Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto Franchise that belongs solely to Masashi Kishimoto; I do not own Heavens lost Property, High School DxD or any other Anime I borrow themes from. The only thing I claim is my OC's and original Story Plot.
Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys sorry I took so long with this chapter. Updating slipped my mind as I got caught up with writing so many chapters as well as other real world things. But anyways I'm back again with a fun lighthearted chapter that is chocked full of character development and just general character building. It's just a laid back chapter meant to add layers to our characters and flush them and their personalities out a bit more as well as to add a tiny bit to the plot.
Chapter 29
Kicking It!
"I've got you now!" A little girls voice screamed as the sounds of a fight were underway. "You'll need to do better than that Iris!" The voice of a male spoke up as he retaliated with a swing of his staff made out of ice. It was late in the morning almost noon and in the wide open dōjō like area of the ground floor to Naruto's apartment complex the Uzumaki family could be found in the heat of battle. Naruto was decked out in a white undershirt that had sweat dripping down it and a pair of gray sweatpants. His unkempt and spiky blonde hair was slightly damp do to the amount of sweating his body was doing for the last two hours. In his hand he had a thin 1 inch in diameter long staff made entirely out of a crystal clear ice that was just about his height in length. He was using his staff to great effect as he parried and dodged quick tight attacks from his six year old feisty daughter who was mixing up her assault as usually as she constantly switched between attacking him with quick slashes from her twin Metal War Fans and sneaking in a powerful yet quick jab of her fist that would launch a white hot fireball at her father who would have a difficult time deflecting and dispersing the attacks since the energy inside the fireballs naturally counteracts the energy his body is most used to using.
The sheer temperature of the fireballs being sent his way was actually the real reason why Naruto was sweating because since his body had no defense against the energy his daughter was using against him he was just as vulnerable to it as anyone else unless proper measures were taken beforehand. However, Iris wasn't the only one Naruto was dealing with at the moment. His second daughter and the fraternal twin to Iris was also getting in on the family action her name was Chaos and as unusual as the name is it suits her perfectly. She was also launching fireballs at her father which was causing problems for him as well but she also threw in her illusion based powers and her uncanny ability to simply appear and disappear faster than the blink of an eye. So it is safe to assume Naruto has his hands full.
Iris was in her element as she bobbed in and out as she ducked and swerved out of the way of her father's staff which gave him a range her six-year-old body couldn't compete with. She evened the odds with her war fans but it was just it. She was evening the odds. Not turning them in her favor. Because of that the two blondes were at a standstill in how to overcome the other.
Iris was working up a sweat as she wore a simple white undershirt that was nearly three sizes too big for her. But in reality it was one of Naruto's undershirts. She had insisted on wearing it and so she rolled it up and tied it in a knot so that it wouldn't get in the way. She had on a simple pair of black shorts that came to about mid-thigh. She didn't have any socks on as her bare feet thumped against the smooth hardwood floor of the dōjō. Her stomach and legs were exposed but if anyone was to see that not only would they most definitely get a fireball to the face but they would also be shocked to see that Iris's arms were toned and had budding muscles on them. Her arms didn't have much baby fat on them but you could see clear muscles. They were small and correctly proportioned to her age and body size but they were still very visible. Her legs were the same way. Her calf muscles were more developed than any other child her age and a little above and it would make sense. Iris does a lot of jumping and acrobatic moves in her fighting style and in order to do that she would need very strong and sturdy legs and arms to help support and shift her weight when need be. Her stomach was another surprise. It was completely tone and flat. Virtually no baby fat could be seen anywhere on her stomach as you would expect for a six-year-old to have a chubby belly proportionate to their body size due to a lot of baby fat but this was not the case. Very small but definitely noticeable abs were coming in. She had almost a four pack and they were very tightly compacted and toned.
What not many people knew was the fact that Iris was indeed insecure about her body. It was a trivial and useless thing for a six-year-old to worry about but since Iris technically isn't six and her mind his highly advanced these thoughts tend to plague her. She is self-conscious about the fact that she is so in shape that she has already developed quite a bit of muscle. While she doesn't interact with a lot of children her age she has seen enough girls her age to realize that her body is different compared to them. Where they have soft and smooth skin that kind of looks like butter she has toned skin that has budding muscles on them. To be fair the other girls her age won't have these muscles since not only are they human but none of their families would every make them work out anywhere close to what she does.
Of course her biology gives her a sight advantage. She doesn't need to consume as much vitamins and nutrients from food like normal people do and her body will still grow healthy like its suppose to. In hindsight she works out a lot during the day and it's mostly to blame for her increase of muscles but her biology also plays a part in the fact that no matter what she does even if she didn't work out a single day in her life she would still develop dense muscles that while they would never look bulky or unattractive they would still hide an immense amount of power and strength in them.
That is one of the reason why she normally wears dresses and other concealing clothes. That and just for the simple fact that she likes dresses because they make her look like the princess she has always been told she is. It was a little vain of her to think that way but she didn't really care.
For those that know her they would think it very strange that Iris of all people would wear such non elegant clothes but the truth is she actually likes to wear lazy causal clothes as she calls them when at home. She has a bunch of simple t shirts and shorts all to herself that she puts on whenever she just wants to laze around. Of course this kind of clothing was a little bit more up Chaos's avenue so instead of asking her father to buy her casual outfits for her own she instead just simply takes Iris's clothes for herself. They had an almost identical body shape so whatever could fit one of them could definitely fit the other.
Of course Iris would complain at first but she actually didn't mind. The only thing she hated was when Chaos was steal her underwear for her own entertainment. It was embarrassing and degrading even in the privacy of her own home and that is usually the normal argument the sisters would have. Iris is always ready and willing to share everything with her sister since she honestly doesn't mind but she will share everything but her underwear.
