bednarczykmiki: hahaha yeah, it would be interesting. sadly, the girls in azur lane itself already reach five hundred, I can't put anyone except for the single commander slot for the girl outside the two worlds.
FilthyCasual543: thanks for the words of confidence! and thanks for the vote!
Bruh: xD Unfortunately, I can't picture Naruto without Hinata if I can be honest.
NaruLemon Stories: Avenger one xD. She is he most sexy to me.
Kyred: haha, did he? xD
Batthan the dark knight: haha, perhaps he did xD
RedRazorFlash: hmmmm... a nice idea, actually *thinking pose*
Shining batista: yep yep xD, in this story he will be less emphatic when it come to humans in general and think about his profit first and foremost before anyone else/I know, but sadly, there is very few explanation from Naruto verse when it come to 'formula' things. to my knowledge, Minato's formula is that of several kanji put together, while tobirama's formula is that of kanji, hindi script and some more symbols put together. and what first come to mind when we said kanji in naruto verse? fuinjutsu... honestly, I want to incorporate something different, something like the art of writing, Shodo or Shuji, but not all people will understand if I put such thing because they probably will ask "but isn't this just fuinjutsu?" so yeah... I will put anything with symbols as fuinjutsu except some that has definite explanation.
Jeanned Alter d'Arc: hmmm, nice idea... but idk for now xD
BK201DarkKitsune: we will, in the next chapter
RazorFlameZ: true, and probably will happen, considering the two currently tie for the position xD
Topik1: perhaps? *wink* *wink*
Psudocode Samurai: glad you like it XD
monkiepawn: well, you may said that, but there are also many people that probably will say "Impossible! how can you put harem despite the mc is very love struck for one person!?" so well, you see... it's all about perceptions. though, can't fault you for thinking like that.
dcoon: Avenger one xD
Ghostly: I put it for the bonus chapter below.
anyway...
thanks for voting guys!
as for the result... well, see it for yourself, it makes me confuse honestly xD
Chapter 5
The Demon
XXX (Start) XXX
-Flashback-
"Commander, let's play~"
The words come from the infamous Akagi as she barges the room with her usual large grin.
And her grin widen when she saw no hint of the Commander and only him, sitting in the seat of vice-commander.
He's stamping on some documents.
"Akagi-nee, good morning to you too"
Naruto greets softly while tilting his body to the side…
Why?
*Bam!*
He was dodging the Akagi bullet that would've glomped on him if didn't dodge just now.
"Kukuku~ it seems you're being a bad boy now, Na. ru. to. kun~"
As he feels his sister's heart getting darker and darker, Naruto stops his job and jumped off his seat, then walked toward her until he was right in front of her.
He dodged simply because he was afraid that some of his documents would get damaged.
"Akagi-nee… I told you already, not when I'm on the job"
Knowing her temper, Naruto decides to be the one to hug her around the waist.
And the result is instant.
"Hehehehe~"
As Akagi returns his hugs, the large, long nine tails behind her start to move around from happiness.
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"Ah, should I not come?"
Naruto's body jerked from hugging Akagi when he heard the sound of his dear commander behind him.
And when he turns his attention, there she is, folding her arms in front of her chest with eyes of jealousy.
"Ah, Commander, welcome back"
Naruto has read so many mangas and watched so many anime throughout his life.
And thus, he merely keeps his calm and refuses to act stupid like most of the mc from the harem genre.
You know, like those from to-love you or high school dragon x devil.
Those MCs are stupid and kept denying their action or whatnot.
Then again, he isn't trying to create a harem at all.
"Yes, Commander, welcome back"
Of course, his sister Akagi isn't that happy that their 'huggles times' got interrupted, and wraps her hands around his neck from behind, her tails wrapping themselves on some part of his body.
This act of Akagi got a rather annoyed 'tch' from his dear Commander.
So cute.
"Commander, there's something that I need to ask you…"
Ignoring the tense atmosphere between his commander and sister, Naruto merely walked back to his desk and takes out some documents from his shelf.
"Yes? Is there any problem?"
