Talking, Thinking, Biju Talking, Technique
Different Locations, lines mean switching between scenes or people.
Chapter 24: Learning more about Hiraishin!
"I wonder what Konohamaru-sensei has planned."
The girls of 3-A were getting ready for Phys-ed, which today was being held in the gymnasium.
Even after Konohamaru had gotten his introduction done earlier, the girls continued to talk about their new teacher. Even now, the girls didn't stop speaking about him, well most of them anyways.
"Who cares about that?!" Sakurako happily exclaimed. "What do you guys think about him?"
"He seems nice." Ako noted with a small smile.
Yuna tilted her head and gazed upwards. "I wonder what kind of sports he plays."
"They seem to enjoy Konohamaru-san already." Setsuna said with a smile as she glanced at her classmates.
"We are the easy-going class 3-A after all." Konoka happily chimed.
'I just hope he can survive his first day...' Asuna prayed with a bit of sweat trailed down her neck.
The girls finished getting changed and headed out towards their new teacher, however, as they got closer, they were surprised to see their blond teacher standing beside the brunette.
"Sup everyone!" Naruto greeted his students with a smile as they had gotten closer to hear him.
Akira raised her hand and asked the question that most wanted an answer too. "Naruto-sensei, why are you here?"
Naruto raised a brow, he and Konohamaru exchanged looks, and then he gestured towards the brunette with his thumb, still smiling. "Well, you see Konohamaru and I are actually really close friends. So, I'm helping him out with some of his classes."
The girls appeared to be fine with his response, though Makie got a curious expression and raised her hand. "Does this mean you and Konohamaru-kun are from the same place?"
This got the girls interested as they never learned about Naruto's home, other than those who were involved with his and Negi's shenanigans, who, in fact, began to feel uneasy at their class mate's query.
"When Asakura-san asked you back then, you said you were from a well-hidden place." Makie added fuel to the already burning fire.
The girls now began to stare at their blond teacher, waiting for his response.
Konohamaru glanced at his older brother figure, sending him a look of what or how they should respond. Naruto responded with a glance saying he had it under control.
"That's a pretty easy question to answer, Makie-chan." The whiskered teen told his pink-haired student with a kind smile. "Konohamaru and I actually grew up in the same hidden village."
Makie and her classmates eyed their assistant teacher oddly while Konohamaru, along with the others who knew about the two of them personally, had various looks of shock on their face.
Naruto closed his eyes and nodded. "The village we're from is extremely hard to find normally and there are certain laws and rules that allow people from leaving and entering." He finished by sending a quick gaze at Konohamaru from the corner of his eye.
The brunette quickly understood what the blond was doing and decided he would assist him. His gaze shifted towards his students and he nodded while giving a forced smile. "Yup, our home is really hard to find. There are also laws that keep us talking about our home, so I'm sorry we can't tell you more."
"Ah, okay, if it's your homes law than its okay. I'm sorry for asking." Makie apologized with a small smile.
"No, it's okay." Konohamaru reassured the girl, his gaze soon shifted towards his entire class. "How about we talk about each other before getting started so I can understand everyone better?"
"Hai!" The class joyfully responded.
'This is what, his third class? He's getting better.' Naruto mentally told himself, proud at his surrogate brother.
He then glanced to one of the back windows and stared at the bright blue sky. 'I wonder how that bunshin is doing...'
(Naruto Bunshin)
'Now let's go see this dragon!' The Naruto clone thought, excitedly at the chance to fight such a beast.
The clone was headed towards Library Island because the original didn't forget what Negi had told him about trying to find a clue about his father. Of course, when he heard about the reptilian beast, he wanted to go but didn't as he was teaching his partners back then and got busy with heading back to Konoha.
But now, he found room for him to go and see the dragon. He made sure to make a bunshin in secret when class 3-A's English period with Negi had ended a few hours ago.
He grabbed his phone from his pocket and check the photo of the map he had taken before heading to his wanted destination.
'Alright, I'll be there soon.' He thought, Library Island within his view. He smirked and muttered. "It's time to speed this up!"
He began to speed up with a few Shunshins, thanks to doing this, he arrived within a few seconds and walked into the building. He pinpointed the location and headed towards it.
As he came towards the location that headed towards the clue of the Thousand Master, his eyes widen. "Whoa, that's a lot of stairs going down... ...It's pretty well hidden too."
What the blond had come to the sight of was a spiral staircase heading deep, deep underground.
He cupped his hand around his chin as he looked towards the staircase. 'Now, this or...' His gaze traveling towards the chasm in the center of the staircase. 'That?'
He nodded and formed a fox like grin as he jumped forth and dove straight down. "Of course, that!"
As the blond headed towards the bottom, his partner decided to speak. "Why are you excited about fighting a giant lizard?"
"No reason really, just want to see how I match up against it." Naruto responded with a smile. "Plus, I might get something to help Negi about his father."
"I understand, but as an assistant teacher, shouldn't you be with the boy now? Like helping him with his workload?" Kurama shot another query. "You're acting just like the granddaughter of Hashirama with her paperwork."
"C'mon, Kurama... I'm not that bad... Am I?" The jinchuriki asked, some sweat flying off of him. "And even if I am, I still have the Kage Bushin to rely on."
'You're an idiot.'
Naruto canceled the link between him and his tenant as he approached the ground, he focused his chakra into his legs and arms in preparation. He landed in a crouch position, creating a large amount of smoke and dust from his landing, the ground caved in a few inches from the impact.
"Alright, now where's the entrance?" He inquired as he got up and looked around the area before finding the entryway.
He smiled largely. "Okay! Let's go!"
He walked up to the entrance and saw that it actually a hall that went even further than where he currently was. Naruto began to walk inside the hall, luckily for him, there were candles that lit his path along the old, worn down brick walls.
