Adventures of the Orange Flash
Chapter 15: A Fox's New Digs
"…and that's what happened," said Naruto as he walked along the sidewalks of Emerald Town with Sonic by his side. It's been a week since the battle against Eggman and the rescue of Cream's mom Vanilla, he had just finished telling his fellow speedster of what had happened.
"*Low whistle* sounds like you guys had some fun without me, too bad I missed it," said Sonic with a grin.
"Pretty much, but I'm sure you had as much fun with your family too,"
"No denying that, I had a blast with them," Sonic fondly recalled the events during his vacation.
"Choa choa," Yoru the dark Chao was sitting on Naruto's left shoulder, snacking on a bag of peanuts.
"Chaooo," Kou the Hero Chao nestled itself on Naruto's spiky hair while feeling blissful.
"I'm sure you did…we're over at Tails' lab now," Naruto looked up to see that they're currently standing in front of their friend's laboratory. He knocked on the door a few times and waited for a few moments before it opened to reveal Tails behind it, wearing a pair of goggles on his forehead.
"Oh hi guys!" said Tails cheerfully.
"Hey Tails, long time no see. Naruto told me of what happened," said Sonic.
"Yeah, it's the usual thing with Eggman as always and Naruto was there to stop him,"
"I remember you saying something about a new invention before Eggman kidnapped you, how's it going?" asked Naruto.
"I just finished it up right now before you guys showed up, come on in and check it out," Tails went back in with Naruto and Sonic following after him with the Chao.
"Buddy, you really gotta clean up the place. It's a bit messier than the usual," said Sonic as he looked at the pieces of papers, nut and bolts among other things scattered all over the place that they have to step over some carefully to avoid them.
"Sorry about that, this particular project really had me giving it my all. The inspiration came from your fuinjutsu Naruto," said Tails.
"My fuinjutsu, how come?" asked Naruto confusedly.
[I understand what he means Naruto, your arts so far has displayed great potential for many things from storage to transference. Am I right Tails?] asked Nicole from the E.C.G on Naruto's hands.
"That's right, Nicole. So I was working on a more technological way of storing items without stress of weight and congestion, and I found it!" said Tails.
"Well don't keep us in suspense buddy, what is your grand invention?" asked Sonic.
Tails walked over to a workbench and picked up something from it "Allow me to introduce…the Synthetical-Atomic-Compressor or S.A.C for short," he turned to display a medium sized waist pack-like object with a green circular touchscreen in the middle.
"So how does it work, Tails?" asked Naruto curiously.
"Well, the S.A.C digitalizes all kinds of objects and compresses their atomic structures within it for easier carrying and then un-digitalizing them back into the real world again for use. I've given it a try and it works like a charm, although I'll be needing more data so I can create more of it,"
[Tails, is there a chance that I can house myself in your device?] asked Nicole.
"Actually, it's possible since it requires a CPU to work,"
Naruto stood up and approached the pack "Then let's give it a try," then he placed a hand on the S.A.C and watched as a holographic screen appeared from the blue crystal and streams of data starting rolling by with a long bar slowly filling up before it was complete then they heard Nicole's voice from the waist pack.
[Transfer complete, I discovered some features which comply with my programming] said Nicole.
"Really? What are they?" Tails looked curious.
[I'm executing one of them right now…engaging Holo-Form…processing…complete] particles of data emerged from the S.A.C and clumped together to form a shape which solidified and its appearance in front of the group much to their surprise.
It is a brown female anthropomorphic lynx with the ends of her ears being black and her face features a stripe along the bridge of her nose as well as one under each eye which green, her black hair which is medium in length and splits at the ends is worn down. For her attire, she wears a sleeveless purple, black and white dress, black and white gloves with purple cuffs, black pants, and black and white shoes.
Naruto blinked several times before snapping back into attention and spoke up "Nicole-chan, is that you?"
The lynx turned towards him and a small smile graced her lips as she spoke softly "Yes, apparently I can utilize the digitization of the S.A.C to create a physical body to exist in the real world,"
"Well you do look pretty," Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, causing a tinge of red to appear on her cheeks.
"O-oh th-thank you," the Holo-lynx stammered.
