Axel: Hello folks! Its Axel Yamamoto here bringing you another chapter! I'm sorry it took this long, but I've been very busy lately. Anyway, this chapter is a bit rush and has an impact on later chapter. It may have been rushed, especialy the later part, but I hope you guys can enjoy it.
Also, I have a short story far below as a token of my gratitude for you guys, hope you enjoy it!
Oh yeah, here's the information about Grey Wardens if you guys are still confused about them:
Info:
Grey Warden: A guild that was made by Miku and her group. This guild purpose is to 'assist' and 'protect' players in Aincard. It has a grey Griffin as it symbol.
Divisions:
First Division: A full command squad that leads and manages the entire structure of the guild. It is also the place of where the main 'Battle Command Group' or 'The Grey Knights' resides, with Miku as it head.
Second Division: A patrol and information gathering squad that usually can be found in every city. It is a group that acts like a police force, patrolling the city for potential crimes and also gathering info. It led by Meiko with Kaito as it second.
Third Division: A group that was formed to help the front line players. It consists of able players from all division that's willing to help with the dungeon conquering. They also sometime use as a spear head to attack PK'ers hideout or assist other squad in a more battle oriented method.
Fourth Division: A group that was formed by Sachi to help and train other players, so that the casualties may decrease. This division is the only one that has created a defensive formation by combining a heavy shield carrying players with a light one.
Undivision: A group of players that is not affiliated with the other division. Although it's not counted as one by the Grey Wardens, it still exist and this group consists of freelancer and Grey Warden members who can help with any division per-request, usually healers and tamers, like Silica, or non-guild member like Naruto.
Axel: I hope it help guys, also thanks for all the love and support, I really appreciate it. You guys are the reason I still continued writing.
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Real World
There's something weird, that's what Suguha concluded.
Just like her routine, she went and visited the Namikaze hospital which held both Naruto and her brother Kazuto, carrying a small bouquet of flower that she bought on the way to the place.
But when she enters the vicinity and give a nodding greeting to the reception, she noticed something different.
The atmosphere is different than usual.
The more she walks towards the room of Kazuto and Naruto, the more she noticed something else as well. It's something that she, the person who visited weekly, will noticed if she looks around.
There are more guards than usual.
She could see some guards that she remembered, but there are more guards here than any other days, and for some reason they're all tense, as if ready to jump any suspicious person they could spot.
That truthfully made her nervous since there aren't any people here passing by in the first place and she silently regretted coming here more early than usual.
After awkwardly walks through the hall while ignoring all the guard around her, she arrived at her destination.
But the two guards that usually guard the room isn't there, in its place is a pair of weir-Er, unique looking males.
One of the male is a silver colored hair that seems to defy gravity, wearing a full black suit that the other guards seem to wear. But what catches her attention is that he wears a face mask that covered half of his face, and a black headband that he uses to covered one of his eyes.
He seems to read a familiar orange book that her male classmate sometime brings.
The other one is a black colored bowl style hair; he too wears the same suit as the other one. What made him strange is that his suit is colored dark green instead, and one other thing that seems to stand out more than his clothing's and hair.
His giant eyebrows that Suguha's half expecting that they're alive.
Of course, the two males noticed the girls as she seems to stood there and stare at them for a minute or so.
"Hey, what's wrong?" The silver hair color male asked with a bored tone. His eye stares at the surprised form of the girl. "You lost?"
"Kakashi! That is not the way to greet such youthful girl! Those bored tones of yours are not youthful at all!" The black hair one said, his voice is as loud as he looks.
"Keep your voice down, Guy. We're in the hospital." Kakashi retorted calmly, still with a bored tone.
For some reason, Guy seems to clench his fist in anger. "Ugh! Such hip retorts! You are indeed worthy to be my rival!"
"I said keep it down."
Suguha sweatdrop as the two seems to bicker and ignored her existence. If it wasn't for the fact that she needs to enter the door behind them, she'll leave the two of them alone.
"Ano…" She begins saying, but the two doesn't seems to hear her. "Ano!" She said more loudly. The two stop and stares at her, making the black haired girl more nervous than she already is. "I-My name is Suguha Kirigaya, I-I'm the sister of Kazuto Kirigaya and the friend of Naruto Namikaze! A-And I've come here to visit them!"
"Ah! So you're Suguha Kirigaya-san! Yes, Robert-dono has said that you might come." Guy nodded his head. "Such a youthful sister and friend you are!"
"Ignoring him, you can go ahead and enter." Kakashi said, earning a shocked expression from Guy since he was easily brushed aside.
Suguha bow her head and walks toward the door, knocking the door three times, she opens the door.
Only to be greeted by the sight of a beautiful woman.
She has a long beautiful red hair, matched with a pair of blue eyes that seems to be quite familiar to the girl. The women wore a green kimono with a floral pattern, something that she didn't see every day.
"Oh my, good morning." The women greeted Suguha with a kind smile. Flustered, the balck haired girl bows her head to greet the woman.
"G-Good morning!"
The red haired woman chuckles. "There's no need to be so formal with me."
Suguha honestly didn't know how to respond, for some reasons there's something inside her that told her that this woman is not just an ordinary woman. Calls it a woman intuition.
"Hm, are you perhaps Suguha Kirigaya-san?" The woman asked.
Suguha nodded her head. "Y-Yes! And I'm here to visit-"
"I know dear." The woman interrupts. "Ah, is that flower for them?"
"Ah, yes." Suguha handed the flowers to the woman, who gingerly accept and put it inside the vase in the room.
"What a coincidence, I was just about to buy one since the old one's already wither." The woman then smiles at the girl. "Thank you for visiting my son, Suguha-chan."
Suguha blink. Son? Does that mean… "Y-You're Naruto-kun's mother?!"
"I am, the last time I check." She giggles at her own joke. "My name is Kushina Namikaze. It's nice to finally meet you, Suguha-chan."
"H-Hai! It's nice to meet you too!"
"What's with the surprised expression? My son never mentions me?"
"W-Well… He mentions you a few times…" Suguha answered awkwardly. The blond rarely mention his parent for some reasons and the time he did mentioned them could be counted with two hands. And she didn't think that she'll meet her like this.
"I see. So he rarely mentions us, huh?" The surprised look from Suguha confirms it. But Kushina wasn't surprised. "I guess it can't be help. We rarely are there to support him after all." The woman expression changes into a sad one. "We always left him to Robert, always too busy with our work to sees him everyday. Moving from one place to another, almost acting like we never had a son. Only now that he's in a comatose state that we act."
Kushina smiles sadly. "I'm not surprise if he hated us-"
"That's not true!"
