Imperfect World

Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto Ken Akamatsu owns Negima

AN: Changed something from last chapter made Naruto into a literature teacher instead of a biology teacher since I was 50-50 at what type of character I'll build Naruto as and it finally ended with me picking an archetype that I've been meaning to write. This chapter is mostly talking no fight scenes D:

ANN: Just finished reading Muv-Luv Alt and safe to say it was great and abso fucking lutely depressing in the end and by god I loved it XD side from that nothing much in this chapter just setting things up for future events. That and info dumping…. I hate it but I really need to introduce characters by bulks over the next few chapters before I focus on the more important ones. That's really the down side of not doing the whole Kyoto arc but meh.

Unbeta'd

Tags: AU

-Imperfect World-

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

-The Way of Kings

Story Starts

Chapter 1: Vis audire fabula?

Naruto let out a slight grin while he lightly scratched the back of his head as he was suddenly bombarded by questions from a crowd of hormonal teenage girls. "Now now calm down, I'll answer one question at a time."

"Ahh… you" he said as he pointed at a red-haired girl whose name he recalled in the student roster that the principal gave him "Asakura-san"

"Thank you Naruto-san just a few questions if you don't mind"

"Sure, I will answer your questions to the best of my abilities"

"What's your last name?"

"Secret" he said as he waved one finger around.

"Why?"

"Because it's cooler that way"

Ignoring his previous answer the reporter decided to go for another question "How old are you?"

"2600 give or take a few hundred years" he replied smiling.

"So 26 then?"

"Sure why not"

"Okay where are you from?" she asked hopping to pull out a great scoop from the newest hunk of flesh that graced this academy.

"Mars, I a-m a M-a-r-t-i-a-n" he replied still smiling seriously as each and every person in the room sweat dropped while a certain brunette mastermind dropped her face on her desk and began grumbling about unpredicted variables and a stupid old man.

"Okay…" Asakura muttered out as she began writing about their newest sensei's sanity as well as the hiring standards of Mahora Academy.

"Is that all?"

"Just a few more, what are your hobbies?"

"Hmm, travelling, reading, storytelling" he started off as the girl started writing it down "walking, running, infiltrating, assassinating, blowing stuff up" he added as the girl suddenly stopped writing in her note pad and looked at him as if he just grew a second head.

"Okay last question then, do you have a girl friend?" the girl asked the question she knew others were dying to get an answer on.

"Hmm" Naruto replied as he cupped his own chin and began thinking. "I'm not sure… but does my turtle count as a girlfriend?" he asked as he pointed on the small turtle perched on top of his head. Almost everyone in class simultaneously face faulted while all thinking 'Great we have an insane teacher' while a select few were just doing their best to observe the strange ravenette who carried himself differently from other teachers. If they were looking close enough they would've seen that the turtle was somewhat blushing.

"Ano… Naruto-sensei I think you should answer seriously" asked the green clad ten-year old teacher still standing beside the strange black-haired man.

"I am answering seriously" he replied as he looked at the small Nagi clone "Ah, Nagi-san" he purposely let his tongue slip as the boy suddenly froze in place eyes widening "I mean Negi, sorry I stuttered" he chuckled. "The principal was calling for you"

"Eh?" the boy asked as he tilted his head to the side.

"Yeah he called for you around ten minutes ago" Naruto said as he looked at the boy "If you don't hurry he said he might fire you" he joked as the boy's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as he quickly grabbed his own roster and ran out of the room.

"Ummm… was that necessary sensei?" asked Asuna a heterochromic orange-haired pigtailed girl as she looked at Negi. Normally she'd be all protective and defensive about the boy but something just felt strange about the man. It was as if something about him was familiar.

"Not really, but I'd like to get our class started soon" he said as he placed a hand inside his pocket and pulled out a plain-looking red book.

"Okay class" he said as he opened up the book. "Would everyone like to listen to an old story?" he asked getting everyone's attention "Don't worry since this is just the first lecture I just want you to listen to this story" he said as he began calmly reciting the opening lines of a classic that a few in the room recognized "Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene," and so began the first of many literature classes that they would have with the strange man.

Then again he wasn't really strange.

Everyone was just too normal when compared to him.

