Chapter 20 - Calm Before the Storm
The Sin of Wrath found himself clashing his sword his attacker while Merlin and Guila protected the kids all the while two more people were watching in the distance. Kasumi was rather confused by the sudden attack, but noticed it was mainly the one fighting her older brother who was attacking while the others were just keeping them trapped and away from Naruto. Taking the time to avoid fighting Kasumi looked around before noticing yellow and red which almost made her skin turn green.
Naruto for his part was rather frustrated with who this person was and decided to investigate, "Hellblaze!" the figure barely managed to get out of the way only for their cloak to be covered in black flames. Removing the cloak the figure was revealed to be a pale green eyed young woman in shinobi attire that revealed her cleavage for some odd reason. Creating clones from his sacred treasure, Naruto managed to get the drop on her.
"Violent whirlwind!" she called out making two of the clones disappear, but it wasn't enough as the remaining clones grabbed from behind restraining her arms and making her kneel. As she struggled to free herself, Naruto quickly kicked away her sword and moved her black hime style hair to see a flower on her forehead protector.
"I don't know what village this is, but here this can be seen as an act of war. Now tell me, who are you?" Naruto asked.
The green eyed woman sighed, "I am Shizuka, princess of Nadeshiko." she said expecting Naruto to know who she was.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, "Call them off!" he ordered pointing at her subordinates who remained cloaked.
"Stop, your fight is over." Shizuka ordered making them put their weapons away and uncloak themselves revealing several kunoichi with the same forehead protectors as Shizuka.
"Is this a third attempt at an invasion? I helped stop the first two, so attacking me directly wasn't the best plan." Naruto mocked keeping a serious face.
Shizuka scoffed, "Is that any way to treat your betrothed?" she asked.
Naruto raised a brow, "I am not engaged. You must have mistaken me for someone else." he said.
"Am I? Are you not Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze?" she asked with a smirk.
"I am Naruto Liones." he said making her go wide eyed.
"Did I attack the wrong person?" Shizuka asked nervously.
"You shouldn't be attacking anyone at all. Seeing as you're from Nadeshiko, you likely know that know that Tokiwa women." Naruto stated putting the pieces together.
"She's my aid. She told me that she approached you to speak about or marriage saying you declined." Shizuka replied.
"That is right, my sperm donor had no right using me as barter for your request." Naruto said.
"You must accept Naruto-san, otherwise it will bring shame to your family name along with mine." Shizuka pleaded.
"I care not for a stranger's honor and don't act as if the Namikaze or Uzumaki name matters to me. I am not their son and I will not marry a stranger. Do not act as if your tradition is noble either." Naruto said recalling his clones and sheathing Lostvayne.
"Who are you to say my village tradition is not noble?" Shizuka asked with a glare.
"Your traditions are solely based on using men who you are unable to kill as sperm factories and hoping they give you a girl to keep your kunoichi population up as you can't procreate with the same sex." he answered.
"That's right, we expect strong heirs from strong men otherwise we rid the world of weakness." Shizuka stated.
"You justify murder for the sake of preserving your village? You are arrogant and what is it you do to the males afterwards? The infants I mean." Naruto asked curious as to the process.
"I don't understand your question." Shizuka said looking down.
"The infants! What do you to the males that are born? Do you cast them aside? Do you train them so they could defend themselves just so you could get rid of them? Or do you treat them as equals?" he asked.
Shizuka remained silent as she never really thought about that as it never occurred to her why she hasn't seen even a single male among their ranks even if it's to move them away from the village.
"Or do you murder them?" he asked making her gasp, "Is the great village of kunoichi's secretly famous for the genocide of male children?" he asked.
Shizuka remained silent and ignored his words thinking he was just taunting her, "I won't let you stand there and mock my village with your accusations!" she yelled picking up her sword.
Naruto deadpanned and drew Lostvayne and started blocking her concentrated attacks. He noticed her anger rising in every strike, using this to his advantage, he stepped back every time their blades crossed. He gave her the false hope that she was winning with every strike pushing him back. Not even showing any fear, Naruto stood still letting her take a cut toward his torso.
Shizuka smirked only for Naruto to grab her wrist holding the sword and began to crush it and turn it behind her, "No one has been able to get behind me before." she said as Naruto raised his own sword and slashed her back before kicking her into the ground.
Shizuka growled as she charged him again taking attempting to kick and punch him only for her opponent to either dodge, block or slash her everytime she threw an attack at him. Not slowing down Naruto began to speed up his attack not giving her a chance to retreat or breathe for that matter. Naruto's mark grew brighter for every strike he landed cutting Shizuka's flesh.
He could see the look of fear in her eyes as he slowly moved forward pushing her back before ultimately shattering her sword. The subordinates soon got in the way only for Naruto to make clones from Lostvayne to incapacitate them within a matter of seconds. The fight would officially end when Shizuka fell on her back raising up her chin to see the sacred treasure pointing at her neck.
"I will give you two options princess of Nadeshiko. You either lose your life because you were lied to by a disgraced kage or you take your subordinates and return with your lives intact. Choose wisely as your honor will not improve either way." Naruto said coldly getting worried looks from Merlin, Guila and the children.
Shizuka gritted her teeth and attempted to pick up her sword as quickly as possible only to take a kick to the head and having her sword kicked away. Naruto lost all emotion on his face and stared at the feeble form of Nadeshiko's leader. Shizuka attempted to crawl towards her blade only for Naruto to kick her in the ribs making her roll on her back. The proud kunoichi refused to give in and attempted to jump and kick his face.
Naruto saw this and grabbed her foot while she was mid air only to slam her back in the ground. Giving her the chance to stand back up, he tackled her down and punched her gut making her cough up blood. Just as he was about to continue, he heard several foot steps and turned to see the rest of the Nadeshiko kunoichi already up.
"You just don't know when to give up. Maybe the lives of your subordinates will matter more than your pride." Naruto said getting off of Shizuka and turning to the women. "Hear me well, should your princess refuse to surrender. I will end your lives and you will die because of a child's stubborn pride." and with that they found themselves on the defensive.
Naruto's mark grew brighter as Lostvayne clashed with the other blades and soon felt the taste of flesh and blood. One by one, each fell clutching their wound and dropping their weapon remembering there was no point for them to fight as this was for the sake of their newer leader. Shizuka's eyes were clouded by her bangs and all she could do was listen as each one of them fell.
