A Wolf in Mahora

Chapter 20: The Festival Preparations

I don not own Negima or Naruto

Naruto: Kazumi, Mana, Kaede, Chizuru, Chisame, Chachamaru, Chao, Zazie, Yuuna, Asuna, Theodora, Akira, Haruna, Takane and Evangeline, Misa, Sakurako, Madoka

Negi: Nodoka, Ayaka, Makie, Yue, Ako, Konoka, Ku Fei, Setsuna and, Luna/Shiori, Fuka, Fumika, Collette, Emily

Italics for thoughts and spells

Currently the poll stands

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XChapter StartX

Naruto was walking toward the school and saw various people in costume and giant balloons floating in the air 'so this is the Mahora festival Zazie-chan was telling me about' he thought as he walked through the streets as the students ran past, however he spotted familiar faces in the crowd.

" Hey Negi, Kotaro!" he waved to his little brothers he waved back as he walked over "morning Naruto-nii/onii-san" they said back as Naruto spotted Kotaro's uniform "So you have transferred here after all Kotaro." The boy nodded "Yeah I've officially transferred to school here" Negi was surprised at this "Eh really?" Kotaro gave him a peace sign "Yeah because you, nii-san, Setsuna-nee-san and that strong ane-san are here. But right now I'm looking for a place to stay at alone."

Naruto smirked at this "Funny Kotaro I figured you'd be staying with a good friend of mine, isn't that right…Chizuru-chan?" he said as she and Natsumi walked up behind Kotaro making the by's face blanch. "Indeed you are right Naruto-kun" she said grabbing the boy's head to stop him running "The poor boy is staying with us since it's up to me to bring him up well."

"Just make sure you and Natsumi-chan take care of him Chizuru-chan" he said smiling at his partner and whispered to her "See if you can match the wall-flower with the pup" Chizuru smiled happily at the idea. Kotaro was bumped into by some students in impressive demon costumes before a who parade of people ran past "Looks like it'll be a fun festival this year" Naruto commented "Just don't forget to take me out on the last day Naruto-kun" said Chizuru getting a nod as Naruto wrote it in his diary.

"The seniors at college really worked hard for this eh?" commented Asuna seeing all the costumes "I wonder when that's going to be used" giggled Chizuru as they then spotted someone on a trapeze ahead of them. Turned out it was Zazie promoting the Nightmare Circus show as she dropped down to the boys and partner "Naruto-kun, Negi-sensei please visit us sometime too" she said smiling as Naruto took the tickets she offered, "I'll be there Zazie-chan, and that outfits suits you very well" he smiled making her blush.

Kotaro was a little bemused by the excitement "What's with the ruckus?" he asked as Natsumi came over "It's the school festival, ah Negi-sensei our class has something for the festival too, here's some tickets" he took them thanking her as the boys spotted the Arc de Triumph and were amazed at it albeit Kotaro still a little confused.

"Kotaro I was told that this festival is put together by the whole school. Once the exams are over they get started and all the clubs and societies take part too to raise money for the school. That's why they work so hard." Kotaro nodded at the explanation "But we have to be careful the control team was ineffective during last years most crowded school catching. The death count was about ten thousand people…" she joked but the two boys believed her making her and Naruto laugh a little.

Negi realizing the time said he had to get to class and Naruto followed behind and both quickly made their way to the classroom and opened he door to find "Welcome to 3-A's maid café Albiones!" some of the girls greeted in milk maid outfits. "What the? What's going on?" asked Negi blushing as did Naruto but tried to hide it.

"3-A decided to do a maid café" explained Ayaka "The school allows business activities so we did this to get some pocket money" added Yuuna. "I'm not sure whether to be happy or a little worried over all this" commented Naruto not really sure where to look "Oh don't be like that Naruto-kun, hey why don't you and Negi help us practise and be our first costumers."

The girls sat the two down and served them drinks but things quickly descended to madness as Madoka asked for champagne and the bottle opener fell between Sakurako's breasts. What is happening here?" asked a confused Negi "Something very strange but quite nice in a certain aspect" Naruto answered as Sakurako gave them their bill.

"That'll be 7800 yen please" she said with no guilt and Naruto handed her the money making them loo at him in shock "What? It's not exactly going anywhere and I have enough" the girls happily accepted the money but a few felt guilty "Look Negi-kun, Naruto-kun we have more costumes for you to see!"

The two were treated to Yuuna was in a maid costume as well but had a cat ears and a tail; Ku Chao and Hakase were all in Chinese clothing but had aprons around their legs; Makie was something akin to a milk maid; and finally Akira was put in a bunny girl costume. Naruto prayed to Kami he didn't have a nose bleed right now at how good they all looked.

"That'll be 12, 000 yen now" they looked at Naruto hopefully who still handed over the cash since he had inspiration for Icha, Icha so a reasonable sacrifice "Wha? We have to pay just by looking!" Negi said doing a good imitation of 'The Scream.' He noticed Akira looking very embarrassed so put his jacket round her "You okay Akira-chan?" he asked as the girl still had a blush of wearing such revealing clothes in front of him and Negi.

