Disclaimer: I own nothing in regards to either of the two stories.

The days passed slowly for Naruto. He wanted to learn a few third level techniques from each type. Unfortunately, his feat of learning two in one day was not something that was repeated. Kurumu and Mizore came to expect carrying Naruto back to his dorm room to heal. They also came to expect Moka helping. It seemed to be that for the S-level techniques, it took Naruto about week to learn each one. It was a five to seven days of grueling, intense training.

After the first week, Kurumu asked, "Naruto why do you have to learn these techniques?"

His answer was simple. "I have read about them in scrolls from each clan about the higher level techniques. The earlier you learn them oftentimes the easier they are to master."

Kurumu followed with another question, "So you have mastered three thus far?"

Naruto started laughing while shaking his head. "Not in the least. Let me put it this way. When you were learning to fly, you had difficulty doing certain moves in the air once you could, right?"

Kurumu nodded.

"It's similar. I can do them, but it takes far too long to do so and there is way too much wasted energy. Not only that, but it seems like with each one I learn, balancing my energy flows becomes harder. I think that until I know and can use the same number of techniques for each type. It is rather frustrating. However, I did try to pick the most versatile techniques to learn so that I am not imbalanced. As such, it is harder to learn them. In theory, the others that are not as versatile are easier to learn."

Yukari, on the other hand, improved rapidly with her calligraphy and her drawing ability. It helped that she devoted over half of her homework time towards learning those tasks. Her class ranking dropped, but she didn't seem to have a problem with that. The puzzle of the illusion crystal still stymied the young witch. She had progressed to copying seal characters. She wasn't allowed to experiment in joining them together. Naruto had shown her what might happen if that was the case. A scroll that he had filled with random characters in a seal matrix was activated by a Shadow Clone. The tree it was attached to was split in two and then blasted into tinder before half of it began burning and the other half rapidly decomposed. This was more than enough to convince the witch to practice the characters on separate pieces of paper. What Yukari didn't know is that Naruto intentionally created that to make a point. When Naruto told her how far she had come, Yukari was very pleased with her progress.

Naruto received responses from his father to various questions. The one that Yukari was ecstatic about was that if she was able to learn up above a beginner level, he would take the time to teach her. The caveat was that she had to work at the hotel to make up for his time in teaching her. When this news was shared by Yukari with her family, apparently the Witches Council offered to send someone to work for free in order to allow for a quicker instruction. Minato declined, saying that there would be more than enough time for her to progress and learn, and that it wasn't necessary. He didn't want to be inundated with Fuinjutsu students while he had a business to run.

On the subject of Tsukune, Minato was rather curious at what had happened. At best, he theorized that the dose that was given caused the boy's chakra pathways to fluctuate and they still hadn't settled down. He said that it may have even given the human a very odd and possibly only temporary bloodline limit, since a few of the things that Naruto had seen Tsukune accomplish under the lingering influence of the red vial certainly hinted at something like that. Naruto was informed that likely, the exploding clay that had happened in the art room was a rather odd occurrence, but it may happen again. also Tsukune's theatrics with the fight with the Lizard men if the right qualifications were met.

Miss Ishigami was due out of the hospital in just a few days. This was a rather long time for a Youkai to recover from an injury, so if Tsukune could do that on demand, he would be able to defend himself rather effectively.

Kushina sent her love and a reminder that as a punishment for giving Tsukune the vial without checking first, he would be subjected to a rather strenuous workout with his mother when the holidays arrived. Naruto had commented that he could practically hear the evil laughter through her letter.

Tsukune, now being able to call his family, had informed his parents about his decision to try to change schools. His mom was rather happy that he seemed to be motivated about something. The fact that he had a girlfriend who was helping him caused her to ask all manner of embarrassing questions. His father was apparently ecstatic and had danced his mother around the room once that information had been learned. He tried to give Tsukune dating and relationship advice over the phone but the call was mysteriously cut off. The wire connecting the phone just happened to disconnect at that time. Tsukune made sure to apologize profusely in his letter home.

School had settled into a small semblance of routine. That is, until one morning. Mizore snuck out of Naruto's room. A malicious pair of eyes saw her leave the window of the boy's dorm. A cruel smirk appeared on the face belonging to these eyes. One thought ran through this Youkai's mind. 'I can use this.'

