AN: And the cookies go to michaelfait1, GoldenGod Rah, and Rezuvious, for they were able to get the anime/manga that inspired the clothing of both Naruto and Misa for their date. The clothes came from the series known as Death Note, which I do not own. Naruto was dressed as Light Yagami and Misa was dressed up as Misa Amane. Hehe, so here starts the tournament. I have also decided to dedicate my writing for this Fanfic until the Tournament is over. So if you read my other fanfics sorry they are going to be updated late.
Oh and so you don't get confused, Naruto will keep calling Albireo by his real name which is well Albireo; however, everyone else will call him Ku:Nel. I will be calling Albireo when he talks, speaks, etc.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR NEGIMA!
The air was full of excitement as the many spectators were all traveling towards the Tatsumiya Shrine, for the Martial Arts tournament. Kids were telling their parents to hurry up so they can go watch the fights and get tickets, fighting clubs were rushing towards the site too watch and maybe gain new senseis to teach them fight. All the while most of the class of 3-A were stuck at the Haunted House working. "That's no fair!" Ayaka shouted as she paced around the room. "I finally got a ticket but I can't go!"
"That's for you to say," Misa said. "I wanted to go too but they ran out of tickets." She sighed. The purple haired girl had tuned out the rest of the conversation and Ayaka's rants and looked out the window. As Misa was looking outside she caught a glimpse of something that made her stare at it. In the midst of the crowd she spotted a bamboo hat that had multiple white streams of paper. Along with the streams of paper was a small bell, to her its ringing was heard clearly even though they were a couple of hundred feet away and a wall in between them. He was wearing a black cloak, with red clouds out lined in white that had a chin high collar. His feet beige had leg warmers and purple sandals. Misa watched as the figure stopped all of and began to look around. When its head finally looked at the direction of the room, she noticed that she couldn't distinguish any features on the person's face except for his eyes. "It can't be..."
"What is it Misa?" Madoka asked her friend.
"It's...It's...It's him. The person who saved me all those months back," Misa whispered, pointing out the window. Madoka and Sakurako looked out the window and saw the figure still looking up at them.
"How are you so sure?" Sakurako asked the head cheerleader.
"His eyes," was all Misa said. The two girls looked down at him, just like all the other girls in the class and were surprised at what they saw. Pale purple eyes that had the ripple effect were staring right at them. The figure then looked away and headed toward the tournament.
"So you were not lying," Madoka said.
"I have to go thank him," Misa said as she frantically looked for the man through the crowds but the figure was already lost in the sea of people.
-NMAC-
Negi, Kotarou, Asuna and Setsuna all entered contestant preparation room all at the same time. As they entered they saw that everyone was already there. Standing together in right in front of the door were Mana, Ku and Kaede. Mana was wearing a long white trench coat that was zipped up, and was buttoned at the top. She was also wearing matching pants. Ku Fei was still wearing her Chinese dress, though the sides of this one stopped at her thighs. Kaede was wearing the same tux she wore when the class had set up the maid cafe.
A ways bit off from them were two nameless people that Negi seemed to have forgottten, as well as that oddly spiked man from Naruto's group. On the other side were two contestants wearing dark cloaks to conceal themselves. Even after them was a man in a white cloak and standing beside him was something that caught Negi and Asuna's attention. "A black cloak with red clouds? Where have I seen that before?" Asuna asked aloud.
"I can't seem to recall it either," Negi replied. Negi began to look around for the other people. "Where is Naruto-nii, and master?" The group shrugged in response but someone else answered for them. Takamichi walked up to the group and greeted them.
"Good morning Negi-kun," he said. Setsuna, Kotarou and Negi just nodded at him, while Asuna was blushing and bowing her head.
"Good Morning!" she nearly shouted. Takamichi smiled at her and she blushed even more; however, something inside her was shouting that she was betraying Naruto. This made her frown but she beat down the thought.
"If you are looking for those two Negi-kun, I know where they are. Eva said she was going to run a little late, and well Naruto seems to be having a conversation with the Ku:Nel fellow over there," Takamichi pointed over to the man wearing the black cloak with red clouds. Negi and Asuna immediately perked and said oh.