Chaos was wearing something almost the same as Iris. Chaos had on a pitch black T shirt that had a Jolly Roger on it and an identically pair of shorts to the one Iris was wearing. Of course Chaos never wore socks or shoes ever so she was expectedly barefooted right now. A Jolly Roger is the signature flag of a pirate ship. It's the absolute pinnacle of a pirate's ship's crews pride and Naruto has heard stories from Shoko and the others at the Casino that some pirates would go to any length to get theirs back if it was ever stolen from them. The strange thing about the picture on Chaos's shirt however was the fact that the Jolly Roger is a cartoonlike depiction of a traditional skull and cross-bone with the skull wearing a straw hat with a red ribbon around the base of it.
When Chaos first showed up one morning wearing it Naruto was wondering if she stole it from somewhere since he has never seen a shirt like that before. When he pointed it out to her Chaos let off her usual mischievous giggle that had an air of mystery around it. She definitely knew something the others didn't and when Naruto turned to look at Iris for an explanation the little princess had an extremely disapproving look and frown on her face as she crossed her arms and gave Chaos a stern glare. Iris's eyes were completely emerald green that morning so Naruto knew that Sōkyoku was in control. Chaos only gave Iris an innocent look… for about five seconds before falling out of her chair because of her laughter. The disapproving looks only grew more on Iris's face and Naruto never got an answer to the strange morning that occurred nearly 7 months ago.
Naruto didn't mind if the girls stole a little something or two as long as they stole from the right person. The prime example being pompous nobles or arrogant jerks who usually flaunted around their status just because they could. Naruto would be the biggest hypocrite in history if he told the girls not to steal and do some of the stuff he did for the simple fact that he does it himself all the time and he's even stolen and pickpocketed people right in front of them. He's actually taught them how to steal things and not get caught. For Iris he was a lot more reluctant to teach the princess such skills since he felt it would ruin her innocents but he knew that it was necessary and it may even come in handy one day. That and they lived in the heart of the strongest Ninja Village in the world. For Chaos on the other hand it just added one more thing she could do to cause more trouble. He wasn't too concerned about Chaos learning such a thing since he wasn't worried about tainting her innocence in that manner. It was more of him managing a fine line between right and wrong with the tiny terror.
It was a very twisted, warped, and hypocritical way of thinking and raising one's children but Naruto never claimed to be perfect or Dad of the year and he most certainly knew he was not the poster child of such an accolade either. He just always does the best he can and hope for the best. His girls have turned out fine so far. Well as fine as two high class beings being raised by a human can be, especially with their individual quirks and personalities but they turned out fine none the less.
Naruto did learn one thing after that day. Chaos absolutely loves that shirt. She wears it almost every day except for when she goes outside or it's being washed. At the moment she was locking on to her father's position with her internal scanners and with a beep inside of her head she launched a tainted fireball right at Naruto's back. Feeling the heat incoming Naruto twisted around and with a subtle amount of Wind Style Manipulation surrounding his staff he managed to disperse the fireball that would have surely exploded against his back.
"Haaaah!" Iris came in with an overhead slash attack which Naruto deflected after he spun his staff around his body and positioned it above his head. Flinging her over towards Chaos Naruto watched as Iris corrected herself before landing on her feet before twisting her body around so that her back was facing him. She leaned back and did a back flip but while in midair she launched a heavy blast of concussive wind from her two feet before landing on the ground. She immediately repeated this process as she launched more gust of wind as she closed the distance between her and her father. Naruto saw this but he was hard pressed to get out of the way so his only option was to block. Spinning his staff around to build the necessary momentum Naruto blocked each gust of wind with one of his own that he generated off his staff.
Retaliating with a larger gust of wind Naruto was hoping that it would be enough to disrupt Iris's momentum but he grunted in annoyance when his daughter as usual pulled off a highly advanced acrobatic maneuver by landing on her feet and pivoting into a horizontal circular spin all the while spinning out of the way of his attack. Iris had built of so much momentum from her spin that she unleashed it all at her father when she swung both her fans in his direction and a massive condensed ball of wind barreled into him sent him flying across the wide open room. His back slammed into the far wall with him giving off a pained grunt from the impact.
Chaos immediately appeared in front of her sister to give her cover as her purple blade like wings appeared floating behind her back. "Lock on. Artemis Fire!" Chaos chanted as she unleashed a barrage of small bullet shaped tainted fireballs at her father. They were traveling at high speeds and everything slowed down for him as his adrenaline skyrocketed. "Let's go Eva!" Naruto said as he synced up with his ever trusted partner. Naruto's reflexes shot up to superhuman levels as he deflected each fire bullet that came near him. He was nothing but a fast moving blur as he deflected and weaved out of the way of Chaos's barrage.
Chaos's assault came to an end as her wings folded down into a more standby position. Naruto and Chaos didn't even have time to breath before Iris did a perfect backflip over Chaos's head as she landed in front of her sister. Her eyes were turning green as she unleashed a massive tidal wave of fire and wind that barreled across the room in a crescent shape arc. Feeling the rush of excitement and pride in his daughters for pushing him so hard even in a simple family spar Naruto let his instincts take over as he devised a plan in a split second.