At the end of class, a voice rang out, "Shirayuki. I need to speak with you for a moment."

Mizore turned and nodded, "Yes Mr. Kotsubo." She finished putting away the equipment she had been using. She walked over to where he was standing. "What do you need?"

"Follow me." With this, he walked out of hearing range of the rest of the class who were packing up. He leaned against a tree.

Once Mizore had come to stand closer to her teacher, she waited for him to speak.

He started out in a concerned tone, "Miss Shirayuki, I was on a jog early this morning and I witnessed something that has me a little concerned."

Mizore looked confused. "Is it something you need my help with?" she asked. Although she was rather confused why a teacher would be asking for her help resolving a problem.

Mr. Kotsubo continued, "I was passing by the boys' dormitories and saw a girl leaving the boy's dorms through a window, then running off."

Inwardly Mizore cringed. Of all the mornings to not use her stealth techniques. She had slipped up and she knew it.

He continued, "As a teacher and someone who cares for his students I must ask what is going on."

Mizore was now in a bit of a sticky situation. She could get both Naruto and herself expelled.

At her silence, he placed a hand on Mizore's shoulder. "Is someone forcing you to do something that you don't want to do?"

Mizore shook her head. "All I did was spend the night in my boyfriend's room. Nothing happened. We just slept." There was no way she was going to admit she hadn't spent a night in her room the entire time at school.

"Well that is against the rules Miss Shirayuki. This could see the both of you expelled from this Academy."

Mizore hung her head. While Naruto would understand, it would still hurt to go back to the village in disgrace.

"That is, if I decide to report it."

Mizore looked up in shock.

Mr. Kotsubo continued his voice smug and mocking, "So that leads us to the next question. What are you willing to do to let keep the two of you in school?"

Mizore was equal parts shocked and disgusted. While she knew what he was hinting at, it was not something she would be willing to do. Her hair started to shift to ice.

"Before you get too angry, just remember, you would be attacking a teacher. That would definitely get the two of you kicked out."

Mizore took a deep breath and willed her hair and hands to return to normal.

He laughed. It was a cold and cruel sound. "I will meet you halfway to the bus stop one hour after classes. If you refuse, then I will go straight to the Headmaster and make sure you and your boyfriend will be out of this school by tomorrow morning. Then again, I could just report him to the Public Safety Committee." With this he turned and walked away with a smirk on his face.

Mizore did nothing but stand there thinking. The day was already half over. She only had a few hours to come to a decision on what to do. If she told Naruto, then he would insist on confronting Mr. Kotsubo on his own. Mizore had known Naruto long enough to know that she really wouldn't be able to convince him otherwise. That would definitely get the pair expelled.

Her motions were mechanical as she changed back into her uniform. Luckily, they only had study hall and one other class today. Today was a day off of training for Naruto, so she would have to actually avoid him for the next few hours. She was rather conflicted about what to do. If she let Mr. Kotsubo get them kicked out, then both she and Naruto would both be home. While that would not necessarily be a bad thing, Mizore knew that Kurumu would likely be the center of a large pool of unwanted attention. Tsukune and Yukari would likely be fine since they would be transferring out soon. Moka, Mizore shook her head. Moka would likely leave school just so she could drink Naruto's blood. Miss Nekonome might be sad with the collapse of the Newspaper Club.

These thoughts and many others weighing the pros and cons of what her actions might indicate. She even toyed with the idea of talking about it with Miss Nekonome, but her homeroom teacher was nowhere to be found. Mizore cursed inwardly. Miss Nekonome might have interceded for them if she knew it would likely end the Newspaper Club. Mizore brought a recorder for counter-blackmail material, just because it was likely that Mr. Kotsubo would try something that was not appropriate. She decided that if he threatened Naruto, she would have no choice but to protect her boyfriend. She even took a blue vial from Naruto's room, to make sure that Mr. Kotsubo wouldn't remember who attacked him. She thought about slipping it something he was drinking, but he wasn't in his office and he no longer had a class.

Mizore was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice Moka.

Moka paused, "Hey Mizore. Why weren't you in class? Mizore you ok?"

The vampire's second question was the one that penetrated Mizore's thoughts.

