Hello everyone! Damn, this chap really took some time to come up with! Blame my habit of making shit up while typing. Also, blame finals, projects, Far Cry 3, Stronghold Kingdoms and 20GB+ of anime backlogs. Many thanks for those who read this story, and I am still shocked that this story gets more followers and favourites in 2 chapters than my other story, especially considering that this is meant to be a secondary story until my laptop, together with my next chapter of A Loving Heart, A Body of Steel came back. Well, enough talk, here's a new chapter of The Kitsune Emperor and The Zero!

CHAPTER 2: AMBITION, SEALS AND A MAID

-CHAPTER START-

Everybody who watched the extremely one-sided beatdown between Louise and Guiche had their jaws on the ground due to the brute nature of her victory against Guiche, turning the valkyrie that he was so proud of into mere scrap metal empty handed! Without using any magic! Louise is walking towards her cloak which she discarded earlier while her peers just stood there gaping except for Tabitha, who as usual is reading her book, though she still had an aura of interest around her, though she didn't voice it. As Louise is tying the cloak back on her body, she heard a slow clap came from the audience. Looking at the direction of the clap, she realised that it is the sound of Naruto clapping for her victory with a smile on his face. He is then followed by Mr. Colbert, who clapped together, before other students slowly joined in the clapping, until the slow claps became a huge rising ovation and cheers towards her, turning her white face pink due to the blush on her face.

"Louise!"

"What was that?!"

"That was awesome!"

Her entire life, Louise had been looking for the acknowledgement of both her peers and her family in magic casting or something else, and due to a weird twist of fate, at least for her, she has managed to receive one of them. She was basking in her peers' ovation when suddenly, someone smacked the top of her head. Not lightly too. This causes her to clutch her head in pain, tears prickling the corner of her eyes. She turned around and about to deal some major pain to whoever that smacked her, until she came face to face to the hulking figure of Naruto in his usual blue garb, his arms crossed.

"Louise." And with that one word said with authority and power, Louise stopped everything before standing ramrod straight in front of Naruto, her face turning into one of horror, an action which causes everyone to suddenly become silent. Even Colbert and Tabitha are waiting for what Naruto is about to say while wondering what happened so much so that Louise turned from someone who cannot cast magic into someone who is able to go against a mage, albeit a dot level mage empty handed, a question which Colbert already know the answer to, at least partly.

"Good job." Naruto said with his foxy grin on his face while petting her hair, the success of his new student in this foreign world shows that he didn't lose any skill in teaching. The sight of that playful grin on his face causes a lot of the female students, and one maid who was coincidentally in that area to deliver some tea to a noble close by to have a huge blush on their face

"OH HOLY FOUNDER! His face! That is extremely cute! It's like a cute cat, who wants a good scratch behind their ear! Hopefully I am able to get him as my husband, though the presence of that noble girl that he was usually with is going to stop my attempts. *sighs* I hope he can be my Prince, saving me from disaster on his strong white horse, before lifting me in his hands and taking me to his bedroom, where we'll... kyaaaaaaaaahhh!" At that, the maid gained a massive blush on her face and shook her head rapidly, impure thoughts floating within her head, causing everyone to leave her, avoiding this crazy maid. She then settled her mind, and thought "I will get him as my husband! I will or I will die trying! Just wait, you handsome giant! I'll get you!" while making a fist in front of her face.

One again, Naruto gained another shiver on his back, and once again, he knows that this is NOT his danger senses tingling. Though it IS a different kind of danger. Shrugging and ignoring his senses, he stopped petting Louise's hair, an action that makes Louise explode in a massive blush, before making a handseal and whispered "Seal."

Louise suddenly felt like she weighed 500 tons more than before, and was about to complain about it to Naruto when Naruto said: "In order for you to not become complacent and to train you further, I will forcefully activate and increase the resistance of your seals so that you can advance even further. So, you'll have to deal with it." Louise just nodded. Naruto then continued. "Tonight, we will begin jutsu theories and fighting style next morning. You may think that they are unnecessary, but sometimes, when you've lost your main weapon, you'll need something else to support your battles. And that's where the fighting skills that you just showed today come in handy."

Not having any strength left to argue, Louise just nodded, before walking away from the circle of students, all who was shocked by the audacity of her own familiar to smack her on the head. But they themselves left still in awe of what Louise had done, ignoring the sight of Guiche who was lying on the ground covered with piss.

-BREAK-

That night, Naruto sat with Louise in her room, Louise ready to learn from Naruto while being covered by a green glow, while Naruto is thinking of the best way to teach her how to use jutsus. Sometime later, he figured out how, and said "Louise." She immediately sat straighter, before Naruto said "Relax. Tonight, I'm going to show you the basis of how to perform jutsus, and what chakra is used for other than physical enhancements. Let's go."

"Where?"

"Outside the walls. Didn't want my jutsus to destroy them walls do we?"

Louise just nodded and started to walk towards the glade where they usually train, her mind in a whirl. "I can't believe I did that! And from what he said, it's not even what this chakra, this weird power that he thought me how to use is fully capable of! Mother, although this is a bit unorthodox, I'll make you proud! Even if this is not usual magic, I will show you that I am NOT a zero! I will prove that I'm a proud Vallière as well mother! Just wait! Speaking of which, what will happen to my own actual magical studies? Will he tell me to abandon them?"

"Familiar."

"Just call me Naruto. True that I am your familiar, but such a name would be too degrading for someone who taught you how to fight and win in your first match, wasn't it?"

"True. I guess I'll do that. He's been calling me Louise all the time anyway." "Okay than. Naruto, with all that you are teaching me, what about my magical studies? Will I have to abandon them?"

