Sage of Infinite Possibilities
Chapter 25 – Short Christmas Episode
It had been a month since the end of the Global Justice ordeal. Sharon, as well as her twin brothers, sadly had taken the death of their brother hard.
He had buried Hego, or Henry by his real name, in graveyard in Go City. It was a sad ceremony of him, Sharon, Wesley, Weston and a small few others such as Kim and Ron. He had tried to contact Mego but the purple Team Go member was nowhere to be found.
Henry's powers, with Shego's approval, had been removed. She felt the meteor power shouldn't be left in his body in case one of Team Go's enemies extracted it from Hego's body. After taking his powers out it took the form of a blue ball of energy that he chose to seal away inside a scroll that he let Shego held onto in her own personal wrist seal.
He frowned as he watched Shego finish packing for a trip, zipping up her suitcase as she had double checked everything to make she didn't forget anything. She had even grabbed a personal bikini that she said she would 'personally model for him' when she got there.
Right now she wore a soft green short sleeved button up shirt that had the first few buttons undone to show off her cleavage as she wore a pair a black pants that only went down to her mid-calf and finished it off with a pair of black flip flops.
"Seriously? It's the holidays and you are going to the Bahamas? Kim told me about this Christmas thing, which I'm surprised you never mentioned to me before, is all about spending times with your loved ones" he said as she sighed and looked up from her suitcase.
"Yes I'm going to the Bahamas with my brothers. Christmas has never been my thing and I want some time with my brothers" Shego said as she stroked his cheek.
"I know but Kim invited us to her Christmas and I wanted to spend it with both of you. So can you maybe stay here please?" he asked as she frowned.
"I need to get out of Middleton for a while…after everything I need a break from all of it" she said as she rested her head against his chest. "I understand you want to be with us but I think it'd be better if the real you goes with Kim and I take a clone" she said with a frown before he kissed her softly.
"Okay but don't be afraid to call since it feels wrong to split up after everything. And making you go with a clone feels bad" he said with a frown as she smiled and patted his cheek.
"Its fine Naruto, I need this, as do the twins but don't think you are being bad by not going with us. Kim is your girlfriend as much as I am so have fun. I don't mind clones, Kim and I decided that clones are just as much you as you are, they only dispel. You will make sure the clone won't dispel on me right?" she asked as he smiled and nodded.
He knew that ever since he gained the Rinnegan and with the help of the Bijuu connecting them all together the clones were essentially him, personality and everything. He even perfected them to keep together much longer and didn't need him to tell them what to do.
Thankfully they didn't even have weird existential crisis from knowing they were clones.
"It won't dispel so don't be afraid to have some fun" he said with a chuckle as he let it happen and pulled her in close to him.
Shego smiled at him happily as she leaned up to give him a kiss before they were stopped as they heard gagging sounds behind them.
"Eww! Don't get all saliva swapping in front of us please" the Wegos said as Shego rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, are you two done packing?" she asked as she saw the two of them with their rolling suitcases behind them with a smile.
"Yup! We got everything we'll need for the Bahamas!" they said in unison, which was their usual way of speaking as Shego nodded. Both of the twins wore matching red button up shirts that were entirely unbuttoned with a black tank top underneath and a pair of tan shorts, finishing it off with white flip flops.
"Good, now Naruto remember if you want to drop by personally when you get some time don't feel afraid to" she said as she gave him a deep and loving kiss despite the groans of the twins.
"Oh I will definitely squeeze in some time" he said after as he broke the kiss after a minute or so.
"Good, now come on summon the clone and flash us away" Shego said with a smile as she picked up her suitcase and smiled as the twins stood by her.
"Have fun in the Bahamas and I guess I will too" he said as he summoned a clone that they all held onto before they disappeared in a flash of yellow to one of the Draken's bases in the Bahamas which they would use to travel to the resort he had booked for them.
He smiled as his phone ringed the second they disappeared before he answered it. "You know you have great timing Kim, Shego and the twins just went off to the Bahamas" he said with a chuckle as Kim chuckled along.
"Well that's great Nana just got here and everyone was worried you wouldn't make it" she said as he smiled and grabbed his coat.
"Don't worry I'm literally coming in a second so I'll see you then. Also I'm bringing some friends so I hope that's okay" he said as he felt his portal activate in his basement.
"Of course you can bring people Naruto, right Mom and Dad?" Kim asked as he heard James and Ann's cheers of approval in the background.
"Great, I'll see you in a bit. Love you" he said as she giggled.
"You too, see you then" she said before she hung up as he hurried down to his basement with a smile.
"Gaara! Tsunade! And Shizune! Glad you could make it" Naruto said with a large smile as he saw the three come through the now safe and entirely undraining portal.
"Yes, it is good to see you too Naruto, when we heard of this Christmas holiday. It seemed like a nice peaceful break from everything" Gaara said with his usual slight smile. "I hope you do not mind but I brought Temari and Kankuro along since you did say it is about family" he added as he watched Kankuro and Temari walk through the portal with a smile.
"Naruto! I heard Gaara had seen you but it's always good to see you for myself" Temari said with a smile as she hugged him tightly.
"It's good to see you too Temari and you as well Kankuro" he said over Temari's shoulder. "Thank you for not bringing any puppets or wear your makeup" he said as Kankuro rolled his eyes.