Kushina looks at Suguha outburst in surprise, "Wha…"
"Naruto-kun rarely mentions you… But he never said that he hated you. He's just… Sad that he can't spend time with you, Kushina-san." Suguha smile in melancholy. "He act rebellious and act kinda stupid sometime, but he's a very kind person, always helping people, though he never admit it, he forgive lots of people even when they do something bad. So I believe…"
Kushina eyes widened when she saw the eyes of Suguha. That eyes… It's the eyes that held confident of what she had said, the eyes that held complete trust with Naruto.
"That he will never hate you, Kushina-san."
The red head stares at the younger female with wide eyes, though her expression changes into a softer and kinder one. "Is that so? Thank you for putting me at ease then, Suguha-chan. You're really kind."
Suguha flushed a bit at that. "T-Thank you…"
"Say, Suguha-chan, do you want to be Naruto's wife?"
"… Eh?" It took several seconds for Suguha to process this. "EEHHH?!"
"You see, I've been thinking about Naruto's future. My husband and I wanted him to marry a kind girl that understands him." Kushina sighs. "It has been a bleak search, but then you came!" She smiles at her. "You've impressed me by how you understand my son. So, do you want to become my daughter in law?"
"But… I… He… We…"
"Oho~So you ARE interested in my son! Okay then! It's a deal!" She grab her purse on a nearby table and fish out a cellphone. Flipping it open, she press a few buttons before putting it beside her ear.
"Honey! It seems I just found a perfect bride for Naruto!"
"Aaah! No, wait!"
"And her breasts are huge!"
"GYAAAAHHH!"
The teasing torture of Suguha had only just begun.
XXX
Floor 61: Selmburg
In the humble abode that belongs to a certain lightning flash, we could see three people inside, two of them sitting at a chair, while the last one crouching near the corner.
"Hey Naruto, stop sulking already…"
"How can I not sulk when my own best friend fights a good battle without me?" Naruto mumbles.
Kirito sweatdrop. "I said I was sorry…"
"No, you're not sorry at all."
After the eventful meeting of Naruto, Asuna and Kirito with the head of the Knight of the Blood Oath about Asuna, Kirito had challenged the strongest player in Aincard on a one on one duel, which was accepted. That act had quickly made Naruto sulks around for quite a while.
"You didn't even challenge him to a tag match or something…" Naruto said in depression.
Before Kirito could give the blond his reason, a pair of hand slammed themselves on the surface of the coffee table.
"Enough of that!" It was their third occupant, Asuna, who is silent all this time. "You! Stop sulking! And you! Explain yourself before I beat you!"
Both boys quickly stood up and give the scary woman a salute.
""Y-Yes mam!""
Naruto quickly scramble to a nearby seat and Kirito prepared himself to explain his action of declaring a duel.
"I… Actually challenge him in the spur of moment."
"…"
"…"
"… That's it?" Naruto asked. "No punchline? No cool epic reason? Just that?"
Kirito sheepishly rub his neck. "Y-Yeah…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"What kind of reason is that?!" It was Asuna, oh and she slammed her hand to the table again. The boys could've sworn that the table crack under her hit. "You're not Naruto! Why did you do stupid things?!"
"Wha-Oi! I did not do stupid things!"
Kirito, being the target of Asuna's wratch, is scared shitless. The memory of whish she beat up Naruto still fresh in his memory. His brain is pounding itself to search for a god damn good reason, before he gets pummeled by Asuna. "I… I guess it's because I don't like my friends being caged…?"
Asuna glares at the trembling form of Kirito, before sighing. "Honestly… Why did you do such stupid thing out of the spur of moment? That's Naruto's job."
"Oi! I'm here you know!"
"Sorry… Didn't mean to take Naruto's job." Kirito said apologetically.
Naruto didn't want to hear it anymore; he went back to sulking at the corner, feeling much worse this time.
"You don't have to worry too much, Asuna. I'll be fine." Kirito waved Asuna's concern as he stood up. "Well, I'll be going then."
"Eh? Where are you going?"
"To try a few things." Kirito answers as he headed to the door. "… I'm not taking this duel lightly." Is all what Kirito said before he exited the house, leaving the surprised girl and the sulking boy by themselves.
"…"
"…"
Naruto sigh as he recovered from his sulking position in the corner of the house. He can't really take the awkward silent. "Well, I'll be going too, then."
Asuna looks at Naruto ins surprised. "Eh? You're going somewhere too?"
"Of course. Like hell I'm going to just stay here and do nothing while Kirito went somewhere to train for tomorrow." Naruto said as he walks toward the exit. Truth to be told, he was just bored.
"Aren't you going to help Kirito-kun?"
"Nah, a man sometimes need to be alone." Naruto answered, trying his best to sound philosophical. "Men are just animal, trying to find out how to live his days away from boredom."
"You're trying to sound all philosophical, but it made absolutely no sense." Asuna commented with a sweatdrop. "And you just confessed that you're bored."
Brushing Asuna comment aside, the blond open the door and turn toward the girl. "Well, if you need me, you know where to find me." With that, he leaves the house.
"Wa-Hold on! Mou! Why is it that those two always giving me headache?!" Asuna sighs in frustration. "Baka… The both of them."
XXX
Floor 49: Myugen
Grey Warden HQ
"So let me get this straight…" Miku said as she pinches the bridge of her nose. "Since Kirito has gone somewhere to go train, you went here to offer your help?"
"Well yeah, I mean, you Grey Wardens usually has a job or two." Naruto said as he leaned back to his chair, trying to find a comfortable position. "Beside I just can't let Kirito do all the training."
In the old castle of Helm Deep, the headquarter of the organization that has dedicated itself to protect the players from PKers and the like, one could see Naruto talking casually to the leader of said organization without a care in the world.
One usually would have at least a sense of respect to the leader of the large guild, but not Naruto. He just doesn't fit for that respect kind of criteria.
"And why is that? Isn't Kirito's the one who'll fight tomorrow?"
And yes, the news of Kirito challenging the strongest player in the game has been spread to almost all of Aincard.
"Well, yeah… But I just can't do nothing! It goes against my principle as a man!" Naruto answered the question. "… That remind me, I'm still pissed at him for leaving me out at something like this."
Miku sighs. She swore that Naruto will be the death of her. The blond just walks up to her office like he just went home, say he's home for some reason, then sit down like he owned the place.
Wait… Home? If he came here like her office is his home, then does that mean that she's like his…
"BAKA!"
Naruto eyes widened as he quickly drop down to the floor in order to avoid being hit by a flying chair. "What the hell?! Why did you threw that chair at me?!"
