Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto or Rosario + Vampire
Well it's here, the second chapter…
Thanks for waiting patiently. Our chapter got messed up due to a sudden crash and we forgot to save the other half so we're finishing up the part we lost right now. Hopefully we'll post it up by tonight… the second part of this that is.
Hope you guys enjoy this at least.
- Zer0xPanda
--
The Ninja, The Human and the Monster Academy
--
Chapter 2: The battle between men and women alike… Part 1
Tensions grew high as Moka and Tsukune watched Naruto and Saizou face one another off. After Saizou announced his threat, Naruto and him did not move for sometime… Tsukune knew what was happening. He had picked up a lot of fighting tips from Naruto, one of them being how most fights started out with a silent staring contest. They were sizing one another, gauging their power and ability. It was a simple tactic that all experienced fighters, like Naruto, used in conflicts such as this one. And usually, after a few seconds, the fight would commence.
"Moka-san… Stay behind me." Whispered Tsukune suddenly, as he moved in front of the self-proclaimed vampire.
Moka grasped the bottom of Tsukune's sleeve as he placed himself in front of her. Her face held a mixture of fear and displeasure. She really hated fighting and she definitely disapproved of Naruto being in one.
"You ready yet? Or are you thinking of backing down?" the orc monster taunted. Flicking his tongue out at the calm looking blonde.
Naruto smirked at his opponent. He knew what was going to happen and frankly, he was itching for some fighting. Who knows, he might even be able to take this guy down. "Heh, you don't scare me at all."
"Really… lets just see about that!" Saizou charged forward with his left foot snapping towards Naruto.
The blonde had anticipated this and so simply ducked. He followed his move with a simple sweep kick….only to have it countered with a jump from Saizou. So he's somewhat skilled. The blonde thought as he avoided yet another kick from him. They continued with a few more strikes at each other.
"Naruto!" Moka Cried out. "Please stop! Don't fight, I hate fighting."
She tried to move past Tsukune to try and stop the fight, but couldn't. The brown haired teen just stayed rooted on the ground blocking her. He shook his head at the pink haired vampire. "There's nothing that we can do when he gets like this." he told her. "The only thing we can do is just hope that this fight doesn't hurt him too badly."
"But-" Moka tried to protest.
"Don't worry, Naruto will be okay. Despite his looks, he's really strong. I've seen him train a lot in combat, both unarmed and with some weird weapons. So he'll be fine."
Moka just bit her lip. She wanted to believe her friend's words, yet at the same time she couldn't. Unable to do anything, Moka settled for gripping Tsukune's right arm tightly as she watched Naruto exchange blows with his opponent. This caused Tsukune to wince slightly… her grip was that hard.
"Man, you're slow." Naruto bragged. It felt to him that Saizou wasn't really trying as hard and he was starting to believe he could win.
Boy was he ever wrong.
The long tongued student just smirked knowingly at him. Naruto saw this and cursed. Raising his arms up in front of him, he braced for the punch that was coming.
The blonde ninja was sent flying towards the soda machine from earlier. SFX: WHAM! He hit it hard. Chunks of broken glass and unopened cans of drinks littered the floor below him as he staggered back up. D-damn. I got overconfident...
"NARUTO!!" shouted both Tsukune and Moka.
Moka rushed over to Naruto's side fearing that he might have been badly injured. He was slightly bruised, but still okay and for that she was grateful. While she tried to help him back up, Tsukune on the other hand, stood on his spot as he glanced at his best friend. Seeing Naruto get knocked liked that had caused him to realize how big of a difference their strength was with Saizou… or any other monsters that they might encounter here. Even so….
Tsukune spun around and glared at the arrogant looking bully. Even if he was outclassed, he just couldn't let his friend be hit like that. Taking a page from Naruto, he began observing Saizou for any weaknesses. There has to be one… everyone has a weakness, even monsters… right? Tsukune concentrated…and… to his brilliant mind, he found one.
I know that this is going to be cheap but… the brown haired teen gulped and stared at Saizou who just raised an eyebrow at him.
"You next, vampire wuss?" The orc asked, not taking Tsukune seriously.
The teen didn't reply, instead he rushed towards his opponent with as much speed as he can muster. Saizou just smirked devilishly at Tsukune, his hands held out loosely beside him. He was expecting for Tsukune to throw a punch or kick at him, so when he suddenly slid on the floor towards him, he was taken by surprise. What is this guy up to? he wondered.
Tsukune, answered his thoughts when he got close enough to him. Readying his attack, the human teen launched a vicious kick at the orc's only weakness, and practically any male's physical weakness…
"Take this!! Tsukune's low-blow attack!!" The teen shouted, as his foot connected with Saizou's jewels.
There was a long silence as everyone, except for Naruto who was too busy trying to recover from the attack, stared with mouth agape.
"…"
"…"
"OOOOOOOOOWWWWW!!" Tsukune cried out, immediately clutching on to his foot. It was throbbing painfully. "What the hell was that!?"
Saizou laughed. "Don't you know?…I have balls of steel!" he smiled proudly.
Tsukune, with tears in his eyes, glared at him. "Balls of steel?! There wasn't anything there!!"
A blood vessel popped in the orc's forehead. He had just been insulted, and in one of the most humiliating accusations that a male would receive. "Why you!" Saizou grabbed Tsukune's injured leg and jerked it up harshly. He leveled his eyes with Tsukune's upside down face and gave him a murderous stare.
"L-let go of my foot you long-tongued freak." The teen shouted at him.
The 'long-tongued-freak' complied happily and swung Tsukune around like a baseball bat, before tossing him over to the soda machine where Moka and Naruto was. Moka managed to see this and thus was able to dodge it. The blonde, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. The full force of his friend slamming into him had once again pushed him back onto the damaged machine. The only difference with this one was that Tsukune lay on top of him while his back was pricked by the broken pieces of glass and metal. Even if he was wearing his ninja-body armor under his uniform, he could still feel it. Both teens groaned in pain.
"Tsukune-kun, Naruto-kun!" Moka cried out. She was instantly by their side, doing her best to help them. After a moment, she stopped and turned her attention at the approaching orc. "Leave us alone, you've done enough…. They're already hurt as it is!" she begged him.
The orc just smiled evilly as he continued to walk towards them. Lust beginning to enter his mood. Without anymore interruptions, he can have his way with the beautiful Moka. At the thought of that, his tongue slowly escaped his mouth, flickering, slimy and anxious. "See…" he spoke. "You should leave them… they're puny and weak, while I'm much more powerful and handsome."
Moka moved in closer to her downed friends, her confidence somewhat lessening. And with the vulnerable aura that she was exhibiting…trying to fend off of the orc just got a lot harder. Saizou was looking even more hungrier than before! And it was not the type of hunger that had to deal with food.
"Oi! Get off of me and hurry!" Naruto let out, his voice slightly muffled by his best friend's back.
Tsukune winced slightly as he got off of Naruto. Although most of the force of the throw was cushioned by his blonde friend, he could still feel some pain. Particularly his leg. If he was swung a lot longer his leg might have been dislocated. He stumbled and was about to fall to the ground when warm gentle hands managed to hold him up. "Moka-san…"
The vampire girl looked at him with worry and concern in her eyes. "Don't move Tsukune-kun."
