Knight of Mahora Academy

Period 4: First Day On The Job

So since I last updated, UQ Holder has started and gained some momentum. I was excited before...only way for me to get even more excited...finding out it was a direct sequel to Negima!

Another magic story, with our favorite little chibi-vamp as a smoking hot teacher...I had a fangasm!

Also, because I forgot to mention this in the ending note in the last chapter, Naruto had an experience in the past and got scarred across the end of his right set of whiskers and through his ear. If I could give a visual, imagine Toriko's three claw scars. Just not as large and on the right side of his head.

Late Thanksgiving gift. Split this into two chapters and will upload them today. Haven't gotten enough momentum on this fic yet to register really long chapters.

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Negi Springfield was not expecting this strange development to happen to his class so quickly. He had barely been a teacher for a month and yet for some reason he was already getting an assistant teacher. Was he-

Oh no! Was he doing a bad job?! Did the Dean and Takamichi think he was doing such a lousy job that now he had to be supervised by another teacher?! Was-was this because he almost got Asuna-San and the others to miss the finals exam when it was his sworn duty to make sure they made it on time?!

He was doing his best, gosh darn it! And they still made it in time to take the test with everybody else! They even came in first place within the rankings of the 2nd-year students; which from what all of the Baka Rangers and Library Expedition Group told him was almost impossible.

No, calm down Negi. Take deep, calming breaths. Like what Onee-chan taught him to do when he was nervous about an exam in the magical school.

Remember what Asuna-San said after the final exam was over...

Asuna smiled down at the excited young teacher as her entire class cheered at the entrance of the train station. Negi looked up at the twin-tailed girl with his jubilance evident in his brimming eyes. She gave him a kind smile, "Well, good for you Negi."

She grinned and patted the top of his shaggy mop of red and black hair, "Well, I'll be looking forward to having you teach us next term."

Yeah, Asuna-San was right. Her, Takamichi and the Dean all thought that his final test was well approved. So there wasn't anything he could be punished for with this new assistant. Wait, maybe this wasn't a punishment...

Maybe they thought he was doing so well that he could start teaching other teachers how to act in class.

Even though he was nervous at the idea, Negi couldn't help but see little stars and twinkles in his eyes. He was now officially advancing as a real Professor in the school!

Yay!

He just hoped that everyone in class could accept him as easily as they did when he first arrived. Asuna-San was still in her seat, with a vacant, slack-jawed stare at the new assistant. And strangely, Konoka-San also had a surprised look when she saw Uzumaki-sensei walk into the room. There were some several other students around the classroom that were still sitting and not putting much interest in this surprise.

Well at least everybody else was being very accepting of their new teacher. They were even charging towards the front of the room and surrounding him on all sides, leaving no breathing room or space.

From Negi's personal experience, that constituted as an in for Class 3-A.

Takamichi watched as most of the girls in the class started rushing Naruto-kun down and surround him so much that he literally disappeared in the flood of middle-school girls. They were yelling out questions in every way they could. The former Homeroom teacher rolled up his sleeve and reached into the center of the girl-pool.

After moving his hand around for a few seconds he finally felt something different from the girl's uniforms. With some effort he grasped it and pulled out of the girl pot. He brought it up to his face to see he had grabbed Kyūbi-San by one of his tails and was now holding him upside down like a captured animal.

The ancient demon creature just stared at the man and nodded his head in gratitude. Takamichi nodded in acceptance and placed the small, seven-tailed creature on his shoulder. He then reached back in and tried to fish out his old friend before he was smothered to death.

Finally grasping what he felt was a tie he pulled it out with both hands and some strenuous effort. Naruto finally popped out of the group of girls with a blue face and empty eyes. As the girls started to settle down they look to where Takahata-sensei was holding their new assistant teacher; lightly tapping his cheek to try and revive him.

The color came back to Naruto's face and he looked up to see his old friend and spirit guide helping him up. "Michi? What happened? I said my name and...everything went all dark and fleshy warm."

Takamichi lifted Kyūbi off his shoulder and placed him back on Naruto's shoulder; his designated perch. He then placed his hand on Naruto's other shoulder, giving the boy a nervous smile. "Don't worry about it, that happens to all the new kids on their first day."

He ignored the baffled look on Naruto's face and started coughing loudly to get the classroom's attention. He looked at his former class with a demanding eye, "Girls, I understand that you are excited but this is no way to act in front of a new teacher."

The girls who ran to the front of the room bowed their heads regretfully towards the respectable, bespectacled teacher. "Sorry Takahata-Sensei."

He just smiled and chuckled, "That's alright." He saw one hand raised over all the other students and noticed the blonde class president was trying to get his attention. "Yes, Ayaka-Kun?"

