Disclamer: Don't own Naruto or Rosario + vampire
Clubs and bullies.
Over the next couple of weeks nothing special happened, so Naruto focused on his training. He had gotten Kurumu, under Moka's supervision, to help train him with fighting of genjutsu. He didn't know that even the weakest of the succubus's charms would at least be considered B-rank genjutsu, and the one Kurumu was actually using on him was actually A-rank, so he was slightly annoyed at his lack of progress in that regard.
He had looked through the different taijutsu scrolls, but instead of finding one to focus on he had just picked out the moves he liked from the different ones and incorporated them into his style. He hadn't fought with inner Moka in this period of time, knowing he needed to increase his abilities some more before he was ready.
Mikogami had provided a couple of exercises that he thought would help Naruto with his control, though he hadn't got him an actual instructor in this area. He had also gotten the gym teacher to focus on training his speed, but the exercises he had been given seemed inferior to his own, probably they were focused on helping the monsters who were naturally fast, not building up speed past normal limitations.
He had worked on creating a large rasengan, and was quite close to succeeding.
He had done many of the exercises for the different parts of the flying thunder god training, but was no closer to figuring out how to do all at once, which was what he really needed to complete it.
Outer Moka had reached the point where he no longer needed to remind her to ask if she could drink his blood, though she seemed to have trouble stopping when he told her to.
Kurumu had become a good friend in that time as well, especially with her help in training him. He had shared his secret with her to the same degree as he had with Moka, but she hadn't really cared as.
He had also started to keep an eye on one of the schools pranksters, because he knew that one of the reasons for pulling pranks was loneliness. He was still looking for good way to befriend her, because until then he couldn't get too involved.
"Well then everyone." Shizuka said after the bell had rung "As I've said before; the purpose of this academy goal is to help monsters adapt to human society. In that connection you are all expected to participate in club activities from this day forward."
'Club activities? What is that about again?' Naruto thought, having forgotten that part of the introduction course he had received. 'Oh well, something about joining in a group of some kind, I'll figure the rest out later'.
"we'll get a deeper understanding of humans by experiencing human activities through the use of clubs."Shizuka continued "to transform into humans perfectly, we have to have a clear understanding of humans".
"um professor" A boy in the front row said while standing up and putting up his hand.
"Yes" Shizuka said.
"But professor, wouldn't that give you an F in transforming then" The boy said while pointing at her tail that was sticking out of her skirt.
"Rawwr" was Shizuka reply as she scratched the boy's face.
'No pointing out the professors tail unless I want to fight her' Naruto thought to himself as he saw the boy's badly scratched face.
"Understand? Everyone will participate in club activities." Shizuka continued as if nothing happened. "Everyone please visit lots of clubs and decide which one you want to enter. Also be sure to visit the newspaper club that I am advisor for, ok?"
Moka and Naruto were walking through the crowded hallway where different clubs where trying to recruit students into their club.
"Man, there are a lot of clubs here" Naruto said to Moka.
"Yes, but which one should we join." Moka asked.
"While I would probably be most suited for a martial arts club, I don't think that is a club for you, and inner Moka isn't allowed to take part in school activities since she counts as your true form." Naruto said "So let's look around and see if we can find one that suits us both."
"Okay" Moka said with a smile.
Their trip through the different club 'stands' resulted in both the destruction of the photography club getting some of their cameras broken and members of the chemistry club getting covered in their own concoctions. Both incidents were because they got too pushy and therefore the other clubs learned not to do the same.
"If you aren't interested in any of those clubs then how about the swimming club" A voice asked from behind them and they turned to see a girl with green/blue hair. "I'm the swimming club captain Tamao Ichinose. Why don't we swim together?"
'Never gave swimming much thought.' Naruto thought before he turned to Moka and saw her looking uncomfortable 'Well, seems she isn't into swimming, so guess not this one either.'
"The swimming club is all female" Tamao continued her sales pitch, not giving him time to respond. "Therefore the ladies will end up paying lots of special attention to the boys who join our club"
'Why does that sound suspicious?' Naruto thought to himself. "I don't think a swimming club is for us" Naruto told Tamao and lead Moka away. When he came to a empty classroom he quickly pulled Moka in.
"What are you doing?" Moka asked, taken by surprise by his sudden action.
"I think I need to observe the swimming club, something about their sales pitch is suspicious." Naruto said. "Swimming isn't normally and female only sport or even overly female dominated, so why have they remained a female only club?"
"You're right. Something about that does seem weird." Moka agreed, "But I won't be of much help" She added sadly.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me, you seemed rather uncomfortable about the thought of swimming, which is why I said we weren't interested." Naruto said.
"It isn't swimming, but water in general." Moka said "Because of its purifying quality it weakens vampires, actually making lightning travel across our bodies."
"That sounds bad" Naruto said "I won't ask you to go with me then. I'll leave a clone with you just to keep any creeps away, or take of the Rosario so you can keep them away."
"You aren't going there alone, are you" Moka asked nervously "You haven't even managed to hit inner Moka yet, what will you do if you get into trouble".
"I know my abilities weren't that good last I faced inner Moka, but I have improved some since then." Naruto said "And even though I still not feel confident enough to fight Moka just to test my improvement, I still think I can handle a fight if needed. I can't take you with me there since you will be at risk of getting hurt even if my fears are ungrounded."
"Then I'll take you're clone to find Kurumu and send her to help." Moka stated. She may not like Kurumu all that much, but she knew that Kurumu would do anything to protect Naruto from harm. "I'll also stay nearby so that if there's trouble I can get my Rosario removed by your clone and come help you."
"Ok, but I'm going to go on ahead." Naruto stated as he moved towards the window. "I'll see you soon"
Naruto then jumped out the window into a tree and then jump from tree to tree until he reached one where he could observe the pool area from.
While Naruto observed the pool Moka and Naruto's clone were looking for Kurumu. Soon they found her near the people of the cooking club, though she didn't look like she had joined it. When she saw them she quickly latched onto Naruto's clone.
"Why don't we join the cooking club together, Naruto?" She asked him with a smile.
