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Published: 18/2/2019

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Last Updated: 18/2/2019

Chapter 4: Life on the Ship

The Shinobi squad has returned to the mother ship. When they arrived, it was already night. Their squad leader told them to get back to their room. They had some rough time. But for her, she couldn't go back to her room yet. She still had to report to the captain.

The squad members were walking with Naruto towards their room. Ino changed into a fangirl mode, which Naruto hated so much. But he didn't show it. She started to say things like 'Naruto this or Naruto that'.

Others were asking Naruto how he created huge black armored avatar. He said that it was because of his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and its name is Susano'. But when they asked him about the Sharingan, his expression changed sad. And didn't reply. The squad members also noticed this and didn't push him too much.

While all the other squad members were happily walking back to their rooms, although they almost died a few hours ago if it wasn't for Naruto, Saika remained silent. He was deep in thought. Saika, himself, was an Uchiha and he still couldn't awaken Mangekyou Sharingan. How could an Uzumaki, who wasn't even an Uchiha, awaken it? He was pissed at that. He wanted answers. But Naruto didn't tell anything. He just shrugged it off or changed the topic.

Soon, they reached to their respective rooms. They were all so tired. They had a rough mission. So they quickly fell asleep. For Saika, he was still in anger. He wasn't pleased with what Naruto had achieved. Naruto was just ... Naruto. As soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell asleep.

With Aika

"Mission Report." said the captain.

"Hai, we accomplished the mission although we had some difficulties..." said Aika.

The captain furrowed her brows.

"After we had successfully destroyed the Zed's base, we encountered with a Detroid."

"A Detorid?"

"Yes, ma'am. It seems like the Zeds were working with the Detroids."

"So, what happened?"

"Right, after our raid, an S-rated Kraton, the planet eater arrived."

The captain's eyes widened.

"But we defeated him..."

Her expressions turned into surprised. She never thought that their squad would be powerful enough to defeat a S-rank criminal. That's why she gave them an easy C-rank mission which was to wipe out Zed's base.

"It's more like 'Naruto' than 'we'..."

"What?"

"Yes, ma'am. At first, our squad's combined attacks defeated Kraton. But he turned into his true form. However Naruto managed to defeat it..."

"How did he defeat it?"

"It appears that he had Sharingan..."

"Isn't Sharingan a dojutsu only an Uchiha can awaken?" asked the captain confusedly.

"Yes, ma'am. Naruto's Sharingan seems more powerful than Saika's."

"What do you mean more powerful?" she asked curiously.

"His is Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan..."

Her eyes widened. It's nearly impossible for someone who is not Uchiha to achieve this stage of Sharingan.

"How did he awaken it?"

"I am afraid I don't know. He just shrugged it off whenever we asked him about it."

"So this mission turned into a S-rank, huh?" captain muttered to herself. "...What do you think about his rank?"

"I think he would be SS-rank at his full power or more than that." replied the commander.

The captain leaned back to her chair and thought for awhile.

"Alright, take a break for tomorrow. You all had your rough time. That means you, too. Don't just always go training. And also, promote Naruto to co-leader of the team."

"Yes, ma'am. If there is nothing left, I am gonna take my leave."

The captain nodded. She saluted her captain and left the room.

At Aika's Room

She changed into her white shirt and short jeans and went straight to her bed.

But she couldn't sleep. She was thinking about what happened today. She had been many missions like that. But she had never seen someone handle something like that alone.

Her thought then came into her fight with Kraton. She would've have been dead if it wasn't for Naruto. She had heard that no one had ever survived his finishing kick. When she thought that Naruto carried her bridal style, she blushed slightly. 'What's happening to me? He just saved me. Of course, he had to carry me like that.' she thought to herself.

Whenever she think about it, her heart skips a beat. She still couldn't figure out why. She couldn't help herself. 'Why am I even thinking this? I am a commander. I have to control myself.' she thought.

With that final thought, she fell asleep.

The Next Day

With Shinobi Squad

All of them were in their squad hall which is just outside their rooms. But Naruto was still soundly asleep in his room. Their commander messaged them that she had some good news for them. So they were waiting for her.

The door then opened. And their commander walked inside. She was in her white shirt and short jeans. She looked around and saw that there was everyone except Naruto.

"Someone go and grab Naruto." she told them.

"I will get him." said Ino enthusiastically.

"No! You sit down. I will go get him." said her brother.

He then walked towards Naruto's room. Aika just sighed.

Soon the two of them came back to the hall. Naruto's still in his pajamas, rubbing his eyes, walking towards a couch. "What is it, Aika-chan?" he asked while yawning.

She became disappointed at him. "Really? I don't even want to tell the good news anymore because of you."

"Huh? What did I do wrong?" he asked confusedly.

She just sighed.

"You were just promoted to co-leader of this squad by the captain."

"Huh? What is co-leader?" he asked confusedly again.

"It means that you are the leader of this squad without me. You have to lead the squad if I am not around. Is that clear enough for you?" she asked, starting to get unpatient.