The elegant Iincho of the new class 3-A lowered her hand. "Um, Takahata-sensei, excuse my asking but why do we need an assistant teacher in the first place? I believe that Negi-sensei has done an excellent job of taking care of this class so far!" She proclaimed proudly, her hand placed softly on her chest and the other directed towards their under-aged teacher who currently had twinkles in his eyes.

Naruto and Kyūbi looked at the eccentric girl with flat, emotionless eyes. Before they looked between each other, and then back forward.

"Yes, I do agree that Negi-kun has done a very good job taking care of your class. But this isn't just going to be an addition specifically to your class." Some of the girls looked at the teacher with confused stares before he continued his explanation. "Due to them starting around the same time, Naruto-kun will most likely be assisting in this class the most over his contract until the summer. But he will also be an assistant teacher to the other teachers around Mahora while he is here. As a chance to gain experience."

As some of the girls dawned on the realization and started to whisper between each other, Naruto tightly grabbed his older friend's shoulder and forced him into a huddle. "Seriously? It isn't just this class but I'm gonna be the teacher's bitch all over this ridiculously stupid school?"

Takamichi chuckled wholeheartedly at Naruto's angry and short hiss. "Oh, did Dean-sama and I forget to mention that to you yesterday?"

Naruto's eye was twitching violently at Takamichi's words. "Yes, you did. In fact I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you and the old-fart left out a ton of crap I should know about."

"Mah, mah-"

"Don't 'mah, mah' me you ass!"

Takamichi broke out of the huddle and turned to the classroom, catching Naruto off guard with his move. "Does anybody want to ask him any questions?"

Several girls raised their hands and jumped in place. "Yes, Asakura-kun."

Some of the students surrounded the girl that was picked out and started whispering to her. They made a path and a pretty girl with dark-pink hair in a pineapple design walked up to the taller blond boy. She smiled and brought a microphone out of-

Actually, he didn't catch where she was hiding a microphone.

"Uzumaki-sensei, I'm Kazumi Asakura, Seat #3 and proud member of the Journalism Club. Do you mind if we ask a few question around the class to put in the school newspaper?"

Naruto just stared at the girl, before looking over at Takamichi who was nodding his head. He turned back to the pineapple-head, "Yeah, ask away."

"For the record can you say your name again?"

"Naruto Uzumaki."

"How old are you?"

"I'm 16."

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Nope."

"Where do you live?"

"I sorta travel all around, but I was born pretty far away."

"Okay, a few more important questions..." Her eyes and the eyes of many of the girls in the crowd shifted to brights lights aimed at the new assistant teacher. This actually got Naruto to take notice of how they acted.

"What were you doing yesterday when you were walking around the school limits; threatening to take over the school and dethroning the dean?!"

Most of the girls were nodding their heads and giving a vocal agreement while some of the other girls that were still in their seats actually took some interest in what their gossip-loving classmate mentioned to their new teacher. Kyūbi and Takamichi looked between each other, silently asking the other if they had any idea what the kids were talking about.

Naruto just blinked silently and tilted his head in confusion, "I'm sorry? What are you talking about?"

"Don't try to hide it!"

"We all saw you yesterday in the street!"

"Who are you villian-aru?" One dark-skinned girl yelled out as she got into a fighting stance.

Naruto looked at all of the girls with a baffled expression before realization struck him. "Oh I think I know what you guys are talking about. That wasn't me you all met yesterday, that was my family."

"Huh?" Most everybody in the classroom said with confused eyes.

"Yeah, that was my little brother; Menma!"

Takamichi grabbed the blackboard to keep himself from falling over laughing. And Kyūbi was doing his best to stifle his laughter before he blew his cover. And most of the girls in the classroom just gave him a flat, blank look.

"A brother?"

"Yep."

"You expect us to believe that?"

"You can believe it or not, it's the truth. He came with me to Mahora to look around and I lost sight of him for most of the day. I sent him home after that."

"He had the same weird little whisker things on his cheeks!"

"They're birthmarks."

"He had the scars on his face too!"

"Me and him got into the same accident as kids. We got similar injuries."

"So you just conveniently have an evil little twin brother who has aspersions to rule the world?! Buddy I've read a lot of manga and that seems like one of those crummy plot points writers add in when they're out of ideas!" A tall girl with brown hair and glasses yelled out furiously at the blond boy's story.

Naruto smugly rubbed his chin with a large smirk on his face. "Yeah, him and I were originally aliens from an ancient civilization that crashed on this planet after helping the humans create a new world with our tech. Oh, and wait till I tell you about the prophecy that says that we must defeat each other in combat to decide the fate of the world!"

