And here's the next chapter for Ninja Magi Naruto!!! And now for some reviewer questions:
Shishio_sama: yeah those were typos….my bad.
Houkou: Naruto is usually wearing just casual clothes. Having the armor on would make it a little obvious…
PennyArcadeFan2: Yeah Im probably just going to insert flashbacks that show how he became skilled. For now it's just that the ANBU guards of his took the time to train him.
The Fanfic Stealer: yeah I know the pairing is random. But hey, it's a crack pairing that I like. As for Naruto/Konoka, probably not. While those are good points, Konoka shows more of a sisterly role towards Naruto. And as for the Setsuna vs Kaede thing for pairing…I'm still debating on that one.
Zap Rowsdower: it still isn't certain whether or not they are related. If they are I will either change the story or simply keep it 'wincest'.
Disclaimer: I don't own shit!
Ninja Magi Naruto
Chapter 5
It was finally the weekend and classes were over. Not only that, but it was Golden Week, so many students were heading off on vacation. All over Mahora Academy, students were scattering about with plans for their weekend. Naruto and Negi were casually walking down one of the streets leading from the school buildings. Naruto sighed contentedly as he surveyed the peace around him. The last few days of class had been somewhat stressful and yet amusing at the same time. Evangeline had shown up to class for every single day…and did nothing but glare at Naruto for the entire time. Naruto found it rather funny. Negi walked beside him, clad in his usual teacher outfit, while Naruto wore hit typical jeans, and white coat over a black T-shirt. Next to him, Negi sighed as well, though his bore a trace of melancholy.
"It's been five days since Asuna spoke to me, Naruto-san." The boy said in despair. Naruto rolled his eyes. Their little argument really was affecting the boy. It was true; Asuna had all but ignored Negi for the past five days. Naruto couldn't really blame her, but he was still getting sick of it.
"Negi, you really need to lighten up." Naruto said, waving to a few passing students. "When Asuna is ready to forgive you then she will. That girl may be loud and brash, but she still does care about you." He advised. Inwardly he frowned. Asuna truly confused him. On the outside she was loud and overly violent to Negi…yet he had seen her care for the boy.
"Yes, but we also have to find some way to get past the dragon guarding that door." Kamo, who was riding on Negi's shoulder spoke up. "Our troubles sure are piling up."
Naruto gave the small mammal a quick glance. After learning that Naruto new about Negi's mage status, the group had filled the boy in on all the happenings of the school.
The Kyoto trip, Library Island and the whole deal with pactios and magic. Naruto had smirked when he found out that pactios were made with a kiss. Teasing Negi about that had been too easy. Still, it explained why all of the girls hung around Negi.
"AHH! I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE UP WITH ASUNA-SAN!" Negi cried out, causing Kamo to jump. Naruto was about to respond when a car suddenly pulled up at the curb next to them. The door opened and Ayaka stepped out, looking as resplendent as always.
"Negi-sensei!" she said cheerfully. Negi smiled back, ever the kind one.
"Ah, Class-rep. How are you today?" he asked. Naruto rolled his eyes again as he saw the look on Ayaka's face.
'Ugh. Can't she at least make the shotacon a little less blatant?' he mentally asked, as Ayaka began to tell Negi about some weekend getaway at a southern island.
"Your against that sort of thing? Seems rather hypocritical considering what you and Ku Fei have." Kyuubi quipped. Naruto turned red.
'All we did is spar and hang out for a little while! It's nothing like that!' he mentally screamed. Kyuubi chuckled.
"But you wish it was…"
Naruto scowled. He and Ku Fei had actually been spending more time together after classes that week. When the rest of Negi's friends found out that Naruto knew about his secret, it seemed that they welcomed him a little more fully. Well in Ku Fei's case they spent more time sparring and talking at Chao's food stand. Truth be told Naruto enjoyed the company of the Chinese martial artist. She was happy, energetic, strong, cute…
Wait…did he just think that last part?
"Hah!" Kyuubi roared in triumph. "You do like her!"
'Kyuubi shut up! Besides even if I did like her…it would not matter anyway. This is a mission. I doubt she would like me when I kill off one of her freaking classmates.' Naruto pointed out. Kyuubi stayed silent. Naruto smirked and then glanced around. During his mental argument, apparently Ayaka had taken Negi, leaving Naruto standing on the curb alone.
