I don't own either Naruto or Shield Hero. I just like to mess with joining the stories for fun.
Chapter 3 – Enter Raphtalia and …
Naruto followed the man to a cage and saw a wolf man. He then explained, "It's at level 75."
Naruto looked at the wolf man and saw his own level, which was 5, as was Jiraiya. He then thought, 'That around 15 times higher than my level.' He then asked, "How much do you want for it?"
The man then replied, "It is highly capable in battle, and fairly rare. How does 15 gold pieces sound?"
Naruto looked at the wolf man again and then replied, "He has an injured leg, and he is your most expensive. You know full well that I can't afford it."
The man happily replied, "You've got a good eye and you're going to be one of my best customers. I got a nose for these things. So, I have to make sure you have a keen eye if you catch my drift. Good sir. Now that you've seen my best. What type of slave are you in the market for?"
Naruto sighed and replied, "Cheap and one that I can train."
"In other words, a demi-human. If I understand right. They aren't much suited for combat or manual labor," he replied.
"It doesn't matter. I can train them to be what I need," Naruto replied.
"Are you sure?" the man asked.
"Yeah, I have a knack for training and will figure it out," Naruto replied.
"If you say so," the man replied happily. He then moved to a different area. Naruto recognized the area, as the area with the girl with the dull eyes. The man then explained, "These are the cheapest slaves I can offer you other than the dead ones of course."
Naruto looked at the girl and said authoritatively, "Raise your head." The girl coughed and looked at him with half dead eyes.
The man explained, "That mangy Half-racoon is sick as a dog and a couple spokes short of a cartwheel. I'm having a hell of a time with her myself." He laughed. The girl cringed and the man continued, "You see her previous owner loved his torture." He chuckled, but continued, "But she's not long for this world. I suggest something else."
Naruto looked at the girl and said, "I've decided. She'll do. I'll take her." She became fearful and her eyes became wide. He looked at the next cage and saw a rabbit with a deformed hand. "What about this one?"
The trader replied, "That one has a birth defect and isn't worth much, but might work for helping you. She only has one good hand though."
Naruto looked at the girl. She had pink hair and ears. She appeared to be only a little older than the racoon girl. He smiled and said, "I'll take her too." The girl looked a little terrified.
The group had made it to the man's office. Naruto cut his thumb on his tooth and let it drip into the ink bowl. The man then said, "Let's begin." He walked up to the girls along with Naruto. Both bent down to racoon girl's eye level. The man pushed down her hands to reveal a seal on her chest. Naruto looked at the seal with fascination. The man dipped a paint brush into the ink and then wiped it inside the seal. The seal became active and a purple flame came out of the seal. The girl began to grunt in agony. Naruto looked at the man and he replied to the unasked question, "Nothing to worry about the pain will dissipate soon. That slave crest on her chest makes it impossible to defy you. There you go she's all yours."
He then noticed a no named demi-human come up on his HUD. They repeated the process for the rabbit girl. He then stood up and put a bag on the table and said, "30 silvers each, right?" He poured some of the ink into his shield and noticed Slave Trader Shield come up in his vision.
The man then said, "There is two extra in here."
Naruto replied, "That is your commission. You were going to squeeze it out of me, anyways weren't you?"
The man clasped his hands together and said happily, "Well, you certainly know your stuff."
He then got down to the girls' level and asked, "What are your names?"
The racoon girl coughed and waited a couple second before responding, "I'm called Raphtalia."
The rabbit girl replied, "My name is Sylvie. Master…" She seemed annoyed.
Naruto then said, "We need to go Raphtalia and Sylvie." He put his hands out to them. They tentatively took them. Naruto led them out of the tent.
The trader smiled and said, "I look forward to your next visit." And then thought, 'So he really did choose her. And the rabbit girl too. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.'
Naruto walked along with Raphtalia and Sylvie. He felt Raphtalia's hand shaking in his. He entered Erhard's shop and Erhard said, "Welcome. Oh, it's you… What's with the girls?"
