"The Shinobi of Magix"
Chapter 2: Save the First Dance
(Winx Universe)
In Another Realm
Thunderclouds surrounded above the land, trees are shadows of their former selves. There is nothing to be seen for miles except a huge mountain whose summit reaches the clouds. In the middle of the mountain, there is a castle and inside of the throne room are three crystallized coffins standing upwards with some sort of writing and symbols in the middle of each coffin and with three beings in each one as well.
Thunder shook the castle, and red eyes suddenly opened in one of the coffins, trying to break free from its prison, but to no avail. The being closed his eyes as if it was focusing on something, moments later, a normal coffin appeared out of the stone ground.
"Awaken, my servant," said the being in a cold tone. The coffin opened, revealing a muscular man in black clothing with a hood on the back of his shirt, a black mask covering his head but his eyes and two swords on his belt. Also the man had a symbol on his chest, resembling a hand holding the handle of a sword and that same symbol was present at the base of his swords' hilts. The man then bowed to the coffin that contained his master prisoner.
"You've summoned me, master," said the warrior.
"Yes, I felt a presence in Magix. The presence is very similar to the one who had imprisoned myself and my brothers in these confound prisons. Bring him to me, so we may be set free."
"It shall be done, master," said the warrior as he disappeared in black smoke. The warrior reappeared outside the castle and created a portal, entering Magix.
"I shall find you," said the warrior as he goes on to find the one that his master had sent him to capture.
In Alfea with Bloom and the girls
"Hello, everyone. My name is Professor Wizgiz and I'll be teaching you girls about Metamorphisis," said the elf. The girls were sitting on the left side of the room, near the windows with Bloom and Stella sitting in the front.
"Now, what is Metamorphosis?" asked the professor, and no one raised their hands. "No one? Well, Metamorphosis is the art of changing your body," said the elf pulled his cheek wide and turned into a smiling Griselda and causing the teens to giggle.
The elf transformed back into his original form and hopped on a couple tables. The little magical creature explained how metamorphic magic is useful for discretion and you can change your body anytime.
"Now since this is the first class of the year, we'll start something small and simple," said Wizgiz as he used magic to bring out mirrors come of the tables from the holes and each girl grabbed them, except Naruto, obviously. "Changing your hair color. It should be a cinch for you ladies."
Most of the girls were successful in the change of their hair color, except Bloom failed after trying and set her mirror down in front of her on her table, feeling defeated.
"Bloom, it's too early to start falling behind. You have a lot of homework to do," said Wizgiz after seeing the girl giving up too easy.
's Office
Naruto was standing in the center of the headmaster's office, waiting for the elderly fairy. He was summoned early in the morning and Naruto assumed that she wants to know about his ability to pass through the barrier that surrounds Magix as well about his wind-based attack. The boy's train of thought was interrupted when the door opened and the ninja turned around, seeing Ms. Faragonda and Ms. Griselda.
"Good morning, Naruto," said Faragonda.
"Good morning, Ms Faragonda, Ms. Griselda," said Naruto as he greeted the two elderly ladies. The two fairies walked over to the desk, with Faragonda taking her seat and Griselda standing next to her.
"So, why am I here?" asked Naruto.
"We'd like to know about your origin. How is it that you're able to pass through the barrier? And how did you make the wind based attack of yours stronger than a lightning attack?" replied the headmaster with her question. Naruto hesitated as he thought about the consequences and if he can trust the duo.
"Naruto, you can trust them about our past. Besides you have my unique ability to detect malice and negative emotions, and they don't have any of the above," said Kurama.
"But what about you? I can't explain to them about you and I don't know how I passed through the barrier. Wait, it is because of you, right?" asked Naruto.
"You can tell them about me, and as for your question, it probably has to do with your chakra as well as me being sealed inside, since you don't have magic," replied the fox.
"Hehehe, thanks Kurama," said the ninja quietly chuckling as he was staring at the elderly fairies.
"Well, out with it, young man," said an impatient Griselda.
"Okay, well, where I come from, we have a special energy called chakra. It is the combination of physical and spiritual energy of the body and is also our life force. It's probably the reason why I was able to pass the barrier," explained Naruto, stunning the fairy duo.
"Chakra. Now where did I hear that term before?" asked Griselda.
"Please, continue, Naruto," said Faragonda, getting a nod from the shinobi.
