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2. Getting Started

''So you wanted to say something to me, Asuna-kun?'' Takamichi asked her, his hands resting in his pockets. In front of him stood a flustered Asuna who was twiddling her fingers and looking down. Negi stood behind her with a cauldron that had hearts on it and Naruto stood beside him. (Wait, what?)

''T…Takahata-sensei, I…I made you some tea,'' Asuna told him, as she held out a cup towards her crush. ''It's really good… Would you like some?'' she offered him, an innocent look on her face, as Naruto snorted behind her at her pretend-play. (Eat shit, Asshole!)

Takahata accepted the cup. ''Hmmm this is a love potion, isn't it?" he asked, before he sent the girl a smile. "There's no need for that...''

Asuna gasped in surprise. ''Ehhh what do you mean?'' she asked, a blush adorning her cheeks.

''Because I've been in love with you for a long time,'' he laughed, making her shocked. Then he cupped her cheek and inched closer for a kiss. ''Asuna-kun.''

''T... Takahata-sensei-sensei..'' she said softly and closed her eyes as her ex-teacher's lips came closer and closer.

-End dream-

Asuna slowly opened her eyes only to find herself kissing a little brat's forehead.

…

…

KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

It was this noise that woke Naruto up from his dream about ramen. Jumping out of his futon, he slipped in a fighting stance and looked around in hope to find out what was wrong, only to find Asuna and the brat together in bed. He sighed and slipped out of his fighting stance, before it all of a sudden dawned on him.

He pointed accusingly at Asuna.''Holy shit! You really are a shota-con!'' he shouted, before he switched his gaze to look at Negi and gave the boy a thumb up. ''Don't worry, kid, I won't let that shota-con do anything to y– OOF'' was all he could say, before a pillow hit him right in the face, courtesy Asuna, and fell on the ground.

A vein popped from Asuna's forehaid. "Stop calling me a shota-con!" she screamed at Naruto who was groaning.

''I'd say, stop acting like one'' Naruto muttered with an annoyed look as he stood up and stretched out. ''Jeez, harassing little brats, find a new hobby, shota-con,'' he muttered quietly to himself.

Asuna growled at the blonde, before she returned her attention to the cause of the whole problem. ''And you,'' she pointed at Negi,'' What the hell do you think you're doing sleeping in my bed!''

Negi shot her a nervous look. ''A-Asuna-san I'm sorry, it's just that I'm used to sleeping with onee-chan,'' Negi tried to explain, as Konoka also started to wake up from all the noise that was made.

"WH-what! God, you're such a kid!'' Asuna groaned, feeling frustrated. Naruto just shot her a deadpan stare.

''Stop acting like you didn't like it, you shota-con. Besides I bet –'' he started but stopped as soon as he saw her give him that, that damnable, evil smile and hid behind Konoka who was stretching out. "Hehe, nothing," he finished innocently, as he gulped.

"Thought so," She replied sweetly, before her eyes fell to her alarm clock, ''Wah, it's already 5 am!'' Asuna shouted in surprise as soon as she saw what time it was. She jumped out her bed and grabbed whatever was in reach. Frustrated and having too little time, she just decided to forego manners and started to dress herself, very, very fast, not caring about the presence of the others. She couldn't afford being later right now. Luckily, Naruto had the decency to close his eyes, while Negi was still a bit bleary eyed. '' Hey, Konoka, I'm leaving!'' she shouted back, as she rushed out of the room.

''Asuna-san, where are you going?'' the brat asked but Asuna had already left, so Konoka answered instead.

''Nnnn... Her part time job,'' she answered as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, while Naruto just raised an eyebrow, surprised that the girl had a part time job. ''I'll make breakfast for you guys," she offered, "Do you like sunny side up or scrambled?'' she asked them with a smile as she put on an apron.

The boys shared a glance, looking a bit thoughtful, before Negi finally answered, ''Sunny side up, please."

Naruto nodded his head in agreement, ''Same here,'' Naruto told her, smiling at the cheerful girl. Eishun's daughter seemed to be a happy girl. ''Hey, I'm going to take a quick shower if you guys don't mind,'' he told them, as he picked some clothes and made his way to the bathroom.

Fifteen minutes later Naruto was all clean and dressed up, as he stepped out of the bathroom. A frustrated look painted on his face was, as he looked at his tie as if it were his greatest enemy.

''Stupid tie," Naruto muttered as he ran a frustrated hand through his damp hair. He glared vehemently at his left hand that held a black tie.

