Hey guys!
Welcome back to Chapter 15 of the story, the ACTUAL chapter 15.
Also, a quick mention, I've started a Discord. So, if you want to join and yell at me for my lazy and inconsistent upload schedule:
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Anyway, I'm glad that many thought the omake was good. But some of you thought that the omake ruined the fanfic -_- To those of you that thought that, please do realize that I wrote it in an hour, on a whim? It was never meant to be a master piece that completely fit into the story. Case and point, my comment about having the "hate of a thousand Sasuke's"
With my tiny rant over. ONTO REVIEW REPLIES!
Chapter 14
Zombieman55: Thank you so much! It makes me happy to hear you liked the chapter~
DALucifer13: That sounds beautiful. That's a power I would want as well!
Hashirama 1710: I know right! Naruto doesn't need those other Gremory weirdoes!
Zazuki Kurosuki: Thank you for your well wishes! And thank you for the praise~
Shut Up I'm Evil: HAHAHAAH! I KNEW IT! I knew that someone would say that answer! Congrats on being the first!
.3950: ahhhhhh. Thank you for clearing that up, I assumed Japanese schooling was the same as in Australia. Where Year 10 is age 15-16, Year 11 is age 16-17, and Year 12 is age 17-18. So, Rias and Naruto would be turning 18 in their current year of school (as third years).
Insanemaelstorm: Yeah, it pretty much blindsides you. And I'm glad that you saw the scene with Rias as a part of her personality and not any innate liking of Issei (Which is what I wanted it to come across as)
Hikari Nova: Pretty much. There will be some more clearing up of things soon, where Olivia is concerned.
Nicklaren: That's super true. Its why I usually don't read Gamer fic's. I don't enjoy how innately OP the ability is.
Coki13566: No. Naruto does sleep with his girls, mainly Natsumi though. That comment was more to imply that along with the fact that Natsumi doesn't sleep with or let anyone sleep with Naruto after being healed so that he doesn't further hurt himself and can fully heal. And she's not really a tyrant. Its more like she's accidentally become a cult leader.
Guest: (I hope you know I'm talking to you) Sayuri isn't from any anime. She's an OC, same with Natsumi and Olivia.
Guest: A rook was used on Rossweisse, but ill show that in this chapter.
ImmortalGodd: HERE IT IS! The second person to say probability/causality manipulation. I'm so proud of you guys T^T
TheFoxSummoner Clan-Head: The THIRD to say probability manipulation. SO MANY TEARS!
Ryuken85: uuuuhhhhhh. That was a joke…because Kiba is pretty irrelevant to…. everything? Except the Excalibur arc.
TheRazgrizDragon: You may find out what tech he's selling~ You may not~
JtBlack-Hawk3198: Oh. Don't worry, I fully realize this. That realization is what will push Rias into becoming a strong and/or independent character due to sheer necessity if she doesn't want Issei going Stray on her.
Authors Note
Everrock: Thanks for giving me the idea!
Rozielrie: No abandoning stories here! *hurriedly tries to hide "Blast to the Past, with a Twist" and "Whirlpool's True Potential" under my bed* Yep! Absolutely no abandoning stories at all….
Christmas Omake
Bonkey1996: Why you hurt my feelings like this? ;-;
CorpesKing: No, she knows that they are the same person.
MCRasengan: Esdeath is 1 pawn due to the power disparity between her and Naruto when she was brought into his peerage.
Jackseaweedjackson: Aww. Thanks! ~
Insanemaelstorm: I'm glad you enjoyed it! I just wanted a little bit of happy slice of life fun for Christmas~
LoverOfArtemis: This chapter is a flashback Omake. I pointed this out in the second line of the beginning chapter notes, just so you know.
AAAAAAND REVIEW REPLIES ARE DONE!
I'm so happy that so many of you were worried for and happy that I recovered from my injury and that so many of you were understanding of my plight when it came to my internet. Also, I can't believe I spent like 700 words on this beginning note…. But regardless, IM BACK BABY!
