The idea of Naruto seeing several girls came up after watching "Crazy, Stupid, Love", with Ryan Gosling's character being a womanizer who begins a relationship with Emma Stone's character.
A missing piece of info: After Ayane told him she didn't want to see him again, Naruto was very down about it. Weeks after this, Xenovia, though unaware of his situation, due to not knowing that he was a ninja, decided to help him get over it by having him pose as her boyfriend when a guy kept on hitting on her. From there, he started thinking of others as potential love interests, but ultimately, his love for the purple-haired kunoichi prevented him from pursuing any sort of romance with them, Moka being the closest to having a relationship with him.
Girls like Moka, Xenovia, and Haru are one of many who are an exception, being one of the rare ones who've attracted him the same way Ayane has. This was after Rin Kujou, Naruto's first crush, declined his love confession and Jiraiya gave him the talk about "fish in the sea".
Another thing to mention, after PART III, the Ninja Nation decided to be more open to the whole world, seeing it as a fresh start for them going forward. Since the Kages can't go meet with Japan and the world as representatives, having to stay in their villages in order to make sure invaders don't come in and attack, the Hyugas were selected to represent them as a whole. For the rest of the other stories after PART III, Naruto has been operating without the world knowing he was a part of the Ninja Nations.
With the incident involving METAVERSE, Japan needed to know what was going on with the destruction that was being created by Erebus/Nyx. Wanting to allow S.E.E.S., The Investigation Club, and The Phantom Thieves to get away, Naruto allowed himself to be exposed and brought in for questioning. But with Kirigiri's help, and support from the Ninja Nation, Naruto was not only free to go, but he was free to operate how he pleased.
[気持ちの整理出来るまで (Until you can organize your feelings) by Maiko Fujita]
Sainan Town
Uzumaki Residence
8:37 pm
"Where do you want me to start?" asked Naruto. Thinking about it, Hotaruko decides to ask the blond about his relationship with Ayane, wanting to know if they really did get along with each other better than the other friends he's made. When asked if Ayane thought of their relationship like that, she answered with a yes, both surprising him and making him smile.
"Ayane and I both trained all our lives, hoping to become something great to others, including the villages we came from. We became good friends after a night of talking. I heard her story, and she heard mine. From that day on, we had each other's backs whenever we met up...and every time she came to my village, she would come stay at my house." Hotaruko, Yui, and Haru's faces turned flushed when Naruto told them that.
"She stays at your place in Konoha?" said Haru.
"How shameless..." Looking at Yui, he told her it wasn't like that, though he admits to accidentally seeing her naked on several occasions, catching Kasumi's attention.
"You saw her naked? You saw my sister NAKED? She never told me about this..." As Kasumi prepared to bring out Shrouded Moon, Naruto told her they were on accident, red in the face. Yui voiced how she lost a little bit of respect for Naruto, telling him he was just as shameless as Rito.
"Kotegawa, you are quite something to bring that up in a conversation like this. Back to Ayane..." Pulling out the headband he made for Ayane all those years ago, he told them how everything between them was good.
"Well, that was until her father and Kasumi's uncle, Raidou, attacked their village. I had arrived there to fight him off, with success, but Ayane...She didn't take me defeating him very well. She blamed me for making her weak. She felt that I made her soft. Because of that, she told me never to see her again. It...broke my heart to hear her say that to me, especially since I lost Kureha months ago." As the girls sympathized with the blond, Hinami woke up, wondering what was going on as she rubbed her eyes before noticing Naruto and Kasumi.
"Naruto? Kasumi-san?" Turning to Hinami, the blond asked her if he woke her up. "No, I'm fine...What's going on?"
"Naruto here was telling us about his relationship with Ayane," said Yui. Her eyes widening, Hinami turns to Naruto and tells him she wants to hear it.
"Are you sure?" he asked her, Hinami telling him she wanted to hear it. "Well Hinami, I just finished telling everyone how Ayane and I got into a fight."
"What!? You and Ayane-san argued?" Naruto assured Hinami it wasn't big, but it felt big to Ayane, enough to not let him see her. "How did you two get back together?"
"We just needed time away from each other, though it bothered me a lot...worried me even...but I respected her enough to give her space to gather herself. While I handled "an evil organization of rogue ninjas", Ayane and Kasumi were dealing with the Dead or Alive Tournaments and Victor Donovan. It took several months before she came to me and patched things up between us...Once the war was over, the night before getting ready to leave the Hidden Leaf..." Naruto turns red, the girls' eyes looking at him, wondering what he wanted to say. "I wanted to confess my feelings to her."
"Even when she's a daughter of bad circumstances?" asked Hotaruko.
"Being a daughter of bad circumstances wouldn't have mattered to me. I would still love her, regardless of who her father was. I wanted to tell her how I truly felt at my place, but..."
"What?" asked Yui.
"Hinata came over and confessed her feelings to me, by kissing me out of the blue. After telling her I didn't feel the same, Hinata started getting bold and...we..." The girls turned red as they pictured Naruto and Hinata together. The day after I felt...I felt undeserving of Ayane..."
"So that's why you never told her how you felt," said Kasumi, Naruto nodding. For men and women, your first time was supposed to be special. Sure, Naruto made Hinata feel special by agreeing to have sex with her, his best friend. However, for Hinata to use her own innocent and gentle nature as a weapon to guilt him...While it wasn't intentional...It affected the blond greatly.
"After coming here to Japan, Ayane and I still had a stable working relationship as usual, though she looked a bit angrier than ever, even annoyed. But as long as I could have her around, I felt happy, even if there was a small bit of distance between us. One night...after waking up from a battle I lost (Rise of DIO), I found her headband in my hand and...After she left, I tried looking for her a bit, even left her voicemails, but she never called..." Remembering all the embarrassing things he told Ayane, he turned red, since some of the voicemails had him all sad and depressed, pouring his heart out and everything and some had added cheesy but creative lines only he could come up with.
"...It hurts to not have her here. Haru, remember when I said I was busy writing?"
"Yes, what about it?"
"The truth is...After she left...I've developed writer's block. I can't enjoy my work. I'm always sitting at my desk, drawing blanks...I can't even get some good sleep in...Even with Hinami with me...I feel lonely...I want to know why Ayane's acting the way she is, and...I want to make up with her..."
"You're that deeply in love with my sister, huh?" asked Kasumi, the blond nodding his head yes. Yui could understand Naruto and Ayane's relationship more after hearing what the blond had to say about it. Ayane was in the same boat as her (Yui).
"...Naruto-san?" Turning to Hotaruko, he wondered what she was going to ask. "Hearing your history with her...You're not seeing anyone...are you?"
"No, I'm still single," he told her, making the girl's eyes widen.
"Oh my god..." When Naruto asked if something was wrong, she told herself, "Ayane has been angry over nothing..."
"What are you-"
"Naruto..." Turning to Kasumi, he asked her what she needed. "...*sighs*... Ayane and I were hoping you'd notice it on your own, but that's not always the case when it comes to you, so I'll be the one to say it...Naruto...my sister is in love with you." At first, Naruto kept the same blank face for 10 seconds before his eyes slowly widened when Kasumi revealed Ayane's feelings for him. "She's always loved you...But...she always felt inferior to girls like Hinata and Moka..." Now it was Hinami's turn to reveal things to Naruto.
"When Ayane-san was taking care of me, I asked her if she was in love with you...She told me she hated you very very much...But I could tell she didn't mean it and that she actually loves you very very much."
"Hinami..." Finally, it was Hotaruko's turn to speak.
"Ayane told me how, despite you supposedly having a girlfriend, she still wanted to stick by you. Every time she thought about wanting to move on, date others, she would feel disgusted by the thought of it," she told him. Looking down at the floor, Naruto was in deep thought as he recalled the times Ayane felt unloved by the blond.
"Naruto..." Looking up at Hotaruko, he wondered what she had to say. "You couldn't have known. A girl like Ayane...Who says one thing, but means the opposite...just can't be honest with herself...I now know what she wanted to tell my mother...She was used to not being honest, she's afraid of showing it, and finding out the outcome of exposing how she truly feels. The only person she can expose her true feelings to...is you." Naruto continued his silence as the girls wondered what he was going to say.
"...I think I'll head to bed now," said Naruto, getting up before slowly exiting the living room before heading upstairs as the girls watched. When Hotaruko asked if he was okay, Haru assured the girls that he tends to be deep in thought when something serious comes up, Hinami nodding in agreement.
"Everyone, if it's no trouble...Do you think you can help Naruto with finding Ayane-san?" asked Hinami. With a smile, they each agreed to help the blond.
"I'm always happy to help Naruto when I can. However, in return, he has to help me with my homework after all of this." Hinami tells Yui she would tell Naruto about it.
"I too will lend a hand. She is my sister after all," said Kasumi. When asked if the girl she was helping would be okay, she told the girls she could handle herself very well. Out of nowhere, Hotaruko's phone rings, startling the girls. Picking up, Hotaruko says, "Hello?"
"Hotaruko? Where are you?" It was Mrs. Rinko calling. "It's almost 11:00 pm." Grabbing her phone, Haru talks for her.
"Hello Mrs. Rinko, this is one of Hotaruko's friends, Haru. She is here studying at a friend of hers' house in order to help her get caught up with her classes," said the Okumura girl, Mrs. Rinko voicing how happy she was that Hotaruko's friend was helping her "study". "We'll be sure she aces those tests, ma'am."
"Alright, I just wished she told me about it before she went there. Hotaruko, make sure you don't give your friends a hard time, okay?" Hotaruko simply tells her she'll be at her best behavior before her mother told her she loved her and hung up.
"Tell you the truth, I DO need help studying for my classes." With a smile, Hinami told Hotaruko to come whenever she wanted, since Naruto was a genius, Ayane as well, both helping her with her homework.
Naruto's Room
Naruto laid on his bed in silence as he held Ayane's headband. It was the first thing he ever made for someone, having heard that giving someone you like a present made by hand was a lot more effective than giving them one that was bought. He then remembered the time he repaired it with her, using their ki to do so, reinforcing the fabric used to make it.
Several months ago
A few days after the Fourth Great Ninja War ended
Konoha Hospital
"It got shredded by a bullet during the Mugen Tenshin's assault on DOATEC..."
"It must've taken you a while to look for them," said Naruto, looking at the pieces in his hands. Looking away, the red-faced Ayane apologized to him for getting it destroyed.
"This isn't a problem. I can easily have this fixed." This surprised Ayane, who turns to him and yells, "IN THAT STATE!?"
"Yes, I can get it put back to the way it was by using my ki. However, I can't do anything on my own, at the moment, given how I used up all my reserves." After his fight with Sasuke, Naruto had to use the ki he had reserved to regrow his right arm, not having the chakra needed to do so at the time. Red in the face, he told her he required her help.
"Okay, and how exactly can I help?"
"...-d your hand..."
"What?" Naruto tells her they had to hold hands so she can share her ki with him. "Hold your hand?"
"Yeah, how else am I going to receive your ki, Ayane? You... You think you can-" Ayane doesn't hesitate to say yes as she moves her right hand and holds Naruto's left one. As they concentrate, the shredded pieces give off a glowing hue of orange and purple as they come together, stopping as soon as the headband is fully restored in the blond's right hand.
"There, all better." Gently taking the headband off his hand, the Hajinmon kunoichi thanked Naruto. "You don't need to thank me. I'm always happy to-."
"Naruto, I'm back with the pink lady apples you-..." Momiji turns silent when she noticed Naruto and Ayane holding hands. Turning red, she says, "Oh, I'm interrupting something, aren't I? I think I'll come back later..." before closing the door. After five seconds of wondering, the two realized what Momiji saw, Ayane letting go as she yelled, "IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!"
Now
"It was all in front of me, on her face, but I passed it off as her getting angry...Is there still a chance that we can...Or am I too late?" He had to know. Naruto wanted to hear Ayane's feelings from her own mouth as he clenched the dark-purple headband tight.
"Took you long enough, Naruto."
"I take it you knew about her feelings, Kurama?"
