The Knight of Mahora Academy
Period 7: Descent of The Vampire
So from the recent chapters of UQ Holder; Kuromaru is actually completely gender less until they reach 16 years old, Touta is showing off his awesome talent at martial arts by playing footsie with everything he touches and the closest thing we have to Rakan in the series turns out to be an immortal hunting werewolf.
Okay. Now I'm hyped.
And seeing Touta brush his teeth with his feet reminds me of those mad-fellows guys from Futurama.
Also, to any Gintama fans. This is a personal recommendation; Watch The Final Chapter!
I don't really believe they are finishing with the Gintama anime because its so popular and well-received that they will probably bring it back in a few years. But if this really was the final anime, they did the final chapter stupendously. It's hilarious, it's awesome, it's action packed, it's rude, it's witty, it's heartwarming, its tear jerking, its got pantomiming, it's got Gintoki posing as a man with a penis for a head.
What else can I say? It was just pure Gintama.
And it was worth it.
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Kyūbi was resting on the couch/Naruto's bed as he watched the Little Red Moron, the Bell girl and the rat all talked around the table about something useless. He had been watching over the brat for the last few days to make sure this Evangeline woman didn't make any moves on him.
However the only thing he saw that was really evil was the stupid rat that kept trying to pimp out the kid for a Pactio. From the moment he started watching over the little brat, that ermine tried to pair him up with a young nervous girl with big bangs. And after pressuring him to kiss the girl, that Bell girl came in and squashed him like a pancake.
God that was too funny. He actually fell over laughing in the bushes when he saw that.
And then when it came to try again, it finally got a dud Pactio between the boy and the Bell-wearing Little Princess. But the fox decided to keep that little tidbit of information away from Naruto until it would make him freak out the most.
Yesterday, after forming the dud Pactio, they started following some weird green-haired girl that played with kittens. And they mentioned her being the partner of the Eva woman they were worrying about. After following her the entire day and watching her take care of the people around the school, the Little Red Moron and Bell girl decided to attack her. But just as they were about to finish it, the kid had a change of heart and redirected the attack at himself.
Pfft, kids these days. What happened to the good old days when they just plain slaughtered each other for the most meaningless crap?
Chamo paced along the table in thought, "Okay so let's look over what we know. There's a vampire trapped here in this school because Aniki's dad, The Thousand Master, sealed her here and never let her go before he passed away. She wants Aniki's blood because if she bleeds him dry, she'll be able to undo the magic seal and finally escape from the school. And if that wasn't bad enough, she's also got what we can call a 'Metallic Saint' at her side at all times which, from the fun little experience we had yesterday, shows we can't attack her because she's just too nice."
"She saved the little kitten! I had a momentary lapse of judgement Chamo-kun! Stop reminding me!"
"So the forces we have to fight against the ancient vampire Mage worth $6 Million in bounty and her super sentient robot partner are; an underage Mage, an Ane-San who doesn't have any fighting experience and me, the great ermine fairy." The entire little group was silent for a moment as that statement on their current standing in this fight floated in the air, "What do we do know?"
"Call a funeral parlor and set ourselves up?"
"That ain't funny Ane-San! Don't make this situation anymore bleak than it already is!"
Asuna just held her hands up defensively, "Okay, okay. It was just a joke. Let's think this through. Negi, what do you think-" Asuna saw Negi's shoulders were trembling and his face was shadowed by his hair, "Huh? Negi?"
"Waaaaaahhhhhhhh! I don't want to have a funeral after fighting Evangeline-San!" Negi wailed sadly as he jumped out the window with his staff and flew through the sky of the academy.
"Ah! Negi! Where the hell are you going?!" Asuna stood there with a hand extended at his retreating figure before he was completely gone from sight.
"Ane-San! This is all because you made that stupid joke!"
"I didn't know he was gonna react like that! Dammit!" She ran through the door with the ermine jumping on her shoulder, "Negi! Don't you run away you little brat!"
Negi was silently sobbing and wiping away his tears with his sleeve. "*Sniff*Sniff* Thi-this is for the best. If I stayed, then-then I would keep causing trouble for everybody. This way, Asuna-San doesn't have to fight or get hurt. And everyone in class won't be affected by Evangeline-San if she can't get what she was after..."
Negi's attempt to convince himself pathetically fizzled out when he started to feel like he ran away. He looked around and saw that the academy had disappeared and was now replaced with mountains and forest life. He looked back forward and thought about the idea of running home to Wales, back to Onee-chan and Anya. But what would they say if they saw him run back home after only a month of being away. "Oh...I can't keep running away from my problems...but I'm just so scared. What should I do?"
"You could nut up and kick the ass of the bitch screwing you over. That usually works to stop all my problems."
Negi sniffed his nose and looked down dejectedly, "It sounds easy but I couldn't beat Evangeline-San like that. I'd need time and preparation to even hold a candle to her and-" He raised his head when he noticed that there was an unfamiliar voice talking to him out of thin air. "Um, who said that?"
He looked all around him until he finally noticed that a certain seven-tailed little fox had hitched a ride on the back of his staff. "O-oh, Kyūbi-kun. What are you doing here? You shouldn't ride on my staff like that it's far too danger- AH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON HERE?! Oh no! Oh no no no no no no, I kidnapped Naruto-San's pet! He's going to be so cross with me!"
Kyūbi just watched the little red-head as he had a meltdown in the middle of flying his staff, ignoring the incoming tree-top that they were most certainly going to hit.
"And now he knows I use magic too. I-I have to erase his memory. B-but he's just a little animal, that'd be cruel. And-and it's not like he'll be able to tell anybody about this. Ah, what do I do-what do I do-what do I- Oh no!" Negi noticed too late that they had dipped too low into the forest and slammed into the top of a tree, spinning out of control and falling off.
Before he started falling he grabbed the free-falling fox and held him close to his body. They fell through the air and landed in a small pond, making a big splash. Negi pulled himself out of the water with the fox still in his arms, shaking its head to dry his ears.
Negi looked around at the unfamiliar place, clutching onto the fox for security. He tried to call his staff back with his magic but found that no matter how hard he tried nothing came. He sat down on the floor and started sobbing lightly, "What do I do now?"
Oh god this was going to go on forever if he didn't say something.
"Ne~, what are you doing all the way out here Negi-bouzu?"
The boy and the fox looked towards the person coming out of the shadows to see a full-figured woman in a baggy green Shinobi suit. She waved her hand at her young lost teacher.
Negi's eyes widened in surprise when he saw his student in the middle of the forest, "N-Nagase-San!"
"Yo Sensei, de-Gozaru."
'Fantastic. I thought I was done with all this ninja crap.'
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Konoka was making a very early breakfast as the sound from the shower was lulling in the background. She was humming a little tune as she flipped the eggs and bacon.
"Yawwwwww~. Ah, seriously Negi, I can't believe you just ran off like that. We were stuck in the forest looking for you all night. I barely got any sleep."
"I-I'm really sorry Asuna-San. I didn't know you were gonna come looking for me-"
"Of course I was going to come look for you, you idiot!" The door to their room opened up and the little oddball group walked back inside. "If I left you alone for even a day, you'd probably break down and start crying uncontrollably."
Konoka looked over to her friends as they walked back in their room. Asuna looked very disheveled and tired, twigs and leaves in her hair and bags under her eyes. And Negi's ermine on her shoulder, also with glazed over eyes from the all-nighter they spent looking for Negi. Negi on the other hand looked totally find and rested, with Kyūbi in his arms with the same bored expression on his fuzzy face.
"Asuna! Negi-kun! I was so worried about you two! You were gone all night! I was gonna call Grandpa and set up a search party!" She said as she ran over to her two roommates and started doting on them like a fussy mom. "Are you all right?"
"Y-yes, we are okay Konoka-San."
"He's right Konoka, don't worry. Negi was just being an idiot and ran off all night. I was looking for him and got lost. But we're back now so no problem." Asuna rubbed some of the sand out of her eyes and yawned, "I'm gonna take a nap."
"Oh Asuna, that doesn't seem like nothing." She looked back to the little Welsh boy and smiled dearly, "Negi-kun, do you want something to eat? I was just making breakfast and I could make you some sunny-side eggs?"