Naruto replied, "Needed another party member… so I bought a couple slaves… I need to equip them. We need weapons and clothes. Under twelve silver if you can."
Naruto was looking at his help screen and waiting for the girls to get out of the changing rooms. The drape opened and he said, "At last! Worse than Ino."
Raphtalia looked down and said, "I'm sorry, sir."
Sylvia asked, "Who is Ino?"
Naruto sighed and then said, "Doesn't matter. Draw your knife."
Both girls looked surprised and exclaimed, "Huh?"
He pulled his cape away and revealed several orange balloons. The girls cringed and he pulled a balloon away from his side. He looked at Raphtalia and then said, "I want you to kill it."
Raphtalia was shaken and replied in a scared tone, "No…"
Naruto sighed and then thought, 'I'm sorry, but it needs to be done.' He then said, "Raphtalia that's an order." The seal on her chest began to spark and she grunted in pain. She then fell to her knees. He then continued, "You are hurting yourself by not doing this. You need to go through with this." Her resolve came to her and the seal stopped sparking as she rose to her feet. She drew her dagger and pointed at the balloon held by Naruto. She screamed and charged the balloon. It caught the dagger in its jaws and spit it out. Thus, landing her on her butt. Naruto exclaimed, "Not good enough. Go again." She charged again and popped the balloon. Naruto moved forward and she cringed. He patted her on the head and then said, "Good job. Now we are going to be working together. You are going to be fighting for me while I protect you. Do you understand?"
She nodded and replied, "Yes sir."
He pulled another balloon out and Sylvie immediately stabbed it twice in succession. Popping it quickly. He nodded at this happily.
Erhard then said, "She isn't much. Are you sure she will be able to help you out?"
Naruto replied, "Yes. Sensei will not be able to be around all the time and I will train them as much as possible. I also think we can fix Sylvie's arm. The slave merchant said it was a birth defect, but I think it was broken and healed wrong. We'll be back when we can to get equipment when needed."
Erhard nodded and said, "I look forward to it, kid."
Naruto turned and began to walk out. He then said, "Let's go girls."
Raphtalia got up and sheathed her dagger. She quickly followed him out the door, while saying, "Yes sir." Sylvia nodded and followed Naruto.
Naruto was walking down the main thoroughfare and saw a man mistreating a couple of demi-human slaves. He then heard Raphtalia's stomach growl. He asked, "Are you hungry?"
She shook her head and replied, "No sir."
Naruto sighed and said, "You can't fight on an empty stomach. Let's get some lunch."
She was confused at hearing this and repeated him, "Lunch?" She then followed him to a tavern, but saw a sign that said, 'We don't server demi-humans'. She then said, "Sir?"
Naruto sighed and asked, "Now what?"
She tried to explain, "This place…"
Naruto being hungry just wanted to eat said, "Hurry up."
Both girls quickly followed him into the tavern. The Naruto noticed the patrons get angry. He smiled inside at this, but showed nothing outside. He heard one say, "The Shield Hero? What is he doing here?"
Naruto sat down and had the girls sit on the opposite side of him at the table. He looked at the girls and they seemed to be eyeing a plate that a boy was eating. The waiter grumbled, but came over and asked, "Can I help you?"
Naruto replied, "I'll have the cheapest plate you have for me and two of what that kid is having for the girls."
The waiter replied, "That will be thirteen copper coins."
Naruto put the coins on the table. Raphtalia asked, "Why sir?"
Naruto looked at her and asked, "Why what? Aren't you hungry?"
She shook her head and asked, "Why are you getting it for us?" Sylvie also nodded her head.
Naruto replied, "I need you both to be fed and healthy to help me. I also am going to train you both along with my sensei."
The waiter returned with the food and placed it in front of the girls who had stars in their eyes and were staring at their plates. The waiter said, "Alright here's your food."
