Disclaimer: As I have stated for the past few chapter, I own nothing related to either story.

The following morning, Mizore slowly woke up, watching Naruto sleep. Thinking back over their conversation the night before, Mizore realized that the serious, quasi-romantic Naruto was a nice change of pace from how he had been acting lately. She placed her head back on her love's chest, then murmured to herself, "Naruto how do you know always just what to say to make me feel better?"

She jumped slightly when she heard a response.

Naruto's sleepy voice said, "I don't. But I have been given a lot of good advice from people with more experience than me."

Mizore felt his lips brush her forehead before he continued, "I once heard a saying that a foolish man learns only from mistakes of his own, but a wise one learns from the mistakes of others as well."

"Who made that many mistakes that you could learn from?" Mizore asked as she sat up to look at him.

Naruto's response was simply one name. "Jiraiya."

The pair held straight faces for only a brief moment then broke into a muffled fit of laughter at the stories they had shared about the super-pervert's antics. Mizore in particular was always amused at the stories that detailed how easily the white-haired man would get attacked by women during his so-called research.

Naruto then stood, and held his hand out to Mizore. "Come on up. We have a Newspaper Club meeting to go to and then I am all yours for the rest of the weekend. I do have a promise to keep to you, my fair and beautiful Snow Maiden." With this last comment, his voice took on a playful, tone.

Mizore, taking his hand stood, then ran her hand through her tousled mop of hair. "I am anything but beautiful this early in the morning. Maybe later."

Naruto merely kissed her forehead in response. "You know I think otherwise. Get Moka and Kurumu and I'll get Tsukune up."

Mizore smiled, "That sounds like a plan. Hopefully the Newspaper Club is worth our time." she mused, "Besides, if all else fails, we could start our own club, like those creepy stalkers that follow Moka and Kurumu around."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "Do they need a 'visit' from Inner Moka or myself?"

Mizore shook her head. "No, they aren't to that point yet, maybe in the future." Mizore smiled saucily, "Besides, I wouldn't mind being in the Naruto appreciation club. I know that Kurumu would like to attend too." Before Naruto could retort, she jumped out of the window.

Naruto stood for a moment gaping at his girlfriend's exit. Naruto just shook his head then began to get ready for the day.

After at least five minutes of knocking on Tsukune's door, Naruto was fed up with it. He smirked and formed a few handseals. Giving the jutsu a few moments, he stepped back from the door as Tsukune sped screaming incoherently from his room. Naruto then released the technique and watched as Tsukune slowly returned to normal.

Nartuo, looking at the human, noted that Tsukune had not as of yet rolled out of his bed. Naruto was rather intrigued as to why Tsukune's pajamas were decorated with purple teddy bears and what looked like the kanji for Tsukune's name done in rhinestones written along one sleeve.

Tsukune blanched and darted into his room, practically flinging the offending sleepwear to a far corner of his room. "They were a gag gift from my cousin, and they were the only clean ones I had left. Today is laundry day, so what?"

Naruto felt one of his ribs literally crack then heal at holding back laughter. After a few moments, Naruto was able to respond. "I didn't say a word Tsukune." At the human's glare, Naruto continued, still stifling his potential hysterical laughter. "No worries Tsukune, we all have our own things in life to deal with that are embarrassing, some more amusing then others, but that was funny."

Tsukune turned a smirk toward the blonde, "So can I ask Mizore for some of yours?"

Naruto nodded, "Sure. She won't share any, but it won't hurt for you to ask." Naruto's face then showed some serious thought. "Then again, it might hurt to ask. She can be rather protective of me." Leaning against the door frame, Naruto changed the subject. "We agreed to at least check out the Newspaper Club for Miss Nekonome. It starts just after breakfast is over."

Tsukune yawned then nodded. "I remember, so does that mean no training today?" The hope of avoiding the tortur... rigors of the training regimen was evident in his voice.

Naruto chuckled and shook his head. "Nah, we'll ignore that for the day. You'll just have to make up for it later."

Tsukune shuddered as he gathered his things for a shower.

Naruto turned and said as the door closed stopping, "I almost forgot, you need to wear this." Naruto tossed him a leather bracelet inscribed with what looked like esoteric designs. "You smell too human, even with your training. I had hoped that would change, but it hasn't. This should solve that particular problem. Mizore and I will be waiting for you in the cafeteria."

After getting ready, and putting on the leather bracelet, Tsukune made his way to the cafeteria, he was joined by Moka who proceeded to take a breakfast of her own via Tsukune's throat.

Moka stopped after a minute. You smell different Tsukune. But you taste the same. Are you using a new soap?"

Tsukune chuckled nervously while rubbing his neck, "Yeah I am."

"You should change it back. I like the old one."

Once they resumed walking, Tsukune turned to Moka and asked, "Moka, if we are supposed to keep our monster types secret, why are you always drinking my blood in public?"

Moka had the decency to blush. "Well, you see, when I went to a human school, it was like I didn't exist. Because they thought I was strange, no one would talk to me. I didn't have any real friends at all. It's one of the reasons that I don't like humans. Just because I was a little different, I was always alone. Here I don't have that feeling. Here, it is 'normal' to be different from the other Youkai. I don't really care if people know I am a vampire. Particularly since I probably won't meet another one outside of family here at school." Moka paused, then continued, "Most Youkai won't bother me if they know I am a vampire. We have a reputation and sometimes it can be useful."

Tsukune responded, "But you are nothing like some of those rumors that I have heard. Guess Naruto was right after all."

Moka looked cutely confused, "What do you mean Tsukune?"

"Oh, something Naruto said yesterday. It basically means that I should look at the actions of people and not judge them just on what kind of person I think they are."

