Hello again, I'm back with the next chapter! Time for the second day of school to start!

I hope you all enjoy the read.

(Marshalanime does not own Naruto or Infinite Stratos)

Waking up on the second day of school Houki let out a soft yawn as she stretched. Siting up in bed the young woman brought her hand up to rub the sleep from her eyes. "...Morning" as the casual greeting reached her ears Houki's eyes widened. That's right, her roommate was...

"Ah, m-morning..." Houki responded after slowly turning her head to the side to see her blond roommate. In this all girls boarding school Houki Shinonono had ended up with her childhood friend, and only male student as her roommate.

As she regained her composer Houki turned her head forward, though she made sure to keep Naruto in her periphery. He looked like he'd been up for a bit as he sat on top of the covers with his knees propped up and his back against the headboard. Even so he was still in his grey pajamas with that panda cap on his head. Since she'd been awake he hadn't turned his head toward her, his attention being locked on the thick book in his hands.

That's right, he hadn't read the reference book yet. Looking at the clock, they still had an hour before they needed to get ready. "How long have you been up?" Houki asked the blond.

Glancing up from the book to the clock the blond gave a quick shrug, "Forty-five, maybe fifty minutes".

'He didn't get the chance to study last night, so I guess he woke up early' Houki thought to herself. Chances were that all the commotion that happened between them made it difficult for the blond to get the time he needed. However, before she could ruminate on that thought a tantalizing smell entered her nose. Did he cook something?

"You hungry, Houki? I made enough for both of us" Naruto asked from the... kitchen?

Jumping out of bed Houki ran over to the small kitchen area that lead to their dorm room's door, and sure enough there he was. Standing at the stove Naruto was already in his school uniform, over which he wore a pink apron that he'd found in one of the draws. With wide eyes and an slightly open mouth Houki looked over her shoulder to see Naruto still reading on his bed and then slowly turning it back to the identical blond in front of her.

Completely dumbfounded Houki's brain could only come to one logical conclusion, '...I'm dreaming. This is a dream'. After a moment she dropped down and began frantically scratching her head. 'Why am I dreaming of Naruto? Why am I dreaming of two of them!' Houki questioned herself as her cheeks grew redder and redder.

As for Naruto, it was his turn to stare dumbly as he watched Houki's odd behavior.

After turning off the stove and placing the still unprepared food to the side Naruto took the girl and sat her down on her bed before taking a seat on his own mattress. He then gave her a brief explanation how his clone jutsu worked. After she still held her skeptical expression he opted to give a practical demonstration while adding "Basically, since the clones transfer their memories to me when they disappear they're a good way to cram in a lot of studying".

Well, he says that, but there are limits to this method. Depending on how much his clones learn it can give him the worst headaches, and sometimes it'll even leave him bedridden for a while if he goes overboard with it.

Unsurprisingly Houki's skeptical expression vanished in favor of a stunned look when a third blond popped up next to the original. "Th-That's not possible!" Houki shouted as she stood up from her bed. Out of everything she's ever learnd in her live she was certain that peole couldn't just clone themselves!

"Eh? Sure it i-" Naruto was saying with a very confused look when he finally put it together in his head as to why Houki was confused by this. "Oooh, I get it now" the blond commented with a playful grin as he folded his arms over his chest.

"What are you talking about? Explain yourself!" Houki demanded of the blond with clenched fists. Oh he was so lucky she didn't have a bokken right now.

"Calm down a little" Naruto told her with a light wave of his hand. While her glare hadn't lightened up it didn't seem like she was about to strangle him anymore, so he asked her "I've never told you about the village I was born in, have I?".

"What does that have to do with anything?" Houki immediately shot at the blond. Honestly, he starts making clones and then he wants to tell him about his village? What was wrong with this guy?

"Everything!" Naruto told her with a big grin on his face. Shrinking his grin down to a smile the blond started to explain, "You see, the village I was born in is actually in a completely different world and over there a lot of people learn how to utilize their chakra, usually from a young age. Those who are really good with their chakra tend to go on to be shinobi and learn how to use all kinds of cool jutsu, like the shadow clone jutsu I've been using. I'm a shinobi from Konoha, one of the five big shinobi villages, but I'm not saying there are only five villages! They're just the biggest and each one of these five great hidden villages has it's own kage. Konoha's kage is called the Hokage and my dad, the forth Hokage, was born in this world. You see, there was this Konoha shinobi who was experimenting with advance funjutsu that ended up connecting to this world where they met my dad as a young kid. From what I know there was a lot of behind the scene politics that happened after that, both worlds agreed to leave the other alone for the most part, and dad moved to the vil-".

Houki, who had been silently listening, quickly grew tired of this seemingly absurd explanation and let Naruto know. "Do you think I'm an idiot! Who would believe such a stupid story!" Houki told the blond, an intense glare on her face as she reached over and pulled out the dividing wall between their beds. As Naruto was arguing that he was being serious Houki told him to be quiet and turn around so she could get changed. Grumbling to himself Naruto did as she instructed.

Once she had changed into her uniform Houki briskly walked past the trio of blonds. "I'm going to the cafeteria" Houki told the blond as she quickly reduced the distance between herself and the door.

"Cafeteria? Wait! But I was already coo-And she's gone" Naruto was saying as he turned to face the door, only to hear it close behind Houki. Guess lunch was settled then. Getting up Naruto went after his friends, making sure to remove his apron and toss it onto the counter before he too left the room.