"Eh?"
Negi looked around in wonder at the vast expanse of ocean and beach. The sun burned overhead, topping off the perfect tropical beach setting. Off to the far left a large boardwalk sat, leading out over the ocean where small huts were located further down, and the whole complex trailed off into the jungles off into the island.
"Amazing!" the boy exclaimed. "It really is a tropical island!" Ayaka stood behind him, a pleasant smile on her face. Inwardly she was cheering herself at her 'victory'.
'A romantic weekend alone with Negi-sensei, I can hardly believe it!' she mentally gushed. The effect was immediately ruined by excited shouts from behind them. Ayaka froze in horror as the entirety of class 3-A came dashing down onto the beach, each in a bathing suit and ready for some fun.
"H-huh?" was all the class-rep could manage. Suddenly, as the girls began playing, Asuna, Konoka and Setsuna walked up behind Negi and Ayaka.
"I don't see why I had to come along." Asuna said with a frown. Konoka sighed.
"Because you need to have some fun, Asuna! Staying angry for too long isn't healthy." The girl said. Negi saw the trio and immediately ran over. Asuna took one look at Negi and began walking away. Negi froze mid-step.
"Ah Asuna-san!" he called, somewhat desperately, but the girl ignored him. Negi slumped in defeat while Setsuna and Konoka sighed. Ayaka began walking away, grumbling about the unfairness of the situation.
"Well now, this looks like a fun time." Negi, Konoka and Setsuna turned around to see Naruto walking toward them, clad in a black bathing suit. Both Konoka and Setsuna blushed slightly when they saw his body. He was pretty well built for a boy his age. Negi smiled, somewhat forced at his co-worker.
"Ah, Naruto-san. What are all of you doing here?" he asked. Naruto chuckled.
"Well, after SOMEONE left me standing alone at the sidewalk," insert annoyed glare. "I headed back to the school and mentioned to Asakura that Ayaka had grabbed you off to some island." He then looked around at the beach and small huts further down. "This class sure loves to have fun. I barely had time to blink before they all decided that a beach trip sounded awesome."
Negi chuckled along with Naruto. That definitely sounded like his students. Then Konoka spoke up. "Well, come on then. Let's have some fun!"
It truly was a fun time for Naruto. Konoha had no beaches and certainly he had very little time for just playing around. He swam around for a while in the water (at the constant urging of Akira and Ako), though he had to escape once the girls realized that attacking Naruto was almost as much fun as Negi.
'I swear all these girls have it for younger guys.' He thought, heading out to the beach. After a while ended up playing Frisbee with Ku Fei, Kaede and the wins Fuka and Fumika(sp?).
"Heads up, de gozaru!" Kaede called out, sending the disk hurling at Ku Fei. The other girl lept lightning fast, sending the disk spinning into the snad beyond. Naruto sweatdropped at the strength of the two girls.
'I barely saw them throw that thing…'
"Heads up sensei!" Naruto snapped up suddenly as the Frisbee struck him in the side of the head. Ku Fei gasped in embarrassment and ran over.
"Ah sorry Naruto-sensei, aru!" she said. Naruto pulled himself up and waved her off.
"Mah, mah, I'm fine. But I think I'm gonna go lounge around for a while." He said. This was greeted with a general 'Aww' of disappointment. Naruto just chuckled and found a chair nearby and laid back. He began watching the class, looking from one group to the next with mild amusement.
Ako and Makie were tackling Negi in the water, intent on playing with him. Ayaka joined in and the whole thing turned into a tug-of-war match. Then suddenly Yue, Nodoka and Haruna joined the struggle. Naruto chuckled. Poor Negi. He watched as Negi made his escape…only to run smack dab into Chizuru who, for her part, looked rather surprised when he got stuck in her swim suit's top. Naruto blushed, his perverted side kicking in. Negi certainly was a luck bastard, having all these girls practically throw themselves at him. His thoughts got even worse as the girls took Negi's unfortunate encounter as some sort of contest, and began suffocating the boy with their breast.
Naruto sighed. 'How does he do it?'
