Episode 2

Lady X Lady! (1st Stanza)

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[In the Hakureiryo Masters'/Mistresses' Dorms - Selnia's Room]

Selnia is taking her morning bath with rose petals added into the water. She is still sulking about the event that happened last night.

"Seriously... I get so mad everytime I think about him, that Naruto Uzumaki! It's mine, Selnia Iori Flameheart's, biggest mistake! What's worse is that he's the childhood friend of that woman!" (And she stood up from out of the water.) "Tomomi Saikyo... She so irritating. I got to teach these two a lesson that they'll never forget!"

But then she remembered the most embarrassing moment when she was on top of Naruto, with her breasts hugging against his chest, and then she softly grabbed her big breasts and then she wondered if it pays to have them the way her parents genetically gave her, because they could be a real turn-on for the wrong crowd...

[Tomomi's Room]

*Riiiiiiing!* The clock rang out as Tomomi woke up... on the wrong side of the bed. She looked horrible as if she hasn't had a decent, peaceful sleep from her mind being full. She got up from her bed and she lethargically walked to the bathroom.

As she was brushing her teeth, she mumbled through her toothbrush, "(Today is... Tuesday?)"

Later, after she got dressed in her uniform, the re-energized Tomomi (with her C-cup bust held high) was ready to take on the world as said to herself, "This will be a lot more fun from now on." And she left her room to start the day right.

-LVSN-

[In the Servants' Quarters - Naruto's and Daichi's Room]

Daichi was watching Naruto to see if he knows how to wear his tailcoat properly and puts on a tie. And she was surprised that he must have some experience wearing one. Naruto turned to Daichi and asked, "How do I look, Dai-chan?"

The Kaoru inspected and found that his tie is slightly loosened than it ought to be and she took the knot and said, "I thought I told you to call me Kaoru," and she tightened the tie a little too tight just to state her point.

"Sorry... Eto... Kaoru-san," Naruto gagged as he readjusted his piece, "Old habits die hard." And he and Daichi looked at each other's blue eyes (Naruto's ocean blues to Daichi's baby blues) and the latter began to lose her frontal guard and complained, "Don't keep giving others in trouble."

"I won't," the Uzumaki said and then thought to himself. {I think we'll get along just fine.} And then he opens the door to let Daichi leave first while he takes his schoolwork and locked the door on the way out.

-LVSN-

[In the First Year Classroom]

The chalkboard read "Naruto Uzumaki" in Kanji as Mikan-sensei says to her students, "This is Naruto Uzumaki. He's transferring into the servant-ed from today on, so please treat him kindly."

"I'm Uzumaki. It's nice to meet you," he greeted to the other students and looked to see that some girls don't exactly like him or they were rather indifferent towards their new classmate. But then, he noticed that Tomomi, sitting on the seat next to the window, is waving at him.

{She's still up to something, that scheming woman,} the Uzumaki thought to himself.

Then Mikan-sensei explained to Naruto, "Hakureiryo Academy is not completely different than from a normal high school. The normal curriculum in the mornings are mixed."

He understood the gist of things, but when he looked at where he sits, he finds Selnia seated one seat perpendicularly behind him. She is simply furious and grinds her teeth in anger. {It's the Golden Driller from yesterday. This is going to get harder on me...} Naruto sighed as he moves to his desk.

-LVSN-

While Mikan-sensei is busy chalking up the board for today's lesson, everybody was sweatdropping at Selnia gazing her fury at Naruto, who is trying to do his schoolwork. {Goldie's been at it for a while,} the studious Uzumaki quietly complained, {Why can't she just let it go?}

That's when Mikan-sensei caught onto the disturbance and tosses a piece of chalk like a curveballed shuriken...

*thwack*

...hitting Selnia on her head and then she solemnly said, "Flameheart-san, this is no time to be goofing off, disrupting the class. Keep your temper under control."

"Ha...Hai," Selnia replied with a whimper as she felt that bump on her head.

-LVSN-

The midday bell rang for a brief intermission as Naruto took a sigh of relief. He already completed and double-checked his homework. "It's surprising that the lessons are like the ones I have back in my old school," he mused to himself.

