Chapter 4
"Suki can you smell that?" Naruto asked as he along with Suki and Mikasa stood on the ship's deck. They had crossed into Fire nation water for a little more than an over now. "No I don't smell anything, what do you mean?" Suki questioned, there was nothing in the air.
"Are you telling me you can't smell that glorious Fire nation air? Smells like home." Naruto proclaimed making Suki roll her eyes. "Hey is that a volcano?" Suki questioned as she saw a small mountain in the distance, there were a few volcanoes scattered around in the Earth kingdom, but the Fire nation was supposed to be full with them, she had always wanted to see one.
Naruto noticing the volcano in the distance, slowly lifted his hand, shocking both Suki and a few people aboard the ship, as tremors could be felt all the way from the volcano until it began smoking spewing ashes into the air. "D-did you just make that volcano erupt?" Suki questioned slightly terrified, that volcano looked to be multiple miles away, a small dot in the distance.
"I did, don't worry though, it's perfectly safe, it stop in a couple of minutes. Now instead try and look at that." Naruto said pointing to Suki's left, turning her head she was able to see a humongous statue of a man standing in the middle of the water. "What is that?"
"That's a statue of my grandfather Azulon, it show that we will soon arrive at the great gates of Azulon, in about 10 minutes." Naruto spoke before they all returned to his cabin. When they walked inside there was a box lying on his bed. "Oh it arrived, Suki try and open the box." Naruto told her.
Suki was skeptical as she approached the box, she had been with Naruto a couple of days now, either he tried to get her into bed with him, or he tried to prank her. She wouldn't be surprised if she opened the box and some fake snakes jumped up, now that she stood by the edge of the bed she grabbed the top of the box and slowly lifted it off and was shocked by the contents.
Inside she saw her weapons from when she was a Kyoshi warrior, her katana and two fans. "These were yours right?" Naruto questioned as she watched Suki look at them dumbstruck. "T-they are, yes." Suki muttered, they were ancient. They had been passed down from the leader of kyoshi warrior for 400 years ever since avatar Kyoshi separated their Island from the mainland.
"Good, Mikasa." Naruto spoke as Mikasa quickly went over beside Suki and closed the box on again before taking it under one arm. "W-wait aren't they for me?" Suki asked, those weapons meant a lot to her.
"No I will get some new one made for you. While these will be a gift to my little sister." Naruto said as Mikasa handed the box to Naruto and there was an announcement over the speakers that they had now docked in the harbor. "Naruto please, they have an amazing historical value." Suki pleaded.
"I know that." Naruto simply told her and Suki saw no other option, but to lock on to his leg. "Please Naruto I do anything you say, but don't give them away." Suki pleaded she wanted her weapons back, she remembered when she was handed them by the previous owner, she promised to treasure and take care of them before passing them on again.
"Suki you are already my slave, you will have to do anything I say no matter what." Naruto pointed out as he tried to throw Suki off his leg. "Pease Naruto I beg of you, please!" It was first when Naruto saw a single tear that he gave up, he hated when girls cried and when it was his fault it was even worse.
Suki lit up like the sun when Naruto handed her the box. "Naruto what about Lady Azula?" Mikasa whispered in to his ear while they both watched a happy Suki pack her things out and try her weapons. "I guess I will have to improvise." Naruto whispered back.
When they left the ship, there was a massive crowd gathered outside and Suki saw Naruto give them all of them his warmest smile. "Does this always happen when you are gone?" Suki questioned Naruto as both she and Mikasa walked right behind him.
"Yeah always and this time I was only gone for a little more than a week, well besides that they also show up because when I come back they know I bring good news and true enough the capture of kyoshi Island is going to be quite a help for our future expansions." Naruto spoke as they continued walking towards the palace.
Suki noticing that the horde of people were keeping their distance while watching them walk past, but she also noted that while there was a few, there wasn't especially many guards. "Naruto aren't you afraid of being assassinated?" Suki question due to the lack security.
When Naruto heard her questioned he had to fight back his laughter. "Suki this is our capital, there is nothing here, but peace and prosperity, even if by some miracle an assassin got into our capital, I'm sure they would rather try to settle down here than complete their mission and return home. Stay a day or two and you see." Naruto spoke confidently.
As they moved further towards the palace the presence of guards did began to rise and a lot of different banners were hanging around, Naruto also seemed quite curious in those. "Noble houses, all here with someone I can end up marrying." Naruto spoke while Suki studied the banners, there were many all with different original design.
