I thank you readers for you support of this story. And to answer a question I got for Naruto and Skuld's age, they are both 13 years old.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Ah! My Goddess.
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Episode 2
Ah! A Run In With The Honorable Grandson
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Naruto woke from a peaceful slumber, considering he was sleeping on the couch. The whole class was given a few days off before the team placements so that they could get their pictures taken and let them get use to their new headbands.
Yesterday, Naruto was taken to the Hokage's Office to return the Forbidden Scroll. Skuld went with them because Iruka said that the Hokage had to know that the village had a new resident because of Naruto's wish, and so he had to make living arrangements for her.
~Flashback~
Sarutobi was sitting behind his desk doing paperwork with a smile. Why was he smiling? Because he just watched Naruto master the Shadow Clone Jutsu, and Iruka give him his headband saying that he graduated. He apparently didn't see Skuld, for she was out of range of his view.
He was interrupted by a knock on his door. "You may enter."
Iruka walked into the room with Naruto and Skuld in tow.
"Ah, Iruka, and Naruto as well. You've come to bring back the scroll, correct?"
"Yes, lord Hokage. We also come to you for housing arrangements for Skuld here," Iruka said referring to Skuld standing to his right.
The Hokage turned his attention to Skuld. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet a new face here in the village. I wasn't informed of any arrivals in the village, however. When did you arrive young lady?"
"I arrived two days ago, close to midnight, sir." Skuld said with a hint of nervousness.
Naruto couldn't hide his nervousness very well. He didn't know how to explain that Skuld was a goddess. It was easy to Iruka, because Iruka was there to witness a little bit of Skuld's power when she summoned that shield to deflect Mizuki's shuriken.
"You have no reason to be nervous. If you think you're in trouble for not informing me earlier, then don't be."
"That's not why I'm nervous," Skuld thought.
"So, where have you been housing this entire time?" Sarutobi asked.
"Um…with…Naruto," Skuld answered; her nervousness growing.
"Really, and why is that if you don't mind me asking?"
There was silence for a few minutes until Iruka decided to speak. "She is a goddess bound to Naruto because of a wish."
The Hokage was quiet for a second or two before asking, "And what do you mean by that Iruka?"
"I mean as I said, she is literally a goddess."
The Hokage's attention turned to Skuld. She turned to Naruto as if asking for his approval.
"It's okay if the old man and Iruka-sensei know, Skuld. We can trust them," he said.
Skuld smiled and put her hands together. She then began emanating a blue light, and behind her an angel sprouted from her back in a swirl of feathers. Sarutobi and Iruka both stared wide eyed.
"My name is Skuld: Goddess Second Class, First Category, Limited License. I was sent here to grant Naruto Uzumaki a wish for all the misfortune he received during his life. His wish was for me to stay by his side forever."
The Third's head shot towards Naruto. "Are you insane? How could you make a wish like that?"
"For the last time, I said it was an accident! Plus, Skuld said that she didn't really mind it. What happened was, I was asking her questions about what she thought about me. She answered them all that stated that she accepted me for me and not the fox in my gut!"
Sarutobi froze. "Okay, I know Mizuki must have told you about the fox; which I'm sorry for keeping that a secret from you, but you say all that as if you knew before hand."
"Skuld told me about Kyuubi. She explained to me that the villagers hate me because of the fox," Naruto said. "Oh and here's another thing of information. The Kyuubi isn't even a demon; it's an Earth Spirit."
The Hokage had a blank look on his face. "…What?"
Skuld spoke, "It's true, sir. The Kyuubi, along with the other tailed beasts are Earth Spirits that protect these lands. You humans didn't understand why they were here, so you just classified them as demons because of their enormous power."
Sarutobi sighed and leaned back in his chair. He was getting too old for this crap. He then turned to Skuld once more.
"Is there anything that I'm to be concerned about you two?"
Unless you want chaos throughout your village because of the System Force, You might want to make your rules concerning Naruto stricter or something," Skuld said.
"System Force? What exactly is that?" Iruka asked.
"You saw what happened to Mizuki? That was the System Force at work. Because of the contract the wish formed, anyone or anything that tries to harm or separate Naruto and I will trigger it to activate. It's very unpredictable, for it can make anything happen," Skuld said.
