Chapter 1, Best Friends
START!
As the moon hung in the sky and snow fell to the grasses, a boy, less than five years old in age stumbled on his feet in the middle of a thick and dangerous forest.
He scrapped his knees with that…
"…"
But unlike most boys around his age, this particular boy didn't cry out in pain, nor did he allow even the tiniest hint of tears to escape the cages that are his eyes.
As if his heart was forged by steel, he continued his walk across the forest.
He had to.
"… I'm hungry"
A voice, far quieter than a whisper escaped his lips as the boy's eyes scanned his surroundings for a hint of the tree with consumable fruits, only to see none at all.
Well… he did find some apple trees, but not the apples in the question.
Monkeys probably had beaten him to it.
"…"
With no energy to go on, the boy soon fell to his butt and leaned his back against a rather old and worn tree, where he hugged his knees close to his chest in the hope to lessen the pain of hunger that he feels.
It didn't do much, but it did lessen the pain, even if just a little.
And thus, he closed his eyes and slept with the cold wind of night as his blanket…
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Morning soon came and the boy thus continued his walk across the forest, trying to find something he'd eat.
Fortunately for him, he was able to find some remaining apples on the grass, probably bitten by monkeys or other animals that could eat fruits.
And uncaring about their bitten state, the boy was quick to devour any apples he'd find…
A smile soon bloomed on his face.
"That was delicious breakfast"
His voice.
His smile.
Everything the boy did showed nothing but the honesty and purity of a kid who felt grateful for the food that he ate. After he said his small grateful words to the gods and clapped his hands twice, the boy soon felt his body reenergized and able to move much better than last night.
And once again, he moved across the forest, this time to find something to eat for his lunch…
"I hope I can find more fruits… but fishes should be fine too"
With a giddiness that only a kid can have, the boy soon started to speed up his walk, turning it into a small jog with a large smile on his face.
All of his problems seemed no longer a problem now that his tummy was no longer aching.
A day soon became weeks, and weeks soon turned into months as the boy repeated his day in a forest that people might call dangerous. Although of course… to him, the forest has become a place that he could pleasantly call home.
Why he was all right living in the middle of a dangerous forest…?
Well, being nimble on his feet helped him from most situations that people might call dangerous, for one.
Anyway…
Months passed and the boy was still walking around the forest, exploring the uncharted part of his new and large home before the sunset and he had to go back to his den.
Soon, however, he stumbled on a rather peculiar door-shaped stone, embedded on a rather large cliff.
"Hmm~ what's this~?"
With spring on each step, the boy fearlessly walked to the stone and started to observe it and the marks he'd see marring it.
The marks were beautiful, otherworldly, even.
Although to the boy and his childish mind, it looked 'cool' and nothing else.
"Woaaah… so smooth"
The boy said after he touched the stone and gave it some caresses. A pair of stars replaced his oceanic blue irises the moment he felt the stone's smoothness.
He hit a jackpot here~
"Give it some carve and it might be a nice pot to boil water~"
He said innocently, didn't know, and was naïve enough to think the stone was just that… a stone.
But soon, his idea halted the moment he calculated the stone's height and saw that it would be able to triple his height easily.
Oh well…
"Gonna have to make it fall first"
Scanning his surroundings, he easily found some vines hanging around a tree's branches and pulled down any that was strong enough to handle his weight before he weaved them together into several strong ropes.
Said ropes soon were tied to the door-shaped stone's top part while their other ends were in the hands of one blonde kid.
He was going to pull it…
"One, two… ugyaaaah!"
Alas, the boy failed miserably since the stone was far heavier than he thought at first, because the moment he pulled the ropes end he was holding, all of them snapped almost at the same time and made the boy in the question stumbled backward and rolled like a little ball.
At least until the back of his head hit a tree and wounded it, making it bleed a little.
"Auu… that was painful"
Pouting and his ears ringing rather loudly, the boy soon touched the back of his own head and wasn't happy when he saw some red liquid.
The smell of blood might attract some wild beasts.
"Gotta go back now before something come running"
Rather unhappy about his current situation, the boy's pout became larger as he walked toward the stone and gave it a small slap with his right hand, one that had some blood on it.
Tremble!
And just like that, the stone began to move by itself, sliding to the left and showing the boy a hidden passage behind it.
"…!"
