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Wakfu: Chronicles of the Lost Ninja

-Chapter 7-

-Last Time-

"Why do girls never listen to what I say?" Naruto asked aloud, earning a soft giggle from the greenette holding him.

"Maybe because you keep telling them to do stupid things like leaving you behind." She quipped as they reached the portal. "Now hold on, we're almost the-AGH!" Her words were cut short as a scream escaped her throat just before she suddenly lurched forward, through the portal and into the hard earth on the other side.

Shaking off the nausea he felt from the teleportation, Naruto weakly raised his head to see Amalia lying next to him clutching her side. The cause, a wilted looking purple rose with blood-stained jaws.

-And Now-

"AAAH!" The air was filled with Amalia's screams of agony as Ruel and Eva carried her in their arms. The pair were doing their best to keep the girl steady as they sprinted as fast as they could through the now open plain.

"You better be right about this Eniripsa Ruel! Or I swear I'll make what I did to Dally look like a slap against the wrist!" Eva yelled, her expression an odd mixture of intense concern and utmost rage.

"Trust me Evangeline, if anyone can heal Amalia and Naruto, it's Nausica! She once treated a Wabbit bite on a dear friend of mine!" Ruel huffed back confidently. Though he did start moving noticeably faster after catching a glance at Dally as he ran beside them carrying a green-faced and groaning Naruto with Yugo's help.

Said Iop was currently more bruise than person, with one of his eyes badly swollen up, blood leaking from his mouth from missing teeth, and what looked suspiciously like arrow wounds on his arms. Shortly after they'd gotten away from the deadly flowers, the archer of the group had gone utterly ape-shit on him, and had only let up after Yugo and Ruel managed to pry her off.

Thankfully, before Ruel could start imagining the possible outcomes of possible failure, which was unfortunately very likely given he hadn't seen Nausica in over fifteen years, a house started coming into view in the middle of a wheat field. "There it is! That's her place!"

Nothing else was said as the group ran even faster straight to the cottage, startling a few winged dragoturkeys in their pen as they zipped past. Skidding to a stop just in front of the door, Ruel only paused long enough to give Eva a full hold on Amalia before knocking as loudly as he could.

"One Second~!" A soft voice called out before the door swung open to reveal a chubby woman with brown hair, a cheery smile, and small pixie wings. Her happy expression was quickly replaced with shock however as she saw the small entourage standing outside her home. "Ruel?"

"Hello Nausica, sorry to suddenly barge in on you like this after so long but there's no time for niceties. My friends are in desperate need of help." The elderly man said slightly as he moved to the side so that Naruto and Amalia could be seen.

"Oh dear," The fairy-like woman muttered with concern as her eyes immediately zeroed in on the injuries on Naruto's hand and Amalia's waist. "I'd recognize that bite anywhere. Quickly, bring them in and set them on the bed." She said, moving out of the way as the group entered.

The interior of the home was a single room with a kitchen and medicinal area to one side, a lounge area with fireplace on the other, and at the back was a large bed that the poisoned duo were swiftly placed on.

"Come on guys… I told you I'm fine… stop worrying about me." Naruto grumbled as he tried to sit up, only for Eva to push him back down and covered him and Amalia with the blanket.

"No you're not Naruto. You've been poisoned and the more you move around the faster it spreads. Now. Stay." She said sternly while keeping her hand pressed firmly against his chest. Naruto was about to argue more, but was cut off when he felt something latch onto his side.

Turning his head, he found Amalia with her arms wrapped around him tightly, her seizures having finally stopped. Instead, they'd been replaced with a sensation of extreme cold that left her shivering violently. As she pressed herself against him as tightly as she could for warmth, her eyes stared at nothing with glazed look of terror and agony.

Briefly forgetting about his own annoyance, Naruto reacted instinctually and started rubbing the girl's head soothingly, getting her to settle down slightly. Meanwhile, as this was going on Nausica was busy at work, her now glowing hands held over the pair, her face a mask of concentration as she spoke with Ruel. "Are you certain he was bitten by a red one?"

"Positive. I saw it with my own eyes." The shovel wielder said with a grim nod as he watched the whiskered blonde suddenly turn greener and start vomiting into a bucket that Yugo had given him.

"Then how is he still so coherent?" The Eniripsa demanded quietly while dropping her arms and moving to the medicinal section with the old man in tow. "The amount of venom flowing through this boy should be driving him to absolute hysteria and causing him pain greater than imaginable. Yet, he's acting like he has at worse a bad case of food poisoning."

"I have a theory, but trust me when I say you'd never believe me." Ruel said with a shake of his head. He may have had many adventures that others could find hard to believe in his long life, but even he was still having trouble believing the origins of his whisker-faced companion.

"It wouldn't happen to have anything to do with why I can't identify what he is, would it?" Nausica asked. When she got nothing but silence in response, she continued. "If anything he's like a a mixture of over half the races that walk the world of twelve. The hair and keen eyesight of a Cra, the durability of a Iop or Feca, the regeneration of a Sacrier, minor canine features not to different to an Ouginak. By Eniripsa, he even has a minor connection to nature similar to a Sadidan."

