I OWN NOTHING

It seems you guys are having fun with this, so I'll keep trying my hardest. It took me like 5 tries to figure out what to do for this chapter.

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Lincoln and Clyde were walking out of school with the albino hanging up his phone.

"That was weird, why did he call in such a hurry?" he asked to himself, getting his spectacled friend curious like a cat.

"What did Naruto ask for this time?" Clyde thought on a possible answer, "Did he ask for us to cover him again? Is Lori in danger and-"

"No, nothing like that, don't worry." Lincoln exclaimed, hoping his best friend didn't worry himself sick, "He says he wants to do a few things now that he's allowed to go wild."

"Maybe he's chasing down the bullies at their base like a cool beat-'em-up hero!" the other boy cheered with an enthusiastic fist-pump, "Naruto Loud confirmed as best security man ever once again! Man, I was scared those bullies would come back to my house. My parents still can't get some of the egg smell off the porch."

"It's nothing that serious, though he told me he got those guys." Lincoln said, quickly adding the last part when Clyde looked nervous.

After a sigh of relief, the other boy gained a puzzled look, "Well, that's a... wait, then what did he ask for now?"

"To cover for him in order to see a new girl." Lincoln explained.

"Wait, he's got a girlfriend?" Clyde asked in shock, "No offense, but he doesn't strike me as a romantic. More of an action movie star sort of guy than a tenderly brushing a girl's hair kind."

"Even heroes like Ace Savvy need a somebody to love besides Lady Justice." Lincoln retorted with a finger-gun gesture.

Clyde beamed and covered an eye of his with a hand, "One-Eyed Jack would like to be on this case and aid a fellow hero." then he let out a soft chuckle, "Nah, I'm guessing he'd get mad at us if we butted in. After all, One-Eyed Jack knows when to let a man do what a man has to do."

"It's better to help him keep my sisters out of it." The albino retorted, "Can you imagine the chaos if they all tried to give him advice on a date?"

"I know I'd listen to Lori's every word." Clyde smiled, lovestruck and in his own little world.

"Poor Clyde doesn't know what he's talking about." Lincoln explained to the audience with a deadpan look, "Once, Naruto tried to get close to a girl. Most of our sisters tried to offer advice. Luan, Luna, Leni and Lori offered the exact opposite. If we learned anything from that was to never, ever let those four dress us. Imagine a suit, a hipster outfit, a rocker's duds and a clown costume thrown into a blender."

"So, got any backup plan for the usual last-minute changes?" Clyde asked while they approached Lincoln's house.

"If anything, no amount of that is ever enough here." The albino told him and opened the door.

"Hey you two." Naruto told them as he exited the house, "Are you going to watch AARGH! at Clyde's, Lincoln?" he put his hand on the boy's shoulder and squeezed, hard.

"Ow, what's with the grip?" the boy asked, and Naruto repeated himself.

"I said, you're going to go with Clyde, right?" he winked.

Realization hit the youngest male Loud, "Oh, yeah! Of course, you're free to come!" the spectacled boy arched a brow as the two dragged him away, "Long story, I already explained parts of it to you." Lincoln told the confused Clyde. All three went to Naruto's moped, the boys putting on helmets as the blond revved the engine.

"Yeah, so, Naruto wants to see... um, AARGH!" Clyde guessed that was a proper codename.

"Escape is more like it." The blond growled and revved the engine again, "It's a matter of time before they-"

Chaos arrived before he finished his sentence, "Naruto's got a date!" Lola's voice echoed from her bedroom as she and the other members of the family raced down.

"Dang it!" the Loud brothers cursed as Naruto's moped zipped forward when all the Loud girls exited the house, their parents following.

"Wait, son, let your dad give you some proper advice!" Lynn Sr. jovially called out to him.

"Naruto, that attire's not appropriate for seeing a girl!" Rita exclaimed and waved her hand. The sisters were fighting to see who could call out to him. Lola wanted to dress him properly, Lana wanted to see if she could have any leftovers, Lisa was holding a vial of unidentified stuff, and Lucy... wasn't there. However, Lori, Leni, Luna and Luan looked at him with worry, Luan holding Lily in her arms.

But Naruto had to at least keep them off his back, "It's not a date, I just got invited for lunch by a girl!" he yelled as he turned on a corner.

"Wait, are you talking about that one girl who you protected from a bully?" Clyde asked, then pumped his fist, "Awesome, you're like a karate master from movies!"