Naruto chuckled and said, "Are you just going to stare at it or are you going to eat it?"
Both girls asked in unison, "Are you sure this is for me?"
Naruto replied, "I bought it for you. Didn't I? So, dig in. We have training to do."
Raphtalia began to eat with gusto, while Sylvie ate at a modest pace, but kept an eye on Naruto. Naruto noticed this, but said nothing. Raphtalia had begun to choke on the food and Naruto said, "Drink this." While he pushed a glass of water forward. Raphtalia drank the water and cleared the blockage. Naruto asked, "How's the food?" Raphtalia smiled and nodded. Sylvie nodded and cracked a smile. Naruto took a bite of his food and grimaced. He thought, 'Taste still eludes me. Not sure why, but haven't been able to taste food for years now.'
The trio left the tavern and headed to the woods. Naruto then said, "We will meet the other person in our party in a minute, but there are a few things that I have to say first. I also have a few things that I have to ask also. My sensei is a major pervert. I'm warning you now, but you're young, so you should evade his eyes for now. Unless there is something that I should know about demi-humans."
Sylvie spoke first, "Master, you look like my last master. Thus, the reason I don't like you much. Also, as we level, we demi-humans will age quickly to maturity."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, but nodded. He then said, "I figured that your last 'master' broke your arm and let it heal wrong on purpose. He then sold you and called it a birth defect."
Sylvie nodded and replied, "So, why did you buy a useless slave like me?"
A deep voice from behind a tree replied, "Because your hair reminded him of the girl who he loved and broke his heart. She also betrayed him. The other one reminds him of the one he knew was going to betray him. I will let him explain. Oh, by the way. I am your other teammate, Jiraiya and his teacher. Now first we will fix that arm of yours. It will hurt, but with the abilities of the shield and his medicines he seems to be able to whip up. You will be healed in no time. Also, both of us will be teaching you in the art of the Shinobi to broaden your abilities. Now with you both being mistreated slaves, you can rest assured that he will not mistreat you, but he will be firm on using those seals to make sure that you learn to overcome your fears and help save this world."
Sylvie looked questioningly at Naruto and asked, "Who is this woman who betrayed you?"
Naruto motioned for them to sit by the fire and he sighed heavily. He then began, "The first is Sakura Haruno, my first love and one of my teammates from my world. Looking back… to her I was only an annoyance or a means to an end. She wanted to get closer to Sasuke Uchiha, our other teammate. Sure, the guy had a lot going for him. He was from a prestigious clan and was better than I was, but he didn't give the girls who followed him the time of day and I mean almost all the girls in our class were 'in love' with him." He air-quoted 'in love' and continued, "eventually the team became stronger, but she was getting left behind in ability. I was beginning to match his abilities or even surpass them, in some areas at least. The girls always found him 'cool' and him having his clan slaughtered made him distant, but also hard to approach. This caused the girls to want to be around him even more."
He sighed again and looked at Sylvie, "I'm not using you to replace Sakura. Almost like I want to keep myself from repeating the same mistake again."
Jiraiya coughed and said, "I would tell them now. Let them judge you for you and let your actions speak for themselves."
Naruto wined, "Do I have too. They're how old?"
Raphtalia replied, "Ten."
Sylvie replied, "Eleven."
Jiraiya said, "Only a little younger than you when you became a genin. Given what Sylvie said they will be growing quickly to help you with these waves."
Raphtalia looked expectantly at Naruto and asked, "You're a hero?"
Naruto nodded and replied, "Yeah. Believe it or not. I'm the Shield Hero."
Sylvie began to cry and exclaimed, "I'm sorry! If you're the Shield Hero than you're going to help the demi-humans. Please forgive me."
