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Recap: The battle with the Saint Beasts has reached its climax. While Naruto and Hiei handled the Ice Dragon, Seiryu, Yusuke made his way to the top of Maze Castle to tangle with the leader of the saint beasts, Suzaku. Realizing his chances of victory over the lightning demon were slim, he successfully executed a plan to destroy the Makai whistle and end the threat against Keiko in the human world. Suzaku proceeded to torture the spirit detective in revenge for ruining his plans. Upon he and Hiei's arrival to the top of the final tower, the sight of his comrade's torture pushed Naruto over the edge into a new level of power. Will it be enough to end Suzaku once and for all?
All Saints Day IV: Retribution
Hiei gave one last puzzled glance towards Naruto before shaking his head and dashing over to Yusuke. He strapped the dark haired teen over his shoulder before vanishing in a blur down the stairs.
"What's the matter? Feeling a little uncomfortable? Having a little indigestion problem?" mocked Naruto as he twisted his fist even further into Suzaku's gut.
Suzaku narrowed his eyes, "Feeling a little- wait you're making joke. How witty of you."
"Thank you." replied a sneering Naruto.
"Grah!" grunted Suzaku as Naruto extracted his fist from his gut. The orange haired demon staggered back a few feet to regather himself, but Naruto wouldn't allow him the luxury. The blond rushed forward and nailed him with an uppercut to the chin. As he shot up into the air, Naruto suddenly appeared above him, planting an elbow in his gut. Blood spurted out of Suzaku's mouth and he let out as gasp of pain. The blond haired spirit detective wasn't done, he grasped the leader of the Saint Beast's by the shoulders and flipped in midair, using the momentum to slam Suzaku face first into the ground. The brutal combination left him laying there motionless.
"I know that wasn't enough to finish you. Get up!" roared Naruto.
"It seems I'll have to take this fight more seriously. You are far more powerful than Yusuke." grunted Suzaku as he rolled over and leaped to his feet.
"What gave it away?" deadpanned Naruto as he crossed his arms over his chest.
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The minute the ogres had dragged the unconscious body of Jiraiya to the infirmary, Minato and Sarutobi had magically reappeared back in Koenma's office to the site of Koenma doing a victory dance as Naruto started kicking some serious ass.
Koenma let out another whoop of joy when Naruto slammed Suzaku face first into the floor, "Incredible! I sure to know how to pick a spirit detective! Naruto shows up to take down the Saint Beast boss, and wham! Explodes with a whole new level of power!"
Kushina scratched the back of her head, "Who knew getting struck by a lightning bolt could do that for you."
"He looks like he's evolving into the second coming of the damn Yondaime Raikage." muttered Minato.
Sarutobi proposed something that really gave them food for thought, "This might only be the beginning. I was just thinking if this armor of his could mimic the tailed beast shroud in terms of power growth..."
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Despite the ferocity of Naruto's assault, Suzaku appeared to be relatively unharmed, "This should be interesting. Let's see how you hold up against my more destructive techniques."
The instant Suzaku lifted his hand and starting gathering lightning into it for a Storm of Torment, Naruto appeared in him and clamped down on his wrist painfully. Suzaku let out a gasp of pain as Naruto sneered at him,"You just can't help yourself can you? Mercilessly toying with people's lives like it's all some sick game. You designed this entire castle as a death trap for all who enter, for years you've taken sick pleasure from watching the demise of countless hunters. But that wasn't enough, you had to invade the Human world. Infecting and corrupting the lives of countless people, but it didn't end there. You find that spirit world sent a trio of hunters after you, one a human teen. You decide to amuse yourself by attacking his most precious person! Then when he rises up and thwarts your plans, you decide to torture him to death for your own petty revenge."
Suzaku scoffed and the perceived righteous indignation, "And just who are you supposed to be be? Some righteous defender of justice? Give me a break!"
Naruto snorted and smirked, "Righteous? I don't buy all that black and white bullshit. I'm just a crazy guy who doesn't know how to give up and has a bad temper. A terrible combination for anyone who fucks with my friends."
Suzaku snarled at him as he tried force his release by channeling a storm of torment attack into his hand, but Naruto proved to be unfazed by the assault. When Suzaku upped the intensity of the attack, Naruto suddenly released his hand and the force of Suzaku's own struggling sent him tumbling backwards.