Just then 2 butlers-in-training came by to his desk as the shorter of the two said, "Uzumaki, you've had it rough yesterday."

"Despite having just moved here, you did cause quite a commotion with the ladies," the taller one commented.

"Yeah? And who are you?" Naruto asked in a deadpanned manner.

The two butlers-in-training revealed themselves to be Shingo Todoroki and Mitsuru Sanké (A.K.A. - Mitké), and the former mentioned that they are among the few men attending the academy; which includes one in the upper-ed, and Daichi (seated at the back corner of the desks, next to the window).

{Yeah, right...} Naruto keeping his thoughts about his roommate to himself, {So far there are only "5" boys, counting myself, in the roster.}

Mitké then mentioned that the requirements in the academy are quite strict. Mikan-sensei was the one eliminating a big portion of candidates (most of them - men) during the verifications and interview.

"But I did make it in somehow, what were exactly are the requirements?" the Uzumaki curiously asked.

Shingo shrugged and said, "Who knows. It's a luxurious school and the school fees are exempt. You don't a chance like this very often. Also the girls are either cute maid trainees or ultra high-class ladies..."

[[Cue: Hallelujah Chorus]]

"This is paradise! You feel the same, don't you?"

"I don't think I can fully agree with you," Naruto sweatdropped, but then he hears the arrogant voice of Selnia coming at his direction with sound of her big bust flopping in front of her, "Oh, my. Your real motive is to do lewd things to girls, right?"

"Still spouting this nonsense, Golden Driller?" he remarked back.

"Na-? Stop calling me that! I'm Selnia Iori Flameheart, as if you didn't know."

"Like I care about your full name..." {And besides, it's a mouthful.}

"Listen, you! I'm not that gracious to allow servant-ed students to use "your" to address me! You should address me as Selnia-sama (Madame Selnia)." And she held her head high in her pride.

"Really... "-sama", huh?" Naruto deadpanned, "Even if you're a lady, it's still quite shameless of you to say it that way."

"Na- !" Selnia exclaimed, "Hey, since when am I that shameless?"

"In just about every possible way," he answered with a smirk.

And Selnia felt like she was knocked off her high-horse and argued, "What did you say?! Take those words back this instant!"

"How about... No."

Meanwhile, Tomomi was watching the drama unfold with a small mirth on her face.

-LVSN-

[Later, In the Dining Hall]

Mikan-sensei guided Naruto on a few pointers while she instructed the servant-ed students, "If there are upper-ed students occupying your tables, please serve them promptly and gracefully. This is also part of your lesson." Then the servant-ed were doing their duties while Naruto gathers up his courage and said to himself, "This is it, my first official time to serving the upper-ed. I'll have to do it properly. Here I go, dattébayo." And he makes his first step and finds himself... an empty table, yet to be occupied.

"I have a feeling that the Golden Driller is the cause of all this," he grumbled, "I suppose that she is likely to be enjoying this, while I have to do the dirty work." And why not? His first impression didn't exactly make the other students make him very noticeable. He's an Uzumaki, not a malice. And Tomomi is waving at him from a different table. But when he hears Selnia's haughty chortle, he muttered, "And speak of the she-devil..."

"Oh ho ho ho! Just as I expected," Selnia said with a sense of pride, "I heard that there's a commoner serving here, who knows nothing about etiquette. We came here to teach him some proper table manners. Right, Fou-san?" The Flameheart brought Fou Suiran (in her mild-mannered mode) with her, to which she reluctantly agreed.

But Naruto doesn't want any flak from the Englishwoman's attitude, so he said in a formal fashion, "Miss, if you are trying to be a busybody, go ask someone else to set a up table for you."

"Oh?" Selnia interjected with her Kanji pelting him like a machine gun, "And without a single customer, how can you even practice serving? How will you become an excellent butler? Hehehehe."

Trying not to use his temper, Naruto kept his poise and said, "Welcome. Table for two? Please have a seat." {I hate you for this, Goldie!} And he hold out a chair for Suiran and then for Selnia, making her feel slightly displeased because her friend went first. Then he passed out the menus to the ladies-in-waiting and said, "Today's Special is... Spanish Paella. What will your pleasure be, mademoiselle?"

