Chapter 13
The next morning
Yami opened his eyes and felt groggily, "Damn… Naruto didn't save my ass." he said as he tried to sit up. Only to find Shion and Treyni lying on him, "It could be worse, Treyni could have actually used that aphrodisiac." he mumbled.
Yami was then forced to lie on the sand and stare at the sunny sky for a long time. At least until two other dryads appeared and glared at him. Yami groaned as he knew he was in trouble. At least until one of them spoke up.
"Hello good sir, could you please wake up our sister Treyni?" one of them asked.
Yami turned his head, "Treyni, I'm serving potato chips for breakfast." he said.
"Mhm?" Treyni asked as she sat up. Only to be shocked by the sight of her sisters, "Trya!? Triss!? What are you two doing here!?" she asked nervously.
Both girls glared at their sister, "You told us that you had to deal with a disaster rank threat in the area. So when you never returned, we assumed that situation was too difficult for you." Trya explained.
"And here you are seducing this man and his lover! As well as having fun at the beach to shirk your duties!" Triss said angrily.
"Actually, Shion is not my…" Yami tried to say before being interrupted.
"Sister, I think we may have to think about your position in the hierarchy!" Trya exclaimed.
"Trya! Triss! You both have it wrong! You see…"
"Hey there you guys are. You three look like a mess." Naruto said as he arrived hand in hand with Shuna. "Are these your sisters Treyni?" He asked.
"Yes we are and clearly, our sister has decided to take a vacation without asking." Trya said.
"How disgraceful." Triss added.
Naruto chuckled, "I mean sure, we had fun and partied all night but that's after Treyni helped us with this crab monster. After that, my brother Yami got sick and she's been here healing him and stayed by his side until his health improved." He lied.
Yami raised a brow, 'What is he going on about?' he wondered.
"Of course Shion is super close to Yami too, so she didn't want to leave his side until he healed. How are you feeling bro?" Naruto asked.
Yami raised up a thumb, "I'm swell." he said half heartidly.
Now the dryads felt bad, "Oh my, we jumped to conclusions without hearing her half of the story." Triss said.
"Sister we're sorry! We were so worried and never considered the hardships of your leadership position!" Trya said as she started crying.
Treyni smiled as she hugged her sisters, "It's fine, I can only imagine how concerned you both are, but I told you there was nothing worth worrying about." she said as she winked at Naruto.
Naruto smiled, "Anyways, we're heading back to camp and since we're not all sick anymore. We should get breakfast." he said.
"Would you two like to join us?" Shuna asked.
"We have our duty, we wouldn't have time." Trya said.
"I think you two deserve the rest. After all, you should understand the type of person the benevolent chancellor of the Jura Forest Alliance is." Treyni said as she mentally thanked Naruto for removing her from such an awkward situation.
"We should get going. Wendy and the others are probably worried." Naruto said before facing Yami. "You okay bro? You ready to go? I've been thinking about your condition all night to the point I almost felt as sick." he said as his eye twitched.
'Shit.' Yami thought.
Then Shion moaned, "Lord Naruto, close the curtains please." she mumbled. Everyone sweat dropped, "Stay with me longer before Shuna or some other girl steals you away from me." she said.
Shuna's eye also started to twitch, "Oh Shion… wake up!" she said while casting a small fire on Shion's clothes.
"AHHH!" Shion screamed as she ran around in a circle before diving into the water. She glared at Shuna once she surfaced, "Shuna!" she yelled.
"And now you're wide awake." Shuna said with an innocent smile.
Later, at Tempest
Naruto yawned as they arrived home, "Back home already." he said with a smile. "…time for the grind. Hopefully nobody went to the HR department." he said as he walked towards his office.
"I'm heading back to my lab." Yami said.
"I should get home and make sure Benimaru didn't leave another mess." Shuna said.
"I'm taking a nap at home." Wendy said with a yawn.
"Me too." Kanna said as Carla followed them.
Soka quickly left to rejoin Souei while Shion and everyone else went back to continuing their normal routines.
At the office
Naruto yawned again as he walked in to find Albedo on one knee, "I sensed your return my lord. I am pleased to see that you have returned safe and sound." he said.
"It was nice, though Yami ruined it for me." Naruto said.
"How so?" Albedo asked with curiosity.
Naruto sweat dropped, "I don't want to talk about it." he said confusing her. "I don't feel like getting caught up in one of his experiments again." he said.
"Very well, allow me to give you the review of what happened while you were resting." Albedo said as she grabbed her clipboard.
Albedo went on to list the various statuses of different parts of the village. Including a complaint from Gabiru which was sent to HR. Speaking of which, Albedo has chosen to volunteer her weapon into HR which has reduced the number of complaints much to Naruto's chagrin. Moving along, Albedo mentioned something that did catch Naruto's interest.
"And someone from the same village as Yagura arrived last night. We've kept them under surveillance while giving them basic accommodations." Albedo said.
