Okay folks! Back with the second chapter! Now, I'll keep updating Naruto's "Character Info" at the bottom of each chapter as I update the story, so many of your questions about Naruto will be added in over time. But, before we begin, let's respond to some reviews!
NeoNoble: Naruto's personality and looks are based on two characters. His looks and stricter side are based on Hibari. His softer and nicer side is based more on a character named Dojima from a game called Persona 4.
XiaoSan: I'm glad to hear you liked the Naruto-Chao interaction. As for ellipses, yeah, I agree that I use a lot of them, most of the time not for emphasis but to show that the character speaking paused a little bit or is going over something in their minds while talking or is thinking carefully about what to say next. My writing style changed a lot in the time I've been on this sight but my addiction to ellipses is one thing that hasn't changed. As for students joining that committee, trust me, I have some plans. As for Naruto's 'Discipline Mode', it's not so much as his power multiplies, but it isn't purely Killing Intent, though that is half of it. It will be fully explained this chapter.
Vandenbz: The Elemental Nations are in a remote part of the alternate magical world, but that will only really be important once we get to that arc. I got the whole "Konoha Attacked" idea from me questioning why Akatsuki just didn't attack full-force if Pein easily wiped out Konoha, the supposed "strongest" of the nations, but I only came up with the whole 'secrecy thing', too. As for whether any other Naruto characters will show up, I can say that a few will show up (excluding Akatsuki, they will all show up) and a few will play major roles, but not at least until after the Kyoto arc. Pairings, well, I'm trying to keep it more of what someone infers, but there are a few chosen already, most obviously Asuna and Chao. One or two more will be really easily shown this chapter, but I don't really want to just come out and say what they are.
Path-of-Otaku: Asuna and Chao can be picked out easily, but rather than outright saying the pairings, I'd like to let them reveal themselves over time. One or two more will be revealed in this chapter. If you really, really want to know, you can just 'pm' me and I'll tell you.
Orchamus: The Elemental Nations are located in a very, very remote region of the magical world. It won't really play a role in the story until the Magical World Arc.
mk14ebr: You're laidback? Every time you review, you talk about killing me! Well, anyway, I'm glad I was there to bring the mood down! Schadenfreude, my friend. Oh, sweet schadenfreude.
Jrf Steel: Naruto is fourteen, the 2-A/3-A girls are all fifteen currently, and Negi's ten. Akatsuki will certainly be making appearances, but not for some time now. Naruto is probably a low-level ANBU or an extremely high-level chūnin—in other words, any Akatsuki member would completely wipe the floor with him in a matter of seconds, currently. Naruto isn't done getting stronger yet, he'll still progress quite a bit throughout the story.
reven228: Naruto so far has only learned what Takahata has been shown to know. He hasn't learned any jutsu from the Kyuubi. I take it when you say "something in the middle", you mean that he'll get stronger as the story progresses? If so, then yeah, that's where most of his strength will come from.
SpeeDemon: Actually, I got the idea for Naruto's past and Konoha's destruction from the way that Pein completely decimated Konoha single-handedly. I figured with all of Akatsuki, it'd be a blood bath—go figure, right?
Rezuvious: Hm…it's hard to say whether Naruto will really change his stance about the rules. I based him on real psychological commonalities—there have been numerous cases which support the idea that people who have lost their homes from an early age tend to support strictly things that protect what they deem their current home, such as rules.
granasaber master: Naruto is fourteen.
Lazruth: Well, if it really annoys you so much, I'm not quite sure how you'll like how the story will play out. It's really hard to say at this point whether Naruto will change about the rules. I based that aspect on real life situations where psychological patients who lost their homes at an early age generally strictly support things that protect their homes, such as rules.
Axel yamamoto: Well, I'd rather not just blatantly list the pairings. I can say that Asuna and Chao are the obvious two currently and others will be hinted at too. If you really want me to tell you the pairings, you can just pm me about it and I'll tell you them.
Vongola Maelstrom: I'd rather keep the pairings in hints and let them develop before I actually state them flat out, but if you really want to know, just pm me and I'll tell you.
Swanboy: Yes, some aspects of Naruto such as the Discipline Mode and Discipline Committee are based off of Hibari, but more than likely he won't use a pair of tonfa. Naruto's fighting skills will rely mostly on his fists, and the only way I could see him using tonfa is maybe through a pactio. But even then, I'd base a pactio of a legend or history, and to my knowledge, there isn't a pair of legendary tonfa. Sorry.
Lord Naruto: I'm glad you enjoyed the story. To answer your question, Naruto's calling of Chao "sempai" doesn't have to do with age as much as class. Naruto is a first-year student while the girls are all second-years. He normally foregoes the honorific with people he's known for a longer time, like Asuna, Konoka, or Nodoka.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Negima.
Asuna blushed, looking down at the steaming cup in her hands. Behind her stood Negi, with a smile on his face as he held a bucket of liquid with a heart drawn onto it, but more importantly, in front of her stood Takahata, who smiled softly at her. They were in one of the many halls of Mahora Academy, with the setting sun illuminating it through the windows, though Asuna was too caught up in her thoughts to notice her surroundings.
"T…Takahata-sensei, I…um…I made some tea," Asuna mumbled, blushing, "Would you like some?"
Takahata took the drink, glancing at it before chuckling, "This is a love potion, isn't it? Don't bother with it, Asuna-chan."
"W-What do you mean?" Asuna gasped.
"I mean I've been in love with you for awhile now," Takahata smiled, stepping closer to her, "Asuna-chan…"
"T…Takahata-sensei…" Asuna breathed, closing her eyes as she expected a kiss to meet her lips.
"…Did you really think something like that would happen?"
"E-Eh?" Asuna's eyes shot open to see Naruto standing there smirking at her, her handsome and heroic Takahata-sensei gone. Naruto laughed at her, walking up to her.
"I told you—as long as I'm around, I won't let you near Takahata-sensei," Naruto smirked, "Got it, Bear-Panties-chan? Now wake up!"
"Wha...?" Asuna shot up in her bed. She took a moment to notice her surroundings—she was in her room, it was nighttime, and more importantly, Takahata-sensei was not there confessing his love to her. Growling, Asuna grabbed the cell-phone that sat on the railing of her bunk-bed and angrily punched in a number.
Naruto groaned as he sat up, the annoying sound of his ringtone waking him from his peaceful slumber. Throwing back his covers and grabbing the phone that lay on his nightstand, he flipped it open and held it to his ear.
"Hello?" Naruto said rather groggily.
