My Misadventures as a Hotel Owner
Chapter 4: The Crossovers
Stepping through the boss gate, Naruto as well as Aisha and Hiyori found themselves walking through a narrow passageway which then opened into a wide circular room. The moment that they stepped inside the dark room, they began to hear the sound of animals growling within. The room suddenly lit up by the surrounding magical torches, enabling the group to see what was before them.
There were a large pack of kobolds but they appear different compared to the ones Naruto and co had encountered in the previous floors as they wore metallic plates of armor whilst wielding spiked maces, broadswords, and axes which were suspected to have been taken from the bodies of adventurers they had killed. But the most noteworthy would be the single whose stature towered above all of them; donning armor of higher grade over crimson red fur and wielded a large greatsword with scuffmarks on the blade which was sharp nonetheless. The group took note of the numerous scars covering a majority of its body which told them that it has experience in battle.
"A pack of kobold warriors led by an Alpha Kobold, how interesting," said Aisha thoughtfully.
"And they look strong too," said Hiyori warily.
Naruto unsheathed his Tsumetogi and formed a handsign with his free hand "Hiyori, you and I will take the vanguard position to weed out the Kobold Warriors while Aisha-san uses her spells to blast them away before we can focus on the Alpha Kobold,"
Hiyori nodded in understanding as she adjusted her gloves that protracted golden claws from the fingertips and took a fighting stance "I'm ready to go!"
"Hmph, a passable strategy at most but I should have no issues complying with it, Aisha scoffed but her wand glowed in readiness.
Rolling his eyes at the mage's demeanor, Naruto turned his focus towards the monsters "Alright then, let's take it to em!" he dashed to engage with Hiyori close behind.
"Roger that!" the cat girl called out in affirmation.
Music Start: Dragon Ball FighterZ OST; Planet Namek Stage
Upon reaching one of the Kobold Warriors, Naruto leapt into the air and attacked with a flying kick but the monster quickly raised its spiked mace to block the incoming attack. However, Naruto used this as leverage to launch himself backwards with a somersault and followed up by throwing a combat knife which he enhanced with wind chakra to pierce through the armor plate and strike the heart, killing it. Another of the Kobold Warriors swung its sword which he deflected with the Tsumetogi and continued to do so until he found an opening for a counterattack.
"Gekka-zakuro!" Naruto leapt high into the air and struck down upon the Kobold Warrior then immediately sliced back upwards to finish it off.
"Finally starting to use the sword style from the Uzumaki clan?" Kurama inquired.
"Yeah, I figured that it was about time for me to have it make its debut in this world," thought Naruto, taking a stance with the Tsumetogi held to the side.
Naruto had the devil's luck of finding a locked scroll belonging to the Uzumaki clan during his training trip with Jiraiya; it contained teachings of the Uzumaki Flowing Sword style which he all too easily learnt and was able to best even Sasuke time and again during their encounters due to the Uzumaki clan being absolute monsters when it comes to Fuinjutsu and Kenjutsu. Now with his restored memories, Naruto trained to recall the techniques and was the major reason why he requested for a katana to use.
Snapping out of his remembrance, Naruto saw a couple of Kobold Warriors charging at him with their sword and axe raised to attack and so prepared to counter them as he channeled his chakra "Sakura-endo!" taking a step forward, Naruto sliced both monsters at impossible speeds, taking both out simultaneously.
Suddenly he was struck from behind by a Kobold Warrior with its axe, collapsing to the ground with blood gushing out then he was engulfed in smoke which dissipated to reveal a wooden log. The monster heard a metallic click then a loud bang as something pierced through the back of its skull and out through the forehead before falling to the ground, revealing Naruto holding out his Taurus PT92 with smoke coming out of the muzzle which he then returned to its holster before turning to facing the other Kobold Warriors but took note that the Alpha Kobold was watching him intently…studying him.
Over with Hiyori, she was dealing with her own portion of monsters as she weaved around their attacks then retaliate with powerful punches. Speaking of which, a Kobold Warrior attacked with a diagonal swing of its mace towards the cat girl "Overhand Straight!" Hiyori ducked under the incoming strike and quickly counters with a punch using her body's full weight for maximum damage, denting the chest plate and caving in the monster's ribcage which pierced its heart. Hiyori caught sight of another Kobold Warrior moving in to attack and rushed in to intercept "Flicker Jab!" she unleashed a short burst of quick jabs with her right hand that stunned the monster then followed up with an additional attack "Kitty Kapow!" she unleashed a punch which scorched the ground with the Kobold Warrior down for the count.
Meanwhile, Aisha was also facing her share of monsters in her own way; launching fireballs from a distance but she wouldn't to teleport right in front of them to attack at close range with her magic staff with strong blunt strikes before teleporting away to float in the air with her mana as she pointed her staff at them whilst conjuring a red magic circle in front of her "Chain Fireball!" she launched a barrage of small fireballs before finishing with a large fireball which exploded upon impact, burning them alive.
Aisha smiled smugly "Hmph, such fodder deserves to fall to my magic prowess,"
At that moment, a Kobold Warrior lunged at Aisha which caught her off guard and was about to bite down on her face when there was a loud bang and a hole appeared on both sides of its head as the now dead monster fell to the ground. The female mage turned to see Naruto with his handgun held out whilst kicking away a monster in the chest.
"Don't let your guard down for even a second no matter what," Naruto chided the girl.
Aisha turned away with her cheeks tinged in mild embarrassment "I-I was just making sure that you were paying attention,"
"Whatever floats your boat," Kurama retorted, rolling his eyes at the obvious excuse.
"Hmph," wanting to vent a bit, Aisha set her eyes on several Kobold monsters and aimed her magic staff at them "Lightning Bolt!" electricity arced around the staff before she fired a charged bolt of lightning which electrified them from the inside out.
Soon enough, the trio were able to whittle the entire pack of Kobold Warriors all the way down to two. The remaining monsters took a step back upon witnessing their fellow pack members be killed by the three adventurers, they began contemplating retreat when their heads were suddenly separated from their shoulders by the Alpha Kobold with a swing of its greatsword.
Hiyori was shocked to see this "Why did the monster do that to them?"
Aisha scoffed "It would appear that the Alpha Kobold dislikes cowards and prefers them dead to fleeing the battlefield,"
"But it doesn't have to kill them,"
"Like monsters are capable of understanding our point of view,"
"Stay on guard, this Kobold is different from the others. Those scars on its body means that it has gone many battles and knows how to fight," Naruto alerted them, seeing the Alpha Kobold pick up its sword and leered at them with a growl.
Aisha scoffed "Then this shall be his last battle,"
Music Change: Dragon Ball FighterZ OST; Planet Namek (Destroyed) Stage
The Alpha Kobold charged towards the group with a snarl of anger with its greatsword being dragged along the ground and sparks were flying. Naruto sped through a set of handsigns to use a jutsu.
