lads, time for setting up a bit of edgy Naruto, just for an arc at Yokai to fill that slot, and don't worry Shizune won't be here long and you'll get your Yugao moments back, for now, I'm just setting up Narutos problems coming in and making Tsunade's goals a lot more clear, so Naruto is gonna have some personal problems to cope with.
As for Mizore, I should probably make her a bit more forceful and forward with Naruto, possessive or assertive, especially since she's more comfortable with him now.
Need to expand on Naruto and Tsukune's bromance in between and finally, Honestly never was too keen on the Yami stuff but that said I thought up how I want Naruto to deal with his own issues when it comes to the Fox, and it won't be over the top, it'll be spaced out now I know I changed Tsukune's transformation but I got something else for that too
Ps. Honored to be one of the three people still actively working on this crossover section, along with anyone else, bless your hearts, you keep this one going
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"And so...I meet my jailer once more" a deep voice rumbled through Naruto's core, the blond Shinobi opened his eyes to find he wasn't in bed anymore but standing in front of the Kyuubi's cell
"How long has it been since our last talk? A year or two? I can still remember having to save your worthless life from that Uchiha's attack" the Fox taunted, the blond didn't reply
Yūgao had taught him to stay completely stoic in these situations, the Kyuubi fed on negative energy and Naruto wasn't going to give it to what it wanted
"Hm...you've seemed to have grown up quite a bit, a far cry from the runt crying for his mommy and daddy, wondering if they had abandoned him or if they even loved him at all..." The Kyuubi continued only for Naruto to scoff.
"Not here to make small talk, fur ball, just tell me what you wanted" Naruto replied with a flat tone, the Fox growled from his cage before an eerie fanged grin appeared
"Well, I didn't bring you here...He did" The Kyuubi said, Naruto narrowed his eyes
"And who the hell could drag me into my own mind without my consent?" Naruto demanded, the Kyuubi said nothing, letting his fang grin do the talking but just before Naruto was going to speak another voice behind him appeared
"Oi!, me!" the voice called out, the blond spun around to see the source and froze.
In front of him was just another Naruto, Ocean blue eyes, his trademark grin, and whisker marks, even his Academy uniform it was all there.
For a few seconds, there was stillness before the other Naruto sped forward and gut-punched Naruto, the Uzumaki was completely shell-shocked at the sheer speed and strength, to have the wind knocked out of him so easily.
A strong kick to Naruto's ribs followed as he rolled over the sewer water, the blond Shinobi coughed before the other Naruto's eyes began to shift from Ocean blue to red
"Okay!...this isn't a Genjutsu," Naruto thought to himself
"You're right, it's not a Genjutsu, you can't get rid of me, I'm you and you are me after all" It spoke, Naruto hissed as he finally caught his breath and got into a CQC stance, the red-eyed Shinobi in front of him chuckled at the action
"I'm not here to fight you...I'm here to tell you what's going to happen from here on out" It continued, Naruto sneered at him, he still didn't know what game the fox was playing and threw himself against it, the red-eyed Uzumaki didn't expect this but caught the blow.
The two were completely evenly matched, every punch was blocked or dodged, every kick matched or countered.
"Damn it I better not be turning into Moka…though, this is actually a really good warm u-" "
Naruto's thoughts were cut off when a red Chakra enhanced punch blitzed the Shinobi and slammed into his abdomen again, Naruto felt the wind leave him again and flew blew back into the darkness of his Mindscape
"Oh Kami, that burns!" Naruto mentally yelled as he held his stomach again, he couldn't even breathe correctly thanks to it.
"The Fox and I...we've come to an agreement, you've always been too stupid to have control, all this Academy bullshit is distracting us from what we could be doing" it started, Naruto tried to compose himself, he could not see anything anymore, no Kyuubi and no other Naruto just darkness even still the Shinobi heard their voices clear as day.
"And what do you think we should be doing?" Naruto questioned as he looked up and saw a single light floating above him
"That's not how this is gonna go, you'll answer my questions" it chuckled out as it appeared in the clearing under the light and turned away from his counterpart.
"I want to know why…" His other self started as it whipped is head towards Naruto
"Why lie to her?"
Naruto remained quiet, he sat up and only allowed the sewer water to move around him.
"I just don't understand...Why hide what they really did to you? Why repress it so much, that you're willing to lie to the one girl who actually cares?" It whispered, Naruto glared at his other self.
"I never lied," Naruto replied, trying to move his body.
"Don't give me that shit! You lied to her! Twice!" it growled out
"You can't lie to me either, I know every little thing about us, I feel everything you feel and you won't even acknowledge me..." It circled around Naruto.
"Why did you not tell her…?" it asked again, Naruto closed his eyes, recalling what he felt just a few hours ago with Mizore
"She doesn't need to know, it's in the past and it will stay that way, I'm not an ass like Sasuke-teme, I can move on" Naruto spat back.
Out of nowhere, the Shinobi took a hit to his jaw as the other Naruto pushed him to the ground and continued to beat Naruto's face faster than he could react.
"How dare you! How fucking dare you! You fucking hypocrite! you deny my very existence by spewing that shit, I'm proof you haven't moved on!" Yami ranted, Naruto momentarily had relief but couldn't move, he could tell that whatever this was, it was already unhinged and mentally slipping, which actually began to put fear in him.
"You…"
"You aren't sure about marrying her aren't you? and still getting her hopes up like that..." it started, getting off his counterpart, Naruto glared at the water, refusing to look at his other self.
"If it came down to choosing...you might still go with that damn Village, so why lead her on?" it scoffed while Naruto only remained silent and the floor rumbled
"We'll give you the common courtesy with this little warning …your little spat with that failure of a Kitsune finally gave us the opening we've always waited for and we're gonna enjoy every second of it" The Kyuubi grinned from its dark cell, though Naruto couldn't see the tailed beast, he could very well hear it and feel it's gaze on him
"I..." Naruto tried to get out a retort but any words died in his throat as the other Naruto approached him through the dark
"All of this is what I had to put up with. this is everything you've been bottling up since we were kids, I was stuck here while you could play the fool out there!"
Naruto glanced around him to see nothing but pitch-black darkness, it gave Naruto a chill just looking at it and somehow just being there Naruto could feel a sense of anger bubbling inside him
"I want to watch you squirm, to get you to understand the stupidity of your own ideas, all this Konoha loving crap, this Academy shit, running away from Akatsuki and hiding like a coward! You're nothing but a damn hypocrite too! preaching about forgiveness with that useless Pervert when you yourself have hatred in your heart." Yami Naruto explained with ragged breaths, Naruto began to feel his real body stir awake.
"Not today, Naruto, and not Tomorrow, but you'll see that I'm right and I'll be showing you just how much hatred you really hold..."