"Wow, I never knew that it could work that way," said Tails.
"Well I gotta say that it's nice to meet you Nicole," said Sonic with a smirk.
"Nice to meet you too Sonic," Nicole replied.
"Naruto, how about you hold onto the S.A.C for a while? It links straight to my computer so I'll be able to acquire practical research data which will help me further my development on the S.A.C," said Tails.
"As long as you're cool with it, Tails," said Naruto.
"Naruto, there's something I've been meaning to ask. Who is this Kurama you spoke of?" asked Nicole.
"He is an entity made of chakra who has been sealed within me since the day I was born, we weren't friends at first but that changed later as time went on," said Naruto.
"So he was the source of the golden chakra?"
"That's right, it happens when we bond our chakra together," said Naruto.
"That sounds very interesting,"
Suddenly, they heard the sound of knocking on the door so Naruto went over to open it and saw a man dressed in a suit and holding a brown folder and a clipboard with a pen attached.
"Are you Naruto Uzumaki?" asked the man.
Naruto was confused at the man knowing his but responded all the same "Yes, that is my name,"
"I'm a realtor from the real estate agency, and we're happy to inform that the purchase of your new house has been certified after three weeks of processing. Inside the folder are papers signifying the ownership of the building, along with its blueprints,"
Naruto was taken aback from what he heard just now "Hold on, I don't remember doing anything to buy a house yet,"
The realtor looked at Naruto confusedly "But you did several weeks ago online and had deposited the required amount of rings for the purchase among other additional installments, it says so right here,"
Naruto checked and saw that he had indeed made the purchase and had even signed the papers with his signature on them too "But how, when I don't remember…might as well accept since it's already been done anyway," then he signed the terms of agreement on the clipboard.
"Thank you for purchasing from the Central City real estate agency, do have a nice day," the realtor before leaving.
Naruto could only turn around silently and walked back into the lab where Sonic, Tails and Nicole took note of his silence and the brown folder in hand.
"Hey Naruto, who was it at the door and what's up with that folder?" asked Sonic.
"It was a realtor who came to give me ownership to a house which I don't recall buying," Naruto replied.
"How's that possible? No one has ever seen you sign before," Tails pointed out.
"I know and…hold on a minute, there's one person who knows," Naruto frowned a bit.
"Who?" asked Nicole curiously.
Naruto crossed the middle and index fingers of each hand before calling out "Shadow Clone jutsu!" in a puff of smoke, a copy of himself appeared in front of then he walked over and placed his hand on it and concentrated before stepping back. The eyes of the clone changed from blue to red with the iris slitted like that of a feline.
The clone smirked before waving a hand in greeting "Hey, how's it going?"
"Who's that Naruto?" asked Sonic.
"That's Kurama, I transferred a bit of his consciousness into the shadow clone but he'll return once it dispels," said Naruto then he turned to his partner "Kurama, was it you that bought the house and used my signature and rings?"
Kurama grinned mischievously "Yup, that I did,"
Naruto groaned at the answer "When and why did you do it?"
"It was when you were taking an afternoon nap, I decided to use your body for a little exploration and went to use the internet in Sonic's room, there I saw an ad about a house on sale and with the amount of rings you have, I figured that I would be doing you a favor,"
"Not that I'm complaining, but don't do anything without telling me okay? So how many rings do I have left?" asked Naruto, Kurama smirked as he walked over and whispered into his ear before disappearing in a puff of smoke, causing Naruto's eyes to widen in shock "That much?" he heard Kurama laughing within the mindscape.
"Well since Kurama already bought the house, why don't we go and check it out?" said Tails.
Naruto nodded in agreement as he opened up the folder and read of the papers "According to the address, it's located here in Emerald Town. Let's go," the group left Tails' laboratory and traced the address to the building where its appearance totally knocked them for a loop "Kurama…you really went overboard,"
"Oh did I? Sure didn't put a dent of your current account," said Kurama with a smirk.
Before them is a large duplex house with two floors with balconies, a garage, and a front yard from the outside. Sonic let out a low whistle, Nicole was visibly impressed, and Tails was plain astonished while the Chao looked excited.