"Like I said, you'd never believe me." Rule repeated, getting the woman to shake her head in exasperation as she finished concocting a lightly fizzing blue potion and pouring into two glasses.

Walking back over to the bed-ridden duo, she gently nudged Eva to the side before handing Naruto one of the cups. "Here, this should take a little of the edge off." She told him while holding the other to Amalia's lips and carefully coaxing the liquid down her throat.

"Thanks," Naruto said, gulping the glass's contents down in one swallow with a mild grimace at the medicine's bitter taste. Though it was worth it as he felt his stomach settle somewhat and his face regained some color. "How long until you can whip us up a pro-urp…proper antidot Nausica-san?"

"It's antidote dear…. and I'm sorry but this tonic is the best I can do." The fairy-woman said sadly, getting everyone to look at her in shock.

"What do you mean? Can't you help them?" Yugo asked, the ears on his hat drooping when the woman shook her head.

"Unfortunately no, if I'd been there when the bites first happened I might have been able to extract the poison, but now it's spread throughout much of the bodies." Nausica said before pointing to Amalia. "That young lady was lucky, violet roses are the old ones that are near death, so their bites are much less potent and only lethal in rare cases. She should be just fine in a few days as long as we keep her well hydrated."

"And I already told you… I'm fi-Bleugh!" Naruto was cut off as he started vomiting again.

"Well, you are and you aren't dear. The red Demonic Rose is the deadliest of the entire species. Anyone bitten by one is almost guaranteed to die within a day of being bitten." Nausica said with a sigh. "However, your body is resisting the poison's affects better than anyone I've ever seen or heard of. Don't get me wrong, it's still killing you, just much slower than it should be. If I were to hazard a guess, I'd give you four or five days, a week if we're being optimistic."

"Then that's a week that we can work on finding a cure." Yugo said, his hat ears perking back up and his face became hopeful.

"I guess, but you're speaking of accomplishing something that people have been trying for decades without success."

Not one to be dissuaded easily, the hat wearing boy grabbed onto the front of the fairy woman's blouse and looked up at her pleadingly. "Please, there has to be something that can help him."

"Well," The Eniripsa started as she thought deeply for a few seconds. "There is one possibility, but it's a long-shot at best."

"It has to be better than nothing, lay it on us." Ruel said, getting nods of agreement from Eva, Dally, and Yugo.

Smiling a little at this, Nausica quickly explained. "There is tales of an ancient tree called the Severum, who's magical glowing sap can heal any ailment. Legend says that it lies somewhere deep within a dangerous place a few miles from here known as the Evil Forest. If anything can save your friend, it's that."

"A heroic quest to a deadly place to get a rare item to rescue a friend!?" Dally exclaimed with sparkling eyes, his wounds looking a lot better thanks to a quick healing spell from the Eniripsa. "That sounds like a job for sir Percedal of Sadly-OOF!" He was cut off mid-sentence by a fist to the face that sent him flying through the wall, curtesy of Eva.

"I'm pretty sure we've had enough of your nonsense for one day Dally." She said angrily as she glared at the groaning Iop.

"Uh Eva, don't you think that was a little… and I'm shutting up." Ruel said nervously with his hands help up in surrender as Eva snapped her eyes towards him. "I'll go looking for this Severum, I'm the best at tracking things of value down."

"Fine," The Cra said with a nod as she let her anger drop for the moment.

"Oh come on guys… This isn't neMPH." Naruto tried to argue, not liking the idea of his friends going to somewhere called the Evil Forest for his sake, especially if it was anything like the Shi no Mori (Forest of Death) he had to go though during the Chunin Exams. He was unable to finish though as Eva covered his mouth, earning herself an annoyed glare.

"Yugo, you go as well for when Ruel gets in trouble and needs bailed out." She said, ignoring the indignant shout from the indignant Enutrof.

"You got it Eva, you can count on us." Yugo said with a grin.

"You guys can borrow my dragoturkeys, they should make searching a bit easier." Nausica said as she led the pair outside to the pen. This left Amalia, Naruto, and Eva by themselves, the latter of which finally removed her hand from her fellow blonde's mouth after several seconds.

"Really? You licked my hand?" She asked with a disgusted expression as she wiped the spit and bile off her hand. "What are you five?"

"Maybe it'll teach you not to cover my mouth next time." Naruto said with a cheeky grin that made Eva roll her eyes but smile a little. "Now could you do me a favor and get Amalia-chan off? She's getting a little… grabby."

Seeing what he was talking about, Eva couldn't help the giggle that escaped her lips. One of Amalia's hands was shoved into his open jacket and was twisted up in the fabric of the black T-shirt underneath, while the other was buried in his messy blonde locks.

"Oi! Stop laughing Surudoi and help me." Naruto said with a pout as he tried fruitlessly to pry off the shivering girl's arms.

"Alright, alright, hold on." The Cra said slightly bemused as she reached down to help. However, as soon as her arms wrapped around Amalia's waist, Eva's eyebrow rose in confusion as the princess became entire still in her grasp.

Shrugging it off, the archer pulled her charge free…

"AAAH!"