-Imperfect World-

Within a well furnished office the current Dean of Mahora Academy the furry-browed Konoemon Konoe stood as he looked at the gigantic tree planted in the middle of the academy, the world tree. A few metres away behind the old man stood a gray-haired slightly rugged looking bespectacled man. This man was Takamichi T. Takahata former student of the late Gateou of Ala Rubra, known as Death Glasses throughout the magical world and was current teacher at Mahora Academy. At the moment said man was currently staring at the Dean not believing what he just heard from the old man.

"Are you sure about this?" Takamichi asked as he failed to hide the slight anger in his tone.

"Yes, Takamichi-kun" the old man replied as he rubbed his long beard.

"But he's one of them, He betrayed Ala Rubra" he snapped back at the old man.

Konoemon shook his head "Do not worry Takamichi-kun, he assured me that he is no longer a member of their group." The old man broke his gaze from the tree as he turned around and faced the bespectacled teacher.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. He had made it quite clear that he was no longer a part of their organization"

"But what about his companion? Don't tell me you haven't noticed that turtle" Takamichi asked.

"Do not let your biases from the war cloud your Judgement Takamichi as for the turtle Naruto-san has promised to keep her in line if anything happens. Apparently she's one of the series that he stole from their organization before he left."

"But-"

"Hohoho remember he cared deeply for Nagi. He's basically the boy's father."

"But if he's Nagi's father then why did he betray us during the most crucial moment of the entire war. If if… he didn't do that…. then why, why did it have to end like that for Nagi-san ande Arika-sama?"

The old man chuckled dryly "Trust me when I say this Takamichi-kun, he's regretting what happened. He took it the hardest since he was there when it happened." He paused for a moment as he took in a deep breath "Do you know Takamichi-kun, I have known him far before you or any of the members of Ala Rubra were born, well except Fillius and Albireo that is." He chuckled again as he sagely rubbed his beard "I want you to know if he could, he would have intervened, if he was not bound to certain circumstances he would have been the first one to stand against Cosmo Entelecheia" he sighed as he focused on Takamichi. "So for now trust him, Takamichi give him a second chance"

Takamichi rubbed his temples as he closed his eyes. He knew it was wrong to hate the ravenette but he couldn't help it. The man was a member of the group that was responsible for his master's death.

"I..." before he could reply there was a loud running sound coming towards the door's leading to the room. The two mages turned around and looked at the door just in time to see it burst open as a small red-haired boy wearing a green suit came running inside.

"Dean-san! I'm here! Please don't fire me!" the boy shouted as he ran towards the two older men.

Both just sweat dropped, this had Naruto written all over it.

"No one is firing you Negi" Takamachi said as placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"Ara? But Naruto-sensei said…"

"Hohoho don't mind him, that's just his unique sense of humour" the dean said getting the boy's attention.

"Ah.. hahaha…" the boy chuckled as he scratched the back of his head "I see" he said embarrassed that he fell for such an obvious lie. "Um... then why did you call me here Konoe-san?"

"Ah.. Thank you for reminding me about that hohoho, it seems old age is finally catching up to me" the old man joked "I remember, I called you here to tell you something about our newest staff member"

"About Naruto-sensei?"

"Yes" the old man answered nodding as he did so "You see Naruto-san is an old friend of mine. I just wanted to tell you not to cause too much trouble for him."

"So is he a mage as well then?" the boy asked.

"Yes, a very strong one" the old man answered.

"Naruto-sensei is a strong mage?" the boy asked in surprise as he looked at Takamichi who nodded back. "He's stronger than me" the man begrudgingly admitted shocking the red haired boy even further. "He's probably even stronger than a fully powered Evangeline" he added.

"B-but how is that possible? Isn't Evangeline-san one of the strongest mage in existence?" the boys eye's widened even further "That means-"

"Hohoho, yes Negi-kun Naruto-san is on par with your father the thousand master" the old man Konoe said.

"What is someone as strong as tou-san doing in the academy?" the boy asked.

"He was looking for a job and I was looking for a new Literature teacher to replace the one that went for a leave of absence. Just don't bother him too much Negi-kun and who knows he might teach you a thing or two if you get on his good side."

"Hai" Negi cheerfully replied as he processed the information he just received. Since that fateful trip to Kyoto the boy has been desperately trying to find of a way to get stronger. His encounter with both the Inugami Kotarou and that Aquamarine haired boy Fate proved that he still had a long way to go if he ever wanted to surpass his father and if this man could help him get stronger then….

