Chapter 7:...and so he reigns

Upon the mountain range snowing in the northern region, two legendary brothers stood audacious against the howling wind for they feast their eyes to the southern lands.

Deep in the caverns of a mountainous rainforest, a pair of eyes glew ominously in the shadows of the dark void. From within the cavern, the wind howls in the vacuum of space, it glanced up to the murky skies...watching...gazing.

On the balcony overwatching the Swirling Sea, a scarlet cloak wavers in the wind. Fixing her heart piercing gaze to the continent in the distance, she marvels at the call howling in the wind.

On the quiet road towards the Capitol, a wicked smirk flashed in the dark. The horses neighs as it rolls the caravan to its predestination.

Before a waterfall overwatching women bathing, an aged man giggles perversely.

All share the same call as they attend to the hail of the wind.

"All has awaken."

Here he stands once again, back in the murky sewers of the other world.

He wasn't conscious of his doing for he simply let his legs wade through the water to wherever it might leads. The water ripples along the path of least resistance of the eternal hallway, like time, he was oblivious of that matter. As his mind scurries to whatever it appeals to, his body halts to a dead stop before a simple, crumbling door. He recalls, it was the first door he ever encountered and ignoring it would only call him back. To be opened. He peered through the small square window and hears a cry.

Not just a cry. A wailing cry of a child, weeping in the darkness before this door.

Without a single thought, he turns the doorknob causing the locking mechanism to latch off making a resounding echo bouncing off from wall to wall until it diminished. He pushed it open, scraping the hinges screeching an unpleasant creak. The water flows in naturally occupying every corner if there was any. The cry gets louder, choking in its own tears as it wails. Without further thought, he steps into the room and was overwhelmed by darkness in a matter of seconds.

How did he get here? One second he was in the sewers and now he was leaning in a dark alley. Looking around and all he could see was blurred objects and muffled background noises. Then the cry became audible. Out of the corner, a figure came running with bare feet heading towards his direction. She's a female, that he could tell. Running and trashing over cans and mudded ground the female finally came to a halt, leaning against a dumpster for breather. Like she was running for days on end eventually winding up here of all places.

The cry wails once again, she had something clutching against her chest. In a glimpse, he noticed she was desperately clinging onto a bundle of towels, wrapped in her arms in a protective manner. She tenderly shook it, hushing softly and the cry recedes to a gentle whimper. He couldn't see it, he couldn't see her face, for her long scarlet hair was disrupting his view. All he noticed that she was hurt badly. Like as if she recently escaped a fearsome battle...or a hospital.

She doesn't seemed to notice his presence, like as if he was never there.

And it was her turn to cry. Draining her tears down to her chin spilling them over to the child in her arms. Yes, her child. Barely a minor and his towel was scrapped in dirt and blood. The boy was confused as to why she was crying, weeping alone. With his small hands, the boy fiddle with her red hair causing a smile to rise as he giggles. She smiled faintly, unable to hold back the tears as the boy snuggles softly against her bundle of hair. Her heart sank to the depths as she leans down, nuzzling her face softly against his cheeks, weeping tears onto his whiskered visage. She stood up with a limp, nuzzling her face once more as she mutters faintly to his ear.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry! This is all my fault. You shouldn't have gone through it. I can make you forget...Forget everything!"

And that moment, she placed a finger over his forehead softly chanting a foreign spell. The world around him began to tear apart, whitewashing every visage of reality and hope. He could only watch as she placed him into the dumpster. Before he could grip back his disheartening heart, she left. Her form disappeared as the world crumbles back into whiteness.

'I'm sorry…"

Uzumaki Naruto could only stood there. He couldn't even move for the burden on his shoulders was incomprehensible. His heart was already broken to a point beyond repair. He couldn't understand why she did it. Why did she leave him? What had he done to deserve it? By now, the only reality was the world. A strange world he could barely understand. A beautiful world without boundaries of cruelty and sorrow. His train of thought was drawn back by a wailing cry.

He looked once more to the dirty dumpster, peeking in he saw him. He's a child, why was he crying? Why has fate planned this out for him? He felt reluctant looking at himself, alone in the world he called hell. Before he knew it, he was weeping. Tearing, mimicking his younger self. No matter how painful it was, he couldn't hold back the tears welding inside. Out of the corner, a shadow looms over the dumpster, seemingly attracted to his call. Out of curiosity, the dark visage took a peek. Watching as the boy's cries turns into a weep.

The shadow picks him up, snuggling the bundle of towels against its chest. It scurries through it and found a written scrapped paper.

'Uzumaki Naruto'

He could make up a faint smile as the shadow mutters his name. The shadow smiled and walks away leaving the mirage that was once his demise. The blonde sighs, smiling earnestly to his savior as the world recedes back to reality. Hoping for the new light of day to come.

'Moesa Krevar'

And the light of a new day sucks.

It burns irritably through his eyelids provoking him to wake his ass up like every typical Monday morning...except it isn't Monday. He hoped it isn't. He wanted to experience the dream once more, no matter how dark it seems. Just thinking about it questioned his morality of existence. For he knew the only answer lies in the future of what's to come.

Unable to succumb to slumber, he sat up with squinching eyes. What happened last night? How did he end up in the living room on the floor with a futon instead of his room? In this case, he assumed he was severely injured just like the first time Amena cared for him. Weird. Speaking of the Uchiha, he could already smell the aura of breakfast in the air. He knew it wouldn't be Ramen because the last time he demands for it, they got into a verbal battle which he undoubtedly lost. Sad defeat it was. But he will rise up to rebel if needed.

