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"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Spellcasting"

"Monster or Demon Speaking"

'Monster or Demon thinking'

"Monster or Demon Spellcasting"

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The ocean was calm, no clouds, no trace of wind and a single solitary ship floating on its rather pristine surface. Everything was just quiet. If we zoomed in on the boat we would see that the silence was not born out of peace but of death. The ships deck was bathed in crimson as the sailors that once maned the ship lay dead and torn across its wooden frame. The gore and limbs were scattered so viciously that it was impossible to determine just which part belonged to which person.

In the center of this slaughter was Orochimaru, calm and serene as he sat upon a throne of corpses. Upon his head he wore what would have been the captains hat complete with a white feather. Taking in a deep breath with the scent of blood thick in the air as he gently caressed the Book in his hand looking out at the ocean. The voices still prevalent in his mind as he undid the buckle on the book and flipped it open.

The pages seemed to move on their own as they flipped across its contents and suddenly Orochimaru slammed his hand down stopping the pages. From the twisted figures and symbols and circles drawn on the page sickly black and green smoke poured from the pages. At first, they seemed to caress his hands before snaking their way to the blood and bodies below. He stood as one after another the smog enveloped the bodies and gore rolling over them like water covering the deck and soon nothing could be seen except the book's energy.

"With the blood of thine sacrifice I shall draw this seal." Orochimaru began to chant his voice becoming distorted and multilayered as black shadows began to creep into his eyes. Streams of crimson blood began to flow from the smog and began to stitch itself into an intricate seal just past the edge of the ship over the water.

"Let thine anger be realized, let thine rage boil the oceans and bathe the land in an endless sea." As he said this the seal came closer to completion and the sky above began to darken with a deep red color as the once blue sky vanished. The water around the ship began to bubble and steam as its pristine surface was also taken.

"Lord of the great deep, keeper of the dark and all its terrible creatures rise now as the bonds that hold you come undone by my power and blood." The Seal was now complete as it began to crackle with crimson bolts of energy and below it at its center an orb of blood began to pool and collect expanding ever more.

"Rise from the depth, rise from the deep in thine great and terrible form! Let thine splendor and horror be released and with this blood I invoke the bloody waters and unbind thee!" Once he finished this verse a horrible deep groan rippled through the waters shaking the ship itself as the orb of blood, which had now grown to the size of at least half of the ship, began to spill out into the ocean bellow. Now the waters reflected the crimson skies perfectly and below the surface clouds of red solidified into spear tipped chains that shot through the waters.

Through the blue to the darkness they descended until they came upon a seemingly bottomless trench. The chains piercing the rock and weaving themselves off the trenches cliffside and in between each other to form a seal that matched the shape of the one above. Below that a giant Turquoise eye opened eyeing the light show above it as a deep hiss echoed from the depths again.

Back on the Ship Orochimaru held up his hand as the red energy collected in the center of the sigil as he said the last line of his chant "Come forth lord of Oceans, King of Storms, I release thee OCEANUS!" at the last word the collected energy blasted down straight to its chained counter part causing the constructs to ignite and through out the surrounding rock and sea floor cracks filled with crimson light split the earth and the trench began to collapse on itself. Once invisible lines blazed bright blue but were tainted with crimson as they dispersed in flecks of energy all across the trench as it collapsed.

Up on the ship the miasma Orochimaru had released had returned to the book and the deck was bare of any blood or bodies as he walked forwards looking down into the water. It had gone still again but retained its crimson color along with the sky. Looking deeper he could see jus the faintest of glows rapidly making its way to the surface. Eyes widening he reeled back a the ocean literally erupted in what was easily a three hundred feet or even taller spire of water came roaring from the once still water. It wasn't long before the white foam fell away and what was revealed was an enormous creature towering over the ship.

