Chapter 2: Serious Day. Funny Day. Just Another Day In The Life Of Naruto Uzumaki.
===Naruto's Hideout===
Naruto, woke up the next day in the morning. The shades of his hideout cooling his body from the cold sweat he had accumulated on his forehead from the dream he had experienced.
What was that. He thought.
The dream felt so real, as if he was there. He felt the wind blow through his face and the touch of grass between his toes. Only to suddenly hear a roar! and he was thrown back into reality. It was puzzling to say the least. But Naruto had other worries than trying to remember what occurred during his dream such as writing down what he had experienced.
Ugh, have to write this down.
After writing his dream encounters in his leather book, Naruto closed it up and put his secret book back into a secret compartment on the floor.
He placed the leather journal in a box he had found in an abandoned Monster Hunter camp. The box in itself was quite average to say the least. It was out of wood of not a strong material you would find to build huts, but from the bark. As if made hastily to put materials in quickly and out.
With this crude box at hand Naruto walked with his pudgy feet towards a small section to the left of his bed and onto the dirt floor, from which he tapped with his foot to open a section of dirt out.
The section of dirt that had opened, was actually a funny story in itself.
You see Naruto after finding this cool neat hideout, decided to check every nook and cranny for any thing he could use such as food, water, and of course safety.
Luckily, the place was cut off from any monsters that would dare come into the safe hideout which Naruto had unofficially claimed. The place was filled with moss and vines that stretched the circular base of Naruto's hideout. There was a blue tiled box near a very small port connected to a small pond for fishing.
Fortunately, or Unfortunately Naruto in his excitement of finally finding a place to stay and call his own with his own crude writing "Naruto's Hideout" plank to display. Had tripped and fell on the space next to the makeshift bed. His head which was hard-headed so to speak in fact hit a particular spot to open a hidden compartment on the dirt floor.
Unknown to Naruto this secret compartment was used to hide secret material ingredients when returning to the village. Because of theft and robbers were becoming increasingly rampant. Robbers would sometimes rob unsuspecting returning Hunters after an exhausting day of gathering ingredients or killing a large monster. Making it easy to injure exhausted hunters on there way back to their refuge hut.
But, for Naruto this was a perfect compartment he would utilize to it's fullest. Until he realized his supplies for food was running low. He had to find some supplies and fast or risk dying from starvation.
The best he had to go for was finding food once more. He had lucked out with fishing with a rod, he found near the abandoned base he claimed. But now since his supplies were running low he had to find some way to sustain his life. Even if it had to be venturing out in the world on his own. He had done it so far and he could do it again!
Need to survive.
With his mindset set at hand. Naruto proceeded to ready his gear. Which wasn't much to be honest, he was still a five year old in this weird world. With a black t-shirt with a mysterious dark red spiral fit perfectly on his small child like body, the sandals he wore in his hideout were changed to provide better safety he believed than wearing open toed sandals that could hurt him if he ran too fast.
He had tried it once, forgetting he had the other more studier sandals. But, alas he was too lazy to replace it. And he paid the price for it by tripping, falling on his face on the dirty floor with his toe in a different color from its usual.
It was red.
But luckily it wasn't bleeding as he believed. After crawling his way to the nearby pond near his hideout he delicately removed his garments and washed himself to remove the grime and dirt on his skin. Next thing he knew he was clean! But, what was really strange was his toe was fine as well.
It was cool in a way.
To know you could heal from such an injury at such a fast pace. Naruto giggled and jumped high in the air, still naked.
From then on wards Naruto knew he could traverse the vast world with smaller risks than before.
Until one day, he learned he was not the only inhabitant of this world.
...
Now some people would be surprised how a five year old would be scribbling so intently in such a small leather book that was free of any writing. Until yesterday, where he decided to write his experience. Often times, such prejudices would be only to specific age groups ranging from teenagers, and even adults.
To Naruto it may seem other worldly and peculiar, but nevertheless it is useful to the young blond child.
Naruto knew yesterday was the day to write his musings and encounters. He knew at a young age where most children would be curious of the world. He would think critically and adjust accordingly.
Of course that only works half the time. Granted he was still a child. And as a child still prone to innocence and young child like curiosity waiting to burst through. It was no wonder why he had not noticed the furious Ruby Rathalos on his heels yesterday. And he didn't even know about it!
This is why he decided to focus on the present and write with his trusty quill at hand to write about his dream, because he deemed them important.
He was a small child damn it! He didn't want to be ordered around like a slave.
He was big boy!
Even if he was living all alone. It would be nice to have a companion to talk to, or to travel with.
Naruto decided to stop his musing of the dream he had last night, because he had more important things to do!
