NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 3: 6 months of growth
Artemis's huntresses could be seen just getting up after being knocked outSome had confused looks because they didn't know what had happened to them, others were upset about the same issue. The last memory was seeing a blonde man talking to his Lady, who suddenly disappeared from his eyes.
Grunts of getting up could be heard, the more experienced ones quickly recomposed themselves, while the novices remained disoriented. Zoe and Phoebe, being the oldest young women in the house, were the first to be at 100% again, so they listened to the talk their Lady was having with that man.
- So in summary, your favorite is between Zoe or Phoebe -
- *Sigh* For the last time Naruto, I don't have favorites -
- Of course, I believe you, but my heart doesn't -
- Are you the son of Aphrodite? -
- I don't think so, let me check. Is she considered the most beautiful woman in the world? -
That question threw Artemis off, but she decided to answer honestly - Yes - even though she didn't like it, she had to be honest.
- Ok, point 1. Point 2, are you considered a good mother? -
- Yes - that was the only reason why Artemis could respect or put up with Aphrodite, because despite her promiscuous attitude, she is still a mother who always puts the good of her children before her own.
- Good point three, is she considered the strongest woman of the gods and with an indomitable attitude? -
That made her frown, without a doubt Artemis had those two characteristics, despite not being the most powerful in terms of combat technique and strategy, in pure power and only with her mastery, she is considered the most powerful, and despite Despite his whole way of being, he still had an indomitable attitude towards any god, that was the reason why Zeus was afraid of him, because he was unpredictable - Yes -
- Ok, she's not my mother -
- That? - Artemis looked strange looking at Naruto, like all the hunters, who had already been listening to the talk for a long time.
- She's not my mother -
- How are you sure about that? -
- Because do you remember what I told you about her? -
- And -
- I told you that my mother died at the age of 10, and I never felt energies similar to yours -
- So what the hell were those questions for? -
- To give me a possible theory, it is not a fact that I can confirm 100%, but with the information you gave me, it is now a possibility -
- AND? What is that possibility? - all the hunters were equally interested now, and had the same question from their Lady.
- That Aphrodite could be my mother and at the same time not - Naruto would say it with a calm that did not denote concern, but while he was calm, Artemis and her hunters were having a short circuit, like yes and no at the same time? What kind of philosophical game was this? - I'll explain to you later - Artemis just nodded, her head already hurt.
- My Lady - Zoe, being Artemis's lieutenant, decided to be the first to speak - Who is he? -
- He is... - before she could introduce Naruto, he interrupted her.
- Can I introduce myself? - Artemis only raised an eyebrow, but gave him a sign ahead. The huntresses were amazed at that. Who was this man who had interrupted his Lady, without consequences? - Nice to meet you girls, my name is Naruto Uzumaki and I am Artemis's only friend -
The hunters remained silent, they had no words at what this man said, while Artemis had a twitch on her eyebrow, denoting her annoyance at Naruto's words and decided to express her opinion - Since when are you my only friend? -
- Name a single immortal, outside of your immediate family, with whom you meet to chat or hang out - his response was silence from Artemis - that reaffirms my previous statement, I am your only friend - Naruto would express this with a sarcastic smile on his face.
- Take that smug smile off your face, or I was for you - the moon goddess would speak angrily.
- It's obvious that you don't like losing arguments -
- That's what comes now -
- You have to learn to measure your emotions and actions, you can't just go around fighting with everyone with a different opinion than yours -
- I don't do it and I'm not aggressive -
- I never used that word, but if you felt identified, it had to be for something -
- Shut up, or you'll regret it -
-And what can you do to me, Artemis? Will you kill your only immortal friend? -
- I swear I love you... -
- I know you love me Artemis, you don't have to remember it -
- MURDER!!! -
- Calm down Artemis, you don't want to give a bad example to the girls, do you? - Meanwhile the hunters were only watching the interaction between those two, they couldn't understand what their eyes were seeing.
-Naruto Stay still! -
- Not until you calm down and breathe, and if you keep trying to kill me, when do I start your training? -
With those words said, Artemis stopped and only managed to give Naruto a look, swearing revenge - Fine, but the victory will be mine. Hunters - At that call all the young women positioned themselves in front of Artemis and before they could kneel, she raised a hand, signaling that they should stop - The man in front of you, as I already introduced, is called Naruto Uzumaki and he is a friend of mine. , but more importantly at this moment, he is a capable warrior as they observed by taking them down without any effort and that is why he will train them for a period of 6 months -
Naruto only raised his hand in greeting with a friendly smile, some hunters looked at the man with distrust, others with fear, especially the hunters who lived in environments of violence, where it was normally exercised by men and the last few looked at Artemis with afraid that he would abandon them.
