Chapter 68 - Truth Comes to Light (1/2)

”Not telling them is going to come back to haunt us.”

”I know... but I don't think I could handle... their reaction would only make me feel worse than I already do.” Momo spoke silently as she boarded a ship that would take her to Saint Lavender Academy. Thankfully, while Shrinking Ray's Speed-Jet had been delayed due to storm warnings, the man had been able to make it only a little late thanks to the fact he was able to get the help of Tele-Porter, the Teleporting Rescue Hero. With his help, Shrinking Ray had been able to get to them, and help them start their mission once they had been filled in on all of the details.

All of them.

Currently, Naruto was posing as a stuffed animal, Shrinking Ray had given Naruto a ”Shrinking Ring” that caused his body to become 1/10th his actual size. It was just a size decrease thankfully, so Naruto's strength and speed stayed the same, so it was easy for Momo to carry him around and act like he was a stuffed toy. If anyone asked her, then she would just tell them that she used her Quirk best when she had her ”All Right” plush toy. That way, nobody would question why she was carrying him around, and since All Right had gained vast popularity in a short amount of time, it wasn't odd for him to have a plushy... which she was pretty sure already existed anyway.

”I'm going to be so stiff at the end of this.” Naruto whispered, not moving his lips in the slightest, and making sure only she could hear him.

He hated this almost as much as he hated leaving U.A., and he hated that a lot. He wasn't allowed to move any part of his body that Momo wasn't moving, whenever she left him in the Lavender Academy dorm room for class, he was going to be sneaking around the school while remaining stealthy. He hated stealth anything, since it went against his style as a strong fighter. He could be stealthy if he wanted to be, he just really did hate it.

Also, he was leaving Eri alone with Recovery Girl until he was done with this job ȧssignment, which made him feel worse on the inside than anything else. He was sure that she would be well taken care of, and he gave the elderly woman a list of things that Eri enjoyed, but knowing he wasn't going to be there when she woke up with a nightmare just made him feel terrible. He was going to feel horrible, inside and out, by the time that this job ȧssignment was over with, he really was.

”You're stiffness aside... this is our first job as real heroes.” Momo took a deep breath, the ocean air calmed down some of her worries a little, before she opened her eyes. ”... Lets do a good job. Maybe, if we do good enough, we can appeal to the government ourselves and have them adjust the reward.” Momo knew that she wasn't ready for being a hero, not by herself anyway. She knew that the only reason she was considered ready, was because everyone always saw her at her best when she was with Naruto. Without him, she couldn't be a hero by herself.

Yet.

One day, she was going to be ready for the title, and that was the day she would be a hero with a smile. She had no doubts that Naruto was already ready for the title, he had been ready since the day she met him, and even before that point.

”This is soooooo... boring... this uniform is barely even cute.”

'I know that voice... Oh... oh no...' Naruto thought to himself when he heard a very familiar voice that had plagued his dreams many times. The voice of the woman that had kidnapped him, strapped him to a bed, and then tortured him for a decent amount of time.

There she was.

Wearing the same disguise uniform that Momo was, he saw her standing with another girl... a girl version of... him? Naruto, give him credit, didn't break disguise for a moment and show his shock. The terror of his dreams was in the Saint Lavender Uniform with a girl that looked like she was the perfect female version of him. She was even tossing a Hoshi no Tama up into the air like it was nothing important, like it was a baseball or something.

”What the hell?” Momo questioned when she saw what caused Naruto's body to freeze against her.

Female Naruto?

'She is suppose to be dead...' Naruto's brain shut down completely when he laid eyes on Naruko... his sister. The sister that was suppose to be dead, killed by their mother, years ago. Naruto couldn't process it, he didn't know how to process this information.

His sister was alive... meaning his brother might be alive too?

Hoshi no Tama... meaning she had the same Quirk as he had to. Naruto wanted to drop his disguise, go over to her, and ask her everything in his mind. Starters, how did she survive years ago, and who had she been living with.

Why did she smell like blood?

”Saint Lavender Academy... how boring... I could be with Menma right now... but noooo, I have to be with you, doing stealth work.” Naruko complained to Himiko, the two blond girls leaning over the railing.

”Aaaaah, don't you want to spend time with me? When I marry Naruto, we'll be real sisters... We should totally get to know each other.” Himiko got close to Naruko, physically. The boat started to rock as some rough waters hit it, but nobody on board even cared.

Naruto was still just... shut down.

”Himiko is ȧssociated with the League of Villains... meaning that girl... that girl Naruto is with them... she has the same ball thing as him. That means she has the Monster Fox quirk... if she's Naruto's sister, then she must train as hard as he does... that makes her as strong as Naruto... not good.” Momo whispered under her breath. Unlike Naruto, who was just shocked, Momo was still able to think properly. A female Naruto, a villain Naruto, was a horrible thought to her.

Naruto defeated her without even using his Quirk in the Exams, so if this girl was as strong as he was, but as a villain... then this girl was a huge threat. Personality usually ran in the family to some degree, so she must be a training fanatic like Naruto, and have strength equal to his own.

This mission... it just went downhill.