So excited for next chapter since a lot of things will happen! I just hope everyone can be patient.

Not gonna lie most of these time I haven't updated anything was because I was addicted to the new video games I got, for example, the release of Tera Online in the ps4 I hardly did anything else on my free time.

Though, the time I was without updating I managed to catch some really good ideas for the future.

Hopefully, I can update faster or as fast as possible but since I'm also working on other fics it may be a little... you know and this Love Live! Fanfic I was asked to write by a dear friend of mine (because of a bet I lost) then it may make things slower since I'm 'studying' and informing myself of said anime and elements I'll need for the fic.

There is also the thing that it feels a bit harder to write this fanfic because it lacks the fantasy elements that my other fanfics contain but well, I enjoy writing this kind of story a lot since it's really relaxing and it makes me think a lot more compared to my other fics.

Anyways, this chapter was shorter than I intended but I guess 10k words is pretty decent anyways. If you have any questions (please be nice) make sure to PM me so I can answer you properly.

Disclaimer – I don't own Naruto, Yahari or any of the animes in this fanfic.

Normal Talking "I'm hungry…!"
Normal Thinking 'I'm hungry…!'
Notebook/Hang sign Writing/Talking "I'm lazy."

Naruto had to say he noticed a lot of things after spending a whole week around the club, for example, he felt more… relaxed. Even his classmates had noticed this as he didn't seem as unapproachable as before, and they could actually talk to him now compared to before. He had a feeling it was thanks to the tea and the peaceful moments he had gotten to spend in the clubroom, it was no secret that the club itself wasn't particularly well known and the amounts of request they got were… pretty low.

Or none existent.

He had asked Yui before if anyone else knew about the club but all he got from her was that people heard rumors about a club like that yet no one really knew if it existed or not. Fuck man, the only reason Yui knew of its existence was because Shizuka-Sensei was the one that told her about its existence when she had asked for help regarding her not so little problem of baking biohazard weapons.

He had a feeling that it was also Shizuka-Sensei that made the rumors about the club and even Yukino seemed to agree that it had to be that woman who made those silly rumors.

It's not like both of them cared that the club wasn't well known as the place could be in a way considered their safe heaven, a place where they could unwind after a day of classes. Hell, all they did in the club was read books, drink tea and chat with each other from time to time.

He couldn't help but cherish all those peaceful moments.

After living a busy life as an idol and having his previous life full of hardships he couldn't help but love this change of peace, it made him feel like this is how Konoha would of have been like after the war.

"Yahallo!"

His friend Yui didn't hesitate to slam the door open with a- was that a greeting? Naruto blinked in surprise as he stared at his childhood friend with Yukino doing the same but with a huge sigh escaping her lips and a really irritated look.

"…What do you want now Yuigahama-San…?" Yukino asked closing the book she had been reading in order to deal with the girl intruder, a rude one at that since the girl didn't even bother knocking.

"Mou! What's with the cold answer? Am I not welcome here…?" Yui asked in shock looking like a puppy who had been kicked by it's owner.

'Well, you did slam the door open… And also allowed yourself in without even knocking…' Naruto thought with a sweatdrop turning a page of the book he had been reading.

"I don't particularly hate you, but you are rather hard to deal with… and please knock next time, it's rude to slam someone's else door just like that." Yukino said in a mundane tone giving the other girl a look that showed she wasn't happy with her rude behavior.

She had enough of that kind of behavior from Shizuka-Sensei after all.

"Hehe woops?" Yui only said rubbing the back of her head with a sheepish smile getting a tired sigh from Yukino.

"So? Did you need anything? Or do you just enjoy slamming other people's doors open for fun." Yukino said coldly crossing her arms in front of herself.

"Ah? No no no, nothing like that! I just wanted to thank you for helping me the other day with my request, even if things didn't end up well…" Yui muttered the last part to herself.

"I…see?" Yukino blinked in surprise not really understanding what was going on or why was she being thanked by the girl since as far as she remembers they had failed with the request.

"Well, for the past week I've been getting into cooking and well, I wanted to give you some cookies I made as a way to thank you for the other day. Ah! I also got some for you too Na-Chan!" As soon as Yui said this both of them felt their blood quickly drain from their faces as they remembered the abomination they witnessed the other day and that Naruto had forced himself to eat.

'N-No more! I was sick for the whole weekend thanks to those things.' Naruto mentally cried all of the sudden losing all of his strength making him end up slamming his head on the desk, almost as if by instinct his stomach started to clench and hurt remembering the phantom pain it had been forced to endure.

"I-I don't think there is any need for that, as long as you are grateful is eno- *gulp* enough for me. Besides I… don't have much of an appetite right now." Yukino said in a shaky tone feeling her own stomach also hurt at the thought of eating the charcoal looking abominations of the other day.

She had seen how much pain Naruto had to endure and that terrified her already.

Yui for her part just ignored them and hummed a happy tone as she took out a cute looking package bag from her bag, it would of have looked inoffensive if it wasn't because of the blackened cookies that resided inside of said bags.

"That's okay! You can just eat them later if you want to! Um Yukinon… I was wondering if you could teach me how to make lunch or something like that next time, I'm confident now with my cooking skills." Almost as if proud of her own work she puffed her rather… big chest out with a huge smile on her face completely oblivious of the reactions from the other two occupants of the room.

"I'll have to refuse, I don't want to be part of a future crime by teaching you anything else." Yukino said bluntly feeling her own face pale just picturing the horror that Yui would unleash if taught more than she knows, this didn't stop her from giving the girl a harsh look. "Also don't call me that."