"I HATE you, Takahata Naruto!" sounded the loud, angry reply. Naruto held the phone at arm's length as he waited for the ringing in his ears to stop. Holding the phone up to his ear once more, he found that the caller, Asuna, if his phone was correct, had hung up.
Naruto settled back down in his bed, "…There had better be a damn good explanation for this one."
Asuna sighed as she set her phone back down, lying back down in her bed and shutting her eyes. Oh, she would be getting it for that one tomorrow, she knew that, but for now, the vent for her frustration was well worth it. Asuna knew she wasn't smart by any means. She still considered it the stupidest decision in her life that, when she and Naruto were still only little kids, she allowed her crush on his father to slip out. She sighed, "Hah…a love potion, huh? Even if I did get something like that, there's no way I'd get a chance to use it with that annoying rules-freak there…"
"Hn…Onee-chan…"
"Huh?" Asuna blinked, suddenly aware that she was not alone in her bed. Looking to her left, she found Negi lying next to her, blissfully asleep. It took Asuna all of three seconds to process the information and respond accordingly.
"W-WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY BED?" Asuna screamed, shoving Negi over the side of the bunk-bed and sending him to the floor. Negi hit the floor with a thud, muttering a weak "Ouch" as he rubbed his sore back. Looking up at Asuna's angry, blushing face, he realized what had happened and jumped to his feet, bowing his head in apology.
"S-Sorry, Asuna-san, I'm used to sleeping with Onee-chan and I—"
"Y-You're supposed to be a teacher, so act like one! I let you use the sofa, didn't I?" Asuna shouted, throwing a pillow down at Negi. Before Negi could retort, the beeping of Asuna's alarm clock broke out over the noise of their argument. Asuna looked to her clock, a startled look on her face, before she jumped out of her bed and ran to the bathroom, "Crap! It's almost five already!"
Negi watched in a daze of confusion and amazement as Asuna had managed to go through her morning routine in a matter of seconds before charging out the door, not looking back once. Negi scratched the back of his head, "Where is Asuna-san off to?"
"Hm? Oh, it's her part time job," Konoka answered sleepily as she sat up in her bed, stretching her arms. Konoka moved out of her bed while stifling a yawn and headed towards the kitchen, "You don't mind eggs for breakfast, right, Negi-sensei?"
"Eggs are fine," Negi replied, staring out the window of the dorm, 'It's already my second day here at Mahora. I didn't get to see Naru-nii much yesterday…I wonder what he's up to now.'
Ku Fei sighed to herself lightly as she walked down the street. Her training that morning had gone uninterrupted, as always. Her students and fellow club members from the Chinese Martial Arts Society were still no match for her, as always, and had run off to find someone that they could fight with on an even level. She had practiced the same moves without a hitch or mistake, as always. As always, as always, as always…that's all Ku Fei really thought about lately. She was, to put it blatantly, bored out of her skull. Don't get her wrong, she still loved Chinese kenpo with all her heart, but without a partner she could go all-out on, without someone who could last five minutes in a hand-to-hand fight, without someone who could actually make her lose, it got boring being the best.
'Maybe if I started to challenge people with one arm behind my back? Or would that be insulting-aru?' Ku Fei frowned to herself, stepping onto the large plaza in front of the World Tree. The girl was far too caught up in her thoughts to notice the outside world, let alone the commotion going on in front of her.
"I don't give a damn if you think it will help you train, fighting between students is strictly forbidden!"
'Maybe if I blindfold myself-aru?'
"H-He's a demon! Run! Run!"
"Don't think you can get away from me, filth!"
"Holy—! Did he just shatter freaking stone?"
'Or what if I limit myself to only attacking twice?'
"He just threw Sorachi over the World Tree! What kind of monster is h—ack!"
"Yasushi, no!"
"If you break the rules, you should expect no mercy from me!"
'Or what if I—huh?' Ku Fei looked up to see a blond boy tossing the last of her students over his shoulder and onto a large pile made out of about fifty of her other students. The blond wiped imaginary sweat from his forehead and brushed off any dirt that got on his pants, humming lightly to himself. When he was done, he scratched the back of his head lazily and proceeded to walk away, "Well, what was that? Fifty or so? Fifty more to go to fill today's quota…"
"H-Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing-aru?" Ku Fei shouted to him as she ran in front of him. Naruto frowned as he found his path blocked and scratched the back of his head once more out of habit.
"Hm? I think I was just finishing up taking down the…" Naruto reached into his pant pocket and pulled out a small notepad, reading off the name at the top of the list, "…Ichiban gang that's made the Shopping District their turf."
Ku Fei stared at Naruto in awe and shock, "T-That wasn't a gang! Those were my students-aru!"
"Students?" Naruto blinked.
"The Chinese Martial Arts Society!"
"Oh…" Naruto frowned, pulling out a pen and flipping open to a fresh page in his notepad. Ku Fei watched in confusion, her anger growing steadily as Naruto scribbled away lazily before he ripped the page out. Walking over to the pile of unconscious students, he carefully placed the paper on one of the member's foreheads before attempting to walk off in a different direction. With Naruto no longer blocking her view of the paper, Ku Fei was now free to see what he had written on it.
"My bad."
—Takahata Naruto
Ku Fei angrily stomped over to Naruto, grabbing him by the shoulder and turning him to look her in the eyes. She glared, "Your bad-aru? You knocked my entire club unconscious! All you have to say is 'my bad'?"
"What? Did you want me to say something else?" Naruto frowned, "They still broke the rules by fighting with each other and I gave them the proper punishment."
Ku Fei growled, "I won't forgive you for this-aru! You're gonna pay!"
"Do I look like I'm out for forgiveness?" Naruto shook his head, "Whatever. Can I go now?"
By this point, Ku Fei's frustration had boiled over into anger, which had boiled over into a strong hatred of the boy in front of her. If there was one thing Ku Fei couldn't stand, it was when someone hurt her friends—a match was one thing, but outright beating them down for attempting to practice and then refusing them a passing glance? Unforgiveable. Ku Fei's arm launched out and would've connected with Naruto's chin had he not stepped back to avoid the blow.
"Oh? Starting a fight between students, are you? I won't forgive you," Naruto glared darkly. Ku Fei ignored him and brought her leg up in a kick to his side, only to be surprised as Naruto ducked under her leg and got behind her. Without hesitation, Naruto slammed his fist into Ku Fei's back. Ku Fei went flying to the ground, and was forced to stretch her hands out and somersault away from her opponent. Turning, Ku Fei found that Naruto had wasted no time in closing the distance between them again, and was bringing a fist down on her once more. Jumping out of the way, Ku Fei's eyes nearly jumped out of her head as she noticed the cobblestone ground that Naruto's fist hit shattered like glass.
