A/N: Well here is my fourth chapter for this story that I had some free time to type. Most of this chapter all my idea with a few small parts taken form the manga, as well as another. It one of the reasons why it took me awhile to finish it as I don't have the time like I use to, to write any chapters for my stories.
Anyways, more info about this story as well as my others later on. So enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 4
Naruto's Plans For Rito, A Family Member Returns, and The Fox vs. The Panther Part 1!
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Currently, Naruto, Lala, and Rito were all in the nurse's office that was vacant before they entered, and were standing by the still unconscious Haruna lying on one of the beds with her clothing no longer torn.
It was thanks to Peke's ability to repair clothing that Rito was able to look at her and not feel so uncomfortable around her more so than now.
However, the image of her exposed chest did pop into his head whenever his eyes wandered down to her chest causing him to blush.
Naruto saw this from the corner of his eyes and could only shake his head, but If he was just as innocent as he was, he was sure that he would be doing the same… probably. It's been a very long time since he last blushed like Rito and from what he could recall it was cause of Schala doing.
For some reason, she made him drop his guard around her making him vulnerable to her antics causing him to do things he normally wouldn't do. It was most likely the way she acted.
She could be very mature one seconded and childish the next. Almost the way Lala is now but much more mature, when she wanted to.
Now that he thinks about it, there was another time when he blushed like that. It was during the time he had first come to earth and stayed in a village by the name of Konohagakure.
In that village, he came across a man with white spike hair who was peeking in the women's side of the hot spring. He had asked the man what he was doing only for him to brush him off saying he was doing research and not to bother him.
Now, at that time, Naruto was oblivious to the way things worked on earth and in that particular village but they did have a similar place that called a hot spring on his home planet, however, it was only for royalty.
After the man had brushed him off, he walked inside thinking the same rules probably applied on this planet and entered the girl's side since that side was the one he usually used. Since he was little his mother would take him to that side when they visited the hot springs since his father was usually busy.
So when the moment he finally entered the girls bath his face redden in shock as he saw a large number of women, far older than him, naked.
He was speechless and when they all saw him standing there with his fox ears and tail exposed they didn't scream, at first, but immediately grabbed him and pulled him in.
You could say they all had there fun with him, as they adored his fox ears and tail to their heart content and when it was all over. The white haired man kept Naruto and one other at his side as chick magnets.
Just remember that white haired pervert pissed him off at how he used him and his friend just to get girls and if it wasn't for him training them. He would most likely beat the crap out of him or worst; he might have just killed him and saved all the women on earth, at that time, the trouble of meeting him.
In the end, despite all the trouble that man gave him, he was still able to learn a whole lot from him.
He was like a second father to him but before he could get lost in memory lane, he shook his head and turned towards Rito.
"It's about time we take our leave."
His sudden words caused both the man in questioning and the pink haired princess to look at him.
"What? Why, and what for?"
Naruto's eyebrow only twitched in annoyance as his friend forgot that he had asked him to explain what was going on. He could've used that opportunity to not to tell him but figured something like this was bound to happen again so the sooner he told him the easier it would be to explain.
Lala on the other hand, was unaware of, or completely forgot, Naruto agreeing to explain their situation to him and asked him where he was going.
"You're leaving?"
Turning to his proclaimed fiancée, he gave her a slight smile before responding.
"We're just heading to the rooftop for a bit and talk about what happened earlier in the storage room."
"Then shouldn't I go with you too."
"No, you should stay here just in case Haruna wakes up. I think it would be easier if you were the one to explain things to her instead."
"Oh, okay."
She agreed with what he asked of her quicker they she normally would have. She usually insisted that she should follow him and always be by his sided no matter what. It got him wondering if she was finally able to tell when it was important to listen to what he says but was sure that this was probably a one time deal kind of thing.
Either way, it would make explaining things to Rito that much easier with her not butting in on him trying to explain the situation he, and the earth, was in.
Turning back to his friend, he motioned to him that they were leaving but before they could, he remembered something and looked back at Lala.
"Oh, one other thing."
Getting not only Lala's attention but also Rito's as well, he continued with what he was going to say.
"If Haruna wakes up after the nurse returns tell her that Sasuga-sensei brought her after she had fainted and if she remembers everything. All she saw was just a dream."
Lala nodded in reply but then thought about what she should say if Haruna were to wake up before the nurse arrived and asked him what she should do then.
"What if she wakes up before the nurse arrives? What should I tell her then?"
He just chuckled before walking closer to her then leaning forward so his mouth was close to her ear and whispered something to her before backing away.
She blinked her eyes blankly at him before smiling at him.
"'kay~!"
Getting what he was trying to do she couldn't help smiling as she placed her hands on her lap but just before she thought Naruto was going to leave, he had to say one more thing.
"Are you really sure it's okay to tell her that?"
"It may not be the truth but I'm sure she would rather hear that rather than the truth. So make sure you tell her that, alright."
"'kay~!"
After getting a cheerful response from the pink haired princess, he and Rito both left the room but as they were about to. Naruto stopped and gave the room one last glace before he inhaled through his nose.
'This scent… it smells… familiar. If my nose is as it used to be. This scent belongs to "that women," the smell of lavender mix with medicine, but the question is. What is her reason for being here on earth, at this particular school? Does she know I'm alive and is after me, or is this just some coincidence?'
Trying to figure that out for himself he had to cut it short as Rito was starting to think something was up with him as he gave him a questionable look as he waited in the hall.
Pushing a question that could possibly lead to more trouble to the side, he walked out the nurse's room as he closed the door behind him joining his friend in the hall.
"What's up? Is there something wrong in the nurse's room? It seemed as if you were looking for something."
"It's nothing; I just felt like I might know who the school nurse's."
"Really? From what I heard from Saruyama, she recently moved here a week ago. Did you think you might have ran into her somewhere in town?"
"Maybe, but who knows. It could just be my imagination. Anyways, let's get going."
"Sure."
With that, the two made their way towards the rooftop where Naruto was sure that nobody would over hear them unless they had bionic ears.
On their way, Rito asked him what he had whispered to Lala only for him to tell him that it was something very important and not to worry about it.
Once they were gone, about ten minutes or so, Haruna woke up to find herself inside the nurse's room lying on one of the beds. Before she could ask herself why she was here, she saw Lala sitting beside her.
"Lala, what are you doing here in the nurse's room. In fact, what am I doing in here?"
She was still confused as to why she was in the nurse's room as the last thing she could remember was fallowing Sasuga-sensei to the PE storage room.
It was in that moment that she remembered what happened next and looked at Lala who still had a smile on her face.
"Lala! Do you know what happen to me?!"
Still smiling, she remembered what Naruto told her before nodding.
"The truth is…."
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When both Naruto and Rito left the nurse's room, they made their way towards the school's rooftop where Naruto planned to explain everything.
He found it weird that, almost, every serious conversation he since Lala arrived on earth was taking place at this school.
Now, normally it would be a bad place to talk because you never know when someone might walk up on you or some kind of cat might appear from thin air. The later was less likely to happen as it already did and was sure he could now sense if his cat was near, if he was really trying.
Hopefully, the clones he sent to retrain his senses would help heighten the human like sense he has now back to what they originally were before transferring his soul. Or at least close to it, but with the power of genjutsu at his disposal he was able to make sure that no one would walk up on any of his conversation.
Therefore, when they arrived at their destination, he placed a small genjutsu that would cause anybody who would wander too close to the rooftop to go away.
With that precaution up, he would be able to speak freely to Rito about everything that he would need to know, especial about the fate of the earth.
Once everything was set, Naruto turned to face his classmate/childhood friend who had a few drops of sweat roll down the side of his face as he felt the tension in the air change.
