Jinchuriki of Mahora

by Never Ending Dawn

When Kakashi died, he gave Naruto his Sharingan. Unfortunately, something goes wrong. Naruto now has to survive as an assistant teacher to a ten year old in a world he doesn't belong. All the while, how does the shinobi world handle his absence?

4. Relationships can be Complicated!

Officially rewritten.

Naruto felt like he was about to poke a sleeping bear, but he didn't particularly care. He had always found it fun. Poking sleeping bears, dogs, the giant tigers in the Forest of Death, and when he was feeling particularly adventurous, the crazy snake lady from the Chuunin Exam had been one of his favorite activities to do when bored. It was just so fun to see how they reacted. Sure, he had to run for his life afterwards or risk being eviscerated, and may the ramen gods help him if Anko had ever caught him, but it was still worth the excitement.

Now, he was once again going to poke a sleeping bear. This time, for his stomach. Naruto finally saw his target. Naruto ignored the one accompanying it, and just considered the proper way to stalk and then approach it.

Naruto stealthily jumped from tree to tree as the target moved. The target looked around a few times, but it seemed he wasn't detected since the target then started moving again. He slowly closed the difference while making sure that he gave no sign of his presence. It took several minutes, but he finally got within range. Knowing he couldn't remain at such a close distance without being detected, he leapt.

He appeared before his target could react and then lifted it into the air as he shouted in glee, "I caught you, Eva-chan!"

Evangeline immediately shouted, "What the hell! Put me down, baka-blonde!"

Naruto ignored her in favor of rubbing his cheek against hers and cooing, "Aw, don't say that, Eva-chan. I just want to show how much I love you."

Eva was struggling valiantly, but she wasn't even making him budge. She finally shouted, "Chachamaru, help me!"

Naruto pouted as Chachamaru's gripped his wrist firmly. He could naturally overpower her, but decided to play along. He put Evangeline back onto the ground. The tiny girl quickly fixed her clothes while her face was red with rage. She then spat out, "Well, I despise you, baka-blonde. So stay the hell away from me."

Naruto just grinned obliviously before mussing her hair and replying, "Don't say that, Eva-chan. I know you love me."

Eva swat his hands away, but started stomping away, apparently deciding that it was useless to talk to him. Chachamaru quickly followed. Naruto shrugged and followed as well. It only took a minute for Evangeline to realize that the person she was trying to escape was following her. She spun around before exclaiming angrily, "Stop following me, baka-blonde."

Naruto easily shrugged off the insulting name before telling her, "Can't. I needed to talk to you, I just got distracted by how adorable you are."

Eva's eye twitched in annoyance at the end, but asked, "Well, what is it?"

Naruto replied calmly, "I want to talk about one of those rules you told me when I first arrived. Basically, I was hoping Chachamaru could make me meals. I'm not able to cook, and I'm getting tired of eating nutrient bars."

Eva immediately answered without sympathy, "No!" She then turned and started walking away again.

Naruto wasn't going to give up though. His stomach had reached its limit. He was going to get actual food, even if he had to risk Evangeline trying to claw out his eyes. He already knew how he was going to do it too. It was one of his best skills. Being annoying.

"Please."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please!"

"No!"

"Pretty please!"

"No way!"

"Pretty please with a cherry on top!"

"Hell no!"

Naruto was surprised and impressed on the control Eva showed over herself. He was an old pro at annoying people, and Eva was clearly not a person who was used to people doing things like this to her. He had expected her to crack within five minutes, but he had underestimated her ability to completely ignore people she doesn't like. She had managed to resist for almost twenty minutes, and they were nearing the school now.

He had decided to kick it up a notch. He had literally started poking the sleeping bear. Which lead to his current situation. Naruto droned out, "Please." *poke* "Please." *Poke* "Please."

As his finger was about to poke her cheek again, Eva suddenly whipped her head around and snapped her jaws right where his finger had been. An audible snap sounded, making Naruto cradle the finger that had barely avoided being bitten off. Seriously, her teeth were sharp looking. Almost like fangs.

Eva quickly screamed angrily, "You are the biggest pain in the ass I've ever met."

Naruto just smirked as he claimed, "I've had experience, but seriously. I'm not going to stop till you agree."

Eva pointed at him angrily as she retorted coldly, "No. Chachamaru is my servant. She takes care of me. That is what she was built for. If she tries to take care of you too, her duties to me will drop in efficiency."

Naruto frowned before replying bluntly, "Isn't that arrogant, even for you. Saying another person was born just to take care of you."

Evangeline now smirked for some reason before she asked, "You really haven't figured it out?"

Naruto tilted his head before asking, "Figured what out?"

Evangeline now started laughing before she declared in a mocking voice, "Oh my god. I knew you were stupid, but not that stupid. Guess you fit in this class of weirdoes and idiots. Seriously, it is unbelievable enough that the class is so naïve as to not realize it, but I thought you weren't as idiotic as them."

Naruto's eyes narrowed and grew colder as he asked, "Is there a point to this?"

Eva just knocked her knuckles against Chachamaru's leg, producing a metallic echo, before she replied, "She's a robot, idiot. When I asked the robotics department several years ago for a servant, Hakase and Chao made her. See, she was literally created to serve me."

Naruto just repeated in a confused tone, "Robot…What's that?"

Eva looked at him in astonishment before saying bluntly, "You really are an idiot."

Chachamaru started explained since it seemed Eva wasn't going to. "A robot is a mechanical device used to perform tasks. More specifically, I am an automaton. A robot with a human-like appearance, with the capability to learn and make decisions."

Naruto thought for several moments before admitting, "I don't really get it. We don't have anything like this where I come from," Eva grinned victoriously, but Naruto continued, "But I still disagree with you."

Eva now frowned before asking, "What do you mean?"

Naruto quickly stated simply, "I still think that it is arrogant for you to say Chachamaru is just meant to take care of you, Eva-chan."

Eva frowned before exclaiming, "Are you an idiot? She was literally built to act as my servant. She is programmed to serve me and follow my orders."

Naruto crossed his arms as he argued coolly, "So. How many orders do you give her a day?" Eva started thinking, but Naruto continued on without waiting for an answer, "It doesn't even matter. Do you order her to perform tasks a certain way? Do you always have a task for her to perform? Do you control the way she thinks?"

Eva quickly retorted, "No, but what difference does that make?"

Naruto now smiled before informing her, "It means she has choice. She even said that she has the capability to learn and make her own decisions. She makes decisions on how to perform tasks you have given her. She decides what she wants to do when she isn't doing anything for you. She learns from her experiences and then makes decisions based on those experiences. In essence, she is her own person."

Evangeline was frozen at his speech, only managing a weak, "What?"

Naruto deciding to press his advantage, turned to Chachamaru and started questioning "What do you think, Chachamaru? Do you think you are your own person?"

Chachamaru just responded in a monotone, "I do not quite get your meaning, Naruto-san."

Naruto frowned, but quickly clarified, "Do you have any hobbies you like to do? Basically something you enjoy to do that has nothing to do with how you were built or designed or whatever?"

Chachamaru tilted her head before she responded in a blank tone, "I usually feed several stray cats everyday between four and five everyday after school when Master is playing a video game."

Naruto eagerly pointed at Evangeline before declaring, "See! She has developed an interest that is outside of the guidelines to take care of you. You are not her entire world."

Evangeline growled before snapping, "So! What is your point? She still has to listen to what I say!"

Naruto quickly asked, "For how long though?" Eva just blinked at him in confusion, making Naruto continue, "The more she learns and experiences, the more her views on the world shall develop. Eventually these views and the ideals she follows might deviate from your orders. She then might decide to disobey you."

Chachamaru cut in now though, "That is actually incorrect, Naruto-san. In my current condition, I am incapable of disobeying Master's orders even if I were to disagree with them."

Eva now replied haughtily, "See!"

Chachamaru continued though, "But I am capable of reprogramming my basic settings to void such a requirement."

Evangeline now looked shocked and panicked as she replied incredulously, "What do you mean? You can just reprogram yourself anytime you want?"

Chachamaru continued informing them in the same monotone voice, "Yes and no. I have two different processing units. One is my primary units, or the one I use to observe my surroundings and make decisions. The secondary unit is used to modify my most basic of programming based upon the information processed in the first unit. The secondary unit is where my setting to obey Master is located."

Naruto now was staring at Chachamaru with a completely blank face on. He slowly turned to Evangeline before asking, "Do you understand what she said?"

Evangeline admitted with a twitch in her eye, "Not a clue. I'm not much of a tech person."