Naruto raised a brow, "Really now? That's interesting." he said wondering how another shinobi (or possibly a civilian) made it to this new land. "Then set up a meeting for me to meet them." he said.
"As you wish." Albedo said as she went to work to on grabbing their guest.
A brief while later
Sitting in Naruto's office is a tall man with with brown hair that draped over one eye. Naruto assumed this older man is a quite guy who preferred solitude, but had some level of willing to work with others. Luckily the village had very few fangirls and the ones that were fangirls, like Soka, were at least professional and kept it to themselves. Naruto could only assume a guy like this Kiri shinobi is one of those types.
"And you said your name is Utakata from Kirigakure?" Naruto asked.
"That's right." Utakata answered.
"Right, how exactly did you stumble here? I spent like a year asking about the hidden villages and no one knows anything." Naruto said.
"I asked the same, then I heard rumors about a human asking the same thing." Utakata said realizing that human is Naruto.
"I see, though things are kind of cloudy with Yagura when I found him. How's the situation in Kiri?" Naruto asked curiously.
Utakata sighed, "It's complicated, I haven't been around there in a while." he said.
"Do you mind clearing some things up? Kind of as a security reason. I had to do the same with Yagura anyways." Naruto told him.
Utakata sighed again, "I will." he said as a voice inside him of immense power within Naruto.
There was also the fact that Albedo was more than an attractive secretary. As she was very strong in her own right. Meaning it's bet to come clean and rather than risk leaving out certain details.
With Yami
Returning to his lab, Yami started looking into his current research. While at the same time, making sure he doesn't spawn another siblings. The last thing he needed was a part of his body or a clone to end up extending this insane family.
"Luckily Jiraiya has not corrupted any version of myself. It would be more troublesome if Naruto decides to procreate." Yami said not wanting to imagine mini Naruto's when he hasn't matured yet.
However, as Yami started working on his experiments. He realized he was low on supplies, which prompted him to make a quick run outside. Only after having to remind Gabiru that singing is not allowed during working hours, but only after. Since he has no care for what they do during their leisurely hours. Though that wasn't the only weird thing he saw.
As Yami grabbed the various plants and other resources he needed or may need. He stumbled across a strange creature of some sort. Yami wasn't even doing much or trying to find trouble. He was merely scouring for plants when he accidentally grabbed a plant being taken by this strange animal.
'What the?' Yami wondered
What he found was some sort of bear like creature with a blue nose and antlers on his head. That's before he took in the fact that it was wearing a shorts and a hat.
"Are you an elk?" Yami asked it.
Though he didn't expect a verbal response, "Hey! I'm a reindeer! Not a… wait did you call me an elk? That's a first." he said.
It seemed as if this "reindeer" was about to get angry but calmed down when he was surprised by what Yami called him. Though Yami shouldn't be surprised that there are plenty of strange creatures that are capable of speaking in complete sentences and have cognitive thought equal or greater to a human. So he gently put the "reindeer" down and tried to see if he can interact with him in a civilized manner.
"Sorry, you caught me by surprise." Yami told him.
"Ok, apology accepted mister. Anyways, I just needed some herbs for a medicine I was working on." the reindeer said.
"Medicine? Are you injured?" Yami asked him.
"Not really, no. I'm a doctor of sorts and was trying to experiment." the reindeer explained. "I'm Chopper by the way, Tony Tony Chopper." he said as he shook Yami's hand.
"I'm Yami, just uh, Yami." Yami replied.
"Nice to meet you Yami, anyways I'm going to take my herbs and go home." Chopper said.
"Okay, but first, is there anything else you need? I think I can spare a few plants in the cave." Yami said.
"What cave?" Chopper curiously asked.
A few minutes later
Chopper looked around with wide eyes, "Woah! There are a lot of plants you're working on!" he said with surprise.
"That much is true. I'm also one of our village's scientists besides a dwarf named Vesta." Yami said.
"That's nice, are you sure you're okay with lending me extra supplies?" Chopper asked hoping it wasn't going to cause any trouble.
"Well, lately we've been open to many new inhabitants. It's a long story that I don't want to overwhelm you with." Yami explained.
"That sounds nice, though maybe I should move closeby. I bet I wouldn't have to travel as long for my research." Chopper said as a joke.
"Like I said, everyone is welcome and we're not preventing any new tenants yet." Yami said as he started showing Chopper around. "That and new talents. I don't think we have a proper medical professional like yourself." he said, though secretly unsure of Chopper's capabilities as a doctor.
Chopper started moving around with a smile on his face, "Oh shut, you're trying to butter me up but it won't work." he said.
"You look like you enjoy the praise." Yami countered.
Albedo looked suspicious, "Are you sure we can trust anyone from your village Lord Naruto? You said shinobi are dangerous as well as showing the ferocity and tactics of some like the Zabuza man you mentioned before." she asked.
