CoG: Magister Unknown

by Soleneus

Sometimes, tragedies are the gateway to great adventures. No one really knows about Naruto Uzumaki, except that he's the new teacher for 2-A, he's handsome, and his past is unknown to everyone. There's an Unknown in Mahora, and changes are fast coming. "Why would you even think this is the beginning?"

1. The New Teacher of 2-A

Of all the damn days to be late! A tall blonde teen thought angrily to himself as he jogged through the halls of The Wales Academy of Magic.

He wore casual-formal, a pair of black jeans held up with black leather belt inscribed with thorny vines, held closed by a silver belt buckle with an engraving of a Narcissus. A dark orange shirt stretched across his chest, a white swirl-symbol stitched in the middle. Over that he wore a dark blue suit jacket with silver buttons. Dangling from his neck was a simple leather cord holding a green gem that sparkled in the right light. Over his bright blue eyes sat a pair of rectangular glasses that seemed to sharpen his gaze. His bright blonde hair was pulled back into a short ponytail, with a few stray bangs that brushed over his forehead.

He slowed down in front of a set of doors, straightening his jacket of wrinkles before opening a door quietly. He skirted around the edges of a seated crowd watching as students were called up to the stage and handed their diplomas as well as a blank card that would magically write an assignment for the grad.

The man spotted a woman with long blonde hair sitting by herself on the end of a row, glancing around every once in awhile, as if looking for someone.

He slid into the seat surreptitiously, appearing as though he had been there the entire time. The woman turned on him with a sharp glare in her grey eyes and hissed, "Where have you been, Naruto? You almost missed it!"

Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Gomen, Nekane-chan. I nearly forgot with all of the work I was doing."

Nekane huffed and looked away with a small blush and muttered to herself under her breath, "Work. Yeah right, more like tongue wrestling with Theodora."

The blonde man smirked slightly and threw an arm over Nekane's shoulder and pulled her body against his. "Is that jealousy I hear, Nekane-chan?" He whispered lowly into her ear, purposefully breathing slightly more.

Nekane shivered as a blush covered her face. "Oh look, there goes Negi!" She nearly shouted in what was clearly an attempt at misdirection.

Naruto's smirk grew, but he leaned back free up his arm and clapped for the ten year-old redhead as he took his diploma.

In the back of the room, leaning casually against a wall with a stick of rock candy held between oddly sharp, triangular teeth was a girl, with a mop of messy black hair. Her purple eyes held an odd, almost crystalline quality to them, bringing to mind a geode, of all things. She was fairly curvy, though it was hard to tell under her baggy clothes.

"So that's the Unknown…" She muttered to herself quietly. "He looks very familiar…"

Negi Springfield nearly skipped to Nekane and Naruto, holding his diploma high. "Nii-chan! Onee-chan! I did it, I really did it!"

Nekane had a wide, beautiful smile on her face as she hugged the ten year-old tightly. "I knew you could do it, Otouto!"

Once she had released Negi, Naruto pulled him into a one-armed hug with the other hand mussing his hair. "Of course you did, Negi! With me teaching you, how could this not be anything BUT a walk in the park?"

A girl with long, messy pink hair joined them with a smile. "Hey guys! I just got my assignment-a fortune teller in London! What's yours, Negi?"

Before the short red-head could open it, Naruto pulled out a camera. "Hold up! An event such as this requires documentation!"

The foursome gathered tightly, Negi and Anya in front and Naruto and Nekane in the back as Naruto held the camera above them at an angle to get all of them in the frame. He winked surreptitiously at the pinkette and leaned back as he ready the camera. "Say cheese!"

Before Negi or Nekane could say cheese, Naruto kissed Nekane on the cheek, while Anya did the same to Negi. Blushes lit up both of their faces, and that was when Naruto snapped the picture.

Anya giggled as Negi froze in shock and Naruto chuckled as Nekane's eyes glazed over. "Come on, otouto, let's find out what your assignment is!"

The ten year-old mage blinked up at his older brother blankly. "…assignment?"

Naruto let loose a bellowing laugh at the expression on Negi's face, who nearly fainted from all of the blood in his body rushing to his face. He fumbled it open and waited as the words began to write themselves over the paper.

Teacher in Japan.

Anya's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Teacher in Japan? There must be some kind of mistake!"

Nekane nodded and voiced her agreement. "Let's go see the dean, maybe he gave you the wrong one."

Naruto smiled mysteriously as he followed them as they approached the dean, who was talking to a few people. "Excuse me, dean-sensei! We think Negi's gotten the wrong assignment!" Anya tugged on his sleeve to get his attention.

The dean adjusted his spectacles as he looked over the paper. He blinked in surprise. "You're right! Let me just fix that…" He flicked the paper with his wrist, smiling as it corrected itself. "Here you go; your assignment."

Naruto nearly broke out in chuckles as they read the new assignment: Assistant Teacher in Japan.

…

(Later…)

Anya was helping Negi pack upstairs as Naruto waited with Nekane in the living room. The blonde haired girl was playing with the hem of her dress nervously, shooting glances at Naruto, flushing when she realized that he was looking at her with an amused smirk playing about his lips.

"So…Nekane-chan…we haven't had a silence this awkward since you walked in on me while I was getting out of the shower." Naruto said in an amused tone.

Nekane blushed heavily, and managed to stutter out, "W-when are you g-guys coming b-back?"

The blonde man shrugged. "It'll be awhile before we can come back to Wales. That doesn't mean you can't visit us at Mahora."

