Chapter 18
Naruto Uzumaki was truly infuriated at something for the first time in a while. There was this burning sensation in his gut, a familiar sensation many have given in to; the urge to kill. The urge was so bad, it was like a rock set ablaze in a sea of lava. It was like the top of a sealed volcano exploded all of a sudden and the volcano roared to life, spouting a geyser of hot lava and ash that burned everything in its path.
Yes, right now, Naruto Uzumaki was a volcano burning over the brim with Kyūbi's chakra. Kurama was indeed a powerful being, second only to the Ten-tails chakra-wise, and all that power was being channeled to fuel the desire of its partner.
The cloak of Kurama Sage Mode wasn't even complete before the mountain top where Naruto stood on was flattened as he rocketed at neck-breaking speed towards the source of his ire, his anger, his thirst for genocide, the demon Ashirok.
A golden, glowing hand gripped Martha's face and like a space rocket, they flew a great distance, leaving golden and purple streams in their wake as they traveled the dark sky.
Ashirok pried Naruto's hands off her face mid-flight as the blonde human took her far away. She let a smirk grace her face, an action that seemed to drive Naruto crazier.
The blonde roared as he drove the demon down into the waters. A splash disturbing the surface of the water occurred after both Man and Demon touched down.
Ashtha [AN: Ashtha will be used to refer to Martha and Ashirok fused form] crouched, riding on the wave that was many times his size, with that same smirk on her features—a smirk she could never pull off if she was in control of her body—and watched the glow covered by huge drops of water as another wave that travelled the opposite side roared.
When the great waterbody died down, Ashtha finally had the chance to take in every little detail of the blonde shinobi. His clothes looked like they were made out of raw, dense chakra, the densest Ashtha's ever seen.
"You truly are a magnificent one, Naruto Uzumaki. I declare you the strongest human ever."She said after she sensed the output of Chakra he was giving.
Naruto did nothing but glare with contempt, his cloak billowing with the strong window.
Ashtha rose to her feet and pointed a hand at Naruto. "I declare you the strongest human ever."
"Give her back," Naruto said, barely above a whisper.
"What?"
"I said, give her back!"
"Come and get me, .to-nii."
Naruto growled uncharacteristically and blitzed forward and so did Ashtha. A gust of wind blew the surface of the ocean apart as they clashed a few feet above the waters. Both contestants had their dominant arms out and their hands joined together. The prophecy is fulfilled and yet, another prophecy takes its place.
One that is not of this world shall stand in the way. With a heavy choice, he shall vanquish the Demon of old and bring lasting peace to the hunter family.
Naruto glared at Ashtha.
Ashtha glared back with an infuriating smirk.
Both were ready for whatever it takes to achieve their goals.
The time starts now.
Round three, fight!
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Both fighters rebound off each other and Naruto dashed forward and threw a horizontal punch at her face. Ashtha snorted asshe slapped Naruto's wrist down and leaned forward, her left hand balled into a fist as it travelled towards the blonde.
Naruto parried her fist and took a step back, expecting her momentum to throw her forward—which it did—but he underestimated her flexibility. She bent forward and raised her legs and tried to kick the blonde. Naruto drifted to a halt as he raised his hands to absorb the force behind the kick. Ashtha dashed forward and kicked the ninja in the gut.
They both engaged in a brief, fast-paced taijutsu bout, deflecting punches and kicks. Naruto kept on dodging her attacks while Ashtha scored a few hits in.
"What's wrong? Where did all that bloodlust go?"she taunted as she punched him in the face. Naruto swerved back and she grabbed his wrist. "You are nothing but a coward. Face me, Uzumaki, or I'll kill the brother with the sister's body!"she hollered as she threw the blonde over her head.
Ashtha watched as the blonde sailed in the air and wanted to chase after him but a hail of fireballs stopped her attempts. She dodged the huge fireballs, jumping left and right before a huge stream of fire followed. The ocean surface steamed as the flames covered a wide area. Ashtha smirked and took in a deep breath before she blew a stream of ice. Fire and ice battled for dominance and it seemed like the ice had the upper hand before Naruto shunishined behind Ashtha and backhanded her.
Ashtha skidded to a halt and Naruto appeared right in front of her; he threw two haymakers which she dodged. She tried to deliver a roundhouse kick when she saw an opening but it was a feint. The blonde ninja caught her leg and dragged her closer, landing an earth-shattering punch to her cheek.
Ashtha drifted across the waters and landed on a mountain in the distance, a trail of blood leaking from the corner of her lips. She smirked when she saw his killing intent was now focused and his stance had settled. His demeanor, his aura, his presence, everything about him seemed to settle down. The blonde snapped his eyes open and his eyes told it all. Those eyes were calm just like a few hours ago.
"That's more like it… Naruto."
Play Emma the Monkey king Ost.
The mountain rumbled mightily as both contestants released their energies. Both were finally getting serious, it seems.
Ashtha ran forward and stomped on the ground, lots of huge boulders broke out of the mountain top and hovered in the air for a moment before she launched them all at the blonde shinobi like football.
Naruto ran forward, cutting the boulders with Raikiri, he thrust his lightning-covered hand forward, extending a long blade made of pure lightning chakra.
Ashtha cut through the lightning beam with her twin swords and sheathed them as she neared the blonde. Both contestants reared their fists, balled them, and powered them up with a massive amount of energy.
Their fists collided, causing a shockwave that sent ripples through the surface of the water near the mountain. Naruto only waited for a fraction of a second before he descended on her while she was still somewhat stunned from the impact of their fists.
Ashtha groaned when Naruto delivered a spinning kick which connected before a clone appeared right in front of her and closed the short distance between them. The clone stopped right in front of her face before he smirked and exploded. The explosion swept her off her foot and while she was in the air, two water dragons crackling with lightning rose out of the waters and swallowed her whole before diving back into a deep square pit in the ground.
Naruto, who had his hands on the ground, clapped his hands together, sealing the pit.
The pit exploded with a wave of purple energy and Ashtha came out unscathed.
A gargantuan wall of sand followed, it was so massive it blocked the view of the ocean. Ashtha raised her hand at the wall, a purple magic circle appeared on her palm before she fired off a huge beam that split the sand wall into two.
Ashtha had her guard up instantly; Naruto was nowhere to be found. Her eyes widened in surprise when a massive hand made of sand with blue markings grabbed her in the air and slammed her down. As her body bounced off the mountain top, Naruto spewed a wave of hot blue flames like a super overpowered flamethrower. A wide magic circle stopped the flames on its track as Ashtha appeared behind the blonde in a magic circle and fired off a pure energy beam that eclipsed the wall of flame. Spearing through it, pushing the flames away as it dug a trench that cut through the mountaintop and beyond. The mountain top was vaporized instantly and Naruto stood in the middle, unhurt.
"Is this all you can do in that form? Such a shame, Martha placed her hopes in the likes of trash like you."