Shrugging his shoulders, he stood up and stagger towards the kitchen with wobbly feet. He stood by the corridor looking inside the kitchen with little interest. Amena in her casual frying up the pan. Kina slouching in her seat body on the table, sleeping soundlessly. Blonde kid with twin horsetails playing her stuffed bunny. He shrugged his shoulders once more, all is good and nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. He sat opposite of the sleeping warrior by the window waiting to be served. The square table was small, he bought it when it was on sale including the stilt chairs. Just like everything in this rented apartment is cheap. Yeah, rent. When is the quota due again?

Well, whatever. He'll just wait for the landlord to bang his door like every month whenever he forgot to pay his lease. What a life. He looked through the window to be mesmerised and felt fortunate enough it stretches all the way to the Hokage Monument with a few towering buildings in its wake. Maybe it's the trivial things he enjoys the most. He yawns once again and a cup of herbal tea was served before him.

Gazing down at the yellow substance in the porcelain cup over its plate, the aroma reached his nose trailing an earnest smile. "Thanks, Amena-chan."

She curtly nodded to him as she prepares their breakfast onto the plates. Diving his eyes down, he swept his hand across the table, fiddled his fingers, picking it up by the small handle to his awaiting lips.

"GARGH!"

In the spur of the moment, the Uzumaki yelped breathlessly as his mind was stabbed by a thousand swords. His peripheral vision was distorted in a vicious static effect that sent chills up his spine. His head began throbbing like a rumbling war drum as he cringed in his seat. He dropped the tea cup onto the floor and its break caught their attention to the paralysed blonde. His muscles tensed as he was crouched into a fatal position grinding his jaws to plead for his pain to wash away.

"Naruto!"

Kina Hyuuga awoke and was immediately by his side, disabling every nerve system in order to numb his growing pain. Seconds gone by as he began to calm down, carefully drawing every breathe like as if it was his last. Kina massages his back, aiding him back onto his seat as she sends signals onto his nerves. Soothing her glowing hand over his throat, she was able to garner enough air into his lungs and his body begins to regain its natural composure. Hovering her hand over his forehead, she stabilize his muddled mind reducing the inches of sweat dripping down his chin.

(Cough)(Cough) "Damn…what just happened?" He muttered with a pained expression, glancing around they were looking worryingly at him. "What's going on?"

With that said, Kina sighed going back to her seat looking at him softly. "You don't remember anything...do you?"

"...I…" He rubbed his eyelids in a tiresome manner and a vision of her splatter right in his face. Bleeding neck down before losing her head. Before she knew it, he lunged from his seat grasping her shoulders with a horrid expression. "KINA!"

She squirmed at his outburst looking at him right in the eyes. "N-Naruto! You have to calm down! I'm fine! What the hell happened to you?!"

He was breathing heavily touching her neck and it looks...perfectly fine. He touched every inch and skin on her neck but couldn't find any subtle difference. Amena who was idly watching, pulled him back to his seat giving him a hard stare.

"Senpai, whatever happened, it's over. There's nothing to worry about, you're safe." By that statement, he gave her a frantic look stuttering his lips in the process.

"B-But, I-I saw you DIE! I saw her die!" A dagger went through his head as he painfully grasp his hair, holding back the horrifying visions that dwells in the darkest corners of his obscure mind.

Amena frowned at his demoralized state clutching his shoulders so she could give him the stare. Their eyes met and Naruto could only stare dreadly deep into her pupils. "Uzumaki Naruto, how alive are you feeling right now?" His breathe hitched his throat for he could not answer to the beating of his heart. "Look at me! Am I clinging to life? No! Look at yourself! You're not the person I know!" Eyes filled with riddles and certainty, reflecting back at him. He could see his own reflection within those pupils. A confused man who was lost in his own reality, scorning those calling out for him.

By her plea, he broke down in front of her, letting his tears go by dribbling to the floor. She looks at him softly, quirking her head to the side as she wipes away the tears of the dubious blonde. He cast his eyes down, muttering through his teeth. "I-I'm sorry...I-I'm sorry...I'm sorry!" She brought his head to her chest, bringing down all the sorrows to his tears. Draping him in a blanket of a safe haven.

Once he was able to regain his composure, the atmosphere draws peace and he was able to reflect and tell them the events that occurred the night before, though not entirely for his memories were still vague.

Kina placed a finger to her chin, piecing together every piece of the puzzle analysing the situation to bring up her own conclusion. "This is a twist of fate. It seems I underestimate his ability of being apprehensive to his own well-being." Sasuke knew he was being observed, how could he possibly not? Her reputation was well known throughout the underworld meaning he has connections to her trail. For wealth, anything could be bought, even trust. "Halfway in your conversation, Sasuke had blanket the room in a genjutsu. An impenetrable barrier that could only trick the Byakugan. Strange, I don't recall him being able to use the genjutsu."

Amena placed their breakfast onto the table contributing to the discussion. "The only person I can point a finger at is Hatake Kakashi. He's a seasoned shinobi as well as harvesting a matured Sharingan." She mused conclusively meaning it was all a devised plan because Naruto himself refused to join forces.

"And he trapped us like sheeps in a pen. I should've listened." Kina cast her eyes down in guilt as Naruto released an exasperated sigh.