"Water Style: Water Wall Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as he unleashed gallons upon gallons of water out of his mouth that surged across the room in the shape of a curved crescent shaped high wall. The two attacks met in the middle of the room with an explosion of hot steam blowing everyone back. "Ice Style: Ice Wall Jutsu!" Naruto's voice was heard as a wall made out of ice formed from the cloud of steam that used to be water. The room was going through a rapid change in temperatures and the severe distraction that is was causing was enough for Naruto to make his next move.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Out of the thick steam cloud hundreds of shuriken came barreling at the two blondes who couldn't see very well with the mist in the way. Chaos's eyes changed to their scanners as she located each and every projectile in a split second. Iris didn't have such a handy device but she didn't need it. Due to what she is she could feel the slight disturbance in the air as the shuriken blasted right for them. "Aegis." Chaos announced as a hexagonal patterned dome appeared around her and Iris and all of the shuriken bounced off the powerful shield. Iris exploded into action as she whipped her arms about in an intricate motion and all the shuriken started to move to her will as the wind picked up in the room. Both girls sensed something descending towards them so Iris directed the hailstorm of sharp shuriken back into the air to intercept what was coming. Which was a big mistake.
An explosion from an Exploding Shadow Clone nearly blew the girls off their feet as the wayward shuriken were blown to the sides of the room. The real Naruto had skated up the ice wall and used it as a ramp to jump into the air with his Exploding Clone going first and being the decoy.
"I've got you!" Naruto yelled as he dropped out of the air with his staff in hand.
Market District
"I just have a few more things left and then I can go home." Aria said with a gentle smile as she strolled down the busy main street of the village. In both her hands were large bags filled with groceries and other such items. In her pocket was a grocery list filled with items that needed to be bought. 7 out of the 9 items on her list were checked off already and she just had two more stops to make and then she could finally go home. She left an hour ago right as Naruto started his spar with the girls so she knew that they would be quite hungry by the time they wore themselves out. 'They should be about done by now. I'm sure they would all like a nice early lunch.' Aria thought with a beautiful smile plastered on her face that was making heads turn and snap. Even guys with girlfriends and wives were having a hard time not looking in the beautiful and exotic looking girl's direction.
Naruto made sure to warn Aria not to wear her witches hat since not only would she stand out and look weird to people that past her by but she would also bring unwanted attention to herself if anyone with knowledge on witches and the supernatural in general was to spot her. It could be bad for everyone if that was to happen. Right now Aria was wearing an aqua green shirt with a simply blue jacket over it. A short skirt since it was summer time and the heat was beating down on everyone and a simple but stylish pair of shoes. Her silver hair was in its signature style with her long front tails being tied up with her talismans that she uses to focus her Psychic Powers through. The clothes she had on emphasized Aria's well-endowed chest and highlighted her toned and in shape legs as well as her wide hips. It also didn't help that the skirt while loose and comfortable was tight enough that it showed off the shape of her butt and the way it moved as she walked. Now that was gaining the attention of some men who were fortunate to walk behind her.
'Ok only two things left. Master asked for an extra set of bandage tape and Lady Chaos asked for more lemons.' Aria thought to herself but she sweat dropped at the end since she knew exactly why Chaos would want more lemons in the house. Everyone was well aware of Iris's seemingly allergic reaction to whenever she smells a lemon. Aria was contemplating not buying another pack of lemons but she knew she couldn't disobey her mistress so she planned to pick some up. However, the bandage of tape was seen first by her eye so she decided to head over to a store that would sell them.
With Hinata
Hinata was enjoying her break off from missions. Their probationary period would be over the next day so since she also didn't have any clan related duties of her own to perform she was taking this chance to do some window shopping. She didn't really have anything she particularly wanted to buy but she did want to look around. 'Maybe if I see something nice I can come back with Naruto and buy it with him.' Hinata thought to herself as a blush came to her face at her little thought process. She planned to go visit her best friend today since she spent all of yesterday with her teammates and she was forced to endure several sly and cunning attempts by Kiba to flirt with her. He was a nice boy when he wanted to be but he just wasn't exactly her type. A deep dark secret that no one knows except for her inner circle of girlfriends is that Hinata despite her shy, gentle, and meek personality actually kind of liked the whole cliché bad boy vibe and look that a vast majority of the girls in her generation are after.
Sasuke fit the bill and his name was all she ever heard back in the academy due to the amount of gossiping her classmates would do as they would all try and fail miserably at getting the Uchiha's attention. Kiba also had that rugged bad boy vibe to him but he was a little bit too dominant and forceful in his approaches to her. She liked his courage and directness with her but she was turned off by the fact that he tries too hard to impress either her or the other no faced girls he would randomly flirt with. Naruto on the other hand despite how serious he acted a lot of the time is actually quite the goofball with his great sense of humor that could get her to laugh almost instantly and the fact that he always goes out of his way to do little things for her that would make her day. He was easy to talk to and she never had to worry about him trying to hit on her every 10 minutes.
Of course Naruto does slide in some perverted jokes, bad puns, and an occasional flirty statement here and their but it wasn't all the time. He would usually have a tiny blush on his face whenever he would wing it and try to flirt with her but it was the fact that he tired and quite often failed or came up short that flattered Hinata's heart more. Hinata was a romanticist at heart and she like all other girls her age were told stories from when they were young about their knight in shining armor and heroes who would sweep them off their feet. Hinata was the same way but there was one big difference between Hinata and most other girls her age. While everyone else would want their dream boy or knight to be flawless and sweep them off their feet Hinata instead wants her knight to have flaws. When he tries to sweep her off her feet she wants him not to be perfect with it. She wants him to be a bit of a klutz. She wants him to work hard and struggle to get her and mess up along the way.