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADUE!
Here's chapter 15, I guess….
Onto the story and stuffs
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Sayuri was knocked out of her trance by a familiar knock on the door; two small, one loud, one small. Looking up from her TV and towards the door she grinned cheekily.
"Is So-Taichou here for a debauchery visit? ~" She teased as her King walked into her brightly colored room.
The teen had a tired but accepting smile on his face as he groaned lowly and tilted his head back at his Knight's teasing sense of humor. This action though was halted by the familiar sound of Sayuri's character dying; a low thrum that had become infamous throughout both the gaming world, and the Uzumaki household. Tilting his head back down, he saw the half Wolf-spirit's character fall onto his knees and then onto his stomach while the grotesque creature that looked like it had a shell chained to its back continued to attack the general vicinity. Sayuri looked like she was simultaneously going to cry, and her soul had left her body.
"Ah. Should I go add another death to the scoreboard?" He asked the girl like he was discussing the weather.
"So-Taichou, No!" She cried while throwing her controller onto the bed and pouncing on him "You know that the scoreboard only counts during game nights!"
As she desperately gave her King the infamous puppy eyes, she couldn't help but notice the teasing glint in his beautiful purple eyes. Her expression slowly sliding into a mixture of amusement, confusion and desperation.
"You played me?"
"Don't sound so surprised~" He joked while lightly prying the wolf-girl off him.
"That was such a Taichou thing to say" She pointed out on a deadpan reflex "That is exactly something she would say. Taichou has been rubbing off on you" She then paused and dissolved into a fit of giggles.
"I'm incredibly glad that you're so mature. Truly. Erza, Esdeath and Saeko could learn something from you" The red head sarcastically replied.
"Oh, lighten up So-Taichou" She giggled in reply "Anyway, what's up?"
"Yasaka-san hired us for another mission" Was his simple explanation.
It was enough to make Sayuri smile ecstatically though, the girl quickly running around her room and getting changed into more combat appropriate clothing. Not caring of the teen currently watching her get changed with an amused eyebrow raised, taking note of her fit form and subconsciously checking for any differences since she had last undressed in front of him, as she raced around and nearly tripped over multiple times.
"All ready to go!" She cheered while bouncing in front of him, her hand raised in a mock salute with her tongue sticking out of the corner of her mouth.
"Didn't take as long as last time" He noted absently.
"Disappointed? ~" She teased while cocking her head.
"Hardly, we both know that I can look at you naked as long as I want" He said calmly, but the girl still saw the upwards twitching of his lips.
"True~ So why'd she hires us this time? Are we watching Kunou-chan again?! Can I go grab Millicas? Please! They're so cute together!" She pleaded as they began to walk down the hallway.
"No" He chuckled while pushing her clasped-together palms down "She's having a meeting and wanted us there as additional guard detail"
"So obviously not a very important meeting then?" Sayuri guessed.
"I wouldn't imagine so, no. Either that, or she has us there for some reason that wasn't disclosed to me. Likely a surprise factor to catch someone off guard" Naruto guessed while stepping into the elevator at the end of the hallway.
"Reckon its someone from the Devil Faction? Maybe Lucifer-dearest?" She joked while batting her eyelashes at him.
"Unlikely, she would have informed me if that was the case. Especially if it was Lucifer-sama"
"True, true. Actually! Speaking of him, how's good-ole Grayfia?"
"She isn't bad actually. During her last lesson with Natsumi she let it slip that she's finally managed to figure everything out with the divorce paperwork and handed it in. You'd be surprised how happy I was to hear that she could get rid of the 'Lucifer' name pretty soon"
"I can imagine" Sayuri said truthfully.
With a stereotypical 'Ding!' the elevator stopped, and its doors opened, showing the ground floor lounge room which was currently empty, save for the gold haired Kitsune Queen standing there while waiting for the both.
"Ready to go?" Naruto questioned as they walked over.
"Of course!" Natsumi chirped happily.