'Where did he get this kind of power? He wasn't nearly this powerful when facing any of the others. No matter he won't stand up to this...' thought Suzaku.
The orange haired demon quickly reformed his prism of seven in order to prepare another even more devastating technique. The six copies all gathered around the original to manipulate the lighting forming in his right hand. Unlike his previous attacks, the lightning in his hand was black in color.
"Let's see if you can stand up to my most destructive attack. I should warn you, this technique has been known to incinerate an apparition with one strike. At its maximum power it could probably tear right through your soul! That is why I didn't waste it on Yusuke, his frail human body would have ended my fun far too soon." taunted Suzaku.
Naruto merely stood their impassively, waiting for Suzaku to finish the technique.
"So bold as to not prepare a counter of your own? It will be you're own undoing!" mocked Suzaku.
Naruto's only response was to flare his own electrical aura.
"Let's see how you deal with facing total annihilation!" announced Suzaku as he finished forming his attack. The final Saint Beast cocked his fist back as he charged Naruto, "Dark Lightning Punch!"
Naruto mirrored his opponent, charging into the take him head on, punch on punch. Suzaku's eyes lit up glee as he perceived Naruto to be foolishly trying counter his attack with his only own charged up punch. However, at the last second Naruto vanished in a spark of electricity and was replaced by a copy of Suzaku. The orange haired demon gained a look of horror as his attack plunged into the chest of his own copy.
"How..." grunted Suzaku as the lifeless body of his clone fell off his fist and to the ground.
"The substitution technique, an E-ranked jutsu. The most basic of shinobi techniques." taunted Naruto.
Suzaku was fed with with Naruto making a mockery of him, "Wipe that smug look off your face. You have yet to witness the depths of my true power!"
Suzaku dissolved his copies back into spirit energy and returned them to his body. His body pulsed as the energy returned and restored him to perfect health. He raised his arm towards the ceiling and another bolt of lightning shot down from the thunderstorm and enveloped him, raised his energy level even higher than before. An intense aura of yellow lightning now coursed around his body.
Suzaku smirked at him, "Do you finally see how outclassed you are?"
Not to be out done, Naruto shifted into attack stance and let out a roar. His energy summoned a blue and white lightning bolt of his own, his electrical aura matching the intensity of Suzaku's.
"About time you turned it all the way up." casually retorted Naruto.
Suzaku frowned before he suddenly blurred forward and nailed Naruto in the side of the face with a super-charged punch. To his surprise, Naruto was completely unfazed by his attack, his face and body only turning slightly from the force of the blow. The blond just starred back at him blankly with his head cocked to the side. Suzaku growled in frustration as he pulled his fist back for another blow. However, just before he was about to bring his fist forward, Naruto plunged his own fist right into his gut. Suzaku arms dropped as he gasped from the pain, instinctively grasping himself around the abdomen as blood trickled out the bottom of his mouth while he staggered backwards. His eyes were widened in shock, as he was unable to comprehend the amount of pain he was experiencing. Naruto just stared at him impassively until he finally managed to gather himself from the blow. Suzaku roared as he lunged forward again, but Naruto once again proved to be too fast and too powerful as he landed a left-handed hay-maker to Suzaku's face. The orange haired demon manged to brace himself from falling completely to the ground, but when he tried to rise to his feet, he collapsed to his knees. He tried to stand once again, but only succeeded in falling back on his ass and coughing up some blood.
"I don't understand..." gasped Suzaku. "He only landed two punches on me at full power...how could I be so weakened?"
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Koenma's pacifier nearly fell out of his mouth, "What in the world just happened?"
"I don't want to jinx him, but I think he just ended the whole thing." replied Kushina, her eyes widened in a comical fashion.
"In two punches no less..." muttered Sarutobi.
Minato just shook his head at the absurdity of it all, "It would normally say it ain't over till it's over, but I think you're right honey."
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Naruto sneered at him, "What's the matter? Not having fun anymore?"
Suzaku only response was to roll forward to his knees. He couldn't understand where it all went wrong, his plan was going so perfect, and then it all blew up in his face. Even Mirugu had apparently seen the writing on the wall and fled the castle. 'How can this be...'
"You were have such good time when you were torturing the life out of Yusuke!" roared Naruto as he kicked his downed body across the floor. "Let's see how much you like it when I'm sucking the life out of you!"