"I knew I could never keep a secret from the girls." Naruto groaned, "Listen, Carlota's invited me to have lunch with her after what happened, yes. However, mom and dad will see it as a date just like Lola did. And I'm not going to make this awkward." he kept driving calmly to Clyde's house, "Anyway, you two stay here, I will be back for you to watch AARGH!"

"Understood." Lincoln saluted, then went wide-eyed, "Wait, you're using me as bait!"

"Yup, keep them busy once they come looking for me here." Naruto told him.

"What'd be worth getting mauled by the girls!?" Lincoln retorted with a terrified and angry expression.

"You get to be safe at home and watch AARGH!" the blond replied, "Also, I'll take you to the comic book store for free."

"Deal!" Lincoln shook his brother's hand, then looked at the camera with fiery determination, "Hey, I'm escaping slavery with Lori as the queen goddess of the van if I do this. It's worth it."

"Good luck, and..." Clyde started as he went to his house and then came back quickly with a bottle of breath spray, "...I always keep one for when I see Lori, so feel free to use it. Oh, and don't worry, it's brand-new so you're the first to use it for your date."

Naruto growled, "It's not a-" and Lucy appeared from the sidecar! "DATE!" he yelped as did the other two boys who jumped back, "When did you get here!?"

The tiny goth's neck creaked as she looked at him, "I was thinking of proper coffins made on my size and thought this one had the right measures. Also, the seat's comfy. I may have to find equal faux-leather for a new project." The boys looked at her in question, "Anyway, I'm also here to aid you... for a favor."

"The more the merrier." Naruto sighed with a shrug, "What can I get you?"

"A trip to the cemetery." Lucy replied quickly.

The blond deadpanned, "I am not letting you dig up graves."

"The pet cemetery?" she asked in her usual monotone but looking up hopefully in her own stoic way.

And his answer was as dull as before, "I'm not going to that one near the Indian burial grounds, not after last Halloween."

Lowering her head, she conceded for something far easier and less scary, "Sigh, fine, I'll take you being my companion for any events that requires a guardian. So long as I can get monetary help with merchandise I am using for... research." Lucy was usually reserved, so he didn't think much on that, "Especially those stores dad is too afraid to come with me to."

"Deal." Naruto shook her hand, "Now, you three, Lincoln, Lucy, Clyde, I am trusting you to not let the others know where I went."

"Already on it." Lucy said, pulling out a small device with a blinking light, "Lisa put this tracking device in as I used your sidecar to brainstorm on new coffin interiors."

"Lincoln, can you and Clyde get rid of it?" the blond asked and his brother beamed.

"You know it!" the boys cheered. Then, Lincoln remembered a problem, "Wait, give us your phone, too."

"Huh? Why would I...?" Naruto's confusion was cleared upon seeing the device in Lucy's hands. Realization hit him like a sack of bricks bathed in nitroglycerin, "Of course she would." Pulling out his phone, he handed it to Lincoln, who quickly opened it to retrieve a second and much smaller tracking device.

"Be sure to return home soon, we can be safe while you enjoy yourself." Lincoln told him with a small grin.

"Thanks, but you are the one who ought to take care with the girls. See ya." Naruto revved up his moped and drove off, waving at his siblings as he went to meet up with Carlota.

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Carlota waited at the mall with some subtly applied makeup and a new getup to get Naruto's attention. Tight black cloth from a stylish top hugged her bosom and pushed up her glorious mammary glands while a short black skirt did a fine job of hugging and emphasizing her plump rear. Long, thick and meaty legs were on full display with wonderful short boots. Makeup had been carefully applied to make her fleshy lips look a lot more kissable. And, to finish it off, she had a black cap with a short brim.

Just about every male teen and some girls had either stumbled on a wall or someone else because of her, all but one, "Hey Naruto, how's it going?"

"Sorry it took so long." Royal Woods' resident street brawl king replied with a tired sigh, "Shaking off far too many siblings plus my parents... Easier said than done."

"I know the feeling." Carlota sighed, "I had to tell my mom, dad, aunt, and grandma I was modeling for a friend's photoshoot."

"Really?" he asked questioningly. "Well, you do look the part of a supermodel, if only not bland-looking like most magazine girls."

"Why, thank you." Carlota smiled warmly, and then smirked devilishly, winking and poking out her tongue, "But I was kidding. I had my family give me lots of advice on how to go a proper date and none of them can wait to see you. Especially my little brothers CJ and Carlos and my little cousin Ronnie-Anne. Hearing how tough you are made you a superhero for them."

