"Just so you know, it's not like I lost okay? I was just… hungry, yeah, hungry."

"Ugh… I felt as if I have just experienced the biggest epiphany in my whole entire life right now…"

Naruto is NOT a sore loser. He is not. If he lost, then he lost. If he won, then he won. But there are circumstances in a fight, especially when one were to be raised in a ninja environment. Basically, ninja, they cheat. They are dirty little fuckers who do nothing except to follow orders and kill. Naruto, no matter how he dislikes that statement, has to agree with that.

Being a ninja for him is the most special and scariest decision that he has ever made in his life. It's special because, well, he is now a ninja. He gets paid, he gets to travel, he gets to put his abilities to use and it's better than to just work manual labor like most of the civilians do. But it can also be scary because of the risk that he must take.

A ninja's job is to kill. If you can't kill, you'll be the one killed instead. He knows this very well, he has accepted it when he decided to become a ninja. His instructors at the academy reminded him every day that a ninja, no matter what rank or position you are, will have to kill in the end. It is something inevitable, if one could say.

But back to losing. He isn't particularly keen on losing, he tries his best and his all to not lose in combat at all cost. That would just be plain suck. That's why he trains, he developed his own way of fighting, his own style. Where other ninjas chose to rely on jutsus or other forms of nin, gen, tai, or even ken jutsus, he combined all of them into one.

Currently inside the dining room of Alice's house, he is eating a bowl full of soup. He is not sure what's the content of the soup is, but it's damn good. The male blonde looks away from the staring woman, but his hand is still feeding his mouth full of soup. "But I must admit, if used properly, danmaku could be pretty cool."

"Cool? Not awesome?" the other blonde teased, emitting nothing from the male.

"Hey, it takes more than killer dolls to be marked as awesome in my books. If you could like… create something from nothingness then we'll talk more." Shrugged the blonde shinobi, finishing his soup. He looked outside the window that is available inside the dining room. It's getting late outside, he better go back to the human village.

Getting out from his chair, Naruto is ready to leave. "Well, thanks for the fight and the food doll face. I'll make sure to visit some other time." But as he was just about to excuse himself out from the house, he was stopped in mid-way through.

"Wait. Aren't you still going to ask me where does Yakumo Yukari live?" Alice asked, making sure if he hadn't forget the main reason as to why he's here. She enjoyed the fight and all, not to mention that she could also learn some things from the male, but if he were to leave forgetting whatever information that she had told him, it will only be useless.

Naruto waved her question off. Crossing his arms with a thinking expression on his face, Naruto said. "Hm… after some thinking, finding this gap woman isn't as easy as I thought it would be."

'Well duh…' the puppeteer thought with a drop of sweat.

"So, I'll be exploring instead." He clasped his hands in excitement. A grin appeared on his face, and his eyes seem to have doubled on the brightness effect. "Any suggestion as to where I'll go? I know the human village already, and I don't want to go there just yet." He said to Alice.

"Hmm…" thinking, Alice is trying to come up with a place where Naruto could visit. Suggesting outsiders to go to dangerous places like – actually, scratch that. The Forest of Magic IS a dangerous place, and Naruto is the type of person who can take care of himself. She's sure that he won't mind getting into a little scuffle or two with some random Youkai. In any case, it is the Youkai that she'll pity, not the man. She could put up with the boy's fighting, but not on his attitude. In all honest opinion, he is like Marisa and that Celestial girl combined. Both stupid and stubborn.

"There is a place called the Bamboo Forest of The Lost. It should be an interesting place to go for sightseeing, but as the name suggests, you will get lost the moment you step foot inside of the forest." With a teasing smile, she shifts her sitting position. "Though I'm sure that a person like you won't have any trouble in finding his way back home, right?"

At that, Naruto scoffed. Shaking his head, he gave the doll maker an annoyed glare. "Don't patronize me." His reaction only caused the woman's smile to stretch wider. This annoyed the male blonde even further. Sighing, he got no choice. "Well, I'll be sure to visit the place. But I swear doll face, if I won't be back and it's all because of a stupid reason of getting lost… I know who to blame."

