The Fox Scroll
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Naruto Or Fairy Tail
"Achoo!" Cana wheezed and rubbed her nose irritably. Having been brought to Naruto and Lucy's apartment, she was now sitting on the couch/Naruto's bed wrapped in a blanket. "Whew… Thanks, you saved me…"
"Are you sure you're okay? How long were you out there?" Naruto asked and placed a hot cup of tea in front the girl.
"Aw~ Are you worried about me? That makes me so ha… Achoo!" Cana said in a cute voice, or at least tried to but ended up sneezing at the end. She looked at the drink in front of her skeptically. "This isn't coffee, is it?"
Naruto rolled his eyes. "No, it's tea. It'll warm you up."
Cana chuckled dryly and took a sip of the warm beverage. As she drank the hot tea, her eyes clouded over as is having grim thoughts.
This did not bode well with Naruto. 'Something about Cana's mood seems a bit off. I wonder if something's bothering her…'
Before Naruto asked, Lucy walked out of the bathroom.
"The bath is ready, now go warm yourself up before you catch a cold."
"…Hm? Oh, thanks Lucy." Cana said and placed her cup down. She then stood up and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind her silently.
"Do you think she's okay?" Lucy asked Naruto, who shook his head.
"I don't know… She seems kinda down."
Lucy hummed in agreement. There was obviously something bothering Cana, but it would be rude to just ask. 'We should cheer her up somehow…'
After Cana finished soaking in the bath, she burst through the door with newfound energy. "AH! That was refreshing! I owe you guys one! Let's go to the late-night bar, drinks on me!"
Naruto sweatdropped. "Uh, no. What were you doing in that alley in the first pla-"
"Hey Cana, do you to come with us on a quick trip?" Lucy chimed in, placing a hand on Naruto's shoulder to stop him from talking.
Naruto looked at Lucy with a raised eyebrow. Partially at being interrupted, but mostly by the fact that she had suddenly invited Cana to go with them to Lamia Scale. Not that he minded.
Cana seemed taken aback from the sudden invitation. "A trip? What kind of trip?"
Lucy smiled awkwardly from their questioning looks. "We were going to Lamia Scale so Naruto could talk to a friend before the S-Class trials. I know you probably want to train a bit before the trials but… Do you maybe want to come with us?"
"I don't know… I wouldn't want to bother your alone time with Naruto." Cana teased, earning a pout from the other girl. "Alright, I'll go. I was gonna hit a couple more bars before the trials, but I guess I can tag along. Besides, this sounds like fun. Naruto's like a walking romance drama."
'She wasn't even going to train?' Naruto thought with a sweatdrop before blinking. "Wait a second! What do you mean I'm a walking romance drama!?"
Cana laughed at the ranting boy. 'Phew… To think I almost spilled my guts to them. Knowing Naruto, he'd probably storm over to Gildart's place and start a fight.'
As Naruto continued to yell at Cana, Lucy smiled. 'Though I may be losing some alone time with Naruto, this should cheer Cana up a bit.' Not that she was really expecting to get some alone time with the shinobi.
Juvia was obviously going with them.
Training Field…
"What do you mean you're not coming!?" Lucy yelled in disbelief.
Despite being shouted at, Juvia retained her neutral expression. "Juvia needs to practice her new abilities. Therefore, Juvia can't go." After her little skirmish with Sakura, Juvia realized just how much she needed to train. Not just in her newly gained dragon slayer magic, but her battle awareness as well. Had she noticed the paper bomb Sakura placed, the outcome would have been different. "Though it is reassuring to see that Cana-San will be going as well."
Cana smirked. "Oh? Why is that?"
Juvia returned the smirk. "Because Naruto-Sama doesn't like alcohol, and wouldn't want to be near someone who drinks it all the time. Much less kiss them."
