Flames of the Heart – 05

"Who opens a shop in the middle of nowhere?"

The floating wisp remarked sarcastically as its companion felt the cold air once more.

"Apparently, Oaken does."

Naruto answered making Kurama laughed, shredding a lot of embers in the process.

"Darn it! I'm so small now!"

Kurama said after seeing his size had shrunk considerably.

"You might be small, but not cute at all," Naruto joked, causing the wisp to attack him in anger, only to be caught in the blond's hand.

Naruto channelled his power through his hand, revitalizing the wisp and making it grows bigger.

"Calm down, Kurama. Feeling better now?" Naruto asked.

Kurama nodded and returned to floating around the blond.

On the way to North Mountain, Naruto ran into an actual prince along with many of his bodyguards.

Several of them were carrying crossbow.

They immediately tried to attack the drifting flames around the blond, thinking it was a demonic entity, but their arrow went right through the said entity.

"Hang on! He's not dangerous!"

Naruto held up his hand in defence, trying to get them to lower their weapons.

"Bring it on, I will roast you all!"

Kurama taunted.

Naruto looked accusingly at his flaming companion.

The prince was more understanding than the rest, seeing how their entire kingdom had just been frozen by their queen.

This had made them a bit more open minded to magic and perhaps edgier at seeing strange things.

Naruto and Kurama decided to follow the group to meet this queen of theirs.

Since the party couldn't stop the pair without a good reason, they allowed it.

"Wow!" Naruto said. He was amazed while checking out the castle made completely of ice.

Everyone was also stunned from what the blond made of their chatters.

Naruto wasn't astonished at the feat.

Rather, there was someone who could make such a construct similar like him with fire and earth.

Kurama floated near Naruto, having a thoughtful look.

"Two halves met and stay. Maybe she is your destined one!"

Kurama said, reciting the prophecy, implying the other half must be the embodiment of snow and ice.

"Flameball, I thought it would be water, and the idea of falling in love at first glance is preposterous!"

Naruto replied, shaking his head slightly in denial.

"She's an Ice queen. It's close enough!" Kurama snorted.

Naruto just blinked at the suggested compromise. He had no answer to that.

"We're here to find Princess Anna, but no harm is to come to the queen," Hans called out, breaking the duo's conversation.

On the way here, Naruto had a talk with Hans and found the prince from the Southern Isles to be a very likeable and honourable person.

Hans walked toward the almost glass-like stair case with Naruto followed slightly behind along with the guards.

The snow-covered boulder next to its entrance immediately got up, shocking everyone and revealing its true nature: an ice golem.

'She can create living entity as well?' Naruto thought.

He was a bit more curious at what kind of person Queen Elsa is.

Hans decided to distract the creature while two guards in red, who ran pass the golem and up the staircase in haste.

'Hang on! Why are they carrying a loaded weapon if they are not supposed to harm the queen?'

Naruto thought, noticing the two guards.

His blue eyes widened at the realization and immediately chase after the two to stop their scheme.

When he stepped on the stair case, his power reacted immediately to frozen construct.

It was shown by the forming cracks due to the two-opposing magic.