"Shut up! You baka!"
"What did I do?!"
That's for being fancy by a heavy tsundere, Naruto.
Before Naruto can taste the chair of Grey Wardens, the door to Miku's office burst open and a familiar figure ran inside.
"Commander! Is it true that Naruto came here?!" A familiar girly voice asked. Though she didn't need the answer as the person she's looking for is right there, on the floor shielding his face from the projectile that was thrown to him. "Naruto-kun!"
"Hm? Ugh!" Naruto grunt as the figure propelled herself to the blond. "Good… to see you too… Silica…"
The petite loli smiles widely at the person who had saved her. She hasn't seen him for a while, since she's been busy with work lately, but now that he's here all her stressed are gone. Just poof and gone.
Pina, the wind dragon that's been holding for her dear life on Silica's shoulder, 'Kyuuing' in happiness as she saw the familiar male that her master seems to fancy.
Of course, she's not the only one breaking through the door.
"Commander! Did the words that Naruto…" Sachi stop in mid-sentence as she sees the current position of Naruto and Silica. "Ah! What do you two think are doing?!"
And so the two girls bicker, with Naruto in the middle of the crossfire. The poor boy could only accept his fate as he's being pull by both girls from opposite directions. Silica, despite being a petite loli, can pull really REALLY hard when it come to the blond.
Also, to make the group complete, Kuro appears with all her blackness glory. From the window.
"Commander, I heard Naruto's here, is that true?"
"Stop coming from the window damn it! There's a fricking door there!" Miku tries her best to scold Kuro, but the black swordswoman only shrug it off and walks to her object of affection.
"So, you really are here, Naruto."
"Don't ignore me damn it!"
"Gaaahh! H-Hi Kuro…. AAGGHH! Stop pulling me!"
If one would walk into the office, they would've sees the weird event of the girls fighting each other, most for the boy in the room, other just because her office was breached.
XXX
After much persuading, threats and Miku's battle axe, the girls finally calm down and sit obediently under the absolute glares that are Miku's. Of course, the supreme commander has to put Naruto on a chair separated from the girls, just in case they fight again.
The blond is still somewhat in shellshock of the chaos that had started in the matters of seconds.
"Well Naruto, I guess you're in luck. We ARE indeed in need of helps right now." Miku said while grabbing a paper from her desk. "Almost all of the squads have been requesting more men. So I suppose you could choose which one to take."
The words 'All squads' and 'Choose' quickly registered on the girls heads.
"N-Naruto-kun! The fourth squad really needs more helper! So please help us!"
"Ignore her Naruto. Help fourth squad, I really need a man- I mean, we really need the manpower."
"Huh? Oh, well…"
Miku sweatdrop as Naruto once again was hoard by Kuro and Sachi. Silica seems wants to join in, but she can't really do that nor need to do that.
"Enough! Both of you!" Miku quickly defuse the situation. "… Let him choose the job he wants." Despite her cold and commanding persona, Miku's been holding herself back from saying 'Beside, he'll take the first squad job'.
Both Kuro and Sachi scowl, but they can't really do anything. What the commander says goes, unless they want to face her wrath.
Letting out a sigh of relief, Naruto turns to address the leader. "Can I at least see the job?"
Nodding, Miku grab the job request paper and handed to the blond, who quickly skim through it.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
The waiting is overwhelming, each girls hopping the blond to take certain job for their squad so that they can 'Help' him personally. A certain black hair thought of 'rewarding' him personally after the job.
"What the hell is this?!" The blond slam the paper to the table, surprising the other occupant. "'Cleaning the garden', 'Wipe the window', 'Sweep the floor'? This is chores! Not jobs!"
Indeed, most of the requests that came from the other squads are mostly chores or other not so exciting jobs. Apparently, the Grey Wardens is a bit too lazy to do task like that. So they usually hired outside help to do it, or they forced other members to do it as a punishment of short.
"W-Well… It's still considered as a job…" Miku said looking away with shame.
"Jobs my ass! This is labor!"
"Don't worry, Naruto." Kuro quickly interject. "I'll give you the panty I'm currently wearing as a reward."
"And why would I want your panty?! Don't just offer other people your panty like that!"
"A-Ah! Me too-" Sachi quickly stood up and her hands heads toward her skirt.
"Don't! What do you think you're doing?!" Naruto and Miku quickly stop her before it goes out of control.
Sachi looks at the two in confusion. "O-Offering my panty…?"
"Don't copy her, damn it!"
"Ah-ha!" Silica stood up from where she's seated. "Naruto-san, since you don't like panties, how about a bra-"
"Don't join in Silica!" Naruto quickly cut her words. "And you will you girls stop offering me your lingerie already?!" It's not like he's not interested, he's just being modest and try his best to be a gentleman.
…
What? He's a guy damn it!
"I see… so it seems that offering our lingerie won't motivate him that much." Kuro said with a nod. "… So that means that Naruto required something much more motivating. So it really comes to that strip dance…"
"Stri-?! How did it come to that?!" Naruto asked in horror, his face is red from blushing at the idea.
"Well, since you don't want our lingerie so I thought…"
"N-No damn it!" As much as appealing the idea sound, Naruto still got his manly pride. Though he knew men will kill him and said 'fuck your pride!' for denying that kind of reward. And his ancestor is probably cursing him from beyond the grave right about now.
Sachi face is already red from desperation and blood rushing over there. "I-I can do it too!"
"Me too!" Of course, Silica doesn't want to be left behind. Just like what Yoda'll say, a daring loli, she is.
"Stop corrupting their mind, Kuro!" Miku once again tries to defuse the situation before her office turns into a strip club.
Scratching her chin, Kuro hummed in thought. "… I understand. It is true that my breasts aren't really in the large department. And the largest pair in this room is…" All three females hold their chest and glare at a certain character.
"W-What…?" Miku asked flustered. "Why are you people looking at me like that?"
Naruto, being the straight man he is, stares at the so called 'Wielder of the largest busts', his eyes stares lower than it used to be. Though he can't really confirm what Kuro had said, since Miku wears heavy armor under her Grey coat, hiding them.
Feeling the stares, Miku blush intensified. "Don't stare at me, baka!" And she threw any nearby stuff she could get her hands on.
It hit Naruto straight on the forehead. "Gah?! I-I'm sorry!"
And once again, chaos ensure inside the Commander office. People who passed by shivered in fear as the crashing sound could be heard from the outside. Some of them paused and offer their prayer to the target of such rage.
XXX
After the event that will be known as 'The Commander's Rage', the group finally calm themselves down. It took awhile, but it has been achieved, with no bloodshed what so ever, unless you count the blond victim of the rage.
