Disclaimer: First Chapter
Story Start!

"So... uh... Shizuku-san... What are we doing?"

Asia wasn't exactly sure why she was being taken around town by Shizuku, seeing as Naruto was currently at school, and Kuroka was actually doing her job for once and watching over Naruto up close. The girl was learning Japanese slowly, going from a complicated language like English to a language with a lot less words in it like Japanese was harder for the girl. English was a language that was comprised of more languages than any other, mixed into a single language.

At the same time, once she started to catch onto the language, her experience with English would help her to pick up the language faster.

"We're going shopping ya know... dinner for... Serafall is visiting tonight... so dinner 7 isn't something I stocked the fridge for ya know." Shizuku explained rather simply. The amount that she was going to be using Naruto's money to buy was going to be a lot, and thus she was going to make use of her additional hands. Kuroka, no doubt knowing that she was going shopping, decided to do her job properly today for that very reason.

Asia counted on her fingers.

"Me... Naruto... you... Kuroka... and a girl named Serafall... that is five people."

"Naruto eats enough, that I count him as three people ya know." Shizuku's training had been increasing the amount of food that Naruto needed to eat in order to fuel his work outs. Not to mention, he was a boy and naturally ate more than most women did. He didn't eat the small portion sizes that Japanese men were expected to eat, he had closer to the size that European men ate... and then some. "... Hold these ya know... I'll be making Banana Nut Bread for desert ya know." Shizuku mentioned to Asia, who smiled.

That sounded delicious!

"I love bananas, they're so sweet, and easy to eat." Asia spoke as she held two bundles of bananas in the basket. "This market is so amazing... I've never been to one before." Asia looked at all of the different stalls that were set up in the different buildings.

Shizuku grinned a dark, manipulative grin.

'... not only is shopping here easier, but because I look like a little girl, people give me better prices and add in extra.' Shizuku did not say that out loud of course, Asia seemed like a stickler for being fair to people. The path of the lolita was not one for everyone, but it was the path that Shizuku chose for herself. Instead of taking her true form, or making her body into an adult form, she chose this form because of all of the benefits that she gained from it.

She gazed at the nuts that were being offered with the fruits, and rubbed her chin in thought.

"Ah, Shizuku-chan, your eye for detail is as accurate as ever... these are Pecans, packed full of nutrients.. and delicious on their own or in something. Tell you what, get a bag of them, and I'll give you a second bag... 40% off." The kind old man spoke as he gave her a rather good deal. Shizuku looked at the pecans with a critical eye, before she gained a glint.

Asia just heard the word Pecan, and that was the only word out of the entire conversation that she understood.

"I like pecans." Asia mentioned with a smile.

"I'll need 3 bags total... I'll pay full price for two of them... and how about a 60% discount on the third ya know." Shizuku gave a counter offer. Looking at the quality and price of the nuts, she had figured out that the owner of the shop had payed only about 40% of the price he was telling them for. That meant, she would pay full price for 2 she needed... and then she would buy the third bag at cost.

Basically, her offer would fully pay for the product, and the discount she was getting would not cost the owner anything that the amount she was paying wouldn't cover. The kind man opened an eye up, and examined Shizuku with a glint in his eye as well.

They stared each other down.

"Well now, it looks like we have a little negotiator with us!" The man boisterously exclaimed, giving a big bellied laugh. He filled up three small bags with enough nuts for her, and and as she was paying, and he filled the bags to the point that they were hard to close. "Gave ya a little extra, Shizuku-chan... be sure to come back whenever ya need my fruit and nuts, and grow up big and healthy!" He exclaimed even louder.

Shizuku nodded, and put the bags in the basket Asia was holding, along with everything else she had bought so far.

"This is going to be super tasty... oh... cute fishies..." Asia skipped towards a stall that had a large, very large, muscular man sitting down in front of a large tank of water with many different live fish.

*Grunt*

The large man grunted at Asia, and nodded to her, and Shizuku came forward and looked at Asia examining the fish. She saw several fish that had to be at least 42 pounds.

"Skipjack Tuna... good quality... a good sheen on those scales... you raise these yourself ya know." Shizuku didn't ask the question, she stated the facts. These were great condition fish, and this stall was new to the area. The man selling them had a body large enough that Shizuku, from shoulder to shoulder, was as thick as one of his biceps. He was a heavy and scarred looking man, with a scarf over his bald head, covering his eyes.

He grunted at her, and nodded his head.

She nodded her head back at him, and he reached right into the tank, grabbed a tuna from it, before he grabbed a plastic bag and filled it with ice. Putting the fish on the chopping block, and he chopped the back of the fish's head sharply, and there was a wet pop as the fish stopped moving.

"Eeep!?"