Nekane shot him a questioning gaze. "Mahora? Isn't that an all girl's school?"

Naruto grinned widely and wiggled his eyebrows at her. "Yes, yes it is."

She looked down at her feet, instead of yelling at him for being perverted, and this worried Naruto greatly. "Nekane…are you okay? You know you can tell me anything…right?"

She played with her fingers as her hair shadowed her face. Suddenly, she stood up, a determined glint in her eye. Naruto gave Nekane a confused look as she approached him slowly. "Nekane-"

The blonde girl threw herself at Naruto, taking him completely by surprise as she slammed into him, making the couch tip backwards and spilling them onto the carpet in a tangle of limbs.

As shocking as this seemingly violent action was, what was more shocking to Naruto was the fact that she was kissing his lips passionately. He was so surprised that he didn't react for three whole seconds, before his mind rebooted and he began to kiss her back just as passionately.

She separated from him to stare into his cerulean eyes with her cloudy grey, her blonde hair hanging around them like a curtain of yellow silk. "Don't forget me, Naruto…" Nekane whispered pleadingly. "Promise me that you'll remember that I'll always be here for you, all you need to do is call and I'll be there in an hour."

Naruto's eyes softened as a small grin curled his lips. "I wouldn't dream of forgetting you, Nekane-chan…you will always be on my mind."

Tears gathered slightly in her eyes as she smiled softly down at him. Nekane bent her neck and kissed him again. It was less passionate but more sweet and promising, gentle and warm.
This was the position that Negi and Anya found them in, having come down from upstairs to see what had fallen over, instead finding the two blondes kissing rather heavily.

Negi's jaw dropped as Anya giggled behind her hand. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Negi shouted at the top of his lungs, making the two blondes jump apart as if electrocuted violently.

…

(Two Days Later…)

Negi glared at Naruto from his seat on the crowded train, his light red eyes narrowed accusingly at the blonde.

It would have been cute on the ten year-old's face, had he not had that same expression for every hour of the last two days. Even when Naruto was sleeping, he could feel Negi's glare boring into his back.

"Seriously, Negi? You knew Nekane's had a crush on me for years. So stop staring at me." Naruto said defensively.

Negi kept glaring at him. Around the two, crowded together, were several girls on their way to Mahora. They giggled behind their hands and whispered to each other about the two boys sitting on the train.

"Negi, seriously, stop staring at me like that, it's creeping me out."

Negi finally relented, sighing and rubbing the bridge of his nose. "She's my sister, Naruto-nii."

Naruto quirked an eyebrow at the red-head questioningly. "Actually, she's your cousin."

Negi's head snapped around, fixing the blonde with an angry glare.

"Ding! Mahora Academy, Last stop! Make sure to be on time for class, everyone who is late will get a yellow slip!"

The door slid open and the girls all suddenly moved in a mass. In the confusion, Negi was swept up and away from Naruto. "Wah! Nii-san, help!"

"Oh for god's sake," the blond muttered, trying to chase after him. "Surround by girls in short skirts and tight shirts and all he wants is to be pulled out. Where did I go wrong?"

However, the crowd was too thick and forceful to move properly; quite a few times the Uzumaki found himself being squashed uncomfortably in the throng. As uncomfortably as a man being pressed on by girls, that is.

After a minute or so of gentle pushing, he stumbled out of the train, panting, only to run face-first into something soft, yet nice and firm at the same time. "Hey, watch yourself," said a vaguely disgruntled voice.

Blushing, Naruto realized that he had run straight into the nicely-shaped skirted rear of a black-haired girl in a school uniform. Fortunately, she didn't look too bothered by having a man land his face on her ass. "Heh, sorry," he said sheepishly, "Couldn't see where I was going."

"Mm." She only looked at him from heavy-lidded purple eyes. He couldn't tell if she suspicious of him, or just sleepy. Either way, she seemed to recognize him. "You look familiar," she said, leaning in to look closely at him, "Like, really familiar."

He smiled easily. "Really? Not many people have said that to me before, least of all a cute girl like yourself." He held out his hand, "Uzumaki Naruto."

Lazily, she shook it, smiling back. "Jenna Gloma. Don't think cheap compliments like that help." Inwardly she balked. So that's who he reminded me of! Stupid me! "Now, if you told me my ass was nice, I might be happier."

Naruto opened his mouth, only to pause and close it. "Wait...I'm looking for my younger brother. You didn't happen to see a little redhead with a green suit with a wrapped-up staff go by, did you?"

"I might have," she said unconcernedly, scratching her cheek. She stopped, suddenly feeling more awake. "Actually...wait, yeah I saw 'im. If you go..." she waved vaguely in a certain direction, "That way, you'll find him with an orange-haired girl with bells and a brunette."

"You just don't stop, do you Negi?" the blond muttered to himself, "Right, thanks Jenna-chan! See you 'round!" He ran off.

Behind him, Jenna pouted and looked at her backside, rubbing it. "...It's not that bad, is it?" she asked herself.

Naruto weaved through the crowd, spotting Negi just in time to see him be hauled into the air by a girl with orange hair in pigtails, bells attached to the tails. Asuna?

"I DARE YOU SAY THAT TO MY FACE AGAIN, BRAT!"

Her voice stampeded over the noise, and Naruto's face gained a dead-pan look. Yep, definitely Asuna. "Hey, orenji-chan! Can you set my otouto down?"

