Hello guys. I have brought you a new chapter of this fic, as promised.
Now my response to some of the reviews of this fic.
Lu Bane aka 'Adm. ThunderCock: Well, thanks buddy. Your review turns out to be the hundredth one for this fic.
Lord Hydra: I have always wondered what Jiraiya actually taught Naruto, if even after three years he is till basically the same, with the same set of arsenal that he had three years ago. Which was why I made him the way he was supposed to be in this fic. Also, to your question of Karasuba's involvement, let me say that her time would come. It's just a matter of screen time for each character.
ThePizziaMan: While not necessary for every jounin to have a genin team, I will think about it. It's a rare concept after all.
AlphaLegion: Not much there to respond to your review, but I still decided to write it. I thought that his rejection on the basis of emotions alone would be crappy, which was why I did what I did in the previous chap.
Cerulean Knight: Again the same answer to you too, like the one for AlphaLegion. You will see in this chapter, as to how they all make it through all that.
Well that was all the major reviews. If you have any questions about this chapter, then please leave it in long ass reviews. I will respond to the queries likewise.
Now, onto the story.
Disclaimer: …
Um, sorry guys, but I'm still searching for the disclaimer I kicked out in the previous chap. I don't know where I kicked him off to?
Chapter 4: Acceptance.
Naruto, while covered in his three tails Kyuubi chakra clock, gazed at the one standing opposite to him with narrowed eyes, as he tried to keep his emotions under check. Something, in which he was failing spectacularly, as he glared at the said person with hatred in his eyes.
And the person, who was the recipient of his heated gaze, was none other than Orochimaru of the Sannin.
It had all started with their mission to the bridge of heaven, where he along with Sakura, a new teammate called Sai, and their temporary leader Yamato had joined forces together to claim information from Sasori's spy at the said bridge.
Turns out that the spy was none other than Kabuto, who in reality was not a spy. His loyalty for Orochiramu was next to none, which might be the reason why Orochimaru had appeared on the bridge after a few tense moments.
Things had went downhill from there, when the Snake Sennin had started to taunt him while using Sasuke's name, claiming to pit his former best friend against him. In the end, Naruto lashed out, as he raged at both his opponents, first sending Kabuto sailing through the air, after which he did the incredible feat of giving the same treatment to the tongue weirdo Sennin.
Now, it was not the thought of Orochimaru having Sasuke that had him so enraged. The promise he had made to Sakura, about bringing Sasuke back, was also of no major contribution to the current hatred he harbored for the Snake Sennin. In fact, as harsh as it may sound, it was something that he could care less about.
No. It was the thought of one of the only person, who had treated him differently from the other villagers that drove his emotions to the edge.
Sasuke Uchiha had been the first of the very few people who had treated him differently than the other people in his village. While most of the parents warned their children of him being bad and good for nothing, the Uchiha had been the only one among his peer to not look at him in negative light.
At first, it had elated him to know that there was still someone out there, who would look at him without prejudice. And, it was one of the foremost reasons why he had tried to befriend the Uchiha.
That epically failed, when he learned that Sasuke was just a natural douchebag, who could care less for others. He had been all but ready to give up on his case, when he learned the truth to why he was that way.
He had lost his entire family. Living a life, where he was surrounded by the happiness of a family, he was suddenly snatched away from all that, and was left in a hopeless situation, where the only thing he had to embrace was his loneliness.
It was the first time Naruto had experienced an emotion of happiness, mixed with guilt. He was happy, because he knew that there was someone out there, who experienced the same loneliness that he had endured. He also felt guilty, because he was happy at the expense of another's misery.
Nevertheless, it had been at that time that he became determined to at least know someone, whose life represented a lot like his own. They both had their own share of grief. While one had had never known the joys of a family, the other was suddenly ripped away from all that in an instant.
There was an one important factor, as to why he was so adamant on Sasuke, other than the fact that they had been like quarreling brothers to each other. That reason was because..
He saw himself in Sasuke.
There were so many similarities that he had with Sasuke, except for their contradictory personalities, that he couldn't help but think how life would lead, if he had gone down Sasuke's path.
But, the truth was that, it scared him. The end result of the path that Sasuke took scared him. At times, he couldn't help but wonder if that is how he would have ended up, if he were to take up Sasuke's path. His childhood, after all, was not something that was filled with happiness and sunshine, and he had his fair share of moments filled with immense depression. Couple it with the burden of bearing the hatred of an entire village, it was a miracle that he turned out the way he did.
Even still, he couldn't help but think that he could have been in Sasuke's place, if he didn't have enough guts and willpower to endure all that. And, the amount of psychological pain that Sasuke had faced was something that even surpassed that of his own.
It was due to this, that he was so determined to bring Sasuke back to the path. The path that he could have taken. The path that scared him to no end. And, he would do anything, and everything to make that happen, no matter what it took him to do so.
