Adventures of the Orange Flash

Chapter 47: Let's Jamboree!

It's another normal morning over at Emerald Town as the residents are already awake and preparing to go over their regular activities like any other day. But there are a few who have yet to wake up as we converge towards the room of a duplex and inside we find Naruto sprawled out on the bed with drool dripping out of his open mouth as he snored away. Rays of sunlight peered through the gaps in the curtains and shone on Naruto's face, finally arousing the sleeping kitsune who now sat up at the edge of his bed then let out a loud yawn with his arms outstretched.

"It's about time you woke up, I was wondering how long you were going to keep sleeping," said Kurama.

"Well good morning to you too Kurama, I can see you're as cheerful as always," Naruto did a few light stretches to work the kinks out of his joints as he spoke.

"Whatever you say brat, now hurry up and get out there. I just know that there's trouble waiting to happen and we're going to be in the thick of it,"

Naruto let out a groan "And you've just jinxed us at the very beginning of the day,"

"Stating the obvious here, nothing ever goes normally with you involved,"

"…it still bugs me that I really can't deny that,"

Naruto let out a small sigh as he went into the bathroom to take a nice hot bath then took out his regular clothes from the closet wearing the X-Gloves for last and checking for any notifications and saw that there were a few messages from different companies with multiple offers but he deleted them with a roll of his eyes. He's been getting these messages ever since the tournament and was finding it rather irritating since he has no intention to be anyone's poster boy just so they could boost their sales and whatnot.

Putting the headphones around his neck, Naruto finally exited his room and descended down the stairs into the living room where he found Carol sprawled out on the sofa and lazily watching TV with Lilac sitting nearby reading a book. Kou and Yoru were playing on their beanbags till they saw Naruto and flew over to sit on his shoulders whilst chirping happily.

"Morning everyone," Naruto called out, getting the attention of the two.

"Good morning Naruto, I was wondering when you were going to wake up," said Lilac with a smile.

"Had another one of my ramen dreams, so what are you girls up and where Milla and Nicole?" asked Naruto curiously.

"Nicole's gone to Tails' Lab to update the firmware of the S.A.C with Milla following after her," Carol let out a loud yawn and stretched like the feline she is much to the kitsune's amusement "As for me, I'm just laying around while letting the world pass me by. Don't know for Lilac though,"

Naruto was about to speak up when he heard a voice calling out to him from upstairs and turned to see Wendy and Carla coming down the stairs and approaching them with a look of curiosity from the former. You see, Naruto learnt that the duo had been on the road on their own with no home to return to which got to him so he offered for them to stay at his home and help them search for her mother. At first they tried to refuse especially Carla but Naruto's strong insistence along with support from the girls pretty much gave them no other choice to accept.

"Good morning everyone," said Wendy politely.

"Same to you two, hope you both had a restful night," said Naruto with smile.

"Indeed we had a goodnight's sleep, although I am curious to ask where you might be off to?" asked Carla, standing next to Wendy.

"A short stroll through the town before meeting with my sensei for some training, noticed that I've slacked off bit,"

"Again? I admit that you're truly powerful from what I witnessed during the tournament, so why seek to get anymore stronger?"

"Because there's bound to be someone out there who is stronger than me, plus I want to get stronger so I can protect those I care about from the bottom of my heart," said Naruto, reminiscing the conversation which he had with Haku "Well, I'll be off now,"

Carol poked her head over the couch with a sly grin "Try not to get mobbed by fans, Golden Fox,"

"Ugh, are you ever going to stop calling me that?" Naruto groaned out.

"Got no one to blame but yourself especially after your performance at the tournament,"

"She's not wrong about that," said Lilac amusedly.

Naruto groaned again, his victory at the tournament earned him a lot of rep or rather too much of it. His performance and transformation earned him the moniker 'Golden Fox', something that Sonic and the others were rather quick to tease him with, recordings of his fights went viral and there were a couple of memes in the internet. In addition to the offers, Naruto had been getting bugged a lot and had to endure until things finally calm down.

