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Truth to be told, Naruto doesn't really know what to do right now.
He was taken by surprised when Medaka had asked him to join the student council. His heart jump at the chance to be with Medaka and Zenkichi again, the three of them against the world, just like old time.
And yet, he knew that it isn't the time. His mission is not over and they must not know who he is yet. Not now, not like this.
And besides,
The blond blue eyes shifted toward where Moji and the Kendo Club are, barely managing themselves to stand.
He got a responsibility to keep.
"I'm sorry, . But I can't accept your offer."
Medaka stares at Naruto eyes for several second before asking, "And may I ask why?"
Naruto smile faintly, "I… Have a responsibility to keep. As the leader of these hopeless guys, I can't just up and leave like that." He stares at the Kendo group again. "What kind of leader abandoned the people that trust him for selfish reasons?"
Medaka seems to want to speak but the blond cut her off. "Besides, as the one who will one day rule this academy," The blond point his finger at Medaka with a smirk. "One day I'm going to defeat you, the one who stand at the top, and I can't do that while following you. So prepare yourself Medaka Kurokami!" His smirk turns into a full blown grin, one that filled with confident that almost want to make you believe in him.
"I WILL DEFEAT YOU!"
It was a declaration of war. Almost all the occupant of the dojo couldn't believe what they're seeing.
And yet, it was at that time, that Medaka's heart skips a beat.
XXX
"So let me get this straight…" Kiba pinch the bridge of his nose as he already felt migraine coming. "You rejected an offer from the Student Council Presiden to join her, and you declared war with her in the spur of moment?"
Naruto nodded his head in confirmation. "Yup, something like that."
In a mostly unused storage room in the Hakoniwa Academy ground, a certain group with a goal to conquer the academy are having a meeting, though the only one who attend are the 'leaders' while the grunts mostly guard the surrounding area in case of something weird happening.
"Goddamn it Naruto…" Kiba said while banging his head to the table. Knowing Naruto, he knew that shit like this will happen someday, but happening this soon? This is not a good news at all. "You do know we don't have any foothold of power yet, right?"
"What? Why are you acting like it's the end of the world?" Naruto said with a nonchalant tone while slurping an instant ramen. "We'll win against her, so don't get your panties in a twist."
"That's not the point here!"
"The dog breath is right." Moji said as he cross his arms. "We will never beat Medaka Kurokami by brute force alone and don't forget the fact she's also a monster like you."
"That's ri-Wait, what did you just called me?"
"Dog breath, since you smell like one."
Kiba stood up from his chair as he glares dagger at Moji, the later doing the same. "Wanna take this outside, tough guy?"
"You're on!"
Of course Naruto interrupt before a full brawl happen. "Enough you two!" He grabs both boys and forces them to sit down. "First of all, Kiba, Mochi's right, you smell like wet dog."
Kiba looks at his friend like he was just being stabbed in the back. Which he has. "The hell Naruto?!"
"Hah! What did I tell-" Moji stop. "MY NAME IS MOJI YOU BASTARD!"
"Hai, hai, Manju, don't get your panties in a twist."
"IT'S MOJI!"
Naruto ignore his outburst. "Anyway, I get what you two are saying."
"YOU'RE DOING THIS ON PPURPOSE AREN'T YOU?!"
"We need a strong foot hold right? So who am I supposed to beat?"
Kiba sigh. "That's not the problem here. Most of the student body sees us as some kind of social reject, a 'Barbaric delinquent' so to speak. So if you want to take down the student council and take over, you need to build a strong reputation first." The brown haired boy looks at Naruto. "So you get it yet?"
The blond only respond with looking at Kiba like he has grown a second head.
A tick mark. "Basically, if you take down Medaka Kurokami while we still have that kind of reputation and few in numbers, there will be rebellion by the entire student body." Naruto mouth made an 'O' shape. "You get it? If I'm not mistaken you don't like beating up 'innocent' students, right?"
"So... If I beat Medaka with force, most of the student body will try to overthrow me?"
"Yes." Kiba answered. "Unless you changed your damn principle, we need something that will shut them up.
"Eeeehh… How troublesome." Naruto leaned back to his chair. "Why did they hate us so much anyway? We haven't done anything wrong, right?" Hell, he haven't even done any prank yet!
Kiba sweatdrop. "Well, we ARE a group of delinquent, so of course they hate us."
"Oh yeah, I actually forgot." Naruto then hummed in thought, ignoring the bewildered looks from Moji and Kiba.
Moji and Kiba sweatdrop. How the hell can one forget that they're the leader of a delinquent group?
