Dr. Mobius plays a big role in creating the cure for Firefly and this chapter is the first part of it.

Speaking of, her appearance is from her adult form in her stigmata's official art.

Enjoy!


"Dr. Mobius, it has been a while."

"Ara~ it sure is~"

The two stared at each other before the teleporter from Hyperion Battleship sent two more people down.

Hua's eyes widened briefly before smiling at the newcomers.

One was a tall nun with brown hair and bowed down blue eyes. She wore a long white veil with thorns and flowers accenting the sides and a tight white turtleneck with a butterfly brooch extending around a blue gem on her chest. There were various cross-like symbols over her body.

She had black and puffy sleeves which ended in white cuffs. Her shorts were white and frilly. From her torso all the way down to her feet, she donned a long black cloth with golden accessories. Connecting to her back was a long robe that resembles blue butterfly wings. There were much shorter, wilted, butterfly wings connected to the black piece. Her heeled boots were a simple white.

"Aponia-san."

"Hua," The nun smiled. "You look well."

The two nodded at each other before Hua turned to the other newcomer.

She was a little girl with long light blue hair, which she had in a low ponytail. She wore a white dress with a black collar with a little blue flower brooch sitting close to her heart. Her dress was accented with frills and elegant patterns at the ends, which extended all the way to her feet in the back. A large blue ribbon wrapped around her waist.

"Griseo, how are you?" Hua smiled fondly at the girl.

"Hua-onee-chan, I'm doing fine. It's very nice to see your color still burn brightly." She returned with a small smile.

Hua nodded before turning to Mobius again.

"What can I do to help you today, Dr. Mobius?"

"Straight to the point as usual, Hua~" The woman tittered. "But it's fine, it saves my time greatly too~"

Hua stayed silent while Senti decided to engage in a conversation with Griseo who ignored her for the view of Mount Taixuan.

"You see," Mobius began. "I allowed two of your friends from the outside to enter our planet, but a few days ago, there were two more unknown signatures coming along with them." Hua's eyes twitched a little but Mobius caught it. With a mischievous smile, she continued. "Do you mind explaining it?"

Senti swallowed nervously, wondering what Hua would say since the first time Skirk came here by mistake, Mobius was not pleased at all and the Flamechasers were deployed immediately in full force.

The Kaslana Patriarch, Kevin Kaslana, not wanting to have unnecessary casualties decided to go alone and entered his MANTIS form, altering the whole region turned into a frozen tundra until Hua came in before Skirk was beheaded.

After it was decided that it was an accident the woman came to their world, Kevin decided to spare Skirk and left it to Mobius to ensure that she didn't bring anything dangerous to their home planet.

Senti shuddered.

That wasn't one of the memories she wanted to remember.

The Herrscher looked up at the two, none of them were backing down.

However, Hua eventually gave up with an exasperated sigh.

"They requested me to train their student in Taixuan martial arts while the other is just staying to accompany my student."

Mobius gave out a hum at the answer.

"May I see this new student of yours then?"

The gear in Hua's brain started to turn but when she couldn't find a reason to deny her request, Hua relented.

"Very well, but I have to warn you, this...child had an unpleasant childhood and doesn't react well to someone having negative intentions toward him..."

Mobius chuckled at the Celestial before walking past Hua toward her living commodity.

"Aren't we all?"

"I mean it, Dr. Mobius." Hua turned and followed the scientist, her face adopting a grim look. She had heard about Naruto's past from Jingliu who heard it from Naruto himself. "People treated him worst than normal children, they blamed him just because of something out of his hand happened the day he was born."

"That would make him into an interesting lab rat then~" Mobius tittered with a malicious smile.

Hua moved in front of the doctor's path, stopping the scientist as her outfit changed.

"If that's the case, then I cannot let you continue, Dr. Mobius." The Celestial adopted her martial arts stance, preparing to go against her companion if needed to.

Senti, Aponia and Griseo watched the two's exchanges before the nun opened her lips.

"Senti-san, tell us about this...child's past, 'please'?"

"Guh! You didn't need to use your power for that! I would have told you about Naruto if you ask nicely!"

"Naruto?" The name escaped Aponia's lips. "It has a nice ring to it."

"Anyway! On the day he was born, his mother had a seal containing the Kyubi, a nine-tailed beast and the seal was weakened while the female host was giving birth. It was then his parents were ambushed by someone that wanted to use this chance to free the beast, resulting in an attack on his village, killing the population and destroying almost half of it."

Aponia and Griseo listened attentively to the Herrscher's narration and unknown to them, Mobius was also listening to Senti.

"His father, the current leader of the village at the time, decided to seal the beast inside his son by using a technique that costed him his life and was hoping the mother could stay with him only for that dream to be shattered when the Kyubi tried to kill Naruto in desperation not to get sealed again."

