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Chapter 8 - A Normal Life

Three Years Later

Fuyuki City, Japan

RING RING BANG

An alarm clock rang till it was shut down. Hard.

Out of the covers, our beloved white haired whiskered teen woke up in his bed in his current home. The home that Kiritsugu bought during the Fourth Holy Grail War for the intention of being a base for his wife, Irisviel(1). It's an old traditional Japanese house. It quite large that it's able to house multiple people. Perfect for Naruto, Xenovia, and Krulcifer.

Naruto then walk towards the bathroom to get ready for the day. Naruto couldn't help, but smiled. "The peace is really nice." Naruto thought out loud to himself.

The last few years wasn't as bad as he originally thought. Being sent to Japan and being told to go to school wasn't the end of the world that Naruto once thought. Of course it was boring as hell, but he did enjoy it. Not as much as his two girlfriends, Xenovia and Krulcifer. They love life as a normal girl. Once in school, they enjoy their time with the rest of the student body. They were both popular in their school they were attending, Homurahara Academy. Their beauty and foreign origin made them popular with both male and female students. Especially males.

Over the years, Krulcifer only became more elegant. Her natural princess like beauty, charm, and personality made people put her up on a pedestal. Then there is Xenovia. She is as blunt as always. Having trouble adjusting to social norms, but she did get along with others. However, her body only became more sexually persuasive. Many girls were jealous of her and many guys wanted her. Both girls were extremely desirable, but both claim to be in a relationship.

Of course they didn't mention Naruto, but his closeness with them cause problems for the white haired teen. He is handsome in his own rights and many girls had a crush on him and guys were jealous. However, news of his very close relationship with the 'Twin Blue Beauties' cause him trouble. Many thought he was a casanova, which they weren't completely wrong. He did spend time with beautiful women, but they were the two girls and sometime Medusa when she popped in. Over the years, Medusa will summon herself towards Naruto, so she could enjoy life outside the Veil, which she loves. It didn't help that Naruto had to be her servant during the time she showed up. Only making the rumors of him worse.

During school, Naruto wouldn't put as much effort as the girls into school life, but didn't totally disregard it either. He would struggle in some subjects, while exceed in others. His attitude was a constant subject for the teachers. He simply didn't care most of the time and refused to pay attention in class. Giving him a reputation as a delinquent in school, even when his grades says otherwise.

"Senpai! You should hurry up. Krulcifer-san finish breakfast." said a feminine voice from behind. Naruto turn around to find a young woman with violet hair with a pink ribbon on the left side and violet eyes. This girl seem to be a year younger than Naruto. This girl is Sakura Matou.

"Morning Sakura." He said warmly as she brighten to his response. The girl clearly had feeling for Naruto and it wasn't too hard to understand why.

Flashback

Three years ago

It's only been a few weeks since the trio started attending junior high school. Xenovia and Krulcifer adjusted quite well into the normal life, but Naruto had more trouble. It wasn't that he didn't like the peaceful life. He love it, but his entire mentality disagree with the normal life. He always was on edge. In fear of someone attacking him or the girls. Especially when Zelretch sealed their ability to use magecraft and Naruto's chakra coil. All in the name to live a normal life. He felt so weak and defenseless. It made him feel like he was Uzumaki Naruto and he didn't like it one bit.

Naruto decided to take a walk through the city before buying grocery for tonight's dinner. He needed find a way to relax, so a nice walk through the park seemed like a bright idea.

'At least he didn't take away my weapons.' Naruto thought. Having guns and Asuramaru at hand did calm his nerve when he learned about the restriction place on him by his trolling godfather.

"You stupid bitch!" Naruto heard someone screamed. He turn towards the source of the shout, only to find a boy his age with blue hair slapping a younger purple haired girl down. Naruto's eye turn red with slits for a moment.

The girl was on the floor holding her cheek that was slapped by the other boy. "I'm sorry, Nii-san." She apologize.

He only became angrier because he could tell that she was pitying him more than apologizing for whatever reason he's mad about. "Fucking-" The boy raised his foot in an attempt to kick the younger girl in the face, but was punch in the face and sent flying away.

The girl close her eyes in anticipation for the oncoming abuse, but it never came. She open her eyes to see a teen with white hair that has one long strand of hair at the back of his head(2). She then look at the down blue haired boy. He was clearly knockout.

"Arschloch(3)." Naruto muttered in German."Need a hand." Naruto offered his hand to help her up. She took a moment to take his hand. She didn't have anyone to help her for a very long time. This was an old feeling that she thought she wouldn't feel again. He then started to lead her away. She just allowed him to take her wherever he had planned.