"I gotta say, Kurama wants you to live big," said Sonic.
"I know but according to this, there are five bedrooms, a spruced up kitchen, a library, living room, and a swimming pool out back," said Naruto.
Sonic shuddered at the mention of the pool "Thanks for the heads-up, I'll be staying well away from there,"
"Let's go in and see what's inside," said Nicole.
"Okay then,"
They went inside the duplex with Naruto using the key contained in the folder to open the door and were surprised from the appearance of the house's interior decoration, although there weren't any furniture among other things.
"Guess I'll have to head over to Central City and buy some stuff for the place," said Naruto after exploring the whole place with Kou and Yoru.
"Then let's head on over, I could go for some chili dogs right about now," said Sonic.
"I'll be going back to the lab to clean up the mess so I'll see you guys later," said Tails.
"I'll be returning to the S.A.C then," said Nicole as she broke up into data and entered the device.
"Alright buddy, let's juice!" Sonic dashed out of the house with Naruto close behind after locking the door, soon the duo had left Emerald Town as they zoomed along the freeway till they eventually arrive at Central City.
"Say Sonic, know any place I could buy some stuff?" asked Naruto.
Sonic looked thoughtful before he responded "Well there's the shopping district to the east of Central City, that's where I'm sure you can buy most of the stuff that you need for your new home,"
"Thanks Sonic, I'll catch you later then,"
"See ya," Sonic took off, leaving Naruto behind for his next destination.
"Okay guys, let's get to that shopping district," said Naruto, Nicole materialized next to him and nodded with a smile while Kou and Yoru sat on either side of his shoulders
"Okay Naruto," said Nicole.
The duo followed the GPS feature in the E.C.G and were soon finding themselves walking through streets where lots of people were moving about purchasing many items, shops displaying their products, billboards displaying advertisements, and loudspeakers making announcements.
"Amazing, so this is how the real world works…," Nicole was looking around in wonder.
"Yeah, I guess this would be your first time experiencing it," said Naruto with a smile, then he created a shadow clone and handed over two scrolls to him "Alright, you know what we need. So we'll meet up later okay?"
"Got it, boss!" the clone saluted before moving towards another part of the shopping district, Naruto and Nicole continued to explore when they heard someone call out to him.
"Hey Naruto, wait up!" a feminine voice called out to him, they turned around and Naruto recognized who it is.
"Ah Honey, it's been a while!" said Naruto with smile while Nicole was curious about the cat approaching.
"You're right about that, who's your friend…and what happened to your clothes!?" Honey happily walked up, though felt a bit off at the sight of the lynx standing next to him but then his appearance captured most of her attention.
"This is my friend Nicole and she is an A.I program that can manifest herself in the real world," Naruto then rubbed the back of his head sheepishly when he looked at himself, considering that the edges of his clothes are tattered and there's still the faint scent of smoke despite being washed several times in the automatic washer "You might find the story a bit much to believe,"
"Well I can't have you walking around in these clothes any longer, come on! I'll take you to my boutique and make you accessorize!" Honey grabbed Naruto by the arm and proceeded to drag him along with her.
"Honey, slow down!" Naruto called out as he stumbled but can't seem to break himself free from her grip while Nicole followed them with a slight frown on her face. They found their way to a tall building which has a large logo with the initials H.C and the name Honey Clothing underneath. Naruto turned to look at Honey in shock "You mean you own this place?"
Honey gave the fox a wink "Of course, I'm the founder and CEO of Honey Brand Clothes and Accessories as well as a top fashion designer. Now let's go inside and make you look spiffy," again she dragged him into the building where there are posters depicting models wearing various fashions, mannequins, mirrors of various sizes and long racks full of clothing. Naruto was jostled into a changing room where Honey began giving him many clothes to try out ranging from T-shirts to business suits.
"Honey, can't I at least pick up my own set of clothes please?" asked Naruto, he felt like a dress up doll and couldn't take it anymore especially with Kurama continuously laughing at him.
