The shinobi was about to say something clever, but his grin turned into a frown as he looked around and noticed someone missing.
"Hey...where's Koneko-san? She doesn't want to say hi?"
The expressions on everyone's face dimmed slightly at the question, much to the blond's confusion.
"Well...you see, many things happened while you were making your way back." Rias began, trying to explain everything that has transpired since he was away.
But before she could...
"Perhaps it's best that I explain the current situation, Rias." Sona remarked, slowly walking up to the group with her Peerage behind her.
Naruto's hackles were raised when he realized that the entire Student Council was here, he couldn't help it, he was practically conditioned to prepare himself to move when they were all here.
It didn't help that Saji-san was giving him the stink eye...
"Uzumaki-san." Sona said, grabbing his attention. "The entire castle is on lock down, there is proof that an SS-ranked criminal might be in the area."
Naruto gave his kaichou a surprised look. "Seriously? Now of all times? How do you know?"
She tilted her head towards someone behind her.
The shinobi moved his head to see behind her clearly, and saw the missing Koneko, who was resting against the wall.
"She lost consciousness soon after the mob formed against Buchou." Yuuto said quietly, giving the young 'rook' a sympathetic glance.
Naruto's eyes snapped towards Sona after he stared at the unconscious young girl, seeking answers. "So then...how did she know?"
Rias decided to answer this time.
"She sensed someone using natural energy, judging by her expression, a lot of it. As far as we know...there's only one person who has that kind of ability, Koneko-chan's older sister; Kuroka." Rias explained, eyes downcast.
"...Natural energy?" Naruto asked quietly, face and eyes suddenly unreadable.
Sona nodded, assuming that the blond's sudden reticence was because of his lack of knowledge of the term. "It's a form of energy that comes from nature itself, used in the forming of a dangerous power called senjutsu. Koneko's sister was said to have become mad with power because of it."
The shinobi glanced away from the Sitri heiress to regard the unconscious Koneko, her sister went mad with senjutsu...? It sounded a lot different than the senjutsu he knew...maybe this difference explained why the natural energy felt different?
He frowned, more importantly, his clone would have sensed another senjutsu user around here, so it's more likely that...Koneko-san just sensed his use of natural energy.
That meant that he was the one who caused the entire situation...
He had to make it up to Koneko somehow, without letting anyone know of his own use of senjutsu...
Too many questions would arise because of it, that and senjutsu doesn't seem to be too highly regarded in this world.
Naruto moved away from his internal thoughts to look at Rias, deciding to go with the flow for now. "So the castle is secure then? No problems?"
The red-head nodded in affirmation, then her brows scrunched up. "Well...mostly. Since you've seen Mio's...ah...performance, you know that some of the devils became a little antsy. Nothing too bad though."
The blond nodded slowly, staring at the crowd of devils that were talking among themselves, this time intent on getting their business done and leaving.
Smart moves on their part.
"Mio." Naruto called out, grabbing his psuedo-sibling's attention. "You have had a pretty rough day, so just let me handle the tough shit from now on. I'm going to see the Maou."
Mio's pink eyes trained themselves on Naruto's blue, unwavering as always.
She nodded. "Go for it."
Naruto grinned, giving her a thumbs up.
"Ah...Naruto-kun. Quite the day wasn't it?"
Naruto didn't respond, he simply stayed silent as he gazed upon the red-headed Maou with a serious expression.
Sirzechs raised an eyebrow, curious to why the blond seemed so serious, surely he didn't-
"Why didn't you intervene?" the shinobi asked, the tone of his voice framing it into more of a demand than anything else.
"It was necessary." the current Maou Lucifer responded levelly, not beating around the bush.
Naruto's face scrunched up in disgust. "Necessary!? How exactly is gambling with the lives of everyone here and your own damn sister necessary!?"
The Maou raised a hand up, seeking to calm down the angered teenager. "It was necessary to find out who you really are, it was paramount, both as an older brother and as a Maou. Besides, no one in the castle was in any danger, I sent Grayfia to the front and I myself was watching the battle on the one of the highest points of the castle. Making sure that any attack from the phoenix would never hit the castle from the air."
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