Naruto reached over and Sylvie flinched. Naruto rubbed her head between her ears. He then said, "It's alright. I guess there is history. Tonight, we are going to talk and go over training. So, to continue. Sasuke had a brother. The one who slaughtered their clan. I got to meet him and well here is where we get into the complications. Back when on the day I was born a demon made of pure charka or you guys would say energy for easy reference. It attacked my village. The fourth Hokage, the leader of the village, fought the beast and sealed it into an infant. That infant was me. Now back to the original story. Sasuke's brother Itachi, wanted to capture me for this beast, the Kyuubi, or the Nine tailed fox. Sasuke left the village to chase his brother. Being the arrogant prick, he was thought he could beat a man who had years more experience than himself. While Sasuke only had at most a year of practical experience, and got his ass handed to him. He got his arm broken and put under a genjutsu or as you would call it, a strong illusion. He was taken back to the village while Sensei and I went to find the Fifth Hokage, the woman I think of as my adoptive mother or grandmother. You see, my parents died on the night the Kyuubi was sealed in me. When we finally persuaded her to come back to the village."
Jiraiya began to laugh and said, "Now that is a story on to itself. You were an arrogant punk yourself, but with how you were treated… I understand how you got that way."
Naruto scowled and replied, "Little thanks to you Godfather. Now after we brought Ba-chan… I mean Tsunade back. She healed Sasuke and Kakashi, my genin team captain. Not much of a teacher… but on with the story. Sasuke had a seal on him and was offered an opportunity to get some training from a traitor. He took it and abandoned the village. Sakura had attempted to stop him, but he knocked her out easily and he left the village with some enemy shinobi. We learned about his leaving and formed a party to chase after him. It consisted of our friends who were the most competent, but at the lower levels of skills."
Sylvie asked, "Why not send more skilled people after him?"
Naruto shrugged and Jiraiya replied, "At the time only a large team of genin headed by a newly minted chuunin were all that were available. The elders apparently had tied up most of our special forces, but Sasuke's group did run into a jounin squad, and the group with Sasuke were slowed, and possibly weakened."
Naruto guffawed at that and exclaimed, "We had to leave each member with a single member of the enemy squad. Heck Rock Lee came and helped me with that bone guy."
Raphtalia asked in a worried tone, "Bone guy?"
Naruto waved it off and replied, "I'll explain later. Now back to the story. I finally caught up with Sasuke. He had changed and was able to use his curse mark to strengthen himself. He went for the kill while I went for the capture."
Jiraiya explained, "It is easier to kill an opponent than capture, since you have to make sure that the wounds you inflict don't kill them. Break an arm or leg, instead of just stabbing them in a vital area."
Naruto nodded and continued, "The fight reformed an entire valley. He shoved an assassination jutsu… I mean technique into my chest, and nearly took out my heart. He did a pile driver move on my head and spine. Burned me with a high-level fire technique. I for my part slammed him into the cliff several times and generally beat the crap out of him. We finally clashed with me using the Kyuubi's chakra and my Rasengan against his second level curse and Chidori, an assassination technique. I ended up on the ground on my back with him kneeling and looking down on me. I kneed him in the head and knocked him out. I was spent, but tied him up and slung him on my back. I headed back to the village and found one of the enemy combatants and made a clone while taking her prisoner."
Sylvie asked, "A clone?"
Naruto nodded and replied, "You must keep this secret from others, since is an ability that I hope to teach you later. Shadow clone jutsu." Naruto had crossed his hands with his index and middle fingers extended. In a poof of smoke, a second Naruto appeared. Naruto looked confused and said, "Weird, it looks like that took more chakra than I thought it should."
Jiraiya thought and said, "Shadow clone jutsu." He mimicked Naruto's hands and in a poof of smoke a second Jiraiya appeared. He then rubbed his chin and looked at the two Narutos. He then said, "Looks like the clone doesn't have the shield. So, it may not have the weapon restriction." He pulled out a kunai and threw it to the clone.
The clone replied, "I see no warnings for using it. I have intent to use it on any enemy that shows up."