"That's the clothes he gets while he uses his pactio," Negi remembered.
"He has a pactio?" Takamichi and Kotarou asked at the same time.
"I think he has more than one," Setsuna replied. "I mean he wasn't wearing that with the pactio I saw, so he must have more than one." The group nodded at the thought.
"You know its not nice to talk about a person when they are in the same room as you right?" Naruto said as he appeared right in behind Setsuna causing her to jump just a little. They noticed that you couldn't even tell it was Naruto, because his face was covered. "Yo, you guys ready for this?"
"Of course we are kinpatsu-nii," Kotarou smirked. The two girls nodded in agreement, while Negi put on a determined face.
"That's right I'm ready," Negi answered. He looked towards Takamichi and said, "...Takamichi I'm going to try my best today, because I'm not going to lose to my father. So let's not hold back." The red head's voice was so full of determination, it had Naruto smirking.
"Hehehe, Negi-kun has become a young man, but thats not something to get worked up over for. I mean you are you and your father is your father." Takamichi then leaned down and whispered. "But I think we should hold back just a little. If we go all out and our magic gets exposed, it'd be problematic ne?"
"Glasses is right Negi," Naruto blurted in. "Things will get bad if we do expose things like that out into the open?"
"Glasses?" everyone asked. Naruto smirked and shrugged.
"I give everyone I respect a nickname. I was going to call him Perma-stubble, but that sounded too cool." Takamichi laughed and patted Naruto on the back.
"Thanks for telling me you respected me Naruto. I would like to say that I respect you too." Naruto and Takamichi gave each other a nod. "Oh and Asuna-kun..."
"Yes, Takahata-sensei?" the girl asked hopefully.
"I know it may be a little early but I think we need to talk about somethings," Takamichi told her in a firm yet kind tone. This had Naruto quirking and eyebrow but no one could see it.
"Good morning contestants!" a Kazumi's voice rang out through the speakers of the room. All the contestants looked towards the front of the room, where she and Chao were standing along with the board of who is fighting who. They were currently wearing the same things from last night, though they were in different colors. Where Kazumi's was white, it was now black and Chao's was white instead of red.
"Damn Kazumi-chan, you don't need to shout into the microphone," Naruto said trying to regain hearing in his right ear.
"Sorry Naru-kun," Kazumi apologized sheepishly. "Anyway, welcome and thanks for gathering! Thirty minutes from now, the first match will start! Let me explain the rules for this round. This will take place in a 15 m by 15 m arena, and each battle will take place in an allotted time of 15 minutes. A defeat will be determined by being down for ten-seconds, out of the ring for ten-seconds, fainting or surrendering. In a situation where the winner cannot be determined within that time, we will resort to a vote from the audience. The rules from last night also apply."
Naruto tuned out the rest of the explanation and seemingly stared at Chao who was just enjoying the rest of the talk. She then turned towards him and smiled slyly. What she did next really confused Naruto though, that he nearly spoke his thoughts aloud. He knew she was looking at him and smiling at him, so that must mean when she mouthed 'I hope you win' was directed at him as well, the wink afterwards too. 'What the hell?' Naruto thought.
-NMAC-
"What am I doing here again?" Chisame asked herself, as she stood front row to for the tournament. "Oh yeah, Negi-sensei and Naruto invited me to go. At least this is better than working at the stupid haunted house."
At another part of the shrine stood the library club still decked out for the haunted house. "I wonder if Negi-kun is going to be okay? I mean there are so many adults in this too," Haruna stated to both Yue and Nodoka.
"Don't worry Negi-sensei is very strong, so it's ok. Right, Yue?" Nodoka asked her best friend. Yue seemed to be broken out of her thoughts as she stuttered.
"Y-yeah that's right," the blue haired girl replied.
"Huh? Yue did something happen," Haruna asked. Yue immediately regretting the stutter in her voice at her answer.
"Eh...no not really," Yue said not meeting the other girl's eyes.
"Really?" Haruna asked her face darkening.
'Damn she is scary when she does that,' Yue thought off handedly. The blue haired girl was really hoping that Haruna doesn't find out about the little talk she had with Negi, as well as her feelings.
