NARUTO

Forbidden Chronicles

The Next Steps

Late afternoon…

"ELICIA-CHAN!" Hughes exclaimed, swooping down and picking up his daughter in a loving hug, the little girl giggling and laughing loudly as her father cuddled her. Meanwhile, as Hughes greeted his daughter enthusiastically outside of their apartment, his wife Gracia watched from the doorway with a heartfelt smile, and Naruto, Chou-Un, Edward and Alphonse looked on with odd expressions on their faces. They all sweat dropped as Hughes smothered his daughter with love.

"Did you miss daddy? Elicia-chan!"

"Daddy! Your beard tickles!"

"Oh! Okay! Then I will tickle you some more!" Hughes exclaimed.

"Eeeeeek!" The girl laughed out loud, while the sweat drops and weird-ed-out looks on the four standing behind the overly loveable Lieutenant Colonel grew, as he hugged his daughter playfully.

After a minute or so of this show of affection towards his daughter, and torture towards the other four, Maes Hughes set down his daughter and formally introduced their newest guests. "Elicia, we have the Elric Brothers and two more guests joining us tonight!" he started, gesturing towards the four bystanders.

Hughes' daughter walked up to the four, and cutely looked over each one of them. Having already met the Elric brothers, she focused more on the two strangers. Naruto and Chou-Un looked down at her as she curiously looked them over. Then, with great confidence, pointed at each one of them in kind, starting with Chou-Un. "Angel…" she exclaimed, causing the Ronin to blush lightly at her comment. The silver haired samurai bowed to her in greeting, while Elicia pointed towards Naruto. "Cat…"

Naruto gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly, once again being referred to as a cat for probably the tenth time today. In all honesty, he was getting really fed-up with it.

"Cat… Elicia-chan… I am not a cat," Naruto began through clenched teeth and a forced smile, thumbing himself in the chest. "You see, I can talk… I have hands, feet and a face like a normal person. See…"

"But you have whiskers, so that means you are a people-cat!" Elicia replied affirmatively.

Naruto almost cried, bawling towards the ceiling with his hands rubbing his eyes, a pathetic display with animated tears spilling out of his eyes. "THAT'S EVEN WORSE!"

Chou-Un giggled, clamping her hand over her mouth to stop herself from bursting out in laughter, with Edward almost shoving his own fist in his mouth to do the same thing. Alphonse also found it funny, his armor trembling audibly as he suppressed his laughter.

Dragging a crying Naruto in, Chou-Un, Edward and Alphonse followed Hughes and his family into their home. Eventually all the laughter and crying died down, and soon enough, the four of them were treated to a lovely meal made by Gracia Hughes. Afterwards, Naruto and Chou-Un helped clean up, and when they were done, they were led to the bedroom where they would be spending the night. They got quite a surprise when they found Ling and Lan Fan in the guest room, with Ling passed out. Fetching them some of the leftovers, Gracia treated them as she would the guests, before leaving the group alone.

With Ling and Lan Fan setting out a couple of futons, Elicia stopped by to play for a bit, Alphonse, Chou-Un and Naruto entertaining her with stories, along with an act they performed with some of the toys she brought along. When it came to around eight Elicia had fallen asleep, and Maes came and took her off of their hands.

For the rest of the late afternoon, Ling, Naruto and Edward played poker, and Lan Fan and Chou-Un stayed up talking. After which, Edward and Ling went to sleep on the two available beds, whereas Lan Fan slept on the futon, and Chou-Un on the other, arm draped over her katana. The only ones who stayed awake for most or all of that night were Naruto and Alphonse.

Sitting on the window sill, one leg pulled up and eyes cast out over the sleeping city and starry sky, Naruto admired the views, and stretched out with his six, seventh and eight senses, feeling the warm heartbeat of the lands. He relaxed, looking down towards the streets below.

"Do you miss your home?" the child voice of Alphonse spoke, Naruto turning to meet the armored boy's eyes. The suit of armor was sat up against the wall, the boy within looking up at him through the visor. "Did you leave anyone special behind… when you decided to go on this journey of yours?"

The blonde shinobi took a moment to think, before smiling and looking Alphonse dead in the eyes.

"Well… yeah… I did. There was Teuchi, Ayame-onee-chan, even Oji-sama… heh. I guess there was a lot I left behind," Naruto replied, looking back towards the night sky. "But… back in my home village, I was always persecuted for being different… for something that everybody hated without limit. For that I was cast out… often beaten almost to death for it."