There was also the way Naruto was looking at him as he was staring straight at him with a look he rarely gave. The only time he saw such a look was during the school sports festival or at the ramen eating tournament that is held every year in town.
So when he saw that look on his friend's face, he knew what he was going to say was serious.
As he waited, he watched as Naruto breathed a heavy sigh before looking up at the azure sky and watched a few clouds slowly drifting across it.
"Before I begin, I just want to tell you that everything I'm about to say is true. Not a single word of it is a lie and you can choose to believe me or not. You can believe that I've gone crazy or whatever, but I assure you. That everything you seen today will all make sense once you hear what I have to say."
Rito unconsciously gulped a heavy lump in the back of his throat and was unsure of what his friend was going to tell him.
For some reason, something deep down inside him told him to run, run now and don't turn back, and he was about to listen to that something. However, the images Haruna he saw earlier today stopped him. He didn't know why but he felt mad knowing Haruna was in danger and didn't know anything about it.
That was the reason he didn't want to accept Naruto's offer when he told him to take the credit for saving her. It didn't feel right to do that and would only make Haruna, possible, like him for something he didn't do. If he was going to make Haruna fall for him, he was going to do it on his own, somehow.
With that sudden burst of rage course through his body, he was able to force himself to stay put as he curled his hands into fist.
"Go ahead and tell me everything. I want to know what happen to Haruna!"
Hearing him say that surprised Naruto a bit before a small grin appeared on his face.
He knew it was because of Haruna that he was willing, no, not willing, but determined to hear what he had to say even if it would change the way he thought about his existence from here on.
"Very well then."
Naruto felt good inside that he was able to make a friend like Rito as he was sure that if it were someone else in his shoes they would probably left by now.
"I guess I should start with telling you that I am not a human… but an alien…."
XXX Somewhere In Sainan City XXX
Somewhere in Sainan town was a blue haired man with a mean look and nasty grin plastered across his face in one of the very popular female host clubs in town.
Even though he may appear to be a normal, he isn't, in fact, he is actually an alien who came to earth to retrieve someone. The reason he is able to blend so well is cause of two things, one of which is that he already has an human like appearance. The other is thanks to a certain underground doctor who gave him a device that changes his appearance to that of a regular human.
It cost him a quite a lot of money that he had to convert it into the earth's currency but thanks to that he was able to have his fun with the many women on this planet.
He rather have it for free instead of paying a fortune for it but the doctor who gave it to him didn't fall to his races' ability, which was a shame because he could've had his fun with her as well.
Unfortunately, he couldn't have his way but that didn't mean that earth's women would be the same, and he was right.
Just to test whether it would work, he walked around town and found several women to his liking. Using his ability, he made every one of them fall instantly in love with him.
Being the man he was, he had his way with every one of them and found how good earth women tasted, which, to him, was better than any women he been with on his home planet.
Instantly addicted to the taste of the women on earth, he searched for even better ones and eventually came across a place where women tend to your every need except one, but he could change that.
The place itself was a decent looking place and from the looks of if, a very expensive place.
The moment he walked in, several girls walking up to him giving him a friendly greeting.
It brought a toothy grin to his face as he looked at all the above average women surrounding him.
Knowing what he wanted he used his ability to have all of them lust for him, which they did and could smell the lust for wanting to mate with him.
However, before things could go any more he's way; the manager of the place spoke and ordered the girls to quit fawning over him then told two of the girls to take him to an empty seat.
He saw that the manger was an attractive female who was also the bartender but from what he could tell. She didn't fall for him like the other women did causing him to believe she was one of the few who had a strong enough will to withstand his races' ability. An ability that lets him emit a pheromone that enchants any women from any race besides his own, long as they didn't have a strong enough will to cancel it out.
So far, he ran into two women who didn't fall victim to him and thanks to her, the other women who fell for him snapped back to their senses before two of them led him to an empty crimson colored couch.
It was big enough to fit all three of them with room to spare and once the three of them were sitting down. One of the girls took out a glass and poured him some alcohol.
He was used to things like this but not exactly like this where the women purposely rub up against him and flirt with him without knowing who he was.
Not that he cared, it was just something that strike him odd is all, but nonetheless, he enjoyed the entertainment to its fullest.
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After having his fill with the delectable women this host club had to offer even though he didn't get to have is way with any of them thanks to the manger's strong influence on them. H decided to call it quits and go on the hunt for his next prey to devour.
Therefore, he made his way out of the club and back out into town.
"Make sure you come back to see us again~!"
"Yeah, yeah."
Raising his hand his right hand up, he exited the building just as he shoved his hand back into his pant pocket.
Once he was out on the sidewalk, he walked away casually without a care in the world with a bored look on his face.
At first, he was planning to go searching for some girl to ravish like one of those schoolgirls he saw at the school Naruto attended but for some reason he didn't feel like it.
Instead, he decided to head to a place he ate at yesterday, a place called McDonald's or something like that. The food looked very weird but beside it being foreign to him, it tasted freaking delicious and couldn't get enough of it.
So he made his way to the nearest one and ordered about twenty big macs, ten double quarter pounders, ten large fries and about a gallon of soda.
Once his order was complete and received it, he devoured every bit of it as if he just caught an animal in the wild.
The ones who witness him order such a sheer amount of food didn't know what to think as they watched him consumed it all. They wanted to say something but when they saw the mean, permanent, look plastered across his face, they reconsidered and could only watch as he finished everything form the last bit of crumbs down to the very last drop of his soda.
They didn't think it was possible to eat such a large amount of food without exploding from the inside but before any more thoughts could cross their minds. He looked at them all causing them all to go back to what they were doing.
Despite his appearance and the way he acted, he had the courteous to throw his trash away. He feared that if he didn't, a certain two people would somehow find out and punish him dearly for not doing so. Just the thought of it sent shivers down his spine.
With his stomach now filled, he left the burger joint with the same look as always but just when he exited the place, something crossed his field of vision causing him to come to a complete halt.
What caused him to stop so suddenly was a woman of average height with blue eyes and short black hair that spiked to the sides. her back hair flowed over her shoulders and down to her mid back that rested on her white shirt with the one sleeve missing while the other side only exposed her shoulder. There were also three small black straps on each side holding her shirt together. She also wore a red skirt that had black strips going across it giving it a plaid-like design to it with a black belt that hung loosely around her waist and wore a pair of black spats shorts underneath them.
The rest of her outfit consisted of a one fingerless glove on her right arm and traveled up it before it stopped a couple of inches away from her shoulder and a pair of brown women's boots.
He didn't know why this particular woman caught his eye but he couldn't help watching her walk by him, not even batting an eye at his presence.
Just as she was about to walk out his peripheral vision, he unconsciously grabbed hold of her arm causing her to stop.
Soon as the woman felt someone grab her arm, she turned to the person who was holding on to her with a very unpleasant look on her face.
"Can I help you with something?"
Her voice matched the look she was giving him but when she got a good look at him. She was taken aback as she found him to be quite handsome. She also found that look on his face reminded her of an old friend from high school but quickly pushed that aside and put her same look from before back on.
"Hey! I asked you if I could help you with something. If not, then let go of my arm unless you want me to break yours."
The man only gave her a seductive grin before giving his reply.
"How about the two of us find some place where we can get to know each, if you get what I mean."
As he said that, he released his pheromones in order to make the woman who stood in front of him to fall for him only to see, and feel, her body tremble in anger as one of her eyebrows twitch.
"You have some nerve asking a woman that out in public."
'What?! She's didn't fall to my pheromones too!'
He continued to keep his grasp on her arm as he tried to determine whether she had a strong enough will to reject his pheromones, or it's just taking longer than usual.
While he was trying to determine that, he didn't hear the woman ordered him to let her go until it was too late.