Also at the shrine were Natsumi and Chizuru. Chizuru was also in an elegant Chinese dress except black, and had her hair in a ponytail in the back. Natsumi was wearing a fairy costume, complete with wings and antennas along with a pink dress. "Chizu-nee Kotarou-kun is in the first match!" Natsumi told the older girl.
"Well well, I wonder if he will be okay," she said of handedly.
"No problem he's strong! Naruto-sensei is in the third match against Kaede-san, while Negi-sensei is in the sixth match. I have rehearsals for my play sadly. I wonder if I can still get to see it."
"Natsumi who do you do you want to win?" Chizuru asked her friend.
"Huh?"
"Who do you want to win?" she repeated.
"Ah...I want Kotarou-kun to win," the red head said embarrassed. Natsumi nodded with a small smile. "How about you Chizu-nee?"
"I want Naruto-sensei to win."
"Ara? Why?"
"So he can brag to the little kids when he helps out later this afternoon when he helps out at the daycare," Chizuru replied still smiling.
"Oh I thought you wanted him to win for other reasons," Natsumi whispered.
"What was that?" Chizuru said in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"N-nothing!"
"To all the audiences, thank you for waiting!" Kazumi shouted to the crowd through the mic. "Starting now we will be starting the first match of the Mahora Martial Arts Tournament!" As she spoke Kotarou, and surprisingly Mei walked onto the arena. Kazumi pointing to Kotarou said, "In this corner, we have the mystery shounen ninja, contestant Kotarou Murakami!" She then pointed towards Mei. "And in the other corner, the second year middle school girl contestant, Mei Sakura!"
"What with this! Those are just some brats!" one of the audience members shouted out.
"What the meaning of this organizer!" another one demanded.
"But their abilities were proven in the preliminaries!" Kazumi shouted back. Within the crowd Kotarou had made a small fan club of girls calling him cute.
"Eh! You're that onee-chan from the other day!" Kotarou shouted.
"Thanks for helping the other day Kotarou-san," Mei said with a bow.
"Why are you in this place?"
"Uh...um...I don't actually want to be here but..."
"What's the meaning of this?" Negi asked from one of the contestant benches.
"Fufufu," Takane chuckled as she revealed herself. "Good morning Negi-sensei."
"Eh you're the one from yesterday!" Negi exclaimed standing up surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"Are you surprised? The reason I'm here is to discipline you and your annoying older brother!" Takane stated. "You two keep doing reckless things like getting infected by the world tree and joining this odd tournament! If we don't punish you we will never be in agreement, that's the reason we joined this tournament! That and I want to get back at your brother for turning my hair green for a day..." she mumbled the last part. "Besides you should worry about your friend. Mei may look like a sweet child but she graduated from a magical school in America with straight A's. At her age she can do many spells without incantations. And when we win we will take the 10 million yen as the your punishment!"
Back on the arena the two contestants were still talking. "I...don't want to do this but this is senpai's orders. I have to defeat you Kotarou-san,' Mei said as she discarded her cloak.
"Big words coming from a cute face," Kotarou smirked getting in to his fighting stance.
"Hey Kotarou did you just call her cute!" Naruto shouted from his seat, causing the boy to face fault and the girl to blush. When Kotarou recovered he shouted at the blond.
"Kinpatsu-nii! Don't say things like that out loud!" Kotarou shouted pointing a finger at him. As he got ready again Naruto was talking to Albireo.
"Did you really have to insult the poor boy?" Albireo asked.
"I didn't insult him Al, just wondered if he meant something about that. I mean he doesn't seem interested in girls..." Naruto replied, leaving the statement hanging. He then saw Mei bust out a pactio card that held a broom. "Wow...that is so stereotypical of a magic using girl," Naruto deadpanned. Next to him Albireo chuckled. They watched as Kotarou sped forward and did an upward palm thrust, not hitting the girl but using the air pressure of it to send her flying out of the stage and into the water, making Kotarou win the first match.
"Help I can't swim!" Mei shouted during the ten count, forcing Kotarou to help her.
