Ignisha: Second chapter!

Six Paths in Mahora

Episode Two: The Future

There was a groan heard as Nagato opened his eyes. Getting up, he looked around before suddenly clutching his head.

"Ow...!"

"My head hurts... Why-... Ah, I remember, Kami-sama sent me here as a chance to redeem myself... Then... this is the future..."

Getting off the bed he was unaware of, Nagato looked out the window and looked at awe at all the new technology and objects and people around him. Looking around, he found that barely anyone showed any signs of using Chakra.

"Wow..."

"So this is the future... They look so... happy... So..." He smiled. "Peaceful..."

"Ahem..."

Turning around, he saw an old man with a beard and overly-sized eyebrows. One thought crossed Nagato's mind.

"Huge..."

The old man chuckled.

"I see you have taken a liking at the outside world, I see..."

Nagato chuckled nervously before looking at his once-again fleshly healthy hand.

"What the... I'm... back to my normal self..."

Shaking his head to get back to the real world, Nagato bowed the old man and addressed, "Hello Ojii-san. May I ask who you are and where I am...?" "Why do I sound younger...?"

The old man laughed heartfully, warming Nagato at the welcome.

"Ohohoho, why, hello yourself, young man. I am Konoe Konoemon and you are at Mahora Gakuen, the largest school in Japan, also, the largest girl's school in the world." Konoe said proudly.

"Almost too proudly..." Nagato thought to himself. He then blinked. "Did you say girl's school?"

Konoe chuckled. "Why yes. After all, you only see girls outside, do you not?"

Nagato turned to the window to see that the old man was right, there were only girls outside, save for a few males, but they were teachers. Nagato then sweat-dropped.

"I wonder how they'll react seeing such a pale person like me..."

Konoe coughed again, gaining attention from Nagato.

"Anyway, I've been having this question to ask for a while, and can't but ask, how did you come here?"

Nagato blinked. "What do you mean, Gakuenchou-san?"

"Why, you came from an unknown Transportation Spell that I do not know of..."

"So there still exists power then..." Nagato looked around and out the window and door before closing them. Turning to the headmaster, he asked, "Umm... is there any way to silence the room?"

Konoe chuckled. "Of course, I see you want your privacy, very well then..." Nagato watched as Konoe covered his mouth and mumbled a few words. After a few seconds, Nagato flinched at the sudden raise in Yin Chakra. Sooner or later, Konoe smiled.

"There, now we have the room all to ourselves..."

Nagato furrowed his eyebrows. "How...?"

"Hmm?"

"How were you able to use Inton (Yin Style) without using any hand seals or any gestures...?"

Konoe raised a brow. He had no idea what the young boy was talking about, saying "Inton" and "hand seals", whatever it was, it sounded like something Ninjas would use. He smiled, deciding to answer anyway. "What I used is called Magic. It allows me to do extraordinary things."

Nagato frowned. From what Konoe was saying, it sounded like Ninjutsu, but different.

"By the way, I still haven't caught your name or how you came to be here..."

Nagato blinked.

"Ah, my name is Nagato... I'm... not sure what my surname is, since I forgot it, but I suppose it's Uzumaki due to my ancestors, and how I came here... Erm... it's a long story..."

"Well, we have all the time in the world..."

"H-hai... well then..."

He then told Konoe about how he died and how he met Kami, before coming here through the magically powered punch. Konoe flinched at the punch and nodded at the news he was receiving. He smiled inwardly. If played right, he would have gained a powerful asset and ally.

After the story ended, Konoe stroked his long beard for a while. After what seemed like an eternity, Konoe ended the Silencing Spell and turned to Nagato.

"Well then, Nagato-kun, if Kami-sama sent you here, then it must be for a reason, and a reason I must know as well, since you were sent here of all places. So, I will give back your belongings and this card..."

Nagato raised a brow as he looked at the strange card. On it was himself wielding his Rinnegan. He also wore his Akatsuki cloak and had several rings floating around him. There were strange markings on the card as well, but he couldn't read it. On the corners, there was the color silver. (Here's the description: The Roman Numeral is 17. The Virtus is Justita and the Tonus is Argentums. The Directio is Oriens while the Astralitas is Mercurius. At the bottom is the title: Tertium Prophetia Sapiens; with his name shown as UZUMACI NAGATO.)

As Nagato inspected the card, he listened to Konoe talking about his new job. Wait...

What?

"I-I'm sorry, I must have spaced out. I thought you said I will be having a job?"

Konoe chuckled. "Yes, you will be helping one of our teachers with his class. Your first objective is to watch over them, as they will be venturing to Kyoto for a class trip." He said, gaining a confused look from the ex-shinobi. He coughed. "I will have someone fill you in later. Meanwhile, I'll have to get you a place to stay, some new clothes, and some money to help..."

Nagato stared at his clothes and noticed that they were too old styled compared to the people outside. Nodding in agreement, Nagato accepted the map, instruction manual, and an envelope containing money. He made a small note to convert whatever he has inside the scroll up to date, including his Ryo (money in the Elemental Countries). Konoe then said, "How about we discuss this further in my office?"

Nagato nodded as the two left the infirmary, now that Nagato noticed it was. As the two walked, Nagato had the feeling that he was being watched and stripped via eyes and almost activated his Rinnegan on instinct, but noticed that it was just the students and a few teachers staring at him in awe. He felt the urge to blush and tried to bring it down, this being the first time he's been watched so attentively. As the two entered Konoe's office, Konoe pressed a button on some unknown contraption and spoke into it.

"Takamichi-kun, may I have you in here please?"

Nagato was confused at what it was when a voice answered back, "Yes sir..."

