The red-head nodded solemnly, she knew what had to be done.
"...Wait, what? No, don't leave me with Mio-sama...can't you just...I don't know, ban me from the school for a while? Please don't leave me with her..." Maria begged, eyes pleading for lenience.
Sona walked towards her, casually shrugging her shoulders. "No need, I'll let bygones be bygones."
The silverette did not look happy to hear that.
Waterfall tears was flowing down the succubus' face, as the Sitri heiress leaned near her ear and whispered something to her.
Maria's eyes widened, turning around to ask the question that was on the tip of her tongue as the high-class devil walked past her-
"Going somewhere?"
Strange...that was two-for-two.
Maria yelped as her charge grabbed her hair and pulled her close, a dark smile indicating just how much trouble she was in.
"W-Wait! Mio-sama! Please, hear me out! It wasn't really my fault!"
Mio didn't respond, she only dragged the thrashing loli out the school, ignoring the strange looks she was getting by her fellow classmates.
It was just a day in the life for the half-devil.
Naruto grumpily regarded all of the students that were leaving school, moping on top of a light pole that was overlooking the entrance to Kuoh Academy.
Ugh...he missed all of his classes...again.
He could already expect to hear from a certain someone about that...
"Ah, there you are, Naruto."
Speak of the devil.
Naruto leaned back and allowed his legs to hook themselves on the top of the light pole, keeping him from falling as his upper body slid off. Leaving him hanging upside-down.
Yellow eyes curiously stared up at the upside-down blond.
"Hey there Yuki, what's up?" the shinobi greeted, waving a free hand at her.
The hero didn't bother questioning the male blond about why he was hanging like a monkey, he did what he wanted to do anyways.
"You skipped your class again." Yuki noted, raising an eyebrow in question.
Naruto sighed, he knew this was coming.
"Yeah...I know. Lots of things happened. So...are you gonna drag me to some...tutoring sessions?" the shinobi groaned, hating the sound of the word.
It was a curse word, one of the worst to have ever existed.
Yuki tilted her head in contemplation, silently looking up at her friend without comment.
"Not today. I'll let you have a free day."
Naruto gaped, what?
So shocked was he, that the blond didn't pay attention to how his lack of attention was affecting his hold on the light pole. His legs simply slipped off.
Naruto scrambled to right himself, but he slipped right off of the light pole and plummeted to the ground.
The shinobi's eyes sharpened, his instincts kicking in to right himself and land on his feet like an agile cat, he wouldn't die in such an embarrassing way dattebayo!
He managed very well, since he made it to the ground safely.
Just not in the way he'd like.
"...Hi." Naruto greeted Yuki, looking up at her from his rather...strange position.
The hero was, quite simply, holding him.
More precisely, she caught him.
Even more specifically, she caught him in the bridal style.
"...I don't think this is how this is supposed to work." Yuki noted, strong enough to carry him, but seriously wondering if there was something wrong with this picture.
It felt kind of...nice though. Even if it was 'off'.
Of course, given Naruto's luck, someone else just decided to see him in this position.
"...Naruto? Yuki? What the hell is this?"
Both teens looked to see that Mio and her captive prisoner was staring at them both, eyes incredulous to what they were seeing.
The two groups were silent for a moment, both afraid to point out how strange the other's actions looked.
Predictably however, Naruto broke the silence.
"...So how's your day been, Mio?"
"Do you always like it when a girl gives you a bridal carry?" Mio asked quietly, walking towards her home.
"Oh come on...that was a misunderstanding!" Naruto groaned, ignoring the slight pink hue of his cheeks. "It was a misunderstanding, right Yuki?"
Yuki, who was walking besides the blond, considered the question. "...It felt strangely nice."
"Not helping Yuki!" the shinobi cried, grabbing his hair in frustration.
Mio just huffed, turning resolutely away from her brother and the young hero by his side. She didn't care at all anyways.
Not even a little.
Meanwhile, Maria was just getting dragged by her collar by this point, her eyes were dull as the red-head kept trudging forward. She wondered when her charge would let her go...?
Purple eyes drifted to the blond with the metaphorical rain cloud over his head.
Meh, may as well tell him.
She waved her arms frantically, trying to grab his attention and drag him from his gloominess.
After a few seconds, Naruto eventually noticed and gave her a confused look, what the hell was she doing?
Maria simply waved for him to get closer, despite the fact that she was forcibly being moved by the clearly irate half-devil.
Naruto moved up faster, putting his ear to Maria's mouth so that she could whisper something in his ear, all to Yuki's mild amusement.
Though she did notice his eyes widen.
Naruto quickly backed up and moved in-step with Yuki, clearly thinking about something else now.
"...What is it? Did something happen?" the hero eventually asked, glancing between the dragged succubus and the suddenly quiet blond.
The shinobi turned and grinned, a challenging glint in his eye. "I've been challenged."
Yuki raised an eyebrow, challenged?
Naruto turned away, grinning. Sona knew...she knew that he was involved.
Maria told him that the student council president noticed a masculine hand throw the smoke bomb, which ruled out Maria as the one who instigated the 'attack'. Add in her affiliations to the shinobi, and you suddenly have a likely culprit.
But she didn't have proof, so she didn't try to get him. But now he was under suspicion, without a doubt.
This was a challenge now, there was no way he would back down from it!
But first...he needed some way to continuously prank the student council for an extended period without getting implicated.
His smirk was massive as he walked alongside his friends, he knew just how to accomplish that. She wouldn't know what hit her.
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