Naruto grabbed Suzaku by the the throat and mouth and lifted him off the ground. The blond haired demon struggled from within his grasps, raising his hands up to grab Naruto's wrist and try and brake his hold but it was to no avail. Suzaku's body started to fluctuate with energy as felt his strength and power start to leave him. The leader of the Saint Beasts quickly grasped the significance of what was going on, Naruto was leeching away his power into his own reserves, taking his strength as his own. His struggling soon ceased as his arms and entire body went limp and he fell unconscious. Within seconds his life force was gone as well as Naruto's Jagan eyes suddenly glowed as the blond instinctively drained the neuro-electric energy from the deceased Suzaku's neurons synapses in his brain. Information flooded into Naruto's mind, granting him access to the secrets of Suzaku's lightning manipulation abilities. Once the brain drain was complete, Naruto's eyes lost their glow and he dropped the corpse in his hands to the ground. Taking one last glance around the area, Naruto summoned a small army of clones and they all dispersed from the top of the tower.
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A few minutes later Naruto had reached the roads leading away from Maze Castle and his last clone dispelled. For some reason the clone passed on the sudden urge to smoke a cigarette. The blond shook off the random feeling as he turned and gave one last look at Maze Catsle before flipping his sunglasses back on and continuing forward. He formed a seal with his left hand and whispered, "Boom."
Multiple explosions rocked Maze Castle as the entire compound was set a blaze and began crumbling to the in the background as the blond casually strolled on ahead despite all the chaos ensuing behind him.
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"Bastard Suzaku must have been a smoker." grunted Naruto as he took a drag off a cigarette. He swiped a pack and a lighter from Urahara Shoten after his return to the city.
He currently sat on the rooftops across the street from Kuwabara's house with Hiei, looking over the window to Kuwabara's room where Yusuke laid resting inside. He'd managed to intervene in time to prevent any permanent damage to his friend, and that fact that he came so close to dieing was still ate at the back of his mind a little. However, the strongest emotion coursing through him was pride for Yusuke.
'So defiant, never giving in, never giving up...it's a little nostalgic.' he mused.
"Answer me this, why would he give his life up to save the girl if she would only be sad if he died in the end?" muttered Hiei. "Your human sentiments and emotions make no sense."
Naruto shrugged, "It's not something you can really understand without experiencing it. Girls, regardless of species, make guys do crazy things. You'll figure it out eventually."
Hiei scoffed, "Fat chance of that happening."
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If the time following Naruto's absence at Youkai Academy, rumors had spread all over school about him pickling the PSC. Rumor had it that he walked right into public safety commission headquarters, beat down Kuyou within and inch of his life and read all the members the riot act. With the school police actually doing their jobs the right way, everyone just assumed the school's number one punk had scarred them straight so he could have a cover for his own nefarious activities. This was further supported by his nearly week and a half long disappearance for the Saint Beasts case.
As the blond darted across the academy rooftops he a spotted a familiar duo peeking in on the windows to the girls changing room. Quietly sneaking up on Haiji and Gin, he climbed across the wall until he was right in between the two.
"What's shakin' mutt-boy?" he whispered to Gin as he patted them on the back.
The spying pair nearly jumped out of their skin, "AH! Don't do that!"
Their shouts were rewarded with shrieks of 'Pervert!' from inside the changing room, forcing the trio to flee to the rooftop of another building, Naruto laughing up a storm along the way.
Once the coast was clear Gin leveled him with a glare, "That was some prime research, you ruined! What gives man!"
Naruto gave him a deadpan look, "I return from an extended absence and this is my reception? No, 'Hey Naruto!, no "Welcome back Man!', only 'You're cutting into my peeping time!' That cuts me deep man, real deep."
Haji shrugged, "To even show a hint of emotional attachment to you mere comings and goings, would be a clear violation of the bro' code."
Gin nodded in agreement, "Here, here!"
Naruto smirked, "I can live with that."
Naruto leaned up against the side of a railing, only to pull back as he felt it was wet. He looked to down see splotches of red paint on the cuff of his sleeve and jacket, "You know, they should put a fresh paint sign up here..."
"Naruto Uzumaki, the legendary punk of our esteemed Academy! Finally back from the underground, I see." shouted a tall muscular figure as he leaped onto roof while lifting dumbbells.