"THIS GUY! HE'S TAKING ALL OF THE OLD MANGA FOR GRANTED! YOU NEED TO RESPECT THE CLASSICS! SCOUNDREL! STOP PLAYING WITH VASH-SAN AND KNIVES-SAN LIVES! THEY'VE HAD A TOUGH TIME!" The passionate Saotome girl declared as Naruto just grinned at their collective arguing. Behind her, Konoka and Nodoka worried about Haruna's behavior from their seats while Yue just shook her head stoically in the background.

Takamichi was shaking his head exhaustedly at his old war-buddy laughing and teasing his students while they all yelled accusations at him. He had to commend Naruto on his ability to lie through his teeth with a straight face.

He would be commending him if he didn't feel a crushing weight of guilt on his conscious for helping drive the younger man to become so accustomed to lying. It really wasn't their best idea to let Naruto live with Rakan while he was in the Magical World.

Very poor planning on Ala Rubra's part.

"Oh really?"

Naruto stopped laughing when he heard a very familiar voice reach his ears through the noise of the crowd. The same orange-haired, twin-tailed girl he had met yesterday walked out of her seat and up to the whiskered boy with a scowl on her face.

She gave him a firm, miffed stare, "Are you gonna tell me that it was 'Menma' I ran into yesterday?"

Naruto just dug his finger into his ear and stared off with a bored expression. "No, that was me. And I'm still waiting on an apology from you."

Asuna's eyebrow started to twitch at his attitude. "Apology! I was the one who fell over running into you!"

Naruto just matched her fierce glare with a playful smile, "Yeah~, but you still ran into me."

"You pulled on my clothes and almost choked me!"

"You called me a jerk before I could say anything! I even tried to apologize to you about that!"

"AHA!" Asuna pointed at his face with a triumphant look across her face. "I told you you owed me an apology Whiskers!"

Naruto just sighed and lowered her hand away from his face. "Sure Bells, you believe whatever you think works in that crazy little head of yours."

"What do you mean crazy little head?!"

"Ohhhhhhhhh!" All of the girls said at once.

"Asuna's picking a fight with the assistant teacher already!"

"Don't do it Asuna! You can barely meander through an elevator school alone without being known as 'the kid who punched a teacher'!"

"Get up and do Asuna-aru! Show evil villain how Baka Red save day-aru!"

"U-um-Asuna-San," Negi said from his desk as he worried about the state of his classroom. "You really shouldn't-"

"Asuna-San! Stop your childish antics at once!" Naruto saw Asuna's face literally cringe in disgust when she heard the regal voice pierce the noisy crowd around them. The blonde girl carried herself with an elegant posture as she walked up to her fellow student, "Asuna-San, you are setting a bad example not only for yourself, but also our class and Negi-sensei!"

Asuna groaned and covered her ears, "Okay, okay Iincho. My bad."

Naruto leaned in towards Asuna with his eye on the lecturing blonde, "What's she doing?"

"Getting ready to scold me. She does it a lot."

"That seems like it sucks."

"You have no idea." Asuna just rubbed the bridge of her nose. Before realizing she was talking with Whiskers again like all the tension just removed itself. What the hell was going on?

Ayaka fumed silently at the Baka Ranger at her lame agreement to follow her class president's order. "I'm quite shocked Asuna-San," Ayaka covered her mouth with the back of her hand and giggled. "I'm surprised you can act like such a spoiled brat in the presence of Takahata-sensei~."

The bell wearing girl's face turned bright red, looking over at the subject of her affection before turning back to glare heatedly at the blonde girl. "Oh yeah! Well at least I don't work my hardest to weasel my way into diapers!"

Ayaka yelled in anger and started swing her arms at Asuna, "You Ojii-con!"

Asuna was matching her angry tirade, "Shut up, you stupid Shota-con!"

The middle-schoolers all made an opening and let Asuna and Ayaka have their little pow-wow with no interference. As Negi was voicing his concern for them to stop, Asakura was writing all of this down in a small notepad in her hand. "All right, and finally, who's the little cutie on your shoulder?"

Naruto looked over at the shoulder that was currently being used as a seat by the small red fox. "Oh yeah, him." He deadpanned and scratched his chest with a bored look in his eyes. "He's just some stray I found on the street when I was a kid. Don't mind him."

Some of the girls actually took interest in how this question seemed to be avoided by the blond man, while he didn't mind answering the others so quickly. This wasn't going to pass by them so easily.

Asakura started showing a cheeky smile and pushed the mic closer to his face, "C'mon~, what kind of teacher keeps secrets from his soon-to-be-students?"

"This assistant teacher."

Most of the girls present started to look up at Naruto with pleading eyes, asking for more answers.