"We can manipulate our chakra to do supernatural feats and battle each other as well manipulate the elements around us to gain an advantage," explained the boy, stunning Faragonda and Griselda.
"Manipulate your life force to battle each other? Isn't that dangerous?" asked Faragonda.
"Well, when you used almost all of it during battle, yeah. But we train to increase the amount of chakra that we use and get stronger in the process," replied the blonde.
"You still haven't explain your place of origin," said Griselda, not missing a beat.
"In my dimension, I come from the Hidden Leaf Village; one of the 5 main ninja villages," said Naruto.
"You're a ninja, meaning an assassin?" asked Griselda.
"Technically, no. The ninja in my world are different from you know and we do missions for profits from clients. The missions range from simple chores to escorting a high-powered person," replied the ninja.
The boy continued to explain about his early childhood, ninja graduation, the missions he did with his former team, and the Akatsuki. He left the 4th Shinobi World War and his deity sending him to their world out since he knows that the information that he just gave is a little overwhelming to the fairies.
"I had no idea that a village would beat up a child at a young age for no reason," said Faragonda.
"It's all right. I've heard about different dimensions and wanted to explore after I finished with my last mission, so here I am," said Naruto.
"Thank you for being honest with us. It must've been not easy to tell us," said Faragonda.
"No, it wasn't. Now, I have something else in mind; I'm going to leave tonight," said the blonde, surprising the duo.
"Why are you leaving? You can stay here for a while and there is our annual ball going on tonight," said the headmaster, trying to dissuade Naruto into leaving.
"I thank you for your hospitality last night, but I must get going. Thanks anyway for the invite," said Naruto as he turned around, and walked out of the room.
"Is he leaving because of us questioning him?" asked Griselda.
"No, it's probably something else." Faragonda replied as she put her finger and thumb on her chin, thinking about something.
Flora's Room
"I was the only one who couldn't do it," said Bloom still upset about not changing her hair color. Flora was attending her flowers, while Bloom and Stella were on the bed, with the former carrying a mirror in front of her.
"Well, you know what they say: 'Practice makes Perfect,'" said a cheery Stella.
"Yeah, you're right. I can do this," said Bloom with her confidence restored. Stella then took her place next to her as she helps the red-hair human.
"Now, think about the best hair day you got," said Stella. Bloom focused on the best hair day, but as a result, the front of her hair spiked up instead.
"This is what I get?" asked Bloom frustrated.
"Calm down, jeez. This is going to be a long year," replied Stella.
In the Forest, just outside Alfea
Naruto was walking around the forest while looking at the trees, the animals, and the clear sky. Being a master of Senjutsu, he can feel all of the nature's energy and smiled, knowing that this world is very protective of their ecosystem.
"Naruto, what are we doing out here?" asked Kurama.
"We're looking for a good place to build around," replied Naruto instead using the mind link since no one was around to hear him talk to Kurama or they would look at him like he was crazy.
Kurama had to ask. "Build what?"
"Our house," replied the blonde, stunning his tailed beast.
"How are you going to do that? You don't know the first thing about building a house," said the fox, causing his jinchuriki to twitch his eye a little.
"That's what you think. Remember Kami giving me my mother's clan's secrets? She actually gave me the blueprints to build the house that my folks lived in," said Naruto.
"So how long do you think it will take you to build the house? A day or two with clones?" asked the fox.
"No, maybe 5 days or two weeks and I'll just make a tent and hunt while the house is built. Ah, I found the perfect spot," replied the shinobi as he stopped walking. He saw a vast number of trees, a waterfall connected to a river heading downstream and the view reminded him of the Hidden Leaf Village.
"Hm, you picked a great spot, kid."
"Thanks, Kurama. Now I got to go back, traveling around can be exhausting," said Naruto as he jumped up to the trees, heading back to Alfea.
Cafeteria, Alfea
"Don't worry, Bloom. You'll be able to use magic sooner or later," said Flora.
"I hope so," replied Bloom, feeling little down.
"Please, may I have your attention everyone?" asked Faragonda. The girls turned to see their headmaster behind a table, standing next to Griselda.
"As you all know, tonight is our Alfea traditional dance to start off the new school year tomorrow night. Our guests will be the boys from Red Fountain School of Heroics and Bravery and they will bringing gifts for you ladies," said Faragonda.
"But not too friendly. Love potions and crush potions are forbidden, and there will be supervisors," said the head of detention.
