Disclaimer: Normal disclaimer stuff. This isn't mine.
Semantic disclamer stuff: This story features a gender bended Naruto, and relationships that for all intents and purposes are yuri(girlxgirl) pretty much exclusively.
A/N: I have some stuff to say, but no one reads the ANs at the top, so I'll say it below. Hope you enjoy it.
"You sleep now, boy, but the passage of time still continues. There's no end, only pauses. "
Naruto snapped forward, throwing dirt and plants into the air. Quick breaths escaped his mouth as his eyes darted in every which direction. Guttural noises left the young boy's mouth as his hands flexed and clenched in the dirt. Both his white shirt and face were covered in dirty patches and ragged cuts. Still buried under a layer of dirt, the orange baggy pants he wore were in no better condition.
Thoughts buzzed across his head, too fast to catch, too fast to understand. "Naruto," he said aloud, "focus! Focus!" Emotions he'd never felt before stopped his attempts at settling himself.
His mouth moved to give a low, yearning growl, almost of its own volition. "Focus Naruto! Focus!" Naruto forced himself to take a breath. His hands slowly stopped clenching at the ground, and his muscles slowly relaxed. "Okay," Naruto calmly opened his eyes.
He was surrounded by green. The plants and earth were the only things within seeing distance with even the sun being blocked out by upper foliage. "Why am I here?...Why am I awake! WHY AM I AWAKE!" Immediately, his breath quickened, along with the pounding of his heart.
"WHY AM I AWAKE!" the surrounding wildlife fled the wild screams, as the boy's eyes feverishly darted around, "KYUUBI ANSWER ME! I KNOW YOU HEAR ME! YOU STUPID LYING FOX! ANSWER ME! ANSWER ME, KYUUBI! ANSWER ME! ANS-answer…answer me."
The boy quieted as his head dropped to look at his hand. His twitching fingers were completely smudged with dirt, but it was still easy to see the ten bright ruby claws adorned on their tips. "What am I supposed to do now?" Before he had a chance to answer himself, his eyes dilated. His hands resumed clenching, stabbing his own palms with those ruby claws. His mouth watered, and low growls escaped his throat.
The feeling was back.
He could sense 'it.'
'It' was so close.
He wanted 'it.'
He needed 'it.'
'It' was his.
He'd have 'it.'
The next moment, the boy was crawling through the green brush with all the agility he had in him. A second later, he was on his feet sprinting forward, barreling towards his desire.
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"Chachamaru," a small blonde child rested her chin on the roof's railing as her long hair whipped in the wind; her eyes scoured the ground below.
"Yes, Master," A tall green-haired, obviously robotic girl appeared behind the petite blond.
"Something's just entered the school barrier, something rather big by the looks of it," the young girl spoke while keeping her eyes trained on the land below.
"Should we investigate, master?" the bigger girl spoke calmly and emotionlessly, much like a robot.
"Hmm," the master licked her lips as she waited to respond, "No." The blonde stepped away from the roof's edge and began her way back towards the school's roof exit. "I have too much at stake for my next plan. We'll let the sword girl and gunslinger deal with it. "
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"Mana-san," the girl gave a short curt greeting as she stopped by Mana's side. Her expression was a picture perfect image of curt professionalism, and despite the red school uniform she wore, her presentation was also. Her stance was straight and perfect, her hair was pulled into a tight ponytail, and her sword was holstered comfortably at her side.
Beside her, Mana looked casual by compassion. Her skin was tanned brown and her hair flowed down naturally. "You've already sensed the intruder, Setsuna."
It was half a statement and half a question, either way Setsuna responded. " Yes."
"Do you know where Konoka is?" Mana said easily.
Suddenly blushing, the swordsgirl lost some of her demeanor. "W-why do you think I know-" Mana unabashedly stared at the girl; it didn't take long for the truth to surface. "Oujo-sama should be heading to the library to assist Yue-san this morning."
"I'll guard this half of the school. You go find Konoka and guard the area surrounding her. I know that's what you would end up doing, anyway"
Still blushing, Setsuna gave a quick bow, "If you think that is the best course of action, I have no grievances Mana-san."
Mana gave a slight chuckle, "Go find your Oujo-sama, Setsuna."
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"Good luck studying Asuna!" the chipper reassurance came from a young brunette by the name of Konoka Konoe. A smile came naturally to the girl's face, under innocent brown eyes and princess like flowing hair. The girl's appearance was completed by the red schoolgirl uniform that would obviously be worn by a schoolgirl such as herself.