Cana sweatdropped. 'She kinda has a point, but that somehow makes me angry…'
"I guess it can't be helped if you're serious about your training. Good for you Juvia-Chan, I'll be rooting for you!" Naruto said and gave the girl a thumbs up. He was glad to see the girl wanting to improve her skills. After all, Juvia needed to work hard if she wanted to use her dragon slayer magic effectively during the S-Class trials.
Juvia blushed and gained hearts in her eyes from being praised. "Juvia will work hard for Naruto-Sama's sake!"
"T-thanks… But you should work for your own sake too." Naruto said while scratching his cheek awkwardly. Though he was glad to see Juvia acting more herself today.
Lucy was at a loss for words. Juvia wasn't going with them!? '…Then that means I would have been alone with Naruto!'
Seeing Lucy's troubled state, Cana snickered. 'I'm surprised Juvia isn't coming with us as well. Looks like I'll have to step in and be Lucy's "rival in love".'
"So, how do we get to Lamia Scale?" Naruto asked Lucy, and the girl weakly pointed a finger towards the town.
"It's not too far, but we'll need to take a carriage…" Lucy said and sighed. 'Well, what's done is done… This is what I get for not listening to Levy-Chan.' She thought, remembering how her friend had she was too nice to her "enemies" and that she needed to start worrying about her own needs a little more. But Lucy was worried about Cana, so all's well that ends well.
Naruto nodded before a thought occurred to him. 'Ah, I better send some clones to tell the others I'm leaving. Don't want to make Sakura-Chan any angrier…'
After saying their farewells, the trio left the training field in search for a ride to Margaret Town.
"…"
When Juvia was the only one in the grassy field, she reached out her right hand in front of her as if to grab something and water gathered over it. The grip in her hand tightened as she began to pull something out of the water. "With this, Juvia will be able to stand by Naruto-Sama's side."
Having arrived in Margaret Town in a short few hours, Naruto hopped out of the carriage and looked around. "Woah… This place is bigger than Magnolia town." He said in awe as he watched the dozens of people walk through the streets.
"This is one of Fiore's major cities." Cana said as she walked next to him. "Hey, are you sure you don't want your cloak back?" Cana was currently wearing Naruto's sage cloak. She had already finished sewing it back together, but the ninja had insisted on her keeping it until they got back to the guild.
"Nah, it's fine. It's still pretty cold outside, and I don't want you getting a cold before the S-Class trials." Naruto said with a shrug. Knowing Cana, she would just get drunk in an alleyway again. It was snowy weather in Fiore right now, so his Sage Cloak would at least keep her from freezing to death.
"Heh, well thanks. I appreciate it…" Cana actually found herself blushing from Naruto's considerate thoughts. 'What the hell… I can't even think of a way to tease him about this… I must be drink.'
While Naruto and Cana were chatting about the city, Lucy was forced to pay the carriage driver.
'Why am I paying for the ride…?' Lucy complained as she gave the man the money they owed. She was glad Cana seemed to be cheering up like she planned, but that didn't mean she wanted to be ignored.
Looking around for any signs of Lamia Scale, Naruto could hear a faint thumping sound in the distance. "What's that sound?"
One of the citizens of the city overheard Naruto's question and walked over to them. "That's one of Lamia Scale's shows you're hearing right now."
"Shows?" The Fairy Tail members asked.
The man nodded excitedly. "Today's show is one of Killer Bee-Sama's special performances!"
'Bee-Ossan has a performance!?' Naruto thought with wide eyes. 'Man, I really gotta pick up a Weekly Sorcerer's Magazine when we get back…'
"How do we get to Lamia Scale from here?" Lucy asked and after getting the man's directions, the group was walking towards Lamia Scale.
The closer they got to the guild, the louder the thumping became until they were finally standing in front of Lamia Scale. The building was a castle-like structure with two Lamia statues at each side of the gate entryway. The massive structure seemed to be bouncing every time there was a thump.
"This music is pretty loud… It's giving me a headache." Cana complained while holding her thumping head. It didn't help that she was slightly drunk from drinking during their trip here.