Alice raised her hands in defense, though that does not erase the teasing smile on her face. "Oh, I am merely suggesting you for a place to visit. The choice whether you will go there or not is entirely up to you. You can't blame me for something that I was asked to do, right? Especially if the person is the one who asks for the suggestion himself."

"Urgh… f-fine." The boy huffed, admitting defeat. "I'll visit the place. Then, excuse me and thank you for the food."

"Y-Yeah, please, let me see you out."

Walking Naruto to her door, she soon later says her goodbye to the young human. Closing the door, Alice sighed for unknown reasons. If she has to admit, Naruto is probably the most different and eccentric human she has ever meet. Not even Reimu and Marisa is that… blunt… when it comes to talking. Okay, maybe Reimu is, but it's different.

Deciding that she had enough of the day, she turned in early to her bed.

"Dai-chan, c'mon! We need to meet up with Wriggle-chan so that we can catch some fireflies tonight!"

"E-Eh wait for me Cirno-chan!"

Everyone knows of the ice fairy. She is considered to be a nine ball or an idiot. Just like any other fairies, she looks just like a child. Her stature short and face round. Aside from being an idiot or a nine ball, she is also the self-proclaimed strongest being in Gensokyo. For her, every day is a play day. There are also times where she must attend school, or else Keine-sensei will head-butt her into next week.

Still. That doesn't stop the ice fairy to play with her friend, Daiyousei. Or Dai-chan, as she would like to her.

The blue haired, boisterous ice fairy swoosh down, her flight in a joyed daze. Her friend, a green haired fairy with a pair of dragonfly like wings, follows from behind, her thought concerned for her easy going friend. "Wait up Cirno-chan!" Daiyousei shouted, intending for her friend to wait for her. But as usual, it takes more than just words to keep her friend to a stop.

"Ahaha! Come on Dai-chan, Wriggle's house not far from here." She suddenly slows down, her face transforming from bright joy to confusion. "…right?" then returns the previous expression. She points her finger to the dark and starless sky, as if ready to take on the world any second. "Who cares? We'll get there in no time!"

"M-Moh! Cirno-chan, wa~it, we'll get really lost if we don't know where to go. Keine-sensei will head-butt us…" the green haired fairy uttered the last particular part fearfully. She has trauma when it comes to their friendly, yet scary sensei. When she is in a good mood, she is really nice. But whenever they do something wrong, she'll head-butt them altogether. Who can head-butt four people at the same time anyway?

The ice fairy's face went bitter as soon as she heard the words 'head' and 'butt'. Like her friend, she isn't so keen on getting knocked out unconscious into next week. "Urk… eh… eh… well whatever! We'll go to Wriggle's house anyway, we'll be safe because Aye'm the strongest!" she did a fist pump, her small fist piercing the air.

Daiyousei could only sigh, knowing better that there's no helping Cirno when it comes to situations like these… seriously, she had been questioning herself, why is she hanging around with Cirno? The scariest part is that she doesn't know the answer herself. So, she tries to avoid thoughts like these. Knowing that it would only hinder her. Shaking her head to clear it off from the unwanted thoughts, the green haired fairy began floating towards her friend.

"Cirno-chan. Don't you think that we are already lost…?" she looked around, finding herself in an environment that even she is alien with. There are tall bamboos all over the place, they grow as if they are grass. Technically, they are, but it is unknown to the green haired fairy. This must be the rumored 'Bamboo Forest of The Lost'. The name itself triggers Daiyousei's panic. "M-Maybe we should return, it's dark already anyway…"

However for Daiyousei, Cirno isn't exactly easy to convince. "Psh! It's fine. Aye have a really great eye, we won't get lost even if it's in the dark." The ice fairy simply brushes off her friend's worry with a giant grin. "And it's night, everyone's asleep, so we won't really meet any bad Youkais around."

Still, Cirno's words did not ease Daiyousei up one bit. Knowing that Daiyousei has no other choice but to trust her best friend, she nodded and sighed. "I guess it's fine… but we better move now, this place is scary…"

"I don't know where we should go though." Cirno declared without the slightest bit of shame.