Ugh, now she was feeling sick thinking about it.

She, of course, looked in Naruto's direction with her eyes begging for help but Naruto had just turned away acting as if he didn't know what was going on in order to try and keep himself away from the talk.

In fact he had just put his book away and was ready to leave the room as fast as possible in order to avoid being a test subject once again.

...Or at least that was the plan, only to come to a complete stop when Yukino grabbed the back of his shirt with an iron grip that made him sweat nervously.

"And where do you think you are going Naruto-Kun?" Yukino's cold voice asked giving him a glare sending shivers down his spine as she had seen how he had planned on abandoning her alone to deal with Yui.

"Ahahah… W-Well I just remembered that I had to um… Go home early? Yeah! I had to help my mom today with some stuff s-so If you excuse me-"

"Who said you could leave? Besides I can see you are just as grateful to receive Yuigahama-san's cookies." Yukino said refusing to let him escape and let her suffer alone and the look in her eyes said it all.

If I'm going down, you are going down with me.

He gulped by instinct when he saw the look on her face that clearly said she was going to take him with her down to the deepest parts of hell if needed.

His face paled when he saw Yui making her way with the bag of cookies in hand, not only that but she was also opening said bag with a cookie on hand fully intended on feeding him the monstrosity with a look of pure joy in her face.

That day two scream were heard by all students who were busy with their club activities.

'How did I end up like this' Naruto thought with a forced smile sweating nervously at the glare he was being subject to right now, in fact, he was so nervous that he couldn't help but gulp unconsciously as he was being subject to a really dangerous glare.

Right in front of him was none other Yumiko Miura who had a vein popped out as she tapped her foot impatiently giving him a glare that he could only describe or compare to that of a cobra that was threatening to bite and kill if provoked and right now Naruto, a man who can perform superhuman feats, a man that could take over the world with little to no effort and had battled against gods was scared shitless right now as even he wasn't immune to the female fury.

And here you would have thought that after fighting the likes of Madara he would have been unshaken by the glare of his fellow classmate.

Shikamaru was right when he said women are scary.

"Say, Naruto, exactly what were you doing a few minutes ago." Yumiko asked him with a dangerous tone that unconsciously made him gulp and laugh nervously doing his best to look anywhere but at her face right now in his seiza position.

"W-Well, you see I was…"

"Well!?"

"I was sleeping! I'm sorry please forgive me!" Naruto said as soon as the glare intensified bowing his head to the ground ignoring the weird looks being sent their way from everyone around them.

He had been sick yesterday thanks to the cookies he had been forced to eat by Yui and he had overslept today thanks to that, he didn't even play to go to school today and was going to sleep the rest of the day until he got a call from Yukino earlier who told that today's club activities were suspended as she didn't have the same luck as him and had to stay home to recover from the traumatic event.

It did not stop Yumiko from asking Yui for his direction with the excuse of getting him in time for school.

"Tch, fine… But only because we are going to get late." Yumiko said after a long pause of a couple of seconds much to his joy, however that joy quickly changed when she gave him a hard look and bent down slightly so they could see each other eye to eye. "BUT, you will need to be here 20 minutes earlier tomorrow or else."

"WHAT!? 20 minutes earlier!? You can't be se-"

"Haah!?"

"…Yes, ma'am…"

"Good." Yumiko said with a satisfied nod turning around with her arms crossed under her chest ignoring the grumbling and pouting from Naruto who was swearing under his breath.

"Didn't think you would have waited for me that long Yumiko, you could have told me you know." Naruto said while scratching the back of his head with a heavy yawn escaping his lips, he was forced to stop in order to avoid crashing into Yumiko who suddenly and turned around with a dull look.

"Other than Yui no one else has your phone number or email." Yumiko said with a complete dull tone making him sweatdrop.

"T-That's… true…" Naruto said covering part of his face with the back of his hand to hide the embarrassment he was feeling right now. What she said was true, well kind of true since Kae also had his phone number but other than them no one did and every time someone asked for his number he got interrupted by Yui for reasons that escaped him.

Weird.

Yumiko just rolled her eyes at him and extended her hand to him which made him blink twice and look at her hand for a few seconds before looking at her with a look of fascination and awe.

"Is this the famous 'bully takes away your money' that I've seen before in manga?" Naruto said in awe pulling out his phone taking a pic of Yumiko making her gain several tick marks.

"Who is a bully, idiot." Yumiko said glaring at him but that didn't stop her from grabbing his hand or to be more precise the one that was holding his phone not without digging her nails into his hand as deep as possible making him wince.

Snatching the Smartphone off his hand she quickly unlocked it raising an eyebrow at the lack of a password or the typical lock where you had to make a pattern but she just shrugged it off as none important and quickly made her way to the contacts icon all while Naruto just watched with a raised eyebrow wondering what was she doing.

He didn't have to wait long for his answer to come in the way of her pushing his phone back on his hand.

"There, I added my phone number along with Hayato's number so make sure to call one of us or me at the very least so I can add your number." She said crossing her arms in front of her.

"I can give it to you right now if u want you know." Naruto said with a sweatdrop putting away his phone only to get ignored as his fellow blonde classmate just turned around and started making her way to school. "O-Oi!"

"Hurry up Naruto or else we are going to get late." Yumiko ignoring what he said, but she could see the logic behind it. In fact she could have asked Yui to give her the number yes or YES or just like he said she could have asked him directly but this was better since she wanted him to interact with her group more so he would eventually join, no, he WILL join the group because she says so and nothing he says will make her change her mind.