Naruto leveled a hate-filled glare at her before he closed his eyes and took calm breaths, doing a sage breathing exercise, trying to purge the negative emotions out of his system.
One thing was obvious though; it wasn't working… At all.
The only thing stopping him from throwing S-rank Jutsus around is Martha's face. Instead of trying to purge his evil feelings, he used the breathing exercise to assure himself that—that wasn't Martha anymore.
"Ashirok, you… I'm going to kill you." Naruto snapped his eyes open with strong, unwavering resolve. A Hiraishin kunai poofed out of the seals on his wrists.
Naruto shunshined above her and an Ōdama Rasengan the size of Gamabunta roared to life. It was like someone lit a gigantic bulb in the dark, desolate dimension.
Ashtha raised her hands at the incoming ball and a purple magic circle, bigger than the Rasengan took the brunt of the attack. The magic circle smushed the Rasengan out and fired off a huge beam of destruction into the night sky. Splitting the clouds apart.
"Who would have thought I can throw Dark Erasers of this kind of level around like it's nothing… I have truly ascended to godhood,"She thought as she fired Dark Erasers after Dark Eraser as Naruto either rolled out of the way or teleported out of danger. She placed both palms forward and fired off another Dark Eraser that was much more powerful than the other ones.
Naruto placed the kunai horizontally—balancing it with his thumb and middle fingers—in front of his face at the incoming beam.
"Flying Raijin: Guiding Thunder," Naruto intoned, its effect was instantaneous. The beam was sucked away into the space right in front of the blonde before it was returned with the same ferocity back at the sender.
A clone poofed into existence below on the water with a bijürasenshurriken in hand.
Ashtha saw both attacks coming and thought, sneaky fox. She unsheathed the two swords in her hips and pointed one at the beam and absorbed it. The sword glowed purple before the energy was transferred back into the other one. She swung her hand at the bijürasenshurriken, releasing a purple beam that split the incoming Jutsu in two as it detonated prematurely.
Naruto threw his kunai at her and she tilted her head, dodging the knife effortlessly. Her blank stare turned to one of genuine surprise when Naruto disappeared from her line of sight only to later morph into a horror when the blonde ninja's hands ripped through her heart. She coughed up blood as the sound of a thousand chirping birds filled her ears.
"How is this possible? He shouldn't be able to hurt me in this form."She mulled.
Right now, she was practically invisible. Only attacks that affect its target on a molecular level can work on her. Is it because they haven't synched completely or is the blonde a special case?
"Is that supposed to end my life?"She asked, coughing up blood.
Purple bangs casted a shadow over her eyes as she gripped the blonde's arm. "Don't mess with me Blondie. Right now, I am a… god!"She yelled, flaring her energy to match Naruto's Kurama Mode.
Her eyes glowed purple as she reared her head back and headbutt the ninja away. Naruto skidded to a halt on all fours and snapped his head at Ashtha when he felt the massive amount of magic she was building up. The sky was getting darker as time went by.
Play Need to be Strong.
"Let me show you the pinnacle of Dark Eraser."She said as she crossed both hands with her twin blades in her hand.
The sky darkened even further and the water sloshed around restlessly, purple thunder travelled across the sky and struck the blades. Both blades fused together and became a standard katana with no sheathe. Her eyes glowed purple and the blonde Uzumaki widened his legs, bracing for whatever was coming. A Bijūdama was growing to the size of an Ōdama Rasengan in his hands and three Mini-Rasenshuriken orbited around the menacing ball.
Ashtha swung her arm forward and a wave of purple energy erupted from it, swallowing Naruto whole as he threw the Wakusei Bijūrasendama at the beam. The purple beam split the waters into two as far as the eyes could see. A good portion of the ocean and anything in the line of the beam was erased completely.
Naruto stood inside a badly damaged chakra construct, his right arm outstretched. The massive fox head was damaged so bad only its lower jaw was present.
The glowing ninja stared at his hand and frowned heavily at Ashtha. His right hand was smoking, a dark blister covered the entire arm and it wasn't healing. Naruto glared at the self-proclaimed god and the image of a lot of people overlapped hers. Naruto lowered his chin and bit his cheek with suppressed fury.
"I'm gonna kill this bitch."
Naruto jumped higher and higher till he was above her.
Kurama's head receded and roared back to life in a complete state around the shinobi and he charged up a massive Bijūdama as big as the Ōdama Rasengan he created earlier.
"Naruto, you intend to wipe her out?"Kurama asked his partner, all nine tails swishing about in the sewer that is his mindscape.
Naruto watched the pink dot which was Ashtha below with a blank face as the Bijūdama grew larger and larger.
"Naruto! John is still in this dimension!"
"He's far away from us, he'll be safe. I should have killed this fucker since day one."
"Na—"
Naruto cut the mental link between him and his tailed beast, tired of the warnings.
"Begone… Demon." Naruto thrust his arm forward and like a gun going off in an Olympic race, the massive Bijūdama roared forward.
"Naruto Uzumaki. You really are full of surprises. You never cease to amaze me,"Ashtha thought she saw the massive Bijūdama growing bigger and bigger.
Ashtha sighed and closed her eyes.
With enough power to flatten a meteorite, the Bijūdama honed in on its target and Naruto shielded his eyes from the bright light of his jutsu before-
"God Style: Absolute Eraser."
Naruto's eyes widened uncontrollably when the Bijūdama disappeared—no, not disappeared, more like it was erased out of existence.
"Inconceivable,"Naruto thought. All that Chakra just vanished as if it wasn't there in the first place. "What did you do?!" he asked, more like yelled.
Astha cackled and decided to explain to him anyway. "You see, I can control space-time to a certain extent but it consumes a lot of energy. That was why I was able to break out of that prison with help from Harshblade. I could only use it on a small scale but now, I am invincible. I have achieved immortality, Uzumaki,"she said she rose higher than the blonde. That's more like it, the higher creature should be on top, she thought as she stared at the blonde.
"Immortality? You are just a super-powerful demon," he replied.
Ashtha clenched her fist and reared it back. A purple magic circle with flakes around it materialized in front of her fist spinning like a clock.
"God Style: Big Chill." She punched her fist at the blonde ninja. The magic circle grew so big it encompassed a wide area. An ice-cold energy traveled around the area, freezing everything. The waters were now a sea of rock-hard ice. Ashtha watched as the ice around the blonde steamed and he broke free of it.
"You are too strong to be left alone, Uzumaki. I respect your strength and I'd rather have someone like you beside me,"she commented.
Ashtha balled her fist and the ice below burst into pieces, Huge shards as big as the pieces of rock from the Chibaku Tensei were flying in the air as they all spinned around, their tip pointed at the blonde.
An almost innumerable mass of magic circles hovered in the heavens, spinning around, ready to let whatever was inside them out.
"She's finally taking you seriously,"Kurama said. That earlier Bijūdama was powerful enough to destroy the Gedo Statue and she snuffed it out like it was nothing. "Oi, Naruto, you might need to bust 'that' out,"he warned his Jinchūriki but the boy did not heed to the warning.