"Negi-sensei?" Chizuru asked worriedly as the boy began to float belly-up in the water. The reaction frok the other girls was immediate.
"Wah! Negi-sensei is drowning!"
"Someone do CPR!"
Naruto chuckled and shook his head. The boy would be fine in a bit. A bit further away, Asuna was with Konoka and Setsuna. She turned towards the noise with a small frown. "Jeez, what are they doing over there?"
The day passed as the girls enjoyed their time at the beach. Games of volleyball and tag sprung up and some just swam in the water. Naruto glanced more than once at Mei and Asakura who were sunbathing a bit to Naruto's left. The boy was struck with the notion of just how beautiful most of the girls in 3-A really were. Naruto began looking over the girls again, but this time taking more notice of the fact that most of them were wearing very small swimsuits.
'Are some of these girls really only fifteen?' the blond ninja thought as he stared at some of the girls, namely Kaede, Mana and Chizuru.
"Got me brat, but we certainly are lucky that they are." Kyuubi giggled perversely and Naruto couldn't help but join in. Then his eyes landed back on the group playing volleyball. Well more like they landed on Ku Fei. The girl was playing a game of volleyball with Ako, Makie and Sakurako. The girl took a flying leap and spiked the ball over the net with a cheer. The girls all cheered as Ku Fei landed deftly.
Naruto tried not to stare at the girl…but for the most part it wasn't working. She really was cute. Naruto shook his head to clear his mind. He could NOT afford to be thinking like that during a mission such as this. Still…Naruto briefly wondered about the Chinese martial artist. To be honest he wanted to know more about her. He had tried to maintain a distance from the class (which Negi obviously failed extremely at). But over the week, when he and Ku Fei would practice their skills, Naruto began to realize that he had developed something more for the girl.
'Damn it.' He hissed. Naruto stood up from his chair and decided to take a walk down the beach. Hopefully it would clear his head and focus him some.
Ku Fei laughed and hit the volley ball back over the net. The girl was enjoying herself greatly, for once actually playing and doing something other than martial arts.
'I wish Naruto-sensei would play more though, aru.' She thought. Unconsciously a blush found its way onto her face as she thought of the blond boy. She knew that he didn't really talk a lot about himself to most people (the most being that one time at the food stand) but over the week the two of them had gotten to know each other a little bit better. Ku Fei found herself enjoying their evening sparring matches, after her lessons with Negi, more than just as fellow fighters. She didn't really understand it at all, but Ku Fei wanted to spend more time with the boy.
She glanced back at the chair where Naruto was seated, and watched as he got up and began to walk off. She felt a little disappointed…but for the most part was staring at his upper body. He certainly was built like a fighter. Her blush deepened.
"Ne, Ku Fei don't space out, de gozaru." Kaede walked up beside Ky Fei, startling the girl from her staring. Ku Fei rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
"Ah sorry, aru." She grinned. Kaede raised an eyebrow and looked back at the direction Ku Fei had been staring. At Naruto's retreating form.
"You like don't you, de gozaru." Kaede said plainly. Ku Fei looked startled for a second and began shaking her head furiously.
"Whaa? No, no Naruto-sensei is a friend, aru! Nothing like that." She tried to explain in a panicky tone. Kaede chuckled and shook her head.
"Mah, whatever you say. But if I were you, I'd take him before someone else does, de gozaru."
"Eh?" Ku Fei cocked her head in confusion. Kaede nodded to the girls scattered around the beach.
"Naruto-sensei attracts almost as much attention as Negi-bozu. And considering our class…" she trailed off. "Besides, from the looks of it you DO like him, de gozaru." The kunoichi said and then left to let Ku Fei think. The blond martial artist paused and gazed down at her feet.
Did she like Naruto-sensei?
The boy in question sneezed violently as he walked, sending him stumbling. "Gah!" he muttered, shaking off the sudden sneeze. He shook his head and tried to focus his thoughts again. He needed to figure out when to strike. He had sent his message to Konoha via summon the other day, but no word had return.
-Flashback-
Naruto closed the door to his apartment and glanced around, purely out of habit. Satisfied that he was alone, Naruto began forming hand signs.
Kyuchiyose no jutsu!