"Aww he does care," Naruto laughed as he kept watching. The blond was watching the hanyou and the girl interact and saw that they were getting friendly with each other. He then saw the face Natsumi had made, and can feel the jealousy radiating off of her. This made him burst into more laughter, scaring the rest of the contestants on the bench he was sitting at.
"Well, I guess I'm up Naruto," Albireo said to the blond.
"Don't lose before our fight," Naruto told the mage. "And this time when we do fight, we use our pactios."
"Getting flashy are we?" Albireo smirked.
"Nah, I just want to spice somethings ups." Albireo nodded and got on stage with another person whose name slipped Naruto's mind. After thirty-seconds of random kicking and punching, Albireo just hit the guy in the chest with his palm and he went down.
"I-in a flash! A clean counter with the right palm and Ku:Nel Sanders has brought down Daigouin! Even though Ku:Nel seemed to be losing but won with that huge reversal. With a costume that completely hides the face, the mysterious Ku:Nel breaks through the first round!" Kazumi stated.
Albireo continued to sit down again as Naruto stood up, "So Naruto, are you really going to use the card's ability on the ninja girl?"
"Honestly? No. I'm just going to test her before I beat her," Naruto said as he walked to the walk way Kaede meeting him halfway.
"Hello Naruto-dono," Kaede greeted him.
"Naruto-dono? What happened to my usual 'Naruto-kun' Kaede-chan?" Naruto asked as they walked towards the center of the stage.
"It is because we are fighting in front of all these people that I think I should take you seriously de gozaru." Naruto nodded and headed off to his corner, and Kaede doing the same.
"In this corner is the elegant ninja of Mahora class of 3-A Kaede Nagase!" Kazumi said pointing to Kaede. "In the other corner we have the blond fighter and assistant teacher, the mysterious Naruto Namikaze! Are you both ready?" The two contestants nodded. "Then Begin!"
Naruto didn't move and just watched Kaede. "Ara aren't you going to attack?" Kaede asked. Naruto didn't respond, making her take that as a no. "If that's the case I'll attack first de gozaru." Kaede did a flash step and appeared behind Naruto about to do a chop onto his neck. As the hit connected, Kaede was hit on the side by another person in the same cloak as Naruto, before disappearing in a burst of smoke.
"What's this? That isn't fair having more than one person on the same side!" The crowd shouted. "He should be disqualified."
"Why should I be? There is more of two of her too," Naruto said. The crowd looked and saw Kaede still on the floor, but there were four other standing around Naruto. "Besides the shadow clone technique of ninjas should suffice for this tournament right?" The Kaede on the floor disappeared slowly.
"I agree de gozaru, but I still can't seem to get the jump on you," one of the clones said. They then began to attack him. All four poured Ki into their palms and slammed Naruto's body with it and then sped past his body, making a cross. "Kaede Ninpou Four Body Clone Hazy Cross!" She said to herself. They heard a puff of smoke and saw a plank of wood hit the floor.
"Heh, if that hit I would be in a world of pain wouldn't I?" Naruto asked appearing from out of the floor. "Lucky I did a substitution Jutsu. By the way is that all you got Kaede-chan? I know you're stronger than this?" The four Kaedes Charged again. Each time they attacked, Naruto parried each blow before smacking them away with his sleeved covered arm. One sent a kick at him, and he grabbed her leg before swinging the clone around, smashing the other clones in the process. Naruto then slammed the clone on the floor.
"Ara why aren't you using clones Naruto-dono?" Kaede asked.
"Self imposed limit so to say," Naruto replied with a shrug as he dodged a Ki blast that was aimed for his head. "I have three right now. If you manage to hit me, I'll take one off."
"Hm that's interesting," Kaede replied before smirking. "But I think I got you." Naruto felt someone touch his back, making him turn his head seeing a Kaede with a large amount of Ki in her hand.
"Oh my isn't this bad," Naruto spoke to no one in particular. Kaede then hit him with the Ki infused attack sending him into the water, creating a huge splash.
"What's this? Contestant Naruto has been thrown into the water. I shall start counting!" Kazumi shouted. "1!"