"Oi Yumiko! I said wait damn it!"

She always got what she wanted.

"For the last time Yui-Chan, I'm not giving you half of my lunch."

"Come onnnn Na-Chan! You used to do it a lot back then why is it so different right now!"

"You are a high school student now you know? You need to be more responsible and remember to pack your lunch next time Yui-Chan..."

"Like you are one to talk!"

"My dear Yui-Chan, are you implying that I, Naruto Ishida-Sama, am an irresponsible person? Surely you must be mistaking me for someone else- no, you clearly are mistaking me for someone else."

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are"

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are-"

"No, I'm not!

"Yes, you ar-"

"There they go again." Hayato said with a chuckle watching the exchange between Yui and Naruto in amusement clearly enjoying himself with the childish and silly argument that was going on right now.

"Haah, they are too childish for high school students." Yumiko sighed while scrolling through her phone looking at her social media with a dry expression. She was already used to the weird antics or well, as used to it as a normal person could get considering there were times it got way too weird for her to understand.

"I find it their relationship refreshing." Hayato said leaning on his left hand not tearing his eyes from the scene in front of him.

Seriously it was funny, what the hell.

"Really?" Yumiko stopped what she was doing in order to give him a confused look.

"Yep, it also makes me a bit happy to see that Naruto can still relax around us enough to have this kind of childish play with his childhood friend." Hayato said watching in amusement how Yui gave Naruto what he would like to call an adorable puppy like look that completely rendered Naruto unable to keep 'fighting' over whenever or not he should give Yui some of his food.

Yumiko didn't answer as she also stared at the odd interaction between the two childhood friends while humming almost as if she was meditating what he just said.

"I don't get it, but if you say so then it must be true I guess." Yumiko said with a careless shrug getting a sweat drop from Hayato.

"Ahahah…"

"Oh by the way, I gave Naruto your phone number I hope you don't mind." Yumiko said turning off the screen of her phone getting a raised eyebrow from Hayato.

"I don't mind but, why though?" He asked not really understanding what was the point of doing that.

"Just in case since no one other than Yui has his number, and it should be easier for you guys to get along you know." Yumiko said checking her nails in boredom when she added both of their numbers to his phone she was surprised at the lack of contacts in it which was surprising since he only had 'Mom' 'Yui-Chan' 'Sho-Chan' 'Kae-Chan' and one called 'Manager' which got her attention.

Did he have a part-time job?

Still, it was really shocking that someone as popular as him had so little people on his phone, hell, she was sure that girls in all classes would kill for his phone number just like they would for Hayato's number but as much as she loves Hayato she can see that Naruto's was more appealing and attractive to have for obvious reasons.

He was just the center of attention even when he didn't mean to.

"That's true… Huh well if you have his number pass it to me later so I can save it." Hayato said getting a small nod from her.

"Sure." Yumiko said with a shrug before her phone made a sound indicating she had a message which she quickly went to write an answer getting a chuckle and a sweatdrop from Hayato who just laughed nervously before one of the guys pulled him away to do something else.

"Oh, by the way, Na-Chan." Yui said happily taking the last piece of food she won in their contest from a depressed Naruto who had his head hanging down.

"What is it." Naruto asked dryly wondering what Yui wanted after defeating him using dirty tactics like her adorable looks that not even he was immune to.

"Hiratsuka-Sensei said you need to check in with her before lunch break ends, something about the essay we gave her the other day." Yui said making him twitch knowing exactly why, and that's what made him worry about his safety.

His teacher can be a scary woman when she wants to.

…Maybe that's why she doesn't have a boyfriend by now.

"O-Oh, I-Is that so? I should get going then." Naruto said really forced smile leaving the classroom in a hurry knowing that his ass was already on the line.

The reason was that the essay he gave her was one he did in a hurry because he had been busy all weekend with his work so he had no time during the weekend to write a proper essay, in the end, he just ended up not writing anything until today before leaving his own house, he had written whatever came to mind in order to finish.

Though, even if he had the time to sit down and write the essay he didn't have a single clue on what to write in said essay so either way he was fuck.

Well actually… Maybe not giving one would have been better… the one he gave her was really bad… How could he fuck up an essay about looking back on his high school life of all things?

'Well, at least I won't have to worry about making the voice for that kind of anime for a while.' Naruto thought with a shiver remembering the rather intense scenes he had to voice regardless of wherever he wanted it or not, at the point they did that kind of stuff it should be rated as hentai and not just mature.

Why couldn't he voice a badass anime character instead?

Grumbling under his breath about how unfair life was like he entered Shizuka's office getting the attention of the only occupant of the room which was none other than Shizuka who was in the middle of lighting a cigarette.

"Oh! Ishida nice timing! I was wondering where did you go off to." Shizuka said lighting up the cigarette, or at least she tried before Naruto snatched it away.

"You really shouldn't be smoking in front of students sensei." Naruto said flicking away the cigarette to a nearby trash can getting a tsk from her.

"You too? Geez, can't a woman light one without being criticized?" Shizuka said with a sigh holding the side of her forehead with the tips of her fingers before resting her cheek over the palm of her hand giving him a look. "You do know why I called you here right?"

"…Yes, Yui-Chan told me…" Naruto said making the older woman nod.

"Then that saves me time." She said pulling out a familiar piece of paper which she looked at and almost immediately a vein popped as soon as her eyes landed on it. "Mind explaining this?"