Maybe that was the reason why he was so enraged at the one standing opposite to him. The snake Sennin proclaimed that he had control over Sasuke. That he had control over one of Naruto's probability. And that didn't bode well with him.
But he was not known as the gutsiest ninja for nothing. With a willpower that was incomprehensible, he tried to rein control over his mind, unwilling to give control to the Kyuubi that was sealed inside him.
Orochimaru frowned, when he saw the scene in front of him. Naruto was gaining control over three tails worth of Kyuubi chakra. Now that was something that couldn't be counted as a good news for him.
'I have to do something.' He thought to himself, while trying to wreck his brain on ideas as to how he could leave Naruto vulnerable. That's when an idea struck him. 'I could definitely use that. Although it's still experimental, I guess this is the best time to use it.'
Orochimaru had to suddenly jump away from his place, when Naruto tried to do a claw attack on the location where he previously stood. Quickly taking out a kunai, while coating it with a high amount of wind chakra, Orochimaru threw it at Naruto's direction in a lightning speed.
Naruto was unable to respond to this in required time, as the kunai pierced through his chakra cloak due its wind chakra coating, before slashing through his arm. Naruto bit back his scream, as the area where kunai had slashed through gave out a steam with a hiss, while swiftly closing up the wound.
Naruto glared Orochimaru, as he got on his hands and legs, in manner reminiscent to a fox. "It's gonna take a lot more than a kunai to defeat me, Orochi-teme!"
Orochimaru gave a condescending laugh in response to Naruto's heated words. As his chuckle died down, he looked at the blonde with a mock pity look. "I wonder, Naruto-kun," He drawled out in a slight taunting tone. "Why are so adamant on Sasuke-kun? To bring him back to what? That Konoha village." His smile then turned a little sinister, as he looked at the Kyuubi Jinchuriki. "The same village, which only gave you grief and loneliness as its reward for your loyalty!"
"Shut up!" Naruto roared back, as he snarled at the Snake summoner. "Don't mess with me with your words! I still have…"
While Naruto said that, he suddenly started to have visuals, where he went through a childhood full of loneliness. The amount of sadness he endured during that time hit back at him with all its might, as he started to see the image of being surrounded by villagers, who either ignored his very existence, or if they looked, then it was with nothing more than hatred and disgust.
Orochimaru, who saw the momentary stumble Naruto had, while freezing up in his position, smirked to himself in satisfaction. 'So it has started.' He thought to himself, as saw Naruto hallucinating from his place. 'It seems I was right. The kyuubi chakra is so full of hatred, that the fear inducing poison I had coated on that kunai would actually accelerate due to fox's chakra.' He then crossed his arms, as he decided to watch how this would transpire. 'Now all that is left is for the brat to have a mental breakdown, before succumbing to unconsciousness. It would be an easy victory for me.'
Sadly, for Orochimaru, he never took into account of the fact that the Kyuubi's chakra could be actually fueled on hatred and sorrow.
"No…" Naruto muttered to himself, as he clutched his head to ignore the images. "I still have people who care about me. I still have Baa-chan, Ero-sennin, my friends, and…" He then saw the images of his Sekirei's, from whom he had distanced himself away. Naruto gritted his teeth, as he tried to ignore the sadness that he felt from those memories. "No…I still…"
"Admit it, Naruto-kun," Orochimaru decided to put oil on fire, as he tried to drag on Naruto's misery. "The only reason Tsunade and Jiraiya gave you their time was because you held Kyuubi inside yourself. Even Sarutobi-sensei was the same case, otherwise why would he give you special attention, even though he was a hokage. Because you were a lonely child? Not a chance." He said in a sickening sweet voice, as he smirked even more sinisterly at Naruto. "Face it, Naruto-kun. The only people who gave you their time did so, not because of who you are, but because of what you are!"
"NNNNOOOOOOOOO!"
With a roar that took a demonic turn, Naruto looked up to the sky in a silent scream, while his skin peeled off in a horrifying manner, as he started to get surrounded in a dome of dense red chakra. A phenomenon, while incredible, was equally horrifying.
For Orochimaru, this was like a train wreck. His plan of making Naruto succumb to unconsciousness had indeed succeeded, but he never took into account of the fact that the Kyuubi could take control over his body. And the sight in front of him, no matter how much he wanted to look away, he just couldn't, as he marveled at the event transpiring in front of him.
While the last of his consciousness started to slip away, Naruto felt a small tear slide down his face, as his vision blurred into darkness. He just had one last thought in his mind, before his consciousness slipped away fully.
'Am I…am I really all alone?'
His world went fully black after that.