''Ara ara~ Having trouble with your tie, Naruto-sensei,'' he looked up to see the amused faces of Konoka and Negi. Konoka shook her head and made her way to her blonde teacher. When she stood in front of him, she grabbed the tie from his hand, and put it around his neck again .

''Wha-what are–'' the blonde stammered in surprise, but was cut off by the brunette.

''Well since Naruto-sensei can't tie his own tie, I'll do it for him,'' she explained to him, as she began her little handwork. The blonde couldn't help but stare at her smiling face. Seeing it up so close, he couldn't help but notice the resemblance in Konoka's and Eishun's eyes. She definitely inherited them from her father, so it seemed. Funny.

''There,'' she said as she patted the now nicely knotted tie, before she looked at him with a smile, which brought a smile on Naruto's face, ''Now go eat your breakfast,'' she ordered him, while jokingly holding a mallet threateningly, causing Naruto to sweat drop. Where the hell did she even get that mallet from? He shook his head and smiled at her antics.

"Thanks, Konoka,'' he said as he joined Negi at the table, and began eating breakfast.

XxX

''Ah jeez, I was late for my job,'' Asuna complained as she, Konoka, Negi and Naruto were running towards school, '' I should've never agreed on letting someone like you stay with us!''

''Euuuh but it wasn't my fa–'' Negi began but was cut off by Konoka.

''You two sure don't get along very well...'' she commented, a smile on her face, showing how their interactions amused her.

''Pfft I bet she's just mad that she couldn't stay in bed with the brat,'' Naruto shook his head as he was running. His eyes darting around him in suspicion. While on the train, he was sure that he'd felt a hand once or twice on his ass.

''ARGH how many times do I have to tell you, it wasn't like that. I was dreaming about Taka–'' Asuna began but stopped as she realized what she was going to say.

''Ta-Takamichi? You were having dreams about Takamichi?"Naruto gave her a deadpan stare, before his eyes started to twinkle and a teasing smile grew on his face. "How naughty of you, Bells,'' he laughed and avoided an incoming flick, courtesy the bells wearing girl.

"You're annoying, Blondie."

xXx

After arriving at school, Naruto waved them goodbye and made his way towards 3-B's classroom. He was still a little nervous since this would be the first time he'd teach a class. As he arrived at 3-B's classroom he gulped.

'This is it. I'm a bit nervous, but it should go well. Seemed like a nice class when I visited with old man Nitta, after all.' With that in mind the blonde opened the door.

He walked to the teacher's desk and introduced himself once again,'' Yo, as you all know, my name is Uzumaki Naruto and I've replaced Nitta-sensei. I'm going to be your Japanese teacher for the remaining year.'' He looked over his class, and sweat dropped. 'What's with the looks…?' he thought nervously, before he cleared his throat and continued, "Considering the fact that this is the first time I'm teaching you guys, I thought it'd be the best if we'd take it a bit slower this period, and start with an introduction, so I can get to know you guys a bit better."

.xXx.

After finishing his classes, Naruto walked to the fountain where he had agreed to meet Negi.

Class was… interesting, for the lack of better word. After the introductions he was able to start his lessons, and luckily his students seemed to be cooperating with him, sort of. Well at least after they had gotten certain things out of their system. Apparently, him being their teacher was very exciting for them, so they did a lot of gushing about him.

Oh well, at least they were mostly quiet during his lectures. Of course, there was some chatter every now and then, but nothing he couldn't just ignore. The thing that made him feel a bit apprehensive, were some of the looks that he was getting from some of his students in his class. He wasn't really sure what he had to make of them, or really think of them. It was a bit unsettling.

As he finally arrived at the fountain, he saw Negi sitting there while three girls were running away. Raising an eyebrow he went to the brat and asked, '' What was that about?''

Negi just shrugged his shoulders, before he looked depressed.

Naruto noticed the look and put a supporting hand on his shoulder, feeling a bit bad for him. ''You had a bad day?''

The little redhead nodded. ''I made Asuna-san mad again,'' he explained.

Naruto blinked. That was the reason he was depressed? He made Bells mad. ''Pfft don't worry kiddo, I make her mad all the time, and I've only known her for a day, or so,'' he said as he dismissed the brat's depression. "It's all right."

"I don't really think that makes it any better…"Negi sweat dropped, before he looked down again. ''A-anyway she was really mad at me. She didn't even look or talk to me during class.''