"It's inevitable…"
Naruto groaned as he sat up from his bed and exhaled, it took him a while but he finally was able to get through it and take in his surroundings.
He felt something shift next to him and grab his arm, Mizore rubbed her eyes and glanced at her clock.
"Five in the morning…"
"Naruto-kun, What's wrong?"
"Nothing, s-sorry for waking you up," Naruto said with a blush as Mizore leaned on her pillow
"So there is something wrong…" Mizore replied in a matter-of-fact tone, trying to stay awake, The Shinobi quickly shook his head and gave her a reassuring grin.
"Nah it's fine, I just should get going, I still need to shower and change for class" He replied, getting up from her bed, Mizore closed her eyes, she knew he was hiding something but she wouldn't press the issue right now, besides it was still too early.
Naruto paused before stealing a look at her, the words of the other Naruto still lingered in his mind.
"Maybe it was just a dream...but I still won't do that to her," he told himself, suddenly giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"I'll see you in class"
Mizore smiled before falling back to sleep and with that, Naruto quietly slipped out of her room
"I'll have to send a letter to Ero-Senin, though" Naruto mused before looking at the Sky, it was still dark out but the Moon was sinking into the sea of dead trees, it would be morning soon and Classes were gonna start.
"Yep, four hours of sleep should be enough!" Naruto thought to himself before slowly making his way to his dorm
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The small pond that Naruto would use for training was now a mess, dead fish surrounded the area, and ripped scrolls littered everywhere
Naruto huffed once more as he pumped more Chakra onto a dead fish in front of him and today he learned just how much he hated learning Medical ninjutsu, he'd prefer a spar with Orochimaru at this point
"Again!" Shizune cried out, the stench of dead fish reeked while torn storage scrolls and books laid everything
Naruto panted, the amount of mental stress to control his Chakra to that level was getting to him, even worse with hardly any sleep.
"This is your punishment, you missed classes for two whole days! I don't have a lot of time to teach you so get back on it!" Shizune ordered with a glare
Naruto groaned, he had never seen this side of his sister figure before in Konoha, she could be more of a slave driver than Yūgao but she was right.
The Uzumaki missed training and his classes all to set up a date and now he was paying for it.
"I was on a date!" Naruto finally admitted as Shizune paused and blinked
"So that's where you were?" She questioned with a softer look, the assistant to Tsunade really didn't see Naruto after he came to check up with that Mizore girl, though thankfully for her the Bus driver informed her that Naruto was fine, just busy with 'Schoolwork'
"Aww! My little Naruto-kun went on his first date! Oh, you have to tell me what it was like Naruto-kun" Shizune squealed in delight, the blond let out an exhausted short laugh
"Hah...ah it was nice, Shizune-neechan, I did everything for Mizore-chan and she loved it!" Naruto commented, recalling the events as Shizune leaned over to him with her smiling face
"Now pull all the stops on this training and get it done!" She suddenly angrily shouted, the blond stumbled back and quickly went back to reviving the dead fish for a few more minutes
"Am I doing something wrong?" Naruto questioned with shortness of breath, looking up from the dead fish, Shizune shook her head
"Let me get a closer look" Shizune moved her hands under Naruto's hands
"Do it again"
The blond nodded and took a deep breath before focusing his Chakra on the familiar greenish glow
Shizune narrowed her eyes as she felt Naruto's Chakra pass through her hands and onto the fish, the Medic-nin frowned.
"You're still using too much Chakra, you're putting the fish into shock while doing so" Shizune explained, the Uzumaki next to her nodded, still not understanding what he was doing.
"But it's alive right?"
"If you call being brain dead alive then sure" Shizune sighed and stood up.
"Tsunade-sama taught this to Sakura-chan within a month and she wants me to teach Naruto-kun in a week?" Shizune racked her brain trying to figure out how to help the Uzumaki
"We're gonna have to go back to advance Chakra control…" She trailed off, seeing no other way on how to solve this.
A tick mark appeared on her head when she heard Naruto groan in protest
"Get to it!"
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The Moonlight peaked through the curtains of the dorm window as Tsukune laid peacefully asleep.
Hiding from his new stalker really tired him out, hell the Human never knew he could run as fast as he did today.
"Moka-chan...stop it, you're gonna suck me dry" Tsukune muttered in his sleep with a grin, he deserved this rest.
The last two days consisted of him picking up Naruto's slack on the Newspaper and truthfully while it was annoying, he didn't mind covering for Naruto as a favor so long as it didn't become the norm.
Suddenly his eyes shot open as he laid in his bed, his heart was beating fast, really fast, the Human tensed up and opened his mouth, he couldn't breathe at all.
After a minute of struggling and Tsukune believing he was gonna die, the brown-haired teen took a sharp breath and felt pain in his chest, standing up slowly he made his way to the bathroom and kept taking ragged breaths
Standing in front of the sink the human twisted the faucet for some cold water, to his shock instead of feeling refreshed the water stung as if it was a burning sensation
Tsukune hissed in pain and went over to grab a towel to dry himself off, looking up at the bathroom mirror for a brief second.
Tsukune saw his eyes turn red before a wave of exhaustion overcame him and he dragged himself back to bed, his headache was only getting worse now and tried to drift back to sleep
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"Damn it!" one student shouted as a dodgeball bounced off him
"Orange! You're out!" The new Gym teacher shouted
Mizore backed up as she watched several students glare at her
"We need to gang up on Shirayuki, we take her out and we win this!" another shouted, Mizore blinked and managed to dodge several of them before picking up another ball and taking out another student in the abdomen
"Another Out!"
"This always happens!"
Mizore had a smug grin watching all the students cower, she had gotten a lot better at this throughout the year.
"We still have Naruto-san! Come on!" One student spoke up as Naruto perked up as he took out another student with a dodgeball, Naruto then took note that Mizore was destroying his teammates even if she wasn't fully healed with her arms she was their best player.
Mizore glanced at her boyfriend and narrowed her eyes. She might be a little bit more competitive today if it meant one-upping the Shinobi.
The game went on with more and more students being eliminated until it was finally down to Naruto and Mizore, this was pretty much the norm for the class but it didn't make them any less excited
The whole class watched on with bated breath
"Don't give up, Mizore-chan we can still win this!" a female student shouted
"Naruto! Win this for us!" Tsukune shouted from the crowd
"Sudden Death!" The Gym teacher cried out, there was one ball between the court as Both Naruto and Mizore stood on opposite ends
The two prepared themselves, Mizore more so than Naruto.
They both dashed off aiming for the rubber ball in the center of the court, however…
"Gah!"
Mizore tripped and fell flat on her face right a few feet from the dodgeball as the Shinobi thoughtlessly picked it up
He was about to hit Mizore with the ball when the Yuki-onna looked up at him with a cute pout and rubbed her forehead.