"Cirno-chan!" forget about it, she's really panicked right now. Daiyousei, not really used to being outside late at night, panicked. Her legs are quivering and her mind's filled to the brim with nothing but worry. She was warned by Keine-sensei to never enter the bamboo forest, it will only cause herself trouble. People get lost here, as if the name itself wasn't enough.

While the green haired fairy is panicking, Cirno looked around with her palm over her eyes and her eyes narrowed. "Hm… Aye can't really see…"

"B-But you say that-"

"No worries! Aye'll just fly and look where we are supposed to go!" Before Daiyousei could stop her literally ice cold friend, Cirno was already halfway to the top of bamboo. She eventually reached the top, where she does indeed have gotten a wider view of things. But even if she can see the whole place from up here, she can't see any single pathways due to them possibly being covered by these bamboos.

"Cirno-chaaaaan! Don't go without me!" the other fairy wailed pathetically from behind. She can't really stand being alone.

"Shh Dai-chan!" Cirno signals her friend to be silent. "Aye'm trying to look for Wriggle's house right now…" Daiyousei isn't exactly convinced since there aren't even any pathways around for them to look at. The night is cold, though maybe it's just because of winter. Being close with Cirno has some perks of its own. For example, due to Cirno producing cold everywhere she goes, she had somehow developed a strong resistance towards the element. Though it's not exactly useful when it's summer, but it sure is handy when it's winter.

With nothing to do, Daiyousei decided to help her friend by looking around. As expected, nothing is of the ordinary. Bamboos… snows… bamboos… snows… the moon… oh look a phoenix.

…

…

A PHOENIX?!

"Cirno-chan watch ou-!"

With Naruto at the same time…

"Fuck!" the blonde haired shinobi cursed when he limps his way to a nearby tree. Blood was pouring from all over his body. His legs, his chest, his sides and his hands… doll face did a number on him, but he too can tell that she took quite the damage. The bandages that Alice gave him are beginning to get soaked in blood. He hates it when things don't go his way. Still, this is nothing. He has suffered worse after all.

Taking a huge breath in, he begins to feel fine already. Though he can't exactly run or anything, jumping through the trees using chakra won't be a problem for him. As for his wounds, his regeneration should kick in soon. Maybe sooner, depending on a certain somebody's mood. Shaking his head to take his mind off from things, the blonde then continues his walk towards the direction that Alice told him.

…

Wait…

"GOD FREAKING DAMMIT!" he forgot to ask the woman for directions! How stupid of him! The blonde ninja kneeled in despair over his own idiocy. Sometimes people are right, he is an idiot. He'll just hope that he won't be lumped in with another idiot.

He suddenly heard a really loud sneeze.

"Ungh… no use in being here, might as well just return to the human village and find an inn or something." He opened his wallet, a small clip wallet in a shape of a frog. "Still have money and I better be spending it soon on food and housing." He couldn't exactly camp outside in the wilderness. After learning about Youkais and whatnot? No thank you. The blonde looked around, he finds himself in another place. This place is really narrow, as it is surrounded by tall bamboos all over.

This must be it. The place that Alice mentioned, the bamboo forest of the lost. "Huh… maybe my sense of direction isn't bad after all." He muttered to himself. The place is dark, it's already late at night. He should be getting sleepy, but he isn't. Though he arrived at his destination, he really needs to be careful to not get 'lost' in place with a name as obvious as he suggest. But knowing his shitty luck, he knows that's impossible.

After walking for what seems to be eternity, he gets deeper and deeper into the forest. The deeper he walks, the darker it gets. He has no problems with the dark. In fact, it's beneficial for him if he were to encounter Youkais. Well, he would try to take them on. But if that doesn't work, there is always a strategical retreat.

"I won't go anywhere like this." The teen looked up, seeing the moon and its ever bright light. "Hm… could use a vantage point." He bent his legs slightly, before jumping to one of the many bamboos up there. Using his ninja trained skill to get to the tallest bamboo shoot there is, he reached the top with ease, using chakra to prevent from falling. Perched up on top of the bamboo shoot gives him great visibility of the area he's seen.