"Wind Style: Air Bullets!" he took a deep breath before expelling a barrage of compressed spheres of air from his mouth at the Alpha Kobold who brought its greatsword in front of it with the flat side serving as a makeshift shield and continued its approach whilst powering through the attacks till it got close enough to leap into the air and descend with a cleaving strike, forcing the three adventurers to scatter in order to evade the attack.
Hiyori rushed in to attack with a strong straight punch which the Alpha Kobold blocked with its sword and retaliated with a claw swipe for her to duck out of the way "Kitty Kapow!" she attacked once more with intent to inflict a lot of damage but the Alpha Kobold leapt away from her, knowing better than to even try to block such an attack then threw its sword at her.
Naruto intercepted the thrown sword with his katana, deflecting it away from him and Hiyori "Hatou-rindou!" he sheathed his katana to focus for a second then swiftly drew it out to launch a blue crescent wave of energy at the monster but missed due to it darting out of the way "Tch, just like I thought,"
"Lightning Bolt!" Aisha launched a charged bolt of electricity only for the Alpha Kobold to jump out of the way to avoid getting hit much to the mage's annoyance "Let's see you dodge this, Icicle Spear!" she pointed her staff forward whilst conjuring a blue magic circle in front of her then began launch spears made of ice rapidly like a machinegun, the Alpha Kobold began running on all fours and was able to kept itself out of range of the ice spell and even picked up its greatsword along the way before closing in to attack with a diagonal slash which she barely dodged in time with a teleport.
"He learnt from our battle with the Kobold Warriors and knows what to watch out for," Naruto guessed, keeping his eyes on the monster for any movement.
"Think it's about time that you step things up a bit," said Kurama.
"Yeah, time to do what I do best…be unpredictable!"
Naruto crossed the middle and index fingers of both hands together, creating a cloud of smoke then a trio of shadow clones shot out of it and dashed towards the Alpha Kobold, constantly attacking from different angles with the monster defending against them until they tried to attack all at once which was when the Alpha Kobold performed a spinning slash to send them flying and being forcefully dispelled. It was at that moment the original Naruto descended from above with a Rasengan in hand, having been concealing his presence on the ceiling of the dungeon for an ambush.
"Rasengan!" he rammed the jutsu into the Alpha Kobold's back, driving the monster into the ground and making it howl in agony before the reborn ninja somersaulted backwards "Now's your chance, let him have it!"
"Right!" Hiyori rushed at the downed Alpha Kobold whilst channeling her energy in preparation for an attack "Flash Thousand!" she launched the monster into the air with a fierce uppercut then unleashed a relentless flurry of punches whilst juggling in midair with the last strike knocking it away from her.
"Hmph, let it be said that I have never wasted an opportunity whenever it presents itself before me, Crimson Tower!" Aisha struck the ground with her magic staff as a red magic circle appeared beneath the Alpha Kobold moments before suddenly being engulfed in a spinning pillar of flames which died down to reveal severe burns on its body.
Naruto himself wasn't being idle either, having sheathed his katana and prepared to attack "Asagiri-rendan!" he dashed forward at blazing speeds till he was before the Alpha Kobold and slashed relentlessly, inflicting numerous cut all over the monster's body before jumping away as a precaution towards any potential retaliation.
Everyone watched the prone form of the Alpha Kobold with tension and Hiyori was being vocal about it.
"Is it over?" the cat girl asked warily.
Suddenly, they heard a deep growl from the Alpha Kobold and saw a blood red aura being emitted from its body as the monster rose to its feet once more and looked at the trio with utmost hatred and made it quite clear with a ground shaking howl of rage.
"I-I think it's mad…,"
Aisha glanced at Hiyori with annoyance and snarked at her "Really, how come I didn't see that?"
"It must have gone into a berserk state a-WATCH OUT!" Naruto quickly grabbed Aisha and Hiyori and jumped away right before the Alpha Kobold struck where they once stood and leered at them "He's faster than before, that berserk state must have buffed up its stats,"
"Then what we do?" asked Hiyori.
"Sounds like you need my help on this one," Kurama spoke up.
"I can handle him," Naruto refuted.
"I would agree with you if it was the you from after the defeat of the two Zombie ninjas from the Akatsuki but now it's not the case this time,"
"…fine, but I'll use the tailless level of your chakra,"
Kurama grinned in anticipation "Finally, a chance to make my presence known once more!"
Naruto stepped forward whilst sheathing the Tsumetogi "I'll serve as the main focus while you two chip in with your attacks at any chance that presents itself to you," then he put his hands together to form the tiger handsign much to the surprise of the two.
"But, that's too dangerous!" Hiyori protested.
"And foolhardy as well, with your current level, this strategy is viewed as nothing more than suicide," Aisha added in a disapproving tone.
"For a normal adventurer you'd be right about that, but I'm not your everyday adventurer as you're about to find out," Naruto responded.
The two girls were about to inquire what he meant by that when they felt it…the domineering presence of a powerful beast, even more so than that of the Alpha Kobold and it was coming from Naruto of all people. Red aura surged out of the blonde's body and formed into nine semie-transparent tails, the energy churned up dirt and gravel all through the large dungeon room as the tails swirled around before reentering Naruto's body then formed a shroud around it, he raised his head to reveal that his whiskermarks have become more pronounced and that the pupils of his eyes became slitted like that of a feline's.
"Whoa…," Hiyori was in awe at what she was seeing and didn't have any words to describe what she was feeling right now, like she was in the presence of a being far beyond an Alpha.
Aisha was shocked and admittedly wary of the power being radiated from the supposedly low-level adventurer before her "This level of power radiating from him, it doesn't belong him from what I'm sensing right now. This kind of energy can only be found in legendary class beasts like dragons amongst others, could he have formed a contract with one to be able to do this? What could he have done to be able to impress a legendary class enough to form a contract at such a level?"
"I'm taking point," Naruto hardly lifted his foot when he disappeared at speeds that it appeared like he had teleported and reappeared with his fist buried into the Alpha Kobold's belly with such force that it spat out blood. Not stopping there, Naruto proceeded to repeatedly punch the monster at superfast speeds before jumping into the air and knocking it away with an aerial roundhouse kick to the face.
Recovering with a snarl, the Alpha Kobold lunged at Naruto all the while swinging its greatsword in a frenzy with the latter easily evading and countering with his own punches and kicks before suddenly sliding in between its legs and using a pair of combat knives to slice the tendons, making the monster drop to its knees in agony.
Seeing the opportunity, Hiyori rushed at the Alpha Kobold with her fist reared back "Straight Charge!" she dashed across the dungeon room and landed a powerful straight punch into the monster and managed to break its ribcage, but the monster refused to back down as it knocked her away with a backhand and forced itself to rise to its feet once more to attack.