Fire Palace
"This place is huge." Suki couldn't help, but point out. So far the Fire nation had been amazing everything here was bigger. They waited for no more than a few seconds outside the main gates before they started to open up, revealing a young woman by the door. "Welcome home dear brother." Azula spoke as she took a step outside to greet Naruto, when she was close enough Naruto hugged her.
"It's good to be home Azula, how have you been?" Naruto asked her as he kissed both her checks giving Azula a small blush. "I'm afraid that it has been dreadfully boring back here, dad has been forcing me to interact with all nobles who have arrived, a bunch of ass kissers the lot of them really." Azula spoke and Naruto couldn't help but to give a small chuckle.
"Well as long as you are fine, then I'm happy, however I'm afraid that Kyoshi was an awfully blank place and I couldn't find anything to bring back as a souvenir." Naruto apologized, he had been off to the Earth kingdom quite a few times and every time he had brought a small gift back home to Azula.
"Doesn't look like all boring too me." Azula said as her eyes landed on Suki and the collar she wore. "Girl come and introduce yourself." Naruto spoke harshly surprising Suki, as she hadn't heard him use that tone before. Stepping forward besides Naruto, she introduced herself. "I'm Suki it's a pleasure to meet you." Suki introduced herself and extended her hand, Azula however didn't take it, instead she just looked at the hand passively.
"Ahahaha, sorry sister, please forgive her, you know how primitive they are over in the Earth kingdom, I haven't gotten around to teaching her any manners yet." Naruto said as he scratched his head. "Mikasa show Suki to my room. I will most likely first return tonight." Naruto spoke as Azula had grabbed his hand and had begun dragging him away.
"Did I say something wrong?" Suki asked Mikasa as they both watched Naruto being dragged further away. "That was princess Azula, you were supposed to bow, show you respect and finish your sentence with your grace." Mikasa lectured her before she gave Suki a small push forcing her further inside the palace.
As they moved through the palace Suki noticed that many of the people wandering around inside, the maids, butlers and guards were all sending both her and Mikasa dirty looks. "Say Mikasa are you sure this is the right place? I don't think they like us being here." Suki said as she noticed some guards tightening their grips on their weapons when they walked by.
"Get used to it, most in this palace watch us as part of the enemy. The Fire nation has lost many soldiers in this war as well." Mikasa spoke before she came to a sudden halt. Suki didn't realize this and bumped straight into her. Mikasa paying her no mind took forth a key from her pocket and unlocked the door in front of her.
Suki was barely even surprised at this point, everything in the Fire nation was bigger than back home, even Naruto's room was the size of a standard home. At the end of the room the bed stood in the middle, with see through drapes hanging from the ceiling surrounding the bed. There was also several paintings of Naruto, his family and a few of Naruto and Mikasa together.
Walking around exploring the place she would be staying now, she felt like if she destroyed a single thing she would have to work her entire life to pay it off, it was all so fancy, not that it appealed to her, to her it was a little too much even for royalty. There were fine tables which stood and held fruit bowls and different drinks. Thankfully there was one with water, since she wasn't a big fan of alcohol.
There were two more door inside his room, opening the first door she saw a training room, with different machines, something told her she would spend a lot of time in here whenever Naruto and Mikasa would get busy on the bed, walking towards the second door, there was a toilet and a sink… That's it.
Meanwhile Naruto and Azula were walking hand in hand towards the main hall, where there father and mother was waiting for them. "Tell me Azula you have seen the girls, what were they like?" Naruto questioned in curiously.
"Yes I have spoken with some of them, some of them were pretty I suppose, though none of them could compare to me. I spoke a little with the oldest woman here to seek your hand. She is a widow 32 years old, from a small noble house and not even that pretty." Azula commentated and Naruto let out a small nervous laugh.
"Yes I suppose that might be a little too old for me, was there anyone among them that you knew?" Naruto asked, Azula had studied at the royal fire academy for girls, there must be quite a few of the girls that Azula once went to class with there had to be here.
"A few, Mai is here, she used to visit a lot until her father got stationed in the Earth kingdom, all of Ty Lee's sisters are here as well, there are a few others that I know, but none of them except Mai, I would call a friend." Azula spoke as they continued down the hall until they came to the big gates leading into the main hall.
