Here is Vt Creator, Kiss-Shot abandoned fanfiction after an accident and we were buddies and talked about stories a lot, from here on it is me writing, I helped a lot with formulating this story so I am familiar with the path it is supposed to take and whatnots.
(In Crocus)
Inside a certain castle, in a special nursery room, the young king stared in silence at his wife, who was laying down in a bed, in a magic induced coma, a breather in her face and a couple of tubes being the only thing that kept her from death's grasp.
His current attire, in contrast to his normal majestic robes, were of a more casual type, yet fancy red and black outfit.
Near her and the king was a small white, crib, ornamented with intricate golden accessories, where a green haired baby peacefully slept.
A frown framed Toma's face.
It had been harsh days for the king, he at first had been overjoyed when the news of his wife's pregnancy reached his ears, and after sharing so many joyous moments with his wife, preparing for their baby, planning...
For it all to suddenly be flipped upside down in mere moments, his wife fell ill right after giving birth and after a few days, it became critical.
Never in his life had he felt so powerless, even as the king, he could do nothing to help the woman that he loves. All that he could do was place a price and hope for a mage to be capable of helping, and he hated himself for being so weak, to be forced to watch as his wife's health deteriorated more and more, day after day as countless tired to find a cure.
So far the only progress that they had managed was to slow down the effects by placing her in a magical coma, to try and buy time until the cure was created, and so far the research was progressing slow, too slow.
At the rate that they were going, the queen would be dead long before the cure is found, and all mages that had gone because of the reward ended up failing. Some even tried through tricks to fool the king into believing that she was getting better to obtain the reward. It was in times like those that the king saw the mages as nothing more than a group of glorified mercenaries, save for a few.
Wiping a lone tear from his face, Toma shifted his attention from his ill wife to his daughter, his precious daughter, which had no fault whatsoever in what was happening to his wife.
Hisui.
The name that both he and his wife had agreed, a very healthy baby who had taken her mother's eyes and hair. The baby was his little ray of hope, hope that he could be a good king, a good father and lead the country fairly and with justice.
It was difficult to be a leader, he had to be strong, determined and not show the least bit of indecision or doubt. Emotions of which his soul was completely torn with.
"You must be the king, right?" Questioned a calm voice from behind Toma, making the short king jump in surprise and face the source, his body instinctively getting in front of Hisui.
Toma was then greeted to the sight of a pale, almost gray, young albine man with two horn-like protrusions that resembled rabbit ears with seven thin lines on his face, three on either side of his cheeks and one on his forehead, floating cross-legged with several black orbs underneath and a black shakujo on his hands. Staring at him with blank, pearl white eyes.
In face with the strange humanoid creature, Toma took a step backwards and got closer to Hisui's crib.
"I believe that I asked you a question, it would only be polite if you answered it. Are you the king?" Questioned Naruto once more, still in the same calm and quiet voice as to not disturb the sleeping baby.
Staring at the creature for a few more moments, Toma nodded slowly.
"Yes... I am King Toma , now who and what are you and what business do you have with me?" He questioned, trying to keep his composure while avoiding possibly angering the creature. The last thing he wanted was to anger a demon while his daughter and sick wife were in the room, especially if there were no guards around.
After getting the confirmation that he wanted, Naruto smiled and closed his eyes.
"Ah, then I got it in one...'' Naruto said to himself, ''In order to your questions, I'm a Sage. A friend of yours told me about the queen's situation and requested for me to come and see If there is anything that I can do. I presume that is her, correct?"
Naruto floated towards her bed.
At that Toma relaxed somewhat, though he noticed how it didn't seem to show a bit of concern for his royal status or didn't show any form of respect, "A friend of mine? So you think that you can do something to help my wife, Sage... But what is the price, are you after the reward or is there more?"
In truth, the reward was little in comparison to what the King had, and if it were to save his wife, then he would be willing to give almost anything. But he wanted to make sure that he wasn't possibly selling his soul or his daughter. Then again, if his soul was what was needed to guarantee his wife's life, then he could work out a deal either way.
"Yes your friend, Raizen, the Duke... If I can do something or not, I will find out now. As for the reward, I have no interest in it… it is lonely to grow up without a parent, the baby being a princess and you being a king does not make you any different from any other human around."
With that being said Naruto arrived near her bed and reverted the shakujo back into its original form of an orb and kept it floating above the woman.
"I require silence, save whatever you have to say for when I'm done." Naruto then added, stopping the king before he could even open his mouth.
