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Guest: I kinda have an idea on some aspects of this story. Some of your questions should be explained in this chapter. The concept wasn't mine, it was a challenge given to me by someone on a discord server. I'm just bringing context to the concept. Hey, even I don't know my own mindset. It's more like I think of some idea points and then go into autopilot to get to said points. So even I don't know how the chapter will really be until I finish it.
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TO ALL READERS
I have gone back and added/fixed up some stuff in the first chapter so if ya want, go back and reread it.
Oh, and to clarify something. Naruto is 12
Chapter 2: Gotta work for it.
Pain was something that he should be used to by now with how many times he had to deal with it but no matter how used to it you are, it will always bug you.
Naruto was like that as he felt his consciousness return to him. It wasn't his body that hurt, it was his head. His body just felt…... normal. "Ow." He felt that the spot where he had hit his head hurt as he woke up and the fact that he felt pain told him something. 'I'm alive.' he remembered how Mizuki had tossed him down the pipe and called him a "demon" as he fell. 'Guess him being nice to me was a lie too.' he felt that he should be surprised about this but after having nearly every adult hate him, he wasn't. He slowly opened his eyes, not knowing what to expect but it sure wasn't the red-decorated bed canopy. He was about to get up but it was then that he noticed a few things.
First, he was laying on an extremely comfortable bed. Like really comfortable. Like if he would die here and now he would be the most comfortable corpse that had ever found eternal rest. But being alive meant he was the most comfortable boy in the world
Second, there was a moist towel on his forehead which meant that someone had taken care of him. He had seen that happen before in movies but he never thought that it would happen to him.
Third, he wasn't wearing his jumpsuit. In fact, the only thing he felt that he had on were his boxers and he knew this because he felt the very comfortable blanket and mattress on his bare skin. 'Man this bed is comfortable.'
Fourth, he wasn't alone. Sitting on the edge of the bed was a beautiful girl with long blonde hair and dazzling blue eyes that seemed to shine. And although it was clear she had a voluptuous figure, the princess dress she was wearing removed any form of sexual attractiveness turning her into the definition of sheer elegant beauty. (I can't believe I'm using the word "voluptuous" and I really hope you readers get what I mean by that last statement cause even I'm not sure I got it right)
The fifth, and final thing, was that he was in a bedroom, with a beautiful older girl, with very little clothing on.
His blush could have camouflaged his face into the canopy if he pressed it against it
"Oh good, you are awake."
Naruto slowly sat up, internally beating down his blush, and nodded. He made sure that the blanket still covered his lower half. "uh …..yeah."
"Oh good. Our doctor had examined you and could tell that before you arrived in the chamber, you were still recovering from many other injuries and we were worried if your tumble could have caused you more discomfort."
Naruto was stunned to hear this and immediately looked himself over to see if there was anything that would tell him if they tried anything. He turned his body to see if there was something on his back but after he did that, he was glad to see there was nothing on him. This was the first time a doctor or medical examiner didn't try to poison him.
The female was slightly confused at what he was doing but as he turned his body around, she could not help but look at his torso….and the many scars his body had. Subconsciously, she reached out and pressed her hand on his chest, right on a long scar that ran over his left pectoral. It was faded, meaning that it was an old one. But it was still clear to see with its lighter coloring. She had seen injuries before but they were all mostly bruising and burns that would vanish quickly. Scars like what he has were mostly seen on her friend and consistent savior since he tends to go through some of one of the neighboring kingdom's traps and even then, they would always vanish before they would even get back to the castle. Mostly from his star abilities.
Naruto froze as he felt her hand on his chest. He looked back forward to see a saddened look on her face as she looked at where her hand was. He looked down to see that she was looking at one of the scars he got from a drunk Chunin. Guy smashed his bottle against the wall before he just randomly slashed at him when he was walking home one night. He looked up to see the sad concerned look on her face. "Um….."
The girl pulled her hand back "I'm sorry. I was just….surprised to see that you had so many scars."
Naruto looked down to see the lighter skin markings he had. He had actually forgotten he had so many of them. After so long of having them, they no longer matter to him. One thing he thought was weird was that she didn't seem to hate him or show any form of hostility towards him. Also, he knew for a fact that he hadn't seen her before in Konoha as it would be impossible for someone like her to not be noticed in the village.
He chuckled nervously as he rubbed the back of his head "yeah, I've been through a lot. Thanks for …..making sure I'm ok but uh….who are you?"
She put her hand over her mouth and silently gasped as she had noticed she had yet to introduce herself. "Oh, please forgive me." she got up from the bed and did a princess curtsy by lifting both sides of her skirt and bowing her upper body a bit. "My name is Princess Toadstool Peach but everyone calls me Princess Peach."
