Last time, Naruto had met up with a lost long friend, Akeno, where their reunion could easily be describe as bitter. With their former friendship unbalance, Naruto's hope on regaining it would be a long road.

Kuoh Academy – roof

It's been a 3 days since Naruto started attending Kuoh Academy as a senior student. He was currently lying on the roof, deciding to skip his last class, as he gathered his thoughts together on what has happened recently to him.

First thing first, his thought about Akeno. Not once, in the last 9 years, has Naruto forgotten about her as he always wondered if she was alright, as well as remembering the promise he made to her which he frown about it. He could still remember the day that he first met her, closing his eyes as he recalled his memories.

Flashback

It was early afternoon as a family of three and their single friend where heading towards a house that was located near a shrine. As they walked towards the home, a little boy, no older than 6 years old, followed his parents while curious about something else.

"Kaa-chan… where are we going?" the young boy asked

The boy's mother looked down at her little child with a smile on her face. The boy's mother was a young beautiful woman, early to mid-twenties, with a slender yet feminine build. She has fair skin, violet eyes, and fiery red hair with strands that framed both sides of her face and a black clip that parts her hair to the left, keeping it out of her eyes. She wore a simple blue dress that made her look more attractive.

"Well Naruto, we're going to see an old friend of ours." The young mother answered where she gestured towards her husband and Azazel, who walked alongside them with his hands in his pockets.

"A friend?" Naruto tilting his head to the side in confusion.

"That right… an old friend of his met a woman where he moved here a while ago. They actually have a daughter about your age." Said Naruto's father pointed at the other adult where he rubbed his chin thoughtfully before a grin made its way on his face.

"Hm, I wonder if this visited would turn in the beginning of what they call 'Childhood Romance'? Don't you agree Minato?" said the man

Minato chuckled innocently while his wife form a tick mark on her head as she gave their friend a punch on his skull. "Azazel… my baby is too young to be getting involved with any girl!" she shouted in her motherly tone.

Minato looked sympathetic at Azazel where Azazel looked at Minato, "You sure know how to pick them, huh?" he remarked at him, where Minato said, "Yup, that's my Kushina for you." Smiling sheepishly

Naruto just looked at Azazel in confusion before looking towards his parents, "Ano, what's a 'Childhood Romance'?"

Kushina playfully smiled at her little boy as she answered him, "It's nothing sweetie… don't concern yourself over it…" before glaring back at the man who stood up with shaky legs while rubbing on the lump on his head. Azazel shook the painful feeling on his before running back towards the family.

"Come on already, let's hurry up and meet Baraqiel. I haven't seen that idiot's face in quite a while, ever since he settled down a bit. I'm kind of curious to see on who's his wife is since she snagged him." Azazel said as he walked alongside the family, which Minato nodded his head in agreement since he was curious since Baraqiel's wife was also an old friend of Kushina's.

After walking a bit more, they reached their destination which was expected to see in a living corridor that was next to a shrine. Kushina knocked on the front door where everyone waited for the people living in it to respond.

Waiting for a few seconds, the door opened to reveal a beautiful woman, about the same age as Kushina, who had long black hair and violet eyes. She wore a simple black shirt and jeans that showed off her figure. The woman smiled at knowing who the visitors are.

"Kushina-chan! How nice to see you again." She said with a bright smile as she stepped close to her and gave her old friend a hug.

"It's good to see you again Shuri-chan." Smiled Kushina as she returned the hug. Shuri then let them into the house where she looked into her home.

"Baraqiel-kun! They're here!" She called out

Naruto looked at the lady since he has never met her before. He did know now that she was good friend with his mom if their smiles on their faces where anything is to go by. His attention turned to the heavy footsteps that were coming closer to them. When Naruto looked at who it was, his eyes widen in surprise.

He was a middle-age gruff-looking man with black hair, matching beard and a muscular body. All in all, in Naruto's opinion, he was huge, easily the biggest guy he's ever met.

The muscular man asked his wife, "Who is it Shuri-chan?" before looking at who was in the front door. His face turned to a wide grin on his face.

"Azazel you old bastard! And you Minato, you pretty boy!" Baraqiel said happily as he grabbed both men into a bear hug.

Naruto winced as he heard cracking and snapping sounds that came from both his father and Azazel's backs.

"N-n-ni-ce to s-se-see y-y-you a-ga-in B-Baraqiel…" Said Minato as he struggled to breathe.

