Arc of Time

by Skairipa1337

As he was called to the task of saving his world, he both succeeded and failed. In their moment of triumph, he let his guard down to the danger that had been there all along. As he died at the hands of his best friend, Naruto cheated death and was reborn as a Devil, as well as the son of the House of Sitri. Time Magic Naruto. Naruto x Kuroka.

9. Time Heals

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or High School DxD. This is a non-profit-based work.

Note: I might end up taking a break around the 100k wordmark. Might be sooner or later than that, but I'm just bringing it up just in case. I generally try to step away from writing when I start to feel like it's a chore, and it's been a bit like that the past few days.

Normally I sit with like a ton of motivation for like; peerage interactions, fight scenes, dynamics between Naruto and Kuroka, training scenarios for people like Saeko and Gasper, etc, but I have to admit I've been a bit drained the last two weeks.

To any Spiraling Empress readers out there, I might find time to revisit it and write the next chapter soon. I have about 3k words for chapter 24, but eh, my motivation for pure Naruto stories is quite low. I do apologize for that.

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-Chapter 9-

Time Heals.

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As he left Saeko that evening to go think about his plans, he sighed and ran a hand through his dark locks. Sure it was as simple as asking his dad for a favor or getting a Phenex tear, but it just felt… wrong.

It's not like he lacked the resources for either, but there were just a couple of problems with it that he quickly realized, which was why he didn't say it right then and there.

Saeko was in turmoil, she was probably quite emotional. Well, he knew she was.

So giving her a solution right then and there would've felt like an ultimatum. Especially since he had just offered to teach her and that she could join his peerage, so dropping it right there like, 'By the way, I got three different ways to heal him.' would've felt wrong.

There was no doubt she'd feel obligated to respond at that moment, to something that'd work in his favor. To where she in return got what she desired the most.

She would've said yes out of duty instead of actually wanting to join him, and he wasn't a fan of that.

And not only that but… his relationship with his dad was strained. He might've been the head or owner, he couldn't quite remember anymore, of some of the best medical facilities the Underworld had to offer, but it would've felt wrong to practically ignore him most of his childhood and then just show up now and want a favor.

It would also just feel less personal if he went that way about it. Phenex tear or hospital, it would be something that anyone could do, well, if they were a devil.

And there was one thing that only he could do, and well, possibly Seekvaira if she trained to do it. He could reverse the time of the physical body, but he'd need to play detective for a while.

Isolating the part of her dad's body would be a good start, if he could figure out where the problem was, he could just reverse the time of that specific area.

It'd probably be a bit taxing, even for him, to completely revert his whole body and all organs to a time before the convention. Which reminded him that he needed to figure out when that was too.

He could save himself a lot of potential exhaustion by knowing exactly how much was needed, so he didn't overdo it and turn back several weeks more than what was needed in the first place.

With a yawn, he stretched his back and groaned at the sound of a few cracks. It had been a long day, or well, not really. He had been chilling most of the time, but a lot of information and activities had happened in a short amount of time. He didn't mind though.

It was starting to feel like it used to be, back at home, always busy, and always ready for something new.

Though before he worked on all of that, he needed to chat with Rias. He had already kept her waiting long enough, and if he decided to just go home now and sleep… he'd probably be in trouble.

So gathering his magic he sped up the magic around him and disappeared from the spot, flashing back to the spot he had been standing inside the ORC building earlier, with the most Kakashi-like wave he could, "Yo."

With a sheepish chuckle, he dodged a book thrown at his head and mentally made a note that both Rias and Sona apparently liked throwing things at him. So much for friendship, "I know that I'm maybe late, but that was uncalled for."

Rias shook her head with a slightly flustered face, "Don't just appear out of nowhere, you could've used a transport circle and I'd at least be able to be prepared. What if I was naked or something?"

Naruto raised a brow, "Why would you be naked in your clubroom? Though I guess some people prefer reading their manga however they're the most comfortable."

Not having a ready answer for that, she sighed and slumped down in her chair once again, her hand covering her face as her cheeks rapidly reddened, "So what did you figure out?"

He smirked widely at the reaction he was getting and laid down on one of the couches, "Now, now, no reason to be hasty. I'm not busy."

Rias let out a loud groan and hit her forehead against the table, "Can't you just shut up for a second before I hurt you. You can't take one day in your life seriously, can you?"

"I mean, sure, you can try. Regardless, why would I? This is much more… Entertaining."He chuckled and intertwined his fingers on his stomach.