"You may be a genius in many fields, but even your genius has limits, especially when it comes to love," Kurama informed the blond. "I knew the moment you told her, "I think I love you." Five years and nothing happened, what with you two being stubborn and secretive with how you feel. She has done more things for you than any other girl." Kurama had seen the times Ayane secretly slept in the same bed as him whenever he was asleep, comforting him when he had nightmares. She would then be the first one to wake up so he wouldn't find out. After Naruto's first battle with Sasuke, she prepared medicine for him to recover, helping the unconscious blond drink it, via mouth-to-mouth, though this was during the night when no one was around. "You two are like birds of a feather. Stupid how you never confronted her about her feelings when you two were younger."
"You don't have to kick me while I'm down, Kurama," said Naruto, sounding angry a bit.
"You deserve it for making her wait."
"...How long until our full power comes back?" Kurama tells Naruto it'd take a bit longer before he was at 100%, adding that once it returned, he'll be stronger than before. "If I was at full strength, I could easily track Ayane down by her emotions..."
Tokyo
Nakumura Shipping Inc. Building
9:20 pm
Yuno was sharing a laugh with a couple of ladies wearing maxi dresses, one blue and the other black, as they enjoyed a glass of wine as he told them a funny joke an employee of his told him.
"Stop him! Ahhh!" Suddenly, Aiko barges in, kicking a security guard into the room as he advanced towards his brother, who asks him what he was doing here as he got up from the black leather couch he was sitting on, opposite from the ladies. Without saying a word, Aiko knocks Yuno down with a punch, earning a scream from his two dates as they ran out of the room. With a small trickle of blood flowing down the right side of his mouth, Yuno chuckled.
"You finally did it...You've gone mad, Ai-" Again, Yuno gets punched in the face by Aiko, who yells, "You bastard! Don't think I don't know what you did!" before grabbing him by his collar and slamming him on his desk, earning a groan from his younger brother.
"You always did get into fights. How brutish of you," Yuno tells Aiko, a small smirk on his face. Once more, Yuno punched him.
"I know you hired someone to kill those men! Admit it!" Aiko clenched his teeth in anger as his younger brother tells him, "I have no idea what you're talking about, Aiko. You come in here, to my office and ruin-" Aiko shuts him up by slamming him onto his desk again.
"It was about time I had some payback, after all the shit you've pulled every year since Dad died!" As the race car driver pummels his brother with his left fist, he says, "I always refrained from coming here to kick your ass, but now you've taken it too far!" Aiko, after 12 seconds of repeated punching, the cops came in, telling Aiko to freeze. Aiko stops his fist as he turns around and locks eyes with two police officers.
"Aiko Nakumura, you're under arrest for reckless driving and for assault," said one of the policemen. "Put your hands up."
"You heard them, Aiko." Annoyed, the race car driver relents as he puts his hands up, allowing the cops to go over and cuff him. "Father would be disappointed in you," was the last thing Aiko heard as he and the cops exit the room.
"I swear you will pay for this, Yuno! I WILL find evidence, you hear me!?" After the doors close, the now-smirking Yuno tells him, "Good luck with that..." as he wiped away the small trickle of blood off his mouth.
The next day
Ramen Ichiraku Shibuya
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
8:12 am
Ayane has an extra large bowl of tonkotsu ramen with pickled shinachiku roots and a poached egg. While she's eating, a bespectacled first-year student from Kuoh Academy tries to hit on her, only to be scared off by the kunoichi's "You're annoying me" glare.
"An extra serving like that would be deadly to a girl's weight. Though knowing you, your body either burns those calories very easy, or you work it off." Looking up from her bowl, Ayane turns to the right to see Ray smiling at her.
"Mind if I sit next to you little miss?" Ayane says she doesn't mind before Ray thanks her, sitting down before ordering a large bowl of miso ramen and a mug of beer.
"Heard it's going to rain later in the evening. To think that my wife postponed our trip to go hang out with her friends in Hokkaido and left me with the kids (One male 3rd grader, and twin sisters in high school). I hope she's okay." Ayane tells the retired Erebus Squad leader she was sure his wife could handle herself. "Maybe, but I can't help but worry for her."
"Worry for her, huh..."
"Of course, I love her after all." Ray smiles to himself as he thinks of his wife, Ayane focusing on her meal. "...What about you? Have anyone you like that you can't help but worry about?" The kunoichi has a short pause before telling Ray she didn't.
"Miss, I can't help but call bullshit," he told Ayane, the latter stopping as she turns to meet his gaze. "I've raised two girls with my wife, and I've learned how to read them like a book. Using that, I can tell if a girl like you's lying or not."
"I'm having strange run-ins with people like you," Ayane told herself, sounding annoyed.
"I just want to help, nothing else. I don't want anything from you," Ray told her. "You can lie with your mouth all you want, but you can never lie with your heart. The deeper you bury it, the more unhappy and empty you become, until your heart is beyond the point where it can heal. If I were you, I'd confront this boy and lay everything in front of him. Only then can the hurt go away, and the heart can heal." Hearing what Ray had to say, Ayane gulped down the soup in her bowl before setting it down and letting out a big sigh. Looking at the empty bowl, Ayane viewed the bowl as her heart, mainly the emptiness it represented now.
"There's this boy, handsome one he is. He's in love with this girl he's known for years, who's been hurt by him hurt by him." Curious, Ayane asked Ray what he did to hurt the girl he loved. "Never told me, forgot to ask. Though I'm sure it's something very serious." Ayane looked annoyed when he gave her his answer. "I could tell he was pretty crazy about her, for a girl who was unaware of how special she was to him from how sad he looked."
"She must be something to make him feel that way," said Ayane, Ray agreeing with her. "What is he doing to get back with her?"
"He's trying to reach her, wanting to make things right. However, she's playing hard to get from the way he talked about her. Told me she's very stubborn but sweet when I started asking about her," said Ray, chuckling a bit.
"He must be crazy for falling for a girl like her...But, if she's worth it, then I hope he and this girl get together."
"I hope so too. Listen and listen well, Miss. If the moment comes where you or this boy were to die, and you weren't able to pour your feelings out, you'll regret not doing so when either of you is still breathing. You can only keep it bottled for so long. It's alright to be scared, especially in front of the one you love. I'm sure this boy won't see you differently, that I can assure you."
"...You've given me something to think about. I can't promise that it'll end in a happy note." Reaching for her wallet, Ayane stops when Ray offers to pay for her ramen, telling her it was on him. "Thanks..."
"If you ever need someone to talk to, I always come here during breakfast." Ayane smiles a bit before telling him, "You call "that" a breakfast?", just as his large miso ramen and glass of beer are set in front of him.
"I should be telling you the same thing," Ray told Ayane before the latter got up.
"I hope this boy of yours gets back with that girl." Ray tells her he hoped so as well before asking her name. "...Ayane."
"Watch yourself, okay Ayane?" The kunoichi simply nods before leaving.
Train to Kamurocho
9:36 am
Since it was Sunday, none of the girls had classes today, allowing them to help Naruto find Ayane. Hinami looked around Sainan Town and Kuoh Town with Yui while Haru and Kasumi checked Karakura Town and Fuyuki City. These locations were one of the many places Ayane wanted to visit, Naruto remembering the conversation they had about Japan when they were younger. Right now, the blond was sitting with Hotaruko, waiting for their stop to Kamurocho before going to Musutafu in their search for her.
"It's still amazing how fast the bullet trains are now," said Hotaruko.
"You're welcome," said Naruto, telling her how he came up with the idea to use a constant but steady kinetic energy stream to not only feed the engines but improve upon the speed of the train and the braking. "It took half a week before Tatsuya and Four Leaves Technology gave it the green light."
"You think I can get an interview about it? It's for a paper due in two weeks." Naruto tells Hotaruko he'd take her to Four Leaves Technology for a full scoop.
"...You're kidding me, right?" Naruto only smiled at her question, the girl's eyes widening. "You're not kidding. For real!?"
"Kidding I'm not...So an ex was how you and Ayane met?" asked Naruto.
"Yes...How did you and Ayane meet? You never told us." Turning red, Naruto tells her he couldn't because Kasumi was present.
"We were twelve when we met...I saw her naked while she was bathing under a waterfall, being equally naked myself. She tried to kill me after and...we accidentally kissed." Hotaruko went silent before her face slowly turned red.
"I was hoping that it'd be something involving a lot of bad guys, with her ending up in your arms."
"Meeting someone does not need to be all romantic and cheesy in the movies and shows you've watched or the shojo mangas you've read. Formula can't always be the same thing. Ayane and I have ours, and you...You'll find your chance meeting. It may take a while, but you'll know it...Hopefully, it's better than how you met your ex. If I had to guess, it was like love at first sight for you, wasn't it?" Hotaruko sweats a bit.
"That sort of meeting won't always work out for everyone, ya know," said Naruto.
"I've learned my lesson, don't need another reminder. I swear that the next person I meet is not like Hayashi. He would-"
"Wait, Hayashi? Long brown hair, brown eyes? Wears a pair of sunglasses?" asked the blond ninja, Hotaruko confirming it.
"How do you know what he-"
"Listen and listen carefully Hotaruko. Under no circumstances are you to leave my side." When asked why, Naruto told her how he got angry with the gangster, disfiguring his right side, crushing his left eye and cutting off his finger and a section of one on his right hand.
"You did that to him!?"
"Well, he wasn't making it easy for himself. I also want to tell you that your ex is part of a Yakuza gang." Hotaruko's eyes widened when he told her more info about Hayashi. "Obviously YOU didn't know who you were seeing. Had you went with him, you would've found yourself in a lot of trouble."
"If Ayane didn't save me, I could've..."
Kamurocho
Kamurocho Police Station
12:00 pm
"Hey Ellis, it's noon. Want to go grab some sandwiches at "It's sandwich magic"? I've been dying to eat there for a while," said Trent, a smile on his face as he offered to have his partner come with him.
"No, I think I'll just stick with the bento I bought from the store." Trent goes over to him and drags him out by the back of his collar, telling him the bento he bought should go to the trash and that it didn't compare to the sandwiches at "It's sandwich magic". "What the hell are you doing!? What kind of sane person drags his partner to a forced outing!?"
"A person who wants his partner to try some tasty sandwiches. Don't worry about paying, it's all on me."
It's sandwich magic
12:20 pm
"Chicken Cutlet please," said Ellis, the employee behind the counter taking his order before she yelled for the sandwich makers to make the order. Looking at Trent, Ellis saw a wondrous and hungry look on his face as he looked at the menu.
"So many choices, so little of a stomach size. To have so many delicious orders and being forced to choose one is a crime itself," Trent told himself, wiping a thin trail of drool from his lower lip. "Perhaps I should order one for my dog."
"You take your time. I'm going out for a little smoke." As Trent continued to figure out what he was going to order, Ellis went outside as he took out a small pack of Marlboro and took out a cigarette and lighter. To his annoyance, he found his lighter out of fluid.
"Here pal, let me help out." Turning to his right, Ellis' eyes widened when he saw Hayashi with a lighter.
"Hayashi, you're looking very negative," said Ellis as he lit his cigarette and had a smoke. "It's rare for you to come to me. That means you want something, no...someone whom only I can deliver to you."
"You catch on very quick Ellis...The girls Hotaruko and Ayane, I want them, and you are the only person I can trust to lure the purple-haired girl to me." Ellis sighs before finishing his smoke and asking Hayashi what he needed him to do. "I need you to bring Hotaruko and her parents to the station and..." Telling Ellis of his plan, the policeman's eyes widened. "Once that's over, I need you to give Ayane the location of our hideout. Once she arrives, Kouta and I will deal with the girls ourselves."
"You're asking me to-"
"I know I know, but hey, if it means that your good ole dad can continue living then-"
"Fine...I-...I'll do it."
"Good. I am SO looking forward to tonight, pal," said Hayashi, handing him a note, telling him to act like he saw it stuck to their car. As soon as Trent comes out with his and Ellis' sandwiches, Hayashi had already left. "Man, that took a while. Sorry to keep you waiting, Ellis."
"It's...It's fine..." When Trent asked if he was okay, Ellis told him he was a bit under the weather.