"Good kill... experienced fisherman... and yes ya know." Shizuku nodded her head when the man grunted. He grabbed two more fish, and he did the same to them. "I only needed 1 ya know." Shizuku pointed out when he filled the bag with three freshly dead fish. He accepted the money for them, but he gave her back 2/3rds of the money she gave.

He lifted up his shirt, and showed a red spiral that was resting on his ribs, a tattoo that showed which gang he belonged to. Shizuku nodded her head knowingly, and the man sent her a thumbs up, grunting at her again.

Asia grunted, but that was when she was suddenly given over 120 pounds of fish and ice.

"What... was that... oh... thank you!" Asia thanked the man when he gave her a small suitcase with wheels to carry the fish. He nodded to her, grunting, and gave her a firm thumbs up.

"I'll return this tomorrow ya know." Shizuku pointed out as she started to walk, with Asia following her. "That was a member of Naruto's gang... people that he helped out, and chose to follow him ya know." Shizuku saw Asia look back in worry when she heard the guy was a member of a gang.

-Later-

Asia washed the fish blood off of her hands with a slightly grossed out expression, Shizuku had already stripped the fish of their scales and pulled out their organs. She had done most of the prep work to cook the fish later on, now she was letting them stay in the freezer until she needed them. With her hands clean again, Asia looked at Shizuku as the girl just went right back into readying the next part of the meal.

"You are really good at that." Asia complimented the younger-looking girl, watching with amazement as she minced the veggies into the smallest pieces that she could. She picked up the cutting board, and put them all into a simmering pot of water, and without missing a beat she washed off the cutting board and dried it. "You must really like to cook." Asia spoke with a wide smile as the girl just went on to preparing thin slices of pork.

Shizuku glanced at her.

"Cooking, cleaning, among other things, are things that were expected out of women who wanted a good husband in my day ya know." Shizuku had mastered all of the wifely arts when she still had a family. Her mother had made sure that she knew everything she would need to know to take care of her husband one day. She never had a husband, but she found that whenever she took a lover, that her skills always did make them happy. "Though, lately, these skills are taken for granted ya know."

With many women joining the work force, the once womanly arts of cooking and cleaning were being taken over by a combination of husbands and wives working together. Shizuku understood it, times were changing, but she was happy using her skills like she was.

"They are?"

"Why make your own food, when you can go to a fast food restaurant ya know." Shizuku didn't like those either, places that served such unhealthy food were insults to her cooking skills. She had spent hundreds of years to perfect her cooking, and many times men would just get something fast to eat, and ruin their appetites. "Cooking used to be a sacred art, and restaurants were places for travelers to have a good meal, or for those without wives ya know." She remembered the old days well.

"So... a Mizuchi is..." Asia didn't know, from Shizuku's human looking form, what she was suppose to make of her.

"Depends on who you ask... we're sometimes called dragons, sometimes water gods by the humans who prayed to us... we're closer to water serpents though... or snakes ya know." Shizuku didn't mind talking with Asia as she worked. Usually she only had Kuroka for company, and it was a hassle keeping that woman away from the food before it was done. Asia was a nice girl to talk to, and she had a curiosity that was refreshing. Naruto kind of accepted things for what they were, and didn't ask a ton of questions once he had the basics. Asia was more interested in learning stuff, for the sake of learning, which was nice for a change.

Not to mention, she was helpful, which made everything easier.

"I'm going to let this simmer for awhile... now lets do some cleaning ya know." Shizuku clapped her hands together, satisfied with what she had done so far. Cooking was a combination of skill and patience. "I haven't had the chance to give this place a good dusting, so we'll start with that ya know." Shizuku knew the place was clean, but it wasn't the kind of spotless that she wanted it to be. She still had 2 or 3 hours until Naruto got back to the house, so she would make it spotless by then, and then finish her cooking.

There was a knock at the door.

"I've got it." Asia said as she rushed over to the door, opening it without even a second thought.

"Naru-tan, I've come to play!" Serafall jumped into the room, and wrapped her arms around Asia. She pulled the poor girl into her breasts, practically suffocating her. "I brought costumes to try on, and a new DVD box set we can binge together, oh, and SNACKS!... You growing your hair out Naru-tan?" Serafall looked down and saw a head of very long blonde hair coming from her cleavage. She blinked, before she pulled the blonde out of her boobs, and saw it was a girl that wasn't Naruto. "Whoopsie, thought you were Naru-tan... sorry, I'm Serafall Leviathan, like the best magical girl ever." Serafall introduced herself, picking up her bags from outside and bringing them in. She looked around and appreciated the new house Naruto lived in.

Shizuku rolled her eyes.

