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Chapter IV

Volleyballing some Library Islands

Mahora Grounds

The girls of 2-A were frolicking along the grounds, doing their own thing. Majority was playing volleyball while the rest were just resting.

Makie said as she passed the ball to Akira, "How long has it been since Naruto-sensei and Negi-kun became our teachers?"

Yuuna, to whom the ball was passed next, said, "Well, I don't know…probably around five days. Only five days and they're already tiring themselves out."

The ball was passed to Izumi Ako, who said, "Well, they are teachers. Wait a minute, aren't the exams around next week? Are you sure we shouldn't ask Naruto-sensei and Negi-sensei for a tutor class?"

Yuuna replied, "We don't need tutoring. This place is easy compared to universities."

Maki said, "Never mind the exams. Don't you think that both sensei are feeling a bit lonely for someone of their gender?"

As the ball was passed to Misa, she said, "Well, it should be expected. After all, they are the only males of their age. The other males are older teachers."

Haruna received the ball and giggled perversely. "Well, maybe we could have a little talk with them about their…men problems."

Makie smiled. "You mean we act like their experienced sisters!"

As the ball was suddenly kicked to her head, she turned around and said, "Maybe you could pass the ball a little kinder."

The kicker said, "Oh, so you are experienced sisters?"

As everyone looked at the newcomers, their eyes widened. "You are-"

Teacher's Room

Negi was writing his report while Naruto was reading a book he borrowed from the library.

Shizuna approached them and asked, "How's your teaching coming along?"

Negi smiled and said, "It's going along fine."

Naruto nodded in affirmation.

Just then, the doors opened and in entered Makie and Ako looking worse for wear and teary-eyed.

Naruto was immediately on his feet and in front of them. "What's going on?"

Makie exclaimed, "Naruto-sensei, there's trouble! There were some troublemakers that bullied us!"

Negi stood up and said, "Who would do such a thing?"

Naruto's eyes darkened. He didn't know why but something about bullies made him quite angry.

As he slowly walked outside, Makie and Ako shivered from his eyes.

Makie said, "Is it just me or am I more scared about what Naruto-sensei would do to those high school students?"

Back to the grounds

A high school girl threw the ball directly to Akira's arm, while shouting, "Ha! Take that!" As Akira fell to the ground, the high school girl smirked arrogantly. "Do you get it now? You are nothing but babies compared to us!" Then, she grabbed Akira by the back collar and began dragging her away.

That all stopped when a serious voice said, "What is going on here?"

Turning to the source, they saw Naruto walking towards them with a serious look on his face. Every girl shivered under his intense gaze.

Evangeline thought. Damn and I thought that I would never see that look ever again.

Mana mused. That is no longer a look of a teacher. That is a look of a fighter.

The high school girl who was holding Akira suddenly let her go and stuttered, "Uh…this…well…"

Naruto raised a brow and asked, "Yes?"

The high school girls were obviously scared of Naruto's serious face. All can't even look at him in the eye.

"I believe that one school regulation is that bullying or hurting of a fellow student for any reason is frowned upon and is punishable by a week's worth of detention and a warning given to you and your parents. Surely, you wouldn't want your parents angry at you over something like this?"

Everyone shivered again.

The high school girls shook their heads. Naruto nodded. "That's good. I will let this one slide. Now, apologize to my students for starting this fight and go on your merry way." They did so reluctantly but fearfully. After that, they ran off.

Naruto sighed tiredly. "A teacher's work is never done." Then, he walked back to the teacher's room, with Negi on the sidelines watching him with awed eyes.

Later that day

Naruto was on the park bench, lounging while chewing on a piece of grass that he plucked out earlier. Just then, the bell rang, signifying the end of recess.

He sighed and sat up and went to his substituted class.

Rooftop

As the rooftop door opened and Negi and class 2-A arrived, they were surprised to see the girls of 2-D with Naruto.

Asuna asked, "Naruto, what are you doing?"

The seemingly leader smirked. "He's our teacher for the day."

