Inko and Mitsuki arrived at the bar by car, both already a little hyped for their girls' night out. It had been a long time since they actually did this, but hey! It was a great time to do so! It was Saturday night, so getting drunk wouldn't hurt them when work came around. That was good because Inko couldn't hold her drink for shit!

The other reason was that Inko had recently broken things off with Hizashi Midoriya. She didn't really know the reason. She wanted to press on, but the look of hurt in Inko's eyes prevented her.

Mitsuki was setting Inko up with her boss. Inko didn't know this, and Mitsuki hoped she never did. Of course, she and her boss were the same age, so there wasn't anything wrong with it.

Her boss was the most thoughtful person she knew, and she wanted the best for her best friend!

Inko walked out, her high heels clicking on the city streets. Her purple dress and pink lipstick came together with her dark green hair.

Walking into the bar, people were eating, talking, and drinking, giving the effect of a cozy and lively atmosphere. Knowing Inko would always sit to the right of her, Mitsuki looks around the bar, trying to find her boss. She found her boss, putting her stuff down on one seat to his left, saying, "Hey, Inko, I'm gonna go to the bathroom! Be right back!"

Inko smiled at her long-time friend, sitting to the right of her claimed seat. Her eyes caught a glint of blood-red on the person next to her.

She was about to say something when she saw it was his hair. Inko was caught off guard by the abnormal hair color. The hair color was weird, even by today's standards!

"Everything okay?" A voice asked. Inko slightly jumped at the question, eeping at the same time. She didn't notice it was the man asking the question until she looked at him. "I'm afraid I didn't catch what you were muttering."

Inko blushed and looked away. The muttering was a bad habit of hers. "S-sorry, I saw red and thought it was blood," Inko said sheepishly. The man smiled at

her, and she studied his face. His eyes were a bright cerulean blue pupil piercing her very being. However, the whisker, no whisker-like marks on his cheek were most prominent. They

reminded her of a cat or fox. It gave him an exotic look. She heard him chuckle, and she blushed. She was probably muttering again.

The old bartender ambled to them. "Hey champ," He said to the man next to Inko. "What can I get for you today?"

"Just the sake today. Rice, Miso Soup, and…" He paused and wrinkled his brow. "Sashimi of your choice, but one with horseradish."

The bartender shook his head, saying, "Jesus, Naruto, you're like an old man. "Lighten up a bit, would ya?"

The man next to Inko, now known as Naruto, smirked in a fox-like fashion. Naruto then said, "Sure thing, Ji-chan."

A vein popped on the bartender's forehead, but he sighed. Stepping away, the bartender said, "It's always the damn redheads. They're gonna be the death of me." He turned around, saying, "I'll get your order when you're ready."

Inko smiled. "So your name is Naruto?" Inko asked.

Naruto gave a sheepish grin and scratched the back of his head, saying, "Yup, that's my name."

"Why would your parents name you after a ramen topping?" Inko asked with an eyebrow raised.

Naruto smiled softly. "Well, originally, my parents named me after a character in my godfather's story, whose name was Naruto, meaning Maelstrom in this case." Then the smile became bashful once more. "Of course, my mother loved ramen, so it was for her to agree to that name."

Inko looked at him and giggled. He laughed a little himself, but a familiar face caught his attention. "Hey, Mitsuki, what are you doing here?"

Mitsuki pumped her arm internally. "Oh hey, Naruto! I'm here to drink with my friend!" Inko saw Naruto raise an eyebrow and snort. "Don't make me call your boyfriend to take you home."

Inko looked at Mitsuki. "Mitsuki, how do you know Naruto?" "Ah, he's my boss!" That caught Inko off guard. "You're her boss?" Inko asked. Mitsuki had talked a lot about

her job as a manufacturer. Apparently, her boss got a lot of ideas from examining quirks and using them to develop new technology.

"Yup. Her quirk rather helped with the car engines." Naruto got into complicated thoughts about chemistry, engineering, and physics, leaving Inko and Mitsuki in the dust.

"Wait, wait, wait! I didn't even catch a quarter of what you said!" Inko cried. Naruto stopped. A look of confusion washed over his face. Inko the back of Inko's head,

she thought he looked rather cute. Slowly but surely, it dawned on Naruto what she meant. "Sorry…"

Inko heard Mitsuki crack up. It was best to get revenge on her later. ~

Inko thought that Naruto was a great character to listen to. He was like an old man… okay, not really, but the stories he told were masterfully made, or said, or… whatever the word is! Gagh, she couldn't think with alcohol in her body!