"Negi" the boy was snapped out of his thoughts by a rather sharp and cold tone coming from Takamichi. This actually shocked the boy more than the revelation of the newest teacher of Mahora being a powerful mage as long as he had known the bespectacled man never has he heard him use such a dreadful and harsh tone.

"Negi that man is dangerous" Takamichi warned.

"Hohoho, Takamichi what did I tell you earlier?" the old man purposely dropped the suffix as he fully opened his normally squinted eyes hidden under his eye brows and glared at Takamichi as he released killing intent that made the man break out in cold sweat.

"Just be wary of him" Takamichi added as he finally decided to shut up.

"Why?" Negi asked innocently completely oblivious to the tense atmosphere once again proving that despite his intelligence he really was just a ten year old boy.

"Don't mind Takamichi-kun, he and Naruto-san just have a rather rocky relationship in the past, isn't that right Takamichi-kun?"

"Hai" the bespectacled man answered back.

"Neh Takamichi what happened between you and Naruto-san?" Negi asked.

"We'll tell you when you're older" the two older men in the room replied in unison.

"Hai" the boy replied as he visibly deflated.

That old man smiled "You can always ask Naruto-san if you want." He said before adding "That's all I have to say to you today Negi-kun you may go"

"Okay, goodbye Konoe-san, Takamichi" the boy said as he slightly bowed before leaving the room with a large smile on his face. The boy had a certain raven haired teacher to talk to.

Takamichi sighed as he shook his head one more time "Are you really sure about this?" he asked again.

"Yes" the old man replied as he turned around and faced the window once more as his eyes gazed upon the World Tree.

"I see…" Takamichi said as he sighed "I guess I'll give him one more chance, but… if he betrays us or cause harm to any of our students I will not hesitate to attack him" he said before took a slight bow and left the room.

"He's the reason you and all the others are alive… He is the reason everyone here is not trapped within the Perfect World the Life-Maker wished for" the old man shook his head as he once again broke his gaze upon the tree and sat down on his desk where a bunch of paper work awaited him. He needed something to clear his mind, and for once he was actually happy about the paper work in front of him.

-Imperfect World-

"For never was a story of more woe. Than this of Juliet and her Romeo" Naruto finished as he closed the book and looked at the now teary eyed and sniffling students of his class.

"Well I'm glad you liked the story" he said as the bell suddenly rang signaling the end of the class. "Okay, so for Monday's class, well I don't really have anything planned out so no homework and such" he added as he looked at everyone inside the classroom one more time before making his way towards the door. "If anyone wants to ask me something just feel free to drop by the faculty room. Aside from that enjoy your weekend" he finished as he opened the door and left the room.

Just like when he came the moment the man left the room everyone descended into chaos once more. Well almost everyone since a few didn't care or just hid the fact that they did really well. But as everyone in the class was arguing no one noticed the small blonde and her green haired seat mate silently leave the room.

"He was hot" said Yuna the athletic basketball player of the class started.

"Yeah totally, if I didn't have a boyfriend I'd so go for him" Shiina one of the three cheerleaders of their class said.

"He was nice" Kugimiya another of the cheerleaders added her opinion. "But he might be a playboy…" she added in disdain.

"Pretty Weird though" Asakura said as she looked over her notes from the mini interview "2600 year old martian like that's possible." she chuckled as she thought 'But if mages are real then… nah that would be to farfetched' she thought.

"I like Negi-kun better" a cheery pink haired girl Maki said as a few other people from the class nodded in agreement.

"Fu fu fu, but he has a hot body…" the resident mangaka/doujin artist/ closest yaoi fan girl Haruna said as she began concocting a story about a forbidden love between a ten year old boy and a twenty six year old man.

"His story was pretty good, don't you think so Yue?" a rather introverted member of the library exploration club Nodoka asked her best friend and fellow club member.

"Shakespeare definitely a classic" Yue answered as she took a sip from her juice box "I thought he was going to be teaching Japanese Literature like our previous sensei but it seems we'll be doing English based ones as well" she took another sip as she looked around the class room and saw more and more of the students talking about the newest piece of meat available in the market, which was kinda weird considering they were all just in middle school.

"Quite down, I don't really know why everyone is energetic now, it's just a new teacher" the blonde haired class iinchou Ayaka said as she tried to calm down her fellow students.