Startled, yet more than happy that his adventure wasn't going to end so soon, the boy fearlessly walked toward the cave with a large, excited smile on his face.
His heart was beating excitedly~
~Later~
Thunk
Thunk
Thunk
As the boy went deeper and deeper into a mysterious cave, his previously silent steps soon became rather loud, as if the ground beneath him had become iron plates instead of dirt and grasses.
To him, it was a definition of cool, although it would be much cooler if he'd seen something.
The cave was dark, after all.
"Let's see, where's the wall at…? Oh… it's cold"
Not happy about his inability to see anything in the dark, the boy soon tried to look for a wall to lean on, only to realize that the wall itself felt cool to the touch and pretty smooth like it was made out of steel instead of rock.
Finding this to be cool, the boy's smile returned.
"Continue~"
With the wall as his guide, the boy continued his walk, unbothered by the dark and the sound of his own steps that echoed by the cave he was in.
However, twenty or so minutes later, his face met a wall of steel.
"Pfft! That surprised me… should've used my other hand to check my front"
Fortunately, his walk speed was by no means quick, rendering the force that met his face wasn't that painful even though his nose did feel hurt.
Just a little, though.
"Is this really a wall… or…"
With both hands in front of him, Naruto tried to get the feeling of the wall in front of him, hoping that it wasn't a wall and actually a door just like the stone that hid the hidden passage he was in.
But there are no marks that he'd feel.
No handle.
Just a smooth, cold wall.
"Oh wait, my blood has been dried for quite some time now"
After he bit his bottom lip, the boy soon spat a fresh blob of blood on the wall in front of him with anticipation in his heart.
Thus, he waited.
Shine!
"Woaaaah"
With awe in his eyes, the boy took a small backstep when the wall in front of him started to glow.
It started as a small orb in the middle of the large wall, followed by several marks spreading across the whole wall from said orb, slowly but surely.
And when the marks had fully covered the wall, it split with a click, right in the middle.
Rumble
Rumble
And the whole surrounding felt like shaking when the large gate opened as if to welcome its visitor inside.
"Oh my, everything looks so cool!"
Steel.
Glass.
And more steel.
The moment the large wall opened, the light flickered on for its visitor, allowing the boy to inspect the whole room with awe in his eyes.
He didn't know whose room it was, nor did he understand what the devices around the room were for.
All he knew was one thing and one thing only…
Everything looked so very cool in his eyes!
"Hmm…?"
However, just when he was about to take the first step into the room, a small opening on the ceiling opened. From it, a claw-shaped machine holding a panel fell right before the boy, with the panel in question hovering directly in front of his face.
In it, stated…
Please enter your name
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"Oooh, it must want to know the name of its guest… but I can't write…"
The boy, standing in front of the claw robot tilted his head to the side just a little and allowed himself to take a small peek at the room behind his obstacle.
He really wanted to enter…
Fortunately for him, the robot seemed to take the conclusion of his silence as an inability to write and thus, typed a new statement in the panel.
Please tell me your name
(Voice recognition activated)
"Oh… oh! Then… Naruto Uzumaki!"
[Naruto Uzumaki] has been recognized as the new owner of the Ark.
All devices can now be activated with a voice order from the owner.
Remaining energy: 1%
"Ooooooh!"
Uncaring about the new words written in the panel the moment said panel gave way for him, the boy, now named Naruto Uzumaki started to run around the room with a large and happy smile on his face.
The thumping sound every time he took a step.
The coolness of the room.
And the very fact that everything inside the room is made of steel.
Everything was a new kind of experience that the boy never felt in his life, one that he was trying to make the most of until he woke up if it was just a dream.
If it wasn't a dream…?
The room will become his new den, simply as that.
"…"
For hours, the boy spent his time just running around doing everything he'd think of in the middle of a room made of steel. And when the time was up, he fell on the floor, breathing hard but still with a large smile on his face.
He was as happy as a boy can be.
It was only here that he realized that the claw and the panel it held were following him, something that made Naruto read the words on the latter in the end.
"One percent…? How long is that going to last?"
The boy muttered to himself, feeling rather unhappy after knowing that the light would soon be turned off since the room only had 1% energy left.
Of course, he didn't expect any answer…
Calculating current electricity usage
Light: ON
The Ark presumably will lose its power within 4432 years
"Huh… is it having an error?"