"Oh, I get it. But why did she promote Shikadu to co-leader. He is the team strategist and he will be a lot better than me."

"Don't ask me about that. I don't know. Maybe because of the power you displayed during your last mission."

"Oh, ..."

"Anyway, the captain told us to take a break. We won't be doing missions for today." said Aika.

"Man,... it's going to be so boring." said Naruto disappointedly. Saika then walked into the training ground and slammed the door shut.

"Anyway, I am going to go. But be ready for tomorrow mission." said Aika as she walked out of the hall.

When Naruto looked at the couch, he saw that Shikadu was already asleep in his couch. Ino just kept staring at him. While Inojin was starting to get annoyed of it. Metal was also saying about Youth. Sakuro was also reading a book. He remembered something and walked back to his room to change his clothes.

An Hour Later

Naruto was walking around the ship. He just arrived a few days ago. So he hasn't been to all places of the ship. The only place he had been were hangar, clothes store, their squad hall and hospital. There were a lot of places left for him to see. He also wanted to know what types of things he can get here.

He has been to a weapon shop and bought some kunai and shurikens. Some of his old ones were totally blunt. He used some money he got from yesterday's mission. After he had bought he left the shop and continued his journey around the ship.

"Kit, you got lost, aren't you?" asked Kurama.

"No, why do you think that?" Naruto asked back.

"Cuz you just left this place remember?" said Kurama as he pointed the building in front of him.

"What the hell? How did I arrive back to this weapon shop?"

"Need a little help, my idiotic jinchuriki?" insulted Kurama.

"Shut up, furball. I know where I am going. I don't need your help."

"Hn, let's see about."

Naruto was busy arguing with Kurama and bumped into someone in front of him. "Sorry." he said. He then noticed who she was.

"Oh, Aika-chan, ..."

"Naruto ..." said the girl.

"Um ... can you help me with something?" he asked.

"What? You got lost again, aren't you?"

"Yeah, I think you are right."

"I thought you knew where you were going." taunted Kurama.

"Shut up!" he shouted.

"Huh? Something wrong?" asked the girl confusedly.

"Oh, sorry. Um ... it's just that I heard something strange. Just nevermind."

"Oh, something strange? Isn't it a giant fox sealed inside you?" taunted Kurama.

'Come on, I am trying to concentrate here.'

"Okay, if you say so... now come on, let's go. We are blocking the way and people are starting to look at us."

"Oh, right."

The two of them started to walk.

"So Naruto, where do you want to go?"

"I don't know I am just looking around the ship. I thought there might be a lot of things I haven't seen before. The ship is also very big."

"Yeah, you are right. I even hadn't been to all the places in this ship."

"Really? The ship is that big?"

"Yeah."

"So, what about you? Where are you going?"

"Huh? Me? I also don't know. I don't feel like training. So I am also just like you, looking around the ship."

"Wow, that's great. So, we can accompany each other. This might be fun." he said happily.

After walking and talking to each other for a few hours, they arrived in front of a restaurant. Naruto's stomach made a really embarrassing sound. "Um ... sorry about that." he said. He hasn't eaten since the last mission. He didn't even have dinner last night. He just slept feeling really tired. He still hasn't recovered from his millions of years long coma.

"Come on, Let's have some lunch. I also haven't had breakfast." she said as she walked inside the restaurant. Naruto followed her.

When they entered, they were greeted by the waitress. She led them towards a table. The waitress waited for their orders.

"I will take fried rice with chicken." said Aika.

"One Bowl Of Miso Ramen, please." said Naruto. The waitress left them after writing down their orders.

"Ramen? You sure?" she said.

"Yeah, Why not?"

"It's not good for health, ya know."

"Nah, How could the food of Gods be not good for health?" he asked.

"Food of Gods?" she asked confusedly.

"Yeah, It is the best food I have ever ate."

"You must've ate nothing other than Ramen. Cuz there are a lot more which are better than Ramen."

"I don't think they would be as good as Ramen. Anyway, I thought you can't eat like ... humans."

Her expression changed a little. "How do you know about that?" she asked.

"I heard others talking about Ghouls. I heard that you were the ... last one."

"Yeah, everyone on my planet died when a disaster happened."

"Disaster?"

She nodded. "The Judgement Day. Humans tried to wipe out all of us using a bio weapon. But something goes wrong with it. It killed two third the population of both humans and ghouls."

Naruto kept listening to her story.

"Only my older brother and I survived. But, ..."

Naruto waited her to continue. He could see tears started to well up in her eyes.

"Detroid's ships arrived to our planet. It appears that they tricked humans and gave the bio weapon to take over our planet. My brother ... he told me to run. I was still young at that time. I couldn't do anything. One of his friends grabbed me and took me with him. That's the last time I saw my brother..."

The waitress came back and put the plates on the table. "Here's your orders..." She then walked away.

Aika wiped out the tears which were about to flow down to her cheeks.