"But dancing is encouraged. I remember when I first met my husband at my first Alfea dance… never mind about that. So the entire day's classes will be canceled so you ladies can get ready," said the headmaster, getting cheers and applause.
Cloud Tower Academy
The students were assembled for a meeting with Headmaster Griffin, including three familiar faces; the Trix. They were in their casual clothes, waiting for the headmaster and she appeared. The headmaster stepped up on the podium to announce her news.
"She's scary," said one of the students.
"I have called this meeting to share some unfortunate news. Once again, Alfea College is having their annual dance and we're not invited as well. So we shall take revenge by issuing this challenge: propose an idea to make those fairy brats crying their eyes out. For those who want to participate will submit their proposal to the faculty for review. Now you are dismissed!" exclaimed Griffin.
"Hm, we should take this opportunity to take the ring of Solaria," said Icy.
"Agreed," said her sisters simultaneously.
But Darcy remembered something or someone else. "Wait, what about that blonde boy we encountered?"
Icy scoffed. "That boy got a lucky shot on us." The eldest sister then raised her hand, forming a small ice crystal in her palm. "If he shows his face again, we'll show him what we're really made of." She received evil smirks from her sisters before the trio left the room.
Stella's Room
"You always got to look your best," said Stella, showcasing an orange dress to Flora, Techna, Musa and Bloom with the former two sitting on the bed, Musa standing against a wall and Bloom sitting on the floor. The former three were wearing their dresses for the dance, except the red-hair. "I used my credit card that my daddy gave me, but it's totally worth it. It was calling to me, saying 'buy me, buy me.'"
"Yeah, it certainly is you," said Musa snickering as she found it funny that Stella would buy the dress since she is a shopping diva.
"I wish we could use magic to make our outfits," said Flora with Musa agreeing her.
"I know, it took me forever to find this dress," replied Techna, agreeing with the nature fairy as well.
"Yeah, where did you find that dress anyway?" asked Stella, judging the technology fairy.
"I'll have you know that this is the top dress in fashion." Techna said as she defended her choice of clothing. The fairies heard knocking on the door.
Stella then said, "Come in." The door opened to reveal their blonde friend they made the night before.
"Hello, ladies. Wow, you girls look nice," said Naruto walking in the room. He didn't notice the pout on Bloom's face since she was wearing a dress.
"Oh, thank you, Naruto. Where have you been?" asked Stella.
"Just walking around the forest. It's really nice." Naruto received raised eyebrows from the fairies.
"All morning? Anyway, are you going to the dance?" asked Bloom.
"Dance? What dance?" Bloom explained about the Alfea traditional dance with the male hero academy to the teenage blonde ninja. "Huh, well about that. I'm leaving tonight," replied Naruto, stunning the girls.
"WHAT?!" asked the girls.
"But, why?" asked Bloom.
"I appreciated that you girls let me stay last night, but I need to find a place of my own and this is a school for girls. I don't think I'll quite fit in," said the blonde.
"Where are you going to live?" asked Techna.
"In the forest. Don't worry, I can take care of myself and I'll come visit you ladies everyday." He then saw the sad look on Bloom's face. "Bloom, what's wrong?" asked the shinobi.
"It's just that we just met you and you're already leaving. Can you stay for one more night, at least for the dance?" asked Bloom. Naruto was thinking about it for a few minutes, then looked at Bloom's face.
"Okay, I'll go to the dance," said Naruto, seeing the smile on Bloom's face, which somehow made him smile.
"Well, that's settled. Now we can get ready for the dance. Naruto, what are you going to wear?" asked Stella.
"Um, this," replied the boy pointing to his ninja attire.
"That? Why?"
"Because it's the only clothes I have," said Naruto deadpanned.
Bloom laughed a little before she remembered something important. "Uh, guys. I don't have a dress and the dance is a few hours away." The human fairy got up from the floor.
"Well, this is the perfect opportunity to go shopping. No friends of mine are going to the dance without looking their very best," said Stella pulling out another credit card.
"Um, are you sure about this, Stella?" asked a nervous Naruto.
"Sure. Think of this as returning the favor for you saving us from those witches," replied Stella.
"Okay, let's go," said Naruto. "I hope this isn't similar to Sakura's shopping." Beads of sweat appeared around the boy's face as he walked out of the room with the girls.
