"Oh, just a few?" the boy grinned softly as he lightly ran his fingers so tenderly through Hinata's hair, a soft little smile on his lips as he watched her press her body up against his, "What do you think we should do with her Hinata-chan?"
There was a gentle firmness to his touch, a visible tenderness as he would casually brush those fingers through her silken hair. Ino could see it, from where she lay, the soft little contented smile that never left his lips as he simply touched her. And in spite of the fear, the outrage, the anger, a longing jealousy whispered at the edge of her mind.
"What've you done so far Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked quietly as she let her pale eyes rest on Ino's form, watching the girl in near silence as she shifted just a bit, pressing herself happily back up against the blonde boy as she watched the mix of emotions playing across the blue eyed girl's eyes.
"Oh, just showed her my disappearing knots trick," the words were casual, as if common place as he grinned quietly at the girl sitting next to him.
"Mmm, that is a good one," the dark haired girl nodded in response before grinning softly, "She have to go through training with that on?"
Ino was quickly, vehemently shaking her head as she glared back at the pair, making muffled sounds of denial as she started thrashing again, only to have those knotted ropes remind her of just why she stopped to begin with. Settling down to a baleful glare, the gagged girl, bit roughly against the ball in her mouth in her slight exercise in frustration. Those damned ropes were just in the wrong places, the knots, rubbing into her in a way, she couldn't help but find more than a little distracting.
"That was the plan," the boy nodded in confirmation as he chuckled at Ino, "Its better than what Anko-chan would do to you, but, hey, what're team mates for?"
"Mmm I think she wants to say something Naruto-kun," Hinata spoke up as she pointed out the stream of muffled words that slipped from beneath the gag, "Mind if I...?"
"Heh, its your ear drums she'll try to blow up," the boy grinned back as he gave a soft kiss against her neck before pulling back, "But if you want to let her talk, go ahead and let her talk Hinata-chan."
Blushing crimson from the contact of his lips to her soft skin, the girl quickly nodded her head, smiling as she would stand and casually make her way over to the nervous looking girl. Gently smiling to the bound blonde, she brought out a handkerchief and carefully dabbed the drool away from her lips and chin before looking her in the eye, "Now, I'm going to remove your gag, you're going to stay quiet and listen to us, understand?"
Hesitantly, the girl nodded, before shifting a bit warily as she felt Hinata's slender fingers slip behind her head, and carefully unstrap the gag as she gently pulled it from her mouth. Smiling again, the Hyuga girl spoke, "There isn't that better?"
Again there was a hesitancy to Ino's reaction, as she carefully stretched and clenched her jaw as she nodded, before offering a cautious, "Thank you..."
"You're welcome," the dark hair girl responded with a smile before slipped back over to Naruto's log and took her seat next to him, "I suppose you have some questions?"
"Why are you doing this to me...?" there were tears, half threatening to well up in the girl's eyes as she looked back at the pair of them, "I haven't done anything to you!"
"You mean, besides call our sensei and yours a slut and a whore?" Naruto offered up casually, as his sparkling blue eyes hardened as they bore down into the girl's, "A woman who happens to be a friend of mine and one of the few people I respect?"
Ino opened her mouth, then slowly, carefully closed it as she swallowed visibly as she shrank back into herself and said nothing. Slowly, Naruto sighed as he looked back at the blonde girl, "Look Ino, believe it or not we're doing this to protect you."
"Protect me?!" the girl spoke up, her voice rising as indignant anger started to rise in her eyes, "You tied me up, you gagged me, you hauled me off to where ever the hell this is, put these... this thing on me god knows how, under neath my clothes and you're telling me you're doing it to protect me?!"
Neither boy nor girl flinched as Naruto chose to casually continue, "Yes, its my job to look after my teammates, even when they royally fuck up."
"How is this looking after me?!" the girl screeched back.
"Easy, we punish you here, in private, where only your team sees, or, Anko punishes you," the boy responded as he looked at her, "And her way will be painful, public and utterly humiliating."
Ino slowly swallowed hard as she looked back at the blonde, before looking to Hinata for confirmation. The dark-haired girl merely let her eyebrow raise up, before gently nodding back to the girl. Shivering softly, the blonde girl would look back at the boy as she asked, "How bad?"
"Well lets see, there was the girl who called her a bitch..." Naruto led off casually as he lightly ran his fingers through Hinata's hair, "I'm sure you heard about the woman they found at the Inuzuka kennels?"
Ino's eyes widened in fear as she shivered at the memory, giving all the confirmation that Naruto needed as the boy continued, "Yeah, and think about it... you called her TWO names, what do you think she'll do to you for that?"
The girl on the ground stiffened instantly, her eyes wide with fear as she looked back at the boy and girl in front of her before Hinata chose to speak, "So, we'll give you the option Ino-chan, we can punish you here and now, or, we can take you back to Anko-sensei and let her punish you," the girl paused a moment as she would gently nuzzle against Naruto's neck, "What's it gonna be?"
