C227: Family Reunion
Alt Title teaser: A Spartan and his Son.
Date published: 6/8/2025.
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"You've worked hard Serena" Axel stands up to hug his daughter and Sasuke seems to get a tick on his head as if he doesnt believe that he would have been a hopeless mess without Serena's help.
"Permission to watch the show?" Serena says and while the wording is strange, Axel understands that it translates to permission for Sasuke to watch the show Naruto and see how his canon self is like. If the changes he believes his daughter had accomplished to the Uchiha, then he would very well mentally break upon seeing his edgy state.
Axel offers no verbal response except a cheeky smile and then putting his fingers together to form a box akin to taking a picture. Serena understands and is about to go drag Sasuke away but before she does, Axel speaks up once more.
"Why don't you introduce the rest before going off on your epic quest." The father and daughter pair seem to enjoy their little play while the others seem to pity Sasuke the most while both husbands stand confused.
Serena listens and then hugs one of the two platinum blond women she brought. This one has a well developed teenage body and is wearing a purple vest revealing her fishnet shirt covered abdomen and skirt that reveals her toned legs. She also wears finger tipped gloves but it hangs off of only her ring finger while the rest are exposed.
"This is my little mistress of the mind, I had taken my time with her since she was really annoying as a kid, but had improved in more ways than one over the years. The princess of the Yamanaka Clan, Ino Yamanaka, the mother of my second child." Her introduction was much more tame compared to the other and she didn't mention her magical talent unless she has fully focused on mental magic akin to telepathy.
The alternative is that she was not introduced to magic yet and based on her innocent expression when first looking at the land and being teleported, this might be the case unless she is still a newbie mental mage so this is just higher scale than what she has pulled off but he has no hate for the formerly bratty yamanaka girl. He chuckles a bit upon thinking of Inoichi and how he might have been heartbroken that his 'little girl' was stolen but then converted to buddhism upon finding out it was another girl who stole her from him and not a man.
Serena moves to the last male in the room who hasn't been introduced is a tall late teens boy with whiskers and wearing a formal orange vest as compared to his regular jacket. Serena snakes her hand around his waist which seems to cause a shiver to run up the boys spine as he gives a strained smile out of fear.
"This hunk had been my first student ever since I joined the ninja academy as his classmate. While others ignored him or ostracized him, I taught him ninjutsu and even magic since he was very talented. It's a shame all his mind could comprehend was using it for pranks and only on me since I did not give him permission to use it on others unless it was a life or death situation." The mention of the pranks seem to cause the boy to pale as he twiddles with fingers together while chuckling awkwardly.
"Thankfully he was man enough to propose to me at the end of the war, otherwise I would have finally allowed him to feel my wrath after so many years. As such, he, Naruto Uzumaki, claimed the title of father of my third child while Sasuke claimed the fourth.
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Sasuke clicks his lips a little too loud to show his dissatisfaction and being behind Naruto in showing his love for Serena as he glares at him down.
"I see, and there was no problem with the children?" Axel says as he stops applying pressure to the two men who have transformed their original rivalry into properly pampering his daughter while also having the most children with her.
"I think they started out like me and the rest of my siblings, slow physical beginning but sharp minds. The youngest, Higuchi, started walking only a few months ago after being taken care of for a year." She describes her own situation but slightly more exaggerated since it was only for a few months for her but it was worse for her siblings who were divine born starting from Seiko as well as the twins Leera and Ignant.
"The one I'm most worried about is the third born, Minato. He…might be a bit autistic as he is obsessed with seals. If you go to the playroom, you might find that whole room covered in them right now. Luckily he can still function like normal but becomes hyper focused on seals whenever he has even a microsecond of free time." Axel quickly confirms the situation and finds it to be true and even worse as it seems the fourth born, Higuchi, was leaning against the wall, looking at the sky when his sibling came by and drew on him seals as it he was part of the wall.
The two then got into a fight before Minato apologized to his brother before restarting what he was doing.
"All little gluttons?" Axel asks as Serena nods and it seems to be the same situation as what happened with his kids. The children took one talent from both parents and either combined them into something new or they just had two talents.