"Is he an idiot?" Was what Moji was thinking while staring at his so called 'Leader' who is still in thought. Though he didn't dare to voice it out loud.
…
A minute had passed and Naruto still in thought, though it kind of amusing since his expressions changes by each seconds. Finally, after waiting like forever, Naruto bang his hand to the table.
"Allright!" The blond said as he stood up, the other following him.
"Oh! Naruto, have you thought of something?" Kiba asked in a hopeful tone.
The blond smirk confidently at the two before answering.
"I have no idea what to do."
Both Kiba and Moji face fault at that.
"Then why the hell are you smirking so confidently about?!" Moji asked while pointing his wooden sword at Naruto, who just pick his ear with a bored expression.
"Well, I don't really have any idea of what to do about that. Thinking is Shikamaru shit, too bad he move away though." Naruto then stares at Kiba. "And all that's left is a dog loving guy…"
"YOU BASTARD! YOU'RE IMPLYING I'M STUPID AREN'T YOU?!" Kiba accused with a tickmark. It seems he's caught on what Naruto looks means.
"Oh, no, no. You're just imagining thing, Kiba."
"DON'T SAY THAT WHILE YOU HAVE THAT 'Why must he be the one who's here with me?' LOOK!"
Naruto ignored Kiba accusation. "Anyway, I have to go now or I'll be late for my work, so I'll think of something somehow." Then with blinding speed he somehow disappeared from the room with a parting words of 'Ja ne!'.
"Come back here you bastard!" Kiba then give chase, starting a futile quest to capture one Naruto Uzumaki.
It usually ended up with Kiba losing unconscious because of lack stamina.
Moji sweatdrop at the scene, although it's kinda amusing, he still haven't got used to it.
He better start then, because for some reasons he could tell that this will be a common scene from now on.
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Isagi Ishaya sighs as she rest her head on the table, trying not to think of her problem so much. However, despite how many times she tries, she always ended being reminded of it and it always leaves a bitter feeling inside her.
"Damn it…" Isagi cursed quietly as she clenches her hand, though she flinch when a large bowl of hot steaming ramen was places in front of her.
"You seem trouble, customer-san." The ramen maker asks, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.
"It's none of your problem." Isagi responded as she begins to eat her miso ramen, not before saying 'Itadakimas' of course.
When the ramen touch Isagi tounge, the delicious flavor hit her taste system, sending shiver down her body. No matter how much time she eats here, the taste always makes her happy and forgets all about her problem.
Until the ramen emptied anyway.
"Heee… Come on, don't be like that. You're one of the regular here, so I want to make sure my regulars stays healthy so they can eat more ramen." The ramen maker said, trying to convince his customer to spill the bean.
Isagi looks at the ramen maker bright blue eyes, not bothering to show the sincerity inside them. She sighs, and then begins telling her problem to him.
It was always like this since the first time she enter this small ramen bar. The young ramen maker would always asks any customers that looks like they has problems and he would just listen to them pouring their problems out, then he gives them weird advices that actually motivated them to do something.
And for some reasons, no matter how hard she tries, she always spills her problems to him, the weird ramen chef that only works at the evening.
Naruto Uzumaki.
The said chef only smile while wiping an empty ramen bowl like a bartender in some bar.
"… There's a… girl, in my school." Isagi begins. "She's a second year, and she's in the same club as I am."
Naruto stopped what he was doing and look at Isagi in shock. "Don't tell me…" Then the blond slowly point his finger at the girl. "You fell in love with he-*Whack*" He was interrupted by a thrown chopsticks, courtesy of Isagi.
"THAT'S NOT IT!" Isagi outburst caught a few stares from several customers, though they return to their meals. It's just another talking session with Naruto.
Just ordinary day in Ichiraku Ramen.
"She… was made regular by the coach today." Isagi looks toward her ramen broth. "And I wasn't."
Naruto didn't say anything, but he could link the dots here.
"No matter how hard I tried… No matter how hard I train… I… I wasn't pick by the coach." She grips her new chopsticks. "I… I should congratulate her, but I can't… My heart always feels hurt, it makes me think that, maybe if she's gone, I… I can be chosen."
Small tears slowly appear in her eyes. "I don't know what to do…. I… just…"
Isagi stop when an orange handkerchief appears in her field of vision. She looks up, and saw Naruto offering it.
"I see, I don't blame you." Naruto smile kindly at the girl. It was the same smile he always uses, the smile that made you feels calm around him. Despite how weird it sounds. "When your dream was taken by someone else, I know how you felt. You want to retake it back, no matter what the cost."