"Wow…" he whistled. "This place is really something." Seeing from a tall vantage point gives him a clear look on how this bamboo forest of the lost looks like. He may not have the ability to fly, but who says that you need to fly to reach high places? Speaking of places, this place is like a thick shrub of bamboo. There are a lot of bamboos here, he could even walk on top of them casually with little trouble.

In the middle of his sightseeing, an explosion occurred not too far from here. Like what normal people would do, he immediately look on the direction where the explosion occurred. Smoke is visible, and more explosion follows. He can't quite see who or what is causing the explosion, but something tells him that he's going to be involved in matters that are going to be troublesome for him.

"Meh, who the fuck cares."

"Hohoho… My immortal enemy Mokou," a voice, seemingly precious like a pearl necklace, stretched out in amusement. Her voice, while soft, is taunting. Though humor is laced within them, she really meant everything she said. Her eyes, peerless black like the embodiment of night itself is truly breathtaking. Her hair, as gentle and fragile as the finest silk is akin to that of a waterfall. Her skin, as white and pale as the moon makes a beautiful, if not perfect, contrast with her hair. Though her face, while charming, clearly reflects her true intentions.

"You damn whore…" an angry voice snarled out, her fury rivaling the Gods themselves. "I promised and I ain't going to take back what I said…" with furious red eyes, she became fire itself. "I will kill you and I will make your life miserable." She exploded, taking on the form of a giant, majestic bird. The symbol of immortality, the phoenix. "Kaguya!"

Her shout is laced in fury, and fire came soaring down from the heavens as if to support her very ideal. The other woman, the sheer embodiment of beauty herself, is still. It's as if she is used to seeing and facing this kind of scene before. Her face and expression, did not change. It seems that she has taken joy at seeing the other woman's raged and furious state, it's her drug, it's her ecstasy. With a smile that could be called lunatic, she pulled out a jeweled branch from her sleeves.

"Hmph, still as direct as ever aren't you, Mokou-tan?" she taunted, angering the other woman further.

"Don't you… screw with me!" as if the sun is present itself, the cold winter night began to grow hot. The sheer amount of heat that Mokou produced melts everything at least five meters away from her. The ice melts, the bamboo shoots burn, and snowflakes ceased to exist from the raw anger that Mokou is producing.

The black haired beauty, Kaguya, remains unfazed. She simply dodged, swiping her stance to the left and to the right. The flames managed to graze her hair, causing them to burn. But it soon extinguishes, due to the snow. What is weird, to the normal eyes, is that her hair regrew. It's almost as if she's regenerating her hair at a fast rate. Despite all that, she still managed to look beautiful throughout the entire process. She is truly befitting for the title of a Princess. A Princess, after all, is someone that managed to look beautiful in all situation.

Having enough of her fellow immortal's doing, she raised her jeweled branch. Beautiful, ornate like, jewels sized orbs began to appear. They soon spread out in a perfect pattern, almost uniformly. They caused the nearby bamboo to be made into splinters, the ground was nothing but a small crater. The Princess's streak did not stop there, she raised her branch even higher, taking pride in what she is doing.

"Come now little Mokou-tan, is that everything you have? You were a lot stronger in our last fight… does being dead makes you weaker?"

"Shut… Up!" Mokou's world exploded into fire, every single particle around her is nonexistent. Carbon, oxygen and even the moisture of water in the air is reduced into nothingness by her flames. With flames around her, akin to that of a protective cloak, Mokou glared daggers at her black haired counterpart. "Immortal: Fire bird –Flying Phoenix!" Red flaming orbs began to appear behind her as if the representation of her fury. They are highly lethal, if not a little bit of overkill. "This is it Kaguya!" she shouted, shooting all fiery orbs towards the black haired woman. "As long as you live… my flame will never die!"

The Princess clicked her tongue at how things have become. Tonight was supposed to be an easy night. Looks like getting her angry was a bad plan after all. Her calm expression returned. She took flight, skillfully and gracefully dodging all of the existing flaming bullets. Not a single scratch on her, nor there are burns. She looked so entrancing even while fighting.