"W-What would you like me to explain Sensei?" Naruto asked even though he knew exactly what she meant but right now he was too scared to say it.

"Care to explain why did you just write how bored you were in school, how annoying it was to have your naps interrupted by your classmates and how you enjoy eating instant ramen? In the middle of classes of all times." She said with a sigh running a hand through her hair.

"Um, well you asked us to write an essay about 'Looking back to my high school life' so I did that…" Naruto answered her with a lie since he couldn't exactly tell her he was working as an Idol, hell he couldn't even tell her that he was working at all because it was against the school rules and he would not only get in trouble but also have to quit his job or change schools which he would rather not do.

Technically he wasn't lying since he didn't have much of a high school life considering he was still relatively new to the whole school thing because he had private teachers all this time.

That and he was feeling like shit after eating Yui's cookies the day he was free to write said essay.

His answer didn't seem to please her as she only glared daggers at him with a deadly scowl on her beautiful face that could easily enter on the top scary glares he had seen in both of his lives.

The fact that even when glaring she looked beautiful made it scarier because you couldn't stop looking at her.

"Are you stupid? How is that a high school life, if anything it looks like something you kids would write in twitter or other social media." Shizuka pointed out making him blink in surprise at the fact that she knew about what kind of stuff people would write in social media since most people of her age or teachers just dismiss such stuff as unimportant or as childish and never actually bother to investigate.

"Huh I'm surprised you know what twitter is considering people your ag-"

He didn't get to finish as he felt a strong gust of wind pass in front of his face courtesy of her fist which grazed the side of cheek and he was sure that if it had made contact with his cheek he would have been sent flying through the room. Maybe it was because of the memories of the times Tsunade and Sakura used to punch him through buildings that he completely froze on the spot.

"Hah? Maybe I didn't hear correctly so would you care to repeat that?" Shizuka asked or more like threatened him with an even more scary glare.

"...I'm very sorry." Naruto said bowing deeply to show some kind of remorse and be spared a beating from her part.

"I swear you brats are so disrespectful nowadays, you all are lucky I never report this stuff to the headmaster." She sighed falling on top of her seat sinking into the comfortable looking couch. "Anyways, I expect you to write another one and make it a proper one or else I won't miss like I just did."

"I understand, I'll write it over." Naruto said getting a satisfied nod from the older woman. "Um if that is all then can I go back to my classroom?"

"Wait, there is actually one more thing. You are friends with Serinuma Kae right?" She asked him getting a small nod from him. "Great! That actually saves me from a tight spot."

'Why do I feel like saying déjà vu?' "Did something happen to Kae-Chan?" Naruto asked with a worried tone, he had been wondering what happened with Kae since he hasn't seen her these past days and Yui hasn't seen her either and she didn't seem to send them messages either or answer any of the messages they ended up sending her when they couldn't wait anymore for her to message them first.

"Well, nothing serious her family informed us that she was sick so she couldn't assist school and from what they said it was bad enough that she couldn't go out at all." Shizuka said making him sigh in relief.

"So that's why she hasn't answered or tweeted for the past days… thank god." Naruto said feeling happy to have some news from Kae, he was grateful for it since he couldn't go to her house and check on her because mainly he didn't know where she lives and neither does Yui so unless she answered her phone they had no way of contacting her at all.

"Yeah, so I thought that since I've seen you and Yuigahama together with her I should inform you and ask you for a small favor. You are free to refuse but you would help me a lot by doing this." Shizuka said getting a nod from Naruto who was not going to refuse to offer to help if it involved one of his friends.

Grabbing the sheets of paper that were lying on top of the small table in the room she gave it to him getting a confused look from him wondering what was it for.

"Can you give this to her? Its all the homework she has missed during her absence and please check on her condition since she can't miss classes any longer or else it will get her in trouble later." Shizuka informed him about what the homeroom teacher of Kae told her, if she continued to miss classes then it would start reflecting on her grades which would affect her along the way. "I'll give you the direction to her house after classes but if possible check tomorrow morning and try to make her come to classes if she is any better."

"What should I do if she is still sick, Shizuka-Sensei?" Naruto couldn't help but ask making her hum.

"If she is still in really bad shape then I will need to ask for your help to bring her the homework until she gets better, I'm sorry for putting this responsibility on you but I can't rely on anyone else for the task" Shizuka said with an apologetic tone clapping her hands together.

"You don't have to worry Sensei, I am more than happy to do this for Kae-Chan." Naruto gave her a grateful smile getting one in return from her.

Maybe he should ask Yui if she wants to come but she does live a little far from where he lives, so maybe Yumiko could tag along? Though he is kind of worried of how would she react to that, ugh great now she is going to be on his ass for asking her to come with him because she will get mad at him for this.

Woman are so troublesome… Now he was honestly considering he should befriend Hayato so he isn't surrounded by girls all the time.

Now that he thought about it he should go alone…

He just knew that Yumiko would be anything but happy if he asked her to go with him to Kae's house to check on her and pick her up.

But what choice did he have now?

"I can't believe you convinced me to come all the way here for nothing."

"Maa, maa. I said I'll make it up to you, didn't I? Besides, it was Shizuka-Sensei who asked me to do this anyways…"

"She asked you not me so why do I have to tag along too…"

"Well… that's true I guess but I thought it would be fun to go together since we both always meet up on the way to school, besides who was the one that refused to let me do this alone because in your words i would run away or something. Still... Kae-Chan wasn't home so I guess it kind of ended up being a waste of time huh?"

