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"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Spellcasting"

"Monster or Demon Speaking"

'Monster or Demon thinking'

"Monster or Demon Spellcasting"

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Xxxx3yearsagoxxxX

Out in the forests surrounding Orario we find two blonde individuals. One was a Renard with brilliant sapphire eyes, this was Naruto Uzumaki. The other was a blonde elf woman with dark blue eyes, this was Ryuu. Currently the two found themselves out in the open space in the forest deep enough in the forest where the two wouldn't be disturbed. Currently Naruto was dressed in a simple pair of black pants with no shoes and left his entire upper torso exposed. On his arms he had wraps of white bandage cloth around his fists going up to his mid forearm. Ryuu for her part was dressed in a pair of green tights that fell down to her midthigh and unlike her fellow blonde had a pair of boots on her feet wrapped in white bandage cloth. Her torso however was completely exposed with her breast being bound by white bandage cloth and the same cloth wound its way up from her first to her forearms like Naruto's.

Currently the two faced off against each other silently. Naruto took up a rather relaxed stance his arms hanging at his sided with his body angled so his left side faced Ryuu with his left foot forward. Unlike Naruto, Ryuu had taken up a much more rigid stance with her arms held up with her fists guarding her face. He torso was slightly angled but that was to allow her left fist being in front of her left. Her left foot was planted firmly in front of her with right behind her as she kept her knees bents and her whole body slightly leaned forward. In total her stance made her like a tightened spring ready to explode out at a moments notice. The two blondes stood there for a while before on an unspoken signal Ryuu sprung forward in a burst of speed creating and audible boom from where she kicked off the ground. Shooting forward she reared her right fist back and shot it forward but Naruto whipped his left arm up his hand connecting with her wrist. This caused her fist to fly off to Naruto's right as he allowed his body to flow with his parry swinging around his right arm and smashing his elbow into Ryuu's side with a clap like thunder and she went flying away from him.

Grunting Ryuu quickly found her bearings and planted her feet on the ground and skidded for a few feet before shooting forward again. This time she went in low aiming a punch at Naruto's midsection, but the Blonde Renard was quick and he grabbed her wrist while simultaneously flipping over Ryuu. With her wrist still in hand Naruto used his momentum to flip Ryuu into the air and before she landed on the ground, he kicked her sending her flying again and this time she wasn't able to find her feet as she rolled across the ground.

With a growl she flipped herself back onto her feet and in a flash her eye became red with a black iris and red pupil. Naruto felt the boost in power as he abandoned his relaxed posed and placed his right foot in front of him and his left foot behind. His arms were still at his sides, but his fists were now balled tightly as he began to bounce on his right foot while keeping his left foot off the ground. Faster than the normal eye could follow the two shot forward and Ryuu threw a round house kick straight at Naruto's head which he blocked with his forearm. The resounding boom echoed through the forest and created a slight blast of air from the shock wave of their collision. Not wasting a second Ryuu quickly withdrew her leg and followed with a straight jab to Naruto's chin but he ducked under it. Following his dodge he sent three quick Jabs into Ryuu's gut finishing off with a double Palm strike and with each impact a boom was heard and shockwaves rode out through the trees ruffling the trees and grass. The result of his double palm strike sent Ryuu into a tree but she latched onto the trunk with claws now sprouting from her finger tips and used it as a sling going around the tree. Letting go she shot forward with both legs extended blasting Naruto who put his arms up in an X to defend himself. The quick sent him skidding back as Ryuu took this chance to land an uppercut through his Defense sending him to the air. Naruto with an impressive show of agility twisted his body so that he landed on all fours. Not wanting to give him any breathing room Ryuu set on him with a high kick branding her heel down which Naruto avoided by rolling. As Ryuu's heel hit the ground it cracked and cratered slightly and Naruto took this moment to get behind her. Wrapping his arms around her waist he hoisted her into the air before bending backwards and smashing her into the ground behind him. After a moment the two simply fell to the ground and laid there.

"Your… definitely getting the hang of it." Naruto said taking slightly deep breaths. Ryuu sighed as she quickly jumped up and landed on top of him pointer her clawed fingers at his throat.

