HF: Hello again my dear readers, it has been a while. I apologize for taking so damn long. I'll leave it simple and say my plates been a bit full and have had some writers block. Well let's get to one of my favorite activities, responding to your comments!
Danmaku-OverLord: Yep, what Yami said is both possible and f'd up. Also, true they'd have good chemistry.
: you'll see. Also Naruto is eight years old currently. He's still a child, and Yami is both the first person(?) to say he loves him, and Yami's also very manipulative.
kyrogue23: Look above. Also yes, yes it is.
Stratos263: I do have an idea, but it'll come later on.
Freadi: I like it. Especially how you explained the harem choices.
Linkonpark100: I agree, if there is voting it'll be later. I just wanted to hear what my readers would like and just in case I forgot or wanted to add a character to the harem.
eniox27: I was going for that, also to answer your question (Slight Spoiler for the game) Aeon is the trinity goddess of time, Venus is the trinity goddess of space.
Kn: Thank you for pointing out my mistake, I fixed it right away. I'll try to make sure it doesn't happen again.
IllMindBrandon: Thank you.
readingAngel: Thanks, read on and you'll receive the answers you seek.
Mr revolution: Interesting.
Sorry again for taking so long to update again. Now on to the story.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
Jutsu/spell
"Demon/Large summon's speech"
'Demon/Large summon's thoughts'
Quiet on the set...Action!
Streets of New Meridian
Naruto was crouched on the edge of an abandoned apartment building. To his right Nadia was standing, her head dropping from time to in boredom, dozing off from time to time. They were waiting to ambush a corrupt businessman.
At the restaurant Naruto was filled in on their newest planned score, he was even given a file with incriminating photos to read up on. The businessman they were going to rob was Carter Lockwood. On the surface, he's seen as an entrepreneur and bank owner who helps his employees and creates charities. An important and kind person. But under all that, is a darker person. He is a seller to the black-market, providing weapons to the scum of the city. He has stolen millions of dollars from charities to help the poor and needy, sick, and wildlife. And he had 'silenced' those that would out him to the public. A truly corrupted individual. Currently he was going to a business meeting to pay some members of a mafia family.
The Dragonian that looked like a human the most with fins on his head, Finley the leader of the group, was tasked with causing a commotion. He would steal clothes from the nearby police station, where the police would give chase to him. Where Samuel Slinkey (The eel like Dragonian), Slink for short, would have a getaway vehicle ready nearby. Then while the police would give chase to them, Marlin and Fisher (The Dragonian with the bandana, and the one with the eyepatch) would dress up as policemen with the stolen clothes that were left in a trash can near the vehicle. As police men they could set up roadblocks to help with the 'police chase', which would help to lead the businessman into a secluded area, and block the exit/entrance roadways.
It was almost midnight, the moon high in the sky. While waiting for the businessman, Nadia started to converse with Naruto. "So Naruto. Sorry about robbing you earlier, it's just that you looked like you had money to spare." She said, scratching her head with an apologetic look.
Naruto looked over at her, seeing that she was being honest smiled at her. "Don't worry about it, at least you put it to good use. I'm sure those orphans needed it more than me anyways."
"Thanks." Nadia smiled at his response, not everyone would be so understanding after being robbed.
As some time passed by, Naruto decided to continue the conversation "So, when did you join the Fish-Bone gang?" Noticing the strange look she gave him, he decided to explain "It's just that it's uncommon for someone so young to be part of a gang is all."
Nadia had a look of understanding at Naruto's explanation. "I guess it is strange for someone my age to be part of a gang." She admitted. A content smile came as she answered his question. "Well I've been part of the Fish-Bone gang since I was a baby." As she noticed a look of shock come across Naruto's face she explained further "You see I was abandoned as a baby by my parents, seems like they didn't want little old me around. The Fish-Bone gang found me in some trash bin, and took me in. They've been my family ever since."
Naruto was shocked that Nadia was an orphan, taken in by the gang. The Fish-Bone gang were kind people, no matter how intimidating they may be. "No matter what others may think; those guys are pretty damn amazing." His words caused Nadia to smile at him in agreement.
She then decided to asked him about something that's been on her mind. "Say Naruto, what were those scrolls of yours all about anyways? They looked to be written in Dragonian, but had strange words like chakra?"
"Oh those. Those were um Magic scrolls. They're for learning certain spells and control." Naruto half lied. While he didn't want to full out lie to her face, he also didn't think he should tell her that they're scrolls from his ninja family that he ran away from.
From the look Nadia, she seemed to know he was telling the truth, if only partially. She wasn't going to force Naruto to tell him about himself if he didn't want to. Though the conversation was cut short.