Naruto chuckled. "No, of course not. If I want you to abandon them, I would've told you to perform exercises and other stuff during your classes, yet I didn't do so right?"

Louise felt like smacking herself. She had been going to her classes regularly, even with the extreme training regimen that Naruto places on her, which makes her mother's training feel like a walk in the park. Of course, her mother didn't make her feel like she had a continent of weight on her whole body, or forcing her to do EXTREME amounts of exercises with said weight on her body or injecting lava into her blood stream. And yet, she didn't learn anything too impressive, not including the physical enhancements that she can perform on herself. In fact, her body now subconsciously channels chakra to her limbs, reinforcing and strengthening them, causing her to gain massive speed and strength just like during the duel. Even now, without realising it, she is actually using chakra to enhance her speed to catch up with Naruto's huge strides.

Watching her face turn into a mix of realisation, pain and disappointment, Naruto slowly laughed before saying, "Louise, I know that what we have been doing didn't seem like much. I mean, just physical enhancement, even if they are good, didn't amount to much. But they are actually preparation for the jutsus and arts that I'm having you learn. Without a good foundation, a building will collapse, won't it? Thus that's why i have you do all that exercises and endure those painful things first. Anyway, we're here." And with that, they've reached their regular glade and Louise prepared herself to be in another massive painful day, when she saw Naruto chuckle. "Oh relax Louise. I won't push you too hard. Yet. But today, I will teach you the basics of jutsus. But before that," Naruto's face suddenly turned hard. "I'll ask you one question. What will you do with this power that I'll grant you?" At this question, Louise's emotions flared, years of frustration bubbled up to her surface.

"I will use it to show everyone that I am not worthless! I will show everyone that I am as good as any other mage! I will show my mother that I am worthy of the name Vallière, just like my sisters!"

Naruto nodded, crossing his arms on his chest. "Good ambitions, all of that. But what then? What's next?"

At this question, Louise found herself stumped. What else will she do with her powers? They are powers! They should be used! Be shown to everyone, to make her name feared! To make her mother proud! No, to exceed the legend of her mother, Karin the Heavy Wind! But before she can say any of these, Naruto continued. "This power, the chakra that I am training you to use, they are destructive. Deadly. And at times, uncontrollable. What will you do with the power to launch attacks like," Naruto then turned around and said "Katon: Grand Fireball!" before launching a massive red-hot fireball towards the ground close by, which exploded, turning the pristine grassy ground into a massive burning crater, causing Louise's eyes to bulge, almost popping out of her skull due to the sheer destruction that one skill caused. Naruto then continued. "That. What is your main motivation Louise? I know that you wanted to prove to your family that you are as good as all of them, but what then? Will you drown in your own power? Will you take up arms for your country? Will you kill any and all who oppose you just because you have the power to do so?"

At this, Louise's mind whirled at lightspeed to figure out the answer to the question. Thinking of a way to dodge it, Louise stammered out "W-w-what about you? Y-y-you are s-so p-p-powerful it makes other look like bugs! What is your motivation then?!"

At this, Naruto looked away, hiding his face from Louise while observing the binary moons orbiting the planet, clearly visible on the cloudless night sky, the wind whistling around them. Naruto then answered "My motivation is to protect everything I have under my command. Be they civilian, people, or slaves, I am to protect all of them. I will not let them know suffering if I can help it. I did my best to protect them, to let them live their lives in peace but at the same time not being ignorant of the possible dangers. I trained my people to know that I would like to save them, yet the ultimate saviour is themselves. Even so, my motivation does not wane. It grows the more my people grows. I protected them with all my powers, so much so that even shunned and hated, I still protected them, believing in the good within the hearts of men. And I am repaid with their trust later. And so, I will do my best to protect and shelter them, but not letting them become weak and complacent under my wings. They shall learn to be strong and proud, yet know that their emperor and his descendents and their descendents will be there to protect them. That is my motivation. That is my source of strength. Remember Louise. True strength only came from the heart, a heart to protect their loved ones. The strength that guides their hands, points their blades, and destroys those who seek to remove their peace. What is yours then, Louise Françoise le Blanc de La Vallière? Think wisely, for I won't have one of my students not having a great, not just good, but great goals in life." And with that, Naruto walked towards the crater and started performing various jutsus to fix the environment.

Louise just stood there, her eyes not looking at anything. In fact, she looks like she just had a world-crushing revelation, her eyes wide open, her mouth gaping and her whole body stood rigid. Actually, she DID have a world-crushing revelation just now. The demon, her teacher, had an even nobler goal than she did! And he never used his powers for oppression, but instead, to protect! Louise then said, "B-b-but you! Y-you are a half-demon of amazing power! Your mere presence causes other familiars to kneel at you! And you are their emperor! Why are you still sheltering them!? They should be kneeling at your feet!"

Naruto chuckled. "And who said they didn't? They kneeled at me even when I ordered them not to, they cannot even look at my face sometimes without automatically kneeling at me. And they will gladly die for me, in my name, if I so much as breathed the order to them. Yet I did not. Do you know why?" Louise shook her head at this. "Then you'll learn later on. But until you do, I will not teach you some of the higher tier jutsus, only up till the C ranks. Consider this as a challenge for you to figure out." And with those words and the completion of the clearing's fixing, Naruto sat on the ground while making a gesture to Louise to sit in front of him. Making a somewhat disgruntled face at the thought of sitting on the ground, Louise reluctantly agreed. And so, Louise sat in front of Naruto, both sitting cross legged on the ground.

