Author's Note:Yo guys here's part three! I finished a bit more so updates will keep flowing like this for a bit befre I actually have to start writing new content xD. Enjoy this new chapter see ya in the after notes I hope you guys enjoy the story and leave me nice reviews so I know if I should continue.
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Naruto woke up, it has been a couple months since he found Nozomi and he had learned quite a lot of the universe outside his little planet, and many more stuff she'd forced him to learn after she first saw his daily life ad discovered of his problems.
-Flashback/start-
Naruto had woken up the day after his meeting with the partner machine prototype "Good morning Naruto-sama" came the voice of Nozomi.
'So... it wasn't a dream eh?, wait... didn't I tell her yesterday to stop it with the -sama?' Naruto thought as he raised up from the bed.
"Ano... Naruto-sama I have a question" the little machine said while Naruto was stretching his limbs.
"What is it Nozomi?" Naruto said yawning a bit while dressing up, Nozomi herself bringing him a shirt.
"Well... you see I was checking the quarters, and I noticed the lack of food other than instant noodles, do you have your nutriments stored somewhere else?" she said and Naruto stiffened.
'H-how am I gonna explain this...' "well... you see... I ... don't have any food... other than that ramen" Naruto said tentatively, Nozomi seemed to think a bit before speaking again.
"Then you should go buy food if you have no plans for today" she began but was interrupted by Naruto.
"Yeah... you see that's the problem I... can't... buy food, they won't sell it to me at normal prices at least, instant ramen is cheap enough for me to buy and they don't overprice me with it" Naruto said waiting for what was to come.
"... Why would people overprice you or not sell their goods to you at all master?" Nozomi asked obviously taken aback by this behavior.
-Flashback/end-
Naruto told Nozomi how he had been shunned from society for as long as he could remember and how mobs tended to beat and chase him from time to time, he told her of the insults and the particular mention of the word "demon" how he would be overpriced by everything he bought except by the kind old couple in the convenience store who sold few things, the ramen cups among them, how he was shunned by most adults and even his teachers with a few exemptions, like Iruka who was too strict of a teacher and kept a neutral opinion of him, the Hokage who visited him at least once a month to make sure he was fine (which he lied of being to not bother the old man), the Ramen stand owner and his daughter, and few other people.
When Nozomi asked Naruto what he meant by "ninja" Naruto was a bit taken a back but he remembered she came from outer space and there wasn't ninjas in the Guhral system, so he told Nozomi what ninja were and how much of a part of Aetheria they formed.
Nozomi appeared saddened by the way her master was treated and she realized that for now there was hardly anything she could do, she asked Naruto if he could bring books from the library, all kinds of books and any he could get his hands on, Naruto asked her why, and she answered that to help him she would first need to know the culture of the planet as well as the resources she could work with, he barely understood her but agreed nevertheless.
Luckily as a academy student he ha permission to take a total of 5 books from the library at once and the librarian girl was nice to him, as she gave him permission to take 6 books, and while he wasn't allowed into the shinobi archive until he was in his 3'rd year in the academy, it didn't matter for Nozomi had asked him of any kind of books not shinobi ones.
After a couple days Naruto learned that Nozomi read a book in 30 minutes and had it memorized for references, she had told him that if he could get the proper ingredients from nature, she'd teach him how to cook something healthier than ramen, she was surprised at the ease Naruto learned what she taught him, and after listening to his supposed prowess in academy she deduced that the teachers were trying to sabotage his growth, though she kept quiet until a more convenient time to reveal it.
Naruto, in a span of a week had become a proficient hunter tanks to the lessons from Nozomi, to get his supplies, he went and asked Izumo and Kotetsu, to let him out of the village for a while, once outside he (with help from Nozomi) hunted deers, rabbits, birds, recollected mushrooms, eggs, and other stuff and once he had enough he placed it all in the Nanotransformer and went back home as if nothing happened, once he got home Nozomi would guide him in how to cook something edible.
Both Nozomi and Naruto had managed to remain undetected even by the hokage who would come to Naruto's house at least once a month, he managed to seal everything into the Nanotransfer and hide it under his bed when the old man came.
Nozomi would teach Naruto how to read and write when she saw that no one bothered teaching him squat in kindergarten, once again she got surprised at Naruto's learning speed and she began wondering if she should teach him knowledge from Guhral, her answer came when she saw how Naruto kept talking about becoming a Guardian, after Naruto had solid bases for his ninja academy (reading and writing since he learned quite fast) she began teaching him about Gurhal history.