"It seems that talking like this won't get us anywhere." Miku said with a cough. "Then how about we compromise?"
Naruto eyes lightened up at the idea. If that can get him from being assaulted by erotic mental image and thrown stuff that he'll agree with it. "How?" He asks a bit too fast.
"Since Naruto want to have a job that doesn't involve chores, let's give him one then." Miku said while leaning back on her commander's chair. "In return, Naruto must give help to every division." She shut down Kuro who raise her hand, knowing she'll probably gives weird ideas that will lead to a fight.
"We-Well… I guess it's alright." Naruto agrees after some thought. It's not like he has anything better to do.
"Then it's a deal." Miku said with a sigh of relief. "Then how about we start from the fourth squad? You don't mind right?" The commander let out a scary and creepy smile as an image of a oni face seems to appears behind her. "Riiiiight?"
Both Kuro and Silica nodded their head quickly, each fearing for their lives.
While the two shakes in fear, Sachi is in heaven right now and hold herself back from hugging the commander. The last thing she needs is for Naruto thinking she's gay.
XXX
Floor 46: Ant Hill
"Uwooh! Man! It's been a while since I've been here!" Naruto said with a smile as he looks around the area. "You know, me and Kirito once grind experience here to reach level 70. It took us ten days to do that."
"So even the mighty two beaters grind here, huh?" Miku chuckles in amusement.
Since Naruto is now tasked with helping the fourth squad, the group had decided to head toward the place where the fourth squad usually active at. Sachi seems to be displeased that Miku, Silica and Kuro tag along.
"Of course. We became like this because we work hard." Naruto said with proud hinted on his voice. "By the way… This place has gotten more crowded, huh?"
The blond pointed out the crowds of players, hanging around the entrance of the dungeon. Near the entrance, he could see several Grey Wardens managing a line of players wanting to go inside.
"Yeah, this place is becoming more crowded each day that it's getting too populated inside the dungeon." Sachi pointed out. "It took us awhile, but we manage to get permission and acknowledgment by the players to manage this place."
"… Seriously?" Getting the trust of the players population is not an easy task. Especially for managing crowded place like this. "So your job is to, what, train these people?"
"Yes, we try out best to decrease the chances of players getting killed. It's a lot of work, but it paid off in the end." The leader of the fourth group said. "Well, come on then."
When they walk closer, they heard some sort of commotion as complains was thrown to the Grey Wardens guards at the entrance.
"It seems there's a commotion over there." Silica point out.
The group quickly fast walks to the entrance, only to find a small crowds of players gathering around the entrance, and their face shows that they're not happy.
"Please be more patient, we're lacking man power right now." One of the Grey Warden at the entrance said. "We will tell you if the problems in the cave are solved. So please be patient"
"What do you mean by that?! What kind of problem is it?"
"Yeah! Why can't we enter?"
"We've been waiting here for three hours!"
The guard sweatdrop as the crowds grew more restless. "I-I understand. We will try to solve this problem as fast as we can, so please be patient."
Pushing through the crowds, Sachi walks toward the guards, her tone of voice turns serious.
"Max, what's going on here?" With those words alone, the Grey Wardens that noticed Sachi and the girls quickly gives their salute.
"Taichou?! You're here!" The entrance guard, Max, said. "Thank goodness. We were just about to call you."
"What's with the crowds, Max?" Sachi asks again.
Max scratch the back of his head, then he motion for the group to come with him away from the crowds. The group complied; each wondering what exactly is going on.
After they're at a safe distant away from the crowds, Max begins explaining.
"The truth is, around half an hour ago, some of our trainers and their trainee group was attacked by an unknown monster."
"Unknown monster?" Now that peek Naruto's interest. "What do you mean?"
"Apparently they're attacked inside the cave, taken by surprised. The good news is that they manage to get out of the cave without any casualty." Max explained. "Though the words 'barely got out' is much more on the right side."
"… Are you sure it's not just an ant monster?" Kuro, who has been silent all this time, asks. "If they take you by surprise, even a veteran could get in trouble."
"We ask the group, and they all said the same thing about the attacker." Max then took out a paper and read it out loud. "It was a large shadow with crimson eyes. Since it manages to beat one of our veteran trainers, the monster must be stronger than the average monsters in this floor."
"A large shadow with crimson eyes…" Kuro repeated. "… You think it could be the Ant Queen?"
"Impossible. The trainer is instructed to never go near the Queen unless they're with at least three trainee groups." Sachi turns to the guard entrance. "Have you conducted an investigation?"
"Hai, Taichou. We've sent our trainers inside to investigate, but it seems that the monster is moving from place to place so it's been hard for them. Some of us stay here to make sure none of the players enter the cave but the crowds are getting restless."
"I see… This is getting serious." Miku said thinking it over. "It seems we do need you more now, Naruto." The commander turns to look at her generals. "Kuro, go gather a group from the third squad. Sachi, coordinate your squad from here. Silica, Naruto, you two are with me."
Kuro nod her head and quickly teleported back to the HQ, while Sachi seems to hesitate for a moment, before nodding her head and quickly open her friends list.
"So, Commander, what're we going to do?" Naruto asks with a smirk, already knowing what they'll be doing.
"We'll be going inside to help with the investigation." Miku turns to look at the two players. "So are you two ready?"
"Yes!"
"Heck yeah!"
Nodding her head, Miku turns her vision toward the cave entrance. "Then let's find this so called 'Mysterious' monster!"
""YOSH!""
XXX
There is a reason why the dungeon in the Ant Hill is well liked by the players. The Ant monsters inside, despite having high attack, they have low health, thus, making this place ideal for experience grinding.
The group of three that was formed to help investigate the mysterious monsters walks calmly through the cave system, each of them ready to attack any hostile monsters around their vicinity.
"Sachi's men do a great job at clearing the monsters." Miku said with approval tone.
"Since the monsters haven't respawn yet, they may have went passed here not too long ago." Silica pointed out.
Indeed, as the group moves they only encountered several live monsters. Of course, the live one was quickly turned into shattered glasses with a single swing of Miku's large battle axe.
"Well, whatever the case, we need to help them find this so called 'Mysterious Monster'." Miku shouldered her large silver battle axe when her eyes spotted a pair of Ant monsters coming their way. "The sooner we did it, the better."
Naruto and Silica sweatdrop as Miku cut the pair of Ant monsters with a single slash, as if they're only butter.
The blond eye twitches. "For some reason, I felt my masculine is being threatened…"
Silica only nods her head as she watches Miku lead the way. Her commander was a true juggernaut, killing anything on her path. It is a live demonstration why Miku was the leader of the Grey Warden, which had made many dangerous enemies along its history.