'S-Such raw strength-aru…' Ku Fei thought to herself as she ran at Naruto. As soon as Ku Fei was in striking distance, Naruto launched a right hook at the girl, which she ducked under and sidestepped to get to his open side. Mustering all her anger and energy, Ku Fei launched a punch deep into Naruto's side. This time, Ku Fei was sure her eyes did pop out of her skull. Whereas any of her students would have been knocked back and to the ground a good few feet away and perhaps even unconscious, Naruto was not only standing but didn't even budge as he took the attack, the only sign that it hurt him being the grunt he let out.
Sapphire eyes looked deeply into Ku Fei's amber ones as Naruto growled, "Oi, that freaking hurt."
The next thing Ku Fei knew was that something connected with her chin—hard. Before she knew it, she had a bird's-eye view of the entire plaza as she was sent twirling into the air and landed on top of the pile of her unconscious students. The blow to her chin proved to be a bit too much for Ku Fei, who was already tired from training that morning, as the last thing she noticed before blacking out was that Naruto had scribbled and left another note at the bottom of the mountain that was her students.
"Get to class on time."
—Takahata Naruto
*BZZT—Attention all students. As a message from Disciplinary Committee Head, Takahata Naruto-san, he would like to remind everyone that those who disrupt class will be given an early grave.*
Asuna instantly thought of several smart comments she had about the announcement as she made her way to class that morning, but chose to withhold them for now. Instead, she opted to glare at Negi, who ran beside her, Konoka already ahead of both of them with her skates. Negi noticed her glare and looked away sheepishly, causing Asuna to sigh, "Geez…you know I was late for my job because of you, right? I shouldn't have let you stay with us. Ayaka can fit one more person and would be more than happy to—"
"B-But it wasn't my fault!" Negi retorted, frowning. Even if he said this, Negi figured that he might have been at fault—after all, he did distract Asuna-san that morning, and thus felt obligated to make it up to her somehow. Negi fell silent as he thought for a moment, before realization hit him, "Ah, Asuna-san, do you remember that love potion you mention yesterday? Well, if you give me four months, I think I can make it for you."
"R-Really?" Asuna shouted, "You can make it?"
Before she knew it, Asuna was lost in her thoughts of Takahata-sensei. Sure, four months was a long time, but considering she had been waiting for years for an opportunity like this, she could manage. Oh, this made dealing with that brat Negi all too worth it. This made all those years of enduring Ayaka's pokes at her crush seemed like nothing. Nothing could go wrong, nothing could get in her way now tha—
"Make what?" Naruto blinked, walking up to the duo. And just as soon as her happiness began, it came crashing down around Asuna as she stared at Naruto in horror as he greeted his little brother.
"A lo—mph!" Negi suddenly found Asuna's hand clamped over his mouth as she gave Naruto a sweet, disarming smile and forced a laugh. Asuna smiled, "W-What he means to say is that he's trying to make a long-lasting impression on his students!"
Naruto shot her a weird look, but shrugged and seemingly bought the answer, "…Alright? Well, I'm going to go on ahead. I'll meet you at the fountain after school, Negi."
Asuna kept her fake smile until Naruto had completely disappeared into the crowd. Once he was gone, she turned to Negi with an angry glare on her face, "Are you an idiot? If Naruto found out about this, he'd never let us get away with it! Use your head!"
"B-But, if Naru-nii finds out that I lied to him, he'll…" Negi gulped, trailing off.
"Don't worry about that—Naruto won't find out. He'll just think that Takahata finally came to his senses and realized his love for me!" Asuna grinned proudly, while Negi sweat-dropped.
"W-Will he now?" Negi sighed—Naru-nii would kill him for this.
"Now if I could only find a distraction for Naruto…" Asuna sighed. Finding a distraction for Naruto would be tough—the boy was always vigilant, always watching for anything out of place. He was like an impenetrable fortress that surrounded Mahora Academy, a never-endi—
"A distraction for Naruto-kun? Consider it done!" Asakura grinned, stepping up to the pair, "I owe you for yesterday's incident, anyway."
"A-Asakura? H-How much did you just hear?" Asuna shouted, jumping up while Negi broke out in a cold sweat and began to panic. Had his secret been exposed to even more of his students already?
"Hm? Just that you needed to distract Naruto-kun. Why? Was there something I should've heard?" Asakura grinned slyly, bringing out her notepad and pencil.
"N-No!" Asuna responded, "But what did you mean when you said you had a distraction for Naruto?"
Asakura laughed, "Well, you won't believe this from our stony, cold Naruto-kun, but…"
"Hm? A 'Disciplinary Committee'? Why would you want to create something like that?" Takahata questioned, setting aside his cup of coffee and glancing over the top of the morning newspaper at his son, who looked back with fiery enthusiasm. Naruto had arrived at Mahora a year ago now, and was already absolutely in love with the place and the people who lived there. After all, in Mahora, he had "Asu-chan", "Kono-chan", and "Nodo-chan" to play with. Konoemon looked after the boy like he was his grandfather and Shizuna always welcomed Naruto's presence at the infirmary. Even the normally strict, stern Nitta had been surprisingly warm around the boy.
"To protect it, of course!" Naruto declared proudly, as if he had stated some great truth of the universe, getting Takahata to chuckle a bit, "If any bad guys show up, I'll scare them off! Isn't it a good idea, Taka-outo?"
"It certainly sounds like an interesting idea for a club to have one day, Naruto, and there are already a lot of clubs in Mahora, so adding something like that wouldn't be too much of a problem…" Takahata mused, smiling as he watched his son light up with joy. Ever since he had first seen them, Naruto had a love of superheroes. The idea of a strong, valiant, truthful hero of justice driving off villains and saving the common people seemed to hypnotize the boy.
"Cool! Just you wait, Otousan, I'll beat all the bad guys!" Naruto cheered, pumping his fist in the air and grinning happily.
"But…" Takahata chuckled as he watched Naruto slump back in his chair, looking like someone told him the world was ending.
"But?" Naruto pouted, knowing that a catch was about to rear its ugly head.
"But, if you want to start a club or anything like it, you need a teacher or faculty member to agree to be that club's supervisor," Takahata explained.
"A teacher, huh? Hm…" Naruto frowned, scratching his head as he fell into a state of deep thought.
"…" Takahata smiled and waited for the inevitable.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…Naru—"
"That's it! Otousan, you could be my supervisor, couldn't you?" Naruto questioned. Takahata had to resist chuckling at the way Naruto resemble a puppy begging for food—all he had to add was a wagging tail and the image would be perfect.