"Please stop!... Please... they... they don't have a say! They... they don't deserve this kind of treatment!" Shizuka yelled before her eyes became twin waterfalls.
Naruto stopped and sheathed his sacred treasure before dropping several scrolls with red crosses. Naruto approached Shizuka dropping one more scroll and moving on.
'He didn't finish me? Was all that just talk? It couldn't have been, he defeated us all with no effort.' Shizuka thought looking at everyone's wounds, 'It doesn't matter, the battle is lost and I do not have a betrothed. Regardless, I can't sacrifice my own people against someone that I shouldn't be making an enemy out of.' she thought in a worried manner.
Shizuka quickly grabbed anyone who couldn't stand and retreated into the shadows to recover before returning to their home in utter failure. Naruto took a deep breath as his curse mark subsided. Looking at his group, he lowered his gaze knowing he terrified everyone including the kids.
"I'm sorry." was all the Dragon Sin could say before taking a knee catching his breath.
"Nii-san?" Konohamaru asked feeling worried about his surrogate brother's condition.
"I just strained my bloodline's use. At least Merlin-hime was able to split my power otherwise I'd be in more pain." he said with with a weak chuckle.
Merlin gritted her teeth and slapped him, "Do you know how worried I get when you do that?" she asked.
"Hime did you have to hit me that hard?" Naruto whined getting some snickers from the kids.
"Oh no, I'm not going fall for the sensitive guy act. That may work when your injured or trying to be flirty, but you're clearly fine." Merlin reprimanded getting some laughter.
"Why do you hate me?" Naruto asked with anime tears.
"I hate it when you don't take things seriously and whenever you do take things seriously, you push me away." Merlin answered.
Guila was confused at the interaction, one minute Naruto becomes super intense and the next, these two are fighting over their relationship. Luckily Zeal and the rest were too young to understand which answered why they were laughing. She never did understand how those two got together, Jericho and Howzer were one thing, but Meliodas's grandson and of one of his subordinates? Guila just wishes she would wake up in her bed back in Liones wishing none of this was happening.
"Hime, I promise you I'll win you every prize here if you stop glaring at me with those beautiful orbs." Naruto said scratching the back of his head.
"You can't buy me off like that my little dragon. I'm not the Sin of Greed, I'm the Sin of Gluttony." Merlin argued.
"Ok pancakes it is!" Naruto yelled.
"We're both gluttons aren't we? You with your ramen and me with my pancakes." Merlin sighed.
"Do you think Ayame-nee and Teuchi-ojisan are still open?" Naruto asked making her sigh.
"Are you my descendant perhaps?" She asked rhetorically.
"Hime you are crossing a line that I do not want to participate in." Naruto said dangerously.
Meanwhile, with Diane and King
(Warning: Somewhat funny scene up ahead)
At the ramen stand, Diane could only sweat drop as Teuchi and Ayame rapidly worked on making several bowls of ramen.
"Otou-san my fish cake senses are going off the rails!" Ayame said.
Teuchi panicked, "Hurry Ayame, 60% of our yearly sales will arrive soon!" he yelled.
"Thanks for the ramen Ayame-chan." Diane said walking away slowly while King paid.
"Please come again soon Diane-chan!" she said as the father/daughter duo continued their work.
King kept looking around looking nervous, "Is something the matter king?" Diane asked noticing his nervous face.
King took a deep breath, "Diane there's something I want to tell you, but not here." he said taking her hand.
"King where are we going?" Diane asked before King picked her up bridal style.
'It's now or never Harlequin! You've had several centuries to think about this! Your own godson, the descendant of your captain, woke you and gave you this opportunity!' King thought furiously as he started flying into the air.
"Diane, put these on your arms and legs." King said handing her little papers.
"King, what are these?" Diane asked studying the strange symbols on the paper.
"They're seals, gravity ones. Naruto helped me develop these." King answered with a smirk.
"What do I need gravity seals for?" Diane asked wondering what her boyfriend was planning.
"Just put a little pressure when you apply them and you'll see." King said with the giant doing as instructed.
"King I feel weird and my stomach feels like somethings coming out, but I won't let it." Diane said describing the effects taking place.
King smiled, "Diane do you trust me?" she nodded, "Do you love?" Diane blushed before nodding again, "Then hang onto my arm!" he warned.
Diane yelled when tossed her in the air before grabbing her hand and she found herself floating in the air before slowly falling.
"Diane keep moving, it only works if you do a walking motion." Diane took several rapid breaths before trying to walk only to find herself moving in mid air with King by her side.
"Oh my god, King did you really?" Diane asked.
"I sure did. You wouldn't believe how long it took to develop this." King said before gulping at all the trials and error.
Flashback to a month before the festival
(Wii theme song)
It was another day, King had basically had Naruto working on his strange seal hoping that controlling the gravity would help make that floating scene from the movie happen. At this point Naruto was knew he had to get Diane interested in a different set of movies. At the very least from another studio before she turns the building into a bath and hotel or whatever that one movie about the lady riding the wolf was about.
Some time later, King wanted to test out the seals and reluctantly accepted help from Gowther. Gowther made things weird by manipulated his head to have long brown hair with purple eyes and remolded it to look like Diane, all while wearing the Boar Hat uniform. Several days later, Naruto had to teach himself Gowther's anatomy if you could call it that to repair him every time King dropped him. 1/3 of that time was just from accidentally stepping back or accidentally setting the mass higher.
At one point Gowther transformed back just to slap a heavy weight seal and pushing King off from the roof of the mansion. Luckily they had multiple cover stories from keeping Diane from getting suspicious. At least Gowther got to bond with his brother every time they found difficulty reattachment his head. Eventually, the trio found the right seal and setting to put on it.
Another happy ending.
(End of Song)
End of flashback
"King are you alright?" Diane asked.
"I am, I just ah... well just remembering all the good times." King said nervously feeling the phantom pain of being pushed of at least 100 meters or so while weighing 300 pounds. Wait is that accurate? Two different measurements? Eh whatever.
Continuing his sky walk among the village, Diane smiled at the beauty of the village at night and waved to the many citizens who gawked and pointed at them.
"And while I'm... at... it?" Merlin trailed off seeing a certain pair walking rather than flying into the night sky. "What did you do?" she asked Naruto who finally stood up.
"I helped my godparents achieve their dream." Naruto answered.
Back with the other couple, the two continued to travel above the ground before King started to float down to a less crowded area. It wasn't threatening or spooky in any way, but Diane wasn't really excited about being in a closed silent space.