"Wait! Is it only the three of us?" Sayuri asked in surprise.
"Yep! Rossweisse is playing with her trinkets and toys. Saeko, Esdeath and Erza are all sword training and Tsunade is their stand-by medic"
"Smart" Naruto offhandedly mumbles.
"Do you guys know what this means?" Sayuri asked while quietly beginning to squeal and bounce on the spot.
"No. What?" Naruto and Natsumi asked.
"It's the OG's! The Original three! Going out into the world to show why we're so awesome!" Sayuri said in a grandiose manner.
"Huh. I hadn't thought of that. We really are the original three, aren't we?" Natsumi said while blinking in shock.
"Well…. Three of four" Sayuri mumbled, her ears filling with the sound of crackling electricity.
"And just when I thought the nightmares about him would stop" Naruto mumbles to himself, unfortunately though, its heard by his two girlfriends.
"Naruto-sama? /So-Taichou?"
"Never mind" He shakes his head before smiling at the two girls "Let's not keep them waiting, yeah?" Before they could say anything else, the three of them dropped through Naruto's custom teleportation matrixes on the floor.
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Olivia and her companions cautiously approached the two intricate wooden doors where they were supposedly going to meet Yasaka, leader of the Youkai faction, and one or more of the Shinto pantheons, representing the Japanese Gods and Goddesses. Though they had no clue as to who they could possibly be meeting, which was something of a novel concept to Olivia; who had grown up for the first 14 years of her life in Heaven, where if you were called into a meeting, you knew everyone else that would be in the room with you. Once they got within three meters of the door, her two companions seemed to freeze up in nervousness as they felt the faintest presence of magic emanate from within the room. Taking a breath to calm herself, the blonde Angel-turned-Goddess took five brave steps forward and knocked sharply but politely on the door. The knock seemed to reverberate through the three of them, the empty hall making it echo along with the immediate disappearance of the magic from inside the room.
After a tense moment, the door unlocked and was opened by a golden-haired Kitsune girl with five swaying, agitated, tails; her smile tense but nonetheless polite and greeting.
"Ah. You must be the guests that Yasaka-sama spoke of. Please, please. Come right in" She ushered them in while stepping to the side.
Once the three walked into the room, they froze at the sight that greeted them. Yasaka sat at a beautiful wooden desk with many intricacies carved into it, though despite the desk facing the door, she wasn't. Off to the right side of the door was the scene that froze the three of them in their tracks.
A red-haired teen sat in a beautiful woman's lap as she nuzzled his cheek against her own. The woman in question was one of the most beautiful women that the three of them had ever seen in their entire lives. She had straight and long, onyx black hair and similarly coloured eyes. She had a voluptuous body that somehow both matched and severely outpaced Yasaka's own world renown beauty and curves. The woman wore a magnificent black, silken kimono which went down to her ankles, embroided into the fabric was a beautiful silver fabric which created breathtaking imagery that flowed around her entire body. This would have made her seem quite formal and business-like…. if she didn't have the kimono done up to show an extremely generous amount of cleavage and slits on the side of her legs that went up to her hips. On the top of her head was two black fox ears with silver tips and coming out of the back of her kimono was 10 flowing black tails with silver tips. The woman seemed to radiate an aura of both power and grace/seduction, that was hard for even the most beautiful and powerful of women to do, as easy as breathing.
This effect, though, was ruined somewhat by her current actions. The woman had a red-haired teen in her grasp and in her lap. The teen was sitting on her thighs with her arms wrapped around his chest and arms in a bear hug. She had her breasts pressed against his back as she nuzzled his left cheek with her right, one of her many tails softly rubbing and nuzzling his right cheek. Even with this happening, the other nine tails weren't idle; all of them claiming some spot of the poor boy to cover in their warm and soft, obsidian embrace.
"Oh, aren't you so handsome~ Saka-chaaaaaan! How could you hide such a cute kit from me!?" She whined while nuzzling the silent teen.
