Chapter 7 - That's My Girl
Local park
It was a bright and sunny day. A good time to enjoy the peace and take in all that fresh air. As opposed to staying at home all day as usual. Naruto took out the family for an evening out somewhere other than home.
Naruto sat on a bench with his wife holding baby Shirou who enjoying the outdoors like the rest. Albedo and Arthur were on one of the swan boats with little Gil who was paddling the most. Leaving the husband and wife to enjoy a moment somewhat alone. Hopefully baby Shirou does not sneeze otherwise it will cancel out the glamour. That and the boy was rather difficult to catch in a confined space alone.
"This is nice." Naruto said.
Semiramis smiled, "It is, do you remember when you were trying to get me to leave the castle every now and then?" she asked.
"You were too busy working and having your meetings. Which got worse since I barely saw you until night when you were already in bed. The real problem was when were expecting Albedo." Naruto explained.
"Yes, you would just burst into my meetings and carry me out. I would hit you and yell at you, but you would not stop. Instead you put me on a boat and took us to the middle of a lake. Only then did I understand the meaning of enjoying the peace." Semiramis continued for him.
"It wasn't until a couple hours later of you abusing me that you finally calmed down. I bet those advisors and guards enjoyed the next few days off." Naruto finished.
Semiramis playfully slapped his head, "Now we have another infant to worry about. How is he by the way?" she asked.
"Like Zeref only he doesn't intentionally want to cause trouble." Naruto answered still not trusting that sleepy look on the baby's face.
"Well Zeref sure knew how to make his father very angry. It didn't help that Albedo would help him in his endeavors." Semiramis added.
"How could my own flesh and blood betray me?" Naruto asked with fake tears.
"Because you make it too easy." Semiramis answered.
A while later, the other children returned. But not before a dove manifested on Albedo's arm and started communicating with her. The pale girl smiled with as much glee as she could give. Something special must have gotten her attention if she's showing that much excitement in her face.
"You still use doves." Semiramis told her daughter.
"I wouldn't throw away a personal gift from my own mother." Albedo said smiling.
"Thank you for remembering me even after death Albedo. I only wished I was with you and your brother during all the years we were gone." Semiramis said sadly.
"Don't be sad mother. You and father always held a special place in our hearts. Even when Zeref went crazy with his black magic or whatever it was he was doing." Albedo replied as she hugged her mother.
"I don't want to be the bad parent, but what did the dove say?" Naruto asked.
"Oh that's the good news! I found my mates!" Albedo said confusing everyone minus Naruto who immediately went into his curse mark form.
"Semi hold the baby for a second. I need to ask Albedo something." Naruto said as he pulled on Albedo's arm.
A couple minutes later they were under a bridge, "What is it father?" she asked nervously thinking she was in trouble.
"Who is the bastard that stole my baby girl?" Naruto asked in a low voice.
"Father? They're already dead." Albedo answered.
"Then who's the bastard that killed the bastard so I can kill him too?" Naruto asked still furious.
"Father their both dead people I want to bring back to life." Albedo answered.
"Why?" Naruto asked feeling unstable.
"Because I remembered that you got lucky and brought my mother back to life that way. So I thought I could bring the two of them..."
"TWO!?" Naruto asked with his eyes turning blacker than night.
"Father let me explain." Albedo pleaded.
"Please do!" Naruto demanded.
"Long ago I fell in love with the hero of the Trojan War who was said to be invincible. His name was Achilles and he promised to marry me only to run off and later get killed in battle." Albedo explained.
"And the other one?" Naruto asked.
"I sweared to never fall in love until it was taken... by a thief of all people. I met a man who fought for a kingdom that was in poverty and of course I made the same promise of marriage to him, but he broke my heart trying to be with a princess. Then he got killed by the very guards of her kingdom." Albedo finished.
"Did you kill the princess at least?" Naruto asked hoping to find some satisfaction.
"I assume she didn't survive her castle being burned down with a portion of the village that surrounded it." Albedo answered poking her fingers nervously.
"You did good at one point, but why do you want to summon two idiots that broke your heart?" Naruto asked.
"I want retribution! How dare two mongrels whom I've blessed with my appearance reject me? After all the love and gifts i've given them. I gave them their weapons and blessed them with my own tears of hard work under the sun and they toss me away for their thrill of war!" Albedo yelled switching to her hatred.
"That's my girl! Anyways, what are you planning to do when you summon them?" Naruto asked.
"I'm going to make them my personal slaves until they pay me back for all the damage they caused to me." Albedo said feigning sadness.
"Ok, where are they?" Naruto asked with a sigh knowing he can't argue with his daughter when she's like this.
Albedo quickly smiled, "Their weapons are being sold at an auction in the VIP section of a casino. My doves can tell because they have that same brand I placed on them when I had them created." she answered.
"And when do you expect to seek them out. Two days from now when the auction takes place." Albedo answered.
"And how are you going to get the money?" Naruto asked pinching the bridge of his nose.
"I have extraordinary luck due to my heritage." Albedo said with a cheeky smile.
"I just had to teach you gambling at a young age." Naruto said with another sigh.
"Papa! Can't you help me?" Albedo asked with puppy eyes.
"Sweety you're... an immortal like me, I'm assuming. You can't ask papa for help all the time. I'll let you have your own adventure for once. I need to help the brats with their own training." Naruto said making her pout.
"Fine, I'll ask mother and maybe that Saber girl. She looks like she can handle playing a few cards." Albedo said with dissatisfaction in her voice.
"You need to learn the hard way sweety. Come on, your mother and new brother are probably worried about us." Naruto said leading her back.
Upon arrival, they found everyone waiting for the two, "Is everything ok?" Semiramis asked.
"Yes Semi, apparently Albedo here had bad luck with boys in her life." Naruto answered making the Assyrian queen roll her eyes.
"Albedo I think we need to have a talk." Semiramis said in a serious tone.
Albedo stiffened knowing how her mother is. Especially when it came to falling in love with men and the potential of them breaking her heart. Only this time it did happen, not once but twice. Albedo could only brace herself as her revived mother would have a field day hearing this and would not be as gentle as her father.
"What's wrong with them?" little Gil asked.
"Women are complicated little Gil. Trust me, Semi tried killing me at least 40 times before I asked her out and 15 of them were after I started to have feelings for her." Naruto answered.
"You are a strange person uncle." little Gil said.
"What do you expect from me?" Naruto asked casually.
"Probably a more sane family member." Arthur answered.