Naruto stared at him blankly before turning to Gin and Haji, "Who the fuck is this guy?"
"Rikiishi Chopper of the pro wrestling club, aka wanna be tough guy." replied Haji.
Rikiishi ignored the barb, "I got a bone to pick with you Uzumaki! We wrestlers seek the ultimate strength and I've been wanting a piece of Kuyou's hide for a long time now. Defeating him would have taken my strength up to a whole new level! If you really beat Kuyou that means, that you're my new target. Ive been training..."
'I think I'm going have dango today, lots and lots of dango...' Naruto had long since tuned out Chopper's long winded speech.
"...so, I challenge you Naruto Uzumaki!" finished Rikiishi.
Naruto returned from his dango cravings for the moment, "Huh? Did you say something?"
There was a moment of silence before Rikiishi pointed an accusing finger at Naruto with anime tears pouring down his face, "Curse you and you're hip attitude Uzumaki! It seems I must level up in order you to take me seriously. Very well, I will face more opponents before I return to challenge you. You are now my number one rival!"
Naruto, Gin, Haji gave each other dumbfounded looks as he sprinted away to parts unknown, "What the fuck just happened?"
After a moment they all nodded in agreement, "Absolutely nothing."
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Moka twirled the pencil in her hand absentmindedly for moment, before going back to writing down the equations on the chalk board. The freshman math teacher, Kagome Ririko paused momentarily to flip to the next page in her lecture notes before continuing to explain the equations on the board, "If we take this next step by comparing the coefficient of x squared back to equation A, we can see that this is an easy way to find a convenient solution and also understand the coefficient-"
The brunette beauty was cut off as the door to her classroom flew open and Naruto strolled into the room like he owned the place, "Sorry, I'm late got held up by a little trouble, nothing I couldn't handle though."
The splatters of red paint of the sleeve of his shirt and jacket immediately set off a bunch of murmurs and whisperings from the students as the rumor mill kicked up with speculations of the various nefarious deeds he might have actually been up to. The interruption slightly annoyed Ririko-sensei, the adjusting of her glasses and rubbing at the mole on her cheek broadcasting her irritation, "If you can give me the solution to this problem, you can take your seat."
Unfortunately for her, she was standing in an unfortunate position relative to the chalkboard.
"A times B equals Double D!" joked Naruto, eliciting a round of laughter from his classmates.
Ririko-sensei narrowed her eyes at her wayward student, "First you miss classes for over a week, then you show up late. How exactly do you plan to pass the semester test coming up?"
Naruto shrugged, "Swipe the answer key from the teacher's lounge the night before."
She let out a sigh of annoyance, "See me after school today, Uzumaki-san."
Naruto merely shook his head as he took his seat.
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After class ended, Moka executed a flying glomp on Naruto the minute they were out the door. She was utterly thrilled that he had finally returned to school. Even she could only take so much of Kurumu and Yukari's bickering. Attaching herself to his arm, they strolled down the halls to the cafeteria.
"I have a feeling I'm not going to be able to cheat for this next exam, so can you help me study?" asked Naruto.
"Help you study? Sure, I don't think it will be too much trouble. Just come to my room tonight..." she suddenly trailed off with a worried look.
Naruto gave her a concerned look, "What's the matter?"
"It's been so long!" exclaimed Moka as she smashed herself up against him and inhaled his scent. "If we study together I can drink more of your blood!"
"I swear, every time I come back from one of these missions, you're cravings get even stronger." muttered Naruto. "Of course, I have been getting stronger after each of these damn cases, so I wonder if that's it?"
Moka ignored his ramblings as she drank her fill from his neck. Unfortunately their 'bonding' time was interrupted by someone Naruto was quickly considering a pain in the ass.
"Hold it right there!" yelled Ririko-sensei as she marched over to them."Not only do you not show up to class, you waste the rest of your time fooling around with girls."
"And how is what I do in my free time any of your concern?" quipped Naruto.
"Your bad attitude only confirms what I suspected earlier. You're insecure about your scholastic abilities." accused Ririko-sensei.
"I'm not insecure, I've just never taken it that seriously before. But, if it's bothering you that much I'll study extra hard with Moka." replied Naruto as he rubbed his face against her cheek, causing her to blush.