"Yes, I could, but that would be a bit too easy for a superhero, wouldn't it?" Takahata replied, "The best superheroes never take the easy way out, right, Naruto?"
"That's right!" Naruto nodded.
"So, why don't you look for someone else to be your supervisor when the time comes?" Takahata finished. To be honest, the only reason Takahata didn't take up the opportunity was because of the fact that he was already the supervisor of nearly thirteen clubs as it was, and it would only leave Naruto's idea for a club neglected. Of course, had Takahata said this, Naruto would have insisted that "Taka-outo is the best there is! He could be the supervisor of…um…one-hundred clubs!"
"Well, I'm off to find me a supervisor, Taka-outo!" Naruto declared happily as he jumped from his seat and ran out the door.
"N-Naruto, wait, you're…" Takahata heard the front door slam shut, sighed, and lit a cigarette while chuckling lightly, "You're too young to start a club…"
"…Phooey," Naruto pouted, kicking his feet in the sand as he sat on the shore of the bay that ran through Mahora. Shizuna-sensei had been too busy to be his supervisor, Konoemon-san was in a meeting and he hadn't been able to see him, Nitta-san had said that he was too young to start a club…everyone had come up with some type of excuse to reject being Naruto's supervisor. Naruto traced a picture of himself as a superhero in the sand with his finger, sighing, 'W…Well who needs them, anyway! I'll show them just how good an idea this is one day! I'll become a superhero and protect Mahora from those bad men that hurt Konoha!'
"Hey, you alright?"
"Eh?" Naruto looked up to see a girl about his age smiling down at him. Her warm chocolate brown eyes with filled with happiness, evident by the grin on her face, and her brunette hair was pulled into a single ponytail off to the side of her head. The girl blinked at Naruto's surprised face and straightened out her sundress, "Are you alright?"
Naruto felt his face heat up a bit, "W-Why wouldn't I be?"
The girl sat down next him, giggling, "Because you're moping around on the beach by yourself!"
"I'm not moping!" Naruto pouted, turning his head.
"My mom says that high spirits are the strongest, so you can't mope, understand?" the girl smiled.
"High spirits? How is that going to help me?" Naruto blinked in confusion.
"So you do have a problem!" the girl giggled, "As for how it's gonna help…um…I don't know?"
"Man," Naruto sighed, "If only I could get a teacher to listen to me…"
"A teacher? Is that all you need?" the girl blinked, standing up and grabbing Naruto's hand to pull him up to.
"W-What are you doing?" Naruto blushed.
"C'mon—my dad's a teacher! He might be able to help you!" the girl grinned, "Oh, by the way, you never told me your name!"
"T…Takahata Naruto," Naruto blushed heavier when he heard the girl giggle again.
"Well, my name is—"
(End Flashback)
"Naruto has a crush on Yuna? Mmph!" Asuna shouted in shock, only to find Asakura covering her mouth with her hand. Asakura looked around carefully as if Asuna had just said some great secret that could lead to the end of all that is good. When she saw that no one appeared to hear, Asakura sighed and dropped her hand, turning to look Asuna in the eyes, "Not so loud, Asuna-san! Do you know what will happen to me if Naruto-kun finds out I know about this? He'll kill me!"
Asuna looked back to see Negi distracted by a butterfly floating by—if Negi told Naruto about this, it would be deadly. Asuna looked back to Asakura, "Our Yuna? Akashi Yuna-san? Why would Naruto have a crush on Yuna?"
"Beats me—apparently it's something that happened when they were kids and she ended up helping him get his Disciplinary Committee founded," Asakura shrugged, "But if you just ask Yuna to go talk to Naruto about something, then he'll be completely distracted for a good half-hour!"
"D…Does Yuna know about the crush?" Asuna blinked.
"She has absolutely no clue," Asakura smiled, "So it works out perfectly."
"I guess…" Asuna frowned. She should be happy, right? Takahata-sensei would finally be hers…the thought overjoyed her, but…there was something in the back of her mind, telling her and warning her that this would all end horribly wrong. Still, the idea of Takahata-sensei quickly won out in Asuna's mind as she realized that she had five more minutes to get to class, Negi having left her behind some time ago.
"Alright, so that one had to be the Ichiban gang!" Naruto nodded at his reasoning as he shut away his notepad once more. Ignoring the fact that there was now a large pile of bodies right on the middle of the road and with his daily quota of one-hundred delinquents met, Naruto continued on his merry way to meet his little brother figure at the fountain. Walking down the street, Naruto blinked in surprise when he saw Negi walking sluggishly in front of him.
"Oi, Negi, how was class today?" Naruto grinned, running up to Negi.
Negi sighed, turning to meet his older brother with weary eyes, "Terrible."
"Someone disrupted class, did they? I see…simply tell me their name, Negi, and I shall smite—"
"N-No, it's nothing like that, Naru-nii," Negi sighed once more as the scary look on Naru-nii's face disappeared. Naruto scratched the back of his head once more in confusion, staring down at Negi, "Well, if it's not that, then what happened?"
"Asuna-san is angry with me again," Negi frowned.
"Oh, is that all?" Naruto snorted, relief obviously washing over his form.
"It's serious, Naru-nii! Asuna-san's mean when she's angry!" Negi cried as the duo finally reached the fountain in the middle of one of the many plazas at Mahora. Naruto laid back against the concrete of the fountain, placing both of his hands behind his head to use as pillows and closed his eyes like he would fall asleep while Negi sat next to him, fiddling with his class roster.
"Asuna's probably forgotten about it by now, Negi, whatever you did. She's real easy to figure out, usually," Naruto replied, "Just do something nice for her and she'll forget that you ever pissed her off in the first place."
"Are you sure?" Negi blinked.
"Positive," Naruto nodded, "…Has anyone been disrupting your class?"
"Um…no?" Negi answered, sweat-dropping as Naruto's expression seemingly became one of disappointment at his answer.
"…Asuna's not planning anything that I should know about?"
"No," Negi replied.
"…Good."
Believe it or not, Negi's slightly panicked, sweating form right now was merely a cover-up—he was far more panicked and completely fearing for his life on the inside right now. One of his students, Chao Lingshen, had come in to class today and announced that he was Naruto's little brother—the looks he received from his class told him that the fear of Naru-nii was widespread. Negi, naturally curious as he is, decided to ask questions of Naru-nii's more interesting…feats. Apparently, his Naru-nii was, to this day, the only person in the entire school who has been documented to have thrown the same student from one end of Mahora all the way to the other—seven times. The same student. Seven times. Granted, that same student was in charge of a gang, but Negi didn't want to find out how much he would lessen the punishment for making the love potion—if he even did lessen it. The phrase "walking on thin ice" was a vast, vast understatement—Negi felt the phrase "walking on a cloud" would fit much better. After all, it was all going to end with him making a "splat" on the pavement, he just knew it.