Hinata blamed this underdog mentality on the way she was raised. Her father didn't believe in her strength and he would often either berate her or outright ignore her in favor of either teaching Hanabi or attending to other important matters. This upbringing made Hinata feel worthless and not good enough but when she met Naruto who often messed up or got way in over his head it brought a smile to her face since she realized that she wasn't the only one in the world that wasn't perfect. No one was and people will struggle through out all of their endeavors. Naruto inspired and created that part of her and that was when she knew that she had an innocent crush and a slight bit of hero worship for her very first friend and to this day best friend. Those feelings have only grown and evolved over time but they've never changed too drastically. At this point in time Hinata knows that she has a huge crush on her best friend who she's spent the last 6 years of her life with. They had so much in common yet so many differences that they all balanced out and made them click together perfectly. Naruto inspired that underdog mentality into Hinata and she has been forever grateful to him ever since.
It also helps that Naruto is very rough around the edges and does many illegal things without a second thought. He was often willing to go to extremes if necessary as well. When they were still in the academy he would rope her into playing pranks on some of the teachers that would discriminate against him. The act of doing those bad things did make her heart race and flutter. No one ever knew it was them and no one could ever catch them in the act. How could they? With Hinata's Byakugan she could see someone coming a mile away and she and Naruto would be long gone by the time anyone would see them. Of course she never told her teammates or classmates about this. She definitely never told her father any of this, she valued living too much for such a mistake.
But the thing she valued most of all about Naruto was the fact that he was very vulnerable and he opened up to her easier compared to others. While he was afraid to open up to her whenever he just learned or experienced something in his life she would always end up being one of the first to know whenever he was ready to reveal it. The level of trust he places in her hands concerning his problems and feelings are overwhelming to Hinata but knowing that and just how much he cares about her makes her care about him all the more.
Finally, Hinata both as a smart and perceptive girl as well as being born a Hyūga who are masters at a very young age at reading and understanding people all the way down to their body language and mannerisms knew for a fact that Naruto had a crush on her. It filled her to the brim with self confidence that he found her attractive and he liked her for her but she wasn't sure how far his feelings extended. Was it a simple crush that he could withstand hiding from her or was it something different that had the potential to evolve into something much stronger. Hinata didn't know but she wasn't going to risk it or take anything to chance. She grew confident over the years due to Naruto's help but she wasn't that confident to outright just ask him out. That was a little beyond her and she knew Naruto wasn't there yet either. Hinata was content to wait and see where things would go between her and her best friend. She secretly hoped she didn't get friend zoned as she wasn't' sure how to go on if that was the case. Luckily for her, she didn't have any threatening competition to deal with. Unlike the many fangirls of Sasuke's fan club.
Hinata fully supported Evangeline's feelings towards Naruto and she understood that things between Naruto and Evangeline were a lot different compared to anyone else and that the bond they share is something that no one else could ever have, not even her and it took her some time but Hinata came to grips with it. It's useless to be jealous and angry at your best friend simply because she likes they boy you like. They share a bond that is simply far too different to your own. Henrietta was a little bit of a competition but Hinata would never step on the other girl's toes or anything like that. If she was honest with herself whenever Hinata is around Henrietta she can't help but think that they are twins. They share a multitude of similarities toward each other. Hinata couldn't in good conscience hate Henrietta for that. Aria was a different matter. Not only was she four years older but she already told Naruto her feelings and they worked it out between them.
With that being said Hinata isn't a jealous girl but if someone who wasn't a part of her inner circle of girlfriends decided that they wanted to take an interest in Naruto then their might be some problems. She was not going to hand her Naruto over to some other girl who didn't even know him half as well as she did. 'Wait where did that come from?' It was at this very possessive thought process that Hinata latched onto and broke her out of her endless pondering. 'I'm in the market now?' Hinata questioned herself as she blinked in surprise. Her mind was a wondering mess as she finally regained her senses. She had walked all the way from her clan compound to the main market district and she didn't even remember a quarter of the travel.
'I have to stop spacing out like that. It's not good to do that. But I didn't know I thought of Naruto so possessively before?' Hinata thought to herself with an embarrassed blush spreading across her face. She didn't know she had it in her to be possessive in that manner. It actually shocked her quite a bit.
"Hinata, is that you?" A voice said from behind Hinata getting the indigo haired girl to turn around. Standing behind her was Hinata's former classmate, current colleague, and Naruto's teammate Sakura Haruno who was in her normal attire. "Hello Sakura. It's nice to see you." Hinata greeted the bubble gum haired girl politely. "It's nice to see you too. What are you up to?" Sakura asked in a friendly manner. "Nothing much I just planned to look around for a bit." Hinata replied as the two girls slid up next to each other as they walked through the streets that was starting to pick up in traffic. It was early afternoon now and all the shops were now open for business. The two girls walked and talked aimlessly for about 15 minutes before Hinata brought up something that was bothering her.
"What's wrong Sakura? Did something happen?" Sakura was startled by this as she looked towards Hinata. "What do you mean?" The pinked haired girl asked in shock. "You've been rather subdued ever since I saw you. Did Sasuke turn you down?" Hinata correctly assumed. The conversation was going well enough between the two girls but Hinata could feel something was missing. Being a Hyūga even at her age she is already a master of reading body language and mannerisms. Judging by how Sakura was acting and based on what she has seen in the past Hinata naturally assumed it had something to do with Sasuke. "How did you know?" Sakura mumbled out as she looked at the dark indigo haired Genin besides her. "We Hyūga are trained form a very young age to read and understand a person's body language. Besides what kind of ninja would I be if I couldn't even tell when something was bothering a friend of mine." Hinata said with a charming smile and a little giggle. She didn't do it often but Hinata had a bit of a sense of humor and she liked to be a little witty from time to time.