Ririko-sensei wasn't buying it, "No, you are in need of my special after school lessons that I was going to recommend to you later today. Studying with your girlfriend will only leave you tempted to fool around like you were just about to."
"That's not true! I can help Naruto-kun study!" exclaimed Moka.
Kagome blew her off as she walked up to Naruto and placed her hand on his cheek in an intimate fashion, "Studying is a wonderful thing you know? Sensei will teach you everything about studying and much, much more..."
Naruto was caught off guard, 'Whoa, she smells really nice...'
Moka narrowed her eyes at the teacher, not liking where this was going one bit.
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"Poor Naruto-kun! Stuck taking after school lessons with that old hag Ririko-sensei!" purred Kurumu as she cradled his head into her chest. The minute they entered the club room, the succubus had attached herself to her destined one. Moka was too depressed about being deprived her own study sessions with Naruto to even put up a fight against her for doing it.
"I have no idea how she suckered me in..." mumbled Naruto as he momentarily succumbed to the softness of her chest.
"I guess it's not that surprising." she admitted with a sigh. "She's my homeroom teacher and she's always been a little weird. She loves teaching and is really passionate about making sure everyone learns what she has to teach. She tends to have a bit of a one track mind when it comes to teaching and goes overboard with it."
"Maybe she's not so bad then..." muttered Naruto.
"Plus, just because she has a nice rack, she get's all the boys' attention in class! It's not fair! Mine are bigger!" ranted Kurumu.
"Ha! You're just jealous!" taunted Yukari.
"Meh, if I was going to go the teacher's pet route, I prefer my own homeroom teacher." muttered Naruto.
Naruto's secret teacher fantasy preferences where ignored as Yukari and Kurumu delved into their usual bickering about whether big boobs or small boobs were better. They eventually reached the point of feeling each others chests up with pink blushes adorning their cheeks, before Naruto broke it up with a slight bit of reluctance.
"There's nothing wrong with after school studies. We do have summer vacation coming up after exams!" reminded Yukari.
"Vacation? AWESOME!" cheered Kurumu and Naruto as they started to dance around. "Vacation! Vacation! Vacation! Vacation!"
Yukari quickly put a damper on their celebratory dance, "That is only if you do well on exams. Anyone scoring under a fifty on the exams has to attend summer school. So you must study now, or no vacation for you!"
Kurumu deflated a little bit, but Naruto was now properly motivated by the prospect of free time, "If it ensures me summer vacation, I'll suffer through Ririko-sensei's extra lessons. No way in hell I'm going to summer school!"
Moka pouted, "I was looking forward to spending time together while studying. You just got back..."
Naruto gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder, "Studying together would be nice, but I'd rather spend time together during Summer Vacation. Summer Vacation Pact! We all work hard so we can have an awesome vacation together!"
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'Maybe she's not so bad, just a bit quirky like Nekonome-sensei...' thought Naruto later that day as he approached the conference room that housed her study sessions.
He knocked on the door, "Yo! Ririko-sensei! It's Naruto from freshman Class 3!"
Finding the door unlocked, he opened it and walked inside. To say the room was arranged oddly would be an understatement. It was if she'd set up for some sort of Halloween party. Jack o'Lanterns and three piece candle holders were all over the place, illuminating the room along with a candle lit chandelier. Even more shocking was her S&M style outfit complete with a leather miniskirt, garters, and nylon net stockings.
'Somehow this is all Ero-sennin's fault. I just know it...' thought the stunned blond.
Ririko-sensei smiled at him, "I'm glad you came Naruto-kun."
"What in the world are you wearing!" shouted Naruto while pointing an accusing finger at her while pinching his nose closed.
She blushed and giggled, "Oh, it's just a little something to motivate you in your studies!"
"Bah! You were the one lecturing me about getting distracted while studying with Moka and you show up in this weird stuff! Give me a freakin' break! Hah! Who knew sensei was into this kind of strange stuff." complained Naruto in annoyance.
She frowned, "Strange? There is nothing strange about this. I am the sensei you are the student, you will respect me so that you may learn properly. A good student will serve their sensei well."
Naruto was completely lost, "Huh?"
She blushed and smiled again as she adjusted her glasses, "My after school lessons are very strict! But it is all for your own good, Naruto-kun! Education is a wonderful thing, you'll see!"