It was covered in thick spike filled crustacean plating along its back and around its chest and abdominal area. Four very muscular and armored arms adorned its torso with spiked elbows as well as four wicked clawed fingers. Where its legs would be all Orochimaru could see was dozens of tentacles and what he assumed was a tail that was covered by the oceans surface. Its head was large and resembled a cross between a Shark and a reptile with scaly armored skin and multiple rows of sharp serrated teeth. Taking in a breath that sounded like the vacuum of a tornado the creature unleashed a roar that blasted the ship to bits and Orochimaru was forced to use the book to protect him in a bubble of energy.

The roar was deep and guttural with a hint of a mad scream propelling it forward as it blasted across the ocean creating fifty - foot tall waves and painting the skies with angry black storm clouds that sparked with turquoise electricity. Suddenly dozens of bolts of lighting shot down and began to strike Oceanus and bright turquoise tribal tattoos blazed into existence across the unarmored parts of his body and the seams of his crustacean armor also came to life with light. As his roar finished, he growled and shook his body as he looked down he noticed Orochimaru cradled in his tendrils of dark energy.

He bent his body and lowered his head but even that small action caused hurricane like winds to whip around and from monster waves all over again. Orochimaru for his part smiled wickedly as he floated up to eye level to the great titan. He quickly took his book and held it up as Oceanus turned his head to stare at it with his Eye which widened upon seeing the book. Lowering his head he confused Orochimaru for a moment before he realized it. Oceanus was bowing to him.

"What is thine wish, my Dominus." The great titan spoke his voice sending shockwaves through the air and water as Orochimaru's grin nearly split his face.

"We have some work to do." He spoke as he held his tome tightly. He was so close, oh so close to achieving his goals. There were just a few more pieces that needed to be set before the game could begin.

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With a sudden jolt Naruto bolted up in bed eyes blazing red in the darkness next to him both Ino and Kurama also bolted up there own eyes taking on their more demonic shine as they looked towards him.

"Naruto?" Ino asked.

"I don't know." He replied getting out from under the covers and sitting on the edge.

'Kyushi?'

'I'm not sure, it's familiar. Its coming from the coast but its veiled by something.'

"Does he have anything?" Ino asked and Naruto shook his head.

"No he says it's familiar but he can't tell quite what it is."

"Tell ya what we'll figure it out in the morning." Kurama slurred in her groggy state.

"Yeah you guys get back to bed." He said kissing Ino's forehead.

"what are you gonna do?"

"I'll just go check on Bell." He said throwing on a shirt and left his room. Looking back at his door he smiled. He was glad that they weren't arguing over sleeping arrangements anymore but that bed wasn't made for three people especially ones with tails. He was going to need to upgrade soon.

Looking around he saw the skylights had just barely began to shine with the morning sun rising. It was definitely early that's for sure. Walking towards the infirmary he walked in and saw Bell laying on the bed bandaged but over all he was healed up just fine now he was just resting. Next to his bed he saw Hestia sleeping in a chair blanket drawn over her body. It had been a full two days since his bout with the minotaur and Hestia had been worried sick the entire time.

Not really expecting him to be awake Naruto sighed as turned and began to walk out. However he was surprised when he opened the door to see Fürhen standing there.

"Oh, Fürhen. What are you doing here?"

"We have a problem." He said quickly making his way down the hallway.

"Come I need to show you this now." He said his tone urgent and Naruto nodded and chased after the carbuncle. Following him through the portal Naruto was shocked to feel the earth shaking beneath his feet and when he looked up the usually calm waters that he could see through the ceiling windows were foamy and angry as they crashed against the stone coast and reefs. Cracks had formed in the walls and Naruto could see the slight trickle of water coming from the cracks.

Luckily it seemed the carbuncles had it mostly under control with most of them sealing the cracks in the walls while others cleaned the water ensuring none of the scrolls or books became damaged.

"Fürhen, what happened?" Naruto asked walking next to the carbuncle as he trotted along the top of the middle table.

"A tidal wave, big one as well as an earthquake. Though I don't think it was natural, tidal waves usually happen after an earthquake not during one. It happened about two hours ago." Naruto narrowed his eyes remembering that feeling he had when he woke up.

"Though there is something else that happened as well." The carbuncle made it to the podium before he summoned a jar holding the crystal that Naruto had left with him. Though looking at it, it seemed different.