"Yeah I just saw him a little while ago and I tried to ask him out but he blew me off." Sakura mumbled in sadness. "Why do you like him so much Sakura?" Hinata asked after a few moments of silence between the two girls. She wanted to know what Sakura saw in her teammate. Blame it on her natural instincts to help others but Hinata wanted to try and help Sakura even if she wasn't particularly close to the girl yet. The girl's feet were dragging them towards a small shop on the main strip but they didn't notice. "Why I like him so much…? Well what's not to like? He's…" Sakura began to say but she was cut off by a happy bell like call.
"Hinata!" A voice called out in surprise and happiness. Regaining focus on her surroundings Hinata looked ahead of her and saw her long time close friend Aria leaving out of the shop they were unknowingly headed towards. The witch had two heavy looking bags in her hands but a big smile was on her face. It was a little impractically for her to wave since the bags were a little heavy so Aria just settled on her smile doing the trick. Hinata's face lit up in joy at seeing her longtime friend as a big soft smile crossed Hinata's face as well. "Hello Aria. How are you?" Hinata greeted happily as the older girl walked up to them quickly.
'Wow she is beautiful.' Sakura thought to herself in her mind. She's never seen this girl before and what was more Aria not only had a beautiful face and smile but she also had a killer body that quickly made Sakura feel very insecure about herself. Sakura didn't quite know what to think of this mysterious girl. Sakura's never seen Hinata light up quite like that before so it was obvious that they were very close friends.
"Nothing much. I'm just doing my errands for master. We are running low on certain supplies so I'm just picking them up." Aria said as she shook the bags in her hand to emphasis her point. Aria felt a little naked without her witch hat but she's gotten used to it over the years. At least she was allowed to wear it inside the house and at the casino. "Let me guess he ran out of ramen?" Hinata joked with a giggle which got Sakura's attention. 'Ramen? Isn't that Naruto's favorite food?' Sakura's sharp mind picked up right away.
Aria giggled sheepishly as she raised up her left hand and jingled the bag a bit. The bag was transparent enough that the girls could see at least 7 cups of instant ramen in the bag and at least 3 different flavors based on the coloring of the labels. The bag also had some other basic stuff in it as well. Hinata's smile grew as she giggled some more. "Aria I would like to introduce you to my friend Sakura Haruno." Hinata said politely with a wave of her hand in Sakura's direction. "Hello nice to meet you." Sakura mumbled as she looked up at the girl. Aria wasn't the tallest person around but because she was older than them she did have at least a good 3 to 4 inches on them. "Hello my name is Aria Indigo it's a pleasure to meet you Miss Sakura." Aria said with an elegant and polite bow.
Sakura blushed in embarrassment at the action since she's never had anyone bow to her before and especially not so politely. "I only have one last stop to make and then I'm heading home. Were you on your way there too?" Aria asked as she turned back to Hinata. "Yes I was actually. I just decided to look around a bit." Hinata replied as she clasped her own palms down by her waist. "Master will be very happy then. He gets both ramen and you at the same time." Aria replied with a mischievous twinkle in her eye as she subtly teased her dear friend. Aria is sweet, kind, shy, and very submissive to a fault much like the rest of her close friends but by no means is she innocent. She is a witch after all. They have been known to be quite the pranksters and troublemakers. It's in their blood.
Hinata's face erupted into a boiling surface as it turned pinkish red. It looked like steam might come out of her ears at any moment. "Aria! Don't say things like that!" Hinata squeaked as she tried to calm her racing heart. She wouldn't admit it but her mind did start to go places a proper innocent girl like herself shouldn't go. "You know it's true." Aria chided with a giggle. "Excuse me but by any chance are you talking about Naruto?" Sakura asked as she butted in. "Oh yes sorry about that? He needed me to run some errands for him and I'm almost done." Aria stated. Either the witch didn't notice or she was just ignoring them but since more and more people were starting to appear in the street she was getting quite the amount of attention from the opposite sex.
"You called him master? What's that all about? How do you know him?" Sakura asked one question after another. Aria smiled at this as that twinkle in her eye was still there. "I've known him for the last 3 to 4 years now. He's my master." Aria explained with a smile. "Your master. How can Naruto be anybody's master? What does he teach you?" Sakura asked incredulously. She couldn't imagine Naruto having a student or teaching someone. "He teaches me a lot of things. I don't have a home or any family and I'm not native to your country. Through certain circumstances along the way we met each other and he allowed me to live with him. He gave me a roof over my head and three square meals a day and he didn't ask for anything in return." Aria said with a reminiscent smile on her face. Even to this day she still felt guilty about hurting Shoko and nearly getting her killed. When Naruto forgave her and offered her a roof over her head it was the happiest day of her life.
"Because of that I wanted to repay his kindness. I took over cleaning and doing chores around the house. I'm his…" Aria stated but she was cut off by Hinata interjecting. "Student." Aria pretending not to notice Hinata's little interjection as she continued. "… servant." Aria said with a smile. Hinata gave a cute pout as this. The three girls had entered a small market that sold food as they followed Aria on her last stop. Aria headed straight for the fruit section to find the lemons. She also saw delicious looking peaches and apples nearby in another crate so she decided to pick some up as well.
"There are so many questions that I have for you and him. He's never once mentioned you before." Sakura stated as she watched Aria pick up a pack of lemons. "Well… master is very reclusive and he doesn't like to talk about his personal life." Aria said with a smaller smile. "Aria are you picking up lemons again?" Hinata asked with a small exasperated frown since she knew exactly who asked for them. "Well these are for the little miss. You know I can't disobey her orders." Aria said with a small chuckle as she made sure to pick up extra. Hinata shook her head as she could imagine what Chaos was going to do with the lemons.