"He would have killed you either way if I didn't partake. In retrospect," He traversed his hand across the table reaching for hers. She looked at him feeling his fingers brushing her hand. "...you've saved me and Amena-chan from a world of trouble. For that I'm thankful you were there." Honestly, he would be devastated if he didn't get to see her again for it would be a nasty pill to swallow.

Her earnest expression turned suggestive as she took his hand giving him an endearing look. "Oooh~Naruto-kun~I always knew you couldn't live without your queen. How could I proposed myself as your queen if I couldn't even look out for my own people?" Her alluring stare caused Naruto to blush in embarrassment as he was taken back to the young Academy days. "Maybe I should promote you as my servant. So you could serve me anywhere, anytime, no matter the circumstance. I could also let you have your way with me." Blood rushed up to his cheeks by her seemingly lewd proposal.

"I...uh…" This is so weird. A solemn atmosphere turned bizarre by her bold statement.

The female Uchiha rolled her eyes standing firmly with folded arms. "That could be arranged another time." Naruto retracted his hands scratching his whiskers as Kina grins contently. "As of right now, we don't what's Sasuke planning to do next. Kina's identity is compromised and she's in a precarious position."

"What does this mean?" Naruto phrased out using his other hand to drink his tea.

The Hyuuga shrugged. "Not much, really. My mission ends once my identity is disclosed." That's the danger living in this line of work. She has to live through different aliases depending on the location and situation. "For now, I'm going have to lay low until further orders. I hope I won't be a nuisance during my stay."

Naruto spout his tea. "Wait! You're gonna stay here?!"

She rose her brow looking at him intently. "Is that a problem? Do you feel uncomfortable your Queen is sleeping under a commoner's roof?"

He fidget in his seat. "T-That's not what I meant…"

Amena placed a gentle hand onto his shoulder. "Kina-chan was the one taking care of you these past couple of days." Hold on! He was in a coma for two days?! "Don't fret, when it comes to bodily examinations, that's her profession. By all means, you should repay her."

Naruto got a cheeky look from the Hyugaa and gave everyone including the young girl a strange look. "I don't mind her staying over except my rent will be doubled. I've been meaning to ask: How did I get a coma? And since when I've got a kid?"

They all looked to the 8 year old blonde girl sitting nonchalantly with her stuffed bunny right before them. Having golden-blond hair and blue eyes. She mainly kept her hair flowing down but still have two small horse tails from each side. The girl wears a Gothic Lolita dress, thigh-high socks with a black barrette.

"Did I screw someone? OW!" Naruto exclaimed receiving a tight slap to the back from Amena. Who could have blame him? She has similar hair colour as him and blue eyes. Rarely anyone in Konoha he had seen shares similar features.

"That's not how you say in front of a kid you saved." Amena stated folding her arms beneath her chest as Naruto looked to her accusingly.

Naruto-"And that's not how you educate a child by displaying domestic abuse! Unless he's a complete twat…"

Amena-"And I don't believe your mom hit you enough! Look at how that turns out! You're a moral mess!"

Naruto-"Hey! Word of democracy here! I lived my life well enough to know what Blue Waffles looks like, thank you very much!"

Amena-"That turned out good for you?! No! That's not something you should even be proud of! No wonder you're still single!"

Naruto-"YeahYeah! At least I don't masturbate and moaning myself to sleep! I couldn't get a shut eye thanks to your wailing call of a whale!"

Blushing/Irritated Amena-"Oh-hoe really?! Why do I hear splashing in the bathroom in the middle of the night?! What, are you trying to waste precious water or the fact that you're masturbating. Is it really that embarrassing as the lewd magz underneath your bed?!"

Blushing Naruto-"So what?! I'm proud of my preferences and who are you little to justify that?! Besides, I'm the one paying the freaking rent here! Freeloader!"

Flustered Amena-"Woah! You're not going to even deny that?! Well then, Mr. IcanTakeCareOfMyself! Are you saying you're not thankful of my cooking?! You've just made the horrible decision calling me that!"

Shocked Naruto-"No WAIT! Your cooking is amazing! It's the best I've ever tasted!"

'Hmph' Amena-"I'm not talking to you. You have your dear Ramen, right?"

Pleading Naruto-"Ramen is Ramen! Without your specialty it is meaningless! I couldn't even make a proper sandwich! Forgive me Amen-chan!

Perturbed Amena-"Amen-chan? Was that the last girl you slept with?"

Flustered Naruto-"No! That came out of nowhere! You're the one only person I've been sleeping with!"

Embarrassed Amena-"Don't say stuff like that! People will interpret it wrongly!"

Passive Naruto-"Well, the only people here is us and them, and that cat, and Man the action figure from episode 81, and the neighbour who's looking at us, and-"

"I get it!"

"..."

"..."

Passive Naruto-"Sooo...we're cool?"

'Hmph' Amena-"...Not unless you say the magic word."

Naruto sighed dejecting his shoulders. "I apologised for the shrewd words I utter, even though it's the truth. To make it up to you, I shall traverse through hell slaying demons in my wake. Reign over its kingdom freeing the enslaved and what will I say to thine?" He straightened his back looking at her firmly. "Shall you cook in my stead once more, Amena-chan?" He bend the knee motioning for her hand.

She lightly shook her head looking at him strangely but took his hand. "You could have simply said 'sorry'." They shared the same smile until-

..

