"Now now, we just met haven't we? It wouldn't be good if I gave up all of my secrets to an 'unknown variable' now would it?" the fallen leader said, though Naruto had to wonder how he knew. "By the way, you have nothing to worry about if you think that I am going to spread my knowledge of you to other factions. It was obvious that you were hiding for a reason and I need you to help me out...so I definitely can't alienate you."
Naruto just huffed at his words, but he could accept his reasoning and see that he wasn't lying. He was pretty good at detecting liars.
"Fine fine, I admit that I do want to help. But it doesn't mean that I will do what you want, after all I just want to make sure that war doesn't start...not help you with whatever your ambitions are." Naruto stated seriously, he had no idea what Azazel wanted after all. He didn't want to help a guy who had some dark plan to rule the world or something.
He dealt with one of those types already.
Azazel just waved his hands in the air in the universal sign of surrender before speaking. "Don't worry, this is relatively simple and straightforward. You may not believe me but I actually want peace rather than war myself, mostly because war-making interrupts my more interesting pursuits. All I want you to do Naruto...is to defeat Vretiel." the leader of the fallen spoke with a smirk.
The shinobi tilted his head and narrowed his eyes at the fallen before speaking.
"...That's it? That's all you want from me Azazel-san?" Naruto asked with a dubious tone in his voice. In response to the blond's disbelief, Azazel merely shrugged.
"There might be something else I want along with it, something that will make the mission more difficult for you I'm sure. Although you don't really seem like the killing type, I want to make sure that as many of my wayward subordinates are captured so that I may deal with them personally. Especially those who are close to Vretiel in blood or association...like her daughter for example." the elder fallen said casually, almost like he was commenting on the weather rather than giving details to a mission.
Naruto placed his chin on the palm of his hand as he turned back towards the exciting prospect of catching a fish. "Depends on what you're planning on doing to them once they're captured. I don't like the idea of people being captured and then tortured for information you know?" Naruto said with little emotion on his face. The thought sort of made him feel a little sick to be honest, one thing to kill someone...another thing to torture them.
"Do you think of me that badly? I only wish to make sure that they won't betray me later on by placing them under house arrest. Despite how I may seem like to you...I actually do care about what happens to my people." the fallen retorted smartly, although admittedly he wasn't being fully honest about what he was going to do with Vretiel's close 'associates'.
But the blond didn't need to know that yet. Telling half-lies were among the best ways to lie to someone.
"Also, you won't be doing this for free. Since this is something actually pretty important...I am willing to owe you a favor. Eh? How does owning a favor from the great Azazel-sama sound? Not bad eh?" Azazel boasted towards the still unknown variable.
Naruto didn't look too impressed.
"It would be one thing if that favor came from a reliable source...another thing if it came from a weird guy who likes to fish too much." Naruto replied smartly, honestly he could probably accept the fallen's proposal. He probably was gonna go over to that abandoned church and beat the crap out of everyone anyways, Azazel's request was more like a side-mission more than anything else. But getting a favor from a leader of a faction could help him with his little side-project...
While Naruto wanted to get back to the Elemental Nations as soon as possible. He figured that while he was here, he could at least help in trying to secure peace in this world. So he decided to specifically aim at paving the way to peace so that others could finish the job. At least then, he wouldn't just go through his days waiting for a chance to get home. So Azazel's offer was actually a good deal, especially when he was planning to do it anyways.
"Considering that you will have knowledge of this little incident...I think that it is in my own best interest to make sure that you are satisfied with this arrangement. Besides that as a guarantee...I got nothing. You're just going to have to trust me, like I am going to have to trust you." Azazel finished with a small smile.
Naruto just smirked at that, he supposed he could do that. After this discussion, he felt that the fallen leader was at least someone he could trust.
Well...mostly...kinda?
"Alright alright. You got yourself a deal Azazel-san, now take me back to Kuoh Town...I have no idea how to get home." Naruto said blandly while trying to reel in what he thought was a fish.
Turned out that it was seaweed. Damn it he hated fishing.
"Oh fine, I suppose you got school anyways right? Man...teenagers in this day and age get no fun eh? Give me a sec and don't flinch." Azazel said while standing up and flexing his wings. Before Naruto could question the strange statement, Azazel wrapped his wings around Naruto.
They disappeared from the face of the lake.
If one were to look at the Uzumaki residence around two in the morning, they would think that it was being invaded by a thief. But their assumption would be incorrect since the 'thief' in question was just trying to get back into his own home. The blond shinobi was slowly climbing up into the window of the bathroom again, it seemed that Mio had locked the door as revenge for escaping her wrath.
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