Before he even realized it, he suddenly felt a pair of hands grab hold of the arm that he used to stop the woman from leaving and the next thing he saw was the bright blue sky as a huge amount of pain coursed throughout his body.
'What… just happened…?'
What he failed to realize was after the woman grabbed hold of his arm she suddenly flipped him over her shoulder and slammed him hard on the sidewalk with enough force to cause a small creator to form on impact.
The woman on the other hand, just stood over him and realized what she did.
'Ah, crap… is he dead…?'
She continued to stare at the man on the sidewalk who wasn't moving and got her to believe she really did kill him.
'Shit! If Orihime finds out about this, she's going to chew my ass off, or worse, be very disappointed in me.'
Not wanting any of that to happen, she crouched down and lightly shoved the man body.
"H-Hey, you're not dead are you?"
She gave him another light shove getting him to grunt in pain causing her to sigh in relief, glad she didn't kill him. However, that didn't rule out that she hurt someone and knew if Orihime found out she would be in one hell of a lecture.
As she wished that the person she didn't want to find out about this doesn't, she was about to ask if the man was alright.
That was before she heard what he told her.
"My… my offer still stands…."
She couldn't believe what she just heard the person she just slammed onto the cement asked, and here she was worried about him.
Not even batting an eye, she stood up and walked over to his side then slammed her right foot into his gut knocking the wind out of him.
After she removed her foot the man grabbed hold of his stomach as he curled up on his side.
"If you're still able to ask me something as stupid as that, then your fine."
She then walked a few feet away from him before stopping.
"If I ever see you again, you're going to wish that I had killed you, you hear me!"
Giving the man one last glance, she walked off with the intention of never meeting him ever again so that he could never tell Orihime what she did to him.
After he could no longer sense her presences, he laid on his back while spreading his arms out as he stared at the sky.
'That was the first time anyone besides my mother and little sister had done that to me.'
He raised his right arm up, the same arm that the woman grabbed hold of, and stared at it before placing his hand on his chest where his heart would be and could feel it still racing.
'I think… I'm in love….'
He wasn't sure if what he's feeling is just adrenaline or is actually love. Whatever it maybe, he had to see that woman again even if she would kill him for it.
Therefore, he brought his arm up to his nose and inhaled before getting up to his feet. He then started down the way the women walked down and grinned.
'I have your scent now, so finding you will be easy.'
With everything set, he placed his hands in his pockets and followed the women's scent wherever it may lead.
XXX On The School's Rooftop XXX
"And that's everything…."
Naruto had finally finished explaining all the details about how he was an alien and that Lala was an alien princess and had chosen him to be her husband. Even what her father told him about how he planned to destroy the earth if he failed to keep her from being taken by any of her other candidates.
It might have not been wise to tell him that part but he felt like he needed to tell someone and knew he could trust Rito with information like that. He also left out the part that he was actually a fox-like alien that transferred his soul into an unborn child's body and stuck with the misconception that he's a Kazean. Telling him that his father must have been an alien even if he had never met the father that helped make this body.
No matter how much he trusts Rito, he wasn't ready to share that part about him to anyone. Not even the person whose baby's life he took in fear of what she might think of him.
He know there will be a time when he is going to have to tell her but until then he will keep his dark secret to himself.
As for Rito, all that he was told was hard for him to process and had a complete melt down and fell to his knees.
"You're… you're joking right? Please tell me you're joking, right, Sora."
Naruto just gave him a weary look causing him to laugh dryly to himself.
"Of course you wouldn't. You wouldn't tell me a crazy lie like this, so that means if you lose Lala to one of those other candidates. The earth will be destroyed, right."
He only saw his friend give him slight nod in reply getting him to look down at the roof floor.
"If that happens not only will mine life be over, but Mikan's, Haruna's, yours, and everyone on earth lives will be over too. Sora you can't, no; we can't let that happen…."
Getting back on his feet and standing up, he looked at Naruto with a determined look on his face and said.
"I'm… I'm not sure if I will be much help, being an earthling and all, but I will do everything I can to help you keep Lala from being taken away from you. So you can count on me."
Naruto didn't know what to say, he felt somewhat touched by what Rito said and was glad he told him. It felt like some of the weight on his shoulders been lifted and was now shared between them.
Giving his childhood friend a sincere smile, he walked up to him and placed a hand on one of his shoulders.
"Just hearing you say that helps me a lot, but if one of us needs help. It would most likely be you."
Rito only gave him a questionable look before replying.
"Wh-what are you talking about? What do I need help with if you're the one who needs the most help saving the earth."
"Well, putting that aside, I was talking about the relationship with you and Haruna."
"WH-WHAT!"
He was completely confused now. First Naruto starts talking about how he was alien and how the earth was in trouble. And next, he's talking about his relationship between him and the girl he likes.
"I know that it won't be easy trying to save the earth from being destroyed by Lala's father but since I'm not an earthling. I have an upper hand so there's no worrying about me. You on the other hand, have a lot to worry about like, hypothetically speaking, what if the earth was destroyed tomorrow. Would you be happy with the relationship between you and Haruna, right now?"
"N-No, but I don't see how I would need your help. I can get Haruna to like me myself."
"Oh, Really? Then how about imagining Haruna in a bikini."
"A-Alright."
Doing as he asked, he tried imagining what Haruna would look like in a bikini but when his image of her was vivid enough. He immediately lost it and blushed up a storm that could cause steam to rise from his head, if possible.
"As I thought. You can't even handle an image of her and you think you can get her by yourself. Just face it, you need help."
After recovering from his sudden break down, he looked at Naruto.
"Then how about you! Why don't you try and image Lala in a bikini."
All Naruto did was smirk at him.
"What for? I've already seen her naked. It'd be pointless to image her in a bikini if I already seen what's underneath, but I'm not going to lie; I would like to see her in one."
Rito was speechless as he let his mouth hang open a bit before coming back to his senses.
"You… you already seen her naked!"
Naruto just nodded
"So does that mean you two had se… sex then."
Just saying that word made him blush but when he looked at Naruto, he saw that he wasn't even fazed by it.
"Just because I saw her naked doesn't mean you have to assume we had sex. It was accidental, and she just happened to appear in front of me naked when I was taking a bath is all. She even saw me naked."
Again, Rito was speechless but he was able to recover a lot quicker, however, he wanted to know how Naruto was able to keep his composure after an ordeal like that.
Naruto could tell what he was thinking, well, he assumed it.
Either way, he had already formed a plan to get him used to being around girls and talk to them without losing his composure or stuttering.
"Don't worry so much about. I already came up with a plan that's bulletproof and guarantee it will work."
"R-Really."
"Of course, but before we get to that I have something I need to take care of first."
"Like what?"
Before telling him, Naruto took out his cell phone from his pant pocket.
"Like getting a new cell phone. I kind of broke mine after I left during lunch."
Rito couldn't understand how he could've broken it but guessed it must've happened during his fight with Ghi Bree and would've never guessed that it was because he squeezed it too hard.
Soon as he finished that thought, the sound of the last bell rang signaling that school was over and that they had skipped the rest of their classes.
"Well, anyways, I should get going but I'll meet you back at your house after I buy my new phone, alright."
"O-Okay…."
"So be ready by the time I get to your house, okay."
"Sure."
With that, Naruto turned and made his way towards the roof doors just when it hit Rito.
"Wait, ready for what?!"
However, just as he said that, Naruto had already left.
'What does he want me to get ready for?'
He could only rub the back of his head as he tried to figure that out before shoving his hands in his pockets and made his own way towards the roof doors.
Since school was officially over for the day, he made way towards the classroom where he saw that both Naruto and Lala's bags were already gone. He figured that they must have met up while he was on his way back to class and left together, not that he cared. He just wanted to know what he had planned for him later today.