"Then you are not going to want to meet the woman who birthed my current incarnation. She can be a bit of a motormouth and would immediately turn into mama bear the moment you give her some motivation." Naruto replied remembering that he got his personality from Kushina Uzumaki who was just Olivier if she ever became a mother.
Naruto immediately prayed for the child of any continuity should it exist where Olivier had a child. Better yet, pray for the victims of that child if they turn out to be a carbon copy of their mother.
"Hey uncle, do you think we can go fishing here some time? I think I saw a store selling fishing rods." Arthur suggested.
"Depending on how long those two take. We probably have enough time to go fishing right now." Naruto said seeing Semiramis looking stoic while Albedo looked scared for her life.
"Can we go now?" little Gil asked.
"Yeah I think we can." Naruto said leading the boys to a nearby fishing shop.
With Shirou
While Naruto was literally gone fishing, Shirou decided to spend the day with Sakura. The two spent the day going around the shopping districts. Which part of the time, Sakura started to giggle at Shirou for putting ridiculous pairs of glasses of various shapes and sizes. Of course, they didn't spend all the time seeing Shirou be embarrassed.
At one point, they stopped at a dress shop as Sakura noticed a certain pink dress. Shirou could sense Sakura feeling some desire and envy for the clothing.
"Sakura, do you want to look inside?" Shirou asked.
Sakura looked down hiding the pink tints on her cheeks, "I don't want to bore you Shirou. I know you men don't like having to wait for us women to get dressed." she said with hints of negative emotions towards herself.
Shirou gave her a reassuring smile, "It's fine Sakura, maybe you could try one on and enjoy yourself. I swear I'll wait for you." he said.
"Is it really ok with you?" Sakura asked nervously.
"Of course it is. Come on, I want you to enjoy yourself too." Shirou said clutching her hand.
Sakura smiled and went inside with Shirou feeling slightly embarrassed walking into a women's store. The clerk greeted with a bright smile as well whispering something about a cute boy possibly buying his girlfriend a pretty dress. Shirou and Sakura managed to hear that and blushed.
After taking a look at a couple of dresses, Sakura went behind the dressing room. Leaving Shirou to wait patiently knowing the poor girl must be building up a lot of confidence just to lead their trip. It was something he's noticed about Sakura, he's known since his first year of high school when she was still in the secondary school and for some reason, he feels like he doesn't know her that well. Almost like they're nothing more than friendly neighbors.
This trip on the town was a good idea. Maybe that dream that his uncle accidentally put him in was his insecurities for how he felt about his friend. Yeah a friend...
"Um Shirou?" said boy turned his head to see Sakura peeking her head out.
"Did you find one that you liked?" he asked.
Sakura blushed, "I did." she said slowly making her way out of the dressing room.
And behold Sakura Matou stood tall in a pink strappy dress with pink gloves going above her elbows with the dress going down covering her knees with a pair of low white heels. If Shirou had to define beauty, his answer to that trivial question was Sakura Matou. It took over a year and taking her out to a dress store for him to realize that.
"Sakura you look..." Sakura felt nervous and prepared for a cold rejection. "...absolutely beautiful." Sakura felt her heartbeat faster hearing those words.
"Do you really think so?" she asked hoping she was hearing well.
"Yes Sakura, words can't express how I see you." Shirou said.
"Thank you Shirou." Sakura said.
"I think you should keep it." Shirou said.
Sakura frowned, "Shirou I want to agree with you, but I can't afford it" she said sadly as Shirou noticed the price tag.
25,500 yen (I can't make the yen symbol)
Shirou stopped for a moment. He wanted to make Sakura happy. So instead of leaving it behind, he decided to play a risk.
"I'll pay for it, I've been saving up from my job." Shirou said.
"I can't let you do that Shirou. You worked hard for that money." Sakura argued.
"Sakura, please let me do this one thing just for you." Shirou pleaded.
"But what if you need that money for something like your rent or food or..."
"Sakura please, your happiness is all that matters right now." Shirou said in a tone leaving no room for argument.
"But Shirou..."
"Please Sakura, I just want to see you smile and be happy." Shirou continued pleading.
Sakura stopped for a moment, "Alright Shirou, but don't stress yourself about it. I mean it is rather expensive." she said.
"I won't, trust me." Shirou said as Sakura went back inside to change.
Shirou quickly dug through his wallet and found a large money clip with a note inside.
"You're welcome." - Your favorite relative besides Kiritsugu
"Thank you uncle." Shirou said to himself.
The woman at the register smiled at the transaction as Shirou practically flared the money. To which Shirou later realized and felt embarassed. Although he wasn't as red as Sakura who carried the dress in her shopping bag. The two noticed that the sky was getting cloudy and Shirou remembered that there was supposed to be a rainy forecast.
Shirou quickly realized he didn't have an umbrella, but did know his home was less than a half hour away.
"Sakura, it might rain. Do you want to head back to my place? I don't what us catching a cold in the rain." Shirou suggested.
Sakura nodded, "Sure Shirou." she said as they walked back to the Emiya residence.
Back at the residence
"Everyone run!" Naruto yelled as they made it inside.
"Is the fish fine dad?" Arthur asked.
"Sure is little Gil." Naruto said as he kept his hands around the wrapped fish.
"I didn't say anything." little Gil said.
"Sure you did. Who else calls me dad?" Naruto asked as Arthur helped him.
The latter also realized what he said, "Papa!" said baby Shirou catching their attention.
"Ok maybe he does to. Anyways, maybe older Shirou would want a cut of these fish." Naruto said as he unveiled a large pile of big fish.
"Are you sure these are edible uncle?" Arthur said correcting himself.
"Sure they are, I've fished in bad places and learned my mistakes." Naruto said proudly.
"Mom?" little Gil asked.
Semiramis rolled her eyes and sighed, "It didn't help he started learning when was fishing by the ocean near my castle." she said.
"I remember father waking us up to go fishing. He would just whisper in my ear while Zeref was being dragged by his collar." Albedo chuckled remembering her crazy father.
"And daddy's little girl caught a big one." Naruto said hugging his daughter.
"Then Zeref came home feeling sick and Albedo started vomiting the next day." Semiramis scolded.
"Because of your negativity Semi. Sometimes I wonder why I kept bugging you after you tried having me killed so many times." Naruto said as held Albedo close to his chest.
"I have yet to find out why myself, but I do know why I love you." Semiramis said kissing his head.
Then they heard the door opening, "Must be Shirou." Arthur said.