"…Well, if you're positive that nothing else is wrong, I'll just be on my way then. Remember, Asuna's mad all the time—just give her a few seconds to cool down and she's back to normal," Naruto patted Negi's head and stood, stifling a yawn before walking away. Negi suddenly had the feeling as though a gun held to his head had just been lifted and let out an enormous sigh of relief. As his arms moved from his sigh, they knocked into the small pouch of magical items that he had brought with him from Wales, knocking out a small test-tube with several pills inside.
"Eh? Those are…" Negi's eyes widened in surprise as he grabbed the pills, grinning happily, "The "Seven Colored Magical Pills" that grandfather gave me way back when! If…If I use this, I might be able to make that love potion for Asuna today!"
Nodding to himself with newfound courage, Negi charged off, pills in hand, to complete his potion and get back on Asuna's good side.
"So, you think Asuna-san is up to something-ne?" Chao smiled as she wiped a glass clean. Naruto sighed, picking at his order of tempura. That was another habit Naruto had taken up—whenever he needed advice or help with something, Chao always coached him on what to do along with serving him a meal at the Chao-Bao-Zi at a discount. Satsuki had whole-heartedly agreed to the discount after Naruto had gotten rid of a gang that caused some trouble at the Chao-Bao-Zi when it had first opened, and made sure to whack him on the head with a ladle each time he stubbornly refused the discount.
"It's Asuna—she's always up to something," Naruto sighed, "But now she's corrupting Negi! Some big brother I am…he's here a total of two days and I've already sent him down the path to destruction…"
"Are you sure you aren't overreacting?" Chao smiled, "Honestly, my sweet kohai, you should relax more often. You're so stressed! How about a date? It will take your mind of things-ne."
"Why do I come to you for advice?" Naruto downed his green tea in one gulp like it was alcohol.
"Because you honestly care about my opinion—just another example of your love for me-ne! My life-counseling is completely guaranteed, my lovely kohai!" Chao beamed, "Oh, did I tell you that we're getting a new employee?"
"A new employee? Who?" Naruto blinked.
"Oh, you wouldn't know her, but she's a good friend of mine-ne!" Chao set the now clean glass aside and picked up another, "She got into some trouble this morning, though. She wasn't even in class."
"What happened? Did she get sick?" Naruto questioned as he finished his meal.
"Not sure. There's a rumor going around that it had something to do with that gang that's been making a ruckus lately…what were they called again? Ichiban-ne! That's it—the Ichiban gang!" Chao nodded, wiping the glass clean.
Naruto smiled proudly, "Well, you'll be glad to hear that the Ichiban won't be plaguing the Shopping District anymore. I just took care of them a couple of hours ago."
Chao blinked, giving Naruto an incredulous stare, before sighing, "My lovely kohai…the Ichiban don't bother to go to the Shopping District. They made the coffee shop their turf."
"W-What? But then who was—"
"The Archery Club often walks through the Shopping District to get to their training spot…are you sure you didn't get them by mistake-ne?" Chao rested her head on her hand as she leaned over the counter.
"That would explain why they got desperate and started to fire arrows…" Naruto's head slumped against the counter is depression. Chao giggled a bit and patted his head, causing Naruto to sigh deeper, "Akashi-sensei won't let me off easy for this one…"
"Professor Akashi will understand…again-ne. I think he expects your slip-ups by now, my handsome kohai," Chao smiled lightly. That was another part of Naruto that made Chao love to be around him—she didn't necessarily have to find ways to tease him, because he often did that himself. When Naruto personally saw someone breaking the rules, he was more reliable than anyone in the world. Tell him to find and punish a delinquent, though, and you would be better off just tossing a rock out a window and hoping that it hit the delinquent. If you sent Naruto on a search-and-destroy mission, he would accomplish it…after destroying thirteen innocent groups that he mistook for the guilty group.
"…So, the coffee shop, right?" Naruto sighed.
Chao laughed, nodding, "The coffee shop-ne."
Naruto shoveled out a few bills from his pocket onto the counter and stood from his seat at the Chao-Bao-Zi, nodding his thanks to Chao, "Tell Satsuki-senpai that it was delic—"
*BZZT—Would Uzumaki Naruto please report to Akashi-sensei's office? Would Uzumaki Naruto please report to Akashi-sensei's office?*
"…Wish me luck, Chao-senpai," Naruto sighed deeply. Chao blew a kiss to her kohai as he walked away, pouting slightly that the boy, lost in his despair, didn't react. Chao shrugged—it wasn't as if this had happened a million times before. Naruto's Disciplinary Committee was far too effective for it to be just cut off for these mishaps. Still, Naruto's Disciplinary Committee was a rarity. Why? Because he was the only existing member—it was just unheard of. Most clubs had a minimum requirement of students participating in them to continue to receive funding—no, not most, all clubs had to. Shrugging her musings aside, Chao glanced to the wall of her small restaurant and frowned as she studied the calendar.
"…Just a few more months, huh?" Chao sighed.
"Y-You wanted to see me, Akashi-sensei?" Naruto gulped, stepping into the room.
Professor Akashi was in no way, shape, or form a cruel man. He was actually rather gentle and kind, and was more of a goofball than a fighter. His messy appearance only proved the fact. Akashi ran a hand through his brown hair and sighed, adjusting his glasses—he really would have to ask for a larger office eventually. His office was the "Official Headquarters" of the Mahora Disciplinary Committee—a small room, barely eight feet by eight feet (half of which was dedicated to his work for both the school and magical duties). What was reserved for the Disciplinary Members—all one of them—was a small couch and broken mini-fridge with three warm cans of soda resting inside. Akashi sighed, glancing at the notice in his hands, 'Not that it will matter soon, anyway.'
"Akashi-sensei?"
"Oh, sorry, Naruto-kun—I was just thinking of something," Akashi sighed, "I suppose you know why you're here?"
"Because I messed up again," Naruto hung his head.
"Hm? You messed up again?" Akashi blinked, "What did you do?"
"N-N-Nothing! I didn't do anything! Everything is perfectly alright!" Naruto laughed nervously, flailing his hands around and looking as guilty as Akashi had ever seen him. Akashi chuckled slightly, "Well, whatever you did, it can't be as bad as the news I received today."
"News? What news?" Naruto tilted his head.
"…Officially, by the time summer vacation starts this year, the Mahora Disciplinary Committee will be disbanded," Akashi sighed, glancing up from his desk at Naruto to see his reaction.