"Soon Alliance's ships arrived. But they were too late. I met with captain. They developed a medicine which help us to eat like humans. That's why I can eat like humans now. And I have been staying here since I was 10, training to become stronger. I don't want to lose anyone anymore. But still, I am not strong enough."

"Once someone told me that 'When a person has something precious they want to protect, they can become truly strong.' That is what I believe. If you keep fighting for your precious people, you will become truly strong." He picked up his chopsticks and started eating Ramen. Soon he finished. Aika was still eating her fried rice.

Naruto ordered again. But this time he ordered two more. Aika didn't say anything but continue her lunch. When she was finished, she saw that there were about tens bowls beside Naruto. She watched him in awe.

"H-How can you eat so fast and so much?" she asked.

"What can I say? It's the food of Gods." Naruto paid the bill and the two of them walked out of the restaurant.

The two of them continued their tour until evening came. They have arrived many places. They are now walking back to their District. On their way, they were talking about each others life experiences.

"Really? Your Sensei that late?"

"Yeah, we had to wait for 6 hours for him to arrive. He told us to not to have breakfast. So neither of us had it."

She just laughed slightly. "You guys might be starving."

"Yeah ... but on that day, he taught us something important."

The girl looked at him.

"'In the ninja world, those who break the rules are called trash, but those who don't treasure their comrades are worse than trash.' That's what our Sensei taught me."

Some one then interrupted them. "You two can't enter here." The two of them looked who it was. It was a guard.

"Huh? Why?" asked Naruto.

"This is Couple District. Only couples are allowed here."

"Huh? If we don't cross here, there will be a long way to return back to our District."

"I am sorry. I can't allow you to pass here."

They then heard someone shouted. "Hey what's happening?"

They turned around and saw it was a man. "Sir, these two people said that they need to pass this Couple District. And they are not couples."

He then saw Aika. "Oh, it's commander. Let them pass."

"Hai." said the guard as he walked away.

"Thanks for helping." said Aika.

"No problem. I am glad that I meet you." the man said.

"Huh?"

"Yeah, you are the captain's left hand man. More like woman?"

She nodded.

"Anyway, I will just let you pass. But you two have to act more like couples if you go pass there. Else, I might face some problems."

"What do you mean by acting more like couples?" asked Aika confusedly.

"You know, just holding hands. That would be enough." the man said.

Naruto and Aika just looked at the man.

"Well, I am taking my leave." he said as he walked away.

Naruto suddenly held her hand and her heart skipped a beat. 'What is wrong with me? This is just holding hands.' They started to walk inside the District. She was slightly blushing. The two of them continued walking. Some people around them were kissing, some were hugging in the middle of the streets. But no one seemed to care. Everything seemed normal. They were also doing their things with their girlfriends or boyfriends.

Naruto then saw Aika was heating up a bit. "You alright? You seems a bit red." he asked confusedly.

"Y-Yeah, I am fine. I-It's nothing."

"If you say so..."

'Why am I blushing? This is just holding hand.' she thought to herself.

'She seems a bit weird.' thought Naruto confusedly.

They continued their walk. Soon about 30 minutes later, they reached out of the Couple District. Aika remained silent the whole time. The two of them stopped holding each others hands. Soon they arrived back to their District.

"I-I am going back to my room." said Aika with a slight blush as she walked away from him.

"Okay..." said Naruto. He then walked back to his squad hall which is joined with his room.

Soon, Naruto arrived back to the hall. He saw no one was there anymore. So he just walked towards his room and entered it. He then threw himself onto the bed. "Man, I still haven't been to every places in the ship although I took a whole day. What a huge ship."

"Yeah, you are right. I am also amazed how big the ship is." said Kurama.

He rolled to the side. "Maybe that's why Aika still hasn't been to all places. Speaking of her, what's wrong with her today? She has been acting weird since the Couple District." he asked confusedly.

"You know, you still need to learn a lot about girls." said Kurama.

"Come on, I have been traveling with Ero-Sennin for 2 years. Of course, I know about girls."

"Really? So tell me. What's happening to her?"

"Easy. She was missing her older brother."

Kurama started to laugh his ass off. "Really? You really think that?" he asked between laughs.

"What!? Aren't I right?"

"Never mind kit, But I am sure you will never learn about girls even if you stay two more years with your perverted teacher." said Kurama.

"Say what!?"

"Just let it be. You need to sleep. You might need your energy tomorrow. With your luck, I am sure you will face a tough mission."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever furball. I am just gonna sleep. Good night, ... Kurama."

"Good night, Naruto ..."

Alpha Space Ship: It's the biggest space ship of Alliance. It became a military space ship after Detroid had been banished. Although it is a military space ship, there were other things in the ship like shops, restaurants, sport fields, etc. In some places, there were festivals going on eg Couple District. The ship was like a huge country. It's said that previous captains couldn't even reach the end of the ship.

Author's Note:

How is it? Like it? Is it too fast? I don't know. Maybe this is so fast. Anyway, I won't make them became couples so early in the story. See ya in the next chapter. Oh, the next chapter will be a little late too. Sorry about that.

Ja ne!