"I wish they knew the pain in the neck fighting becomes, literally and figuratively..." he sighed tiredly at the memories.

"Yeah, that guy from before wasn't really nice, to say the least." Carlota frowned at the memory of the strike to the face she got.

"Forget him, let's just... have some lunch." Naruto told her, blushing slightly when his stomach growled.

"Ahahaha, I see you were in a hurry." Carlota giggled and led the way. "Let's go find some good stand and you can tell me about it."

"Well, I didn't have the best of plans, I leave stuff like that to my little brother." Naruto commented with his arms crossed, then looked at her better, "Gotta say, though, you sure know how to use yours if you can just go out looking like that without breaking a sweat."

"A girl's timing is something she has to work hard to master when it comes to looking good..." Smiling brightly, she playfully pushed up her ponytail to emphasize her efforts, "Also, I prepared since I didn't want to do the cliché of being fashionably late to a guy who's been nice to me since day one." Carlota winked at him, getting a blush from the boy.

Shaking his head, he tried to control his mind, "Believe me, I'm trying hard to be nice. Of course, I owe most if not all my good traits to my family."

"How so?" she asked curiously while he counted with his fingers.

"Let's see, Lincoln, my little and only brother, taught me patience and how to be friendlier than I'd usually be. Lori and Leni are good giving me tips on how to treat others in their own weird ways. Luan and Luna are good at entertaining people, so I can somewhat get a conversation going. And the rest are a bundle of weird quirks I get used to and learn from... Also, good, loving if wise parents and a kickass grandpa."

Giggling again, she recalled her family and their teachings, "Well, for one, I have a very art-loving mother who I get my love for style from. My dad's a loveable bookworm who's helped me expand myself, even if I use that knowledge for fashion. Each of my little brothers have taught me how to take care of and be careful of kids... And then there's... well, not the girliest girl in Ronnie-Anne."

"Let me guess, you got a tomboy." Naruto smiled, "We've got a couple of those at the Loud House." Lynn, Luna and Lana sneezed far off in the distance.

"How do you deal... wait, not you..." Carlota sighed, sheepishly trying to convey words into a question, "Sorry, let me rephrase that. How do your more feminine sisters just... coexist with such energetic girls? And how do they get you to spend time with them in any activity a boy may find too... well, girly?"

"Try really hard to find a common point of interest." Naruto replied, "Maybe you keep to yourself because you have had too many boys as siblings and not many girls around you, but everyone shares a like. Just like I find many people dislike me or things I like, but the opposite cheerful way." Frowning at the last part, he groaned, "Sheesh, I really have the grandest time finding guys who hate my guts."

Carlota failed to hold back a snicker, "Well, I hope I'm the reverse of that with Ronnie-Anne. That girl could be more in touch with her inner girl."

"So... wanna talk about anything that piques your interest?" he asked calmly. "Or do you want to watch a movie after eating?"

Carlota giggled, "Having many sisters really helps you know how to treat a girl."

Naruto chortled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head, "No, trust me, it doesn't. There's 10 of them and I'm still wrapping my head around most of the stuff they're into."

"It's certainly made this more interesting." she countered. "Just know you're like the first guy to ask me what I'm into so boldly, and it's charming in a weird way. Give yourself credit, being yourself is what got me to want to spend time with you."

Blushing, the blond chuckled again, "Wow, you really know how to butter up a guy."

"That's your reward for trying to help me and being so honest with yourself." Carlota told him, then smiled. "Also, my interests so far mesh with your second oldest sister Leni's dreams for the future. We really hit it off and we've talked of making our own fashion designs. Although she's got the part of finding the perfect attire for someone down."

"You tell me, she got me these duds." Naruto said with a smile.

"Yeah, although I'm also looking forward to a makeup brand to go with the whole clothing business and... wow, am I getting ahead of myself." she giggled. "Glad to see you're listening despite the boring topic. Not sure when I talk too much about this stuff around my brothers or Ronnie-Anne."

"I'm used to this line of conversation, just don't expect me to be able to hold my attention if we go into another long shopping spree." he admitted at the memories of the last one with Carlota, Leni and Lori. That was the one time he wondered if one could die of boredom, "Um, no offense."

"None taken, I know it's a girl thing, but I'm glad you're this honest." Carlota admitted. Looking down, she sighed, "Most guys see a girl with meat in her bones, a love of fashion and... well, at times they aren't that far off with what I'm like. You... you're just sincere, upfront and yet... nice about everything in your own blunt way."

