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"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Jutsus or spells"
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Chapter start.
Naruko and Evangeline had seen and heard everything from where they were standing on the roof.
"So that is the little blond weirdo you told me about" Eva said as she watched Tsukuyomi ride off.
"Yep that is her" Naruko popped the 'P' in yep in such a way that Eva just knew that the red head was dealing with a mild headache at the moment. The primary source of pain for this headache was the black haired swordswoman who was standing next Kono-chan. The girl's lack of proper training as a bodyguard was really starting to grate on Naruko's nerves. And what was worse was the fact that unless you shoved what she did wrong in her face she didn't even see her mistakes.
"Well she's definitely 'interesting'" Eva snarled sarcastically as she made air quotes for interesting. Naruko's barely restrained bark of laughter was music to Eva's ears, a sign from above that her godson had not lost his/her marbles yet.
"So then what's the plan?" Naruko sat down cross legged and assume the patented Uzumaki 'I'm thinking' position as she pondered the question, Then an evil smile split Naruko's face as she leaned in and started whispering excitedly in Eva's ear. In a few moments an equally evil smile appeared on the mini-vampire's face as well.
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Setsuna was very nerves as she approached the bridge leading out of Cinema Town. Just behind her walked Konoka in her princess outfit followed by Hinata, Ino and Sakura in the traditional black kunoichi uniforms and behind them were the rest of the members of class 3-A that she'd meet up with in Cinema Town in a wide verity of outfits. The black haired samurai had tried everything she could think of to convince the others that they didn't need to help, but in typical 3-A fashion her pleases were ignored. Now poor Setsuna was desperately trying to figure out a way to keep all the noncombatants safe along with her precious Konoka.
"So nice of you to come sempei" Tsukuyomi said from the high point of the bridge along one of the railings. She was still in the dress that she'd been wearing earlier but she now had her sword and dagger in hand and ready.
"I will not let you take Konoka-sama!" Setsuna said defiantly before she took a trio of fists to the back of her head.
"That's 'WE won't let you take Konoka-sama!' bonehead!" Hinata said with a growl while Ino and Sakura nodded in agreement. Konoka giggled along with many in the crowd of spectators that had gathered to watch the 'event'.
"Well this wasn't unexpected so I brought some reinforcements" Tsukuyomi said as she waved her left hand through the air and half a dozen minor demons appeared on the bridge behind the Lolita swordgirl. The crowd started to 'Oh' and 'Ah' and chatter about the spectacular 'CGI' on display.
Not that Setsuna heard any of this as she was rapidly approaching panic level, how was she supposed to protect her classmates with so many demons around, on top of the Shinmei-ryū swordsman that was sure to be breathing down her neck the whole time. It didn't get any better when Tsukuyomi also summoned several dozen Shikigami monsters as well(She's forgetting just how combat effective class 3-A can be).
"Well now that we're already shell we ge-"
"Not so fast Tsu-chan!" Tsukuyomi barely managed to get her weapons up and parry the three lightning fast slashes that were thrown at her before she found an opening to deliver a counter strike at the black and orange blur of motion in front of her. The person back flipped away from the counter blow and landed protectively between the Lolita and her prey.
When the blur stop moving it became a blond haired boy in orange and black ANBU armor with a punch dagger in his left hand. The instant the boy stopped moving a second person jumped down from one of the rooftops. This person was obviously female and wore all black armor with a black katana in hand.
"We have been sent by Kono-sama's grandfather to ensure that she reaches her destination without interruption. Stand aside or draw your blade ruffian". Setsuna didn't know what to make of this new party but assumed that they must be allies since none of the kunoichi behind her reacted like they were enemies. Tsukuyomi didn't seem too worried about them either as she merely ordered her minions to attack. The demons and paper monsters charged forward with glee and the present members of class 3-A launched a screaming counter charge with Hinata, Sakura and Setsuna smashing head first into the demons while the rest of the class went after the lesser monsters.
The boy in orange ignored all the other opponents and went straight for their Lolita leader. Tsukuyomi wasn't caught by surprised this time and met the boy blow for blow as they danced around the bridge, jockeying for whatever advantage could be gained on such a neutral battlefield. Tsukuyomi soon found herself being pushed about more than she was used to, as this opponent, while slightly less skilled, was just as fast as she was and had both a reach and weight advantage. The Lolita suddenly found the dress she was wearing to be a handicap when it stopped her from being able to sidestep enough to avoid a slash from the boy's punch dagger, forcing her to turn her step into a twirl that got the back of the dress sliced open a couple of inches below her waist. Her counter slash cut into the chest plate of the boy's armor but failed to penetrate the mail. Tsukuyomi allowed herself to settle into a more defensive posture.
This fight could take longer then she thought.
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As everyone focus on the brawl that was raging on the bridge, most missed the blurs of the three individuals that speed away at high speed. Ino and the black armored girl had waited until all of the visible opposition had been engaged before they'd grabbed Konoka and started sprinting for one of Cinema Town's side entrances.