Alphonse paused for a moment of thought, wondering if the question he had asked was a mistake. But he was surprised when Naruto looked back with a big smile on his face.

"I'm going to change all that though," the shinobi said. "When I go back home, I want to bring with me the experiences of a lifetime, and the strength to gain everyone's acceptance."

The boy in the armor looked down at the floorboards at his feet, taking into consideration the words Naruto had given him. After which he then looked back up at the boy, his soul smiling. "The journey you are taking, and your purposes for getting stronger, is a good one. I feel that there is also something more to it as well."

The blonde chuckled and looked over to where Chou-Un was sleeping soundly, her sword clutched in her hands tightly.

"Of course, I not only do have a reason back at my homelands and village, I've also found a stronger one," Naruto replied. "I want to protect those precious to me, whom I love: Ero-Sennin, Baa-chan, Shizune-onee-chan, Gaara… and Chou-Un…"

"Do you love her?" Alphonse asked innocently, looking up at him. "Do you love Chou-Un?"

Naruto didn't need much time to think. When he answered, he said it out from the bottom of his heart.

"I do…" Naruto said. "She's one of those most important to me. In the time I've gotten to know her… I know I have someone else close to me whom I can trust and depend on. In truth, I've never met anyone as kind hearted and warming as her."

Alphonse nodded, holding his fist out to the young ninja, who looked at it in confusion. The armored soul of Edward's younger brother smiled inwardly. "Promise me that you will fulfill what you have set out to accomplish, friend…"

Naruto smiled and bumped fists with Alphonse. "If you promise me you'll fulfill your goals…"

"Agreed…"

The two boys talked throughout most of the night. But what was said already struck something deep within a curious listener.

Chou-Un, who had woken at the sound of Naruto and Alphonse talking, couldn't help but smile and send her affections mentally back towards the boy on the window sill. Curling up in her bed, and covering the blush on her face, her feelings for the boy suddenly sky rocketed…


The next morning…

Naruto and the gang bid farewell to Gracia and Elicia, thanking them for a lovely meal and a place to stay. With all their things packed, the group headed down to Central Command, where they had a meeting to keep. Ling and Lan Fan followed Naruto and Chou-Un's lead, with Edward and Alphonse permitting them entrance into the building.

As it turns out, the day would turn out to be another interesting experience for Naruto, for when they turned a corner, the blonde shinobi suddenly bumped into what he felt was a brick wall. Double-backing, the boy looked up, to see an eight to nine foot Sasquatch standing in front of him.

More curious then cautious, Naruto continued to stare in silence for the next minute or so, as the bald officer with the mustache and decoration of a major in the army stared back down at him. Looking back, the young shinobi noted that Edward and Alphonse had backed up at the sight of the man, looking a little worried, with Chou-Un, Ling and Lan Fan standing to the side with curious expressions in play.

Naruto turned back to the statue of the tall and bulky soldier, who lent over to get a closer look at the whiskered boy, with the ten-year-old shinobi leaning away, blinking in surprise. Suddenly, the tall man gave him a happy grin and picked him up in an unexpected, spine-crushing hug. Naruto was beside himself.

"OOOOOHHHH! WHAT HAVE WE HERE! GUESTS! HOW MARVELOUS! IT IS A PLEASURE TO MEET SUCH A FINE YOUNG MAN AND HIS FRIENDS TOURING CENTRAL COMMAND!" the man boomed enthusiastically, while Naruto's face turned pale then blue from blood circulation and air being cut off. The man pulled away, holding the boy out with both hands and shaking him, while he looked over at the rest of the group. "OH! ELRIC BROTHERS! GOOD TO SEE YOU!"

"Hello Major Armstrong…" Edward and Alphonse nervously waved.

In a blink of an eye, the big man swooped over to the pair standing a fair ways away for their safety, taking them into a hug, and unbeknownst to him, crushing them. Alphonse was okay, but Edward and Naruto were suffocating under the man's show of affection and greeting.

"YOUNG ELRICS, YOU TWO LOOK GREAT! KEEP TRAINING AND YOUR PHYSICAL FORMS SHALL BE AS FIT AND BEAUTIFUL AS MY OWN!" the happy alchemist exclaimed happily.

"Yeah… that's great, major sir," Alphonse peeped, while Naruto and Edward squirmed under the man's biceps. Chou-Un, Ling and Lan Fan were a little concerned for their friends' well beings.

Releasing them as quickly as he had swooped them up, Alex Louis Armstrong beamed down at the two shortest members beneath him.

