Of Dragons and Foxes
Arc 2
Chapter 2
"Dialogue"
Thoughts
Kurama speaking
powerful voices
-places-
=Time=
Well, I know that I said that I would update "Dracon Inquisitionis" but I need a little more time on that one, to investigate a little more, I bought "Tales of Xadia" and it should arrive at any moment, when it arrives I could do my research and get the next chapter of DI, so while I wait for ToX I will write a few short chapters of this
By the way, the clothes that I tried to describe from Naruto are the typical jonin uniform
-City of Katolis-
-Abandoned Tavern "The Sweet Fox"-
=949AE-March 20=
Harrow was surprised, that Fox was a boy, the same age (or a year older) than his own daughter (step) the fact that Fox was a child was a complete impossibility for him, apparently his surprise was quite obvious as Fox started to laugh a little
"I guess my apparent age is a surprise," Fox said with a clear tone of amusement in his voice.
"Apparent?" Viren replied, recovering faster than Harrow. "You mean you're older than you look? How old are you?"
"Eight years old, Nine in October," Fox replied nonchalantly.
Horrow and Viren were surprised "You are….a few months younger than my daughter…." said the Dark Mage how was somewhat stunned by the information
"Hmm? ah… Claudia, your daughter, who has started her training in Dark Magic"
"HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY DAUGHTER" Viren shouted angrily
"I am the best Spy on the continent, I know everything about everyone, for example, I know that yesterday there was an attempted murder against your son, I know that two of the assassins were hired by the Muco house and I know that they did it with the purpose of trying this, is that they intended to marry their eldest son to your daughter, Princess Calla, after that they planned to assassinate you and use their power in the council, to nominate Calla as Orphan Queen according to the law established by the first queen and to finish they would kill Calla in an accident to take control of the Kingdom"
This surprised the two adults, some of that information was already known, like the one that House Muco was involved in, but the rest of the information was new, including the reason for their actions.
"Can you prove that?" Viren asked nervous but trying to seem calm
"Yes, once you return to your desk, King of Wrath, you will find all the documents proving what I have told you now," Fox replied calmly.
The King and the Dark Mage exchanged a look, rapidly exchanging information as only two friends who have been through a lot can do.
"How is it that an 8-year-old boy is one of the most renowned spies and assassins in the human kingdom?" asked the King
"Mm?…..who knows?" Fox responded with the same carefree tone as before "But I prefer to talk about business"
"With a child? It's hard to believe that you're Fox" Viren replied now that he was shocked by the event happening
"Exactly, can you prove that you are Fox?" continued the King
The boy who claimed to be Fox simply looked at the two men for a few seconds, until in a second he disappeared from Harrow's sight, who immediately heard a sound of a thump next to him, turning around he can see his friend, Viren, On his knees and with the point of a knife pointed at his neck, following the hand and arm that was gripping the knife, Harrow found the blond boy behind Viren.
"Is this proof enough for you?" The blond said, with a serious and cold tone, a tone that sent chills down Harrow's spine and even more down the Dark Mage's, from his tone there was no doubt that he would have no problem killing Viren, something that worried and saden Harrow, what kind of life would this kid have had to end up a cold murderer?
"Yes, yes, please r-remove the knife Fox" Harrow managed to say
Fox didn't say anything but removed the weapon from Viren's neck and disappeared again to reappear at his original location "So" the blond assassin began "can we talk about business now?"
"First, I'd like to ask you a few questions, if possible." Harrow started, trying to sound professional and noble like the King he is.
"Go ahead, ask" the boy replied, with an eye smile.
Seeing this, Harrow wanted to ask how he managed to do that with his eyes, but his other questions had precedent.
"Where are your parents?"
"Dead, since the day I was born"
This surprised Harrow, has this child been alone all his life? How is that possible? Fox rumors started 3 years ago when this kid was 5. How is all this possible?
"I'm sorry, but it doesn't make much sense, how have you taken care of yourself all this time?"
