Sorry it took so long but being stuck between Riots, Fires, lockdown, and a bunch of other stuff this Chapter was a mix between the Anime and Manga, there's a lot of factors to play due to Naruto just completely tipping the scale, so I have to change some things and man, I had to rewrite this thing a bunch of times when it was almost done too
Oh and yeah, I decided to see if I can buff Mr. fox man since Naruto is here to tip the scale again
Normal Speech: "Veni"
Flashbacks: "vidi"
Biju/Fox/Summoning/Inner Moka/Mikogami: "vici"
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"And so from there, Japan's future seemed brighter than ever with Meji's reforms, I just thought that was interesting" Ms. Nekonome cheerfully explained, even if she was just a homeroom teacher she enjoyed giving her students small lectures once in a while
Naruto let out a sigh of boredom as he tuned out his teacher's voice, the only thing he could hear was Tsukune's light snoring and Mizore's pencil tapping on the desk behind him. Three days, it had been three whole days since Yūgao left and Keito was defeated since then things were different.
For one, Naruto no longer had to worry about a bucket of cold water being poured on him if he didn't wake up at the set time Yūgao wanted but his apartment felt somewhat lonely again like how it did back in Konoha.
Next was the fact Gin had completely just gone off the radar, the group had kept an eye out for Gin ever since Moka had beaten Keito, but they all came up with nothing.
They had even planned to just check Gin's dorm however Ms. Nekonome assured them Gin was fine and just needed some time, the Newspaper Club was hesitant to drop it but eventually decided it was for the best.
"Do you have the column I asked for, Naruto-kun?" Moka whispered over and Naruto glanced over to her
"Yeah, here, I was able to print it out at the Library instead" Naruto replied, quickly digging into his bag and passing it over to Moka
"I'm just glad we're still getting the story out even if the Club was shut down, this could change things around" Moka smiled at him while Mizore stopped tapping her pencil
"I'm still worried if we're gonna get in trouble with the Committee" Mizore chimed in and Naruto snorted
"If they were gonna do anything they wou-"
Bang*
The Classroom door flung open revealing Kuyō himself standing by the door, behind him were several members of the Committee, Naruto paled slightly at his luck before composing himself and looking over to Tsukune who looked to be already woken up and started freaking out.
"C-Could I help you?" Ms. Nekonome stuttered out as Kuyō stepped forward and grinned at her.
"Yes, yes, I'm here to take in Moka Akashiya, Naruto Uzumaki, Mizore Shirayuki, and Tsukune Aono" Kuyō answered while the mentioned group exchanged nervous glances
"So many students...what are you taking them in for?" Ms. Nekonome questioned,
"That's none of your concern" He replied casually and this gave Ms. Nekonome a shred of courage.
"It is my concern, they're my students, you can't just take them all for no reason!" She scolded him and Kuyō's grin disappeared as he approached her
"You should know your place here" the tall blond man replied, he took a step forward, and just as he did, Naruto stood up and glared at him from across the room.
"Ah, Naruto Uzumaki, wonderful, you and your friends here are under arrest" Kuyō stated and Moka stood up alongside Naruto
"All of us? On...what charges?" she asked, Kuyō didn't even take his eyes off Naruto as he motioned for a clipboard that one of the Committee members gave him
"Attacking two Committee members, one of which was a high-rank member, among a list of other things including conspiring against the Academy itself, you'll be coming with us for further questioning, now will you come peacefully or will we have to be forceful?" Kuyō said, the four teens stole glances at each other and a Committee member stepped forward holding up several pairs of handcuffs.
"Don't try anything, stupid, we just want answers" the Committee member stated as the group stepped forward and were cuffed one by one.
Tsukune started freaking out on the inside as he stood between Moka and Naruto, questioning? From the Committee? What were they going to ask? What if they found out that he was human? He'd be killed on the spot!
Mizore glanced peaked over Moka's shoulder to lay her eyes on Naruto, She was fully aware of Naruto being a Human but this was still Naruto who knew what he'd do to get out of this.
Moka was trying to control her heartbeat and not panic, all she had to do was answer a couple of questions, maybe they'd just get some detention and have to help clean up some trash after school, yeah...
That's what she was telling herself, anyway, Moka knew if Tsukune or Naruto were to be found out that would be it for them, and by extension, she and her other friends could be imprisoned for just being Tsukune and Naruto's friend or...worse.
Kuyō turned over to Ms. Nekonome and her Class that was still completely silent, the Leader of the Committee gave her a fake smile
"Thank you for your time, we'll be on our way"
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"Wow a dungeon, how original" Naruto mentally scoffed as the place looked like Orochimaru's abandoned hideouts scattered in Konoha's countryside but that was way scarier than this, the blond glanced around the cells surrounding them and saw prisoners staring at...Moka.
"Who's the cutie over there"
"Man, Hold on that's Moka Akashiya! From the Newspaper club!"
"Oh yeah! And those must be the two wimps she was hanging around at the beginning of the semester"
"Wonder who's the other girl though…she's pretty cute"
"You know... If they pissed off Kuyō they must be really in for it…"
"You son of a bitch, you can't keep me here forever!" an aggressive voice shouted from one cell
Suddenly a fiery claw burst out of the cell and headed straight for Mizore, Naruto's eyes widened at that. He was about to react when Kuyō appeared in front of her and simply blocked the oncoming attack by lifting his hand, a spear made of pure fire shot out of Kuyō's hand and impaled the Monster in the cell.
The Monster fell back without another motion and the group gazed at the charred body in front of them, for a brief second they all thought he was dead until the body twitched ever so slightly and a pained groan was heard.
"We're the protectors of peace here, anyone who goes against us, goes against the Academy, I will purge the Academy of scum like this all in the name of Justice" Kuyō proclaimed as he stomped on the Monster's head
"Oi, he's already out, stop that" Naruto protested and Kuyō glanced at him, once more the leader of the Committee gave them a smirk and continued to escort the group into the interrogation section of the building, Kuyō opened a door and motioned for them to enter the dimly lit room.
"Aono, sit next to Uzumaki, Akashiya, sit next to Shirayuki" Kuyō ordered, Naruto took note of this and wondered why Kuyō forced Tsukune and Moka to sit on opposite sides while Mizore glanced around the Interrogation room, just a desk, a couple of chairs, a dim light bulb and a dark tinted window.
"S-So what are we here for?" Tsukune asked and Kuyō looked up at him.
"Questioning" he simply answered and the Human shrank slightly, he knew that already! But questioning for what! Was it the fight with Keito? Or something...else.
One of the Committee members handed Kuyō a folder, Kuyō opened it up and set down four pages, it was everything the Service Club had on them and a Second Committee member placed a glass of water in front of Moka making the pink-haired girl slightly anxious, Kuyō pointed to Naruto and Tsukune's file.
"Explain this to me" Kuyō demanded as the group only stared at the file in front of them, no Monster form was listed and only Naruto had an S-rank. Naruto kept up a Stoic face and Kuyō began to get impatient.
"I see...well let's not get stubborn here, there will be real con-" Kuyō paused as he heard a feminine voice outside the room
"Hey! Easy there!"
"Why are we even here?!"
"Don't touch my hat!"