"As you know I was running some tests on this and during my last one a it suddenly began to leak this." He said summoning another jar this one holding a black and green miasma like substance.

"As you can see the crystal is, for lack of a better term, pure now. It still a form of Titan corruption but it would seem that whatever made this particular specimen abnormal is this miasma substance." He explained and Naruto stared at the miasma and felt a sudden cold dread fill him. It was a familiar feeling a dread but for the life of him he couldn't say why.

"D-do we know what it is?" he asked pushing past the pit that was forming in his stomach.

"Unfortunately, not, this is old magic. Very old and oddly enough it seems to have some form of sentience." Fürhen said padding around the jar that held the miasma.

"How can it be sentient?"

"That's what I would like to know. However, the bit of good news is that crystal is no longer abnormal. It is functioning exactly how a corrupted crystal is supposed to so that means that this power is what was causing all the problems." The Carbuncle stated staring intently at the miasma.

"How about the underwater cavern that Sasuke found?"

"I've sent a few Carbuncles to scout the area and investigate, as of right now we have no way of descending into the cavern safely, but we will in time." Naruto nodded at his answer and looked around a bit concerned about the tidal wave and quake.

"What about the wave?"

"I also sent a group to investigate we should receive some information soon." Naruto nodded but couldn't drag his eyes away from the miasma. As he looked, he could feel a pull towards the miasma and yet he also felt repulsed at the same time. Voices in his head but unlike the ones he heard when he first found Archive city, these voices were filled with malice and hatred. He couldn't make out what they were saying but slowly it began to flood his mind.

'Naruto!' the sudden yell from Kyushi banished the voices and brought Naruto out of his stupor.

"Naruto?" shaking his head and turning he saw Lilli was standing behind him looking at him.

"Lilli, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, it's Bell, he woke up, Hestia practically knocked him out again with her obnoxious honkers but he's up." At her words Naruto smiled.

"Alright!" he said his feelings of repulsion melting away at the news.

"I will begin to examine this substance at once, if anything comes about I will let you know." Naruto nodded before following Lilli back through the mirror portal. Once they were gone Fürhen took another look at jar.

"Let's see what you got shall we?"

Back with Naruto they quickly made they're way to the infirmary and upon reaching it they saw bell up and getting dressed. Currently his shirt was off causing Lilli to glow red and turn.

"Glad to see you up!" Naruto said causing bell to turn and smile as he hastily put on his shirt.

"I'm a little sore but I think I'm alright." Bell chuckled nervously.

"Where's Hestia?" Naruto asked.

"Well after she finally let him go she updated his status and then had to leave for the Denatus."

"Oh? What are your stats? Probably shot up quite a bit eh?" Bell blushed and fidgeted a little under Naruto's grin.

"W-well kinda."

"He leveled up." Lilli said after she turned back around, and Naruto's eyes widened upon hearing the news.

"Wait, seriously!? Bell that's amazing!" he said yanking Bell in for a hug lifting the smaller adventurer off the ground with a laugh. The worries of his previous discussion and that miasma melting away.

"Well we got to celebrate this!" he said setting the teen down as he gasped for air. "Tell you what, you need to head off to the guild to meet with your advisor, I'll let Kurama know that she needs to get Hestia to come to the Hostess of fertility. We'll meet there alright?" Naruto said with a grin.

"Head on over I'll take care of everything else!" with those words he left Lilli looked at Bell and he looked at her.

"I guess we have a party to go to." She shrugged as Bell finished cleaning up.

Naruto made his way back to his room where he found Ino in front of the mirror brushing her hair which Kurama was on the bed brushing her tails.

"Naruto, did Fürhen have anything to say?" Kurama asked

"Yeah something has caused some sort of energy to leak from the crystal. I'm pretty sure it's the same thing we all felt."

"Should we be worried?" Ino asked while picking up her hair into its signature ponytail.

"Fürhen's looking into it for us. Though there is some good news."

"What's that?"

"Bell leveled up." This got both the women's attention as they turned to him.