Naruto went wide-eyed at hearing that he was looking at an actual Princess. Now that he thought about it, it should have been obvious with how she dressed, the way she spoke, and the gold crown on her head. 'A PRINCESS! What do I do?! Do I bow back? Get on my hands and knees?...grovel?!' even as all this went through his head, he instead sputtered out "oh uh….um, I ….well...I'm …...nice to meet you…..I'm Naruto Uzumaki but just call me Naruto!"
Princess Peach giggled at how flustered Naruto seemed to become. She had expected this from him since he had come out of a pipe that had, to her knowledge, never been used before. Whenever they had tried to see where it would lead, the one to go in would always come back out.
This meant that the other side of the pipe was inaccessible to any of them. But without knowing where it led or any way to unblock it, it had just been labeled as "out of order." Until Naruto had come out of it.
Princess Peach now came to the conclusion that it was a "world Pipe". A Pipe that led to one of many worlds that was connected to the Mushroom kingdom but with the way that Naruto was dressed, it could be one that only has a single connecting pipe since not once has she seen attire like his ruined clothing.
She straightened up and smiled at him "I am glad that you had woken up Naruto as I wish to speak to you about several things that had happened upon your arrival in my kingdom." her eyes moved to the top of Naruto's head as well as what had attached to your head."
Naruto was confused about this and reached up to the top of his hair. So far he didn't feel anything until his hand got to the center of his head and felt something metallic. He reached with his other hand and felt the object over but couldn't figure out what it was. He tried to pull it off but for some reason, it wouldn't even budge. This caused him to panic as he didn't know what it was and afraid that could be harmful to him.
Princess Peach moved closer and placed a gentle hand on his face and tried to calm him down. "Naruto, it's alright. It is not going to hurt you."
Naruto looked at her as if she was lying to his face but the way she was looking at him and the gentle calm feeling he felt coming from her touch, caused him to relax as his breathing slowed down. He felt her move her hands to gently grasp both his hands and lowered them, while still looking him in the eyes. She grasped both of his hands within her own as she whispered "you are in no danger. I promise you."
Naruto calmed down at her words before numbly nodding. He licked his lips as he asked "what…...what is it?"
Peach smiled as she got up, letting go of his hands, and moved over to a vanity table. She stood next to it and gestured for him to see it for himself.
Naruto was a little hesitant in seeing what it was but his curiosity forced his feet to move him. He got up, forgetting that all he had on were his boxers, and quickly moved over to it.
Princess Peach looked away as it would seem that he was more curious about what had attached to him than embarrassed at his state of dress.
Naruto got to the mirror of the vanity table and could now see what was attached to his head. Safe to say, it wasn't what he was expecting. It was a crown…..a gold crown that had a pink cushioned top. Another thing that was confusing was that it looked like it had thin black eyes on the metallic part. "uh ….why am I wearing a crown?" he looked to Peach who looked down at him to look him in the eye as they spoke.
"What you are wearing is known as the 'Super Crown'. It is one of the things I wanted to speak with you about, but I felt that it would be better if we discussed this in the audience chamber where you can learn more about it." she then gestured to a set of clothing that were folded on the vanity table. "the clothing that you had on previously were extremely damaged and worn out. It was surprising to us that it had lasted as long as it had but we felt that you might like these clothes while you are here. Your previous clothes are being cleaned as carefully as they can be as we are unsure if you have a sentimental attachment to them." she smiled at Naruto before walking past him towards the door. I will wait for you in the hall so I can show you to the audience chamber." with that she walked out of the room to leave Naruto to get changed
Naruto looked at the folded clothes and could not help but smile brightly at this. The reason he wore the jumpsuit was that it was the only thing that he was ever able to afford that can be considered ninja attire. He had tried to buy other outfits but they were always priced too high. He liked the jumpsuit but he did want to try out others. The only thing he wouldn't change was the orange since it was his favorite color.
He began to get dressed and was internally thanking the Princess for her kindness.
His new attire consisted of a simple black short-sleeved shirt under an orange long sleeve hoodie jacket that had white lining and hems with a dark blue line that started from the end of the hood going down the back of the jacket. It had two breast pockets, one over each breast, and one internal pocket on the left side.
For pants, he wore a simple pair of blue jeans.
Once he had the clothes on he looked himself over in the mirror and couldn't help but think out loud "wow. These look great!" he was about to head out when he saw a pair of socks and orange and white sneakers on the floor. Assuming they were for him, he put them on, internally smiling at how they used velcro straps instead of laces. He looked back at the mirror and his eyes went to the crown on his head. He wanted to cover it up and brought his hood up and smiled as he saw that with the size of the crown and the loose fit of the hood, it was almost impossible to tell he was wearing a crown when he had his hood up
Now dressed, he left the room to see the princess patiently waiting for him.