"This isn't the real Naruto" Moka quickly whispered to Kurumu. "The real one is observing the swimming club for suspicious activities. We were looking for you to tell you and ask you to join him there in case there is trouble".
"Sure, I'll go there right away" Kurumu stated and started pushing through the crowds to the nearest exit, Moka and Naruto's clone following behind her.
Naruto watched as the people where just splashing around or practicing their swimming. 'Seems I might have just been paranoid' He thought to himself as he watched.
"Stop it!" He suddenly heard one of the boys yell "Why are you suddenly coming after me like that."
Naruto watched as the girls, who now had become more fishlike, caught the boy and bit him causing him to become old in seconds. 'Or maybe I wasn't paranoid.' He thought. He then jumped from his tree and landed by the pool.
"Oh, so you came after all, Naruto" Tamao asked from the water as she swam towards him.
"Yeah, your advertisement seemed weird, so I thought I would observe just to be safe" Naruto said. He then put his hands in the ram sign. "Shadow clones" He yelled, creating 19 clones that jumped onto the water grapping different boys and throwing them out of the water (straight into the fence poles, knocking them out.) Though all the clones where caught before they could do more than that.
"I don't know how you did that, but it only worked because you took us by surprise" Tamao yelled.
She swam quickly towards him and jumped out of the water to attack him only to get slashed by Kurumu who just turned up. Kurumu then pulled up slightly to hover over the pool.
"Fish should stay in the water" Kurumu taunted Tamao.
Just then the area got covered in a powerful supernatural energy and a moment later Moka (in her true form) came into the area.
"This is a waste of time" She said, more to herself than anyone else. "Mermaids are such low level monsters; even Naruto shouldn't have to much trouble with them, as long as he doesn't jump into the water."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence; But Moka insisted that the clone took the Rosario of." Naruto yelled. "And did you have to kick the clone?" He added.
"It released me to fight these weaklings, be happy I don't have time to kick you right nooow" Moka began but was interrupted when a mermaid grabbed her leg and pulled her into the water.
"Who's weak now" the mermaid laughed "Now you are in our element, so you won't stand a chance."
Moka started rising from the water. "How dare you." She snarled "How dare you treat me like this"
"You're the one who called us weak, and now we will show you who's weak" The mermaid responded as almost all of the mermaids swam towards Moka. (Tamao was wounded and therefore wasn't taking part in the attack). "We will destroy you."
"Hmpf that coming from a low class fish that can't think of anything but food." Moka said in a condescending tone of voice "Don't make me laugh." She then jumped into the air.
The mermaids quickly followed, intent on hitting her in midair, however now that Moka was out of the water she made short work of them by kicking them as they came at her.
"Obviously a midair fight isn't a mermaid territory" Kurumu stated.
"To take the bait and be caught so simply… you have to be a fish" Moka said as she got ready to take out the last of the mermaids. "Know your place." She then kicked them hard into the water, knocking them out.
She then landed beside the pool and immediately went down on one knee, causing Naruto to hurry over to her (picking up a towel from a nearby chair along the way.
"Here's something to dry the water of with." Naruto told Moka as he handed her the towel.
"Thank you" Moka replied "Both for the towel and for not carelessly dragging sentimental Moka to the pool. Though I still ended up here it was by my own choice, not because you wanted me here."
"That's what friends are for" Naruto said with a smile "I just don't want to see does precious to me get hurt."
"That doesn't really mean anything to me." Moka stated. She then leaned in and bit him, sucking some of his blood. "That should hopefully lesson the recovery time after the dive, but I still need some sleep, so don't be surprised if I don't come to school tomorrow." Moka said while picking up the Rosario she had dropped when she arrived at the pool and then started walking to her dorm.
Naruto turned to Kurumu "Could you make sure that she gets to the dorm without any problems?" He asked her "I don't wanna get into trouble for observing the girls dorm just to make sure she gets there."
"I don't like it, but I'll do it for you" Kurumu stated, "What are you going to do"
"Make sure the boys are alright before I go fishing" He stated.
After Kurumu left he made a large amount of clones, some going to take the boys to the hospital while the rest fished up the mermaids and took them to a secluded clearing. Meanwhile he moved to the bus stop and waited for the busdriver (his way of getting a message to the headmaster) to arrive. He turned up barely 5 minutes later.
"So I take it something happened." The busdriver stated.
"Yeah the swimming club tried to eat their new members" Naruto stated "I've left the mermaids at the pickup clearing, you can do with them as you wish, though I do hope you keep them away from me and any club activity that involves water."
"I'll pass the word" The busdriver said simply as he went back inside his bus. "Which reminds me, I was asked to tell you that if you can't decide on a club then the newspaper club can be recommended, but it isn't a required activity for you."
'So the headmaster would like me to join the newspaper club, but it isn't part of the mission requirement, so I can do something else' Naruto thought (They couldn't mention the headmaster or the mission out loud, since they didn't want to give too much information away if there were any eavesdroppers.)
"Anyway, see you some other time." The busdriver stated before he drove off.
Moka came to school two days later. At that point most of the clubs had stopped advertising, but they still had one more day to decide before the teacher had to step in and tell them to find one.
"Hey Naruto" Moka said as she walked up to him. "It seems I overslept a little".
"Yeah, you slept a whole day away, though inner Moka expected as much" Naruto said.
"Did you join a club while I was away?" Moka asked nervously.
"I didn't want to enter one you didn't want to be in, but I did make a list of those I thought could be interesting." Naruto stated "I'm pretty sure that some of them aren't for you, so don't be afraid to tell me. I added all to give you the freedom of choice without my preconceptions getting in the way."
"Okay, just tell me the ones you've thought of" Moka stated.
"Okay, here goes" Naruto said "Martial arts club, sword fighting club, dodge ball club, body building club, newspaper club, running club, treasure hunter club, acrobatics club, cooking club" (Kurumu's suggestion) "biking club and hiking club" Naruto listed.
Moka immediately noticed that all but three of these where aimed at helping Naruto become a better fighter, and while she didn't mind, they weren't really her.