"You let your guard down." She stated as he laughed. She was always taking it to the next level. Taking a deep breath her claws regressed back into normal fingernails and her eye faded back into its normal white and blue color as she fell forward laying on top of Naruto. Naruto for his part was able to keep his cool but his face got continually red as he could feel her breast pressing into his own chest.

'Naruto, calm down she's just tired.' He thought to himself as he began to hear faint whisper in his ear.

'Take her, here and now.'

'Shut up.'

'I'm just saying there's no one around and your little buddy seems to agree.' Naruto's face lit up like a tomato at the demons' words.

'SHUT UP!' He raged blocking out the Fox's chuckling. Returning to reality he felt Ryuu adjust herself holding herself up with her elbows looking down onto Naruto. For a moment the world seemed to fall still as the two simply gazed into each other's eyes. Ever since he had saved her life the two had trained together so that she could learn to control her new powers. At first it was simple training for both of them. Then that training blossomed into friendship and eventually Naruto and Ryuu began to feel an undeniable attraction. Naruto had always felt guilty since he felt the same way about a few girls but definitely Ino.

It was subtle at first, Ryuu wishing to spend more time with Naruto outside of training and whenever Chole would flirt with him she would be visibly angry at the display. How she would lean against him after their training sessions and confide in him with most of her problems. As guilty as it made him feel, she was actually the first person he told about the demon he held. It was sort of necessary seeing as how that power flowed through her now. He still felt guilty seeing as not even his best friends or Ino knew. The attraction the two held was growing and Naruto found himself in more and more intimate situations, like the one he currently was in now.

"I'm going to kiss you now." Ryuu said in a matter of fact kind of way as she began to slowly lean forward. Naruto felt somewhat surprised seeing as Ryuu never been this forward with any romantic actions as direct as this before.

"No… Wait." His protest was weak as every part of his body wanted this to happen, but he couldn't help but see an image of Ino flash in his mind. He wanted this, he wanted both of them. Hell there were other girls that he wanted and that made him feel all the more wrong yet right. Slowly Ryuu inched closer as Naruto closed his eyes.

XxxxPresentdayxxxX

Currently Naruto found himself reading a book on antient magic rituals. Mostly they were just flashy party tricks, and some were a way to conjure mystical creatures separate than the monsters he was used to. However, he found himself not fully enjoying the book. Not really a surprised seeing as he could stop looking at Ino. Currently she was talking to one of the Carbuncles over some flora records she found.

"Perhaps you should try talking to her again." Naruto actually jumped from surprise as he saw Fürhen staring at him. Wincing at the phantom pain in his cheek he shrugged.

"Maybe later?" he said with the fakest smile anyone saw. "She's pissed." He sighed looking at her again and this time she caught him before she scowled.

"You do understand why she's angry yes?" Fürhen asked as he followed Naruto as the Renard went about exploring the row he was currently in.

"Because of what I hold." He said dejectedly as he placed the book he was reading on the shelf.

SLAP

Shaking his head, he turned he opened his eyes to see Fürhen somehow sticking to the side of the shelve units.

"Did you just slap me with your tail?" Naruto asked his own tail twitching in agitation. Fürhen jumped to the ground and faced the blonde mage.

"Yes, I did because you are wrong." He stated as Naruto walked past him searching for another book to skim. "Think about what she said."

"She told me, well yelled at me really. How I could've kept this from her. Then she slapped me and hasn't talked to me since." He bitterly recalled.

"There you are then. She was upset at you keeping this secret rather than the actually secret itself."

"I know." This confused Fürhen.

"But you just said."

"To be honest I was trying to cover up the real reason. The demon is not the only secret I have." He said picking out another book. "I'm in love." He said as once again Fürhen cocked his head to the side.

"With who?" he asked as Naruto sighed.

"Ino." Naruto answered. Fürhen knew this, the moment they shared in the Garden plus the vision of the threads he had as well.

"I'm still failing to see the problem."

"And a girl named Ryuu, and I'm starting to fall for some others." This made the Carbuncle sigh. He'd seen this a couple of times before. Uzumaki men and woman always have hearts too big for one person. If Naruto was anything like his ancestors, then he knew that he would sacrifice his own happiness as opposed to choosing one love over the other. Fürhen had already seen the threads connecting himself to the girls he mentioned.

