A Wolf in Mahora
Chapter 38: A New Club
I do not own Negima or Naruto
Italics for thoughts and spells
I'd like to take a moment to thank leo247 for offering me some good feedback for what I could be changing some of the girls in the story. Anyway might be a couple of chapters before we get into the Magical world, meeting Anya and also the next lemon which might be in this chapter.
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"What… the Negima club? What's with that retarded sounding name? how did you let them get away with that Naruto?" asked Evangeline wearing a white gothic Lolita dress, complete with hat and umbrella. Naruto, Asuna, Ku Fei, Kaede and Haruna had approached her to ask something.
"Asuna-chan named the club and oddly Ayaka-chan agreed. But anyway the club was made to help Negi find his dad. I'm going to petition for a name change later as advisor to the club" said Naruto as Asuna gave him a glare thinking her name was a good one.
"I see… so the idea is to cheat some funds at the side, which you can use in going to Wales huh… so what do you want me for?" Eva asked curious.
"Well you have a far bit of experience so the club wants you to be the honorary advisor, you told me when we were at Al's that you want to spend one final year. So it's something to keep you busy while you relax here in Mahora" Naruto said remembering how he, Al and Eva had discussed her staying in Mahora.
"Well I guess it's something. As long as you keep me up to date with what you find I don't mind being an honorary advisor for you Naruto. Although I'll try and think of a better name to use for the club" said Eva with a small smile making all the girls jump for joy.
"That's great Eva-chan but you see there's a small favour we want to ask you" said Asuna a little bashfully.
"Hmm what is it?" Eva asked the girl.
"Um well we wanted to ask if we can use your resort as our club room" Asuna said chuckling nervously
"Ahh so that was your objective huh, you know some might see this as using your friend's kindness to their advantage" she sent a small look to Asuna who looked away not meeting her eyes. "Well I guess it is alright, come with me and I show you something special" said Eva gesturing all of them to follow. They made their way to the cabin and to where the resort was only to find that there were now several other bottle worlds that connected to one with a large castle at a cliff side.
"W-What happened here?" questioned Asuna seeing the new set up.
"It's for the boya's training, see now quickly follow mw for the tour as they allentered the main castle area.
"It's a tropical jungle-aru" shouted Ku Fei excitedly seeing the trees and waterfalls.
The group was then greeted by Chachamaru who bowed to them in her maid uniform "Welcome to the Lebenschilt Castle, you may use the warps around you to move between areas, the warp in front of you is a shortcut to the castle since it's 500 meters from here to the castle" Chachamaru explained to them, Kaede and Naruto nodded and the other admiring the scenery.
They were showed to the ice climate and the desert climate before brought back to the castle but the rapid change in temperature had the girls sweating all over. "It's nice I have to admit, but can't help but feel Al helped a little with the design. It's your castle isn't it?" Naruto said as Eva nodded.
"Despite his tendencies he has descent taste so I took on a couple of his ideas when remodelling this place. And yes it is I am glad you remembered. Do you think these areas will be able to handle your training?" she asked Naruto.
"Yeah the large open space by the waterfalls is perfect to train myself and a few of the others, mainly Chizuru-chan and Chao-chan bow to control the animal forms more seeing as their full beat form can be bigger than they usually are. Although Chao-chan seems to have started making some new invention for her artifact to combine with and also fit her new style, but I digress let's find Negi and the others.
When they came out into the area Negi and Kotaro were walking toward them, he spotted the group and waved "Asuna-san so you came. Does this mean you've got the aster's permission?" asked Nagi as Naruto looked over to Eva.
"Ever get the feeling like you've been taken advantage of?" he asked the vampire who sighed a little.
"I am right now" she replied as Asuna smiled at Negi.
"Og course it's all in the bag. What about your side? Everything going well?" Asuna asked Negi.
"Our training is going on as usual. And the others are in the middle of finishing their summer holiday homework, a couple already done like Chao-san and Chizuru-san" said Negi as said group of girls then spotted Asuna's group and waved.
"It looks like everyone is here. Asuna- Haruna-! " Konoka called to the group waving, Chizuru, Chao and Zazie looking up to see Naruto walking with the others.
"It's time for tea then I suppose" said Chizuru closing her notebook that had healing spells for her to study on.
"We were just about to take a tea break from training and have some tea" said Negi back with Asuna who gave a small fist pump in joy.
"Oh nice as we can't get out for an entire day anyway maybe we should just make ourselves comfortable here at our club room in this tropical resort" said Asuna already loving the club room and new club even more.
"Negi-sensei, let me pour you your tea you look a little tired from your hard training" said Ayaka coming over to the boy and grasped his hand leading him to one of the tables.
"Oh… okay Ayaka-san" Negi replied not minding Ayaka's action as much as he might have previously.
"Naruto-kun, are we going to be training our other forms in a while?" asked Chizuru walking over as did Zazie coming over and hugging his side in greeting. Naruto in turn patted her head before putting a hand on her back.
