Yuki was walking in the hallways of Kuoh Academy with her bag, she was currently on a mission of great importance. A mission that several people seemed to have taken upon themselves to complete today...mostly due to her friend's bad luck no doubt.
The mission? Catch 'the Naruto'.
She ignored the fact that she just treated her friend as if he was an animal.
It seemed that the Student Council under Shitori Sona was currently hunting down her friend in order to force him to go to detention for all of the classes he has missed. Not only that, but detention seemed to include remedial classes for any students that were failing their classes. A measure seemingly directed by the kaichou herself.
At least that was the reason yesterday...she had no idea why they were chasing him now. Maybe for the same reason, or a new reason entirely?
Nevertheless, the moment he heard of their hunt, Naruto had ran as fast as he could to dodge these 'punishments from hell' as he called them.
So her mission was simple. Find Naruto before the student council caught him so that they could begin their tutoring sessions.
The kaichou should be reasonable enough to see that her tutoring would help make the blond a better student, he was a human that needed to integrate into modern society after all. Despite all of his ridiculous claims that he wouldn't need education for anything useful, she was sure that he just needed a friendly push in the right direction.
So she was searching for her blond friend, she figured that if she looked for the area that seemed to have the most commotion, then she would find her objective.
Where was that currently?
Well considering the dull roar of noise that was coming from outside the building, she thought that she could make an educated guess.
But before she could go down the stairs...
"Nonaka Yuki-san."
The hero immediately ceased her movements and briefly had her hand twitch.
It was itching for the comforting handle of Sakuya on it's palm.
She sent a side-glance towards the one who called her name. Slightly wary that she would speak to her now after all of this time. They've been doing a good job of ignoring each other's presence so far...so what changed?
"...Gremory-san. Himejima-san." Yuki intoned while unintentionally clenching and un-clenching her fists, while she now wanted to be on better terms with the devils of Kuoh Academy...she didn't feel comfortable facing them without her blade.
Old habits die hard it seemed.
Blue-green eyes trained themselves on yellow, as their owners continued to stare one-another down without speaking. The contest was ended abruptly though, as one person realized that they wouldn't be alone in that hallway forever.
"Buchou." Akeno said simply, trying to get her friend to concentrate on the task at hand.
It seemed to have done the trick.
Rias politely coughed onto her hand in order to collect her thoughts, this wasn't exactly easy to say. She has been taught to fear and consistently stay vigilant against the legendary heroes of old since she was a child.
Now there was one in front of her.
She didn't trust her. Not for one moment. Especially when the lives of her Peerage were at stake on that trust.
But she trusted Naruto to be a reliable third-party. That was enough for her for the moment, but this still needed to be said.
"Nonaka-san. We have been enjoying somewhat of a...status quo haven't we?" Rias asked rhetorically, while inclining her head politely.
Yuki nodded cautiously, she knew what Rias meant. Despite her earlier conviction of making allies with the devils here, she was thoroughly uncomfortable with approaching them without either Naruto...or her sword. The devils seemed to share the same conviction as she did, so there was a somewhat unofficial status quo in effect.
They avoided one another like some sort of deadly disease.
That alone was actually very satisfying for Yuki, as the simple fact that they haven't attempted to kill each other yet was actually quite the achievement. Whenever devils and heroes have met, conflict always ensued, so she was actually content with the baby steps regarding their relationship with one another.
Yet here Gremory was, doing...something.
"Yes. I suppose we have Gremory-san...that isn't a problem is it?" Yuki asked with a steady stare.
Rias did her best to ignore the annoyance that she was beginning to feel, she was the diplomat between the two. She had to keep her cool in such delicate situations, she was practically raised since she was a child to do such things.
Didn't make it easy though.
"...I felt that considering the circumstances...that we should resolve our differences for now in order to promote harmony with our little group session in the future." Rias said simply with a politician's smile.
Yuki stared at the red-headed devil blankly. Circumstances? "I fear that I have no idea what you are talking about Gremory-san."
Both devils turned towards one another in confusion. Did Naruto not tell her about the training session he proposed yet?
"Hasn't Naruto told you...? Well, if not then the responsibility falls to me it seems. Earlier today Naruto has suggested that everyone involved in our little 'pact' should go on a training trip. All in order to better prep ourselves for future conflicts and to improve relations with each other. You aren't aware of this?" Rias asked with a curious look. They literally talked about it yesterday...so surely.
Ah.
Nonaka wasn't here yesterday was she? They don't live together either, so school was probably the only time they can meet each other.
He was currently dodging the relentless student council at this very moment as well. Apparently he pranked the student council room in retaliation for the morning chase that they instigated yesterday...so he probably wouldn't have had the chance to tell her.
Yuki widened her eyes at the new information. When had this happened? Why didn't Naruto tell her?
Looking at the hero's shocked reaction, Rias concluded that Naruto definitely has not spoken to her yet. "I see...you two have much to talk about. I only wished to propose a...'truce' for lack of a better term. That way we could all get the best experience from this trip, what do you think Nonaka-san?"
Yuki was still slightly stunned from the rather new and abrupt information, but she was cognizant enough to nod her head at the high-class devil's words. A truce sounded like a good idea considering the circumstances.
But she still couldn't quite believe that she was agreeing to what amounted to a cease-fire between a group of devils and a hero...
"...It's quite surprising that we are even talking about this isn't it?" Yuki voiced her own amazement at what they were even contemplating. Her words caused Rias' eyes to widen slightly as well.
She didn't really think about it but...yeah. A truce between supernatural factions was one thing...but a truce with a human hero in any capacity was something of a far-fetched idea.
Yet here they were.
"...Yeah...you're right Nonaka-san. Let's work hard together ok, 'hero'?" Rias said with a small and tentative smile. She then extended her hand to shake.
Yuki stared at the hand.
She took it in a handshake. "Yeah...let's work hard 'devil'." Yuki said with a small smile of her own.
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