DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or Tenchi Muyo!
HELLO, RYO-OHKI
Breathing in and out slowly, Naruto started his the kata he remembered from his Oji-chan. He may not be around him now, but that wasn't an excuse to stop his Kenjutsu training. He was dressed in weight clothing that was meant for training. While he had normal wear that had the same amount of weight for everyday use, this set of clothing was meant for training, while the other was meant for battle and mission usage. The weighted clothes he had on now looked like a black tank top with the Uzumaki swirl on the back, black long pants with silver stripes with oranges lines in the middle of them running down from top to bottom on each side of his legs, armbands with decorative dragons on them and martial art slippers. Along with the weighted clothing was the weighted sword he was practicing with.
He had really surprised his Oji-chan when he started his train with weighted bokkens. He had stated obnoxiously that he could lift that heaviest sword with ease. Katsuhito raised an eyebrow at the boy's confidence and pointed out the heaviest sword and told him to pick it up. When Naruto had done so, the reaction was immediate as the sword fell down from his hands with a heavy thud, nearly crushing his toes. Just as he was about lecture the boy about overconfidence and arrogance, Naruto tried to pick it up again, too stubborn to let a piece of wood that was weighted down by seals to stop him from proving himself to his Oji-chan. Before Katsuhito could stop him, Naruto slowly started to pick it up. From what he could tell, he felt the boy's arm muscles snap under the strain, but the strange thing that happened was that it healed very quickly and become a little bit stronger, before they snapped again, healed gain, and got stronger again, the process repeating many times for at least three hours. He absently noted it was sort of like the strength of those saiyans he heard about on his travels in space. When he was brought out of his thoughts, he looked to see a very tired, panting and pained Naruto holding the weighted sword with one hand. That sword weighed at least triple his weight and he was holding it with one hand. After seeing such result from a grueling three hour attempt of just picking up a sword, Katsuhito saw fit to test Naruto's limits of growth and started to weight him down with weights that were fairly hard for any normal man to wear.
Not that he had become godly strong after that, but Naruto reasoned he could hold a Zanbato with one hand like Zabuza. Though he knew it really mattered about how you use that strength in skill rather than in a show of power. His Oji-chan had made sure that thought was beat into his head. After Katsuhito had gotten satisfied to the point he could test Naruto, he called him over to see what he had. Naruto lost fantastically in that spar. While he was a great deal stronger then Katsuhito, he was no match for the old man's skill, speed, and experience. He then remembered one time they had gotten serious about one spar.
FLASHBACK
Naruto kicked up dust as he skidded against the dirt of valley nearby the shrine. In his hands was an actual katana, just like the one in his Oji-chan's hands now," Dammit!" he gritted his teeth in anger as he raised his fist at Katsuhito with a scowl and a tick on his forehead," you seriously tried to stab me just now, didn't you?!"
"Well of course, Naruto," Katsuhito answered casually as he shouldered his katana," right now, I'm doing me best to push your limits, to see how far you can go with the Kyuubi's and your own power," walking a bit around the boy, he tapped the katana on his shoulders," I'll push and push, so that you can use that Jutsu I taught the theory of to you the other day," Katsuhito then came to large looking, but also cut trench," I even gave you a visual aid of it, Naruto."
Naruto gulped at that, he remembered the beam cut his Oji-chan had released from the sword before their practice. The destructive capabilities would be truly useful to a combat specialist, and he was close to being something like that, since he liked to get in close and personal to his opponents.
"If you are able to learn this Jutsu, you be able to fire it again and again with the amount of Chakra you have in your body," Katsuhito noted to the blond.
"Are you out of your mind?!" Naruto asked his Oji-chan. The amount of energy he felt in that attack was nothing to scoff at and his Oji-chan expected him to fire such an attack left and right," I can't just fire such an attack left and right like some crazed maniac," Naruto voiced his thoughts.
"And what I'm saying is that you HAVE to fire them one after the other," Katsuhito said seriously," listen," the old man said as he really wanted his grandson to listen now," right now, your skills in Kenjutsu are just starting. But from what I've heard of this Orochimaru, he may have started to give your 'friend', Sasuke, all he could to train the boy, and you have been skipping from one thing to the other besides your Fuuinjutsu. Right now, you have the skills of a low Jounin, but with someone like Orochimaru training Sasuke, I wouldn't be surprised if the boy is already close to Sannin level." (You have to admit, it seems like that, what with the creators of Naruto are doing to make Sasuke fight Itachi)
Hearing this, Naruto really wanted to protest about how he's been training to his limits and beyond than how he usually trained before Konoha. But what his Oji-chan said had made sense. That made him clench his hands in frustration,' I'm I really still that far away in gap to Sasuke,' he thought in dismay.
"So in order for you to have an equal footing with this foolish boy, learning to use this Jutsu in a succession of one after the other is a prerequisite," Katsuhito said as he made his way slowly to Naruto, his sword at his side in ready.
"That's easier said than done Oji-chan," Naruto said as he agreed whole heartedly with the old man, but it wasn't as if he could pull the technique right from the back of his ass.
Getting off a small chuckle, Katsuhito agreed," I KNOW that, that's why..." Katsuhito trailed off as his face turned serious once again," that's why..."
Wondering why his Oji-chan was cutting off his sentences, Naruto looked to the old man, only to hastily block and parry a stab that went for his heart. What he didn't expect was sheer force of strength behind the attack as it made Naruto skid back against the ground, dust kicking up as he did so. He looked up and saw his Oji-chan coming at him with an overhead slash. He hastily dodged as he ducked under the slash that would have took his head, only for the old man to readjust and plant the sword into the ground and use it to hand stand on it to kick him in the face. The attack made Naruto stumble back a bit as the old man was about to follow with a slash to his midsection. Blocking the attack and trying to push the old man off, Naruto used his current strength to hold Katsuhito at bay," Kono (you!)," Naruto grunted as Naruto finally pushed him off and went for his own slash, but he old man just jumped out of the way.
Using a nearby tree, Katsuhito sprung back and slashed at Naruto, who blocked and locked blades with him," yes, I'll push you to your limits and MAKE you use..." he then pushed Naruto off with a burst of strength, making the boy fly in surprise," that Jutsu!" he exclaimed as Naruto flew through the trees like they were tissue paper. Looking at this, he wondered if that was it, but then shook his head,' not yet,' he thought to himself as he dashed off to face off with his grandson again.
Getting and gritting his teeth in pain, Naruto tried to use the katana in his hands as a bit of crutch," dammit," he cursed as he looked up and could feel a bit of blood running down his forehead, a sign that he had hit his head too many time against those trees," at this rate, I'll definitely..." he trailed off as he saw his Oji-chan quickly coming into view, coming at him with another attack.
His eyes widen in surprised as a invisible slash tore through the area beside, making him bring his left arm up to shield himself from the shrapnel the earth was giving. He cursed a bit as he knew it was just a distraction as he jumped away. Not a moment later, Katsuhito came down hard with an overhead cut, making the area Naruto was in explode in a cloud of dirt. When it cleared, his jaw nearly hit the floor at the wide crater his Oji-chan made. While not in Obaa-chan's league, that didn't mean it wasn't any to scoff at either. Naruto gasped in and out as they had been at this for hours and hours on end.