Naruto's horrified look was all it took to tell him how he had taken the news. Naruto slapped himself across the face, testing to see if this was just a horrible, horrible nightmare and, when he found himself still in the office, all the color drained from Naruto's face. Running up to the desk and slamming his hands on it, Naruto shouted, "F-For what reason? They can't do this to us! We've been the only thing keeping Mahora in order for the past five years!"
"That may be, but the number of complaints about the Disciplinary Committee has been increasing lately. Students are complaining that they'd rather have Nitta back to patrolling the grounds daily than have you going after them. What's more, your mishaps are becoming infamous, Naruto-kun. Do you remember what happened to the Ooki Hachi gang last year? You did a great job taking them out…along with the Mahora Boy's Baseball Team and fifteen of the Robotics Society's robots. How about the Ganjou Ude bike gang four months ago? Amazing job taking out their leader, unfortunately, you only got him after you mistook and fought Nagase Kaede and Tatsumiya Mana, thinking they were the bosses! I gave you a photograph of the guy, Naruto-kun—he was a senior male student! How did you even make that mistake?"
"To be fair, Kaede-san and Mana-san had brought weapons to school that day," Naruto shrugged, "…Along with Setsuna-san."
"You fought with Setsuna-chan too?" Akashi blinked, "That explains why Touko-san was sending me those angry looks all that week. What about the time you destroyed the gymnasium when you tried to stop the Narutaki twin's prank war?"
"Those two are devils in disguise—pure evil!" Naruto's look instantly turned to anger and shook his fist in the air as he thought of the two girls that had caused him more trouble than anyone else on campus, "They exist to destroy and tarnish everything that Mahora stands for!"
"…I also have several lengthy complaints about how you overreact to a lot of things," Akashi raised his eyebrow as Naruto blushed in embarrassment.
"W-Well, maybe their n-not pure evil…but still!" Naruto hid his raised fist behind his back like a child would a broken toy and gave a sheepish smile.
Akashi sighed, "During the last festival, Gandolfini-san said he caught you seconds away from attempting to tear off the clock tower and use it as a harpoon to shoot down a blimp that a group of delinquents had tried to hijack."
"Who tries to hijack a blimp, anyway? A plane or boat would be so much faster!" Naruto snorted.
"Naruto," Akashi rubbed his temples, as he felt a headache coming on, "I can't keep covering for you like this. I know you mean well, but you have to try and have some self-control. It's only made our case worse for us. Combine the complaints, the fact that we only have one member, and that you can end up causing more damage than what you're trying to prevent, Konoe-san doesn't have much of a choice but to disband the Disciplinary Committee."
"B-But there has to be something I can do to correct this!" Naruto shouted, "I can't allow the Disciplinary Committee to just dissolve!"
"The best I can think of is to try and plead your case to Konoe-san and promise that you'll do better," Akashi shrugged, "We have until summer to try and change his mind. If you can manage to do that, I'm sure he'll reconsider."
"…Right," Naruto nodded, sighing and running a hand through his hair, "I'll go talk to him now."
As Naruto turned to leave, Akashi gave a weak smile and called out, "Naruto-kun, for now, just try and relax—I know you've been exhausted lately. Konoe-san has always been very understanding."
Naruto stopped in the doorway, before nodding his head without looking back, "Yeah, you're right."
"If you see Yuna, say "hello" to her for me," Akashi smiled as he went back to his papers, humming a light tune as he worked. Pushing his chair back, he paused a moment and fell into a deep thought process. Frowning, he reached to the bottom drawer of his desk and scanned his eyes over the files there. Akashi clicked his tongue as he found the file he was looking for, clearly marked 'Akatsuki'.
"Konoe-sama, I have something that I'd like to talk to you about," Naruto declared, stepping through the doors of the principal's office. Konoemon laughed lightly, looking up from his work to greet Naruto with the usually twinkle in his eye. As Naruto approached the desk, Konoemon studied him—Naruto had grown up. He wasn't the little kid that used to run around Mahora on missions to explore or build secret bases all over the places. No, now he was a force to be reckoned with, growing to be the strongest student in Mahora, surpassing even some teachers. Obviously, he was not at Takahata's level nor was he a match for Evangeline's true power yet. However, Konoemon hadn't been a principal for so many years without learning how to recognize potential, and the amount of potential he saw from both Naruto and Negi was staggering, surpassing Evangeline, Takahata, and in their better moments, he would swear their potential surpassed even Nagi's or Rakan's.
"I have a good idea of what you're about to ask me, Naruto-kun," Konoemon laughed lightly, "So, go ahead and let's see if this old bag of bones is right."
"I want you to reconsider disbanding the Mahora Disciplinary Committee."
"I was right…and, unfortunately, the matter is not in my hands," Konoemon sighed, "Naruto…have you defeated the gang that Akashi-kun sent you to look for today? The Ichiban gang?"
Naruto frowned in confusion—what did that have to do with anything? Naruto shook his head, "No."
"Then you already have a better chance of keeping your Disciplinary Committee," Konoemon nodded, "You see, the head of the Ichiban gang is the son of a very influential man here at Mahora Academy—in fact, much of our funding for our many, many extracurricular activities comes from this man. Well, his son got wind that you would be coming for his gang soon and complained to his father. The father has threatened to stop funding the school if you so much as lay a hand on his boy and wants your Disciplinary Committee disbanded. I managed to get you until the end of the year, but the man simply can't be reasoned with. I'm sorry, Naruto-kun, but it was either save the Disciplinary Committee or I would have to cut too many of the clubs and extracurricular activities that so many of the students love."
"…There's nothing I can do?"
"…For now, carry on with your duties as is, but avoid the Ichiban gang. If you're approached…do what you think is right. I trust you," Konoemon sighed, "I cannot apologize enough for this, Naruto-kun."
"No, don't be sorry," Naruto turned and began towards the door, "You made the right choice—if the Disciplinary Committee must go to keep the other clubs intact, then its fine. We existed to help the students, not hinder them. I'll…I'll be on my way then. Thank you for trying, Konoe-sama."
Konoemon sighed sadly as he watched the doors shut. He buried his nose in paperwork and tried to push his thoughts aside. There were times when he hated his job.
Naruto sighed as he walked through the hallways on his way to see Negi. For the better part of his life, he had devoted himself to protecting Mahora…now it was rejecting him? He wasn't an idiot—he had known all about how much fear he caused. He had known every single rumor going around the school about him. He could count the people who actually enjoyed talking to him on two hands—one hand on a bad day. Hell, there were even more than a few stores that refused him business purely because he scared all the other customers away. He would have been fine dealing with all that if it meant he could become a protector, even if he was an admittedly lousy one that couldn't do anything right.