'He's very warm.' The girl thought. She felt that her entire life as a member of the Matou family is a frozen hell. Now, Naruto warmed her world. She got out of her train thought after he stopped. They stopped in front of an ice cream stand.

"I'll have chocolate ice cream and the lady will have..." He then love out the way for her to speak to the ice cream lady to take her order. However she was stunned from this kind act. "Okay." Naruto said awkwardly due to the girl not telling which flavor she would want. It seems that she has a lot of problems, something that he knew how to handle because he was in here position once upon a time ago. "The sweet lady will have strawberry."

The ice cream lady giggled. "You seem to be very sweet on her." She told Naruto. Thinking that he has a crush on her. Naruto just ignored her, this was due to Naruto knowing not many people and those that he did know happen to be very hot women that he has intimate relationship with. The lady then handed two ice cream cones to Naruto. Naruto left 5000 yen bill(4) on the counter. "Keep the change." He told her as he grab the ice cream and left with the girl not far behind.

The two sat on a bench nearby outside. "Here you go." Naruto forcefully handed the strawberry ice cream to her. He needed to be a little harsh because the looks in her eyes tells him that she lost all hope in life. Kiritsugu was a little insistence when he met Naruto and filled the boy with kind words. He hope that he could do the same for the girl in front of him that seems to given up on life. So much like his past self. "I'm Naruto by the way." He then started to lick his cone, while the girl held onto hers. Not doing anything. "If you don't start eating, it's going to melt." He told her. He was just making small talk till she started to talk. He had a feeling that she was going to ask the same question that he asked when he met his dad.

"Why?" The girl muttered. Naruto guessed right. She was exactly like him in the past. Just only living in hell for a lot longer than he did. It was something that he respected of her. He attempted suicide on many occasion, but only lived because the ANBU knew that they needed him alive. No matter how much they wanted him dead, the village needed a jinchuuriki, so letting him suffer would be sufficient punishment to quench their thirst for revenge.

Before she continued her question, Naruto cut her off. "Because I couldn't allow someone to abuse you like that. Letting that arschloch(3) hurt you was wrong." He told her, but she seem like she didn't believe him. It only made him sound like a self-righteous douche. The atmosphere then lowered. He took a deep breath. "Your eyes." Catching her attention. "I know those eyes quite well because I had to same one. You're in pain" She looked at him carefully with anger building up in her.

"What do you know about it?" She muttered darkly. Naruto knew she was going to express herself now. She looked up at him with rage in her eyes as she drop the ice cream on the floor. "You don't know what I been through!" She said loudly at him.

She then started to walk away, but Naruto said something that caught her attention once again. "They abandon you, didn't they." She froze at his words. "Your parents. Only for you to suffer a life of hell." She turn around to see that Naruto's body was shaking and he began to tear up. She then came back to hear him out. He took another deep breath because no matter how he feels about the Namikaze clan now, how he felt in the past will never leave him. "My parents abandon me on the day I was born. They only took my biological younger twin sister." She immediately felt a connection with Naruto because she has a very similar situation. "The place I was born in was not child friendly. The strong rule and the weak could only pray. I was starved, poisoned, abused, and tortured. Hell I was even raped." He gave a very hollow chuckle in an attempt to protect himself from those memories. However, Sakura could clearly see him crying. It was clearly painful for him to revisit those memories and he was doing it for her. "All at the age of four, so when I say that I understand your pain, I truly mean it." He then brought her in for a hug.

'He's so broken.' She thought. She could tell that this hug is mostly for himself than for her. His story was for her. Naruto then wipe his tears away.

"The adults found joy in my torment. I even attempted suicide before, but the adults refuse to let me die. All those torture and pain were healed by them. Only for new one to come the next day." He then look in her eyes. They were the same empty eyes as hers. Till she saw a small light in them. "It was later till someone from outside of the place I was born in passed by and saved me. He saved me from them and from myself. He offered me a home, a mom, a dad, and a sister. All which they love me as their own. I see the exact same pain in you, but no one saved you. That's why... That's why I want to help you."

She then started to cry. Listening to his story was so similar to her own and hearing him offer her help broke the wall that kept the emotion of hope away. She clang onto him, crying tears of joy. For once in her life, her prayers were finally answered.

