"...So Naruto-sama...what exactly happened?"
Naruto shifted uncomfortably, acutely aware that Maria's eyes were boring into the back of his head, wanting answers.
He supposed that she had a genuinely good reason to...what with Toujou Jin relaxing on a living room couch, Mio being exhausted, and himself wearing the ragged remains of a fancy suit.
That reminded him, he had to apologize to Rias for ruining it, he borrowed it from her after all.
Oh wait, it was her older brother's.
Never mind.
"...Many many things happened." Naruto eventually replied, staring resolutely away from the prying succubus.
Her eyes were dry as she regarded him, obviously not letting this go.
Then she simply sighed.
"Look...I can understand the secrecy, really I can. But if you're going to do this, the least you can do is spare Mio-sama from it." Maria stated seriously, reprimanding the blond.
The shinobi finally looked at Maria, confused at her statement, she was getting weird ideas again wasn't she?
The succubus shook her head sadly, before giving the blond a sympathetic look. "Now now Naruto-sama...if you have a 'thing' for older men, who am I to judge? Don't worry! I will keep this as our little secret."
Naruto's jaw dropped.
"Wh-! Wh-!? What the hall are you talking about!? Why do you always come up with the most ridiculous scenarios!?"
Jin glanced towards the bickering teenagers, a slightly amused look on his face as the blond brat tried to squash any misconceptions that the silverette had.
Or did she do it on purpose? Hard to tell.
"...I don't know Naruto-sama...what else can it possibly be? You two came here in the cover of night? You both looked roughed up? Why...what else could I assume, except something raunchy of course!?" Maria claimed, a growing perverted smirk growing on her face.
"No! Just no! This is Yuki's father for crying out loud!" the shinobi retorted hotly.
Maria's eyes widened, glancing towards the Great Hero at the couch, who was just watching them silently.
"N-Naruto-sama...y-you would start an affair with one of your friend's parents...? Just how much of a pervert are you...?" Maria asked hesitantly.
The blond teen threw his hands up into the air, he should know full damn well by this point that no matter what he said, she would twist it through her own perverted delusions.
It was practically a fact of life by this point.
"...Hmph, you sure have some interesting friends, huh? Although I can't say if that's a good thing or not." Jin drawled lightly, comfortably laying down on the couch now.
Maria perked up at this while Naruto just scowled.
"Don't encourage her..." the shinobi grumbled, making sure to grab the succubus' head to keep her from doing anything, all while ignoring her petulant pout in his direction.
All he had to do was wait a little more...
Almost as if on cue, the doorbell ringed.
Naruto immediately let go of the silverette and made to run towards the door, eager to prevent Maria from saying even more embarrassing things.
"Wait!" the Great Hero cried out, suddenly looking more tense and alert than before. "I thought you would...you know...? Smooth it over for me...?"
The blond teen already passed by the hero, only pausing once and turning to look over his shoulder to regard Jin with a foxy smirk.
"...I never actually agreed to take the job dattebayo." Naruto chirped, before finally moving in to unlock and open the front door.
Maria watched in interest as the blond opened the door and Yuki's father made to try and make himself look more presentable, clearly nervous, all while cursing a certain blond under his breath.
Heh, so he was extra nervous about facing his daughter? How cute.
The shinobi opened the door, allowing for familiar yellow eyes to peer at the blond teen with curiosity.
"Naruto, glad to see you back." Yuki said, a small grin growing on her face regardless of the strange late night call.
Though she'd be lying if she claimed that she wasn't curious about it, if he just wanted to say hi then he could have done it tomorrow morning, couldn't he?
"Heya Yuki, sorry for the late night call from Maria, but someone here wanted to include you in the talks that we were about to have." Naruto apologized, giving her a sheepish smile.
Yuki's small grin was wiped off of her face, replaced with an unreadable expression.
"...You weren't going to include me in these 'discussions' until someone asked you to...?"
Naruto's shoulders twitched, intensely aware that he may have made an error, but not entirely sure where he made it.
"Well...uh, I would have told you tomorrow...I just wanted to let everyone rest is all." Naruto said quickly, hoping that that would placate her.
It did the trick, as the hero's eyes softened, before turning curious once more.
Maria was cheerfully watching the exchange, it looked like a juicy opportunity to have some fun...at Naruto-sama's expense of course.
So she moved to greet the young hero herself, but inexplicably, someone quickly moved past her to give their own greeting.
"So who asked for me? I don't know too many people that would..." Yuki began, trailing off as she stared at something behind her friend; the shock of which caused her eyes to widen.
"...Otou-sama."
The Great Hero waved at his adoptive daughter sheepishly, trying to put on a more confident expression.
But he couldn't, not with her. Not with the last...
"Yuki-kun." Jin greeted quietly, expression drifting from looking nervous to diffident.
Naruto glanced uncomfortably between the two, feeling that maybe he should have intervened in the Great Hero's issue. This was just flat out awkward...
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