Chapter Three: Dodgeball and Libraries.

Naruto stoically read his book, not paying attention to the lesson. That was, of course until he heard someone mention 'Yakyuken', basically, strip poker.

Looking up, Naruto was about to speak, when Negi shouted, "That's a great idea!" The blonde assistant sensei face-palmed, muttering something about 'Damn kids', and grabbed Negi by the collar, dragging him away.

"Negi, you do know that Yakyuken is a stripping game, right?" Naruto said, giving the kid a hard stare.

Negi just looked confused. "A stripping game? What's that?"

Once again, hand met face with a smack.

"Negi…" Sometimes, Naruto forgot that his little bro was just ten.

Before he could explain what 'stripping' was, he caught something soft object heading for Negi's head. Looking at the object in his hand, he blushed, realizing that it was a bra.

Looking over to the table were the girls were gathered, Naruto saw that Asuna and Kaede were the ones topless, and judging from cup size, he was holding Asuna's bra.

"Wha-what are you doing!" Negi exclaimed.

"It's Yakyuken!" Fuka declared. "If you get a question wrong, you strip!"

Naruto sighed. "You really need to brush up a bit on your Japanese, Negi-kun." He tossed Asuna's bra back to her. "It seems like Yue Ayase, Makie Susaki, Ku Fei, Kaede Nagase, and Asuna are the lowest scorers, judging by their lack of clothes."

"That's right!" Makie cheered, "We're 2-A's Baka Rangers! Assemble!"

The girls all went into various poses, which were highlighted sexily by the fact that most of them weren't wearing that many clothes.

"Who's a Baka Ranger!" Asuna yelled in an offended tone. "So I can't study, so what? This schools and elevator school anyway. I'll be fine until highschool."

"But, Asuna-san," Negi smiled, quite like Naruto, "What would Takahata think if your grades are so bad?"

Naruto snickered. "I knew I taught you something, Negi-kun."

Asuna growled at him, but couldn't hit him because he held Negi in front of him like a shield. "Fine!" She shouted. "All I've gotta do is pass this class, right? How hard could that be?"

"That's no way to think!" Everyone looked around to see the new girl, Hailey, who looked quite horrified. "If you don't study, you'll never know enough to graduate even if you make it to high school! Do you WANT to not do well in life?"

Asuna backed away, unnerved. "T-that's none of your business," she said irritably, glaring at the brunette, "Who asked you to join the conversation anyway? I can't study, it's as simple as that!"

Naruto sighed and gave the heterochromic red-head a stern look, causing her to flinch. "Hailey-chan's right, though. Even if it's hard to study, you gotta work at it until you can." The grin he gave her sent shivers up her spine. "Do I have to offer you an incentive to study?" He asked suggestively, "I have to warn you though, I'd have to offer the same to the rest of the group. It wouldn't be fair otherwise."

Yue and Makie blushed at the implication, while Ku and Kaede looked interested.

Jenna watched from the side, a highly amused look on her face. I love school-stories, she thought, so many people who need a good smack.

…

Later that day, four of the girls from 2-A were bouncing a volleyball between them, waiting for PE to start.

"Hey it's been 5 days since Negi-kun and Naruto-kun arrived," Makie said as she bumped the ball off of her head, "what do you guys think about them so far?"

"Negi-sensei? He's not bad, being cute and small and stuff…" Akira replied as she tossed the ball to Yuuna. "But as for Naruto-kun," a small blush spread across her face, "He's really handsome, though he can be a tad childish sometimes. Still, he's definitely a good teacher, and he's really smart…"

"That's because Negi-kun and Naruto-kun are really giving their best with the whole teaching thing," Yuuna said as she hit the ball over to Ako before she blushed, "And you are soo right about Naruto-kun, he is hot!"

"But still…next year is exam year, isn't it?" Ako asked as she caught the ball, "Is it really a good idea to be relying on a child teacher? Even Naruto-sensei is only a couple years older than us."

"So?" Yuuna asked, rhetorically, "This place is an escalator school until University!"

"But in the end, Negi-kun is only a 10 year-old," Makie said, "There's some stuff you just can't talk to him about, like you could with Takahata-sensei!"

"But you know…" Yuuna thought with a blush, "We could ask Naruto-kun."

Makie blushed at the thought of talking about things like that with Naruto-kun, which made her hit the ball in the wrong direction, sending it flying over to a group of girls. Makie went over to grab the ball only for one of the girls to pick up the ball, making her gasp as she realized who those girls were.

…

Naruto and Negi were having a small conversation with the buxom Shizuna-sensei, eating their lunches in the teacher's lounge.

However, two girls from class A ran inside the room, scraped up and looking tearful. Ako and Makie ran into the teachers' lounge, yelling as soon as they saw their teachers. "Naruto-sensei, Negi-sensei! Come quick!"