"Most likely yes we need to make sure you can adjust to the change in size and test your combat ability a little too. Think you can keep up?" he asked Chizuru who nodded.
"I'm a pretty fast learner and I have a very talented sensei" she said giggling a little at the double meaning of her words only Zazie and Kaede understanding and Eva a little too.
"You know this place is incredible. It's almost like a castle and it's bigger than the resort too" commented Asuna having pulled Ayaka away from Negi with some effort involved.
"It 'IS' a castle. Any first rate mage would have a few well defended residences like this. In fact the castle of mine was actually built deep with the dark lands during the 19th century and later moved here as a whole. Back then a lot of people were hunting for my head though" Eva said with a small glaze in her eyes toward Asuna before Chizuru put a hand on her shoulder offering a small smile to her.
After a while Setsuna was sparing with Asuna "Hey Setsuna-san don't you think Eva-chan's acting weird?" Asuna asked her sparing partner as they traded blows with her harisen and Setsuna's boken.
"Evangeline-san why?" questioned Setsuna as the two spread apart from each other skidding along the floor.
"Recently Eva-chan keep on staring at me for some reason. Did I do something wrong?" Asuna wondered a little confused as she darted forward toward Setsuna attempting a two handed swing.
"Haha I'm sure it's just you. But still you rate of improvement is impressive Asuna-san" said Setsuna surprising Asuna. "Not only do you have high physical capabilities, your understanding I great too. On top of that you are able to use the highly difficult technique Kanka without any difficulty whatsoever and you even possess the rare magic cancel ability. If you continue at this rate one day you may just become more powerful than any of us" Setsuna said a chibi of Asuna holding her harisen with the title 'Most powerful' appeared in the two girls minds.
"And the club idea too. To create a club in order for us to make the first move… it's something I would have never thought of. As I have lived my life only following orders. Well done you once again have my respect" she said in praise of Asuna who had sadly with all the praising paused to ru her head in embarrassment.
"What's with that Setsuna-san? You're making me blush—" it was then Asuna was hit in the head while distracted.
"Ah Asuna, Setsuna-san!" called a voice that was Haruna, alongside Zazie, Nodoka Yue and Konoka, all in maid outfits.
"Oi Paru what's with the outfits" asked Asuna a small band aide over her head, Konoka meanwhile asking Setsuna if she looked cute making the poor girl stutter a response.
"Isn't it cute, we borrowed them from Chachamaru's older sister, Zazie wanted to try it on too, she really suits it oddly. But anyway this castle is awesome, not only does it have hot springs and a sauna. It also has full body massages, various salon features, an all-natural stone sauna an awesome sky lounge that looks down on a great waterfall etc." Haruna listed off all the features of her new favourite place.
"And all of this is thanks to Asuna's idea" said Haruna pointing at Asuna, Zazie nodding in agreement and giving her the thumbs up. The other girls also agreeing with Haruna's statement seeing as the time dilation effect left them time to finish their summer work and also free up the rest of the summer.
"Maybe it's time we picked the club president" Haruna the announced loudly with Zazie turning her head and waving to the approaching figure.
"If that's the case I suppose Asuna-san" suggested Nodoka at the side with Yue.
"Mmn, you're right she the one who came up with the idea anyway Asuna, sounds good" commented Haruna crossing her arms.
"I agree I vote for Asuna-san too" added Setsuna vouching for her best friend.
"I think Asuna-san has leadership skills too" said Haruna further adding to Asuna's praise.
"Considering you activities during the school festival, you would make a perfect candidate" Yue put her opinion forward as well.
"Ohh Asuna your popularity is sky rocketing. Looks as though it can be you for president" said Konoka while Asuna scratched her cheek.
"Really…? I see… if that's what everyone wants then I guess I'll be the president-eheheh" Asuna laughed.
"You as president. I wonder about that?" said Eva walking toward the group now in a black dress and wearing a pair of glasses to help add an image of her as the honorary advisor, walking by Zazie who gave a small nod. "I don't think you are suitable for the job at all. as the honorary advisor I'm casting my vote against you" said Eva as Asuna's good mood deflated instantly.
"W-whu Eva-chan? Is there a problem with me being the president?" she asked the vampire.
"Asuna Kagurazaka, you mentioned something about protecting the boy it seems. But is that really possible for a mere female middle school student like you? You probably didn't put any thought into your idea this time wither. You're all talk Kagurazaka Asuna" Eva said with a small smirk poking holes into Asuna's plan and was mostly likely correct.
"Wha… What are you talking about? That's not true" exclaimed Asuna in denial of the accusation.
"Then let's give you a test. It's a test to see if you're suited to become the president. How about it do you accept?" Eva said challenging Asuna.
"I accept you test!" Asuna shouted and Eva began calling for a servant to fetch the necessary people.
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"Eva-chan, you can't be serious can you?" asked Asuna seeing who her opponent was for the test. "I mean there's got to be someone better to test me than her" she continued not seeing the small twitch on her opponent face.