"Tch."

Naruto chuckled awkwardly when he heard her click her teeth in annoyance and look away with her arms crossed showing she was not happy that she couldn't argue with what he had said. Everything he had said was true so it wasn't like he could do anything about it, yesterday Shizuka had asked him to check on Kae who has been skipping school for nearly a week and since he was friends with the girl he had been asked to check on her before classes started to see if she was in any condition to assist today.

Well in a way he can understand why she is so annoyed right now since they went all the way to Kae's house only for the girl to not be in her own home.

"You better keep your promise and make it up to me for making me waste my time like this." Yumiko said with a huff clearly irritated that she had to come all the way here just to see if a girl she didn't care about was good enough to go to school, though part of the reason she agreed was so she could force him to spend time with her and her friends.

She was serious when she said she was going to make him part of her group.

"I will so don't worry about it~" Naruto said rolling his eyes at her, he did promise her so he was going to do it even if it cost him his life.

He never breaks promises damn it!

"Hmph, you better so make sure you tell me when you are free so I can tell the rest." Yumiko said giving him a look that promised pain if he didn't keep his word, and even Naruto felt like gulping when he felt the glare from Yumiko land on his person.

Females were fucking scary.

"O-Of course I will! Just who do you think I am." Naruto said looking away from Yumiko in order to not see those glaring green eyes.

"We'll see…" Yumiko said narrowing her eyes but after that, she didn't make any attempt to say anything else about it and just continued walking to school next to him.

'Geez, why is this girl so freaking scary? I swear every time she glares at me it feels like a cobra is about to bite the shit out of me' Naruto though whipping away some sweat from his forehead, her glare was really scary like it had some kind of snake feeling to it like Orochimaru's just without the killing intent… or the creepiness.

Not to mention Orochimaru was not a smoking hot babe like Yumiko.

"So any idea why Serinuma has been skipping school for a whole week?" Yumiko asked walking ahead of him, though even without seen her face he could tell she didn't really care about Kae which got him to sweatdrop but it was to be expected considering the nature of the girl, he could also tell that she didn't have anything against Kae and it was probably just mere indifference of her part if anything.

"Well from what Shizuka-Sensei told me her parents called and said she was sick so she couldn't go to school but honestly it feels kind of weird she is sick for like a whole week you know so it could be something else." Naruto said catching up to her not before moving to the side in order to dodge someone who seemed in a hurry.

Geez, what's the hurry?

"Sick? Yuck, good thing she wasn't home then." Yumiko said without shame feeling honestly relieved that Kae wasn't home or else she would of have just stayed far faaaar away from the girl.

"That's a little mean you know…" Naruto pointed out with a sweatdrop only to get ignored by Yumiko who pulled out her phone in order to check some messages that she just got.

"…By the way, Naruto, will you be free after classes today?" Yumiko asked him without tearing her eyes away from her phone.

"I… think so? I may not have club activities today so depending on that I may or may not be free. Why do you ask?" Naruto asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yui told me that Baskin Robbins has a special promotion for double scoops where you only need to pay for it as if it was a single scoop and I've been dying to try out the chocolate with cocoa and I want you to go with me, of course, everyone else is joining us." Yumiko said talking about her little group and Yui.

Now that he thinks about it he does remember that Yui told him something about it but since it was ramen he didn't really feel that excited for it.

"Sure I guess? If I don't have club activities then I will join you guys." Naruto scratching the back of his head, he will probably need to tell his mom that he will get home a bit late today so he would rather not have her worry because he hasn't gotten home at the usual time.

That and this Baskin Robbins place is inside a mall so it would probably take a while before they are out.

"Good, then make sure you tell me or Yui if you end up being free." Yumiko said entering the school building with Naruto.

"Hey, hey did you see that girl?"

"I did and holy shit dude, I didn't know there was a girl that hot in our school."

"Huh? What about Yukinoshita-San, Yuigahama-san and Miura-San? They are quite hot you know."

"Well yeah but… Yukinoshita is the ice queen remember?"

"Yuigahama-san has Naruto-"

"And Miura-San is with Hayato so all of them are out of our reach."

"Ugh… true… I wouldn't want to piss any of them I still have too much to live for."

"Anyways, do you think she just transferred today?"

"Must of have because I would surely remember if a beauty like that was in our school."

"True, true. Man, I hope she is in my class then I could just ogle her all da-"

'Huh? New girl? Well, that is a bit odd considering no one transfer at this time of the year. And what the hell is that about Yui having me? I'm not some overprotective brother or parent you know!?' Naruto yelled inside of his mind glaring at the group of teens where that comment had appeared instantly making all boys scramble when they noticed that Naruto was standing there with a glare on his face.

Luckily Miura didn't seem to hear them or if she did she a great job in not showing it.

While heading to his class he continued hearing the same stuff about a new hot girl appearing in school and apparently it had captivated everyone's hearts by the looks of it, both guys and females.

"Hey Yumiko, did you hear anything about a new student joining school?" Naruto whispered loud enough for her to hear knowing that if there was someone who would know such things then it had to be either Yui or Yumiko.

"Hah? Who would be stupid enough to change schools at this time of the year." Yumiko answered him with a look that asked- or more like it said if he was stupid, she was already in a bad enough mood when she heard all this talk about the new girl who by their words was incredibly hot or something like that and while she wouldn't care it just didn't sit her well that there was another possible love rival if she took interest in Hayato or if she somehow managed to get his attention.