Seeing him being serious, his commander also turns serious as she starts to read the papers he took out.
There's no problem… or at least, to her.
"Yes, I was wondering. Can we change this [shipgirl] name? I… feel offended"
As Naruto furrows his face from annoyance, Akagi starts cooing at him and patting several parts of his body without any shame whatsoever.
Of course, his dear commander, being a dear she is, took notice of his real annoyance and nodded her head.
"True, with you being a male and all, I guess it would be wrong to keep calling your race as [shipgirl]… do you have any suggestion?"
Here, Naruto nodded and walked in the direction of the window and stares at the sea with faraway and melancholy eyes.
There are a few young [shipgirls] running around happily without knowing what the future going to send at them.
He has lost so many friends… so many sisters…
And he knows the enemy will keep taking them one by one.
"We are born to war… and we shall die in war…"
Turning around, Naruto let out a small smile full of sadness to his commander and sister.
"[Warship] should be a good name… right?"
-Present-
"…"
On the edge of training ground nine, Naruto is watching Lee and his teammates doing several exercises before they can start the real training regimen.
Of course, his hands are holding a book that he read about the human body.
Human in this world, that is.
Now, Gai may have seen him as simply watching his team's training because he has the so-called [youth] he kept screaming about.
But actually, Naruto is copying the movement of Hyuga-clan when they're using their Taijutsu.
Neji Hyuga.
Unlike Hinata, the boy is talented and should have become Chunin by now if only Gai were to let him go through the exam last year.
Then again, perhaps it was Lee who Gai thought wasn't ready at the time or the girl with two buns on her head. Though Naruto leans toward the latter instead of the former because from his investigation, Lee is just far stronger than this Tenten.
Anyway…
Yes, he is copying Neji's technique by watching and recording it inside his brain.
Eyes?
No, he doesn't have Baykujan, but his eyes alone are enough as their uses are literally the same.
Zoom? Yes, his eyes can zoom his sight.
x-ray? Yes, his eyes can see the organs inside a human body.
The only thing he can't do is see in 360 degrees, that's all.
"Naruto! My rival! Why don't you join our training for today instead of sitting around!?"
As Lee screamed out his lungs, Naruto nodded a little.
Yeah, that's right.
He should've enough data about Juken by now and no longer need to watch Neji.
Tomorrow, he should be able to start his investigation of Hinata's team.
From what he heard, her sensei moniker is Genjutsu mistress.
He's curious about this Genjutsu thingy.
For now though…
"Okay, let's spar"
Gai's team training consisted of sparring against each other again and again, then against the Jonin using teamwork.
But for now, he wants to beat up some prick named Neji.
Why?
The boy kept calling him useless chibi the very first time he came to watch Lee.
So right now, he's going to show who's the real useless chibi around here.
-Later-
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But of course.
Much to his displeasure, his action once again brings him into the council meeting room, and the members look bored as they see him once again.
sigh
"… Okay, what did you do this time, Naruto-kun?"
After Naruto beat up the Hyuga boy with the rage of hundreds of rabid dogs, ANBUs squads swarmed him, which led to him in the end beating them too.
Now… genin is simple.
Few ANBUs would be simple too.
But as more than ten squads of ANBUs ( one squad consisted of four members. One senior, and three junior) swarmed on him, Naruto found himself on the losing side.
Well, what do you expect?
It's not like he can use his riggings against them.
His riggings are only to kill, and he doesn't want to kill anyone under the Hokage.
All he can do is simply weakly punched them.
Unknown to him, several ANBUs that received his 'weak' punches are now in the hospital, having some of their bones broken.
" Mn?"
And thus, gagged with a ball of steel, hands, and legs cuffed tightly, Naruto can only tilt his head to the side a little bit in confusion.
No, he doesn't know his fault.
Behind him, Cat ( aka the woman who did the finishing blow on him) coughed into her fist.
Cough cough
"Hokage-sama, me, and several other squads were on patrol when we saw Uzumaki-san here beating one Neji Hyuga while ignoring Gai's scream to stop, thus, we helped Gai to apprehend Uzumaki-san"
Gai alone was not enough to stop the monster called Naruto, and thus, they helped the man.