Town, Several Hours Later
The fairies and ninja were walking for hours, much to the horror of the latter since he was reminded of Sakura's shopping horror spree. The group was walking store to store to find outfits for Bloom and Naruto. Each store, when Bloom finds a dress, almost everyone disagreed except the boy who thought she looked pretty in each one. As for the ninja, they found a match for him; a dark blue dress pants, a white button shirt, a light blue tie and a dark blue coat.
"It's getting late and we still haven't found a dress for you, Bloom," said Stella.
"You guys should go and get ready. I'll stay and continue to look," said Bloom.
Naruto then walked and stood beside her. "I'll stay with you and help out."
"Okay, don't do anything else, you two," said Musa leaving with the others giggling and teasing Naruto and Bloom with the latter having a small blush.
"Come on, let's go," said Naruto, oblivious to Bloom's blush with the latter shaking her blush off.
"Right, come on," replied Bloom. The duo was running to multiple stores, trying to find the perfect dress for Bloom while making a mess on their search.
Meanwhile in Alfea
The girls were in their respective rooms, checking themselves out in their dresses.
Back with Naruto and Bloom
Naruto and Bloom finally found a store having a sale on all of their clothes and found the dress that the red hair girl liked and afford. "We should get going, it's only a few minutes until the dance starts," said Naruto pointing at the clock behind him.
"Oh, we're going to be so late. I don't think we'll make it in time," said Bloom giving a hint of panicking.
The boy calmed the red-head down. "Don't worry, we'll make it. Hop onto my back," said Naruto, stunning the red hair.
"What?" asked Bloom.
"Get on my back, we'll be there in seconds," replied Naruto. Bloom hesitated at first, complied and hopped on Naruto's back. The fairy was blushing as he felt her friend's hard chest.
"Okay, ready? You might take a deep breath," warned the blonde to his passenger who complied. Naruto closed his eyes as he focused on his destination and the duo disappeared in a yellow flash. A few minutes later, the warrior from the other world was on top of a building that was next to the clock and studied the area.
"He was just here, and the trail ended here but the origin leads back to Alfea. I'll find you and bring you to my master," said the warrior as he disappeared in a black smoke and heading to his target's destination.
Naruto's Room in Alfea
Naruto and Bloom appeared in a yellow flash with the former staggering his feet and the latter getting off his back, staggering as well as falling on her behind.
"Whoa, how did we get back in your room?" asked Bloom.
"I used one of my abilities, which was actually my first time. It allows me to travel at high-speed to anywhere in an instant and it had to have this to work," replied Naruto as he helped Bloom get on her feet and pointed to the formula that was near his feet.
"Wow, that's amazing. When did you put it?"
"Just last night."
"How many abilities do you have?"
"Sorry, it's a secret. You'll find out soon," replied Naruto, making Bloom pout.
"You should get to your room and change. You don't want to keep everybody waiting," said Naruto as his friend was walking towards the door, opened it, but stopped and turned to face Naruto.
"Thank you for helping me. It meant a lot," said Bloom with a smile.
"You're welcome. What are friends for?" replied Naruto with his own smile before the red hair turned around and closed the door. The ninja was about to change his clothes until he sensed something outside due to his negative emotions sensing ability and opened the window, only to see nothing. "Hm, I have a feeling that something is going to happen tonight." Naruto stayed in the window before he went back inside the room.
Bloom's Room
"Hi, Kiko, I managed to get something. It's too long, but if I had some scissors then I can make it work," said Bloom as she was looking for scissors, but to no avail and decided to cut it with her magic. She then heard something outside, looked out her window to see the boys from Red Fountain arriving. Bloom smelled something burning and turned to see her dress on fire, a few moments later she managed to put it out.
"Darn it, anytime that you need something, you can't find it," said a frustrated Bloom as she left her room and Kiko to look for a pair of scissors.
In the Tunnels Below
" I didn't know that we'd be walking, these heels are pinching my feet," said Darcy as she was holding a map. Icy was in front of her with a flashlight and Stormy was behind Darcy with another flashlight.
"Once we have the ring and rule Magix, you can have chariots to take you anywhere," replied Icy.
"Please tell that we're there yet," muttered Darcy
"You're the one who has the map," pointed Stormy.
"Oh, right, well we're almost there," replied Darcy.
Alfea's Hallways
"A school of magic and I can't find a pair of scissors. This is completely ridiculous," said Bloom still frustrated. Then she heard something coming through from one of the doors to the side. "What was that?" Bloom started walking down the stairs until she heard voices.
