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Sorry for the delay, I put most my attention with my school work this past month, sorry 'bout that. Thanks for the reviews, favorites, alerts, and so on. I really appreciate the time you guys actually take reading this fic… Just think about it! A single chapter could take you around five minutes to read; five minutes you will NEVER get back…it's deep.
Eh. Stoner moment.
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Each time his foot met the ground, Naruto found himself wincing. Even as the sun shined down on the grounds of Youkai Academy, Naruto still found the place to frightening. Today was the day…the day he would officially start his status as a student; the status he would accept with great shame. He had already spent six years in ninja academy, wasn't that enough? Already was he sure this school would be nothing like the academy back home, he doubted the chances of learning how to kill an average man with common household items; not that he cared. School was school and would forever be school; boring, long, and confusing.
Naruto looked to his right and his left to see the other students walk by him towards the school gates, some matured and others young, chattering to each other. The blond couldn't figure out how they could be so happy knowing that they had to attend this school. They looked so careless. Did they acknowledge the fact one day in this school could easily be their last all together?
Non ninja folk were so stupid.
"HIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!"
He was thrown out of his thoughts as he watched the boy he met yesterday, Tsukune, fly right pass him. Naruto continued to watch as the young man run, before lazily jumping over a large four-legged beast. A hairy thing it was; with bull like horns and sharpened rows of teeth. Whatever it was, it seemed terribly famished for the hapless brunet.
"UWAAAA!" it roared, racing after 2nd year.
Looking around, he saw the other students wave it off easily. If they weren't jumping in to help Tsukune, it surely had to be a common occurrence, right? Naruto shrugged, it really wasn't his problem; Tsukune would just have to endure it. The older boy had gone to this school last year, so shouldn't he already be able to deal with a problem like this himself?
With a click of his tongue he began to sprint towards the academy, passing the bleeding Tsukune and his pursuer latched on his back, happily chewing the boy's head. Through teary eyes, Tsukune reached out towards the blonde. Naruto stopped.
"N-Naruto! Help me…!" he bawled, the pitch of his voice changing with each nibble his skull received. "Please!"
Naruto shrugged and continued forward.
"Sorry, I don't sorta don't wanna be late today," he said before vanishing from the brunet's blurry vision.
"NARUTOOOOO!"
Tsukune fell to his knees.
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"A-Ahem!" A large portly man coughed into the microphone, the screeching noise echoed throughout the full building. The chatter instantly quieted.
Naruto quickly slouched in his own chair and moaned. Here it came, the long unneeded speech that required all the students to sit on the same uncomfortable metal chair for the next hour. The blond sighed, memories of the first day in ninja academy flooded back to him. He too was giving the same boring speech, though, it all ended with fireworks and screaming children. He gave a soft smile. It had taken him all night to plant those small sparklers under everyone's seat…he personally picked out the larger, orange one for the Hokage's chair.
Yeah…the orange went pretty well with the flames that came from his coat, he thought, scratching his head. I thought he'd avoid the sparkler in time…
His smile faltered as he felt the eyes of the huge person next to him latched onto his form.
"Ladies and gentlemen, new first year students, welcome to Youkai Academy!" The man paused just in time as many exuberant students in the back began to cheer and holler, many other students booed, Naruto was one of them. "Now, now! Save that for class, children, I'm only here to welcome you," the man said with a comical tone.
"Sounds like a plan…eh?" the large, bald boy beside the blond joked; a distinct accent in his voice. A gigantic male he was, with reddish skin and pitch black eyes. Naruto shrugged good-naturedly in return.
"I guess," he said, turning back to the stage. Naruto edged to the other side of his chair as the male continued to stare at him, smiling. He swore under his breath, wishing the boy would turn around. "Could you turn around…PLEASE?"
"…Okay," the boy whispered, his smile still wide and teeth still showing. He didn't bother turning his head towards the stage; his broad, black eyes staring down the blond's blue. "You have nice hair…"
Turning away, Naruto began to berate himself for choosing the seat he was in. Why didn't he choose the other seat in the far right corner? He looked over his shoulder. Oh, that's right. That nice girl with the tongue on the back of her head sat over there. Naruto turned his head back towards the stage.
"As you all already know a barrier has been placed around this school, a school for demons, monsters and any other creature alike. As we remain hidden and separated from humans, you all must learn how to coexist with them. Like or not, none of you have a choice." He paused, waiting for the jeers and boos to settle down.
