The remaining occupants of the mansion were currently watching the nun healing an unconscious Issei. He was pretty roughed up from the fight earlier that day and required quite a bit of healing.
"Now that things have calmed down a bit. Mind telling us what happened? In detail if you can, Naruto." Mio stated calmly, watching the soothing green aura of Asia's Sacred Gear do it's work.
"...Not much to tell. One second everything was fine. The next...we were attacked by this group of devils." Naruto replied, a far-off look in his eye as he relayed events prior.
"I think we understand that much. But who were they? What were their objective? Why attack you guys specifically and not the rest of us? Stuff like that." Mio retorted seriously. Not understanding why Naruto was being so vague about this.
"Well, it's obvious that Naruto-sama took care of the problem at the very least. But obviously, not everything went according to your expectations right?" Maria deduced, reading in-between the lines of the blond's attitude and demeanor.
"...I agree. But we won't get any asnwers by speculating between ourselves." Yuki said resolutely, before turning to Naruto for answers.
The shinobi didn't reply to any of it, he was too busy staring at the duo that was confined in the comfy room. Issei and Asia-san.
They almost died.
They almost died.
If it wasn't for the fact that Issei managed to push that masked man far enough to use more powerful magic attacks...he would have never saved them in time.
A slight change in fortune, and he'd probably have to bring back their corpses back to the mansion.
This was unacceptable.
"Naruto!"
Naruto blinked, then turned to the small group of girls that was watching him with worried eyes.
Mio was very much among them, she's never seen him like this before. He's been angry, happy, shy, apologetic, even sad.
But never this...grim.
As if she wasn't staring at the happy-go-lucky psuedo-brother she has come to know.
As if she was staring at some sort of survivor of some sort of terrible event.
Like her...
But...that was impossible right? Not Naruto...he was too happy for that.
Nevertheless, this was disturbing for her.
Everyone there was having similar opinions of the blond in front of them.
"...Maybe we should talk later? When you've properly come to terms with whatever happened?" Mio asked hesitantly, unwilling to push him for answers when he was like this.
Naruto stared at the group next to him, before turning to glance at the would-be victims of the day.
"No. We should talk. But let's give them some space. We'll talk at the dining table...we'll be close to their room enough to react to any trouble, while at the same time giving them some space." the whiskered blond said quietly.
Right after he said this, he moved to the dining room to begin their talks.
All three females glanced uneasily at one another, unsure if Naruto was at the right frame of mind to be talking about this.
But after a moment of hesitation, they moved as a group to follow the blond to the dining room table.
Naruto took a moment to gather his thoughts as Mio, Yuki, and Maria took seats for themselves and made themselves comfortable.
After a moment of silence, the shinobi finally decided to get started.
"Alright...well soon after I woke up from my nap earlier today, I went to the forest in order to find Issei and Asia-san. Mostly because I was bored." Naruto began his explanation.
Mio nodded at that. She figured that it would be something like that, they did appear from the forest after all.
"But soon after I began my relaxing trip, I was attacked by this group led by a masked man." the blond continued, he was interrupted soon after he said this.
"Naruto...was this group affiliated with any of the groups that we have encountered before?" Yuki asked seriously, wondering if a group such as the fallen angels have attacked her friend with revenge in mind.
But the shinobi shook his head in the negative.
"No...they were devils."
Everyone gave Naruto shocked looks. What would devils want with Naruto?
"Before anyone asks, I have no idea why they were there or why they aimed for me. But I at least have a suspicion for why they attacked me...it has to do with Issei and Asia-san." the shinobi claimed with a serious expression.
Seeing that everyone was staying silent, urging him with their eyes to continue, he obliged.
"...After I initially met the group, the masked leader broke off to complete his own mission, while his all-female group stayed behind. There were fourteen of them...sound kinda familiar?"
Everyone narrowed their eyes at that information.
That number was the same amount as chess pieces excluding the king piece.
Taking into account that there was a clear leader...then the answer became obvious.
A Peerage.
But more importantly, a high-class devil blatantly attacked the guests of the Gremory family.
"...This guy either sounds very foolish...or is very confident in his abilities to get out of trouble." Yuki mumbled with a frown. Either case wasn't exactly favorable to them.
Especially when they had no idea who this person was.
"Naruto-sama. Did you manage to get a glimpse of this man's face? Maybe we can ask Rias-san if she knows anything." Maria pointed out, trying to find a solution to the mystery.
"Sorry, but no. He used some kind of mask to hide his face. All I know is that he's got orange eyes, a shit personality, and probably a very bad wound on his face." Naruto replied, head on the palm of his hand. Eyebrows scrunching together with annoyance.
"You hurt him badly? As expected of our Naruto-sama." the succubus said wryly, not surprised to hear that the blond managed to get a parting shot.
"What did you hit him with exactly? Maybe we could recognize the wound later on." Mio said, hoping that the wound was pretty bad. She hated the thought that someone was out to target her psuedo-brother.
Or any of her friends in general.
"I hit him full in the face with a rasengan." Naruto said, a wry grin making it's way to his lips.
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