The Black Lion , the Golden fox and the Blue Raven Chapter 23: New normal, a Naruto + Fire Emblem Crossover fanfic

Chapter 23 new normal

All of the classes have returned from their missions; things are about to go back to normal, though one of the professors is unable to teach at least until he is fully recovered. So until then, a substitute teacher will teach in Byleth's place. However, a new edict was added that made it so teachers must have at least one assistant.

The houses would get new students as well from other parts of the the five nations three of the students are from Sunagakure along with three new students from Konoha.

The golden Deer class who just came back from the Land of Waves would be on time to receive their new classmates.

Blue Lions classroom

Ashe was still shaken up by the mission he wasn't able to look at the documents that he had he didn't have the courage he was afraid that it could change everything that he thought of the Church what if he finds out that he was fighting for the wrong side. It was irrational he knew but he couldn't help it he couldn't stop thinking about it or what Sasuke told him that about Lonato how from his perspective the cause he was fighting for was just.

He just didn't know what to believe anymore, what was right, what was wrong? The world no longer made any sense. He wished he could go back to a time where things were simpler, where he didn't have to think about these things, where Lonato was alive, and he wasn't forced to end his life to save his friend. He knew this was the thought of a child, but he couldn't help it, not after what he had seen, and now after what he had done.

"You're still thinking about that mission, aren't you?" asked Neji. It was difficult to read him and his emotions; he wasn't like his cousin Hinata, whom he thought was his little sister but she isn't she is his cousin their age gap was only one year there wasn't much that he knew about something due to their clan being protective of their secrets because of traditions Ashe had no knowledge of.

"How can I not? After what I've seen, it's hard not to think about it. How can you just brush it off?" he asked, not understanding how Neji was able to not be phased by the brutality of their mission and how it was carried out.

"I'm expected to brush it off because I'm a Hyuga and dwelling on the past or thinking about what could have been is unbecoming of a Hyuga." he answered as patiently as he could muster, explaining something that was obvious to him but not everyone else.

"Was our cause even just?" he asked Neji, as if expecting him to have the answers to the thoughts that have been haunting him since the day he killed Lonato.

"It's hard to say from our point of view our cause was just from his point of view his was just our enemies are obviously going to think that they are in the right and we're in the wrong. History unfortunately is written by the winners. It doesn't matter how just or unjust a cause is the Victor that gets to decide what it's just and what isn't." Neji answered kinder this time from what he could see in his eyes also was haunted about what they did but did a good job of hiding it was brief but it was there.

"I suppose things were just easier before this mission." He didn't get a chance to say anything else, as the other Blue Lions entered the classroom. Everyone sat in their usual spots.

What he saw was something that caught him off guard. He saw a blonde woman with a strange hairstyle walking into the classroom. The way she carried herself was with an arrogant hindrance, but with the confidence to back it up. And the person next to her was a man with olive skin. His hair was strangely arranged, and he wore a headband on his forehead that had a symbol that looked like a leaf.

His attire was similar to that of Kakashi Hatake, the professor of the Golden Deer. The main difference between them is that this man wore darker clothes than Kakashi did.

"So these are the students I'm supposed to help teach?" he asked Manuela.

"Yes, class! For those of you who are not from Konoha, this is Sarutobi Asuma, son of the current Hokage of Konoha. Now, he's going to be my assistant because this class is getting too big for the number of students we have now. There's another student who's not a transfer from Konoha but from one of its neighbors; she is from Sunagakure, the Land of Wind."

She looked older than the other students who are transfer students from the five nations. Ashe could guess she was between 18 and 21.

"It's a pleasure to be part of this program, and I hope to get to know my fellow classmates in the Blue Lions. My name is Temari, and I'm the older sister of Gaara, the son of the current Kazekage."

The way she presented herself was unlike the other girls from Konoha; she didn't seem like the kind of person who would tolerate being pushed around.

"Why isn't he in your class?" asked Dimitri?

"My brother has joined the Golden Deer. I talked to the other house leaders. They didn't vibe with me. I kind of like it here, especially with all the handsome men." She winked.

"Wow, we have another goddess in our class" Sylvain said with his usual antics of hitting on pretty women.

"You better keep your eyes where I can see them, or you won't like the consequences." She said it bluntly

"Damn playing hard to get, but I kinda like it." Sylvain said with a trademark smile.

"We're not all like that," said Dimitri, who with his usual genteel manner escorted her to a seat.

What perplexed Ashe was the person she would sit next to Dedue who was caught by surprise.

"handsome this man is what is your name?"Temari asked Dedue.

"Dedue, is there anything you would need from me, Your Highness?" The girl chuckled.

"No need to use 'Your Highness' with me. I may be the daughter of the current Kazekage, but I would rather be treated as everyone else here. After all, in Fodlan, it doesn't matter where we're from; we're still the same in rank." The woman said as if she were explaining something obvious.

Dedue was not used to being treated this way everywhere he had been he was treated as subhuman he wasn't used to this treatment especially from an outsider.

"you're really okay with talking to me?"he asked the woman.

"is there any reason why I shouldn't? I mean you're just like everybody else here, why would I want to treat you different?"the woman was blunt she didn't pull any punches.

"Surely you're familiar what had happened in Duscur? Me and my people are treated with hatred everywhere we go surely you can understand why I feel the way I do and I'm skeptical."Dedue really did want to know what this woman was up to what was her reasoning for wanting to sit with him?

"I'm familiar with it; it's a tragedy what happened, but I don't think it's fair to hold it against you or your people. I treat you just like everyone else; it isn't a problem, right?

"Also, please call me by my name and not my title. Treat me as every other student. We're all equals after all." Temari said with a smile that was welcoming and friendly.

He didn't want to argue with this woman, and she was treating him as human, which was more than he could ask for most of the people in the monastery.

"Temari, it's going to take some time to get used to not calling you by your proper title."

The woman chuckled at that.

"I like you. I think I made the right choice choosing the Blue Lions. From what I can see so far, all the men here are polite and nice. Well, there are some exceptions (e.g., Sylvain, Neji, and Sasuke.)" Temari said.

"All right, class. Since you've started getting acquainted with our new student, me and my assistant are going to do something a little different today. For those of you from Konoha, this lesson won't apply to you because you already have this training; you'll be doing something else today."

Manuela looked at Sasuke, Neji, Sakura, and Tenten.

"Sasuke will be dismissed early because of his training with Catherine, everyone else from Konoha along with our new students will be showing our students how to use the abilities that they take for granted." The man named Asuma said he saw Sasuke bid his farewells to his friends and his poor attempt at hiding that Mercedes is obviously his girlfriend from everybody who already knows in the Blue Lions except Sakura, thank goodness.

He wondered to this day why she was even in this class, other than Sasuke, he disregarded that thought; he had no time for whatever lesson this teacher was going to teach, it had to be something important.

"Have you ever heard of chakra natures?" Asuma asked the class. Everyone but Dimitri and Dedue, who weren't from the five nations, shook their heads in confusion.

"I won't bore you with the details, just take this piece of paper and focus as much as you can on those who have magic. It'll be easier to discover your chakra nature. For those who don't use magic, we'll have other means of testing." Asuma finished his lecture, and Manuela started handing out the papers that are used to test people's chakra natures.

Everyone was handed a piece of paper, which, from what Dimitri can gather, was used to test students in Konoha by determining their chakra nature. If Dimitri touches it, he sees lightning go through the paper, which surprises him; he doesn't think he would even have the ability to use lightning.

"Interesting your ability is lightning, I guess that's fitting for the prince of Faerghus. It's too bad I'm not a lightning user; from what I can gather, you have an insane amount of chakra." Asuma said, amazed by the results.

Then he saw Annette who cut the paper just by touching it like invisible knife.

"Wind Annette San, a powerful nature you have definitely in need too bad you weren't born in Konoha, you would have made a formidable Konichi."the girl blushed at his praise.

When Dimitri saw Mercedes, the paper caught fire, shocking everyone but the instructor from Konoha was calm.

"Fire and lightning; it's very rare to find a user of fire whose fire is more dominant than lightning. It's usually the other way around." This confused Dimitri: what was he talking about?

"Mercedes, is your name? If you were an Uchiha before the massacre, you would have been the most powerful fire-user of your generation. You, Dimitri, and Sasuke, have the highest chakra capacities in this class." This caused Dimitri to be shocked that she had the third highest chakra capacity.

Then he saw Ashe, who, like Annette, was wind that didn't seem to shock their instructor. He saw Felix, who liked Dimitri's nature that didn't surprise him for some reason. Then he saw Dedue, whose Earth Sylvain was fire. All of the students were done testing themselves for their chakra natures. He wondered what the point was in this?

"You're likely wondering what is the point? for those of you who have never done such training. Considering you're my students and I want you to be as strong as I believe you could be I want to test your nature so I can figure out the best way to train you all for those of you who are wind it would be child play for me to teach you those who are fire Manuela could help you she's been trained in these things before."a professor said nothing.

"Those who have lightning in their nature will be trained by Kakashi Hatake. After school hours, you will train with him. This isn't something you can just walk away from. Everyone must learn about their chakra natures and how to defend themselves using them. You will thank us later; one day, this training can save your lives and the lives of the people you care about. Those of you who have earth as your chakra nature will be trained by a legendary shinobi who is the current substitute teacher of the Black Eagles. You'll meet her soon enough. You should consider this an honor; not many people outside of our countries are even allowed to be trained by someone so prestigious, let alone students of our own country." Asuma said to the class.

