"Speech."

'Think.'

Jutsu/Technique/Magic

Past Events/Flashback

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or The Eminence in Shadow.

Warning: English isn't my native language.

„Ok you can stand up," said Naruto while he took a step away. He stood behind Alpha and looked at her while she stood up and turned around. Naruto and Alpha were still in the forest that was surrounding the Uzumaki territory. They found a tree trunk where Alpha could sit on because Naruto needed to do something while he still had the chance.

He had placed a seal on Alpha to hide her chakra for others. He didn't know to this day if others could tell the difference between mana and chakra. Since he only had chakra in his body so far, there wasn't a difference to tell in his case. But maybe would feel that something was different in Alpha's case. She had mana before he gave her chakra.

"Are you okay?" asked Naruto when he saw Alpha's face. She looked a bit lost in her own thoughts.

"Huh?" asked Alpha when Naruto's voice brought her back to reality. "Yes… I just thought about everything I learned from you."

Naruto smiled with sympathy and took her hand. She looked surprised in his eyes. "Don't worry about stuff like that now. Enjoy the moment." He looked away from her and pointed with his free hand to a tree.

"Look."
Alpha looked to the tree and saw nothing at first. "Look up into the foliage." Alpha looked up and saw it now. A mother bird was feeding her children and without any reason got Alpha a smile on her face when she saw how the mother bird took care of her children.

"The world may be cruel, but this world also has many beautiful things to offer. Someone simply must look closer, and they will see that the darkness isn't as dark as they might believe," said Naruto while he looked into another direction. Alpha saw from the corner of her eyes how Naruto looked into another direction.

She looked into the same direction and saw 3 deer appear a bit away from Naruto and Alpha. They simply wandered through the forest when one of them noticed Naruto and Alpha. When the other 2 deer saw how the first deer stopped, they stopped too and looked at Naruto and Alpha.

Naruto raised his free hand and held his open palm in the direction of the 3 deer. A small breeze was being created from his hand that was gently blowing through the forest before the breeze hit the 3 deer.

Alpha looked with fascination how out of Naruto's hand blew a gentle breeze. The 3 deer seem to like the gentle breeze and walked towards Naruto. Naruto simply smiled and before Alpha knew it, the 3 deer were standing in front of them. Naruto let loose of Alpha's hand and raised his hand when a leaf glided down to earth. He snapped it out of the air and held it in front of his mouth.

While he still created the gentle breeze with his right hand, was he holding the leaf in front of his mouth. He closed his eyes and began to exhale the air. Alpha raised both eyebrows when out of nowhere a beautiful melody echoed through the forest. She looked at Naruto and could see how the leaf was slightly moving in front of his mouth.

She never heard such a beautiful melody in her life. It gave her an unusual sense of comfort and her thoughts began clear themselves from any worries they had a few seconds ago. Everything she worried about was simply being blown away from her entire being while the melody pierced her mind, soul and body without any form of mercy.

An unfamiliar warmth spread through her entire body while she saw how a few birds landed around them on the ground. A bird even landed on Naruto's head and sat down as if that was its nest. A few birds also landed on the 3 deer, but the 3 deer didn't seem to mind the little extra weight on their backs. She could see how every animal that were around had their eyes closed and moved their heads from right to left as if they were enjoying the melody Naruto created at the moment. It was simply a magnificent sight to behold. She looked at Naruto and couldn't say anything or move. Her body simply relaxed, and her mind was clear from any form of hesitation or any other negative thought.

It was as if Naruto could relax and influence everyone with that beautiful melody in a very positive way. It seems to lessen the negative emotions one felt and simply relaxed everyone that heard this beautiful melody.

After 5 minutes stopped Naruto and opened his eyes. Every animal around them opened their eyes before they left one after another. Naruto took the leaf from his mouth and simply opened his hand. A breeze came by and blew the leaf away. Naruto looked after the leaf with a smile before he lowered his other hand with which he had created the gentle breeze to attract the 3 deer.

He looked at Alpha with a smile, seeing that his little performance had the wished effect. She seemed more relaxed and not so in thoughts like before. She had also a smile on her face while Naruto said, "When you look around and give this world a chance, then you can find beautiful things." He held his hand towards her, and she looked at her before she took his hand, and both simply began to walk towards the Uzumaki territory again. Nothing needed to be said at the moment. Everything was okay for the moment and Alpha simply felt good. She didn't remember her painful past at the moment, she simply lived in the moment and enjoyed everything she felt.

"I'm back!" said Naruto while he walked through the large double doors with Alpha behind him.