"Why so grumpy about this, I thought you'd like the attention?" asked Kurama with a quirked eyebrow.

"You know there's such thing as too much of something is bad for you?" thought Naruto before speaking up "Alright, I'll see you all later,"

Naruto used a henge to hide all but one of his tails whilst putting on a baseball cap and a pair of sunglasses with the Chao hiding in the hood of his vest as he left the house and proceeded to go on a stroll through the town. He put on his headphones and played a song (Bruno Mars; That's What I Like) as he nodded to the rhythm and had to restrain himself from breaking into a dance. He moved to a slightly more secluded area and sensed that there was no one within range before locking on to one of the Hirashin markers and warped over to it in a yellow flash, finding himself and the Chao on the grounds of the Yakan Palace.

A wisp flew out of the main building before taking of Tetsuo the spirit of a Fire Kitsune who smiled upon seeing the blonde vulpine ninja "Hello there Naruto, good to see you as always,"

Naruto smiled in response "Same here Tetsuo-jiji, guess you already know why I'm here,"

"Indeed, let us retire to the meeting room for our conversation,"

They made their way inside and arrived at the aforementioned room where they took their seats before Tetsuo began to speak "And now, I can guess that the first question would be about the Azure Drive,"

Naruto nodded in affirmation "Yeah, it really took me by surprise when I fought against Natsu but gave me the edge that I needed at the time. So I wanna know more about it,"

"Very well, as I said before; the Azure Drive is a legendary transformation which only a well-trained Yakan member or mostly nine tailed kitsune can unlock. It is a state whereby one fuses with the foxfire to the point of actually becoming the flames itself, the known methods of entering into the state is high levels of emotions or when one attempts a sense of resonance with the flames, afterwards they can access the transformation freely. Our Bride once told us means to be one with our own flames and unleash the power sleeping within, one of the factor is that the potential of the foxfire relies on the level of emotion and willpower of the user,"

The blonde kitsune crossed his arms in thought "Hmmm, it's kinda similar to how I use the Sage Mode, but the difference is that I need to sync up with my foxfire instead of the natural energy from around me,"

"Exactly so, what say we work on you reactivating the Azure Drive now that you aren't in the heat of battle,"

"Sure thing, it'll be great to have more options besides using Kurama's chakra or the others when things get a little rough,"

The duo exited from the room and made their way to the training grounds where Naruto sat cross-legged in the middle of one of them then he clenched his hands into fists and bumped them against each other while Tetsuo watched from a distance. Naruto closed his eyes in concentration and focused on locating his energies, he easily found Kurama's chakra and the elemental aspect albeit there are several still inaccessible but placed them aside and continued his search until finding the foxfire and pulled on it

Naruto's body was radiating blue flames but he was frowning "No this can't be it, something's missing…what was it that Tetsuo-jiji said before? That the potential of my foxfire depends on my emotions and willpower, just need to think back on what I felt that triggered it," he thought back to the fight, repeating the scene a couple of times before noticing something "Hmm…let's see if this will work," he concentrated once more and this time the results were different as he felt a familiar sense of empowerment, Naruto opened his eyes to see that his fur had changed color from rustic orange to ocean blue, his hands, feet and the tips of his tails where engulfed in foxfire which burned intensely with multiple wisps of foxfire flew around him, and he's aware that his eyes are emitting blue flames while concealing both the irises and pupils.

Tetsuo floated towards the blonde kitsune with arms crossed behind his back and a nod of approval before speaking "Well done, apparently you were able to figure out a way to trigger the Azure Drive,"

"Yeah, I realized that infusing the foxfire with my will and desire was what activated it the first time so I tried it and the rest was much easier than before," Naruto explained while mentally controlling the wisps to float around him.