Chachamaru obviously saw their confusion and continued, "A decent metaphor would be that my first processor is like my conscious mind. I actively control my thoughts and make conscious decisions on that processor. The second processor is similar to a human's subconscious. I do not actively control this processor and the changes it makes to my basic programming. My first processor simply send the data it processed to the second, which automatically uses that processed data to change my basic programming fittingly."

Naruto rubbed his temples as he muttered out loud, "I think I get it."

Evangeline nodded to before stating, "So the second processor is capable of voiding your orders to obey me, but you aren't actually capable of manipulating it directly."

Chachamaru nodded before clarifying, "Yes. I would have to process enough experiences contrary to such a setting that my basic settings would be altered to fit the new data conclusions."

Naruto groaned out loud before asking, "How did we end up talking about such a complicated topic?"

Eva shrugged before pointing at him and declaring arrogantly, "I don't know, but it's all because you are trying to take my servant away from me."

Naruto clapped his hands together with a grin before replying, "Oh yeah, it's because you said Chachamaru was made to serve you, and her making me meals would interfere with what she does for you." Naruto gave himself a pat on the back for remembering as he thought about it. He finally asked, "So if she could make me meals without it interfering with what she does for you, it would be okay?"

Eva didn't bother looking at him as she waved her hand dismissively and answered nonchalantly, "Yea, yeah, but since-"

"Great!"

Eva turned to look at him cautiously before she questioned slowly, "Why are you so happy?"

Naruto couldn't keep the shit eating grin off his face as he explained eagerly, "Well since she would have been the one doing the work, I wanted Chachamaru's opinion first. I asked her before you woke up, and she replied that it would be no problem as long as you agreed."

Eva spun before asking in a panicked voice, "Is this true, Chachamaru?"

Chachamaru nodded before informing her, "Yes, Master. I simply informed Naruto-san that I would not mind doing such a task for him, and that it wouldn't interfere with my other duties because I have on average eight hours and twenty-two minutes of free time everyday."

Naruto smile now got even larger as he exclaimed, "And you just said that she could make me meals if those conditions were met!"

Eva gaze switched between the two of them rapidly, obviously trying to think of a way out of her situation. She finally growled, "Fine, but she is only allowed to cook you breakfast, and it has to be before I wake up. Any later and you are out of luck." Eva then stomped into the classroom, effectively ending the discussion. Their conversation had given them enough time to walk to the classroom.

Naruto considered arguing that point, but decided to let it go for now. He could always contest that point with her a different time, and he'd pushed Eva enough for one day. At least he could have a different breakfast everyday.

Still, Naruto had another thing he needed to tell her. Naruto stood in the doorway and called out, "Eva!" When she looked at him, he continued in a cold voice, "I can't change the way you feel about this class, but I will not tolerate you insulting your classmates. Next time, I will punish you accordingly."

Eva's eyes narrowed at his serious aura, but she didn't reply to his statement. She just commented in a curious tone, "I don't care what you think, baka-blonde, but I've been curious about something since we started this conversation. What is up with your eye?"

Naruto furrowed his eyebrows before saying, "You're asking now about why they are differently colored?"

Eva frowned before claiming, "No, I'm asking about why your left eye has a different design in it than when you arrived."

Naruto's eyes widened. He shut the door without replying and started moving towards the nearest bathroom. Thoughts whirled through his head as he finally got to a mirror. His thoughts were confirmed when he saw that his Sharingan had morphed into its Mangekyou form.

Naruto gaped at his reflection as he tried to sort out his thoughts. He hadn't even noticed the change. After just a day he had started ignoring having his chakra siphoned off into the Sharingan, so much that he obviously hadn't noticed when it had changed. If Eva was to be believed, and she had no reason to lie about this since she didn't know about the Sharingan, then it had been in its Mangekyou stage at the beginning of their conversation. Naruto hardly ever looked in a mirror, so it could have been active for days, and people just might not noticed or thought they were mistaken.

Naruto cut off that train of thought, and took a deep breath to try and calm down. He was panicking. He needed to think about this logically. It definitely hadn't been activated yesterday morning when he had made the clones to train. He would have noticed it then if they had. Unfortunately, he had skipped training this morning to wait for Eva to leave, so he hadn't had the opportunity to check then. So anytime after yesterday morning was possible. No. He had been working with Negi on that schedule, and Negi would have commented if his eyes had looked this way then. The Mangekyou Sharingan didn't look at all like a normal eye, so it would have drawn Negi's attention. So it either happened when he was asleep or after he woke up. Probably when he had been sleeping. Naruto would probably have noticed if the chakra flowing to his eyes had suddenly increased while awake. He hadn't talked to anyone else besides Eva and Chachamaru, so no one else would have realized his eye had changed. Those two were also unlikely to reveal something like this to anyone else.

With several answers now available, Naruto calmed down slightly. With the question of when it had appeared solved, Naruto now took the time to examine his new Mangekyou Sharingan. It was the same design as when Kakashi used it before. A pinwheel with three points. Naruto focused for a moment and sensed that the Mangekyou Sharingan was consuming almost double the amount that the regular Sharingan had.

Knowing he couldn't keep it in this state, both chakra wise and to avoid people noticing, Naruto closed his eyes. He took several deep breaths and focused on the chakra stream to the eye. Sending chakra to the eyes was a skill almost reserved entirely for people with doujutsu, since vision wasn't enhanced much at all when a person used chakra. Smell or hearing could be increased an incredible amount, but sight, touch, and taste couldn't be increased as easily. Naruto had absolutely no experience in manipulating chakra to his eyes. He was completely flying on theoretical ideas. He felt the stream of chakra to his eye, and just fought the chakra flow. Almost immediately the chakra flow to his left eye lessened to what it had been before.

Naruto opened his eyes to see that his eye had returned to the previous state. The Sharingan may not be exactly normal, but it was far less conspicuous than the Mangekyou form. Naruto let out a sigh of relief before he started thinking. After a moment, Naruto closed his eyes again. This time, he tried to stop the flow to his left eye entirely. After a minute though, Naruto gave up. The chakra stream refused to stop. Whenever he tried to stop it, it just slipped right through another way. The eye seemed to almost make a vacuum when he stopped the chakra flow, the eye just sucked chakra from the surrounding tissue. He tried to prevent the chakra from getting sucked in, but his chakra just wouldn't listen. It wasn't even a matter of chakra control either. Lack of chakra meant death. Completely stopping his chakra from going to his eye was like stopping his heart from beating. He had been hoping that cutting the flow of chakra would simply cause it to revert to a normal eye, but the eye seemingly couldn't. It was like trying to make his normal eye revert to a previous stage or something. The eye just couldn't revert to a normal eye anymore. Basically, its lowest stage was a regular Sharingan now. Denying it of the required chakra would just cause it to die, and it was so deeply ingrained into the mind to not allow this to happen it was impossible. Not that he would want the eye to die, but the option wasn't even there. Oh well, Naruto had been expecting something like this. Kakashi had decades to experiment, and he never managed it. Having the eye closed simply reduced the amount of chakra it took, since it wasn't actually doing anything, but it still took a small amount. Any less was impossible.

Although the experiment was a failure, Naruto easily shrugged it off. Now that he had gotten a better grasp on the situation, he was able to calm down. He almost felt embarrassed about his reaction. Naruto was hoping to try and stay on the down low as much as possible until he found a way home. Eventually Naruto knew he would earn some attention by simply being his awesome self, but he'd rather avoid it for a while. If people saw the Mangekyou Sharingan, than questions would quickly arise. The regular Sharingan may look different, but not to a point where people would get suspicious just looking at it. The Mangekyou Sharingan was though. Not many eyes had designs in them. So Naruto had been alarmed to hear that his eye had changed. Naruto was lucky he had only interacted with Evangeline and Chachamaru this morning. If it had changed when he was in class, questions would arise that Naruto really didn't want to answer. Having his cover blown in within days would have been embarrassing.

Now that he didn't have to worry about his cover being blown, Naruto now had to consider the ramifications of this discovery. He had known on some level that he likely had access to the Mangekyou Sharingan, but he hadn't prioritized the issue at all. It might seem foolish to ignore something like a Mangekyou Sharingan, but Naruto couldn't help but dislike the very thought of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Naruto still remembered Sasuke telling him about how to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan at the Valley of the End. One unlocked it by killing kill their best friend. Naruto would naturally never do this, and found the very idea of doing it disgraceful and downright disgusting. Gaining power by sacrificing other people. It was the absolute lowest a person could fall in Naruto's opinion. Naruto had actually confronted Kakashi in private after seeing him use the Mangekyou Sharingan. Kakashi had been reluctant to explain, but Naruto had been insistent on the issue. He had eventually explained Naruto more of the situation on how he had obtained his Mangekyou Sharingan. Apparently a mission had gone very wrong about a year after Kakashi had lost his first teammate. The situation ended up forcing Kakashi to kill his other teammate. Naruto hadn't pressed him for any more details. Naruto had literally felt the guilt, despair, and pure self-hatred Kakashi had felt when talking about it. Kakashi had then explained he hadn't actually attempted to use it until he was defeated so easily by Itachi three years before, but that was beside the point.

