"Naruto. What do you do when a giant dragon appears in your dream and calls you his partner?" Issei asked, a thoroughly serious expression on his face.
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"...Hyoudou-san. Maybe you should get more rest." Yuki said blandly, voicing out the opinion of most of the occupants at the table.
The brown-haired boy tried to defend himself.
"I'm serious! I got a dream where a big-ass dragon came to me and called me his partner! Whether I'm tired or not is another issue! I'm new to this supernatural stuff...so I need to know whether this is a one time thing." Issei pointed out with a twitching eyebrow.
"...As much as I hate to admit it. Issei-san's got a point." Mio interjected grudgingly, before turning to her guardian. "What do you think of this, Maria?"
Maybe her 'sometimes wise, sometimes not' protector had some information.
The succubus blinked for a moment, before turning towards her charge sheepishly. "Sorry Mio-sama. I was actually thinking about a dragon and Issei-san getting married. You know...as 'partners'?"
Well...that figured.
Seeing that none of the girls came up with anything useful, Issei turned back to the person he initially asked. He's been awfully quiet...
The perverted boy saw a blond teen, he had his bangs covering his eyes and his shoulders were shaking.
"...Why can't you be like that...you damn furry...!" Naruto vehemently whispered to his own stomach.
Seriously! What the hell! Issei got a dragon to accept him the second they meet!
Him? He had to make sure that his stupid furry of a 'partner' didn't kill everyone he cared about!
...No wait.
Maybe it wasn't too late. Maybe he could get rid of the stupid furry...give it to someone else and let it be their problem!
After he finished his internal rant and scheming, he turned towards the other male with a dark look in his eye.
"...Wanna trade?"
"...What the fuck are you talking about, Naruto?"
"Alright. So you got some big-ass red dragon in your Sacred Gear. Not too big of a deal." Naruto said blandly, not really impressed.
"...Maybe in your crazy world it isn't. But for me it is!" Issei retorted smartly.
Well...he wasn't wrong at least.
"Now calm down, Hyoudou-san. Was there anything else that this dragon mentioned?" Yuki interjected quietly, seeking answers to this interesting puzzle.
From what she knew, there weren't many Sacred Gears that had a conscious. So this was actually quite an interesting experience.
Issei thought about it. The dragon actually mentioned some stuff that he didn't know about before...
"Issei-san. I think you mumbled something in your sleep before you woke up. Something about 'Boost' or something like that." Asia pointed out while raising her hand.
"...This ain't school Asia-san. No need to raise your hand..." Naruto retorted tiredly.
Ignoring the blond's mild rebuke, Issei tried to remember...dreams were hard to remember after a while.
Then his eyes lit up.
"Boosted Gear! That's right! My Sacred Gear is called the Boosted Gear!" the brown-haired boy declared proudly.
He was looking forward to some awed responses, but everyone didn't seem too impressed.
"So how is this...Boosted Gear of yours any better than your last one?" the shinobi asked with a curious look, Issei's future training might have to be modified if Naruto was wrong in his assump-
"It allows him to double his strength every ten seconds, at least that's from what I remember." Yuki voiced out, her face was slightly strained as she tried to remember what such a powerful Sacred Gear was capable of.
Naruto fucking called it.
"...Thanks for that. I actually had no idea." Issei said with a sheepish look on his face.
Figures.
Before anyone could continue the conversation, the soft pitter-patter of feet began to echo from the hallway.
"Did someone mention Boosted Gear!?"
"...Hello to you too, Rias-sempai." Mio stated with a shaky smile.
She has never seen the usually composed older red-head look so...excited before. Like she just won the lottery or something.
Well, she probably did.
Rias was wide-eyed as she processed the information that she happened to hear when she got up to go to the bathroom.
She got herself a Longinus!
If she could've gotten away with it without anyone seeing it...she would've done a fist pump.
But Rias wasn't the only one to hear a piece of the conversation.
"Ara ara, as much as I'm sure that the information has excited you...you should still probably take a shower now that I'm done with the bathroom." Akeno said with a ribbing tone and an amused smile.
Ah. Right. Morning shower.
Rias' cheeks went slightly pink now that everyone knew that she hadn't had her morning shower yet.
"Ah...right. I'll just...be right back." the red-head mumbled, before speeding past Akeno towards the bathroom.
All to the black-haired teen's amusement.
"...See Mio-sama? Akeno-san teases Rias-san all of the time. Why can't you be as lenient as Rias-san?" Maria complained to her charge. Seemingly decrying the injustice of her situation.
"That may have something to do with the fact that Himejima-sempai isn't trying to embarrass her so horribly, that she may not be able to go out in public anymore. You Maria...? I don't think so." Mio retorted with a disgruntled look on her face.
Maria just pouted, Mio-sama could be such a kill-joy.
Akeno glanced at Mio in curiosity. "What exactly does Maria-san do? Surely it can't be quite that bad, right?"
In response, the young red-head simply gave her sempai a deadpanned look.
"She tries to engineer these situations where someone...usually Naruto, would see me in a very compromising position. Like when I'm changing clothes." the young half-devil said, thoroughly convinced that no one had it as bad as she did when it came to annoying friends.
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