"I'm afraid that I cannot afford to waste any more time with you, Lightning Shackles!" Aisha pointed her magic staff at the Alpha Kobold to conjure a yellow magic circle then ropes made out of lighting shot out and wrapped around the monster's arms, legs and neck whilst simultaneously restraining and shocking it.
"Time to wrap this up," Naruto leapt high into the air with Kurama's practically surging out of his body as he created a shadow clone to help him form a Rasengan which seemed to vacuum the excess chakra into it then the clone grabbed the original to flung him towards the Alpha Kobold which tried to break free from the lightning spell but was too late in doing so "It's over with this, Tornado Rasengan!" he rammed the high-powered jutsu into the monster, blasting away and smashing into the dungeon wall with its body being embedded there and a wide hole in its chest.
Naruto exhaled deeply with Kurama reabsorbing his chakra with the shroud dissipating and becoming calm "Goes without saying but we won,"
Music End
Hiyori began cheering happily while jumping up and down "Yay, we won! It was a great battle!" then she heard a ding and her status screen appeared before her "And I've levelled up too!"
Aisha smiled smugly, brushing some imaginary dust from her magic staff "It's obvious that we won due to my presence here," she noted that also got a level up notification as well.
"It was a team effort, just the way I like it," Naruto pointed out while noting that he also got the level up notification and called on his status screen to check on the new updates.
Name: Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze
Age: 18
Race: Human (Reincarnated)
Job: ?
Title: Child of Prophecy, Sage of Peace, ?, ?
Level: 11
Strength: 67
Magic/Chakra: 73
Attack: 52
Defense: 56 (+20) (Fuinjutsu Boost)
MAG Attack: 54
MAG Defense: 45
Agility: 74
Luck: ?
Weapon: Tsumetogi [ATK:30 MAG:0]
Sub-Weapon: Taurus PT92 (Semi-Auto Pistol) [ATK:25 MAG:0]
Armor: None
Accessory: None
Skills: Chakra Manipulation LV4, Shadow Clone, Substitution, Rasengan, Wind Manipulation LV3, Fuinjutsu LV5
Naruto smiled in approval "Nice, just need to keep this up,"
"By the way, I'm quite curious about the power you wielded. Did you form a contract with a legendary class beast?" asked Aisha curiously.
At first confused and wary at the question, Naruto got an idea to use what Aisha asked about to weave an explanation that could help him in the long term while he's in the Isekai world
"Actually yeah, I met this nine tailed fox back when I was a kid. He was a grumpy guy at first but we eventually became friends to the point that he formed a contract with me which includes supplying me with a portion of his power. But I need to be careful with how much power I receive from him otherwise it would do my body more harm than good," Naruto explained.
"Half of a truth and half of a lie, as expected of a shinobi such as yourself or is it rather your prankster side doing so?" said Kurama playfully, he always did enjoy the blonde ninja's pranks when he was younger back in their old world.
"Is that so?" said Aisha, feeling a bit skeptical but decided to not look into it…for now.
"That power is so amazing, a little scary though. It was like you became a beast yourself while not transforming your body," said Hiyori.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "Yeah, he told me that it would feel that way to those near me whenever I use it," then he noticed something from the corner of his eye "Hey, what's that over there?"
Everyone turned to see a purple magic circle spinning in the middle of the Floor Boss Room as a large velvet red chest with a gold frame appeared before the magic circle faded away.
"Guess it's a reward for defeating the Dungeon Floor Boss," said Naruto thoughtfully, seeing this to be a common mechanic in many if not all RPG games.
Walking up to the treasure chest, the group opened it and were greeted with the contents; gold, silver and copper coins, gemstones, monster crystals and cores, there were magic items like potions as well so they began to sort them out amongst themselves. They were looking through the chest when Hiyori caught sight of something and took it out.
"Hey, what's with this book?" Aisha looked to see Hiyori holding up what appears to be a small gray ornate book which was bounded in chains and gave a cry of excitement.
Aisha snatched the book from the cat girl's hand "I've finally found one!"
"What is it?" asked Hiyori curiously.
The mage rolled her eyes in response "Of course you wouldn't know, this here is a grimoire which is a device of sorcery and said to contain knowledge about various kinds of magic depending on the grimoire," she looked at the book with giddiness "I've been going to many magic libraries and dungeons in search of these grimoires. Finding one here in this dungeon has made the trip worth it, now to get rid of these chains and see what's inside," Aisha touched the chains only to suddenly drop the book to the floor with a yelp of pain as if something shocked her.
"What happened?" asked Naruto confusedly.
"I don't know, when I touched the chains, it zapped me. Well, I'm not going to give up here!" Aisha picked up the book and grabbed the chain only to drop it again due to receiving another jolt only that it was stronger this time "Why does it keep doing that!?"
Hiyori hummed in thought "Maybe the book is alive in a way? I've heard from my friends that there are certain items and weapons possessing a level of sentience that they can even choose who uses them,"
"That could be true, it certainly explains why it keeps zapping you," said Naruto, having seen this kind of things in fantasy video games and anime, plus he hasn't forgotten about that freaky sword once wielded by the Akatsuki member Kisame before it chose Killer Bee as its new wielder.
Aisha understood what they were saying and stomped her foot in anger "Just when I finally found an answer to what I was searching for, this has to happen! If what you're saying is true, why don't you try it for yourselves then?"
"Sure, I don't really delve in magic but I'll try," said Hiyori, she picked up the book and touched the chain but also got zapped by it "Ow, that hurts. And I was planning on giving it to one of my friends as a present when I get back home,"
The mage groaned "You too? This book is too picky!" she turned to Naruto "I guess it's left to you; I'm not expecting anything at this point,"
"Sure, no actual harm in trying," Naruto shrugged in response as he picked up and was about to touch the chains and prepared to be zapped when the chains suddenly unraveled themselves and wrapped around his left forearm much to his and the others' shock "What the-get off me!" he tried to yank it off him but to no avail.
"Hurry up and get that thing off you, it's siphoning off your energy!" said Kurama urgently, making the blonde struggle even harder.
Suddenly a female voice not belonging to Aisha or Hiyori spoke in his mind "Finally, I have found the one I have been waiting for after all these years,"
"Who are you!?" Naruto demanded.
At his question, the book let out a bright flash of light which forced everyone to shield their eyes to avoid being blinded then the light died down for everyone to look and Naruto noticed that the book wasn't attached to his arm anymore.
Standing before them is a young petite woman with long grey-white hair and a large black bow atop her head. Her clothes consist of a black strapless camisole with white stripes which is connected to a black choker with a metal ring, a red mini skirt with white clothes, black stockings and brown loafers. In addition, she wears black arm sleeves held together with white bands, a black grommet belt, small black belts on both legs with the right one on the upper thigh and the left one on her ankle.
"I am the Astil Manuscript and you sir are my brand-new owner and master," the girl introduced herself as she crossed her arms with a proud smile, surprising everyone around her.