Once Tsukune was off, Naruto immediately pulled himself up. He took a breather and gave his body a quick check. The punch from earlier may have been strong, but it was nowhere near as painful as the blows he took during his years in Physical Combat against his caretakers. And having a hardened body added to that cause. Finding only a few cuts and a sore shoulder, the ninja finally gave his full attention on Saizou.
Both Tsukune and Moka tensed as they were thinking that another fight was about to erupt.
"HEY! That's enough!" Someone shouted.
The four turned their attention to the voice… only to find a teacher wearing the school's GYM attire running towards them. "There is no fighting allowed here. Didn't you guys read the school rules in your Academy Pamphlet ?" asked the teacher. He stopped between Naruto and Saizou, glancing from one to the other.
All four just blinked up at him as Moka walked to Naruto's side, carrying Tsukune by the arm with her. They never really read any rules… except for the common ones. When no one made an attempt to answer, the teacher prepared his lecture, but after glancing at the direction of Moka and Tsukune, he stopped and did a double take to see if he was seeing things right. Rubbing his eyes he blinked, put on eye drops and even put on large rectangular glasses. He wasn't hallucinating… and with that he gritted his teeth.
"Alright that's it! Who the hell broke my favorite soda machine??" he cried out, glaring menacingly at each of the students.
The group of friends (Moka, Naruto, and Tsukune) jumped at the teacher's sudden mood. They turned to look at the broken machine behind them, then at each other before looking up at Saizou. "He did it!" all three said in unisons. They all pointed at the nervous looking orc.
The P.E. teacher, as the group had assumed, was right in front of the orc instantly. "You're coming with me!" He commanded. Quick as lightning, Saizou was dragged off with his ear being pulled by the teacher. The look of pain when he was being taken away only served to lighten the three friends' mood.
Sighing in relief, Naruto glanced at his two friends. "Well, that was close." He grinned, but was suddenly hit in the head by Moka. "OWW!"
"I told you to stop, why wont you listen?" the Pink haired scolded her blonde friend. Really, why are boys so hard to control during fights? "Next time Naruto-kun, if you lose yourself again like that I'll make sure to do Tsukune's special move on you."
Tsukune blushed embarrassedly. Did she actually see me do that?
Naruto just gave a questioning look, while rubbing his hurting head. "Tsukune's special move?"
"Yeah." She said cheerfully as she switched from holding on to Tsukune's arm to hugging him around the neck, rubbing her cheek against his. "It may have been a failure, but I thought it was cool."
The blonde ninja glanced at Tsukune for an explanation since Moka was too busy rubbing her cheek against his brown haired friend. "What did you exactly do?" The blonde asked curiously.
Tsukune just shook his head at him. "I… don't wanna say."
"You were so cool Tsukune-kun." Moka continued to praise him, though this somewhat annoyed Naruto. The pink haired vampire saw this and smiled. "You were awesome too Naruto."
Hearing that, the blonde ninja grinned. He wasn't forgotten after all. Naruto continued to grin till he caught sight of Moka looking up at him weirdly. She suddenly had these far away look in her eyes. Tsukune saw this too and a sudden flash of a dark image, of a seemingly evil looking vampire girl entered his thoughts. No… it couldn't be. He unconsciously touched the fading bruise on his neck. A feeling of fear growing within him.
"Naruto… that smell…" Moka said. Her eyes not meeting Naruto's, but rather looking at the blood that slid down on Naruto's neck. It was an indication that one of his injuries from the fight was somewhere around the back his head. Of course Naruto didn't notice this since he was too busy trying to figure out why Moka was staring at him weirdly.
"Moka-chan?" Naruto took a step back as Moka leaned in closer to him. This was rather uncomfortable for the blonde and at the same time unexpected. Something wasn't right.
Moka took hold of her friend's shoulders as she mindlessly opened her mouth. Long sharp fangs were the immediate target of Naruto's attention. What the? Eyes widened as he tried to stop the girl from leaning any further onto him. Tsukune saw this too and quickly helped. Fear had finally gotten into him.
"Moka stop!" Tsukune commanded suddenly, grabbing onto Moka's waist.
The entranced girl shook her head and blinked up at him, taking her hands and attention off of the blonde ninja. "W-What happened?" she shook her head and leaned into Tsukune.
Naruto sighed in relief before glancing at Moka again. She looked okay, but the way she was acting moments ago was not like her at all. She was like in some kind of spell or something. The feeling and those fangs…. It was strange. "Are you okay? You were acting weird a second ago…"
"What?" she asked confusedly. "Did I do something weird?"
Naruto was about to respond when Tsukune suddenly interrupted him. "You were just staring off in space." The brown haired boy blurted out. "You weren't acting weird at all." he laughed, albeit a bit awkwardly since he was lying.
"Really?" Moka tilted her head to the side, unbeknownst to the fact she was casting one of her charming looks at her two friends. It may have caused Tsukune and Naruto to go dumb and wipe their minds of her ever being a vampire that morning, but not this time.
Tsukune looked away from her, blushing. Vampire or not, he just couldn't help but slowly fall for this girl. NO! she's a vampire… I cant.. I gotta think of a way to get us out of here.
Naruto just blushed as he continued to stare at Moka. Tsukune you lucky dog. Having a gorgeous girl like Moka… I'm getting jealous. He thought to himself. He glanced at his friend and found him to look troubled. He wondered why.
"I think we should head to class now." Moka said suddenly, as she checked her wrist watch. From Tsukune's point of view she looked to be normal again… the craving of blood or the trance state gone… as if it was forgotten.
"Yeah!" agreed Naruto as he started to walk followed by the happy looking Moka. He didn't get far though as he was suddenly jerked back by Tsukune. "Hey, what was that for!?"
"Shh!" whispered Tsukune. The tone and look in his eyes were serious…. And there was a bit of fear hinted in them and at this Naruto raised a brow at him. "I… I think we should leave this academy…" his friend whispered.
"WHAT!?" Naruto shouted loudly, causing Moka to take notice.
"What's wrong?" she asked worriedly. She began to walk back to her two friends, taking note of their expressions… Shock and grim. She wondered what could have happened.
"I-its nothing" Tsukune quickly said. "I just need to talk to Naruto for a sec here."
The said blonde was about to tell her the truth when Tsukune gave him a side glance that told him: Don't-say-anything!.. So naturally he kept his mouth shut and waited for Tsukune's reason for leaving the school…. Though he had a feeling he might already know the reason.
Moka was slightly filled with relief. "Alright, I'll just stay here then." She replied and stood at her spot staring at them with a smile.
Naruto gave a sideways glance at his friend. Tsukune looked to be troubled and the blonde could bet that he was probably thinking of a way to get away from Moka without making things suspicious or harsh sounding… the ninja was about to speak when the bell tolled.
"Ah well looks like we have to go." Moka stated. "Come on, let's not be late."
"You go on ahead Moka." Replied Tsukune. "I really gotta take Naruto to the Nurse's office, he looks pretty hurt."
"Nurse's office?" Naruto repeated. He looked at his friend. "I'm fi-"
The brown haired teen interrupted him with a smack on the back. Right where his still-healing wounds were. Needless to say the blonde winced and cursed at his friend's rude action. Did he really want to leave that bad?