He could only wonder that as he made his way over to his desk before grabbing his school bag and flinging it over his shoulder, but before he decide to leave. His eyes drifted to Haruna's desk and saw that her bag was gone as well, causing a disappointed sigh to escape past his lips.
'Guess Haruna-chan already left for her tennis club.'
Releasing another sigh, he made his way out the classroom and down the hall with a disappointed look in his face.
'It's not like I did anything today for her to thank me. Sora was the one who saved her, not me. So she probably thanked him before he left.'
Despite how he felt earlier, when he decided not to take the credit for saving Haruna, there was a part of him that still kind of wished Haruna would thank him anyways.
'Like that would happen.'
Digging deeper in his own despair, he continued walking all the way towards the school gates with the only intentions to get home as quickly as possible.
However, by some work form god, the person who he had a crush on stopped him just before he could leave.
"R-Rito-kun…."
Hearing the sound of her voice calling his name made him freeze before he slowly turned to face his crush head on.
When he fully turned around, he noticed that she was wearing her club uniform and guessed she must have ran to catch up to him, judging by her heavy breathing.
"H-Haruna-chan… is t-there some you n-need me for."
As he talked to her, he could understand why Naruto wanted to help him a lot more clearly as he could barely hold a conversation with her, without stuttering.
Once she caught her breath, she looked at him and said.
"I… I just wanted to come over and s-say… say thank you for earlier."
"O-Oh, you're welcome, ha… haha…."
He laughed dryly as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly before realizing what she said.
"Wait, thank me for what?"
She was a bit confused when he said and then told him the reason why.
"I heard from Lala that you were the one who found me after I collapsed form anemia."
'Anemia…?'
Rito tried to process why Haruna would have thought she had collapsed form anemia and not long after he thought about it, it hit him.
'Sora!'
It was now fresh in his mind when he, Naruto, and Lala were all in the nurse's room when Naruto whispered something to Lala.
'So that was what he whispered. Important my ass!'
As he was off in his little world, Haruna was wandering if he was alright as he just spaced out but before she could see what was wrong, he suddenly spoke.
"O-Oh, yeah, now I remember! You never showed up to class after lunch so I asked the teacher if I could use the bathroom to find out why when I found you passed out in the hall. S-So I took you to the nurse's office. I was embarrassed to stay and asked if Lala could wait until you woke up."
That was far from the truth but played along with Naruto's lie in order not to confuse her and it seemed to work.
"That's why I wanted to thank you. I-It made me kind of happy knowing that you were the one who found me."
"U-Uh… well, y-you're welcome, again."
He didn't know what else to say and just awkwardly stood there as Haruna blushed.
"Well, I have to get back to practice. So I'll see you tomorrow, okay."
"Yeah."
Quickly, without looking back, she ran back to the tennis courts while he watched her join her friends.
Seeing as there wasn't any point in staying here, he left, but as he did; he couldn't help feel a little bad about how the way Haruna thanked him for something he didn't do.
Yeah, his little wish came true, but still. It didn't feel right and thought that maybe he should just come clean tomorrow.
With that out of the way, he tried to figure out what Naruto had planned for him. He thought of several ideas but all of them made him blush a storm and had to stop thinking about it, otherwise he was sure that he would've pass out.
xxxxxx
Just like he told Rito, Naruto made his way into town to a local cell phone store to get him a new phone. The same as the one he had now.
Lala, who tagged along with him, was glad she stayed in class and waited for him to come back otherwise she would've missed him.
The two walked side-by-side the entire time, and when they entered the phone store, Lala's eyes widen in aspiration from all the different phone design.
Compared to the phone like device she used to store her inventions, it was somewhat bland if compared to some of the phones there.
As an inventor, she felt as if she was inferior to the ones who made the better-looking phones and decided to redesign her's to a newer, better, model.
Once Naruto had paid for his new phone, the two left and made their way back home.
Usually, he was a bit bothered by Lala always following him like a lost puppy but today, at this particular moment, he didn't mind. Probably because of what he told Rito and doesn't have to hold the burden of the world on his shoulders. It didn't mean that he's giving his share to Rito; it just felt good to let someone else know.
He's now spent two lifetimes on this very planet and made special memories that are irreplaceable, so he's not going to let Gid come and destroy it.
With that mindset, he and Lala made their way back home.
XXX In Front Of His House XXX
When they returned, Naruto told Lala that he was going to head over to Rito's for a bit and would be back later.
Surprisingly, she just gave him an okay and went inside without pestering him for her to come along. He guessed she had something she wanted to do judging by the look she had on her face. He wondered if the trip to the phone store had something to do with it. He did see her pull out that phone like device of hers and looked around the store with it.
Pushing that aside, he made his way over to the house next door and rang the doorbell once he was at the front door.
He could hear Mikan's voice on the other side telling him she was coming and a few seconds later the door opened with her greeting him with a surprised look on his face.
"S-Sora-kun! Wh-what are you doing here."
"What, a neighbor can't just come over to say hi."
"W-well, no, it's just you usually tell me beforehand that you might be coming over. So that's why I'm asking, is all."
"You have a point there, but I figure Rito would've have told you since I told him I was coming over."
"Rito knew, but he didn't say anything to me?"
"Really? That's not like him, but speaking of him. What's he doing now?"
"Yeah, about that…."
He saw her eyes drift away like she didn't know what to say before finally giving him an answer.
"I don't know what he's thinking, but since he got home. All he's been doing is sitting in the living room thinking about something and blushing every five to ten minutes."
'Blushing…?'
He thought about what she told him then realized what Rito was doing.
'So he's trying to figure out what I have planned for him, huh. Well, he's in for a surprise.'
Looking at Mikan, who looked a bit worried about her brother, he placed a hand on top of her head as a way to reassure her.
"Don't worry about him. He's just thinking about what normal teenage boy's think about."
Soon as he said that, he watched Mikan's eyes turn from worrying to a displeased one.
He saw that she got the idea of what he saying before letting him in.
Since he's been here god knows how many times, he made his way into the living room where he saw Rito sitting on a couch in deep thought before seeing his ears turn red.
"What is this? Some kind of training you're putting yourself through."
Hearing his friend's voice, Rito turned around to see Naruto standing behind him.
"S-Sora! You're already here."
"Yeah, and it seems like you're practicing for whatever I have plan while you waited, huh."
"Practicing? What are you talking?"
"Well, Mikan said that you've been sitting here the entire time you came home. So I figured you were trying to get yourself ready for when I get here."
"Mikan said what…?"
The girl in question walked past them not making any contact whatsoever as she made her way towards the kitchen with the same look from earlier.
Seeing his little sister caused him to blush again.
"I forgot Mikan was home!"
He got embarrassed about the fact he was thinking of impure thoughts while his sister was around while Naruto just chuckled to himself.
"Even if she wasn't around doesn't change the fact you were thinking of something dirty."
"I-I wasn't thinking anything of the sort."
"Sure you weren't."
"Sh-shut up!"
Naruto laughed at his friend's poor excuse in trying to hide his embarrassment.
After he waited for him to stop laughing, he asked Naruto about his plan to help him get closer to Haruna.
"So what's your so-called plan to help me with Haruna-chan?"
"That's right, the plan? That's the whole reason I came over."
"What do you mean that right?! How can you forget about it so quickly if you were the one who mentioned it?!"
"I'm joking, so calm down."
Rito was going to say something but stopped and decided to wait to see what Naruto had to say.
"Before I tell you what my plan is, we should head somewhere more private."
As he said that, he glanced at the doorway to the kitchen where he knew Mikan was probably eavesdropping on their conversation.
Rito, who was oblivious to that fact, just agreed with what his friend said.