Naruto was still lost, 'What in world have I gotten myself into? Kurumu was right about her being weird...there's that nice smell again...'
Naruto went into a slight daze as she guided him to a desk to begin a lesson that would delve deep into the night. Naruto wasn't the only one putting extra hours, Moka stayed up late in her dorm room working hard herself. The pink haired vampire carefully analyzed the math textbook on her desk, filling the notebook on her desk with excruciating detail.
Her motivations were clear, 'I am not a distraction to Naruto-kun. I can help him too, he asked me to. I won't let him down!'
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As the date of examinations neared, everyone put in more hard work to prepare and ensure their summer vacation. Well, everyone except Kurumu who decided to procrastinate for as long as possible, but even she reached her limit a week later. She barged into the newspaper club room and got down on her knees in front of the clubs resident genius.
"Yukari, please help me study!" pleaded Kurumu.
The witch shook her head, "No chance! It's too late for you." Suddenly Yukari found herself tied up and being dragged into the hallway by the succubus. "Hey! What are you doing!"
"You will help me out! I'm worried about these tests!" replied Kurumu. Not watching where she was going she nearly bumped into Naruto.
"Oh, sorry Naruto-kun." she apologized.
He gave no reaction other than chanting math formulas under his breath.
Yukari quirked an eyebrow, "That's weird. He's chanting really advanced math equations and formulas, stuff we haven't been taught yet."
"You've been such a good studier Naruto-kun!" exclaimed Kurumu as she glomped him and nestled his head into her bosom. To her shock, he showed no reaction to her breasts like he usually would. He merely slipped out of her grasp and kept on trudging along.
She also noticed that he wasn't wearing his sunglasses and had a glazed look in his eyes, "Okay something is really wrong here..."
The math chanting Naruto continued down the hall and a few steps later he almost ran into Moka as she stopped in front of him.
"Have you been studying hard Naruto-kun?" asked Moka.
He gave no response to her and simply stood there with the glazed look in his eyes.
"You're always working hard with your outside job, so I decided to help you no matter what sensei said. I made study guide with my strategies for the test for you. So, here." she held it out towards him and smiled. "With these notes, the semester test will be no problem for you, so use them well!"
Moka was expecting a lively response from the blond, but he continued to just stand there like a zombie.
"I put a lot of time and effort into to make sure it as really good." she added with a blush. She finally realized something was off after once again receiving no reaction, "Is there something wrong?"
Slowly Naruto's arm started move up to take her study guide, but Moka's notebook was suddenly snatched away by Ririko-sensei. The math teacher frowned at her pink-haired student, "What do you think you are doing interfering? Why can't you stop your meddling in my teaching?"
"But Ririko-sensei..." pleaded Moka.
Ririko-sensei quickly flipped through her notes before rudely flinging the study guide back at Moka, knocking her to the ground, "Stop trying to tempt my student away from his studies. It's pathetic to resort to something like this. Come along Naruto-kun. It's time for more studying."
The brunette teacher wrapped an arm around him and lead him off the conference with Naruto putting up no resistance to her.
Moka was stunned by how it all unraveled so fast, 'What just happened?'
Kurumu walked over and yanked Moka up to her feet shaking her from her thoughts, "Something is definitely wrong, you got no reaction either."
Moka turned to her, still confused, "No reaction?"
Kurumu narrowed her eyes at the retreating form of her homeroom teacher, "I don't trust that lady, something is up and I'm going to get the bottom of it."
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As soon as they reached the conference room to begin another 'study session', Ririko sat Naruto at a desk to begin his work while she removed her blouse to reveal her 'special' teaching outfit underneath.
She gave him a smile as she tossed her top aside, "Let's work hard today again, okay Naruto-kun!"
Naruto suddenly froze up and started muttering, "Ku...ru...mu...Mo...ka..."
Ririko composure slipped for a moment as a sneer formed on her face. It quickly subsided as she secret more pheromones and draped herself over his back, "You naughty boy, doing such a thing when Sensei is doing so much for you. Forget about those girls! You only listen to sensei-now!"
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Yukari, Moka, and Kurumu reconvened in the club room to go over the situation with Ririko-sensei.