'Is there really a clue all the way down here? And if there is, it better be good.' Naruto inwardly told himself.
As he got deeper, some roots began to seep from inside the bricks, and they only got bigger as he got further in.
"Where the hell is the exit?" Naruto grumbled, hands in his pockets.
Thankfully, he wouldn't have to wait much longer as he saw a light ahead of him, which prompted him to start a light jog towards it.
"Whoa, now this I didn't expect." Naruto said as he exited the hallway, eyes widened.
The sight that the shinobi came to see was six large white pillars, three on each side, much more and larger roots than before spread around the area, and one massive pair of oak doors with golden handles.
Naruto placed his hand atop his eyes as he turned his head different directions. "Now, where is that dragon? Is it hiding?"
Naruto kept looking around himself before the sound of flapping wings could be heard.
He turned around and saw the majestic creature descending towards him. The dragon was red in color, it had a scaly yellow stomach, two large wings, two decently sized legs with razor sharp nails, and yellow eyes that could pierce an animal.
The blond shinobi watched as the dragon flew overhead before it landed on one of the large roots and stood in the way of Naruto and the oak doors. It began to flap its wings violently, pushing the blond back by a bit.
"RAAAH!" The dragon roared a beastly roar that made the ground shake.
'...I-Is it trying to scare me?' Naruto questioned with a perplexed look as he eyed the beast. His gaze then fell towards the door behind said beast, his brow raised. 'And what is it trying to keep safe?'
The whiskered teen shrugged his shoulders and pointed towards the door while he returned his gaze towards the dragon. "So, um, can I check what you have back there? I think it would help me out-"
The poor shinobi didn't get to finish as he had to jump to the side to avoid getting hit by the dragon's wing. The dragon turned around and saw that his prey had kept himself clung to a root that was on the ceiling.
'Well, that didn't work like I thought it would...' Naruto thought as he saw the dragon turn around.
Though, Naruto was hoping something like this would happen, hence the grin on his face. 'Plan B it is 'tebayo!'
Naruto leaped from the root with enough force for it to break it completely, his fist was cocked back as he headed straight towards the dragon. "Let's see what you can do!"
As the shinobi flew at great speed, the dragon shot forth a massive fireball towards him.
Naruto grinned. "Please! Do you think that's going to be enough!?" He opened his cocked fist and began to focus his chakra, in a moment a Rasengan was formed.
"Eat this!" Naruto shot forth his attack. "Rasengan!"
The jutsu completely dissipated the dragon's attack. The dragon looked shocked to see its attack easily shrugged off.
While the large creature was slowly processing what had happened, Naruto took the valuable opportunity and cross his fingers in a familiar formation. "Kage Bunshin Jutsu!"
The clone made another copy of itself underneath it and used it as a springboard to leap towards the dragon once more.
The beast recognized this and prepared another fireball and fired it. Although, it proved to be futile as the clone made another copy of itself and again, used it as a spring, however, this time it jumped to the side.
"C'mon, don't you have anything else!?" Naruto inquired with a smirk, which all it did was make the beast angrier.
"ROAAAAHHH!"
As the smirking shinobi landed on the wall, he used a Shunshin to speed himself up as he leaped from the wall and got himself in front of the dragon within a second.
"Try this!" Naruto shouted as he launched his fist forward.
The red beast was too surprised by the sudden and fast movement that it couldn't properly react and as a result, the blond shinobi delivered a punch straight to the beast's stomach, causing some scales to shatter as a result.
"Rooah..." The beast's howl quickly died down as it fell forward.
'Is that really it?' Naruto mentally asked, his head tilted to the side.
He then shrugged his shoulders. "I guess now I try and find a clue about Negi's old man."
His eyes trailed around the area before they landed on the two large doors that the dragon was protecting before.
"Is the clue back there?" He wondered aloud as he walked up towards the doors.
As soon as he went to open the door, it had opened by itself.
'...W-What the hell?' The blond thought as he took some steps back.
"My, my. There was a bunch of noise going on." A calm and relaxed voice noted.
Naruto watched with a curious look as he saw a figure take a step from behind the door. He wanted to see who it had been, unfortunately for him, the figure was wearing a large white cloak that covered their head.
Naruto tilted his head to the side. 'Who... Is this? ...Do... Do I know them?'
"W-Who are you?" Naruto managed out with a stutter.
The query caused the figure to chuckle which, for some reason, agitated the blond.
The Uzumaki's eyebrow began to twitch. "Can I know who you are?"
"Kufufu, I am no one special, yet, you could say I am special." The figure spoke in a riddle.
Naruto could feel a tick mark forming on his forehead. "Come on! Stop talking in riddles and tell me clearly tebayo!"
"Ahaha... It seems you've inherited your mothers little 'quirk'." The white cloaked figure said.
At the mention of his mother, Naruto became greatly perplexed. Not many knew about his parents, well, if you weren't from the Elemental Nations that it.
"How do you know about my verbal tick?" He shook his head and pointed a finger at the person. "Wait, no, how do you know about my Mom!?"
"Of course I know about Kushina-san, and of you too, Naruto-kun." The strange person said, which only caused the blond to freak out.
"How do you know my name!?" Naruto shouted with wide white eyes.
The figure gestured behind the door while they continued to look at the frightened shinobi. "Kufufu, don't ask questions that aren't necessary at the moment. I'll answer any questions you have after a cup of tea."
Naruto didn't know if he should trust this person. They knew not only his name and his mother's, but the feeling he was getting from them was unnerving. But he didn't know what it was, so he decided to go to his emotion checker and see if it was safe.
'Kurama, do I go? Is it safe?'
'Yeah you can go. I'm not getting any malice from them, nor any other ill feelings.' Kurama mentally responded to his jinchuriki's query.