The girls left the store and made their way out of the market district as quickly as they could since the streets were starting to get very crowded. Sakura was busy asking Aria all sorts of questions about herself and what she and Naruto would often do. Aria was happy to answer most of those questions although she had to deflect a few of them that concerned anything supernatural related. "Hey Hinata so why do you like Naruto so much?" Sakura asked with a curious look in her eye. Hinata squeaked as a tinge of pink formed on her cheeks. "Yeah Hinata, why do you like master so much?" Aria said with a mischievous twinkle in her eye. It's not every day Aria could find any dirt to tease Hinata with. They young Hyūga is quite crafty and doesn't leave many openings for her friends to tease her with. Hinata knew that since she had asked Sakura the same question earlier she was just returning the favor. Even if Hinata didn't get a change to follow up or finish that conversation with her. However, Hinata would be patient and she knew that she would get the answer she wanted from Sakura soon enough.
The girls had entered what used to be the slums district. It has vastly improved over the years as much of the infrastructure was rebuilt and replaced after the night the Nine Tails attacked the village. The slums district was the epicenter of where the nine tails spawned and did the most damage to. Hundreds of people were killed with just the beast sitting in that one area. Of course it moved around and damaged other parts of the village but it didn't get very far because the Third Hokage managed to push the titanic beast out of the village all on his own. The old man wasn't called The God of Shinobi for nothing. Now the new area looked even better than some of the preexisting parts of the village. Brand new buildings and new roads. Everything was crisp and clean. Only some buildings were still being rebuilt at this point.
"Well, it's kind of a long story." Hinata said with a blush as she poked her fingers together. Luckily Naruto's apartment came into view right at that convenient moment so that Hinata didn't have to answer that question. "This is Naruto's apartment?" Sakura questioned as they started walking up the stairs to the big red building. "Yes the entire complex is owned by him." Aria answered. "The entire complex?!" Sakura asked in shock. "Yes. The building was abandoned for a long time after the Nine Tails incident and so Naruto found the place when he was very young and renovated it and made it his home. The whole inside of the building has been redone." Hinata spoke up. She would know since she convinced Naruto to let her help on a few odd jobs over the years. He was stubborn and wanted to do the entire apartment by himself but she managed to persuade him to let her help him every once in a while. It was a valuable experience for her and she had a lot of fun working with him on it.
They reached the top floor to see that while there were many doors on the floor only one of them looked brand new and it was the unit with the balcony attached to it. Hinata reached into her pocket and pulled out a spear key she was given years ago. Aria would have done it herself but she had her hands full and didn't want to make her friends carry all of her load. 'Hinata has a spear key? Just how close is she to Naruto?' Sakura question in her mind.
Entering the home, the three girls were instantly in the kitchen from the front door. Setting the heavy bags down on the table Aria stretched her arms above her head with a happy sigh of contentment. If she could get away with it she would just levitate all of the bags but she knew the kind of trouble that would cause. "They aren't upstairs yet?" Hinata questioned with an eyebrow raised. It was about that time when the family would have an early afternoon snack. "They probably got carried away with their spar. Let's go see." Aria suggested.
Sakura's eyes were roving all over the small kitchen area as she saw little personal items all over the room. From little drawings pinned to the refrigerator to special tea cups. The kitchen felt very lived in, it felt alive and inviting. Turing around to follow the two girls Sakura found herself going back down the stairs to the first floor. Entering the main room through a small reception area Sakura was shocked to see a full on dōjō. The room was pretty big being at least 30 by 25 feet. On the wall they were coming from Sakura could see one more door and another opening that had rooms. What they where she didn't know. On the far opposite wall in front of her she could see a total of four doors evenly spaced out with a larger gap in between. On the far right side in front of her she could see a long thin hallway that was at least 5-foot-wide with two doors on the left side of the hallway and a single door at the end of the hallway that was currently closed. All the doors were closed so she couldn't see what was in those rooms but the size of the building shocked her quite a bit.
This dōjō room was used extensively by the family as well as their closest friends. Shoko, Anko, and Hinata would find themselves down here quite a bit with the actual family plus Aria using it on a daily basis. Shoko would often instruct Naruto in this very room about Kenjutsu and other related subjects. The walls and floors were all reinforced with seals so that no damage could come to them. In the middle of the room sat Naruto, Iris, and Chaos. They all looked exhausted and they were all breathing heavy. The remains of what looked like a wall of ice was against their backs as they rested against it to let the cool temperature help cool them down. The three girls immediately took notice of how hot it was in the room and they could visibly see steam filtering around the room and coming from the floor.
Iris and Chaos was using Naruto's shoulders to rest their heads against and Naruto himself had a comical exasperated expression on his face. Due to his nature he wasn't quite used to the heat but he was so exhausted that he couldn't even move. Tomorrow the Genin teams would be allowed to start back up mission since their two week extended leave was up. Even though they would only be allowed to take D – Rank missions for the next month Naruto still wanted to get some training in. Today he wanted to take it a little easy so he decided to make it a light spar between him and his girls which quickly escalated into a full out fight with them using all of their powers. It wasn't fair in Naruto's mind since he couldn't use his Acceleration Technique since the girls were blocking Naruto's used of their energies and not only that but their combined energies were putting a dampening effect on Naruto's chakra network making it harder for him to mold chakra.
His Ice Style was rendered almost completely ineffective. While it could hold its own and stop most of Chaos's Fire based attacks it did almost nothing defensive wise to stop Iris's literal white hot flames. Her fire was so hot that it would melt straight through his ice just like it did back in the Land of the Waves during his fight with Haku.