She shook her head and ended up with a small smile on her face. No matter where he was, Naruto would always be Naruto. He had been as carefree as he had been antisocial his entire life, so there was no changing it at this point, "Anyway, did you find anything out?"

He hummed a bit and gave her a more serious expression, "Yeah, I do need to talk with you. It's important, and will probably end up changing a lot of things around here. Hopefully, for the better, but with my success rate it may end up failing, which is what I'm afraid of."

Rias frowned a bit as she watched his mood change and stood up from her chair. Naruto had been a good friend throughout most of her childhood, and hearing that he, of all people, was scared, did make her worry. He never seemed scared of anything, as much as he seemed to dislike social interactions, she never viewed him as downright scared of them, just indifferent.

Naruto raised a brow at her as he watched her walk toward him, a simple hand gesture telling him to move so she could sit. With a small sigh, he started to lean up and felt the weight change on the couch.

Before he could get up to a sitting position, he felt a hand on his head.

He raised a brow as he watched her, and registered that she had indeed just placed her hand in his hair, "So uh, what's the special occasion?"

She tilted her head in a confused manner, "What do you mean?"

Naruto chuckled, "First you say you want to hurt me, and now you're taking care of me. You gotta make up your mind."

As he said that, he remembered that was something Kuroka had told him when they had met for the second time. Perhaps they were becoming friends as Sirzechs suggested. That Lucifer seemed to know what he was talking about.

She huffed and flicked the bridge of his nose, much to his annoyance, "You seemed stressed out about something, and I wanted to help you. Don't make me regret it."

Naruto sighed heavily, "I'm the one that's about to make you stressed, so I'd tell you to take a seat if you weren't already sitting down."

Her lips fell down into a small frown, "I'm all ears."

Rubbing his face, he leaned back into the cushions and thought of a way to start it off, "I'm sure you're well aware of who Koneko's sister is?"

Rias' eyes immediately widened as an expression of both shock and fear morphed onto her features, "You're speaking of Kuroka, yeah I know of her. She's the reason Koneko has been having troubles."

"I have to admit, hearing her go under two different names is so confusing. I can't figure out whether or I should call her Shirone or Koneko, though I guess if I called her Shirone she'd be both scared and pissed," Naruto chuckled and intertwined his fingers behind his head.

At this moment, Rias already had a fear of what had happened. There were only two possible reasons that he could know her real name, and she doubted wholeheartedly that it had been Sirzechs that had made him figure it out, "Did she hurt you?"

Naruto groaned and rubbed his eyes, "No, she didn't. That is the thing that this is all about, everyone has been misinformed of what really happened. You may think she is some crazy murderer because of the story, but it's not the real story."

Rias looked at him with uncertainty, as if he had been possessed or tricked, "Naruto, I know you're… trustworthy, but how can you know all of this?"

He rubbed his forehead next, all of this already making him tired. It had been a long day, and he felt like he was about to ruin hers, "I've met her twice. She was hostile at first due to the circumstances, but everything about her was brought into question because of Kurama. He is a senjutsu user himself."

At this she was surprised, "Is he alright?"

Naruto chuckled, "Again, misinformation. Senjutsu isn't something that magically makes you crazy, sure you can get drunk on power, especially with negative emotions, but that'd mean there'd be at least one of two characteristics if not both. You'd either be giving off an aura that a senjutsu user could pick up on, which Kurama didn't. Or you'd be morphed into some creature because you lost control of your magic."

"So you mean to tell me that her being a criminal is fishy?" Rias questioned.

He nodded his head, "Yep, that's it. That's why I've had meetings with Sirzechs, as even the Satans have felt that something was off about this entire situation because Kuroka's former master was an asshole. I can't tell you much about what he did, but I can tell you this with almost a hundred percent certainty. Kuroka isn't the villain, she is the victim."

Rias' brows furrowed as she gathered her hands in her lap, "This is a lot to take in. Koneko's been having a hard time ever since. It took her a while to 'warm' up to me, not to mention the rest of the peerage. She still isn't over it, and I don't blame her. It's some deep trauma."

Naruto gave a small nod of understanding, "I understand and I agree, but look at it from both sides. They're both probably miserable without showing it too much, which is why I need you to listen to me. Sirzechs gave me the green light to fill you in on the situation and what I want to do."