"As you can see just now Louise, a jutsu is extremely powerful and deadly. They are skills made to kill, to torture, to subdue, not a toy like the one Guiche uses. I can smash those magical construct of his in a second. Tell me Louise, what is a mage's task here in Halkeginia?"

At this, Louise answered quickly, having studied extensively in magical matters. "The task of a mage is to use their skills in nature manipulation to help build buildings, move water, burn pests, and attack animals and roaming bandits that harass the people. In return, the people in the land will pay taxes towards the mage, thus making the mage act as the liege lord to a land. He or she will also swore fealty to the country on which they become liege lords, paying tithes to the royalty and to serve in their military as long as they are able."

"Good. The same can actually be said of my world. The ninjas do not only kill, torture and maim others for their country and for me, but also, they act as construction workers, brute force movers, land restorer, and a lot of other stuff. Now, tell me, from what you know of my world, what's the difference between my ninjas and your mages?"

Louise pondered this question for a while. From what he told her of his world, the ninjas act the same way as the mages, except for the fact that they are a hundred times more brutal, bloody and deadly at the very least. But she is extremely sure that that is not the answer that he wanted. And so, Louise thought. And thought. And thought some more. Suddenly, it clicked in her head. "They are not lords of the people, instead they are under an army, controlled under you! But why? Why are they all under one rule?"

"And for that Louise, a proverb for you: With great power comes great responsibility. The proverb and the challenge I gave you before is completely related, so solving one will solve the other. Do your best to think of it. Now, let's go back to jutsu theory. Chakra, as you already know, can perform many incredible feats like the ones I demonstrated just now. But there are many more to it than that. To perform such jutsu, you must know the handsigns. Handsigns are a series of finger formations that can force chakra out of your body and changes it to a form that you wanted. But before I can teach you how to use jutsus, you'll need to learn the handsigns related. They are Bird, Boar, Dog, Dragon, Ox, Tiger, Serpent, Rat, Horse, Monkey, Hare and Ram," Naruto said while demonstrating the handsigns to Louise, who was watching them in abject curiosity, wondering how these finger movements combined with the weird energy that Naruto was training her in resulted in a huge ball of fire, before Naruto continued "Though some jutsus need their own special handsigns. And with enough training, you can use a jutsu without any handsigns. Though this will take an extremely long time to do so, requiring hundreds upon hundreds of hours of training. Now, you'll perform each of this handsigns until you've mastered their forms. And tomorrow, while running and your classes, I want you to practice the handseals until you can remember them in your sleep. During your morning run as well, I will call out the name of a handsign and you will perform that sign. Make sure you practice a lot. This is the most basic part in jutsu usage, and you'll never be able to perform them well without mastering the handseals. In fact, a wrong or misplaced finger in a handsign can spell one's own death; many a ninja trainee died when practicing jutsu without mastering the handseals first. So, practice hard. I will slowly show you each and every seal slowly so that you'll know exactly how they're shaped. Copy it, and practice it until you're good at them. No, until I say that you're good."

Louise just nodded, and placed her palms together, preparing to copy the handsigns that Naruto will show. This sight causes Naruto to nod in approval. "Alright. Now, this is the Bird handsign. No, your finger is not positioned properly…" and so, Louise's training in jutsu begins…

-BACK IN THE IMPERIAL CITY-

Kurumi is wiping the sweat from her brow. The massive array of seals in front of her is nothing short of art at its deadliest. A mass of squiggles of blood mixed with ink flowed throughout the room, creating a massive sealing array in its midst, lines upon lines upon lines travelling through various kanjis of various shapes to act as chakra conduits and circles around those kanjis to act as stabilizers and other arrays to act as limiters, amplifiers, and anything else if so needed. The massive array is designed to take her chakra and runs it through a gamut of said seals to power them to take Naruto's chakra signature and to summon him back to the Elemental Nations. In essence, the seal array is a summoning scroll tied to Naruto and only Naruto, but the sheer distance of Naruto who is located at either another planet or another dimension (the second possibility scares Kurumi) causes the seal array to need all the extra hodgepodge of amplifiers and stabilizers in it. And the worst part is that it's not even complete yet! Kurumi breathed another sigh. "Dammit Naru-koi, will you stop troubling others so much? If not for the fact that I loved you so much, I don't know whether or not I will do this for you!"

"Yeah. Dad's a handful ain't him?"

"Shut up Kushi-chan. Don't act like you're not one."

Kushina just giggled before continuing to help her mother with the massive sealing array. It's been a week, and the people have already calmed down once their Immortal Empress Kurumi told them that she currently is trying to retrieve him back and that they should be more confident in their emperor. Besides, he didn't survive 300+ years for nothing right?

"Phew… I guess that's enough for the day." And with that, Kurumi stored her sealing kit back inside the seals on her wrist before going out of the room, closing the door and locking it. While walking to her room, Kushina at her side, Kushina said, "I guess the seals are extremely hard eh? I have no idea how to call dad back. I mean, the only clue we have is that the Hiraishin cannot get to him, and that the chakra signature of the seal is so small, if not for our training in chakra sensing we won't be able to find him."

"Yeah… but we'll call him back, I promise. And we never break a promise."

"Don't worry mom. We'll be here all the time. Just as you will be with us."

Kurumi had a small smile on her face as she reached forward to open the door to her room, having reached it beforehand. "Of course Kushi-chan. I will never leave you all alone. Even your dad won't. It's just that he got kidnapped or something. See you tomorrow then." Kurumi then yawned and went into her room, with Kushina watching her back. Kurumi then went straight to hers and Naruto's bed, a bed large enough for their constant romping and Naruto's weight and height. She lied on the bed, holding the other side, the side which Naruto usually slept (or meditated) on. One of her tear then falls from her eye. "Naru-koi... come back soon... we missed you..." And with that, she fall asleep, tears falling from her eyes.