"I…I..I…Thank you, Naruto-kun" she said sheepishly taking an involuntary wiff of his jacket "If it helps you have nothing to be ashamed of Akira-chan, you're very beautiful" he told he as he rejoined Negi and she lit up brighter than a traffic light.

"This is sooo off topic already, this isn't just maids anymore and stop bleeding Naruto" shouted Asuna while Yuuna argued "Bu I want to try on different clothes in front of Naruto-kun rather than earn money. Beside Naruto-kun doesn't seem to mind and we can teach Negi-kun a little more about the adult world. That's three birds with one stone." Although Yuuna did send a brief glare to Akira who still had Naruto's jacket.

"But…we still seem to be lacking something else. Something to attract more customers" pondered Kazumi as Yuuna got an idea and had a few of the other girl's change, a few reluctant to do so. Fumika was dressed as little red riding hood while Fuuka was in their gym clothes and bloomers; Mana was in her priestess clothes, in a more appealing way; Misora was the same as Mana, but as a nun. Setsuna ended up in a school swimsuit and cat ears while Ako was in a nurse's outfit with cat ears too.

Naruto looked over the girls, mainly nana as she did look nice in her clothes but thankfully Kazumi and Yuuna realized they'd gone overboard while Haruna and Yue dressed in more simple cute maid outfits and put Nodoka in one two while her hair was tied back. Naruto decided to leave the room to take a deep breath and cool down his brain as it processed all the girls and at that moment Nitta walked by "Ah Naruto, how are you and your class?" Naruto didn't really know how to answer he could really say 'I'm trying to calm down because the girls of my class are all in maid outfits which are incredibly sexy' now could he.

He was glad he didn't get a tongue lashing as Nitta decided to walk into the classroom to se the display. Not long after the girls were back in their actual uniforms much to Naruto's relief "Too much excitement Naruto-kun?" said a voice behind hi and he found it to be Haruna "Maybe a little Haruna-chan but can you blame me, you all looked great in your outfits despite the silliness of it all."

The girl smiled and hugged his arm as they made their way back to the dorms "So are you busy over the festival Naruto-kun or can I get a date with you?" she asked resting her head on his arm like a pillow while pushing her own pillows into his arm. "I'll be sure to make time for a small date Haruna-chan, I don't really want to leave anyone out" he told her with a tinge of pink on his face "Good cause I want some quality time with you Naruto-kun. Maybe even try page 42 of your last book" Naruto's imagination went wild for a moment before reigning in her perverted side.

"I don't know if we can do that Haruna-chan…not yet anyway" he added with a mumble which she heard and squealed at kissing his cheek since she had found a really good man to be interested in.

XBreakX

The next day Asuna, Setsuna, Negi and Konoka were rushing to school despite being early "But what's with going out so early? And we didn't even have our breakfast" asked Negi. "That's because during the preparation of the festival there's a specialty available" explained Asuna as Konoka pointed "Over here Negi-kun" she pointed to a converted train car.

They also found Naruto waiting at a table they'd asked him to hold "Morning girl, Negi" he greeted ""Hey Naruto, thanks for doing this by the way, this place gets so busy at times" he waved it off. "I come here often don't worry but I take it, its Negi's first time here?" he got a nod from the boy "Yes but I wonder how hey got their licence and I'm amazed that they turned the train into a stall."

"Negi, you know about Chao's tasty snacks too. They're really popular every year. As supporters we'll always wake up early for breakfast here every year during the festival" explained Asuna as Yotsuba came by with Naruto's ramen and a bowl of soup for Negi. "Ah thank you Yotsuba-san" Naruto smiled in thanks too as he tucked in.

"This is my special stamina soup, lighten up alright?" she said to him he nodded "I heard from Ku Fei that you really worked hard during training sessions. But don't overdo it, you'll injure yourself." She then gave him what Naruto believed was a watered down nice guy/girl pose "Being healthy is number one ok? Your body is important" she told him.

Naruto smiled as she took care of Negi, she always had kindness to spare that girl "Yotsuba-san's such a kind person" said Negi "Aan, Negi-kun what are you saying" asked Konoka hearing him."Yotsuba-san's a great person and an expert in culinary" Naruto ruffled his hair "Just make sure you learn a bit more about her Negi along side the others in class."

Later on Negi was charged and ready to find out what they'd be doing for the festival "Now then everyone…what should we do for the school festival?" asked Negi while Naruto stood by the black board as Sayo hung off his neck despite being able to float. "Aw, but that's gonna be a tough problem Negi" said Yuuna with a sigh "Yeah we've to think of something that can surpass even the maid café" added Kazumi as Sakurako raised her hand.

"What is it Sakurako-chan?" asked Naruto "I propose we do heart-pumping swimsuit extravaganza café" this caused Naruto to face palm knowing they'd never get away with the idea "…That's it!" said Yuuna and Haruna believing the idea was good. "Please tell me someone has an idea which won't get us into trouble?"

