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I know what you're thinking! Oh my dear god...an update! Finally, after all these wasted years!
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It had only been a few minutes since his fight with the Mongolian Death Worm, Churun, and Naruto was still lost; but ignored it over deciding which type of ramen to eat tonight. To anyone else it would've been the stupidest thing to worry about seeing how he had just come fresh out of a fight; especially a fight that included an acid-spitting worm. Any other person would've gone through the effort of mending wounds and bruises; no, not Naruto, he had better things to do other than be concerned about injuries. It was none of his concern, he already healed.
"—Maybe not kimchi, I don't have that many left… I have a ton of miso left up in stock," he murmured to himself. "Though, I did wanna try that new soy sauce one. Man, this is gonna be hard to dec—"
Naruto stopped in his tracks, a faint but foul scent made its way across his nose. He crouched low, taking a few whiffs in the air before coughing. It resembled the monster durian's scent from yesterday. Twenty-four hours or not, the scent was still fresh to his nose. He shuddered. But, he noted, whatever was making that stench had to be close or incredibly strong.
"HEY!"
Naruto looked up.
"H-HEY! Is anybody there?!" a voice called out, a male by the sounds of it. Whoever the man was, he was far, but at the same time close to the blond. "Can ya hear me?!"
Naruto back sprang up on his knees, his head turning to and fro for the voice. One could already imagine he wasn't eager for another fight; but by the looks of it there were many people who wouldn't mind dirtying their hands with blood at this school. "Who, me?" he asked warily.
"No, I was talking to the guy next to you!" the man called out.
Surprised, Naruto turned around. "Huh…? I don't see anyone—"
"You fucking numb nut!!" the person screeched. Naruto flinch out of instinct, far or not, the guy was still incredibly loud. "Of course I was taking to you! Do you see anyone else around right now?! In fact, wouldja think I would see anyone right now?! I can't even see you! I CAN'T SEE! I'm over fucking here! AND THE FUCKING TREES ARE IN MY FUCKING WAY!"
The poor blond didn't find the yelling anymore helpful to him then that of the thick trees surrounding him. The first cry startled him enough; now, all the man's complaining just annoyed him.
"Well, no—"
"That's exactly right, you idiot! Now got offa your lazy ass and help me!" the person cried out.
Naruto turned towards a group of bushes, following the angry insults and the growing stench. Soon, he gasped; under a large tree, laid an injured redheaded boy, his arms clutching at his sides. There was a mess of blood around and on him; cuts were fresh on his skin and uniform.
The boy glared at Naruto.
"Well, guy, ain't cha gonna help me? I'm bleeding my ass off over here!" he snapped, raising an arm expectantly to Naruto.
Naruto kept his distance and sneered at his discovery.
"Why the hell should I help you? For all I know you'd just take the chance to eat me up or something," Naruto said while frowning. "It could all a trick for all I know."
The boy merely looked at Naruto before letting out a short, mocking laugh.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. Had he said something amusing? Did he say something with a deeper meaning to the other male? Naruto shook the questions away; it was guys like these that the blond had to look out for, messing with his head and all that.
"Suspicious, I see…I like the way you think, guy!" The boy stopped to let out an unsettling snicker. Naruto shuddered. "Shit like this does happen to other people, ya know. There're students who act like this and get away with eating others like youse. Happens every year."
"See! That's exactly why I shouldn't help someone like you!" Naruto exclaimed with his arm stretched out, towards the redhead.
The boy rolled his eyes.
"You really are slow aren't cha, guy? If I had the intent of eating you, would I tell you all of that…?"
"Yes!"
The boy nodded his head, "Exactly—wait, what…?"
Naruto puffed up with air, ignoring the harsh stench in the air and sight of blood; he also disregarded the fact the boy was getting paler and paler by the second. Intensifying his glare, he stated: "I know guys like you. You guys confuse the hell outta of your targets; it's what always happens! You go through the trouble of explaining what you're gonna do next, with me thinking I can trust you an' stuff! Then you go for the kill when I feel safe! I know how it goes! It's guys like you piss the hell out of me!"
"Bu—But…!" the boy's eyes widened, stuttering.
He was looking deathly pale now.
Naruto jumped back, blood was rushing through his veins. That last battle wasn't that fulfilling, maybe this next fight would be. It was the smart, sly guys that were the hardest to beat in battle, the blond ninja's experience with that type of enemy had proven it. He was ready; he would defeat this new opponent!