The girl looked at the two of them for a moment, before blushing brighting as she hung her head, looking down at the ground in front of her, mumbling softly under her breath in response.
"Mmm? What was that Ino-chan?" Hinata spoke up gently, "I didn't hear you?"
"I said, I choose you guys, here and now," there was a grudging blush on her cheeks as she spoke more firmly this time, her voice meeting their ears as she shifted, feeling those ropes as they managed to evoke most, interesting responses, "Lets just get it over with!"
"Well Hinata-chan," the boy smiled as he would gently run his fingers down from dark haired girl's hair, "Since I started it off, I think its your turn, don't you agree?"
"Aww," the girl pouted softly as she nuzzled closer against his body, "But its so warm and nice right here!"
"Come on already!" there was a tinge of anger in Ino's voice as she lightly glared at the two, "Whatever you're going to do, just go ahead and do it!"
Hinata sighed softly before she gave a stage whisper to Naruto, "I think someone's jealous Naruto-kun," she winked visibly before giving another, more resigned sigh as she stood up, stretching lightly before yawning as she looked down at Ino, "Mmm, but I suppose little Ino-chan's a bit... eager?"
"It does look that way," Naruto offered casually as he shifted forward, bringing himself to ground as he leaned back against the log, "We really shouldn't keep her waiting."
Hinata smiled as she stood over Ino, her pale eyes glinting with a dark kindness as she gently took a seat on a nearby rock and smiled at Naruto, "Naruto-kun, could you put her across my lap, please?"
"Heh," the boy made a few signs, before releasing a jutsu, as suddenly a pair of shadow clones popped into existence on either side of him, "All right boys, blondie goes across Hinata-chan's lap."
"Hey, wait!" Ino protested as she watched the clones advanced on her, suddenly looming at her feet and shoulders, "What're you two up to!"
"Well Ino-chan," the pale eyed girl gently smiled back as she sat there, serenely, "You always have the option of choosing Anko-sensei's punishment."
The girl froze immediately and slowly, barely shook her head as she could feel the clones lifting her, an almost tender gentleness to the grips they held on her body. It was kind of nice she had to admit, except for the binding restraints of the ropes still on her body. When they shifted her around, laying her atop Hinata's lap, did one of them, stroke her hair for a moment? Was that accidental? On purpose? She shivered softly, and half wished she could feel more of it.
"That's a good girl Ino-chan," Hinata said softly and smiled down at her as she gently stroked the girl's back, "Don't worry, we'll make sure we watch out for you, that's what team mates do, right?"
The blonde girl shivered in response, as she slowly, hesitantly nodded her head, "Yeah, that's what teammates do..."
"Mhm," the Hyuga girl responded, a sweet, almost serene look on her face, "And while we'll take care of you..." the face shifted though Ino couldn't see, her tone, subtly different, harder, "Its also our responsibility to make sure you're punished when you step out of line. Understood, Ino-chan?"
"Y-yes," the blonde girl mumbled back, shivering softly in a slight amount of fear as she slowly tensed up in preparation.
"Yes, what Ino-chan?" the dark-haired smiled back at her as she lightly stroked the girl's hair, just once.
"Yes... Hinata-chan?" there was a question in that voice as she shivered a bit, her eyes wide, uncertain as she squirmed in place.
"Good girl Ino-chan," she smiled softly in return as she would then, casually reach down, and the blonde haired girl could feel her pants being loosened, before the purple material was slowly, firmly pulled down, to expose the purple panties she wore beneath.
"Th-th-thank you Hinata-chan," Ino shivered, fear and humiliation evident in her voice as she knew what was coming, tears already starting to form in her eyes as she resisted the urge to break down and cry here and there.
"Shh..." the pale-eyed girl whispered softly as he lightly stroked the girl's hair, "It'll be over before you know it Ino-chan... Just keep count for me all right?"
"A-all right.." the words were a bare whisper as the girl's face steeled itself with a fearful resignation as she found her blue eyes locked with naruto's own.
There was no mocking, no disdain, no lecherous leer, there was no enjoyment in those eyes. Just a simple soft comforting look, a reminder in a way that she wasn't alone through this. And those eyes never left her own, even when Hinata struck.
It stung, the impact of the palm striking her. At the same time though, there was a small, warm little jolt that accompanied it. The pale girl's hand glowing a soft blue unseen by the blonde girl as she struggled out a quiet, "One..."
With each strike, Ino found Naruto's eyes never leaving her own, and though her face rapidly flushed crimson, never did her eyes leave his. Every time Hinata's hand fell, the girl could feel that odd mixture, the pain, laced with a building pleasure, an ache that seemed to build up inside of her. Soon, she was shifting, squirming as her panting breath escaped her lips, grinding the ropes against her skin back into her body. After twenty, she was sweating, her body glistening softly as her hair clung back against her skin, her eyes glazed as she managed to keep up with the numbers, until finally, after 30, she just seemed to lose control.