Yukari had the bulk of the intel, "I always thought there was something strange about Ririko-sensei's lessons, but until now it was all just speculation. There are several boys in my class taking her lessons too. They all suddenly got smarter after the lessons, but they also started acting like her servants. It was as if they were brainwashed."
Kurumu's eyes narrowed, "So that explains why he was acting so weird."
Moka frowned, "Her lessons have been keeping him with her late at night."
Yukari nodded, "Yeah, she is totally doing weird things with Naruto-kun."
"That bitch!" exclaimed Kurumu and Moka before they both vanished in a blur towards the conference room.
Yukari giggled, "I almost feel sorry for you sensei, but this will make an excellent headline for our next edition! And you deserve it for being creepy..."
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"Somehow those girls have been able to penetrate the haze of your mind. No matter, some more proper instruction will have you back in sensei's good graces." giggled Ririko as she stepped forward out of the shadows, revealing herself to be in her true from, a Lamia.
Her upper body remained the same, however her lower body was now the long thick scaly body of a serpent. At the end of her tail was a flower like bulb that opened up and could clamp down like a multiple petaled Venus flytrap. Once connected to the head of a student, bio-electric nodules within the bulb of her tail would send surges of neuro electricity directly into the brain to feed information and establish her control over their minds. The power of the Jagan normally would have protected Naruto from becoming her mind slave. However, her secretion of potent pheromones clouded his senses and his body was natural receptive to the bio electric feed of information into his brain. Her powers were perfectly suited for bypassing his natural defenses.
She giggled as her tail clamped over the top of his head and the neuro feed began, "By feeding everything directly to your mind, you will think of nothing but your studies and your beloved sensei!"
Naruto's eyes glowed white as his brain absorbed the knowledge, Ririko-sensei wiped away the drool leaking out the corner of his mouth with a napkin, "You simply take to my feedings like none other Naruto-kun. Such a good student! Yes, this is indeed for the best."
"LIKE HELL IT IS!" shouted Moka and Kurumu as they busted open the door to the room. "GET AWAY FROM NARUTO-KUN!"
The arrival of the two girls completely shattered her calm and collected facade, "Why are you interrupting us? We are in the middle of a very important lesson!"
"I'm not buying it lady! You're trying to turn him into your man slave!" shouted Kurumu. "Not on my watch!"
"How dare you say that I'm distracting Naruto-kun when you parade around like that!" added Moka.
"You two imbeciles can't comprehend the complications of teaching. I am putting everything I have into educating my students! I won't let you meddlers interfere with us anymore!" declared Ririko-sensei. She hugged Naruto against her bosom as her tail continued to feed him knowledge, "Can't you see the deep bond of trust we have as sensei and student? Education is so wonderful, you'll never take this away from us."
Kurumu nails lengthened and her wings sprouted from her back, as she transformed and sliced at the tail of Ririko, "Get away from him!"
The attack connected and a deep gash formed in the middle of her tail as Ririko was forced to retract it from its connection with Naruto. Moka capitalized on the opportunity and shoved the teacher away from Naruto.
"You stupid girls!" sneered Ririko. "He is mine! I will prove it to you! Strike them down! I will turn them into my servants!"
This command was the wrong one to issue. It finally shocked Naruto back into his senses and he started to fight back against her control.
"It's the only way! It must be done! Take them down now!" she ordered again.
"No! I refuse!" growled Naruto as he grasped at his hair and struggled against her control. The blond gritted his teeth as he grunted and growled, fighting the possession of his mind and body.
"What! You're not foolish enough to dare to disobey your sensei! Now do as I say!" commanded Ririko again.
Naruto collapsed to his knees as he fought against her, "No! Get out of my head! I've already told you, I won't! You won't control me anymore!"
"I am you're sensei! I am doing this for your own good! You will thank me for this later brat! Now obey me!" growled Ririko as she clamped her tail over his head to reassert stronger control over him. Unfortunately for her, not even that was working anymore. Naruto started to leak energy from his body as he fought her even harder. The blond wasn't going to give in.
"You can invade my mind! You can invade my body!" grunted Naruto as he staggered to his feet. "BUT YOU'LL NEVER TURN ME AGAINST MY FRIENDS!"