Like go exploring or find new stuff!
A few days ago before the Rathalos & Rathian incident, Naruto explored the world he lived.
Even alone Naruto adapted to the environment rather quickly. He knew early on that if he wanted to survive in the wilderness he needed to know at least three essentials:
Food.
Water.
Safey.
Those three were essential at the fore-front of his mind. Three priorities that the 5 year old Naruto still follows everyday.
He knows each day he lives he had to follow each basic instinct in order to survive and perhaps figure out why his memories won't show what had happened before he was dumped into this area.
He couldn't remember the years before he was dropped in into the 'Forest and Hills' area. At the tender age of 5 years old all Naruto knew was instinct which had saved him for the past few days since his arrival, even so he had managed to stay alive, through sheer luck or merely coincidence, he persevered like any other individual following their basic instinct.
Self-preservation.
It was disturbing, to say the least. If any hunter near the area saw a child out in a highly populated area where the place was filled with monsters ranging from the quick fingers Melynx, the weird moving creatures (Naruto had no way to classify this creature) Shakalaka, the big flying bug monsters Vespoid, and finally those big and small fish he had seen in ponds and lakes inside the Forest and Hills.
If any other villager or hunter had ventured into the unknown and came across a young child in the Forest and Hills. They probably would've been shocked and appalled someone had the audacity to actually lead a child astray or heaven forbid willingly abandoned him into the unknown.
Luckily Naruto had no encounters thus far with any villagers or Monster Hunters. He wasn't ready to see them, or even know if they were even friendly.
All he knew about Monster Hunters was the dead remains of some armor that he used to decorate his hideout with.
He has no experience with talking with these Monster Hunters nor to his knowledge what a hunter entails. He is quite frankly uninformed due to his circumstance of just being in this area with no idea how he got here in this forest and hills place.
Granted, it was much nicer than the orphanage he used to stay at, the horrible feeling he would often have whenever one of the villagers would have a look of indifference to masking hatred on their faces. He only knew of an old man with dark shite spots on his cheeks, very old lines that were under his eyes, and some kind of smoky thingy he has hanging from his lips.
He was the only 2(The matron being the other to show kindness to him) and the old man which he still didn't know the name of.
He was for a lack of a better term happy he didn't have to see those bad looks the people would send him from behind the window at the orphanage. So, it was somewhat a great thing he was here.
For one he didn't have to worry about people who looked at him, here he was free to do whatever he wanted! no other kids to tell him to "go away!" or "scram," he was in essence free as one of those creatures he saw above. Without restrictions, without hate, and most of all with freedom in hand. He smiles and relishes his new found purpose.
Finding food! D:
Yup, although being in this new environment granted him certain priveleges than his past home, he can quite undoubted say he was famished when he came! Honestly! The time he woke up and saw some clothes conveniently placed in a camp not more than 10 feet from his location he said with a small meekly voice.
"Er hello? any food here?"Usually, someone the matron he looked up to most of the time would give him a gentle smile and tell him "wait a moment," from there she would return with a bowl of soup or sometimes meat!
Oh, how he loved meat...
But, the soup definetly trumped the meat! by a large margin indeed
Little did the Matron know in her haste to find any spare leftover food she had just grabbed whatever was in the microwave at the time and handed it to Naruto before leaving him to attend a small kid who fell and scraped his knee. Later, returning to her quarters did she only realize she had given Naruto her cup of Ramen and poured it into a bowl!
She screamed into the heavens for her foolish mistake...
And howled to the moon in Konoha upon realizing it was her last cup of ramen too...
But, anyway Naruto loved the bowl of soup of some kind he gave her before leaving. It had some weird long soft sticks that tasted delicious! He hoped he could find some more of the strange food which he forgot to ask the matron the name of the food which he took an immense liking too. Which was why he asked around first.
Being polite certainly had its perks! Why one time he asked in the same voice as he always did when the matron had some of her friends visit. And it was horrible! And somewhat cool in a way. But that is a story for another time.
Even though no one was there he searched the area from which he came to fervently to find some sort of sustenance to sustain his small child-like body.
He searched high and low through grass and under the pile of clothes before him and near the small pond too!
Alas, fate either taking pity or deciding out of some small form of compassion within finally decided to spare the poor boy some grief.
Well, to his stomach in particularly.
So it was no wonder when Naruto decided to venture out into the unknown he tripped and fell on some kind of cat?
Yes, that would be an ampt description. Back in the village Naruto saw many people jumping around the rooftops, chasing some cat. He didn't know why these grown ups were chasing a cat of all things, but ultimately decided not to think about it. When he asked the matron what were these people jumping and running around for she said. "They are shinobi. Naruto-chan."