"Why can't we just eat 'em all up…like we all did back in the day?! It ain't like they're gonna stop us!" one rebellious teen shouted out from the audience, his voice echoing off the walls of the auditorium. A few other teens rose up out of their seats, approving of the first's cry.
The heavy man rolled his eyes from the stage.
"Unfortunately, the earth has already been taken under control the humans… Why, you ask? Because we, monsters of the world, were too busy trying to 'EAT 'EM ALL UP,'" the man mocked. The teen reluctantly sat back down as his mood had been swiftly killed. "In order for us non-humans to survive, we have no choice but to continue life peacefully with the humans. At this academy, Youkai Academy, you will be studying on how to coexist with the humans until you graduate. Try to eat 'em up afterwards and you'll be thrown in jail."
Naruto had been sitting up properly throughout the man's speech; it was a mind blowing discovery to the young ninja. Youkai Academy was a school for monsters and demons so they can actually learn how to live peacefully with humans. His mind was racing. He had a hunch that the students were strange, but not to this level. Demons, he was going to spend time going to school with demons. Demons. Actual living monsters learning how to be like him, a human. Noble as it all seemed, the fact that many of them still wouldn't mind feeing on him made Naruto shiver. He gulped at a sudden thought… How many people had he met who were actually demons?
Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the smiling behemoth beside him…
Ugg…he probably wouldn't mind eating me, the creep.
"For the remainder of your stay here in Youkai Academy you all will have to remain in human form, and for those who skills are still lacking, don't worry, this is exactly what school is for. Please, ladies and gentlemen, obey the rules and have an enjoyable stay! Good day." The man left, disappearing into the stage curtains.
Naruto watched as dozens of teenagers rose out of the seats and hastily headed towards the exit. He too got up and hastily followed the masses, leaving the creepy boy behind.
Okay, Uzumaki you can do this! They look like humans and are tryin' to be humans, so there ain't nothing to be worried about! You're human, so it's all cool, right? His shoulders slumped. As long as you don't fuck up.
Finally walking out of the building, he pulled out a single piece of paper out of his pocket, a schedule it was…he had found it earlier slipped under his door just this morning. Before reading it he was shoved to the side, hitting the cement wall of the building.
"Oof!" he grunted out, his back sore from contact with the wall. What kind of exact person would have such intense strength to push him in such a way?
Naruto looked to up to see a short girl with orangey-red hair facing him, her large cyan eyes meeting his own for only a light second. Her peach-like face donned an expression of light surprised and embarrassment as she looked at the blonde boy. An image of Moka's own beautiful face seemed to appear quickly in his head before disappearing.
"Sorry," she muttered softly before nimbly moving forward.
There's no way! She's so small and tiny! He thought in despair. I'm I getting so weak, little girls can over power me?!
He watched as she 'accidentally' pushed a male three times his own mass into a tree meters away from them both.
Instead of further questioning his own might, Naruto studied his small slip of paper again.
Okay! Room 17; first period teacher, Natsume Kyuusaku…
He continued his trek through the crowd of students.
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"Heh…you all don't really look like first years now do ya? Welcome to Youkai Academy, everyone. For the rest of the year I will be your homeroom and science teacher, Natsume Kyuusaku."
Naruto studied his new teacher from his desk by the window; he had brown shaggy hair, donning a lab coat and wearing glasses atop his head; a cigarette hung out of his mouth. Natsume-sensei didn't seem too young or too old; the guy was probably in his early thirties or something. Naruto noted the air of steadiness and intellect that seemed to hang around the man.
"Just as you were all told during the opening ceremony, you all will stay in human form for the rest of your stay," he said while writing his name on the board. "Though, I think something important was missing during the speech…" Natsume paused, scratching the stubble on his chin.
Naruto placed his hand under his head and continued to stare out the window, looking at his own reflection fondly. His eyes traveled over the glass, studying all the other students in front and behind him. His eyes widened. It was the creepy guy again, sitting right behind him! How did he not notice that smiling behemoth before?
He looked to a familiar shade of red a few seats in front of him. Naruto groaned quietly, it was the petite girl with the questionable strength. Not only is the comfort level dropping, his self esteem levels seemed to drop significantly. Wasn't this day looking bad enough already?