"Welcome back, young master," said one of the maids who came towards Naruto. "Did you have a pleasant stay outside?"

"Yes, thank you Ayame," said Naruto with a smile. He stepped aside and revealed Alpha. "I found this girl at the edge of the forest. She has nowhere to go, and I decided to bring her along. Is my father in the mansion or is he out?"

"Yes, Sir Minato and Miss Kushina are both in their study room together," said Ayame.

Naruto nodded. "Thank you, Ayame. I will show the girl everything. Please bring something to eat in about 30 minutes to my room," said Naruto.

"Of course, young master. It will be done," said Ayame while she bowed before she turned around and went towards the kitchen where she would prepare everything with the other maids. Naruto was known in the entire territory as gentle and heartwarming young master. He helped everyone where he could. He had already helped most citizen in the territory even if it was simply by delivering a message. The Uzumaki family was in general a very loved baron family. No like other noble families in other regions of the kingdom.

The taxes weren't too much, and everyone could live a peaceful and enjoyable life under the rule of the Uzumaki family. The Uzumaki could do things like that because they paid some things from their own fortune too lessen the weight that the normal citizen would have to pay otherwise.

They had enough money and got enough money to do things like that without a problem. Minato and Kushina were simply loved by everyone and also respected. Not only because they were fair leaders over their territory but also because of their status as Spellswords. They were both renown master's and pretty strong after all.

"Let's go, I will show you around the mansion before we go to my parents," said Naruto while he smiled at Alpha. Alpha nodded with a smile and Naruto began to show her the mansion. Alpha got to greed a lot of people. Maidens and guards alike were all very nice and welcomed her with open arms. Naruto made up a story where he found Alpha in front of a tree just at the edge of the forest, unconscious. After Alpha woke up, she said she couldn't remember anything anymore. That was the made-up story Naruto and Alpha agreed on. It wouldn't be possible to say the truth in the circumstances.

After Naruto showed her the most important locations inside and around the mansion, he walked with Alpha towards the study room where Minato and Kushina were supposed to be.

Before Naruto knocked on the door, he turned to Alpha and said, "No matter what happened in the first few minutes, don't react and try to do something."

Alpha simply nodded even when she didn't know what should happen. So far everything was beautiful and every human in this mansion was so kind to her. She felt welcome and because of that was she a bit confused about what should happen in a few seconds.

Naruto sighed once, knocking on the door.

"Come in." He could hear the calm and gentle voice of his father. His father wasn't the one who gave him a few concerns. It was the other person in the room who worried him a bit. Even when he was an adult in his old life and now lived 10 years already in this world, an angry mother was the scariest thing one could imagine. Even he wouldn't stand a chance against that, even when he fought a goddess already and sealed her in the elemental nations. An angry mother was just on a plane of reality that no son could ever reach, no matter what he would do.

Naruto opened the door and just like he thought was the first thing he saw a huge shadow that stretched above him and Alpha, swallowing both of them completely.

"NARUTO UZUMAKI WHERE WERE YOU SO LATE?" Around Kushina was a menacing red aura of her mana. Her purple eyes were shadowed by some kind of unknown power and her eyes were shining white as if they were headlights.

"M-mom, please hear me-," Naruto didn't get a chance to explain himself because the fist of his mother crashed down merciless on his head and Naruto slammed face first into the ground. Alpha's brain couldn't work out what she just saw.

Kushina grabbed her son by the collar of his orange shirt and lifted him up without any sort of effort. Naruto smiled nervously, completely overwhelmed as usual when his mother was angry at him because he was once again too long gone. The sun had already set and Kushina was worried sick about her son.

"What did I say? When do you have to be back?" asked Kushina with her menacing aura and white shining eyes.

"At sunset!" said Naruto with a bit of effort. He couldn't look away from his mother, no matter how hard he tried. It was as if her shining white eyes were some sort of hypnoses tool from her to make sure he wouldn't look away.

Kushina placed Naruto down on the earth and bend down a bit, closing the distance between the face of her and the face of her son in an instant.

Minato simply did as if this wouldn't happen right now. He simply sat at his desk and wrote something into a book. He simply had a few drops of sweat on his forehead when he heard how his dear wife lectured their son again. Normally the father would lecture the child in a relationship but in the Uzumaki family was it a bit different.

Kushina raised both arms and Naruto closed his eyes out of pure reflex, already preparing for the upcoming pain. He opened both eyes, when he felt how 2 arms were being placed around his body gently. Kushina was hugging her son while the menacing mana disappeared, having a few tears in her eyes.