"Heh, not bad Kaede-chan not bad," Naruto said as he jumped out of the water and landed on one of the lamps near the stage. His hat was blown away revealing his face to the people, causing some of the girls to swoon, much to the dislike of a few of the students.
"4!" Kazumi kept counting.
"And because of that you actually nicked me." Naruto motioned to the small cut on his cheek that spilled some blood. "I guess I'll take of one limit then," Naruto replied. He then bent down and took off two objects from underneath his leg warmers. They were weights that had the word gravity written all over them.
"Ara?" Kaede tilted her head.
"6!" Naruto jumped back onto the arena stopping the count. "It looks like contestant Naruto is back in the game, but what is it that he took off his feet!" Naruto smirked and then threw the weights behind him, making them land in the water causing large waves to rise from them.
-NMAC-
"W-what the hell was that!" Chisame said aloud, protecting her new laptop from getting wet.
"It looks like Naruto-san, has taken off his weights," Chachamaru answered her.
"Weights! WEIGHTS! What type of person wears weights as heavy as those!" Chisame demanded.
"Well, Naruto-san does have a habit of going over the top when he does things," Chisame replied monotonously.
-NMAC-
"You were wearing weights de gozaru?" Kaede asked.
"Yeah. Helps me remember a friend," Naruto replied. "But I have to say I'm sorry, but this is your loss. Just make sure you don't blink," Naruto said. Naruto then tilted forward and disappeared. The crowd heard a smack and saw Kaede fly to the side from some unknown force. As she skidded on the arena floor, Naruto appeared right in front of her form, Naruto threw a punch causing her to fly to the other side of the arena. Kaede corrected herself in midair, but Naruto was already in her face when he delivered an axe kick to the back of her head making her slam into the floor. Kaede got up and made more clones to attack Naruto, but Naruto zoomed in and placed a well aimed punch to each of clone, while enhancing his fist with chakra.
As he got rid of the last clone, he reached into his left sleeve and showed some bandages covering his left arm. He undid the bandage letting it flow freely, then Naruto did the same with the other hand. "You should be honored Kaede-chan. You're the first one from the place who will ever get to see this move," Naruto told the ninja girl.
"What move would that be, Naruto-dono?" Kaede asked getting ready for any attack.
"The lotus of the hidden leaves blooms twice. Kaimon (Gate of Opening) Open!" Everyone and anyone who was aware of any type of Ki or magic, suddenly felt power begin to roll of Naruto. Naruto disappeared again, already slamming his foot into Kaede's chin sending her into the air. He then did another kick sending her higher into the air. When she was about 20 feet into the air, Naruto appeared behind her, mimicking the hurt stance she was in. Naruto then used the bandages from his arms to wrap Kaede into a cocoon. Before spiraling downward, roatating furiously, head first into the ground. "Omote Renge! (Primary Lotus)" Naruto shouted as he piledrive the girl into the ground, causing dust to rise up. Naruto jumped from out of the smoke a smirk on his face. When the smoke cleared they saw Kaede out of her bindings, blood coming out of her mouth, and bruises everywhere, but she was still standing. Her hair was messed up and was out of its ponytail and was flowing in the wind.
"A-Amazing! Even after a powerful attack like that, contestant Kaede is still standing on her feet!" Kazumi said to the crowd. The crowd roared in excitement when they heard her say that.
"Call the match, I really don't want to fight an unconscious body now," Naruto told her still in a very relaxed stance. "You could check if you want." Naruto motioned to the still unmoving Kaede. Kazumi went over to the ninja, and saw that she was not moving or responding. The announcer then snapped her fingers in front of her face, but still had no response.
"N-No way. Contestant Kaede is indeed unconscious, but still is standing. Though she still has lost, and the match goes to contestant Naruto!" Kazumi pointed at the blond. The crowd cheered once more as Naruto bowed. He then walked over to the unconscious girl and picked up her unmoving body.
"I'll take her to the infirmary. All she need is some rest and she'll be fine, I mean I didn't aim to maim her or anything," Naruto said to Kazumi. "Go on with the next match." Naruto then brought the girl bridal style out of the arena. He heard a chorus of 'Aw's as he left.