"He's like me Albedo, though his experience was different. Then again, with whatever happened to Yagura before he showed up. Things were likely a mess in his village." Naruto explained.
"About that, during the talks. It seemed that you and him were talking about Jinchuriki." Albedo said as Naruto visibly shivered. "That means "power of human sacrifice" yes? And you mentioned it in detail, but discreetly as if to move the conversation." she said.
Naruto really wished Albedo hadn't caught onto that or hoped that she didn't care enough to pry. That maybe it was a human thing or random detail she wouldn't care about. Then again, Albedo isn't like Lupisregina whose mind slips and doesn't think about details that are probably important and discussed during meetings. However, while Naruto was excited to meet people like himself and Gaara, a part of him still felt sensitive about being a jinchuriki since it affected his childhood.
Though if he told Albedo, he wasn't afraid that she and everyone else would reject him. If anything, Naruto is terrified that with her newfound loyalties. She might go rogue and try to hunt down Konoha and burn it to the ground.
"I'll talk about it later Albedo. It's not a simple matter, but it is relatable for Yagura, Utakata and myself." Naruto said.
Albedo frowned, "Very well Lord Naruto, I will respect your wishes." she said before looking up. "Time went by very quickly, the day is already over and it feels as if you only just returned to me... the village. The village I mean." she stammered.
"You okay?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, I think my internal clock is telling me to rest early." Albedo
Later, back at the main building
Naruto shook Utakata's hand, "I knew you were a nice guy, if you want. I can offer you a position with Souei. His department might work with your skills and he's usually a quiet and no nonsense guy." he said.
"I may consider that offer. Though I think I'll try to gain my bearings first." Utakata said as he was glad that Naruto was reasonable.
"Good, I'll just let everyone know at this apartment that I'll cover your rent for the first couple of months." Naruto said as he handed Utakata a letter with a stamp.
Now it was a matter of adjusting first, "Thank you again Naruto-dono." he said before taking his leave.
"We'll be happy if you join us!" Naruto said as Utakata left within hearing range.
"Lord Naruto, during that meeting you had. You mentioned being a "jinchuriki" in order to further strengthen your persuasion to invite that man." Albedo pointed out.
Now Naruto was nervous, as his initial thoughts of being rejected arrived. They quickly disappeared, not only because Albedo would just be confused by the thought and would likely see the fox the same we she sees Baskerville and Gomorrah. But because the dark haired beauty has become quiet loyal and Naruto does have a chunk of memories of Ainz. His real fear would be that Albedo rounds up a posse in an attempt to find Konoha and burn it down.
Since the population is completely human, Albedo's only shred of hesitance will be thinking as to how to destroy the village without anyone escaping alive.
"Yeah, it's uh… a complex thing where we come from." Naruto began to say.
"Can you fill me in on the details? I would like to know you as best as possible in order to better serve you." Albedo asked.
"I'll tell you later. It's not that I don't trust you, but it's weird to explain." Naruto said as Albedo frowned.
"Very well, I will respect your wishes for now." Albedo said feeling slightly dejected.
Which Naruto could sense, "Hey don't feel bad. Look, it's not even night yet. Let me buy you dinner as thanks for watching the place while I was gone!" he said.
Albedo hesitated, but before she could gently decline. Her stomach had chosen to betray. The succubus mentally whined about her own body becoming her weakness.
"I know a lot of nice places. I manage the people who manage their construction." Naruto said with a foxy grin.
"Very well, it would be rude of me to decline my lord's invitation." Albedo said with a smile.
The next morning
Naruto yawned as he stood in the middle of a plain field looking over the town. Seeing as how the workload is very low and only less than trivial things were worth worrying about. Then again, it's all thanks to the power of bureaucracy.
"I wonder how the old man did it. This leadership stuff is super easy." Naruto said.
Unaware that Hiruzen's ghost glaring at him. However, it seemed like the easy days were coming to an end. With Naruto already sensing that dread of trouble coming at any moment. Though that could be his spider sense screaming at him.
"Ah come on! What is it now!? A meteor!?" Naruto asked as something crashed next to him.
Naruto turned his head and using appraisal, he could detect a powerful amount of magicules. With the help of Great Sage, he was able to gain some information from this new threat.
"Warning: Catastrophe level monster. Caution is advised as the monster has over ten times the magicules you have." Great Sage said.
Naruto's eye twitched as he slowly walked up the shadowy creature, "Ok, I get it! You're super powerful and you can destroy this whole city and maybe the entire forest with one single hit! Can we at least speak like civilized grown ups!? Please, just this once!" he angrily asked. Only to see a little girl with pink hair and a skimpy outfit, "And maybe put on some pants? I know like 10 people that can make you something nice. Free of charge." he said.
"I'm not interested in your pants." the girl said before being interrupted.
"I know you don't have a lot to show, but I prefer you don't show anything at all." Naruto replied.
