DxD: The Fox and Demons

He nearly lost his footing but 'Naruto' recovered quickly, the damage was already done however since Maria took advantage of the slip-up.

"Now Mio-sama!" the succubus cried out while moving out of the way.

Naruto-2 grinned as Mio had a blue magic circle in front of her now with water from a lake nearby charging towards him.

Smart. Keep him on his toes.

But...

"Not good enough!" the blond clone cried gleefully as he jumped up on top of the water stream and allowed chakra to flow to the soles of his feet.

He began to run on top of the artificially-made water stream towards Mio.

Mio's eyes bulged at this unforeseen ability and quickly tried to form enough demonic energy for another spell...

But it turned out that she didn't have to.

The Naruto clone jumped over and behind her instead of taking advantage of her open position.

Mio turned to face the clone with wary eyes as Maria returned to her side.

...What was he up to?

She tried to replay the short battle in her head in order to see if she was missing something important, but she couldn't think of anything.

Just what was going on in his head?

Yuki was staring at the back of her closest friend's head.

She had no idea how to talk to him...

No matter how many times she went over the conversation in her head...she just couldn't talk to him.

Just talk to him...

Just talk to him...

"Yuki?"

The young hero blinked as she was broken from her trance. She looked to see that the boy that was occupying her thoughts was giving her a worried look.

"...You ok? You've been out of it since this morning." Naruto said with a slight frown, she's been acting pretty dazed and distant for a while now. It's obvious that something was happening in her light-blue head.

He had an idea of what.

"...I'm fine Naruto. Just tired." Yuki lied through her teeth. Internally, she was annoyed at just how hard it was to say something...anything about what happened.

"...Does it have anything to do with what happened the other day?" Naruto asked quietly, staring ahead as they continued their trek to find a good spot to spar.

The young hero didn't say anything, she figured that he knew already.

She hoped that he would continue the conversation, to say what had to be said but...

He didn't say anything.

He just kept walking, his eyes continuing to look ahead.

...

Why wasn't he saying anything?

Did he hate her father that much now?

Why didn't she say anything?

She knew what she had to say...she's been going over it ever since last Saturday.

'Otou-sama didn't actually mean what he said Naruto. He was just afraid that you would do anything and everything for your goals. Even sacrifice his only daughter. I know his words hurt but...if you can...please forgive him.'

It wouldn't solve the problem but it would be a start.

They could converse from there, talking about the genuine grievances that the blond no doubt had instead of letting them fester.

But...she just couldn't speak.

"Hey Yuki..." Naruto finally said after a moment of silence.

The young hero perked at her name being called.

"Look...I know that you want to defend your father or something like that. But let's leave that for later ok? Let's go and-"

"I'm sorry." Yuki interjected quietly, her bangs shadowing her eyes.

Naruto turned to face Yuki in confusion, what was she apologizing for?

"I'm sorry..." she repeated again.

"Woah woah Yuki...what are you saying sorry for...?" Naruto asked with a confused look on his face.

"...Otou-sama asked for cruel things from you. Although he wanted to test you...he still said something terrible..." the young hero said quietly.

Why though? Why was she saying those things? She herself had no idea why...

"I know it doesn't excuse him but...he didn't say those things because he believed in them. He said those things for my sake..."

Why was she saying this? She wanted to give him a precise and thorough explanation of what really happened as well as an apology...

So why was she rambling on?

"He lost so much...so much...he was afraid that he would lose me too..."

Why...? Why was she so...so...

"Please...don't hate him Naruto..."

...Afraid?

"...Please...I don't want to lose you as a friend...please don't hate me too..."

...

Were those her true thoughts?

Was she afraid to lose Naruto's friendship?

Why? It wasn't logical. She said it herself.

Naruto was a good person, he wouldn't break their friendship because her father had done something like this.

Yet...

The thought alone terrified her.

Just the chance...just the sheer chance of that even happening made her hands clench and un-clench with stressful energy.

Naruto's eyes were wide as he stared at the female hero. He honestly needed a second for his brain to catch up.

Then it finally did.

"...Hey Yuki."

Yuki looked up to face the blond...

*flick*

"Ow." the young hero complained as her forehead received a flick from an irate blond.

"Oi...do you take me that lightly? You're obviously underestimating me here Yuki. Like it or not...for better or for worse...you are my comrade now. To me, a bond like that is not so easily broken." Naruto said with an annoyed glare towards the female hero.

Yuki turned away uneasily. "...You say that but...my father said such horrible things and I didn't do anything to stop him. Even if it was for my sake, you should be pretty upset right?"

Naruto nodded. "Damn straight I'm upset. But if you expected me to take out my anger on you then you were dead-wrong. Nope...I was just planning on beating the crap out of your dad."

The bluenette blinked. He...wasn't upset at her?

"Why aren't you upset at me Naruto?" Yuki asked quietly.

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