"Why did you list the treasure hunter club?" She asked, figuring that the newspaper club was because of their teacher while the cooking was most likely Kurumu's doing.
"Well they said that a treasure hunter needed to be good at detecting and disabling traps so that seemed like a neat skill to have" Naruto said, making Moka realize that only two of the clubs listed weren't meant for training.
"Martial arts, sword fighting, body building, treasure hunting, acrobatics, and hiking aren't really my thing" Moka admitted. "Dodge ball, while fun, isn't really an interesting long term activity. Running and biking sound fun, but it will only give you limited training and can be done in our free time instead. That leaves the newpaper club, which sounds like it could be fun, so why don't we do that." (Moka completely disregarded the cooking club because it was Kurumu's specialty).
"That sounds wonderfull" A voice sounded from behind them and they turned to see Shizuka standing there. "I'll but you down for the newspaper club then."
"I'll join to" Kurumu said as she came around a nearby corner.
"So are you ready?" Naruto said to Moka as she came out of the dorms.
"Of cause, and I'm really looking forward to club today." Moka replied, "Can I" She then said while looking at his neck.
"Only a small amount today, I need my full focus today." Naruto replied.
"Okay," Moka said and quickly leaned in a sucked a small amount of blood from him and then pulled back, "Thanks for the threat".
They then started walking to school when Kurumu turned up out of nowhere.
"Naruto, today's the day we start going to club together right." She says with a big smile before hugging his face into her breasts. "I'm just so glad that I can be in the same club as you!" She then exchanged a glare with Moka.
Naruto needed a few seconds to get his barring before he substituted with a piece of wood.
"I'm also glad to join a club with you." He said, sitting on a nearby branch, causing both girls to turn towards him. "Which is why I prefer not to be suffocated, no matter what it is that is suffocating me" He added, causing Kurumu to blush.
"Well then everyone, thanks for joining my club!" Shizuka said enthusiastically. "So let's begin the club activities for the Yokai Academy Newspaper Club!"
Naruto noticed that only he, Moka and Kurumu where there, which he thought was weird 'even if this club isn't that special, it should have some members from previous years'. Out loud he said. "Umm, are we the only club members, professor?"
At the question, Nekonome's 'ears' wiggled as she said. "Don't be silly!"
'So are the rest sick or something' Naruto managed to think just before a voice was heard from outside the classroom.
"Excuse me!" it said.
"See" Shizuka said as the door opened "here he comes, the only other member.
"Man, I'm sorry. Here I am late on the first day" The person said as he gave a dazzling smile while holding two bouquets of flowers. " Greetings! I'm the president of this newspaper club, Ginei Morioka. Pleased to meet ya!"
He quickly handed the two flowers to Moka and Kurumu both of whom were looking slightly uncomfortable.
"Oooh! Professor Nekonome told me all about you, what stunningly beautiful new club members we have!" He said as he gave them his most charming smile. "You can call me Gin. Ahh… red flowers are always suitable for such lovely ladies!"
Moka was confused as to why Gin was looking so keenly at her.
Then Shizuka decided to introduce Gin properly. "Gin is the only second year club member. Just ask Gin anything you don't know about this club, ok?"
"Heh, you can always count on me!" Gin added, still focusing his attention on Moka.
Naruto scowled at the club president. 'A shameless pretty boy flirt? I'd better keep an eye on him.' He thought in annoyance, but before he could do more he found Kurumu hugging his arm.
"Naruto, I'm not very good with this kind of flirty guy!" She whispered to him.
"Well, I must be going since I have a staff meeting." Shizuka said as she moved towards the door. "Take care of the rest of the club procedures, Gin!"
"Okay! Leave it to me!" Gin assured enthusiastically.
"Isn't it a little early in the process for you to leave" Naruto asked, confused.
"Sorry. See you later everyone! Make friends with your senior, ok!" Shizuka said before disappearing behind the door.
Once they were alone, Gin looked at them and rubbed his chin. "Hmm… well let's see," he began. "First, I'm gonna give you an explanation of just what type of club this is." He then took a deep breath before continuing "The goal of the newspaper club is to obviously publish the school newspaper. Most of your activities will be reporting on all kinds of things within or, if you can, out of the academy and putting them in the newspaper! We'll be put into dangerous situations from time to time for the sake of reporting!" He stopped for dramatic effect "I'll tell you right now, this ain't gonna be no easy ride! Once you've joined, you should prepare yourself!"
An odd silence then filled the air. It was like some unknown tension had been created by the people present in the room. Moka decided to say something since the silence bothered her. "He seems like… someone we can depend on, right?" Though under her breath she added; "More than I thought, anyway."
'Something is of about that guy' Naruto thought, not bothering to react to what Moka had said.
"Just messing with ya!" Gin said with a laugh "Let's have some fun without all the strict talk!" He then pulled out a poster and held it open so that the club members could see it. "This is our poster ad. Let's put it up on the back wall!"
Soon he had Naruto prepare the posters while Moka and Kurumu where putting them up.
"Gin! Is this high enough to stick the posters?" Moka asked as she and Kurumu were standing on top of chairs, trying to put the posters on the wall.
"No! Just a bit higher!" Gin replied.
"Huh?" Kurumu turned and gave a questioning look towards Gin since she was unsure of why the poster needed to be higher.
"What! Even higher?" Moka asked in an apprehensive tone.
"Yeah! Much, much higher!" Gin replied, a hint of a blush across his features.
Just then Naruto turned towards them and noticed that Gin was squinting down.
'If I'm estimating this correctly, then he's looking up their skirts, better get them down.' Naruto thought "Moka, Kurumu get down from there" He said loudly, causing both girls to jump down from the chair.
"What is it, Naruto?" Moka asked in concern.
"I can't be sure, since I didn't actually bend down to check, but from my estimate it would be easy to look up your skirts when you stand on that chair" Naruto stated, causing both girls to blush "Therefore I thought I should get you down before Gin or I got an unintentional show. Since he wants them up so high, I think that I am better suited for the task."
Naruto then took a poster and walk over to the wall, and then started walking up it.
"Hey, you shouldn't be using your abilities so freely while in school" Gin said, angry because Naruto took away his view.