Well, there goes lunch…Naruto thought with a mental sigh, before turning to the two girls. "What's the matter, Makie-chan, Ako-chan?"

"T… there's a fight in the school grounds!" said Ako, who had a band aid on her head.

"That's right!" Makie thrust her hand in Naruto's face, "Look what they did! Please help us!"

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Negi, go break up the fight. I'll help Makie-chan and Ako-chan."

Negi nodded and sprinted from the room. Naruto sighed and took out a small jar of cream, uncapping it and spreading some of it gently on the scrape on Makie's hand. The girl gasped as the scrape faded, warmth flooding her cheeks as her blonde sensei held her hand with such gentleness. Naruto pulled the band-aid off Ako's head and gently rubbed some cream on her cut.

"Alright, let's go see if we can't get that fight to stop." Naruto said as he stood from his seat, the two girls following him.

When he got the PE room, he saw a large brawl, Asuna and Ayaka in the middle of it, fighting with some high-school girls. Negi was off to one side, waving his hands frantically and shouting, but his voice was lost in melee. Hailey and Jenna weren't involved at all.

Naruto put two fingers to his lips, and blew, hard.

The sharp whistle drew silence from the group, as they all turned to look at the source.

The blonde had a peeved expression on his face, which made many of the girls flinch.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"Er," Hailey began, looking embarrassed, "Well, we kinda hit the volleyball over by where they were and they started calling us babies."

Yuuna nodded, grinning. "Yep, so we started calling them old grannies."

Naruto felt himself sweat-drop. "But…they're high-schoolers, they'd only be a couple of years older..."

"I don't know if you noticed," Hailey pointed out in English, "But manga characters tend to exaggerate things a lot."
Manga characters? he thought, slightly confused.

"What was that, you brat?" Asked one of the older girls. It might have been intimidating, but with her long legs, Hailey was just as tall as the High-school student, nullifying most of her power over the 'foreign' girl. "You just said something insulting, didn't you? Man, this is why I hate people speaking other languages!"

Hailey was startled. "Eh, what? No I didn't!" she said quickly, switching back to Japanese, "I was just saying that-"

"Don't lie!" another girl yelled, "Why are you even bothering to stick up for these brats anyway if you didn't even fight?"

Naruto saw Hailey clench her fist and grit her teeth. "What did you just say?" she asked quietly.

He quickly put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look at him with smoldering eyes. "That's enough, Hailey-chan. I know you don't like fighting, so why don't you just let me handle this?"

The brunette looked like she wanted to argue, but nodded. "If they call me a liar again, I'll kick all their asses," she said in English, surprising the teacher with the amount of venom in her voice.

Naruto sighed and turned to the high-school girls, only to pause as he saw that all of their faces sported deep blushes and they were all staring at him.

The girls surged forward, surrounding Naruto and cuddling up against him, crooning and swooning.

"Look at you! You work out, don'tcha?"

"Of course he does, feel these muscles!"

"Hey, handsome! Could I get your number?"

"Would you like to go on a date with me?"

Naruto cursed himself for getting situations where he had to push hot women away from rubbing themselves on him, but shouted, "Stop!"

The girls froze, and Naruto pushed past them, kneeling next Yuuna and helping her to her feet. The girl blushed as her sensei looked her over, checking for any injuries.

"You're not hurt, are you Yuuna-chan?"

Not trusting in her voice, she simply nodded. He smiled at put a hand on her shoulder. "I'm glad for that." Yuuna swayed on her feet as she tried to not pass out, several fantasies of Naruto coming to save her rushing through her mind.

Naruto turned to the high-school girls with frown marring his features. "Don't you think, as the older counterparts in this, that you should be more mature, to set an example for your underclassmen?"

The girls dropped their heads at the scolding. The blonde sighed as he turned to Class 2-A. "Why don't you lovely ladies go somewhere else? I'd like to talk to my students, privately."

The older girls flushed at the small compliment, and left, chatting about the blonde sensei.

"Asuna, to be honest, I expected this from you. Ayaka-chan, not so much." He gave all the girls around a small, disappointed look. "You should know that fighting is prohibited at this school. What do you think others would think of a bunch of cute girls fighting for no reason?"

Naruto began to scold them slightly, telling them that they should have found another way to solve their problems. Negi watched his older brother in wonderment. The red-head had tried so hard to stop the fight, but he only seemed to make it worse.

He looked up as Naruto approached him, laying a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about what happened, Negi-kun. We just need to work on getting you a more forceful personality!" Naruto said with a cheery grin.

Negi nodded, encouraged by his words. "Alright, Nii-san! I'll do better next time, I promise!"

Naruto ruffled his hair. "Good! I know you will."

…

"Did you guys see Naruto-sensei?" Ako asked excitedly, "He was so cool, wasn't he?"

"I know," Yuuna blushed, "I've never seen the serious side of him before."