"Heheh since he isn't a ten-year old boy you don't really care about him do you iinchou?" Asuna asked causing some of her classmates to snicker at the obvious jab towards the class iinchou's slightly disturbing love towards their ten-year old homeroom teacher.

"Wh-what have I told you about those slanderous accusations! How about you then isn't he one of those old men that you like" Ayaka snapped back as she pointed at Asuna.

"What was that Shoutacon?" Asuna asked as she stood up from her seat and glared at the blonde.

"Look it's Takahata-sensei!" Ayaka shouted out as she pointed behind Asuna

"Where?" the orange haired girl's head snapped back as she tried to find the man of her dreams., he wasn't there. .

"Heheh" she heard Ayaka laughing

"Grrr" Asuna growled as she jumped towards Ayaka.

Before anyone noticed it there was a huge cat fight between the two occurring in the middle of the class.

"Fight, Fight, Fight" the Narukami twins cheered out as they watched the fight from the side lines.

Beside the two a black-haired girl with her hair tied to a pony tail to the side sweat dropped.

"Neh neh, Set-chan what do you think about the new teacher?" the girl now known as Setsuna heard as she looked at her Ojou-san, Konoka Konoe who was the granddaughter of the school's dean.

"He was… um… interesting?" Setsuna the girl replied not really wanting to tell her oh so innocent Ojou-sama that their new teacher despite his attitude carried the air of a warrior around him. She was actually quite impressed that the man didn't show any openings even when the man was simply reading to the class.

Her senses just screamed at her that the man was dangerous but knowing that her Ojou-sama's grandfather owned the school she just slowly chalked the man up as some sort of body-guard that the old man must have hired to give extra protection to the class. If so she needed to have a talk with the man sometime soon.

The door of the classroom opened as Negi ran inside the room. "Ano is Nauto-sensei here?" the boy asked as he looked at his students.

"Sorry sensei you just missed him" the shy girl who often worked as the nurse's assistant Ako answered.

"He said something about going to the faculty room. Maybe you can find him there sensei" the athletic member of the swim team Akira added as the boy nodded to the two of them.

"Thank you Akira-san Ako-san" the boy said as he bowed down before quickly turning around and leaving the room.

A short distance away from Setsuna stood a slightly tanned girl who was chewing on a nikkuman "He weird but he held himself like warrior-aru!" the resident martial artist Ku Fei said as she took another bite from her Nikkuman.

"So you noticed it as well Fei De-gozarou" the class ninja Kaede said as she looked at the person standing beside her. "What do you think about him Tatsumiya-san?" she asked trying to get an opinion from the one who she considered as a rival.

"….." the dark-skinned secretly demon, shrine maiden/ gunslinger mercenary girl didn't reply she just stayed still as if in shock before suddenly moving towards the door and leaving the class room without answering the kunoichi's question.

"What was that about De-gozarou?" Kaede asked as she looked at the dust trail that formed behind Mana

''Might be challenge him to fight-aru" Ku Fei said with fire in her eyes.

"Who knows De-gozarou"

Meanwhile the dark-skinned beauty quickly walked towards the faculty room, her usual calm and stoic demeanour breaking down as she pulled out a card from her pocket. She looked at the card which had a picture of a younger version of herself smiling as she leaned back into a metal cross behind her. It was the symbol of a promise she made years ago, a promise with a certain black haired man that just suddenly popped out of nowhere. The girl shook her head as she placed the card back in her pocket.

She needed to talk to him.

-Imperfect World-

Four different sets of footsteps all in different strength and speed were heard in the empty hallways of Mahora Academy.

Four different sets of footsteps, all walking towards one room the room with all the answers to their questions.

Four different sets of footsteps came to a stop when as four people found themselves standing near the door towards the faculty room.

"Oh bouya? And Tatsumiya". What are you two doing here? The small blonde girl Evangeline asked as she looked at her fellow classmates.

"Ah, Evangeline-san. I'm just here to talk with Naruto-sensei" the boy said as he walked towards the door only to stop when a bullet sailed through the air and hit the a few inches away from his foot.

"Wh-a what was that…." Negi said in shock as he turned towards the perpetrator, Mana Tatsumiya holding a beretta with a suppressor on it minimizing the sound of the gun fire.