Though of course, they also got several men injured from Naruto's heavy blows.
Clank!
"Lies… me and Neji-kun were playing a tag, that's all"
As Naruto tilted his head and acted innocent after he bit through the steel gagging him ( and ate it) Naruto said that.
None of the council members believe him, for obvious reasons.
Sigh
"So, why did you beat up your friend, Naruto-kun?"
"As I said already, we were playing a tag"
As Naruto refuses to admit his deed once again, Hiruzen soon found himself rubbing his head from the incoming headache.
Here he was. having a meeting with the council members about some important things, only to get a report about Naruto beating Neji Hyuga and making several elite ANBUs admitted into the hospital.
Hiashi is livid, and only his order to not make a scene that makes the man somewhat calm down.
But with Naruto being like this…
Slam!
"Hokage-sama! This is a huge disrespect to my clan, I ask of you to punish this boy severely!"
Angry and livid, one Hiashi Hyuga soon slammed his hand against the table and stood, then bowed at Hiruzen while requesting that.
Of course, seeing this, Naruto also let out his counter…
"No, Hokage-sama, I am innocent"
Yes… it was sarcasm.
And hearing this, Hiashi's face turns red from anger.
The boy doesn't even look that scared!
"Okay, please be serious Naruto-kun, why did you do that?"
Seeing the man known for his calmness slowly losing his mind, Hiruzen chooses to be a bit firmer toward Naruto, ignoring the boy that currently eating his cuffs as if they were some kind of snacks.
Behind Naruto, Cat is palming her mask.
"Well, if you really want to know…"
Burp
Ignoring etiquette whatsoever, the boy burped a little after he finished his 'snack', fortunately for them, Naruto doesn't stop his sentence.
"… I was possessed"
"Oh, Naruto…"
Sigh
For the third in the few minutes since Naruto enter this room, Hiruzen let out a sigh of exasperation.
This is going to be a loooooong day.
-Later-
He is getting punishment.
But…
"This is stupid"
In a room where most criminal is getting interrogated, Naruto is hanging in the air by the steely thread wrapping around almost every part of his body.
And every thread is far away from his mouth, thus, he can't bite them.
What is this called again?
Shibari?
Yeah… he remembers Kaga and Akagi tied him like this too after he do something 'bad'.
Their punishment is strange, indeed.
"Yeah, I mean, why should I be the one to guard a kid like you?"
In front of Naruto, the perverted woman who uses very open clothes is grumbling, tapping her feet impatiently with a childish pout on her face.
click
"Now now, Anko-san, here is your dango"
As the door opened, Cat enter the room holding two bags of snacks for the woman called Anko.
And like a cat seeing catnip, the pervert's eyes become starry, and start to eat the snacks on the bag with gusto.
These are friends.
From their interaction alone, Naruto could take notice of this almost instantly.
And seeing this, he decides to close his eyes.
He doesn't want to watch.
Let's just sleep until the time is up, that would probably be easier for him.
After all, did the Hokage really though his body would get cramped just because he got tied like this for mere hours?
Heh.
Humans and their assumptions.
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Drip
Drip
Drip
"Strange… I didn't have the intention to get here"
Of course, he knows that this is his mindscape, the area deep inside his subconsciousness.
His scanner easily took notice of this place, after all.
Calmly, Naruto uses his imagination to summon his sea gear to slide on across the water like a professional skier.
What?
This is his mind, so it is easy for him to imagine whatever he wants to appear.
"Hum~"
And thus, as Naruto slide on the sewer water, he hums a song, uncaring of the spooky air the whole area is giving off.
Why his mind is shaped like a sewer, Naruto doesn't know.
But before he can complain verbally, he took notice of how the water under him slowly turned blue as he keep going forward.
Ah, so that's how it was.
The sewer represents his past mind.
"And thus, outside of here…"
Sea.
As far as his eyes can see, Naruto saw the sight that he missed for so long.
Sea, and a few hundred meters away from his current position, is a single, rather large island.