Naruto just sighed and grumbled, "All right, fine. His name is Kyūbi and I've pretty much had him as long as I can remember."

After Naruto had told them the fox's name, most of the girl's started to look at him like he was joking. One of the girl's, a pretty brunette with a one-sided ponytail gave a weak chuckle at his answer. "You...named your pet fox 'nine-tails'?"

"No, I just adopted him. Somebody else came up with the name. Personally I think it's a stupid name made up by somebody who thought he was trying to be cool and-" Naruto stopped poking fun when he felt a venomous hiss and claws start to dig into his shoulder. He looked over to see Kyūbi trying his best to hide his anger in front of the crowd with his teeth flaring and not currently munching on Naruto's face.

Naruto sneered at the enraged animal. "Although I really don't think it was a good Idea for me to bring him along. A lot a people take note about how hostile and unsocial he is as a measly little pet. Plus he's lazy, fat, stupid, slow, smells like a garbage dump, makes a mess when he eats, makes a mess when he messes himself and-"

Their class door slid open and the Mahora medical advisor walked in with her clipboard in hand. "Negi-sensei, it's time for the- Huh, Takahata-sensei? What are you doing here?"

The bearded teacher silently thanked the heavens for her timely interruption because Kyūbi looked like he was about to throw caution to the wind and maul Naruto's face off right at that moment. "Oh, Shizuna-sensei! I'm just showing our new assistant teacher around the campus on his first day. Naruto-kun, this is Shizuna Minamoto-sensei."

The beautiful teacher bowed her head to the young blond man, "It is a pleasure to meet you."

Naruto turned to her and bowed his head in return. "Yes, please watch over me for the next semester."

She nodded her head and looked past them towards the young boy standing at his desk. "Negi-sensei, if you wouldn't mind..."

The ten-year old welsh boy realized his current schedule and jumped out of his chair. "Ah, that's right! I'm sorry Shizuna-sensei!" He turned around nervously to face his classroom, "E-everybody! Today is the health check-up for the beginning of the year! S-so if you wouldn't mind, if you would please start taking off your clothes-"

Naruto was holding back a chuckle as the girls all blushed and started playfully calling the red-head a pervert. After Negi had basically stormed out of the room, Naruto calmly started walking out besides his old friend. He leaned over, "Does he always sputter out inappropriate comments like that?"

Takamichi looked over at Naruto as he tried to say the statement with a straight face. "He's only ten. Give him a break." Naruto still tried to stop laughing while Takamichi just sighed and shook his head.

Neither of them noticed the absence of a certain demon from the blond boy's shoulder.

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"So what do you all think of Uzumaki-sensei?"

The topic of the new assistant teacher was one of the main points being discussed while the girls stripped down to their delicates.

"Well I think it's nice to finally have a pretty boy in our class along with Negi-kun. It's always a plus to have to handsome young man to brag about to the rest of the school." A light purple-haired beauty stated with a content smile on her face before she tilted her head in deep thought. "Although I hope he isn't too weird. Or stupid enough to believe his 'Menma' story."

Sakurako Shiina, a cute orange-haired cheerleader, laughed happily at her friend's summarization of their new teacher. "Aw, c'mon Misa~. I think he's really cute, and those little whisker marks make him look like a kitty. And I bet he's was telling us that story because he's just embarrassed about what happened yesterday."

The last of the cheerleader trio, Madoka Kugimiya, looked over to her two best friends. "Yeah, all of you were mentioning something about him being a villian? What was that about?"

"Ahhhh! It was so scary!" A little pink-haired child with small twin-tails announced as she jumped in front of the taller cheer-leader. "You won't believe it Kugimi!"

"Please don't call me Kugimi."

Fuuka ignored the taller girl's request and waved her arms around frantically. "We were all together, chasing Negi-sensei around the school because we heard he was a Prince looking for his true partner-"

"Makes sense."

"-and when we lost sight of him, we were looking all over the place." Her identical twin with the little buns in her hair, Fumika, added into the conversation. "We couldn't find him anywhere, until-"

"This crazy blond guy with whiskers and scars walked in front of all of us and threatened to take over the academy! He was at least 8-feet tall and had razor sharp teeth and black eyes! He said when he returned we had to give him a sacrifice or else we would all pay! If we knew he was coming so soon we would have gotten Fumika ready sooner!"

"Ehhhhhh! How could you Onee-chan?!"

Sakurako giggled with a slight drop of sweat at the twin's ridiculous story. "I don't remember any of that happening?"

"I thought he was funny. He was being nice to everyone and tried to make a memorable first impression for us." Konoka added as she tried to defend the nice young man she had met yesterday at her Omiai. She turned her head, "What about you Asuna? What do you think about Uzumaki-sensei?"