Hearing the sound of an engine Naruto turned his head towards the entrance of the blind alley. A black Ford's car (1920's style) had entered into the alleyway, stopping when the driver had noticed there was a dead end. "Driver, why the hell did you stop?" a somewhat old voice yelled from the back of the car.
"My apologies mister Carter, it seems we've hit a dead end." The driver replied politely.
"Well? What're you waiting for, hurry up and back up." The now identify Carter ordered.
But before the driver could start backing up, both Naruto & Nadia had jumped off the building, Naruto running down the wall while Nadia simply landed on the roof of the car.
"What in the hell!?" Carter yelled out at movement from the sudden landing on top of his car.
Naruto proceeded to create a few clones to block off the exit, while he pulled out a kunai from his storage seals and proceeded to slash the car's tires. When all the tires were slashed, 2 figures burst out of the car. One was a somewhat elderly man with a handlebar mustache wearing a fancy business suit, obviously Carter Lockwood. Next to him was a 6'0 tall man with a mechanical right arm, wearing a simple black and white suit.
"What the hell are you brats doing!?" The elderly businessman yelled, noticing his tires were ruined.
Ms. Fortune stepped forward, posing dramatically at the business tycoon "We…are the robin hood of Little Innsmouth, the thieves of the night, the ones corrupt individuals like you fear. We are The Fishbone Gang." She says melodramatically.
While the businessman and his body guard just stared at the teenaged feral. Naruto used Nadia's overly theatrical monologue to throw two dulled kunai at the individuals. The Bodyguard surprisingly reacted quickly, using his metallic arm to block the projectiles aimed at himself and his boss. The man then proceeded to watch Naruto carefully, ready for the young boy to attack.
"Good job Alberto, now could you be a dear and deal with these riff-raffs." Carter ordered his bodyguard.
Alberto then proceeded to charge at the duo, swinging his robotic fist at Naruto. Seeing Alberto charging at him, Naruto dove out of his way. Alberto continued his charge, now aiming to strike Nadia. Nadia though was able to easily dodge his simple punches.
With Antonio focused on striking Nadia, Naruto used the wall as leverage to deliver to the bodyguard's head a devastating axe kick. The kick caused the man to slam to the ground face first, causing a slight indent in the concrete.
Nadia winced slightly "Well, wasn't that quite 'smashing'."
Alberto got off the ground, his face red with rage. His front tooth chipped, and nose broken with blooding gushing out. He was pissed that these…. these brats were beating him. He looked like he was about to pop a blood vessel, until Carter yelled an order at him.
"Trinity dammit Alberto, take this seriously and use your blasted arm!" With the order given, Alberto turned a cylinder on his arm. His robotic arm procced to transform. His robotic arm proceeded to elongate, seeming to become slicker. His wrist seeming to compact inwards, creating a barrel of sorts. His hand became a rugged sphere with some sharp edges, electricity buzzing around it.
"Well, you don't see that everyday." Naruto thought aloud.
Alberto aimed his arm towards Naruto, shooting his mace like arm at him. Not expecting the immense speed of the sphere, Naruto could only raise his arms in defense as it slammed into his gut.
"Oomph!?" Naruto Groaned loudly, the force of the ball knocking the winds out of his lungs and numbing his body with the voltage coming from the attack. Naruto was propelled to the end of the alleyway, slamming into the wall creating a spider web of cracks on the wall.
'What the Fuck!?' Naruto thought as he slowly slid to the ground, clutching his stomach in pain. Feeling around his stomach, Naruto could feel he had at least broken a rib bone or two.
"Hah, I got you. You little Bastard." Alberto yelled in pride. While basking in his own pride from striking Naruto, he didn't notice the feral that was about to hit him from his blind spot.
"You Bastard!" Nadia yelled as she slashed at Alberto's face with her claw like nails. Blood flew from Alberto's clawed face, the wounds would leave a scar on the man's face.
Alberto was curled up, holding onto his face as he was screaming in pain. With the bodyguard temporarily subdued, Nadia turned to Naruto "Whiskers, are you okay!?"
"I said don't call me that! And I'm fine, just need a breather." Naruto yelled, slightly gasping.
'Man, you're an idiot' Yami commented dully.
Naruto's eyes widened in surprise at Yami's comment 'What? What are you talking about?'
'You actually got arrogant, if only a bit so.' Yami drolled on, amused of Naruto's surprise. 'You thought you could just fight someone, no plan, no idea what they can do, and barely any experience.'
Naruto was slightly pissed at Yami's commentary. 'Well, it worked out just fine against Queen Renoir.' Naruto retorted.