- Don't worry girls, Artemis is not going to retire, she will still be here, I'm just going to take the lead in her training - Naruto just gave a quick and almost imperceptible light touch to Artemis on the shoulder, she quickly understanding the message, she acted immediately.
- That's true, don't worry, it's like Naruto says, I'm not going anywhere, Naruto will only serve as a trainer - With the confirmation of their goddess, the hunters who were scared and worried, calmed down, they couldn't say the same about those who have bad feelings towards him for being a man, but he couldn't be loved by everyone either.
_30 minutes later_
The hunters, with the help of Artemis and Naruto, had already prepared the camp, and everyone was at a distance of 1km from the camp. The hunters were amazed to see how Naruto had the ability to multiply and was giving them all a class mark. Some of them were forced by Artemis.
One of the less experienced hunters was the one who asked a question - Mr. Naruto, what is this brand for? -
- Oh, I almost forgot, thanks for asking... -
- Riza, sir -
- Thank you for asking Riza, this brand is for training, it will help me cure them immediately if necessary, and give them difficulties -
- As? Are you some kind of God, Mr. Naruto? -
- No -
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- Any other questions? - No one answered - Well... Artemis, please move away in an area of at least 20 meters - The goddess did not question and only moved to the required distance - Well, I do not know her abilities or her ways of fighting, so to speed up the process, I want them to attack me with the intention of killing - He would talk while stretching.
- But Mr. Naruto, what if we kill him? -
- Then it means that they don't need my training and they would be doing me a big favor -
- What… -
- I will answer that question another time - Already finishing stretching, he decided to give them a warning - Okay, one last thing - They all just looked at him, to hear what he had to say, but at the same time they all started to feel nervous, as if A danger area will surround the entire forest, and the fact that Naruto put his hand, covering his eyes, made them start to take out their weapons - Survive - it was a single sentence, a single sentence that started hell.
Before they could react, Naruto appeared behind a hunter and kicked her sideways, not only breaking her rib, but also making her go through a tree, with the next one it was the same process, before they reacted, he appeared in front of them. another and punched her in the chest, making her fly and crash into another tree. To the third huntress, they were able to react and before she could hit her one of the huntresses threw her knife at her, only for Naruto to disappear and appear in front of her, nailing the gun across the chest.
- Lesson 1: Never throw or lose your weapon if you don't have another at hand - Naruto would speak, with a coldness that even made Artemis tremble a little. Normally she would have already intervened with the first attack, but he was sure that Naruto I wouldn't murder them.
His words were ignored by an angry Phoebe, this man dared to murder one of her sisters, this man is equal to everyone else and is similar to her father to a certain extent, igniting her hatred to unsuspected levels. But all that rage ended when Naruto disappeared from everyone's sight again and appeared in front of her, with his fist raised and driving his blow squarely into her face, breaking her nose and causing a fracture of her skull.
- Lesson 2: Do not let yourself be blinded by your feelings, now I am not telling you not to feel anything in the battle, I am telling you to control those feelings, which very well can be a driver, like a limiter - Just when I finish speaking , he had to crouch down to avoid being impaled by two household knives, on both sides, courtesy of 2 hunters.
To give a parry and sweep their legs, making them fall and using his own weapons, to stab them in their legs, and then jump high for an arrow that was going in his direction, when he was already in the air, he could see how all the remaining hunters They shot arrows at him, being organized by Zoe.
Only for him to grab the first two arrows and disappear into the air, and appear in front of Zoe and stick the two arrows into her shoulders and not content with that, grab her head and knee her and use the force of the blow, to hit her. a turn back and avoid being impaled with arrows.
To stand still and join his hands, while the huntresses, having lost their leader, rushed directly towards him, without a plan. Only to be electrocuted, by a golden ray generated by it. Making them fall exhausted.
- Lesson 3 and 4: Never underestimate or trust a rival and learn to be more independent, not just listen to orders -
At the same time as he finished his lesson, all of the hunters' wounds began to heal, and were attracted to the center by a force of gravity. Artemis, seeing that Naruto had finished his evaluation, also approached, interested to know what Naruto would say.
Meanwhile, he was stretching his body again, despite keeping training his body was rusty, but as his sensei said, training for a fight is not the same as being in the fight itself. Artemis was just checking on her hunters and trying to console them that they did well - Well, I'm going to tell you the truth, they do it well, but they still have too much to do, they have a combat style that depends too much on being in a group and that is Well, the bad thing is that it makes them dependent, and speaking of dependence, almost all of them are dependent on the main leaders and as a last note, they do not have a variety of weapons, which limits their combat strategies -
- Naruto, we are hunters, not soldiers -
- I know and I understand it, but you need to find weapons that serve both purposes, I'm not going to tell you to carry shields or shields, but different weapons that will help you defend yourself from different enemies - Artemis thought about what Naruto said. and he just nodded, it made sense, not all monsters were easy to face with bow, arrow and daggers - Well, now the flattery, they are skilled combatants, let that be clear to you, the only reason why I won is that I faced most capable enemies and I I am one of those enemies by inertia, they have good teamwork and synchronization, they also have good foundations for combat with and without weapons, so my goal is to correct the errors in their methods noted above -
The hunters felt defeated and happy, they were humiliated, but it was not by any opponent, but by another immortal with powers similar to gods. that even though I could humiliate them, I flattered them and was going to teach them and correct their faults.