"Wait, you mean Tsunade is here?" Dimitri asked in amazement at the thought that one of the Three Sannin was in the monastery right now. Anyone who had ever heard of them would agree, they were legends—the greatest Shinobi alive today and the idea that one of them was there made him not want to believe it could be true.

"She's here consider it an honor Dimitri. It isn't often an outsider gets to meet someone like Tsunade. You'll have a chance to meet her; she's going to teach all the classes eventually."Asuma said and then added."I word of advice don't anger her violent temper, it's not something anybody wants to be on the receiving end of believe me." Dimitri had heard about it; it couldn't be, it had to be an exaggeration.

Asuma asked his fellow classmates to go to the training grounds, which had a one that was specifically for the Blue Lions. It was crude how it was set up, Dimitri thought, but considering where they were at, they had to make do with what they had.

"For those who tested in wind, come forth", Asuma ordered. Annette and Ash came forward, and they were both wondering what the point of this exercise was. Annette was wondering especially. She was handed an axe. She wondered what the point of this was.

"You are probably wondering why I'm doing this. Your chakra nature, wind, is what mine is. You could use your chakra to enhance your weapons to a degree. Let's just say you have an axe or sword or dagger and you use your wind chakra on it; you can make the blades even sharper, but be warned: if you're not properly trained, you will either hurt yourself or kill yourself with your very weapon. So, until I feel comfortable that you could use it properly, you're only allowed to use this in the training arena. Do I make myself clear?"

Asuma asked Annette and Ashe

"What about jutsu will we be taught any of those?" asked Annette, interested in learning about something new.

Asuma chuckled."Do you wish to learn a jutsu? Sure, but first you need to learn chakra control. You can't learn basic chakra control; otherwise, it won't do you any good."Asuma answered.

"Then why are we having our chakra nature's being used to enhance our weapons, then what's the point in that?" asked Ashe.

"It'll teach you chakra control; there's more than one way to teach it, and considering how a little time I will have the teach everyone this is the most efficient way of doing so on a short notice." Asumo moved on to other students who had fire natures in order to assist them.

She wanted to learn a jutsu. She wanted to become stronger so she could protect those important to her, especially her friends.

Mercedes didn't know what the point was, so she didn't like picking up weapons. This wasn't what she was trained for.

As if he could read her mind, he handed her a dagger."Knowing how to use your chakra nature can be very helpful, and considering that you've been to the school of sorcery like your friend Annette, this shouldn't be a problem." He said, praising her for her performance back at the school of sorcery where she met her best friend Annette.

She concentrated all of her chakra as she was instructed. She felt like she was making no progress. She would rather her boyfriend show her how to do this, as he knew how to do it like it were second nature to him. But he was training with Catherine at the moment. She certainly didn't want to ask Sakura; she would not want to get anywhere near her with a ten-foot pole.

Then she noticed something on the blade, a fire started to appear on it. Asuma looked impressed." Most impressive, to think that you be the first one to do it?" She didn't know what made it so special." I don't get it. I've been trained in magic. What use is this to me?" Mercedes asked Asuma.

"Being familiar with your chakra nature and how to utilize it could be helpful someday it can save you from a life and death situation yes you've been traded magic and physical combat is not necessarily what your strong point is still it wouldn't hurt to at least give you the ability to defend yourself at close range should an enemy get close to you may just maybe powerful at long rage but in short range you're as good as dead especially against a Shinobi."Asuma answered.

"Surely you could just teach me a jutsu?"Mercedes said, porting out the obvious."Oh you mean a ninjutsu? Why should I you should ask Sasuke that because after all isn't he your boyfriend?"he teased which caused her to turn a deep shade of red."me and Sasuke Kun just we're just friends."she said scrambling to cover up that Sasuke was indeed her boyfriend but she didn't want it to be public yet.

"I was just teasing. Of course I can teach you ninjutsu, but first learn some basic chakra control."

Asuma advised and walked away.

"Does she have any idea how obvious it is that Sasuke is her boyfriend? I mean, who do they think they're fooling?" said Sylvain, who found it amusing that they were hiding an obvious secret. Felix didn't care.

"You could at least pretend to be happy for them sheesh"Sylvain jokingly.

"We are in a training session right now, and you are focusing on what our friends are doing when they're not in class. There's a time and place, and this isn't it."

Felix said irritably that he was bringing up something that wasn't really important or really anyone's business.

"Come on, you've got to admit it's a little strange that they're hiding something so obvious."

Sylvain couldn't help but point out as he continued with his training session that Manuela's new assistant was giving them."

These chakra natures are interesting. To think that we might have an opportunity to be trained by an elite ninja! I'll definitely use any opportunities I get from being trained by this instructor to make myself even stronger."

Felix said as he tried and failed to make lightning manifest itself on his sword.

"Damn, these Konoha students make it look so easy." Sylvain complained.

He looked around him and realized everyone in the class who wasn't previously trained was struggling. He wondered how the other students in his own class and in other classes were faring.

Either way, it would take forever to be able to do things like his Konoha counterparts have been doing for years. If he can add fire to his lance in battle, that would definitely be a victory in itself.

With Sasuke and Catherine

Sasuke was dismissed from Asuma lessons do to him already knowing about chakra nature is and already have been trained in his Catherine was waiting for him in their training room that was specifically for Catherine to train her students one-on-one. There was a light shining in the room. Sasuke removed his shirt like he was instructed and hung it above a hanger so would not get dirty.

He got to the center of the room with his wooden practice sword. Catherine looked at him with the same expression she had when he showed up as she was summoned."An extra training session? You may not enjoy this, Sasuke," Catherine joked.

He got into his defensive stance, and Catherine attacked, unlike the previous times when he had done poorly. Sasuke was doing a lot better at keeping up with her offensive attacks. He was being taught to react by instinct, through muscle memory. Every time he got hit, it was because he made a mistake. He paid more attention to the sounds she was making, rather than the eyes.

He was doing better than before, but then she smiled."Good Sasuke! You're doing better now. I'm going to go a little faster and see if you can keep up." She did exactly that; he was barely able to keep up. It was like he was fighting twenty Catherine's at once.

She struck him to his left, he blocked her strike to his back right, she barely missed blocking him. She then struck him to his lower abdomen, he was hit hard. She went to his left side of his upper abdomen, he successfully blocked her.

He ignored the pain, which was a lesson every time he felt pain when he got hit, was because he made a mistake. She went for his right leg; he moved out of the way. Another thing that was being taught was how to move properly at the right time during a sword fight. None of the Swordsman that he ever faced in Konoha could come close to Catherine compared to her; they were nothing but amateurs.

They continued in this manner for the next 10 minutes until she signaled him to stop for a break.

He went to where his bench was and drank from his bottle of water. She sat across from him, drinking from her own bottle. They were both sweating.

"You're improving quickly, Sasuke." Catherine praised him. Sasuke could tell she had something to critique.

"You need to rest your body more for better training results. It's good to train a lot to keep up your skills, but not to the point of exhaustion." How did she know he trained after their sessions?

"You're wondering how I know? It's what I did myself to try to get better faster. I know from experience, and the experience of training others. I'm telling you this so you don't have to go through a hard lesson later."

Of course it's to be expected from someone with such skill and renown. Catherine wasn't considered one of the greatest swordsmen in Fodlan for nothing.

"Training with you, I never realized how little I knew about swordsmanship. The swordsman where I'm from are complete amateurs compared to you." Sasuke said respectfully.

"I wouldn't go that far. The swordsmanship of your home country is different from that of my homeland. While I will say this about you as a swordsman: the fact that you've been mostly self-taught is a marvel; it's amazing how good you are as a swordsman without having a teacher be able to teach you. You, Sasuke Uchiha, are probably the most talented swordsman I've ever had the privilege of training. That's the reason why these training sessions are so tough. I know your potential and I want to bring it out." Catherine said respectfully.

"So if you want to get stronger you will follow my orders as your sensei. When I tell you to rest, you will rest after today. You will rest for two days, and then you will train only when I say you can train. Trust me on this; you will be a great swordman before you know it. You just have to be patient. Patience is an important lesson for any swordsman."

Catherine said in a way that left no room for argument.

"I would never question your wisdom, Sasuke admitted. I just feel like I'm not making enough progress fast enough."

Sasuke said, trying not to show his impatience, regarding how slow his progress had been.

"You wish to kill that bastard brother of yours I understand only too well."Catherine said as if she knew something about his brother.

"Your brother has tarnished the name of the Blue Lions to the point where we don't even mention his name; it's that much we hate him, it's personal for me too, and any Blue Lion who knows about Itachi Uchiha, I want him dead too. It's a slate on our honor to have someone from our house murder your clan with the training we gave him." Catherine said with hatred for his brother.

He wasn't aware that his brother was in the Blue Lions."That's not the only reason you want to become strong Sasuke. You want to protect those you care about, which is a reasonable reason to get strong, but you won't be able to do that if you don't rest." She said with a voice of wisdom.

"Itachi Uchiha is a Blue Lions problem, you're not the only one who wants vengeance against Itachi Uchiha. What he has done has tarnished our honor of our house and of the church. I'm training you because helping you get your vengeance against him would redeem our honor, know that you don't have to do it alone."