"I guess an explanation of my history is necessary, normally I wouldn't but since we may work together for at least 11 years it is necessary to maintain trust between us, I was born on October 10, 940AE, on the independent islands, I was born on the independent island of Newdes but I grew up on the island of Delter, surely you already know about the disappearance of Newdes that happened on the day of my birth"
"Yes we know the story, on October 10, 940 an extremely strong storm hit the island of Newdes completely destroying it, rumors say it was a leviathan" Viren replied, who knew about that incident since his previous apprentice died there, when he was visiting a family
"Exactly, but since it happened the same day I was born, the inhabitants of the town of Delter where they picked me up thought that I was responsible, only the town leader did not think so, he ordered that I be cared for in an orphanage, they did it in a certain way , but when I was 4 years old, they kicked me out and I started living on the streets for a few months until a storm hit the town and destroyed it and I woke up on a beach near the capital of Katolis, I decided to use my skills and natural talent to make a living and 4 years later, here we are" Naruto spent a lot of time thinking about his past, he was very lucky that the island of Newdes had been destroyed the same day he was born, it would help a little to explain some of his things and his mental state obtained by years of being ignored in konoha, later on the town of delter this never existed, but with the large number of storms and towns that are destroyed in the independent islands it is not impossible to believe that his town has been destroyed, after all o 2 or 3 villages are destroyed by storms from the independent islands every decade
"That…..I'm so sorry" is all Harrow could say, no person should have lived for that, much less an 8 year old.
"So can we talk about business now?"
"Oh? Yes, yes excuse me" Harrow started again, trying to regain his composure after the story as a child, after clearing his throat he began to speak again.
"I would like to hire your services as a spy for me and a bodyguard for my children"
"Would I have to swear allegiance to you?"
"Yes, that would be the most acceptable"
"No, my allegiance would never be yours, King of Hidden Wrath, but…..your children…..that's another story."
"You wouldn't swear allegiance to me but would you with my children?"
"Maybe, it depends if they align with my goals and dreams"
"And what are these?" Viren asked trying to re-introduce himself to the conversation
"Break the cycle of hate and violence that this world has been suffering for over a thousand years"
This left the two adults surprised, not a few were those who wanted to eliminate the war, but many people were injured and many wanted revenge, so peace was extremely difficult, even Harrow wanted revenge against Thunder who killed his wife.
"1 year" said the blond ninja "1 years of trial, I will not meet the prince or princess but I will protect them and watch from afar, in that time I will make my decision, of course I require a payment and about being your spy, that would be different , but we will be able to talk about it before the end of the year"
"It seems correct to me, if you decide to swear allegiance to my children, you will have a place in the palace and I will offer you a noble title and the payment of the probationary year... it would be 120 gold crowns and if you accept the job you will receive 15 gold crowns monthly for being a bodyguard and 15 for being the spy, earning 30 gold crowns a month or if you prefer 360 gold crowns a year"
Naruto was interested, money in the human kingdoms was divided into 4 types, Copper Cent, used mainly to round prices or as part of taxes, 100 of these cents can be exchanged for the next currency, Big Copper Cent, which They are the most used coins along with the following that can be obtained by exchanging 100 Big Copper Cents, Silver Shields, the most used currency by regular people and the largest in circulation, 100 of these can be exchanged for a Gold Crown, the currency of nobles, lastly 100 crowns can be exchanged for the currency of royalty and merchants who deal in large amounts of goods or just to reduce the amount of coins one has in their bank, the Divine Platinum
The amount of money offered was quite large, after all, in katolis a family with 2 children can live peacefully with 31 Silver Shields per month, for singles the monthly cost of living is 15 Shields and the minimum salary (law approved by the King Harrow) is 16 Silver Shields, while average salaries were 25 Silver Shields
Normally Naruto earns between 20 Shields and 1 Crown per contract, from time to time he charges more for work but those are his regular prices, so earning 30 Crowns a month is quite good, a salary quite similar to the high nobles that make up the council of Katolis
"I accept" Said Naruto, it's a price he couldn't say no to, after all if you add the fact that he would have a room in the palace that reduces his living costs
After this Naruto and the King shook hands, and Naruto disappeared from the scene after saying that he would get to work.