Moka cocked her head to one side, "That sounds a lot like Naruto. I wonder what type of Youkai he is. I can't guess. I still have no idea after sparring with him."

Tsukune with an eloquent "Huh?"

Moka shook her head, "Tsukune, I am rather smart, but there are literally thousands of different types of Youkai on the planet. They range from weak to stronger than I am. I can't possibly match up the signs any easier than you can."

Tsukune filed that little tidbit under the mental file of 'freak out about this later.' "Well, let's get to breakfast. Naruto and the others should be waiting for us there."

The small group sat and ate with the only interruption being Kurumu, when she came up behind Naruto and nestled his arm in her cleavage. This earned her a death glare from the aforementioned blonde's girlfriend. Naruto then had his other arm grabbed, then buried in the front of Mizore's shirt, and in his shock, thus missing the sheepish look of the succubus and the mouthed words, "Did I go too far?"

Upon arriving at the classroom, the group found Miss Nekonome seated at her desk. She looked up and turned as the group came in. "I want to say thank you for coming to give the group a try. I am the faculty advisor, and after last year, there is only one remaining member of the Newspaper Club."

Tsukune blurted out, "You mean we will be the only ones here?"

Miss Nekonome nodded, "Of course. Since Ginei didn't set up the table, then who else would have looked at the club? As it stands, I have been informed that unless I can get at least three people in the club, it will be disbanded." At this, her ears drooped.

When Moka heard this, she looked at Tsukune, then Naruto, and said, "Tsukune, Naruto, could we join anyway? Miss Nekonome is my favorite teacher, and this would really help her out."

Tsukune immediately agreed when Moka had used her puppy dog face on him. Naruto, on the other hand, said, "We agreed to see if this would be a good club for us, I'm willing to join if we like it. But writing is not exactly one of my strengths. I'm sure Miss Nekonome will agree with me on this."

The teacher in the room jumped on this comment. "While that is true Naruto, I could use a well-written article of yours as an extra-credit assignment since your grades in that area are definitely lacking, you will likely be able to pass my class. If you join the club, that is." her words were accompanied by a rather creepy smile that suggested his grades would only worsen if her offer was refused.

Naruto was shocked at this. His teacher was outright bribing him with a chance for better grades to join her club; and threatening him if he didn't His words of protest about the whole situation died on his tongue as he thought of the punishment he would likely receive once he got home for failing a class. He was backed into a corner and knew it.

Luckily, Mizore broke in, "What kind of camera equipment do you have?"

Miss Nekonome quickly returned to normal and replied, "The Newspaper club has a few different cameras. I have them in the cupboard if you want to see them. Gin should be here soon, he is the last member of the Newspaper Club. He isn't usually this late though. I wonder where he is."

Just after this was said, the door opened and an older student came into the classroom with three bundles of flowers. He was dressed in the standard male uniform, but was wearing no tie, allowing his wolfs head necklace to be seen. His black hair was kept out of his face by a red headband. When he stepped into the room, his eyes went straight to the female student contingent of the group in the room. As his gaze ran over the girls, his mind conjured late meetings, close quarters in the darkroom developing photos, and other possible intimate moments as he said, "Hello, I apologize for being late, I am Ginei Morioka. You may call me Gin. I am the president of the Newspaper Club, it is a pleasure to meet you. I look forward to working with you.

Moka, Tsukune, and Kurumu all murmured, "President?!"

Ginei took this as an invitation, "I see Miss Nekonome has told you about me. She neglected to tell me that there would so many lovely ladies here to look at our club. I offer you these flowers in welcome, and in hopes you make the right choice in your decision to join this club." With this, he gave a bouquet of flowers to each of the girls.

When he turned away from Mizore, whom he had given red roses, like each girl, she scowled, and then froze them solid. "Red is not a color that is appropriate Ginei." She then let the flowers fall to the floor where they shattered into countless shards before becoming snowflakes that disappeared.

Gin looked hurt for a brief moment, then turned to Moka and Kurumu, "Ladies, I hope that you will seriously consider this Club."

Miss Nekonome took over, "Gin is the only upperclassman who is in the club. Feel free to ask Gin any questions you might have about the Club and how it operates. But for now, I have to go to a staff meeting. I will be back at the end of club time to see if any of you want to join the club." With that she headed out the door. She popped her head back in, "Naruto, remember, I will count this as extra credit if you join. Kay, bye." With that she was gone.

Ginei then walked behind the desk, "Well, I guess I'd better tell you what the Newspaper Club is all about." He paused for dramatic flair, "We publish the school newspaper? Isn't that great?"

This comment caused either a facepalm or faceplant from almost all in the room.

Gin continued, ignoring the reaction of the other teens listening to him. "We need to report the goings on here at Youkai Academy. There will be action, adventure, intrigue, and possibly romance."

Naruto, looking over an old edition, murmured just loud enough for Mizore to hear it, "The cooking club's bake sale? I can see how that can have the threat of death written all over it."

This caused the purple haired Ice Maiden to giggle.

Ginei continued regardless of the interruption. If you join this club, you must be prepared to work long hours, keep an eye and an ear out for news. You must be willing to give your all for the story. If you join the club, it won't be easy, but the reward is spreading the news of Youkai Academy to each and every student!" At this the air seemed to glitter and Ginei seemed to sparkle.

Kurumu muttered to herself, "Why is it that some people think a sparkly guy is such a big deal? Glitter body wash and perfume are normal for most Succubi to use, but to see a guy use them…" she paused as she searched for the right word, "That is just disturbing."