"What? Really?" Ino asked getting up.

"Yeah, Hestia just updated his stats and left for Denatus. I was hoping you could get her to swing by the Hostess for our little celebration." Naruto said coming over to Kurama as he took the brush from her hand and began to brush her tail.

"Oh? And what do I get for this effort?" she asked leaning back on her palms with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Oh, I might have a few ideas. Or maybe, I could just give you… this?" he smiled slyly as he pulled a book out from under the bed. It had a crimson leather cover with a gorgeous engraving of a rose with its thorny vine wrapping around a heart. At the sight of the book Kurama's eyes grew wide before she shot forward causing both her and Naruto to tumble forward in a mess of limbs and tails. Naruto held the book above his head out of Kurama's reach as she scrambled for it.

"Gimmie!" she cried reaching for the book, but Naruto held her waist fast.

"Do you promise to get Hestia at the meeting?"

"Yes!" with that Naruto brought his hand down and Kurama snatched the book with child like glee, and that glee shifted into perverted giggles as she clutched the book close. She leaned forward placing a kiss upon Naruto's lips before getting up and skipping out the room.

"She's a big immortal child." Ino said exasperated as she helped Naruto get back to his feet.

"Oh shush, she's not that bad." He said while opening his wardrobe and heard a Yip. Moving his coats apart he sighed when he saw that Tachiel had made what looked like a makeshift den in his closet. The wood had somehow warped to form a small burrow which she had filled with some of his shirts and stuffing from who knows where and she seemed to be in the process of decorating the inside with what appeared to be jewels.

Currently Tachiel had her back towards him but she eventually turned around with a slight twist of her head.

"Are you going to be paying rent or…?" the carbuncle simply turned back around and returned to her decorating. Naruto chuckled slighted before grabbing his coat and throwing it on.

"Well I'm going to head over to the Hostess and get everything set up, want to join me?" he asked and Ino nodded.

"Yeah, it'd be nice to see Chloe." Naruto couldn't help but roll his eyes as he turned to see her standing at the door waiting for him.

"and Ryuu." He added and she shrugged.

"Eh."

"Come on Ino she's not that bad."

"She gave me a black eye! Not to mention several bruised ribs." Naruto had to concede to that point Ryuu had been quite passionate when it came to Ino's training.

"She's more intense, I'll say that."

"More territorial you mean." That got him to flinch.

"She'll warm up to you, I promise." He said and kissed her cheek. The two of them made their way out of the den. Looking around once they were outside it was a pretty nice day with a clear sky and light breeze.

"So Fürhen really had nothing to say about the whole thing we felt this morning?" Ino asked.

"Well, not exactly, I didn't mention it, but he had a few problems of his own."

"Such as?" she asked as Naruto held his arm out for her to take.

"Well for one thing there was a tidal wave that hit the coast along with an earthquake. At the same time."

"Wait, that's not what supposed to happen. Its earthquake then later a tidal wave."

"Yeah which makes it strange."

"is the city alright?"

"Yeah, they were fixing it up and Fürhen said they had it under control." He said and went quiet for a moment and though it was subtle Ino noticed the slight narrowing of his eyes and furrow crease in his brow.

"But there was something else wasn't there?" she asked, and he nodded.

"That energy I mentioned, it felt weird." He said and through his arm Ino could feel him shiver. "I heard things, like whispers in my head voices it was familiar, and not in the good way. It was so bad Ino." He said clearly shaken. Ino placed a hand on his chest and with her touch he felt himself calm down.

"It's okay Naruto, Fürhen will be able to take care of it I'm sure, for now just relax and enjoy the day." With a smile he nodded together they entered the pub and Mama Mia looked up from the counter and as soon as she saw the pair she grinned.

"Welcome back you two! What can I get for you? Ramen?" she asked as they approached the counter. Chloe and Ryuu came out from the back kitchen and saw Naruto and Chloe smiled while Ryuu only slightly turned her lips upwards.

