Chapter 094

"More than that! Do you really think that devil society would have no idea about what was going on!? Or maybe, you're thinking that the Maous will just hide the fact that two high-class devils were kidnapped because of their loss in prestige? How the hell do you know that their anger and rage at what has just occurred won't push them over the edge and make them want war!? Push them over the edge and do whatever is necessary, destroy those that threatened those that they cared about!?"

Naruto knew...he knew how easy it was to shift from ideal to ideal, to change irrevocably over one event.

Nagato quickly appeared in his head...the prime example...

Leviathan and Lucifer...they would feel the hopelessness and fear of losing someone they dearly care about. That fear...would very very quickly turn into hate.

Hate against those that nearly took those loved ones away.

Prestige loss? Thousands of casualties?

No...Rias told him herself.

Devils were selfish creatures by nature. They could so easily be capable of such mindless destruction if pushed hard enough.

The cycle of hate would continue...

Nothing would change...

They wanted peace for their loves ones...if he went through with this...they would want war for their loved ones.

"...I'm leaving." Naruto said quietly, golden locks shadowing his eyes.

He had to leave. He was too pissed off to try and reason with him rationally.

He would explode again, best to just leave.

Naruto couldn't help but be bitterly disappointed though...was this really what the leader of heroes thought?

Toujou said nothing, he just waved his arm towards the door and let the blond walk past him.

The room was silent as Naruto left the room.

"...Why did you do that otou-sama?" Yuki asked quietly.

"...It was necessary Yuki-kun." the old hero mumbled quietly, taking another cigarette to light it.

He said nothing for a while, just allowing the nicotine to calm him down. Once he was calm enough, he turned towards his expectant protégé.

"...I don't dislike honest guys like him. As a mater of fact...I like them a lot." he mumbled quietly, staring up at the ceiling.

Yuki said nothing, she just continued to stare at her adopted father.

"...But I needed to know if he was the real deal Yuki-kun. He was dedicated to his mission, but how far would he bend before the cost of his dream would be too much?"

The young female hero widened her eyes in shock. "You...you wanted to test how far he would go for peace?"

The male hero shook his head. "No, I wanted to see if he would take the easy way out for peace. To see if he was stupid enough to take a shortcut when taking the long road to peace is the only way to ensure anything long-lasting..."

Yuki walked up to her father and gave him a steady stare. "...That's not all is it?"

Toujou Jin stared at her back, giving her a sad and quiet look. "...I have many enemies in the Underworld you know...? How easy it would be for many of them to promise that boy a peace treaty if he got back at me...by taking away someone I dearly care about..."

An image of a boy, a small boy with vibrant green eyes and wild brown hair appeared in his head.

"...Otou-sama..." Yuki said quietly, empathizing with all of the pain he has gone through in his life.

"Yuki-kun...please forgive this foolish old man. I...just don't want to lose anyone else. Please tell your friend that I'm sorry..." the Great Hero apologized quietly.

Lithe arms wrapped themselves around the man as Yuki placed her head on top of his.

"...It's ok otou-sama...Naruto is a good person. He will forgive you once he hears why you did what you did."

"...He really does sound like a good man. I'm happy that he's your friend Yuki-kun..."

Yuki smiled.

"Me too...me too..."

Naruto was staring at the ceiling inside his room.

He's calmed down a lot since his talk with the Toujou Jin. But he was still pretty sore about how it all ended up.

Those thought would keep gnawing at him for the rest of the day, he had no doubt of that. He seriously needed a distraction or something...

As he was thinking of that, someone knocked on his door.

The shnobi got off of his bed and walked to the door and opened it, not too much to hide that wasn't seen already so not too big of a deal by this point.

"Mio? What's up?" Naruto wondered, his moodiness was pretty obvious so both female half-devils seemingly decided to give him some space.

"Naruto? It's Rias-sempai. She wants to talk to you." Mio said while holding out the home phone towards him.

The whiskered teen blinked. Rias was on the phone?

Naruto thanked Mio and took the phone from her. He placed the device on his ear and spoke.

"Yo Rias, what's up?" Naruto said blandly.

"Naruto. First off, I can't believe I never asked but do you have a cellphone?" Rias asked.

Naruto deadpanned even though there was no way Rias could see it. What the hell would he have needed a cellphone for? He was trying to keep a low profile for a long-ass time, no need to have something like that.

Although it did look badass.

"...Nope." Naruto said without a change in facial expression.

"That has to change. I'm going to get you one since it's way too hard to contact you without it." Rias said with exasperation on the other end. Though she quickly coughed to get back to her original topic. "Naruto, everything is set up now. We can leave to our training trip on Monday at the earliest. Still up for it?"

Naruto blinked. This was a pretty good distraction as far as distractions went. Not only that...but he got to skip school!

"You bet I am! I'll drag Mio and Maria with me if I have to as well!" Naruto said with exuberance.

"R...Right..." the red-headed devil said, she still had no idea who Maria was though.

"Alright then, meet you at front of Kuoh Academy. See ya then!" Naruto practically chirped, before hanging up the phone.

This was it! This was what he needed!

No annoying protocols! No ridiculous diplomacy! No double-dealing!

Just straight up fights.

This would be one hell of a stress reliever.

He couldn't wait to get started!

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