A Shinobi's Take on this Wonderful World

Axel's Ninja Returns

It took a couple days for Naruto and Yunyun to walk back to Alcanretia due to the latter's inability to tree walk. But during their travels, Naruto was able to see what his newest member was capable of.

To say the least, he was quite impressed.

Yunyun was able to perform various types of spells, which she could use to guard both the front and the rear, and just had overall great judgement during their travels. The Crimson Magic Clan was well known for their high intelligence stat, and Yunyun was a prime example of this fact.

Another thing Naruto learned about Yunyun was that they were quite similar. She aspired to become the Crimson Magic Village's next chief, and always tried her best to train and become stronger. It was just like when he was younger and wanted to become the Hokage...

Shaking the nostalgic thoughts out of his head, Naruto leaned outside of the window of the carriage they were riding. The moment they reached Alcanretia, they hitched a ride with a caravan party that was heading to Axel. Naruto was happy to learn that Yunyun also wanted to avoid being near the oasis city for long.

As soon as they reached to the top of this next incline, he was expecting to see the great wall that separated the people of Axel from the wilderness...

Except that very wall was now in shambles.

"What the hell happened!?"

Naruto shouted as he took in the pitiful state of the front gates of the town of beginners.

The structure looked as though a huge force had slammed into it. Construction workers were littered all over the place, but it seemed like their work was only in the beginning stages. Did that mean it was damaged recently?

Yunyun poked her head out next to Naruto and stared at the shattered gates with wide eyes.

"Wow... I wonder what happened?"

"Let's go find out."

When the carriage reached the stopping point, Naruto and Yunyun hopped off and spotted a construction worker who seemed to be on break.

"Hey, what happened to the walls? Was it a monster attack?"

Naruto walked up to the man and asked.

"Hm? Ah, you must have missed it. No, this damage was actually caused by a flood."

The construction worker revealed.

A flood?

Naruto and Yunyun looked at each other, then back at the burly man incredulously. It didn't seem like he was lying, but what could have caused a flood? There wasn't an ocean anywhere near the town.

"Ah... I wish the little miss would come back to the team. With her skills, we could be done with this mess in a week. Even though I hear she was the one who caused it all..."

The construction worker mumbled to himself before throwing a towel over his shoulder and walking back towards the work site.

"Maybe Luna-chan will be able to tell us more... Oh shoot! First I need to feed Wiz! Sorry Yunyun, but I gotta go! Let's meet up at the adventurer's guild tonight!"

Naruto suddenly said and ran off in a panic.

"Ah..."

Yunyun reached out towards the fleeting boy. She wanted to ask if he wanted to walk to the inn together so she could rent a room, but it couldn't be helped if he already had plans.

"Oh well... I guess I'll go to the inn by myself."

She wondered who Wiz was. Naruto said something about feeding them, so maybe a pet?