"Now there's someone we can rely on!" Akira said as she realized there was far more to Naruto then met the eye. Maybe I could eventually find out more about him in a more… intimate setting, she thought, with a blush on her face.

"Did something happen?" Konoka asked as she took off her shirt.

"We got in a fight with the seniors," Asuna replied, as she pulled her own shirt over her head, blushing a bit as she remembered what happened afterwards.

"Eh? Again?" The pink-haired Fumika asked.

Her sister Fuka smirked, "You're gonna get beaten up again."

"But Negi-kun was just a bit pathetic back there, huh?" said Ako as she put her P.E. shirt on.

"Ah, but he's only ten years old, so isn't any helping it…" Makie said as she sat on a bench, "That's probably why Naruto-kun is with him."

"Well yeah, that makes sense," Jenna agreed, sitting on the bench next to the freckled red-head, "I mean, you can't just expect a ten-year old to teach a class of thirty-three girls all by himself, right? I mean, that's just common sense, giving him an assistant."

"But then, why not reverse their positions?" asked Ako, pulling on a pair of gym shorts, "I mean, Naruto-sensei's older and more experienced, so why not make him the teacher and Negi-sensei the assistant?"

Konoka paused, frowning. "That's actually...a good question. Grandpa told Negi-sensei the day he came here that it would be a tough job. Why would he tell Negi-sensei and not Naruto-ku-sensei?" She blushed at the near slip but hid it by pulling on her PE shirt.

"Who knows why that senile old man does anything?" asked Asuna irritably, "No offense, Konoka-chan, but your grandpa's getting on in the years."

"He seemed nice enough when we met him," Jenna said thoughtfully, "Although, he was a bit unhelpful in telling us where to go..."

"Oh that's right, Jenna-chan!" Ako exclaimed, remembering, "You're from America aren't you?"

The black-haired girl raised an eyebrow. "Er, yeah, why?"

"What's it like?" asked Fuka.

Jenna cocked her head in thought. "Well, it's pretty nice in a lot of places, though no matter where you go, you can always find at least one person who's a total asshole."

That doesn't really answer the question, thought the other girls.

"Can we please go?" Asked Hailey, slightly more aggressively than usual. She had long since changed into her own PE clothes and was standing impatiently by the door of the locker room.

"What's her problem?" Jenna asked Yuuna.

"Oh, I think one of those High-school girls called her a liar," the brunette said quietly, "When the two of you came to the class, you said something about not liking that."

Jenna wryly glanced to the side. "That's a bit of an understatement," she mumbled, "I'm surprised she didn't just flip the fuck out and beat up all those girls."

"Naruto-sensei stopped her," Makie informed her.

Jenna was visibly surprised. "Eh? Really? He just stopped her and didn't even get a broken rib?"

Asuna faltered, as did the others who heard her question. They all looked at Hailey, who, having not heard them, glared impatiently at them. Just how strong is she? They thought.

"Still, I wouldn't worry too much!" Ayaka said happily. "Whatever Negi-sensei can't do, Naruto-sensei can!"

"Like talking to us about more…grown up…things." Ako muttered, blushing.

"It doesn't harm the fact that he's cute, and helpful too." Yuuna added, also blushing.

Several of the girls joined them in getting red faces. No one had seen Naruto so serious before. Most just thought of him handsome older sensei, who liked to joke around a lot.

"Hey guys, come on! It's volleyball on the roof today!" Asuna said.

No one talked as they made their way to the roof. Once there, they froze, seeing Negi being held hostage by the high-school girls.

"So…we meet again." Eiko, the leader of the high-school seniors smirked. "What a coincidence."

…

Konoeman listened to Naruto's report on the fight, scratching his chin and nodding. "Hmm. I can see where that could be a problem."

Naruto nodded. "Despite his maturity, he's still a ten year-old. Because of that, the girls don't really take him seriously when he says something."

Konoeman lifted a large eyebrow. "Do you feel that it's a cause for concern?"

"Nah." The blonde shook his head. "With me here, Negi will be fine. He just needs to gain some experience, and I think he'll be good."

"Alright," The old man said, "In form me of any more interesting developments, would you kindly?"

"Not a problem, jiji." Naruto nodded respectfully and left, going to see if Negi needed any help subbing in PE.

…

"What are you doing here?" Asuna growled as she glared at the high-school girls.

"We're here because we've got self-recreation time." Eiko replied with a condescending smirk, "What about you?"

"We're here for volleyball!" Asuna said.

"Hmm," Eiko smirked, "It seems we've got a double booking here."

"Wh-," Asuna started, only to notice that they had a captive, "Negi, what are you doing with them? And where's Naruto?"

"Um… you see, their P.E. teacher didn't come today… so I had to fill in," Negi waved his arms back and forth.. "Naruto-nii was going to do it himself, but the headmaster called him into his office for something."