- Now, I'm going to explain to you how will work their training for the next few months, in the morning I am going to be in charge of teaching them different combat styles, so that they do not depend fully of teamwork, to use different types of weapons, strategies but various combat skills and improve their physical states - all the hunters were just silently analyzing what they were going to learn, it sounded good, now what followed immediately made them regret their first thought - to make the training more difficult they are going to live with a gravity increased 10 times and every afternoon they are going to have a confrontation like today with me -
They were all looking at Artemis with a look, telling her not to leave them with this sadist, who had an overly pleasant smile on his face, what increased that terror even more was seeing their goddess with the same smile directed at them. But they didn't have much time to worry, when they all immediately felt that increase in gravity and lay flat on the ground.
- By the way, training starts now, I suggest you adapt quickly, if you don't want to sleep out here, goodbye - He would speak as he moved towards the camp, being followed by Artemis who gave them one last look, which filled them with courage, Well, he told them that he trusted them. What they didn't know was that they were being cared for by clones of Naruto, in case they failed or an animal or monster attacked, he would protect them and take them immediately to the camp.
_ Camp Artemis _
After arriving, Naruto began to cook, so that when the hunters arrived they would have nutritious food and would not go to sleep without eating. While he was preparing dinner, Artemisa was helping him prepare it, nothing that complicated, it was a simple vegetable and meat stew. But Artemis had a doubt since she saw how Naruto trains his hunters and all the skills he possessed.
-Naruto-
- Yes Artemis -
- Who are you? What are you? Where do you come from? -
Naruto just stayed silent, thinking about how to respond to Artemis, but decided for the first time since he came to these lands to be completely honest - Do you remember the talk we had, about the possibility of Aphrodite being my mother? -
- Yes - I didn't understand where Naruto was going.
- Well, for you to understand all those questions, you have to understand something first, I am not from this world - Artemis just stared at Naruto, letting him talk - Even I am not from this Universe - now that surprised Artemis.
- That? -
- Ok, I'm going to explain it better, I come from another universe, where gods do not exist, but there is an energy called chakra, which allowed humanity to have the abilities that I possess - Artemis just remained silent, letting Naruto tell its history - but the problem is that with that great power, humans became more ambitious and violent, generating wars at every moment, we had 3 giant wars in a period of less than 100 years, the soldiers who participated in those wars were called shinobi, people who learned to use chakra in an advanced way -
- I understand, humans developed powers and tried to murder themselves for power... it doesn't sound very different from what most gods do - that last one made Artemis frown, that explained the phrase "You are equal to all of them".
- Yes, the truth is that yes, in a certain way, but in order not to lengthen the story unnecessarily, I was born in one of the great shinobi towns, called Konohagakure no Sato or Village hidden in the leaves - Artemis only nodded - as I already told you, My father died the day I was born, but I never explained how, in my world there are creatures of pure chakra, called bijuus, or tailed beast, that are distributed from the Ichi - one, to the kyu - nine tails. The nine tails being the most powerful beast -
-How powerful were those beasts? -
- Too much, just one of them would be able to give you trouble, and I don't know if you could beat them when it comes to raw power - she understood that, Naruto had never felt his divine form, so he couldn't make a real estimate of the power of both - but humans were greedy and believing that they were beasts without control, they learned how to lock them up in humans, which they called Jinchuriki or power of human sacrifice, my mother was the second jinchuriki of the Kyubi, the day of my birth, due to certain events he ended up escaping -
Artemis was amazed, those humans were truly dangerous, being able to capture such beasts to use their powers was extremely dangerous, even more so knowing that Naruto's mother also had one of those beasts.
- Due to those events, the beast was sealed inside me, becoming the third jinchuriki of the Kyubi, the reason for my mother's death was losing the Bijuu, instead my father died sealing to the Kyubi inside me, being impaled, although I don't blame him - Artemis just stared at Naruto - I learned that despite popular belief the Bijuus do have conscience and feelings, the Kyubi just wanted to be free, to stop being a prisoner of humans - she could only be amazed by Naruto's words, anyone would have hated the beast regardless of their reasons - as I already said, my mother was weak after losing the bijuu, in theory she should have died that same night, but Her love for me gave her enough strength to live... just for me... for what she called me, the love of her life... - Naruto had not brought out his feelings for a long time, after becoming a pseudo-immortal, he did so to survive himself and all his losses, but talk about his mother, the only topic that continued to make him sensitive, the only thing he was never going to deny, the love he felt for her.