"King where are we?" Diane asked looking around while being led into a makeshift restaurant.
"I just wanted to do something special before the fireworks." he said with a nervous chuckle.
(Kevin Macleod - Doh De Doh)
The two entered to find a decently furnished restaurant, followed by a duck? Diane narrowed her eyes to see duck like creature wearing a tux jacket and bow tie and green underwear. Upon closer inspection, the creature also appeared to be shaved as hair stubs could be seen along with wide eyes that rarely blink. It was also playing the violin with a broken broomstick.
"Hello my name is Duck and I will be waiting on you tonight!" the creature known as Duck said.
"Waiting on us?" Diane asked.
Duck looked away for a moment and scratched his head, "Oh I meant, I am your waiter for tonight." he corrected himself.
King led Diane to her seat before pulling it up, "Duck, what do you recommend?" he said taking a seat himself.
"I recommend putting the weddi- AH!" Diane didn't notice Duck getting kicked in the shin, "I mean some onion rings on a breadstick or perhaps inside your wine glass for the lady. I do not recommend the later, for you will likely choke on the ring which will ruin the AH!"
"Duck are you ok?" Diane asked feeling concerned that the strange waiter was in constant pain.
"Never better." Duck lied as he rubbed his shin. "I will return shortly when you have decided on your order." he said leaving them menus.
(Pause song)
In the kitchen, a certain pink haired boy with glasses was stirring a pot. This was Gowther and he was trying to do what both his surrogate brother and Ban did best, cooking food. Hopefully the doll man read all the guidelines about health and cleanliness. At the very least, he wore the proper chef attire which included a white jacket and hat.
"How did it go Duck?" Gowther asked.
"It worked well Gowther, I believe Diane is not aware of King's intention to ask for her hand in ma- AH!" Gowther kicked Duck realizing he was loud enough for Diane and King to hear outside of the kitchen.
"What's up with all the noise?" asked Hawk who came in wearing a suit and bowtie with a plate attached to the top of his back.
"Duck was about to ruin everything. We need to help King, because he clearly can't handle doing things on his own." Gowther explained.
"Yeah yeah, I know. Remember to put on your disguise." Hawk said.
"I will now see if they have ordered." Duck said leaving the kitchen.
"Where did you find that guy Gowther?" Hawk asked making Gowther stop.
"I thought you found him." Gowther answered.
"Maybe King hired him." Hawk suggested getting a nod.
(Resume song)
"Hello patrons, have you decided on your order?" Duck asked.
"I'll have the chicken dinner and for the lady, a tomato caprese." King said getting a smile from Diane.
"You want a what?" Duck asked.
"Chicken and caprese." King answered.
"What?"
"Chicken and caprese."
"Eh?"
"Chicken and Caprese!"
"I don't know what that is, but I will ask the chef." Duck left leaving an annoyed King.
Both could hear the conversation, "One tomato caprese and weird thing that I didn't understand. Just give him a bird."
Things were silent until, "AHHH!, oh wait! He wanted a chicken dinner." Duck said.
A few minutes later, Duck came back with a half damaged suit looking like he was being burned alive, "I have returned with your chicken and caprese." Duck said leaving their meals on the table before heading back to the kitchen and falling.
A little while later, the two finished signalling a certain familiar face with a fake beard, "Would the happy couple like any desert?" he asked.
"Hawk is that you?" Diane asked.
Hawk began to sweat, "No senora, my nombre is El Great Pinko!" he said in a shitty accent.
"Hawk, what are you doing working in a restaurant?" Diane asked.
"My name is not Hawk, I am foreign waiter from the Land of the Ice. The Ice Land haha!" Hawk lied in another crappy accent.
"O...k... I'll have the cream cake." Diane answered.
"I'll have the same." King answered pretending not to notice Hawk's fake beard falling.
Hawk went back inside to signal Gowther.
"Psst, Gowther time to place a ring on one of the knives." Gowther nodded as he took off he put on his fake beard and prepared the dessert.
(End of Song)
A while later, Hawk came back with the dessert on the plate attached to his back.
"Bon Jovi!" Hawk said running back.
"Bon appetit?" Diane asked wondering what's wrong with her friend.
King chuckled nervously before Hawk came back quickly with a bottle on his plate, "Wine for the couple?" he asked.
King paid close attention and noticed that on of fine glasses next to the bottle had a ring inside. He felt somewhat relieved, but a little on edge at the fact Diane might choke on her drink. Things seemed to go well until...
"No thanks I don't drink alcohol." Diane said making King and Hawk internally panic.
"Really? I insist." Hawk said.
"No thank you, last time I drank I got really sick." Diane explained making Hawk sigh.
"Ok, sorry for bothering you." he said going back to the kitchen.
Gowther overheard the conversation and changed his disguise to blond with green eyes, "Bread sticks for the happy couple?" he asked.
King was about to answer when Diane beat him, "No thanks, bread is bad for you." despite his neutral face, Gowther was looking at her with a hint of stupidity.
"As you wish ma'am." he said returning back to the kitchen and coming right back out in another disguise.
"The head chef would like to offer the happy couple, chocolate fondue." he said.
"No thanks, it's pretty late as it is." Diane said beating King to the punch.
Gowther took a deep breath and nodded heading back inside before returning with a third disguise, "Nachos."
"No, I'm a afraid of cheese." King and Gowther looked at her like she was an idiot.
'Who the heck is afraid of cheese!?' everyone but Diane thought.
"Ok." Gowther came back with another disguise, "Parfet anyone? They're on the house."
'Good thinking Gowther! Diane loves these!' King thought proudly.
"Sure why not?" Diane asked.
Inside the kitchen, Gowther looked smug before Duck and Hawk looked at him with concerned faces.
"What?" he asked.
"You dropped the ring in cheese." Hawk said.
The next ten minutes was spent with Gowther swimming inside the pot holding the cheese for the nachos. He was berating himself at the fact he would likely find the ring heavily damaged and ruined. By the time he was finished, the couple was finished.
"Wow that was amazing." Diane said not noticing King's worried look about where the ring might be.
Gowther grabbed his attention by revealing the ring making him sigh in relief then scowl for ruining the perfect moment.
For the last time, he came out with two glasses of water.
"Two glasses of water to finish your meal." he said.
"I'm not thirsty." she said.
