Rune Soldier Naruto

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Chapter 10

Festival Party

( ): Thoughts/Conversation with the Kyuubi

(( )): Kyuubi's voices

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In the city of Ohfun...

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The city was active as it always was in normal days, but the Temple of Mylee had other things on schedule at the moment as today was the day that the Mylee Appreciation Festival was soon underway. The priestesses were moving about and getting all that they could ready for the grand festival, food was brought in, games were to be prepared for the people to take part of, and more besides.

While it was a religious festival by all standards, it was also a day of celebration for the people as the people of Ohfun were eager to get into the temple to celebrate with the priestesses. This was not lost to Naruto who currently was on top of the Tower of the Magic Guild writing in his new series of books, he looked down to the city and began to think about how things were back in Konoha, when he finally got through the Chuunin exams and became a Chuunin he was able to spend it by sitting on the Hokage Monument next to the face of his father, along with Sakura and Hinata.

He enjoyed the solace as he looked at his village with his two girl friends and they shared a good dinner, those were one of the times he would have gotten his chance to take things between him and the two ladies to a higher state but he knew that he would be asking for trouble if anyone caught them so he didn't get the chance.

That train of thought was not lost to Sakura and Hinata either but they decided that when and if they decide to take it to the next stage, they were going to do it in a more private setting, besides it was better this way, though a lot of people in Konoha have already changed their views on Naruto and see him as both hero, and legend as well as a future Hokage, it might surprise them if Naruto got them pregnant.

The blonde blushed at the thoughts that came to his head and managed to place them aside and turned just as Ila came into view, apparently she had been able to find him easily enough.

"Out here again Naruto?"

"Yeah, the view of all of Ohfun here's great!"

"Along with the dangers, I'm amazed you haven't fallen as of yet. Another ninja technique?"

"Yep....anyway, you are planning to join the festival today?"

Ila nodded at that and replied.

"Of course, it is a good way to relax after all the tests and home work that we have to file up here in the Magic Guild, and this is some private time for others as well."

Naruto grinned a bit as Ila sat next to him, she was well aware that she was courting danger being like this on the Tower of all things, but with her blonde friend around, she didn't mind, however, she then decided to be a bit more open about some matters. After discovering that her friend was a novelist and reading some of the books he made, she was in the mood for some time with him.

She never revealed it to Naruto, but ever since she had found out that he wrote those books, she had taken the time to buy a few of her own, for her own benefit and had to admit that it was rather interesting. She knew for a fact that there were some of their fellow male students and even some of the female students who bought such books as well, so why shouldn't she?

"By the way Naruto, are you making a new book soon?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head on that one and replied as best he could.

"Yes, though I have to think up some new materials....why are you asking?"

Ila grinned and gently ran her finger on Naruto's cheek making him a bit surprised at the gesture as it seemed that Ila was actually trying to seduce him, which surprised Naruto a bit, he waited and she replied.

"Well....maybe....I can help you with your need for materials."

"What?"

Ila grinned in a very mischievous manner at that as she decided to make her affections towards Naruto a bit more obvious, it was unlike her, but if Naruto had a thing for writing such books, then she was going to make her move and really give her object of affection something to write about. But before things could get any further, the two were greeted by none other than Master Carwess himself who was currently using a spell to allow him to fly up to where they were....right in front of them...startling the pair.

The usually stern Head Master of the Magic Guild raised an eye brow and replied.

"Hmmm...it seems that I was interrupting something."

Ila blushed and moved away while Naruto managed to control his own blush which made Carwess smirk a bit more and decided to stop trying to embarrass the two as he coughed a bit and spoke to them seriously.

"Now as you are aware, the city of Ohfun is having the Mylee Appreciation Festival today and we've managed to give some support for the festival to be worth the effort, so I am planning to have you two go there and keep an eye on things."

Naruto raised an eye brow at that and wondered just what was Master Carwess getting and like the young man that he was, he decided to speak to the head of the Magic Guild.

"Why would you want that Carwess-sensei?"

"Let's just say that we are using a number of new magical devices that are a bit....tricky to say the least. They are golems that are powered by special magical crystals that allow them to do certain actions and motions as if they were alive. Sort of like puppets on strings, but without any living or breathing person manipulating them."

Naruto raised an eye brow and replied.

"Those golems sound like the Puppets used in Suna."

Ila looked at Naruto and was confused by that and spoke.

"What do you mean by that Naruto?"

"Well, back where I come from, there's a ninja village in the Land of Wind known as the village of Hidden Sand of Suna in our language. There are a number of ninjas there who are gifted in the use of battle puppets which they manipulate using chakra strings. Those puppets can take human form if needed and can also be animal form, and naturally they can be used for attack and defence when needed in battle, my friend Gaara's elder brother Kankurou, is by far one of the best puppet users in their village, though....there were others like Chiyo-obasan and....that guy from Akatsuki...named Sasori. Both of them were the finest users of puppets in the village, though they are already dead."