"But, why don't you change your perspective to that girl for a second." Isagi looks at Naruto, her eyes widened. "You're not the only one who has a dream in this world. All of us have them."
"….."
"Did she train hard?" Isagi nodded her head, she saw the girl train harder than most of her peers, and she sometime saw her training overtime even though club's over.
It… Remind her of herself when she was a junior.
"I know it hurt, but she has earned that position because of her hard work. Through sweat and blood, she has surpassed her senpai to achieve her dream."
"….."
"So why don't you share your dream with her?" Isagi looks at the chef in surprised. "Talk to her, train her, be her friend. When she reaches both of your dreams, you'll feel it, the feeling of satisfaction."
The senior didn't say anything, she gives back the handkerchief and resume to eating her ramen. A minute later, Isagi had devoured every noddle in her bowl. Before she could pay, Naruto stop her.
"It's on the house."
Isagi stares at the blond before quietly stood up and walks toward the entrance, though she stopped when she reached it.
"Thank you, Uzumaki."
Then she left the ramen bar, leaving a satisfy Naruto.
"Oi, Naruto."
The blond flinch as he shivers. He knew that voice, how could he not? Slowly the blond turn around, and met face to face with Teuchi, the owner of this place and Naruto boss.
"I'm taking that ramen bill from your pay check."
"EEEEHHH?!"
XXX
"I'm home…"
Naruto sighed when silent once again greeted him. What he'll do to have a kind voice greeted him when he returns?
Naruto drop his bag to the floor and inspect the surrounding of his apartment. It was a room sized tatami mat type, with a small kitchen and small bathroom. He has to remove the dining table to take out the futon if he wants to sleep.
So basically, his place is small.
But it can't be help; he's not really what you consider rich. He's having enough trouble paying for his tuition, so he can't really afford any fancier place.
He got a tv though! It comes with the room, so he's a bit thankful. Oh, and a small wardrobe he got at a discount store.
Naruto walks to the wardrobe and begins undressing; changing into more fitting relaxing clothing's which consist of a white shirt and a toad boxer.
Walking lazily to the kitchen, he open the fridge to look for something to eat. Though he twitch when he only sees a couple of eggs and an half empty carton of milk.
"Damn… Note to self, buy grocery." The blond sigh. "Looks like another dinnerless night."
He took a gulp from the milk before closing the fridge, making a decision, the blond begins to move the small dining table to the side and begins to take out his futon. Though when he do his eyes met with a picture, hanging on a wall.
The picture showed three children and a short woman, a stuff that the blond value most than any other stuff in the room.
Naruto smiles sadly, then he forced himself to look away before he remember again, he's not in the mood to be melancholy right now. Readying the futon, the blond lie down in it and close his eyes.
He hopes that no nightmare hit him tonight.
Unfortunately, his wish was not granted.
XXX
"Please stop… It hurt…" A fully bandaged boy begged as he shivered in the corner of the room, trying to get away from a man not far from him.
"Stop…? Why?" The man, a scientist wearing a long white lab coat, started to cackle. "Your body can take so much more! You can even be stronger than any living creature!"
The body cowered more when he sees the man sinister eyes, eyes that held madness in them. "Please…"
"I see you still don't understand, hm?" The man shook his head. "Such a pity. But it can't be help, now," The man walks closer to the boy and produce a syringe. "It won't hurt one bit…"
"Be a monster, for all of us… Kurama."
The scream of the child could be heard all across the lab
XXX
If yesterday was a bad day, today is a shitty day.
If nightmare was not enough, the words of Medaka wanting to recruit him to the student council spread throughout the academy, much to the blond annoyance. He could feel the stares many people giving him, some in curiosity, and other in loathing.
To make it worse, the loli from yesterday is once again hounding him for explanation once again. At least Zenkichi could read the mood and give the blond a breathing area.
Its lunch time right now and he could STILL feel the stares from every direction.
"Come on, Uzumaki! Give me the details! Cooommee oonnnn~"
And Shiranui is still hounding him, it gives him a bit of a déjà vu from yesterday, but that's not the point right now. The blond tries his best to ignore the loli by focusing himself on his lunch, which is a bowl of ramen, and the questioner seems to don't like being ignores.
"Oi Shiranui, gives him a break before he snap." Zenkichi interfere before Shiranui could go to a more extreme measure. The last thing they need is for Naruto to go berserk at the cafeteria.
"But Hitoyoshiiii! Aren't you curious why he decline Medaka offer to join the student council?"
Well, truth to be told, he is a bit curious why Naruto denied the request. Medaka is the most famous girl in the school right now, and she's beautiful. What sane man that doesn't know her monstrosity denied her request?