"See… you're hurt, now c'mon."
Moka moved a little closer to the two, worry once again showing on her face. "If that's the case let me go with you guys."
Tsukune held a hand up signaling Moka to stop. "Its alright Moka-san, we wouldn't want you to be late….I'll just take Naruto and once I drop him off, I'll head on to class." He patted the grumbling blonde's shoulder then smiled at Moka. "It'll be quick."
The vampire looked slightly hurt. She felt excluded in something like this, but with a nod, she turned and left. Silently walking ahead of the two before glancing back at them.
The two waved at her with a smile. And once she was satisfied, she continued to walk back to class. After Moka disappeared over the corner, Naruto turned his attention back to his friend. "Alright, why did you want to leave again?"
Tsukune sighed before explaining the whole vampire thing. It was a short explanation, but at the very end Naruto didn't looked too pleased. "So you're saying we should leave Moka here all by herself?"
Tsukune silently nodded.
"…"
"…"
"Alright, let's go then." the blonde finally said. He turned on his heels and began to walk. His best friend just stared at him in disbelief. Was he joking? Did he really agree to what he said about leaving Moka like that? He didn't expect Naruto to comply so easily.
"You're not going to go against this?" Tsukune asked, half in disbelief and another half in confusion.
The blonde ninja didn't turn to face him. He just stopped and spoke in a calm voice, carefree and blunt. "I see your point of us not staying here. So its best if we leave… and as for Moka…" he turned his head back at him. "She'll be fine. She's a vampire after all, it's obvious she would fit with everyone around here." With that Naruto continued to walk away, not even waiting for Tsukune to follow.
After a moment of silence Tsukune took off after his best friend. His feelings for Moka and her well-being locked up within him. It was hard to bury it, but he'll manage… he just hoped that the kind girl would forgive him for leaving her without even saying a word.
Unknown to them, a certain pink haired girl stood in the shadows watching them go. "That's not the way to the infirmary… where are they going?" she whispered to herself.
15 minutes later…
"Goodbye monster academy. It was…. Quite an experience." Naruto said aloud, waving his hand
at the school in front of him for one last time before looking at his friend. "You ready?"
Tsukune didn't reply. His thoughts were preoccupied by a certain pink haired vampire. Despite locking his feelings, he couldn't forget Moka. A part of him wanted to stay for her, but the other half wanted to leave knowing that another day here would mean another encounter with death. He clenched his fist tightly till his knuckles were white. "Give me another minute…."
Naruto nodded in understanding. While he waited, he made a quick mental check list of his weapons and equipment. After arriving at the dorm, the blonde had immediately went to his room to unpack his sacred Ninja scroll. And within a minute, he pulled out the necessary gears and weapons. So now he was standing there in front of the school, armed and ready. He had stuffed a couple of shurikens in his pockets while the kunais he took with him were hidden within the pockets of his uniform jacket. Lastly, he stored two extra weapons in a special scroll hidden in his sleeves. It was an emergency one, a back up, incase he had lost all his ninja tools and had to resort to using much larger weapons as a distraction for a quick get-away… or to deal more damage. It all depends upon whether or not they would encounter any monsters along the way to the bus stop.
"Alright, let's go." Tsukune whispered. This broke Naruto's thoughts just in time for the final check list. He made a mental note to triple check his gear from now on, before ever leaving anywhere else because it felt like he was missing something and that really bugged him.
"You still haven't said goodbye to the school yet." the blonde told him as he remained unmoving.
Tsukune didn't speak, but rather glanced back at the building. What's there to say bye to? He shook his head. "Lets get going."
The blonde just shrugged and before they could take leave they stopped. Someone they did not expect was standing in their way. How the hell did she get here without me knowing… Naruto wondered.
"Moka…" Tsukune whispered.
The pink haired vampire had her arms crossed over her chest and the way she was looking at them made them feel guilty. "You said you were headed to treat Naruto's injury. Why are you guys out here?" she asked.
The teens couldn't look her in the eyes and so looked away. How were they going to get out of this. Tsukune was especially having a hard time to answer her. "Moka, we're-"
"Leaving…" Naruto finished bluntly.
That made Tsukune nearly face fault. "NARUTO! You blunt ass bastard!!"
"Leaving?!" Moka's eyes widened. "Why?! Why are you guys leaving??"
"We want to go to a human school… we don't really think we can stay here… with all these mean…. people." Tsukune answered her, still looking anywhere but at her.
Naruto nodded and stood back to watch what was going to happen.
Moka suddenly launched herself at them and grabbed their arms. "You cant!." she nearly shouted, catching both her friend's attention. "The human schools are a lot meaner…. I hate them." she confessed at the end, but this time she was the one not looking at them.
Both Naruto and Tsukune stared down on her with surprise. "W-what?" Tsukune stuttered.
"I hate humans…" Moka said, releasing her grasp on them. She backed away a bit and began fiddling with her skirt. "I used to attend a human school from grade school up to junior high."
The two teens didn't say a word. They were both waiting for her to say more… even if one of them wanted to turn away from her…. to ignore her story and just go so that he wouldn't leave without regrets.
"I was alone there…." she explained. Her voice held a deep sadness that they just couldn't ignore. "People didn't believe in monsters and so I began to think I was weird. Like I didn't fit at all. Even everyone thought so too. I often studied, ate and worked by myself in school since no one wanted anything to do with me….it was hard."
She looked up at them with tear filled eyes. She seemed hopeful and happy. Naruto was feeling rather stupid for agreeing to this whole 'leaving' idea, but then again, he wanted to see something from his friend Tsukune. He just had to wait a bit longer.
"That all changed." Moka continued. "After meeting you both, not once had I felt alone. So you see, I don't want you guys to go to the human world… to experience what I had experienced." she looked at them intently, silently hoping that they would stay. Her heart was pounding as she awaited their answer.
Tsukune was now feeling really bad about what he was about to do. The feelings that he tried so hard to seal away and forget was rising once more. He was lost in his own decision, struggling between reasons to go and feelings of staying for her. Which was the answer?
"Tsukune?" said Naruto. He was waiting as well. But after looking at his best friend…it might be that answer. Sighing he stuffed his hands on his pocket and blinked. He felt something there that shouldn't be. Naruto cleared his throat before turning to Moka. As he was about to answer in behalf of his indecisive friend, Tsukune spoke.
"Moka…What if we told you we're humans…"Tsukune said suddenly, his eyes were hidden behind the locks of his brown hair. Naruto glanced at him, then to Moka. That was a pretty good question to ask, now how exactly would Moka react…
"H-huh?" Moka backed away from them in disbelief. "What are you saying…you guys can't be…you even showed your true forms in class."
"…." Tsukune raised his head to look at Moka directly. "We're really humans…the teeth I have are fake.." he continued, pulling out the toy teeth, to show to Moka. "And Naruto, I guess….he's a magician?" Tsukune glanced at his friend. "Eh? Naruto?"
The blonde nodded, not wanting to explain, he really didn't want to get involve. The brown haired boy returned his attention to Moka and looked at her with saddened eyes.
As Naruto expected, Moka looked shocked and taken aback. The way her eyes widened and her head shook also told him that she wasn't believing what Tsukune had said.
"Y-you're lying. That's not funny…" she said her voice barely a whisper, though it was enough for them to hear.