Ila wondered about that and wanted to know a bit more about this and the same could be said for Carwess.

"Just how good are these Puppets in battle?"

Naruto through back on all the things he heard about the art of puppetry in Suna and as soon as he organized his thoughts, he gave his answers.

"The ninja users of the Puppets of Suna are long range fighters and the more skilled the ninja is with the fighting style, they can use fewer chakra strings to control the Puppets and can control more Puppets in battle, they can even use those chakra strings to control real people like puppets as well. The Puppets themselves can carry a lot of combat equipment, like shields, hidden blades, needle guns, poison cloud throwers, and a lot more, some of them can even do jutsu through the use of the chakra from their puppeteer. I know for a fact that Kankurou carried at least several puppets into battle. And he was very good with them when the time for fighting came and I know that since I've seen him in battle myself."

"I see..."

"And as to how powerful the puppets are....Chiyo-obasan's set of personal puppets were powerful enough to have helped her destroy an entire castle and it's garrison in one day."

Ila was shocked and replied.

"You're kidding?! How do you know that?"

"Sakura-chan told me a few days before, and the other Puppet user...Sasori, could control at least a hundred Puppets and he said that he could and had brought down an entire country with them in his command. That's all Sakura-chan told me then as well as how the battle turned out in the end, she didn't get into more details."

And that was true, Naruto didn't get much else from Sakura about her battle with Sasori with Chiyo at her side, but the only things he did know that they had won that battle, he had a feeling that there was more to that battle than what Sakura had told him, but he wanted to let Sakura tell him of the battle in her own time so he didn't prod any deeper than that.

Carwess thought it over and spoke to Naruto.

"You're saying that this....Sasori controlled a hundred of these Puppets into battle Naruto? He must been quite formidable in battle then. At any rate, I would like it if you and Ila would take part in the festival for this day, to keep an eye on them. The improper construction of the devices used on those golems might cause some considerable panic if they get out of hand. "

Naruto nodded at that and replied.

"Sure thing Carwess-sensei, if those golems get out of line, I'll do what I can in any case."

Carwess nodded at that and left, only this time it was through the stairway that Ila had used earlier to get to Naruto, once they were along, Ila began to think about what she learned from Naruto, considering what she learned about his world, it must really be a world of great power and mystery, she then thought about it and wondered if Naruto had people waiting for him. There was no doubt in her mind that Naruto had friends and family waiting for him, and no doubt, another woman who would be after his heart and that was something that made the young mage very much worried, but she couldn't help but admit that Naruto did have good traits which would no doubt attract another woman to him, but she was not going to give up on Naruto any time soon, but she was curious if the woman who is after Naruto was like him as well.

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As for the others?

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In a nearby tent...

Melissa sighed as she carried a box while she was with Janet, Ann, and Joan in her first Mylee Appreciation Festival, this was true since she had not been in Ohfun when the first festival started so despite maintaining her control and focus, she was rather eager to take part in the festival itself, however she knew that her enthusiasm was slightly dampened by the knowledge of her latest discovery of how her champion was able to make money in the amounts that he had when they met him.

(I can't believe that my champion is an erotic novelist....if anyone else knew he does that.....)

Melissa blushed a bit at the thought and couldn't help but feel some level of discomfort at the memories of how she had talked with Jenny about it. The head Priestess was not offended and she had told Melissa that physical intimacy was going to happen when one was in love after all with another at some point in their lives. That certainly didn't make things any easier on her at the thought of anyone finding out that her champion wrote such books.

The three women were chatting away as they too were eager for the party and that helped Melissa relax and then Joan spoke to her.

"Is this your first time in the Mylee Appreciation Festival Miss Melissa?"

"It is, though I hope that things work out all right."

That was when Janet and Ann spoke out concerning someone.

"By the way, have you seen Naruto anywhere?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"I was thinking that maybe he could come by and try some of these things we made for the festival, I can bet he's going to be happy to finally take a break from all the work they have there back in the Guild."

Melissa sighed and replied.

"Then we'll wait and see...let's get back to work girls."

"Right!"

The work helped Melissa focus her thoughts away from the memories of finding out that her champion wrote such indecent novels and in time she forgot about it, she still wondered just what else was there about Naruto that she had not learned about yet, but decided that now was not the best of times to be dwelling on such things, it was then that she was made aware of the arrival of several other people, and she turned to greet them.

"Good day to you, I have to apologize but at the moment we're...."

"Good day to you Melissa."

Melissa recognized that voice very easily and just as quickly recognized the person who owned that particular voice. The person was a Mylee Priestess like her and she was blonde as well, the only difference was that the woman had tanned skin and was slightly taller than Melissa herself, her hair was also in a different pattern and style.