Negi smiled at her offer, "Oh yes please Konoka-San! I'd love some-wait? Konoka-San, classes aren't for another two hours...what are you doing up so early?"
Konoka stood back up and giggled, "She wasn't here so Asuna forgot to turn off her alarm to wake her up for the paper delivery. It took us awhile but we finally got out of bed and turned it off. I couldn't go back to sleep after that."
"Ah dammit." Asuna groaned as she took off her shirt and changed into her PJ's for some well deserved sleep. "I forgot I had paper duty today! Ah, and I didn't even call in to tell Yamamoto-San I wasn't going to make it! Ahh crud, they're going to be so mad at me!"
While Negi looked really guilty about what happened, Konoka just laughed as Asuna thrashed around in bed. She looked up to see Konoka make light of her issues, "What's so funny?"
"Well I was going to call in and tell Yamamoto-San that you weren't able to make the shift today, but..." She just smiled and tilted her head in the super happy manner Asuna had grown accustomed with, "Someone took up your shift and delivered all the papers under your route."
Asuna lifted her head and looked at Konoka like she was crazy, "What? Who would do something stupid like that?"
"What's stupid is the number of papers you deliver around town by just running Bells."
Naruto came out of the bathroom, drying his hair with one of the towels and already dressed in most of his school suit. Asuna looked at him in disbelief, "Whiskers? You delivered all my papers?"
"Yep." Naruto said simply as he flapped open the towel and put it back on the hook, "And I had no idea where I was going so I got lost for like 30 minutes. But I think I made all the drop-offs on time."
Asuna looked at Naruto in complete bewilderment before she lowered herself into her pillow and looked up at Naruto, "You didn't have to do that."
"I know I didn't. But Konoka-San told me why you did it and I thought if you were gone you needed someone to take over for a little bit." Naruto absentmindedly said as he put his suit jacket on and adjusted it to his comfort.
Asuna buried her face and blushed a little at his kind, selfless act. "Thank you."
"Don't mention it."
"Wow~."
Negi and Konoka were both looking at the scene with wide eyes and dreamy smiles, like they had just scene a touching scene of blossoming romance from a cheesy movie. "Naruto-San, you're so kind for helping Asuna-San like that!"
"You're so cool Naruto-kun!"
"Sh-shut up Negi, Konoka!"
"Yeah yeah, whatever you say." He looked down at the fox in Negi's arms, "Looks like you guys had a fun time."
Negi came back to reality and realized he was still holding onto the blond's pet. "O-oh! I-I'm so sorry Naruto-San! Kyūbi-kun followed me yesterday when I saw fl-running off and he didn't leave my side. I'm sorry if you were worried about him."
"To be honest I didn't even notice he was gone until just now. Oh well."
Negi and Asuna fell out of their respective places and face faulted from his ridiculous indifference to the fox's safety. As Kyūbi squirmed his way out of Negi's arms, Naruto looked down at the young boy with a sympathetic smile. "What about you Negi, you feeling any better about your problem now?"
"H-huh? Oh..." Negi fixed the little glasses on his nose and looked up at Naruto with a calm smile, "It's all right now Naruto-San. I'm going to do my best to fix this problem as much as I can. And if I fail, well, it isn't going to be the end of the world."
"Well said buddy." Naruto smiled and nodded his head, ruffling Negi's hair brotherly, "That's a great mindset to face a problem. And if you ever need help, just come to me and I promise I'll come running."
"Hai!" Negi replied with a big smile at his new friend's concern.
"Well I'm off. Got some work to do before school starts. See ya Negi, Konoka-San, sleep tight Bells. Ciao little rat thing." Kyūbi jumped onto Naruto's shoulder as he walked out of the room with a piece of toast in his mouth.
"Oh, Naruto-kun's trying to act like he wasn't worried. That so cute."
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Kaede was walking back to her dorm room she shared with the twins, her signature smile and a packed tent on her back. She wanted to beat the rush of students going to classes before she sensed a presence appear close to her. "Ah, what can I do for you today Naruto-sensei, de-Gozaru?"
Naruto was leaning against the wall of a store and rubbing his neck. "Well, that was faster than I expected. You really can expect such from a ninja."
"Ninja?" Kaede asked questioningly with a simple smile and her eyes still shut like she didn't understand what he was saying, "I have absolutely no idea what you are inquiring like that Sensei, de-Gozaru?"
"Yeah, and there isn't such thing as magic in this world." He smiled and pushed off the building to walk over to the taller beauty, "You know I was going to be a ninja myself when I grew up."
Kaede seemed quite intrigued by that little confession from her new whiskered teacher, "Really? What stopped to you then, de-Gozaru?"
"Well I guess you could say I moved away before I could start training. But it's all right, I'm a pretty good Mage now and that makes up for it."
"Hmmm, I can see you hold much confidence in your abilities Sensei, de-Gozaru. Perhaps you can come up to the mountains sometime and train with me. I would love to see the kind of skills you gained after missing out on being a ninja."
"Heh, sure. Maybe some other time." Naruto smiled and walked in front of her, "But first I need to get this out of the way."
He bowed his head deeply in front of the green-brown-haired girl, "Thank you very much for watching over Negi and helping him in the forest yesterday."
"Now now, there's no reason for you to bow your head Sensei de-Gozaru. It was my pleasure to help Negi-bouzu in his time of need." She said with a wave of her hand to dismiss his worry, "But I'm far more interested in how you knew I helped him when he needed it, de-Gozaru?"
"Well, let's just say a little fuzzball helped fill in the blanks."
"Ah, I knew there was something different about that fox. He is your familiar and he told you everything that happened, right de-Gozaru?"
"Um, yeah, he told me. Sure let's go with that."
"Hmmm, this is going to be quite an interesting year." The ninja girl walked past the blond and bowed her head respectfully, "I hope you watch over us diligently during your time here Naruto-sensei."
Naruto nodded and waved the girl off. After she vanished from sight and it was just them alone, Naruto rubbed the back of his neck uncomfortably, "Um, Kyūbi, next time you have to stick to someone, can you not stick with them the entire time?"
Kyūbi looked over at Naruto with a ticked off face, "I stayed by his side because you told me to. I was just brought into that bath because the Little Red Moron and Ninja Girl forced me in. I didn't even want to have a bath."
"Yeah, I know that. But did you really have to use the Sense Share while you were bathing?"
"What? Having a hard time getting the Ninja Girl's body out of your head?"
Naruto's face turned a furious red as the images of Kaede's developed body and curves flashed through his head, "It's stuck in my head. It just won't go."
"See, I knew it. All humans are just lust and sex in a flashy bag."
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Setsuna was practicing her basics in the forest after classes were through. She didn't have any Kendo club duties and Ojou-sama was busy with her fortune-telling. She wasn't going to be done for another few hours so the Sakurazaki woman was taking this time to refine her style with a wooden sword.
Taking a moment to pause and compose herself for another few rounds of shadow-sparring, she took note of when a certain person started to step into her field of sensory.
"Still getting in some practice even when school just finished? Man, the Shinmei-Ryū really stick to their guns when it comes to their jobs. That or you're all just workaholics."
Setsuna looked over to where Naruto was calmly walking into her training field while waving at her. She turned back to her sword training and tried to ignore his presence in favor of her kendo, "Good evening Sensei. Is there a reason you have come all the way out here after school to find me? To ask me a question maybe?"
"Nope. I just came out here to see what one of my students was doing." He replied to her with a big smile on his face, "Is it a crime to be interested in what my students are doing in their free-time?"
"Of course not. You just don't strike me as the kind of teacher to be interested in his students like that." Naruto just shrugged his shoulders at her cold statement as Setsuna looked back at him, "Where is the devil fox?"
"What, Kyūbi? He's just keeping an eye on Negi and everyone else. Just in case."
"In case of what?"
"Nothing." Naruto walked over out of her way and sat on the ground.
Setsuna looked at him questioningly, "What are you doing Sensei?"
"I just wanted to see how you train. It's not everyday you get to see a Shinmei-Ryū swordsman practice up close."