"Magical Bullet it won't kill you but it will hurt" the shrine maiden answered as she took in a deep breath before adding "I'm sorry Negi-sensei but I need to talk to Naruto-sensei now. This is urgent" the girl said as she placed her hand under her skirt and pulled another gun strapped in her thigh before pointing it at Evangeline. This was definitely one of the stupidest things she has done in her life. "That goes for you as well Evangeline-san"

"Oh? And how are you going to stop me?" Evangeline asked with a hint of condescension as her companion the green haired gynoid Chachamaru placed herself in front of her master.

"…" she didn't reply as she kept her gun aimed at both Chachamaru and Negi.

"Ahh… ahh… Tatsumiya-san, Evangeline-san please… calm down.. We can all talk about this… no one needs to get hurt" the ten year old teacher pleaded as he desperately tried to diffuse the situation. Why was it always his students who wound up in life or death situations?

Mana and Evangeline glared at the boy.

That was all it took to make him back of and cower towards a nearby corner. He faced against the likes of Fate and Kotaro even standing up against a Demon God but those event seemed ridiculously insignificant under the sheer killing intent his two students were releasing.

He made the right choice of just shutting up.

"Chachamaru" the blonde called out as she snapped her fingers.

"Yes Master" the gynoid replied as she got into a battle stance, feet slightly apart one arm extended forward towards Mana while the other was kept near her body.

"Hn" Mana mumbled out as she pointed both her guns at Chachamaru.

Both were just mere moments away from battling against one another.

One could hear a pin drop as there was a sudden moment of silence around the immediate area, Mana just glared at Chachamaru both were ready to attack.

Evangeline was smirking.

Chachamaru looked impassive.

Mana was looking just as emotionless as Chachamaru.

Negi was scared as hell and was on the verge of tears.

The door of the faculty room opened.

That broke both the silence and the impending death match as both combatants immediately left their respective battle stances while Mana quickly hid her guns.

An old teacher wearing a pair of glasses walked out from the room and glared at the students and teacher. "What is with all the noise going on out here?"

"Ah Nitta-sensei" Negi almost shouted out, thankful for the older teachers sudden appearance. The boy bowed apologetically "Sorry for the noise. We were looking for Naruto-sensei"

"You just missed him. He just left a few minutes ago saying something about looking for a place to stay." The older teacher said answering causing everyone outside of the office aside from him to deflate.

"Do you know where he's going Nitta-sensei?" Evangeline asked.

"And why would you want to know that McDowell-san?" the teacher asked back.

"Because I needed to ask him something about our Literature class" she lied.

"And I'm assuming that's why Tatsumiya and Karakuri-san are with you?"

The other two silently nodded.

"Well I don't really know where he was going but he did tell me that he will be around campus grounds."

"Thank You" Evangeline, Mana, and Negi replied before they turned around and left the teacher alone.

If they stayed a little longer they would've seen Nitta-sensei smirk before he was covered by white smoke and in his place replacing him was none other than Naruto. "No need to hurry young ones, I will talk to all of you soon." He said as he went back inside the faculty room,

-Imperfect World-

"Where the hell is he?" Evangeline the one and only Maga Nosferatu a five hundred year self-proclaimed Evil Mage and Shinso feared throughout the magical world grumbled out as she walked towards her small cottage located within the rather forested parts of the academy. The now cursed and severely weakened Shinso thanks to a certain red-haired man, spent most of the afternoon looking for Naruto even teaming up with that half demon Mana and that brat Negi for a while to look for him but no matter where they searched they could just not find the man.

"Master why are you looking for our new sensei?" her green haired companion the gynoid Chachamaru Karakuri asked.

Evangeline sighed "He's…." she blushed before shaking her head "and old acquaintance of mine. A really, really old one." She walked up the small flight of stairs connected to her veranda leading to her home.

"Master" the mechanical voice of Chacharamu caught her attention.

"What is it?" she asked turning around to look at the gynoid.

"I'm sensing an unknown heat signature within our home. We appear to have intruders." She looked a shocked Evangeline who failed to notice it.

"Do I engage them?" the green haired girl said as she readied her weapons and prepared to run inside the house and eliminate the threat.

"No I'll deal with whoever it is!" Evangeline said as walked towards the door "Though be ready to back me up" she added as she slowly opened the door.

The girl proceeded to freeze where she stood.

"Master?" the gynoid asked as she looked at her master in confusion before looking inside the room as well.