She was none other than Isabelle, her rival so to speak. Back when she first joined the Mylee Priesthood, Melissa had done her absolute best to be one of the top Priestesses in the Temple, the only one who was her equal and her rival was Isabelle herself. The two of them had long since been bitter rivals and had done what they could in order to beat the other. Ironically, Isabelle had some similar ideas as Melissa had on an ideal champion. This was the only thing that the two rivals had in common.

Isabelle smiled and spoke to Melissa.

"So, I heard that you already had your turn with the Visitation by our God Mylee, so did he grant you your Chosen Champion Melissa?"

The blonde priestess then found herself in something of a bind, on one hand she was still not very sure that she could accept the fact that her Chosen Champion was trained as an assassin, he was not a dashing knight with the manners she had envisioned, he spoke his mind freely without regard for social graces as well as rules, he ate like a pig, and to make things worse, he wrote erotic novels. If Isabelle ever found out about all of that, she would use it to needle her to no end.

On the other hand, he was compassionate, brave, very capable, and had an amazingly strong moral compass as despite being trained as an assassin, he has never taken a life. Naruto also happened to be rather honourable and was quite capable of being a man of his word due to his defeat of Conrad. Those were good things as well in a hero as she thought about the whole thing more. Not only that, Naruto had NOT asked her to sleep with him, showing that he had a strong sense of kindness when it came to women, another respectful thing that he did have in his person.

These thoughts whirled in her mind until she decided that maybe it would be better that she would be truthful to Isabelle and tell her.

"Actually Mylee has revealed to me my Chosen Champion already."

Isabelle's expression remained the same but inside she felt some level of anger as she had hoped that Melissa had not succeeded in finding a Chosen Champion. She however was rather curious about something, as she knew that if Melissa did have her Chosen Champion; shouldn't she be where he was as well?

"I see....so where is your Chosen Champion Melissa?"

"He is currently taking care of some other matters and since we're not in an adventure at the moment, he's not here with me."

"I see, any way I would like to meet this Champion of yours someday, not to mention I would be really interested to see how yours will fare when I meet my own Champion soon. At any rate Melissa, I bid your farewell since I will also be doing my part in the Appreciation Festival, see you later."

As soon as Isabelle and her companions left the area, Melissa sighed a bit to herself and decided to get back to work and told the three younger priestesses to also get back to work as they knew that they needed to get things ready for the festival soon.

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Merrill was currently trying to earn money once more with the sale of barbecued meat that she and Genie had been able to catch and she was eager to have some more money inside her pockets once more. However she was not having much luck for now and Genie herself was busy trying to find other things to do for the moment as she was still taking time to think about several other matters.

One such matter was what she had seen a certain blonde ninja do, the woman had to admit that his skills with a sword were very good despite the rather unorthodox way he fought with Conrad before, granted Conrad had used a magical sword to fight with the blonde, but Genie had seen the way Naruto fought and while she was unsure of the style he used, it was rather impressive to say the very least as he used that agility of his.

Genie had great pride and confidence in her skills, but she had been travelling for a very long time and had learned sword skills from others when she became a mercenary so she was a bit more open minded with the way one used a sword. She had made her life's work with swords and she had to admit that she was rather curious as to the style. She kept in mind that Naruto was trained as an assassin and no doubt that style was made for that kind of work. She decided to take a good walk and get some fresh air, she had been to such festivals before, but it had been a while since she had been in one so no sense not having fun.

She however spotted another band of men reading a book and recognized it to be another one of those books that Naruto wrote and that was more than enough to trigger the memory of his suggestion to them before.

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Flashback...

"No....but I can put you in the next editions if you like."

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End of Flashback...

Genie shook her head and tried not to think of those things since she was not in the mood to be in the situations that the blonde had placed in his novels. She had managed to read some of it but she stopped herself before it brought up images that would have no doubt been too embarrassing for her. She had done much to prove that she was no mere woman, but Genie was still a woman at heart and she did feel things the way a woman would.

(Damn that guy....he just had to write about such things.)

The mercenary shook her head at that and headed off to see just how Melissa was doing.

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However....not everyone in the Festival had good intentions...

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In a hidden room...

"There....this should do it."

The people in question were smiling as they looked at the modifications that they had made on the power crystals that would serve to move the Golems that would be included into the display area, as soon as they were able to get their plans underway, they decided to wait for the right time to strike.

They had endured a lot to make it this far and soon they would have their revenge on the blonde Shinobi/mage. As soon as they were done, they quickly hid away from sight as the Priestesses and mages assigned to the building came in to get the crystals and install them into the Golems to be activated and play their parts.

They were going to play their parts all right, but as soon as they were given the signal to attack, things were going to get very interesting from here on out.

However, they were not going to be alone either as a certain someone was making her way into Ohfun, she was aiming directly at the place where the festival was, this person in question managed to bypass the guards as she made her way there.