Nagato shocked at what just happened as the door opened behind him. Turning around, he was met with a middle-aged man with graying hair and square glasses. He also wore a suit that Nagato was familiar with. The man smiled, holding out a hand.

"Hello, I see you woke up. My name is Takahata Takamichi, Mr...?"

Nagato chuckled, taking the hand. "Uzumaki Nagato, nice to meet you, Takahata-san..."

Takamichi took note that Nagato acted very mature for his age, acting almost Takamichi's own age... or older.

"Ah, Takamichi-kun. Good, now, I would like you to help Nagato-kun here buy new clothing, since his is poorly outdated, sand I would like you to send him to this particular room to gain help from a teacher..."

Takamichi took the slip of paper and slightly twitched his mouth a bit, Nagato noticing it. "Umm... this is ok, right, Gakuenchou...?"

Konoe nodded as he gestured the two out. "Yes, yes, since Nagato will be a new teacher here in Mahora, I would like him and Negi-kun to become acquaintances as well..."

"If that is so... Come on then, Nagato-kun..."

"H-hai...?"

Konoe chuckled as the two men walked out of the room. He frowned a bit.

"Nagato... eh...?"

Ruffling through his memories, Konoe found one particular legend and frowned.

"I hope you truly are here to redeem yourself, Nagato-kun... or... drastic measures will have to be taken..."

(Later...)

The two teachers (soon to be in Nagato's case) walked towards the shopping district of the school as Nagato sweat-dropped. "Mahora Gakuen, eh? More like Mahora no Shi (City) to me..."

As the two walked, Takamichi gestured and suggested Nagato to some good restaurants and places to visit in his opinion as Nagato nodded in a surprise fashion. Seeing all the new things his days never had shocked Nagato. "To think that such a thing is possible without the use of Chakra is mind blowing..." He thought to himself as he walked alongside with Takamichi. Out of the corner of his eyes he spotted two children, one at the age of 14, the other the age of a 10 yr-old, walking together. Inside the two, he sensed great pools of Yin Chakra, which confused him. Weren't people supposed to have both Yin and Yang properties of Chakra in order to live? Concentrating more, he noticed that the two did have Yang Chakra, but it was only enough to help them move. Nagato sighed.

"I'll never be able to figure out this time line's way of energy..."

(Note: I should probable say this before it gets confusing... Yin Chakra is the Spiritual, or Imaginary, part of Chakra, creating things out of nothing. Yang Chakra is the Physical, or Life Force, part of Chakra, giving things life. Hope it helps)

Then, without even realizing it, Nagato stepped into a clothing store for men. Looking around, he sweat-dropped. "Such bizarre decorations on clothing, and they seem a little restricting to the body..." He thought as he took a look at one of the suits. Holding it in front of a mirror, he almost dropped the suit in shock. "I... I look smaller! N-no... I LOOK YOUNGER! D-did I regress in age! I-is this part of the deal that Kami-sama gave me! This is all so confusing...!" Nagato yelled in his mind as Takamichi blinked.

"Is everything alright, Nagato-kun?"

Nagato flinched. "H-hai... Ahahaha..." "That's why he called me with the 'kun' suffix..."

As soon as Nagato bought his new suits and casual wear, Takamichi led him to a forest. Nagato started sweating bullets as they traveled further into the forest. "Am I caught on already! That should be impossible...!" That thought ran out when he noticed a cottage in the middle of the forest. He sweated a bigger drop. "Who in the right mind would live in the middle of a dangerous forest...?" He stopped before holding his head at the ironical statement he made. "Who am I kidding; we Ninjas are capable of living anywhere..."

He sighed silently as Takamichi knocked on the door. Nagato completely missed the scene as Takamichi talked with a girl inside, the latter gesturing the two inside. It was then that Nagato took sight of the girl in maid clothing. He stared at her for half a minute before the girl asked monotonously, "Is something wrong...?"

Nagato shook his head. "N-no! N-nothing, ahahaha..." The girl bowed a bit before going up the stairs to another room. Nagato turned to Takamichi with a worried face as the man just smiled.

Suddenly, a shout that shook the whole cottage roared, "WWHHHHHAAAAAAATT? Say that again! What the hell did that bastard just saaaaayy!"

Truth be told, Nagato was greatly confused about two things. One was what was the owner of the voice so angry about? And the second was if he heard right, and that the owner sounded like a young girl. He heard footsteps rushing to the stairs, and imagine his shock when he saw the young 10 yr-old girl in front of him on the stair. The girl was blonde, like Uzumaki, but lighter in color, and had bright green eyes. She was wearing the same uniform the other girls he saw were wearing and looked pissed. The girl growled before pointing at Takamichi. "I REFUSE! I refuse to move out of the house! I don't care what you, or that pathetic old man, say, my answer is NO!"

Takamichi raised a brow. "I haven't got the slightest idea what you are talking about, Evangeline-kun. I'm just here to drop off your new roo-... house-mate..." He corrected himself. The girl, whom Nagato learned was Evangeline, suddenly darted her eyes towards him. Nagato stayed impassive as the Lolita glared ice towards him, having faced many cold glares that were far worse before, including one gigantic fox. She glared harder before asking, "Who the hell're you?"

A large sweat dropped onto Nagato's head.

"What have I gotten myself into...?" He thought in a worrying tone.

Ignisha: A few of you guys notice that this is kinda similar to Sunwraith's NMAC story. Truth is, I'm using it as a skeletal-part, so some parts will be familiar, but it would be my story entirely, since how I will make this will greatly differentiate itself from Sunwraith's... Anyway, if any of you guys have any questions? Opinions? Stuff you wanna talk about? Then REVIEW! Now... PEACE!