"Should we really be leaving them like this?" Konoka asked from her place on Ino's back as the three girls bounced across the rooftops.
"They'll be fine" Ino replied as they all prepared to take a major leap onto a street. Once they were safely on the other side Ino returned a bit of her attention to her passenger.
"Hey Konoka, you live around here right?"
"Ya?" Konoka replied slightly confused as did her best to maintain her grip on the girl without choking Ino unintentionally.
"What's the address?" Ino took a chance to glance back at her passenger and noticed the confused look on her face "We'll head over to your place and wait for the rest of them to catch up". Konoka Ooh'd in understanding then began giving directions to her home while Ino immediately adjusted course to compensate.
They barely made it another rooftop before trouble found them. A volley of stone spikes missed them by mere inches thanks to Ino's superb reflexes and the black lady's lightning fast sword work. On the roof in front of them was a boy about nine years old with white hair and wearing a gray suit.
"You will go no farther unless you hand over the princess. If you do then I will let you leave in pieces" The boy said as he started to slowly walk towards the three girls. The black lady just scoffed as she stepped between the brat and the two others, her black katana hanging loosely at her side.
"Like we would take that offer" the lady said. The boy's expression didn't change one little bit when she said that.
"That's too bad" the boy said as he flash stepped in front of Ino and Konoka with a fist cocked back, ready to smite the blond kunoichi. But as he finished the swing he and his victims notice that the arm he'd been swinging was gone at the shoulder.
"Yes, FOR YOU!" The black kunoichi said as she reversed her own swing as bifurcated the boy just below the ribs.
Ino didn't even wait for the body parts to hit the ground before she bolted for Konoka's as fast as she could with the load she was carrying, their blond protector sticking close the whole way.
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With all the forces arrayed against her it didn't take very long for Tsukuyomi and her little band of golems and demons to be overran and driven off, though Naruto was sure that he was going to need a few days to mend his coat but that was the worst of the damages the skirmish had done(even with Sakura throwing her monstrous strength around).
He was just about to leave to track down Konoka and co. when a series of loud shouts brought him up short. When he tracked the racket to its source he saw a panicking Setsuna holding onto Hinata's collar while begging for something and shaking her. Hinata looked like she was resisting the impulse to smack the girl down (barely) so Naruto headed over to find out what had set the girl off before Hinata maimed her.
"Yo" Naruto said as he gave a decent rendition of his silver haired sensei in both attitude and presentation.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Hinata and Sakura yelled together while pointing accusingly at their whisker marked friend.
"Sorry, sorry I got lost on the winding road of life" Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head. Sakura palmed her own face as Naruto used one of their sensei's more annoying lies while Hinata gave her crush a patented Hyuuga emotionless glare. They probably would have torn into the boy a little more but Setsuna interrupted them by letting go of Hinata and launching herself at Naruto.
"Where is Konoka-sama!" she yelled an inch from Naruto's face.
"Hm?" was Naruto's intelligent reply.
"Konoka-sama is missing along with Yamanaka-san and that woman who came with you!" Setsuna yelled again as she grabbed Naruto by the collar of his coat and began shaking him. Naruto spent several seconds trying to figure out what Setsuna was on about and when he did he had little sympathy for the panicked girl.
"Let me get this straight" Naruto growled at the sword wielding girl as he grabbed her by the nose and gave it a good twist. "You got so into the fight that you broke one of the most important rules of body guarding and lost sight of your principle?" when Setsuna nodded a yes to that Naruto cranked her nose even hard.
"Damn it Sakurazaki! Can't you get anything right?" Sakura growled as she and Hinata added their fists to the back of the sword brat's head. Setsuna looked like she was about to argue her case but froze before she could say anything with a look of horror on her face. A few seconds later all the color had drained from her face and the ninjas suspected that the full measure of how badly she'd just screwed up had hit her.
Naruto released his hold on Setsuna's nose only to snag her by the collar of her shirt and start dragging her along behind him.
"Konoka's house is the rally point, lets going" Naruto called back to the two kunoichis as he headed for the gate closest to that part of town. Hinata and Sakura jogged to catch up and half a dozen other girls followed along as well, sneaking out through the gathered crowd to loss as many as their fellow classmates as possible.
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The Konoe mansion was a very impressive sight no matter how you sliced it. That Konoka came out of such the sweet, loving girl that she was spoke well of the family that lived there as well.
Poor Ino though had never been in anything nearly as high end and was feeling very overwhelmed at the moment. It didn't help when over a hundred maids came out and greeted Konoka like some returning princess. Eva couldn't contain herself and started laughing like a hyena on laughing gas at the blonde's sucker punched reaction.
"This is your House Konoka!" Ino exclaimed loudly as she trundled along behind the brown haired girl. Konoka giggled lightly before she replied.
"Yes this is the main Konoe house in Kyoto and I did grow up here, but this isn't my house, its technically my father's home." Konoka paused for a moment to think about something before continuing in a slightly distracted voice "though grandpa's house in Mahora is much more impressive then this" Ino nearly tripped when she heard that.