"Naruto!" Chloe called as she came up to wrap him in her arms. "Nice to see you too Ino!" she said as Naruto and Ino separated and Chloe hugged her. Ryuu simply walked up to Naruto and placed a light peck on his lips and nodded to Ino.

"It's nice to see you both but I got to talk to Mama Mia really quick."

"Now, Now Naruto, I might be the finest lady in this establishment, but I believe you have enough women already." Naruto blushed at that while hearing light giggles behind him.

"No! ahem, no. I'm here hoping I can make some reservations for a little party? One of my friends leveled up."

"Oh really? Say no more you can have the two center tables all to yourselves! I'll just need some payment up front for the reservation." With a nod Naruto offered a bag of Valis to Mia who took it with a grin.

"Oi! Ryuu, Chloe your still on the clock! Anya prepare the tables! May! I want a feast fit for a king ready by…" she paused and looked at Naruto who paused for a moment.

"It needs to happen after the Gods Denatus meeting so what around six?"

"By six I want you to get everything prepared now so you're not rushing later!" a Cat girl chef peeked out from the back kitchen.

"Any specific's?" the chef asked, and Naruto shrugged.

"Little bit of everything." He said as the Chef saluted and went to work.

"Righto and your drinks?" Mia asked.

"We'll take some of that fruit liquor you got."

"Okay It'll be ready don't you worry." With a smile the two exited the pub. Walking away from the establishment Naruto accidently bumped into someone knocking off their hat. Reaching down to pick it up he turned to apologize.

"Sorry about that." he said handing the hat back to the stranger.

"Not to worry at all friend, not to worry at all. Say aren't you Naruto?" the man asked placing his hat back on. Now looking at the man he saw a simple man with a white shirt black heavy coat that fell to his knees and framed his body. Pants and sensible traveler boots and a scarf.

"I am, have we met?"

"Oh goodness no! But I have heard the tales, a great hero who saves those in need! Helps desperate Familia's get back on their feet, you save countless maidens from vigilantes and thugs! Faced down the greatest terrors that the Dungeon could throw at you and said "You'll never beat me! Believe It!"" The man while speaking whipped his hands around theatrically and spoke as if on a stage.

"Countless maidens?" Ino asked with a raised eyebrow.

"One or two, three if you count Ryuu." Ino rolled her eyes with an amused hum.

"A pleasure to be meeting you at last!" the man said generously shaking Naruto's hand.

"U-um yeah thanks, I don't think I know you though mister…?"

"Uh shame on me! I am not but a simple passerby if you wish or a possible friend." He said with a smile. "I am called Sonkor. A simple traveling businessman as well as storyteller at times. It is actually most fortunate that I ran into you!"

"Oh? And why is that Mister Sonkor?" Ino asked and the man reeled back as if struck.

"Mister? Oh, perish all thought of courtly formality from thine brain. Sonkor is more than adequate for this humble traveler. Though on the matter of our most fortuitous meeting. I have heard some strange tales coming from the local sea men that grace this cities market. They say a horrid beast awoke in the middle of a sea crashing towering walls of water against the shores and the poor fishing villages, from which these sea men hail from." This got Naruto's attention.

"Tidal waves?"

"Indeed, according to what I heard this beast was as big as a mountain though shrouded in fog it appeared shortly after the first wave but now it will appear over and over, in different locations as if searching for something and every time it leaves it batters the shore."

"What does this have to do with Naruto?" Ino asked getting a weird vibe from the guy. It was like looking at a brightly colored serpent, beautiful and mesmerizing, but deadly if you're not carful.

"Ah yes, Normally I wouldn't dream of bothering such a great hero like him or yourself. But the people of these coastal towns are living in fear and do not posses the proper wealth to hire adventurers like yourselves or anyone else for that matter. Though they do need some help and I can think of no one better than Naruto Uzumaki the great to help them." Naruto wasn't opposed to the Idea of helping people with or without pay. But this seemed odd, too odd.

'Kyushi?'

'I sense nothing from him, for all intents and purposes he is an ordinary human. Though this monster has my interest peaked?'