"Very well done, young one. You'll need to be ready soon for I feel that the other clans will be making their move soon to approach you,"

"I know, got a message from Espio sometime ago that he would introduce me to the clan's Bride once I'm ready to have an audience with her," Naruto took out a scroll from his ninja pouch to show to the spirit kitsune.

"I see, so then what about your business with the Freedom Fighters?"

"Well, the base over at Jungle Zone is still under construction with 74% of it complete thanks to my shadow clones using the elemental aspects to make things progress a whole lot faster. I also checked in with Sonic and the others, and so far he, Tails and Rotor are on board but Knuckles is rather unsure especially since he's the Guardian of the Master Emerald over at Angel Island,"

The conversation would have continued when there was beeping sound coming from the ECG-X gloves to signal a call, Naruto raised a hand to project a holoscreen which displayed the caller id and was mildly surprised to see that it was none other than Bunnie Rabbot and so answered the call.

[Well, hey there Sugah-Fox! It's been sometime!] said Bunnie.

"Yeah it has, how are things going for you and everyone back at Knothole?"

[Same old same old, although the kids are wondering when you'll be comin by to visit]

"I see, then be sure to let them know that I'll drop by soon enough. So is there something else you wanted to talk to me about?"

[Oh right, do you remember the favor that ya owe me back at the tournament?]

Naruto quirked an eyebrow at that "Yeah I recall clearly, guess you're cashing it in now,"

[Yup, and my favor is…for you to take me out to someplace nice]

The kitsune's eyes widened in shock "Take you out…you mean like go out on a date?"

Bunnie could be heard giggling [Maaayyyybeee, I'm looking forward to what you got planned on Saturday]

"Bunnie-chan, wait a min-," Naruto was cut off by the call having been ended, he noticed Tetsuo looking at him in amusement "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I find it rather amusing that you would look this panicked when something relates to a girl," said Tetsuo with a chuckle.

"Yeah right, like I was expecting a girl to call me out on a date from out of nowhere," said Naruto with his arms crossed and a tinge of pink on his cheeks.

"Well I did say you would get into trouble, this one's unexpected but I welcome it nonetheless since I'm enjoying myself at seeing you act so nervous," Kurama smirked.

"Shut it furball, I blame you for jinxing us today," Naruto snarled "Oh man, how am I going to do this date thing when I never went on a date at all?"

"May I suggest asking someone who might have gone on dates of their own?" said Tetsuo.

Naruto snapped his fingers at that "That's a great idea Tetsuo-jiji! Now to figure who to ask for help…I think I know just the one, I'll see you later,"

"Be sure to tell me how your date went when you come back,"

Naruto rolled his eyes before locking on to a Hirashin marker and warping away in a yellow flash, the blonde kitsune arrived at his destination and quickly made his way over to the house of the person and sought advise which actually came in handy. Then he went back home and began to check out some things online through the computer in his room, soon found what he needed before sending a message to Bunnie to meet him at the Central City train station.

Meanwhile Nicole and the girls were at the living room and had noticed that Naruto was acting rather edgy for some reason and wouldn't tell them why, so they decided to congregate on this odd behavior.

"What do you guys think is up with Naruto?" asked Lilac.

"Beats me, he was fine this morning besides me teasing him about his title," said Carol with a shrug.

"Maybe those companies are going after him personally now?" said Milla.

Carla scoffed at that "I find it rather skeptical that he would be on edge over something like that,"

"Well, Naruto could tell us when he feels ready to," said Wendy.

"I guess so, but I can't help but feel curious about it," Lilac admitted to the rest.

"…," Nicole wasn't saying anything as she herself was deep in thought about something else.

As for Naruto, there were heaps of clothes on the bed as he tried on several combinations but it didn't seem to click with him and the Chao were hovering nearby while watching their friend fuss over the clothes, even Kurama was being rather critical about what to wear.

"No no no, that's no good either. It's too bland," Kurama critiqued.