The brown haired teen shook his head. "I'm sorry…."
Naruto took that as his decision and thus sighed. He guessed there wasn't really anything he could do to change his friend's mind after all. Clenching the object in his pocket he looked away from Moka… he just hoped that this wouldn't hurt her…
"Sorry Moka-chan, but it's true…" The blonde ninja apologized before throwing something into the air.
"HOLY WATER!!" Naruto shouted.
Tsukune's eyes bulged out of its sockets at what Naruto had just done. Was he crazy?! Before he can even beat the crap out of Naruto for doing that, he was whisked away by the said blonde. The ninja ran as fast as he could while yelling "I'M SORRY MOKA-CHAN!!" back at the girl.
Moka on the other hand was shocked by the sudden attack and quickly fell on her butt. She squeezed her eyes shut as she covered her head. She didn't understand… She remained like that till the noise of a bottle dropping on the ground made her look up. Naruto didn't intend to harm her at all, but still…
"Tsukune-kun…Naruto-kun…" What should she do… Her only two friends were human and they both were going to leave. She couldn't let this happen, not like this.
Meanwhile…Naruto and Tsukune…
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!!" shouted Tsukune as both he and Naruto continued to run. He was nearly out of breath.
"Don't shout! I'm right here!" Naruto told him as they came to a stop. Since Tsukune wasn't as physically fit as his friend was, sprinting for a full 3 minutes was exhausting. And he was right, for as soon as they stopped, Tsukune fell on his knees gasping for breath.
"Take it easy." Naruto said as he tried to pat his back. He didn't get anywhere near though as Tsukune harshly swatted his hand away from him.
"You're an idiot for doing that to Moka." Tsukune glared up at him. "Did you see how hurt she looked?!"
Naruto gritted his teeth., his own anger rising. "Idiot eh? How about you, huh?? You're the one who wanted to leave her!…and to think you were the one saying you wanted to stay here because we couldn't leave Moka…" he paused to take another breath. "…you even said we had to stick together…"
Tsukune looked away in shame. He did say all those things and here he was doing this. It made him sick… but at the same time he couldn't deny the fact that he was truly scared. Afraid to be killed or eaten… that's why he wanted to leave, totally ignoring his own promise to stay with the girl. He stood up and faced Naruto directly.
"It's true that I said those things, but if we stay here any longer…" Tsukune trailed off.
"So are you saying we abandoned Moka because you're scared of the monsters back there?…chicken…" Naruto crossed his arm and tried to calm himself down. Tsukune and him were just having an argument. It's common among best friends after all. He just needed to wait it out.
"I didn't abandon her! And what about you? You agreed so easily, you could've said no and stayed with her!" Tsukune shot back, shoving the blonde harshly.
Now this pushed one of Naruto's buttons and so quickly retaliated with his own hard shove. This came as a surprise to Tsukune as he was knocked to the ground. "I did have a choice of staying, but if I had left you to go by yourself, then you would have cried in the corner saying 'Boohoo my only friend left me'…or something like that." He argued, before adding another thought. "OH! And for your information, the water bottle I tossed at her was empty, so she couldn't have gotten hurt." he then proceeded to walk away.
Insulted by his own friend and humiliated, Tsukune could only do one thing. "TAKE THAT BACK!!" He shouted and shot up from the ground towards the blonde. Naruto knew this was coming and so braced for the fist fight that was about to happen. When he turned around though, he didn't expect Tsukune to tackle him with quite a force.
"GAHHH!" yelled Naruto as they fell off a steep hill, tombstones and dirt met their way as they tumbled and fought with one another. At some point during their fall, Naruto could have sworn that an extra body was tumbling with them, as if it too wanted to fight. Maybe it was an angry dead person? Most of the graves that they came across, during their rolling/fighting, were devastated from the impact.
"Oppfh!!" they both cried out as they reached the ground and rolled to a stop, some couple of feet from the hill. They grumbled as they got up. Naruto was kneeling on one knee rubbing his neck while Tsukune sat up nursing his bump on his head. A moment later they were back on their feet throwing insults at each other.
"Tsukune you jackass!" Shouted Naruto angrily. "What was up with you aiming for my balls all the time??"
"Heh… I-I now know your weakness." Tsukune replied dusting himself off.
"Well no shit that's my weakness!!" Naruto exclaimed loudly. "What kind of guy wouldn't have his baby maker as a weakness??"
Tsukune blinked, his anger fading as a thought came to him. "Actually… there is one guy that could take a hit down there…"
Now it was Naruto's turn to blink and look at him curiously. This was news to him. He had always thought that every guy's physical weakness was the one thing hanging between the legs. "Who would that be?"
Tsukune started to laugh. "Its Saizou, ahaha."
"Oh!" Naruto smacked his head with his palm. Of course it was that guy… "AHAHA, well I already knew that he didn't have a pair." Naruto commented.
For some reason, both their hostility for each other faded… it might have to do with the humorous experience they had with a certain orc.
"You remember when I poked him in the eyes because he picked up your teeth?" the blonde asked, laughing. "That was hilarious, I think I poked them too hard because I had blood at the tip of my fingers."
Tsukune laughed even harder, how could he forget about that? It was the only funny memory he had here since this morning. Their laughter soon ended though as a familiar voice came out of nowhere. Naruto had managed to sense an attack coming and so was able to grab Tsukune and toss him back, while also jumping away. A second later the ground that they stood on a few seconds ago was shattered by the impact of something large. Dust and gravel as well as chunks of rocks shot out in various directions as the figure was covered in a thick blanket of dirt particles.
"Well, if it isn't the blonde idiot, and the brown haired weakling."
That voice… both teens thought. Each tensing as they waited for the dust to clear.
The figure stepped out of the dust and onto their sight. "I didn't expect you losers to be here… you guys ditching too?"
"Saizou…" Naruto whispered, his mind instantly in combat mode. He stared at the problem student that casually stepped a little closer with his hands in his pockets. The ninja hated this guy…. Over confident bastard…
Tsukune slightly backed away, his thoughts being filled with numerous outcomes if they were to fight here and now. He glanced at Naruto and sweat dropped, he was grinning at Saizou with his hand reaching for something in his pockets…why did love combat so much?… he might as well pray. And just as he was about to do just that, his eyes caught sight of a dead looking tree... It looked familiar. The brown haired boy looked at it for a second before looking at where they were.
"Um, Naruto?" Tsukune asked.
"Yeah." the blonde replied as he fished out his fighting gloves that he stuffed in his pockets earlier. Putting them on he gave a sideways glance at Tsukune who was looking at him and pointing at something. "What?"
"We're at the spot where Bus Driver-san dropped us off." the brown haired said, pointing again at the pumpkin headed scarecrow, that Naruto neglected to look at.
The blonde blinked. "Wow… what a coincidence.."
"Hey, stop ignoring me!" Saizou shouted. "We still got a fight to finish."
Hearing the word 'fight', The blonde ninja grinned and turned his attention back at the orc in disguise. Naruto knew that it wasn't wise to pick anymore fights if he hadn't gotten good information his opponent, but hey the guy was asking for it. Besides he couldn't just leave a fight unfinished, it wasn't his style. "You got that right."