Jiraiya nodded and said, "We can use this to our advantage. Hmm… look the clone appears as a party member. Let's hope you don't create a thousand like I heard you did against Mizuki."
Naruto chuckled and said, "Looking at the loss of chakra, and mana. I can't make more than twenty before I'm out of both."
Jiraiya grinned and said, "Looks like more chakra control exercises."
Naruto grabbed his head and exclaimed, "No!" He then got control of himself. He took a deep breath and said, "To continue the story. I finally met up with Kakashi. Who took Sasuke and sped off. I met up with a medical team that ignored him, and they helped me take the girl name Tayuya back to the village. I also fell to exhaustion at this point. I found out after waking in the hospital that Kakashi had said that I had injured Sasuke and was beating him after he was unconscious, until he arrived to save him and return him to the village. Sakura being who she was, believed him and came into my room and began to beat me. When the nurse came in, Sakura said that I had gotten up and attacked her. The funny part was I was still in the bed, bandaged up, bleeding from new wounds and still hooked up to the monitoring equipment. She said under her breath 'you tell them and I'll kill you'. My crush for her died at that moment."
Sylvie began to cry and said, "I'm sorry."
Naruto shook his head and said, "It wasn't you. Your hair just reminded me of her." He then pointed to Raphtalia who slinked back in fear. He chuckled and explained, "Your hair reminds me of the girl… I mean woman who said that she was going to join my party, but lied, stole, and accused me of a grievous crime."
Raphtalia shakingly asked, "If I may ask. What crime?"
Naruto sighed and looked at Jiraiya, who nodded. Naruto replied, "Attempted rape." Both girls gasped. Naruto looked down and clinched his fists and was soon drawing blood.
Jiraiya then explained, "She had said that she wanted to join Naruto's party, but when they went to gain experience, she didn't join the party. Later she had him buy her an expensive outfit. They then went to dinner and afterwards she asked him to drink. He refused, wisely I might add. Later after he went to bed. She and another cast a sleep spell on him and ransacked him room for his equipment and money. They even took his clothes from our world. Still haven't gotten a line on those yet. I might also have a line of learning the alphabet of this world and possibly the magic one too. Seems like the crone at the magic shop is taking a fancy to me, but back to the story. The girl gave Naruto's armor to the Spear Hero and then a little later staged a fake scene about her being attacked by Naruto who was asleep. The boy had at least the good graces to not try and go after Naruto at that time. Naruto groggy and me helping him would have torn the Spear Hero to pieces." He and Naruto chuckled together. Jiraiya continued, "A scene was made by the guards and then at the palace by the king. The other heroes don't believe that Naruto is innocent. The boy hasn't been with a woman yet."
Raphtalia asked, "Been with a woman?" Sylvie blushed at the statement.
Jiraiya sighed and said, "Guess I have to explain this." He raised his hand to halt Naruto's complaint. He then said, "They must know. They are going to go through puberty and more than likely fairly soon. You are still going through it and we will have to deal with it. While their chronological age is ten and eleven. They will age quickly and I'm hoping their minds also age along with their bodies." Jiraiya then went on to give a clinical explanation of sex and how babies were made. He finished with, "Now that you know. I don't want you to engage in this until I say that you're ready. Any of you. Am I understood?"
The girls replied, "Yes sir!"
Naruto scratched the back of his head and then said, "I'm surprised you could do that explanation without going into some weird tangent, but yes I understand."
Jiraiya chuckled and said, "I worry about you Naruto and I don't want you to have any kids too soon. Also, Tsunade-hime will kill me if you get too frisky." Naruto began to laugh heartily. Jiraiya blushed and exclaimed, "Laugh it up, but I figure that these girls are going to help heal your heart and you have to be the one to hold them in check."
Naruto wiped a tear away and replied, "I understand. Yeah, Ba-chan can be scary. How did summoning go?"
