章 157: Chapter 157: Amused
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"Stop calling me that," Raynare immediately grunted out. Slowly turning her head to show Naruto her unamused face, she demanded bluntly, "What do you want, Uzumaki?"
"I want to know why you in a corner brooding when a party is going on." Naruto answered honestly.
"You act as if I want to attend a party with a bunch of devils. When it comes down to it I am still a fallen angel in their eyes, and in my own as well. Fallen angels and devils don't mix," Raynare replied harshly. "Plus, not like I have a lot to celebrate. You are the one who won the match. I got eliminated in my first battle."
Naruto figured that second thing was what was really bothering her. Raynare was so prideful that losing to Ravel no doubt bothered her.
Her elimination of Karlamine and Siris was by ambush, so her battle with Ravel was her only real battle in the match.
Not the best showcase of her abilities, being eliminated so quickly.
"You really have nothing to be ashamed of. You probably could have defeated most of their team. You just happened to fight-"
"I lost to a fifteen year old girl that you proved had no actual experience in battle. Even with promotion I was completely overwhelmed by a brat like her," Raynare snapped in irritation. Her words silenced Naruto, who just waited for her to continue. Raynare stayed silent for a minute, glaring at the table. She then continued in a whisper, "When you first insisted upon training me, I told you that the world isn't fair because some people are blessed with power they haven't earned. As far as I'm concerned, this battle just proved me true."
"And back then I admitted you were partly right. Honestly, even I was a bit intimidated by Ravel. High class devils are scary.
I've never encountered a person like Ravel. Someone who could become so strong without any training whatsoever," Naruto confessed thoughtfully, looking up at the ceiling.
Naruto had long since accepted that the world wasn't fair. There would always be 'geniuses' and 'prodigies'. People who are just so naturally talented it was unfair to everyone else.
His battle with Ravel scared Naruto though because it showed Naruto how different this world was from his own.
Naruto beat Ravel, and probably any jounin level shinobi could have done the same. That didn't detract from just how powerful Ravel had been though, and she got that powerful by pure talent.
No training whatsoever. That was something Naruto hadn't ever experienced before. Even people like Sasuke and Neji still had to train to become powerful.
They just learned faster. Ravel wasn't like that. That all came as natural as breathing to Ravel.
And that seemed the norm among the pillar families. That was the differences between devils and even the humans of Naruto's world.
Ninjas used intense training to become powerful Being powerful was just part of being a pure-blood devil.
Then there was probably the scariest thing about devils. Their lifespan. Devils just had so much time on their hands.
Ninjas had about 3 or 4 decades before their bodies started to weaken from age(assuming they start training at ten).
Some devils alive today are over 3,000 years old. The thought of Uchiha Madara having even a 1,000 years to train and hone his skills was enough to send shivers down Naruto's spine.
Devils weren't alone in that either. Angels and fallen angels. Youkai. Dragons.
There are even gods in this world. Some born with power to rival the strongest of ninjas, and thousands of years to hone that power.
It was no surprise that there are beings capable of destroying entire countries with ease when you consider that.
Even Uchiha Madara couldn't compare to some of the beings Naruto has been told about, like Great Red or Ophis.
"Yep, very scary," Naruto repeated before smiling and continuing, "Yet I beat Ravel, and I beat Riser. It might be scary, but you can still overcome it."
"You are an exception," Raynare grumbled out.
"Yeah right. I'm not an exception to anything. I was the dead last of my class. I get by on guts and hard work. No talent involved," Naruto retorted indignantly. It might be a weird thing to be proud of, but he was. Naruto wasn't a guy that could just breeze through life on talent. He fought and earned everything he gained. Leaning back and crossing his arms, he continued, "Talent can be beat with training and effort. Everything in my life has shown that to be true. Training will never betray you. You lost. Big deal. Get your ass back to training, and work that ass twice as hard this time so you won't lose next time."
Raynare just stared at him. After a minute Naruto started to get a bit uncomfortable. Finally Raynare chuckled before claiming, "I thought you were going to say something to cheer me up, but that failed completely. 'Get my ass back to training.' How was that suppose to make me feel better?"
"It wasn't it. It was a reality check to get you to stop brooding and feeling sorry for yourself," Naruto retorted quickly. Waving a waiter over, Naruto took the entire tray from the surprised guy. Placing it on the table, Naruto gestured to the tray full of glasses of champagne as he continued, "As for making you feel better, that's what getting shit faced drunk is for."
Raynare laughed at that. Not a chuckle. A full blown laugh. Probably the first one Naruto had ever heard from her. When it died down, she said in an amused voice, "For once, you say something I completely agree with, Naruto."
"Oh referring to me by my name just because I got you some alcohol. What will I get if I get you drunk? A lap dance?" Naruto questioned teasingly.
"You wish," Raynare countered as she took a glass of champagne.
"Of course. Every real man is always up for a good lap dance," Naruto declared as he took a glass himself.
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