Naruto cut off the flow of thought and started thinking. While Naruto didn't mind the regular Sharingan, and actually found it damn useful now that he was getting more used to it, Naruto found the very idea of the Mangekyou Sharigan to be horrible and the thought of using such powers to be almost nauseating. But could he really not use it? For some reason Naruto didn't know, Kakashi had given him this Sharingan before his death. To ignore the pure potential the Mangekyou Sharingan could accomplish, Naruto might as well be spitting on Kakashi's sacrifice. Was Naruto willing to ignore Kakashi's wishes and sacrifice purely because he didn't like it? No…he couldn't.

With the reluctant resolve to focus on the Mangekyou Sharingan later, Naruto prepared to head back to class before a thought popped into his head. He should tell the toads, so they can tell Konoha of this new development. Eva had come to the class twenty minutes early to avoid the rush, but ten minutes of that was already gone due to him making this discovery. The conversation with Gamakichi might take longer than that, and he had to be in the class.

Naruto shrugged and created a clone. He sent the clone off to talk to Gamakichi and then study afterwards while he went to the classroom. After he opened the door, he saw Fuuka and Fumika crouching in front of him while each holding several prank materials like water balloons and feathers. Both froze like deer in headlights.

Naruto tilted his head before informing them, "This is even worse than yesterday. Absolutely never allow yourself to be caught before the prank is ready. You have to be prepared for every possibility, like your target showing up early. I give you an F for this prank." Naruto ignored the horrified look on Fuuka's face and walked past her.

After a quick greeting with the class, Naruto started moving towards his spot by the window. Halfway there though, something appeared in the Sharingan's peripheral vision. Naruto's head snapped over to look, but there was nothing there. Naruto frowned before shrugging and preparing to walk away, but the same thing appeared as he turned away. A white blob right at the edge of the Sharingan's vision, right in the number one seat. Naruto turned his head, but there was still nothing there.

Sure of what he saw, Naruto focused on the empty seat where he had seen it. After several seconds, still nothing was there. Irritated, Naruto closed his right eye to look purely through his Sharingan. It took a few seconds, but there it was. A white blob was flickering in and out of his vision despite him not looking away.

"Naruto-sensei!" a voice practically screamed in his ear. Naruto managed to restrain himself from turning and attacking whatever had done it, but he couldn't stop himself from jumping away. Looking towards the voice in a panic, Naruto saw that it was Kazumi. She gave him a bemused look before commenting, "A bit out of it, huh Naruto-sensei?"

Naruto blushed slightly as he realized he had been focusing on seeing whatever it was that he hadn't noticed he'd been standing there for several minutes. Coughing to compose himself, Naruto turned to Kazumi and asked, "Is there anything you needed, Asakura-san?"

"I was just wanting to ask you why you were staring at the seat so intensely," she answered with a chuckle.

"I was just thinking about something," Naruto lied with a forced smile, deciding not to say that there was definitely something there.

Kazumi didn't look like she bought it, but someone moved in front of Naruto before she could say anything. Naruto looked down to see who it was. Tanned skin, silver hair that was somewhat short besides two strands which framed her face, and a teardrop tattoo under one eye and a line through the other. Naruto remembered her name to be Zazie Rainyday, she was somewhat unique looking after all.

Zazie didn't say anything, instead just fixing him with an impassive stare. Naruto started to feel uncomfortable, but she eventually pointed to the open seat. She then opened her mouth slightly, but no words came out before her mouth closed again. Naruto sweat dropped slightly in confusion, but a feeling soon came over him and he closed his right eye to look at Zazie with his Sharingan. Immediately he saw the same flickering blobs as before, but these ones were black. They were surrounding Zazie.

Zazie's eyes widened as she looked at his Sharingan before she regained what little composure she had lost. She opened her mouth again, but once again no words came out before she turned around and walked away.

Naruto watched her walk away with a sweat drop. He finally just asked nobody, "What just happened?"

Apparently someone thought he was talking to them as Naruto heard someone approaching him. He turned to see it was Ayaka. She finally said in a surprised voice, "Amazing. I don't think I've ever heard Zazie talk so much at once. I don't understand what she meant by spirits, but she must really like you Naruto-sensei if she was willing to talk to you."

Ayaka didn't wait for an answer, moving to scold some girls who were talking loudly. She left a, by now, totally confused Naruto. Naruto blinked before looking at the nearby Kazumi and asked, "Do you know what she was talking about? Because I didn't think Zazie said a word?"

Kazumi shrugged In mutual confusion. Naruto shook his head in exasperation before moving over to his seat by the window. After sitting down Naruto watched the class as he waited till Negi arrived with an annoyed Asuna. It was clear by looking at the two that they had fought about something again, but Naruto would let them work it out on their own. He just watched as Negi started the class.

As Negi started teaching, Naruto pulled out his class roll and looked up the number one seat. Just as he remembered. It was a white haired girl with red eyes wearing a different type of uniform. Sayo Aizaka. Under her name was a note by Takamichi saying '1940...Don't move her seat.'

Naruto blinked as he processed the words. A different uniform, the only thing in her seat was a white blob even his Sharingan had trouble picking up, and the time date 1940, which Naruto was pretty darn sure was well over 60 years ago by this worlds time. All that combined to form a horrifying conclusion for Naruto. She was a ghost! And it was only a few meters from him. It took all of Naruto's considerable willpower to not scream like a girl and jump through the window and run away. An overreaction maybe, but Naruto didn't care. Everyone deserved one thing they could act totally unreasonable about, and ghosts were his one thing. Dammit, didn't everyone tell him that ghosts didn't exist.

Deciding to just ignore the thought of the ghost entirely, Naruto focused on the ongoing class. It was a normal class except for several interesting differences. Naruto's earlier thought was correct when he had suspected Negi and Asuna were fighting about something. Asuna was glaring at a rather depressed looking Negi throughout the class. Naruto also saw that Kaede was paying more attention to Naruto than the lesson. Still thoroughly confused about her actions the previous evening, Naruto made sure to not meet her gaze. Kaede wasn't the only one though. Ku Fei would look at him every few minutes, but she almost seemed to be shaking in excitement when she did. Eva gave him a few glances as well, although her looks sent a shiver of dread down his spine. He could feel in his gut that she wanted answers concerning his eye.

Luckily the classes switched, allowing Naruto to calm down slightly as Naruto and Negi moved to the different classes. The other classes passed quickly since they were all the same lesson as 2-A's. As lunch started, the depressed looking Negi headed off to the staff room. Naruto felt bad, but it wasn't his business to get involved in Negi and Asuna's fight. Hopefully it was the type of fight that blew over quickly, if it was still happening by tomorrow though Naruto resolved to intervene.

Naruto himself set off to walk around the campus while eating his nutrient bar. The next morning couldn't come quickly enough for Naruto's stomach. Many of the students eating lunch outside waved and greeted him, all of which Naruto reciprocated. He got so caught up in it that he didn't notice the large group approach him until a yell caused him to turn around.

"Naruto-sensei, I challenge you!"

Naruto turned to see that the speaker was Ku Fei. She wasn't dressed in the school uniform though, instead dressing in a sort of china dress with loose sleeves and slits on the side to show her legs. Naruto could immediately tell that it was an outfit to allow one a full range of movements. Behind her was numerous large guys, most of whom seemed to be dressed in different types of martial art outfits. Several of them were waving flags with her name on it.

Already guessing what her purpose was, Naruto still asked, "I'm sorry, but what do you mean, Fei-san?"

Ku Fei pointed at him before declaring, "I challenge you to a fight, Naruto-sensei."

Naruto gave a strained smile before asking, "Why would you challenge me to a fight?"

Ku Fei was almost jumping up and down as she explained eagerly, "Kaede said you were a fighter. If Kaede says that, you must be strong-aru. I want nothing more than to fight strong opponents, so I challenge you to a fight-aru."

Naruto responded blandly, "Sorry, but I don't feel like it." He then proceeded to walk past the shocked and confused Ku Fei. He hoped that Ku Fei would remain stunned by his response long enough for him to get away, but it wasn't to be.

Ku Fei spun and pointed at Naruto's back before exclaiming frantically, "What do you mean you don't feel like it? You can't refuse-aru."

Naruto stopped reluctantly and turned before asking, "Why not? I don't want to fight with you. It's as simple as that."