Iruka and the Third paled. If this System Force could make anything happen, then the whole village would be screwed if the villagers kept this up. For the Hokage, he was almost on the verge of tears because this only meant that he would suffer for this too; for it meant even more paperwork.
"I will make an announcement to the council about this, hopefully this can be a way for you to live a somewhat normal life from now on," Sarutobi said. "Also, Skuld, you are to stay with Naruto at all times. Which means you will still house with him."
"Thank you, Lord Hokage," Skuld said with a bow.
~Flashback End~
Naruto got up and walked to his room. He knocked to see if Skuld was awake or not. Naruto let Skuld have his bed and he would take the couch. Skuld didn't want to deprive him of his bed, but Naruto insisted.
He heard nothing and assumed she was still asleep. He slowly opened the door and assumed right. Skuld was asleep with the covers slightly mangled, revealing more of her sleeping figure. She seemed so peaceful; he just couldn't wake her up. He seemed mesmerized by the peaceful expression on her face, and how the sun's rays radiated off her black hair. He quickly shook out of his daze and got dressed into his orange Jacket and pants and put his new headband over his forehead. He went down to the living room and wrote a note explaining that he went out to get his picture for his ninja profile taken. He put the note on the kitchen table, and left the house.
Twenty minutes after Naruto left, Skuld finally woke up. She stretched and yawned.
She looked out the window over the village, then into the sky. It was a beautiful day.
"Naruto probably hasn't gotten up yet, so I'll surprise him by making him some breakfast. It's a good thing I picked up a few things about cooking from Big Sis."
After changing into civilian clothing, (and by change, I mean materialized) she went down stairs to get started, when she saw a note on the table.
Skuld,
Went to go get picture taken for ninja profile. When you wake up, you can either stay home and wait for me or come and fine me.
Skuld frowned. "Aw man, I wanted to surprise him with breakfast. I don't know exactly where he went, because he didn't write it down. I can't make breakfast, because who knows how long he will be gone and the food would get cold. So, I'll just have to go out and fine him!"
She pulled off a piece of her earring off again, and tossed it out the window to locate Naruto.
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Naruto was sitting in the Hokage's Office. He handed over his new picture he took earlier and the Hokage was a little surprised that the picture turned out to be…normal.
"Hmm, I was expecting you photo to look ridiculous, but you surprise me with a regular looking photo."
"Well, I kinda figured that I should start acting more mature. It's no big deal or anything," Naruto said scratching the back of his head.
The Hokage smirked. "Trying to impress the young goddess already are you?"
Naruto blushed madly and yelled while flailing his arms, "That's not it at all!"
"Calm down Naruto, I was only joking." The old man chuckled. "So, how are things so far with you and Skuld?"
"Well, nothing much as of late."
"Are you going to take Skuld out to explore the village?"
"Of course I am! I'm just trying to get the photo taking out of the way, and then I'll take Skuld on a little tour," Naruto exclaimed.
There was a sudden knocking sound. They turned to the window, and saw Chibi Skuld waving at them. It didn't affect Naruto at all fore he saw this before, however the Third was surprised that she was able to do that.
Sarutobi opened the window and Skuld zoomed over to Naruto; her face fuming. "What's the big idea leaving me behind?"
"I didn't leave you behind! I went to wake you p, but you looked too peaceful I just let you sleep a little more, that's all!" Naruto said nervously.
Her face instantly turned cheery. "Okay, I'll forgive you this time, but wake me next time you go out somewhere."
The old man cleared his throat to grab their attention while he sat back in his chair. "How exactly are you that size?"
"Well, we goddesses are able to send a small portion of our souls to locations with our earrings. It's for when our original bodies are to rest," Skuld said turning to the Third.
"A bit like a clone jutsu, I see," Sarutobi said. "Well, Naruto and I are done here. You two are free to leave."
Just then, the door burst open with a shout of, "You're mine, old man!"
A boy no more than six or 7 years old wearing a scarf dashed toward the Third. "I'm going to defeat you and become this Fifth Hokage!"
Before he could get within reach of the desk, however, he tripped over his own feet and fell face first onto the floor.
Naruto and Skuld stared at the boy incredulously.
"Who's the runt?" Naruto asked.
The boy turned his attention to Naruto; Skuld hiding in his jacket.
"You're the one who tripped me, weren't you?" he asked accusingly.