"I think he's an idiot." Asuna stated bluntly as she unhooked her skirt and let it drop to her feet. She was completely uninterested in talking about the jerk she met yesterday afternoon. To her, this was just going to be another nuisance that wasn't going to leave anytime soon.

"Oh Asuna~. You don't mean that. You said the same kind of things when Negi-kun first came here too, remember?"

"Yeah and I was right then too." She sighed and shook her head, "What did we do to lose such a wonderful teacher like Takahata-sensei? It's not fair." And now she was stuck with a migraine in the form of a snot-nosed little foreign brat and a snarky teenager.

And she wasn't thinking that out of total spite either. Ever since she saw that blond guy she started having little headaches and migraines.

Apparently he was just that annoying.

"Still think he true villain though-aru." The blonde, dark-skinned Chinese girl said as she started sending out jabs at the air in front of her, wearing nothing but her bra and panties. "If he show true color, I show him 4000 year of Chinese kenpo-aru!"

While some girls were cheering as Ku Fei started demonstrating her skills, and others were reprimanding her for doing her amazing moves in such a crowded area, the two tallest and most Unmiddle-schooler girls in the class were standing besides each other.

"Hmmmmm~, everybody seems to be even more energetic than usual-de Gozaru. What about you Mana? What's your opinion of our new sensei-de Gozaru?" The buxom, green-haired girl muttered to the other girl with a cat-like smile.

The shrine maiden just unbuttoned her shirt and stayed taciturn in Kaede's small talk, making sure she still had decent enough coverage at the moment. "I don't care. Not interested."

Kaede just lightly giggled at the Tatsumiya girl's attitude. "Oh really? But what if you had a 'job' that required interaction-de Gozaru?"

"Then as a job, I will do what I have to do to the best extent of my ability. Now if were done with this little Q&A, let's get back to-"

Kaede looked up from the binding wraps around her chest and over to the half-Puerto Rican girl that stopped her speech midway. "Mana?"

Mana was looking down between her feet, with a slightly surprised and quiet look on her face. Looking up at her from at her feet was a certain red, short, seven-tailed fox with a tilt of its head.

Mana narrowed her eyes and shooed the little animal away from her with a tap of her foot. The little creature started strutting through the field of legs and jumped up on Negi's desk. He turned on the spot and looked straight at all of the girl's with a dozy, tired mug.

Sakurako was one of the first who took notice of the small fox's presence. "Oh hey, it's Kyūbi-chan. What's he doing in here?"

When she said that, several other girls started coming around the desktop to see the little fox lick his paws. "Maybe Uzumaku-sensei accidentally left him behind?"

"Didn't he say that the poor thing had a lot of issues?"

Kyūbi was silently seething/listening to the false details about him being formed from Naruto's lies. Now it was his turn for payback.

The small demon started blinking his eyes and formed the slowest, widest yawn an adorable, cute little creature could make. Because in his experience if a small animal was doing something unbearably sweet in front of girls, that was like shooting fish in a barrel.

And in front of all these middle-school girls...

"Soooo cute~!"

'Nailed it.'

"Awww~, I want one."

"He's not mean at all!"

Kyūbi started being picked up and played with by a few of the more outgoing girls.

"Why are his tails split up like that?" Haruna asked as the Mangaka held him at arm's length and examined the bored fox.

"U-um-" A short, purple-haired girl weakly mumbled while standing behind her bespectacled friend. "If he has more than one tail, then perhaps he was born with a kind of m-mutation."

The bustier girl looked over to her friend as she tried to hide her eyes behind her long bangs. "Mutation?

"Yes. It's not that uncommon for some animals to experience a genetic deformation like that in wildlife." Another, shorter girl with similar purple hair said besides her best friend. She continued talking with a similar bored, stoic expression like the fox in Haruna's hands. "It is possible that while he was out in the natural wildlife he came across a type of hazardous material that forced him to change like that, maybe something like a river in a foreign country that was saturated with radioactive waste. But it is far more probable that he was simply born with that defect due to a hereditary change in his genetic code. Uzumaki-sensei most likely picked him up as a pet due to him being shunned by the rest of his species for his differences."

Haruna looked back to the fox after her friend's cold examination of his physical state. She then smiled and looked over at her shorter friend, putting Kyūbi directly in front of her. "Hey Yue, what does the fox say?"

Yue just stared at the fox with an unchanged expression and blinked. "I'm not going to fall for that again Haruna."

"C'mon...make my day."

Kyūbi just ignored the conversation around him and focused on looking at all of the girls. He had done a lot of things to get back at that annoying whiskered bastard but this was definitely one of his best torments yet.