At first, Naruto thought he was tripping, but he swore he could see pink diamonds sparkling around the Major's head. He shook his head clear.

"Must be from being hugged by the guy… Geez… he's strong!"

"Well now, are you going to introduce me to your new friends, Edward?" Major Armstrong asked.

Of course, not wanting to make the man spastic again, Edward went on to explain in brief details about their encounter, and of course, introduced the new comers politely. Having hoped to avoid another smothering, Edward only seemed to make the big man's passion escalate, and the group surrounding the man sweat-dropped as the soldier began yet another public display.

"Oh! That's amazing! A fine, gallant tale indeed!" the bald man yelled out with tears streaming from his eyes. Smiling brightly, he patted Naruto on his straw-hat covered head, the boy stumbling, nearly being knocked out by the giant hand of the Major. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Naruto of the Land of Fire!" He then turned towards Chou-Un and the pair beside her. "And of course, to you three as well!"

Grinning nervously, they waved, praying they didn't get hugged as well.

"Well! I have urgent business I must attend to! I will see you later then, Elric Brothers!" Armstrong said, waving to the group and continuing down the hallway. "So long!"

Edward, Naruto, Chou-Un, Lan Fan, Ling and Alphonse watched Alex Armstrong walk down the hallway. Once he was gone, the whisker-marked boy turned towards Edward with a raised eyebrow and a look that said 'WTF'.

"Who the hell was that guy?" Naruto asked.

"Oh, that was Major Armstrong. Don't worry about him, he doesn't bite," Edward exclaimed, stretching his back out, the sounds of cracking clearly heard. "He strangulates… (sigh)"

With Naruto and Edward staggering away, the group continued on, with Alphonse leading the rest of the way to Sheska's office. When they arrived, they didn't have to take time looking for her, and instead fund her immediately standing by the front desk, accompanied by a girl around Edward's age. The new girl had long blonde hair reaching her waist, wrapped in a ponytail. She also had green eyes, a notably pretty face, and wore the uniform of an Alchemist. Furthermore, she wore a bandoleer, and on her back sheaths, holding four swords, with two more on either side of them. They were long bladed, straight sabers with golden handle guards.

"Oh! Hey there Edward, Naruto… and…" she noticed Ling, Lan Fan and Chou-Un, who smiled at her in greeting, "… some… other… strangers. Hm! Anyway!" Picking up a couple of small pocket books from the table, the brown haired girl marched over to Naruto and held the books out to him, the blonde shinobi taking them into his hands and flipping through them quickly. "Here you are, Naruto! A present for you…"

"Hey, not bad!" Naruto exclaimed, looking at each one admirably. He noted the variety of alchemical seals, carvings, markings, theories and scientific theories in relation to their properties. It looked like everything he needed to get started. The whisker marked boy smiled and then looked up at Sheska, smiling brightly. "Thank you very much! I just don't know how I can repay you for your kindness!"

"Think nothing of it," the girl replied, adjusting her glasses.

As Naruto was checking on the books, he was suddenly confronted by the blonde girl. Edward and Alphonse didn't recognize her, but that didn't make them at all concerned. Chou-Un however was a bit on edge when the girl stepped up to the boy who was her friend, traveling companion and admirer.

The young officer glared. "So… you're the Naruto I've been hearing so much about." The designated party looked up, blinking in surprise under his straw hat.

"An immigrant from a country across the seas, illegally entering the country, stowing aboard a supply trailer, getting into a fight with an Alchemist of the State, destroying Central Park and disturbing the peace," the girl read out, a grin on her face. "You seem like a pretty interesting person… traveling all the way out here to cause so much trouble.

The blonde shinobi raised an eyebrow, with Ling and Lan Fan looking at each other in confusion. Chou-Un, suspicious of this girl, stepped forward.

"Excuse me but… may I ask who you are?"

"Lieutenant Mai, Officer of the Central Armed Forces," she replied, glancing at the silver haired Ronin, before turning her attention back to Naruto, who was pocketing the books for safe keeping. "I am the top swordsman in my class of four hundred, youngest graduate from the military academy at age fourteen, and future leader of this nation."