Normally such a thing would be considered one of the highest forms of disrespect and the person would have to answer to it later, but Toma didn't feel like pointing that out to the Sage, part because the person was there to try and help, and part because he actually found himself somewhat respecting Naruto after his short speech.
With his back now turned against Toma, Naruto activated his Byakugan and started to hum to himself, carefully analyzing the queen's body and comparing her structure to those of his people to possibly find a type of cure.
UltimatelyThe problem was as clear as daylight to his eyes, he didn't even need to activate them to see what was wrong. That was the easy part, a way to solve it however...
For a couple of minutes Toma had to watch as Naruto floated besides his wife's bed, with his back turned to himself, one of the strange black orbs floating above the two in circles, and after what seemed to be an eternity, finally came to an end after Naruto got out of his floating cross-legged position and stood upright, the combination of his impressive height and majestic white robes gave him a royal, ethereal appearance.
"I won't stress you with details that you probably wouldn't understand, so I will be blunt. Your wife's problem is as complicated as it is simple... I have seen something similar to this, so I can try to revert it." It was a half truth, it was the first time seeing it in a person of Earthland, but chakra exhaustion, magic exhaustion and magic deficiency seemed to be very similar despite the differences in the anatomy between his people and the natives with magic core.
Her problem was a mixture of circumstances that locked her body in a deficiency cycle. She had low energy and her channels were clogged preventing her from getting more, the lack of energy was hurting her, plus she was weakened and hurt by childbirth and possessing a clogged system that prevented her from gaining energy as well.
Deciding to ignore the jab at his intelligence, Toma sighed and nodded, ''If you believe yourself to be capable, then go on. Do you require anything to start?''
At that Naruto shook his head in a 'no' gesture, ''Nope, I have everything that I need with me. Though I would appreciate if you took a few steps back.''
''Oh, right. Please go on.'' Toma replied and took a few steps back from Naruto to Hisui's crib.
Nodding towards the king, Naruto turned towards the woman and activated his Byakugan, then willed several of his Truth-Seeking Balls above her.
'I am going to need to cycle her Ethernano reserves with the atmosphere while I fix her organs, after that it should be okay to fill it back.'
He thought, placing his right hand on her stomach and the left one above her heart.
And for what might as well have seemed to be an eternity for Toma, actually took less than three minutes. Not much after Naruto had started, he had finished and turned towards him, ''It is done, she will be okay. Soon enough she should be getting up, though her body has become weak from being so long in here, she will be up and running in a couple of weeks as long as she takes it easy.''
"She will be okay?" Toma asked, mostly to himself. His face portraying his disbelief, Naruto had done it so fast that it was mind-blowing for the king who knew nothing about Naruto's true abilities.
''She will be fine,'' Naruto said, patted the short king on the shoulder with a smile on his face, ''She should be waking up soon... I have something very important to do, so farewell King Toma E. Fiore.''
''Wait!'' Toma exclaimed with a reasonable voice as to not disturb Hisui and his wife, ''You can't leave, there is still much to discuss... Pardon if it may sound rude, but given the amount of mages that have come here and said the same thing, if she is truly cured, then you must be rewarded. Surely the reward would be of some use for you, and I could use some a mage of your caliber in my castle.''
Naruto however only shook his head, ''There is no need. I am no mage, I'm a sage. I don't do missions for wealth or fame. I also cannot compromise myself to a job here, I have responsibilities and a place I must return to with people that I must return to... I feel like we will cross paths more often in the future, maybe one day you will repay me, but that day isn't today, farewell King Toma E. Fiore.''
And with those words said, Naruto's body faded away from existence, leaving no trace or sign that he had ever been there in the first place. Or perhaps he did leave a sign, because not a minute after he left, the Queen woke up from her slumber.
(with Kakashi and Gai)
''Juvia is sleepy, is it going to take long?'' Mumbled the soft, sleepy voice of a certain rain-girl from atop of Gai's shoulder.
After they had found the blue-haired girl in the park, Kakashi had gone to the orphanage in which she lived to get more information on her, while Gai tried to cheer the sad girl up. The silly bowl-haired man had a talent for when it came to dealing with children.
In the end Gai and Kakashi took her as a 'legal disciple'. A step away from adopted daughter, with the registrations that Jiraiya had managed for them as independent mages they could take in disciples, either adopt or agree. In case of the disciple being an orphan, the mage gains legal rights over him like a parent.