"Oh just wait till I'm out of these handcuffs, what am I even in here for?! I didn't do anything wrong!" The four teens all turned around to see Kurumu and Yukari being escorted into the room, the Succubus and the Witch stopped their bickering to glance at them.
"Wait, you guys are here too?" Kurumu said as two Committee members got extra chairs and sat them down, Kuyō grinned at them before looking back at Naruto
"Now, Uzumaki Naruto, you never took an entrance exam test to get in, you didn't register your true Monster identity and yet you put Saizou in the infirmary, defeated Kotsubo and Mrs. Ririko without once showing your true form" Kuyō started and his eyes moved over to Tsukune
"Aono Tsukune, you took an entrance exam but you nearly quit on your first day then decided to stick around, since then you've been involved in several fights but like Uzumaki here you've never once have shown your true form, why is that?" Kuyō finished with a smile, Moka quickly interjected, knowing where this was going
"Because it's against the rules to show your true form, we just found other ways to deal with people that try to hurt us" Moka resorted while Kurumu scoffed
"Yeah, speaking of people trying to hurt us, aren't you guys in charge of protecting students? Where were you guys when we had a Teacher blackmail a student? Or that time we had a crazed Teacher torturing her students because it was her fetish!" Kurumu brought up
"Seriously, We got into a fight on our first day, where were you guys?" Naruto questioned, Kuyō frowned and stood up
"Enough!" Kuyō barked, he tried to be civil with them but that was getting him nowhere with these people.
"I know you two are hiding something! There is no way the Academy wouldn't list you two with your monster form…" Kuyō trailed off as he narrowed his eyes at them but the Newspaper Club remained quiet and confident.
"Fine, we'll do this the hard way...Aono and Akayshiya will remain here, the rest of you will be escorted into holding cells for now" Kuyō continued before motioning a Committee member over to him, Naruto frowned, he knew what Kuyō was trying to do, separate them and break down the weakest of them.
The Shinobi considered making a move right there however he suddenly stopped himself, it was just a small room and while there was no doubt in his mind he could escape...Mizore and the others were still here and who knows what they'd do to them if he did.
"What would Yūgao-sensei do…" Naruto mused as he tried to put himself in her mindset.
Yūgao most likely would've bid her time until an opportunity came up that she could escape and break everyone out but that would only really work if Tsukune kept his mouth shut and stalled for time, that wasn't guaranteed...still, Naruto wasn't in a good position and would just have to take the risk.
"Make sure to have extra security keeping an eye on Uzumaki, he might be the most slippery, take any measure needed, I'll deal with him at a later time" Kuyō whispered over, Naruto was pulled out of his thoughts as he heard Kuyō's whisper and narrowed his eyes.
"You guys know this is wrong, right? Someone is gonna come looking for us, you'll see!" Yukari shouted as a Committee member grabbed her shoulder and begun escorting everyone out
"Keep your mouth shut and move it" the Committee member replied, shoving the group forward, once they were gone, Kuyō gave Tsukune and Moka a sinister smirk
"Now, tell me, Aono, why don't you have a monster form listed?" Kuyō questioned once more, Moka exchanged a nervous glance between the glass of water on her side of the table and Kuyō.
"I-I'm not sure, I wouldn't know...isn't that something you should ask the Headmaster?" Tsukune deflected and Kuyō picked up the glass of water.
"Why not get an answer straight from the man himself, you're quite popular here now," Kuyō said as he sat back down on his chair, Tsukune gulped and began to lightly sweat.
"It's against campus rules to transform for any reason" Tsukune resorted
"While that's true, I wouldn't mind making an exception for you" Kuyō replied, Tsukune let out a nervous chuckle
"Ha, well I just still don't feel comfortable breaking the academy's rules like that" Tsukune stated, by this point, the leader of the Public Safety committee was losing his patience. Tsukune was trying to keep this conversation from going anywhere and Kuyō wouldn't have that.
Splash*
Moka fell back off her chair and let out a blood-curdling scream as the water hit her body and Kuyō casually placed the empty glass of water back on the table
"Moka-chan!" Tsukune shouted
The Vampire's whole body was twitching until she let out a pained groan, Tsukune stood up and rushed over to her but before the Brown-haired teen could do anything, Kuyō kicked the Human in the stomach.
Tsukune's body hit the wall and the human felt the wind being knocked out of him, Kuyō walked over to him and glanced back at Moka.
"Get her to the room next door, I want Aono for myself" Kuyō ordered as one of the Public Safety committee members came in to take Moka out of the room. Tsukune finally caught his breath and coughed slightly as Kuyō stood over him.
"No one is going to come for you, so you will tell me everything you know, or else this will only get worse for you," Kuyō said with a sinister grin despite the situation Tsukune was in, the Human's face hardened in defiance.
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"Man, this place doesn't even have a toilet" Kurumu complained as the Group was herded into the cell.
it was pretty small, had a bench and pretty much nothing else though Naruto figured he wasn't gonna be here for very long but still the amount of Committee members Kuyō sent with them was a lot even for Naruto, especially with his friends around here, if he could take a count off the top of his here, there was at least twenty five of them all waiting outside the cell and many more just crawling around the prison
"Did they send everyone they could spare after us?" Naruto wondered
"Strip down" A Public safety committee member suddenly spoke, Naruto glanced at the three girls behind him before starting back at the Committee member.
"Me?" Naruto spoke, the man nodded, briefly taking off Naruto's handcuffs, the blonde considered making his move now but with so many Committee members there...he decided against it for now, especially with his friends still here
"Kuyō-sama has stated you've been repeatedly caught with deadly weapons on campus, so he wants to make sure you don't do anything funny," The Committee member said in a complete monotone voice, Naruto mentally sighed and composed himself
"Fine" was all the Shinobi said before beginning to strip down, starting with his Academy jacket.
Mizore looked on in mild interest, she knew now wasn't the appropriate time but who knew when she'd get a chance like this again?
But now that Naruto had taken off his Shirt, Mizore caught something, there on Naruto's chest was a large scar, She didn't know if Kurumu or Yukari had taken notice as they tried to look away but she sure as hell saw it.
"it looks like someone shoved their fist through it" Mizore mused while eyeing her crush's half-naked body, a handful of other scratches and bruises were noticeable on Naruto, he really was a Shinobi.
The Yuki-onna unconsciously licked her lips while Kurumu caught on to what her friend was doing and could only stare at her Purple-haired friend with a deadpan look.
"This really isn't the time, Mizore-chan" Kurumu muttered to herself before hearing the sound of metal objects hitting the floor
Cling* *Cling*
The Succubus turned back to see the Committee members began confiscating the Kunais and Shurikens on the ground
"Put these in the evidence locker" The Committee member ordered as he placed the handcuffs again on Naruto. before leaving the group in the cell, a few minutes of silence went by before Yukari spoke up
"I can't believe all of this over a story…we should've just listened to Gin-senpai" The Small Witch muttered and Kurumu glared at her
"Like hell! We worked hard on that Story, we nearly twice died for it! And I doubt even if we listened to that Perverted Mutt we still would've been locked up" Kurumu replied
"She's right, they would've found any reason to get us out of the way" Mizore added and Naruto was still oddly quiet
"Nii-san, are we gonna get out of this?" Yukari asked in fear, looking over to the Shinobi for support.