The girl looked self conscious for a second as she covered her chest, "Look, I'm known as The Destroyer. The Demon Lord, Milim!" She announced.
"Wow, I would be impressed if it wasn't for the fact that you sound like you really want to destroy my home." Naruto said.
Milim laughed, "I can do that, now can I? But I'm not here to destroy your village. I just wanted to say hi." she said.
"Okay… you could have called ahead of time. I probably would have set something up. My home likes to party all the time so it wouldn't be unreasonable for a…"
Suddenly the Kijin arrived and started rushing at Milim. For some reason, Naruto's spider sense wouldn't go off around Milim. As if he couldn't see her as a threat anymore despite Milim's capabilities. However, that looked like it was about to change with Shion trying to strike Milim down with her heavy sword. Which Milim casually blocked while giving the busty woman a stare filled bloodlust.
"Ah crap." Naruto muttered.
It wouldn't be too long before Milim would send Shion flying with her superior strength. Then being caught by Souei's steel threads. Followed by Benimaru arriving and preparing to use his strongest technique. Only for Naruto to groan as he proceeded to rush at his subordinates and began to raise up his hands.
"Not even a demon lord can escape my steel threads." Souei said.
"You will regret attacking our lord!" Benimaru said angrily.
(Soul Eater OST - In His Mind)
"Naruto Chop!" Naruto shouts as he proceeds to karate chop the two kijin. "I know this is concerning, but stop it you two! This person is 10 times stronger than me and I'm most definitely stronger than you two combined!" He said as his hand was smoking.
All the while Benimaru and Souei lied on the ground with lumps on their heads. Then Shion came running in trying to fight Milim again again. Only for Naruto to flick her in the head too hard.
"Ow! Lord Naruto!" Shion complained.
"Shion be quiet. We're having a bad case of communication because our new guest has no idea how to say "hello" properly." Naruto said before gasping. "I've become Yami." he said.
"Yoohoo, demon lord over here!" Milim said.
"Put on some pants already!" Naruto yelled.
A few minutes later
Luckily, Milim is as much of a positive spirit as Naruto. She was calmed down with the promise of good food. Though it was just a jar of honey actually made her forget that she was assaulted.
"So yummy! All is forgiven!" Milim said as she drank from the jar.
"Yeah sure, I'll be set back from a part of our source of income but it's all worth it." Naruto said as Milim just laughed.
"Hey, have you ever thought about becoming a demon lord yourself?" Milim asked.
Naruto had no idea how to respond to that. Though seeing as how Geld I's life turned out up until his death. It doesn't sound like a good life, even without some witch doctor cosplayer telling him what to do.
"I'm way too busy, so no." Naruto said.
"But we're great! Doesn't everyone wants to be like us!" Milim tried to argue
"Probably not." Naruto said with a blank face. Which made Milim look shocked, "What? Does something awesome happen when you become a demon lord?" He asked.
"Obviously, everyone gets to challenge you to a fight." Milim answered.
Naruto frowned, "I already deal with life threatening invasions every couple of months. Why do I need someone doing that every week or day?" He asked.
As a child, Naruto might jump at the chance of being crazy strong and very famous. Most likely to rub it in the faces of everyone who looked down at him. Though despite only aging a couple of years and still a few years from adulthood. Naruto knew the pain of working in the government. He could only imagine what Tsunade and Hiruzen went through since neither of them were spring chickens.
"Count me out." Naruto said.
"WHAT!? Then what kind of things do you do!?" Milim asked.
"Not much lately, I've been super busy. Do you demon lords do anything besides fight people?" Naruto asked.
"Not much really, but we do get to boss the majin around all day." Milim said with a smirk.
Naruto sweat dropped, "Your life sounds boring." he said making her gasp loudly. "Anyways, I'll let you do whatever you want. I bet there's a giant work pile waiting for me now." he said as he prepared to leave.
"No way! You're probably doing something fun right now!" Milim said as she held him back by the waist. "No fair! I want to play too!" she said as she stretched his goopy body.
"Let go!" Naruto yelled as he tried to bite down on her arm.
"No! I wanna have fun too!" Milim said as she ignored the bite.
She evens started to shake him, "Fine! You can come!" Naruto yelled as he tried putting himself back together. "But you cave to call me, Lord Naruto!" he said followed by a chuckle.
"No way! I'm stronger than you! You should call me Lady Milim!" Milim argued.
"Then call me Captain Naruto!" Naruto argued again.
"You call me General Milim!" Milim continued to argue.
Naruto sighed, "Okay, how about this? Just call me Naruto and I will call you Milim. Does that sound good?" he asked.
"What? I'm a demon lord, only demon lords can refer to each other so casually." Milim answered.
"And?" Naruto asked, expecting a good argument on her part.
"Well, I guess I can accept now that we're friends." Milim said before Gabiru ruined things.
As the dragon newt appeared, he made an offensive comment, "Who's the little kid?" he asked.