Setsuna looked at the blond uncomfortably. "Do you have to?"
"I promise I won't interfere. Please~?"
Setsuna just grumbled a little and started to continue her training as the scarred-ear teacher watched her. After watching her for some time, Naruto noticed how refined and fast her swings were. She must have practiced and trained intensely for years and years to reach this level. She must have trained to always hold on to that sword even when she couldn't lift her arms anymore.
It was the kind of results you found in a person who trained and fought for a clear purpose.
Naruto tilted his head, "Do you spar with a partner?"
Setsuna stopped in the middle of her swing and looked over to her assistant teacher, "Um, no. I don't have anybody to practice with on a normal basis. The only other person who practices Shinmei-Ryū here is a teacher and she's always busy with her duties."
"What about Captain Trigger Happy?"
"Mana wouldn't train with me unless I paid her to get out of bed. And I don't have the funding to keep that up every time I need to train."
"Well..." Naruto pushed himself up off the ground and dusted off his pants, "Why don't I train with you?"
Setsuna looked him over with a dismissive glance, "I don't have another bokken for you to use."
Naruto picked up two large rocks about the same size as his hands and clapped them together, "There. Rock versus wood."
Setsuna looked at him strangely at his decision of makeshift weaponry, "Do you really think you can beat me with rocks?"
"Well I can train with you with rocks. What I need to be worried about is if you decide to take out that big beauty." Naruto motioned to the covered sword that Setsuna always carried with her, placed leaning against a tree trunk. "Then I'd be screwed."
Setsuna faced the blond and gripped her wooden sword, "Very well. If you insist."
The two teenagers faced across each other, waiting for a chance to start trading blows. Setsuna made the first step, appearing in front of Naruto already and taking a large outward swing at his shoulder.
Naruto blocked it with the back of the rock in his other hand and flipped away from her. After he did, he stepped in and started to swing his arms out to strike with the stones. Setsuna parried his attacks with her blade and started stepping around him to strike at an opening.
But no matter how hard she struck or from whatever angle, Naruto always managed to block her. She continued to add more and more strength into her strikes, just short of using Ki to see how capable this man really was.
Setsuna grasped the hilt with both hands and used a weakened Shinmei-Ryū technique to catch him off guard. But she was surprised when he used his own version of a similar Shinmei-Ryū attack to counter her attack.
Setsuna's eyes widened in surprise before she took a large step back to keep her distance from him. She glared him down, "That was a Shinmei-Ryū technique you just used. How did you do that?"
"Hey, I told you..." Naruto started to flip the rocks around in the air before they landed back in his hand, "I knew a few Shinmei-Ryū people back in the day."
He looked over at the lopsided ponytailed girl and inclined his head, "Hey, can I ask why you are training so hard?"
Setsuna was caught off guard by his question, "W-what?"
"I mean you seem plenty strong and fast enough to fight most average fighters who would try to attack you. I just want to know what it is that's making you push yourself so far to keep getting stronger."
Setsuna looked uncomfortable about the question and lowered her wooden sword to her side, "There's nothing much to my reason for getting stronger Sensei." Setsuna looked off to the side, "I have someone to protect and I need to be strong to do it."
"Yeah but a person won't usually keep training themselves to protect what they're trying to guard. People like that only try to get stronger after they've failed." Naruto's eyes became heavier and clouded in thought, "I know that."
Setsuna's eyes were shadowed from the blond by her hair, "Sakurazaki, you don't have to blame yourself for a-"
Setsuna didn't let him finished as she Shundō forward and obliterated the rocks in his hands with a swing of her sword. She went in to knock the air out of his lungs but Naruto brought his hands together and broke the bokken from both sides.
The pieces of the broken wood fell to their feet as Setsuna lowered her blade to her side, trying to calm herself after that outburst. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay, but still-"
"Sensei, I know you are trying to show concern for me, but I don't need it." Setsuna looked up at Naruto with a subdued pain and iron resolve in her eyes, "I failed my mission a long time ago and I can never make up for that mistake. All I can do is keep training so that I never make a mistake like that again."
She walked over the the trees and over to her sword, "I'll keep training because if I don't, I'll always be the failure I was back then."
Naruto's eyes looked worried at the pain and cold look she had in her eyes, knowing full well what was making her do it. "It's easier to look at the wrongs you did in a job over the good you've done. If you let me help-"
"Sensei..." Setsuna picked her Yuunagi off the ground and swung it over her shoulder by the strap, "I'd rather you would drop this conversation and leave me to myself."
She waited for his argument and planned for a counter to whatever he said. "Okay."
Setsuna opened her eyes and looked over to him as he seemed to oppose his own decision, "If you want, I won't bother you with this again."
"I thought you would have pestered me about it."
"I probably would..." Naruto turned around, "But if it's you who's asking, I can't say no." He whispered under his breath before he started walking away. He waved to her from over his shoulder, "I hope we can talk again soon Sakurazaki. Maybe next time with a little lighter topic on mind."
Setsuna watched as his form melded with the shadows and his presence faded from her senses. She closed her eyes and adjusted the sword over her shoulder. Until she looked down at the broken bokken in her hand and felt her mind wander off somewhere else...
"Secchan! Secchan! Come on! Let's go an' play!"
"Kono-chan I can't! I have to practice or else Sensei will be upset!"
"It's okay Secchan! I'll explain it to Auntie if she gets mad." The little princess grabbed her friend's hand and started pulling her along, "No come on!"
"A-ah wait-no-Kono-chan!"
Setsuna's hand gripped the bokken a little tighter when she remembered those old days when her friend had the purest and most heartfelt smile on her face. She never wanted to spend a single moment away from Setsuna; always sleeping, eating and bathing together. Setsuna was an impurity to the rest of the world. Two portions of a wrong that only made things worse. And no one accepted her for it.
But Konoka was different. She didn't care where she came from, who she was or what she did; she was just the first truest friend either of them ever had.
"Secchan! Help me!"
And she had failed her. The one duty she was given and Setsuna couldn't even keep to it. She didn't deserve anyone after coming so close to losing someone like that. And she didn't deserve Konoka-ojousama's attention anymore...not after almost losing her.
"Ojou-sama..."
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Evangeline was walking out of her stupid classroom after the stupid class was over to go get some stupid lunch. Dammit, this is why she hated coming to class anyway. It was just several straight hours of that little idiot reading from a book as the rest of the class tried to contemplate what he was saying.
The only reason she came to class today was because she felt a small obligation to the Springfield boy after he had helped her with her flu yesterday. And she wasn't certain, but she thought that little bastard had used a spell to look into her personal dreams.
God dammit that little prick was just like that older prick all those years ago.
But at least the day was halfway done. And she had sent Chachamaru to do some research so she should have some good news for her by the time the day is over.
Now, all Evangeline wanted was to buy some coffee milk and relax under the shade of a tree. She came up to one of the vending machines, placed her money in and reached for the button...
And came just short of a few inches from reaching it.
Eva looked at the difference of just a few inches in utter disbelief. She was horrified by how her diminutive stature was ruining her life once again. She started standing on her tip-toes and jumping up a little to reach it but still to no prevail.
"Motherfucker...when I finally get out I'm gonna wipe this place of the fucking-"
A hand pressed the button she was reaching for and she finally got her coffee milk. She looked up at the person who had saved her the trouble and felt a vein pop on her head at the irritating smirk she was met with.
"What's wrong Chibi, you look upset?"
"Oh please, just save me this headache." Eva just pulled the drink out of the machine as a coke fell down in its place. Naruto picked it up and started taking swigs of it, following behind her. "So what, are you here to torment me again?"
"Me? Could it be? Nope. Sorry girl but I'm just thirsty, making your life miserable is just a bonus." Eva grumbled and started drinking her coffee milk to ignore his boasting. "So what exactly are you doing down here with the masses?"
"Ugh, would you stop talking, please. Shouldn't you still be wary of me attacking the brat?"
"You haven't made a real move all week and Negi has done some serious growing. I don't think I need to worry about him."
Eva huffed, "Whatever. I'm just here because I owed the boy a favor for watching out for me while I was sick."
Naruto actually looked surprised at that, "You get sick?"