Wasn't exactly adopting, but Juvia was as happy as ever. Gai was nice to her and Kakashi, while silent most of the time, didn't have any problems with her rain or her. None of them actually had, the only reason Gai was even holding an umbrella was because he wasn't sure if it could be bad for her health, despite her high affinity.
Better safe than sorry.
The three got along well. Juvia wasn't much of the talkative type, nor were her social skills any good, but frankly, neither were any of the two. Kakashi was mostly silent and Gai... Well... He is his own special case. They had bought her some new blue and dark clothes and a pink back-pack for her to carry her dolls on. Gai wanted to make her wear a blue spandex suit, but Kakashi wouldn't allow it.
Gai wanted to make her use a blue variation of his jumpsuit, but Kakashi didn't allow much to his disappointment.
''Only a little more Juvia-chan! You must hang in there, you cannot allow your Flames of Youth to dwindle!'' Gai said to the sleepy little girl, trying to cheer her up
''Juvia is scared, what if they don't like Juvia?'' She asked the eccentric man, resting her head on top of his head.
''They will, don't you worry about that Juvia-chan. Nagato, Gaara and Neji can be a little scary at first but they are nice and I'm sure you will like Jiraiya, he can be a little bit silly, but he is a youthful man.'' Gai replied, trying to reassure the shy little girl.
Right now the three were on their way to see their other fellow clones. They had came to an agreement that they should all meet up personally to discuss certain things, like their progress and Juvia's problem. While they all shared the same potential powers, none received the same memories regarding them and thus, all of them had a different degree of mastery. All of them can manipulate sand, but none would have the reflexes and mastery of Gaara. Nagato had received the memories regarding weather techniques and thus was the best one among them to comprehend her ability.
So the three went on, Gai and Juvia making up songs to sing along the way while Kakashi stayed silent.
After around thirty minutes of walking, the three had finally came to a grassy clearing, with a two-story wooden house in the center,Gaara, Nagato, Jiraiya and Neji waiting in the front with arms crossed.
''Look Juvia-chan! There they are! Hello my youthful brothers!'' Gai pointed and then waved at them excitedly, Juvia 'shrinking' behind Gai's hair, from the attention.
''Juvia is scared...'' She muttered to herself.
Hearing the little girl, Gai dropped the umbrella and picked her, earning him a 'yelp' from her, then he placed her on the ground.
''They are all youthful 'people', don't worry about them. Nagato also might be capable of understanding your little problem.'' He assured her, giving her the umbrella.
''Juvia's problem can be fixed?'' She asked, extending her hand for him to hold onto.
Gai nodded and took her hand,''If it can, I am sure Nagato can figure it out.''
Well, there was always Naruto that they could recur to if Nagato couldn't help her, but Naruto was currently busy and they didn't want to bother him unless it was necessary.
Nodding to Gai once more, Juvia went along with him, a single step behind him.
''You're all late.'' Nagato said plainly once they reached him. ''I was expecting Gai to be late because of Kakashi, but I didn't expect his habit to be passed on to you two as well, Jiraiya, Neji.''
''We got lost in the road of life.' Kakashi replied with a shrug
Nagato sighed, he should have seen that coming,
''Never mind that, at least you both made it, and you must be Juvia?'' He asked, crouching down so that he was on her eye level.
Upon the given attention, Juvia quickly hid behind Gai's legs.
''You will scare her like that Nagato. Here, let me teach you how it's done… Hello kiddo, cheer up because it is ME! The Sage of Mount Myoboku. The Prophet of Toads, Sensei of the Legendary Yellow Flash, Super Pimp of Fire, Writer of the Icha Icha Series... JIRAYA OF THE SANNIN!'' He said while doing a silly kabuki dance, waving his hair around and finishing with a strange pose.
'Nobody of this world even knows what any of those things mean...' Neji thought, face-palming.
An awkward silence came up, only to be broken by the soft, melodic sound of childish giggles.
''You hear that Nagato? That's how it's done.'' Jiraiya said to the Rinnegan user, puffing his chest out in pride.
Nagato however ignored him, ''Let's just get inside, no point in staying here on the rain.''
Kakashi and the others nodded, Juvia however frowned a bit, thinking that he was upset because of the rain.
The inside of the house was very simple, yet neat, everything was made out of a very sturdy and ornamented wood. Making their way through the house, the reached a very plane room that could be considered a meeting room of sorts, in it there was a large round table with six wooden chairs in it.
With each of the six taking a seat, on one of the chairs, Juvia sat on top of Gai's lap and took her teru teru bōzu from her backpack.
