Hello everyone, hope your lives have been good since the last time we talked. I am so sorry about the long wait. I had no idea I was this behind on this and a few other of my stories. Time seems to have just whisked by in the past months. I got a new job, taking college classes, and on the verge of moving yet again. I apologize greatly, though it seems like I say that every chapter. I wish I could say that I will try to be more consistent in the future, but with how crazy my life seems to be recently, I can't promise anything. Though I will definitely try to, guarantees are a no-go unfortunately.

Good news though, I have been keeping notebooks of ideas and plotlines of most, if not all, of my stories so I can be a bit more organized on that front. I also have a class that is really just copying notes most of the time so I can usually get some writing done in there if there's nothing special going on that day (i.e. a test or something).

Anyway, let's get into the reviews so you guys can get to what you've waited almost a full year for (Sorry again).

GunBlade2019: Most of the class is 14 years of age, though Naruto and Karma are 15, though only because of where Karma's birthday is and not because she was held back or anything.

0wolfblade0: At this moment, they have no idea that they were taught by the same person, so they have no reason to react to each other. Naruto was found after Bitch-sensei already left Lovro.

Thank you all for the love and support and I want yall to know I read every single review so don't worry if I don't respond to it. Ok, let's get into the story.

Chapter 5: School Trip?

Naruto's eyes snapped open as he heard a crack from his left. Looking down at himself, it seemed he was duct taped to a chair, and his left foot was feeling particularly naked for whatever reason. A quick survey of his surroundings told him he was in an abandoned warehouse with multiple goons standing around a table to his left, dumping the contents of his backpack out, a couple of them laughing at the giant itinerary Koro-sensei made for them. One of the goons, seeing him awake, came over with a smirk along his greasy face.

"Oh, so the hero's finally awake. Thought you could take us all on did'ya?" He laughed as he grabbed the blond's hair and forced his head back. "Serves you right for standing between us and our girls."

Naruto grimaced as he remembered what had happened about an hour beforehand.

Flashback

Naruto, Nagisa, Karma, Kanzaki, Sugino, and Kayano were walking through Kyoto for a class trip planned by Koro-sensei as a reward for their ranking in midterms. They were split up into groups to walk around and learn about the many landmarks in the city, many of them were related to assassinations throughout history.

It was also a great place to try and assassinate their teacher, using inspiration from their trip to fuel their plans. The only problem with this trip was Naruto's group would not stop complaining.

"What do you mean you're not going to help us kill Koro-sensei on the trip?!" Nagisa yelled out when she learned of Naruto's betrayal. The rest of the group were also a little shocked at this news, seeing as how Naruto was supposed to be their secret weapon.

"If I were to help, we would most likely succeed, but I bet you would probably use me as your plan A, right?" seeing their embarrassed expressions, Naruto could only chuckle. "Don't be embarrassed, you were only choosing the most efficient path to success. That is why I am not helping. You need to be able to rely on yourselves rather than just use me at every obstacle."

"Yeah, you're right." Nagisa sighed with a small smile. "Still, it would've been nice to finish this relatively quickly."

"Why don't you just end it all, Naruto?" Sugino spoke up in curiosity. "Don't get me wrong, Koro-sensei is a great teacher and I'd hate to see him go, but he's still going to blow up the earth at the end of our year."

That reminder sent everyone into a thoughtful silence as they awaited Naruto's response.

"Well, if he's a great teacher, then why rush his death? Don't get me wrong, I don't want him to blow up the earth or anything, but we've got an entire year with a great teacher who really wants to help us be better and reach our potential. I say we enjoy him while we've got him." Naruto said while looking up at the sky with a small smile.

Silence reigned for a few moments before Karma burst out in laughter. "You've got a funny way of looking at things, but it kind of makes sense. So, you're saying we should stop trying to kill our teacher?"

Now it was Naruto's turn to laugh. "Oh god no. Look at how far you've grown since he came here. That growth is tied to how much effort you put into your assassination attempts. If you were to stop now, do you think Koro-sensei would continue his lessons. He would think you guys were giving up. No, everyone should continue to do their best to kill Koro-sensei, but don't forget to enjoy the time you have with him because eventually, one of your attempts will succeed."

And with his piece said, Naruto led the group down the road towards the next landmark, letting the others take in his words.

"Hey, Naruto!" Karma yelled out as a thought crossed her mind, causing everyone to look towards her in curiosity. "Why the hell is everything you say so wise and thoughtful? Why don't you speak like a normal teenager for once and not like you're 105."