"Naruto, I can't tell you what to do. That must come from you. Though I can tell you that it would probably be better to get it out now." Naruto sighed. He hated when he knew the right answer then others called him out on it. Angrily ruffling his own hair he grunted.

"Your right. Do you have a bath house here?"

"Shouldn't you talk to Ino first?"

"Trust me."

"Tachiel." Fürhen called and the same Carbuncle that led him to the garden appeared in a pop.

"Escort Naruto to bath house." The red Carbuncle nodded and began to trot down towards the elevators.

Once the pair were gone Ino finally walked to where she last saw Naruto and saw Fürhen.

"Where did they go?" she asked, and he pointed to the elevator with his nose.

"Naruto requested a guide to the Bath house. Ino's eye brow raised as she felt a familiar itch well up inside her.

"T-the bath house you say." Ino giggled perversely.

"Ino may I ask you a question?" Fürhen inquired.

"Technically, you just did. But go ahead."

"You love Naruto don't you." Ino blushed before she smiled widely.

"of course, I do."

"Good just remember that when you two talk." He said as he disappeared. Ino was a bit curious but went to the elevator and waited for it to come back up. Further down Naruto was currently in the bathhouse. It was underground, so the ceiling was the normal cave top. The stalagmites coming from the ceiling had soft orange glowing effect. The ground was mainly stone slabs with a large pool of water from the center that possessed wafts of steam coming off it.

Around the pool were holes in the wall which had water pouring out and into the pool. Placing his clothes into a side basket once he took them off. Placing himself in the water he could feel the warmth of the water flush through his body. Placing his back against the wall he felt that there seemed to be a gap in the wall that let his tail rest a bit more comfortably.

For a moment he just sat there. That was until he heard the elevator return, his ears flicked as he heard the doors open. He was silent as he could hear Ino in the changing room. Even though she was currently out of his view just hearing the ruffling of her clothes and the gentle flush as they hit the ground caused him to blush. Sometimes he was really thankful for his ears and a bit hateful.

Ino finally opened the door and placed her clothes in the basket next to Naruto's. The room was very steamy, and Naruto didn't make an active effort to look at Ino. Because he knew that if he did he would probably lose his mind. The steam managed to hide Ino's form rather well as she walked around the pool and got in the water. Naruto keeping his eyes practically glued to the water was only able to tell with the ripples going through the water.

Looking up he could see her figure outlined in the steam. Her hair was let loose as opposed to her normal pony tail style. With the further splashing water, she walked forward and Naruto's eyes darted back down.

"You know why I'm upset. So, tell me why you would hide something like that from me."

"I was scared of you." This caused Ino to falter slightly in her approach. "Well not really you, but how you would react." He admitted with a sigh. "I have this demon inside of me I can control it sure, but that doesn't change the fact that its there. You know about my child hood. If you were to reject me I wouldn't be able to stand it." He said as Ino sighed.

"Your really dumb you know that. After all we've been through and the years we spent together that I would give two shits about some evil demon fox spirit inside of you."

'Well she doesn't have to be so mean about it.'

"Also, I'm not dumb Naruto, I can tell when something else is bothering you. Now out with it." She demanded, and Naruto turned his head to the side. It was true, aside from maybe Jiraiya and Kurama she was the only one who knew practically everything about him. He couldn't really hide anything from her, made surprise parties pretty damn difficult.

When he didn't answer she got closer to him. With ever step and splash of water that signaled her approach Naruto could practically feel his heart burst out of his chest. His ears twitched uncontrollably with every little sound that she made in her advances. His tail would've been wagging like crazy if it wasn't currently nestled in the wall gap behind him.

"Look at me Naruto." He voice was like silk soft and enticing. It took all of his willpower not to follow her order.

"Naruto. Look. at. Me." This time she put a little more voice into her demand and, against his better judgement he found himself turning to gaze upon her naked form.

In that moment he froze and his mind went blank.

In front of him, for all intents and purposes, was a goddess. Platinum blonde hair fell down her naked frame like a curtain of blonde. Strands of hair were the only thing keeping her modesty from his eyes. Her form was absolutely perfect the glow and the steam of the room seemed to accentuate and emblazon every aspect of her figure.