"Yet you still come to work. Takes a lot of willpower to come in in that state. Well, let's-" Before Trent could say anything, his partner interrupts him, telling him of "the note he found stuck on their car's windshield wiper" as he hands him it. "What the hell...is this?"
Kamurocho
12:20 pm
Crossing off another location Ayane fancied, that being a confectionery shop, Naruto lets out a sigh as Hotaruko walked behind him.
"If only I was at full strength..." When asked what he meant by that, Naruto told her he could've tracked Ayane by her emotions and teleport to her in a blink of an eye. "Sure I'm fast as I am, but when I'm at full strength, that's another story."
"What can't you do?" Naruto responds with, "Eat a Mounds bar and figure out girls I guess. I'm sure there's a lot of other things, but-" Before Naruto could say more, he heard Trent say, "What the hell...is this?"
"Hey Trent, what's going on?" Turning to Naruto and Hotaruko, Trent voiced how convenient it was to have the two here.
"Ellis found this note on our car's windshield wiper." Taking the note, Naruto reads it, the note telling the policeman of Hayashi's intentions to go after Hotaruko and her family.
"The daughter's one thing, but to involve her family...I guess we should call off the search and try again-"
"Naruto, go find Ayane," Hotaruko interrupts, getting the blond's attention.
"But I can't-"
"It's fine, I can just go to the police station with my parents. I'm sure that the police can provide some sort of protection until Hayashi's caught, right?" Uneasy, Naruto was about to voice how against it he was again before Trent butts in and tells him he'll keep Hotaruko and her family safe.
"Go on, I'll let you know if anything happens," Trent finished, Naruto thanking him before telling him to be careful, given the UltraTech weapons Kouta was providing to Hayashi and his fellow Yomei Alliance members. "Noted."
"Thank you." Naruto turned and walked away, leaving Hotaruko with Trent. As soon as the blond was out of their sight, Hotaruko's stomach growled. Seeing as how it was lunchtime, Trent offers to buy her a sandwich.
Tokyo Police Station
12:29 pm
"Hey Nakumura, someone posted your bai-..." The policeman stops as he sees a slightly battered Aiko sitting on a bench as the five people, all men he was locked up with, were found beaten and unconscious.
"Who posted?" Lorenzo enters right after Aiko asked.
"Man, you look like shit," said Lorenzo.
"At least I'm not these guys..." Exiting the station, Aiko is left annoyed when the police revoked his license for driving so recklessly. "To think that I can't drive for a month..."
"I think it's a good thing, seeing as how you like to go fast. It's nice to take it slow," Lorenzo told him, though Aiko didn't look pleased by this. "So what do you plan on doing now?" Thinking about it, he asked Lorenzo if he could be his driver for the whole day, telling him he wanted to get hammered.
"I don't think you should do that, especially since you've been sober for three mo-"
"Lorenzo, I am just having a crap time. My brother tried to sabotage me, he got away with it, ending with my arrest, and I have no way of getting back at him. I'm drinking again." Aiko's friend only sighed before agreeing to take him binge drinking.
Musutafu, Tokyo, Japan
5:30 pm
"No, I haven't had any run-ins with Ayane at all."
"I see, sorry to interrupt you in the middle of your date, Ichigo." Ichigo tells Naruto it was fine, and that if he saw Ayane, he'll let him know. "So, I heard you got your Soul Reaper Powers back." Ichigo tells him it was thanks to Rukia for helping him regain them. "Good to hear that you're back in action. Anyways, I have to go now. I look forward to seeing you and your family at Hinami's birthday." Hanging up, Naruto sighed as he puts his phone back into his jacket pocket. However, he doesn't see where he's going and bumps into a 14-year old boy.
Looking at him, the boy had a round face framed by a short mess of fluffy dark green hair which sticks up at odd angles around his head, casting noticeably dark shadows onto itself. His eyes are large and somewhat circular, their irises the same green color as his hair, and are usually stretched quite wide, giving him an innocent appearance. He has a set of four symmetrical freckles in diamond formations, one on each cheek. His attire consisted of a simple black junior high uniform, red shoes, and a yellow backpack. The boy panicked as he apologized to the blond, telling him he wasn't looking at where he was going as he gathered the books that dropped on the ground.
"I should be the one apologizing. I wasn't looking either." As Naruto helped the boy, he noticed a battered up Campos notebook titled, "Hero Analysis for the Future No. 13" and opens it up. Skimming through the pages, Naruto looked impressed as he read the contents of the book. Seeing this, the boy lets out an embarrassed scream as the blond finished reading over it, closing the book and looking at him. Observing him, Naruto noticed the kid had some decent muscle development, meaning he was working his body so he can become a hero, though what kind of hero was the question.
"These are some interesting notes you have here." With a smile, Naruto hands it back to him and asked him if he was looking to enroll at U.A. High School.
"I...Well...Yes!" Smiling, Naruto told the boy to work hard, surprising him. "If you set your mind to it, I think you'll be just fine, as long as you have the guts to not give up. Remember that, okay?" With a smile, the kid told him, "I will! Thank you very much," before bowing and running off home.
Kamurocho
5:30 pm
Ayane found herself thinking about Ray's words, as well as her back and forth progress with herself as she walked along the sidewalk, passing by several happy people. Checking her phone, she sees all the missed calls Naruto left for her, noticing a new one that was sent to her over 9 hours ago. With a sigh, Ayane figured she'd listen to it after a whole month of declining his calls.
"Ayane, if you're...Sorry. I am trying to find out what else to say to you now. I'm running out of things to say without making it like the other recordings. By now you either deleted the other 34 or you simply refused to listen to them...Look, there are times where people drift apart and...I don't want that to happen to us. I've lost people, you know that. My parents, The Third Hokage, Kureha, and recently...Xenovia (Xenovia has been killed in her own character story. She WILL make a return eventually). I don't want to lose you, Ayane. I know I don't always understand how or what you're feeling, and I don't always say what you need me to say, but I'm willing to do better at it. Back then, the day you asked me what I wanted to tell you at my place...That wasn't what I wanted to say to you. I couldn't...I was afraid to tell you. But now I'm not. I want to try again, and I want to hear how you feel. I just hope it's not too late for us." The recording stops after that. After listening to it, Ayane thought about what Ray said to her.
"Listen and listen well, Miss. If the moment comes where you or this boy were to die, and you weren't able to pour your feelings out, you'll regret not doing so when either of you is still breathing. You can only keep it bottled for so long. It's alright to be scared, especially in front of the one you love. I'm sure this boy won't see you differently, that I can assure you."
As she prepared to text Naruto, Ayane heard a large explosion go off in the distance. Ahead, she saw smoke coming from where the police station was and ran there.
Musutafu, Tokyo, Japan
Back with Naruto, he had just got a can of Dr. Pepper out of a soda dispenser. Preparing to open his soda, Naruto is startled by a phone call from Trent, dropping and rupturing it as it sprays soda on the sidewalk.
"Aww man." Ignoring that he wasted 200 yen, Naruto asks Trent what he needed, only to hear gunshots.
"Naruto, it's the Yomei Alliance! They-...They sent some kind of cyborg and some armed men here for Hotaruko!" Trent yelled over the phone. "We can't penetrate its armor, and we're losing men! We need help!"
"Hang on, I'm on the way now!" Cursing himself, Naruto hurries back. As he ran, Naruto felt some of his power returning. "Not much but it'll have to do!" Naruto applies the chakra he's gathered chakra to his feet as he increased his speed a bit and started jumping from building to building towards Kamurocho. As he made his way there, he called Kasumi.
Fuyuki City
Singing Birds Retreat
Exiting the antique store with Haru, Kasumi hears her phone ring, picking it up.
"Kasumi, there's an attack happening at Kamurocho Police Station. I'm on my way there but I'm not at full strength. I need you to head there now."
"I'm on my way." Turning to Haru, Kasumi tells her she needs to leave right away. Haru simply nods and tells the Tenjinmon kunoichi to be safe.
6 minutes earlier
Kamurocho Police Station
Waiting Room
"Is everything okay over here?" asked Trent, Mr. and Mrs. Rinko telling him and Ellis that they were fine, sounding assured. "We're sorry for bringing you and your daughter here, especially when you and your wife were in the middle of work."
"It's okay, we understand the situation. We also appreciate that you ordered a pizza for us," said Mr. Rinko.
"We promise you, after we've dealt with Kouta and his men, you, your wife, and daughter can go back to your normal lives, and you won't have to worry about them. Until then, please bear with us, okay?" Hotaruko's parents nod at Trent before he smiles at them, turning around and leaving the room, Ellis following behind. Closing the door behind them, he tells the two Future Foundation soldiers to make sure no one else but him enters the waiting room, the soldiers nodding.
"So you're part of the Future Foundation?" asked Ellis.
"Yeah, I wasn't supposed to say, but with Hayashi and his boss, they'll turn this whole place, even all of Kamurocho into a battlefield if it means getting what they want from it. People like them don't care about anything but their own interests and lives. You can't take any chances with them, neither can we. Don't worry, the chief gave it the okay as long as they don't freak out the workers."
"Don't you think your other boss should've sent over more than just 10 soldiers?" Trent tells Ellis that the Future Foundation was currently out in Numbani, a location near Nigeria, handling a Talon attack.
"Don't worry about it. Come on, let's get back to w-" Before he could finish, an explosion shook the building. "What the hell was that!?" Rushing to the office, their eyes widen when they see a large hole where the whole entrance used to be, and a cyborg firing lasers from its eyes, killing four FF soldiers in quick succession as Kouta's men, wearing new and improved UltraTech exosuits arrived to help give the cyborg support.
The cyborg was a fully-armored medieval knight, with the head resembling a heaumeand, its glowing red eyes slanted into a death glare. It had an orange, plume-like extension protruding from the helmet's back. Its frame was designed to effectively mimic the natural motions of humanoid anatomy, and it has random circuitry and electrical tubing showing through its chasis. It had streaks of metallic blue lining the arms, torso, and legs. Yellow highlights and designs are also present on its chest plates, and the metallic blades on its arms were infused with superheated plasma.
"What is that!?" yelled Ellis. Trent recognized it as a Fulgore Mark 02 (Killer Instinct 2), a machine designed to combat superhumans. Fulgore turns to the two cops and fires its eye lasers at them, Trent pulling Ellis away from its range as Kouta's men continue to fire their guns. Taking out his handgun, Trent fires and kills two of Kouta's men from behind cover with his left hand as he pulls out his phone from his right pocket and calls Naruto.
"Help will arrive, but it'll take some time. Listen, Ellis, there's a chance that some of Kouta's men are trying to get to them through the back. There are two FF soldiers posted there, and they may need help."
"What about you?" Trent tells him to go and that he doesn't have to worry about him. "Now go. I'll handle this." Without saying a word, Ellis nods before leaving. As he left, Ellis clenched his teeth in anger for letting this attack happen and keeping his mouth shut.
Outside the back of the station, one of the Future Foundation soldiers covers for his wounded friend as six of Kouta's men continue to fire at them nonstop with UltraTech plasma repeater rifles, the two soldiers using a damaged police car as cover. One of the gangsters throws a plasma grenade at them, the soldier pushing the wounded soldier out of the way before the grenade kills the former in a small but destructive explosion of blue plasma. As the six men prepare to gun down the remaining soldier, Ayane arrives, in her Raging God - Nine of Violet attire (DOA1 - DOA4 default costume, without the headband), launching an explosive ball of purple ki energy that kills one but disorients the other five.
Landing in front of them, Ayane's right hand forms into a knife hand as he produced a serrated field of purple ki energy around it, using it to slice off a gangster's right hand before spin kicking him, delivering enough force to break the man's skull, sending its fragments into his brain, killing him. The four gangsters fire at her, only for Ayane to disappear in front of them.
Without warning, Ayane appeared behind one of them and stabs her energy covered right hand into the back of a gangster's chest before kicking him forward. The gangster on her right aims his gun at her and pulls the trigger, only to miss as the kunoichi ducks and sliced off his right leg before forming energy around her left hand and stabbing him in the back of the neck. The two remaining gangsters fire at her, only to shoot the brick wall before finding their heads separated from their necks. The headless corpses drop to the ground as Ayane releases the energy around her hands before going over to the wounded FF soldier and speeds up the man's healing process with the Mystical Palm Technique.