And then he started to explain it to her down to the smallest detail. Everything from meeting her in Kyoto, to the talk he had just had with Sirzechs. Though he had kept out the bits about the Khaos Brigade since he figured he hadn't actually been allowed to tell her that much.

As the talk went on and she sat patiently and listened, he got to what he wanted to do. With Kurama's help, he wanted to introduce Koneko properly to senjutsu, so that she'd start to be able to form an idea of what might've happened.

After giving her some time, and if it seemed doable, he wanted to reintroduce them under calm circumstances where there wouldn't be a problem. And then finished it off by saying that with all of this, he'd hopefully have been able to clear Kuroka's name and reunite the two sisters for good.

When he had finished his story, Rias just sat with the same look on her face. He started to get a bit worried that he might've accidentally fried her brain in the process.

It was a long chat after all, and nothing she had expected, so he wouldn't blame her for being a bit freaked out about all of it.

"Did I fry your brain?" He cheekily asked afterward, as a small attempt to lighten the mood a bit.

She blinked and briefly laughed, "No, not at all. I was just thinking."

"Careful with that, I hear it can be dangerous." He smirked and nudged her in the side with his elbow.

Rias rolled her eyes and got a bit more serious, "Listen, you know I trust you. And I know that when you and my brother are working together to make this work, you only do it out of the good of your heart. I want to believe her, I really do, I want to believe she is a good person. I just don't think I can make that call without meeting her, sure we can perhaps work toward Koneko accepting senjutsu with the help of your queen, but…"

"But what?" Naruto slowly asked.

She sighed a bit with a small smile, "I won't be able to say yes without at least meeting her, and seeing it from her perspective. At the end of the day, Koneko is part of my peerage, and I want to protect her. I don't want to make such a life-changing decision for her, without at least having met Kuroka first."

Naruto smiled a bit at that, "That's all? I think we can make that work. Though you need to keep a bit quiet about this, the more people that know, the more that people may end up revealing the information by accident. I'll tell my peerage, but since you and Sona are more closely connected to Koneko, I'd advise you against speaking too openly about it."

Rias nodded, "I understand. I won't tell anyone with the exception of Akeno. As my queen, she has the right to know. She won't tell, so don't worry. What will we do now then?"

He hummed a bit, "Well, it's only a matter of time before Kuroka seeks me out again. I'll mention your desire to meet her, and I don't think she'll have a problem with it as long as it's on peaceful terms and in a place she knows, but I can't say for certain before I meet her again."

"Thanks for understanding, and hopefully, once I've assessed the situation for myself, it turns out to be true and we can truly help Koneko face and overcome her trauma." Rias smiled slightly.

Naruto grinned a bit and stood up with a stretch, "You're a good king and a good friend. It shines through about how the Gremory care for their peerage as if they were family. I take a lot of inspiration from that when I look at my own, I want everyone to feel like they have a voice to be heard."

"I feel the same way. You seem to be doing a good job at being a king, but Kurama and Veldora seem… nice."

Naruto had to chuckle at that, "Given how much you like manga, Veldora would probably be your biggest bestie. He is somewhat emptying our bank accounts on buying complete series of any genre he can get his hands on."

Her cheeks flushed a slight pink as she kicked him in the shin, "You're such an idiot, I swear."

Wincing a bit at the sudden attack, Naruto raised a brow and scratched the back of his head, "What did I do this time?"

"Just the usual."

"It's not my fault that you're a complete weeb that absolutely adores manga and anime, and would use hours to binge-watch it. I mean, come on, I can't even count the times you asked me or Seekvaira to slow down time in your room so you could watch more than you should," He teased before noticing that she was just a few seconds from exploding as steam was starting to escape her head.

So with a quick salute, a magic circle appeared beneath his feet with the Sitri symbol proudly displayed in the middle, "Oh well, I'll see you later. Have a good one, I'll see if Veldora wants to share some manga with you." And as he finished that sentence, he was gone.

Just narrowly dodging a cushion hurled at his face.

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After he left Rias that evening, he yawned loudly in the middle of the street. A part of him just wished for the possibility to go back home and sleep, but he knew that he didn't have that luxury.

He had only managed to take care of one task out of the three that he had in mind for today, but at this rate, he'd run out of time.

One was to talk with Rias and get some progress done on that front, which he had managed. The next one was to seek out his sister. If anyone had information on the students, then it would be her. He had little doubt she wouldn't be able to answer his questions, so he could go and see what he could do.