Seeing her mother closing the door, she left to continue the calculations and research needed for the seals with one thing in mind. "Mom, we will definitely get dad back! I promise, on the name and honour of the Uzumaki-Namikaze! But first, I better go and get Mito and Minato first. Those two are always playing around..." and with that in mind, she then left to go find her twin siblings, Uzumaki-Namikaze Mito and Minato, both the children of her dearly departed Hina-mama.

-BACK IN HALKEGINIA-

Once again, Louise is eating her breakfast with gusto, though nowadays, she didn't look like death warmed over even when she only started her training about a week and some days ago, thanks to the seals' healing properties. Even now, she is covered in a pale green glow, healing her as she eats. Well, while she's doing anything actually. During baths, she even wondered how the markings on her body which has a circle starting from her navel and spreads on her chest to her back, arms and legs in form of a line. Looking at them shows nothing special, but somehow they have lots of functions. He even said that he might upgrade them with further functions later on. But she is still in a bit of pain due to this morning's training. Her fingers are still straining due to the sheer number of times that she made those seals. Not to mention Naruto chasing her while shouting the seals that he wanted her to form while running. And with every mistake, he shocked her too! Where did he get that lightning, she'll never know. But at least she has a good idea of how to perform the seals already, the knowledge hammered with the threat of miniature lightning strikes to her not-plump ass. He's right beside her, joining in her rampage against the foods that the kitchen cooked.

Everyone around Louise is looking at her strangely, that someone so small can consume so much food that the area around her is filled with crumbs from the food that she ate, completely ignoring the presence of everyone around her. Even the maids are shocked, but none dared voicing it out, just continued serving the noblewoman to her specifications. Guiche is watching this from afar, not daring to say a word towards her after her curbstomping of his coward ass the other day. "She definitely is a glutton since that man's appearance! I wonder why... But calling her out will probably get me a fist to my face..." Unknown to Louise, her fame as Louise the Glutton and Louise the Brute Mage has spread widely, and even now, the other students are all whispering about her. Luckily for them, she didn't hear them or she'll put the fear of God in them with her fists.

During her walk towards the class, everyone is completely baffled by the sight of Louise walking around while making bizarre hand gestures while being shadowed, literally, by her giant of a familiar. Yet, she ignored everyone and everything and kept on doing those weird signs with her familiar behind her while saying the name of random animals. If one were to observe carefully, they'll realise that Louise's hand gestures change according to her familiar's words. While they are walking towards her classroom, Naruto spotted an unknown figure coming up towards the academy's middle tower. Having been warned of this mysterious arrival due to his spying bug clones (which was still spying on damn near everyone and everything), he mentally ordered one of his bug clone to latch towards the person who looks like a proud snot-nosed nobleman by the way to follow his travels. Naruto didn't like staying somewhere without any intel on the place, thus the massive number of bug clones everywhere to give him information of the lands. He had already bugged almost the entire academy and sent some of his clones to the countryside to give him the layout of the lands, giving him a pretty good knowledge of everything around him. Even with the huge amount of data streaming into his head due to his observation skills, he can still train Louise while walking; the experience of using thousands upon thousands of Shadow Clones daily for hundreds of years makes him immune to the memory backlash of the clones and allowing him to have multiple thoughts running at the same time in his head without each of them disturbing the other.

Louise's class started as usual, except for the fact that even during classes she still fooled around, at least from what others can see, with her hands. After a while, her teacher, a regular line class water mage of no distinction called out to her, the female teacher's voice commanding. "Vallière! Stop playing with your fingers and repeat what I said about water magic just now! Why are you playing around in class?! You may not be able to use water magic but you shall not ignore my lectures!" but before she can continue her tirade, Naruto stood, levelling his glare laced with a tiny bit of KI towards her. "Madam, I suggest you do not speak in such ways to my master again. She may be... playing with her fingers, as you said, but she also did her best to remember your teachings. Show her Louise that you have not been slacking." Naruto then turned around to give Louise an encouraging, kind face to help her. Louise, watching this sudden change of looks from her demonic familiar blushed hard, before reciting almost word-for-word what the teacher spoke before, causing everyone to gape in surprise. Naruto then turned back towards the teacher and said "There. Satisfied? She still heard you, and thus, your admonishment of her is not necessary. And so, please continue." Naruto then sat back down, much to the ire of the teacher. She then pulled her wand out of her robes and levelled it towards Naruto before saying "Vallière! Why is your familiar not be controlled by you!? Why is he acting like a rebel?! You should order him to stop just now!" But before Louise can say anything, Naruto interjected. "Is not a good familiar supposed to protect his or her master? In essence, that is what I am doing just now. You are trying to either humiliate her in front of everyone or just trying to admonish her for no reason whatever. Her finger playing, as you called it, does not affect your class, does it? And so, your actions towards her are unwarranted. Besides, she answered your question. Does that not say that she is listening in your class?" and with that, Naruto sat back down on the floor, the chairs not capable of holding his massive body.

At this sight, Louise had her jaw on the floor. Her familiar's protecting her! Even if it's just from a teacher's rage! Not that she didn't listen to her, but the fact is that she wants to master the handsigns as fast as possible! He even told her to practice it in class no matter what. But still, this shows what kind of familiar he is to her. He is strict in teaching and forces her to train until she nearly died (at least, that what she felt like) but will do his best to protect her from any adversary. She mentally thanked Naruto for being there for her.