"Let's do a girls' mud-wrestling tea shop then" suggested Makie "A neko mimi nude bar then! I won't admit defeat" shouted out Fuka before Chizuru simply suggested "Why don't we just do a undergarment-less teas shop?" as she did Yuuna, Kazumi an Haruna together shouted "That's it!"

'BANG, BANG, BANG' came the sound of Naruto hitting his head against the black board "Can we please have child friendly ideas please?" said Naruto as Fumika, Nodoka and Nodoka were crying anime tears "We don't understand, what's the meaning of all these terms…" Naruto looked at them with a straight face "It's better you don't know until your older Negi, trust me on this and no asking your parents either."

The class quickly began arguing between themselves and it was times like this Naruto was glad to be only the assistant since it meant he didn't have to feel guilty about leave Negi to take care of the class. Besides he had to learn the ins and outs through the chaos "Aren't you going to help him with the class Naruto-kun?" asked Konoka.

"To be honest this is a job for Negi, he just needs to understand what to do" he told them "I can't believe the same person who was fighting so fiercely a few days ago…" muttered Yue as Naruto explained "Looking after this class is a bit of an extreme job. But I love it."

"Indeed using cute girls as a selling point is too unoriginal…how about we do it the other way round" Naruto and Negi felt a shudder go up their spine and like a cat Naruto jumped up and attached himself to the ceiling before they could grab him, Negi sadly didn't make it. "Sorry Negi!" he called "I take it wearing girls clothing doesn't suit you de-gozaru?" asked Kaede also on the ceiling "If I want to be female I'll use henge thank you very much."

Once again "Nitta came in at a choice moment, just when the girls were stripping Negi and putting a bra on him resulting in the class squatting and Negi getting a stern talking too. After class Naruto was trying to comfort a depressed Negi "I'm a useless teacher" he said sobbing "Come on Negi don't be like that, it's a rowdy class at times."

At this point Yotsuba had walked over giving the two a small smile "Yotsuba-san…" said Negi wiping his face "Have you had dinner?" they followed her back to Chao Bao Zi where Negi was treated by Naruto to a meal "Delicious! This is really delicious. Wow Yotsuba-san you really are a master chef" Negi complemented. "One of the reasons why I'm a frequent customer" commented Naruto as the two were joined by some of the teachers "And I'm always happy to have you Naruto."

Wow Yotsuba-san you sure are famous, even among the teachers and college students" said Negi noticing the warm looks everyone gave her. "Are you feeling better now?" she asked "Oh, yes" he nodded smiling which Naruto and Yotsuba were happy for.

"You know my dream is to have my own restaurant, so that I can bring happiness to people with my fod" she told Negi "That's a nice dream Satsuki-chan" Negi nodded "If it's Yotsuba-san, that's definitely possible. Because your food is really too tasty" as he said it there was the beginnings of an argument near by between the karate club and fighter club.

"Naruto if you would be so kind" said Satsuki which he nodded and got up from his seat and smacked his foot own cracking the ground with his strength alone making the two clubs go quiet as Satsuki walked up to them. "Everyone we forbid any forms of violence here" she told them and as if by magic both sides calmed down.

"Wow just one sentence and she stopped all those scary guys, Yotsuba-san's amazing" said Negi observing her skill. "Of course you idiot" said a familiar voice behind Negi "Wah, Eva-…Ma…Master?" said Negi surprised by her appearance "Satsuki is the only person in that entire class of kids that I admire" she told him which holding her necklace "Really?" Eva nodded "She's the only person who realistically pursues her dreams, and that is a reason why she and Naruto get on so well."

"She's the best of them all…" she muttered walking off "Well I'll slacken a little today. Training's postponed for now." By now Naruto had got back to his seat where Negi was chatting with Nitta "Ah Negi, Naruto what a coincidence!" he said slightly buzzed. "Good to see you again Nitta" smiled Naruto munching on his nikuman "Indeed but sorry if I was a little hard toward you class today" he apologised.

"Eh…O…Ok" replied a confused Negi seeing Nitta acting much differently from normal before he was offered a drink which after downing a few didn't realize it was sake. "Sob, sob Yotsuba-san, Naruto-nii, Nita-sensei, I'm a failure as a teacher" he cried as Naruto sighed at this remembering he was just a kid still.

While Nitta was trying to console him another teacher walked into the stand "Hi Tsuki-chan sorry to impose on you" said Takahata sitting down next to Naruto "It's been a while Negi-kun, Naruto-kun" he greeted them as Negi seemed to perk up. "Takamichi…" muttered Negi "Seems like a lot has happened for you two. Sorry I couldn't help you in any way" at another table Asuna was staring at Takahata with a blush on her face but her eyes wandered to the person next to him too.