Mizore shook her head. "Yeah. Sorry Moka I just have a lot on my mind."

Moka smiled, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Mizore shook her head. "Thanks, but no. It's something that I have to handle on my own."

Moka tilted her head to the side. "Well, if you need anything let me know. Will you be at the meeting today?"

Mizore shook her head. "I will be skipping this one. It is kind of important."

Moka nodded and then waved as she walked off. "Good luck then Mizore."

Mizore slowly made her way to the meeting point, making sure she would not be seen. The meeting time would be soon. She wanted to make sure that there was no one else around in case she had to fight the teacher.

Naruto was standing in the hallway waiting for Mizore to show up and debating with Kurumu over which spices would make a hypothetical dish taste better.

Naruto greeted Moka when she had made her appearance. "Hi Moka. Have you seen Mizore? Weren't you two in the same class last period?"

Moka nodded. "She skipped class. I saw her after class. I don't know why, but she said that she had something she had to handle and that she wouldn't be at Newspaper Club either."

Naruto frowned. That didn't sound like Mizore at all.

Moka continued, "I offered to help but she said that it was important and that she had to handle on her own."

This sent alarm bells ringing in Naruto's mind.

His face suddenly became very intense. "Were those her exact words?"

Moka nodded slowly, confused at Naruto's sudden change.

Naruto swore; then continued, "Where did you see her last?"

Moka replied, I was walking past where they are rebuilding the art class."

"Can you show me where she went?"

Kurumu, now watching this exchange became nervous. "Naruto, what is wrong?"

Naruto turned towards the closest exit and replied, "Come with me if you want to know. I need to find Mizore." On the rather quick trip to the art building, Naruto related the following story:

"Shortly after I returned home from my training, some of the Yuki Onna in the village apparently said that Mizore wasn't deserving of me and decided to try to convince her of that. If I recall, one even threatened to freeze me and take me for herself."

Kurumu and Moka both winced. They were well aware of how protective Mizore was of her boyfriend.

Naruto continued, "Apparently, this is common among Yuki-Onna. If a potential suitor is willing to become a mate to a Yuki-Onna, there is rather stiff competition."

Kurumu interrupted, "Is that so they aren't forced to marry someone they don't know?" She continued, "And why she is so protective of you."

Naruto nodded. "Mizore decided to take on the entire group at the same time to stake her claim. While she handled the situation, she was rather injured from the fight. I had offered to help, but she turned me down, saying exactly what it sounds like she told Moka. I don't know what is going on, but I don't want her to face whatever it is alone."

Moka asked, "How do you know that it isn't something else?"

Naruto merely replied, "She hasn't tried to stalk me since gym class."

Moka and Kurumu both agreed internally that something was definitely wrong.

The trio arrived at where Moka had encountered Mizore earlier. Naruto then took a deep breath and headed off into the woods.

There seemed to be no trail, but Naruto didn't hesitate. Suddenly he stopped. "She masked her presence here." He then sat cross-legged on the ground, rested his palms on his knees, then closed his eyes. "If you would be quiet, I need to focus."

Kurumu and Moka just looked at each other, but said nothing.

After a few minutes, he stood. "This way." Naruto then took off at a run.

(Just a few minutes earlier)

Mizore peeked from behind a tree, seeing Mr. Kotsubo standing along the path. Mizore couldn't sense any other Youkai in the area. If this turned bad, she could fight him without fear of being seen. Then give him a blue vial if she won to protect herself and Naruto. She stood up tall and walked out into the open.

"Shirayuki. I'm glad you decided to show up."

Mizore replied, her tone frosty, "You didn't really give me much of a choice now did you?"

The gym teacher's response was a cruel chuckle. "No I really didn't. See, the thing is, I think that you spending the night in your boyfriend's room is a regular thing." He smirked, "Especially since you are a Yuki-Onna."

Mizore bit back a gasp.

Mr. Kotsubo smirked. "Surprised? Teachers have complete access to all student files. It was rather easy to discover your Youkai type. All I have to do is talk to Miss Nekonome to know who your boyfriend is, and I'll know his type as well. If he says anything to anyone about our little meetings, well…" his voice trailed off menacingly.

Mizore frowned. If he found out that Naruto was a Yoko, nothing good would come of that. "What do you want?"