Katsuhito calmly walked out of the crater he made and walked slowly towards Naruto until he was a good distance away," what a disappointment, Naruto...a real disappointment," those words made Naruto go wide-eyed, it didn't feel good in his heart to be letting down to his Oji-chan of all people, he had enough of that at Konoha," after all, there's nothing but fear reflected onto your sword. When you dodge, 'I'm afraid of getting cut'. When you attack, 'I'm afraid of cutting someone'. Even when you try to protect someone, 'I'm afraid of letting them die'," Katsuhito said as the further widening of Naruto's eyes let him know he hit his assumption dead on the mark.
But then his voice then became one that of experience in battle as he raised his sword straight towards the sky above them, dust kicking up showing that he was starting to charge his energy into his being," your sword speaks to me of only absurd fear...that is not it. What's necessary in a fight is not fear. Nothing can be born from that," as Katsuhito said this, a green glow started to surround his katana, a force of energy Naruto had never seen before, pieces of the surrounding rock rising up into the air to show how much power was being invoked now," if you dodge, 'I won't let them cut me'. If you protect someone, 'I won't let them die'. If you attack, 'I'll cut them'," those words engraving themselves into Naruto's mind, just like how Kakashi's saying had been when Team 7 had been formed," well, see here," Katsuhito somewhat gestured to the green glow of the sword," the resolve to cut you in my sword?"
Looking on in amazement and awe at the power his Oji-chan wielded, Naruto could only gaze for moment at what was going on. But then, remembering those words Katsuhito said, a sort of switch went off in his head, releasing the potential that was being held back by his fear. Raising his sword in kind, Naruto started to pour a vast amount of his Chakra into the blade, the area around him lifting up and kicking up dirt around just like the old man in front of him. He would show his resolve and cut down his Oji-chan, it was the only way he could think of to thank him. As he did so, he never noticed his eye glow white with power.
Seeing the stance and the utter determination etched onto Naruto's face, along with the glow of power in Naruto's eyes, made Katsuhito smile proudly,' Kushina, your son is becoming a true warrior in his own right,' he thought," very good," he commented out loud. If one were to listen, they could hear the howl and roar of the blades, showing the intentions and power of their souls as they wanted to cut each other badly. As Katsuhito's blade turned completely green, a sign of it being ready to be released, Naruto's blade turned completely white with the hint of blue, showing that it too was ready to go. The two then nodded to each other before the letting out a battle cry and let loose their respective blasts. Right when the two energy made impact, a explosive light dome let itself shine like a beacon in a night sky (though it was still daytime).
When the light cleared, Katsuhito looked over at Naruto, who was sleeping and was knocked out at how much energy he had used that day. But what made it hard to just walk straight to Naruto was the big x-like gorge that was in between the two. Katsuhito sighed, it seems he had a lot of planting to do, or...looking at Naruto, he knew what next chore for the boy to do.
Naruto still remembered having to fill that gorge with all the dirt that kicked up in the surrounding area that day.
END OF FLASHBACK
Naruto hadn't used the techniques he had learned with the Tenchi-ken because he had no way of knowing the reactions of using them on a strange blade as the sword itself. Where a sword of metal would do for him as he was sure he could do the techniques since he was familiar with such blades, a sword of energy was another matter. Who was it to say if he did that attack he used on Oji-chan which he still hadn't named yet, with the Tenchi-ken and see if the blades energy be burned out from such a discharge of Chakra and blow up in his face, or break the emitter of the beam and be irreparable, or if the sword started to suck in too much of his energy and leave him nothing but a dry husk. There were a number of other risks and hypothesis to go with it.
But it didn't seem he'd have to worry about that anymore since he gave the Tenchi-ken back to Ayeka. The girl was so heart-broken about Yosho's long time passing, and so Naruto gave the sword hilt to her, for her to remember him by. From what he gathered from Sasami-chan, it was that she was to be Yosho's bride when he returned to Jurai. When he asked just how old she and her sister were, she giggle and called him silly, but answered that she was almost just as old as Ryoko, which made Naruto's jaw hit the floor (though there is the obvious age difference between them). Sasami had said that Jurians and those of the Galaxy Police, had an age longevity that lasted a whole lot more than any normal human being. She had also stated that since he was of Jurian royal blood, that meant he too had the age longevity within him as well.
That bit of news scared him a bit. He already had a millenia ahead of him if what Sasami-chan said was true, but with the something like the Kyuubi sealed within him and it's abilities transferring over to him, that meant only one thing. Immortality. He remembered a fact that demons live for countless ages and the Kyuubi no Kitsune had lived for a millenia and some plus years, and from when he last saw him, the fox had quite a lot of life ahead of it for another millenia if it hadn't gotten sealed within him. He almost let out squeak when he realized that if Orochimaru found out about this, the hebi-teme would be be all over him like white on rice. Just thinking like that made him shiver for two reasons. One for being attacked by the powerful Sannin, and the other...he didn't want to really say.
Finally finishing his kata, he breathed in a calming breath and swiped off the sweat he had accumulated on his forehead. Shouldering his light 300 pound bokken, he turned back to get his breakfast at his newly appointed hom and wait for Ero-sennin to come back and get ready for the surprisingly short walk back to Konoha the next day.
Ayeka, woke up with a scream. The dream she just had was the day Yosho had left to chase after Ryoko. She then chased him into somewhere dark, but just as she was about reach him, he turned around and phased into that Naruto person. The remembrance of him giving the Tenchi-ken back to her playing fresh in her memory within the dream, she had then screamed out in sadness only to wake up.
She looked to her side and picked up the Tenchi-ken, holding close to her heart," he isn't dead, he can't be," she kept insisting to herself. She looked over to her Imouto and saw she was happily sleeping, so she went up to the window that was in their room and looked to the morning view. Looking at the remaining wreckage of her Ryu-oh that was sticking out of lake nearby, she couldn't help but long to leave this world," I wish I could go home to planet Jurai," she then noticed something moving in her vision," ara?" looking down, she saw it was Ryoko in a new dress.
This one having a green and orange jacket, the green being on right half, while the orange being on the left half, a white long kimono that was parted a bit to show her cleavage with the sides cut to show her legs, showing that they were covered in red spandex pants that seemed connect to the equaly red shoes that had a metal circle at the top end of them.
"What's she up to this early?" Ayeka asked herself in suspicion, her face then turned to one of disgust," what a disgusting thing to see first thing in the morning, that bakemono-onna (monster woman)" she humphed as she closed the curtains and went to get herself clothed.
Ryoko, though, continue her way over to the lake, not really noticing the Ojou-chan's leaving gaze. As she walked onto the lake's surface, not unlike a ninja, but also not seemingly touching since the water didn't seemed to be disturbed by her steps, Ryoko looked around from the surface to the floor of the lake,' now where are you,' she asked herself. Seeing as this wasn't getting he anywhere, she phased into the water below, still not disturbing the water in any way. Once under, she continued to looked around the wreckage, seemingly in no need of air as she did so. She then saw a small black egg of sort and cheered in victory of finding. Picking it up like as if a mother would a baby, she chuckled before rubbing it against her cheek lovingly.
Opening the door and walking out, Sasami turned to the only one not walking out," come on, Onee-sama," Sasami politely requested to the pigtailed royal woman.
Looking out into the hall, she hesitated," no, I don't want to!" she said as she stuck her head back in the room in stubbornness.
"Onee-sama," Sasami insisted to Ayeka," you've stayed in this room for one whole week. They're going to think we Juraians don't even have the courtesy to say hello," Sasami said in order to convince her sister to at least come out of her room.