What transpired next couldn't be differentiated from carnage, as total destruction ensued in the path of Naruto and Orochimaru. The fight that transpired between both of them couldn't even be accounted as a fight between two shinobi. It was a battle between two monsters, who defied all logics of humanity.
In the Uzukage tower, all of Naruto's destined Sekireis were witnessing the live satellite view on the battle between their Ashikabi and Orochimaru, with an expression of growing horror on their faces.
Their Ashikabi had turned into something that they could never, in their million thoughts, consider him to be.
He had turned into a humanoid monster.
It all ended with a Kyuubified Naruto being restrained and subdued by Yamato, during the process of which a bloodcurdling scream escaped from their Ashikabi, which clenched and twisted the hearts of all his destined Sekireis in an agonizing manner.
A trembling Matsu finally took the initiative of stopping the footage from the satellite. As the screen went blank, Matsu remained frozen at her seat, with an expression that signified the terror that had gripped her heart during the entire battle and the painful restraining of their Ashikabi by Yamato.
It was an expression that mirrored across the faces of all the other Sekirei in the room. Yume and Kazehana, who were one of the most emotional among the Sekirei race, had visible tear trails along their cheeks. But even then, they were unable emit any sounds of sob and cry, as they looked as if they had lost their voice at the horror they had seen descend over their Ashikabi.
It was Miya's reaction which stood out among the rest, as when previously, where she had been standing along with the other Sekirei's during the footage, just literally collapsed on her knees, with tears sliding down her face like the rest.
"Miya!" Kazehana, Matsu and Yume all shouted at once, as they saw the most powerful entity across the whole shinobi world being brought down to her knees, with just one video on the suffering of her Ashikabi.
As all the other three Sekirei rounded up on her, Miya just stayed at her place, with her eyes remaining unfocused along with the tears that still remained on her face. She then slowly turned towards them with an agonized face. "You all felt it, didn't you?" She asked in an almost desperate voice.
Kazehana, who had now started to sob, nodded back with her tearful face. "Yes, Miya. We all felt it. The amount of loneliness…and sadness…" She gripped her chest tightly, "It was unbearable!"
They all remained silent; as they all tried to gain their courage and bearings back, after what they had seen and felt which shook them to their very core.
"He needs us." Miya suddenly declared in a desperate tone, as she wobbly stood back on her feet. Determination, out of nowhere, seeped into her expression, as she thought on the emotionally vulnerable state her Ashikabi would be in.
"Miya-tan…" Matsu whispered, as she looked at the determined face of her leader. She knew that no amount of coercing would deter her from the decision she had made just now.
Kazehana, after wiping away her tears, smiled faintly at the Sekirei pillar. "It's your choice, Miya. No one is going to stop you."
Yume nodded in agreement, with a smile on her face as she looked at Miya.
Hearing this, Miya looked at all the Sekirei present there with a look of gratitude, which was returned with smiling faces. Even though the Konoha team must have gone back to their village by now, she knew she had to go back to her Ashikabi. He was the most vulnerable at the moment. She knew it in her heart. She had felt his loneliness touching her soul, and it pained her to no extent. It didn't matter if Naruto was trying to avoid her presence, because if there was one thing that she had inherited from her Ashikabi, it was his stubbornness. And, she knew that right now…
Her Ashikabi needed her.
Naruto sat alone inside the forest in his village Konoha, with only loneliness greeting him silently, as he rested against a tree. He had a mild haunted and hollow look on his face, as he reminisced on how his entire mission had spiraled down to one massive failure, with his entire team returning back to Konoha with only disappointment in their hands.
And it had all started with his loss over the control of Kyuubi. Shortly after which, he had been restrained back by Yamato, who used his Mokuton to subdue Kyuubi's chakra.
It was then and there, that he swore he would never use Kyuubi's chakra again, as he had learned that he had brought harm to Sakura in his berserk state. What use was this power of, when all it brought was pain to his precious people?
Then, after that they had went to search for their wayward former teammate, in the hope of retrieving him back to his village. Somewhere in his mind, he knew that it was a foolish and naïve thinking, on considering that Sasuke would accept their plea to comeback. But, then again, you couldn't have lived the life Naruto did, without a small bout of foolishness and naivety.
As was expected, the result of their confrontation ended up in a small fight, where he and Sasuke went toe on toe with each other. If nothing else, Sasuke had been impressed at his unbelievelable improvement, and had stated that he was really worthy of being his rival.
Before Naruto could have retorted with anymore words, Orochimaru had once again interfered, where he took Sasuke back, leaving a thoroughly disappointed Naruto and Sakura.
Through all this, the words that Orochimaru had spoken to him were ones which refused to leave his mind. Each of the Snake Sennin's words felt like numerous stabs to his heart. No matter how much he tried to ignore Orochimaru's words, it always succeeded in coming back to his mind to haunt him.