"Stand down, I'll handle this," she told the soldier before Ellis arrived, surprised to see that the gangsters were taken care of.
"Yo-You're-"
"Oh, it's you...Kayden," said Ayane, having to look at Ellis' badge to remember his name. "Don't worry about back-up coming for them, I took care of it on the way here," Ayane told him before walking past him and entering police headquarters, Ellis following behind. Unknown to her, Haruka was watching her, using an exosuit that provided light-bending invisibility. Contacting Kouta, he told him she arrived before asking him if he should engage.
"No, not until you have Hotaruko. Only when you lure her to us can you fight her." As they made their way to the office, Ayane asked Ellis what the situation was to have gangsters attack a police station with advanced weapons.
"They're here for a girl." Hearing his response, Ayane tells him how ridiculous that sounded. "Yes, it's ridiculous, but knowing them, they'll do whatever it takes to get what they want."
"Usually cops say they're not sure. You are very informed." Ellis sweats a bit when Ayane told him about it. "This girl, take me to her."
"Huh? Oh, of course!" At the interrogation room, the Rinko turn their attention towards the door as it opens. To Hotaruko's joy, Ayane and Ellis enter.
"Hotaruko?"
"Ayane!" Rushing over to the Hajinmon kunoichi, Hotaruko hugs her.
"Let go please." Backing away, the girl apologized to Ayane. "What sort of trouble are you in now?"
"Hayashi, he's-"
"Hayashi? That ex of yours? How's he not in prison?" asked Ayane, Hotaruko unable to answer as Ellis turns away and hides his guilt-ridden face. "I guess I'll ask him about it." Turning to Ellis, she tells him to stay in the room with the Rinko family while she deals with the gangsters.
Arriving at the office, Ayane found a total of 14 cops and 12 gangsters lying dead on the floor, some dying from a shot to the head or the chest, and a few being incinerated by grenades and/or lasers. Seeing Fulgore stab Trent in his side, Ayane acts quickly, kicking it away before it could kill him before teleporting herself and Trent out of the firing range of the 6 remaining gangsters. Appearing behind and using a cubicle as cover, Ayane has Trent rest his back against the wall.
"You going to live?" she asked him.
"Yeah." Ayane comments on how well Trent handled himself, being up against a cyborg and gangsters armed with UltraTech weapons. "Thanks, I've been in a few firefights you know...You're Ayane, right?" When asked how he knew her name, he told her, "Your friend Naruto told me to find you. To think you came to me. He never told me you'd be this pretty..." Trent groans as his stab wound kicks in, making him feel a stinging/burning sensation.
"You hang here..." Ayane rushed and ran towards Fulgore as it recovered and fired its eye laser at her. The kunoichi narrowly avoids it before sliding under it knocking it forward with a purple fireball. As Kouta's remaining men prepared to fire at her, Kasumi arrived, in her Brilliant Lapis attire (DOA1 - DOA 4 default with ponytail) bisecting a gangster with Shrouded Moon before forming an eight-bladed windmill shuriken out of chakra and throwing it, the shuriken spinning around her as it cuts the remaining men to pieces. Seeing her older half-sister, Ayane was surprised.
"Kasumi?" Turning around, Kasumi was both shocked and glad to see her sister here. "What are you doing here?"
"Naruto sent me. He's going to be running late," said Kasumi, preparing to fight alongside her sister as Fulgore shoots out a couple of plasma wave projectile from his blades. Kasumi destroys them with her wakizashi before blocking Fulgore's Blade Dash (It dashes at the opponent, its right blade hand forward). She then repels it as Ayane follows it up by lunging forward, spinning in a corkscrew manner with her feet leading towards the cyborg, knocking it back a bit and leaving a small dent on its chest armor. Quickly, the two kunoichis rushed at the cyborg, throwing several strikes, kicks, and sword swings at it, only to have their attacks quickly blocked by it.
It annoyed Ayane, recalling her fight with Proto-Fulgore over a year ago. Even with Momiji, Naruto, and (Inner) Moka, the machine was nearly unstoppable and almost managed to kill them. It only took Naruto going one-tailed beast mode to destroy it. Then there was the Fulgore Mk. I she fought in the Land of the Yuki-Onna, which took her, Tsugumi, Ruby Tojo, and Kokoa to kill it. Just how strong was Fulgore going to get? When both girls throw a chakra-enhanced punch at the same time, Fulgore activates its reflector field, knocking them back a bit.
"God I hate this damn machine," said Ayane, Kasumi agreeing with her. "Where's Naruto when you need him?"
"Ummm..."
"What?"
"He's going to take a while to get here," Kasumi told her, adding how Naruto wasn't at full strength.
"At a time like this!?"
"It can't be helped, especially when Naruto has to use his full power, even go past his limits, to deal with dangers that threaten the world. You know how he is." Kasumi blocks Fulgore's laser blast with Shrouded Moon's blade before slicing off its right arm with the super-heated blade. Ayane takes a deep breath and exhales 6 small blasts of wind chakra at it, hitting its face six times, the sixth one cracking its left eye. Jumping back a bit, Fulgore assimilates some UltraTech plasma rifles, using wires that were extending from the place its right arm used to be, forming an arm cannon.
Back at the interrogation room, Ellis started panicking as he paced back and forth, telling himself how he could've prevented the attack. Hearing this, Hotaruko asked him what he meant.
"I...I can't keep it to myself anymore! I let Hayashi go, the night that Ayane girl brought him in." Her eyes widening, Hotaruko, angry, asked him if he knew about the attack that was happening now. By seeing his guilt-ridden face, Mrs. Rinko went over to him and slapped him in the face, asking him why he would keep this from the police, and why he would let someone like Hayashi out.
"I had to. I didn't have a choice," he told the Rinko family. "My father, he's sick, very sick, and I didn't have the money to pay to help him get better. Hayashi and his boss, Kouta, offered to help me, in return for my services. If I disobey them, they'll kill my father, and my sister, they would've..."
"While we understand your reasons, but to let something like this happen..." Before Mr. Rinko could say more, they heard a couple of screams coming from outside the room. Following that, Ellis readies his gun as Haruka kicks the door open.
"Haruka..."
"Hello there Ellis, Hotaruko...Hotaruko's parents. If you would be so kind Ellis, please step away from-"
"No..."
"...Did you just say no?" asked Haruka.
"I'm done. I'm not letting you have this girl," Ellis told Haruka.
"Big mistake." Activating his exosuit, the pack on his back dispensed a knife that had yellow serrated energy surrounding the edges of the blade. Quickly grabbing the knife, he sliced off the barrel of Ellis' gun before stabbing him in the stomach. Removing the blade, Ellis drops, blood flowing out of his stab wound as he dropped to the ground, the Rinko family screaming as Haruka walked towards Hotaruko and told her to come with her or he will kill her parents in front of them.
"If you think that I'm going to let you take my d-" Haruka incapacitates him by throwing three knives at him, piercing his shoulders and his gut.
"DAAAAAAD!" Hotaruko yelled as Haruka shocks her with his left gauntlet, knocking her out before taking her away.
Back at the office, Ayane avoids a swipe from Fulgore, though it destroyed her phone in the process. Ayane retaliated by catching Fulgore's left arm before its plasma blades could stab her, with some effort, kneeing the cyborg in the stomach and throwing it in the air, Kasumi appearing above it and repeatedly stomping on her foe until they hit the ground. The Tenjinmon kunoichi jumps back as Fulgore fires its laser.
"AYANE!" Turning around, Ayane heard Mrs. Rinko call to her. The Hajinmon kunoichi tells Kasumi she had to check on the hostage before running off.
"Ayane wait!" Kasumi tries to go after her, only for Fulgore to block her path with its laser. Seeing the two dead FF soldiers, Ayane ran into the room to see Mrs. Rinko crying over her injured husband. The kunoichi tells her to move over as she removes the knives and heals her husband before feeding him a Blood Increasing Pill.
"He'll be fine, he just needs to rest a bit. Where's Hotaruko?"
"Taken," said Ellis, getting Ayane's attention. "By a man named Haruka, an associate of Hayashi's."
"That man, he knew of the attack, and he was the one who let that Hayashi go free!" The Hajinmon kunoichi forms an angry look on her face as she goes over to Ellis and picks him up by the collar.
"You! You knew about the attack!? And you set him loose!?"
"I had to-"
"Don't give me that shit!" Ayane interrupts. "You sent several good people to their deaths! Even if you weren't the one pulling the trigger or holding the knife, their blood is on your hands!" she told him. "I will make sure you pay for it."
"I know..."
"Where is this Haruka taking her!?" Ellis gives her the location of Kouta's hideout before attempting to warn her of the ambush. However, Ayane kunoichi rushed out of the room to chase after Haruka before he could.
Back at the office, Kasumi is sent flying through several cubicles via a kick from Fulgore, the kunoichi landing next to Trent, who quickly pushes her out of the way, getting stabbed by the plasma claws on Fulgore's left arm.
"Daaahhh!" he yelled as the cyborg pulls out the blades. As Fulgore prepares to kill Trent with its right arm cannon, Naruto, in Sage Mode, grabs it from behind and performs a suplex on it, stunning it.
"Sorry I'm late, Trent, Kasumi."
"Better late than never," said a wounded but smiling Trent, just as Fulgore got back up, attempting to attack Naruto while his back is turned.
"Naruto, watch-" To Kasumi's shock and surprise, Naruto turns around and easily destroys its core, located in its chest with a Sage Mode-enhanced punch. Red in the face, realizing warning him was unnecessary, she told the blond, "Ni-Nice job...", just as the blond exits Sage Mode. When asked if his powers had returned, he told her they were slowly coming back.
"For now, I can only utilize some chakra, as well as enter Sage Mode. I can't use my ki or Kurama's power yet..." he informed the Tenjinmon kunoichi.
"AYANE!" Kasumi tells Naruto how Ayane ran off on her own to check on Hotaruko. "We have to-" Kasumi falls to her knees, too tired and injured to move.
"You and Trent are in no condition to continue fighting. Rest," Naruto told her, promising her he'll go help Ayane. "I have to take responsibility for her."
"...Thank you, Naruto..."
"Trent, call Overwatch," Naruto told the soldier, handing him a personal phone number to one of their headquarters in Japan, telling him to ask for Dr. Angela Ziegler (Mercy), telling him how she was overlooking the development of her medical facility at the moment. "Tell her what happened. She'll be sure to take care of all of you."
"You can count on me, and thanks." Nodding, Naruto heads off towards the waiting room. Once he arrives, Mrs. Rinko asked him who he was.
"I'm a friend of your daughter's...Where is she?" Ellis gets Naruto's attention, telling how Ayane had run off to go after her and Haruka before coughing blood.
"Don't save him. He's the reason all those cops and soldiers are dead, and why this is all happening." Turning to Ellis, he narrows his eyes at him and asked him if it was true. Ellis weakly replied with a yes.
"...Even if he deserves it, I need him alive. Don't worry, ma'am, after this mess is all sorted out, Kayden here will answer for his crimes," he assures Mrs. Rinko before healing Ellis and asking him where Ayane was headed, getting the location from the thankful cop.
"You have to hurry though. That Ayane girl, she's running into a trap," Ellis adds. "Hayashi, Kouta...They plan to..."
"They plan to what?" Seeing Ellis look away in disgust, Naruto's eyes widened when he realized the danger Ayane was about to find herself in. "When did she leave!?"
"5 minutes ago!" Clenching his teeth in anger, Naruto rushed out of the station and picked up the pace as he makes his way to Kouta's hideout. Knowing Ayane, she had a fear of one day being used as a plaything, recalling the first time they met when he held her down and tried to reason with her, making the girl violent as a result (Road to Journey to Now Chapter 1).
"Please let me make it in time! Ayane..." The mere thought of someone touching her made him fill with rage as some of his powers slowly start coming back, responding to his need to save the Hajinmon kunoichi. Kouta's hideout was 17 miles away from Kamurocho. Right now, Naruto had crossed 2 miles within 4 minutes. It'd take him about a half-hour for him to make it there.