Catherine said, "Try to make him see that others also have blood debts against his brother." It was difficult for him not to look at things differently since he had come to the monastery. If others desire revenge against his brother, does he have a right to deny them vengeance against him?

"I don't want my friends involved in my revenge against him. I especially don't want them involved." He didn't want to mention Mercedes, his girlfriend; he wanted to keep their relationship under wraps.

"Sasuke, I know about you and Mercedes." This caused Sasuke to be shocked. How did she know it was only Naruto and Ingrid who knew no one else?

"I'm your sensei, of course, I would know. Don't worry; your secret's safe with me. I don't think your love life is anyone's business. Personally, that's an affair between the two of you to sort out yourselves." she respected his boundaries.

"I still don't understand the objections to Rhea Sama. What she has done for the people of this land is far more than I can say for any other kage where I'm from. I just don't get it. I've seen the good that the church does for the people here. Why are there so many people who hate it so much?"

Sasuke asked her

"I agree with you; I owe her my life. Without Lady Rhea, I would have no home to go to. She saved my life and gave me a place to go and a purpose. I mean: any enemy of hers is my enemy. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be who I am today."

Catherine said to Sasuke

"Rhea is the reason why I met Mercie. I don't know what I would do; I can't imagine my life without her."

Sasuke admitted not understanding why he was revealing such intimate information to his sensei, but she revealed something personal about herself to him. He felt it was only fair that he reveal something personal to her in return.

"You love her, don't you, Sasuke?" asked Catherine

Sasuke couldn't form the words. Catherine chuckled as if she already knew the answer.

"Your eyes tell me everything, Sasuke. It's all right; you don't have to tell me. She's a good woman; some would say she's too good for you."

She said honestly; he agreed she was too good for him.

"Well, it seems like lunch will be coming soon. Remember to come here two days from now after you've rested. Then we'll continue where we left off. Remember my lesson: train when I tell you to train and rest when I tell you to rest." Their conversation ended.

He put on his shirt and absorbed what Catherine had pointed out. He didn't feel worthy until he could become strong enough to protect her. The Uchiha you don't tell someone you love them until you are strong enough to protect them.

Golden Deer classroom

Everyone was shocked to say the least that Dorothea transferred Hilda was happy to have another woman in the class same thing with Ino who was a big fan of hers. Though they sold two new students too many for some of their tastes, two of which were people they were already familiar with, Gaara and a pale skin man who looked too much like Sasuke for Naruto's liking.

There was a white-haired man right next to Kakashi whom Naruto recognized immediately from what Claude could gather.

" pervy sage" Naruto said, happy to see him. The white-haired man was annoyed at being called pervy sage front of everyone everyone else in the class.

"For those of you who were with us on the mission, you're already familiar with Gaara. For those of you from Konoha and from my class, please introduce yourselves." said Kakashi.

He stepped to the center of the class and spoke in an awkward manner. Claude could tell he wasn't used to socializing.

" I hope we can all be friends later with each other. My name is Sai. Nice to meet you." He said to everyone in the class.

" Wow, he's kind of cute," said Hilda.

"Another weirdo, hopefully he's not a ruffian like the others" Lorenz

"Must you act like an asshole towards everyone new that comes to this class?" Leonie said, annoyed.

Sai was looking at Dorothea much to Naruto's annoyance. He went up to her and had an awkward smile, as if he didn't know how to even properly communicate with someone of the opposite gender.

"Are you the former diva, Dorothea Arnault?" asked Sai

"Um, yeah, why?" she answered awkwardly.

He looked at the other girls in the class and then looked at Dorothea.

"You're not as beautiful as they say." Sai said, which pissed off Naruto.

"What kind of thing is it to say you don't say that about a woman, what the hell is wrong with you?"

Naruto said angrily.

"Is she your girlfriend?" he asked Naruto.

"Yes, why?" Naruto asked him annoyed; he crossed his arms, not really wanting to be in his presence.

"How does someone with a small dick have three girlfriends?" This time, it was Dorothea who got angry.

"The nerve of this asshole", Dorothea said, almost leaping to strangle him but was held back by Ino and Hilda.

Dorothea took a deep breath after they restrained her, and she had a sharp response:

"Are you sure that's not self-projection?" She asked; he had no response.

"That's what I thought." Dorothea said, annoyed at his presence. She sat back next to Naruto.

Then he turned his eyes towards Claude.

"Claude von Riegan. I hope you're more friendly than Naruto Uzumaki." He said awkwardly. He didn't know how to have a conversation; just who was this person? Claude couldn't put his finger on it. He felt guarded. He almost felt like he was part of an organization in Konoha and he was a spy. He would have to ask Kakashi about it later.

"As for my assistant, I will introduce you to Jiraiya, one of the Sannin from Konoha. You should be honored to have someone like him as my assistant; he is the teacher of the Fourth Hokage and he also was one of the teachers who taught Naruto Uzumaki everything he knew, along with myself."

Everyone looked at Naruto, including Claude, with interest.

"Wait, you mean he wrote Icha Icha? When are you going to write the next one? I want to know what happens next," said Hilda, excited that her favorite author of her favorite adult novel series was in the same class, causing everyone to look at her with surprise. Kakashi had a smile behind his mask.

"I have a fan in this class. I'm afraid I can't tell you Hilda San, that's your name, right? That's a secret I have to keep to myself. I'm sorry; I have to do a lot of research before the next installment can be published."

Claude had a hunch about what he meant by research; he rolled his eyes.

"As much as I would like to discuss the merits behind such amazing adult literature, we have a lesson we have to do since all of you have already done the chakra nature's training at least the basics. Anyway, we'll be doing something different. We're going to be focusing more on working together as teams in order to make us more effective in battle." said Kakashi.

"As you all know, the Eagle and the Lion is coming soon, and for us to win, Me and Kakashi are going to train you all to work efficiently as a team without communicating with each other verbally. But this also requires you to be able to use your jutsus together."

Claude should have known this was what they were going to do.

"What about those who have already been trained in Konoha?" asked Ignaz, worried about falling behind.

"They'll be helping you with your training Naruto Dorothea you're with me."said Kakashi.

Kakashi left the room with Naruto and Dora. While the rest of the students mingled, Jiraiya was the main instructor. Claude wondered what his teaching style would be like.

"All right for anyone who's winded, I like you to try hitting me with everything you've got." He looked at Claude as if he were challenging him.

"Are you sure about that, Gramps?"

Claude said challengingly, "It's your funeral."

Claude said as he took out his bow and fired his technique that he used in the Land of Waves. Jiraiya did nothing; Claude thought he hit him, but he didn't. He was right behind him.

Claude couldn't believe it; he didn't see him move.

"If this had been a real battle, you would have been dead, kid."

Jiraiya scolded him.

He thought he was a goofy old man, but he wasn't like that. He was far stronger than even Kakashi."Damn," Claude said, chastising himself.

"Now let's try that again, but this time you work with your team." said Jiraiya. Claude went to his assigned team and got started on his training.

It was a lot more difficult than Claude expected. He thought it was hard before Kakashi, who was easy compared to Jiraiya, whose teaching style wasn't one he was used to.

He wondered what the point of what they were doing was. He understood the importance of working as a team and learning how to communicate using nonverbal cues and combining jitsu with his teammates. But what was the point? There had to be more.

"Are you really going to give up already?" asked Jiraiya, disappointed with Claude's team's lack of progress.

"Give me a break, old man! It's not like we've been doing this for years like your Konoha students have! We're just learning." Claude said, annoyed.

"It sounds like an excuse to me." Jiraiya said Claude knew this was what he was trying to get Claude to make a mistake. He wouldn't fall for it.

"Shez cover my flank" Claude ordered.

She has gotten into formation, along with Hilda, if they can just land one blow on him, it will be a success.

"You know what I'm going to see if I can do that, what do you call it Jitsu?" Claude asked.

"Are you doing what I think you're doing?" Hilda asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I am" Claude said with a mischievous smile.

He saw Naruto do it a few times. Naruto did it as a prank, remembering all the signs he had seen. Naruto did and did the exact same stance in chakra.

Everyone in the class wondered what he was doing, and when he was done, he transformed.

Claude, who is now Celine due to the Harem Jutsu, has a slender figure, with long brown hair, and a perfect body, at least by the standards of beauty where are he is from was. Everyone looked at Celine in disbelief.

"How do you like my Harem Jutsu, Jiraiya-sensei?" Celine asked with a seductive smile as Jiraiya fell over, blood coming out of his nose.

Celine transformed herself back into Claude; everyone looked at her in disbelief.

"Seriously, Claude! What the fuck?" said Leone angrily.

"So, Naruto must have taught you that jutsu." Lee remarked.

"Such a disgraceful use of chakra," said Lorenz.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't see that." said Raphael.

"This is embarrassing. Of all the things Naruto had to teach Claude, it had to be that damn jutsu." Ino said, annoyed.

"Oh, another person who uses that jitsu." said Shikamaru, not caring either way.

"Disgraceful", said Gaara.

"No wonder Naruto has such a small dick; maybe that's why he uses the Jutsu." said Sai. Everyone wondered why he was saying such stupid nonsense.

"It's shit like this that's why I'm glad I'm a lesbian." said Shez.

Everybody was looking at Claude with daggers in their eyes.

Jiraiya was still on the ground with a nosebleed.

Claude couldn't get himself out of the situation.

"Idiot" said Hilda, clearly annoyed that he used the Harem Jutsu.