"No, they won't," Ayeka snapped back at Sasami, making the little blue haired girl jolt a bit in surprise. Calming herself, Ayeka held her head a bit as she looked down at her Imouto," but the head of the home is out now, isn't he?" she asked as she remembered the old man that had left the other day.
"If your thinking Jiraiya-Ji-chan, then your wrong. Naruto-Onii-chan is the head of this house, since his Kaasan last owned it. Since he's the only one that is family within the vicinity, the responsibility falls onto him to take care of this clan home, and he is still here," Sasami informed to Ayeka. She then got a bit of sad look on her," Onee-sama, this is very hard on me."
Sighing at the acting Sasami was doing, Ayeka apologized," gomen ne, Sasami. I should be the one to worry about these things," raising her eyebrow a tad bit, Sasami breathed in a sigh, finally she was coming out. Ayeka then adjusted the kimono she was wearing and turned to the door," let's go," she told her Imouto and walked out in a calm and refined manner.
Sasami ran ahead of Ayeka and went down the stairs. She looked back and saw that her sister was still following her, which was good, she had been cramped in that room for too long. But that was almost threatened as Ryoko peeked her head over the couch. Seeing the space pirate, Ayeka huffed and turned her head away from her position from the middle of the stairs," how unpleasant."
Sasami, seeing this as a bit of trouble, ran up to her and started to pull at her hands, wanting her to get past this no matter what,"Onee-sama!" she exclaimed as she pulled her sister down with her to the bottom of the stairs.
"Well, looks who's here. It's been so long, that I was beginning to think you died," Ryoko taunted lightly Ayeka.
"Where's Onii-chan?" Sasami asked as she looked around for the blond haired Jinchuuriki, not that either Juraian knew what he was. Ryoko did, but she really didn't hold that against him, since they were the same in her book.
"Naruto, well, he isn't here, that's for sure," Ryoko answered as she held the little egg that was in her lap gently.
"And I worked so hard to get Onee-sama out here," she pouted a bit. She then noticed the egg Ryoko was rubbing on her lap," ara," she then made her way over to Ryoko to see it more closely," what have you got there? What is it?" She asked excitedly.
Smiling at the girls enthusiasm, she asked," you want to know?"
"Un," she nodded cheerfully. Looking from the corner of her eye, Ayeka only hmphed at what was going on.
Mischievously smiling, Ryoko returned her attention Sasami," it was born this morning," she then held it up to her cheek with happy smile," isn't it adorable?"
"Did you lay it?" Sasami asked she looked at the egg intently.
Seeing the look on Sasami's face, Ayeka intervined by doing a bit of yelling," Sasami-chan, don't touch it!"
Yawning a bit as he came in, Naruto walked in with the 'light' bokken still shouldered onto him. Blinking a bit at seeing the princess up and about, he greeted," yo, Hime," Naruto greeted to Ayeka with a happy grin on his face.
Blushing a bit at how she's been acting lately and partially at how roguishly handsome he was with that grin, she bowed in respect to Naruto," ano, please allow me to express my gratitude for your hospitality to the Jurai Royal Family," looking up from her bit of embarrassment, she looked up to see Naruto's innocently confused face," anyway, thank you very much," she bowed once more to Naruto.
"Ehehehe, no need to thank me, Hime," Naruto said as he scratch the back of his head.
"Ne, ne, Ojou-chan, don't you want to know about this egg?" Ryoko asked quickly in a fake happy manner,' hands off, hussy, he's mine,' Ryoko thought madly as she noticed the deep blush on Ayeka's face as the princess looked at Naruto.
Shaking a bit in anger, Ayeka turned her head to her, but had her eyes closed, as if just looking at the woman would burn her eyes," I have no intention of listening to your insults," before hmphing away from Ryoko. But then she saw something at the corner of her eye and freaked out," Sasami, what are you doing?!" she asked as her Imouto held the egg in her own hands and was rubbing it.
Stopping her rubbing, Sasami looked up at her Onee-sama," but Ryoko-nee-chan's baby is going to be born soon and that's definitely something I want to see," Sasami said cheerfully as she hugged the egg happily. She then turned to Ryoko excitedly," so, you are married, aren't you? Who is the father?"
Ryoko's face then grinned in her cat like manner, a sense of mischief playing across her features. So she quickly leaned in and started to whisper into Sasami's ear," Sasami!" Ayeka exclaimed at how her sisterly was willingly listening and associating with that onna.
Continuing, Ryoko saw how Ayeka was getting more angered and wrapped up her whispering," you see?" Ryoko asked out loud, and immediately started to chuckle at the coming outburst she knew as going to happen.
"Eh?! Naruto-Onii-chan?!" Sasami exclaimed in surprise. Ayeka's face then turned dumbfounded before turning to the really confused looking Naruto.
Naruto looked at the quickly angering Ayeka and wondered what the other two were talking about that made her mad. He really didn't hear what they said as he went and put up the 300 pound bokken in the closet nearby, so that he could at least get it back out when he needed to train again," eh? Nani? Hime, what's the matter?" he asked with squeaky sounding blinks.
"That certainly is none of your business," she snapped at him, her hand clenched with the veins popping out, showing how angered she was. She then lowered her hand and pointed towards Ryoko," why don't you just go over there and hold that egg with that bakemono-onna," Naruto's confusion then turn into a frown.
"Now that's very nice Hime," Naruot chided to the purple haired woman," and what the hell do you mean by egg?" he asked, once more confused.
He was answered by Ryoko as she leaned against his shoulder with the egg in question," I'm so happy to be bearing the child of the man I love."
"Child?!" Naruto freaked out as he looked down at the egg. Did they somehow get into the twilight zone and this was somehow the way babies were born. He half expected the strange theme of the show to be ringing out around him.
"Hold it tight," Ryoko said lovingly to Naruto as she passed the egg to him," it won't be long," she then put her hand on his shoulder, looking at him with an amused smile on her face.
Looking at the egg and then to everyone else, Naruto just didn't know what was going on," Eh? I don't know what's going on here," Naruto said his thoughts out loud. He then was startled a bit as he felt the egg starting to move around his hands. It then let out a red web-like cracks on top before a brown rabbit like foot bursts out of the shell," woah!," Naruto exclaimed but still held onto it. Even if this was strange, this was a baby...something, so he didn't want to hurt the little thing.
Sasami gasped when that happened, but then started to giggle as she saw a head pop out to show its cat like face with bunny, but still feline ears. The cabbit, as Naruto thought of it on the spot, meowed cutely with its eyes closed. He noted that it had a red looking ruby on the middle of its forehead. Ryoko then took the cabbit out of his hands and rubbed its furry face into her cheek," come here, my little Ryo-ohki-chan," Ryoko said in a loving voice.
"Ryo-ohki?" Naruto noted at the name," the name of your ship?" Naruto asked, it then hit him," then that means that cabbit is..."
Ryoko just laughed at his face as it was becoming really shocked," Ryo-ohki?" Ayeka asked as her eyes narrowed at the baby cabbit in Ryoko's arms.
"Yeah, this is Ryo-ohki's child," Ryoko answered to everyone in the room as she petted the brown fur on the little cabbit.
"Can a spaceship have a baby?" Sasami asked with wide eyes as she looked at the cute little Ryo-ohki.
"Sure, my ship was totally destroyed, so it reproduced itself," Ryoko then gave an amused smile to Naruto and Ayeka," you must be crazy to think it's Naruto's child."