"I won't let Hayashi or this Kouta have you...I WON'T!" Naruto's eyes turned red and slitted as his speed increased a bit more.
Unnamed Cemetery
"Aiko, what are we doing here at a cemetery?" asked a curious Lorenzo as he followed a drunk Aiko, who was holding a bottle of Asahi Shuzo Dassai 'Beyond' Junmai Daiginjo Sake.
"I'm here to visit my old man, what else? I'm here to give him a piece of my mind!" yelled an angry and drunk Aiko. "That fucking old, dead asshole!" Aiko takes a swig from his sake bottle before drunkenly making his way towards his father's grave, only to yell at a tree as Lorenzo helps his drunk friend out.
"There you are, you fucking dead bastard! Lying there while Yuno's causing trouble for me." Taking another large gulp from his bottle, Aiko starts yelling at the tombstone. "You just...had to die looking for me! If you just left me alone that night, and not come looking for me..." At this point, the drunk Aiko started crying as Lorenzo listened on.
"I would've come back, you know? I know, I've been one of the shittiest people you had to put up with. Late night parties, large spending, the drag races, the girls. Yet, you still warmed up some coffee for me and admonish me before taking me out to drive some cars...I was also thinking about apologizing and straightening myself out for you...Now it's years too late...and you're gone, and..." Unable to say more, Aiko tries to take another sip from his bottle, only to find it empty. Angry and sad at the same time, Aiko yells, "DAMMIT!" before throwing the bottle at a tree, shattering it before crying. Lorenzo goes over and rests a hand on Aiko's right shoulder.
"There there buddy, just let the alcohol release all that sadness and frustration..." Suddenly, Lorenzo hears a snore. To his shock, Aiko fell asleep in front of his father's tombstone. "He's asleep that fast!?" With a sigh, Lorenzo figures he should carry him to the car.
Five-Story Tower
Fifth Level (Top)
Entering the spacious and bright yellow room, Haruka pushed a handcuffed Hotaruko into the room, the latter finding herself in the presence of Kouta, Hayashi, and 10 men armed with the UltraTech Exosuits Moira had upgraded. Looking at Hayashi, Hotaruko's eyes widened when she saw the damage Naruto did to him.
"We meet again, Hotaruko. A shame that we couldn't reunite under...better circumstances," said Hayashi, giving her a smile.
"This is the girl you've been seeing," asked Kouta. "I can see why you took an interest in her. She is..." With a wide grin, Kouta began eyeing Hotaruko's assets, from her face to her breasts and ass.
"If I had known you were this kind of person, I wish I hadn't met you!" Hotaruko angrily told Hayashi, though feigns being hurt before laughing maniacally. "Just what the hell were you planning to do with me when I decided to go with you that night?"
"Simple, I was going to introduce you to my friends, who were just dying to meet you, whom you've just met..." Realizing what he had planned that night, Hotaruko called Hayashi a bastard.
"That's what they all say...Also, haven't you heard the saying, "Sharing is caring." I care for my friends enough to share nearly everything with them. As soon as Ayane arrives, I'm going to share her body with all my friends, right after I have my time with her. And then, I'll have my time with you after you finish watching what I do to her." Her eyes widen in shock and worry for Ayane, knowing she was being used as bait to lure the kunoichi into a trap.
"If only you'd come with me willingly..." Hayashi adds before being notified of Ayane's arrival. "Speak of the devil, she's here." Haruka takes it as his cue to engage the kunoichi. When Hotaruko tries to yell, one of Kouta's men tapes her mouth shut.
"Ayane, don't come to rescue me...Don't..."
11 miles from Kouta's Hideout and counting down
Naruto found himself gaining a little more speed as he found himself able to detect chakra and ki, sensing Ayane's chakra.
"Don't let me be too late..." he told himself.
Outside of the Five-Story Tower
Arriving near the forest where Kouta's hideout was, Ayane closed her eyes as she focused on any irregular sounds up ahead. She could hear some circuitry generating energy as Kouta's men primed their armors and weapons for use. By the number of sounds being produced, she could tell she was up against a total of 11 men.
"Since they just activated their weapons, they must be aware that I am here...I'll have to carefully take them by surprise without alerting them."
With a single leap, Ayane silently lands on top of a long branch without making it sway as she observed one of her unsuspecting targets. The Hajinmon kunoichi formed a fist in her left hand as she channeled and focused her ki to create a serrated blade of purple energy and dove down on her unsuspecting prey. However, she heard a knife being thrown at her. Quickly, she knocked it away before it could hit her, at the cost of being detected as lands on her feet, the gangster she was about to kill turning around and firing at her with his laser rifle. Ayane rolls out of the way, hiding behind a tree as he shoots at it, getting his friends' attention.
"What!?"
[I beg you (Instrumental) by Aimer]
Ayane is unable to ponder her thoughts as a knife lands next to her and starts to violently discharge energy. Quickly, She jumps away from it as it explodes, destroying the tree she was hiding behind and sending small pieces of wood flying, a few giving her minor cuts on her left leg and arm that quickly heals as she hides behind another tree.
"I've never had the luxury of fighting a ninja before, especially one as beautiful as yourself," said Haruka, who constantly tossed a knife up in the air before it falls into his hands, an arrogant smile on his face. "Men, be sure those rifles are set to stun." Nodding, the ten men under Haruka's command check their rifles before resuming their hunt for the kunoichi.
"Catching you is going to be so fun, considering our plans for you and that girl we have captive..." Ayane clenched her teeth in anger as Hayashi continued speaking. "It's been a while since I've had any fun with Kouta and Hayashi. Maybe this time they'll include me in when I finally-" Not wanting to hear more, Ayane dashed out of cover as she launched a ball of ki energy at Haruka, who allows it to hit. To Ayane's shock, the exosuit Haruka was wearing absorbed her attack as the circuitry on it produced an intense yellow glow. Quickly, the pack on the back of Haruka's suit produced three knives for him to quickly throw at the kunoichi, who dodges them by moving to her right. Anticipating this, Haruka threw a fourth knife at a branch above Ayane that ricochets off of it and knocks one of the knives back. Noticing this, Ayane performs a cartwheel as the knife flies past her, being caught by Haruka after. Ayane rushed at the knife thrower, avoiding the knife swing by sliding under him before kicking him forward towards a tree. The gangster on Ayane's left aims his rifle at her.
Turning towards him, Ayane pushed the gangster's gun up with her left hand so the barrel fires harmlessly into the sky as two more gangsters show up and accidentally fire stun rounds at their own ally when Ayane uses him as a human shield. Ayane tries to execute the now-stunned gangster, only to be forced to kick him forward and move back when Haruka throws another knife at her. This gave Haruka enough time to get in close and engage her in close quarters as he wields a knife in both hands.
Ayane found herself unable to fight back as she focused on dodging and blocking, avoiding blasts meant to stun her while narrowly avoiding a swing of Haruka's knives, blocking and redirecting Haruka's hands. Finding herself unable to fight back, Ayane creates distance between herself, Haruka, and the gangsters surrounding her who were constantly firing stun rounds at her.
"Running so soon? How unlike you..." Haruka told the kunoichi as he gave chase, his men following behind. As Ayane jumped from tree to tree, she narrowly avoids some stunning blasts, though one of them shoots and hits the back of her right leg, numbing it as she lost her footing and dropped to the ground. As she tried to get up, she noticed a knife flying towards her, moving to the side before it could hit. Hitting the ground next to her the knife's handle released a purple gas that made her cough. As she stopped coughing and swatting the gas away, she rolls out of the way to avoid three stun blasts. When she tried to use Earth Release to form a wall in front of her, she found herself unable to use her chakra, or her ki, before moving behind a tree to avoid the oncoming fire.
"Why can't I utilize any jutsu and ninpo?" Ayane asked herself before she noticed Haruka above her, preparing to swing his blades at her. With her right leg stunned, Ayane kicked her left leg off the ground to jump away from Haruka.
"Do you like that little concoction you inhaled? It not only shuts down a ninja's ability to use their ki but their chakra as well for three full hours. Without that ninja magic of yours, you're just easy prey." Angry at being called easy prey, Ayane propelled herself forward as she puts her left knee forward, aiming to knee Haruka in the face, only to have it blocked by Haruka's right hand. As he attempts to grab the kunoichi, the latter quickly performs a front-somersault kick, the back of Ayane's left foot knocking him in the back of his head, briefly stunning him as she swipes the knife in the knife thrower's left hand and swings the blade at him. While Haruka puts his arms up to block, Ayane managed to slice off the man's right pinky and ring finger off, earning a painful scream from Haruka before making a run for it.
"You...You bitch!" yelled a now angry Haruka. Turning to his men, he furiously told them to find her. "Don't let her get away!"
6 miles from Kouta's Hideout and counting down
Naruto's speed continues to slowly increase as he pushed himself to go faster, jumping down to the end of a downward slope, performing a forward roll before running once more, not wanting to waste precious seconds. He looked worried when he couldn't detect Ayane's charka or ki earlier. Picking up the pace, Naruto ran past a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X driven by a third-year Shujin student going out for a ride with his girl.
Outside of the Five-Story Tower
Ayane swung the knife in her left hand upward diagonally, deflecting a knife thrown at her by the angry Haruka before kicking dirt into the knife thrower's eyes, blinding him, and avoiding more stun shots. Resting her back against a tree, the Hajinmon kunoichi heavily breathes, keeping tabs on the minor but troublesome wounds she received, one of them being a long jagged fragment of an explosive knife that found itself embedded in her left thigh. Covering her mouth with her right hand, she pulls it out as she made sure to muffle her scream.
"Tired yet?" asked an annoyed Haruka, having finished wiping the dirt out of his eyes, following the small trail of blood You were all confident and strong when you had all that power. Is this all a ninja from the Mugen Tenshin is capable of doing once that power is stripped away? Running and hiding? Resorting to dirty tactics!?" Ayane looked annoyed when Haruka said that. Thinking about her next move, She stabs the fragment into the tree behind her before avoiding 7 shots from Haruka's men by rolling out of cover. Following that, she caught the knife thrower's exosuit-enhanced right kick before it could hit her face, feeling the weight from it.
"I will make sure you pay for cutting off my-" Ayane silenced Haruka by stabbing him in the tibia with the knife she took earlier. Screaming in painful anger, he knees Ayane, knocking her to the ground before attempting to stomp on her. The Hajinmon kunoichi rolls to the left to avoid it before rolling to the right to avoid Haruka's other foot and kicking him in the balls and then boosting herself up to knee him in the nose. However, this left her open as he grabbed her by the throat with his left hand and discharged some energy from his exosuit to electrify her, smiling with glee as the kunoichi screamed in pain. Despite using the number of watts used for taser guns, Ayane was still conscious (Due to being Raidou's daughter, and having the same energy as him, it provides her with some strong natural resistance, though it's not as strong as her father's).
Deciding to up it, hoping to fully incapacitate her, Ayane finds her opportunity as she used the constant stream of electricity coursing into her body to redirect it back at Haruka, simply putting her hands on his head, shocking him. The force of it sends both herself and Haruka flying away from each other. As she planned, she managed to move Haruka to where she needed him to be as the knife fragment she left in the tree pierced the back of his head, killing him. Ayane's back hits the tree hard, knocking the wind out of her a bit.
[Music Ends]
As she painfully got up, the tired and injured Ayane got hit in the right arm by a stunning shot, followed by four more shots to the back, numbing her for a few seconds before using her force of will to resist it and dodging a couple of shots. Following this, an electric beam wrapped around her left arm as it electrocuted her with three times the amount of electricity than the dose Haruka gave her. As she tried to resist it and tug at it, a few more beams shot out and ensnared her other arm, as well as her legs. Unable to resist, Ayane dropped to the ground, weakened from using up her energy and willpower. As the men gathered around her, one of them contacts Hayashi.
"We have her. However, Haruka was killed so he could allow us to capture her."