There was a cloud of smoke, and when it cleared, a small black fox sat attentively. Naruto nodded and withdrew his letter. "Kaieru, I need you to deliver this to the Hokage, alright?" he asked his summon. The small fox yipped in agreement and grabbed the letter in his teeth. Naruto dismissed the summon and headed to bed, satisfied that his message would be received.
-Flashback end-
Naruto sighed for the hundredth time and glanced around. He had been so caught up in his thoughts that the boy hadn't realized the distance he had walked. He glanced up and saw Negi resting nearby on the sand. "Hey Negi!" Naruto called in greeting. Negi looked up and gave a weak grin in response. Naruto stopped and frowned slightly. It seemed that, despite all the fun they were having, Negi was still down about his fight with Asuna.
"Hey there Naruto-san." Negi greeted as the other boy walked up. Naruto plopped down in the sand next to his co-worker and cocked his head.
"Are you still bummed out from that fight?" he asked. Negi just sighed and nodded. Naruto a hand through his golden hair in irritation.
"I thought I told you. If you just apologize and give it time, things will get better."
"But I already tried apologizing and it made things worse!" Negi exclaimed. Naruto winced. He had a point there.
"Look, just-"
"Negi-sensei!" Both boys looked up to see Ayaka walking towards them, Chizuru, Natsumi and Asakura in tow. Naruto wordlessly nodded to the other girls when they greeted him.
"Listen sensei," the class-rep said. "We are really sorry about before." She apologized. Negi just waved it off with his usual politeness.
"No really, it's fine!" he said. Ayaka frowned, obviously sensing the dark mood in his voice. "Senei, what's the matter?" she asked.
"He and Asuna had a fight." Naruto spoke for the boy. Ayaka and the girls looked surprised to hear that.
"Eh, really?" Ayaka asked in disbelief. Negi nodded sadly and immediately the girls agreed to help the boy make up with Asuna. Naruto rolled his eyes at the plans they were coming up with and stood to leave.
"Hey, Naruto-sensei!" Asakura called to him. "Don't you want to help Negi make up with Asuna?"
"No." the ANBU answered simply and began walking away. Everyone else sweatdropped.
Naruto stretched and craned his neck for a better view. He had slipped on a blue tank-top and headed over to the wooden lounges that were built over the water at the private resort. Actually most of the class had migrated over to that area as the day grew later.
Currently Naruto was laying on the side-roof of a cone-shaped pavilion, listening to Ako, Makie, Akira and Yuuna as they talked. Well actually he HAD been listening but quickly got bored as all hey seemed to talk about was boys.
"That's true.."
"Most boys these days are depressed like that."
Naruto rolled his eyes and began spinning a kunai in his finger. He wasn't overly worried about being spotted. Nobody had bothered to look up yet…
He started paying attention again right as Ako started talking. "I guess Negi is pretty cool since he is enthusiastic." She commented. That got the girls going on a conversation about their child teacher. Naruto just sighed and put away his kunai and replaced with his Icha Icha paradise book.
"Hey guys, what do you think about Naruto-sensei?" Akira asked suddenly. The girls thought for a moment and Naruto secretly began to listen in again.
"Well, we don't really know much about him." Yuuna said with a small frown. "He always leaves right after class and I never see him around." Akira and Ako nodded in agreement. "He always stays pretty quiet about himself
"I mean, isn't it strange? We get not one, but TWO teachers that are so much younger than us." Ako said quietly..Yuuna nodded.
"Well, Naruto-sensei isn't that much younger. He said he was thirteen, so he's only a year or two behind us." She said. Akira chuckled.
"Well, we're pretty lucky. Negi is pretty cute, but Naruto is too AND he's closer to our age." She pointed out." Ako raised an eyebrow at her friend as she slurped down a drink.
'Would you actually date sensei?" she asked, somewhat incredulous. Akira shook her head.
"Just saying."
"Those whisker marks of his do certainly make him look cute." Makie pipped in. Ako and Akira nodded. "I wonder how he got them?"
"Maybe birthmarks?"
"Well it doesn't really matter. Sensei doesn't really get close to any of us does he?" Makie, however, hummed thoughtfully.
"Actually I've seen him practicing with Ku Fei after school all this week." She said. Yuuna looked at her in surprise.