'He won't do anything and besides, you're a bunshin, so if anything happens just pop yourself and the original will gain all your memoirs.'
'You're... Right...' Naruto thought to himself, dumbfounded that he forgot that he was a clone of the original.
The corporeal copy stopped backtracking and kept his gaze on the person in front of him. "If I follow you, you'll answer any question I have?"
The figure did what seemed to be a nod. "Yes, any question within my power I'll answer. However, there might be somethings that I may not be able to tell you or that I just don't know the answer too, so please keep that in mind."
Naruto seemed disappointed with the answer, but it was still better than nothing. He shrugged his shoulders and started to walk forward. "Alright, Stranger-san, lead the way.
"All right, follow me." The odd person told the blond.
As the blond got closer, the bijuu had a thought pass by him. 'Have I met this person before?'
(Naruto & Konohamaru)
"Chizuru-san, can you tell me about yourself?"
"No problem at all, Konohamaru-sensei." The girl responded with an elegant smile.
As of now, Konohamaru was getting to know his students better and was almost complete with everyone.
"Where to start?" Chizuru questioned as she tapped her chin with her index finger.
An elegant and graceful smile formed on her face. "I enjoy taking care of the little ones at the daycare I volunteer at and I like to spend time with my friends, I don't like to be alone, and my dream for the future is to work at the daycare."
"That's a great dream to have." Konohamaru told his student, smiling as he did so.
'Not being alone, huh?' Naruto thought with a reminiscent smile as he eyed the girl who had spoken.
Chizuru kept her gaze on the brunette before it trailed towards the blond, which she was surprised to see him smiling at her. She flushed and gave him a kind smile, her gaze reverted back to her Phys-ed teacher.
"Has my jinchuriki began to sink his fangs into some girls, his students no less?" Kurama inquired with a shit-eating grin on his face.
Naruto could feel himself heat up from the comment, knowing what his partner was implying.
"I-It's not like that! She's my student and my friend! Nothing more, nothing less!" He shouted to the overgrown fox who chuckled.
"Yeah sure, let's see there's Konoka, there's also that swordswoman, hm..." Kurama counted down with his fingers. "There's that orange-haired one, good color by the way-"
"Odama Rasengan!" Naruto yelled as tried to slam the bijuu with his jutsu, only for the beast to use his tails to stop it and push it back.
"Hmph!" Naruto sighed as he landed back on the ground and crossed his arms.
"It's a joke, no need to get so angry." The fox told his jinchuriki, his grin remained which made the apology feel less than what it actually was.
The whiskered teen's eyebrow twitched, his glared at his tenant. "...Anyway, how was fighting that dragon? My bunshin hasn't popped yet so I didn't get any of the experience."
"I wouldn't really call it a fight, more of a one-sided battle if anything." Kurama noted at how the beast went down. "As for why you haven't gotten any of the memoirs yet, it's because you're bunshin met someone down there."
"A person?" At the nod from the beast, he asked another question. "Who is it?"
"I don't know who he is, but he feels familiar. The best way I can explain him is by imagining you're perverted old master, your sensei, and that old dean guy all mixed up into one person." Kurama explained to his friend.
Naruto tilted his head to the side. "...H-He's... Wise?"
"No, he feels like a pervert."
"...Ah, yeah, makes more sense." Naruto nodded sagely.
"Nii-chan, Nii-chan." The two heard a voice call out.
"Ah crap, gotta go! See ya Kurama!" Naruto exclaimed with a hurried voice.
"Later." Kurama responded as he laid down. 'Time for a nap.'
As soon as Naruto left his mindscape, his eyes opened his turned towards the voice which had called him. "My bad, Konohamaru. I was talking with Kurama. What's happening?"
"Well, the girls started their laps." Konohamaru pointed towards his students with the same hand that held the class roster. He gave a wary smile. "And then..."
His and Naruto's eyes traveled towards Evangeline who was sitting on the sidelines with a cup of tea in her hands and Chachamaru to her side.
A bead of sweat ran down Naruto's head as he chuckled weekly. "A-Ahaha... You should be happy that they even show up..."
"A-Ah, yeah..." The brunette agreed, a bit of sweat traveling down his head as well.
Naruto's smile became more genuine as he looked down at his surrogate brother. "So how's teaching?"
"Hm..." Konohamaru placed his hand around his chin. "Well, other than almost dying when I met your class, everything else feels like it's running smoothly. For now at least, hehe."
The older shinobi placed his hand on the younger one's shoulder. "Don't forget to ask me or Negi if you need help with anything."
"Thanks, I'll remember too." The brunette flashed a grateful smile, right before he quirked a brow. "Wait, shouldn't you be with Negi right now and be helping him out?"
The blond retracted his hand and began to scratch the back of his head while smiling sheepishly. "A-Ah, oh, um... I-I just wanted to help you out a bit."
"Yeah, sure you did." Konohamaru responded with a deadpan, slowly turning into a grin. "Go and help him, I'm fine on my own. This is my third class; I think I got it by now."
"If you say so. See you later." Naruto said with a wave.
"Bye, Nii-chan." The smaller boy replied.
Naruto walked towards the exit, which was also where Evangeline and Chachamaru sat near. The former stopped sipping her tea and glanced towards the taller blond. "Do you need something?"
"No, just wanted to say goodbye to you two." Naruto responded with a smile.
"I see, will you pass by my home later?" The small girl questioned.
"What? I haven't even left yet and you already miss me, Eva-chan?" The shinobi questioned with a playful grin.
Evangeline flushed and glared at the taller person. "N-No, of course not!"
"Hehe, I know, I'm joking. See you, Ryokucha-chan." Naruto told the girl as he walked out of the gymnasium.
"Goodbye, Naruto-san." Chachamaru responded with a small incline of her head.