"Owner and master? That means you're the grimoire!" Aisha exclaimed in realization.
The girl smirked in response "That's right, been sleeping in this dungeon for a long time. My last master had reached the final floor to face the dungeon boss but…," she looked down sadly "He didn't make it,"
Hiyori nodded in understanding and sympathy "I'm sorry for your loss,"
"Okay, so why did you choose me and not the others?" asked Naruto in mild curiosity.
"The thing is that when someone touches me, I absorb a small amount of their mana and analyze the essence to see the kind of person they are," said the girl then she pointed a finger at Hiyori "In addition to belonging to the Fighter, your mana is more attuned to close combat and having a low aptitude towards magic which was why I didn't choose you," she pointed at Aisha "You on the other hand have the highest aptitude in magic , even higher than my last master. By all rights, I should have chosen you to be my master,"
"Then why didn't you?" asked Aisha.
"You already know the problem which was why you're searching for grimoires to resolve it; something took your magic from you which you're trying to recover. If I tried to form a contract with you, your core would have been damaged beyond repair," the girl explained, making the mage pale in realization of what could have happened she was being forceful earlier.
"That explains why she's travelling all over the place, she's trying to restore her magic power. It makes me wonder what could have been able to extract her power," thought Naruto.
"Who knows but you'd better watch yourself since it might happen to you too," Kurama cautioned his partner, receiving a nod of affirmation from the blonde shinobi.
"As for why I chose master, is because he's interesting," said the sentient grimoire.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Naruto confusedly.
"When I absorbed a portion essence, I was nearly overwhelmed by its great potential…the potential to be anything, highly adaptive and cannot be predicted. I've never seen such potential since my first master and I want to see what it will grow into,"
Naruto rubbed the back of his head, feeling shy from how she described him "Wow, never heard anyone say that about me,"
"And there's also another reason…," the girl moved to hung a surprised Naruto from behind and smiled mischievously "I get to have to have this handsome hunk as my new master!"
"W-What? That's another one of your reasons!?" Aisha was flabbergasted to hear this.
"Hmph…," Hiyori started to pout, not liking what the sentient grimoire was doing to her new friend.
"Um, can you get off me so we can focus on what to do next?" asked Naruto timidly.
The girl pretended to pout "Awww, but I wanted to hold you a little more. But if my master commands, I'll obey plus I need to adjust a bit more since it's been a long time," she transformed into her grimoire form with the chains wrapped around his forearm like before.
"Do you have to hang from there? It would rather inconvenience him," Aisha pointed out.
"Since you put it that way, I have a much better idea in mind," said the grimoire before unravelling the chains to wrap around his neck and act as a necklace "This way, I'll be closer to his heart than any of you,"
"Grrrrr…," the mage glared at the book, no longer regretting to have not been able to contract with it.
"Looks like we have a tagalong," Kurama mused.
"Not to worry, I won't hog him all to myself," said the grimoire telepathically.
"Hmph, we'll see…,"
"So, what happens now?" asked Hiyori, wanting to put everyone back on track.
"Well, I'll be marking this place as my checkpoint for today's training and will be returning home to rest. What about you two?"
"Hearing your statement just, I'm also thinking of returning to rest at an inn in the city. Although I'll be in for a long trip back since I failed to secure a Return Scroll before entering the dungeon," said Aisha with a small frown.
Hiyori bonked her head lightly in realization "I knew I forgot something; I didn't pack a Return Scroll either!"
Naruto was about to say something when a message window appeared in front of him and it read.
[Suitable location for Warp Point detected. Would you like to mark this floor as a Warp Point? Yes/No]
"Warp Point, what exactly is that?"
[Warp Point is a feature which enables instant travel between the marked down Warp Point and the Inn without having to travel the distance in real time, and it's exclusive only to the owner of the Inn. The feature can be used once after every 60 minutes which can be reduced depending on the level of the Inn. A major requirement for sent up a Warp Point will be for the location to be in a safe zone or for there to be less influence on it]
"Looks like I've gotten my Fast Travel feature much sooner than I expected, talk about convenient timing," thought Naruto then he looked at Aisha and Hiyori "I have a quick way back but it leads straight to my home, but you can stay there for the meantime before resuming the rest of the way,"
"Are you sure about this master? My contract allows me to see your memories which let me know that it's not exactly supposed to be known as of now," the grimoire inquired.
At first surprised, Naruto got what she was asking him "I'm sure we can trust, provided that they could keep it a secret for now," he looked at the two, hinting at what he wants from them.
"Don't worry Naruto, I promise not to tell anyone about your secret. But could I at least tell my partners/friends? I don't really feel right, keeping secrets from them," said Hiyori a bit timidly at the last part.
"I'd have to meet them first before letting you do so if that's okay with you," said Naruto.
"Sure, no doubt they'd want to try your cooking once I bring them over!"
Aisha scoffed in response "As a mage, I've long since learnt how to keep secrets concealed especially since I have some of my own. Rest assured, not a single word will ever escape these lips of mine,"
Naruto nodded in affirmation after sensing no negativity when they assured him "Alright then, I'll be setting up a warp point to my place," he pointed to a certain part of the dungeon which created a cyan colored circle with four orbs of the same color orbiting around it to appear (an Kingdom Hearts 2 Save Point) "Alright then, follow me," he stepped onto the circle and felt himself being teleported away in a flash of light.
"Wow, I'm going too!" Hiyori stepped onto the circle and was also teleported.
"Quite an interesting type of magic circle for teleportation, I better stop being sidetracked and follow after them before it fades away," Aisha quickly followed after the two by stepping onto the warp point to be transported like them.
Reappearing amongst the two, Aisha noticed that they were still in the dungeon and decided to inquire from Naruto "Why are we still in the dungeon?"
"Actually, we're on the fourth floor of the dungeon and a short way from my place. It's this way," Naruto explained
then he walked along the familiar route with the two in tow till they arrived at a seemingly dead-end, Aisha was about to ask again when she saw Naruto reach into his pocket and brought out a key. He approached the wall and imitated the actions of someone opening unlocking a door and was shocked when he went through the wall like a ghost. She was snapped out of her shock when he called out to them.
"Come on in, the door's open after all," said Naruto.
"O-Okay," Aisha carefully approached the wall and braced herself in the case that she runs into but it wasn't so as she went through it like Naruto did and was soon next to him with Hiyori close behind before the blonde locked the door behind them.
"I'd like to welcome you two to my inn; The Spiraling Leaf!" said Naruto proudly.
There were footsteps and Felicia appeared, smiling upon seeing Naruto "Naruto-sama, you have returned safely and with guests as well,"
Naruto started with the introductions "This is Felicia, she's my maid. And Felicia, they're Hiyori Harusaki and Aisha Landar; friends that I made when I was exploring the dungeon floors,"
Felicia bowed in greeting "It is a pleasure to meet you both, you may rest in the living room while I prepare refreshments and inform Hestia-sama of Naruto's return," she walked away to do what she said.
