Chapter 4
A Trip to The Beach, The All-You-Can Eat Competitions, and Angeloids Can dream.
A/N: Well here is another chapter I wrote for all of you. I was planning to right the next chapter for If Given Enough Time but I couldn't figure out how to start it. Since I had this chapter already planned out, I decide to go ahead and type it. Most of you should know what this chapter is about but I hope you like the little spin I put on it. So enjoy.
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"Why don't you just give up already, Sohara? Whether you randomly pick or try calculating it, their all complimentary prizes," Tomoki spoke.
Next to him was his neighbor, Sohara, who had her bag full of tissues one on her head and several in her hands with a pitiful expression on her face.
You see for the last ten minutes or so she was playing some kind of roulette game where you spin a hexagonal like box and small colored ball will fall out. The color of the ball determines what prize you'd win but for Sohara, all she was able to get was a white colored ball signifying she won nothing and given a complimentary tissue instead.
If it were anybody else they would've given up by now but Sohara was determine to win the grand prize which so happen to be a one-day trip to the beach. She had her eyes dead set on winning it no matter how long it took her but Tomoki was getting bored and depressed watching her do nothing but waste her money. If he were in her shoes, he would be spending her money on more important things well important to him anyways but sadly, he wasn't.
"But Tomo-chan the grand prize is a one-day trip to the beach and I really want to go," she replied with a determined look now on her face.
Tomoki just shook his head as he watched her pay the man who was running the game; again, while pulling out a card Ikaros gave him. Luckily, he was able to get her to stay home by herself since Naruto wasn't around to watch her as he went into town with Sohara. For some reason Naruto just up and disappeared for the day, he thought since he didn't come by to check Ikaros he would be with Sohara. However, that wasn't the case as she didn't know where he was either saying he left a note telling her he had somewhere important to go.
Not sure, what was so important for Naruto to up and disappear as he did and continued to stare at the card Ikaros gave him. Wondering if what she said was true about its abilities.
'A luck charm that supposedly bestows the user an amazing amount of luck in just a short amount of time. Is that even possible?' he thought as he suddenly saw the card in his hand glow then change in to a talisman with the kanji for 'good luck' on it.
The next thing he heard was Sohara cheering and a bell going off. When he looked, he was her jumping with joy holding something in her hand as the man rang a bell saying something about the first prize being a one-day trip to the beach. His eyes then drifted back to the card in his hands and sweat dropped.
'Are you shitting me? This card did that. Too bad, it only has on usage I would've liked to see what else it could've done but now I'll never find out. At least Sohara was able to get that trip she wanted to win so badly. So it wasn't a total lost.'
Just as he finished that thought Sohara tuned to him with the prize in her hand and said, "Look Tomo-chan! I won, I won!"
He just smiles at her antics before giving her a reply, "I can see that. Are you planning to take Naruto with you whenever he gets back?"
"I don't know? I wasn't planning to going to the beach today 'til I saw that prize but now that I think about it, I should ask him. I really wanted to just go with you."
Tomoki just stared at her before speaking up, "Really, but why?"
"Well because we never had the chance to play with each other as we were growing up so I thought this would be a good chance to and besides it's the ocean. Where there will be real seawater and sand but since you mentioned it. We should wait until we ask Naru-chan. He would probably like to come along and get mad if we didn't ask him first."
That's when an evil grin appeared on Tomoki's face.
'So he would get mad if we didn't ask him, huh. Then this is the perfect opportunity to get back at him for not telling me how to obtain some chakra or whatever it is that I need to stop Sohara's deadly chop.' He then chuckled to himself before speaking up, "Nah, I doubt he get mad. Besides, I'm sure that prize has an expiration date so we should use it before it's too late."
Sohara then opened the envelope that had several tickets in them and took one out finding that Tomoki was right. They did have an expiration date and that date was today.
"I guess your right Tomo-chan. They're good until today so we have to leave soon if we want to use them."
"Then it's settled. We're going to the beach with, or without Naruto. So let's get going,"
"Okay, but let's stop and look at some swimsuits first."
"Don't you have some already? Why do you get more?"
"I-It's because I want to. That's why?"
The truth was she didn't want to tell Tomoki that she needed to buy a new pair because she couldn't fit in her old one thanks to her breast getting bigger.
"Fine. we'll go so you can look at some new swimsuits," Tomoki replied with a sigh as Sohara giggled.
'Now I'll be able to spend some time alone with Tomo-chan. Wait… he'll probably bring Ikaros with him too but that'll be okay. It will be only one other person so I'll still be able to spend time with him, right?'
She thought that before the two started to walk off but just as they did, they heard the man who ran the game Sohara just played ring his bell say exactly what he said to her. When they turn to look, they saw both Sugata and Mikako standing there with holding to the same envelope Sohara had in their hands while looking at the two.
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The train ride was a silent as ever with Sohara, Sugata, and Mikako sitting on one side with Tomoki and Ikaros siting on the other. However, Sohara wore an upset look on her face and puffed her cheeks out while resting her chin on her right hand as she stared out the window.
As Tomoki stuffed, his face with some of the rice balls Sohara brought with her everyone sat in silence. It wasn't until Mikako broke it by speaking up.
"Are you planning to pout the entire way there, Sohara dear?"
"I'm not pouting," Sohara huffed not looking at her.
"If you say so but if you stay like that any longer. Your face might stay like that," Mikako added getting Sohara to look at her wondering if she was serious. "Anyways, where's that handsome angel of yours. I was sure you would've brought him along so you could see him with his shirt off."
Sohara just blushed at her comment before she looked away and spoke, "I-I would've but he wasn't home when I returned. Therefore, I couldn't ask him."
"That's too bad but something tells me you already seen him without one."
Sohara's blush deepened as she continued to stare out the window.
"So If Naruto wasn't at your house when you returned. Then where is he," Sugata asked getting Sohara's attention.
"I don't know? He was gone before I woke up and left a note saying he had somewhere important to go and would be back sometime later today."
'I wonder what was so important that Naruto would leave so suddenly," Sugata though before turning his attention towards Ikaros. "Also, I wanted to ask you something Ikaros," he added getting the said angeloid's attention. "What happen to the wings you had?"