And this was state he was currently in, which had garnered no less amount of concern from Tsunade, Jiraiya and Sakura. They knew that something must have happened to him in his battle with Orochimaru. Just what it was that happened still remained a mystery to them.
The words that he heard from the traitorous snake during their battle constantly ringed in his mind. No matter how much he tried shrug away, while repeatedly consoling himself that all of it were farce, a sneaky move by the Snake sennin to leave him vulnerable, his mind couldn't help but conjure up vivid descriptions of his life, which were full of loneliness and sadness, further proving that Orochimaru's words were somewhat true.
Naruto brought his knees to his chest, while resting his head on it, as he held a melancholic look on his face. He thought on all the people that he had in his life. While all of them were indeed his precious people, there was no special distinction to any one of them, that would really set them apart from the others. The ones he craved for, who would be there for him through thick and thin, while also shouldering all his pain and grief that he had hid behind his smile all this time. It was a classification that not even Jiraiya, his godfather, came under.
Just then, an image of image of all his Sekirei came to his mind, making him grimace, as he quickly shook his head.
He had already lost his right to them. Even though he cared for their safety and welfare, he couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if he had winged them. They were really the ones who were willing to share all his burdens, along with their willingness to give him the love he desired.
But he rejected all of it. Just because he cared for them too much, to risk their lives with his own. The end result of it was that he was alone now.
Naruto looked down dejectedly, as he realized this fact once more. "I'm really all alone."
"No, you are not."
Naruto's head whipped up, when he heard the voice coming from his back. He then slowly turned towards his back, to see Miya standing behind him with a warm smile on her face.
"Miya…" Naruto whispered out in shock. Even after the history between both of them, how could she still come back to him?
Miya didn't pay heed to the stunned look on her Ashikabi's visage, as she walked up to him, and crouched down to be face to face with him, with her warm smile never leaving her face. "You are not alone, Naruto-kun." She said to him in a comforting tone, as she brought her hands forward. Though she hesitated a bit, she emboldened herself while cradling his whole face into her arms, before bringing him to her chest in a warm and loving embrace.
Naruto, whose face laid on Miya's soft and supple breast, felt his eyes moistening, despite his own protest to shedding tears. "Why Miya…" He felt his throat going a bit dry, but he still continued, "Why do you keep coming to me? Even after all that I did, how can you still come back to me?"
Miya smiled a bit, when she heard this. "Why do I keep doing this?" She idly repeated Naruto's question, while tenderly caressing his hair. "Because I want to shoulder the burdens that you have, Naruto-kun. Because I want to share the pain and grief that you would feel. Because I don't want you to feel lonely anymore. But, above all…" She then raised Naruto's head from her breast, and lovingly kissed his forehead. "It's because I love you."
Naruto looked at Miya with his wide glistening eyes, as he heard the heartfelt words that the Sekirei destined to him said to him. The amount of love and affection she had for him was so much, that he could almost feel and touch it. As if it had materialized in the physical world.
Her words, which struck a chord inside his heart, drew him to her. Her eyes, that possessed untold amount of feelings for him, drew him even more closer to her. In the end, he was unable to take it anymore.
"Miya…" He said in shaky voice, as he looked directly into the eyes of the woman who never gave up on him. It made him feel vulnerable right now. "Promise me…Promise me that you will never leave me."
Miya felt her eyes widen, when she heard her Ashikabi's words. The pace of her breathing quickened, when she felt the implications of his words. She couldn't believe that she was currently in this moment. It all just felt like a dream for her. It was too surreal for her.
"N-Naruto…" Miya spoke up in a hitched tone, unable to believe what was happening right. With her disbelief, came an immeasurable amount of happiness and joy, as her dream seemed to at just a hairline's breath distance away. "I-I will! I will always love you!"
Naruto eye's remained fixed on Miya's, as he got lost in the sea of love those eyes possessed for him. 'Don't push it away.' Yume's words ringed in his mind, as his face closed towards Miya's. 'I guess…' He thought to himself, 'I have the right to be a little selfish.'
Miya's felt her breathing quicken to such an extent, that it was feat to breathe the air itself. Her Ashikabi's face, which was so close to her own, had an expression that spoke of acceptance. This entire moment, to her, felt as if it was a vivid dream on all her fantasies. It was a dream from which she would never like wake up.
"N-Naruto-kun…" Her face burned due to such close proximity with her Ashikabi. Her race's infamous body reaction was starting to act up, as she was still unwinged by Naruto. On instinct, her hands went up to rest on her Ashikabi's shoulders, as her lips were just inches away from her own. Naruto looked at her with his vulnerable eyes, which made her melt at her spot.
"I want you, Miya."
"I was always yours, Naruto-kun."