That's when Milim proceeded to punch Gabiru with enough force to send him rolling across town. The sheer force made Gabiru's body destroy a part of the brick road and possibly some buildings had Milim adjusted her aim. For someone sensitive about titles, Milim doesn't know how to show restraint when it comes to violence.
"Don't call me a kid!" Milim said angrily.
Naruto then jumped in between her and Gabiru, "Okay calm down! Gabiru is an idiot! He doesn't know any better! So please don't kill him!" he yelled.
"Lord Naruto, you are such a kind ruler. You stand to save your loyal subject from danger." Gabiru said with tears in his eyes.
Naruto's eye twitched, 'You caused the danger you moron! If anything, Milim can wipe this town out for any reason that pisses her off.' he thought as a crowd formed up.
With everyone murmuring about who the powerful catastrophe class monster with the appearance of a girl around Shuna's age could be. Naruto sighed as he decided to make this announcement.
"People of Tempest! I present to you our honored guest!" Naruto said as he lifted Milim over his head.
"Hey, watch where you put your hands!" Milim said.
"We are graciously visited by the Demon Lord, Milim!" Naruto announced. Everyone was quiet for the next few seconds, 'Okay, maybe that was a bad idea to announce.' he thought.
When everyone suddenly began to cheer and clap for Milim. Everyone reacted as if this girl was a local celebrity. With Milim eating up the praise as she raised her hands in the air to bask in the warm welcome. Naruto sweat dropped realizing that somehow everyone either knew who Milim is or they think being a demon lord is as good as being a movie star.
'I wonder how they will react if they learn I have Kurama in me.' Naruto thought.
Now he pictured someone trying to look into his mouth in an attempt to find the fox.
'Bad idea.' Naruto thought.
Milim suddenly got back on her feet, "Not only that, but I'm declaring this town my new home and living here starting today!" she announced as the cheers got louder.
"Yeah... what? You're moving here?" Naruto asked with wide eyes.
"Yup! I want to live in your monster town." Milim said as Naruto sweat dropped.
"Promise to be on your best behavior?" Naruto asked.
"Of course." Milim answered.
"This means no more hitting Gabiru... or anyone who decides to be stupid." Naruto said as the demon lord pouted. "Okay maybe Gobta is an exception. He just asks for pain." he whispered into her ear.
Milim nodded, "Gotcha!" she replied.
Naruto then faced his citizens, "Starting today, we have a brand new resident." he said as the crowd cheered.
"I'm so proud of you Lord Naruto! You befriended a demon lord!" Rigurd happily said as tears streamed down his eyes.
"And if you need anything at all! I'm happy to help!" Milim said earning even more cheers.
Naruto sighed, "I never thought forming a friendship would cause this much stress." he mumbled.
"Hey don't say." Milim said.
"Oh, did you hear me?" Naruto asked before Milim grabbed him.
"Besides, I don't think we're friends." Milim said. Right before squeezing him, "We're best friends!" she announced as she squished Naruto to the point that he had to go symbiote again.
"I love our friendship... bestie..." Naruto said as he wheezed.
"You're all goopy again. What are you? Some kind of black slime?" Milim asked.
Later at the hot springs
Seeing that Milim needed to be entertained (distracted) during her stay. Naruto sent Wendy and Naruko to make sure that Milim felt welcomed and happy. Because there was no way that they had enough firepower to withstand a demon lord's wrath. Had Naruto not stopped the three kijin earlier when he met Milim. There was no doubt in his mind that their combined might would have done absolutely nothing to her.
So it's best to let the girl be distracted by some nice soothing hot water with the other laides.
"Wow, they feels nice!" Milim said as she started swimming.
"I know right?" Naruko asked as she did the same.
"Lady Milim, Naruko-chan, stop playing in the baths." Shuna said while Wendy floated in the center while in slime form.
"Mou, Shuna is no fun." Naruko said.
"Fun killer." Kanna said.
"Naruko-chan, there are rules and you need to follow them." Shuna said sternly.
Naruko pouted, "I bet Albedo would let me play." she said.
Now a tick mark appeared on Shuna's head, "Then Albedo must be..."
"Must be what?" asked the succubus as she came in.
Shuna held her tongue, "Must have her own way of looking at the rulees." she said.
Albedo smiled as she came into the bath, "I suppose different leadership styles very." she said. "Oh my, this is nice. I missed this soothing feeling." she said.
"You haven't had a bath in a while?" Shion asked.
"A regular one, yes. We had a nice luxurious one in the Tomb before the hero attacked. Now it's in ruins." Albedo answered.
"Big brother said that the tomb is very big and full of scary things that gave him nightmares." Wendy said.
"It can't be that bad." Shion said.
"It's not for the faint of heart." Albedo responded.
Naruko started splashing her arms around, "Naruko-chan, don't play in the baths." Shuna said.