"My wings," she repeated then took off the sweater she wore showing him her wings had shrunk getting the straps from her shirt to fall down her arms. "I'm able to change them however I want but can only shrink them to this size. It's also quite restraining."
"Okay we get it," Tomoki spoke then getting Ikaros to put her sweater back on before the rest of her shirt could fall down. "We'll understand if you just explain it. So don't go taking your clothes off like that," he added. 'If she were to do that especially in front of me and Naruto were to find out. Who knows what he'd do to me.'
While Tomoki continued to get Ikaros to put her sweater back on Sohara looked out the window with the same look from earlier prompting Sugata to speak.
"My apologies miss Mitsuki."
"For what," she huffed not bothering to look at him.
"My apologies…."
It was all he said as he fell silent, as did the rest of the group for the reminder of the ride.
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Once the train finally made it to its destination everyone aboard got off and walked out the station. The group then made their way towards the beach resort where their one-day vacation was waiting for them. As they arrived, Sohara and the other two girls made their way to the changing area to change into their swimsuits. While Tomoki took off his shorts as he wore his trunks underneath his clothes.
When the girls finished changing, they regrouped with the two boys finding Tomoki had already changed while Sugata stayed in his school uniform. Sohara asked why he didn't change but all he told her was that he didn't plan to go swimming and that he didn't have a pair of swimming trunks. She found it weird that he would come to the beach without a pair of swimming trunks let alone in a school uniform.
She could care less if he didn't have a pair long as he didn't bother her time with Tomoki.
With everything, all set and ready to go the group made their way towards the beach with their minds set on having a great time. When they arrived at their destination, they were surprised to see just how many people had decided to head to the beach as the whole place was packed. With people, who were running around, playing in the ocean, or lying on the beach trying to get a tan.
As they eyed the beach filled with who knows how many people their gaze fell on a small group of people surrounding something or someone prompting them to see what the commotion was. Once they were close, enough they could hear the group talking to someone with that someone answering everything the group asked. When they heard that person talk, they found their voice to be oddly familiar and when the next person spoke, they immediately knew who it was.
"Hey mister is that wing real," a small boy asked.
"Yes It's real. So could you quiet asking me that," Naruto replied. 'Man it's like this no matter what beach I go too. Hope fully this is the right one this time.'
Trying to ignore the mob of people who continued to bombard him with questions, he began to look for something.
"Are you angel or something?"
"Can you tell me why your wing is black?"
"Is it alright if I touch your wing?"
"Can you fly with one wing?"
"Is it alright if I have one of your feathers?"
As they continued to ask him question after question, one of Naruto's eyebrows started to twitch before he finally snapped and yelled at the crowd around him.
"Oh my god do you people ever shut up! Yes, I'm angel! No I will not telling you why my wing is black! I guess you can touch it! Yes I can fly with only one wing and no you cannot have one of my feathers!"
The crowd of people jumped when they heard him shout while answering their questions causing some of them to back away from him. There was also a small group of girls touching his wings with their hands finding it soft similar to a birds wing and when he wasn't looking. Someone plucked a feather off his wing getting him to hiss in pain and see a small boy running away with black feather in his hand. Before he could teach that boy a lesson, someone spoke up getting his attention.
"Naru-chan? What are you doing here?"
Upon hearing, a voice that sounded like Sohara's he turned to see it was the said girl standing off to the side with Tomoki, Ikaros Sugata and Mikako right beside her.
"Oh, hey guys I was just looking for something very important." He then started to look around until his eyes spotted what they were looking for. "I was looking for that," he added getting the group to look where he was pointing.
What they saw was a stage that was set up on the beach with a sigh that said "More Sweat More Excitement: Curry Eating Competition" prompting everyone to sweat drop. Everyone but Sugata who just raised an eyebrow instead then walked off without anybody noticing.
"Th-This is the reason you left so early today. Just so you can stuff your face with food!"
"It may not be important to you but it is to me. Besides, it took me all morning to find it. I went to ten different beaches to I finally found it but anyways…," he said looking back at the group eyeing Sohara and Ikaros's swimsuits.
Sohara was wearing a green one piece that showed off her huge assets that almost seemed like they were going to pop right out. Her two straps went over her shoulders and connected to a small metal ring that was located on her middle back. The left and right side of her swimsuit did the same creating an opening that showed off her lower back.
Unlike Sohara, Ikaros wore a black two-piece bikini that showed off her body as well along with wearing a blue hooded sweater that he figured hid her wings.
"A one piece Sohara. I figured you would wear a two-piece like Ikaros but now that I look at you. You seem to look quite good in one and Ikaros I never seen you in a bikini and I have to say. You look good in one," he told the two getting Sohara to blush while Ikaros nodded and thanked him.
Mikako however felt like left out and spoke up.
"What about me?"
Naruto look at her and smiled, "You look good in one as well."
"Thank you for noticing and I have to say. You look… hot without shirt," she added as she eyed Naruto's toned body who wore only an orange pair of swimming trunks with flames liking at the bottom. 'I might have to stop chasing Sugata and start going after him. Or I could just go after both of them.' A mischief smile suddenly on her face but luckily, Naruto, or anybody else, didn't notice it.
As they talked, Naruto suddenly noticed one of them was missing and prompted him to ask.
"Why did Sugata go?"
Soon as he asked, everyone else noticed that Sugata was missing but it wasn't until Mikako told the group where he was.
"He's over at the curry eating competition waiting for it to start."
Everyone then looked and saw she was right getting Naruto to smirk.
"So he thinks he can beat me at an all you can eat competition, huh. Well he better have a stomach like a black hole if he wants even a slightest chance at besting me."
"Sugata is known to eat his fair share of food so I think he can give you a run for you money. That is if you can keep up with him," Mikako said getting Naruto's smirk to increase then shiver with excitement.
"I'm getting excited just thinking about it!" he then turned to Sohara and the others and said, "Well you guys have fun. I got a competition to win."
With that, Naruto walked off leaving them to do whatever it was they were planning to do.
As they watched him leave, Sohara turned towards Tomoki and said, "Since Naru-chan is not going to join us do you want to go out on a boat with me."
"Sure why not," he replied getting her to smile.
Before she could take off Mikako stopped her.