"Don't worry Takamichi, we handled it in the end, and it was good for Negi in the long run" Naruto told him "I heard that Negi had got stronger from Eva. Why don't you ad I have a duel like we used to long ago" he suggested making Negi tear up confusing the man. "That's not true I haven't got any stronger than before!" Negi cried "Negi-kun what's wrong?" Naruto tapped his shoulder "Sake" was his one word response.

He continued to sob until he fell asleep an Yotsuba put him in the bed inside the train "It is alright if he sleeps here right?" asked Naruto "It'll be fine ok-aru" replied Ku Fei "Thanks" Naruto tucked Negi in as he kept murmuring how he was a lousy teacher. "Sometimes you forget he's still just a kid" h e turned to the girls "See you in the morning girls, okay" they nodded as he walked out and went home.

When morning came Negi walked out to find Satsuki sweeping at the front "Good morning" she said to him "Um sorry to trouble you yesterday" Negi apologised. "Ah do you still remember anything about yesterday?" she asked as Negi embarrassedly answered yes. "Yotsuba-san you really are an amazing person, you've already decided your path in the future and you work so hard for your dreams" said Negi as he hung his head.

"Negi-sensei don't you work hard by training yourself everyday with Naruto too?" she asked as Negi shook his head "That's not true Naruto-nii like you knows what he wants in life and works hard for it but me…my reasons for getting stronger are excuses and lies. The truth is that I just want to run away from my painful memories" he admitted "Just to run away…how can I be a good teacher this way?"

His rant was stopped by a hand on his shoulder "That's not true…it's not a lie. Even if it's strength you get from hating someone or running away from something nevertheless it's still your own strength Negi-sensei" she said smiling. "Never be embarrassed by it now come on" she said picking him up and smacking him on the back "Lighten up already" with that Negi's mood did a 180 and he was back to his normal cheerful self having his own words of wisdom given to him.

Neither noticed a nearby Naruto watching the scene with a small grin on his face as he knew Negi in a way had found his Haku moment. He walked off to class seeing Negi was alright and waited for the rest of the class where Negi made an announcement.

"So because of this since it's a tie for all possible choices for the festival I hope that 3-A would do a haunted house. Well how do you all feel about this?" he asked getting a cheer of "It's a great idea!" from the class and a pat on the head from Naruto "Good job Negi."

XBreakX

"Naruto-kun?" asked a familiar spirit when the class and all gone "Yes Sayo-chan, what wrong?" he asked seeing his friend look a little sad "Why is it only you and Zazie-san can see me, why can't the others?" she said with a tear threatening to spill.

"Not sure Sayo-san, we could try to have you reach out to them if you'd like" he suggested wiping the tear off "You mean it…?" she asked hopeful. "Of course I think the girls will be working on the haunted house in class so you can try to contact them when they are here ok?" she nodded hugging the teacher who always was willing to listen and read comics with her, she was happy to have him as her friend but she was interested in Negi a bit since he was very curious for a ten year old boy, teacher.

Sadly her first attempt didn't go so well and Sayo ended up being reported as a haunting spirit scaring the girls of 3-A, Naruto had managed to console her when she got upset over this. The morning after the girls were discussing whether they believed the rumours of the ghost "I think it is true" said Yue "Every weird thing that happens is related to with Negi-sensei or Naruto so I might be related to them" Asuna nervously laughed "I think so too."

"Hmm I don't have any experience with these kinds of things, Naruto-nii seems more the type" said Negi rubbing the back of his head "A long time ago these rumours were already here. However the past few years it hasn't spread" pointed out Konoka as Naruto came down the hall.

"Naruto-kun, Negi-kun can you think of an idea now that this has happened. No one is going to stay anymore" cried Yuuna "Also many people in our class have club activities. They'll be quite busy so the work will slow down" pointed out Haruna. "I can stay and help if you want, I was gonna offer anyway" he said with a shrug as Negi was looking over his student charter.

"What's the matter Negi?" asked Asuna "Fr a long time I've been curious about the list Shizuna-sensei gave me." He opened it up and pointed t student number one Sayo's picture "That photo of that ghost isn't it this student?" Naruto looked over "Yeah it is, she a nice girl" he said unfortunately a few of the girls had gone off to form an exorcist team.

"You've met her?" asked Negi "Well yeah o when I first got here really, sweet girl we usually read the manga I have in lessons" he explained before noticing "Where did the others go?" when they found them they had Nodoka use her book to find out what Sayo was thinking but it didn't go well as the picture and statement was misunderstood and Sayo got upset making the room go haywire.

Seeing her chance Kazumi busted out her camera to snag a shot of Sayo but as she tried to help them understand it sent the class into further hysterics and she ran out the room, "Sayo-chan!" Naruto ran after the girl "Why did Naruto run out the room?" asked Yue "Isn't it obvious…?"asked Kazumi looking at her camera and showing it to them displaying a scared looking Sayo with tears spilling from her eyes.

"Naruto-kun probably can already see the ghost and ran after her when she got upset. Just look at this picture she crying and looks scared as much as we were" she explained with some girls feeling a little guilty as Negi and Kazumi rushed out the class room to find the girl and teacher.