Jiraiya scowled and replied, "I was able to summon Gamakichi and give him a note for Ma, Pa, and Tsunade-hime. It took about three quarters of my chakra to summon him, so we are limited in that route. We should get some news tomorrow."
The clones popped and Jiraiya began to cook food. He then turned and there was a poof of smoke. He bowed and said, "Fukasaku-Sensei."
A toad with white eyebrows, goatee, and mohawk had appeared. Naruto quickly used his hand to calm the girls. The toad spoke, but the girls couldn't understand, "Jiraiya-boy and Naruto-chan, I'm glad to see that both of you are in good health if not in your normal attire. Tsunade-chan has a scroll for you and the boy for training. She also has a treatment for the girl that you said he might choose. Ah, I see he did choose her. We also can't reverse summon you. This world for some reason will not allow it, but I can summon myself with the use of Sage arts."
Jiraiya nodded and replied, "I see. Yes, he is somewhat predictable, but he chose another. I think that both will be good for helping him and they look like they might just be able to learn our ways. We might also be able to learn their ways. After we fix the girl's arm, we can start the chakra exercises. We need more advanced training for Naruto though." Naruto translated for the girls.
Fukasaku nodded and replied, "I agree, he is advancing well. Did you do the element test?"
Jiraiya shook his head and replied, "No, I didn't have the paper to do it."
Fukasaku smiled and said, "If there is an element that you can't do. She sent basic scrolls on it. She also included some jutsu in each element for training. You can also start Sage training if you feel he is ready, but don't let him pull the chakra without me around."
Jiraiya nodded and replied, "Of course." He took the pack from the toad and the toad left in a poof of smoke. He then turned to Naruto and said, "The language magic lasts for three days and it will be up tonight. So, we need me to start to learn this language soon."
Naruto nodded and looked the girls. He turned and quickly caught the scroll tossed to him by Jiraiya. He opened it and exclaimed, "You want me to do it?"
Jiraiya chuckled and replied, "Yep, you're their master, so have at it."
Naruto gave Sylvie a sympathetic look and said, "This scroll explains how to fix your arm. I'll explain it to you first and then we can go through it point by point."
Sylvie looked afraid and cradled her deformed arm. She asked tentatively, "Is it going to hurt?"
Naruto nodded and replied, "Yes, it will. You may even pass out from the pain. Let's go over the procedure." He looked into her eyes. She finally nodded. He opened the scroll and it also had pictures. He began to explain, "Alright, I need to rebreak the bone and more than likely crush part that is angled. That is the part that will hurt the worst. We need the bone broken in such a way that we can align it for a straight arm. After that I straighten the arm and push in some chakra to the area. Not sure what that will do to you, but it will help with the arm brace that I'm going to put over the area for it to heal. Do you have any questions?"
Sylvie asked, "Why do you need to crush the bent area?"
Naruto looked down at the scroll and then replied, "According to Ba-chan, it is to make sure that those bones don't interfere with the arm healing correctly. It also said I should activate your core chakra. Is that okay with you?" She nodded. He then explained, "I need you to uncover you stomach and lay down. I will then push some chakra into you. This is supposed to activate your chakra."
Sylvie nodded and said, "If this will help me than I will do anything. When this is over. I will tell my tale." She pulled her battledress and underdress over her head and laid down on it.
Naruto blushed and turned quickly. Jiraiya slapped his head and said, "The girl trusts you. She is not fully naked and is too young to cause you to be interested. Now get to work."
Naruto gulped and turned to the girl and looked at her eyes. He saw determination in her eyes. His eyes traveled down her body and just before he said anything Jiraiya said, "Yes children look the same until puberty. Now get to it."
Naruto looked at the girl and pushed down her underpants to reveal her belly button. He missed a laugh in the back of his mind as he continued. His hand became engulfed in a blue hue, but there were flecks of orange, nearly microscopic. He touched her stomach and pushed his chakra into Sylvie. She gasped and then moaned. Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, but nodded to Naruto. He soon felt a light tug on his chakra and halted the chakra. Sylvie was breathing hard and her eyes were heavy lidded. He asked, "Did I do it right?"