And knowing what creature is there, Naruto took his time, releasing his stress by doing some maneuvers atop the sea.
Ah, how he missed doing these movements.
But alas, a good thing must end eventually.
And as Naruto reach the lone island, he hopped to it with a soft "hup" and jumped, the shoes on his feet disappeared as he did.
Ah, so neat.
And thus, he keeps walking, until, in the end, he reaches the middle of the island, where he can see a humongous, orange rabbit sleeping peacefully.
Oh wait, the creature even has nine tails that are chained to the island.
"Ah, I see… you must be the Kyuubi, the nine-tailed rabbit"
Right beside the jaw of the creature, Naruto said while patting its nose.
"Who dares!?"
Maybe felt its nose got poked or perhaps just because of another reason, the Kyuubi stood on all four, showing Naruto the full height of said creature that almost reach the height of a small mountain.
"Woah"
Clap clap
Impressed by the sheer size of the creature, Naruto clapped his hands several times, his eyes showing pure awe.
Fear?
Why should Naruto fear a small mountain when he can destroy several mountains altogether.
That simply doesn't make any sense.
"Human! You dare to touch me, the great Kyuubi!?"
"Yeah? Rabbits must be petted, that's what Akagi said to me"
"I'm a demon fox!"
BOOM!
As a huge claw came down, Naruto do nothing except let the appendage hit him, destroying the area near him and creating a rather huge crater around him.
Naruto himself?
He simply blinks.
The claw stops a meter away before it can hit him.
And with ease, he slapped the appendage away from his face.
"That was rude…"
The boy chided, his eyes narrowing dangerously at the overgrown rabbit in front of him.
"… Does your parent didn't teach you any manner?"
"DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT MY PARENT! HUMAN!"
Something is coming.
As black and white energy starts to converge in front of the rabbit's jaw, Naruto merely raises one of his eyebrows in confusion.
Is that an attack?
Okay then.
Nine large riggings get summoned, and Naruto charges up his attack using his blue chakra.
"BIJUDAMA!"
"Narudama"
Boooooooooooom!
As the two attacks hit each other, they create a brief, but the large explosion that almost destroys the whole island.
What is left, is nothing but a few grounds to stand on.
Hell, even the rabbit itself has nothing to stand on and merely uses its chakra to stay above water.
And the creature is growling.
"You're good, human"
"You're pretty good too, rabbit"
And Naruto is being honest with that.
This is the very first time someone can block the full-powered attack from all of his nine riggings.
It is surprising.
And it also told him that there's more that he can learn about in this world.
"Stop calling me a rabbit, I have a name"
"Then stop calling me human, it disgusts me"
For once since Naruto met the creature, the rabbit blinked its eyes several times in confusion.
Then said eyes are full of glee.
"Are you telling me, you are not human?"
"Of course not, you imbecile…"
Here, Naruto almost sneered to be called human once again by the creature in front of him.
An act that makes the creature even happier to hear him out.
"… I am the personification of destruction, Siren, name Naruto"
Here, the rabbit in front of him let out a wide grin. So wide that it can be called an evil grin by most people.
"As for me, I am the hatred and destruction given shape, name Kurama. Nice to see you, Naruto"
"Nice to see you too, Kurama"
And they bumped their fists with that.
Thus, in this day, a bond is created not by understanding. But because of their hate toward the race of humanity.
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Outside, on Naruto's seal, everything is opened at the same time.
-Later-
"You're telling me, you got punished by humans because you beat many of their people?"
'Yep, I must let them do this so I can keep using their library… only when I have no use for them that I will no longer care for what they say'
Deep inside Naruto's mind, Naruto can feel his new friend ( pet) turn silent for a few seconds before, in the end, the creature let out a small grunt of agreement.
Said grunt also held some discontent, but Naruto doesn't care about such a small thing.
"… Understandable, I also underestimate humans in the past and got myself sealed for my prize. At least you think ahead, unlike me"
Bitterness.
There's just no way Naruto cannot sense such bitterness tainting the creature's voice as it talks.