It wasn't long before they found Naruto in a hall hugging the air "Naruto-nii!" said Negi "Hey Negi, Kazumi-chan, I take you figured out that Sayo-chan isn't bad or evil" both shook their heads "She just wants to make friends right?" asked Kazumi. "Yeah she does…Sayo-chan try and make it so they can see you" he told the girl who scrunched up her face in concentration.

"So your Sayo-chan then" said Kazumi smiling at the girl "I was right you are cute ain't that right Negi?" the boy nodded "Yes nice to meet you Sayo-san" he said offering his hand "Negi-sensei…Kazumi-san…" she mumbled smiling at the pair before looking back at Naruto "Thank you Naruto-kun" he smiled down "Anytime."

XBreakX

"Good morning everyone" said Naruto as he sat down for breakfast at Chao Bao Zi "Morning Naruto greeted Asuna as he sat down with her and Negi before spotting Chachamaru "Hey Cha-chan, your hair looks really nice today as does your dress" he complimented as Hakase came on in her segway.

"Morning she said to Ku Fei and the others "Hey, Hey your late Hakase" said Ku Fei. "Morning Hakase, we have Naruto-kun as usual but it looks like Negi-sensei is become a usual patron too" said Chao to her friend.

"Oh "said Hakase before noticing Chachamaru's hair "Ah you can't do that Chachamaru!" she shouted running over "That's a NoNo. How can you tie your hair up like that? Don't forget that your hair's for exhausting heat" she told her creation. "Hakase…" she tried to say "Why would you do that? You'll over heat if you do that" Naruto looked over and decided to interject "Why did you ask.?Hakase-chan isn't it alright for Cha-chan to do something with her hair and look nice with her friends. Not that she doesn't look nice normally."

""Oh? Is that so…thank you so much for your comments" she said getting back to work before tripping over her own feet. But before she fit the ground Naruto caught her with one am while his other caught all the dishes she was carrying "Phew, safe…you okay Cha-chan?" he asked his face close to hers.

'How is this possible? Chachamaru actually tripped on flat ground. This should be possible at all' wondered Hakase curious to the event. "I'm fine Naruto…thank you" he put the dishes on the side as he helped her back up "It's fine" he said sitting back down.

Hakase then walked over "Chachamaru, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?" she asked "No there are no system anomalies present" she informed her as Hakase played with a pen in her lips. "Chachamaru…it's been a while since I last dismantled you for system checking. If you don't mind could you come by the lab after class later" she asked with her answering "Yes I understand."

Later on Naruto, Negi, Asuna, Konoka, and Setsuna had joined Chachamaru for her checkup/dismantling at the Mahora Technical Department where she was 'born.' Chachamaru knocked on the door as she walked through "Hakase I'm coming in" the first thing they saw was Hakase experimenting with something obviously dangerous due to the fats se was using robotic arms to hold it. "Oh NOOO Mad Scientist, Mad Scientist, we're gonna get dismembered" he girls and Negi cried while Naruto took it all in his stride.

"Oh my what's u[ with everyone? Wha…" 'BOOOOOOM' came the explosion from the experiment "and a few minutes later Hakase was cleaning her face "So sorry, you see I was working on an experiment" she explained "We guessed…" muttered Naruto.

Well then let us begin the check up" she said gesturing Chachamaru to sit down "Please remove your shirt" she asked "Oh…right…right here?" she asked glancing at Naruto. "Aiyah~ quick" Hakase ordered "okay" Chachamaru took off her shirt revealing her robotic body to all present Wow Chachamaru's really a robot" said Konoka amazed.

"Wow, Hakase-ane-san, so you're Chachamaru's creator?" asked Chamo "Yes that is correct. Even through mobility is powered by magic she's different from Eva-chan's other dolls. Chachamaru's actuation body structure, atomic computer, artificial intelligence and so on are products of science made by me" she said with pride of her work and friend.

"But it's strange, I can't detect any anomalies yet your motor rotations counts keep rising…what's wrong with you?" there was a look of unsure on Chachamaru's face. "It's this special feeling…how should I put it in words? I'm afraid it's…it's what you call erm…embarrassment I guess…" she admitted shocking Hakase.

"What? You're feeling shy? An artificial feeling shy? Anything else?" she said putting her hand on her head. "I feel anxious around the segment beside the main activation switch on my chest. My face feels hot too." Hakase did find the last part to be true confusing her more "Wow it is hot. This is too weird. Chachamaru having all these signs. What exactly does this all mean?"

"This is nothing strange at all" said Konoka happily "Your heart speeding up…mean's that you're in love" there was a moment of silence before "LOVE? NO WAY!" from Hakase at the idea of an A.I. feeling love she continued her rant on the subject until Konoka made the comment "Wow a robot that is able to fall in love, isn't that so romantic."