His voice drew her attention, as well as the girl standing next to her. She was about the same height, with long brown hair with short bangs, the fringes just brushing above her amber colored eyes. Asuna, as stated before, had long orange hair in pigtails held together by clips with bells on them. She had heterochromia, with one eye being deep blue and the other being green.

Both of the girls blushed under Naruto's intense blue gaze, though Asuna's was colored partially by anger.

"And just who the hell are you?!" She shouted at him angrily.

Naruto quirked an eyebrow at her tone, but answered evenly. "I'm the overprotective brother of the kid in the suit, Ms. Temper."

"I would listen to him if I were you, Asuna-kun." This voice came from a tall man with white hair and stubble on his cheeks, his hands casually slung in the pockets of his pants.

Asuna dropped Negi unceremoniously, an embarrassed blush making her face bright red. "Takamichi-sensei!"

Naruto tilted his head in respect. "Hey, Takahata. You know the angry one?"

Takahata adjusted his glasses and smiled slightly. "Yes, she's Asuna Kagurazaka, a student of mine from last year. That's Konoka Konoe, the dean's granddaughter and another of my former students." His smile widened as his eyes fell on the red head rubbing his rear-end. "Hey, Negi-kun! It's been awhile since my last visit. Good to see you again!"

Negi smiled and shook Takahata's extended hand. "Hi Takahata-sensei! It nice to see you too!"

The white-haired man waved a hand over the vista of Mahora. "What do you think of Mahora, my friends? It's quite a place, eh sensei's?"

Asuna gaped and Konoka peered confusedly at both Naruto and Negi, while said red-head was pulling on his brother's sleeve. "What does he mean by "sensei's" Nii-san?"

Naruto gave Takahata an exasperated look over his glasses. "Taka-baka, I've been keeping it a surprise for three days! Don't give away the game now!"

Negi poked the blonde in the side. "What have you been keeping secret, Naruto-nii?"

Naruto sweated inwardly and cast about desperately for a distraction, landing on Asuna. "Nothing, Negi! So, what was it you said to Ms. Angry over there that pissed her off so bad?"

The young mage shrugged innocently. "I just said her love was unrequited." He looked confused as Naruto chuckled and shook his head. "What? It is."

Asuna's temper got the better of her (again) and she grabbed Negi by the collar and pulled him into the air. "I hate annoying little brats, especially little fleas like you!"

Naruto's sharp eyes noticed a loose hair of Asuna's tickle Negi's nose, and, having lived with Negi for quite awhile, knew what was coming. He laid a hand on Konoka's shoulder and subtly pulled the blushing girl away from the line of fire, just in time.

With a mighty "ACHOO!" Negi lost control of his wind magic, letting loose a gust of wind strong enough to blow Asuna's clothes away, leaving her out in the open, wearing only a set of red underwear with cute little bears on it.

Her earsplitting screech could be heard from miles out as she vainly tried to cover herself up with her arms.

Taking pity on the girl, Naruto shed his suit jacket and handed it to Asuna. But not without a parting shot.

"Very fierce."

…

(Somewhere…)

"...So yeah, we're dealing with an Uzumaki Naruto," Jenna told her friend Hailey.

"No way!" she groaned, "Another one?" Hailey Petra was much taller than her friend, with messy brown hair and a cap. Most of her height came from her long, powerful legs, which had a thick scar on one thigh. Unlike Jenna, she was more likely to worry about unexpected things. "So, what do we do about him? What's he like?"

Jenna shrugged. "Easygoing, flirty...kinda like mine, really. There's probably something different about him, but I wasn't exactly able to keep his attention."

The brunette sighed. "At least you kept his attention period."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"...I don't know."

(Later…)

Asuna now wore her gym uniform, a pair of tight shorts and t-shirt, and Naruto had his jacket back. They, along with Negi, Konoka and Takahata stood in front of the dean's desk.

The dean himself was a very strange looking old man. Konoe Konoemon had a head shaped like peanut, eyebrows that draped to his chin and a beard to match. His eyes seemed to be closed, but he might've just been squinting really hard and got stuck like that, no one really knows.

"Welcome to Mahora, Naruto-sensei, Negi-sensei! I see you've already met my granddaughter, Konoka. Say, Naruto, would you care to arrange an omiai for-"

Out of nowhere, Konoka pulled a large mallet, slamming it forcefully onto Konoe's head. "Oh grandpa!"

Asuna slammed her hands on the desk loudly, drawing the attention of the room. "What the hell is going on?! Why do you keep calling the blonde 'sensei'? And what's a little kid doing here?!"

"Calm down, Asuna-kun," Takahata pleaded, turning to Naruto. "I believe it's time to tell them what's going on, eh Naruto-kun?"

The tall blonde teen nodded in assent. "Negi, you remember how your assignment was to be an Assistant Teacher?"

The ten-year-old nodded, confusion easy to read on his face. Naruto smiled brightly and wrapped an arm around Negi's head. "That's because you're going to be the Assistant Teacher to me!"

Takahata stepped forward with a smile. "That's right. As of today, Naruto and Negi are going to be the teachers of 2-A instead of myself."

The dean laughed his booming Santa-laugh while Asuna looked horrified. Konoka blushed as she examined her new teacher. Naruto was tall, around six foot, with tanned skin and a warm presence. His cerulean eyes glinted with mirth and mischievousness, and the three whisker marks across each cheek gave him a feral yet handsome look. With the grin crinkling his eyes, he was undeniably handsome to Konoka. To her, his face was suddenly surrounded by sparkles and hearts.

