7 Chapter 7
After Naruto was finished, Kara went next and he finally understood what power meant as he witnessed absolute domination.
Her speed was so immense that he couldn't even see her move so unless she attacked him, Naruto won't realize her movement.
Nothing in this place was able to scratch her body and she showed strength to easily lift the weight of the planet then even double that weight.
Naruto understood that Kara got stronger the more solar energy she absorbed from the sun according to Impulse and she had been here for only a year.
'She might have more potential than Superman.'
Kara was stronger than Superman if they were put in the same age group and her base form was stronger than even current Superman as she had stayed on Krypton till teenage years while Clark had just been born.
Her muscle density was a lot higher and her metabolism for solar energy operated very fast as she gained the powers within days.
She was trained in combat but lacked experience but there was hardly any chance for her to catch up with Superman before a decade or two as Clark had been absorbing solar energy since his arrival and fought in countless battles.
She will always stay second to the man of steel.
Regardless Naruto was awed and humbled by the show of power but easily saw the disadvantages. Kara couldn't control the affect of her speed on the environment like him so that means most of the time the Kryptonians were forced to take it slowly when the fight took place inside the city.
He could literally escape into the city without a problem or bombard them with attacks if he wanted to fight.
Finishing up with the tests got what he wanted, suit to contain his powers. It was a copy of Superman's Kryptonian armor and was stronger than anything Naruto would normally get his hands on but it was approved by Clark.
This way he wasn't shining to the world as he also wore a helmet to cover his head up that could have other functions but Naruto declined as he didn't want to suppress his growth by relying on crutches.
It was similar but without the cape and the underwear. With black color and orange spirals on the back while sign of Konoha was on the helmet.
Wearing the armor, Naruto increased his defense to a higher level as he could further enhance it with his chakra and survive the attack that would take him out.
Naruto was very happy with the results today and thanked Kara and Veritas for the assistance. He had never been once that focused on power too much but now his mind was dominated by that thought as he didn't want to end up getting used and cause massive destruction.
"You can come back again for further test when you feel like it since we are always moving forward." Veritas told them as they were leaving
"I will come back again once I reach a higher level or just to talk with you if you need some company."
"Huh?" Kara didn't think Naruto would say that nor did Veritas
"Oh my, I didn't think I would hear that. Did you get charmed by my looks?"
"No, I think sitting inside with your workers could get boring so I thought I could at least pay you back by providing my time." Naruto replied as he knew the Third Hokage appreciated his antics that got him away from work
Working all the time would slowly grind the spirit and leave resentment.
"Then I will be looking forward to your visits." Veritas laughed as she was touched by his kindness
"See you later"
With that the duo arrived above Las Vegas as Naruto had requested the location.
"What are we doing here?" Kara was feeling that Naruto was definitely the right person to hang out with as he was very understanding and perceptive of things that most would miss
"I want to meet Zatanna for a request."
"Okay, let's see what else you got." Kara smiled as they flew towards their target
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"Interesting so you are a reincarnation of your ancestor without the memories but with a loose desire to fight the same cause as him. This way no matter what happened you would have stayed on the right path if he was on the right path." Zatanna sat with the duo in the living room of her apartment as she listened to his words
Hearing her conclusion, Naruto was reminded of the fact that he never took the wrong path even once after all the things that happened to him while everyone around him broke and gave up.
"It might have just showed me the way but it was my choice to follow it through."
"Of course, it doesn't seem to be complete control type so it just gave you a nudge in a particular direction." Zatanna said as she held his hands and operated her powers to draw out the soul within Naruto's soul
Naruto never imagined he would be ever doing this but it got him curious what he would gain but the words that he heard was not what he expected.
"There is another soul inside your body and it has clear sentience."
"What!"
"Yes, and it doesn't have any bad intentions towards you."
"Can you bring it out safely?"
Creating a humanoid body made from wood that looked completely human until you touched it, Zatanna placed the soul inside and Naruto came face to face with his mother.
"Mother" Naruto muttered as he looked at the shape of the body
The puppet blinked its eyes and she hugged Naruto when he said those words.
"I have wanted to meet you for so long."
"But how are you here?"
"Your Father wasn't the only one that had part of his soul inside your body for emergency purposes. But I never expected to a get a chance to live again." Kushina turned to looked at Zatanna and Kara
"It will work and your soul will gain its strength back but we can do better and provide you with a real body." Zatanna explained as she found the woman looking at her with enquiring gaze
"Thank you, and which one is your girlfriend?"
"Girlfriend? Ah…. I don't have one."
"You atleast have someone you like."