He could only cry tears, he did not fall to the floor defeated, he had already had too much time to accept his death, but that did not take away the pain. What he never expected was to feel Artemis's hug, she didn't say anything to him, she just hugged him, and he just sank into the hug, it had been a long time since he had one... not after coming to this world... he kept looking at the flames. with tears in his eyes, in a melancholic silence.
- If you don't want to continue talking, I can understand - Artemis showed concern for her friend, she didn't like to see him cry, it was like with her brother Apollo, when he wasn't acting melodramatically, seeing people so strong and happy, crying with true melancholy or pain in their hearts. His eyes was a rare occurrence to see.
- No... I'm fine, like I said the other time, I've had too much time to accept what losses, longer than I would like - Artemis did not separate from Naruto, despite telling him that she was fine, she did not want to let him go - Returning to the story, to come back The third Jinchuriki I had to become a Shinobi, that's why it was my mother's training. To give you a summary, I became a powerful shinobi in my own right and more so by having a respectful relationship with the Kyubi, we were not friends, not in the slightest, but we could work together if necessary... after a while when I was 18 years old , a war arose again, the biggest war we had ever had -
- Because? - She wanted to know what was different about this war from the others.
- A terrorist organization called Akatsuki emerged and wanted the power of all the bijuus, at first the leaders believed it was to "bring peace" with a "weapon" of great power, but it was all a deception by the true leader, who true desire was to bring the Juubi, the original bijuu king - imagining a being of such power and title surprised her as it terrified Artemis - in the middle of that war, I was about to die, our enemies had the Juubi under its control, so in a desperate act, before dying I tried to seal the Juubi inside me, because maybe if I died that monster would leave with me -
- I guess it didn't work -
- No, it turns out that they had revived the Juubi wrongly, normally it would be a conscious being, but due to a failure it was only revived as a Chakra being, without a true form... but as I said before, the Kyubi and I treated each other with respect, we never I had the honor of calling him friend, but I knew his name, Kurama the Kyubi no Yoko, he made a smart move, but at the same time stupid, he let them take his Chakra, but not his essence or his soul, if we could define it in some way and merged it with mine -
How many times were you going to be surprised by this story? Everything Naruto told her amazed her more than the previous one and she knew it was true, because Naruto had no reason to lie to her.
- So by sealing the uncontrolled Juubi inside me, I made him part of me... the Juubi somehow died and all his chakra and power became mine, but since I still had the problem that Juubi was incomplete, I almost lost my mind. fight for sanity, but as an act of kindness the Jinchuriki of the Hachibi together with the same beast, sacrifice their lives for the future of the world... the Hachibi merged with me and his Jinchuriki died, it can be To say that they both died that day... but thanks to that sacrifice, the power of the Juubi, despite still being too powerful, was balanced and it stopped playing with my head and I became a pseudo-immortal -
- What does that mean? -
- I am not like you or like the bijuus Artemis, despite all the power I have, I can still die, because I have a "human" physical form that can be killed, the problem is the power itself, which made my body more powerful , making me difficult to kill, believe me many times I have tried to commit suicide, but I have failed, my arrival into this world was also a suicide attempt -
- How? -
- Artemis had lost everything, at first I didn't notice it, because I obtained my immortality between the ages of 17 or 18. It's difficult to say because I got it on my birthday, but I don't know the exact time. At first it wasn't obvious, I kept getting older like my friends, until I turned 25.... or was it 30?... the point was that from that age onwards happening about getting older, at first I didn't take it as important, believing that it was my Uzumaki genetics, who always had good vitality, but that theory died when I reached the century, and I still saw myself young -
-When did you realize that you were pseudo-immortal? -
- It was with my first suicide attempt, it was with a rope, I hanged myself from the ceiling, but it turns out that I could live without oxygen and even with the rope I didn't feel anything, because my muscles had become stronger, so my weight on a rope didn't do anything to me - Artemis, she doesn't know why but she felt a small pain in her chest knowing that her friend tried to kill himself - and that wasn't the only attempt, I did everything, even stabbing myself with weapons, Until I jumped into a volcano, nothing worked... and as time went by I was left alone, all my friends and acquaintances had died, their children had died, the only thing left was their descendants, who didn't even remember them -
Artemis only tightened her hug towards Naruto, seeing that look of melancholy again.
