Some of the boys in the dorm were just getting ready to go when they heard a girl's soft weeping. Curious a couple of them went in the nearby wood where it was coming from. They were very surprised to see a familiar pink haired girl kneeling there crying.

"Moka-san?" Once of them called. What was the school beauty doing there crying?

Startled she looked up. The boy immediately saw a huge bruise covering most of her right cheek.

"What happened Moka-san?" The other boy asked.

"No… nothing," she said as she got to her feet. "I deserved it, it was my fault."

"What are you talking about?"

The girl looked down in shame. "I came over to talk to Naruto, the new transfer student. I wanted to welcome him to Youkai academy since he's in my home room."

The boys nodded, Moka was as famed for her kind heart as she was for her great beauty.

"I just wanted to welcome him, but… but he was very angry for some reason and he… hit me." She said in a small voice.

"He hit you?" One of them said in outrage.

She nodded silently. "I'm… I'm sure it was my fault." She ran away from them. "Please don't tell anyone, I don't want Naruto to be angry with me."

The two boys stood there as she ran off.

"He hit her? He hit the beautiful angel Moka-san?" One of them said in cold fury.

"Cone on lets tell everyone."

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Not too far away Moka came to a stop and began laughing. "Oh me, oh my that should do it."

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Naruto headed out of the dorm looking forward to the day. He really didn't care much about his classmates or his regular classes, but he was really looking forward to seeing Ria-sensei. He noticed the large crowd outside the dorm but didn't think much of it. Until he punched in the face by one of them.

The second he was down all the boys swarmed in to punch of kick or otherwise stomp on him.

"Bastard! We know what you did!"

"You've got a lot of guts hitting Moka!"

"She told us what you did!"

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."

There was a mass of smoke. When it cleared the thirty of so boys who had been beating on Naruto found themselves surrounded by two hundred very pissed off shadow clones. Being suddenly attacked for no real reason reminded him only too well of the abuses of his childhood.

He was not inclined to show any more mercy than he'd been receiving.

With a roar Naruto and his clones began delivering a beat down of their own.

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"It was horrible," a saddened Moka was telling her friends. "Ria was just horrible!"

Tsukune could only nod in sympathy. Mizore had watched from the shadows and she nodded silently as well.

"Well at least she rescued you and Tsukune," Kurumu said, trying to look on the bright side. "Maybe the rogue ayashi will leave you alone now."

"Even if that's so she didn't have to go as far as she did," Moka said. "She could have shown a little bit of mercy."

"Would they have shown you and Tsukune any?" Kurumu asked.

Moka was about to answer when the door to the class opened with a slam. All conversation in the room came to an instant halt. Naruto was there and it was obvious he'd just been in a fight. His jacket was missing, his shirt was ripped totally open, his trousers were covered in dirt and blood. He had dark bruises on his face and his lip was split.

He stormed straight over to Moka's desk and slammed both hands down making her desk shake and causing her to let loose with a high pitched, 'eek.'

"What the hell is wrong with you you damn bitch?! Where the hell do you get off going around spreading lies about me like that?!"

Moka had him suddenly towering over her growling. She saw his eyes flash from blue to red and could feel killer intent leaking out of him. He looked crazed and out of control and very dangerous.

"What are you talking about?" Moka cried in confusion.

"Don't lie!" Naruto said furiously. If there was one thing he couldn't stand it was a schemer who caused trouble from the shadows while pretending to be innocent. "I know what you did! A could of the guys who jumped me told me it was you!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Moka cried. Had Ria sent him to scare her? That would be something her sister would do.

"Hey stop threatening Moka-san!" Tsukune got up from his seat and put a hand on Naruto's arm to try and pull him away.

That was a mistake.

Having had people attack him without cause Naruto took Tsukune's action as just one more attack. A fist slammed into his face, breaking open his nose and knocking the boy down.

"Tsukune!" Moka jumped to her feet.

In a flash Kurumu had her wings and claws out and Mizore had out her ice claws.

Naruto had a fully formed rasengan in his palm. He was in no mood to back down and was more than willing to continue fighting.

"Please stop!" Nekonome-sensei cried. "Don't fight!"

"He attacked Tsukune!" Kurumu said angrily.

"He attacked me first!" Naruto shot back.

"No he didn't!" Moka cried. "He was just trying to protect me from your threats."

"I wouldn't need to threaten you if you didn't go around spreading lies about me! I got ambushed for no reason at all because of your stupid lies!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Moka said.

"That's just one more lie," Naruto said still furious.

"Don't call Moka a liar!" Kurumu said.

"Please! Please everyone just calm down!" Nekonome got between the two sides desperate to stop things from getting out of hand. "Step back and don't fight!"

"Oh me, oh my what is going on here?"

Naruto looked to the door and was glad to see Ria standing there. "Ria –sensei…"

"I heard you were attacked this morning Naruto, I came to check on you."

"I was attacked because your sister was spreading lies about me," Naruto said.

Frowning Ria crossed her arms and looked at her sister. "Is that true Moka? Have you been spreading lies about Naruto?"

"No! I would never do that!" Moka said. "You're the one who likes to tell lies sister! I'll bet you were the one who caused all this."

"Don't try and blame Ria-sensei for what you did!" Naruto shouted.

He felt her calming hand on his arm. "It's all right Naruto," Ria told him lightly. "Her accusations don't bother me. You can't fight here. Though violence and fighting is more acceptable here than in the human world there are still limits. Given your, special circumstances you can't afford to cause trouble."

Slowly nodding he allowed the rasengan to fade out and let Ria lead him out of the class room.

"Naruto will not be attending class today," Ria told Nekonome.

"That's probably best," the blonde teacher agreed.

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Seeing his bruises Ria insisted he return home with her.

She went into the bathroom and came out with a rag and a bottle of antiseptic spray. "Please take off your shirt Naruto; I'll treat your wounds."

"That's not necessary! I heal really quick! By tomorrow all these will be gone."

"I can still do what I can for you now, so please remove your shirt and allow me to tend to you."

Feeling very self conscious he did take off his shirt. As with his face his chest, back, and arms were covered in bruises and shallow cuts.

Sitting down right next to him on the sofa she dabbed some antiseptic and the rag and slowly began to rub it over where he was hurt. Her leisurely circular motions were very tender and made him feel good. He could also feel her leg pressing against his thigh.

"You know you certainly do have a man's body, all hard muscle and smooth skin," she noted and as he rubbed a bruise on the small of his back. She noticed the way he stiffened.

"Did I embarrass you?" She asked innocently. "I'm sorry."

"It's all right, ah, you really don't have to this you know."

"I don't mind," she said coyly. "Do you want me to stop?"

"No," he said. It did feel good to have her tending to his wounds. He relaxed as she continued to slowly administer her gentle healing.

"I rally must apologize for my sister," Ria said. "Who would have thought one of her pointless self serving lies could cause so much harm?"

"In my village we have a saying, 'the only thing more destructive than a lie is the truth.'"

"Yes," she agreed readily. "Most people just don't realize how powerful a lie can be."

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After she was done she invited him to stay for lunch, she sat close to him on the sofa and they talked sharing stories and getting to know each other better. Naruto was growing more and more comfortable with her. In a place where he had no friends and where people attacked him for no real reason he was just glad to have her.