"And you seem like a caring girl even if you're really into your appearance, also sassy." he smirked at the end, flashing her quite the charming grin too.

"Oh, shush now before you get a big head!" Carlota giggled but didn't dislike his response at all. "Anyway, a movie does sound good. All this buttering up made me crave popcorn."

"If only Luan could hear you, she'd love you." Naruto whispered to himself with an amused grin.

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In reality, Luan was ecstatic, "Do you feel like talking now?"

Her question was directed at Lincoln, who was hanging upside down inside a glass container in a shed. Beside him was Clyde in a straitjacket as he tried and failed to break free. Lucy for her part wasn't doing as bad or as well, depending on the situation. The goth girl was in a coffin with a lid opened to her face and several swords jabbed into it – the swords were all rubber, Luan wasn't one to harm her siblings.

"So, the props from your last gig as an escapist still hold up, huh?" Lincoln asked while he dangled.

"Yeah, you wouldn't believe the guarantee these bad boys have." Luan said as she flicked one of the rubber swords on Lucy's coffin, making it wobble. Then, she held a rubber chicken in her hands, "I will ask again, where has our dearest brother gone to? And if I don't get a straight answer, you won't feel very clucky, punk."

The way she said that with a cheerful grin had Clyde crying, "We don't know! I swear! He was at least smart enough not to tell me because I'm about to pee my pants!"

Lucy turned her hair-covered gaze at the comedian, "And you're not really doing me any disservice here... although you could've used spikes instead of toy swords."

Lincoln turned to the audience, "Got to give Naruto props for not telling us where he was headed to."

"Oh, but I know a good tracker." Luan smiled happily at Lucy. "Say, did I ever tell you of all possible pranks I have just for you, Lucy? I'm not talking about physical ones like last year's paint bomb and clown outfit or anything like that. Oh no, I'm talking getting into your head stuff. So, choose, either help us find Naruto with your spiritual stuff, or..."

"Or what? How do you even break someone like Lucy?" Lincoln asked worriedly. Suddenly, Leni walked from behind Luan.

"Oh no..." the resident spiritual expert winced at the sight of a pink dress and eyeliner.

Bubbly and cheerful, as well as oblivious as usual, Leni just cheered, "MAKEOVER TIME!"

"NOOOOOOOO!"

Lucy's cries of terror and torture were heard by the two boys as the other sisters watched and waited for answers. Both Lincoln and Clyde winced as Lucy was completely transformed by her sister. Lola joined in, a large smile on her face as she helped with the makeup. All the while, Lori, Luna, Lynn, Lana, Lisa and their parents waited for results. Lily was bounced up and down Lynn Sr.'s arms.

"Do you think we're crossing a line here?" the father asked.

Lori stepped forward with a smile, "It is Naruto's fault for not telling us of his date, and good siblings don't keep secrets like that from their relatives."

"Besides, I got to know if this girl is good enough for our boy." Rita added, then looked away sheepishly, "And if he gets mad, we make him as much ramen as he can handle."

"I'll get the flour for the noodles on our way home." Lynn Sr. commented.

Meanwhile, at the theater watching a romance-comedy flick, Naruto arched a brow, "I know I'm about to get mad at someone..."

"You tell me, this movie's awful." Carlota said, "Seriously, I get she likes the guy, but ruining his wedding to another girl?"

"And acting like she deserves it for being a ditz..." Naruto agreed, "Ugh, do most girls really like this kind of stuff?"

Carlota bit back a groan as she confessed, "Sadly, I was into movies like this until I grew up and learned what it's like to be on someone else's shoe thanks to my abuela."

"That's grandma in Spanish, right?" he asked, knitting his eyebrows as he tried to recall some lessons from middle school he wasn't that much into.

"Got it in one go, if you want lessons, I can help there." Carlota beamed.

"Sounds fun, still, did we just buy tickets to mock a movie?" Naruto asked as he took a sip from his drink.

"And to get popcorn but making fun of a bad movie sounds fun." Carlota said.

As they saw the unlikeable protagonist drive a truck to crash into the wedding cake, the two got to boo her actions and make bad jokes about it. Other movie goers were too into the movie to care or notice and at least the two kept their voice down enough to not bother them. At the end of the movie, though, the two felt spent. Watching unlikeable people get away with their selfish plans and ruining someone else's day... It was practically what Naruto saw every day before high-kicking someone's teeth in.

"Ugh, glad that's over!" Naruto groaned once out.

