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Reality Viewing: Naruto the Charming Assassin Charmer
-Chapter Three-
"Finally, that stupid cooldown is so annoying." Momo muttered as the screen returned to normal after an ever agonizing three minutes.
"Well I could try and tweak it so-"
"NO!" Everyone yelled at the same time, making Lala pout.
"Sorry."
"For what?" Yami asked when Naruto apologized to her, both of them sitting across from each other at his apartment. They were waiting with steaming cups in front of them, with a water boiler between the cups. She wasn't super experienced with food that required chopsticks, but it was nothing for Naruto to apologize for.
"He's upset that you couldn't go to his favorite food place." Mikan said with a roll of her eyes.
"How could you possibly know that?" Nana asked with a raised brow, to which the brunette pointed to Yami in response.
"She gets the exact same tone in her voice whenever we try to visit her favorite Taiyaki shop only to find it closed."
"I do not." Yami denied adamantly.
Naruto sniffled.
"It's just... I wanted to take you to Ichiraku's... but they were closed." Naruto rubbed the dramatic tears from his eyes.
"You were saying?" Mikan asked with a smug smile while Yami gained a light blush on her cheeks.
Yami deadpanned at him wordlessly.
She forgot, just because he was a warrior, didn't erase the fact that he was a bit of a goofy man as well.
"Not that surprising really since every single person we've know seems has some really odd personality quirks." Mikan said with a shrug.
"…Yeah, you do have a point." Momo agreed, able to admit that even she had some… quirky moments.
Unnoticed to the rest of the room Rito shivered before getting the feeling her should sleep with both eyes open.
If anything, it just showed that there were all types of strong people in the universe. She would have to make note of that when she went on her next assignment, so she didn't suffer the same humiliating defeat that she suffered against Naruto.
"I'd really like it if they'd stop mentioning that." Yami stated with a frown, tired already of constantly being reminded of her other's defeat.
'It's still good.' Yami didn't say anything out loud as she followed Naruto's example and started to eat. It was good, and since she usually just ate pretty basic rations, having real food with actual taste to it was a pleasant change. Though, she decided to favor the food more than it appeared that Naruto did.
"Ichiraku or not, ramen is still ramen, and still good. So Yami-chan, what are ya going to do now? You're welcome to stay in Konoha as long as you need." Naruto extended his open invitation to Yami. He knew that she tried to kill him for a bounty, but since the misunderstanding had been cleared up, she was just as good as anyone else as friend material. "You can even stay with me!" Naruto pointed out with a wide grin on his face, happy to give her a place to stay.
"And thus started a wonderful, and very explicit, relationship." Momo said in a faux romantic tone, making most of the room's occupants blush deeply while Lala simply clapped happily, her innocent nature completely missing what her little sister really meant.
He had such a nice apartment now, though he would always miss his old apartment, the one he grew up in since he was just a very young child.
"No thank you. I will go back to my ship, and leave this planet." Yami, on the other hand, saw no real reason to stay on the planet now that there was no job for her. She was very appreciative that Naruto didn't kill her when he had the chance, and she was thankful that he was feeding her, but she had no desire to stay much longer.
"So your other is gonna leave just like that?" Nana asked in surprise, getting a nod from the blonde assassin.
"I never did stay in one place for very long before coming to this planet."
"BOOOO! Stay with the hottie!" Momo yelled at the TV.
As curious as she was about Naruto, he was quite the mysterious man, she did have a job that she needed to go and do. "Thank you for the hospitality." Yami gave him a nod as her appreciation.
Naruto gave her a thumbs-up.
"Wow, talk about cheesy." Mikan said with a soft giggle.
"That's right, you have some kind of space ship thing! If you want to thank me, you should totally let me see your ship!" Naruto didn't really need anything from her, but he did want to see an awesome thing he had never seen before. A space ship sounded really cool, and not something he was going to see very often.
It sounded really amazing!
"It is a really nice ship." Rito said, remembering his time on the craft when he'd thought Celine was dying of disease.
Yami did think it over.
"There is no harm in that, very well." Yami took the beacon to her ship out of her pocket, and she pressed the only button on it. The button that was shaped like the four pointed star symbol on her shirt. With the button pressed, it would only be moments before her ship was outside of the apartment waiting for them. With it's amazing speed and pinpoint stopping ability, they should be expecting it any moment.
"Hey, when this is all over, could I have a ride?" Mikan asked hopefully.