"Yikes, chill a bit woman." Naruto said making the girl huff and continue walking on a straight line to their classroom, but as soon as they reached it they stopped right outside. "Huh? What the hell is going on?"

Naruto pointed at their classroom or to be more precise on the outside of said classroom noticing how a big crowd seemed to have gathered for whatever reason.

Thanks to a quick glare from Yumiko they were able to walk inside their own classroom and that's when they saw the culprit of the whole commotion that was going on.

Standing in the middle of the class looking back and forth was none other than-

"…Kae-Chan?" Naruto muttered blinking in surprise at the change his newest friend went through for example she got a lot thinner compared to her chubbier self, she also got an eye-catching figure with somewhat large breast (that still lost compared to Yui's surprisingly) instead of the two pigtails she usually went with she just had her hair down not to mention she also lacked the pair of glasses she usually had if anyone compared this Kae with the one from before you would think you were going crazy but since Naruto was used to this kind of stuff he didn't feel that weirded out.

Now that he thinks about it isn't his newest friend Yumiko? Well actually he is confused as to what kind of relationship the two of them have, they are on… friendly terms?

"Ah!? N-Naruto-Kun? NARUTO-KUN!" Before Naruto knew it he was tackled by a pink and purple blur? If it wasn't because he was way stronger than the normal human being (in this world and his world) he was sure he would have been send flying across the room.

All that the blur managed to archive was to push him back a couple of steps since it caught him off guard.

"W-Wow, what's wrong? I mean it's been a week and all but-"

"Naruto-Kun it's been so long! I'm sorry for not staying in touch I meant to message you guys back a week ago but I broke my phone so-" Before she could finish she heard him chuckle and place his hand on top of her head with a grin on his face.

"Mah, mah I'm just glad you are fine but still were you really that sick Kae-Chan? I mean I heard people still play videogames or stay on their phone even when they are sick so I was kind of worried on how sick you were." Naruto said in true concern, he had been worried for his friend ever since he found out thanks to Shizuka-Sensei that she was sick.

"Eh? What do you mean sick? I wasn't sick I was-"

"HAH?! Did you just say Kae?! As in the same one we were supposed to pick up today?! That Serinuma right?!" Yumiko yelled nearly making him jump in surprise clearly not expecting Yumiko of all people to lose her cool.

Was it really that shocking that she came back to school after a week?

"H-huh? Yeah, who else would it be." Naruto said pushing Kae away from him so he could turn her around and make her face the entire classroom. "This is Kae-Chan, there is no mistaking it after all she does have the same voice you know?"

"You're kidding right?! She really is Serinuma?! Like for real?!"

"She does have the same hair color but still, how did this happen?!"

"What happened?!"

"Serinuma, just what in the world happened to you?!"

"No way!"

"Are you Serinuma's evil twin?!"

"Did you change your DNA?!"

"Did you perhaps get abducted?! It has to be right?! Aliens do exist after all!"

"Geez can everyone calm down, you make it look like you never seen a girl before." Naruto said giving everyone a look that froze them on the spot, he could see that everyone was making her really uncomfortable with all the interrogation. He was technically the only one that had total control over class considering he was one of the top students in all aspects and was not afraid of beating the shit out of people who annoyed him.

"How can anyone calm down when she looks like this!? Actually, how are you even calm in this situation anyways?!" Yumiko yelled grabbing him by the collar with one hand while the other was pointing at Kae who was still freaking out by the reactions of everyone and by being on the spotlight.

"Is it that strange…? I mean sure she lost some weight but I don't see what the big deal, heck you also lost weight and you don't see me making a big deal out of it." Naruto pointed out with a sweatdrop not really understanding what was the big deal of Kae losing some weight.

Was he the only weird one?

"I lost weight? For real- I mean that's not the point!" Yumiko said and she was about to start shaking him but much to his good luck salvation came in the form of Hayato who placed a hand on top of Yumiko's shoulder.

Thanks, Hayato! Even if you weird the shit out of jhim sometimes you are still a good guy!

"Sorry, we didn't mean to come out as rude. It's just you got to understand we find it… shocking how different Serinuma-San looks like." Hayato said pulling the blonde haired queen away from Naruto with an apologetic smile. "If I may ask how did you know that Serinuma-San was, well, Serinuma-San?"

"You too?" Naruto deadpanned earning himself a small laugh from Hayato, with a sigh Naruto just scratched the back of his head not knowing how to explain it to them, after all, he just knew instantly that it was Kae when he saw her there was nothing more to it, plain and simple.

Just because she looked different it didn't make her a different person you know?

Just how was he going to explain this?

"Ahh, I'm burned out… I need some ramen but of course, God has decided to mock me by making it rain today… Stupid rain I hate you… Maybe I should sneak out and take away all the clouds with one of my Jutsus…" Naruto muttered the last part to himself seriously considering going into his six path mode and fly high enough so he could blow away all those damn clouds so he could have his ramen in peace but sadly he was struggling with using the six paths and the Biju mode so it wasn't like he could do it anyways.

That was the only thing stopping him from doing it.

He had pretty much explained all morning to the class how he knew that Kae was Kae regardless of the appearance change which wasn't easy at all, not even when Yui was trying to help him it became any easier since Yui also knew instantly that Kae was well, KAE! LIKE HOW HARD WAS IT TO EXPLAIN DAMN IT.