"…Heh, I'm starting to see why Taka-outo smokes," Naruto chuckled weakly at his lame joke. His chuckling erupted into full blown laughter. Naruto felt his body shake as he laughed and was forced to lean on the wall for support. The laughter grew to be too much even still, and Naruto found himself sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall and watching the afternoon sun get blocked by the clouds floating out the window. Konoha—he moved on, trying to forget it. And Mahora had been his safe haven for that—the place where he felt his happiest, where he could forget about the past and focus on the now. To be rejected again…
"It hurts, damn it," Naruto whispered to himself, "Being hated…if that was the price I had to pay to keep Mahora from being like Konoha, that would have been fine. If Mahora doesn't want me around anymore, what am I supposed to do?"
"Naruto?"
Naruto looked up to see a familiar pair of warm, chocolate brown eyes under soft brunette hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. Akashi Yuna looked down at her friend in concern—Naruto was weird, she would admit that, but he wasn't a sad person by any means. Seeing him on the ground with a dead look in his eyes—it didn't take a genius to figure out something was wrong with him.
"…Hey, Yuna-chan," Naruto shifted his eyes back to the clouds in the sky, "Why are you here?"
"Why am I here? Why are you here? I've been looking for you all day! Kagurazaka-san said that you had something to talk to me about," Yuna nodded, "More importantly, are you feeling alright?"
"Something to talk to you about?" Naruto blinked.
Yuna shrugged, "Negi-sensei ran into the room and whispered something to Asuna and then she told me you needed something. So, what's wrong?"
Naruto paused for a moment, lowering his gaze to the ground. Yuna blinked in confusion as Naruto sat there a moment in silence before lifting his head to the window once more, "Do you remember what you said to me when we first met?"
Yuna frowned, scratching the back of her head, "That was years ago, Naruto—of course I don't remember exactly what I said."
"You said something about 'high spirits'. Does it ring a bell?" Naruto mumbled.
Yuna's eyes widened with remembrance and she grew a happy, lopsided grin, "That's right! You were moping around on the beach and I had to come and cheer you up!"
Naruto chuckled a bit, a smirk finally making its way onto his face, "I wasn't moping. Anyway, do you remember exactly what you said then?"
"If it's about high spirits, then it must be what my mom always told me!" Yuna smiled, "High spirits are the strongest!"
Naruto nodded at the familiarity of the phrase, "Yeah. That was it…I still don't know what it means, though."
Yuna's grin became a small smile as she sat down on the floor next to Naruto and looked out the window with him, "Neither do I, really, but even so…I know it's right!"
"You're that sure?"
"There's not a doubt in my mind!" Yuna nodded, "Whenever I'm sad, I just think about what my mom used to tell me… "High spirits are strongest". It's always helped me have hope."
"Hope, huh?" Naruto frowned to himself as he mulled over the word. Hope. Did he have a reason to have hope? No. He didn't have to even think about the question for more than a second to answer that question. Konoha was gone, burned to the ground. Everyone he loved from Konoha was dead. He had loved and devoted himself to Mahora, and now it had left him behind. Hope was looking really damn stupid at this point. Naruto allowed a small smile to slip onto his face as he abruptly stood, causing Yuna to shoot him a confused look.
'Good thing I'm an idiot, then,' Naruto nodded, "Thanks, Yuna-chan. I gotta go thank an annoying redhead, so I'll see you around."
"Um…any time?" Yuna blinked, waving goodbye to Naruto. Standing and brushing off her skirt, Yuna shook her head—she'd never understand that kid. Half the time he was a shy, blushing, stuttering mess around her and the other half he was a cool-headed, aloof enigma. Yuna was so caught up in her analysis of Naruto that she never heard Takahata approach her until he tapped her on the shoulder.
"Oh, Takahata-sensei…" Yuna blinked, turning around.
"Good afternoon, Yuna-san," Takahata smiled, "Is there any reason you're standing in a hallway by yourself?"
"I was just talking to Naruto a second ago, but he ran off! I don't get that guy sometimes," Yuna huffed, pouting slightly, causing Takahata to chuckle.
"Yes, I know my son can be difficult at times, but I thank you for standing by him all the same," Takahata looked down the hallway Naruto had run off down, "He tries so hard to prove himself…too hard. He still has a lot to learn about the world and about people. But, most of all, I think he's still learning about himself."
"Learning…about himself?" Yuna blinked.
"Sorry—I'm just rambling to myself, really. Well, have a nice afternoon, Yuna-san," Takahata patted the girl on the shoulder and walked off, leaving Yuna twice as confused as before.
Naruto scratched the back of his head as he stood outside the doors of 2-A. He supposed he couldn't get mad at his most annoying friend for waking him up so early if she had played a part in cheering him up. He wasn't sure why Asuna had sent Yuna, unless some rumors of the Disciplinary Committee shutting down had already gotten out—Naruto doubted this, however, seeing as there were no parades in the streets.
"Might as well get it over with…" Naruto sighed, pulling back the sliding door, "Asuna, I—"
"O-Out of the way, Naru-nii!"
"Negi? What a—whoa!" Naruto nimbly leapt out of the doorframe just as Negi came careening through and down the hall, never stopping or losing speed. It was seconds later that a large group of girls came chasing after him from the room, waving different gifts in the air and calling his name. Naruto lay sprawled out on the grounds from his leap of faith, staring at the retreating figures in a mix of confusion, surprise, and disbelief. Immediately, however, those emotions were replaced with pure rage as another figure ran out of the room. Naruto leapt to his feet and grabbed Asuna's shoulder, stopping her movements.
"Asuna-chan…do you want to explain this one to me?" Naruto smiled, "A "lasting impression", eh?"
"N-N-Naruto? W-What are you doin—y-you're supposed to—Yuna was—"
"Asuna, I'll leave it to your imagination to come up with what I'll do to you if I don't get an explanation for this in ten seconds."
"U-Um, well, you see…" Asuna mentally sighed—she was going to die anyway, so she might as well get it over with, "I may have...kinda...accidently convinced Negi to...make a love potion so that I could romance Takahata-sensei!"
Naruto stood absolutely still as Asuna shok in terror, his head hung low and his hair covering his eyes. After a moment of silence, Asuna looked up at Naruto and stared in silence.
"…U-Um, shouldn't we…you know, stop them?" Asuna mumbled, hoping to divert whatever anger Naruto may have.
"Asuna, grab onto my arm."
"W-What? Why?"