Any further conversation was killed when a man in traditional Japanese noble's attire stepped out of the house to greet his visitors, and was tackle-hugged by a squealing Konoka before he could say a word.
"Dadddyyy!"
It took the man now identified as Konoka's father a few moments to recover the use of his lungs then he gave Konoka a hug back while he greeted her friends.
"Greetings visitors I am Konoe, Eishon. Who do I have the pleasure of welcoming into my home?"
"Yamanaka, Ino sir" Ino said while giving Eishon a slight bow. Beside her the blond woman that had escorted them here meekly smirked.
"Abeat" Eishon watch the smoke that releasing the Pactio caused with narrowed eyes before his face lite up in a wide smile as a familiar(if terrifying) aura surrounded him. Out of the smoke stepped a short, blond girl in a Mahora school uniform.
"It's been awhile Eishon" Eva said as she dusted some lint of her uniform.
"If your free then that most mean that Naruto-kun has arrived in Mahora?" Evangeline's wide smile was answer enough for Eishon and he got an equally large smile on his face.
"Father did something happen?" Konoka asked.
"Yes Kono-chan something happened, something very good happened".
"What?" Eishon held up a hand to stop Konoka asking anymore questions.
"Not know Konoka but soon I'll tell you everything" Konoka looked curious but relented for the moment, sure that her father would tell her when the time was right.
Poor Ino was just plain confused.
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Naruto calmly climbed the steps the led to Konoka's childhood home, behind him was Setsuna, Hinata and Sakura and behind them were Yue, Kasumi, Haruna and Nodoka.
In the time it had took them to cross town the adrenaline had worn off and aloud everyone to come to grips with what had just happened. Setsuna in particular was looking pretty pale as many of her mistakes became clear to her and was probably imagining all kinds of punishment for her familiar. Naruto couldn't get a read on what the other girls were thinking, but Ino and Sakura were probably going to read him the riot act later.
"Excuse me" a servant asked as they approach the door to the compound "but are any of you Naruto Uzumaki?".
"I am" Naruto said as he raised his hand to identify who had spoken. The maid look at Naruto for a moment before a smile appeared on her face.
"The master of the house has been expecting you please come this way along with the rest of your friends" The maid said as opened a door and held it for them to pass through. Naruto know that this was going to get interesting but not exactly sure how yet.
"Naruto-kun what's going on?" Sakura asked as she edged a little closer to her blond teammate, Hinata doing the same on the other side but looked to be taking the wealth the house spoke off better, being the heiress of a major and highly wealthy clan helping immensely.
"I'm not sure Sakura-chan but it looks like we're about to find out" Naruto said as the maid led them to another door and opened it. Inside several of their classmates and their child teacher sat before a man dress like a high ranking noble from back home. He smiled at the newcomers and beckoned them forwards.
"I would like to thank everyone who did their best to keep Konoka safe and welcome you all into my home for the night" the man said before he clapped his hands and several more maids brought in portable tables and trays of food. The group sat and made small talk for a while as everyone ate the excellent food. From passing bits of conversation that he managed to catch as they passed by Naruto learned that Negi and Co had been caught in a pocket dimension trap and attacked by a young Hanyou boy. Apparently Chachamaru defeated the boy in thirty seconds flat and he was now a guest in the Konoe dungeon.
As the dinner was starting to wind down Eishon stood from his place.
"Before we move to prepare for bed could I speak with the following people alone if they're here. Konoka Konoe, Setsuna Sakurazaki, Naruto Uzumaki, Evangeline A.K. McDowell, Yue Ayase, Kaede Nagase, Fuka and Fumika Narutaki, Kasumi Asakura, and Anya Cocolova" with that said Eishon turned and walked out of one of the side doors. Naruto looked slightly confused for a moment, but seeing everyone else who was called get up and start for the door he followed suit while using hand signs to tell Hinata and the other Konoha kunoichis to sit tight until he got back.
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When Naruto entered the room that the others had gone to he saw them all sitting around on cushions in front of a raised area that Eishon Konoe occupied. There was also an open cushion in the front row that a look to and from both Eishon and Eva indicated was his.
After Naruto planted his butt in the indicated spot Konoka seemed to lose any ability to restrain herself and asked the question that was on most of their minds.
"Father what, May I ask, is going on?" Eishon sighed and grumbled about old men shaming on the job and forcing others to cover for them before he turned back to his audience.
"Kono-chan do you know why your grandfather and I setup all those marriage negotiations for you" Konoka gave her father a look that promised pain if he was pulling her leg right now, or worse depending on how things went. Naruto saw that look and decide to test out how well his cushion slid on the floor, just in case he had to make a quick evasion slide.
"I assumed it was to annoy me" Konoka said while continuing to give her father one of her rare glares.
"Not quite," Eishon visibly braced himself before he spoke the next line.
"My daughter I'd like to introduce you to your betrothed, Naruto Uzumaki".
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Chapter End.
My sincerest apologies for the delay. I got dragged into deer season.
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