"Ah, yes! Now I remember!" Natsume turned to the class with a victorious smile, smacking his fist into a flattened palm. "Throughout the year, as you stay in your human form, none of you are permitted to tell anyone your true form!"
"Why is that, Natsume-sensei?" one girl from asked with a risen hand. He turned to her with a lazy smile.
"Ah, but you all should know of the strained relationships we monsters have with each other! It isn't just humans and monsters; in fact, we can't even stand the sight of each other!" He pulled out a large map and placed it atop the chalk board, pointing to a large mass of land, he continued. "Just look here, onto Europe. Haven't any of you heard of the rumored battles of hate between the werewolves and the vampires? Rumors they may be, but we all know of the tension they have with each other!"
Many of the students gave a nod or two. It did make sense now that he explained it. No one wanted to deal with the opposing demon of their race, minus the few more courageous and brash ones. But for whatever reason, the red-headed girl in front looked quite peeved for a second.
Naruto watched the man rant on with interest, he had never heard of such things, nor had he ever seen such a peculiar map. It looked nothing like the map he or his fellow shinobi used. He didn't see the Land of Fire anywhere or the Land of Wind. Though, he thought as he puffed up with pride, Konohagakure wasn't a hidden village for nothing.
"Hah…" Natsume sighed, pulling out the attendance roster. "Now that that's out of the way, I'm going to go on with attendance, m'kay? Just yell out 'here' when I call on you, kids. First on the list… Asakura Junko?"
"Here!"
"Atashi Rei?"
"Here."
The whiskered shinobi paid no further attention to Natsume as he continued on with the list of students, instead, he made an effort not to turn around and punch the sinister looking bastard behind him. He was wheezing so loudly that Naruto could feel his hot breath hitting the back of his neck.
Disgusting, no mannered, weird sonovabitch! Naruto shook in suppressed anger. When sensei turns around, you'll regret bothering Uzumaki Naru—
"Uzumaki Naruto?"
Naruto's eyes shot up, as did his hand.
"Uzumaki Naruto is right over here, sensei," he said exuberantly.
"Funny… Though, 'here' suffices just as well. Now, did I miss anyone?" Natsume asked with a smirk. He stopped and turned to Naruto's direction. "Ah yes, you. What's your name?"
Seeing sensei's gaze, Naruto eyes wandered around him; he could tell Natsume wasn't looking at him, no, he was looking at the person behind. He turned to see the red skinned boy raise his hand, but began to regret his decision as the boy stared right back at him.
"Taijut Chuloon is my name, sensei," the smiling youth wheezed out, his eyes never leaving the blonde.
"Ugh…that would be Taijuto Churun, right?" muttered Natsume as he read the roster again. "You're…not on the list. What might you're schedule say?"
"Room 37; first period, Miezaki Miyo," Churun said with a never ending grin.
"Yeah… You're definitely not supposed to be here. Room 37…ain't that for the third year students, now?" Natsume asked causally. He opened the door and turned to the large boy. "Out you go now, Miezaki-sensei's probably gonna be pissed."
Pushing himself up on both of his legs, the smiling boy walked passed Naruto, shooting him a sharp and toothy smirk.
"It was nice meeting you…Naruto," sang Churun.
Underneath his desk, Naruto's hands clawed at the sides of his pants, hiding his discomfort from the rest of his class. If only he had paid closer to his surrounding, the bastard wouldn't have been able to follow him, learned his name or where he would spend the rest of his school days! He grimaced at the retreating form of his new stalker. Somehow, it had felt as if a challenge had been laid. He snorted, intimidating as the boy was he would be no match for him, Uzumaki Naruto.
"Well, with that over… Let's take a pop quiz shall we?" he chirped as he closed the door shut, erupting jeers from his young students. "Now, now! It's only a review! The lot of you should know most of this already! It's all fairly simply!"
Naruto looked down at the sheet of paper passed onto him. It was just a little quiz, right? Should be easy, seeing how he was already human…
1. Multi-cellular eukaryotes that are usually mobile and obtain food from other organisms probably belonging to the kingdom—what the…?
From the back of his throat, he gave a whimper.
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Naruto sighed tiredly as he walked through school grounds aimlessly; just as he predicted, school was boring. Though, he found it was cut early to let all the other first years to settle down at the school dorms. Seeing as he already had all his things in place he might well just run around campus, maybe even bother Tsukune and the others… Would Tsukune keep a grudge after this morning? Did he even seem like the sort of guy to do so?