Naruto gulped and couldn't stop himself from thinking how adorable she looked, he even took a few steps forward to see if she needed help until...
"Uzumaki stepped over the line! He's out! Purple team wins!"
The Shinobi blinked and looked down, sure enough, he had barely crossed the line.
"Ah?"
Mizore jumped back up and took the ball from him with the same smug smirk.
"I win"
Naruto stood there stunned as the Gym teacher dismissed the class
"W-wait…you planned that fall!" Naruto shouted, Mizore giggled before leaving him completely stunned
"All is fair in love and war, Naruto-kun!"
The Shinobi was completely floored at what just happened and Tsukune suddenly placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder
"You failed us out there, man," he said in mock hurt while Naruto scoffed and watched Tsukune head to the locker rooms
"You can't talk, you got knocked out in like the first five minutes!" Naruto shot back but his friend only shrugged and walked with the crowd towards the locker rooms
The Shinobi huffed before following after his classmates and going to change out of his Gym uniform
The Guy's locker rooms in a normal Human Academy were chaotic enough but at Yokai...they were somehow worse.
"Who the hell stole my shorts?"
"No one wants your damn dirty clothes!"
"I swear, Kenji if you spray that shit one more time, I'm going to feed on you"
"Damn it! My eyeballs fell out of their sockets again!"
Tsukune changed his shirt before throwing his gym clothes away in his locker and finally grabbed his Academy uniform. He noticed his Shirtless blond friend changing and took note of one scar on his body.
"That looks like it should've killed him! Where the hell did he get that? And how the hell didn't I notice before?" Tsukune thought, he stared at it for some time as Naruto gave him a weird look and threw his gym clothes in his locker
"Stop staring at me like that, people will get the wrong idea and it's freaking weird," Naruto said, Tsukune quickly spurted denials
"W-What! No man! I d-don-" Tsukune took a deep breath and picked his words correctly before he got off track.
"Just where did you get that scar?" Tsukune asked in a lower voice trying to avoid other students overhearing their conversation, Naruto looked down at the large line on his chest, he frowned and an old memory suddenly flashed in his head
"My first...friend, you're my friend, Sasuke, I really thought...we understood each other" Naruto managed to get out as he grit his teeth, he prepared himself for the blow that Sasuke was going to give him.
the Uchiha covered in the curse mark's tattoos held him up with a sneer and moved his Chidori to pierce Naruto's chest
"It's too late Naruto!"
"Naruto"
Tsukune's words finally reached the Shinobi's ears as he blinked and saw his friend sigh.
"Man I really hate when you space out sometimes" Tsukune grumbled, stealing a look one more time at the scar
"But that thing looks like it should've killed you…"
Naruto grimaced and remembered his fight in the valley of the end.
"I think it almost did..." he whispered as he put on his Academy uniform, Tsukune didn't hear him and kept changing
"So what's this about a stalker?" Naruto questioned and Tsukune frowned
"Man, don't even remind me, he thinks I beat the Committee by myself and he's been trying to challenge me to a fight ever since, calling me his eternal rival, chasing me around, it's freaking me out" Tsukune whispered over while Naruto had a vivid Memory of Gai and Lee's sunset hugging.
A Shiver went down both their spines but for different reasons
Tsukune then took a deep breath as he finished Changing, he briefly recalled what he felt the night before and it was plaguing his mind again, He had to tell someone at least.
"Hey, Naruto?"
The Shinobi looked at him
"This is gonna sound weird, man but I woke up in the middle of the night just losing it, I couldn't breathe and when I managed to get to the bathroom, the water stung a lot" Tsukune explained as Naruto raised an eyebrow, he shifted uncomfortably due to his own experience with something similar that same night
"Do you think it's worth getting that checked?"
"Yes, it is! Man, I don't know if that's gonna happen tonight again but I sure as hell at least want to know what it is…" Tsukune replied
Naruto blinked at his friend before shrugging and closing up his own locker
"Come by my place after the Club then, I think I can help you out..." Naruto replied, Tsukune suddenly shook his friend's shoulders and with fake tears in his eyes spoke,
"Naruto, man, you're the best!"
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Kurumu took a sip of her coffee as she re-read this morning's paper, in the Newspaper Club's room alone, the day before they needed to publish a new paper, the Club would go over it one more time
Normally she hated reading her own work but she had gotten some complaints from students around campus and she just needed to deal with it since Yukari wasn't gonna help her.
her gaze was soft and uncaring skimming through the paper until she kept reading her own cooking column, Kurumu's eyebrow twitched in annoyance every few seconds, and her eyes narrowed
"Misspellings...Grammar issues, Damn it...they were right…" she thought, gripping her coffee mug more and more as she read each sentence.
"This is terrible! Awful! Awful! Awful! How did I not catch these?!" Kurumu dramatically ranted before holding and ripping up the paper in frustration just as she did so Mizore entered through the window, the Succubus paused as she watched her friend casually dust herself off
"Can't you use the door like a normal person?" Kurumu asked with a deadpan face
"I'm not exactly normal," Mizore shrugged off
Kurumu took a deep breath
"Right…whatever" the blue-haired girl muttered before realizing something and bolting over to her friend
"You have to tell me everything Mizore-chan! Did he kiss you? Did you tell him that you want his kids already? Tell me please!" She pestered shaking the poor Yuki-onna's shoulders
"U-Uh, W-We di-" Mizore tried to get out
"Okay, sorry we're late, the teacher kept us for longer than we thought!" Moka cried out as she entered the room with her human friend behind her.
Moka's eyes landed on Mizore and Kurumu before she also joined in
"Mizore-chan!"
"How was it! Are you two actually together now? Is Naruto-kun a good kisser?"
Tsukune watched the scene with an amused grin, the poor girl was getting overwhelmed with the number of questions they were throwing at her
The Human suddenly began feeling a dull and long pain in his neck, he cringed lightly, trying to repress it and it eventually subsided.
Thankfully for him Kurumu and Moka were still too busy messing with Mizore to notice and Truthfully Tsukune had to get out of there too, amusing as it was, the shouting started to give him a headache.
Stepping outside the Clubroom for a bit the Human took a deep breath and leaned against the wall, Naruto and Yukari still haven't shown up and Tsukune knew Gin would be late as usual...
"There you are!"
Tsukune jumped so high he nearly hit the ceiling and saw Chopper push a few students out of the way.
"You can't keep running from me, Aono!"
Tsukune paled as he threw himself back into the clubroom and locked the door behind him, the girls all stopped in their tracks while the Human looked around the room.
"Window! Perfect!" Tsukune thought to himself before actually throwing himself out the open window
"Tsukune-kun!" Moka and Kurumu shouted, the Human stood up from the bushes with a sheepish grin and his hair messy with leaves.