Selnia felt like her plan is beginning to backfire and plainly said, "Paella with Sparkling Red Senju*."

(* -The school normally served out non-alcoholic drinks to the patrons. Senju Wine Brand has both of the alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties, though Hakureiryou only buys the latter, as it was plainly labelled on the bottle - Sparkling Juice.)

Naruto jots the note down and then kindly asked Suiran with her order.

"Oh, eto... Paella with Sparkling White Senju, please," she said.

Naruto pours them glasses of water and said, "Your orders will take a while for them to get ready. Please enjoy your wait." And he took the menus and bowed as he walked to the kitchen. Along the way, Mikan-sensei called for him and told him that he must have done this before. He confidentially said to the head teacher that she's right.

Naruto had done his training ever since he was very young. Sometimes he serves his family in a lowly fashion since his former head butler, Grey Nade, taught him the proper steps before his passing years ago, due to natural causes from his old age.

Then Naruto returned to his duties.

Meanwhile, Selnia was fuming from Naruto managing to waltz around her traps to make him lose his temper, while Suiran can't help but admire the Uzumaki for his tenacity and the sense of integral serenity.

A few minutes later, Naruto was carrying a big dish of Spanish Paella fit for 2 patrons, and 2 more Narutos carrying the sparkling juices and the wine glasses on a tray, and a spare pitcher of water, and made it towards the assigned table. The crowd, along with Selnia and Suiran, were surprised that there are 3 Narutos present as the original said, "Here you are, mademoiselles, your dishes, your juice, and a refill of your glasses. Bon appétit." And he served them with the utmost diligence and skill. Then the doubles dispelled themselves as he was about to leave for an assessment, when all of the sudden, Sanae was bringing out a tray full of chicken-fried steak with Worcestershire sauce and gravy to a neighboring table and she started to trip again as she screamed. Naruto uses his agility and reflexes to catch the dishes that are still in one piece, but the biggest spill was Sanae landing on top of his pants... in a very awkward position, with her big bosom on his face. He managed to move his head and looked around to see the crowd watching him in disbelief and he muttered, "Not...again!"

(Iris out)

-LVSN-

(Iris in)

[In the showers]

Naruto had a rough day for the tenure as a butler-in-training. He prepares to wash the troubles with a not-too-hot shower after Sanae made a nearly colossal blunder on his suit and his pride. He still sees the scars of everyday life as an Uzumaki and Senju heir, and as a shinobi. Perhaps being a butler may have these advantages in a form of lighter work, he thought as was about to turn the knobs. But then, he hears the sound of a disrobement and footsteps that came from none other than Sanae Shikikagami, completely butt naked, after she removed her clothing and her pink undergarments. Naruto was trying to hide his manhood with the door and he anxiously asked, "Sanae-san, what...what are you doing here, 'ttébayo? Especially when you're naked!?"

"I'm... I'm extremely sorry for what just happened, Naruto-kun," the exposed maid-in-training nervously said.

"Don't be," Naruto while he uses the shower stall door as a barrier before he grabbed a nearby towel to cover his modesty.

"I always screw up and give everybody a hard time. Even so, I haven't had any incidents that have caused serious harm... maybe I have... But they're all kept to a minimum... And now, I've been a bad maid," Sanae began to sob.

Naruto felt sorry for the younger Shikikagami and he placed his hands on her shoulders and said, "Sanae-san, you don't have to be pessimistic. Those were just the breaks that were getting into you. If you want to do better, then do it. And if you're not cut out for the job, then don't be afraid to voice it out and find something that actually suits you, because right now, I still see you as a girl that just needed the right support."

"Thank you, Naruto-kun," Sanae said while wiping a tear from her eye as she began to blush, "I still need to apologize properly. To make up for it, please let me scrub your back."

Naruto sweatdropped at the younger twin's suggestion and he slightly objected, "Do you really have to do this? Aren't the teachers going to get on to us being together?"

"It'll be fine," she adamantly replied, "My mother and older sister praised me for washing their backs."

