Click! Click!
The puppet of the Third Kazekage adjusted its gears. The adventurers surrounding them readied their weapons.
"Nagato..." Yahiko was hesitant—the new Akatsuki were far too eager to fight.
"You all are going to come with me, until we verify your identity." Shakti readied her spear.
"We are just here for today only, we have to leave tomorrow morning. So can't we just skip this? We are not bad people. You can ask any god, I didn't lie about it." Yahiko tried to deescalate.
"That's a lie!!!" The trickster goddess's voice didn't help his case.
"It will be better for you all to follow me." Shakti was now more certain that they were bad actors.
"Boss, let's just get it over with. I want to sell all this loot for money." Supporter Kakuzu, carrying a large bag of magic stones and drop loot, said. He hadn't left a single magic stone behind.
"No killing or dismemberment. Conserve your chakra or you will be ejected back," Nagato warned.
"Let's go!!!" Daemon, perched on Obito's head, chided.
Fush!!!
Obito was the first to step up.
"WAIT!!! WAIT!!!"
Obito stopped hearing his friend voice and fell face-first, taking Daemon with him.
Akira, wearing a patch on one eye and a body covered in bandages, appeared next—followed by a very angry saint and a clingy goddess.
"Here." He handed a permission note signed by god Uranus himself to Shakti.
"Rose." Shakti passed it to Rose, who confirmed its authenticity.
"You can go, but make sure to follow the rules. Especially no illegal fighting in the streets. Okay?"
"Of course, you have my word."
"Hey, are we going to forget they lied about not being bad?" The trickster goddess's smile was very menacing.
"Loki, you..." Hestia glared at her eternal rival.
"What, chibi? Who knows what sort of criminals they are..."
"Yeah, yeah, they have the Guild's permission. Who knows, they might be criminals."
Seeing the surrounding adventurers growing more suspicious, Akira knew he had to use the best ninjutsu in the ninja world.
"Well, goddess, of course being not bad was a lie. After all, you can see my friends are foul-mouthed, stubborn, petty—even downright sociopaths. But they have never hurt a single person in this world. And that is the truth." His Talk-no-Jutsu was at full force.
Loki looked at him with an unchanging smile, clearly more intrigued since she didn't detect a single lie. She patted his shoulder, clearly enjoying his performance.
"Well, that was all truth. You're pretty good, kid. Are you leaving with them?"
"No, I will be staying here."
"Oh? Want to join my family? We have a lot of pretty girls." Loki used the most lethal weapon in her arsenal.
"NO!!!!" Hestia jumped in between them. She turned toward Akira. "You shouldn't believe a single word of this flat-chested goddess. You might not know, but she is a big pervert and will not let you pursue any girls—Owwww."
Loki started pulling Hestia's cheek. "What are you saying, chibi? Did you tell him you're clearly a broke NEET goddess?"
Looking at two goddesses fighting over him, Akira felt all the pain wash away two goddesses fighting for him—even though one goddess might be less desirable.
Loki stopped pinching Hestia and looked at him with suspicion. "You were thinking something rude about me, weren't you?"
"I was just thinking how fortunate I am to have two beautiful goddesses fighting over me. As for your offer, I will have to politely decline, as my choice will always be to stay in Hestia Familia." Akira politely explained.
Hestia, clearly happy with his answer, hugged him—proving two very big reasons for joining her Familia.
"Oh, your loss. See you later, kid." Loki walked away, happy with a newfound toy.
Phew~
"Naori, can you get the team back to the Hostess of Fertility for a party?"
"Hmm, don't worry. You just need to rest." Naori shunshined away.
Konan walked closer, supporting him, clearly not going to let him leave her sight. Akira smiled and let her support him, looking down at the clinging goddess.
"Goddess, how about we have a little talk? I'm pretty sure you have a lot of questions."
"Umu."
The three walked through the crowd, who were all curious about this new force in Orario.
Rose, standing beside Pain who was still unmoving, said, "If you have any more injured, we can have the healers take a look at it."
Seeing him not answer, she felt something was very wrong, but couldn't pinpoint the source. Suddenly, a hand waved in front of her eyes, pulling her out of her thoughts. It was Shakti.
"Are you okay, Rose? You were thinking out loud."
'Hmm, thinking out loud?' Rose connected the dots. She pointed to the black coats standing still. "You can see them, right?"
"Who? There's nobody standing here." Shakti was confused.
Rose turned to Aina. "What about you?"
"Ah... they're Akira-kun's friends, aren't they?" Aina replied.
"What are you talking about? They already left," Shakti answered.
The crowd listening to their conversation started questioning each other. Most high-level adventurers and gods could see nothing, while many others still could. Hearing this commotion, the Loki Familia grew intrigued.