"Therefore, Naruto became the villagers' outlet for hatred since he was an orphan?" Aponia concluded.

"Yes, someone leaked that information out." Hua added with a heavy sigh, her eyes glancing at the scientist who had a blank expression on her face.

"Interesting..." Mobius muttered. "So he has some kind of beast of destruction I've heard in Japanese mythology inside him? He intrigued me even more~"

Hua furrowed her brows hearing the scientist wouldn't let the matter be.

"Doctor." Aponia called out to the scientist, her eyes narrowing sharply. "Do not do anything to the boy, 'please'."

The scientist was silent for a brief while before sighing.

"Fine, I won't."

Hua sighed in relief before thanking Aponia discreetly.

"Mama Aponia, are we going to see Naruto?"

"Yes, we are, Griseo. Are you excited to see him?"

The little girl nodded. She was interested in what color he would have due to his background.

"I'm sure you'll be fast friends with him, Griseo." Hua added as they resumed their walk.


Arriving at Hua's home, they were greeted by the sight of Sushang and Stelle sleeping with Naruto's tails wrapping around them.

"Ah, Hua-sensei, you're...back..."

"Ohooo! You're letting your tails out again!" Senti exclaimed before jumping at them and joined both Stelle and Sushang. "Aaaah~ so fluffy~ it smells nice too~" The Herrscher rubbed her face with two of his tails.

Mobius approached Naruto with interest gleaming in her eyes.

"Interesting..." The green-haired scientist rubbed his ear slowly. "From what the Herrscher said just now, I deduce that you're able to make them disappear, boy?"

Naruto bobbed his head slowly at the green-eyed scientist.

"This is similar to the MANTIS' Meta-Morph surgery, except Pardofelis and SAKURA's are a permanent aspect of their bodies." The doctor murmured to herself.

Naruto's eyes shifted to Hua who smiled at him, telling the boy not to worry as Mobius continued to inspect him.

His eyes then shifted toward the nun-looking woman who had a small blush on her face and looked as if she was holding back something. (Check upanishi's aponia doujin first page, that's her look.)

'I feel like I'm in danger with her eyes looking at me like that...'

He then swiftly looked away before settling his eyes to the girl around his age with light blue hair.

The Uzumaki smiled at Griseo only for the latter to hide behind Aponia's legs shyly before peeking at Naruto again and waved her hand.

"Recorded." Mobius said from the side and sent the video to their companion and Griseo's...overprotective friend who was older than her by a few years.

"Dr. Mobius...don't tell me that you..." Hua turned pale at the thought.

"Yes, I sent it to Kosma." Smiled the doctor mischievously at the Celestial who groaned and rubbed her forehead. "Our resident lolicon." Mobius then turned to Naruto once more.

"Boy, do you mind if I take a little sample of your blood?"

"Um...what will you do with it? And who are you, obaa-san?"

Mobius' smile froze and there were giggles in the background from Hua and Aponia.

"Onee-san, call me Mobius-onee-san." The green-haired scientist retorted with a twitching smile.

"Nah, you sound like an obaa-san." A new voice joined their conversation and heads turned to Stelle who's waking up. "Calling yourself an onee-san while you're an obaa-san is a bit too much, don't you think?"

'Brutal as always...' Hua sweatdropped at the gray-haired girl.

"And..." Mobius' brow twitched. "You are?"

"Stelle! I'm here to keep an eye on Naruto to make sure he is training well so he can protect me and Kafka!" The girl folded her arms with a smug look while Naruto deadpanned at her.

Mobius turned to Hua. "Do you have a spare room I can borrow?" She grabbed Stelle by the scruff of her neck as she dangled in the air, waving her arms and legs helplessly while demanding the woman to let go.

"Uh...yes..." Hua pointed at one room and Mobius disappeared with Stelle in her hand into the room.

"...What do you think she's going to do to Stelle?" Naruto asked with a flat stare. That girl needed to zip her mouth before something happened to her.

"...Well, Dr. Mobius won't kill her, that's for sure, but...maybe she will be given the same treatment as Felis..." Hua answered with a worried look on her face.

"Do I want to know what the treatment is?" His answer was a pale look on Hua's face.

"I see..."

Aponia and Griseo took a seat on the floor pillow before Hua started to introduce them to Naruto.

"Naruto, this is Aponia and Griseo. Both of them are my friends...including Dr. Mobius from earlier."

Naruto bowed his head at the guests and introduced himself as Hua's disciple.

"Naruto," Aponia began before patting her lap. "Come and sit here, 'please'."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Both Naruto and Aponia tilted their heads to the side, the latter wondered why her ability didn't work on the former.