"Before you leave I just wanted to let you know that some of my men are setting up a cabana for us. So if you get tired you can rest there," she said pointing towards two men in suits setting up a cabana like the one she said. "Now, if you would excuse me. I want to see which of the two men I have my eye's one will win that little eating competition."
Mikako then walked away leaving both Tomoki and Sohara who was too excited to go out to on the water with Tomoki to catch that last part.
"Then I'll be going to get that boat for us," Sohara said.
"Okay. Ikaros and I will be waiting here for you to get back."
Tomoki then watch Sohara leave before turning towards Ikaros only to see she was nowhere to in sight. When he continued to search, he saw the hooded sweater that he let her borrowed floating out in the water. Thinking she might've drowned he hurried of towards the spot his sweater was floating and once he was there he put his head in the water. To see Ikaros who was not only fine but also sitting on the ocean floor with two sea cucumbers struggling to get out of her hand.
He then dove underwater to see her pick up a crab as she stood up and started too walked away. As he dove deeper, he found it a harder to hold his breath and before he knew it. He opened his mouth form the lack of air and floated towards the surface if it were for Ikaros's sensor that told her he was in trouble. She would have never noticed him and took off after him and taking him to shore.
When Tomoki coughed up about a gallons worth of seawater he jumped to his feet and looked at Ikaros.
"What the hells a matter with you! Can't you act a little more human and swim like the rest of us. Normal people don't go diving down to the ocean floor and start walking on it!"
"But master. When my wings absorb water they start to get heavy and I begin to sink." To emphasize her point she walked out in two the water to show him that what she said was true and started to sink. "Besides that we angeloids were built to withstand pressure depth of 3000 meters and can last 720 hours of constant movement. So a shallow pool such as this serves no problem what-so-ever," she added but Tomoki didn't catch that last part as he was thinking of what to do with her.
"Alright you leave me no choice but to teach you how to swim," he proclaimed. 'If I can't teach her that she'll draw unwanted attention but does it matter. Almost the whole beach seen Naruto with his wing and I heard him tell them that he was an angel. Besides everyone at that competition will see him too but I rather be safe than sorry.'
With that, Tomoki took hold of Ikaros's hands and took her out to sea then started to teach her how to swim.
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Meanwhile at the curry eating competition Sugata and Naruto were neck and neck just finishing their fiftieth plate of curry that was the size of tires. Everyone else who started with them had already quit, passed out or their stomach exploded from too much food. However, these two stayed strong and continued eating at a rapid pace as if neither one has ever eaten in years getting the crowed to go wild.
"Well ladies and gentlemen! These are your two final contestants," the announcer voiced getting the crowd to cheer. "On the left is a glasses and tie wearing youth who came out of nowhere and to the right. Is a blond haired man that appears to have a wing and from a word form eyewitnesses. He's apparently an angel who also showed up from out of nowhere. He along with the white haired boy has taken this competition by storm."
The announcer continued to speak as both Naruto and Sugata continued to finish plate after plate of curry with no sigh of stopping.
Amongst the huge crowd of people was a purple hair girl in the front row yelling at the two.
"Come on you two I know you can eat more than that. I have a million yen betting on that you two can eat more than 50 plates. therefore, you two better eat faster or else I might have to do something drastic."
The two could only sweat drop at what Mikako was telling them since their mouths were full of food but Naruto caught something off in the distance.
What he saw was Tomoki trying to teach Ikaros how to swim with Sohara of to the side watching them and then her getting on the boat she was dragging and paddled out to sea. He could only wondered what was going on but when he noticed Sugata finished his plate he put all his focus on the competition and ate faster to catch up with the white haired boy.
XXX With Sohara XXX
Soon as Sohara returned with the rental boat, she retrieved so she and Tomoki could go out at sea together only to find him trying to teach Ikaros how to swim. She tried getting his attention but ignored her getting her to look a bit sad before walking off dragging the raft-like boat with her before she took it into the water and got in. Then started paddling out to sea all the while mumbling how Tomoki could be such a jerk and how she got the boat for the two of them.
After she was a ways from shore, she let the oars go and brought her legs close to her body then wrapped her arms around and stared at the raft's floor.
"Tomo-chan you're such an idiot. I don't know how to swim either…."
Just then, a memory of her and Tomoki when they were kids at the beach appeared in her mind. It was about how Tomoki tried to teach her how to swim but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't learn.
'He probably has already forgotten about that.'
With her thoughts, drowning out what was happening around her, she never notice the sun was starting to set nor that the waves were pushing further out to sea and that one of them knocked off one of her oars. When she finally did realize, she started to panic and quickly reached for the oar only for her to fall in the water and with her not knowing how to swim she soon began to sink.
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With Tomoki failing miserably to teach Ikaros how to swim, he finally gave up on her and headed back to shore with her following right behind him. That's when he noticed Sohara was missing and when he tried looking for her, he saw her out at sea in a rental boat trying to grab what looked like an oar. Then suddenly fall in the water as the boat went top side causing him to panic.
"Sohara!"
Tomoki then ran into the water and started swimming towards the boat Sohara was in but found himself getting tired rather quickly and figure it was from trying to diving down to get Ikaros and teaching her how to swim. Before he knew it, he started slowing down but then suddenly something lifted in the air and when he looked up, he saw Ikaros carrying him towards the boat. For once, he was glad she had wings because now he would be able to save Sohara.
Once he was able to flip the boat, back over he had Ikaros place him on it and quickly shot his hand in the water hoping he wasn't too late to save her.
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Once Sohara fell in the water, she tried her hardest to stay afloat but found it was futile since she didn't know how to swim and began to sink. She could swear she heard what sounded like Tomoki yelling her name before she went under and all she could see was the wavy surface and the top part of the raft. As she continued to sink deeper underwater she saw the boat suddenly flip over then what looked like a hand shoot into the water trying to reach for her.
Soon as she saw it, she tried reaching for the hand only for it to nip at her fingertips.
Thinking it was all over now she saw someone dive into the water. She figured it would be Tomoki but to her surprise, it was Naruto. Who used his wing to push him further down after her and once he reached her he brought her close and placed his lips on her getting a shocked look to appear on her face then blew into her mouth. That's when she realized he was giving her air to breathe as he started to swim back towards the surface.