"Shirou! Mom and dad are being disgusting!" little Gil shouted.
"Crap! Albedo, take baby Shirou and hide. I don't have time to explain you and I don't think she can handle this baby's existence." Naruto whispered handing her the infant.
"Au uu?" baby Shirou asked grabbing Albedo's hair.
"Come now new little brother. Mother and Father are going to be busy." Albedo whispered to the baby as they both left the room.
"We're home and you two better not be at it." Shirou said as they arrived.
"Good evening Namikaze-sans." Sakura said politely.
"Don't be formal Sakura-chan. Call me Naruto, but you might want to call Semi by her real name. She doesn't like it if anyone outside of myself calls her that." Naruto said as the Assyrian queen slapped her husband's chest.
"Anyways, seeing that its raining, Sakura might have to stay the night." Shirou said.
"No shame in that. I can get the extra futons." Naruto said as Arthur followed him to help.
"Thank you Shirou. I should let my grandfather know." Sakura said as she pulled out her cell phone.
Shirou nodded as he looked outside hoping everyone else wasn't around. While hopeful that they didn't mind hiding out in their individual pocket dimensions for the night and the next morning.
At night
Out of Naruto's insistence, Sakura shared a room with Shirou for the night making the two feel awkward and embarrassed. The latter was mentally cursing his relative for doing this to him again. He could only wonder what's going around in the poor girl's head as she has to share a room with another boy. He could see that Sakura was rather nervous in the futon next to his bed.
Meanwhile Naruto was outside looking at the moon. Usually now was a good time to be gloomy or have negative thoughts. Sure he was happy to be reunited with his family, his past life's family as well as his descendants, but he couldn't shake the feeling about all the insane things coming from the grail. No matter what, only seven servants are supposed to participate in the grail war.
Even if one of them isn't the traditional member of one of the seven classes, there can't be an eighth or more servants. No matter how strong or how rare your circuits are, one servant regardless of their master equals one servant. So someone like Aki should have counted as half of the maximum number of servants. Sure Naruto could break the rules, but he expected greater resistance when Semiramis arrived. So overall, none of this made sense.
Its just going to keep him up all night.
"You're still up?" Saber asked as she came outside as well.
"I could ask the same. You need to recharge your mana while I'm a giant pool of it." Naruto pointed out.
"I know, but I can't sleep after what you and the other mothers said." Saber said looking sad.
Naruto sighed, "Saber we could be having an epidemic of servants and you're suddenly worried about Mordred. What kind of daughter did I raise?" he asked.
"I am not your child no matter how many times you try to adopt me!" Saber argued.
"Whatever, anyways now that you know what we think. What are you going to do about it?" Naruto asked.
"I know what you said about Semiramis originally being just an empty shell with her memories. But that made me think about how little life means being in this grail war. I may just be the copy of the real King Arthur or worse, I could just be a false servant believing that I was King Arthur and Arthur is the real one or what if we're just bad copies of your Arthur?" Saber kept going on.
"Saber I get that the stress of the meaning of life can bug you, but you can't let it change your mindset. Besides, why do you want the grail so badly?" Naruto asked.
"I wanted to change my kingdom's past." Saber said.
Naruto sighed at the thought, "I see why you got stuck with Shirou then. Always wanting to be the hero especially if you can still save them when it's too late. he said. "You know, I guess this is your own trial. If you can save your child from her own hatred. Maybe it will test your worth as a king as to saving your kingdom." he added surprising her.
Saber then looked down, "But I don't even know how to do that." she said sadly.
Naruto smiled, "You know, I could always give Aki a call." he suggested.
"But isn't she the enemy? How do we know she won't strike us while our back are turned?" Saber asked.
"I can sense her emotions and intentions Saber. Besides, if anything she's hanging onto them like Shirou would hang onto you." Naruto replied as she still doubted him.
"I hope you understand the risks." Saber said.
"I learn from my mistakes and I pick up on what might happen. You need to have more faith in me." Naruto said giving her shoulder a good slap. "You should head off to bed. I expect you to wake up early in the morning for my idea." he said with a smile Saber didn't like.
The next morning
Naruto quickly made breakfast for everyone in his extended family and letting them know when Sakura is about to take off. Luckily everyone understood this and stayed within their pocket dimensions until the coast was clear. Naruto's lucky streak continued as Shirou and Sakura finished early so the former could walk with Sakura all the way home.
With that, Saber also came in and watched Naruto calling someone on his phone, "So is that ok? Really!? Thank you Aki, I'll see you soon. I really owe you for this." Naruto paused as he listened. "No really, let me buy you some lunch some time or something. I don't feel right asking you all these favors." he said with a a laugh. "Don't worry, I'm sure the two will be fine. I'll be there in a couple of hours. Ok? Bye." he finished.
"Naruto were you speaking with the school's nurse?" Semiramis asked.
"That's right and she agreed to let us borrow her Saber so our Saber can catch up on their father/son or parent/child bonding time." Naruto answered before grabbing his fishing gear and hat. "Hey dad, uncle Ban, do you guys want to come along for our fishing trip?" he asked them.
"Fishing trip!?" Saber asked in surprise.
"Yeah sure son!" Meliodas said.
"Beats being cooped up in here." Ban said.
"Can I come as well Naruto?" Gowther asked appearing behind Naruto with a fishing rod and outfit ready.
"I don't see why not. Everyone get ready after you finish your breakfast." Naruto said as he went to grab his stuff.
"I wanted to go on the fishing trip." Albedo whined as she rested her head on Semiramis's shoulder.
"I thought you wanted to go look for the relics of your lovers?" Semiramis asked.
"I do, but now I can't ask father take me along with him because of it." Albedo said with sad eyes.
Semiramis stroked her daughter's hair, "Are you saying you don't want to spend time with me?" she asked.
"You never had time for me before." Albedo said remembering her mother was always busy and had to respect that.
"I'm not a ruler anymore and I'm no longer bound by the grail. Can't a mother spend time with her daughter?" Semiramis asked making Albedo smile.
"Thank you mother, you should grab your best dress. We're making a small pit stop before we make our final destination." Albedo said as she went to ask her father for the closet keys.
"I feel like you are all going have an exciting day." Elizabeth said.
"Knowing my husband, it will be. Hopefully my daughter hasn't learned to much from him." Semiramis said.
"Elizabeth we should prepare a lunch for the boys." Elaine said.
"Diane, do you mind if you help watch my infant for the night?" Semiramis asked.