He sweatdropped even more and remarked, "That's not what I was worried about. However, if it's okay with you, then perhaps, may I wash you, as well?"

The students of both genders blushed madly as Sanae drew nervous and heavy breaths and gave her consent. And they took a shower together while still respecting their privacies.

After washing and rinsing themselves, (with Sanae feeling like her bad luck is washing off her body), Naruto went out of the stall first to get some dry towels, but then, Sanae slipped onto a puddle and crashed onto the Uzumaki on his barely protected front and her soft, bare D-cup breasts were pressing on him as well.

(They were just about one step away from doing something regretful.)

When they looked at each other, their hearts began to beat faster.

*Drip!*

-LadyXNinja!-

Back near the showers, Sanae is on top of Naruto after she had an accident. She wanted to tell him of things that her sister (Saori) had mentioned, like mounting a person and other sexual ideas, but Naruto said that those are the kind of things that only lovers can do and not with people that they just met; it just doesn't work that way. So he carefully moves the danger-proned Sanae away from his body before the knotted part of his towel came loose.

"What are you two doing?"

The voice belonged to Daichi, who was accompanied by the jaw-dropped headmistress, as they saw what's wrong with this picture and the former calmly explained, "Saikyo-san told me to bring you a bathrobe and a towel, but..."

"This... this isn't what it looks like, dattébayo!" the nearly naked Naruto tries to elucidate the situation and Sanae, in her birthday suit, explained, "I just... I just caused him so much trouble, that's why I wanted to make it up to him by scrubbing his back. And suddenly, it became like this! *sob*" And she reflexively hugged Naruto while still in her naked glory.

"Yeah, what she said," Naruto agreed, without his part of washing his bathmate's body.

Then Headmistress Tenjoji started to tremble, not from anger, but from the excitement, "Naruto-san... Naruto-san, you have achieved the "Man and Woman in the Shower" and the "Woman on Top" accolades that every young man would want!" She has stars in her eyes as she has visions of erogé games and visual novels hatching in her otaku brain.

Naruto felt utterly embarrassed as he blushed rose madder in front of the witnesses and declared, "THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANTED, DATTÉBAYO!"

-LVSN-

[En route]

Naruto felt like he wants to hide in a hole for a while after the nearly-big scandal. Shingo and Mitké are walking next to him as they are getting to the next class, while Daichi is perpendicularly behind the boys - very upset with her roommate.

"What a draining day," he moped as felt miserable.

"Cheer up, Naru," Shingo said, "It's the sign of youth."

"Don't remind me..." Naruto murmured as he was remembered about one of his teachers and classmates that said the same thing, only with a peculiarly different manner. (The horror, the horror...) Thankfully, the bowl-cut bozos were given what for by Principal Senju.

"The headmistress has forgiven you, right?" Mitké curiously asked.

"Like I said, Sanké-san, I haven't done anything really scandalous, 'ttébayo," Naruto retorted, "But the real pressing problem is with Kaoru-san, since "he" was with the Rijichou..."

"Don't look at me, you pervert," Daichi softly scolded, but what she's really saying is, ("Nacchan, we're gonna have ourselves a little talk when we get back to the dorms.")

The boys gave off a worrying expression as Naruto rhetorically asked himself, "Why do I have to suffer from this kind of disgrace?"

And then the servant-ed group head towards the facility with the solar roof for their next lesson.

-LVSN-

[La Piscine - Pool Building]

Mikan-sensei is teaching the students while they're still wearing their servants' uniforms. "If I had known that there is one in the Academy, I would've brought my swimsuit," Naruto murmured.

"Hakureiryo Academy servant-ed trains butlers and maids to do anything they can do to fulfill their master or mistress's requests," Mikan-sensei solemnly explained, "If necessary, they also give advice on matters public and private. Think of it as being a personal secretary. For that, you need to have a lot of knowledge, an obviously exercised body and mind, and good manners to provide the utmost and unyielding care." And she holds a fountain pen in her hands like a sharp knife at Naruto just to give him the "point".