"Yeah, I thought that was kind of strange," Sasami admitted as she rested her elbows on the couch with her face being held by her hands on her cheeks.
Huffing at what was going on around her, Ayeka addressed herself to them all," this is so typical, your all making fun of me," she then turned her head and headed for the door to leave.
"Now hold on, Hime," Naruto said as he went up to her, but when he made it to her side, she just turned away from him," we're not making fun of ya," Naruto said as he grasped her arms to make her look at him, but she kept her face turned," at least I'm not."
But she just roughly shrugged his grasp off of her," let go, you cad," she then slapped him across his face, the impact making a sounding clap in the room. Naruto's head was turned to the side because he didn't expect her to do that to him," I thought you were at least a little different, why don't you go have a good time with your fossil woman?" she asked harshly with a restrained anger on her face. But Naruto could see she was holding in some sadness at bay too as he could see the corner of her eyes watering a bit.
She then ran out the door, her tears coming out as she ran. Jiraiya barely had time to dodge her as she passed him," wonder what that was about?" the Gama-sennin asked himself with a raised eyebrow. But he shrugged and proceeded to the living room of the clan home of the Uzumaki's,' or is it Masaki's?' Jiraiya wondered, but shrugged at that too.
As little Ryo-ohki and Sasami got acquainted, Naruto rubbed his slightly red cheek, wondering what Hime was so uptight about," hahaha, that Ojou-chan has a knack for curing my boredom," Ryoko laughed as she stretched a bit.
Showing annoyance on his face, he turned to Ryoko," a prank or two is all good now and again, but doing too much can burn ya, believe me?" Naruto remembered back to the time he got too carried away with one prank too many pranks. It was Anko he had pranked once, and he still shivered at the ways she used her snake bindings on him. Plus her way of 'the talk' had led him to making the Oiroke no Jutsu. Hey, who do think who's body he used to make that Jutsu?
Blushing and getting teary eyed, Ryoko turned to Naruto," you are just so sweet," Ryoko squealed as she glomped him and got behind him," you're so sweet to be concerned about me," she said in a cute voice close to his ear as she felt around his chest. Naruto was blushing at how close she was pressing her busom into his arm, but it turned brighter as her groping went south to his not so little mini-me.
"Whoa! Oi!" Naruto exclaimed as he tried to pry off her hand. No matter how strong he was, she always seemed to be the stronger.
"Oh, Naruto," she relented for a second," where is the sword?" she asked as her hot breath tickled his ear.
"Oh, I gave it back to Hime," he said in a bit of relief as she stopped her groping.
Going bug eyed at hearing that, she grabbed him by the scruff of his tank top, which she oddly noted was a bit heavy even for her," You what?! But that sword contains all of my energy source of power," she then grasped her head in worry with her eyes almost in anime tears," what if she uses it?" she then felt a little faint and started to sway back.
That is until she bumped into a certain pervert," well, well, I certainly having been getting an eyeful of beauties. And it seems I get a bit of a reward too," Jiraiya giggled perversely as he gave a test squeeze on Ryoko's breasts.
"Ero-sennin," Naruto said in exasperation. He was just asking for it.
Getting angered at being touched by someone else other than her Naruto, Ryoko bursts in anger," What are you doing, Jiji?!" she then sent a her hardest punch toward the Gama-sennin, only for it to be calmly blocked by his palm. Naruto didn't even bat an eyebrow at that, since he knew the old pervert had gotten harder hits from Obaa-chan.
"Hohoho, you've certainly gotten yourself a lively one, Naruto," Jiraiya giggled perversely again, making Naruto shake in anger. If he didn't shut up, Naruto swore the old pervert was getting a Sennin Goroshi by the butt end of the Tenchi-ken by the end of the day. Meanwhile, Ryoko just took her fist away and looked back and forth at her fist to the old man in confusion.
Seeing the little cabbit on little Sasami's head, he walked over to look at the cute creature," so this is Naruto's kid, is it?" Jiraiya said as he got surprised looks from those in the room. He had planted listening and viewing devices in the clan home, since it seemed his apprentice was now attracting the ladies, which would make good 'research' material for his next book. He had just come up with a title last night too. Tenchi Muyo! He liked the sound of that one. It wasn't finished yet, but he swore the more Naruto had fun with these girls, the more he'd write, it was bound to be a hit series.
"No, Ji-chan, this is Ryo-ohki. She just hatched from an egg," Sasami informed Jiraiya with a cheeful smile on her face.
Scratching the chin of Ryo-ohki and then patting both of their heads, Jiraiya grinned back to Naruto," well, since this is your kid gaki..."
"What the hell are you talking about, Ero-sennin?!" Naruto asked incredulously, how could the old perv even think that was his kid.
"...you'll have to become responsible, now won't you? You've got a bumpy road ahead of you, gaki," Jiraiya continued with his teasing with a big grin on his face.
Naruto just had his eyes closed and growled a bit," che, whatever," Naruto said as he left out the same door as Ayeka, taking the bokken he had used that morning, along with an extra, to train some more.
"Oi, Naruto, keep up with your Kenjutsu training you got from Katsuhito, along with the Fuuinjutsu I taught ya," Jiraiya hollered to remind the boy.
"Onii-chan," Sasami called out worriedly.
Seeing and hearing this, the Gama-sennin smiled down at the little girl," don't worry about Naruto, he can take care of himself," looking back to where Naruto left, he got a proud smile on," he's much to stubborn to let anything happen to him or anyone he cares for, just like his Otou-san and Okaa-san."
As if sensing something, Ryo-ohki looked back and saw something that caught her interests. She meowed a bit before jumping off Sasami's head to head towards her target of attention," Ryo-ohki-chan," Sasami said in surprise and followed the little cabbit. The little cabbit was about to go outside, but it ran into the glass of the sliding door, making herself get hit in the head. She rolled back a bit before getting up and shaking her head to get the dizziness out of her head," what is it, Ryo-ohki-chan?" she looked up and saw where the little cabbit was looking at," Onee-sama?" she asked as she saw her sister looking at the wreckage that was Ryu-oh. Surprisingly, the cabbit had Ryoko's phase ability and went right through the glass," hey, where are you going?" she was about to follow, but hit her head against the window, forgetting she didn't have that ability at all," Ryo-ohki-chan," she whined to the cabbit, but then jumped in surprised as she heard a crash behind her.
She looked behind her and saw that Ryoko had punched and destroyed apart of the stairway. Looking back at her fist in confusion, she looked to the others and saw Jiraiya's smug grin and Sasami's worried gaze," nani?" Ryoko asked innocently.
Outside, Ayeka silently gazed at the wreckage of her loved ship, Ryu-oh. Seeing that it was impossible to salvage now, she let the truth about her situation sink, she was really stranded now. It made her almost cry that she didn't even know if her Onii-sama was still alive or not.
From down at her position, Ryo-ohki was worried about the state Ayeka was in. So, in an innocent act, she rubbed her face and body against Ayeka's ankle, in act of how a cat would cheer up a person and to cheer up this pretty lady.