"It's only for a quick task, and only the people in here can see me anyway, so it's all good." Naruto replied as he knelt near the ceiling. "Is this the right height" He then said, holding it slightly lower than Moka and Kurumu had.
"Yeah, it's fine" Gin said, not really looking.
"But isn't this lower then you wanted it when Moka and Kurumu where hanging it up." Naruto asked innocently. Moka and Kurumu noticed that it really was lower, and Kurumu immediately figured out that Gin had just wanted a peak.
"You pervert, you tried to look up out skirts, didn't you" She yelled as her nails extended.
"No no" Gin defended "Naruto's walking on walls must have messed with my height perception, that's all. It does need to get higher up Naruto."
Naruto smirked slightly, seeing that Kurumu wasn't paying Gin's weak defense, though Moka seemed inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.
"Of cause, Gin" Naruto replied as he raised the poster some more, this time going slightly higher than were Moka and Kurumu had held it before. "Like this?"
Gin took a quick look at the two girls and estimated that it should be higher then what they should be able to reach. "Yeah, that's good" He then said.
Naruto then quickly secured the poster, and then leaned down to receive the next one that Moka was handing him.
The rest of the day and during classes the next day nothing special happened. It wasn't until Naruto (Moka and Kurumu had both been called away) was walking down the hall towards the club room that something happened.
"Yo Naruto! Today's club activities will be held outside! Why don't you come with me?" Gin asked, raising suspicion from Naruto.
'Something seems of about this. Better get myself a safety, though a discreet one.' Naruto thought before saying; "Okay, but I need a quick visit to the men's room first" He then went to the toilet and made a quick shadow clone to follow him discretely encase something happens. He then quickly went about his business and rejoined Gin who was waiting outside.
"Let's go," Naruto stated.
Gin had led him into some sort of alleyway. The alleyway was at the back of a building, away from the busy flow of people. "Don't you worry... everybody'll be coming soon!" Gin assured him. "By the way, just to clear up any misunderstandings you might have on what happened yesterday. I wasn't trying to peak or anything, my legs were just getting tired. I already explained why I misjudged the height."
"Whatever you say" Naruto stated not really believing him.
"We're here!" Gin said as he stopped walking. "This is the place Naruto!"
Naruto looked around, "Why are we in an alley?"
He pointed at a little window on the wall, "Look over there! There's a little window up there. Why doncha take a peek inside?"
While Naruto observed the window from the ground, trying to buy time, his clone (Henged into the female version of him) jumped onto a nearby roof to look into the window from above. The moment it saw that the window lead to the girls changing room it immediately dispelled itself to warn Naruto.
Naruto had taken two slow steps towards the window when the information hit him. "I don't understand why you want me to look through that window up there, Gin" He exclaimed loudly. He was loud enough that the girls in the changing room could hear him, causing one of the girls to look out the window where she saw Naruto pointing at the window while looking at Gin. Gin saw the girl and quickly left. "Damn he's fast" Naruto exclaimed.
"Hey what are you doing out there" The girl asked, making sure that only her head was visable.
"Gin, who just left, was trying to make me look through the window, though he didn't tell what was on the other side" Naruto stated, "seemed weird, so I tried asking him why, but it caused him to leave for some reason. Since you're in the window maybe you can tell me what he wanted me to see in there?"
"This is a girls changing room, so you better stay away." The girl yelled at him, not sure whether he had done anything to deserve her scorn.
"Sure, then I'll be off to find Gin and find out what this was about." Naruto said calmly. "see ya" He then started to walk off.
"What proof do you have that it wasn't just a bad attempt at an excuse for being here" A girl asked. Naruto turned was surprised to see Tamao standing there with a bunch of other girls that had hurriedly dressed and gone outside when the mess with Gin started "Maybe someone just saw you and you wanted an excuse, you perv."
"Can't come up with any proof, since Gin would just lie." Naruto admitted, then seeing the promise of pain in the girls eyes he started to get nervous, "Hey, you aren't going to attack me based on groundless accusations, are you?" Seeing some of them take out baseball bats he decided that he wasn't going to stick around and quickly ran away.
Naruto spend the rest of the afternoon getting chased while Gin and Tamao both spread the rumor about him being a peeper. When Moka heard she decided to go to the school roof to think a little before confronting Naruto about it. Naruto meanwhile was on a nearby roof, keeping an eye on her, though not approaching because he didn't want to intrude.
"Oh! So this is where you've been Moka?" A voice came from behind Moka. She turned around to face Gin, who was waving and smiling at her. "It's night already. Look, it's a beautiful full moon tonight." Gin said as he looked up at the moon, a mysterious grin spreading across his face.
"Gin" Moka said, sounding unsure of what to say.
"Are you waiting for that guy Moka-san?" Gin asked. "Naruto isn't a very nice guy for keeping a lovely lady such as yourself waiting."
"N-No, I'm here gathering my thoughts before I find and talk to him about what happened today by the changing room." Moka replied nervously.
"He was caught peeping, what is there to talk about?" Gin stated "He's the King of pathetic, if you ask me. A guy like that shouldn't take advantage of a girl's trust... just forget him!"
"Umm…" Moka still sounding unsure of what to say.
"Tonight… I'll console you." Gin said as he put his arm around her.
"Kya! No let go!" Moka screamed as she tried squirm out of Gin's embrace. "What are you doing!"
Any reply that Gin would have come up with was cut short by a kick to the side of his face, courtesy of Naruto.
"I could live with the whole framing me and spreading rumors thing" Naruto said as he looked at Gin while standing besides Moka, "But I won't let you molest Moka, you pervert."
"What? I was just holding her tenderly?" Gin stated as he got up.
"No! You felt me up!" Moka cried, feeling violated.
"Haha, well, it is a full moon isn't it? On nights with a full moon, I'm overcome with a feeling of power and suddenly lose all control!" He said as he pointed to the moon. Then he shifted his attention back to Moka and Naruto. "Now I have to take care of you first Naruto. You shouldn't have gotten in the way of my love." He shouted as he began changing.
