Extra 17: To Love Ruto (28)

A week had passed since the incident with Lacospo, time that everything had returned to normal.

The girls that Kurama had rescued from the prince's ship from the planet Gaama, had already gotten used to their new life on planet Earth.

Naruto was a little confused by the situation, after all, these 10 women had appeared out of nowhere, although he quickly decided to ignore the situation because this was something normal for his father.

Lala was a bit puzzled to see Lacospo's concubines in this place, though after receiving the notification of Lacospo's death, she managed to connect the dots.

Well, outside the odd one-off event, things were business as usual, but what Naruto didn't know, was that things were about to get out of control.

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"You're kidding, right?" - Lala said in surprise as her face paled.

"No, I gain nothing by lying to you, Lala-sama" - Zastin replied seriously - "Your father is on the planet."

"Why didn't he call me sooner!" - Lala exclaimed in terror.

"I have no idea, maybe he wants to keep a low profile, or he just wants to see the day-to-day life of his future son-in-law" - answered Zastin while frowning because there was no way to know what was going on in his emperor's head.

"This is bad, dad is not the most patient person" - muttered Lala as she looked at Zastin with concern - "If an earthling says something that bothers him, possibly he will end up destroying the whole city."

"I think we'd better go find him, Lala-sama" - said Zastin seriously.

"Yes, let's go right away" - nodded Lala as the two Devilukians ran towards the city.

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"Seriously, I still think it's ridiculous that I have to go to school" - muttered Naruto as he frowned - "I already went through the academy, and graduated at the top of the class despite my pranking record."

"Hello" - said a childish voice.

Naruto stopped and looked around in surprise because he hadn't sensed the presence of the person speaking. He slowly turned around and saw the person responsible, someone who appeared to be a boy of about 5 - "Hello..."

"Who are you, Onii-chan?" - The boy with spiky black hair asked. He was wearing a black jacket and black pants, he had earrings in the shape of daggers in his ears, something that shouldn't be possible for someone so young, but the biggest problem wasn't that, but Naruto could feel how his back was starting to accumulate a cold sweat - "Huh? What's wrong, Onii-chan?"

"I don't know who you are, but stop pretending something you're not" - Naruto said as he backed away to a safe distance and stood on guard.

The boy was silent for a few seconds before his expression changed drastically. He let out a mighty laugh as he began to release a powerful burst of energy - "Interesting, very interesting. I didn't think you'd figure me out so quickly, I guess you have sharp senses?"

Naruto was about to ask her who she was, when he noticed how a long tail appeared behind the boy, one that was very similar to Lala's, only instead of ending in a heart, this one ended in a sort of trident.

"It seems I didn't waste my time coming to this damned planet, so far you are managing to exceed my expectations" - said the boy while looking neutrally at the red-haired young man - "I can even feel how a bit of your potential is awakening, although it's still not enough to become the future emperor of the universe"

"You are Lala's father" - Naruto muttered after hearing the "boy's" words.

"Indeed, my name is Gid Lucione Deviluke, the emperor of the universe, and you, are my future successor, Naruto Uzumaki" - said Gid while looking carefully at the blond boy - "Hmm, maybe I should have sent more skilled personnel to face you, because seeing what has happened to Lala's former fiancés, it's a huge disappointment to see that you haven't changed much"

Naruto frowned, but did not interrupt his fiancée's father's monologue.

"Maybe I should send you to a planet in the middle of a war to unleash your full potential?" - Gid asked as he narrowed his eyes - "That's a good idea, maybe I should do it right now."

Naruto started to sweat when he saw the wild grin on Gid's face, more when he saw him slowly approaching. He wanted to escape, but his legs didn't respond, it was as if they were glued to the ground.

"Is that all? You can't move or even respond to me?" - Gid muttered as he growled in irritation - "So much potential, and you do nothing to awaken it, so much latent power, and you don't know how to use it, what a waste, I guess I have no choice but to take Lala and destroy this damn planet, maybe then you can become what you can be."

"Oh, I don't think that's a good idea, this planet is peaceful, and there are so many wonderful things" - said a male voice.

"Interesting, I didn't feel your presence until you spoke, Kurama Uzumaki" - said Gid while looking at the white haired man who was looking at him neutrally - "I knew it, your presence is similar to mine".

"Only I have self-control" - replied Kurama with disdain.

"Self-control? What a bore" - Gid replied neutrally - "I'm sure you must feel monotonous living a life on this planet with nothing to do but watch time go by, without having someone on your level to cope with."

"I'm not going to deny it" - Kurama replied as he folded his arms - "Though there are many ways to stop being bored."

"Many of life's pleasures, become monotonous when you experience them so many times" - Gid said while squinting his eyes - "Anyway, I didn't come here to face you, at least for now, not with this body."

"Such looks like this universe has more to offer than I thought, if someone managed to make you use so much energy" - Kurama said while raising an eyebrow.

"Someone? No, it was a damn army" - Gid replied while frowning - "My last conquest sent an army equipped with cutting edge technology, and if I'm honest, I have to admit they were good, look at my current state, reduced to this size after unleashing all my power"

"According to my calculations, I'd say you won't be back to normal for another year or so, maybe a little less if you get food that can restore your energy" - Kurama said as he started to think.

"Tch, I hate it when people look down on me" - Gid said as he gritted his teeth - "And if it wasn't for you being as strong as my normal self, I would have annihilated you by now for looking down on me."

Kurama said nothing in response, he just looked at Gid with a kind smile, though the emperor could feel the enormous power behind that fake kindness.

"Anyway, I came to talk about our children" - Gid said neutrally - "Generally speaking I'm happy with Naruto as my son-in-law, the problem is that his power is not enough."

"And what do you have in mind?" - Kurama asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Simple, I want to send him to a planet in the middle of a war, with that he will not only show his potential, he can also improve as a leader and conqueror" - answered Gid as he crossed his arms.

"Hmm" - Kurama frowned when he heard this because he honestly didn't want to let his son out of his protective reach, after all, Naruto was prone to getting into trouble.

"You have to let him spread his wings, if you keep protecting him, he will never show his true potential" - Gid said with a frown - "You should know better, we got to this level because we were free enough to make our own decisions."

"You have a point, I won't deny it" - Kurama replied before sighing - "I guess I made a mistake in "spoiling" him so much... at his age, I was already facing against beasts of enormous size and against destinies that could annihilate galaxies"

Kurama wasn't lying, when he was Naruto's age, he was in the middle of a war against a group of madmen who had managed to awaken a corrupted goddess, who ironically was an animal in bed, though that last was beside the point.

"Since we've decided, I'll come to pick him up in a week, during that time, you'd better prepare him as best you can" - Gid said while looking at Naruto, who was still paralyzed - "And I hope he at least has the courage to look me in the eye".

"The more power you have, the more susceptible you will be to other people's power, you should know that by now" - said Kurama neutrally because he didn't like the way the emperor was talking.

"But that doesn't mean that he has to be controlled by his fears" - replied Gid as he prepared to leave, although before doing so, he gave Kurama a look - "He can take any object, as long as it doesn't give him a huge advantage, he can also hire anyone, but these will not intervene if things get out of control, they will only fulfill basic missions."

"I have no problem, this will also be a test to see if he is mature enough to explore the universe on his own" - said Kurama as he looked at his son.