Carlota agreed as she rubbed her temples, "You tell me, another second of that lady ruining the poor blondie's special day and I'd dry heave."

"At least we got comfy seats, too." Naruto offered. "Sorry that was such a crappy time."

"Hey, I was laughing more at you mocking how dumb the main guy was for not sticking to the girl trying hard to keep everything under control and went for the crazy one who ruined his wedding to begin with. At least that made it bearable, like a lesson on how not to make characters stupid or annoying."

"Can you blame me for complaining about that?" Naruto asked with a sigh, "It'd be like me having a chance to be with a psycho and a nice girl like you and choosing the one who's more likely to kill my family just so they don't come between her and me... Wow, note to self, never let Lucy hear that for her stories."

"I'm guessing she's going through a phase, then." Carlota asked more than stated.

"Actually, I kind of hope it's not a phase..." Naruto said, then chortled. "She's certainly having fun in her own way. Just so long as she doesn't get in trouble, I'm fine with it."

"Sounds like life is never dull for any of us!" she cheered, then held his arm. "Let's grab some grub. I'm paying."

"Oh yeah... I actually forgot you were inviting me." Naruto admitted sheepishly.

As the two went to one of the food establishments at the mall, a large figure saw them. Flanked by other obvious bullies, the one looking at Naruto the most intently was massive. He stood over 6-foot-tall and was built like an ox. He had a bit of a gut, but his arms, legs and even neck were pure muscle. He had short brown hair parted around the middle, a square jaw, a red shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a bull on the back, jeans, white sneakers, and a chain hanging from his hip. Also, he was dumb as a sack of rocks.

"Hm, that shrimp... Russell knows him!" the giant said as he made some associations in his memory.

A couple years ago, Russell was the biggest, meanest, toughest kid in the block, until he pushed aside a girl with a purple top and a guitar in hand at the cafeteria, "What gives, dude!?" she asked, appalled by how rude the boy was. Russell proceeded to do the same to another boy, not caring who he shoved out of his way.

"Hey, no cutting in line!" said a tiny boy as he stepped up to the larger kid.

Russell turned around, wearing a white shirt that time, "Russell hungry, so let Russell eat, puny shrimp."

"That's my sister you just shoved, big guy, you owe her an apology as well as the others." Naruto – nicknamed Shrimp by Russell – said with an orange hoodie and black cargo pants back then.

"What makes you think Russell need to apologize?" the bigger boy boasted, crossing his arms with a defiant smirk.

"I can make you." Naruto retorted with fire in his eyes.

"Hah, Russell would like to see shrimp try!" he said and then effortlessly lifted the kid by his hoodie.

Russell was about to toss the boy, but that was as far as Naruto would let him go. Before getting flung like a ball, the blond managed to hook his legs around the bigger boy's arms and bring him down in an arm-lock. After that, a brutal fight ensued with many tables broken, Russell's nose bloodied and his right eye bruised, and Naruto's innards turned into mush. It was with a jumping kick that Russell went down like a brick wall against a wrecking ball. Naruto had become the then undisputed brawling champion and remained unbeaten. Russell would try to regain his title to no avail.

Back to the present, "So, what are you in the mood for?" Carlota asked her date.

Naruto's answer was voiced by someone other than him, "SHRIMP!"

"How hungry are you?" she asked in shock.

"That' wasn't me, even if I'd like some sushi." Carlota's unofficial date answered and turned, "Oh dang it!"

Everything happened too fast for Carlota to register until it had stopped for a brief moment. Naruto used both hands to block either a tackle or the most direct headbutt ever. His palms were on Russell's head, said boy was hunched over as he tried to move forward like a bull. Both boys strained their limbs as the blond kid's arms and legs battled against the weight and leg power of the brunet. With an abrupt idea and a stroke of genius, Naruto jumped.

"Huh!?" Russell exclaimed when his center of gravity was shifted due to his attempt to continue his charge.

Naruto used the momentum to his advantage and with his jump slammed Russell's face on the floor, "Stay down, you oversized-" and was cut off by Russell gripping his throat.

"Russell mad!" the larger boy said as he lifted a dangling Naruto by the throat, "Russell pummel weak shrimp!"

"In your dreams!" Naruto choked out as he reverted the situation by placing a foot on the other boy's chest and using it to swing his shin against the side of the massive bully's head. The result had him dropped and Russell staggering to the side, "Grr, can't you see I'm in the middle of something?" he asked with a growl as he got up, rubbing his sore neck.