The blonde raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that a good thing?" Naruto asked, looking thoughtful. "I mean, you were – I'm guessing – busy giving your lecture, so wouldn't it be better if she was quiet."

"But I don't want her to be quiet because she's mad at me," Negi sulked. Naruto nodded his head in understanding. "Besides I'm not really sure she was even listening to me anymore after that."

"Well you could always just try to apologize to her," Naruto suggested, as the boy continued to sulk.

Still depressed, Negi nodded his head, before he perked up – getting an idea. He started to search inside his bag, before he held out a test tube with rainbow colored pills inside it, in triumph.

''What are those? Magic Pills?'' Naruto asked, feeling a bit curious as he saw what the brat was holding.

''Yes– I mean n-no!'' the brat started to freak out. Stupid, stupid him. How could he be so careless in front of someone who didn't know about magic…? He blinked, ''Wait how do you know that these are Magic Pills?''

Naruto shrugged. ''I guessed? I mean, what else would they be?''he asked and tilted his head. "Aren't you a mage?" Naruto was pretty sure that this kid was a mage. After all, why else would the kid be carrying around a big ass staff? So knowing he was a mage, he didn't think that it would be too far-fetched for him to assume those pills were magic pills. So why was the kid so surprised at his question? He continued thinking until it dawned on him, ''Ooooh don't worry kiddo, I already know about magic and stuff," he pretended to zip his mouth, "Your secret is safe."

Negi let out a sigh in relieve, before he focused his gaze on Naruto again, ''Does that mean that Naruto-san is also a mage?'' an excited Negi asked. Maybe they could train together.

''Me?'' the blonde asked, pointing at himself, as the kid sent him an excited look.''Naaaw,'' he responded as he waved his hand dismissively, making Negi deflate a little.

Naruto had never really tried to do anything with magic. With all the homework he got from Eishun, he didn't really have the motivation, to be honest. While his clones helped him learn stuff at a really fast pace, reading all the stuff that he had pretty much made him feel mentally exhausted. Partly because of the mental big rush of information he got from his clones, and partly (and dare he say mostly) because he never really had been a big fan of books or reading, for that matter.

He did learn a thing or two about Eishun's kenjutsu style, though. Practicing swordsmanship was fun. He enjoyed it, especially with it being a breather from all the reading work he had the do. It was physical work, so it didn't mentally strain him. Just body work. He had always favored this kind of learning, letting his body decide what felt right and wrong, instead of some stupid theory that didn't even make sense to him most of the time.

Naruto shook his head, getting a bit lost in thought. He looked at Negi and smiled, ''Hey, kiddo, since I'm finished with all of my classes, how about I'll try to help you with your little problem?'' The redhead nodded and smiled happily.

"I appreciate you offering, Naruto-san."

XxX

Asuna huffed, looking away. ''I don't want it,'' she said, before she walked away from Negi and Naruto. The brat pretty much had ruined her day with his magic. She sure as hell did not need his help to ruin it even more.

Negi didn't give up though. ''But Asuna-san if you think that I'm trying to trick you, I'm not. All you have to do is drink a little bit, '' Negi told her, while she just trembled in anger.

''Come on, Bells, the brat worked hard for your love potion, '' Naruto tried to convince her.

"I told you I don't want it!" Asuna yelled as she grabbed the bottle, ''But if you're so sure why don't you drink it!'' she yelled as she pushed the bottle in Naruto's mouth.

The blonde gagged and pulled the bottle out of his mouth, ''What the hell, why me!?'' Naruto asked, shooting the girl a betrayed look.

Asuna just ignored him and looked at Negi, ''See nothing happened.'' She didn't start loving the idiot so the love potion didn't work, right?

Naruto just sighed in relieve. 'At least I don't have to deal with any girls,' he thought, but froze as soon as he felt two arms encircle around his waist. ''Naruto-kun, you're really handsome, you know.''

Looking behind to find the source of the voice, he saw a blushing Konoka. Gulping, Naruto looked at the class and saw that all the girls, except for Asuna, had hearts in their eyes and were walking towards him. Silently crying anime tears he had only one thought, 'Oh no, this isn't going to end well by the looks of it…' And right he was, because not even a second later the girls tackled him and tried to undress him. Holy shit. If the headmaster saw him in this situation, he definitely wouldn't be sending out the right message. That wouldn't play all too well for him. He gulped and prayed to the gods above that the old man would never find out about this.