"Really? With Ku Fei? Do you think they have something going between them?" she asked. Ako giggled and Akira smiled. They would DEFINETLY be asking Ku Fei about this later. Above them, Naruto groaned.
Even his students were starting to think there was something between the two. All they did was practice fighting….and talk…and eat together…and…
'Urrgh back to Icha Icha.' Naruto growled and practically shoved the book into his face. Yuuna spoke again.
"But hey, if he was with Ku Fei, does that mean Naruto-sensei is a martial artist?" she queried. Makie hummed thoughtfully.
"Maybe. When I watched them fight for a while once, sensei actually beat Ku Fei."
"EH?" All three girls exclaimed. Nobody they knew could beat Ku Fei. "So he really is a martial artist?" Ako asked.
"Actually I'm just proficient in it. My talents lie elsewhere." Naruto said, getting bored with lying around and making himself known. The girls jumped and looked up to see Naruto lounging on the roof above them.
"Naruto-sensei?" Yuuna asked in surprise. "What are you doing up there?"
"Reading." Naruto said with a small blush as he flipped the page. The girls sweatdropped at his reason. Makie caught the blush and blinked curiously.
"Ne sensei, what book is that?" she asked innocently. Naruto looked down at her with a bit of nervousness. This was one book he did NOT want to be caught reading in a group of girls.
"Ah noting much Makie-san. Just a novel." He answered quickly. He jumped down from the roof in a quick motion, startling the girls. Yuuna narrowed her eyes in suspicion as she looked at the book in Naruto's hands.
"Hmmm well then…" she said taking a step. Naruto tensed and turned to look for an escape route. That look held nothing good. "I GUESS WE CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES!" And just like that Yuuna was on him. Naruto calmly dodged to one side and Yuuna went crashing past him. Makie joined in and lunged next. Naruto whirled around her, never once taking the book away from his face.
"Hmm good try." He said, still reading. Suddenly a red ribbon wrapped around the book and ripped it from Naruto's surprised grasp. He looked down to see Makie sitting with her gymnastics ribbon in one hand and his Icha Icha Paradise book in the other.
Uh Oh.
"Hah sensei!" Yuuna said as all four girls crowded around the book. "Now let's see what it really…eh?" the girl's face heated up as she scanned the book. Akira, Makie and Ako were in similar states, staring at the pages with heavy blushed forming. Naruto gulped and turned to run.
"Ah well then I gotta go.." he said
"NARUTO-SENSEI IS A PERVERT!" the four girls yelled in unison as Naruto took off running down the boardwalk.
'Man that was close.'
Naruto ended up at one of the far gazebos, where he saw Negi standing around with Konoka, Setsuna, Yue, Nodoka and…Asakura?
'Oh right, she knows about Negi too..' the boy reminded himself as he got closer. He raised a hand in greeting as the others looked up and saw him.
'Heya Negi." Naruto said cheerfully. "Heard about what happened with the whole 'shark incident.'" At that Negi slumped over while Setsuna scowled at Naruto.
"Jeez, you just had to remind him." She said. Naruto winced and smiled sheepishly.
"Ah, sorry." He quickly tried to think of something else to talk about. Luckily Asakura did it for him.
"Hey Naruto-sensei…" The girl said, noticing something. "Is that a tattoo?" she asked, pointing to the ANBU tattoo on Naruto's right upper arm. Naruto froze.
'Awww shit.' He thought. Cool down, he told himself. Nobody here could possibly know what that tattoo means. "Errr yeah it is." He said. Nodoka and Konoka gaped at him.
Ehh why do you have a tattoo Naruto-sensei?" Konoka asked. Setsuna stared at the tattoo, analyzing it, as if she could discern some meaning from the ink. Naruto touched it and grimaced.
"Ah I got it when I was ten." He answered truthfully. "I joined a….gang." he managed. Now everyone was staring at him.
"A gang?" Negi asked incredulously. Naruto nodded weakly.
"Yeah. I grew up by myself..and kinda fell in with the wrong crowd." He said, trying to make the tone in his voice signify embarrassment. Apparently it was working because Konoka nodded sympathetically.
"Oh, I'm sorry sensei. Did you ah.."