Tsukune really wanted to pull out a baseball bat and hit his blonde friend with it. Didn't he know that Saizou was strong, as in super human type of strong. Didn't his first hand experience with the guy teach him a lesson? "Naruto lets just get out of here!" Tsukune tried to reason. "He's freaking too strong and even you couldn't deal much damage on him in the last fight."
The orc laughed. "Now that you've mentioned it, you both are weaklings. I think I'll just pass this fight." he said, heading towards the tunnel a few yards away.
Naruto glared at his friend. "Tsukune, you gotta learn when to shut up. I was holding back the whole time back there and that blow wasn't really painful nor did it hurt too bad. You've seen me before going up against Iruka and he hits pretty damn hard… especially Shizune-neechan." Naruto shuddered at the memory he had with his female guardian. He had a very bad sparring experience with her. Even if she looked like she didn't hold much power, her punches were explosive, literally.
Tsukune went silent and began to replay the brown haired woman's monster strength. He gulped. "She did destroy that large boulder that was blocking our way during that one trip to Okinawa…" It was really scary when she did that, Tsukune nearly pissed himself rather than look at her with amazement.
"Yeah so…" Naruto trailed off and got into a fighting stance.
Tsukune shook his head clear. "Wait, I still don't think we should-" he didn't get to finish as the orc returned.
Saizou at this point just laughed as he headed back towards them. "You guys still arguing?… well whatever, I'm going to look for that beautiful Moka. I'm feeling rather horny at the moment." The orc grinned to himself. His tongue flickering out of his mouth as saliva ran down from it. He could already feel that nice flesh on his hands as he slowly walked away from the two -rather silent- teens, heading directly back to the academy.
Horny orc?… Moka?… that was the only thing they had in mind before anger flared within their eyes. "OH HELL NO! YOU AIN'T TOUCHING HER YOU PERVERTED ORC!!" the two shouted in unisons. They charged with murder in their eyes, both already knowing what to do.
Saizou glanced behind him just in time to see a double kick headed straight towards him. SFX: WHAM! He was kicked hard on the face sending him flying 20 feet away. A few of his teeth most likely broken…
"Take that! Naruto and Tsukune's flying kick combo." Both boys gave each other a high-five.
Their victory was short lived since Saizou got back up. "MY FACE!" He shouted clutching his foot printed face. "That's it, you guys are dead!!"
The orc's body rippled and an energy that Naruto was able to sense, erupted from him in full force. Both teens watch as Saizou transformed into his true form, while they themselves prepared for any attack. Shirt shredding and muscles bulging into ridiculous sizes, Saizou roared as his body increased in size. When he finished, he was twice the size of both teens and he was looking like a true monster.
Tsukune gulped and was suddenly feeling rather scared. His friend Naruto didn't at all look fazed. If he had looked closely, however, he would have noticed the blondes eyes twitching, which was a sign of him calculating and planning his attack. But Tsukune didn't do that, instead, he was inching back slowly. Distancing himself from the large monster.
"Finally!" the orc said, cracking some bones in his body, loosening them up a bit. "I hated that stupid human form. Now I can do as I please. AHAHAHA!!"
Naruto just remained silent. He had already figured his attack, but after re-evaluating Saizou's ability in combat, he was starting to get just a wee bit worried. He wasn't really sure if his chakra enhance body could actually do some damage. And looking up at Saizou's body, it looked like the orc had some pretty hard skin. The blonde ninja bit his lip. The pain immediately calming him. His mind was already getting stressed just by thinking. This is why I hate thinking before the battle even started. He thought to himself before glancing towards his comrade in arms. "Tsukune, I know you don't like fighting, but there's no way we can escape without having one." he paused. "If you can keep looking for any weaknesses then stay here."
Tsukune blinked before widening his eyes. "Naruto, don't go heading in again without thinking."
His warning fell on debt ears as Naruto rushed forward at the awaiting Orc. His eyes holding a deep determination and a lust for battle. "NARUTO!!" shouted Tsukune as he tried to make a grab before his blonde friend could get any further forward… he had no luck in catching him.
Saizou let out his long saliva drenched tongue and moved around in front of him wildly. "You think you can take me on in your human form? Then you must be nuts!" the Orc laughed as Naruto closed the distance between them.
Now the battle begins….
Large monstrous arms slammed down upon the hard ground, breaking it and causing a small fissure to come forth. Naruto jumped to the side as Saizou swung another punch at him. This was the blondes first official fight with a true monster and it was very exciting. He didn't know why, but something inside him was slowly stirring… actually there were three things moving within him as he continued to fight… each going wild, filling him with energy and power. It was a strange feeling…
"Stop moving! So much!" yelled a frustrated Saizou. The battle had started out fine at first with him managing to hit Naruto in the arm, but as things continued on for a few more seconds he started to miss. And not just that… he began to notice something about his blonde opponent. It was like a dark power, not the type that most monsters would have, had began oozing out of him. Surrounding the fierce boy with an unknown and yet chilling aura.
One after another, Naruto began to dodge the punches. They may have been fast ones, but with his quick reflex and adaptability for combat, the blonde was able to dodge all of them so far. The strange sensation… and odd chakra slowly filling him made things even more thrilling and easy. Once Saizou had let his guard down, Naruto went on the offensive. The Orc's unguarded side was his first target and when he punched it, Saizou was pushed back coughing. Taking the slight break in the fighting, Naruto finished his attack with a flying spin kick that sent Saizou slamming to the ground a few feet away from him.
Tsukune was watching the fight with disbelieving eyes. His best friend, the hyperactive and easy to anger blonde had just knocked a monster twice as tall AND twice as strong, onto the ground. That was crazy! Just what was his friend? A super hero? A strong ass martial artist or is he a guy with monster strength like Shizune… well whatever he is, Tsukune was going to make sure from now on, that he will try to be a little nicer to the blonde.
Naruto stopped his assault and stood still. He raised his hand to have a look at them. They were shaking and as he began to check his entire body, he found that everything was being affected. The power that he had begun to use, which he has no idea of what it is, continued to flow through him. Chakra…no…this is…different…. what is it? He wondered. It felt like it was beginning to burst forth, and the other two powers, his chakra and another unknown, had all but left him. Well not really left him, but rather he couldn't feel them… just this one. The blonde shook his head. Now wasn't the time to lose his head. He was in combat and he still had to fight… he was pretty sure that Saizou was still up for more.
The Orc slowly staggered back up, his rock hard skin on his back swollen and in pain where he had been kicked. Naruto's last attack had definitely sent a clear message to him… play time was over. Saizou growled at being kicked like that and he was more angry at the fact that the blonde wasn't using his true form just to beat him. Still growling he glared at Naruto.
"How dare you act so arrogant! Fighting me with that form, as if I don't deserve to see your true power." He roared and with a burst of speed, engaged the calm looking blonde. "I'll show you that I'm not the type to be beaten so easily!"
"NARUTO! MOVE!!" shouted Tsukune as he watched the large Orc get closer to Naruto. The blonde was just standing there unmoving making the brown haired boy panic. "GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU IDIOT!!"
SFX: BOOOM!!
A large impact sent a shockwave that split the earth in half around the two combatants . Tsukune fell to the ground in surprise as he felt the ground shake beneath him from where he stood. An attack like that surely could have killed Naruto and he began to pale at actually believing it. There was no way that he could survive that.