She was pulled from her daydreaming by Asuna's voice ringing out through the office. "WHAT THE HELL?! I don't want some blonde pervert and his snot-nosed brother teaching me! Is that even allowed?" Her face was red with anger and steam seemed to rise from her head.

Naruto frowned at the hot-head. "You say that like being blonde is crime."

Takahata raised his hands in a placating manner. "Asuna-kun, calm down. Naruto-kun is considered a genius for completing the entire Academy curriculum in one year, and Negi is one of the youngest graduates in the history of the Academy. You're in good hands."

Asuna tried to find another excuse, clearly grasping at straws. "Sensei, even if you tell me that…"

Konoemon laughed loudly. "Hohoho! It seems like you will have quiet the year, Naruto-kun! But I must know," His voice lost its jocularity and became very serious. "Will you take the job? This job will be very difficult, even for a two geniuses. If it is too much for you to handle, than I will send you home, no second chances."

Negi began to sweat, clutching his staff nervously. A familiar hand descended on his shoulder, and he looked up into the warm eyes of his brother. "We can do this, Negi-kun. Remember what I always say?"

"'You can do anything if you have the will to follow through.'" Naruto smiled at the oft-repeated phrase as Negi's eye gained a determined steel. "Let's do it, nii-san."

They both turned at nodded to the dean, echoing each other. "We'll take the job."

Konoemon smiled and laughed. "Very well!"

Asuna jumped forward with her arms making an X as a buzzer sounded from somewhere. "Hold on! Am I the only one who thinks that having to kids teach us is weird?"

Naruto's eyes shimmered strangely at the word 'kid', but only Konoemon caught it. "I'm older than you, Hot-Head. Don't make assumptions Quick-Draw, they'll bite you on the ass later on."

The dean clapped his hands, drawing attention to himself. "Class is in five minutes, so I'll end this here. Allow me to introduce you to Shizuna Minamoto, your guidance counselor!"

The door opened and Naruto being the closest to it, was hit in the knees by it and nearly fell over, had it not been for the chest cushions of Shizuna Minamoto that caught his face in their soft embrace.

Naruto's face turned red, as did Shizuna's, and he hurriedly pulled himself from her chest and apologized. "Excuse me Shizuna-san, I didn't mean to be so forward. Right now, at least."

The guidance counselor was still blushing, but giggled lightly. "That's alright, Naruto-sensei."

Konoemon coughed behind his hand, vainly trying to hide his perverted giggle. "If there is anything you two have trouble understanding, just ask Shizuna-kun."

The green-haired woman looked over Negi and Naruto, giving them a small wink and a smile. "Pleased to meet you two."

"Ah, one more thing!" The dean pointed a hand into the air very suddenly. "Asuna-kun, Konoka-chan, Negi will be staying with you two for the time being. Naruto-kun, I have the address of your roommate right here."

As the dean handed Naruto a slip of paper, Asuna slammed her hands on the dean's desk. "What?! Why is the little brat staying with us?"

Konoka patted Negi on the head, like one would a puppy. "Oh come on, Asuna! It'll be like having a puppy!"

Negi looked undecided on whether or not to be confused or insulted about being analogized to a puppy.

The orange-head yelled at Konoka, "I told you I hate kids!"

The dean chuckled behind his beard. "Hohoho, you get two get along now."

The dean waved them off as the bell was about to ring, and they left Takahata behind with the old man.

As they walked Asuna seemed to steam more and more, before she finally burst out, "I'm not sharing a room with anyone, especially a little brat like YOU! See you later, sensei's!"

Konoka shot them an apologetic look before chasing after the orangette.

Naruto shot Shizuna a questioning glance. "Is she permanently pissed off, or what?"

The mint-haired woman shrugged and smiled sheepishly. "Asuna-chan's always been a little…brash. But she's a good person, really."

Shizuna handed Naruto a ledger that was labeled 2-A. "This is the class roll, it has all of current students in it, so make sure to memorize their names, okay?"

Negi and Naruto stood outside the classroom, eyeing the door. Negi twisted his staff nervously in his hands, while Naruto noticed how the door was propped open

slightly. Someone's set up a trap there, I just know it, thought the blond. He turned to Negi and smiled. "Assistant teachers first, I think."

"E-eh?" Negi looked flustered, "Well, if you say so, Nii-san..." He opened the door and got hit by an eraser that had been jammed above the door. The eraser made him stumble in surprise and trip over a wire, landing his head directly in a bucket, which then got hit by suction cup arrows that had been setup earlier. Negi rolled into the front desk from the force of his trip, bucket over his head and arrows stuck to his butt. The class had been expecting whoever it was that had come in to be caught by the trap; however, they didn't think it would be some innocent kid.

Naruto stuck his head in and grinned wickedly at them. "Someone needs to be less obvious," he said reprovingly, making Fuka and Fumika Narutaki pout and blush respectively. Stepping over the wire, he picked Negi up off the floor and yanked the bucket off.

Negi pouted at Naruto, his arms crossing over his chest childishly. "You did that on purpose, Naruto-nii!"

The blonde teen didn't try to deny it, just ruffling Negi's hair playfully. "I always tell you to be more aware of your surroundings, otouto. So anyway..." he said calmly, smiling in a more natural fashion at the room and caused a few blushes throughout the room, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I'll be your teacher this year. This little red-head, who fell for those obvious pranks, is my little brother and assistant teacher for 2-A, Negi Springfield. Nice to meet you all, please take care of us."