When Naruto resurfaced, he immediately placed Sohara on top of the raft telling Tomoki to grab her, which he did, before he suddenly sank underwater.
Sohara, who just turned around soon as Naruto sank, eyes widen before she reached her hand in the water trying to grab hold of him. Only to come up empty-handed and almost fell in again if it weren't for Tomoki.
"Sohara are you crazy! He just saved you and you're trying to fall back in."
"But Naruto needs our help or else he might drown!"
"Don't be an idiot! He wouldn't dive in after you if he didn't know how to swim. So there's no way that he would drown, I think," he replied whispering that last part. 'I'm not positive myself that he knows how to swim. Not after seeing him go back under once he rescued Sohara but if he didn't know how to swim why take the risk.' That's when it dawned on him before he spoke, "It's his wing?"
Sohara just looked at him before speaking, "What do you mean his wing?"
"It's just a theory but if he's wing is anything like Ikaros's? Then once it absorbs water it will cause him to sink towards the ocean floor."
"But Naruto's an angel not an angeloid. Therefore his wing it's the same as Ikaros, right?"
"It's only a theory. So I'm not sure if I'm right?"
The two then looked back at the water's surface where they could see a bunch of bubbles appear getting them to fear the worst for Naruto.
Soon as Naruto was able to get Sohara up on the raft, he felt as if something was pulling him under and before he knew it, he already started sinking. Not long after that, he saw a hand shoot in the water but knew it would be useless to grab hold as he was sinking at a rapid pace. Even if he grabbed hold of whoever's hand it belong to all he would be doing was taking them under along with him.
Therefore, he just let himself sink while trying to figure out why he was sinking and how he would save himself before it was too late.
'Damn it! Why does my wing feel as if it weighted a ton? Don't tell me my wing absorbs water but that's impossible. Angel wings don't absorb water only angeloids wings do.'
As he continued to think of why his wing was causing him to sink, he could feel his lungs starting to cause him pain from the lack of oxygen.
'Damn! I'm low on air. I gave most of it to Sohara so she would be able to breath when I took to the raft and wasn't able to inhale when I resurface.'
It wasn't long before he opened his mouth on impulse in order to gasp for air releasing the rest of the oxygen in his lungs before seawater started to rush in his mouth causing him to close it.
'I wish I finished that infinite breathe jutsu I was working on when I was younger. Cause it would really help right about now.' His vision was starting to blur telling him he was running out of time, 'I better think of something before I drown.'
He then remembered a jutsu that a shark looking man once used and remembered making a jutsu just like it. Therefore, he quickly made the hand sighs need for the jutsu then place his hand out in front of him.
'Water style: Living Shark technique!'
Pumping chakra into, and out of his hand causing the chakra that seeped out to start forming a giant shark made completely of seawater along with his chakra. He then quickly grabbed hold of the water shark's dorsal fin before it took off towards the water's surface where it shot out sending him flying in the air before turning back in to water. Soon as he was in the air, his hand flashed through some more hand sighs and a gust of wind blew around him drying his wing. After taking flight, he looked and saw Tomoki paddle the boat back towards the shore then flew there to wait for them.
As Tomoki paddled closer towards shore he could feel Naruto's gaze on him as did Sohara and knew they both were about to get lectured about something. Once they were both close enough to shore, they got out the raft and started to drag it. When they were sure, it was far away from the tide's reach they let go. That's when Sohara noticed Naruto walk past her towards Tomoki and deck him in the face causing him to fall back.
"Ow, what the hell was that for," Tomoki yelled rubbing his now sore cheek.
"Are you fucking stupid or what? Why the hell did you let Sohara go out to sea by herself knowing she didn't know how to swim, huh?"
"Well… because I didn't know she took off."
"And why was that?"
"Be… because I was teaching Ikaros how to swim."
"How did that work out for you?"
"She couldn't learn no matter how hard I tried."
"And you know why? It's because angeloids can't swim thanks to their wings absorbed water. That's why we designed them to withstand so much pressure when they're underwater. Even if they could swim it wouldn't matter because they would still sink." Naruto then looked at Sohara and spoke causing her to jump, "And you. What were you thinking! Going out to sea knowing damn well you didn't know how to swim?"
"It… it was because I was upset and wasn't thinking about what I was doing."
"Now tell me what would've happen if Tomoki or I didn't reach you in time."
"I… I would've…," she couldn't finish her sentence as she knew the answer but was too afraid to say it.
However, Naruto wasn't and finished it for her.
"You would've drowned."
Hearing him say it was worst then if she said it herself. As it got her to realize how close to death's door she really was and it made tears form in her eyes but before she could cry, Naruto spoke up.
"But I'm glad that you didn't. So promise me that you won't do anything stupid like that again."
She could hear just how worried he was that she almost drowned and wiped the tears in her eyes before nodding her head. Thinking that he finished lecturing them she looked at Naruto only for him to turn away from her and point at Sugata who had something in his right hand while eating a corn on the cob.
"And you. I want a goddamn rematch because there's no way in hell, I should've lost to a kid. Especially in an all you can eat competition."
Tomoki and Sohara just sweat dropped as they watched Naruto switch from lecturing them to demanding Sugata to a rematch. Mikako on the other hand, who was standing next to Sugata at the time, had a mischief smile appear on her face before turning towards her longtime friend.
"Well Sugata what do you say. Are you up for another challenge?"
Sugata just looked at her then back at Naruto before he spoke, "If he insists however, I chose what we eat."
Naruto just smirk glad he was able to get the rematch he wanted and said, "All fine by me."
"Good then. I'll have my men prepare a stage for the two of you and get the food ready. So why don't you two rest at the lodge Sugata won for taking first at the curry eating contest," Mikako spoke getting nods from the two of them.
Naruto and Sugata spared on last glace at each other before walking away leaving Mikako and the others.
"Uh, prez. Why are you willing to help them out," Sohara asked, as the mischief look never left Mikako's face.
"Because I can make a fortune on those two by opening a betting stand before the competition starts," Mikako replied getting Sohara to sweat drop. "Now, if you'll excuse me I have a competition to set up."
As Mikako left, Tomoki noticed Ikaros was missing.
"Hey Sohara. Did you see where Ikaros went?"