In Hakase's head the following thought popped up 'Wait a minute, an AI that is able to fall in love…equals a Nobel Prized Invention?' "hehe so that's how it is…this might be love after all. Alright let's begin the experiments, leave the checking for next time…" she said getting a mad scientist look in her eye. "This will not end well" were Naruto's thoughts on the matter.

XBreakX

The group was now in front of the local coffee shop and Chachamaru was dressed in an all black outfit that had long sleeves and a skirt which cut off where he long socks and black shoes took over. "Umm, what's happening now?" asked the girl in question "This is to help you get the feeling you get when you wear something you are not used to" explained Hakase while holding her laptop that would be monitoring her motor rotations.

Come on Chachamaru, do some more cute poses and let the boys of the technical block concentrate on you more" she told her while Chachamaru glanced at Naruto who was smiling at her mouthing 'it looks nice' as her motor began to rotate more.

"Wow there's some movement already" said Hakase happily while Chachamaru tried to stop her "No…that's…" he concerns were ignored as she was put in her next outfit. She was now wearing a sailor theme uniform that was sleeveless "AH my mechanical body doesn't look good in these clothes. The joints are too obvious…" she protested. "Cha-chan you look pretty, don't worry" said Naruto trying to ease her worry "Wow what an amazing rise in numbers! Keep it going! It's working well" called Hakase as Chachamaru continued trying to protest.

"But id it's really love, who's the person then?" Konoka asked excited by all this "Hm, my sentiments exactly Konoe" said Hakase "Then let's try searching her memory database" she said not bothered by the invasion of privacy. "Wow you can do that?" said Konoka amazed which Asuna shouted "Wait a minute isn't this invasion of other people privacy?" she asked trying to stop it.

"For the sake of science this must be done" shouted Hakase with her mad scientist look "hehe, she placed all the video shots into her precious folders" Chachamaru continued trying to stop Hakase but was unable to "This is it!" she found the folder full of pictures of Naruto and a couple with him and Yurine together.

Before anyone could get a look Chachamaru shoved them out the way with her extendable arms "This is too amazing Chachamaru. So this is true after all? But I'm amazed the person you actually love is Na…" she stopped when she saw Chachamaru crying laser fluid "Cha-chan…"

Chachamaru began wiping her face as she was literally steaming at the face "Naruto this isn't what it looks like…no…Hakase YOU BAKA" she shouted punching Hakase in the face. 'No way she actually attacked me, her creator? Changing her priorities programmed into her, all by herself? Hohoho, you've grown Chachamaru and I approve of your choice…'

Realizing what she'd done Chachamaru began to panic "That's not…that's not what it looks like…no…no, no, no, no!" he head began exhaling a large amount of steam from her embarrassment. Before jetting off at high speeds "She's gone berserk. It's too much of a load on her memory route" said Hakase informing Negi and Naruto.

'Alert, Alert, Emergency! Test-subject has gone berserk; it's currently escaping the premises! Technical Department employees please for your best to capture the target!' said announcements as various robots were sent out to catch Chachamaru but all quickly fell under her berserk rage. "Naruto, please press Chachamaru's right breast. Since we're in the middle of a test it should be possible to completely eliminate any transmissions to her" Hakase informed the by who gave her a look.

"You can't be serious?" he said not believing the solution was to grope the girl "Naruto, it's the only way now go before someone gets hurt o she gets hurt" she shouted as he nodded and sped off. Quicker than most would ever believe Naruto had gotten behind the girl and pressed her breast "Cha-chan…are you alright'?" he asked once it was clear she'd stopped "Na…Naruto…kun…" she muttered.

"I'm really sorry Chachamaru, I seemed to have over did it yesterday" apologised Hakase after the incident at the technical department was sorted out "Once I get too absorbed in my work it'll be hard for me to think straight…".Chachamaru shook her head "No I should apologise for damaging the Technical Department Building…"

Hakase just gave her a wide smile "But~~ don't you worry Chachamaru. About Naruto…let's keep it out little secret alright?" Chachamaru just smiled back "Ah, alright Hakase…" Hakase then went on to say how she could make an artificial skin for Chachamaru to cover her robot parts as well as make a new hairstyle that would allow her to exhaust heat…also suggesting adding the more private parts of the female anatomy to her body.

"Hakase does have her good points too~~" said Asuna observing the scene with the others "No doubt the only kin of Chachamaru" added Setsuna. "I'm just glad Cha-chan will probably be able to wear her hair differently now" commented Naruto while Konoka's thought on the matter were "Awww~~ I still want to know who Chachamaru's crush is~~~".

XBreakX

Fireworks lit up the sky of Mahora academy at night as Asuna was about to confess to Takahata "Um…if you could spare some of your free time to…um" she mumbled not meeting her crush's eyes. "What is it Asuna? If you want to tell me something just say it" said Takahata increasing the blush on her face "Um…I…uh…I…I love you!" she shouted.