"She can manage on her own, anyway the rules are the same for the boya's apprenticeship test. If you can get even one hit on her you pass. But the time limit if 15 minutes" Eva told her looking to Chizuru who had been asked to be Asuna's opponent.
Chizuru had her artifact active and had yet to take a stance waiting for Asuna "Are you sure? With such an easy condition even I can do this easily if it's just one hit on Chizuru. I still think this is unfair to her though I mean can she even fight at all" said Asuna earning a tick mark on Chizuru.
"Chizuru-chan, feel free to go to half form if you want and don't be too rough she hasn't seen you in too much action before" said Naruto from the side by Ku Fei, Negi, Kotaro and Kaede.
"Naruto-nii why is this happening? I…I think Asuna-san is a good president choice" muttered Negi at the side as Naruto tapped his forehead with two fingers.
"Maybe but this is a small life lesson for Asuna-chan. Don't worry about her, after a while Chizuru-chan started learning her own style of fighting with her artifact and her recent enhancements make her more than a match for Asuna-chan" Naruto reassured the boy.
"Now then..." Eva raised her hand as Asuna brought up her hands channelling both magic and Ki, activating kanka and her artifact.
'Chizuru-chan's artifact is barrirers which I'll slip through easy with kanka. I'll hold back a little since all she really knows is healing spells. If I'm going to protect Negi and Naruto I cannot lose, here I go' Asuna though charing forward.
As she came close enough to swing a smiling Chizuru eye turned serious giving her an eerie look her hands darted out fast with two compressed barriers over her hands, knocking one of Asuna's hands disarming her while the other landed on her stomach and she felt herself repelled back hard, skidding along the floor.
"Wha-wha-what was that?" said a confused Asuna seeing as Chizuru had both gotten her weapon and knocked back with some force.
"While I specialise in healing spells that doesn't mean I am defenceless Asuna-san, in fact I created a useful technique when handling my artifact but why explain when you can just keep trying to hit me and fail" Chizuru said still in chipper tone.
"This will be an eye opener for Asuna-chan" muttered Naruto to himself.
"What do you mean Onii-san?" asked Kotaro impressed at the two girls.
"While Asuna ash had experience in battle, I have personally seen over various parts of her training as has Zazie-chan. Chizuru approached her to try and test out her new fighting techniques. It resolves countering an opponents attacks and delivering the force then intended back to them" Naruto explained as Kaede tilted her head.
"I though Chizuru-dono's barriers only healed, have they always done that?" Kaede asked curious as Naruto nodded to the question.
"Yeah, after experimenting we discovered that Chizuru's artifact actually rejects things like the injuries of fatigue of a person, the size of the barrier determines how much strength she uses. The rejecting of force and repelling it back is useful to her as she really doesn't want to hurt people so them using their own force against themselves seems better and add the fact has six barriers to use in rejecting a person's force make her quite a tough opponent" Negi, Kotaro and Ku Fei mouths went 'O' hearing the explanation to Chizuru's abilities.
Asuna by now was picking herself up off her feet "…Not yet I can keep going… I'll get that one hit" said Asuna rushing forward and got behind Chizuru to hit her only for something to wrap around her wrist and throw her to the side before feeling a tape of a barrier to the side. Asuna was sent rolling across the floor, and Asuna looked up to see Chizuru with a pair of wolf ears and a tail swishing behind her.
'No way… she's like Naruto now… when did that happen' Asuna thought running forward again, the result was the same for her as Chizuru showed superior skills in besting her in the field of battle. 'Such a difference between us… why can't I get just one hit' Asuna though in frustration as her battle went on.
Some time later Eva signalled Chizuru to stop "15 minutes are up" said Eva looking down at the tired and slightly bruised form of Asuna who was struggling to get to her feet, Chizuru didn't have a single mark on her and looked fresh as before the test started making a few of the other girls think what the heck Naruto's training with the girls was like. They were also very amazed at the grace of which Chizuru had fought against Asuna, none knowing that Naruto had given her some kata movements of Juken to go along with her new style, if he was honest her grace matched that of Hinata way back when.
"Trying to protect someone when you're only at that level, don't make me laugh. You're a burden, I guess you really are just all talk Kagurazaka Asuna" Eva said with a smirk.
"Y-… now you said it. I'm not just all talk!" Asuna shouted getting to her feet albeit a little shaky.
"Really then explain how that someone who claims that they'll protect a couple boys gets best by someone who has less battle experience than her. Chizuru has less skill than the boya yet look how she took you down without so much as a sweat. If you can't go up against her then you can forget about being president. You should understand well enough that you'd just be a big burden right? Why do you think Chizuru is already so skilled" Eva explained and Asuna realized that she was right.
"U… I'll admit that I'm not strong enough but Chizuru has been trained by Naruto, how d I know she hasn't been in tons of battles already I mean its obvious she has fought tough opponents before so there would be an obvious difference between us not to mention she has those extra features to help her as well" argued Asuna pointing at Chizuru.