Naruko frowned, "Shuna, you are going to make life boring when you marry my big brother." she said.
Shuna turned bright red from the comment. This made Shion, Albedo and Wendy look curious as they looked at the younger Kijin.
"Lord Naruto proposed to you?" Shion asked.
"No! I don't know where Naruko got that accusation from!" Shuna said as she covered her red face.
Naruko smirked as she looked away, "I still have my big brother's memories before brother Yami spawned me. You would always come over and help with dinner and breakfast." she said.
"Lord Naruto wanted my help with cooking." Shuna said as Shion started to laugh.
"Then why did you get mad when you thought Albedo stayed the night over?" Naruko asked.
"Albedo is a good cook too." Kanna said.
At the same time, with Naruto
In the underground levels of Nazarick, Naruto decided to finally get an important detail of his goals done. Where he proceeded to go through an old ritual that Ainz used to revive Shaltear. Unfortunately, this would only be enough power to revive one Floor Guardian but there was some hope left. He just needed to find it. Upon running into Pandora's Actor again, Naruto moved the necessary gold to the current floor they were on to work on the ritual.
"Uh boss, why did you bring me here? I kind of still have bad memories of this place." Gobta asked.
"Be quiet Gobta, you stood outside the whole time. Me, Panther Lily and the rest of us had to go through a nightmare of trials. So just stand there and make sure nothing gets destroyed." Naruto said as Gobta was ready to run like a coward.
"My lord, I think this is enough. Do you know who you wish to restore?" Pandora's Actor asked.
Naruto nodded, "The ritual only works on one guardian. Only because of this rare case, I'll summon two for the price of one. Does that make sense?" he asked.
"I will try to make sense of it." Pandora's Actor said.
"Good enough, let's get this started then." Naruto said as he opened up an old book. "500 million gold… even if the currency isn't accepted. We could have melted it and traded it." he said feeling bad.
"My lord, you have proved your worth to lead us and succeed my father. You are worth my than 100 times the gold we have." Pandora's Actor said revealing his zealous side again.
Naruto smiled, "Thanks big guy, here goes nothing. Aura, Mare, Resurrect!" He yelled as the money started to melt.
Gobta took a step back as he watched as the whole room was flooded with melted gold. The gold slowly started to poor into the center where Naruto and the doppelgänger stood. Soon enough, two dark elves lied on the ground as Naruto covered the both of them in blankets.
"It worked my lord, your new servants have arrived." Pandora's Actor said as the twins started to wake up.
"Huh? Pandora's… Actor?" Aura asked.
"Yes, it is I. Along with our master." Pandora's Actor said.
Mare started to wake up too, but like his sister. He had blurry vision and couldn't see the pair standing over him. For a moment, he thought he saw a familiar robed figure with a staff.
"Lord Ainz?" Mare asked with squinted eyes.
Naruto sighed, "This is going to be an uncomfortable explanation." he said as he pulled out the ring.
A few minutes of grief later
After patching up a hole in his chest, courtesy of Mare on Aura's suggestion, Naruto tried consoling the twins like he did with Rem and Ram. Though they were still sensitive and angry considering the fact that Ainz saw these two like they were his children. Though the guild itself was the closest thing Ainz had to companionship in reality, so maybe the dark elves were technically his godchildren or something. Whatever, that detail doesn't matter, everyone is family.
"I know, this is a really tough adjustment. Trust me, Albedo tried to kill me a lot of times and Pandora's Actor showed that rare ferocity he hides." Naruto said as the doppelganger nodded in the background. "I wouldn't put it past my mind that one of you is planning to kill me and I can accept that." he said.
"That sounds morbid." Gobta said in the background.
"Shut up Gobta, if this silly guy here can crush my heart and I can walk after it then I'll be fine." Naruto said.
"They did literally punch a hole in you just a moment ago." Pandora's Actor said.
"Yeah, I have to check that out." Naruto said wondering if he's immortal or something. He then focused back onto the two dark elves, "I know it hurts, but deep down. Ainz loved you all like family. I can't ever replace family, but the least I can do is give you a home." he said.
Aura looked away from Naruto while Mare looked contemplative. Mare is the outgoing and independent one while Mare felt like he lacked a lot of self confidence. However, he looked around and thought it over.
"Sister, maybe we can take a look. It's not like everyone is gone." Mare said.
Aura wrapped her arms around her chest, "Maybe, but on one condition." she said giving Naruto a stern look.
Outside, a few minutes later
Naruto sighed as Aura demanded to be carried like a princess while Mare was riding on his back.
"It's a start." Aura said feeling less sad.
"Woah, you know the Sorcerer Kingdom was nice but this looks almost like something Lord Ainz wished. So many monsters living in their own society instead of the wastes." Mare said in awe.
Naruto sighed again, "And we had a lot of events too. I probably should have resurrected you both sooner." he said. "Though, that doesn't mean this place isn't completely boring." he said.