"I've loved you since the very beginning!" she began to look up "Oh I'm glad…actually from the first time we met…" Asuna then noticed that it was not the voice f Takamichi that spoke but a younger voice. She found that it was now Naruto standing before her with a soft smile "…I've always liked you too." He reached up and cupped her face "Allow me to kiss that beautiful face of yours Asuna-chan" he bent own to kiss her as she closed her eyes and as their lips touched he body jerked and bang her head on her ceiling of her room.

Turned out it was but another dream "Damn it happened again, why does his face keep popping up?" she wondered as she took out her frustrations on the sleeping Negi cuddled up next to her. "I blame you for this, if you weren't here either would he" but as she said this she had a flashback to that night in the rain where Naruto had taken a deadly blow for her.

In class later that morning Naruto was supervising the girls work and helping out too "Everyone sacrificed their break time to come and help out, I'm so touched~~" said Yuuna currently wearing a pair of ears as she, Naruto, Akira and Ako were knitting and sewing outfits. "Hey have you guys seen the Mahora news yet?" asked Makie holding a copy they read the article about the legend of the world tree.

"What's this legend about?" asked Naruto as Misora answered "Well apparently a senior two years older than me said that at the last year's school festival, a couple who said to be an impossible match tried out confessing by the world tree and instantly they became a couple. So people believe that confessing under the tree means you are more than likely to fall in love."

A few of the girls and glanced at Naruto when they heard this "Well I heard about this only but last year 3 of the girls who confessed to trainee teachers succeeded" said Madoka "even though it was unconfirmed there was a report about a girl who got an actor boyfriend using this method" said Sakurako adding her own story to the mix.

"Let me have a read of that" said Naruto beginning to read the article "The power of the world tree will overcome all barriers and problems! There are couples who have overcome the age barriers and even some who have overcame the look barrier too…during this research some of our members also became couples" he took a moment to digest the info.

"Well I heard of stranger phenomena in my life so this doesn't seem too far fetched, seems a bit romantic to confess under the tree though" he admitted before turning to the girls "I take it some of you have targets for this method?" a number looked away and wouldn't meet his face.

Does Se-chan have someone she like?" asked Konoka shocking the devoted guardian "Eh, not really. I'm not that interested in boys…" she admitted with a blush. "But if there has to be someone I'd say it's Negi-sensei then…" she blushed harder saying this but quickly made action to divert attention. "How about you Asuna? How's it going with Takahata-sensei?"

"Asuna? No way. Every school festival she's always said she'd confess but she's too nervous to even speak. And to think she talks so much~~" she explained to Setsuna "Hey wait a minute Konoka, how can you tell Setsuna about all that?" she asked red faced.

"If you wanted to confess, at least you could say was shall we go to the school festival together or something like that" she suggested making Asuna realize she'd never tried that. ""But Konoka-chan, some peple find it hard to confess to the one they really like, heck a girl once took most of our life before she confessed to me when we were 16" Naruto told them.

"Really…Who was she Naruto-kun?" he smiled but had a hint of sadness "Hinata was a good friend who had a crush on me since we were kids but was always too shy to tell me. She was a really sweet girl like you Konoka sadly I never had the chance to talk to her about it before I ended up here. However Asuna-chan take my advice and if you want your happiness deep breath and take the plunge, life can surprise you with what it gives you."

"Wow, Naruto…that's…that's pretty deep" he gave her a grin "I have my moments…I'm just wondering if any of my fanclub will try and grab me to confess during the festival." Hearing this many girl had the determined thought of 'No way are they getting Naruto-kun!'

XBreakX

"Hi everyone" Asuna greeted her art mates "Wow Asuna, you actually came…is it because you're lovelorn?" they joked with her. "Well since this is my last school festival might as well give it all I got right?" she said rubbing her head before sitting down to her canvas ' The last day of the school festival huh…Anyway why did I even have that dream this morning…why was it Naruto, what is wrong with me' she thought shaking her head.

'I have after all been in love with Takahata-sensei since I was little. But Naruto…he acts mature yet has a playful side to hi as well. Plus he's always doing what he can to make sure me and the others are happy' in her train of thought Asuna didn't realize that she'd painted the face of Naruto in the corner of her piece. 'What the hell am I drawing? That's it I must confess at the world tree, just do what Naruto said and take a deep breath before the plunge. Heh, Naruto always gives pretty good advice.'

"Wow Asuna you really work hard eh?" said Takahata admiring the portrait of himself she had painted "Takahata-sensei where's everyone else?" she asked seeing as she and Takamichi were the only ones in the room. "They already left. Heh, you must be really concentrating on your work then. I'm the teacher in charge after all, yet I don't often show my ace around at all…" she said looking over his portrait.

"Oh isn't this me? It wouldn't be dun fun drawing me at all right" he mused "Hoho, I've still gotta thank you though your skill's improved a lot as opposed to your scribbles when you first joined" he said the last pert quietly.

'Say it, Wanna go to the school festival together' "Um Takahata-sensei…" she said blushing like a strawberry "Hm?". She tried to say the word but ended up bolting from the room unable to say anything to him. Once outside she caught up with Konoka and Setsuna who gave her the weirdest suggestion ever.