Mr. Kotsubo's smirk turned into a leer. "You are a smart girl. Figure it out."

Rage blossomed in Mizore. She felt her hands and hair shift into ice. Faster than her opponent could react he was encased in a block of ice.

She spoke to the now solid teacher. "I will not allow scum like you to touch me."

Mizore was shocked that the ice suddenly reverted to water.

Mr. Kotsubo was revealed, laughing. "You think a small trick like that can stop me." With this, he transformed. A mass of squid tentacles erupted from his body as his back expanded into a grotesque mantle. His human form was slightly visible indicating that he was only partially transformed. "We kraken can easily warm water around us and break ice. It's not much of a skill, but against a Yuki Onna, well, it is very effective." He continued, laughing at Mizore's shock. "I can do anything I want to you. I'll make sure your little boyfriend is fish food for this attack on me." His laughed echoed around the woods. "I'm going to drag you down Shirayuki! You can't even touch me."

Mizore felt her hair shift to snow and a surge of power. The surroundings grew colder.

"You may have extra tricks, but that won't stop me." With this, he lashed out with a cluster of tentacles towards Mizore.

Mizore dodged, concentrating on what she wanted to do. She continued to dodge, moving towards the ocean. She could hide on the training platform. Also, if she got the area cold enough, it might slow him down. She continued dodging and throwing ice spikes at her opponent even though they turned to water mere inches from his skin. Snowflakes began to fall where she had concentrated her power. Thicker and thicker the storm became until it was almost blizzard strength. Around the teacher, they reverted to water, but the air was still chilled. She waited until there was a large puddle of water around the teacher before turning it into ice stalagmites.

There was silence before laughter erupted again. Mr. Kotsubo stood among a pile of broken ice. "You will never beat me you weakling. I am a kraken. Your measly attempts to stop me are only an irritation at best." Because of the shock of her failed attack, she was grabbed by a set of tentacles. She was then thrown into trees, the ground, and rocks. All the while, cruel laughter was heard. One tentacle had wound around her neck choking her. Just before she blacked out, she felt a familiar surge of Youkai.

(Moments earlier)

Naruto, Kurumu, and Moka sped through the woods. They could make out sounds of fighting. Naruto's eyes hardened and his pupils became slits as they neared the fighting. They stopped to see a frozen wasteland and Mizore held on the ground by a grotesque squid-human hybrid. His voice became hard and commanding. "Moka get Mizore out of there. I will get her free. Kurumu. I need you to throw a big illusion up. Do your best to make sure no one even senses what is going to go on here. I need to deal with that thing."

After the conversation that she had had all those days ago on the training platform, Kurumu knew that Naruto would likely be using higher level techniques to handle this latest problem and wouldn't be able to cast the illusions himself..

Naruto's eyes were now red with slit pupils. His canines were longer, his hair now rising of its own accord. Without even waiting for response, Naruto jumped towards Mizore. He unsealed his swords, hooked them together and swung, severing the tentacles that had latched onto Mizore. Moka then jumped forward and grabbed Mizore, then headed back into the woods. Kurumu did as Naruto suggested and placed a large illusion over the area. Since she was the creator, therefore she saw through the illusion, and was shocked by what she witnessed.

Naruto growled out. "You are a teacher! I don't have to try very hard to guess what you were doing." His hair whipped around in a non-existent wind. His voice rose to a feral scream. "You will pay for what you did to her!"

The kraken laughed. The sound had caused fear to sink into the hearts of sailors the world over. Naruto merely bristled in anger.

"You think you can stop me with those little toys?" A tentacle gestured towards the swords. "You aren't strong enough. You must be the little trollop's boy toy. Well when I'm finished with you, I will go on to her. She was so weak, it won't even be a challenge to make her do what I want. The best part is, I couldn't get her expelled for what I saw, but now that she has attacked me I really have something to hold over her head." He then laughed again. "She was so easy to defeat after all. I didn't even have to try. I'm going to enjoy killing you. It will make her dismay all the sweeter." The Kraken then sent tentacles towards Naruto.

Naruto shifted into his full yoko form, showing only his seven tails of fire. With a thought they all blazed like towering infernos. His tails acted to protect him, burning away any tentacles that attempted to grab him. They were barely out of reach of the cliff so that the kraken couldn't simply jump over the ledge towards the sea. Mizore hadn't made it to her goal.