The teen had a deadpan expression as he was nuzzled by the powerful Juubi kitsune, seemingly staring into the abyss as he looked straight ahead without moving. Yasaka nervously smiled at the woman's question while a nearby silver haired wolf-girl giggled and the golden haired Kitsune besides her twitched and her smile strained even further.
"Say cheese!" The silver haired girl cheered brightly while bringing up a futuristic looking phone.
Olivia tilted her head in confusion while staring at the piece of technology. She wasn't the most tech-savvy person in existence; having grown up in the stagnant realm that was Heaven, technology wasn't something that was largely used. But looking at the phone, she tried to wrack her memory for anything that had come out lately that was similar in looks or capabilities but only found the odd memory of sci-fi movies she had seen in passing. The black haired Kitsune grinned brightly at the camera while the red-haired teen looked at the camera with a deadpan look, his purple eyes full of betrayal and annoyance.
"I will revoke your phone privileges" He stated blandly before the flash went off.
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(Roughly 12 mins before)
Naruto and co. walked up to the doors and Naruto knocked calmly, hearing Yasaka's call from inside the room and proceeding to enter at an even pace. Walking into the room, the first thing he took notice of was the slight changes of item placement, nothing that would affect choke points or exits but certainly enough for it to catch his attention. After cataloguing all the changes, he moved his eyes over to his yellow haired client who smiled prettily at him as usual.
"So glad to see you again Naruto-kun" She greeted cheerfully.
"You as well, Yasaka-sama" He replied professionally.
"So, I'm sure that you're curious as to why I called you in?" Yasaka asked, skipping their usual formalities and going straight to business.
"Yes, I was curious" The red-haired King replied with a casual nod.
"Well. As I already disclosed, I would like you to be some additional guard detail for a meeting I'll be having shortly. It's not with anyone overly important but your group are both stronger than my regular guards and one of my, uh…. bosses. was curious and wanted to meet you" Yasaka explained, one golden tail coming up and rubbing her cheek as she finished with averted eyes.
Purple eyes locked onto her for not even a full two seconds before the teen spoke once more.
"One of the Shinto Pantheon is curious about us?" He asked, curiosity and shock seeping into his voice.
"Yes, I've tried to avoid giving them too many details because some of them are…. averse. to outside help. But luckily the one coming today isn't one of those ones" She said before cheering back up "Though, I also called you here because I would actually like you to take care of Kunou after the meeting is done" At seeing Naruto and Natsumi's curious gazes and Sayuri's excited one, she explained "I wasn't originally. But she overhead that you were coming and wanted to see her 'Big Brother Naruto'" She repeated fondly.
"We're always happy to take care of Kunou-chan" Naruto replied with a small grin.
"I'm glad. I'll also add the usual amount on top of the payment for guard duty" Yasaka supplied helpfully.
"Thank you for that" Naruto said truthfully.
"Its not a problem" The Youkai leader said before in the middle of the air, a dazzling spiral of rice and flowers began to appear, the spiral opening into a large circle. [1]
Out of the circle came the same ten tailed woman that Olivia would see a few minutes later. She had a casual smirk on her face which brightened at seeing Yasaka. In a burst of speed too fast for any of the teenagers to even hope of seeing, the woman was hugging Yasaka.
"Saka-chan! Its been forever" She cheered happily and squeezed the hug one last time before pulling back.
"Yes, it has. I'm sorry" Yasaka apologized easily before gesturing to the three of them with one hand "But these are the people that I've been working with recently. The one's you asked to meet"
"Oh! That's right!" The woman cheered before looking at them.
Her obsidian eyes flickered over the forms of Natsumi and Sayuri before landing on the calculating purple eyes of Naruto. After flickering up and down his form, the woman seemed to have sparkles appear in her eyes as she brought her hands up underneath her chin and squealed. Before any of the occupants of the room could even hope to react, the woman cleared the distance of the room and was sitting down with Naruto in her lap, her arms wrapped around him and cheek nuzzling against him.