"Of course we will..." Naruto replied with a reassuring smile, though, internally Naruto was trying to rack his head for anything to get them out of this and no matter what plans and scenarios went through his head, all of them depended on how long Tsukune could hold out.
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A whole hour, an entire tortuous hour for Tsukune, he was bloody and bruised but much to Kuyō's annoyance, still kept his mouth shut.
"Fine, Aono, you win...but let's see what your little girlfriend might think" Kuyō sneered as he grabbed Tsukune's Academy tie and dragged him over to a see-through window, the Human sucked in a sharp breath as he saw Moka and Keito talking, the Pink-haired girl looked like she was already recovered from the Water, much to Tsukune's relief.
Kuyō and Tsukune watched Keito taunt Moka's situation relentlessly and watched a Public safety committee bring in a large barrel of water. Keito glanced at the tinted window behind her and felt Kuyō's gaze on her.
"I'll give you one more chance, Akashiya, what are you hiding?" Keito asked and Moka remained silent, no matter what she had to endure, she wouldn't sell out Tsukune or Naruto.
"This is just so perfect, I can't believe I'll get the chance to make you pay for what you did to me," Keito said to herself as she grabbed Moka's head and dipped it in the barrel of water.
Keito lifted Moka's head out of the water and the Vampiress coughed out some water and groaned in pain before being tossed against a wall. Kuyō smirked at the look of horror on Tsukune's face as Moka looked like she was going to pass out.
"Purified water is a Vampire's greatest weakness...I do wonder just how much pain Akashiya is going through right now…" Kuyō casually mused while Tsukune grew more and more silent
"T-Tsukune-k-kun!" Moka grunted out before her head was thrown back into the water
"I'll tell you what you want to know just make this stop" Tsukune muttered as he looked at Moka's limp body
Kuyō smirked and signaled for one of the Committee members to stop Keito, the Blonde man turned back to Tsukune
"Speak" he ordered and the Human looked up at him
"Promise me that you won't hurt my friends, first," Tsukune said, Kuyō pretended to consider the proposal before nodding
"I'll see to it the charged against them are dropped" Kuyō answered and Tsukune stole another glance at Moka before looking back at Kuyō
"I'm human" Tsukune confessed as he hanged his head in defeat, his heart skipped a beat as the words left his mouth, fully knowing he had signed his own death warrant the blonde man's eyes widened and he stepped back
"But that's impossible! The barrier is supposed to stop any humans from discovering this academy and knowing of our existence" Kuyō replied before piecing it all together in his head, everything about Tsukune screamed 'out of place' after getting over his shock and composing himself.
a Smile found its way on the Committee leader's face as he turned around
Tsukune looked up at Kuyō's retreating form and spoke just as Kuyō opened the door.
"What's gonna happen to me?" Tsukune softly asked and Kuyō only turned back.
"You'll be getting your punishment...publicly" Kuyō answered as he closed the door
Tsukune felt his heart sink, he knew exactly what that meant.
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"Good afternoon, students of Yokai Academy, The Public Safety Committee would like to announce that we have arrested a human on campus, Tsukune Aono has admitted it's true identity and justice will be delivered swiftly, his execution will be public and after class hours, that is all"
"Is this some kind of joke?!" Kurumu shouted, the entire group then fell all silent for a second Naruto silently cursing at how fast Tsukune told them everything, assuming it had something to do with Moka but before any of them could do anything, Kuyō had returned in front of the Cell to greet them.
"Kurono Kurumu and Sendo Yukari, you're free to go" Kuyō stated as the Committee members moved in and dragged them out.
"Free to go? Why?" Yukari questioned with narrowed eyes, Kuyō shrugged
"I'm feeling merciful today, I'll let Ginei have two of his ex-Club members back, Shirayuki Mizore and Uzumaki Naruto are staying here for a different reason, they have charges against them for assaulting another Committee member" Kuyō explained while Kurumu grit her teeth
"Look, There's no way Tsukune-kun is human! You made him give a false confession, I just know it!" The Succubus argued and Kuyō only smirked
"Aono said it himself, he will face his punishment as will Akashiya, she was harboring him after all…" Kuyō trailed off before glancing at Naruto's worried face and smirked at him
"Seems like Uzumaki here might have known of Aono's secret too" Kuyō pointed out and the three girls all looked over to him, Naruto just stayed quiet and a look of guilt appeared on his face.
"You knew? And you didn't say anything?" Mizore narrowed her eyes at him, Naruto didn't reply and glared at Kuyō. Kurumu looked down at the ground.
"It is true...my destined one is a human" Kurumu thought before hearing Kuyō mockingly sigh.
"Well, I guess that's something else to add to the list…" Kuyō casually remarked Kurumu leveled a glare at Naruto while Yukari looked hurt.
"Naruto, how could you not tell us something like this?" Kurumu asked and Naruto avoided her gaze.
"Uzumaki, you know just as well as any other student the punishment for harboring a Human on campus grounds...but I'll deal with you and Shirayuki after I'm done with Aono" Kuyō stated before motioning the Committee members to escort Kurumu and Yukari out.
Several minutes of silence went by between Naruto and Mizore before the latter finally spoke up
"I get why you didn't say anything but that doesn't change the fact you kept this from us," Mizore said in a soft tone while Naruto frowned
"It wasn't my place to say anything about Tsukune's secret, he's my friend, if you had a secret like that and told me I would've taken it to heart and not told anyone" Naruto replied and the Yuki-onna sighed in frustration
"Whatever, I get it, it wasn't your place and whatever...I just...this whole thing could've been avoided if you just told us, we could've helped you, there's one thing I really don't like and that's liars..." Mizore shot back with a low voice and Naruto bit his lower lip, she was probably right about that...but they had more important things to worry about at this point.
Naruto simply stayed silent and looked out from his cell, there were a few guards but not as many as there was before, the blond could only assume the rest were preparing for Tsukune's execution and realized he had to move fast, seems as if Kuyō wanted to make it a big show out of it though.
"Alright, let's get out of here" Naruto whispered, Mizore perked up
"How are we gonna do that? These handcuffs are suppressing my power..." She muttered and the Shinobi smiled and put both of his hands in his pants.
"N-Naruto-Kun, I-I-I don't think now's the time to do something like that" Mizore stuttered out with an intense blush as she watched the blond dig around in his pants until finally...
Cling*
A single Kunai with an explosive tag slipped down Naruto's pants and hit the ground, Mizore stopped blushing and blinked at the object on the ground.
"Always gotta have one strapped to your thigh, just like Sensei said" Naruto commented with a grin. The Purple-haired teen watched her crush grab the Kunai and take a deep breath before inserting a finger in the Kunai's hole and spinning it on his finger as fast as he could.
"I need to remember to thank Yūgao-sensei and Asuma-sensei for teaching me all about Wind nature" Naruto mused
Mizore watched in amazement as She saw a faint light blue glow on the Kunai, not long after Naruto finally hit the chain connecting the two handcuffs, and to her surprise, they were cut with ease.
"Wow" was all Mizore could say as Naruto quickly made his way over to Mizore to cut her handcuffs off too.
"We're gonna have to move fast…" Naruto commented, he cut the cell door's lock with the Wind Kunai and the two sprinted out of the cell as fast as they could, the Guard keeping watch nearly fell back on his Chair before catching himself.
"Oi! The prisoners are escaping, get over here!"