"Master I'm back and I brought company." Aria announced as she wore an exasperated smile on her face. The sight of the three exhausted and lethargic Uzumaki's was enough to make her want to laugh but she was holding herself back. "…water…" Naruto moaned pitifully. Shaking her head Aria quickly left the room only to return moments later with a few bottles of water tucked into her hand. After getting rehydrated Naruto was finally aware enough of his surroundings to notice that his teammate was in his house.
It was an immediate struggle within himself to become defensive and more withdrawn from the girl but Naruto promised to change and not do that. He promised to be more opened with his friends and teammates so with those thoughts in mind Naruto internally relaxed himself. "Hey Sakura, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked with a cheerful smile on his face but he sent a discrete look towards Aria and Hinata. When he saw them smile and nod back he further relaxed himself. "Oh I kind of just tagged along after I met up with Hinata and Aria. I hope that's ok. I did show up at your house uninvited." Sakura stated with a short bow. Showing up at a person's house uninvited was considered rude and impolite in their culture.
"It's ok. I'm not mad. Make yourself at…" Naruto said with a disarming smile but his sentence was cut off when Eva decided to make herself known. "Hey Girlfriend!" Eva said while stretching out her words as she flew from Naruto's hair to Hinata where she splattered herself against Hinata's cheek like a bug on a windshield. "Hey Eva. How are you?" Hinata said with a sweet smile on her face. As embarrassing as that was and as embarrassed as she felt each time it happened, Hinata couldn't help but love every time Eva would do that. She thought it was both sweet and adorable.
"Hummmnnn. Lavender shampoo. Trying to impress me or someone else in the room?" Eva questioned with a coy and mischievous smile as she quickly caught the elegant and sweet smell of lavender coming from Hinata's hair. It was pretty much Hinata's natural smell at this point. Eva had whispered it into Hinata's ear so no one else heard what was said. Hinata squeaked for the second time today as her face nearly exploded. "Eva, don't say things like that!" Hinata abolished her so called girlfriend as she plucked the little fairy out of the air and placed her inside the hood of her coat jacket.
"Hahahahaha!" Eva was having trouble breathing with the amount of laughing she was doing. "Uh, what's so funny?" Naruto asked with a confused look on his face as he looked between his other half and his best friend and he knew Eva was teasing Hinata yet again. "Nothing…!" Hinata squeaked as she covered up Eva who looked like she was about to say something. Hinata looked like she wanted to disappear into her oversized creamed colored jacket and if not for how weird that would look she would do it in a heartbeat.
"Hello miss bubblegum." Chaos said from besides Sakura which caused the poor girl to nearly jump out of her skin. Sakura did scream and fall to the ground much to the amusement and satisfaction of Chaos who absorbed the fear Sakura just gave off. "Don't do that!" Sakura yelled with fear and weariness in her voice. Chaos just giggled into her hands as she collected the last of the energy Sakura gave off. Chaos could feel her energy returning to her since she spent quite a bit in her spar earlier. "Hello Sakura it's nice to see you again." Iris said politely as she bowed to the older girl. "It's nice to see you too Iris." Sakura managed to say as she got to her feet.
"This is so neat. Now that miss bubble gum is here we can celebrate by having a pillow fight." Chaos said with glee in her voice as she looked towards her father with a peculiar look in her eyes. Naruto caught this look and knew instantly that Chaos was losing control. That spar got out of hand and became too much for her. It stirred up her instincts too much.
"Chaos no. We still have stuff to do today sweetie so behave." Naruto said as he placed his hands on his hips. He was trying to intimidate the young blond so she would snap out of her instincts but it was not to be. "Hey Iris I have a present for you." Chaos said with a giggle as she disappeared from Naruto's view. Looking behind him he saw the tiny terror behind her sister with a bag of lemons in hand. "Chaos don't!" Naruto shouted as Iris turned around to address her sister. Chaos pushed the open bag of lemons into Iris's face before quickly backing up.
"Oh crap…!" Naruto said in a panic.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHCCCCCCHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOO!"
An explosion of red hot feathers unlike anything seen before went off in the middle of the room which covered the entire room from floor to ceiling in feathers ranging in colors between red, yellow, and orange. Iris was in the epicenter of this titanic explosion as she laid on her back knocked unconscious from the force of her own sneeze and everyone else in the room was pushed up against a wall due to the force of Iris's sneeze.
Groaning in pain Naruto and everyone else stood up and made their way back over to Iris while swatting away the hundreds of stray feathers in the air blocking their vision. "Chaos young lady you are in so much trouble! Come here right now!" Naruto called out since he couldn't see where Chaos was at the moment.
"Dada our sparing match isn't over yet…" Chaos's said in a sing song tone as her voice was heard from all around the room. "Cha…" Naruto began to say as he felt something behind him.
BAM!
10 Hours later
"Today was fun." Eva said cheerfully as she laid on the pillow facing Naruto who was facing her back. "If you call getting knocked unconscious for over an hour by a pillow only to wake up and see everything trashed by your six-year-old daughter fun then yes I would say that today was fun." Naruto deadpanned with a strained glare on his face as he looked over at Chaos who was snoring loudly and sprawled out on the bed besides them. The girls refused to sleep in their own bed and because of that Naruto still has to share a bed with them. Most of the time he would wake up with cramps and back pain since he doesn't have enough space on the bed to sleep properly but as he looked at Chaos's peaceful expression as she lazily cuddled up to Iris who was further cuddled up to Naruto's side the annoyed glare that was on Naruto's face soon evaporated with a tired sigh.
A bemused and just content smile came over Naruto's face as he watched both his children sleep peacefully. It was moments like these that he treasured the most. He just couldn't stay mad at either of his girls for longer than maybe 10 minutes at the most. Any time he would catch himself watching them he would just get this content and happy feeling wash over him. All his stress and tiredness would just wash away in those moments. Naruto's eyes misted over for a brief moment as he relished in the thought that he actually had a family who cared about him despite the fact he grew up an orphan. Any time that particular thought would enter his mind it would be enough for him to get emotional since it was his greatest dream to have a family to call his own.