Classes come and go, though the teacher from before still levelled her a nasty glare when she exits the class, and thus, lunchtime arrives. While they are both having lunch, with both of them eating like the food's going to disappear in seconds (which it did when it's placed in front of them), Naruto's mind is having thoughts about the person whom his bug clone latches itself to, whose name is Count Mott, a messenger from the palace and the warning that he told the headmaster about the thief only known as Fouquet the Crumbling Dirt. Naruto remembered the name for future reference in his head. Suddenly, he gained another burst of memory from his clone, a memory that caused him to stop eating and started leaking KI into the air, so much so that some of the students just fainted and some others not moving one inch from their seats, their bodies shaking and their hearts hammering in their chests.

-FLASHBACK A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO-

The clone, henged into a small fly is currently flying right beside Mott in order to gain more information about him and his actions within the castle, until Mott's head suddenly turned around and his eyes locked itself to the figure of a maid walking around, serving the nobles around her.

The maid, Siesta, unaware of her current predicament continued to serve all the nobles around her not realising the sight of a pair of eyes locked on her large boobs and her plump ass due to hours upon hours of back breaking labour. The pair of eyes then moved upwards, observing her cute, round and exotic face, being half-Japanese (not that anyone here knows where Japan is here, Naruto included) a plus on looks and her black, luscious neck length hair considering that there are not many black haired people in Halkeginia.

Mott then placed his hand on his chin, stroking them. "Hmm... she is definitely a beautiful one, that's for sure. That cute face! Not many had black hair around Tristain, so that's a plus. I didn't have any black haired ones in my 'collection' yet. Plump ass, and especially those LARGE boobs! She'll look even better when I'm pounding her on my bed, for sure! I can just imagine the 'fun' I'm going to have with her! I'll buy her from the academy now. They didn't know such a gem existed within their academy after all, and it's my job to 'polish' it to a shine!" And with those thoughts, he turned around and went back to the principal's office before offering to buy Siesta's contract from the Academy. Old Osmond, unable to refuse the offer, sold Siesta's contract to Count Mott, who upon exiting the office with the contract licked his lips greedily, no doubt thinking of all the 'fun times' that he's going to get with Siesta. He never realised the tiny fly following him disappearing only to be replaced with another fly.

-BACK TO NARUTO-

Naruto placed himself back under control, his previous burst of KI gone, causing everyone to scamper outside the hall except for Louise, who was a little bit immune to Naruto's KI, being on the forefront of it almost every morning. Louise stared strangely at Naruto due to this event, feeling slightly afraid of what's going to happen. His familiar is NOT someone to be trifled with, and she knows that better than anyone. And so, she decides to calm him down (if she can) by speaking with him.

"Naruto, what's wrong?"

At this, Naruto thought better than to just lash out at Mott, and so decides to ask Louise of the matter. Not that he isn't sure of it though. "Louise, can I ask you something?"

"Ask away."

"If a noble bought a servant contract from the academy, what does that mean? Just confirming my hunch."

"The servant will be under the ownership of the one holding her contract of course, free for him to do as they wished. Why? Are you planning on getting one?"

At this, Naruto started to feel a massive anger building up within him. Servants are treated no more than slaves in this world! In his nation, there are no slaves, legal or not! Any slave ring will be taken down and be destroyed, with him leading the operation sometimes. He has servants, but they are treated with utmost respect, and sometimes, they willingly become his servants, not that he's looking for any. He does not condone any forms of slavery, but knows that this is not his world, and the cultures are different here. Nevertheless, he still despised the act and will do his utter best to eradicate them as long as it didn't involve too big of an event during the eradication. Suddenly, Louise's last sentence ticked in his mind, and he questions Louise on the statement. "Louise, what did you say just now?"

"Eh? I said, are you planning on getting a servant from the academy?"

At this, Naruto's experienced mind whirled at lightning speed to spin a tale and thus his mouth then said, "Yeah. I think I should. But don't get me wrong. It's not for me, it's for you. With a dedicated maid with you, you can have her perform household chores for you; serve you food, and perform menial tasks for you, making your life easier. But if you're going to assign her to me it's still fine. Consider the servant as your gratitude for me teaching you. Heck, I might even train her to be your bodyguard, not that you'll need any after what I'll put you through."

Louise's mind spun, trying to make some sense out of what Naruto just said. It seems like a good deal. Not just it shows gratitude, the act can also gain her a private servant by proxy. And as Naruto said, they are extremely helpful in her daily life. Especially if she's a good one. And knowing Naruto's eye, a servant must've attracted his attention due to her skills. And the offer to train the maid to be her bodyguard... That's a very good idea, one that her mother will definitely support, though her skills will definitely come into question afterwards. But she'll show that she's no longer the Zero that she once was, and the maid can even fight with her, improving her chances in any combat situation, not that she's planning to get into a scrap as soon as possible. She then nodded mentally before saying, "Alright. I think that it is a good idea. So, any maids here that you think are good enough?"

Inwardly, Naruto grinned, thinking of the success of his plan. Not just that he can save someone from a life of servitude, get a maid for Louise, he can also train a bodyguard for her. "Yeah. There's this one maid by the name of Siesta that I think is good enough for us. Or me, if you want to. I'll have one of the servants call her to us." Naruto said, though he is still uncomfortable with the idea of calling a servant to serve him even if they're treated relatively well from what he can see here. Calling a nearby maid, he told her to call Siesta for them, citing a business need.