The last thing he had hoped to do was meet with his new friend again, but he figured the chance was quite low for that. He didn't have an active way of contacting her, so he was a bit dependent on her making the first move.

Since he couldn't predict her next move, he'd just have to wait and see, but he doubted it'd take too long. He had just talked with Sirzechs, and if she was in contact with Ophis, she should know that it had happened or at least that he had been on a trip to the underworld.

As he got to his sister's house, he chuckled a bit as he stared at the mansion in front of him. Seems like he wasn't the only one that was living the dream here in Kuoh, but then again, Devils were… extravagant.

With a few short knocks, he stood back and waited. It didn't take him long to hear footsteps on the other side of the door and gave a small wave as he watched Sona open the door and stare at him as he had grown a second head.

"What are you doing here this late?" She asked with a raised brow.

Naruto smiled a bit, "Well, I need your help. And I wanted to see where you lived."

Sona blinked with a confused expression, "How did you even figure that out?"

He shrugged his shoulders and followed her inside, closing the door behind him, "I just had a talk with Rias, and had a familiar scout around until it found you, in the meantime. So here I am."

She gave him a small stare before accepting his answer, "Alright, well, make yourself at home. Not too much though, I don't want you moping around here all year because you get too comfortable."

Naruto gave a loud sigh, "You really don't have much faith in me, do you?"

A small smile settled on her face as she shook her head, "I do have faith in you, don't misunderstand that. I just think it's fun to mess a bit with you, I know you can take it."

"I know, I know, I'm just giving you a hard time. Well, I guess I need to… well, explain the situation first. I feel like I have to do this three times today so might as well sit down. You're my sister and influential here in Kuoh, so what I'm in the middle of might affect you. And I think you deserve to know." He started as he sat down on the large leather couch in the middle of the living room.

His sister gave him a blank expression as she turned his words over in her head, "We might as well get something to eat. Are you still as much of a ramen fanatic as you used to be?"

He sweatdropped a bit before he proudly proclaimed, "What can I say, ramen is the food of the… Satans." As much as it felt wrong to put it that way since he used to proclaim 'food of the gods' he figured it was how it should be now.

And if Sirzechs was right about him possibly becoming a Satan, then it would indeed become the food of at least a Satan.

Sona smirked, "Very well then, I'll go and prepare some. Just wait here, it'll take a couple of minutes."

When Sona returned with the ramen, Naruto soon started to tell his story from start to end. He left out the biggest details, just like he had with Rias. He didn't know if Kuroka would appreciate him telling her story to different people, so he kept it simple as to her being innocent, and that he was in dialogue with Sirzechs.

The last thing he wanted was to overstep his boundaries and make the Nekoshou upset with him when all he wanted to do was help.

He of course also left out the details on the Khaos Brigade, because it wasn't a problem for them to handle. And if it did become a problem for them, then they'd handle it then.

During most of the talk, Sona was relatively calm and chill about it. She had her occasional questions, but she seemed to take it a lot better than Rias.

It made sense, Koneko wasn't part of her peerage, so while they were close friends with the Gremory house, it wasn't exactly something that was personal to her, so she remained professional and somewhat optimistic.

"I have to admit big brother, you're the last person I'd expect to get involved in some kind of big case. I know you said you weren't ready to go into further detail about this… story of hers, but you seem invested. I'm happy to see it." She trailed off and put her empty bowl back on the coffee table.

Naruto gave a small smile, "To be honest, for a long time, I had never expected to do something like this either. You've been a huge inspiration for me, though, when you started talking about your dreams… I got inspired, I wanted to do something meaningful as well."

Sona smiled in return, it was always a relaxed atmosphere between the two as long as they weren't bickering as siblings would, "So, what did you need my help with? If you ask me, then you seem to have everything under control."

He blinked at that. While he wasn't exactly here to tell this story, he figured he might as well get it out of the way, "Well, I would appreciate it if you allowed her to be around Kuoh as long as we work on this. I figured as long as you knew what was going on, there wouldn't be any hostility."

"Of course, was that all?" She asked as she felt like he had more to say.

Naruto hummed and leaned back and slurped up the rest of the noodles… of his fourth portion, "No, there is something else. I took your advice if you can call it that, about Saeko Busujima."

She raised her brows and started chuckling, "You sure move fast. Did Rias really pose that much of a threat to your plans?"

He chuckled back, "No, I just came across her when I got from my talk with Sirzechs. We talked, and things happened. I essentially just wanted to know if you could tell me more about her dad, like when the convention was and what exactly happened that made him this sick."