With a grumble he took a bite of his lunch while gracefully putting both of his feet over the table in what people would call a delinquent like way, normally he would go eat outside like the rooftop or somewhere nice like under the shade of a tree or his favorite being over a branch of one of the trees in what he likes to call the old Konoha way but since it was raining outside he couldn't do that so he was instead forced to eat inside of his classroom and since Yukino said she was going to be busy he couldn't eat inside the clubroom either.

Looking to the side he noticed that Yui was hanging out with Hayato, Yumiko and the others who he may or may not have forgotten their names for some reason. Anyways, it wasn't weird to see them hanging out great part of the time, sometimes they went as far as to hang out after classes but when they did Yui managed to make sure to spend time with him before that because in her words he would feel lonely.

How silly can Yui be like?

Kae wasn't here either since she was dragged away to the cafeteria by some of the girls in the class which nearly had him rolling his eyes knowing that the only reason they were now paying attention to the girl was because she was really good looking now after losing weight which in his opinion was irritating but he wasn't going to really say anything about it unless they were going to hurt her, she was his friend so he would be dammed if he just allowed some idiots to hurt her over something stupid.

Not after what happened with Shouko… never again…

Taking a deep breath to calm down his emotions he looked around the classroom in order to keep his mind busy from thinking about the past and instead focus on what was going on right now, he rarely ate in the classroom unless Yui made him that is so he never really bothered himself to know more about his classmates. Turning in Yui's direction he decided to peak at their conversation to see what they were talking about to entertain himself.

"Come on Hayato~ We haven't been hanging out at all after school lately." Yumiko said with clear displeasure in her voice, probably upset that she wasn't able to spend time with Hayato like she wanted ever since he joined that club of his, lately, he had rarely seen them hanging out together now that he thinks about it so it makes sense why the girl would be this upset.

No one was unaware of the crush that Yumiko had on Hayato.

"I'm sorry, I can't do it today I was told not that long ago that I have practice today and I can't just skip all of the sudden." Apparently, Hayato tried to explain it to her like the nice guy he was or at least that's what looked like to most people but for a trained ninja like Naruto, he could sense that Hayato was lying, why? He didn't know nor did he care enough.

"You always say that, come on, can't you just spare a day? I'm sure they will be fine without you, I really want to try the double scoops at Baskin Robbins are on sale today and I've been dying to test the new chocolate with cocoa double scoop." Yumiko insisted once again and judging by what she said he guessed that she was talking about the whole wanting to go with everyone to pick up some or at least he remembers that she said something about wanting to do that today, honestly he would rather go for ramen but he did promise he would make it up to her so he didn't really have much of a choice anyways.

"…Isn't that just double chocolate?" Hayato pointed out with an amused smile

"Ehhh, no way! They are completely different! Come on just today please…?" Yumiko begged him raising her voice trying to use her sweetest voice in order to persuade him but it didn't seem to be working that well even if Hayato flinched for a second showing her attack wasn't completely unsuccessful but not nearly enough to convince him.

It did work on all the nearby guys as they were blushing at the sight of the strong-willed girl begging.

Weirdos.

"Hahaha sorry Yumiko but I'll have to pass today we are aiming for Kokuritsu after all so we can't slack off at all." Hayato said with a full-fledged smile on his face one that Yumiko didn't like and she made it know with a pout.

'Kokuritsu? Isn't that the national tournament? Huh... gotta say he is pretty decent at lying didn't think he had it in him' Naruto thought taking a bite of his lunch, so it wasn't Hayato just plain out avoiding Yumiko when she wanted to do something but it was mostly her wanting to do something with him all the time then. He heard from Yumiko this morning (before they got to Kae's house) that Hayato hasn't been hanging out with her that much lately so he had guessed it was just him avoiding the girl.

Well he could understand the guy wanted a bit of space.

"Besides haven't you been eating a bit too much lately? You are going to regret it if you keep doing this you know..." Hayato pointed out nearly making every male in the room freeze knowing that he was entering dangerous territory.

You never talk about a girls weight, ever.

"Yeah, yeah. You already know that I never get fat no matter how much I eat besides even Naruto said I was losing weight. *Sigh* Well I'll still go anyways but I'll be taking everyone else with me then." Yumiko said with an unhappy tone which only made Hayato chuckle.

"Sorry Yumiko, maybe next time when I'm free." Hayato said getting a sigh and nod from her, after that small exchange they continued chatting over some stuff that he honestly couldn't care less so instead he just focused on his own lunch ignoring the laughter that came from Yumiko's group already losing interest in what they had to say or talk about.

It wasn't like he was some kind of antisocial weirdo or that he didn't know what to talk about or such it was mostly that he found it hard to keep himself interested for long periods of time with other people he had yet to form a bond with, Yui was someone he had cared for deeply ever since they were little so he didn't have any problems keeping up with her in conversations, Shouko was someone he had instantly connected with due to how pure-hearted they are and it had been easy connect their hearts thanks to that, with Yukino he had bonded with her due to the loneliness they both had felt at some point in their lives (his previous life) so it wasn't hard for them to understand each other and talk on equal grounds or at least in his opinion it was like that.

With Kae it was… weird to say the least, the main reason he had allowed her in his friend group was because Yui was good friends with her and he could see she wasn't a bad person, obviously he didn't have any problems with her looks since he had friended giant ass toads, old toads, a nine-tailed fox that towered over mountains and the rest of the Biju, his friend Chouji was chubbier than Kae was and he didn't even care that much about his appearance. With Yumiko he was unsure if he was on friendly terms or not with her, it was confusing to say the least with how the girl is arrogant at some points but he could see that she did care for her friends to some degree, how much? He didn't know but it was more than enough for him to know that she wasn't a lost case.