"Someone, at least, back me up, please?" He asked; nobody was interested; he was outnumbered.

"For that, I'm going to make your training even harsher, and you have Claude to thank for that." said Jiraiya as he recovered.

Everyone has grown, and they are cursing at Claude during the training is even harsher; no one has any rest until it's time to go on lunch that teaches Claude a valuable lesson: "Never use the Harem Jutsu in front of anyone again!" If you aren't prepared for the consequences.

With Naruto and Dorothea

Naruto and Dorothea were in a room that was made specifically for a training ground for multiple people, about four at most, but why was he choosing this room in particular? Kakashi locked the door and put a seal on it to make sure no one could hear what they were saying, and cast it again with a jitsu seal near where the window was so nobody could see what he was about to show them.

"What's going on, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked, confused.

"It would take too long to explain, but let's just say Donzo is part of a faction in Konoha that seeks to align closely with the empire." Kakashi answered.

Dorothea asked him. Kakashi went into detail about the different factions in Konoha that seek to make closer ties with the Kingdom and the Empire. When he was done explaining, it clicked.

"I think Claude can be trusted, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said. Kakashi shook his head.

"We know next to nothing about him other than his name. I'm sorry, Naruto, but this kind of information is not something I can trust him with; we don't know enough about Claude. I would trust Dimitri before I would trust him."

Kakashi said, voicing his honest thoughts about Claude.

"I think that's unfair. I think I have a better reason to trust him than I do to trust you at this point, Kakashi-sensei" Naruto said with barely controlled anger about the revelation about his parents and Kakashi telling him nothing about his father.

"What are you talking about, Naruto?" Kakashi asked concern about Naruto's hostility.

"Don't bullshit me, sensei. I know about my father, Minato, your sensei. Why didn't you tell me? You've been my sensei for five years before we came here, but you couldn't have told me anything about my own father or even my mother." Naruto said, on the verge of raising his voice. Dorothea placed her hand on his shoulder.

"We should hear him out first, Naruto, before we jump to conclusions."

Dorothea said calmly, looking at Kakashi with the same kind of anger as Naruto but a calmer anger than his.

"It's not that simple, Naruto," Kakashi said, his voice full of pain from what Naruto could gather.

"How is it not simple?" Naruto asked him.

"Your father was my sensei, but he was the closest thing I ever had to a father after my own father took his own life."

Dorothea gasped; Naruto couldn't even imagine such a thing.

"If I were to tell you, it would sound like an excuse. Those memories are painful of failure and how I just wanted to run away from it all. I have no excuse not to tell you none. I understand your anger. I will not tell you not to be angry with me. But know it wasn't with malicious intent. I wanted nothing more than to tell you, but I got cold feet. Everything I say will sound like an excuse for why I didn't tell you. I just didn't want to relive those memories. I'm sorry."

Kakashi said, barely able to say it without his voice breaking.

"You don't have to tell me right now, Kakashi-sensei. I'm sorry you brought us here to train, and I made it about me even though this is supposed to be about Dorothea-chan."

Naruto apologized and looked at his girlfriend, who looked at him understandingly.

"It's okay, Naru-chan. I understand. I would be angry too if I was in your position. Don't apologize."

Dorothea said with understanding.

"What is it about Donzo that makes him so dangerous?"

Dorothea asked, putting the conversation back to what it was before Naruto got angry about his parents.

"He's part of a faction in Konoha that opposes what the current Hokage and his predecessor, Hashirama, push as the 'will of Fire.' They believe the 'will of Fire' weakens Konoha; therefore, they are more of the militaristic faction that seeks to expand Konoha's influence abroad and protect it by any means necessary."

Kakashi explained like he was explaining it to a child, which she was due to her not knowing anything about the part of the world where her ancestor came from.

"Yeah, but there's something you're not telling us. Why is that student a concern?"

Dorothea asked Kakashi, who didn't budge on the issue.

"He's a member of what is called the Root, which is an organization that seeks to protect Konoha from the shadows. They do all the unsavory things in order to protect Konoha's security, assassination, espionage, and all sorts of things that I cannot disclose."

She had a feeling there was more.

"He have something to do with the Uchiha clan massacre didn't he?" Dorothea asked him, looking shocked.

"I cannot confirm or deny it"Kakashi said not answering her question completely dodging it.

"My Uchiha ancestry is the reason for all the secrecy. If you're concerned about my safety and it has to do with my ancestry, then it would make sense that Donzo and his organization had something to do with the massacre, whether it's directly or indirectly. Whatever you can answer or not doesn't change the fact that it makes sense why you would be concerned."

The more she learns about the ninja world, the more she hates it.

This be what her grandmother never wanted to talk about with her mother? She wishes she would have asked her mother when she had the chance but she never did she was murdered and to this day she doesn't know who did it.

"I cannot confirm or deny anything you're saying, but no, you shouldn't tell anyone outside this room, not even Hinata or Ingrid. The fewer people who know, the better." Kakashi warned.

She felt awful for keeping secrets from her friends, but if it protected them, she would do it.

"I'm willing to go to hell itself in order to protect the people I love, Kakashi-sensei. I'll do whatever is necessary, please teach me everything you know about the Sharingan." Dorothea said.

"These lessons will be hard; you will be exhausted by the end of them. I make no secret of the fact that the Sharingan is a burden. Until you can use it at will, you are forbidden to use it at all. Do I make myself clear? With that student in our class, it's even more dangerous to use it. You will not use it unless there is no other choice. Do I make myself clear?"

Kakashi asked her.

"Noted sensei" because he had finished and removed his headband, which covered one eye.

"Naruto, you will train in nature chakra while I give Dorothea her first lesson in Sharingan."

The lessons were the most difficult she'd ever and how did her life it was straining on her eyes mentally physically this was the most difficult training that she would ever do but she would do whatever it took. To protect the people most important to her, her friends in the Black Eagles, the women she loves, she will protect them by any means necessary even if it means going to hell itself.

Black Eagles classroom

Hubert was waiting for his classmates to show up, he had a lot to think about and a lot to consider. Edelgard was considering having Monica say nothing; he did not agree with this course of action. Her reasoning for citing was deception to be used against their enemy Those Who Slither in the Dark. She was trying to use a tactic that was used in Konoha, but she knew nothing about how to use it in practice. It was a foolish decision and he would not allow Edelgard to make such a foolish move. He was hoping Hinata would show up first so he would have a chance to speak to her alone.

" Is there any reason why you need to speak to me alone, Hubert San?"Hinata asked him respectfully. She doesn't like him he was okay with because working with someone did not require you to like them what he valued was results.

"It's an imperative that we speak and make it quick. We don't know how long we'll have alone, Lady Hinata. You're part of our inner circle now because you made the blood pact with Lady Edelgard, which makes you one of us."

Hinata didn't know what he was talking about.

"Are you familiar with Those Who Slither in the Dark?"Hubert asked Hinata, shaking her head.

"Thought as much they are a secretive organization, barely anything is known about them. They have Roots deep in the Empire and they even have deep roots in your Homeland as well." This shocked Hinata.

"What do you mean?"she asked him.

"I have no time to explain right now a different time a safer location lady Edelgard is considering taking a foolish action that could endanger herself and the Empire as a whole. By having Monica not say anything about her kidnappers."Hinata wanted to say something Hubert signaled her for her to speak.

"Whatever her intentions may be, she should let Monica speak. They're our enemies; we should expose them. This shouldn't be a discussion."

Hinata said as if she already knew what he was talking about, but she knew nothing. Not that he could expect her to.

"It's not quite that simple. Yes, they are enemies, but we have an alliance with them. If we break it too soon, it could endanger everything that we're building."

Hinata almost shouted, but held her tongue.

"Why?"Hinata asked him.

"It would take too long to explain, but let's just say there are enemies of our enemies, and she thinks by playing them against each other, it would weaken them both." Hubert said, referring to the Akatsuki.

"Deception could be a great weapon, but it can also be used against us if we don't utilize it properly." Hinata said, as if she already knew what Hubert was thinking.

"Yes we are at a point where would do us no good. We could still deception to our benefit but I want your opinion Hinata. What course of action do you think is best strategically?"He asked her testing if she would be able to be a good advisor to Edelgard.

"Monica should reveal who kidnapped her. Use plausible deniability if the enemy needs us as much as we need them. Then it would actually be beneficial to let the church know, but don't take action unless we're ready to strike at them. If possible, let's use the other enemy that they have against each other when they least expect it. Strike." said Hinata confidently.

He wished she would have shown this confidence more often having the Hyuga heir on their side benefited them greatly. Hinata's confidence was higher since joining the Black Eagles Hubert is starting to respect her more.

She would make a good advisor if given enough time.

"Then I will tell Monica to stick to the plan,"Hubert said as the first of the class members showed up."I'd like to invite you for tea time lady Hinata. We have much to learn about each other."Hubert said as he left her with her friends.

He may have been disappointed months ago when it was Hinata in the Black Eagles instead of Sasuke Uchiha, but now that he's had a chance to see the kind of woman Hinata is becoming, having her in the Black Eagles benefits Edelgard more than Sasuke ever could as the potential of having the entire Hyuga clan on her side.

Should Edelgard play her cards right, Naruto Uzumaki, the carrier of the Nine-Tails, would also be a good ally to have in the future. She may not like thinking of Hinata or Naruto in that way, but when it comes to the future war against the enemies of Edelgard and the world that she wants to create, there is no price worth paying for her dream of a better dawn.