(You two are not going to get away from my people so easily. The others might have given up for now, but I haven't.)

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Hours later...

Naruto and Ila had arrived at the place where the golems were going to be displayed to high light the events that led to the founding of Ohfun and the many heroes that were there. He spotted Melissa and Jenny as well and gave the two women a wave, he was in something of a jovial mood and decided to play nice as he greeted them.

"Good morning Jenny-san, Melissa."

The elder priestess smiled warmly at the blonde ninja and Melissa decided to give a slight smile to Naruto as her superior spoke.

"Nice to see you again Naruto, it's been a while since you've paid me a visit, I take it your time with Melissa and her companions has gone well enough."

Naruto laughed a bit at that and replied.

"It's gone well enough, any way, Master Carwess said I should attend this festival and help with some matters that have gotten his concern up."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, he's kind of concerned about the Golems and wanted me to be around for a bit."

Jenny thought about that and nodded as she turned to Melissa.

"Melissa, I think you can guess that you can take the group on a tour though since I have told Naruto a good deal about my own adventures, Naruto already has a fair idea on what to expect in the show, right Naruto?"

"True, but seeing it in action might be a bit interesting, I always preferred to see things for myself, that's how I used to train. Especially when Kakashi-sensei....well he used to teach me through action and words, I miss him..."

Naruto's smile faded when he thought of his Jonin-sensei, he really missed the white haired Jonin and wished he was still around. After all, despite their first beginning, Kakashi had been like a big brother to the blonde Chuunin and after all, he had been the one to teach him the use of his Wind Chakra in order to finally perfect his Rasengan. It had taken a lot of his will to not kill Nagato for taking his sensei from him, he however knew that Kakashi was proud of him for being able to reach his use of the Rasengan. Kakashi's statement that he was stronger than Jiraiya, himself, and his father was something Naruto carried with pride in his heart, yet he couldn't deny that it still hurt him to know that Kakashi was gone.

Jenny nodded in sympathy as she knew about Kakashi from Naruto himself though Ila and Melissa were naturally confused by this sudden change. Ila wanted to know more but decided that she might as well ask the question on a much later date. Melissa as well could see that whoever this Kakashi was, he was a person close to Naruto, no doubt because he was his teacher.

Naruto then shook his head and got back to smiling, this was a festival day so no sense being all gloomy, and he came with Ila so she would be happy.

"I'm all right, so, where do we go from here?"

Jenny replied easily to that particular question.

"I will not be with you for a while as I have other matters that I need to deal with so Melissa should be able to handle that part, right Melissa?"

The blonde Priestess sighed and nodded as she decided to guide Naruto and Ila through the place and hope that this would be a situation which would not have any difficulties, though she knew that she was not going to wait long for something to possibly happen.

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As the group moved into the building, they were greeted by none other than Isabelle who apparently had her own ritual scheduled for tomorrow and for now was serving as a tour guide with her own band of youngsters. The blonde Priestess was naturally surprised by the sight of the blonde Chuunin and mage, asking Melissa who he was, and Melissa answered back.

"He's my Chosen Champion."

Isabelle looked Naruto over and the ninja/mage had to admit that he didn't like being examined like this by a stranger he had only met recently. However Isabelle merely smiled and replied that she was going to be rather curious as to how he was going to do as a hero. Once that was out of the way, Melissa and the others moved through the place while Naruto looked at the moving figures, he was happy that so far, the Golems appeared to be working well enough on their own and didn't need too much.

Melissa then spoke to Naruto.

"Naruto, who is this Kakashi person?"

The blonde sighed a bit and decided that he should tell them about his now deceased sensei as they looked at the statues that would move to re-enact the scenes that they were now part of.

"Kakashi Hatake was one of the highest ranking ninja in our village and was the sensei of my team, he was always late, loved reading those erotic novels, and always was a bit bossy and standoffish. But he was a great teacher, and he always did his best to teach us. Him and I used to clash a bit, and there were times that I never could understand him, but he was a great teacher and he became more than a teacher, he was more like a big brother to me. He used to bug me about my eating habits, and when I did all right, he praised me. I remember when he told me that I had grown strong enough to surpass him, the Pervy Sage, and my father, I couldn't have asked for a better teacher."

Ila and Melissa saw in Naruto's face that he missed his former sensei and the young redhead spoke to him.

"So....what happened?"

Naruto sighed loudly and looked out through a window as he thought about the past and how he had lost Kakashi.

"He....died using his full power to defend our village. After....some events, there was a Jutsu that was used to bring so many dead back to life, but Kakashi-sensei was already too far gone, and he was not brought back to life. I personally buried him and vowed to be able to be strong for him and prove that I was able to be as strong as he said me to be."