Unfortunately this statement was loud enough for the entire room to hear. Ginei quickly waved his hands and disbursed the sparkles that hovered around him. "Moving on. That should be enough of my 'serious club president' speech. Miss Nekonome asked us to put up some posters about the newspaper club. We will talk about how to go about recognizing and reporting stories once we are done with that." Gin then handed out a few posters. "Moka, can you and the girls put some up in the back of the class and Tsukune and Naruto can put some up in the front of the class. The group split up to hang up the posters.

Tsukune nudged Naruto when he noticed that Gin had bent down and looked to be trying to look up the girls' skirts. Naruto scowled and felt his ire at a new pervert rise.

Busy setting things up for his "demise" Jiraiya suddenly felt a shift in the natural order of the universe. It was if a weight was being lifted from his shoulders. "This can only mean one thing." he said after some reflection. "I am no longer the target of Naruto's anti-pervert measures. I should probably send a gift to whoever drew his attention away from me. After all, they are to be pitied. I know that more than anyone else." Jiraiya quickly repressed the terror, disgust and pain before he continued, "I wonder what they did to earn that level of anger. It's not like anyone would be stupid enough to peep on Mizore. I'm not even that brainless." He started humming to himself as he planted evidence of several S class shinobi working together towards world domination. He just needed a name, he pondered this dilemma, watching the sun rise, it would come to him eventually.

Naruto held Tsukune bask and whispered, "I've got him."

Tsukune frowned as Naruto activated a very simple illusion, causing the girls skirts to appear to lengthen whenever Gin bent down to stare up the girls skirts. It was enough to frustrate Gin and give the girls a chance to see him. Gin was now practically lying on the floor trying to look up the girl's skirts. Kurumu, looked down and saw what Gin was doing. The sound of her teeth grinding was enough for Moka and Mizore to look down and see the older student trying to stare up their skirts.

Gin noticed that the ladies were now focusing on him. "Um, I was making sure the posters were high enough and that they could be seen from any angle. I just slipped, honest."

The response was merely to develop a dark aura that seemed to pervade the room.

Gin merely used his speed to escape. Although the girls were definitely empowered by their rage, they were not angry enough to catch the speedy Youkai. "Their feminine rage factor was only around three anyway." mused Naruto

Tsukune turned to Naruto, his eyes still wide at witnessing what happened. "What did you do?"

"Illusion. I made it seem like their skirts kept getting longer and shifting to cover their underwear. He never actually saw anything. But the girls probably thought that he was able to get an eyeful. I will tell Mizore what I did, and she will tell the other girls. Hopefully they will be on guard against the pervert."

Kurumu, blurted from the doorway, "What do you mean he didn't see anything?"

"I used an illusion Kurumu. He just kept seeing your skits shift and block his view. You may want to set the same thing up on a permanent basis to keep the perverts at bay. Or at least easier to recognize."

Mizore spoke up. "What are you going to do to him Naruto? I know you don't like perverts."

Naruto's face morphed into an evil fox-like smile. "Remember what I did to Jiraiya during the training trip?"

Mizore tilted her head to one side, "Which time?"

Naruto's grin simply widened in response.

Mizore just shook her head. She then turned to the other girls present. "Naruto can do worse to him than any of us would."

Kurumu looked furious. It was one thing if her Destined One was peeking, but this was just a perverted upperclassman. "Does that mean we shouldn't punish Ginei for what he did?!" Her anger was evident in her voice.

Mizore merely smirked, the snow swirling around her hand solidified into ice throwing knives, "Now I never said that."

The following day Gin went to the cupboard in Miss Nekonome's classroom and retrieved his camera. Loading a fresh roll of film for fast action shots, he went to make his rounds. Perched in a tree, he used his telephoto lens to great effect. The female dorms always had an open window or two. As the day progressed, Gin snapped shots of girls in gym class, in the locker room and even a few while they were bending over. When the roll was finished he took it to the darkroom. Waiting for the negatives to develop, he started planning how to spin things with the girls in the Newspaper Club so that it was merely an unfortunate accident and he didn't actually see anything. Once the negatives were done, he started to develop the photos. He was in a hurry and so had to use the machine that was in there. He normally preferred to do it himself, but he had gotten some good shots today. Picking up the stack of photos he left the darkroom and headed to his next class. He needed to find a quiet place to look over them.

At lunch, Mizore asked, "So, Naruto when are you going to start teaching Gin a lesson?'

Naruto swallowed what he was chewing, and responded, "I already have."

The girls and Tsukune leaned in close, since Naruto whispered his answer. "He should start seeing the effects sometime today."

Moka asked, "What did you do to him?"

Naruto smirked, "I did nothing to him." Naruto paused for effect, "His camera, on the other hand may have developed a problem."

Tsukune was the first to ask. "What did you do?"

Naruto grinned, "Have you ever heard the phrase 'The camera adds ten pounds'?" (just shy of 5 kilos for the metric folks out there)

All the girls frowned slightly then nodded.

Naruto's grin didn't fade, "Well, Gin's camera will now add much more than that. It will add two hundred pounds to the photo." (just shy of 91 kilos)

The girls grimaced, then Kurumu spoke up, "How do you know which camera is his?"

Mizore was the one to answer. "When Miss Nekonome showed me the cupboard for the cameras she pointed one out and said that it was Gin's favorite and he always used it."

Naruto smirked again, "And if Gin is the kind of pervert I think he is, he has a very narrow and specific definition of beauty. He will not appreciate what I did to his camera."

Suddenly a cry rang out, heard by all on the campus, followed by a lamenting scream, "NNNOOOOOOOOO!"

Smiles were shared by the group at the table, some more sadistic than others. Naruto simply said, "Well, I think that was a success. Don't you agree guys?"

