Kurama's Negative Emotion sensing ability was never wrong, ever. There was no feasible way for even the other Tailed Beasts to trick it.
"What's your game?" Naruto spoke at last in a tone that showed he wasn't in the mood for playing around.
Again the woman seemed not at all bothered by the change in demeanor, only raising a singular brow, "You don't expect a woman to give away all her secrets to a random stranger, do you?"
"It was worth a shot," Naruto admitted.
"Well we don't have any of that wire, but...," Jack, the store worker took note of the situation and smiled, "Hey! I didn't know you knew this guy Cinder! Were you the one who told him about us?"
The now named Cinder simply smirked and spoke without tearing her gaze away from Naruto's, "No. Unfortunately we were both a little...preoccupied during our last few meetings."
Oblivious to the tension of the moment, the bearded man shrugged, "Alright well I'm gonna go make sure that orange haired friend of yours doesn't break anything. I didn't like the way she was looking at some of our higher caliber explosive rounds."
When he felt that Jack was sufficiently out of earshot, Naruto spoke, "Cinder?"
"Cinder Fall," She replied a little too easily.
"Uzumaki Naruto."
This only seemed to make Cinder happier, "So my research was correct after all. You're a Shinobi."
Naruto's eyes narrowed dangerously, "How the heck do you know that?"
He wasn't so much worried about her, or anyone for that matter, knowing about his previous occupation, but he had thought that there would be no other way for people to find out unless he personally revealed it to them. Apparently he had been wrong.
"It was a lot harder to find than you'd think, but the way you said your name confirmed my suspicions. I had to dig through countless ages old tomes that dated back to before even the discovery of Dust and the apparent birth of Grimm. But in one ancient scroll I found a passage that spoke of a people who could do the impossible - defy gravity by walking up walls, walk on water as if it were solid ground, and even command the very elements themselves. They were called Shinobi and used something called Chakra to perform all of these almost God like feats."
'Wait, if what she says is true then...'
'Your silver haired sensei's Sharingan didn't send us to a different dimension, it sent us into the future, the far future.'
Not allowing the shock to show on his face, Naruto spoke, "And why go through all the trouble? So you can find my weakness?"
Almost instantly Cinder's smirk fell, replaced by a decidedly much more serious look, "No. I admit I was highly intrigued by your attacks as well as the fact that you called out your attacks in what most would consider a dead language. However what I want most is for you to join me and to that end I wanted know as much as I could about you and your powers."
At hearing the possible villainess' want for him to help her, a single blond brow was raised, "You want me to help you? Regardless of your relationship with that creep Torchwick, I'm not so easily inclined to believe you're up to anything good."
That sultry smirk once more found its place on the raven haired woman's face, "That's not something we can exactly discuss here, but soon we will. Until then, just think about my offer."
Blue orbs watched as the petite woman calmly, and enticingly, strutted out of the shop.
'Kurama?'
'Yeah, Kit?'
'What do you think?'
The massive chakra construct offered a mental shrug, 'Well she doesn't have that red hair you like so much, but she seems like she'd offer a good romp in the-'
'NOT IN THAT WAY BAKA-KITSUNE!'
Once again the sounds of laughter reverberated throughout the halls of Naruto's mind, 'Hahaha! Priceless.' Once the Kitsune allowed his last vestiges of laughs to pass, he took on a much more serious demeanor, 'But in all honesty I'm not too sure. We still don't know enough about our own situation here to really be able to just jump into anything. The only things we can be for sure about now are; she's got some hidden agenda, but isn't necessarily evil, we're more than likely a few dozen millennia in the future - not a different dimension like we thought, and there's something going on here that only a select few are privy to.'
Raking a hand through his blond locks, Naruto sighed, 'So pretty much the standard stuff, huh?'
Seeing the worn out expression on his container's face, Kurama decided to offer some good news, 'At least this way we can find out what happened after that scarecrow sensei of yours pulled off that Kamui (Authority of the Gods). If that woman could find old scrolls detailing the Shinobi, there's bound to be others laying around with more specific info on those events.'
Looking many years older than anybody his age had a right to be, Naruto allowed his eyes to crinkle as he offered a small smile at his tenant's words, 'That's true. And at least we now know for sure that whatever Akatsuki (Dawn/Daybreak) had planned with the Bijū failed without us there.'
The blond Uzumaki was torn from his thoughts when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning around he was a little surprised to see the concerned looks of his teammates.
"Are you ok Naruto?" Pyrrha asked, having been the one to put her hand on his shoulder.
Looking at the genuinely concerned looks of his team, his friends, Naruto shook his head and gave a off a bright smile, "Yeah I'm fine guys! So what'd you find?"
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