''Oi oi keep your hands off of my pants!'' a freaked out Naruto shouted as a purple haired girl tried to take off his pants. Thank god, he was wearing a belt.

After sacrificing his vest, Naruto finally escaped the girls and ran away. Running for another few minutes, Naruto ended in the library and locked the door behind him. Breathing out in relieve, as he slumped down the door to sit down.

''Naruto-sensei…? '' Hearing his name he looked up, only to see a green haired girl with rectangular glasses walking towards him. What was her name again? Something Haruka, right? Maybe? He wasn't sure. He did know that she was in Negi's class, though.

'Anyway, it seems like we're the only ones here, so that's a plus,' the blonde thought. A whole class full of girls after him? That was a lost cause. One girl, on the other hand? Well, he'd just have to keep his distance, and everything would be all right. Yeah, he'd just have to hide a bit, and wait till the potion had run its course. Naruto froze, a though occurring him. Did the potion even have some sort of time limit? What if it didn't? What if he would be stuck in this kind of situation for ever? Naruto paled at the idea. If it did, it probably wouldn't last that long, because most likely the old man would've already beheaded him by then for thinking he was a pervert.

Frustrated with himself, the blonde pulled a bit at his hair as he gritted his teeth. Why couldn't he have paid more attention to Negi when the little redhead had prepared the potion. Maybe asked a few questions about how it worked or something. But noooo, it was too boring so he just had to–

While Naruto was busy mentally berating himself, Haruna, who started to get influenced by the love potion, started to unbutton her top. A perverted grin grew on her face, before she quickly jumped the blonde, pushing him to the grounds and straddling his waist, taking Naruto by surprise.

'What the–,' Snapping out of his thoughts, the blonde looked up in surprise, and got an eyeful of a nicely filled out black bra. 'HOLY SHIT! OH MY GOD!' He tried to avert his eyes to her face, only to be met by lust filled eyes and a big grin. He gulped. If the headmaster saw him right now, he'd definitely mistake him for a pervert and finish him off, before sending his remains back to Eishun. He really had to take back control of the situation, before someone saw them in this position.

''Co-could you g-get off me?'' the nervous blonde asked with blood streaming out of his nose. 'Of all the girls I could end up alone with, I just had to end up alone with the most forward one. No sense of boundaries at all.' Seriously, though. All the other girls at least started with just touching his (upper) body. Even the purple haired girl that had gone for his pants, started off with feeling up his muscles, before she tried to pull off his pants. This girl, however, apparently had no time to waste. Knew what she wanted and just went for it, head first.

Haruna just laughed perversely. '' You'll do well for my research, Naruto-sensei. Now let's see what you hide under those pants,'' she said as reached one hand behind her, and rested it on the waistband of his pants.

''WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!,'' a voice shouted and not even a second later the door was kicked from its hinges and went towards Haruna's head, making her lose conscious. Naruto hoped for her own safety that she had a hard head.

Looking up, Naruto saw Asuna and jumped towards her for a hug,'' Bells! My orange hero– BWAAH,'' only for Asuna to kick him full force away and knock him out.

Negi winced. ''Asuna-san, wasn't that a little too hard,'' he asked with Naruto's vest in his arms.

''Well didn't you say that the fastest way to break the spell was to knock him out,'' she defended herself. She really didn't kick him for pay back or something. Nope, it was to break the spell. Pffft. Sure, blame the spell. Whatever.

''Did you really have to kick me that hard, Bells?'' Naruto groaned, slowly waking up while nursing the bump on his head.

''Stop whining, it's not like I had any other choices,'' she huffed and crossed her arms. Naruto stood up and dusted off his clothes.

''Oh yeah that reminds me, could you come here for a second, Bells?'' Naruto asked Asuna, who raised an eyebrow and walked hesitantly towards him. When she stood in front of him, Naruto studied her closely. "Sorry," he apologized, before he groped her breast and squeezed it, making her moan, him satisfied, and Negi's jaw drop.

''WHAT THE HELL, YOU PERVERT!" Asuna screamed as soon as she realized what the blonde was doing and punched him away.

"Totally deserved that," Naruto groaned as he found himself embedded inside a wall. She had a mighty fist, that's for sure.

Asuna glared at him. "The hell is wrong with you?!" she asked fiercely, as she stalked towards him, a black aura surrounding her.

''Hey, hey, wait!'' the blonde shouted as, he pulled himself from the wall. ''I just wanted to make whether you were really a girl or not.''