'You were lucky. She wasn't focused on attacking you, she was focused more on that girl. You weren't seen as a threat, which was her downfall. And you had a kyuubi chakra boost when she got serious.' Yami countered,
Naruto eyes twitched at Yami's words, 'Fine, I get it. Now, could I have a fucking power boost yet.'.
'No.' Yami replied sternly.
Naruto was shocked 'What!? I could've died from that hit. I need some help dammit.'
An exasperated sigh could be heard coming from Yami 'If you want to get stronger, you need to fight. If you rely solely on the Kyuubi's chakra it'd be a crutch. You need to know how to fight without help, because if someone were able to negate the Kyuubi's chakra, you'll die. And if you die, I die. So, fight.'
Naruto had to think of a way to end this fight quickly. Right now they were in an alleyway While it limiting Alberto's ability to swing his wrecking ball like arm, it also left little room for them to dodge when he shot with it. He needed a way to end this quickly. Looking up at how high the buildings were, he had a plan.
Quickly Naruto formed a cross handsign "Kage Bunshin no Justu (Shadow Clone Technique), leading him to be hidden in the smoke of his jutsu. Rocketing out of the plume of smoke, two Naruto's ran quickly at Alberto.
While Naruto had been talking to himself, Alberto had been swinging his mechanical arm at Nadia. While narrowly dodging the electrified sphere that nearly caved in her head multiple times with cat like reflexes. While dodging she was… singing? "I came in like a wrecking ball, all I wanted was to beat you up." The singing making Alberto quite pissed. While focused on smashing in Nadia head, he didn't notice the two blonde's leaping to kick his face. Launching the man near the entrance to the alleyway.
The two blondes charged in to continue the assault on the bodyguard. Before Nadia could join in on the assault, she felt a grip on her shoulder. Turning her head, she saw it was Naruto gripping her shoulder. "Listen, my clones won't be able to distract him for long. I have an idea to end this quickly." He then leaned in to her ear and started whispering. As Naruto told her his plan, a Cheshire spread across her face.
After a few minutes Alberto had finally landed a hit on the two clones. They were quite agile, but they dispelled after a single hit so it was only a matter of time. When he looked down the alleyway, he was met with a swipe to his face. The clawed hand left deep scratches across his face, which crossed her previous strike, giving the man a X shaped scar. "Sunofabitch!" he yelled out. Moving back a bit he saw that the two brats were gone.
"Where the hell are you, you little fuckers.!?" he yelled, getting ready to go on the attack. But before he could move Naruto threw a kunai straight at Alberto from the shadows. Moving his hand to block the blade, he didn't expect what would happen next. Right when the kunai touched his robotic arm, it burst in to smoke. A fist flew out of the smoke, slamming across the man's face. Then another hand quickly grabbed on to the man's hair, the clone flipped himself over the man's head, and proceeded to lock his legs around Alberto's neck. He then held his hands in a cross sign.
"Kage Bunshin no Justu (Shadow Clone Technique)" Naruto yelled.
Before Alberto could react, he felt two knees slam into his chin from below, which had enough force to launch him into the air. While in the air, multiple clones that were sticking to the wall grabbed onto him. Holding him in place a few feet above the ground. The clones then started to run up the wall, while dragging the man with them. When they were halfway up the building, they threw the man up. Where even more clone where waiting, delivering a flurry of fists that pushed the man higher.
As he reached the top of the building, he could see two blonde clones propel themselves at him. Hitting him with a double dive kick, rocketing the man back to the ground. Bouncing off the ground, he could see his punishment was not over. As the feral charged at him on all fours.
Blockbuster: "Cat Scratch Fever!" A flurry of clawed swipes tore into the man, blood flying as he was forced back even further. It only ended when she slammed into him with a strong head-butt, launching him away.
Skipping off the ground in a bloody heap, he could only look up hearing the sound of footsteps coming towards him. Looking up he saw it was the blonde…. with a glowing sphere in his hand.
Not having enough time to dodge Alberto went onto one knee and brought up his robotic arm to block the glowing ball as best as he could.
"Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere)!" the sphere slammed into the man head on, tearing through the robotic arm at the forearm. The force of the Rasengan sent the man to the same wall he had sent Naruto earlier. Nearly causing the whole wall to collapse in on itself. The man slid to the ground, beaten, bloody and most definitely broken. He would not be getting up from that anytime soon.
Looking closely to make sure he wouldn't get up Naruto relaxed. "Damn that was a pain in the ass!" Naruto yelled, thoroughly exhausted in both mind and body. Nadia soon joined Naruto at his side, resting her arm around his shoulder. Giving him her cat like grin, and her eyes oddly sparkling.