With her mental command, all the ice shades rained on the blonde ninja.
"I can't dodge them all."
"Think of this as a payback for that sealing technique."She balled her fist and the barrage of ice charged downward at an unreasonable speed. It was just too fast as the Ice he was standing on rumbled and the barrage kept going on going more than one minute.
The magic circles in the air were all charged up and released in an instant.
Swish
Boom.
A Bijūdama detonated, countering the barrage.
"Hm? He countered that?"She mused out loud, staring at the head and torso of a fox whose face was badly singed. "A Kitsune?!"
"Naruto!"
"I'm fine,"he replied.
"I can't believe it, she's keeping Naruto at bay,"Gyuki pondered, staring at the fusion of demons and women in the sky. She looked barely winded and here was Naruto trying to even his breath."Is he still hesitating because of that girl?"
Ashtha appeared in front of Naruto, a compressed dark eraser in her hand as she punched the fox head off. Naruto jumped out of his avatar and landed on water. The mountain had been destroyed with all the attacks they were throwing around.
She appeared behind the blonde and tried to backhand him, he spun around in time, a Rasengan in hand. Ashtha gripped the Rasengan and it was snuffed out of existence before her palms connected with the blonde's.
Kurama's eyes widened in the seal when he sensed it. There was something fishy going on.
Ashtha grinned as she kicked the blonde on his knee joint, forcing him to kneel. Their hands were still connected when eyes glowed purple again.
"God style: Evil Vacuum of Destruction."
Five consecutive magic circles raced from her hand and engulfed Naruto whole before he was blasted away. The magic circles rotated and created a void that seemed to pull in all directions. The blonde Uzumaki screamed as he was rocketed back, his cells felt as if they were on fire, his entire being was being pulled apart before the seal exploded, sending him bouncing off the waters.
A beam followed and near the brink of consciousness, he couldn't dodge.
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John was flying in the air when he saw a golden being flying towards him. He caught the being in the air in hopes of stopping it but was dragged along.
John landed, swerving on the waters holding the golden being who was actually Naruto. If John was doubting it, he was convinced now, the nagging thought he denied; Naruto was a god in human disguise.
"John, I can't do it… She's too strong." Naruto lamented, bleeding.
He just couldn't kill another person he liked, another person he should have protected.
"If I gave it my all from the start, if I had just put an end to Ashirok before he became a real threat—I-I'm sorry John, I failed you. I wasn't giving my all! Damn it, what the fuck is wrong with me?" Naruto slapped himself before he punched the surface of the water.
Even now, he was holding back a great deal but this time around, he had a valid reason. He wanted to believe Martha was still alive. He didn't want to comprise the life of one for many because he believed all life was precious and equal. Because he was being Naive again, trying to protect everyone.
John listened to everything with a blank face. He didn't recognize the flaming individual anymore. Is this Naruto Uzumaki? He asked himself. He highly doubted it.
"Naruto, I messed up big time myself. I wanted power so bad I bargained with Harshblade, so consumed by the need for power, I made a deal that ultimately killed the one thing I wanted to protect the most." John fought back bitter tears as he spoke. "You are not the only failure here. I might as well have killed Martha myself. Even though she's gone, I really want to kill that bastard. I want Revenge Naruto! I want to avenge my sweet little sister who didn't deserve all of this!" He yelled in Naruto's face.
"Will you help me get revenge, Naruto?" He asked, tears streaming down his face.
Naruto looked at the hand John offered and let a ghost smile grace his face. "I might always seem to fail at protecting those precious to me but I never fail to avenge my loved ones." Naruto took John's hand and rose from his knees.
He never failed to avenge his loved ones.
"Together…"
"... Together."
"For Martha." Both adults smiled.
"Aww… Big bro, Naruto-nii, look at the both of you, so cute."Ashtha mocked with all six wings spread out. Both human adults went on guard instantly. "Two adults ganging up with hostile intentions to kill a lady… Mommy would be sad, Big brother."
"Don't you dare call out her name with that vile tongue of yours," John growled.
"You just called your baby sister's tongue vile."Ashtha feigned hurt.
"You are not my baby sister." The cop spat back.
"Finally, someone who understands Martha is dead; gone,"Ashtha thought.
"John, I'll take front, you support from the back," Naruto said, moving forward. "Lets kill this bitch once and for all."
"Come at me, boys!"she yelled, flapping her wings as she dove down at them.
Naruto dashed forward with two rasenshuriken. John followed behind him, Harshblade in a vice grip.
Naruto threw both Rasenshurikens at her. Ashtha dodged both Rasenshuriken as they detonated behind her. Naruto clapped his hand and summoned an earth dragon he rode on towards Ashtha. She pulled her Katana out and slashed down, creating a crescent wave of purple energy. Naruto held his arms out and split the beam with his bare hands. His hands turned mechanical and he fired off a rocket hand that took her by surprise. Smoke filled the air and John entered the fray in a deadly dance with Ashtha.
"Crescent Eraser."
"Dark Eraser."
Both techniques collided, canceling each other out.
Naruto observed the battle and thought the Crescent Eraser was much weaker than the Dark Eraser, yet it cancelled the powerful technique.
Time to test his theory.
Naruto bent his knees and leapt towards Ashtha. The policeman and demon were in a kenjutsu match with the demon gaining the upper hand before Ashtha saw the blonde out of the corner of her eye and kicked John away. She raised her sword and tried to cleave the blonde in two. Naruto grabbed her sword with a chakra-hand and struck her gut with aRaiton: Rasengan. The attack only seemed to scorch her stomach armor. The armor repaired itself but the main purpose was to render her immobile for a split second.
Naruto blitzed forward and slapped a seal on her, locking her in a vice grip for safety precaution as he screamed at John, "John, hit me with a Crescent Eraser now!"
Ashtha struggled against her restraints, trying to break free. "Do it now, John. Trust me!"
Kurama's tails swished in the seal as he watched what was going on with keen interest. The Bijū rose from the sewer and decided to contact the blonde when his 'field test' was over.
"Alright."John raised his sword up and purple energy bubbled to life. "Crescent…"He began, pulling his sword in his right hand to his left shoulder in such a way that he could fire a flat, horizontal Crescent Eraser. "... Eraser!"
John fired off a huge Crescent Eraser that engulfed both Naruto and Ashtha.
Naruto walked behind John, staring at the Crescent Eraser as it battled the magic circle Ashtha conjured to defend herself.
The beam cut through and made an impact with both blonde and Ashtha.
Poof.
"A clone?" John asked.
"Yes," Naruto replied. Five clones behind him.
Ashtha came out with a crescent mark on her hand. It bled for a moment before it healed.
"It looks like I was right,"Naruto mused.
Not only did that attack cut through her magic circle, but it also managed to injure her.
"John, how many of those can you manage?" he asked, referring to the Crescent Eraser he just used.
"As many as you want."
"Good. Cause I'm going to need a lot."