"Hi! I'm Inari! The Fox Goddess~ Oh you're so cute!" She squealed as her tails covered him in a giant hug and she made a sort of purring sound while nuzzling him.
Sayuri began to quietly giggle at the actions of the Goddess in front of her. Meanwhile, Natsumi's pleasant smile began to tense and she unconsciously started releasing some magic as her annoyance grew. Yasaka grew a somewhat amused smile as Inari didn't even seem to notice the magic pressure the younger Kitsune girl was releasing.
"Help" Naruto uttered blandly while training his eyes on Natsumi and Sayuri and getting a giggle from Sayuri in return.
There was a knock at the door.
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Sayuri was laughing as she went through the five or six photos, she had taken of him in the Goddess' grasp. Finally, though, Yasaka brought the attention back to her with a mild-mannered cough.
"Now that our guests have arrived. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Yasaka; leader of the Youkai Faction"
"And I'm Inari! Fox Goddess and representative of the Shinto Faction!" Inari chirped while nuzzling Naruto.
"And I am Olivia. Goddess and leader of the…." She trailed off with an unsure expression before Joel spoke up hurriedly.
"The Olivians!"
The red-haired King couldn't help but feel somewhat bad for the poor girl who looked like her soul had left her body in mortification after her companion said the name. She obviously either didn't know about the name before now or didn't want it being heard. Whatever the case was, though, she very obviously didn't enjoy the name.
"Yes…. The Olivians" The name sounded almost painful for her to say.
"I'm Joel! One of Mistress Olivia's aids"
"And I am Samuel, another of Mistress Olivia's aids!"
Inari scrutinized the girl for a few moments before snorting lightly, which then turned into a fit of giggles that had the added benefit of making her even more affectionate with Naruto. Who only grumbled and turned his eyes to the ceiling, almost praying for some primordial entity to save him from his current hell. Olivia, meanwhile, was left in confusion at the other Goddess' reaction, she felt anger that she was dismissed so easily but also knew that she couldn't act on it in case Inari took offense. She was still vastly stronger than Olivia after all.
"Why are you laughing at Mistress Olivia?" The second companion asked with no small amount of anger in his voice.
The blonde-haired girl froze and was going to begin apologizing before Inari spoke up.
"Because your dear Goddess is no such thing~" She said as if it was the simplest revelation of all time.
Despite the tone she said it in, and the closing of her eyes and tilting of her head to further emphasis her tone, the room still turned deathly quiet. Half of the room looked at Olivia while the other was looking at Inari, but everyone had the same expression of confusion across their faces. Finally, the silence was broken by the spluttering of Olivia, her cheeks burning up in indignation.
"Wha- How- Of course I'm a Goddess!" She rebutted with a heated glare at the elder Kitsune.
Instead of reacting with anger, she merely let a smug smirk settle on her lips and rested her cheek on the top of Naruto's head (An action which earned her even more ire from the boy).
"Oh really?" Her voice sent chills down the three members of the Olivian religion "Then what are you the Goddess of?"
Olivia froze, all the heat draining out of her glare and her blood seemingly turning to ice as the woman's words scored a direct hit.
"The Goddess of?"
"Of course, ~" Inari said in a chiding tone of voice "What domain do you hold domination over? What aspect of reality can you call yours? What force of nature bends itself to your whims? What unseen quality of life or death can you effect with the merest glance of those pretty emerald eyes? ~" She asked as if talking to a small child, which considering the age gap, was a fairly apt comparison.
"I-I don't…. I can't….do anything like that" She whispered while curling up her hands at her side.
"I thought not. That's why it took us so long to learn of this new religion that seemingly had a brand new and unheard-of Goddess leading them. Because you aren't one, not really. It's all well and good to call yourself a Goddess sweetie, but maybe leave it to the professionals, 'kay? ~" Inari finished her chiding and explanation with a grin and a wink at the girl before allowing her expression to fall as she noticed the fallout.