"Actually this is my first time actually fighting for real, most of the time it's just a casual spar with Zazie-san, Kaede-san or even Mana-san when she's free. I have to admit it is very exciting being in a fight like that and it's nice to see my style works so well. Naruto-kun I'm cooking ramen for you later as thanks for the notes on the Juken" said Chizuru over to Naruto.
"Thanks Chizuru-chan" said Naruto happily while inside his head various chibi Naruto were waving banners saying 'We love Chizuru' in thanks as Chizuru had shown she was a great cook and could make him ramen on par or even better than Ichiraku ramen.
"Well Kagurazaka do you think you could do better if you took on harsher training like she has or even the boya. Do you think you could survive just the training as the boya?" asked Eva to Asuna.
"O-Of course I'll catch up to him and anyone else in no time. If Chizuru-chan is this strong then I'll do all I can to get stronger" Asuna said looking determined in her voice.
"How comforting to hear, how about receiving my lessons then?" Eva said adjusting and letting out a small chuckle. "If you're thinking about quitting now id the time, after this I'm not going to care even if you come t me crying…" she said as the other girls around looked slightly scared for Asuna taking on Eva's training.
"U... Of course I'll do it, I'll show you" said Asuna not knowing that her training would be hellish for a middle school student. Asuna would have a survival test in the arctic training area to help her hone her kanka ability and overall strength and determination to get stronger. She would have to survive for seven days or seven hours in real time.
"In that case you can follow me, oi boya pup follow me as well so she can get an understanding of her training when I drop her in the deep end" said Eva making a motion with her hands for the two boya and girl to follow her.
"Good luck Asuna-san" Chizuru waved her tailing wagging behind her as she went over to Naruto "Are we going to do some training now Naruto-kun, I've had a good warm up now" she said earning a tick mark on Asuna, they were even now for Asuna underestimating her skill and had paid for it.
"Yes, Chao-cahn is still working on her project in the castle with help of Cha-chan's sisters so you me and Zazie-chan will be sparing with each other as Kaede-chan will be helping Ku Fei in training her Ki usage and maybe even some Shundo as well" said Naruto as both girls nodded and they made their way to the side and hopped off making all the other look and run over before they saw all three using their own means of transport. Chizuru riding on a large barrier, Zazie floating using her boots and Naruto flying on his staff.
"Wish I could fly de-gozaru" muttered Kaede as her pactio didn't allow her the ability to fly. "Lets get to our own training Ku Fei de-gozaru" the ninja said to the martial artist.
"Hai I'm ready for some good training-aru" she said happy to learn and expand her own abilities.
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A week in the resort passed fairly quickly with Naruto taking time to help train Kaede alongside Ku Fei a little and also seeing what Chao was working on, in all honesty her new creation would suit her just fine. Chizuru also took some time to help Konoka with her healing magic and learning the limitation that Konoka could heal any injury as long as the injury was up to 3 minutes old any more and she couldn't. Haruna Yue and Nodoka also got stuck into their own training the book readers studying hard on the basics Negi had given them to read while Haruna created copies of herself to help with her mangaka and when not that just increasing her drawing speed for creating new golems from her artifact.
Naruto had also been training Chizuru, Chao, Zazie and now Kaede in their animal forms, Kaede had ended up with fox features and Naruto had approved of this seeing as with her eyes closed all the time Kaede was kind of like a Kitsune anyway. Kaede had needed a little extra training to get used to her new tail and also her now extra sensitive hearing but Naruto had worked her through it helping her adjust to the change and also her shifting into full animal form both large and small.
Naruto swore if after all of his partners got together for a picture they could sell it as a Christmas card. Zazie herself despite not being able to change into an animal wasn't left out as she had been marks but since she was already half demon there was no real change aside from a slight boost in stats and now finding it easy to go between her normal and full demon form.
Naruto himself kept practising with the various card in his book to try and get an understanding of what they all could do and their limitations. He also used his other artifacts to see if they all functioned the same and was relieved to see that they did.
As the seventh day rolled around Naruto was looking up more about his cards, absentmindedly twirling his staff between his finger on the main platform drinking tea poured by Chao who had finished her project and shown it to Naruto. Right now she was reading up more basic of spells since when she had fought Negi she had attempted to overwhelm him with pure brute force but the fact that he had bested her with a lower level spell showed she could improve on certain things.
"Yahoooo! How's everyone doing?" shouted Kazumi as she came through the entryway with Sayo, Chisame and Chachamaru. "We've come to take a look at this new club of yours" she said holing a bag of something.
"I'm not going to run away anymore, let go already" said Chisame while Chachamaru's hand was on her shoulder suggesting she had tried to escape from the situation already.
"We brought the meat you guys wanted for barbeque as well" Kazumi said offering the bag, it was taken by Naruto so he could begin cooking as he had offered the day before.
"Thank you for your help Asakura-san" said Setsuna wearing a maid outfit after being coerced by Konoka into one.
"Chisame-chan's here too? You're our buddy after all" said Konoka happily enjoying adding another classmate to the class.