As he was looking around his eyes locked with another pair of crystal clear blue eyes at the other side of the room. A little blonde girl, possibly the youngest girl in the class, was just keeping her glare focused on the fox whose eyes had landed on her. They just stared at each other, not making a move or chance to look away.

Haruna stopped her laughing and looked around the room, noticing that a lively pink-haired girl was absent from their class. "Hey, where's Maki-chan?"

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"U-umm, Takamichi...is he okay?" The short red-head asked the taller man in the white suit.

Takamichi just shook his head, "I couldn't tell you honestly."

Naruto was kneeling besides the wall, covering his eyes and mumbling something about a 'god damn fleabag'.

The young Uzumaki boy was currently trying his best to clear his mind and hide the burning red blush on his face. But he was finding both tasks extremely difficult when you have the real-time images of almost three dozen beautiful girls running through his head.

He was worried when he walked out of the classroom and realized that the little furry bastard was absent from his spot on his shoulder. And when he was getting anxious about his location, he felt a tug in his head telling him that Kyūbi wanted to open the mental link the former Jinchūriki and Biju shared.

The moment he did that, he got an eyeful of all of his new students in their underwear, talking to each other about a bunch of different stuff.

Freakin' fox, this was how he wanted to get back at him?! This was fucking embarrassing, he wasn't going to be able to look these girls in the eye anymore without going back to this. And normally he wouldn't be so opposed to a wonderful sight like this, except he felt dirty seeing this without their knowledge.

Like what Raka-Ji does sometimes in those cities that had bathhouses. Oh god that just made it 100 times worse.

To disconnect the link between them he just needed to focus and concentrate on clearing his head. But that wasn't really an option right-

Wow, do girls really wear underwear like that?

"Hey Naruto-kun, come over here for a second."

Naruto shook his head clear of temptation and got up to walk over to his friend. Takamichi smiled and gestured his hand to the shorter teacher besides him. "We have to go in a minute to meet your next class with Nitta-sensei so I want you to get a proper introduction before you go. Naruto-kun, I want you to meet Negi Springfield-kun."

The short Welsh boy inclined his head to look up at the taller man in front of him. He nervously clenched the large staff in his hand and took a deep breath before bowing his head. "Hello Naruto Uzumaki-sensei. I hope you will be able to enjoy your time working with us and if you ever need help, do not hesitate to ask me."

Just as he'd expect from a kid, he was about as short as he was when he was 10. But with how he acted and behaved, he was almost nothing like his father. He was polite and well-behaved, apparently very respectful to everyone he met and was embarrassed when he did something silly. And he held that huge staff close to his chest like a brat with a security blanket.

And even though he didn't know Naruto, he looked up to the stranger with a warm and kind smile. Like he wasn't afraid or scared of him.

He was...just like them.

Naruto blinked his eyes to get his bearings back and nodded his head with a smile. "Yes, it's an honor to meet you Negi Springfield-sensei." He extended his hand out to the younger boy, "I'm looking forward to-"

"Sensei! Sensei!"

The tension was interrupted when a worried voice pierced the air in a panic. The teachers looked over to see a panicking, blue-haired girl in her sports clothes running as fast as she could over to them. "We have a really big problem! It's Makie!"

After she said that, all of the windows and doors to the classroom slammed open with all the girls, still in their underwear, pushing each other out of the way to see what was happening. Asuna looked at Ako in worry, "What happened to Maki-chan?!"

"A-Asuna-San!" Negi sputtered while waving his arms in front of his face.

"Oh come on Bells, put something on!" Naruto yelled while covering his eyes from the second helping of the view.

When he said that the girls finally realized that they were currently open for all three teachers to see them half-naked with no restrictions. Asuna looked down at her state of undress and started to feel an atomic blush rush on her face. "Eh-"

"KYYAAAAAAAA!"

The door and windows slammed shut and Negi, Naruto and Takamichi were left standing outside, shocked and silent. Ako walked forward with her hands at her chest before she looked over at the teachers and realized there was someone in the group she had never met. "O-oh, I'm sorry, are you new here?"

Naruto just laughed dejectedly, "Don't get me started."

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After Uzumaki-sensei and Takamichi had left, Negi and the now fully clothed 3-A class charged down to the infirmary.

Negi was looking down in concern at the unconscious girl in the infirmary bed. It was strange to see the usually energetic, bubbly girl look so still and inactive. Even as she shuffled under the sheets and got comfortable in her sleep, he couldn't help but worry about what could have done this.

All of the girls in his class were talking about some kind of vampire in Sakura Lane, the same place Makie-San was found unconscious. And there was a faint, weak magical power being expelled around her body.