"I think we're very close. The door is just up ahead," said Darcy as she and her sisters reached and found the stairs.
"Oh, no. It's those witches," muttered Bloom at the moment she recognized them and ran up the stairs, just before they saw her. Bloom ran to the other side of the hall, and the witches made their way down the hallway, using Darcy's magic sense to the boys' gifts with Bloom following them unnoticed.
"Down the hall and make a right," said Darcy. The sisters and their uninvited follower found the boys' gifts and decided to curse it with snake rats, then left when the spell was completed.
"Those princesses won't know what bit them," said Icy as she created an ice portal on the wall and the Trix exit through it.
"I've got to warn the others," said Bloom as she quietly walked away to the ballroom to warn her new friends.
With the Trix, outside of Ballroom
"I can't wait to see the snake rats." The trio was hiding behind a couple of bamboo trees with Icy crouching in front of her sisters.
Icy then looked back at Darcy, "How will it take for the fairies to start puking?"
"One bite and it will only be a matter of seconds.
Inside of Ballroom
Bloom made it to the ballroom that was packed with students from both schools. She was looking around for her friends. "Oh, where are they?" Bloom then tippi-toed across the dance floor as she tries to avoid any unwanted attention from anybody. But that didn't happened when she hit someone in the back with her head, especially that someone turned out to be Brandon. "Hey." Bloom said to the taller boy.
"I was looking for you," said Brandon.
"You were?"
Brandon then nervously put his left hand behind his head. "Hey, uh, would you like to dance?" asked the nervous hero-in-training.
"Yeah, for sure!" Bloom said as she ran past the boy while confusing the latter and causing him to rethink something. She eventually found her friends and called out, "Hey, girls!" She stopped and panted in short breaths while she caught her friends' attention.
Techna was the first one to ask, "What took you so long?"
"What's the matter?" asked Flora with her eyes closed and a smile. The girls then moved away from prying ears to the hallways and waited for Bloom to give her explanation of the Trix's plan of the snake rats.
"Snake rats?" The tech fairy rubbed her chin, "Let me consult my database." Techna said as she put her left hand up. Her palm was open with a green light emitting an image of a small black rat-like creature. "Snake rats: venomous swamp creatures which cause projectile vomiting from one bite. Gross!"
"Ew!" exclaimed Stella, "I know why they're doing this. Those witches are jealous of us. They wished they had a chance with the Fountain boys."
"Well, actually they're not after the boys at all. They're after your ring, Stella." Bloom correcting her best friend of the witches' intentions. "We have to do something."
Musa put a thinking pose before she hatched an idea. "Hm, it's cool. We can handle this. We'll just go back to the dorm to get the ring right now."
"It's too late. Look!" Flora said pointing at the ballroom where two Fountain students brought in the chest filled with snake rat eggs. The girls looked freaked out.
"No snake rats," pointed out Musa.
Bloom quickly replied, "Well, they said the snake rats will hatch from inside the eggs."
"We need a counter-spell and fast!" Stella said with her hands stretched out. "Form a circle and focus on your winx and link our powers together!" After the girls focused their powers together, they successfully put the counter spell and reverted the eggs back to their original forms. Their evidence was when one of the girls in the ball opened an egg and a golden butterfly flew out of it.
"Oh, that was exhausting," said Techna looking a little sick along with the others. They soon found another Snake Rat egg by one of the Fountain Heroes and Flora used a spell to send the Trix a little welcoming present of their own.
"Bloom," the red head looked to Flora with a smile present on the latter's face, "You should get into your dress now."
"Oh, right. I'll see you guys lat-" Bloom stopped as she looked around inside the ballroom with the girls bewildered by the Earth fairy. "Have you girls seen Naruto around?"
"Actually, no we haven't," replied Stella who looked at the rest of the girls, "You ladies?" Musa, Techna, Flora shook their heads. The Sun fairy looked at Bloom, "Nope."
"Oh," muttered Bloom feeling a little sad before she shook that feeling off, "Well, I'll be back. See you girls on the floor!" With that, Bloom left her friends as she prepared to dress up in her room.