"Come on, I'll take you to the living room before going to change my clothes," said Naruto.
"O-Okay…," Aisha stammered, still trying to come to terms with what's going on while Hiyori looked around in awe and curiosity with the latter being due to her feline nature.
After escorting the two to the living room, Naruto left them to go to his room to change his clothes after taking a quick shower, but there was one small hiccup…the grimoire doesn't want to let him go into the bath alone.
Back with the mage and cat girl, the former was looking at every single around her and analyzing with a critical due to one major factor; there's no mana or any form of magical energy in the atmosphere or surroundings. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard someone enter and turned to see a pretty girl with long black hair tied into twintails who greeted them cheerfully.
"Hello, my name is Hestia and it's nice to meet you all. Felicia had informed me that Naruto had brought along friends," said Hestia with a bright smile.
Hiyori smiled back with a friendly wave "Hello, I'm Hiyori and she's…,"
Aisha shot to her feet and pointed a finger at Hestia "This divine aura that I'm sensing; you're a goddess!"
Hestia nodded unsurely "Yes I am, but I don't know your name,"
"Oh, forgive my sudden rudeness. I am Aisha Landar. I'm just confused as to the kind of place it is, especially I don't sense any magical energy whatsoever," said Aisha.
Hestia nodded in understanding "I see why you're confused, so why don't you have a seat and wait for Naruto to return? He holds the answers to all of your questions,"
"Oh…okay,"
With hesitation, Aisha retook her seat along with Hestia and waited. Felicia came in with a platter of herbal tea and rice crackers which Aisha and Hiyori found odd but came to like the taste before the maid left to resume tidying the inn. Naruto came in whilst dressed in casual clothing consisting of a long-sleeved orange jacket, a pair of blue jeans and a pair of orange sneakers with white accents and sat amongst them.
"I guess you have a lot of questions," said Naruto knowingly.
"Just what is this place? I don't sense any mana at all and I've never any of these things here, who are you truly?" asked Aisha.
"What I'm about to say ties to why I wanted you to keep my inn a secret for the meantime. The reason why you don't sense any mana is because you're no longer in your world but rather in mine," Naruto explained, shocking the mage and cat girl.
"You're saying that we're in another world, your world? How is it possible?"
"That would be a because of this inn, I recently discovered that it has the ability to create a passageway to the dungeon of your world. As for why you weren't able to sense mana, that would be because magic doesn't exactly exist in my world,"
"Magic doesn't exist here? I can't even imagine such a possibility…," said Aisha, she had been introduced to magic when she was a kid and delved into it, revealing to be a prodigy. It's quite a shock to her when she had her magic stolen by that ring and had been looking all over to find it and get her magic back. Now she learns of a world where magic doesn't exist.
"I understand where you're coming, here we believe magic to be fiction and unreal. We rather use advanced technology for our everyday lives among other things. The handgun you've seen me use is but one of many with others being stronger to the point of even leveling cities," Naruto explained.
"I see, then why is a goddess here? I can tell that she's from our world," said Aisha.
Hestia then spoke up "I can explain that one, you see I was wrongly accused of being a demon and thrown in the dungeon to be killed by the monsters inside. Fortunately for me, Naruto arrived in time to rescue me before anything worse happened ad brought me here to recuperate. We also have reasons to believe that it was a demon disguised as an adventurer who made that false accusation to try and kill me,"
"That sounds pretty bad," said Hiyori in sympathy.
"I know, which is why I am so grateful to Naruto," Hestia turned to Naruto with affection, making him look away shyly.
"I simply did what I knew was the right thing," said Naruto.
"Humble as always," said Kurama teasingly, getting a grumble in return from the blonde ninja.
"Say Naruto, can you show us how your world is like?" asked Hiyori curiously, excitement building up inside her. She never would have thought that she would enter another world and wants to see more of it, this just makes not telling her friends much harder to do.
Naruto was about to reply when his phone started to ring and brought it out from his pocket to see the caller id.
"What's that?" asked Aisha.
"It's called a smartphone, it's a mobile device that enables you to communicate and instantly send messages to other people even if they're across the world," Naruto explained.
"Amazing, and not a bit of mana is required to use it,"
"Hang on, I need to take this call," Naruto answered the call and held the phone to his ear "Hello, it's Naruto,"
{Hey Naruto, it's Rav}
"Oh hey Rav, what's up? Is there something you need me for?"
{In a way yeah, I need you to come over to the garage right now. It's urgent} said Rav with insistence.
"Okay, I'll be right over," Naruto ended the call and turned towards the others "Something just came up and I need to go and see what it is, but I'll be back as soon as I can,"
"I'll be sure to see to their needs," said Felicia
"Thanks Felicia-chan, I'll see you all later," Naruto got up and left the inn whilst calling for an Uber driver to hitch a ride.
"Hestia-chan, I believe your favorite show is about to start," Felicia informed the goddess.
"Oh you're right, thank you for reminding me!" Hestia grabbed the remote to turn on the TV.
"A show?" asked Hiyori confusedly.
"You're yet to discover the wonders of Naruto's world. Do join me, I'm sure you'll come to enjoy this show too like me," said Hestia.
"Okay, Hestia-sama," said Aisha hesitantly.
"I'll go and prepare more refreshments," Felicia went to the kitchen to do just that.
Upon arriving at the garage and paying off the Uber driver, Naruto went inside and called out to Rav.
"Hey Rav, you in here?" asked Naruto, looking around for the mechanic.
The said person came through a door while wiping his hands on a dirty rag before noticing Naruto's presence "You showed up much sooner than I expected,"
"Well, you said it was important so I used an uber to get me here quickly," The blonde shinobi shrugged in response "So, what was it you need my help for, is it about a car?"
"That's pretty much the gist of it, follow me and I'll show ya," said Rav before walking off with Naruto following him.
The mechanic led Naruto over to a car which was covered with a black tarp, Rav grabbed a hold of the tarp and pulled it off to reveal what was underneath to a now surprised Naruto.
"Whoa, that's a 2015 Subaru WRX STI! The baby can be modded for just about anything; Street, Drag, Drift and even Off-road races. Who are we speccing it for?" asked Naruto.
Rav then tossed the car keys while holding a brown folder "It depends on you…since it's yours after all,"
The blonde ninja blinked in confusion "Wait…what?"
"I said that the car is yours now, plus I called it a small favor and have your driver's license and papers all prepped up in this folder," said Rav while holding up the aforementioned folder.
"Wait wait wait, just how did you get this car and why?"
Rav responded "Cashed in one of my many small favors to get a fresh one right out of the stocks and as for the why, how long have you been working in this garage with us?"