"That was awesome whiskers! You were like 'WHAM, BAM' and I was like 'SCRATCH, SLASH'. And then that weird glowing ball!? We have got to work together more often! What do you say, partner?" She asked, smiling at him.
Naruto's eye's twitched in annoyance "Stop calling me whiskers!? It's Naruto, not whiskers! And as for working together more often…sure, but only while I'm in town. I want to go traveling around the world, and I'll need money to help me get around. That alright?".
While Not the full time partnership she wanted, it'll do for now. She smiled as she shook Naruto's hand "Deal!". Then she looked up slightly, a look of confusion came across her face. "Hey Naruto, did we forget something?"
"You mean Carter?" Naruto asked, seemingly unworried at the potential escape of the businessman.
"AHH! Did he escape!" Nadia yelled, quickly looking towards the ford's car, only to see Carter tied up in ninja wire, with a clone sitting on top of him.
When Alberto started getting beat down, Carter tried to sneak away from the fight. That is until one of the clones Naruto summoned noticed him and restrained him.
"You little bastards, I demand you untie me!" The businessman yelled.
Before he can yell anymore Naruto looked towards a nearby garbage can. Lifting it up he found a suitable makeshift gag. He retrieved a used diaper and a long piece of dirty cloth.
"What do you plan on doing with those?" The businessman asked, a look of dismay crossing his face.
"Just something to make you shut up." Naruto smiles darkly at him.
The man tried to squirm away, but the clone sitting on him held him in place. Naruto stuffed the dirty diaper in the man's mouth, his squirming and gagging making it difficult to keep it in place. Naruto pulled his arm back and punched the pudgy businessman in the gut, the force actually causing the man to be knocked out. Naruto then proceeded to tie the dirty piece of cloth around his mouth to secure the 'gag'. "That's just nasty." Nadia voiced her disgust at the makeshift gag.
The Duo then proceeded to walk towards the Ford's car. Naruto walked to the driver's window, knocking on it lightly. The driver as cowering in his seat, looked over at Naruto with fear. "Oi, get out of here." The second those words left the blonde's mouth, the driver threw open his door and bolted out of the alleyway not even othering to grab the keys.
"So where is the money?" Naruto asked as he opened the backdoors of the car.
"He likely has it hidden somewhere." Nadia walked to the back door of the car, inspecting the back seats. She then looked towards the floor, noticing the carpeted floor was a bit lumpy. She then used her claws to dig into the carpet to tear it out. Revealing the floor of the car to be packed densely with dollar bills.
Both Nadia and Naruto smiled at the large amount of money on the floor. "Jackpot."
A few minutes later the duo had stuffed all of the cash in cliché robber sacks with dollar signs on them. As they were starting to leave, they heard a raspy laugh coming from Alberto's bloody form.
Alberto was staring at them, blood flowing from his head "Hehe…You little bastards...heh…are so fucked. So fucked. Hehahahahaha.".
Naruto looked towards the man with a look of disinterest. He handed the sack of cash he was carrying to Nadia "Go on ahead, I'll catch up after I've dealt with him." He said, not even looking back for confirmation.
Nadia flipped the bags onto her shoulders "Alright, but hurry up, there's no telling if they had any back up.". She leapt towards the wall, and continuously jumped from wall to wall until she reached the top. She then went from roof to roof, leaving Naruto alone with the bloodied man.
Naruto walked calmly towards Alberto, and crouched down to the slouched man's eye level. The man was still laughing, repeatedly saying how they were 'fucked'. Naruto grabbed the man by the head, forcing him to look him in the eye. "What are you talking about?" Naruto wondered if the man was just talking bullshit, or if there were any real meaning to his words.
The man smiled at him, as if he won. "You fucked up kid. You and that little feral bitch. Do you know who you are fucking with. You fucked with a member of the Medici Family. The rulers of the Canopy Kingdom's underworld. When I tell Vitale what happened, he'll send people to fucking kill you and those you love. Hell, you'll probably be forced to watch them die." As the man was ranting, he didn't notice Naruto's eyes change from their deep blue to a glowing scarlet red and his pupils becoming slitted.
"You dumbass." Naruto said quietly. The man looked up, pissed at the child's insult. Before he could say anything, he froze in fear. The cold look Naruto gave with the demonic glowing eyes struck fear into the man. "You threaten the people I love? When you're in such a vulnerable position."
Either in an act of fear or stupidity the man continued. "Shut the fuck up! You little brat, the Medici's will..."
Naruto held out his hand as the man started talking. When the glowing ball formed in his palm Naruto slammed it onto the man's shoulder against the wall, where his robotic prosthetic arm was attached. "Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere)!" Naruto roared as the ball of chakra ripped through the man's robotic arm and flesh, his scream piercing the sound of grinding metal and flesh. The ball of chakra completely tore off the remains of his arm.