As part of the final introduction, Serena sits between the last blonde who still wears a professional half fishnet vest which reveals her midriff and the other who has red hair and blue outfit. Serena wraps her arms around both their necks and down into their bountiful cleavage. Both women blush but the second blond with short bob cut hair has a more stoic expression paired with her blush. The red head instead seems to lean into Serena's embrace, allowing a better angle for a better 'grip'.
"Now, both of these lovely ladies are more recent additions to my growing family. Samui here serves as my big secretariat. I had saved her from her death from the ten tails statue and claimed her then and there. It was epic"
The mention of their fated meeting seems to elicit more of a reaction from the land of Lightnings ace ninja than the actual groping of possibly the most well endowed chest in all of the Ninja Lands, even surpassing Tsunade, the roaming gambler. She lowers her head in shame as it must have been quite the public event or perhaps she had a visceral reaction to the whole situation.
"As for Mei-chan, she proposed to me after the war, being the second to do so after naruto. She currently has my fifth child but is still too early to properly tell. She had only recently begun her training so she is the most new to all this as well as my own family history but she has taken to me like glue on wood." She gives a kiss on the lips to the redhead.
Axel waves his hand as if shooing Serena away and she gets the hint as she leaves her lovers alone and sneaks both Naruto and Sasuke away for some torme…'fun'. Axel discreetly gives Serena access to a time orb so they can watch more of the show in a shorter period of time.
In the meantime Axel's main body keeps the remaining women occupied with stories and even a bit of advice regarding their magical training and even helping Samui get started on hers as Serena was undecided on what to train her but the simplest choice is sometimes the most appropriate.
As such he taught her swordplay from various worlds and weapon types. While she is very used to her tanto, it is limited in it's usage as it is only useful against other ninjas but bad against anything else. She has to rely on her teammates or jutsu's whenever she encounters beasts or anything that isn't a 1v1. The solution for her was blade aura with spell sword functionality. This allows her to conjure new copies of her sword which she can utilize as she wants, either in direct combat or as long range barrage of swords. He also proposed a few buffing spells that are good for leaders to have to strengthen teammates.
Samui thanks him for his help and the others also take this time to ask for help. Hinata is taught about martial arts of other worlds which she begins to incorporate into her gentle fist technique as well as her reinforcement magic. Ino studies Axel's introduction on mental magics as she was also fairly new to it and Serena has more of an innate talent for all types of magics which makes her a bad teacher.
Finding this out, Axel double checks Mei's study work and also finds it a mess but she took it as a challenge and had actually been making great progress but as Axel introduced the basics to her, her growth became much more evident.
While Axel is dealing with these few folk, his clone had welcomed the second group that had arrived at the same time as his daughter. This second group was from Marvel with the one leading them being the master spy himself, Nick Fury. The clone quickly realizes that this is likely the movie version and not the comics.
It might even be the early parts of that world as hawkeye and Natasha are with him.
"We're here, so can anyone tell me what is going on?" His words are met with the system introduction popping up.
"What the…an eternal land of peace? Murder is banned and exile is the only punishment. If what this says is true then what is the point of all this? Some sort of Heaven for humans?" He begins speaking after a few minutes when he finally finishes reading but still has some questions.
"Boss" Black Widow alerts Fury of Axel approaching them, he spreads his arms wide as he answers their questions.
"Not just humans, there are hundreds of thousands of alternate versions of earth, Magical beasts, scientific monsters and robots. All who have access to earth are welcome here as long as they don't cause trouble. As for those that do cause trouble then it comes down to their motive. As such it's a case by case situation but exile is the…nicest outcome I can give to a criminal."
"My protection also applies to the direct region where the portal is. No one is allowed to die of anything but natural causes or self inflicted accidents but we also use magic to heal so even that should have a minimal causality rate."
"Aha, and are we able to learn magic?" Nick cant help but ask and is surprised that Axel nods, then with the wave of his hand, the contribution point system is introduced to everyone here so far. Materials, information or anything that can be considered contributions grant points which can be returned as magical lessons, magical resources, or information about their own timelines thought that information is much more expensive due to the memory lock that has to be overridden by the points (kind of pay-to-win to bypass memory lock).
"So we have to sacrifice our world's resources and technology to get magical ones? You're not planning to short change us?"