Gin, now using a smaller camera, had been following around a giggling blonde set of twins that he had not noticed before. 'Must be part of the new group of students. Twins are always worth the effort.' He mused. His thoughts were cut short as his hearing picked up the twins' conversation.

"So do you think that he likes you Naruko?"

"Yes Naruoko, I do, but I think he wants to kiss me but I have never kissed a boy before. What if I mess it up?"

"You won't. I mean it is hard to mess up a kiss."

"But what if I do?! I really like him and I don't want to mess up our first romantic moment."

"Well you could always practice."

One twin laughed, "On who? You?"

Gin was chanting in his head, 'Please say yes, please say yes.'

Her double looked thoughtful, "You know, kisses between family don't count anyway, I could help you out, as long as you help me out when my first kiss comes along."

"You've got a deal. Let's find a place where we can practice without being seen."

Pointing to an outbuilding, one of the twins said, "That's the sauna, we could definitely practice in there, no one uses it except certain sports teams and none of them are practicing now anyway."

At this, they turned the corner. Gin, hearing the door open, used his speed to keep it from latching. Giving it a moment, he crept into the sauna. Gin was actively holding back a nosebleed. His mind had conjured several images, each more interesting that the one before it. But he was not prepared for what he saw, and captured on film as the steam cleared from the figure in front of him. The snap of the shutter both broke Gin out of his stupor and his subject from a drowsy state.

"Huh? Is it time for practice already? Well I'd better get going." The rather corpulent Youkai rose, towel falling to the floor, and left the sauna.

Gin's brain was frozen in between shock, disgust, despair, and loss. His face was frozen in a rictus of disbelief, horror, and disgust. It was a few moments before he stumbled, shaking, out of the sauna. Gin, then curling into the fetal position, began alternated in between retching his guts out and crying uncontrollably.

Naruto was carrying a bag of groceries for Kurumu and Mizore's next demolitions experiment, that is to say, cooking lesson. He stopped then started laughing to himself.

Kurumu looked over at the blonde. "What is so funny?"

Naruto spoke through the laughs. "The look on Gin's face."

Once they made their way to the dorms, Naruto was vouched for by both Mizore and Kurumu, but given the evil eye by the faculty supervisor.

"I'll keep my eye on you boy!" she snarled, then proceeded to pull her eyeball out, which floated behind Naruto as he made his way to Mizore's room with the groceries.

While he was helping put the groceries away, Naruto continued, "I had created two clones, who then used a Henge to appear to be female students. They lured Gin to the team sauna where Mr. Yagami was taking a steam bath."

Both females were confused and responded with an eloquent, "Who?"

Naruto merely stated, "Mr. Yagami is the coach for the sumo wrestling team and is a spirit of gluttony. As such he is a rather large Youkai. He walks through the gym doors sideways."

As this information percolated through the girls' brains they went slightly green before they realized what Naruto had done.

Then Kurumu asked the question that Naruto didn't want to be asked, "So how did they lure Gin into the sauna?"

Naruto started sweating nervously, "They just caught his attention with a story and he followed them that all." Kurumu and Mizore just let it drop. Besides, they could always bring it up later to make him sweat.

Mizore and Naruto were walking along at dusk, headed to their dorms when Mizore spoke up, "I won't be able to spend time with you tomorrow night Naruto."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Why is that?"

"The female dorms are having the annual pajama pillow fight. I would invite you but apparently, the last few years there were several, wardrobe malfunctions, that would not be appropriate for a guy to see. Besides, I know you don't like going to the gym basement anyway."

Naruto nodded, "I understand, and no, it is just creepy down there. Well, Mizore, I hope you have fun tomorrow."

Mizore leaned up to kiss her boyfriend on the cheek. "I'm glad you understand." A slip of paper fell from her pocket to land on the ground.

A figure in the bushes darted out to read the paper, the room numbers looked smudged, but mostly legible. He could not believe his luck, it was the Holy Grail that all male students knew just HAD to be happening at least a few times a year. For the sake of journalism, he would be there on the front lines to report it. This of course was followed by a severe nosebleed and perverted giggling.

(The next night)

Gin crept stealthily into the gym, and hung back in the shadows to watch a small group of girls make their way to a hallway that led to the various rooms below. It was fifteen minutes after the time listed in the flyer. He should be able to make history here at the school. He had been unable to read the numbers, they were so smudged, but it was worth the hunt. He made his way down the hall, but he saw that there was quite a bit of giggling going on, but there was only one room with light coming from the windows.

Using a chair, he propped himself up and gaped at what he saw. Mr. Yagami was doing a dance in front of the weight loss club, trying to convince them to join his club instead. To make matters worse, it was weigh in night, and all were wearing as little clothing as possible to get an accurate measurement.

Feeling mentally scarred, Gin searched but the giggling had stopped and no other rooms showed any signs of use. He was extremely disappointed that he couldn't find the right room. Despair crept over him as he continued to search. After an hour of fruitless searching, he remembered the second part of the invitation.

Unknown to many, the school had a small, by reservation only, hot spring. It was normally reserved for upperclassmen, club activities and faculty. Tonight, according to the flyer, it would be scheduled for the after-party of the pillow fight. Gin hurried into place, a bush would provide him enough cover so as not to be seen. The schedule was secret so no one knew when anyone would be using it to prevent activity just like Gin was doing now. Last year, Gin learned that patrols were done by faculty every two hours, and the last one had just passed.

Easing up a panel that he had found, provided Gin with a view of a small corner of the heated pool. Steam was thick in the air, but Gin was able to see their faces clearly, he let loose a quiet sigh, the faces he saw weren't masculine, so he stayed in his spot, he saw a few more students make their was over to the visible corner.

