Hello again! First, I'd like to apologize in advance for this chapter lacking monster girls. I needed to spent some time working one a side plot and setting stuff up for future chapter so the girls got pushed to the side this time around. Next chapter should have plenty of Miia in it so look forward to that!
I hope you all enjoy the chapter!
(Marshalanime does not own Naruto or Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou)
"Ah man! Even Naruto's going to get excited when I show him this gem!" Hiromasa excitedly cheered as he speed down the road on his bike, his legs pedaling as quickly as they could. His reason for racing to Naruto's house? Why, it's to show off a signed copy of ANM48's latest album that he'd gotten, comparatively, cheap.
As he turned the last corner Hiromasa's eyes widened when he saw construction workers and trucks waiting outside his friend's house. Putting on the breaks Hiromasa tried to stop his momentum in time but failing that the young man closed his eyes while preparing for the soon to come pain. That is where he felt his body being lifted into the air by the back of his grey jacket.
As he heard his bike continue forward and slam into one of the trucks, followed shortly by the workers complaints, Hiromasa cracked open his eyes to see what had happened. "I-I'm fine?" The man openly wondered as he was put safely onto his feet.
"You're lucky is what you are!" Hiromasa heard a stern, deep voice tell him. Flinching a bit the young man turned around to see one of the workers giving him a stern look. The first thing to cross Hiromasa's mind when he saw this man was 'Big'. The man was easily seven foot tall with a very thick, muscular build. He had short, robust red hair poking out from under his hard hat that seamlessly connected to his facial hair that was trimmed to make a trail running along his jawline before being aloud to grow a little longer at his chin. His skin was well tanned from long hours working in the sun and along his arms and legs the man had thicker hair than most people would.
"There's no point in rushing if you just end up hurting yourself so slow down next time" the man told Hiromasa as he leaned down to the younger man's level.
"Y-Yes sir!" Hiromasa blurted out as he stiffened up.
After staring at the petrified man for a bit this imposing giant of a human being's expression let up. "Good!" the man said with a wide grin as he 'lightly' slapped Hiromasa on the shoulder, nearly making the younger man fall to the ground. "I'll let ya slide as long as you're careful from now on!" the red haired man cheerfully said, standing up straight as Hiromasa attempted to maintain his balance.
With a rushed "Thank you" from Hiromasa the man watched as the guy turned and took off, making a B-line to Naruto's house.
Slowly turning his head from the main gate Hiromasa passed through to the house itself the man's grin never left his face. 'So, this is their place, huh?' the man thought as his mind traveled back to earlier that morning. Like any other morning it started with him untangling himself from his blanket, grabbing one of the many discarded shirts off his floor, and heading to his kitchen to whip up a meal. It was when he reached his kitchen that his typical morning ended.
Covering his mouth as he yawned the man groggily walked into the kitchen/dinning room of his one bedroom apartment. Walking past the man sitting at his table he headed straight for his fridge, only to smack his head off the inside of his fridge when he had realized that he had a guessed.
Rubbing the top of his head with a slight wince the tall man leaned up as he turned around. The old man sitting there had long, white grey hair that flowed down his back before being tied off with a white ribbon at the end. His clothes consisted of a white kimono tied together at his waist with a black obi and over his kimono he wore a red haori with a white swirl design placed between his shoulder blades. His wrinkled expression was one of amusement as he watched the man sleepily stumble past him and then panic once his mind was awake enough to notice his presence.
"Master Izanagi! How are you-Why are you-?!" the man was going on with a stunned expression before he remembered that he was only in a white shirt with stains covering it and a pair of green and white vertically stripped boxers. "F-Forgive me Master, I'll go change into something appropriate right awa-" the man was animatedly saying as he rushed back to his room, only to freeze up when the old man told him to take a seat.
Doing as he was told the large man sat down next to Izanagi, who was short compared to the average person and so looked quite diminutive next to this towering man. "This is a long way from your estate Master, I hope there were no incidences during your travels" the man said after sitting down, getting a brief look of irritation from the old man.
"Damn it Kazuo, I'm old not fragile!" Izanagi snapped at the man, getting a panicked look from Kazuo.