But not knowing how to comfort the creature, Naruto in the end, merely keeps silent.
Don't talk if you don't understand, Kaga once said to him.
"Can I go now?"
Naruto asked his two guards, getting them to look at each other for a small second.
Though in the end, they shook their head.
"Nope, maybe tomorrow, Naruto-san"
Cat said to him, something that makes Naruto let out his sigh of frustration.
This is a waste of time.
"At least get me a book of advanced fuinjutsu… if you don't, I will get it by myself"
Unfortunately for him, one of his guards, Anko merely smile cheekily at him after she heard what he said.
Beside her, Cat seems to be deep in thought.
"Ohoho, nice try kid. I'm confident in my rope skills you know? You won't get out from there unless I do it"
"And I'm confident in my destructive ability… do you want to take the chance, Anko-san?"
Anger.
Annoyance.
The two feelings start to converge in Naruto's eyes as he blankly stares at the two guards across from him.
There's no need for chakra.
His aura and will itself are enough to make most people weak on their knees.
And slowly, the two start to get unnerved.
"Anko, just get it"
"Y-Yes ma'am"
In the end, Yugao ordered Anko, getting the snake lady to dash as quickly as she can.
And seeing this, naruto nodded in the air.
That's a good girl.
"You should just use my chakra… that would make the two pisses on their pants"
'Disgusting… funny, but it will be disgusting. And you forgot that I must stay here until tomorrow, I don't want to smell piss as I stay'
"… True"
With that as its last word, Kurama cut their connection.
The creature is probably bored and decides to sleep instead of watching him read several books about sealing techniques.
Oh well…
If the rabbit doesn't want to learn, then it's up to it.
Naruto won't force it just because he wants a second head when he starts to practice his sealing techniques.
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Now, this is good.
After Anko came back for the first time, Naruto told the woman to get some snacks for him.
And after snacks, then drinks.
By the end of her third trip, Anko is glaring at him with stinky eyes that would make most people trembles in fear.
Naruto?
He calmly took a sip of his tea, then munched his dango by using Kurama's red chakra to create something like two hands from his tailbone.
All the while, one rigging shaped like a book stand is hovering in front of him, where he let the book rest.
And every time he want the book to get flipped, he merely told Yugao to do the deed.
See?
Life is simple.
As long you have power for it, of course.
-Tomorrow-
Twelve hours.
That is how long Naruto was tied up in the air, shibari style.
And while the two that are his guards seem happy when he was released ( they expected him to get powerful cramps) their smiles die down when he simply walked out of the interrogation room with no cramps and no limp whatsoever.
Hah!
Stupid!
He fought for weeks without food and drinks.
And they expected him to get cramps just because he got tied up for twelve hours?
"So, what are you going to do now?"
The creature inside of him suddenly said, getting Naruto to hum a little bit inside his head as he walks across the busy street of Konoha village.
What should he do?
Should he follow the plan to watch Hinata's team?
After all, he really wants to see the so-called Genjutsu mistress in action.
Is she really as impressive as people say?
After all, he has already seen Gai, the monster in green in action when the man rushed at him to defend his student yesterday.
Can Kurenai really top that?
'Probably not… but it still will be good to see some uniqueness of ninja'
Taijutsu is the art of hand-to-hand combat.
Saw this one.
Ninjutsu is the art to use any technique that a normal person otherwise would be incapable of doing.
Never really saw many of them in action, but he does have basic and intermediate knowledge about Ninjutsu.
Now, Genjutsu… the art of illusion.
And this one…
He can't understand it from the perception of books alone.
Yes, it disturbs someone's five senses by injecting their chakra into the air, then to the target.
But unless he experiences the feeling of getting hit by a Genjutsu, Naruto knows he won't be able to understand fully the art in question.
Fuinjutsu?
Don't joke around.
Compared to most people in this backwater village, he is already a master of fuinjutsu.
'I want to see some Genjutsu in action'
"Che, do as you please"
The creature seems upset after it heard the word 'Genjutsu'.
Nonetheless, Naruto keeps going.