"Ba-Bar-a-cough-qiel… let us-cough-go…" Azazel said through the shear pain and pained breathes as the muscular man let go where both men crumbled to the ground.

"Oh… sorry about that." The larger man sheepishly apologized to them while scratching the back of his head. He then notice the young blonde boy who was trembling a bit from seeing the larger man almost splitting his dad and uncle in two.

"Who's the kid?" he asked as he pointed at Naruto.

Azazel suddenly jumped back on to his feet as if nothing happened, with a grin on his face while Minato slowly struggled back on his feet.

"Oh, that's right… this here is Minato and Kushina's boy, as well as my godson, Naruto! Go on, introduce yourself." Azazel said where Naruto looked at his father, who finally got back up and patted his son's shoulder to do so.

"H-hello, my name is Namikaze Naruto." Introducing himself with a light bow like his mother had taught him.

"Ara ara, such a cute little boy… oh and even though he has Kuchi's face, he definitely looks like Minato." Shuri said as she pinches Naruto's cheeks which caused him to whine about it.

"Yup… just like his dad, he'll be a real lady killer." Azazel added as he shrugged towards Minato, who chuckled innocently about the comment.

"What about you? I've heard that you have a child of your own." Kushina asked as they moved towards the living room. The adults sat down on the couches while Naruto's attention went towards a nearby fish tank that was there where he suddenly was entranced from it for some reason from the serene viewing.

Shuri smiled brightly at the mention of her child before cupping her hands together. She then shouted out all around the house, "Akeno-chan! Can you come down here for a second?!"

Pretty soon the adults heard the sounds of a small footprints coming closer to them until they saw a young girl, about Naruto's age, entering the living room.

"Yes mommy?" asked little Akeno, as she looked curiously at her mother.

Akeno was a cute little girl wearing a simple white dress Akeno looked just like her mother, long black hair violet eyes. Her hair was tied in a ponytail that was held by a purple ribbon. She looked around as she was curiously wondered on who the three adults her parents were talking to.

Shuri pointed the adults, "Akeno-chan… I want you to meet our guests… this is Namikaze Uzumaki Kushina and her husband Minato. The one next to them is both your father and Minato's friend, Azazel." Where the three waved towards the little girl where their names were called out.

Acting on how her mother taught her, Akeno politely smiled before bowing at them, "Hello, my name is Himejima Akeno. It's nice to meet you." She greeted them.

"What a polite young lady." Kushina commented before turning towards her son, who was enthralled with the fish tank, "Naruto, come over here and introduce yourself."

Naruto didn't respond at first where his mother called out to him again. Naruto just looked mesmerized.

(Hercules: song of faith)

Naruto was so mesmerized that he couldn't hear his mother's voice, instead he heard a beautiful and gentle voice, whose song had surrounded him. Before he could do anything, he heard an elder man's voice.

"From the earth… comes a promised new life… From the winds… our souls are pass… from fire… darkness is turned into light… from the death of a pure divine… a hero is born to take his place."

(End OST)

His was suddenly shakened out of his thoughts when Kushina came to her son where she nudged him a bit. Naruto blinked a bit before coming back to reality. He looked at his mother where he asked on what's up. Kushina looked a little surprise on the fact that Naruto was completely out of reality. She put that in the back of her mind as he told him to greet himself to Akeno.

Deciding to introduce himself like his mother instructed him to, he went towards the little girl without actually looking at her since his mind went to on what heard just now.

He bowed politely in front of Akeno, "Hello, my name is Namikaze Naruto! It's nice to meet you." Naruto introduced himself before looking at her.

When he saw her for the first time, he was completely caught off guard. He admitted to himself that she was a cute girl where he innocently looked at his mother, "Um… Kaa-san… is she an angel or something?

Akeno blushed a bit since Naruto just called her an angel, which was half true in a way. She just looked down as she took quick glances at Naruto since he called her an angel.

The adults talked to each other about the comment that Naruto made to Akeno, where Baraqeil didn't seem too happy about it while his wife just smiled about it.

As the adults talked, Naruto looked back at Akeno who just innocently looked at him. It was kind of awkward for him since Akeno didn't stop staring at him.

"Um… what is it? Why are you looking at me like that?" Naruto finally asked

"Um… you called me an angel…" She quietly said

"Yeah, so…" Naruto simply replied

"No has ever call me that…" where Akeno raised her hand and touched Naruto's cheek where he blushed at the smooth touch she gave him.