The students conversed in low tones over topics that made them either smirk or smile. Soon a bell rang, and they made to get out of the water, Gin held his breath in anticipation. Then was shocked at what he saw. Fighting against the rising bile, he waited until the subject of his peeping had left before vomiting all over the ground.

"Naruto, why did you need to borrow my invitation to the anti-peepers sorority meeting? Did you have more than one prank planned?" Mizore asked.

"Of course I did. I do need to keep things going against Gin. Why else?"

"I figured that, with the dialog you had me spout. Really? An all-female pillowfight? And how had they gotten ahold of what you had done to Gin thus far?"

"Well…"

"And why did the president bust up laughing saying that all of the girls who had come that night were useful in striking back at a rather notorious peeper?"

Naruto looked shamefaced. "She saw me make the shadow clones and give them instructions about Gin. I told her that I caught the pervert peeping on my girlfriend and as such he deserved some payback. She showed me her president's badge. I told her that giving her this pervert's identity would ruin all of my plans. She wasn't happy about that. In order to not have her report me or beat me to a pulp, I promised her that I would take care of him and give her written accounts of what he has been subjected to. That is all."

Mizore merely raised an eyebrow in response. "Spill, it." The room was getting noticeably chillier; Mizore didn't like it when Naruto kept details like that from her.

"I may have used an illusion to hide the door from any male for a few hours."

"And?"

"I may have also put an addition on your invitation for Gin to steal a peek at the Bishounen Club during their weekly hot spring time. The President of the Anti-Peepers Sorority is the one who told me when it was, once I told her my idea for the prank anyway."

"I thought the schedule was a secret." Mizore was confused by this turn of events.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "Me too. When I asked her that, she blushed and walked away, saying, "Never mind that. Just make sure the pervert pays."

Mizore looked stunned but was floored by Naruto's next question. "Why did they invite a Yuki-Onna to an Anti-Peeping group?"

It was Mizore's turn to look contrite. "They wanted a perspective from someone who is known as a benign observer, and since Yuki Onna are known generally to limit themselves to a specific target, they wanted to know what kind of behaviors to be on the lookout for. They had been informed that the only Youkai I observe knows I do and has no qualms about it. I am assuming by you. They even had a question and answer session were they wanted to know the things that people normally overlook in order to help preventing voyeurs. But I mostly went for the free unlimited ice cream."

"Was that really why you went?" Naruto's tone was incredulous.

"That and they told me what areas to avoid so you won't have to torture any other pervert except Gin."

(on the other side of campus)

A small group of girls were giggling and talking in hushed whispers. Gin immediately took notice. He wandered over and sat down under a nearby tree behind the group.

His jaw dropped lower as the conversation proceeded.

"So you mean to tell me that all of that was done by one guy because one of the school perverts looked at his girlfriend's panties?!" The whisper was a mix between incredulity and stifled laughter.

Another one of the group replied. "That's not the best part. The creep was misled to believe that when a male only club was in the school hot springs it was actually for women."

"So he…"

Another girl burst into giggles, "Yep. Apparently until this lowlife learns his lesson, this kind of thing is going to continue."

"Do you know who is making sure the pervert is getting payback?"

The girl sharing the story merely replied, "There was a Yuki Onna there last night who ate almost all the ice cream. I heard the President say to thank her boyfriend for what he had done and to keep up the good work."

"Well, if you see her, can you pass along our appreciation as well?"

"Sure, she's in a lower class anyway, so if I see her, I will let her know."

Gin quickly went over the details in his mind of what he had heard. There could only be one or two Yuki Onna at the academy right now. She would be in the lower classes… His human form slipped slightly as he remembered what had happened during the first meeting and who was the angriest of the other two guys there. His sharp teeth glinted in the sun. "Naruto!" was spat out like a curse.

Naruto was sitting, waiting in Miss Nekonome's classroom with Kurumu and Mizore when Moka walked in.

"Naruto, Gin just passed me in the hall and he said that there is going to be, as he put it, 'a major story that he wants your input on.' Apparently something that can be seen from the school roof. It is supposed to be happening just an hour before curfew." She tilted her head to the side, "He didn't give me any information other than that."

Naruto quirked an eyebrow. "Really? Well, I guess then I know what I'll be doing tonight."

Moka nodded and she turned "Naruto? We haven't sparred this week, and I was wondering if…" she blushed as she trailed off.

Naruto prompted, "If?"

Moka's stomach growled in response.

Naruto looked at Mizore, "What do you think?"

Mizore thought for a moment. "Ok. But only a little bit."

Moka blurted her thanks and seemed to fly across the room, latching on to the blonde's throat.

Just as Mizore started to form an ice kunai, Moka pulled off.

"Thanks Naruto, I feel much better." Moka said happily as she headed out.

Once the pinkette had left, Naruto leaned down and pulled a manila envelope out of his backpack.

"Kurumu? I need you to help me with something." He turned to Mizore, "I would ask you, but I need something hidden, and you are the obvious choice."

Mizore faked a sob, "I understand, Naruto." She then smirked, "But you owe me later."

Kurumu took the envelope. "Can I ask what is in here?"

Naruto replied, "Just a few things for Gin, that's all."

Kurumu nodded, "Blackmail then. Gotcha."

Naruto looked astounded at being figured out so easily.

Kurumu continued, "What? Do you think I wouldn't understand what was going on?"

Naruto shook his head, "No, I didn't think you would figure it out that fast."

Mizore looked at Naruto, "Should I come with you tonight?"

Naruto shook his head. "Not visibly anyway. If it is just Gin with a story, then no reason to worry, but if not, then I might need backup. That and I have no clue as to what type of Youkai he is."

Kurumu raised an eyebrow. "Paranoid much Naruto?"

Naruto laughed, "It isn't paranoia if you are right."