Naruto groaned as he took off the baseball and tossed it at the bed along with blue T-shirt and jeans before sitting on the ground "*Sigh*, never thought that planning a date would be this hard,"

"Can't blame ya, given how you're in a whole different territory compared to being at Konoha and I can tell that you still miss her dearly," said Kurama rather softly, something quite rare for the Bijuu.

"I still do, if only Madara wasn't such a sore loser then I would be with her,"

"All Uchiha save for Itachi are sore losers, a mixture of superiority and inferiority complexes along with being monkeys that see then do,"

"Okay okay, I already got that you hate the Uchiha. Let's just focus on the now,"

"Whatever you say, let's just try to pick up suitable clothes for ya," said Kurama.

The duo resumed the selection of the clothing, but they weren't paying attention to notice that someone was listening into their conversation and frowned thoughtfully before moving away.

The day finally came as we now find ourselves over at the Central City station where Bunnie had already arrived at the terminal and waiting for the blonde kitsune. She was wearing a purple t-shirt which exposes her midriff over it is a light brown unbuttoned long sleeved shirt, an ocean blue skirt reaching her knees, a pair of white knee high socks, and a pair of black boots. Bunnie was tapping a foot when she caught sight of Naruto approaching and was taken aback at what he was wearing.

The blonde was wearing an orange untucked T-shirt depicting a red howling fox head in the front and wearing a black unbuttoned jacket with red streaks on the long sleeves, a pair of dark blue jeans which were tucked into a pair of brown timberland boots, and he wearing his headphones around his neck and a pair of red sunglasses on his forehead…plus he was only having a single tail.

"Well hey there Sugah-fox, you sure are looking mighty fine today," said Bunnie, looking at his clothes again.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "Thanks a lot Bunnie, you look very beautiful too, those clothes really fit,"

Bunnie blushed a little at the compliment "Awww, you're such a tease. But I'm curious to ask what happen to your other tails?"

"I had to disguise myself a little since I'm rather easy to spot when I have them all out,"

"Oh I see, the fame is still on. So where are you taking us to today?"

"I'm sure you'll know when we get there, I already got the train tickets so let's get on board," Naruto took Bunnie's hand much to her surprise as he guided her into the train and didn't have to wait for long till it departed for their destination.

The duo emerged from the terminal and Bunnie was taken by surprise yet again as she realized exactly where they are. Before them is an amusement park themed with bright colors and circus-themed structures as they saw the pathways decorated with colorful flags and illustrations of circus animals being a part of them along with various rides being seen from the distance, not forget the numerous colored balloons floating in the air.

"Ain't this place the Balloon Park Zone?" asked Bunnie excitedly.

"Yeah, I figured that it would be a great place to have some fun on our d-date," Naruto rubbed the back of his head a bit nervously.

"Then in that case, time's a-wasting!" Bunnie grabbed Naruto's arm and proceeded to pull him along with the blonde kitsune stumbling a bit behind her.

Music Start: Sonic & Knuckles OST; Multiplayer-Balloon Park

As the duo approached the amusement park at a more normal pace with Naruto now walking next to Bunnie until he decided to speak up out of curiosity especially since he hasn't exactly been to a place like this one before.

"So, where do we go first Bunnie-chan?" asked Naruto.

Bunnie placed a hand on her chin and hummed in thought then she looked upwards before smiling as she came up with an idea and spoke up "How about we go for a ride in that?"

Naruto looked at where she was pointing and understood what she meant "You mean a rollercoaster, I'm up for it especially since it would be a first time for me,"

"in that case, there's no time like the present then," Bunnie grabbed him by the hand yet again and proceeded to pull the blonde kitsune towards the entrance.

They both purchased tickets and took their seats on the coaster while waiting for the others to get on board until it finally was and began moving up the rails. As it gradually approached the peak, Naruto couldn't help but feel slightly edgy, he may have had multiple adrenaline pumping experiences but this is something a whole lot different even if it won't be that intense. They soon reached the top, giving everyone a view of the zone before rapidly descending down the rails with the passengers screaming out loud in excitement and the winds were howling in their ears. They swiftly rode through variations of shuttle loops, corkscrews, steep climbs and deep descents. Naruto could have sworn he heard someone barf at the back before the coaster finally slowed to its final stop, he helped Bunnie off as they walked away while still feeling giddy from the experience.