"Did you just use good and study in the same sentence?" The slightly irate reply came from her strangely juxtaposed best friend, Asuna Kagurazaka. Even in the same outfit Asuna managed to look much more like a sportswoman. She was taller than Konoka and her (currently irate) face was featured by a heterochromic pair of eyes and an unusual hair-style of pigtails and bells.
"Don't say that Asuna-san! You can do it if you try. I know you can." Asuna tried to avoid eye contact with the 10 year old boy speaking to her, but the boy's already watering eyes could only be ignored for so long. The boy in question was named Negi Springfield. He was a brown-eyed red haired boy in a professional green suit. Surprisingly enough, he was the adult in the situation, or at least the teacher.
"Alright, alright. I'm going aren't I?" Again, Asuna tried to ignore the young teachers sudden change in emotion. But, Negi wasn't discouraged. He smiled widely as he waved his arm around victoriously.
"You'll see Ausna," he said "After this last extra lesson, all five of you will be ready to make perfect scores on that exam."
"Perfect scores? Yay! Go baka rangers!" Konoka didn't waste any time joining in on Negi's enthusiasm.
"Don't encourage him, Konka," Asuna deadpanned, "And stop calling us baka rangers!" Out of the corner of her eye Asuna could see the curious look on Negi's face. In just a moment he would ask about 'the baka rangers.' "Anyway, Konoka," she quickly changed the subject, "why are you going to the school?"
"Yue wanted me to help her look for a book, or something like that." Konka responded after a moment of thought.
"Isn't Yue supposed to be studying with us?" Asuna wondered quietly.
"You mean that book that can make people smarter?" Negi asked overriding Asuna's comment, "Does she know where to look now?"
"If she does I might be able to pass the exam this year."
Before the conversation could continue, a hand touched Konoka's shoulder. "Yes-" A small gasp escaped the girl's lips before fear struck her frozen. Wide eyes were the only way she could respond to the red eyes drilling into her.
"You." The owner of the eyes whispered, "It's you. You. I want you." The grip on Konoka's shoulder started to tighten, but the next moment the speaker was propelled away by a heavy shove. In his place stood a very angry looking Asuna.
"Hey creep! This is an all-girls academy! Y-you need to leave!"
"Asuna!" Negi warned.
"Don't hurt people, Asuna!" Konoka said shakily.
"What! He's obviously a creep!"
"But, don't hurt him."
Asuna turned to give her friend an incredulous look, but her attention was quickly returned to her front when the boy started to rise. "Hey, You! Stop moving! No-Get up and leave, but don't come this way or else!" The boy didn't change his slow rise from the ground, and Asuna studied him like a hawk.
His clothes were dirty and cut up. He had blonde hair, and the creepiest red eyes Asuna had ever seen. Not to mention the whisker marks on his cheeks and what looked like claws!? on his hands.
As Naruto shakily regained his footing, he slowly looked back at the group in front of him. "Go, Get out of here!" The loud one immediately called out to him, but the boy completely ignored her. His eyes once again locked on the brown haired girl. Naruto could sense 'it' inside all of them. Small bits of it in all the people he'd pasted to get there, a little more in the loud girl, a lot in the boy, but irresistible amount in his focus. She had so much it was Naruto could taste it in the air. He'd have it, he had to have it.
Naruto took a step forward, eyes still locked on the brunette.
"Asuna, DON'T!"
"Creep!" If he'd been listening Naruto would have of heard the loud one take a huge breath as she prepared herself" I told you to stay away!"
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First thing Naruto noticed was the change in wind, the second was the shadow, Naruto still didn't even glance at the loud one; that he would soon regret. The last thing, rapidly following the previous two was the fist. There was deafening crack, as force of the punch snapped the boy's head back and threw his body in the air. Naruto eventually hit the ground, skidding to a stop a distance away.
"Asuna!" Konoka shriek beside a Negi who looked completely in over his head. Cradling her fist, even Asuna looked a little unsure of herself.
Konoka jumped forward trying to run over to the grounded assailant before Asuna grabbed her. "Konoka what are you doing!?" Asuna practically yelled.
"What do you mean what am I doing," Konoka said just as loudly, "He's hurt!"
"That was the point, Konoka! Did you see him? That's not just someone you let walk around."
"Maybe he just wanted help!" Konoka said, struggling against the larger girl.
"Did. You. See. Him. That wasn't the look you give someone when you want directions."
"…Asuna, Konoka, " Negi finally re-entered the conversation, "I think we should get the principal. Dangerous or not."
"Umm, Negi-sensei , Asuna-san, Konoke-san what are you all doing?" The trio looked up not only to see Makie, but a large number of students had been attracted by the groups yelling.