"Sorry, Moka-chan, Kurumu-chan I'll be at Naruto's! Later!" Tsukune then dashed off into the woods and in the direction of Naruto's dorm while the Newspaper Club looked at each other
"Alright, no Club session for today, I guess..." Kurumu spoke with a disappointed shrug, she was about to reach for the door before remembering Chopper was probably out there.
"I'm not dealing with that." Kurumu thought as she sighed and then looked at the same open window
"Screw it" She muttered, leaving through the window herself, Moka reluctantly went with her as well, and Mizore stood there alone in the clubroom, her left eye twitched.
"Copycats…" she said before following with them
Moka fidgeted around trying to get branches out of her uniform while Kurumu was pacing around
"We still have an hour left, the hell are we gonna do?" Kurumu asked and Moka snapped her fingers, quickly getting behind Mizore and placing her hands on The girl's shoulders
"Take us to your room, Kurumu-chan, I want every detail from Mizore-chan about yesterday"
Kurumu giggled with her friend and grabbed Mizore's hands gently
"Come along!"
Not too far from the group both Naruto and Yukari finally got off their last class and were walking down the hallways, making their way to the Clubroom, completely unaware their friends had already left and Today's session was canceled
"And you want to experiment on me?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at the small Witch.
Yukari had finally gotten to know mostly everything about Naruto's Shinobi past and while she didn't like the fact her older brother figure was technically human.
in Yukari's eyes, they were both boundary beings even if he wasn't from this world or...reality, Yukari didn't mind, she just wanted to know more about Chakra
"Duh! You have a different type of energy source, I'd be an idiot to pass up studying that!" Yukari replied as Naruto grinned slightly
"And you don't care that I am…" the Shinobi trailed off, Yukari rolled her eyes knowing full well he was talking about his humanity
"I was madder about the fact you didn't tell me sooner" Yukari pouted and her older brother figure let out a short chuckle
"Y-Yeah sorta slipped my mind with everything that was going on" Naruto replied, they finally reached the Clubroom door and the Shinobi tugged on the handle.
"Locked?"
Yukari looked at the blond in confusion as he tugged again.
"No one's in there"
A large muscular blond-haired student glared at the two, Naruto looked confused while Yukari glared back and hid behind Naruto.
"What do you want, Chopper?" Yukari questioned, Naruto raised an eyebrow but kept quiet and eyed the taller Student, this was Tsukune's new Stalker apparently.
"Aono keeps running from me...you're his friends" he paused, Chopper then got closer to the Shinobi who didn't back down
"So What have my little club members got into this time?" Gin spoke with a sigh as he walked towards them with his hands in his pocket
Gin quickly got in between Naruto and Chopper to make sure nothing drastic happened.
"Morioka Ginei...he's on the list too...Nah, Tsukune first…" Chopper thought to himself, glancing at the Club leader.
"Guys on the wrestling team are supposed to be the Strongest, Gin...and I want to prove that I'm the strongest! Aono beat the damn Safety Committee and he won't even fight me, keeps hiding behind his girlfriends!" He shouted while Naruto scratched his cheek
"This guy's a nutcase...but he could be Bushy brow's arch-rival if they ever meet…" Naruto mused, getting lost in his own thoughts about his friends in Konoha.
"Ah, well, Naruto-kun here actually has a strong reputation here too" Gin commented with a suspiciously warm smile as he placed his arm around Naruto's shoulder
Chopper narrowed his eyes
"Naruto? Uzumaki Naruto? You're the guy that put that Saizou in the infirmary on the first day."
Naruto, feeling a bit overconfident, smirked at him and placed his hands on his hips.
"Yeah, I did and?" Naruto spoke, Chopper backed off and Shrugged
"Don't care, I'm gonna find Aono, you're next on the list, Uzumaki" Chopper stormed off as the surprised Shinobi blinked at his retreating form
"Who the hell locked the Clubroom door?" Gin groaned out, pulling on the handle, the Werewolf cursed before going through his pockets
"Key...Key...where the hell is the Key!?" Gin started to panic as Naruto and Yukari looked closely at him, the Werewolf composed himself, he was the Club leader, the most responsible person of the group… and he lost the key to the Clubroom, he was gonna be in a lot of trouble but no one had to know if he played his cards right.
"Alright...no Club session today, you two can go," Gin said casually trying to pretend nothing was wrong
Both Yukari and Naruto glanced at each other
"Senpai we need to get the paper out by tomorrow" Naruto pointed out as the Werewolf smirked and waved it off
"Don't worry about it, I got it all covered…"
Once again Yukari and Naruto gave each other worried looks
"Now get out of here before teachers notice we're not in session."
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Yukari took a bite out of an apple as she laid her eyes on the book in front of her, casually laying on Naruto's couch, Tsukune had actually waited outside Naruto's door checking his back just in case for Chopper, thankfully for him it really didn't take long for his friend to show up.
"So, this Chakra stuff Nii-san has is made up of Spiritual energy and Physical energy...he also said humans in this world have a very, very, very faint Chakra network... Natural Chakra? What's that?" Yukari mused as she flipped a page.
Shizune let out a sigh watching the small Witch help herself to Naruto's old academy books.
She couldn't help but be concerned with the people that knew Naruto's secret now, granted, it looked like most didn't know about the Fox or Akatsuki.
Maybe it was just Shinobi's paranoia but she would need to have a long talk with Yugao about potential future problems with this mission especially concerning his new relationship.
It wasn't that Shizune wanted to tear them apart or that she disliked Mizore, she just knew this was gonna be a huge issue for them in the future, to choose Konoha or The Academy
"And Tsunade-sama..." Shizune thought to herself, the Senju woman might be happy to hear the news at first and be really excited to give Mizore the 'you're dating my surrogate son' talk
But personal relations aside, Tsunade wasn't going to let him stay in this world even if it broke their hearts and Shizune knew why.
Tsunade was actually secretly grooming Naruto to be her successor already, even if the blond didn't know it, Tsunade's investment in Naruto's training was proof of that and the Hokage had already planned to teach Naruto about political maneuvering when he got back.
Naruto and Mizore were setting themselves up for disaster and Shizune wasn't sure if they were aware of how bad it was going to be.
"So, she's just gonna run a diagnosis on me right?" Tsukune asked with a bit of a worried look, Naruto gave him a small grin
"Yep! You wanted to find out what's up with you, so a medical ninjutsu diagnosis will work" Naruto replied as Shizune raised an eyebrow
"Sorry, Naruto-Kun, you'll be doing it actually" Shizune spoke before picking up a bowl with the name 'Tonton' on it
"I have to go pick up Tonton from the Headmaster, she's coming today~!" Shizune exclaimed, Naruto froze
"M-me?"