It couldn't be...right?

"Negi? Why'd you go all quiet like that?"

Negi was brought out of his thought when his twin-tailed roommate got his attention. He turned around and smiled at her, "It's nothing Asuna-San. Makie-San most likely only went through a little anemic experience and passed out. She should be better than ever when she wakes up again. Also Asuna-San, I'm going to be out late tonight so I won't be able to make it in time for dinner."

"O-oh, okay." Asuna looked down at her free-loading roommate teacher and felt worried about the smile he had on when he said that. It was the same kind of smile he had on when he said not to worry about anything in Library Island, which meant he was trying to hide something from them.

She was about to pester him about it when she noticed a folded piece of paper tucked underneath his lapel.

She grabbed his head and stopped him in place. "A-Asuna-San?! Wh-what are you-"

"Shut up for a second brat." She pulled the piece of paper off of his suit and looked at it. "What are you doing putting notes on your suit like this? What kind of teacher are you supposed to be, huh?"

Negi just stared up at her blankly before taking the piece of paper and unfolding it. He looked down at the note and the message in crude, rushed writing.

Meet me on the roof after classes.

Come alone.

Negi's eyes widened and he took a slow gulp of the lump in his throat. Asuna took notice of his worry, "Negi?"

"I-it's nothing Asuna-San! I just had a meeting I had to go to after classes and I forgot I had a note to remind me! Thank you. Now everyone, let's get back to class, the school day isn't up yet!"

"Aghhhhhhhh!" Everyone groaned after the excitement finally faded.

As the class walked back to their Homeroom, the child genius worried about the collapse of his student and the note on his person. Were the two connected? When did they have time to get close to him? Were...were they still here now?

Whatever it was, Negi couldn't help but worry

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After the bell had rung and the sun had started to fall in the distance, Negi finally walked out onto the roof of the academy building. He was taking several nervous breathes and gripped the staff in his hands as tight as he could. He was scared. Really scared. But that wasn't going to stop him from getting to the bottom of this.

"H-hello? I-um-I found your note that asked me to come up here after the school let out? It said you wanted to talk to me?"

His questions just echoed in the silence of the vacant rooftop. He felt a soft wind blow over the building and cause his hair and suit to waver slightly.

"Hello? Anyone?"

"Yeah. That was me."

Negi stiffened and spun around, seeing his new blond assistant coming out of the doorway. He was scratching the back of his head and had his suit jacket open and his tie undone. He opened his eyes and kept his firm gaze on the nervous red-headed boy across from him. "Sorry, there were more teacher meetings then I was expecting and I ran a little late."

He stayed silent for a moment before he walked forward and stood in front of the shorter boy. Negi stiffened and felt his arms and legs shake as Naruto approached him. If-if he had to resort to fighting Naruto, then he would-

Naruto grasped Negi's shoulder and reached behind his head, causing the young boy to gasp and start to sweat in fear. Naruto's hand turned, reached closer to the back of his neck and-

Pulled out the scrunchie holding together his ponytail.

Negi's unruly hair fell to his shoulder and his eyes deformed to little black dots. "Eh?"

Naruto had a large smile on his face and held the scrunchie in his hand, "Sorry about that. I know it was sudden but I just wanted to see if you really looked liked him when your hair was down." He looked back down at the confused little boy and felt his smile go softer and his eyes become more nostalgic. "You're like his splitting image."

Negi still felt very confused and uncertain about what was happening. "W-Whom do I look like?"

"Nagi."

Negi's eyes widened in disbelief when the whiskered man said that. "Nagi? Do-do you know my father?"

Naruto nodded his head, "Yep. When I was a little younger than you are now, I used to travel around with him and his friends. But I had to leave and they haven't been together since." He saw Negi's wide eyes fully concentrated on him and brimming with excitement. Naruto bent down on one knee and handed the boy's scrunchie back to him, "I'm sorry, this must all seem a little weird to you."

"N-no...it's just that you kind of-well-caught be by surprise." Negi hesitantly took his hair band out of the strange man's hand and looked at it absentmindedly. Before looking back up at the smiling blond in front of him, "Uzumaki-sensei, who are you? Why are you here?"

Naruto readjusted and sat cross-legged in front of Negi, the young Springfield boy doing the same as he collected his hair together again. "Takamichi is one of my old friends. He contacted me last week saying that he had an open job position here that would be perfect for me. And since I just sort of wandering from place to place I thought it wouldn't be too bad to see what there was to offer here."

"Ooooh." Negi was now giving Naruto his full attention as he explained what had brought him here. "And the reason to stay, what made you take this job-I-if you don't mind me asking?"