?!
He didn't know what Shinobi were so he asked the matron once more what were Shinobi?
She didn't answer for a few moments, but in her eye which Naruto couldn't quite see she had a sad dim light in her eyes. As she tried to collect herself to say to a child no older than five years old. To understand it so delicately for such a child such as him.
"Shinobi. Are people who choose to protect their home Naruto-chan." She left him with the answer. . And clear.
"Oooooohhhhhhhh." Naruto replied in an awed tone.
Little did Naruto know much to the amusement of the matron at the time with her black her and coal like eyes. The shinobi he saw jumping and running around the rooftops were trying to catch the elusive and most of evil of all creatures.
Tora.
Therefore he knew what a cat was. But This was no cat. It looked similar to a cat but different. For one it had the cat had gotten up on its two hind legs! Walking like grownups do! And spoke too! It was white with strips of dark brown fur outlining the arms and some reaching to its waist below.
And didn't know how he would react.
Two blue eyes stared at slitted blue eyes.
Time stood still, leaves moved gently in the trees and the grass swayed too amongst the breeze that passed.
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No one moved. Naruto had yet to move a muscle and this cat? had yet to move too. He decided to wait and observe this cat-like creature for a time.
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Little did Naruto know the felyne Deku was his name also thought the same thoughts as Naruto and decided for a wait and see approach.
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Still the two had not moved, both waiting for the other to strike and or make a mistake. The two had no idea how long they stood gazing at one another. It was as if time continued on with or without their permission. Fleeting like a cloud. Until...
GRUMBLE
Both heads look towards their respective stomachs in unison, then both jump back still looking towards one another, still in cautious of the other.
GRUMBLE
Both look at their stomachs in unison once more and with a heavy sigh. flop down on the floor.
Both look tiredly at one another after their intense battle of staring. Only for their eyes to briefly break contact and stare at the bag the felyne dropped.
The cloth surrounding the object slid off although it was still partially contained, Naruto could see what it looks like from a distance. And to say he was astonished was putting it midly.
For lo and behold what lay before him was an egg.
But not just any egg. A BIG EGG, the eggs the matron would cook for Naruto were usually small and still quenched his stomach for a time, but this BIG EGG,would satisfy his hunger for a long time. Unconsciously he crept forward towards drool minutely gathering over his lips before dropping onto the floor below. Naruto in a trance continued to slowly crawl towards the egg as if it was Holier than the bowl the matron gave him before.
The felyne on the other hand Deku realized this human was looking at his egg he stole from some Aptonoth earlier! Aghast! Deku realized his lunch was about to be eaten by this human! Oh no. That egg was by all rights his! Narrowing his slitted eyes Deku jumped up and snarled somewhat menacingly towards the human who had the gall to take his egg!
Naruto still in a trance was closing in on the egg unaware of his enemy?/companion?/aquintance? before him still growling.
Deku realized his growling technique didn't work!? Usually the Growl would certainly work, I mean he was smart Felyne, he attended professor F's lessons regarding interactions with humans.
#1: Always back-up your fellow hunter or felyne comrade. No man or woman gets left behind!
Deku took to this lesson dearly close to his felyne heart! But err he couldn't remember what other rules there were concerning humans at this moment so he decided for the time being to speak to the human.
"Uh hey~?" Deku said in a small but clearly loud enough voice befitting of his felyne throat could allow. Felynes although small can still surprise many humans to this day. Exceptionally they are remarkable creatures. Once in the past he heard a passing human say , "To know how to speak in the human language is just awesome! I mean the old days we used to draw pictures to tell a felyne what to do, but now felynes are smart enough to speak! Hurrah!" Sadly for that human the compliment was well met, however combining it with a sarcastic condescending tone caused nearby felynes to jump and ambush the poor man with claws. Luckily he was released from the village healer later with a promise to apologize to each of the felynes who had heard his remark.
Yup, Humans are cool, but sometimes were thick in the head.
Anyway, back to the real situation.
Naruto upon hearing the cat creature talk abruptly stopped his drooling and with wide eyes pointed his finger at him as if in accusation, and with a stuttering tone said. "Yo-you, you! can talk!?"
Deku smiled a gentle smile, not condescending but one of understanding. Since many children in his village would stare in shock at felynes who could talk. Truly it is a humorous situation considering their face of shock.
"Yes. Haha. Yes I can talk." Deku replied to Naruto.
However, Deku didn't realize Naruto was not like other children raised in the village. And only knew cats who meowed and stayed inside their homes lazing about.
