That was the first impression that Yuki got when she began to regain consciousness.
Yellow eyes fluttered open, squinting at the brightness of the morning sun. Before getting up and stretching her limbs, trying to work out her aching muscles.
"...Time to go." Yuki mumbled lightly, eyes turning to look at the sleeping succubus besides her who was snoring faintly in contentment.
The hero stared at her fellow female for a heartbeat, contemplating whether she should let her have a few more minutes of sleep. She looked quite content...
That idea was squashed quickly, they didn't have time to kill.
So Yuki nudged Maria, intent on waking her up so that they could get a move on.
All that managed to do was make the succubus giggle in her sleep, turning her body to instinctively get away from her nudging.
Change of plans then.
A green aura surrounded her hand as she materialized her katana, before swinging it unerringly at the half-devil's neck-
"AHHHHHH!" Maria screamed shrilly, rolling out of her comfortable spot on the floor to avoid the blade. "What the hell!? Yuki-san!?"
"Sorry." Yuki said as she de-materialized her blade. "It was the quickest way to get you up, besides...I stopped the blade before it reached you."
The succubus didn't look impressed. "...Cold comfort when you wake up to a sword swinging at you. What, you couldn't have thought up of a better solution?"
The hero leaned down and grabbed her bag, throwing her arm around it's strap. "The fastest way. Also...Naruto told me that he would be moving out early in the morning, which means that he will be vulnerable again."
Maria's eyes softened, realization lighting up her purple orbs. "...This is about Naruto-sama, huh? Worried about him?"
Yuki stopped, considering.
"Yeah...yeah, I'm worried. It's really only a matter of time before someone finds him, but most likely...it'll be at the head of a group at least. With the little kyuubi to take care of, it will be difficult to protect himself to the best of his ability as well. He can make a lot of stupid mistakes that he might not have if he didn't have to worry about her well-being. So the faster we clear this up, the better."
The half-devil nodded slowly, standing up and grabbing her bag as well. "Alright, fair enough then. Just...try not to swing your sword at me again anytime soon. Let's not make this a habit."
Yuki felt her lips twitch upwards for a split-second.
She could definitely agree to that.
It was a new day, as evidenced from the bright sunlight that peeked through the clouds and lit up all that was under it's observation.
To many, the dawn of a new day meant that the troubles of the day before was washed away, all to make a new and clean slate.
Well...it did for those who had a bad day anyways, like Mio.
Mio winced as she kept walking to her destination, still smarting from the 'training' that she was put under. Rias-sempai really did go too far...
Though her complaining didn't really mean much if she was literally going back to train so early in the morning. She sometimes wondered if she had some masochistic tendencies...
Ah well, no one could claim that she wasn't stubborn at the very least.
The young female finally snapped out of her musings when she reached the front of the old school building, her sempai's base of operations...
She resisted the urge to jeer at it, she was still pretty sore about how much fun the high-class devil had in 'training' with her.
So the half-devil knocked on the front door, waiting for someone to open it and let her continue where she left off yesterday.
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No response, great.
"I'm coming in!" the red-head declared, opening the door and looking around to see whether anyone was inside.
After a quick check, she determined that she was alone in here.
Well...that left two options then; leave and come back later or go to the training center anyways.
The answer was obvious, damn Naruto for rubbing off his spontaneous nature to her.
Mio felt a pang in her heart at the thought that drifted through her head...Naruto...
How was he doing? Was he ok? Did he finish his objective?
Those thoughts and worries impacted her the second that she thought about the hyperactive blond, nearly causing her to trip over herself.
She missed him. She missed him a lot.
Mio sighed as she combed her hand through her bangs, why was it suddenly so quiet...? Almost oppressively so.
Where were the mischievous smirks that lit up her day? The constant hidden excitement of what crazy hijinks he would instigate that would spice up her school life? The constant security that he always gave just by being in close proximity?
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