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Chapter Six: The Goodwill Event- IV
"Naru-chan~ Where are you~"
"'m 'ere~!"
"In the closet?"
"...no?"
"Got you!"
Kenji opened the closet, but found no one. That's odd, he was pretty sure he heard Naruto's voice coming from there.
"Naru-chan?" He asked in confusion.
"'m 'ere~!"
The voice was coming from the yard, that was certainly weird. He slided the door open and peeked outside. No one was seen at first. Perhaps Naruto was hiding behind the bonsai trees?
"Tou-chan!"
"EEP…!" He jumped in surprise as he was not expecting Naruto to come from behind. He looked back at the boy who was giggling. Naruto has always been a mystery. He was inhumanly fast, even faster than Kenji himself, who had Heavenly Restriction. But the boy had no lack of cursed energy as he often radiated immense amounts of it unintentionally. Suddenly, his three year old boy stopped giggling and frowned. Ignoring the adorable expression on the toddler's face, he looked in the direction his son was looking at.
A cursed spirit, perhaps a fourth grade threat. So his son could see them? Well, no surprise there. It would be odd for a Six-Eyes user not to be able to see a curse. He sighed. It's time to give him the TALK. He was lucky that Hanako lost the rock-paper-scissor game. Now she would have to give Naruto the TALK when he hits puberty and Kenji has to give Naruto the TALK when he first sees a cursed spirit.
"Naru-chan?" He looked at his toddler who was still looking at the monkey-like creature with fascination. The curse was kinda' cute though. Anyways, back to business…! "See that thing over there?"
"That is what we call a curse."
"A curse?"
"Yes, a curse. You see one, stay away from them, go away. Got it?"
"Why?"
"Because they are bad and they hurt humans."
"But it won't hurt anybody."
"Hurting humans is what curses do. They have no feelings, they just do whatever they like."
"That is not true, dattebayo."
"What?"
"I know it, somehow. It is just sad. It is lonely."
"It just looks like that, it isn't sad or anything. Maybe it's just trying to lure you out. It's a trap."
"No, it isn't."
"How can you be so sure?"
"I can see everything."
"That's not an explanation, kid."
"It is." Naruto nodded. "Every creature has a light around their body. Yours and mom's light is green when you are with me. But sometimes, when you guys are alone, at night, it becomes brown for a few minutes…"
"I-I get your point. You don't need to elaborate on it."
"'Kay, so that little guy over there has a yellow light around it, it's sad."
"Why would it be sad?"
"Because it's lonely."
"So you can feel emotions. That's… I don't have words to describe it."
"Can you tell me why I can?"
"In time, kid, in time."
"When?"
"When you are older."
"You mean when I can light up pink brown like you and mom?"
"Umm… hey, kid?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't tell your mom about that brown thing."
"Why?"
"Because… it is embarrassing?"
"What's embarrassing?" A feminine voice was heard and both males looked back. While Naruto was secretly smirking, Kenji's face was draining color.
"Hey, oka-chan! I have a brown thing to tell you!"
He wasn't the most infamous prank king of Konoha for nothing!
~• •~
"Can someone wake him up? I want to sit on the couch. And why is he smiling like that?"
"It's creepy, right?"
"No, it's cute. I think he is having a good dream."
"Should we wake him up?"
"Won't he make a fuss about it?"
"It's not a good thing to wake kids up! It's rude!"
"Shut up, Miwa. He is cute, and will look cuter when he is pissed off."
"What about the cursed spirits?"
"...that's true- hey, Nobara, don't…!"
"What the hell, dattebayo!"
"YOU DARE TO WAKE OUR BABY UP!"
"DIE!"
"Oh shit."
A few moments later…
Naruto yawned before looking at the group of teenage girls who were bruised and looking at him with a calculative look.
"Stop staring at me like that, would'ya?"
Mai quickly engaged herself with her phone while Maki began to polish her staff. Meanwhile, Nobara was whistling and Momo was cleaning her broomstick with a napkin. Miwa smiled sheepishly.
Naruto sighed.
"Where is everyone?" Yuji asked as he unwrapped a candy before throwing it in his mouth.
"Salmon." Toge agreed as he stood beside the stairs.
"They should be here any moment now." Informed Panda.
"I am glad you are okay Kamo-san." Fushigoro said to the boy sitting next to him.
"I am also glad that you are not injured too much." Said boy remarked.
"Why are you guys so formal with each other?" Momo asked with a frown.
"We are always like this." Both boys said in unison.