They both bowed, and by the time they looked up, almost the entirety of the class was crowded around them, asking rapid-fire questions.

"Where are you guys from?"

"How old are you?"

"Are those whiskers real?"

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

Negi was beginning to look a bit overwhelmed as Shizuna popped her head back into room. "Girls!" She called out over the din. "Let the sensei's breathe! One question at a time!"

One of the girls, a red-head who was fairly curvaceous stalked up to Naruto with a hand-held recorder. "I'm Kazumi Asakura, top reporter for the Newspaper Club! Introduce yourself, sensei!"

Negi adjusted his glasses nervously and bowed again. "My name is Negi Springfield. I'm ten years old, and I was born in Wales. I like books, learning from Naruto-nii and visiting my best friend Anya. I dislike people who are mean and tart things."

Near the front of the class, a girl with long blonde hair stared at Negi with stars in her eyes. He's like the otouto I've always wanted! So cute and polite!

Naruto adjusted his glasses in a manner extremely similar to Negi, or maybe vice-versa, and smiled, inwardly chuckling at the wave of red that rode over the room. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I'm seventeen years old. I was born in this one location, near this other place with these things nearby, and this stuff all around, with these people who did things."

Naruto's smile turned into a mischievous smirk at the confused and pouting girls. "I enjoy nature-walks, sunsets and training my body to it's peak. I dislike obtuse people and those with stubborn beliefs, even in the face of proof. I hope to get to know you all better over my tenure as your teacher."

His eyes took in the reactions to his name. Those without any knowledge of magic wouldn't know who he was wouldn't react; as it were, a few did.

A girl with brown hair held up on one side in a ponytail, leaning what looked like a kendo stick against her desk stiffened almost imperceptibly, her dark brown eyes locked onto him with burning intensity.

Near the middle of the class, a dark-haired girl with red hair-ties narrowed her light red eyes on him, a question appearing within them.

At the very back, a small blonde girl who looked about as old as Negi sitting next to a green-haired girl with antennas for ears growled quietly, a hateful glare focused on the blonde and the red-headed sensei's.

The tall blonde girl from earlier stepped in front of the rest of the class, her eyes sparkling. "I'm Ayaka Yukihiro, Iincho of class 2-A! Please take good care us!"

Naruto waved a hand and bade them to take their seats. "Let's get on with lesson. I believe you were in chapter 12?"

Negi cracked open the book as Naruto went to the chalkboard to write down the examples, only to find that there wasn't any chalk. Before he could even turn around to ask the class about it, Ayaka had appeared in front of him, holding a box of high-quality chalk.

The happy face she had almost creeped Naruto right the fuck out, but he took the chalk with a smile.

The door opened and Shizuna stuck her head in again, looking contrite. "Sorry for the interruption, sensei's, but you have a few new students joining class 2-A."

She moved aside and let two girls into the room. One had long black hair and purple eyes that held a strange crystalline quality, and fair skin. Her eyes were half-lidded, as if she might fall asleep at any moment. It was the girl who's ass Naruto had run into earlier.

Next to her was a girl with brown, messy hair, that looked windblown; she had long, toned legs clad in shorts instead of the regulation skirt, showing a scar she had on one thigh. She also had a squashed-looking cap over her hair.

Naruto smiled at them welcomingly. "Welcome to class 2-A. Please, introduce yourselves; likes, dislikes, that sort of thing."

The girl with the purple eyes gave a lazy half-wave. "Hi all. The name's Jenna Gloma. I like sleeping and eating rock candy, and I don't like people who wake me up without a good reason, and people putting things near my mouth while I sleep."

The other girl bowed shortly. "Hello, my name is Hailey Petra. I like running, sand and ice cream. I don't like being forced to sit still, landslides and being called a liar. Please take care of me."

As they walked to their assigned seats, Naruto's thoughts raced. They aren't human…they don't even feel remotely like a human…what are they doing here?

The lesson began with Negi reading from the book and Naruto writing the examples on the blackboard.

Asuna narrowed her eyes and subtly flicked a piece of eraser at Negi. When he didn't react, she flicked another, and another.

Unknown to her, Negi had a magical barrier surrounding him that deflected most projectiles, and so didn't even notice her increasing anger or the pieces of eraser lying around the desk.

…

(Later…)

Naruto and Negi sat on a bench outside, enjoying the bento boxes Naruto had made earlier that day.

The blonde teen looked over the register, memorizing the names and faces of the girls in his class. He was now wearing a blue shirt and a black sports jacket with gold buttons, his previous attire having been blown off by Negi earlier.

(Flashback!)

It seemed that Asuna's dislike of Negi was easy to build up, because an hour into class, she complained loudly about how no one else but her seemed to find the fact that a teenager was teaching them strange, not to mention a ten-year-old kid.

She had grabbed Negi by the collar (again) and demanded that he stop playing whatever prank he was pulling. Her shaking had loosened some of her hair, and it tickled Negi's nose (again), and he was about to sneeze (again), when Naruto had pushed Asuna out of the way, taking the burst of air in her place.

He was taller than Asuna, only taking the blast to his chest, which shredded his jacket and shirt, leaving him bare from the waist up, except for his green gem necklace.

"Negi, otouto…you owe me another suit jacket." He had deadpanned to the contrite red-head.

Behind him, the entire class was fixated on his well-muscled back; or, more precisely, the large tattoo that was spread across it.

It was a large black raven, it's wings reaching across his shoulder blades. Every feather was rendered in loving detail, looking almost real, as if it would hop off of his back and fly away.