Naruto stopped, as he heard rustling of grass behind him. His senses tingled as he saw a figure coming closer. He quickly jumped up onto a tree branch and hid behind a mass of tree leaves. His eyes narrowed, it was that one guy…Churun or whatever his name was that came out into the opening.
The bastard…even now he's still smiling! Maybe I should just go and…
"Na-Ru-To, come out and play!" Churun sang, his voice much like a harsh and sandy whisper. "I know you're out there! C'mon, c'mon! I'm waiting!"
Naruto stayed quiet.
Creepy bastard… He thought, letting himself snort.
Churun's smile instantly widened, his chest pumping up and down, his breathing becoming louder and louder; taking a deep breath, his chest was pushing out into the air. Naruto watched as Churun took a step back and faced his direction and opened his mouth, Churun spat out a huge quantity of spit towards the blond. Naruto shot out of the branch and landed softly onto the dirt floor, causing the older boy to give a toothy grin.
"Ah-ha! So you finally decided to come out, eh, Naruto?"
Naruto snarled back at Churun.
"The hell is your problem?! You've been me stalking all day! Then you decide to shoot loogy at me…!" Naruto turned back to the tree, his eyes widened. The spit had changed the leaves and bark to melted, yellow mush. "A-Acid?!"
The boy chuckled.
"A special acid actually…the type only my breed of monster can produce," he paused, his large black eyes traveling up towards Naruto's blond head. "Yellow hair…you have such a nice shade of yellow. Did you know that, Naruto? It's quite lovely…"
"My hair…?" Naruto asked, a free hand shakily running through his hair. "The hell is your problem?"
Churun ignored him, nodding excitingly to himself as his body began to shake.
"You see, Naruto; my race has always had a sort of…fascination with the color yellow. It isn't our fault, really; it's in our very nature to come at anything yellow," he slobbered, drool fell of off his chin onto the dirt ground. At an instant the spit covered ground turned yellow.
Naruto stifled a squirm as he heard the hissing of the acid hitting the ground below. He couldn't embarrass himself any longer in front of an opponent that's pissed him off so much; the guy would get what he came for, one hell of a beating.
"Just try and 'come at me', bastard!" Naruto crouched low, in a readied and relaxed position towards the large brute. "I'll teach you exactly what happens when you try and mess with me!"
Churun said nothing back; he only continued to smile back. Naruto grimaced. Why was it him who always had to fight the weirdoes?
As he was lost in thought, Naruto could only dodge a shot of acid so quickly. He jumped to the left, then on to the right, and then back flipped to avoid a barrage of saliva. The shinobi hopped onto a branch to distance himself even more from the red-skinned brute. Perhaps a good kick or two would be enough for the odd boy; monster or no monster, Naruto knew how strong he was and how bad he could damage a single person by physical means.
He studied Churun again; his skin was getting redder by each passing second; his body shaking more and more violently. Churun's eyes shook wildly as he hunched over his knees, throwing up huge quantities of acid on the ground. Now Naruto didn't feel like beating him up, what honor was there in defeating an opponent with a handicap?
"What the…?!"
Naruto watched as Churun's body hit the ground and dissolve into the soil. The blond hastily jumped down onto the floor; did the acid backfire on its user? There was no way Churun could've been that stupid…right?
Naruto stepped forward to the puddle of yellow acid on the ground and looked over the heated steam; his eyes widened.
The bastard didn't dissolve! He dug himself a—
Naruto dived out of the way just in time to avoid a large ring of teeth. Rolling back on his feet Naruto looked up, surprised to not see the large red-skinned boy; instead, he was stared down by a gigantic red worm twice his size in length and width. Its large black eye seemed to carry that same mocking air Churun did; and even with a mouth of a circle it seemed to smile at him the same way. Naruto hissed out in anger. It WAS Churun.
"What are you?!" Naruto roared back to the worm. It made a heavy wheezing sound that resembled that of laughter.
"I shouldn't be surprised, it's only natural to act in such a way in the face of danger, eh, Naruto-kun?" said Churun, his voice incredibly deep. "Though, must applaud your performance. I've never faced anyone so…nimbly. I can't wait to see how you taste after I turn your flesh yellow. Maybe—no, I don't think you'll taste as good as those humans back in the Gobi desert…quite sweet, actually. Though, you ARE a monster after all…maybe a teensy bit sour?"