Recognizing the effect, she was putting on him Ino decided to take it a step further. Tracing her sides with her hands she reached up to her hair and with a simple flick the strands hiding her more private areas fell behind her. Naruto went rigid at the sight his face might as well have been painted with how red it had become. Ino was no better, butterflies were practically storming in her stomach as her face heated up as well.

Both blondes just stayed there frozen in their positions. Naruto staring at the beauty in front of him. Ino frozen with anticipation of the fox boy seated before her. After a few moments Ino was the first to break eye contact looking down slightly.

"Naruto, do you like me?" Oh gods, Like? What was she thinking? She wasn't some little girl with a small crush. She wanted to slap herself in the moment but decided to just wait for his answer.

"No, I love you and that's the problem." He said confusing the Ino. "I'm sorry Ino but your not the only one I love." He admitted squeezing his eyes shut while Ino's eyes widened.

"I've tried so hard to suppress the feelings I have, and I failed. I love you, but I also love someone else." Now the Advice Fürhen had given her suddenly made sense. Naruto had a heart of gold anyone could see that. It actually wasn't all that surprising that he had developed feelings for another girl or even multiple girls. She also knew that his top priority was those he loved and how far he would go to make them happy.

She lost count on how many times he tried to cheer her up when she felt down or how many surprise parties, he had failed to spring on her.

"Naruto what do you love about me?" she asked sitting down allowing the warm water to come up to her chest barley covering her breast. Not expecting the question Naruto looked at Ino before answering.

"You're my light. Maybe I approached you when we were young, but you saved me when we were young. I had something with you I had never experienced with anyone before in my life. No matter how off track I got or how dark my path got, when everyone would fail to bring me back you would be there." He told her looking into her eyes a fierce determination and admiration setting in replacing the meek shyness that once held his frame. Ino felt her heart beat ever slightly faster when her gaze locked with his.

"Your smile, your face, your heart. Whenever you would hold me through a tough time or call my name when I needed you too. I love you Ino every part." He told her and the honesty was undeniable in his voice. With a smile on her face she glided over to his sided leaning against his body with her own.

"Then it's alright. You your heart is too big for your own good. Though if you save a place for me, then its alright." She said gently tracing circles on his chest with her fingers as she could feel his fox tail wrap around her waist.

"Let's stay like this for a while." She told him and Naruto was more than happy to oblige even if he did feel a bit embarrassed about a certain part of his body becoming aware of their close proximity.

XxxxWithRyuzetsuxxxX

Ryuzetsu was currently sitting at one of the long tables in the main hall of the Archive reading the book that Fürhen had summoned earlier. Naxela's application of elemental energies. The book had been rather enjoyable to read as it gave detailed descriptions on different magical elements and how to apply them to enchantment type spells and ever the different monsters and creatures that use elements.

While reading she failed to see the that a carbuncle had managed to sneak up on her peaking at the book she was currently reading.

"Whatcha doing?" the carbuncle asked its voice sounding like a young boy just coming into maturity. Taken by surprise by the sudden question Ryuzetsu jumped causing herself to fall backward with a thud.

"Ow…"

"I'm sorry, I should've announced myself." Rubbing her head, the dark elf looked up to see a particularly mischievous looking golden Carbuncle looking down on her like a curious cat.

"You can talk to?" She asked getting up and placing the book back on the table.

"Of course, I can. All of us can talk I'm just the first one to talk to you." he said padding in front of her as she set herself back onto the bench. "So reading a bit of Naxela's work huh. Not to brag or anything but I actually am quite well versed in her theories myself." The carbuncle stated with one paw raise and puffing in chest out in a regal manner.

"right… who are you."

"Oh, pardon me. I'm Kandonine call me Kando." The now named Kando introduced himself with a flourish of his tail.

"Kay nice to meet you Kando." She said and reopened her book trying to find the page she was on.

"You know I can show you a thing or two about the application of magical energies. I do know a spell or two myself." Raising an eyebrow Ryuzetsu looked at Kando and stopped her flipping.

"How?" she asked. Then with a animalistic grin the carbuncle jumped onto her shoulder and his crystal horn began to glow. Ryuzetsu, Kando and the book were then surrounded in a sphere of golden light.