The man was whimpering as he held where his arm once was. Blood flowed through his fingertips as he held onto his shoulder.
'Yes. Kill him. He dared to threaten us.' Yami's voiced whispered in Naruto's mind.
'No, I won't.' Naruto's voice was strangely calm.
'What!?' Yami was shocked. He was sure Naruto would kill the man for threatening his love ones.
"No, I won't bloody my hands. Even if he's scum. I have a better idea to deal with him.' Naruto coldly thought. 'Tell me Yami, can you mess with his mind? Make him forget?'
Yami was quite interested with Naruto's plan. 'I believe it is possible, if the Yamanaka clan can do it so can I. It's just that I've never had the chance to try it. Although the man will likely have a few screws loose for the rest of his life.' Yami admitted.
'Do it. I don't care what happens to him. Just make him forget about me and Nadia." Naruto asked. Not caring for the man's health in the slightly.
'Alright, just place your hands on his forehead and channel chakra to your hands. I'll do the rest.'
Naruto did as he was told, forcing the shivering man to stay still. He placed a hand glowing with chakra on the man's temple. When the hand touched the man's temple, the man shook violently as if he were being electrocuted to death. After a minute of screaming, Naruto removed his hand. The man was unconscious, drool falling from his lips.
Naruto then walked towards the unconscious businessman to do the same, although this time being easier as the old man was already unconscious.
Finished with his memory wiping, Naruto turned towards the wall. Preparing to wall walk out of there.
"What the fuck?" Naruto jumped slightly when he heard someone mumble from the entrance of the alleyway.
"Fuck." Naruto whispered under his breath. The young blonde slowly turned around to face the witness of his crime.
Standing at the entrance of the alleyway stood a stoic man with a somewhat large nose. He wore a plain white shirt with 2 gun holsters strapped over it, and plain brown jeans. He had dark, almost black hair with a purple tint to it parted to both sides of his chin. He looked at Naruto with skepticism.
"Kid, what the hell is going on here." The man asked.
A bit earlier
Running down the streets of New Meridian, Irvin was currently working on his newest case. Currently he was investigating Carter Lockwood, a rich businessman who likely had ties to the underworld.
Irvin was a private detective, formerly a part of New Meridian PD. He left the police department just last year after what had happened to his partner. His former partner was Ben Birdland, a good and honest cop. He was beaten near death after arresting some Medici goons by his fellow officers. They were paid off by the Medici. The beating left the man needing the support of an iron lung to survive.
A month later a man who called himself doctor Avery came to visit Ben. He offered him a 'second chance' and took him to some lab. After some surgery, his friend was now melded with machinery to help him breath, and pneumatic weaponry. Currently he went by the name 'Big Band'.
Back to the present, Irvin had been following the dirty businessman for some time. He had gotten some leads, but needed some solid proof to lock this bastard away. He had been tailing them for a while but had lost him for a bit after the debacle the roadblock presented.
He was currently running in the direction Carter's car went. He had lost sight of it a few times but had managed to catch up to it. He had lost sight of the car twenty minutes ago, after taking a wrong turn. He was sure he had lost them. Irvin looked around as he was running, noticing that this part of New Meridian has been abandoned for a while. 'There's something shady going-on here.'
As he thought this an anguished scream broke the stillness of the night. Irvin turned towards the direction of the scream, running in a full sprint towards the source. He eventually came to the entrance of an alleyway.
Irvin came upon an odd scene. In front of him stood a blonde boy looking no older than eight. The boy was looking towards the wall, surrounded by two unconscious adults. With closer examination Irvin saw that one of them was Carter, while the other looked like one of the Medici thugs, although missing an arm.
Irvin was not sure what to make of this scene. "What the fuck?" slipped from Irvin's mouth. The lad jumped slightly from surprise, Irvin could swear he heard the kid say 'Fuck.' Under his breath.
"Kid, what the hell is going on here?" Irvin asked, his skepticism showing on his face.
Back to the present
Naruto froze in place, not moving even a single inch. "What should I do? Should I run? Talk to him? Knock him out with a punch?" Naruto's mind was in turmoil, trying to decide on what to do.
"Kid?" Irvin asked in a slightly concerned voice. Irvin took a step forward, attempting to get closer to help who he thought was a scared child. With his sudden movement Naruto backed up slightly, brandishing a kunai. "Don't come any closer!" Naruto yelled.
Irvin stood in place, holding his hands up in a non-threatening. Looking Naruto in the eyes he said calmly "I'm not here to hurt you."