"Good Afternoon Eva-chan, Chachamaru-san" the intruder, Naruto greeted as he casually took another sip of tea, oddly enough his turtle was sitting on the table drinking tea as well while seemingly talking to a green haired doll sitting opposite to it, as if they were sharing stories of past battles.

"You! I've been looking for you everywhere. What the heck are you doing here?" she asked as she stomped in the ground walking towards him before grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and pulling him towards her.

"Well as you can see I'm drinking tea if that's what you're talking about"

"Grrr…. No I mean why are you here?"

"I needed a job"

She looked at him with a dead pan expression on her face. "Really is that it?"

"I'm serious and now I need a place to crash so let me stay here for a while"

"No."

"Thanks I've already placed my stuff inside one of the rooms as well as made changes within you're Resort Sphere"

"No."

"I also upgraded the utilities of the house, you now have the fastest internet and wifi as well as the best cable tv the world can offer"

"N-"

"I've also brought all the latest gaming console systems along with a new HD tv, surely you msut have been getting tired of those old games… right? Right? I mean I'm here offering you top necessities that can stave off your boredom for the next 30 years and all you have to do is let me stay in your house."

"Iguessitsokay" she whispered out.

"Thanks Eva-chan" Naruto said as he rubbed the small vampire's head making the girl blush as he did so.

"Well I'm tired, need some sleep so I'll see you later okay" Naruto said as he stopped patting her and stood up from the chair and walked towards his new room.

"What the heck just happened…" the vampire asked as she desperately tried to process how the ravenette just made himself welcome into her own home with little to no effort.

"I believe we have a new house guest." Chachamaru replied mechanically as she looked towards the room the ravenette was now using "Should I label him as friendly or hostile master?"

"Friendly… well at least for now…" the girl growled out as she rubbed her temples, she knew Naruot from long ago and if he was still the same as before then her life was going to be both entertaining and hell.

"Hai" Chachamaru replied nodding as she looked at the man, but for some reason despite wanting to place the man in the friendly list her system kept placing him in the hostile list almost instantaneously. She'd have to ask her creator Hakase-san about that later on.

-Imperfect World-

"Well that went better as I expected" the ravenette said as he sat down on his bed. The room was quite simple, there was a comfortable bed, on the opposite side of the bed was a small flat screen tv, to its side was a few book shelves filled to the brim with various books. And in the middle of the room was a coffee table which had a small lap top resting on top of it. It pretty much looked like a normal room. Seals and Magical Runes engraved on the wall aside that is.

"I already placed my seals all over this room so if you want you could change back to normal" he said as the turtle nodded at him.

Light glowed around the turtle before there was a loud poofing sound accompanied by a puff of smoke that covered the turtle. In its place now stood an aquamarine haired girl the Averruncus of Water Sextum or as the ravenette liked to call her Umi.

"Naruto-san, are you sure it's safe? We are now in the middle of hostile territory filled with allies of the Thousand Mage. There is also the threat of our current landlord the Maga Nosferatu are you really sure it is wise to get employed here?" Umi asked.

"Just rrust me on this one" replied Naruto nonchalantly as ever as he sat on the bed.

"I find it a bit hard to believe that though. Dynamis and Amateru-san were quite adamant about not letting you make decisions that may affect the group."

"Ara ara. You seem to be forgetting Umi-chan. I'm no longer part of the group" he said as he waved a finger in front of her.

"Ah. Forgive me. I have forgotten" she bowed down.

"No need to worry Umi-chan~" he replied.

The girl nodded before asking "Naruto-san, what are your plans now?"

"Hmm… nothing really" he said as he pulled out a book out of somewhere, where exactly Sextum didn't know and for once didn't really bother to ask. The ravenette was just mysterious like that. "It's best to enjoy times of peace like this Umi" he flipped to a different page "Days like these will be rare in the future….." he read his book for a few minutes before noticing that his companion was just standing in place looking at him as he read. Shaking his head Naruto closed the book. "Umi-chan, why did you come with me?" he asked.

"I" the girl started as she placed her left hand on her chest "I do not know Naruto-san, but something, something inside me was telling me to come with you. I do not know what it is but it has greatly confused me."

"Was it an order from Dynamis?"

"No.. I don't know" the girl said as confusion became clear in her normally emotionless face.

"Would you have come with me despite Dynamis ordering you not to?"