"Right off to the Training room!" the carbuncle cheered as the pair disappeared with a swirl and pop.

XxxxBackatOrarioxxxX

Bell sat in the clearing that Naruto had shown him a little while ago. Currently he was sitting in the meditative pose that Naruto had shown him and was currently focusing. Taking a deep breath he felt that familiar pulse as his eyes fluttered open and his sight changed into the [truesight] skill he had acquired. The world once again lit up with thousands of veins of glowing power pulsating into the trees, animals and the people around him. Allowing himself to fall back he noticed that when he hit the ground ever changing flakes of color flew around him in a flurry. He watched the flakes flutter there way up into the sky as he saw that the sky had also changed. No longer was it the bright blue that he was accustomed to. Now it had taken on a wide array of changing colors. The colors moved and surged like waves in water changing shades with every surge.

He had to wonder if Naruto saw this as well when he meditated here. Sitting back up he then stopped when he noticed a vein moving around the small patch of green he was currently in. Over the days he's been able to differentiate between the veins that connected to flora and the veins that connected to living creatures. Looking up he saw the vein that was connected to the moving organism merged into many smaller veins forming a humanoid shape in front of him.

Cancelling his skill he rubbed his eyes and looked up and saw nothing.

"Huh, weird." He mumbled as he stood up and stretched and made his way out. It was calm until he suddenly felt a sting in his arm as he gasped and grasped it. looking at it he found no wound and when he looked around he still didn't see anything. Leaving the small green space he failed to notice a very thin senbon needle stuck into the tree he was standing next to.

After he was far enough away a chienthrope dropped his spell revealing Yuttar with a vial in his hand as he approached the needle he had thrown at Bell. Very carefully he dipped the needle down and about three drops of blood fell into the vial.

"Mission accomplished, Orochimaru." He said before taking to the streets himself.

Bell simply rubbed his arms as he walked feeling the phantom sting as he made his way home. It was his day off and Hestia was off working at one of her many jobs. After there date yesterday he felt a little lazy today. You see earlier during his usual dungeon crawl with Lilli they had taken a short break and she had requested some time off. Making sure that she understood it was no problem they decided to call it a day.

After returning to the Hostess of Fertility he dropped off his lunch box and asked Syr if she had any idea's on how to spend his free time.

She told him that she enjoyed reading and offered him a book that a customer had left there that day. He accepted and that's where we find ourselves now. Before reading he did his daily meditating as Naruto requested.

"Right lets see what's in here." He said to no one as he opened the book and began to read. The first few paragraphs outlined the information that Naruto had already taught him, so he read on. However, as he read he felt his eyes become increasingly heavy. Unable to shake it off he succumbed to the sudden drowsiness his vision swallowed by blackness.

After a moment the blackness faded and he found himself in a cobblestone room designed like a court house. Looking up he saw a version of himself with shadows over his eyes leaving only his mouth visible. This version of him was gray and devoid of color as it peered down at him.

"Lets begin." It spoke it was his voice but different, deeper. The gray version of him suddenly appeared behind him but Bell didn't turn.

"What is magic to me?" it asked as bell closed his eyes and though for a moment. The scene suddenly changed showing a vast farmland.

"A Beautiful great power. One that can overcome my inner weakness and make me stronger."

A larger version of bell appeared this time totally blue in color. "What sort of thing is magic to me?" it asked and bell found himself sitting back facing a fire place as his answer came to him.

"A flame, that burns bright and hot. A strong red flame that doesn't suit me like all. Flames like his." With that last though a flash of a certain blonde Renard flashed through his mind. Then a red version of him appeared and asked him the next question.

"what do I seek from magic?" now another blonde flashed through his mind with her hair being blown by the wind.

"The woman who is faster that any one, like a bolt of lightning. I want to catch up to her." He then was back at the courthouse a giant yellow version of himself looming over him.

"Is that all?" it asked and Bell couldn't help but smile as his answer came to him.

"If it is possible I would like to become a hero. Like in the stories I read as a kid, a Hero they can look up to." All the other versions of himself appeared around him grinning down at him.

"So childish." They told him in unison.