"Y-You're one dumb fuck…you know—ulp—that…?!"
Naruto watched as the boy struggled to get up back on his two feet; unfortunately, through this effort he tripped over a loose root, falling to the floor and was knocked unconscious. The blond waited patiently at his spot, thinking it was some sort of trick. Soon, an unpleasant thought washed over him, maybe the boy was telling the truth…
The blond grumbled, while rolling his eyes he grabbed the boy's arm; it was thin, unhealthily thin. Throwing the boy's arm over his shoulder, Naruto noted how amazingly light and tall the boy was; he must've been an entire head taller than the blond.
"Man, that smells getting even worse…" Naruto said, coughing. He stopped a moment and sniffed around following his nose towards the boy. He paused, his blue eyes trailing over the redhead's figure.
He groaned.
"Bastard pissed his pants!"
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He couldn't help but feel dumb, that Naruto. Sitting on a lone bench inside the Hospital Annex, watching doctors and nurses walked past him. He waited for the doctor to emerge from the room and give him his input on the newest patient. He was surprised though, they weren't shocked or worried about the redhead's bloodied state; they were more or less annoyed. The blond raised his head towards the window; the sun was starting to go down, how much time had passed?
"Oh, Mr. Uzumaki, you're still here?" Naruto looked up; it was the old doctor looking down at him with an odd gaze. Closing the door behind him, he continued, "To see such action on your first day of school, quite tiring isn't it?"
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter; stuff like this happens to me often," Naruto sighed. He waited for the doctor to speak, but he did nothing. Anxious, he spoke again. "So, how is the guy? He's okay, right?"
The doctor shook his head. A feeling of dread grew within the blond.
"I-I'm sorry, Mr. Uzumaki."
Naruto drew in a sharp breath. "W-What?"
"He lost too much blood from his wounds, you were too late…" The doctor paused, removing his glasses from his wrinkled face. "If you arrived earlier with the boy he…he would've made it."
Naruto bowed his head low; for him to make a mistake like that, a stupid mistake like that…
"I…" Naruto trailed off, staring at the ground intently. The doctor patted his back before heading towards the door.
"You should see him, Mr. Uzumaki."
"B-But—" The doctor opened the door and gave him a hard slap on the back, pushing him inside. Naruto gaped, astonished by the old man.
"Make sure you apologize, he might just haunt you," said the doctor passively, slamming the door. Naruto flinched; that possibility seemed more likely with him in a school for monsters.
He turned and sighed; there across him laid the redheaded boy on one of the many beds. Naruto made his way towards a lone stool beside the boy. The blond sat down, letting his head fall on his hands, and stayed silent; berating himself again and again.
If only I got here earlier, dammit! If only I hadn't been so damn suspicious!
As his eyes were covered, his ears heard soft giggle.
No…no way…that bastard wouldn't…!
Another giggle erupted.
The bastard did.
Naruto snorted, raising his head to look at the boy again. The boy's face was pale, just as it was hours ago, complete with a faint mischievous expression. A smirk slowly appeared. Naruto jumped up out of his seat and shot his fist out at the boy's nose.
A sickening crunch, pleased the blond's ears.
"IIIIIIIYEEEEEE!!" the once 'dead' boy cried, his voice turned high and whiny like a little girl's; much to Naruto's displeasure and anger.
Naruto took no time to waste; he roughly grabbed the boy's collar and gave him another punch to the face.
"BASTARD!" He gave another punch.
"AHH-HAH!"
"Playing dead an' shit!" He gave another punch.
"EEHHHH!"
"What kind of sick BASTARD are YOU?!" He started to shake the red-head.
"AH-HA-HA-HA! S-ST-O-P! S-S-STO-P!! SO-SOM-EONE C-CALL THE NURRRRSE!"
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After the nurses and doctors straightened them both out Naruto sat back down beside the redhead again, glaring while the opposite just smiled. Injured or not, Naruto wanted to wipe that smirk off the boy's face again. Was this how Sakura felt towards him when they were younger?
The bruised boy hummed to himself, ignoring Naruto's presence. Naruto's fist tightened.
No wonder Sakura thought he was annoying…
"Really, what kind of sick bastard are you…?" Naruto asked, glaring at the redhead. The boy only smiled.