"That place looks nice." Mare said as he pointed at a club.
"I don't remember approving of this!" Naruto exclaimed. "Damn it! Someone get me Piotr, Geld or someone in charge of construction!" he said.
"What's wrong?" Aura asked.
"it's a... someplace pervy sage would enjoy. If he was a cat that is." Naruto said as he read the name of the building.
The Black Cat
"What's wrong with it?" Mare asked.
Naruto's eye twitched, "Look, I know I'm still a stranger to you both, but promise me both that you will go in there." he said.
"Sure, I can trust your judgement." Mare said.
Aura looked suspicious, "I don't know." she said.
"Just don't." Naruto said before moving along the road.
"Anyways, what's this new place like?" Mare curiously asked.
"It's nice, full of energy, we even have a good school. Actually, I think one of Ainz's wishes was for you both to attend a nice school or something along those lines, but I won't force anything." Naruto explained.
As the trio continued to move around. They came across Wendy's little party who exited the baths. Wendy ran up to her adoptive brother and noticed the two dark elves.
"Hi big brother, are these our new friends?" Wendy asked.
Naruto chuckled, "I hope so, Wendy meet Aura and Mare. They're twins and they just woke up so don't overwhelm them." he said.
"Nice to meet you both. I hope we can be friends." Wendy said as her bubbly personality came loose.
The already began to enjoy Wendy's presence. There was something about that friendly innocence she had. However, before they could properly greet her. They were surprised to see Albedo behind them. However, the succubus was surprised the most when the twins hugged her legs.
"I don't care if we hardly talk Ms. Albedo. I'm just happy to see someone else I recognize." Mare said.
"Oh, that's nice. I suppose it's better than having Shaltear around." Albedo said.
"Wait, Shaltear isn't here?" they both asked.
"We'll talk about this later." Albedo said before hearing someone's stomach rumble.
Naruto smiled at Wendy who blushed, "Come on, we better get something to eat." he said as he took Wendy's hand.
"That's right! I want to try out the food here too!" Milim spoke up.
"I guess it's a full party then. Any suggestions?" Naruto asked.
In River Country
Seeing no other use in speaking with Kakashi, the girl jumped over Kakashi. Where she proceeded to run at great speeds to the point she almost lost Kakashi. That is until he suddenly appeared in front of the girl in a vortex. The girl frowned as she didn't have time for any more banter and slid under Kakashi while proceeding to jab him in the crotch.
"No crotch, no Krav Maga like they say." the girl said as she kept moving. That's when she saw several ink birds flying towards her, "Not even a challenge." she said before destroying them with a quick eye blast.
"Sorry, but not sorry. We have to take you into questioning." Sai said as he jumped off from an ink bird.
"No thanks, I'm not ready for an interview." the girl said as she suddenly appeared in front of his face.
Before Sai could reach for his ninjato. The girl quickly kneed him in the chin, causing a bone cracking sound to occur. As Sai hit the ground and lost consciousness, the girl looked around for anyone else ready to attack her. Seeing that there were no threats, she quickly took off Sai's forehead protector.
"Cool, I think my dad has one with the same mark." the girl said before running again.
"Sai…" Kakashi said with a groan as he nursed his crotch.
While this does look pathetic, the punch to the crotch felt like a giant cinderblock fell compared to a normal fist. Leaving the copy ninja feeling confused as to who the dark haired girl is and how she has the Shodaime's neckless. Kakashi didn't have much time to think about it, but it was a potential lead to his lost student. Even if it seemed hopeless, it was something he needed to work with as to finding out how the "demon lord" obtained the necklace to give to his daughter.
Meanwhile the girl was thinking about the strange land she arrived at. When she ran past the large group of Suna shinobi.
'These humans are like cockroaches, there's too many of them.' the girl thought as she ignored the shinobi completely. 'I bet mom would have wiped them out in her younger years.' she thought.
At a restaurant in Tempest
Naruto chuckled as he enjoyed his dinner with his friends, "As much as I miss ramen. I wouldn't trade up this great dinner." he said.
"What's ramen?" Milim asked.
Naruto gasped, "Do they not have ramen in this entire continent?" he asked.
"If it's that important, I would have heard of it. I've been around for a long time." Milim answered.
"Now I know what to ask Yami research." Naruto said.
"I miss ramen too. I never ate it but remember the experience from big brother's memories." Naruko said sounding depressed.
"I want ramen." Wendy said.
"We'll settle for what we have now." Naruto said with a sigh.
"My lord, if you wish. I can try to research this meal in the archives." Albedo said as the maids did have to eat normal human food unlike everyone else.
"I'll love you forever if you can find it." Naruto said as he clapped his hands together.
Though this made most of the group look shocked. Especially Shuna who's face contorted into jealousy. Though no one could tell that Naruto was just exaggerating from feeling so emotionally hopeful.
"Well… Lord Naruto… if you wish to repay me in such a way…" Albedo stammered.