The sudden change of a student into a monster that was easily stronger than him caused the gym teacher to try bluffing. "You think a simple illusion will scare me?" Internally he tried to come up with a way to get into the water that was nearby.

Naruto didn't reply, instead he focused on his technique. His anger overrode his conscious thought. The only thing he could focus on was destroying the one who dared to lay a finger on his mate. This was Naruto's first time feeling the effect of true yoko bloodlust, and he was not prepared. He had initially planned to use a mid to high second level technique on the teacher, but his bloodlust overrode that. His tails began spinning like a top. A twister of flame grew within them. It lifted from his tales to in front of his face. Taking a deep breath, he actually inhaled the fiery tornado. After a second, smoke rose from his nostrils and his eyes seemed backlit by the flames. Opening his mouth, the twister erupted and quickly grew in size to engulf the kraken.

The pained screams echoed around the woods. They were sharply cut off by a flaming figure that flew through the air, headed towards the sea. Multiple fireballs hit the figure as it traveled, increasing the distance from the hit that had sent it flying.

It took Naruto several minutes of shooting attacks into the sea before the bloodlust ebbed enough that Naruto's higher brain functions came back online. Quickly shifting back to his human form, he quickly headed through the destruction his attacks caused. He used water jutsu to put out any lingering fires. He wasn't versed enough in Moukoton jutsu to re-grow any trees. Those would just have to be left alone. The only thing that changed some appearances was the blackened look or the fact that they had been knocked over. Passing, the boundary of the illusion, he saw a wide eyed Kurumu.

"How is Mizore?" asked Naruto.

Kurumu replied, "I think she will be okay. Moka is further ahead. That was an S-class attack wasn't it?"

Naruto nodded and set out towards his injured girlfriend. Now free from the tentacles he could see the extent of her injuries. His eye flashed red again but they quickly faded to blue. He gently took Mizore from Moka and leapt off towards the nurse's office.

Moka turned to Kurumu, who was slightly wilted from the effort it had taken to throw up such a large illusion in such a hurry. Curious, Moka walked towards the recent battleground and was shocked at the damage. Her inner vampire spoke up. "That boy cannot be a Kitsune. The highest level kitsune that I have ever heard of is a high C level, low B level at most. A Yuki-Onna can be more powerful than that easily. There is no way a kitsune could take out an opponent that had beaten Mizore."

Moka thought for a few moments about what was said, and realized that her inner self was correct. Naruto had not been fully truthful about what he was.

Moka walked over to Kurumu. "You saw what happened, didn't you?"

Kurumu nodded, still slightly in awe at the power that had been displayed. Part of her hoped that Naruto would be that protective of her as well. While he was certainly larger and furrier than the average knight in shining armor, he definitely fit the bill.

Moka continued. "There is no way that a kitsune could do such damage and take out a Youkai that could beat Mizore. What kind of Youkai is Naruto?"

Kurumu balked. She had heard Naruto's reasons for not sharing what type of Youkai he was with others. It was not her secret to share. She decided to dodge the issue. "How is Mizore doing?"

Moka replied, "She is fine, now what kind of Youkai is Naruto? Why did he lie to me?"

Kurumu shook her head. "It's not my place to tell. He has reasons for keeping it a secret and I promised him that I wouldn't tell anyone. Besides did he ever confirm that he was a kitsune or did you just assume that because of your spars?"

Moka pressed further, "What about a hint?"

Kurumu was adamant in her refusal. "Ask him. But if I were you, I wouldn't ask him until Mizore is back up and about."

"But can't you.." Moka was cut off By Kurumu sprouting her wings.

"I promised him Moka. Ask him yourself." She took off following Naruto's path towards the nurse's office.

Kurumu entered the room, seeing Naruto sitting in a chair holding Mizore's hand. Mizore was unconscious, and Kurumu could see that she was rather bandaged up. She took another chair and sat in silence with Naruto as he sat there with Mizore. No words were said, but Kurumu felt she had an idea of what was going through the blonde's head.

After easily a half hour had passed, Naruto spoke up. "Thank you for the illusion Kurumu."