{Note to self: try not to provoke Mikan-sensei or else she'll give me the "business",} Naruto thought as he joined the line with the rest of the students.

Then Mikan-sensei gave out further instructions, "So the lesson of the day will be titled: "Swimming Pool Emergency - Prologue". Everyone is to jump directly into the pool like this."

And the students just did as the teacher said... except Naruto, who was assessing the pool's details. He recalled the length of the area to be about half the size of an Olympic pool (25 meters), the width is about 8 sectional lengths (at least 1 per person across, plus some elbow room), the depth on the deepest end is about 16.2 feet and the shallow end is about 7 feet, and there are 3 diving sections that compensate for the deep end - one that is a 3-meter high springboard, a 5-meter platform, and a 10-meter platform. He knows it, because his family sponsored the construction a few years earlier, and have dedicated the pool to Hakureiryo in one of their companies' name, "The La Piscine Water Bottling Company".

Right now, Naruto has to endure getting wet while wearing a waterlogged tuxedo and the heavy clothing make things harder to stay afloat. Thank goodness for the preparation from his old school all those years ago. That was when Mikan-sensei got close to the Uzumaki and said to him and the students, "For example, your precious employer has fallen off a yacht. If there is no time for you to remove your clothes, you'll have to jump in with them on. Otherwise, you'll live to regret it."

"I think I get the point, sensei," Naruto said with a nervous chuckle, "Unusual things happen sometimes to almost anybody, including the upper-class society. However, there's one little thing I would like to mention that is the most concerning."

"And what is it, Uzumaki-san?" the head teacher asked.

"The rescuers should always look before they leap," and he gauged the distance and dove into the water effortlessly, astonishing the crowd. Mikan-sensei began to think that the new student isn't really a screw-up as some people expected him to be, including herself, and he can possibly help bring in some good male candidates for next year's roster. Secretly, she blushed.

-LVSN-

[Meanwhile, at the dining hall]

Tomomi was at a table, in the middle of a conversation with 2 other ladies-in-waiting... and she's bored for some reason. However, she cannot afford to lose face in front of them as she was sipping into her cup of Earl Grey.

Then she began to eavesdrop onto Selnia and her conversation with Suiran about the rumors of a scandal happened in the showers. That's when Tomomi has a wonderful, awful idea...

[At Selnia's and Suiran's table]

"...seriously, that Uzumaki boob... making a fool out of me for two straight days," the Flameheart ranted to her confidante.

"You don't have to be angry all the time," Suiran concernedly said.

But Selnia insisted, "If I admit defeat like that, Fou-san, it'll tarnish the reputation of the Flameheart family! I must make that uncouth fellow give in, no matter what."

"May I sit here?"

Selnia turned her head to find her nemesis, Tomomi Saikyo standing next to the chair. "Good day to you, Saikyo-san," she said, "Please have a seat."

And Tomomi did and thanked her. "Flameheart-san, I have something I wish to discuss with you."

"Oh, that's rich, coming from you," Selnia scoffed.

"Naruto-kun seemed to have offended you with his "kindness" a little while ago. As his friend, I apologize for him," the Saikyo said as the Flameheart and Fou wondered why. "It's because he's new to the life here in this academy. He's actually a nice person, you know. Especially with his family traits."

"Hmph! Who would have believed it?" Selnia rhetorically questioned,

But then Tomomi continued, "Another thing, I don't expect you to understand him right away." The intrigue has gotten both women's attention as Tomomi has an explanation for this.

-LVSN-

[Back at the pool]

Naruto surfaced from the water as he learned to compensate his swimming ability. Mitké was surprised that his classmate is handling while Shingo is trying to get his attention to the maids in their see-through clothing, with their colorful brassieres showing, and their flaunted underwear.

"Like I care about it," the Uzumaki bubbled through the water.

That was when, Tomomi, Suiran, and Selnia (closest to the pool) came by to see how their new classmate is coming along.

"Hi there, Naruto-kun," Tomomi greeted with a wave.

"Tóngyàng (Likewise), Naruto-kun," Suiran greeted with a bow.

"Hmph! I only came here because Saikyo-san invited me over," Selnia arrogantly said with hands on her wide hips, "You look really pathetic."