"Yes, I get sick. I have a weak constitution during Spring and I have an allergy to pollen. Is that a crime dumbass?"
"No. That's not a crime..." They walked besides each other silently as they just each took sips of their drinks. "It's just really, really funny."
"SHUT UP! I DON'T NEED YOUR SNARKY ASS TO KEEP REMINDING ME I'M SCREWED HERE YOU BASTARD!" Eva's hands started to blur and attempt to strike him in the crotch, but Naruto kept moving his hips out of the way while his upper body stayed perfectly in place.
"Gotta try harder than that kid."
"Well, it's good to see you so lively again Evangeline."
"DON'T BE A PEANUT GALLERY TAKAMICHI! I'M GOING TO MURDER THIS MAN AND DISPOSE OF THE BODY!"
"Well I'd like if that could wait." The dandy looking teacher said as he walked up to the arguing blondes, "Evangeline, do you mind giving Naruto-kun and I some space?"
Eva stopped trying to attack and flicked her hair back, "Get away from this idiot? Gladly." She turned away and waited silently for a second...
*Thwack*
"OW! Fuck!" Naruto yelled as he covered his gut after Eva had jabbed it. She had sprinted away after that little sneak attack and was already gone from sight, "Yeah I hoped you liked that! That's the only one you're gonna get you little bitch!"
"Are you two having a fight or something?"
"Nope. But how many times do you get to say stuff like that to the scourge of the Magical World and not get killed immediately after?"
"Oh, so you heard about that."
"Please tell me it really wasn't Nagi that did it."
"Well I could, but I don't usually want to make lying a habit."
"Ugh, great." Naruto took a sip of his coke and looked to his old friend, "What's up Michi?"
"Well, twice a year we have to turn off the electrical grid in the academic district of the city so that we can run maintenance on our systems. And once in a while, we have some trouble makers and naughty kids escape at night to have fun. Graffiti, pranking, boy's and girls visiting each other for, well you know."
"Makes sense."
"Well I have a pile up of papers I need to take care of but I'm also part of the watch tonight. So could you take over for my part in the teacher patrol? It's just making sure none of the students sneak out of their rooms. It's just for a few hours and it isn't too much trouble."
"Are you seriously pushing the busy work on your junior Michi? Heh, and I thought you were better than that." Takamichi just dryly chuckled and scratched the back of his head. "Okay. Sure, I'll take care of it."
"Thank you Naruto-kun! I'll make sure to buy you some ramen as payback!" Michi was running off and waving goodbye to his old friend as Naruto waved back.
"Ah man, and now I don't get to annoy Evangeline anymore. I wanted to stick to her like a cat to fish or some-"
Naruto's eyes widened in shock and his hands fell to his side. The coke fell out of his hands and splashed on the ground. His eyes were roaming around in his head.
"I...I remember now..."
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"Hey! Hey Konoka!" Haruna waved to her friend as she was standing out of the huge pile of people desperately grabbing for a 'Blackout Care Package'. Alongside her were her partners in crime, the timid Nodoka and the reclusive Yue.
Their air-headed friend was standing outside of the small mosh pit with the familiar fox they had come to know from class. Konoka looked over to her friends and waved, "Hey Paru, Nodoka, Yue. What are you all doing?"
"We came for the sale." Haruna said as she scratched the fox underneath his chin. "This is the only chance we're gonna have all day to grab the good supplies."
"Yeah, that's true."
Nodoka looked down at the cute little fox and rubbed the top of his head, scratching his ears. "What are you doing here Konoka?"
"Well I had to grab my supply package too silly. Why else would I be here?"
All three of the girls looked between Konoka to the large pit of people and back to Konoka. Yue looked at her friend blankly, "You know Konoka, half of waiting in line for something is to actually be in line."
"Oh don't worry Yue, I have someone helping me with that."
"What do you-"
"Hey Konoka!" The four girls saw Asuna and Negi walk up to them while they were talking.
"Hey Asuna, Negi-kun. Welcome to the party." The girls waved to their kid Sensei, Nodoka bowing respectfully to him with a fresh blush on her face. Negi only smiled and bowed back, making her blush even worse.
Negi looked at what was happening around them, "What's going on? Why is everyone crowding around the school store?"
"Well it's because we have to prepare for the blackout tonight."
Asuna placed her fist in her palm in realization, "Oh yeah! I forgot that was today!"
"T-the blackout?"
"It's a procedure the school does twice a year for the sake of maintenance." Yue added while taking a break from drinking her juice box, "All the lights will be off from 8 to 12 PM."
"Oh, I think they covered that in the teacher meeting the other day."
"Teehee, watch this Negi-kun." Haruna said as she curled up her sleeves, "I'm about to show you how middle-school girls fight for what they want."
"You get 'em Paru!" Asuna yelled as Nodoka and Yue started waving signs to cheer on their best friend.
"Oh that's all right Paru. We've got an inside man on the job."
The girls and Negi all looked back at Konoka in confusion, "Huh?"
She covered one side of her mouth like a megaphone, "Can you grab two instead, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto popped out of the top of the crowded students like a groundhog as he struggled to pull out a box of supplies, "Hey-HEY! I'm the teacher-stop! Don't grab there! No pulling!" He ducked back in and they could still hear his grunts of effort coming out of the mob.
Naruto stumbled out of the crowd with a box under each arm, his hair and clothes disheveled from the grabbing. "I got 'em! It costed me some hair, a wedgie and a slightly bruised case of dignity but I got 'em!"
He ran over and handed on to Asuna, "This one's for us." And he turned and faced towards the library trio, "And this one is for...damn, I'm drawing a blank. I'm sorry but..."
"It's fine Sensei, we understand how difficult it is to learn so many names when you have other duties to concentrate on. I am Yue Ayase, Seat #4. And this is Nodoka Miyazaki, Seat #27. Don't worry if she doesn't say anything to you, she does that with a lot of people."
"Y-Yue, d-don't say that!"
"It's true though."
"Where have I heard that name before..." Naruto clasped his chin in thought before he realized where he had heard the short girl's name, "Oh yeah! Baka-Bl- oh sorry."
Yue looked completely indifferent at the slip in his tongue as she stopped drinking from her juice, "It's all right Sensei, I know full well that I am referred to as Baka-Black in our classroom. But I also know that it is simply a moniker placed on me to help comically distinguish those of the class that are far more academically challenged than everybody else."
"Yue-chan! Don't admit that! If you keep siding with them than all that Baka Ranger crap is never going to stop!"
"It's quite all right Asuna-San, despite the harsh tone of the name Baka Rangers there is no malice intent directed to us as a group. On the contrary, our classmates look to us as a source of comic relief and merriment to lessen the stresses of teenage life they experience on a normal basis. Such as having a hard time translating the paragraphs from the textbooks, stuttering when we are asked a mathematical question and even, on those rather dreaded experiences, having to play a game of Strip Baseball in class."
Asuna sniffed and wiped some tears, "It's not fair how they always play that to get us naked."
Naruto just blinked in confusion at the large forehead girl's extremely detailed summarization of her nickname. He leaned in towards Negi, "She doesn't sound stupid at all."
"Oh yes, Ayase-San is actually quite smart and could get much better grades if she tried. It's just..."
"I hate to study."
"Oh..." Naruto stood back up and nodded his head in agreement with the shorter girl, "I get that. I'd rather not read books like that unless it was necessary."
"Exactly."
"Ditto."
"Naruto-San, don't encourage Ayase-San not to study! And Asuna-San don't agree with them like that!"
And Yue finally motioned for the tallest girl of the group, "And this is Haruna Saotome, Seat #14. We just call her Paru."
Naruto looked over at the girl that had a slight scowl on her face and he matched it with his own, "Ah...we meet again."
Haruna sagely nodded her head, "Indeed. I knew we would have to face each other once more."
Asuna looked at them flatly, "Duh. You guys are in the same classroom."
Haruna smirked darkly and fixed her glasses until they reflected the light, "I've had the responsibility to face you since you first arrived in our classroom. I cannot sit idly by as you show clear disrespect to the manga and anime our generation grew up on."