"Hmph!" The little vampire huffed as she turned away from the door.
'It seems like Master enjoys being around Naruto-san.' Chachamaru mentally noted with a small smile.
Naruto placed both hands behind his head as he made his way towards Negi, he began to think on a few things he had to do.
'Let's see, I still need to get to Jiji about those chakra pactios. Then I also have Eva-chan's unsealing to work on. There's also the Hiraishin...'
His face took on an irritated look. 'It's even harder to master than the Rasenshuriken was! And there's those Fuin Jutsu that Kakashi-sensei gave to me too!'
His face became less irritated and troubled. 'And then there's the entire thing with the clan...'
"Has my Jinchuriki began to sink his fangs into some girls, his students no less?" Kurama voice range out which caused Naruto to blush.
He shook his head to try and get the thoughts out. He took in a deep breath and exhaled. "This is what I call troublesome..."
Naruto began to speed walk his way to the teachers' lounge. Doing so, he got there a lot faster than expected. As he opened the door, he took a step shortly after and was face with a person he had never seen before.
"Ah, hello there Naruto-kun." The male greeted the blond.
"Um, who are you?" Naruto asked, trying to sound as polite as he could be.
"I'm sorry, we never had a proper introduction." The male smiled kindly and gestured towards himself. "I'm a teacher here in the academy. My name Akashi Fujio."
Naruto brows scrunched. "Akashi? Isn't that..."
"Yes, my daughter is Akashi Yuna." He informed the blond, whose eyes had widened.
Naruto flashed an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry, I didn't know."
"No, no. It's alright." Fujio reassured the worried shinobi. "Are you looking for someone?"
The blond nodded. "Yeah, is Negi here?"
The older teacher gave a slight nod, his view traveled from the blond to a desk, and his finger pointed towards the diligently working Negi on a computer.
Fujio returned his gaze to Naruto. "I have to get going now."
"Alright, see you around Fujio-san." Naruto bid the man a farewell.
"Goodbye, Naruto-kun." The older teacher said as he walked out of the lounge.
After silently closing the door, the shinobi made his way towards the hard-working young mage. After getting directly behind him, he saw that Chamo was taking a nap near Negi's paper.
He leaned over the young boy. "What are you working on there?"
Negi jumped in his chair in fright, his glasses hanging loose as he turned around to see his older brother figure. "Naruto-nii!?"
"...Who is it?" Chamo asked groggily as he awoke from his sleep. "Ah, Anuie..."
Then he fell back down and returned to napping. Negi fixed his glasses. "A-Anyway, where have you been Naruto-nii? I haven't seen for about two and a half hours."
Naruto placed his hands in his pockets. "I was helping Konohamaru out a bit, he's still new to all this."
Negi's sent a weak glare towards Naruto and his eyebrow began to twitch. "Why didn't you send a bunshin instead?"
Naruto felt some sweat trail down his neck, he forced a smile. "W-Well, if someone saw me with Konohamaru, then saw me here, some people might get suspicious about something."
The young mage's glare increased. "Why not use the Henge and change into someone else?"
The shinobi couldn't find a proper response. He dropped his head. "I'm sorry..."
Negi broke into a smile. "I'm kidding, Naruto-nii. I'm not mad." His gaze shifted to the computer screen. "I'm just working on some novel studies to give out."
"Do you need any help?" Naruto asked with a curious look.
"No, I'm mostly done with it." Negi replied as he began typing on the keyboard.
The blond shinobi frowned. 'I'm a pretty crappy assistant teacher, huh?'
That's when an idea popped in his head. "Hey, Negi, you down to get a bite to eat after school?"
The red-haired mage stopped typing and pondered on the query for a bit. He shook his head as he eyes his older brother figure, a small smile on his lips. "No, I'm sorry Naruto-nii, but I already made plans to train with Master after school for the next few days and Ku-sifu is going to train me a bit during the weekends."
"Then how about next week?" Naruto shot forth an idea.
Negi closed his eyes and his lips thin, he than reopened his eyes and smiled. "Yeah sure, I don't think I have anything plan for next week."
Naruto grinned at his response, feeling a bit better now.
"Is Konohamaru-nii coming as well?" The young teacher inquired.
Naruto stopped grinning and considered the query, he returned to grinning. "Sure, I don't see a problem with that. Both of you deserve it."
Negi gave a thankful smile and placed his fist forward towards the blond. "Thank you, Naruto-nii."
Naruto grinned his own fox like grin and bumped his fist with the young boy's. "No problem 'tebayo."
(Time skip)
"This is everything. Everyone get started!"
"Yeah!"
Naruto was currently in the library section in Evangeline's resort. He had made a few dozen clones to help him do some research on a few subjects. Chamo was with him as well and Chachamaru stood to his side, who had helped him in finding the books he needed.
"If I may ask, Naruto-san, why are you using clones to read for you and why are you studying on magic?" The gynoid inquired, she had changed into her maid outfit.
Naruto's gaze turned from his copies and to his student. "To answer your first question, Ryokucha-chan, after my bunshins absorb any sort of information and after they dispel, all that information comes back to me."
"And as for the magic, Eyebrow Jiji asked me to find out about how pactios were made with chakra instead of magic."
Chachamaru nodded while he shifted his gaze down to the ermine on his shoulder. "Mind helping me out a bit? I just need to know how you made them."
Chamo did what appeared to be a thumbs up and gave the blond a grin. "If it's just that, then of course Anuie!"
He jumped from Naruto's shoulder and on to the table while keeping his eye on him. He entered his lecturer mode. "Well to form a pactio you must need a catalyst. This catalyst is usually the circle that I draw on the ground, of course, there are items that can be used, but they can only be found in the magical world most of the time."