"Whatever," Maki sneered. "I just want to win."
Naruto looked at Panda, who was sitting next to him.
"Is she always like this?" He asked.
"She isn't around Yuta, kuku~"
"Oh, but why is she always in a sore mood?"
"Because we have something she doesn't." Panda replied with a wink.
"Huh?"
"You have it."
"I do?"
"Fushigoro has it too."
"He does?"
"Yep. Even Itadori over there has it."
"Do you have it?"
"...let's not answer that."
"...o-okay? But what is it?"
"Do a little brainstorming, kid!"
Naruto frowned before pulling down his blindfold. Everyone at this point knew about his eyes. It was meaningless to hide any longer. He gazed at the green-haired girl. "Hmm… something we have, but she doesn't…" Then it clicked. "Of course… I get it!"
"What?" Maki frowned.
"Oh, nothing." Naruto said before he smirked.
"What's up with that look on your face?"
"Nothing, emo-nee-chan!"
"What did you call me?!"
Nobody noticed that Panda was giggling like a pervert.
"We are here!" Gojo yelled as he entered the room with Utahime, Gakuganji and Yaga. "So, we have decided that the second day's exam is going to be decided from this box!" He said as he lifted a small cardboard box.
"What's that?" Yuji said as he stepped forward.
"Don't just look at it, pick up a piece of paper from it." Gojo said.
"O-okay." Yuji said before putting his hand in the box and pulling out a piece of paper after a few moments.
"Read it." Gakuganji said with curiosity.
Yuji unfolded the paper and read aloud, "Baseball."
"Baseball?" Principal Yaga and Gakuganji exclaimed in unison.
"I am sure we did not put any baseball there." Yaga said. "Gojo, care to tell what happened?" He looked at the spot where Satoru was, but did not find the man. "Gojo!"
Naruto took the box away and randomly took a paper out. "Baseball." Another— Baseball. And another— baseball. He giggled, "That sneaky old man."
~• •~
Naruto watched the game from stands beside Shoko. She was smoking for like forever. Her habit reminded him of Hiruzen and Asuma. The Kyoto team was batting first.
"What is a baseball anyways?" Naruto asked Utahime, who was sitting at the front row, right in front of him.
"Listen," she coughed to clear her throat before beginning, "Baseball is played with a bat, a ball, and gloves between two teams of nine players each on a field with four white bases laid out in a diamond. Teams alternate positions as batters and fielders, exchanging places when three members of the batting team are 'put out'. As batters, players try to hit the ball out of the reach of the fielding team and make a complete circuit around the bases for a 'run'. The team that scores the most runs in nine innings wins the game."
"Senpai, was that just from Wikipedia?" Shoko asked, who was sitting next to Naruto.
"Umm, no?" Utahime quickly hid her cellphone in her kimono's sleeve.
Naruto did you understand anything, although his eyes and brain simultaneously provided him with the information.
"Hey kid," Shoko said without looking at him.
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure you are not Satoru's secret love child?"
"What? Of course not."
"Hmm. Of course, that's Satoru Gojo for you. He can't have… nah, forget it."
"What did you want to say?"
"If you insist," she let out a fake sigh. "I am a doctor, you see, I have medical knowledge. About ten years ago, there was an accident. A terrible accident."
"What was the accident?"
"A Special Grade cursed spirit was the one that caused it." She spoke with a dramatic tune. "The cursed spirit was really strong. Gojo was putting his everything on the line. And, the cursed spirit, seeing no other way, desperately began to attack— blind attacks, ya' 'now. One of the hits was a lucky hit. It was a very very bad hit for Gojo."
"W-where did it hit?" Utahime asked from behind Naruto.
'Was she here listening the whole time?'— was what Naruto thought.
"In the middle of his…"
"In the middle of his…?"
"Butt?" Naruto assumed.
"In the middle of his…"
"In the middle of his…?"
"In the middle of his…cake."
"...cake?"
"The man was so angry at the cursed spirit for ruining his cake, that he tortured it till it died."
"Com'on, dattebayo! Who eats cake while fighting a cursed spirit! I thought the cursed spirit hit him at the…"
"That wasn't funny Shoko!"
"Haha, I was just joking!" She looked at Utahime. "Sorry senpai." Shoko gave a smirk, but it looked like she didn't know how to smile properly.
Naruto focused on the game.
That Neji-like boy, Kamo, was betting. But instead of paying attention to the ball and the bat, he was trading words with Itadori, thus he was out.
Mai couldn't score.
The petite blonde girl didn't even swing the bat.