Class 2-A gave a resounding 'EH.'

"Anyway, we were here first. So why don't you just leave?"

An argument started and Naruto sighed again. "Look, the court's big enough for two classes. Why don't we just have a joint class?"

Class 2-D girls smirked. "We accept. This will be an official game. If we lose, we will no longer mess with you girls."

Class 2-A was more than eager to accept.

"And if we win," suddenly, Naruto and Negi were in their arms, "we will take these two to be our senseis."

Asuna pointed at them suspiciously. "What was that? Naruto scared the crap out of you girls and you want him as a prize?"

"Why wouldn't we? We just love a man who's forceful!"

Naruto sulked. Why do I always get the strange ones?

As both sides agreed, Naruto sighed and sat by the entrance wall. With him were Setsuna, Zazie, Mana, Kaede, Chachamaru, Evangeline, and the Cheerleader Squad.

Kaede looked at him and said, "Aren't you going to join your substituted class, Naruto-sensei?"

He sighed. "I really don't see the point. I am only a substitute of class 2-D and the more people in the play of class 2-A, the harder the gameplay would be. Why would I bother?"

Setsuna suddenly asked, "And what if they lost and you and Negi-sensei would be transferred to their class?"

He chuckled. "All transfer requests must go to the dean before it can be implemented. Unless the dean is someone who does things for fun, then I don't have to worry about it."

"I see."

The game was quite one-sided for the first half. The second half was when class 2-A pulled a lot of strings, from Nodoka's rulebook guide to every other skills.

Finally, class 2-A won and they celebrated.

Naruto sighed and stood up. But he tensed when he sensed ill intent. Around him, the girls were seemingly oblivious to the small intent. Acting quickly, he turned to the target, Konoka, and he dashed.

Konoka didn't know of the attack until Negi called her. It was too late to dodge. She closed her eyes but heard a slam.

Slowly opening her eyes, she came to the sight of Naruto holding her bridal style in one hand and holding the ball in the other.

Silence covered the rooftop.

The girls of 2-D were speechless that the ball tossed by their strongest member was caught so effortlessly by the substitute teacher…one-handed! The girls of 2-A are in the same boat.

Naruto's eyes were covered by his hair. "Haven't I told you that bullying or hurting a fellow student is against school regulations?" As he raised his eyes, everyone was shocked by Naruto's normally cerulean blue eyes turned ice cold. "Such behavior is unacceptable. You will be having detention with Takamichi for a month. Be grateful that I am showing leniency."

The girls of 2-D grumbled as they left the roof. He sighed as he dropped the ball and let go of Konoka.

She had a blush on her cheeks and looked glazed. Naruto didn't seem to notice and went to a bench to sit down.

Some days later

Naruto and Negi left the classroom after another class when Shizuna approached them.

She held out a letter to them. "Dean Konoe told me to give this to you two." She left.

Negi and Naruto looked at the letter. Final Test was written on it. Negi panicked while Naruto furrowed his brows.

Negi opened it and both Negi and Naruto read what it said.

If Class 2-A is not the last class after the exams, you two will be official teachers.

Both widened their eyes with one thought going through their minds. Oh, crap.

That night – School Pool

It is Class 2-A's turn to use the pool to clean themselves. Right now, some took the showers while the rest swam in the pool.

It was all minor whispering from respective groups when Konoka suddenly said, "Neh, Asuna, have you been studying?"

Asuna, who has been swimming back and forth the pool ends, asked, "Why do you ask that?"

Konoka looked quite sad. "Well, I heard that which class gets the lowest average score on the exams would get broken up and its teacher would get fired."

That stopped all conversations and all heads turned to Konoka in shock and caused the whole pool to resound with the shout of 'WHAT.'

Asakura exclaimed, "This is bad! We are the last, every time! If we end up last again…what's going to happen to us and Naruto-kun and Negi-sensei?"