"I see, well hopefully this won't take too long, do you know how many there are?" Naruto asked as he stretched his muscles and the gates in front of them were about to open. "There are exactly 93 families here all, however some of the families bring more than one girl for you to marry so around 150 women." Azula spoke and Naruto knew this was going to be a pain, he was going to pick a single one out of that many, but he loved all pretty girls.
When the gates in front of them had opened up, they both walked into the main hall in silence, their mother and father were both waiting high above behind a curtain of flames. "Naruto my son, welcome home." Ozai spoke with kindness that he had always showed Naruto.
"Thank you father, mother it's good to see you both again, my mission on Kyoshi Island went smoothly without any problem." Naruto spoke, however the slight twist in Ozai's facial expression indicated there was something that he was curious about.
"Is that so? Well we will talk about your small conquest later, as for now I believe we have let our guests wait long enough. Azula you may leave."
"Father, my dear brother invited me to take part in this even as Naruto only believes that it's fair that I will get to see who will become my new sister." Azula spoke as she made up a lie on the moment, sending a small look towards Naruto out of the corner of her eye, asking him to play along. And Naruto as any loving brother would Naruto played his part. "Only if it's okay with you father of course." Naruto spoke.
Shortly after both Naruto and Azula joined their parents on the throne behind the flames, shortly after a very old man came walking in with a staff in one hand and a clipboard in the other hand. This was old man Kuzon who had severed the royal family right from when Azulon became Fire lord. He was even a little older than Li and Lo.
On the thrones Naruto sat in the in the middle between his mother and father. His father on the left of him and his mother on the right, while Azula sat on the right of their mother, they all watched as the old man slowly walked across the room, until he got to the wall where there was a pillow for him to kneel on. "A-a-are we ready?" Kuzon asked with a low gentle voice.
When Ozai nodded at him the gates opened up and Kuzon introduced the first family to walk through the gates. Except for Kuzon who introduced the families walking through the gates, the only ones to speak was Ozai and the head of the noble family visiting. The only thing Naruto had to do was to look and judge whatever or not he liked the girl, while Ursa and Azula just sat quietly.
It took roughly five minutes for the first family, while Ozai was asking about things such as. Education, age, diseases, hobbies, talents and other family members and as expected the head of the noble family answered all the questions flawlessly, when the family left Kuzon looked up at Naruto. "Your grace, should I take note of the girl?" He asked. "No don't bother." Naruto answered, he had tried to gain eye contact with her, but had shied away from his eyes every.
Time went on as family came and represented their daughter to Naruto and then left. There had been so many beautiful women for him to pick and quite a few of them he wouldn't mind getting to know a little better in private, but still there was no one who had truly capture his interest, the only girl that had been noted so far was Mai and that was only because, that if there truly were no one else, then maybe he could build something with Mai, if he didn't note anyone chances are his dad would just pick someone random.
"Erm family number 69. The Fall family from the Island of Mistral." Kuzon introduced as the gates opened once again as an elderly couple along with an outstanding beautiful women came walking in. Their daughter had ashen black hair and amber colored eyes, both which was quite common in the Fire nation. She was wearing a small crimson colored mini dress, with a golden design running down both her arms. "Fire Lord Ozai allow me to present my daughter. Cinder Fall."
Naruto listened with half an ear as he watched Cinder, unlike the others she stared right back at him. A small smirk adorned her lips, however it was when Naruto believe he saw her eyes gleam at him he was sold. Narutos eyes followed Cinder when they're audience was done. He watched Cinder slowly turn her face and gave him a wink before she left the room her eyes still shinning.
"Take note of her." Naruto spoke as quickly as they were gone, surprising the rest in the room. "Why, there was nothing special about her?" Azula asked, but was met with a quick order of being silent by her father. The rest where pretty boring, Cinder was the one who had caught his attention, while the majority of the remaining girls were dolls who were good at nodding.
When they were done with the audiences all that were left was for Naruto to choose who he wanted. A small smile adorned his face. He already knew who he wanted.
Earth Kingdom Seas
"What do you mean Naruto is going to marry?!" Zuko yelled at his uncle who was reading from a scroll in his hands. "Give me that!" Zuko continued to yell as he snapped the scroll out of his uncles hands.
"Cinder Fall of the Fire nation Island Mistral." Zuko muttered as he read about her, the wedding was to be held at some point in the summer, which meant the wedding was still a small half year away. Along with the scroll there were also a painting of Cinder, showing the Fire nation what they're new soon to be princess looked like.
