Welcome to Ambrosia!

[Minato Namikaze]

At the Sty and Fry

Brigitta reminded him of Kushina in fact, with that red hair, she was almost a perfect copy of Kushina as a child - personality wise. Minato smiled softly as he watched the two march off, leaving him alone in the middle of the street. It hadn’t hit him at first, but the place was full of animals. Some of them stood up on two legs and seemed to be speaking to each other in english. It wasn’t ‘normal’ to the absolute meaning of the word, but I guess this new world was much different than his own. Besides, his own world also had talking animals, Ninja Animals even. So Minato didn’t feel weird about being surrounded by these strange creatures, he was more concerned about being lost in this new world.


Minato had been wandering around for quite a while, just getting a grasp of the way this place worked was his first instinct. As a ninja, Minato was always thinking about gathering information first. Whether or not that meant asking questions or just quietly observing from a distance really depended on how others around him acted. It wasn’t a mission, and the people here didn’t seem hostile towards him, so just finding someone to talk to seemed like the best plan. The problem, however, was that everyone seemed so busy, he didn’t want to seem rude and interrupt anyone here. Minato sighed as he turned a corner, his stomach grumbling as he did so.

‘I guess I’m hungry.’ Minato said before being interrupted by a high pitched voice.
‘Great! You can eat here then!’ The voice exclaimed happily as Minato turned to see a small pig standing in front of some sort of restaurant.

‘Sty and Fry, huh?’ Minato asked himself quietly as he looked up at the shop sign.
‘Yep!’ The pig exclaimed happily. ‘My name is Mina! Come in and have some food in my restaurant!’

The Pig’s little cafe was busy, full of people and animals alike. Each seemed happy and contented, eating away at their meals and talking with each other. Minato didn’t know how anyone could hear each other over this noise, but a lot of the restaurants back in the Leaf could be like this at times as well.

‘Come, sit down at the table!’ The pig exclaimed as she moved quickly behind the counter and into a small back room and then out again.This time she was accompanied by another small animal.


‘This is my girlfriend, Colita! She’ll take your Order!’ Mina explained with an unusual amount of excitement in her voice. The rabbit standing next to Mina sighed as she pulled out a note pad and a pen from under her apron.

‘Mina… I’ve told you several times, my name is Bonita.’ The Rabbit replied in an unimpressed tone as she turned to face Minato. ‘What would you like?’

‘Oh... I’ll just have whatever today’s special is.’ Minato replied as he watched Bonita write something down and then walk off into the back of the Cafe.

‘Isn’t Colita the best!?’ Mina smiled playfully as she jumped up onto the seat and sat in front of Minato. Minato laughed an embarrassed laugh as he heard Bonita’s loud sigh echo from the back of the small cafe.

‘So, what’s your name?’ Mina asked in a tone that made her seem way too eager.

‘My name is Minato, it’s nice to meet you.’ Minato replied cautiously, something about this strange little pig made him feel anxious. In his world, most people outside of his own village feared
meeting him, but here, she seemed eager to converse with him.

‘Oh, don’t be shy! I just love meeting new people!’ Mina exclaimed as she shook his hand with her unnaturally human-like hand. ‘I also love your name!’

Minato smiled and thanked the small animal as he looked past her to where Bonita had gone, she was still in the back room preparing some sort of food.

‘Oh, don’t worry about Bonana!’ Mina said, returning Minato’s attention to herself. ‘She’ll be along shortly, with food!’ Minato nodded in agreement with Mina as he thought of possible questions to ask her. He knew where he was, Ambrosia, but he didn’t quite know what this place was supposed to be. That seemed like a good first question.

‘So, What is this place?’ Minato asked Mina, hoping that he didn’t sound like he was trying to interrogate her.

‘Ambrosia? It’s a place where anyone is welcome!’ Mina explained with a smile, it seemed like she was remembering something as she spoke. ‘But if you break the law here, you get punished!’ The pig’s words seemed honest and sincere, but that last part had interested Minato. from what he’d seen - excluding Kanda and Brigitta - the people and animals around here didn’t seem big on fighting.

‘Punished, what do you mean?’ Minato queried as his interest began to rise.

‘Our leader is strong! and she’s not the only strong Prime here!’ Mina exclaimed, her little smile never leaving her face.

‘Prime… So I’m not the only one?’ Minato muttered softly, but Mina’s ears were sharp, she hadn’t missed a word that he’d tried to keep to himself.

‘Nope! there are other Primes out there.’ Mina replied ‘You must be new!’

‘Yeah, I’ve only been here for the better half of a day.’ Minato replied as memories of his wife, Kushina, and his son, Naruto, flooded back into his mind. Thoughts of never meeting his son, or ever seeing his wife again pained him. Minato’s embarrassed smile turned into a pain filled frown as these thoughts filled his mind. The last memory he had of Kushina was of her blood soaked face, and now he was here. Alive and well, while she was still dead.

‘Hello?’ Mina’s voice questioned, snapping Minato out of his small session of depression. He looked up at the pig only to find her smile had disappeared, it had been switched with a look of interest and slight worry. Minato smiled at his new found friend, he didn’t want her worrying about him, or trying to pry into his personal life.

‘Oh, looks like my food is coming.’ Minato smiled warmly as he watched Bonita emerge from behind the front counter. She was holding a small porcelain dish with a cup on it in one hand and another small plate in the other, with some kind of small cake on it. Minato didn’t quite know what sort of food was considered to be normal within Ambrosia, but it looked delicious.

‘One Bunnyccino and a slice of Sponge Cake.’ Bonita stated as she placed the food in front of him. Minato looked at the food with a confused look. The concept of a ‘Bunnyccino’ was very alien to him. The piece of cake, however, looked very tasty.

‘Oh, it’s just a coffee! Colette calls it a ‘Bunnyccino’ because she makes it.’ Mina explained as she saw Minato’s look of confusion. ‘Silly Lola.’

‘Really? My name is Bonita. You just used two different names within five seconds of each other.’ Bonita voiced with anger and frustration in her voice. Minato smiled and laughed a little to himself, the animals were cute, and seeing them bicker incited laughter in him. This caused Bonita to glare at him in anger. Now, Minato wasn’t one to scare easily but, when a woman is angry, he has every right to fear for his life. Minato looked to the food and then back to Bonita.

‘Thank you for the food, Bonita, I appreciate it.’ Minato thanked his waitress with a smile and then turned back to his food. It was time to eat.