Bernadetta wondered who would be the substitute teacher until their professor came back. She was nervous, hoping it wasn't anyone scary because of her previous experience with the previous professor. She hoped it wasn't that mean man named Jeritza von Hrym. But what she saw instead was a blonde-haired woman who was taller than most of the girls in the class, even if she wasn't as tall as some of the men. She gave off a presence of someone who commanded respect and someone you shouldn't anger.

Then there was a woman right beside her with black hair and red eyes, who had a kinder look on her face. She was shorter than she was, and her skin was paler and complexion. She wondered who these people were and why they were here.

Then there was a silver-haired boy with glasses, along with a man who was one of the three people that came back with the golden deer class yesterday. He wore a black suit; when she saw him, he had spiky brown hair and no face paint. He looked less scary than he did when she first saw him.

Her question would be answered soon as the woman started to speak.

"As you all know, your professor is too injured to teach for the next week, so I will be the one to teach you until then." said the woman.

"I am Tsunade Senju and I will be your substitute teacher for the next week, and this is my assistant, as well as the assistant of your professor, Kurenai Yuhi. For everyone else, this will be your Sensei; she will be teaching you about your chakra natures. I'll be doing my part simply because I'm already here." Tsunade said.

She couldn't believe it; she was one of the three Sannin. She wanted to bury her head in her pillow. She was scary, and then she looked at her like the older woman was looking into Benedetta's soul.

"Oh, please don't kill me. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." The scared girl said, terrified.

"I'm not going to hurt you," Tsunade said kindly.

"I'm sorry. I just... I heard you're really scary when you're angry." She admitted.

Tsunade laughed as if it were ridiculous.

"Well, unless you have a reason to make me angry, you shouldn't worry," the woman said reassuringly to her.

Then her attention shifted to the new students.

"As for the new students, introduce yourselves." The woman ordered.

"My name is Kankuro, the older brother of Gaara who is in the golden deer. I hope we can get to know each other." He said with a smile that seemed friendly on its surface.

"My name is Kabuto Yakushi. Many friendly faces here. I hope you can make me feel welcome here. This land is so foreign that I feel overwhelmed." He said politely.

Something about this Kabuto made her feel uneasy because of the way he carried himself, which wasn't real; it was fake. She wished she could voice that out loud, but everyone seemed to be happy and friendly towards him when he sat next to Ferdinand.

Kurenai looked at her former team and then looked at everyone else before she spoke.

"As Tsunade Sama has told you, we'll be training you all in chakra natures for those of you who have been trained. You'll be helping your classmates with any chakra natures that they may share." She said, referring to her former students.

Each of the Black Eagles was shocked that Dorothea wasn't here, except for Hinata and Ingrid; they already knew why she wasn't there.

"I'm sorry, but why isn't Dorothea here? Is she late?" asked Benedetta, wanting to know why her friend wasn't there.

"She transferred to the Golden Deer." Hinata answered. Quickly, so everyone wouldn't ask questions, Benedetta wanted to know why, but she couldn't ask right now because she had a paper on her hand.

She wondered what this meant before she could ask any questions. Kurenai explained what this lesson was about and how what happens to the paper depends on what type of chakra they have, which determines what their chakra nature is most closely attuned to.

Benedetta concentrated as much as she could, as instructed by Kurenai, and the piece of paper she held was soaking and burned to ash.

"Water and lightning like Hinata and Marianne interesting?" said Kurenai, with interest.

"It seems the shy girl squad shares a similar chakra nature, fascinating," said Kabuto with interest.

She has no ability to use magic well. That's not her specialty, but her chakra nature is water and lightning. It didn't even make any sense to her.

Something about Kabuto made her feel uneasy. She wanted to stay as far away from him as possible, but she couldn't explain why she felt this apprehension.

She didn't pay attention as her peers were being tested for their chakra nature, some of whom were obvious while others were not.

When everything was done, Kurenai spoke in front of everyone in an authoritative voice.

"All of you have been tested. I'm going to help everyone I can. I'm going to assign everyone into groups: Marianne, Bernadetta, Ingrid, and Hinata will be with me. Everyone else will be assigned to teams by Tsunade-sama." Kurenai said to everyone.

She approached her students and signaled for the four of them to leave the classroom with her. She wondered who this woman was and why Hinata was so happy to see her?

Marianne was wondering where Kurenai it's taking them until they were led to a room that was assigned to them. He was her training room it was enough for four to five people when everyone was situated. Kurenai talked to all of them.

"I never thought I would get the honor of being a teacher to the entirety of the shy girl squad I heard about your exploits I read about them deeply in your dossier the three almost single-handedly won a battle even if it was a simulation it was impressive."she looked at each and every one of them.

"And you Ingrid Brandl Galatea it is a great honor to be your instructor. Were able to fight a highly experienced man in the mock battle and almost defeat him despite your inexperience you did well to think that you have the same chakra nature as my former student Hinata Hyuga your chakra nature is unusual one all of you water and lightning go as well together as fire and oil but you all have it and that's what makes you dangerous potentially to yourselves and to your enemies if not properly trained."she looked at Hinata.

She explained to them patiently she was kind she could tell Marianne would feel comfortable around this teacher.

"What do we call you? Do we call you Sensei or professor?"asked Ingrid respectfully."whatever you feel comfortable with Ingrid San" Kurenai replied.

"Will it help protect the people that are important to me?"Marianne asked Kurenai."Of course it will Marianne I'm all about helping all of you you're all my students. I want you to all to be the best that you can be. I would like to see the shy girls squad win the Eagle and the Lion. I'm determined to make that happen."she said with a warm smile.

"I don't know why everyone continues to use that name, it's so embarrassing."said Bernadetta embarrassed.

"I like it but I think we should change it to a different name, something that will be taken more seriously,"said Hinata, who was serious about them winning the Eagle and the Lion.

"What would you rather have it be called them?"asked Marianne who felt the same way as Bernadetta.

"The Black lion squad, that's what I want us to be known as."Hinata said with confidence. Kurenai smiled in approval same thing with Ingrid.

"Byl would love that name. It sounds strong and fierce."Marianne said out loud." you mean the professor of your class?" Asked Kurenai curiously.

"Yes,"Marianne answered.

"Alright enough chit chat I will teach you all the basics with Hinata's help I will make the four of you the Black lion squad the squad that will lead our class to victory. It all starts with this training method I'm about to show you."

Marianne listened intently as Kurenai explained in detail about various different methods of chakra control and different ways of using water and lightning techniques.

By the time they were done lunch was on the horizon

When lunch was about to start Kurenai wanted to talk to Hinata alone."you're not in trouble you're not I just want to ask you something in private if that's okay?"Kurenai asked Hinata in her language.

"I'll be there shortly" Hinata said to her friends and girlfriend. She was sure everyone was out of earshot her Sensei spoke.

"Whatever they do is none of our business sensei he doesn't take advantage of her if that's what you think he treats all of his students as equals."she said defending her professor.

"Hinata I know what you're saying but doesn't change the fact how different things are here compared where we're from. That wouldn't be tolerated. If This were after she graduated that would be different but they're doing it while he still teaching it's a conflict of interest on both of their ends" Hinata was about to interrupt her before she continued.

"At least that's what it would look like for those who don't know anything. I don't pretend to know why those two do what they do. I just have to voice my concerns from the outside. You got to understand people are very judgemental Hinata and will assume the worst. Asking you since you're Marianne's friend do you think he's taking advantage of her?" Kurenai wanted an answer.

"No he's not, he cares deeply for her he has a haunted look on his face ever since the mission. I don't Pretend to know what his life is like but what I saw when I first met him was loneliness Marianne fills in that void. I don't want to get between their relationship since I am sorry I won't do it even for you. I know what it's like to love someone and have them feel like they're completely out of your reach. I don't want to ruin anything for them."she said with conviction.

"Your dead set on defending their relationship even if it isn't proper for a teacher and student. You have a big heart Hinata and you care deeply for your friends. I had to ask you this because I don't know how to approach him about this."she was nervous of what she meant by that.

"What do you mean?"Hinata asked her.

"Don't worry about it, have lunch with your friends. I'll see you tomorrow." Kurenai dismissed Hinata for the day she went to with her friends in order to go to the cafeteria for the day Benedetta and Marianne looked like they had questions she would talk to them about it at lunch. along with her girlfriend who was with her.

The cafeteria

"Are you serious?" asked Naruto, not believing that Claude had used his harem jutsu.

"Yeah, I will. Everyone got pissed at me when I did. I'm not going to lie. I like that Jitsu you created. It's very good for pranks." Claude said.

"What kind of jitsu are you talking about?" asked Dimitri.

Naruto had decided to eat with the house leaders more often so that he could have more conversations with them.

Edelgard was with them; she was curious about what they were talking about.

"It's embarrassing I can't believe you used it." Naruto said in disbelief.

"Hey, it's your fault for showing it it to me me."Claude said faking fake being offended.."

"It better not be some perverted jutsu."

Edelgard said angrily as she looked at Claude.

"It's not my fault; I'm not the one who invented it. It was him."

Claude pointed his finger at Naruto.

"Really, Naruto?" asked Edelgard, disappointed.

"Hey, give me a break! I was only twelve when I first used that jutsu." Naruto said defensively.