Melissa couldn't help but feel some measure of pity for Naruto as she could see that the blonde was dead serious about his bond with his sensei. However that was when some of the Golems suddenly went nuts. The blonde priestess and the others were stunned to see some of the Golems move away from where they once were stationed and begin to go amuck all over the place.

"What the heck is going on?!"

Melissa was stunned by this, but Naruto quickly realized the danger that Carwess had mentioned to him was actually real and he quickly used a pair of kunai and blocked the spear strike of one of the Golems that came out to attack Ila, the red haired girl was happy that Naruto was able to save her as he quickly launched a powerful kick to the chest of the Golem and sent it back to the wall with a large smash. The blonde turned and was happy that Ila was safe, but the movement nearby told him that the first Golem was but the first as the other Golems began to move.

"This is not good!"

The shouts of surprise all over the building told the trio that things were going to quickly get even more dangerous as the three of them moved out and to their surprise, the other Golems in the show rooms were also beginning to move and were now attacking the others in the room, Melissa was able to spot Isabelle herding her group of the building and she was happy that no one was going to be hurt. However she was still very concerned to why these golems were acting like this right now.

Naruto then turned to Ila and spoke.

"Ila-chan, you need to go out and warn Carwess-sensei of what is happening here!"

"But what about you two?!"

"No time! Get out of here quickly Ila-chan!"

Ila could tell that Naruto was not going to be dissuaded from what he was setting out to do, and knew that this was his nature so no amount of arguing from her was going to change that. She nodded and left the area to go and warn Master Carwess of the danger, this left Naruto and Melissa alone to deal with the suddenly rampaging Golems, Naruto quickly spotted one of them which was armed with a bow being to take aim at Melissa and he quickly threw his kunai at the Golem's weapon, namely at the bow string, rendering the weapon useless.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"

The blonde Chuunin turned and quickly fired several shuriken at another Golem, stopping it short from using it's axe on Isabelle by aiming at the joints in the arms, he silently thanked Jiraiya and Iruka for teaching him how to aim better with shuriken prior to the death of his godfather. The blonde priestess looked at him with some level of surprise and gratitude as she moved out of the area.

However, several more Golems came right at Naruto and that was when he noted that this time, the Golems were now directing their attention on him. This made him all the more wary as he took out another pair of kunai from the pouch on his thigh and got ready to fight once more while Melissa then noted something in the body of the first Golem, it looked like some sort of control crystal, a normal kind to the normal view of the people. But this was not the regular kind....it was the kind used for military purposes!

"Naruto! These Golems are being controlled by a command crystal used only by the military!"

"Someone must have switched the crystals when they were still in storage. The question is who did this and why."

That was when a pair of voices called out.

"That would be us....street rat."

The ninja and the priestess turned to spot a pair of people there with sneers on their faces.

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Naruto growled in anger at this as he finally recognized the pair before him.

"You two again? I thought I left you behind back there in the hands of Celecia's people."

Garret and Hayden growled in anger at that memory and the eldest shouted.

"You did, you street scum, you humiliated us and killed our Hellhound! And for the past months we had to endure near endless torture from those pointy eared savages."

Naruto snorted and replied.

"You two deserved every second of it, nearly wiping out an entire village just for the sake of money and your own hunger for power."

"Shut up! You always meddled in things that you shouldn't have....we have risked much to get these crystals from the convoy that was passing through the cities, we might wind up in jail for eternity, but we will not give up until we see you dead ever since you stopped us from getting the most powerful staves that we deserved!"

Hayden was not outdone as he spoke as well, anger and rage in his voice.

"We've been on the run ever since, those elves hated us so much that they sent out some of their own to track us down and bring us back to face justice. We had to live of the streets, hunting for scraps of food barely worth anything! Not only that....the people who were willing to pay for the wood hunted us down and made us suffer even MORE humiliation and beatings!"

The two brothers then spoke at the same time, showing just how much they had gone over the edge in their anger.

"Back then we had everything, food, clothing, power, respect, and more....you RUINED everything Naruto Uzumaki and now we're going to have our revenge!!!"

Naruto could see that there was no reasoning with the mad mages and he was quick to make his move and summoned his Kage Bushin.

"KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!!!!"

Several Kage Bushin were formed and they were quick to launch an attack on the Golems that were now being controlled by Garret and Hayden while he turned to face Melissa as well as the three Priestesses who had just arrived looking for Melissa in this whole mess that erupted out of nowhere and shouted to them.

"Get the others out of here now!!!!"

Melissa saw that Naruto was serious and she didn't argue with him as she called out to the three.

"Come on, we have to get the others out of here!"

Janet, Ann, and Joan agreed and they quickly moved out to get the people from the area of the soon to come battle, the people had panicked the very second the Golems began to attack anyone they saw until Naruto was targeted by them. As soon as the people were out, Genie came into the scene, utterly surprised by the sudden riot that came from the hall where the golems were. She quickly rushed up to Melissa and spoke to the Priestess.

