Bringing Back a Burden

What? Christina and Issui were utterly bewildered. Are you out of your mind? Can a flying dragon have babies with a human?

Christina took Fini by the arm and said, "Fini, we're both just his Summonings. And he isn't a flying dragon, he's a human from the surface. He's summoned us to the surface now. This is the human world, not the underground world anymore. What he just put on you was an Ice Soul Seal. He's a descendant of the Heaven Clan. There's information about the Heaven Clan in our clan's secret records. Haven't you read them too?"

Ice Soul Seal, Heaven Clan... Fini propped up her little head with one hand and thought. Right, I remember now. It's exactly like what the clan's secret records said. Did this little brother just put a soul seal on me? But this world is so much more beautiful than the underground, and it's just like a fairy tale. A soul seal is no different from the mark of Cupid's arrow. This little brother is my prince. Could it be that Sister Christina likes the prince too and wants me to give up? No, impossible. Fini can't give up her prince.

Seeing Fini's thoughtful expression, Christina said with relief, "You understand now, right? There's no possibility of anything between you and him."

Fini looked as though she understood and said proudly, "Hmph, Sister Christina wants to steal my prince? No way. The prince belongs to Fini alone. I don't care about all that confusing stuff about the Heaven Clan, humans, and soul seals. Just thinking about it makes my head spin. Anyway, the god of love gave the prince to me. From now on, I'm not going back underground. I'm going to live with the prince in this beautiful world on the surface. This is the happy world the prince made for me. Hmph, Fini really is the smartest. Of course, the prince is smarter than Fini. Everything about Fini belongs to the prince."

What? Christina and Issui were dumbfounded. Seriously? You're way too muddleheaded. You're still fantasizing about stories of princesses and princes? You're a magical crystal flying dragon who lives entirely in a fantasy world!

Christina looked caught between laughter and tears. "Hey, Master, you deal with her yourself. I can't do anything about her. I'm going back. Call me whenever you need me to fight. And as for Fini, I can't handle her, so figure something out yourself." Issui could only nod helplessly. After Christina vanished in a puff of smoke, Issui took a careful look at Fini. Whoa, isn't this Demon Mirajane from Fairy Tail herself? Silver hair, blue eyes, a devilish figure, and especially those two little—no, big white rabbits bouncing on her chest. What the heck? Demon Mirajane actually showed up in the world of Naruto? Are you kidding me? Where exactly is this? But I'm so happy.

Seeing the blissful look on her prince's face, Fini immediately felt certain that she had guessed right. He was her prince, or he wouldn't be so happy. He must have been won over by the beautiful and gentle Princess Fini. (Wrong. Any normal man would be won over by you.)

"Hey, aren't you going back? A Summoning can't stay with its master all the time. Much as I'd like that, you should at least go back and report where you're going," Issui said, looking at the sweetly smiling Mirajane—no, Fini.

"What? Prince, you can't abandon me! Don't you like Fini? No, I'm not going back. I'm staying with you. As long as my energy doesn't run out, I'm not going back. And I can refine Chakra whenever I want to keep my Chakra energy topped up. Anyway, you can't get rid of me. We still have to have baby dragons," Fini said, hugging one of Issui's arms.

What? Baby dragons too? Do you have a fever? Even if I were capable of it, who knows whether you could get pregnant? And I'm not capable of it yet anyway. Let's talk about it in a couple of years. But your bust really is magnificent. I like it. It could rival the breasts of the Venus de Milo. Hemispherical, teardrop-shaped breasts, about five centimeters high, at almost ninety degrees to the chest wall. They look about D cup, and I'd guess they're still developing. Once they're fully developed, they'll reach E cup. F-cup breasts are just a lie. E-cup breasts are already devilish. What are you going to do with F cups, kick them around like balls?

And so Issui headed home with Fini. I've probably been gone for two days. The sun's shining brightly now, so I must have spent the night in Christina's stomach. I'm really glad she didn't digest me.

As he went, Issui felt that something was wrong. Where exactly is the problem? Forget it, I'll deal with it when I get back. I keep feeling like something's wrong.

Fini followed behind Issui, watching the forest flash past her and feeling that everything was wonderful. A beautiful world like this really is where a princess and prince should be. That dark place underground was full of magma and monsters. It was so boring. The prince is such a good person. He actually rescued me from that trashy world underground. This is wonderful. I have to have a whole bunch of baby dragons with him.

The two of them—no, the human and the dragon-arrived at the entrance to Konoha, where Kotetsu and Izumo stopped them.

