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Wakfu: Chronicles of the Lost Ninja

-Chapter 11-

-Last Time-

"…What the hell just happened?" Naruto asked with a raised brow while desperately trying to fight down the blush spreading across his face as he felt Amalia and Eva's bodies smooshed up against and contorted around his.

All he got in response was equally embarrassed blushes from the two girls and a chorus of laughter from the boys.

-And Now-

Laughter rang through the air while our group of adventurers traveled through the forest once more, following the scent of freshly made food.

The sources of the laughter were Yugo, Dally, and Ruel, who couldn't help themselves whenever they looked at the still blushing Naruto, Evangeline, and Amalia as they walked down the dirt road.

"Man, that was the funniest thing I've ever seen in all my life," Ruel said with a chuckle, before turning to red-faced trio and waggled his brows. "Especially that last part when Eva accidentally-"

"Finish that sentence and I'll turn you into my new quiver." Evangeline cut in with a growl even as her face turned even redder, causing Ruel to snap his jaw shut with a pale face as memories of her beating the hell out of Dally flashed though his mind. He may be old, but Ruel wasn't senile enough to mess around with righteous feminine fury.

Meanwhile Naruto was quite literally steaming from embarrassment as he reflexively cupped his groin protectively.

You see, whilst our embarrassed trio were untangling themselves from their impromptu confinement, Eva had somehow managed to inadvertently slip her hand down Naruto trousers and grab a handful of 'Naruto Jr.'. While that in itself was pretty awkward, it was only made many times worse since Naruto had been at 'full mast' as it were thanks to a case of morning wood and the arousal he'd felt from Eva and Amalia being pressed up to him.

"Look, there's the village the map told us about! Let's go see if we can get something to eat!" Ruel said quickly in a bid to change the subject before Eva could follow through with her threat. Thankfully for him it worked as everyone else looked ahead where a small cozy looking town with several large wheat fields was coming into view.

"About time, I can't wait to take a nice bath and sleep on a real bed." Amalia said, her embarrassment finally dissipating as her excitement took over.

"I just hope they have lots of food!" Dally said with a grin while rushing towards the bakers village, the rest of the group following suit.

*BOOM*

However, just as the group had reached the entrance to the village, a large explosion rang out as a thick cloud of flour filled the air.

*Cough* "What the-*Cough* hell was that?!" Eva demanded between coughing fits while trying to shield her eyes from the irritating powder.

"Let's find out! Futon: Reppusho!" Naruto called out as a vortex of wind blasted from his hand, clearing away the smokescreen in order to reveal… a giant bread golem standing in the middle of a wheat field with a midget covered in pure white ninja clothes on its head. "Alrighty then, that's a new one."

"Mwahahah! Destroy everything Breadnaught! Smash it all to bits!" The disguised midget yelled in a high-pitched tone before the giant baked good started stomping around, swiftly ruining much of the wheat fields with just a few steps.

"NOOO! MY WHEAT!" A thin brown-haired Enutrof man wearing a large chef's hat yelled as he burst out of a nearby house, his eyes widening in horror as he watched the massive bread monster ruin his livelihood. Just as quickly though, his shock turned into anger as he grabbed a wooden oven peel shaped like a shovel and charged at Breadnaught with a battle cry.

"Do you think we should help?" Amalia asked once she managed to stop coughing.

"Might as well since Dally's already gotten involved," Ruel said while resisting the urge to facepalm when the redheaded warrior ran off and attacked the baker of all things. "Amalia be a dear and smack some sense into him while the rest of us take care of the overgrown croissant."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm on it." The greenette grumbled while walking over to where Dally was still fighting the baker and literally smacking him across the head with a large vine.

"I've got the guy up top!" Yugo yelled before jumping through one of his portals and reappearing on top of the Breadnaught, only to immediately jump back a few feet when the startled midget tried to bash his head in with an oversized rolling pin.

As they started to duke it out, Naruto, Ruel, and Eva arrived at the golem's feet.

"You know, whoever created this thing really should have considered one major issue." Naruto said, earning curious looks from his two companions.

"Really, what?" Eva asked as she created several fist sized holes in the monster with her arrows, hoping for a weakness she could exploit.

"They made it edible! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto called out as several dozen clones formed around him. "It's snack time!"

"HAI BOSS!" The clones cheered back before dogpiling Breadnaught, the sound of chainsaws suddenly ringing out as breadcrumbs flew all over the place.

"…why didn't I think of that?" The blonde elf girl thought aloud, lowering her bow as she watched the bread monster topple over, forcing Yugo and the midget to jump off onto a nearby windmill, and vanish beneath a sea of orange, black, and yellow.

"It does seem like a pretty obvious way to deal with this issue." Ruel said with a nod, also wondering why he hadn't considered such an obvious fix to the problem.