At the this moment, Gowther was ready to lose his mind and give in to his insanity. Not once in his many years of existence, did he feel so much emotion. He was ready to fall apart and come back just so he could jump inside a wood chipper. Not even when his lover Nadja Liones died, did he feel this much emotion. He was ready to lose it, but hanging out with his surrogate brother taught him how to cool down.
Gowther casually put the two glasses of water down before ripping off his fake beard and reverting to his original look, "I quit." he quietly said before throwing down his apron and returning to the kitchen.
"Was that Gowther?" Diane asked confused as to what happened.
King knew he had to be a man and just say it.
"Diane, I'm done with playing charades. I have to tell you how I really feel." King spoke up getting from his seat.
Diane looked surprised, but said nothing as she saw King pour both glasses of water before picking up something from the ground. King took a couple of deep breaths before getting on his knee getting a shocked look from Diane.
"Diane, I know I could have done way better, but I just had to be a man for once and use my words." he took another breath revealing the gold band in the shape of a two snakes with a silver diamond in between their heads.
"Diane, I've known you for several centuries. In that time, I realized that I've loved you and I've been wanting to develop the courage to tell you. It wasn't until a couple of months ago that I was able to be with you, but it wasn't enough since you're the one who always makes the first move. So now, I ask you Diane. The most beautiful, kind, generous and strongest woman among the Giant clan." King began.
He took a breath and put the ring in both his hands in front of her, "Will you marry me." he asked.
King didn't see the look Diane's face when she took the ring from his hands. His happiness didn't last too long as she quickly put it on the far corner of their table like a meal she didn't like and asked for the waiter to take it back. His heart was shaking and felt vulnerable.
"No King, I won't marry you." she said quietly, "I don't feel the same as I did all those years ago. Now that we've had our second chance, I realized that there was no future with you. I'm sorry, but I don't love you anymore. Thank you for the meal, but this is goodbye." she said slowly walking away leaving King there by himself.
King quickly got up and grabbed her wrist, "Please Diane, I really do love you! How can you say that you don't feel the same anymore?" he asked feeling as if his heart was punched.
Diane looked at him with a face of indifference, "King, you had many chances. So many, not once did you talk to me first. It's always me, I'm always the one making the first move. You had a chance when we joined the Seven Deadly Sins, you had a chance after we disbanded, you had a chance when returned to Liones... you had a chance when we returned to this new time. King, I can't marry a coward, even out of pity. I only have so many years left on this planet and I can't spend them feeling sorry for you." she said forcing him to remove his grip.
"Diane, I know we can still..."
"No we can't! I gave you a lot of chances! You haven't once bothered to grow and yet here I am and everyone else is doing their best to improve yet your the same kid who's supposed to be this almighty Fairy King, yet you don't even have wings. How can you handle keeping a woman like myself happy when you can't even do so much as protect your sister!" she yelled pushing him away. "Goodbye King, we may not be lovers, but we're still teammates, so I'll see you around." she added leaving the restaurant.
King's world shattered, she was right. He was failure. He failed to save Helbram. He failed to protect the Fairy King's forest. He failed to keep his little sister alive. He failed as a King. He couldn't even do so much as take charge in a relationship. All he could do was stand there reflecting on his failures. The truth was not worth crying about.
So there he stood, the failure of the Seven Deadly Sins, only surviving by luck. It's ironic, he can't do anything right, so he might as well do nothing at all. Hence the sin of Sloth is his curse for he is unable to get anything done.
"Why am I failure?" he asked himself before succumbing to the darkness.
The sense of dread took over.
Elsewhere
King saw a bright light in the darkness, "Do not despair Fairy King Harlequin, this is just your first trial. Now awaken and become strong. Face reality and become the strongest fairy king in all of history.
At the restaurant
"-ng! -ing! King!" King opened his eyes up to find Diane and Gowther, who was dressed up as a nurse for some odd reason, staring at him.
"Diane your back!" King said.
"I never left, I've been right by you since Gowther knocked you out." Diane said.
"Wait what knocked me out?" King asked, "And you Diane, I thought you left after you reject my proposal." he added getting confused looks.
"What proposal? What are you talking about?" Diane asked in heavy confusion wondering if her boyfriend lost his mind.
"Diane, don't you remember? I proposed to you and you shot me down because of my failures." he looked down feeling tears well up in his eyes, "And you were right to do so. I'm nothing, but a failure. How can a be the fairy king when I can't even make the first move in a relationship?" he asked.
"You were right to break up with me." he said with a sniffle.
"King, I think you might be losing it. I don't know what went on in your head while you were knocked out, but you've been lying on the ground for ten minutes twitching. Besides, why would I leave you?" Diane asked.
"Because I can't do anything right, I couldn't save Helbram, Elaine or even my own forest." he answered.
"King, I get you want to blames yourself. You feel like your the villain in your own story. You think you should take all the blame. But you can't do that, your strong in your own right, you know what you did was wrong and you want to correct your mistakes, your a member of the Seven Deadly Sins, one of the strongest people in the world and your never alone. You don't have to carry the lives of the world around you. That's why I love you King." Diane explained with a sad smile.
"Diane..." he murmured and then suddenly, it all came back to him.
Earlier.
"Two glasses of water to finish your meal." Gowther said.
"I'm not thirsty." Diane responded.
There was an awkward moment of silence until Gowther revealed himself and threw away his fake beard, "I quit." he said tossing off the glasses of water and smacking the tray over King's head knocking him out.
"King!" Diane yelled running to his side and making sure he was alright.
Back to the present
'That makes sense, but that dream...' King wondered what the purpose of that dream was.
He soon looked away and noticed the shattered glasses of water and started crawling towards them, "King you shouldn't be moving. You had a really nasty concussion and..." she was cut off as King presented her with the ring.
"Diane I know your worried, I know I can be a bit of a mess and a screw up, but deep down we both know we make each other stronger. Personally I think I have a chance to grow... but not without you. So please Diane, if you really believe in me. Be the one woman who I want to spend the rest of my days with and marry me." he said raising the ring towards her.
Diane was lost for words and began to tear up, "King... I..." she started crying and tackled him down forgetting about his head injury, "I will marry you!" she said happily before locking lips with him.
King felt tears run down his cheeks as he returned the kiss. When they pulled out, King slowly took her hand and slowly started sliding the wedding ring onto her finger. Diane blushed and started taking some deep breaths hoping that she wasn't the one Gowther knocked out and sent her into a dream land.