"Not at all. I have an agreement with a few cosmic entities that would harass me if i changed too much about any one world or kill anyone im not supposed to. That i can even do anything like this is due to their…grace." Fury is sure there is more to the story than what he is being told but he will do what comes naturally and see how things progress. For now though he has to return to give his report but he is given paper and pens to write down what he wants. Whether any of the information he writes down gets deleted can not be blamed on Axel since he had made all details apparent for what can and can't be done.
Nick takes a while as he takes in the clean environment, the strange people dressed in costumes. As it stands, the strangest thing he had seen so far was Superman and Supergirl flying around and exploring.
"Isn't that Superman?" Hawkeye asks in confusion as he only knew about him due to the comics he gave his kids."What, you mean like the movies?....haa, it really might be. Let's hope all this is true and he can't suddenly invade our earth." The group returns to their earth to plan for what comes next.
Many other versions of earth go through similar processes of thought as they give a small try to it at first before returning and sharing what they can remember with their people.
If anything, there were two interesting factions that showed up. The first being a well built greek man with a thick beard. A retractable shield/buckler on his left arm and an axe in his right. A faint red mark on his skin as he surveys his environment. "What is this place?"
"I dunno brutha, doesnt look like any of the 9 realms that I've ever seen. Wait, whats this?" A noteworthy Scottish accent is heard from an unknown second voice that is quickly localized around the back of the waist of the stocky weapon wielder. The system pops up for them both. Both begin to read in their own languages.
"Hmm, another trick of the gods." The pillar of a man states and is about to turn around.
"Now hold on brutha, isn't…this the moon we have seen the past few years?" the question causes the warrior to stall in his steps as he then proceeds to walk through the decorative temple, passing by the weapons and memorabilia.
"What magnificent craftsmanship. I haven't seen anything like this in all my years, and they've been a long many years, across the many realms of course" The talking head comments as he witnesses the various foreign architecture before finding themselves in open plains with various groups huddled together.
"What realm is this?" the warrior questions as he sees plenty of folks that can be considered fighters and warriors as well but he recognizes none as even their clothes are strange and foreign.
While they look around confused, a boy walks in after them as he runs to catch up with the adult.
"Father, the draugr are coming" the boy warns his now known father as he is about to draw an arrow for his bow but finds them missing.
"Where are my arrows?" He questions which causes the adult to investigate as well. He has trained his son to not be so careless with his arrows from a young age and while he would question him. He must prepare for whoever is approaching them.
A man with blue hair, Axel, approaches them as he raises his arms.
"Relax child, there are no threats to you here. None may kill in this land for they shall be exiled before they could wrought any harm. This land is a bastion for the lost, the weary, and for those seeking to make a new life." As he finishes speaking, Axel waves his hand and the axe in the man's hand shrinks down into a trinket.
"What have you done!!" the man roars in rage but Axel just holds his hand out in a harmless manner.
"All your weapons shall be returned to their normal state once you leave. But rest assured, it is my duty that none may threaten or be threatened here."
"What's your name lad?" the talking head asks as the man he is attached to is looking at the pendant wrapped around his branded wrists. His rage visible as he considers not even having his own choice in the matter, as such it is up to the boy to grab the head and point it at Axel.
"I give my greetings to Mimir, the advisor of this group. I hope your journey thus far to the highest peak of all the realms has been a fruitful one?"
"How do you know about this?"
"Firstly, my name is Axel Gram. I share the same homeland as this man here but from different worlds." Axel points to Kratos, the god of war.
"As for how I know, I have foreseen your journey long ago."
"Regardless, Since you have shown up here, then know that you can choose to stay whenever you want. My word is my vow regarding this." He splits himself once more as one clone stays awaiting the next group that might show up today. Meanwhile another guides the trio through the lands and explains how the rules work.
The newest version of Axel that remained eyes the portal as an armored soldier steps through, looks around for a few seconds before stepping back out. The new individual steps back in again after half an hour along with three others. All of them seemed to have weapons in hand but as they finished passing through the portals hall, they turned into ornamental keychains; the same thing happened to their sidearms, and grenades.
"What is going on? Contact?" All four members leap in different directions as there is no cover except the building they were just in. Axel just looks down at the belly flopping soldiers in various personified gears as they arrive in the closest thing to paradise rather than hell.
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Alt Title: Trolling the Main Characters, Providing refuge for a Spartan and Meeting a Helldiver.
Word count: 3018
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