"Yes" the girl answered without hesitation surprising both her and the ravenette.

Naruto smiled "You're making your own decisions" he stood up and walked towards her before placing his hand on her head and gently patting her. "I'm proud of you"

"Why?" the aquamarine haired girl asked as she tilted her head to the side.

"Because you're defying your fate"

"Huh?"

He kept smiling "You are beginning to make your own decisions based on your own personal beliefs. You are slowly evolving, looking for your own path that you will eventually follow in the end."

"Does that mean that I am defective?" the girl asked.

Naruto frowned "No you're not defective, you and Tertium are the same" he gently ruffled her hair "Not defective, special, and extremely different from your siblings."

"I do not understand"

"You will one day" he said as he stopped ruffling her hair and walked back to the bed.

The girl shook her head at the man's casual laid back attitude "Naruto-san what do you wish for me to do here for the duration of my stay? I really do not like staying as a turtle for long periods of time."

"Hmm… do you want me to enrol you to the school?" the man said as he sat down on the bed again.

"But wouldn't that arouse too much suspicion"

"Heheh too late for that they're already too suspicious about me adding you to the mix won't really make things worse .Plus old man Konoe kind knows about you already"

"Thank you for the offer but let me think about it first Naruto-san"

"I hope you accept it." he smiled "This might help you out find your purpose" he added as he lay down on the bed and yawned.

"I'm tired today Umi-chan, I'm going to sleep for a few hours" He yawned again as he made himself comfortable in the bed.

"What should I do?" Sextum asked.

"Hmm..Do whatever you wish Umi-chan" the man replied as he closed his eyes, a few minutes later and the man was already snoring.

The Averruncus of Water stared at the ravenette, it wasn't often that she was given no orders and was asked to do whatever she wanted. Now that she thought about it, it was only the ravenette who gave her such orders.

The girl closed her eyes and gave it a moment to think things through.

What was the wish of a puppet without orders from their master.

To do what she wanted to do?

But what did she want to do?

The girl opened her eyes as they landed once more on the man sleeping in front of her. She didn't understand why but before she even noticed it she was already carefully sneaking in the man's bed. Lying down beside him as she snuggled herself against his chest.

She could hear his heart beating gently through his chest as her eyes slowly got heavy.

Soon enough the girl closed her eyes and fell asleep to the sound of the man's heart beat.

If the girk opened her eyes even once during that time she would have witnessed a rare sight only seen by a handful during the last thousand years.

A warm and caring smile etched on the ravenette's face.

-Imperfect World-

Evangeline left her room, it was already late in the night and for some reason she couldn't really sleep for the day. It might be because she wanted to talk to the ravenette, but he really hasn't come out of his room after their initial meeting. She tried knocking and opening the door but it just didn't budge. She even tried asking Chachamaru to take the door down, only for that to end up as a failure as well. It took her a while to actually remember that the man was basically a God when it came to creating barriers using complex seals. She really should let the man look over her curse one of these days.

With feet light as ever she silent walked down the stairs noting a slight chill coming from a now open door leading to the veranda in front of her cottage. It didn't take a genius to figure out who she was sensing outside the door, shaking her head she walked out of her cottage towards the veranda where she found the ravenette sitting on the wooden steps. The man was looking up towards the sky, various plates that once held food was on his side, a half filled cup of saké in one hand as he petted the turtle with the other.

"If you're going to ask what I am doing here" Naruto said surprising Eva "Then the answer would simply be that I'm drinking while looking at the moon." Naruto replied as he took a sip of saké from a small cup.

"Did you just read my mind?"

"I can't read minds, but I can read you like an open Eva-tan"

She just rolled her eyes and sadly while crossing her arms in front of her chest. "It's been centuries and you still have that habit of yours. You still stare at the moon."

He laughed dryly "Some things just don't change…" he said as he broke his gaze from the moon and looked at his blonde companion "Hey Eva…Do you hate me?" he asked as the girl sat beside him and sighed.

"I don't at least not anymore" she said as she poured herself a cup of saké and took a sip. "It wasn't you're fault, so don't think about it anymore"

"I'm really sorry for that you know" he took a sip of saké "certain circumstances prevented me from looking after you any longer."

"It wasn't you fault." She took a sip of her own sake.

"Sometimes I think it is." He kept his eyes lingering on the moon as he petted the small turtle. "Do you still think that your…"

"No I haven't, not for a long time. I've changed over the years."