In less than a minute, the once mighty golem had been reduced to nothing but a small pile of crumbs and stuffed clones much to the midget's annoyance.

"Damn you interlopers! You may have beaten my Breadnaught, but victory shan't be yours!" They exclaimed before grabbing a torch out of a nearby stand and tossing it towards a nearby storehouse.

However, it only made it about halfway there until Naruto suddenly hopped up and caught it with a cheeky grin. "Denied!"

His smile quickly fell though as instead of being upset, the mysterious midget laughed haughtily and vanished in a puff of flour.

The reason for this was quickly made apparent though when the smell of smoke reached the whiskered blonde's nostrils and he whirled around to see the entire storehouse ablaze. "What? How?"

"One of the larger chunks that were left of Breadnaught somehow managed to catch on fire before flinging itself inside." Ruel explained as he and the rest of the group met back up.

"Hurry! Someone put it out! That storehouse is full of golden wheat flour!" The baker yelled while he ran around the burning building in a panic, before falling to his knees in despair when the whole thing fell apart into a pile of burning cinders.

Walking up to the grieving man, Yugo patted the man's shoulder with an apologetic look. "I'm sorry we couldn't save your flour sir."

"…It's alright young man." The baker said with a sigh as he slowly stood back up and gave Yugo a weak smile. "At least you managed to minimalize the damage quite a bit and that's better then nothing. How about I treat you all to breakfast as thanks for you help?"

-Five Minutes Later-

The whole gang was seated around a large table, all of them drooling slightly as they stared at the veritable buffet of different breads and baked goods laid out before them.

Smiling at their faces, the baker, who'd introduced himself as Xav gestured to the food with one hand while the other was wrapped around his wife, a middle-aged Cra named Helen, who was holding an infant named Xav jr. in her arms while a young girl named Julie peeked out from behind them. "Well what are you all waiting for? Dig in!"

Needing no other prompting, the sextet (septet counting Az) helped themselves to everything on the table.

"Oh phy osh! Thiff foosh is so sheliscious!" Dally mumbled through the jam covered baguette he was stuffing down his throat, causing a large amount of spit and jelly to pour down his front.

"Ugh, don't talk with your mouth full idiot, haven't you ever heard of manners?" Eva asked irritably, before grinning widely as she wildly chomped away at her own jammed loaf of bread, sending bits of jam and crumbs to fly all over the place.

Yugo, Ruel, and Amalia weren't much better as they practically tore apart anything that was edible before them.

Ironically enough it was Naruto who was the least messy eater, given that despite the speed he was eating at least the large majority of the food he was eating actually stayed inside his mouth.

"So… what was up with the midget lady that was causing trouble?" Naruto asked as he polished off half a dozen croissants.

"That' s a bit of a sto- wait, did you say lady?" Xav asked back with a surprised look as everyone turned their attention towards the whiskered blonde.

"Uh yeah," Naruto muttered, his brow rising as everyone stared at him intensely. "Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"How do you know that person is a girl?" Eva asked with her own raised eyebrow.

"What are you talking about? It was pretty obvious, her voice was a distinct high pitched feminine tone, used a flexibility-based fighting style, had her hair done up in double buns, and I could just see her breast pressing up against her gi whenever she twisted herself to avoid Yugo. Not to mention she was wearing a pretty strong smelling perfume." Naruto idly listed off while munching on a bagel.

…

…

'He noticed all that just a minute?' Amalia, Eva, and Ruel thought at the same time.

"Anyway," Xav started up again, though his voice sounded a little unsure now. "There is a large baking competition coming up that is held here every five years to see who can make the best bread. It is major event in which only the best of bakers can hope to compete, with the winner getting the honor of serving their bread to the king of Bonta himself."

"Wait, let me guess, one of these bakers doesn't like to lose so they're sabotaging the other competitors to help ensure their own victory?" Ruel asked rhetorically once he put two and two together.

"That's correct, and I was certain I knew who it was until just now," Xav said with a frown as he looked back at Naruto. "Are you sure that person was a woman?"

"I spend three years training with a self-proclaimed super pervert." Naruto stated with a dull look.

"…Alright then, if you say so." Helen said, giving Naruto a strange look before turning her attention towards her husband. "Looks like your father could be innocent like I said Xav."

Nodding his head, Xav sighed tiredly as he sank into a chair himself. "Yeah, perhaps I was just letting my anger at him cloud my judgement after all."

"I don't mean to be rude by cutting into such a sensitive subject, but could someone please give us a little more context to work with here?" Ruel asked somewhat awkwardly, getting the married couple to blush lightly at realizing they'd forgotten about their guests.