When he asked her that she noticed she was gone too and started to look for her that's when they noticed a blue hooded sweater floating in the water.
"Damn it! she didn't again," Tomoki yelled before making his way out into the ocean to retrieve a sunken angeloid.
XXX At The New Eating Competition XXX
Just as Mikako said, her men built a new stage that had two tables with Sugata sitting in the left one and Naruto sitting behind the right one. Above the stage was a giant flat screen TV mounted on some poles that had lights attached to them under it there was a sigh with a red cloth covering it so no one would know what kind of eating contest it was besides Mikako and Sugata.
Out in front of the stage was a huge crowd of people. Most of them were people from the curry eating competition held earlier that day as for the rest they were all from Sorami.
Both Tomoki and Sohara were dumbfound by how many people showed up to see such an event but figured they were mostly here because they were betted on who would win.
Sohara was about to go join that said group but Tomoki stopped her when he spoke.
"Hey Sohara. Isn't that your mother?"
When she looked at the woman Tomoki was pointing to she saw her mother standing in the front row but before she could go ask why she was here, she heard her mother's voice.
"Naruto, You better win! I have 1000 yen on you so you better not let me down. Otherwise you can find yourself a new place to stay."
Sohara just sweat dropped and looked at the said blond angle seeing him scratch the back of his head sheepishly not knowing what to reply to her mother. Sighing as she shook her head, she made her way towards where her mother was standing.
When she reached her she said, "Mother. What are you doing here?"
Her mother then looked at her seeing she was wearing a greenish sundress and smirked.
"Oh Sohara. So you came to cheer on your future husband," her mother said getting her to blush.
"Fu-Future husband! What are you talking about?"
"Don't give me that. I know how you look at him when you think nobodies looking. Besides I hear you moan is name when you're sleeping so I know you like him."
Sohara could only open her mouth flabbergasted by what her mother just said and in front of Tomoki too.
"Wow Sohara. I didn't know you like Naruto like that. Well I'm rooting for you," Tomoki spoke getting her to look at him.
"Sh-shut up Tomo-chan! I don't like Naru-chan like that," she proclaimed. 'At least I don't think I do,' she thought as her mother just watched her with a keen eye then smirked when a blush appeared on her daughters face.
"Anyway it's gonna start soon so you should still cheer for him. Since it was thanks to his kindness that we're here to begin with."
When her mother said that she understood what she meant but still couldn't get the idea of her liking Naruto out of her head while Tomoki looked at the two.
He wondered what Sohara's mother meant by it was thanks to Naruto's kindness that they we're able to be here but before he could ask them. He, along with the huge crowd of people, heard the announcer speak, which also looked like his and Sohara's math teacher.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Today we have yet another contest that our two contestants will be participating in another eating competition. To my left we have Eishiro Sugata, a young student who goes to a Sorami high and is the winner in the curry eating competition held earlier today. To my right we have a man who goes by the name of Uzumaki Naruto, not much is known about him other than he is a proclaim angel and is the runner up in the curry competition that Mr. Eishiro won. So please give it…."
Before the announcer could finish Mikako walked on staged and whispered something in his ear.
"It appears that the information we received from our inside sources says that Mr. Uzumaki apparently lives with a young girl by the name of Mitsuki Sohara along with her mother."
Soon as the announcer said that a huge blush appeared on Sohara's face as the people from Sorami looked her way while her mother elbowed her in the arm.
"Now everybody knows. You're going to be the talk of the town," her mother said but Sohara was too embarrassed to reply.
"Now before we get this competition started here are a few words from the sponsor of this event, Miss Satsukitane Mikako."
The crowd then cheered as the announcer handed the microphone over to Mikako.
"Thank you, Mr. Takehara. Now I know everyone is anxious to get this little competition started but before we do. I think you all should know what kind of eating competition this is going to be. So if you would please uncover the sign."
Just as Mikako ordered the red cloth below the large TV screen, that showed an up-close view of the stage, fell revealing a sign that said "A Non-Stop Ramen Eating Competition."
Naruto just looked at the sign then at Sugata who was just sitting there as the huge crowd started to cheer louder than before.
"Are you sure about this Sugata," Naruto asked the boy.
"Something you don't know is that ramen happens to be one of my favorite foods and once I start eating it. I have to force myself to stop so I don't over eat," Sugata replied getting Naruto to raise an eyebrow.
"Really now. that's too bad?"
It was Sugata's turn to raise an eyebrow as he look at Naruto and said, "Why's that?"
"Well it's because ramen is my favorite food and when I started eating I don't stop until I'm full or I run out of money. Whichever comes first but since this is and all you can eat ramen competition. You better have a golden stomach; otherwise, you just might die of too much food."
Sugata started to worry when he saw the smirk Naruto gave him, as he knew the blond angel wouldn't lie about anything when it came to food. However, he was confident in his own ability and was sure he could keep up with him as he sat there waiting for the competition to begin.
"Now are our contestants ready," Mikako asked.
Just then two of Mikako's servants brought out two huge bowls of ramen one for each of them and placed it in front of 'em.
After getting nods form the two she yelled, "Then begin!"
Soon as Mikako gave, the word both Naruto and Sugata started to devour their first bowl of ramen and in the matter of seconds, they were already moving to their next bowl. The crowed just watched in awe as they witnessed the two down bowl after bowl as if they were inhaling the ramen instead of eating it. Before anyone knew it, the two were already on their twentieth bowl still neck and neck. The crowd didn't know which of the two were in the lead until Naruto place down his bowl down just a few seconds before Sugata getting the people who were betting on his to cheer.
"Come on angel man!"
"You can do it one wing angel!"
"Were rooting for you one wing angel!"
"Naruto you better not let up or you can call the couch you call a bed goodbye!"
The people cheering for Naruto weren't sure if it was that last shout or the blond angel himself that got him going because he suddenly quickened his pace. Downing an entire bowl he started putting himself a bowl ahead of Sugata causing the white haired boy to quicken his pace as well. It took all of what Sugata had in him to try and keep up with Naruto's unbelievable pace of eat ramen and had to wonder if this was Naruto's regular speed. As the blond angel didn't go at this sort of pace in the curry eating competition.