Honey felt a bit sheepish, seeing how she was making him dress up in many clothing which she picked out for him "Sure thing Naruto, sorry about earlier,"
"It's no problem at all, you just wanted to help out," Naruto waved her off with a foxy grin, causing Honey to look away shyly with a blush. He then walked over to a dress rack and sifted through each of them until finding some which caught his fancy and a pair of footwear to go with them before returning to the dressing room.
Meanwhile Honey was having a conversation with Nicole who was feeling a bit awkward at talking to someone aside from Naruto and his friends.
"So that's what happened to his clothes, I never would have imagined that. Although it was nice of him to help all of you out," said Honey.
"Most of his reasoning are illogical, but I find no fault and rather welcome them," said Nicole.
"Well he certainly is an interesting one," Honey nodded in agreement.
"Okay I'm done," they heard Naruto's voice as he came out from the dressing room only to fall silent in awe at his current attire. He's wearing a black vest with orange lining and zipper, a bear claw necklace worn around the neck, black baggy long pants with orange pockets and black sandals.
Nicole again felt strange upon seeing Naruto in his new clothes, and they're even stronger than before when they first met.
"Wow, he looks so handsome," thought Honey as she felt her heart pacing "But there's something missing…" she carefully looked him closely before snapping her fingers "That's it!" she scampered off much to their confusion for a few minutes before seeing her return with something in hand. It is a pair of orange wireless headphones with an inbuilt MP3 music player with SD card, USB slot and LCD screen display. Honey placed it around his neck and stepped back to admire the final work "Picture perfect!"
"Thanks Honey, so much is it for all?" asked Naruto.
"No charge," said Honey cheerfully.
"What? I can't do that, it's not right. I have to pay for them," Naruto protested.
"It's okay, really. They suit you very well,"
"I like the clothes too, which is why I want them to be valued. So I want to pay for them," said Naruto.
Hearing those words really touched Honey, any normal person would have jumped at the chance for free clothing but he wants to pay for them because they're valued to him "Alright Naruto, you win. I'll set up the price for them.
This got Naruto to beam at her "That's great, I also wanted to request an addition to them too,"
"What would that be?" asked Honey.
"A red swirl at the back, can you do that for me?"
"Sure, I'll have my staff work on them in a jiffy," said Honey.
"Again, thanks a lot," said Naruto.
An hour later, Naruto and Nicole left the boutique with his new clothes sealed into a scroll before being stored into the S.A.C. As they walked, Nicole decided to ask him something.
"Naruto, I was wondering why you requested for such a design on your new clothes?" asked Nicole.
"That's because, it is the symbol of my mother's clan. I was unaware of their existence when I was younger and yet I would instinctively wear its symbol on any of my clothes until I found out later and now wear it with pride," Naruto replied, Kou was tracing its hand along the red swirl etched into the back of the vest while Yoru looked a bit bored as it hovered ahead until it saw something which excited it and proceeded to fly towards it "Yoru, where you going?" they went after the distracted Chao to what appears to be an auto shop and followed it inside the building.
Naruto and Nicole had caught sight of the Dark Chao flying down into a showroom where a large variety of vehicles like cars, bikes, vans, etc. were on display. Naruto would be observing them but he was more focused on bigger things like finding his explorative Chao.
"Yoru, where are you?" Naruto called out as he looked around.
"Chao chao!" Kou was also helping in finding his friend.
"Naruto, I found Yoru. He's over here!" said Nicole from the other side of the showroom, Naruto flowed her voice and found them, especially Yoru sitting on the handlebars of a pretty cool looking bike with an orange paint job that totally drew him in as he approached the vehicle "This bike feels like a very fast one,"
"I can see that one has caught you attention," a voice suddenly spoke up from behind them, then Naruto and Nicole turned around to see who it was that spoke. It is male anthropomorphic walrus with violet fur wearing yellow gloves, a green tool belt across the shoulder, yellow goggles on top of his, and form-fitting black and white shoes and socks.
"Yeah but um, who are you?" asked Naruto confusedly.
"Oh my name is Rotor the Walrus and I'm the owner of this autoshop," said the now introduced Rotor.
"Mine's Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, she's Nicole and these Chao are Kou and Yoru. It's nice to meet you," said Naruto with a smile. Both Chao waved a hand in greeting.
