Naruto was still slightly surprised by Yuki's new demeanor after their clash in the forest, she was a hell of a lot calmer and friendly...in her own way anyways.
There were times where she would offer her help at the most awkward of times and with the most awkward of things...
He really should have seen such incidents coming when she offered to give him a massage after he complained of back pains in the middle of the street. The looks he got from several pedestrians were as embarrassing as one would expect, the thumbs ups he got didn't help.
He supposed that it probably had something to do with the fact that she was probably socially awkward...after all she was training to be a hero most of her life right? So that would explain it since she probably had few friends.
He just wished she chose better times to offer her weird requests.
Naruto shook his head for a second in order to forget the weirdness his life took recently, he actually had a question he was meaning to ask Yuki for a while now. But first he had to move away from the wandering eyes and ears of his classmates.
Not so hard since Yuki was still pestering him about tutoring sessions with her.
The shinobi kept walking with the class representative right on his heels, he took a turn for the stairs that led up to the roof of the building. As he reached the door leading to the roof top, he turned to check if his persistent friend was still behind him and confirmed that she still following him with that stare of hers.
He ignored it and pressed onward to the rooftop where they could have the private discussion he wanted, it was also where Mio wanted to meet up for lunch later. But since her class was at the bottom floor, they had a little bit of time before she arrived.
He faced Yuki again with intent but was forced to look away again at the very heavy stare she was giving, what the hell...she was even more insistent than usual!
"Jiiiiiiiiiiiii"
She was even making sound effects! Just how determined was she!?
Naruto sighed and decided that this needed to be dealt with. "Yuki, why do you want to tutor me so bad? I know you have your responsibilities but surely other people wouldn't go so far or be so persistent in tutoring someone else." Naruto said, while they were friends now it was still strange.
Yuki stopped her staring for a moment to contemplate her friend's question, why was she being so persistent? Was it because she felt that she owed him? Maybe because she wanted to help a friend? She frowned at that last one, friend...when was...?
"Ah." Yuki said with realization. She then turned to Naruto and relayed her findings.
"It's because you're my first friend." she said simply.
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"...Wait really?" Naruto asked with wide eyes, he was her first friend? But what about the other heroes? But before Naruto could voice that thought, she continued.
"When hero children first start their training, they are taken in by an established hero to become their sensei. I...lost my sensei and was eventually trained by my adopted father. For the most part I would train and study instead of socialize with the other hero children, so you're my first friend." Yuki eventually repeated.
She supposed she was just doing what she thought friends did, which was help each other.
Naruto groaned at this, so she was really socially awkward then? He never really noticed it since he focused more on her fighting skills rather than her social life. Well at least one mystery was solved, now to the next one.
"Hey Yuki, I have a question that I think is pretty important. It's about our fight in the forest." Naruto said, hoping that Yuki would understand why he was asking.
Yuki turned back to Naruto with a certain glint in her eye which told the blond that his friend was up to something, something he probably isn't going to like.
"If I answer your question, then you have to allow me to tutor you like sensei asked me to." Yuki said with that glint still in her eye. Naruto deadpanned at the girl for her attempts at milking the situation, but unfortunately for Naruto he didn't have much time left. Mio would no doubt have trouble finding where the roof was since she was new here, but she would find her way eventually.
"...Deal." Naruto said through grit teeth, that hurt much more than he thought it would.
Yuki gave him a small smile, in triumph or in gratitude he really wasn't sure. "What do you wish to know Naruto?" Yuki asked, obviously satisfied.
Naruto just 'hmphed' and asked his question. "How does your True Sight work?" Naruto asked with a small frown.
Yuki returned the frown with one of her own at the question, why ask her this?
"I don't understand, you figured out it's weakness during our battle. So you should know how it works by this point shouldn't you?" Yuki asked, somewhat unsure of why Naruto asked her this question. She then widened her eyes when a thought occurred to her. "...You really don't know? Then how did you know to not look into my eyes?" Yuki asked with incredulity.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly then responded. "That's just it...I didn't. I just knew that as long as your face wasn't in my general direction, then for some reason your power turned off." Naruto said, shrugging helplessly.
Yuki just shook her head in disbelief.
The hero looked at Naruto for a moment before beginning her explanation, she had nothing to fear from a friend after all. "True Sight is a Sacred Gear that inhabits my blade; Sakuya. It is a gear that gives the user the power to avoid any of the enemy's attacks without fail." Yuki explained steadily.
Naruto was somewhat amazed at such an incredible ability.
Yuki simply continued her explanation.
"The True Sight gives the user the speed to keep up with their opponent as long as they retain eye contact with them, all attacks that are done at a certain range are completely blocked or dodged in accordance to the Sacred Gear, in short the Gear moves your body for you if you allow it to. The weakness you exploited of True Sight is the fact that you used that little knife of yours to to attack me which was outside of True Sights range and that you attacked me from behind with that cloning ability of yours." Yuki said simply. She didn't seem particularly broken up by her loss, but she did seem a little down when she told him the weaknesses of her Sacred Gear.
"I get it...so then all I need to do is back you up so that nobody can use those weaknesses against you. Simple right? After all friends always got each other's backs." Naruto smirked at her. That earned him a small smile in return.
They stayed silent for a little while just enjoying the quiet contemplation that Naruto's words brought before hearing a voice that broke both of them out of their reverie.
"...Am I interrupting something?" drawled a feminine voice.
Naruto snapped his neck towards the voice before a comical sweatdrop began to form.
"...Ah...hey there imouto!" Naruto said cheerfully, much to the ire of the younger girl. The girl was none other than Naruse Mio, decked out in her new Kuoh Academy uniform for girls and had her lunch in her hands. Truth be told Naruto completely forgot about her coming for a moment since he was so concentrated on Yuki's explanation of her Gear.
"...Hi there...oni-...onii...nii-san." Mio grumbled with a glare at the spiky haired youth. Naruto supposed that she was still upset about the fact that since Naruto announced that Mio was his sister to the student council president and due to the rules at Kuoh, he had to have Mio down as his younger sister from abroad.
So they had to publicly address each other as brother and sister...or at least that's what Maria said they should do. She seemed to enjoy this far more than what was appropriate. Nevertheless, Mio has already threatened to kill him a hundred times several times already by now.
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