"Doton: Daichidōkaku."Three clones slammed their hands on the floor and solid ground rose out of the water.
A clone shunshined above and held eight Hiraishin kunai in his fingers. "Kunai Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
The Hiraishin kunai were scattered around in a pattern.
"John, you're ready?" Clone-Naruto asked.
The original Naruto was fighting Ashtha one on one diverting her attention. His kunai was no match for her Katana though as blood seeped from the nicked skin.
"Ready," John replied and clone Naruto placed a hand on his back and the both of them disappeared in an instant.
Ashtha was about to punch Naruto when a Crescent Eraser appeared out of nowhere. Flustered, she lashed out with her own Dark Eraser using her Katana. Naruto appeared behind her and kicked her away before another Crescent Eraser hit her this time.
The demon groaned when her breastplate split in two and blood gushed from a gash on her chest. Her skin regenerated and flawless pale skin was visible for a moment before a flare of purple energy covered it and died down to reveal a new breastplate.
"It's working!" Naruto yelled.
Ashtha finally took in her surroundings and saw they were all positioned at odd angles and knives were littered across the ground. She glared at John who flinched under her gaze but still held a firm grip on his sword.
"Alright, lets go!" Naruto yelled.
The assault began and Ashtha managed to dodge a few times before each attempt to hurt her became successful. She couldn't leave, she couldn't stop the barrage, the original Naruto made sure of it. This went on for a few minutes before it became a full-blown assault with no space to breathe.
"He's teleporting the hunter with him and I can't leave this place," she thought, staring at the clones at the edge of the solid earth the Uzumaki created.
"Then, I'll just have to destroy the ground."Ashtha jumped up and charged up a dark eraser. A clone threw his kunai at the beam and used guiding thunder to redirect it.
"Tch, this is harder than I thought."She mused.
A certain nasty Crescent Eraser got her and Naruto took the opportunity to land a perfect blow. They exchanged a brief bout of taijutsu which ended when Naruto kicked her away.
Ashtha spat a mouthful of blood and grinned, showing all her teeth. "God Style: Evil Vacuum Void."
The magic circle that threatened to split Naruto apart engulfed the artificial ground he created on a wide scale.
Naruto's eyes instantly bled purple and he held his hand out. He could take that kind of attack but John would be ripped to shreds. He doesn't stand a chance.
"Dometsu: Shines Tensei!" Naruto intoned, creating a gravitational field barrier around him and John.
The barrier held on and protected them from the lethal attack.
Naruto stood his ground, pondering on a hard decision
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"Should I bust it out or not. At this rate, I finally understand that only attacks that can affect something on an atomic level can damage this guy."
"Oi, Naruto. I have something to tell you. Forget about bringing 'that' to the fight."Kurama tapped his jinchūriki with his claw inside the mindscape gaining his attention.
Naruto was pondering so hard, he didn't notice Ashtha coming until John called his attention.
Naruto threw his fist out in pure reflex, halting Ashtha's fist. His eyes widened when he felt two souls inside the body. He tried to pry further but he was pushed out violently.
Naruto and Ashtha gasped as they withdrew their fist. John used his sword to chase her away.
"That was what I was trying to warn you about. It seems you're too worked up to notice when you bumped fists with her until now."Kurama remarked.
"What did you do?! What were you trying to do?!"Ashtha screamed.
John stared at her in confusion. Both super-beings seemed wary of each other now.
"Oi, Naruto, I have a plan."Kurama's tails swished around as he lay his head on his paw.
"I'm listening,"he replied inside the mindscape.
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A few moments later.
"John, remember, you have only one chance," Naruto told him after explaining the plan.
John nodded and took a step back.
Naruto summoned a clone and both went through a few hand seals and finished with the tiger seal. "Kombijutsu: Suiton/Raiton, Suirairyuudan no Jutsu!" They both yelled, creating a massive dragon made out of water and lightning. It raced towards Ashtha but she dodged it and evaporated it with a beam when it turned around like a honing on her like a homing device was installed on it. The technique dispersed to little bubbles and surrounded Ashtha. They all exploded creating a smokescreen.
"Now, John!" Naruto yelled.
John released a battle cry and dashed forward. He saw the unmistakable silhouette of his sister's possessed form and thrust his blade. Harshblade was a millimetre away from stabbing her from the gut before she blurred out of existence and stabbed John in the gut.
"No, John!" Naruto yelled, running forward.
She smirked as she drove the knife deep into his gut. John coughed up blood, his eyes wide with horror. Ashtha smirked and placed a hand on his shoulder and drove the sword in even further when John suddenly turned into lightning and shocked her. Naruto appeared right in front of her and placed his palm on her chest. "I hope this works,"he thought.
Ningendo!"Naruto yelled.
It was just like that time back in the alley, Ashirok felt a pull but this pull wasn't on his soul, no, it was on Martha's soul. His eyes went wide like saucers when he realised what was happening. Ashtha pulled the soul back into his body but Naruto never relented.
"You're going to damage her soul!"she yelled
Squelch.
John drove Harshblade through her heart when she wasn't looking. "It's worth trying. Pull my sister out of there, Naruto!"
Naruto roared and jumped back all of a sudden when he noticed he was inside Ashtha's inner world. A white chain connected to Martha's soul which was also linked to Ashirok's hands glowed.
"You think you can drag her soul away from me?! What fate has joined together, let no man put asunder!"Ashirok yelled, yanking at the chain with all his strength.
Naruto sighed as he was pulled back against his will, feeling his own soul getting pulled along. His sigh was a nostalgic one, chuckling as he was being dragged without a single ounce of panic on his face.
"Why are you laughing? You finally realize how everything you do is, before me; hopeless?"Ashirok asked.
"No, I played this kind of game with the equivalent of a god in my world, and I… won!" Naruto yelled as he grabbed the chain with both hands and pulled.
"What are you doing? How is this possible?"Ashirok asked as they both were at a stalemate.
"Give her back."
"She's mine, Uzumaki!"
"She's not yours! She's Martha Hunter, the baby sister of John Hunter and she is my friend! Give her back!"
"Never!"Astha was clinging to the rope pathetically at this point.
"Give her back!"
"Damn you, Naruto!"
With a primal roar, Naruto pulled Martha's soul out of her body.
"Now, John!" Naruto yelled, holding Martha's soul which was a green light in his hand.
"This is for my sister, you demon. Consecutive Crescent Eraser." John released Crescent Eraser after Crescent Eraser, tearing Ashtha to pieces.
The king of hell rose from the ground and opened its mouth. Naruto placed Martha's soul in it and willed it back.
"Well done, Naruto. Now, all that remains is finding her a new body,"Kurama smirked.
It was a gamble but luck was on their side. It's not a perfect victory yet. Martha was a soul without a body, the true victory is when they find her a new body.
Ashtha skidded across the waters till he hit a boulder. He shook and quaked before letting out a howl as his anger rose to the sky.