"It's just a basic diagnosis, an academy student can do it, quite literally just an E-rank Jutsu and it was the first thing I taught you, now I gotta go!" Shizune said gathering her things, Naruto blinked, he did learn how to perform a basic one the night before and watched her leave before realizing something
"Oi, wait!"
Shizune turned back just as she opened the door with a curious look
"I'm...gonna be staying at Mizore-chan's place tonight, so…I won't be sleeping here, I'll still be here for training on time though!" the Shinobi informed
the Medic-nin's eyes widened, her face turning pink.
"Naruto-kun you just went on your first date and you're already sleeping together!?" She nearly shouted.
"Is...that a bad thing?" Naruto blinked at her not understanding what she was implying, after all, he had stayed with her the night before and there were no complaints there. Shizune's face was beet red while Yukari stopped reading and began to look excited.
"Nii-san will be a virgin no more!"
The dots finally connected in Naruto's head and his brain began to overload as his cheeks turned red
Tsukune blushed at first before puffing out his chest and placing his hands on Naruto's shoulders, the Human took a deep breath and fake tears threatened to fall from the corner of his eyes.
"I-I'm so proud of you man!" Tsukune cried out, Shizune took their reaction as confirmation of her worries
"The hell?! No! I-it's not like" Naruto failed to get another word out, lightly shoving the human off him
"J-J-Just use protection!" Shizune stuttered out
"What for?" another voice spoke up, Shizune nearly jumped when she saw Mizore, Kurumu, and Moka all staring at her from the door. Yuki-onna had her hands in her pocket with a small grin.
Shizune glanced at them before looking back at Naruto one more time, the Medic nin muttered something under her breath along the lines of 'I'm not even getting paid for this' and quickly left for the Headmaster's office.
The girls all watched Shizune leave still rambling under her breath, Moka peeked in and smiled as her eyes found her human friend.
"Tsukune-kun!" Moka greeted, Kurumu quickly pushed her way through the door and threw herself on the Human
"I missed you so much, Tsukune-kun!"
"Ack! Air! Air! Air!" Tsukune cried out, Moka quickly went over to get Kurumu off Tsukune.
Naruto felt arms wrap around him and Mizore's body pressed against his back.
"I just wanted to let you know I don't believe in protection, we're going raw" Mizore whispered in his ear, Naruto gulped feeling her assets rub against him.
"Uh..D-Diagnosis, Tsukune! Now!" The red-faced Shinobi got out of Mizore's grasp and sat the Human down, The Yuki-onna looked satisfied, teasing her new boyfriend.
"So what's going on here?" Kurumu questioned, breaking the lewd train of thoughts on Naruto's mind
"Tsukune said he's got some trouble sleeping so I'm gonna check him out" Naruto answered as the Human hesitantly took off his shirt.
"And since when were you a medical professional?" Kurumu brought up, everyone looked at Naruto who simply shrugged
"I'm not"
Yukari set down her book to glance at the blond
"Does Cow-tits not know, Nii-san?"
"Know what?" Kurumu asked looking around the room, everyone looked a bit sheepish and she began to grow suspicious
"Wait, are you guys hiding something from me?" she pouted, Naruto scratched the back of his head
"I guess it sorta slipped my mind..." the Shinobi replied, Mizore nudged Kurumu's shoulder
"I'll fill you in over some lunch, Naruto-kun probably needs to concentrate too" Mizore offered,
"But T-Tsukune-kun!"
"Will be fine, now come on"
Kurumu blinked before allowing Yuki-onna to lead her out the door, Naruto watched them leave with a sigh, silently thanking Mizore for covering for him.
Naruto looked over at Tsukune who took a chair, Moka sat with Yukari and decided to watch carefully
The Shinobi took a deep breath and placed his hand close to Tsukune's skin
Slowly, his hand began to glow a light blue and Tsukune twitched lightly
"A-Ah, a little more up, man, it feels like a knot under my damn skin" Tsukune commented
Naruto raised an eyebrow, the Shinobi felt something off but couldn't place his finger on what it was, Moka looked on with a bit of worry more, Naruto narrowed his eyes feeling something similar to the Kyuubi's Chakra or Moka's energy and there was a light...tug if there was a word to describe it.
"It's on your neck, I think…" Naruto moved his hand there and poured a bit more Chakra causing Tsukune to grit his teeth
"AAhhhhhh!" Tsukune cried out as he twitched far more violently and stood up
With Speed that managed to catch Naruto off guard, Tsukune turned around with blood-red eyes and punched Naruto in the nose, it was stronger and faster than any normal human could do.
"Fuck!" Naruto cursed as he held his now broken nose, the Human didn't stop as if his body was on Autopilot and tried to hit Naruto again
The Shinobi was still surprised and took the hit to the face before finally grabbing Tsukune's arm and throwing him to the ground
Tsukune looked shaken as he realized what he has just done, the Adrenaline had already worn off and whatever that was retreated back inside of him
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Naruto yelled as Yukari and Moka ran over to check on the Uzumaki, his nose still bloody and the Shinobi was so distracted with what just happened he didn't notice Tsukune's new eyes and they quickly returned back to their normal brown color.
"I didn't...mean to" The Human muttered a quick apology and picked himself up, he squirmed slightly and began to pant heavily before quickly running out of the dorm.
"Tsukune-kun! Wait!" Moka shouted, going after him.
Naruto cursed up a storm with so many swear words it made Yukari blush lightly
The Shinobi had to push it back into place and hold it, waiting for the Kyuubi's Chakra to move in, Yūgao had taught him well with CQC…
crack*
But it didn't change the fact it still hurt like hell
The sound was sickening to Yukari who watched Naruto clean up the blood without a care in the world.
"That was really disturbing!" Yukari commented with a smile as Naruto could feel the Fox's Chakra move in to stop the bleeding.
"How the hell did he move so damn fast?" Naruto mused, still feeling the pain in his nose, he let out a sigh as he sat on his carpet floor, wondering what the hell just happened.
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"Run this by me again" Kurumu spoke with a look of disbelief as she and Mizore slowly walked to the cafeteria
"Naruto isn't from this world and he's actually a Shinobi" Mizore repeated for her again with the most casual tone possible, Kurumu fell quiet for a few seconds, she had just learned that her dense blond friend was actually from a different reality or world altogether.
"So is he an alien then?" She whispered, the Yuki-onna gave her friend a weird look
"You find all of this out and that's the first thing you ask?" Mizore asked while Kurumu shrugged
"What do you want me to say? It's weird...I never saw Naruto as anything other than...well Naruto" the Succubus took a deep breath as she realized something
"Does...that mean he's killed before?" Kurumu softly questioned
Mizore frowned and looked away
"I don't know, he doesn't talk about it a lot unless I ask and probably for a good reason "
"Oh…" was all Kurumu could say, the two finally reached the Cafeteria and the Succubus's eyes widened as she went through her pockets
"U-Uh, I forgot to bring mo-" Mizore waved her off
"Relax, you did it for me last time, and plus…" Mizore grinned as she leaned over to Kurumu
"I know you helped out Naruto-kun yesterday" Mizore finished, Kurumu was taken aback
"How?"