"Say, Issui, you've rescued another pretty girl and brought her back?" Izumo Kamizuki said, stopping him. "We've been checking people entering the village more strictly lately. This girl needs to register before she can go in." This kid really likes bringing beautiful girls into the village. The one he brought back last time was that girl named Haku, right?

Realization dawned on Issui. He finally understood what was wrong. How am I supposed to explain bringing Fini home to Hinata? She won't think I'm fickle in love, will she? I'd better deal with the problem in front of me first. He pointed at Fini and said, "She's my Summoning, so don't worry. Fini, can you transform? Change back into your dragon form."

Fini asked in confusion, "Here? Won't there be a problem?"

Issui spread his hands. "There won't be a problem, but try to make yourself a little smaller. Don't get too big. I know you flying dragons are pretty large."

Fini could only nod. "All right, no problem."

"Poof..."

After a puff of white smoke, a silver-white crystal flying dragon appeared, blocking Konoha's gate and drawing the attention of every passing ninja and villager.

"Look, a monster..." a villager said.

"Please, what monster? It's a dragon-shaped ninja beast. Didn't you see the Forehead Protector around its neck with the character for 'dragon' on it?" a passing Chunin said.

Kotetsu Hagane looked at the flying dragon before him. That powerful Chakra energy, all right, it's definitely a ninja beast. How can it take human form without a single flaw? Is it a transformation technique?

Issui saw the questions on Kotetsu's and Izumo's faces and said, "Fini, change back into human form. Izumo, Kotetsu, this flying dragon is my Summoning. They have two forms, human and dragon. If there's no problem, I'll head home first."

Izumo Kamizuki looked astonished. "Ah, Issui, your ninja beast is so powerful! All right, go on. I'm really jealous. A dragon-shaped ninja beast must be very powerful."

Issui nodded and left with Fini.

"Did you hear? That flying dragon is a lord's ninja beast!" a villager cried in surprise after Issui and Fini had left.

"Yes, I've seen that lord. I hear he's the youngest Jonin in the village."

"I know too. I heard he became a Jonin at eleven."

"I heard that lord recently got engaged to the eldest daughter of the Hyuga Main Family."

"Really? I'd say the Hyuga Clan recruited him. That lord must be amazing if the Hyuga approached him themselves."

"Hey, speaking of him, that lord helped me pull weeds when he was still a Genin. At the time, I thought he was a kid who didn't know how to do anything. I never expected him to pull weeds even faster than I did."

"Really? You're so lucky..."

When Issui got home, he found that Hinata and Haku were already back and eating. It made sense; it was lunchtime, after all. Issui went straight to the kitchen and took out two sets of bowls and chopsticks. With Fini there too, he couldn't just eat while making her watch. That wouldn't feel right.

Hinata looked at Fini and sensed the enormous threat she posed. Honestly, Issui-kun was only gone for two days. How did he bring back another beautiful older girl? Is it because my figure is good enough? Actually, there really is no comparison between my figure and hers. Her breasts are so big.

Haku frowned too. The girl before her was far more outstanding than she was in both figure and appearance. Her only distinguishing quality was her feminine gentleness. How could she compete?

As Issui ate, he sensed the smell of gunpowder in the air around him and knew that things had gone wrong after all. He could only say to Hinata, "This one—no, this is my Summoning ninja beast, Fini, a crystal dragon of the Flying Dragon Clan."

Hinata gave Issui a resentful look. If you're going to make up a lie, couldn't you at least make it convincing? No matter how I look at her, she's human. Are there humans among the Summonings too?

Haku agreed with Hinata's resentful look. You're lying.

Issui was speechless at their reactions. He could only say to Fini, who was grabbing food with her hands, "Stop eating. Hurry and turn into a dragon so Hinata and Haku can see."

Fini was enjoying the delicious food when Issui interrupted her. Even if you are the prince, you can't stop your princess from eating. How awful. Oh, well, since the prince is asking, I'll transform.

"Poof... roar..."

A giant silver-white flying dragon filled the entire courtyard of the Hyuga mansion. Fini also let out a soft roar to express her displeasure.

What? Hinata and Haku stared at the flying dragon before them. Is this the harmless girl from just now?

"Poof..."

Fini immediately changed back into human form and continued grabbing food with her hands.

Issui said helplessly, "The Flying Dragon Clan can all take human form, and Fini is no exception. But she doesn't want to go home, so she keeps following me. If you don't believe me, just look at how she eats. It's very different from how humans eat. She doesn't even know how to use chopsticks and grabs her food with her hands."