ɴᴀʀᴜᴛᴏ ʙᴀᴇʟ:- ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢᴇꜱᴛ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ!

Chapter 9

"This place hasn't changed a bit," he said as he looked up at the front of the Bael mansion. The large royal-looking Bael palace had stayed the same during his absence. Beautiful roses decorated the court walls in warm red, orange, purple, and blue colors, while the pillars still had burning torches to guide their guests to the front door.

Walking forward and up the large door, he grabbed the handle and gently pushed it open. He never needed a key since anyone of Bael blood or a servant of the Bael family was keyed into the palace and could walk in without a problem.

Anyone who tried to force their way in would get a nasty surprise by being set on fire.

Walking inside, he had to stop and look around at the large hallway as many memories of his childhood rushed back.

He had taken his first steps in this hallway and remembered waiting on the large staircase for his parents to come home with his little sister Isabella.

On the side, pictures of their family littered the tables and cabinets, with a large painting of his parents settled on one of the walls, looking happy and very in love. His parents were in love with each other from childhood, and his mother is a member of the Vapula family.

"Who are you?" He heard as he turned to his left and saw a younger boy, and he could see his uncle, Ivis Bael's hairstyle and the eye color of his aunt, Misla Bael.

"You are Magdaran, Youngest son, Uncle Ivis. " Naruto said, shocking the boy.

"Magdaran, who are you with?" Lord Bael asked, appearing as he came down the stairs before stopping when he saw Naruto look up at him with a smile, "My son."

"Hey, Dad," Naruto said as his father briskly walked down the stairs and hugged his son tightly, chuckling in happiness.

"My son," he said, extending his arms and getting a good look at Naruto. He could see his son had taken after his mother more in terms of look, but he saw hints of himself in there, along with the severe matching side that both shared.

"It is good to have you home at last. This house and this family have missed you dearly."

"I have missed you too, Dad. I'm sorry it took me so long to come home, but I hope you understand why I left in the first place," he said, with Lord Bael shaking his head dismissively.

"We all understood the reason."

"Though we wish you could have kept in contact with us or at least let us know where you were and how you were," he said sternly, making Naruto chuckle nervously and scratch his head.

"But you here now, and I guess that's what counts," he told him, with Naruto smiling and nodding towards his father. "I should inform your sister and cousins that you are home. I'm sure they will be eager to see you."

"It would like that. Is mother around?" Naruto asked and saw both his father and Magdaran nod.

"Aunt Luna is out in the gardens. I'll take you there," Magdaran told him as he took his hand excitedly and led them away while Lord Bael went to his office to make a few calls.

In the distance, they could see Lady Bael happily walking through the garden as she admired the beautiful flowers that made the Bael estate so beautiful and famous.

"I'll go tell aunt while you walk over to us," Magdaran said, not leaving him room for argument before he flew towards Lady Bael while Naruto strolled towards them.

He took large and slow breaths, nearing them, and could feel his nerves building up. Would his mother be angry? Sad? Furious? Upset? He knew his leaving had hurt her, but it was never intentional. Breaking his mother was never something he wanted to happen.

As he approached them, he saw his mother turn in his direction, and she looked like she was about to drop to the ground in shock.

Her hand shot up to her mouth, trying to muffle the sobs from her, but it was useless. Her cries of happiness were too loud to be hidden. Along her cheeks, tears flowed down them like river streams and showed no case of stopping.

When he got closer, her legs finally began working, and he saw her lifting the hem of her dress and quickly making her way toward him, her cries becoming louder and louder the closer she got.

When she was only a few meters in front of him, he leaped from the spot, threw her arms around her eldest son, and began crying into his chest as her arms shot around him and held him as tightly as possible.

Naruto could feel the tears go through his clothes and his mother's body shake. He felt his mother sob even more when he wrapped his arms around her body and placed his head on her shoulder like he used to.

She felt that if she let go, her son would disappear again.

"Hi, Mom," he said as he made her look at him. "Sorry, I took so long to come home."

Her response was a hearty laugh mixed through her crying, and she leaned up and began placing motherly kisses all along his face, making Magdaran smile as he watched them.

"I have missed you so much," she told him through her sniffles as she placed her hands on each side of his face and gently caressed it in a motherly fashion.

"You are not going away again, young man," she told him as she wiped her eyes and felt Naruto place his arm across her shoulders and kiss the top of her head.

"I promise I won't, Mom," he said, making her smile happily before he felt a sharp whack on the back of his head courtesy of his mother.

"That's for not calling us at all. That will be the least of your worries when I'm through with you," she said, making him gulp and nod his head quickly, which brought another smile to his mother's face as it softened.

She looped her arm into his and placed her head on his shoulder.

"I want to know everything. Please don't leave anything out, " she told him.

"I'll explain later, I promise. Sera-chan will be here later, so I will explain it all when everyone's together," he told them both.

Lady Bael nodded and led them back to the palace. Everyone could see she was practically happy to have her son around.

That and the spark that had disappeared with her son two hundred years ago finally returned.

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Naruto Harem:  Aisha Bael (First Wife), Lilith (Second Wife), Yasaka (Third Wife), Serafall Leviathan (Fourth Wife), Gabriel (Fifth Wife), Yue, Lavina Reni, Luminous Valentine, Artoria Pendragon, Erza Scarlet, Akasha Bloodriver, Valiana Lucifer, Wonder Woman, Ingvild Leviathan, Ravena Phenex, Rossweisse, Akame, Sagiri, Tiamat, Zenith Latreia, Asuna Yukki, Cha Hae-In, Super Girl, Medusa, Gojo Satori, Albedo, and Kuroka.

Naruto has returned to the Underworld.

Signing out peace,

Nouhith.