Ku Fei still argued heatedly, "That makes no sense-aru. You said you like a good fight when you first introduced yourself to the class. I can give you a good fight-aru."

Naruto groaned mentally. He had said that, and she had him trapped by his own words. He really didn't want to fight her though. It wouldn't even be a fight. More like a toddler banging fists against the leg of an adult. It was a common myth among civilians of his world that if you took away a ninja's chakra, they were completely normal people. For some ninjas that was true, but for others it was false.

Some of a person's chakra always naturally 'leaks' from their chakra circulatory system. This small amount of chakra runoff saturates into the muscles and bones of the person's body. This happens to everyone, but only ninjas and samurai have the chakra reserves necessary that the chakra runoff is enough to produce a noticeable effect in the body. This effect is that their bodies are capable of surpassing the natural biological limits of the human body. It still required training to surpass the limit, but afterwards one literally had superhuman physical capabilities. Usually only elite jounin had undergone this type of training because it was generally unpleasant. It was also the type of training Jiraiya had focused on during Naruto's training trip. It was Jiraiya's solution on having Naruto be able to match Sasuke.

Many people thought ninjutsu was the most important aspect of a shinobi, but it was actually taijutsu. If an opponent is faster, stronger, and more durable than you, trying to land a jutsu on them is practically impossible. They'll knock you around like a play thing with physical attacks while you try and make hand seals for a jutsu. So one of the first things a ninja has to do when aiming to become an elite is gain the physical capabilities to at least survive against other elites, no matter your specialty. There are two main factors when considering a ninjas physical capabilities. Body and chakra. Through the use of chakra, a ninja is able to enhance their physical capabilities. The degree of enhancement depends on that ninjas chakra control. Body refers to a ninjas raw physical capabilities, their capabilities without chakra.

In the end it can almost be worked out to a math equation. A ninjas 'body' is a base number, while their 'chakra' is a multiplier. Team seven was a good example. Sakura had amazing chakra control, but could be considered 'normal' without chakra enhancement. So her base stat is 1 and the multiplier is 20, to create an end result of 20. Sasuke had above average chakra control and also likely was physically superior due to drugs Orochimaru had likely given him. So his base stat was 3 and his multiplier was 15, to create an end result of 45. Due to the Kyuubi and his own ridiculously large reserves, Jiraiya had explained that there was almost no conventional method to allow Naruto to attain the level of chakra control his teammates could achieve. So Jiraiya had almost disregarded chakra control entirely in favor of training Naruto's body, which basically meant exhausting Naruto physically everyday for the entire training trip. It had worked partially. Naruto probably had a base stat of 5, but the lack of any sort of chakra control training besides the Rasengan despite his reserves increasing exponentially meant that Naruto's chakra control had actually been worse than the beginning of the training trip. Naruto would have been lucky to have a multiplier of 4. With a base of 5 and a multiplier of 4, Naruto's final physical capabilities were 20.

With both Naruto and Sakura at 20, while Sasuke was at 45, it wasn't really a surprise that Sasuke had seemed so impossibly fast to them. Naruto had little doubt that Jiraiya had quickly realized his mistake. Naruto somehow doubted Kakashi had decided on his own to teach him a type of chakra control exercise in elemental manipulation, considering he'd never really taken an interest in Naruto's training before. Jiraiya had no doubt realized that Naruto needed to improve his chakra control to match Sasuke. If Naruto could improve his chakra control to have a multiplier of between 8 or 10 then he would be able to compete or even outdo Sasuke. It was almost impossible to use numbers to determine a ninjas strength and the entire explanation was so simplified that more technical people would call it wrong, but Naruto preferred things simple.

He was slightly off topic, but the point was that Naruto 'body' made the idea of fighting with Ku Fei actually distasteful. Even if he didn't use chakra, Naruto's body was around five times as strong as the biological limit of 'normal' humans. This also extended to speed, even if Naruto relied on strength and durability more than speed. Naruto was simply beyond regular human capabilities. To a regular human like Ku Fei, there was simply no chance of her even challenging him. She might have better form than Naruto since she practiced martial arts, but without using chakra or magic to enhance her movements, she simply couldn't physically keep up with him.

So he was in a conundrum. He could fight her, but that would be worse than pointless. Although Naruto didn't have the best taijutsu form, he had his reflexes and reactions hones to the limit by Ero-Sennin gleefully beating on him for several years. Basically, Naruto couldn't hold back any further than not using chakra without it being blatantly obvious. So if he fought her, not only would Ku Fei and all her followers be insulted if he held back further because they thought he wasn't taking her seriously, although he sort of didn't, but every fighter or thug wanting to make a name for himself would start issuing him duels if he did defeat her. Not what Naruto wanted. She also wasn't giving him much of an option to refuse her challenge. He could run, but that would probably just make Ku Fei mad, not to mention Naruto didn't really like running from anything.

Naruto groaned in his head again as he realized he would have to fight her, but maybe he could make it more beneficial to him. Naruto nodded before meeting Ku's gaze. He then stated calmly, "Okay, I'll fight you."

Ku pumped a fist before getting into a fighting stance and saying excitedly, "Yes-aru. Let us fight good-aru."

Naruto then finished his statement, "But not now." Ku just blinked in shock, allowing him to continue, "Lunch is about to end, so there isn't any time now. I'm also kind of busy tonight." With Eva probably going to be looking for answers, Naruto definitely didn't need more trouble tonight.

Ku Fei seemed disappointed at his answer before she started waving her arms in the air and gave a childish tantrum that just seemed cute to Naruto, "That stinks-aru. I want to fight now."

Naruto just shrugged before telling her sternly, "Sorry, but I just can't today. How about tomorrow night?"

Ku Fei's shoulders slumped before she mumbled in reluctant acceptance, "Okay-aru."

The bell then rang, so Naruto prepared to walk back to class, but stopped as a thought came to him. He turned to Ku Fei and her dissolving backup group and ordered, "Also, you can't bring your posse with you."

The group immediately started shouting out angrily at that, but Ku Fei just tilted her head before asking in a confused voice, "Why-aru? Many are my students, and may learn a lot from us fighting."

Naruto immediately declared loudly, "My master taught me many forbidden and secret techniques. It is one thing for an opponent to see them while fighting me, but I absolutely cannot allow even more people to see them." It was total bull, but Naruto figured it was enough to convince them.

Ku Fei seemed to be particularly taken with his excuse. Stars were in her eyes at the thought of seeing secret techniques, and she immediately claimed in excitement, "Of course-aru. I hadn't realized before you knew such techniques. Alright, I agree to your conditions-aru." The rest of her group didn't seem quite as happy with her acceptance, but Ku was decided.

Naruto smiled at that. This way he can beat her, and hopefully convince her not to tell anyone else. That way, rumors won't spread about his strength. He then informed her, "I'll give you the location tomorrow. Now get back to class before you're late." Naruto then turned and quickly started walking back himself, before any other troublesome event occurred.

As he arrived in the classroom where Negi was teaching next though, he saw that Negi's mood had seemingly pulled a one eighty. While before Negi had been acting as if his puppy had died or something, he was now glowing with happiness. The frequent glances towards the clock also told Naruto that he was looking forward to the day ending for some reason, but Naruto decided not to look into it too much. He was glad to see that the kid was feeling better, so he decided not to question it.

The rest of the day passed quickly. The bell rang as the two were with 2-A, since the day always ended with a teacher having their homeroom. As their students started moving to the door though, Negi announced, "I shall be hosting an after class lesson today for the lowest ranking students. Those of you that need to attend should have already received notices. Otherwise, please have a nice day." Most of the girls just snickered before leaving.

Naruto frowned as he walked up to Negi. When the child teacher looked at him, he questioned, "Where did this come from, and why didn't you tell me earlier, Negi?"

Negi chuckled awkwardly as he admitted, "Sorry, Naruto-san. Truthfully, I just forgot to inform you." At Naruto's deadpan expression, Negi continued in a panic, "It is no problem though. I can teach this lesson myself."

Naruto sighed before grabbing Negi's head before giving it a light noogi. Negi started struggling and protesting in a childish voice. Naruto let go and gave a stern look to the child teacher, who was slightly teary at the treatment. Although it was more of an adorable look of indignation and confusion, then of pain. Naruto then sternly stated to the child teacher, "I am your assistant, Negi. You shouldn't ever hesitate to ask for my assistance. I just hope that you inform me ahead of time in the future, so that I can plan for it."

Negi nodded before twiddling his thumbs and claiming softly, "Sorry, Naruto-san. I was just so excited to be of help to Asuna that I didn't think about it too much."

Naruto shrugged and ruffled Negi's hair as he replied, "Don't worry about it. You are just a kid, no matter what your job is." Naruto now grinned mischievously before adding, "Quite happy to be able to help Bear-chan though, aren't you? Anything I should know about?"

