Upon hearing the unfamiliar name mentioned by the woman, he raised an eyebrow, not recognizing that name or anyone by that name. Surely, the woman, still blushing, must have mistaken him for someone else. So, gently taking the woman's hands away from his face, he stepped back about two paces from the woman who still looked at him.
?: Enkidu...
Naruto: Excuse me, but I believe you must have mistaken me for someone else because I don't recognize that name or anyone named like that.
With his denial, he saw how the woman still seemed unwilling to give up the idea that he was the person she mentioned. While still a few steps away from her, she was approaching him again, her hands extended, wanting to touch his cheeks again.
So, being once again in front of him, before she could put a hand on his face, he stopped her, taking her by the arms to halt her attempt, looking her directly in the eyes.
Naruto: Look, unknown miss, as I told you before, I have no idea who this Enkidu is or whatever. My name is Naruto, not Enkidu. So, I ask you to stop whatever you had planned.
With his last words to make the woman understand, gradually his wise demeanor faded from his face, no longer emanating as if absorbing the natural energy of the environment, now stopping any attempt by the woman to get closer to him.
Now seeing how the woman stopped her attempt to approach him, he proceeded to release her arms to see her now starting to move away from his sight gradually fading into a kind of dust, leaving in the air some last words that he managed to hear.
?: You're not complete yet, but you will be soon...
With that last comment, he stopped hearing the voice of the strange woman, turning around to different sides to see if she was still in the area, but after a few seconds, he confirmed that there was no one else but him.
Letting out a sigh, he brought his right arm to the back of his head to scratch it, looking up at the sky seeing that it was already in the afternoon, but if he had to say what time it was, he would say it was past five by the position of the sun where it was now.
So, with that in mind and leaving the strange woman who confused him with who knows who, he had two options. The first would be to go back the way he came to get to the forest, but he would have to go through the same thing again, something that he really wasn't willing to go through now, so he only had the second option, which was to find a good place here where he could sleep peacefully without any beast or anything bothering him while he slept.
With all that in mind, he stopped touching the top of his head to put on his clothes, which although still wet in some parts, was nothing out of the ordinary that he couldn't bear.
Taking no more than five minutes now with his clothes on, he started walking through the forest in search of someplace with a good position to be calm and where he could see if anyone attempted against his life while lowering his guard at night.
Walking through the forest, seeing that it didn't change much, he continued forward for a few more minutes until in the distance he could see what looked like a stone tip. So, walking towards it, it took him no more than ten minutes to arrive, now seeing what seemed to be an abandoned temple for some years, broken in some parts with plants sticking out in some places.
Stopping examining the temple, he began to climb the stairs to see it closer and check if the place was in minimum conditions for him to spend the night inside.
Climbing the stairs completely, he reached out to open the temple's door and check its conditions, but before he could touch it to open it, the image of a strange creature with horns came to his mind, presenting only a mouth without an eye that could see.
Being silent, seeing the strange creature in front of him, he saw how it seemed to watch him, analyzing him for a few seconds before its mouth moved without emitting a noise he could hear. He tried to approach the creature to understand it better or feel it somehow, but before he could even take five steps forward, he was aggressively pulled out of his trance, being pushed backward and falling on his backside, seeing the temple door still closed with cold sweat running down his forehead.
Faced with such a strange event, he checked the condition of his body to see if he had any wounds or something strange. With a quick check, he decided to check the state of his mind if something strange had happened.
Mental space -
Entering his mental space, he looked around to see if something strange had happened, but seeing that everything was still the same as the last time he had been here, he began to approach his companion/friend to see if he had felt anything.
Naruto: Kurama, did you see what just happened?
Kurama: I have no idea what you're talking about, kid. All I saw was you standing at the entrance of that temple before you stumbled.
Naruto: Seriously, didn't you see the strange thing that appeared out of nowhere?
Kurama: I have no idea what you're talking about, kid. You're probably going crazy being in that forest after that strange woman appeared.
Naruto: You know what, forget it. This whole day has been the strangest.
Kurama: Probably so. Better sleep to clear your thoughts.
Naruto: I will, I will.
Starting to leave his mental space, he began to disappear, leaving only his companion/friend who, seeing that he was completely gone, turned his head to look at his back, where a green light was floating over the water, pulsating from time to time.
Approaching until he reached the green light, he stared at it, analyzing it carefully to see if it was something familiar to him, but seeing that he couldn't come up with any idea of what it was or something he had seen in the past, with one of his claws, he touched the nearby water in front of the bright green light, letting his red chakra flow.
He saw how it began to surround the green light around it for a few seconds until he showed how the chakra acted as chains holding the green light, not letting it move or affect anything nearby.
With his work done, he began to move away from the now chained light to lie down on his paws, closing his eyes to rest for a while.
Although he had told Naruto that he hadn't seen anything of whatever he saw, what he did feel was something starting to make its way into Naruto's mind to do something strange that he had stopped when it was doing whatever it was.
He didn't know what that green light behind him was, but whatever it was, it wanted to interact with the boy's mind in some strange way, but as long as he was here, he wouldn't let whatever that was join Naruto, not until he at least proved that it wasn't anything bad for the moment.
Outside the mental space -
With the same Naruto after he left his mental space, he began to get up from the ground to look around, seeing that since he saw that strange creature and entered and left his mental space, not much time had passed.
So, he walked to the entrance of the temple, looking for a few seconds again, hesitating whether to touch it or not, but after a second, he stretched out his hand again, touching the entrance, closing his eyes, waiting for something to happen, but seeing that nothing happened, he began to open the door, sliding it to the right, hearing how it let out a somewhat raspy sound, indicating that the temple hadn't been opened or given maintenance in some years.
Opening it completely, he had to close his eyes because of the dust that rose for a few seconds until he could see well what was inside. Seeing inside the temple, what he found was a kind of stone bed, some dusty pots, and tree branches that were sneaking through cracks.
After seeing what was in the temple, he went inside, touching the walls to check their resistance and see if it was safe to be inside, but seeing that the structure didn't move, he supposed it was safe enough for him to spend the night inside the temple.
Smiling at finding a safe place to spend the night, he crossed his fingers in a cross, generating two clones, giving them instructions on what to do so he could join them, starting to clean the temple so that at least it would be comfortable to sleep inside at night.
Time skip two hours -
Taking about two hours to clean the temple, he could see that now it was decent enough to spend the night, so putting in the clean and repaired temple in some areas, he lay down in a relatively comfortable corner to sleep, seeing that it was already night.
Closing his eyes to sleep, he relaxed his body to spend the night without any disturbance that would wake him up or not let him replenish energy.
and End of chapter