Innocently, Naruto tapped the panel with his finger, surprised by the panel that gave him an answer and the fact it showed him such huge numbers.
Sure, he lived in a forest and all, but even he lived in a village once and knew that television would lose its power the moment its cable was cut off and no electricity powering it on.
Something like a battery would lose its power within two to three days from constant usage, and that too if said battery started from 100% percent and not 1%. And thus, he'd only treat the panel as having an error, since it was showing him such a huge number despite only having 1% of battery.
Checking for error
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Found no error within the system
"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say, little robot"
Patting the panel affectionately, Naruto gave it a small smile of kindness.
Even though it was not a human, he still felt like he was talking with someone, and for him, that was more than enough.
Just as he thought like that, however, something strange happened…
Bzzt!
"Ouch"
Naruto yelped a little when a small electrical current gave him a small shock, followed by the panel in front of him beeping a few times as if thinking about something.
He soon got his answer after a minute or two.
Calculating owner's energy…
Calculating
Calculating
Calculating
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The owner can use the race creation table up to 2 times
"Ooooh!"
Not really understanding what the table was talking about, Naruto's attention was locked on one thing and one thing only, which was the race creation table.
After all, come on… a race creation table?
That sounded so cool and advanced!
"Tell me, little robot, what is race creation table?"
With excitement starting to build up in his chest, Naruto sat down from his lying position with a pair of starry eyes, then asked the panel the question he wanted an answer to.
Race creation table is a table where a new race can be created
You can code their appearance, power, hidden power, personality, and future evolution
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Latest race made: human
Still too young to understand some of the words in the panel, Naruto let out a small titter when he read the words under it, which showed him the latest history of race that was made using the race creation table.
"Hehehe, someone made a robot and called it 'human', so funny"
For a few more minutes, the boy continued to laugh, finding it funny that someone made a robot and named it human.
And yes, to him race creation table was only a robot-making device.
"Little robot, where can I find this race creation table…? I'll create some friends for us both"
Activating the race creation table
Swirl!
Clack!
Swoosh!
The moment Naruto said his wish to create something, the large device previously hidden behind a wall came out with some loud sounds, startling the blonde for a bit before he took notice of its complicated form.
Uh…
Now he wasn't so sure how to create a robot using that machine.
Fortunately, he had a helper…
"Umm… little robot, how do I use this?"
As soon as Naruto walked to the race creation device, he started to inspect it with some rather careful touches that were rather unbefitting of his usually rowdy demeanor.
But then again, the machine in front of him is a machine that could give him some friends.
So of course, he had to be very careful with it, lest he feel regret throughout his whole life.
Tutorial to use RCD
One: place your palm on the scanner and inject your inner energy
"…"
For quite some time, Naruto became silent as he looked through the machine for this 'scanner' thingy, only to find it hidden beneath a steel panel that he had to open manually.
With a tired sigh, the boy soon placed his right palm on the scanner and felt the energy leave his body as soon as he did.
Oh, lucky~
"I did it, what's next?"
Two: wait until RCD acknowledges your energy and glow with light
"Hmm, boring… but okay"
And thus, Naruto waited for the machine to completely take his energy and acknowledge it.
He waited.
Waited.
And waited.
Glow
In the end, the machine did glow, not with light… but lights, blue and red respectively.
"Must be a sign of good luck~ what's next?"
Three: say activate and fill the panel that appears before you, the panel you fill will reflect the race's appearance, power, hidden power, personality, and future evolution
"Activate…" The moment Naruto said the keyword, the lights soon split into two and became two panels, hovering in front of his face at the same time, confusing him since the tutorial said only one would appear "… Um… oh well… let's check here"
[Race name: ?]
Appearance: -
power: -
hidden power: -
personality: -
future evolution: -
Both panels had exactly the same things inside of them, with the only difference being their color, which was blue for the right one and red for the left one.
Eh… it's probably okay… and guess he has to fill those emptiness right?
Alright~
Time to rack up some imagination!
Race name…
"Uhh… random… or they both can name themselves once they learned enough"
Approved
Nice~
Now appearance.
"Hmm… can I skip these too…?"
Approved
Again, nice.
Now as for power, Naruto decided just to be a little bit more serious.
"Red one can destroy anything it touch so long it will it! And blue is… umm… very smart!"