XBreakX

"What? Go on a date with Asuna/Negi?" the two asked under Chamo's suggestion Why do I have to go n a date with this guy first?" she asked pushing Negi away. "Like I said this is practise before the actual thing…practice" said Chamo smoking his cigarette "like battles you need experience in love too. After having some experience the anxiety will gradually fade too. That way you can finally invite Takahata to the festival right, plus have any of you actually been on a date before?"

"Um…no" she answered as Negi, Konoka and Setsuna answered in the negative too but someone who just happened to be in the room working on costumes for the girls and Negi decided to but in. "I have been on dates before but I'd like to ask why Negi, he's only ten, not much really to help Asuna-chan" said Naruto still sewing.

"See someone gets it, geez I'd rather practice with Naruto here before I did with Negi" she said making Konoka tilt her head in thought "Why don't you do that then?" she asked "What?". She nodded and pointed to Naruto "Naruto-kun is a gentleman like Negi-kun so he'd be perfect for a practice date….would you be will to practice with Asuna Naruto-kun?" he stopped his job to answer.

It's not my decision, I'm happy to take part but only if Asuna-chan is okay with it" he told them making them stare at Asuna "…Well its better that the brat" she said a little happy inside. "Okay then since Naruto-sama is helping we need something to adjust his age so it's similar to Takahata's" said Chamo pulling out a bottle filled with red and blue pills.

"Presenting red candy, blue candy age deceiving pills!" he cried making hem all curious "Trust you to get something with such a horrible name…" Asuna muttered. "As the name suggests this can allow you to alter your age, but this is only an external illusion. Kinda like Eva's spell. This way Naruto-sama can be a full adult and will make for a perfect substitute for practice."

Konoka was instantly hooked on the idea "But does it really turn you into an adult?" she asked holding a red pill "Try it the red one is for adults" he said as she ate the pull and in a puff of smoke an 18 mature looking Konoka was standing in front of them with Setsuna holding back a nosebleed.

"Lookie Asuna, my sexy and mature charm" said Konoka giving her a wink "Guess they d work" said Naruto seeing it would be difficult to tell the who had taken the pill."Wow this is fun I love this magic. Here Se-chan have one too~" she said popping a blue pill into her gaping mouth. With another off of smoke both Konoka and Setsuna were now chibi and seven years old "Aww, how cute, mid if I try one Chamo?" he got a nod and Naruto popped in a blue pill and with a puff of smoke stood a 8 year old Naruto with his original hair of spiky blonde hair "Wow been a while since I was blonde."

Asuna stared at Naruto with his cheeky grin and resisted the urge to glomp him for his cuteness, it was more irresistible than anything Negi could ever manage "Hmm, not bad but let's see how I'll look in a couple years" he said eating a red one now.

When he did Naruto stood at his original height perhaps a couple centimetres higher his face more defined like his father's was, his whisker marks a little faded too. His hair was the same white that they had come used to but on his face Naruto had grown a bit of stubble on his chin but just enough to make him look like an adult. He looked himself in the mirror "Not bad…although not sure about the stubble really, what do you girls think?" he said in a bit of a deeper voice yet still kind tone (Think Minato's VA in the anime).

Looking at the girls he saw he wouldn't get a straight answer since they all had blushes and one was drooling, just a teensy bit. "I guess that's positive silent comments then, just let me know when you need me tomorrow since it's quite late now Asuna-chan" he said walking out the door having finished his sewing.

On his way back Naruto felt his phone go off "Hello…?" he took a moment to listen "Hello Naruto, Reborn here just letting you know my boss says he had some free time so he decided to come to the festival at Mahora with his family and I was wondering id you'd like to meet him?" asked reborn.

"Sure I'd love too Reborn, it'll be a pleasure I'm sure and it'll be good to see you again" he said happily into the phone "Just so you know the other members of the 'Family' are coming too so be prepared to meet some interesting people" Reborn warned knowing the chaos the group can bring.

"I'll be fine; I've met some pretty odd people in my time already" he told the tutor who chuckled over the phone "I'll hold you to that statement. Anyway see you in a couple days then" Naruto laughed back "Indeed see you then by Reborn" he flipped his phone closed.

"Hmm the Vongola family…Wonder what they're all like, knowing my luck really fun people who make trouble for themselves" he mused walking home.

XChapter EndX

Well people the festival arc has started so be prepared for chapters and nice fluff moments between the various girls of Mahora and the tournament coming up too, that's be fun to right and I may take the suggestion people have been making in the reviews for that.

Also sorry for kinda skipping over the Sayo chapter really but again I'm saying she's not interested in Naruto simply because he sees her as a friend to talk to rather than something more.

I'm glad to hear that you approve of the reason for limiting Naruto so much as it helps ease my mind of things. The next lemons may not happen for a bit but we'll see as time goes really plus I've already got a nice set up for hilarity.

Till next time bye