"I quit yes." He answered for her. That seemed to mollify the group somewhat. Having a gang member for teacher didn't appeal to them it seemed.
"SO what does it mean?" Asakura said curiously. Naruto glanced at her for a moment.
"It means I'm one of the elite." He said simply. There was an awkward moment of silence now. Naruto decided he had better change topics before things got out of hand. "Ah Negi, I was wondering. Do you think maybe I could learn one or two of those spells of yours?" He asked out of the blue. He had been thinking about it for a while, and Naruto decided (in the brief time it had taken him to flee from his students) that he might as well learn something useful from this mission. Besides, that magic looked like it would be an edge in a fight.
"It would give you an edge over enemy shinobi." As Kyuubi put it.
Negi looked at him in light confusion while Asakura, Nodoka and Yue gasped. "Wait…Naruto-sensei knows?" Nonoka asked. Negi nodded and explained to them how Naruto had followed him during a training exercise. The other girls nodded and accepted it, all except for Yue.
"So let me get this straight." She said with a small frown. "You not only trailed a mage and a vampire to their cabin, but also managed to spy on them without being detected by Evangeline?" she inquired. Naruto froze as the group looked at him curiously.
He glanced around. All of them were looking at him expectantly. "Ah well, I grew up in a rough area." He lied quickly. "Stealth is second nature to me." That part wasn't necessarily a lie, Naruto was adept at stealth. "So Negi." He said quickly to change the subject. "How about it?"
Negi sighed and shook his head. "Nodoka and Yue asked too, just now. I told them what I tell you. I don't want any of my friends getting into danger because of me or my magic." He said. Naruto was about to respond when part of that last statement made him pause.
"Friend?" He asked. Negi nodded with a smile.
"Of course. I'd like to think Naruto-sensei is a friend." He said. Naruto, for his part, tried to hide his surprise. Friend? Sure he had friends in ANBU, but they were more like business associates. The Rookie Nine didn't count since most just saw him as the class dobe…Naruto looked around, realizing that all the girls and Negi were looking at him with smiles. They considered him a friend?
"You know Negi's secret, sensei." Konoka said with a warm smile. "You're really part of the circle now." Asakura nodded.
"Yeah sensei. We have to stick together if we want to help Negi-sensei." Said the red-haired girl. Naruto stood for a moment, unsure of how to react. The group seemed genuinely happy, and Naruto had watched them interact. He admitted, he wanted that sort of friendship. Naruto smiled and nodded, a sense of finality showing on his face.
"Sure, friends." He said. Inwardly, that small hope that the Sandaime would cancel his mission grew.
It was night and all the students of Class 3-A had retired to the scattering of huts along the water. Each student pretty much got their own. Ayaka's resort certainly was big. The moonlight cut like a silver knife through Negi's window as the boy tossed and turned in bed.
He couldn't sleep.
Even after all that had happened, his argument with Asuna came back to him. Negi hadn't meant to fight with the girl. It just sort of happened… Negi groaned and buried his head into the pillow. A sharp tapping sound made him squeeze his eyes shut tighter. The tapping got louder and Negi opened his eyes and sat up. He glanced around, and then noticed someone was standing outside his window. It was Asuna.
"Asuna-san?" Negi aked, somewhat blearily as he rubbed his eyes. The girl motioned for him to come outside and held up a pair of swim trunks in her other hand.
"Eh?" Negi asked curiously. "My swimming trunks?" the boy headed out side and took the swimsuit. After returning fully changed, he glanced uncertainly at Asuna. "Er what are we.." he trailed off as the girl grabbed him by the hand and led him to the stairs that led directly down into the sea. The girl still hadn't said a word. "Asuna-Ahh!" suddenly Negi was shoved forward and he went tumbling into the water. He came up sputtering. Asuna, unable to hold it any longer, burst out laughing.
"Hahaha! You should have seen the look on your face!" the girl laughed as Negi looked up at her in confusion. Suddenly the girl's mood did a U-turn and she launched herself at the boy with a fierce kick. "This is payback for what you said to me!" After a minute of dodging and getting knocked around, the two stood panting in the waist-high water. Negi rubbed his head where Asuna had landed a kick on him.