Kurumu merely replied, "Don't worry about that. What happened back there? I have never seen you so angry."

Naruto replied. "I don't know what came over me. It was like I only wanted to see him hurting. I could only think to do what would hurt him the most."

"Was it bloodlust?"

Naruto nodded his head. "I think so. It fits what I had read about it.

Kurumu then asked the question that Naruto had been puzzling. "Did you kill him?"

Naruto hung his head. "I don't know. It's very likely. But a kraken can be a high A class if they are strong enough. It is possible that he is dead, but there is a small chance he survived. Because he landed in the sea, it might have put out the flames soon enough that he won't die. I just don't know. If he turns up, I will likely have to give him an elixir that my dad made. When combined with an illusion, it makes people forget a specific time frame if they saw us in our true forms."

Kurumu continued, "Moka saw the devastation that your attack caused. She knows that a kitsune couldn't possibly cause that kind of damage. She asked me what kind of Youkai you are. I didn't tell her."

Naruto nodded, "Thanks Kurumu, I knew I could trust you."

Kurumu blushed slightly at this, "I told her she has to talk to you and it will be you decision if you share that with her. I know the reasons why you keep that close to your chest.

Naruto nodded once more, focusing on his girlfriend unconscious on the bed.

"How long will Mizore be in here?"

The nurse said at least tonight maybe all of tomorrow." Naruto paused, "Why didn't she just ask for help?" He continued quietly, "I would have helped."

Kurumu looked startled; she knew something Naruto didn't know. She whispered back, "If it means pain, she will accept it for you."

Naruto looked confused, "What do you mean?"

"It's just like her learning to cook. If it makes you happy, she will gladly endure pain for you. She loves you, you dope."

This revelation seemed to surprise Naruto. "I knew she did. But I never really thought about it like that."

"That thing must have threatened you for her to attack like that."

Naruto merely nodded in response.

The room was silent. Naruto and Kurumu were so focused on the situation that they never saw the pink haired figure standing by the door slowly walk away.

Hours passed and the nurse came into the room. "The two of you should get to bed, curfew is soon."

Kurumu nodded, "We'll be back tomorrow."

Naruto nodded, he was barely keeping his eyes open. He allowed himself to be led back to his dorm room, but was barely even able to stumble through the door. He passed out on the floor.

Kurmu sighed, "Well I can't just let you sleep on the floor."

It took some time. But she was able to, after changing into her succubus form, get Naruto into bed. Kurumu leaned over the blonde and kissed him on the forehead. "Goodnight"

She turned to leave, but was stopped by a hand grabbing her wrist. She heard Naruto mumble in his sleep and she was pulled off her feet and into the bed. Her face heated up at the thought of spending another night in Naruto's arms. She was sure that his sleepy mind simply thought she was Mizore. She finally rationalized that Naruto needed some form of comfort. She also thought that, besides, she wasn't really taking advantage of the situation, since she had tried to leave and was pulled into the bed by a sleeping Naruto. It wasn't like she wanted to leave anyway, and curfew was only minutes away. She even told herself that she wouldn't be able to make it back to her room fast enough. So she kicked off her shoes and pulled the blanket over the two of them and fell asleep. After all, she was rather tired as well.

The following morning, in a part of the school away from a spluttering Naruto, a woman in dreadlocks was leaving the hospital area.

She ignored students as she strode through the halls and down stairs until she entered the domain of the Public Safety Committee.

She walked to a lit area of the floor, "I would like to report something that I think you need to look into."

A cold voice rang out of the darkness. "You shouldn't be here you were fired for attacking students."

And evil grin crossed her face. "I know that. That is why I am asking you to do your jobs."

The tone of the voice changed, becoming laced with anger. "Are you saying that we aren't?"

"If a human made it onto campus then I would definitely say that no you aren't."

Silence followed. "Explain."

"My snakes reacted and bit one of those that attacked me and revealed my collection. They only do that if there is a human nearby. Find who was petrified. Investigate them, and of course, do you duty." With this, Hitomi Ishigami left the building and school grounds.

Minutes later a blond figure stepped forward, the light giving his features a rather evil cast. "We will investigate her claim. If it is true, then blood will flow."

A resounding "Yes sir!" echoed around the room.