For a full minute everything was silent as dust and debris slowly cleared away. When it was visible enough to see what had happened, Tsukune can only look with his mouth wide open and eyes the size of dishes. There standing in the middle of the destroyed ground was Naruto… holding onto the Orc's hand. What the fuck?!
Naruto was in a state of shock himself. One moment the punch was right at his face and the next it was being held by his own hand. He didn't know how that could have happened… he was pretty sure he commanded his body to jump back instead of taking on the hit. What exactly was going on? Even Saizou looked shocked.
"H-how?!" for once, the Orc stuttered. "There's n-no way any low level m-monster like you can take that…w-what are you!?"
The blonde ninja was asking the same thing to himself. What was wrong with him? He was feeling weird… this power that still coursed throughout his body felt cold and at the same time comforting. "I don't know…" he whispered before his body moved by itself. Saizou was flung in the air and then kicked back to where he had landed before.. Though not as hard.
"What the hell is going on?!" the blonde ninja said to himself.
Embrace it….
Naruto's eyes widened and spun around… only to find nothing there. What was that voice? He glanced around him, checking left to right, up and down, everywhere… he just couldn't find where that voice had come from.
Do not be afraid of it …. Embrace it
There it was again. Naruto clutched his head. "Who is this?!"
There was a silent moment before the deep voice came again, this time fading and distant.
Heheheh…It seems it's not the time yet…
"SHOW YOUR FUCKIN' SELF DAMNIT!!" shouted Naruto, both in anger and in fear.
There wasn't anything… the voice was gone and the feeling that had surrounded him throughout the fight so far, had simply vanished. Replaced by the familiar power that was chakra. Shaking slightly the blonde dropped to his knees…. What the hell was that…
"Naruto!" Tsukune shouted as he approached his shaken friend. "What's wrong with you? You just started yelling…" The brown haired boy put a hand on his friend's shoulder.
The blonde didn't say anything, he just remained immobile until the large growling of Saizou brought both of the boys' attention. A large explosion of energy erupted from the monster's spot, brownish in color and warm in feeling. It wasn't exactly as strong as a chakra signature of a Jounin, but it felt much stronger than a chuunin. Not good.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you are the first to taste my true power!" roared the deranged looking Orc. His skin became red and darker in color and the once large body had grown once again, albeit a little bigger this time. He was practically the size of a 2 story house… well not exactly that big, but close enough.
Naruto cursed and quickly erased his troubled mind of the mysterious power he had before. It wasn't easy doing that, but right now they were still in a fight and since Saizou had just transformed again, Naruto could bet this one will be a lot tougher to handle. Tsukune was about close to fainting if not for the constant pinching that his blonde friend kept doing to his arm. "Stop pinching me damn it! I'm not gonna faint!" he told his blonde friend.
Naruto tried his best to put up a grin, but he knew that it must have been an awkward looking one. He shakily stood up and tightened his gloves again. With the mystery power gone this fight was going to be a hell of a lot harder.
"You ready Tsukune?" the blonde asked his friend as he pulled out half a dozen shurikens from his left pocket. It was time to use all the resources of a ninja… basically all of his jutsu and skills as well as his regular chakra.
The brown haired boy looked at him in confusion. "Ready? I thought you got this in the bag?"
"I did but I ah… lost that power …." exclaimed Naruto, keeping his eyes on Saizou. The Orc was beginning to approach them once more and by the red aura that surrounded him… both of them will be in a whole lot of pain.
"What do you mean lost that power? Don't tell me you used up all your magic fuel?" cried out Tsukune. Unbelievable, just when things were going fine this happens, was his bad luck starting because he's been hanging around Naruto all day?
"Say your prayers, browny and blondie because I'm not letting you guys live." with that, Saizou attacked.
Pain jolted Tsukune out of his panic state as Saizou buried his fist on the brown haired boy's stomach. It was so hard that Naruto, who was standing next to him, could here the impact of flesh on flesh. Not a second later, Tsukune flew straight to the dead tree, almost breaking it. He slid down as he clutched his stomach, coughing out blood, then soon after fainted.
Naruto was lucky enough to avoid Saizou's attempt at knocking him out with one blow. Rolling to the side to avoid another swing, the blonde jumped backwards throwing his shurikens at the raging monster. The tiny metal stars shot out of his hand like bullets and straight to the red skinned Orc. None were effective as the projectiles fell, bounced off of his skin and landing harmlessly to the ground.
"Shit!" The blonde cursed as he jumped back a few more feet away. This was not good… if he didn't take him down this time then he and Tsukune will be buried in this place's cemetery.
Another punch and another dodge. Naruto knew that he couldn't just evade the attacks all day, so he had to go on the offensive once more. He hardened his resolve and braced for his own attack. Taking advantage over the Orc's slow speed, the blonde sent a barrage of chakra enhanced punches right at Saizou's stomach and found it ineffective. Like the shurikens he had thrown earlier, his punches barely did any damage and due to his lack of chakra control, keeping up a full chakra enhanced body on a fight like this for more then 15 minutes was taxing. He'll slowly get exhausted as he reached that 15 minute mark.
Naruto cursed once more as he realized that he had let his mind wonder for too long. That was a bad idea, as Saizou took the opportunity to slam his overgrown fist straight at his head. Even if Naruto blocked the attack before it could connect to his skull, he was still able to feel the full force. G-God Damn! He winced as he clutched on to his right arm, the hand in which he used to block the attack. That hurts like Shizune-neechan's…
Saizou laughed. "What's wrong? Was that it? What ever happened to that power of yours from earlier?"
The red Orc, hunched and grinning, stomped towards him. Naruto didn't give him any chance though as he preformed the one Ninjutsu he had learned yesterday. Hands moved into position as Naruto gathered chakra.
"Kagebunshin no jutsu! (shadow clone technique)" Naruto cried out. 4 puffs of smoke burst from nothing and in an instant, duplicates of the blonde stood surrounding him. The original blonde ninja grinned as he looked around, he was finally able to create a clone, and even more surprising to him was that he made three extras. He just hoped they can take and deal a bit of damage as well as stall the Orc while he prepared his next plan.
The Orc looked at the numerous clones. "What the hell is this?"
All blondes grinned as the 4 of them took out dual kunais and launched themselves at him. The Orc was now in defensive as the clones dodged and retaliated. He growled in pain as one of them managed to shove a pointy kunai straight up his ass… Looks like he won't be doing his business for a few days…
Naruto would have laughed at his clone's ridiculous fighting if he wasn't busy putting his plan to action. He ran over to the still knocked out Tsukune and began to shake him awake while at the same time performing a quick diagnoses on his injuries. The blonde gritted his teeth. Tsukune was really not good for battle. Other than a few bruises and minor cuts he had internal bleeding and a slightly fractured rib bone. Those were easy to fix, but if Saizou had aimed a little higher, than he was sure that Tsukune wouldn't be able to live.
"N-Naruto…" Tsukune said weakly.
"Hang in there Tsukune… I'll fix you right up." Naruto flashed through hand seals as his left hand began to glow a light green. Shousen jutsu (Mystical hand technique). He whispered as he ran his glowing hand over Tsukune's injured body.