She looked him over and smiled "I am glad that they fit you. Shall we?"
Naruto nodded and pulled his hood down as he felt it would be disrespectful to have it up when he was with her. 'Besides, she already knows about it.' he followed her as she led him down the hall towards what he assumed to be the audience chamber. He couldn't believe the sight of everything around him and the little people they walked past. All of the males looked the same with slight changes here and there with the females looking much more different but with clear similarities to the males. As he continued to walk with Princess Peach, it became more and more clear that he was in a legit castle. It was then he realized something. He had no idea where he was. "Um… Princess Peach?" he saw her turn her head and smile at him. "Where am I?"
Peach gained a look of realization with that question and smiled as she gestured to the large window they were just passing. "Welcome to the Mushroom kingdom. Home of the Toadstool people."
Naruto looked out the window and was surprised at what he was seeing.
The kingdom seemed to radiate a bright happy atmosphere with nothing but smiles. In fact, it even looked like the mountains and clouds in the distance smiled. "Wow."
Princess Peach could not help but find his awe at her kingdom cute but they had important matters to discuss. "Naruto, please join me. We can give you a tour of the kingdom when we finish." she continued to walk knowing that Naruto would follow
Naruto nodded as he took a step back while keeping his eyes on the window. He turned to the Princess before running to catch up, making sure not to bump into any of the Toads walking by. He followed Princess Peach until they arrived at a large set of double doors that were opened by a pair of toads that stood on the side.
The doors opened to a large room with a high ceiling and a red carpet that led to a pair of thrones. There were several stained glass windows that depicted Princess Peach holding a rose with the rest of the windows being normal, letting in sunlight. All in all, it looked like how you would imagine a royal audience chamber to look like in a fantasy castle.
Naruto looked ahead to see that there was another Toad waiting. This one was clearly older with his big white mustache, faded white mushroom top with brown dots instead of the normal white with red dots he had seen on most of the other Toads.
The elder Toad noticed the two coming closer and waved his free hand as his other held onto his cane "Ah, Princess, you've arrived. And you have brought our guest. Very good."
"Hello, Toadsworth. I believe we need to tell Naruto here about what has chosen him and what it might do."
Naruto went wide-eyed as he heard her say this. 'This crown is going to do something to me? Like what?! Make me like the Toads around here?!'
Toadsworth could see the distress Naruto had and lifted his hand in a calming manner "don't worry, my boy. Nothing terrible will happen to you. Though it may be a bit…..unwelcome if it does happen."
That last bit did not help his nerves.
Toadsworth cleared his throat and began his explanation. "Ahem, well I suppose we should begin with what that crown you have on is."
Naruto nodded as he placed a hand on the crown. He wanted to ask questions but he chose to wait for the elder to finish before asking
"What you have on your head is the 'Super Crown'. It is a powerful item that has been used mainly in the royal family for generations. It is given to the one next in line for the throne of the Mushroom kingdom. And though there are many of these items out there in the world, there are specific requirements for the item to fully accept the one who wears it. There have been a few that have used the crown before but the crown would always vanish once it has been removed from their head, which I must say was a very easy feat since the crown had not chosen them to be worthy of it."
Naruto heard all this and could not hold his tongue anymore. "Wait! What do you mean next in line for the throne?! And if it can be removed easily, why is this one stuck on my head?! what requirements do you mean for it to fully accept the wearer?!" he was panicking as he heard all this and had several thoughts running through his head. 'Are they going to keep me here against my will? Why can't I take it off?! Do they think I'm trying to take the throne from Peach?! What did I do for it to think I am worthy?!'
Toadsworth thought it was a little humorous to see Naruto worry about what he was being told and chuckled. "It is alright, Naruto. We will show you the way back to your home when we are finished here. And you do not have to worry about taking the throne from the Princess. She will remain ruler of the Mushroom kingdom. The crown she is wearing right now was at one point a Super crown but after a time had become a simple crown."
Princess Peach took off her crown to show how it was a simple accessory, highly decorative and embedded with jewels, yes, but it had no special abilities anymore.
Naruto looked at the crown before looking at Toadsworth again. "so, is it just going to pop off after a while? And you said that there was something I needed to do for it to fully accept me but I didn't do anything. I just woke up with this thing on my head."
Toadsworth smiled as this was something that he was intrigued by when it happened. "Well when you arrived here, you had stumbled into the pedestal that held the crown, and just before you passed out, it had fallen off and landed on your head. After it had landed there, it shined a bright light and finally opened the eyes that you see on the front. this means that it had found you worthy of its powers and status. It was not something that you need to do for you to be accepted by it, the crown looks into your heart to see if you are worthy. To be fully accepted by the crown, you must have a 'pure heart'. If you possess such a heart, it will attach to you and cannot be removed by force."