"Why would you have something like this?" Dimitri asked, disappointed that Naruto would have something so lowly as to be beneath his dignity.

"It's a kind of embarrassing story, and I don't really want to talk about it at the table."

As if on cue, Sasuke, Mercedes, Hinata, Dorothea, and Ingrid were sitting at the table.

"an interesting discussion you guys are having, is there anything we need to know?" Dorothea asked inquisitively.

"Nothing", Naruto said nervously, not wanting to talk about the embarrassing secret of his harem jitsu that Claude used on Jiraiya.

"There's a ruckus among the Golden Deer about Claude using some strange jitsu that transformed him into a woman. That made everyone in the golden deer have to train harder."

Mercedes said, and she had a look of disgust and disappointment.

"please not you too Mercedes San honestly I was 12."Naruto said trying to defend his actions.

"Hold up, what's this Harem Jitsu?" asked Ingrid, looking at Naruto.

"Oh my"Hinata said blushing remembering all the things they did with his harem jitsu.

"Wait why the hell does Claude know about the jitsu in the first place?"Naruto blurted out.

"You showed him Don't you remember that Claude isn't stupid; he obviously observed how you did the Jutsu and copied it. It's too bad the cat's out of the bag: your other two mates will want to know about the Harem Jutsu, there could be a benefit to this. Not only will you have the ability to have a four-way, but you could have a four-way and you get to experience the bliss of…"

Before Kurama could say anything more, Naruto cut him off.

"Damn" Naruto said low enough enough so no one can hear them them.

"I want to know what this harem jitsu is" said Dorothea. She took Naruto by the arm, along with Ingrid. Naruto looked at Hinata, pleading for her to help him.

"Don't complain; you'll get to experience the wonders of a lesbian threesome."

Kurama laughed, saying as Naruto was being dragged by his two girlfriends.

Although Mercedes couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Naruto, she was a little disgusted by the jutsu she had heard about.

"Are you sure he's going to be okay?" Mercedes asked Hinata.

"Oh, he'll be fine, but unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to join in on the fun tonight." Hinata said with a hint of disappointment.

"Part of the what?" Dimitri was oblivious to what Hinata was implying.

"Oh," Edelgard said, knowing exactly what she was talking about.

"How do you make it work?" Dimitri asked Hinata, trying to change the subject from the awkward conversation earlier.

"We're trying to figure it out as we go along. it's not easy sometimes. We have to take turns, and no one wants to hear about Naruto. Well, there are things that are hard, but let's just say they're not conversations we should be having at the dinner table." Hinata answered.

Sasuke looked at Mercedes, knowing that they both knew exactly what she was talking about.

"As long as everyone is happy, that's all that matters." Mercedes said to her friend.

She looked at the corner of her eye, where Sakura was picking a fight with Leone.

"Are you the one who is seeing Sasuke Kun?" Sakura demanded

Mercedes was tempted to slap her again, but decided against it. Hilda and Leone could take care of it themselves.

"Stupid bitch" Mercedes said to herself she would smile if only she knew that she was Sasuke's girlfriend, the answer was right in front of her but she didn't know it.

Earlier with Leone, Hilda, Raphael, Lorenz, and Ino

Leone wasn't bothering anyone; she was just eating her lunch in peace with her friends from the Golden Deer. She was disappointed in Naruto's Harem Jutsu, but she thought of Claude using such a perverted Jutsu, which disgusted her.

"Well, to be fair, Naruto wasn't happy when Claude used it"

"Hilda pointed out that they were overhearing Naruto's shouting in disbelief that Claude had used his jutsu."

"Whatever doesn't matter, regardless, it's disgraceful" said Lorenz.

"I'm disappointed, but I don't think it's a big deal" said Raphael, taking a bite out of the meal he was currently eating.

"The fact that he has three girlfriends despite having that jitsu is a miracle." Said Ino

"It wouldn't shock me if Hinata and Naruto have used it to do all sorts of kinky things in bed, if you know what I mean." said Ino with a perverted grin.

"There's no way a girl like Hinata would do something like that." Lorenz said, not believing someone so modest and shy could be capable of such a thing.

"You underestimate the kind of kinky things shy girls are into"Hilda replied.

"Are you the one who is seeing Sasuke-kun?" Leone heard a screeching and annoying voice.

"Do I look like someone who would be interested in Sasuke?" Leone said, annoyed at Sakura's presence.

"You stupid bitch. I know you're lying." Sakura said, in her delusion. She looked at Sasuke, the woman he was next to. Was she really oblivious?

"First of all, Sakura, I'm not interested in Sasuke. I haven't spoken to him once during our time here. I don't even know anything about him except what he looks like and where he comes from." Leone dismissed her as if she were a pest.

"Then it must be you," she pointed at Hilda, obviously jealous of her looks. Hilda looked even more annoyed than Leone.

"Seriously, fuck off. I'm not interested in Sasuke. We were having a peaceful lunch until you came here." Hilda said in the rare instances where she snapped at people.

"You're so insufferable," Lorenz said, not enjoying her presence.

"Seriously, can you just leave? We're trying to have a relaxing lunch, but you're always ruining it with your annoying screeching voice." Ino said, not caring if she pissed Sakura off.

"I'll find out who's seeing Sasuke Kun if it's the last thing I do."she stormed off.

"Is she really that oblivious?" Raphael asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, Sasuke had been crushing on Mercedes for the first two months he'd been here, and now they're officially dating; they spend a lot of time together; they're always together, almost every day; they're glued to each other like two pieces of tape. Everyone and their mother knows it, but Sakura is too blind to see it; she can't accept the fact that Sasuke would rather be with a nice and sweet woman like Mercedes than an annoying banshee like her." Leone said, annoyed that everyone's lunch was ruined by the banshee.

"Thank goodness she's not in our class," said Lorenz, and one of the few times she agrees with him, she replied.

"I agree I don't understand how the Blue Lions can tolerate that annoying banshee 24/7." Leone agreed.

The golden deer enjoyed the rest of their lunch in blissful peace, despite the brief interruption earlier.

When they were dismissed, everyone left the table, along with Hinata, Mercedes, and Sasuke. She saw Sakura storm off angrily and couldn't help but feel a little pity for her, but not much.

"That annoying banshee! How could she not see what's right in front of her? She'll never get it." said Sasuke contemptuously.

"I say mess with her, the bitch deserves it."Hinata suggested.

"I'll think about it." Sasuke said.

"We have homework to do, and we don't have much time." Mercedes told her boyfriend.

"Of course, we will get started right away." Sasuke replied.

She bid farewell to Mercedes and Sasuke, then headed toward the pond. She sat down, looking at the water.

she wondered what her role would be in the relationship that she had agreed to with Naruto.

She loves her partners, all of them. The one thing she was afraid of was becoming a third wheel. Despite Naruto's insistence that it wouldn't happen, because he loves them all, she can't help but feel insecure.

Dorothea knew something before she did about Naruto about Kurama being sealed inside of him no matter what she will always have that bond with Naruto that she will never have.

But then there was Ingrid, who had a bond with her that she didn't have with Naruto. She had told Ingrid more about her relationship with her clan thaneven Naruto. She felt guilty in a way, even though their relationship was equal.

She turned around and noticed a green-haired girl, who was looking at her with fascination.

"So, you're Hinata Hyuga, aren't you? You're shorter than I expected." the girl said.

"I'm sorry I've never seen you before. How come I haven't seen you until now?"Hinata asked.

"Oh, I'm the sister of Seteth. My brother is protective of me, so you haven't seen me until now." The girl answered.

She heard the girl's stomach growl. Hinata knew she was hungry.

"I really don't have much on me here."Hinata went inside her bag and gave her what was left of her lunch that she had made earlier.

"Are you sure?", the girl asked.

"I'm positive I don't like food going to waste." Hinata replied.

"Thank you, Hinata. You're as kind as they say you are." She said as she was sitting next to her. They were both looking at the pond.

"Is there a name I can call you by?" Hinata asked her.

"Flayn", she replied.

"Flayn San, why are you here?" she asked, referring to the spot he wasn't sitting at.

"I like looking at the water and seeing the fish jump out of the pond. It reminds me of when my mother and I, along with my father, used to fish together. She said nostalgically."

"There's something soothing about this place, the monastery in general is peaceful here. I haven't felt this much peace ever, not even back home."

Hinata confessed that she didn't know why she was comfortable sharing this with a complete stranger, but this girl wasn't the kind of person who would tell anyone. She just had a feeling.

"Personally, I'm shocked you didn't join the Blue Lions. Why did you join the Black Eagles?" Flayn asked, struggling to use the chopsticks Hinata provided her.

"That's something very personal, and I don't think I want to talk about it right now." Hinata said, not wanting to elaborate.

"I'm sorry, Hinata. We just spoke. I'm just curious. I just want to learn about the people here, but my brother is reluctant to have me speak to anyone for any length of time." Flayn looked at the water sadly; she was lonely; she could see it in her eyes.

"Do you have any friends?" Hinata asked.

"I have a friend, but he's busy right now. We kind of have to keep it under wraps. We talk from time to time." She was curious who this friend was.

"What do you two talk about, if you don't mind my asking?"

Hinata asked curiously.

"The rumors about you having 3 partners reminds me of people I once knew."Hinata was caught off guard.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm saying too much. Me and My brother traveled a lot. We once met a couple where the man had three wives. What made it unique was that the wives were also married to each other. It was beautiful. I never thought it would be possible."Hinata wondered what she was talking about.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to use these things." Flayn confessed embarrassedly.