"Is it invisibility or..." Raul asked.
"Nope! It's an illusion—a pretty good one." Loki looked at her family, seeing many people falling for it. Even a level 4 adventurer like Anakitty had fallen for it.
"But I'm okay..." Raul was confused.
"It's probably due to Abnormal Resistance. The main thing is—when did they use it?" Finn answered, looking at Loki, who was already on the culprits' trail.
"Excuse me, give us some space, please." Akira and his two goddesses pushed through the rowdy crowd. Of course, he also knew about the genjutsu.
'Ah! Danzo was right, Uchiha are the root of most problems. I bet the Uchiha brothers did it so they could leave in style. Without chakra I can't do much about it, though I could find an item from inventory to solve it. But doing so will only increase my problems. Better to leave it to Airmid—she should be able to dispel it for everyone. I'll sell her some drops on discount in the future as compensation. That's right, I'm a changed man now.'
His instincts rang, alerting him of approaching trouble.
"Konan, let's fly home. Hestia-sama, hold on tight." He wrapped his arms around her. Konan unfurled her paper wings, launching the three into the air.
"Stop..!" ×2
Airmid and Loki watched the trio fly away.
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The trio landed in front of a dilapidated church. Hestia still held onto him tightly.
"Hestia-sama, you can let go now. We're already home."
Fearing she might have been afraid of flying, he whispered again. "Hestia-sama?"
"That... That... was awesome!" Hestia said excitedly, her eyes shining. "Can we do it again?"
"Maybe later. Now, I have some things to explain."
They walked inside the dilapidated church to continue their conversation.
After a lot of lore dump from Akira, Hestia was able to somewhat grasp the situation.
"So you're from a different world, sent by a goddess for a vacation as a gift for saving many worlds. Your friends were summoned by an item and will get unsummoned after a while. Am I right?"
"That's about right," Akira said, while Konan reapplied fresh bandages as the earlier ones had already lost their healing enchantment.
"Akira-kun, there is one thing I want to know. Are you the same Akira-kun I invited to my Familia?" Hestia asked seriously.
"Well, that Akira was a part of me. You can think of my body as being filled by my soul a small amount at a time. The Akira that went in the dungeon was 98 percent of me, and now I am 100%." Akira answered.
"That's good." Hestia breathed a sigh of relief, but then another problem reared its head. With her head down, she said depressingly, "Since Akira-kun is a hero, that means you must be strong and talented. I don't have much to offer. If you want, I am okay with transferring you to a better Familia—I'm sure you will be easily accepted."
"Hestia-sama. Look at me." Akira was a little annoyed. Hestia looked at him. "I really meant it when I said I will always choose to be in Hestia Familia. So don't worry. Now get ready—we have a feast to attend."
Hearing these words that didn't contain any lies, Hestia felt very happy from the bottom of her heart. She wiped her tears. "Hmm, let's party, Akira-kun, my first child."
"Yosh. I am ready." Akira tried to stand up, but sudden pain made him nearly fall, if not for Konan holding him.
"You might have to rest for a few days. I don't think you're ready for a party." Konan and Hestia helped him lay down on the bed.
"She's right, you should rest. We can have some food here, it will be okay."
The worried voices of the two women couldn't stop Akira. He sat up.
"No, I'm not sure if there will ever be an opportunity like this again. I just want to have a last goodbye party for our team."
"Sigh~ Okay, but we can have the party in the evening. You should rest until then. I will inform everyone." Konan softened her stance.
"Thanks, you really are my angel." Akira laid back. "Now, my sweet dream kiss."
Looking at him slipping back into his laid-back self, Konan couldn't help but smile. "You look all beat up like a pig. I'm not kissing you."
"Hey, you're forgetting our wedding vows, so early." He pulled her toward him as she lay on top of him.
"There was no vow about being together while you look like a pig."
"That hurt more than the beating I had. I need some heart medicine."
"What medicine would you like?"
"A kiss from an angel seems to be able to heal broken hearts." Akira grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to his face. Feeling the atmosphere heat up, Konan gave him a peck on the lips. "How do you feel now?"
"A little better. Some more medicine will do the trick."
Before they knew it, Konan and Akira were tongue-tied.
Seeing this shamelessness, Hestia couldn't help but cover her eyes, her face red. "You—what are you doing?"
Konan looked at her with a deadpan expression and thought, 'How could this old woman be so innocent?'
"It's kissing. You don't know?" Konan told her.
"You can't do that... Before marriage, no immoral acts are allowed." Hestia tried to pull the woman she considered a succubus off her first Familia member.
"Then it's okay. We are married." Konan and Akira showed their rings.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
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(A/N: It has been so long that I wrote something by myself that I feel I forgot how to write. Any comment to improve would be a huge help)
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