A vein popped out on Asuna's forehead. ''And why wouldn't I be a girl hmm?'' she asked him with a dangerously sweet voice that made Naruto gulp.

''We-well since y-you didn't get under the influence of the love potion, I thought maybe you were a boy,'' he said but then gained a thoughtful look, ''but then again, maybe it doesn't work if you're into girls either.'' Oh shit, damn him and his big mouth.

The vein on Asuna's forehead grew bigger. "First of all, that's none of your business." She cracked her knuckles and her eyes gained a manically glint as she started to walk towards him again. "Second of all, still gave you no right to touch me without my consent."

Naruto, who saw her approach, did the only thing he could think of. ''I'M SO SORRY, HAVE MERCY!'' he begged on his knees.

Asuna gave him an cold smile. ''Sorry it seems that I'm out of mercy,'' Asuna said sweetly, before she started to beat him up.

One beating later, Asuna sighed in satisfaction to herself, before she went to Haruna and redressed the unconscious girl. Meanwhile a horrified Negi couldn't remove his eyes from the flesh of lump, that was formerly known as one Uzumaki Naruto. The boy had learned a lesson. Never get on the bad side of Kagurazaka Asuna. He shuddered at the idea.

The flesh of lump groaned, before it stood up and shook itself revealing it to be Naruto, who was rubbing his stomach, but seemed otherwise okay. ''Jeez woman, ever heard of going easy on someone?'' Naruto groaned while Asuna just shot him a glare. After she was finished dressing Haruna, she walked towards Naruto and Negi, wincing slightly, something the blonde noticed.

''Hey, are you alright?'' Naruto asked, mentally he cringed. Stupid question. Of course she wasn't okay. Otherwise she wouldn't wince like that.

Asuna just nodded, making his eyebrow twitch in annoyance. She just had to be stubborn, didn't she?

"Oh really? Cause I could've sworn I just saw you limp," Naruto continued, not even slightly convinced.

"Nothing to worry about." She told him as she looked away. Naruto sighed, before he made up his mind and kneeled down in front of her. His back facing her. Asuna blinked at his sudden action. "What are you doing?'' Asuna asked Naruto.

Naruto moved his head to look at her. "I could carry you, if you want,'' he offered.

''Wh-what I already told you–'' she began but was cut off by Naruto.

''I'm not blind, you know,'' the blonde began while looking straightforward. ''I can see that something is wrong with your leg. I don't know what, but you were wincing when you walked this way,'' Negi blinked at what the blonde teacher had said, wondering whether Asuna-san had maybe hurt herself from kicking the door too hard. Naruto tilted his head, now facing Asuna and said, ''I know that we're not the best of friends, but right now you're hurt and don't want you to make things any worse for yourself.'' He looked back at her and shot her a smile, ''Besides see it as a thank you for saving me. Or as an apology for before." He scratched the back of his neck, sheepishly.

"That's… oddly considerate from you," Asuna sighed as her cheeks warmed a bit. ''Thanks, I guess,'' she said as she moved closer and put her arms around his neck while he held her by her thighs and stood up.

''Don't mention it,'' The blonde said as he started to walk back towards the classroom the pick up their stuff with Negi following him. "You play my hero when I need you, and I'll play yours when you need me."

Asuna snorted, "I didn't necessarily need a hero, though."

Naruto bristled, "Oi, Negi, this one is too stubborn, I'm telling you." Negi just laughed at their interaction.

Asuna rested her head on top of his shoulder, and stayed silent as the blonde and brat started to talk to one another. She closed her eyes.

Uzumaki Naruto, huh? She didn't really know him for that long, so she didn't really know that much about him. She did have different moments with him, where the blonde was being an annoying asshole, reveling in annoying her, teasing her, but as this moment proved, he could also be nice and caring. She decided she didn't really mind the idea of getting to know him even better.

Her lips tugged upward, when she heard him and Negi share a laugh.

One thing she was sure of; Uzumaki Naruto wasn't a bad guy. Not at all.

.XxX.

The next day was quite the same. Naruto and Negi taught their classes as best as they could, while their students gushed on and on about them. After that they'd spent some time in the staff room, before they all went home together.

Right now, however, Naruto was playing basketball with Yuna. The blonde had abandoned his vest at the sidelines of the court, while the sleeves of his dress shirt were rolled up to his elbows with his tie hanging loosely around his neck, a few buttons from the top were left unbuttoned.