Naruto hummed in thought "I think about two years now…,"
"That's right, in the two years that you worked with me; you've been very hardworking, always giving your all without complaint or selfishness. You even helped with things that many would consider almost impossible to accomplish if you weren't there to do so. Not only that, the clients and customers really like you thank to your nice personality as well as your performance in fixing vehicles and certain stuff in time before deadlines. Heck even Mac, Tyler and Jesse have a liking for you," Rav explained.
"Come on Rav, I did those things because it was the right thing to do," the blonde shinobi tried to wave off the praise.
"And your modesty is the clincher to it all, it is why we decided to give you this new car as a gift/reward for your efforts. Plus, this is a chance for you to finally take part in the street racing circuits. We could tell that you really wanted to be in the thick of it but you had always prioritized others over it. So, this is killings lots of birds with one stone,"
Naruto wanted to deny the gift, he really did because he felt that it was too much for a reward but…he looked at the car and sighed. There's no way he could refuse this, it'd be like he was spitting on their generosity and that the last he wants to do.
"*Sigh* Alright Rav, I'd be an asshole if I tried to refuse," said Naruto.
Rav smiled in approval "Glad to hear that, go on and give your new ride a whirl, see how it runs. Remember that you can get upgrades here when you need it,"
"Thanks Rav, I really appreciate this,"
"Don't mention it,"
Naruto took the folder from Rav and took a seat inside his new car, igniting the engine and revving it a few times to listen to its roar with a wide grin. He exited from the garage into the street when he proceeded to drive through various streets as he wanted to get used to driving a car more frequently now.
Deciding to take the more isolated routes at the outskirts of the city, Naruto saw this as an opportunity to see what his Subaru can really do. He drove to the top of the canyons and turned around, then he pressed down on the pedal which did a slight burnout before accelerating rapidly. Naruto was handling the turns with great care and confidence, knowing when to speed up and slow down based on what Tyler, Mac and Jess taught him when they visited Rav sometime ago, he started to practice on his drifting skills just like what Mac had taught him and saw that the Subaru was handling the turns well and didn't oversteer. Soon enough, he reached the bottom and slowed down a bit since the last thing he wants is to attract the police, recalling that Yumi had spoken of the police becoming more vigilant towards street racers.
"I gotta say, this world has a lot of interesting things," said the grimoire.
"True and there's so much more out there," Naruto then hummed in thought "By the way….do you have a name?"
"Huh, what do you mean?" asked the sentient grimoire confusedly.
"It's just that Astil Manuscript describes what you are but not who you are, I've gone through something like that before and a lot from that. So, I'm asking if you have a name for yourself that you actually like," Naruto explained, Kurama hummed as he knew what he was talking, humanity had always been identifying him as the Kyuubi which made him detest them and found unworthy of knowing his true name. besides his father Hagoromo and Ashura, Naruto was the third to have earned the right to call him by his true name.
"Well, I don't exactly have a name," said the grimoire, feeling a bit sad at this.
"I see…would you like for me to give you a name?" asked Naruto.
"You'll give me a name? I mean, yes please!"
Naruto thought carefully, wanting to make his first name to be a good one, he then looked through the windshield to gaze at the clear skies and got some inspiration "How about…Sora? It means sky in my language,"
"So-ra...sky…Sora! Yes, I like it!" the newly named Sora suddenly shifted into her human form and hugged him "Thank you!"
"Hey let go, I'm driving here!" Naruto called out in panic, struggling to make the happy release him before they crashed in something, he just got this car!
Soon enough, he drove back to the inn and parked it in the driveway before going inside. There he found Hestia and Hiyori watching a show on tv while Aisha appears to be having a conversation with Felicia about something before noticing his entry.
"Welcome back Naruto-sama, I hope you had a good day," said Felicia in greeting.
"That I did, turns out that I received a car from Rav which makes our outing tomorrow a lot easier,"
Hiyori turns towards Naruto in excitement "You mean you'll be taking us out tomorrow?"
"Yup, plus I need to get you guys some clothes in order to blend in easier and not attract the wrong kind of attention,"
Hestia spoke up "I'll lend you some of my clothes for tomorrow,"
"It will be interesting to see what other interesting things are out there besides what I've seen from this…television if the term is correct," said Aisha with interest.
"I'll go and prepare tonight's dinner," said Felicia before going to the kitchen.
"I'm coming along too, need to choose the recipes suitable since they're new to this world's cuisine," Naruto followed after the maid into the kitchen.
"Wait, I can help too!" Hestia shot to her feet and followed after the two to help them cook tonight's dinner. As they were preparing the ingredients, the goddess spoke to him "Um Naruto, remember what I asked you about before you went to the dungeon?"
Naruto nodded in affirmation "Yeah, you said you wanted to ask me of something,"
"After dinner, can you come to my room? It's something private,"
"Oh okay,"
"I wonder what that something is?" asked Sora with a mischievous smile.
"I'm sure it's nothing like what you're hinting at," thought Naruto.
"But the chances are there though,"
"Cut it out, Sora,"
Later on, dinner was served as it consists of katsudon, tempura, teriyaki, fruit salad, freshly squeezed fruit juice, and apple pie as dessert. Aisha and Hiyori loved the food and felt it somehow made them feel stronger for some time which further convinces Naruto that the food from his world have buffing effects in the Isekai world which made him consider opening up a food stall there but didn't want to get ahead of himself just yet.
Wanting to while away the time with the food being digested, Naruto thought it to be good idea to watch a movie on the TV to entertain his newest guests. He decided to go with the classics by playing 101 Dalmatians and it immediately got them hooked, Aisha watched with abrupt attention while Hiyori's excitable nature kept getting the better of her as she would often jump to her feet to cheer on the dogs and hiss at the villains until the end of the show.
Aisha expressed her awe at the technology of the world being able to do such when their world does live plays and Hiyori wanted to watch more but Naruto pointed out that they needed to rest since he'll be taking them out to the city, calming the cat girl down. Afterwards, Felicia guided them to their rooms which she had tidied up earlier for them to sleep in. Naruto himself went to Hestia, knocking on the door softly and waited before entering once she gave him permission.
Naruto sat on the floor and spoke "So, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?"
Hestia started to fidget nervously, not knowing how to start "Um, well you see…uh,"
"Take your time Hestia-chan, no need to rush,"
"O-Okay…," Hestia took in a deep breath and exhaled "Naruto…you were the one who rescued me from the goblins in the dungeon, took me in, cared for me without asking for anything in return, and still want to keep helping me,"
"I did all that because I wanted to and saw no reason to do otherwise. I wouldn't be able to live with myself had I chosen to look the other way. That's not who I am, plus I began to enjoy my time spent with you," Naruto explained with a foxy grin while rubbing the back of his head.
Hearing those words, Hestia made up her mind "Naruto…please join my Familia!"
Naruto blinked at her request "You want me to join your Familia?"