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The Headmaster had a small grin on his face as he looked over Tsukune's file, he silently had authorized the Service club to hand over the file to the Committee without a fuss and it seemed as though his plan went off without a hitch so far…
"Sir! You can't let the Committee put Tsukune Aono to death! It's just not right!" Ruby shouted as she burst through the door, the Headmaster's grin quickly disappeared as he put up a defeated look
"I apologize, Ms. Tōjō but the rules are set in stone, he knew the rules and I can't make exceptions, Tsukune Aono will be put to death" Mikogami replied with a frown and Ruby glared at the man
"Then why was he allowed to be here in the first place?" Ruby spoke up, the Headmaster sighed
"An honest mistake, it seemed as though I had mistaken his father's last name for someone else's...Aono didn't have many options in the first place so this is where he ended up" the man answered, a look of confusion appeared on Ruby's face, in the time she had known him it wasn't like the headmaster to let something this big slip by him.
"I...see but what about the rest of the Newspaper Club?" Ruby brought up
"That is up for the Committee to decide…" was all he said and Ruby bit her lower lip and nodded
"Thank you, sir… I really must return to my duties now, I apologize for coming in unannounced" Ruby spoke before exiting the room.
The Senior Witch took a deep breath as she closed the door behind her, she needed to find Yukari and see what she could do from there.
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So many emotions were swirling in Kurumu's mind as she sat down on a bench, tears slowly falling from her eyes as Yukari stood next to her in silence. Her destined one was human...why didn't he at least tell her? Did he not trust her? Even Naruto and Moka didn't tell her! Why?
Kurumu thought they had all grown close, though she wouldn't admit it they were her first real friends that she truly cared about and they didn't trust her enough to let her help.
"Kurumu-chan we can't just sit here and do nothing…" Yukari spoke but the Succubus said nothing and just let her tears fall
"Look, it doesn't matter if Someone is human, what matters is if they're a good person and Tsukune never gave me a reason to think otherwise! So we have to do something to help them" Yukari softly said, Kurumu began to sob, refusing to look up at Yukari
"Yukari, they lied to us, they didn't trust us enough to tell us what was going on, imagine how we could've helped them right now if they just...told us the truth, they're just a bunch of idiots!" Kurumu replied, clenching her fists, the Small Witch looked down until a new voice spoke up
"Even if they did lie to us, they had their reasons and even now they're still our friends, it's our job to help them in their time of need," the voice said and Kurumu looked up to see Ruby standing in front of them
"W-what are you doing here, Ruby-san?" Kurumu asked while wiping away her tears, the older Witch glanced at Yukari
"Well, I'm not about to let Tsukune die without repaying my debt to him, you all saved my life and it's only fair I do the same for Tsukune, besides, we can't let those guys get away with this, right?" Ruby answered, Kurumu sniffed once more before looking up and nodding
"Y-You're right, my friends need me now more than ever, they might be idiots, but they're my idiots!" Kurumu shouted and Yukari grinned
"Yeah! Now let's go save Moka-chan and Tsukune!"
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"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Naruto shouted as he exhaled, an intensely strong wind that pushed through the hallways of the prison block, pushing several committee guards into the walls and knocking them out easily.
"Check those doors, she needs to be here somewhere!" Naruto shouted, Mizore nodded and quickly ducked as an ogre's fist nearly hit her head, the Yuki-onna turned around and quickly froze the ogre in place before proceeding to open the interrogation room
"Finally" Mizore smiled as she entered the room.
Naruto slammed his open palm into the ogre's chest
"Wind Style: Gale Palm!" he shouted as a gust of wind suddenly shot out of his palm and pushed the Committee member to the wall, finally knocking him out as well.
The blond Shinobi waited for a few more seconds making sure the Committee members were all down before making several clones
"Make sure they're alright for the most part...and get them to the infirmary" Naruto ordered and the Clones saluted him
"Got it boss!" they all shouted in unison before quickly getting to work and dragging the Unconscious Committee members away
"Hopefully they'll be fine...they might be bastards but I don't want them dead plus the old creep would be mad if I did kill any of them" Naruto mused before turning back and seeing Mizore help a limping Moka out of the Interrogation room
"Moka!" Naruto exclaimed before running over to her, the Pink-haired Vampiress gave a weak smile
"Naruto-Kun...you're okay too!" Moka replied and Naruto stared at her, the poor girl didn't look like she had any bruises or blood on her, but she just looked so fragile at the moment that was just so strange to Naruto, he'd never seen her in this state before.
"What happened to you?" Mizore asked as Moka took a sharp breath
"Vampires aren't a fan of water, it's our greatest weakness...and they knew about that...I'll be fine" Moka answered, Naruto and Mizore looked on with concern.
"Are you sure you can keep going?" Naruto said, the Pink-haired girl nodded and caught her breath
"Hai! I'll regain my strength in a bit, but we need to move fast for Tsukune-Kun!" Moka shouted, nudging Mizore to let her go, which the Yuki-onna reluctantly did.
The Three Teens slowly made their way out of the Prison block and back to the reception area of the Committee's building, to Mizore and Moka's relief, there was no one there to stop them but Naruto simply stayed still and motioned for Mizore and Moka to hide behind the desk, the two girls grew nervous but followed the blond
Naruto placed a finger on his mouth and gestured at them to remain quiet.
"I can't believe Kuyō-sama wants me to stay here and deal with the rest of those Newspaper Club weaklings! I already had my revenge against Akashiya...though it would've been nice to see the other two squirm... I only wish Kuyō-sama let me have that Succubus bitch, I would've loved to hear her screams" Keito ranted to herself as she made her way towards the dungeon door.
Naruto took a deep breath before jumping out of cover and rushing the girl, Keito didn't even have time to react as the blond wrapped his arm around her neck and spun her around to slam her forehead into the wall.
Thud*
Keito's body went limp as the impact had created a spiderweb crack on the wall and the Shinobi let her body fall to the ground, Naruto briefly checked on her and Keito was should be fine but that completely knocked her out cold
"CQC is just amazing" The Blond thought before making another clone and ordering it to take her to the infirmary.
Mizore and Moka looked shocked at how fast Keito went down without a fight and Naruto smiled at them but before he could say anything the Committee's doors were broken down and Kurumu flew in with her claws ready and a fierce look in her eye followed by Yukari and Ruby, the Succubus glanced at her friends who stared back at her.
"Oh! You guys broke out?" Kurumu said in surprise before dropping her fighting stance and Ruby stepped forward with a smile on her face
"I'm glad to see you're all alright" She stated while Yukari latched on to Moka and Naruto
"I knew that bastard couldn't keep you guys in like that! Nii-san is just that amazing and Moka-chan probably kicked their asses like it was nothing!" Yukari praised and Mizore raised her hand to get everyone's attention
"Don't wanna ruin the mood but Tsukune is still in trouble"
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"So this is it, huh?" Tsukune thought as he was escorted onto a platform with a simple cross on it to his right and left were crowds of students all yelling at him, some even throwing trash at him.
"Damn, Human filth!"
"To think I actually thought you were an alright guy!"