"It's nice to meet you as well," said Nicole.
"Same here, I see you two want to know more about the bike?" asked Rotor, getting nods from the others "This street bike is the KTM 1290 Super Duke R which just came in this month, this 'Beast' as they nicknamed it claims 180 horsepower and 106 foot-pounds of torque which is usable thanks to its advanced electronic package with three drive modes and sophisticated lean-angle-dependent traction control,"
"Drive modes?" asked Nicole.
Rotor walked over to the streetbike and pointed at a switch on the right handlebar "There are three modes which influences the general responsiveness of the engine, its maximum peak power and traction control intervention. 'Street' and 'Sport' modes utilizes the full 180 horsepower and potent power development with a sporty traction setting while 'Rain' mode contrasts by limiting the maximum output to 100 horsepower with smoother performance and traction characteristics,"
Naruto let out a low whistle at that "Man, that's pretty tight. What you think Nicole-chan?"
"It certainly is a powerful vehicle at most," said Nicole.
"You can say that again, so far three of these babies have been purchase with this being the last one," said Rotor.
"Hey kit, why don't you buy it?" asked Kurama.
"Why should I Kurama? Since I can get anywhere fast enough?" thought Naruto.
"True, but at least you can conserve your strength, not to mention more fun this way,"
"You're just saying that because of those extreme sports on TV, but I have to admit that riding a bike might be cool, especially with this one,"
"So you're going to buy it?" Kurama was hoping for a positive response.
"Sure why not?"
"Yes!"
"But not for joyriding, I'm onto you Kurama,"
"Darn it,"
Naruto turned towards Rotor and spoke up "In that case I would like to buy it too,"
Rotor was surprised "Really, think you can handle it?"
Naruto smirked in response "Sure I can," he hovered his hand over the screen panel of the S.A.C and particles of data emerged from it before transforming into a small scroll which he holds out much to Rotor's surprise.
"Whoa, I've never seen a gadget like it before. What is it?" asked Rotor with curiosity.
Nicole was the one to explain "It is an invention of our friend Tails, it's called the S.A.C with the full name being the Synthetical-Atomic-Compressor…," she then explained the functionality of the device with Rotor listening intently.
"That is quite a breakthrough of technology," said Rotor.
"And he got the inspiration from my fuinjutsu, let me show you," Naruto unfurled the scroll on the ground and channeled chakra into one of the seals to release a large heap of golden rings.
"I can see exactly what you mean, I'm guessing that he also invented the gloves on your hands too right?"
"Yup, able to convert any type of energy and turn it into a form I want," Naruto held out a hand and channeled chakra into the glove which altered it shaped into a kunai "But the problem is that it could be destroyed if overloaded with energy,"
"Mind if I take a closer look?" Naruto give his consent and took off one of the gloves which he handed over to Rotor who put on his goggles and carefully examined it "I see…the filtering system needs a slight replacement of material which could handle the strain of the many forms of energy that stream through it,"
"Whoa so you know about these kinds of stuff too?" asked Naruto looking impressed.
"That's right, vehicles aren't the only things I specialize in, I also deal in other gadgets," said Rotor with a smile.
"Maybe next time, we'll bring Tails along and you two will compare notes,"
"Sounds like fun, I'll need you to sign a few things before we can complete the purchase of the bike," Rotor reached over the desk and took out a pen and contract, Naruto took the pen in hand and inputted his signature before Rotor handed over the keys to Naruto.
"Thanks Rotor, now let's see what this baby can do!" said Naruto excitedly, they wheeled the bike out to the streets as he got onto the seat and used the key to startup the engine then revved it a few times "Great, now for the test drive!" he rolled on the throttle and took off down the road.
Naruto was currently riding along the streets with the bike gradually increasing speed, he could feel the comfort as well as see the LCD's pinpoint accuracy of the speedometer on the dashboard. Upon entering the freeway, Naruto flipped the switch on the right handlebar to have the bike change to rain mode to sport mode which was where speed took wide step from docile to wild as Naruto punched it and rode along at high-speed. He was overtaking cars, trucks and vans by banking from left to right as he sped forward with the winds blowing in his face. Feeling daring, Naruto leaned back on the handlebars and throttled to raise the front wheel to perform a wheelie for a fair distance before setting back on the ground.