"She sounds like a beautiful and kind lady a good match for your older brother wouldn't you say so?" Iroh asked, while Zuko remained skeptical he could only learn so much from a scroll.
Fire Nation Royal Palace
Suki wasn't sure what she expected, she had somehow thought that now Naruto had gotten a fiancé, that he and Mikasa's fun would stop, but that didn't seem to be the case as Mikasa was laying on her back on the back, while Naruto was sweeping the sweat of his forehead. "Ah that was fun." Naruto said as he fell on top of Mikasa.
While both Naruto and Mikasa were snuggling on the bed and Suki was watching, there was a knock on the door. Who the hell was visiting so late? The hour was already past midnight. With a tired groan Naruto raised from the bed much to Mikasa's dismay and dressed himself, while Mikasa just covered herself in the bed sheets.
Naruto didn't even make it to the door before it opened by itself and Azula came walking. "Sister, what a pleasant surprise." Naruto spoke, but Azula didn't pay Naruto much mind and instead walked right past him. "Forgive. Me for coming so late, but I was unable to sleep and heard noises, coming from your room, so I assumed you weren't sleeping either, I just wanted to meet your newest toy." Azula spoke as her amber eyes locked unto Suki.
Suki looked down on the ground as Azula walked around her, she threw a quick glimpse towards Naruto for help, but he simply sat in a chair with and apple in his hands and looked out the window, watching the city. Mikasa wasn't likely to help either as she was relaxing in the bed. "She doesn't look special, Naruto why did you make this thing your slave?" Azula asked and while Suki just stood still and accepted being called a thing, well at least she was Naruto's slave and not this girls.
"I didn't she practically begged to be my slave, she challenged me to an Agni kai and if she lost she was willing to become my slave." Naruto spoke and Azula threw one quick last look at Suki. "So she is an idiot." Azula stated before she went over to Naruto and sat herself in his lap.
"Naruto I have heard that you are planning to attack a small Earth kingdom city and were wondering if I can come along?" Azula asked as she sat in his lap looking Naruto straight in the eyes and Azula already what he was going to say, Naruto never told her no to anything.
"Sorry Azula, but no I don't want you to come along." Naruto said and he could instantly see on her face, that she wasn't satisfied with his answer. "What why not? I'm one the greatest Fire benders in the world, It would be a mistake not to bring me along." Azula spoke in anger, however as she continued to sit on Naruto's lap she could feel Naruto beginning to heat up, it continued to the point that Azula was forced to jump off him. "I'm under no obligations to answer to you Azula, now if you are done, please leave me and my slaves desire some sleep." Naruto spoke with a small smile on his lips, while Azula look cool and collected on the outside she was furious on the inside. "Sorry Azula, but I'm not bringing you unto a battlefield. I love you too much and would be worried sick." Naruto said as he grabbed one of his hands with his own and his words also seemed to dull Azula's wrath and replaced it with a bit embarrassment.
"Very well, oh and one last thing. Father demands that you will have dinner with us tomorrow after your visit with the war minister. You will be seated next to Cinder so father also demands that you wear your hair the proper fashion of a Fire nation crown prince along with formal clothes." Azula spoke and Naruto could already feel his future headache. He hated getting his hair done, he liked to have it free and he hated formal clothes too, simple was so much more comfortable, and his slaves weren't allowed to dine with the rest of his family, therefor Naruto usually ate in his room with Mikasa as to not leave her alone.
"Of course, tell dad I be there." Naruto spoke and Azula was just about to leave, but threw one last look over her shoulder. "I still find it hard to believe that you would let those savages sleep in your bed, they should both be happy with the floor." Azula spoke and with that last remark she left the room.
"Suki." Naruto spoke and gained her attention. "Y-yes." Suki had been on her guard the entire moment Azula had been in the room and as soon as she had left Naruto had spoken her name catching her off guard. "Aren't you happy you are my slave now?" Naruto asked with a smile and Suki realized what he meant, she wasn't happy about being a slave, but she was happy that at least it wasn't someone like Azula.
"I suppose." Suki answered before Naruto grabbed hand and pulled her down into his lap, where Azula had previously sat. Her face turned red when Narutos hands cupped her cute small butt. "W-w-what are you doing?" Suki asked and before she even realized it Mikasa had snuck up behind her and grabbed her breasts through her cloth.