Despite all the sneers and insults being thrown his way, Tsukune smiled slightly, he was scared, what human wouldn't be? And somehow...
looking back at it all, from his first day here, meeting Moka and Naruto, getting into a fight with Kurumu, saving Ruby, and Yukari, and even dealing with Mizore's antics for the first time, Tsukune could say he was content with it all
"Honestly? If this is how I'm gonna go...well I don't regret much aside from not telling Moka-chan how I really feel" Tsukune thought before chuckling slightly, Kuyō looked away from the cheering crowd and at the Human.
"Are you so afraid that you're cracking up?" Kuyō questioned while Tsukune shook his head
"No, I've already made peace with it, I'm just glad my friends are gonna be okay" Tsukune simply answered and Kuyō frowned at him before staring back at the crowd.
"Yes, Yes, never let it be said that I don't have mercy, you don't need to worry about your friends suffering...their deaths will be quick and painless" Kuyō replied with a smug smirk as Tsukune's eyes widened in fear
"Y-You said that you'd let them go!" Tsukune shouted Kuyō began to laugh before addressing the crowd
"Everyone, it is now time for us to put this mortal human to death, this is the enemy of our kind and you must show no mercy to them!" Kuyō yelled as the cheering of the crowds got louder and louder
Tsukune grit his teeth but could do nothing as a flame appeared in Kuyō's hand, the Human braced himself for the pain but to his surprise, a blur appeared and smacked Kuyō off the platform. Tsukune briefly saw the figure and his eyes looked on in shock at who it was.
"S-Senpai?" Tsukune muttered the Werewolf said nothing as he used his claws to break Tsukune's bonds, Gin quickly flung Tsukune over his shoulder and started making a run for it
"Gotta get out of the courtyard and get him somewhere safe," Gin thought to himself, the surrounding Students who were calling for Tsukune's death were now in shock that someone as popular and as well known as Gin was saving a Human.
Kuyō took a deep breath as he picked himself off the ground and dusted himself off, three committee members rushed over to him but the Blond man remained silent and actually smiled at the situation before opening his mouth
"After him, we're gonna make sure we don't make the same mistake as last year" Kuyō ordered and the three Committee members took off after them
"..."
"What the hell just happened?" a student said from the crowd
"Senpai? You saved my life!" Tsukune said in amazement as Gin kept running through the Academy hallways disregarding any student in his way
"Moka-chan would be very sad if you really were killed and a frown on a pretty girl's face is really something I can't stand" Gin replied, he pushed through the Academy doors and finally made it to the main academy courtyard
"Man, you have no idea how hard it is to do this with no full moon" Gin wheezed out before a voice caused him to freeze
"Ginei, you should've learned your lesson and stayed out of our business, but I will correct the mistake I made last year today" Kuyō stated as a Jiang-shi, a Golem and a Cerberus flanked Gin, The werewolf cursed and prepared for the fight of his life.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" a voice called out as a huge gust of wind slammed into the Jiang-shi slamming her into a nearby wall, almost knocking her out completely. Tsukune could only look on in joy as Naruto jumped in between Gin and Kuyō.
"You were able to escape, Uzumaki? I shouldn't be surprised…" Kuyō said, he noticed Kurumu and Ruby approach Gin and take Tsukune off his hands
"You're going to be fine, Tsukune-Kun" Kurumu reassured as both She and Ruby flew off with Tsukune in their arms.
"Kurumu-chan...Ruby-san...they all actually came back for me" Tsukune thought, Kuyō sighed, watching them fly off and landing on a nearby rooftop before jumping after them.
Naruto and Gin were about to go after him when the Golem attempted to Crush them under its stone fist, both Teens jumped out of the way before suddenly seeing the Golem get completely encased in Ice.
The Frozen Golem tipped over and fell on the ground as Mizore stood on top of it with a grin.
"Didn't really think this is how my day was gonna go" The Yuki-onna commented, Naruto smiled at her warmly and turned to see Yukari summoning Golden washbasins to drop on the downed Jiang-shi's head.
Gin let out a howl before charging at the Cerberus who was in shock seeing his associate get disposed of so easily, the older teen made quick work of the last committee member before seeing Naruto make a few more clones that went over to carry the knocked out Committee members to the infirmary
"Oi, Ero-mutt…" Naruto started getting Gin's attention
"Thanks for getting Tsukune out of there, we can handle that Fox asshole, you just get any of the students off us…" Naruto finished, Gin blinked at him before slowly nodding, he was a member of the Student body council, his word still carried weight in that regard
"Fine...I'll get them off your back but you better not all die on me and I'm coming back once I'm done" Gin replied and the Three nodded at him, the Werewolf gave his Club members a fanged grin before taking off back to the courtyard
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"Tsukune-kun!" Moka shouted in relief as she jumped on her brown-haired crush, the Human laughed and hugged the Vampiress back
"Oi! What's the big deal about her? I just saved your life, Tsukune-Kun" Kurumu said, pulling Tsukune away from Moka.
"Hey! Get away from my Tsukune-kun!" Moka shouted
"You know, I really thought I was gonna be a goner back there…thank you" Tsukune smiled at the three girls
"Well, now you'll just be a goner up here" a familiar voice cut in, Tsukune was suddenly impaled with a fiery arrow, the arrow expanded and engulfed the Human in flames. He let out a blood-curdling scream before dropping to the floor and rolling on the ground to stop the fire, Moka screamed in horror as she picked up her charred friend's body.
"It's a real shame the rest of the students couldn't see this" Kuyō started before chuckling
"But the execution was finally carried out...as for Monster coexistence I hope that ridiculous idea dies with that fo-" Kuyō's speech was cut off when a fist crashed into a face
Naruto was trembling at what just happened and grit his teeth as he watched Kuyō's body fly off the rooftop, quickly turning over to his friends.
Tsukune had used the last of his strength to take off Moka's seal, that familiar oppressive energy began to flood out of the seal, and Moka's hair turned from pink to silver
"Tsukune…" Moka muttered as her ruby slit eyes stared at Tsukune's body, just behind her both Mizore and Yukari burst through the door
"Moka, please, I'm begging you...save him" Kurumu pleaded, the Silver-haired Vampire didn't even spare her a glance and picked up Tsukune's body
"Tsukune's not dead yet if I hurry he'll still make it" Moka replied and a look of hope flashed on Kurumu's face as Moka bit Tsukune's neck and began to inject her blood, Naruto let out a sigh of relief seeing that
"Naruto! Move!" Mizore called out seeing a blue fireball flying straight towards the Shinobi, Naruto had thrown himself to the side to narrowly avoid a fireball and managed to get on his feet again.
"Shit that was close! I even felt how hot that was!" Naruto looked on with some worry
The whole group turned over to where the attack came from and looked on to see a four-tailed golden fox.
"Is...is that Kuyō's true form ?" Kurumu muttered and Naruto unconsciously stepped back in fear, something Mizore caught on to.
"So he's a Fox demon?" Yukari said, Ruby trembled
"A Yoko, a powerful one too, his kind were once worshiped as gods in ancient times…" Ruby added
"Your power is an enigma to me Uzumaki but you're still a weakling to me" Kuyō shouted before his flaming tails suddenly swirled into a flaming wheel
"Now burn!" Kuyō yelled and launching it at the group.