Shocking, right. You may ask; How did that happen? Well it went like this…

XxX

Naruto was walking towards 2-A's class. Today would be his first time teaching this class. Walking inside the classroom, he quickly caught an eraser that was heading towards his head.

He looked at the eraser and then at the class and smiled. ''Thanks for the eraser,'' he thanked them as he walked towards his desk, avoiding all the other pranks, making the twins snap their fingers and shocking the others.

''YOU'RE LATE,'' Asuna shouted after getting over her shock.

And late he was. 5 minutes, probably. Maybe a bit more. It wasn't his fault, though. Blame ramen for being so delicious and irresistible. Naruto sweat dropped at himself. He really had to do something about his self-control when it came to ramen.

''Errr… Sorry,'' he apologized sheepishly as he rubbed his neck, before he clasped his hands together and grinned at his student, ''Anyway, since this is the first time I'm teaching you, how about we start with introductions?'' He began and looked around to see if anybody was disagreeing with him. Seeing nobody disagree he continued, ''Let's just state your name, likes, dislikes and dream.''

''…''

''…''

The blonde sweat dropped as he saw the class look expectantly at him. ''… I guess I'll go first. My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like ramen, working out, playing basketball and pulling pranks. I dislike the time it takes for instant ramen to cook, and people who look down on others. As for my dream…" The blonde looked thoughtful, frowning a bit, " I'm not really sure as of right now.''

Finished with his own introduction, he pointed at closest girl seated, a brunette with brown eyes. Her hair was pulled in a side ponytail on the right side of her head, ''Why don't you go next.''

The girl smiled and waved her hand at him. ''Yo! My name is Akashi Yuna. My likes are my dad, guns and playing basketball! My dislikes are bad clothes, shirts hanging out and people who live a sloppy lifestyle. My dream for the future is to marry my dad and to become the greatest basketball player!'' Then she grinned. ''Hey, sensei, how about you and I play some basketball after school, huh?'' she asked him, looking a bit excited at the idea of playing with her teacher.

The blonde teacher almost choked on his saliva. Doing introductions? Maybe not such a good idea…

The blonde wanted to decline her offer, maybe it would look weird if he'd spent time with her after class. He didn't want to give anyone the idea that he wanted to get closer to his students for perversely reasons. That was not a gamble he wanted to take, not with the warning from the old man… But then again, one of his fellow teachers did give him the tip to get to know his students, so maybe he'd agree? Besides he hadn't played basketball in a while, so he might even have some fun.

The blonde mentally shrugged his shoulders. Well it wouldn't really be problem if she wasn't a risky- forward-dangerous-dangerous-someone-please-save-me type, and she didn't look like one, that was for sure. He definitely knew how that type looked, and he knew by heart how to spot one. She seemed to be missing almost every feature. No purple hair, check. No weapon, check. No snakes, check. No blood fetish…

''What are your thoughts on blood,'' Naruto asked with an anxious look.

''Ehhh… I'm not really a fan?''

No blood fetish, check. ''Great, I'll see you after school, I guess,'' the blonde smiled at the girl, not noticing the jealous glares she was getting. ''Next please.''

.XxX.

Naruto grinned. They had been playing for a while and he hadn't regretted his decision of coming here. Sure, he was playing a bit stiff at the beginning but that changed as soon as she scored her first points. That was when the real fun began. They both got a little more serious.

In the end the blonde had won and Yuna was sitting on the ground, breathing heavily while Naruto just looked a little bit red in the face, his hair messier than before. Both of them had big grins on their faces.

''That was fun! We should do it again,'' the grinning blonde said as he retrieved his vest from the sidelines. It had really been a while since the last time he had so much fun.

''Sure!'' a grinning Yuna agreed while still sitting on the ground. Naruto walked towards her and offered her a hand that she gladly grabbed. Pulling her up, both of their stomach grumbled making them blush in embarrassment.

''Hehehe I guess all that playing made us hungry,'' the blonde said while scratching the back of his neck.

Yuna had a thoughtful look on her face. ''Ne since we're both hungry, how about going to Chao Bao Zi? It's not that far and the food is great,'' Yuna suggested making the blonde smile happily. The blonde had heard that they served ramen, which was a big plus for him. He couldn't wait to eat ramen again, after all. Instant was good, but freshly prepared was better.

''Sure,'' he chirped as they started to walk towards Chao Bao Zi.

"You're a pretty good player, Naruto-sensei," Yuna commented, grinning at the blonde.