There are three Omakes that follow should you be inclined to read them. Omake #1 was originally and idea from Rider of the Nosse in a suggestion. I have incorporated two ideas from Third Fang's Yet Again with a Little Extra Help. If you haven't read it, I think it is a well done time travel Naruto fic. The OC's are funny and I like his style of writing. It is over a million words so take your time.

Omakes two and three I cut out of this chapter since I wanted it to be a slightly more serious chapter. It didn't feel right to have humor during the happenings of the chapter or have the foreboding ending after something humorous. Omake 3 will likely make it into Chapter 14, as it is part of a larger scene.

Omake #1

With the disappearance of Okuto Kotsubo there was a need for a substitute gym teacher. Far away in a village a heavily scarred man in a black trenchcoat received a letter. After checking it for poisons, seals, and exploding cows; a hearty laugh echoed through the Konoha Torture and Interrogation Unit. Multiple shinobi made the sign of the Log to ward off evil. The Hokage was visited by Ibiki less than an hour later with a request for leave due to a research opportunity into additional psychological and physical torture methods.

Intrigued, the Hokage approved it. After all it could only benefit Konoha in the long run. And in the short term, the Chunin on rotation in T and I wouldn't be subject to Ibiki's new ideas. His sadism, that is to say, enthusiasm for his job would be directed elsewhere. It was a pity that Anko hadn't been invited as well. At least she had Iruka to distract her.

Ibiki grinned, unphased by the heat and his all black attire. "Welcome to class you little pukes. I am your substitute teacher. My name is Ibiki Morino. You will learn to fear and curse my name by the time we are though. At least you will all be able to do this obstacle course by the time I leave." The students all gasped at the monstrosity of cones, ropes, tires, walls, pits, spikes, projectiles, flames, danger, and general pointiness that lay before them. A few representatives of the previous class were being carried on stretchers to the nurse's office. Some of the assembled students broke into tears. Three of them passed out. "Let's begin."

Ibiki then thought that it was truly the simple things in life that made it all worthwhile.

Omake #2

Gin walked into the Newspaper Club room, and was surprised to find only two other members there. Yukari and Tsukune were working on an article already.

Gin asked, "Where are Naruto, Mizore, Moka, and Kurumu?"

Yukari shrugged, not looking up. "I saw Moka, Kurumu and Naruto all run off just a few minutes before the club started. I was at the other end of the hall."

Gin asked "Do you think they had a lead on a good story?"

Yukari looked up, "Probably not. I mean you have heard the rumors around the male dorms and those three?"

Gin's eyes took on a far-away look. He had. Three girls at once, some guys get all the luck. Gin's mind realized that if Naruto was occupied, he wouldn't be keeping tabs on Gin.

Gin picked up his camera. "I think I heard a rumor that needs verifying. It might be worth a story."

Yukari added innocently, "Like the women's only nudist club having a meeting at the school hot springs today?"

Gin's nose dripped blood. "Yeah that one."

Yukari put her head down. "Have fun."

Tsukune turned to his girlfriend. "I didn't know there was a club for that."

Yukari grinned. "There's not. It's another meeting of the Bishounen Student Union."

Omake #3

Mizore sat in her hospital bed. Kurumu was looking sheepish.

Mizore started out, "So Naruto was the one who pulled you into the bed?"

"Yes that's what I have…"

Mizore cut her off, "And you did try to get away?"

"Yes that's what I have…"

Mizore cut off Kurumu again, "And you had no intention to stay there when you took him to his room."

"Yes that's what I have…"

Again the succubus was cut off, "And you say that nothing happened?"

"Yes that's what I have…" Kurumu was getting tired of getting cut off.

"And you say that he needed the comfort?"

"Yes that's what I have…"

"So you decided to stay in the bed?"

"Yes that's what I have…"

"And have you wicked way with him?"

"Yes that's what I have been trying to tell you!" Kurmu's brain finally registered the last question. "That's not, I mean, nothing happened." Kurumu slowly backed away. She stopped when Mizore started chuckling.

"Gotcha."

"You aren't mad?"

Mizore shrugged. "I am a little mad, but I trust you. Besides, Naruto was here earlier and apologized profusely. He was rather tired and probably needed some form of comfort last night. Thank you for being there with him."