"You guys can wait outside if you want, I just wanted to ask Bee-Ossan some questions anyway." Naruto said and Cana immediately took up his offer.
"Since the sun is going to set by the time you're done here, we might as well stay the night! Lucy and I will check us into an inn, maybe even hit the hot springs! Come on Lucy!"
"Wha-Hey!" Lucy didn't have a chance to say anything when Cana dragged her away from the noisy guild and into a city.
Naruto chuckled as he watched the two disappear into the city. This actually worked better for him, especially with what he was about to do next. Naruto turned towards the gate and walked into Lamia Scale.
Sakura grumbled to herself as she walked into Fairy Tail, the mages clearing a path as the brooding teenager walked past them. Sitting at the bar with a loud thump, she rested her head in her hands. 'Stupid Naruto, sending a shadow clone to tell us he was leaving… What? Was he too much in a hurry to run away with his new friends to say goodbye in person?'
"Lee! Help me practice for the trials! I need to get strong enough to beat Naruto!" Natsu's loud voice echoed throughout the guild.
"Defeating Naruto-Kun is something I must train for as well… So, let us train together!" Lee's voice followed suit. "Will you join us, Elfman-Kun?"
"As a man, I can't be left behind!" Elfman's voice boomed and the three, and Happy, cheered.
"Youthful men!"
'Why do they have to be so loud…' Sakura thought as she watched the four boys sprint out of the guild.
"Are you still mad at Naruto-Kun?"
Sakura looked up to find Mirajane smiling at her. "I don't even know anymore…"
"What are you mad at him about? If you don't mind me asking?" Mirajane asked softly. Sakura had been in a foul mood since Naruto had returned from his last job, and she hadn't had a chance to ask what happened since the medic had locked herself in her room the previous day.
Letting out a sigh, Sakura shook her head. "I don't know why this is bothering me so much… I guess I just feel like Naruto doesn't care about us anymore."
Mirajane frowned, but let the girl continue.
"He suddenly disappears for weeks, and when we finally get to where he is, I find out he's joined a random guild and is messing around with a bunch of girls!" Sakura yelled the last part out, slamming her hands on the bar in anger.
Mirajane let the rosette calm herself a little before she spoke softly. "Naruto-Kun has done a great deal for this guild. Even me… Now, I don't know about him messing with girls, but Naruto-Kun joined Fairy Tail because he was searching for a way home and thought we could help him."
Sakura looked at the now cracked counter and frowned. She knew he was stuck here because the scroll was binding him somehow… 'But that doesn't excuse him ignoring us!'
"But I guess he ended up helping us more than we could help hi-Oh, Sakura-San?" Mirajane asked when Sakura suddenly stood up and started walking towards the guild doors.
"I need to take a walk…" Sakura said with her head down.
'She'll come around…' Mirajane thought and went back to work, thinking about what she do the next time Naruto came around. 'Maybe I should take him out on a job…'
Lamia Scale…
"WHO YA GONNA CALL WHEN THE GOIN GETS TOUGH FOR YA?"
"BEE-SAMA!"
"WHO YA GONNA CALL WHEN YOU NEED A BIJUUUUU-DAMA?"
"BEE-SAMA!"
"HELL YA! WHEEEEEEE~!" Killer Bee shouted into the microphone while throwing his fee hand into the air.
"BEE-SAMA! BEE-SAMA! BEE-SAMA!" The crowd cheered and chanted the man's name.
Naruto stood at the entrance, slack jawed from what he was seeing. The guild was set up in a similar way Fairy Tail would be when Mirajane was performing one of her songs, only this wasn't any kind of performance Naruto had ever seen before. No, this was one of Killer Bee's "Killer Rhyme" shows.
Shaking his head, Naruto began to push his way through the crowd.