- So with nothing to lose, I decided to do an unstable dimension trip, being aware of this, it almost worked... but my own power saved me, it immediately adapted to the damage I was suffering and regenerated at a higher speed, but if there were no Had it been for that "miracle" I would have been fortunate enough to die -
- Naruto... - now it was his turn to feel how Artemis was crying - please Naruto... stop talking about how you want to die... - Naruto just frowned, he never thought it would affect Artemis so much, but returning the favor, he simply hugged her and gave her silent comfort, but the next sentence made everything clear to him and made him feel guilty - that you want to leave me alone Naruto... you said it yourself, I'm your only friend, just like you're the only one. person I can call friend and I don't want to hear how you want to leave me alone -
The hunters, who had just arrived, could only silently hear the conversation of those two and see them hugging.
- But you will still have your hunters -
- IT'S NOT THE SAME NARUTO!!! - The hunters like Naruto were surprised by Artemis's scream - They are my daughters Naruto, you have said it yourself, with them I cannot talk about topics that I can with you, with them I cannot be completely honest and download my fears, worries, my frustrations... my duty as their mother is to give them a safe place and a figure to trust - now the slayers were on the verge of tears, they always saw Artemis as a mother figure, most of them had bad mother figures or not the They had at first, and listening to the closest thing they had to a mother figure, looking at them like their daughters could only fill them with comfort - but not with you, with you I can be a normal "person" Naruto, I can vent on certain topics, without being judged or having the pressure to be perfect, so please, please, for whatever you want, don't leave me alone Naruto, please stop trying to commit suicide and if you don't do it for yourself, at least do it for me -
Now Artemis could only cry hard, because of the words she said to Naruto that came from the depths of herself; The Naruto clones, seeing how Artemis was crying and that the hunters wanted to accompany and comfort her mother, deactivated the gravity seals, letting the hunters run to hug Artemis and, in the process, taking Naruto with her to the ground, being that Naruto fell on his back and Artemis on top of him, facing each other.
Normally this would be a romantic situation, but Naruto immediately felt an extra weight or weights on top of him, being the huntresses, who were hugging Artemis and the younger ones or those sensitive to these issues, calling her mom. This only made Artemisa cry even more, turn around and hug her daughters, he could only see with a little melancholy, even though he treated his friends' children as nephews, he never had his own, especially after finding out that He was immortal, he did not want to suffer the pain of seeing his son die, he does not believe he has the strength to have done it and not go completely crazy.
And seeing that Artemis would live a similar experience, he swore to himself to train and teach these girls, to such a level that only the most powerful gods could harm them and even then, they will have to battle to take even one of their lives.
_The next day_
_6:00 am in the morning _
You could see the closed hunters' tents, surrounding the largest one that was also closed, belonging to Artemis, and on top of a tree "sleeping" was Naruto, the truth is Naruto had not slept at all the night before, thinking about Artemis's words... "Do it at least for me.""... he never really thought that his death would do much harm to Artemis, but last night he learned that it would not, and in the worst way, because seeing her cry in such a way, just for thinking that he would be dead, caused him pain in the heart, a pain that remained persistent.
He was taken out of his thoughts when he heard Artemis's tent open and Artemis herself came out, already dressed and prepared as always, who upon seeing him lying on the branch of a tree, frowned and immediately approached him.
- What are you doing there? - he would ask with uncertainty.
- Sleeping -
-I know you're sleeping, but why are you there? -
- I had nowhere else, I mean all the tents were occupied and I don't think your hunters trust me enough to sleep closer to them -
Artemis frowned as she nodded, it made sense... but she didn't like to think that Naruto slept out in the open, while they and their hunters slept in a more comfortable shelter. So, showing off her powers as goddesses, she created something in her hands and gave it to Naruto, who only raised an eyebrow, but received it.
- This is a tent, please set it up - Naruto just nodded and thanked Artemis for the gesture, while invoked to 4 clones, so that armaran the store.
Thus, the two of them were left alone again for approximately 10 seconds, because the hunters also began to leave their tents, still half sleepy. One of the newest and youngest hunters, barely 10 years old, approached her and hugged her, then said the words that would truly change her relationship with her hunters.
- Good morning mommy - she was a hunter who had been rescued from a ruined town, where both of her parents had been murdered, due to a big confrontation. At the beginning it had been a bit closed and followed Being so, it wasn't until recently that she started to open up more, but after yesterday's shock, the fact that they slept late, and the feelings they expressed, it made her call her that. It wasn't until 5 seconds had passed that the hunter finally understood what she had done and saying - Sorry Lady Artemis, I promise it won't happen again... - she would be very scared.
- NO! - It was a scream that had scared her, but Artemis, acting quickly, pulled her towards herself and hugged her - Don't apologize... Since when do daughters apologize for hugging and greeting their mothers? -
The huntress just started to shake a little, Artemis believing that she had made a mistake, was about to apologize, until she felt how she was hugged tightly by this huntress, so that she started crying and repeatedly told her mom. Artemis only brought her closer and hugged her tighter, because she was completely focused on her daughter, she never noticed how Naruto approached the rest of his hunters.