"Sorry that's just who I am!" he exclaimed as his different persona's became beams of light that merged inside of him filling his body with a tingling sensation of power. For a moment all became black than he heard it. something like a bell ringing as he jolted awake.

"Bell!" his eyes fluttered open finding himself hunched over back into their underground home. "What are you doing?" looking up he saw that it was Hestia who voiced the question.

"Oh goddess, your home." He said leaning up and stretching.

"C'mon lets update your status." She said as the two went to the bed and Hestia proceeded to activate his falna.

"So, what were you doing?"

"Oh, I was reading a book and I guess I just fell asleep." He said causing Hestia to laugh a little.

"Really? You finally read a book and it puts your straight to sleep!" she said with a small giggle.

"I-I guess so." With a shake of her head Hestia returned to her updates.

"Your so cute." She told him then something caught her eye as she presser her face on the sphere of energy in front of her.

"Magic…" this caused bells eyes to widen.

"Goddess?"

"You actually developed magic!" she exclaimed and bell practically jumped in surprise sending her to the floor. Once she got up she sat him down and copied his states onto a sheet. Once she gave it to bell he all but gushed over his knew magic.

"Magic! I actually developed magic!" he cheered as Hestia let him have his moment. She then took the sheet and examined it herself.

"okay bell as you know you need a chant a spell to use magic." He nodded. "so when an adventurer develops magic for the first time there is usually a spell to go along with it. Yours however just has a note Swift-Strike magic. So I don't think you need a spell to use your magic." This got bell all giddy again as he took the page back and saw the spell on it.

[Firebolt]

"When you go into the dungeon tomorrow you can give it a try on something." Hestia said standing up.

"Tomorrow?" he asked visibly deflated at the news. Hestia giggled, it was like looking at a disappointed child.

"It's okay Bell, its not like your magic is going anywhere." Even at his words he still pouted and Hestia just climbed into bed after turning off the lanterns in the room. Bell laid there until he was sure Hestia was asleep. Being as quite as he could he snuck out of the church house and began to make his way towards the dungeon.

"I'm sorry Hestia, but I can't wait." He apologized as he ran. It didn't take him long to reach the dungeon as he quickly entered and ventured a few floors down. He ran down the many corridors and eventually he found himself in front of a goblin. The green humanoid monster growled as it reared its hands threateningly at the white-haired teen. Bell raised his hands and took in a deep breath. Then he felt it. Power course from the center of his being and into his hand as it began to flicker with red flames.

Holding out his palm he steadied his hand with his opposite one.

"Firebolt!" he called out and with the sound of thunder an electrified bolt of flames flew from his hand. It shot forward much like a lighting bolt and pierced the goblins chest resulting in a small explosion. The force of the spell actually made Bell back pedal slightly as he brought up his hand and began to shake.

"Alright!" he cheered jumping into the air and charged forward. Every monster he encountered was met with a flash of flames as Bell ran around firing spell after spell. The sheer jubilant joy was indescribable as he saw the gorgeous flash each time the spell fired off. He had lost count how many times he had used his new spell and when he finally stopped to catch his breath he saw just how deep he went.

"Oh, I went deeper than I meant too. Guess I better hea…" a sudden wave of lightheadedness hit him as he fell to the ground his vision going black.

XxxxwithnarutoxxxX

After their bath Naruto and Ino both made there way back to the main archive hall. Not really seeing any one they went to the pedestal they found Fürhen sitting before it magically making the paper's flip. It didn't take long for the carbuncle to take notice of the pair as he looked up.

"I take it your bath was… relaxing?" if he had a human face it would probably be broken in a grin. The pair of blondes blushed as Naruto rubbed the back of his head and Ino simple cleared her throat and did all she could not to make eye contact. Clearing his throat Naruto spoke.

"I guess you could say that. Any way we need to be heading back to the City." He told Fürhen.

"so soon?" he asked the grimoire in front of him closing.

"Yeah this mission wasn't supposed to take more than a few days and we need to start the journey home." Fürhen sighed.

"Very well, though I wish to make a request of you young Uzumaki." The carbuncle said and Naruto nodded. "Take Tachiel with you. She'll be indispensable for what I have planned." Naruto cocked his head to the side confused.

"What plans?" he asked.