"A suggestion type ability, almost similar to Genjutsu..." Kurama's voice rang in the room as red bubbly chakra formed into a fox's head behind Naruto, surprising everyone including Sushang and Senti who were now awake. "Do not use that on my host! I despise these kinds of mind controlling abilities!" The Biju roared in hatred at Aponia who looked calm on the outside while inwardly she was pressured by the hatred and malice she felt.

Kurama went back inside Naruto after telling his piece of mind.

"Is that..." Hua stuttered.

"Ah, that is Kurama, he is a little moody now because Aponia-san tried to control my mind..."

"I...don't think that's a little..." Sushang chimed in.

"But still, with that much hatred and malice, how could you stay sane, Naruto?" Hua asked.

"I don't know? Kurama usually will try to filter the hatred and malice when I train using his chakra or I will go berserk like a wild animal...he also said that I need to control my emotions or just a tiny bit of the hatred will get to me."

Hua nodded. It seemed she had to include meditation in his training schedule.

"You're lucky that crazy snake lady isn't here when…Kurama was out or she'd tie and drag you back to her lab." Senti added her ten cents.

Naruto shuddered. "If I give her my blood, will that be enough to keep her away from me?" The redhead asked and when he noticed their confusion, he continued. "I mean, other than my clan's longevity to be able to live up to 150-200 years and extreme healing properties, Kurama's chakra also boosted my bloodline trait beyond my regular clanmates..."

Senti whistled, impressed at Naruto's clan trait.

"If I may ask, Naruto?" Aponia started and the redhead nodded at the nun. "Is your blood capable of healing any illness?"

The Uzumaki searched his mother's memories before nodding at Aponia.

"From what I found in my mother's memories, Uzumaki clan members are always healthy and never get sick. There was also that one time they used their blood to heal someone from cancer and that one time where they created an artificial arm by mixing Uzumaki blood and the recipient's, creating a perfectly functional arm along with its nerves."

"Impressive." Mobius' voice joined them once more. In her hand, a hollow-eyed Stelle dangling lifelessly while muttering snakes repeatedly.

"Are you...alright, Stelle?" Naruto asked worriedly, seeing the look of fear on her face.

The gray-haired girl struggled in Mobius' hand before she jumped to Naruto's lap, burying her face to his chest while Naruto stroked her back.

"...just what in the world did you do to her?" Senti asked the scientist who only smiled at her.

"Oh, just a little convincing for her to call me onee-san."

The group sweatdropped at the woman.

"Can I have your blood then, rat-san?"

Naruto frowned.

"Not if you don't call me by my name."

"Ara~ such an interesting individual." Mobius giggled. "Very well then, Naruto. May I have some of your blood?"

The redhead nodded and Mobius quickly did what she needed to do.

Usually, Naruto would have freaked out seeing a needle but after seeing the tip of his master's sword, he felt fear for the latter more than the former.

The redhead then froze, confusing the adults before he pushed Stelle who had her hands in groping motion away.

"Naruto, you have a hard chest different from mine, Birdy-sensei and Senti-chan." Stelle commented with a little smile on her face, her hands still groping the air. "Can I touch some more?" She tilted her head to the side. "It's actually nice."

The girl approached Naruto, but he flicked her on the forehead.

"Hell no!"

'She's got a screw loose in her head...' Both Senti and Hua thought at the same time.

Sushang, who was curious about it, approached Stelle and asked how it felt only to be groped by the girl.

Eventually Mobius got what she wanted and after they spent some time together, the three returned to Hyperion and left Hua's place though Aponia promised that they would come to visit again soon to have Griseo play with Naruto, Stelle and Sushang.


"...what are you doing, Naruto?" Jingliu asked, seeing the redhead doing some calligraphy after dinner and Stelle was nowhere to be found.

The two had returned to the Luofu since Naruto's training with Hua was over for the week. They were just done with dinner that Jingliu catered, not from Tingyun nor Yukon since she was barred from seeing Naruto.

"I'm trying to make a seal to prevent Stelle from entering my room..."

This earned the redhead a raised eyebrow from the pale-haired woman behind her blindfold.

"Don't you mean, our room?"

"...yes, our room."

That earned him a small smirk from the blindfolded woman.

"And pray tell me, what did Stelle do for you to make this seal to prevent her from entering our room?"

The redhead boy turned to Jingliu with a troubled look.

"She groped my chest and somehow that made me really uncomfortable unlike when you did it to me, master."

The master froze on her spot while Naruto returned to make the seal.

"...apparently, I have a naughty child to punish..." Muttered the woman before silently leaving the redhead to do his work.

That night, a little girl's cry for help could be heard in the Luofu and people thought that was a ghost screaming for help.


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