"Disrespect?" Naruto looked overly offended by her accusation as they continued their over-the-top, hammy confrontation, "I am a teenager who grew up in Japan; manga and anime mean the world to me!"
Haruna raised an eyebrow challengingly, "Oh really...Dragonball Z?"
"Pftt, what kid didn't watch Dragonball at least once?" Everyone in the vicinity who heard that comment nodded their head in agreement, "Yu Yu Hakusho?"
"I lived to see Yusuke-San shoot the Reiki Gun. Did you ever watch Sailor Moon?"
Naruto stayed silent for a moment before looking away in slight embarrassment and shame, "Yeah. I watched it."
"Oh! Oh! I remember that show!" Negi added with a little excitement at being able to join in the conversation. "I used to watch it with Onee-chan on the weekends! I really like it!"
Asuna just patted his head dryly, "Negi, don't get caught up in this. A battle between Whiskers and Paru can't mean anything good."
"Shaman King."
"Bleach."
"One Piece."
"Toriko."
"Oh really? Well then Sensei...what's the anime you replay the most?"
Naruto's eyes narrowed, "Gintama. What's you're guilty pleasure anime?"
Haruna smirked, "Oh there isn't anything guilty in mine. Boku no Pico."
Naruto just slowly nodded his head and hummed in agreement. "...I actually have no idea what that is. But I knew and liked everything else you said."
"Ditto."
The two manga lovers clasped their hands in camaraderie and smiled, "Well, it seems I have underestimated your love for the craft Sensei."
"Yes. But it's good to know I found someone to help me with my fix while I'm here."
"Yes. And if you ever find yourself in the mood, you can come to our room and we can 16.5 together." Haruna added with a sinister smile and shiny glasses.
Naruto just had a blank face, "Once again, that one went over my head."
"Yay! Naruto-kun and Haruna are friends now!"
"Wow! Naruto-San, can you show me how you do something like that?"
"G-good for you Haruna."
Yue didn't say anything. But she somehow pulled a string popper out of nowhere and popped it in celebration.
Asuna just looked at the scene in front of her like she had just become the most sane person in the room, "Okay. Are we done now?"
Naruto looked at Asuna like she was sucking out the joy from their fun, "Aw, come on Bells. Don't be such a party-pooper. Lighten up."
Asuna shrugged her shoulders, "I warned you."
Haruna stood up proudly with a confident smile on her face. "Sensei! As an avid lover of manga as well, perhaps you can help me with the manga I'm drawing up? I'm sure you would be perfect for it."
Naruto raised an eyebrow in interest. It wasn't everyday you get to meet a doujinshi writer, "Oh? Sure, what's it about?"
Haruna smiled and pulled out a packet of papers from her bag. On the cover was the image of a suave, confident and very muscular older man. He was holding the hand of a timid, nervous and bishounen looking weaker boy who looked like he was about to faint at any moment. And slapped on the right corner was a label that said [Warning: 18+ Content Inside].
"Ta-Da! I Can't Believe My Uke Sensei's #%$& Is This Cute!"
Naruto and his roommates were already several yards away as Haruna finished her sentence. Naruto looked towards Asuna with an apologetic face, "I'm sorry I didn't take your warning seriously."
"It's fine. Now you know that everyone in our class is pretty weird."
Negi was trying to pull Asuna's hand from off his eyes, "Asuna-San? What happened? Why didn't I get to see Saotome-San's manga?"
"Don't think about it." Naruto and Asuna said together.
"You two act like fussy parents when you're together." Konoka added with a cheeky smile.
Haruna tilted her head, "Huh? Guess he wasn't ready for the bigger world of manga I know."
"Haruna, you are just pure shameless evil." Yue added with a pitiful shake of her head.
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Naruto was walking down the streets of Mahora at night. When they said the school was going to have a blackout, they were not exaggerating. Every single electrical appliance that was hooked up to the campus' system tuned off. The students had resorted to using candles as a source of light if Konoka's plan was anything to go off of.
"God if school wasn't creepy enough already they had to go and make it look like a scene from a horror movie."
"This isn't anything like a horror movie. No ominous whispers from disembodied voices, no lurking monster over the skyline of the city, no mutilated corpses or rivers of blood streaming down the Main Street..." Kyūbi lowered his head dejectedly and pouted, "What a let down."
"No, Furball, that's a very good thing. In case you've forgotten, we're trying to prevent any destruction or calamity from happening and killing the students."
"You've got your preferences, I've got mine."
"Whatever." Naruto looked around the empty streets and shined his flashlight around, "Okay, most vampires are at their strongest point when there is a full moon in the sky. So if Evangeline is the Shinso vampire the legends talked about, then the next full moon will probably be when she is at her most powerful. And that would be the most obvious chance for her to attack after making Asuna his partner."
"Pseudo-partner."
"Yeah whatever." Naruto said with a little disdain at the reminder that his new friend made his oldest best friend into his partner. "I've just got to keep Negi under surveillance until than and we should be safe."
"But then we will have to deal with a full-powered nightmare trapped in a little girl's body. And just so you know, if I'm fighting, I'm causing a mess."
"We might not need to fight. If we can break down her mental state and seal her revived powers when she's about to attack then we might just be able to get out of this unharmed. And I have the perfect diversion too."
"What is it?"
Naruto had a Cheshire smile and snickered evily. "I've been thinking about where I remember seeing that stupid Vamp-girl and then I realized it today." He reached for something in the back of his pants, "She's the girl-"
They heard footsteps running frantically down in the street below them. Naruto ran to the railing to catch a glimpse of Negi running past the buildings.
"What's the Little Red Moron doing? He looks like-"
"There's trouble."
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"Evangeline-San! I know you are here! Come out and release Makie-San!"
Negi stood in the large bath area and waited for a reply from his nemesis. There wasn't any reply until-
"Well Sensei, if I let go of Makie Sasaki, what about the others?"
One of the lights turned back on and revealed a small group on top of the gazebo in the bath. Chachamaru in a maid outfit, the sports girls in similar clothes and a voluptuous, sinister looking blond woman in the middle. "And you came here all by yourself, how cute."
"T-that's impossible! Y-you're..." The woman smirked at the fear and terror emanating from the boy's voice. This power and command over the fear of the masses, oh how she missed it.
"I'm sorry Ma'am but could you leave? I'm going to fight someone in a minute and I don't want you to get injured in the process."
The woman fell off the structure and landed in the water. She started thrashing around and coughing because she couldn't swim until Chachamaru flew down and pulled her out, "Are you all right Master?"
"DON'T YOU RECOGNIZE ME IDIOT?!" The woman was covered in smoke and revealed herself to be Evangeline with a long black cape. "IT'S ME! SEE?!"
"Oh! Evangeline-San! Ah! So you really came to fight!"
"I thought you were smarter than your father but I guess I was wrong."
Negi gripped his staff and pointed it at the vampire, "Let Makie-San and the others free from your influence right now!"
The girls jumped down by their master's side and stepped forward. "Oh, them? You shouldn't worry about them Boya. I brought them to hold you down and strip you naked in humiliation before I suck all the blood out of your body-"
Negi's eyes were watering and shaky, "T-that's not very nice."
"But I made them a little stronger than I originally planned because I needed some guard dogs." She looked up and smirked smugly at the crack in the door where she heard someone swear. "Oh girls~..."
"Yes Master(x4)?"
"Attack~."
The sports girl ran right past Negi and charged to the door of the bathhouse. Negi turned towards their retreating backs, "Girl-"
"Lic Lac La Lac Lilac Immitte, Gelida Halitus! Nivis Casus!"
*Boom*
An ice explosion occurred under Negi's feet and sent him flying in the air until he stood on the staff and stabilized himself. He looked up at Eva's and Chchamaru's floating form as the vampire woman smiled, "You don't have any time to worry about them Boya."
Negi panicked and pulled the magic gun out of his pocket. He shot out the window and flew through the broken glass as the vampire and robot followed behind.
Akira and Yuna jump-kicked the sturdy door and reduced it to rubble, blasting away the blond on the other side of the door. Naruto skidded on the floor and looked up at the four girls that stood across from him with dazed looks in their eyes.