Kushina and Shuri looked at the scene where squealed at the cute sight. Azazel smirked while Minato smiled at the innocent scene. They both turned to towards their friend where they both were confused on why Baraqeil was frozen in place at seeing the children acting like that.

In horror, Baraqeil asked with his body trembling, "W-What is going on?"

Azazel decided to have some fun at seeing his friend's reaction, "Well, from my point of view… it looks like you daughter has fallen for Minato's little boy's charms. I guess I was right, he's going to be a serious lady killer just like his father. You should be proud Minato." Azazel said

Minato looked at Azazel, deadpanned, "Azazel… you shouldn't tease Baraqeil like that. Besides, they're just children… it's alright if their like this."

"But you can't deny that he'll be a lady killer just like you." Azazel remarked

Minato only sigh since Azazel was right, he was a lady killer since he attracted so many women, even though he didn't show any interest in them until he found Kushina.

Baraqeil was far from happy. Even though Minato was right about children acting this affection since they were just innocent, he still grew into rage as he stood on his feet and pointed at Naruto.

"How dare you woo my daughter you no good bastard! Wait till I get my hands on y-ack!" he said before being interrupted by a feeling of unimaginable pain in his groin. He looked down to see a foot had droven itself into his family jewels. He looked up to see the culprit and saw the foot belong to an angry Kushina.

"Did you just call my baby a no good bastard?" Kushina snarled, as her hair started to wave around like fire into the air. Now, Kushina maybe human, but that didn't stop Baraqeil from trembling in fear. No matter what kind of species you were, nothing is more terrifying than an angry woman. It's even double considering if they were a mother to boot.

Minato was going to try and calm his wife down but was stopped when Azazel grabbed his shoulder and shook his head no, where he then offered Minato some popcorn from the bowl that appeared out of nowhere. Minato sighed as he decided to join Azazel and watch the show. Shuri's eyes gained a mischievous gleam as a sadistic smile grew on her face as she prepared to enjoy the show.

Naruto and Akeno just looked in confusion at what was happening with the adults. Naruto shrugged at it where he then turned to Akeno with a smile on his face.

"Hey Akeno-chan, do you want to play a game or something?" He asked where she blinked a few times as she smiled brightly at him.

"Hai! Let's go play outside!" she answered as she grabbed his hand and led him to the backyard.

End flashback

Naruto's eyes slowly opened up as he sat back up. He smiled as he remembered the day he met Akeno. He knew, that even though Azazel teased him he was right about one thing. He still has feelings for Akeno.

His thoughts were interrupted as his attention caught the noise of some giggling sounds. He decided to look, where he saw three male students looking through a window. He sigh as he heard the perverted giggling and could hear the lecherous noises.

"Really? This guy suppose to have a Sacred Gear?" Naruto thought

Issei Hyoudou, from what he heard about the guy, the only word that kept on turning up was "Pervert." He agreed with them since the kid continue to peeking in the girls changing room or something. His mother had taught him to respect women which he followed through. Deciding to teach them a lesson, he picked up the water bottle he had with him and directly pour its contents on the three perverts.

"Gah… what the hell?!" Issei shouted when the water soaked him.

"N-nani… who did this?" said one of his friends.

It wasn't that long, since all three complained loud enough, for the girls to hear them and exited the room where they spotted the perverts. Naruto moved away from the roof as he laid back down as he listen to the girls fury and the painful screams of the three boys that were going on.

His thoughts turned to Azazel since he asked him to watch over Issei because of the Sacred Gear he has. His thoughts stopped when he heard the door to the roof open. He look towards the person to see that it was Akeno.

Nervously looking at her, he awkwardly greeted her, "Oh… hey Akeno-chan."

"Ara ara, to call me with such an affectionate manner. How bold of you ufufufu." Akeno said with a demure giggle as she covered her mouth with her hand.

"Um, right… so… how have you been?" He asked uncomfortably.

Akeno took a moment to think as she tapped her chin with her finger before answering him, "Hm, I've been good. I'm sure you're aware that the Gremory clan has taken me in when I had nowhere to go after my mother died." She answered him with a pleasant smile but Naruto could hear the bitter tone in her voice.

"Yeah, I heard about that." Naruto replied as he remembered the day when he heard the news. "You know you could have come to me and my family right? We would have taken you in with us without hesitation." He stated

"And stay with the reason my mother died?" She replied as his smile not falter in the least.

"Akeno-chan, you know it wasn't our fault." Naruto remarked

"Really, because from what I remembered it was my no good father's fault. He knew how my mother's family felt about him being with her yet he still left us to defend ourselves. He was the one who made so many enemies that they outnumbered us and killed her while I barely escaped." She said as her smile never left her face but her eyes grew cold.