"Man, that was a lot of fun," said Naruto admittedly.

"And we're gonna have way more than this one," said Bunnie happily "Come on, this way!"

Naruto followed after her, feeling a bit awkward since he was the one to bring her here and yet was being the one taken around but decided to shelve the thought for now and simply enjoy his time with her. The duo found themselves at the Game area where multiple arcade games could be seen with the owners calling out for anyone to try out, Naruto took note of one announcement in particular.

"Step right up if you think you're a good shot, my shooting gallery is just what the doctor ordered if you want to put your accuracy to the test and be rewarded with tickets could be used for exchange at the gift shop," said the owner of the booth being a male Mobian parrot.

Naruto hummed in thought, maybe he could try these games out and win some tickets so he could get a gift for Bunnie, so he called out to her "Hey Bunnie-chan, let's try out this shooting gallery here,"

"Sure thing Sugah Fox, I'd like to see how good of a shot you are," said Bunnie, then they approached the booth with the owner welcoming them happily.

"Looks like we got two contenders, the rules are simple; try shooting as many targets as you can as they appear with the overall score deciding how many tickets you be rewarded. But keep in mind that you're running on a timer so you better be quick and accurate. Oh, and the fee is 50 rings per attempt," said the owner.

"We'll have a go," Naruto reached into his pocket and took out a hundred rings to pay before he and Bunnie were handed BB guns.

They took positions as the owner started the gallery up with the timer already counting down and the targets began rising and falling. Naruto and Bunnie began firing at the targets which were made to look like Badniks, the kitsune was proving to be rather swift in shooting though he amusedly thought that his friend Tenten would beaten this game with one hand tied behind her back. They soon ran out of time and both had racked up quite a lot of points in the end

"Well now, you two are really something to be able to land such high scores. So here are your tickets," the owner handed over two small bundles of tickets over to them.

"Thanks a lot," said Bunnie before leaving "So what else do you have in mind?"

"How about we get something to eat?" Naruto suggested, having actually eaten light breakfast before meeting up with her.

"Sure, I am a mite hungry,"

"Okay then, wait over here while I head on over to the food court. I won't be long," said Naruto, gesturing over to one of the many benches for Bunnie to sit on before leaving at a quick pace.

Bunnie sat on the bench and smiled softly while thinking about the blonde kitsune, he tends to act a bit childishly from time to time and easily gets excited but can be also attentive given how he was listening whenever she was talking, and couldn't help but giggle how awkward he gets whenever she moves closer to him. Her ears perked up upon hearing footsteps and turned to see Naruto approaching with a plastic platter of food in his hands.

"Hope I didn't keep you waiting, I got fries, burgers, and milkshakes," Naruto sat down next to Bunnie and offered her a separate platter.

"Gee thanks," Bunnie took the platter with a nod of thanks before they began eating. Things were silent for the moment until Bunnie decided to speak up after taking another sip of her shake "Say Naruto…,"

The blonde kitsune turned towards her after swallowing a fry "Hm, what is it?"

"I'm kinda curious about something, I can tell that you like training a lot so what is it you like to do as pastimes?"

Naruto looked up to the sky with a low hum before responding "Well back home, I used to play pranks when I was younger, watering plants and sometimes even played soccer, but I can be flexible with other things when the opportunity presents itself,"

"I still found it rather odd that time you played soccer with your shadow clones, thought the boredom finally drove you crazy," said Kurama.

"Hey I had nothing much going on that day so give me a break," thought Naruto "So what about you, what do you like to do during your free time?"

"Well for me, I like practicing martial arts, working out, and hair styling. Come to think of it…how did you get your hair to be so spiky?" asked Bunnie rather curiously.