..

..

"I fap with this hand…"

SLAP

"And I slap with this hand…"

"Are you guys done yet?" Kina asked covering the young girl's ears from impurity. Amena nodded then grab her own chair and sat down between the girl and the red faced Naruto. Once they have settled in, Kina meekly looked to the timid girl with a gentle smile. "Come on, don't be shy. What is your name?"

She hesitated for a moment squirming in her seat holding her stuffed bunny against her chest. "I-I am K-Kobato!" She stuttered and looked towards the other blonde with her head bow. "T-Thank you for s-saving me, Naruto-san!"

"Don't mention it…" The Uzumaki kindly replied though quite perplexed of her gratitude. He saw her blinking rapidly like as if she was holding back her tears. What happened?

Kina pat her shoulder catching her attention. "Kobato-chan, why don't you go play with Amena-neechan." The Uchiha blushed embarrassingly at the suffix. "Naruto-niisan and Kina-neechan need to talk alone for a moment." The Hyuuga motioned for the reluctant Uchiha to oblige.

"Come on, blondy. Does Blocks need stacking." The young girl timidly nodded and took Amena's hand towards the living room leaving the two to their own device. Once they left, the solemn atmosphere returns.

Kina looks to him with a serious expression in her eyes. "Naruto, the main reason I'm still here because I need to know what really happened in that room. If there's any reason why you can't, speak up."

The Uzumaki stared lifelessly at the tabletop before looking back at her. "Fine." There was no right reason why he tell her, no reason why he should spout because the only reason he wanted to know, is why?

"Is that all?" He curtly nodded with a downed expression watching her rubbing the bridge between her eyes taking in a huge breathe. "...and you don't remember anything afterwards?"

"Yeah."

She painfully released her heart wrenching breathe, tapping the table in turmoil. "When you bolt out of the room, Amena said 'That isn't Naruto!' But we followed you otherwise...When we arrived to the orphanage, it was already in a fiery blaze...Scorching blue, very fierce...You dashed in along with Amena on tow while I tried to subdue the flames. It was strange, it hardly reacts...Anyway, she found Kobato imprisoned in bonfire and dug her out using her bare hands. The ceiling collapsed and you were on top of her, blistering your own skin in smithereens...You shout to her to 'get out!'. She said it was a howl of a monster, I believed that. When the house falter to hell, you stood there with blackened skin...it was-inhumane! You came to us and yanked the chokers off our throats then tossed 'em into the fire. We thought you died afterwards…" Kina ended the story finally being able to lift the burdens off her shoulders.

"..."

"..."

"Only her?"

She sighed. "Just her…"

"Did...did you find anything?"

She shook her head speaking in a dismissive tone. "I couldn't find anything that could press charges against him. No evidence for it was all reduced to ashes. Nothing. The prince left the village the night after and I couldn't find traces of his scheme. I questioned the witnesses…"

She paused as he looked to her strangely. "And?"

"(Sigh) They were probably bribed into submission. That place is a slum after all. The emergency crew were dreadfully late and 'investigators' would probably assumed it was an 'accident' caused by mischievous bastards having too much fun with the fireworks." She paused concluding the end of her investigation. She knew he would have to swallow all the nasty shit but it's better late than never.

"Is that all?"

"All that I know…" She mused conclusively before raising an eyebrow. "You're taking this far too well than I anticipate. What gives?"

"What were you expecting?"

"I don't know. Broken, dented."

He chuckled in a deep hollow. "I could be either a fool or a complete psycho not to."

She mirrored his empty smile. "Good thing you're neither."

Before he could say anything, Amena peeks in from the doorway. "Senpai, there's someone at the door asking for you-he said he'll burn the house down if you don't meet him right away."

"What?"

He presumed it was his landlord but the old bag isn't the type to make obscure threats. He opens the door and gawked in disbelief at the man lying painfully on the floor caressing his head.

"Tchsss-bro! Your girl needs to chill!" It's the slave he spared from the party! He got up dusting off his rugged clothing and stood there awkwardly. "Uhm-well...uhhh..."

"Who the hell are you? What'd you want?"

He held up his hands in defense. "Woah! Hold the hostility man. Sheesh-I'm here to return this~" He scoured through his pockets and pulled out a pair that got him wide-eyed. "I believe they're yours." His Yin Yang chokers-The Binder.

"...?!"

He quirked his head to the side. "Judging by your daunting reaction, I assumed they're not. Maybe I'll sell 'em."

"Hell no!" Naruto snatched it right off his hand as the older man snickers jokingly. Naruto caressed his fingers across the fabricated gem and gapes in sheer relief. They're real, he can feel it.

"Well," The rugged brown haired man grinned at his eventful reunion. "...my job here is done-Jane!" He marched off grinning ear to ear until Naruto called out to him. "Yeah?!"

"You hungry?"

"No~I'm Raizo!"

Later, the man known as Raizo happily dug into his food in courtesy of Amena who was quite displeased for serving someone who recently insulted her. Naruto noticed how dark and gloomy her visage was so he reluctantly pat her shoulder for ease but was given a hard glare instead.

"A-Amena-chan, don't kill him. He's our guest." He nervously said to her as she folded her arms glaring at the oblivious man.

"Should've put poison in it." She muttered distastefully as the older man shrugged his shoulders before taking in the last bite.