"Sure Semi! King and I can handle it." Diane said ignoring the Assyrian queen's eye twitch.
Later
Naruto was already out the door with Gowther, Ban, Meliodas and Saber who were all wearing their plaid shirts, vests and hats. Shirou came back and sweat dropped at the sight expecting his uncle was going to make him do some fishing related training.
"Shirou I didn't have time to ask you, but the boat's going to be full when we get there. So I need you to stay and listen to your aunt while I'm gone." Naruto told Shirou as he grabbed the fishing lines.
"So no training for today?" Shirou asked.
"Sorry, but if you need anything. Ask aunt Merlin for my journal and notes. She's more organized than myself, so it will be easy for her to find them in the lab space I gave her." Naruto answered.
"Naruto, what exactly did you tell Aki?" Saber asked feeling uneasy about seeing her child.
"I told her to do whatever it takes to bring Mordred to the harbor to plan our fishing trip. Don't worry, I made arrangements for you two to have some alone time." Naruto said as he put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Naruto, your aunt and I made you some lunches. I wouldn't want you and the boys to starve." Elizabeth said handing him some bags.
"Thanks mom, I love how you've always been there for me." Naruto said as he kissed her cheeks. "You too auntie." he said kissing Elaine's cheek.
"Your welcome Naruto." Elaine said before receiving a kiss on the lips from Ban.
"Thank you honey." he told her.
"And don't think I'm not grateful Elizabeth." Meliodas whispered behind behind Elizabeth just as he started groping her breasts.
"Meliodas!" Elizabeth squealed as her face glowed red as she still didn't like being groped.
Naruto immediately began to try to rip the little man off of her, "No bad father! Bad! You're going to corrupt baby Shirou!" he berated as Semiramis also came out holding said infant.
"Aa!?" baby Shirou squeaked.
"That's right baby boy, grandpa is a weirdo. At this house, we don't listen to weirdos." Naruto said as he finally pulled his father off of his mother.
"Look who's talking." Shirou said.
"Yeah Naruto, don't be such a hypocrite." Meliodas said.
Naruto paused for a moment, "Have you two noticed that you sound the same?" he asked them.
"What are you talking about?" they both asked.
"See there it is again!" Naruto pointed out.
"I don't know what you're talking about." they both said.
"Oh my! You two really do sound the same!" Elizabeth said surprised.
"You must be imagining things." they said.
"Ok, time to go. Bye baby Shirou." Naruto said kissing his. "Bye dear wife of mine." he said passionately kissing her. "I'll be back before sundown ok? Take care." he said as the group took off for the harbor.
"I hope they stay safe." Elizabeth said.
"Relax Elizabeth, my husband has been through a lot since you were uh..."
"Dormant." Elizabeth said.
"Yes, dormant. You wouldn't believe what he used to do during my lifetime." Semiramis said.
"You know, you haven't told me how the two of you met." Elizabeth said making her sweat.
"Um, it might be rather complicated to explain. I suppose I have time to regale you with that tale." Semiramis said keeping calm.
Elizabeth and Elaine smiled at that assuming it was something cute or interesting in some way. However it wasn't as dramatic or complicated like the way they met Meliodas and Ban.
With Naruto, at the harbor
Naruto's group arrived to find the port practically empty aside from some blue haired guy in hawaiian shirt. Then there was the large fishing boat Naruto ordered at the last minute. Things went smoothly until Lancer dashed at the peacefully fishing man and started wailing her fists on him.
"Saber calm the hell down!" Naruto said as he lifted her up by the waist. "No bad girl! Bad" he continued scolding her.
"Naruto he's the enemy Lancer! He attacked Shirou the night he summoned me and almost got away with killing him!" Saber said.
Naruto glared at the man who started shaking, "Hey I haven't done anything against him since! Word is, there's another servant running around without a master. I already have a full plate with my own master who wants to stay out of it until the numbers start getting cut down. Honest! I'm not trying to hurt anyone! I'm just here to enjoy my slice of heaven!" Lancer explained as he held his hands up defensively secretly knowing who Naruto really was.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, "We'll leave you alone. For now." he said backing up.
"Naruto we can take him out now!" Saber exclaimed.
"And you wonder why your own child hates you. You are way to hostile." Naruto said keeping his arms around her until a car parked by the port.
As it parked, Naruto signalled for Ban and Meliodas to get the boat ready. Meanwhile, he, Saber and Gowther watched as Aki came out of the car.
"Hi Naruto, how are you doing today?" Aki asked.
"I'm good, how's your Saber and the rest?" Naruto asked as he shook her hand.
"They're a handful, but so long as Saber isn't plotting revenge or murder. They can be very kind people if you get to know them." Aki answered as her Rider and Berserker went to the trunk of the car.
"So Aki-san, where is my... daughter?" Saber asked nervously.
"Oh you must be Artoria. My Saber has spoken so much about you. In a negative way." Aki said scratching the back of her head sheepishly. Meanwhile everyone could hear scuffling with the two servants, "And to answer your question. She didn't want to come so instead I had her tied up and kept in the back of my trunk." she answered making them sweat drop.
"Would you like some assistance?" Gowther asked.
"Sure, if you can." Aki answered as the Sin of Lust walked up to the struggling pair.
As he arrived he could see Mordred's legs were tied as well, but was still able to kick them, "Hey calm down Saber. You're finally able to spend time with your dad!" Rider said.
Gowther arrived and saw Mordred tied up with a knot gag in her mouth, "Do you two require assistance?" he asked.
"Sure if you can get her out." Rider said as Berserker nodded.
Gowther proceeded to quickly drag Mordred out and carry her over his shoulder, "Finished." he said as he met up with Naruto.
"Ok, what now?" Saber asked ignoring the glare from her offspring.
"I have a separate boat for you two to row in." Naruto said earning odd looks. "What? She'd only cause more problems if she joined us on that thing." he said pointing at the larger boat.
"That makes sense, I'll help you two get set up." Gowther said continuing towards a rowboat attached to the larger boat.
Lancer could only sweat drop at whatever the hell was going on. He could only imagine what Rin and Archer were up to.
Meanwhile, at the 7 Virtues Casino
Albedo stared in awe at the large casino she was in. Semiramis looked indifferent, but felt somewhat impressed at the decor. Meanwhile Shirou and Arthur were sweating bullets as the latter only made in here thanks to false credentials while Saber's counterpart didn't have any form of credentials. Then finally, there was Archer who was dragged here because of Albedo's insistence, but mostly to be another pair of hands should things turn ugly.