"King it's beautiful, but... what I have to take it off whenever I grow." Diane said sadly.
"You don't have to, I had Naruto make a growth seal so it would still remain intact and grow with you. I told him it was for a new outfit I was making so he doesn't even know about me proposing." King explained making her smile.
Gowther clapped along with Hawk and Duck, "You should tell everyone tonight, I believe the fireworks will begin in less than hour." he said getting nods.
Diane wrapped her arm around King's and took off to the skies, "He did not pay his bill." Duck said.
"Who are you?" Gowther asked wondering where this animal came from.
Meanwhile with Sasuke
The last Uchiha was wondering around the festival ignoring the annoying villagers who were praising him and asking him about his day. Sasuke never really cared, after his childhood ended, he saw them as nothing, but mongrels who only realized their purpose after his clan was killed off. First they blame his family for the Kyuubi attack and now they worship the ground he stands on. It won't really matter once things go his way.
He looked down in his pocket holding the marriage contract. He shivered at the thought, but knew it was the sacrifice he needed to complete in order to restore his clan and get the training he deserves to end Itachi's life. Something he found rather intriguing was that the marriage contract was premade, by his mother of all people. He found the diaries belonging to Mikoto and learned about her life during her early days as a genin up to the day he was born.
He found it intriguing to learn that she was a rather powerful kunoichi, back in the day when the civilian council were more spineless and gave shinobi the power to control the shinobi forces. He was rather happy to know there was a time where fangirls in the corp was a rare sight and only strong women were allowed in while civilian children actually worked their asses off to become shinobi. Mikoto was one of the best and most recognized shinobi alongside Wicked Eye Fugaku, his father. He could see the reason behind his father chasing around Mikoto, Sasuke couldn't deny that fact if he was in his shoes.
As he read her story, he learned about her friendship with two people, Tsume Inuzuka and Kushina Uzumaki. She rarely saw Tsume after the last Shinobi war ended, however her real friendship was Kushina to the point where they started talking about a potential marriage contract. Mikoto thought since Kushina was only recently having a child, Itachi would be too old so she was hoping to convince Sasuke when he was older to marry one of Kushina's daughters. The contract was cancelled when she learned from the sandaime that Kushina abandoned Naruto realizing her to be a horrible mother.
Sasuke was discouraged at that part until he found the contract untampered with and ready to be signed and notarized. He smirked at his potential victory, all he had to do was find the pair and talk it out with them. The one good thing about his mother's death was the fact she couldn't object or reveal her hatred for her former friend. Hence the reason he can manipulate Minato and tug on Kushina's heart thinking that she could at least connect with her deceased friend. Hopefully they weren't aware of his and Naruto's hatred for each other. The dobe would get his on another day.
Like Orochimaru, he licked his lips and imagined the taste of all that power being trained by the Yellow Flash. To use his signature techniques and annihilate the bastard he calls brother within a matter of seconds. Maybe he could also achieve his father's dream of being the first Uchiha hokage and steal that dream away from the dobe. Talk about pouring lemon juice on a cut.
Taking his mind off of his genius plan, Sasuke looked towards a restaurant and noticed the long line. However what happened next was rather hilarious, the owner happened to have met his gaze and ordered several of his employees to shove the people in the line out of the way before rolling a literal red carpet. Sasuke smirked at the treatment and ignored all the praising and requests to marry the daughters of wealthy merchants.
Making his way to an open booth, Sasuke opened the menu scanning for a good meal before noticing a mop of blond and red hair. Activating his Sharingan to confirm his suspicions, he saw a rather bloody and battered Minato and a disappointed looking Kushina with a red haired child on her lap. Keeping his distance, he watched over his targets and ordered some tomato soup to keep suspicion away from him. A few more minutes later, he saw Kushina get up from the table leaving her husband and child in the booth. He smirked yet again having thought of a way to grab her attention.
"Just like Mikoto-kaachan used to make." he said subtly grabbing Kushina's attention.
'Mikoto-kaachan?' she thought turning to the owner of the voice, 'Raven hair, duck butt, milky skin, could that be?' Kushina gasped and walked up to Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun? Is that you?" Sasuke turned to Kushina with a look of innocence.
"Can I help you?" Sasuke asked playing the fool.
"Sasuke-kun, I'm Kushina Uzumaki, I was your mother's best friend before... she passed away." she answered.
"Aunty Kushina? Is that really you?" he asked in a child like voice.
Kushina felt her heart stop seeing Mikoto standing next to a little Itachi while holding an infant Sasuke. She felt a tear trying to escape her eyelid. She learned about what happened to Mikoto when they returned and felt worse knowing how Sasuke lived.
Flashback, the day they left
"You are a coward Kushina!" Mikoto yelled.
"Mikoto, you can call me whatever you want, but when it comes to saving the world. I have to leave Naru-chan behind." Kushina replied.
"So that's it then? You're going to leave your child alone in the wilderness? Does he not matter to you?" Mikoto asked balling her fists.
"Don't you tell me that Mikoto Uchiha! I love my son more than anything in this world, but he is insignificant when..." Kushina took a fist to her face slamming her against the wall.
"Insignificant? Insignificant!? Kushina Uzumaki you are a horrible... horrible... HORRIBLE MOTHER!" Mikoto yelled.
"Don't you call me that! You wouldn't understand what it means..."
"No you don't understand! I've been a mother longer than you have, I may have married an arrogant Uchiha, but Fugaku of all people knows that he can never neglect his own child!" Mikoto yelled as her fingers dug into her palm.
"Naru-chan will fine! It doesn't matter what he thinks once we save the world!" Kushina yelled back throwing her fist only for it to be caught.
Mikoto twisted her fist, "Kushina Uzumaki, you are the sole survivor of the Uzumaki clan. A clan that prides and preaches about the importance of family. You have broken that vow and are a disgrace to your own clan." she said in a low voice as her bangs cover her eyes.
"Mikoto-chan leave my clan out of this! You wouldn't understand coming from a clan of jutsu thieves!" Kushina regretted her words as Mikoto began to twist her arm further.
"You dare call my family thieves while you run from your duty as a mother? Have you any shame?" Mikoto asked keeping a good grip.
"Ah!" Kushina screamed as she felt her arm being fractured.
"You are no longer my friend." she said making Kushina's eyes go wide, "You are my enemy and always will be! If you ever return, you are to stay away from me, my husband, my children and any other member of my clan or else I will make the Valley of the End look like a fight between civilian children." she said breaking Kushina's arm.