End of Flashback

Since that day, Sakura was always welcome in the Emiya's Residence. She needed a home away from the Matou Estate. Xenovia and Krulcifer were very kind to her and help her deal with her past as best they can as they did for Naruto when he has his moments of thinking about the past. Sakura was curious about Naruto's past, but never ask about it because she knew it was extremely painful. Also the fact that the three accepted her into their home without any question about her, so she would show the same courtesy. Sakura easily adjusted to living with the three. Over the years, she grew a crush on Naruto, but she learn about the three's relationship. It made her hesitant to confront her feelings for him, but she was still happy with having a place in their home.

Naruto got dressed in the academy's uniform and went downstairs to find Xenovia, Krulcifer, and Sakura eating breakfast. The four finish breakfast and went off to school, even if it's early. All four of them split off to go to their respective club. Naruto didn't join any club this year. He was once part of the Archery Club last year because it was close to guns. He was easily the star shooter in the club and won the national contest. After that he left, disappointing many people. Especially the club advisor, Taiga Fujimura, the English teacher of Homurahara Academy. She was a friend during the first year when he move into Fuyuki City. Once she learn about who his father is... was, she would often visit him in his home which was close by her home. Her grandfather was a business associate of Kiritsugu and he would visit her grandfather a few times. She did get to know Kiritsugu when he was doing business in Japan and became friends with him. She force herself into the Emiya's family when Naruto moved in. It annoyed him a little, but her personality went well in his strange family.

He was heading upstairs to the roof for a quick smoke before class started. It was a very bad habit that all the girls, especially Taiga tried to kick him off of, he wouldn't give it up. Xenovia and Krulcifer knew that smoking and drinking won't cause any kind of damage to him due to his healing ability, but the act was still bad, especially for his age.

"Tohsaka..." Naruto heard a voice that sounded familiar.

"Well, if it isn't the student council president." A girl's voice said that seem to be Tohsaka. As in Rin Tohsaka and she's talking to the student council president, Issei Ryuudou. An annoyance and a friend.

"Are you patrolling the campus this early in the morning?" Rin asked Issei. "Or are you making rounds on the club rooms? Not that I care either way. Still you're ever the diligent student."

"And what do you have up your sleeve?" He asked. Watching her carefully. It seems that he didn't trust her. "Why are you here so early when you aren't in any clubs?"

"I felt like it, that's all." She answered with a smug smile.

Then both turn around when they heard foot step. Only to find Naruto trying to sneak past them.

"Y-yo." He said with a smile that said he was 'caught red handed.'

"Emiya/Emiya-kun." Both said at the same time. Issei sounded tired and Rin sounded surprise.

Issei then walk towards his fellow student and quickly dig into his pockets and found what he was looking for. A packet of cigarettes. "How many times I told you that this is illegal on campus and IS illegal for someone our age!" He shouted at Naruto.

"Ma, ma. There is no reason to raise your voice Issei." Naruto tried to calm him down.

The two were friends, but Naruto's bad habit would always come up. No matter what Issei told Naruto, he would somehow find more cigarettes. Issei eventually gave up because he could tell that the reason he smokes is very personal. He knew that he was adopted at the age of four, which suggested abandonment, and his adopted family died a few years later. On the outside, Naruto seemed fine, but Issei knew that Naruto was hurting inside. So he allowed him to continue to smoke, but stop him when they were on school grounds.

Naruto then directed his attention towards the girl in the hallway. "Yo Rin. Why so early?" He asked teasingly. He always get under her skin.

She hated him very much.

Flashback

Last Year

"Emiya!" the math teacher shouted at Naruto who was one of two people he asked to stay after class. "Your grades are abysmal!" He shouted at Naruto.

"Hey! I have good grades in English, Japanese, and social studies." Naruto listed his class with good grades. "I only suck in math and science. At least in science, I get around a low 70%." He countered. He was never good in these subjects. Just a barely passing grade which wasn't good enough for them.

"Fine, let me correct myself. Your grades in my class are the lowest." He told him.

"True." Naruto agreed.

"I can't have you slacking off in math. That's why I'm having..." He gestured towards Rin who had a smug smile behind him. "Tohsaka-san tutoring you. Final exams are coming up soon and I don't want you to barely pass my class. I want you to succeed."

"But sensei~" Naruto whined.

"No buts!" He told Naruto. Then he started to head towards the door. "You're required to attend tutoring session with Tohsaka-san, who agreed to help you. If you don't attend, I'll give you detention where you will be studying under my watch." He then left.

"Ara. It seems that we will be seeing each other more often." She said with a smile. 'I want to know why Sakura is hanging out with you and your friends so often.' The girl thought to herself. Sakura and Rin have a past with each other and with Naruto's involvement with her all those years ago, she wanted to know about it.