"So what do we do about the rich man's wet dream in front of us?"
"Not we. Me. I'm gonna hold these girls off so they don't chase after Negi while you look after him!"
"Why?"
"One: If you fight, you might break them like Barbies-"
"Makes Sense."
"Two: I need you to keep an eye on him just in case the shit hits the fan. If it looks like Negi's about to lose, I'll come and help!"
Kyūbi shrugged and jumped off Naruto's shoulder to land on the ground, "Whatever you say."
Suddenly the little fox's body started to expand and grow at a rapid pace. Steam started to rise off his body and his teeth became far sharper and feral through his wicked snarl. Until finally, Kyūbi's body was a large as a horse.
The fox bent down and darted off towards where he sensed the boy and vampire run off to. Naruto was left looking at the four girls that all were ready to fight him, thinking about the best way to incapacitate them without hurting them.
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"What?! Negi's fighting-"
*Thwack*
"Ow. Bitch." Asuna said as she clutched her head after absentmindedly ramming it into the ceiling from the ermine's news.
"Hey Ane-San. You gotta stay quiet or you'll wake up Konoka-neesan." Chamo whispered as he looked up at the orange-haired girl.
"So Negi seriously went off to fight Evangeline all by himself? That idiot! What the hell was the point of me becoming his partner if he was just gonna run off to kill himself?"
"We can still catch up t'him if we go now! I'll catch his scent!"
"Damn straight!" Asuna jumped off her bed and grabbed the uniform she hadn't thrown in the hamper. She ran off into the bathroom while Chamo sat on the bed and listened to her quickly change her outfit.
"C'mon Ane-San~, hurry~."
Asuna opened the bathroom door and was completely changed to her school clothes. "Okay!"
"Sweet! Follow me and I'll-"
"Wait."
Chamo slid face first into the ground and skidded for several feet after Asuna had told him to stop. He lifted up his severely rug-burnt face and looked at Asuna in disbelief, "Now what?"
"I've just gotta grab something."
Asuna tip-toed over to her desk and pulled open one of the drawers. She pulled out a thin cloth and grasped it protectively in her hand.
Chamo tilted her head, "What's that Ane-San?"
"Nothing Perv-Ermine. Let's go help Negi!"
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Naruto ducked under the kick Akira sent at his head as Makie came in from underneath and started sending multiple kicks towards him. As the blond scuffled back from his spot on the ground, Yuna jumped over head and threw a basketball so hard it cracked the paneled floor by his head. And just as Naruto stood back up, Ako came in with the blunt side of a broom and slammed it against the back of Naruto's arms.
Naruto stepped back and looked at the splinters in his sleeves, "Geez, Evangeline didn't hold back with the super-strength, did she? And you guys keep jumping all around the place and that's a pain in the ass."
All four girls raised their hands to their mouths, "Teeheeheeheeheehee, come now Sensei~. Are you gonna say that you are having a hard time letting four little girls have their fun with you~? Shame on you~(x4)."
Naruto felt a little uncomfortable at how they all said that in a sing-song fashion in complete unison, "Okay. That was just creepy."
The girls all ran off in different directions to throw Naruto off. He got into a low stance and felt their presences around him, darting around out of place. Akira and Yuna jumped up and planned to strike Naruto overhead while Ako jumped behind them. Naruto turned on spot and planned to gently stop them with a palm to the stomach but Ako jumped on their backs, pushing them forward and...
*~Munyan~*
"Iyaaa, Sensei~(x2)." Yuna and Akira both said as Ako's push sent them forward at Naruto. And with his hands out like that, he couldn't help but grab a feel of one of each girl's breast. Naruto's face turned pink at the realization that he had been forced to cop-a-feel of the girl's chests. And they were surprisingly soft and squishy-
Fuck! He could literally hear Raka-Ji laughing in the back of his head!
Naruto jumped back and let go of his students as Ako flipped in the air and landed on her blond assistant teacher's shoulders, wrapping her legs around his head. If his face wasn't red from feeling up their boobs, it was definitely getting red at peaking at the nurse's frilly lingerie. He was so flabbergasted by the weird distractions the girls were using and the fact his vision was caught off, he didn't see Ako raise her fists over her head and the sports girls all running at him.
Ako slammed both her fists on his skull while Makie, Yuna and Akira side-kicked Naruto in the chest. Naruto was sent flying into a towel rack as Ako flipped in the air and landed next to her friends. As some of the towels settled on the floor, Naruto pulled himself off the ground and took the towel off his head to reveal he was barely affected by the combination attack. Exocet for a scowl on his face aimed at the girls.
"All right, you guys are making this really hard for me not to get mad at you."
"Come on Sensei~. Play with us~, forever and ever and ever~(x4)."
Naruto adjusted into a ready stance until the image of Negi being beaten appeared in his mind. He snarled and opened his eyes again with a confident smile. He stood up and challenged the girls to come at him, "All right girls, if you really are eager for all at once, come at me. See how you do against the big player."
"Yay~(x4)!" The girls all jumped in the air and were ready to pounce on Naruto.
But just as they were about to reach, Naruto pressed two fingers on Akira's and Yuna's foreheads. Their bodies immediately went slack and Naruto caught them gently in his arms. Ako and Maki turned around to face him only to see Akira and Yuna placed softly against the wall away from them.
They felt a slight sting in their necks from a swift chop before their bodies also went easy into his embrace. Naruto held them careful and placed them next to Akira and Yuna. He bowed his head apologetically to the girls, "Sorry. I promise to fix you when this is all over."
He ran out of the building and looked around to find the bridge in the distance. He narrowed his eyes and Shundō towards the structure.
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"Pactio!"
The bright light enveloped all around the twin-tailed girl and the little Welsh boy as she kissed him on the lips. Eva spotted the bright light and growled lowly, "What?!"
Asuna let go of Negi's cheeks and took her lips off of his. Negi looked a bit dazed before staring up at the older girl in disbelief, "A-Asuna-San, you didn't have to-"
"Baka." Asuna punched the young boy over the head and smiled down at him, "If you can trust me, that's all I need to fight by your side. So are you ready?"
Negi looked up at the confident smile the girl had and nodded his head, "Hai, Asuna-San." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a retractable wand with a star at the end.
"Okay..." Asuna pulled out the cloth she grabbed from her desk and started to tie it around her forehead. When it was done, she had a headband with a bad, crudely drawn spiral in its center. Asuna clenched her fist strongly, "Let's go beat them down!"
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Two shadows stood on the suspension tower, watching the magical fight commence below them. The four-legged shadow started to shrink in size until it was its base form again, seven tails waving behind it. It looked down at the fight, "Isn't she wearing..."
The other shadow looked down at the girl as she traded blows with the robot girl and held her off valiantly. And the young boy fought and matched blows with one of the strongest mages in history.
He couldn't help but smile proudly at their strong determination to win.
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"Iovis Tempestas Fulguriens!"
"Nivis Tempestas Obscurans!"
The two tempests of lightning and ice collided into each other in the middle of the bridge, causing an immense shockwave of air and magic power to cover everything in the area.
Negi struggled to keep his wand steady and Eva just gleefully held her hand out and weakened her power to match the Boya's.
Negi held his arm as it was shaking from holding off the equally powerful ice spell. It was so tough that if he relaxed for a moment, he would screw up and be blown away. But he wasn't going to give up! For Asuna-San! For Chamo-kun! For his father! Because...because...
"A-ahhhhh-"
"ACHOOOOO!"
A magic burst blasted the tempest apart and soared at a surprised Evangeline.
"Oh shit."
The unintentional attack impacted and a smoke screen covered the little vampire. All fighting stopped and everyone's attention was aimed at the smoke cloud. The fog faded to reveal a floating, pissed off Evangeline.
And she was naked.
"Oh, you did it now you little shit."
"E-Evangeline-San! Y-you're naked!"
"Yes, because of you." A tick-mark grew on her head as she raised a glowing hand, "This has been...entertaining, but it's over now Boya."
"W-wait! I don't have my staff or a wand so-"
Chachamaru's antenna started to ring and her eyes widened horribly. "Master! Come down! The blackout ended 7 minutes and 21 seconds early!"