"Hm?" Killer Bee noticed a mob of messy blonde hair crawling through the crowd, and when he realized it was Naruto he grinned. "Look what the fox dragged into Bee-Sama's den~ A fellow ninja, don't let him hit ya, Naruto Uzumaki once again~!"
"…Eh?" Naruto said when he was suddenly in the spotlight. When did the crowd spread apart!? "U-um… Naruto from Fairy Tail coming at you like a pro~ I wanna keep it brief, ya know- Wait, no!" Naruto said and shook his head, and the crowd whined when he stopped. 'That was close… I was almost dragged into this weirdness…'
"Nooo~ Why'd ya stop, yo?" Killer Bee complained while Naruto climbed onto the stage. "This is Killer Bee-Sama's Killer Rhymes! Get with the times!"
Naruto cringed when the crowd began to boo him off the stage. 'They actually like his terrible rhymes? No, this isn't what I came here for.'
Taking a deep breath and exhaling, Naruto pointed at Killer Bee. "Konoha has been requested by the Raikage to bring you back home. We found a way back, so let's go Bee-Ossan."
Sakura was walking through the town when she suddenly bumped into someone. "Ah, my bad…"
"Geez, watch where you're going-Geh!"
Sakura raised an eyebrow at the strange noise the teen in front of her made. He had raven black hair and sharp black eyes that sort of reminded her of Sasuke in a way. "Gray…San is it?" Sakura asked, faintly remembering this boy from the guild.
"Y-yeah… Sorry about bumping into you. I should have been paying better attention." Gray said and rubbed the back of his head. He was about to walk away when Sakura spoke up.
"…Hey, what are some of the things Naruto's done here?"
Gray raised an eyebrow. Where was this coming from? "Uh… Naruto's done a lot for us. It's not really my place to talk about the things he's done for the others, but he sort of helped me with my inner demons in a way." Gray scratched his cheek, he hated talking about stuff like this. "Naruto was able to change of friend of mine when I couldn't get through to him. Had Naruto not been here, I doubt he would have changed and he'd probably be dead right now. For that, I owe Naruto a lot."
Sakura frowned and started walking off. "…Thanks."
'What's up with her?' Gray thought as he watched the girl leave. He had heard rumors about Sakura having a fight with Naruto and Juvia. 'I wonder if she's looking for Juvia… I don't wanna be around if she is.'
Lamia Scale…
It was an obvious lie, but Bee didn't know that. It was all part of Naruto's plan. 'I don't think he'll actually believe me… but I just want to see how he reacts.' Naruto thought as he eyed the swordsman with a calculative eye.
"Geh! My brotha!?" B said and began to sweat profoundly, gulping at the mentioning of A.
'Good, he believes me. Now to get his answer.' Naruto thought and nodded to the older ninja. "Yeah, they did. So, don't you want to go home? See your precious people again?" Naruto remembered Bee telling him how the village had accepted him just as Konoha had recently done so for him. He didn't know the details, but Bee had to have some attachments that would make him want to go home. He did mention a brother after all.
But what Killer Bee said next shocked Naruto to the core.
"No way! I don't wanna go, ya hear me!? Earthland is a Jinchuuriki's sanctuary!" Killer Bee rhymed into the microphone while taking a defensive stance, and the crowd cheered for him. Somewhere along the line, they saw this as a showdown between Naruto and Killer Bee.
Naruto's eyes widened slightly, but he kept his expression serious. "But don't you want to see your friends back home? Don't you miss them?"
"I miss his friends, my brotha… But I know they'll be fine without me for a year or anotha!" Bee said and gestured towards the crowd. "This guild, these people, have accepted Killer Bee-Sama for who he is! They need me here, just as I need them! For them, I will rhyme!"
Some of the guild members in the crowd began to cry.
Sakura found herself in the outskirts of town. 'I guess Naruto hasn't been just messing around this whole time…'
But if that were the case, then why were there so many girls around him!? It just didn't add up to her. There was Juvia, who was like a fan-girl that was obsessed with the blonde. There was also that alcoholic woman she believed was named Cana. Every time the two talked, she was always flirting and teasing him. There was also Lucy, and despite what the girl had told her, Sakura still found the fact they were living together suspicious.