Naruto exploded with a massive burst of power, sending Ririko's tail flying off him as his electrical aura sprung to life. The blond roared as he unleashed another massive surge of energy to fully drive off her control. A stray bolt of electricity discharged at Moka and nailed her Rosario, causing it to fall off. Once Naruto's massive release of energy died down, he fell unconscious from the mental strain of breaking free from the possession. Kurumu rushed over to catch him before he hit the ground. Ririko-sensei didn't have time to contemplate the lose of Naruto as she had to deal with another massive release of energy, this time from the emergence of inner Moka. Unluckily for her, she was still too pissed of about losing control of Naruto to realize the magnitude of the situation.
"How dare you Naruto! You dare to rebel against me!" screamed Ririko. "And you stupid girls! You've ruined everything! You will pay for this! Students should never disobey their sensei!"
Moka was unfazed by her rant.
"Don't mistake me for one of your students. You're just another power drunk fool! How dare you steal for me!" Moka grabbed her by the tail and yanked her body towards her before leveling her into next week with her trademark kick. "Know your place!"
The powerful blow to the face sent blood spurting out of her mouth and imbedded the unconscious math teacher into the conference room wall. Flipping her hair back, Moka scoffed at the woman before turning and walking over to Kurumu and Naruto. The blue haired girl sat on top of one the desk with Naruto's head cradled in her lap.
"I new you're weren't the type to be taken in by her charms." murmured Kurumu as she stroked Naruto's hair.
She was oblivious as the silver haired Moka walked up to her, until the vampire suddenly leaned in as if to take a bite. Kurumu tried to pull him away, "Hey, what are you-"
Moka ignored her as she leaned down and licked away some blood from a scratch on the side of his face, "You've gotten much stronger since you've been away. Our next spar should be even more interesting."
With that said she replaced the Rosario, and reverted back to her pink haired form, collapsing onto Kurumu's shoulder. Kurumu paid her no mind, content to run her hands through the golden locks of her destined one.
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With her extreme methods of instruction revealed and compounded with her several previous infractions of the same nature coming to light, Ririko-sensei was placed on Suspension for two months and sent to mandatory therapy sessions. Thanks to the nature of his abilities, Naruto was able to maintain the knowledge force fed into his brain. He and Moka turned their attentions to aiding the desperate Kurumu, who was glad for any sort of assistance after waiting until the very last minute to start studying for her tests.
"So how do you think you're going to do?" Moka asked Naruto as she walked with him and Kurumu to class on the first day of exams.
Naruto smiled, "Well, I think I'll be fine. Especially with math, plus I can always resort to ulterior methods in other subjects."
Moka quirked an eyebrow, "I thought you were going to take schoolwork more seriously?"
Naruto shrugged, "I was until I realized that my new means of acquiring knowledge are for more effective than school. Who cares about school anyway. It still psyched about how you two kicked Ririko-sensei's ass! That was awesome!"
As he wrapped around both of them, they turned their heads away and blushed, "Well it was nothing..."
Being so close to his neck, after long Moka couldn't resist and sneaked in for a taste of his blood.
"Hey, he needs his blood so he can do well on his test!" Kurumu pressed his other arm deep into her bosom. "Don't worry about that mean old vampire, Kurumu will comfort you."
With both girls draped all over him, Naruto returned to his happy place after long absence. It didn't last long as a sharp feminine voice brought him back to the real world, "It seems my predecessors notes on you were spot on. Spends too much time flirting with girls and not enough time studying."
Naruto froze as he recognized that voice and turned around. "Botan!" he exclaimed with a nervous laugh. "Good to see you. Uh, don't tell me..."
The blue haired spirit detective assistant was sporting stylish blue pantsuit that matched the color of her hair. Botan smiled at the trio, "Yes, I will be filling as your math instructor."
Naruto let out a sigh of relief, "Good. I thought you were about to tell me I had a new case."
She grinned, "You do. You start the first day of summer vacation."
Naruto threw his hands up towards the skies in exasperation, "WHY!"
A look of understanding and then disappointment flashed across Moka's face as she figured out the connection between Botan and Naruto before realizing the impact of her words on their summer vacation. Kurumu kept shooting her suspicious glances as she poked Naruto in shoulder, "Um, who is she?"
"Technically my assistant, but in reality more like my boss." grumbled Naruto.
So we're dipping back into the R+V world for a while and Botan's coming along for the ride. You know the drill, hit that review button!