Jiraiya nodded and replied, "Yes, I've heard that it sometimes has a euphoric affect upon activation. It happens on those who are older. You would not want to do it on a woman in her thirties. She would want you for that to happen again and again, if you know what I mean?"
Naruto looked at Jiraiya and asked, "You mean I made her…" Jiraiya nodded. Naruto sighed and just shook his head. He put her undershirt back on and put her on a sleeping bag. He turned to Raphtalia and asked, "Are you ready to have your chakra activated?"
Raphtalia couldn't decide and asked, "Are you going to order me? And will he do it?"
Jiraiya shook his head and replied, "I will not activate your chakra. That is his job. Also, you're too young for me."
Naruto scowled and replied, "I will not order you, but it will help you." He then noticed Sylvie's status updated with a chakra bar that was slowly filling. He then said, "It worked for her."
Raphtalia then asked, "Can I keep my shirt on?"
Naruto laughed and replied, "Yes of course, I only need to touch the area around your bellybutton." She nodded and lifted her battledress off with the help of Naruto. She then laid down on a sleeping bag. Naruto moved the undergarments out of the way and then asked, "Are you ready."
She nodded and replied, "Yes, master."
Naruto repeated the process of pushing chakra to his hand and then placing it on the girl's stomach. There were still flecks of orange chakra in his chakra. This time the reaction wasn't so dramatic. She just grunted and then looked expectantly at Naruto when he finished. Sylvie was asleep, but Raphtalia sat up and Naruto helped her into her battledress. Naruto asked, "How do you feel?"
She replied, "I have a little more energy, but I'm tired. It's hard to explain."
Jiraiya said, "Just rest and wait for dinner to be done. Naruto time to work on that arm."
Naruto sighed and moved to Sylvie's side. He touched the scroll and two wooden splints, a roll of gauze and two bottles appeared on the scroll. He looked sympathetically at the girl and asked, "Are you ready?"
She nodded and replied, "Yes. Please fix what the man who looks similar to you, that did this to me and erase that memory from me."
He poured one of the bottles into the shield and a new shield appeared Healing Salve shield (chakra based) Chakra based healing will get a +5. Chakra control boost (small) Naruto tilted his head and changed his shield. The shield became a leather bracer with the kanji for doctor on it with the gem in the middle of the bracer. He waved Jiraiya over and showed it to him. "Look a new shield of sorts. It works on healing and chakra control," Naruto explained. He then continued, "I'm not sure with the shield that I have enough strength to break bones right so keep an eye on me and I might ask you to help with it." He then pushed chakra into another seal and padded bar appeared with several scrolls. There was a note on the scrolls. 'If you want to learn healing read these scrolls.' Naruto shook his head. He looked down at Sylvie and smiled warmly. He then said, "bite down on this and I'm sorry for hurting you." He put the padded bar in her mouth. He then gently took her arm and put his hands on both sides of the bend.
The bend was just above the wrist and could be taken for a birth defect, but upon closer inspection. You could tell it was too clean. Naruto gently said, "On three I'm going to do this…" he looked into her eyes and waited for her to acknowledge. He started counting, "One… two…" and then used charka to enhance his strength. The bones broke and she arched her back. She also bit down on the bit and screamed. Naruto continued to work the arm and crushed the bone at the bend, while straightening the arm. He then gently did what he could to move the bones in the area around to align them correctly. He had Jiraiya check his work. By this time Sylvie had passed out from the pain. Jiraiya nodded and he held the girl's hand in place while Naruto applied the splints and the gauze wrapping making sure to secure both the arm and the hand. He then applied chakra to the wrap, and it glowed green. He gently woke Sylvie up and said, "Drink this." She opened her mouth and drank the potion. Naruto then gently put her battledress on and put her arm in a sling.