Kushina whimpered in pain, "And tell your husband, the pervert and Senju the same. For they are all enemies of my family as well." Mikoto said releasing her arm and leaving Kushina crying about how much she sacrificed for the greater good.
Who knew Jiraiya was responsible for her pointless misery.
End of flashback
Kushina only realized that she hurt Sasuke as well, her friendship with Mikoto was destroyed only for Jiraiya to realize the prophecy couldn't be fulfilled by her daughters. They couldn't control the Kyuubi chakra and it disappeared with Kushina hanging onto a few threads. Even then it was taken away proving that neither Kasumi or Narumi could fulfill the expectations of the prophecy. Instead, through some divine intervention, she was punished and Naruto became the true child of prophecy through his gaining of a new bloodline.
To think Mikoto appointed her to be Itachi and Sasuke's godmother and she failed by abandoning both of them as well, leaving Itachi to become a missing nin and Sasuke all alone. From what she heard, Sasuke became cold, arrogant, and distant, likely a psychological issue from seeing his brother's handiwork. The village spoiled him and treated him like he was god almighty when all he needed was a family and a stable home. Another failure on her part.
"Yes Sasuke-kun, I'm your godmother." Sasuke internally smirked and lunged himself into her catching her off guard.
"Aunt Kushina, I finally found you!" he said with a bright child like smile making Kushina tear up.
"Sasuke-kun, I'm so sorry I haven't had time to find you. I've been so busy and with Minato getting us into trouble and Naru-chan shunning us, then there's the fact I heard about the massacre. It's been a lot to take in, so please... please forgive me." Kushina said holding him tightly.
'Wow, I'd accept an apology from Itachi before I'd accept this. And they say Shakespeare's work is dead... wait who's Shakespeare?' Sasuke thought.
"I accept your apology aunt Kushina. Actually I'm glad I ran into you, I didn't know where you lived because I was hoping to find you because I found something kaa-chan left before she died." Sasuke said in a seemingly meaningful tone.
"Really? What is it?" Kushina asked.
Sasuke faked his blush, "It's embarrassing, but I was hoping it would at least catch Minato's attention. I'm not really confident in going through with it." he said pulling the contract wrapped up like a scroll.
Kushina narrowed her eyes as she took the scroll and unwrapped it. Her eyes went wide as she went through document, it was her contract from months before Sasuke was born. She saw that Mikoto and Fugaku's name were already signed, Fugaku likely knew this was a chance to get closer to the hokage and possibly gain political power. Regardless all it needed was Sasuke's, Minato's, her's and either Narumi or Kasumi's signature before notarizing it.
Kushina chuckled realizing this was an eye grabber for Minato. Deep down she was glad this contract was still around, it was her only connection to her friend during happier times. She looked at Sasuke with happiness in her eyes thinking that she could at least mend her relationship with her godson.
"Sasuke-kun, how would you like to have dinner with your godparents for tonight?" she asked.
"Sure aunt Kushina, I've been dying to meet you ever since I heard a part of my family was still alive." Kushina was ready to burst into tears for that comment.
'I don't need my Sharingan to see your depression.' Sasuke thought fully aware of her depression.
Sasuke felt victorious, he was closer to his ultimate goal, now all he had to do was convince Minato to go through with the marriage. After that he would work on finding out who the members of the Seven Deadly Sins. Minato may be strong, but they were responsible for pushing of two villages and forcing them into immediate surrender whereas Iwa continued to their fight after losing a thousand men in a single battle.
"Kushina who is this young man?" Minato asked as the pair arrived at the table.
"Oh Minato, don't you remember our godson Sasuke Uchiha? He's been looking for us all this time and we haven't once looked for him." Kushina explained and Sasuke noticed the look of pain knowing he failed someone else.
"Oh, so you were a member of Kakashi's team. I heard about the incident." Minato said looking in disappointment.
Sasuke felt worried for a moment, he had to come up with a good excuse, "I didn't understand what my sensei was doing and told us that if we didn't listen to him..." Minato raised a hand.
"Don't worry about that Sasuke, I never would have thought Kakashi would stoop so low to hurt my own son for hurting me. Truth be told as much as I'm disappointed in my son, I'm more disappointed in my own student." he said with a sigh, "Honestly, I always wondered as to what if Obito had survived instead? Would my other student Rin had died? Would Naruto have been taken better care of? Would he have made a better sensei? I always questioned Kakashi's mental health after he joined my team." he added.
"Minato try not to be so depressing, your making Menma and Sasuke feel bad." Kushina said.
Although Menma did look weary, it was because of the evil aura he felt around Sasuke. For some reason, he didn't trust this strange boy and felt like he should avoid him at all times. However, he stayed quiet knowing his parents gave their trust to this individual.
"You know, I didn't say it at the time, but he's always been playing favorites." Sasuke said getting wide eyes from Kushina and a sigh from Minato. "Despite my arrogant facade, I really felt sorry for Naruto, as for my other teammate, she's been a bit lazy and saw being a kunoichi as a way to seduce me." he explained.
"I remember a time when Kushina-chan scared away all the fangirls whenever they got too close to me. Then again even the boys found her scary except for Hiashi Hyuga." Minato said.
"The Hyuga clan head?" Sasuke asked in interest.
"They said your father Fugaku was an elitist, but Hiashi makes him look like a kid who left the toilet seat up. It was a one sided rivalry between us like how it is for Guy and Kakashi."
'Oh god I can't imagine a Hyuga wearing spandex!' Sasuke thought feeling absolute dread.
"He always demanded whatever I had, first it was Kushina, then it was my sensei Jiraiya because he was a sannin, then it was formula for the hiraishin and finally the spot as hokage. The man wouldn't take no for an answer until he realized he was grabbing unwanted attention which made his father threaten to remove him as clan heir." Minato explained.
'He sounds like me in a way, but I'm not some weak Hyuga. Unlike them, we Uchiha pride ourselves in making the jutsus of others more powerful and are open to more diversity. How the hell would stabbing things with your fingers with 360 degree vision make you invisible. Itachi was able to beat some people without even touching them.' Sasuke thought analyzing the flaws of the Hyuga combat techniques.
"Sounds like a bastard." Sasuke said.
Minato chuckled, "That's what his nickname was back in the day, Hiashi-teme. He even tried to act like I was his best friend and comrade in arms as if none of our past transgressions happened. He called me his brother and everything just so he could convince me to have Naruto marry his daughter Hinata. You can imagine how it turned out." he said.
