Naruto was still giving her an incredulous stare.
Just for a different reason.
"...Mio...since when were you so smart?"
Mio's eyebrow twitched.
"...I was always smart. Just that when it comes to battles and the supernatural...I still have to play catch-up with everyone. I'm doing the best I can here." the half-devil complained, childishly folding her arms together.
The shinobi just gave her a wry grin. "Right. Completely forgot about that. But seriously though...I can't help but feel proud as an older brother. Is this what it feels like to watch your little sister grow up?"
Mio 'hmphed' and shook her head. Was he taking her seriously at all? She couldn't tell with him sometimes.
"...Whatever." the red-head sighed melodramatically before facing away from the blond, rolling her eyes in the process as she tried to stop the slight smile tugging at her lips.
Despite how annoying the blond could be, she much preferred it when he was his usual self than when he was sad.
Then she felt something.
Mio felt her eyes widen slightly as Naruto's arms wrapped themselves around her, holding her in a hug from behind.
"...Thanks Mio. I really needed that."
She allowed for her head to lay on one of Naruto's arms, feeling his warmness through the physical contact.
It felt...nice.
"It's ok Naruto...though if you really want to thank me...let's just stay like this for a little longer...ok?"
The shinobi grinned.
Nothing more was said as the pseudo-siblings drifted off into sleep.
It was late at night.
That much was obvious.
How late? Now that was an interesting question.
He woke up with a start, still in his comfortable position with Mio.
Naruto sensed something.
To be specific, something that immediately made his eyes snap open and adrenaline to course through his veins.
Demonic energy.
After what happened earlier today...or was it yesterday now...? Anyways, he had ample reason to be alert.
Which was why he was alarmed to realize that the use of magic was coming from the room they were laying in.
Was it that bastard again!?
Then the room lit up with red light, coming from a magic circle that looked familiar...
Then he felt the tension leave his body.
False alarm, he knew that magic circle.
It was...
From the magic circle, appeared the Gremory Peerage in all of their glory.
Although, only about half of them seemed to be alert. So they didn't look too 'glorious' at the moment.
Rias was looking significantly more stressed than the last time that the shinobi saw her, obviously the discussion with the maid didn't go well.
The second that Rias seemingly got a sense of where she was, she spotted Naruto.
She raised an eyebrow, then she opened her mouth to question why he was on the floor and using a futon.
Then she froze.
The reason was simple, and not just apparent to her. Her entire Peerage was looking around in confusion at the strange scene.
In their eyes, several things were apparent all at once.
Naruto was on the floor using a futon for some reason.
Mio happened to be in the same futon as he was.
They practically seemed to be spooning together.
To top it all off...there were some strange women that were all tied up and left haphazardly on the couch.
"...Someone mind telling me what's going on here." Rias said after a moment of silence, feeling a headache coming.
She left the mansion for not even a day...and this happens.
What even.
Naruto glanced at the still-sleeping Mio and then turned to look at the Gremory heiress.
"...Give me a sec." the shinobi said quietly, not wanting to wake up his sleeping companion.
He slowly maneuvered his hands which were wrapped around Mio to make a certain hand seal...
"Kage bunshin no jutsu." Naruto practically whispered.
A clone appeared right next to him, going through some hand seals himself.
"Kawarimi no jutsu."
The clone then replaced the original Naruto with himself, allowing for Mio to rest as the real Naruto got up to address the confused Gremory group.
After stretching a little bit, he turned to the Gremory team.
"...Many many things happened while you were gone." Naruto said dryly.
Looks like he had a long night ahead of him.
"Are you serious Naruto? Did all of that seriously happen while we were away?" Rias asked with unbelieving eyes.
Not because she didn't believe Naruto...mostly because what happened seemed like such an impossibility. Yet the proof was there when she first returned to the mansion, the unconscious women were hard to argue against.
Naruto nodded gravely.
The high-class devil bit her lip, this was bad...this was really really bad.
Her guests were attacked, her security was compromised, some sort of insane maniac had the ability to hide their energy signals, and to top it all off...this information brought up a disturbing possibility.
A traitor among the Gremory.
Her family was famous for being very loving and trusting to their servants, for there to be one that would betray her family...
Rias shook her head, she was getting ahead of herself. Best to just stick with what she knew.
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