"And like that contestant Naruto has shown his kind side to his student, even taking her into the infirmary. How is that for dedication to his students and their well being," Kazumi shouted.
-NMAC-
Kaede slowly opened her usually slit eyes, but had to close them due to the bright light that was coming from the lights of the ceiling. "What happened de gozaru?" she asked touching her head and flinched.
"You shouldn't move around much," Naruto said from next to her. She looked to the side and saw Naruto sitting on a chair that was next to her futon. "I did a nasty move on you. You should be unconscious for days, even when I did hold back. Though, I was happy my friend healed you."
"Naruto-kun, that move you just did, it should have killed me right?" Kaede asked, tightening her grip on the blanket of the futon. Naruto nodded. "I see, there are more strong people out there in the world isn't there de gozaru. Some just as strong, if not stronger than you. I still have need to train more right Naruto-kun?" the ninja asked. Naruto nodded again. "Will you help me train again Naruto-kun?"
"Of course Kaede-chan. Though I still feel like making it up to you. So how about dinner tonight?" Naruto asked.
"Like a date Naruto-kun?" Kaede asked, a ghost of smirk on her lips.
"If you'd see it that way, then yes I'm asking you out on a date," Naruto replied with a smile. The ninja girl smiled and agreed with a nod. "That's good to hear. Now how about we go watch Ku and Mana's fight? It started a few minutes ago, and I really want to see just how strong my students are." Naruto helped up Kaede from the futon and helped her out of the room and just out onto the door to see the fighting. He took a chair so she can sit on it, while he stood in behind her.
On the arena Ku Fei was dodging a barrage of... "Are those coins?" Naruto asked Kaede.
"Mana is using a technique called Rakansen, it is a type of Chinese hidden weaponry, de gozaru. She fires off coins instead of bullets. Although for a simple technique, Mana would be considered a master at this art," Kaede explained. Naruto didn't give a sign of listening but was carefully watching the match. He saw Ku rush forward and missed an elbow strike. She followed this up by grabbing Mana's arm, and slamming her shoulder into her body. Mana retaliated by bring over her left arm behind her and shot Ku in the chin.
"Damn, that's gotta sting," Naruto commented. As Ku hit the ground, Mana said something that Naruto didn't pick up, and began to rain unholy hell on the tanned martial artist. Her left knee and shoulder were shot, leaving smoke from the impact. Next her forehead was shot right in the middle. Mana kept shooting Ku even as she fell on the floor. Naruto whistled. "Mana really that strong?"
"What do you mean by that Naruto-kun?" Kaede asked.
"In terms of strength, I would say Ku has a great advantage, but the skill Mana is displaying...where is it compared to you?"
"Mana is about as skilled as me de gozaru," Kaede told him.
"I see..."
"KU FEI-SENSEI PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!" shouted someone from the crowd. The two ninjas looked over and saw that Negi was the one who had shouted it out. This caused Naruto to smirk.
"Heh, influential brat, giving hope like that," Naruto chuckled, Kaede let out her own snicker. They watched as Mana sent a finishing blow towards Ku, but Ku managed to get up and retaliate by using the cloth that was attached to her dress. She swatted away the coins, and then threw the piece of fabric at Mana. The cloth wrapped itself around the marksman's left hand and head.
"Ah Ku-dono has finally used her cloth spear," Kaede commented while rubbing her chin.
"I really haven't seen anyone use one of those, even from where I come from. Rather interesting I might say, using an article of clothing as a weapon to bind opponents," Naruto pondered aloud.
"It doesn't just bind. It also can act as a whip if the wielder is strong enough, de gozaru," the ninja sitting on the chair explained. They turned their attention back to the fight, watching as Mana shot another coin to break free from her bindings. However Ku didn't let up. She kept swinging the cloth spear forcing Mana to dodge.
"I know this is out of the blue and all, but is Mana not wearing pants?" Naruto asked all of a sudden. Kaede gave him an odd look as he kept watching. He turned to her and shrugged. "What? When the jacket flew up I saw that her boots went up to her thighs, and that it she was not wearing pants." Naruto stopped talking when he saw that Ku's left arm was hit again. "It's probably broken..."
"What is de gozaru?"