Her well maintained nails dug into her palms and her head bowed forward, covering her scrunched-up eyes with her silken blonde hair. She fought to keep her voice down and to not let the shaking of her limbs show. The black collar that was still attached to her neck felt like it was burning her, branding her with the realization that Inari had all but hammered home with a mallet as large as Yasaka's legendary Kitsune form. Behind her, Samuel and Joel stood, still frozen in shock as they stared unblinkingly at Inari (and by extension, Naruto). On the sidelines of the room, Yasaka, Natsumi and Sayuri all looked at the girl with pitying and sad looks, which only increased in intensity as Olivia slowly lost her war with her tears.
"Olivia dear. I didn't mean to- "Inari tried to begin apologizing before Olivia cut her off.
"Mean to, what!? Take the happiness I've managed to culture in the last three years and burn it like those fucking pigeons in Heaven!? Cause that's obviously what you called me here to do! It was never about some peaceful intention or even mere curiosity! It was all to fucking prove yourself right! You couldn't handle a teenager holding such a coveted and precious title, COULD YOU! It didn't matter that we only have a few hundred people in our religion. It didn't matter that we deliberately stayed away from every other pantheons areas of influence and tried our best to stay to ourselves. None of it matters! Because of course you wouldn't care about something like that! You're a Goddess! Not a fake one! Oh nononono! You're an honest to god, Goddess! So of course, you couldn't share the spotlight anymore than you physically had to!" Olivia screamed, her silver wings unfurling themselves from her back and spreading out as she slowly lost control of her powers "You're all the same! None of you care about anyone below you! Despite our aging, despite our powers, despite everything!" Olivia took a moment to collect her thoughts and her anger seemed to suddenly diminish, her wings folding back into her back (she never noticed Naruto following every movement of her wings with an almost enraptured gaze) as she panted, and blood dripped from her clenched fists "All we are, all anyone is, is just ants to you, something to be ignored, crushed or toyed with on every whim you all powerful beings have" She huffed before bringing her arms up and trying to wipe away her tears.
Yasaka felt her heart ache and lurch towards the girl who reminded her so much of her own daughter after she had been bullied. Reminded her so much of her old friends and allies who woke up every night broken and traumatized by the things they had seen and done. She wanted to help the girl, she wanted to help her so much!...She just didn't know how. She didn't know how any of her actions would be taken and she didn't know what to say in the face of such blindingly clear aggression and anger at someone she had come to see as her own mother or aunt.
"Olivia…. I never wanted to- "Inari tried again, her obsidian eyes wide with horror and sadness.
"Save it. I wouldn't want you to waste your time on a faker after all" She spat before storming out of the office, the sound of the doors slamming shut seeming to break her aids out of their trance as they followed in a hurried rush of apologies and cries for Olivia to slow down.
The office was silent for a few moments before a gentle sigh filled in the gap of noise made by the angrily screaming girl. Immediately everyone's eyes turned to Naruto, who had made the sound in the first place.
"So that's what it looks like…." He muttered to himself before gently prying himself out of Inari's slack grip and standing up.
"hm?" Yasaka made an interested and confused grunt while watching his rising form.
"Do you remember the first time you met me? How I blew up at Lucifer-sama. For a while afterward, Natsumi and Esdeath kept trying to explain how I had looked but I never really got it. Not until just then, anyway" He explained while walking over to the door "I remember how it felt to have that anger eating at me, I'm lucky that I was able to calm down quickly…" He trailed off and motioned with his head for Natsumi and Sayuri to follow him "I'm sorry. I know we're technically still under your employ, but I can't not do something to help" He said to Yasaka before the three of them left the room.
The closing of the doors had never felt quite so deafening before.
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"Mistress Olivia! Please calm down! You're scaring the children!" Samuel tried to reason with his leader and only got an icy emerald glare in return.
"Didn't you hear her? I'm not an actual Goddess. I'm some lying teenager who's been stringing you all around for years" She snapped while walking faster.
"But Mistress Olivia! That doesn't change all the things that you have done for us! - "Joel tried next, only to be cut off as Olivia stopped and spun around, fury in her eyes.