"The best!" the redhead said from his bed. His mood had changed a lot since Naruto's encounter with him in the forest; though, he was still annoying to the whiskered youth. He didn't snap back as much, and only kept his cursing to a minimum; he kept his slanted eyes shut and didn't stop smiling either. "Sorry if I, ya know, scared ya. I thought it be funny!"
Another weirdo, Naruto thought.
"Hey, guy; you mind if I call you guy, guy?"
"My name is Naruto. Na-Ru-To! Not 'guy'," Naruto barked back.
The opposite male shrugged, "I'm still gonna call you guy. Naruto sounds complicated."
"Complicated?! It's only three syllables!!"
"See? It's three syllables; more than two, less than four, and an odd number at that. Complicated."
This guy is more than annoying, he's…he's…troublesome!
"I sound like Shikamaru…" Naruto moaned to himself. If things went on like this, Naruto was sure his stay at Youkai Academy would be even worse than he first imagined. Learning he had to go to a creepy school was bad at first, meeting a teacher who had a weird obsession with his face was terrifying, then learning most of the attractive girls at school were pretty much horrible monsters in disguise had an impact on him, now he had to deal with the most obnoxious guy he had ever met.
"Excuse me?"
"It's nothing."
"M'kay!" the boy chirped. Naruto lessened his glare at the grinning male, waiting for him to continue. "What? Somethin' on my face?"
"Hey! Hey! I told you my name; now, what's yours, bastard?" Naruto said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Oh, you're right, guy! I forgot all about that. Sorry!" He paused, chuckling. "Name's Masao!"
"Masao…?"
"Yup."
"Y-You ass! That's three syllables too!! Ma-Sa-O"
"Naw, I think it's only two."
"WHAT?!"
"It's Ma-Sao.
"Ugh..."
"Jeeze guy, are ya stupid or something?"
Naruto couldn't help himself but grab Masao's collar and bring his fist back.
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After the nurses and doctors straightened them both out again, this time they threatened to restrict Naruto from ever entering the hospital again. He didn't really care either way; he hated the hospital. Naruto sat back down beside the redhead's bed, making sure to keep his hands and feet to himself as Masao's face was black and blue. He apologized but Masao made sure to keep a small distance from the blond even as he was beside him.
"So…Masao…"
"Y-yeah, guy…?" Masao slurred out, trying to keep a smile on his battered face.
"How'd you get all those injuries?" Naruto asked lamely.
Masao opened his mouth.
"Not the ones I gave you, smart ass! The cuts and stuff back in the forest!"
Masao closed his mouth.
"Well…there was a guy…" he trailed off, his eyes wandering around the room. Naruto leaned forward.
"A guy?"
"Yeah, guy, a guy! He didn't look like a student, I think he was too old," he said, scratching the back of his head. "I was just strolling through woods looking for some first years to bother and when I found one, WHAM! Some guy comes outta nowhere spewing some nonsense at me—er—us!"
"Nonsense…?" Naruto echoed. Masao nodded.
"Yeah, nonsense! Like…uh…uh…" Masao stammered. Naruto rolled his eyes. "I forgot what he said…but then the bastard decided to stab me ta death with a knife! It was all just stab, stab, stab, stab! The other lil' bastard decided to run off, leaving me while the first bastard just went on stabbing and stabbing! I'll remember that little bastard's face…heh; he'll regret not helpin' a man in need the next time I see him!"
Naruto leaned back on his stool till he felt the cold railing of the bed behind him.
"What were you doing to that first year again…?" Naruto asked, pushing Masao on with his story.
"Ehh…it doesn't really matter…" he said, sweating. "But then when the first bastard got tired of stabbing me an' junk, he grabbed me by the legs and dragged me for a while, guy. It hurt like hell! I was bleeding all over the place and I didn't have any energy to revert back to my real form! The bastard wouldn't have gotten me if I transformed!"
Naruto slowly nodded, remembering that he was in fact talking to a monster for the past hour; he resisted the urge to shudder.
"What happened next, how'd you escape afterwards?"
Masao yawned before continuing, "Well…I still had some feeling in my leg, so I kick one of his hands away! The bastard started to cry as I went on kicking him while lying on the floor! He ran away leaving a trail of tears, which I preceded on drinkin—"
Naruto glared at him, raising a fist.