"Wha- AHHHHHHH!" Evangeline screamed as the lights turned back on and her body exploded with a violent magic force. Until it all faded and she had lost all of her magic, falling and careening towards the water.
"Master can't swim! Master I'll-"
"Evangeline-San!" Negi said as he jumped off the bridge and fell towards his falling student, earning a stunned gasp of disbelief from everybody who was watching.
Eva looked up to see Negi follow after her while she was falling. Pfft, stupid idiot. He didn't even have any magic anymore. And he just went and killed himself chasing after her.
It was the same kind of incredibly stupid act of vanity that older idiot made.
It was futile...
But endearing.
As Eva fell, her mind wandered to back in the day when she followed Nagi all over the country out of interest. All she wanted to do was be with someone who didn't care about everything she did. She just wanted to be with the man who saved her, a monster, even though he would be hated for it.
All she wanted was to see the man she loved again.
"Mea Vigra!"
Eva felt her descent end with two little arms catching her under her neck and legs. She opened her eyes to see Negi's worried face as water splashed all around them. "B-Boya?"
"Whew, that was close wasn't it Evangeline-San?" Negi said with a happy smile after the dangerous fall they took.
Evangeline scrunched her face and looked away, "Why the hell did you save me you idiot? I was trying to beat you and drink your blood. You shouldn't-"
"Well even if you were doing all of that..." Negi beamed a bright, honest smile at the vampire girl in his arms, "I'm not just going to let you get hurt like that. You're one of my precious students Evangeline-San!"
Eva's face turned bright red as she tried to hide it from view. And she could feel her heart race for the first time in so very long.
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"And what do you say to your Partner after you jump off a building?"
"I-I'w sowwy, Afoka-Han." Negi said through deeply stretched cheeks as tears formed in the side of his eyes.
Asuna huffed and let go of his cheeks, "Ugh, whatever. Making me worry about you like that. Don't ever do anything like that again, all right?"
"Hai." Negi said as he rubbed his sore cheeks.
"You win Boya..." Evangeline said as she walked up to Negi with a new cape to cover her naked body, "I know when I've lost. I won't skip classes anymore. I guess I owe you that much."
"Th-thank you Evangeline-San!" Negi said as he pulled out his handbook and started to write something over Eva's picture.
"W-what are you doing there?"
"Nothing Evangeline-San. Let's go back h-" He turned around and saw that everywhere they could go was blocked off by a huge patch of ice. "O-oh, um, I don't think we can go this way."
Asuna just patted his back, "Then you can just fly us out, right Negi?"
"I-I don't have enough magic to take all of us out."
"Oh... Now that I look at it, it's like a scene from The Day After Tomorrow. And it's really cold."
"Aniki, I don't think my little ermine body can take the cold like this. I can't feel my paws! My paws!
"Chachamaru, take me home."
"Yes Master, should I make another trip for Negi-Sensei and Asuna-"
"Nope. Leave them here for the night."
"Hey!"
"It's all right. I got it."
Another voice interrupted the argument as one section of ice on the bridge started to evaporate into mist. From the mist, a tall figure and a little animal besides him walked forward.
Naruto came out with a wide smile at the red-head and the bell-wearing girl, "You two were awesome."
Negi, Asuna and Chamo all had completely stunned expressions as the whiskered blond and his fox walked into their sight.
"N-N-Naruto-San?!"
"Whiskers?! What the hell-"
Naruto walked over to Eva as she looked away indignantly, "How's that Evangeline? Told you I trusted him to win."
"Yeah yeah whatever. If the power didn't come back on I would have smoked him out." She looked up at him with one open eye, "I see you took care of my little presents."
"What the hell did you do to them? It was like every weird innuendo you could take from a book was coming out of their mouths! You've got some serious pent up issues lady."
"I have no idea what you are talking about. I just made sure they would have fun with whoever they fought against."
"Sure, but you sure caused a mess. Don't worry though, I got it." He snapped his fingers and several Sagitta Magica of fire formed around him. He waved his hand and the arrows all flew and blew apart the ice sheets, reducing them to mist.
As the Welsh boy and his team looked at the scene in disbelief, Eva just clicked her tongue, "Showoff."
"Aww, don't be like that. I'm just cleaning after-"
"WAIT!" Asuna yelled as she stomped forward and grabbed Naruto by the collar, pulling him down a little until he was eye level with the girl. "You're a Mage?! Like the same kind of Mage as Negi?! Spells and flying and all that crap?!"
"Yeah."
"Well why didn't you fight Evangeline then?! We've been busting our butts for the last week worrying about this stuff and we could have used your help!"
"He couldn't interfere. I told him if he did I would attack more students as consequence." Eva mentioned with a huff, "But the Boya still won in the end. Dammit."
"W-well why didn't you tell me?! We were still in a lot of trouble!"
Naruto motioned with his hands for her to calm down, "Hey Hey, calm down. I've been keeping an eye on you guys the whole time to make sure you were never in any life-threatening danger. And I told Negi if he ever need my help, he could just ask and I would come. But look at you, you guys won. You were awesome!"
Asuna heard that compliment and calmed down a little.
"He's right Asuna Kagurazaka. You were doing quite all right for weak little mortals."
"R-really?"
"U-um..." All attention went over to the confused little red-head with pinpoint black eyes, "I didn't know Naruto-San was a Mage."
Everyone looked at him with similar stupid expressions, "Huh?"
"B-but Negi, I told you I was friends with Nagi. And I told you to come to me if you ever needed help. What did you think I meant?"
"I-I just thought you knew my father and were offering advice if I needed it."
Naruto was stunned in shock and horror at the realization of that misunderstanding. "O-oh, um-"
"I thought so. He may seem like a genius but he's just a stupid as the other idiot."
"Right." Negi grabbed Negi's shoulders and bent down to his level, "Negi, if anyone says they know your father, you can immediately assume that they know magic, okay?"
"Oh, y-yes Naruto-San."
"Good." Naruto smiled and patted the boy's head in pride, "You were awesome Negi. Congratulations."
Negi looked up at Naruto and a small smile started to form into a big one. "Yeah!"
"Well I guess we're all happy now. Yay. Can we get going now?"
"K-Kyūbi-kun?"
Asuna and Negi looked at the little fox in surprise, "The fox can talk too?!"
"Yes, the fox can talk too. The fox can do a whole lot more than just talk. But right now the fox wants to head back to that little room and take a nap. I haven't slept a whole four hours! It's insane!"
"Aahhhhaaaaaa!" Chamo yelled loudly and he scurried off of Negi's shoulder and onto the bridge, pointing at the fox. "I knew there was something weird about you! I thought maybe you were just talking like an animal and no matter how hard I tried to convince Aniki and Ane-San, they didn't believe me! But see! This freaky fox talks like some demonic old man!"
"Oh I don't just talk like a demon meat-stick, I am a demon." Kyūbi appeared right in front of Chamo and put his face so close to the ermine's that the little animal had to bend his back so far back it looked like he was playing limbo. "I'm a demon that stood upon the masses of the weak and caused fear and terror to strike down into the depths of their hearts. When humans learnt of my coming they would run and abandon their families as a chance to save themselves. I feasted on the strongest and most powerful men like they were nothing but finger food. And to me, they were. Now what did you say to me?"
"N-n-nothin' s-s-s-sir."
"That's Boss to you."
"Y-yes Boss." Chamo stuttered as he was shaking all over out of fear. And he peed himself again.
Negi looked down at the fox in horror, "H-he's a dem-demon?"
"Don't worry." Naruto broke the tensions when he picked Kyūbi up by the scruff of his neck and put him back on his shoulder, "He sounds scary but he won't do anything bad unless need be. I make sure of it. Actually, he's been watching over you for the last few days to make sure you were safe."
Negi actually looked relieved and surprised when he heard that, "R-really?"
"Geez, always ruining the fun you bastard."
Asuna just looked at the little fox dryly before pulling the headband off her head, "You can sound as threatening as you want, I just see you as the fat lazy pet that sleeps in Konoka's lap during class."
Kyūbi just glared lightly at the girl before Naruto stepped forward, "Hey, what's with the headband Bells? Why would you bring something like that to a fight?"