Meanwhile, Louise stopped eating and started thinking about the necessities of owning a private maid. "No one in the academy had a private maid as of yet, so I don't think I can ask for advice from other students about it. Besides, most of them didn't want to talk to me nowadays for some reason. Anyway, I think mother's allowance is still available, considering that I didn't have enough time to spend it with my studies and everything. A maid shouldn't cost too much, about a hundred and fifty gold piece for their contract. I think it's a good idea. She can stay in the academy's maid quarters together with the other maids, solving the problem of living accommodations. I can also pay her a little, maybe about 20 gold a month. It's still within my expenses, and I'm sure it isn't too much."

"I think it's a good idea. So, where's the maid that you think is suitable for me –I mean, us?"

-A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO-

Siesta just came out from the Headmaster's office, being given the news that her contract was bought by Count Mott and is to go to his mansion on a chariot that he'll send to the academy the next morning. From what she had heard of him, he's a big womanizer and likes to collect maids as mistresses. His rumours spread far and wide among maids, considering that the academy takes maids from lots of places, and they spread via word of mouth, so anytime a maid was told that Mott bought her contract, they usually ended up in despair.

Just as she was walking towards the maid quarters to pack her stuff, another maid came to her before saying, "Siesta, a noble called specifically for you at the dining hall... What's wrong?" the maid asked, seeing her sad face.

"My contract was just bought... By Count Mott."

The maid gasped, her face a picture of horror, before she hugged her and whispered in her ear, "Don't worry Siesta... You'll be fine..." At this, Siesta broke down and cried on her co-worker's shoulder, while she enveloped her in a calming hug, rubbing her back while whispering soothing words for her. Meanwhile, Siesta's mind is in turmoil, but still thinking of her 'Prince Charming'. "No! He'll never want to marry me afterwards! I'll... I'll be rejected! I'll be... be... Oh, please, someone, save me!"

After a couple of minute, her sobs subsided and her co-worker let her go from her grip. Still sniffing lightly, Siesta asked. "So Marie, why are you here *sniff* looking for me?"

At this, the maid, now known as Marie remembered her real reason why she was there looking for her. "Oh. A noblewoman just now had that giant of a man who she was eating together with call you to see him. I have no idea why, but I doubt it's any better than being bought by that... bastard."

At this, Siesta's face brights up a little. "What? Isn't that my Prince Charming? Why is he calling me? But I doubt it's anything bad. Maybe he'll save me from Mott!" Luckily for her, that is just what Naruto was about to do.

She then walked towards her quarters, intend on refreshing herself before going to the dining hall to meet her would-be saviour, hopefully.

-BACK WITH NARUTO AND LOUISE-

After a bit of waiting, the sight of Siesta in her usual dark blue maid uniform with a white apron came from outside the dining hall and stood in front of Naruto and Louise, her face somehow hiding her giddiness at meeting her would-be 'Prince Charming' face to face. But suddenly, she felt a bit uncomfortable with the sight of two pair of eyes on her face, looking for anything that seems amiss. She gripped her apron tight while saying, "May I help you, lady and sir?"

Louise just watched her chest, feeling inadequate when comparing her flat as a board chest against Siesta's huge boobs, causing a massive feeling of jealousy to grow within her. But before she can dismiss anything, Naruto suddenly said. "Tell me, how long have you been working as a maid?"

Siesta fidgeted for a bit before answering, "Uh... for 5 years, since I'm 12."

"So that means that you have a lot of experience in performing household chores, am I right?"

"Uh... I suppose so..."

"Any fighting experience?"

At this, Siesta's face morphed from confusion to shock in milliseconds. "N-n-no! What makes you think I do?! And why are you asking that?!" she asked, completely ignoring the confused face that Louise shows at her familiar's questions and the regular servant-noble decorum.

Naruto just nodded before crossing his arms and saying "Good, good. It's easier to train you later. Say, would you like to be Lady Vallière's private maid? You don't have to worry, we'll still pay you your regular salary and you can stay at the academy as well, no problems. So? What do you think of it?"

At this, Siesta is overjoyed, and her face shows it, causing confusion to both the watchers. Not just her Prince Charming would want her to serve him, she'll also be able to escape from the clutches of Count Mott! Which saddens her to remember about. The problem is, her contract was already bought by Mott, and she needs to tell them about it, though unknown to her, Naruto already knew. And she completely missed the fact that Naruto said something about training her.

"But m-my contract was bought just now... by Count Mott." At his name, even Louise barely suppressed a cringe. Naruto, feigning ignorance, asked "Why? Who is this Count Mott, Louise? Even his name makes you feel uneasy."

"Mott... he's the royal messenger, thus having a pretty high position in the government. There are gossips around that says that Mott likes to gather up beautiful maids and use them as his mistresses. And considering that she is quite beautiful..." Louise said, her eyes taking a glance at Siesta's body, "I doubt that what the rumours say is false."

"So, can you still get her contract?" Naruto asked, wanting to confront Mott as soon as possible. Besides, he's not out of the academy yet, since he's staying for the night.

"I'll try, but I doubt that it's going to come easy. He's said to fight for a contract of a girl that he likes."

"Then a fight we shall give. Come Louise. Mott's still here, and I'd like to get the contract as soon as possible so that she'll be able to start her tasks with you earlier. Can you do that?"

"Wait! How do you know that he's still here!? To begin with, how do you expect me to fight with him?! He's a triangle class water mage! I doubt that my skills can defeat him!"

Naruto who has already stood and started walking towards the visitor's rooms turned towards Louise. "First of all, I have my ways. You don't expect me to live hundreds of years (hearing this, Siesta's face turned to shock) without knowing how to gain information without even being there did you?" At this, Louise shook her head rapidly, believing in the sheer power and the variety of them that her familiar possesses. "Also, there are more ways to win a battle than a straight up fight Louise. You'll know about it soon enough." Naruto added the last part upon watching Louise's confused face. The three of them then started to walk towards the visitor's room where Mott resides.