Naruto puffed out his chest. "Thanks, you're not so bad yourself," he replied, grinning back at her. "You play often?"

She nodded, "I'm a member of the basketball club," she explained him. "And we're trying to get qualified for this big competition, so I'm practicing as much as I can right now. "

"Ooh sounds cool!" Naruto said in excitement. " Don't forget to invite me at one of your matches, eh? It'd be cool to watch you guys play."

Yuna smiled at him cheekily, "Only if you'll be my cheerleader," she joked, as the blonde rolled his eyes. "What about you? Did you also play during school?" She asked, tilting her head a bit.

"Not really, " Naruto rubbed his neck, "It wasn't really a known sports at my old school."

The brunette raised her eyebrow in surprise. "For real?" The blonde nodded. "Strange," she mused. "Must've sucked."

Naruto laughed, "Pretty much." Though to be honest he had a hard time picturing people playing basketball back at home.

XxX

''Yo,'' Naruto greeted, as he walked inside Asuna's and Konoka's room.

''WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU LITTLE BRAT!'' Asuna screamed at Negi, her face full of anger.

''And I'm just getting ignored,'' Naruto muttered dejectedly and sighed making the others finally acknowledge him.

''Welcome back, Naruto-sensei,'' Konoka greeted him, sending him a smile.

''Ah, Naruto-san, save me!'' Negi shouted as he ran and hid behind Naruto, who raised an eyebrow at the boy's odd behavior.

''What's up with the brat?'' the blonde asked the orange haired girl, who huffed in annoyance.

''Tch, it seems that the stupid stinking brat hates taking baths,'' she responded as she crossed her arms and walked closer to the blonde to grab the brat who was hiding behind him. ''So I'm going to wash him myself.''

Naruto gave her a pointed look, snickering when Asuna answered the look with a glare. The blonde couldn't help but think about when he was younger. He still remembered that time when Anko-senpai offered him to wash his hair, while they were at the onsen. He didn't know why he took her offer, but one thing was for sure, her hands weren't supposed to be trailing towards his legs, damn it. He shuddered at the memory.

Shaking his head to get rid of his thoughts, the blonde glanced behind him to look at the little redhead. Seeing the look the kid was sending him, he sighed and scratched the back of his head. ''I guess I'll be joining you,'' the blonde said as he went to his luggage to grab his swimming trunks.

He really didn't want the room to start stinking because of Negi's anti-bathing mindset, but he also didn't want to betray that little guy, especially not when the redhead was shooting him puppy eyed looks. So he decided that maybe he could lessen the betrayal if he joined them. Also he really needed a bath. Playing basketball with Yuna, made him sweat a bit and he really didn't want to start stinking.

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''Impressive,'' Naruto, who was clad in only blue swimming trunks, whistled as his eyes roamed around the big bathhouse.

''What are you so embarrassed about? You're just a kid!'' he heard Asuna yell. ''Now take off your clothes!''

Soon Asuna, who was wearing a black one-piece bathing suit, came out of the changing room and threw a naked Negi into the pool.

''Hmm you're pretty good in ripping little kids out of their clothes,'' Naruto commented, teasing her, making her look at him for the first time since they entered the bathhouse. Both blushed a bit as they took in each other's form. ''Don't tell me you're doing these sort of things daily. Maybe I should warn the kindergarten,'' he snickered as the girl flipped him the bird.

''Shut up, Blondie,'' the girl huffed in annoyance and grabbed a struggling Negi, ''and help me clean the brat.''

''Sure, sure woman,'' Naruto saluted lazily as he went to help her.

After several minutes, they finally managed to wash off a struggling Negi. Naruto was washing his back, while Asuna was shampooing his hair. As they were doing this they started to talk which each other. Both Naruto and Negi learned that Asuna was an orphan, who was being helped by old man Konoe. But apparently she didn't want to be dependent on him and started to take a job to pay for herself.

Her story affected both boys. Naruto had learned that they had something in common, both being orphans, and had also gained respect for her, while Negi seemed to get emotional at her story and started to cry. This annoyed the girl as she didn't want pity from her little brat of a teacher and started to fight with him while the blonde just continued cleaning himself.

Fortunately or unfortunately their fight stopped as soon as they heard talking coming from the other door and were forced to hide.

''Geh, it's the class president and the others.'' Asuna whispered, as Naruto froze. The blood draining from his face.