"I'll reverse engineer it." Shuna interrupted. "It shouldn't be difficult if you can explain the ingredients." she said making the succubus feel jealous.
"That also sounds good Shuna. I think that might be easier too." Naruto said as he can still remember Teuchi and Ayame's style pretty clearly.
"I can try it too!" Shion said sounding competitive.
"No." Naruto interrupted.
"But…"
"No."
"Lord Naruto, be reasonable!" Shion complained.
"Maid hit squad, to me!" Naruto commanded as the Six Pleiades suddenly appeared.
"We are at your service my lord." they said simultaneously.
Milim had stars in her eyes, "I want ninja combat maids!" she said. 'I bet Luminous wishes she was here.' she thought knowing that a certain demon lord has a love for maids
"I need you six to strip Shion of her cooking equipment." Naruto said.
Shion was suddenly dragged out of the booth, "Lord Naruto this is embarrassing and unfair!" she shouted.
Lupusregina started sniffing Shion's body, "Hold her down girls, I smell way too much cilantro, sugar and… a death knight's kneecap?" she asked as she pulled out a bone.
"Hey put that back! I need that to test a new broth!" Shion shouted.
"Ladies, we will have to proceed with a cavity search. Pardon us, Lord Naruto." Yuri said as the six took Shion away.
Milim and the dark elves looked concerned, "Was that really necessary…"
"Yes." everyone else interrupted.
Milim sweat dropped, "Her cooking can't be that bad. This food right here was amazing." she said as she finished another plate.
"Then you don't want to go anywhere near Shion." Naruto said with a sigh. "I swear, i can only imagine the horrible things Shion would do to ramen." he muttered.
"You keep talking about it so much. Now I want some!" Milim exclaimed.
Back with the dark haired girl
The girl's stomach rumbled, "I could really go for some ramen. I wonder if Shuna can cook some up for me." she said while thinking of her step mother's cooking. "Unless Aunt Milim is there to gobble it all up again." she added as she made her way out of River country.
TO BE CONTINUED…
SUPER CAFE
ARENA ADDITION
Batman and Superman were looking around in confusion as they had front row seating to a fight.
"Okay, I get we were ignorant to realize that a diner has food, but how many diners have fighting arenas?" Superman asked.
"You would be surprised. I've seen things." Batman answered.
"Right." Superman said not believing him.
That's when they heard Asura and Mavis running the commentators table. Both looking well dressed and checking their microphones.
"Welcome Ladies and Gentleman, I'm excited to finally try out this underground arena we built." Asura said.
"Remember to buy snacks, otherwise we'll go bankrupt." Mavis added.
"Anyways, let's get to main event. In left side, we have Naruto Tempest of the Jura Tempest Alliance!" Asura announced as the crowd cheered loudly. "On the other end, we have Part I Naruto Uzumaki!" He said as the crowd cheered again.
"Now listen, we've been getting comments a long time ago. For some reason, everyone thinks Naruto is significantly weaker compared to Valley of the End Naruto." Mavis said.
Suddenly Batman sat next to them, "Which is wrong, in so many weays." he said.
"How did you get here?" Asura asked.
"Because I'm Batman!" Batman answered.
Mavis sighed, "You had to motivate him." She said.
"Anyways, like I said. I'm not a weeb like Superman." Batman said as his friend looked offended. "Except from my awesome analysis, post Valley Naruto would have died and the fancy techniques everyone mentioned didn't exist until far into Shippuden." he explained.
"That's true, Kurama's ability to sense negative emotions among other things didn't exist and way later into the series." Asura said.
"I'm surprised no one commented that he should suddenly use Baryon mode right now." Mavis said with a laugh.
"I'll do you one better, I'm surprised there's no angry comments demanding Naruto to use bankai." Batman said as the whole crowd laughed.
"Anyways, let's get on with the fight…"
*CRACK*
*DING DING*
In the arena, Part I Naruto was already crushed by Tempest. Everyone just gazed at the boy's broken body as medics had to move him. Leaving Naruto Tempest looking awkward from how far he took things.
"To be fair, Naruto can adapt to his situations in the world." Asura said as Mavis nodded. "The demon lords could backhand Madara in his strongest form. Actually kid Naruto had half of Kurama's power and could access a couple of tails, that's like 10% at most of Kurama's true power." he explained.
Mavis sighed, "I guess we'll come back later then. What's the next fight?" she asked.
"Pandora's Actor versus MS Sasuke." Asura read as the two combatants arrived.
"This one might be fun to watch." Batman commented.
Mavis frowned, "This is a stomp." She said already knowing who won.
"You know, I heard there's a new poll. I think everyone reading should check it out before Indra's transmigrant gets murdered." Asura said.
"Already voted." Batman said with a smirk. "Also, how did you build this place?" he asked.
"With an expensive loan." Mavis answered.
END OF SUPER CAFE