Jumping at the contact, Ayeka screamed and started to jumping around to shoo away whatever was touching. She didn't know what kind of animals were on this planet and she didn't want to suddenly find out she was poisoned or something. But when she looked down, she saw the little monster that was Ryoko's ship, which meowed innocently and happily at her," Ryo-ohki," Ayeka said with a still freaked out face, but then turned to disgust and started making shooing noises and gestures," go away, you dirty little thing!" the little cabbit just cocked her head and meowed again. The cabbit then hopped towards her, but Ayeka stepped back. Another jump that was much closer, Ayeka stepped back again and huffed with crossed arms," very well, I want you to stay right there," she then pointed to herself," I'll be the one to go away," she then started to walk off, but she left one order before leaving," don't you dare follow me," but not two seconds later, the little cabbit hopped after her.
As Ayeka continued to walk around the beaten path of the forest, Ryo-ohki continued to follow. A few moment's later, she looked back and saw that the little cabbit was still following he, although, it was at a great distance. Turning at a fork that she was familiar with so far, with the cabbit still following, she turned and ordered again," I said don't follow me," Ryo-ohki skidded to a stop before trying to run to the side and dashed into the bush nearby. But the cabbit came back with a sad look in her eyes.
Not even caring, she was about to turn back, but just in front of the little cabbit was a flower she never thought she'd see anywhere else other than her planet," the Royal Teardrop?" she asked herself in surprise. Bending down, she plucked the flower that was near Ryo-ohki," no...it can't be," she then remembered when she had picked this flower up once before, when she was but a child and had given it to her Onii-sama because it was the same color of his eyes.
Remembering that memory, since she had also mentioned that she would be his bride when she was old enough, she shed tears of sadness, her tears dripping and drenching the lower parts of her kimono. Ryo-ohki saw this, with a tear bouncing off her nose, and started licking the hand that held the flower. But Ayeka just move her hands and started to covered her face to try and stop crying," leave me alone, please leave me alone," she said with heavy sorrow in her voice.
The little cabbit jumped off her lap and was about to do as told with a sad look on her face, but then saw something that might cheer her up. Next thing Ayeka saw, was a flower being shown to her, the petals matching her color of eyes. She looked down and saw that Ryo-ohki was holding it in her mouth, presenting it to her," for me?" she asked to the little cabbit, which Ryo-ohki confirmed with eye smiles and a happy meow. Giggling a bit, she took the flower," you funny little thing," she commented with a thankful smile on her face. Ayeka, as soon as the cabbit was in her lap, started to pet and scratch the chin of Ryo-ohki," don't you know that I hate you?" though she asked the question, it didn't have the scornful tone she used to have towards it. The little cabbit showed her appreciation as she licked Ayeka's petting hand, making Ayeka giggle at her cute nature.
Back at the Uzumaki clan home, Ryoko phased through the floor of the recent Juraians living quarters. Looking around, she saw no one was in. She then started to look through all the luggage that was salvaged from Ryu-oh," let's see," she muttered as she continued to look for the Tenchi-ken. As soon as she went through most of them, she shook her head, she couldn't find it," just where would she keep that sword?" she asked herself with a thoughtful pose. Looking to one of wood Juraian luggages, she saw a holographic image of the Juraian royal that defeated her," ah, Yosho!" she scowled to the image," her Onii-sama," but then that sneer turned to a happy thoughtful look," though I do like him at that size," it did give her sense of dominance seeing him like this.
"Onee-chan, where are you?" Sasami's voice called out and was getting closer to the room where Ryoko was.
Jumping at the voice, she looked left and right to see anyway out," this doesn't look good," she then quickly phased through the nearby wall, just in time as Sasami entered the room.
"No, she isn't in here," she noted as she looked into the empty room. Getting a lonely sad face on, she pouted," where did everyone go?"
Outside, in a grass field nearby, Ayeka sat under that shade of a tree with Ryo-ohki happily napping in her lap," so, tell me, what do I do now?" she asked to the little cabbit," with my spaceship destroyed, I can neither fly, nor communicate with my people," she then scratched the little cabbit's cute belly," the only clue I have is the sword. I wonder..." she trailed off as she looked back at her ships wreckage in the lake nearby, the lake and wreckage being in plain view from her position," could my Onii-sama really be...," little Ryo-ohki then yawned cutely in her nap, returning her attention to it," but you don't understand a word I say."
Ryo-ohki's ears then peaked up a bit, as if hearing something interesting. She jumped off Ayeka's lap and started to make her way fast towards it," what is it?" she asked worriedly. The little cabbit turned to her and seemed to gesture for her to follow with her long floppy ear. It then turned back and made it's way to what it found interesting," you'll get lost," she warned, but it didn't stop the little cabbit as it kept running towards the forest nearby.
"RYO-OHKI-CHAN," Ayeka called out in worry. Looking around, she could see no reaction to her call, which worried her more," I can't find her anywhere," the little cabbit had wormed her way into her heart and she wouldn't deny she now cared for the little cute cabbit ship that was Ryoko's. She then caught the sound of grunts and tapping of something being hit with wood.
She then came upon a clearing with high pillars of rock in the center. On top of them was Naruto jumping from one thin pillar to another while keeping a piece of log bouncing up in the air, trying to keep his balance while doing so. And from what she was seeing, he was doing good. Looking to the side, she saw at least maybe two hundred identical blonds balancing themselves on some kind sturdy needle, balancing upside down on one finger alone with the energy that was explained to what the people of this planet used, Chakra (Think Yusuke's training with Genkai off of Yu Yu Hakusho). Another group, this one far smaller since it was just ten of them, was working on pieces of paper, reading over books and practicing what was on them slowly and carefully, at least that was what it looked like to her.
Hearing that something dropped, she looked up to see Naruto balancing on one of the pillars with a relaxed form no longer hitting the plank of wood in the air, though she wondered how he could be so relaxed at such a height with such flimsy looking pillars of rock. He jumped down and made another clone of himself, not even needing to call the name of his Jutsu, or needing to use a hand sign since he used it so much. She was really awed at how all of this was possible," alright, let's go through the basics," Naruto said to his clone, who nodded in return. Naruto handed the extra bokken to the clone and the two of them held them at their sides before laying them on their left shoulders, their bokkens grasped in their right hands. Ayeka saw this and was getting a little interested as it seemed familiar to her," ready?" Naruto asked, the clone nodding in recognition that it was. The two then lifted their swords before charging past each other and started the sword routine practice Naruto learned from his Oji-chan.
Ayeka's eyes opened wide in surprise,' that's...' the sword stances, the practice of it, the movement of the sword. Seeing Naruto doing it, she saw a faint image of her Onii-sama in his place,' that's just like the swordplay routines of Jurai's Royal Family...Onii-sama...' she then perked up at this," it may be a clue to his whereabouts," she muttered her thoughts out loud to herself. Stepping further towards the clearing, she called out," Naruto-sama," Ayeka then missed her footing and yelled in surprised, as she didn't see the slope that was behind her.
"Eh?" Naruto looked over to where Ayeka was, but was cut off from doing anything else as the extra bokken Naruto gave the clone, which was just as heavy, hit his head hard," itai," Naruto then clutched his head in pain.
"What's the matter, boss? You got slow all of sudden," the clone asked with a grin on its face.
"That wasn't even part of the routine!" Naruto exclaimed with anger etched onto his face.
"Duh," the clone said with a chuckle, but its short life was cut off as Naruto decked it over its head.
"Damn clones, their starting to get annoying," Naruto muttered in annoyance. Seriously, it was like they just exaggerated his personality from when he was younger. Shaking his head, he made his way to where he heard Hime's voice," Hime?" Naruto asked as he looked over the bush. He blushed as he saw the shapely legs that Ayeka was showing in her position.