Clutched in it's talons was a Celtic knot, made of four Infinity Symbols interlocked.

Inside of an empty space in the raven's body, there was a simple kanji tattooed in dark, scintillating purple ink:

Eien. Eternal.

Naruto turned to the class, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly, doing interesting things to his muscles, something a certain perverted Mangaka noticed readily. "Sorry about that, a strange wind seems to have blown away my top. I'll be back shortly."

As he left, whispers broke out between the classmates, most now talking about the 'bad boy' side of their previously just handsome/intelligent sensei.

Hailey and Jenna shot each other a knowing look, one completely missed by everyone else.

(End Flashback!)

Naruto looked up as he heard heavy steps coming from a staircase that had no safety rails. The footsteps came from a purple haired girl who always seemed to be blushing whenever Naruto looked at her. It was extremely cute and endearing.

"Hey, that's number 27, Miyazaki Nodoka! She could fall over if she's not careful!" Negi said with worry in his tone.

As if jinxed by Negi's proclamation, Nodoka began to wobble alarmingly, a cry of surprise coming from her mouth as she fell off of the stairs.

Naruto was up and racing across the ground to Nodoka before she had fallen off, appearing to have vanished to the untrained eye. With a leap that took him into the air, he caught Nodoka in his arms, landing lightly due to Negi casting a quick wind spell to slow his descent. He pulled the purplette close to his chest cradling her as he bent over, her books raining down around them, a few bouncing off of his back.

Once the heavy paper hail had stopped, Naruto stood up, setting the slightly dizzy Nodoka on her feet. "Are you alright, Miyazaki-san?"

The bookworm noticed just then that a specific someone had saved her from certain injury, and almost all of the blood in her body rushed to her face. "H-hai, N-Naruto-sensei…" She whispered breathily.

Naruto gave her a kind smile and helped Nodoka pick up her books, and deciding to save her from potentially dangerous situations, took most of the books and began to escort her to her destination.

He watched out of the corner of his eye as Asuna dragged Negi away, presumably having seen the junior mage's wind spell. He chuckled to himself, knowing what Negi would try to do, and how Asuna would react.

"KYAAA!"

There it was.

…

(Later…)

Naruto and Negi were leaving the teacher's lounge, having planned out tomorrow's lesson.

The older blonde nudged Negi with a grin. "So, what do you think, otouto? A lot of cute girls in our class. Thinking about getting a girlfriend?"

Negi frowned at his nii-san. "That's what you do, ero-nii-san. I'm only ten! I want to become Magister Magi before I think about relationships."

Naruto's grin widened with added mischievousness. "And Anya's promised herself to you."

"Yeah, she said she would wait for me…" A bright red blush suffused Negi's face, just then realizing what he had inadvertently revealed. "How did you know that?!" He shouted loudly, pointing at Naruto with an accusing finger.

Naruto quirked an eyebrow and smirked. "Who do you think convinced her to tell you about her feelings?"

Negi gaped at Naruto in shock. His expression sent the blonde teen into a rictus of laughter, clutching his sides and nearly falling on the floor. "Thinking back on it, I guess it makes sense," mumbled the redhead.

"Heh. Well, your dedication is certainly admirable!" the blond chuckled, ruffling his brother's hair as they reached the door of their classroom. "Especially around a bunch of beautiful girls."

"You first," said Negi, eyeing it distrustfully.

Naruto only laughed. "Learned your lesson, I see."

The decade-old mage glared at him, one eye twitching. Naruto checked the door for pranks, noticing the slight dip on the top where someone had placed a bucket of water, a trip-wire strung across the door at ankle-height.

Smirking to himself, Naruto motioned for Negi to stand back, before he kicked the door.

The wooden portal swung open rapidly, dropping the bucket onto the trip-wire, then banged off of the wall and closed as four paintballs launched by previously set-up slingshots splattered over the wood.

The door swung open again, this time admitting Naruto and Negi into the room, where the entirety of class 2-A, along with Takamichi and Shizuna, waited for them.

A banner was strung across the ceiling with words 'Welcome to Mahora!' written on it.

Naruto grinned foxily as the Narutaki twins gaped in shock. "I'm not cleaning this up, just so you know."

The rest of the girls cheered, "Welcome to Mahora, Sensei's!"

Naruto and Negi joined the party, mingling with the students and learning more about them. For instance, Chao Lingshen ran a restaurant with Satsuki Yotsuba, Ku Fei and Chachamaru Karakuri called Chao Bao Zi. They also sold ramen, which was a damn good thing Naruto's opinion.

Outwardly, she appeared quite cheerful, if a bit vapid but incredibly intelligent, but it was only with Naruto's years of training that he noticed she was nervous around him.

At one point, Negi had run up to Takahata and asked him what he though about Asuna, holding a handsign commonly used in conjunction with mind reading, then running back to Asuna, who blushed and dragged him out of the room.

Nodoka approached Naruto nervously, holding a slip of paper in her hand tightly, urged on by her friend, Haruna Saotome. "N-Naruto-s-sensei?"

The blonde teen turned to the purplette with a bite of nikuman in his mouth, which he swallowed quickly. "Nodoka-chan! What can I help you with?"

She appeared to be right on the edge of fainting, but managed to hand Naruto a rumpled and slightly sweaty coupon. "Um…a-about th-that incident er-earlier…you saved me, please take this a sign of my gratitude!" Nodoka rushed out the last part fairly fast.