"Oi! Don't just stand there like idiots!" a Voice called over before an explosion engulfed the rooftop, the smoke slowly cleared away revealing Gin standing in front of the group, his body was completely burned from the attack but the Newspaper Club was fine
"You guys are morons...but I'm a bigger one...though the thought of losing all my club members again, that's too much" Gin softly spoke before collapsing on the ground and Kuyō jumped back onto the rooftop
"Morioka...of all the people to step in, oh well saves me the trouble" Kuyō spoke before dodging a Rasengan from Naruto
"You nearly had me there, Uzumaki!" Kuyō taunted
"You talk too much!" Naruto hissed out as he spun a Kunai with his finger
"CQC isn't gonna work here, Wind is weak to fire, right..." Naruto cursed but from the corner of his eye he could see Moka finishing up on Tsukune
Naruto moved out of the way to avoid Kuyō attempting to grab a hold of him with his tails and thankfully for the Uzumaki, Kurumu flew down next to him
"You're just a power-hungry bastard! Monsters and humans can be friends, and we're living proof of that!" Kurumu yelled as she tried to stab him with her claws
"You won't be living for long!" Kuyō restored as a burst of fire from his tail sent the Succubus flying away, several Ice spears were sent to Kuyō only for the man to melt them with ease
"Give me a break with all of this coexistence bullshit! Humans and Monsters will always hate each other" Kuyō ranted, the Fox opened his mouth and fired off a fireball directly at Mizore, the Yuki-onna was caught off guard by its speed and braced herself.
Thankfully for Mizore, Moka moved to intervene and forced the fireball to disperse the same way Gin had, The Vampiress huffed as she felt exhaustion briefly overcome her.
"I really gave him that much blood?" Moka wondered before turning over to Mizore who was still in shock
"Oh don't give me that look, I don't think my other self would forgive me if you all got hurt," Moka said before wincing at the burns all over her body and kneeled. Kuyō scoffed before gathering his own energy, the flames began to turn from orange to blue and engulfed him. the Kitsune that was once on all fours began to stand up
"I've had enough of this...you should all feel honored, not many people get to see my ultimate form," Kuyō said, Naruto attempted to rack his brain to find any strategy but before he could do anything Moka rushed in and threw a flurry of punches and kicks on Kuyō
"Wait! Moka! What about Tsukune?!" Kurumu yelled out as she watched Moka try to do anything she can against Kuyō
"There's nothing more I can do for him!" Moka cried out, Kurumu's look turned into one of horror.
"Tsukune-kun is dead? No, he...can't be dead, Tsukune-kun" Kurumu muttered while Kuyō smirked.
"So all of your efforts to save him have just been a waste of time...good, once it's known that I've killed two S-class Monsters my position of power will be stronger than ever!" Kuyō stated, Moka continued her attacks, but they had no effect, and she began to tire out
"Ah I see you shared quite a lot of your blood with the Human in hopes to save him and it made you weak" he pointed out before finally stopping Moka's attack and punching her in the jaw, Kuyō didn't stop and tried to land another blow to Moka but the Vampiress was just barely able to block it.
Moka jumped away and stumbled back slightly before catching herself, for a brief second her vision blurred, and she blinked several times to regain focus on the fight in front of her.
"I can't keep up like this" Moka thought before Kuyō suddenly appeared in front of her and punched her in the face
"Is this really the power of an S-rank Vampire? I must say I'm disappointed" Kuyō taunted and a final punch to the gut sent Moka, knocking the wind out of her.
"Once I'm done with you all, I'll make sure to consolidate my rule in the Academy" Kuyō started as he grabbed Moka's throat and slammed her on the ground
"Everyone at this Academy will understand that only the strong thrive and the weak will be purged…" Kuyō continued, stomping on Moka's abdomen
"And one day we will take our fight to Humans themselves and cleanse the world of their filth!" Kuyō finished before lifting her up again by the throat
"So know your place Vampire!" Kuyō declared as he landed a fiery punch in Moka's gut sending her off the rooftop and back to the rest of the group
Kuyō was about to jump after her to finish the job until a foot came crashing on his face, the ocean blue eyes that Naruto had were gone, replaced by red eye slits, and his facial features were far more animalistic, Kuyō flew back but was able to catch himself and stood up.
"Oh? What's this? Another Vampire perhaps?" Kuyō wondered Mizore did her best to distance herself from the two, watching her friend's ragged breathing, She gasped, no longer seeing the ocean blue eyes her blue crush always had.
"This year's students are really just full of surprises" Kuyō commented before blocking another kick from Naruto, though this one was more sloppy but harder, the Shinobi then moved on and continued his assault, Kuyō's head moved just time for a fist to fly by
"You're not thinking about how you're fighting anymore, are you Uzumaki? are you angry I killed that worthless Human?" Kuyō continued to taunt, Naruto's assault then intensified, the punches and kids were getting faster though it was a lot harder than he expected, Kuyō was still able to block most of Naruto's attacks without an issue until the Shinobi twirled his Kunai and managed to stab Kuyō's thigh, the Leader of the Committee didn't see this coming and howled in pain before throwing the blond back.
"You're getting on my nerves, Uzumaki... I've had enough of you!" Kuyō frowned and held his hands out, a large blue fireball formed from the palm of Kuyō's hands and flew out at the enraged Naruto.
Mizore's eyes widened at this and threw herself in front of Naruto, she was just in time to hold her own hands up
An Explosion shook the rooftop and mist blinded Naruto, the Shinobi was shocked to see he was okay but as the mist faded away, Naruto could see Mizore panting heavily in front of him and Ice shards on the ground slowly melting away into liquid water
the Yuki-onna began to tremble as she laid her eyes on her burned arms and the pain finally kicked in. that was when Naruto had heard the most chilling and blood-curdling scream of his life.
"You Newspaper Club kiddies just love getting in the way for each other, don't you?" Kuyō scoffed before smirking as he watched Mizore fall to her knees and cough up water of all things.
"Would you look at that! The Yuki-onna used the last bit of her strength to protect you" Kuyō smirked as he watched Mizore collapse on the ground there were some really deep burns all over her arms despite the Ice wall coming up.
"...a direct Fire-type attack like that, she's must-have still took the brunt of the attack...she's either suicidal or really stupid, oh well, I guess it doesn't really matter now" Kuyō taunted, Naruto stumbled over to her
"Mizore! Oi!, you're fine right? Tell me you're alright!" Naruto pleaded as he picked her up, Mizore coughed a bit more and held her injured arms close to her
"You're...not hurt, right? That's good..." Mizore was just able to get those words out before the pain caused her to blackout, Naruto started to tremble as he caressed her cheek.
"Ah yes! You were very close to the Yuki-onna, weren't you?" Kuyō in a matter-of-fact tone as he recalled Naruto's student file. Tears fell from Naruto's eyes down onto Mizore's sweater until his face shot up to stare at Kuyō. The Shinobi gently let down Mizore's body and a Shadow clone appeared next to him.
"Go" Naruto ordered with a light shove, without a word the Clone picked up the Yuki-onna's body and jumped off the rooftop back to the rest of the Newspaper Club.
Once Naruto made sure the Clone was back with the Newspaper Club, he began to let out more ragged breathing and Red Chakra began to manifest around him.
Kuyō looked with mild curiosity and was about to make another smug comment before the Red Chakra exploded and violently consumed Naruto
Kuyō stumbled back slightly in shock as he watched Naruto hold his head before he fell on all fours and a Red Cloak covered the Shinobi.