Naruto started to sweat bullets. 'This is bad! Shit, what am I going to do? Shit! Who knows what will happen when they see me?! I don't want them to see me and think I'm a pervert!' The blonde mentally wailed. 'The old man's gonna kill me! Oh God, save me!' Inwardly, the blonde was freaking out. Outwardly, he slumped against Asuna, while his soul left his body, using his mouth as an exit.

Asuna sweat dropped at the blonde. ''Oi pull yourself together, Blondie,'' she whispered while shaking the blonde, making his soul return to his body through his mouth.

Naruto looked at her with wide eyes. ''What are we going to do?'' he whispered back in panic while blushing madly, as he heard them talk about a measurements competition to decide who he and Negi were going to room with. 'Shit, this is bad!' Naruto thought while wiping away the blood from his nose. Right now everybody of class 2-A was inside. 'More importantly, what the hell is wrong with these girls! A breasts competition, really?' This class sure had a strange way of thinking. A fun way, that he could admi–

Focus. FOCUS!

Naruto ran a hand through his wet hair. If he got out of here, without them noticing him, nobody had to know what he had heard and learned from the conversation now. The old man wouldn't be any wiser. ''Oi, Bells, can't you go and distract them?'' Naruto asked in a hushed voice.

Asuna huffed at him. ''Why don't you go and distract them yourself?'' she whispered back.

Naruto looked at her as if she was crazy. ''Are you crazy those girls are beasts, they'll eat me as soon as they see me.'' Naruto shuddered. He had not forgotten the love potion incident.

Naruto glanced at Negi, a thought occurring him. Unlike him, Negi was still a kid. He wouldn't be mistaken for a pervert... No, if they say him, they'd probably be like, 'Teehee, Negi-sensei~' and then they'd cuddle him, possible try to kidnap him, but they wouldn't see him as pervert, that was for sure. Maybe they could... Naruto shook his head at the thought. He was not going to betray the kid, he decided firmly, before he looked a bit thoughtful again... But was it really betraying, if he – by accident, of course – just threw the kid near the girls...? Was it? And could he even call it "throwing", if he just grabbed him and his arm suddenly started to "spasm", causing him to "throw" him. Like, that didn't really sound like throwing to him...

Hey, accidents happened all the time... especially during desperate times, when the headmaster was basically threatening you.

Beside him, Negi couldn't help but feel himself grow a bit anxious from the looks he was getting from the blonde.

Fortunately for him, Asuna came up with a plan, sort of. "Guys, if we just wait for the perfect moment, we'll be able to bail without them noticing." After waiting for another few minutes, they finally found an opportunity to escape. ''Now's our chance to escape,'' Asuna whispered as she and the others climbed out the pool and rushed towards the exit, only to trip while running.

The other girls heard something and looked behind only to gape as they saw Asuna straddling Negi while Naruto was holding his head and looking at Negi and Asuna with wide eyes, sitting next to them.

''Of all the times you could try to cop a feel, you choose now?'' The blonde asked with a twitching eyebrow. "Really? REALLY?!" His outburst of course caused all the eyes to turn at him. Most of the girls blushed when they saw their blonde teacher's body.

Feeling the girls' eyes on him, he started to sweat bullets. Gulping, he looked up to try and explain it.

Wrong move.

As soon as he looked up, he was blasted away by his bloody nose and lost consciousness. The last thing he heard and saw was his students crying out 'Naruto-sensei' while running towards him. Forgetting Asuna and Negi, who took this opportunity to escape.

AN: So that's it for chapter two.

Already hundred favorites. Wow. I'm really grateful that you guys are giving this story a chance (again). Recognized some of the names as old readers. Hope you guys think the story improved, even if only for a little bit. That is, if you guys even remember this story, I wouldn't hold it against you if you didn't. I mean, I did abandon this story for 3/4 years, or so, but it works a bit in my favor, I guess.

Pairing wise, teasing might happen a lot, but end game, I'm not really sure.

Anyway, I might add some girls from other series, as students from Naruto's other classes. You know, to try to write some original scenes here and there, but not that much. Story will focus on 3-A mostly.

Also, just a question for the Naruto manga readers among you guys, but what exactly did the Ashura inherit? I'm talking about before he got the sage's power. Because Indra got the sharingan, and his descendants got it too, but what did Ashura and his descendants get? More chakra and life force? Because the Uchiha in the manga seem to have just as much chakra as the Senju...? So I'm just a bit confused... Not sure if I've missed something, but if any of you got an answer for me, I'd appreciate it.

Anyway, thanks for reading, and have a nice day.