"Its war paint! And I only brought a few noncombat puppets since I thought in a world without chakra puppeteering might be cool to them" Kankuro said with a smile as Naruto chuckled while Temari let him go.
"Well come on brat, you said we were invited to a party so come on, let's get moving" Tsunade said with a smile as he nodded.
"Okay, I have a marker in their front yard since all these people would be dangerous inside" Naruto said as he put his hands on Gaara and Tsunade's back as they connected to the rest before he flashed them off to Kim's house.
-Kim's House-
Naruto smiled as they arrived outside of Kim's house as he steadied Temari as Kankuro had already face planted into the snow.
"Oh nice, it snows here" Gaara said as he was always fond of the snow whenever he got to see it.
"Yeah, this is winter time now come on I want to introduce you to everyone" he said with a smile as he walked up to Kim's front door, guiding everyone as Temari was still using him to get back her bearings.
"Sounds like fun" Kankuro groaned out as he got back up to his feet with Gaara's help while Naruto knocked on the door.
"Naruto! So glad you and your friends could make it" Ann said with a smile as she looked at the group of people behind him. "Are you going to introduce them?" Ann asked as he chuckled.
"Of course. You know Tsunade and Gaara already but this is Shizune, Tsunade's apprentice and these two are Temari and Kankuro, Gaara's brother and sister" he said as the three new people smiled at Ann.
"Sorry me and my brother aren't use to the Hiraishin" Temari said as Ann nodded knowingly.
"Come on and sit down, I will give you some hot cocoa to help you all feel better and get to know my family since if Naruto brought you along means you are close with him" she said as they smiled and walked inside.
"Whoa Naruto, didn't know you'd be bringing this many people" Kim said in surprise as she walked over to him and smiled as he wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Well you said bring your family so I guess this is mine" he said as he kissed her cheek softly as her dad was nowhere to be seen.
"Well it's good to meet them all" Kim said as she watched her mom talk with Tsunade and Shizune, Temari and Kankuro get grilled by the twins and Gaara talking with her father.
"Yeah, it's good to have them here for this" he said as he waved to Ron who apparently celebrated Hanukkah but due to his close friendship with Kim they still celebrated their holidays together.
"I'm just sad Shego didn't want to come" Kim said with a frown as he shrugged his shoulders.
"She wanted to do her thing with her siblings, she said it's nothing against you she just wants to do something with her brothers after everything that has happened" he said as Kim nodded before she smiled up at him.
He couldn't help but feel at peace after everything that has happened to him and Shego recently. Seeing everyone around him made him wish this peace they had wouldn't slip away and stay for longer than their last bouts of peace and relaxation had been.
"You know there is another Christmas tradition that I forgot to tell you about" Kim told him with a smile as she led him through the house towards the kitchen.
"Really? Which one is that?" he asked confused as Kim stopped him under the archway between her living room and kitchen.
"Well have you ever heard of mistletoe?" Kim asked as she pointed up to the small bundle of clear berries hanging from the ceiling.
"Mistletoe? I'm not sure but what is it?" he asked as Kim leaned up with a blush as she stroked his cheek.
"Well its my excuse to kiss you without my dad freaking out" she said as she leaned up and kissed him deeply on the lips, which he quickly returned.
He was unaware, but thankful, that both Ann and Gaara had kept James busy, allowing them to have a loving kiss under the mistletoe.
"Merry Christmas Naruto, I love you" she said as she rested her head on his chest.
"Merry Christmas Kim, I love you too" he replied as Kim just made him hope even more that their peace stayed at least long enough for him to enjoy it.
-Chapter End-
Yes short more omake of a chapter but this was more of just a 'Happy Holidays' chapter. No Draken messing things up and even showed recovery of Shego.
More will be shown next time I get around to this story
Due to the coming holidays I am going to take a two week break after this set up updates since if I stuck with one week it would have me starting again in the week of Christmas.
I hope you all understand since it is the holidays.
Also I am going to be PAUSING three of my stories as seven stories for two weeks, even with my spaced out schedule is a lot to handle and leaves me with little to no personal time.
I am going to pause:
Fox of the Wild
Shinju + Snow
Sage of Infinite Possibilities
It is not because I am tired of those stories, I just need to put some on pause until a slot opens up and then one of these would fill it.
I have been following a schedule of seven stories since September 28, 2014 as that was when Sage of Infinite Possibilities was posted and it was one of the stories I had in my original seven story schedule.
I am NOT abandoning stories, I am only doing this to keep my drive as an author alive and stop myself from dreading having to write. Basically every story not on this new schedule will be updated when I can so they aren't bound by the schedule.
I will try and update them at least once a month.
-New Schedule-
Sunday: Son of Heavenly Rabbit
Monday: Break Day
Tuesday: Demon of the Elemental Nations
Wednesday: Break Day
Thursday: Creator of Alchemy
Friday: Break Day
Saturday: Sage of Ooo
Then a two week break, I know I normally do one week but I desperately need the break. Plus with my larger break I might even post chapters for some of these stories if I have the time
I hope you all fully understand and support my decision, and don't forget I am taking a two week break after this set of updates.
Since I won't be posting until after Christmas I want to wish you all an early Happy Holidays!
Until Next Time
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