Chapter 32: Yuuto

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Are you a sadist, god? Geh! Seems that annoyed you. Someone seems a bit insecure. Geh! That time I didn't even say your name! That's just cheating. Unfair.

Shouldn't you be setting a good example for your followers…What? No comeback…Wow, who would have guessed god is a wimp-Geh! That one had some kick behind it. Good.

You see, real men always escalate. Everything worth doing is worth overdoing. Get it, god. Geh!"

Never let it be said Naruto was a bright person. No matter how experienced or worldly he become, he'll always be the same person at heart.

The type of person that will willingly suffer pain just for the chance to annoy a person with inane chatter. The fact that god apparently didn't want devils to say his name was only a bonus.

The fact he was literally trolling god made the shooting pain in his head so worth it.

Up in heaven, Archangel Michael started developing a headache. Oh boy. He had a feeling this wasn't going to end anytime soon.

Naruto and Yuuto clashed together, their weapons hitting together repeatedly as the two exchanged blows.

Yuuto had the reach advantage, but Naruto had two weapons and maneuverability. Together with their respective strengths, the two were roughly evenly matched.

Clashing against each other in a test of strength, it was no surprise Naruto managed to force Yuuto back.

The handsome blonde proved his ability though in just using Naruto's push to fuel a jump to gain some distance.

When he hit the ground, Yuuto announced before Naruto could charge again, "Okay, Naruto. I think that's good for today."

Naruto paused at that, quickly looking at Yuuto's condition. Their sparring hadn't been hard enough that Yuuto was injured, but it was clear that he was tiring.

His chest was heaving, and he was sweating rather heavily by this point. Their spars usually ended this way, with Yuuto finally running out of stamina. So Naruto just shrugged and replied, "Okay. Good spar, Yuuto."

"You too," Yuuto politely said as he tried to regain his breath.

Naruto relaxed his stance as well. He then turned to the gauntlets he had been using to block Yuuto's sword.

Realizing he had to have a backup plan incase an enemy had a weapon, Naruto had decided to get something to allow him to block bladed weapons.

Experiments had proven that Naruto's rook defensive ability was high enough to block blades with only small cuts resulting, but Naruto didn't doubt there were weapons he couldn't withstand that way.

He decided on gauntlets as he wanted a weapon he could incorporate into his hand to hand style. He didn't have the time to learn how to correctly wield a proper weapon.

When he told Rias, she made a call to the Underworld. Within a week the special order had arrived.

Calling them gauntlets might actually be a bit inaccurate. They weren't so bulky or covering. Armored gloves is probably a more appropriate title.

The gloves themselves were a nice burnt orange, which Naruto loved, while the scattered metal plates were a gleaming white.

Their relatively small amount of metal coverings made it a bit tricky for Naruto to learn how to block blades without cutting open his fingers, but he was okay with that.

They were very light, flexible, and comfortable. He didn't want to have to wear bulky and restrictive gauntlets on his hands in a fight since he would have never been able to use hand seals like that.

The greater offensive and defensive bonuses wouldn't be worth losing his ninjutsu.

Pulling the gloves off, Naruto quickly sealed them into his wrists. He then turned to Yuuto and said, "You going back to the clubroom right away?"

Yuuto nodded before admitting, "I'm sweaty and will probably start smelling in a few minutes. I'll go back to the old school building to shower, and then go to the clubroom. You?"

"I'm thinking the same. Shower and change first," Naruto replied easily.

"Got it. See you in a bit then," Yuuto said as he moved over to a written magic circle. A few seconds later and he was gone.

Naruto just turned and walked towards the stairs out of his basement. The rest of the Occult Club had quickly seen how useful his training area was.

Rias had written the magical circle there to increase its accessibility just a week after he joined the group. It was now the go to area for training, although they still did long distance running in town. The basement wasn't that large.

Leaving the basement behind, Naruto moved to one of his numerous bathrooms to shower. Stripping his workout clothes off, he stepped under the hot water.

Naruto went to work quickly, cleaning himself of any sweat. He was out within four minutes. Putting on a quick splash of deodorant, he then walked to his room to get dressed in his academy uniform. Or at least how he usually wore it.

Closing his eyes, a magic circle sprang around him without the aid of a written circle. He waited for several seconds before opening his eyes, knowing he had arrived in the clubroom. Lifting his hands, he said nonchalantly, "Yo."

"Hello, Naruto-kun. You beat Yuuto here," Rias told him while looking at something on her desk, not reacting at all to his entrance.

"He'll be here in a minute or two, Rias-chan…Or ten. Yuuto cares about his looks a bit more than me. He has to primp and all that stuff," Naruto commented with a grin.

"I heard that," Yuuto announced as he opened the door to the clubroom.

"I know. I meant you to," Naruto replied immediately before adding, "It's me telling you in an unsubtle way that you spend too much time on your hair, Yuuto.

A guy spending so much time trying to look good makes people wonder."

"Sorry if not all of us want to play the role of scraggly lout. It's not my fault I'm good looking or that my clients prefer the prince look," Yuuto claimed without a hint of irritation in his voice.

"Excuses," Naruto huffed as he turned his head away from the bishounen. Their words were all in good fun though.

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