The goddess nodded in response "Yes…back in my world, I tried to invite anyone to join my Familia but I was always refuted. Whether it being that they're already part of a Familia or that they prefer other gods and goddesses over me, it really hurt and I felt so lonely. And misfortune only became worse with that incident. But you…you were different, treating me with kindness, making time to be with me, treating me on equal grounds," Hestia looked at Naruto with admiration "You are everything I had imagined as someone who would be a part of a Familia. So please…,"
Naruto watched Hestia who had bowed her head and squeezed her eyes shut, he blinked for a moment and saw his younger self in her. He began to recall the pain of loneliness and rejection, remember how the hollow feeling disappeared when he began having friends and forming bonds with them. Right now, a goddess of all beings actually feels lonely even if it's not to his level.
"Alright Hestia-chan, I'll join your Familia,"
Hestia's head snapped up to look at him with wide eyes "Really? You will!?"
"Yeah, I don't see why not plus I already said that I like spending time with you," next thing Naruto knew was that Hestia was embracing him tightly, all the while muttering 'thank you' repeatedly "Okay so uh…how does this work?"
Moments later, Naruto was kneeling down on one knee with his chest bare while Hestia stood over him with her hands clasped together in prayer as a white magic circle appeared beneath their feet whilst spinning then began to speak.
"I, the goddess Hestia offer you a place in my Familia. By accepting, you are to protect your goddess and fellow members with all your heart, body and soul. So, I ask once more…," Hestia extended a hand towards Naruto "…do you accept the offer to become a part of my Familia?"
Naruto took her hand with both of his and pressed it against his forehead before responding "Yes for I, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze willingly accepts the offer to be a part of your Familia and shall protect it with everything I have,"
Hestia smiled happily, bowing down and kissing Naruto's forehead "And with that, I accept you into my Familia and we shall be bonded until the end of days,"
And that moment black glyph symbols appeared on Naruto's back to signify that he's truly part of Hestia's Familia. In addition, a symbol appeared on the back of Naruto's right hand, depicting a tongue of flame and strangely enough, a swirl at the center of it. The magic circle faded away which meant that the ritual was over.
Naruto got up and looked at the symbol on the back of his hand and the status screen appeared before him.
Name: Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze
Age: 18
Race: Human (Reincarnated)
Job: ?
Title: Child of Prophecy, Sage of Peace, Hestia's Blessed, ?
Level: 11
Strength: 67
Magic/Chakra: 73
Attack: 52
Defense: 56 (+20) (Fuinjutsu Boost)
MAG Attack: 54
MAG Defense: 45
Agility: 74
Luck: ?
Weapon: Tsumetogi [ATK:30 MAG:0]
Sub-Weapon: Taurus PT92 (Semi-Auto Pistol) [ATK:25 MAG:0]
Armor: None
Accessory: None
Skills: Chakra Manipulation LV4, Shadow Clone, Substitution, Rasengan, Wind Manipulation LV3, Fuinjutsu LV5
Naruto looked at Hestia with a smile "Let's get along from now on,"
Hestia nodded happily in response "Yes, let's!"
Later that night, Naruto was in his bed but had yet to fall asleep. He looked at the symbol of Hestia's Familia on the back of his hand, seeing as it reminded him of when Iruka bestowed his own forehead protector on him, declaring him to be a ninja of the village. Taking note of the grimoire hanging from his neck, Naruto called out to her.
"Hey Sora,"
"What is it, master?" Sora inquired.
"From what Aisha told me about you, the grimoires are known to contain knowledge of various types of magic. I was wondering if it's possible for you to teach me?" asked Naruto.
"Actually yeah, it's possible for me to teach you. I'm aware that you possess chakra but you had also developed a mana core which is a vessel in the body of everyone that accommodates the mana which enables one to perform various forms of magic. your mana core must have started developing when you first entered the dungeon and leveled up," Sora explained.
Naruto hummed in thought "That explains why I saw both Chakra and Mana on my stats which means I can use both and they have their own individual reserves,"
"And due to your Uzumaki physiology, you're capable of containing mass amounts of energy," Kurama pointed out.
"True, so what can you teach me?"
"I'm mostly an Attack-Type grimoire which means I specialize in Black Magic that focuses on pure offense. I know of other grimoires specializing in other forms of magic but we'll look into that later. For now, I'll be teaching you some first stage magic spells since you're still training to regain your skills from your past life,"
"You're right about, I'll need to step up my training. Maybe I should take a page from Bushy Brows and Bushier Brows-sensei," said Naruto thoughtfully.
"If you so much as consider wearing green spandex, I'll willingly let you die," said Kurama with utmost seriousness.
"I don't mean it like that, I was talking about applying weight seals," the blonde shinobi protested.
"Good,"
"I'd love to see his sexy butt," said Sora with a perverted smile.
"Great, we have a perverted version of your godfather in book form,"
"I'll admit he has good taste,"
"Ugh/Ugh,"
"Wow, look at all those buildings, they're soooo tall!" Hiyori peered through the window of the car from the backseat in excitement.
Aisha nodded in agreement while also at the backseat "Indeed, and this vehicle doesn't even require horses to move and the roads are so smooth that I can hardly feel any bumps,"
"I know, I was the same way when Naruto took me to get some clothes and tour the city a bit," Hestia added while sitting at the passenger seat.
The next day, Naruto was taking everyone out to the city to help Aisha and Hiyori get some clothes in order to blend in more easily since Hestia lent some of hers to the two for the meantime, having Hiyori wear a driving cap to conceal her cat ears and had her wrap her tail around her waist to make it look like a furry belt; an idea he got from an anime.
"Alright everyone, we're almost at the mall so get ready," Naruto, taking a left turn at the crossroads and seeing the aforementioned mall in sight.
"Alright, I can't wait!" said Hiyori excitedly.
Soon enough, Naruto had parked the Subaru at the parking lot and guided the group into the mall with them being amazed by the sights and people walking around and minding their own business. Hiyori kept straying away from them as she wanted to see more with Aisha and Hestia having to drag the curious cat girl back to them.
"Alright, first thing's first; let's get you two some clothes. There's a boutique nearby that would have what we need," said Naruto after looking at the map depicting the locations of various shops.
They went to the boutique and one of the workers offered their services but was kindly refuted, not wanting them to find out about Hiyori's ears and tail. After trying out several clothes and choosing some, the duo finally settled on their main clothes for this world:
Aisha was now wearing a tight-fitting spaghetti strap purple crop top, white slim fit pants attached with a black belt with a silver buckle around her waist and a pair of purple slip-on shoes.
Hiyori on the other hand was wearing a cream-colored insulated vest which is unzipped over an untucked long-sleeved plaid shirt, denim shorts with rolled up hems, and a pair of grey trainers while still wearing the driving cap to hide her cat ears.
Afterwards, they left the boutique with their new clothes but took a quick stop at the bathroom for Hestia to modify Hiyori's clothes a bit to reduce the strain on her tail. Then they took to do some window shopping, taking in the sights amongst many other things till Naruto took them to a fast-food restaurant for lunch. He left the girls at their seats so he could go and make an order and was returning when he came upon a familiar yet annoying sight; a trio of men were harassing Hestia and the others.