"Anyway, this time we are here first, so why don't you just back off Kagurazaka." Eiko glared at the orangette.

"You-!" Asuna growled, "You did this on purpose!"

"There's a court next to your dorm!" Ayaka crossed her arms, "Why did you still come to our roof?"

"Heh, is that all you've got to say this time… you bunch of babies," Eiko gave them a condescending grin.

The high school students and middle school students began to fight, again. Negi struggled frantically as he tried to find a way to deal with this problem. The problem being held in a death-grip by a hot girl. His brother had helped him last time, but he knew he couldn't become reliant on Naruto; he wanted to make him proud to call him his little brother and live up to Naruto and his father's title. The answer soon came, just not in the way he expected.

"ACHOO!"

The sneeze blew the skirts of the high-school girls up, showing everyone their panties. The girl holding Negi let go, allowing the kid to make his escape.

He brushed himself off, and shouted, "Asuna-san! Despite the problems you have with the older girls, violence isn't the answer!"

The girls looked shocked at his profound little speech, blushing in embarrassment when they realized that they were getting into another fight for no reason.

"Atta boy, Negi-kun!" Everyone turned their heads, to see Naruto smiling at Negi. "Now, take charge and tell them the right answer!"

The red-head smiled as Naruto encouraged him. He held up a finger, saying, "Well, we should solve this problem through a contest! A sporting contest! That way we can all have PE, while still not fighting."

Naruto nodded. "Not bad."

"I agree with the hot blonde," Eiko said with a finger on her cheek. "You guys would definitely lose at volleyball against us." She smirked at the glowering younger girls. "How about this? We'll play…Dodgeball! With your numbers, you're sure to overwhelm us."

Well that's just dumb. Naruto thought with a frown. Who would be stupid enough to fall for that?

"All right! You're on!" Cue Asuna.

Naruto rolled his eyes and hung his head.

"Just…one condition." Eiko smirked, as she strode over to Naruto, along with the rest of the high-school girls. She wrapped an arm around Naruto's shoulder, leaning on him. Another one hugged Negi. "If you lose, we're taking you hot sensei and the cute red-head!"

"WHAT?" The girls of 2-A shouted in shock.

…

The cheerleaders, Misa, Modoka, and Sakurako, cheered for their team, wearing their uniforms.

"Should we help them?" Mana Tetsumiya, resident gunslinger/shrine maiden asked.

"This is pointless." Setsuna Sakurazaki muttered to herself.

Naruto sat on a low wall, with Zazie leaning her head on his right shoulder, and Sayo on his left. They were surrounded by birds, who were drawn to Zazie, despite her hanyou heritage.

"Naruto-nii!" Negi called, approaching them.

"Yo, midget."

"Um…I was just wondering…" he pushed his fingers together nervously, "Why aren't you playing with us? I mean, you're more athletic then I am…"

Naruto shook his head. "Negi, you had this idea. It's time that you showed the girls that you can be relied on."

Negi stood straight and nodded. "Right!"

As he said that, the Dodgeball bounced off the back of his head. Asuna caught it, however, and kept Negi in the game. "Stop being such a brat!" She hurled the ball at one of the high-school girls, knocking her out of the game.

"Let's get this fight over and done with!" Ayaka declared with smirk.

"Hell yeah!" Asuna cheered.

"Wait! It's not supposed to be a fight!" Negi waved his arms in the air.

"One out, against the high school team!" the ref called out, "10 members left!"

"All right!" Asuna yelled, pumping her fist in the air.

"Way to go, Asuna!" Makie cheered, "There's no one better than you at a time like this!"

"This will be a walk in the park!" cheered Yuuna as she gave Asuna a high five.

"Asuna-san! This isn't supposed to be a fight!" Negi said in a pleading voice.

"You're just gonna get in the way! Go sit in a corner or something!" Asuna complained, "You'll just end up getting injured at this rate!"

"Were gonna win this dodge ball match no matter what!" Ayaka yelled.

Asuna pointed at the seniors, "Don't take us lightly just because were younger than you! Or you'll be sorry!"

Naruto face-palmed. They would find out the disadvantage soon enough. Turning his attention to the game, he found Eiko monologue-ing.

"It seems that you aren't doing that bad." She tapped her chin and smirked. "But you still don't get it! Soon that hotty over there and the cutie will be all ours!" She pulled her arm back as far as it would go, crowing out, "Here I come! Ultimate Death-Blow Technique!" She launched the ball at high speeds towards class 2-A, hitting three different girls at the same time.

"Hahaha! One more time!" Eiko laughed, hitting another three.

"Come on, guys!" Ayaka yelled, trying to keep the classes spirit up, "We need to do this for Naruto-sensei!"

"But we don't have any room to move!" Kazumi cried out. "There's too many people!"

As if to prove her point, four more girls were hit and called out by the ref.