"I thought I did but now I don't know."
"You are worse than your father in this thing." Kushina covered her face with her hand at his words
"Life has just been too harsh and dynamic for such a thing to take place. I haven't had single break since many years so the only thing that happened was that I realized what love meant but didn't have the chance to find the right partner."
"That's fine you still have these two beautiful girls to pursue."
"Mother!" Naruto felt embarrassed as she said those words without any shame
"Hello Miss Uzumaki, I am called Supergirl and if you haven't noticed but you are not in your world now. Naruto got stranded in our world and is looking for a way back." Kara spoke up before Naruto died from embarrassment
"I can see you are a super girl but what is your name?"
Kara could see where Naruto could his playful personality from. The woman had an aggressiveness that Naruto lacked but she also had the playfulness that was clearly defined in Naruto.
Naruto smiled as he heard those words, "Mom, can you wait for some time as I am working with Zatanna here to get the memories of my past life."
Kushina looked at them and even though she was much more knowledgeable things than Naruto even she was surprised by such a thing.
"We have a lot to talk about so finish up first." Kushina said as she let him sit back with Zatanna while she took Supergirl to the side for a talk
She was a mother and a ninja of the highest caliber so the first order of business when in an unknown territory was to get information.
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Thinking about love, Naruto was reminded of Sakura and Hinata. One was the girl he pursued for a reason unknown as thinking about it, she had given him all reasons for hatred while the other girl that he found weird and the only girl that had been nice to him.
Thinking about he could remember meeting her in the whiteness of snow when they were children and then the time where she gave him a healing balm while everyone didn't care. Outside of the Ichiraku and third Hokage, she had been the nicest to him with just this one act.
What cemented her picture inside his head was her willingness to face threats for him. He had always been fighting for everyone else but Hinata was the third person to sacrifice their lives for him. First were his parents, second was Sasuke and it was the reason that Naruto would never let go of him and finally came Hinata.
She confessed her love for him but Naruto unfortunately didn't love her. But that final act that was etched in to his memory placed Hinata on a higher place and he could see it work out if they had a chance. Sadly they were never meant to be as he highly doubted that he would get back home before she ended up with someone else and he might find someone else as life was unpredictable.
Love itself took time for him to understand but how long will it take for him to actually experience true love.
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I remember in the academy being infatuated with a girl that sat near me in class. When I saw her, my mouth filled with cotton, my heart raced, and butterflies flew fast circles in my stomach. I saw her everywhere. I noticed her in the hallway walking to class, in the cafeteria chatting with her friends, and outside of school at places I least expected, like the grocery store.
For three weeks, I couldn't get her out of my mind; but as quickly as it had come, the infatuation faded through the experiences we went through.
This form of romance is like a match. When struck, it ignites and burns bright, but it is exhausted just as fast.
It was never true love, a fact that i realized only later in my life because i never understood what love meant.
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The most popular poster in Konoha was a provocative picture of a woman that looked like Tsunade. None of us knew her, nor did we care to have a conversation with her. The image represented something we longed for. The talented actress was just an object we thought would fulfill our desire.
Lust is not about the object of our desire; it is about fulfilling our desire. The object is simply a vehicle.
While it is most often associated with sex, we can lust after anything: fame, money, glory, power. Anything we can want can be made into an object of lust.
From personal experience i have always lusted for attention and love. Most people consider me selfless but i am a selfish person deep down as i cannot see my people suffer and can never consider losing them.
Unfortunately, lust rarely pays off like we hope. If we obtain the object of our desire, we are left still unsatisfied because the reality of the experience will never match our fantasy. In this way, lust is like a wildfire. It burns with reckless abandon until everything is consumed and the ground is left scared.
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As i travelled with Jiraiya, during that time i had taken many jobs to understand the world around me while also gathering information. I worked as a pastor for a month. During that time, I performed a lot of weddings and almost all of them contained a reading of 1 Corinthians 13—the love passage. If you've attended a wedding, you've probably heard it:
Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude or self-seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrongs. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
What I love about the passage's description of love is that in it, love is all about how you should treat another person.
While lust is about getting what we want, love is about seeing another person become the best they can be. While lust is about finding satisfaction, love is about bringing satisfaction to another.
If infatuation is a match and lust is a wildfire, then love is the steady burn of an oil lamp. It has the same spark, heat, and light of the other two, but it is not quick. It endures.
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A.N Hope you enjoyed and comment
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I wasn't planning to use Kushina at first or else she would have already appeared when Naruto released Kurama but then i decided to go with it and use her as his fuinjutsu teacher as she did teach Minato the uzumaki style.