"(NomNomNom) Then I would have died a happy and free man!" He joyfully exclaimed stretching his limbs out receiving an odd look. "Grh! Your cooking is the best I've ever tasted for the past seven years! Better than bread and brolly!"

At least his grateful. Amena stepped forward. "Free man? Aren't you a slave?"

Raizo suddenly bolt up from his seat pointing a finger to her then back at him. "No longer! My name is Raizo Zikni of the free men! Resurrected from the cosmics to purify this world!" He blurt proudly as they all looked to him strangely.

Kina speaks up from the corner. "Slaves bear no name of their birthright. He has every reason to be proud and free."

Naruto nodded in awe as the man sat back down. "Why'd he let you free?"

"Though that shrewd boy holds a thousand chains, he bought me for one purpose only." Blue eyes collide as they glanced onto each other. "Once he achieved that purpose I'm no longer in use to him. I was basically kicked out like a lost child and here I am! I thanked Uzumaki Naruto for his pardon." He got up from his seat and bend the knee. "My life is in your debt, whatever the cause, whatever the risk, whatever it may be, I will serve you in the best of my abilities!"

Naruto sighs for the only reason he was alive was because he wrongly accused him of manslaughter.

"Get up, I wish to bear no servants but I'll humbly ask for you if the time demands." Raizo nodded and immediately went to the cup of tea served by Amena. "What else do you came for? Other than munching down on free food…"

He wistfully sips in his very first tea shrugging his shoulders. "Hmm~There is more than gratitude I sent for." He puts the cup down looking at him intently. "I'm here to tell you this. Uhm! 9th Paradigm, your future holds great lost and glory. Uchiha Sasuke is growing stronger everyday and I strongly believe the only man who could embarrass the First is the Last. And that man is you!"

"...me?"

"Aye! The tides of time are changing! You may be the bottom flea but you'll be the one dominating that body!" They were taken aback by his gibberish claim including Naruto for he was bewildered.

"What is it you're implying? I'm just a bastard of the Uzumaki."

Raizo spat going back to his feet grinning ear to ear. "Names may instill fear and glory in the hearts of men but it ain't matter if you're on the losing side!" He packed his sack before bowing to the speechless blonde and to Amena as well. "I thank you once again for this lovely forenoon. On another note, I hear The Prince tried to pursue his leverage over Jiraiya of the Legendary Sannin. I know the man well and he's your best chance for your uprising. Jane!"

Before he bolt through the door, Naruto grabs his attention. "Raizo! Wait!" He scoured through his pockets and handed out an aged old golden coin to the perplexed man. "Before we part, take this."

"What is it?"

"A coin of great value." He took it rummaging his fingers across the flowered coin.

"Could it buy a house?" It's a great start for a free man but though he traveled far and wide, he'd never seen anything foreign such as this.

Naruto shook his head lightly. "It is not meant for the buying of houses."

"Then what good is it?" He stared meekly seemingly uninterested of its value.

"If the day comes when you decide to flourish once again, just give this coin to any bartender in Konoha and say these words to him, 'Moesa Krevar'."

He was caught in a trance by the words cast upon him. "Moesa Krevar."

Naruto pats his shoulder as they smiles in their parting. He closed the door and head towards the kitchen, but stepped onto an abomination which inflicted a significant damage onto his foot. "OW!" He tripped over a container falter over building bricks demolishing it almost entirely. Just like the structure, the young girl's creation and imagination were completely shattered.

"Nii-san…" Naruto felt a heart wrenching guilt as her expression sadden as she hugs her bunny tightly.

'Shit!' He sat across from her and forced a sheepish smile. "Ooops-Hehe, sorry Kobato-chan. Uhm-Uh-What were you making? I can help you!" He clears up the construction site for the new foundation.

She nodded timidly holding back her tears. "A home…" One by one, they stacked the bricks by its foundation building it upwards to once it was. Midway, Naruto felt his heart hollow for he already knew what they were building.

The orphanage…

He went along with it hiding his sadness behind his smile as they completed stacking the roof. The young girl still had a sad expression but at least she wasn't tearing as she looks over the creation. A replica of her former home, backyard complete with fences and small sandboxes right before a mini playground, as well as a mature tree. She quirked her head to the side feeling as if she was missing something which didn't go unnoticed by her fellow blonde.

"We're missing a swing…" Naruto muttered pointing to the tree as she had a daunting realization. He completes the creation attaching the swing set by its 'branch'. He curved a miniscule smile recalling the time he sat there watching the others play, most of them would help him swing. Fun times.

And now everything he holds dear turned to ashes. Kobato lightly flicked the swing causing it sway in motion, ever so subtle. Somehow, she felt at ease but at the same time depressed for she knew-seeing them once more will never happen. However, here-in the house of her savior, she felt safe. A bit happy. That is all it matters.

Everytime he looks at her, the sunken feeling dug deeper and deeper. What could he possibly had done? Why was she the only one survived? Why did she live? The real question is, at what costs?

'Damn it!' He grits his teeth as his body began to tremble uncontrollably. Shaking in its plight, the back of his hair stands as a cold shiver went through his entire body. He began to breathe rapidly as a war drum beats in his head, throbbing in rhythm of his pumping heart.

Out of nowhere, Kobato pulls out a box of matches before putting in underneath the 'house'. A single match in her grip, she kindles it before putting it inside the box. The fire contracts within one another before spreading its inferno over the 'building'. As it climbs its way up shrouding the structure in flames, a sickening smell of molten plastic trailed to the muddled blonde's nose.