Whatever it was driving Naruto Sugata had not chance at catching up to him as he continued to move up one bowl ahead of him as time went on. Just as Sugata was about to hit his eightieth bowl Naruto was just finishing his hundredth getting the white haired boy to realize. He was no match for the blond angel and the black hole that he called a stomach. Knowing it was futile to continue Sugata stood up and raised a hand getting the crowd to look at him while Naruto continued eating oblivious to what was going on around him.
"It appears Eishiro Sugata as stopped eating," the announcer spoke as he walked towards him. "Mr. Eishiro why did you stop eating. Does this mean what I think it does?"
"Yes. I come to realize that I'm not match for Naruto and withdrawing from this competition."
His sudden statement got half the crowd to go wide eye as the other half cheered, as they knew they weren't going empty-handed.
However, Naruto still wasn't paying attention as he continued to eat the ramen they placed in front of him but when they stop coming he started to wonder what happen. He was about to ask why but notice the announcer had place the microphone in front of him.
"What the hell's going on?"
"We all want to know how you feel knowing that you won."
"I won? When the hell did that happen and why did they stop severing me my ramen."
The announcer along with the crowd just laughed at Naruto statement but the funny thing was Naruto wasn't joking.
"You won when Mr. Eishiro gave up. Since the winner was already determined, there was no need to continue serving out bowls of ramen. Therefore, I ask again how does it you feel knowing that you won."
"No need to server any more ramen! Now look here. They called this an all you can eat ramen competition and I'm still hungry. Therefore, if I don't see another bowl of ramen in the next few seconds someone is going to pay!"
The announcer along with the crowd sweat dropped and couldn't tell if Naruto was serious or just playing around.
"Well anyway… there you have it. Uzumaki Naruto is the new eating competition winner," the announcer said ignoring Naruto, whose eyebrow started to twitch, causing the crowd to cheer.
As the crowd continued to cheer, Sohara's mother looked over at her daughter who was shaking her head at Naruto's earlier statement.
"You know Sohara the say the quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach. So if I were you I get working on learning how to make a ramen dish that'd make him come back dying for more."
Sohara just looked up at her mother before giving her reply, "Why would I need to do that?"
"Are you still trying to deny that you aren't in love with him?" Sohara just looked away from her mother's gaze not sure, if she liked or possibly loved the blond angel as her mother then continued to talk, "Take it from me. I was the same way with your father and kept telling myself it was a feeling I had for another boy I liked. It wasn't until later that I realized I was in love with father and it wasn't long after we got out of high school that we get married."
Even after what her mother said, Sohara was still unsure if the feeling she harbored were towards Tomoki or Naruto but if what her mother said, were true. That she did have those kinds of feeling for Naruto how could she make sure that they were.
"But how did you know it was dad that you were in love with?"
"Tell you the truth. I can't really say. It sort of just happened and I never once regretted it." She then placed her hands on her daughter's shoulders, "But if he did appear in your dream like you said. Then he's destined to be with you."
She then turned around so her back was facing her daughter and said one last thing before she left.
"Now I have some winnings to collect thanks to my future son-in-law. To think he won me 100,000 yen (about $1276.49) in less than a hours."
Sohara didn't hear the son-in-law comment as she looked form her mother to the blond angel. Whom she only met a few weeks ago and watched as he grabbed her math teacher by his shirt and start shaking him. She then watched as Mikako walked up to Naruto saying something to get him to let go of her teacher. She wondered what it was she said to get him to let go but whatever it was put a smirk on his face as he followed Mikako off stage.
She was going to find out what Mikako said to him but Tomoki stopped her before she could.
"Hey Sohara. Sugata gave us some tickets to the seaside inn nearby and I was thinking. We could stay there for the night and spend an extra day at the beach. What do you say?"
"Sure, sounds good," she quickly replied as she tried to find where Naruto and Mikako went but couldn't find them anywhere.
"Great just let me find Ikaros first."
Tomoki then started to look around only to find that Ikaros was nowhere and sight. He then turned towards the ocean to see his sweater once again floating in the water getting his eyebrow to twitch before marching off towards the ocean.
XXX At The Sea Lodge XXX
After Sohara said goodbye to her mother who counted every yen she won both her and Tomoki along with Ikaros made their way towards the seaside inn. As they made their way there, she could only wonder what Naruto was up to with Mikako and hope it wasn't anything more than just talking. When they reached the inn then walked in and gave the receptionist their tickets then made their way towards their respected rooms. However, Sohara heard a familiar voice asking for more ramen and went to investigate only to find Naruto sitting in the dining room of the inn.
He was finishing what looked like his twentieth bowl of ramen, as there was a stack of bowls next to him. When he noticed her standing there, he swallowed the food in his mouth and spoke.
"Sohara what are you doing here?"
"I can ask you the same thing but it looks like you were right about still being hungry."
"Yeah! Mikako said if I stop threating the announcer she'd treat me to all the ramen I can eat here," he replied getting her to sigh in relief.
'So that's what she asked him. I thought it was something else judging by that smirk on his face," she thought then realized what she said. 'Wait? Why do I care what Mikako said to him. Am I getting jealous when he talks to other girls? Maybe mom was right and I do like him.'
As her thoughts continued to bubble in her head she never heard the blond man in front of her ask her something until she finally realized he was talking.
"Sohara are you listening to me," Naruto said getting Sohara's attention. "I was asking you. Why are you here?"
"Oh, it's because Sugata gave Tomoki and me a couple of tickets that he won from the curry eating competition."
"Well wasn't that nice of him. Even though they should be my tickets if it wasn't for what happened."
She knew what he meant and caused a sad face to appear on her face, "I'm sorry. It was my fault that you had to leave that competition."
Naruto sighed realizing what he said and placed his bowl down before speaking, "It doesn't matter long as I know that you're safe. I could care less about winning some contest."
Sohara smiled as he said that then watched him finish the rest of his ramen before he stood up.
"How about we go for a little walk."
After he got a nod from her, the two of them left the inn.
xxxxxx
Soon after Tomoki gave his ticket to the receptionist, he made his way towards his room but not before telling Ikaros to stay in the room where she and Sohara would be staying. When he arrived in his room, he saw Sugata who was already a sleep in the futon next to his. He wondered why he was in the same room as him but didn't care at the moment cause he was to tire and made his way to his futon where he passed out.