The air around Gin flared and spiralled around him. his hand turn into claws, his body become more bulky as fur began to cover his body.
"Then I'll make Akashya Moka my woman by!" Gin howled as he stood up straight.
"As if I'll let you hurt Moka" Naruto stated and put his hands in the ram sign "Multi shadow clones" He said and the roof was covered in Narutos.
A second later a huge chunk of them dispelled and in the center of where they were Gin stood. "While they look impressive, they are slow and fragile." He laughed.
'What the hell, I didn't even see him move' Naruto thought, 'How am I suppose to counter his movement if I can't see them. Definitely need help' he then reached to the side and grabbed Moka's Rosario and releasing inner Moka.
"So this is Moka-san's true form! Hahaha! Awesome! EVEN after transforming, you are still beautiful Akashiya Moka! Gin stated when he saw Mokas true form "I couldn't care less that you are a vampire! I will definitely defeat you and make you my woman!"
He lunged running true clones like they weren't even there, at least until he ran directly into a rasengan that one of the clones where holding. The rasengan sent him violently backwards, however he managed to stay on his feet. He was about to move forward again when Moka appeared in front of him and tried to launch a kick only for her to miss as Gin disappeared.
Gin reappeared on top of the entrance to the roof.
"What are you fighting way over there for? If a vampire's power is strength, then a werewolf's power is speed! And the strength of the moonlight also strengthens my speed! Tonight, the full moon is shining as bright as ever! On the night of the full moon a werewolf is invincible!" Gin yelled. "That weird ball might have taken me by surprise, but it won't happen again"
He then began moving all over, dispelling Naruto's clones (Naruto had managed some substitutions to avoid being hit.) and generally showing of his speed.
Naruto created clones once more, intent on buying some more time, and hoping to somehow manage to see a pattern in Gins attack.
"Give it up! As long as the full moon is out, it will be my victory! I'll crush you both." Gin yelled in response to the clones.
While Gin was focusing on the clones Naruto looked up and saw some clouds getting closer to the moon.
"Moka, be ready to grab him when he slows down" He quickly whispered to Moka.
Meanwhile his ၰes where getting better at predicting Gin's movement, though they where to slow to actually avoid him. Suddenly he started slowing enough for a couple of clones to grab his legs halting him as Moka shot forward and grabbed Gin's paw locking him in place.
"What? I was stopped? Could it be?"
"The clones weren't meant to defeat you, merely see if I could figure your movement, though after you comment about the full moon they also became a decoy! They bought enough time for the clouds to cover the moon" Naruto pointed out the sight behind them. The moon was now hidden by clouds.
A low menacing growl erupted from Moka's throat as she glared at the werewolf.
"Wait! Don't be so hasty!" Gin stated "I can still beat you, with or without the moonlight! I'll show you what the natural energy of a monster is! Just be a good girl and become my woman, Moka!"
A brutal right kick connected with Gin's skull, sending him crashing into the gate and tumbling over side.
"Weakling...!" Moka stated "Did you really think someone like yourself was fit to be with me? Know your place!"
Kurumu, who had been hiding on a nearby roof, arrived after Gin was beaten.
"Good to see you defeated him" She said as she landed "I was trying to find a good time to surprise attack, but I just couldn't follow his movements"
Moka looked at her suspiciously, "While that was a good idea, it doesn't explain why you where here in the first place"
"Well, I saw Gin try and set Naruto up earlier, along with Gin and Tamao spreading the rumors, so I decided to keep an eye on him just in case he tried something" Kurumu said "Had I know he was a werewolf I would have gotten you or Naruto to help".
"Would probably have been a good idea to tell outer Moka about it, since she was a little distraught by the rumor, though she did come to the conclusion that they were untrue." Moka said "Anyway, let's have a fight, Naruto, I want to see your progress."
"Fair enough, though let's go to the forest, since I don't think the building will last a fight between us" Naruto replied.
Soon after that they arrived in a clearing in the forest. Kurumu landed in a nearby three to observe and to make sure Moka didn't go too far.
"I really hope you've improved since last time" Moka stated.
"Only one way to find out" Naruto stated as he got into fighting position.
Moka suddenly shot forward towards him, however because he had been getting used to following Gin's movements he had an easy time seeing Moka's. He quickly substituted with a log, so that Moka didn't do any damage to him. The log, however, got smashed to pieces
"Your reaction is quicker, last time I managed to hit you" Moka stated as she turned to where Naruto was.
"To be fair, last time I wasn't prepared for the fight to start immediately, though I couldn't really read your movements that well anyway" Naruto said, then put up his arms to block Moka's next kick, though it still sent him backwards quite a bit.
"Good block, though you should know that avoiding my kick would have been the smart thing to .." She stopped talking when a clone burst from the earth below her, nearly succeeding in giving her an uppercut, but she managed to avoid it and kicked the clone away.
"Yeah, but then I couldn't be sure of your position, though had you decided to follow me rather the boast the trap wouldn't have been sprung at all." Naruto stated.
"Not bad" Was all Moka said before attacking again. Naruto stated dodging as best he could as Moka aimed kick after kick at him. Suddenly Moka did a leg sweep, forcing Naruto into the air. "Got you" She said and was about to kick him when Naruto made a clone that quickly swung him forward and to the side, causing him to land slightly behind Moka.
He quickly turned while Moka's leg hit the clone and cut her back lightly with a kunai, though Moka turned and sent him hard into a three in response, knocking him out.
He woke up a bout a minute later seeing outer Moka and Kurumu standing over him, and a sore neck that told him that inner Moka had taken her price for winning.
"Good fight, Naruto" Kurumu stated when she saw that he was awake.
"Yeah, Inner said it was a decent fight, and from her that is a compliment" Moka added. "She also said that since you managed to cut her she will start training both you and me, and by extension herself, as per your agreement."
"That's great" Naruto yelled as he sat up and punched the air with his hand.
"I guess" Kurumu said, though slightly sad.
"You'll join the training too, right Kurumu" Naruto asked "While you're strong, you might benefit from the training".
"Sure, if you don't mind" Kurumu said, a lot happier now that there was a chance that she wouldn't be shut out.