"Sure, we can head to my room if you want."
Getting a nod form Naruto, the two made their way up to his room as Mikan, who was eavesdropping like Naruto assumed, peeked her head out from behind the wall.
She wondered what this so-called plan Naruto had for her brother and who this Haruna girl was. She was thinking of going to eavesdrop on them again but decided against it as she figured Naruto would catch her since she was the reason they left.
Therefore, she decided to start dinner instead.
Meanwhile, the two who left entered Rito's room with Naruto closing the door behind him as he did.
Having no clue what was in store for him, Rito decided to sit on his bed, while the other person in the room stood by the door, before asking him what happens next.
"Now that we're in my room, what's your plan?"
"Hmm, to put it bluntly. I'm going to help cure the part of you that can't handle imaging Haruna, or any girl for that matter, in a bikini or possibly naked."
"What! How the hell are you going to do that?!"
"Glad you asked."
Placing his index and middle fingers in a plus symbol in front of him, he made a clone of himself, but not just any clone. This clone was a special one, a female version of himself. It wore only a tight orange tank top that did nothing to hide her large assets and an orange and white stripe pair of panties.
The clone stood to about Naruto's shoulders and looked just like he would if he were a girl with the same whisker marks on her face with two blond pigtails.
Rito didn't know what to say as he saw the girl version of his best friends stand only a few feet away from him rendering him speechless. To make matters worse, he could see her rub her thighs together while she pulled down her tank top like she was trying to hide her panties from him. That only made her huge breasts squeeze together causing not only blood to rush to his face but also towards his lower region.
There was also another thing that was off about this female version of his friend, and that was every time she would pull her shirt or rub her thighs together. She gave him a look like she was holding back on wanting to do something.
Finally finding the strength to speak, he asked his friend what was going on and why was there a girl version of him.
"S-Sora, what the heck is going on? Who is that girl standing next to you and why does she look exactly like you if you were a girl?"
"She is just a clone of me that I transform into a girl, with lady parts, that is going to help you get over your little problem."
"And how is she going to help with my problem."
"By taking care of your every need."
"M-my every need…?"
"That's right! She'll listen to whatever you say as long as it's a sexual desire; otherwise she won't listen to a single word you say."
"Sexual desire! Are you insane?!"
"Don't worry; having sex with one of my clones won't count as having sex. Just think of it as masturbating but with better benefits. Besides, it's not like anyone would believe you had sex with a girl version of me. So you can relax."
"I'm not worried about that. What I am worried about is why you thought this was a good idea and while I'm at it. What do you mean she is a clone of you?"
"Well, it's what it implies. She's an exact copy of me but with lady parts, and I thought that if you saw a woman naked first-hand in real life would be the best plan. It worked for me."
"But wouldn't that imply that I'm having sex with you then."
"Oh, hell no! I made sure that whatever happens in this room never reaches my mind by blocking the shared memory ability my clones have. So there is no damn why I will ever see what happens between the two of you."
"Shared memory? Are you saying that you and your so-called clones share each other's memories?"
Rito was stepping in dangerous territory with that last question and was getting shivers to run down Naruto's spine as he thought of his clones memories returning to him.
"Yes, we both share memories. So whatever I know, my clones know as well and whatever they learn is transferred back to me. However, I have the power to make sure that if I don't what to receive a clone's memory I can make it so that I don't."
Summing up what he wanted to say as he didn't want to start talking about the "what if you learn what happens in here" and moved the conversation along.
"Anyways, the plan is to get you use to seeing a female's body so when you talk to Haruna, or any other girl for that matter, you won't act all nervous."
Not waiting for his friend to respond he turned his attention to his female clone.
"Naruko, you know what to do."
His clone only nodded in reply before slowly making her way towards Rito.
"W-wait a minute, Sora; I think we need to rethink your plan over a bit."
"I don't think so; I did tell you it was bulletproof. Trust me, this will work."
"B-but…."
He was going to say something else but Naruko interrupted him.
"Rito-sama, I've been a bad girl and need punishment."
'Rito-sama? Punishment?'
Hearing such words being spoken to him caused him brain to malfunction and before he knew it, Naruko pushed him on his back and was on top of him.
"Please punish me, Rito-sama."
His voice was caught in the back of his throat causing only gasps to escape as his eyes traveled from the vexing female clone of his best friend to the real one.
"You two have fun."
With those parting words, Naruto opened the door behind him and exited the room but just before he could close the door, he heard Rito call out to him.
"W-wait!"
Pretending he didn't hear him, he closed the door and to make sure that whatever happens in that room can't be heard. He made sure his clone placed a silence jutsu on the room.
Seeing as his job here was finished, he made his way downstairs where he met Mikan at the bottom and guessed she must have heard Rito scream.
"Is everything okay? I heard Rito screaming."
"Yeah, everything is fine, but I like to ask you not to go into his room until you finish making your two's dinner."
"Why?"
"It's complicated, but just promises me you go in, alright."
"I guess I will, but is it really that bad if I walk in."
"Defiantly, so whatever you do. Don't walk in that room, got it."
"Sure."
"That's my girl."
He placed a hand on her head and ruffled her hair before heading towards the door.
"Well, I'll be leaving now and make sure you keep your promise and not go into Rito's room."
Making sure that she understood how important it was for her not to enter her brother's room unless she wanted to be scared for life, he opened the front door.
However, before he could step on foot outside, Mikan stopped him.
"Ah, Sora-kun…."
Hearing his name being called, he turned to face her and saw that she wanted to ask him something but was too afraid to ask.
"Yeah, what is Mikan?"
"U-um, well, I… I just wanted to know if you were still going to show me how to make that dish you promised to show me."
"Of course I will. I'll show you how to make it at my house this weekend."
"Alright then, it's still a promise."
"And I never go back on them."
The two of them shared a smile before he finally left closing the door behind him as she stared at the door. She stood there with a wooden spoon in her hand for a good minute or two before turning around. She was about to head back to the kitchen but stopped to look upstairs, particularly where Rito's room would be at.
Something told her that something was going on up there and wanted to check it out but the promise she made with Naruto stopped her. She knew that he would be disappointed with her if she didn't listen to what told her and forced herself to head back to the kitchen while the said man was on his way home.
He was about halfway back and couldn't shake the feeling as if something bad was going to happen to him. When he finally reached the front door the feeling gotten stronger and was debating whether he should open the door or just head back to Rito's house.
Finally making the decision to open the door, he walked in but before he could inform Lala that he was home. He unconsciously dodged a punch to the face.
"What the hell!"
In split second after he realized he was being attacked, he quickly jumped to the side with what room he had before making some distance between him and his attacker. After the he was sure that he was a good distance away, he looked at his attacker and surprised by who it was.
There in front of him stood a woman he knew all too well with her arm still trusted forward. This woman had short black hair that spiked out to the side and had her lower hair flow down over her shoulders to her mid back with an outfit he didn't recognize.
When she turned to face him, he saw her blue eyes lit with rage and couldn't figure out why but he was certain that he knew this person.
It was none other than his aunt Tatsuki and she looked pissed about something.
"You've gotten slower at dodging my punches."
"Well, I didn't expect anyone trying to punch me when I walk through the front door."
"Don't give me a shitty excuse like that! You should expect the unexpected by now!"
Without warning, she jumped at him with her fist cocked back ready to deck him but him he jumped back just in time and dodged it, however. She used her momentum to jump after him once she landed keeping her body lower to the ground so when she was in range, she could push off the ground and throw an uppercut at him.
As she planned, she did exactly what she wanted to but even with all that, he was still able to dodge her attack just in time but not unscathed. She was able to nick his chin with one of her knuckles and that was all it took as after he landed, his vision went blurry and stumbled.
