Fairy's Ace

'Thoughts'

"Normal Dialogue"

~ With Naruto ~

Caught in the act, Naruto did not know how to react. This had been the first time, in a very long time, since a stranger had not openly cursed him out.

Granted, the only memories where he had any positive interactions with any strangers in this world were during his first five years in his new life.

Slowly sitting up straight, Naruto scratched the back of his head as he responded awkwardly. "I'm sorry, it's just that it's been a long time since I've spoken to someone."

Which had been true.

After the destruction of his village, which he remembered to be called 'Verdan Hollow' within the land of Fiore, found in the Ishgar continent, Naruto had lived the life of a slave to a group of bandits. As he tried to recall more of his current life, a stinging pain invaded his mind.

Wincing, he held his head in his arms as he hoped and prayed that he would not experience the same thing he went through earlier in the day.

Just as he thought the pain would not recede, his senses picked up the smell of lavender.

He could not understand it, but the scent had calmed his mind. Looking up, he tried to find the source of the smell, wanting to stay close-by to it in case his memories acted out again.

As he looked around, his gaze finally landed on his caretaker.

'A tree?'

"Hello there, glad to see that you've calmed down." The caretaker spoke.

Not getting a response from the boy, the caretaker continued. "Oh, where are my manners. My name is Warrod. Warrod Sequen."

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Warrod still did not receive a response from Naruto. "How about we start with something simple? Do you remember your name?"

Naruto nodded.

"That's wonderful. Would you be willing to tell me your name?"

A moment of silence passed. Warrod, seeing as how Naruto had not responded to his question, let out a sigh. He was about to try again when he heard a soft, almost vulnerable voice come from the boy.

"Naruto."

Warrod's eyes perked up. The boy, now revealed to be Naruto, had finally spoken.

"Ah, it seems he speaks. For a moment I was beginning to wonder if you had lost your voice. Because if you did, it would be too much of a chore to figure out if you had lost your voice due to my medical administrations, or if it was lost before I found you." He joked.

Naruto tilted his head, unsure what was happening.

"Haha.. Haha… Ha. . ." Seeing as his attempt to lighten the mood had fell flat on it's face, Warrod chose to ignore his failure and move on.

"Right, we know your name. Do you remember where you came from? What about your parents? Surely there would be someone where you came from who would be worried sick looking for you right about now."

Warrod attempted to brighten the mood again by bringing up the boys' parents. He thought that if he'd brought that up, the boy would be relieved to know that he was well enough to return home to them.

"My parents. . . I don't know. . ."

Splat.

However, he did not take into account that the opposite end of the spectrum could happen as well.

'Oh boy, it seems my luck has come to an end after this encounter. Mavis, I'm sorry. But it seems I have finally joined you with how bad my luck has been so far.'

His musings were cut short when he heard Naruto speak up again.

"I don't remember much. I come from a village called Verdan Hollow. But it's gone now. A storm came through the village, and my parents hid me for safety. When I came out, the whole village was destroyed, and no one was left around. . ." Naruto recounted.

Even though he has memories of Konoha, he knew that something was off with his situation. So, he chose to tell the story of his current life, while keeping everything about his other life a closely guarded secret.

SPLAT.

'Oh dear, Mavis! It seems I have used up even Precht and Yuri's luck in meeting this boy!' Warrod sighed deeply.

Seated on the bed in front of him was the sole survivor of one of the most vicious attacks from the Dark Guilds in recent times.

Not much was released to the public, but being a Wizard Saint, ranked fourth among the Ten Wizard Saints thereby granting him the title of one of the Four Gods of Ishgar, Warrod had obviously been told the truth of the matter.

Verdan Hollow was an isolated and peaceful village. They had their own social society and even a small guild made up of the mages of the village.

From what he could recall, he remembered that the village-owned guild had recently seen the promotion of two of its members to A class mages, before the attack occurred.

Warrod, being the closest Wizard Saint at the time due to how relatively close the village was to his own home, was subsequently dispatched to provide assistance as soon as the Council received word of the attack.

However, even though he was the closest, almost a full day had passed since the attack had begun and he would still need a few hours at best to reach the village. When he arrived, all he saw was what the boy had described.

Destruction.

'But that shouldn't be the case, when I arrived, I did not sense any presence in the village at all. It could not have been more than a day and a half from the attack and my arrival.'

Wanting to clear his doubts, Warrod decided to ask his questions.

"A storm? How do you know it was a storm?"

Naruto sat quietly, remembering the final moments with his parents. "My parents told me before they hid me." He said, tears now dropping from his eyes.

Seeing this, Warrod took a clean cloth and passed it over to Naruto, who hesitantly accepted the cloth and wiped his tears.

"What were your parents name?"

"Minato and Kushina."

At Naruto's reveal, Warrod's eyes widened as his heartbeat saw a short spike of activity. 'I see. So, you're their son.'

~ End of Chapter 05 ~