"What are you two doing? Come on! I think I found something!"
""We're coming!""
While yelling the respond, the two quickly sprint to catch up with the crimson hair commander, who is waiting patiently in front.
"Look." Miku pointed toward something that shouldn't even exist in this place.
It was a mirror, a human sized mirror to be exact. The mirror was attached to the cave wall, as if acting like a door or gateway of some sort.
"What the heck is a mirror doing here?" Naruto asked while walking closer to the mirror. "I never see a mirror at my time grinding here."
Miku hummed in thought as she thinks what to do next. "You think I should break it?"
"I don't know… Maybe?" Naruto stares at Silica. "Silica, what do you think?"
She didn't answer, but she went passed both Naruto and Miku, moving closer to the mirror slowly in a daze like motion. Her dragon pet taps her master head repeatedly as if to wake her up.
"K-Kyuu?!"
"S-Silica?" Miku tries this time; hint of worries could be detected in his voice. "…. Hey, Silica…"
The petite young girl didn't answer, her hand reach out to touch the mirror and-
"What do you think you're doing?"
As if a hypnotizing spell just got broken, Silica blinks as her red eyes came back to life. She look around the place in confusion, before her eyes landed to the hand that seems to grabs hers in a strong, yet gentle way.
"N-Naruto… -kun?"
The blond gives Silica a hard stare, looking for hints of her losing her mind again. With a nod of satisfaction, he let her hand go. Much to her disappointment. "Good, you're back."
Silica blinks. "W-What happened…?" She flinch a bit when Pina flew into her face. "Wa-?! Pina!"
"Kyuu!" Pina… Er, 'Kyuuing' in happiness at her master recovery.
"That's our question." Miku interjected as she walks closer to Silica. "What happened to you? You were out of it, as if you were hypnotized or something."
"I… I don't know… I was looking at the mirror and then… Everything went black."
"Mirror huh?" Naruto shifted his gaze to the strange mirror in question. "… You think this is some kind of hypnotizing mirror or something…?"
"It's a possibility. It also could be a trap." The commander said. "I suggest you don't touch it."
"Well it's a good thing I 'give' Silica a 'hand', huh?" Naruto said with a joking tone, his blue eyes still looking at the mirror. "You know, this is a man sized mirror, it could be kinda scary if a hand just pop out and drag you inside, huh?" The blond chuckle, though he stopped immediately when he feels something grabs his hand.
"Huh?"
It was a hand, coming out of the mirror. Naruto sigh in relief, It's just a hand that… came… out of… the mirror?
"Oh cra-"Then he was pulled into the mirror, leaving two screaming companion behind.
XXX
Location: Unknown.
"Ouch… What the hell pulled me…?" Naruto groaned as he sits up from the ground. "… I just hope it's not one of those creepy ghost that drag people into television…"
"Have no fear, dear Champion, I am no ghost what so ever."
Naruto eye twitch. It's been awhile since he heard that voice, the voice that belongs to a certain weird A.I that seems to choose him as a champion of sort, the one who has given him a weird power which seems to react to his anger emotion and sometime weird missions.
"Kyuubi! I knew you're behind thi-"His words stop in his throat.
Instead of the usual flying nine tailed fox, what appeared before him is a small girl with red haired, wearing a short yellow kimono that went down to her knee. Her haired is short, and the blond could see a pair of red fox like ears on her head, twitching slightly.
"Wha… Huh… Why…"
Kyuubi (?) raised her eyebrow. "Are you that surprised seeing me in this form?" The blond nodded his head dumbfounded. "I see, truth to be told I'm a bit surprised myself when I turn into this form."
Naruto blink as he snap out of his dumbfounded reaction. "Wait, what do you mean you're surprised yourself?"
"When I change form, I take your memory data and convert it-"
"Stop!" The blond quickly cut her off. "Save the long lecture, I'm not Kirito."
"… As you wish." Kyuubi (?) sighs. "Long story short, I take the form of something which you desire."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"So you're telling me… That this kiddy form of yours is what I desire?"
"More or less."
It took Naruto two minutes before he registered it completely in his head. "… ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT I'M A LOLICON?!"
Kyuubi doesn't even flinch at his outburst. "I do not say that this body is what you sexually prefer, it could be anything actually. But if you want to think of it like that, then you may."
Naruto let out a breath of relief. "Thank goodness…"
"I don't understand why you players seem so serious when it involves your sexuality. Is it that important?"
"Well, you could get arrested in the real world for once…" Naruto mumble his respond, taking Kyuubi raised eyebrow as a sign that she understood. Then the blond blue eyes scan around the area around him. "By the way, where are we?"
The two of them are currently in a rock formation that seems to be some sort of altar or shrine. In the middle of it lies a stone table, with a large man sized mirror on it, probably the mirror he was dragged from. What caught his attention was the fact that all around the stone formation, is a large dead forest.
Trees lining up with no leaf or sign of any life marked the place as a 'Creepy as hell' in Naruto's book, and to boot thing up, the land seems to be decaying, all grey in color.
All in all, the blond don't like this place.
"This place is called Hollow Forest." Kyuubi answers, "… At least that's what she calls it."
"Hollow Forest? She?" There's so many question in the blond's head that he didn't know where to start.
"Nevermind that." Kyuubi's red eyes drill into the blond's blue ones. "I drag you into this place because of a reason."
Naruto return her stares with a flat one. "Why am I not surprise? You always seem to drag me into situation that's very dangerous. For me at least."
"Unfortunately, you must do it again, for your sake, and for the other."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Kyuubi didn't answer as she walks inside the Hollow Forest, slowing her stride, she motion for the blond to follow here. With an annoyed 'tch', Naruto forced himself to follow the newly made girl into the creepy forest that the blond don't like. At all.
"This place, this Hollow Forest is a dungeon existed inside Aincard, the place where you players lives at." Kyuubi explains. "This is a place that is never meant to even exist in the first place, and yet for us it did."
"…And now, we must pay the price."
Naruto scratch his head as he tries to absorb the information. "… I don't get it." All he get that this place is a secret dungeon inside Aincard. Kirito is going to be flipped when he tell him about this place.
"This is our home, the home of the Tailed Beasts." Kyuubi simplify. "And now, Naruto, I must ask you to help me one last time." Kyuubi stop in her track and stares at the somewhat confused blond. "… Will you help me?"
Naruto scratch the back of his head. "Well, you already dragged me into this place. So might as well do what you want." It's not like he has any other choice, and this might be fun.