'What's going on? She didn't hit me did she?'
While he tried to figure that out and tried to recover from his sudden mishap, his aunt used that time to dish out her final attack.
"Now you're mine!"
Cocking her right fist back, she was ready to give him the final blow but before her punch could even reach him. She felt something hit the top of her head in just the right place to send a jolt of electricity through her body halting her attack.
"Tatsuki, what did I say about fighting inside the house?"
After recovering from the sudden back attack, she rubbed the top of her head as she turned around to see Orihime with a wooden spoon in her right hand.
"But…."
"Tatsuki, what did I say?"
Seeing her longtime friend give her a look that said, "answer correctly or else" made her bite back the words she wanted to say and answered her.
"Not to fight in the house unless there's a burglar, or an alien invasion."
"Good, and seeing as my only son is neither of them. You should've known better."
"Yeah, yeah, but he deserves it."
"Like hell I do! What did I do to deserve being attacked in our own house?"
"I don't know, maybe the fact that you are engaged and didn't tell me about. Also that fact that she is living with us too."
He could understand why she would be angry with him cause of that as she did help raise him and thinks of him like a son she never had.
A son who she would attack randomly when he entered middle school to keep him on his toes, so she says.
However, that didn't mean she had to attack him like she did.
"Even so, it doesn't mean you have to attack me."
"Well, how else am I going to get my point across?"
"I don't know, maybe telling me with words and not fists."
"Nah, that sounds too boring. I rather talk with my fists then words."
To emphasize what she meant she hit her fists together.
'I can see that.'
Seeing as he was no longer in danger thanks to his mother, he made his way into the living room where he saw Lala sitting on the floor tinkering with something without a care in the world.
As he sat down, his cat, that he named Aya, jumped onto his lap before getting comfortable and falling asleep while both his mom and aunt followed him into the living room.
His aunt took a seat on the other couch and took noticed that there was a cat on Naruto's lap while Orihime went into the kitchen.
Finding it weird that they had a cat as the last time she was here there wasn't one, but didn't deem that important right now and asked Naruto what she wanted to know.
"So how long have you two known each other?"
"A few days at least."
"A few days and the two of you are already engaged! Was it love at first sight or something?"
"Not exactly."
"That's it! You're telling me everything."
"Do I have to?"
"You're damn right you have to, so start talking."
Breathing a heavy sigh knowing there was no way out of it, he started to explain how he and Lala met even that fact that she's an alien since his mother knows about that.
It was hard for her to believe a word he was saying and would've said he was messing with her if it weren't his mother backing him up. Even Lala help explain things after she finished with whatever she was tinkering with along with Peke and with both their help, his aunt was finally able to believe him.
"Hmm, that's a lot to take in all at once."
After they finished explaining, Tatsuki sat on her spot on the couch in deep thought sorting everything out before speaking.
"So, in short, you're a runaway alien princess that came to earth because your father was forcing too many marriage proposals on you. Then fell in love with my friend's son after the two of you were engaged when he saved you form two goons form a man who was sent to retrieve you and now living with us to stay closer to him. Am I missing anything?"
Both Naruto and Lala shock their heads getting her to breathe a sigh before leaning back only to see Orihime behind her.
"But aren't you glad."
"Glad? Glad about what?"
"That I will be getting a daughter-in-law."
Just hearing her say that made her want to face palm but thought that it was something she would say.
"Typical Orihime, you were always open to anything weird and always talked about how aliens would one day come to earth. Guess you called that one, but even so, your ability to adapt to these kinds of things freaks me out. I mean, I'm still having a hard time coping with the fact that Sora is engaged with an alien princess. Do you think her father will allow such an engagement to happen? From what that hairpin said he's a very important alien in the galaxy and if he's like those characters in anime and manga. He probably wouldn't want his daughter to be with someone on earth."
Naruto couldn't believe how good her guess was, hitting the head on that one, and wonder what she would of thought if he had told her what Gid was planning to do.
Luckily, he didn't.
"Well, if I see him then I'll give him a piece of my mind."
"Somehow I knew you say that, Orihime."
The said women just giggled.
"Anyways, dinners ready."
That was all she needed to hear to get her off the couch.
"It's about time! I'm starving!"
Not waiting another second, she was about to make her way to the kitchen but was stopped by Naruto.
"Hey, aunt Tatsuki. I wanted to ask you something before we eat dinner, if it's alright with you."
"Sure, I don't care, but make it quick. It's been awhile since I had a home cooked meal."
"It won't take long. I just wanted to know what you did to me when you through that uppercut at me. It looked like it missed but I'm sure I felt a nick on my chin but soon after I did. My vision got all blurry and couldn't stand straight. Do you know why that was?"
He only saw his aunt smirk before swiping her nose with her thumb.
"It was a strange feeling, wasn't."
He could only nod in reply.
"All I can say is that little nick had enough force behind it to knock your screws loose. You should be glad you dodged my attack otherwise you be knocked out but if I was really trying to hurt you. You'd be dead right about now."
He was speechless as he was sure that his aunt wasn't lying and if she were to go all out on in his current body, he probably would die from one of her punches, which brings up an important question.
"Just how were you able to get that strong? That only a nick could throw my head for a loop like that?"
"It's a long story, but to shorten it. I met a man who said he trained his body to be completely made of pink muscle making him incredibly strong. After about a week or so of begging him to train me, he finally decided to make me his disciple. Now my body is the same as my sensei's, made completely of pink muscle, but it wasn't easy. I still get shivers just thinking about all the crap he put me through, but it was all worth it in the end."
From what he could grasp from her explanation was that she somehow made her entire body stronger without the bulkiness you would usually gain.
If the man she proclaimed to have met really did train her as she said, he could only wonder what she endure to give her such power that almost knocked him out with just a nick form her fist.
It also got him to think of a reason she would want to become that strong if she were already Japan's strongest female martial artist.
What reason was there that would make her endure something to make her that strong.
He couldn't come up with anything that would make her want to do anything like that if she could take down any person who tries to challenge her.
So what could've happen from the day she left for the last karate tournament last year up till now?
He asked himself that very same question as he watched her walk into the kitchen and hope that there isn't any other motive behind why she became so strong.
Also, it made him think if his own body, if it was strong enough to endure the day Gid returns to earth and finds out he was the one Lala chose to marry.
Judging from the encounter with his aunt, he was sure he didn't stand a hell of a chance against Gid in his current state. If just one nick from his aunt almost knocked him unconscious what would happen if he took a direct hit from the king of the Milky way Galaxy.
He didn't want to imagine if he did and pushed that thought aside as he joined the others in the kitchen.
During dinner, Tatsuki talked with Lala getting to know her more seeing as she was engaged to her best friend's son, who was also like a son to her as well.
She found the whole thing about her being an alien princess somewhat interesting, but still found it hard to believe that she was in fact an alien, even after accepting that same fact.
After getting past all that she slowly started to like her and could see her being a good match with Naruto, almost seeing them as a perfect match.
She could also see that he was being a stick in the mud as he was being quiet while they talked and would only feed Aya some of his scraps.
She was going to say something to him but decided against it, thinking that maybe he was still trying to cope with the fact that he was engaged to an alien princess.
Then there was this bloodlust like feeling that she could sense sent his way but couldn't figure out why but since he didn't act like anything was wrong. She figured that it was nothing and was all just in her head and went back to eating her food.
Shortly after that, Naruto stood up and placed his dishes in the sink before turning to everyone.
"I just remember that I forgot to buy something at the story so I'll be heading out for a bit."
It was sudden statement, and the only person who found it weird that he suddenly needed to get something was his aunt who, not too long ago, felt some kind of bloodlust aimed towards him.
"You sure you're not making up excuses so you can be alone to do something else."