"That girl you almost killed is Asia, Naruto isn't here yet... take a seat... and don't break anything ya know." Shizuku figured that Asia would keep Serafall company, so she would start cleaning alone then.

Usually Naruto was around to distract her.

-With Naruto-

"Seriously... I bet I can make you regret pulling that out."

Naruto stared down the barrel of a gun, eyes set in a firm glare with Kuroka riding on his shoulder in cat form. He was surrounded by men, each holding weapons and prepared to fight to kill. He had a gun pointed right between his eyes, with his gazing into the man's own. Naruto was just calming playing with the yo-yo in his hands, before he sprung into actions the second the man's finger twitched even a little.

*Snap*

"So... want to pull the trigger?" Naruto asked the man, his arm snapped like a twig with his gun pointed at his own face. Naruto had broken his arm, and twisted it without letting him drop his gun. Pushing him to his knees, Naruto stomped his foot on his hand, and broke all of his fingers around the gun. Naruto used his yo-yo to grab the nearest guy with a gun's hand, and jerked him off his feet as he ducked when bullets started to fly. One of the bullets did hit him in the shoulder, and everything went silent as Naruto looked at his bleeding shoulder.

The men started to sweat a little as Naruto shattered the one he grabbed's teeth with a single punch, and he glanced at each of them and stuck his fingers into his shoulder, ripping the bullet out and throwing it on the ground.

"... We fucked up."

Naruto pulled a second yo-yo out of his pocket, and his eyes narrowed in anger.

"Every gang knows, that I won't use lethal force if they don't... common courtesy. You don't use guns, I don't put you into the hospital for long-term treatment... make everything fair ya know." Naruto could fell Kuroka jump off his shoulder, and prepared to watch the coming bloodshed.

"Wait... there are 30 of us, with guns, why are we scared of a little br-"

He, and the three men nearby him were all knocked unconscious, all of their visible teeth knocked out of their mouths as a flurry of yo-yo attacks hit them before he could even finish that sentence. The men all saw Naruto in position, catching the yo-yo's in his hands, glaring at all of them as he returned gave a savage grin. Naruto looked at his weapons of choice, and watched the actions of each and every man around him.

"What guns?" Naruto asked as he stood up straight, and as one, all of them men saw that their gun's hand metal wire around them, attacked to Naruto's yo-yos. Naruto yanked his hands up, and removed the guns from them with one motion. Turning them small armed gang, into a bunch of soon-to-be victims. "So, what brings you low-life thugs into my territory... answer that, and I'll let you keep some of your teeth." Naruto crossed his arms at the now weaponless gang.

They pulled out handles, and swords made of light formed out of them.

"You have a girl our master wants... and you'll give her to us... Asia Argento."

-15 Minutes Later-

"He... he took us all down with yo-yos..." The last man standing wasn't even standing, he was on his knees with blood streaming from his nose, and coming out of his mouth. He had most of the teeth in his mouth shattered, and it was just luck he wasn't knocked out. Naruto was sitting across from him, using one of the knocked out him as a chair, playing with a blood covered yo-yo. Kuroka jumped back onto his shoulder, a more gleeful look on her face. Naruto got up and walked over to him, grabbing him by the hair, and jerked him up.

Naruto glared into his eyes.

He slammed his forehead into the man's face, knocking him out cold and covering Naruto's face in his blood.

-At Naruto's House, Later-

"Dear Lord, Naruto are you okay!?" Asia shouted when Naruto came into the house, completely cover in blood, and a decent amount of blood that was dripping from his arm onto the floor. Shizuku looked at the blood on the carpet, already thinking on how she was going to get that out before it could stain. Naruto took off his jacket, and showed the majority of the blood was not his own. He raised an eyebrow when Asia's hands glowed green, two small rings appearing on them, and she located his bullet hole and started to heal him.

Shizuku was already on the scene, getting blood out of the carpet.

"What happened!? Who hurt Serafall's little man!? I'm going to twinkle them out of existence!" Serafall huffed and puffed when she saw his injury, not even blinking at Asia using a Sacred Gear to heal his wound.

Naruto snorted, and he tossed a bag onto the ground, with it opening to show all of their weapons. Their strange guns, and their sword handles, all of them turned off of course. Most of them were covered in blood, but they were no longer an issue. He had made sure to steal all of their weapons, so that they didn't get the wise idea to try and get revenge with them.

"They weren't anything special... they relied way too much on these trinkets... weird weapons. I already beat them up... I'm going to take a bath and get this clean. Feels gross being covered in blood." Naruto pat Asia on the head, not telling her that the men had been after her. She would worry too much if she knew he got hurt protecting her, so it was best just to keep it a secret from her until she could handle it better.

Anyway, dinner smelled great, and he didn't want to make her too miserable to enjoy it with them.

Chapter End!
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