"Well I haven't seen Michi in a little over a year so I thought it would be cool to see how he was doing here. And also," Naruto looked off to the side for a moment with a distant look in his eyes. "There was someone here I haven't seen in a while, so I thought I would check up on them...but it looks like I didn't have to." He had a bit if a sad look hidden behind his smile.

"Who were you looking for Uzumaki-sensei?"

"Ah it doesn't matter anymore. And you don't have to call me Uzumaki, just Naruto is fine with me."

Negi blushed embarrassingly at his inexperienced social wording and scratched his cheek, "O-oh, um, okay b-but-"

"But one of the biggest reason I decided to take this job..." Naruto looked down at the younger boy with a big smile on his face, "I wanted to meet you personally."

"Eh?"

"Takamichi told me about you. Nagi's son. Apparently a genius prodigy who's already teaching a middle school class in one of the most renowned school's in Japan. Not a bad résumé to have before you even turn ten, kudos." Naruto nudged Negi's shoulder with a sly, Cheshire smile on his face.

Negi rubbed the back of his head and chuckled reluctantly. "O-oh no, I'm not as good as you think-"

"Hey." Naruto lightly chopped Negi's head to silence his belittling of his own skills. "Don't take yourself so lightly. I do know that you got your class up to first place last week in its final exam. And that's not something anyone else in this school has ever been able to do in such short time, even Takamichi. I thinks that a pretty great accomplishment you should be proud of kiddo."

Negi looked up at the older boy with admiration for his words of encouragement. He gave a wide smile and nodded his head rapidly, "Right, Uzumaki-sensei!"

"What did I tell you before?"

"S-sorry."

Naruto just laughed and dismissed his apology with a smile. "Listen, if you ever need help with anything, just come and ask me alright."

Negi looked up at him with a twinkle in his eyes and an excited gasp. "Could you tell me stories about what my father was like? When you have the time, I mean."

"Sure. And if you want I'll help you with lessons, work, and if you ever need help with your ma-"

*Ring*Ring*

Naruto stopped talking and reached into his pocket, pulling out the vibrating phone and answering it. "Hello?... Hey Michi I was just... What? Already? That was quick... Okay... Okay... And I have to meet them where?... Alright...don't worry I'll be there on time... Yeah. Hey, you've still got that little bastard with you right? Because I don't need to run over the campus looking for his little scheming ass if... Alright... Yeah... Okay, bye."

Naruto turned his phone off and pushed himself up off his knees. "I'm sorry, I've got to get going to my next assignment. If I don't, Michi and the Ol'Geezer are gonna be on me for hours."

Negi pushed off the ground and tried to get some of the feeling back into his legs. "No, I understand. Takamichi also made me do paperwork and other assignments when I started working here too. I understand how important it is for you to keep to your schedule."

"Yeah. It's a pain but it comes with the job. So..." Naruto smoothly turned to the young man and held his fist out in front of Negi.

Negi looked at the fist in confusion before looking up at Naruto with a quizzical look. "Huh?"

Naruto realized what had happened and he pulled it back, a small red flush of embarrassment on his face. "Sorry about that. It's just that when I used to hang with Nagi, he made me punch our fists together when we did something cool or when one of us had to leave. It's just a stupid little habit him and his friends did when-"

"W-wait!" Negi desperately asked as he looked up at Naruto with an eager gleam in his eyes. When the whiskered blond looked down at him again, Negi was looking at his feet and nervously fiddling with his staff. "If it's something you and my father used to do, then-um-could-could we do it too? Please?"

Naruto stayed silent for a moment before a soft smile formed on his face and he held his fist out for the Welsh boy to bump against. Negi nervously tightened his hand and gently touched his fist against Naruto's. His eyes lit up and he smiled up at the older boy.

Naruto chuckled, "I can't wait to start working with you, Negi."

Negi nodded his head furiously, "Yeah! I can't wait Uzu- Naruto-San!"

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Done

The what does the fox say reference was in there because I just couldn't pass that up. And just to make it easier, I'll be adding other jokes and stuff from recent years because this is middle-school and kids in those years make jokes like that a lot. Plus it's more fun for me to do this in present timeline.

I know the fist bump thing may seem stupid but I love how they used it in Naruto to convey their trust. And plus, it just seems like the kind of thing you would see Nagi and Rakan do with each other. In my opinion, if its good enough for Negi and Kotarou, it's good enough for me.

Did you guys know that since there were so many adaptions of Negima in Manga and Anime, you'll lose track of the characters real eye and hair color if you follow just one media. I had to use a chart on TV Tropes to know what every character actually looked like. That's where I found out that Kazumi has pink hair and Setsuna has brown.

And that's about five minutes of your time wasted right here.

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