The silence stretched out for a few seconds, both heroes; young and old, staring at one another without a sound.
Then Yuki took a step forward, face stoic, as she confronted her adoptive father.
She raised her arms to grasp Jin's hands, clasping them together in front of her and cupping them with her hands. Almost as if confirming to herself that he was really there. Then she stared at the elder hero in the eye, silent in every aspect.
After a moment, she finally smiled.
"...Don't worry otou-sama, I'm not upset. Your safety is all that matters. So please calm down." Yuki said, softly conveying her relief at seeing her family member alive and well.
Almost as if on cue, Jin's shoulders relaxed and his expression softened, relieved that Yuki was being reasonable about this.
Unfortunately, he missed one minor detail.
The Great Hero of the Hero tribe suddenly felt a chill go down his spine, what was-?
"However..." Yuki muttered quietly, light-blue hair shadowing her eyes. "I don't think that you should do something like this again, don't you agree? Otou-sama?"
Naruto shivered slightly, she may be acting calm, but he knew full damn well that the feeling that she was giving off...wasn't too far off from the angry mobs that chased his old master for peeping.
Righteous fury, something that made even the bravest squirm.
The blond didn't even know that Yuki had such a side to her...this was infinitely more intimidating than when she lost her composure a while back.
Jin for his part, was sweating slightly, trying to think of a way to placate the obviously angry young teenager.
Damn those hormones...!
"Now Yuki-kun, you know me by now. I had ample reason to do what I did! If you'd just give me a moment to explain-"
Her hands clutched his own even tighter, moving into his personal space and moving her face closer to his.
Her eyes were still shadowed and hidden, somehow that made it even worse...
"...Please don't do this again." the younger hero demanded quietly, unrelenting.
"Y-Yuki-kun...-"
"Please don't do this again." Yuki repeated.
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Jin sighed, shoulders deflating as he finally gave in to his daughter's demands.
"...Fine, you win. I promise that I won't do this ever again, ok?"
The female hero's yellow eyes finally emerged from under her bangs to stare at the brown eyes of her father.
After another moment of silence, she finally moved out of Jin's personal space and let go of his hands, a pleasant smile on her face.
"Thank you for seeing reason otou-sama."
Naruto felt a sweat-drop forming, did...did she just browbeat the strongest hero of the Hero Tribe?
Naruto and Jin were sitting opposite from one another, the older man laying lackadaisically on the couch and the blond sitting upright on a chair opposite of him.
Yuki was right next to the older man, applying first aid on Jin's left arm to stop the bleeding, keeping one ear open to listen in on the conversation.
While Maria was just sitting on an adjacent couch, watching the proceedings with an interested look, curious to what was going on.
"Alright, we're all here now. What's so important, Toujou-san?" Naruto asked, getting their talks started.
Although he'd be lying if he said that he didn't want to get this all over with already, he had a long day.
Jin was just finishing up his latest cigarette, pulling it out of his mouth to puff some smoke, allowing the nicotine to calm his nerves.
The Great Hero's brown eyes trained themselves on the blond's blue. "I suppose that I'm ready to begin, now that Yuki-kun is here. Before I truly give you the information that I recently discovered, I think it would be a bit prudent to give you some...backstory."
Naruto leaned in, curious to what he had to say, but didn't actually say anything. Giving the older man his tacit approval to continue.
"...Yuki-kun knows this, but the Hero Tribe has quite a few powerful sensors among it's ranks. Sensors which are vital in keeping the location and the identity of our faction a secret from other supernatural factions. However, these sensors aren't just used for protecting our faction from discovery, they're also vital to help locate and pinpoint targets that could possibly harm innocent humans." Jin began, giving Naruto an apologetic look for a moment before continuing his explanation.
Not before the shinobi raised an eyebrow in interest however.
The Great Hero coughed onto his hand, consciously looking away from the blond before answering. "Well...I'm sure you remember that Yuki-kun's posting in Kuoh Academy was meant to observe the younger sisters of two Maous and the Original Lucifer's daughter. What you don't know is that our sensors faintly sensed your power a week or so before you were enrolled in the high school, and one of our members masqueraded as a police officer to trick you to attend the high school...by my order."
Naruto stared at the hero, expression unchanging as his eyebrows began to twitch.
"...News to me." Yuki mumbled, staring steadily at her adoptive father as she finished wrapping up his arm. Tightening it a little more than she intended, causing a stray wince from the older man.
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