"Melissa! What the heck is going on here?!"

Melissa spoke as she reached behind her to ready her war hammer.

"Those two mages we met before in the Elves' forest are back and they've taken control of the display golems and are attacking Naruto."

Genie's eyes widened at that and she was quick to get the message and readied her sword as Melissa told Janet, Ann, and Joan to help the others while they went back inside to help Naruto. As they moved in, they spotted a number of destroyed Golems and then spotted Naruto who was still fighting alongside several Kage Bushin while Garret and Hayden were unleashing more of the Golems that they had secretly controlled.

The blonde was able to hold his own as he and his Kage Bushin were cutting down the golems and so far, he had been happy that no one was in the area that would get caught in the attack, He turned and blocked an incoming strike from an axe wielding Golem but was surprised when a sword blade tore through the chest area of the Golem and there was Genie, and he turned to see another Golem get a face full of steel courtesy of Melissa's war hammer.

As the two women were on either side of him, he spoke to them.

"What are you two doing here?"

Genie replied.

"Melissa told me about what was going on here the very second I showed up, I thought that we were not going to meet these guys again, how the heck did they get free from the elves?"

Naruto sighed as he took out his sword from the sheath and replied.

"Now isn't the time for questions, we have to deal with them fast."

Melissa nodded in agreement as the three of them faced off with the Golems and as Garret and Hayden ordered them to attack, Naruto was quick to make a move as he focused his chakra into his sword and kunai, Genie watched as Naruto's weapons seemed to glow in deep blue energy and were surrounded by wind itself, the ninja quickly attacked several more Golems, cutting them down quickly and effectively and then tossed his kunai right into the face of one such Golem and the wind chakra was able to allow the weapon to cut through the Golem, just as Naruto sliced down another Golem with his sword.

The battle was becoming a lot more serious as the once prestigious halls were turned into a war zone as the Golems continued to unleash their wrath

Garret and Hayden were growing angrier by the second, they had thought that their hidden golem army would be more than enough to finally destroy the blonde pest who had been the bane of their existence ever since he had set his feet onto the halls of the Magic Guild. They had hoped to catch him by surprise and finish him for good and if anyone got in their way, so what?

The two brothers had gone beyond caring for others except themselves and only cared for ending Naruto's life and that was why they were not going to waste a single moment in dealing with the ninja as they unleashed all of the display Golems to overwhelm and cut down the blonde. They were not going to give up easily and they were going to use their ultimate move if it came to that.

However as their forces converged on the blonde and his companions, a massive blast of wind sent the first wave of Golems smashing into the side, Naruto was sure that he had nothing to do with that part and they all turned to see a new figure appear and then the person spoke.

And this time, the voice was female and when the hood was removed, it was a face everyone recognized.

"So you came back here for revenge....typical."

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Both mages gasped and were soon shouting in rage as they recognized the attacker as none other than the elf Celecia who looked at the two brothers with utter contempt in her face as she readied another wind spell to attack them.

"YOU!!!!"

The young elf nodded and spoke back to the enraged mages.

"Did you really think that you two would be truly free of elven justice just because you escaped from our grasp?"

The two brothers sneered at that and sent several golems at Celecia but she was quick on her feet and fired another spell, taking down several of the Golems while taking out her enchanted sword to fight them off, she was able to do well on her own just as Naruto unleashed several fireballs via magic on another pair that tried to attack the elf just as he moved next to her.

"What are you doing here Celecia?"

"I was assigned by my father to hunt down these two after they escaped our forest, there were others but I am the only one willing to go out into the human lands so my father allowed to come here."

Naruto smiled at that as the four of them began to take out Garret and Hayden's forces and the two mages were naturally very angry at all this and they decided to finally call on their ace in the hole as they activated another crystal and retreated just as their Golems in the area were destroyed as Melissa, Genie, Naruto and Celecia defeated the wave sent against them, the four chased the two brothers before they would cause even more damage.

However, as they entered another part of the hall, the group were forced to scatter when a massive wave of flame came right at them and when they looked, it seemed that one of the much larger Golems, in this case a Dragon was also under the control of the two insane mages as they shouted out to Naruto.

"Now you will die you blonde rat!"

Naruto felt a vein pop in his head as he readied his sword and channelled his chakra into his sword while readying his wand and quickly charged, using his agility to his advantage and unleashed a powerful slash into the Golem, cutting into the skin and hitting some of the inner parts, forcing the Dragon to back away. The Golem however unleashed a much larger fire stream at the group, Naruto then guessed that the two brothers must have modified the magic that gave the dragon it's flame breath so he knew that the best chance to take out this pest was to prevent it from using it's flame attacks.

Naruto then readied himself as he summoned a spell, knowing that the best way to take out this dragon was to hit it with full force though he had planned a special surprise on the two enemies.