"I was worried sick! Don't do this again, understood?" said Kushina while she held her son as if he could disappear every moment. Naruto's eyes soften and he hugged his mother back, saying, "I understand. I love you, mom."

Kushina smiled and hugged her son for a few more seconds before she broke the hug and looked Naruto over. Naruto simply let his mother look over his entire body. She wanted to make sure that her son didn't have any kind of injury on his body. No matter how small if could be.

After she was sure that her son was completely fine, she stood up and smiled gently at her son. "Welcome home, Naruto."

Naruto smiled at his mother, "I'm home."

Minato stood when he heard that his wife calmed down. He went beside his wife and placed an arm around her waist, looking with a smile at his son. "Welcome home, son."

Kushina and Minato were now just realizing that someone stood behind Naruto still in the corridor. A young beautiful elf girl with long blond hair and blue eyes.

"Naruto, why don't you tell us who your friend is?" asked Minato.

Naruto nodded and smiled at Alpha and waved her over to him. Alpha came with cautious steps into the room and stood now beside Naruto. "I'm sorry that I was being late. This girl was the cause why I didn't return at sunset like usual. I found her at the edge of the forest, unconscious. I first thought that she was dead because she didn't breathe. I did everything I could and after a few minutes could I stabilize her situation. After that, she woke up and told me that she couldn't remember everything."

"Oh no," said Kushina and left the side of her husband and went down on eyelevel with Alpha. "Do you remember your name?" She asked the little girl with a gentle voice and smile. Alpha could tell that the mother from Naruto was scary, but she could be very caring.

Naruto took a few steps aside and went next to his father. "Everything ok, son?" asked Minato.

"Yes, everything ok. Mom have held back today," said Naruto with a light chuckle. Minato simply smiled unsure, since he couldn't do something against it. Even he who was stronger that Kushina wouldn't want to in the line between Kushina and her target.

"And what happened really?" asked Minato. Naruto looked at his mother and Alpha. Both were talking to each other… well Kushina was more like the person who asked Alpha one question after another, and Alpha could only give short responses. It was amusement when you look from the outside.

Naruto knew that his father looked through his lies from the start. If Naruto really just found Alpha then he wouldn't have come 4 hours after the sunset. He was too long gone for something this simple. His mother would surely see through his lies also but at the moment was she more focused on Alpha.

"When I went into the forest towards the old ghost town, then I saw light. I went to simply see if someone was using the ghost town as base. I simply wanted to look if a few merchants used the ghost town like the last time but when I looked from the edge of the forest, then I saw corpses from merchants and a few bandits. They nearly raped the girl and… I couldn't control myself. I'm sorry, dad," said Naruto. He said everything more in a whisper voice so Minato would only hear the tale Naruto told him.

Minato looked from his son to the Alpha who smiled when Kushina hugged her like mad. Kushina found Alpha just too cute and couldn't control herself. "I am proud of you that you saved the girl my boy," said Minato with a serious voice.

Naruto said nothing because he knew that wasn't everything. His father didn't punch him like his mother when he did something stupid in their eyes. He used other methods to show Naruto that he was worried.

"But you could have easily got injured or even worse you could have died. I know that you are stronger than normal bandits and because of that I didn't say something to this point about your little adventures into the woods."

Naruto closed his eyes and simply heard what his father had to say to him. "However, we received reports about a few bandits that also have Spellswords in their ranks. From now on will you not leave the Uzumaki territory without a guard."

"Of course, father. I'm sorry to worry you."

He felt how a hand was placed on his head. Naruto looked up to his father and saw his gentle smile. "It is my duty as a parent to be worried. Everything is fine as long as you follow my instructions, I just gave you."

Naruto simply smiled and nodded. Like always… it felt nice when he had such interactions with his parents. Those were the moments he always wanted to feel in his childhood back in Konoha. He never had such things in Konoha and because of that did he get too comfortable. He enjoyed simply everything when it came to his life in this world.

But… the comfortable life was over from today on. Too much was going on he had to figure out. It wasn't his style to lie to his precious people, but he firstly had to figure everything out that was in the back of his mind. His parents would never allow him to do the things he would do in the near future.

"Naruto, I am proud of you," said Kushina while she walked with Alpha to Minato and Naruto. "You did the right thing in rescuing this sweet little girl. But you will have to take responsibility for what you did. You are 10 years old already and it's time that you learn how to take care of another life. You will be the landlord one day and then you must know how to take care of others."

Naruto already helped many citizens, but Kushina meant it in the way that he would look after Alpha the entire time. He would be responsible that she would get food, that she would be healthy and everything else.