"Itai, why must I suffer this kind of disgrace?" Ayeka whined at her injury, her body laid out on the ground, her kimono parted a bit to show her legs. She looked up and saw Naruto's blushing face and knew what that was about, making her sputter a bit and try to cover her modesty by covering her showing legs with her hands, all the while blushing at the thought of Naruto-sama looking at her.
"What are you doing down there? Are you alright?" Naruto asked worriedly and made his way down as soon as he got his blush under control.
"Gomenosai, I'm alright," she said as she sat down on her knees, though she did note the mild discomfort coming from her left leg.
"Hime," Naruto said worriedly.
"I'm alright," she persisted as she tried to get up. Tried being the word, as she immediately went down on her knees again with a hiss of pain," it hurts," she told him as she put her hands on his arms with Naruto holding onto her, trying to make sure she was really alright.
Seeing a bit of red in his corner of vision, he looked her left leg and saw a trail of red blood going down on it," red blood," he noted.
"Eh?" Ayeka blinked at his muttering, not quite hearing him.
"Oh, nothing," Naruto tried to play off, as the discovery of her color of blood meant she wasn't that much different from a human. Shaking his head, he looked at the wound that was on her leg," it looks like a bad sprain," being ninja, he had to know at least a little on field injuries, even if it was just passing knowledge. Looking around, he picked up two sticks and set them beside her injured part of her leg and tied them down with the medical bandages he had in his back hip pouch.
"Ano..."Ayeka muttered, getting Naruto's attention," that sword-play routine you were performing, where did you learn it?" she asked with a bit of anticipation.
Seeing no harm in answering, he smiled as he kept making sure the make-up brace was properly in place," I learned it from my Oji-chan, he's a really great Kenjutsu master, I even learned a few good Jutsu's from him," his smile brightened a lot at that as he really was proud of the moves he learned from his Oji-chan.
"This Oji-chan of yours, do you think he might know anything about my Onii-sama?" Ayeka asked with wavering eyes.
Blinking at that, he shrugged," I don't know, but he might just have some information since he's the only priest of the family shrine, so he might know more about what happened to Yosho," Naruto then turned his back to her and kneeled down.
Seeing this, she muttered a confused," eh?"
"Come on, I can't have you using that foot much now. So climb up on my back," Naruto said with a happy smile on his face, making Ayeka blush at how handsome he looked with the light of the sun positioned just right in the forest light. She nodded and climbed upon his back. He lifted her up effortlessly and the two made their way towards Naruto's home.
"Ryoko-Nee-chan, Ryoko-Nee-chan," Sasami called out to the bummed out space pirate laying on the couch, bummed out because she couldn't find the Tenchi-ken anywhere," it's raining," she told the cyan haired woman as soon as she made it over to the couch, Ryoko just grunting at what she said," stop the rain, my sister and the others are still outside," Sasami pleaded to Ryoko.
"Eeehh, on this planet, they don't have a way of doing that yet," Ryoko informed the blue haired girl, but then a light bulb dinged in her head as she remembered who she was talking to," ne, Sasami-chan, do you happen to know where your Onii-chan keeps Naruto's sword?" Ryoko asked in an excited voice, thinking that she finally made a breakthrough on finally finding the sword.
"Eh...she carries it with her wherever she goes, I think," Sasami answered innocently, making Ryoko deflate.
"Of course," Ryoko said in resignation before laying back down.
Naruto and Ayeka continued to walk through the beaten path, the rain coming down hard on them. Naruto knew he wouldn't get sick by this, the Kyuubi kept him from getting the common cold even. But Ayeka had no such thing and he could tell she was getting cold from all the water that was clinging her clothes onto her. Even if he didn't know if her race got sick at all, he didn't want to risk it. Looking around, he saw a familiar shed,' that shed...' a flashback when Mizuki tricked him to steal a certain scroll flashed in his mind. That scroll taught him his signature Jutsu, the very Jutsu that was helping him train to become a better shinobi. As soon as that flashback passed, he remembered his passenger and quickly made his way to the shed. As he opened the door to the inside, he was sort of surprised how close it was to his home. Though, he did remember he ran quite a distance from Konoha to get to this shed.
As soon as he set her down, Naruto took off his weighted, but also very wet black tank top and started to wring out the water from it. Ayeka looked up to him as soon as she straightened her wet kimono and blushed like tomato. The build Naruto had would make many girls, young and old, within reasonable ages, drool at. In a way, his body was close to that of a body builder, but she could tell it wasn't like those men that had too much muscle on their arms to fight with. Naruto's muscles were big, but were within reasonably proportions that allowed him both speed and power. (think like DBZ muscles)
Looking around, Naruto took a dry towel that was nearby," here, you can dry yourself off with this," Naruto offered as he gave a big foxy grin to her. Seeing her looking a little cold, he looked around and found some wood nearby. He made a small pile in the middle of the room, where the cement was and made sure there were no objects nearby to start any sort of fire. As soon as he made sure it was safe enough, he put his hands into the formation of the Tora seal and breathed in. To Ayeka's amazement, he blew out a small stream of fire from his mouth, burning and lighting the wood he laid out for her to warm up. Seeing that she would need some privacy, since she couldn't properly dry herself without stripping her clothes off, he stood up," I'll go outside for a bit while you dry yourself off," he informed to her politely. Seeing her nod, he left the shed and stood outside, letting the rain drench his body further. He shivered a bit, but that was it, he felt worse temperatures before, so it wasn't a big deal. Looking up to the sky and the surroundings for a bit, he asked," I wonder how much things have changed," Naruto wondered as his thoughts turned to his home, Konohagakure.
Stripping off the wet clothing and properly laying the wet clothes out, Ayeka started to dry herself off as she wondered about Naruto for a bit. He was a bit like that onna, Ryoko, but he was generally kind, funny, and a good person over all,' and nice butt,' she noted with a blush on her face. She then flinched a bit as she heard something clatter in the back of the shed. Looking around for what made that noise, she quietly sat down and hoped whatever it was would leave just as silently. Hearing another clatter, she jumped again," nani?" she asked with a little fear. The next thing she knew, something was clinging onto her breasts. Blushing a bit, she screamed out in fright.
Naruto heard this and bursts into the shed," Hime, what's wrong?" he asked in urgency in his voice as he pulled out a kunai from his pouch.
Ayeka immediately glomped him for protection, Naruto quickly circling his free arm around her with his kunai in a defensive position," something...something lunged at me," she answered him quickly, looking along with him at what it was that came at her.
Looking at movement coming from behind a box, Naruto looked to see Ryo-ohki coming out from behind it with a sad look on her face, tears welling up a bit at the corner of hers eyes as she meowed sadly at them," oh, don't worry," Naruto assured as he put the kunai back in his pouch," it's only Ryo-ohki-chan," he informed the princess as he put his remaining hand around her waist as well.
"Eh?" Ayeka muttered a bit before turning to see Ryo-ohki meowing at her sadly," mou, she scared the daylights out of me, the naughty thing," she then noticed that her hand was on something soft, but also very firm on her hand," eh?" she muttered again and looked up to see Naruto's face looking down closely at hers. She then noted her hands were on his well developed chest, making her blush brightly.
"A-ano," Naruto sounded quietly as he felt her really good figure around his arms, making him gulp a little. The two gently broke away from each other for the moment," I guess I'll just go back outside," Naruto said as he felt it was a bit awkward now.