Mizore looked over the menu in front of them
"Well, I didn't...but you just told me" She cryptically spoke with a smirk, Kurumu merely let out a dry chuckle before cupping her hands together and had a dreamy look on her face
"Sorry...I just wanted to make sure you two had a great time, you two are so cute together, ah I wish Tsukune-kun could take me on a date like that soon."
Mizore rolled her eyes before the two ordered their lunch and waited
"Oh, but Naruto did set everything himself, I really only went to make sure he didn't burn his place down" Kurumu dismissed, their food finally came and the Blue-haired girl blinked
"Never took you for a ramen person" Kurumu commented as Mizore picked up the bowl quietly sat down at a nearby table, the Succubus followed her with her own food
"I don't like Ramen all the time, but Naruto-kun really does and honestly it's growing on me…" Mizore replied as her friend nodded
"How're your arms by the way?" Kurumu questioned and The Yuki-onna shrugged
"They're basically fully healed"
Kurumu had to double-take
"Already?"
Mizore threw away her lollipop to eat and pointed to herself
"Snow woman, sorta mostly up of Ice, I heal faster than a lot of monsters depending on how cold it is" Mizore informed, Kurumu blinked
"Wow...Wish I had something like that…" Kurumu muttered, thinking about her own abilities
"Hey, Cow-tits, Mizore-chan" Yukari greeted as she walked up from behind them, Naruto was with her, a bandage on his nose to keep it in place while the Fox's Chakra finished healing it, both Mizore and Kurumu immediately took notice, the latter looking a bit worried while the former
"Naruto-kun, what happened to you?!" Mizore stood up and went over to her boyfriend, Kurumu went back to her food and allowed Mizore to fawn over the Shinobi.
"Y-Yeah, so something really is up with Tsukune"
That easily got Kurumu's attention and she imminently stood up and threw herself at the blond
"What's wrong with my destined one!?" Kurumu frantically shook Naruto's shoulders
Mizore quickly intervened and lightly glared at her friend as she got Kurumu off him.
"I-I was doing the diagnosis and felt something was off, then he just started screaming and just decked me in the face"
"Tsukune-san was really fast too and hit like a truck he broke Nii-san's nose and managed to hit him again, he ran off and Moka-chan went after him." Yukari sighed
She was a bit worried about the two but Naruto had already sent a lot of clones to keep an eye out for Tsukune and Moka, usually, things worked out for them, Yukari hoped this time would be no different.
Mizore felt up the Shinobi's broken nose and noticed it was back in place
"Doesn't look like it's still broken…"
Yukari looked a bit giddily
"Ohhh, you should've seen it, Nii-san popped his nose back in place, it was so disgusting but so cool!" Yukari exclaimed throwing her hands in the air, the two older girls looked at the Shinobi
"So what, you're a chiropractor too?" Kurumu asked, folding her arms under her chest and the Shinobi titled his head
"A what?"
"I'm not sure that's even the right profession, Cow-tits"
Kurumu ignored them, thinking about Tsukune instead, and now looked anxious, she decided it was best to go off to look for her destined one.
"Sorry….I'll go find Tsukune-kun…Thanks for the food, Mizore-chan."
Yukari glanced at Naruto
"You said I could borrow the Chakra books, right?" She said, recalling an earlier conversation, Naruto nodded seeing no harm in it at this point
"I'm gonna go look for Tsukune-san and Moka-chan then, I'll pick the books up tomorrow! See you later Nii-san!" Yukari said before going off to start her own search, Mizore took out another lollipop and motioned for Naruto to unwrap it for her
"...are we still up for my place or are we gonna look for Tsukune too?" Mizore asked as Naruto grinned at her
"I already have like thirty clones looking for him and Moka is keeping an eye on him, let's go to your place" Naruto answered, Mizore raised an eyebrow
"You sure?"
The Shinobi placed the lollipop in her mouth and Mizore gave him a satisfied smile
"I kinda don't wanna see Tsukune right now myself, I don't know what's going on with him…as far as I know I could make things worse…" Naruto trailed off, Mizore hummed a bit concerned for Tsukune.
"Any guesses as to what it is?" She replied as the Uzumaki looked away from her, he already had a vague feeling of what it was
"It felt a bit like Moka's true form, like it was faint but there..." Naruto explained, oddly really serious, he looked to be in deep thought
"It has to do with Moka's blood being in him, that's really all I can think of" Naruto elaborated before feeling Mizore's hand grab his own
"I'm sure, it'll be alright now let's go back to my dorm, there are so many things I wanna show you" Mizore had a small excited grin on her face before leading the Shinobi out of the Cafeteria
And they still left their food there practically untouched.
A single Shadow Clone jumped down from the Cafeteria roof with a wicked grin as he looked at the food sitting there, he watched his boss leave with Mizore behind him before glancing back at the Ramen
"Ohh that looks good"
A Second Shadow clone joined him with a scolding look
"What the hell are you doing?"
The first one glared at his counterpart
"It's free ramen, I don't care if it's not hot anymore, ramen is ramen, besides when was the last time the boss let us take a break?"
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"You know most people don't lose their Clubroom keys twice in a year...What kind of an example are setting for your other club members with your irresponsible behavior" Ms. Nekonome scolded as she played with her keys
Gin gave her a sheepish laugh, hoping none of his Club members could see him right now
"Tsukune-kun! Wait!" Moka cried out as Tsukune ran up the stairs, completely ignoring her, Gin froze and prayed his underclassmen didn't see him, he turned back to see Tsukune and Moka running up the stairs with even sparing him a glance and let out a sigh of relief
As the Human pushed through the metal doors, he stopped running, taking the time to properly process what he did.
"I...really did that to Naruto of all people, I have to apologize" Tsukune leaned on the railing and finally caught his breath
"Tsukune-kun!" Moka burst through the doors, the Human noticed her and snapped out of his thoughts
"Moka-chan…"
The Pink-haired girl looked away from him, she couldn't meet his gaze
"I...have to tell you something" She softly started as Tsukune intensely stared at her.
"My other self...told me that our blood could have some side effects on you..." Moka continued, Tsukune's eyes looked down and gripped the railing
"What kind of side effects?" he croaked out, rubbing his neck, Moka actually put up a warm smile
"You could temporarily be really strong!" Moka tried to assure, thinking positive of the situation
"Plus, it could mean you won't be human anymore!"
As if that was a good thing…
"Won't be human anymore" Tsukune repeated those words in his head
"Will I keep changing like this until I'm a vampire? What if I lose it like with Naruto...I don't want to be a Vampire, I like being human" Tsukune could only about his own family back home
"U-Uh, Tsukune-kun now that things are okay again could I have some blood again?"
