Chapter 3
Disclaimer, I do not own Naruto nor the Skulduggery Pleasant Series
I would like to make it known, that aside from being my very first try at this writing/crossovering/whatever the hell I'm doing and that this story was done at a flight of fancy after far too many days without sleep. May contain OOCness, AU and other applicable nonsense
Note: Really disliked how this chapter came out but this was the best one, Naruto's gender is still not 100% set because reasons, that goes the same about the exact nature of Naruto's formed bond with Valkyrie
On with the story
Valkyrie did not take well to being teleported, not one bit. The dark haired articulated her displeasure through action, that action, being to deck Fletcher in her daze. When the others had finally arrived, she watched as Skulduggery warned Fletcher about doing such things. Glancing to the side, she saw Naruto, trailing after Tanith like a shadow, not that the tall blonde seemed to mind, if anything it amused her to no end.
Of course this made her miss Skulduggery telling Fletcher to teleport her somewhere, which just so happened to be the roof. The unexpected teleportation causing her to stumble a little.
"Um," Fletcher began, drawing Valkyrie's attention, "We have a stowaway."
The dark haired girl's eyes widened at the sight of Naruto heading towards them, a multi straight edged rift closing behind her. Her eyes seemed to find Valkyrie's and shone with a kind warmth that seemed to light up the night, no matter how cheesy that line was.
"How…" Valkyrie began unsurely.
The pale eyed girl merely smiled.
Apparently it was just Solomon Wreath in Ghastly's shop, or more exactly him and his fellow necromancers, who nodded a greeting towards her. Although Naruto's appearing act seemed to garner the most attention, the multi straight edged rift of darkness that opened and the redhead casually walking through it.
Of course the shorter girl merely smiled cheekily, before moving to her safe spot behind Valkyrie. The curios looks were amusing enough, in Valkyrie's opinion anyways, guess she was slightly wrong about the girl being completely harmless.
"Well then, that was a fascinating display," Wreath said, glancing at Naruto, or rather at Valkyrie seeing as the shorter girl had taken to hiding behind the dark haired girl, "And just who is she?"
"She's Naruto," Valkyrie replied, seeing as the other girl wouldn't bother to respond with any more than a small smile, "And we're not entirely sure."
"And not exactly why you are here," Skulduggery said, skipping over that matter for another day.
"Ah yes, of course."
While the adults talked, children merely watched, or rather Valkyrie watched, the other child, Fletcher paying most of his attention towards the eerily still Cleaver in the room and on Tanith. Without needing to turn her head, Valkyrie had a sneaking suspicion that the horned girl was keeping vivid attention to the conversation going on.
Her wondering was silently interrupted by a small hand making its presence known at the middle of her back. Raising an eyebrow, she glanced over her shoulder to see what Naruto is up to, only for her eyes to widen at the soft blue glow, followed by a warmth where the hand was. Moving her sight to the horned girl, wondering what she did, only for the pale eyed girl to wink and smile kindly.
"Do you trust me?" Naruto asked, raising her hand to the dark haired girl's chin, moving her so they had direct eye contact.
It took Valkyrie a while for it to register that the girl behind her was talking. What could she say though? It wasn't like she knew the girl all too well, nor that long, but still…
"Yes," she found herself replying unconsciously.
The horned girl smiled widely, her other hand raised to softly caress Valkyrie's cheek.
Peering into the pale blue eyes with not pupils, she can't help but be entranced by them, she doubted anyone could. The blue, like vast frozen oceans, shimmered with a strange light. As she stared deeper into the pale abyss, she began seeing things, she saw images, blurred but still there.
Blurs, she saw blurs of images.
She saw someone that looked like Tanith, with lips painted black with black veins on her face.
She saw Tanith and Ghastly in a loving embrace, with the blonde woman looking like she was pregnant.
She saw Skulduggery, his skull looking more weathered than before, but dressed as immaculately as ever, driving his Bentley as he always would, off to solve another mystery.
She saw a man covered head to toe in black shifting armour, killing indiscriminately, no one, not even the Faceless Ones were spared from the Necromancer's wrath.
She saw herself, older and bearing a metal gauntlet, alongside Skulduggery, preparing for a battle ahead.
She saw herself again, dressed in darkness, as she purged the world with flames of the same darkness, her hands holding a familiar skull.
"Time to go," Skulduggery said, breaking Valkyrie out of her thoughts, "And Naruto will be staying with you for a while."
Wait, why my place?" Valkyrie asked, wide-eyed at the suggestion, and distracting her from what she just saw, "Why not yours?"
"I doubt she is very comfortable around me."
"She might be fine."
"She's staring."
"Ah."
"Indeed."
It was very odd to say the least, watching a person walk through your house and yet it was like nobody but you saw them. That's exactly what Valkyrie saw when she and Naruto walked in her house. It was as if the horned girl was invisible to her parents' eyes. Her day was going weird free, for a while, and she hoped it would stay that way, but nope that all changed when she answered the door.
Still, her thoughts when to the things she saw. What exactly did it mean? It felt like Naruto was sending her a sign, but she kept missing it. Maybe she could try asking the redhead… but that will have to come later, someone was knocking at the door.
A normal day, just one, she thought exasperatedly to herself as she waited—sulked—in her shared holding cell with the currently unconscious Scapegrace. It would have made her feel better if the blue eyed girl next to her wasn't smiling in complete and utter amusement.
"I don't suppose you know of a way out of here?" Valkyrie asked her as of yet silent companion.
"Yes," came the quaint and amused reply.
Valkyrie raised an eyebrow, "Are you going to tell me?"
"I could break down that door for you."
"No, really." Valkyrie was not amused.
Naruto stood up, walked to the door and placed her right hand on the cell door. Valkyrie was about to make a remark, when the door buckled and promptly fell off its hinges. The redhead turned to Valkyrie with a smug smile on her face.
"Yeah, let's just go," Valkyrie said as she walked over the fallen door, not even bothering to question how.
Valkyrie trailed through the halls of the Sanctuary, having already told Skulduggery where she was, she shifted her weight on her feet evenly, moving as silently as she could. Glancing behind her she saw her cute shadow dutifully trailing after her with a small smile. And come to think of it, Naruto made no noise, looking back she realised that the pale eyed girl had not made a single sound unless she talked. Not a single footstep or breath could be heard in the silence
Creepy.
End
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