"I'm guessing he left not feeling so happy?" Sasuke asked.
Kushina spoke up for this one, "I was in the room for this one, Hiashi lost his mind calling Minato a failure and an idiot for letting a jewel like Naruto escape his grasp. Something about potentially the most powerful shinobi in the village ripe for the taking and now he possibly lost his chance." she said.
Little did any of them know. Hiashi was too prideful to approach Naruto or his aunts himself with a marriage contract and hoped that putting him in the CRA would further his chances. Sadly he forgot about the law stating there were two other ways for Naruto to escape thinking all he could hope was for the council to vote and deny the request. Like Danzo, he was hoping to bread powerful shinobi under the Hyuga banner. He wouldn't admit it, but Hiashi knew all the flaws of his clan's fighting style.
Minato of all people saved his life in battle when Kumo nins tried to kidnap him and use him as breeding stock. Oh the shame he felt that day.
"You know Minato that reminds me. Sasuke-kun actually found something from Mikoto-chan before she died. He was a little embarrassed to show it, but thought it was a good idea to reveal it thinking it would at least grab your attention." Kushina said handing Minato the marriage contract.
Minato looked over it then noticed Sasuke's blush not realizing it was forced and fake. Looking over the contents Minato pondered something. It was risky and would probably create and even bigger wedge than he already had with Kushina, but if this worked Minato could regain his status. Sasuke was the last Uchiha and despite the incident with Kakashi going public, the village saw Sasuke as a victim of manipulation keeping his high status among the villagers. He needed to convince Sasuke to marry either Kasumi or Narumi in order to earn some honor by joining a prestigious clan.
"Sasuke you know if you wanted to ask out of my daughters all you had to do was ask." this was met with a fake blush and chuckle from Kushina.
Thus the negotiations would soon begin.
With Naruto
"I guess I know longer have the right to call myself the Sin of Gluttony." Merlin said looking at Naruto finishing his final bowl of ramen for the day... out of... let's just say the author wasn't in the mood to bust out the TI-84 calculator.
"Merlin-hime, I think you ought to give me that mark as well. Grandpa's mark is cool and all, but I think I might start a collection." Naruto said handing in his payment plus tip to Ayame who for once didn't deny the offer.
"Does he always eat like this?" Guila asked feeling concerned for Naruto's health.
"No, he usually eats more than this." Konohamaru answered.
"Yeah, I think the boss might be on a diet or something." Udon said working on mathematical calculations.
Meanwhile Moegi and Zeal were having a conversation at the side, "So what has Naruto-nii been teaching you?" she asked.
"Exercising physically and chakra, increasing my reserves and... teaching me basic jutsus." Zeal said.
"So which affinity did you get?" Moegi asked.
"Wind, water, fire, earth and ice." Zeal answered getting an odd look.
"There isn't an ice affinity!" Moegi called him out.
"I know, but I can still make ice whenever I have water near me. Naruto sensei says that he'll work on getting me to summon water." Zeal explained, "Excuse me miss, can you give me a cup of water?" he asked Ayame.
"Sure young man." Ayame said grabbing a glass and filling it up.
Ayame was about to turn back when Zeal slowly made the water come out from it's glass and forced it to take shape. A couple minutes later, the water began to harden and take a crude form of Hawk. When he finished, the crudely looking Hawk was on it's two feet raising its hoove towards the sky.
Both girls were lost for words and regained their senses once Naruto laughed, "That's what a couple of weeks of training under me will give you." he said.
"Liar!" yelled the Konohamaru corps.
"If you don't believe me then watch." Naruto raised his hand as water began to form around his hand into a large sphere.
Everyone including Teuchi remained silent at the technique as the sphere split into two pairs. Both took humanoid forms and started to harden into ice. By the time their forms finished, they revealed to be in the form of Elizabeth and Meliodas. Naruto smiled as he twirled his finger as if he were a conductor in an orchestra signalling the sculptures to move. Everyone jumped back as Elizabeth curtsied as Meliodas bowed, the two slowly took their positions and began to waltz.
Kasumi looked gobsmack at her brother's level of skill, "Onii-chan doesn't that at least strain your chakra? It looked pretty difficult." she said.
"The difficult part starts with making them take form." Naruto explained getting a round of applause as the two sculptures parted ways before melting.
A moment later, Ban arrived carrying Elaine in his arms looking happy. However not in his silly or funny scheme kind of happy. This was absolute joy as if he were granted access to paradise itself.
'Isn't that the Kyuubi? Why is he holding that woman?' Kasumi wondered.
"Naruto! I have some big news!" his eyes travelled around stopped as he noticed Kasumi.
"Don't worry about my sister dad, she came to warn me about some bullshit Minato was going to put me through." Naruto said, "Now, what's so big that your carrying mom around like she's a princess?" he asked.
"One, you mother is a queen and she's my queen so I can carry her however I want. two, we'll worry about Minato later. Three, Elaine told me we have a addition to our family!" Ban said with a happy grin getting a cheek kiss from Elaine.
"Dad we already have Hawk and Oslo, we don't need any more pets." Naruto said earning a glare from his parents. "What?" he asked.
"Naruto, you don't get it. You tell him Elaine." Ban said lifting Elaine up.
Elaine didn't have the chance to say anything as King also arrived with Diane and Gowther by his side.
"Guys we have some big news!" Diane said covering her left palm in anticipation.
"Nii-san who are these guys?" Konohamaru asked.
"Naruto I don't think you've properly introduced me to your new parents." Teuchi spoke up.
"Oh yeah, that's right. Teuchi you've met my King and Diane already right." he nodded, "These two here are Elaine and Ban, they're my parents."
"Oh, so this is the father figure you've mentioned before." Teuchi reminisced that Naruto always mentioned there was someone who accepted him and would take care of him from time to time. He never had the chance to meet the man, but heard Ayame was able to meet him during the man's wedding. "A pleasure to finally meet you Ban-san." he said shaking Ban's hand.
"Thanks for watching out for my kiddo all those years, anyways, I think since we were here first. Elaine should announce our news first." Ban said getting a sigh from King.
However Diane looked down at King and held his hand tight as they could both see the ring shining under the moonlight. King cheered up and was ready for whatever craziness Ban got Elaine into.
