Chapter 27
No Need For Apologies.
A Stream In The Forest Of Death.
Naruto, with Nagi in his arms and Ken-Ohki on his shoulder, landed in front of a clear and fresh looking stream.
Letting Ken jump off his shoulder, he places Nagi down and makes a clone to help remove Nagi's shroud, all the while mumbling to himself about idiots wearing things cos it looks cool, but if it causes problems for you in the long run then stop wearing them.
Satisfied with successfully removing the Shroud, he dismisses the clone, folds the shroud up and places it under the bounty hunters head, may as well us it for something.
Naruto stands back up and stretches a bit, for some reason being in the forest was so relaxing, even if it's called the forest of death, guess the Alpha Aura really helps in this place.
He takes out a scroll and unseals a empty canteen, "I knew there was something I forgot to get, oh well." Naruto moves over to the stream and refills his canteen, walks back over to Nagi, seeing that she had a light sheen of sweat on her brow, tells Naruto it was definitely heatstroke that got her.
He sits down next to Nagi and lifts her head up slightly to angle her better for drinking, slowly tipping the canteen on her lips slightly to not only moisten them, but to get Nagi to slowly open her mouth and drink the water.
As he was doing that, Nagi's eyes slowly open, seeing a long blond man holding her, she would've pushed him away, being the strong bounty hunter, but at the moment she was too weak, of course she was kicking herself for such stupidity, but for some reason this man, who for some reason reminds her of that boy Ryoko hangs out with, what was his name, Ryoko practically yells about marrying the guy, oh yes, Tenchi, that's who this young man reminds her of, but with his looks he reminds her of Ryoko, though the hair color is different the style and shape of it would make anyone accidentally mistake him for Ryoko, along with his eyes, if they... had... heatstroke!
Her eyes widen, realizing the mistake she made, but how, she knew Ryoko landed on this planet, Ken-Ohki followed Ryo-Ohki's trail, but because Ryo-Ohki landed she stopped emitting her ships energy, she landed where Ryoko landed, but because Ryo-Ohki was in her animal form it was difficult for her and Ken to find them, it's been over 100 years since Ryoko flew in Ryo-Ohki.
As she was thinking over everything, still drinking from the canteen, Naruto saw she was awake, but still weak, sighing to himself, he needs to get back to his team, hopefully they're alright, he knows Mimi is with them, but he can't help but worry, but he also can't leave Nagi in her weakened state, sighing again at his choice, he begins to introduce himself, "Nice to meet you, I'm Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." He finishes with a friendly smile, hoping it was enough to break the ice with the woman, also stopping her train of thought.
Nagi was shaken from her thought by the now named Naruto's voice, though now seeing clearly, thanks to the water and her shroud being removed, she saw Naruto giving her a kind, friendly smile, that she felt her cheeks heat up slightly, shaking her head, thinking it must have been from the heatstroke, she introduces herself, "I-I'm Nagi, this is Ken-Ohki, I sorry for attacking you, the heat must have really gotten to me." Being unable to remember their fight fully because of said heat.
Naruto nods his head, telling her it was fine, he beings to say, "It's alright, you mistaking me for my mother Ryoko, is completely understandable."
That shocked Nagi.
Not only was Ryoko on this planet, but she had a child, what the hell was happening.
Seeing Nagi's reaction Naruto explains what happened with Ryoko's daughter Miko, and how he fitted into all of it, leaving out about Kyuubi, due to knowing what type of person Nagi is through his mother's memories, he knows he could trust her, to this extent, at least.
Nagi was shocked again, Naruto was the reincarnated body of Ryoko and because Ryoko's daughter crashed here, Naruto's family had Ryoko's blood running through them.
As she was processing all this, Naruto places Nagi down carefully and stands up, he then bends down and picks up Nagi, bridal-style, getting a surprised "eep" from the woman, who blushed at sounding girly, looking angry at Naruto, but couldn't hit him because she was still weak from the heat.
She talks at him angrily, "What are you doing!?"
Naruto just smiles at her and replies, "Well I couldn't just leave you here, since a ninja exam is running, you might get attacked in your weakened state," Hearing Naruto say that she couldn't help but agree, Naruto finishes happily "Besides, I think you're being cute when you're bashful like this."
Now she was red, hearing Naruto call her cute, but she couldn't do anything because of the stupid aftereffect of heatstroke, all she could do was lightly hit his chest and hide her blushing face in his chest, while saying, "Baka."
Naruto just smiles, using Ryoko's cloning technique, the clone picks up Nagi's shroud and seals it and the canteen back into the scroll, the clone then picks up Ken-Ohki and places him on the Naruto holding Nagi, keeping him close to her, the clone then merges back into Naruto, surprising Nagi at his use of Ryoko's powers.
Naruto smiles at Nagi, causing her to blush a bit, "Alright, let's go catch up to my team, oh and if you meet my mom, please don't try and attack her, she and the Masaki's are the only family I have left."
Nagi was a little upset that he was basically asking her to give up her bounty of Ryoko, but there was something in his eyes that she couldn't help be drawn to, those yellow cat-like eyes wanting her to stop trying to hurt someone he cares for.
Peeling her eyes away, unable to look anymore, she couldn't fight back with Naruto, "Fine, I'll give up Ryoko's bounty." Hearing herself say those words, she couldn't help but feel lighter, it was as if a great weight was lifted from her shoulders.
Naruto smiles in gratitude, "Thanks Nagi, it means everything to me that you'd do this for me." Coursing the woman to blush at the positive feedback of her choice.
With that they took off, looking for Naruto's team.