Negi just gained a confused look as he replied, "What do you mean, Naruto-san?"

Naruto just sweat dropped. Negi was just a kid. He may be able to understand big stuff like kissing or liking someone, but obviously subtle innuendos like that went over his head. He could make it clearer, but the moment was all gone. Naruto just said in a slightly irritated voice, "Let's just start the lesson."

The two turned back to the girls. Naruto immediately observed the girls that apparently had to stay. They consisted of Yue, Makie, Ku, Kaede, and Asuna. Nodoka and Haruna were also waiting in the back of the room. The weird thing though were the name tags Yue had set up. Once she saw the teacher's focused on them, Yue announced with a small smile, "And so, 2-A's Baka Rangers have assembled."

Naruto had to consciously prevent himself from face faulting. That was so lame. He may have been the dead last in the academy, but he hadn't ever bragged about it. He certainly wouldn't have willingly participated in a group with the word baka in it. It also seemed he wasn't the only one, as Asuna slammed her hand down on her desk before shouting, "Who's a Baka Ranger!"

Naruto decided to ignore how lame the group was in favor of reading their nametags. Yue seemed to be baka-black, Kaede was baka-blue, Ku was baka-yellow, Makie was baka-pink, and Asuna was baka-red. Naruto developed a tick mark on his head as he thought of the name Eva had been calling him earlier. He hadn't cared earlier, he had thick skin after all, but he definitely didn't want to be affiliated in any way with a group called the Baka Rangers. He would have to make sure Eva changed her insult, while doing it in a way that she didn't realize he had influenced her. He had little doubt she would take full advantage of something that turned out to actually annoy him.

The class started several minutes later, after Negi basically blackmailed Asuna by rather shamelessly using Takamichi name to the girl. Negi then announced to them, "First, we'll be having a small ten point quiz. You can't leave until you score at least a six. So, please begin."

Naruto stealthily completed his own test as everyone else was distracted by their own test or watching the girls take their test, in Negi's case. This was a pretty good opportunity to test his own competency in English. Naruto quickly finished and corrected his test by using on of the answer papers Negi had on his desk. Naruto had scored an eight, with the mistakes quickly corrected and noted. Naruto then felt his own ego rise as he contemplated on the fact that he had learned the basics of English in only a few short days. The fact that it was largely due to the Sharingan, and only to a middle school level conveniently flew over his head. His ego took a blow though when Negi announced that Yue had gotten a nine on her test. He had lost to a girl that willingly participated in a group called the Baka Rangers. How sad was that?

As Naruto wallowed in a cloud of dejection, Yue left with Haruna and Nodoka. Several minutes later Kaede, Ku, and Makie all failed the test. Asuna came up last, revealing that she had done the worst of them all. As Negi just blinked in astonishment at their poor grades, Naruto decided to take control. He moved to Negi's side and leaned down to whisper, "You can teach Asuna and Kaede. I'll take Makie and Ku."

Negi looked worried as he replied, "Will that work? I was just going to go over all the points in the quiz as a group."

Naruto quickly informed him, "I think my way will work better. Considering these guys have grades consistently low enough to form a group, it probably means they tend to have difficulty in group lecture type lessons. Some private help from a teacher will probably help them more."

Negi seemed to decide to trust Naruto's words. Naruto grinned. Now Negi got to help Asuna, and Naruto didn't need to talk with Kaede yet. Naruto turned and walked to Ku and Makie's desk. He then sat on one of the desks in front of them before telling them calmly, "Okay, first I'll go over each of your tests and correct your mistakes. Then I can show you some points that I think are likely to show up on future quizzes."

The girls quickly agreed, so his lessons quickly started. Naruto quickly observed that both girls seemed to be slow on picking up the material, so Naruto quickly adapted his teaching methods. He did exactly what would have worked best for him, he dumbed down what he was saying immensely. Almost immediately Naruto could see that Makie and Fu were reacting well to the new teaching style. As he continued, he was able to see more and more why the girls were having trouble. Ku was easy. She was a native Chinese speaker being taught a third language in a second language she hadn't yet mastered. If anything, Naruto was impressed she was even able to keep up. He had to frequently explain what the Japanese word meant before he could tell her what the English translation was. He also had to clearly emphasize proper grammatical structure to her, even if he had some difficulty with that as well. Makie was far simpler. She was just rather air headed. He wouldn't say dumb. Much of what she learned went in one ear and out the other due to her daydreaming. So Naruto basically just had to make it as simple as possible and then have her completely focus on learning it. Both definitely weren't those who would thrive listening to Negi's very technical teaching style. Luckily, they did well with his more simple and practical lessons, even if Naruto didn't have a very comprehensive grasp of English.

Naruto smiled as he finished grading their quizzes. He then handed them back as he announced, "Good job you two. Fei-san, you got a nine, and you got a seven, Sasaki-san."

Ku pumped her fist excitedly as Makie eagerly looked at the paper and exclaim, "Really! I usually barely pass with a six."

Naruto just chuckled before telling her, "You just don't pay attention to what is being taught. Otherwise you could do fine." Seeing that Negi was still working with Asuna, while Kaede had apparently disappeared, Naruto decided to leave Negi alone to help Asuna like he had wanted. Naruto turned to Makie and Ku and stated, "Here, I'll walk with you for a little bit."

The three left the room together. Ku was happily humming about being able to leave, while Naruto and Makie continued their conversation. Makie quickly stated, "I'm much more of a sporty girl. Gymnastics and gym I can do, but I'm just not good at school."

Naruto frowned before arguing, "I don't think so. You are just unfocused. If you stopped thinking about gymnastics during class, you'll be fine."

Makie just scratched her head bashfully as she claimed, "Naw, I'm just dumb."

Naruto frowned again before he quickly stepped in front of the girl. He then leaned down so that he could look the confused girl in the eyes before he exclaimed passionately, "Nonsense! You aren't dumb, Sasaki-san, and never let anyone tell you that!"

Makie's eyes widened at his words. She obviously hadn't been expecting him to disagree with her words. Her mouth opened and closed several times before she managed to squeak, "Really?"

Naruto gave a dazzling smile as he declared enthusiastically, "Of course. All that matters is your own opinion of yourself. If you believe in yourself, you can do whatever you want to. You can do well in school as long as you work hard and believe in yourself."

Makie now started twiddling her fingers as she admitted in an uncertain voice, "I'm not so sure, Naruto-sama. I've always been bad at school, and I've always been teased a little bit about being dumb."

Naruto considered Makie's sudden change in personality. She had first declared she was dumb like it didn't bother her, but clearly she hadn't been so unaffected by it. Insults always hurt. It was one reason Naruto dislikes teasing so much. He used to hide his own hurt behind a lot of bluster, but he still remembered what it felt like every time someone had called him dead last. It was so much easier to act like it didn't hurt. As if ignoring it would make the pain go away, and by ignoring it, people never truly dealt with it. Plus, some people would often tease others in good humor, without realizing it actually was hurting the person. No doubt Makie acted like she didn't mind being considered dumb, and so many of the other girls probably said that simply because they thought she didn't care. It wasn't until a situation like this happened that Makie finally showed that hurt to someone.

With his own past running through his mind, and his feelings of empathy coursing through him, Naruto put his hand on Makie's head before giving a smile more brilliant than the sun. He then told her in a soft voice, full of passion, "I can't make you believe in yourself about this, Makie, but I can say this. I think you're wonderful, no matter what you think of yourself."

Makie looked at him with eyes wide in astonishment at his words. Her cheeks then started reddening in embarrassment. Naruto didn't even realize how much his words sounded like a confession, he just continued giving her the grin that made girls heart's race, no matter what world they're from. Luckily Makie seemed to pick up on the fact that he hadn't just confessed. She still had a rosy blush coloring her cheeks though as she replied shyly, "Thank you, Naruto-sama."

Naruto now turned and continued, "And you, Fei-san."

Ku tilted her head before asking thoughtlessly, "Ara? You aren't going to confess to me as well, Naruto-sensei, right-aru?"

Naruto just repeated in an oblivious voice, "Confess? Where did that come from?" Ku and Makie both sweat dropped at his words, but Naruto didn't notice. His recently brought up memories of the past were obviously clouding his observation skills. He just shrugged before stating, "No. I just wanted to tell you not to hesitate to ask for help in English. Since you still haven't mastered Japanese, you will naturally need more help. You can always ask myself or Negi for help. Remember that."

Ku gave a half hearted nod before claiming, "Sure, but I have to practice-aru. I have entire Chinese Martial Arts Research Society to teach-aru."