"Falling in love with my brat of a disciple does that to you right?"

"Baka" she blushed "I wasn't in love with him!" she spat out trying to keep the fact that she did have a small crush on the red haired man because he reminded her of the ravenette before taking a huge sip from her cup of saké.

"Did you like him since he reminded you of little old me"

Cue in spit take.

"Wha- wha- what! No-no-no" she dropped her cup as she waved her hand defensively in front of her.

"Lucky you, sometimes people don't find ones they love. They remain unchanging throughout their whole lives." He smile sadly "Some are born a fool, lives a life of a fool, and dies a fool, never having the opportunity to find someone to fawn over." He took a sip from his cup as he felt a jab in his ribs.

"You're acting all moody. That's not like you" a now calmer Eva said as she took her cup from the ground.

Naruto smiled "I know but, from time to time people needs remove their own masks even for just a short while just be honest to oneself. Plus I'm always moody like this when I see the moon"

Evangeline smirked as she drank some more of the sake "Senile Old man"

"Loli Vampire Hag" he said as he leaned his head back just in time to evade the young blonde's cup that was sent flying at him.

"Baka"

"I know I know I've been called that thousands if not millions of times throughout my life." the man chuckled "Neh? Eva for old-time sake would you like to hear a story Eva?"

"If it doesn't bore me then yes and make sure it's a new one. I still remember some of those other stories you told me."

"Wow you remembered them for 500 years? Just for me. Oh how sweet Eva-tan" Naruto jibbed as he hugged the vampire, a gesture that the young girl kindly returned for a few seconds. That was before she pushed him away whe she felt something biting her hand.

"What the heck" she thought raising an eyebrow as she watched the ravenette's turtle who was somewhat glaring at her. Now that's something you didn't see every day.

"Okay Eva-chan, Hmmm… if I remember correctly… I haven't told you this story before…" the man said as he kept his vision lingering on the moon. "There was once a child who had no friends because the child was weak and sick. The child was sad and lonely as the kid stayed at home alone while watching others play outside. From days on end the child would cry alone and only found comfort in an old book that contained an old tale."

He looked at Evangeline "A tale about a man who was sealed in the moon…"

"Heheh is that why you look at the moon because of that old story?"

"You could say that" the man said as he chuckled once more.

"So what happened next?"

The man smiled "You know what, I think I'll tell you the story some other time…" he said as he took a sip of Sake as the vampire pouted.

"Okay fine fine, I'll tell you about the man in the moon then. I never told you that story before"

"Tsk.. good enough" the girl said as she too took a sip of Sake.

"But are you sure? This might take the whole night not really good for a growing girl like you" he teased and got a jab in the rib for it.

"I have no problems with that, unless you do S-E-N-S-E-I~" she teased back grinning as she edged closer to the man.

"Whatever you say Ojou-chan" Naruto said rolling his eyes as he cleared his throat "There was once a nine tailed demon fox that appeared in the midst of a great village. Its mighty tails could crumble mountains and cause tsunamis. All of the warriors from the village assembled to fight the demon. Many died and the battle raged on until one brave soul was able to seal the demon by sacrificing his life." Naruto started as he began telling the tale of the boy who grew up to be a man who got sealed within the moon.

The vampire and the small turtle who was now perched on top of his head listened intently to his tale as the two could have sworn that the moon itself was shining down upon the man as he began telling them the tale.

It was as if the moon itself was giving him its blessings.

And so they listened to a tale of a boy, as he fought through all odds against fate, gigantic demons, a group of villains, a god, and finally against his closest friend now turned enemy. It was a tale of both happiness and sadness that ended with the boy leaving everyone behind as he sacrificed his life to seal off a beast that would lay waste upon the earth.

The sun was already rising when the ravenette finished the tale; there was a small bout of silent as the man stood up from his seat and left to return to his room. It wasn't until the man left the vampire alone did she notice; that there was one thing that the ravenette didn't say, no it was as if the man purposely did not mention it.

"What was the boy's name?" she thought as she stood up and silently went back to her room. One day she and the others who would eventually hear this tale shall learn of the boy's name, but by that point in time it would already be too late.

-Imperfect World END-

AN: How do eva and naruto know each other? Well you'll find out next chapter. Speaking of the next chapter it will cover Negi trying to find a master.

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