"How long are you going to be mad at me?" Naruto asked Houki after the pair had gotten their food. Considering that there were students from around the world attending IS academy the variety of food served in the campus cafeteria was just as varied as the students who ate there. However, Naruto and Houki both picked the traditional Japanese set for this particular day.

Ever since they left the dorm room not a single word had passed between them and Houki had that irritated expression on her face. A guy tries telling his life story and suddenly he's called crazy.

"...I'm not angry" Houki told the blond as they found a table to sit at.

Even if they hadn't seen each other in years Naruto wasn't so dense that he'd fall for a weak line like that. Taking his seat next to the girl he said "You're totally angry, it's written all over your face".

"I've been like this since I was born" Houki was quick to respond. It was quickly becoming apparent that Naruto wasn't going to get her to open up anytime soon and so figured he should let her cool down before bring the subject of his world up again. Honestly, why was she so obstinate?

Anyway, it didn't take long for them to fall into a mostly comfortable silence as they enjoyed their meal. That said it looked like today wasn't going to be much differant yesterday.

"Look look, he's the famous boy~"

"Seems like he's also Chifuyu nee-sama's younger brother, you know"

"Huh, so both siblings are IS users? Is he strong?"

Again it seemed like he had become the center of attention just from entering the room as the other students were looking in his direction and talking about him. He really would prefer it if they'd just come over and talk to hi-

"O-Orimura, can we sit here, please?", well what do you know? It would seem a trio of students had mustered up the courage to come over. This is more like it!

"Sure! I don't mind" Naruto told them with a wide grin. As his words reached he group the front girl who'd asked let out a sigh of relieve. Around them the sight of the trio sliding in next to the blond caused quite the commotion.

"Ah~ I should have tried to talk to him earlier..."

"It-it's just the second day. Nothing to panic over!"

"Say, speaking of which, the people who rushed into the room yesterday are present as well!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"

Hearing the onlookers Naruto was reminded of all the girls who introduced themselves the day before, eight first-years, fifteen second-years, and thirty-three third-years in all.

"Wow. Orimura you eat a lot in the morning" one of the girls commented after seeing his tray.

"He is a guy, you know" one of her friends commented.

"I have to eat a lot since I train a lot. If I don't get enough to eat then I might just collapse halfway through the day" Naruto told them, though collapsing might be a bit extreme to say. This of course led to a string of questions regarding his training to which he answered to his best ability. Though he did take caution as to not go into any detail about chakra or jutsu since it'd probably just confuse them like it did with Houki.

While on the topic of training, and more importantly diet Naruto took notice of the rather small portions the girls had. "Is it really alright for you guys to eat so little?" Naruto asked them, partially reminiscing about his academy days. Back then he had to balance his time at a normal school and the shinobi academy in Konoha, so he didn't always attend classes but he remembered one day when a sizable group of girls had been reprimanded by one of the female teachers for unnecessary diets. Apparently they had been so concerned with their looks that they started skipping meals and ended up with weaker and having less energy which negatively impacted their grades.

"U-Us?"

"M, yes, is it alright?" the first two nervously said, though it was the third girl who gave Naruto a clear picture as to why they were eating so little.

"Because we eat a lot of snacks!". It's not really healthy to fill in meals with snack food, but at least she was honest.

"...Naruto, I'm leaving now" Houki announced as she got up from the table. Apparently she had finished her food while Naruto was busy talking.

"Eh, okay... I'll see you later then" Naruto said as he watched the girl leave. Was it just him or did her mood worsen?

"Orimura, are you familiar with Shinonono?" one of the girls at the table asked.

Turning his attention from Houki's retreating form to the trio next to him Naruto answered, "Yeah, we knew each other back when we were kids". The news seemed to come as a shock to the girls but a loud clap ended any conversation that might have come from this before it could begin.

"How long are you going to eat!? You got to be fast when eating, be efficient! If you're late, you'll have to run around the field ten times!" first-year dorm supervisor Chifuyu called out as she stood in the center of the cafeteria in her white track suit. As a single lap was at least three miles it was no surprise that the room quieted down as the students hurriedly ate their meals.

It seemed like a nice work out for Naruto so he could probably take his time eating. Then again, she probably has a harsher punishment in mind should he be the one that's late so he joined the others in finishing his food quickly.

Off of school grounds, in a room cut off from any prying eyes a man nearing his fifties sat in the center of the room. His long, waist-length spiky white hair was pulled into a ponytail with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face. Under each of hie eyes there was a red line that extended down his face until coming to a point at his jawline. His attire was perhaps a little odd for modern day Japan, consisting of a green short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wore mesh armor that was visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wore hand guards, a black belt, traditional Japanese wooden sandals, and a red haori with two yellow circles on each side. On his head he wore a horned headband with the kanji for oil written on it.

Along the walls were men in black suits and in front of him was a large oak desk. Guarding the elderly politician sitting at the desk were two suited IS pilots. It seem like an overblown precaution for just one man's visit, but this was more than just a meeting. What was happening in this room represented a rare meeting of their respective worlds. For such an occurrence it could be argued that this display was far to small.

"I believe... we've put together a deal that both sides can agree on" the politician calmly said as he patted a thick stack of papers he had on his desk.