He was gobsmacked, rendered speechless as the orphanage burns before him, collapsing in its own weight. Through the fiery rage, he could see her blue eyes piercing his soul. A smile creeps up her innocent visage which sent shivers down his cold spine.

"This is my home now…"

A sharp ringing went through his ears as he later found himself tugging the 8 year old girl in her bed. Nesting the stuffed animal by her side, she drifted to sleep as the blonde stood motionless. Minutes passed as her snores flitter in his ears. He reached to his back before pulling out a butcher's cleaver. He grasped firmly onto the wooden shaft raising it above his head.

-'If they suffer, offer mercy.'

A voice rippled through his head as he stared back down to her.

'If they suffer, offer mercy.'

His arm shook, vision distorts, muscles tensing.

-'She'd suffer long enough! The least you can do is to cure her!'

His jaws grinds to a point one could hear it grunting.

-'Kill her!'

'No!'

-'She's suffering!'

'She's innocent!'

-'...and so were they…did you spare them?'

He gasped when his vision distorts to a scene of a manslaughter. Blood pooling on every corner, inners hanging by. His eyes shook to the bed, coupled with a horror stricken face. Faces etched in pure agony. Empty eye sockets, jaws hanging by rotten muscles. He stared into the void, screams of the dead stinging in his head. His mind screams to the very end, until his vision warps once again back into reality. Cleaver hanging idly above his head.

Kina Hyuuga peeks into the room and saw him pulling the blanket over her before nesting the stuffed bunny to her side. She smiles at the scene as she calls out to him. "Naruto-kun, go take a bath when you're done."

"..." He nodded in response.

She closes the door and the Uzumaki later found himself stepping naked into the shower. He turns on the tap and let the cold water sprinkles over his body. He was too tired to care and waits for the heater to kick in before he could ever feel at ease. His mind was still jumbled up in remembrance of his morality. Sighing, head down hand on the wall, he watches the water flowing into the drain just when a pair of hands wraps around his tummy. Soft cushions pressing against his back as he was enveloped by its warmth.

"We used to take baths like this…" The Hyuuga muttered leaning her chin over his shoulder curving a soft smile. She had no trouble leaning over to him for he is only an inch taller.

He nodded chuckling lightly. "It's weird recalling it...you...you know."

She nuzzled her cheeks against his growing blush. "Hehe~Of course I remember...we lost our first kiss that day. You didn't even protest."

He shrugged off leaning his head against hers. "'Rebelling against the queen is treason!' you said. You condemned me into your slavery and I was bound to you since then…" He hitched his throat and mimicked to match her tone.

She had a cheeky smile as she whispers into his ear. "We'd forge a warband...knights and warriors united under a single banner in hopes of reaching the far distance of peace. And you promised me solitude…"

He lightly chuckled. "What? This castle?" He rolled his eyes to his rented apartment causing her to giggle amusingly. Not they were expecting but they were so optimistic when they formed a pact.

She ease in and she moves in from his back to his chest. Naruto was flustered feeling her nipples grinding across to his chest as she once again wraps her hands around him. They shared a moment of silence as the water trails down their bodies. She could feel his heart thumping, the burden swelling inside.

"Naruto-kun?"

"Hm?"

"Do you remember why you took the oath?"

He was barged by an aged old question. Thinking back, he didn't exactly know what to say. "No...not really."

"Hm~Hmm." She accepts his answer leaning her head against his heart. "I commanded you: 'Bound to me and live a life.'" Thinking deeply. It was the first thing she ever said to him.

He caresses her head, staring at the wall."You never told me why? Why did you suddenly barged into my life?"

"Because a life without purpose is meaningless…" Her eyelids opens halfway as she could feel his wide-eyed stare. "It's painful isn't it? When you're torn away, bit by bit...," She left the comfort of his chest into the deep pools of his eyes. ",..so I asked you, Uzumaki Naruto. Will you uphold the vow and strive holding your virtues 'till death parts."

Giving a moment of forethought, he looked to her strangely. "...This isn't one of your tricks, right?"

She dubiously faced away. "Tch-You've just ruined the moment!"

He chuckled sheepishly scratching his whiskers. "Sorry, I need to make sure you aren't crazy. It was a red flag, in a sense."

She rolled her eyes to him. "It's not like I'm asking you to get out there and die in the battlefield leaving a tragic widow for my sake. Don't be so mellow..."

"Well, you know how things goes..."

Kina snorts and grabs his chin curving an alluring smirk. "You know nothing, Uzumaki Naruto."

Their lips met as they hold onto each other and the world is forgotten. He sunk deep into the kiss caressing her long hair pressing her head against his. She opens up her lips and their wet tongues collides in a fearsome battle over dominance. She traced her hand across his back rummaging through his blonde locks, pulling him to her. She moans as her mouth succumbed into deep pleasure clashing their weapons exchanging saliva in the process.

Naruto trailed off from her lips leaving goosebumps as he traversed his lips to her neck, causing her to moan loudly the moment he pressed her against the wall. Her squeal went lose when he deliciously sucks into her inverted nipple, massaging both ravishingly and awe-pleasurable. He swivels his tongue around her pink fountain and sucks the living out of her. She deepfully grimaced, moaning to the sky as her nipples was freed outwardly from its prison. She bit her bottom lip as he began sucking copious amount of milk, moaning loud when he teases her by fondling her breasts massaging in all desired areas.