It came to a surprise to Deku the uhhh child? fainted before him. He carefully walked slowly towards the child just in case there was some sort of prank he would pull onto him, Heavens knows he's been subject to it by his respective relatives.
Unknown to Deku and the fainted Naruto. A Velociprey had stolen the egg from the ground and returned to take it to a safe place to eat.
=Rathian Nest=
Deep inside the Forest and Hills. Where mountains converge with old green lush trees and vibrant green grassy hills surrounding the area, with the bright sun in highest point of the sky. Lay a single wyvern sleeping on the floor littered with bones of dead creatures and hunters alike.
Huehuehue, however this was no ordinary wyvern it was a unique wyvern.
A Golden Rathian lay inside her nest sleeping without a care in the world...
You see this Rathian was no ordinary gold Rathian, a hunter would come across on a daily basis. Nay this Rathian was Gold. Not pure a pure gold color nor a rusty gold color, but a mixed of shining bright yellow as bright as sunshine. She was currently past her teenage years as a wyvern into a young adult life. As such her size is more than the average Rathian.
She was currently sleeping after a long day.
A long day of cleaning her nest from some disgusting things she found in this recently abandoned nest. You see as she happened to fly in search of a nest to call home after being evicted by her mother. She found this large mountain with a space above that allowed a creature like herself to fit through. Naturally, she investigated the area around for any disturbances to her possible new home. And found nothing too bad to cross the area off as a possible area for her nest of rest.
However, upon landing onto the area did she take turn for the worst. Sure, the area had no bloody vandalism from disgusting hunters who would come into a nest and challenge the next resident wyvern. And sure it also didn't have any annoying neighbors like those velociprey or felyne scrounging about for scraps of food. All in all it looked nice to a female wyvern like her for a place to rest and call home.
As she descended onto her newly inspected residence call home did she not take account of a shiny soft material on the floor.
SPLAT.
"Huh?" Perplexed the golden Rathian heard a sound like something soft getting splattered against. She turned her large head left and rotated her body.
SPLAT.
Again she heard the noise again as she turned to the left. Perplexed she continued her rotation counter-clockwise and again did her hear a SPLAT.
Fed up with nothing around her immediate surroundings she decided to check where her feet were...
And lo and behold a pile of dung was there clinging onto her feet.
Her feet which had been smothered with... Dung...3 Consecutive times...
And to think all she wanted was a nice and clean place to rest.
Rest assured though, after taking controlled inhalation of air and exhaling it back for 10 minutes (Courtesy of her mother when dealing with her Father on many occasions) did she delicately (as to not let the dung spread anywhere else.) flew outside the nest and onto a nearby lake to wash off the dung off her feet.
It was a tedious task, but a small task in itself to closely finding a place to call her home. So begrudgingly she accepted the task to clean her soon-to-be nest in order to finally rest. And when she returned did she realize how was she supposed to clean the other dung spread across the floor? Sure, she can go dredge her feet once more in dung and then fly again to the nearby lake to cleanse her feet, but that would be too troublesome.
Maybe I can get those small creatures to do it? Felynes? No, they would probably demand payment.
Hunters? Hahahahahahaha sure...
What to do...
AH!
The golden Rathian realized she could just blow it away! As a wyvern she was privy to wind power, hence the wings on herself. But, also blessed with fire as well! Turning for a good spot to blow away the atrocious dung she found a spot. Choosing a random spot of the two entrances leading to her nest one north and one south. She blew away the horrible dung south!
Whether by coincidence or fate the dung flew high into the air and landed on an unsuspecting felyne just rummaging through a bush. He would wonder when did dung start falling from the sky later on in his life.
Anyway back to our beautiful golden Rathian. After finally cleaning her new home she finally proceeded to rest after a long day.
Now, don't frown upon her sleeping is an important part of a wyvern. And she needs her beauty sleep damn-it!
Honestly... All she wanted to do was sleep inside of her comfy nest. Sure it was littered with bones of velociprey, felynes, Velocidromes, and sometimes those pesky small creatures that kept "Shakalakaling" around her nest.
Ugh, It's hard enough having to keep it tidy and proper for a female such as her! Too troublesome if anyone had asked her. Which of course was none.
Due to the fact each suitor of Rathalos who courted her were left to the dust.
You see she wasn't any ordinary run-of-the mill Golden Rathian she was one of the fastest and modestly speaking strongest! Well, here in this area of the Forest & Hills! She wouldn't dare go off into areas unknown, for she didn't need to! Her nest was here all nice and comfy and clean and-
CREAK!
CREAK!
She turned her large head quickly to the left then right where she perceived the noise was. But, alas there was nothing but old bones and silence. As if the intruder became invisible so quickly beyond her capabilities to see...