Minutes later with Naruto
The blonde Jinchuriki sat in a meditative position with his eyes closed and his breathing silent. His dance attire was laid out flat on his bed since he hasn't changed out of his ninja attire. He was feeling a bit nervous, although he doesn't know why, so he decided to meditate to calm him-self down. Ever since he learned and mastered Sage Mode, he found meditation to be very relaxing and it helps an experienced warrior to be calm every now and then.
"Naruto."
Naruto opened his eyes, "Hey, Kurama. What's up?" The ninja stood up and cracked his neck before he stretched out his arms and legs.
"How long are you going to stall?" Naruto raised a brow at this.
"What do you mean 'stall'?"
Kurama groaned in frustration by the boy's innocence. "You know what I mean. Since you returned from that… horrible shopping spree… you haven't put on that suit," Then realization hit the fox, causing him to chuckle a little and Naruto didn't like it one bit. "I think you're nervous about something."
Naruto raised a brow before he scoffed. "Yeah, right. I'm not nervous about anything."
"Or someone."
"I don't know wat'cha mean," replied Naruto rapidly with his arms crossed and missed an indignant 'Bingo' from the fox. Then his sense rang of immense power outside the dorms. "Saved by the bell! A very powerful bell!" The ninja then ran out of the room and flickered out of existence and into the night to the source of power.
Outside of the Ballroom
Naruto reappeared on top of a tree to find the Trix standing 10 yards away from Bloom who was wearing a sparkly light blue halter top with matching sparkly light blue miniskirt with matching color short under the skirt and light blue ankle boots. She also sports light blue glove-like wrists bands around her arms from elbow to wrist and a small golden tiara with three rounded points at the top of her head and lastly the wings on her back.
"Whew, I knew I could do it." Bloom said as the red electricity disappears around her body and she put her hands up as if she's ready to fight.
Naruto let a small whistle. "Man, she looks cute in that outfit. Her power is unbelievable, but she lacks experience to use it. I think I reintroduce myself again." The boy disappeared and reappeared in front of Bloom, surprising her and the Trix.
"Naruto!" exclaimed a relieved Bloom.
"You!" exclaimed the sisters.
The Jinchuriki glanced over his right shoulder at Bloom. "You finally unleashed you power. Congratulations Bloom, but I should handle these three for now."
"But I-"
"I'll handle them." With that, Naruto started walking towards the trio of witches who were still stunned by the human's sudden presence.
Icy shook the feeling and was about to battle the human when Darcy stopped her, "What?!"
"We already have the ring. There's no need to battle him… for now. There will be time to make him pay for humiliating us at the alley." Darcy pointed out a good reason with Stormy agreeing with her.
Icy glared at the blonde boy with the strange headband before a smirk appeared on her face. "You're right. We're done here." Icy said as she snapped her fingers and the sisters disappeared from their sight.
Naruto groaned a little since he didn't get fight, but he turned around to see Bloom revert back to her normal form. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I thought you weren't going to come," said Bloom, receiving a raised brow from the ninja.
"Why'd you think that?"
"Because I didn't see you at the ball."
"Oh," Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head with his hand, "I was just meditating at the time. I was about to change when I felt a power surge and when I arrived here, I sensed it coming from you."
Bloom was surprised by the boy's explanation. "Really?" Naruto nodded at her. It was minutes until Stella, Musa, Techna and Flora came out and found the duo outside.
"How have you two been out here?" asked Flora.
Naruto shrugged his shoulder. "A few minutes." He heard snickering from Stella. "Something funny, Stella?"
"Nope, nothing funny at all. Right, Bloom?" Stella replied with a subtle wink at the red head who blushed a little when she realized what the blonde female meant.
Naruto raised a brow and looked at Bloom and that's when he noticed the bush, but he thought of something else. "Uh, Bloom you okay?" He put the back of his right hand on Bloom's forehead, causing the latter's bush to deepen, "You have a fever or something? 'Cause your face is red." He heard giggling from the girls and looked back at them. "What's funny? Come on, don't leave me out!"
Flora shook her head with a smile and eyes closed. "Nothing, nothing." Naruto then shrugged and proceeded to tell about the Trix having possession of Stella's ring and Bloom's first transformation.
"I'm sorry about your ring, Stella," said Bloom with a sad expression.
"Don't worry. We already took care of it," said Musa with a grin.
"Really, how?" asked Naruto.
"Let's leave it at that. Now we got a dance to go and you two need to change," said Stella pointing at Naruto and Bloom who looked at each other before looking back at the blonde female. So the group of teenagers proceeded to head back inside the building until Naruto stopped a few inches from the door without any of the girls noticed him.