"She was loitering around the convenience store nearby so I extended the invitation to her too" said Chachamaru as Chisame pointed her finger accusingly.
"LIAR! That was half kidnapping you punk" Chisame shouted but her statement was ignored.
"Uhaaa I've heard you guys talk about it but this is awesome. It'll be so great to have a barbeque here" said Kazumi looking over the side and out to the jungle view.
"Naruto where are you going?" asked Sayo seeing the teacher carry the bags.
"Hmm, I offered to cook the stuff for today's lunch. Cha-chan, you ready to help me?" Naruto replied as the girl nodded and walked fairly quickly in the direction toward Naruto, something a few of them picked up on.
"Negi-sensei, is Naruto a good cook?" asked Sayo floating next to her sensei.
"Oh yes Naruto-nii apparently is well versed in his cooking skills, I think Chizuru-san has cooked with him a few times. It's a shame you are a ghost Sayo-san I'm sure you would love it" said Negi as the girl nodded wishing she had a solid body.
It wasn't too long before Naruto, Chachamaru and a few of her sisters returned with the prepared side dishes and the cooking grill for the meat and an assortment of drinks. "Great Naruto-kun's back with the food, time to eat" announced Haruna seeing the white haired boy pushing the tray and then set up the grill.
"Just let the meat cook a little before eating it" he told them placing strips of meat on to begin cooking.
"Hey Naruto-kun what's this party for anyway?" asked Kazumi as she made a plate for herself.
"It's in celebration of Asuna-chan finishing her seven days of training with Eva-chan" Naruto explained to the reporter taking meat off the grill and applying a few spices to it before putting it to the side for the others and placing more meat on.
"I don't see that Kagurazaka anywhere. Is it alright to start this without the main star?" asked Chisame who had let her electronic spirits come out to eat with the rest of the group, all of them very thankful for being included.
"It's about time for her to return but… it is worrying isn't it? I'm going to meet up with her" said a slightly worried Setsuna for her best friend's condition.
"I'm worried too, Setsuna-can I'll go with you two" said Negi with Kotaro raising his hand.
"I-I'm going too Negi, I'm worried about nee-chan" said Kotaro as he ran with the other two, food still in hand as he did.
"Training? What's that Asuna doing now" said Kazumi aloud a little curious.
"She currently is being trained by Eva-chan in a freezing cold snow mountain. Apparently Eva-chan if doing it so Asuna-chan can prove she can be the president of the club, but it's also helping her gain back something from some time ago" said Naruto completely offhandedly.
This made the both Kazumi, Chisame and Sayo's mouths drop in shock "I-Is that alright?" asked Sayo.
"Asuna-chan is tough, she won't let a little cold beat her, and she's too stubborn and hard headed for that. Plus she has a good reason to beat the test" said Naruto with a small smile putting more meat on plates.
"Hmm… you know that Asuna really is something. Doing this for the love of the boy she likes but the question is that if it's Naruto-kun or Negi-kun" Kazumi giggled making a few girls take a spit take hearing her.
"I-i-i-i-id that really true? Do you have any idea who Kazumi-san?" asked Nodoka a little forcefully wanting to know if Asuna was interested in Negi.
"Well normally people wouldn't go through training on a snowy mountain for nothing right? In that case it must be for love" Kazumi giggled with Ku Fei and Konoka agreeing with the sentiment, Naruto just shook his head and made a small plate for himself while creating a clone to look after the rest f the meats cooking.
"Not to mention that a lot of you are all in the same boat of being in love with Negi-kun and Naruto-kun" Kazumi pointed out as some girls went silent hearing her although Naruto's partners were unaffected accepting their feeling for him already, of course the girls who weren't did ponder their own thoughts.
"You've all locked yourselves inside this mysterious castle doing crazy stuff like training to whatever it's got to be love" the reporter exclaimed before being given a small light chop to her head by Naruto stopping her rant and teasing of the other girls.
"Kazumi-chan, be nice it's not fair to tease other people about their feelings especially when it comes to the complex feeling of love" Naruto said making the girls sigh in relief that he was there to help stop Kazumi in her usually rants and attempts to get info out of the other girls.
"Fufufu you may say that Naruto-sama but I have some cold hard proof that a lot of these girls are in love with Aniki" said a giggling Chamo which irked Naruto a little. "Well since we're all gathered now shall we go for a long overdue situational update of that again?" from seemingly nowhere Chamo pulled out an elaborate chart with various girls names and numbers. "Take a close look, this rank chart shows the affection level that everyone within this resort currently has towards Aniki, I also have one for Naruto –sama too if you want to see" Chamo shouted holding another scroll in his hands.
"I should really fin a way to get you to stop stunts like this, but until then Firey be a dear and burn those scrolls and any spars he has on him, Release" said Naruto calling forth the fire spirit who gave a small nod as she emerged from the card before torching the scrolls Chamo had much to the disappointment of Konoka, Haruna and Kazumi.