Naruto nodded and looked his mother straight in the eyes. "I promise that I will take care of her, no matter what happened from now on," said Naruto.

Alpha didn't feel like this since she was being chased away… being part of something that gave her a sense of comfort. Not just because of one person or just for a few minutes… she simply felt welcome and at peace when she was by the Uzumaki family. She played her part like her savior told her too and like before did he tell he the entire truth.

It didn't matter what he told her so for… everything was right, and nothing was wrong. She would do everything for Naruto Uzumaki, the changing factor in her life.

Naruto knocked on the door of Alpha and just 2 seconds later did the door opened. She got the room directly next to his. It was nothing special but for her it was more than enough. "Hey Alpha, did you sleep well?" The sun was already up for a few hours. Naruto even had breakfast with both of his parents already.

His night was nothing special either. He simply sent a few of his Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clones) out into the woods. He did this without being noticed of course. The Kage Bunshin were simply there to train and for nothing else so far. He already had planes and would act accordingly. Kage Bunshin would be his best tool to leave the mansion without being noticed, to train even when he was in the mansion, to gather information and other things.

Alpha was now wearing a brown dress she got from one of the maids. "Yes, I didn't sleep so well in a long time," said Alpha with a smile.

Naruto smiled and said, "Then come, food is ready for you."

Alpha left the room and asked, "Only for me?"

"Yes, my parents and I already had breakfast. You were sleeping almost 15 hours."

Alpha's eyes widened when she heard that. Well… after everything that happened it wasn't really a surprise. "I understand."

When Alpha had eaten, Naruto and Alpha were now in the garden behind the mansion. Both were sitting on a bench. The mansion itself was surrounded by a wall with a large gate that connected the mansion with a road that went to the town. The mansion itself was on a hill so you could see everything when you would stand on the wall or one of the 4 towers that were in the corners.

"When will you start training me, Naruto-sama?"

"Hey hey, don't say this sama at the end. I am simply Naruto, alright?"

"Of course, Naruto." Alpha smiled.

"We will relax for today so that you will recover completely. Your body must adapt to the chakra and the chakra network. I see how you twitch sometimes so don't try to deny it, Alpha."

Alpha simply nodded without saying something. "I do this for your best, I hope you can understand this. I don't want you to get hurt because I did nothing to stop you from something I know that would hurt you."

"Oh no, you would not be at fault! It would be my own choice."

"I didn't give you the choice when I gave you chakra. Maybe you would have survived without the extra life force from the chakra I gave you. Either way, I will look after you," said Naruto while he placed a hand on her head. He smiled gently. "Just relax today and tomorrow we will start slowly with everything that you need to know."

Naruto's Kage Bunshin were trying to get mana into their bodies. So far it didn't work. They were also working on all the other things he had yet to relearn in this world.

Kushina and Minato were both in the capitol for the next 2 days because there was an important meeting where they had to attend because they were nobles. Tomorrow he could let 2 Kage Bunshin behind that would simply use a Henge (Transformation) to transform into Naruto and Alpha while he and Alpha would go into the woods to train there. He never really trained someone personally, but he knew how he was personally trained by his teachers and masters. He would start how he started himself in this world: basics, basics and again basics. Chakra control, chakra theory since Alpha didn't have the knowledge, strength training and other basic things. He would also teach her how to fight with a kunai and shuriken. 3 Kage Bunshin were forging new ones already.

He had a guess that Alpha would surprise him on how fast she would learn. He didn't know what it was… he simply had this guess that she would surprise him and maybe she would be a genius and a natural like certain people from his past.

But for today was relaxing time for Alpha. "Do you have any hobby?" asked Naruto.

Alpha looked a bit surprised while Naruto took his hand from her head. She hadn't thought he would ask her such a question. "Not a specific. I simply liked to do things with my friends back in the elf country."

Naruto nodded and then stood up from the bench. "Alright, then let's go and take a walk. I have shown you the mansion but not the town my parents rule over."

Alpha nodded with a smile. "I would love to."

(A/N I hope you all enjoyed the third chapter from this fanfiction as well! There is nothing much to say about this chapter since it was mostly the aftermath of Naruto's decision to take her with him. Besides that, was it nothing special.

I also wanted to say thank you to everyone out there that writes reviews! Especially to those who writes a longer review! Those are the reviews that really motivates me to write more and more! I would love to see those kinds of reviews in the future as well.

Besides that… nothing! Stay strong folks and always remember that everyone of you out there is special! Don't let others tell you otherwise, you ARE special, and nothing will change that! Till next time!)