"M-Mikasa?" She asked shocked, but when both parties began to fondle her, she couldn't help, but release a small moan. "Say Suki, have you ever kissed anyone before?" Naruto questioned Suki whose eyes were currently shut. "I-I have kissed one boy on the cheek, does that count?" Suki asked Naruto whose hands slowly left her butt and instead slowly trailed up her lower back.
"No, not really, but that makes me happy, so I can have your first kiss right?" Naruto asked and without warning Suki felt Naruto pressing his lips against hers. She couldn't help, but moan into the kiss as Mikasa and Naruto continued to play with her body. The kiss didn't last for long as Naruto pulled back. "The second one is for Mikasa." Naruto said and it took a second for Suki to come out of her ´shock, before she realized what Naruto just said, she didn't get a chance to say anything before Mikasa grabbed her chin turned her head and forced her lips unto Sukis.
Suki was shocked when she was once again pulled into a kiss, but with Mikasa there was something wrong, because Mikasa had decided to kiss her the same way she and Naruto always kissed and that meant that Suki was shocked as she could feel Mikasa forcing her tongue into her mouth. Meanwhile Naruto was just enjoying the sight in front of him. Life was good
Next day evening
The day had gone quite smoothly, he had started the day off by having a meeting with war minister Qin who wished to show Naruto his latest toy, it was a giant drill that was created with the sole purpose of penetrating the great walls of Ba Sing Se, it would however first be deployed when they had conquered Omashu and was able to create a safe route for the drill to arrive on.
Then there was the dinner, a pain in the ass really, when Naruto had to get ready. The dinner itself however went smoothly. It was decided that Cinder was to stay in the palace, while the rest of her family will return home to Mistral, they would first return when it was to time for the wedding. The dinner quickly went by with small talks and talks about Naruto's new expedition to the Earth kingdom and about the certain return of the avatar.
When evening dawned Naruto had returned to the harbor, the soldiers working on his ships all saluted him as he walked aboard, there were a few things that he wished to get done, before he returned to his wedding, he would have to bring justice to the earth benders hiding in Gaoling, he would conquer Omashu and he needed to talk with some commander, that his father just recently promoted to admiral without Naruto's consent.
Recently promoted admiral Zhao have been putting in a great effort in his attempts to capture the avatar, without much luck much to Naruto's glee. The things he had heard about Zhao, well it made him question his father's judgment. Zhao and his army were to meet with Naruto a little distance away from Gaoling in a week.
A week later
Naruto had a small tick mark on his forehead as he read a scroll he had just received by hawk. "Apparently admiral Zhao will be slightly delayed, because he ran into the avatar and accidently sank his own boats he used for transportations, so he will be delayed for two or three days, thankfully I was prepared for this." Naruto said causing Suki to sweat drop, Naruto was wearing something he claimed was a fool proof disguise, when in reality it was the exact same thing he always wore, just colored green.
"Don't worry Suki the people from the Earth kingdom, have extremely small brains. I have seen evidence of this many times." Naruto spoke confidently as they began moving towards the city gates. When they got close enough they could see two guards waiting outside and Naruto did a quick signal telling Suki and Mikasa to let him handle the talk and Suki already had a bad feeling about this.
"Hold right there, state your business." One of the guards said as he raised an arm.
"What are you seriously telling me that you don't recognize Mikasa the destroyer?!" Naruto spoke as he flared his arms and ended the motion while pointing towards Mikasa causing both of the guards to slightly tilt their heads.
"Who?"
"Mikasa the destroyer who is capable of crumbling mountains with her bare fists, she had never lost a fight before and now she is here to win the earth rumble six!" Naruto declared with even more flashy hand signs and slowly one of the guards turned his head. "You know I think that I have actually heard of her." One of the guards spoke.
"Alright, we will allow her entry, but what about you, what is your name?" The guards then asked turning their attention back towards Naruto.
"I'm the great Mikasa's sponsor. My name is um ah errr… Bigus Dickus!" Naruto declared to the heavens.
"Alright a fighter and a sponsor, what about the last one, a sister, friend?" The guards guessed as they looked at Suki.
"No this is lady Suki, the great Mikasa's lover." Naruto spoke calmly causing both guards to gain a massive blush as they began to imagine some girl on girl action. "P-please enter!" They both spoke as the gates to the city opened.
As soon as they had entered the city Naruto turned around and with a broad grin Naruto gave them two thumbs ups. While Suki was in a state of disbelief.
"Now let us have some fun."