"Hmph. Still as weak as ever. I shall show you what true strength is like!" the Princess pulled out a necklace from her other sleeve and with it, comes a sight that is both painful and beautiful at the same time. "Divine Treasure: Brilliant dragon bullet!" flurry of lasers and colorful orbs came at Mokou intimidatingly. The lasers seemed to have come in all directions, though the orbs are easier to follow. But memory serves Mokou at its best, knowing that her mind memorizes the wench's entire attack pattern.

The thing to know about fighting someone over and over again for thousands of years is that they will always increase the power behind their attacks. Thought their attack pattern might be different, it all comes down to how much power the user used to execute the attack. For Mokou, dodging is not a problem. It's keeping herself restrained, that's the problem. The last time she went berserk, is when she burned down nearly half of the bamboo in the forest. Fortunately, the bamboos here grow fast. So there's no reason to hold back. Still, she is not looking forward to get… 'possessed' again.

The two women exchange their words for Danmaku, choosing Gensokyo's preferable method of 'talking'. While unknown to them, there are eyes watching over them.

Unwanted eyes…

"…Status report."

"The both of them are going all out sir. We managed to detect an energy source from both of them but it is different than ours."

"Hm… something other than chakra…?" the voice muttered out in wonder.

"What is your orders sir?"

"We observe. The people here will be a major threat sooner or later. As soon as we find the Rogue, there's no guarantee that we won't be fighting one or two of them." the captain considered. "How goes the intelligence gathering?"

"Reports said that people do indeed saw a teenager befitting the Rogue's description. But as for his current known location… I'm afraid we have none."

"I see. Continue to observe, I will do the scouting ahead."

"Yes sir."

"Man…" a voice whistled out, absolutely in awe. "Doll face was right… this shit is awesome!" watching a danmaku match in an A-class front row seat is not something he expected to happen so soon. While he get that people here are quite trigger happy, he did not expect them to be this trigger happy. "Man… these bitches will give the ANBU a run for their money." The blonde haired ninja is leisurely perching himself on top of a bamboo. Thank ninja training for balance.

There isn't humor or exaggeration in his voice, only the truth. Truthfully speaking, ANBU won't stand a chance against people who fought like this. Flying, spamming fireballs and – are those lasers that he's seeing? Proven enough, he decided to settle and watch the entire fight happening before him.

"Huh… Reimu said that these danmaku aren't lethal… they must be pissing down each other's throat or something." The teenager muttered crudely. How is, by all definition, spamming flaming orbs twice the size of the human body and shooting lasers that pulverized everything it touches, not lethal? He'd seen lethal shit in his life, and none of them could be compared to this. At least not content wise.

An intense surge of heat wave suddenly brushed past him, forcing him to cover his face. After it subsides, he retracted both of his hands back. His face showing pure joy at the fight that was happening before his eyes. Never, never in his whole life has he ever seen something as epic as this. This is even more awesome than awesome! The blonde is definitely enjoying the show. Who wouldn't? He would piss on the Hokage monument if it gets him to watch a fight like this.

Though he has to admit, it's getting a little bit too dangerous for comfort. The more the flaming woman fights, the angrier she gets. Naruto could observe this easily, as he is sensitive to negative emotions such as hatred, anger and killing intent. Though he is more sensitive to the third. He moved back a good three meters away from the fight, for the sake of not getting involved in private matters. If this isn't private, then he don't know what else is.

As the ninja is busy observing the fight of the two women, he failed to notice of a presence coming from down below. "Now, time to head back-Wawaawawa shiiiiiiiiit!" he fell, feeling the bamboo that he was standing on suddenly shaking. He fell down to the deep bamboo forest, crashing down some bamboo shoots that have managed to soften his impact. But still making his body hurt.

"Wah! It's a boy!"

"C-Cirno-chan it's rude to point and let's get out of here… there are people fighting!"

The blonde haired shinobi, who is currently trying his best to ignore all the pain in his body, grimaced and winced at his own inconvenience. He managed to get on his feet, though a bit shaky, he still managed to open his eyes. He blinked as soon as he regained a proper vision. "Eh… who're you two?" he pointed, rudely.