-IN MOTT'S ROOM-

Mott had just finished writing the order to his mansion that a chariot is to be brought to the academy tomorrow morning to pick up his collection and is about to walk out of his room when a knock is heard on his door. Feeling curious, he stood up from his study before wearing his cape and opening the door, where he is greeted with the sight of Louise Françoise le Blanc de La Vallière, the daughter of Karin the Heavy Wind, obvious due to her pink hair and short stature, though she is mysteriously covered by a pale green glow for no reason. Also, he looked up before he sees the sight of the largest man he had ever seen, 7'1" tall approximately with a calm face that somehow, to him, is exuding an aura of barely controlled violence. Heck, he can even see the various ways he can die in this monster's hand! He can see himself being torn in half empty handed, him being stabbed with a huge flaming sword, him being eaten and a lot of other similarly gruesome ways for him to die appeared in his head. He was so scared that he failed to realise that his entourage didn't even seem to feel what he's feeling.

"Y-y-yes? H-h-how m-may I h-help y-you L-l-lady V-v-vallière?" Mott said while doing his best to not shit himself.

Louise is visibly surprised at how afraid Count Mott is. Even his stutter shocks her. She didn't know what to say about that, so she just continues with her pre-prepared speech to buy Siesta's contract from him, even if she knows that it would be tough. She bowed a little before saying, "Hello to you as well, Count Mott. I am here to ask of you to allow me to purchase the contract for this maid here, named Siesta." At this, Siesta went beside Louise who is standing in front of Mott with Naruto behind both of them, arms crossed.

Mott, seeing the maid that is his future toy beside them is about to say no when suddenly, he is bombarded by even more horrifying scenes of his death, causing him to stagger and almost puked his lunch at the intrusion in his mind. Seeing his condition, Louise decided to ask, "Count Mott? Are you alright?" and went to help him up, but the closer Louise is to him, the stronger the feeling of death, despair and dread attacked him, causing him to slap away Louise's outstretched hand, before shouting "Get away from me you freak! What's happening here!? Y-you are going to kill me!"

Louise is visibly shocked at this and her next words really show this. "What?! I just want to help you up, and you called me a freak and said that I am going to kill you!? I have no intention of doing that! I just wanted to help you before asking you to sell Siesta's contract to me!"

Mott then did his best to toughen himself before getting up to reject her offer, when suddenly that feeling of utter death and despair came again, before a small voice continuously whispered in his mind, "Agree... or what you see just now will BE your death... sell it... sell her..." Mott is now utterly terrified of this girl, and not long after, his mind just broke from sheer stress of handling whatever she did to him. He wordlessly nodded and went inside the room to take Siesta's contract and hands it to Louise, even rejecting the gold pieces that Louise is about to pay to him as payment for the contract, all with an emotionless face. Siesta is overjoyed as the contract changed hands while Louise felt extremely strange at the actions of the count. He said something about her terrifying him and trying to kill him. After a while, she deduced that Naruto is behind that, and decides to ask about it later.

As the three of them are walking towards the dorms, Louise said to Naruto, "Naruto, what was that? Mott was utterly terrified of me, and I doubt it's because my name. He even said that I'm trying to kill him! What's with that?! I know that you're the one guilty for it, so tell me!"

Naruto chuckled, before saying. "That's another aspect of ninja arts, called genjutsu. I used a special genjutsu called Persuasion of Doom that assaults his mind with pictures of his death, the feeling of extreme doom and despair and general uneasiness coupled with a mental whisper of what I want him to do. It seems that his mind is a weak one, seeing that his mind just broke due to the stress the genjutsu places on him. Serves him right then. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY practices slavery in front of me without paying for it, subtly or not."

At this, Louise shuddered, her familiar's sheer prowess in the arts of killing scaring the crap out of her. Siesta meanwhile is skipping happily towards the dorms her new master(s) stayed in. "I can't believe it! They both saved me! I... I... I'm free from that monster!" Siesta then skipped in front of the two before bowing to both of them. "Thank you for saving me from Count Mott. I have no idea what will happen to me if he were to continue to take me back to his mansion. And with that, I, Siesta, pledges myself under the two of you and will do my best to serve you!"

She then felt someone holding her shoulder and heard "Rise, Siesta. Know that I will not let anything harm you while you are with us, and will do my best to protect you. But know that I will train you so that you will know how to protect yourself in case I am not with you. Remember that no matter how far you are from me, I will still be with you in your heart." Siesta then rose, before she is greeted with the extremely handsome face of Naruto, fixed in that oh-so sexy grin of his, causing her to blush wildly and her fantasy running wild in her head, before she fainted, her nose bleeding slightly and her face in a picture of pleasure.

Naruto just sighed. It seems his natural chick magnet Namikaze charm acted again on this girl, and she's now on the floor fainting. God knows what's running in her mind. He then picked her up before urging Louise to go to her room. Once there, he places Siesta on Louise's bed before unsealing his ink bottle.

"What are you doing?"

"Placing the training seals of course. She'll be trained as your bodyguard remember?"

Louise's face lights up in understanding while Naruto just ignored her and continued placing the seals on Siesta's body. Louise stared in awe at the sight of Naruto using nothing but chakra manipulation to control the ink with which he draws the seals on Siesta's body.

"Is that the same way you placed the seals on me? During my sleep?"

"Yup."

"What does those seals meant?"

"That... is a difficult question. Seals are a powerful art, but it requires more than just studying to grasp it well enough. In fact, I am more than 300 years old, and there is one seal that I haven't managed to crack yet."