"Sure." Yami said with a nod after considering it for a few seconds, not seeing any problem with her friend's request.
"Can I-"
"No." Yami cut Lala off flatly.
"Aww, why not!?" The eldest pinkette sibling asked with an adorable pout.
"…Zastin-san may mistakenly think you are attempting to sneak off somewhere and attempt to shoot Lunatique down to prevent such." Yami lied calmly, she just didn't to risk Lala tampering with her ship's mechanics. God knows the last thing she needed was one of the engines exploding mid-flight from one of the bubbly princess's 'improvements'.
Thankfully Lala bought the fib as she nodded in understanding and turned her attention back to the screen, her pout still present.
"My ship is outside of this apartment." Yami gently gestured with her hand towards the door.
She felt the wind pass her as Naruto got up and ran to the door with an excited look, a cheerful aura, and a shout of enthusiasm.
...
"You're a liar Yami-chan." Naruto walked back towards the table, door still open, and Yami looked out towards the door with her eyes widened.
Her ship wasn't outside?
"What?" Yami muttered in shock as the image showed the utter lack of a spaceship outside Naruto's apartment.
Yami pressed the button once more, and she got up and looked out of the apartment. Naruto followed after her, looking around with her as she did so. Her eyes scanned the blue sky, and without a cloud in the sky it should be obvious to see her black ship.
"Uhh, maybe it ran out of gas." Nana suggested, only for Yami to quickly shoot the idea down with a shake her head.
"Impossible, Lunatique is powered by a miniature neptunium reactor that can last up to five months with minimal activity, and I always make sure to refill it two weeks early."
"Lunatique should be here by now." Yami whispered as she looked at the call beacon in her hand. She flipped it over, and she looked at several numbers on it. Naruto looked at it over her shoulder, and he tilted his head.
Those numbers meant nothing to him.
"You guys use longitude and latitude as well?" Mikan asked when the familiar looking series of numbers popped on screen.
"Yep, it is one of the simplest and easiest ways to navigate any planet." Lala said, getting the brunette to nod at the logic.
"S'wrong?" Naruto had his ramen in his hands again, speaking while eating, since Yami pressed the button once more, and watched as the numbers didn't change.
"My ship isn't coming, and this isn't where I left Lunatique. Do you have a map? These coordinates are latitude and longitude." Yami explained to him,
'Oh don't tell me…' Yami thought with deep frown as she easily put together what likely happened.
and Naruto gestured to his mostly empty apartment. He didn't have very much stuff at the moment, he had some clothes, and some tools, and his bed. His apartment had just recently been rebuilt, so he lacked a lot of basic things at the moment.
A map, something he never really used anyway, was not something that he would have in his apartment.
"Meh, never hurts to ask anyway, especially given how unpredictable hottie has proven to be." Momo said while Yami nodded in agreement.
"Would you please stop calling him that?" Nana asked with an irritated scowl, only to end up gritting her teeth hard when her twin simply stuck her tongue out and pulled her lower eyelid down.
"Hmmmm? I don't, but I know a few people that might have a map, we can go ask around. That, or we can ask Kakashi-sensei." Naruto walked over to the window, and he opened it up. He looked down, and saw Kakashi sitting underneath the window with a new book in his hands.
"Well that's not creepy at all." Momo said sarcastically while she and everyone quickly read over the surprisingly short pop-up for Kakashi, which only contained his name, rank, missions completed, and a brief explanation of his history as Naruto's teacher, while the rest of it had been blacked out somehow.
Nope, not a new book, instead it was simply a new copy of an old book that he was always reading, since his old copies were destroyed with the village.
Everyone but Lala's face turned bright red as an overview of said book popped up along with several actual pages.
"Ecchi." Yami muttered with a glare that was ruined thanks to her adorable blush, several hair fists forming around her that she just barely managed to resist smashing into the TV screen.
'I need to get some of those books.' Momo thought with a lecherous smile. 'Might give me some inspiration.'
"You knew I was here, what happened to the cute Genin who would always be so amazed when I showed up?" Kakashi asked as he glanced upwards towards Naruto. He was smiling through his mask though as he stood up, and hopped into the room.
Yami was instantly on alert.
'I didn't even sense him!' Yami thought with narrowed eyes at the new man. This one keeping a very wary eye on her, not dropping his guard around her, despite how lax he seemed. She could practically feel the skill the man had.
"Somebody who's able to get the jump on you? Now that is a terrifying thought." Nana said with a shiver. Yami could almost always tell when someone approaching or near her even when she was asleep.