''To get this meeting started, let's discuss the little one's problem.'' Nagato said to them, gesturing to Juvia, who shielded herself from his eyes with her doll.
''Right, at first glance, what do you think?'' Kakashi asked, leaning back into his chair.
''To start with, it is good that you didn't try to stop the rain.'' Nagato said, holding up one finger.
''Huh? Why?'' Gai asked, Juvia shuffling a bit nervously in his lap.
''Neji, you are the most skilled one with Byakugan among us, I am sure you can see the problem even better than I can, do you want to explain it to them?'' Nagato asked and Neji nodded.
''It is a defense mechanism of her own body. Her Ethernano reserves are large, too large from what I have seen of the normal humans of around her age. To avoid damaging herself, her body is constantly ejecting magic. It seems to be connected to her emotional, probably sadness and loneliness. I presume she can learn to control it with time and training.'' Neji said in a calm voice.
''Correct. If by any chance you were to stop it, then it could turn out dangerous. There is no helping it now, I can try to work on a seal to help her release the excess in a less... Bothersome way... But I will need some time to research.'' Nagato said, choosing his words carefully to not hurt the little girl.
''Wow! How youthful of you, Nagato! See Juvia, I told ya, he can help you!'' Gai said to the blue-haired girl.
''Juvia is happy, strange eyed man can help Juvia?'' She asked innocently, Nagato's eyebrow twitching slightly.
''Maybe, I will need some time, but maybe in a few months I will be done... On to the next topic... ''' Nagato glanced at Gaara and Juvia.
Understanding Nagato's subtle message, Gai placed Juvia on the floor, ''Juvia-chan, can you go play with teru-kun for a bit? We adults need to discuss some things, that will bore you, we won't take long.''
Staring at him for a few seconds, Juvia nodded and left the room quietly.
''The girl is becoming attached to you Gai, you really plan on raising her as a disciple?'' Nagato asked once Juvia was out of hearing range.
''It would be un-youthful to just leave her alone.'' Gai replied firmly.
Kakashi nodded, ''True, and she is a lot like Naruto when he was young. She is also a orphan and has problems for something she can't control.''
''Well, if it is like that then we should also get our own apprentice. It's not fair that only you and Gai have all the fun, I must pass on my teachi- Itai Neji! Geez, what did I do now?!'' Jiraiya asked indignantly after getting whacked behind the head by Neji.
''We would end up troubling Naruto if we all get apprentices, don't forget that he has yet to even tell Ur about our existence.'' Neji told his partner.
''Actually Neji, I am with Jiraiya on this one,'' Nagato said to the two, surprising everyone, ''Naruto would have no qualms about it, he doesn't need to explain us to Ur now, and either way, I have been considering making a guild. It would be bad for us to join a guild then suddenly leave out of the blue if Naruto requested us to, so it is best that we make one ourselves, would be a good head-start to gaining influence in this world. We don't have a immediate need for a guild, but sooner or later we will need to join one, the young ones could serve as future members.''
''Create a guild?'' Kakashi asked, ''While it had indeed crossed my mind, are you sure it would be wise?''
Nagato nodded, ''Sooner or later we will have to affiliate ourselves with 'somebody', it would be best if that 'somebody' is ourselves. Guild invitations are starting to show up for both me and Gaara ever since we finished the SS mission, we are attracting more attention as time passes. Soon the governments will start pushing us to legal guilds or something else they have power in.''
''That could be troublesome indeed... Gaara, how is the conversion going?'' Jiraiya asked the other red-head.
Gaara nodded, ''It was completed two nights ago. Frankly the feeling is great, I don't know much about how magic works in this world to use the Ethernano part to its maximum efficacy, but creating and manipulating minerals has become very easy. The density of my reserves and my overall body structure is much sturdier than before as well, given the increase in the density. I have yet to test out the full extents of my abilities, but I feel that if I were to go all-out, I could possibly transform this entire land into a desert.''
''Interesting...'' Neji said to himself, ''Have you tried accessing any of the ocular abilities? Have they suffered any changes?''
Gaara nodded, ''I can only channel one ocular ability at the time, but all have suffered some type of change. Ethernano particles in the ambient don't hinder these eyes and my line of sight has improved greatly. I don't think my range is as large as your own, Neji, but it is however quite taxing for the mind, given how little time I have with it, I don't know the full extent of the modifications and I can't activate them now. I suspect that all forms have went through one modification or another.''