"You making it sound like your father should have been there every minute of every day, but you know that's impossible. Baraqeil loved Aunt Shuri and he still loves her… as well as you." He said but she seemed to ignore his words.

"And then there's you. You promised me that you would always be there when I needed you the most. And like any naïve child I actually believed you. Tell me Namikaze-san… where were you when I needed you the most?" She asked as her smiled left her face and looked at him with a frown.

"Akeno-chan, you have to believe me-" he started but was stop as Akeno interrupted him.

"I believed you once and look how that turned out. I ended up on the run as a young child and would have died if not for buchou and her family." She said shaking her head a little where Naruto sigh in frustration as he ran his hand through his hair. Akeno shook her head a bit, "But I didn't come here to take a walk down memory lane. I came here because buchou would like to speak with you."

"Buchou?" Naruto replied with a raised brow

"Gremory Rias, the president of the Research Occult Club. Now if you would please follow me, I'll show you the way." Without waiting for an answer she turned around and began walking away.

As she was leaving, Naruto told her, "If she wants to meet with me, then tell her to meet me at the closes mall plaza located near the school by herself today." Where he just let her walk away as he turned back to the scenery.

Akeno turned back to argue about it but saw that he was gone. She looked around where she couldn't find him, where she then decided to go and tell Rias about what he said.

Later

Naruto, wearing his academy uniform, was sitting outside of a café restaurant that was located in the plaza mall. He sat on one of the tables where he had a cup of ice coffee. He place his backpack right next to his feet as he read a file of an old Grigori report mission.

The reason he was reading an old mission report of the Grigori was because he was looking for certain types of clues, clues that would lead him to the truth about his past, a past that involved his father.

As he continued his research, outside the plaza Rias was at the entrance with her peerage. She only came here because of the situation with Naruto since he is a Fallen Angel which required her attention. To make things more intense was the fact that Rias was irritated by how Naruto ignored her invitation to meet with each other here instead of her clubroom. Part of her mind could understand since she would to, but on the other hand it could be also a trap in a way.

Before coming here, Rias had already planned out on how to proceed when talking to Naruto. She would go and confront Naruto with Akeno by her side, since Akeno has a history with Naruto which can turn things into her favor if she played it right. Kiba and Koneko will stay hidden yet keep an eye on the situation where they could go and defend their king while have a good way to take care of Naruto.

Rias and Akeno went in where they began their search on where Naruto was at. Kiba and Koneko soon follow but at different locations to keep things low keen. As all four walk in, Naruto can already sense Akeno's life force where he can barely sense 3 more others. He guessed that Rias must have thought that this could be a trap. He sighed before he was hit by inspiration where he smirked.

"Alright… since you didn't follow my suggestion, then I make you follow it. I wonder how they'll both react when they are out classed." Thought Naruto

Naruto quickly put his things inside his backpack where he place it on his seat. He went to the public restroom that was next to the café shop where he went in and began his little task.

With Kiba

Kiba walked casually through the crowd where many young women caught him in their site. He ignored their gazes since he was on mission right now, where he needed to be as secretive as possible since he might have to fight a Fallen Angel in order to protect Rias.

As he moved along, he had no idea that he was being set up. Kiba moved through the crowd where he bumped into a man wearing a jacket and a cap that kept his face hidden. The hidden man apologized to him where he did the same. It didn't take long before a sudden shout behind Kiba alerted everyone.

Kiba looked back to see a couple of young women who's blouses were undone by several thin strips of string. He looked to see several of them led to where he was which he looked around himself. He found that all of them where connected to him by his pants on his right side where he grabbed it by his hand. Before he can think about it, he heard all the young ladies shout out, "YOU PERVERT!"

Looking dumbfounded, he looked at the strings in his hand and at the young women who looked at him with both disbelief and rage. It was then a sense of dread washed over Kiba as a few of the young ladies boyfriends came up to him where he looked a bit panicky. Kiba would have tried to settle this peacefully, but then felt a hand behind him where a security guard was standing next to him.

"Alright kid… come with me. I was given a report that a young pretty boy with bleach blonde hair was acting perverted around here. You're going to have to explain yourself at the detention center." Said the guard

Kiba looked surprise and nervous since he was now being accused of not only disturbing the peace, but also being called a pervert.