Everyone laughed at that, seeing as how she wasn't wrong, though Naruto lowered his head as a rain cloud formed above him. He mumbled quietly something like "I thought it made me sound cool and sagely."

On route to final landmark

"Just one more to go and then we can head back to the hotel." Kaede sighed in relief.

"What's the problem, Kaede? I thought these landmarks were pretty interesting." Nagisa questioned as she looked at Kaede's exasperated expression.

"I agree but lugging around this itinerary is starting to take its tole on me." she grunted as she pulled out her giant book that Koro-sensei made each of them that spelled out their plans for the trip.

Kanzaki then got a very surprised look on her face that was immediately picked up on by Sugino. "What's wrong Kanzaki?"

"I didn't notice before, but I don't have my itinerary." She said as she searched her bag. "I must have left it somewhere."

"Oh, well I think it will be fine, so long as you stay with someone who has one with them." Nagisa reassured her with a small smile. "Plus, you already know where the hotel is, so if all else fails, just head back there."

"Yeah, I guess you're right, thank you. I'm usually not that forgetful. It must have been because I stayed up too late last night." The popular girl thought out loud.

"What were you doing that had you up so late?" Karma asked, interrupting Sugino before he could speak, making him shut his already open mouth and glare at the red-head with a small blush.

"Oh, well I was just trying to study with the books Naruto got for us. I asked him for help on a section I was having trouble with and he helped me through it and gave me some of his notes, so I was just reading those over. Thank you again, by the way." She explained with a small smile and nod to the blond, though he was at the lead once again and couldn't see it.

"It was my pleasure. I'm here if any of you guys need help, so don't hesitate to ask, alright?" Naruto turns back to them with a smile before leading the way once again.

Later

After visiting the last site, Naruto and crew were heading back to the hotel with bags full of notes and little fun facts about each location they visited. They were about half-way back when a group of delinquent-looking guys walked out of an alleyway together, only taking a few seconds to surround the group of 6.

"Well, look what we got here guys. A few junior-high babes hanging out with a couple of losers. Why don't you ladies come with us so we can get to know each other better? Huh, wade ya say?" the lead goon said as he reached for Kanzaki's arm…

Only to have it grabbed by Karma as she smiled in a way that would send shivers into anyone's spine. "Listen buddy, we're just heading back to our hotel, so I think we'll have to pass tonight, sorry."

Goon #1 pulled his arm back as he rubbed his sore wrist and glared at the red-head. "Touch me like that again and I'll pound your teeth in, I don't care how cute you look. Now, where were we?" he asked as he turned back to Kanzaki, only to find Naruto standing where she was previously.

"Oh, wow, I'm flattered, truly, but I don't swing that way, sorry." Naruto answered as he held up his hands and backed up.

The goon growled before grabbing the blond's shirt. "You think you're funny, punk. Stand aside before I have to beat you down and take them from you."

"Aww, don't be like that, buddy. Just because I rejected you doesn't mean you have to get physical. Look, if you like me that much, then I'll give you one date, but you better not fuck it up." Naruto said with a face of upmost seriousness, causing Karma to bust out laughing, despite the situation, while the others were chuckling lightly.

Head Goon did not like to be laughed at I guess, because he immediately swung for the blond's face, though he was thoroughly shocked when all he hit was air. Looking down, the goon found the mop of blond hair rising up toward his face kind of fast.

CRACK

The delinquent went flying on his rear as his head whipped back from the impact, blood spewing from his nose that was slightly askew. "Ahhh, fucker! Get that asshole!"

"Aww, you even gave me a nickname. That's so sweet! Hold on, give me a minute to think of yours." Naruto quipped as he dodged and countered the goons' attacks. "Marshmallow? No, too sweet. Honeybuns? No, too sexual. Pumpkin? Yeah, I like Pumpkin. How's that one?!"

According to the Head Goon's reaction, that might have been the worse of the three. Though it didn't really matter, since the blood covering his face made it hard for him to see correctly.

As the blond was dancing around everyone, he caught a glimpse of everyone else standing at the sideline, some smiling and cheering (Karma), while others looked on in worry (Everyone else).

And so, Naruto smirked.

SMACK

The boss came up from behind as Naruto was mid-twirl and got a clean shot at the blond's left cheek. The junior-high student went to the ground and he went down hard.