The battle between his clones and Saizou was still going on so Naruto still had enough time to heal his best friend, but he knew he had to do it quick. Healing wasn't something he was very good at and even with years in studying to be a part time medic-nin, under his Shizune-neechan's tutelage, he can only do the basics and only a couple of advanced medical jutsus. But for dealing with some minor injuries like Tsukune's, he had to focus and use quite a bit of time. Everything else that did not deal with medical jutsus, however, were fine with him since it was like being a school nurse's aid.
"Oh… man that hurt like hell." grumbled Tsukune as he sat straight up. Naruto smiled to see his friend feel okay. Now all he needed to do was explain his plan to him and then they're set.
"Is the fight still going on?" the still dazed teen asked his blonde companion. He got his answer when one of Naruto's clones came flying passed them, vanishing in a puff of smoke.
Tsukune blinked then stared at the fight that was happening a few yards in front of him. He blinked again at the sight. Was he seeing things? Did he bump his head too hard? Or were there more blondes attacking the red and frustrated looking Orc. He blinked once more before turning his attention on his friend, a confused look shown in his face. "What the hell is that!? How come there's so many of you??"
Naruto laughed nervously before answering. "It's all magic!" then his entire demeanor shifted to that of a soldier, something that made Tsukune jerk away. "Tsukune, I have no time to explain so listen carefully. This will be an easy task, so are you up for it?" He made a quick glance over to where the fight was still happening… 2 of the 4 clones he had sent out had already been taken down. He was running out of time. He looked back at Tsukune. "Well?"
Tsukune silently nodded. Not wanting to disrupt Naruto for fear of being harmed.
"Good." Naruto pulled out 3 kunais, about 9 shurikens and 3 Bomb tags. The brown haired glanced at the objects in the blonde's hand with curiosity. Why does he have these weird weapons if he's a magician?… he wondered, while silently watching Naruto wrap the tags around the kunai knives. Once finished, he handed the projectiles to the confused looking brown haired teen. "You can throw right?"
A nod was his answer.
"How about your aim?"
"It's ok… I was the pitcher for a baseball team back in middle school, I cant believe you don't remember that… I told you before." Tsukune said.
"Aright, Excellent. Then you'll do just fine." the blonde told him, getting up and facing Saizou once more. "Just throw those at the big red guy down there. It will be my covering fire… as for the Kunais… please don't throw those when I'm in the way."
"Wait, what do they do?" the teen asked, as he too got himself ready for another round with the Saizou.
"They explode." and with that last bit of info, the blonde entered the fight. Dashing towards Saizou just as his third clone was destroyed. Tsukune just watched for another moment before hesitantly running in with shurikens and kunais ready to throw once he got in range.
Once Naruto was in range he yelled at his only clone to get ready. The shadow clone nodded and quickly disengaged from the Orc. The original quickly snapped his right arm in a snapping motion, causing the hidden scroll to pop out and into his awaiting hand. Once the shadow clone was close enough, he jumped onto his back and thus was launched into the air a couple feet above Saizou who stared curiously. The last clone dispelled itself at this point. This better work! prayed Naruto as he unrolled his scroll and performed an item unsealing jutsu. Smoke erupted and out came two large Fuuma Shurikens. Quickly grabbing each projectile he took aim at the surprised Orc and fired in rapid succession, while yelling. "TSUKUNE! Start throwing!" Saizou managed to dodge both projectiles as they dug deep into the dirt a few feet on either side of him, but was unprepared for Tsukunes' attack.
The next few seconds was intense as Tsukune launched shurikens and kunais at the arm blocking monster, while Naruto landed on the ground panting, his ninja scroll falling next to him, empty of any seals. Despite having large stamina, he was quite exhausted. Looks like after this fight he would need to seriously work on his chakra control.
When the kunais that Tsukune threw finally detonated the battle field exploded. Dirt, rocks gravel and a few shredded pieces of clothes rained down on the tired looking teens.
"Did we do it?" Tsukune whispered to no one in particular. He was amazed at how much damage those throwing kunais could do. Just where exactly did his friend get those?
Naruto made his way over to Tsukune to pat him in the back. "That… was good…" he let out before falling on the ground taking deep, long breaths. Though those fuuma shurikens could have hit if I threw a few smoke bombs first. The blonde thought as he now remembered what he had forgotten to stock up on. Though he already used up his emergency smoke bombs during class earlier.
Tsukune just remained standing as he looked up from the smoky scene in front of him, down to the relaxed looking blonde. He grinned, it looks like they did after all. Both boys really believed that Saizou was dead…. Unfortunately, they were wrong.
After letting their guard down, both boys were grabbed by the red Orc, that appeared out of nowhere. "You can't hurt me with those shitty weapons." Saizou cackled as he lifted both teens into the air and then tossing them at the dead tree. Although this time, the poor tree finally met its end as it was broken in half by Tsukune and Naruto's impact. They laid leaning on the dead tree looking shocked.
I-it cant be… I'm pretty sure that would kill him… or at the very least take him down. Thought Naruto as he tried to stand back up. Which proved to be somewhat difficult.
Tsukune was barely conscious, his body was once again racked up with pain and he wasn't sure if he can take another one of those throws. He could taste blood in his mouth as he whispered over to Naruto. "I think we need another plan of yours…"
The blonde just grunted in pain as he got into a crouched position. There was no way they can fight at this state. He had seriously miscalculated Saizou's power…. And now they were going to pay for it. Darn it… we need a miracle now… the blonde thought as he got himself ready to defend himself and his friend.
"It all ends here." the red skinned Orc said, as he stopped in front of them. He cocked his hand back to give one final punch, when an unexpected person stopped him.
"Leave them alone!" shouted a female voice, and before Saizou could see who it was, he was once again flying a couple yards away from his prey. Why must he always get interrupted?
The shock teens gaped at the girl who had just saved them from death…
Tsukune's heart skipped a beat at seeing her. And his body didn't hurt as much anymore. What is she doing here… didn't she hate humans? "M-Moka…"
The pink haired girl suddenly launched herself at them with worry written all over her face. It also looked like she was crying. Throwing her arms around them she pulled them close. "I'm sorry…"she whispered. "I know I'm a vampire and I don't care if you both are humans." she backed away and wiped the tears from her eyes. "The truth is… what I really wanted was a friend…"
Tsukune stared at her in silence, listening to Moka. He slowly began to realize how foolish he was in abandoning her. Being a coward and running away from his problems…afraid of becoming a snack for monsters… yeah, he was starting to regret it.
"Even if it was a human…" the vampire finish saying.
Despite the current situation that they were in, Naruto couldn't help but smile through the pain that he was in. Moka-chan sure knows how to soften a guy. The blonde glanced at his friend and smiled even wider. The look he was giving… he knew that look. It was a sign that Tsukune was starting to change his mind about leaving Moka. Now all he needed was to give him a little bit of time to sort his own mind.
"You know Moka-chan…" Naruto began as he felt his body starting to heal. "I'm sorry too… sorry for leaving you and scaring you with that holy water thing." he looked up at her with an apologetic face. "Hope you didn't get hurt…. Just so you know, I never really meant to leave you… that's just not me." he turned to Tsukune and nudged him on the side. The brown haired boy was broken out of his thoughts as he stared back at Naruto then at moka.