Kyuubi smiles at the blond. "Thank you." It's not a simple or devious smile; it's a smile of pure happiness and gratitude, as if the blond had just done her a favor of a lifetime. That action simply stunt Naruto.
The blond quickly blush and scratch the back of his head frantically. "Eh, w-what are you thanking me for?! I haven't even done anything yet!"
Either Kyuubi didn't hear him or decide to ignore him the blond will never know. "Quickly, this way!" She resumes her stride across the forest, much faster this time.
"E-Eh? W-Wait for me!"
XXX
Unknown Floor: Hollow Forest
"So… You want me to kill that?"
"Yes."
"…"
"…"
"… Alone?"
"Yes."
Naruto took a deep breath, "Are you kidding me?!" The blond snapped as he pointed at the monster. "You want me to kill that huge ass thing alone?! What is that anyway?!"
The 'monster', was a huge purple slime that's very very huge, a bit bigger than that Gleaming eyes boss Naruto fought. Just like all slime in nature, it's all… jelly like. Its body moves in a wave like motion each time the monster shift its body a bit.
"It is what we called a 'Virus'."
"A virus?"
Kyuubi nod her head. "That monster you're seeing is a gathering of small viruses into a large one. It is harmless when it's small, but when it has gathered this much it could be a danger to all."
"You mean that thing is a gathering of a large amount of virus?"
"Yes, are you surprised?"
"Well…"Naruto scratch his cheek. "Not really that much. I mean, every games has virus, right?"
"Correct. Like that monster, and…" Kyuubi close her eyes for several seconds, then snap it open. "… Me." The blond head snap to the direction of the girl, his eyes widened in shocked. "Do not be alarmed, my objective is far different that that virus. For one, I do not wish for the destruction of the players. Also…" The so called 'Virus' looks away. "I'm sorry for not telling you sooner."
Naruto eyes lingers on Kyuubi's form, his mind went overdrive of all the sudden information that he received. It took a minute before Naruto sigh and pats Kyuubi's head. "Just how large the viruses before?"
Kyuubi looks at her champion with wide eyes, surprised at his quick forgiveness. She then shook her head, "Before? Its size is the same as a small marble."
Naruto eye twitch. The big ass slime was originally from a small marble form? "Are you serious? That thing is the size of a floor boss, how am I supposed to kill it alone?"
"With this."
Naruto eyes widened felt something pierced him, looking down he sees that Kyuubi's hand has somehow pierced him
"Eh?"
"I'm sorry, this might hurt a bit."
"What are yo-AAAAGGGHH!"
Naruto felt like his body was electrocuted by a high electric current, he felt his body being torn apart bit by bit as Kyuubi continues whatever she's doing. Now he knows what Team Rocket feels when they're electrocuted.
"… It is done."
The blond gasp drop down to the floor when Kyuubi took her arm out, he pants as sweats filled his face.
"What… *Pant*… the hell? *Pant*"
"I'm sorry about that." Kyuubi said with her usual tone. "But that is necessary for you to kill the virus."
Naruto glares at the girl. "A little warning next time will be nice."
Kyuubi looks at the blond in confusion. "I did give you a warning, right?"
"Sudden warning didn't count!" Naruto retorted, and then he shifts his gaze to his torso, where Kyuubi had pierced him. "What did you do to me, exactly?"
"I give you the power to defeat the virus." Kyuubi answers, "It is a special power to 'Absorb' the virus, thus, cleansing it."
"Wait wait wait," Naruto looks at her like she has grown a second head. "Are you serious? Isn't that, bad for me?"
"Unfortunately."
"Then why did you told me to do it?!"
"Because our options are limited." Kyuubi answers. "If you don't do something, the virus will slowly creep out of this place and begins consuming the data at Aincard. Unfortunately for us I don't possessed the same structure as you players do, mine is much more fragile and thus cannot housed a virus that large."
"Isn't there any, I don't know, anti-virus or something?"
"What do you think holding the virus back?" Kyuubi asks. "This virus has penetrated and adapt to the changes of this world, and it has eaten too many of its data. The anti-virus may eventually destroy the virus, but I cannot guarantee that it won't already be inside Aincard. It has already sent a bit of its virus there a while ago."
Now that stunt Naruto. "Don't tell me… "
"Yes, it seems the part has attacked a group of players, though the anti-virus managed to erase it. But it took 16 minutes to erase a bit part of the virus."
Naruto sighs as the stressed has crash into him. If only a bit of the virus took about 16 minutes to erase, what about a large amount? It could made chaos to Aincard and there will be casualties. Lots of them.
After pondering the options for several minutes, Naruto let out a sigh. "… What am I supposed to do?"
"You need to weaken him first. Your basics attack should harm the virus, just enough to weakened him a bit so you can absorb it." Kyuubi explained, her face is devoid of any smile. "Your character won't be corrupted even if the virus hit you, but try not to take too many, cause you'll die."
"You don't have to tell me the last part." Naruto took out both of his Short Scimitars, one of the weapons that possessed the most Hit attribute. "So all I have to do is beat up this shitty Virus, then absorb it?"
Kyuubi nodded her head. "Yes, and she calls this virus 'Binge Eater'."
"So it even has name, huh?" Naruto then point his swords at the virus. "Well, Binge Eater, looks like you'll have to dance with me." As if sensing a potential threat, a pair of red eyes seems to appear inside the slime, and its gaze toward the only players in the place.
"So you sense me, huh?" A wild grin broke out on Naruto's face. "Well, come on then! Let's dace!" With that words, the blond charge toward the slime.
The slime roars and sends tentacles toward the blond, who evades all of them with ease as they pierced the ground around him. Sensing it didn't work, the slime wipe at the blond with its tentacle in a horizontal arc. Naruto grunt and jump barely in time to evade the attack as he landed at the tentacle that attacks him.
"Let's see how you handle this move!" Naruto swords glows and he leap forward. "Lotus Flower!" He does a quick 360 spins and cut one of the tentacle, earning a roar of pain from the virus.
The slime growl in anger and its entire body shakes like there's an earthquake. Sensing an impending danger, Naruto quickly leap back just in time to evade a blob of slime falling down to the blond original position. The slime did not give up however, as from it keeps forming new blob from its body and shoot it out everywhere around him.
"That's one slimey rain!" Naruto jokes as he evade the slime rain easily. "It's a good thing it can't move that fast."
As if sensing itself being underestimate, the slime stop its attack and shook once again, this time, it did not produce a slime rain.
It jump.
Honed by battles, Naruto instinct kick in and he quickly dash away, barely able to evade the slime slamming down to earth.
