Naoto listened as Sonya spoke highly of the Tenth and with emotion he didn't think she was capable of. Naoto believed every word she said, as if he'd met the man already. He was someone Naoto never would have thought would be running a mafia group and he was grateful to know such a person was. If the Tenth could make Sonya appear...vulnerable just for a moment, he had to meet him. [i]I could really use his advice. I'm still not gungho about it but...I need to try and be better. Even though they've seen that I'm not fit to do this they're still standing by me. They deserve a boss who can pull through for them.[/i] Looking around at the others Naoto smiled weakly at Fionn's attempt to reassure him.

Before for he could say thanks Naoto felt that now familiar kind of annoyance he feels when Daisuke does something stupid. The spaz was at it again as he freaked out and started bumping him and Fionn. As Fionn tried to calm Daisuke down, Naoto heard someone shout at Sonya. Then, in a moment someone was holding a sword to Sonya's throat. [b]"Naoto will try and keep you up. Right, Naoto?"[/b] Before Fionn finished Naoto had already unhooked his leg from the Sun candidate and was dropping to the ground. "Sorry!" As soon as his feet touched the floor he darted towards the scene and grabbed Artemis by the shoulders pulling her away from the Sonya and the oddly familiar new arrival. Knowing Sonya could take care of herself he wanted to get the girl out of range of a fight between hitmen.

Not to his surprise, Sonya knew the man holding her at sword point. Being a mafia hitman, Sonya probably had to know about a lot of other hitmen, he assumed. What was surprising was who the man revealed himself to be. "Honda?" Naoto wasn't quite sure about who he was until Daisuke started calling to him. "Dad!?" Naoto looked at Daisuke and then at the man with a glare realizing who he is. "Vector!" As he glared at him Naoto started to see the similarities but something was clearly different. Then, as Daisuke told his father to seduce Sonya and he saw the red heads fist shake Naoto broke into a sweat. "Now he's done it..." Things only worsened as Vector decided to make a suggestion for their punishment. "We're so screwed!" He panicked thinking about how merciless Vector was to his own son during their last encounter.