"Martha had this special ability, sh-she somehow knows when a loved one is in danger."
"So that's how she knew her brother was in danger." Gaia realized.
"Did your parents have any kind of weird abilities too? What did they think about yours?" The mother goddess inquired.
"They told us weird things ran in the family. Our great grandmother could control the weather and my father told me his father could see glimpses of the future."
"There's only one explanation/sacred gear?/I can't sense any sacred gear from them." Kuroka, Gaia and Naruto thought simultaneously.
"Tell me, what's that trinket?" Naruto pointed at the jewelry hidden under John's shirt.
"Momma gave it to us when we were kids" Martha brought out her own trinket. "She told us to always wear it. Always…"
"Have you ever tried taking It off?" Naruto wondered.
"Naruto!"
"What? It's not as if they're going to die as long as I'm here."
"Dick…" Kuroka gave Naruto a dry look prompting Naruto to level a heated glare at her.
"Wait," Gaia moved forward inspecting the trinket on Martha's neck, "what's your last name?"
"Hunter," Martha replied.
"Lemme see that." Gaia moved forward and grabbed a hold of the trinket on Martha's neck. It had the design of a bat wing and a bird wing on the one side and a heart between both wings.
Gaia's pupils dilated a fraction after she saw the trinket. "How old are you, Martha?"
"Um, Sixteen."
"... I see." Gaia zoned out.
The unconscious little boy stirred in his sleep moaning uncomfortably. Naruto grabbed a cup of water before he checked how the boy was doing. The little child was unconscious with a pained look on his face. He had beads of sweat all over his face and Naruto took pity on the boy, placing a hand on his head, channeling a bit of healing Chakra into the boy to soothe his nerves. Kuroka joined him checking up on the boy.
"As of today both of you are going to be staying with us till I'm hundred percent sure about all this."
"Pufffffffffff-" Naruto spat out a mouth full of water on Kuroka.
"You animal!" She yelled exasperated.
"Oi, Oi, Oi! What do you mean stay with us?!" He yelled greatly perturbed.
(An hour later in the outskirts of Kuoh)
"The potent magic is still in the air but no sight of the demon," Beowulf said looking around. "Are you sure this is the place?" He asked Grayfia..
"Yes," She replied.
"With all this destruction… It's obvious a fight occurred," Serafall said standing on the same spot Naruto was when he used the Deva path abilities seeing the path of destruction - Though most of it had been covered by Naruto but a few signs of it were still present - and the massive amount of magic in the air.
"But, who's strong enough to go toe to toe with an SS-rank demon in Japan?" Beowulf threw the question at the group.
"That's the million dollar question," Serafall said staring at Souji. "Although I'm afraid of something more greater."
"In all of Japan… There's only one human I suspect," Souji said, spotting a blood stained fabric on the floor.
"A human defeated Ashirok?" Beowulf scoffed in disbelief.
"Do you think it's him?" Serafall referred to Naruto. "Do you think he's that powerful?"
"Not bad for a human. Very impressive. I guess the mission is accomplished," Beowulf said, smirking.
"No. It just got a lot harder." Serafall had a frustrated look on her face.
"What do you mean?" Beowulf asked, a bit confused.
"That was just a part of it, possessing a fraction of the original's power," Grayfia explained.
Souji inspected the blood stained fabric in his hand, a purple magic circle hovered over the piece of fabric before he balled his fist. Closing his eyes in concentration, he opened them a moment later and the fabric hovered in the air before it was engulfed in a purple blaze.
Souji let a smirk grace his features. "Naruto Uzumaki… Here I come."
"We leave for the blonde's house at once."
(The next day, Uzumaki Mansion)
Yesterday night, History happened in the Uzumaki Mansion. Two Humans - no scratch that - three Humans stayed the night in his house and two of them are going to live with him for a while! Gaia had him activate the security seals he placed around the house, after they had a lengthy conversation about the demon with John behind closed doors. They all silently agreed Martha wasn't ready for dangers like the one they were currently facing. They talked for what seemed like hours but was merely thirty minutes before a reluctant Naruto told them to go sleep on the second floor. The blonde pondered on what Gaia told him about the Hunter and his forced decision to let them stay and before he knew it, he was fast asleep. He was pulled into his mindscape at first light.
"I can't believe this. I mean, I'm the house owner! Why don't I have a say in this," Naruto complained in his mindscape, staring at Kurama's huge red orbs.
"It's for their safety Naruto. Remember what Gaia said."
'But… It was all speculation and she was very vague and oblique about it!"
"Better safe than sorry," The eight tailed octopus said.
"Gyuki, you're backing Kurama up?"
"Naruto, they are your responsibility now. Maybe fate brought them to you," The Nibi no nekomata, Matatabi said.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, staring off into the distance. "It's that bitch again… Fate."
"Anyways, we all agreed to help keep the young siblings safe."
"Come on! What happened to staying away from people's shit? I thought we promised not to interfere with the supernatural world."
Receiving no reply from the tailed beasts, Naruto face planted in the sewer that is his mindscape. "You guys are unbelievable."
"When did you become a hypocrite, Naruto?" Shikaku asked, the normal crazed voice replaced with a calm one.
"... I'm doing this to protect you guys."
"We have already decided, Naruto," Kurama said, rising on all fours. "Just because we fear discovery doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye when someone's in danger."
"There's no danger. I got rid of it, remember."
"The light I once saw in you… It didn't falter, nor did it dim. You casted a shadow over it yourself."
"What do you mean?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at the mountain sized fox.
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