"Wait, wait!" Asuna shouted. "Having more people on your team in Dodgeball is disadvantage!"

A distant shout of "No shit, really?" from Naruto made her growl and scream, "YOU KNEW THAT, DIDN'T YOU?"

"Well duh! If you hadn't jumped the gun, I could've warned you!" Naruto shouted back.

Eiko laughed. "So, you realized it, huh? If you cluster up like a bunch of monkeys, it's only natural that you can't dodge!"

The girls from 2-A began to spread out, only for the high-school girl to smirk. "You think I didn't anticipate this, kiddies? Who's next!" The ball bounced off Fumika.

She threw another ball that went for Nodoka, who had turned around in fear. The ball was just about to hit her, when Asuna came in front of her and caught the ball with one hand; While the other pulled Nodoka behind her. "Honya-chan, are you alright?" Asuna asked, not taking her eyes off the seniors.

"Y-yes, Asuna-san!" Nodoka replied.

"Make sure not to turn your back on them, or they'll hit you for sure!" The orangette warned.

"That's Asuna's Baka power for you!" Yue cheered.

Asuna wound up and threw the ball with all the force she could muster. "I'll show you the true power of the middle-schoolers!"

Eiko caught it with one hand, smirking the entire time.

"Asuna threw it at full Baka power, and she caught it with one hand!" Makie said in absolute shock.

"Shut the hell up about Baka power!" Asuna shouted indignantly.

Eiko and the rest of the high-school girls reached for the hem of their skirts. "Baka power or not, you never stood a chance against us! Now, behold our true identities!"

"Quickly Negi! Look away from the hot women!" Naruto called out, Negi turning to Naruto with a confused 'huh?'

Instead of ripping all their clothes off, the high-school girls were wearing a uniform underneath. "Kantou's regional Championship Dodgeball Team!"

Crickets.

Naruto sweat-dropped. "Uh…isn't it a little lame to play Dodgeball at that age?"

The girls of 2-A nodded in agreement.

"S-shut up!" Eiko shouted. "Who asked you? It's time to end this little masquerade!"

Time slowed down as Eiko drew back her throwing arm and lobbed the ball at Makie. The other girls watched in horror as the ball flew closer and closer to her.

On the sidelines, Jenna smirked. "Idiots."

There was a brown blur and Hailey was suddenly positioned between Makie and the ball. She was glaring murderously and yelled, "This is for calling me a liar!" She brought up her left leg and kicked the ball back at Eiko, even faster than before. Caught off guard, the older girl was knocked off her feet as the ball slammed into her stomach.

"Hey, that's no fair!" called another girl, "you can't kick the ball!"

"Oh yeah?" The Gorem shouted back, "And how the hell are you going to stop me?"

Needless to say, the game was entirely one-sided. The high-schoolers, angered by the loss of their leader, focused most of their attention on the brunette foreigner, trying to get her out with their throws. However, Hailey seemed capable of moving even faster than the balls could fly and any ball that got too close was kicked back with even greater force. All of her classmates just stood there and watched in awe of the mysterious transfer student and the extreme leg strength she displayed.

Negi was crying anime tears and mumbling about how they weren't supposed to be fighting.

"You really should have suggested something other than Dodgeball, sensei" Jenna told him, "You know, like four-square, hockey."

"Hockey's an even MORE violent sport!" Asuna snapped.

Jenna just rolled her eyes. "It's called humor, Kagurazaka. Learn it."

Negi just kept muttering tearfully, "Why won't they listen to me?"

…

Zazie poured shampoo on Naruto's head, before starting to scrub vigorously. Several of the other girls looked on with envy or blushes on their faces. The first because Zazie was the one touching their handsome sensei, and second because said sensei was in the bath with them, albeit blindfolded.

"Oi, you sure you want to do this in front of the others, Zazie-chan?" Naruto asked, sensing the discomfort from the others.

"..."

Naruto blinked under the blindfold. "Alright...if you really feel that strongly about it..."

Jenna discreetly leaned over to Hailey while still looking at the two of them. "Did you hear any of that?" she whispered.

The brunette, who was too busy trying to keep only her head and shoulders above the water to listen, looked uncertain. "Um...no?" she hazarded.

"Me neither. Seriously, what the hell does she even say? Better yet, how can people understand her?"

Zazie, it seemed, heard her. "..!"

The Gorem with amethyst eyes just deadpanned at the hanyou. "Oh, well, that's showed me," she said sarcastically, "Speak up, dammit!"

"Don't bother," Fuuka told her, "No one's ever been able to get Zazie to say anything louder than a whisper."

"I bet sensei could do it," Hailey mumbled.

"..?" It was clear what she was asking now.

Jenna gave a downright lecherous grin. "You know what she's talking about."

"O/O"

Hailey gave her friend a 'seriously?' look and elbowed her in the ribs.

"Ow."