Rin didn't care seeing as Naruto and his family saw her as an ally. So she was back at the residence continuing her education under Merlin. So that left the unknown mysterious heroic spirit with the group. At the very least, they gave him a red velvet colored suit to wear for the occasion.
Shirou had a white suit with a blue undershirt and Arthur had one with a similar color scheme although it was different (Arthur Pendragon white suit, FGO). Albedo was wearing the same white dress she carried around, while Semiramis wore a black that looked similar to her initial outfit when she was summoned.
"Ok, here's the plan." Albedo spoke up huddling the group together. "As you know..."
"We don't know anything. You strapped us into suits then dragged us here." Shirou said earning a scary glare from his technical aunt.
"Ok, long story short is we need money and lots of it. I know you're wondering about the casino and knowing it's not a good idea and it's worse than finding a job. However, my father can't exactly pull that angel from heaven stunt anymore at the bank. What you don't know is he transferred a strange sense of luck into my younger brother and myself. Seeing as you two are related to him by blood as well, there should be no worry about losing." Albedo explained optimistically.
"You have too much of your father in you Albedo." Semiramis said with a sigh.
"And yet I have my mother's beauty." Albedo said trying to butter up her mother.
"What about me?" Archer asked.
"Here's a coin purse. Maybe there's a hidden cotton candy area for you, but keep your guard up. There's a lot of shady people around here." Albedo said handing him a small bag.
Archer sighed and took it, "Ok now we just do whatever?" Arthur asked.
"Yup, have fun and DO NOT lose." Albedo warned before she dragged her mother with her to another part of the casino.
"I guess we could try the slots." Arthur suggested.
A half hour later
Arthur was already asleep as Archer just kept pulling the handle as Shirou kept switching buckets every time they got full. Clearly Albedo was right about the luck, but it didn't make sense that Archer was the one winning. Maybe their lucked passed onto them? Anyways, this was very slow and they weren't sure if less than a hundred thousand yen would be enough to satisfy Albedo. That and maybe they should leave before the men in the suits who have been looking at them for a while say something.
"Boys we better move on after this next bucket." Archer said pulling on the handle once more.
Arthur woke up and helped Shirou with the buckets for an exchange. All the while the heroic spirits kept their senses up in case the rumors of shady men in casinos was true. The last thing they need is for their faces to be remembered if anything goes wrong.
(Stardust Crusaders OST - Fight To Antagonize)
Meanwhile Albedo was sweating and looking nervous as she kept looking at her cards back and forth making her other competitors smile. Semiramis looked from roulette table she was at and shook her head at her daughter's actions. She wasn't worried, Albedo can get herself out of any situation. She is Naruto's child after all and Zeref was no different.
"I'll raise." Albedo said trying to sound brave.
The dealer revealed the last cards, 4 of diamonds, 4 of clubs, 7 of diamonds, 5 of hearts, and ace of hearts. A lot of people were groaning and sighed as an elderly woman in fine clothing revealed a pair of 7's that could win for a three of a kind. A younger looking man who looked european with a fancy imported suit revealed an 8 and 5, which could have won with two pairs. Finally there was Albedo who slowly revealed her cards who's sweat disappeared as she began to give a sickening sweet smile.
The elderly woman could swear she saw a demoness was sitting just across from her. Albedo revealed a 4 of diamonds making the elderly woman raise a brow at the potential to win with a three of a kind. Although it made her feel off seeing as her own hand was worth more, so that left only two things that could make her lose this hand. One of them would be a four of a kind. The other, a full house.
Semiramis smiled at the little trick, 'Her father is the child of a deity. So does that make my little girl a devil?' she wondered.
'Papa would be so proud.' Albedo thought as she revealed the final card.
An ace of spades and with that Albedo had won the pot with a full house.
"That's 800,000 yen to the young lady in white." said the dealer as he handed her all the large valued chips seeing as the lesser valued ones would be too heavy for her to carry all at once.
(End of Song)
"And I bid you a good evening." Albedo said pulling out from her luck.
Semiramis approached her daughter with her own winnings, "I see you like to mess with the mentality of others. Just like your father." she said.
"I'm papa's number one girl." Albedo before noticing her narrow eyes. "You're his number one woman mother. Completely different." she said making Semiramis roll her eyes.
"Regardless, I can only hope the other boys aren't in trouble." Semiramis said.
"I doubt it. That's why I didn't sneak them into the VIP section like I did for us." Albedo whispered hoping none of the security hear them.
"Well whatever they're up to. Hopefully they manage to get the money you need. How much left do you still need?" Semiramis asked.
"Well..."
With Naruto and the others
(Kevin MacLeod - Doh De Oh)
"Uh, Naruto are you sure this is safe?" Saber asked as she sat on a rowboat with Mordred who sat across from her still trying to escape her bindings.
"Sure it is, I did this to Semi once." Naruto said.
"And you wonder why she tried killing you so many times!" Saber yelled.
"Oh I didn't wonder. It took me about three years of living in Assyria to get some tact." Naruto responded unfazed.
"GRRR!" Mordred screamed through her gag.
"Here's a restraint. Just put it on her and once your farther down the ocean, I suggest you letting her go." Naruto said handing her the bracelet from the time they had to fix Shirou's house.
"How do you know this plan of yours will work Naruto?" Aki asked.
"Because unlike the time I sort of kidnapped by wife to be at the time, Mordred can't strangle Saber and there's nobody willing to swim to save her. That and if there was, I'm pretty sure they would actually know how to swim. You wouldn't believe how many centuries it took for an army require you to learn how to swim." Naruto explained remembering all the poor souls he was forced to fish out of the ocean at the time.
"Well it's time cast off then." Gowther said handing Saber some paddles.
"He's right, bon voyage Saber!" Naruto said kicking her boat into the water.
"Ok, we'll try to work things out!" Saber said as the kick was powerful enough to send the boat far into the water.
Naruto and the rest waved as they left their range of vision, "Ok then, Aki will you just come back for Mordred or do you want to hang around?" he asked her.
Aki looked kind of nervous, "Do you have some room on that boat of yours by any chance? I would prefer if I can keep an eye on them just in case." she requested.
"Sure thing, you might want to let those two know and hopefully you brought sunscreen." Naruto said as he got on the boat with Gowther to let the other two know.
Meanwhile Saber was carefully applying the magic restraining bracelet around Mordred who was still growling. Then she gently removed her gag before almost taking a headbutt from said girl.