"Then why are you here?" Naruto asked him distrustfully. Naruto then nodded his head toward the slouched figures of Carter and Alberto "Are you with them?"
"No, I'm not with them. My name is Irvin, I'm actually a private investigator. I've been investigating Mr. Carter, trying to get enough evidence to lock him away." Irvin answered honestly.
Naruto looked at him closely, trying to see if the man was lying. When he saw that the man wasn't lying to him, he put away the kunai. With the removal of the weapon, Irvin lowered his hands, looking more calmed.
Naruto brought out from his coat a red file, with the name carter printed on the cover. "If you're really investigating the old bastard, then this will be very useful in locking him up." Naruto tossed the file towards Irvin, landing at his feet. As he knelt for the files, Naruto bolted towards the wall. Naruto applied chakra to his feet and ran up the wall. As Naruto ran up the wall the he could hear the investigator calling for him. "Hey kid, Wait!"
"The names not Kid! It's Naruto." Naruto yelled back before he disappeared into the night.
Irvin looked up to where the blonde child disappeared, and back to the file. Looking into the file Irvin smiled. Inside the file were incriminating photos of Carter, which would definitely help in locking him away. As he was smiling a thought came to him "Wait a minute. That kid just ran up a wall." Deciding It was best to think on it later he dragged the criminals to prison, although slightly disgusted Carter had a dirty diaper in his mouth.
At Yu-Wans Restaurant
Right now the restaurant was filled with celebration. The Fish-Bone gang were celebrating their newest addition to their gang. They were enjoying a feast using some of the money they kept for themselves. While most of the money went off to help the needy, people can't live off of charity.
Currently the adult Dragonians were drunk off their asses on sake. Finley reached out next to him, resting his arm around Naruto's shoulders. "Kid…hic…you're alright." The Dragonian complimented in a slurred voice. Naruto blushed slightly and scratched the back of his head, grinning. He wasn't used to being complimented before, although it was a good feeling. "Thanks Finley."
The Dragonian then looked Naruto in the eye with a serious look "Hey Naruto. You don't have anywhere to return to right? A family perhaps." The finned dragonian asked the young blonde. He wanted to know if he had anyone to look after or if he had anyone for that matter.
Naruto was startled by the question, but when he processed it he just looked down. A dark expression crossing his face. The festive mood came crashing down. The other member looking on closely to the events transpiring in front of them.
Noticing Naruto's shift in mood, Finley got his answer. The kid had no family, or any that he thought of as one. He then looked down with his eyes closed. "Kid, you know what it means to be a part of the Fish-Bone gang?" Naruto looked up, not sure what he was getting at.
Finley then gave a large fanged smile "It means you are a part of our family, whether you like it or not. You could be halfway around the world on your travels, it still wouldn't change the fact you're one of us now."
Naruto wanted to deny his claim, not sure if he should be a part of their family. Working together was fine, but being a part of a family was completely different. Hell he denied staying with and being a part of the Renoir family to protect them.
Right now Yami was yelling in his mind to deny them right there, right now. Telling him they'd only be a burden, and that only pain will come of it. But looking around him, seeing all the cheerful smiles and the light hearted warmth he felt, he couldn't bring himself to contradict Finley.
Naruto just gave a foxy smile, his eyes a bit watery "Heh…. I guess I can live with that dattebayo."
With Naruto's acceptance a resounding cheer came from the gang as the adults rose their drinks in celebration. Nadia rose her dim su (steamed dumpling) in celebration as she was too young to drink.
With the mood back in a festive mood, Finley decided to have some fun. Sporting a sly look Finley decided to ask Naruto an embarrassing question. Waiting for Naruto to start drinking his tea, he struck.
"So Naruto, do you have a crush on Nadia. Since you two would be such a cute couple." He asked with a shit eating grin.
Nearly choking on his tea at the question, Naruto slammed his fist on his chest on started coughing heavily. "Why the hell are you asking me that!?" Naruto almost yelled, blushing a bit.
"Oh, so you do." Marlin asked, deciding to join in the fun. "I mean, you two are close enough in age. It wouldn't be too surprising." He added, chuckling at seeing Naruto turn red. Fisher nodded in agreement, looking like he was trying to hold in his laughter.
"Come on guys, can you please stop." Naruto pleaded.
"What'sss wrong. Don't you find Nadia appealing?" Slinkey hissed in amusement.
"Yeah Whiskers. What's wrong? Cat got your tongue, or is it fish in this case?" Nadia said wearing her Cheshire grin.
Naruto just rested his head on the table, trying to hide from the embarrassment from being teasing. "I hate you guys."
A week later
"Finally, I'm finished." Naruto had set up a camp deep in the woods, close to the kingdoms borders. The camp was made up of a simple tent he bought with his cut of the heist, a fire pit, and a makeshift outhouse.