"Me and my big mouth!" Naruto cursed as he tries leaps away from another tentacle attack, but not without wound. "Ugh!" The blond grunt as he was hit by the tentacles, slaming him into a dead tree. "Shit!"
Grunting, Naruto quickly recover from his position. He notices that his health has decreased by quite the amount. The blond smile wryly at the sight of his health. "Damn it, that attack really hurt."
"Are you okay?" Kyuubi asks as she appears at Naruto side.
"Not so much. That thing hurt me more than a floor boss."
Kyuubi nodded her head and she took out a small blue crystal. She crush it, and a warm glow engulf Naruto. The said blond blink, then he noticed that his health was back to its full glory.
"Woah, thanks!"
"I can keep healing you, so if you're in need of healing, pull back safely." Kyuubi said as she took out a bunch of crystals from a pouch attached to her hip.
"Got it." Naruto glares at the slime monster. "So is it tired yet?"
"Not yet. Keep it up a bit more, and I'll tell you when it's time."
Nodding, the blond closed his eyes. Pondering about something for several seconds, then he snap his eyes opens. "Then let's tired it out." He opens his character menu and then his equipment slot.
"What are you doing?"
Naruto unequipped all of his heavy armors. "I will need speed. And this armor will only get in the way."
"But your health…"
"It's fine! That thing won't even touch me." When he's satisfied, the blond attention shifted toward his enemy. "Now then, let's see how you handle this style."
Another wild grin broke out on Naruto face, this one more feral than the other.
"The strongest dual knife battle style…"
The orange player shift his hold of his swords, instead of the usual grip, he holds it reversely now. The blade edge pointed toward the ground, still gleaming dangerously.
"Reverse Fangs."
Naruto charge, this time even faster than his previous one. The virus react by sending more tentacles to the blond, who blurred from one spot to another, evading the tentacles with eases as he's getting closer to his target.
The slime growl in anger and whipped the ground in a horizontal arc with its tentacle, destroying the earth it hit. But then the virus realized that the tentacle he uses to strike the blond from above had already been cut off, and his target is currently right in front of its face with his wild grin.
"Let's see how you handle this on your slimey face! Wicked Strikes!" Naruto hands seem to blurs as he delivered strikes after strikes with such a high speed.
The virus groan in pain as the blond leaves dozens of marks across the slime body from his relentless assault. It responded by sending an attack of its own, in the form of multiple tentacles flying toward the blond.
When Naruto feets reach the ground, he continues. "And now for the finale…" The blond evade the first tentacle then he activates his move." Reaper Dance!"
It was in an instant.
All the tentacles that were sent toward Naruto were cut. Every single one of them. How? It was because Reaper Dance is a skill that combined the spinning skill of Lotus Flower and the speed of Wicked Strikes, a very deadly area skill.
The virus groans loudly in pain at the loss of his tentacles. Of course, it's not end there as the blond leap forward and continue his relentless attacks.
Kyuubi's eyes did not leave the virus form even for a second. She could see it, each time the blond attack hit, the enemy is getting weaker. To make it better, the blond deliver on his promise of not letting a single attack hit him, which make her feels better.
Not that she would tell him anytime soon.
It was then after the third minute of Naruto assault that Kyuubi notices that the virus is weakened, enough to be absorb, at least. "Now Naruto! Absorb it!"
Hearing her words, the blond paused his assault. "Eh? How?"
"Just like using a skill! Just stretch your arm toward the virus!"
"Eh?" Dropping one of his sword, Naruto extend his hand and aim it at the enemy. "Like this…? Ouch! What the-?!" The blond felt something sting him on his free palm, and when he check it, he saw an eye staring back at him.
A. .
"What the hell?!"
"Stop being panicked and aim that eye at the virus!"
Naruto looks at Kyuubi like she has grown another head, but he shook his head and aim his open palm. "This better be worth it…"
The eye widened and it begins to glow. A stream of data, gold in color, streams out from the virus, who roar in pain as its body's getting sucked in. The blond felt like his hand was on fire as he struggle to keep it steady.
"Try keeping it aim at the virus! Or it'll escape!" Kyuubi yelled out.
Naruto grunt in annoyance. "Easy for you to say!"
The slime monster tries to move, but to no avail, as the eyes seem to stop him from moving away. Slowly, the slime of virus grew smaller and smaller, until it was miniature slime, and into nothingness as the eye absorbs the last bit of virus.
The blond pants as sweats filled his face. "Huh… It isn't as bad as I imagi-AAAGGGHHH!" Naruto scream out in pain when his body was engulf in a purple light. Veins starts to pop out and the blond felt like he's entire body is being torn apart from the inside.
"UGH! GAH…!" Naruto grunts in pain as he loses all strength to stand up. "UUGGHH!"
The red haired fox girl walks toward the player, a pained face attached on her head. "I'm sorry, my dear champion." Kyuubi said as she knelt down near the down player. "I have nothing to ease your pain with, except the news that you have saved the remaining players from the virus."
"Ugh… That's… Good enough-Gahhh!" Naruto scream out as his body now felt like burning. "Damn it…" The blond manage to said as darkness engulf him from the intense pain.
"Rest, my dear champion." Kyuubi whisper on the unconscious blond ear. "You have done well; I will take care of the rest."
XXX
Floor 49: Myugen
"Ugh…"
"Hey, I think he's starting to wake up!"
"Don't be too loud!"
"Sorry!"
A pair of blue eyes slowly opens themselves, though they flinch back when they met the most hated enemy of all just woken up eyes, the light.
"Take it easy, Naruto."
Naruto grunt and slowly sit himself up, looking around the area in confusion. He appears to be in an unfamiliar room, with three familiars faces looking at him with concern showed on their expression.
"Where… Am I?"
Sachi, Silica and Kuro look at each other, and then back to the blond.
"You're in one of our free room in the HQ." Sachi answered. "You've been unconscious for quite awhile."
"Real-Ugh?!" He did not exepect a human canon to shot herself to the blond body.
"You're alive!" Silica cries as tears starting to fall from her eyes. "W-We thought we lost you when you got absorbed into that mirror!"
The other girls, who has turned into audience, hold themselves from strangling the loli.
"Silica…"
"W-We thought you won't be back!"
"Silica…"
"I-I was so scared-"
"Silica!"
The twin tail girl stop what she was doing. She stares at Sachi weirdly, who only point her finger toward the blond she was holding. She shifts her gaze, only to find Naruto with foams coming out of his mouth.
"Kyaaa! N-Naruto-kun!"
And so the chaos of the room begins anew, with Naruto at it center, once more.
Of course, the chaos stopped when the room's door open and enter the one person who could stop all chaos that is happening in the Grey Warden HQ.