A vain appeared on Naruto's forehead. He rose from his chair and picked the kid up by his scarf. "You tripped over your own feet, dork!"
Then a man ran into the room, and gasped when he saw Naruto and the kid.
"Get your filthy hands off of Konohamaru! He's the Honorable Grandson of Lord Hokage!"
Naruto immediately calmed down.
Konohamaru smirked and said, "What happened? I thought you were going to hit me, tough guy. Are you afraid now that you know the Hokage is my grandfather?"
Naruto's anger returned. "I don't care if he's your grandmother!"
"Naruto, release him please," Sarutobi said dully; which Naruto did with a groan.
"You useless riffraff should show more respect for your superiors," the man said.
"Be careful of what you say, Ebisu."
Naruto's eyebrow ticked and he make a handsign. "I'll show you useless!"
A puff cloud enveloped him, and then cleared to reveal a nude female adult version of himself in a suggestive pose. Ebisu and the Hokage flew back and fainted from blood loss.
Konohamaru watched in awe as he witnessed the Hokage and his sensei defeated.
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Naruto returned home to pick up Skuld, and they walked around the village. Skuld was currently pissed off at Naruto for that jutsu he used earlier. He apologized over and over again, but she wouldn't let him off the hook for this one.
Apparently, her punishment for him, for the time being, was giving him the silent treatment. So they just walked around the village in silence until they arrived at a sight of the village where Naruto would explain where they were.
Unknown to them, Konohamaru was following them everywhere they went. However, Konohamaru accidentally gave clues that Naruto and Skuld were being followed by somebody; especially when they past a fence with the lines going sideways, unlike the rest of the fence.
"Okay kid, we know you're following us," Naruto said.
Konohamaru lowered the tarp he was using. "You must be really skilled to be able to find me so easily."
"No, you just suck at hiding," Naruto and Skuld though in unison.
"Okay, from now on, you are going to be my trainer," Konohamaru said bluntly.
"Say what?" the blond asked.
"I want you to teach me that technique you used on Grandpa Hokage!" he said excitedly.
"Oh HELL no!" Skuld shouted.
Naruto was startled by her language.
Skuld blushed in embarrassment. "What, just because I'm a goddess doesn't mean we are incapable of cursing."
"What do you mean 'goddess'?" Konohamaru asked; confusion spread on his face.
"Crap, that slipped out," Skuld said covering her mouth.
"Well, the whole adult population knows. It was by time the younger generation would find out too, but I didn't think this young," Naruto said.
"What? Find out what?" Konohamaru asked anxiously.
"Skuld here is literally a goddess. She was sent down here from heaven and is now to stay with me," Naruto said. He figured he wouldn't mention the wish he made, so he just gave the kid the short version of the truth without giving the whole truth.
"Really? I don't buy it. Is there some kind of proof you could show me?"
Naruto gazed around. Even if the village knew of Skuld already, he still didn't trust them enough to try anything. "What do you think Skuld?"
"Well, there really isn't anywhere we could hide, so we have no choice. Besides, the System Force will intervene if they do try anything, so…" Skuld put her hands together, closed her eyes and a white glow emanated off her, and her clothes changed into her celestial garb.
Konohamaru and a few adults that were nearby stared in awe as the light faded. If there was any thought of a bluff that a goddess was truly in the village, it was gone now.
"That…that was…TOTALLY AWESOME!" Konohamaru shouted.
"Not the reaction I was expecting. I was expecting for him to freak out and high tail it out of here," Naruto thought.
"So you're really a goddess? I must say, you really got quite a catch boss," Konohamaru said while looking Skuld from head to toe. Skuld blushed slightly at the complement.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Naruto said as he blushed as well. Naruto however, knew exactly what he meant. He thought Skuld was cute when he first met her yesterday, even if she arrived in Konoha close to two days ago. "And what do you mean by "boss"?"
"Well, that's what you are! You're the boss!"
"…You're not going to leave us alone until I teach you that jutsu, are you?" Naruto asked in slight annoyance.
"Nope," the kid said with an innocent smile.
Naruto sighed. "Sorry Skuld, but it looks like I have no choice."
"Fine, but you can't eat Roman for a week."
"Oh, now you're just being cruel."
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Ebisu shot awake and frantically looked around.
"So you finally woke up?" asked the Hokage.