They all nodded in return. It was surprising that his eyes could almost reach Neji's own. Neji had inherited all memories of Naruto's training on Kaguya's techniques such as skills relating the Byakugan and Dead-Bone Pulse. He couldn't use the All-Killing Ash Bones, but his mastery over the techniques were top notch, second only to Naruto's own in that department.
''We will wait another week to see if any side effects show up before the rest of us start converting. To avoid any type of backlash, we will do it in pairs with two months intervals, I will be the next one and then Jiraiya and Neji after. Any mistake can come out as disastrous, so we must tread with caution.'' Nagato said and all others nodded in agreement, one mistake or miscalculation could bring an infinity of problems that they didn't want to cause.
''Moving on with the meeting... Jiraiya, Neji, how is your progress?'' Nagato asked, bringing the attention to the two.
''The release of Ichi-Icha was a success, it will provide us a stable income. Infiltrating Era went well as well, as you all already know, we have managed to make fake documents for everyone... Locating Ur's ex however is proving to be more difficult, we didn't find anything on him in the Council's records, but that may be because we are looking in the wrong place. It is possible that his information is in Isvan's registers.'' Jiraiya said, leaning into the chair.
Nagato nodded, ''Makes sense, The Land of Isvan is a different country after all. While they are currently allied with Fiore, it doesn't mean that they would share all their information. Very well, we can deal with that later, for now let's focus on the current objective, Kakashi?''
''Well, we took down several dark guilds and monsters, Gai won a martial arts tournament. Nothing interesting yet.'' Kakashi said simply. His team's role was the simplest, they weren't really required to rush anything unlike the others.
(1)
(Next day inside Ur's house)
The big day had finally come, it was now Ultear's birthday!
Everyone had gotten up early, Ultear was the first one to get up and as she had been doing all along, she marked an 'X' on the calendar after eating breakfast
The entire house was in party spirit to celebrate Ultear's first birthday since her return, her mother, Ur had spent the majority of the night preparing the treats, the sweets and most importantly, the cake. Not everything was ready, they had yet to fill in the balloons and finish up some parts of the decorations.
It was still early in the morning and right now Ur was cooking up some pancakes and orange juice for breakfast, her face was calm though if one were to observe, they would see that she, like the other residents, all shared the same worry about a certain someone, who had yet to give any sign of appearing.
'He could have at least sent a letter telling what time or something.' Ur thought, dividing the pancakes into everyone's plates.
Placing them onto the table, Ur took a seat next to Ultear.
''Where's dad's plate?'' Ultear asked, looking around and noticing that her mom had placed only for the three.
''He i-''
''Yeah, where is my plate?'' Said a voice from near the door.
''DAD!'' Ultear shouted, practically flying from her chair towards Naruto, who easily caught her into his arms.
''Hey sweetie!'' Naruto said to the girl, lifting her up, ''How's my little munchkin?'' He nuzzled his nose against hers. ''You two waiting for an invitation? Come here!'' He then said to the two that were watching, breaking them of their shock and urging them to join.
It was all they needed, both Lyon and Ur quickly went over to Naruto and engulfed him, Lyon hugging his waist while Ur gave him a full-blown kiss.
The two only stopped when they felt Ultear 'wiggling' in his arms, reminding them that she and Lyon were still there.
''You really came back!'' Ur said, a tear falling down her face.
''Why of course I did, this is 'home' after all y'know.'' He said truthfully with a grin, ''I hope I'm not late, am I?''
Ur shook her head, ''No, you are just in time. Here sit down, I'm going to make some more pancakes.'' She then said, urging him to the table and then going off to make more food.
''Dad, how was your trip? Is Kali and Mitra good?'' Ultear asked, sitting on his lap.
''My trip was okay, I had done a lot of thinking during it and I missed you guys so much! The two are great, they are now with their own dad... Also don't think for a second that I forgot! I brought presents! Happy birthday sweetie!'' Naruto said excitedly, a faint glow appearing on his right hand for a bit until something very familiar to him was left on it.
The First Hokage's necklace... Or at least the remade version of it. After some time, he and Tsunade went off to try and remake it. They spent around three months searching for a special crystal to use for it, only to end up losing hope. They only managed thanks to Shima, which after talking to both her and Fukusaku, showed them a small mine with crystals that could hold in Natural Energy. Naruto really missed the old toads, they were one of the few that understood immortality, so he then made a silent vow to contact them when possible.
''Uwah!'' Ultear gasped, looking at the necklace.
''Take good care of it sweetie, this is very special to me, I made it myself with my 'baa-chan'.'' Naruto chuckled, putting the necklace around Ultear's neck and then pecking her on top of her head.