"After I, or someone else, makes the catalyst, they must write selective symbols and phrases within it and after that, the Magister Magi will bestow their Ministra Magi with a pactio card and by extension, artifact." Chamo explained.
Naruto tilted his head to the side, confused by the explanation. "...So, it really comes down to how you... phrase it?"
The ermine closed his eyes as he sighed. "Well, technically yes." He opened his eyes and looked towards the shinobi. "But for yours, it was more complicated."
Naruto quirked a brow as Chachamaru took a step forth. "How so, Chamo-san?"
The small creature's gaze turned to the gynoid. "While forming Anuie's pactio, not only did I have to change the phrase, I had to put down my own version of the chakra exchange theory, and even then, I had to make sure everything was exact or else the pactio just wouldn't be made."
"Ah, all right." Chachamaru nodded and made sure to intake the information.
'Why do I feel there should be more?' Naruto thought, a curious look crossed on his face.
He let go of the thought and smiled at his small friend. "Alright, thanks for the information Chamo."
"No problem, Anuie!" Chamo joyful exclaimed.
"Why has the Dean asked Naruto-san and not Chamo-san?" Chachamaru wondered aloud.
Naruto's view went from his student, who made eye contact with him, and the two than looked at Chamo. The blond began pointed a finger at the creature. "Yeah, aren't you the know-it-all when it comes to this stuff?"
"Basically yeah." Chamo answered. "But that only implies to normal pactios, yours Anuie is not normal due to chakra being used."
"So we're still at rock bottom huh?" Naruto sighed tiredly. 'At least I'm getting somewhere now.'
He flashed a grateful smile to his two friends. "Thanks for the help you two!"
"No problem!" Chamo returned with a large smile.
"It was a simple task, Naruto-san." Chachamaru told him with a small smile.
Naruto began to walk towards the exit. "Let's go back up."
Chamo jumped on Chachamaru's shoulder as she followed behind the blond. The trio quickly made their way up to the top of the building and as they got to the top, they saw Konohamaru and Negi sparring with one another.
As the spar happened, Evangeline and Chachazero watched everything at the table under the gazebo, while Mini-tabi slept on the floor beside the chair on which Chachazero sat. However, as soon as the cat felt the presence of its previous master, it woke up and ran towards him.
"Nya!" Mini-tabi cried in joy as he ran up to Naruto and began to rub its cheek near Naruto's ankle.
Naruto smiled, crouched down, and patted the head of the cat. "Hey there Mini-tabi!"
"Nya..." The cat sighed happily before moving on to his new owner and doing the same to her.
Chamo jumped from Chachamaru's shoulder to Naruto as she crouched down and picked up the cat with one arm and petted him with her other hand, smiling while doing so. The group soon reached where the master and puppet duo where sitting.
"Hiya, Naruto! How do you think about my new outfit?" Zero asked.
She was wearing the clothes ninja like clothes that the shinobi had gotten her which was a dark purple bodysuit, some dark grey arm guards, black shinobi sandals, a mask which she was lacking, and two katanas on the back, though she preferred her machete knife instead.
"Looking good Zero-chan!" Naruto responded with a smile and thumbs up.
"Kekeke, thanks!" The doll giggled as she swung her feet back and forth on the chair.
"Why are you back so soon?" Evangeline asked as her gaze turned from the two boys and onto the whiskered teen "You didn't even bring a book to read, what was the point of going to my library?"
"My Kage Bunshins are doing the learning for me." Naruto informed her as he watched the two boys clash.
This confused the little vampire who was wearing lolita styled clothing. "How are clones going to help you learn?"
Chamo jumped from Naruto's shoulder and began to chat animatedly with Chachazero as Naruto gave a brief and fast explanation on the jutsu's mechanic about helping him learn other things faster than normal.
"That's quite a useful technique you have there." Evangeline said; praise could be heard. "What did you even want to read about, knowing you there's not a lot that goes into that head of yours and if it does, it might be important."
Ignoring the jab, the whiskered teen explained what Konoemon had asked of him. After his explanation, he laid his head on the table and sighed. "I didn't expect for it to be so difficult though..."
"Is this defeat I hear?" The little blonde asked with a teasing smirk.
The teen raised his head and shook it. "Of course not. I promised Jiji that I'd find this out and I intend to keep my promise."
"But thinking about all of this is tiring..." He released another, louder, sigh as he sunk into his chair.
"Do you plan on doing any training?" The vampire asked as her gaze returned to the two boys.
The shinobi got up from his seat and stretched his arms. "Yeah, there's a jutsu that I need to hone more, so I'll go work on that for a while."
Chamo stopped talking with Chachazero and turned his head to face his taller friend. "What jutsu is it, Anuie?"
"Remember the Hiraishin?" From a nod from the ermine, Naruto smiled. "That one."
"What kind of technique is this 'Hiraishin'?" Evangeline asked, intrigued.
Naruto faced the small vampire. "The easiest way to explain the Hiraishin is that it is a jutsu that allows a person to teleport anywhere they want after placing a marker down on that specific location or if they want, can place the marker on an item and use it to extend their reach and use it in creating combos."
From that simple explanation, Evangeline could tell how much versatility this technique could have if used with other techniques.
The shinobi's gaze turned towards the gynoid. "Ryokucha-chan, is there a large open space where I could train?"
The green-haired girl nodded. "Yes, at the base of the tower is a large open beach area. It has enough space to fit over a few hundred people."
"Alright, that's perfect! Thanks!" Naruto thanked the girl with a large smile.
He then rushed over to the end of the tower and unlike a normal sane person taking the stairs, he decided to jump right off of the tower.
"Naruto-san/Naruto/Anuie/Idiot!" Came the respective cries of worry.
The group under the gazebo ran towards the area which the blond jumped from, this also caused Konohamaru and Negi to stop their spar and head over to see what happened.