Just before he went out, he heard Ayeka," outside?" he looked back and saw her concerned face, which he noted was both kawaii and beautiful. Naruto shook his wondered what she wanted," outside, it must be cold," she said with the clear intention of letting him stay inside. Naruto would have said it was alright, but he couldn't deny her offer. Though the blush on his face told he was really kind of embarrassed to be around a woman who was as beautiful as her in a wet looking suit like hers now. He really didn't notice the same blush on Ayeka's facing, thinking of being in the same room with someone as handsome and kind as him.
The two then settled down a little nearby the fire while little Ryo-ohki looking around the shed a bit," I guess I misunderstood certain things," Ayeka informed Naruto.
"Eh?" Naruto asked in confusion as he didn't know what she was specifically talking about.
"Since you were with Ryoko-san, I thought you were her friend," Ayeka clarified to him a little.
"Well, we haven't become friends exactly, but I'd like to think she is one," before Ayeka could intervene, Naruto continued, oblivious to what she was going to say," but it really all started when I opened that gate," Naruto informed her.
Perking a bit at that info, she forgot her argument on why he would associate himself with that onna," the gate?"
"There is a cave nearby the shrine, the shrine where my Oji-chan may be sleeping in now," Naruto noted out loud and hoped his Oji-chan wasn't too angry with him on what happened," anyhow, Ryoko was locked up in that cave."
"My Onii-sama did that," Ayeka said with certainty in her voice.
"Yosho, huh?" Naruto asked more to himself than her," that's what the legend say's," he noted to her. After saying that, there was a bit silence before he spoke up again," can I ask you a question?"
"Oh...sure," she nodded as soon as she looked up at him.
"What are you going to do now?" Naruto asked as he knew that since she was royalty, their must be at least some panic about her disappearance by now.
"I know I cannot return to my planet now," she informed him with resignation in her voice and looked at her knees for a bit," I must continue the search for my brother. Only its hard for me, I have no relatives on this alien planet," her tone sad at being alone with her sister. It wasn't that she was a nuisance or anything, but being alone with no family nearby was a scary thing.
"Then just stay with us," Naruto said calmly to, as if it was just as simple as that, and it was really," besides it being Ryoko's fault, it's also my blame as well. And besides," Naruto then grinned happily at her, making Ayeka blush at his gaze and grin," I guess, since your related to Yosho, that would make us family."
"Yosho was my half-brother," Naruto blinked at that, okay, what did that matter," you may think it odd to marry your brother..." Naruto bit his lip to stop from interrupting, since in-family marriages was a norm on this planet, since the Hyuuga and the former Uchiha clan did such things to keep the Kekkei Genkai's 'pure',"...but even though my parents arranged the engagement, I was happy about it," Naruto then saw her face starting to sadden more," just...just to think that I won't be able to share this feeling with my Onii-sama, I don't..." he then panicked a bit as she started to cry a bit," I don't know what to do anymore," she covered her face to try and stop herself from crying.
Trying to come up with something, he then remembered something," his ship...it must have been destroyed, just like yours was," he then stood up and smiled at her," that's gotta be it, and he was forced to..." Naruto trailed off as he saw her lifting her head up to look at him, her tears receding back into her eyes as she did so," if from what I found out about our race of people, he should still be alive," he then turned his grin to a really happy smile," so cheer up, okay," just saying that made her smile at him and made her believe his words.
Hearing the meow of Ryo-ohki, he saw that she seemed to want his attention," what's up, Ryo-ohki-chan?" Naruto asked in a upbeat voice. Looking at the basket nearby that she seemed to have dragged towards them, he noted that there were carrots inside," carrots?" he took one out and waved a bit in front of her," you want some carrots?" seeing her paw at it, he chuckled," come on, you want one," seeing her meow happily, he tossed it for her to fetch," here," he said cheerfully as she watched the cabbit make its way quickly to the orange vegetable. The little cabbit, seeing the vegetable, nibbled at it before its eyes shine like Naruto's when he first ate ramen, and started to chomp down on it with gusto.
Seeing this, Naruto and Ayeka shared a little laugh," carrot's, huh? Eat enough of those and you'll grow to be a big, strong ship, Ryo-ohki-chan," Naruto said with a big grin on his face, making Ryo-ohki meow happily in agreement.
After little bit of small talk later, Naruto checked outside and had to cover his eyes to stop the brightness of the sun from blinding him," well, it looks like it cleared up," Naruto noted. He then turned to Ayeka and held out his hand with a smile," well, let's go," Ayeka stared at him a bit with an unknowing gaze before laying her hand on his.
The two then started to make their way once again back to Naruto's clan home, fully clothed of course. As Ayeka tried to keep her thoughts coherent as she rode on Naruto's back, she spotted a large tree, a tree that was definitely larger than most in a clearing," ara, what is that?" Ayeka asked Naruto as she looked at the tree from her position.
Looking to where she was gazing at, he saw the same tree that was a bit of monument to Konoha. His face then screwed up into a concentrated face as he tried to remember his misguided history of Konoha," I think that tree is called the Shodai's Tree. My history isn't a good subject in my mind, but I think it had something to do with our first Hokage in getting his power's over plants and wood, which was called the Mokuton, or Wood Release," Naruto explained to Ayeka. Looking at her intrigued gaze, he asked," would you like to see it?"
Having suspicions about the tree, she nodded and the two made their way down to see the tree up close, with Ryo-ohki not far behind with carrots tied onto her to carry and a single carrot in her mouth. Once they made it, Naruto put down Ayeka so she could see it up close. The royal princess walks up to the tree and starts to inspect the tree," there is no doubt," she commented out loud," this is Funaho, it's alive," she said with excited relief in her voice.
"Funaho?" Naruto asked confusedly with a quirked eyebrow.
"My Onii-sama's ship," Ayeka clarified to Naruto," remember there was a tree exactly like this in my ship? This tree is the heart and soul of the ship."
"Eeehh, so this transforms into one of those giant spaceships?" Naruto asked with great intrigue in his voice. If they could make a whole of bunch these tree's, why they'd have a whole fleet of them, which he was sure Jurai had.
Shaking her head a bit sadly, she explained," no, this tree has taken root, it can't become a ship," she then took out the Tenchi-ken and tapped it twice by the emitter part of the sword. Electricity then statically come out of the emitter, brushing up against the tree, a weird high pitched tone sounding as it did so.
The next thing Naruto knew, the tree was lighting up rainbow like beams all around them, bouncing off the water and going up into the sky," woah, what's going on here?!" Naruto asked frantically as he tried to see what was going on.
"The ship's memory," Ayeka answered as visions started to show them what had happened many years ago.
"Memory?" Naruto asked with a bit hesitance, before the two of them were pulled into the tree's showing memories. He looked around and saw it was space again, but then he saw something coming out from the darkness of it," what is that?"
Just then, Ryo-ohki and another Juraian ship flew by," that's my Onii-sama's ship," Ayeka confirmed to Naruto.
As the two fought from their ships on the planet's surface, another fight was being shown, this one showing Ryoko in a sort of berserk like state, fighting a man in royal clothing. This man having tanned skin, purple eyes, and long black hair," Ryoko, she almost looks like..." Naruto stopped at that, since even if he didn't see how he went berserk with Kyuubi's Youki, he knew he must have looked just as scary, or even more so than her with his looks," and is that Yosho?" Naruto asked as he looked at that royally dressed man who slashed at Ryoko with the Tenchi-ken.