"Come on, I'm sure we can give you girls a great time," said one of the guys lustfully.
"We said we're not interested," said Hestia sternly.
The second guy insisted "You're just saying that because you haven't considered,"
Aisha looked at them in annoyance "Is your intelligence that low or you're just plain ignorant when she said that we're not interested?"
"Obviously you three are missing out on something good," the third reached out with a hand towards Hiyori when another hand grabbed his by the wrist, stopping it "What the-,"
Everyone turned to see Naruto being the one restraining the third teen's hand with an angered look on his face "Is there a problem?"
The third teenager scowled in response "The only problem we have is you sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, so buzz-argh!" he suddenly cried out in pain due to Naruto tightening his grip on the guy's hand, forcing him to his knees.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing!" the first teenager rushed towards Naruto and attacked with a punch only for it to be caught in the blonde's palm which he clamped on and proceeded to squeeze it tightly as well "Ahhhh, let go you bastard!" but Naruto squeezed even tighter, causing the guy to drop to his knees as well.
"What's with this guy?!" said the second teenager fearfully.
"I believe you dummies didn't hear me clearly before, so I'll repeat myself," Naruto glared at them whilst increasing the pressure in his grip, making them cry out in pain "Is there a problem?"
The three teens started shaking their heads desperately and responded in unison "No sir, there's no problem at all!"
"If there's no problem then that means there's no need for you to be here, right?"
"Yes,"
"In that case…," Naruto focused his killing intent on them "What are you three idiots standing around here for?"
"We're sorry!"
After letting go of them, the three teenagers scrambled to their feet and ran out of the restaurant. Both the customers and staff laughed at the teens while some others applauded Naruto for his actions.
"That's so cool, Naruto!" said Hiyori in admiration.
"Just like last time," said Hestia, recalling how something like this occurred when she went out with him.
"It would seem that some things are constant throughout the worlds," said Aisha.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head with a sigh "Well, that was a mood killer. What say I request our food to go and I take you girls somewhere else?"
"That seems to be the best option for now,"
Hiyori started whining "But I haven't seen everything in the mall yet,"
"We can always come back some other time and I'm sure there's more to see than just this place," said Hestia, calming the cat girl.
With that said, Naruto took their food which consisted of pizza, milkshakes and French fries. He even got a small discount for what he did as those guys had been coming to the restaurant to try and pick up girls, and so were thankful to him. Returning to the car, Naruto figured that the best place to lighten everyone's mood after what happened would be the park and so he drove there. Along the way he spoke to them.
"Sorry about what happened back there, although the city's beautiful, it's not without its set of scums around here and those guys were nothing more than thugs," said Naruto.
Hestia spoke up "I know, having almost become a victim by men just like them,"
"I thought as much, there's no city without its darkness," said Aisha.
"There's no denying that. As a heads-up, there are corrupt criminal organizations around here known as Yakuza. Although there are lots of bad Yakuza, there are also nice ones with a strong sense of honor out there. I try to make it a point to avoid getting dragged into their radar," Naruto explained "Anyways, enough of the depressing stuff. We're here,"
Having arrived at the park, group walked along the stone pathway, all the while marveling at the scenery, seeing people going about their business, playing with their pets or siblings, simply jogging around, giving them a sense of ease and relaxation. Naruto guided them to the picnic area where they could eat their food which they enjoyed very much before sitting on the park benches and seemingly let the world pass by for time before deciding to return to the inn.
While driving on the highway back to the inn, Naruto brought something "By the way Hestia, when do you plan on returning to the city in the other world? I figured that you'd want to meet up with your friends and let them know you're okay after what happened,"
"You're right, I just didn't know how to break it to you," said Hestia unsurely.
"Well, I'm a part of your Familia so you have nothing to worry about. Plus, I need to register as an adventurer since I'm kinda freelance right now,"
"You mean that you had never gone to the city of our world this whole time?" asked Aisha in disbelief.
"Pretty much yeah since I was mostly focused on training myself to get strong whatever I may face on the other side," Naruto explained.
"And now you need to learn about magic to add to your own unique moveset," said Sora while in her grimoire form from Naruto's neck.
"Well, you showed us your world and soon it will be your turn to see ours," said Hiyori cheerfully.
Naruto smiled in response "I can't wait. Till then, I'll be training myself to the ground,"
"I would be interested to see how you train, if you don't mind that is," Aisha requested.
"Sure, you're welcome to watch,"
Eventually, they arrived at the inn, going to relax in their own ways before Felicia cooks dinner for them tonight as Naruto along with Sora and Kurama began making plans for his future training sessions in preparation for what he would encounter once he truly ventures beyond the dungeon in the Isekai world.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto and co finally enter the room when they faced the Dungeon Floor Boss which was an Alpha Kobold accompanied by a group of Kobold Warriors. The group engaged the monsters in battle and after some difficulty emerged victorious whilst earning a treasure chest as a reward. From the contents of the chest, they found a grimoire that Aisha wanted but it turned out to be sentient as it refuted Aisha as its owner as well as Hiyori but readily chose Naruto. The grimoire revealed itself to be the Astil Manuscript and explained her reasons for choosing Naruto as her new master.
Afterwards, Naruto took them to the inn with Aisha being understandably shocked upon learning that magic doesn't exactly exist in his world among other things. Naruto also got a gift from Rav in the form of a 2015 Subaru WRX STI which he couldn't refuse and saw this as an opportunity to join the street racing circuit. Along the way, he gave the grimoire a name which she liked very much. Later that night after entertaining his new guests, Naruto was called to Hestia's room and given an offer of joining her Familia which he accepted much to her joy.
The next day, Naruto took the girls to the mall to get some clothes in order to blend more effectively but had a small mishap when at the fast-food restaurant. Naruto also brought up Hestia returning to Orario out of concern for her friends who might be worried for her safety, plus he needed to register as an adventurer as well. So, he prepares to train in relearning more of his forgotten jutsu as well as learning magic spells from Sora.
New Characters in this chapter and their origins
Astil Manuscript 'Sora' – Trinity Seven
Vehicles in this chapter and origins
2015 Subaru WRX STI – Forza Horizon 4
As you can tell, Naruto will finally be going to Orario to register as well as see the Isekai World much properly this time. Keep in mind that I'll doing several modifications outside of canon like the adventurer system and stuff like that. Also, I'll be adding Isekai characters from other series and also RPG games while I'm at it of which I would apply portions of their storylines while adding some of my own OC ideas and they'll be in one world while in the form of continents. Another thing is that there will be multiple dungeons outside of Orario in different lands to spice things up. As for the spells he'll be learning, it will be from a game but I'll withhold it as a surprise. Be sure to read and review like always.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out and staying alive.