It was alarming... To say the least, Wyverns were proud creatures. And rightly so considering they resembled closely to their cousins of Draconic lineage. Hence, why she narrowed her eyes at not finding the intruder near her beautiful nest!
Well, whatever hopefully he or she wouldn't come back or else she would feast upon their souls~!
MUWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!
MUAHAHAHAH- COUGH COUGH!
Sigh... Mother did tell her she was a bit of a weird Rathian for thinking deviously... She still has phantom pains from the punishment her mother would subject her to do every time she would cackle like a mad evil villain...
Closing her eyes, she wrapped her wings inward around her body enclosed like a blanket, and gracefully sat down on her nest to take her beauty sleep.
Zzzz. Zzzz. Zzzz.
Zzzzzzzzz...
Until Next Time Fellow Hunters!-
Preview Chapter- Partnership? Alliance? Friendship!?
Blue eyes tensed. His trusty slingshot aimed at either of the two in front of him.
Felyne Blue eyes narrowed. His trusty Bone Cat Pick held defensively in front of him against these two soon-to-be-enemy?
And bright blue Rathian eyes stared in thought at the two small creatures, in wonder of who will win the battle?
And there lay in the center one untouched Aptonoth Egg. The prize to the winner. And just who will emerge victorious?
OMAKE- The Matron of Naruto -Her secret!-
If there was one word you could describe the word of Naruto's Matron it would have to be:
Gorgeous!
With black as dark as night combined with an dark azure quality into it, many people would describe her as the blue queen of Konoha. And black eyes as dark as the color of the deepest night, her figure had the right balance of muscle and and hourglass figure to boot!. Ah, to describe her in more detail would be akin to a sin to describe her figure.
Let us move on. You see the matron of Naruto has a dark secret! Yes, a very dark secret... Not even her husband knows... Nor even her two sons!
She could not let them know her secret. For all dignity and reputation she had attained over the years would crumble as quick as lightning.
Yup. It is a dark secret and hopefully no one will ever know! I mean its not really a big deal. It's just she has a-
Click.
Footsteps none too stealthily echo the room next to her. She hears giggles, "Awe" tones, and muffled sounds coming from the room!
No! She dreaded the foreboding thought crawling through her mind and with haste similar to the 'A' the Raikage at the time. She flung the door open.
Inside were two of her best friends a Inuzuka woman and wife to a certain Nara head.
What would be so startling of these two? Well perhaps they were hugging a poor child in between their valley of heaven!
Yes. Folks, a wife of a Nara and an Inuzuka were smothering a poor child within their heavenly bosom!
And the person unfortunately or fortunately being smothered by these two youthful woman! Was none other than Uzumaki Naruto!
Oh the poor dear looks like he was about to faint in sheer embarrassment or and overloading cuddliness!
"Oh look at him Tsume!" The Nara wife replied while still holding him gently and rubbing her cheeks to his whiskered ones.
"He's so cute!" Replied Tsume. Also hugging the poor child within her bosom.
The Matron could only look at her two best friends in utter shock. How could they betray her! She was the only one capable to tending to Naruto. In the morning, afternoon, night, bathing, feeding, and playing with him! And her friends had the gall! to take away her Naruto!
Yes. The Matron was a tad bit obsessive with her Naruto-Time.
While, Tsume and the Nara wife had sly smirks on their faces(Though their friend could not see) they had planned a sudden visit to their friend to cuddle with the cute child Naruto and also to their immense satisfaction get a rile out of the Matron for being sometimes an obsessive woman.
"Ufufufufu~ She really needs to curb her Naruto-Complex. Doesn't she Tsume?" In a whispered tone she said to her friend opposite her still cuddling the blond child.
"Indeed ufufufu~"
And poor old Naruto wondered how he gotten into this mess. All he did was enter the kitchen of the orphanage looking for two when these two youthful women enter sneakily(Though Naruto didn't know at the time sneaking without being invited was bad thing) and asked the two in a small voice whilst tilting his head.
"Hello~ do you have any food?" He inquired softly to the two women.
And for some reason he did not know, but rather familiarly the two women had shocked faced before picking him up and cuddling him to their chests where some soft spots were. The small dare he say soft pillows were nice to feel on his face just as the matron would whenever she would wrap him in her chest area as well.
And throughout that particularly day Naruto didn't get his food and only fell asleep on the two women's chest, sleeping soundly amidst the chaos ensuing with the matron running after her best friends for stealing her Naruto-Time.
Ah just a normal day in Konoha.
AN: from now on AN will be posted on my profile. The reason for this is because I don't want AN after AN to count for Word count.