"Well, that guy," Asuna started, but stopped dead when she looked towards the body. Or rather absent body. No body, no boy. "Umm, Konoka, Negi did you see the creep get up?"
Both started as their eyes locked to the place where the boy had landed. Konoka finally broke herself free from Asuna's arms, "I wasn't watching him, where could he have gone? Do you think he's okay?"
Abruptly, Asuna let out a very loud and very fake laugh. "I guess that solves all our problems. A beat up guy couldn't get up and walk away, so he's okay. And he's not here anymore, so he won't bother anyone!"
Konoka and even Negi gave the girl doubtful looks, but before anymore conversation could be made, Asuna grabbed them both and bolted towards the school. "Come on! We need to get there before we're late! Hurry Hurry!"
"Asuna, I can't run that fast!" Negi cried.
"Stop whining, we're going to be late!"
"Asuna! Konoka! Negi-sensei! Wait I'm going to the class too! Don't leeeeaave meeee!"
The strange event over the three (plus Makie) ran to their respective destinations, but one teacher couldn't help but look back. 'For a moment…it seemed like I could sense something. Something more powerful than a human…much more powerful. '
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Setsuna froze in her tracks. Her eyes widened and the grip on her sword tightened. 'This power! What is this thing? And, what is it doing in our school? How did something this powerful get past the barrier…
I can't let it hurt anyone. I can't let it hurt Oujo-sama!"With that the samurai launched through the air.
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Mana paused as a sense of power washed over her senses. No visible tension could be seen in her body, but an observant eye would notice the slight narrowing of her eyes. 'This is certainly going to be an event.' The girl let out a sigh.
'Don't get hurt Setsuna.'
"Ah! Hahahahaha," walking down a hallway, a tiny blond girl burst into laughter.
"Master?" Chachumaru asked politely.
"It seems I was right about our little intruder," the girl replied, a few more bouts of giggles interrupting her speech.
"Master?" Chachumaru asked again.
The blonde turned to look at her partner, a look of pure malicious mirth across her face, "Lets hope that none of our classmates end up dead by the end of the night."
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"Fumika!"
"Yeah…."
Two tiny girls stood next to each other in the in the school courtyard. It would have been easy for someone to think one was just a copy of the other. From face to toe, the two girls looked exactly the same. The only distinguishing feature was each girl's unique reddish hair. Fumika wore her hair in two cloth covered buns, while Fuuka held hers in pigtails.
"Do you know why we can never prank Kaede?" Fuuka stared down her sister, hands on her hips, fire in her eyes.
"Because she's a nin-nin?" Fumika offered.
"No!" Fuuka quickly denied, "It's because she always knows what we're doing!"
"Yeah, because she's a ni-"
"That doesn't matter! The important thing is that today we have a chance!"
Fumika took a moment to ponder her sister point, before she finally indulged the girl, "How do you figure that?"
"Because she's studying! She'll be busy all day, so we have all day to set pranks without her knowing!" The only reply Fuuka received from her sister was a skeptical stare. "Com' on Fumika, this could be our only chance!"
"Okay," Fumika finally relented, as she always did with her sister. "But, what kind of pranks should we set? Kaede knows everything we have by now."
"We-"
A dark shadow settled over the girls. Almost in sync, two girls turned towards the figure behind them, but there was only one ear piercing scream before a harsh silence filled the yard.
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A/N: I honestly hope you enjoyed this to some degree. Hopefully, it didn't leave a bad taste in your mouth or any such thing. :3
Anyway, first I'll say, I plan to make the future chapters longer. This was just an intro chapter, so kind of short. (The next is kind of intro also, so there's a chance it will also be short.) Most chapters will be at least 4k, but somewhere between 4k and 8k. Does that sound good to all you readers? Or is there something you prefer.
Next about theme: I plan for there to be some comedy in this story, though it wasn't evidence in this particular chapter. I plan to have some action and romantic elements (Of course!) And, I also plan to have some serious elements also. So, I guess this should be similar to Negima in terms of theming.
About the plot: I plan to vary widely from the plot of the manga(Negima) while still using its world as a bases. The most similar event will be Eva's attack, but when we get to the point where Negi would be heading into the Magic World, my story should be on a completely different track within the Negima Universe. So everyone should be able to stay interested without knowing all the plot twists I whip out.
Lastly, I want to say, as a writer I have a lot of respect for the Negima Universe, and I've put a lot of thought into how to not fill it with crappy plot devices. My writing may not be the best, but I think if we stick with this (with you guys and gals telling me when I'm sucking) we can make this into a rather enjoyable story with lots of actionably, fluffy, slapstick, goodness.
Did anyone read that!? XD Anyway thanks for reading if ya did!