"Don't be so full of yourself, humans!"he yelled as a wave of purple energy, unlike anything ever seen before, pushed them away.
A pillar of purple energy that seemed to touch the sky rose up before it was snuffed out when a Behemoth rose out of the water. It had the likened of Godzilla, tough hard skin, and a reptilian form.
It roared as Its feet made the ocean floor rumble as it walked towards them.
"Naruto. How are we supposed to fight that?" John asked, his grip on his sword loosening in face of the gigantic behemoth. He chuckled when Naruto didn't reply.
The blonde had his eyes trained on the incoming behemoth who splashed the ocean water up in the air with its feet as if it was playing inside a puddle of water. Well, comparing its size to the depth of the water from the ocean floor you might get the idea.
Play night gai ost.
"Don't worry John. Now, I can let loose.." Naruto smirked.
"Keh!"Kurama smirked.
Now, it's time to cut loose Naruto Uzumaki.
Round Four… Fight!
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The behemoth ran forward, its hand raised up as it tried to crush them.
"Brace yourself, John," Naruto warned, clapping his hands together.
"Haaaaaaa!" The blonde Uzumaki roared, a pillar of golden chakra surrounding him before a fox, the size of the Behemoth was constructed from the pillar of golden chakra.
Kurama blocked the hammer fist with his tails. The action triggered a tsunami instantly, a shockwave traveling with the massive wave of water. The winds picked up and John had to shield his eyes inside the Fox avatar.
A natural disaster just happened in a second, John thought. He felt rejuvenated all of a sudden, and thats when he noticed he was inside a warm, transparent energy-being. "Is this Chakra? I feel so warm and at peace."
He saw Naruto, standing on the neck of the massive fox construct, a flowing golden cloak with a tattered helm littered with holes. It only made him look cooler as they swished around. He noticed nine lines scattered evenly across the helm of the cloak.
"Hey, John, hold on tight," Naruto smirked at him over his shoulder.
Kurama ducked under a punch and grabbed the midsection of the Behemoth and lifted it off its feet. He spun on the balls of his feet and swerved backwards until he buried the behemoth's head under the ocean, breaking the ocean floor further. Water sloshing around.
John just stared at everything going on, mouth agape. Something was telling him he could never understand the blonde and he totally agreed.
Kurama was on the Behemoth's face, punching and clawing until it lashed out with its spiked tails. Kurama jumped back, skidding on all fours like a fox.
The behemoth rose out of the water and roared back, "You're a Kyūbi!?"
Naruto smirked and rushed forward on all fours. Ashirok threw a haymaker which Naruto slapped away and delivered an upper because of his agile build. Naruto reared his fist back and created a Rasengan proportional to the size of Kurama's hand and slammed it into the behemoth's chest. It staggered back as the Rasengan drilled through its skin. It hissed, releasing steam as it was healed at a rapid rate.
"N-N-Naruto?" John stuttered pointing at the behemoth.
"Hm. I saw it."
An object was being covered rapidly by the flesh of the behemoth and that object was Martha's body.
"I wish you had a sword or something, Kurama."
Kurama, who had both palms joined together gathering Nature energy, smirked. Too bad they couldn't really go all out. "I have a sword, alright. In fact, I have two swords but I can't use them right now. One is out of reach and the other, I can't use it right now."
"Tch, cocky bastard,"Naruto replied. They both knew both swords require another person's powers. It wasn't Kurama's… It was borrowed.
"Ikuzo, Kurama!" Naruto yelled.
The ethereal nine-tailed fox dashed forward, and rolled in the air, slapping the behemoth away with all nine-tails before charging up a Bijūdama. Ashirok opened his mouth wide and purple lightning and a magic circle charged up in his mouth.
"Behemoth Eraser."
"Bijūdama!"
Boom.
Both techniques evaporated the waters surrounding them. The ocean floor was visible and both contestants came out unscathed.
"Look John, I have a mission for you."
"Grab her body so you can get this over with?" John finished for him.
"Took the words right out of my mouth."
Boom.
Kurama was doing the fighting while Naruto talked with John. A purple beam hit him while he was busy dodging the barrages. He groaned as he was pushed back.
"Let's do this, John," Naruto hollered.
Naruto roared, a supersonic roar and four clones of Kurama appeared on all four sides, ganging up on Ashirok.
"I will not be defeated!"Ashirok yelled and held a clawed hand at Martha's body, trying to use it as leverage.
"What a loser..." Naruto levelled the behemoth with a flat look.
"I'm gonna destroy her body,"Ashirok threatened. The blonde now had four fox avatars in his command and he was outnumbered again. Ashirok wouldn't admit it but he was afraid of the blonde.
"Narut—" Whatever John wanted to say, Naruto cut him off when one of his clones threw a kunai at the behemoth from the seal on his wrist.
"John, this Is your cue," Naruto told him.
Naruto grinned as he created a Bijūrasenshuriken proportional to the fox avatar. The fox avatar raised its hand up and smirked.
"I'll do it!"the behemoth hollered, staring at the massive technique. The spinning blades made the water spin around the Avatar giving it a majestic look.
The original Kurama did a tiger hand seal and called out the weird name of the jutsu he was about to use.
Minato would be proud.
Naruto's lips slowly curved to a smirk and he called out the name of the jutsu, "Hiraishin: Level 2.
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The massive fox avatar appeared above the behemoth and slammed the bijūrasenshuriken into its back. Ashirok felt an unholy pain on his back as a nuke and thousands of wind blades cut through his flesh. He rocketed forward as big he was with neck-breaking speed.
The rasenshuriken detonated and the clone in front of the behemoth kicked it up in the air.
"U-zu-ma-ki," Four clones said as they kicked it higher and higher. The original one appeared above with the behemoth with John in his hand. He threw the human down at the incoming beast.
Ashirok raised its arm to swat John away but John avoided it with his wings and charged up a great amount of purple energy before swinging his sword, cutting off the behemoth's arm.
John roared as he split the behemoth's chest open and dragged his sister's body out of it.
Naruto axe kicked Ashirok back into the ocean and he landed on all fours a few feet away from the demon. A few feet from the avatar's perspective.
"Take them far away. It's time to end this." Naruto ordered his clone.
"Why…? Why? Why?! Why?! Why?! Why do you take away what's mine?! You humans are all the same… Covetous."
"She's not a property for you to own, she's a person with feelings. You never asked her if she wanted any of this."
"I hate you all! You are not even in the prophecy and nor are you a Hunter so why are you fighting for them."
"Because—I can't believe I'm about to say this out loud—They are my… Friends!"
Ashirok stopped talking when he saw the resolve on the blonde's face. "Let's put an end to this, Uzumaki Naruto."
Ashirok regained control over his emotions. The frustration got to him as the human seemed to have a counter for everything he threw at him. The titanic fox wasn't something he was expecting at all.
"Yeah." Naruto powered down the avatar but he was still in Kurama Mode.
Naruto went through a hand seal, mixing three Elemental Chakra, trying to recreate a Kekkei Mōra. "Let's finish this."