Naruto looked dumbfounded by what he was just told. He could not believe what came out of the older Toad's mouth. He pointed at himself as he dumbly asked "A 'Pure heart'? Me? How can this crown think I have a 'pure heart'?" he thought about everything that had happened in his life and he just couldn't see himself as being pure. Not with all the whispers and harsh treatment he had dealt with
"Demon!"
"Monster!"
"Abomination!"
Naruto shook his head to get rid of the memories of the treatment he had in Konoha and get back to the situation at hand. "I think this crown is broken. There is no way I have a Pure heart!"
Toadsworth chuckled as he could understand why he would doubt since it was something not many believed they had
Princess Peach giggled as she moved forward and brought up her hand to gently press it over Naruto's heart. "There are many different forms of Purity and many different types of Purity in the heart. The Crown will see that even if you can not." she lowered her hand and watched as the boy put his hand over his heart with a look of doubt
Naruto still didn't believe it but he doubted he could convince them about it. He sighed as this was just becoming complicated in a very fantastical way. He looked back at the two and asked "you said it would do something to me, what will it do?"
Toadsworth chuckled nervously as he pulled out a handkerchief and began to wipe off the sweat he now had on his face. "well…*ahem* it will grant you a few…..abilities that you might find incredible. The Princess also has these abilities though she does not have much use for them since she spends more time ruling the kingdom."
Princess Peach frowned when she saw that Toadsworth was trying to dodge the major change that could happen to Naruto. Sighing, she chose to be the one to tell him. "Naruto, one thing about the Super crown is that….."
*BOOM*
The castle rumbled as a loud explosion was heard by all inside the chamber
Toadsworth fell over as he looked around in worry. "My word! What's going on!?"
The double doors burst open with a few Toads calling out
"Princess! Princess!"
Peach looked worriedly at her two subjects and asked "what is going on?"
One of the toads pointed out one of the windows and shouted out "we're under attack by the Koopa Army!"
Princess Peach looked out the window to see an airship flying towards her castle. She sighed tiredly at seeing this "not again." she looked to the toads and spoke with authority "man the cannons and return fire!"
The toads saluted before running off to do their tasks
Naruto looked to the Princess and asked in urgency. "what's going on?!"
The Princess moved to leave the chamber as she needed to supervise the military forces "the Koopa Kingdom has come to invade. This has happened many times before so we know how to hold them off."
Naruto ran to the window to see that there were large flying black things with wide grins falling on the town below. "The people down there need help!"
Peach nodded as this always happened "my forces are going to help the people escape. Please stay here. We do not wish for you to be hurt."
Naruto looked at her for a second before pressing his face on the window to see if he could see more. He didn't like the idea that these happy Toads were being attacked. He needed to do something. He pressed his hand on his lower back but remembered that his tools weren't on him. He looked back to the Princess who had a worried look on her face and asked quickly "the holsters I had on me! Where are they?"
"Oh! I had wanted to ask you about those."
Naruto looked to Toadsworth who had spoken up and was moving over to the throne.
"These were given to me by those who had been tasked with cleaning your clothing. There seemed to be some ninja-like objects inside." he moved behind one of the thrones and picked up the holsters Naruto was talking about. "but we had not taken them out to examine them. I wanted to ask you about them after we had finished discussing the crown but…"
Naruto ran closer to Toadsworth and took them from him. "They are my ninja tools. I use them for training and stuff."
Toadsworth looked between the holsters and the boy "are you a ninja?"
Naruto strapped his kunai holster to his leg and clipped his ninja pouch to the back of his pants. "I'm a ninja in training. And I'm going to go help the Toads down there!" He pulled out a kunai from his kunai holster before he grabbed a roll of ninja wire from his tool pouch and ran towards the balcony window.
Peach looked startled by his declaration and reached out as if to stop him "Naruto!"
Naruto finished wrapping the wire in the Kunai hoop and looked to the Princess "they need help and I'm going to do what I can. Don't worry, I'll be fine." With that, he opened a balcony door and ran forward. He tossed the kunai in between the stone railing and jumped over it. He pulled the wire in a certain way that caused the kunai to wrap around the railing and he fell to reach the ground floor faster. "YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaahhhhh~!"
Peach and Toadstool ran to the railing in a panic and looked down to see Naruto free fall before using the wire to come to a swinging stop on the ground before he ran off towards the town at high speeds
They both sighed in relief at seeing that he landed safely before Todsworth chuckled. "People he has never met and he is off to help them. Just goes to show what kind of character he is."