The noise that escaped her lips, as she bucked and suddenly burst to life, shuddering against Hinata's lap, as her voice broke, unable to complete saying the final number, losing herself in it. And with it, she began to convulse again, hot tears burning down her cheeks as she sobbed, a feeling of dejection, failure, disgust welling up inside of her. She couldn't look at him any more, couldn't see those caring eyes, couldn't watch them.
Then, things shifted. Arms wrapped about her, two pair, one, stronger, warmer as they held her to a mesh covered chest, the others, slender and gentle as she could feel another body pressing upon her own. Soft sounds were murmured down into her ear, gentle, soothing touches as those strong hands gently stroked her. She just buried her head against his chest and sobbed, even as she felt their warmth, gently stroking her, holding her against them.
Eventually, those sobbing slowed then stopped as Ino could feel those fingers lightly stroking against her back, soothing and gentle as she noticed that her wrists and ankles had been unbound, and her arms were wrapped desperately about Naruto's chest. Hinata was holding her gently from behind, and she couldn't help but feel a strange bit of comfort from the two as she gave a soft nuzzle against the boy's chest. Realizing what she did, she blushed heavily then gently pulled back, an embarrassed look in her tear reddened eyes as she looked up at the boy.
"Feeling better now, Ino-chan?" he spoke in a soft, gently voice as he would lightly run his hands up, cupping her cheeks as he lightly brushed away her tears with his thumb.
"Yeah..." The girl nodded hesitantly before she looked up, uncertainly adding, "Naruto-kun...?"
"Mhm," the boy nodded and lightly stroked her hair a moment longer before he gently released her from his grasp.
It took her a few minutes, before with a blush, she realized she was still comfortably clinging against his chest. Gently pulling back, she carefully rubbed her wrists before looking between Hinata and Naruto, "Do... Do I need anymore punishment?"
"I think that's enough, other than what we mentioned earlier, Ino-chan," The boy responded with a smile before looking at Hinata, "Don't you agree, Hinata-chan?"
"Yes, Naruto-kun," the girl responded with a smile, "Though, Ino-chan might want to pull her pants up before we go meet our instructors at Training Ground 13."
A scarlet blush crept up the blonde girl's face as she tugged up her pants quickly, blushing brightly as she couldn't help but let her eyes lower, shivering softly, "Thank you, Hinata-chan."
"All right, shall we go then?" Naruto smiled, "I don't think we want to keep Anko-chan and Kurenai-sensei waiting too long..."
"Oh, I'm sure they won't mind too much, Naruto-kun," Hinata spoke up with a serene smile, "Though, Ino-chan should definitely apologize to Anko-sensei."
"All right," Ino spoke in a quiet, subdued voice as she gave a simple nod, her eyes clouded over as she stood up, uncertainty written across her body.
"Then, by all means, lets be off," Naruto grinned happily as he put one arm around Hinata's waist, the girl quickly molding herself to his side, while he lightly touched his other to the small of Ino's back.
The girl stiffened for a moment, uncertain as she looked at him, half wary and half... eager as her arms crossed about her chest. Still, she made no move to push away, instead, merely nodding her head as she walked with them, shivering softly as she felt the harness go to work on her body. As she glanced at Naruto and Hinata out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but fight down a whimpering shudder as she felt the desire, building up inside of her once more.
All she knew, was that this was definitely not the situation she thought she was going to be in when she was assigned her team. The scary part was, she wasn't sure which she felt more. Was it the excitement, and the thrill of expectation, or, was it the fear and worry of what might just be happening?
Her teammates seemed, normal, as if everything that had happened was normal, run of the mill. As if nothing wrong had been done at all. Still, a part of her, a part of her wasn't sure how to feel. It wared between a hunger, she never quite acknowledged she had, and the simple fear that if she gave in, she'd never be able to be the kind of kunoichi she dreamed of being.
Those thoughts, warred inside of her as they arrived at their training ground, to find Kurenai and Anko waiting with a slight look of impatience on their faces.
"Oi! Took you brats long enough!" Anko growled as she latched onto Ino with her eyes, "And I see you brought the bimbo back under her own power."
"Ino-chan has something she'd like to say to you Anko-chan," the boy spoke up, as he would lightly nudge the girl forward just a bit, "Right Ino-chan?"
There was a reddened blush to the girl's face as she nodded quickly, a glistening sheen of sweat on her face as she spoke up in a quiet voice, "Yes, Naruto-kun..." her voice was strangely subdued from earlier, her eyes almost refusing to meet Anko's before she finally seemed able to force them to where they needed to be, "I apologize for my rude words,Anko-sensei, it won't happen again?"
"Oh, really now?" Anko smirked as she would casually arch a brow, her arms across her chest, "And why should I accept her apology, hmm brat?"
"Because she's already been punished Anko-sensei," Hinata spoke up firmly as her eyes locked onto the woman's, "Naruto-kun and I administered her punishment ourselves."
"Oooooh, really now?" Anko quirked a brow as she would smirk and look over at a shocked looking Kurenai, "Brat's got balls I'll say that much, going in, stealing my rightful compensation."