"Oi, Naruto, what are you doing? You failed when you tried to do that once,"Shukaku warned.
"It's the only way, Shukaku."
Naruto levitated in the air, staring at the massive behemoth.
"But—"The Tanuki tried to argue and was cut abruptly by Son Goku.
"Leave him alone. Let him try again. Life is full of trials and errors, and through them, we take a step closer to success,"he yawned.
"Naruto is doing it right,"Kokou stated.
"Hn, He's my Jinchūriki, after all,"Kurama smirked.
"Our, Jinchūriki"the other Tailed Beasts replied.
Kurama flicked his ear at them though. No matter what they say, he called dibs on the blonde. He's been with the blonde since his childhood.
The behemoth opened its eyes wide open as its spine glowed purple charging up energy for his ultimate technique.
"Put everything you've got left into this jutsu, Kurama,"Naruto ordered.
"Behemoth Style: Absolute Vacuum Eraser!"Ashirok bellowed as he opened his maw wide and roared, a dark beam that destroyed everything in sight.
"This one's for Tsuchukage jii-chan."
Naruto finished the seal with both thumbs and index fingers joined together to create a triangle.
A cube made of white chakra formed in front of Naruto's hand, a sphere in the centre of it.
Naruto remembered the name of the jutsu when old man Tsuchukage yelled it out in the war like it was yesterday. The old Kage said:
"Jinton: Genkai Hakuri no Jutsu!"
The cube structure expands rapidly in size as it was propelled towards its intended target; The incoming beam and the behemoth behind it.
John glanced backwards and saw a rare sight of Particle Style vs Absolutely Vacuum Eraser. Both techniques clashed with each other, none exerting dominance over the other but the space between them was slowly bending, matter vaporising at an alarming rate. The temperature rose and the water boiled, releasing steam.
"Put everything into it!" Naruto roared.
The cube grew bigger and bigger till the cube encased the behemoth completely. The dark beam struggled with the walls of the cube and with a primal roar from both combatants, it detonated. The blast radius was washing over Naruto and the behemoth from view.
John flew as fast as he could ask the blast radius had already swallowed the clone whole and the last one threw him as far as he could. The shockwave of the attack threatened to consume him but John escaped death at the skin of his teeth.
The entire area was devoid of water and the ocean floor was all that remained. A square hole was in the ocean floor, specks of residue energy were here and there before they gradually disappeared.
Naruto stood over the bruised and injured form of Ashirok. The demon was on his back, breathing hard, half of his body gone. Naruto himself had blood cascading from an injury on his head and his clothes were in shreds no longer in Kurama Mode.
Naruto went down onto his knees, dipped his hand into his mouth, and wrote a seal around Ashirok. The seal glowed a faint blue when he was completing the process with a tiger hand seal.
"I lose… Annie."
John flew back towards Naruto and laid his sister's body gently on the floor. Naruto kneeled in front of her soulless body and placed her head on his lap. The King of Hell rose from the ground and opened its mouth. Naruto grabbed Martha's soul and put it back into her body, a green glow covering her body due to the action.
Both adults held their breaths expecting something to happen after the glow died down but Martha remained motionless.
"Come on Martha!" John yelled, shaking her body. He managed to cover her modesty with his shirt.
Martha coughed as she opened her eyes groggily. Like she just woke up from a long Nightmare. "B-big bro?!" she cried.
John was overjoyed as he drew his sister closer to his chest and gave her a bear hug. John was openly crying like a baby with snot and all, crying a shit ton.
Naruto smiled. A true smile as he watched both siblings cry on each other's shoulders.
Today, Naruto Uzumaki saved someone close, someone precious. It felt like someone, just a person back home, was liberated from Mugen Tsukuyomi. It was a weird feeling, like his dearly departed were smiling at him from the afterlife.
Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly, feeling out of place. He was about to leave both siblings to go check up on the demon before he was tackled by both siblings.
"Thank you… Naruto-nii/Naruto!" Both siblings yelled hugging the blonde.
The blonde ninja winced when they squeezed his sore body close.
"C-can't... breathe," Naruto wheezed out.
Both siblings didn't let go, they squeezed him and tighter.
Naruto sighed when he felt relief, joy, gratitude wash over them. "It's alright. It's over now."
Martha and John finally let the ninja go. They saw Naruto smile for the first time, something they thought he was incapable of, a warm smile. A smile that reached his eyes.
The moment was ruined when Ashirok began laughing. He went through a coughing fit and sighed, staring at the sky, a rift parted within the dark clouds and light sipped through.
"Annie, looks like I'm destined to fail as always huh? Are you happy?"
Naruto turned around and walked closer to the demon, a Rasengan swirled to life in his hand, crackling with electricity.
John was beside Naruto, Harshblade in hand.
"It's time to end this, for real," Naruto said.
He loomed over the demon and, as he was about to deal the finishing blow, Martha yelled at them to stop.
John frowned at his sister as she took Harshblade from him and knelt beside the demon.
"I saw everything…" She began.
"You've come to pity me?"
Martha shakes her head. "I feel like giving you a hug."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at Martha. John had a preposterous look on his face and tried to interfere but Naruto pulled him back.
"Let them talk. They both saw their entire lives. Martha is one only one who might be able to understand him."
Understanding your enemies wasn't a new concept to Naruto. The blonde wanted to see how it plays out.
Ashirok stared at Martha with a blank face. "Why? Do you think you understand my pain!?"
"I think I understand a little of it. The one you loved to death, the one you swore a blood path of love with, broke your trust and loyalty. I don't understand the betrayals but I do understand love and loyalty."
"What do you know of my love for Annie?! I wanted to give her the world ever since I saw her in that shrine thousands of years ago. I was ready to put an end to my world domination plan, turn into a new leaf just for her. We were truly happy for a while before that thief took her from me; Your ancestor."
"And you did all this because you couldn't stomach her betrayal. You couldn't accept the fact that she bore a son for the mortal that stole her from you."
Ashirok gritted his teeth. He'd love to rip her throat but the seal holding him in place was very powerful.
Naruto sighed as he listened in on their conversation.
"Annie loved you."
"No, she didn't! She was a backstabbing whore!"
"You're wrong." Martha shook her head. "When she saw what you had become, she blamed herself for it."
"Shut up."
"She wanted to make amends but it was too late."
"Shut… up."
"That's why she sacrificed her life for you."
"Shut up!"
"You knew, didn't you? As her son drove the sword that was meant to be a token of your love for her into her heart. You knew she was protecting you. She was protecting you and her son. She didn't want to see one of you dead."
"Shut up…"A tear streamed down the demon's eyes.
"She was—"
"Enough. Say no more, kid."
"I guess you never learned to let go. Let your break sometimes, it's better to leave the past behind."
"How am I supposed to do that?"he asked.
"I guess that's something you have to find out by yourself," Martha replied with a smile.