"Off course you can join too. We're friends, right?" Moka stated. While Moka might want to keep the training between her and Naruto, she knew that she would only make Naruto angry at her if she tried to shut Kurumu out.
"Okay so we will start training together from now on." Naruto said with a smile. "Now let's write an article about what happened today."
Another two weeks went by without any incidents, So Naruto, Moka and Kurumu all focused on training.
Naruto still couldn't break out of Kurumu's 'genjutsu' though he was starting to get a feel for it. Neither Kurumu Nor Moka could really train in breaking it.
Outer Moka, guided through inner Moka by means of the Rosario, had started training all three of them, pointing out flaws in their fighting stiles and making suggestions on how to improve themselves. Through this Naruto's fighting capabilities had started to increase.
His chakra control still sucked, and the exercises didn't seem to help that much.
He had managed to get Gin to help him with his speed, pretty much the same way he had gotten Jiraiya to train him for the chunin exam. Gin training method relied mostly on fighting him, though he did give some exercises that helped Naruto a lot more than those from the gym teacher.
He had managed to complete large rasengan, though he was still working on perfecting it because it took him two minutes to create it with made it hard to use in combat. He hadn't found any safe way to attempt the elemental rasengan so he hadn't started on it yet.
He had perfected the individual exercises for the flying thunder god training, though he hadn't figured out how to do them together. He had ended up in the infirmary a couple of times because he crashed into three's at high speed when he attempted to do it.
He still hadn't found a way to approach the prankster, but hoped he would get a chance soon, since he didn't want her to feel alone.
Along with all this he also prepared for semester tests so that he could do as well as possible.
Finally the day where the first semester test results were posted arrived. All two hundred and fifty six members of the freshman class were ranked.
Naruto sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "Oh man... and I prepared so much for this test". He was ranked #127th in the exams.
Moka though, was ranked #13th. She looked reassuringly at him. "Don't worry Naruto-kun, it's not that bad." Moka said as she tried to cheer him up. "Though the way you talked of your shadow clone study method I did expect you to do better." She added.
"Turns out that while I learn what they learn, they learn with the same speed as I do." Naruto said sadly "They just weren't that focused, since I, and they by extension, am more of a learn by doing kind of person."
"Oh, that explains it, though if you want I can help you study" Moka offered.
"I'll consider it" Naruto stated.
Meanwhile, a few meters away, a young girl with short brown black hair and purple eyes had been watching the exchange. She wore a different type of uniform than most of her classmates, except for the same yellow pleated checkered skirt worn by some of the other female students. Her normal school attire was a brown cape, a pink top, a yellow bow to keep everything together, and a light brown witch's hat. She also wore brown shoes and pale yellow knee socks.
"Congratulations, Yukari-san! It looks like you're number #1 again!" A voice came from behind her. Naruto's clone, which had been keeping an eye on her, quickly dispelled. "Just as I'd expect from the girl genius. Even though you're just eleven, it seems you didn't get to skip ahead to high school for nothing." She turned and slightly flinched as she recognized the person. "But listen up... please don't get all high and mighty, because in my eyes, you are nothing more but an immature brat."
"Class representative?" Yukari questioned.
"And what's the big idea with this outfit? It completely defies the school rulll!" he said as tried to shove her, only for his hand to get grabbed rather roughly.
"What type of class representative call one of the smartest students in his class a brat and then starts shoving her" Naruto asked from beside him as he held the arm. "I do know that she has a prank tendency, but you seem to mostly be jealous of her brains rather than annoyed by her pranks."
"Don't get yourself involved in things that don't concern you" The class rep said annoy as he tried to withdraw his arm.
"I don't like bullies, and I have made it my mission to stop bullying whenever I can, therefore it is my concern" Naruto stated as Moka and Kurumu joined him. "Now I advise you to back off". He then let go of the class rep, causing him to stumble backwards slightly.
''We won't forget this,'' the class representative said as he regained his footing and started turning. "let's go guys."
After they left Naruto lead the girls to a patio tables outside the cafeteria.
"You really saved me! Thank you! My name is Yukari Sendo!" Yukari exclaimed after they sat down.
"I heard that even though you're in our grade you're only twelve? And ranked first? You're really smart aren't you Yukari-chan!" Moka complimented.
"And I like the outfit" Naruto added, "It's kinda cool, though it lacks orange."
Yukari blushed and started waving her hands around emphatically trying to dismiss the praise, "No well... cool is such...I mean I'm not...I'm just..." She took a breath and then continued. "Still I 'm not as strong as you guys...and Moka-san is the one who's pretty and sweet. In fact..." Yukari leaped at Moka, glomping the pink haired girl. "I WUVV YOU MOKA-SAN!"
'Wow, that was direct' Naruto thought, 'Though it isn't too dissimilar to my affection for Sakura back in the academy.'
"Every time I saw you from across the hall I fell in love with you a bit more. Then after you sjoined my savior in protecting me, my heart made its mind up! So please will you go out with me? Is that so bad, dating someone like me?" pleaded Yukari as she tugged on Moka's jacket.
'It isn't so much the type of person she is that will give Moka a problem.' Naruto thought. 'The whole being a girl is probably what will give the problem, since I'm not convinced that Moka swings that way'
"Eh...as friends?" Moka proposed, obviously not wanting to hurt Yukari
"Yeah! I'm so happy!" shrieked Yukari as she hugged Moka tightly. The excitable girl immediately dragged Moka out into the hallway, still clinging to her closely with Naruto following behind watching them with amusement.
The amusement disappeared, however, when he saw Yukari start groping Moka's breast. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed both her hands a pulling her away.
"Hey stop that, you brute." Yukari yelled.
"You shouldn't just randomly grope people" Naruto stated before he embraced her from behind, still holding on to her hands "I know you are just clinging to the person you have decided to give your affection, but you are rushing it" Naruto then whispered in her ear.
"What would you know" Yukari stated as she broke away from Naruto and pulled out her wand "You're mostly just a muscle man, even if you managed to get an average score on the test. I love Moka and will protect her from people like you"
Yukari then pulled out her wand and swung it, causing a nearby locker to open and a bunch of brooms flew out to attack Naruto only for him to vanish in a puff of smoke. Yukari stared at the scene confused and the brooms fell to the floor when she stopped concentrating on them.