"Ehem right, my father and I had a falling out a while ago because of our differences in how we prefer to make our bread. You see…" Xav went into a long story about him and his father's, who's name was Ratweasel, cooking styles, mainly how one preferred a thick crunchy crust while the other like a soft fluffy inside. Something that Yugo was quite sympathetic and understanding of given he was the main cook of their little group.

"Crust crazed as my old man is though, he knows that the quality of bread is reliant on the quality of the ingredients. That's why he scooped up the purest sources of water in Amelka, and why I was so sure he was responsible for destroying all my golden wheat flour so I'd quit since normal flour just won't cut it."

"Speaking of your father dear, isn't that him coming towards the door now?" Helen asked while pointing out a window, where a really short and mostly bald old man could be seen walking towards the house with a bag in his arms.

"Grandpa!" Julie yelled excitedly upon hearing this, running outside and hugging the old man who laughed good-naturedly.

"Ah little doughball, you are getting so big! Here, I brought you two some fresh cream croissants to enjoy!" He said while pulling out said treats which the girl happily started munching on. With her busy, Ratweasel turned his attention towards his son and the others who'd come out, the smiel on his face becoming slightly forced. "Hello son, I'm glad to see that you all are alright. I saw the smoke from my home and was rather worried."

"We were lucky that our new friends here came by before anyone could be seriously hurt." Xav said, his once happy and welcoming voice turning cold and neutral.

"Hmm, it looks like your storehouse has seen better days though. If you want, I can lend you some ingredients for the upcoming competition." Ratweasel offered as he glanced at the ruined warehouse, only for Xav to shake his head.

"Thanks for the offer father, but I'm sure I'll be able to manage on my own."

Dropping the fake smile on his lips, Ratweasel nodded with a frown before turning around to leave. "If you say so, but just so you know, my door is always open for you."

Once he was gone, Xav seemed to relax… "Yeowch!" for all of five seconds before his wife grabbed him by the ear.

"Damn it Xav, when will you two act like the grown men you are and let this stupid rivalry of yours drop." Helen demanded while roughly pulling on her husband's earlobe.

"Ow, ow, he started it, ow, please let go of my ear honey!"

Sighing at his childish words, Helen reluctantly complied with the man's wishes. "Whatever, if you'll excuse me, our children need a bath." She said while marching inside with said kids in tow.

This in turn left Xav all by himself with a rather down expression until Yugo walked up to him and started chatting. In less than a minute the man was back to smiling as he and the young blond happily chatted about cooking styles between breads and gobbal stew.

"Uhh, here we go, he's getting to know the guy." Ruel said with a good-natured roll of his eyes as he and the rest of the group huddled together. "Just you wait, in two minutes he'll be over here saying 'Hey guys, what do you think about lending a hand to someone who really needs our help?'."

"What? And bake bread? Are you nuts? I'd rather get some fighting done, thank you very much." Dally said with a huff.

"Then before you know it we're helping every villager we meet with their problems." Amalia added dully, getting a round of agreement from everyone but Naruto.

"Oh please, like it'll be that bad. Besides, even if Yugo doesn't do that, Ruel would make us stay anyway so he could earn money by betting on the competition itself or something." The whiskered blonde said with a chuckle, causing kama signs to appear in the old Enutrof's eyes while the sound of a cash register opening rang out. "Besides, we were planning to stay here a day or two to rest up and resupply, so might as well lend a hand if we can."

"I can't argue with that." Eva said with a sigh while she, Amalia, and Dally slumped slightly in defeat.

Sure enough, a few minutes later Yugo rejoined the group and asked if they wanted to help Xav out, which they agreed to since Naruto had already convinced them. With that out of the way, they were quickly divvied into four groups.

Eva and Amalia would help Helen with getting more golden wheat flour, Yugo would learn the secrets to cooking the perfect loaf of bread with Xav, Dally and Ruel would work on getting the fresh water, and Naruto…

-Xav's house, Ten Minutes Later-

'Why did I get stuck with babysitting?' Naruto mentally grumbled as he carefully set a sleeping Xav Jr. down in his crib.

After tucking him in and making sure he was ice and comfy, the whiskered blonde sat down in a plain rocking chair, not even blinking when he found himself face to face with Julie. "Can I help you?"

"Are those real?" The little girl asked while pointing to Naruto's whiskered cheeks.

"Yes."

"Can I feel them?"

"…alright."

"Yay!" Julie exclaimed happily as she reached out and rubbed the blonde's cheek curiously.

'Hmm, I guess it could be worse.' Naruto thought with a soft smile that quickly turned into a mischievous grin as he suddenly reached out and tickled Julia's armpits.

-End Chapter-

AN: Honest question here, why did I get so many reviews and PMs begging for this story to continue? Did I accidentally suggest that I was canceling it or something? If I did then I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. With that out of the way, hope you all liked the chapter and please review.