Naruto then turned around and walked away from the building, putting a considerable distance between him and the large number of innocent people attending the ball. He then spoke in a calm yet firm tone, "I know you are there. I sensed you back in town a little while ago. Show yourself!" He was met with silence as the boy kept his eyes on a swivel on his surroundings. Finally the one who had been following him had appeared before him, standing 15 yards from each other. "Hm, a big guy. What's with the black attire? Does he have a fetish or something?"
"Like you're the one to talk, kid. That orange outfit you wear is a disgrace to all ninja attire in our world and possibly all other worlds!"
A tick mark appeared on Naruto's forehead. "Hey, don't trample on the orange, all right!" He was about to make a comeback when the man in front of him spoke, interrupting the former.
"So, you are my target. Hm, you look so much like him and you wear the same symbol on that head-band of yours. But those whisker marks and your energy level tells a different story."
Naruto became confused by what his enemy said. "Wait, you mean someone from my world came here… to Alfea?" Naruto received a nod from the tall man. "What was his name?"
The man scoffed and replied, "Before I tell you, my name is Zorac and we never knew what his real name was. But we do know the nickname he was given back in your room. He was the "Yellow Flash of Hidden Leaf"."
Naruto's and Kurama's eyes widened in shock while they processed the new information from Zorac who decided to take advantage of his enemy's downed guard and charged towards him.
"Naruto! Focus!" Kurama shouted after he regained his composure.
The boy snapped out of his shock in time to duck under a punch from Zorac and countered with a uppercut that connected with the man's chin and sent the latter stumbling away. "That'll teach you for attacking your opponent off-guard!" Naruto shouted before he charged his opponent.
"Tch!" Zorac was on the defensive by the unexpected speed and strength of the superhuman as he silently called the latter. He bobbed, weaved and deflected each of Naruto's fast punches and kicks…barely and felt his arms and legs stinging from the contact. "What gives?! He's faster than the Yellow Flash…" Zorac blocked another punch with his left forearm, "and his punches really packs a wallop!"
Naruto found an opening and took it as he delivered a kick to Zorac's chest, a right roundhouse kick to the side and lastly a upper left kick to the chin, sending Zorac to the sky. He was about to attack again when he saw Zorac doing what very few people have done in his world…flying.
"No fair!" Naruto said pouting while Zorac draws his two blades and the said blades were glowing reddish-black aura around them. "Hm, that's new. Wha-" He felt something in his pocket and pulled it out to reveal the small and apparently sensitive ice-like weapon in his palm.
"You wanna play against this guy and his toys?" asked Naruto to the weapon. He received an indignant 'squeak' from the weapon and the said weapon laid flatly on Naruto's palm, which the latter grasped it firmly in his hand. Slowly, the weapon glowed white as its shape and size changed into a… staff? "Huh! A staff? I didn't want a staff! I wanted a sword or a kunai! Not a staff!" Naruto complained while Zorac was a bit stunned by the strange weapon's ability to change shape into other weapons.
Zorac actually looked intrigued by this. "Perhaps this weapon will be a great welcoming trophy for my master when he is released." The man wasted no time as he flew down to Naruto with his dual-wielded swords in swinging motion, intending to catch him off-guard again. But Naruto wasn't going to fall for it a second time.
Naruto quickly brought his new staff horizontally to block the double attack and pushed Zorac away from him before he spun around and struck Zorac with his staff in the face. The boy heard a crack and knew that the added momentum from him spinning plus his strength equals one mean hit.
"Gah!" was Zorac could say as he stumbled backwards and found his eyes were blurry along with his ears ringing from the hit. He saw the young teenager standing in front with a grin on his face while the latter was spinning his new staff over his head. Zorac was pissed by the teenager's lack of seriousness, "Why do you not take this seriously?! I am one of the Warrior Kings' great warriors. Do not take me lightly!"
"Oh, so you're one of these 'Warrior Kings' great warriors?" Naruto snorted, "If this is what you can do…then beating the rest of you will be nothing." The boy suddenly turned serious which made Zorac gulped a little. "As for you wanting me to take this seriously, you just got it." The blonde Jinchuriki disappeared with great speed, shocking his opponent who was frantically looking for the ninja. "Looking for me?"