With Koneko

Carefully weaving around the plaza, the young petite girl moved along in order to catch up with her king and queen. As she moved along, she got closer to a bakery where she that they were handing out samples. Deciding to have a bite, she took a few samples before continuing with her search. As she ate the samples, she was starting to feel drowsy and unbalanced. She ignored it as she continued to move forward. It wasn't till a few minutes later that she started to feel heated up for some reason to the point where she just had to sit down. She found a bench that nearby where she sat down in order to get herself back on track. Unfortunately, the only thing it did for her was giver a comfortable place to take a nap.

Plaza café

Naruto came out of the restroom where he went back to his seat as he waited for Rias to arrive with Akeno. He didn't have to wait for long since he can suddenly feel their gazes on him.

Rias and Akeno walked around a bit, wondering if Naruto just led them on some goose chase where Akeno spotted him sitting outside a café shop. She informed Naruto where she focus on his surroundings.

All around him, there wasn't any barrier or spell of any kind, the people walking around, near him, where just regular humans. Observing the scenery, Rias can see that Naruto indeed came alone where Akeno also confirmed it. Both walked towards him while keeping their guard since they were still making contact with a fallen angel. Once they reach him, Naruto spoke up without turning his head around.

"So, you finally came Gremory-san, although… you didn't come here by yourself." Plainly stated

"Yes, well I thought that it might be good company if I brought along someone else since many students from school come here. If I came here and sit next to you alone, they might think that were in a relationship or something?" Rias explained

"Hm, you're probably right… although… that doesn't inspire much confidents in me… after all, you request my presents. And although I would normally respond to it, I don' intend to walk into a lion's den to do it. So I thought we could meet here in somewhere neutral in order to gain some trust. But it seems my trust has been unpaid." Naruto stated

Rias narrow her eyes since he kind of insulted her since he came here by himself in order to show trust, while she came here with her peerage instead of coming here by herself. She regain her composure.

"True, but considering that Akeno was once an acquaintance of yours, I thought it would be nice for her to talk to you. Isn't that right Akeno" Rias remarked

"Hai buchou…" smiled Akeno while playing along with Rias's play

"I see… well, I guess it's a good thing that I took care of your other two players out of the game then." Naruto stated

Rias and Akeno wondered on what he meant where they then heard the public announcement speaker.

"Well friends of Yuuto Kiba, please come to the detention center… well friends of Yuuto Kiba, please come to the detention center…"

Rias and Akeno were now worried on what happened to Kiba before they heard a slight bang on the table. They look to see Naruto, lazily placing his head on his right hand that was on lying on the table while using his left hand to tap the table with a small vile that had a clear liquid in it.

"I believe you should go and attend to that girl that is sleeping somewhere, and to take this with you since it's the only thing that would wake her up since the thing she ate would keep her asleep for the next two days." Naruto simply explained

It was then that Rias figured out on what had happened. In no time at all, Naruto simply took care of her small peerage without raising his power or using some kind of spell or something. Rias turned back to Akeno.

"Akeno… you go and help Kiba. I'll go and check on Koneko." Where Akeno agreed

Before they could leave, they heard Naruto speak up to them, "If you leave now Gremory-san, than any talks you want will stop here."

Rias looked a little peeved, but before she can retort, Naruto plainly said, "Why don't you let Akeno handle it since she can leave and handle the situation with the other two since the only person I want to talk to is you, Gremory-san. Here, use this on that Koneko girl since it would take a several minutes before the contents of the vile will wake her up. Plus, it isn't safe to leave a young girl like that by herself now." Making Rias look at him with surprise

Rias figured out his game plan. He asked for her alone, which she didn't since she brought Akeno and her few peerage members. Naruto figure them out where he took care of the two of them, leaving only Akeno to help handle the situations by herself. And with Akeno no longer by her side, Rias was now alone in order to deal with Naruto, just like he wanted.

The red hair beauty bitterly agreed where Akeno took the vile and left to get Koneko before helping Kiba.

Now by themselves, Naruto started the conversation with her.

"Now Gremory-san, what is you wanted to talk to me about?" asked Naruto as he view Rias figure.

Rias looked a bit displeased about her current situation but quickly regained her composer where she looked at Naruto with her smiling 'poker' face.