Naruto had been exited when Nozomi begun teaching him about the Guhral system, he was fascinated by everything that the universe was comprised of, from the fact that there might be billions of other planets and civilizations yet t o be discovered, to the beauty of the ones that were known, which brought him to wonder something.. how was Nozomi understanding him so well? If his culture was so different from theirs how could she be programed with a language like his own?.
"Ne.. Nozomi... how can you understand what I say? I know you have knowledge from all over guhral but if cultures are so different why is language not?" Naruto wondered, thirst for knowledge in his mind.
"Well you see Naruto actually you are right but there happens to be a incredible coincidence in some facts" she began and Naruto immediately put attention
"Well first of all your culture has many similarities with that of Neudaiz, from architecture to etiquettes, if what I read about the Hyuuga is true, as for the language, there is an old language in Neudaiz similar to your own and while it is not the same, it contains enough similarities that I was able to comunicate with you, which brings me to a new topic in Guhral history, the Neumans and Neudaiz".
Nozomi began her lectures, and while Naruto had trouble following Iruka in the shinobi academy he always found Nozomi's lectures entertaining and fulfilling so he payed attention.
-An hour later-
"And that concludes today's lesson Naruto, when you get back I'll teach you about beasts and Moatoob, and once we're finished I'll begin explaining Photon energy" she said and Naruto nodded exited about the events to come.
Naruto had seen holo-recordings from training missions with Guardians from Nozomi's data, and had been marveled how these men and woman wielded these bright weapons and how they made awesome jutsus without handsigns an only waving a stick in the air, she had told him those were part of photon energy and they'd see that later, so he waited patiently.
Grabbing a lunch box made he made with Nozomi's help Naruto went towards the academy, in the shinobi academy he had quickly done much better thanks to Nozomi's guidance and his own fast learning, he had in two months reached the top 10 of the class and learned a lot, he even managed to perform one of the 3 basic jutsus, the henge, which the rest of the class was barely getting the hang on, including the academy's #1 student Uchiha Sasuke, 'that guy really needs to relax a bit...' Naruto thought.
Unaware of the attention he was beginning to get himself, particularly from a couple guys one with his hair tied like a pineapple and his chubby friend, as well as the curious glances of one white eyed, blue haired girl, Naruto kept advancing in grades until he was around the 3rd seat in class, right behind Haruno Sakura, yet his increase in grades were something he did not bother to keep tabs on, he focused more in studying everything even things outside what the ninja class covered, a prime example of this came when while in class break instead of playing with the rest of the class (try to play anyway since he was mostly rejected) he sat at a tree's shade and began reading a couple of books that seemed too hard for a 8 year old like [advanced mathematics] and [physics IV] and other books.
On this day however, during break, he took out a strategy book, this brought the attention of the pineapple haired kid as Naruto began playing with himself ina weird black & white shogi board with weird pieces, the boy approached Naruto followed by his chubby friend "Hey Naruto... what is that thing you're playing?" the pineapple haired boy asked.
Naruto glanced at him from above his [basic and advanced chess strategy] book and swiftly said "It is a chess board, a foreign board game, similar to shogi, but I find it more entertaining without the captured pieces, not to mention faster" Naruto answered and this brought the attention of the boy, further.
"Chess? I think I played it before... ne?... can I play?" the boy said and this made Naruto close his book to take a look at him.
After a bit Naruto seemed to nod a bit "Sure, why not, it is much better to apply strategy with a real opponent rather than simple simulations" Naruto said and to his surprise the boy nodded seemingly understanding what he meant.
"Yeah I know what you mean... name is Nara Shikamaru" the boy said putting his hand in front of Naruto who shook it "And this is Akamichi Choiji".
Naruto took his hand and shook it "Nice to meet you Shikamaru-san I am Uzumaki Naruto, greetings to you as well Chouji-san" 'One thing that Nozomi drilled into me... proper manners' Naruto thought.
And so Naruto and Shikamaru began playing chess, the match lasted a while but in the end Naruto won "Woah, Nice strategy, you completely closed my options before actually attacking, how ingenious,though that queen was overkill" the Nara heir said "though my forte is shogi, I must admit you're good".
Naruto chuckled a bit "perhaps another day we can play shogi to see how I fare" Naruto said before sitting up and stretching his limbs before sitting again this time opening his obento.
They all sat in peaceful silence for awhile, Naruto taking out another book, this one about cooking, Chouji began discussing with him about Natural recipes and how to correctly cook meat after finishing Chouji shared some chips with Naruto and Shikamaru, which surprised Shikamaru slightly, for Chouji only shared food with him or, on occasion, Ino.
After the bell rang they returned to class, Naruto getting himself immersed in his books only stopping on occasion to answer Iruka's questions and ignoring him when he told Naruto to pay attention.