He only gave her a questionable look, surprised by her remark before playing stupid.
"No, I just ran out of a certain snack I like and wanted to get some more."
"How's that, if the cabinet you use is still filled with ramen."
Again, he gave her another questionable look before saying something else.
"It's not a ramen run; I'm getting something else."
"Like what? Don't tell me it's a box of condoms?"
Both Naruto and his mother gave her shocked looked before Orihime's voice was heard.
"C-condoms?! You're not really going out to but those are you?"
Hearing his mother say that to him caused any words that tried to come out his mouth to be caught in the back of his throat as she continued to talk.
"I know you're at that age already and I already asked if you two are having sex, but if you're both starting now. At least I know you're going to use protection."
Now his face was starting to redden in embarrassment as this was the first time any of his mother's say that to him.
It was something that would make any young teenager blush, and he was no exception.
"N-NO! That's not why I'm going to the store; I'm just going so I can buy the latest Weekly Shonen Jump, that's all!"
He saw his mother breathe a sigh of relief as his aunt gave him a look that said "is that so" while Lala didn't know what they were talking about. He guessed she didn't know what condoms or manga were.
"Anyways, no that you know, I will be leaving now."
Wanting to just hurry up and get away, he made his way out the kitchen but before he could get far, Lala stood up and called out to him.
"Wait! I'll go with you too!"
"NO!"
His sudden outburst got them all to stare at him wondering where that came from before he tried to correct himself.
"I-I mean, there's no need. I won't be long so there won't be any point for you to tag along."
"Oh, okay; if that's what you want. Then I'll stay here…."
Lala looked a bit disappointed and sat back down before looking down at her lap while his aunt furred her brows and was about to tell Naruto off.
However, before she could even try he was already half way in the living room and then out the front door.
Still upset about how he treated his so-called fiancée and was about to console her but just before she could, Lala stood back up.
"I'm going to go watched some TV if you two don't mind~."
The two humans at the table were a bit thrown off by the happy tune in her voice as she said that and couldn't tell if she was hurt or just trying to hid it.
After she left, Tatsuki folded her arms and leaned back in her seat, pissed off as ever.
"When that boy gets back I'm going to pound some sense in that thick head of his for treating a beautiful young girl like that."
As Tatsuki vented her anger out by saying threats, Orihime was trying to figure out what was going through her son's head as she could usually tell what he was thinking but she couldn't help worrying about him as she picked up her's and Lala's dirty dishes while Tatsuki sat there in deep thought.
XXX Sainan Park XXX
Soon after leaving his house, Naruto made his way towards the convenient store, which wasn't his true destination. Sainan park was where he was heading that was also in the same direction as the convenient store.
The reason he said he was heading to the store was just a cover up, well, partially as he did want to get a copy of the latest Weekly Shonen Jump but that was after he finished up with what he needed to do.
You see during dinner he could feel a strong bloodlust aimed at him the entire time he ate but before that, he smelled something that shouldn't be on this planet.
A Hyouan.
He only met this alien race a few times in his life and many of the female species tried to claim him when he visited their home planet but none of them succeeded and now there was one of them at his house.
He smelled him the moment he came home but acted as if nothing were wrong so that he didn't act suspicious of anything but somehow his aunt knew something was up.
Maybe it was because of her new training or perhaps something else but whatever it was, she knew he was up to something and made a huge misunderstanding between his mother and him.
However, since none of that is important right now, he pushed it to the back of his mind and continued his way to the park.
When he arrived at his destination, he saw that it was vacant which he was hoping it would be and proceeded to an open area before stopping.
As he stood there, an ominous wind blew and just after it pasted, a man who stood a foot or two taller than him appeared with bluish hair and light blue eyes. He wore a long blush black trench coat that he left open to reveal that he wore no shirt with a pair of black pants and matching boots.
He also notice that he didn't have his panther-like ears or tail and guess "she" must have gave him something to help him blend in.
"So, you knew I was watching you."
"Your bloodlust kind of gave away your presences."
"Well, it was only natural since you were by close to my woman."
"By woman, do you mean Lala?"
"Lala? Oh, yeah, that's right! She's the whole reason I came to earth in the first place, isn't it."
He could only give him a blank expression to what he said before he continued talking.
"She wasn't the one I was talking about but I'll also be taking her along with me as well."
He was confused by what he was saying; If Lala wasn't the one who he called woman, then who was.
"If Lala wasn't the one who you called woman. Then who was it that you were talking about."
"If you must know; I was talking about the one with the long black hair that spikes out to side."
There was only one person who fit that description.
"My aunt Tatsuki?!"
"So Tatsuki is her name, huh. Never heard a name like that but it does got a nice ring to it."
"You stay the hell away from her!"
"What was that?!"
"You heard me. I said stay the hell away from her. There's no way I will let a Hyouan like you even get near her, again."
"Oh, so you know I was already near here too, huh. You got some nose there… for a Kazean."
He was caught off guard when he told him that he was a Kazean. He was sure he could've of used that to his advantage but now that he knows about that. He lost his only way to get the upper hand without revealing more about himself. Now his only other choice is to either overwhelm him with sheer power or used some of his other elemental jutsus.
"So, you know that I'm a Kazean and not an earthling."
"I only know that you are playing as a Kazean, but something tells me you have something else that you're hiding. I can smell it!"
He only glared at the blue haired man as he wondered if he knew anything about who he really was but from what he could tell. It was only his primal instincts telling him to be wary of him.
'It seems like I won't be winning this fight as fast as I hoped I would.'
Thinking that to himself, he looked at the man before him and realized he doesn't even know who he is which prompted him to ask.
"Before we even begin to start this unavoidable fight. Mind telling me who you are as I'm sure you know who I am already."
"Fair enough, even though I don't give my names to a nobody but since Lala was the one who chose to marry you. I'll give you my name."
Hearing him say that kind of ticked him off to the point that he wanted to reveal who he really was to this asshole just so he could put him in his place. However, he decided against it knowing it would only cause him even bigger problems.
"My name is Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, the prince of the Hyouans', and I'm one who will be taking Lala from you and become the new king of the galaxy."
After hearing his introduction and ignoring the part about him taking Lala from him, he could swear he heard the name Jaegerjaquez before.
If his memory was right, he and the man before him grandfather fought alongside each other. With him, along with Gid and several others, they put a stop to The Galaxy Unification Wars.
Who would've thought, after so many years he would be fighting his friend's grandson.
He never wanted this turn of events to happen but it was out of his control, however, what the man said next crossed the line.
"And while I'm at it, I'll be taking that woman known as Tatsuki along with me as well."
That last statement caused his body to tense before he glared at the man before him.
"It seems like I struck a nerve or something for you to be glaring at me like that, but I meant what I said. I will be taking her with me once I'm finished with you."
"Like hell you are!"
Having enough with his antics that always seem to strike the right nerve, he ran towards Grimmjow just as he made four clones of himself.
The clones then spread out and surrounded Grimmjow as the real Naruto reached his target before throwing a punch at him but all Grimmjow did was effortlessly moved out of the way.
He did this to every one of Naruto's attacks but no matter how Naruto tried he couldn't land a single hit on the panther alien in front of him before Grimmjow got tired of waiting and grabbed his last attack with his left hand.
"Is this really all you got…?"
Sounding disappointed, he gave Naruto an annoyed look as he continued keep his hold onto his right fist.
"If you think slow punches like these are enough to hit me, well, you better think twice!"
In one swift motion, Grimmjow tighten his hold on Naruto's fist before pulling him closer to him before he struck him square in the face with his other hand.
It happened so fast that Naruto didn't have time to react as his he felt Grimmjow's right fist connect with his left cheek with a surprised look on his face.