Though, he relaxed when Naruto walked over to her and placed an arm around her neck, bringing her in close.
"Yeah yeah, the old days and stuff. Yami-chan lost something, and this is where it is. Do you know where this place is?" Naruto asked as he took the remote from Yami and showed it to Kakashi. He looked at it for a few moments, before he nodded his head.
'Please don't say what I think you are going to say.' Yami mentally pleaded even though she knew it was pointless.
"Your ship-" Kakashi looked at Yami, showing that he had been filled in on her origins by Shizune who asked him to watch over Naruto, and he gave his eye smile.
"How is he doing that?" Lala asked with a tilted head.
"No idea, but it's really creepy." Momo said, her face scrunching up in a classic 'ew' face.
"-is gone now. This is one of Orochimaru's old hideouts. I'm sure that Orochimaru still has several loyal ninja who haven't been informed of his death. One of them might have seen the ship, and moved it's location." Kakashi theorized.
'God damn it.'
"So someone stole your ship? What, did you leave the keys in the ignition or something?" Momo asked jokingly, earning a series of groans and dull looks all around.
"My twin's bad jokes aside, shouldn't your ship's AI have some kind of security measures to protect it from theft?" Nana asked with a raised brow.
"…No," Yami admitted, her face remaining calm but a light blush reformed on her cheeks. "Much of Lunatique's operating code was damaged or missing when I bought the ship. I've been meaning to have it repaired, but it costs a lot of money and most of what I earn is required for both food and fuel."
"Oh! Then you should really let me take a look at your ship! I could have it fixed up in no time!" Lala exclaimed with a smile.
Yami was about to reject the bubbly girl's offer again but was stopped when Nana leaned over and started whispering in her ear. "You should accept her help. Lala's inventions may be a bit… glitchy most of the time, but that's usually because she tends to get overexcited and rushes putting them together. Her coding on the other hand is almost always flawless."
Nodding in understanding, Yami turned her attention back to Lala. "Alright, but only if you promise not to try anything without my permission."
"Deal!"
Naruto grinned, and Kakashi bonked him on the head with a book.
"... Ow..."
"I need my ship to leave. I will go and retrieve it." Yami wasn't about to let her ship remain stolen, not if she could help it, and she could help it.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that Yami." Mikan said, getting the blonde assassin to look at her with a raised brow. "Your other seems to have forgotten that everyone she's met so far has shown they could beat you with ease."
Yami couldn't help but cringe at truth behind these words.
"You'll die, Orochimaru might be dead, but his hideouts are extremely dangerous places. Alone, you'll be killed. It would take a team of skilled shinobi to invade this location, and get your ship." Kakashi explained to her the futility of it all.
"Of course the creepy insane snake guy is involved, cause why not." Nana said dully. "Looks like you might have to go shopping for a new ship Yami."
Of course, Kakashi looked towards Naruto and nodded his head. "Then again, you have the Hero of the Hidden Leaf with you. I would try and talk him out of it, but we both know you are too stubborn for that." Kakashi knew his student well enough.
"Or she could get the help of the conveniently available super powered hottie." Momo stated before giving a Cheshire grin. "Then, once he's got your ship back the two of you can have a… private tour~."
Blushing brightly, Yami glowered at Momo as her fist turned into a large spiked mace. Before she could attempt to pummel the busty pinkette though, Mikan placed her hand on the assassin's shoulder and shook her head.
After a few seconds of tense silence, Yami's hand turned back to normal and she settled back down, but not before giving Momo one last glare.
He knew that Naruto was going to help this girl, and they both (he and Naruto) knew that even if he was told no, he was going to help her anyway. So might as well try and help out, make the backlash as small as possible.
"Heheheh."
Naruto laughed of course, knowing that Kakashi had him pegged with that one.
"Aww, that's so nice of him to want to help out." Lala said with a big smile before blinking when a thought hit her. "Actually, he kinda reminds me of you Rito-kun, always willing to go above and beyond for others."
This statement made the rest of the group pause.
"Huh, take out his awesome super powers and add in some divine accidental groping then yeah, I could see it." Momo said, making everyone but Lala blush yet again, but getting no denials. Well, Rito tried but was promptly silence by the devious pinkette when she clapped a hand over his mouth.
Yami looked at Naruto, who nodded his head.
"I'm ready to go whenever you are." Naruto slammed his fist into his hand. Raiding Orochimaru's base was just the thing he needed to get back at the bastard for sicking assassins after him.