"What happened?" Negi asked as he got beside his small ermine friend.
Chamo turned his head to face the two newcomers, a worried look on his face. "Anuie just jumped off here!"
This comment surprised Negi, which soon led into him panicking while Konohamaru stayed calm and even chuckle a little. "Ahaha, is that all? Don't worry, Nii-chan will be fine."
"How can you be sure this won't kill him?" Evangeline asked, a sound of fret could be heard.
The brunette placed both of his hands behind his head and grinned. "It's simple, it's cause he's Naruto-nii-chan!"
'...T-That kind of makes sense...' Negi, Evangeline, and Chamo thought simultaneously with a bead of sweat dripping down their foreheads.
The small blonde closed her eyes, pinched the bridge of her nose, and sighed. "...You two go back to your sparring."
The two looked at each other, nodded, and walked off back to the area that they were sparring in, Chamo following behind them.
"Chachamaru, make me some tea." Evangeline ordered her partner.
Chachamaru did a bow. "Of course, I'll get it to you immediately."
As the girl went towards the kitchen to make the tea, the cat followed behind her, leaving the blonde and her first partner.
The old but young-looking vampire removed her hand from her nose and opened her eyes, viewing the ground far, far below her with a concerned expression that didn't go unnoticed by the doll.
"Kekeke, has my mistress actually fallen for someone?" Chachazero giggled like a school girl.
The query caused dust of pink to grace Evangeline's cheeks. "O-Of course not! Why would I even care for that idiot!?"
"Kekeke, no reason~" The small doll sang with a pleased look on her face as she skipped back towards the gazebo, leaving a blushing blonde.
(Naruto)
"Yeah! This is the best!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs, a lopsided grin on his face.
He had just jumped off from the top of the tower and was currently headed towards the ocean, he made sure to place chakra at the bottom of his feet so he could cushion his fall.
He got closer and closer to the water and begun to mentally count down. 'Three... Two... One!'
As he landed on the water, he made a splash a few meters taller than he himself. He sped over to the sandy beach area and placed his fingers cross shape.
"Kage Bushin Jutsu!"
With a plume of smoke, Naruto quickly filled the beach with copies of himself, two hundred to be specific. He got to the open and got all the clones' eyes on him. "Alright everyone, it's time to get to work! I'm sure I don't need to tell you what to do, right!?"
Their response was leaving the area in search for random items, be it sticks, rocks, shells, anything. After getting an item, they would mark it and throw it, this was Naruto's own version of trying to master the Hiraishin.
Though, whenever a clone or he himself would teleport, there was a gap that he would need to concentrate on his marker before teleporting, and he could only teleport to something within fifteen meters of himself, and even after that, he had to wait on a cooldown before using it again.
'Why can't I improve any more than I already have?' Naruto wondered to himself as he watched his clones, he fell down on the sand and sat with his arms resting on his legs. 'It feels like I've hit a wall...'
The blond shinobi wondered and wondered about what he could do and then, he got an idea.
"Kurama, do you know how Dad learned the Hiraishin?" Naruto asked his tenant, light shining in his eyes.
"Don't know what to tell you. He pretty much mastered the thing by the time he and your mom got together." Kurama response killed almost all hope that Naruto had, almost.
"C'mon, there's gotta be something you know!" The blond jinchuriki begged. "Anything helps!"
"All right, all right. Give me a moment to think." The fox told his partner as he closed his eyes and eventually scrunched his face.
Naruto waited patiently for a few moments before Kurama opened his eyes again. Naruto smiled largely. "You got something!?"
Kurama nodded. "Yea, I remember when Minato showed Kushina the Hiraishin, he stated that it was practically impossible to use another person's markings as your own. Of course, if you were to link it with someone's else its possible, just look at what he and the Second did in the war."
"So the only things I have to change is the marking and then I'll master it?" Naruto asked with a confused face. "Isn't that too easy?"
"No you idiot, the marking has to show or at least represent you in some way." The bijuu clarified.
"Example please."
"Okay, the kanji for 'love' on your dad's marker represents the love he has for your mother, 'endurance' is for his master Jiraiya, and I believe 'sword' was because he thought it sounded cool." Kurama briefly explained.
'Cause it sounded cool, huh?' Naruto thought with a smile and a bead of sweat trailing down his head.
Naruto opened his eyes as his face gained a perplexed look. "Wait, does that mean all of Dad's kunai are completely worthless now?"
"I would think so, yeah." Kurama responded with a should shrug.
'Well... Doesn't that just suck...' Naruto mentally deadpanned.
He placed it to the back off his mind for now and gave his partner an appreciative smile. "Alright, well thanks for everything. Imma put it to the test now."
"See ya." Kurama bid farewell with his friend as he left the mindscape.
Naruto opened his eyes and jumped on to his feet. He dispelled all of his clones and then he made them again with new found knowledge.
"All right everyone, let's do it!" Naruto exclaimed, pumping his fist high into the sky.
"Yeah!" His clones followed after, pumping their fist as well.
(Time skip)
Four days had passed in the resort, which would mean only a few hours in real time. The sun was already setting as Naruto, Negi, Konohamaru, and Chamo left Evangeline's home. As of now, the four males were currently headed back to the dormitory.
"Yea, I'm fine with going out next week. Especially if Naruto-nii-chan is the one paying." Konohamaru said with a playful smirk while Negi chuckle at his response.
"I get to come too, right?" Chamo inquired from Negi's shoulder.
"Of course, Chamo-kun." The young mage replied with a kind smile.
As the three boys were talking with each other, Naruto had a grin forming as he walked behind them. 'Those days were definitely worth it; I finally feel like I'm moving again.'