"Jenna-chan, if you're going to talk dirty about me and Zazie-chan, I'm shovin' a bar of soap in your mouth."

Jenna grimaced. "Wouldn't be the first time you did that," she mumbled, "'cept it wasn't a bar of soap."

Hailey shuddered.

"GUYS! GUYS! GU-Naruto-sensei?" Konoka paused in shock, seeing a bunch of her classmates naked, around their male teacher, but shook it off when she saw he was blindfolded. "Guys! I heard that there's a rumor going around about Negi-sensei!"

The girls crowded to the edge of the bath, clamoring for the news. "I heard that if Class 2-A doesn't get passing scores in the exams, Negi-sensei won't teach us anymore!"

That made the girls panic.

Jenna rolled her eyes. "You know, you could ask someone who knows about the situation. Like, I don't know, the other sensei."

A great motion in the water made Naruto aware of the fact that the girls had turned to him. Zazie was still scrubbing his hair diligently as he answered.

"Well, it's not as bad as you make it out to be…" Naruto started.

The girls sighed in relief.

"It's worse."

"What do you mean, worse?" The force of the shout blew the shampoo out of Naruto's hair.

"Well, instead of Negi not being able to teach you specifically…he'd be fired." Naruto said bluntly.

"EEEEH?" The students cried.

"Wow, way to break it to them gently, sensei."

Hailey smacked her friend across the back of her head. "Shut up, you. You're the one who started this."

"Ah, we need to study and make ourselves smarter-aru!" exclaimed Ku Fei.

"Indeed," agreed Kaede solemnly, "It would be a shame if Negi-sensei were no longer able to teach us, de gozaru."

Naruto nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, that would be advisable-tteba-" He had to bite his lip to keep from completing his verbal tick. Dammit, now I'm doing it!

Jenna stretched, yawning. She knew what was coming up next.

"Ano...I think I know something that might help." Everyone turned to look at Nodoka, who shrank under the gazes.
Haruna grabbed the shy girl by her shoulders and pushed her forward. "Go on, what is it, Honya-chan?"

Nodoka blushed at the attention and poked her fingers together nervously, something that Naruto would have found very endearing. "A-ano…there's supposed t-to be a magical book on Library Island…if you read it, it makes you smarter…"

"That's perfect-aru!" Ku Fei exclaimed, happily bouncing in the water.

"Library Island?" Hailey asked.

"Ah, hai," the book-loving girl answered, "It's the grand l-library for the whole campus. It h-has a lot of floors and tunnels all over the p-place."

Haruna nodded from behind her friend. "Yeah, the Exploration Club loves going there all the time. It's like a maze and there're SO many books!"

Nodoka gave a dreamy sigh at the thought of all that knowledge, drawing a chuckle from all the other girls.

"Heh. Sounds like old Storia would love it there," Jenna snorted, "Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he came over and set up shop in there."

Zazie paused in her scrubbing as Naruto went ramrod straight. "He's...he's here?" he asked, pulling the blindfold off one eye to fix Jenna with a glowing red eye, to which she raised an eyebrow. Fortunately, only the Gormim noticed the change in color.

"Well, yeah, probably. Why?"

The Blacklight eased the cloth back over his eye. "Ne, girls, what say we go for a visit to Library Island?" He asked, grinning.

("I'll get the cookies," the Narrator muttered to himself.)

…

Naruto, Negi (In his pajamas), and the Baka Rangers, with Konoka, Hailey and Jenna, stood outside the entrance to Library Island.

What will I find here? The blonde immortal thought to himself. Answers? Or more questions?

"Welp!" Naruto clapped his hands loudly, startling the girls and Negi with the loudness. "No use standing around staring! Let's find ourselves a book!" And some answers.

They entered the giant library, staring in awe at the large bookshelves, filled to the brim with books of all ages, shapes and sizes.

"Library Island was established during the Meiji era, along with the academy. It is the largest Library in the world. During World War 2, important books from everywhere were kept here for safe keeping. Because the collection kept growing, the plans were re-drawn for expansion underground. Nowadays, there is not a single person living who is familiar with the entire complex." Yue explained in an awed voice.

Naruto whistled. "Well, damn! I bet I could stay here for twenty years, and not get through all these books."

"Oh! Naruto-nii, look at this! It's really rare!" Negi reached for a leather bound tome, and with a click, and arrow shot towards his head. The blonde sensei intercepted the projectile with two fingers, before snapping it.

"Watch out, Negi-kun. Looks like these shelves are trapped. Oh, look at that!" Ignoring his own, previous advice, Naruto reached out and snagged a book, dodging the arrow that flew towards his head.

Kaede and Ku Fei noticed the quickness of his movements, and it intrigued them. Kaede, because she was a ninja, and Ku Fei because she thought he might be good fighter.