It was with those words that Naruto decided to seal the deal, as he engulfed Miya's lips with his own. Miya closed her eyes tightly, as she savored the taste of her Ashikabi's lips with all she could. This was a moment she had dreamt of at least a million times. And she was going to enjoy it for all it was worth.
Bright wings of light suddenly erupted from Miya's back, as the said woman gasped into the kiss she was sharing with her Ashikabi at the pure pleasure that flooded her entire system. She relished at the sensation, as she passionately shared her kiss with the man she loved.
A few moments after their passionate kiss, Naruto and Miya separated themselves from each other. Although, Miya did so reluctantly, but she still tightly held her now officially marked Ashikabi.
With a bright smile on her visage, Miya looked at her Ashikabi. "Sekirei no.01 Miya Uzumaki is yours" She added the Uzumaki name with a satisfied smile, "Forever and ever."
Hearing this, Naruto gave a faint smile, as he rested his head back on Miya's bosom, while trying to snuggle in its comfort. His eyes started to feel heavy, as the mental exhaustion he had carried over from the past few days started to catch up to him. "Miya…"
"Shhhh," Miya softly silenced her Ashikabi, as she once again started to tenderly caress his hair. "Just rest, Naruto-kun. You need it." She then gave him an affectionate smile, "I will take care of you."
Naruto smiled back in response, before sleep finally claimed him. He blissfully rested his head on Miya's breast, while sleeping to his heart's content.
Miya smiled when she saw this, as she continued her ministrations on his hair. It's when everything calmed down, did the gravity of the situation finally caught up to her.
She was winged. She was finally winged by her Ashikabi Naruto, after holding onto her patience and hope for so long.
She felt her eyes moistening up with tears of joy, but held it back, as she resolved that from here on, she was going to be strong for her Ashikabi. She would be his emotional as well as physical strength. And, she would do everything it takes for his happiness.
With this thought, she closed her eyes, while tenderly caressing Naruto's head, before she once again opened her eyes. When she did open them, it was to reveal a pair of cold deadly eyes, that threatened to freeze the hell itself. "You people can come out right now. I have sensed all of yours presence the moment you came here."
When she spoke up the words to thin air, several figures started to reveal themselves from the shadows. From their attire, they were clearly shinobi. Or, to be more precise, they resembled the Anbu corp. of Konoha. The only glaring difference was the short, black, midriff jacket, with red straps over the shoulders along with the tip-less tantō.
Miya narrowed her eyes at ones surrounding her, and her fast asleep Ashikabi. She knew who these shinobi were. After all, her spy network was considered to be the best next to Jiraiya's.
"Root." She calmly said the name of the group, of which these shinobi's belonged to. "What is it that you leader, Danzou wants, vermins."
Her voice was harsh, along with the way she looked down upon these shinobi's. She had a good reason to do so, considering the fact that Danzou, from what she had learned, was looking for ways to control her Ashikabi. And that irked her.
Unfortunately for Danzou, no could ever make her Ashikabi a puppet, as long as she was alive.
All the shinobi stared at her with narrowed eyes, as they tightly gripped their swords.
"What is Uzukage's purpose in this village?" One of the shinobi asked her monotonously. Though, there was an undercurrent of threat in his voice.
Miya didn't deem him important to give a response, as she focused back on her Ashikabi, while continuing to run her hand through his blonde mop.
They grabbed their tantou's more tightly, when they were not even given a response from the purple haired Sekirei.
The shinobi, who had previously asked the question, once again stared at Miya with his narrowed gaze. "Uzukage-san, by the order of Danzou-sama, we ask you to stay away from the Kyuubi Jinchuriki. The Uzushio leader has no right to stay near Konohagakure's weapon."
With each word the root shinobi spoke out, Miya felt her mind plunging even deeper into her hatred, as she gnashed her teeth to restrain the fury and wrath she felt boiling up from every fiber of her body. Her whole body, and even her soul, which were her Sekirei heritage, screamed out in outrage at her Ashikabi being viewed as nothing more than a tool.
Suddenly, an intense pressure flooded the entire forest, as all the root shinobi dropped down to the ground like sack of potatoes, while gasping intently for air. As they tried to stand up to the pressure that bore down upon their very being, they saw a frightening sight of Miya, radiating visible waves of energy, glaring at them like a wrathful goddess.
The fact that they were frightened was a feat in itself, considering that root shinobi were supposed to be emotionless.
"I don't want to waste my time on speaking with you people anymore." Miya said to them in menacing and threatening tone, that carried with it an immense amount of power that threatened to crush their very existence. "Go away!"
The root shinobi's did not need any more incentive, as they quickly disappeared away from the area, probably running off back to their leader, Danzou.
As soon as all the root shinobi left the area, Miya calmed her aura down, before looking down at her Ashikabi, who had remained undisturbed during the entire ordeal, and was blissfully sleeping while using her breast as his pillow.