"Which is...?"

"The Soul Bind seal between my soul and my wife's, a seal that causes our lives to intertwine. When one dies, the other dies as well. Since I'm still alive, I can say that she is as well."

Louise said nothing at this, before something tripped within her mind. "Wait, did you not miss your wife? She must've been alone at your home world!"

Naruto laughed, but with an undertone of sorrow. "You think I didn't miss her? My life partner, the one whose soul is bound to me? The one who have and will accompany me through my immortal life? I didn't miss her? Louise. Louise, Louise, Louise. I missed her. I miss her every day, so very much. Every time I didn't train you I remembered her face. How she is always there for me, how she stays by my side as my advisor, friend, ally, guard, wife and lover. But even so, I know that it will not be easy for me to return back to my home, and I'm sure that she and our children will do their best to pull me back to my lands. Whilst that, I'll train you, in order to prevent you from being weak so that I can point them to another one of my student and said, "She overcame everything, and came out on top." They'll understand, so I will not bother them. Even now, I can feel the pull of a special seal I have placed on me that signals that they are trying to call me back, though the signal is extremely weak, causing me to believe that this is out of range of the Hiraishin. But know that I missed them Louise, and know that you shouldn't ask me of this."

Louise then said nothing, just observing the sight of Naruto using advanced chakra manipulation to draw seals on Siesta's body without even touching it. Heck, the ink didn't even seep into her clothes! "Must've been extreme control over his chakra." Louise mused. After a while, Naruto finished applying the seals on Siesta, made the half-Ram handseal before saying "Seal!" all the lines and squiggles on Siesta's body glowed blue before the light dissipated, and Naruto shook her awake.

Siesta groggily returned to consciousness, but she felt like she weighs a couple of tonnes! Feeling strange, she was about to say something when she heard the voice of her Prince Charming. "Siesta, I know that you felt like a hundred tonnes. It's because that you will start your training from now."

"Training?"

"Yes. Not just that you will act as a personal maid for both me and Louise here, you will also be trained together with her in the art of the ninjas, so that you can act as her bodyguard. Now isn't that awesome? A ninja maid bodyguard. And so, I have placed special seals on you that will help with the training. I want you to slowly wake up and walk around to get used to the weight around you. In about 20 seconds when you first try to stand, if you fail, you'll feel like someone poured liquid fire in your body before you can move, but afterwards, you'll feel like someone dipped you in lava. Just hold it in. This is for your sake as well as your new masters' sake."

The more Siesta heard those words of what she'll go through, the more her face pales, the prospect of facing so much pain causing her opinion on her Prince Charming to reverse in an instant. Louise had a look of pity on her face, knowing just how it feels to be placed through Naruto's insane training regime.

Siesta then said, "C-can I not go through this?"

"No." Naruto replied. "Consider this as your payment for saving you. But don't worry. It won't last long, just a day or two. You will go through whatever Lady Vallière here went through with his daily training so that you can act as her bodyguard when the time comes. Is that fine?"

No matter how much in pain she felt, she still feels that it's much, much better than being the mistress of some bastard noble. And so, she answered, "O-okay."

Naruto nodded, crossing his arms. "Good. Don't worry, give it a week or so, and the pain will disappear, your body will get used to it. The seals are so that you can still train while performing your duties. Stay there for a while until we get back from classes and get yourself used to the seals' extra resistance and the feeling of liquid fire in your body. You'll get used to it, don't worry." And with that, both of them left to go to the classes, leaving Siesta who is starting to feel that liquid fire thing flow in her body alone in Louise's room. And suddenly, she really felt like someone doused her in boiling water, causing her to let out a scream of pain, not knowing that nobody will hear her due to the silencing seal that Naruto placed on the walls. Not just that, she knew that this will be constant in her life from now on. Almost immediately, she is covered by a soothing pale green light, causing her to let go a sigh of relief. "It seems that this training will be extremely painful... But I will endure it! Both to thank them, and to get my Prince Charming! Wait for me, Naruto!" Naruto then felt his hair rising for no apparent reason, and promptly ignored it.

-BACK WITH KUSHINA-

In the Throne Room at the Imperial Palace, the figures of two women and a fox is standing in front of the throne, with one of them pacing on the linoleum floor, trying to word how to say it to her brother and sister. The figure, Uzumaki-Namikaze Kushina is accompanied by the twins, Uzumaki-Namikaze Minato and Mito, with Minato being the fox and Mito being the woman. Minato, who was born in his fox form likes to stay in that form, his golden fur almost glowing under the lights within the room with his seven red tipped tails waving around and Byakugan eyes shining, citing it as being more comfortable for him, though he still changes into his human form sometimes. Mito meanwhile looks almost the same as Hinata, except for the fact that she's 7' tall, had seven red tails waving around and blood red hair while wearing the royal uniform.

"So, sis, what are you calling us here for?" said Minato.

Kushina stopped pacing and decides to just say it. "Dad's missing, mom's making a huge seal because she thinks that dad's in another dimension or so far away that Hiraishin cannot be used, and I need both of your help to finish the seals that mom's making. Then we can call dad back, and we can live like we usually do."

Mito answered for both her and her twin. "Okay. Sounds fine. Besides, the people are all waiting for him to come back, though nobody knows when will he comes back. Think dad misses us?"

"Of course he missed us! He loves us more than anything! You should know better than to say something like that!"

"Yeah, I know. So where's the seal array?"

"Follow me." And with that, Kushina guides them to the room where Kurumi was painting the seals, ready to complete it to call back their father to his rightful world.

-CHAPTER END-

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