Endless discussion covered the pool before Nodoka suddenly said, "Um…I think we can find a way…"

In front of a large doorway

Asuna pumped her fists. "Yosh, let's do it!" She is in her school uniform, overlaid by some sort of trekking equipment. All around her, Yue, Kaede, Ku Fei, Makie, Setsuna, Konoka, Haruna, and Nodoka were wearing the same thing.

Behind them were Negi and Naruto, now in their everyday wear.

Naruto yawned while rubbing his eyes. "Asuna, what are we doing out here?"

Nodoka replied, "I heard that there was a magic book that increases your intelligence. We want to use it so that we would rank highest in the exams. The Baka Rangers along with Setsuna-san and you two would enter the Library Island while Haruna-chan and I will stay here and be your intel."

Naruto replied as the door to the library opened, "There's more to knowledge than a magic book." But he followed the group inside the library anyway.

Inside

Naruto found himself wondering why he even bothers to come with them. He never even thought that one of the floors he would be standing on would be the top of one of the large shelves! How can someone even get a book from them?

Then, he saw Makie mistake a step and fall. But as he was about to help her, she whipped out her ribbon and managed to hold on.

He sighed as they continued walking. Then, he heard Negi say to Asuna that he sealed off his magic for three days. He sighed even more.

Finally, they stopped in front of a crawl hole. He deadpanned, "Tell me you're joking. We're not going through that hole."

A voice came from a radio on Yue's shoulder. "It's the only way, Naruto-sensei. I can't find any other passage to this magic book."

Naruto sighed before shrugging. "Fine, let's go." He was about to enter when Kaede stopped him with a grin. "Kaede, what is it?"

Kaede replied, "Where are your manners, de gozaru? It's ladies first."

Naruto blinked. "But, if I do that, then…"

Kaede grinned wider. Naruto's brow twitched but was forced to wait since he was a gentleman.

Yue went first, as she was the one with the map, followed by Konoka, then by Setsuna, next is Makie, followed by Ku, then Kaede, then Naruto, then Asuna, and finally by Negi.

Naruto couldn't help thinking that Kaede wants him to look up her skirt. Whenever he looks down, Kaede stops, making Naruto look up at her and see the goodies. Then, Kaede would smirk at him before continuing.

Finally, they left the small hole and emerged in front of a large room with a pedestal on the other end. The pedestal descended to a bridge, where it had two large rock statues on each side.

Once Negi recovered, he exclaimed, "That's the book of Merkisedek!"

Everyone looked at him. Asuna asked, "You know this book?"

"Yes. Whoever reads it would be granted immense intelligence! No one has found out where it is for a long time!"

Hearing this, the girls began running towards it. Naruto shouted as he and Negi ran after them, "Wait! Something that valuable must be guarded!"

As expected, halfway through, the bridge split in two and caused all to fall to some sort of board. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be some sort of Twister board.

One of the statues began moving and laughing. "Hohoho, getting the book isn't that easy!"

Naruto blinked. Why does that voice sound familiar?

The statue continued, "If you want to move on, you must translate these words correctly…hohoho!"

So, Spelling Twister began. Naruto found it difficult to not focus on spelling some words without managing to look down a dress or up a skirt.

Finally the word was 'Dish,' translation: 'Osara.' But Asuna mistook a syllable, making it 'Osaru.'

The statue began laughing again and slammed his hammer down on the board, breaking it, and causing all to fall.

As everyone screamed about the fall, Naruto gained a flashbulb memory…of multiple Narutos attacking someone. He decided to copy that memory and made a cross-seal and shouted, "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" Puffs of smoke appeared around him and from them emerged copies of Naruto. Only Setsuna, Kaede, and Ku managed to notice amidst the chaos.

Naruto had his clones grab the girls, while he held onto the closest person to him, that being Konoka.

She began blushing wildly and stuttered, "N-Naruto-kun?" Setsuna, despite the severity of the situation, found herself being annoyed by the blond teacher.

Naruto was silent as they finally got out of the small passageway and into a vast island.

And before all crashed, Naruto thought one thing. This is going to hurt.

Hey, everyone. I'm sorry this took so long.

I was focused on my other stories that I neglected this one.