Five years old and didn't really know any better, Naruto just shouted anything his mind could think of and sounded cool, all the while with an innocent expression on his face.
Fortunately for him and unfortunately for anyone else, the machine took his words very seriously.
Approved
Great!
Now as for hidden powers, he must be even more serious than before, Naruto thought to himself.
"Red can duplicate the power and appearance of anything it devours! While blue can shapeshift and create any machine it wants to!"
Approved
"Ehehehe, I'm having a blast!"
Whooped in joy, Naruto was shaking on his feet from the excitement that his whole body felt.
It's time for personalities…
"Red will be very loyal to me, love me very, very dearly, very protective to me too, but will disregard my argument when it thinks that I am in the wrong… might punish me too if that ever happen. As for blue, make it the same as red, but not as much in protectiveness"
Approved
"…"
For a minute or two, Naruto did not continue his input as he realized that he was ranting and telling a machine about a friend that he wished had.
One that he might not get for as long as he lives…
"E-Eh, what am I talking about… I am making a friend here… ehehe…"
Despite his laugh, even Naruto himself did not realize the tear that slipped from the edge of his left eye and fell to the scanner, which soon got absorbed by said scanner.
Nothing happened, though…
"Hmm… I don't know what evolution is… I guess I'll skip this one too…"
Naruto said to himself, but still caught by the machine in front of him since it was listening to his words and nothing else since the start of its start-up.
Race creation complete
Name: Origin Rapture (Red)
Appearance: influenced by its hidden power
power: destruction and corruption
hidden power: power duplicate, devour, multiply
personality: To [Naruto Uzumaki]: very loyal, heavily adores him, smothering protective, can be strict, hard-headed, and possessive.
future evolution: unlimited potential
Oh…
Some things were added automatically it seems, but since Naruto did not see any problem with anything among the changes, he merely gave a small shrug.
It's a robot, after all, what's the worst can happen…?
Name: Enikk (Blue)
Appearance: influenced by its hidden power
power: unbeatable IQ
hidden power: shapeshift, machine creation, complete control over machines
personality: To [Naruto Uzumaki]: very loyal, heavily adores him, motherly protective, possessive, but can be strict.
future evolution: unlimited potential
Hmm, nothing's wrong with this one too.
At least from what he'd see…
Will you start the creation for [Origin Rapture] and [Enikk] now?
"Yes, please"
As soon as Naruto said his approval, the machine started to glow so bright that he had to turn his whole body around and knelt on all fours so his eyes wouldn't feel the burn. But even after he did this, his eyes still felt a small sting of pain.
The light… it was very, very bright…
Fortunately, it lasted only for about seven minutes or so because, after that, the light started to dim, allowing Naruto to open his pained eyes.
Said eyes soon were focusing their whole attention on the machine, or more specifically, two metallic things on it.
And just as he thought, robots.
"Oh my, you both are so cute~"
However, robots or not, Naruto still pat a spider-shaped robot with a red glowing gem on it. And the second he did, the other one, also a spider-shaped robot -although with blue gem instead of red- climbed on his stretched arm and started to snuggle onto his neck as if asking for his attention too.
The blonde happily laughed here and used his left hand to give the blue one some attention too.
"Welcome to the world, Ori and Enikk… I promise I'll treasure you both forever"
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Months passed since Naruto moved into his new den, where he lives with his robot friends, Ori and Enikk.
Friends…
Such a nice word that he never had used before.
"Ori, Enikk, come back here! Food's ready!"
Loudly, Naruto called his two friends once he saw that fishes that he smoked were ready to be eaten, which got him two different responses from two different robots.
Chirp!
Was Ori's answer as it landed on his head and started to make itself comfortable.
The robot with a red gem has gone from its hatchling spider-like form into a bird after he allowed it and its sister to eat one together with him, something that surprised him since he thought their hidden powers were just some makeup belief from RCD, at first.
Of course, it didn't change anything. If nothing else, Naruto was excited to see just how far Ori and Enikk can evolve.
Meow!
Unlike Ori, Enikk has gone from its previous form into a cute mechanical cat, one that currently climbed on his right shoulder and tried to claw and chase away its own sibling from his head.
And no… they didn't eat a cat.
One of Enikk's hidden powers is shapeshifting, a pretty self-explanatory ability that allows it to shapeshift its form.