It had been a few days since he had bid to the Fish-Bone gang for the time being. He had exchanged numbers with them to keep in touch and to plan future heist ahead of time. While sad to say goodbye, Naruto knew he would see them again. Heck, Nadia had offered to help him with his stealth and overall thieving skills whenever he came back to visit.
Sitting close to the fire pit Naruto unsealed some breakfast dumplings from Yu-wans restaurant. After eating breakfast, Naruto unsealed the scrolls he had taken from his clan's library. Naruto separated the scrolls into different groups based on topics such as Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, Fuinjutsu.
Though when Naruto had sorted the scrolls based on their topics, it was apparent that one scroll remained. It was his "mother's" Adamantine Sealing Chains. While it was a Fuinjutsu, it was also a kekkei genkai. It was a rare ability within the Uzumaki clan, or what's left of it. It was a powerful jutsu that materialized exclusively for the female members of his clan.
He wondered why he had taken it, but at the time it felt like it was just calling to him. Maybe he could find a way to learn it. Naruto decided to ask the only other person he could for insight, Yami. Yami was pissed at him for ignoring him when it came to the Fish-Bone gang, but he needed help.
'Hey Yami, can you help me with this.' Naruto asked/thought.
'Oh now you want my opinion.' Yami's sarcasm was not lost to Naruto. 'What do you want.'
Naruto decided it was best to ignore Yami's tone 'I wanted to ask if there was a way for me to learn Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains.'
Yami thought about it. He knew of a way for Naruto to learn the technique, but he needed to think of the pros and cons of Naruto learning it. While Naruto could use it to get that much stronger to defend himself and would be viable for Yami to use when he took over, there was also the chance for Naruto to use it against him if he ever learned of his plans. Thinking carefully, Yami decided the pros outweighed the cons, especially since Naruto was so gullible.
'Yeah I know of a way, although it will take a while. The seal will have to be opened at least thirty percent of the way for me to have enough control to use Kyuubi's chakra and your help to modify your genes to allow you to unlock those chains.'
Hearing this Naruto was thrilled 'How long will that take?' Naruto asked, almost jumping with excitement.
Yami smirked, exhilarated at the prospect of more power. 'Well based on how last time went your limit for opening the gate at a time is ten percent. Then based on the amount of pain you went through, it would be best if you opened the gate once a year. It'd be best to not overdue it; we don't want you to possibly die now. So around a year and a half to two.'
Naruto while not wanting to wait so long, was still glad he could learn the technique. Now with that business taken care of, Naruto decided to focus on his training schedule. Right now he wasn't even skilled enough to be considered genin level, he had gotten by because of luck and others. That will no longer be the case.
Naruto planned to train for a bit before he started his journey, he wanted to be ready to face what he may come across. So looking over the scrolls, he made his game plan.
Throughout the day he would work on his physical training. While he may be more physically fit than most kids his age and can use chakra to augment his strength, that did not mean he should just laze around all day. Especially when Naruto considers the stats of the jonin and kage level ninjas in his and other villages, he wasn't even close to being able to face them any time soon.
While Naruto is working on his physique he would have shadow clones be learning from the scrolls. With some help from Kyuubi's chakra Naruto had a large amount of clones working at one time.
Every day Naruto was able to create one hundred clone for training. He had twenty clones focus on learning how to chakra control. Thirty clones were assigned to work on his main affinity, wind manipulation. Thirty clones would focus on Fuinjutsu, learning the basics and working their way up. The last twenty would focus on the Rasengan, trying to see if they could strengthen or enlarge the energy sphere.
Naruto can modify his game plan to work on other subjects if he needed to. If he thought he needed to focus on something, he'd change his scheduled to make it work. He would have some clones train in Genjutsu once in a while.
With his training a planned out, Naruto felt confident he'd become stronger. "Look out world, here I come."
A Prison within New Meridian
Lorenzo was not having a good day. First the incompetent fool Carter failed to pay his dues. It would seem even with the protection of a member of the Medici family the old fool was still robbed. The revenue lost wasn't too bad, just one of many 'donations' were stolen.
It wouldn't be a problem if they could get a name or a description of who had stolen the money. Although it was unlikely he would get that info, considering that sitting across from him in an interrogation room was Alberto. Why was it unlikely? Simple, the man seemed to lost his fucking mind, similar to the old man. Alberto was in a straightjacket with a plastic prosthetic, chained to the chair.
The man was rocking back and forth in his chair, mumbling nonsense about some shadow demon with red eyes. They had been sitting there for the past half hour, trying to get a clue on what had happened. But it turned out to be a waste of time.