Zorac quickly spun around with his swords, intending to cut off the boy's head. Naruto simply ducked the attack and countered with an inside right punch to the stomach while his staff was in his left hand, causing the large man to drop his swords when he doubled over in pain, but the ninja wasn't done yet.
The young Uzumaki then grabbed Zorac's hair and held the latter in the air with his superior strength. Naruto and Zorac were face to face with the former glaring at the warrior. "You wanted me to be serious, this is me being serious." With that, Naruto performed a Rasengan and slammed it into the Zorac's chest with little effort. After a few seconds, the ninja let go of his attack that sent Zorac high into the air with the chakra sphere on his chest.
Naruto sighed as he watched his signature technique drive his opponent into the outskirts of Alfea. The ninja stood there for a few moments before he turned around and that's when he hit something with his foot. He looked down to find the dual swords of Zorac with a fist holding a sword symbol. "Hm, I should take these and show them to Ms. Faragonda. She probably has a good idea who are the Warrior Kings." Naruto said before he pulled a scroll from his hip pouch and opened it. After sealing the swords into the scroll, Naruto put it back into his pouch and walked back to the ballroom which the attending teenagers was oblivious to what just happened.
Inside the Ballroom
The students of Alfea and Red Fountain were having a great time until they spotted Bloom entering the room. She was wearing a modified version of the dress, now showing her belly and blue ribbons around her wrists. Bloom felt nervous, but she kept walking towards her friends who marveled at her appearance.
"How do I look?" asked Bloom, only for her arms to be clasped by Flora.
"Beautiful as a spring flower," replied Flora with a smile.
"Give me the scoop, guys. What'd I missed?" asked the eager human fairy.
"Well-" She was interrupted when a girl shrieked in joy. Bloom and her friends looked to where the girl was and they were surprised, along with the rest of female students, by what they saw. They found Naruto in his blue blazer and pants that Stella bought for him and his spiky blonde hair was free from the head-band that kept it at bay. They realized Naruto found them and starting walking towards them while the girls giggled at the boy's hotness.
"He's cute."
"He's hot."
"Is he single?"
"He's mine!"
Naruto blushed a little as he walked past by the girls and finally made where Bloom and his new friends were. "Hey, ladies. How's it hanging?"
"Nothing much," replied Stella happily.
"Really?" Naruto then looked at Bloom and was surprised by the red-head's beauty. "Wow, Bloom. You look amazing."
Bloom blushed a little. "You think so?" Naruto nodded in agreement. "Naruto…"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for helping me against those witches. But it's too bad I didn't get to try my powers," said Bloom feeling a little disappointed.
"Hey, it's no problem. You and the girls are my friends and I'd do anything to protect you all." Naruto declared proudly.
"Really?" The girls said so surprised with the blonde smiling while he gave a nod.
That's when a slow-dance music came on and Stella took this as an opportunity for her newly formulated plan to launch. She nudged Bloom forward, causing the latter fall but Naruto caught her before she hit the floor. The two teenagers realized their faces were close to each other and blushed a little deep. Naruto quickly helped Bloom regain her balance before he held out his hand in front of her.
"Would you like to dance despite I dont know how to," asked Naruto nervously with the blush still present. Bloom looked at his hand before she smiled and took it.
Bloom led the boy to the middle of the dance floor. "Don't worry. This is simple." The girl instructed the blonde to put his right hand on the middle of her back while his left hand it with her right hand. Before Naruto knew it, he was slow dancing with a beautiful girl, causing him to smile, which in turn caused the red-hair to smile as well.
Unbeknownst to the teens, a certain long blonde Fountain boy was staring at them, or others would see it, glaring at Naruto. "Who is that guy?" Sky asked while gripping his drink before he crushed it.
"I've never seen him before," said Tim as he readjusts his glasses.
"Oh man, he took her from you. Burn!" Riven said with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.
Sky growled at Riven's joke, "Shut up! I'll find out who he is, one way or another!" Sky declared as continued to watch Naruto and Bloom slow dance on the dance floor, smiling and laughing in each other's presence.
End of Chapter
Hello, everyone. I'm very,very,very, very sorry about not updating this story less than a year now. I was inspired by other ideas to write the other stories I wrote, especially 'The Traveler'. Well, here is the new chapter and I hope that you all enjoyed it… or not. After you finished reading, please review. Also for those who have this story the first time, please read 'The Traveler' and 'The Sage of the Straw Hats.
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