Naruto began to violently twitch as the Chakra began to burn him.
"What is this, Uzumaki?" Kuyō demanded and stared at the cloaked blonde in front of him, his eye twitched as he realized the Chakra cloak was in the form of a fox with a single tail...a Kitsune.
"You're insulting me!" Kuyō roared, he launched a blue fireball at Naruto and a small explosion once again shook the rooftop and smoke engulfed the surrounding area, Kuyō smirked but that face soon turned into one of total shock as now Naruto was not only completely unscratched but a second tail began to form next to the first.
"That attack had enough power to kill two A-rank Monsters!" Kuyō quickly composed himself and glared at the blonde
"You're still weak compared to me!" Kuyō shouted, launching an even larger fireball at the Shinobi but still the result was the same and Naruto only seemed to be breathing more heavily. Finally, a third tail manifested and a crack formed under Naruto. The rooftop looked as if it was nearly going to give way under the weight but miraculously it held.
Kuyō began to sweat slightly at the site, the energy that was radiating off Naruto was nothing he felt like before it was a lot darker, a lot more oppressive, it made him feel something he never felt before in his life...fear and insignificance.
Naruto exhaled and took a single step forward, there was stillness before he suddenly appeared in front of Kuyō and landed a blow to his stomach.
Kuyō hissed and managed to just barely block a second fist from Naruto, feeling the surge of confidence, Kuyō grabbed onto Naruto and repeatedly punched Naruto's face with everything he had but the Shinobi didn't even flinch or move from the blows
The Confidence Kuyō felt was all gone when Naruto suddenly grabbed onto Kuyō's wrist and began to put immense pressure on it.
Crack*
Kuyō's grit his teeth and repressed the urge to cry out in pain at his now broken wrist
"W-What are you?" Kuyō managed to get out
A purple-tinted Rasengan formed in Naruto's hand and the Uzumaki slammed it into Kuyō's stomach, the Yoko flew off the Academy roof and into the nearby woods but Naruto could still sense that Kuyō was alive.
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"I-It burns!" the Clone managed to get out, holding it's throat before dispelling, leaving a confused and terrified group
"What the hell is even going on?!" Ruby shouted as she watched the Chakra cloaked Naruto go after Kuyō. Moka was able to barely gather her strength to sit up, never in her life was she that badly beaten but giving so much blood away really took a toll on her.
Yukari said nothing as she was doing her best to take care of Mizore's injuries and just did her best to ignore the fighting on the rooftop.
Tears were streaming down the small Witches as she heard a roar from Naruto, glancing Kurumu simply holding Tsukune's body and weeping
"I...should go after them" Moka huffed out but Ruby noticed her wince in pain and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't... I think this is bigger than us now we nee-"
"You all should stay out of this, I'll handle your friend" Another Voice spoke up from behind them
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Kuyō cursed as blood was trailing down from the edge of his mouth, it was a miracle he was even alive, he paused for a second as he felt a sense of dread overcome him
"My perfect form wasn't even a match for him…" Kuyō thought he was back in his human form as the fight with Naruto had drained his strength severely.
Kuyō wheezed and picked himself up before suddenly going pale.
he clearly saw Naruto slowly making his way towards him, Kuyō cursed once more and used whatever was left of his power to desperately launch one final fireball at Naruto
The Explosion shook the ground and engulfed Naruto in blue flames but his sharp red eyes still illuminated through the smoke, and he continued to slowly make his way towards Kuyō.
A giant Chakra claw shot out of Naruto's arm and Kuyō just barely jumped out of the way as it slammed into a tree.
Unfortunately for Kuyō, he stumbled and fell back on the ground, the Chakra claw was quick to grab onto Kuyō's leg as he tried to crawl away.
Naruto lifted Kuyō in the air and began slowly squeeze the life out of him.
"This...can't be the end" was the last thing Kuyō thought before his vision faded away
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"... You are all I long for, all I worship and adore"
A blinding light obscured Mizore's vision but eventually, her eyes adjusted, and she turned to see a small radio on a wooden table next to her.
"In other words...please be true"
The Yuki-onna looked down at her arms to see them covered entirely with bandages, she winced slightly as it still stung, but she was able to lean upon her bed and tried to get her bearings
"...in other words, I love you"
"Ah, so you're finally awake" the voice startled Mizore as she saw the Headmaster suddenly standing at the edge of her infirmary bed.
"Don't worry, I'm only here to return this" Mikogami spoke as he walked towards her and placed a burned-up suppression seal on the nightstand, Mizore was speechless.
"How did you know I-"
"That's something you don't need to know, I will only say that I'm familiar with these and what they're for, it was lucky you had one on you and before you say anything, your friends are safe and everything will be fine, get well soon, Shirayuki," the Headmaster said as he turned to leave the room, a nurse greeted him and walked in
"Ah! Mizore Shirayuki! Just the girl I wanted to see!" the Woman spoke as she made her way over to her and turned off the radio
"So, you have really awful burns all over your arms because of your body being made up of ice it's especially bad and you'll need to change these bandages but don't worry they'll heal within a week or so and it'll help if you keep cool more oft-"
The Nurse rambled on and on as she read off her clipboard but Mizore wasn't even paying attention anymore, she just felt so tired and wondering where her friends were
"Damn it! Naruto-Kun broke out again!" the Nurse shouted as she moved the curtains to check up on the blond and turned back to Mizore
"I'm so sorry Mizore-chan but I will be back shortly!" the Nurse finished as she ran out of the room to go alert the other nurses, Mizore sighed and laid back down on her bed
A few minutes went by before she noticed a blond blur appear in front of her open window, Mizore only slightly tilted her head to face him and gave a weak smile
"You shouldn't be out of bed, you already have the nurses looking for you" Mizore spoke, Naruto placed two Ramen bowls on the table
"Yeah but the food they were handing out here was terrible, so I just took off to the cafeteria and grabbed something for us, I was hoping you'd be up by the time I got back…" Naruto explained as he handed her one of the bowls
"It's lukewarm, just how you like it" the blond stated as he sat next to her, Mizore noticed he was still in his hospital gown and was covered in bandages of his own.
She tried to move her arms but all her efforts were in vain, the teen girl looked a bit embarrassed
"U-Uh, Naruto-kun?"
the blond Shinobi perked up
"I can't move my arms a lot"
Naruto mentally kicked himself before sitting next to her bedside on a stool
"R-Right, here, let me just..." he trailed off and began to feed her the ramen
"S-Shouldn't you be in bed though...you're still injured," the blushing Yuki-onna said with a weak voice
"I told you... I heal fast" Naruto resorted with a huff before glancing at her bandaged arms and the burned-up suppression seal on the table.
Naruto cringed internally remembering that blood-curdling scream Mizore let out and getting lost in his own thoughts about the events with Kuyō, it really was a miracle all of them came out of it in one piece, his friends were going to have questions about the Fox now.