Naruto isn't as thrilled to see the Golden Driller making fun of him, so he retorted, "Did you just come over just to make me feel miserable, Goldie? You look like you have nothing better to do for a lady-in-waiting."

"Hee~hehehee, You look so washed up, it's funny," Selnia mocked in her rudeness, "Now you look more like a commoner."

"Well, for your information, your worshipfulness, those are the risks we take as servants-in-training," he countered, "And say whatever you like, but I suggest that you better not come closer to the pool."

"What did you just say?!" Selnia snapped and grew an angry tic-mark, "You dare to give me orders to a girl like me?!"

(She didn't notice Shingo swimming closer as he tried to take a peek under her skirt of her uniform.)

"It's for your own good," the honest Uzumaki warned, "Mikan-sensei did say that we, servants, are to be as advisers to your kind, so stop holding your drill-locked head so high and listen to what others have to say."

"Oh‽ You're humiliating my hair again!" Selnia threw a fit as she stomped her foot in her tantrum.

"I mean it, Goldie, because dumb Shingo is looking up at you, right under your uniform," the Uzumaki pointed with his thumb.

"Aw, Naru, you gave away my position and I was so close!" the Todoroki whined.

And when Selnia looked down, she sees Shingo looking up at her, so close for him to skirting the skirt. She screamed in her fear as she jumped and cover what's left of her modesty under her uniform and Mikan-sensei tossed some boogie-boards like shuriken and knocked the idiotic pervert on his noggin.

"Todoroki-san, sexual harrassment is definitely a personal foul," the head teacher calmly chided while holding the school's boogie boards with her fingers and a gleam from her glasses.

{Shingo, you're just as bad as that Ero-sennin and his Icha Icha magazine racket!} Naruto stared at his male classmate with discontent.

Selnia was infuriated even further and complained, "Oh, you! You've humiliated me yet again! You're so incorrigible!"

"It serves you right for not heeding my warning, didn't I?" Naruto remarked with a smirk, "You can only blame your lack of ability."

Tomomi and Suiran snickered like snakes, because they knew that Naruto was right about their friend's error.

"Shut up!" Selnia's tension began to boil over as her hair began to spin, "You keep confounding me again, and again, and again as if it was necessary! I'll never understand you!"

But just then, a plumage of scattered flower petals stopped the argument as an upper-ed man appeared from the high dive platform and said, "Everyone, calm yourselves." It was a narcissistic man with long, pinkish hair, who is acting like a show-off wearing a gaudy white uniform as he declared, "Fighting is wretchedly ugly; it only sours your status. In order to soothe your angry heart, you have to admire beautiful objects! And that object is me, Toichiro Kazamatsuri!" He made a pose like Venus from a painting and continued, "Even the beautiful goddesses are envious. Even if it's within the vastless universe, my status will remain unchanged. Now admire... my beautiful pose!" And he took a dive with a big splash as the maids disgustingly moved out of the way, for they particularly don't like the gaudy goon's "taste".

Naruto thinks that the show-off is roughly in the same class as Rock Lee and Maito Gai in terms of their kind of manliness, it's revolting. "Who the cuss is he?" his words fell out of his mouth.

"He calls himself, "Toichiro Kazamatsuri", but his real name is Daikiji," Mitké awkwardly answered.

"He's the upper-ed guy I told you about," the dazed Shingo commented as he floats along the water.

"That's him‽" the blond butler exclaimed, "We are so doomed." And he secretly uses his Kagé Bunshin to fish the unconscious narcissist out of the deep water before dispersing them. As much as he disliked the guy, he can't just leave his fellow classmate behind, drowning in the pool. It would break his nindo and his pride as a man.

That was when Mikan-sensei came to the pool controls and said, "Time's up. We move onto the next part." And she activated a switch to simulated choppy and rough currents of water. The maids and butlers began to fight against the turbulence while Naruto is holding his own. (He did get his A's at Swimming.)

"This is a situation where a guerrilla is pursuing. You have to swim across swiftly flowing waters with whatever you have on," Mikan-sensei explained further.