"Wow, impressive," Naruto said with a smile. "I plan on becoming leader in my village to… after I gain some more experience of course…"

"Really?" Mai asked, smirking. "Well then… you will have to forgive me for this…"

In a blink of an eye, the girl drew her right sword and immediately slashed out at the boy in that same blink. The young shinobi had only a fraction of a second to react, leaping backwards and drawing his tanto blade from behind him, slashing back out at her. The blow from her blade against his propelled him out into the hallway, slamming him into the wall with a loud thud. Gritting his teeth, the blonde shinobi looked up, leaping and rolling to the side quickly when the girl suddenly appeared in front of him again with lightning speed, and lashed out at him.

Rolling across the hallway floor, he quickly got back up and ran, the girl giving chase, drawing a second sword from her scabbard. Chou-Un, Edward and Alphonse ran out into the hallway, while Ling and Lan Fan poked their heads out, following the commotion.

"What the heck is going on all of a sudden?" Edward asked loudly.

"Apparently, Naruto has just gotten himself into trouble," Alphonse replied. "Just who is that girl?"

"I don't know, but she sure is a pretty young lady," Ling exclaimed, holding his hand above his eyes as he scanned the hallway, watching Lieutenant Mai attacking Naruto. Lan Fan frowned inwardly, disapproving at her master's comments.

Growling, Naruto leapt from left to right, backing up as the girl slashed out at him with her duel swords. Catching one with his own blade, he batted it aside and attempted to move into to attack, only for the girl to rebut and slash his right arm, cutting his coat and drawing blood. Quickly shuffling back, moving about to not give the girl an easy target, the boy then back flipped and landed feet first against the ceiling. Sticking to it, he dashed forward, tossing shuriken down at the girl beneath him. She blocked each one, keeping pace with him and backing away, making sure he stayed in sight.

Swiftly, the by dropped down, tanto drawn and lashing out at her in mid descent. Mia gritted her teeth and blocked his blow, staggering back. She recovered quick and charged, slashing out at him over five times in less then a second upon engagement. Naruto blocked these, keeping speed with her, before side-flipping and crashing through the closed window, arms folded over his chest.

Landing on the pavilion outside, Naruto got back to his feet and turned around; looking back to the window he leapt through. Mai gave chase to him as expected, crossing arms over her chest and slashing out at the boy. The young shinobi charged back at her, dropping and sliding right under he open legs. He got back up when he was behind her and rushed her back, bringing his tanto around and lashing out.

Mai spun around instantly upon losing sight of her opponent, stabbing out with her sword. She caught Naruto across the cheek, and he slashed her across the shoulder. Wincing, both of them stepped back a few, dashing around each other in a clockwise direction before reengaging. Naruto attacked Mia as she slashed out at him furiously, her blades being a blur to the young shinobi's eyes.

Sparks flying, Naruto forward flipped over her when one of her attacks came in to wide, and he struck downwards with his small blade. All he met was the metal of her other sword, as she slashed over herself to defend. He landed behind her again, getting on her blind side. Reaching into his sleeve, he tossed three kunai at her, only for the fifteen year old to block the barrage with ease, batting them aside.

Frowning, she rushed him, bringing her swords around for a quick attack. The spiky haired ninja thought on his feet, quickly leaping around her as she lashed out at him, and tossing another barrage of throwing knives at her. She ducked and rolled under them, landing on her feet, pivoting and rushing at Naruto again.

The boy noted her linear movements, similar to that of Killer Bee's, only more unorthodox and nimble. He responded, leaping straight into the air, Mai following him with her eyes. She watched as the boy slapped his hands together, forming a few hand signs, before taking in air into his lungs.

"Fire Style: Grand Fire Ball Technique!"

He unleashed the technique, a massive sphere of fire coming straight down at the girl. Shocked, she leapt out of the way, just in time to avoid it as the attack drove straight into the ground and detonated, sending her tumbling away.

Mai recovered; taking a crouched stance and looking back at the massive crater and flames still flickering within it. Just then, she saw the smoke and small fires part as a gust of wind came out of nowhere, followed by Naruto as he charged out of the center of the crater and at her, a visible, blue ball of energy warping in his right hand.

"RASENGAN!" he shouted, thrusting out at the girl.

The Lieutenant brought both her swords up, crossing them to block the attack. He thrust it at her with a yell of effort, the impact causing an exploding of wind to erupt around the girl as she took on the force of the attack head on. Growling, she pushed back as the attack dug into her swords, the violent winds tearing up the ground around them. Eventually, she was thrown off her feet, spinning with the wind as Naruto successfully took her down.

However, regaining composure in mid-flight, she flipped to control her descent and landed, skidding across the courtyard. Upon attaining another fighting stance, she brought her swords up, only to find them warped together, twisted and effectively useless. She looked down at them in surprise, before glaring up at the boy as he grinned at her, the little damage he had suffered at the beginning of this fight matching the bruises from his attacks, cuts and burns she had sustained now.