Miya felt a fond smile making its way on to her lips, as she softly rubbed Naruto's head. "I promised you that I would not leave you, didn't I Naruto-kun?"
While saying that, she picked herself up, along with her sleeping Ashikabi. She slightly chuckled at Naruto still sleeping like that, even after all that transpired few moments ago. 'Gosh, he is such a heavy sleeper.'
Miya then looked back at the village, where Naruto's apartment was, causing her to release a small sigh. It sure was going to be a long walk, while carrying her Ashikabi all the way.
Did she mention that she had to remain elusive from all the villagers?
Yep. Definitely a long walk.
A pair of eyelids parted ways, revealing a set of two cerulean blue eyes, as the owner of these eyes groaned a bit after waking from his cat nap. He groggily sat up from the bed he was sleeping on, as he tried to rub away the sleep from his eyes. He noticed that it was night time, if the view from his window was correct.
While giving out a yawn, he blearily looked straight with his sleepy eyes. "…Where am I?"
The last that he remembered was that he had been in the forest of death, wallowing in pity due to some snake bastard's words. Now that he thought about it, he felt a bit silly on hanging up on that matter for so long. It was just not like him to ponder one matter, especially a depressing one, for too long.
When he mused on that matter, he was suddenly hit with the memories of what happened in the forest. More particularly, his memory of winging his first Sekirei, Miya.
"Miya…" He whispered out, as stared at the space ahead of him with wide shocked eyes at what transpired at the forest.
"I'm right here, Naruto-kun."
Naruto's head snapped towards the direction of the voice, only to feel his eyes widen even more when he saw Miya sitting on edge of the bed close to him, while wearing a warm loving smile on her visage.
"Miya!" He shouted out, as he sprang up from his bed with a newfound vigor, while gazing at her with shocked eyes. "You, here, when, how….what the hell?!"
Miya giggled at the non coherent spluttering that escaped out of Naruto's mouth, which made the said blonde's face burn crimson out of embarrassment. With a few mild breathes, Naruto regained his composure, after which he proceeded to look at Miya with confusion evident in his eyes.
"What are you doing in my apartment?" He asked her, while failing to hide his embarrassment at a woman being inside his residence.
Miya looked nonplussed at his question, as she smiled at him. "I carried you to here from the forest."
"…carried me."
Miya nodded with her carefree smile, oblivious to the growing horrified expression on Naruto's face. "Yes. You were so peaceful while sleeping that I decided to carry you to your apartment."
Naruto remained silent for few minutes, during the span of which Miya gained a confused expression on her face, before she was jolted up from her position by the sudden shout that emanated from her Ashikabi.
"Nnnnnooooooo!"
Naruto screamed out, while comically holding his head with a mild despaired look on his face. "For me, a man, to be carried by a woman….this is the most shameful and embarrassing moment of my life!" He then started to sob comically into his arm.
Miya stared dumbly at her Ashikabi's sudden comical outburst for few seconds, before her shoulders started to shake in violent manner. "Mpmphph…"
Naruto stopped his childish tantrum, as he stared at Miya with a confused expression. "…Miya?"
"….Ufufufufufu." Miya started to giggle into her hand, before she totally lost control over herself, as she started to laugh out loud, forgetting all her manners and etiquette as a proper lady.
Naruto, seeing this, gave a wide grin, as he chuckled to himself with an embarrassed flush on his face.
When Miya gained her composure back from her laughter, she looked at her Ashikabi with a small smile. "You haven't changed a bit, Naruto-kun." She said to him, while inching close to him. She then laid her hands on his cheeks in a tender manner. "You are still the same."
Naruto smiled in response, "You wouldn't want me any other way, would you?"
Miya shook her head with her smile, as she closed the distance between their faces. Her lips were just an inch away from his, "I wouldn't."
And their lips joined once again, as they both relished in the feeling of the other one's lips. Even their tongues started to tangle with each other, as they both savored the passionate moment they were sharing with each other.
Naruto suddenly blinked back to reality, when he started to feel his shirt being unbuttoned. He broke away from the kiss, getting a disappointed moan from his Sekirei, before looking down, only to see his shirt unbuttoned halfway through by Miya's hands.
With a heavy flustered look, he looked back at the purplette, only to flush even more, when he saw the uncharacteristic lustful and longing look on Miya's face. "M-Miya?"
Miya, unheeding to his action, once again the closed the gap between them to lay a chaste kiss on his lips, before looking into his eyes with a heavy longing look on her face. "I want this, Naruto-kun. I have waiting for you for so long. I can't take it anymore."
By the time she finished her words, she had completely unbuttoned his shirt, and removed it from his body, while throwing it away like an unwanted waste. Naruto had no control over the situation, as he wore a heavy blush on his face.
