon enough, it reached it's intended target.
The masked man's face.
The rasengan quickly ripped through the material of the mask and began grinding onto the mysterious man's face.
He immediately let out blood-curdling screams as the attack pushed forward into his face, ripping apart skin, muscle, bones.
The explosion was the finishing touches to the most horrible pain that the man has experienced in his entire life.
The attack sent him spinning back into the forest, smashing him into several trees and creating a human-sized crater when he landed.
Naruto landed in front of the pervert and the nun, making sure that their adversary couldn't attack them.
"Issei! Asia-san! Are you two alright!?" Naruto asked quickly, making sure that his two comrades weren't hurt.
"Ye-yeah...we're fine. Thanks for the save, Naruto." Issei responded, immensely glad that the blond came in time to save them.
"Incredible Naruto-san! You beat him in one hit!" Asia cried out, amazed that her fellow blond was so strong.
Normally, the shinobi would grin at this praise. But the close-call put his nerves on edge.
"Hey Issei, I don't know what you did to piss him off, but good call. If he didn't make that charged up magic circle...then I wouldn't have found you guys." Naruto explained quickly, peering into the forest to make sure that this guy didn't try anything funny.
"...Yeah well...I'm learning from someone who is pretty damn good at pissing people off." Issei said dryly, but thankful for his words nonetheless.
The shinobi didn't respond, he sensed the usage of magic again...
Then it disappeared.
He got away.
"...I don't know whether to be angry or thankful..." the blond muttered, feeling intensely mixed feelings about the man's escape.
He couldn't sense him without his use of more powerful magic and since both Issei and Asia-san were essentially easy-pickings...they would be hard to defend. Even with clones, since they would have to react to attacks they couldn't sense unless he used killing intent.
But on the other hand...he got away and escaped his comeuppance.
...He had a feeling that this wouldn't be the last they saw of him though. So he'd deal with the bastard later.
"Issei. Asia-san. We're going." Naruto said, quickly grabbing both of them and speeding off back to the mansion. Ignoring any and all protests along the way.
He wanted to get out of the forest as soon as possible.
The second that the trio arrived at the mansion, they were met by the remaining occupants of the summer home.
"Naruto! We got here as fast as we could when we sensed that foreign demonic energy! What happened?" Mio shouted out in worry, noting the grim look on his face as he carried a battered Issei and a worried Asia.
"I'll explain everything in a minute. For now, I want everyone to get inside the mansion. We have an intruder inside the summer home." the shinobi explained quickly while making a beeline towards the confines of the building.
"Huh!? But Naruto-sama, what about our training? Surely you dealt with the issue right?" Maria claimed with a befuddled look on her face. Why was Naruto looking so spooked?
Yuki was staring at her blond friend, worried at how he was acting. Naruto wouldn't get like this without good reason.
"...I don't know why you are acting like this, but I trust your judgement. Let's get inside, everyone." Yuki said with conviction.
Naruto sent a grateful glance towards the hero.
Uneasily, the group moved back inside the mansion. Many of them, unsure about what exactly was wrong.
Naruto for his part, needed to make sure that everyone was safe and accounted for. If that masked man was still out there somewhere...then it was better for all of them to stay at one place and in a secluded area.
As an extra precaution.
He needed to make sure that they would be safe in here from now on.
Like a father that heard that there was an attempted break-in to his house while his children were there, he needed to make sure that his friends could safely leave the mansion again.
For his own piece of mind as much as theirs.
As he was leading the group away, his clones were scouring the forest. Making sure that the area was safe again.
He would have a talk with Rias when she returned. Her summer home was compromised.
The masked man reached his home via magic circle.
He was clenching his face as he stumbled across his mansion to reach the bathroom, needing to see the extent of the damage that was done.
When he reached the bathroom and looked at his face on the mirror, the extent of the damage became clear.
The entire left side of his jaw had it's skin ripped off, leaving nothing but bloody muscle and bones.
Not only that, but the entire left side of his jaw was hanging, as if the joint that held the jawbone to the lower part of his skull had been obliterated from that attack.
The damage was too extensive, too thorough. Whatever that attack was, it disintegrated the bones that he needed to replicate through healing magic in order to fix the damage.
He was mutiliated.
Diodora Astaroth stared at his mutilated face with insane eyes, repeating one phrase in his head repeatedly.
'You will pay Uzumaki Naruto...you will PAY!'
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