Naruto sighs, "Fine, if I tell you why, will you stop asking me?"
Shiranui quickly nodded her head. "Yes! I promise! Pinky promise! On a strawberry shortcake!"
"It's because…" Naruto paused, closing his eyes as if he's in deep thought. Then he quickly snaps it opened. "I will be the one who will defeat her one day."
Both Shiranui and Zenkichi blink. ""Defeat her?"" They both asked.
"Yes."
Both blink once again, before Shiranui burst out laughing, earning a tick mark from Naruto.
"What so funny?!"
"Ahahahaha! No-Hahaha… It's just… haha… It's kinda hard to come by someone stupid enough to challenge the princess openly like that."
"I'm not stupid!"
"Uhm… Uzumaki-san, you do know that Medaka is a monster, right?" Zenkichi asked.
"What? Oh, that. Yeah, I know." Naruto answered while slurping his ramen.
"And you still want to fight her?"
"Of course!" Naruto let out a wild grin, "I won't rule this school if I don't defeat Medaka, and besides, it's much more fun that way."
Zenkichi stares at Naruto like he had gone insane, and Shiranui only stares at the blond in amusement.
After finishing the bowl, Naruto stood up. "Well, I got some business to take care of, it involve life and death so I'll see you guys later." Then the blond took off to god knows where.
"…."
"…."
"… He's insane…"
"Who cares?! I could make some money from him!" Then Shiranui cackle madly as she imagine all the money she could get from the blond.
Zenkichi only sweatdrop at his loli friend.
XXX
"… You want us to what?"
"I want you to find this little guy." Naruto repeated while showing Kiba a poster of a missing puppy. "You're good with dog, so you'll probably have easy time finding him."
Kiba eyes twitch. "And why would you want to find that dog?"
"Didn't you see?" Naruto points at the numbers below the picture of the puppy. "Look at the reward! Ten fricking thousand yen! The owner must be rich as hell!"
Kiba sigh, why is he not surprise? If Naruto request something out of the blue, it usually involve money, or ramen. Or both.
"No."
"Oh come on!" Naruto grab Kiba's shoulders and shook him. Hard. "My rent is coming up! And I haven't bought any groceries for a week! Be a bud and help me! Please!"
"Agggh! Allright already! Just let me go!"
Just as requested, Naruto let Kiba go. "Alright, thank a lot, Kiba! I knew I could count on you!" Then like a random storm, Naruto quickly leave the rooftop as quickly as he come. "Ja ne!"
Kiba eyes twitch in anger at his friend antic. The damn blond always shoved all the work of finding something to him. The brown hair dog lover sigh, he guess it can't be help, finding something is what he's good at, he suppose.
"Well, whatever. Better call the boys." He'll be damn if he'll be the only one to suffer through his boss request, those damn grunts better work too.
XXX
"… Kiba,"
"Yeah?"
"Didn't I ask you yesterday to find a puppy?"
"Yup."
"So… What is this?"
"The puppy you wanted to find."
"Ah…" Naruto nodded his head in understanding as he sees the wanted poster he picked up, showing the picture of a small cute looking dog. Then at the creature that Kiba had managed to found.
"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!" Naruto point his finger at the large, wolf like creature with scars and marking on its head. "THAT'S NOT A PUPPY! THAT'S A CREATURE THAT EATS HOBOS AND STRAY CATS!"
"Actually, if I'm not mistaken, that's a Borzoi, a Russian wolfhound." Kiba corrected. "They use them to hunt wolfs, which is understandable considering the size."
"SEE! YOU ADMIT IT IT'S NOT A DOG!"
"But the wolfhound matches the description. Beside, pups grows very very fast, especialy wolfs."
"Ugh…" Naruto match the puppy in the poster with the large wolf like thing in front of him. Kiba's right, it matches the description in the poster. "Damn it, Kiba help me with-"
The dog lovers already gone, leaving a note that said 'Good luck!'.
"…. Damn him!"
Yeah, karma is a bitch.
XXX
Zenkichi Hitoyoshi doesn't know what to do right now.
Yesterday, he had the bad luck of trying to capture the damn 'puppy' that was requested to find, but instead he was turned into a human ragdoll by the 'puppy', much to his loli friend complete amusement.
And now, his boss, Medaka Kurokami, had decided to join him on his quest to capture the dog/wolf creature.
By dressing as a sexy female dog.
Shiranui stares at Medaka for a minute, before turning to Zenkichi."…. Hitoyoshi, I don't suppose…"
"Yeah, she's so smart that she goes back to the point of idiocy."
"What are you two whispering about?" Medaka asked, still in sexy pose with her sexy dog costume.