"Anko-chan," Naruto spoke up, "As much as I'm sure you love your, 'compensation' as you put it," the boy paused before looking her in the eye, "We're a team now, and that means we look out for one another. We can't let each other get away without punishment, but, we WILL protect each other from you, when we know you're gonna go overboard."
"Heh, that a fact brat?" the woman smirked again before she looked towards Kurenai, "Then, I"m sure you brats won't mind doing five laps around Konoha, for your warm up, before the REAL fun begins, now will you."
Ino gulped visibly before she looked nervously towards Naruto and Hinata, "I..."
"No problem," Naruto cut Ino off without a moment's hesitation as Hinata nodded firmly next to him, "Come on Ino-chan."
"Ah, right, Naruto-kun," the girl nodded nervously as she started to jog up next to the pair and they started their route, the two helping the blonde girl find her rhythm as they ran, side by side.
"Heh, that brat, goes and ruins my fun all the time," Anko sighed dramatically as she looked at her friend, "So, what do you think of my brat and his girl?"
"I... am not sure honestly," the red eyed woman responded tentatively, "He's certainly unique."
Anko laughed in response, "Oh, you have no idea... I pity that Ino girl right now. Though, I get the feeling she's definitely not going to be calling me anything anytime soon!"
"Oh, what makes you say that?" the woman quirked a brow, "I noticed whatever the two of them did to the girl, she it certainly made... an impression."
"Well, unless I'm mistaken, that brat used one of his favorite tricks on her," Anko grinned slyly as she winked back at her friend, "And he's not finished punishing her."
"Ahhh...?" the woman blinked slightly, before her eyes widened, "You don't mean..."
"So, you remember what I told you about my first encounter with the brat huh?" Anko grinned back at her friend as she lounged back up against the post, "Think we should even bother with the test?"
"They certainly seem to be showing a sense of unity and teamwork..." Kurenai admitted.
"Nah, lets test em anyway," the brown eyed woman grinned with a light lick of her lips, "I wanna have some fun."
"You're incorrigible, you know that Anko?" the other woman sighed softly as she shook her head, "What test were you thinking of?"
"Weeeeeell..."
-Currently making their way around Konoha-
"Maybe... you guys...ugh... should've... just let me take that... punishment," Ino groaned, sweating profusely now as she struggled to keep up, biting her lip on occasion as she could feel the stimulation beginning to ache with pain, "You... don't have... to do this."
"Yes Ino-chan," Naruto responded as he looked back at her, "We do."
"Teammates stick together, remember Ino-chan?" Hinata was breathing heavily in spite of herself as she kept up with the pace Naruto set, "So, we stick to gether, through this, no matter what."
"Ugh... I'm... going to be in... so much pain... tomorrow... aren't I?" Ino panted back as she struggled to keep her eyes focused on the track in front of them as they ran.
"Well, I'm sure Hinata-chan would be happy to lend you some of her special cream," Naruto spoke up, "Its good for helping soothe away aches and pains."
"Really... Ugh... Hinata-chan... must be... very good," Ino spoke up, groaning softly as she fought back the mingling sensations that assaulted her body.
"Oh, she is, Ino-chan," he grinned back at her, "She most definitely is."
The Hyuga in question blushed a brilliant crimson at the comment as she nodded back to Naruto as the three of them kept up their pace, racing along the track for their full laps.
-Sometime later-
"Gah... I can't feel my crotch," Ino whimpered softly as she dragged herself next to Hinata as they finally managed to get back to the training ground, "I really hate you Naruto-kun."
"Think about it this way Ino-chan," the boy responded with a smirk, "Will you be so quick to insult someone this time?"
"And risk this again? Oh HELL NO!" the girl shivered softly as she whimpered a bit, "I hope to god that your cream works Hinata-chan, Oh do I pray..."
"Welcome back brats!" Anko called out viciously as she leaned against a training post, "Are ya'll ready for your genin test?"
"Our... genin test?" the trio blinked at the woman, staring owlishly as Naruto spoke, "But... we already took that!"
"Oh, didn't they tell you?" Anko almost purred with that sadistic look on her face, "You only took the test to see if you were ready to take the REAL test... and this one, has a 66% failure rating!"
Ino turned, and just gave Naruto a simple, pleading, begging, aching to kill look, that screamed one thing above all others, 'PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASE?!'
The boy sighed slowly and shook his head, earning a pout from Ino as he reached over and patted her on the shoulder, "Sorry Ino-chan, but, after we pass the test, we'll talk about how we want to properly... respond to her brand of humor, all right?"
The girl, paused a moment, before grinning and nodding back, her eyes taking on a decidedly wicked quality as she began to slowly giggle as she looked back at Anko.
Said woman, was beginning to shift nervously where she stood, her eyes flitting between the three genin in front of her, all of them bearing looks with promises of retribution written as clear as day, "So, Nai-chan, why don't you take over and tell them about the test?"