"M-Miya…I'm a virgin."
Miya mildly giggled to herself, as she stared at him with an intense loving look. "So are all the Sekirei for their Ashikabi, Naruto-kun. Besides," She smirked a bit lustfully at him, which did not help his flustered state. "I always wanted to be your first."
With that, Miya smashed her lips back on Naruto's, while they dropped to the bed they were sitting on.
It was going to be a long, passionate night.
The sound of door slamming was what woke Naruto up from his sleep. As he groggily opened his eyes, he noticed a weight on his chest. That weight was none other than his first Sekirei, Miya, who was as naked as the day she was born. And so was he.
They both had a sheet covering their entangled naked bodies, as the smell of sex permeated the air of the room, signifying the heavy amount of lovemaking they have gone through last night.
Who knew Miya had so many kinks in the bed. She even wanted to play as submissive slave to him!
Either way, he had at least learned a new use of the ninja wires last night.
Naruto was brought back from his musing by the sound of the door slamming, as a voice came from the other side.
"Naruto! I don't care if you are in some kind of hang-up, cause you better come out of the room!"
Shit, it was Sakura! What was she doing here so early in the morning?!
A quick look to his alarm clock told him that it was well into the afternoon. Maybe he and Miya had been so indulged into the sex that they never knew that they had been doing it till well into the morning.
"Brat! I know facing Orochimaru's words are not easy, but you are not the one to gloom for too long!"
Even Jiraiya was here! Just how worse can the situation get?!
"Ma ma, maybe he is sleeping right now?"
"Not everyone is as lazy as you, Kakashi!"
Okay. He took his words back. This has gotten even worse. Both Kakashi and Tsunade were here too!
"Why are we getting dragged into this?"
"*Munch*Munch* Asuma-sensei, we all are worried about Naruto's depressed state lately. It's just not like him."
"The matter that he has gotten handsome lately is a bonus for me to come too."
"Troublesome."
"Yosh, Naruto-kun. It's not youthful to get depressed so much!"
"Gai-sensei is right! You should fan your flames of youth without giving up, Naruto-kun!"
"That was so youthful, Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!"
"Maybe I could use my Byakugan to see how he is doing inside?"
"M-Maybe he n-needs some t-time?"
"It not like him, Hinata. We should show him that a top dog doesn't get depressed over little matters!"
"It's illogical to invade one's privacy."
"…Like Asuma said, why am I getting dragged into this?"
Asuma-sensei, Choji, Ino, Shikamaru, Gai-sensei, Lee, Tenten, Neji, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Kurenai-sensei…..
What the hell?! Was the whole Konoha village outside his apartment door?!
As the whole chattering sound outside his apartment went to a new level, Naruto's headache started to escalate too. The current situation was quickly turning from bad to worse to worst in the span of seconds. The fact that they would witness him with Miya, along with a clear evidence of sex, didn't help the matter at all.
"I had enough!" Sakura's shout came across the door. "I gave you enough time, Naruto! SHANNARO!"
The door got splintered into various pieces, as Sakura barged into his apartment, along with rest of the group. As they all ushered into his bedroom, Sakura was the first one to bear witness to the sight.
"Naruto! You better…wake up…" She trailed off with her words at the sight she was presented, as her arms hung limply at her sides. "…now."
"Sakura, what happened-Oh my!" Tsunade, who had come to inquire into Naruto's bedroom, quickly gasped at the embarrassing sight.
It was not long before the rest of the group came into the room, at the same time unleashing the chaos that had been awaiting, when they were presented to the sight of Naruto sleeping with a woman, who was currently laying on his chest.
"Mmmmm." Miya moaned a little at being disturbed from her sleep, as she lifted herself from Naruto's chest, while having the sheet cling to her chest, in turn hiding her naked body beneath it. "Why is there so much noise, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto had just one word in his mind, as he saw the dumbstruck look on all the other faces, as they recognized the woman on top of him.
'Fuck.'
Sakura's face, along with that of all the other Kunoichi's, wore a stunned expression, as she saw her dream idol in front of her…in Naruto's bed.
"M-M-Miya-sama?" Tenten stumbled on her words, unable to believe the woman she aspired to be like sleeping with Naruto.
"…holy shit!" Kiba swore, as his nose quickly started to bleed in an excessive manner at the erotic sight of a naked woman clinging to her sheet.
Hinata instantly fainted into the arms of Kurenai at the sight of Naruto sleeping with another woman, leaving a flabbergasted sensei to comically worry over her student.
"Hehehehe…" Jiraiya marvelously recovered from his dazed state, as he went into his fit of perverted giggling, while furiously scribbling into his notebook with a large grin.