"Eva you know it's been a very long time since we've been together." Naruto whispered out in a content voice. Eva blushed shyly at this since the tone Naruto used sent a shiver up her spine. She liked the tone he just used but before she could get lost in her thoughts she decided to hear her partner out.
"Yeah it really has been a long time. What are you getting at?" Eva said in a small shy voice as hope and anticipation was starting to creep up in the back of her throat. She wouldn't admit it but her thoughts were starting to wander to places she's only dreamed about or gossiped with her friends.
"I was thinking what if we go visit the shack we met in all those years ago. Since that night we've never once gone back." Naruto suggested hopefully. Evangeline deflated as disappointment filled her as her wandering mind came crashing down. She didn't let it show since she didn't want Naruto to catch on so she pushed her disappointed feelings to the side. However, excitement did fill her soul once again as she took a moment to think about what Naruto just suggested.
"You know your right. We've never gone back. We should definitely go and check the place out. Maybe we'll find something there." Eva agreed with happiness in her voice as the prospect of visiting the place where she met her other half filled her with excitement and joy.
"Then it's decided then. How about next weekend after we get done with the first batch of boring D – Rank missions?" Naruto suggested with a smile. "Sounds like a plan partner." Eva replied with a grin. "Hey do you think Sakura can be a good friend for us?" Naruto asked out of the blue. "Uh… yeah. She's changed a bit since the mission to wave. She's not quite there yet but she's improved. I think she will be a great friend." Evangeline answered.
"That's good to hear. I'm happy we're making more friends Eva." Naruto mumbled as a yawn escaped his mouth. He was extremely tired after the very long day he had. He had to entertain a diverse group of girls who ran him ragged the entire day. He was ready to drop by the time they had left.
"Me too Naru. Me too." Eva said with a small smile as she closed her eyes. "Goodnight Eva." Naruto whispered as he closed his eyes to let sleep finally take him away. "Night Naru… love you." Eva whispered barely above a whisper as she was already asleep. She was just as tired as her other half after the tiring day they had. Naruto's eyes snapped wide open in shock. Sure they tell each other they love each other every single day and sometimes several times a day but for some reason this time felt different compared to the others. Naruto just couldn't put his finger on it and he knew that it was going to bug him for a long time to come.
"… Love you to Eva…"
Jutsu Library
1.) Artemis - While her wings are manifested she can conjure her tainted flames and target multiple objects or enemies at the same time using her targeting systems. When they fire they are fast, traveling two to three times faster than the fire balls she shoots from her hands. They are smaller and in the shape of bullets. They have a lot of piercing power but a lower amount of explosive power. They are good at intercepting or bombarding targets.
2.) Water Style: Water Wall Jutsu - This defensive technique creates a wall of water around the user. Enemy attacks are completely intercepted by a fence of water blown out from the mouth, and is raised from below with tremendous might. The water is blown out in the form of a circle around the user, and it makes for a defense without openings. It is also possible for the user to control the amount of water and duration at will. The wall's strength and resistance change following the quantity of chakra poured down into the water, so a skillful shinobi will be able to build a sturdy one. Furthermore, because the field of vision is maintained even while defending one can easily go on to the next move, which is a great advantage. The wall can also be formed from a pre-existing water source.
3.) Ice Style: Ice Wall Jutsu - An Ice Style Jutsu that Naruto uses. He slams his hands onto the ground and pumps a sizeable amount of chakra into the ground beneath him. Out of the ground in front of him a large thick wall of ice will appear that is very thick and highly durable. Because of the fact that Naruto's chakra is in fact mixed in with his own Yōki that his body creates the Ice wall's durability is further enhanced. However, it can crack if hit with a high amount of pressure and velocity such as Eva's giant water wave.
4.) Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu - The user creates a thousand shadow clones from one shuriken, striking down the enemy. This is a technique that combines ninja tools with Ninjutsu. Compared to normal shadow clones, clones of material objects are said to be on a far higher level. There is no need for preparations beforehand, like stocking up on shuriken, or kunai, yet since the shadow clones are real and not illusions, all the shadow blades that fly around are equally lethal. Because the clones form in just an instant, completely evading them is next too impossible. This technique can also be used on Fūma shuriken, increasing its lethality.
5.) Aegis - A unique ability that Chaos demonstrates. She creates a light blue shield that has hexagonal shapes as its pattern. The shield is in the shape of a large sphere that increases its diameter and can encompass anything Chaos wishes it to.
6.) Exploding Shadow Clone - An advanced version of the Shadow Clone Jutsu that allows the user to create shadow clones that will explode either upon death or through voluntary detonation. It is caused by destabilizing the chakra core of the clone and then packing it full of excess chakra that the normal Shadow Clone Jutsu doesn't need.
Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys so I hope you enjoyed that chapter a lot because I enjoyed writing this one. It is currently one of my favorites. We add so many layers to our existing characters and flesh them out and bring them more to life. We flesh out Iris's character even more and we get to dive into her personality a bit more as well as her insecurities. Chaos well... we learn that she somehow has a very interesting shirt that no one in that universe should have. Don't ask me where she got it from because I'm just as shocked as you guys. ;)
We see a bit more of Aria and we get a lot of character insight into Hinata as well. Over all it was a great experience for me writing this chapter. It was a blast and a nice change of pace. So I hope you all enjoyed it very much.
That's the end of Chapter 29 I sincerely hoped you enjoyed it.
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Published: 9/15/2016