"Anko..." the other woman sighed softly as she looked at the three, "You three do realize its frowned upon to assault your teachers, correct?"
"You do realize I've got a license to give a 'Performance Review' to any Konoha Ninja at any time, right?" The boy grinned back in response, "And in fact, get paid to do so... All I have to do is submit a report about how my 'targets' performed," he turned and leveled his eyes onto Anko, "Not just ANBU and the specific ninja devisions."
"A 'Performance Review'?" there was a curious note to Kurenai's voice before she turned to see the quietly, and nervously sweating Anko, "And just what would that be Anko?"
"Umm... His last one was yesterday, with the ANBU..." Anko spoke up nervously, "The Hokage payed him for a B-ranked mission for it."
"He got PAID to do that?!" Kurenai just blinked for a moment before looking back at the now happily grinning Naruto, "And tell me Naruto, you wouldn't be planning on holding this over our heads whenever we do something you don't like would you?"
"Nah," the boy responded with that happy grin as he caught his fingers behind his head, "Only Anko-chan, when she's trying to be mean."
"Oh, in that case..." the woman responded before he paused a moment, "How much to get you to 'Review' her until she replaces all the sake she stole from me?"
"HEY!" The woman protested as she glared at her friend, "I told you I'd pay you back!"
"And yet, you haven't," the red eyed woman shot back as she looked at Naruto, "Well?"
"Hmm... Train us hard and teach us plenty, but don't go psycho on us like Anko-chan over there?" the boy offered casually.
"I was going to do that anyway you know," the woman responded dryly, "Did you really need to even ask?"
"You're apparently friends with Anko-chan," the boy paused a moment, before shrugging, "Do I need any other reason?"
"HEY!" both of the genin kunoichi giggled at Anko's response as they couldn't help but watch the squawk of indignation, "You're friends with me too you brat!"
"Yeah, but even I'd have to question myself because of it," the boy grinned back at Anko, "So, what'd we do to end up with a friend like her?"
"I'm not sure," Kurenai responded thoughtfully, tapping lightly on her lip, "I think it has something to do with us being too nice for our own good."
"Sounds a bout right," he grinned back, "What do you think Hinata-chan?"
"Mmm... having my performance reviewed by Naruto-kun..." the girl in question was drooling softly, a happy little smile on her face as she stared off into the distance, giggling quietly to herself as she seemed to ignore everything around her, "mmmm..."
"Aaaand we'll get back to you on that," the boy felt a trickle do cold sweat run down the side of his face at that before shrugging helplessly towards Ino, "Ehehe... So, um, Ino-chan, does that sound about right?"
"Um, sure Naruto-kun," the blonde girl responded warily as she eyed the smiling Hinata, "If you say so..."
"You all are no fun," Anko actually pouted as she crossed her arms about her chest and sniffled.
"So, test?" Ino spoke up quietly as she carefully nudged Hinata with her elbow, one, twice, until the pale eyed girl finally snapped out of her reverie on her third nudge, blushing crimson as she bowed her head apologetically.
"Reduce Ino-chan to a quivering, helpless pile of sweet, glistening flesh, letting her moans ripple through the air like a symphony under a conductor's guidance?" Hinata asked casually, smiling ever so innocently back at the blonde girl.
The blonde girl in question immediately flushed scarlet as she tried to stammer back a respond, her eyes half glazed as she couldn't help but feel a few mental images rippling through her mind, "T-that, w-what... h-how... Eeeep!"
"Uh no," Kurenai shook her head slightly at the pouting that Hinata shot back to her, and the struggling face of Naruto as he tried, desperately not to explode in laughter.
"I don't know, I kinda wanna see that," Anko spoke up cheerfully.
"... Do you WANT me to change the test to make YOU the target Anko?" Kurenai spoke up.
The spiky-haired woman paused a moment, studying the crimson face of Ino and the innocent smugness of Hinata as she pressed her fingers together lightly while looking at her feet, "Hmmm... Tempting, but I'm trying out this whole relationship thing, sorry kids."
"All right, then," Kurenai continued, casting a mildly reproachful glare at her co-teacher, "Now, are you ready to hear what the actual test is?"
"Hmmm, I suppose," Naruto nodded slightly as he would lightly wrap his arms about his teammates' waists, "We're ready for whatever test we have to complete to become ninja, right?"
Both girls were blushing, Ino far more than Hinata as they spoke up an almost synchronous, "Right Naruto-kun."
"Hmmm..." The boy suddenly paused, before a note book appeared in his hands and he began to quickly scribble down a few notes, his eyes gleaming as he began to chuckle, "Heh heh heh..."
Hinata sighed softly as she watched the boy scribbling like mad into his notebook, "I'm sorry sensei, but when inspiration strikes..."
"Inspiration...?" Kurenai blinked slightly, not quite following the girl.
"For his books," A blush lit up her face as she nervously shifted her feet on the ground.
"He's an... Author?" Kurenai blinked slightly as she looked at the now cackling boy skeptically
"Oh, is he ever..." Anko responded as both she and Hinata both began to drool slightly at the thought.