Naruto examined the paper, finding it slightly hard to read due to all of the moisture. "What is it?" He asked politely.

She began to poke her fingers together, hiding her eyes under the fringe of her hair. "It-it's a book c-certificate, good for a-any b-book at the library."

He smiled at her softly, pocketing the coupon. "Well thank you, Nodoka-chan. I'm glad to help one of my students, especially one as cute as you."

Her face could have been seen from space, had she been outside. Her friend herded her away, teasing 'Honya-chan' about making an early move on the blonde sensei.

Naruto scanned the room, noticing a lock of red and orange. He remembered seeing Asuna take Negi out of the room for some reason, and went to investigate.

He found them, a little ways away from the room, Asuna with her hair down (a look he noticed that worked for her) with her arms around Negi, who looked mightily confused about what was going on as she bent to kiss him, is what it seemed like.

Naruto heard the shuffling of multiple feet and recognized them as female steps, most likely 2-A coming to find Naruto and Negi.

As the class rounded the corner, Naruto acted quick and replaced Negi with himself in Asuna's arms.

Naruto was a good ways taller than Negi, so when Asuna was leaning over, practicing her confession for Takahata, she met his lips quite heavily.

Her heterochromic eyes shot open and met Naruto's cerulean, before the overwhelming feelings emanating from his lips made her eyes flutter closed.

Why do his lips…feel so familiar? She thought to herself, before the sound of a camera going off yanked her from her reverie.

Asuna looked up at the whole of class 2-A, quite of few of the girls there glaring at her jealously, one being Kazumi Asakura with camera in hand.

She blushed heavily and fled back to the classroom, leaving a slightly bemused Naruto staring after her.

(After the party)

The party had gone on for a while, but finally young Negi had become tired, leaving a flustered Asuna and an amused Konoka to carry him back to their dorm to sleep. Naruto had left alone, in search of his own dorm. "This school seems like a nice place," he said aloud to himself. He chuckled, "Those girls are really something, all of them. All unique and special in their own ways…Although..." the faces of Jenna and Hailey flashed in his mind's eye, "Those two...what are they?"

"Why not ask us yourself?" A voice said from behind him.

Naruto whipped around. What he saw made him freeze in shock. Where before, there was night-darkened paved walkway, the young man found himself standing in a dirt street, with the sun shining down on him. He recognized the buildings around him. This is...Konoha? How! A movement caught his eye and he looked down. There were the two girls he'd just been thinking about, standing before him seemingly without care that they'd summoned his old home in front of him.

"You know, we actually did mean to talk to you," said Jenna nonchalantly as his eyes tightened, "But we didn't really know how to approach you. So, our boss said this would get your attention. You focused yet?"

"You..." Naruto shook out, looking pale. "How the hell do you know about...about this place?" With a flash of heat and light, a rough sword shape appeared in his hand, glowing white hot and crackling slightly, which he held in his left hand across his front defensively. In his right, a large, light blue Desert Eagle appeared, carvings decorating the barrel, while two rods were attached to the bottom, a current of electricity flowing between them on occasion. "Who the hell are you?" he asked through gritted teeth, "What are you?! I knew you weren't human from the beginning, but how do you know about Konoha?!"

"Yo, chill out, sensei," the dark-haired girl said lazily, looking completely unbothered by the arms he was wielding. His eye twitched at her nonchalance. "If we wanted to hurt you, we would've already started fighting. No need to go and start one just 'cause you're at home."

Rather than relaxing, the blond tensed, his finger tightening on the trigger as his thumb cocked the hammer back with a heavy click.

This time it was Hailey who spoke up. "Don't think that'll help you," she said bluntly, "What would the Headmaster say if you were to shoot two students? Besides, even if no one's around to see you shoot, the bullet won't reach either of us. So put that away so we can explain ourselves!"

There was no real change in her voice, but all of a sudden, Naruto found himself lowering his weapons against his will. He gritted his teeth and tried to raise them again, but his body would not move that way. "Fine. Again, who are you people? Moreover, what are you?" He asked tensely.

"Well, you certainly get to the point, don't you?" mumbled Jenna, "Let's do the same: we're Gormim. The Meddlers from In-Between."

Intrigued despite himself, Naruto asked, "In between…what?"

"Everything," said Hailey, though she paused, "...perhaps some imagery might help. You can travel through worlds, right? It doesn't matter how you do it," she said, noticing how he stiffened, "But you at least know that there are multiple Universes." She waited for him to relax (if slightly) and nod in confirmation before continuing, "Imagine that each Universe is a bubble, with all the others squeezed up against it, right? Okay, now imagine that, in the area where two of them meet, there's a tiny space, directly in the middle. That's where we come from, a Universe in between all others: the Centerplane. As for what we are exactly, we are a race known as Medians. The Gormim are a special group of Medians who go into 'side' worlds, either to gather power or to just interfere with a story and do things."

"No way..." Naruto murmured his eyes flickering rapidly, "I always knew there were more like me, it wasn't possible that I was the only one…but so many in one place, and in a group? Damn..." He fell silent, clearly thinking to himself. Finally, his eye landed on them, and he asked, "So what do you want with me?"

Jenna snorted. "Well, apparently your world-jumping-thing makes you go in and out of the Centerplane. Our boss, Storia, is getting pretty annoyed by it, plus the fact that you're what we call an 'Unknown,' so he sent us to make contact."

"I'm only in-between worlds for a second at most." The Uzumaki deadpanned. "You have a boss?" he asked, "You seem a bit young for this."