"I guess this is how a teacher feels, when they are proud of their student." Kakashi said, while wiping away a fake proud tear from his eyes. "To be able to bang the most powerful Kunoichi across the whole shinobi world…I'm so proud!"
The rest of the group didn't even know how to respond to the sight of the most powerful figure across the shinobi world sleeping with one of their comrade. Which was why, they all settled on mute confounded looks.
"Ara…" Miya, who had just now noticed the presence of all the people in the room, had a sweet smile on her visage, as the air around her darkened. "Isn't barging into another's property frowned upon?"
The way she asked the question left everyone in vicinity with a shudder crawling down their spine. The fact that she was naked beneath the sheet she was clinging to definitely didn't help the ire she was feeling right now. Only her Ashikabi had the right to see her body, no one else.
And, much to their horror, they saw the formation of something horrid behind the purple haired Uzukage.
"Wh-What the hell is that?"
"…This must be a genjutsu."
"Troublesome…"
And finally, the hell was unleashed upon the occupants of the room in the form of a demonic mask, which accompanied with Miya's sweet pleasant smile, made it more horrifying.
"Trespassing one's property, especially that of Naruto, is strictly prohibited."
As the horrifying shrieks echoed throughout his entire apartment, Naruto stared at the scene in front of him with a dry look on his face.
Then and there, he decided that he was going to delude himself in believing that all this never happened.
Naruto sighed to himself, which he idly noted he had been doing a lot lately, as he sank into his chair, while currently sitting inside the Hokage office. To his side, Miya also sat in her chair, with a pleasant smile on her visage, while keeping her arms interlinked with that of one of his own.
This was something he had noticed Miya doing a lot lately, which was clinging onto him a lot. The amount of body touch and skinship she required might have been borderline excessive, were it not for the fact that he knew he was the cause behind it.
It was because she had yearned for him that much. She was trying recover the time of their interaction, considering the fact that she had longed for him for too long, and had bottled up all that yearning until yesterday.
It might have been a bit irritating, were it not for the fact that it was also endearing for him.
Currently, in the room, there were only three other persons, excluding himself and Miya. They were Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi. Tsunade had dismissed all the other people, so that she could avert any chaos that were to ensue in her office.
Tsunade, who sat across a desk from them in her Hokage chair, was currently massaging her temple, as if she was trying to ease a headache. "What happened this morning aside…"
Even though she said this, a pair of giggling echoed through the room. That quickly died down, when Tsunade shot a nasty glare at both Jiraiya and Kakashi.
"…Leaving that aside," She once again continued, as she turned to gaze at Miya with her narrowed eyes. "Why are you here, Uzukage-sama? And what is your relationship with Naruto?"
Miya narrowed her own eyes, when she sensed that this woman had some kind of problem with her having a relationship with her own Ashikabi. When she prepared to retort back, she felt a hand rest on her own, making her turn towards her Ashikabi who softly shook his head at her. That action immediately calmed her down.
Naruto sighed a bit, as contemplated on how to move forward with this matter. On one hand, his relationship with Miya was really delicate information, which he couldn't disclose to this world. On the other hand, the people in this room were some of his most trusted people, who had also been close to his parents.
After much thinking, he decided on his choice, as he turned towards his Sekirei. "Miya…I think they deserve to know the truth."
Miya felt her eyes widen for a second, before it dropped down, as she smiled mildly at her Ashikabi. "You are my Ashikabi, Naruto-kun. I would do whatever you ask me to." She said, while lovingly squeezing his hand.
Naruto smiled in response to the reply he got from the woman he was starting to fall in love with.
"Ashikabi?" Tsunade, Kakashi and Jiraiya chorused in unison, as they wore equally perplexed expressions on their faces.
Miya looked at her Ashikabi, who encourage her to continue with his smile, making her smile in response. She then turned towards the three shinobi, who were anticipating an explanation.
"Yes, Naruto is my Ashikabi. An Ashikabi is someone, who is the destined one for a Sekirei." She then relaxed back into her chair, also calmly looked at the people, minus Naruto, who were wearing confused expressions on their faces.
"It all started with a spaceship that landed on this planet…"
Done. That was the fourth chapter of this fic for you guys. I don't know about you people, but I particularly enjoyed a lot while writing this chap, especially the part where all of Naruto's friends barge into his apartment, while he was sleeping with Miya.
And also, with this Naruto has winged his first Sekirei into his flock. I guess there should be no surprise that it's Miya who turned out to be the first one.
Now, I know that for the last two chapters there has been some lack in action. Well, that is to be expected, considering the fact that this a relationship development phase.
Well, I would next updating my new fic 'Legend Across Time', which will completely replace the fic 'The Child of Prophecy'. After I update the second chapter of that fic, I would be deleting the story 'The Child of Prophecy'.
Please leave your valuable review if you liked this chapter.
Until next time.
Ja Ne.