''Wow~! Thanks Daddie!'' Ultear replied, fumbling with the crystal pendant.
''I also have something for you too Lyon.'' Naruto then said, bringing Lyon's attention. Like before a faint glow appeared on his right hand, until a green piece of folded clothing was left on top of it.
''A scarf?'' Lyon asked a bit disappointed, he was going to become an Ice-mage, why would he need a scarf?
''Mhmm, indeed it is and I want you to take good care of it. That scarf is the only thing my mother left me besides my last name, she made it herself. I think it would be better on you than in a box.'' Naruto said and Lyon looked at the scarf once more, this time with different eyes.
Not much later Ur walked in with a plate with several pancakes on it, her eyes quickly going between the two new 'accessories' around the kids necks. She had heard their talk from the kitchen and she was really curious to see how the two gifts looked like.
''And what do you two say when you get a present?'' She asked with a small smile on her face, going behind Naruto and placing the plate in front of him.
'Thank you Naruto/Daddy!'' Both Lyon and Ultear replied together.
''Good, and where is my gift? If I didn't know you well, I would think that you forgot about lil ol' me?'' She teased, warping her arms around his neck and leaning towards his ear, being extra careful to avoid his horns. The Truth-Seeking balls simply avoided her and started to float high above his head, near the ceiling.
Turning his head to her, Naruto pecked her on the lips, ''Of course I didn't, I got something very special for you, just not now... Let's eat breakfast? I'm starving!'' Naruto then said, nudging Ultear and making her go to her own seat, ''Ur, did you call anybody today?''
Taking a seat next to Ultear, Ur nodded her head, ''Yes, since today is such a special occasion, I invited some a few old friends and mages to come by tonight.''
''I see...'' Naruto hummed, cutting a slice of the pancake, ''Do you think they will be okay with my appearance or should I change it?''
''I thin- Wait, you can change?'' She asked, blinking owlishly. She had grown used to his rather 'exotic' appearance and she knew that he could make clones that looked 'human', but never really thought that he could change into a 'normal' human, then again it was foolish of her to rule out the possibility.
Naruto nodded then closed his eyes in concentration. His robes shifted into a orange cloak with black flames, his skin started to gain a certain tan, the slit in his forehead disappeared, his horns retracted and his hair turned into a bright yellow color, a more 'mature' form of the clone that she had sparred with on the day he arrived, ''I guess I would look like this if it weren't for her...'' Naruto said to himself, opening his now sky-blue eyes.
If they had heard him or not it was hard to tell, all three were left with their mouths open wide. Ultear however was the most affected, she was the only one between them that hadn't seen his clone.
''Um... Hello?'' Naruto waved at them, breaking them from their trance.
'Damn!' Ur thought, 'examining' him, a blush making its way to her cheeks.
Still, after a few seconds, Naruto reverted to his 'normal' form, ''I can stay like that for at best, two or three days, even then, anything further than one day will leave me with a headache. I can stay like that tonight if you wish...''
''No.'' Ur replied firmly without any hesitation, ''I don't care what anybody thinks, that is how you are and they will have to get used to it. I like you how you are, complete with horns and third-eye, you shouldn't have to change yourself because of them.''
For as much as his other form was attractive and 'normal', she liked him for himself and didn't want him to feel uncomfortable or ever even pass the impression that she was ashamed or embarrassed of him.
''Yeah!'' Ultear said loudly, ''I also like daddy how he is!''
Naruto chuckled and ruffled Ultear's hair, ''If you say so.''
''How was your trip? What do you think of Fiore?'' Ur then asked after around five minutes of peaceful silence.
Naruto hummed, in thought for a few seconds and ate another piece of waffle, ''Fiore seems like a peaceful place. We went through a path that avoided most cities and villages, didn't have many problems. After I left the two at Raizen's, he asked me to help the King, so I did that and came right after.'' Naruto said simply.
''It really is peac- Wait, the king?!'' Ur asked, her eyes widening comically as the other two kids.
Naruto nodded, ''Yeah, Toma I think. Raizen asked me to see if I could do something for the Queen... Um... Did I say something wrong?'' Naruto asked, seeing her dumbfounded expression.
(1) - I like to personally think of the clones and their thought process like the NPCs of Overlord. The humans made their configurations, personality and stuff, some gave more details than the others, but in the end, none had EVERYTHING it takes to become a real living creature, so the 'void' is filled with characteristics of the original creator, in this case, Naruto.