"Kouta's not going to like hearing this. Bring her here." Nodding, the gangster hangs up before telling his subordinates to carefully bring her to Kouta's office. As they make their way to the tower, one of them voiced how he looked forward to getting inside her, having a thing for girls with exotic hair colors.
Five-Story Tower
Fifth Level (Top)
The 10 men under Haruka's command arrive with a weakened Ayane in hand as the Hayashi ordered them to chain her arms and legs. Hotaruko looked at Ayane with worry as she tried to resist them, only for Hayashi to take out a stun stick and shock her in the neck.
"I'm sorry Ayane..."
"Not so tough now, are you?" the arrogant Hayashi taunted the kunoichi as she tried to fight the men trying to chain her limbs, making the mistake of getting close as Ayane headbutts Hayashi in the face, breaking his nose. Reeling back in pain, Hayashi, angry, calls the kunoichi a bitch before kicking her face, drawing blood from her lip before shocking her again.
"AYANEEEEEE!" Hearing someone yelling the kunoichi's name from outside, Hayashi could tell right away that it was Naruto's voice. Turning to Hayashi, Kouta yelled, "I thought she was acting alone!?"
"Shit, it's the one who did this to me..." Hayashi informed his boss. Hearing Naruto, Ayane formed a look of fear. She didn't want the blond to see her like this, all helpless. In a desperate manner, the kunoichi struggled to break free from her chains.
"Don't worry, with the gas Talon gave us, he won't be a problem," Hayashi told Kouta, sounding confident. Going over to his desk, Kouta pressed a button on his speaker and told the men residing in the fourth, third, and second levels of the tower to go out and kill Naruto, though Hayashi convinced him to not let the men they were about to send kill him, but beat him with an inch of his life.
"Any reason why?" asked Kouta, curious.
"I want him to live. I want to see his face as your men bring him in while I take Ayane in front of him. Then we kill him one he's had enough." Kouta voiced how he liked how he thought as he finished telling the men his orders. Walking away from his desk, he asked three of his men to set up the video cameras.
"Hayashi, don't do this, please," Hotaruko begged. "You can do whatever you want with me, but don't do this to Ayane."
"How nice of you to offer yourself. However, Ayane here not only defied us, but she's killed one of our own. Now she must pay with her body."
Outside of the Five-Story Tower
The red-eyed Naruto was met with resistance in the form of 20 gangsters and growing armed with UltraTech exosuits, retractable blades, and guns. Firing at him, they found the enraged Naruto to be impervious to their assault as he threw a punch with a concussive force that knocked away three men and killed two by blowing off their heads and some of their limbs. Avoiding a sword strike, Naruto quickly disarmed the gangster and killed him with one swing of the blade before killing four more with it and throwing the weapon at another's head.
One of the men, armed with Moira's gas, managed to take him by surprise, hitting him with it. However, to their shock, Naruto was immune to it. His immense concern for Ayane, coupled with the return of some of his near-godlike powers rendered it useless (The gas won't work on beings with god-like ki or chakra). The blond grabs an attacker and used him as a battering ram, charging through 8 men before throwing him at a tree, snapping his neck against it.
"Out of my way!" Forming a Giant Tatsumaki Rasengan (Basically a giant red Rasengan), Naruto continues charging ahead. In front of him, five men get ready to absorb the technique, only to find the power to be too much for their armor to absorb as it hits, shredding those foolish enough to be in front of it into nothing. Following this, Naruto disarmed a gangster of his gun and kills him with a shot to the head before doing the same to 12 more before overloading its cells and throwing it at 5 of Kouta's men, blowing them up.
Five-Story Tower
Fifth Level (Top)
"Smile for the camera Ayane," said Hayashi as three of the ten men working for Kouta pressed the record button on the three cameras around them. "Tonight is a special night for you, Hotaruko, me, and Kouta." After saying that, Hayashi sprayed her with a powerful aphrodisiac gas of Kouta's design. Suddenly, Ayane felt a tingling sensation all over her body as her face felt hot.
"What...What is this?" Ayane thought to herself as she tried to fight this strange feeling.
"The thing I sprayed you with, it's a very special aphrodisiac that stimulates a woman's body," Hayashi told her before walking up to Ayane and forcefully ripping off the top of her shozoku as well as her fishnet vest, exposing her breasts before telling some of his men to help rip of her clothes. Ayane did her best to fight them off while trying to resist the aphrodisiac, but it was all in vain as she found herself wearing nothing but her armguards and tabi-style boots. Screaming in anger and fear, Ayane was helpless as Hayashi ordered one of the men to hold her down as he (Hayashi) prepared to go behind her and pull down his pants.
"I wonder, are you a tight fit? You probably are, since you're a virgin," said Hayashi. The men watching prepared to pull down their pants, wanting to pleasure themselves once Hayashi starts. In her mind, Ayane was screaming, knowing she was about to feel the suffering her mother, Ayame, faced when Raidou raped her.
"Ayane!" Hotaruko screamed. Before Hayashi and the men around Ayane could lay a hand on her exposed body, Naruto crashed through the window as Kouta, Hayashi, and the ten gangsters in the room looked up to see the blond look down on them. Looking at Ayane, Naruto had a shocked expression on his face as Ayane looked at him, tears in her eyes, her body exposed, and her limbs chained down.
"Naru...to..." Seeing her in that state, Naruto's anger rose as he lands on the floor. Hayashi looked scared as he looked at Naruto.
"Im-...Impossible, how are you here? What happened to the gas!? You should be powerless!"
"HAYASHIIIII!" Naruto yelled, sounding demonic as he rushed at the gangsters pinning Ayane down and violently killed them with his demon claws, spraying blood around the room's walls and furniture. Developing a deeper fear of the blond, Hayashi ran out the door, yelling at some men rushing up the stairs to go kill the blond. Reverting to his normal form, Naruto, knowing that more were coming and that he couldn't fight and protect the girls at the same time, Ayane being in no condition to fight, intimidates Kouta and his surviving men with a territorial glare before freeing Ayane of her chains and grabbing Hotaruko, making an exit through the same window he used to break in. Landing safely on the ground, Naruto asked Hotaruko if she can run as he broke her restraints with a karate chop.
"Yes." Naruto tells her to run in front of him while he carries Ayane in his arms, putting his vibranium jacket around the kunoichi to cover her as he and Hotaruko ran out of the forest. As they ran, Naruto used his chakra to heal Ayane's injuries and envelop a chakra cloak around Hotaruko to make her temporarily bulletproof.
Unnamed Road near Kouta's Hideout
Lorenzo, sighed as Aiko, lying down in the back of the car, drunkenly confessed his insecurities involving his choices, and if his father only pushed him knowing it'd make him happy, not just to live up to his legacy. He also confessed that he wanted to be like his old man when he was younger, but pursued racing cars because his father loved to collect and ride cars. Before Aiko could continue telling Lorenzo more, the latter pressed his foot on the brakes when Naruto and Hotaruko rushed out of the forest and stopped in front of their car.
"Naruto?" Turning to Hotaruko, he told her to sit in the back with Ayane, while Naruto sat in the passenger's seat. When Lorenzo and the drunk Aiko asked him what was going on, Naruto simply told Lorenzo to drive like their lives depended on it, just as Kouta's men fired at them. Startled, Lorenzo pressed his foot on the gas pedal hard as the car sped off.
Five-Story Tower
Fifth Level (Top)
"The ninja and the girls got away in a white Nissan GT-R Nismo, boss." Angry, Kouta ordered some men to chase after them before screaming in anger at having his hideout broken into and looking like a coward in his own home, a place where he was supposed to feel like a god. For Naruto to ruin it, he vowed to make sure he pays with his life.
Nissan GT-R Nismo
"How is Ayane back there, Hotaruko?" asked a worried Naruto. The girl tells her Ayane was okay, telling Naruto he arrived before they could do anything to her.
"However, she's unresponsive," she adds, Ayane's head resting on her lap as Aiko, a bit sober, asked Naruto what was going on.
"Let's just say that a faction of Yakuza wants to kill us, and more," Naruto told the racer, adding the part where they just escaped their hideout. Looking back, Aiko informed them of three red cars chasing after them. Hearing weapons being drawn, Naruto tells Hotaruko and Aiko to keep their heads down as Kouta's men shoot at them. shattering the window on the back.
"Lorenzo, do you have a gun in this car? I would teleport and kill them, but I'm not quite there yet."
"No, sorry." Two of the three cars manage to sandwich Lorenzo's car between theirs as their passengers pulled out their guns, ready to fire. At the last second, Lorenzo quickly but gently pressed the breaks, moving the car back and making the two cars destroy each other in the process via gunfire. This surprised Naruto and Aiko, the latter asking him where he learned how to do that.
"I've watched a lot of racing movies, mainly the "Fast and Furious" movies. I've also watched a few drag races in person." Lorenzo replied before increasing speed once more, the remaining red car in hot pursuit.
Kamurocho
"Geez, that driver of theirs is relentless!" said Lorenzo, who had been trying to evade their pursuers for three full minutes now.
"Lorenzo, slow down a bit and take a right up ahead," said Naruto, the driver nodding as he slowed down a bit and turned the steering wheel to the right, the red car behind them doing the same. However, since it was going too fast, it spun in a near 360 before getting hit by a truck on their left, killing the gangsters in the car upon impact as Aiko looked back and said, "Holy shit!"
"Turning while speeding will have that result. Had Lorenzo not decreased his speed and turned, we would've been in a very bad accident ourselves," Naruto told Aiko. Looking at Lorenzo, he told him he did well.
"Thanks...Can we do it again?" Naruto had a surprised look on his face for a bit before Lorenzo told him he was kidding, but admits he enjoyed the thrill of being behind the wheel and how he enjoyed the chase a bit. "So, what now?"
"...We can't go to our place and risk getting people we know involved, especially Hinami..." Thinking about it, Naruto decides to call Kazuma.
"Hello?"
"Kiryu-san, it's Naruto." Kazuma tells him how he was just about to call him, telling him how one of Kouta's men let slip the location of his hideout, Naruto telling him they already knew, and how they just escaped from it.
"What? Did you kill him?"
"No, I couldn't since I had to get the hostages they took out," said Naruto. "Listen, some friends and I need a place to stay for tonight. Do you know any places we can-"
"Yes, there's a clan of Yakuza who have friendly ties to the Tojo Clan. The Kuzuryu Clan, lead by Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu (Danganronpa). I'll give you the address to their headquarters. Let them know that I told you about it." Naruto thanks Kazuma for his help. "In the meantime, I'll see if I can ask the head of the Tojo Clan to help you and the police with this Kouta problem of ours. It won't be easy, but after hearing how they attacked the police station...the cops won't be able to handle it."
"Agreed. See you tomorrow then, Kiryu-san."
Kuzuryu Headquarters
Guest Room (Naruto and Ayane)
6:55 pm
After telling Fuyuhiko about their situation, the head of the Kuzuryu allowed Naruto, Hotaruko, Ayane, Aiko, and Lorenzo to stay in his home, the blond thanking him. While Lorenzo and Aiko shared one guest room, and Hotaruko got a room for herself, Naruto shared a room with Ayane, who was still silent after what almost happened to her. As Ayane took a shower, Naruto decided to call Hinami.
"Hey Hinami, it's Naruto."
"Naruto? Did you find Ayane-san?" Naruto tells her he found her, Hinami sounding happy. "Did you tell her yet? Did you?"
"Ummm...She's...She's not looking very well, but I'll tell her...Listen, I won't be home for a while again. You think you can stay at Kotegawa's?" Hinami tells Naruto she can do that since she likes Yui. "Great, and hey, I promise you, I will take Ayane to see you, okay?"
Okay!" said a happy Hinami. After saying goodbye to her, Naruto hung up before forming a worried expression on his face.
In the shower, Ayane couldn't help but replay how helpless she was, and how she almost found herself as not only someone's plaything but other people's. Worst of all, Naruto saw her in a pathetic state. Ayane bangs her fists against the wall before silently crying by herself. After finishing, Ayane, dressed in a black tank top and white slim jeans, got out as Naruto asked her if she was okay. No response. Seeing the look in her eyes, Naruto felt pained. If he only came earlier, she wouldn't have...
