Where the hell did that come from...?
Rias especially was incredulous, shocked that all of this could have come from the usually mild tempered Mio. But nevertheless...she couldn't stop the warm feeling that her fellow red-head's words has elicited. A sense of pride helping to fuel that good feeling.
Meanwhile, the daughter of the Original Lucifer was breathing hard, taking in a large amount of air to compensate for the long-winded rants that she has just released.
It was while she was taking in so much air, that she noticed the clapping.
A constant clapping noise that was coming from the opposite side of the hall, where the main doors that led to the front were.
She glanced at it, curious to see who was-
She froze.
"Yoooooooo~! That was pretty damn impressive! Someone should you give you a medal for that!"
All attention snapped towards the large ornate doors, eyes widening as a certain blond finally made it to the castle.
Mio for her part, only began to respond when her face began to heat up, embarrassment was flooding her cheeks with red as she began to stutter out the perpetrator's name.
"N-N-Naruto!" Mio cried out, a complete one-eighty to her disposition just a few seconds ago.
Naruto waved at her lazily, a large grin on his face as he regarded Mio and the current situation at hand.
"Well...I probably missed a lot of important crap, but it seems that you handled it pretty damn well, if I say so myself! Who knew you had that in you!? I've never been more proud!" the whiskered blond claimed, sniffling slightly as proud faux tears began to flow down his face.
Damn it, they grow so damn fast!
Mio's cheeks just went full-blown crimson at his words, flustered that she was caught ranting by the one person she was hoping wouldn't see her. "Y-You! How much did you hear!?"
The shinobi shrugged from his position on the opposite side of the hall, slightly raising his voice so that it could travel to the other side of the room. "I heard when you said 'THAT'S ENOUGH!', so...I guess half-way?"
The red-head's jaw just dropped, that was practically the entire thing!
Ugh...this was just a bad day in general...
"...Well, I think we can definitively say that Mio-kun is Naruto-kun's younger sister." Sirzechs piped up dryly, staring at the half-devil on the stairway with a raised eyebrow and an amused smirk.
"...I think that that's a fair assumption." Grayfia agreed levelly, still stoic as always.
Naruto grinned as he saw the thoroughly red face of his imouto, he wasn't exactly sure why she was red faced but...it was pretty damn funny.
"Naruto! Welcome back!" Issei called out, running towards him with a grin. Before frowning and looking around for another body. "Where's the bird-brain?"
The shinobi gave him a smirk in greeting, then pointed at a spot where he laid Riser down, slumped against a pillar. "Sleeping, getting your ass handed to you can be pretty taxing, you know?"
Issei smirked and was about to make another comment before the flood gates opened from everyone else.
"Well well! Look at who finally decided to show up! I knew that you'd be fine, Mio really should stop being such a worrywart sometimes. Glad to have you back, Naruto." Rias said warmly, crossing her arms across her chest.
The blond scratched the back of his head bashfully, an easy smile on his face as he did so. "Sorry for taking so long, my feet are kind of killing me here, so had to move slowly."
"Ara ara, it seems that the illusive foxy-kun has returned, how naughty of you to embarrass your sister in public." Akeno greeted, a sly grin framing her lips.
Naruto coughed into his hand, glancing uneasily away from the black-haired young woman. "...Didn't really do it on purpose..."
Yuuto walked up to the group as well, making his own input. "I think Naruto-san just did what he has always done, doubt that he meant anything bad of it."
Naruto gave the bishōnen a deadpanned look. "You make it sound like I do this kind of shit on purpose..."
Yuuto shrugged, he wasn't exactly wrong.
The shinobi snorted, amused in spite of himself.
Then everyone heard the soft pitter-patter of fast footsteps. Turning just in time to see Mio tackling Naruto with a hug.
Somehow he held firm, but was shocked nonetheless, wide-eyed as he tried to balance himself and the young girl that pushed her face onto his chest.
She didn't say anything, she just stayed in that position, holding him tight as if she was afraid to let go.
Then she spoke.
"...Welcome back...Naruto."
The shinobi stared at the red hair of his psuedo-sister for a moment, slightly confused.
Then he grinned.
"...Nice to see you too, Mio."
Happy grins were exchanged as the two siblings were reunited, it was pretty cute, watching those two.
After several moments, Naruto finally dislodged himself from Mio's iron grip and patted her on the head, much to her external annoyance and internal happiness.
It was good to have him back.
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