After a few seconds of silence Nagisa yelled out in shock, "Naruto!" and started to rush towards him…only to be pulled back by Kaede as Big Boss pulled out a knife.

"Yeah, not so tough now are ya?" though before he could do more, there were police lights at the far end of the alley way. "Shit! Grab the hero! Don't tell them anything, or else…" he left off, waving his knife at the blond before dashing off after his friends.

Flashback End

"Ugh, they're probably worried sick. Maybe I should just… no, I shouldn't. I just have to hope they can find me, because if they can't…" Naruto left off in his mind before focusing back on the physical world around him.

"Should've known better than to play the hero, kid. You did handle yourself better than I thought though. Maybe you'd want to join our little gang here, get out of whatever stupid school your apart of now and just hang with us. You could be my lead general." Said the guy who's nose he had just broken not even an hour ago.

"Yeah, thanks but no thanks. I don't think I'm allowed to leave, considering what I know." Naruto hinted mysteriously, peaking the goon's interest slightly.

"Hmm, and what could you know that would make it so dangerous for you to leave?"

"Well, first of all…"

Meanwhile, with Nagisa's Group

"Ugh that was such a waste of time!" Karma yelled as she punched the wall after the police had left, getting no answers out of the group of middle schoolers.

"Hey, we couldn't tell them anything. What if the delinquents found out and did something to Naruto?" Kaede spoke up, showing her concern for their friend.

"Guys, this is Naruto we're talking about. The guy who took out Koro-sensei after, like, a day of being in this class. Don't you think he can handle himself against some back-alley thugs?" Sugino questioned, still slightly confused how the guy could've gotten taken down by a one punch from that goon in the first place.

"Yeah, maybe so, but he's still one guy. And he can't fight back when he's unconscious or tied down. We need to find him and get him out of there, without any help from authorities or anything else." Nagisa spoke up, trying to think up a plan.

"What about Koro-sensei? He could probably find and rescue Naruto in seconds." Kanzaki brainstormed as she shuffled her feet back and forth.

"He probably could, but how long would it take for us to find him? By the time we found and told him the whole story, who knows what kind of things they could've done to Naruto." Karma shot down, still trying to get over how useless she felt. "We should've helped when the fight started, but instead we were just cheering from the sidelines like fucking cheerleaders."

The group got quiet at that, knowing that they were all kind of to blame for what happened. They had all gotten training to be assassins, and yet they couldn't- or rather didn't put it to use to help their friend.

"Karma, we were all slightly to blame, but the majority of it falls on those thugs. If they weren't here, then this wouldn't have happened at all. Either way though, we're not going to get anything done by standing here and sulking." Nagisa reassured her friend with a hand on her shoulder, making sure to be there for her, but also slightly out of reach should the red-head lash out.

"I know, I know." Karma took a deep breath before turning to the blunette. "You got a plan?"

With a small smile and a dangerous glint in her eye, Nagisa turned to the group as a whole. "I do have one. And its thanks to a little help from Naruto himself."

Seeing the other's questioning looks, Nagisa explained herself. "You see, I had asked Naruto for some supplementary lessons in assassination since…" she looked out of the corner of her eye at Karma, "… I had seen you guy's progressing so much and I'm not much of a fighter due to my stature. He gave me some lessons on how to use my smaller size to my advantage against larger, stronger opponents. And, in those lessons, he also told me of various tracking techniques used for following a target."

"Why didn't he tell all of us this information?" Sugino asked, feeling kind of hurt at not being included and taught stuff that could help them.

"I think because I came to him first and asked. He seemed reluctant at first, but I withered him down. He would probably help all of you if you asked him." Nagisa reassured as she saw their expressions.

"Putting that aside for later, what's your plan for finding the blond idiot?" Karma asked, making a mental note to ask about those lessons later.

"Well, we know they took him this way, right." Nagisa asked as she walked in the direction the thugs dragged Naruto. "And they didn't stay going straight, because then the cops would've seen them. So, there has to be a sign that they had turned somewhere. AHA!"

The others were startled when the blunette suddenly yelled out triumphantly. "Look, that trash bag has been knocked over and away from the others, as if it had been kicked."

"You really got all that from just a knocked over trash bag?" Kaede asked, in awe that such a conclusion could be thought of by something so mundane, though she was also kind of doubtful.

"Well, not only that, but also…" Nagisa left off, choosing to instead point at the other, similarly disrupted objects, as well as a left shoe that was just lying in the street.