The two laughed as they saw him casting a spell and they were able to recognize it as a simple Water spell.

"That spell is weak Naruto! You really think that it will stop us?!"

"We have spent a lot of resources to improve this Golem so we can end you if those Golems outside didn't cut it, now get ready to be turned into ash!"

Naruto snorted and replied.

"In your dreams! WATER CANNON!!!!"

The spell was a basic water sphere attack, but Naruto had been able to infuse his chakra into the spell and that included his Wind chakra, the sphere was supposed to be the size of a small ball, but with Naruto's technique and chakra infused into it, the thing grew into a massive boulder sized sphere of water. That was more than enough to shock the others and both brothers were the ones who phrased the whole thing the most.

"WHAT?!"

The blonde unleashed it and the water sphere smashed hard into the massive wave of flame aiming at the blonde Chuunin and the size of the sphere plus the immense power that Naruto had infused into it was more than enough to cancel out the flames. The steam that came out was more than enough to fill the entire building, the sphere also smashed hard into the mouth of the Dragon and killed the flame magic that powered it.

"NO!!!! DAMN YOU NARUTO!!!!"

Garret and Hayden shouted as they tried to locate Naruto, if they couldn't fry him into nothing but ash, they were going to have their Dragon Golem shred the blonde or turn him into a chew toy, they would love that. But they were not going to get the chance as Naruto charged in and quickly slashed off the claws of the Dragon Golem with his sword that was naturally coated with his Wind Chakra to increase it's overall cutting power.

As soon as he de-clawed the dragon Golem, Naruto quickly summoned another spell and then channelled it into his sword by placing his wand on the sword and the sword was soon covered in flames along with his Wind chakra, and the results were undeniably interesting as the sword was covered in a swirling coat of flame that also had wind like powers as the steam moved around it like a cloak.

Melissa, Genie, and Celecia were stunned by the sight just as Ila, Jenny, Carwess, Janet, Ann, and Joan, and several guards as well as Isabelle came on the scene. The image of the blonde Chuunin in his overcoat of red and black, his clothes of orange and black, his sword covered with swirling fire while facing a Dragon surrounded by mist and he was in mid leap was something out of a fairy tale or one really good movie as the audience watched the whole thing.

Naruto then replied in a smile at both the two mages.

"Eat this!!! INFERNO SWORD!!!!"

The attack was powerful as the blonde slashed the Dragon and the sword's flame covering lashed out with powerful force and slammed into the Dragon Golem, reducing it to nothing but a ruined wreck as both Garret and Hayden fell off and looked at Naruto who landed on the ground as he spun his sword and the flame faded from it as he sheathed it into his back. They were speechless as they were quickly attacked by the guards who had no trouble subduing the stunned mages as Carwess looked at the former students with disappointment and contempt.

"I had hoped that you two had changed your ways and taken your punishments like real men, but this...this attack in Ohfun's own lands and in the Mylee Appreciation festival is too much. You are both to be exiled from Ohfun and placed in the cells of Callis. Guards...take them away."

"Yes Master Carwess!!!"

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Later...

Naruto was scratching his head a bit at the situation before him and couldn't help but feel a slight sense of déjà vu as he spoke to Celecia. They had just watched the two sorcerers taken away to stand trial for their crimes, while Celecia was given permission to be in the city as long as she was in Naruto's company. He was then surprised when the elf spoke to him about something

"You want me to train you in my skills?"

The elf woman nodded at that as she spoke.

"Yes....after seeing what you could do against those golems, I decided to stay here a bit longer and learn from you, those abilities of your were very impressive Naruto and I want to be able to use them to help protect my people a lot better."

The blonde Chuunin was quite surprised by this and thought back on the time that Konohamaru had asked to be his student when they were still kids. He could see a lot of potential in Celecia and the fact that she was actually already attuned to nature would certainly help her a great deal in the training he had in mind.

He was silent for a while longer and the elf wondered briefly if the blonde ninja/mage was going to say not her request to train under him and she decided to explain her other reasons, but that was when Naruto made his decision.

"All right Celecia, I'll teach you, but you have to promise me that you won't use the training without good reason, all right?"

The elf nodded eagerly as she decided to head off to the forest and call on the spirits to tell her father that her mission was over and she would be taking some time to train a bit more. As soon as she left the area, Melissa walked over to Naruto and spoke to him with some level of worry.

"Are you sure that teaching Celecia your techniques is a wise move Naruto? I don't mean to sound callous or anything, but you do recall that she had led us into an ambush when we first met her right?"

"I haven't forgotten, but back then she was doing her best to defend her village, it's not the first time I got dragged into something like that before. Besides, I know that Celecia is a good person at heart and that's the reason I agreed to teach her."

The priestess sighed a bit and nodded.

"Fair enough, now we're going to have to deal with the mess in here, at least no one was badly hurt in any fashion, but this festival is ruined completely, and it was..."