"Where's Konohamaru?"
"I'm not really sure, but I think he might be with Naruto."
"WHAT! He's with Naruto! That's a disaster!" he shouted as he quickly ran out of the room.
"How did he grow up to be like that?" Sarutobi thought. "If Konohamaru is with Naruto, I can only say things are going to get worse. Naruto wouldn't teach him anything too bad…would he?"
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"Okay, Konohamaru, you've been practicing the jutsu for over an hour. Let's see what you can do," Naruto said.
"Right, boss!"
"Not so fast!" Ebisu appeared in a tree glaring down at them. "Konohamaru, I highly doubt anything this delinquent teaches you will be nothing but trouble. I on the other hand, can teach you plenty of jutsu that will make it easier for you to reach the title of Hokage."
"Maybe, but it would still take Konohamaru years of training to even come close to obtaining that title," Skuld said.
"So, you're the goddess that Lord Hokage told us about. I honestly don't see it. You look like a regular civilian to me," Ebisu said as he observed Skuld in her civilian clothes.
"Skuld really is a goddess! I saw her turn the clothes she's wearing now into a type of heavenly clothes!" Konohamaru yelled.
"Whatever the case, you are to come back with me so we can continue your training. Naruto can't possibly have been able to teach you anything useful."
"I'll show you exactly what I've learned! Transform!" Konohamaru's body was engulfed by a cloud of smoke and then cleared to reveal a naked woman in his place. "Hi there, you like my jutsu?"
Ebisu just stood there and screamed. Konohamaru transformed back; wondering why his jutsu didn't work like Naruto's the first time.
"H-How dare you teach him such a scandalous technique! You will pay for that you little brat!"
Ebisu charged at Naruto and Skuld. He was a few feet away when suddenly two figures stood in front of them blocking Ebisu's way.
"Who are-*gasp*!" In front of Ebisu stood two female kunoichi.
"A-Anko Mitarashi, Kurenai Y-Yuhi, w-what are you doing here?" Ebisu asked in slight fright of the two.
"Well, me and Kurenai were just taking a little stroll through the woods just hanging out, when we find you picking on three little kids. Is there any reason you would be doing something so low?" Anko asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, I happen to be Konohamaru's sensei, and that brat behind you stole him from me. So I just came here to take him back."
Anko and Kurenai turned around and gazed at duo behind them. Their gaze fell on Skuld and they observed her closely.
"So, you're the goddess we've heard about. You must really be something if you've come to be by Naruto's side," Kurenai said with a smile.
"Yeah, I think he needs someone around to keep him out of trouble," Anko smirked.
Skuld and Naruto blushed. The two jounin turned their attention back to Ebisu. Something then clicked in Kurenai's mind. "Say, Anko, doesn't he match the description about the peeping-tom that spied at the women's hot spring bath?"
Ebisu stopped breathing.
"Hmm, come to think of it he does. So you were the one who was peeping at the women's hot spring." Anko's face turned dark. Ebisu began trembling under her gaze. You think you can just get away with something like that? Especially when Kurenai and myself were there as well, you closet pervert?"
Ebisu started backing away from the women.
"I'm going to enjoy torturing you. Maybe I should castrate you with a rusty old knife afterward," Anko said, then gave chase to the man now running for his life with Kurenai in tow.
The three still there watched dumbfounded.
"I don't know whether that was just coincidental, or the System Force activating again," Naruto said.
"I couldn't tell you. It's sometimes difficult to tell," Skuld said.
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In the Hokage's Office, Sarutobi was trying to contain his laughter as he watched Ebisu being chased by the two kunoichi. Then he watched as Konohamaru named Naruto his rival to the Hokage title.
"He's finally walking down the road of a true ninja."
~Later That Night~
Anko and Kurenai chased Ebisu all over Konoha. They lost him eventually, ironically enough, near the hot spring baths. It never crossed their minds to check there so they kept on searching. Ebisu sighed in relief; for he was hiding in a tree right next to the women's side of the bath. He turned and goggled at the beauties as they bathed. He never saw Anko and Kurenai fly at him from behind and double kick him into the bath. The last thing Ebisu heard was the loud screams of "PERVERT!" before being pummeled by a horde of women.
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I hope that this chapter will hold you readers until the next update.
Until then, Cya.