"Wow, I didn't even notice all of those." Kanzaki admitted, feeling kind of ashamed of herself for not being a better assassin.

Nagisa reassured her with a smile though as she picked up her friend's shoe. "Don't worry about it. I probably wouldn't have either without Naruto's training. Now, lets get going and see if we can't follow this trail right to where they're hiding."

"Right!" everyone yelled out as they started off down the path towards where their friend was taken.

With Naruto

"No way, you're making that up!" One of the thugs called out in disbelief.

"If that's what you want to believe then so be it. I don't blame you, you know. But I swear that I am telling the truth." Naruto said with upmost seriousness.

"I don't know, I think I can believe that. But… a teacher?" another goon said before asking the blond incredulously.

"I know right! Its crazy. And at my own school no less." Naruto agreed loudly before sighing as if exhausted.

"Do…do any of your classmates know?" the head goon, Kotoro, asked, slightly fearing the answer.

"Oh yeah, all of my class knows, and even some of the teachers. I'm sure the principal knows but I haven't confirmed that yet."

"Wow, that's some fucked up stuff." Kotoro nodded to himself.

"So, your whole class isn't allowed to leave for fear of telling people and outing the people in the school who know?"

"Pretty much." Naruto nodded. "Though don't worry, me and my classmates have a plan to take him out."

"If you say so. Man, I don't know how you guys could deal with something like that." Kotoro sighed as he sat back in his almost broken lawn chair.

Nagisa

After a little over a half-hour, Nagisa had finally found the abandoned warehouse that was holding their blond friend. "Ok, this is it. Are you guys ready?"

Before anyone could answer, Karma had already stormed forward towards the front door, no doubt ready to stomp their teeth in. The others just sweat-dropped at the red-head's antics before chasing after their friend.

They were shocked, though, when they knocked the door down and saw what was inside. Instead of their friend being tied up and maybe even tortured for his antics, the blond was just sitting on the only table in the place, laughing with the thugs that took him away as if they were old buddies.

It was when he caught sight of the newcomers that Naruto hopped off the table and walked over to them. "Hey, guys! I knew you would find me! No doubt putting all those lessons I taught you to good use?"

They were all kind of speechless at the casual dismissal of being ok and not acting like a hostage should be acting.

"Naruto, what the hell is going on?" Karma asked as she started getting angry at the blond.

"Ok, so, funny story. Don't tell these guys, cuz it might hurt their feelings, but I meant to take that punch. I could've broken out of here at any time, but I wanted to see if you guys could put your training to good use." Naruto laughed, oblivious to the fact that no one else was laughing.

"You mean to tell me that you had us all worried sick and angry at myself over nothing!?" Karma yelled as she tried to punch the blond.

"And why were you angry at yourself?" Naruto asked, dodging the punch easily, though he sounded as if he already knew the answer.

"Because none of us helped you when you were fighting. We just sat on the sidelines." Nagisa answered, thinking she knew where he was going with this.

"Exactly. You guys did exactly what you wanted to do with Koro-sensei. Send me in to fight and stand on the sidelines. When I saw you guys standing there, I knew I needed to do something to put it into your heads to act first and admire later. Hopefully, now you guys will think about how to use your own strengths in a fight, rather than those around you. I mean, look at how you guys got here." Naruto explained before getting cut off.

"You mean how Nagisa got us here…" Kaede mumbled, finding her feet to be very interesting all of a sudden.

"Listen, Nagisa may have shown you the path, but you guys got here pretty quickly considering being held up and questioned by the police for a little over a half-hour. And do you think you guys would've gotten here so quickly if even one of you was slow or not as agile?"

Kaede took a moment to think about that. Considering they were all pretty much jogging to maximize speed without risk of missing anything, and yet they all stayed together and never had to take a break for anyone to catch their breath. And even when they arrived, everyone was still ready to go in and kick some thug-butt.

"So, instead of looking at how other people act and what their strengths are, make sure you focus on your own strengths and accomplishments." Naruto said with a smile as he ruffled the greenette's hair.

"There you go trying to sound like an old man again." Sugino laughed, lightening the mood in an instant.

That is, until Kotoro came over with an apologetic smile on his face. "Hey, sorry about earlier. If we had known what you all were going through, we wouldn't have come onto you like that."