"Okay! Okay!" Masao rose his hands up defensively. "Jeeze, guy, I was having a bit a fun too… So the bastard heard a scream, he let my ankles go ran off somewhere. It…ahhh…went all like, 'No! Stop! That hurts!' Or somethin' like that… Sounded like rape er somethin'…"
Naruto nodded, laughing weakly; he didn't have to say it that way. They must've heard the screaming from his previous fight. Not that he could blame them, the worm screamed entirely too loud.
What a sissy.
"Sounded painful," Naruto said, turning towards a nearby window; it was dark out already. He rose up off of his stool, deciding he should leave.
Masao nodded and gave a weak smile. "You said it, guy. I really thought I was gonna die er something…"
"I know, you pissed your pants."
"S-SHUT UP!" he cried, his voice again changing to that of a whiny little girl. Noticing the change, Masao coughed. "Well, thanks for helping, guy…I think."
Naruto gave a strained smile. "Y-Yeah, sure…sorry for…you know…"
"Naw! It's all good, guy! Because of these wounds and the new ones ya gave me, I get to skip school tomorrow! Luckily, I get to go back in time for club activities, maybe early enough to look for some new members! Just think, guy, you might've even join my club!"
Not in your life, Naruto thought tiredly, rubbing his eyes. "I think I've stayed here too long, I'm bushed…"
The door slammed open, a young nurse came through the door pushing a mobile bed carrying an unfortunate patient. Naruto snorted, he recognized the guy; how couldn't he? There laid Churun in human form, pathetic and injured, avoiding eye contact with the smug blond. The nurse sighed.
"Really, Churun-san, almost all of your ribs are broken! And with all these injuries you have now…you'll be bedridden for—for weeks! Maybe even months! What happened?"
Churun's eyes dared to hit the blond; the Mongolian shivered.
Naruto drew a single finger across his neck.
"I tripped."
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"Guess what kids?" Natsume-sensei sang as he dropped his stack of papers atop the front desk. He smiled brightly towards his class, waiting for a response from his class.
No one said anything, just as they should've seeing as most of them had just woken up from their dorm rooms. Naruto sat in his regular seat; happy to know no one was behind him staring at his golden hair like yesterday. That beat down he gave that Churun fellow felt more satisfying than it did when he kicked the blasted worm back down to earth. Naruto gave roguish smirk. If only he could've done the same thing to that 'Ma-Sao' guy…
"Mr. Uzumaki, I would appreciate it if you didn't chuckle like that while I'm speaking," Natsume-sensei said.
Naruto stopped daydreaming long enough to see that everyone in the class was staring at him, many with fear. He turned to the window besides him, ignoring the class.
"As I was saying…Congratulations! Only half the class failed! You all did quite better than I expected! Though, only one person aced it…that guy." The science teacher pointed to a short kid with white hair and glasses in the far right corner. Everyone turned, including Naruto, and glared. The kid quickly looked down on his desk, in hopes of ignoring the faces of his classmates.
One boy spoke up.
"All in favor off kicking his ass later, say 'aye'."
"Aye," said most of the class.
Natsume-sensei exhaled the smoke from his cigarette from his nostrils. As long as he was responsible for the damage he didn't care. He looked back to his papers and said to his class: "Anyways we'll start with an introduction to our first chapter…"
Naruto snorted, he could care less about science; his grades didn't matter now. As long as this school could separate him from the Akastuki he could care less.
Though, he thought, I think fighting the Akatsuki is better than this…
He placed his head atop the wooden desk and closed his eyes.
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"And that concludes today's review! Next week we'll have a test on what we've gone over today, I expect you all to grasp the concept before than. Other than that, have a nice day!"
Naruto looked up. Was it was second period already? No, he saw his math teacher, not that he bothered to remember her name. It was the end of third period. That meant…it was lunch break! The bell rang, causing him to step out of his seat. Standing up he stretched his arms out and gave a loud yawn.
Shuffling noises and a cry made Naruto turn towards the door. Four of his classmates were dragging the white haired 'know-it-all' out of the classroom. The blond arched an eyebrow.
"Were you guys really serious about beating him up?" he asked them, stepping forward to leave the classroom. For some odd reason, they all flinched as they saw him.
"A-And what's it to you?" one boy stuttered with his hold tight on the shorter boy.
"Nothing," Naruto said passively. He really wished they'd hurry out the way; there was no way he'd just stay around in the same stuffy classroom for so many hours. He stepped forward, the flinched again. "Would you guys getta move on? I'm hungry!"