But other than that he just found it hard to completely open his heart to people, it wasn't like he was doing it on purpose if anything he wished he wasn't doing this but he couldn't help it.

With a sigh and a shake of his head, Naruto just tried to get rid of memories of the past, worrying about what happened during his childhood wouldn't do him any good more so when Shouko was fine now.

"Hey Na-Chan, is it true you are joining us today to get some ice cream?" Yui asked him innocently getting in front of him forcing him to tense up for a second before letting it go just as fast in order to not let her notice how tense he had gotten due to his thoughts.

"…Yeah, I did promise Yumiko that I would try to hang out with you guys since I don't have club activities today." Naruto said resting his chin on top of the palm of his hand with a bored look on his face, this earned him a surprised look from Yui.

"Really? Did something happen to Yukinon?" Yui asked with a worried tone earning her a dry look from Naruto.

"Yukino-Chan doesn't like it when you call her that you know." Naruto said rolling his eyes when Yui stuck out her tongue. "Anyways, nah she is just going to be busy or that's what she said and if she ends up asking for me I'll just make it up to her you know? A promise is a promise after all."

"Heheh and you never broke a promise before right? Can't believe you still follow that after all these years." Yui said with a teasing smile that actually made him blush in embarrassment.

"S-Shut up, It's not like I can help it…" Naruto muttered under his breath looking away with a pout, erh scowl since men don't pout.

Yep totally not a pout.

"Heheh Na-Chan you never change do you?" Yui asked crouching down so she could rest her elbows on his desk (which forced him to put his legs down) so she could rest her chin on both of her hands with a silly grin on her face.

"That should be my line…" Naruto grumbled crossing his arms in front of his chest. "You don't seem that surprised that I made that kind of promise with Yumiko."

"Eh… well she can be rather… you know… and she seemed like she really wanted to add you to our group, well EVERYONE wants to add you to their groups but no one really has the courage to try more so when Yumiko has her eyes on you." Yui said with a nervous laugh scratching her cheek.

"Ah… it makes sense I guess… Why is it a big deal wherever I am or I'm not in her group anyways? It's not like she likes me because she has her eyes on Hayato you know." Naruto said with a raised eyebrow honestly not seen any reason she may want him to join her little group of hers, it just barely made any sense since it wasn't like they were close friends, hell was he even friends with her? He already forgot.

Yui didn't answer him as she merely shrugged with a look that said 'I have no idea' which made him sigh in annoyance.

Guess he was a trouble magnet huh.

'Meh whatever, I guess going out with them every now and then won't hurt… I still need to tell mom first though, I don't want her to worry because I got home late.' Naruto thought running a hand through his hair, he also had to ask his mother for permission as he didn't want to upset her not to mention he also had to ask her if he could get a bike when he got home since walking to school got annoying after a while, and he really missed the feeling of the wind when moving at high speeds.

If only he could do it the old ninja way he wouldn't have this problem.

"Gotta give it to Yumiko, she knows really good places."

Naruto said to himself finishing the last of his ice cream with a pleased look on his face while throwing behind him the piece of paper that had previously been used to hold his ice cream, the piece of paper successfully landed inside of a trash can without having the need to look which would of have looked cool for anyone passing by.

Just because he considered himself a badass didn't mean he would just throw trash on the floor.

He was a decent member of society after all.

"I'm glad today isn't that hot during the night, I really want mom to try the ice cream I got her." Naruto said carefully grabbing the cup of ice cream that was on his other hand with a happy look on his face, he had gotten his mother's favorite and was fully intending on bringing her some since it was really damn good.

Though he could always take her there so they could spend some mother and son bonding.

Maybe he should? He hasn't gone out shopping with his mom in a while so it would be nice…

It was starting to get late but it was understandable since he had just pretty much left the group which surprisingly didn't have any of the guys from the clique, he had guessed they decided to join Hayato in the club activities (A.K.A. just guys bonding time) Only that girl Hina, Yumiko, Yui and Kae (who had been invited by Yui) assisted which got him envious looks from everyone.

Ones he ignored of course.

Going out with them was quite… refreshing in a way. It was pretty nice and enjoyable, and while he didn't really follow most of Yumiko's conversation it was still decent in the end, that Hina girl was quite nice as well but there was something off about her that he couldn't quite tell… Like the same kind of feeling he got from Kae.

Huh, weird.

Shrugging to himself he continued his way home dismissing the weird behavior of Hina and Kae, he was weird himself so he had no rights to criticize them for it, everyone had their own weird quirks like Yukino or Yui, hell, even his own mother had her own weird moments.

"Hmm?"

Naruto stopped when he saw a… young boy? No wait, he almost got fooled, it was actually a young girl passed out on a bench with her clothes being somewhat dirty, not only that but the girl was also missing her shoes leaving her only in a pair of short black socks. She was shivering by the looks of it, was it because of the weather or was it because of the fact that she looked like she had been beaten up? He couldn't quite tell to tell the truth but who cares about that.

Naruto wasted no time in rushing to the girl's side and he dropped to his knees as soon as he got in front of the bench putting down the ice cream he had been carrying in order to check the girl. She was holding her stomach almost as if she was in pain making him assume that she had been indeed beaten but it didn't appear to be anything severe as she lacked any noticeable marks on her person.

"Guess asking for a normal day seems like too much…" Naruto muttered scratching the back of his head wondering what to do with the girl sleeping on the bench since it wasn't like he could just ignore her and leave her like that.

What should he do now?