That night, Gin sat waiting on the school roof. He would get Naruto back for the horrible, terrible things that had been done to him. The past two weeks had been difficult and mentally traumatizing. The horrors he had seen, the eye bleach that didn't work, all of the self-inflicted blunt force trauma he had to endure in multiple failed attempts to forget what he had seen. All would be laid at the feet of one younger Youkai. Retribution would be his.

When Naruto came up the stairs to the roof, Gin's body language put him on edge. Naruto stopped a few feet from Gin, "Moka said that you wanted my input on a major story."

Gin's grin was wide. "Of course." He began pacing slightly in a semi-circle in front of Naruto. "But first let me tell you a story. I'm sure you will find it funny."

Naruto eyed Gin and replied, "I thought you wanted my input on a story not to tell me one."

Gin chuckled darkly but continued, now starting to circle Naruto. "Fair enough, I'll skip that part. There have been rumors floating around the school, particularly by the female population about certain incidents. I simply wanted to know if such things were true. You see, as a reporter, there is a certain level of integrity to uphold."

Naruto kept Gin in his sights, turning slowly. "So what exactly do you want me to do?"

"Do?" growled out Gin, "I want you to pay! You were the one who caused all of those things to happen to me."

Naruto slid into a ready stance, "You mean results of you being a pervert and not respecting a girl's privacy?" He pushed chakra into his gloves, causing his swords to appear, "It was nothing less than what you deserved."

As Gin's transformation under the light of the moon began, Naruto rushed forward using one of his hook swords to pull Gin's feet out from under him, while at the same time giving Gin a long, but shallow gash across his chest. Naruto turned, and was worried by what he saw, Gin was standing again, the gash steamed then healed.

"You poor fool. Regular weapons can't hurt me during the full moon, and after all, you are far too slow!"

Naruto's chakra and Youkai enhanced eyes could barely track the werewolf's movement, and he couldn't dodge the fist that buried itself in his stomach. He could do nothing about the follow up to the side of his head either. Jiraiya had told him tales of a werewolf's speed before, but this, was too much for the blonde as he was hit time and time again, with gashes opening from the claws that accompanied each hit. Naruto didn't even have the time it took to concentrate to change his form out of his human guise. With his Yoko abilities, he might have stood a chance, but right now, he couldn't even focus enough to change. The moonlight dimmed as Gin stood over his punching bag.

"Nothing can match the speed of a werewolf under the light of a full moon. You picked the wrong guy to mess with Naruto, this night will be your last. Don't worry, it'll make a good story at least."

Naruto's vision swam but he heard another voice on the roof. "Gin?! What are you doing to Naruto?" rang out Kurumu's voice, but it was a far stronger tone than he had ever heard her use before, it almost was like a song.

Naruto fought to stand up, but froze as a hand rested on his shoulder. "We will take care of him Naruto, just lay there and heal." whispered Mizore.

Gin, hearing the same voice, turned as Kurumu spoke, missing the appearance of the Snow Maiden. He smirked, "Well Kurumu, I had caught Naruto peeping on girls and I was teaching him a lesson about respecting women."

Kurumu sauntered closer, "Is that so?" Her eyes now fixed with Gin's; a purple shimmer passed over them almost unseen in the dark. "How noble of you."

Gin stood transfixed at the vision of beauty before him, he would do anything for her, and he must have her, as he started walking toward the object of his desires, his forward motion was halted as his world exploded into indescribable pain. A fraction of a second before this he had heard, "Ultimate Women's Equalizer Art: Kick in the Balls Jutsu." His eyes widened at the fury seen in the face of the girl in front of him. He was scared at what he saw. He only made out a few details before his eyes flooded with tears. His ears hadn't even registered what was said as he fell forward into a curled up ball and his world went black.

Mizore took a few steps from the downed wolf and started wrapping the worst of the cuts with pieces of Naruto's shirt that littered the ground around him. "That should take care of him long enough to get Naruto back to his dorm room and patched up."

"What about the nurse's office?"

Mizore shook her head. "Too late. Besides, I can patch him up once we get to his room."

Kurumu nodded. "Let's get him back to his room then." She continued while helping Mizore wrap the worst of the wounds. "You will have to teach me that move." It would be very useful for those creepy guys who followed her now. Tieing the last of her makeshift bandages, Kurumu asked, "I didn't know that Yuki-Onna looked like that. I thought a Yuki-Onna hair was ice, not snow."

Mizore nodded. "It is rare, but I can do both. No one seems to know why though."

Naruto groaned as he was helped up by the pair. "Note to self, do not fight a werewolf during a full moon." he said as he coughed up a small amount of blood. Even with an arm around each girl's shoulders, he could barely stand. He soon passed out as the two girls made their way back to the dorms.

Kurumu asked, "Where did you learn what you did to Gin? It isn't your average kick. You seemed to glow, then lightning surrounded your foot as it swung, I thought Yuki-Onna controlled ice and snow, not lightning."

"Naruto's mom taught me how to do that. She learned it from a boundary being called Tsu..." her voice trailed off, "I can't remember her name it was Tsu something. That was only a first level kick. I didn't want to castrate him… yet. It takes a while for even a strong Youkai to heal from that blow."

Kurumu blanched, then smirked rather evilly. "That… might come in handy."

Mizore nodded, "You would have to learn a few things first, but then I can teach it to you. You have to promise to never tell it's secrets to a guy though; they might find a way to counter it."

The pair, upon arriving at the dorms, noticed that it was almost time for curfew. Mizore grunted, "Naruto is rather heavy."

Kurumu nodded in response, she was getting a little winded at the exercise.