"So it has nothing to do with making her a peerage member?" Sona asked first.

Naruto kept quiet for a few seconds, "Hmm, I did ask her. I had a kendo spar with her as I thought it might help her let off some steam. Turns out she has a sacred gear, did you know that?"

"I wasn't aware, no."

He nodded in acceptance, "I offered to teach her, and also a place in my peerage. Though she said no for the time being since her dad was sick. And while she can have her dad treated in the Underworld, or get a Phenex tear, I figured it'd sound too much like an ultimatum for her to join as a trade."

"You really want to help everyone, don't you?" Sona asked with a small smile.

Naruto smirked slightly, "I guess I do. I wanted to separate helping her, from recruiting her as much as possible. I don't want her to feel obligated to join my peerage, just because I heal her dad. Plus, with my abilities, I might be able to do it without our father's help or a Phenex tear. I think it'd mean more that way."

Sona listened closely to his words, and stood up, "Wait here, I'll go and get some files. I agree with you, I think if you do it yourself, it would really mean a lot. I'll see what I can do, but I can't promise much."

He sat there and waited for about ten minutes. He flipped and turned the conversation they had just had in his head for a while, he hadn't imagined he'd have been able to make this much progress in such a short amount of time.

It just proved his idea that while the Underworld did have a lot of negative qualities that he wanted to change, the Satans made a lot of changes for the better.

At the bare minimum, his sister and Sirzechs, but from what he had heard of Ajuka, he respected that man a great deal.

He didn't know much about Falbium, the last of the Four Satans, all he had heard was that the man was extremely lazy guy that loved to sleep, and thus his mental image of him was permanently saved as Shikamaru.

"Sorry for the wait, it took me a bit to dig all of this out of my laptop, but here you go." He heard from his left and blinked to leave his stupor as he saw Sona handing him a couple of documents.

He gave her a small smile and accepted the papers, "No worries, I was just thinking."

"Careful with that," Sona smirked and sat down, "Well, let's take it from the top. Kage Busujima is a pretty well-known face within the kendo community. Often referred to as 'Master Busujima,' he cuts quite the figure. He attended a kendo convention overseas about four weeks ago."

Naruto stayed quiet as he looked at the paper in front of him, it was safe to say that Saeko had probably gotten her looks from her mother. The 'gruff' man he was looking at had short black hair along with a few shades of gray that showed that the man wasn't exactly young anymore.

"I see, do they have any information about where exactly the 'problem' is? If you can call it that." Naruto continued.

Sona pushed up her glasses, "The lungs. The outbreak at the convention left several men and women in the hospital with a lung infection that not only had them sick, but it also severely lowered the oxygen distribution in their bodies. I know that Busijima-san fainted not long ago, all we know is that he may have indirectly suffocated due to that lack of oxygen."

Naruto nodded his head and gathered the papers, folded them, and stuck them inside his jacket, "Thank you, it's been a great help. I can act on this, I knew I could count on you."

Sona's cheeks heated up a bit from the sudden praise, and cleared her throat, "Anytime, so… what will you do now?"

He zipped his jacket up again and looked at her, "I'm going to heal him. Or well, I'm not sure you can call it healing, I'll use my magic to reverse the area of the infection to a time before that convention, may reverse it with five weeks just to be sure,"

"Won't that be taxing though? I know that you're… skilled, at what you do, but this is a lot of time you'll have to manipulate in a relatively small amount of time if you don't want her to figure it out." Sona analyzed.

Naruto just gave a small smirk as he stood up, "Don't worry about me. I'm tougher than I look, thank you for the food and all your help again."

Sona stood up as well and walked him to the door, where they shared a brief hug, "Good luck with it all, just don't get into too much trouble. And if you need my help for anything, just let me know."

He nodded his head in gratitude, "There is one thing, in about a week's time I'll have an unofficial game against my cousin Seekvaira, could you perhaps help me set it up?"

"Sure, just give me a time and place and I'll make preparations. And Naruto?"

With a small turn of his head, he watched his sister's face as somewhat close a worried expression formed on it, "Be careful. Don't overwork yourself too much, I know you have plans but they won't matter if you die."

He raised a brow at that, "Why would I die? I'm right here, I'm being careful. Don't worry so much about me."

She sighed, "I've known you my entire life, when you find something you want to do you go at it with everything you have. Dealing with Lucifer, an SS-Class Criminal, and whatnot, it's dangerous."