"Man this bike is awesome! May not have my top speed but definitely a thrill giver!" said Naruto excitedly.
"You're right about that," said Kurama, sharing Naruto's senses and enjoying the exhilaration with him. Suddenly a set of memories flowed into Naruto's mind as he realized just what they are.
"My shadow clone must finished buying the stuff we need to renovate the house now, let's pick it up before returning to Nicole-chan and Rotor over at the autoshop," thought Naruto then he took to the outer lane to exit from the freeway and followed the signs to find his way back to the shopping district. There he found his clone standing at the sidewalk and rode over for his copy to gape at the sight of the streetbike.
"Wow boss, that's a cool looking bike!" said the clone.
"I know, that's what I thought when I first saw it too," said Naruto "So did you get the things we need?"
"Got them all right here," the clone brought out the scroll and handed it over to Naruto before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Naruto rolled on the throttle again and was off towards the autoshop where he pulled off a stoppie before braking in front of the building where Rotor and Nicole was waiting for him.
"So what do you think of the bike?" asked Rotor.
"It's tame at times but can be very wild when you want it to be," Naruto replied with a smirk.
"Must be why they call it a beast,"
"True that, anyway I gotta go home and do some renovations for my place," said Naruto.
"Then I guess I'll see you later,"
"Count on it, let's go Nicole-chan,"
"Okay Naruto," Nicole burst into bits of data before entering the S.A.C as Naruto rode off, Rotor had figured that Nicole is an A.I as he still had his goggles on after examining the gloves and was taken by surprise when he looked at her only to see lots of data and so wasn't that stunned when they left.
After a while of speeding along the road, Naruto and Nicole had finally arrived at Emerald Town as he rode into the garage and parked the streetbike with Nicole once again emerging from the S.A.C to which he smiled softly, seems like she prefers being in the real world more than remaining inside the device attached to his waist. Naruto and Nicole went to the front door and unlocked it before entering the empty living-room, then he created a large number of shadow clones.
"Alright guys, I need you to divide into groups of fives," Naruto watched as the clones complied and there were five groups in total "Ok here's it things will go, group 1 will handle the living-room, group 2 will take the kitchen, group 3 takes the bathrooms, group 4 has the bedchambers, and group 5 will take care of the library. So get to it,"
"Roger that Boss!" the clones responded in affirmation, then Naruto materialized the scroll and then unsealed its contents which were furniture, home appliances, grocery etc. with the clones picking any of them and moving towards their designated areas to start their current objectives.
In the living-room, the clones set to work by rolling out the large blue and yellow carpet before assembling a black 5-piece sectional sofa which is configured into a U-shape with a brown wood style coffee table. They placed a black wood media cabinet containing a game console, media players and surround sound system, on top of which a 4K TV (Samsung Q9F QLED) was situated. There were two bean bag chairs, each colored white and black that Kou and Yoru sat on looking very happy.
Next was the kitchen, the clones placed the utensils such as spoons, forks, knives, ladles etc. into the drawers with the same going for the cookware like pots, pans, skillets etc. as well. Elsewhere, the clones properly organized the placements of the disk rack, microwave, food processor on the kitchen counters whilst the refrigerator (With the grocery put inside), cooking stove close by on the floor.
For bedrooms, the clones put in the basics which are the mattresses, sheets, blankets etc. Afterwards are draperies for the windows, media cabinets for smaller TVs, media devices etc. for personal, leaving the rest for anyone who wishes to decorate with their own style.
The library which has its own open fireplace, contained a sofa, coffee table, an office desk and multiple bookshelves ladened with books recommended by the bookkeeper when the shadow clone was browsing the bookshop back at the shopping district in the afternoon. There really isn't much to say about the clones renovating the bathroom aside from the fact that they were the third to complete with the kitchen and living room in first and second place respectively.
Naruto was currently walking through all of the rooms to inspect them personally despite his clones dispelling and gaining their memories, he adjusted any of the items slightly and would back away to view before doing anything. The fox had just left the library when he heard Nicole call out to him.