"I'll show you that it's not a problem."

Hinata showed her how to use the chopsticks for the rice roll that she made when she was done Flayn managed to eat the food that she made easier.

"This is good, you're a good cook, Hinata. Is there any way you could show me how to make this?" Flayn asked her.

"Sure, no problem. Though some of the ingredients are unfortunately I had to order at the black market because they're not available here; it's from my native home."Hinata answered.

"It's quite a shame that this program doesn't extend to the food from where you live. Who knows what kind of amazing food exists at the other side of the world!" The girl said as she drooled over the tasty foods that existed.

"Oh, there's tasty food here too, but you're right; some people would die for the opportunity to eat it. She feels comfortable around this girl, so she couldn't help but notice how guarded Flayn is and she also couldn't help but notice that she had an overworldly presence about her.

"It's a shame I can't be in your class or any of the classes here; it sounds like a lot of fun." Flayn said with sadness.

"We can still be friends. I won't tell anyone. It'll be our little secret. Flayn-san." Hinata said with her warm smile.

Your smile is as pretty as everyone says; no wonder Naruto fell in love with you."

Then it was back to him; she was sad, she shouldn't feel jealous, but she did.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go" said Hinata.

"Are you doing anything in particular tomorrow?" Flayn asked Hinata.

"No, I'm not." Hinata replied.

"If it's okay with you, I wouldn't mind doing this again. I have some more food I can make if you want to try some." Flayn smiled happily that she had another friend.

"All right, I'll see you tomorrow."

Hinata left without saying anything; she knew something was wrong.

Interfering in their love lives is something she shouldn't do; she feels like this is something Hinata has to resolve on her own, though she would keep close tabs on the situation.

She saw Sasuke and Mercedes laughing together.

"Wow, I can't believe he did that." Mercedes laughed.

"Yeah, well, that jitsu made the Third Hokage fall over. It was so embarrassing that the Hokage threatened to kill anyone who mentioned that embarrassing episode."

She was laughing really hard at what was so funny. Flayn wanted to know.

"I appreciate you cheering me up Sasuke-kun. These tests have been very stressful. There's so much we have to study under a short amount of time. I'm not really good at these." Mercedes admitted.

"Don't worry, my angel. I'll help you like I promised. Your smile is the most precious thing to me. If I can make it possible, I would make you smile every day."

She leaned on Sasuke's shoulder.

"You're so sweet, Sasuke-kun. You're nothing like those people say you are." She had her eyes closed as Sasuke put his arm around her.

Flayn had seen this scene so many times before, of two people in love. Sasuke took her advice to heart; it was the first time she'd saw them interact.

She walked away, knowing it wouldn't be right. This was a private moment between them; she shouldn't have seen it.

She wishes her father wouldn't be so protective, and let her be friends with people. The world she had once known is gone. The world she's currently walking in feels alien. How long will it be before she falls asleep again? She hopes it won't be any time soon. Part of her wishes it wouldn't happen. She wonders sometimes if this long life is really a blessing or a curse.

With how little of their people that exist and sometimes feels more like a curse.

To give anything, having friends is not living a lonely existence. Hinata and Sasuke could be that friends she needed.

She had to get into her room before her father, who everyone thinks is her brother, would freak out. She understands why he's protective of her because of what happened to her mother and how they had to flee from place to place for many years because no place was safe.

She enters her room and lies down, looking at the ceiling, thinking of what she would do with her new friend Hinata Hyuga the next day.

Byleth walked around the room, testing every part of his body to see if he could move without hurting himself, even though he wasn't hurting in his wounds that were almost completely healed. He wasn't allowed to return to teaching, and he was going crazy.He couldn't lift a sword, and he couldn't do anything but read the same damn thing over and over again. The one thing that didn't drive him insane was Marianne's visits. She didn't visit until the end of the day because of her classes, but today was different. He would return the next day and it was her day off.He wishes he could speak to his father and ask him the questions that have been on his mind regarding his mother. It still doesn't make sense to him after two months, and he's in love with Marianne. He's been told not to rationalize it, but it's hard not to considering how fast it has happened.Before he could indulge in his thoughts, he heard a knock. He got up and opened the door, and it was not who we expected to see. It was a raven-haired woman with red eyes. He did his best to hide his disappointment because he didn't want to see anyone at the moment, but Marianne.

"I'm hoping I'm not disturbing you. I know you won't be returning to teach until the day after tomorrow, but I feel like it would save us both time if I introduced myself now. I'm Kurenai Yuhi, your assistant." She gave him a detailed notebook of everything that had been taught in the past week, which he would have to look at later, and what he would be teaching when he came back.

"I was told by Tsunade that I would get one. I didn't expect to meet you so soon." He admitted.

"I won't take too much of your time. I wanted to ask you something in a one-on-one setting before we work together. What is your relationship with Marianne?"He didn't know how to respond.

"I'm not here to judge you, Byleth. I'm not going to condemn or condone your relationship with her. I'm just speaking as a teacher concerned about my student. Kurenai voiced her concern.

"Do you think I'm not concerned? Do you think I haven't considered what others would think? I cannot control my feelings towards her. I don't even understand them fully. I didn't understand emotions in general until I met her; I can't explain any of it." he said honestly.

"She was right; you are in love with this girl, as I said. I won't condemn or condone what you're doing, but be careful: there are those who would use this against you, and they don't like the fact that you're teaching here." Kurenai warned.

"I don't care what they think of me; I'm concerned about her, not myself," he said sharply.

"I understand, but she's not the only reason I'm here. I'm also here regarding Hinata Hyuga. She's gotten more confident since the last time I saw her. At first, I was concerned when I found out she chose the Black Eagles, but those concerns were put to rest when I saw what kind of woman she's becoming. She's more confident than she was before. Is this your doing?" she asked him.He was glad the conversation was shifting away from Marianne to something he was more comfortable talking about.

"I can't take all the credit; Edelgard played a part too. I just showed Hinata what she was capable of and how strong she truly was. I didn't want someone like her to not have her full potential squandered. I saw what she was capable of and I wanted to bring out that potential in herself. I wanted her to see herself as strong as I saw her." He answered with pride of how far Hinata has come in the past few months.

"I see that I wish those back home could see what I always saw in Hinata, a strong capable girl whom her father wouldn't believe if he saw what Hinata is now." He wondered what she meant by that.

"Then there's the other girls who were a lot like Hinata when she was 12. Now that they're in your class, they're more confident than they were before. I read the dossier on Benedetta, who Hinata has befriended. She was scared of everyone and reluctant to talk to anyone. Even though she goes out of her room more, she's still scared. I could talk about the other students as well, but it would take up too much of our time. You have a way to bring out talent in people. Byleth San, who don't see it in themselves. It's a shame we don't have people like you back home. You would have made a great instructor." Kurenai said with respect.

"I've taken enough of your time, your secret girlfriend is going to be here any minute, and I don't want her to know that I know. Just keep in mind what I've said about her and yourself. Be careful."Kurenai said as she opened the door and left.

"You should be more careful, and more people are starting to know about you." Sothis advised.

"I know", Byleth replied.It would be 10 minutes before he heard another knock. He would open the door, and it would be Marianne with unbraided hair. Her hair was down to her back.She closed the door behind her, wearing a casual white dress with a long skirt.

"I'm sorry I was late. I couldn't find anything I felt comfortable wearing with in such a short notice." Marianne confessed, embarrassed. By her reasoning for being late.

"It doesn't matter; you look beautiful in anything you wear, Mari.Byleth said to his shy girlfriend.

"Thank you" she blushed at his compliment.She sat down on his bed, and he sat next to her. They had done this for the past week; he didn't know what to say or talk about. This time, he looked up at the ceiling as he lay on Marianne's lap. He could look at her eyes for hours; he got lost in their beauty.Things were silent for 10 minutes before Byleth asked Marianne a question.

"How Sora?" he asked her."She misses you and wishes for a swift recovery." Marianne answered.

"So how are your new instructors treating you?" He asked, wanting to know what was going on with her since he had been forbidden to do anything for a week.

"Kurenai is nice; she's patient and understanding. I can see why Hinata speaks so highly of her." Marianne said.

"Has she talked about her sensei?" he asked Marianne, hoping to know more.

"She's an important person to Hinata. She hasn't really told me much, but I pick up on the fact that she was one of the few people back at her home who believed in her besides Naruto. She's caring towards her students. If I were born in Konoha, she would have been my ideal teacher."She finished.

"I can't wait to finally be able to leave the monastery again. I can't stand the stone walls; it's suffocating in here." Byleth said to Marianne.

"I know that feeling," Marianne replied.

"Are you really okay with someone like me, Mari?" Byleth asked his girlfriend.

"Of course I am. Why would you ask such a thing?" Marianne asked

"I don't feel worthy. I feel like you have better options than me." Byleth confessed his deepest insecurities.

"There's no one else I would rather be with than you, if anyone isn't worthy, it's me." She replied.He had no response to that, wanting to protect both of them. What would be the right thing to say to ask?

"Why not just make a promise to each other,"said Sothis.

"Can we make a promise to each other Mari?"he asked her.

"of course Byl"he got up and his face was inches from hers.

"I'll protect you, I promise from everything that would do you harm and most of all what I want to protect the most is your smile." Byleth knew it was corny what he just said, but he didn't care.