"...Listen, I'm going to take a shower now...If you're ready to talk, we can talk, okay?" Ayane remained silent still as Naruto took his jacket off. While the blond took his shirt off, he didn't notice Ayane take out a kunai from the holster on the bed. As Naruto prepared to take off his pants, he realized he hadn't returned Ayane's headband.
"Oh, that reminds me, I should-" Turning around, Naruto noticed that the window leading to the balcony was open. His eyes widening, he quickly ran out to see Ayane preparing to plunge the knife into her chest. Before she could, Naruto wrapped his arms around her from behind as the kunai stabs through his left hand.
"What do you think you're doing...Ayane?" he asked, rain lightly pouring down on them as blood flowed down his wound and dropped onto the wet brick floor, mixing with the small puddle of raindrops.
"Let go, Naruto..." Ayane told the blond, tears in her eyes. "Just let me do this. You can just-"
[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly OST - let's go home together / I will be her Hero / what he has believed]
"I'm not letting you do this Ayane." Naruto interrupts. "I'm not going to let you take your own life...I won't." After saying that, Naruto pleads for her to tell him what was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Ayane knocked him back with an elbow jab to his stomach as the teary-eyed girl turned around and expressed herself, looking angry.
"You're the one that's wrong with me...I was...I was fine the way I was before I met you! I never cared for anyone, not even my sister, Kasumi! Only focusing on myself, and no one else! Then you came into my life that night and...and...I couldn't accept it at first, but after meeting you, hearing about your past...I found myself getting a soft spot for you. I found someone who understood me. As days, weeks, months, even years passed, I slowly started forgetting the anger I felt all those years ago when my mother revealed the truth about my birth. Suddenly, I found myself falling in love for the first time, and I started caring about people other than myself and being friends with them, and it didn't feel so terrible. But after Raidou's return, and having you see me in such a weak and helpless state before you tossed him around like he was nothing, I...I felt that you made me weak. My love for you made me weak...That was why I told you those things, so I could distance myself from you and go back to the cold-hearted person I was before. It helped that Kasumi left the village. I found myself not caring if she was my sister, that I was back to my old self again. Yet, the part of me that still cared for Kasumi always won over, no matter how much I wanted to plunge my sword into her heart. You gave me a heart that told me not to do it. Following the year after that, after my mother removed all the anger I had for Kasumi, after Genra, I found myself going back to you. I wanted to try and be more than just a friend to you. But I feared I wasn't good enough for you, yet I kept hoping you'd wait for me, that maybe you felt the same way I did. To be expected, I found you and Hinata...kissing. It...broke my heart...You broke my heart. Seeing you two together...I accepted the part of me that told myself, "I was too late. I lost to Hinata. I'm not the kind of person who belongs with you. I'm not strong enough to stand by your side. Starting from tomorrow, I'll act as if I never loved you at all. That it was just a crush, nothing more. I'll just treat you how I've always treated you. I'll find someone else who'll make me happy. I'll forget everything that's happened between us until now."...BUT I COULDN'T DO IT! Just the thought of seeing another person disgusted me, terrified me even. I couldn't accept that I lost to Hinata, that I still had feelings for you...Even when I distanced myself once again, after seeing you and Hinata together again, I still felt lost, stuck in one place in my mind, not knowing which steps to take...I didn't know what to do at all! After having you see me in such a helpless state, and the difference between our strength. I just...I can't..." Naruto said nothing as Ayane cried her eyes out after letting out how she felt.
"You don't need someone as pathetic as me," the teary-eyed Ayane told Naruto, clenching her fists as she looked down on the red-bricked floor.
After a few seconds of silence, Naruto pulled out the kunai embedded in his left hand and threw it aside before the wound heals as he slowly approached the Hajinmon kunoichi, taking the dark purple headband out of his right pocket.
"The morning after we met, you asked me what I just said to you, after recording you apologizing to me in a cute but embarrassed manner. I said, "...I think I love you." As I got to know you a bit more, work with you, "I think" turned into "I know"...After that, I started wondering, "When's the right time to tell her?", "Do I deserve her?", and "Did she feel the same way?" Ayane's eyes widened in shock as Naruto slowly started to express how he truly felt towards her.
"I struggled with those thoughts, like you, even after the Fourth Great Ninja War, after the DIO Incident...everything up till now. Now...I can look you in the eyes and tell you..." Standing in front of the vulnerable kunoichi, Naruto said, "I love you, Ayane...I always had." Ayane tried to hold it together after hearing what she always wanted Naruto to say to her. To know he felt the same way towards her.
"Even...Even if I'm the bastard daughter of Raidou?"
"Even if you're his daughter, it doesn't change how I've always felt towards you," Naruto answered. "I'm aware of how much I've hurt you during the years, even when I was oblivious to it, and I'm sorry for not noticing how you felt, and for not telling you how I really felt sooner." Following this, Naruto puts his right arm in front of him, the purple headband in his hand, wanting to give it back to the purple-haired kunoichi. "Can you forgive a complicated jerk like me for making you feel this way, and for letting you go through all of that pain alone?" Covering her mouth with her left hand in order to stop herself from crying, Ayane struggle to reach out with her right hand for a bit before managing to hold Naruto's hand, the purple headband now being held by both ninjas as the blond pulled her towards him and wrapped his left arm around her in a hug, rain continuing to pour down on them.
As Naruto held her in his arms, he told her it was okay for her to cry, telling her he was here for her, and that she was safe. Ayane rests her head against the blond's chest before moving her left hand away from her mouth, crying her heart out, releasing all her emotions (Anger, Sadness, Fear, Joy, and Love) through it.
[Music End]
After Ayane finished crying, she and the blond went back inside, the two drying themselves off with a separate towel. Ayane had resumed wearing her purple headband, something that made Naruto smile as he watched her dry her hair. It made her look complete.
"Hey, Naruto...About you and Hinata..."
"Yeah, we're not seeing each other...Hinata's a nice girl, and yeah, I knew her before you...But...It was one-sided. Even when she kissed me and we...had sex." Ayane stopped drying her hair before turning to Naruto, a surprised look on her face. Naruto thought she'd be angry about it, but she was very calm, to his surprise.
"I guess it's to be expected. Hinata has a pretty nice body..." Ayane comments before sitting next to Naruto.
"True...But like I said, it was one-sided. I didn't feel any love towards her. While I'm aware that I could grow to love Hinata if I tried hard enough for her...it didn't happen." Hearing this, Ayane felt a bit sorry for Hinata.
[Lemon]
"Did you ever have any...sexual relations with...any other girls? After Hinata?" asked Ayane. Looking at her, Naruto tried to see if she was looking for a reason to get angry with him. "I just want to know. You weren't seeing anyone at all, so I'm not mad."
"...Yeah."
"I see...Were any of them good?"
"They were all special in their own ways...But I don't think you'd like to hear-" Before Naruto could continue, Ayane pushed him onto the bed and got on top of him, the blush never leaving her face as she kissed the surprised blond on the lips. This lasted for ten seconds before they parted.
"Ayane-" The kunoichi interrupts him again by kissing him again. After 7 seconds, they parted lips.
"Sorry Naruto, but back at Kouta's hideout, Hayashi sprayed a gas with aphrodisiac effects. I tried to fight it off, but..." Ayane was too turned on to continue as she kissed Naruto the third time. This time, she inserted her tongue into his mouth, rubbing against the blond's tongue. As Ayane moaned into the shirtless blond's mouth, she could feel the bulge in the blond's pants, rubbing her crotch against it, earning a gasp from him.
Parting lips, Naruto attacked Ayane's neck with wild and hungry kisses, making her moan louder as his lips felt her soft skin. Ayane squeaked as she felt Naruto's hands grope her butt. She could feel him lick and nip at her neck with great abandon and loved it, tilting her head to the side and letting him continue, her hands running through his hair.
Outside of the room, Hotaruko, wanting to check on the two to see if they were okay and call them to dinner, was about to knock on the door when she heard Ayane's moans coming out of the room, blushing as steam came out of her ears.
"Oh my..." Walking over to her, Aiko asked her if she was going to call them for dinner. "Let's leave them alone. They're in the middle of "making up," she told him.
"Making up?" Realizing what she meant, Aiko tells Hotaruko they could bring some food up for them later.
Back inside their room, sitting up, Ayane rested her legs at the sides of Naruto's waist as she lifted her tank top and pulled it off. Only the black lacy bra Pekoyama (Danganronpa) lent her remained, but not for long. Naruto watched as the kunoichi unclipped it from behind and threw it aside, freeing her DD breasts from their "restraints" before she got off his lap and laid in front of his crotch, reaching out and grabbing the waistline of Naruto's pants and boxers and pulling them down, freeing the blushing blond's fully erect and throbbing nine-inch cock.
"Oh my…" she whispered, staring at it. "So big..." an amorous smile formed on her face as she wrapped her fingers around his shaft and stroked it.
"Of all the girls you've spent the night with, who was a good sucker?" Naruto moans as he told her Moka was the best, Ayane figuring it was due to her vampiric nature. "Is that so..." Ayane moved her face closer to the tip and gently kissed it, making it twitch before pressing her tongue against it and licking all around the cockhead. Finally, she took all nine-inches of Naruto into her mouth, the blond's eyes widening. Noticing Naruto's eyes on her as she sucked him off, Ayane smirked knowing he was enjoying her mouth as she increased the speed she was going.
"Holy shit, she sucks just as good as Moka..." Naruto thought as he tried to resist the urge to put his hands on her head and thrust into her mouth. His grip on the sheets tightened as Ayane's mouth continued sucking on his engorged member. Unable to take it anymore, he placed his hands on the surprised girl's hair as he continuously pushed himself deeper in her mouth.
"Ay-Ayane!..." Naruto moaned, feeling her tongue rub against his shaft as Ayane bobbed her head slowly. He rolled his head back as he reveled in the feeling of kunoichi's mouth wrapped around his dick. Suddenly Ayane stopped and released him from her mouth. Looking at her, Naruto wondered why she stopped.
Ayane just smirked as she cupped her breasts and nestled his cock in between them before moving them up and down. She watched as Naruto closed his eyes and rolled his head back, letting out a loud moan.
"I guess this sort of thing is your favorite?" Naruto moaned yes as the purple-haired kunoichi smiled and continued pumping the blond's shaft with her perfect tits. Out of all the girls who've done it for him, Ayane immediately took the top spot.
"S-So soft...!" he said gripping the sheets tighter. Not wanting to let her do the moving, he said, "Ayane...lay on the bed." Stopping, the two changed positions as Ayane laid her back on the bed while Naruto got on top of her and furiously fucked her cleavage, his hand pushing her breasts together. Ayane would lick the cockhead every time it appeared out from her tits before it submerged in between them as she continues to tittyfuck him.
"Ayane...I'm...I'm...CUMMING!" With one last thrust, Naruto fired a thick load of cum into Ayane's open mouth, some of it hitting Ayane's face and breasts before shooting three small spurts of it into her mouth after. Ayane swallowed the cum in her mouth before Naruto took her by surprise by taking off her pants, following her panties before lifting her legs up, resting them on his shoulders, Ayane's wet lower lips in front of his face.
"My turn." Right away, Naruto pressed his lips against Ayane's pussy, making her cry out with pleasure as he pushed his tongue into her. Ayane released passion-filled moans and cries as she groped and played with her own breasts, enjoying the feeling of the blond's tongue exploring her womanhood. Naruto's tongue moved fast. Like a snake, it flicked and slithered inside her warm slit. Although Ayane's toned thighs were pressed tightly against his ears he could hear her blissful cries and didn't let up. Naruto began to focus his attention on her clit, pressing his lips against it, causing Ayane to buck her hips harder.
"Hah...Hah...Hah...HAAAAAAHHHHH!" With that last scream, her back arched as came to a mind-blowing orgasm, Naruto lapping up her juices as Ayane's mind turned to mush and she started panting heavily, a small trail of drool on her lip.
"Ayane...I can't take it anymore. I want to be inside you..."
"Alright, but I want to be on top..." Changing positions, Naruto found himself lying on his back once more as Ayane's pussy hovered above his awaiting cock, the kunoichi looking nervous about it, even hesitant after Hayashi's failed attempt to take her.