'You don't think…'

'If one of my Kin were truly free, it wouldn't be a few tidal waves, they would already be making there way inland to wreak as much destruction as possible.'

'then perhaps it's another corrupted monster, either way we should investigate.'

"Thank you Sonkor, I'll go and check it out as soon as I am able."

"Marvelous! Those sailors and fishermen will be overjoyed at the news!" He exclaimed before taking off his hat and bowing. "Until next we meet mister Uzumaki!" he said and disappeared into the crowd.

"Well that was… strange." Ino said "Are you really going to go check it out?"

"Yeah, this could be another corrupted monster, if it is it could hold another clue as to who is creating them and possibly why."

"I think I'll sit this one out." This got Naruto's attention as he looked at Ino confused.

"What? Why?"

"Oh don't sound so worried, I just want to check up on something. Tell you what go ahead and take… I dunno Ryuu I guess, and when you get back…" she brought his head down and whispered in his ear so only he could hear.

His tail and all of its fur stood on end as his face went tomato red. Ino giggled and pecked his cheek before walking off leaving Naruto a stuttering mess as he stumbled back into the Hostess of Fertility, both to sit down and to ask Ryuu if she could accompany him.

Ino herself narrowed her eyes. Something about that man was rubbing her the wrong way. Using her newly enhanced senses she sniffed the air where the man once stood. She captured his scent, Like a field of grass moist with the dew of the morn. It was a unique scent to be sure and easily trackable. Following his scent, she set out weaving between people through the street until suddenly the scent veered to the left into an alley. Walking down she quickly became confused as she found herself walking out of the alley instead of into it.

"What?" she turned and once again saw the alley and tried again this time making her way to the very dead end. No where to go and the scent stopped. It didn't go up or even into the wall and there was no secret passage as she pressed around the wall. The man was just gone and she couldn't understand how or even what happened to her when she first tried to walk into the alley.

"Okay, that was weird." Shaking her head, she went over it in her mind, if this guy was, for lack of a better term, a dead end. Then she needed to go try and find a different source. With this thought in mind she left for the Market district hopping to find herself some talkative sailors. What she didn't notice was that the man was standing behind her with a smile as he followed her.

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Currently Bell had found himself walking out of the guild hall, he had just finished up checking up with Eina and getting his official level status updated with the Guild. Now he was just wondering around Naruto's celebration was going to take place after Denatus and that doesn't end until later in the day.

He walked aimlessly until he found himself in front of the old church he and Hestia used to stay. Looking around he saw that the street and area around the church was still torn apart. Though the church itself remained largely intact. Without much thought he walked in seeing the run down building still covered in dust and cobwebs. Finding the secret panel that led to the basement he descended and saw the old blood stains still on the floor.

The sight made his stomach churn as he shivered and did his best not to step on it. It was a horrible reminder for him, how he was powerless to help the goddess who had given him so much. Taking out his status paper from his pocket he took another look at it. It very clearly said level two and that made him swell with pride. Though he could not stop the nagging feeling of doubt that plagued his mind. Was this enough? Of course, it wasn't, the monster he had seen, had run from were like nothing he had ever even heard of before.

Deep in his thoughts he jumped when he heard the door to the church creak open and footsteps clack against the stone floor above. Carefully making his way up the stairs he peaked out and saw a man standing at the front of the church just staring at the stained glass above the alter.

"U-um, are you lost?" Bell asked closing the secret exit behind him before the man turned. He was wearing a strange hat, long coat and white shirt with pants and travelers' boots.

"Oh no, if one is a true traveler then they can never say they are lost, they simply have discovered something new to explore." The man said with a grin. "Oh to think of what this place was once like in the days of it's distant glory. What songs must've been sung to the gods in Heaven, what pleas must've been made and yet unheard." The man said returning to his place at the front. Bell was confused now as he looked at the man but didn't move.

"Have you ever thought about it? Young man?" he asked as Bell made a noise of surprise.

"Um, n-not really." Bell admitted as the man sighed.