"What does he write?" Ino asked curiously, while Kurenai nodded her curiosity.
Instantly both Hinata and Anko had produced a little black book they stuck in Ino and Kurenai's hands respectively, both grinning happily as they practically leered at the others. Curiously both the blonde and the red-eyed woman opened up the books, only to immediately blush crimson as their eyes grew wider and wider. Managing to tear her eyes away from the book, Kurenai stared at Anko, "This is... this is..."
"Yup, I know," the woman grinned back at her as she lightly pulled out a kunai and started to clean her nails, "Ain't it grand?"
"And he... is the author?" her eyes glanced back down at the book in front of her, unconsciously turning the page as she started reading again.
As Anko nodded, Ino remained silent, her wide eyes fixed on the pages in front of her, her face, blushed a brilliant crimson as she slowly began to turn the pages, utterly engrossed as she began to shift, from one foot to the next. The blonde girl, was biting lightly down on her lip, before suddenly, a soft, perverted little giggle escaped her lips and she looked up, a trickle of blood flowing from her nose as she sheepishly grinned at Hinata, "Can... I borrow this, Hinata-chan?"
Even as the pale eyed girl was grinning broadly, Naruto seemed to snap out of his writing daze and blinked at Ino, "You know, you could just ask me for a copy, Ino-chan."
The girl only blushed even more if it was possibly before nodding quietly as she began to lightly push her fingers together in a decidedly Hinata-like gesture, "Um, Naruto-kun? Could I have a copy for myself, please?"
"Sure Ino-chan!" the boy grinned back, "I'll get you a copy after we finish this test!" he paused a moment before looking back at where Kurenai had her nose buried in Anko's copy of his book, while the spiky haired woman watched her friend, almost exploding with laughter, "Speaking of which, you gonna tell us what this test is?"
"Hmm? Did you say something?" Kurenai blinked as she looked up from the book for a moment, before burying her nose back in it.
"Well, I've got an idea!" Anko grinned broadly, "All you've got to do to pass is get that book away from Nai-chan!"
"And what're you gonna be doing while we do that Anko-chan?" the boy looked back at the woman speculatively.
"Enjoying the show?" the woman grinned before she felt a finger lightly tapping on her shoulder, "Huh?"
Looking down, she could see another Naruto, smiling at her happily and waving at her with that wide grin on his face. Blinking, she looked back at the Naruto standing there between his two teammates, before a suddenly realization hit her, "Oh, Sh-!"
Instantly the clone exploded in to a mass of snaking ropes, that snared and almost completely mummified the jounin as she proceeded to fall back on her ass, struggling to make a sound as the attempted to wriggle free of the chakra enhanced ropes. As she glared at the grinning blonde, she could hear him snickering, "Exploding Rope Clone Entrapment... Enjoy the show Anko-chan!"
"So, we just have to get that book from her huh?" Naruto grinned as he let a slim rope slide out of his jacket sleeve, before he quickly tied it into a lasso, "Shouldn't be too hard..."
As he tossed the lasso out, aiming directly for the book, Kurenai shifted slightly, not even seeming to pay attention to the boy as she let out a soft little giggle. The lasso missed the book by the slightest of margins, causing the boy to frown slightly, "Ok, lets try this again... Ok, again... AGAIN! GRRRR... STAND STILL!"
Each and every time the boy tossed the lasso at the book, the jounin woman shifted slightly, barely moving the book out of the way each and every time, all without ever pausing in her reading. Twitching slightly, he grumbled and looked at the girls, "Well looks like it won't be that easy after all... Hinata-chan, Ino-chan, you two ready?"
"Yes!" the two girls responded as they each took up ready stances, "Lets get that book!"
What followed, was an abject lesson in humiliation, as the three scrambled in their attempts to snag their instructor's copy of the book. Ino and Hinata came at the woman from her sides, attempting to coral her into place as Naruto began twirl his thick, knotted ropes as he attempted to knock the book out of the teacher's hands. Yet, no matter how they tried, they always seemed to just miss her, every blow, every strike, just barely avoiding hitting her. Finally, frustrated, Naruto called out to Hinata.
"Hey, Hinata-chan, are you using your Byakugan?"
"Ah!" the girl immediately blushed before she slowly, wordlessly shook her head, "I'm sorry Naruto-kun!"
"Turn it on! Some thing's not right about this!" The boy shot back before he backed up a short bit from the woman.
Activating her eyes with a sudden furrow of concentration, the girl gasped softly, "Illusion!"
"Figures," Ino grumbled softly as she held her hands up in front of her, concentrating before she shouted out, "RELEASE!"
Suddenly the Kurenai in front of them vanished, and revealed another one, leaning against a tream, her nose buried deep in the book. Twitching a bit, Naruto walked over to the woman, and spoke up, "Um, Kurenai Sensei? If you give me that book I'll give you an autographed copy instead?"