As he was having, one of the most wonderful dreams where he had every porn mag you could imagine but someone suddenly awoken. When he opened his eyes, he saw a blue haired angel woman who always appears in his dreams every so often in the same vast grassy land with a bright blue sky.
"How is the angel," the woman asked getting Tomoki to sit up.
"How should I put this… she's a real pain in my ass but despite all of that? It's been quite fun having her around. She doesn't seem that bad of a person, or angeloid, but I can do without that asshole of a friend you yours."
"I didn't send her to you so you could have fun," she told him ignoring the rude comment he called Naruto. "Remembered the sky captured her."
"I've been meaning to ask you. What does that even mean?"
"What does that mean, Daedalus," a voice spoke getting the two to see Naruto standing not far-off from them.
"Naruto," both of them exclaimed as the blond angel walked towards them.
"I mean is it even possible for the sky to capture someone," Naruto asked.
"That's what I want to know," Tomoki added.
"Naruto? H-How is it possible you entered Tomoki's dream," the now known Daedalus asked.
The only way she was able to enter his dream is using a machine that was able to transmit her in them but Naruto didn't have such a machine. She was certain he could make one himself but it would take him years to build one. So how was it that he was able to enter Tomoki's dream.
"Come on Daedalus-chan. Have you all ready for gotten I was once the ruler of Synapse. Entering one's mind is easy for a ruler," Naruto said. 'That is if they're an angel or have angel blood pumping through their veins however, Tomoki is neither an angel or has angel blood. So why is it that not only me but Daedalus is able to enter his dreams.'
As he thought that Daedalus hid her blush form when Naruto added the chan suffix but soon it changed from her blushing face to a sad one.
"Yeah, you were one? Until you committed a taboo."
That statement got Naruto's smile to disappear and looked at Daedalus with a sad expression on his face.
"Your right. I did commit a taboo and is the reason why Ikaros is the way she is now and probably one of the reasons you sent her to Tomoki but I also think you made the right choice to. At first, I thought you were just desperate to send her away from Synapse but after I learned what Tomoki was like. I saw what you might have seen in him. Therefore, you shouldn't rush things and let them be as they are now. If anything happens, I'll be there to stop things so you don't have to worry about this sky thing capturing Ikaros. I'll always be here to protect her, no matter what happens. You can count on that."
"You loved her didn't you?"
"Yeah, I did. Along with the other angeloids."
Daedalus could hear nothing but the truth come out from Naruto's mouth and was somewhat sad because she wished he loved her the same as he did for the angeloids they created but compared to her. The angeloids were far better than she ever would be in every way possible and Naruto must have seen that. However, what she heard him say next changed her mind entirely.
"Just as much as I loved you, Ao-chan."
(A/N: Ao is the Japanese for blue.)
Hearing him call her by the nickname he gave to her the first day they met was enough proof for her that he still loved her as she ran up to him and burrowed her face into his bare chest as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"I thought you never loved me the way you did with Ikaros and the others. I always believed that I was never good enough for you."
"How could you say that? I always loved you and I always will. The only thing I ever regretted was never proposing to you."
When he said that Daedalus looked up at him with a shock look on her face.
"Wha-What did you say?"
"I said I always regretted never asking you to marry me but I wonder if you would still say yes. Even after the thing between Ikaros and me."
"Of course I would still say yes, you idiot. Have you forgotten already? Synapse is a polygamy society. Therefore, whatever happened between you and Ikaros or any of the other angeloids? Wouldn't matter to me because I know you loved them with all your heart."
"That's good to know but I wish we had more time to talk."
"What do you mean?"
"Well it appears Tomoki is waking up."
Not sure what he was talking about Daedalus backed away from Naruto to see he legs slowly fading away then looked at Tomoki who was also fading away. When sh looked back at Naruto, she saw most of his lower body was already faded and all that remained was his upper chest.
"When this whole sky thing is settled I plan to ask you to marry me."
"And I'll be waiting. Also, try not to tease Sohara so much. She might just end up as one of your wife's one day."
"Why would you say that?"
"You'll see, Sakana-kun."
(A/N: Sakana is Japanese for fish. I thought it sounded better than saying fish-kun.)
"Hey…!"
That was all Naruto was able to say before his body completely faded away leaving Daedalus to her lonesome.
"I just hope Naruto is able to stop whatever Tenshi is planning?"
With that said, she too left Tomoki's mind secretly hoping Naruto wasn't joking about marring her.
XXX With Tomoki XXX
When Tomoki awoke from a crazy dream that he could swear he saw Naruto in he opened his eyes to see Ikaros staring right at him. It wasn't unusual for him to see her in his room when he woke up but he figured she would still be sleeping at a time like that since it was barely three in the morning.
After Ikaros moved away and sat on her legs, Tomoki sat up.
"What are you doing?"
"I was watching you sleep, master."
"Watching me sleep. Why the hell would you do that?"
"Because I always watch master sleep."
"Shouldn't you be sleeping with Sohara?"
"Miss Sohara isn't in her room."
"What do you mean she's not in her room? Ah, who cares? Just hurry back to your room so you can go to sleep," Tomoki said as he stood up and started to push Ikaros towards the door.
As he did Ikaros looked over her shoulder and asked him something that caused him to stop dead in his tracks.
"Just what kind of thing is 'sleep', master?"
"Wha-What?"
That was all Tomoki could say. No one has ever asked him that kind of question before and since he couldn't come up with an answer Ikaros continued to talk.
"We angeloid were never programmed with the function to sleep. So I don't know what it feels like to sleep or dream."
Tomoki didn't know what to say to that but wondered what she did every night when he went to sleep and prompted him to ask.
"Then what do you do every night when I fall asleep?"
"I'm always by your side until you wake up, master. Always…"
There was an awkward silence as the two stood there. Tomoki looked at the time seeing at it was a little past three and turned to Ikaros.
"Well, I'm up now and since there's nobody out at a time like this. Why don't we go for a walk and give your wings a stretch. It has to be very uncomfortable for you to keep your wings like that all day. So what do you say?"
Ikaros just nodded then followed Tomoki outside where she took off her sweater and unleashed her wings from their imprisonment. Then flew out over the water while Tomoki walked along the shore where he saw a man who looked like he was carrying someone.