"Yes, you see… I'm kind of curious about on why a fallen angel, of all beings, would come here in a devil territory?" She asked

"Honestly… I had no idea I was attending school or better yet, getting sent to a school that was in devil territory." Naruto honestly explained

"Really?" Rias replied being a bit skeptic

"Yeah, I had no intention of going to school at all…" Naruto lazily said, taking a moment to sigh, "… that was until the old man threw me a uniform and told me to the academy that he directed me to." Naruto finished explaining

"Old man?" Rias curiously muttered out, "And who is this old man, your father?" she asked

"Nope, Azazel since unlike him I actually respect my father." Naruto replied

"Azazel huh? Rias muttered before smiling a bit, "From what I heard, that sounds like something Azazel would do."

Naruto then looked at Rias, "So… is that all you wanted to ask me?"

"Yes…" Rias quickly replied, "… we just wanted to make sure you were not a threat. With that settled, I'll take my leave since I need to regroup my peerage." Rias said with a smile

Naruto nodded before he quickly told her, "Thank you…"

Rias was curious on what he just said which she questioned him about.

"Thank you for what? I didn't do anything for you." Rias remarked

"It's for Akeno… thank you for taking her in when I couldn't." Naruto replied where Rias can see it in his eyes that he still cares very deeply for her best friend.

Rias smiled at him, "Your thanks are unnecessary but appreciated. I don't know the history between the two of you but I can see that you care for her." Where Naruto nodded in agreement with her. "Even though I'm curious, I won't pry because it concerns only the two of you."

"So, she hasn't told you?" Naruto asked earning a nod from the red head.

"No, I wasn't even aware of your existence until yesterday." Rias explained.

Naruto nodded, since he doesn't know on what to say, "Well, since our little meeting is over with. I'll be heading off." He announced.

"Very well. Have a pleasant evening." Rias said as she decided to head off to find her peerage.

Before she can walk away, she heard Naruto, "Even though you don't know our past, I still know that you're curious. So I'll at least tell you this but don't tell her about it. I promised her that no matter what that I would protect and take care of her. But…" getting Rias full attention, "… sometimes in order to keep a promise, you must sometimes go against what you want and do what's right for the person you made it to. And it wasn't as I didn't want to find Akeno, it's because I couldn't." Naruto explained where he then started to walk away, leaving Rias dumbfounded in thought.

"To keep a promise, you must sometimes go against what you want to do what's right for the person you promise to. What could that mean? Also, he did want to find Akeno, no he wanted to, but couldn't it. Could something have happened to him that prevented him from going after her? What could it be?" Rias question as her curiosity was peaking.

It was around this time that Rias spotted her peerage coming towards her, where she decided to honor Naruto's request on not telling Akeno about what he just said to her. She saw that they were coming from the direction that Naruto was leaving.

Naruto had his backpack over his shoulder where he saw Rias peerage with Akeno walking behind them. Naruto moved around the two while Kiba and Koneko looked a little upset at him since he took them out without even trying. He then walked closer to Akeno where she simply kept her demeanor. As they were about to pass each other, Naruto stopped where he spoke to her.

"Akeno-chan…" getting her to stop where her attention was now towards him while Koneko and Kiba continue to walk further away from her, not knowing on what's happening.

"I know that you want to ignore me, forget about me, be angry at me… you can even hate me for all eternity but know this…" keeping his face away from her, "No matter what I still consider you my most precious person. If you ever need anything, even if it's of last resort, don't hesitate to call." Naruto finished telling her on what he still felt about her.

Akeno turned around, eyes slightly widen, where she saw Naruto once again continue his leave.

Koneko and Kiba looked at their king to see she was seeing something behind them. They turned to see that Akeno was further away where they saw her looking at Naruto's destining back. They then saw Akeno turned back around, walking towards them with her usual smile plastered on her.

Rias decided to regain both Koneko and Kiba's attention since the relationship between Naruto and Akeno is private to them. As she explained on what happened, Akeno had her own thoughts, where unbeknownst to everyone else she lowered her head that shadowed her eyes, she bit her lower lip as she remembered Naruto's parting words to her.

"No matter what I still considered you my most precious person."

She remembered hearing those same words before when she was young.

"Don't worry Akeno-chan! You're my most precious person; I'll stay by your side and protect you! That's a promise of a lifetime… I never go by on my word."

Hearing those words from so many years ago, Akeno truly believed them. Of course, when the time came, those words came along with the questions; where was he when her mother died? Where was he when she was all alone with nowhere to go? These were questioned she once wanted an answer to, but now she didn't want to know. She made her decision years ago and would stick with it which she believed it was the right thing to do. But, the pain that her heart was now giving her made her bring a new question; why did it hurt to see him walk away from her?"

Till Next time