"I plan on creating a portal, one that will connect your home with Archive city. That way you would no longer have to make a long trip back an forth between the locations." This caused both blonde's present to widen their eyes.

"Wait, wait. You can make a portal? Like actual story book get from one place to another in a flash type of portal?" Ino asked as it was Fürhen's turn to look confused.

"Yes? I don't understand the Uzumaki used portals all the time to traverse their empire surely some are still active." He said as both blondes responded with a shake of their heads.

"sorry but no. Portals are a thing of fantastical fiction up top." Naruto said as Fürhen looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Well despite the many scouting missions we send out we don't necessarily scout the land but any place that holds knowledge. I suppose that time really is unforgiving." With a flick of his tail he sighed "right well yes Portals are very real and quite tricky to create. Carbuncles however have a natural affinity for traveling by teleportation and creating a portal is not all that different. Tachiel is especially skilled in the creation of portals so yes I would like her to go with you."

After his explanation Naruto shrugged "I don't see the problem." With a nod Fürhen called Tachiel who appeared in swirl and pop.

"Tachiel you already know what to do correct?" the red carbuncle nodded. She then proceeded to disappear and reappear on Naruto's shoulders getting comfortable. "She will be your Carbuncle Partner, she doesn't speak often but when she does its best to listen." Reaching up and lightly rubbing her cheek Naruto smiled.

"Pleasure to have you aboard." This is when Ino took a quick look around and saw that someone was missing from their group.

"Hey where is Ryuzetsu?" She asked as Fürhen closed his eyes and his crystal horn glowed. Then a moment after in a swirl and pop Ryuzetsu landed in a heap at their feet a giggling golden carbuncle sitting on top of her.

"Um Ryuzetsu, you okay?" Naruto asked as the Dark elf looked up with a dead panned stare.

"Naruto…" she said as he nodded hesitantly.

"Your ancestors were fucking sadists." This caused the golden carbuncle to erupt in laughter as Fürhen sighed with a shake of his head.

"I'm afraid that Kandonine might've been a bit overzealous when he took your friend to the training room."

"the training rooms?" Ino asked and Kandonine nodded.

"Only the single greatest area in all of Archive city! Ryuzetsu got in some light training and we unlocked a bit of her potential. Learned a new spell and everything." This caught the blonde's by surprise.

"A new spell?" Naruto asked as the dark elf just groaned in response.

"Well, I'm off!" Kando said as he went to teleport but got stuck in sphere of blue energy.

"No you don't, you began training, you finish training." Fürhen said as he placed him back on Ryuzetsu as the golden carbuncle pouted.

"C'mon that's not fair!" he shouted as Tachiel rolled her eyes. Helping Ryuzetsu to her feet the dark elf took Kando by the scruff of the neck as Fürhen teleported them to the top of the cliff outside. There was a slight wave of dizziness, but they were able to shake it off.

"Right, so mission failed." Naruto said as Ryuzetsu looked at him holding Kando over the cliff contemplating on dropping him.

"What do you mean? You found the ruins." She said actually dropping Kando as he screamed and teleported next her on the ground.

"Yes, we did, but there is no way in hell that I'm going to let a group of random weirdo's go poking around in one of my Families homes." Ryuzetsu, kicking Kando off the cliff again nodded.

"Okay that makes sense." And with a pop Kando appeared next to her again.

"That's not funny you know!" the carbuncle yelled as she ignored it and the group began to walk towards the forest.

"Wait, what about the monsters?" Ryuzetsu asked picking up Kando by his scruff and throwing him over the cliff again before they got too far away.

"I think we'll be fine. There like guardians, right? So, they probably won't bother us on the way out. Besides I have a feeling that my ancestors put them there, so they won't bother us as long as I'm here."

"Kay that makes sense." Ryuzetsu said as she ignored the fuming Carbuncle next to her as they were too far away from the cliff for her to toss him again.

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Yuttar was currently making his way through an underground base as he carefully clutched the vial containing bell's blood. Once he entered the large laboratory room he saw his master writing away on parchment some calculations and other mumbo jumbo he couldn't understand.

"My lord, I have returned." The chienthrope announced his presence and kneeled before Orochimaru. The pale man turned his snake like eyes trained on his spy.