"Naruto, there's something I want to talk to you about," said Nicole.
"Okay Nicole-chan, just gives me a few minutes and I'll be right there," Naruto replied, he walked past the living room to see the Chao asleep before moving on and finding Nicole sitting on the grass and looking up to the night sky, he went over to sit next to her "I'm here, so what's the matter?"
"For a while now I've been feeling strange sensations which weren't part of my programming and I am unable to trace their origins no matter how hard I tried, they seem to occur whenever I interact with you or the others and it confuses me to no end," said Nicole.
"Unknown sensations huh? When did they start?" asked Naruto curiously.
"Well they began a bit before we first engaged Eggman in his Egg-Go-Round," said Nicole.
"Hmmm, what were the changes?" Naruto mumbled thoughtfully as he looked back the past events, he then noticed that her ways of speech changed as time went on then her reactions after gaining a body of her own…Naruto's eyes widened upon realizing what was going on and so decided to try something "Say Nicole-chan…"
"Yes Naruto?" Nicole turned towards Naruto, only to see the fox use his hands to press his cheeks together and his eyes rolling around, looking very comical. Nicole's eyes widened for a moment before she broke in laughter much to her surprise when she finally stopped and looked at a smiling Naruto "What was that about?"
"I was testing out something and was able to confirm it. Nicole…you have developed emotions of your own," said Naruto.
Nicole was taken aback by his statement "But that's impossible! An A.I program shouldn't have emotions but rely on logic!"
"But you do and I can even sense them from you, perhaps your creator was aiming for that but failed to see that it was a gradual process before he stored you away in his database," said Naruto.
"So what should I do with them now? I just can't seem to find a way to handle them as they are," Nicole looked unsure of herself.
Naruto smiled softly then he took her by the hand as they both stood before embracing her with his tails wrapping around. Nicole was at first confused but then let her head rest on his shoulder with a feeling of contentment while letting out a sigh.
"You should accept them as they are a part of what makes you who you are, I too had the same problem with a certain aspect of mine and rejected it but later on I learnt to accept as it was a part of myself. If what you feel is too much to bear alone, then you just have to share it with me or the others to lighten the load. Okay Nicole-chan?" said Naruto pulling away to stare into her eyes.
Nicole stared back and felt something deep within, telling her that she doesn't have anything to worry about anymore with him close to her as he nodded in affirmation to the fox "Okay Naruto, and thank you…for everything,"
Naruto responded with a foxy grin "It's no trouble at all Nicole-chan, I'll always be there to help my precious people no matter what," Nicole nodded shyly, which Naruto took note "She's acting a bit like Hinata-chan," his heart clenched in pain at the thought of the timid lavender-haired girl that shared his nindo, he snapped back into focus and spoke Nicole "Let's head back inside and rest, it's been a long day,"
"Okay Naruto," said Nicole before transforming into data and returning into the S.A.C.
Before reentering the house, Naruto turned to look up the sky with a sad smile on his face "Everyone… I miss them all. Sasuke…please help protect the peace that we all fought hard for," then he walked back, having already entrusted his hopes and dreams to everyone back in the Elemental Nations.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, a week after the battle with Eggman and foiling his plans as usual, Naruto and Sonic paid a visit to Tails' lab where he had invented yet another gadget inspired by Naruto's fuinjutsu and further discovers that Nicole could create a body for herself with it. It was quite a shocker for the fox when he discovers than Kurama had purchased a house with him unaware, having him and Nicole accompanied by Sonic to head to Central City for some shopping. Over there, Naruto and Nicole runs into Honey the cat who helps him get a few sets of new clothes to replace his old one. Then a curious Yoru leads the duo into an auto shop where they befriend the owner Rotor the Walrus before purchasing a bike after being persuaded by Kurama,
Upon their return to Emerald Town, Naruto and his clones worked together in renovating the new house. Later on, Nicole learns that she is capable of feeling emotions which worries her but support from Naruto was able to calm her down.
Next chapter will be about Naruto's azure flames and its possible association with a well hidden legend, with the help of an archeologist and a companion.
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This is Hussbek from Ghana
Signing out.