"Someone help! My crazy ass father kidnapped and he's forcing me to go on some stupid fishing trip!" Mordred yelled on top of her lungs before being gagged again.
"Mordred stop!" Mordred glared at her. "I'm going to remove the gag again only if you promise to not scream again." Saber said stopping for a moment.
Mordred rolled her eyes before gesturing her to remove the gag, "Ok, so why did you have my master drag me all the way out here?" she asked.
Saber smiled nervously as she showed her the fishing rods.
"For god's sake, are you at least going to untie me all the way?" Mordred asked.
Saber slowly undid the knots as Mordred massaged her wrists and arms. She gave her father one more glare before taking a poll and looking at it like it was a foreign device.
"I don't know how to use this." Mordred admitted.
"But you're a heroic spirit. It should only take a few minutes." Saber said.
"Well you're friend cancelled out my magic which involved any potential knowledge of modern technology that I didn't know before. So unless I had previous knowledge on fishing, I don't know how to use this." Mordred explained.
Saber perked up, "Then I can show you the traditional way." she said as she put her arms around Mordred. "Here you just keep your hands here and this is the fishing rod and hook. Just make sure it doesn't get caught before sending it over into the water. Most importantly you need bait." she instructed.
Mordred rolled her eyes, but went along with it, "Like this?" she asked.
"Form just needs adjustment, but you'll get it." Saber said.
Too bad this potential beautiful moment would be ruined by the oncoming storm heading their way.
Back at the casino
Arthur just sat at the blackjack table staring at his cards. Apparently the dealer was honest although he didn't care because someone still payed him. Arthur could see the casino trying to stop him from counting his cards by using random elements such as women in skimpy outfits and random cowboys who were clearly managers pretending to gamble, but still end up losing.
The dealer just gave him that look that said, "Just play the game or quit. I really don't care." and that's what Arthur did. At least until the fake hillbilly playing beside him dropped his cocktail on the table ruining it and Arthur's cards. Arthur gave the man a look that told the man he was an idiot.
"Sir I'm going to have to ask you to leave." the dealer told the undercover employee.
"Ah come on son. A little alcohol hasn't hurt anyone." he complained.
"Sir I will ask security to escort you out." the dealer replied in a monotone voice.
"I ain't hurtin' nobody!" he said.
The dealer snapped his fingers grabbing the attention of the security guards. They in turn picked him up and started carrying him out ignoring his pleas and confession to actually working here. Arthur ignored him and moved seats seeing as the dealer had to get a brand new box of cards ready seeing as he couldn't play with a few wet ones that smelled like alcohol.
"I'll go for a lower bet this time." Arthur said putting 900 yen on the table. "Hit me." he said.
"23, better luck next time." the dealer said taking the chips seeing as he needed some for a later game.
"That's ok, I need to go check on my cousins anyways." Arthur said taking all his chips.
"Too bad this isn't a Dave and Busters. They'd let you put their points on a plastic card. You gotta carry those buckets around." the dealer said seeing it would be a pain to carry them around.
Arthur nodded at that as he dragged them towards Shirou and Archer who kept winning the roulette table making the female dealer sweat. She looked like someone who's plans weren't going as intended. Arthur discreetly looked down to see her pushing a broken button connected to the wheel. He shook his head at the corrupt practices before the drenched woman gave up.
"And winner yet again." she said nervously.
"Let's go to another game Archer." Shirou said as Archer was stuck in a trance. "Archer!" he called out again.
"I swear all I see are spinning wheels." Archer said as he followed Shirou with the buckets leaving the sweating dealer.
"Looks like you got a girl wet." Arthur said roasting them.
"Yeah yeah, let's cash out and see how much this is." Shirou said lugging the heavy buckets.
"The one time I wish I was a berserker." Archer said as they began to get exceedingly heavy and started racking up attention.
A few minutes later, Semiramis arrived with a smug looking Albedo carrying a couple of briefcases. As they arrived they saw Shirou doing his bows as he's given a cash out stub.
"How was your luck nephew?" Semiramis asked Arthur.
"I think we did amazing. After a couple of grooling hours of annoying people pretending to be southerners. We made around three million." Arthur answered with a smile.
"Ok so a little under a fifth of what we made." Albedo said casually.
"A fifth!?" Archer asked with shock on his face.
"Yes, just less than 16 million." Albedo said casually again.
Shirou sighed as he handed her the stub, "I'm sure this will come in handy." Albedo said waving off their efforts. "I'm disappointed how little luck you three have." she added making them sweat drop.
"Where now Albedo?" Semiramis asked.
"We are going to look for the boys who were going to be husbands at one point." Albedo answered as went to cash out the rest of the money.
In a camera room, a fat woman on scooter narrowed her eyes at the group.
"Follow them and make sure you comeback with those briefcases." she said as she took a giant bite out of a chicken leg, bone and everything.
"Yes madame D'arby!" said a group of men in matching suits.
"Ain't no lucky bastards walking out on me with my money." she said as she continued eating a chicken leg in the most disgusting way. "I don't like losing to no losers." she said.
Back to Naruto's group
Naruto was enjoying the peace and tranquility with his father and uncle. Looking out towards the vast sea and wishing for nothing to ruin this beautiful moment.
"You this reminds me of back before you were sealed son." Meliodas spoke up. "I remember days when we could just sit down and enjoy the peace. We would stay out late and your mother would already have dinner and everything else ready for us to come back in." he said.
"You know what I remember dad?" Naruto asked.
"What son?" Meliodas asked.
"That weird guy, Rou. Now that I think about it, he kind of looked like uncle Ban, but he was set on wiping out anything that wasn't human." Naruto answered making Ban go wide eyed.
"Now that I think about, Ban didn't you try to kill me because some seashell spoke to you?" Meliodas asked his best friend.
Ban didn't look at them as he wondered if he was related to Rou, "Yeah, I shouldn't have brought that up." Naruto said noticing how awkward it just became.
"I wonder how Elaine and everyone else is doing with that baby." Ban said changing the subject.
"Probably trying to catch him. I bet uncle King and auntie Elaine are trying to make sure he doesn't fly away again." Naruto replied.
"Yeah well, at least Diane is with them in case he grows big again like you said he did. How exactly did he become a colossal dragon again?" Meliodas asked.
"I think it was from all the dust and it caused him to accelerate his growth. He was still small compared to most other dragons I faced so I think his awakening still has some mutations and issues." Naruto answered.