"Russell hear how shrimp mock Russell!" the third-person speaking teenager roared and punched his chest like a gorilla, "Say Russell dumb as brick! Lie! People say Russell smart as Einstein!"

"Thanks for confirming that." Naruto said and got into his loose street boxing stance while Russell took more of a grappler approach, "Crud, did the coach really have to make you join the wrestling team? Give the other kids a chance, they're not me... They can't make you eat dirt easily."

"Russell now really, really, doubly super mad!" the other teen said, ready to charge, and was promptly interrupted.

"Hey there, Russell, right?" Carlota asked, cutting all tension with a beaming smile.

"Um, yes, pretty lady." Russell said, speaking with the same serious if dull tone.

"Listen, you seem like a decent guy, but perhaps you could try to talk things out." Carlota said, then smiled, "Naruto's told me about you."

"I did?" the blond asked dumbfounded.

"Shrimp do?" Russell asked with a confused expression.

Carlota continued with a nod and a smile, "Sure did. He considers you a good guy, if a little hard to approach."

She needed to be more direct, though, "Russell not follow."

At least Carlota was patient, "Well, don't you have fun fighting him?"

The brunet chortled, "Yeah, Russell always enjoy good tussle against shrimp."

Carlota nodded sagely, "Well, I assure you he does so, too."

"Really?" the massive boy asked in surprise.

Naruto stared utterly awed the exchange, "Sheesh, she's good..."

Carlota's smile could convince any man of walking through Hell barefoot, "Naruto thinks you're a good guy and that you could do much better than picking fights with him or others, kind of like a superhero. Now, I know he may not look like it, but at times he's more disappointed than mad when you two duke it out."

"Russell be hero?" the big boy asked, "Russell could hurt people for peace?"

"Yeah, but only if they try to hurt others for no reason." Carlota told him with a beaming smile.

Russell nodded, taking a new look in life, "Shrimp!" he said to the blond, "Russell sorry! Russell no be mean again!"

"Sure!" Naruto replied, utterly shocked, "Sounds... good, great even!"

"Coach say Russell can do good if Russell fight for more than bullying, that why Russell in wrestling club." Naruto's former rival and biggest challenger said with a nod, "Russell come back and destroy, but as friend." And with a large smile, completely forgetting what he came up to do, the boy left... with a bloodied nose from his face meeting the floor.

Everyone stared at Carlota in surprise and even fear, and she just grinned at Naruto before striking a pose, "So, what do you think of my super-power as an older sister to three boys?"

"I'm surprised you even asked me for help to begin with." Naruto said, still baffled by what he just saw, "How did you... make him change like that?"

"My kid brothers are nice deep down in their own way, and Russell is pretty much a very big kid... A really big kid. However, if someone had him joining the wrestling club of all things, I figured there must have been more to him than met the eye. Most boys want to do good and impress people in a way they consider positive, and I know how to use that to my advantage."

"I'm... both glad and afraid I am going out with you." Naruto admitted with a sheepish chortle.

Carlota giggled, "Does shrimp sound good to make the fear go away?"

"Sure!" fighting made him hungry.

Meanwhile...

"It seems... you are late, family," Lucy in a pink princess dress with makeup all over her face and a silvery crown, said as she looked into her crystal ball. "The seeds of a healthy relationship have been planted. Now... be kind enough..." she paused, then bared her teeth, "...TO LET ME REGAIN SOME DECENCY BY CHANGING OUT OF THESE HORRIBLE CLOTHES!"

Lynn Sr. snapped his fingers, "Dang it, and here I was going to teach Naruto the good dance moves!"

"Trust me, dad, it wouldn't have helped." Lincoln said, still trapped in his transparent cage but no longer hanging upside down. He was still tied up, though.

"So, to keep this a secret between us, how's a trip to Dairyland sound?" Rita said with a falsely sweet smile. "We can bring Naruto's date after you remember not to lie to your mother and father."

"You..." Lincoln started, then looked at the camera, "Dang it, I know they have something planned, but what can I do? They're my parents, they may respect our privacy but they'd still barge into our rooms just for a chance to reaffirm their authority."

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And that's my rap!

If any of you have any overprotective relatives, then you know your parents and siblings can gang up against you to know if your date's good enough or not. Since Lori isn't with Bobby in this story, this is a first for the Loud family. Meaning, yes, they will do everything in their power to find out if Carlota's good enough for him.

Next chapters will focus more on the sisters in the harem at long last, just so you know I haven't forgotten them.

Swordslinger out!