"Hey! Pointing at people is rude you know?!" one of them, the one with the blue hair, shouted in anger. "Dai-chan says so!"

"Says the idiot who's doing the same thing!" Naruto countered, not willing to accept the fact that a little girl with wings is shouting at him.

"C-Cirno-chan, let's just talk this all out o-okay?" the other girl, this time with the green hair, tried to calm her friend down. But only to no avail.

"No way! This boy called me an idiot and Aye'm not an idiot!" she jumps back, and brought her hands close to her face. "Aye'll show you who's the idiot now…" things are getting colder. It's an unhealthy mix between cold and heat, due to the fight that is currently transpiring.

Naruto narrowed his own eyes, azure blue getting serious and annoyed. "You'll regret what you said little girl… I'ma show you who's the idiot here, dummy." He began to ooze of red energy. The way that they seeps out of his body is to intimidate the two girls in front of him. While it works on the other one, this Cirno girl is stubborn.

"Ha! The we'll just have to see!" She spread out her arms, causing hundreds if not thousands of blue icy bullets to appear behind her. "Take this, Freeze Sign: Minus K!" if Naruto was pissed before, he's furious now. He mentioned of him hating cold. The fact that it is already winter and the fact that this girl is making colder is the reason why he's furious. The boy was instantly envelope in the cold winter like blizzard. It was warm not too long ago, due to the other fight happening, but it's freezing right now. Not to mention, he has some dodging to do.

"You… little…" he managed to raise his hands. "Katon: Dragon flame technique!" a dragon like flame shoots out of Naruto's mouth. The two fairies are startled by this development. The two fairies managed to dodge the incoming fire by flying out of harm's way.

"Wah! He's using fire just like that white haired lady!"

"L-Let's just get out of here okay Cirno-chan… he-he's scary…"

"No!" Cirno strongly refused. "Aye'll show him who's stronger, Aye'll show him that I'm the strongest in Gensokyo! Take this, Snow Sign: Diamond blizzard!" truly a display of icy fury. All of the ice bullets coming in from literally all angles there are, Naruto is having a hard time dodging them all. Especially if he's not in the right state to fight. His earlier battle wound still hasn't healed, his not so little tenant is away for the moment.

Cursing, the ninja was hit by one of the bullets coming his way. Cirno saw this and cheered. "See! Aye got him, Aye got him!" more and more bullets started to hit him. Slowly, his body is getting numb from the cold. He can't move his hands, nor can he move his feet. All he can do is watch as his body is spammed by countless freezing bullets. He clicked his tongue in irritation. He'll need to get serious from this point onwards.

"Uzumaki: Kusari."

"Dai-chan, Aye got him, Aye got him Aye got- uuuuuuwaaaaaah!" a chain pierced the cheering fairy right in the chest.

"CIRNO-CHAN!" Her friend shouted in panic.

"W-What is this…" The ice fairy managed to gasped out. There is no pain, something odd for her. Usually, when she accidentally stabbed herself, there is a little pain. But this… there's no pain at all. Only fatigue. She felt so tired. The chain exits the fairy's small body, returning to its owner. Cirno fell to the ground, unable to move.

"Cirno-chan! Cirno-chan! Talk to me!" her friend is on the verge of tears. While she know that they, fairies, can't exactly die, it is still shocking on having to watch her friend dying. "P-Please Cirno-chan… talk to me…" she cried, unable to restrain her tears any longer. She wept soundly, saying her friend's name over and over again.

As for our lovable blonde, he isn't doing so well. Aside from the whole and total numbness of his body, he can feel a very potent and raw energy inside of him. 'Shit! This… what is this… this is Nature Chakra!? Just what the heck is that girl…' he can't speak, seeing that his throat is preventing him from doing so. His chakra chains, aside from being able to drain the opponent's chakra or energy, they are also able to absorb the opponent's energy. He was expecting for his body to be working again, not getting poisoned by Nature Energy.

'Fuck!' he's in all kinds of shit right now. His body frozen, he can't do anything to unfreeze it. Wait… he can, but only if he could bring his hands together…

"Everlasting: Phoenix's tail!"