"Your first festival?"

Melissa nodded at that and Naruto replied to that.

"You can always attend the next festival; you already did your duty as a Priestess right? You saved lives and you protected the innocent, if anything, you've reaffirmed your loyalty to the Church and made yourself a better person and a priestess in the eyes of the people in Ohfun. I think that this makes this day special for you either way Melissa."

The blonde priestess was silent as she thought about it and couldn't help but smile slightly at the truth there in his words. Genie then walked over to the pair and she sighed while crossing her arms in front of her as she looked at the direction of where the two rogue mages were being dragged away by the guards.

"Those two are going to be hauled off under lock and key for this incident, they might have escaped the elves' grip but I doubt that they will be getting out of the jails made for mages in the Northern City of Callis anytime soon."

"Thank Kami for that, but I can wager a guess that we're not going to be seeing the last of them, damn....they remind me of Kabuto and Orochimaru sometimes....but at least unlike that snake summoning bastard, and that sadistic nutcase, those two are not that skilled."

"Who?"

Naruto turned and sighed, he shouldn't have mentioned those two, he still had bad memories of his encounters with the former Konoha Sannin and his right hand man he had never forgiven them for all the things they had done and it was good that those two were finally put to rest, but he and many others had worked hard to get that far.

"It's a long story."

The mercenary then looked at Naruto with a critical eye and the blonde ninja was quick to recognize the stare being directed at him by the dark skinned red haired mercenary and he spoke.

"What is it now Genie?"

"I want to see just how good you are with the sword you carry Naruto, I have a feeling that there's more to that stuff I saw there and I am rather curious to see just what else you happen to be capable of."

The blonde then grinned at that as he replied to the hidden challenge in Genie's words.

"All right then, let's see if you can keep up."

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In Konoha...

Tsunade sighed a bit as she decided to get some time to herself, the message delivered by Gamakichi had helped ease her worry as Naruto was still very much alive though she wished that they were able to find some way to bring the blonde Chuunin back into Konoha, though it had been a day or so since his disappearance, things had been rather dull in Konoha not to mention that many of his friends were very worried about him.

Sakura and Hinata were the most worried though they had faith in Naruto, and so did Sai as well as Yamato so they were able to carry on with what they needed to do. The Hokage however wished that there was some way to bridge the dimensional barriers to reach him. The fact that wherever Naruto had landed in proved to be very far away and it would take a lot of chakra to do a summoning Jutsu, she had asked Fukasaku and Shima about trying to use chakra to summon Naruto back, but they replied that they needed far greater power to do so and it would be risky, the only way it would work is if something of greater power would be able to help bridge the gap between realms to allow them to cross over there.

The elderly Toad Sage had yet to send word but he sent the message that he saw that Naruto would be a great ally to those in that world in the time that would pass,, that there would be a door in the storm of ice and wind, and those close to his heart will travel there to side with him to face a great threat there. Tsunade was pleased with the news and knew that there was a chance that they were going to be with Naruto soon.

It was then that she was greeted by a messenger hawk and she read it, it seemed that there were reports of some very odd activity going on somewhere in the north and reports of some old man that had been conducting experiments with rare and powerful materials. The odd thing was that this man claimed that he was trying to return to some world that he had been part of.

This got Tsunade's attention well enough and she decided to call in Team 7 to give them some information, she also decided to call in Hinata Hyuuga as she knew that they might need a tracker ninja on their team as Kurenai was still taking the time to raise her son while Kiba and Akamaru were elsewhere and Shino was on other matters. She had a feeling that this was something that could be important.

Minutes later since sending word, she was soon greeted by team 7 and Hinata and began to tell them of the mission that she was soon going to hand to them.

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To be continued...

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Author's Notes:

Looks like Naruto is in for a bit more entertaining situations than before, sorry for the long delay but with so many projects in my mind coupled with my real life issues, I had to take time away from all this in order to avoid burning myself out and focus on other projects in order to make sure that I didn't miss too much of.

And the damn heat-wave in every afternoon here in summer is killer on the body...

Anyhow, sorry about the confusion in the case of Naruto's rank, I've had a lot on my mind so I lost track of it. To be sure, he is a Chuunin now so I hope that will be the end of that.

In this chapter, we saw the return of Garret and Hayden, they had managed to escape the grip of the elves, but their attempts of gaining revenge over Naruto have failed considerably but you can bet that those two will be more than willing and ready to escape once more and try to make life a misery for the blonde ninja.

And it seems that there's movement in the world that Naruto is part of, and will this situation play a role in the coming chapters of Rune Soldier Naruto? That will be revealed soon enough as I plan out on how to get this story back into full operational status as best I can ever since I took a much needed respite from it.

Anyway, this is but the first of my updates since I plan to give this a good haul before moving on to the next project.

Expect a new chapter soon!