This was what a stereotypical 'onee-sama' would do anyways.
"Ara ara Buchou, it isn't good if you tease foxy-kun too much you know? He may get strange ideas." Akeno claimed with a dainty hand covering her smiling mouth.
"Eh? But Naruto-san should be strong enough to take a little teasing from his senpai shouldn't he Akeno? Even if he can't, this will help him with experiences with older girls. As is my duty as his sempai." Rias retorted with a sly smile at her friend, framing her teasing as 'help'.
In response to this Naruto's eyebrow was beginning to twitch more frequently.
They were doing this on purpose. Maybe it was because they were the 'Great Ladies', but they were treating him like a sweet little 'kouhai' instead of the badass he was!
"That is very true Rias, but foxy-kun is not only our precious kouhai, he's also a little fox. So I think he needs to be treated like a little fox should. With treats if he's good and a little collar if he's not." Akeno replied cheerfully.
Naruto did his best to ignore the warning bells that were going off in his head about her words. He must have misunderstood her, that's the only possible explanation.
"Oi! Damn it...don't talk like I ain't here dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed, he couldn't handle their blatant teasing if they were both ganging up on him!
He looked at the other devils in the room for support but found none with Koneko-san since she was eating sweets and Kiba clearly wanted to keep out of the conversation.
"Awww, foxy-kun even has a verbal tic. You're such a cute kouhai." Akeno cooed as she began patting his head, much to his chagrin.
Doing his best to ignore her petting, he cleared his throat and looked at the Gremory heiress seriously.
"Ok you had your fun Rias-san, now that I'm here what is it that you wanted to talk about?" Naruto asked irritably.
Rias nodded in regards to Naruto's question and sat back down in her chair in order to address Naruto. She was about to speak when she noticed that someone still didn't stop their ministrations yet.
"...Akeno, please stop petting Naruto-san so that we may continue." Rias spoke with a sigh laced in her voice. Maybe they did sometimes go a little too far with the teasing.
Akeno just pouted at being ordered to stop, but she complied and decided to make some tea as the discussions began.
Rias finally could begin to elaborate on why she summoned Naruto here. "Naruto-san, there is a favor that I wish to ask of you." Rias said, going straight to the point this time.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at this, looks like she was invoking their 'agreement' earlier than he thought...
The shinobi decided to hear the girl out and make a decision based on that. "Well what is it you need Rias-san? I can take it if it's not too crazy, but sometimes I wonder with you..." Naruto said dryly.
He was referring to the agreement that all three parties made during Naruto's last visit in the club room. It was essentially a pact between all of the...'powers' of Kuoh Academy to stay out of each other's business unless it interferes with their interests and to aid one another as long as it, once again doesn't interfere with their own interests.
It was not stated nearly as eloquently as that when Naruto said it but that is what it essentially boiled down to.
Both Yuki and the Gremory group were skeptical of each other initially, but of course that's what he was for, somehow he managed to become the 'middle man' between the two groups and the deal was set.
Rias nodded at that, this agreement of theirs came at a good time, her issue was...somewhat embarrassing for her to deal with and it had to be done.
"Naruto-san, I want you to talk to a boy named Hyoudou Issei and invite him to become a devil for me." Rias said with a beatific smile.
Naruto wasn't as inspired as Rias would have hoped, his deadpanned expression told her that when he processed her words after a split-second.
"Eh...? Uh...Rias-san. Don't you have other people who can do that sort of thing?" Naruto said with a sigh, he even looked around himself to illustrate the point as the other ORC members were apparently comfortable enough with his presence by now to just...do their own things.
Rias nodded and continued to explain. "That is normally true Naruto-san, but the reason I'm sending you isn't because I can't send someone else to...it's because you're genuinely the best person for the job to send at all." Rias said seriously, her voice immediately conforming to a more deeper tone.
Her attempt at a King's voice if he ever heard one.
"Ok...I'll bite...why would I be a better choice to send than any of your Peerage members, Rias-san? They probably have a better chance to sell that sales pitch to anyone better than I can." Naruto said with a frown, he really was confused on why Rias would ask him this favor.
Rias just shook her head and smiled at Naruto for his disbelief. "It may sound somewhat strange Naruto, but please. Do this as a favor to me." Rias replied earnestly, she thoroughly believed that Naruto could turn Issei into the 'dark side' so to speak. The irony of that statement caused Rias to smirk a little which only unnerved the already confused boy in front of her.
"Good luck Naruto!" Rias said cheerfully before he could ask her anymore questions. Naruto blinked, before giving up and accepting the favor as per the agreement. Naruto quickly glanced around in order to gauge the reactions of the other Peerage members. Did they have any idea about this?
Unfortunately, they were either too preoccupied with their own things or didn't seem to care about their conversation. But most likely they were just faking it so that he couldn't gauge it from their reactions. Damn.
Well...favors were voluntary things anyways. He was just gonna ask the kid and tell him the details and accept whatever he chose.
Naruto still let loose a curse before he left the ORC main room and then left the building to find Hyoudou. This was gonna be 'fun' alright...
As Naruto left, the room remained silent before Rias let loose a small breath of air that she didn't realize she was holding. It seemed that it was the catalyst for the other occupants of the room to finally stop what they were doing and pay their full attention back to Rias.
"Um...Buchou? Is this really a good idea to be asking Naruto-san a favor from him so early on? Also why ask him about recruiting Issei? Naruto was telling the truth about not being the most eloquent person to talk to." Kiba began, asking a reasonable question.
He wanted to know why his king would ask Naruto, who only recently learned of their existence, to convince Issei to become a devil. Even if Naruto was eloquent, wouldn't it be better if it's someone who knew of all of the perks of being a devil to go and ask Issei?
"You're absolutely correct Kiba. But before we go onto this subject further, I'd like to ask all of you something...have any of you noticed?" Rias asked with a serious face. All of her members looked confused at this question, Rias then just gave them all an enigmatic grin before settling herself back to her desk.
"Then for now, I'll just have to ask you all to trust me and watch the fireworks with me." Rias finished.
Luckily for Naruto, his last class ended before he was done with his talk with the ORC.
Unluckily, he now had a new mission.
Ask Hyoudou Issei to give up his humanity for devilhood.
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