"Naruto-kun" the Shinobi blinked at Mizore who was still chewing
"You almost spaced out on me" She quietly said and Naruto gave her a weak smile
"Y-yeah, sorry about that" Naruto replied
"Naruto, is everyone okay?" Mizore asked as she watched Naruto finish his ramen and nodded
"Yeah! I think so anyway...everyone thinks Tsukune was the one who beat Kuyō though..." Naruto replied with a hint of annoyance, something Mizore caught
"Oh? Are you upset he's getting the credit?" She asked with a raised eyebrow but Naruto scoffed and waved it off
"Nah, I don't wanna deal with that attention, plus it did get everyone off his back about his true identity" Naruto replied before taking a deep breath and continuing
"I know Moka is still recovering, but she's been up since yesterday...Tsukune is still out cold, but he survived so that's all that matters...ah, Gin-senpai got patched up for some nasty burns, everyone else is alright" Naruto stated with a small hint of respect for Gin
"What happened to 'Ero-mutt'?" Mizore spoke as she sat up and Naruto shrugged
"He did come back for us and saved Tsukune, he's still a perverted bastard who leaves us with most of the work for the paper but still…" Naruto trailed off before suddenly speaking up and pointing to the wooden desk and the Yuki-onna glanced at the burned up seal
"Mizore-chan, where did you get that?"
"Oh...Yūgao-san gave some to me before she left, she said she trusted me to look after you while she was gone" Mizore answered and Naruto just intensely stared at the seal as if he was debating himself internally
"Naruto, what exactly are they for? Even the Headmaster said I was lucky to have one with me, what happened after I blacked out?" Mizore questioned, Naruto glanced at her but quickly looked away
"You have the right to know it's just…" Naruto started trying to find the right words
"Yūgao-san said it had something to do with that orange energy but what is it" Mizore spoke and Naruto gave her a small grin
"Chakra, it's called Chakra" Naruto corrected and the Yuki-onna rolled her eyes
"Yeah, I know...so?"
Naruto paused and let her continue, if Yūgao trusted her with the suppression seals then maybe...
"That Chakra doesn't feel right though it's not like the blue Chakra you showed me, it's even darker than what Moka had sealed away" Mizore commented as she recalled briefly feeling it during their camping trip on the hill.
Naruto still remained silent, trying to remember how Jiraiya explained this to him and how he understood it.
"Mizore-chan I'm different even my world's standards in fact there are only eight others like me out there" Naruto started before taking a deep breath, Mizore looked on with interest and concern as it was clear to her that this was hard for Naruto to say
"The day I was born my village was attacked by a tailed beast, the Kyuubi no Yoko...it killed a lot of Shinobi and Civilians alike during it's rampage but the leader of the Village at the time couldn't kill it, the tailed beast is made up of Chakra, it would've just manifested itself again in a few years, so he did the only thing he could do...he sealed it in a baby..." he paused for several seconds letting Mizore process all of this
"a Large Demon Fox..." She mused, having an image of the beast flash in her mind
"Yeah, so I was told he wanted me to be seen as a hero..though the Villagers didn't see the way the Fourth Hokage did so they mostly just ignored me...at worst they would whisper behind my back or make some remarks but that was where it usually ended…" Naruto finished quickly trying to move the subject matter away from that, Mizore didn't seem to catch anything and continued.
"What about your family?"
Naruto looked down and shrugged
"I'm an Orphan, all I really know is that they died during the attack" Naruto briefly answered as Mizore briefly recalled something Naruto said
"...were you alone?" Mizore softly asked while Naruto nodded
"Almost all the time, it's not a good feeling, it just feels so empty...that's why I promised myself I wouldn't allow someone to go through that if I could help it" Naruto answered as Mizore looked to be in deep thought before she stood up and Naruto turned over to her
"Thanks for your help, Mizore, even if we didn't find her, I do appreciate it!" Naruto said with a bright smile
The Yuki-onna tried to reach for Naruto's hand only for the blond to realize what she was trying to do and held her bandaged hands, she looked up at his ocean blue eyes
"Naruto-kun, you're not alone anymore" Mizore stated and Naruto smiled at her
"I know…"
The two sat there in comfortable silence for some time before Mizore suddenly spoke up, she did have a couple of questions after all
"Does it hurt you?" She asked as the Shinobi blinked looking at her
"Well, it burns a lot...like a lot" he trailed off, trying to end the subject there, the Yuki-onna bit her lower lip.
"Does it ever talk to you?" she asked and Naruto shook his head
"N-No we sorta have a mutual hatred for each other and keep to ourselves most of the time" Naruto answered, Mizore looked towards the window, thinking about Naruto's situation.
"Maybe he had a good reason to choose you?" Mizore commented and Naruto shrugged it off once again
"Maybe…I...try not to think about the 'why was I chosen' part..." Naruto let the sentence hang for a few seconds, Mizore frowned a part of her really wished she could hug him but her injuries simply didn't let her
"It really doesn't bother me at all you know" She spoke up with a small huff as the blond looked up at her
"So you have a giant demon fox in you? that's pretty cool, I guess, not...many people can say they know someone from another world with a giant furball in their stomach" Mizore tried to joke with a grin and though she was weak and her arms still occasionally felt a sharp pain, it didn't stop her from trying to cheer up the Shinobi.
"Furball...heh, Nice" Naruto spoke, looking up at the ceiling and Mizore paused
"I really mean it though, you're not alone, you have me and everyone else, I won't pretend to know what must've been like for you growing up with that thing but...you're still Naruto, our Naruto, alright?" Mizore stated in a far more serious tone as Naruto blinked looking at her for a few seconds then nodding
"I...Thanks"
"Oi! Boss I got it!" both Naruto and Mizore turned to see a Shadow clone at the window with a bucket of ice cream in his hands, Naruto smirked at the Clone and quickly made his way over to take the bucket
"The Cafeteria lady didn't even notice me at all, boss!" the Clone saluted and Naruto quickly dismissed him
"You got Ice cream?"
"I...asked Yukari-chan what I could do to help you get better, and she said this would work so..." Naruto trailed off as he took out two spoons and Mizore gave him a weak smile
"Naruto-kun, I can't really use my arms right now" Mizore pointed out once again with a blush, Naruto gave her a sheepish grin
"Oh yeah! Don't worry I got you" Naruto replied as he scooped up some Ice cream
Suddenly the blond paused and stared at her, She accepted him for the Fox and nearly died to save him.
He started thinking back to what Yūgao said about experiencing love like this, not many Shinobi get this chance...did Naruto love her?
"Um, Naruto-kun, the Ice cream is gonna melt"
Naruto blinked and pulled himself out of his thoughts
"O-Oh yeah" was all he got out before slowly feeding the Yuki-onna her frozen dessert
"Ah! I forgot how good Ice cream was, I haven't had this stuff in years" Mizore commented with a satisfied smile
There really was only one way to find out if he did…
"Hey, Mizore-chan…"
The Yuki-onna blinked and sat up again
"Yeah?"
"Do you wanna go on a date?"
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Okay so, I'll pick up exactly where this Chapter ends, I had to rewrite this and I'm in the National Guard so it was hard to balance both with the hell storm of this year, I have to be gone by February for like several months but I'll have some Chapters lined up before I leave, I won't have time to look over reviews so if you really wanna reach me just pm me, for people who liked my interactions with Mizore and Naruto I hope you liked that ending because we're reaching the comfy parts now, if there is anything I can work on or if you wanna see something reach out to me
ps still no beta hit me up if you're one and wanna pitch in, this Chapter is rough and I'm basically busy 24/7 with the world barely have time to write now, I'll still try to push out as many chapters as I can