Just seeing that look made the panther alien smirk but it soon disappear when he saw the man he hit poof into smoke to reveal a log his place.
"What?!"
Using his confusion as an opportunity to strike, he ordered the rest of his clones to attacked Grimmjow all at once. The said man was slow to respond but not slow enough that one of Naruto's clones was able to hit him.
In just the nick of time, Grimmjow managed to dodge one of the clones attack to his face before blocking another clones attack. After recovering from the sudden shock and the surprised attack, he was able to regain his senses and could predict each of the incoming attacks.
As he continued dodging the attacks that were aimed mostly at his chest and head by either using his arms to block or deflect them. He tired studying each of the clones movements and tried to find out if one of them was the real one, however, he found that be quite difficult.
Not only did each of them looked identical but even there movements were identical making it hard for him to find if one was the real one or not.
In the end, he gave up and decided the best, and fastest, way was to kill each of them.
'Alright, I had enough of this.'
Finally decided that he was tired of trying to figure out which was which, he waited until the next clone attacked before grabbing that said clones arm and elbowing it in the face.
With a poof of smoke telling him that it was now dead, or in other words gone, he moved to the next one and quickly overcame it by using his speed to get up close. There he punched it in the gut hard enough to cause it to poof into smoke before moving on.
With only two clones left, he now had a fifty percent chance of finding the real one.
Which was easier then he thought as only one of the clones came at him telling him that the real one was the one who was hesitant in attacking him.
Seeing as he now knew which one was the real one, he quickly got rid of the clone that was foolish enough to attack him now that there numbers were low, like it even mattered.
Once the clone was gone, he was finally face with the real one and quickly got the jump on him before he could even make a move by grabbing him by his neck and lifted him up to his eyelevel.
"So, this is all you got and you didn't even show me any of your Kazean abilities. It's a shame that it has to end this way but it appears that you were nothing more than a stepping stone my greatness. All though it's not much; I'll end your life quickly."
Believing that he was the victor he was about end Naruto's life by squeezing his neck until it snapped but before he could, the sound of Naruto chuckling stopped him.
"What's so damn funny?! Knowing that you're about to die made you gone senile."
"No, it not that, it's just that you think you already won made me laugh."
"What the hell are you blabbing about? Of course I've won; all I have to do is squeeze your neck until it breaks."
"Go head and try, but before you do. You should know one thing…."
"And what's that?"
"A ninja always has trick up his sleeve!"
Soon as he finished saying that, his body suddenly exploded engulfing Grimmjow before he even knew what happen.
It wasn't that big of an explosion but strong enough to do decent damage as well as creating a small crater in its wake.
Once the smoke cleared, the real Naruto who was hiding elsewhere saw that his clone's explosion had little effect on Grimmjow as he stood in the small crater unscathed with only scruff marks on him.
However, he couldn't say the same for his coat as it was all tattered and seem to take most of the damage from the explosion.
Grimmjow on the other hand, was still in shock at what just happed before realizing he fell into a trap but when he noticed his coat was ruined, he got pissed.
"You bastard! You ruined my favorite coat! Now I'm really going to kill you!"
Seeing as his coat was useless in the state it is now, he tore the rest of it off and threw it on the ground before looking around.
"Hurry up and show yourself! There's no point in hiding if I can smell you. So hurry up and -"
Before he could finish what he was saying, his ears picked up the sound of wind whistling through the air and suddenly saw several crescent air blades heading his way.
At first, he was a bit worried as he knew that Kazean's air blades could cut through almost anything but from what he could sense, this blades were as dual as a rusty knife.
"Stop fucking with me!"
Now pissed off more than ever, Grimmjow backed hand each of the air blades sent his way and broke each of them like nothing without damaging his arms.
That was something Naruto didn't expect at all and his face showed it.
'That's not possible! I put in the same strength I used to take down Zastin in each of those blades! Don't tell me that he's gotten weaker over the years?'
As he tried to figure that out, he came up with one answer, Lala. She must have been a hand full for him that his strength must have dulled over the years.
Now he had no choice but to fight Grimmjow head on without holding back otherwise he was sure that he would lose.
Therefore, he stepped out from his hiding spot and squared up to the Hyouan prince.
"You better start taking me seriously before I rip your body to pieces and keep your head as a trophy!"
"Fine, no more holding back. This time I'll come at you with full force."
"Will see about that."
Ignoring his taunt, Naruto started to pump chakra into his air blades causing them to get a little bigger and louder, well as causing the dirt around them to pick up.
Soon as he was ready, he dashed at Grimmjow and once he was in range he swung his right arm at him.
Thinking that these blades were the same as the last ones, Grimmjow brought his arm up to block Naruto's attack with his fore arm but to his surprise, his attack cut him.
It wasn't a deep cut but deep enough to draw blood.
He hissed in the slight pain but could only smirk when he saw his own blood start to roll down his wounded arm.
"It's about time you stepped it up but it's still not enough to beat me."
With the air blade still in his arm he pushed it off causing Naruto to stumble back but then quickly recovered and spun around while holding one of his arms out.
Grimmjow saw this in the last second and jumped back just as the attack came across his lower abdomen and lightly cutting him.
After he landed, Naruto didn't give him any time to recover and immediately charged him and not letting up on his attacks.
As he tried dodging the attacks aimed at him, getting cut every so often, he noticed that Naruto had gotten faster and getting faster as time went on.
'I guess he's not holding back anymore but I can still sense that he's hiding something, and I want to know what it is.'
Fixated on seeing what Naruto was hiding from him, he decided it was time he went full out himself, in order to force him to show him what it is he is hiding.
Therefore, after dodging Naruto's last attack, he made some distance between the two of them.
"Now it's my turn to show you my true power!"
With a fierce yell, he started to conjure up own power and before long his muscle started to bulge a bit and his appearance started to change.
His now human appearance started to alter to a more feline like with his hair growing longer while his ears became pointier as blush fur started to grow out from his arms.
When he ceased yelling, his appearance was no longer the same as his hair was now longer and hung down to his to his lower calf. His ears were now longer and pointier with marking around his eyes that extended up them while his arms were covered in bluish fur from his wrist up to his elbow. His hands were a darker tone with his fingernails turning into claws; even his teeth were jagged and sharper, and topped off, he had a long thin blue tail.
Once his transformation was complete, he stared at Naruto with a fiercer look with the determination to tear him to shreds.
"Now the fun really starts."
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A/N: And there's the end of the chapter and I hope the cliffhanger don't get you to upset with me. I know how much we all hate cliffhangers but I needed a spot to stop and thought that was a good place otherwise I probably would have written another 3000+ words. I would have written it but I don't know how long it will be. It could end up being more than 3000 words or less than that, but knowing me it will be more. That's why I had to stop otherwise this chapter would have been delayed even longer and is why I left off on a cliffhanger. Again, I'm sorry about that but I had no choice and I'm sure you can understand, somewhat.
Also, the fight between Naruto and Grimmjow is just getting started and I know it may look like I made Naruto weak but you have to understand. He never trained his new body once after regaining his memories and thought that he was capable of fighting anyone who came after him. Think of this as a wakeup call for him to get him to understand where he stands compared to the other aliens that might come after him.
Another thing, In the second part of the fight, as well as the chapter, I plan to have Naruto go through some changes, but I won't tell you if it's for the better or the worst.
I also won't tell you if Grimmjow will die in the next chapter or not, so that is something else to look forwards to.
Now as for when I can update any of my other stories is a bit iffy as I don't have the time I use to have as I previously stated in my Author Notes in the beginning. Whenever I have time, I will start on writing another chapter for another story so you have to bear with me and wait patiently.
With that, I really don't have much to say, but for you to, again, wait patiently.
So until then, Linkmaster out.