"And your mission?" He asked and Yuttar held out the Vial and Orochimaru took it with a twisted smile.

"good, now we can see just what makes this "Bell" so special." He said carefully placing the Vial into a Holder on his desk. "Any news?" the chienthrope shook his head.

"None, though there have been some reports of odd monsters appearing in the Dungeon and even around town. The Loki Familia are looking into it, or at least a few of them are. Other than that, nothing to report." Orochimaru nodded and dismissed his spy. Once he was alone all semblance of sanity left him as he began to laugh loudly.

"Strange monsters you say! Well it appears that someone is trying to steal my show!" he chortled as he ripped a curtain down from a wall revealing hidden rows upon rows of glass tubes holding distorted humanoid monsters that convulsed randomly as they mutated further.

Grabbing the vial of blood that he just received he briskly walked down the isle towards another lab table with many odd instruments and tubes filled with strange liquids. Placing the Vial down he grinned seeing the large book set on the table in front of his contraptions. It was old and bound in stitched human skin. The center of the book had a blood colored metal skull that possessed a halo of tentacles around it.

"Let's get to work to put these upstarts out of business shall we!" he all but cheered unlocking the book by cutting his thumb and drawing blood over the symbol in the center. His laughter echoed through out the base making any who heard it shiver with fright and slight disgust. His face became deadly serious suddenly as he looked at the vial of blood on his table. Grabbing it and holding it up.

"Little Bell. Let's see if you are worth the attention, shall we?" he said moving to one of his tubes and punching it releasing the grotesque creature slide to the floor. Holding the book up the pages flipped on their own as an ominous black and green miasma began to leak out and flow into the creature.

"Find him… and Hunt him."

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And here is number nine. Finals are finally over! Now I was a bit abrasive in the beginning cause I didn't want the romance to seem too cringy or anything so let me know if I executed that well. Also I'm going to say this know. You people are giving me whiplash with the voting. I checked in and saw that somehow Freya had fallen into fifth place. I began cry laughing at the absurdity since I thought that I was going to have to rewrite the chapter that set up her relationship with Naruto. I was crying and I'm not ashamed to admit that.

Now let's see how the poll stands now.

Kurama 76

Chloe 69

Freya 68

Ryuzetsu 67

Ryuu 66

Tiona 64

Hinata 22

Tayuya 8

Shion 7

Kurama now has the after an enormous jump from fifth place Freya fall behind into third with Chloe coming in second. In fourth place we have our dark elf Ryuzetsu and coming in the rear we have Ryuu. Now I am expanding this Harem to add one extra girl since I have already Set up Ryuu for the relationship. So please be gentle and help me out here guys.

Now we have a character sheet request by Treant Balewood next one is going to be from EventNyan. But for now her is Choji.

Choji Akimichi

Lvl: 5

Alias: Giant

Skills:

[Starvation] Makes it so whenever the user eats a great amount of food they will receive a temporary power boost this effect is doubled if the user goes a prolonged period of time without food.

[Expand] Allows the used to expand a part of their body to enormous proportions with additional power it is possible to use the skill on the entire body.

Development abilities:

[Mixing] G – improves quality when creating medicine such as potions

[Swordsman] F – increases one's proficiency with a sword.

[Abnormal resistance] H – Negates the effect of abnormalities such as poison.

[Strong Defense] E – Increases overall endurance and defensive capabilities.

Magic:

[Papilio Secta] This spell increases the casters overall abilities by consuming all the power within the caster and expelling it out forming bioluminescent wings resembling butterfly wings. After using this spell the caster will be completely drained of energy after five minutes and will result in Mind Zero.

[Terra Armor] forms hardened armor around the caster made up of rocks and stones.

Base abilities:

Power – S 997

Endurance – S 988

Dexterity – E 456

Agility – E 423

Magic – D 524

Equipment:

[Gaia's Great sword] a sword that is made of a mixture of mithril and adamantium. The blade is about five feet long not including the handle and about a foot wide at the base. Its length is covered in runes and it possess the ability to extend and expand. The blade itself is unbreakable and requires magic power to utilize its ability.

Right that's all I got for know let me know what you guys think in the reviews or PM's.

Until next time this has been your Average, Ordinary, Everyday Fallen Angel!