Naruto frowned at that news. He hadn't considered that. Not only was Ku Fei personally obsessed with fighting strong opponents, but she also had probably hundreds of students to teach. She really didn't have the free time necessary to put in those extra few hours to study between teaching her students and her own, no doubt intense, training.

Naruto just sighed before telling her, "Just be sure to ask for some help when you need it, Fei-san."

Ku nodded as the group left the building. Ku quickly exclaimed, "Okay-aru. I need to teach class now though. Already lost an hour. I also need to make sure I'm at top form for fight tomorrow." She then waved back as she ran away.

Naruto nodded his head to Makie before saying, "See you tomorrow, Sasaki-san." He then walked away.

It wasn't a surprise when barely a block away Kaede appeared at his side. He had suspected that she would be waiting for him to be alone, so he had extended his senses when he had gotten outside. As expected, she had been there. Luckily within a range he could detect. So he had left Makie so that they could talk alone. He may have been avoiding her, but he couldn't do that forever. He doubted she would accept that, and Naruto did have certain duties to her as one of her teachers. Naruto had to at least be able to do his job around her. So he needed to at least reach a situation where he could interact with her.

Kaede opened the conversation by saying with a pout, "That wasn't very nice, Naruto-kun. Leaving me with Negi-kun while personally teaching Makie and Ku."

Naruto just stopped walking without replying. He then took a few deep breaths before fixing the curious Kaede with a serious look. If he couldn't solve a problem by being clever, then he would be blunt. Naruto questioned directly, "Why did you do that yesterday in the bath? Were you trying to get revenge for me peeping? Trying to tease me?"

Kaede just looked at him with a single eye as she asked, "My actions weren't clear?"

Naruto felt his eye twitch, but held it in as he explained, "Not in the least. For a middle school student, you were acting more like a seductress than anything else. Considering we had only known each other for several days and barely talked before, I think my confusion is justified."

Kaede waited a moment before replying calmly, "I guess I'll just have to clarify then. I'm interested in you romantically."

Naruto sighed wearily. Although he was slightly surprised she had said it so easily, without any embarrassment whatsoever, but other thoughts overcame that. He had been afraid of that. Although he had been confused throughout the morning about her actions, he had figured it out throughout the day. It was actually pretty simple. Naruto had been completely freaked out by her extremely forward moves she had placed on him, but that didn't change the fact that she had been making moves on him. He had hoped she was just teasing though, so he didn't have to say this next part.

Naruto looked at her and told her somberly, "I'm sorry, but I can't reciprocate your feelings, Nagase-san. My stay here is only temporary. I may not know when, but eventually I'll be returning to my home. I probably won't ever return, so any relationship between the two of us would be impossible."

Naruto had realized this right after he realized Kaede had been putting the moves on him. Naruto had ended up here completely by accident, and Konoha was already working on ways to get him home. He may be stuck here for a little while, but it was doubtful he would ever be able to return afterwards. He hadn't even thought about what everyone over here would feel like when he left. Naruto was a naturally friendly person, and he was really willing to accept everyone as a friend. It was just due to his childhood. Having friends was a wonderful thing. It just wasn't in Naruto to refuse people as friends, just as it wasn't in him to not make an effort to make friends, even if he knew he'd probably never see them once he left. Naruto knew he couldn't stop trying to befriend the people around him. So he was already having to deal with the fact that he may very well hurt several people when he left. He did not need the thought of breaking a heart when he left as well. It would be better to nip this in the bud before it could truly blossomed.

Naruto was slightly distracted with his thoughts, so he didn't notice Kaede lean forward till it was too late. He only felt her lips crash into his for a brief moment before she pulled away. As Naruto was frozen in shock, Kaede just grinned coquettishly before she claimed easily, "You think I'm not at least partly aware of that. I'm not going to claim that we're soul mates or anything. You just caught my interest, and I want to pursue that."

Naruto finally recovered enough to argue, "But the chances are that it won't work out!"

Kaede just shrugged before replying, "There is always that chance a relationship might not work out, and it isn't only because you might be leaving soon. Maybe our personalities don't match, maybe I'm not your type, maybe someone else catches one of our eyes."

Naruto was surprised by her words, but asked, "So why bother trying to pursue me? I can guarantee that there is basically no chance of it working out."

Kaede now turned to him with her eyes fully open, fixing him with her own serious gaze. She then declared gently, "I think you misunderstand. That kiss from a few moments ago was my way of announcing that I am officially going to now follow through on my interest in you. I accept that a relationship between the two of us might be impossible, but I've already decided that I want to live a life with no regrets. I want to take every opportunity presented to me and take full advantage of it. I don't want to ever have to ask myself, 'what if?' We may not work out, but I am at least going to make sure and find out." Kaede now started walking away, but she stopped before she turned a corner. She turned her head and gave him a wink before she added, "Who knows? Maybe a relationship between the two of us isn't as impossible as you think." She then walked around the corner, leaving a confused and astonished Naruto alone.

…That was not what he had been expecting that conversation to go like. Anger or disappointed he had been prepared to deal with. Not calm acceptance while simultaneously ignoring his words…This was bad. Just as Naruto couldn't deny anyone as a friend, he was also incredibly receptive to other's feelings. He just wasn't able to reject a person who cared about him. Which meant that he could very well fall for Kaede, even if he knew it wouldn't work. Personality probably wouldn't matter. Everyone had their own unique charms in his opinion. Once someone got him to look at them in even the slightest of romantic lights, he would naturally notice these traits and start accepting them in his hearts. Ero-Sennin had said before that his nature of accepting anyone into his heart would cause him trouble eventually, and it seemed he had been correct.

Finally alone, Naruto let his emotions show. Naruto gripped his head and let out a growl before exclaiming angrily, "Get a hold of yourself, Naruto. You have enough problems enough without having a love life, so don't even think of it."

With at least a little bit of his raging emotions expressed, Naruto was able to reign them in slightly. Shoving that new development to the back his mind again, Naruto started walking back to Eva's place. As he walked, he considered how to handle this problem with Eva. Eva was arrogant, stuck up, and spoiled. She wasn't going to accept 'no' as an answer to any of her questions, and she wasn't a person who he could easily trick. While he knew very little about her, he did have multiple theories and observations concerning her. For one, Takamichi had said that she was both more experienced in magic and in interacting with normal people. Never underestimate the skills acquired through experience. She was also a mage, but that is where the facts ended and the questions began. Despite Takamichi admitting she was a mage, Naruto couldn't sense any magic power from her even when standing right next to her. Her appearance was also weird. She looked to only be a little older than Negi, but her attitude and behavior didn't match it. He had first thought she was just one of those cold genius types, but he later had to admit it was more like…frustration over how others perceived her. It was subtle, but crucial to understanding someone's nature. Like the difference between a kid frustrated with being treated like a kid and wanting to be treated like an adult, and an adult frustrated at being treated like a kid and wanting to be treated like an adult. Not to mention the amount of experience she had. It is almost impossible for kids to have that much experience. The contradiction between her appearance and age combined with her lack of magical power within Naruto's mind to form several different theories. Many of these theories also explained other observations he had made, like how Takamichi and the headmaster didn't seem worried about her causing trouble, but still keeping a close eye on her behavior.

While none of his theories had been proven, he felt reasonably sure that he was at least partly correct with some of them. If so, he was in a tight situation. Eva would demand answers which he couldn't give, so he had to avoid answering or distract her while still somehow placating her enough to not cause any trouble. It was a difficult situation.

Luckily, Naruto was already forming a plan. He definitely wouldn't have been able to handle this well before his training trip with Ero-Sennin. While Ero-Sennin had even admitted to having neglected training Naruto's combat skills, he had taught him amazingly well in other areas. Well, not by teaching, per say, but Naruto had still learned. Ero-Sennin was not a very hands on teacher. He instead preferred to put Naruto into situations where he had the opportunity to learn by himself. The best example of Naruto's education concerned Ero-Sennin's spy network. Other than a few times where they got to stay in a single area for several months, they had constantly been traveling to maintain the spy network. Maintaining a spy network was actual far more difficult than it sounded. Not only did Ero-Sennin have to constantly be checking up with his contacts, but there were a whole host of other issues to deal with. Every single contact was a person with their own motives, ambitions, feelings, and occupation. Jiraiya had to keep them all happy in their deal with him while simultaneously controlling their relationship. So Naruto, who had watched him do this for three years, got to see how to influence all sorts of different people. Farmers, merchants, ninjas, politicians, missing-nins, and every other occupation. Ero-Sennin had contacts among them all, and had ways to keep them all in line. So Naruto was going to make use of what he had learned.