Naruto glared steadily at his opponent, the worm was practically talking to himself rather to the blonde.
"You didn't answer my question, bastard!" Naruto shot his finger out at the worm. "What are you?"
The worm stopped his bickering and fully faced Naruto. The teeth in his mouth seemed to glitter.
"Me, you ask? I am an Allghoi Khorkhoi."
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There was a long, tense silence between the two. Each one patiently waited for the other to respond.
"What?" Naruto finally choked out. Surprisingly, Churun seemed to still have the ability to roll his eyes in his true monster form.
"Accursed Japanese…" the worm murmured angrily.
What's a 'Japanese'? Naruto thought to himself.
"Fine then! If you must be so oblivious; I am a Mongolian Death Worm!"
Bite-Sized Monster Dictionary
Mongolian Death Worms:
Just as the name describes, Mongolian Death Worms inhabit the Southern Gobi Desert in Mongolia. These creatures are able to spray a sort of acid that causes death instantly to humans and some monsters alike. It is also claimed, but not confirmed, that these creatures have the ability to kill from a distance with some sort of super electrical charge that is emitted from the worm's tail. Yet, it's a known fact that the worms are extremely attracted to the color yellow.
"What's a 'Mongolian'" the blond asked aloud.
Churun snarled before throwing his head far back before lashing forward at the boy.
"H-Hey! Isn't this against the rules!" Naruto shouted as he dodged a heap of acid shot his way. "We're not allowed to show off our true form like that! Natsume-sensei said so!"
The worm made a dive towards the ground, disappearing and reappearing under the blond. Naruto jumped right out of the way. Hissing the worm replied back.
"Y-You really are a naïve first year, eh, Naruto-kun?!" Churun panted, he missed the blond again and he could feel his energy slipping away fast. "Hardly anyone follows the rules at this s-school! H-H-Hardly anyone…"
The worm stopped on the ground lying down miserably. Naruto stopped, puzzled and annoyed at his enemy's sudden change in heart. The blond came up and lightly kicked the fleshy red side of Churun.
"You just stop after you made sucha an effort to stalk me and follow me?" Naruto grimed, kicking the worm again. "You freaked me out all day and even challenge me to fight you and all you do now is lay down? The hell is wrong with you, bastard?! Get the hell up so I can kick your ass and actually FEEL good about it!"
"S-So tired…can't mov—E!!"
Naruto dug his foot harder into the meat of the Death Worm's flesh, which he found surprisingly soft. He felt Churun's muscles tense up from the pain as he let out a shrill scream.
"NO! STOP! THAT—THAT HURTS!"
"That's the idea, fat ass. Now get up so I don't feel as bad when I beat you—!"
A sudden jolt of electricity traveled throughout the blond's nerves, causing him to fall right on his back in a spasm. The worm on the ground let out a wispy sigh of relief, he was close to tears from the pain in his side. Silently, he thanked his mother and father for bestowing him such an amazingly powerful tail. If the worm hadn't shocked the boy in time, he really would've cried. Churun rose up off the ground and looked down towards the blond. At least he would have his meal now—
POOF
"W-What the!?"
Churun gasped as he watched smoke rise from where his meal had been. What had happened? It was right there and… Through his ears, Churun heard a shrill whistle; he looked up to see a single falling shoe, only to look back down and hit the ground below. The last thing he saw was a smug blond looking down at his form before his vision turned totally black.
Naruto grinned happily. It was simple battle; using a single Shadow Clone had been more than enough to defeat the large red worm. Though; he looked down at the knock out monster; he wasted a bit too much energy on such a weak foe. At least he felt satisfied, the bastard really deserved the beating; the fact he actually got back up help the blond feel better about his victory.
"Heh, stupid sonovabitch," Naruto snorted contemptuously as he turned to walk away. Rubbing his nose he noted the unfamiliar area around him. "Where the hell am I now?!"
A single familiar-looking bush shook in response.
"Oh no, no, no! You can go fuck yourself you stupid bush!" Naruto screamed before he ran.
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Yeah, it's short. Sorry, I didn't put as much effort as I should have; school has been a bit hectic… Okay, I'm lying; I'm just one lazy fuck.