The robot of the team, Mechamaru, was nowhere to be seen.
Todo had it worst. He was gossiping with Itadori and not paying attention, thus, the pitcher, Maki took the opportunity and threw the ball at him, which impacted on his left cheek. The older boy was dramatically falling, but before he could hit the ground, Itadori caught him.
"Todo-senpai!" Yuji cried out.
"My brother—" Todo sadly smiled. but before he could continue, several voices were heard one after another.
"Nice pitch~!"
"Nice pitch!"
"Salmon."
"Nice pitch~~~!"
"Nice pitch…!"
"Nice pitch."
"Senpai, they really hate you!"
"Yuji, my brother—"
Naruto sighed. He was getting tired of all this drama. Although the exchange of conversation between Yuji and Todo reminded him of Gai and Lee.
Then came the turn of Tokyo team's betting. They played far better than the Kyoto team.
Toge did good, he was a good runner. Although he couldn't score. Maki was faster, she even 'almost' scored a homerun. The reason why she failed to score an actual homerun was because Momo used her cursed technique and used her broom to float and catch the ball. The umpire, Satoru, declared it fair, much to the annoyance of the Tokyo team.
There was another exception. Mechamaru, the robot, who apparently wasn't a robot, was using a proxy. A pitching machine as a proxy. The umpire allowed it. The Kyoto team's argument was
Panda was also good, if not great.
Fushigoro was excellent, but failed to score a run too.
Nobara… well, she was being herself.
Finally, it was Yuji's turn.
The pink-haired boy scored a homerun. Even Momo, who was in midair, couldn't catch the ball.
Team Tokyo had won.
Team Tokyo→ 01
Team Kyoto→ 00
The Goodwill Exchange Event was over.
~• •~
"Bathroom… bathroom…bathroom…"
Naruto really needed to find the bathroom.
It was annoying, really. Such a big place has such bad sanitation facilities.
"You can always do it in the bushes, son!" His father, who was apparently INSIDE HIS MIND, suggested.
"Don't be stupid, baka!" His mother scolded. "Don't become a monkey like your dad. Be a gentleman, or else, no girl will ever date you."
"He is only five!"
"Twenty-two, you mean?"
Naruto sighed.
During the tournament, his mother and father's spirit had somehow bypassed his mind's natural barrier and were now residing in his mindscape.
It was an invasion of privacy. Who gave them permission to get inside his head and read his memories? The big question is— HOW DID THEY GET INTO HIS HEAD?
"Aww, sweetie," his mother spoke. "We have our ways."
And now they were reading his thoughts too!
"Come on, kid, it's not like we saw everything." His dad said. "We just saw a FEW things."
Wait. Are they being sane? So as long as they are inside of him, they will be sane? Another thing is that they were in their human forms. It's a good thing.
"Glad you could find a benefit." His mom said.
Ugh! What a drag!
"You sound like that lazy friend of yours!"
Ah! There it is, 'Men's restroom'!
He went inside and finished his business.
"You forgot to zip up, kid." His father informed him and instantly Naruto flushed in embarrassment.
"Please, don't look, dattebayo." He quickly pulled his pants' zip up.
"Huh, there's nothing we haven't seen before." His mother said. "I used to change your diapers, remember?"
Naruto's face was now impossibly red colored.
"I just…" before he could finish his sentence he suddenly felt cold on the back of his head before darkness consumed him.
~• •~
Satoru was texting Utahime, who had left with the Kyoto teams a few hours ago when he felt a cursed energy spike.
He looked at the restroom's direction with a curled eyebrow.
"Should I go and help?" He asked himself. Then he chuckled. "Nah, he'll be fine." Then he paused for a moment. "I think."
~• •~
Kaito slowly lifted the boy.
The boy was not a normal person. A Special Grade threat to be exact. So, he wasted no time wrapping talismans' and seals on his hands and legs.
He then put the kid in the sack. One might wonder how did he get inside of the school and how would he go out of this school. The old men knew a lot about this place and gave him a map of the place. It was a very hard job, really. He had little pool of cursed energy, so he could avoid getting detected inside the barrier of Master Tengen with little effort.
He was certainly not enjoying kidnapping a child and bringing him to people who would most likely kill him. But he really needed money. And they were providing more than enough of it.
A part of him did feel guilty, but he had mouths to feed.
Kaito was a tall man with tan skin and dirty-blonde hair. He had a small scar on his exposed chest.
Suddenly he felt a movement on his shoulders. The sack began to shake violently before it fell on the ground.