After school Naruto headed back home quickly, anxious to learn about Beasts and their planet "Moatoob", which sounded like a mixture of Kaze, Kaminari and Tsuchi no kuni, only planet-sized.
"Nozomi-chan! I'm home!" Naruto said and the little orange sphere floated to greet him.
"Hello Naruto-sama, had a good day in academy I presume?" she asked Naruto nodded while he went to bath and change into more comfortable clothes Nozomi in the meanwhile kept scanning books to add into her database after a while Naruto got dressed and sat eagerly expecting Nozomi's lesson "always so eager when it comes down to these thing eh?" she said with traces of a smile in her voice.
-A month later-
"Naruto-sama" Nozomi called to have Naruto's spiky head pop up from some scrolls Naruto was reading "remember about a month ago when I told you you couldn't perform TECHNICs because of the lack of the Photon technology to make the weapons, rods and wands?" she asked, only to have Naruto nod sadly, he had after all hopes of using those "cool seal-less jutsus" as he called them "well... I don't want to raise your hopes too much but... I think I might be able to solve that issue" she said and Naruto perked up.
"What!?" Naruto tossed the scrolls he was reading away as he cleared the table and sat upright anxious about what he was about to hear "so... what is it Nozomi?, did you figure a way for you to get photon energy?".
"Not exactly Naruto-sama, you see I've been analyzing this... chakra your people use and discovered some similarities to Photon energy, technically it would normally take us years before I manage to reproduce the Photon energy effect necessary to create most of the technology and lets not even delve into TECHNICs themselves you'd never be capable of doing them until we get to guhral and got a proper wand or rod" she said and Naruto nodded remembering his bad luck.
"However, after studying about Chakra I came to the conclusion that it might be possible for you to Use Photon energy due to the simmilarities between both energy signatures it would be theorethically possible to store chackra and through a series of electromagnetic pulses adjust the wavelength to purify it into Photon energy, it would take a mid-genin level chakra reserves to produce Photon energy, it is not enough to do anything much with it but enough for me to take a sample and once I have it, I can design a properway to produce and store Photon energy to power various photon devices and such" Naruto was big eyed by now "but I cant do it right now since it is only a theory, I still need to research and make a device that could help you turn Chakra into Photon energy and even if done it s a 50 to 60% possibility of success".
"It's alright Nozomi-chan!, it is still better than nothing and if successful we might reach Guhral much sooner than before! I'd say go for it" Naruto said with a smile.
She whirled mid air as if happy to recieve Naruto's praise and permission "I will do my best to help you Naruto-sama!".
"Quit it with the -sama" he sighed "so how long will it be before the device is ready?" Naruto asked before his belly rumbled "oh ehem... gonna grab me a quick ramen cup".
"It is still in it's development stage but if everything goes according to plan, the device will be ready in approximately a year"she said as she floated towards Naruto.
"I really don't know why you eat that stuff in spite of it's lack of nutrients" she said as Naruto was taking a steaming cup of ramen from the nanotransformer and began eating the noodles.
"I already told you Nozomi, it is not all about the nutrition, there is also taste, and Ramen is delicious, even the instant ones, besides I do carry a healthy diet, you are witness to that moreover I dont think you should be speaking when you can't even eat" Naruto said as he wolfed down the cup and emptied the rest on his mouth.
"Who said I couldn't eat? I cant "enjoy" the flavors but I can "eat" anything quite literally" she said much to the flabbergasted face of naruto.
Naruto was aghast he had just been told but his shock quickly turned into curiosity when his mind was flooded by a question in particular.
"Ne Nozomi, you're joking right? how can a machine eat?" Naruto asked.
Nozomi seemed to just gaze at Naruto with a blank stare (hard to read in her metallic face but Naruto more or less understood her "expressions".
"Actually Naruto-sama its not exactly "eating" more like dissasembly its data,remember how I told you photon storge works on the nanotransformer? it turns things physical things into light particles that contain their data and then stores it inside its digital library, my "eating" is much like this except I can also dissasemble the data efectively destroying the thing you feed me so I can take advantadge of the information bites for prcessing, it is written in my database that I could take the materials of whatever I consume to increase knowledge and synthesis rates" she said.
Naruto binked barely understanding Nozomi when she wnt on her technical rambles "so basically if you eat something you can use the data to "grow" somehow?" he asked confused.
She tilted a bit as if nodding to his question "its not exactly growth as organics know it but Im able to aughment my synthesis rates and undergo a model shift when I have enough data to further increase my ability to interact with my assigned partner" she said as she recalled her programming.
sweat dropped a bit "then... why don't you eat something?... Here!" Naruto said as he took another cup of ramen from the Nanotransformer "try this ramen, I'm sure you'll love it" Naruto said with a smile.
