About a week went by, and I was restless. I needed an all out no holds barred spar. Shika was in Konoha, Sasuke was with Sakura, and Tsunade was Hokage. I laughed distractedly at something one of my guests said before excusing myself.

"I'm terribly sorry, but I must go. I have to find my friend Shikamaru." Thank Kami for their lack of knowing he was in another world right now. They giggled and said goodbye and I left the room. I leaned on the wall outside and my eyes unfocused as I entered my mindscape. Hopefully I had braced myself against the wall good enough.

"Kurama?"

"Kit."

"How are they doing?"

A deep rumbling sigh sounded. "Kit. They are fine. I'm telling the Nara about your need to train now."

"Thanks Kurama. How's Kakashi? And Sakura?"

"Kakashi is nearing his old level, having found a way around his blindness. He and Umino Iruka are together. The pink girl is still in a coma, but she seems to be getting restless. She should wake soon."

I sigh. They would be fine. "And the possibility of..."

Kurama shook his big orange head. "As of yet, none. I'm sorry, Naruto."

I smile sadly. "It's not your fault Kurama."

I leave my mindscape. I groan. Just my luck. I hadn't braced myself good enough, and fell in a way that broke my arm. And one of my fingers. I flip up and brace myself as I snap my arm back in place and casually reset my finger. I gritted my teeth as all that got through was a snarled yelp.

"Shit! That is fucking painful!" I peeked into the Host room and saw a little boy in the room. I just go to the black magic club, not wanting to get caught up in whatever the hell was going on in there.

"Dammit." Minato wasn't there! I wander boredly, before my reflexes kick in and I dodge a hail of blunted kunai.

"Hey. Kurama said you needed to spar?" It was Shikamaru, decked out as though he was going to war.

I grin. "Hey, Shika! Yeah, I need a good challenge. There's an abandoned city, from when America basically dropped a man made chakraless Bijudama on it in a war..... an Atomic bomb, I think it's called. The radiation basically does the same thing mild chakra poisoning does. Kurama can protect us from it though."

Shikamaru nodded, and I grabbed him and we disappeared in a flash of yellow.

We reappeared in a blackened landscape, stretching for miles. The nearest building was a mere dot in the distance. Grinning, I jump back, and my chakra races through my coils. Shika grins too, and suddenly, the silence was broken.

We started with taijutsu, exchanging blows. I felt my recently healed arm re-break, and carefully snapped it back into place while defending with my other arm. Weapons were whipped out, and the fight intensified.

I leapt back, blocking a downward slash, and made the handsigns for a water jutsu.

Shikamaru did the same, but made different seals.

"Suiton! Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" A dragon made of water shot towards Shikamaru.

"Katon! Housenka no Jutsu!" Shikamaru spit out several small fireballs. Steam blanketed the area, and I heightened my guard, ready for anything. I dodged the tendrils of shadow that zipped toward me and charged through the steam. I summoned an Odama Rasengan and slammed it down. I leapt back in surprise as Shikamaru blocked the Rasengan with a-

"Kage Rasengan. Took forever to do, and a hell of a lotta chakra burns, but I recently completed it." Shikamaru charged, drawing a standard issue tanto.

I unsealed a wakizashi and blocked a slash from the left. I spun and threw a kunai, only managing to graze Shika's cheek. I dodge more shadows.

"Fuuton! Daitoppa!" A blast of hurricane force winds sent Shikamaru flying.

"Fuuton! Kaze no Yaiba!" Shikamaru scrambles up, barely dodging. He whips something out.

"F-fuuton! Kamaitachi no jutsu!" My eyes widen. I lash my arm out.

"Fuuton! Ashinaki no Jutsu!" My hair whips around as I erect a wind barrier around me, absorbing Shikamaru's Kamaitachi. I see the bladed fan in his hand, which he snaps closed and slips into a little holster. Ash and dust float in clouds, and I cough, trying not to breath too much in. To clear the dust in my immediate area, I use a simple E-rank wind jutsu.