"Awww Naruto-kun you didn't have to burn them" said Konoka sadly holding a small remain of the scroll that Chamo had been holding out.
"I did, since it's not nice to have your feelings plastered up like that Konoka-chan, also it's unfair to think a person's level of affection can be measured too. a person should be free to show their feelings when they are ready otherwise they might feel really self conscious about how they act with that person" Naruto said eating more from his plate as a number of the girls looked at him in thanks or simply in awe of his words.
"Anyway I best meet up with Negi and Asuna-chan, I want to see how Eva-chan has marked her performance" said Naruto before he vanished with a burst of speed.
Chamo-kun please tell me you have at least one spar of those charts?" Haruna practically begged the ermine who shook his head with anime tears.
"No they're all gone, all my research was for nothing it seems" his mood then took a 180 "Although it just means next time I can't show him the charts and it should take me too long to make another" the ermine giggled at his next plan of action.
"Yeah it might help to see who has the most affection toward out two sensei, I'm sure it would be interesting to see how I compare to some of the others" Kazumi said to herself as a couple of the girls gave her a look.
"Well at least Iincho is busy with her father outside the resort at the moment, she would have had a fit if she heard that there was a chart displaying levels of affection toward Negi-kun, if she wasn't first there would be blood no doubt" Haruna voiced her opinion to which everyone nodded even Chisame and Chachamaru.
Inside the snow mountain area Naruto had met up with Negi, Kotaro and Setsuna to find Asuna and Eva. Naruto of course had released his tails and wrapped them round himself for warmth as he preferred this to simply channelling magic and Ki around his body. "Nee-chan's not around here" Kotaro observed.
"No but up ahead is the summit so from what I can sense they are both there" Naruto said pushing forward through the fog of snow. Coming out of it facing a large cliff top stood Asuna who put the bells she had back in her hair. Eva smirked tossing her artifact card back to her as she had taken it from her for her training.
Asuna grabbed the card activating it and out popped her sword instantly as she swung it round easily in her fingers before stabbing it into the ground. "Seven days, I've made it through. Got a problem now?" she asked Evangeline. She was only me with silence as an answer "How about saying something!" she then exclaimed.
"Why… why didn't you give up?" Eva asked seeing how she had given Asuna a bell to ring if she wanted to give up, Asuna of course not willing to ever give up on her test threw the bell away at some point during the test. "There should be no reason for you to come this far?" Eva asked without so much as a smirk on her face genuinely perplexed to Asuna's behaviour during the test.
"… Don't ask me, I don't know about that" said Asuna grasping her sword's handle.
"Is it for the boya… or is it for him I have to ask?" Eva then asked as Asuna blushed hearig the question.
"Well… if I'm honest… him… Iincho can take care of Negi as much as I can. Plus we both know how he is, he needs tough women in his life" she walked over to Eva's side. "Chizuru-chan beating me badly let me see how far I need to go if I want to protect not only Negi but Naruto as well. I couldn't just give up because I know he would never give up on something like this, it's just not who he is, it's kinda why we both like him huh" Asuna said patting Eva on the head.
"Don't talk like we're equals yet" Eva said flipping Asuna via the hand patting her on her head. "When you're at Chizuru-san or Zazie's level maybe I'll see you in a higher view since maybe you can look after him too by then" Eva looked down on Asuna who pouted at her.
"Mooo….. Eva-chan do you have to be so rough right after I just finished my training" Asuna whined to the vampire who sighed.
"Yes… since apparently will all I did you till didn't give up. But I guess you are an idiot after all" Eva then began laughing seeing how Asuna didn't show any sign that she had remembered her past with Nagi and the others. "Very well, then as my apprentices I will myself personally work both of you and the boya together. I'll turn you both into great warriors worthy of ranking amongst the monsters who'd enlist themselves under my command… evil sub-bosses that is" said Eva throwing off her coat to reveal a rather skimpy black one piece lolita dress.
"Wai-wait a second you never told me anything about that. I mean Negi can handle your training since he has magic but me I'm just-" she tried to get out of more training with Eva but the vampire cut her off.
"A middle school student who survived seven days in the arctic without any proper training, skills of clothes I think you can handle my training all the way so don't argue with me. And furthermore during training your clothing will always be black and in Gothic Lolita style" Eva then explained as se and Asuna began arguing over her training.
Naruto chuckled seeing that Asuna had succeeded in her task so left her to be congratulated by Negi and Setsuna and proceeded back to the main area and checked his watch to see what time it was outside remembering that he had a meeting with a couple of the members of staff soon so began making his way out of the resort.
Before he did he left a note with one of the servants to give to Asuna when she came to the castle area before activating the seal to exit the resort for the first time in the week.
XBreakX
"Let's see one of them should be there by now if not both" muttered Naruto walking toward a local café where he saw the staff members he'd be meeting. Who were Yuuna's father and Donnet Mcguinness, however in the corner of his eye Naruto spotted Yuuna with her friends watching the pair.