"Y-Yes, of course! I didn't mean to imply that you were Master!" Kazuo told the man, holding his hands up as he gave a very nervous grin. Looking for a way to change the subject Kazuo asked what the man was doing here, after all he must have had to travel over half the country to visit.
"Oh, nothing much, I just heard some interesting information and came to check it out for myself" the old man said with a playful grin.
"Interesting information?" Kazuo questioned. "Anything I can do to help?" the large man asked.
Hearing Kazuo make that offer had Izanagi's grin widen just a little more. "I'm glad you asked, since you'll be renovating the home of some very interesting people today" the old man told him, getting a confused look from Kazuo.
"But I don't have any work scheduled toda-" Kazuo was saying while rubbing the back of his head when his phone started to ring.
As Kazuo looked over to the counter his phone was on Izanagi told him "The owners of the house are Kushina and Naruto Uzumaki".
Hearing that got Kazuo's mind going as he got up to answer his phone to hear that he was indeed scheduled for a home renovation today. "Sorry, I must still be a little sleepy. Could you remind me again who they are?" Kazuo asked, only half listening to the person on the other end of the line. The clan hasn't really stuck together since coming to this world but they still got together from time to time and stayed in touch as much as possible, so it was a little odd to the man that he didn't immediately register who these two were from their names.
"You haven't met them before" Izanagi said with a big smile as he watched Kazuo's already confused expression grow even more so. "I believe these two have traveled here from the other world and I want us to greet them as family should" Izanagi told the man, getting a look of stunned disbelieve from Izanagi. The voice on the other end of the line became nothing more than white noise to Kazuo as he tried to wrap his mind around the news he'd just heard.
'I wonder what they're like' Kazuo thought to himself as he pulled his eyes away from the building and back to his men as they moved construction materials off of one of the trucks.
After entering the house and taking off his shoes Hiromasa called out for his friend s he walked further into the building. As he walked past the living room's entrance he caught a glimpse of red out of the corner of his eye. "Oh, hey Ms. Uzumaki. Do you know if Naruto's hoooooaaaaaa!?" Hiromasa was asking as he took a step back to look into the room, only to realize that it wasn't Kushina sitting on the couch.
Taking her eyes off the magazine she was reading Miia looked over her shoulder to see the man standing in the doorway with his mouth gaping open. It kind of felt uneasy having him stand there saying nothing while staring at her. Come to think of it, she had no idea who this guy was so what's he doing here?
"Hey, Hiromasa, what are you doing h-gha!?" Naruto was saying as he walked up to his friend. However, ha hadn't expected the guy to pull him into a head lock after coming to HIS house and calling out for him.
"You son of a bitch, I trusted you!" Hiromasa hissed out through gritted teeth as jealous tears flowed down his face like waterfalls.
As the man started to ramble about how the world was unfair Naruto pulled Hiromasa's arm from around his neck before kicking the man away.
"The hell's wrong with you?" Naruto questioned his friend, already annoyed with the man's actions.
"The hell's wrong with me?" Hiromasa asked as he pushed himself off the floor. "I'll tell you what's wrong!" Hiromasa shouted as he ran up to the blond and grabbed him by his shirt. "You get signed up for a day and end up living with a vision of perfection while I've got jack shit! Do you know how long I've been waiting? It's been months you hear me, months!" Hiromasa told the blond directly to his face. He wanted Naruto to appreciate monster girls like he did but why did live have to be so unfair?
"You're starting to piss me off" Naruto told the man as he pushed Hiromasa's face away from his own.
"Darling, is he your friend?" Miia asked. From start to finish she'd been watching their interactions and it was honestly a little difficult to tell.
"Hm?" turning his attention away from Hiromasa to Miia the blond only now noticed she was there. "Ah, yeah. this guy's Hiromasa. He's bit hard to get use t-Huh?" Naruto was telling the lamia when Hiromasa's hold on his shirt loosened.
Both Naruto and Miia watched with odd expressions as Hiromasa slowly slinked down to his knees, muttering 'Darling' over and over again as silent tears covered his cheeks. 'Just a few days ago I had to bribe you just to enter my favorite monster girl cafe, and yet here you are, passing me by by leaps and bounds' Hiromasa thought to himself, a small spark of pride forming for his friend beneath this soul crushing aura afflicting him.