She weakly smiled and said, "Thank you master."
Naruto chuckled and said, "I just hurt you more. Sorry."
She shook her head and replied, "You fixed what my half-brother did to me."
Naruto looked angry and asked, "Half-brother?"
Sylvie nodded and replied, "My family is noble, but the head of the house practices taking demi-human mates as concubines. My brother was born to my father's human wife, thus a noble. I was born a few years after. My brother didn't like me nor did he like most demi-humans. I figure it was because of his mother. The demi-human children born from the nobles are trained as servants to the family. My brother despised me so much he broke my arm and made sure it healed this way. He then began to sell off the serving staff. He and his mother seemed to not be able to run the area very well and were going into debt. Thus, sold off the staff into slavery. He sold me off as one with a birth defect so that I would die in the slave merchant's cages, from one of the nobles that like to torture and kill demi-humans, or become a sex slave. I was worried that you were either one of those and my life would end. Thankfully, my fears were wrong." She shifted and winced. She then asked, "How long will I have to wear this?"
Naruto read over the notes and replied, "A week or two at least."
Jiraiya came back and handed out fish on a stick to each of the campers. He then said, "Eat up. For in the morning, we begin your training. In both levels and shinobi arts."
The four ate in silence while Raphtalia looked at Naruto in wonder and Sylvie looked at him with devotion. Jiraiya looked at him with a smirk. Naruto looked down and didn't know what was going on with him. He at this point heard laughter in the back of his mind. His anger peaked a little, but he simmered down, so as not to scare the girls.
Later that night Naruto was on his watch shift with Jiraiya and the girls asleep. Raphtalia suddenly began screaming, "No! They're dead! No! They're dead! Mother, Father, they're dead!"
Naruto quickly came over to the girl and pulled her into a hug and began to comfort her with brushing his hand down the back of her head. He also said quietly, "It's okay. I understand. I'm here."
Sylvie looked at the scene and smiled, as did Jiraiya. Jiraiya watched as Sylvie moved her sleeping bag over next to Raphtalia's. A little later Naruto was asleep. He smiled, as Naruto cradled the whimpering Raphtalia, and Sylvie had her arm around Naruto. He stayed up until morning and prepared the breakfast.
Naruto woke with both girls on him. Sylvie was laying on his right arm and using it as a pillow. While Raphtalia was snuggled into his chest. He looked up and saw Jiraiya who just looked back and shrugged. Naruto quietly extracted himself. This caused both girls to groan in dissatisfaction. He then helped the older shinobi cook breakfast. The girls finally woke up to the smell of food. Raphtalia began to cough and Naruto handed her a conical leaf with a liquid in it. Naruto replied to the unasked question, "It is a cough medicine. It should help with a cold or other mild malady. I have also added some flavoring and had Sensei try it to make sure it is at least palatable, since I can't taste a thing right now."
She drank it down, while it wasn't awful. It was somewhat bitter, but had a smooth, slightly sweet taste. She said, "It doesn't taste good, but could it be worse?"
Jiraiya chuckled and replied, "Yes, most medicines are bitter. Especially those that are first made. His first couple tries were just plain awful. So be happy I was your taste tester."
A/N: As you can now tell this is an AU Naruto who actually brought back Sasuke. Yes, Naruto has a shield based on his shinobi upbringing. Hope you like the Unique shield. It will help with healing and chakra. Naruto also did hunting 'off screen' and got several shields before Naofumi. So, he has all the 'Balloons', the 'Eggs', 'Mush', 'Medicine', 'Poison', 'Calorie', and 'Energy' shields. He has yet to run into the rabbits (Usapil) yet. It was brought up that Jiraiya did bring up slaves in in the 1st chapter, but also remember that Naruto does forget things at times, or sometimes doesn't listen. As predicted, I did receive some mild flames, and some good criticism. I do like the ideas, but I'm going on my own way with this one. I hope you like this chapter. Thanks for all the comments.