"Wait, that brings up another question. Why the hell were you sitting over there laughing like school-girls with them?" Karma asked, completely ignoring the thug bowing in front of her. "And what does he mean by-"

"Oh!" Naruto exclaimed, cutting the red-head off, much to her chagrin. "After I told these guys about our struggles at school with our freaky teacher, they kind of understood and let me go. They were going to escort me back to where they took me but I told them that you guys would find us eventually."

Everyone's eyes went wide with shock. "You mean you told them?!" Nagisa almost shrieked as she threw a wary glance to the thug.

"Yeah, and I'm sorry you guys have to go through that. My friend, Ashido, had to go through that, though it was her dead-beat dad's co-worker, not her teacher. But nevertheless, I can't thank whatever deity is up there that that jackass never got the chance to do what he wanted. And I'm glad to hear it that you guys have a plan to get your revenge. Well, can you tell me?" Kotoro explained, thoroughly confusing the junior-high kids in front of him.

The collective thought process went something like… "Her dead-beat dad's co-worker… was an octopus?"

"Well, we can't give you too many details, just in case anyone comes a lookin for us in the event we have to go with plan b, but it goes a little something like this…" Naruto said aloud before whispering something into the thug's ear, to which said thug giggled like a little boy who got his first set of firecrackers.

"Oh wow, that is amazing. Please let us know how it goes, and if you need any help, know that the Kyoto Akashi's got your back!" Kotoro exclaimed, causing the thugs in the background to erupt in screaming and yelling.

"Thanks man, I appreciate it. I'll hit you guys up if I'm ever in Kyoto in the near future." Naruto said before leaving with his friends and waving goodbye to the others.

"Do I even want to ask what that was about?" Nagisa asked, still majorly confused about what just happened. "You didn't actually tell them about Koro-sensei, did you?"

"Of course not! Well, the fact that he's, like, an octopus that wants to destroy the earth, no. I did tell them that he's a terrible lecher who always tries, and fails, to peep on the females in the changing room as they're coming in from gym." Naruto got out before busting out into full-bellied laughter, causing the others to slowly start laughing as well due to its contagiousness.

"Naruto, you are horrible!" Kaede exclaimed, wiping away a tear as she tried to control her laughs.

"A freaking genius I would say!" Karma laughed, not being able to contain herself at the thought of Koro's face when he hears this story.

"I mean, it wasn't a complete lie! He is a terrible perv through and through." Naruto chuckled.

"Oh, and don't think we've forgotten about your secret lessons with Nagisa! Next time, we're all gonna be there and you can teach all of us your super cool assassin techniques." Sugino reminded them, causing everyone to turn to the blond, as if daring him to deny them.

With a sigh, Naruto scratched the back of his head and chuckled a bit. "I should've known that was coming. Fine! Anyone who wants extra lessons will have to meet with me after school in the classroom so we can set up a schedule that works for everyone. And don't go complaining half-way through and want to quit cuz once you start, there is no such thing as quitting."

"Alright!" everyone yelled out, excited for the future and thankful that their day was almost over.

"Oh, and did you guys ever find my shoe? I kicked it off to give you guys a bit of help." Naruto asked, just now noticing that he was walking with a limp from the missing shoe.

"Oh, I thought Karma gave it back to you?" all eyes went to the red-head as a large shit-eating grin split her face.

"Think of this as punishment for worrying us." Was all she said before dashing down the street towards their hotel.

"Hey! Come back here! I told you, it was for your own good!" Naruto yelled as he gave chase. "Aw dammit, I stepped in something. AWWW THAT DOES NOT SMELL GOOD! KARMA GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!"

Later

"Ah, I see you all are back. It seems like your group was the only one that didn't attempt an assassination on me this trip. Giving up are you? Kukukukuku." Koro-sensei asked as green lines appeared over his yellow face.

"Not a chance. Naruto just got kidnapped by some thugs." Sugino said as he passed by their teacher.

"And we had to go rescue him." Kanzaki continued as she, too, passed their teacher.

"After we talked to the police for a bit though." Kaede carried on.

"Though, he kind of rescued himself." Nagisa jumped in, too tired to care about details.

"Yeah, he told the thugs that you were a pedo-lecher." Karma said with a burst of newfound laughter.

"Sorry about that, but it all worked out in the end." Finished Naruto as he followed the others to the bedrooms.

…

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"WHAT!"

Chapter End

Again, I am so sorry for this story taking so long. I hope you enjoyed and I will try my best to not make you guys wait another year for the next installment. See ya!