The woman looked up from the book, blinked a moment then handed her copy to him without a word. Again, a slight twitch passed over the boy's features, before he dug down into his pocket, and revealed an identical copy, lightly opening it up to the first page to show the autograph before handing it over to Kurenai. With a giggling smile she immediately dug her nose right back into the book, a happy blush on her face.
As Naruto palmed his face in exasperation, he turned towards the still bound, but laughing Anko as she lay there on the ground. Grumbling softly he walked back over to her and touched on the ropes, canceling the technique that kept them bound in place as he began to carefully coil the rope up, "Happy?"
"Woulda preferred not being tied up for the show, but yeah, I'm happy you little brat," The grinned back at them, "You three pass."
"Delightful," the boy responded with a nod, "Are we done for today then?"
"What, I thought you wanted serious training?" the woman asked with a casually mocking grin.
"We can start that tomorrow," the boy responded, "Ino-chan needs a break," the boy paused a minute before twitching slightly, "Besides, I think Kurenai-sensei needs a chance to finish her book."
"Ah, its not..." the woman paused before she heard enough, louder giggle escaping her partner's lips as she kept herself absolutely focused on her book, "Its not..."
"Yeah, it is," Naruto paused before he walked back over and gently put his arms around his teammates, "Come on, we'll head to my place then we'll get some lunch."
"Huh? Why your place?" Ino blinked worriedly as a soft flush again crept over her features, "Why not mine or Hinata-chan's?"
"I live alone," the boy responded quietly, "So, you don't have to worry about your parents wondering what's going on or accidentally coming across your... punishment."
"Oh..."
Hinata giggled softly as she leg go of Naruto, to slip around and sidle up on the other side of Ino, "Don't worry Ino-chan," the girl leaned in, quietly whispering into her ear, "We'll take good care of you."
"Oh yes, very, VERY good care of you," Naruto added with a slow, soft whisper that left a caress of warm breath teasing against her neck
Ino couldn't help but feel a slow sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach, as her heart in turn quickened its pace. She wasn't sure exactly what it was, only that there was a growing certainty that she only had a short, short time to get away before it was too late and she was lost forever. The only question that remained, was, did she really want to get away?
-Several minutes later-
"Its not much, but its home," the boy spoke up as he stretched out, opening the door up to the girls as he slipped behind them, "Hinata-chan, why don't you take Ino-chan into the bathroom and you can help her with the ropes and cream."
"All right Naruto-kun!" the girl smiled happily with a nod as she gently tugged on Ino's arm, "Come on Ino-chan."
"You're not gonna have me strip down in front of you?" Ino blinked in confusion, before blushing profusely as she realized just what she'd said.
"Well, if you would prefer," the boy gave her back a wicked little grin before winking at her with those brilliant blue eyes, "I figured you'd rather not have a guy see you like that," He paused a moment, before smiling innocently, "At least not yet anyway."
Blushing brilliantly Ino could only nod as she let a giggling Hinata pull her down the all and into the somewhat small, cramped little bathroom. For a moment, she was quiet, frozen as the pale-eyed girl looked at her expectantly before she slowly began to pull her clothing off. With an almost exasperated sigh, Hinata reached in, and began to help her, gently pushing the girl onto the top of the toilet seat as she started to undo Ino's sandals.
"Um, Hinata... chan?" the blonde spoke up softly, nervously, "Can I... ask you a question?"
"Sure Ino-chan!" the girl was smiling up at her happily, lightly massaging the arch of Ino's foot with her soft, little hands, "What did you want to talk about?"
"What... what's your relationship with Naruto-kun?" the girl suppressed a shudder of enjoyment as she felt how the girl dark haired girl was carefully pulling her socks down, leaving her bare skin to feel the gentle, kneading touch of those slender fingers on her sore feet.
The Hyuga girl smiled brightly back up at her, "Oh, my relationship with Naruto-kun?" she giggled softly before abandoning the foot, and gently doing the same to the other, considering her answer for a long moment as she stripped Ino's feet naked, "That depends on what you're ready to accept."
"What... mm do you mean?" the girl couldn't help but relax some against Hinata's skilled fingers while she she felt the girl gently massage up her calves beneath her pants before the fingers slipped up, undoing the girl's belt, and gently tugged the girl's pants down past her ankles.
"Naruto's been looking after me since we were six," the girl responded simply as she would gently pull the the blonde girl's sleeveless shirt up over her chest before neatly placing it next to her pants as she smiled at the girl, "My mother was his sensei," she paused a moment, lightly running her fingers along Ino's hips, "After she died..."
The girl paused a moment, a sad smile on her lips before she gently began to tug Ino's panties down along her thighs, "You might want to undo your bra so we can get these ropes off you."
"Ah, right Hinata-chan..." the girl nodded quietly as she did as she was instructed, looking down at her teammate quietly, hoping she'd continue.
"Thank you Ino-chan," the girl responded, gently beginning to touch her fingers against the various knots, her hands glowing blue as they moved from knot to knot, disrupting the chakra flows holding them tight to the girl's skin, "After my mother died, my father was... as Naruto-kun put it, simply gone. Empty. He stopped being a father."