There were gasps from around the classroom. Startled, Naruto looked around to find small groups of students 'whispering' amongst themselves.
"D-Did you hear that?!"
"He wants to please his appetite…for flesh!"
What?
"No way! After what he did yesterday to that third-year?!"
"I heard he did it because of that third-year said something about his hair!"
They can't be serious…
"Y-You too? I heard he beat up another third-year and helped him to the hospital…so he could beat him up once again the guy was healed up!"
"The bastard!"
What the hell?! I helped that guy! And nobody even saw me kick that guy's ass! Naruto thought, becoming more weird-ed out by the second. Where are they getting this?
"A second year said he used laser vision on one till he was blind!"
"I saw it happen! It was crazy!"
What. The. Fuck.
"He must be one of the toughest students in school!"
Angry and disturbed, Naruto shoved the four boys out of the way and flew passed the door. Unknown to him, a petite redheaded girl stared after him, narrowing her eyes. Kokoa snorted to herself; as if the blond boy could stand a chance to her older sister, Moka, laser vision or no laser vision. She stopped glaring for a second to think again.
What would Moka do if he really did have laser vision?
Kokoa became worried. Uzumaki Naruto was proving to be a mystery to everyone in classroom 17.
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"EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! THERE HAVE BEEN INTRUDERS THAT HAVE CROSSED THE BARRIER! ALL STUDENTS, IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO YOUR RESPECTED CLASSROOMS AND STAY ON GUARD! I REPEAT…"
"What's going on?"
"Intruders?"
"Why aren't the School Police doing anything? I thought they were pretty strong!"
"C'mon! You can't rely on the School Police!"
"I don't wanna go back to class!"
Naruto made no effort to get up. His lunch break wasn't even over with yet and already was he order to go back to his classroom. He snorted as the intercom continued to blast the announcement out. This school must've had lousy security; then again…Konoha had many intruders in past, incredibly strong intruders.
Well…Orochimaru and the Sound nin were able to get in 'cause it was the Chunin Exams, almost anyone could get in, Naruto thought with sweat on his brow. Sasuke's brother and the fish guy…wasn't Itachi part of ANBU…? No duh, of course he could've sneaked in!
All the other students passed the whiskered youth with little acknowledgment as he sat on the railing of the bottom stairs. He frowned; there were teachers starting to come out in the hallways, now he was probably going to have to go back to class. Some lunch break this was turning out to be.
Just a short distance from his person, little Yukari was wandering through the student filled hallways looking for her friends, hoping they weren't caught into any trouble dealing with the intruders she was recently informed of. She was so caught up thinking that she didn't notice the huge and terrifying male student coming her way.
"Move it, brat!" the male barked, shoving the girl roughly to the side.
"Kyaaah!"
Naruto snapped his head to the right and found himself getting angry. He hated guys like that; using their intimidating image to oppress others, 'bullies' he would call them. The youth slid off the railing and stomped over to the older boy.
"Who the hell doya think you are, hitting a little girl like that!?" Naruto snarled, stepping in front of Yukari.
"Naruto-kohai…?" Yukari murmured. She hadn't seen the boy in a while; she was surprised that he literally popped out of nowhere. A dreamy expression would've made its way on her face if she didn't realize how serious her current situation was.
"And what the hell does it matter to you, cat-boy—OOF?!" The large boy yelped as he felt a sharp tug on his jacket collar, bringing his face right in front of Naruto's. The boy shuddered. "W-Whaa…?!"
Naruto tried to make the closest expression he could to Yamato's own. Unknowingly to him, his face turned into an odd sneer, accompanied with odd shadows that should've been impossible to form with the hallway's lighting above and around him.
"Call me cat-boy again. I dare you."
"Wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh…?"
"Naruto-kohai!" Yukari chided, pulling on Naruto's free hand. "Put him down, we have more important things to be worried about!"
"Not now, Yukari," he said still glaring at his captive. "I ain't too eager about going back to class…"
"But…!"
"Nobody calls me 'cat-boy'! Nobody!"
Yukari rolled her eyes and tugged harder on his hand. "But it's about Tsukune, Moka and the others! They could be in danger!"