- And what are you doing stopping here? - All the hunters who were watching the scene turned their gaze towards Naruto - Did they not listen? Go and say hello to your mother, or I'm going to give you a scolding myself for being rude - all the hunters looked at each other, as if waiting for some confirmation, but Naruto had none of that - NOW - and immediately they all went to say hello, hug and say good morning to his mother - I love happy endings hehe - that was one last whisper from Naruto, before going to look for food.
_ 2 months later _
It could be seen that in a clearing, there were all the hunters plus Artemis, sitting in a lotus position, meditating next to Naruto. Originally Naruto did this alone, but the huntresses wanted to join, so he accepted them and is teaching them to meditate, along with Artemis who joined, to get closer to his newly named daughters.
The silence was interrupted by seeing the first hunter who called Artemis mother approach Naruto and touch his shoulder, making him open his eyes and look at the hunter - What's happening Caliope? -
- Mr. Naruto, I still don't understand, what is the use of meditating? and why do you do it every day? - Caliope, being one of the youngest, was the one who understood things the least and needed guidance the most.
- That question is difficult to answer Caliope, because depending on the person it works for different but similar things, for example, some will tell you that it serves as mental training, to concentrate, to relax and others to know their deep thoughts or organize their thoughts. messy -
- But what is it for? -
- You give the meaning, it depends on each person, I use it to relax my mind -
- A... ok- so he sat down again to meditate and try to relax. Naruto could only laugh at the girl's action and shake his head, returning to his meditation.
Artemis just smiled from her position next to Naruto, happy that her hunters were starting to trust Naruto.
_ That same day in the afternoon _
You could see how Naruto was having a confrontation with the huntresses, but there was a clear difference, despite being slower due to their increased gravity the huntresses were keeping up with him, using different weapons and different combat styles, some used the same style, but they all had a style that suits them.
Artemis, who was watching from a distance, was amazed. Even though they had only been training for 3 days, she could see the improvement of her hunters, not only in the strength they put into their blows, but also in their precision - *Shriek* - but hearing that scream made her focus on a hunter, in which a bruise was seen in the area of her chest, as well as the destroyed clothes in that area, she already had an idea of what happened, Naruto gave a He hit too quickly in that area and destroyed the clothes, also the wear and tear of being in constant combat with Naruto.
But the hunter did not have time to cover her modesty when she received an upward kick, and then was taken by the back of the head and slammed to the ground with force. After that brutal act, Naruto began to speak - Lesson 6 and the most important: No be distracted by nothing and always go to kill - again the hunters and Artemis trembled a little before Naruto's voice, normally it was a playful, calm and serious one, which showed his humor, his age and his way of be. But when she trained them she became cold and dark, even some hunters suspected that Naruto had a split personality.
- But you exposed her breasts - was the complaint of a hunter.
- AND? Do you prefer death? - again with that tone, he made the hunter who spoke remain silent - do not be distracted by that, if he tears his clothes it does not matter, finish off his enemy, I doubt that after death he will be able to enjoy the breasts of a maiden - ok, now that was cynical, cruel and even evil. Which confirmed the theory of some hunters, Naruto had a dual personality.
_After training is finished_
- Congratulations, they have improved - Well, they just confirmed the theory, Naruto had multiple personalities - now go to the river to bathe, they stink - they all just gave Naruto a bad look, but he just smiled.
So without any other option they went to the camp to look for their personal cleaning utensils, at the same time that Artemis approached Naruto - Naruto -
- Yes Artemis -
-Who taught you what you said today? -
- My mother, as I already told you, she lived until I was 10 years old, and she was in charge of my training for the last 5 years of my life, once during training, I grabbed and pulled part of her clothes, exposing her breast, like A normal child would do it, he would cover my eyes, oh that was a serious mistake, which he used to beat me up -
-But didn't she teach you to respect the female body?-
- No - that greatly surprised Artemis - he taught me to respect the figure of a woman, but not her body, remember that in my world there was constant war, and as a man I could not fall at the feet of the first woman I met. appeared; As the last living Uzumaki man, he was highly prized prey, either to be killed or for a woman to kill. will get pregnant of my son, to increase the military strength of each town -
That made Artemis grimace, she really hadn't understood the level of threat that was Naruto's world, where you couldn't shake hands with anyone, without a real risk of being killed, but she was brought out of her thoughts by Naruto's voice.
- That is why I received training against seduction, since I was little, where I touched bathe with naked women, receiving flirtations and clear insinuations and other things - Artemis did not like this part of the story at all, who only frowned, thinking that Naruto, her friend, "her" Naruto was with other women, but she I wanted to confirm something, before thinking badly of him.
