The real Naruto widened his eyes, they weren't in any kind of cohesive order...! If that large area of effect attack hit them...!
It'd be every man for himself.
Knowing this, one of his clones immediately grabbed him by the arm and threw him away from the incoming attack.
Naruto watched as the entire clone army was obliterated in one shot, not standing a chance with a small blue orb as a defense.
He gracefully landed on the ground and regarded the bird that has gone airborne again.
...Looks like he should prepare for the worst.
This thing may well force him to bring out the big guns.
With that in mind, he quickly created another clone, one with a very specific task.
The clone in question glanced at his creator, unsure of this was really a necessary measure...but not questioning it either.
Just in case...even though it's been a long time...they'd use their secret weapon.
"...It's been a while since we've resorted to that, eh Boss?" the clone muttered with a grin.
"...Yeah, just send it to me the second you've gathered enough. I'll end it with one blow." the real Naruto retorted, a sly grin on his face.
With that in mind, the clone dashed off, seeking to find a safe area to find some solitude and safety.
*SCREEEEE*
Naruto turned back to the beast and jumped away from it's latest attack, moving on top of a rock formation and away from the small canyon area he was in.
Fire was spewed like a flamethrower, flowing down the canyon like a river of lava that had no end in sight.
Turning the rocks around the area into molten rock, almost heating it to the point of turning it into magma.
But that wasn't what Naruto was paying attention to.
The large bird continued to spew the deadly flames, it's mindless destruction continuing, but if it didn't stop soon...then those flames would eventually lead back to...
Naruto raced towards the bird, seeking to grab it's attention before the flames it was spreading reached the castle at the end of the small canyon they were in.
He glanced towards the castle, seeing frantic movement inside it's confines.
Come on...! He wasn't going to make it!
Before he could stress about the situation further however, large silver magic barriers formed all across the area of the castle that the flames were moving to.
Naruto grinned, he recognized that magic circle!
He'd thank her later, but first things first.
The shinobi continued his trek to the massive creature, before inhaling a lot of air...
"HEY! BIRD-BRAIN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WASTING YOUR TIME WITH THEM!? YOUR FIGHT IS WITH ME YOU STUPID FUCK! COME AT ME!" Naruto screamed at the fiery beast, goading it to following him as he jumped high in the air.
The fiery creature noticed it's challenge and began flapping it's wings, preparing to give chase, taking their battle to the skies.
"G-Grayfia!" Rias shouted, immensely thankful that the maid was intervening.
The entire castle was in complete disarray, nobles screaming in fear of the monster that has appeared outside the castle.
Rias, Sona, and Mio managed to keep their wits about them, but Rias and Mio nearly fell into panic themselves when they noticed that the Gremory's Peerage was chasing after Issei and his quest to keep Riser's younger sister from getting herself killed.
Luckily, Naruto intervened and prevented them from getting killed, but that only managed to raise more alarm bells to her.
Naruto's clones...one of which were capable enough to destroy her and her Peerage...were completely overwhelmed.
She couldn't have been more thankful that the queen of her brother had stopped the massive doses of flames that were soaring towards the castle with her magic barriers.
"Rias-sama, Sona-sama, Mio-sama, all of you must back away from the front of the castle grounds, my barriers will stop the flames themselves...but the heat from them will still do immense damage in close quarters." Grayfia said sternly, pointing out that they weren't exactly safe yet.
Mio was watching the state of the front of the castle, checking the damage.
It was getting bad...despite the fact that the maid's barriers were stopping the flames, it was still melting the entire front of the castle...
She looked up, seeing the massive flaming bird soar to the sky, most likely chasing after Naruto.
Was he luring it away from them...?
"Grayfia-san, why aren't you stopping that creature? Surely the duel has been canceled by this point, it's posing a threat to not only Uzumaki-san...but to the occupants of the castle as well." Sona questioned quickly, seeking for some sort of solution.
Grayfia turned away from them, looking at the flames that were still burning outside the barrier despite the fact that the phoenix has stopped it's attack, the flames were simply that strong, continuously perpetuating itself.
So strong that she legitimately had to work at keeping them at bay.
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