Peach sighed as her heart slowed to a more steady beat. She looked towards the town she knew Naruto was going to and smiled "I see why the crown would choose him." her smile slowly faded as she thought about what they were going to tell him. "I just hope he does not feel saddened if it happens." she turned around to go command her forces.
~town square~
The sky had darkened when Naruto arrived at the town. He had to help a few Toads out so they could run to safety before he ran to where he heard the most commotion. As he made his way there, he looked up to see cannonballs being fired on the flying wooden boat that returned fire with its own ammunition. He remembered how the Princess seemed to be used to this kind of thing so he figured that she would be able to handle the flying boat. When he arrived at the town square, he had to pause as he saw what was attacking the town.
Funny-looking turtles with both red and green shells. Some with wings that either floated or bounced.
Short wizard-like beings that shot out some form of magic from a wand that turn objects into different items and even more enemies
And then there were the wobbling brown creatures that...will, wobbled around
Although this didn't sound so bad, it turns out that they could do a lot of damage since the turtles would launch themselves at their target and withdraw into their shells before impact.
The spells the wizard was doing caused several things to explode or collapse
And the goombas were able to capture some of the toads and began to carry them away.
Shaking his head out of the shock, Naruto jumped into action. He ran to a group of the brown creatures and dropped to a slide, feet first, and used his momentum to kick them away with the Toad falling on his chest. Once he stopped, he got on his feet and put the Toad down. "Get to safety!" watching the Toad give him a grateful smile before running off, he turned to the other invading forces and glared. I know I'm not the best fighter, but I can sure as hell cause you trouble!." he ran towards one of the wizards and tried to kick him only to hit nothing but air as the wizard teleported away. He looked around to see if he could see where it went but he had to jump out of the way of a red turtle shell. As he landed he felt a jolt of pain in his leg that sent him flying a few feet. Rolling to a stop, he looked to see what hit him only to see one of the brown creatures standing where he was. "How did?"
"Fire!"
Naruto looked up to see one of the large black things coming at him. He quickly rolled to the side to avoid a direct impact but the explosion lifted him off the ground. He impacted a few crates and looked at the scorch mark on the spot the thing hit. "Ok….slow but deadly." he got to his feet before jumping away as several spells that came from a group of wizards hit the crates he landed on. He looked to see that four of the crates turned into some of the enemies while the fifth one turned into a mushroom. He tilted his head and raised an eyebrow at that last one "...ooookaaaay~." as he dropped, he saw he was going to land on one of the green ground turtles and smirked. He landed on the turtle shell before jumping off it and towards one of the wizards.
The wizard was so stunned at this that he forgot to teleport so he was hit in the face by Naruto's fist.
Naruto turned to the turtle in case it was going to attack but was once again surprised to see the turtle was out of its shell and trying to put it back on. He didn't have time to think about it as he noticed another of the brown creatures by his leg. The creature merely bumped into his leg and it was as if he was punched by something. This time he corrected himself and slid to a stop before looking at the creature. "What the….?"
It was then he noticed something. It was very faint, almost invisible but there was a sort of veil surrounding the creature. In fact, as he looked at all of them, they all had these veils. "Is...that some sort of barrier?"
He focused on the barrier and noticed that it encircled them everywhere except the top.
'That must be why when it tapped me it felt like I was punched in the gut by a boulder. But I was able to kick them away? Maybe a strong enough hit could do it but the top is their weak point.' getting how that barrier worked he readied himself before running into the fray again.
Naruto was able to knock the brown creatures away with ease now that he knew how they worked. He did have an issue with them cause there were so many of them. The turtles were just as bad but it was more difficult since many of them could fly and bounce randomly
The wizards were a bigger problem since he was only able to get two of them. They kept teleporting, firing, and then teleporting again. He had to keep an eye out for these spells cause he didn't want to know what they could do if they hit him.
And the final thing he had to look out for were the large black grinning things that fell from the sky. He had to make sure that he gained some distance just before they impacted where he stood cause it turns out that they followed him if he moved too soon.
Naruto kicked one of the brown creatures into the air before jumping, spinning, and bringing his leg up to kick it. Just before he did he felt his foot heat up and brimming with energy. He smirked as ethereal appendages sprouted out from behind him as orange energy surrounded him. He spun in the air before kicking the creature hard and sent it flying into a couple of wizards as the brown creature gained an orange aura around it just like his. He landed into a low crouch as he was surprised at what he just did. "How did I….?" his thought was cut off as he jumped away from another of the flying black things.