Naruto's expression faltered. Images of the beautiful three girls—especially the three beautiful girls—and Tsukune flashed through his mind. Who was he to abandon the troubled? He couldn't consider them friends even if they did act fair towards him it was far too earlier. And he desperately wanted to punch the blubbering behemoth in front of him. But, they didn't seem like the strong or speedy type seeing how he saved the Kurumu girl from being eaten by a monster plant.
The blond sighed as he released the large boy, allowing him to run off; not before screaming: "I'll remember this, cat-boy!"
Yukari almost lost her grip on the blond's arm as he tried to pull away from her in rage.
"LEMME GO! LEMME GO! LEMME GO! YOU'RE A LUCKY BASTARD, YOU HEAR ME?! LUCKY!!"
"Isn't that…Yukari?"
Yukari turned around to see Ruby looking at both Naruto and her, a puzzled expression on the woman's face. The girl smiled, finally! Someone she could depend on! Letting go of her hold on Naruto, she jumped and screamed, "Ms. Ruby!"
Naruto turned, his anger completely forgotten; there stood Ruby hugging Yukari while looking straight at him in recognition.
"Mr. Uzumaki?"
"Mr. Uzumaki?" Yukari echoed, looking up at the woman questionably.
"Ruby! Sis! How's it going?!" Naruto said hopping towards the two. He hadn't seen the woman in what he thought was an eternity.
"I'm fine, thank you…" Ruby's eyes widened as a sudden memory flashed through her mind. She gave a pout. "Mr. Uzumaki, you just ran off without even saying 'goodbye', not only was it extremely rude; I made me worried! I searched for hours to find you!"
Naruto too remembered the day she guided him around the school grounds; now, it did seem rude that he ran off just because he was creeped out by some cat-woman. He gave her a sheepish grin and rubbed the back of his head, murmuring, "Sorry 'bout that…and stop calling me 'mister'! It makes me feel old!"
Yukari studied them both, what exactly were they talking about? Had they met before? Were they good friends…no…maybe something more?
"You both know each other?" They both nodded at her. Before asking anything else, she remembered her friends back in the old dungeon. "W-Wait! Never mind that! Ruby! Naruto-kohai! Tsukune and the others! T-They might be in trouble right now!"
"What happened to Tsukune?!" shouted Ruby. She blushed realizing how loud she was and continued, "I-I mean, please tell me the detail Yukari!"
Yukari's eyes glimmered with hope. "You mean you'll help! If y-you're not busy or anything…!"
"Of course I'll—"
"Of course we'll help you, Yukari!" Naruto said, cutting the older girl off. "Any excuse not to go to class is good enough for me!" He turned to Ruby, grinning roguishly. He suddenly remembered she was the Headmaster's aide. "As long as I'm excused…right, sis?"
Ruby nodded with sweat on her brow.
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It hadn't taken them long to reach the dungeon's entrance and travel deep within the ruins, especially with Naruto dragging both of them along. Deciding that finding their lost friends would take awhile, Ruby and Yukari blathered on random subjects; the blond paid no attention to their conversation. Instead, he pondered…
He had no idea how to think of them now, his classmates and everyone else on campus; the two girls in front of him were monsters, demons, creatures or whatever you called things that weren't human. The blond had just remembered, again, this fact. He shouldn't be interacting with them; he shouldn't be laughing with them; he shouldn't be friends with them; he shouldn't even be in this school at all. No…it was all the Kyuubi's fault, all the Akatsuki's fault, all the Headmaster's fault! He was probably the only human at school and if anyone learned that…he didn't want to think of what would happen.
Though, he had to think…
Naruto's eyes turned to Ruby and Yukari, both of them holding hands while laughing happily, even in the tense atmosphere in the walkway. He sighed.
…would they think the same way if they were stuck in a society of humans?
"Mr. Uzumaki! Watch where you step!"
"Stop calling me tha--eh?!" Naruto looked to the floor just as Ruby instructed and gasped. There on the ground laid an unconscious creature, moaning. It was some sort of man-bull hybrid, none that Naruto had seen before; it really creep him out.
"Oooghhh…" it snorted, turning slightly.
Whatever or whoever knocked it out must've done a good job, thought Naruto as he scooted towards Ruby's side. Too good…
"They must've been around here!" Yukari chirped, relieved at the sight of the defeated bull-man. "It looks like they traveled on over this way!"
"Wow…" Naruto whistled; he really did underestimate them. "They must be pretty strong, huh?"