"Fuuton: Boufuu Kyouzuu no jutsu."

A small burst of wind shoots from my hand, clearing the dust, and I flip back as Shikamaru lunges at me, grinning.

I try a distraction jutsu. "Fuuton: Happa Shinkuutai!" My eyes flitted around locking on to random places nearby, including right where I knew Shika would land. And as though a chain reaction was triggered, small explosions of wind started going off repeatedly, in all the places I had looked.

Shikamaru stalled as a burst of wind smacked him in the face. I leap forward and tackle him, laughing.

"Ack! Na-oomf! Narutooo!" Shikamaru groaned as we rolled into a dip created from my Fuuton: Daitoppa.

I laugh, even as Shikamaru throws me off and pounces on me. We wrestle for a bit, before we found ourselves panting, limbs on top of each other as we stare tiredly at the sky. Clouds drifted by lazily, and a cool breeze blew away the rest of the dust remaining from our spar.

My chest rises and falls steadily as I watch the clouds with half lidded eyes. I feel pumped though, more elated than I have in a long time. I unseal my phone, and check the time. It was getting late, and Haruhi was making takoyaki and yakisoba with miso and eggplant for dinner.

I stand, and lift a sleeping Shikamaru, flashing to the bathroom down the hall from Music room 3. I walk out, carrying Shikamaru bridal style. Haruhi was just exiting the room, and I called out to her.

"Naruto. Is Shikamaru-san okay?" She asked. She took in his battered state, and his uniform, the Tanto, kunai pouch, fan holster, and our shadows, which were dancing.

"Yeah, we were sparring. His lazy ass just wanted to go to sleep. I know you hear me Shika."

Shikamaru just grumbled and I slung him onto my back, and He wrapped his arms around my neck loosely, and kept sleeping. I fixed the tanto holster so I wasn't getting jabbed in the side, and me and Haruhi set off.

"So do we have everything we need for dinner tonight?" I ask. Haruhi's gaze unfocused as she thought about it.

"We're out of pickled ginger and tempura, and I don't want to use ramen noodles to substitute yakisoba noodles, so I need to pick up some of that."

"I can get it, and you can start on the miso soup, and fry the eggplants. I'll go as soon as I drop this lazy bum off and get cleaned up. My arm is sore, I broke it twice today. Fucking painful."

"Naruto, you need to be more careful. How did it break?"

"Well.... The first time was due to me falling on it wrong. I had gone to visit Kurama, but didn't brace myself enough. Then it rebroke as it wasn't completely healed when I blocked a strike from Shika."

"You take to many risks Naruto."

"Yeah, yeah. So, how is kendo?"

"I'm only learning how to hold and strike with my shinai right now, and then I'll be working on my strength, but I reckon my speed has increased a little."

Shikamaru grumbles in my ear, and I nod. "True." I tap Haruhi's forehead, and a seal appears before disappearing. Haruhi moves more sluggishly. "What is this?"

"It's a resistance seal. Right now, it should feel like you are in water. This will both increase your speed, and your strength. When you get used to it, and can move like normal, tell me and I'll up it a bit more."

Haruhi nodded, and we walked the rest of the way in comfortable silence.

After dumping Shika on the couch and taking a shower, I run to the supermarket and grab the yakisoba noodles, pickled ginger, and tempura. Dinner was great, and watched as Ranka-tou gushed over the meal. Shikamaru just thanked Haruhi, stopping midway to yawn. 

The next day, I walk into the Host Club to see Haruhi looking as she had a few months ago, hair long. She wore a middle school uniform. I raise an eyebrow.

"Apparently we are infiltrating Shiro Takaoji's school. Tamaki seems to want to find out why he is such a brat."

"Is he the little boy I saw in here yesterday?"

"Yeah. I don't understand why I'm in a middle school uniform though."