'I also think Mirajane-San might like him… With the way she looks at him and talks about him.' Sakura thought as she unconsciously walked further out of the town. 'I feel bad for Hinata… She's so shy, and now she suddenly has to compete with all of these… busty girls…' It still pissed her off with how "fortunate" some of these girls were. Seriously, it was like seeing a bunch of Tsunades. 'Though I don't think any of them are quite on master's level…'
Sakura placed her hands over her own chest and grimaced before shaking her head. "Maybe it has something to do with the magic in the air…"
"Ha!"
Sakura heard a loud shout and a cutting noise, and she looked up to see a tree fall down right in front of her. It took her a couple seconds to register what had happened before she growled in anger. "What the hell are you doing!? You could have killed me!"
"Ah! Sorry! Juvia was so focused in her training… ah…" Juvia stopped when hers and Sakura's eyes met. The two stared at each other heatedly.
'What's she doing out here?' Sakura thought as a bead of sweat trailed down the side of her face. After what happened between the two of them the other day, it was quite a tense situation.
"Ah!" Juvia suddenly shouted, causing the pink haired girl to jump slightly. "Sakura-San is attacking Juvia while she's too tired to fight back!" The water mage yelled and took a defensive stance. "As expected of a ninja!"
Sakura sweatdropped. "Um… No, I actually didn't even mean to come out here."
Juvia glared at Sakura for a long second before visibly relaxing. "Is that so… Then Juvia will continue her training."
Sakura watched Juvia begin to walk away before a thought came to her. "…Wait. I want to ask you something."
Juvia stopped and turned around, surprised by the sudden question. "What?"
"Are you trying to keep Naruto here? Despite knowing he has friends, dreams, and promises back in Konoha?" Sakura asked and Juvia's eyes widened. "Are you trying to keep Naruto from achieving his goals? From keeping his promises?"
Juvia's eyes widened when she heard the word 'promises', the memory of her talk with Naruto the night she fought Sakura flashing in her mind.
Flashback
After their confrontation with Sakura, Naruto had walked Juvia all the way to Fairy Hills. Both hadn't said a word until Juvia finally broke down.
"Juvia's so sorry!" Juvia balled and fell to her knees behind the blonde, her hat falling to the ground. "Because of Juvia's selfish choices and making Naruto-Sama go on a date with her, Sakura-San had a fight… J-Juvia…!" Juvia clamped her mouth shut when she felt a hand touch her head. She looked up and saw Naruto crouched in front of her, patting her head.
"The one being selfish is me, Juvia-Chan. Making you wait like I am…" He said and frowned. "I'm not being very fair, to all my friends."
"I-it's okay, Naruto-Sama! Juvia will wait as long as she needs to! Even if it isn't Juvia in the end… So long as Naruto-Sama is happy…" Juvia said and looked down. It wasn't like she hadn't given the thought of the possibility of Naruto choosing someone else. That's why she tried so hard to get his affection. Because she was afraid of losing him. But in the end, the most important thing to Juvia was Naruto's happiness.
Naruto's eyes widened. "Thank you… Juvia-Chan." He whispered softly and stood up, and he helped the girl back to her feet.
"What about Sakura-San?" Juvia asked and Naruto sighed.
"Sakura-Chan… She's probably mad at me because I made a promise to her a long time ago…" Naruto then explained to Juvia about Sasuke defecting from Konoha, and his promise to Sakura.
"She once confessed to me…" Naruto said sadly, and Juvia's eyes shot open. "But she was lying in order to keep me from chasing Sasuke. He's… done a lot of bad things. But she still loves him, so that's why I'll never quit."