"Speaking of dragons and other creatures, things have been quiet with those monsters from a while back. Don't you think its odd how nobody saw them? Let alone, there hasn't been any in a while?" Ban asked.
"You can never predict when they'll strike uncle Ban. They could attack first thing in the morning for all we know." Naruto answered.
Then suddenly, a great amount of bubbles starting popping in the water. The boat started to make loud creaking sounds prompting Naruto to reach for the Blades of the Fallen Prince inside one of his locks while Ban and Meliodas pulled out their sacred treasures. Gowther who was enjoying himself with Rider and Berserker until they all noticed the boat starting to shake. Aki also took cover, but prepared to lend her servants some mana.
Naruto and everyone else hanged onto something as a large object rises from the water and looked back down at them. A large crustacean looked down on them and narrowed its eyes before speaking. Naruto could only imagine what such a creature has to say.
"I need about tree fiddy." it said.
"What?" Ban asked.
"Three hundred and fifty yen to be exact." the creature answered.
"Oh no you don't! I'm not giving three fifty, you damn loch ness monster! Get your own damn money!" Naruto yelled at it.
"I'll just give it one hundred." Aki said reaching for her purse.
"Aki don't you don't dare give him any money!" Naruto yelled.
"But if I give it to him. He might go away." Aki whispered.
"Of course he's not going to go away, he'll assume that you have more." Ban whispered as he agreed with his nephew's plan.
Aki sweat dropped as Naruto continued arguing with the monster.
Meanwhile, Mordred and Saber were wrestling a single fishing rod. From the looks of it they were trying to pull in a slippery little creature.
"I can't do it! I have to let go!" Mordred said.
"Don't give up Mordred! You have to believe in yourself and then you'll be able to overcome any challenge! No matter what people say, you are the boss of your own life!" Saber encouraged.
Then a moment later, Mordred pulled back the fishing rod and a slippery and jumpy trout landed on their boat.
"I did it! I did it!" Mordred said excitedly.
Saber smiled, "You sure did Mordred." she said patting her back.
Mordred blushed at the little sign of affection, "I knew I could do it." she said sounding a bit arrogant.
"You didn't say that earlier. Come on, I'm sure there's more for us to find." Saber said as the fish stopped jumping.
Mordred shrugged as she adjusted her rod and put more bait on it, "You know, you don't have to praise every little thing." she said.
"Mordred, I just want to make up for lost time." Saber said.
"You can't find something that you never had. Not like you ever wanted to acknowledge me as your child or someone like family." Mordred said sounding bitter.
"Mordred, I admit I wasn't a kind father and from the weird discussion I had with Foreigner. I can at least try to be a mother." Saber said trying to lighten the mood.
"I already have a mother and even if she was a witch, Morgan at least acknowledged me and knew I was destined for the throne." Mordred replied.
"Mordred, you should know Morgan was my half sister and that she wasn't exactly a role model you should look up to." Saber suggested, but Mordred stopped listening after the sister part.
Mordred proceeded to vomit into the water scaring away many of the undersea wildlife, "Is that the real reason you would never acknowledge me!? Because I'm actually an incest baby!?" she screamed.
"Well your mother turned me into a man and stole my seed so..." Mordred interrupted her by continuing to vomit.
"Damn it, now I hate both my parents!" Mordred yells as she felt motion sickness.
"Mordred listen to me, I understand that's a lot to take in, but that doesn't matter. Ever since you came back into my life, I've just been contemplating my life and thinking about how they're just fragments of my subconscious or memories or whatever. I realized that I can't change the past no matter what magic ritual I find, so all I can do is change the future. So please just give me a chance and let me come in." Saber explained as she poured her heart out.
"Then don't start by kidnapping me, dragging me into the middle of the ocean and telling me I'm an incest baby." Mordred complained as she vomited more and made the ocean green.
Saber proceeded to hug her daughter, "Mordred, I know you feel pain and so I. I just want us to be closer than we were before. Is that so hard to explain?" she asked.
"I think we're beyond my emotional pain, but I'll consider hanging out with you if you let me go. I think I feel more coming out." Mordred said as she vomited loudly onto the side of the boat.
"Maybe Naruto can heal you up. I think he told me he has some healing magic for the mind as well as the body." Saber said rowing back to the harbor.
"Please don't say anything about bodies." Mordred pleaded as she started looking like Natsu Dragneel.
As the two continued making their way back. They didn't notice the small storm making its way around them. The clouds were as grey and lacked life as thunder could be heard before it slowly started to rain.
"Crap, now I'm going to get sick." Mordred said.
"I know as heroic spirits we technically only use food and physical contact with mages as a source of mana, but can we really catch diseases and illnesses?" Saber asked as she tried to make her way back to where she assumed the harbor was.
"Less talking more rowing. It doesn't help that the fish just died." Mordred muttered as she was still recovering.
"Don't worry Mordred. I'm sure Foreigner will find us if we don't make it to harbor quickly enough." Saber said as the boat started to shake as the waves started hitting their boat.
"I wish he was my dad. That Albedo girl seems so happy to be around him." Mordred said still acting bitter.
Saber winced hearing that, "I can never atone for what I did to you can I?" she asked as she slowed down.
Mordred noticed the boat slowing down, "Old man er... woman. Something wrong?" she asked.
Saber shook her head, "No, I'm just unsure of where to go." she partially lied as she looked around.
"Well you better make it quick. I don't like that look of that storm." Mordred said pointing at what appeared to be a storm.
Saber nodded and continued rowing aimlessly until the storm got louder and lightning appeared in the sky. Mordred looked nervous seeing it as the waves began to grow and start shaking the boat. Then suddenly a bolt of lightning hit the water near them making a wave tilt the boat. The next thing they knew, the boat was tilted over and the two sabers fell out and into the ocean.
(Stardust Crusaders OST - Shoot Towards The Decisive Battle)
Both managed to stay afloat only to keep facing the waves to keep on crashing down. The force of the water was beyond their control and caused them to lose their grip on the boat which tilted over and eventually cracked and split into two. However, the worst was far from over. Before they knew it, something large started to rise from the sea before crashing back down and destroying the rest of the boat.
Despite it being day out, the storm made things dark and difficult to see. Making it near impossible to see the creature that was attacking them. It didn't help one of them was incapable of using her mana which led her to being nothing more than an unarmed civilian, or prey according to the creature. Before Mordred realized it, she sank to the bottom as the creature dived down trying to get her.
"Mordred!" Saber yelled as she dived underwater towards her daughter.