I sigh. "Tamaki probably wanted to see you in a mini-skirt. Here, go put these on." I gave her a pair of leggings she could slip on under the skirt..

"Alright! Let's get this mission underway!" Why am I tagging along? Oh riiiight I'm bored as fuck.

We go to the elementary school, and stick out like a cat in a group of dogs. The hosts try to be stealthy but to my trained ears are practically stomping. Except for Honey and Mori. Their footsteps are quiet enough to not be noticed.

"Someone's coming!" I hiss. I could hear loud footsteps, that the others couldn't yet hear as they looked at me confused. I tapped my ear and said. "Good hearing, now hide!"

We darted into a music room, where I saw pictures of the boy, Shiro, smiling at a girl. He looked so utterly happy, my heart ached, and a severe sense of nostalgia washed over me. I hid behind the piano as the footsteps grew closer, and the others crouched behind desks. I wait boredly as the others wait with baited breath for the footsteps to pass.

When they did, we continued searching, and found the boy in another music room. The girl from the picture was talking to him, and he smiled sadly and shook his head. The girl seemed a little put out, but went and started playing. A girl exited the classroom and Tamaki charmed her, asking about the girl. Hina Kamishiro, moving to Germany soon.

Shiro would lose someone. When Shiro came out of the room, shouting, Tamaki just picked him up and left. I waited for the hallway to clear before teleporting to the club room.

I waited in the bathroom before walking out as the rest of the Host's walk in. Tamaki throws Shiro onto the couch.

"Agh! What's your problem you big idiot!?" He shouted angrily.

"I'm sorry, but you're the idiot! You said you wanted me to teach you how to make women happy! But that's not it is it! You are only concerned with one woman in particular. You only care for Hina Kamishiro!" His tone got softer. "Listen, Shiro-kun, I cannot help you. A Host's job is to make women in general happy, not just one woman. When you care for someone, you must find the courage to express what is in your heart. You must tell her how you feel. You didn't come to me looking to be a Host, no, you came to be a full fledged man."

Shiro looked defeated. "It doesn't matter anymore. I've run out of time. I just.... I wanted to hear her play before she left for good. That's all."

I felt anger at that. "So you're just gonna let her go!? Gonna chicken out? You love her, and you're gonna let her go, without finding out if she returns those feelings?! I guess you don't truly love her, because if I were you, I would do Whatever it took to let her know how much I cared for her before she left! You're a coward!"

Shiro stared at me in shock. Tamaki stepped forward. "The piece she was playing, that was Mozart Sonata in D major for two pianos', no?"

He walked over to a piano, which must have been hidden behind one of the many curtained off areas. He began playing that exact piece perfectly. He was good too. Really good.

It made me want to learn. [AN// I swear to god When I wrote this line I had a flashback to when I watched Your Lie In April]

"You wanted to be my apprentice, no? Well, from now on, all of your free time will be spend with me. I will be teaching you how to play, and you will perform with Miss Kamishiro."

Two weeks later Shiro and Hina played together, and were officially 'together.'

I started learning piano from a local coffee place, which happened to have a piano.

Fuuton: Daitoppa- Wind Release: Great Breakthrough

Fuuton: Kaze no Yaiba- Wind Release Wind Blade

Fuuton: Kamaitachi no Jutsu- Wind Release: Sickle Weasel Technique

Fuuton Boufuu Kyouzuu no Jutsu- Wind Release: Gale Surge Technique

Fuuton: Happa Shinkuutai- Wind Release: Bursting Air Pockets

Suiton: Suiryuudan- Water Release Water Dragon

Katon: Housenka- Fire Release: Phoenix Flower

AN/// Soooo What did you guys think. I have one vote.

Kyoya x Naruto                                1

Honey x Naruto                               0

Mori x Naruto                                   0

Kaoru x Naruto                                0

Tamaki x Naruto                             0

Hikaru x Naruto                              0

Hikaru x Kaoru x Naruto            0

Single Pringle                                  0

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