Tsukune had to stop himself from clenching his teeth, Moka didn't seem to notice and latched on to him
"Please, please, please just a little bit! I've been having this craving all morning!"
"Stop!" Tsukune shouted as he got Moka off him and glaring at her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Tsukune spoke in a low voice
Moka frowned
"Do you know how it feels? I almost passed out on the floor last night! I broke my best friend's nose, I don't know what's happening to me and I don't want to be a Vampire, I like the way I am!" Tsukune ranted with shortness of breath
Moka started to tear up and nodded
"I...I understand, Tsukune-kun, I'm sorry" Moka whispered,
Tsukune heard her clearly walking away and heard the door to the rooftop close a few seconds went by until he calmed himself down
"I'm so sorry, Moka-chan, I like you, I really do but I want to go back to my world, with my family…" Tsukune took a deep breath and leaned on the railing again, trying not to think about his situation.
The Metal doors burst open once more
"Found you!"
Chopper grinned as Tsukune's eyes widened
"That was a pretty girl you had up here...having fun, Aono?"
"Oh you've gotta be kidding me not right now!" Tsukune mentally yelled, he watched in horror as Chopper's muscles began to expand and his teeth became more feral, a troll.
"Come on, Aono! Show me the man who took down the Committee"
"It wasn't even me!" Tsukune cried out just barely having the time to avoid Chopper's massive fist, The rooftop shook and the floor looked as if it was gonna crumble away
"Fight back, Aono!"
"He's really gonna kill me!" Tsukune stumbled back and fell to the ground
"Tsukune-kun!" Moka cried out as she returns from the stairway
"I-I saw the stairs shaking…" any other words she had died in her throat as Chopper smirked and grabbed Moka's waist with his huge hands
"Moka-chan!"
"Hey, Aono, now that I got a good look at her she really is cute…" Chopper placed his thumb under her neck.
"Stay away from her!" the Human uncharacteristically hissed, the troll only smirked more
"You know just one move to the right and I can twist her neck…" Chopper casually commented, Tsukune grit his teeth looking at Moka's terrified eyes, something finally snapped in him
Tsukune's own eyes flashed red as he rushed Chopper, the troll was too surprised by the act and threw Moka to the ground with a smirk
"Finally!"
Not too far from the fight, two of Naruto's clones sat down on the edge of a nearby rooftop, both sharing Mizore's cold Ramen bowl.
"You know what? you were right...even if it's cold, ramen is ramen" the Second clone spoke getting another forkful of noodles in his mouth
"But this is Mizore-chan's food, wouldn't she get mad?" it continued
"What the Boss won't know won't hurt him, besides we won't be here for him to get mad about it" the first one pointed out before suddenly stealing the bowl.
"H-Hey I wasn't done!"
The first clone had sucker-punched the second one with a victorious grin
poof*
"All mine…" it grinned, holding the rest of the ramen
Boom*
The roof that the Shadow clone was on suddenly and violently shook surprising the clone and causing it to somehow dropped the ramen bowl
"No!"
The Clone watched in horror as the Ramen fell three stories down onto a random unlucky student, then looked on to the source and its eyes widened, Tsukune was charging at the large creature.
"Oh crap, that's my cue!"
Tsukune somehow ducked his head and crossed his arms, somehow blocking Choppers hit
"Tsukune-kun!" Moka sat up and looked on in total shock, the Rosario began to glow slightly as a voice came from it
"He understands now...the blood inside him is only growing, he can enter this state for only a few minutes but…"
Tsukune took a deep breath and grabbed the trolls wrists, his nails digging into Chopper's flesh before throwing him over the rooftop
"I...didn't know he'd be this strong!" Chopper grit his teeth falling over the railing and slamming onto the title of the rooftop
Another explosion shook the rooftop as Tsukune took a sharp breath, Chopper was out cold.
"He'll go back to being a weakling now that the fight is over"
Tsukune began to stumble slightly as his eyes reverted again back to normal, he never felt more exhausted in his life
"You might want to catch him"
Moka finally snapped out of her shock, moving over to catch her human friend
"...You and I will need to have a long talk about this later."
"Tsukune-kun…" She softly said looking over him, the way her other self said those words did deeply concern her now
"Oh Kami, I'm not late, am I?"
Moka looked up to see Naruto's shadow clone hopping over the railing
"I-It's fine, Naruto-kun..."
"I'm a clone, the Boss decided to go to Mizore-chan's place…" it trailed off before seeing Tsukune's unmoving body
"You need help with that?"
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"You told her what?!" Mizore nearly shouted as her lollipop nearly fell from her mouth, flabbergasted at what Naruto had just told her
"I...I panicked and told her I was a Yōko, I didn't know what to tell her!" Naruto called out with a flinch and held his hands up to protect himself, he half expected Mizore to hit him like his old pink-haired teammate but instead, the Yuki-onna only sighed and rubbed her temples, she had caught Naruto's recoil.
"What are you doing?" She narrowed her eyes, Naruto blinked
"U-Uh, nothing!" Naruto composed himself quickly as Mizore stepped closer to him.
"Did you think I was gonna hit you?" Mizore's gaze softened while the Shinobi looked to his side
"I...back home when I'd do something stupid there was this girl that would hit me too...straighten me out" Naruto answered quickly, recalling his pink-haired teammate's easy to anger attitude, granted it had been so long who knows how much she could have changed herself…
Now that Naruto thought about it, it had been some time since he last got an update from Konoha, ever since Yūgao had left actually, he had to talk to Shizune about that later.
Naruto was snapped out of his thoughts when the room got cold, really cold.
Mizore's room was usually just cool but Naruto could easily see his own breath at this point, he noticed Mizore's hair becoming solid ice as she clenched her teeth.
"What's her name?" Mizore asked in a low tone that screamed danger to the Uzumaki
"A-Ah, Mizore-chan, I haven't seen her in so lon-"
"That's not what I asked" Mizore cut in, Naruto briefly placed his hands on her shoulders
"Mizore-chan, it's fine" He repeated as he sat down on her bed
"It was a long time ago...and we left on good terms I think, she's probably changed a lot as far as I know" Naruto added
Mizore calmed herself down, it was clear to her that getting mad would only lead to trouble and if it really didn't bother Naruto she wouldn't force it out of him, still a part of her really wanted to know.