Frustrated, she tossed her two swords aside and drew another from behind, and burst into movement. She charged him, Naruto returning her assault with his own. He jumped left, rolling and knocked her sword arm as she lashed out, causing her to stumble. Hitting the ground on both hands, he kicked out at her feet, knocking her off balance and to the ground. She responded by roundhouse kicking at his hands when she hit the dirt, but he leapt off the ground and back to his feet. She did to, lashing out just in time to meet his next strike.

They clashed blades again, Naruto attempting to get past her striking range and into her blind spot. He shuffled, leapt and jumped around as she struck out at him, countering her every strike with his own, only to meet her saber blade on each attempted attack. There was one instance when she missed him in an attack, he managed to slash her across the upper chest with his wind blade, extending his chakra through his tanto, and effectively cutting her, and catching her by surprise. However, she responded by effectively driving her saber into his left shoulder, knocking each other back.

Staggered, Naruto dropped his short blade and grabbed the blade impaled straight through arm, biting back the pain. Mai was effectively winded, dropping to her knee after she staggered away, clutching her chest.

"Dammit… you're good," she growled.

Naruto grinned. "Thanks. So are you… but you have a lot to learn still," he exclaimed. "Although… this girl could give Shizune-nee-chan a run for her money. She's much stronger and faster in terms of combat…"

Grinning, the girl grabbed the two remaining swords behind her. "Nevertheless, I don't intend to lose!" Sprinting forward immediately, she drew her swords, slashing out.

Naruto was still smiling at her, despite having a sword stabbed straight through him, he watched as she ran him down again, yelling out as she slashed out with both blades. But then, just as her swords were about to cut into him, his form suddenly became transparent and blurred, and the girl stumbled through an afterimage of him. Screaming, she fell forwards, face planting the ground.

The boy laughed, appearing to be standing right behind her. "Although… your skills in combat could use a little work, after all, I'm no ordinary opponent."

"Damn you!" Mai growled, looking up, nose bleeding. Clenching her fists, she picked up one of her sword and spun to strike, only to stop when she met the very tip of her own blade in Naruto's grasp, poking right between her eyes.

She stopped, looking up to see the boy with a bleeding left shoulder, really his own serious injury, and a smile on his face. That confident look just got her blood boiling.

"It was nice to meet you, Lieutenant Mai," the young shinobi exclaimed, twirling his sword around and driving it into the ground right in front of the girl. Putting his hands into his pockets he turned on his heel and walked off, picking up his tanto on the way back to the window he had crashed through earlier. Edward, Alphonse, and everyone else who had been watching were a little overwhelmed by the fight, and were worried about the repercussions.

Mai glared after him, cursing herself for not being able to beat him. But she hasn't given up yet, after all she was never taught the meaning of the word 'quit'. The Lieutenant dusted herself off and got to her feet, grabbing the sword impaled in the ground and yanking it out.

"It's not over yet…"


Naruto left Central City with all smiles. Patching himself after his scuffle in the command building pavilion was easy enough, but having to say good bye was a little too much. He had made friends with Edward, Alphonse, Ling and Lan Fan, as well as Hughes and his family. It was difficult for him to part ways with them, but eventually he had to. With Chou-Un by his side, and presents given to him by his new family and friends made in Amestris, he promised to see them again in the future, and left the city by train.

"You know what," Chou-Un said from her seat across from Naruto, as they both watched the city vanish into the distance through their open window, replaced by the wide landscapes of valley, farmlands and rivers, "I would really like to come back to this land one day, and see the changes in the people's lives in our absence."

"Yeah," Naruto nodded, smiling as he propped his elbow on the window ledge and placed his chin on his fist. "We did get a lot out of this experience… Chou-chan…"

The silver haired girl blushed and tried to hide it, propping her knee up on their seat and resting her katana against her shoulder. She looked at Naruto, with admiration, respect and love; all of it reflected in her eyes as she looked him up and down.

"I can tell… that you have gotten stronger, Naruto-kun," Chou-Un exclaimed happily. The boy looked at her, still smiling.

"Really?" The girl nodded affirmatively. Standing up, she stepped across and sat down beside the blonde. Linking her arms around his, she leaned against him and rubbed her cheek against his shoulder affectionately.

"In more ways then one," the girl sighed.