"Moka…" Tsukune said as he took a deep breath and smiled. "I'm sorry as well…"I wont run anymore…
Moka smiled happily as tears of joy ran down from her eyes. She knew her two friends weren't going to leave her anymore.
"We wont leave you…" Tsukune continued. I'm going to change…
Naruto grinned at his two friends, happy that things turned out pretty well.
"Because you're our important friend." The brown haired teen finished.
The blonde ninja couldn't take it anymore, he was so happy that he could… "Group hug!!" the blonde cheered all of a sudden, momentarily surprising his two friends.
Moka and Tsukune laughed as Naruto pulled them into a warm hug. Though the blonde purposely made sure that Tsukune was pressing his cheeks on a blushing Moka. All three were enjoying their little hug.
Saizou, who had just recovered from Moka's powerful push, looked at the cheesy scenery that the group had. What the hell is going on!? He stared with mouth agape then gagged, that was way too disgusting for his taste! He just had to break it up. Roaring he sped towards them.
Naruto had seen this coming and so spun the group around so that his back was facing the charging Orc, shielding his two friends. Pain erupted in Naruto's back as the large fist of Saizou's connected with him sending him and the two surprised teens in his arms, back a couple feet. They crashed in the solid dirt.
"Pathetic…" the Orc said as he walked towards them.
Naruto coughed, and opened his left eye as he turned his head to face his friends. They were separated during the crash and so lay a few feet away from him. Thankfully, they didn't look to be hurt too badly. He however, couldn't move…that punch had really stunned him. G-great… my body's not responding… looks like I'm out of this fight….
"G-Geez, we're flying everywhere today." Tsukune grumbled as he slowly sat up. This was, what? like the third time!? He shook his head before checking up on Moka who he had protected from the fall. "Moka-san are you okay?" he asked as he lifted her up with him. His body was aching, but funnily enough it wasn't hurting as bad as he thought it would.
The pink haired girl just nodded as she clutched her head. That was the first time she was sent flying like that, and she had to say it wasn't fun. "Yes, I'm okay." a moment later she caught sight of Naruto. "Naruto-kun!" She yelled in panic as Saizou was but a few feet away from the beaten blonde.
"You'll go down first blondie…" Saizou said as he continued his walk towards Naruto. The blonde Ninja gritted his teeth and tried to get up. Move stupid body move!! Pretend that's a pedophile about to rape you!!…whoa… that's gross…
Moka couldn't let her friend be killed, she had to act. Pushing herself off she made a run for it, hoping to make it in time to stop Saizou from killing Naruto. Fortunately or unfortunately, Tsukune anticipated this and made a grab for her… he missed and instead pulled on her Rosario.
A clink and a pause made both Tsukune and Moka stop.
"What? The Rosario…it-" Moka couldn't finish her words as a strange yet familiar power overcame her. Everyone, Saizou, Naruto and Tsukune all looked at Moka as she underwent a transformation.
Everything around them darkened as they witness a menacing aura engulf Moka. The color of the sky went from an orange color to a dark pinkish red and if the three males were looking over the cliff then they would have seen not the blue waves of water, but the deep color of a blood red ocean. It was not the scenery change that had their attention, but rather the vampire that was now glowing a dark pink.
Moka was engulfed in bats that had simply appeared out of nowhere. They flew around her in circles till they were a blur and Moka … well she was changing. Every part of her female body grew more defined, and to Naruto and Tsukune, sexy. Her ass grew bigger as her bust increased to a desirable size. This had both teens blushing, while Saizou didn't even notice. He was to busy trembling in fear. The aura that Moka was now letting out was that of a dangerous one… a dark and menacing entity was about to enter the battle.
"I-it's a rare monster…" Saizou stuttered as he took a step back, catching Naruto's attention.
Rare monster? The blonde thought as he stared back at as Moka finished her transformation.
Long White silver hair moved freely as Moka opened her eyes to reveal red slitted orbs. She reached and brushed off a lock of hair that covered one eye as she faced her opponent.
"It's the S-rank monster! A Super Vampire!" the Red skinned Orc screamed as his arm flailed around, but when he saw Tsukune, he stopped. Wasn't that guy a vampire?… wait he didn't even transform and he was pretty weak… so does that mean… Saizou looked over to the cold looking Moka. He gulped but shook his head. "No! You're a weakling too!" he said out loud, although it sounded like it was to himself rather than to Moka. "YES! SHE IS WEAK!!"
Naruto looked at him and found that his skin was getting redder. Was that a sign of another transformation? How many forms does this guy have??
The white haired Moka didn't seem to look interested. "Shut-up…" she said before disappearing from her spot and right in front of the laughing Orc. Saizou's eyes widened as he was staring face to face with Moka.
"You are a low class monster who doesn't even know what true strength is, despite your size." Not a second later, Moka slammed her foot into the Orc's face, sending him crashing on the wall of a steep hill. The Orc didn't have a chance to say a word as he fell unconscious.
Tsukune and Naruto looked at Moka in awe. She had taken down Saizou in a single kick, talk about a badass chick. Was this Moka's real vampire form?
"What a pitiful monster, he should realize his place." She said out loud before turning to Naruto and lifting him up.
"T-Thanks uh, Moka….-chan? Vampire-chan?" the blonde said hesitantly, he was still weak in the body, but at least he could hold himself up now. Moka didn't say a word as she proceeded to dust Naruto off.
"Naruto-kun…" She finally spoke, her voice slightly different from the original… and strangely sweet.
"Y-Yes?" The ninja asked.
Her sweet face turned into a deadly glare. "Don't you ever, EVER threaten the outer Moka with the holy water crap again!" she said out loud and menacing. "Water is our greatest weakness and if she's ever harmed because of that then I'll make sure to give you a very painful punishment." she paused and intensified her glare, making Naruto gulp and quiver. "Do you understand?"
"Y-Yes ma'am!!" Naruto nodded his head violently.
"Good." Moka gave a nice smile before performing a spin kick on Naruto.
Another person was sent flying and instead of hitting the ground or hill, Naruto headed to a shocked looking Tsukune.
"EH?!" was all Tsukune could say as he got rammed by the blonde. Both landing on the ground with swirls in their eyes.
Moka slightly flinched, She didn't mean to hit the blonde that hard and right at Tsukune. The kick was only meant as a punishment for Naruto to show that she meant what she said… but now that Tsukune was involved, it looked like she'll be staying in this form for another couple minutes.
She sighed and walked over to the dizzy eyed teens. "I better take these two to the infirmary."
Nothing much happened afterwards. Once inner Moka had taken them to the Academy's hospital to be treated she waited until they were conscious enough to listen to her. Only after Inner Moka spoke to the two teens about babysitting the other and more Sentimental Moka, did the vampire return to normal. Saizou was treated soon after, but disappeared overnight. Tsukune and Naruto wondered if he quit school because of what happened… while Moka conversed with them about her vampire form and a little bit more of her past.
Author's Note: Part 2 will be posted tonight. Sorry for the inconvenience…yes we know this was overdue, and this fight was so damn long. See you guys in a bit. If you guys were wondering "Wow, Tsukune isn't surprised of Naruto's abilities? Handling a monster so easily?" that part is on the other half.