After all, he has a motto that he must understand something that makes him feel hateful, then took the power for his own.
For example, he hates sirens.
What did he do?
He took them apart, ate their riggings, and made those weapons he hates so much into his.
And in that way, he passed through his hate and unknowingly fear of the Sirens.
If Kurama really wants to bypass his hatred and fear of Genjutsu, then it should just try to learn the techniques.
Not crying over the spilled milk and doing nothing.
It's childish.
Then again…
Kurama is his new pet.
He will protect his new pet with all of his beings.
Of that, Naruto promised.
-Flashback-
'Kaga...'
As Naruto walks through the street of Azur Lane, Naruto senses the presence of one of his sisters using his sensor.
She is hiding behind a rather large tree.
But knowing this is her way to 'protect' him, Naruto merely let out a small sigh.
"Ah, the sea should look nice right now… I think I will go to the beach to see the scenery there"
The sun just started to set, giving the sky a rather humbling, orange light.
So yes, the beach should have rather nice scenery there.
And thus, Naruto feels it as Kaga disappears from his sensor, running to the beach where he usually takes some break times.
Geez.
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"Kaga-nee… you're here?"
Naruto tried his best to act surprised when he saw his albino sister standing on a beach by lone-some, staring at the orange sea.
Yes…
The scenery is like the very sea itself is burning.
It kept reminding Naruto of the thing he mustn't let happen, at all costs.
"Naruto… I didn't see you coming"
Kaga's cold face stares at him after she turns his attention to him.
And seeing this, Naruto smile a little and walked until he is standing right beside her.
"Is everything okay with work, Nee-chan?"
Right after he said that Naruto feels a single, warm tail wraps itself around his arm and pulls him closer, despite the eternal cold face of Kaga.
"Yes, everything is alright… how about you? I'm sure you're not slacking off just because you're now a vice-commander, right?"
"Of course, you would tie me up and leave me hanging for days if I do that"
Just like her sister, Kaga loves snuggles.
And thus, Naruto let himself get closer to her and gives her a side hug, arms wrapping themselves around her waist.
Of course, because of their differences in height, he can only reach her side boob.
"What's this? Did you miss me, perhaps?"
Despite saying this with such coldness that most people would shiver, Naruto merely lets out a small smile when he feels several warm tails wrapping themselves around his body and pulling him even closer to her.
Lol
He can't even move away even if he wanted to.
That's how tight Kaga's tails are.
"Yeah… I missed you, sis"
It's been a few weeks since they met each other.
And from the rumor he heard, the HQ was losing contact with Kaga for a few days as she was trapped inside a Siren's realm.
Fortunately, the day the contact return, she is alive and intact.
And the information alone was enough to make Naruto almost jump in joy.
He…
He doesn't know what he would feel if he lose her too.
"Heh, you're so childish, Naruto. Then I will let you stay like this until the moon is high in the sky"
Simply said, late at night.
And hearing this, Naruto let out an amused smile which he hid as he pressed his face into her side, inhaling her jasmine-scented perfume.
He only wanted to stay like this for a few minutes.
Yet Kaga wants to stay like this for hours.
Who is the childish between them, honestly?
Ah… dear sister.
"Kaga-nee… I love you"
"…"
Unsurprisingly, the woman keeps silent and places one of her tails atop his head, which makes him won't be able to look up.
Of course, Naruto already knows why.
She is probably blushing right now~
Ah
How cute, his sister is.
The current voting pool is...
Harem: 48
Single : 9
Commander:
Kurumi (Date a live): 37
Oda Nobunaga (Fate): 37
So... what should I do?
xD
I'm confused.
this is the very first time something like this happening in my votes honestly.
however, I am thinking about making one of them (probably Nobu) as new vice-commander as replacement for Naruto. and considering she is kinda similar to Kurumi, I can make her as Kurumi's clone (but with a mix of siren to transform into her avenger last form(the one with red hair)).
what do you all think?
Should i do it?
anyway...
hate it?
love it?
tell me in the review section, and thanks for all the votes you gave me!
xD
Ciao~z