"So do you," Hailey pointed out meaningfully.

"Yeah, but I'm awesome like that," Naruto had to admit that they had a point there. "So, who's this boss of yours?"

"Eh, you haven't heard of him," said Jenna, "He's called Storia Daisho, the Narrator."

He frowned. "Why's he-"

"Because he writes stuff and knows pretty much everything," the Gloma interrupted, "Hell, he probably already knows that we've met you and stuff. I guess that means we don't have to report to him, do we?"

The brunette gave her a dirty look. "What do you think?"

"Man, fuck that."

A tick mark pulsed on her temple. "Do you want me to call Mason?"

"...Not really."

Naruto looked between them, nonplussed. "So...what are we going to do here?" he finally asked.

Hailey shrugged. "Our orders, for lack of better word, were to make contact with you and inform you of our existence. We would be willing to become allies, of course, in helping to avert some of the bigger disasters of this world's story."

"Or even being comic reliefs," added Jenna in the same beat, making both Hailey and Naruto sweat-drop.

"So why contact me now? I've been Hopping between dimensions for years." Naruto asked.

Hailey shrugged in a manner that conveyed she didn't have the answers. "We don't know. No one really knows what Storia thinks."

A ball made of cloudy glass hopped off of the ground and into Jenna's hand, while Konoha wavered and disappeared around them, leaving them on the grounds of Mahora, which they hadn't left.

The sword in Naruto's hand dispersed into ashes that blew away with the wind, while his gun vanished. "I don't know about best friends, ladies, but I'm willing to work with you." He gave them a nod, and began to walk into the darkness, towards his dorm. "It's late, and we have class tomorrow. I don't know if you sleep, but I do. See you two tomorrow."

Hailey shot Jenna an accusing look. "Do you always have to be so lazy? We DID just make contact with a potentially powerful ally, who could have easily become an enemy. Can't you show some alacrity?"

Jenna shrugged her shoulders half-way, before yawning. "Whatever. I'm tired."

"You're always tired."

"I know, you'd think I'd get tired of it, but don't. I really, really don't."

…

(With Naruto…)

The blonde teen knocked on the door to the dorm he was sharing with a student of his class, his thoughts racing over the information he had received from the two…Gormim. Weird word.

The door cracked open, allowing a girl with silver hair and amber eyes to look out of it. "…?"

Naruto smiled. "Hello. Zazie Rainyday, right? Did you get the message from the dean about me staying here?"

"…" Zazie nodded quietly.

"Well, thank you for letting me stay with you, Zazie-chan. I'll do my best to not be a bother."

Zazie blushed at the familiar suffix as she opened the door wider, allowing Naruto to enter.

The moon shone down on Mahora, the school entirely unaware of the changes that would be coming, heralded by a mysterious blonde who was much more than he seemed.

…

A/N: Yes, I know. "Another story? You haven't updated your current stories in months, dude! WTF?"

The reason I haven't updated my stories is because of a decision, while hard to make, had to be made.

I'm pulling the plug on the BLACKLIGHT stories. BLACKLIGHT Ninja and the rewrite, along with BLACKLIGHT Titan and Shinigami will be deleted. Evolution of a Shinobi will be on hiatus until I can figure out how to make the character better.

It took me awhile to realize that I made a huge mistake with those stories. I took a character, Gary Stu in the utmost definition, whose original story wasn't even finished, made an ending for him that wasn't written, and then made other stories about him.

In all honesty, I felt like an idiot for doing that.

However, over the years I've been an author, I realized that my writing style, preference and flow is different than it was then.

Some people might be disappointed, but it is my prerogative as an author to get better and tell myself the hard truths to advance and evolve as an author.

Now, some answers to questions I KNOW will be asked; some preemptive answers:

Naruto is the teacher of 2-A instead of Negi because it wouldn't make sense. In this iteration, Naruto is as famous as Nagi was, and is considered a genius of an amazing magnitude, so it would make sense that he would teach 2-A instead of a ten-year-old. A mature ten-year-old, but still a child.

There will be no "Harem" for Negi, not at all, and no amount of flames or attempts at persuasion will change my goddamn mind about this. I know it's from Japan and weird shit like that is the norm there (in manga, anyways), but it doesn't make ANY goddamn sense for a ten-year-old (once again, a mature ten-year-old, but still a kid) to have 14-15 year old girls lusting after him like a bunch of Shotacons. In this story, he will be paired with Anya, no if, ands or buts about it. There will be some crushes on him, but they will be more of "He's such a cute kid!" (Like Ayaka) than "I want his children!"

You do not know how fucking creepy that last sentence was to type.

Also, another thing: Nodoka. Hinata's alternate dimension twin if ever saw one. What really rankles me, as a fan of the pairing (not a crazy fan; I don't care THAT much), is when a version of Naruto who was in love with Hinata disregards the fact that Nodoka is JUST. LIKE. HER.

Gimmie a f*%&ing break.

OR

TL;DR

No more BLACKLIGHT for awhile, if ever.

Naruto is the main character, thus the teacher, deal with it.

No Negi Harem 'cus it's fucking creepy; once again, deal with it.

Nodoka is with Naruto; for the last time, deal, With. It.

Last thing: Thank you NorthSouthGorem for your help, once again. You my bro, y'know? I think it's awesome that my story's in the realm of the CoG series.

Fuck. Yeah. Bro.

Keep Being Awesome,

-Soleneus.