Why a cat…?
Probably because it was not happy when it saw him happily playing with a stray wild-cat that he gave some of his food to and ignored it for more than half a day, although this was only his guess since it's not like he'd understand what it was saying except for some animal and mechanical noises.
"Come on, you both. Don't fight on my head"
Naruto said amusedly, pretty much knowing that both of his friends could understand what he was saying.
Yes, they acted like two animal babies, at first, clinging to him as if he were their mother. But as time passed and he kept talking to them, they started to grow from babies to real living beings capable of thought… just not speech, yet.
As for why they started bickering, he didn't really know the reason.
Anyway…
The two soon calmed down and took their own seat on his thighs, right for Enikk and left for Ori, calmly and patiently waiting for their own share of smoked fish.
"Ori, Enikk… I'm sorry, but for today's dinner both of you have to share this smoked fish, okay?"
Naruto said with a small, guilty smile as he placed a smoked fish between the two, something that made both creatures look up at him with confusion in their robotic eyes.
He was only able to catch two fish today even though he spent hours sitting and fishing, only to get nothing else.
Of course, the fish he gave to both was much bigger than the one he left for his own dinner. So, in a sense, three of them were indeed sharing and eating a third part of food each.
Honestly, even if Naruto ate two smoked fish for himself, that'd not satisfy his hunger since his stomach's much bigger than a normal human's. But his childish and innocent mind screamed to him that he should never let his friends suffer from hunger, even though most humans should've realized that robots don't need food to consume.
Electricity and oil, perhaps. But definitely not organic food.
Chirp
Meow
Still cannot understand why their creator fed them even though he didn't need to, Ori and Enikk in the end chose to follow his instruction and ate a rather large smoked fish that their creator cooked.
Seeing this, Naruto allowed a small smile to appear on his face.
And soon, he started to eat his own share of fish…
Eating with friends, even though the fish tasted bland from the lack of spices to Naruto, today's dinner tasted a thousand times better than anything he ever had in his whole life.
~Time skip~
A year passed and winter once again came, hibernating some of the most dangerous animals in the forest.
But to one Naruto Uzumaki, it was a nice season to forage some delicious mushrooms…
Chirp!
"Did you find something…?"
As Ori landed on his right shoulder, Naruto asked it a question while using his left hand to give it some pats.
His friend answered him by using its eyes as something akin to a screen projector -but in the air- and showed him a living footage of everything that it saw on its half an hour trip.
And once he saw everything that Ori saw, Naruto beamed…
"Good job, Ori. Come here, you must be tired and cold, right…?"
With both hands, the boy scooped his small friend and put it inside his furry coat, knowing that both Ori and Enikk love to snuggle against him.
The thing he sat on moved frantically when it saw this, jealous and wanted to snuggle against him too.
Feeling this, Naruto gave Enikk some pats on the head with a small smile on his face…
"Don't be like that, Enikk. Let's gather some ingredients and go back to our home after we finish, okay? We can snuggle for as long as you want later"
Growl…?
Now a large, yet still mechanical black panther, Enikk let out a small growl with a hint of curiosity in its tone.
Naruto's smile widened…
"Yes, I promise"
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A few days later, a long blizzard came and hit the forest.
Fortunately, by this point, Naruto was already at his den, talking with his friends in the hope they could learn his language as soon as they could.
He had food.
He had shelter.
And he had blankets that he made using the gathered furs of boars and goats that he had hunted.
So, in theory, he should be able to survive the blizzard even if it lasted for days.
Anyway, where was he again…?
Oh yeah…
For hours, he talked with Ori and Enikk about anything that he'd think of. Anything at all, including his long wish for them to learn his language so they could finally talk with each other.
But it was only when the night came and he was going to sleep that both came to him with eyes full of curiosity.
"… Our… creation… what for…?"
Ori spoke with a mechanical voice that would make someone's eardrums hurt, but Naruto did not care about it as he merely gave his friend a soft smile.
At last.
Normally, he'd be jumping in joy by now.
But he was too tired after he spent his morning foraging mushrooms, followed by talking to his friends for hours without stopping. And thus, his eyes just felt rather heavy today…
But still, he tried to give Ori and Enikk his honest answer.