"Eh, that was mean. Why did you do all that?" he asked childishly. Asuna faced away from him for a moment, head raised high.
"I just remembered that I hadn't really played with you much since we came to this island." The girl said simply. Negi stared at her. He was really confused now. Earlier today the girl had been openly avoiding him! What had changed? Suddenly Naruto's words came back.
'Just give it time, Negi,, and it will get better.'
Negi smiled lightly. You were right, Naruto-san. Suddenly Asuna looked back over at him and raised her arms. She began wading over to him and Negi raised his hands over his head, waiting for the girl to pound his face in. 'ahh she's gonna hit me again!' he thought worriedly. But instead of a fist to the head, Negi felt tow arms wrap around him and Asuna press up against him in a hug. Negi blushed and opened his eyes in surprise. "A-Asuna-san?" he stuttered out as she held him. Then Asuna spoke in a soft voice.
"I'm sorry for ignoring you this whole time, Negi." She said. Negi felt his heart leap at that. Asuna forgave him!.
"I ah, I'm sorry too Asuna-san. I didn't mean to make it seem like I wasn't including you in stuff." The boy said hurriedly. A big blush was forming on his face as Asuna hugged him. It felt rather nice…
"It's not just that." Asuna said, making Negi pause. "I.." the girl seemed to hesitate for a moment. "I worry about you, Negi." She said softly. Negi blinked in surprise. "Up until a little while ago, I didn't know why. You're too reckless." Negi felt something wet hit his cheek and realized it was a tear. Asuna was crying! "I was worried you would get hurt when I wasn't looking, or maybe even die.." she trailed off there.
"Asuna…"
"You still want to look for your father don't you? Even if I told you to stop?" Asuna asked suddenly. Negi paused for a moment and nodded. He definitely would continue. Asuna wiped one arm across her eyes to dry them, then stood up straight, releasing Negi from the long hug. "Let me protect you then." She said. "I want you to see me as a proper partner." She finished, smiling now. Negi stared at Asuna, his blush getting heavier.
"A-Asuna-san?" he started sputtering suddenly. "Uh..um I'm very glad you feel that way, but um it wouldn't be proper and..it's a little sudden." He said stuttering. Asuna began blushing too as she realized the implication of her words.
"T-THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT YOU BRAT! ALL I'M SAYING IS I CAN'T STAND WORRYING OVER YOU!"
"WHAT WOULD ONEE-CHAN SAY IF SHE KNEW?"
"I TOLD YOU IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!" their shouts carried across the island as the sun crept over the horizon in the early morning, sending rays of light knifing across the water and houses. Negi was glad that his argument with Asuna had come to an end, but still…there was a small part of him that thought, maybe he would like having Asuna as an actual partner.
Two huts down, Naruto was leaning back on the roof of his hut, watching the sun rise and listening to the two partners fight, laughing silently.
Yes, he decided, those two would turn out fine. He sighed and let the new day wash over him, then with a leap, jumped and landed on his hut's patio. He leaned against the railing and stared out over the ocean in thought.
'This was nice…but there is still so much to do.' He thought. He became suddenly aware of footsteps getting closer. Someone walked up behind him.
"Hello Naruto-sensei. I need to talk to you about something." The girl said. Naruto frowned. He recognized the voice.
"Oh?" he said, turning around slowly. "And what can I do for you…." He faced the girl. "Chao Lingshen-san?"
AN:) Phew! I splurged past my usual ten pages. Actually I doubled it. Twenty pages for you guys!!! Well I hope you liked it. Now on to the important issue. I have been debating about the secondary pairings for a while and I know that some of my reviewers have lended their suggestions so I have narrowed it down to this:
Setsuna is going to be paired with either NAruto or Negi, but since I like both pairings…I REALLY CAN"T DECIDE!
If I make it Negi/Setsuna, then it will be Naruto/? (you decide.) If I make it Naruto/Setsuna, it will be Negi/Ako.
So the real question is which do you guys want?
Negi/Setsuna
Or
Naruto/Setsuna?
Vote now! (if you vote Negi/Setsuna, please suggest your Naruto pairing, kthxbye.)
Well that's all for now folks! Hope you liked it and can't wait to see you next time! Oh and remember to review!!!
-TheHiddedAssassin