"That was close" Naruto stated from behind Yukari. "If I hadn't known a little about your abilities already that attack would have succeeded."
"How would you know about my abilities?" Yukari asked suspiciously.
"The moment I heard of a prankster in the school I decided to keep an eye on her, just in case someone tried something like the class rep just tried, though I didn't have an opportunity to intercept it before today." Naruto admitted.
"You've been spying on me, you perv." Yukari stated loudly.
"While I can't deny keeping an eye on you, I kept away whenever you were places like the changing room or the toilet, so nothing pervy about it" Naruto stated "I was just guarding a fellow prankster."
"Don't compare me to you" Yukari yelled before running away from him.
Naruto meet up with Kurumu in the club room later, still waiting for Moka to arrive.
"So you've meet Yukari Sendo" Kurumu said "I've heard rumours about that girl! Even though she's called a girl genius or whatever, it still sounds like she's a selfish little kid! I've heard she's always playing pranks and hated by her class."
"You might have the order wrong" Naruto said.
"What order?" Kurumu asked confused.
"You said she's always playing pranks and is hated by her class" Naruto said "However it might be that she was hated by her class from the beginning, or maybe just ignored, and therefore started to prank to get attention."
"Might make sense, with her being a witch and all" Kurumu said thoughtfully.
"Why does her being a witch give her trouble?" Naruto asked, confused.
"Well, it's hard to tell if witches are yokai or humans right? Long ago witches were the boundary beings who connected the supernatural world and human worlds before everything was closed off." Kurumu explained "Now they are considered half-breeds and their races are discriminated against. On top of that they are hated in the human world too, there used to be things called witch hunts where humans killed a lot of witches back in the middle ages."
"Well, that explains it then." Naruto said "Though her skipping ahead probably ha…" He suddenly stopped talking when his hand met his face sending him backwards of his chair.
When he got back up his hands started reaching for Kurumu's breasts. 'No, I will not let this control me' He though, however his hands steadily moved closer.
Suddenly he became surrounded by a red aura, scaring both Kurumu, Moka (who had just entered the room) and Yukari (who lost control of Naruto.)
"I won't be forced to do something like that." Naruto shouted "If I do that it will be because I want to" He then kicked a nearby table through the wall right next to where Yukari was sitting.
She quickly got up and ran away just as Naruto regained control of himself.
"Shit, that was worse than last time" Naruto stated "At least I control my anger enough to avoid hitting her, though I should go after her and make sure she's alright."
He then ran off, quickly followed by Moka and Kurumu.
Meanwhile his clone was already following Yukari and saw when she ran into the class rep and his two goons. ''Oww, stupid! Watch where you're going!'' she said rubbing her eye.
''You're the one who bumped into me, Yukari-san.'' The class rep said hatefully causing Yukari to look up. ''How rude, you're a damn shame to the academy.''
''Class Representative.'' The hatred and contempt in her voice was easily identifiable.
"You and that blond punk disgrace me in front all those students earlier! You even brought into doubt my position as class representative!" The class rep hissed "I'll never forgive you for that. I've been waiting to get you alone.'' The he stuck out his reptilian tongue.
He then grabbed her and started pulling her into the nearby threes and threw her against one. However something appeared between her and the three, cushioning the fall, though it dissolved into smoke before they saw what it was.
"What the …" One of the goons exclaimed. They then transformed into lizard menand started looking around.
"Whatever it was seems to be gone now" The class rep stated. "Now what should we do with her?" he questioned while turning back to his friends.
"Yo! Why don't we eat her! Now that this thick fog has rolled in no one will notice!" The other goon suggested.
"Excellent choice!" he then turned back to their prey as he sensed her movement. "Trying to flee! There is no escape!"
"This is your end witch!" he leaned down to bite her head off only to receive a kick to his jaw.
"I can't allow you to hurt her" Naruto said as he stood up straight. "She might not like me much, but I do understand her loneliness. I want to do for her what one of my teachers did for me; protect her with everything I have and be her friend. No matter who or what she is".
This caused tears to come to Yukari's eyes. Though she still didn't understand what had happened in the classroom, she did understand that Naruto now wanted to protect her.
"By the way" Naruto said, half-turning to Yukari. "Sorry about the desk, I just don't like being control so my anger got the better of me, though I did manage to avoid hitting you with it."
"Okay" Yukari said, still not completely sure what was going on. Then she noticed the weird glowing ball that Naruto help in his hand (held at an angle so that the lizard men couldn't see it).
"How dare you ignore us" The class rep yelled and jumped at Naruto.
Naruto just spun towards him jamming the Rasengan into his face catapulting him to the side into another clone who stood with a large rasengan in his hand. As his to friends were about to get involved they were stopped by Moka and Kurumu. While Moka's strength wasn't anywhere near her unsealed forms, it was enough to force him backwards, though he only laughed at it.
"Should I unseal your other half, or just take care of him myself?" Naruto asked Moka, expecting Innner Moka to make the decision.
"Watch me fight as I am now, and step in if something goes wrong" Moka stated "Inner expects me to learn to defend myself, so this is a good opportunity."
"Okay, I'll tie up the class rep while you and Kurumu take care of this then." Naruto said calmly.
He then walked over and quickly tied up the class rep, though by the time he was done Kurumu had already finished of the lizard man she had been fighting.
Meanwhile Yukari had decide to support Moka, dumping different thing on the lizards head whenever it seemed to be getting the upper hand. Moka returned the favor by kicking the lizard man whenever it tried to go after Yukari.
"Don't think they will beat him, as much as tire him out" Naruto said as he tied up the next lizard.
"Maybe, but they are definitely winning, which is what's important, right?" Kurumu asked.
"Off course, though if it takes much longer I'll step in and end it." Naruto said as he straightened up.
Just then Moka managed to kick the lizard man's jaw at the same time as one of Yukari's basins hit him from above, effectively sandwiching his face between the two and knocking him out.