"I see, kid…"
Ashirok said nothing as he stared at the rift in the clouds, a ray of light fell on the group, and Ashirok, for the first time ever, took notice of such transient things.
"I-I want to rest now. I want to be where Annie is. Take me to Annie, Kid,"Ashirok replied.
He was past his prime, his time. Maybe it was time to go to his beloved.
Martha sighed and gave him a smile before raising her blade up
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She saw his entire life.
At first, he was a brutal evil demon bent on conquering the world. The humans under his banner worshiped him like a god.
One day, he met the woman that changed his life. He suddenly detested violence. He was willing to lay down his arms to spend the rest of his life with her.
He was even researching a way to become a mortal but, he was betrayed by the one thing he loved. The one who promised to never leave him left him in the end.
"I hope you find peace," Naruto replied.
Ashirok smiled and gave Naruto a smile. "Thank you for stopping me in every junction, Uzumaki Naruto. Your Valour and selfless acts will forever remain with me."
Naruto nodded and the seal surrounding the demon disappeared.
"John, you keep her safe."
"I don't need you to tell me that," John replied looking sideways.
"Martha, thank you and I hope you forgive me."
Martha nodded and Ashirok took his last breath. As if on cue, The sword sank into his core and he slowly faded to nothing.
Ashirok smirked at her and gave her a wink before he became dust. He was looking forward to seeing her again. This time he would make things right.
The last of the demons faded away and the clouds parted ways to let light in.
"Maa… Who would have thought he was a big ole softie lover boy?" Naruto sighed, all the weariness catching up to him as he collapsed.
"As if you're one to talk!" John yelled. "That female fellow—the coworker—that teacher… I see you taking evening strolls with her!" John yelled.
Naruto gave him a flat stare all of a sudden. How did he know about his evening strolls with the silverette? John pursed his lips when he realized his mistake.
"W-what! Have you been spying on me?" Naruto asked incredulously.
John looked around trying to make a comeback. "Hoo! You're not denying the fact that you like her!"
"Do you think I have the time for love?" Naruto quipped.
"But you bought her a gift didn't you?" John smirked.
Naruto narrowed his eyes. He was fully convinced right now. "You two… Have been spying on, haven't you?"
John was sweating bullets as the blonde's eyes turned purple and he stretched his hands out.
"I swear! Gaia made me do it!" John ratted out the resident goddess.
This time it was Naruto's turn to smirk. No wonder he was unable to sense John. "You and Gaia have a lot of explaining to do."
Martha giggled at the sideline watching both adults banter back and forth as if the world wasn't at stake in an all-out battle a few moments ago.
"You were on this with them, weren't you?" Naruto turned to Martha who was looking at the sky like it was very interesting.
"You little shit…" Naruto's eyes twitched as Martha tried to run away. "Come back here!" Naruto pulled her back using Tendo.
John flew towards his sister and pulled her back. "Oh, so now you think you can defy me just because you can grow purple chicken wings?" Naruto asked before three clones popped beside him. "Charge?" he ordered.
This was what the remaining group saw when they finally broke the barrier separating them. More like, the restrictions placed on the barrier were lifted.
Four Narutos chasing John and Martha around inside a crater. A huge rock wall stopping the waters from overflowing in the distance. A good portion of the dimension destroyed
"What the?" Dulio said, staring at the destruction and the humans below.
"They did it…" Gaia commented, staring at the group. Her stare lingering on Naruto.
The blonde's normally hunched back looked like It was straightened a millimeter and his poker face was nowhere to be found. He was having fun chasing them around like an amateur, abusing his powers.
"Serafall-sama, Ashirok is truly dead," Grayfia announced.
Serafall didn't register Grayfia's words as she was busy staring at the blonde ninja. He was the worst out of the group of three, his clothes in tatters, bruises covering his body. Those two managed to defeat a super devil class being together, was all she could ponder.
"Serafall-sama?" Grayfia tried to get her attention.
Grayfia couldn't fault her. With the feats the Uzumaki performed in front of them, It goes to show them that he was an extraordinary one.
"This is their victory. Let them celebrate," Serafall ordered the devils.
"Naruto-san!" Agatha yelled, her voice stopping Naruto in his tracks.
"Oi! Clumsy Angel!" Naruto replied, waving at her.
What a weirdo. He was back to his former self again when he saw the devils; poker face, unapproachable aura; the whole package, really.
(Scene Change: Kuoh, Uzumaki Mansion)
After the battle, The whole group was teleported back home by the devils; Quavo included, who was now serving his term in prison. The precinct and the school were back to pristine condition and nobody had memories of what transpired anymore. The Ashirok team was now present in Naruto's humble abode.
The blonde Ninja was garbed in a white sweater with a hoodie and black pants. He was currently glaring at a cup of tea, mumbling about devil infestation and exorcism.
"Uzumaki Naruto, we cannot thank you enough for putting an end to the demon."
"Yeah, you have Marth-Marie to thank. She dealt the finishing blow."
Martha blushed when she was mentioned all of a sudden. "Naruto-nii did most of the fighting. I was only a burden."
"Hey, I helped too," John spoke up, feeling left out.
"As we promised, Kuroka has been pardoned of her sins and we will leave you be," Serafall said.
Naruto glared at Souji at the 'we will leave you be' part. He has been acting weird after the demon ordeal. The devil was avoiding eye contact with him and he seemed mellow these days compared to the bloodlust he leaked subconsciously when he was around him.
"Thank you Uh... Sonic's older sister." Naruto knew her younger sister was sonic, the student president.
Souji twitched at the mention of sonic.
"So, you guys are devils and angels for real?" Yuri asked, sitting beside John.
The blonde gave her a choice. Remember or forget, and she chose the latter on one condition. Never to tell a soul about the things she saw.
"So, if you guys are angels, devils, humans with demon powers, magicians, then… What are you, sensei?" Yuri asked.
Everyone except Gaia leaned close to hear Naruto's answer. The blonde was an enigma to all of them.
"Well, I am…" Naruto glanced at everyone before he spoke, "Class 3-E's homeroom teacher."
"Ugh," they all moaned.
"I'll solve the mystery of what you are one day," Yuri announced with burning determination.
"Are you perhaps, a Youkai?" Grayfia who was normally reserved was quite curious about the blonde.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at her and shook his head.
"Are you an alien from outer space?" Agatha's eyes lit up as she raised her hand, contributing her own thoughts on the topic.
"Nope. One thing is sure about what I am though; I am one hundred percent human."
That was a lie. Naruto Uzumaki is an alien. A blonde-haired, tan-skinned alien.
"Do you have a sacred gear?" Beowulf asked.
"What's this? Interview the blondie?" He asked while sipping his tea.
"Hmm…" Everyone was lost in thought trying to figure out the blonde.
"Well… You guys have overstayed your welcome. It's time to leave."
All the devils present were gathered together in Naruto's living room in a group, ready to leave via a teleportation circle. Serafall took one glance at the blonde and nodded at him. Grayfia gave a bow with her poker face. Souji looked away disinterested and Beowulf grinned at the blonde before they disappeared with style using a magic circle that left blue sparkles in the air.