Naruto smiled and laid his head against hers, Chou-Un pleased at his return of affections.

"You're getting stronger too. Can't wait to test that," the young shinobi replied.

"Looking forward to it," the girl said. "But make it blades only… no tricks or fancy jutsu involved."

"Aww…" Naruto mock whined. "That takes out all the fun…" The girl giggled and shoved him aside.

"What? Scared?"

"No… I'm just so used to using them though. It's like second nature to me!"

"Next chance I get, you and I are going to sit down, face-to-face, and teach each other what we want to know. Here's the deal," the girl began, holding up her right hand and bringing up one finger, counting, "I'll teach you the art of how to manipulate ki and use advanced kenjutsu styles, and you in turn teach me wushu martial arts and taijutsu. I want to increase my speed and hand-to-hand combat skills, if I'm ever disarmed."

The whisker-marked boy smirked, taking her raised hand and shaking it gently. "It's an agreement then…"

Chou-Un grinned and leaned up, kissing him on the cheek, the wandering shinobi blushing and blinking in surprise. "Sealing the deal… think of it as a pact…"

"Not getting a little too close to your former enemy and rival now, are we?" Naruto asked.

"Let's just say… I really… kinda… very much… like you," Chou-Un exclaimed softly, opening her eyes and revealing her stunning green orbs to her crush. "Perhaps we can share a tent next time?"

"Heh…" Naruto grinned, looking up. His eyebrow raised a little as he looked up towards the ceiling. "I know you have been following us since this morning… you can come out now…"

Chou-Un gave him an odd look, thinking where this suddenly came from, when she jumped in her seat when a sword impaled the cushion right between her head and Naruto's. Looking across, she saw Lieutenant Mai from earlier in central command sitting across from them, sitting comfortably against train seat. Dressed smartly for travel, and fully armed with all her swords sheathed and propped up beside a traveling bag at her side, save for the one driven into their seat, and two side-arms holstered on her utility belt, the young officer grinned and glared across at the slightly surprised Chou-Un, and the calmly smiling Naruto.

"Don't think I'm letting you get away that easily. I demand a rematch!" the blonde girl sneered. "If I'm going to be a leader of a country one day… I need to prove myself in battle against an opponent I have yet been able to defeat!"

"I see," Naruto said smugly, looking over the girl in front of him. "Planning on traveling with us back to my country?"

"You bet your fine-ass I am!" Mai exclaimed, withdrawing her sword with an audible jerking sound, feathers flying. "Along the way, maybe I can teach you a thing or two about handling one of these blades… and maybe you can teach me how to use those techniques of yours! Equivalent Exchange, as so my former Commanding Officer always told me!"

Naruto nodded. "Done…"

"Huh?" Chou-Un looked at her traveling companion, albeit surprised, while Mai sat back, arms folded and smirking. "You can't be serious, Naruto? This girl tried to skewer you!"

"Hey…" the boy shrugged. "It happens. Besides…" Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his little Alchemy pocket books he got from Edward, turning to the first page. "This is the start of a whole new chapter in our lives. I don't mind having a few more people tag along with me on this journey… so long as we learn something every step of the way…"

The silver haired girl groaned, glaring at the smug looking girl across from her. "If you try anything funny, so help me… I will cut you!"

TO BE CONTINUED…


Power levels:

Battle of Command Headquarters

Naruto:

Base: 160,000

Full Power: 280,000

Chou-Un:

Base: 155,000

Full Power: 270,000

Lieutenant Mai:

Base (close-combat): 180,000

Full Power: 270,000


Author's Note:

Don't get me wrong with the story, with the crossovers, the main intention was to pit Naruto against some of the villains from those worlds just to add some spice to the story. I have big plans when he gets back to Konoha for the wave arc and Chunin Exams, so stick around if you want to find out.

And to others who are confused, no the other good guys from the crossovers (like Edward Elric) won't be helping Naruto, it's just him and the ninja from the Naruto universe and the girls he meets on his trip. Of course, I didn't originally have Naruto meet the Elric brothers, but I had to give him some sort of connection to alchemy, which he learns later of course. Oh, and P.S, Naruto isn't as strong or overly powered as I make him out to be. I'm not going overboard like Masashi Kishimoto with Sasuke in the anime series (now that's over powered). For anyone interested in reading lemons later in the next chapter, stay tuned. (I wanted to put a major storyline in along with the lemons unlike a lot of other fics that just focus on the sex bits, but I can guaratee sex scenes in the next chapter to come). Things are starting to get hot...