But the stories, the stories were made to keep you on the edge of your seat, gave great jokes, and always had meaning.

Naruto's Quirk was Fuinjutsu. Inko had great fun in Quirkology, and as he said in his words, "This Quirk, if trained correctly, could, technically, do it all." And it was all proven true! He created durability seals and explosive tags in front of her eyes! Even teleportation isn't out of his reach! Or quantum entanglement, whatever the hell that means…

Over the three hours they were at the bar, Naruto had called Masaru Bakugo after Mitsuki had a little too much to drink during a drinking contest between Naruto and Mitsuki. Naruto had said that this always ended up occurring.

Inko was surprised that Naruto beat Mitsuki. Mitsuki was by far the heaviest drinker she knew. She could take four sake bottles without getting tipsy, so somebody outdoing her? Plus, if his action meant anything, still not be tipsy? Simply said, he was in a league of his own.

The sake dish was undoubtedly an antique, probably from his own family. It was a red spiral.

"During the warring era of Japan," Naruto said, interrupting Inko's thoughts, "there was a legend of a clan of redheads that were famous Fuinjutsu. The namesake of my quirk name, of course. I don't know the details, but legend says their clan symbol was this red spiral. The other being that they lived on what is now Nabu Island."

Naruto put the sake dish down. "There was another legend that if people were to enter the most-left region of Nabu Island, they would never return." Naruto chuckled to himself. "Of course, these were the legends that caught my attention." He gestured to the sake dish. "This was one of the things I found there."

"Do you know what happened to the people?" Inko asked. She was pretty sure what had happened, but she hoped it was incorrect.

Naruto sighed, and Inko found she was proven correct. "I found them dead. There were no signs of pain or suffering. I called the police and helped gather all the bodies I could." Naruto frowned, a sad look overcoming his face. "All the signs pointed to no signs of death. They all just stopped breathing." Naruto stood up with a sigh. "Enough with the depressing story; I should probably take you home."

Inko shrunk a little. She said, "I don't have a home at the moment. I've been crashing with Mitsuki."

Naruto groaned. "We don't want to bother Masaru and Mitsuki at the moment. I've made that mistake before." He shook his head. "You can crash at my place. Only for this night."

Naruto paid for the bill and brung Inko to his apartment via car. "Wouldn't you want a bigger house?" Inko asked. "Eh, easier to clean. Others don't know who I am. Perfectly fine for me." He brought Inko into the living room, and her eyes went wide. The wall she saw first was

filled with weapons. Three-pronged Kunai, a six-foot zambado, some weird scroll with a blade, and a gunbai were the first to catch her attention.

Naruto said, "These were some of the things found on that trip. The other things would be the books over there."

Inko wasn't tired, and the books enticed her, so she began reading. The first few books were about Naruto's quirk. That was what Inko thought until she saw the date. The book was written in 773, about 1400 years before Quirks even existed! That proved that Quirks were more ancient than society realized!

Soon, however, there were many different techniques relating to water, fire, healing, and many other things.

Different clan names came to light. Uchiha, Senju, Hyuuga, Yamanaka, Akimichi, Nara. The reason why those clans were famous. They revealed the lost history of the warring era of Japan.

Inko wondered why this hadn't been shown to the public. That was until she got to the last book written by Mito Uzumaki.

The book told the stories of old and Chakra. Inko was scared of such tales, such a disaster that came before feudal Japan. Soon, the writing changed, telling why Chakra was lost.

Finally, it turned into Naruto's handwriting, saying how studies proved that Chakra was the progenitor of quirks. Naruto states that if anyone figured out how to access this energy, the consequences of such actions would be worldwide.

Closing the book, she puts it back in place. Turning her head to the right, the glint of green caught her eye. Walking towards it, she found a necklace with a green crystal, a beautifully carved wooden dragon sitting on it, like it was protecting it.

She picked it up, and she could feel the warmth it gave her. She swore that the crystal was beating like a heart, small whispers in the wind catching her mind.

She didn't even think about what she was doing. She put it on without a second thought. She didn't know why she was doing this, but her mind demanded her to do so.