End Flashback
"…Juvia finally understands what is going on." Juvia said, her expression losing all emotion. "Juvia had initially thought it was because Sakura-San was jealous, but that is clearly not the case here."
Sakura balked. "Who's jealous of who!?"
"Sakura-San feels like Naruto-Sama won't keep his promise to bring back Sasuke." Juvia said, and Sakura's eyes widened at the mentioning of the Uchiha. "Is that all Naruto-Sama is to you? Someone that will bring back Sasuke? If that is the case, then Sakura-San is doing nothing more than taking advantage of Naruto-Sama's good nature for her own selfish needs." Juvia spat, and Sakura decided she wouldn't take any more of this.
"Now listen here you little-"
SLAP!
Juvia slapped Sakura, and the surprised girl held her now burning cheek with wide eyes.
"No YOU listen!" Juvia shouted, dropping her third person speech pattern in the prosses. "How could you be so selfish? If Naruto is truly your friend, then you should be happy for him for having fun! Yet you're stressing him out by making him feel like he has to choose between his friends!" Juvia all but screamed at Sakura, causing the girl to flinch back.
"I…"
"Naruto told me about your little "confession"…" Juvia said with a frown. "How hypocritical… You can't just let him be happy?"
Sakura fell silent, the harsh words of the rain woman hit her hard. 'She's right… I really am a hypocrite, aren't I?' Tears began to form in the corners of Sakura's eyes. She wanted to take back what she said to Naruto that night. He wasn't only goofing around, nor was he ignoring them. Naruto didn't need any crap from her now, he already enough to worry about. Naruto was doing his best, like he always did…
Sakura collapsed to her knees and sobbed. "Naruto… I-I'm so sorry…"
Juvia took a step back. 'G-geh… Did Juvia go a little too far?' She watched the girl's crying form for a couple seconds before walking next to her. "U-um… If Sakura-San apologizes to Naruto-Sama… I'm sure Naruto-Sama would understand." Juvia said in what she thought was a comforting voice, patting the girl on the back awkwardly.
"H-he's… just that kind of person… isn't he?" Sakura sniffled and stood back up, placing a hand on her arm in embarrassment. "I've been so unfair to him… I don't think I deserve forgiveness."
'No, you don't.' Juvia thought mercilessly, but kept it to herself.
"I'm sorry, Juvia-San. About all the things I said about you…"
'You said things about Juvia!? What kind of thing!?' Juvia thought and smiled bitterly. "I-it's all in the past now. Just try to think about Naruto-Sama's feelings more."
Sakura nodded and turned back towards the town. 'I'll make it up to you Naruto, I promise!'
"If my friends, I believe, say they care about me~ Then they'll support me as I do as I please, so long as I'm happy~ WHEEEEEEE!" Killer Bee roared into the microphone, and the crowd cheered loudly as the music began to play again.
Naruto chuckled at the scene. It was kind of hard to understand the rapper, but he understood enough to get what the man was saying. 'Looks like I got my answer… I know what I need to do now.'
"Yo, Naruto!" Bee said as Naruto began to leave.
"Huh?" Naruto turned back and saw Killer Bee holding his fist out to him. Grinning, Naruto walked back to the man and bumped his fist.
"Do what ya gotta do~ If your friends really care you~ They'll follow through~!"
Naruto nodded and hopped off the stage. The crowd cleared a path for him so he could reach the exit. Before he opened the door to leave, Naruto turned around and shouted. "This is my lost, Bee-Ossan! But I'll be back again, so bring it on!"
Naruto opened the slide door to the room Cana had rented for them. "Leave it to Cana to choose the most expensive plac-Wah!" The first thing he saw was Cana sitting at the table in the middle of the room sitting in a very unfeminine fashion, wearing nothing but her panties. The only thing covering her chest was her hair that was falling to the sides of her head.
"Well hey there Naruto, bout time you got here." Cana said with a lazy wave.
Naruto shielded his eyes when Cana's hair moved, and pointed at the girl with a flailing arm. "W-w-what are you doing!?"