Asuna's face had a little pink hue and she looked down at the cloth before hiding it behind her back. "I-it's nothing."
"But Asuna-San, you brought that with you to Library Island too, and you were wearing it during the final exams. You didn't tell me what it meant back then either?"
"Oh who cares! It's just a little luck charm I have to help me when I'm facing something tough! It helps with school and sports events and whatever!"
Eva scoffed, "Yeah, helps with school. Yet you're still the worst in class."
"It doesn't help me get better grades Evangeline! It helps me keep calm!" She showed off the hand-made headband with her pride in her chest, "I've had this thing with me as long as I can remember! I wear this to help me keep calm and remind me I can keep going no matter how bad things might get! You can keep laughing all you want but in case you've forgotten we just kicked your butt so ha!"
"Whatever."
Asuna nodded her head defiantly at the little blond before seeing Naruto with a content smile on his face. "What are you so happy about Whiskers?"
Naruto just shook his head but kept his smile, "Nothing. Nothing at all."
Eva just started walking away and waved her hand for Chachamaru to follow, "I'm done with this idiot brigade. Come Chachamaru, we're leaving before we catch their stupid."
"Oh Ho, you act so haughty and stuck-up Evangeline but I don't think you can anymore. "Naruto said as he stood up with a challenging aura sent at the little vampire, "I remember who you are now."
Eva stopped and looked at him strangely, "What?"
"I was running my brain for several days thinking about where I remember you from and I finally remembered." He raised his finger into the air and a heavy silence filled the group, "Evangeline..."
He brought his finger down and pointed at her, "You are Chibi Neko Neko Nyan-chan~!"
Everyone looked at him like he was an idiot. Even Negi was stunned but the words he just said. Eva just tilted her head in confusion, "W-what?"
"Yeah, you're from the book."
"What book?"
"This book." Naruto pulled out a little photo album from his back pocket and smiled evily, "It's got funny pictures."
Eva-Nyan's Kawaii Photo Album By Albireo
Eva's face went stark white in horror as she jumped back in fear, "Wh-wh-how-"
Naruto flicked it open and looked at its contents with a calculative eye, "I had a really hard time realizing that the girl in the pictures was you but I finally connected the dots today. Lucky break."
Chamo raced up Naruto's other shoulder and stood by his head, "Let me see."
Kyūbi leaned in from the other side, "What are you talking about?"
Naruto angled it towards the animals and Chamo leaned forward to get a better look...
Until his eyes sparkled and his nose started to lose large amounts of blood, "Whooooaaaaaaaa! Good on ya Evangeline-Sama!"
"Wow. I didn't know you could take pictures like that legally."
"SHUT UP WEASEL!" Eva yelled with a furious red face at being reminded of that stupid book's existence, "How did you get that?!"
"I won it in a poker game against some friends of mine when I was five. Had it with me ever since." He closed the book and looked at it like it was a useless piece of junk, "I was never really interested in it because it was just a weird picture book. I thought about selling it because it's just one layer of cloth away from being child porn but kept it for sentimental reasons. Now that I know its embarrassing pictures of 'The Dark Evangel'...I'm not giving this away anytime soon."
"I don't get it? Naruto-San can I see it."
"Yeah Whiskers, let me see. What the big-"
"NO ONE ELSE IS LOOKING IN THAT BOOK!" Eva screeched before looking up at her partner, "CHACHAMARU, TAKE THAT BOOK!"
"Yes Master." Chachamaru dove at Naruto before he grabbed Kyūbi by the neck-
"Fox Barrier!"
Chachamaru caught the flying fox in both arms before rubbing the back of his neck like she did for the neighborhood cats. Kyūbi's ears went slack and his whole body relaxed in her arms, "Ohhhhh yeah. Behind the ear- ah you know what you're doing."
Evangeline started chasing after Naruto while he waved the little photo album over his head. "Give that back to me you sonuva bitch! I lost the fight, I'm stuck in the school, I'm not gonna let you walk around with that stupid book too!"
Negi realized something and gasped, "Oh! Evangeline-San!"
"What?!"
"If you like, when I become a Magister Magi, I'll reverse the spell and set you free from the school! Would you like that?" He finished with a kind, beautiful smile.
Eva and everyone else looked at the red-head in shock before Eva's face turned red and she started chasing Negi as well, "Shut up Boya! I don't need you distracting me with your lies!"
"Ah! It isn't a lie! I promise I will help you!"
"Then hurry up and graduate you moron! Get me out of here now!"
"Hey Negi, if you want, I can help you a little with letting her out."
"Really Naruto-San?"
"Sure. And when we do I can post these pictures on the internet for the whole world to see."
"DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!"
Asuna just watched as Evangeline chased Naruto and Negi down the bridge while screaming until smoke came out of her ears. She looked over to Chahcamaru as she followed her master with the fox slack in her arms. Asuna just sighed and giggled as she followed behind them back home.
It was a long day.
She deserved some sleep.
[[[[[[[[Omake:Vampires Styles From Around The Globe]]]]]]]]
Clumsy Vampire:
"Evangeline-San! Please don't bite me!"
*Chomp*Chomp*Chomp*Chomp*
"I-I'm sorry, I don't usually have this hard a time finding the Carotid Artery! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
"E-Evangeline-San~, I-I think I need a hospital."
Tsundere Vampire:
"Evangeline-San! Please don't bite me!"
"S-stupid! It isn't like I'm biting you because I like you or anything! I-I just need your blood to escape from this eternal hell!"
"Wh-huh?"
"I'm choosing your blood to help me escape! Be grateful!"
*Chomp*
Bon Temps Vampire:
"Evangeline-San! Please don't bite me!"
"Don't worry darlin'. I'm just gonna take a lil' bite, drink a lil' blood and I'll be done."
"R-real-"
"And then we can $#%& €¥£^*\+= for days! Everywhere! Anywhere! Upside down! Oh, it'll be so much fun!"
"*Sniff* I-I don't want to do any of that. P-Please just bite me."
"Tough."
Classic Vampire:
"Evangeline-San! Please don't bite me!"
"Shhhh! Do not speak my pretty angel! I, a monster of the night, have swooped down into the village and pulled from it it's most beautiful flower! But alas, this a tragedy far worse than any I have seen, that you must feast your eyes upon my horrible visage! But even from a distance, I knew you were my chosen love!"
"Huh? Evangeline-San?"
"I am sorry. For even though your beauty can only be enhanced by the light of the full moon, it fuels me to continue with my dark deed."
"But...there's no moon out tonight?"
"Oh...I'm still gonna bite you though."
"Nooooo~."
Other Dracula Vampire:
"Evangeline-San! Please don't bite me!"
"Eva don't bite! She scraps and licks!"
"Huh?"
"All you young kids be thinkin' we vampires all always do that bitin'! I have you know I like my food without no holes!"
Twilight Vampire:
"Evangeline-San! Please don't bite me!"
"How could I bite you? It has taken every shred of my will, every fiber of my being to hold off the instinct in my body that tells me to take your blood!"
"Oh...okay. Well then I'll just go-"
"But this instinct keeps building up in me and even if I try, it will explode one day and I'll be forced to feed on you! So what difference will it make for me to feed now instead of the ?"
"So you are going to-"
"But if I were to bite you, then I'd be throwing away everything I've tried to build over the last few centuries! How long now? How long do I have until I am just another monster like the rest of them?"
"Um, can I go now?"
"No! No I must take your blood! It is my nature! My very essence! It is-"
"For fuck sake you pale bitch! Bite him or don't! You're wasting our time with this bullshit!"
"Yeah! Hurry the hell up!"
"I want to go back to bed!"
"Kyūbi-kun! Naruto-San! Asuna-San! Don't just watch! Help me!"
[[[[[[[[Knight]]]]]]]]
Done
Okay, into the Kyoto Arc we go! This is a turning point people! People set up their fics with the way they take this arc! The only thing more important than this point is the Mahora Festival Arc! If I can make it past that arc, I'll be one of the few who make it to the Magic World Arc!
If I'll even make it that far. I'm a pretty slow ass writer.
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