Naruto patted said hair with a quirked eyebrow "It's always been like that for me, never used a hair product for that matter plus my dad also had spiky hair,"

"Your pops must have been a pretty handsome guy for you to inherit the looks from," said Bunnie with a wink, causing the kitsune to blush a bit.

"Y-yeah he was, how about we get a move on since we came here to have fun after all?" Naruto finished up the rest of his food before disposing in the nearest trash bin and walking away in a hurried pace.

Bunnie giggled softly to herself "He really is cute when he reacts that way," she threw the cup and platter into the garbage bin before following after the flustered kitsune.

The duo went on to get involved in more activities, they went to ride on a carousel then had a race of go-karts with Naruto ending up as the winner while Bunnie pouted about it but she was quick to change as she was giggling at Naruto's repeated fails at playing a crane since he hadn't played before and had to drag him away lest he spent more rings than necessary. Naruto took note of a photo sticker booth and thought it a good idea for them to take a picture to commemorate their outing together which Bunnie was quick to agree to, next moment had Naruto walking next to Bunnie with a tinge of pink on his cheeks as the photos depict Bunnie wrapping her arms around one of his with her chest pressed against it.

Naruto and Bunnie really got into things that they completely lost track of time, it was only when they took note that the skies had taken on a dark orange hue did they realize that the day is gradually coming to an end. Before they could leave, the duo had saved the best ride for last and that was the Ferris Wheel, they soon boarded the ride and watched from the windows as the sun slowly set and the lights of various colors lit up in the darkness to give off a unique scenery.

Music end

"It looks so pretty," said Bunnie in wonder.

"Yeah it is, I've never had this much fun in a very long time," said Naruto in agreement.

"Same here, haven't been to a carnival since I was a kid. To be honest, I was a little bit nervous,"

The blonde kitsune quirked an eyebrow at that "Really? I was feeling nervous too, I kinda feel that taking a pretty girl out on a date is akin to an S-ranked mission,"

"Makes me happy to hear that, even though I'm…," Bunnie trailed off at the end of the sentence and Naruto sensed sadness from her, making him concerned.

"What's the matter Bunnie-chan?"

Bunnie was silent for a few moments before finally speaking up "…ever since that day of the accident when I was a young lass which left my lower body and left arm to the point of no recovery with my life being in mortal danger. The only way to save me was through cybernetic surgery thanks to a doctor but I couldn't recall his name well enough, my life was saved but…," Bunnie looked down on her cybernetic arm which appeared normal until she disabled the hologram to make it take on its true appearance "…I never felt like all of me was there, people often would look at my arm and legs whenever I have a conversation with which made me feel very self-conscious. Over the years, I kinda got used to it but there would be times when I feel that way every now and then. Just wish I could get over it already,"

The Mobian rabbit was snapped out of her reverie when she felt something furry wrap around her like a blanket and looked to see Naruto with his tails around her and a warm smile on his face before speaking to her "I can see that you have your own insecurities just like everyone else including me. I had a crippling fear of ghosts which stemmed from the fact that I was alone since birth with no one to comfort me and was hated by a majority of villagers in my old home. I hated such feelings of isolation and fought against it by playing pranks back then, I eventually gained friends and comrades whom I'm willing to fight to the death to protect but there was always a niggling sense of fear that I might lose everything I worked hard for and be swallowed up by loneliness once again. It's normal to worry every now and then but I refuse to let it stop me from moving forward,"

Naruto was now smiling his foxy grin "You may feel incomplete, but you're still Bunnie Rabbot who's loyal, protective, pretty, dependable, and a total badass. Those were the exact thoughts in my mind when I first saw you that day and even further when you held your own against Sonic too. Sally-chan and the others from Knothole know this full well, believe in yourself just as much as we do,"

Bunnie looked at the kitsune with wide eyes as the words spoken to her gradually sunk into her heart, she looked down to the floor while feeling the tails wrap around her a bit more tightly then leant on his shoulder as a soft smile graced her lips "Ya'know, I get the feeling that I needed to hear those words from someone, that it's okay to worry as long as I keep looking on the bright side of things. I'm not incomplete after all, I'm still me,"

"And I wouldn't want it any other way," said Naruto, next thing he knew was that Bunnie grabbed him by the cheeks and pulled his face towards hers, soon enough their lips met each other in the form of a loving kiss before they parted with Naruto looking like he's been knocked for a loop "B-B-Bunnie-chan?"