"What are you guys doing?" Miku asks. That alone is enough to stop all activity in the room, even Naruto, who almost died for lack of air, recover quickly. Not because of Miku present, but because of a familiar form beside the commander.
"K-Kyuubi…?"
The red haired girl, with all her foxy feautures glory, nodded her head in confirmation. "I see you're awake, papa. That's good."
Naruto open his mouth to respond, but paused.
Papa…?
"We also want to ask you that." Miku said as she folds her hand. "How could you have a daughter in this game? The last time I know there's no such thing."
"Yes, please answer it honestly." Sachi said, her expression is smiling, but the only male in the room could sense there some dread in them. "Who did you made it with?"
"What… Huh… But…"
"Yes! Why didn't you tell us about her?!" Silica said.
Kuro then pipe in. "Or the fact you could have fox like children." The black swordswoman asks. Her imagination already went wild, imagining little blonds with fox traits everywhere in the HQ.
"That is unnecessary." Kyuubi quickly interrupt. "Papa found me in the secret dungeon, and he promises to take care of me so I will follow him and call him papa."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Is that your fetish?"
"Kuro!"
Miku shook her head and pats Kyuubi on her soft head. At least this mysterious girl that she proclaimed 'was found' by Naruto is cute. She likes cure things. She could just imagine she and him having-
The commander shook her head at that thought before it went haywire. "Anyway Naruto, without this little girl we wouldn't have found you in that dungeon, out cold."
"… Really?" Naruto look at Kyuubi with a grateful smile. "Then thanks, Kyuubi."
The new loli eyes widened and look away in embarrassment. She nodded her head, trying to hide her red face.
"How cute…" Was what inside Miku's head.
"Ugh…"
"Careful Silica, your cute loli role would be stolen from you."
"S-Shut up!"
"Oh yeah, that remind me." Sachi then said. "Asuna and Kirito was here until a few minute ago, since the match is about to start."
"Huh? What match?"
"Kirito's duel, of course."
"What?!"
To be continued.
Short Story: Kirgaya Kazuna ( )
In a small café at floor 61, two certain females are sitting facing each other. One of them has a weird and slight annoyed face, while the other seems to fidget nervously.
One of them has a long light brown hair, wearing a white and red uniform of a certain strongest guild. She's the famous 'Lightning Fast' Asuna, one of the most 'hottest' female in the whole game.
The other one, having long black hair that went to her back and wears a short black jacket and a short black shirt that reveals her midriff, she also wears a pair of black pants and boots. She's the famous (Or infamous) 'Black Swordswoman', or also known as one of the 'Beaters' that people still somewhat hate.
She's Kazuna, the possessor of the twin sword style and the partner of the equally well known 'Orange Player', Naruto.
Right now, Asuna is having one of the most weird and somewhat surprising days of her life. It's not life threatening or anything, and some people may say it's something a bit silly.
"Can you repeat that?" The white and red lancer needs to clarify it before she come to a conclusion. She may mishear what Kazuna had said.
Kazuna blush. "I… IneedhelptogetclosertoNaruto!"
The lancer sighs. So she didn't mishear it. "So let me get this straight…" Asuna begins while sipping her ordered tea. "You want my help so you can get all lovey dovey with Naruto?"
Kazuna face lit out more red. "D-Don't say it out loud like that!"
"So you didn't deny it?"
The black swordswoman slowly nod her head. She's staring at her brown tea, somehow finding it somewhat interesting.
Asuna find this situation somewhat amusing. The famous swordmaster all flustered and shy because of a boy she's been with for the longest time? She curses the game that it did not possess any camera.
But wait.
"Aren't you two living together already?"
Kazuna mouth turns into a sad one. "He… I think he thinks of me as a mere roommate and a closed partner. Nothing more."
"Huh?"
"Everytime I hinted him about my feeling, he didn't really get it and thought of it as a mere friendly gesture. Like that time when I made him a Christmas cake…"
Oh yeah, Asuna remember that time. Apparently Kazuna has made a small cake for the blond after a Christmas party, and it seems that he didn't get the meaning. She secretly cringed at that. How could that blond be so oblivious? Is he that dense?
Oh wait, they're talking about Naruto. He's a full dense idiot that can't sense anyone feeling for him.
After pondering it for a moment, Asuna nodded her head. "Well, I guess it couldn't hurt to help my best friend…"
Kazuna lit up at that. "R-Really?!"
"Yes! And I know just the way!"
XXX
"I'm back!" Naruto said as he enter he and Kazuna large home that he bought by winning lots at a casino.
"W-Welcome back!"
The blond paused as he stares at his roommates, who are standing in front of him wearing a cute dark blue apron. It's unusual for Kazuna to greet him at the entrance like this, usually she's coming home with him or is resting at the couch reading a book or two.
"N-Naruto-kun…" Kazuna stutter shyly. "D-Do you want dinner? Or a warm bath first? Or…" She took a deep breath and muster all courage she could gather. "M-Me-"
"I'll take the bath please." Naruto interrupt as he walks passed a stunt Kazuna. "It's unusual for you to do this, but thanks! I mean it!" The blond then added, "And that's a cute apron."
Usually, Kazuna would've been happy when the blond compliment her like that, but now, after crushing all her courage by his interruption, all she could felt was anger.
"…ka."
"Hm?"
"Naruto you baka! I hate you!" Kazuna yelled out as she sprint passed the blond and went into her room.
Naruto just stares at the retreating form of Kazuna, too stunt to do anything. "What just happened…?"
XXX
The next morning, Kazuna creep out of her room with a red eyes.
After calming down and thinking it over, it seems that she isn't fair with Naruto, as he does nothing wrong intently. So she decides she'll make him a breakfast or something and apologize.
When she enter the kitchen though, she's surprised to find a well-prepared breakfast sitting quietly at the table, with a single black rose and a slip of paper read 'I'm sorry.' Walking to it, she picks up and flower and inspect it.
Eternal Flower
A rare flower that can only found at night near the Hill of Memories that symbolize 'Eternal Bonds'.
She knew it, the Eternal Flower is a flower that's quite hard to find and fetch a very good price on the market. It seems that the blond has gone to the Hill of Memories and search for this flower.
It's probably thanks to his 'Tracking and Search' skill that he could even found this flower.
Kazuna smile as a blush creeps on her face. "That baka…"
End/To be continued.
Here it is folks, the thing I promise you guys. Sorry it took so long, but I've been busy with my university since now I'm on a dorm with low internet and few free time. But I'll try my best to get more, so please stay tune! And it seems I may re-write the previous chapters, since it has horrendous grammar and plot hole.
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