-City of Katolis-
-Royal Palace-
=950AE=
A year has passed since the meeting with the King and the beginning of the test time, in this year Naruto began to watch Princess Calla and Prince Ezran, he learned a lot from those two, first of all he learned that Calla is a quite an artist well, at 7 years old she already made drawings or paintings that embarrassed professional artists, her talent for art was at Sai level although their styles were quite different, meanwhile Ezran was a very kind boy with the ability to talk with animals
After observing them for a while, Naruto came to the conclusion that these children could be the ones to help him break the cycle of hatred, so he decided to become their bodyguard.
While watching over them he also met the children of the Dark Mage, the Dark mage's apprentice, Claudia and the young crownguard apprentice warrior Soren, as he had heard Soren used to be a rather weak and sickly child until one day he almost died but was saved by his father who used a dark magic spell, apparently the requirement of that spell was something horrible so Viren's wife left him shortly after, the Dark Mage began to blame Soren for the fact that his wife left
At this time Naruto was outside the throne room waiting for the doors to open so that he could enter and swear allegiance.
-City of Katolis-
-Throne Room-
=950AE=
Harrow, seated on his throne, looked at his two children, both standing in front of him, Ezran beaming, his pet Bait in his arms, while his stepdaughter, in contrast, stood formally, with a nervous smile, close to him, in the wall were Soren and Claudia and next to Harrow, Viren
"My children, I called you here for a reason" Started Harrow "I decided to hire a bodyguard for you, I know that Soren is training to enter the crowguard and it is your bodyguard, but I think another would help a lot"
Great, Calla thought, another adult watching us, at least Soren is close to our age and a friend, but with an adult as a bodyguard it would be a bit complicated.
As Calla was thinking, Harrow motioned for the guards to open the door to let the bodyguard in.
When the doors opened, the person who entered was not an adult like Calla and the others thought, was a boy, he seemed to be the same age as Claudia, the boy was elegantly dressed with a short sword on his back, also had a cloth mask that covered his nose and mouth, but the strangest thing was the fox that hung from his neck, an inattentive person would have mistaken it for a fox fur scarf, but anyone who looked could see that the fox's head was up and was looking at the throne room curiously
Claudia immediately blushed when she saw this young man, in her eyes he was the most handsome person she had ever seen and the way he walked was the same as the way he saw the veteran warriors in the castle, indicating that this young man had combat experience and therefore last she could see that his body is well formed, not even Soren was as well defined as Claudia could assume that the young man was.
Unbeknownst to Claudia there was another young woman with the same thoughts, Princess Calla, she too found the young man who had entered quite handsome, though it was hard to tell definitively with the mask he was wearing, but from what she could see he was quite handsome
Ezran was excited that the new bodyguard was a similar age to his sister, that meant a new friend! In addition, his mask made him look mysterious and not to mention the adorable fox on his shoulders.
Soren was somewhat irritated by the young man who had entered, from what he could see he was in better shape than him and from the way Calla and Claudia were looking at him it was obvious that they had gained a crush on the blond young man, his irritation was mainly because of the jealousy he felt, but, the young crownguard-in-training could tell that if he could swallow his jealousy, these two could be good friends.
The thoughts of the youths present were interrupted when the King spoke
"I present to you Naruto, also known as Fox"
The blond youth respectfully bowed to the king and the other youths.
"A pleasure to meet you my name is Naruto and I will be your bodyguard from today, it's a pleasure to meet you, oh and this is the last time I'm so polite, I don't really like all the hidden rules of courtesy that nobles play, I prefer be direct"
When he finished speaking and bowing he was surprised that the young prince had run to be in front of him and began to speak "HELLO! My name is Ezran and this is Bait. What's your fox's name, does he like jelly tarts, do you? What is your favorite food? Why are you wearing the mask? Are you naturally blond? Do you come from Duren? Is this sword yours?