The days he had spent in the resort was mostly him creating knew markings and seeing if they worked, sometimes they did and sometimes they didn't. However, even when it did work, there would be drawbacks such as one of his copies exploding, or him ending in a different area than he wanted, even if it was a few meters off.
'At least I'm getting somewhere.' He told himself, hands behind his head. 'Though, I didn't find that much about the pactios other than what I already know...'
He put the thoughts to the back of his mind for now. He placed a hand on Konohamaru's shoulder and smiled. "So how's your first day as a teacher?"
Negi looked at Konohamaru. "Yes, I would like to know as well Konohamaru-nii."
The brunette glanced at both of his friends and smiled sheepishly. "Well, I was confused and worried at some parts, but it was kinda fun. I'm excited for tomorrow."
The other males grinned at the brunette's answer.
Naruto was about to say something else, but before he could, his pocket began to vibrate. He raised a brow. "Who's calling me?"
He grabbed his phone from his person and answered it while the other boys watched him exchange a few words.
"Sure, yeah, I got it. Just send me what we need, no problem." Naruto spoke into the device before hanging up and placing his phone back in his pocket.
"Who called, Anuie?" Chamo questioned.
"It was Asuna-chan." Naruto simply answered. "She asked me to go pick up some items needed for dinner."
"Do you want some help?" Konohamaru asked his older brother figure.
Naruto waved the idea off. "Nah, I'm fine on my own. You two should go back and rest, I can tell you two are more tired than me."
"You sure? I'm fine." Negi told the blond who grinned at him and ruffled his hair.
"I said I got this, now you guys head back and rest while I go get the ingredients."
Understanding that the whiskered teen was fine with the idea, the boys made their separate ways with Naruto headed towards the grocery store with a Shunshin in his step.
It took less than fifty seconds for the blond to reach the market and as soon as he did, he entered, grabbed a basket and begun to grab the items he needed.
"Alright, now I need some vegetables..." He muttered to himself.
"Naruto-san?" A voice called out.
"Hm?" Naruto turned around to see one of his students standing behind him, he smiled kindly. "Oh, hey Akira-chan. What are you doing out at this time?"
Yes, the student was Okochi Akira who was still in her school uniform and had her school bag with her.
"Swimming practice ran late and as when I was going home, I decided to get some ingredients for me and my roommates to cook and eat." Akira explained to her assistant teacher. "Yourself?"
The blond raised his basket to eye-level and grinned his fox like grin. "Same for me. I was just heading back but then Asuna-chan asked me to get some items for us to eat." He let the last part slide out accidentally.
"You room with Asuna-san?" The swimmer asked, her head tilted slightly to the side. "So... Your roommates are also Negi-sensei and Konoka-san?"
'Crap...' The shinobi mentally said, he started to sweat a bit. 'I could tell a lie, but...' He looked at Akira's eyes, he could tell that they were more so curious than anything else. 'I-I... I think I can trust Akira-chan.'
He slowly nodded. "...Yes, but please don't think anything bad of me." He clapped his hands together. "Eyebrow Jiji put me in that room because Negi was the only one I knew when I got here. And please don't tell anyone else, only a few others know that's my room, but I know none of them would do anything bad with that information.
'Well, most of them...' A certain redhead news reporter appeared in his mind.
The brunette could tell that the blond teen was being sincere with what he was saying, she gave a reassuring smile. "Of course, Naruto-san. I promise I won't tell anybody that you don't want to know."
"Hehe." He sent a thankful grin.
The two than began to talk to each other while they shopped and as they did. Akira had asked a question that was bothering her somewhat. "Naruto-san, I know you answered this question before, but can I ask you a bit more about your home?"
"I really wish I could." Naruto responded to the girl as he grabbed some meat and placed it in his basket, his view shifted to his student. "But I can't, it's the rules of my home."
He shrugged his shoulders and sent a playful grin. "Who knows, maybe one day I'll tell you?"
His comment got a pout from the brunette, a pout which he found quite cute. After the two got their items, they went to the cashier to get their times paid. While the cashier was scanning the items, Akira questioned him on something.
"So, Naruto-san, what do you enjoy to do?"
"Me?" He asked turning to his student who nodded.
"Yes, you could even do it the way Konohamaru-sensei made us do it today."
"The likes, dislikes, and dream?" Again, she nodded and he grinned.
"Okay, to start off I really like being around my friends, pull pranks, although I don't do them as much as anymore, I also like to take care of planets when I have time, it's sort of hobby of mine."
The two stopped talking for a brief moment as they placed their items in plastic bags. After getting their items paid, the duo left the store. As the two walked down the almost empty street, the blond continuing what he had been saying, grinning all the while.
"Oh! How could I forget eating ramen? Yeah, ramen is definitely up there, especially the one they serve at my home which is the best I've ever had and most likely ever will."
He frowned and crossed his arms over each other. "But I hate the time I have to wait when I'm making instant ramen, can't there be something that makes three minutes go by faster?"
Akira giggled at how the older teen was acting like a child when talking about his favorite food.
"I also don't like people who put others down. It really makes me mad."
Naruto than came to a stop, Akira followed and stopped behind him, confused to why he stopped. "Naruto-san?"
"My dream..." The blond started off, making sure how to place his words without informing the girl about his world.
Thinking he had it, he turned around to face his student with a large grin. "My dream is to be a person who can walk in front and lead others."
"Like a boss of a company?" The female teen asked, perplexed by what the blond said.
"Kinda, sorta." Naruto replied with a wry smile. "But it's more like a chieftain if anything."
"Oh, okay." She smiled. "Thank you for telling me, Naruto-san."
He waved it off. "It's nothing you have to thank me for. I just answer your question is all."
The girl sent one more smile before the two returned to walking. As they walked, they passed by some delinquent looking male teens who were loitering outside of a convenience store, four to be exact.