The girls snuck in through a side-door and stealthily, or as stealthily as a pair of girls dragging an unconscious boy can be, made their way to Naruto's room.

Unlocking the door, they stumbled into the room, then laid Naruto in his bed.

"Kurumu, Naruto keeps a first-aid kit under his bed. Could you get it please?" asked Mizore.

Kurumu nodded and retrieved a metal box. Upon opening it, she found it be well stocked with standard first-aid equipment, even some things that one would not think of that would be useful. There was also an ornate design on the inside of the lid that Kurumu looked at curiously.

Mizore interrupted Kurumu's musings of the seal. "Kurumu, I have to treat Naruto in his Youkai form. He will heal much faster that way and if we don't; his human form will lose too much blood."

Kurumu hissed, "Then what are you waiting for?"

Mizore looked slightly shocked at the hostility, but countered in a rather frosty tone that made Kurumu's breath visible. "Can you be trusted to not reveal what kind of Youkai Naruto is? And will you not hate him for it? If so, you can stay and help."

Kurumu growled back, "Of course you can trust me. What kind of friend would I be if you couldn't? Now get started helping him or I will!"

Mizore nodded, then took the first aid kit, and channeling Youkai energy into her hands she turned the seal, causing Naruto to revert to his full yoko form, complete with all of his tails. Mizore started to clean the wounds and used the blonde hairs on either side of the cuts as makeshift sutures, by tying the hairs together.

Kurumu was shocked. Here was Naruto, one of the nicest males she had ever met was a yoko. Her best friend was one of the supposed most bloodthirsty of all Youkai races. They were the ones that her mother begged her never to anger. Suddenly his words to Tsukune after the swimming club made sense. She had thought that it was her, a succubus, that he was referring to. Now, she wasn't so sure. Shaking her head and deciding to think about it later, she picked up a tube of antibiotic ointment and a roll of gauze, and started to wrap the wounds Mizore had already cleaned and tied shut. The two girls worked in silence. When they finished, the wounds had already stopped bleeding. Kurumu had heard of a Yoko's healing abilities, but had never seen them in action.

The pair sat back. Mizore turned to Kurumu. "Now do you see why it is important to keep what he is to ourselves?"

Kurumu nodded. "I have a few questions though."

Mizore sighed, "I will answer them if I can."

"I thought Yuki-Onna and Yoko weren't on the best of terms."

"They aren't. But his parents are from feuding clans and have helped protect my village. They are the only Yoko my village trusts. My mother is very good friends with his. Besides, his father's healing skill has helped my village in more ways than one. Twins are rare, but with him helping, they seem almost commonplace these last few years. He was even able to extend many Yuki-Onna's fertility period by a few years. That act alone was enough for our village to welcome them with open arms. After all this time, I am sure the village has suspicions as to who are the yoko, but no one has come out and said who they are. The Snow Priestess, the leader of our village, has declared that they are not to be spoken of outside the village. We fear the clans that his parents are from. I trust Naruto and his family with my life."

Kurumu was shocked. Youkai races helped each other out from time to time, but the yoko were known to never lift a claw to help anyone but another yoko of their same clan.

After a few moments of silence, Kurumu spoke again. "I have never seen or heard of a yoko with as many tails as he has though. They boast about them all the time. Why hasn't anyone heard of a yoko with that many tails before?"

Naruto's form twitched, shifting into his Kitsune form laying on his stomach. Mizore pulled up the sheet to cover Naruto, ignoring the blush and nosebleed of the other occupant of the room and struggling to keep her own reaction in check. Luckily all of the bandages had held was well. Taking out another blanket, Mizore laid it on top of her boyfriend.

Kurumu, at this point was very glad of Naruto's tails because they covered up everything that Mizore would likely hurt her for looking at. But the thought of it alone was enough to make her almost pass out from a nosebleed.

Mizore answered the question the succubus asked after smiling contentedly at Naruto. "That question is one I can't answer, and Naruto will have to tell you. It is his secret to share, not mine."

"Why are his tails different colors? I have never heard of a yoko that has different colored tails before."

Mizore shook her head. "I can't answer that either."

"How strong is he?"

"If he were to go all out, he could take Inner Moka down. It wouldn't be easy, but he could do it. He might have stood a chance against Gin, but Gin surprised him and it was all downhill from there."

"How did he change from his human form to his yoko form?"

Mizore sighed, "Naruto has a seal on him to keep his form in check so that he doesn't reveal it unintentionally. Especially to another yoko. That allows someone to manipulate it while he is unconscious. You have to know how or you get a rather nasty shock."

"Will he be mad at me for knowing this secret?" Kurumu's voice was quiet as she asked this.

"Probably not. But if you betray his trust, then yes. There are likely other yoko here. They cannot know about Naruto. If they do, they will hunt his parents down and kill him and them. Likely my entire village as well; just because we are close by."

Kurumu looked grim at the seriousness of what she now knew. Looking at her watch, she saw how late it was. "How are we going to get back to our dorms?

Mizore yawned. "I'm going to get some sleep. Can you watch him for a few hours to make sure his wounds don't re-open?"

Kurumu look flabbergasted and annoyed. Enunciating each word she said, "How. Will. We. Get. Back. To. Our. Rooms?!"

Mizore yawned again. "We don't." She then pulled two T-shirts from Naruto's dresser drawer and tossed one to Kurumu. "I plan on spending the night here. You can wake me after a few hours and sleep while I watch him."

Kurmu's face went red at the thought of spending the night with Naruto, in his bed and wearing his clothes. It didn't matter that nothing was going to happen, but it was rather shocking to her. She sputtered for a minutes until she said, "But what if we get caught?"