~above the battle~
Looking down at the fight of this mysterious newcomer was a figure that sat in a floating white vehicle. The vehicle was mostly white with green highlights and a face painted on the front. The thing that kept it airborne was a propeller at the bottom of the bowl-like craft. "Who is that? That's clearly not Mario since he should be in Donk city with his girlfriend Pauline. Not only that this boy looked nothing like him and he fights differently." The figure then saw him perform a strike kick and her interest was increased. Focusing closer onto him, the figure saw something on his head. Something very familiar. "It can't be!"
The vehicle then rapidly lowered towards the battle
Naruto bounced off a green turtle, getting the turtle shot out of its shell before he kicked the shell at a group of the brown creatures. Landing on his feet, he readied himself for the next enemy but was surprised to see that they all stopped attacking
All of the creatures began to back away from him which caused him to wonder what was going on. Even the large flying black creatures stopped. "What are they doing?"
"They are making sure they don't get in my way."
Naruto looked up in time to see someone new jump out of a floating bowl and land a few yards away with a loud heavy impact
*BANG*
Cracks formed on the ground where the newcomer landed and a dust cloud covered up what they looked like
Naruto readied himself for a fight as he got into a stance "who are you?"
"The leader of these troops."
Naruto focused on the dust cloud as it cleared and was stunned at what he saw.
At first glance, he could have almost mistaken the newcomer for Princess Peach but it was clear that she wasn't
She had hair a slightly more golden color compared to Peach's bright yellow and it was pulled up into a high ponytail and horns on the side of her head. Her eyes were sharper than Peach's with a sense of confidence in whatever she did. She wore a black strapless Princess ball gown that showed a good amount of her cleavage which had a blue broach in between them. The bottom portion was a short gray skirt that barely reached halfway down her thigh and a black waist cape which seemed to also have a blue broach in the center just below her navel on her feet were back high-heeled boots that went up to her thigh with spikes going around her ankles. On her arms were spiked collars that were around her upper bicep and around her wrists.
The interesting thing about her was the green spiky shell she had on her lower back and the spiny lizards tail that could be seen swishing back and forth under her skirt
This woman gave a toothy grin, showing off her sharp teeth before she spoke "Call me….Bowsette. So….. who are you, boy?"
Naruto kept his guard up as his instincts were telling him that she was dangerous. Gulping a bit he answered. "My name's Naruto. So… you're the boss of all these guys."
Bowsette smirked as she nodded "yep." she knelt down to one of the brown creatures before petting its head "I am the leader of all these forces. You really did a number on my goombas and were able to dodge all my large bullet bills. Though it looked like you had some trouble with the rest of my forces. The Wizard guys and Koopas can be a pain for many but overall, you were impressive….for a runt."
Naruto grew a tick mark at that last bit. "Hey, I'm not a runt!"
Bowsette chuckled as she stood up "compared to me you are."
Naruto growled at this as he brought his fists up for a fight. Whatever! If you're the boss of these guys, then when I beat you, they should all run away!"
Now she laughed. "You think you can beat me? Didn't know the runt was a comedian."
Naruto was really tempted now to beat her down for her continuous mocking but he was still surrounded. Much like when the bullies got the jump on him.
The bullies were able to beat him cause they attacked from all sides and he didn't see the one behind him. If it was one on one, he might have been able to win but it was five on one and they had better training.
He was able to keep fighting in this fight because he kept looking around and jumping everywhere to avoid being hit. Sure he had been blindsided a lot of times here but he was still able to get up.
One thing he didn't realize was that he was moving faster than he normally would and had become far more durable
Bowsette saw his eyes dart to all her troops that formed a circle around them and saw that he understood that he was surrounded. "Don't worry, Runt. My troops will not interfere with us."
Naruto looked at her in surprise as he didn't think that his thoughts were plain to see.
"There is something I want to ask you, Runt."
Naruto's tick mark kept pulsing at being called "Runt". He glared at her as he asked "what?"
Bowsette pointed at him and spoke, "that crown on your head, is it real?"
Naruto had forgotten about the crown altogether and brought his hand up to touch it. Miraculously, after all the jumping, dodging, and fighting he had done, it still remained there. Looking back at Bowsette he didn't see any harm in telling her. "Yeah it's real." he brought his guard back up in case she did anything
Bowsette went wide-eyed at his answer. 'And it hasn't changed him…...why?!' she clenched her fist as she huffed out a small ball of fire. "Why hasn't it changed you?!"
Naruto was surprised by the fire that came out of her mouth before her question registered in his mind. He tilted his head as he asked "what do you mean?"
Bowsette dropped her angered look for one of befuddlement "do you not know what that does to you?" she brought her hand up to her head and placed her hand on something that sat in the middle of her hair. She whispered out one last thing "What it did to me?"
Naruto saw what she had placed her hand on and was shocked to see it was another Super crown. Like the one he had on his own head. "What did it do to you?"