Ruby gave him a look. "You really don't know Tsukune and others, do you?"
"Nope," the blond said giving her a smile back. At least now he knew he wouldn't have to save them all the time. "C'mon now, let's hurry up! I think I hear voices, Tsukune's I mean!"
"R-Really!?" Yukari asked.
"Nope, I was hoping you guys would move faster if I said that, ya know? Motivational an' stuff."
A large, round table smashed onto Naruto's head.
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"Okay! Now I really hear voices!"
A large boulder broke in half atop of Naruto's head. He hit the floor, blood shooting on to the walls.
"No, Yukari! I think he was serious this time!"
"Really?!" Yukari said, lowering her wand.
"R-Rea—no—I mean, of course I was right!" Naruto chuckled, rising onto his knees, shaking the loose chucks of rock in his blond hair. "Yeah, yeah! Look, over there!"
They did, indeed, look forward. There a short distance away sat a faint light, surrounded by familiar figures. Yukari and Ruby exchanged a single look before racing down into the hall. Naruto picked himself off the ground and jogged on after them. The figures turned out to be Kurumu, Mizore, and Tsukune; oddly enough blood was pouring out of the brunet's nose, not that the blond could blame him. There was one girl he recognized, his redheaded classmate who sat seats in front of him…what was her name again?
"It really is them!" Yukari slowed down, waving towards them. "Everyone, are you alright?!"
"It's Yukari! And Ruby!" Kurumu said, the smile on her face disappeared when her eyes hit the blond youth. "Oh…it's that cat-boy guy…"
"What the hell didyu just call me?! Say that again, I dare you!" Naruto shouted from his side of the hallway.
"Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-boy," said Kurumu, amused at the facial expression Naruto had formed.
"I AM NOT A CAT-BOY!!"
"Kitty-boy?"
"NO!!"
"Feline-boy?"
"NO!!"
"Otter-boy?" asked Mizore in a much more serious manner.
"D-DAMMIT, NO!" Naruto sputtered back.
Ruby shook her head as she watched Naruto yell at Mizore and Kurumu. Looking around she noticed one of her friends was still missing. Moka? Where was dear Moka? She stepped up towards a bewildered Tsukune.
"Tsukune, where is Mok—" Ruby didn't have time to finish as Tsukune's fist was driven into her slim stomach.
Even in mid scream, Naruto had seen all of it and it made his blood boil. If he hadn't been so angry, he would been surprised. Tsukune moved fast, fast as an average ninja; if Naruto had blinked at that very moment he wouldn't had seen the brunet's movement, and the blond knew that. Naruto's right hand quickly became a fist; but, before he could land a punch, Ruby had reacted first.
"W-What is it, Tsukune-san…?" Ruby placed both of her shaking hands on the boy's shoulders. "Now, after seeing each other for the first time in such a long period…you give me such a hard, hard hit…"
"W-Wha…?" Tsukune muttered with wide eyes.
Ruby's grip on the boy tightened. "I love it…!"
Naruto's jaw hit the floor. "What the FUCK?!" he yelled, but no one paid any mind to him.
Ruby had placed her head on Tsukune's chest, her hands trailing all over his back; moaning and panting, "Hit me more and more, like that Tsukune! Just like that!"
Tsukune had no idea how to react; stunned, he let out a shrill scream allowing saliva to shoot out of his mouth.
Meanwhile, Naruto couldn't believe what was going on…Ruby was one of his harem girls?! The words she had just said sounded like they came out of one of Jiraiya's books! That bastard! Not only did he hit her, he was practically drooling all over her! All thoughts of her and everyone else being a monster disappeared; this was all just going way too far.
"Tsukune, you perverted bastard!" Naruto cried, falling to his knees. "You p-perverted, perverted, perverted bastard!"
Tsukune had snapped out of his stunned form and looked over to the crying blonde. Quickly escaping Ruby's grasp, he wiped the blood of his nose.
"Finally…" Tsukune sighed, smirking. Naruto shook the tears of his face and looked back the brunet.
"Sorry, what? I was sort of out it. Couldja repeat that?"
Tsukune pulled a cigarette box from his back pocket and caught a lone smoke with his grinning mouth. As he lit it, he said, "With blondy around I suppose it'll be easier disposing the lot of you."
"Huh?"
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I don't feel so good, I guess it's because I've been in front of this computer for such a long time...God have mercy.