As he got closer, he saw that that man was Naruto and the person he was carrying was Sohara. He wondered why he was carrying her and remembered what Sohara mother said about her like Naruto. When he was about arm's length form Naruto Tomoki spoke.
"So what are you doing out here and with Sohara too."
Naruto just looked at Tomoki with a smirk before saying, "Nothing your perverted mind's thinking. All we did was go out for a walk and watched the night sky. Then dosed off."
"I guess I can believe that but there also something to ask you."
"And that is?"
"If what you said before was true and you created Ikaros. Why didn't you give her or any of the other angeloids the function to sleep?"
"So Ikaros told you that, huh."
He received a nod from Tomoki then looked out at the sea seeing Ikaros float above the water making her seem as if she were walking on it before answering Tomoki's question.
"She may not remember it because of the blocks they placed on her but angeloid were and probably still capable of sleeping, in a way of speaking."
"What do you mean?"
"Well when we built them. We never thought about them on the same level as use until we actually witness them in action ourselves. After realizing, the only difference between an angeloid and an angel was how you create one. I thought it was only right to give them the ability to sleep and created a capsule like device. That put them in standby mode which was the closest way to getting them to seem like they were sleeping. I know it not much but it was all I could think of at the time however in the end, they all were grateful."
"Well at least it's good to know that they are able to sleep, kind of, but it still sad that they can't have the luxury of dreaming."
"That's where you're wrong," Naruto stated getting Tomoki to look at him weird. "It may surprise you but angeloids do have dreams."
"But how's that possible if they can't really sleep?"
"I can't explain how but when I monitored them while they were in standby mode. I found a that their cores were still transmitting data and when I analyzed that data and put I in a device that could project it as an image. It showed me actually, what the data was saying. Now I won't tell you what it showed since the older models were all the same however the newer ones, like Ikaros, were a lot more graphical if you get what I mean."
Tomoki just nodded his head not understanding most of it but when he heard Naruto say a lot more graphical a perverted grin appeared on his face.
"I gotcha. They were dreaming about sex weren't they?"
Naruto only nodded getting a perverted giggle from Tomoki.
"And since they were in standby mode they never realized that they were capable of dreaming."
"Why didn't you just tell them they were able to?"
"If I did that then they would be asking me what it was they were dreaming of. There was no way I would show them that," Naruto said as a small blush appeared on his face. 'Since they were all dreaming about me doing god knows what to them. Thank god I decide not show it to them or Daedalus.'
Pushing that thought aside Naruto looked at Ikaros who was now looking at them and slowly flew towards them.
"Just remember Tomoki. Daedalus picked you for a reason and that reason alone."
When he heard, Naruto say that name he remembered hearing it before and realized it was in the dream he woke up from earlier. When he turned to ask him about it, he couldn't find Naruto anywhere it was as if he disappeared that's when he heard Ikaros's voice.
"Master is something wrong?"
"No I was just wondering where Naruto went."
"Naruto? But Naruto wasn't here."
"What are you talking about? Of course he was here I was just talking with him."
"But Master. It's only been the two of us out here and my sensors tell me that Naruto is at the inn."
"How is that possible? I was just talking to him."
Ikaros then placed a hand on Tomoki's forehead.
"My indicators tell me that your temperature is normal and all vital sign are normal. Are you sure your fine master."
Tomoki was still trying to figure out how he was talking to Naruto while he supposedly wasn't there. Finding the harder he tried them more of a headache it gave him and gave up. He then grabbed hold of Ikaros's hand and started to walk her back to the inn.
xxxxxx
Sugata was on his laptop typing something before he stopped and looked at his screen that showed all the characteristics of Ikaros he knew so far.
"Pressure resistance depth: 3000 meters, Time able to move constantly during the day: 720 hours. Hmm…strange. Even the world's best submarines can't exceed a pressure depth of 1000-2000 meters. If she's just a pet angeloid then why make her so durable. It's as if she were built like some kind a weapon."
Just then, the door to Sugata's room opened getting the boy to close his laptop and looked to see whom it was and to his surprise, it was Naruto.
"Be careful what you search for because you just might end up hurting yourself and the people around you."
That was all he said before he started closing the door but stopped and said one more thing.
"Oh, I think this belongs to you."
Naruto then tossed a small object over toward Sugata. When it landed next to him, he saw a small microphone that he place on Ikaros soon as they arrived at the beach.
"It's rude to spy on others."
Naruto then left closing the door leaving Sugata to wonder how Naruto even found the microphone since he wasn't there to see him put it on her. Knowing it was futile to try and figure out that man, as he was an enigma.
One thing did bother him and that was why Naruto was so protective of Ikaros and how Sohara could be far above humans when she was a human herself.
Those were the two questions on his mind and he would stop at nothing until he answers.
XXXXXX
A/N: Well there you have it the forth chapter and the conclusion to the first volume of the manga all with my little twist of 'what if Naruto were in this manga.' Sorry there wasn't an omake at the end of this chapter I just couldn't think of anything funny to write and promise to make a longer one in the next time. Now the next chapter might be a combination of both the first and second chapter of the second volume. That happens to be one of my favorite volumes. Since it not only has the panty chapter but also has the first festival, where everyone meets Judas. There's one part in there I've been dying to write with Naruto and Ikaros that I think you would all love that's been in my head the moment I came up with this story.
On another note, I might and Mikako to Naruto harem since a review pointed out that Sugata isn't the type of person to have any interest in romance and I have to agree. Therefore, I will probably have her eyes set on Naruto or both as I said in the chapter. whichever I want the point is I'll most likely add her into Naruto's harem. In addition, in case any of you are wondering what Naruto claw gauntlet my look like just Google exactly this beast_claw_ in images. It should be the picture that pops up of what I have in mind for them should pop up. Just imagine them all black if it did not pop up, I will put a link on my profile when I get the chance.
I won't be able to do it right away since I can't get internet where I live but luckily I can still update my stories via my phone which have been doing all this time.
Now I will get back to reading the To-Love-Ru manga and finally finish it. I also might make a crossover of that with Naruto sometime soon so be on the lookout if you like my stories or just want to check it out. Linkmaster out.