"Everyone may I have your attention. There are many things in the world that change and often change can be scary. So you can two things, hide away and hope it all goes away or step out and embrace it. With that in mind, Ban and I have brought something into this world. Something beautiful and natural." Elaine placed a hand on her belly, "Everyone, Ban and I are having a baby!" the first response was King passing out.
"King is dead." Gowther said not bothering to search for a pulse.
"No King please wake up, I can't be a widow yet!" Diane yelled trying to shake him awake.
"Wait what?" Naruto asked wondering if he heard properly.
"Naruto you have to wake him up!" Elaine said.
Naruto nodded, "Earth Style: Stone Nutcracker!" King immediately woke up covering his privates.
"I'M AWAKE! I'M AWAKE! I'M AWAKE! I'M AWAKE! I'M AWAKE!" King yelled.
"Didn't you have news of your own?" Ban asked.
King glared at his brother in law before sighing, "Everyone, I want you to... wait shouldn't we wait for Escanor? We've been leaving him out of the loop a lot."
Everyone realized Escanor was just left out of the loop again along with Hawk. No wait, here he comes.
"What did I miss?" Hawk asked.
"Elaine's having a child." Gowther answered bluntly making the pig looked stunned.
"Wait where's Escanor?" Hawk asked.
Ironically the last member of the team arrived with a chuckling Shizune by his side.
"What are all of you doing here?" Escanor asked seeing the meeting.
"Elaine's having a child." Gowther repeated.
"Ban are you really going to be a father?" Escanor asked.
"I sure am, second kid and I think I'm better prepared this time." Ban said with pride.
"Oh really? How do I know you won't want to dump this one on Diane?" Naruto asked getting some looks.
"Well this kid won't be bothering me for ramen late at night." Ban replied.
"Well I would be less of a pain if I got my ramen!"
"Then you would be shorter than King!"
"Who are you calling so short you need a magnifying glass just to spot me!?"
"Nobody Edward Elric!"
"Who the hell is Edward Elric!?"
The two traded insults until Merlin separated them in with two perfect cubes.
"I believe King and Diane had an announcement." Merlin said shutting them up.
King cleared his throat, "Thank you Merlin. Anyways, what I was saying before is, like Elaine. There are many scary things in the world and no matter how tough I think I am, words alone can't back me up. That's how I lived my life up until I gained my second chance at life. I realized that I can't be putting things aside waiting things out and hoping for the best. So I finally decided to be a man and do something ambitious." as he took a deep breath he gestured for Diane to come close.
The two smiled at each other and held hands, "I asked Diane to marry me." this was met with gasps, "And she said yes!" Diane kissed him and this was met with a round applause and cat calls.
"Everyone's closer than ever." Naruto muttered before looking at his hand slowly fading between existence.
He grabbed a piece of paper with a strange sealing marker, "Record today's events." he whispered before pouring his energy into it.
As everyone celebrated, the whole village began to shake as a large explosion can be seen in the distance. Everyone grabbed onto the counter or anything that was nearby as more explosions took place and fire began to spread.
Naruto immediately activated his eyes and looked around feeling a sense of dread. Ban felt this disturbance before, but before the father and son duo did anything, a large earthquake surrounded them causing a small dust storm. Elaine was the first to see what was behind the dust and paled before exhaling rapidly. Ban and Naruto noticed this and looked at what was causing her fears. They both felt tense of what stood before them.
"Rooooaaaaar!"
Before them stood none other than a red demon roaring and preparing to breath fire upon everyone at the ramen stand.
'No not again!' Ban thought.
The fire headed directly towards them until...
"Full Counter!" the fire was negated leaving Ban an opening to create several shadow clones and ripping all of the red demon's heart before decapitating it as well.
"I won't make the same mistake twice." Ban said.
Before anyone could recover they felt more shaking and looked up at the sky to find grey demons roaming the sky. Soon more explosions littered the streets.
"Guila, get everyone to the mansion or shelters! Whichever is closest! You and Zeal might want to use your summons, we need all the backup we can get!" Naruto ordered.
"Elaine, I need you to go with Guila." Ban said.
"But-"
"No butts! You have two lives to take care of and I won't let you risk the two of them." Ban argued making her nod in defeat. "I love you, you know that. I don't want to lose you again... or our little one. I can't live with myself if something happened to either one of you." he added before kissing her goodbye.
Zeal and Guila summoned Diarmuid and Atalanta to their side and began the escort.
Naruto turned to Escanor and tossed him a scroll, "Escanor, tear that open. It's going to help you in the fight."
Escanor nodded and teared it open making a mini yellow orb float around him activating his sunshine granting him strength, "Naruto is this...?"
"A way for you to keep your strength at night." Naruto answered.
Shizune blushed as Escanor's physique increased dramatically, "Shizune, you may want to follow Guila, it's not too safe with all the demons around." Shizune nodded and chased after Guila and the rest.
(Seven Deadly Sins OST - Season 2 Opening)
"Everyone else, with me. We're taking this fight to them." Naruto said.
Ban smirked, "Right behind you captain!" everyone else nodded and followed their new leader into battle.
Elsewhere
A short man with black hair crushed the head of a nin wearing the forehead protector with a music note as it's symbol, "They thought they could command us? Me? They thought they could command me!?" he yelled.
"How arrogant, such actions are the demise of humanity." said a floating pink haired girl.
"Back again, this time that muscular man won't stop me since I know his weakness." said a large red armored man.
"And what would that be Galand?" asked the pink haired girl.
"You know it as well as I do Melascula, he's absolutely weak during the night. I can finally have my vengeance!" Galand said.
"Enough, we're here to deal with the humans and restart our conquest for Britannia. Now that the imposter Mael is no longer with us, we won't have to worry about anything getting in our way." said the black haired man. "While we're at it, maybe I can finally get my vengeance on my brother." he added.
"What is it with you and your hatred of brother again Zeldris?" asked a giant green man with four arms.
"You know the story Drole, don't make me repeat myself." said the man identified as Zeldris. "Meliodas comes when we have time, I won't be arrogant and waste energy looking for him." he said.
"I guess we can continue the New Holy War where we left off wouldn't you say?" asked a man with slick back brown hair.
"Whatever Monspeet, this is such a drag." said a half naked woman with short orange hair.
"Let's go then, we can't let all the weaker demons have all the fun. Why else would my father choose us to be his elite warriors?" asked Zeldris getting some nods.
The group left the massacred bodies of the Oto nin and made their way to Konoha's gates.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Next Time: Is this Goodbye?