When Yosho's ship shot Ryoko's ship far from the where Funaho had crash landed, he saw a smaller ship eject from and follow to where Ryoko had crashed. Not a second later, that the two seemed to have gone through a tough battle, as even though Ryoko looked relatively unharmed, Yosho was bleeding from an injury on his head and his body looked torn up and bruised. The one thing that was keeping him from getting injured further was Yosho having stabbed Ryoko in the throat, seemingly sucking in the red gems, through the beam of the Tenchi-ken, that were Ryoko's source of power. Naruto oddly noted the crash seemed to have made the valley and mountains that was around the shrine," so this was how the land was made," so much for not having this place not touched by the horrors of war and battle, Naruto noted sourly.
As soon as the vision of Ryoko having lost to Yosho was done, the tree stopped its special lighting effect, ending the vision the two had just saw," he is alive, I'm sure of it now. Since Funaho is alive, somewhere on this planet, Yosho must be alive also," Ayeka said happily. Looking at Naruto, she gave him an apologetic smile to him," gomenosai ne, I've been so cold to you. I'll return this to you," Ayeka said as she gestured to the Tenchi-ken.
"Eh?" Naruto asked with a little surprise she would be giving such an important memento back to him.
"You are related by blood to Jurai's Royal Family. I am asking you to protect us, until my Onii-sama is found," Ayeka clarified with honest smile on her face.
"Weeeellll," Naruto scratched the back of his head. It's not that Naruto didn't want to have it back, because he still wanted to see if he could use the Kenjutsu techniques on such a blade, but he didn't want to take it from someone that held it so dearly to her heart. But then, as he took the sword, he just gave his foxy grin to her and nodded. He would protect her, Sasami-chan, and Ryoko-chan. It was part of the saying his Oji-chan had told him, 'if you protect someone, 'I won't let them die', and he would abide by that saying with all of his will.
"Onee-sama," the two of the heard Sasami's voice call out to them and saw that Ryo-ohki was leading the little blue haired girl to them.
"Sasami," Ayeka greeted with a little surprise.
"Where have you been? You've been gone so long, I was worried," Sasami said worriedly as if she were the older sibling.
"Gomen ne, did you come all this way by yourself?" Ayeka asked her Imouto, since she didn't seem to have changed out of her morning pajamas.
Shaking her head with relieved happy smile, she replied," no, Ryoko-Nee-chan is with me and Ryo-ohki-chan met us halfway," she answered as the little cabbit made its home on Sasami's right shoulder, happily resting on her shoulder as if she were her mother," she brought us here," she said as the little cabbit smiled and meowed happily to them.
Giggling at the cute face of Ryo-ohki, Ayeka couldn't think to hate the little cabbit," you are one funny little creature," Ayeka said with a cheerful tone. Ryo-ohki just meowed happily again and made its way on top of Sasami's head, everyone smiling at the happy mood permeating in the atmosphere.
"Well, well, what a friendly atmosphere," said a familiar voice out loud. The group turned to see Ryoko standing on top of the water, as if it was the floor itself. It really didn't freak the Juraian, Ryo-ohki knew she was just levitating a bit, and Naruto could walk on water just like any experienced ninja out there.
"Ryoko-chan," Naruto waved happily to her, not noticing the sneer on Ayeka's face. If he did, he didn't show that he saw it. As soon as he greeted her, she teleported in her ghost like manner and appeared on Naruto side with her arm hanging off of his shoulder, though she did get a bit of smirk out of seeing Naruto shiver a bit, she knew of his fear of ghost," hn, Naruto, how come you've been with this unworthy girl all of this time?"
"Well I couldn't just leave her, she injured herself earlier," Naruto said with pure innocence in his voice. He didn't know what the two girls problem were with each other, but if it got any worse then just some argument, he'd see that the problem would be nipped in the bud if he had anything say about it. Besides, he wasn't sure if the house was on any sort of insurance since it moved here. If only he knew about either case.
Looking down at his right hand, she saw the Tenchi-ken in it and grinned happily," ooh, you got the sword back, Naruto!" she then patted him on the shoulder in congratulations," well done, my boy."
"No, I returned the sword to Naruto," Ayeka informed Ryoko, making Ryoko stop in her congratulations.
"Eh?" looking back and forth at Ayeka and Naruto, he noted the bit of embarrassed look on Naruto's face. Trying to play off at what she was seeing, she chuckled," okay, so you're pissed we got it back."
"But it's true," Naruto said truthfully, wondering why Ryoko would say such a thing.
"Naruto and I are related by blood, it's really none of your business," Ayeka informed a little harshly with her cheerful tone.
Sputtering madly at what she just said, she stood there with electricity starting to arch around her body," none of my business?!" she asked with anger and annoyance in her voice," I come all this way just to help you," she hmphed and turned her head away at the moment," alright then, do what you want," she then teleported away in her usual ghost like manner.
"Ryoko-Nee-chan," Sasami called out worriedly.
"To help us?" Ayeka and Naruto asked to each other in confusion at what Ryoko just said.
Seeing this a bad sign, Naruto called out to her," Oi, Ryoko-chan, it's all a misunderstanding. We didn't mean any harm by it."
"Forget it, let's go," Ayeka waved off and approached Naruto.
"But, you don't want to know what she'll do when she's like this. If she's anything like me..." Naruto trailed off as he can just imagine the payback pranks that she would get them with. He hoped she didn't read any of Ero-sennin books and learn how to do the Sennin Goroshi. He had enough of that from Kakashi-sensei.
"Maa, I thought you were going to protect me," Ayeka said in teasing manner. She then grabbed his hand and started to drag him away gently," let's go, Naruto-sama," Naruto just blinked and wondered what just got into Hime all of sudden, not even protesting about her dragging him away at the moment," come now," Ayeka urged him on and he just grunted in acknowledgment and did as he was told.
Sasami saw this and sighed, it seemed Naruto-Onii-chan had captured his Onee-sama's heart somehow. But she just shook her head, at least it was going to get interesting between everyone when they left for Naruto-Onii-chan's home tomorrow. Ryo-ohki, ever oblivious to the situation since she was just born, just meowed happily since everyone seemed to have cheered up.
One thing was to note for tomorrow for this group, and that was: Konoha, get ready for an interesting ride.
A/N: Well, that's CH. 3. Now, I know it seems that I made a bit of a contridiction on Naruto's strength from the beginning. But let me just note one thing, I doubt with even his own strength he could have torn those tough alien branches he was imprisoned in, since Ryoko was just lazing about in her jail cell and she is definitely stronger than him, even if she doesn't show it. As for the flash back with that Jutsu he had learned from Katsuhito, I got that scene from bleach when Ichigo had a flashback of his own when he fought Renji. Now, I know it seemed uncreative, but what other good way for him to become a good Kenjutsu user than to use a scene from an anime that thrives on blades and swords with special abilities alike. Plus, Katsuhito doesn't really need to hide his skills since the planet of Edo has people that are just as strong and/or stronger them him, most notably, Akatsuki. Oh, some of you might be wondering what Naruto's clan home looks like, so just think of Tenchi's original house, only bigger since this is a clan home. Now, next chapter will be when Naruto returns to Konoha, the time you all have been waiting for. Hopefully, I won't disappoint you all and make a good chapter out of it. Well, give me some review guys or PM me, ja ne.
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