Bowsette sighed as she dropped her hand. 'Thought I had already accepted what it had done to me and come to like my body more. Guess I'm still a little bitter.' she looked up to the boy 'and he doesn't even know.' "Why did you put that crown on in the first place?"
Naruto crossed his arms in a huff as he looked away "I didn't put it on. It fell on my head by accident."
Bowsette was surprised by this 'and he didn't even put it on.' she then thought about what she saw in front of her. 'And yet he hasn't changed. Lucky kid.' "Well, Runt, you said that you would beat me, right? Well, let's see what you can do." she crossed her arms under her ample chest and stood nonchalantly as if he wasn't a threat."
Naruto growled as he saw how she was acting. "Don't underestimate me!" He readied himself to beat her into the ground with everything he had.
Bowsette smirked. "Feisty. If you beat me I might even call you by your name, but if you want a victory against me, Runt…...you're gonna have to work for it." 'Show me what you've got.'
~Naruto vs Bowsette~ (I played "I stand alone" by Generdyn feat Zayde Wolf. but you can choose your own battle music)
Naruto stood in his spot as he looked at Bowsette who just stood there.
None of the troops moved as they all stood there watching the two
The only thing that could be heard was the wind as it blew some dirt into the sky.
Naruto felt a bead of sweat slide down the side of his face as his muscles tensed.
A few Toads had returned to see the standoff with the invader and this newcomer
one set of blue eyes filled with determination looked into the blue eyes of amusement
Bowsette was still smirking at him and waited for him to make the first move. Her lips twitched into a wider grin "heh."
'NOW!' Naruto charged at her at full speed, leaving a cloud of dust behind him. He jumped and sent a kick to the side of her head.
Bowsette blocked it with her hand and smiled at the start of the fight
While still in the air, he spun his body to send another kick to the other side of her head which was blocked by her other wrist.
She threw a punch aimed at his face but he leaned his head back and the fist barely flew past his chin.
Landing on his hands. He brought his legs in and sent a double mule kick at her chest.
She blocked it with an X-arm guard but the force of the kick sent her airborne
Naruto got to his feet before he lept after her.
'Not bad, Runt.' She waited for him to get closer before she sent a three-hit combo to his head, stomach, and chest
Naruto blocked the ones to his head and stomach but was too slow to block the one to the chest. Fighting through the pain, he grabbed her arm with both hands. He looked into her eyes and smirked at her surprised expression before spinning in the air and sending her back down.
She crashed into the ground, getting everyone nearby to run off to give the fighter more room. She got up from the ground and swung her tail to send the dust cloud away. She saw him coming down on her like a meteor and brought her arms up to block his kick.
The ground cracked beneath her feet from the force. She gritted her teeth from the force before she thrusted her arms to the side, pushing him off, and spinning to hit him with her tail.
Naruto leaned his head back to dodge the tail and somersaulted away. Once he stopped a good distance away he tensed his muscles and charged at her. Once again he was surrounded by an orange aura with it condensing and focusing into the fist he pulled back.
Bowsette saw that he was charging up another Strike attack and smiled.
Naruto closed in and pulled his fist back even more "TAKE THIS!" and he threw the punch at her face
*BOOOOOM*
~end music~
Dust and debris were sent everywhere with all who were watching hanging on as best they could to something to not be blown away by the shockwave.
Naruto was breathing heavily as he landed on the ground with his fist still extended.
"Pretty good, Runt."
Naruto's eyes went wide as the dust cleared to show that she had caught his punch and didn't even have a slight hint of being tired.
Bowsettes smirked devilishly as she lifted the fist she had caught and brought him face to face with her with their noses touching. "But not good enough."
Faster than he could see, her fist embedded into his stomach. "urgh!"
She spun and hit his head with her tail which sent him flying. In a burst of speed, she ran after him and as he was still soaring, she grabbed his head and smashed him into the ground, creating a massive crater with his head buried in the dirt. She picked him up and had an evil smile as she saw that he was still conscious. "Tough aren't ya?"
Naruto coughed up a bit of blood as he glared at her. He slowly lifted his fist "I've…..felt…...worse….." he threw the punch but it had no energy in it so it merely tapped her forehead.
Bowsette's evil smile turned into a serene gentle one. She used her free hand to catch his fist as it dropped from her forehead. She lowered herself into a sitting position with her knees tucked and moved Naruto so that his head would lay on her lap. The hand that had been gripping his head moved to gently rub his face with the other now gently holding his. "You are a fighter. Don't ever lose that, Runt."
Naruto looked up at her as he mumbled out. "I'll get….you to say my name….one day…" With that, he lost consciousness and began to sleep on her lap.