"Hey Akashi-sensei, Mcguinness-sensei hope you two weren't waiting long, and why are there a bunch of my students watching you two?" Naruto asked as he sat own on one of the spare chairs.
"No I only just got here myself but I am curious as to why they are there, any ideas Akashi-sensei?" Donnet asked the man.
"Well it's just my daughter and her friends, but I'm probably as confused as you two as to why they are there. Still if we continue like this it will sound like a regular conversation to them so just keep smiling" Yuuna's father said referring to the fact they were all speaking English after Donnet had answered Naruto.
"What did you do to get Yuuna-chan to follow you, she think your on a date?" Naruto asked as the man rubbed the back of his head.
"Oh so that's Yuuna, I see what a cheerful and cute looking girl. I heard she made a big splash during the school festival almost as much as you Naruto. She's just like her mother" Donnet said drinking from her cup.
"Yeah, Yuuna-chan talks about her, you can tell that's where she gets her high spirits and energy from, but maybe we should get to the matter at hand" said Naruto as the two nodded.
"Hmm… very well, let's talk about work then. With evidence you provided and her testimony we can see there is no connection between Chao Lingshen and Fate Averruncus, there's no doubt about that one" said Donnet.
"Yes, Chao Lingshen acted on her own, although the fact she was a time traveller was quite a shock, but what was more shocking was Naruto here duplicating her so she could stay and go back to her time. How often do you find yourself doing the impossible Naruto?" Yuuna's father asked Naruto who counted on his fingers.
"Um… to be honest I lose track after the amount of items and events keep piling up" he said with a small chuckle which was mirrored by the others.
"In any case the principal did not report the incident to the home country. In reality there have been no human casualties so on record the incident didn't exist and with memories of her own future eased from her memory Chao is now in the clear" Yuuna's father said as the two nodded in agreement Naruto thankful it was now all okay for Chao.
"However Naruto want to ask about the rainy night a few months ago where the Count Class demons Wilhelm Josef Von Herrmann and his brother managed to sneak into our school. Do you think there could be a connection to him and this Fate character?" Donnet asked him and the three discuss the night of the attack.
"Wha- why is Naruto-kun here with my dad and that woman? Something fishy is going on here for sure" exclaimed Yuuna around the corner while the other girls were curious as to why their sensei was in a meeting with Yuuna's father and the mysterious woman who was apparently stealing him away from Yuuna.
"Well if Naruto-kun is there it is less likely that this is a date between your father and that woman Yuuna" Akira told her hoping that the girl would calm down.
"But if you're so worried then we'll go check for you" said Makie as she and Ako went over to the table giving a small wave to Naruto.
"Good afternoon Akashi-Oji-san, Naruto-kun" said Makie in her usual chipper voice.
"Hey Makie-chan, Ako-chan nice to see you I, Akashi-sensei and Donnet-sensei were just discussing a few issues what did you want to ask" said Naruto to the two girls smiling as usual knowing they were there to gather info.
"Well we were just curious as to who this young woman you are sitting with is that's all?" said aki politely.
"Donnet-kun is an acquaintance from work girls, you see she came from England like Negi-kun" Yuuna's father explained as Donnet offered a kind smile to the two.
"Pleased to meet you, young ladies I'm Donnet McGuinness, I take it you two are from Naruto's class that I hear so much about" said Donnet the two girls nodding and proceeding to have a pleasant chat with the three teachers. Naruto got them seats and ordered them some tea with cakes as well.
Eventually the meeting ended and the teacher along with the students split up. Makie and Ako walking back in the direction of the dorms with Akira and Yuuna, "She was a really nice person, she looked like an accomplished woman but she was really kind too, Naruto-kun seems to be fairly friendly with her too" said Makie clapping her hands together.
"I know and I think that she might suit Yuuna's dad" Ako voiced her opinion n the subject as well Yuuna being miffed at no one really taking her side in her distress.
"I'm still curious to what they were chatting about before but I have to agree McGuinness does seem to be a nice match for your father Yuuna" Akira said looking over to the girl.
"No way, my dad is a no good-oyaji, he's always late, and in a mess unless there is someone to look after him" Yuuna argued not wanting anyone to take her dad away from her after her mother passed away.
"Geeez just give it a rest Yuuna, you can't keep calling him your papa forever" Makie told her friend who huffed and pouted as they made their way back to the dorms.
"Why can't anyone see if from my point of view" she muttered to herself opening her door and walking in but before she closed she spotted someone. "Hmm… Naruto-kun, what are you doing here?" she asked seeing the teacher again.
"Oh Yuuna-chan, sorry I was jus going to deliver a message to Ayaka-chan, she should be back from her meeting with her father by now" Naruto said as in reality he was just going to tell her that most of the group was in the resort but he then noticed a slight depressed look on Yuuna's face. "Is something the matter Yuuna-chan?" he asked tilting his head a little.
"Huh, oh it's nothing a just personal problem is all" she said waving off his concerns.
"You can talk about it if you want, I don't mind" he offered her as Yuuna looked up from her feet which she had found interesting a moment ago.