"Truly a travesty, how can one live in a place such as this and not wonder of its history? The people who came before, its original purpose." He ran his fingers across the bench at the front and Bell had to blink and rub his eyes to make sure he was seeing right. There was a line of glistening light that rose from the place his finger ran over. It was golden in color and little flecks floated up from the shining line.

Once he raised his hand the line shone all the more brilliant as it began to expand as if tracing every little detail within the church. Right before his eyes the church seemed to begin to mend. The cracks and chips withing the stone floors and walls began to mend themselves. The webs and dust were erased as if they never existed. the chandelier above was restored the diamonds and gold the created it shined with a new brilliance. The stained-glass windows regained their vibrant color and the benches became smooth and rich as if they were just carved and sanded.

"Ah look, look at this marvelous thing." The man said stretching out his arms with a smile upon his face.

"Mortals always make the most wonderous of things, unfound in nature but instead created from it. Though do they admire it, do they preserve it? No! They let it rot, let it be subjugated to the eb and flow of time without a second thought and allow it to be forgotten. How can mortals who can achieve so much be so arrogant and careless. I do not think they deserve this world, or that which they create. What say you?" the man asked looking towards bell.

"I-I don't…" Bell stumbled over his words still a bit shocked at what just happened.

"Don't know? It is to be expected. After all, how can one voice speak for the whole? You are just a child." The man said almost in a tired tone. He snapped his fingers and suddenly he was gone the church had returned to its run-down state and there was no evidence that anything had happened in the first place.

"Was that just an illusion?" Bell questioned before rushing out of the door and was shocked. The sun which was just rising was now beginning to dip in the sky painting it orange.

"Bell! There you are what are you doing here?" Bell spun around and saw Naruto and Lilli coming down the street.

"Wait what?"

"We thought maybe you got held up at the guild or something, you've been awol for like seven hours!" Naruto exclaimed.

"What?"

"Doesn't matter come on everyone's waiting for you!" Lilli said latching on to his hand and began dragging him away. Bell looked back and saw the man standing in the street, he waved before suddenly disappearing. It wasn't long before the three arrived at the at the hostess of fertility. Bell was still a bit confused but managed to shake off most of his worries as they entered the pub. When they did Bell was greeted with the sight of Ryuu, Syr, and the rest of the Kurama Familia who greeted him with a smile.

"Congratulations!" they shouted at the same time with Kiba and Choji throwing Confetti at the boy who simply laughed. "Level two within a month? That's a new record!" Kiba said holding up a mug.

"Bell!" Hestia cried and launched herself at the white capped teen who tumbled to the floor catching her.

"Hestia!" Lilli yelled grabbing the goddess as Naruto helped bell back to his feet.

"Now, now Hestia there will be plenty of time for all things physical later." Kurama said with a grin which Hestia matched.

"Congratulations, Cranel." Ryuu said as she approached with Syr.

"Thank you." he said his face flushed from his embarrassment, but a smile still stuck on his face.

"Ready to crack open a cold one? With the girls?" Ryuu asked holding up a mug to him as Bell hesitated for a moment before Naruto wrapped his arm around his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it, just between us. We won't tell the adults." He said with a wink as Bell took the mug. They took their seat at the table as food began to pour out of the kitchen as the group began to talk and eat. Bell was the main point of interest as they kept asking him questions like where he was from, what made him want to be an adventurer thing's like that.

"So, Hestia, you got a title for our level two over here?" Kurama asked though Naruto caught the amusement in her voice. Seeing as she was at the meeting, she already knew what the title was.

"Oh yeah!" Hestia exclaimed as she stood up and Bell held his breath in anticipation.

"I got you something normal! Little Rookie!" she said with a swell of pride in her voice as the table just went quiet. Bells face went from excitement to disbelief. Suddenly another table began to laugh drunkenly as they raised their own mugs.

"To the little Rookie!" they cried as Bell shrank. Naruto smirked and clapped him on the shoulder causing bell to look up.

"To the Little Rookie!" he said raising his mug with the rest of his Familia joining him.