The verbiage of questions coming from Ezran surprised Naruto but he had already been in similar situations with Konohamaru so he can answer
"My fox's name is Kurama, please don't call him a pet, he's more of a friend and he gets quite upset if you call him a pet" The ninja began, while stroking Kurama's head, who was looking at Ezran carefully "We've never eaten Jelly Tarts so I couldn't answer you, my favorite food is Ramen, hard to find in Katolis but I know a place in the capital, I wear this mask in honor of an old teacher who, despite not teaching me much, left me with important life lessons, Yes my hair is natural, no, I don't come from Duren, I come from the Independent Islands, and yes this is my sword"
When Naruto finished answering, Calla approached him.
"I'm sorry about my brother, he gets quite excited when he meets new people, m-my name is Calla"
"Nice to meet you, Calla" Naruto answered.
For the next hour the young people introduced themselves and began talking for 2 hours before having to leave.
-City of Katolis-
-Room of the princes-
=950AE=
Night had already settled in Katolis, Princess Calla and Prince Ezran was getting ready to go to sleep
"What do you think of Naruto Calla?" Ezran asked, not noticing the pink settling on Calla's cheeks.
Calla trying to combat the blush forming replied "I think he looks pretty good and seems friendly"
"Huh? That's what you think of me, thank you."
A voice coming from nowhere interrupted the two siblings, scaring them, trying to look where the voice came from they found Nartuo standing near the window
"Naruto what are you doing here!?" Shouted the blushing Calla
"I have something else to do" Naruto said kneeling in front of the Princess and the Prince before continuing speaking "I Naruto Uzumaki, the last member of the Uzumaki clan, second Sage of Mount Myoboku, second Sage of the six paths, Jinchuriki of the fox of Nine Tails and Ninja of Konohagakure no Sato pledge absolute loyalty to Princess Calla and Crown Prince Ezran."
Calla and Ezran were surprised by this action and were speechless, there were many questions, what is Mount Myoboku? What a Sage of the six paths? What was a Jinchuriki? But before they could ask, Naruto got up and continued talking.
"I know you have questions, one day I will answer you, yes, this was the only time I would bow before you, have a good night" He said with a smile in his eyes, before walking into the shadows and disappearing as if he had been swallowed by the dark of night
And with this we finish the chapter, the next one will take a little longer since I want to make it longer, I will try to write a little every day but I can't promise anything
I hope you liked it
Oh Yeah i just saw this fic is in the Top 10 in Favorites in the Crossover section of TDP
Here he left the values of the coins
Cent = €0.01
Big Cent = €1
Shield = €100
Crown = €10,000
Divine = €1,000,000
If it helps you to better visualize the coins, I will tell you how to take revenge
Cent = small circular, with a C engraved on both sides
Big Cent = Triangle shape, with an engraving of wheat on one side and bread on the other, represents that since the foundation of the kingdom of Katolis (economic leader of the human kingdoms, for which reason his currency is used in all human kingdoms) the bread cost a Big Copper Cent
Shield = Shape of a square with the points removed (Shape of the DnD copper coin), with an engraving of a Shield on one side and a sword on the other, this was due to during one of the biggest economic booms in Katolis , a sword and shield would cost you 1 Silver Shield
Crown = Square Shape, with 2 sides cut in a circular shape (Shape of the DnD gold coin), With an engraving of a Crown on one side and a Castle, representing the nobility
Divine = Rectangle shape with two circular sides (DnD Electrum coin shape) with the engraving of the symbol of justice on one side and an eye on the other, representing the top of human society, the gods
Living costs are based on Spain, where the estimated monthly costs for a family of 4 is €3,121, while minimum wages are based on Germany