As Naruto headed to Eva's cabin, he created six clones to go train. Four would work on elemental affinities, one would attempt some initial experiments in using the Mangekyou Sharingan, and the last would experiment with the thousand jutsu Naruto now had the capability to learn. There might be several that didn't need elemental manipulation to work, those that utilized wind, or those that he could modify to still be somewhat useful in a fight. Or at least that was the thought.

With that taken care of, Naruto would deal with Eva. Afterwards, he would study. Several minutes later, Naruto nonchalantly walked into the cabin. Naruto had to give it to Eva. She didn't waste any time. As soon as he closed the door behind him, Chachamaru was on him in a surprise attack. She caught his flailing arms and flipped him onto the ground. She then twisted his arms behind his back, and placed the point of a knee right on his lower back. It was classic restraining hold. If Naruto struggled, she could just drive the point of her knee into his lower spine, which hurt…badly.

Knowing this, Naruto stopped struggling. Chachamaru's hold loosened, but Naruto could tell she was still ready to restrain him if he struggled. Since he couldn't struggle anymore, Naruto yelled angrily, "What the heck, Chachamaru? Let me go!"

Chachamaru replied in a monotone voice, "Sorry, Naruto-san, but I am simply following Master's orders."

Her words were followed by some light foot steps. Naruto looked up to see the bare feet of Eva by his head. He moved his head more till he could see her smirking down at him. She immediately stated in a mocking tone, "That was easier than I thought it would be. I guess I overestimated you, baka-blonde."

Naruto took her words in while simultaneously deciding not to antagonize her by mentioning that he had a clear view of her underwear. Instead he indignantly yelled, "What the hell, Eva-chan? Why did you order Chachamaru to attack me?"

Eva ordered coldly, "Shut up, baka-blonde. I'm the one asking the questions here. If you don't cooperate, Chachamaru will have to get a little physical." A single look from Eva caused Chachamaru to twist Naruto's arms a little more, making Naruto grit his teeth in pain. Eva then continued with a wicked smirk on her face, "Not that I mind if you struggle some. I'm more than happy to watch you in pain for a little while due to all the humiliation you have subjected me to."

Naruto grinned before asking in a silly voice, "Come on, Eva-chan. I'm just showing you how much I love you."

His reply was another look from Eva to Chachamaru. He then had to grit his teeth again from the pain of having his shoulder's wrenched. Not enough to dislocate his shoulder, but enough to hurt quite a bit. Eva then spat, "Shut the hell up. That stupid grin you always have on. Reminds me of someone that I want to hurt really, really badly."

Naruto now fixed Eva with an angry glare before muttering, "Fine, what do you want?"

Eva leered evilly before answering, "Good, you finally are starting to realize your place. Now, who are you? You aren't a mage, but I sense an energy from you. And what about your eye this morning?"

Naruto scowled before replying in defeat, "I'm a ninja. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, I ended up not being able to go back to my village for a while. The headmaster offered me a job till I can go back."

Eva thought for a minute before nodding and commenting, "A ninja. That makes sense. Most ninjas clans live far away from civilization, so it wouldn't be a great surprise that you hadn't known what a robot was like earlier. It would also explain the interest the Nagase girl has shown in you." Nodding in apparent acceptance of that answer, she now looked at him before continuing in an unfeeling voice, "Now, what about the weird eye you had this morning?"

Naruto grimaced before saying slowly, "It is a…family trait. It appears randomly during a person's lifetime, so I was surprised by its appearance."

Eva growled before commanding, "You better explain more than that."

Naruto angrily glared at her before growling, "Why do you even care? You're just a brat, after all."

Eva screamed in frustration before she started to stomp on all of his exposed body. As she did this, she angrily yelled, "You know nothing! You are nothing before me! I am a Shinso Vampire. I was already centuries old before your great great grandparents were even born. I've had to endure your stupid taunts before, but I am absolutely tired of being treated like a brat by you."

Naruto just endured her furious stomps to his helpless body. He did manage to grunt out however, "What the hell is a Shinso Vampire?"

His question actually caused Eva to freeze in shock for a moment, before she started stomping even more furiously. She growled out, "You dare treat me like a brat when you lack even basic knowledge of the magical world? You are so much like him that I want to hurt you even more."

With Eva focusing on trying to hurt Naruto in anyway she can, Chachamaru answered his question in a blank voice that completely didn't fit with the situation happening, "A vampire is an immortal being that feeds and gains strength from drinking blood. A Shinso Vampire is the strongest type of vampire."

Naruto now angrily argued, "That is impossible. I don't sense any energy from you."

Eva roared out, her anger completely gripping her, "That is because that idiot trapped me at this stupid school. He sealed away my power, made it so I couldn't leave the school campus, and forced me to attend this stupid school. All with the promise that he would free me from this curse once I graduated." Naruto now doubted this had anything to do with him. He had just apparently reopened an old wound, making Eva become consumed by her emotions. Eva continued ranting, "And you know what the worse part is?! He went and got himself killed, and since no one else is able to break this curse, leaving me to be stuck in this carefree school environment for the past fifteen years."

Naruto had now heard enough. He had a feeling that if he let Eva continue in her rant, she would probably start crying, and Naruto doubted he could do what he was planning with Eva crying. He spoke in a soft, but powerful voice, "I feel for you on that point. True, being cursed with such a situation is wrong, but I don't know the reasons of the person who did it. I hope he did it for the correct reasons, but I don't know enough about that to make a decision. So, I'll instead tell you how much of a mistake you made by attacking me."

Eva only managed to let out a confused, "What?" She was then forced to stop when a blast of killing intent filled the room. Eva retreated a few steps in shock and fear, before she hit a wall.

Meanwhile, Naruto had acted. Creating a seal less clone behind Chachamaru, which then grabbed the surprised Chachamaru. The original then leapt up and grabbed a roll of ninja wire he had hidden on his person. Using chakra to enhance his movements, he moved far too fast for Chachamaru to react. A second later, a thoroughly bound Chachamaru hit the ground. The robot struggled, but the ninja wire held strong. Naruto's clone puffed out of existence with the only threat now incapacitated.

Naruto closed the distance between himself and Eva in a blink of the eye. His right hand roughly grabbed her throat, and slammed her against the wall. Eva started choking, with small tears involuntarily appearing at the corner of her eyes. Naruto lowered his head to he was level with Eva. He met her eyes, causing her eyes to widen in fear. Naruto had drawn upon the Kyuubi's chakra right before he had acted. Not enough to lose his emotions, but enough to send out the dreadful wave of killing intent the Kyuubi's chakra caused. It also caused his eyes to turn crimson and turn to slits. For all intents and purposes, Eva would feel as if a demon was looker her in the face.

Naruto spoke in a gravelly voice from the Kyuubi's chakra, "Let me make something clear, Evangeline. I am not your servant. You do not in any way control me. I have my own secrets. If you earn my trust, I may tell you some of them, but that is the only way you can find out. I don't care if you like me, but I demand that you to respect me. If you instead try to use me, to go behind my back, to disregard my privacy, then I will consider you my enemy. I would prefer us to be friends, Evangeline, but make no mistake. If you make me your enemy…I will break you." Using more of the Kyuubi's chakra worked very nice with that threat. It truly sounded like it came from a demon.

With his words spoken, Naruto let go of Eva's neck. Eva sunk down the wall, while she clutched her bruised throat and let out several rasping coughs. Naruto stopped the flow of Kyuubi's chakra from entering his chakra system. It retreated far more easily then it usually did, but Naruto couldn't dwell on it.

He instead announced in his usual carefree voice, "Sorry for being rough, Eva-chan, but I hope we can reach an arrangement. After all, you are too adorable for me to remain mad at you. Think about it, kay. Good night."

Evangeline watched in disbelief as he then walked to his room and entered without another words. She once again coughed as she tried to get enough air through her sore throat. After using a few more minutes to regulate her breathing, she then crawled over to the still bound Chachamaru. As she fumbled with the knots holding the ninja wire together, Eva had to admit one thing. At least he didn't remind her of Nagi as much anymore. Nagi might get serious in a fight and might be stronger than the blonde that had just left, but Nagi had certainly never managed to instill such fear in her. That aura that had surrounded him. It was awe-inspiring, but mainly, it was just plain terrifying. So why did she suddenly feel so completely drawn to the blonde who had wielded it?

In his room, Naruto flopped onto his futon and took a deep breath to calm his adrenaline. He stared up at the ceiling while trying to think of what he had just done. Part of him felt guilty about his actions, but his reasons made sense.