Kaito tried to grab it, but immediately, it was torn apart from inside and a orangish-white figure emerged.
"Hehe," the figure, Tenodakume, chuckled in a mocking tune. He looked at Kaito. "You dare try to kidnap my baby?"
Kaito was confused.
"Your…baby…?"
Then it clicked him. Cursed spirit— mother and father…
"YOU ARE SO DEAD NOW!"
The 'boy' disappeared from the spot and Kkaito quickly braced himself for an attack. He received a punch on his gut, he felt little pain as it was just a child's body…
Kaito fell on his knees. 'No, it can't be…"
"Ah?" The 'boy' stood in front of him. "Was that a Black Flash? Nah. It was simply my boy's natural strength.
Kaito quickly stood up and pulled out a dagger from his pocket and engulfed it with his cursed energy.
"You know," the 'boy' said as he walked towards Kaito. "I don't want my son to get hurt. I also don't want to have blood on his hands. So why don't you just walk away and tell those old men that they should NOT send anyone else after our baby and we will forget everything about this. Sounds good?"
Kaito had never once failed a mission. He had kidnapped people from the most impossible situations. He worked for the Kamo clan mostly and he was quite famous there. A failed mission in his resume doesn't sound very good. Besides, he was a master in stealth missions. He was going to abduct this kid at any cost.
"Don't expect anyone to come here to save you," Kaito took an offensive stance as he spoke. "My cursed technique allows me to isolate an area of seventy square metres from anyone. Thus, no one can know what happens inside that particular place. I have already used my cursed technique on this place." He smirked. "You're going down!"
"Good grief." The 'boy' sighed.
Kaito jumped at him with his knife in hand, but the 'boy' jumped and evaded it easily. He then received a kick straight at his jaw. No. he can't lose. It's time to get serious.
"Blood Manipulation: Wheel blades!" The said blades, that looked like shurikens, were launched at the boy at a blinding speed and Kaito smirked a bit. Maybe he will…
The boy disappeared before reappearing once again. Kaito froze as he took a step before disappearing and reappearing in front of him.
'No… that move… he has been dead for a long time… Toji Fushigoro's flash step…'
The 'boy' tried to hit him once again with a punch, but Kaito was still taller, so he quickly grabbed the 'boy's wrist and tried to immobilise him. The boy struggled a bit before stopping his motions abruptly. 'Why did he stop?' thought Kaito before he received his answer.
The 'boy' twisted his own hands and kicked Kaito on his guts. The kick was very strong, but not enough to defeat Kaito. He stood up and used cursed energy to enhance his physical capabilities.
"Wow," the 'boy' said as he looked at Kaito. "No wonder Naru-chan was so smart. These eyes are pretty amazing."
Kaito understood what the 'boy' was talking about. With the Six-Eyes, one could literally see everything in perfect detail. He wasted no time and quickly conjured two blood scythes in both his hands before launching himself at the 'boy'. The 'boy' jumped once again, but Kaito caught his legs and pulled him down before cutting off his leg from the ankle.
The 'boy' let out a scream of agony as he fell on the floor. Blood was coming out at an alarming rate. The 'boy' looked at the detached leg before raising both his hands.
"Not so cool now, huh?" Kaito smirked as he brought out a syringe filled with paralyzing drug. He was just about to give the 'boy' the shot when he spoke. "Time to say goodbye."
"Heh-he, n-not so easily…"
"What?"
"If… I d-do t-this…" he struggled as he made a sign with his nine fingers. "This whole place… would b-be… destroyed along with Japan itself. My b-baby doesn't even… know he can do it…"
Kaito was not fast enough to stop the 'boy' from doing whatever he was doing.
"Come forth… Ky…"
But, someone else was.
"That's enough~!"
Kaito looked at the person with awe, who was currently holding the 'boy's hands. The man was none other than Satoru Gojo. The man looked at him with a smile.
"Now, Kaito Kamo, 2nd Grade Sorcerer, what should I do with you?"
Kaito gulped.
~• •~
Shoko was very tired. The intruder that Gojo had wounded was a bit hard to heal as he was constantly muttering stuff about 'Severing Satoru Gojo'. Gojo doesn't ever hold back.
She was in her cabin scrolling through Facebook when someone loudly banged on her door. She wanted some rest damn it!
"Shoko! Teno-chan has cut off his leg! It was a pure accident! Now, I need you to fix it!"
Sighing heavily, she stood up and went to open the door.
'This is gonna be a long night…'
Author Note:
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