- Did you sleep with anyone? -
- No, my mother never allowed that and she instilled in me the fact that I could not go through life sleeping with just any woman, and I learned that lesson so well, so much so that I never managed to have children or get married in my previous world, no. only because of my immortality, also because no one truly came close to me; They always saw me as "Prince Uzumaki" never as Naruto Uzumaki -
Artemis didn't know why? but he nodded in complicity at that fact and just put his hand on Naruto's face, caressing him. Naruto only raised an eyebrow at that, but he just enjoyed his friend's touch, which relaxed him.
_ 4 months after the start of training _
The hunters could be seen swimming against the current, but it was too strong, as it was manipulated by a clone of Naruto. Meanwhile, Naruto and Artemis were watching the hunters swim, when one of the hunters lost strength and was about to be dragged away. due to the current, he immediately disappeared from the river and appeared in Naruto's arms.
The hunter was breathing hard, she no longer had oxygen in her lungs and her arms hurt, she was about to faint and the last thing she heard was - Good job, rest - from Naruto, making the latter relax and fall exhausted.
Naruto just frowned, he could see how the hunter was exhausted and couldn't take it anymore, just like her sisters, so with a sigh, he ended today's training. Being that the fainted hunter was carried to the camp by her sisters. While in the back Naruto and Artemis followed them.
- Artemis -
- Are you Naruto? -
- When are your hunters' birthdays? -
- Huh? -
- Very good... from what I remember... tomorrow one of my hunters would be turning 9 years old -
- I understand - without further ado, Naruto remained silent, Artemis just stared at Naruto strangely, but in the end she decided to ignore him.
_The next day_
Circe was a young huntress, she was an orphan, she had nothing growing up, so when Artemis found her and offered her membership in her hunt, she didn't think twice about accepting, she had nothing to take with her life. Today was his birthday, something the truth did not matter to him in the least, he never had anyone to celebrate it with or anyone who would celebrate it for him.
Furthermore, she already had everything she needed to be happy, she had a mother, she had sisters, she had food and she had a sadistic teacher who forced them to train to the bone every day, but who cared about her and taught them different things, the truth is. She always imagined that this is what a father would be like, a man, strong, fair, friendly and brave, who was not afraid to correct and teach. So yes, in his mind he already had a family, a mother, a pseudo father and many sisters, what more could he ask for? Answer nothing.
So look at her surprise when she came out of her tent and saw that outside her tent was Naruto and none of the huntresses were around. Did she get up late? All he received was a friendly greeting from Naruto.
- Good morning Circe -
- Good morning Mr. Naruto -
- You know, they make me feel like an old man when they call me Mr. Naruto, just call me by my name, I wouldn't mind that -
Circe could only smile at Naruto's witticisms, if she didn't need more to be happy - I understand Naruto -
- See, isn't it easier just to say my name? - She just nodded with a smile at Naruto's words - Well, with that matter settled, follow me - Circe just looked curious at Naruto as he walked, but decided to follow him without any fear. They were heading towards his mother's shop, causing him to be curious, but he didn't say anything and followed Naruto.
And today, for the second time in a row, she was surprised to see how all the hunters were sitting at a large table, with food and a large cake in the middle of everything, they were all sharing smiles with each other, while Artemisa sat on one of the tables. the corners - Happy birthday Circe - despite her maturity in her life, she was still a girl, who had always dreamed of having her birthday celebrated, and already knowing who? was responsible, he just turned around and hugged Naruto's neck.
Naruto could only lift and cradle the girl in his arms, where he could see the great difference in height between the two, with Naruto measuring 1.82 cm and Circe 1.20 cm, and it made him remember when his mother also told him. He celebrated his birthdays and held him up. After losing his mother, he never celebrated his birthday again, because they didn't feel the same. And knowing the depressing past of most of the hunters, she decided to make them feel special on their birthday, knowing how with that simple gesture, one that seemed insignificant at large, could be a big change for these girls.
After 5 minutes, Circe was congratulated by her sisters and mother, and went to sit in front of the cake, when Naruto was about to remove the tent, he was stopped by Artemis's voice - Where do you think you are going? -
- Let's sunbathe a little, and let you celebrate -
- Because? Don't you see that the girls prepared a seat in the other corner just for you? - Naruto just closed his eyes and gave a small smile, he wanted to leave, so that Artemis could spend private quality time with her daughters, but it seems that they want him here too, so who was he to refuse?
_ Last day of training _
The 6 months of training had already passed and Naruto had deactivated the hunters' gravity, a fact that complicated their mobility, due to their new speed, since the weakest ones had reached a gravity increased by 25 times, while the strongest ones had reached 35 times. times.
He was preparing everything to leave, but the hunters did not like that fact, the most stubborn did not want to accept it, but the sentimental ones did so immediately, but the fact was that all of them to a greater or lesser extent saw Naruto as the father figure. that most needed.