{If that's whatever it takes, then...} Naruto thought as he had experienced a real situation before in Shinobi Academy as he kept on swimming.

Tomomi, Selnia, and Suiran did notice that their classmate is handling his situation with the greatest of ease.

It was smooth sailing in a sense... that is, until the Uzumaki noticed that Sanae is panicking as she is drifting towards him, screaming. Naruto grabbed the hapless twin as she clings to him as she cries, "Save me! I'm drowning!"

"Sanae-san, you got to calm yourself and keep floating! I've got you!" Naruto yelled through the splashing noise, but then he noticed that Sanae had just fainted from the distress. So he called out, "Mikan-sensei! Permission to be excused? We got an emergency!"

The head teacher stopped the simulation and consented, "You are excused, Uzumaki-san. Take her to the infirmary to let her rest. We'll discuss what happened later."

"Hai!" Naruto replied and he used his ability to walk on the water's surface and carried the downed Shikikagami, in a fireman's carry, out of the pool and ran like a gazelle to the main building. The witnesses, as well as the upper-ed students and Daikiji were amazed to see their fellow classmate managed to pull such a feat that no normal man can handle. Even Mikan-sensei never knew that Naruto was a former alumnus from Shinobi Academy that can possibly match wits with her. Maybe he can help her solve some of her problems, somehow...

-LVSN-

[Main Building, Infirmary]

Naruto puts Sanae on a vacant bed and undresses her clothing to avoid letting her catch cold, while he uses his shadow double to get some spare clothing and some towels, in 3 minutes flat, and dispelled itself. He swapped his wet tuxedo set and dried himself before putting his casual clothes on and resumed drying Sanae off with the extra large no-twist towel. She doesn't have her lungs full of water, but he felt her body shivering madly from the fear of drowning and from being soaking wet. So he remembered a few steps of keeping a partner warm through exchanging body heat to each other, comforting the frightened Shikikagami as she began to fall asleep. He, too, decided to rest for a while, after all the hullabaloo had occurred as he shuts the curtain and nestled next to the modestly covered maid-in-training to keep her warm.

But before Naruto knew it, an hour has passed and he woke up with the pair of D-cup breasts squeezing against his chest and the towel slipped off Sanae's body, forgetting her modesty. The younger twin began kissing all over his face, thanking him for saving her life. The Uzumaki didn't exactly know what Sanae was trying to say after he helped her out of a jam; that, and he gets a flavor of a something like a honeydew melon from one of the random kisses on his mouth.

That's when Tomomi came in, with a jealous look on her face as she sees Naruto with a naked Sanae in the infirmary bed. "Naruto-kun, what is the meaning of this?" she asked with an evil grin on her face.

The twin began to shiver as she sees not just Tomomi scaring her with her dark vibes, but the blond Uzumaki also making a evil smile of his own and said, "Well, Tomomi-chan, I just saved a life of our fellow classmate. And I see that you've personally came here just to check up on us. Are you up to something?"

"Whatever do you mean," the Saikyo heiress calmly and ominously replied. She toned down her rivalry personality as she turned to Sanae and asked, "Would you excuse us, Shikikagami-san? We're going to have a talk between close friends."

"Yeah," Naruto agreed, "And you'd best be putting some clothes on, or otherwise, I'll confuse you for your sister." And the Uzumaki closes the dividing curtain to give the blushing Sanae some visual privacy while he and Tomomi sit on a different bed, continuing their conversation as the latter questioned, "You haven't changed, have you, Naruto?" She got behind her friend's shoulder with a fiendish smile.

"Well, other than your surname, you're still got those wily ways of yours," Naruto remarked as he glanced at Tomomi's expression.

They sat and talked about many things about what happened while they've been far apart, Tomomi with her family matters and how she got into the upper-ed class since her debut in Junior High, and then came Naruto's explanation of why he has an aspiration, "For as long as I can remember, I admired the servitude of the working class. We, of the Uzumaki and Senju clans, are known to have the devil's luck when it comes to making money and invested through many good companies. At first, my parents objected for me to be working when they provided with the riches of splendor, but my trusted companions (the servants) trusted me to help train me to live the hard life: how to cook meals, cleaning, maintaining the premises, serving guests, among many other things. By the time I graduated grade school, I was enlisted into my family's military school, Shinobi Academy, where I worked hard and completed it with high marks, and believe me, Shinobi Academy is no walk in the park."