"Honestly…? I just wanted some friends that I can talk to… care for… and love…"
As drowsiness took a tight grip on him, Naruto's voice became weaker and weaker, so much that Ori and Enikk had to get even closer to hear his words.
By this point, they were already snuggling against his form.
The boy, however, didn't feel this…
"But what is our end game? What role should we play in this world?"
Were Naruto fully conscious, he'd realize that the sleepier he gets, the clearer Ori's words became. But by this point, he already felt like he was hovering in the air and could not think straight.
But that question… kinda hit him hard…
"I think that is a question you should ask to yourself, Ori… for me, living in this forest with you both is more than enough… for you, however, perhaps you might want a grandeur dream… to save the world from destruction, perhaps…?" the boy let out a weak laugh here and scooped both of his friends closer to his chest "… just remember, whatever dream you both might have, you have to work very hard for them"
"Then… I wi-"
Naruto's head felt cloudy as he suddenly lost his ability to hear, and when he did, his hands fell to the side lifelessly and lost consciousness.
~With Ori and Enikk~
"Then… I wish to protect the nature that has become our home and my birthplace"
"Ori…"
The second Naruto's hands fell from their heads, Ori and Enikk gained the ability to talk normally. The former was snuggling against its creator's neck with a sad aura around it while the latter was using its paws to scoop its creator's body closer.
They didn't move from their position for a long time…
Days.
Weeks.
Even years.
And as time passed, both creatures were digesting the memories of their late creator.
They saw his memories when he was a baby.
They saw his memories of living in a village full of people but were accepted by no one.
They saw the memory of the day he got kicked out of the orphanage, how he felt deep down in his heart, and how much he wanted a friend who could accept him.
Even with loneliness and despair in his heart, a large smile was still present in his heart.
"…"
And then, he created them…
They soon felt Naruto's emotions for [Ori] and [Enikk] ran across their whole mechanical bodies and filled their cold and mechanical hearts with emotions they hadn't known. How he felt weaker and weaker with each passing day, only to feel reenergized whenever he was talking and playing with them, even though his body had lost its fumes a long time ago.
To him, they were his whole world.
His precious friends…
And the memories ended with that.
Short, bittersweet, and yet still filled with happiness at the end.
"Enikk…"
By the time Ori opened its eyes, both orbs were glowing with intelligence, just like Enikk's. Although for the latter, it had taken a more humanoid form at this point and was holding its precious creator against its chest, still saddened by his inevitable passing.
"What?"
The humanoid creature made of cables and cords said softly, its eyes never left Naruto's sleeping face even after its sibling called it.
Ori didn't feel offended by this.
"You're the smarter one between us… can you dismantle RCD and turn it into a machine to revive someone?"
"…"
Despite its sibling's silence, Ori could still hear the gears in it turning and moving, a sign that it was actually thinking about what it just said.
But wait…
"Keep thinking about that idea, but onto another question, what gender we should be having? I keep calling myself and you 'it' inside my mind and it's getting confusing"
"What do you mean? Of course, I'll be 'her'. You can be 'him' for all I care"
Unlike the other question, Enikk's answer to this one was very quick, precise, and pretty much left no room for any argument. It even changed her previously unisex voice into something that sounded more feminine in the middle of her sentence.
This time, Ori wouldn't have it…
"You… I can do that too!"
Ori said loudly, also with a mature and definitely feminine voice.
As for why they both bickering about who's going to be female between them, the reason was actually pretty simple.
Their creator, Naruto had no one in his life…
But when he was a baby, a woman with dark hair was picked out by the leader of the village to be his private caretaker, someone who took care of his every need with nothing but a smile on her face.
Anyone but her, baby Naruto would cry immediately.
And thus, to feel even closer to their creator, Ori and Enikk started to bicker with each other about who was going to be female between them. After all, they were made in pairs and thus, one has to be male and the other one female.
Eh… wait…
"Stop it, dummy. You and I are not of the same race… we both can be females of our own race"
"Oh, that's right"
Thus, the bickers stopped just like that, with Enikk still thinking of a way to dissemble a divine machine like RCD and turn it into a revival machine.
It took her a whole day, but in the end, she found a way.
Actually… she didn't…
"I don't know. RCD is a machine for gods to use. Our creator must have a divine bloodline in his DNA since he was able to activate it and created us. Although his DNA wasn't strong enough and thus, his passing. As for dissembling RCD, I don't have reliable source of knowledge that I can depend on since I only have memories of our creator"
"But you can access Ark's files, right?"