"That's so sweet of you, Byleth. If there's one thing I promise, it's that I'll protect you from your nightmares in the best way I can. And I don't care what anyone says; nothing or anyone will get in my way. I love you, Byleth Eisner. I don't care how irrational it is; I'll protect you from your nightmares." She said softly.They kissed with more passion than the last time he didn't fully understand his love for her; all he could think about was making her happy.

"There's one thing I would like to do when you're able to leave this room again next time we go out of the monastery. I want to make love outside in the field around nature."Marianne confessed.She didn't care how it came out; that's what she wanted. She didn't want to date him in the monastery; she wanted to go outside, where they could be open about their love and not have to hide it.

"Anything for you." Byleth said softly.He started to remove her dress, fully exposing her chest. She didn't bother wearing anything underneath; she didn't see the point: if she was going to make love to her boyfriend, she was going to do it with as few obstacles as possible.Even though he had already seen her fully naked, he admired her body, gently touching her as if exploring her for the first time, even though he'd done so before. Though the circumstances were different, she was lucky to have cast a sound seal jutsu that Hinata taught her.

"You're beautiful, Mari" he said to her as he gently played with her breasts. She didn't hold back her moans; she saw no reason to because of the seal.

"Please be rougher, I'm not a delicate flower." Marianne gasped as he did exactly as she commanded: he sucked her right breast with his mouth, then played around with her left, squeezing it."An An An" She wasn't able to get the words out, but the pleasure was I'd like anything that she experienced the first time. Her priority the first time they made love was to stop the nightmares; this time it was all about pleasuring herself and her lover.

"Your moans are like music to my ears, God." Her lover said to her as she continued to feel him play with her breasts with his mouth and his hands. He even sucked on her neck on her right side and then went down her shoulder. It was as if his mere touch could cause her to moan in pleasure.There was one thing that bothered her, even though she felt amazing; it was the fact that he was fully clothed while she wasn't. She would have to rectify this.

"Byl it's not fair that you're still fully clothed." She struggled to get the words out, then he realized what she meant and in self-awareness he stopped; she was disappointed because of the sudden pleasure stopping, but she wanted them both to be fully nude before they got to do what Marianne had in mind

."Sorry about that. I'm still new at this."He said as he removed his clothing and placed them deeply on the side where her dress was, before resuming what he was doing previously.This time he was even rougher; he was hungrier like a beast. Her nipples hardened even more than they already were.

"Oh, God, Byleth, please don't stop." Marianne said as he continued to play with her chest. She continued to be loaded with pleasure as he got rougher with her chest. She felt liquid come out of her breasts and screamed. She had heard about it before from Hinata when she talked about her experience with sex but it was nothing like this; it felt incredible.She wanted him to do more.

"Can you lie down on your back?" he asked her.She did exactly as he was asked.

She spread her legs, looking down at where he was and wondering what he was going to do. She hoped it wouldn't get to the main event too soon. The thing she saw was his face near her vagina and realized what he was about to do.Said nothing as he placed his mouth at her crotch and started to eat her out.She jerked her head as he played around with her entrance with his mouth it was nothing like she could imagine. Tears were falling through her eyes not because she was crying because of how intense the pleasure was how could someone be this good?She never experienced anything like masturbation in her life but what she was told from those who did do it like her friend Hilda it was nothing like what he was doing to her. Then she felt his tongue inside of her.

"fuck oh God fuck Byl oh goddess oh yeah right there is oh"she felt liquids come out of her lower region and she didn't hold back when she screamed.

"Ahhhhhhhh" it was difficult to believe things could get even better, but she knew it could be based on her experience the first time she had sex.

"Your moans are like music to my ears", her lover said to her as he got up, but Marianne wasn't going to allow him to get to the main event; she wanted to be the one to pleasure him as well.

"Please let me do it; it's my turn." she said, taking control; he didn't resist her."Sit down", she ordered.

He did exactly as she instructed and sat down, wondering what she was going to do.She had no idea what she was going to do; she had no experience doing any such thing before. She looked at his fully erect member, how much she would like it in her vagina, she could just insert it in there right now, but that's not what she wants to do yet.She wondered what it would feel like in her mouth.Without thinking without even say anything she stroke his rod playing around with it."fuck"she heard her lover mode which only emboldened her to continue."how much do you want this cock inside of my mouth?"she asked him in her dirty talk she couldn't believe she had the courage to do so.

"I'm at your mercy, my lady" he said, struggling to get the words out as she sucked on his testicles. "Oh fuck!" She loved it when he moaned and she was the one responsible.A simple touch on her lips was enough to make him moan with pleasure. She looked forward to putting the whole thing in her mouth, playing with it like he does with her.After she was done playing with his balls, she slowly inserted his cock into her mouth. She started at the tip, just to give him a taste of what it would feel like.

"Oh my God are you a goddess fuck."he wasn't able to hold back his moans not that it mattered. She put more of it in her mouth and started to suck it like a lollipop. She was given tips by Hinata on how to make her lover feel even better. She took her friends advice and started to take it out spit on His cock and put it back in just hearing him scream her name was satisfaction enough she felt wet at her lower region she wanted this inside of her she couldn't wait to have it inside of her but she wasn't going to until he cummed on her face.It would be another 10 minutes before she would get what she wanted. Her lover looked at her with lust and love unlike the last time pain would not be a problem.

"You're incredible", he said to her, complimenting.They changed positions, and she lay on her back, with her head on his pillow. He wasted no time; he inserted his gigantic rod into her pussy. She grabbed his back, holding him there for dear life.The room was full of the lovers moaning in pleasure as Byleth moved his rod in and out of her vagina.

"Fuck me harder," Marianne moaned.

"You're so tight; it feels oh fuck!"Their bodies were pressed hard against each other; skin mashed against skin. It didn't matter to Marianne.

"Oh fuck, fuck, fuck" she heard her lover moan; the pleasure was even greater than the last time. The feel of his rod felt like it was made specifically for her. She wanted him to go deeper.

"Go deeper, please! Oh fuck, fuck!" she didn't care if what she was doing was out of character for her. she was having an incredible time with him nothing mattered except Byleth making love to her and making her feel like she's in heaven.

"Your pussy feels amazing, oh fuck, oh God!" Byleth said as the bed shook from how hard they were fucking. They were screwing like rabbits; they switched positions and she was riding him like a stallion. Her breasts were bouncing.He used her hips to increase his momentum; she felt herself orgasm at least once. She didn't want him to stop; she wanted him to thrust even deeper. She wanted him to make her forget everything that she had experienced in her life involving her crest.

"I love you", Byleth said to her as he pressed his lips against hers, the passion of their lovemaking was nothing like last time; his arms were around her, she knew he was about to reach his limit, he was about to cum inside of her. They removed their faces; he was about to say something, but she didn't need to hear his words.

"Do it!" she screamed as he thrust it deep inside of her and released his seed inside of her womb. She was fortunate that she had learned an anti-conception jutsu from Hinata.Otherwise she would get pregnant not that she would mind carrying his child she wasn't ready yet not at this stage of their relationship.

They both collapsed after their intense love making.Byleth played with her hair, looking at her no matter how many times he saw her like this, she was beautiful to him; it was as if he was seeing her for the first time. They said nothing, their faces were inches from each other.

"I still don't know completely what love is; will you be patient with me and help me find it?" he asked his lover.

"Of course, my Love. I'll help you however long it takes. Because that's how much I love you. Even if it's been a short time that I've known you, I feel like I've known you a whole lifetime."Marianne said as if she knew him from before, which couldn't be true.

"Thank you for being patient with me," he said to the girl who giggled.

"Thank you for accepting me for who I am. My teacher, my love, you are all these things to me and more; don't shut me out, let me protect you from whatever nightmares you may have because I can't do anything else; I can at least do that." She drifted off to sleep; he felt her bury her head in his chest.

"I Love you" he said softly as she fell asleep."Wow to think that a visit would turn into a 2-hour love making fest"His companion inside of him joked.

"Please don't joke about something like that Sothis I take this seriously this girl isn't just some object I will disregard she's nothing like that."he said defensively.

"You say you love her, but you don't fully understand why and how. I keep telling you there is no reason she makes you feel better when she's around you; you just stop trying to rationalize love and try to understand it just by learning its ups and downs. This relationship is not going to be easy for either of you, considering that she's your student; you're going to have those who will look at you differently and her. So you will have to respect her her choices, whether you like it or not, regarding this relationship."Sothis said

"You two are both useless romantics. I don't know why I bother sometimes. I guess that's why you two fell in love you two are a lot alike. Though the main difference between the two of you is Marianne at least knows how to make friends while you still struggle to do so. I think you should make friends outside of her it would be healthier for both of you if you did so you'd have other people to confide in. That would be my advice." Sothis advised.She had a point, but who would he start with? There was one person he could think of: his house leader, Edelgard. Would it be such a bad thing? It would be a start; she had shown interest and wanted to talk to him more. Why not start there? He thought.

"Edelgard is definitely a good place to start. She's your house leader, and not to mention she could use a male friend; it'd be perfect for both of you. Plus, I think it would be a good idea to do it to Hinata as well, but that's completely up to you. Anyway, you should get some sleep." Sothis suggested.He struggled to keep his eyes open would he fell asleep build at peace in the arms with Marianne the woman that he had grown to love.