"Oh right, there's also the personal vendetta he has against creepy snake bastard." Nana stated, facepalming at forgetting that part.
Kakashi closed his book behind Naruto, and put it into his pouch, before he put his hands in his pockets.
"You're very... helpful." Yami pointed out to Kakashi.
"Mah mah, I just know my student. This idiot-" Kakashi started, and Naruto laughed while rubbing the back of his head. "-brings out the best in everyone, and makes powerful allies by following his gut. So I trust him, and if he wants to help you, then that must be the best thing to do." Kakashi reasoned from personal experience.
"Wow, that is a lot of faith." Mikan muttered with a slightly awed expression that everyone else shared.
He had seen Naruto turn even the more unforgivable of people, like Zabuza, Gaara, and even Nagato, and turn them into allies willing to put their lives on the line for Naruto. Naruto's track record of changing people for the better, even those who didn't want to change, was rather amazing.
"Okay, now I'm really sure that he's part Charmian." Momo said confidently, before discreetly checking her phone again with an impatient frown.
Yami looked at Naruto, and his bright smile, with eyes more curious than they had been.
"You're fine with being called an idiot?" Yami asked Naruto, since he didn't seem hurt by it.
"That's cause that Kakashi fellow said it as a form of endearment instead of an actual insult, you can tell by the tone of his voice." Mikan explained to Yami, getting the transforming assassin to nod in understanding.
"I would rather be an idiot, who follows his gut and does what he thinks is right, than a genius who only cares about himself and sticks to all of the rules." Naruto grinned widely.
"Huh, scratch what I said earlier, he reminds me more of Lala then Rito." Momo said, getting a confused and hurt look from her older sister.
"Hey, are you calling me stupid?"
"What? Oh no, nothing like that!" The busty twin said while waving her hands. "I meant that you both prefer to follow your instincts and emotions rather than logic."
"Oh… okay then." Lala said with a smile.
He fully accepted it when people called him an idiot, because most of the time, they were actually complimenting him.
Yami raised an eyebrow.
Kakashi nodded his head.
"Though, we should go in a 4 man squad, just to be safe and increase our numbers. I'll contact Yamato, and we'll set out early in the morning. So get some rest now." Kakashi told Naruto, who gave him a mock salute. Yami became serious when she realized that they were actually doing this, they were going to go help her get her ship back.
"Still rather nice of them, given you tried to kill Naruto just a few hours ago." Nana said with a raised brow.
No, what was stranger were how many people were willing to put so much effort into helping her.
So many people had all of their trust into Naruto.
She wanted to know why.
"What!? It needs to cooldown already!" Momo exclaimed angrily as the screen faded out again.
"It's probably for the best though," Nana said, yawning a little as she glanced at the clock hanging off the wall. "It's getting pretty late and I could really do with a good night's sleep."
"No arguments here." Mikan said while rubbing her eyes tiredly.
"But what about the show? Won't it continue while we're sleeping?" Momo pointed out.
"Oh, that's not a problem, I'll just put it into sleep mode." Lala said, going over to the TV and pushing another inconspicuous button on the side of it that caused the loading spiral symbol to be replaced with a sleeping emoji. "There, now it'll stay where it is while we rest."
"…Am I the only one who thinks that was a little too convenient?" Momo asked with a raised brow, only to not get a response as everyone was finding a spot to sleep for the night. Nana, Mikan, and Yami were laying down on the former's bed while Rito got dragged onto Momo's by Lala.
Seeing as everyone had apparently decided on their course of action already, the busty twin shrugged in defeat before flicking the lights off and settling onto her own bed, snuggling up against Rito's exposed side and quickly slipped into a comfortable slumber.
…
…
Several minutes after everyone had fallen asleep, Lala sudden shot up, a bright smile on her lips as inspiration sparkled in her eyes. Carefully slipping out of bed so she wouldn't wake up either Rito or Momo, the oldest pinkette grabbed several random electronics lying around like an alarm clock, the broken remains of the TV remote, and a video game system.
'This is gonna be AMAZING!' Lala thought as she dismantled the items into their base components mere seconds and started reassembling them into something new.
-End Chapter-
AN: Hello everyone, hope you enjoyed the chapter, however I have both good and bad news. I'm starting a new job this week, so my updates are likely going to be even further apart then usual. I am sorry if this upsets you but that's just how it is. Thank you for reading and please review.