She wrapped her arms around his neck holding him deeper into her valley. She felt weak to her knees as her heart pumps in heat of her body. Her breathing went rapid, shivering as he continues to violate her sensitive areas. She let out a breathless scream as her pleasure meter skyrockets, drooling in ecstasy. He rummage his tongue way up to her bare collarbone, tracing up back once again to her lips. He separates himself from her clutch and stared deep into those lust filled orbs.

"Naruto-kun?" She stared in confusion seemingly mesmerised by his empty blue.

"Turn around..." He muttered to her and so she did. She waits.

The moment of unexpectation came when she felt an overwhelming sense of nostalgia as a familiar leather binds around her neck. Her breath hitched and a smile trails as she looked upon the gem, gleaming between her fingers. She smiled earnestly as Naruto wraps his arms from behind, breathing gently by her ear.

Taking a deep breathe, he releases the words itching in his heart. "When I saw you dying...I-I was scared. I thought I will never see you again."

Kina smirks and pressed him against the wall looking at him straight in the eye. "It takes courage to admit your fears. But to confess your feelings, that's something else entirely." She nuzzled their noses before pecking his lips. Softly, she spoke to him. "Do you vouch for me?"

He quirked his head to the side and felt their hands joining. His eyes softens and stared at the vanilla eyes of his beloved queen. It's so bewitching, that he couldn't take his eyes off her. "'Till my last breathe..."

Lemon Start

She lowered herself and looked lustfully upon stroking his long shaft, throbbing under her firm grasp. She licks away his precum, rummaging her tongue around the tip licking scrumptiously as he grunts while holding onto her head. Fiddling his balls, she lewdly glanced up to him. "You're gonna get a loyal blow…" She brought her mouth deep into the base and smirks satisfactorily upon hearing him grunt. Licking around his throbbing wood, she bobs her head in a repeated motion, sucking the tip-tasting his liquid.

Naruto grunts looking down as he could feel the texture wrapping in her mouth, he jerks forward hearing her muffled moaning. She wrapped her hands around his waist, repeatedly bobbing her head deep 'till his head reached her throat. Naruto's mind exploded holding her head as he shoots out copious amount of his bodily fluid down her throat. Kina squirmed holding in his sperm as it trails down her throat, leaking thinly by her mouth. She slowly lets her head out, trailing her tongue around the shaft so it will be cleansed for the next treatment.

She turned her back towards him before bowing down hands on the wall, motioning as it jiggles. "Naruto-kun, I'm ready."

Her pussy was leaking tremendously when he was sucking her tits, now she desperately wants him inside her. He inserts his index finger, causing her to squeal as he jerks his finger around inside. She squirmed and squirts spraying her liquid under his motion. He then brought his finger to her mouth causing her to lick scrumptiously on her love nectar. After softening her meat flap, he rubs his tip before bringing in his cock deep into her now deflowered vagina. She grimaced in the pain but after a moment of gentle foreplay, she succumbed into deep pleasure as she licks his fingers.

"Yes Naruto! Fuck your queen!"

Her pussy feels great, they moved in rhythm sticking her tongue out to the glass panel. After continuous motion, he lifts up her leg and barges in for it felt entirely different. She was pressed against the see through glass panel, sticking her tongue out, eyes rolled to the back.

"Ah~! Fuck me with your perverted dick!"

She screamed at the top of her lungs as he continues to violate her body. It's not enough, he wants her deep. Jolting forward, he lifts her off the floor, her arm around his head.

"This is even better! I could feel your dick hitting my womb! Fuck me!" He jerks his hips upwards, deep into her womb. "Ah~! This is so embarrassing! My pussy is showering!" She stuck her tongue out, screaming, grasping the lust-filled steamy atmosphere.

He thrusts in faster, fully aroused by her scream. As his pleasure meter hits the roof, he brought her hips deep into his base, releasing all his milk into her womb. Her head flew back as her eyes rolled to the back, overwhelmed by spontaneous pleasure. She could feel her womb was filled to the brim, leaking out of her pussy.

"Ah~~~!"

Naruto slid down to the floor, his cock still bulging inside her. She turns her head and licks his whiskers making him purr. He purred! She giggles then twitches her hips which causes her to squirm. Like the tiniest movement would blank her mind. She stared deep into his eyes, bringing her lips to his mouth.

"You are mine…"

"...and I am yours."

Lemon end

He later found himself back in his bed with the naked Hyuuga slumbering by his side. Questions and vague answers muddled his mind for he was unable to foresee the future marching up against him. He stared at the ceiling for hours on end contemplating upon his inner dilemma. Feeling restless. He got up. Dressed. Then left the room after leaving a kiss to her forehead.

He turns the knob to the Uchiha's room and found none breathing. Where could she be at this time? The clock ticks 5 as he leaves the comfort of his home. He pressed the button to the vending machine and the can rolls to a stop. Taking it out, he sat down onto the park's bench, droning to the dark skies under a single light.

...

...

Suddenly...from the shadows, a pair of hands grasped him.

"WHERE'S MY HOLY WATER, SENPAI?!"

"GARGH?!" He startled in shock as he was abrubtly shaken by the shoulders. Gasping his final breath, he hears her giggling from behind the bench. He frowned mildly though it was quite amusing she got him this time. Yup, she's gonna get it. "Is Pepsi okay?"