Lorenzo thoughts drifted on who could have done it. Was it the Gabinos? No, they were too loyal and scared to do such a thing. The Genovese? No, they wouldn't have gone for something so small time. Lorenzo gripped the life gem hanging around his neck in thought. He had no idea who had stolen from him. It was unlikely any of the other mafia families, considering what he did to the Contiellos no family would even think of fucking with his money. So left him with a question, then who did?
His thoughts were interrupted by Alberto's crazed mumblings intensifying. The crazed ramblings were starting to get on Lorenzo's nerve. "Ugh. I'm too old for this shit." He complained as he grabbed a pistol from his waist. He leveled it to Alberto's head and "Bang" Alberto's forehead now had a steaming bullet hole, his while body falling slack against the chair.
Lorenzo simply snapped his fingers and two police men came in. "Leave him at the dump with Carter." He ordered the crooked cops. The two cops simply grabbed the corpse by its shoulders and dragged it off.
Resting the gone on his forehead, a look of annoyance was sprawled on the mafia boss's face. He didn't know who or what stole from him. But he was sure of one thing. That he would have them chopped up and dumped into some river to 'sleep with the fishes.'
No one fucks with the Medici Family.
Omake
Naruto and Umbrella meet
Sometime after meeting Parasoul
Naruto was wandering around the Renoir's home, just killing some time till he decided to go to bed. He had been given permission to stay there for as long as he needed. And he would use that time to learn of his new surroundings.
Walking through the living quarters of the house, Naruto heard what sounded to be a little girl laughing. Walking towards the sound, Naruto peeked through a door with the name 'Umbrella' written in pink letters.
The room looked to have been for a little girl. The walls were painted a bright pink, covered with pictures drawn with crayon. An army of stuffed toys were scattered across the room. In the center of the room was a queen sized bed fit for a princess.
Right now a little girl wearing a raincoat with short pink hair and eyes was jumping on the with joy. Though one thing stuck out about this scene, the purple umbrella she was holding. The umbrella had large eyes with red irises protruding from the purple umbrella. The umbrella also seemed to have pincer like teeth at its tip.
"What the hell?" Naruto thought aloud at the monstrous umbrella, walking in to get a better look at it. Hearing the voice of the intruding stranger Umbrella quickly turned her attention towards the blonde.
She closely inspected the blonde, looking at him from top to bottom. Until she focused on his face, particularly his whiskers. "Kitty?"
Naruto tilted his head slightly "Kitty?" he asked, scratching his chin thoughtfully.
"Kitty!" The little girl yelled, running towards the blonde and jumping on him. Not expecting the young girl to charge at him, or how fast the little girl could run he was tackled to the grown. Where the little girl was petting him and pulling his cheeks painfully.
"Oi! I'm not a freaking cat!" Naruto loudly protested. Trying to get the little girl to release him, but was unable to release the little girls iron grip.
"What's going on here?" a slightly amused voice came from the doorway. Leaning against the doorframe was none other than Parasoul, a small smile on her face.
"Can you please get her off of me?" Naruto pleaded, not wanting to be some little girls pet. Umbrella had climbed onto his shoulders, getting a better grip of his head. Thoroughly enjoying the ride.
Parasoul put on a thoughtful look "Hmm. No. I think Umbrella could use a play mate."
Hearing this Naruto just slouched slightly in defeat. Accepting his fate. He played with the girl for a few hours, eventually getting the girl to stop calling him kitty. When they were done playing tag, Umbrella was exhausted. Naruto gave her a piggy back to her bed, sleeping along the way. Tucking her into bed Naruto noticed she looked at ease. As he was turning to leave he heard her mumble something to him.
"Goodnight big brother." He heard her say. Naruto was touched that she called him big brother, something his sisters ever called him. It gave him a warm feeling inside.
"Goodnight sis." He replied quietly, smiling towards her. He would make sure to spend more time with Umbrella later on.
HF: So what do you guys think. I hope it was enjoyable. I decided to add an Omake give a better look into Naruto's relationships, like how Umbrella got attached to Naruto. Oh and if you want a character that didn't make it into the skullgirls game (There are a few) just ask in the review and I'll see if I can fit them into the story.
Also I have some news to tell.
1# one reason I've been out for a bit other than work and school was because I was researching a project that will be coming this month hopefully. I'm working with another person who'll be revealed when it is posted.
2# I failed at finding a beta reader. Meh.
3# There will be lemons, but not for a long while.
4# I plan to update my previous chapters to be better grammatically, and details. If you want to you can point out mistakes via PM.
That's all. Please Review my dear readers. Your input keeps me motivated.
HalfwayFallen out.