Before Zenkichi or Shiranui could answer, a loud scream was heard.
"AAAAAGGGHHH!"
"What was that?!" Zenkichi asked.
"Probably the puppy taking more victims." Shiranui answered with a happy smile.
"It's not a puppy! And it's a very bad thing! Don't smile damn it!"
Medaka didn't respond though, she chooses to quickly heads to the location, followed quickly by both Zenkichi and Shiranui.
When they arrive at the scene, they couldn't believe what they're seeing.
"T… That's…"
The scene they're watching is a scene where the large wolf is licking someone with vigor. Not because he was hungry, but because he was fond of the person. It's a licking of fondness.
The person being Naruto Uzumaki.
"Aggghh! Stop licking! Hahaha, that tickle!"
The wolf responds with licking the blond more, much to the blond annoyance.
"Stop! Enough already!" Naruto raise his hand and lightly chop the wolf on the head. "Stop!"
The wolf whimpers and stops what he was doing, though he pants happily when the blond pat him on the head.
"Good boy." Naruto said while patting the wolf, which quickly rolls to its back, asking the blond to scratch his belly. "Well aren't you spoiled?" The spiky haired student then begins to scratch the stomach of the wolf, much to his pleasure.
"Now, your owner is looking for you everywhere, so how about we get back-hm?" Naruto and the wolf realize they're being watched and looks toward the source.
Both animal and human had their eyes widened, and mouth drop.
For the wolf, it was because there's large monstrosity behind one of the girl that's watching them, aiming to eat the oversized dog/wolf up.
For Naruto, it was the sight of Medaka in a sexy costume, showing her voluptuous body to the world that made him mute. It took all his will not to have nosebleed right there.
And so, there's only one option left.
"Quick! We must go!" Naruto quickly mount the wolf on its back. "Forward to the wind! Red hare!" Without wasting any more time, the blond and his new mount quickly fled the scene, to head toward where the wind carries them.
"YOU'RE NOT LU BU DAMN IT!" Zenkichi said with a tickmark. "AND THAT OVERSIZED DOG AREN'T EVEN RED!"
"…"
"…"
*Whooosh*
As the wind blows, the three students didn't know what to do anymore.
XXX
"102… 103… 104…"
"Dude, stop your one hand push up and get over here."
"Wait… 108… 109… 110." With ease Naruto push himself up, stretching his hand around. "So what's up?"
Kiba looks at Naruto with an annoyed look. "Didn't I tell you that we'll talk about our next move?"
"…. Now that you mention it…"
The brown hair student sighs. "Whatever. Now, I've got the list of several groups in this academy that might benefit us if we beat them." Kiba took out a book from his pocket. "It's all in here."
Naruto grinned, finally, some action. "So who do I need to beat?"
Kiba open his notebook. "Well, most of the group is the people that didn't vote for Medaka Kurokami at the election, and it seems they're making some move against her."
"Eh? Seriously?"
"Yeah, and-" Kiba was interrupted when the door of the unused shack open as one of the grunt head pop in. "What is it?"
"Eh, sorry to interrupt." The grunt said while scratching his head. "But you got guest, oyabun."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Guest? Who is it?"
Before the grunt could answer, the guest pushes him aside and enters the sack with no manner what so ever.
"Sorry to interrupt your little meeting." The 'guest' said, he's a large man, with weird piercing on each of his ears and a shark like teeth.
"Who the heck are you?" Naruto asked with an annoyed face. The hell is this hulk wannabe dude want? A fight?
"My name is Hisshuu Kanoya, a junior." The large man introduced himself. "You're Naruto Uzumaki, correct?"
"What about it?"
"Pssh, Naruto." Kiba whispers to the blond ear. "This guy is the leader of the anti Medaka movement, he gathered most of the group in my list. He's also one of the student council president's candidates that lose to Medaka."
Naruto looks at Kiba for several seconds, before turning to Kanoya. "So what do you want?"
The man smirk evilly, his shark teeth are visible to be seen.
"I have a… Proposition for you."
"Proposition?"
Kanoya nodded his head. "Yes, I know your story, Uzumaki. You're trying to take down Medaka Kurokami too, aren't you?"
"…" Naruto didn't answer him.
"So I have a proposition for you, and it involve taking down a certain individual we both hate."
Naruto stares at the man for several seconds, before a wild grin spread across his face.
"I'm listening."
To be continued.
Well, here is chapter 2. I'm sorry it took a while, but I'm not entirely free right now. I'm a bit busy with University entrance test, so I might not update anything awhile, so I'm sorry in advance.
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