Moving around the house Kushina was keeping an eye on the workers tearing down and rebuilding her home. She understood why they'd need to make the place bigger for Miia to get around more comfortably but she wished they'd had a little more time to get ready, heck she was up all night storing her fuinjutsu, weapons, and other questionable objects away so that there wouldn't be any unwanted questions. Still, she was worrying herself ragged that she may have forgotten about something here and there.
As she made her way into the entrance hall she saw a tall, red haired man directing others on what needed to be done. "Excuse me" Kushina said, getting the man's attention. "I have a few questions about the renovatioooooooanh?!" Kushina was asking the man as she approached him, only to find herself in a tight embrace as her feet left the floor.
"Hahaha! You must be Kushina! I can tell just by looking in your eyes, you've got that Uzumaki spirit burning brightly inside you!" Kazuo jovially cheered as he embraced the thoroughly confused woman.
"W-What are you talking about!?" Kushina loudly asked as she tried and failed to pry apart the man's arms apart.
"Ah! Sorry, sorry, it's just not everyday we get a new face in the family" Kazuo apologized as he put Kushina back on her feet, his grin threatening to split his face as he did so.
"Wh-What?" the red haired woman breathed out as she took a step back, only to be stopped as Kazuo's hands came to rest on her shoulders.
"The last time was when little Nishi was born four years ago!" the man continued on, not missing a beat as Kushina stared at him with a very confused and concerned expression on her face. Bringing his right hand up to run the back of his head Kazuo looked up in though. "Or was it five years ago?" the man openly wondered.
Taking this opportunity Kushina slipped out of his hold and back away from the large man. "I'm sorry but, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying" Kushina nervously said as she held her hands up close to her chest. All she wanted to do was ask a few questions.
Looking back down at the woman Kazuo blinked a few times in confusion. "Really?" the man asked. When she replied in the affirmative Kazuo got all flustered in embarrassment. "I... I guess I went and let my excitement get the better of me again" Kazuo said as he began to run the back of his head again as his eyes darted up to the corner of the room in order to avoid Kushina's eyes.
With her initial surprise dying down Kushina nervous expression turned into a stern scowl as she watched the man. When Kazuo glanced back at the woman a cold shill ran down his spin as their eyes met. "Ah, please don't get angry! I'll try again without getting all excited, promise!" Kazuo begged in a bit of a panic.
With a quick cough to clear his throat Kazuo posture straightened out as he held out his hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you, my name's Kazuo Uzumaki" the man introduced himself.
It took a minute for what he said to sink into her head but when it did Kushina's scowl slowly started to shift into a wide eyed expression. "...What...?" the woman asked so quietly it could barely be herd.
Off in a dark parking garage a man of average height and build stepped out of an elevator. Like any typical government agent he was dressed in a black suit with black sunglasses covering his dark violet eyes. He had short black hair and a clean shaved face with an air of seriousness surrounding him. Without any deviation he made his way to a black car and got into the driver's seat.
"You're surprisingly calm about this" a woman's voice commented as the man put his seat-belt on.
"They're only delaying me" the man told the woman sitting next to him in the passenger seat.
The woman sitting in the car had wide hips, a slender waist, and hand filling breasts. She wore a pink tinged, white kimono with a pink flower petal design starting from the bottom of the garment and running up on a diagonal line to end just under her left breast. Her long, brown hair was pulled into two buns on top of her head just behind the deer-like horns sticking out from her head. Her ears were long and pointed, sharing the same yellow color as the scales on her cheeks and lower arms and legs. Laid over her lap and leading into the back of the car was her long tail tipped with brown fur.
"Still, it must be aggravating to be sent off to the other end of the country like this" the woman said as her emerald eyes locked onto the man next to her.
"I can't handle this from the shadows like the others" the man said as he started the engine and started to drive. "I need time to plan my next move. It'll cause problems if we're not careful" he told her.
With a smirk the woman turned her head to look out the window. "Just as long as this task doesn't take too long. Even thinking about it makes me restless" the dragoness commented.