"Either that was extremely lucky or great teamwork" Naruto stated simply.
"Think it was luck" Kurumu said, "At least their faces look like they were surprised by it two".
"Yeah" Naruto agreed as he saw the shocked looks on Moka's and Yukari's faces. "Better collect the last of these bullies and then I'll turn them in. Though I hope they are kept away longer then Tamao."
They then went over to Moka and Yukari only for Naruto to get tackle by Yukari.
"Did you really mean what you said" Yukari asked.
"I always mean what I say" Naruto stated "I know how bad loneliness can be, so from now on you don't need to be alone anymore. I'll always be there if you need me. That's a promise" As he said the last part he gave her a thumbs up.
This caused Yukari cry into his shirt as she clung to him.
"Hope you'll keep these locked up a little longer then the last ones I gave you." Naruto stated as he meet with the bus driver. "They were about to kill and eat a student. The fact that one of them is class representative makes it even worse."
"I don't know what will happen to the two others, but the class rep will likely be expelled for misuse of his position if the others point to him being the one who instigated it" The bus driver stated. "If not then we will see what happens, though they will be kept under observation. Tamao is under observation as well, though the spreading of rumors isn't something that her guards felt they should stop".
"Oh, okay, I guess" Naruto replied.
Two weeks later Moka and Kurumu were walking down the hallway with each carrying a box of supplies for the newspaper club.
"Yukari really has changed into a good girl, hasn't she Kurumu?" Moka commented. "I heard she apologized in front of her whole class for playing pranks on them all the time."
"It sounds like everyone's mood has become a bit more thoughtful. And bit by bit, she's becoming more sociable," Kurumu added. "The help she has been with Naruto's training is also proof of this, I guess."
After Naruto had told Yukari his secret and she joined in on the training she had found out that some of the exercises and meditative methods that witches and wizards used to master their magic could also help Naruto with his chakra control. It did need some adaptation to Naruto's personality and to chakra in general, but it still helped him increase his control. He was still not anywhere near perfect control, though.
She also had a different type of exercise that was used to keep one spell active while still being able to talk and move. Basically you split you consciousness, though only one part would have complicated thought patterns. He thought that if he could master this technique he might use it for the push and pull effect of the flying thunder god technique so he only needed to focus on avoiding obstacles. The only problem was that he had yet to even understand the basic principle of it, even with Yukari during her best to simplify it.
"That's great! I'm so proud of Naruto! He's really helped Yukari in growing up!" Moka stated with a proud smile.
When they entered the club room, the two girls were surprised to see a cheerful Yukari suddenly jump onto Naruto.
"Naruto, I wuvv you" She yelled as she hugged him tightly.
"Yukari!" The two girls exclaimed in shock.
After they had got Yukari to let go of Naruto she said; "Oh! Good afternoon! Now that you're here, it's time to break the news! I was just admitted into the Newspaper Club today! So please help me with everything, okay!" she said with an ecstatic smile on her face, while the rest had looks of shock. Yukari then put her hands on her cheeks and started to sway a bit. "Yup, the reason I joined is because... I love Moka... and then I fell in love with Naruto too..."
Naruto was speechless and one of his eyebrows twitched uncontrollably.
While Moka, sweat dropped.
"So... let's all be lovey dovey together!" Yukari cried as she attempted to latch on to either Moka or Naruto.
"Kyaa! Wait, Yukari..." Moka shrieked as she ran around the room, trying to avoid the little girl.
Naruto meanwhile, just substituted with a chair near a wall and then quickly ran up said wall and out of Yukari's reach.
Power levels:
I think that over 2/3 of the reviews I received for the first chapter dealt with power level, most stating that I overpowered the monsters or underpowered Naruto. The following are my counter arguments:
Timeline:
A few missed the point that this fic takes place during the training trip, only the ages of the characters are changed slightly to fit the plotline. This means that Naruto is still relatively weak compared to post-timeskip Naruto, which is who most people use in Rosario crossovers.
Naruto losing to Saizou:
Naruto didn't actually lose, he set Moka loose by accident, and she then hijacked his fight. Naruto didn't use Kyubi at all in that fight which shows that he hadn't reached the end of his rope.
Saizou:
People state that he is super weak and Naruto should be able to defeat him easily, However since the only people we see him attack are: "sealed Moka and human Tsukune (very weak)" and "unsealed Moka and vampiric goul Tsukune (Super strong)" the basis for estimating his real power level is hard. This is further skewed by the fact that the vampires and Saizou rely on much the same skillset (with the vampires being better at everything), meaning that he doesn't even have a tactical advantage like Gin, the mermaids or the mad-slug had against Moka, making him seem weaker when compared to them.
Monster vs. Ninja:
a lot of people either think that Ninja's powerlevel = monsters powerlevel or that the monster have only a slight advantage over ninja, and state this as fact. However, unless there is a collaboration manga out there where the authors of the two series have sat together and shown a fight between characters of the two series, there is no way of knowing how they truly compare, making the assessment purely subjective. This means that saying "Naruto is stronger/faster then that monster" isn't necessarily correct, and I have decided to give monsters a bigger advantage then they have in most other crossovers of this kind. Whether this is right or wrong is subjective.
End of powerlevel argumentation.
Moka not detecting Naruto's power level or Kyubi:
In nature Naruto's power is different than what Moka is used to dealing with so she is more likely to dismiss it. The Kyubi is mostly hidden by the seal, which blocks it even from Moka's keen senses.
Training by Moka:
Some people think that Moka training Naruto should be beneath him because they feel her skills are lacking.
I think that Moka has to have some skills to be able to identify weakpoints the way she does, since no matter her strength, to OHKO someone requires hitting the right spot as well. Some of her skills are also shown in her fight against her older sister in the ice village. Also vampire's are described as Natural fighters, which for me implies an ability to see the flaws in others attacks (to one degree or another), which is a good ability for a trainer to have.
Other arguments against Moka is the fact that she only uses her legs, however for all we know she might have similar reasons for doing this as Sanji does in One Piece. It doesn't mean she lacks skills, only that she doesn't want to use her hands for fighting.