Cana raised an eyebrow as if Naruto was the one acting strange. "Our clothes are being washed, and we didn't bring any spares because we didn't know we'd be staying the night here."
Naruto peeked an eye out. "Our? We?"
"Are you drinking again, Cana? I told you not to order… anymore… drinks…" Lucy turned the corner and her worlds trailed off when her eyes met Naruto's.
Naruto blushed furiously when he noticed the girl was wearing a pink apron.
ONLY, a pink apron.
Naruto's hands shot straight to his nose when he felt a nose bleed coming, but he was finished off was when Lucy turned tail and ran off.
"Oh no! I forgot about the back!" Lucy screamed and covered her exposed behind, but it was too late. Naruto had gotten a full view of her exposed rear end.
"Guhoh!" Naruto flew back, leaving two trails of blood behind.
Cana, who found the scene to be rather amusing, was laughing her butt off. "Oh man! I was right! You two are just the best!"
Naruto wiped his still bleeding nose, all the while grumbling at the carefree brunette who was now slapping the table. "I'm going to the onsen…"
Cana waved him goodbye while trying to control her laughing fit.
After Naruto left Lucy poked her head around the corner, a not so pleased look on her face. "You could have said something, Cana…"
Having calmed herself, Cana took one look at Lucy's pouting face before falling on her back and laughing some more.
Lucy stomped over to the entrance to their room and slid to door shut. She stiffened when Cana suddenly whistled.
"Man, I can see why Naruto reacted the way he did. That's quite a nice view~"
"Sh-shut up!"
Naruto sank into the warm water of the men's bath until only the upper part of his face was showing. 'Jeez… Why does Cana keep teasing me like that?' He thought and closed his eyes in relaxation, blowing bubbles into the water.
Naruto heard someone enter the onsen, but he didn't bother opening his eyes. He was here to relax after all.
'Lucy too… What was she doing, walking around the room wearing something like that?' The image of Lucy's near naked form flashed in his mind, and Naruto shook his head and leaned back onto the cut stone. 'No no no! Clear your mind…'
He then heard the person step into the bath, and this cause Naruto to raise an eyebrow. The bath itself was pretty big, but what confused him was that the person had decided to sit next to him.
But he didn't open his eyes and continued to relax in the refreshingly warm spring water.
"This onsen is nice. I was surprised when I saw this world had some."
Naruto hummed in agreement. "I was surprised too. This world has a lot of similar things…"
Wait.
This world?
Naruto's eyes shot open and he looked to his left to see Gale relaxing in the water right next to him. "Eh!? What are you doing here!?" Naruto yelled and jumped to his feet while pointing at the man.
There he was, Gale Uzumaki, sitting in the onsen like it was natural. He had his shoulder length red hair tied up behind his head in a manbun.
Gale cracked an eye open and frowned. "It is impolite to yell in an onsen."
Naruto's outstretched arm fell to his side as he sank back down into the water. It was just one thing after another today!
A/N: Bet you all were thinking someone else entered the onsen with Naruto, huh? Pervs… lol
Sorry I cut it short here, but my classes end next week so I'll have a lot of time to write from here on out when I'm not working. :)
Looks like Sakura was finally 'put in her place', as the kids say. Hopefully you guys are satisfied with this resolution.
With this last chapter, we hit 800 reviews! Thank you all for your continued support! You make this lazy writer happy! XD
Next time we're(hopefully) going to Tenrou Island! Let me know if you have any ideas/suggestions!
Okay, I have a selfish request I'd like to ask any artists who may happen to be reading this story. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to create a picture for The Fox Scroll. Long story short, I suck at art. The one I'm using now was me literally taking a picture of Sage Mode Naruto and splattering color over it in Microsoft paint... P.M. me if anyone is interested. I would be SUPER happy! :D
Okay, I'm done. I hope to see you all in the next chapter of The Fox Scroll!