On the way down, she could see Mordred trying to swim her way up only to see her slowly losing her breath. Saber poured some mana into her speed as she went down further trying to reach for Mordred. Both heroic spirits could feel their lungs burning away a they continued making it their way to each other. Sadly fate was against them.
Before Mordred was ten feet within her mother/father, she coughed as she couldn't handle holding her breath. She immediately started to choke as the water made its way inside her making her suffocate and lost consciousness before falling. Saber panicked as she tried to reach for Mordred only to start to lose oxygen herself. It was only moments later that she also had to open her mouth to gasp which made her lose oxygen as well.
Fighting with every bit of strength she had, Saber continued to dive further after Mordred's unconscious body. Even with her resolve, she wasn't invincible and would succumb to the lack of oxygen and sink down as well.
(Stardust Crusaders OST - Stardust Requiem)
'Is this it? I try to fix my past mistakes with my child and fate ends our lives? Is this how I lose the war? First my ideals are challenged, now my mentality and emotions? This world really is cruel and yet I choose to ignore fate in order to fix my past.' Saber thought as her eyes slowly closed.
She looked down at her daughter's form.
'I'm sorry Mordred. I failed you once again. I led you down the wrong path and because of my poor choices, I led you to a philosophy of hate and resentment. I realize now you never really wanted to be king of Camelot, you just wanted to be acknowledged. Instead, you were thrown away by the one who gave birth to you, the very same person who you looked up to and hoped would recognize you and gave you love and affection in return.' Saber kept thinking before looking up.
'Shirou, you wanted to be a hero of justice. Something Kiritsugu realized was impossible and believed that the Holy Grail could only continue to spread evil. I see why he wanted me to destroy the grail now. Shirou Emiya, if I die today, if this is my end. I hope you become whatever hero you want. At least you won't be seen as a hero with a dark past no one pays attention to. Please Naruto, keep Shirou safe and teach him what it really means to be strong.' Saber thought as her eyes finally closed.
'Goodbye everyone, maybe I can participate in another lifetime. I can wish for a chance to fix my mistakes instead of something impossible and unneccesary.' and those were her final thoughts as Saber's body started to dematerialize.
Meanwhile with Shirou
As Albedo was receiving the money for their cash out stub, Shirou felt a tear roll down his eye. He wiped it and looked at his wet finger where the tear was. Saber looked at his hand and saw the command spells were fading.
'Saber?' Shirou wondered.
"Something wrong Shirou?" Semiramis asked with a concerned face.
"I think something wrong with Saber. It's like we're distant and I'm not talking about the space between us. It's like I can't feel that she's around or that I will see her." Shirou answered.
"Maybe she's just having some trouble on her fishing trip." Semiramis suggested.
"Maybe, but I can't help this feeling. Like I could be there with her. Isn't it my job to be by her side even if I'm not a mage?" Shirou asked.
Semiramis understood what he talking about, "I know Shirou, often times you just worry about those you care about, but you can't do anything about it. So all you can do is hope for the better." she said.
"Ok aunt Semiramis, maybe my emotional support can help her." Shirou said as he walked away to get some air. Once he was alone, he felt his mana going through the seals as one of them disappeared, 'Saber with a command seal, I want you to do whatever it takes to come back alive and safe from harm.' he thought as he clutched his arm and felt more tears falling.
Back with Saber
Saber immediately felt a jolt of energy as the water somehow expelled itself from her body. Before she knew, she found Mordred sinking even deeper. With all her energy, Saber swam further down nonstop until she was face to face with Mordred. Having grabbed the young woman, Saber used every little bit of her mana reserves to make her way to the top.
On the way there, she noticed the creature hanging around and it continued to dive towards them. However Saber had no time to mess around as she was using her might to make it out alive and nothing would stop that mentality. Before she knew it, she was back to the surface gasping for air. The only problem now was the creature which appeared to be some kind of crustacean.
Before it could continue to attack, it was struck by several beams of light, "Get your ugly ass out of here you loch ness monster! I killed three of your brothers already! So don't even think about taking one of mine!" Saber turned to see Naruto's boat heading towards her.
"Naru- Agh!" Saber choked as a lot of water was still in her throat and near her lungs.
"Get back you filthy creature! Back!" Naruto kept yelling as he kept firing arcs at the beast until sank back into the water.
Ban pulled a light towards Saber and jumped down to help her and Mordred back up the boat. Ban lied the two down inside the room where they sailed the boat.
"Let's go Naruto!" Ban said as the blond nodded and sailed the boat back to the harbor.
Saber turned her head to see Mordred coughing up the water as Gowther proceeded to perform CPR. In a matter of moments, Mordred opened her eyes and looked at Saber. Mordred frowned making Saber feel bad before it slowly turned into a smile. Saber felt joy inside, but was unable to show it as she was giving into her fatigue.
Before Saber fell unconscious, the King of Knights sweared she saw Mordred mouth a message to her. It seemed genuine and all she was able to understand was "I" and "you", but couldn't understand the middle word. Saber could only fear that Mordred was angry and blamed her for the fishing trip and almost killing her. So it was most likely "hate" or "loathe" or something even worse.
But it was her smile that made her have some hope that it was something else. As she lost consciousness, Mordred slowly moved her hand to Saber's and held it tight. Not wanting to let go until they were both safe and out of the storm.
Meliodas came in and saw this prompting him to show Naruto, "Reminds me of that time I found Merlin in your room that night she injured you on accident." he said.
Naruto nodded, "They say family runs deeper than blood dad. But the real challenge, is trying to understand forgiveness. That's why I love auntie Merlin and why Mordred still loves Saber. I hope she can tell her that when they wake up." he said.
"You're a good person Naruto." Ban said looking at the scene.
Gowther tilted his head thinking back to how the once little boy helped him regain his own emotions, "Love cannot be measured. I cannot verify the chances of Mordred feeling that way, but they are higher than the probability of her admitting them to Saber." he said.
"Yeah, I bet. Next time, we're just staying home and watching sports. I won't have to worry about the loch ness monster then." Naruto chuckled as he saw Aki peeking her head in with a worried look. "They'll be fine Aki, but you're free to take a look at them. This trip was my fault anyways." he said as his laugh became hollow.
Aki nodded and started to check on the two women.
"I wonder how your wife is Naruto. Didn't she say Albedo wanted to go somewhere into the town?" Meliodas asked.
"Probably a shopping mall or something. At least I don't have to help carry bags. I bet they're just fine." Naruto replied waving it off.
TO BE CONTINUED...