Naruto, feeling that he was being spied on inside his store from the entrance, could only smile - come in - the hunters did not have to be told twice and they entered immediately - so... Why did the hunters have long faces? - despite not seeing them from the front, I could know what their feelings were.
Tania was one of the oldest hunters and at the same time one of the most emotionally mature, so she had no shame in accepting that Naruto was a kind of father figure for her and the hunters, but considering that Naruto is the first man with the which most of them spend time, it's no wonder they quickly gave him that father's position - Why are you leaving? Did we do something wrong? -
Now understanding the reason for her feelings, she could only smile - No, none of them did anything wrong, I just like to travel too much -
- Then why not go with us? -
- This is a different trip... it is a trip that I have to do alone... -
- Because? What would mother think of this? -
Naruto just looked at the hunters confused by that last bit. What the hell did that mean? - I don't know the truth about your first question, but it's like a call or a hunch, which tells me that I have to do it alone, and what does Artemis have to do with this?
Circe just approached Naruto and stretched her arms, since her birthday she had become a daddy's girl and liked to be carried by Naruto, the latter never denied her - Because if you leave without telling her, she will get mad at you. and we don't want that -
- I understand, but don't worry, I already talked to Artemis about this, plus we always knew that our paths had to separate again... and I don't know for how long, but I promise to come back and that while I'm traveling I will continue sending you gifts. Deal? -
Circe only denied - No, until you promise that when your trip is over, you will immediately return to us -
Naruto just rolled his eyes and looked at all the hunters, they were giving him a look that implied that they wouldn't let him leave without him promising that - *Sigh* Well, I promise that as soon as I finish my trip I will return to you - the only thing that was confirmation was a kiss on his forehead from Circe, with that single gesture he sealed the deal.
- I would like to know what all my daughters are doing here - this time it was Artemis's turn to enter Naruto's tent.
- We were saying goodbye mother - Circe who was still in Naruto's arms was the one who responded -
- Oh I see - the mother would say as she nods, and then directs her gaze towards Naruto - So you travel west? -
- Yes... a dream tells me that I have to travel to that direction -
- I understand... Will you come back? -
- Well, I already promised the girls that I was going to come back, I don't think I can fool them -
Artemis just nodded, and then spoke again - Just promise that you won't die -
Naruto could only smile - I swear, I will not die until you give me permission to die... from now on my life belongs to you -
Artemis could only smile smugly and approach Naruto, then hug him - Then I forbid you to die under any circumstances Naruto, you have to come back to us... Come back to me, do you hear me? -
Naruto just returned Artemis's hug - I promise Artemis, I'll come back to you... - Naruto looked at the hunters and made a gesture, making them all sit up. will throw against them - I promise you all, I will return -
_30 minutes later_
Naruto could be seen coming out of the forest in which they trained during these 6 months.
Hunters like Artemis watched as Naruto disappeared into the distance, with a little sadness, something deep in their hearts told them that after he returned, nothing would be the same. Artemis was the one who had a look that most reflected sadness for Naruto's departure.
Circe approached her and took her hand, then spoke - You're going to miss dad, right? -
- Yes - it was only after a few seconds that he realized what Circe called Naruto - What, dad? Since when do they call it that? No better question: Why do they call it that? - That attitude made his daughters roll their eyes, their parents were one and the same, none of them yet recognized their feelings.
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Well... the chapter is a little long, right?
Truth be told, I was inspired because this is the first anniversary chapter. Today, January 6, I celebrate a full year since I started writing my stories... and the truth is I feel very proud of this.
Now, the anniversary message…
To start, this was not my first account, nor my first attempt at being a writer, I actually had an old account, called Testzi... actually I think some of you know that fact, at the beginning I started doing it just to kill boredom, Well, I wasn't doing anything with my life, but little by little I became more fond of stories, of you, and of everything in general. I mean look how far I've come in a single year, my first work Kairo, it's come too far and that fills me with pride, I've started to improve as a writer, I don't make as many mistakes as before.
I give better development to the main characters of my stories, I started a YouTube channel that today already has 20 subscribers and this is not my first attempt at being a YouTuber, before I did gameplays, but those never took off, but look what I have already started to grow on Instagram, Tik Tok, I even recently opened an X account, and to keep in touch with you more I opened a Discord channel as a Facebook group.
Despite not having received donations yet, I opened a PayPal account, either to donate or to request a custom story. For hell's sake I even started translating my stories... This was a year of great progress, both through these written and personal media, after a long time I am studying accounting, which keeps me happy.
So I can only say one thing, THANK YOU!, thanks to all those people who read my stories, thanks to all the people who comment, thanks to all the people who vote, who started following me and my stories, since From the bottom of my heart, thank you for being with me this first year and I hope you can continue to accompany me this second year and welcome new people.
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