"...There's no need to rush Ayane. We don't have to do this now if you're not-"
"No," she interrupts, telling him she waited too long to have the blond to herself, and that she won't make that mistake again. Slowly lowering herself, Ayane felt the tip of Naruto's member touch her slit, letting a breath escape her lips. Naruto, his eyes closed, clenched his teeth as he felt his girth slowly but surely penetrate Ayane's wet folds, Ayane gasped again as she lowered herself more, pushing Naruto's shaft into her, deeper and deeper. Finally, she lets out a scream as the blond broke her hymen, some blood coming out signify her loss of virginity.
"S-So tight!" Naruto thought, his member fully sheathed inside the Hajinmon kunoichi. Tears flowed down Ayane's face as she lets out a sniffle. Immediately taking notice, Naruto asked her if she was okay, a concerned expression on his face.
"Yes...I'm just happy is all..." she told him, wiping her tears away before putting her hands on Naruto's chest, moving her hips up and down at a slow and steady pace, moaning in ecstasy alongside the blond. She loved the feeling of him in her. He filled her up completely. This wasn't just out of lust or desire for each other, but the love they had for each other that was reciprocated, after so long.
"OH KAMI! YOU'RE...SO...WONDERFUL NARUTO!" Ayane moaned in between gasps, with euphoric bliss. As Ayane rode him, Naruto's eyes roamed over the kunoichi's writhing form. Seeing Ayane racked with pleasure made her even more beautiful. Her body glistened with sweat as she bounced on him, her hair flailing. He then lowered his eyes towards her bouncing breasts. He placed one hand on the bed to balance himself as he sat up and captured a hardened nipple in his mouth. Ayane arched her back and held Naruto's head, her legs wrapping around his waist as he suckled on her nipple and started roughly pounding her.
Ayane's mind began to fog up as she could feel her climax nearing. Her body went on autopilot as it bounced on Naruto's lap. The fire inside her turned into an inferno. Her screams of passion and bliss echoed throughout the room. She held onto him tightly as her pussy clenched his cock. Her juices flowed out like a waterfall as she was nearing her peak.
Naruto pounded her hard and fast with great abandon, never letting up. He didn't want to until he was spent, and he was close. He tore his mouth away from her nipple and kissed her lips, muffling her moans. His tongue pushed into her mouth, ravaging hers. He explored every inch of her mouth as he held her slender body as close to him as he could, feeling her breasts press up against his chest, as he relentlessly pounded her, making her scream into his mouth.
"I'm… going to… OHHH! KAMI... NARUTO! UNGH! NARUTO!" Ayane convulsed as her orgasm took over her. Her words became incoherent as her body was racked by orgasmic bliss, her mind on cloud nine. Naruto felt her climax as her juices gushed around his cock spilling out onto him. His thrust became more erratic as he felt his own climax approaching.
"Ayane! I'm gonna…" he couldn't finish but Ayane understood. He tried to pull away but Ayane had a vice-like grip on him and wouldn't let him go. "Ayane…"
"NO! I WANT IT!" she told him. "I WANT THIS!"
"AY...AYANE!" Naruto roared, firing his load into her after one final thrust. Ayane was pushed to her peak again as she felt his cum flood her pussy, cumming once again, mixing her juices with his as they gushed out of her pussy.
The two stayed still as they held each other panting heavily. Naruto laid his head back onto the bed with, Ayane collapsing on top of him. She held him as she slowly formed a smile on her face.
"Looks like I'll need a second show-" Suddenly, Naruto changed position so that he was behind Ayane, thrusting into her once more, his hands on the surprised girl's waist.
"Na-Na-Naruto!? What are you doing!?" asked Ayane, moaning as Naruto constantly pumped his cock into her again.
"Sorry, Ayane! But I'm not spent just yet!" he told her. "I also wanted to try something."
"Try something?" Ayane's eyes widened when Naruto surrounds himself with Kurama's red chakra, the blond's eyes turning red and slitted, his yellow hair now glowing red. Naruto's thrusts were twice as strong and slightly faster than the first time, the bed shaking violently from Naruto's movements.
"Naruto...Ah-Ah-Are you sure it's wise to use the fox's chakra for so- HAAAH -omething like this!?" Ayane asked, her head resting against the pillow as she gripped the covers for life.
"It should be fine!" Naruto replied, the last part making him pound harder, earning a gasp from the kunoichi. "I'm slowly regaining more of my powers, figured I'd be a bit selfish and use a little bit for this!" Ayane's moans became louder with each powerful thrust, Naruto's cock pushing deeper into her, her juices flowing around his cock.
"Ayane, you feel so incredible!" Naruto moaned moving faster, holding the girl's waist ever so firmly.
"Harder," she told Naruto, wanting him to plow her cunt. "Fuck me until you're spent!" Naruto complied with the request. He pulled himself out until only the head of his cock was still inside. Ayane felt the loss of him and looked at him.
"Naruto-...AHH!" Ayane screamed in surprised and bliss as she felt him thrust into her hard and strong, hitting her g-spot over and over again. Ayane used her left hand to pull Naruto in as she and the blond opened their mouths and let their tongues rub against one another. As their tongues rubbed against each other, Naruto rested his left hand on the bed as his right hand groped Ayane's right breast.
Ayane's movements become more erratic as Naruto continued to pound her like an animal, turning their tongue play into a steamy kiss session. Naruto moaned into Ayane's mouth as he felt her pussy clamp down on him. He pushed in as deep as he could before he and the kunoichi moaned in each other's mouths, the blond filling her with his seed in a powerful orgasm, shooting load after load into her.
Naruto fell back as he and Ayane's back rested on his chest, both panting heavily, the former's cock exiting the latter's pussy as his cum slowly flowed out of her. Naruto's hair returned to being blond as his eyes went back to their normal blue.
[Lemon End]
"Naruto...I love you," Ayane told the blond, Naruto smiling, telling her he was wondering when she was going to tell him that before asking if her hips were okay. "O-Of course they are, even with that red chakra, it'll take more than that to break them, ya know..." Naruto looked at her, surprised as Ayane realized what she did and turned red.
"Ya know, huh?" Ayane looked away as she told him how it came out like that. "I got it, I got it...Hey Ayane?"
"Yes, Naruto?"
"After we deal with Hayashi, Kouta, and the Yomei Alliance together...let's go out on a date, not as a one-night fiasco, but as boyfriend and girlfriend." This surprised Ayane, hearing Naruto tell her that.
"Are you absolutely sure that you want...someone like me as a girlfriend?" she asked him.
"I'm sure," said Naruto, sounding resolved. "I can't promise you that things will be the way you want it to go, and I can't promise you that I can be the Naruto you want me to be. But one thing I can promise you...is that I love you more than any girl I've ever known, and that's not a lie..." Ayane smiled when Naruto confirms his love for her.
"By the way, if you suggest a threesome with another girl or boy, I will kill you," Ayane told him, letting him know she only had eyes for him and that she didn't swing that way.
"Noted. Although...Would you be okay with clones? I AM a one-man army." Turning red, she tells Naruto that was the only exception to it.
"Noted." Smiling, Ayane pecks him on the lips before getting up and telling him they should take a shower together and order some room service. "Right, I'll join you after calling for someone to bring some food up, okay?" Nodding, Ayane leaves to go to the bathroom as Naruto sat on the side of the bed and took his phone out of his pants pocket. With their relationship now official, both he and Ayane smile to themselves.
"I'm his girlfriend..." Ayane thought to herself as she turned on the warm water in the shower.
Outside of Naruto and Ayane's guest room, Hotaruko had her right ear against the door, her face red. She heard everything. Hotaruko had hoped that when she came back to their room door, a three-shelf catering cart of food in tow, they'd be done. Arriving with more food, the maid asked Hotaruko what she was doing. Having been caught, Hotaruko panics, telling the maid, "I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING!" before running back to her room, confusing the woman.
Finally, this chapter is finished, and I can write the next one. I wanted to end it with a cliffhanger involving Naruto crashing into the room through the window, but that's not me. I wanted to end it with Naruto and Ayane finally coming together. It's been too long, and they needed this.
Yes, Naruto met Izuku Midoriya, who has yet to inherit One-For-All and take the entrance exam U.A. They will encounter one another again several months from now. How will be a surprise. With Naruto, he has the strangest ability to encounter people, simply out of coincidence.
Yes, they fucked. Figured if Ayane was still under the influence of the gas, Naruto would be the one to fuck the effects of it out of her. The aphrodisiac had some otter meat odor as one of its ingredients.
Regarding what Ayane told Naruto during her confession, regarding seeing another person to forget him, she was talking about Eliot, agreeing to go on a date he asked her out on. However, she felt disgusted at the thought of seeing someone she didn't feel the same way for and left before the two could get seated at a restaurant he was treating her to.
Ayane will have her revenge against Hayashi and Kouta for their attempted (but failed) assault on her in the next chapter. This time, she is not alone, and she's prepared, Naruto providing a solution to counteract the effects of Moira's gas. The chapter picks up after this one, the two villains thinking, "Fuck it, fuck the Yomei Alliance, we're going to use the weapons we got for the alliance to take what we want and get our revenge. It's ours since we did the deals while the higher-ups sat in their chairs and did nothing. We'll raise Kamurocho up in flames and we don't care who gets hurt."
With Naruto's words, he confirms he loves Ayane. While there are a few girls who are beautiful in their own right, who have actually gotten him to fall in love with them, they don't hold a candle to the purple-haired kunoichi, who had won him over since the first time they met.
With Naruto telling Ayane what he said to her all those years ago, I felt it was a nice touch since it was the day he fell in love with her before telling her there's no doubt in his mind that he was in love her.
Yes, Ayane is revealed to be straight. She's not bi if you're all wondering. If a girl kissed her out of nowhere, she would be surprised and grossed out or annoyed.
Regarding how Naruto's powers returned for this chapter, he's still not at full strength, but he's still very capable, enough to handle Fulgore Mk. II and Kouta's men without any effort at all. With the power that came back, I felt that Naruto could afford to be selfish for this moment and utilize Kurama's chakra for sex, using it on Ayane, who, spoilers here, enjoyed it. Just think about how amazing it'll be if he used Six Paths Mode on her.
Lastly, I'd like to credit Oshigami for adding the exception to Ayane being against a threesome, mainly since Naruto can clone himself.
With the relations he's had, I will list what each girl he's been with was good at, sex positions included (check out the sexpositons dot club):
Hinata Hyuga (Doggy Style, Missionary, Cowgirl, Blowjob, Titjob)
Moka Akashiya (Outer and Inner)(69, Blowjobs, Titjob, Missionary, Cowgirl, Reverse Cowgirl, Sitting Position, Cat, Aquarius, Workout, Narcissus)
Mizore Shirayuki (Blowjobs, Anal, Doggy Style, Reverse-Cowgirl, Aquarius)
Xenovia Quarta (Titjob, Handjobs, Blowjobs, 69, Spooning, Magic Bullet, Standing (Rammed against the wall), Aquarius, Indian Style, Workout)
Hisui E. Fiore (Handjobs, Blowjobs, Titjob, Anal, Cowgirl, Doggy Style, Precipice, Butterfly, The Crab)
Airi (Queen's Blade)(Blowjobs, Titjob, Cowgirl, Doggy Style, Anal, Crab, Standing (Rammed against the wall))
Alleyne (Queen's Blade)(Missionary, Blowjobs, Titjob, Handjobs, Cowgirl, Doggy Style)
Haru Okumura(Blowjobs, Titjob, 69, Handjobs, Missionary, Cowgirl, Doggy Style, Eraser, Lap Dance, Standing (Rammed against the wall), Caliper)
Seishirou Tsugumi (Blowjobs, Titjob, Handjobs, Missionary, Lap Dance, Superman, Caliper, Cowgirl, Dragon, Honeymoon, Spider, Backwards Cowgirl)
Yumi (Senran Kagura)(Missionary, Blowjobs, Titjob, Reverse Cowgirl, Cowgirl, Doggy Style)
Ayane (Everything)