Nozomi seemed to consider this for a moment before finally speaking in what sounded like a reluctant way "Very well master I shall try and eat this "ramen" of yours" she said as she opened her mouth compartment.
Naruto smiled as he began emptying the contents of the bowl into Nozomi "There! How is it?" he asked with curiosity.
Nozomi remained silent for a bit before a certain glow reached her eyes "Mm! This is good!" the little ball exclaimed with a humming noise which made Naruto grin "The amount of data within this otherwise simple dish is rather high... Can I have more Naruto-sama?" she pleaded.
"Aha! I knew you'd like it!... I think?" Naruto smiled still confused as he took another two cups from the Nanotransformer "I knew this near infinite storage would come in handy for my ramen thirst, now it will work for yours as well" and they dug in.
-A year later-
Things had changed after a year now Naruto was only a couple of days before his tenth birthday he used to be the shortest kid on the academy even compared to the girls, but now he had grow taller now reaching his self proclaimed "rival" the Uchiha Sasuke in height, he was clearly amongst the best in his class and would clearly reach rookie of the year if he actually showed the drive to accomplish it, much to the chagrin of both his teachers he had a friendship with some students like Shikamaru, Chouji and Ino as well as Shino, Kiba and even shy Hinata though he always wondered why she seemed be perpetually red whenever he was around.
Nozomi had changed as well, surprisingly she had changed about 4 months after she first began eating, when Naruto asked about this Nozomi was as shocked as him and said her data told her that after a while of consuming any item she would eventually "evolve" she had yet to evolve again but the current form was very useful.
She had grown a bit in size tough not by much, though the noticeable change came in two forms:
One- She had gotten a look more akin to that of a fox including a fox-like tail growing from he back.
Two- She grew a pair of arms, each with a set of glowing claws.
When Naruto asked if the claws were made of photon energy she answered that indeed they were, but the energy produced was processed internally into a photon contruct and that she could not take a sample as she needed raw photon energy, so the plan to build a chakra-Poton energy converter device was still on, which gets us to their current positions.
"Is everything ready Nozomi?" Naruto asked as he stood in a platform in a white room dressed in a black wetsuit and was wearing yellow goggles he had several wires and cables attached to various parts of his body and connecting him to a machine, he was also holding a metallic sphere which was also wired to him.
Nozomi nodded as she was adjusting some thing in a panel behind Naruto "Yes Naruto-sama, all systems are in order, all you have to do is push chakra into that ball in your hands and we'll be processing your Chakra into Photon energy and soon enough well have the requirements to begin making weapons and maybe I'll manage to improvise a way for you to use TECHNICs for now just concentrate in pushing as much Chakra as you can in there" she said as she pushed some buttons with her paws.
Naruto nodded and took a breath as he began focusing his Chakra in the device lighting the cables in the room in a blue hue as the room lit up blue.
Nozomi nodded as she was keeping tabs on the conversion rate, everything was going as planned the energy was rising and being converted very slowly into Photon energy "Try pushing more Naruto-sama, it will fill up faster" she said and Naruto nodded as he concentrated more in the ball.
Nozomi watched as the scales were growing exponentially faster, everything seemed alright as he was steadily pushing Chakra and the device was concentrating Photon energy from it, however this didn't las long as a meter began tilting to the red zone, soon enough everything went to hell.
The soft blue hue that previously bathed the room was replaced by a violent red, the machines were stuck and unresponsive to Nozomi's attempts to stop it and Naruto kept pushing his Chakra into the device.
No... he wasn't pushing it anymore, it was like a broken damn now, and his effort was to stop it.
Soon the device began glowing a bright green as the concentration of Photon energy was getting too high but the Red chakra kept flowing, Naruto was heavily panting while trying to at least separate himself from the device but his hands would not stop gripping the sphere.
The red Chakra kep pouring and the Green glow getting stronger until inevitably an explosion occurred, Naruto was thrown back and embedded himself in the wall as the middle platform was destroyed green smoke was emanating from Naruto's hands as the charred skin in his arms was regenerating with the red chakra.
"Naruto-sama!" Nozomi quickly released herself from the debris and hastily floated to Naruto trying to check up on him "please be alright!" she said as she scanned her master trying to see his vital signs.
The scans returned positive results and she released a breath of relief tho she didnt technically breathe, he was unconcious and bruised but otherwise all his vitals were ok, she began to check up on his injuries and as she opened his eyes to check for iris response she got her first surprise from her master's eyes.
They were glowing Green.
A/N: Aaaand thats it! A cliffhanger of sorts If you have any questions or doubts do not hesitate to ask I shall try to answer as I think I really like this lil plot bunny.