The males were taking drags of their cigarettes. Naruto didn't seem to mind much of it while Akira seemed to squirm behind her blond friend and made sure to stay near him.
As the two walked past them, one of them who was wearing an opened black jacket with a blue shirt shouted. "Hey, you!"
Both Naruto and Akira stopped walking and turned around, the latter more hesitant than the former. Naruto took a step forward. "Yeah, do you need something?"
"Not you Blondie!" One of the other males spat, he was wearing an opened black jacket with a white shirt.
He pointed a finger towards the brunette and grinned. "We're talking to the girl."
"M-Me?" Akira asked as she pointed to herself, scared.
"Yeah, you." He nodded with his grin never leaving his face, his friends began to chuckle.
"How about leaving that idiot and hanging out with us tonight?" He asked as he pointed to his friends with his thumb.
Naruto could tell what the male teen was insinuating but waited to see how his student would react.
"U-Um, I think I'll have to decline your offer, sorry." Akira answered, trying to keep her smile not to show any fear.
One of the other males stood up from his crouched position and took a step forward, this one had a black jacket with a red shirt. He had a scowl on his face. "So, you're refusing the boss' request, huh?"
The female teen stepped back, frightened. However, she soon felt someone place their hand on her shoulder. Her gaze turned to Naruto who was smiling at her, sky-blue eyes met with light brow.
He took a step forward. "I'm sorry, but you heard her."
"Oh! Trying to impress her, huh?" The male with a white shirt asked. "This isn't a show where you can take down four people by yourself. Boys."
The boss of this little group snapped his fingers, his friends took out different types of items, varying from a metal bat to a knife, and even a bokken. The boss put on two brass knuckles.
He got into a fighting position and chuckled darkly. "You still sure about protecting her?"
The female looked worriedly at her assistant teacher. "N-Naruto-san...-"
"Hold these, would you Akira-chan?" Naruto handing his student his groceries, which she hesitantly took.
"Get em!" The boss yelled as he and his group charged towards Naruto who kept his hands at his side.
As the fist came to Naruto's face, at the last moment he grabbed it and grinned. "Is that all you got?"
The query angered the male. Naruto pulled the fist to him and spun around the boss of the group, he kicked his back and sent him towards his underlings.
The one holding the bat caught him while the other two with a knife and a bokken charged at Naruto, each roaring a war cry.
"Watch out, Naruto-san!" Akira warned; panic filled her voice.
In one swift motion, Naruto knocked both weapons out of their owners' hand's.
"Wha!?" They both exclaimed in shock, closing and opening their hands to make sure they weren't imagining things.
Naruto dropped the weapons and looked at the group of delinquents with a bored expression. "C'mon, can't you guys do anything else?"
"Bastard!" The teen with the bat yelled as he tried to hit the blond who kept his bored look.
Naruto stopped the bat with one hand and forcefully took it from the other person and then followed with a kick to his stomach that sent him to the ground on his ass.
"W-Wow, impressive..." Akira muttered to herself, impressed on how the blond was dealing with the situation.
"So, are you guys done yet?" Naruto asked the entire group. "Cause it's getting late and I need to get home and get ready for tomorrow."
"B-Bastard..." The boss growled as he stood up. "Everyone... Charge!"
"Yeah!" They all shouted as they charged at Naruto who returned to having a grin on his face.
In one quick, swift motion, Naruto knocked the entire group unconscious, much to Akira's surprise. "W-What happened?"
"Nothing much. Just knocked them out for a while." Naruto explained as he placed each of the boys up against the wall.
"What about their weapons?" The brunette questioned.
The blond turned his head to face his student. "Good point." His eyes trailed over to the items. "I think I'll give the bat to the baseball team, the bokken to the kendo club, the knife..."
'Zero-chan.' He told himself, nodding.
"And what about the brass knuckles?" She asked with her head cocked to the side.
Naruto's reply was a shrug. "Don't know, I guess I'll through it out."
His head turned back to the teens, he went to the boss of the group and took off his brass knuckles, after doing so, he grabbed the sleeves of his jacket, stretched them out and tied them in a knot, he did this for the three others as well.
He stood back up and clapped his hands together. "Alright, that should keep them busy after they wake up."
He walked up to his student and retrieved his items. "Thanks for holding on to this."
"...N-No problem." She stuttered which confused the blond.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's just that I'm so surprised at how easy you handled this." Akira's view shifted towards to the knocked-out teens.
Naruto followed her and chuckled. "That really wasn't that difficult, not even a warm-up for me to be honest." He shifted his view to his student and smiled. "How about we head back now? I bet your friends are worried for you."
Akira looked towards her blond teacher and smiled. "Okay, let's go."
The two left the scene of the unconscious teens and walked back to their dormitory under the starry night.
'He was pretty cool back there...' Akira thought with a small smile gracing her lips.
(Unknown Location)
"Are we there yet?" A squeaky voice asked.
"Not yet." A deeper masculine voice answered.
"When will we get there?" Another high-pitched voice questioned.
"In a few days." The masculine voice replied.
"Can't we just use a teleportation circle and get there?" An irritated male voice asked.
"No, we'll activate the alarms. This is the best and safest way to do get there."
"Damn, I swear this kid better be worth it..." The same irritated voice grumbled.
"Do not worry, he will definitely be of worth to us in some shape or way."
Chapter 24 End
Author Notes: What's good everyone! I honestly have nothing much to say today other than I hope you enjoyed todays' chapter and I hope that you guys continue to support me as I continue to upload chapters for this story!
~~Translations~~
Rasengan – Spiralling Sphere
Henge - Transformation
Kage Bunshin – Shadow Clone
Shunshin - Teleportation
Hiraishin - Flying Thunder God
P.S. Special Thanks to "Wonijs" for beta reading the chapter!
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