"Her arm. Ku's arm has been hit the most from all the damage I've seen," Naruto said with some worry. Ku then managed to get Mana caught again and she dragged the other tanned girl close to herself. As Mana came closer, Ku let go of the cloth and prepared her attack. Naruto also managed to see that Mana had a pulled out a roll of coins into her hand. "Last attack huh?" When the distance was closed, Ku placed her right palm on Mana's abdomen, but didn't get to release her attack. Mana on the other hand had blasted her entire roll of coins on the martial artist. Ku then fell to her knees but her hand was still on Mana's stomach. They exchanged a few words, and suddenly the clothes on Mana's back was blasted somehow.
"Contestant Tatsumiya is down! Taking Count!" Kazumi then counted all the way down to ten. "Our winner is Contestant Ku Fei who will continue to the next round!"
"Want to keep sitting there? I think I should go talk to Ku, if her arm is indeed broken. I'm going to try to fix it," Naruto said.
"Why would you do that Naruto-kun?" Kaede asked tilting her head to the side.
"I want to fight her. Why else?" Naruto smirked and began to laugh maniacally, as he went inside to wait for the other contestants.
-NMAC-
"Thank you Tatsumiya-san for losing well ne," Chao said from within a computer room in the shrine. "It would have been bad if the number one candidate for victory lost in the first round. Thanks to your's and Naruto-sensei's performances the crowd is now more lively. Here is some compensation." Chao offered Mana an envelope.
Mana who had changed into a short sleeve white jacket, a black one piece body suit that looked like a swim suit, and the actually leg long boots, that was strapped to a garter shook her head. "No, I'm not going to take it," she told the Chinese girl.
"Oh?"
"As it was, I was serious in that fight. As a normal person, Ku is without a doubt the strongest of the group. Besides," Mana looked out the window and saw Negi worrying over Ku's arm. "if I take that, I feel like I'll be hated by that kid."
-NMAC-
Naruto had finished listening on what the small conversation that Ku had with the doctor was well as everyone else. He heard her say her thanks to Negi and Asuna questioning her about it. It was the stutter that made him smile. 'Aw isn't that sweet. The Ku like Negi...' Naruto shook his head before deciding it was time for him to make his appearance. He looked over the corner and saw Setsuna, Asuna, Kotarou, Negi and Ku all standing there. "Yo!" he greeted them. Ku's left arm was in a sling.
"Ah fishcake! What are you doing here?" Asuna jumped and shouted.
"I came by to congratulate Ku of course. It was a spectacular win she pulled off. Good job," Naruto told the tanned girl. Ku smirked at him and bowed.
"Thank you Naruto-sensei. Your fight was excellent as well aru. Especially that move you did at the end," Ku replied.
"Yeah kinpatsu-nii-san! That was just awesome. You got Kaede-nee-san really well with that!" Kotarou said, nearly bouncing off the walls with excitement. Naruto chuckled before turning his attention back to Ku.
"So will you be ready for our match?" Naruto asked.
"Sorry I won't be able to aru. My left arm has a fractured bone aru," Ku said disappointed.
"I can fix that," Naruto said. Before anyone else can ask, Naruto went did a modified ox seal and then the tiger seal. His hands gave off an aquamarine aura before he place his it on Ku's arm. "Hmm...not to bad...it will take me five minutes to fix due to the amount of control I have, but your arm will be ready by our fight." Naruto told her.
"R-really aru?"
"Of course. I mean, don't you want to see how strong you are compared to me?" Naruto asked while he kept his hands on her arm. He got a nod of agreement from Ku which made him smirk. "That's good. Now you four get out, I need to concentrate. Ku will be better by your fight Negi." The four nodded and then left leaving Ku to the care of Naruto, who was concentrating on the the task at hand. Outside the crowd was getting ready for the start of the second bracket's fights.
-NMAC-
AN: So that's half of the fights for the first round. The other half comes up next on the next chapter. So read and review. Also if you are complaining on how come Naruto is able to do healing Jutsu, just think of all the training he did why wouldn't improve his control. Especially since one of the rings from the red dawn pactio requires the an incredible amount of control to use.