The two walked towards Rin house to study.

"What's that?" Rin asked Naruto.

Naruto finish sending a text message to Xenovia about his force tutoring session with Rin. "It's a cell phone." He told her. Confused why she didn't know what it was. "How can you NOT know what this is. Almost everyone have one."

She blush a little. "My family never did like modern technology. I was raise without them. The most my parents ever bought was a house phone." Rin told Naruto.

"Oh." Feeling a little awkward with her. 'She's definitely a magus.' Naruto thought as only magus have a general dislike for modern technology. The two made it towards her mansion. "This place is a mess." He notice all the overgrown plants covering the place. The building wasn't well kept as well.

"I don't have the finance and time to clean my house." She told him as she open the gate. Naruto could read in between the lines. Her parents weren't around anymore.

Once inside, Naruto started to look around as Rin prepared tea as a proper host should do for their guest.

Naruto look at the clock in the room, then at his phone. "Oi Rin, you do know that your clock is off by a hour." He shouted as she walked into the living room with a plate of prepared tea and a snack. She then came over to check. "See." He showed her the time on his phone. "Smartphones automatically change the time when you're in a different location or when daylight saving arrives. Your old fashion clock needs to be manually adjusted."

"Thank you Emiya-kun." Genuinely happy for his help. She then proceed to fix her clock.

'Maybe he isn't as bad as people say.' She thought as the two went towards the table to study for math.

A few hours later...

"I was wrong." She thought at loud. She watch as Naruto left her home. "He's way worse."

The entire time, Naruto tried to find a way to get out of studying. He would come up with stupid excuse to buy time often. He would then pull out a cigarette every so often, which she snatch and threw away. She eventually had enough and tackled him and took the entire packet. Which in itself took a few minute of her chasing him around in HER OWN HOUSE, while he was laughing. In all, he was very annoying and she didn't like him at all. He would always made fun of her because she revealed her true personality to him instead of the perfect straight-A girl in school.

It drove her mad and this continue on for the rest of their relationship. He would randomly show up in her house and bother her which should be impossible due to the bounded field around her house, which she deduce that he was too stupid to notice it.

However, deep down, she did enjoy his company.

End of Flashback

"Did you forget to change your clock again?" He asked teasingly. It only made her more frustrated with him. Aware of the time change and her forgetfulness.

"Shut up! BAKA!" She broke character which surprise Issei. He knew that she was wearing a mask, but was never able to crack it. Naruto was able to do it in an instant. She then stomped off.

"Wait up!" Naruto caught up with her. "I got you this." He handed her a box. Inside was a woman watch. "I know that you forget to fix your clock every so often, so I got you this digital watch that adjust itself. See ya!" He left with a smile.

'Because this could be the last act of kindness.' Naruto thought as he look at his hand. He could see a red symbol appearing and he knew exactly what it was. 'I would hate to harm a friend, but Illya is more important to me than you, Rin.' He finish his thought with a frown. He didn't want to harm her, but she is going to be a master no matter what and now he's a master. A participant instead of an assistant as the original plan was.

Behind him, Rin held the gift closely to her chest with a smile. Her feeling for him growing.

Jā ne

Author Note

This story is not discontinued folks. Just been working on other stories. Nice to see that people like this story, ignoring the flamers. Sadly, this is a short chapter. Well, more of a setup/catch up over the timeskip chapter. To prepare for the Holy Grail War. Well, mainly to show that I haven't gave up on this story. I still have the next few chapters planned out, but I don't feel like working on them yet. Sorry to disappoint people that wanted to see progress. You're going to have to wait a lot longer. I only write what I feel like and when I like it.

I should mention that I read the reviews and made some fixes to the previous chapters. The only change I really made is the initial meeting between Naruto and Kiritsugu. It's a lot darker than originally. Mainly because for the future chapters, I will touch on how Naruto's dark past shaped him to who he is now.

Got a little lazy again. Mainly want to focus on the flashback this chapter.

1: Emiya Residence from Fate Stay Night.

2: Still the same hairstyle like Tang San from Douluo Dalu. The current hairstyle around chapter 200. Same as profile picture. Needed to reread the entire story to know where I left it off. What can I say, I forgot how Naruto look in this story and Tang San is one of my favorite character of all time.

3: Arschloch. German Translation: Asshole.

4: I'm not completely sure how the currency exchange is like in Japan. Just a quick look on the wiki.