Naruto gave a small chuckle as he walked up and engulfed her in a hug that lasted a few seconds, as he separated himself from his sister he gave a small smirk, "Don't worry, I won't do anything that'd make you miss me."

"Bold of you to assume I'd miss you that much," She smirked back.

Naruto gave a last smile before he left the house, and heard the door click shut behind him, 'That reminds me,' He thought to himself and zipped open his jacket to pull out a paper on Saeko, and found the address.

He didn't know where she lived, so he had to first get the address. When he had it memorized he flapped out his wings, and flew out in the direction of where the Busujima household was located.

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Night was still looming over the town of Kuoh as Naruto landed outside the house the address had specified. It was slightly secluded, so the only dim light in the area was a few traditional-looking lanterns located around the stone path leading up toward the main entrance to the house.

It was a traditional Japanese house with a large fence around it, a gate in place to keep intruders out. He figured it was because the Busujima family was semi-wealthy for their standing since her dad was such a big figure within the kendo world.

Besides the main house, a smaller building was placed. One that resembled the kendo club at the school a lot, which he figured was a dojo. It would make sense for them to have a private one.

He sighed a bit as he leaped over the fence with no difficulty and walked up toward the house. The lights were off, so they must've already gone to bed. It was in the middle of the night, after all, so he'd have the peace and quiet to work.

Step by step he made his way up the stone path and looked around all the cultural stone statues placed around the place. If he had to guess then this had been in their family's generation for quite a while.

With a simple motion of his hand, he reversed the time of the lock to the front door, hearing the slight click signaling that it was now unlocked.

As he entered the house he slipped off his shoes in the doorway and tread carefully over the wooden floor. He wasn't a fiend, so he'd rather not desecrate the entire house by dragging his dirty shoes through the entire place.

He stood in the hallway for a little bit, as he remembered that he had no idea where to look first.

Though, he seemed to be lucky. One of the rooms had a door open, and he could see the foot end of a futon through the doorway, figuring it was likely a fifty percent chance of being the right bedroom, he walked in.

However, as he leaned in against the doorframe he found out quickly he wasn't alone.

Sitting by the side of the futon, sat no one other than Saeko, who knelt down beside her sleeping father with her eyes closed.

She hadn't registered that he was there yet, she seemed either really tired and fatigued or just deep in thought.

Deciding he should probably be quiet about it, and not startle the already weak man, Naruto crouched down behind Saeko and slowly tapped her on the shoulder a couple of times.

She instantly flinched as her eyes flew open, and with a quick movement slammed her elbow backyard to hopefully knock all the air out of the intruder's lungs.

Naruto had to mentally chuckle as a small smile settled on his face, and he raised a palm to catch her elbow. He watched as she turned her head and spotted him, and slowly raised a finger to his lips.

She watched him intensely and stared into his calm red eyes. Stiff as a board as she pulled back her elbow, and maintained the eye contact with the now revealed devil that had snuck up behind her.

Her mouth opened, but no sound came out as he lowered his finger from his lips and snuck over to crouch down beside her.

With slow movement, he raised a palm toward her sleeping father. A blue circle with roman numbers appeared beneath the futon he was laying on, as he closed his eyes.

A concentrated expression fell on his face as an identical blue circle appeared in front of his open palm, but smaller in size so it would fit with his hand.

The sound of a faint humming noise started to fill the room as he turned his hand to the left, and the circles spun in tune with his movement.

The circles glowed. It was as if the rays of 'magical' light wrapped around him, but shone the brightest around the chest area.

They kept spinning for a few minutes before they along with the light disappeared. And the room was once again dark, appearing darker than before since their eyes had gotten used to the light.

His red eyes were the remaining visible thing in the pitch-black room. Figuring the work was done, he watched over her for a few minutes until he sensed the older man on the floor starting to wake up.

With a mock salute that his old teacher used to make, he started to back out of the room, disappearing without any trace before she could get the chance to notice.

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Woohoo, I managed to finish it. Hit some bumps along the road, associated with what I said in the first notes. Well, anyhow, it's finished and I hope you liked it. Let me know what you thought about it.

The timetables will have to shift around a bit, my original plan had the rating game in the next chapter, but eh… that won't happen. I've had to push things around in the outline after every chapter, and this one was no different.

It'll be written soon though, so don't worry too much about it. There is just a lot of things I want to address first.