"The Little Rookie!" the cried with cheer and glee as they downed the ale and Bell's smile returned to him. The pub was alive with food, drink, and laughter as the group continued on until Kiba eventually tried to get up but tumbled over himself in a drunken stupor.

"YoU cAn DrInK yo..ur Fancy aLe… hiccup." He sang drunkenly.

"Boo! that's not how it goes! Or is it I can't remember!" Choji jeered with a grin.

"Music! Meousic! Meousic!" Hinata cheered slash meowed.

"Oh, sing us tune!" Kurama said draping herself over Naruto. Naruto for his part laughed and looked at Bell who couldn't stop laughing himself with an empty beer mug in his hand.

"~Oh, You can search far and wide! You can drink the whole town dry!~" Naruto began and got cheers from not only his group but also the other patrons.

"~But you'll never find a beer so brown! ~"

"~You'll never find a beer so brown! ~" Shikamaru and Choji joined in hooking their arms and standing on the table and Naruto joined them.

"~As the one we drink in our hometown! ~" they sang as Naruto helped Ino onto the table as they got the whole pub to clap and stomp with a beat. Then Naruto, Shikamaru and Choji turned into each other and continued singing and clapping.

"~ You can keep your fancy Ale's! You can drink them by the flagon! But the only brew for the brave and true! ~" suddenly Kiba appeared behind mama Mia and threw and arm around her.

"~Come form this Dwarf Dragon! ~" he suddenly belted out and mama Mia punched him for his efforts causing the pub to erupt in laughter.

"~ Hey ho, to the bottle I go! To Heal my heart and drown my woe's! ~" Kurama began signing dancing around the table her tails waving excitedly behind her. Naruto bent down and picked Bell up onto the table surprising the young adventurer as he took over for the next part of the song.

"~ Rain may fall and Wind may blow! But there still be, many miles to go! ~" He sang on and Kurama took on the last bit.

"~ Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain, and the stream that falls from hill to plain! ~" Naruto jumped down and joined her in dance.

"~ Better than rain or Rippling Brook! ~" he dipped her and got a perverse drunken look on her face.

"~ Is this hunk of man, inside this nook! ~" she sang and kissed Naruto getting cheers and cat calls from the patrons who swung their mugs and pounded their feet. Suddenly the waitresses all smirked at each other as they began to stomp and cling the silver ware together in synch.

"~ Blunt the knifes bend the forks! ~" Syr sang as she picked up dirty dishes.

"~ Smash the bottles and burn the corks! ~" Chloe continued picking up wine bottles from a table.

"~ Chip the glasses and crack the plates! That's what mama Mia hates!" all the waitresses sang together as Mia just looked at her employees with amused annoyance.

"~ Cut the cloth and trail the fat! ~" Syr began again.

"~ Leave the bones on the entrance mat! ~" Lunoire joined in picking up some rib bones from a table.

"~ Pour the milk on the panty floor! ~" Anya sang pouring said milk for a guest.

"~ Splash the wine on every door, Donk the bush in the boiling roll! Have a chunk in a holing row! ~" May sang peeking out of the kitchen before all the waitresses continued.

"~ When you're finished you pay a whole! Send them down a whole to row! ~" some of the more musical guest brought out their lutes, drums and flutes and played a tune to the beat they set as the pub came even more alive with music.

"~ That's what Mama Mia Hates! ~" They sang and got cheers from the guest and Bell's party and a rolling of the eyes from Mia herself. The night continued undisturbed and vibrant as ever. For this moment at least the worries of these adventurers melted away and they lived in this moment full of laughter and love.

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And that concludes chapter, I dunno what is this? Sixteen? Anyway I would like to apologize for the long wait but the holidays really had me reeling and I hope that you all had an excellent holiday as well. Let me know what you all think about the story so far and any critics you have are appreciated. Also I am sure that most of you know where those last few pub songs came from if not they are from LOTR and Hobbit.

So once again thanks for reading and I want to actually give a shout out to Cenetuarioneon for that message you sent me it really helps when I get little supportive messages like that to kick my ass into gear.

Thank you all and this has been you Average, Ordinary, Everyday, Fallen Angel!