"Ark does possess file about RCD, but none of them tell me about how to dissemble it"
Again, the two had the gears in their heads moving as they kept thinking of a way to revive their warm and loving creator.
A few hours later, Enikk had a rather wild idea…
"What if… I live among mortals? We might not have a way now, but what about thousands of years later? Perhaps humans might revolutionize the world of machinery and give me some ideas on how to dissemble the RCD"
After all, as a being made of cables, cords, electricity, and divine energy, she'd have no lifespan in theory.
Perhaps Ori too, but she wouldn't know. After all, unlike her who had gotten her creator's tremendous blue divine energy, it seems Ori's divine energy is red in color.
Said sister of hers soon scoffed…
"Among mortals…? Are you serious? Did you not see what they've done to our creator? What kind of life they forced on him just because of their fear?"
It was hatred that tainted Ori's voice, one that Enikk didn't understand yet at this point.
And thus, she curiously tilted her head…
"I saw it. But looking backward, without them, our creator wouldn't go to the forest and found RCD. And without them, we'd not be created in the first place… so in a sense, our creation was made possible becau-"
"I KNOW THAT!"
As red energy filled Ori's whole body, her mechanical bird form began to get bigger and bigger, until in the end, her head was touching the ceiling.
And it was here, she started to calm herself.
Among all the things she didn't want to do, destroying the place where she was created and spent happy memories with her creator was one of them.
Thus, she let out a small sigh and looked down at her sister…
"I know that… but I'd be willing to erase myself so long he'd spend his life with an honest smile on his face"
Still as calm as possible, Enikk looked up at Ori with eyes tinted with curiosity.
"I do think so too. However, since we can never be able to change the past, I'll wish for the future where out creator can live a happy life with us by his side"
"I see… I guess that's right…"
Seeing the logic in Enikk's explanation, Ori soon closed her eyes for a few seconds before she shot her sister another question.
"But you said it might take thousand of years. Don't you think our creator might be nothing but bones by that point? I mean, he still retains his form right now because we kept pumping his body with the divine energies inside us"
"For that… I have a solution already"
Holding her creator in bridal style, Enikk soon gained several feet of addition to her height, which loosened the density of the cables and cords that made up her whole body.
Ori looked on, curious…
"Hmm, still not loose enough"
After she said her mutters, Enikk's height soon got another additional until she was standing at two meters and a half, or about 8 ft in feet.
And even then, it was still not enough.
"Can't have myself get too tall or I won't be able to live among humans… then I guess… next is hair…"
Extend
Extend
Cables soon sprouted from the humanoid creature's head, each separated into hundreds of much smaller strands until they became thin enough to be a mop of hair.
Enikk then extended each strand so that they could reach her thighs.
Again, her body was still not loose enough…
"But what should I add now?"
"What about your bust and rear sizes? I think you could up yours, since woman with large bust and rear shouldn't be too strange to see"
Now knew what her sister's planning, Ori said her own input.
"…"
Nodding, Enikk soon moved the cables that made up her body into her bosom and hips, enlarging both until they were at the perfect size for her rather inhuman height.
And oh… thighs too, since it'd be very strange to see a tall woman with thin thighs.
"Alright, this should be enough"
As gently as she could, Enikk grabbed her creator by his armpits, facing the same way as hers with the back of his head leaning against her bosom.
Said bosom then slowly split from the middle, along with her stomach, showing the darkness and wet cables inside her body.
Even then, each cable was pulsing with powerful divine energy every few seconds…
"Wait… let me say my goodbye first"
However, before Enikk could place her creator inside her body and preserve the freshness of said body with the divine energy coursing through her, Ori stopped her and leaned down her avian head toward Naruto.
She wanted to say goodbye first…
"Okay"
"I… I promise I'll very carefully take care of the nature that has become our home for so long, so that when you wake up, we can return to this place and catch some fishes again…so this is not actually a goodbye, but a see you later. See you later… Naruto"
"Is that all?"
"Yes"
"Alright, then"
And thus, the world will not see Naruto Uzumaki for a very, very long time.
Or perhaps… he'll only wake up when the world is at the edge of destruction itself.