Gently Hinata kept moving her fingers from knot to knot, disrupting the technique that bound it in place as she then carefully began to loosen it, her fingers occasionally brushing against the blonde girls's soft skin, "After I was almost kidnapped and Uncle died, Father spend his time, trying to push me to become stronger," she gave another of those sad little smiles as she carefully untied the harness then began to carefully remove it from the other girl's body, "Only, I didn't get strong, fast enough for his tastes, for his pain, for his anger. And he started to call me weak and worthless."
"Hinata-chan..." Ino spoke up, her eyes welling with sadness as she looked down at her teammate.
"But, Naruto-kun wouldn't let it go at that," there was a genuine smile on those lips now as she would carefully spread Ino's legs, inspecting the red patches of flesh that interwove across her body before carefully moving over to a cabinet, and pulling out a jar of cream before returning back, "It'll sting at first, but then it'll feel better," the girl paused a moment before grinning sheepishly, "Believe me, I know."
"A-all right," the other girl blushed in response as she watched, fidgeting softly as she felt Hinata's fingers, cool and slick with the cream, beginning to massage against the marks left by the rope.
"Naruto-kun..." the girl smiled softly, "Naruto-kun is the only one that I know that can get away with yelling at my father. The only one I know other than the Hokage that will stand up to him," the girl gently looked up into Ino's eyes, "When someone's precious to him, there's nothing that will stop him. He looked after me, comforted me, didn't let me stay alone... And bit by bit, he brought my father back."
The girl smiled again as she looked at Ino, "The simple truth is, I belong to him," she gently worked more of the cream against more sensitive, abused areas, causing Ino to shiver softly and bite her lip, "Mind, body, heart and soul. All are his when he wants to claim them."
"I... I see," there was a tinge of sadness, as the blonde responded, biting back the wave of depressed revulsion that wanted to overwhelm her for even having considered intruding on something this... pure for her own selfish satisfaction.
As Hinata watched the girl's head hang, the shook her head, lightly lifting her clean hand up, softly raising Ino's chin as she wold continue to spread the balm with her other hand, "Mmm, do you Ino-chan?" she paused a moment, gently cupping the girl's cheek as she lightly brushed her thumb across the soft skin.
"I... I..." the girl stumbled over the words, feeling the flashing flush of heat rushing through her cheeks before she shook her head, admitting to the truth, "I... Why?"
"Mmm why what Ino-chan?" The girl smiled back into her eyes as she would gently dip her other hand back into the jar, again, continuing to spread the cream against the reddened skin, soothing it bit by bit, "Why am I touching you then? Why am I seeing the longing in your eyes and not pushing you away?" she casually smiled again, lightly letting her fingers stroke that skin gently once more, as she softly finished working the cream onto Ino's front, "Why am I not warning you off and fighting for him hmmm?"
"Why are you acting like you want to share him with me?" the voice was a soft, harsh whisper as it broke past her lips, her body shivering as she clutched against her sides, her blue eyes starting to brim once more with tears, "Why would, how could anyone want to share someone like that? He's perfect!"
Hinata giggled softly, "Well, I don't know about perfect, but, he is one of the best," she spoke up gently, "He's reliable, playful, kind, strong... And he accepts me for who I am. He doesn't make any preconceptions on how I should act because of my family, my birth, who I appear to be. He accepts me for who I am," she smiled a bit, "And all the trouble that goes with it."
"Trouble?" the blonde girl blinked then snorted softly, "I doubt it, you're beautiful, kind, refined... What trouble goes with accepting who you are?"
The dark haired girl actually blushed at the words, before slowly shaking her head, "I'm dependent, needy and a mess," her voice lowered for a bit as she continued, her eyes dropping from the girl's as she would wordlessly guide the girl to present her back, "I have mood swings... Naruto-kun's had to stop me from killing myself in the past..." the blonde girl stiffened at those words as she looked back over her shoulder at the Hyuga girl who refused to meet her eyes now, "And... Naruto-kun's the only one I have."
A silence held thick in the air, weighing on Ino's shoulders as she felt the girl working the balm into her skin, not sure what she should, could possibly say to what the girl had just told her. She turned then, moving her hands up to gently lift and cup Hinata's cheeks as she lifted the girl's eyes up to her own, "No, he's not."
The girl's pale eyes widened as she could feel herself being drawn over into a firm hug, as Ino's voice whispered quietly against her ear, "You've got me too."
For a moment, the girl merely trembled, before slowly, tentatively her arms caught the naked girl's body in her arms and pulled her tightly back against her own form. Ino could practically feel the tears coming from the girl's eyes as she gently reached up, pausing a moment, before lightly stroking her fingers through the girls hair, like she'd seen Naruto do before. For a moment, the girl stiffened, a frightened whimper escaping her throat, before she slowly let herself melt back against her teammate's body and gave a contented little sigh.