"How do you not understand yet!? I! Just! Want! To! Be! Left! Alone!" She punctuated before continuing to stomp away from her two stunned aids.
The two men stayed in their spots for what felt like an eternity before each of them felt a hand on their shoulder. Looking to the middle of them, they say the spiky red hair and bright purple eyes of Naruto looking straight ahead down the street.
"Good. So, she did go this way" He muttered to himself before finally looking down at them "Ill help your wayward Goddess okay?" He smiled gently down at each of them before walking past and in the direction, Olivia had stomped away in.
"Wait! Why would you help us? Help her?" Samuel corrected as Naruto paused "You heard what Inari said. She isn't…." He trailed off as Naruto turned his head back to look at them, but kept his body facing forward.
"So? Who says you need absolute power or control of something to be a Deity?" Naruto asked, as calm as can be "She seems to have a pretty good thing going. With you guys and her other followers" He clarified "I don't want her to ruin that. Because unlike me, she might not be able to bounce back" He said somberly before turning his head back forward and walking away.
"Hey! Wait- "Both tried to catch his attention again as they stumbled forward.
Before either of them could stop him or catch up, however, the teen and his black cloak with red clouds seemed to morph into the crowded street of Youkai like they were an illusion.
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After a solid hour of following the broken girl, he arrived at a small, out-of-the-way, alleyway bar. Walking through the flaps covering the doorway, he saw the dimmed bar that only had a few people in it, mostly those that looked like the standard criminal type. He didn't worry about Olivia though, especially with the guy lying in a crumpled heap by the entrance and groaning in pain. Looking to his right, he saw her. Her previously silken hair was now frazzled and stuck to her cheeks like it had been statically charged. Her form was hunched over the table of the booth that she sat at, she seemed to be pouring the contents of a white bottle into a small saucer.
'Sake' Naruto thought to himself as his lips curled upwards into something resembling a snarl 'Of course a place like this would sell alcohol to a teenager' He thought in disgust.
With nary a whisper in his steps and a fluidity built through years of combat, the King slid into the booth across from her and nimbly grabbed the saucer she was about to down, along with the source bottle; he idly noticed the weight.
'It's still pretty heavy. Hopefully she hasn't had any yet' He thought to himself.
Right after she snapped her head down with a narrowed glare of annoyance, the other teen poured the saucer onto the floor next to his booth and threw the bottle across the bar, where it smashed quite noisily against the wall and covered it in alcohol. Both teens easily ignored the indignant spluttering of the bartender who was beginning to turn red.
"What the hell was that for" Olivia seethed at the teen who hadn't spoken a single word since she had entered Yasaka's office.
Naruto couldn't help it, and he really tried. His best award-winning, confident grin slipped onto his face and he placed his elbow on the table, leaning his cheek into his knuckles as he gently chuckled, careful not to accidentally make it sound patronizing.
"You'll have to forgive me, I'm afraid. I'm not the largest fan of alcohol and thought that its absence would make this conversation a bit easier for the both of us~" He closed his eyes and his grin seemed to grow a thousand times larger.
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[1]: Inari (IRL) is the God of rice cultivation and prosperity, thought I'd give a little nod to that in her portal "effects"
OMG I ACTUALLY FINISHED IT!
I'm so proud of this chapter! I don't know why but I just have a really good feeling about this one…. now I hope it actually does well. ANYWAY! I didn't notice but the story is nearly at 2.5K favs and 3K follows. Like, holy shit guys! You all are so amazing, and I love you all so much!
I hope you enjoyed that this one was longer than my last….4 updates, and I think this chap only just misses out on being on the upper half of my chapters in terms of length. But for this chapter, I just started writing and it just flowed out. You don't believe me? I wrote the first 400 or so words in 5 days. I then proceeded to write the next 5.2K words in two days, it also helps that I don't have to work tomorrow and its currently 11:53pm and I've been working on this since like 4pm with intermittent breaks.
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