Or not.

He didn't know whether to thank the person who just shot a random fireball at him or to show them a piece of his brain. Suffice to say, he managed to move again due to his body regaining heat instantly. That, and he is also suffering from major burns. But nothing that a little medical technique couldn't fix.

"Guh… I swear, if this place won't kill me, then I don't know what will…" he looked around, trying to find a safe spot on where he could heal his body. The two girls are gone it seems, he did kind of stabbed one of them through the chest with his chains. No use in thinking about them now, he needs to find a safe spot. His body won't last if he were to get caught up in another fight. It's no easy task to find a hiding place under heavy fire from the two people who are fighting on air, so he just dive straight for the nearest bamboo shrubs he could find.

"Whew… I should be safe here…" It's narrow but cold. It is also a safe temporary resting place for him. Anyway, he really needs to get his body fixed quickly. The blonde shinobi opened his pouch, grabbing a small black pill like object. His face made a bitter expression upon remembering what this pill tastes like. "Well… cheers." He chomped the pill down, breaking it into small pieces. He painfully ignores the bitterness and other unworldly sensation this pill is currently lashing out to his tongue. After a while, he swallows the pill, leaving nothing else in his mouth.

He can feel the effect of the pill almost instantly. His chakra system is getting refreshed, and his body too. Even though these things tastes like shit, it's good shit. He looked around. He needs to get out from this place, but it's easier than done. The place is called the Bamboo Forest of The Lost, and he is lost. His only hope are the two women who are fighting each other right now. But he is not going to stop and ask for directions from those two…

Think, think… where did he come from, this place is seriously a bitch. Is this why doll face sent him here? That bitch…

"Achoo!" The seven colored puppeteer sneezed suddenly. She blinked before looking outside the window. "Hm… I don't think that he'll meet them so soon." She shrugged. "Oh well, better visit Eientei tomorrow."

"Haah… haaah…" both woman are tired, yes, but their energy will soon replenish due to their unique condition. Mokou, the ever so furious woman, glared at her counterpart with intent to kill. "I'll… end you… with this last… Spell…" the fatigue is evident, but she raised her hand and a golden spell card materialized within it.

Kaguya, who is in the same exhausted state Mokou is in, shook her head. "No… I will be the one to end you." Her five treasures floating right behind her. "This will be it Mokou-tan… show me how much stronger have you become!"

"Kaguuuuyaaaa!"

"Mokouoooooo!"

It was literally one hell of a night.

"Oh… where the hell am I?" hurting head, checked. Tired body, checked. Voice hoarse, checked. Having the urge to jump and shout, uncheck. He was unconscious and now he is awake. As expected, he is in a hospital of some sort. As if the smell itself wasn't obvious.

"Ah, you're awake." Tired blue eyes landed on a person that they have never met before in their entire life. First of all, if Tsunade of the Sannin were to have a sister, this person would be the perfect match. Aside from the similarity of their assets, this woman gives off the same feeling that Tsunade gives off whenever she would do a check up on him.

"My…" the woman drawled out, noticing his staring. "Just awake and you're already active… my, my…"

"Hmph." Naruto looked away. "Piss off woman, now get me off from this thing." He gestured to the needle on his hand.

The woman, who is no doubt the doctor, shook her head. "Sorry, can't let you go just yet. You will still need to rest. Your body suffered from multiple stab wounds, and the burn that you are suffering in your chest is serious."

Naruto opened his shirt, revealing… nothing. "What burn?"

The doctor is silent. She took out a notebook and began to jot things down. "Interesting… how do you feel?" the doctor asked.

"Peachy."

"Hmhm… good. How's your body?"

"Fanfuckingtastic."

"How's your head?"

"How's yours?"

… The pen that the doctor was using stopped halfway to the notebook. She took a moment before answering the boy. "Fine, thank you. Now… who is your name?"

"Naruto Uzumaki. Shinobi extraordinaire and the world's number one badass. You?" the blonde teen gestured to the silver haired doctor.

"Eirin Yagokoro. The doctor of the house." She introduced herself smoothly.

