Chapter 173: Chapter 173 promise
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The super pervert did an unperverted deed in his life. Rias blushed up a storm and Rossweisse cooed at the scene. while Naruto almost puked at the scene.
Their moment was short lived when Naruto snapped his head west. Soon a mighty roar followed.
"Oi, Partner. We need to leave now."
The urgency in Ddraig's voice left Issei bewildered.
"What was that?"
"Probably Tiamat. The dragon king living in the familiar forest." she replied, conjuring a magic circle. "We need to leave, now."
"What a shame, I would have loved to meet this dragon king." Naruto sighed before they left.
What they didn't see was a blue western dragon landing on the spot they previously occupied, freezing everything around it.
"Was I sensing things wrong?" it thought before it flew off back to its quarters.
(Two days later: Earth, Kuoh)
"Yes! Fresh Oxygen! How I've missed you."
"It's good to be back."
Naruto spotted Rossweisse with her luggage and walked up to her, trying to offer her a place to stay one last time.
"Are you sure you don't want me to help?"
"Rias already took me in."
"You know I can... reverse that, right."
Rossweisse chuckled, shooking her head. "Yes but I'd love it if you didn't."
"Roger, ma'am." Naruto threw a two fingered salute and spun on the balls of his feet, Uzumaki mansion in his sight.
"Wait! Sempai." Rossweisse walked up to him and hugged him. Naruto went wide-eyed at the sudden intrusion. It was strange… He found it uncomfortable and at the same time, his heart raced.
"Thank you so much for being considerate for the last few days. I don't have the power to tell you right now but I promise I will one day…."
Naruto never once brought up the topic of why she came back with her luggage or why she had been so down lately. He acted like it never happened and for that she was very grateful. She owed him an explanation. Maybe not not but surely when she regained her balance, recovered and stood up on her own two feet, only then would she tell him.
She ended the hug, a pink blush on her face, berating herself for her sudden action. Maybe it was because she really needed a hug from a friend but she secretly enjoyed staying in his arms more than a friend was supposed to.
Naruto watched dumbfounded as Rossweisse ran off at light speed and slammed the Hyoudou's front door shut.
"What a weird woman…" he scoffed with a small smile on his face.
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Ding dong.
"What the hell am I doing knocking on my own door.?"
"Coming!" A few shuffles of slippers on the floor and the door flew wide open.
Naruto thinned his lips at her stupefied look. Only two words could make this moment perfect. He never knew he could say such words in an alien world where he was all alone. Words he's never said even in his home world. Words he had longed to say for so long.
"I'm home."
Martha's purple orbs widened in happiness. "Nii-san! Naruto-nii is back!" she screamed as she pulled him into a hug.
The blonde ninja smiled as he wrapped his arms around her. Gaia perked up from the living room and joined in on the goodness. Naruto's arms were wide enough to contain both girls.
Naruto Uzumaki never had anyone to go home to before. Of course he had friends in his home world, he never really experienced the thrill, the excitement, the joy of having someone to go home to. Having someone at home expecting his return, awaiting him.
"Well, well, if it ain't Naruto-sama who bailed. How was hell?" John shared a handshake with Naruto and both men exchanged a quick hug and chuckles.
"I see you're still alive and kicking, John."
Here in this alien world, it seems he too… After all his losses, could find precious people to fill the hole in his heart. So very few, yet so very special and sincere. Total strangers they were, yet they found peace within each other, within one another. It's amazing how we find solace in total strangers.
"Come in, Ninja boy"
"It's my house, Pig."
"What would you like to eat, Naruto-nii?"
"You should have given us a heads up before you left, Naruto."
It was incomplete without him… It was incomplete without them…
Naruto took one last glance outside and thought, that dastard black cat hadn't visited in a while. He had a lot of education to instill in that one.
The Uzumaki house bubbled with laughter that day and Naruto smiled without a care in the world.
He didn't want to admit it out loud but home wasn't the mansion...
Home was his precious ones… Always have and always will be.
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The thumping of the passersby heartbeat, the subtle shuffle of their shoes on tiny grains of sand, the rustling of the trees, the 'weird' feeling some of them seemingly 'ordinary' humans walking down the street gave off, including the occasional looks she received from said 'ordinary humans' was all due to the power sleeping within her.
Everything was all due to the blasted energy sleeping within her.
Martha Hunter dragged her feet across the streets of Kuoh, too much on her mind to pay attention to the stares the opposite sex were giving her.
She held onto the strap of her black handbag, lost in thought as she wandered aimlessly looking for a new job.
She could feel and sense everything.
Her five senses underwent an earth shattering upgrade and she hadn't even adjusted to the power up yet, now they want her to use it?
Demon energy… She now had demon energy lying deep within her.
(Flashback: A day before.)
Martha laid on her back on the floor, Gaia and John kneeling on her right side, eyes filled with worry while Naruto's palms hovered over her body, from head to toe.
He hummed in deep thought and glanced at the adults. "It's most likely a side effect but I can't tell what exactly caused this… It's a bizarre phenomenon."
This situation looked all too familiar, he's gone through the same thing himself. Only if Martha had chakra, he could have delved deeper… The mediation required to enter one's inner world wasn't something Martha could achieve in a few days.
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