…Only to be shocked as Amalia went completely nuts in her grasp, her arms and legs flailing wildly. Unprepared for this, Eva fell to the floor with a gasp as the wind was knocked out of her and she lost her hold on the struggling Sadidan.

"MONSTER! GET AWAY FROM ME! GET AWAY!" Amalia screamed at the top of her lungs, scrambling off of Eva and tossing the stunned blonde across the room with her brambles.

"Eva!" Naruto exclaimed as he got up to help, only to be immediately bowled over by something crashing into his stomach. Choking slightly at the bile that started to rise in his throat, the whiskered blonde did his best to swallow it back down as he sat up and got a good look at what struck him. "What the hell?"

Standing on his chest was Amalia's doll, it's eyes now a deep glowing red and it's mouth set in a wicked grin full of sharp jagged teeth. "Kill. Destroy." It said in a high-pitched voice as it jumped at his face and tried to bite him. It didn't get very far though as Naruto, despite his intoxicated state, still managed to easily catch it in midair held it back with a blank expression. "Destroy! Kill! Destroy!"

"Yeah, how about no." Naruto said dully as he fished out a roll of ninja wire from his pockets and tied the doll up with it. Even then, he made sure to keep a firm grasp on it as he stood back up and looked around.

On the good side, Eva was alright and only had a few bruises that were easily fixed by a returned Nausica. The bad side was that Amalia was rocking back and forth on the floor in a fetal position as her eyes flickered around the room fearfully.

"Poor dear, she's hallucinating." The Eniripsa woman said while trying to approach the girl. Before she could get within ten feet of the greenette though, more brambles burst from the floor and swung at her, forcing the woman to back off. "This is bad, if she keeps exerting herself like this, she'll tire herself out and the poison will cause even more damage."

"Please tell me you know how to snap her out of it then." Eva pleaded as she nursed her head, which was aching a little from the rough landing.

Grabbing a seemingly random bottle from the shelf, Nausica removed the cork sealing it and giving it's contents a sniff before quickly closing it again with a nod. "Not exactly, hold your breath." She said, tossing the bottle right past the vines and against floor a few feet in front of Amalia.

Shattering upon impact, viscous blue fluid slowly oozed outwards from the broken container and started evaporating into a sweet-smelling mist that swiftly started filling the room. Holding their breath like they were told, Eva and Naruto watched as Amalia's eyes went from terrified and alert to droopy and tired.

By the time the gas started filtering out of the cottage, she was completely out cold and the brambles surrounding her fell lifelessly to the ground. It was also at this time that Dally made a reappearance, slowly stumbling in through the hole he'd made with his body...

"Hey guys, I'm alright, just got stuck in a pile of… hey, what's that nice smeeee…" *Thump* …And promptly passed out as he inhaled a large amount of the sedative gas.

Once the last of it was dissipated, Eva and Nausica rushed over to Amalia's side while Naruto dragged Dally all the way back inside by his leg. "Ha, some guardian you are, knocked out of commission twice in less than an hour." Rubilax said with a chuckle from the unconscious teen's belt.

"You know, I am highly tempted to just seal you up like I did Shadofang." Naruto said as he set Dally in the corner.

"If you even so much as think about trying that, I'll rip your arms off." Rubilax growled with a narrowed eye.

"Big talk coming from such a little swo-bluegh!" Naruto started to quip when his stomach decided it wanted to do a triple somersault.

Hearing his retching, Nausica appeared at the blonde's side and guided him back to the bed where Amalia was being tucked back in by Eva. After a bit of coaxing, Naruto reluctantly laid back down as well, though not before he handed Amalia's doll to Eva.

"What was that stuff?" Eva asked, glancing at the broken glass that was left on the floor.

"Dreaming Daisy extract," Nausica said while placing damp cloths on Amalia and Naruto's heads. "It takes a lot to prepare properly, but as you can see it's worth the effort. I try to keep a supply handy for moments just like this."

'Heh, Baa-chan would have loved to meet her.' Naruto thought with nostalgic smile, remembering just how energetic Tsunade reacted whenever she found anything new medical-wise.

"You got that right gaki." A familiar voice said, causing Naruto to freeze as soon as it reached it reached his ears. Slowly turning his head towards the source, his eyes widened so much that they threatened to fall out of his head.

Leaning against Nausica's shoulder was a beautiful blonde-haired woman wearing a sleeveless grey kimono with a dark blue belt and black pants. Her eyes were a light brown that held an excited gleam, a large busty chest that was only emphasized further by her arms being crossed under it, and a lavender triangle in the dead center of her forehead.

Stretching a bit, the woman draped her arm over the Eniripsa's shoulders and hefted up a large bottle of Saki. "What's wrong gaki? You look like you've seen a ghost."

-End Chapter-

AN: Sorry for the short chapter, but it's my birthday today and I wanted to get at least one story updated before the day was over. Now, to be clear, I was not bashing on Dally this chapter, I was just trying to make Eva's reaction believable. If you think I overdid it then I'm sorry and will try to do better next time. Poll is now over with the grand winner being Naruto x Amalia x Eva by an absolute landslide. Thank you for reading and please review.