Mizore rolled her eyes. "I have yet to get caught. Naruto keeps his room chilly for me. I have spent every night here next to him, and I'm not going to stop unless there are rather severe consequences." She then got into the shirt that came to mid-thigh. "Wake me around three in the morning, that way we both get an okay amount of sleep. We don't have class tomorrow, so it won't be too big of a deal if we sleep in a little. Naruto needs to sleep after something like this anyway."

"You don't seem too worried about Naruto's condition."

"Once the wounds are closed and clean, he will heal quickly. His mom taught me that trick with his fur once when I slashed her rather deeply during a training exercise when she underestimated my progress. As long as his wounds don't re-open he will be able to be up and about by late morning." Looking at the other girl Mizore smirked, "Aren't you going to get changed? Either you stay here or deal with whoever is enforcing curfew tonight."

Kurumu made a small pile of her clothes and slid into the T-shirt as well. "Won't someone be suspicious if his light is on all night?"

Mizore shook her head, "Just keep the curtains closed. I'm sure you have homework that needs to be done, use Naruto's books. That is what I will be doing when it is my turn to stay awake.

Kurumu nodded, still blushing at the idea of sleeping in the same bed as Naruto. She giggled, "I just realized something."

"What?" asked Mizore as she settled in next to Naruto's sleeping form.

"What would Moka do if she had come along tonight instead?"

Mizore sighed. "She likely would have drunk Naruto's blood instead of patching him up, making the situation worse."

Kurumu giggled before pulling out a textbook. "I thought that. Instead of one we would have had two people to watch over while they recuperated."

Mizore shook her head and chuckled. "Good night Kurumu."

The night passed rather uneventfully. Kurumu and Mizore both worked on homework while Naruto slept. Before any students were allowed out of the dorms Mizore took a moment to check on Naruto again and saw that as the two had slept, Kurumu had snuggled up to Naruto mimicking her favorite sleeping position. She sighed as she cut off the bandages, as one thought ran through her head. 'I won't hurt her for it... This time.' She then lay on Naruto's other side and nodded off to sleep.

AN: Per popular request, here is another Omake of Tsukune while he is under the influence of the red vial.

Tsukune crept quietly though the headmaster's rooms. The purple gnomes had led him through what could have been a painful mine field, but was now an annoyance. He would free the gumdrop fairies from the evil headmaster's dresser. He was stopped by a little book lying on the bedside table, he picked it up and started to read. He didn't know why, but he had to keep reading the book. It begged him, literally, to discover the secret of it's pages. It's tiny voice was so compelling. He couldn't be seen or recognized though the evil headmaster would find him and turn his earwax into ice cream. Tsukune then took a tie and cut up part of the headmaster's pillowcase for his disguise. A little dusting of flour from the kitchens and he was good to go.

A now disguised Tsukune walked down the corridor with a little orange book in hand, the headmaster's tie covering his left eye and part of a pillowcase covering his nose, mouth and throat. He giggled as he read, he didn't know why, but it seemed so right, since the jokes the book told were funny. Besides, since the technicolor weasel horde had left him alone, it was obvious no one knew who he was.

Three members of the Public Safety Commission were tasked with catching the Youkai who had entered headquarters and freed all of the students and locked the head members in the meeting room. All they knew was he had grey hair and only had one eye uncovered. He would pay for his insolence.

They saw him standing near a tree by the soccer fields. "Let's split up so he doesn't get a chance to get away." said the leader. His two subordinates then ran off. He approached the target and swung in on the blind side of the grey-haired boy. His fist and kick were stopped and dodged respectively. He looked around but his target disappeared.

He heard a twig snap, and looking over his shoulder he saw the grey-haired teen crouched, and he heard the words "Sennen Goroshi." What followed was uncomfortable, humiliating, and painful. He seemed to launch off the ground and smacked into a tree. His last thought before he passed out was, 'I need to go cry in the shower for a bit.'

The second tracker, seeing what happened, Jumped in and tried to hit the unknown teen, but his vision was obscured by a swirl of leaves. Suddenly he was surrounded by nothing, and then saw Kuyou coming toward him. "You have failed. You will pay!"

The second goon fell screaming.

The third was stronger and smarter, switching to his youkai form of a troll. He took two steps however before he was sucked down into the ground with only his head above the ground. He couldn't move a muscle. He could only stare in fear as the figure turned and tossed their badges in the air, which tinkled like bells before falling to the ground.

Once out of sight, Tsukune tripped , shaking some of the flour out of his hair and Naruto grabbed the little book, and started telling him how the fire demons would eat his soul. Tsukune covered his ears and the next thing he knew he was sitting in his room, the pillowcase and the tie gone and door locked by a strange design. The gumdrop fairies needed his help. Now to find his spork to dig his way out of the prison so he could find the purple gnomes again. They were the only ones who would help him on his quest.

AN: A few people wanted Kakashi to appear in an omake, I thought that would be the most memorable scene to use. Hope you enjoyed it. My Beta didn't get a chance to look over it, so sorry for any grammatical errors.

Omake (This didn't make it in, but I felt it should be shared.)

Gin looked suspiciously at the fancy wrapped basket on his bed. He had had a horrible day. Miss Nekonome had caught him looking in the girls' locker room. And the girl's tennis team had discovered his hiding spot and broke his back-up lens before he could escape. His mask had been torn off by a passing branch. He would need a new one. He picked up the card warily and read,

"To whoever the poor soul who has taken my place, I thank you and pity you at the same time. You should be proud to follow in my footsteps, and I will remember your sacrifice. Sincerely, T.S."

Gin looked curiously at what was inside. What was eye bleach and why would this T.S. guy think he would need it along with a billy club of some sort? But at the bottom was an autographed copy of the newest Toad Sage novel, so it didn't really matter.