Agatha whispered something to Dulio's ear as she fiddled with the hem of her skirt. It was pretty obvious that the angel wanted to stay with the blonde ninja.
"Well, I'd love for us to meet again on friendlier terms," Dulio said, extending a handshake which Naruto shook.
The strongest exorcist really wanted her to do as she pleased but protocols required them to return to base and give accounts of their mission.
Agatha stared at the ground and one could see that she was reluctant to leave.
Naruto walked up to her and placed a hand on her head. "You can come to visit anytime you want, Clumsy Angel. My doors are always open for you."
Agatha's face lit up and her angel wings spread out of her back.
"Whoa,"Yuri exclaimed with astonishment. The sight never gets old.
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Now that the goodbyes were out of the way, all that was left was one goddess and four humans in the Uzumaki mansion.
"Sensei, is this how you live?" she asked, slurping bowl after bowl of ramen.
"I'm living the life, Yagi," Naruto replied, his face dipped into a bowl of ramen.
"You know what? I'm going to have lunch in your house on a daily basis from now on."
"What's this? A restaurant? A hospitality establishment? A catering center?" Naruto asked, dropping his bowl on the table
"No matter what you say, I'm going to act like a spoiled brat," she replied, blowing raspberries at him.
"Look at those two ramen monsters go at it," John sighed, munching on a sausage roll.
Martha was busy trying to look inconspicuous as she sipped on orange juice.
Gaia had her mouth glued to a can of beer, smiling to herself.
Little by little, the blonde was gaining people he could call friends. It'd be perfect if Kuroka was here but sadly, it's been a month since the black Nekoshou paid them a visit.
Naruto dropped the last bowl of Ramen the same time Yuri did. "Oi, Yagi! What about your father?"
Yuri wiped her lips with the red woven sweater she wore and glared at her sensei. "How many times do I have to tell you, my name is Yuri!"
"Don't worry, it'll grow on you… Eventually." Martha began the sentence and John finished it.
Yuri sighed at the mention of her father. He was alive and physically fine but something has changed within him. He seemed more like a person now.
"He's doing fine, Sensei."
"Hm. I see…"
Yuri stood up and packed her auburn hair in a loose ponytail. "Thanks for the meal, Sensei," she greeted, and made her way towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Gaia asked.
"To my new part-time job, mom," she replied. Gaia reminded her of the mom she never had. It was a weird feeling, and she just stuck to calling her mom because she was the most mature and most responsible out of the whole bunch and it just felt so right to call her that.
Yuri slammed the door behind her and she wasn't gone for long before John's phone rang as a notification came in.
"Pass me my phone," John ordered his baby sister, earning a glare from her.
Martha glared at her brother. Why wouldn't he just get the dang phone by himself? It was just a few feet away. She complied, nonetheless.
John swiped his phone open, punched the password in, and swiped down his notification inbox. His face morphed from curious to freaking excited. "Yes, alright! Go put on your best clothes and shoes! This guy here is buying y'all expensive steak." He pointed his thumb at his chest.
Naruto narrowed his eyes at the police. Why did he get the feeling that John was doing this entirely out of altruistic reasons?
"Ohhh… Alright, John."
"How does the steak house in Tokyo sound?" he asked, feeling as if he was doing them a big favor.
"But that's far." Martha didn't want to rain on his parade but she had to state the obvious.
"But these guys can teleport!" John pointed at Naruto and Gaia.
Naruto was chewing on a nut he got from the garden when John pointed at him.
Naruto stared at the policeman with a blank face before his brain registered what he said. No! He'd be damned if he sullied his father's baby just because some friend of his wanted to eat steak.
The Hiraishin was a fearsome jutsu capable of killing thousands, teleporting a whole Ten-Tails Bijūdama, not some kind of instant bus service.
"So, we're buying subway tickets, right?" he asked, staring at Gaia who nodded her head at the idea.
John raised his hands indignantly. "I can't believe you guys."
"Maybe because you're new to the whole superpower thingy but it gets pretty boring when you abuse your powers for the most mundane task and life becomes… Dull," Naruto replied, zoning out all of a sudden with Gaia following suit.
"Fine, how does 7 PM sound? It's already 5:50 PM so we have two hours to prepare."
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1 hour 10 minutes later.
Everyone was garbed and ready to go out and celebrate their Victory.
Gaia wore a red strapless gown that accentuated her heavenly curves. John was trying his best not to stare was caught a few times only to receive a smirk from the mother goddess.
John wore a white shirt on a brown blazer and cream coloured pants.
Martha was garbed in a black pleated skirt and a black blouse. Her, now, waist-length hair had purple streaks in them. She wore dark high heels to finish her looks.
Naruto was still garbed in the white sweater and black pants but concluded that his looks wasn't complete because it lacked orange. He wore orange sneakers and orange bracelets on his wrist. His housemates tried to get him to change but the blonde refused adamantly.
"Well… Let's go!" John yelled as he pulled Martha and Gaia along. Naruto closed the door shut and placed the key into his pocket.
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(At the subway station)
Naruto sighed as he waited in line for a ticket. He patted his pocket and felt a sinking feeling in his gut. He patted his other pockets and felt nothing in them. An exasperated gasp left his lips when he remembered something important; He forgot his wallet at home.
The blonde apologized sheepishly and told his housemates he won't be gone for long. Naruto looked left and right before he entered the public restroom and disappeared in a flash.
Naruto walked back home at a leisure pace, yawning out loud.
Even if they took the bullet train, he would still catch up with them, so he wasn't in a hurry. That John was pretty motivated to make him a consultant for the Kuoh City Police Department. Naruto Uzumaki was many things but a glorified lie detector wasn't one of them, so he was seriously considering ditching the bunch tonight.
The blonde fumbled around his pockets, looking for the front door key, before he placed his hand on the doorknob and his breath hitched instantly. The door was open. He instantly went on edge and took out a shuriken.
Whoever broke into his house was powerful enough to break through his seals.
He opened the door and entered his invaded home. The living room was in the same condition they left it, nothing was missing. His room was open, though, and he remembered closing the door. He moved towards his room, the same place he guessed the intruder would be, with caution. He opened the door like he normally would and entered the room.
A stranger, no older than an eleven-year-old was sitting on his bed, swinging her legs off the edge like a little child.
"Err..."He began before he was cut off abruptly.
"Hello," The stranger said.
He had to fight the urge to bust out a Truth Seeking OrbTruth-Seeking in the presence of the stranger as soon as she spoke. Her voice radiated an ungodly amount of power. It reminded him too much of the Rabbit Goddess. His hair stood on edge and even the Bijūs growled at the stranger.
Naruto wore his game face—all emotions swept under the carpet—raising his defense instantly and asked, "Who are you?"
"I finally found you, Uzumaki Naruto,"the stranger replied.
The end.
Till next time. Adios.