He had started by letting himself be restrained by Chachamaru. He hadn't used chakra, but part of him was still surprised that she had managed to do it so easily. Naruto was far stronger than a normal human, so it was impressive Chachamaru had overpowered him. Her power and speed were amazing compared to normal people. Must be because she is a robot. Regardless, he had let himself be restrained. Eva gave out that overconfident evil vibe. By letting himself be at her mercy and giving her some half truths, he had made her feel completely in control of the situation. He had then used what he knew about her to rile her up. An emotional person is always more liable to give away information. It had worked like a charm. Eva had revealed she was a Shinso vampire, and sealed at the school. It fit closely with one of his theories. Although he truly hadn't known what a Shinso vampire was, he had suspected that she wasn't purely human. Although he hadn't expected her to be centuries old. Still, he had gathered the necessary information to act.

Naruto had decided to treat Eva like how Ero-Sennin would treat a powerful missing-nin contact. While Ero-Sennin wouldn't let a cold blooded murderer roam free, not all missing-nin were horrible. The vast majority were actually adult chuunin or genin that wanted to escape a life of killing. In those cases, Ero-Sennin would use his sources to hide and protect the missing-nin from their villages. In return, the missing-nin had to tell him everything that happened in the area where Jiraiya had hidden them. There were however several higher ranked missing-nins that Jiraiya worked with. These were missing-nins that abandoned their villages due to their own ambitions or motives. As long as they didn't cause much harm to innocents, Ero-Sennin would work with them instead of turning them in. These were always delicate relationships though. These were usually A-ranked missing-nins, at least jonin level. Usually scheming and ambitious ones too. It was actually rather ironic that these missing-nins, who usually were completely arrogant about their power and superiority over other ninjas, all acted exactly the same. When Ero-Sennin first tracked them down, they always agreed to his deal to save their own hides. They feared Jiraiya of the Sannin, and also feared him telling their villages about their locations. Yet, after seeing Jiraiya act like a pervert or an idiot, they always got grander ideas about their own place.

One thing that Ero-Sennin had actually clearly told Naruto was that a spy master had to always be the dominate one in their relationships with contacts. They always had to have control. When Ero-Sennin made deals with people, he always was able to subtly imply the same message. I am in charge. I decide how this works. You are first and foremost a source of information for me. I will do whatever is necessary to get that information from you. If you get more out of the deal, then it is only because I let you. So don't push your luck.

And it was this mistake basically every single one of the A-ranked missing-nins made. After a few meeting with Ero-Sennin, they started thinking the same thing. This is the legendary Toad Sage, Jiraiya? He doesn't look that strong, and acts like a horrible shinobi. I bet I can get more of this deal. I may even be able to beat him. Yeah, I shouldn't have to listen to this guy. He should be listening to me. Blahblahblah. It was always the same. Eventually they would make a demand, whether it be money, information, or even jutsu in exchange for what information they had for Ero-Sennin. Ero-Sennin would then show them he was in charge. By scaring the hell out of them. People always thought that Orochimaru was the most terrifying of the Sannin, due to the ridiculous amount of killing intent he almost constantly oozed. Then Tsunade, since she had a rather short temper. They never thought of Jiraiya, especially if they met him. Naruto and all those missing-nins had found one thing out though. There were two sides to the man. One was Ero-Sennin, the writer of Icha Icha, a self proclaimed super pervert, a silly man who hated being serious, and a person who dreamt of peace. The second was Jiraiya of the Sannin, the Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku, renown spy master, and the person who had personally killed hundreds if not thousands of ninjas during the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars. It turns out that the second one was possibly even more frightening than Orochimaru. Naruto had seen that Jiraiya make A-rank shinobi tremble in their seats without even lifting a finger. That Jiraiya made one thing clear. Do not push him or he would slaughter you without even a single moment of hesitation. The missing-nins would then always spill their guts, and probably wouldn't ever challenge him again. Then afterwards, the other Jiraiya was back. The carefree Ero-Sennin.

Naruto had basically done the same thing to Eva. He had only done the first part because he needed to know how strong Eva currently was. Ero-Sennin had also given another absolute rule of being a spy master. Don't work with people who are on or above your level. Ero-Sennin never worked with S-class missing-nin, despite the fact that even most S-class would run from him. It was just too risky. They stood a chance of possibly defeating him, and they knew it. So he couldn't ensure he remained the dominant one in the relationship. So he wouldn't risk having them possibly turn on him by just not even trying to work with them. So Naruto had to find out Eva's power before he could act. It wouldn't have been a good idea to try and threaten her if she was an S-class. Yep, threatening someone stronger than you is not a good idea for your health. So he baited her till he found out her power was sealed. That had worked. Although he doubted he wanted to fight with a centuries of magical being, he definitely had the advantage if she was sealed. He then acted by scaring her so much that she would likely never challenge him again. Rather simple when it came down to it.

It also helped Naruto another way. If Eva was so powerful and experienced, she may be able to come up with several plans to either free herself or get revenge on him. What Naruto did helped him because it almost certainly confused her. People didn't expect Jiraiya or Naruto to suddenly issue death threats. That more fit cold and serious shinobi. Not carefree and silly people like them. So when they did, people were stuck wondering. Were they bluffing with their death threat? Was the carefree way they act actually an act? Were they a cold blooded killing machine with great acting skills or were they good natured people that had managed to harden their hearts when needed? These questions completely messed with people who were trying to predict their movements, an essential part of crafting an effective plan. Eva couldn't form an effective plan if she didn't know how Naruto would react. If he was a cold blooded killing machine, he might kill her without a moment's hesitation if she started acting up. If he was a good natured guy who had been forced to harden his heart, he may choose to ignore her as she prepared. For her own safety, she couldn't act when there was the possibility he would act before she was ready.

So not only did Naruto now show her that he currently could end her life any time he wanted, but he also created insurance from any future plans she might come up with. Overall a good situation. Hopefully she would decide to become his friend, and not his enemy. Although he didn't like it, there would be times when he would have to kill. In fact, he really didn't like it, but he had to accept it. If Eva thought he was bluffing, he would have to prove her wrong. Still, he hoped it wouldn't come to that. He didn't want to have to kill Eva.

Naruto sighed as he tried to let his body relax and his mind forget all the stressful things he had to deal with. He missed the days when he didn't have to deal with all these complicated issues. Just living life and having faith that everything would work out for the best. Those were the good days.

These days weren't so good though. If he wanted everything to work out, he had to work and plan ahead. Which included studying till he could teach his students effectively. Naruto groaned as he pulled out his textbooks. He was going to study math for a few hours, since his English was at least decent. Yeah, these days weren't nearly as fun.

There it is.

I talked a little about Chachamaru and her behavior. Don't call me out on what I said. I just started talking about it. I also am still planning for Chachamaru to be with Negi. Naruto will instead work as a more father figure to her.

That explanation I gave on ninja abilities without chakra, I hope it seems reasonable. I just never liked those fics where some magic seal completely takes away chakra and makes these super dangerous ninjas completely normal. I feel training with chakra must have some effect on their bodies, so in tried to explain that well.

You got to see a little of Naruto's teaching style with Makie and Ku. Since Naruto isn't one for very technical explanations, I think he'd be a rather good teacher for the Baka Rangers. He's be able to put it in ways they could understand.

Makie got a little development with Naruto. I think it was a convincing scene since Naruto was teased as a kid. He would probably react by encouraging the person. As for Makie's hidden hurt, I just think that is normal. In the manga, most of these girls are portrayed as if they don't have any problems in their lives. After the whole gymnastics competition deal, Makie didn't seem to have any personal problems for the rest of the story. Besides some problems with Negi. It just isn't realistic. So I'll try to add some of these things into the story as I develop the characters of the girls. Give them more depth, you know. I'm also leaning Makie towards being with Naruto. Sure, she's one of the girls in the manga who actually fell for Negi, but I just find it kind of ridiculous. The class is filled with shotacons in the manga. Nodoka I can easily get. One of her listed dislikes is men, so her being more interested in a much safer option of a child is at least possible. Most of the girls who ended up liking him is probably just because he is the only male in the story, and all the 'cool' things he says. With an older male like Naruto around, it is much more likely they'd be interested in him instead. So besides big sister figures and Nodoka, I'm probably going to be clamping down on all the child molestation in the story.

The scene with Eva. I'm proud of this scene, while not liking it at the same time. Like the entire chapter. I had to show a bit more depth into Jiraiya for this chapter, especially concerning his spy network. Otherwise, I think Naruto's handling of the situation is slightly realistic. Eva's suppose to be an evil mage, even if she isn't completely evil. Yet she seems to respect determination the most in the manga. Wouldn't an evil mage respect power more though? Not to mention pure power would probably be the best way to keep Eva in check when she is sealed. Despite her apparently being immortal, she could probably be killed in that state, since she was able to catch the flu. Even she would have to be careful.

Whew. Super long ending comments. Sorry if they didn't concern you at all, but hopefully they make things clearer on why I did a certain thing or answers any questions you have.

Now, NED out.