"It's not like I'll see her, anyway, Naruto-kun...but can I at least know who she is?" Mizore spoke, Naruto suddenly put up a cheerful smile
"My old teammate! Sakura Haruno!" Naruto cheerfully replied, Mizore made a mental note on that, Naruto didn't see it but the Yuki-onna narrowed her eyes once again
"Haruno Sakura…"
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Sakura took a deep breath as she sat on her bed and went over her equipment one more time
She was gonna be up against S-rank missing nins. Some of the most dangerous people in the world...she needed to be ready for anything and pull all the stops needed
"I've trained hard enough with Tsunade-sama, Kakashi-sensei, and Lee-kun...I can't be weak not anymore…"
Sakura then glanced at an old photo of Team Seven when they were little Genin, she looked at both Sasuke and Naruto's face
"I'll find them...and bring them both home"
The former was off with Orochimaru and Naruto...
She suddenly froze in terror as dread set in her, like a pit in her stomach and it came out of nowhere.
"Why do I have a feeling that someone really wants to hurt me?"
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"I used to have a crush on her when we were kids, got over it little by little" Naruto nervously brought up, scratching his cheek, Mizore blinked
"She'd hit you and you still had a crush on her?" Mizore questioned with a frown, the Shinobi suddenly grabbed her still bandaged arms
"It was just a childhood crush, I never really knew what love felt like…" Naruto trailed off as Mizore tilted her head, though Naruto grinned at her
"Till now…"
Mizore couldn't stop herself from smiling, a few seconds went by of comfortable silence before She remembering their prior talk
"You know I'm gonna have to explain everything to my Kaa-san, right?" Mizore spoke
"Yeah...I didn't mean to say that, I just didn't know if she would let me court you if she found out what I was..." Naruto replied as Mizore's eyes widened
"You told her...that you're courting me?" Mizore softly muttered, Naruto gulped
"Y-Yeah, I fig-"
The Yuki-onna threw herself on top of the blond, who stumbled back onto the bed
"A-And she accepted right?" Mizore half-shouted, Naruto furiously nodded before a smile broke out on Mizore's face and she hugged him tighter.
"So it's official! when I turn Seventeen we're going to the Snow-white fields!" Mizore exclaimed as Naruto returned the hug
"And we'll get married!"
Mizore couldn't see it but Naruto only gave her a half-hearted grin as he held her, he was starting to entertain the idea in his head but he was still a Konoha Shinobi…duty and loyalty were cemented in him.
"Oh, Right…" Mizore spoke up as she lifted her head to see the blond
"We'll need to start making babies too"
"W-What?!" Naruto cried out as his whiskered cheeks began to turn red, Mizore looked completely serious staring into his ocean blue eyes
"B-But we're too young to be doing that, right now!" Naruto resorted as the Yuki-onna's deadpanned face finally broke into a giggling fit
"Haha, I'm sorry, yeah I should stop doing that, but it's so much fun" Mizore finally got off the Embarrassed Shinobi, he huffed, and sat up.
"But we'll have to soon" Mizore quickly whispered in his ear, Naruto gulped and forced a smile
"Y-Yeah…"
Naruto looked away, glancing instead at the white walls of Mizore's room, the Shinobi blinked for a few seconds as the memories of his clone reached him, he nearly wanted to smack himself for being so stupid
He forgot all about Tsukune and his stalker!
Thankfully, it all went well but it shocked him even more than Tsukune was the one who ended the fight himself
"I'm just glad they're alright, I'll find out what the whole thing was about later" Naruto mused before remembering the Clones' betrayal for the ramen bowl, his eyebrow twitching in annoyance as Mizore placed another scrapbook on his lap and snapped him out of his thoughts.
This one was pure white with some white flower design on them
"I was hoping we could have one for ourselves" She softly said
Naruto grinned at it and noticed most of the pages were completely blank, except for the very beginning, there were a few pictures in order starting off with a group photo of their time in the human world and ending off with the photo from the night before
"We'll fill it up by the time we graduate"
Naruto nodded before holding her closer with a grin, he simply tried not to think so much about the future but even still those things worried him.
Mizore's stomach growled as she placed her hand over it.
"You left your lunch back at the cafeteria" Naruto commented as the Yuki-onna scratched the back of her head with a light blush
"I'm starving too, actually" Naruto added, before realizing the Cafeteria was about to close for the day
"Oh, we should go, like right now" Naruto suddenly grabbed Mizore's hand
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The Next day came and went for the Newspaper Club and they all sat together for lunch, as usual, Yukari was too busy with the Chakra books she had gotten from Naruto, it just completely fascinated her how similar yet different Chakra was to her own Magic.
Kurumu and Moka both had smiles on their faces watching the small bits of affection Mizore and Naruto were giving each other as they watched on from their lunch table
"Don't you guys think they're moving a little too fast? I mean they just went one date" Tsukune asked as he sat down next to them with his lunch tray and looked on at the scene
"They're in their honeymoon phase right now, it's really cute…" Moka softly spoke and Kurumu nodded
"Yep! it's also great teasing material for Naruto" Kurumu added, before looking at Tsukune
"And when are you gonna treat me like that, Tsukune-kun?"
The Human, by this point, was used to Kurumu's antics and simply remained quiet, opening a water bottle
Moka looked on in worry as Tsukune hesitated to drink it, their talk more or less went well, Tsukune finally understood he wasn't going to be a Vampire though Moka's blood in him and acting up like that made him concerned.
Regardless, right now, Tsukune wasn't going to let it get to him.
"I-It should be fine, Tsukune-kun, you're not like me" Moka whispered as Kurumu frowned, she had heard everything from Moka already.
Tsukune finally worked up the courage and to his surprise, no pain, he quickly finished the bottle in one go before crumbling it up
"I still haven't apologized to Naruto for yesterday…" Tsukune thought to himself before suddenly getting up and walking over to Mizore and Naruto.
"Hey, Naruto?" Tsukune started, not sure how to go about it.
"Yeah?"
Naruto looked at him with a small grin as he laid his head on Mizore's lap on a bench, Tsukune gave a dry laugh at the scene before composing himself
"I didn't mean to hit you like that...so I'm so-'
"Oh, that…" Naruto cut in, he scratched his cheek before sitting up and giving his Human friend a reassuring smile
"Don't worry about it, I've been through way worse sometimes I even wonder how I'm still alive!" Naruto laughed
Both Mizore and Tsukune could only blink at that, Naruto looked at both of them seeing their blank expressions.
"Ha..y-yeah anyway, man, don't worry about it, I fixed myself up too" Naruto half-heartedly added, pointing to his already healed nose, no bandage or anything it was completely heal
Tsukune could only dumbly nod before walking back with Kurumu and Moka to enjoy the rest of his lunch
At least things were sorta back to normal here.
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End
There's your follow up I was gonna do bay city but I still have Operation Clean house next for a Konoha Chapter, followed by a Day in the life. Things are moving and should more or less speed up, next Chapter won't be long though, my bad, and forgive me for any mistakes, I'm fixing these myself and going back to fix up older chapters while I was at it as for the Fox and the other Naruto stuff, it'll be fun
Goodnight.