Naruto followed the group of girls, and even with his face buried in the book, he noticed the skills the girls showed. Makie saved Negi from falling with her ribbon; Ku Fei used her martial arts to shatter a shelf that was falling onto Negi into pieces, while Kaede caught all of the books.

They descended further, and the danger level of the traps increased. Surprisingly, the girls made it through them with little trouble. Jenna showed a surprising amount of upper-body strength, lifting a fallen bookshelf out of the way, while Hailey used her leg power to shatter and destroy debris in the way. After reaching the mid-point, they stopped for a snack break.

"Well, that was a good warm up," Hailey's voice was slightly strained. She winced and rubbed at her left leg as she chewed on a piece of bread.

"What's wrong?" asked Yue, who'd noticed the motion.

The capped girl shook her head and took a steadying breath. "No, it's nothing...just a memory."

Naruto looked at her and saw a brief expression of sadness in the gray eyes as she looked at her leg. With a start, he realized that he didn't know anything about the so-called 'interloper.'

Jenna, who was crunching on a stick of purple rock-candy (Naruto noticed that she had triangular, sharp teeth), put an arm around Hailey's shoulder and gave a small squeeze, making her smile.

Kaede cleared her throat. "If you don't mind me asking," She said in her slow, mellow voice, "How exactly did you become so strong, de gozaru? I would have had trouble lifting that bookcase, but you..."

"Well, they say a person can do great things in times of stress," Negi suggested. He was worried about the subject shifting towards magic. He knew (Or thought he did) that the two transfer students were both magic users, but hadn't been able to tell what kind of magic they were using.

'Great stress or great chakra control,' thought Naruto, remembering Tsunade.

The assistant sensei pulled some fresh fruit from his pocket dimension, passing around apples and oranges. When asked where he got the fruit from, he smiled a mysterious smile and said, "A teacher should always be prepared."

"This is such an amazing library…" Makie spoke through a mouthful of orange.

"And when I thought this place couldn't get any weirder-aru." Ku Fei shook her head.

"In the mountains around my home, we saw things like this all the time, de-gozaru!" Kaede smiled at the memories.

"But you can't deny that this place is really a quite a sight." Naruto munched on an apple as he read the book.

The group continued, after they had finished their snacks. They walked across the tops of gigantic bookshelves, and even rappelled down one.

Currently, they were crawling through a very small space, with Naruto in the back. He was regretting (Not!) his decision, as the girls' skirts were rather short, and he could see their underwear.

Yue called out from ahead, "We're nearly there! It's a testament to the physical abilities of the Baka Rangers that we've made it this far, and we're the first! Congratulations!" She pointed at a grate ahead of them. "Come on, it's through there."

Lifting the grate off its cover, the girls and sensei's found themselves in a large chamber, a walkway leading to podium with the book on it, guarded by two golems, one with a sword, the other with a hammer.

"I've seen this place before-aru!" Ku Fei shouted, "On my brothers' Playstation! It's the last boss chamber-aru!"

"It's the vault of the magic book," Yue stated with a small smile, "We made it!" Naruto put a hand on her shoulder as a way of saying well done. "To think such a place was right under our school!" Asuna laughed as she looked around.

"Look! There's the book!" Negi shouted as he pointed to the altar in front of the doors. "That's the legendary book of Merkisidek!"

Merkisidek? Naruto frowned thoughtfully. The last person to have that was…Konoemon. He sighed in exasperation. This is another one of his tests, isn't it?

The two Gormim, however, were looking at the floor before the walkway. It was made of a different stone in a square and covered in evenly spaced circles. "This setup is fishy," Jenna suddenly said.

Everyone turned to look at her. "What makes you say that, de gozaru?" asked Kaede.

The black-haired girl sighed and started pacing in a circle, pointing out things as she walked. "Ku-chan's right, this IS like a final boss. So where's the boss? Also, why put the book all the way at the end of a very thin, very fragile stone walkway? I think it has to do with this square here and those two statues."

Asuna scoffed at her. "What the hell makes you think that? The floor could've been like that from before this room, and the statues are just to decorate!"

"No, it wasn't," Hailey said, shaking her head. Naruto raised an eyebrow as she explained, "When we were progressing through the dungeon- er, I mean building, the floor has always been made of one material. This square panel, or whatever it is, is made of a different type of stone than the rest of the floor here."

Negi was in awe. "Wah, that's amazing, Hailey-san!" he exclaimed, "How can you tell something like that just from looking at it?"

The brunette shrugged self-consciously. "Well, just because I like collecting pebbles doesn't mean I can't tell the big rocks apart..."

Then Jenna picked up again. "Also, if these statues are for decoration, why is the rest of the room so barren?"

"Well, it IS all made of stone," Yue pointed out dubiously.

"Yeah, but you can still carve some really cool designs into it," the geode-eyed girl pointed out, "Also, the fact that they're a: carrying weapons and b: different in design. If they were here for aesthetics, their bodies at least would be symmetrical from each other. Therefore!" She suddenly dashed forward and jumped up onto the hammer of the one on the right. She leaned up to it's face and grinned maniacally. "Therefore...you're hiding something, aren't you?" she asked it quietly.