"Well… can you come inside then I'd rather not talk about something like this outside" she said opening the door for him to enter through secretly creating a clone to deliver his message when Yuuna's back was turned.
Once inside her room which was fairly tidy bar a few articles of cloth on the floor he sta down at the table while Yuuna began preparing some tea for them. "So what seems to be the problem?" Naruto asked putting his hands on the table, interlacing his fingers.
"Well um… you see… it's um. What I'm trying to ask about is that woman you and my dad were talking to today, and was she on a date with him before you came along?" Yuuna asked a little nervous.
"Yuuna-chan… Donnet-sensei is an old friend of your mothers" he told her surprising Yuuna hearing that. "She and your father were just discussing some old stories and when I came just a little business with some reports. Is this why Ako-chan and Makie-chan were sent over to the table while you and Akira-chan hung round the corner?" Yuuna's embarrassed blush was all the answer he needed as he began laughing a little.
"Wha- why are you laughing Naruto-kun, it's just a misunderstanding on my part that's all" said Yuuna putting the cup down for him filling it as he stifled his laughter.
"Sorry, it's just I remember you dad tell me about your mother when I moved here, I've had various conversations with staff members around Mahora but thinking about what he told me about your mother it's clear that you are just like her. I bet Donnet-sensei with me on this as she knew you mother" Naruto calmed himself down taking a sip of his tea.
"Really… you think so" said Yuuna remembering how her mother had encouraged her to put her full spirit into things but didn't warn her about being too hasty in her actions, like she apparently didn't.
"I do, from the photos he showed me your dad was lucky to find your mother but it seems all her looks have been passed down to you alongside her household skills since your dad still uses boil in a bag curry a lot of the time" Naruto and Yuuna chuckled at that knowing that her dad really couldn't cook at all.
"Yeah, I went to see him this morning, he thought that having eggs for breakfast was luxurious can you believe that?" Yuuna laughed at that thought before looking into her cup. "You know… when I was younger my dream was to be my dad's bride… but lately… I don't know. I guess I'm a little confused as to what it I want to do with my life" Yuuna said a little glum.
"Yuuna-chan, you're still young there's tons more time for you to think f something to do with your life. Also I'm pretty sure marrying your dad is illegal so that option is out of the door too" Naruto said holding a small diagram saying Yuuna + Dad + Marriage = Police. Yuuna burst out laughing seeing the pictures under the words accompanying the image.
"You may be right but I still want to look after him, he's kinda hopeless in his own way. It's surprising that someone younger than him is so much more reliable than him" Yuuna said as Naruto gave a small shrug.
"Some people are just different, I raised myself so I'm a little more reliable is all Yuuna-chan. I'm sure your dad took great care of you with your mother when you were younger" Naruto said as Yuuna remembered being cared for by her mother and father but then remembered Naruto telling them about his own parents.
"Do you ever miss your Naruto-kun, I mean you showed us your parents picture but do you ever miss them, I'm sure you do but I mean… uh, um" Naruto raised his hand so she could stop.
"The day I learned who they were I was really happy, even more when I learned that I wasn't left behind by them. But yes everyday I wish I could have them by my side, just here to see how I turned out and the people I've met here in Mahora… all you girls. I think that my mom would love all of you girls, she'd probably smother Negi for how polite he is" Naruto imagined his mother Kushina hugging the little red haired boy; he oddly would fit in with his red hair.
"Still even though I can't see them I know they are looking down on me as your mother is looking down on you Yuuna-chan, she's definitely be proud of you, just like your father is already" his smile made her blush but she put on her own bright smile.
"Yeah, thanks for this Naruto-kun, it helps so much when there someone to help you see the obvious truth eve if I can't manage to see it myself" she said as he finished his drink and stood up.
"Well Negi is still 10 so someone has to, I'm only all to happy to help you. It's my job after all, if not I wouldn't be a good teacher for 3-A now would I?" he said as he proceeded toward the door, Yuuna opening it for him.
"I guess you're right. You know I don't think you'll ever stop surprising all of us in the ways you help us al in 3-A. I wonder if that's why I kinda like you Naruto-kun" with that Yuuna gave him a quick kiss on his lips before ushering him out closing the door as she felt her heart beat faster then she imagined it could. 'I…I… I… kissed Naruto-kun' she thought to herself red faced in embarrassment.
"Yuuna-chan…" Naruto voice came from behind the door "In case you're curious I like you too, I'll be waiting if you want a date sometime" this sent Yuuna into a steaming heap hearing Naruto say he'd take her on a date when she was ready.
'This… was a good day after all' were her thoughts as she hopped into bed and wrapped the covers around herself.
XChapter EndX
Well I guess no lemon in this chapter but mostly likely it will be in the next chapter, my laptop is back which I am happy about and actually getting it replaced by a new model soon. Hopefully my chapters should come out fairly quickly now but depends on my work load people, please give my blue exorcist xover a look please and tell me what you think.
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