Bowsette smiled down at him as she rubbed his cheek. "I look forward to it…. Runt."
"You went too far Bowsette."
Bowsette smirked as she heard this "oh please. He handled it well enough." she looked up to speak with the arrival. "Wouldn't you say, Princess?"
Princess Peach was standing at the edge of the crater as she looked down at Bowsette. She did a little hop into the air before she floated down to stand in front of the two. "He was already recovering from injuries he had already sustained. He was not at full strength."
Bowsette laughed at this as she looked down at the unconscious boy. "He seemed to have plenty of strength to fight my forces."
Peach huffed as she lowered herself to press her hand on the cheek Bowsette wasn't rubbing "but he shouldn't have to concern himself with our war."
Bowsette scoffed at this. "'war' she calls it. At this point, this is our usual thing. This is more of a game now than anything else. We go through the same routine, I kidnap you, Mario comes, we battle, he rescues you, takes you home and we wait for the next time to do it again. No one really gets hurt, a bruise here and there but nothing major."
Peach huffed at her as she gave her a cute glare. "And yet every time you do this, my kingdom must go through repairs from all the buildings your forces destroy."
Bowsette shrugged. "We pay for half the damages and my goombas help in repairs."
Peach stood up with her hands on her hips as she gave a stern look to Bowsette. "This became a 'game' as you call it when you corrupted that." She pointed at the Super crown on top of Bowsette's head.
"Hey! How was I supposed to know that this would happen?" She pointed at her chest before she continued. "If I knew, I never would have put it on!" She grimaced as she remembered the day she did. 'The pain…' She shook her head from those thoughts as she looked back down at the boy "you didn't tell him yet."
Peach sorrowfully sighed. "No, we were just about to inform him just before you attacked. He does not know the effects yet."
Bowsette looked down at the boy and nodded. "Tell him the benefits but leave out the consequence."
Peach was about to protest this but was stopped by Bowsette continuing.
"Look at him, Peach! Not me, him! It hasn't happened and with how long it has been, it won't happen."
"But what if it does?"
Bowsette sighed as she looked at Peach and then back to the boy. She ran her finger on his whiskered cheek and smiled sadly. "Then tell him we will help him through it."
Peach frowned at this and was against it but Bowsette was right. It had been over 24 hours since he had the crown on him and nothing had happened yet apart from the benefits. "...alright but know I do this under protest."
Bowsette rolled her eyes. "whatever you say, Princess."
Peach giggled as she watched Bowsette stand up with Naruto in her arms in a bridal carry. "Don't forget that you are a Princess as well."
"*sigh* Keep reminding us why don't ya." she looked at the blonde boy in her arms and smiled. "Thanks for the fun, Runt." She leaned down and pressed her lips on his cheek. She then handed him over to Peach and nodded to her. She turned around, took a few steps, and leaped into the air landing in her Koopa clown Car (surprised it's called that). She then looked to her troops "KOOPA TROOPA! THE BATTLE IS OVER! We're going home. Return to the Airship and set course to the Koopa Kingdom!" She took one last look at the two below her and smirked before flying off to the airship."
Peach watched as the Koopa troop began to leave her kingdom and sighed as she looked around to see the damage. She looked down at Naruto as he slept in her arms before smiling. She leaped out of the crater to see Toadsworth waiting for her.
Toadsworth looked around at the town before looking up at her. "quite the mess they made."
"Yes. it is." She then began to make their way back to the castle to begin the repair detail for the town.
"Toadsworth rubbed his mustache as he watched her leave with Naruto. "Hmm~." choosing to save his thoughts for another time, he looked to the Toads that were returning "well, everyone. Shall we begin repairs at once?"
"OKAY!"
Toadsworth nodded as he pulled out a yellow foreman hard hat from somewhere and began to supervise the repairs the Toads were going to do.
End of chapter
Interesting fact Pauline was the original girl from the donkey kong Jump man game and was the original love interest for our favorite plumber
There is no official solid floor plan for the Mushroom Castle. The closest thing to use was the 64 game and in reality, it is way too off-scale.
There are some elements from other franchises in this chapter. Just used them subconsciously
Originally it was going to be Bowser that Naruto fights with Mario coming in to save the day but as I got to the introduction of our Koopa king, I suddenly thought "one super crown was shown, why not add more." changed a large chunk of dialogue in the early bit.
I'm coming up with abilities that Naruto might gain from the super crown using a specific character as a basis
The strike kick is based on the Mario strikers game. Really fun in my opinion.
Speaking of Bowsette, tried to find an outfit for her that she can battle in but all artworks were either her black gown or a type of bikini one piece. I found ONE where the front of her gown skirt (don't know what it's called) was open so I used that for the short skirt waist cape combo
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