"That was for being such a sweetie Sugah-Fox, I feel a whole lot better now like I got no weight on my shoulders anymore," said the Mobian rabbit with a bright smile, batting her eyelashes at the even more flustered fox.

"Uh…you're welcome," said Naruto.

Later on, they had gotten off the ferris wheel and departed from the Ballon Park Zone via the train which made its stop at the Central City station where Naruto got off though he made sure to give Bunnie a Chao Doll which he has a clone win for him when she wasn't looking as a surprise, something she immediately love and made it known with a suffocating hug before boarding the train to Knothole and the kitsune warped back home with the Hirashin marker.

The next day, Naruto was relaxing in the garden at the back of the house with his mind repeatedly straying to the date with Bunnie being ever distracting for the poor fox, he could have sworn he saw a cloud in the sky shaped to look like her. Naruto sat up from the grass he was laying on, wanting to do something to get his mind off when he noticed that Milla along with Wendy and Carla were seated around a large tome and walked over with curiosity.

"Hey girls, whatcha reading about?" asked Naruto, getting their attention.

"We're looking at a recipe for a recovery potion, Milla found this book from a library and we wanted to try and make one," said Wendy.

"However, the ingredients aren't the easiest to collect, there are a few located at certain zones which a rather dangerous," said Carla.

"Well, if you'd like, I could go to these zones and get some of thse ingredients for you. I don't really have anything doing right now anyways," said Naruto with a shrug of his shoulders.

"As you sure? We don't want to be a bother," said Milla with concern.

"It's no biggie, it could even count as training for me,"

Milla went to hug him while smiling brightly at that "Thank you Naruto, Wendy and I will make a list of the ingredients for you,"

Naruto smiled fondly with the Chao settling on his shoulders when he felt someone tap on his shoulder and turned round to see Nicole standing behind "Oh hey Nicole-chan, what's up?"

"I overheard you were about to head out to collect some ingredients and hoping to accompany you along the way," said Nicole.

"Sure thing, you can come along,"

"Thank you," said Nicole "I could use this chance to ask him,"

Milla soon returned with a sheet of paper which she had written the list on and held it out to Naruto "Here's the list, thanks again for helping me Naruto,"

"No problem," Naruto looked through the list with Nicole peering over his shoulder to read as well "Hmmm, now where to start looking,"

"Some of the ingredients apparently grow at the Leaf Storm Zone, I'll help you identify them,"

"Alright then," Naruto received the S.A.C from Nicole and strapped in on with Hazy-Moon and Masamune latching onto his back after floating out of his bedroom window "I'll be heading out so I'll be seeing you guys later,"

Naruto crouched low to the ground before leaping high into the high where he called out to Dragoon which swiftly appeared for him to land on before taking off in direction of their marked destination.

This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto finds himself in a slight pinch as his victory at the tournament had earned him too much rep like that of a celeb much to his chagrin and amusement of others. He also got a tackle from behind in the form of Bunnie wanting to go out on a date with the now nervous kitsune. Naruto managed to pull off a successive outing as well as had a very touching moment which strengthened their bond and earned himself a kiss.

A flustered Naruto is now on his way to the Leaf Storm zone to pick up ingredients for Milla who is taking a much deeper into alchemy. But with this being Naruto, things will definitely escalate beyond picking up herbs with the question being exactly what is going to happen? Be sure to read and review as always.

This is Hussbek from Ghana.

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