"Hm, nice knowing you." Naruto pulled out the needle from his hand, feeling no pain in removing it. He grabbed his pouch that was placed on a table near him, he turned to the nearest door and slides it open. He paused. Or stopped, to be more accurate. Without looking around, he asked, "You have something that you want to say to me don't you?"

"Oh?" Eirin fake surprised. "Whatever it is do I have for you?"

"Don't play dumb with me woman…" Naruto hissed out in annoyance.

Eirin chuckled. "Those pills that you carry… I'll be taking them for payment for your stay here." She pulled out a container containing three of Naruto's soldier pills.

"Heh." The blonde haired shinobi scoffed. "I doubt that you're the one who brought me here…"

"Never say I was. I was, however, the one who brought you back all conscious and moody." The doctor shrugged. "There is someone waiting for you outside, and I do suggest speaking to her properly…" she narrowed her eyes. "She's in the room to the left."

Naruto needed no more. He closed the door and stepped into the wooden hallway of this mansion like clinic. The room to the left… there's no other door aside from the farthest one on the corner. So maybe that is it? Well whatever, it's not he's lost already. He walked towards the room, when he reached the door, he slides it open with one arm.

"Excuse me." He says. He could just say nothing, but seeing that he's too tired to deal with other troublesome things, he'll stick to being polite. The room is spacious, almost too spacious. It's empty and bare, not even a single form of decoration. Truthfully, this room is most perfect for isolation. It's quiet and so… secluded from the world outside.

"Ah… you've awaken." A female voice came out from the room. Naruto finds himself staring face to face with an incredibly beautiful woman. She is dressed in a pink shirt with many white bows, and a long, dark burgundy skirt decorated in yellow with bamboo and flower shapes. Her hair is jet black, a perfect match of her pale skin. Her eyes are deep black, almost seductive.

"Greetings, I am Kaguya Houraisan, it is a pleasure to meet you…"

"Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki."

"Uzumaki-dono." She did a polite bow, something that those of loyalty would do to their guests. Her eyes twinkled in amusement at the lack of reaction that the boy is giving out. Normally, men regardless of age, would always be captivated by the mere sight of her. But this boy, he isn't like those men.

"Just Naruto is fine." The boy brushed off the honorific that the lady gave him.

Kaguya giggled charmingly. "Very well, Naruto-dono it is then." She settled in with that title. She then coughs lightly. "I would like to re-introduce myself, I am sure that you… enjoyed… last night's show, don't you?"

So she knows… "Ah, well, yes. I did enjoy it. It was one of the most… memorable fights that I have seen in my life." Naruto said with obvious sarcasm.

The Princess takes on his humor well enough. "I see… then if it pleases you, would you like to see more?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "More what? More fight?"

"No." Kaguya shook her head. "More of me."

…

…

"Are you… okay?" Naruto asked, worried.

"Oh, yes, I am fine." Kaguya responded. "I am perfectly fine. What I am saying is this, will you, Naruto Uzumaki-dono, be mine from now on until forever?"

What… the… fuck…?

A/N: Ugh… I don't even… well, there it goes guys. One hell of a chapter. Nothing much happened, but what has caused Kaguya to be so interested in our lovable blonde in the end? Will be revealed in the next chapter? Of course it will! Now, you lot must be disliking the fact that there are ROOT ANBU searching for Naruto. Don't worry, things will happen later on. I can't say when, but it will.

Now, as to where Naruto stands in the Gensokyo level… let's just say that he's above above good? He's not Reimu-good, nor is he Sakuya level good. He is just very, very strong. But easy to exhaust. Think of him as a tank. He absorbs damage and deal damage at the same time. While it may be pale compared to what the other characters in Gensokyo could do, it is still mysterious and scary. You saw what he could do with his chains in this chapter. Poor Cirno-chan…

Anyway, that is all for today. To tell you guys the truth, I am actually sick right now. My vocal cord is swollen, which means that I can't speak temporarily or properly for that matter. When I tried to speak, I sounded like a horny gorilla and my throat hurts. I don't really get what the doctor was saying, but he told me to rest on speaking for about a week. So, I get to communicate with people using my phone.

FML.

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