There was a moment of silence. Then Asuna started to say incredulously, "Are you for real-"

But then everybody jumped as the statue back away from Jenna. It spoke in a high, disbelieving voice. "Do you even NEED the book?"

Asuna perked up at the admission from the golem. "What are we waiting for?" She yelled. "Let's go get it!"

Konoka, and Hailey stood next to their blonde sensei as he shook his head. "Yo! If this really a 'Legendary Book', than it would be protected by-"

The walkway underneath the girls opened up, making them all fall into a somewhat deep pit.

"-traps." Naruto finished as he landed on his feet, with Konoka in his arms, bridal style. Hailey and Jenna, along with Kaede, also didn't end up on their asses.

The golem carrying the huge hammer stepped forward, a voice echoing out from it. "HOHOHO! If you desire to acquire the book, first, my questions you must answer! HOHOHO!"

Seriously? The immortal blonde thought, a dead-pan stare on his face. He didn't even bother to disguise his voice.

Asuna took a look at the board under their feet, and stuttered. "T-this is…"

"Twister!" Makie finished disbelievingly.

"First question," the golem thundered, "What is the English translation for 'difficult'?"

"Everyone calm down!" Negi shouted, "It'll be ok! If you answer the questions properly, we should be able to get out of this trap!" He pointed to the twister board, "Just press the corresponding translation letters for difficult!"

Everyone looked at the two Americans, who looked at each other, then the other girls, then the golems.

Hailey started to laugh quietly. "You don't know who you're dealing with, do you?" she said, "I mean, English translations? Please! English is our primary language!"

From there, it went smoothly. The golem would give an english word, which Jenna or Hailey would translate, and then the girls would press the button with the corresponding kanji. However, they had to keep the older buttons pressed down, which forced them to bend their bodies in all directions to use their feet. This resulted in Naruto catching a good few panty-shots from his students.

"You know...this is why I don't wear skirts," groaned Hailey, "Dammit, where's Nord when you need him?"

Jenna wasn't having much more luck. She was having to thread her limbs through the tangles of bodies, which resulted in a lot of other girls getting 'accidently' groped. "I've never played twister before," She growled, "But this actually kinda fun."

"Kya! J-Jenna-chan, t-that's not one of the buttons!"

"Eh, sorry Makie-chan."

How do I always end up in situations like this? Naruto thought dully. He was currently contorting his own body to press the kanji 'ya,' 'o,' and 'zu.' His position was causing his students to twine their limbs and bodies around his. He tried not to take notice of the pair of breasts pressing softly against his chest.

"Oi, stop that, ero-Jenna!" shouted Asuna with a blush.

"Hey, I didn't move at all that time! YOU'RE the one who needs to get your ass out of my face!" Jenna shot back, her voice slightly muffled by Asuna's panties.

Hailey scoffed, smacking a button with her forehead. "Please Jenna, you know you love it!"

THAT made Naruto turn his head in surprise. Fortunately, or unfortunately, his sight went directly up Jenna's skirt. As both of his hands were occupied, so he couldn't stop the blood that spurted from his nose. "Shit," he mumbled, "I didn't have you pegged for someone who would do THAT."

The girls had to stretch and bend into different positions as the game went on, ending in more and more provocative positions. Naruto shook his head and thought Perverted old man…I swear.

"The final question!" The golem spoke once again, "What is the translation for 'dish'?"

Asuna thought for second, then called out, "I got it! It's Osara!"

Makie and herself twisted and bent pushing the tiles down, only for Asuna to miss and hit RU instead of RA.

"Wrong, hohoho!" The golem lifted its' giant hammer over its head, and as it slammed it down on the board, Naruto could be heard shouting: "Dammit, Baka Red!"

The board shattered underneath them, sending them screaming into a long drop. Spying water at the end, Naruto realized that he had to do something, or a fall from this height would injure the girls.

Using short bursts of wind, Naruto maneuvered himself right next to Konoka. He grabbed onto her and pushed her behind him.

Over the whistling wind, he shouted out, "Girls! Close your eyes, this is gonna hurt!"

Everyone closed their eyes, and Naruto took a fortifying breath.

Then, he expelled the air from his muscles, streamlining his body to go faster. As he neared the water, he threw his arms out, and turned his head.

I don't get paid enough for this shit! Was his last thought before he impacted into the water with an almighty belly-flop, sending the water sky-high. The girls hit the water with relatively smaller splashes, but enough to send them all into unconsciousness.

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A/N: I'm evil, and I like it.

Once again, the great and awesome NorthSouthGorem helped me immensely in the writing of this chapter. And, is suspect, that without his help, this fic would be a lot more boring.

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