"Asuna, I'm barely suppressing my incredible, incredible urge to kill you and everything in a ten mile radius, so I think it would be wiser for you if you'd listen to me," Naruto stated robotically. Asuna felt a chill roll down her spine and quickly did as she was told, fear causing her to cling to Naruto for dear life. Asuna watched Naruto crack his knuckles and trembled, "S-So, what are you going to do now?"
"I'm going to destroy anything that gets in my way, that's all," Naruto's anger, adrenalin, and frustration erupted as did his Discipline Mode. Before Asuna could blink, Naruto was halfway down the hall and running at full speed, her eyes widening and her mouth dropping to the floor as she noticed that her friend was literally kicking up tiles from the floor. As Asuna screamed for dear life while being swept away by Naruto, said blond took the moment to ponder his ability that the students had dubbed "Discipline Mode." Honestly, there was nothing really special to it and only consisted of two parts that Naruto had stumbled upon one day. The first part of Discipline Mode was his drastic increase in strength that the students swore was "superhuman", but Naruto had observed that it was merely a case of his anger causing him to channel chakra into his movements, leading to increased strength, speed, and durability. The angrier he got, the more chakra he would subconsciously channel. The second part was pretty much the same thing, except instead of chakra, Naruto was subconsciously channeling what Takahata had observed to be killing-intent. Takahata had told him that he should learn to control it, to be able to activate it at will, but Naruto didn't see the point. If he had to use it, he would already be angry enough to—
"N-Naruto, you're going to run right over the stairwell!" Asuna shouted, bringing Naruto out of his thoughts.
"No, I'm going to jump over it."
"W-What? We're on the fourth floo—kyaa!" Asuna screamed as Naruto leapt over the railing of the stairwell he had ran to and plummeted down four floors. Landing on his feet and holding Asuna bridal-style, Naruto kept running, never letting up once, even with Asuna shakily beating him with her fist and screaming that he was an idiot.
"Ha…ha…never…again…" Asuna was currently collapsed on the floor, supporting the wall as she tried to push her heart from her throat back into her chest. Naruto, meanwhile, was looking for any sign of where Negi may have run off to. While he had done a miraculous job of covering ground, it would seem that his little brother had disappeared from thin air.
"Yes, well, consider that your punishment," Naruto shrugged, "You can expect more than that if we don't find Negi soon."
"How am I supposed to find Negi if I don't even know where he wen—"
"N-Negi-sensei!"
Asuna's head shot up while Naruto immediately took off in the direction of the voice, "That was—"
"Nodoka-chan!" Naruto shouted, following the voice until he found himself at the doors of the school library. He violently shook the knobs as he discovered the door had been locked, Asuna catching up with him as he did. Naruto and Asuna shared a nod, Naruto pulling back his fist and Asuna rearing back her leg. In perfect synchronization, Naruto and Asuna shook the door with a powerful punch and kick, their impressive strength combining to make the doors fly off their hinges. The doors flew into the room, smacking into Negi and Nodoka, who was pinning Negi down to the floor, and knocking the latter unconscious.
"Crap, we got Honya-chan, too!" Asuna muttered, running over to check on her classmate. Seeing that she would be fine, Asuna let out a sigh and lifted Nodoka in her arms, turning to Negi, "Geez, do you have to cause trouble each and every day?"
"Y-You saved me, Asuna-san!" Negi smiled, relief rolling off his shoulders…before a strong hand grabbed said shoulders. Negi froze, his head turning inch by inch to see Naruto looking down at him, "N-N-Naru-nii! I-I'm s-sorry, I shouldn't have—"
"No, it's my fault, Negi," Naruto spoke, "I shouldn't have left you to Asuna—that can only lead you down the wrong path."
"I'm still here, you know," Asuna grumbled, carrying Nodoka past the two.
"R-Really?" Negi blinked.
"Yes," Naruto nodded…before an evil look came into his eyes, "So that is why I will make sure you stay on the right path…even if I have to force you."
"A-Asuna-sa—"
"She won't be saving you again, Negi—no one will."
Asuna tried her best to ignore the screams of fear behind her as she carried Nodoka off to the infirmary—and she succeeded with ease. She didn't have anything against Negi to leave him in the proverbial lion's den, especially considering that she was admittedly the one at fault here, but there was a pecking order to these things. If she had to send the newbie to his death to safe her own, then she could let it slide—a little punishment helped build character, correct? Nodding at her logic, she pushed forward, silently saluting her fallen—
"H-Help me, Asuna-san!"
Falling comrade.
Okay, I'm back. I know it's been awhile people, but I have my reasons. I was recently discharged from the hospital after an accident and I had to go to rehab (No, not the one for drugs! The one for learning how to use my legs again!), but I'm out and I can walk fine again! This chapter was finished in May, actually, but as I have not had time to get on a computer what-so-ever, I haven't been able to post it up. It's a little shorter than the first one, being just over 10,000 words, and I have to admit, I don't think it holds up as well as chapter 1. This was mainly to set up some plot points that will develop more along the road.
Naruto Takahata/Uzumaki
Nickname: Shikei (Death Penalty).
Notable Traits: Mahora Academy Student, Head/Founder of the "Mahora Disciplinary Committee", Son/Student of Takamichi "Death Glasses" Takahata, Older Brother-Figure of Negi.
Abilities: (More will be shown as they are revealed in story)
Hand-to-Hand Combat (Prefers to fight with hands)
Discipline Mode—Naruto is normally easy-going, until someone breaks Mahora's rules and/or endangers the students, faculty, buildings, or grounds of Mahora, in which case he becomes a killing-machine and his power is multiplied depending on the threat level (see chart below). His 'power' is actually a mixture of killing intent and chakra that he subconsciously releases every time he gets angry. The angrier he gets, the more he releases.
Example of Threat Level Multiplication Chart for Discipline Mode:(Note: As Power Multiplies, Naruto's Appearance Becomes More Frightening/Demonic)
x2—Not following dress code, being late, sleeping during class, etc. (Light/Minor Offences) Stage 1: Annoyed Naruto
x4—Not attending class, disrupting class, etc. (Slightly More Serious Offences) Stage 2: Angry Naruto
x8—Bullying, Harassment, Being a Member of a Gang, Defacing School Property, etc. (Serious Offences) Stage 3: Demon Naruto
x16—Heading/Creating a Gang, Gang's Claiming Mahora Turf, Student-Teacher Relationships, etc. (Very Serious Offences) Stage 4: "Shikei" Naruto
x100—Destroying Mahora Property, Endangering the Lives of Students and Faculty. (Unforgivable.) Stage 5: "Shinigami" Naruto