Snickering at his reply, she withdrew from the shadows and sat down by his side seemingly satisfied. As he press onto the vending machine, he peered attentively to her form. Hair tied to a high ponytail, black singlet foreshadow her sweat and sports shorts. She wipes away the sweat using the towel draped around her neck before taking in a huge lump of fresh air. He hands over the soft drink and sat by her side contemplating to the stars.

"Arigatou." She clips open and sips in. However, one wouldn't believe the words coming out of his mouth.

He folded his arms staring meekly at her. "I sincerely hope you didn't get raped." She sputter her drink, throbbing a vicious red mark. "Honestly, running around like that, you're basically asking for it." The can violently compressed under her grip, teeth gritting upon immense pressure. "Have some modesty, you looked like a wench in a strip club."

A nail was godsent from the heavens for it soars through the sky finally beaming down upon the composedly enraged Uchiha. "You're such a dick."

He snickered, flashing his trademark grin. "Erected or-"

"SHUT THE HELL UP-TEME!"

It was somewhat amusing from a comical standpoint to which he fully enjoy even for her, it was strange. It wasn't something to be understood nor be comprehend. But as long as the other party finds it offending and bites back, it'll all go seemingly well depending on the intensity. Results may vary though. The vending machine kicks in and the insects cricks for the morning is still young. He peered over to his companion, her sweat trailing down her cleavage but that wasn't he's aiming for. No guys. Her arms were scraped in burns, both minor and consequential.

"Amena-chan…"

"Yeah?" She cast her eyes away from the sky and was perplexed when he stretched his hand to her.

"Give me your hands." A faded blush spreads across her cheeks as she shifts closer giving both her palms without hesitation.

"What are you doing?"

He trails his hands from her limbs up to her shoulders, assuming they were probably shrouded in burns. Tracing the lines in the palm of her hands, he mutters softly as she was entranced by his obscure visage. "When I fought him, I felt an overwhelming power from within him...suppressed by chains. It kindled a fire within me...something woke up." He clasped her palms together enveloped by his larger hands.

"Master once told me if the heart is torched, comes a unstoppable wildfire." She muttered in remembrance, a subtle smile on her lips.

"...He was probably smoking..." She giggles undoubtedly as Naruto could feel butterflies in his stomach. "Heh-Heh...He's right though. Upon that barren land, life still flourishes…how is that possible?" He quirked his head to the side contemplating in curiosity as their eyes met.

"Life finds a way?" She mused jokingly but he gave her a grinning nod.

"...and time heals all wounds." They cast their eyes down upon her open palms and she had a daunting stupefied expression. No scrapes nor scars. No burns nor bruise.

"...?!" She raised her hand, staring wide-eyed gaping as she grinds it. It doesn't hurt like it supposed to! What the hell? She gave him a confounded look. "H-How is that possible?! What did you do?!"

He wistfully shrugged grinning ear to ear. "Welcome to my world." The sun rises from the horizon over to the dawn of the new day. "You might need it if you're gonna have to train me." He stood up as the Sun peeks behind him and Amena could only baffle at his statement.

"T-Train you? What are you talking about?!" She took his hand as they walk away from the bench.

He simply shrugged off. "Well, I could hardly cast a jutsu, let alone a clone."

She eyed him in confusion then jolt at his claim. "Wait-! Are you saying you want to be trained under me in order to pass?" She exclaimed bewilderedly and in disbelief. This is odd, what happened to him? This is something voluntarily!

"No duuuhhh...it doesn't take someone with a pulse to figure that out."

"Hm~." Okay then, let's see if he has the intention along with the commitment. "Well Uzumaki Naruto, for once, you actually surprised me."

Naruto-"What? Is me dying doesn't surprise you at all?"

Amena-"Hm-Well, it does frighten me but not as much as seeing you so...motivated."

Naruto-"Woah, so my kohai really do care about me."

Amena-"Don't push your luck. Now, If you want to be trained by me you're gonna have to get rid of your bad habits!"

Uzumaki-"Uhhh...Does that includes my slumber?"

Uchiha-"Of course, tally up 4 a.m till dusk."

Blue eyes-"4 fucking bloody A.M?!"

Black eyes-"Yup! You'll also going have to help make breakfast…"

Blonde hair-"Well...that doesn't sound so bad."

Black hair-"Oh! And Ramen only twice per week."

"(Sigh) This is turning out into one depressing week."

"But wait! There's more!"

"GARGH! Gimme a break!"

Chapter Analysis: This chapter basically presents Naruto fighting over his depression. Like he said to Sasuke, Naruto expects no less in life other than living simple ever since Kina left. Years living a privileged life, he grew dull and lost his sense of adventure. No purpose, No dreams. However, he was rescued by a single vow. His promise to Kina to live a life with a purpose following his virtues. Meaning he can lead his life with a purpose...finding one. Now he needs Amena Uchiha to train him. That is basically all there is.

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A/N Heya! End of Chapter 7!

Here's the Harem List for now!

1. Kina Hyuuga

2. Amena Uchiha

3. Female Kyuubi

4. Tenten

5. Kushina Uzumaki

6.(Another Uzumaki)(OC)

7.(Another Uzumaki!)(OC)

8. Samui

9. Yugito

10. Ayame

11. Konan

12.?

13.?

14.?

15.?

Suggest someone to fill in the slots...

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