Tomomi and an eavesdropping Sanae from the curtains were surprised and amazed that Naruto is more that what he seems as a servant-ed student. Then Saikyo asked Naruto why is he is entering Hakureiryo in the lowly tier and he answered, "My mother was an alumna from this academy years ago and recommended me to enter there. That, and my parents are the few of the sponsors for this academy's funding. I chose the servant-ed to see what it's like to treat the upper-ed students and vice-versa."

Tomomi understood the situation as she agreed to help him with the situations at hand and said, "I'll help you get used to life here." She knows that Naruto is a fast learner.

"How gracious and generous of you, Tomomi-chan," Naruto remarked with a hint of sarcasm, "I guess I should be thankful, however, it seems that we got ourselves a "slinky spy" near the entrance." He knows this because of his senses and that he smells the essence of an Englishwoman.

And sure enough, both Tomomi and Naruto got out of the bed and slide the door to reveal none other than Selnia overhearing them from the other side with a hand next to her ear.

"Ahem, ahem!" the Uzumaki makes some fake throat clearing noises to get the Flameheart's attention as he gives off a sweatdrop and an annoyed look. The golden driller got caught and felt rather flustered in embarrassment and quickly shut the door. After a few awkwardly moments, Selnia opened the door again and admitted, "I... I was just passing by, you know. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, you know."

"Sure you did," Naruto sarcastically said, "So whatever's the matter, ojosama (upper-ed lady)?"

"I was checking to see if everything's all right," Selnia said as she is still keeping her pride as a front, "You're such a louse when you're..." But then, she noticed a silhouette of a woman showing through the curtain by the rays of the sunset, and she began to blush madly and exclaimed, "What are you doing here with a maid half-dressed‽ Don't tell me you didn't..."

Naruto calmly explained that Sanae nearly had a panic attack from her being unable to swim from the hard currents and that he had to do something from his lessons from his old school from Survival 101 - How to keep a partner warm from a cold situation. Sanae poked her head through the curtain and nodded in agreement.

Selnia's mind was letting out steam through her ears from her wild imagination of the blond Uzumaki's shameless actions that are in a different league than Shingo's.

That's when Tomomi started giggling from the dramatic scene.

"Hey, Saikyo-san, what's so funny?" the Flameheart blushingly asked her classmate.

"It's nothing..." the she-devil chuckled from her amusement, "Excuse me...but..."

While Selnia scoffed at the situation that she just can't win, Tomomi thought to herself, {Looks like things won't be so boring after all.}

Later, Mikan-sensei came by to the infirmary to see how her students are coming along. She decided to let the nearly scandalous incident slide due to certain technicalities and gave both Naruto and Sanae passing grades and left the room.

That's when Naruto decided to call it a night and said good night to the girls, but not before he made them to keep his family business a secret for the time being. And then, he takes his belongings and walked back to his dorm and have a heart-to-heart talk with his roommate/best friend. Thankfully, Daichi forgave him and she gave him a peck on the cheek. She knew that she always liked Naruto.

It was a hard day's work for the undercover butler-in-training as he sits on his desk working on his homework.

"What a day this has been, 'ttébayo."

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To be continued...==»

A/N: Well, another chapter finished from the salt mines. I recently got the Blu-Ray version of the series and, sad to say, I'm rather disappointed that the contents are lacking the certain specials (mind you, it's mainly for the fanboys), the subtitles sometimes have things that have much to be desired, (Ex. - A female student calling Daichi a Miss on Episode 1, while trying not to give the particular secret away) and that there aren't enough extras to pique my interest. But other than that, the series is entertaining, to say the least. Thankfully there certain sites that helped me with the appropriate parts for inspiration, including the alternative translations to help it make sense.

Anyhow, I'm in the middle of juggling stories, so I'll just do them one day at a time.

The heat will be on!

- blukmage19