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Chapter 8 - Bonding Time

-The Hyuga Compound-

"LET GO OF ME!" the girl screamed as she struggled against the bonds binding her arms and legs tightly together as she dangled off the boy's shoulders, "I am Hanabi Hyuuga! Do you know what my father will do to you for this outrage?!"

Naruto calmly ignored the girl, taking his time as he walked through the Hyuuga compound at a leisurely, sedate pace as the girl continued to scream her head off.

"Do you HEAR ME?!" Hanabi screamed again, struggling, trying to buck herself off his shoulder and out of the ropes, "Let me go you weak, uncouth simpleton!"

"Really Hanabi-chan," the boy spoke up cheerfully, "If I'm weak,what does that make you since I beat you?"

The girl paused, before glaring angrily at the boy, "STOP CALLING ME THAT!"

"Naruto," a voice calmly called out from a door they were pausing, causing the boy to pause for a moment and stick his head in.

"Yes? Hiashi?" the boy asked in return as Hanabi's eyes came alive with promise of soon to be rendered vengeance on the boy.

"Where are you going with my daughter?" the head of the Hyuuga clan was calmly and quietly sipping at his tea, not even looking up towards the boy as asking how his day was going.

"Oh, I'm just kidnapping her." the boy responded off handedly.

"Ah I see," the man nodded ever so simply as he took another sip, "Ransom demands?"

"Hmmm, dinner at Ichiraku Ramen?" the boy offered ever so casually.

"Hn," the man pause a moment as if in consideration, "Too steep, I'll just have to wait until you get tired of her."

"FATHER?!" the girl shrieked in outrage at the simple dismissal.

"Heh, I'll have her back in a couple of days or so," He paused a moment in consideration, "I make no promises her sunny disposition will remain intact though.

"Of course," The man nodded as he took another sip of his tea, "Have a good time with Naruto honey, I'll see you when you get back."

The girl in question was simply shocked into silence as her father took her abduction as if it were as common as his tea! What the hell was going on?! Her father had killed the last man who tried to kidnap one of his daughters!

"Oh, by the way, Hiashi?" Naruto spoke up cheerfully.

"Hn?"

"I got a picture of Mr. Snuggle Pants."

The man instantly froze before he turned his head to slowly simply, LOOK at Naruto.

"Whaaaa?" the boy grinned happily, "This wouldn't feel like a proper abduction if I'm not getting chased by someone, I have SOME sense of tradition afterall."

"I see," the man responsed in resignation, "And your conditions?"

"Gimme a chase and the secret of Mr. Snuggle Pants stays where it is."

"And if I happen to refuse?"

"You won't!" the boy smiled in response.

"And if I should anyway?" the man pushed

"I start to tell loudmouth here the story, while I'm walking past the branch house."

"... You are your teacher's student," the man responded in resignation.

"Of course!"

In an instant the man shifted, his face becoming a mask of rage as he bellowed out, "GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE BRAT! UNHAND MY DAUGHTER!"

Naruto simply laughed as he ran.

Hanabi let off a string of most unladylike curses at the boy as she struggled against her bonds.

Neji took one look at the scene in front of him, shrugged, and went back to his training, he did NOT want to be involved, his ass was STILL hurting from the Uchiha's lesson.

-Some time later at Ichiraku Ramen-

"See, isn't it nice to get out of that stuffy compound and get some exercise now and then?" Naruto offered cheerfully as he sat next to Hiashi on a stool, grinning broadly as a bound, and now gagged Hanabi glared venomously at the two.

"I suppose," the man offered neutrally, trying to keep the smile from blossoming across his lips as he carefully ate at his bowl of ramen.

"Bah, you need to get out more," Naruto waved his hands, "Find a woman, have plenty of kinky sex that sensei can watch and drool over in heaven."

The man almost spat out the noodle in his bowl, coughing loudly before he turned his eyes onto the 13 year old boy, his daughter's team mate, his dead wife's STUDENT telling him to in a nut shell go out and get laid. Said boy, merely grinned back at the man as he took another slurp of his noodles, "What? You really want to wait and have her chewing you out for not giving her something to watch with some action?"

"Naruto..." Hiashi coughed pointedly, "I do not think its appropriate to discuss such things... in front of my daughter."

"Eh," the boy shrugged back as he kept eating his noodles, "Hinata-chan's been worried about you. Seriously, besides when you went to the bar with Ino-chan's dad, when was the last time you even went out?"

"I have responsibilities..." the man began, before a frighteningly familiar look crossed Naruto's face.

"Hiashi, I will give you a dressing down in front of your daughter," the boy said slowly and carefully, "I know how to, and I will. I was there when she able to keep you from driving yourself into madness like you tried after you died," his face softened then before he continued, "I'm a ninja now, I can't be around to keep dragging you out of the darkness, you need to start doing it on your own. Especially for your daughters."

"What would my family do without you boy?" Hiashi managed a soft chuckle as he looked down at the kid.

"Eh, I imagine you'd have a stuck shoved up your ass like Neji and Hanabi, and Hinata would be almost completely destroyed confidence wise," the boy responded quietly, before continuing, "I know what it means to be a ninja Hiashi. I know what could happen to me on any mission, something going wrong, and I don't come back."

He looked away for a long moment, before looking up into the softened features of the Hyuga clan head, "I don't want those precious to me to lose themselves because I can't be there to save them."

"Naruto..." there was a sadness there in the man's eyes as realization slowly dawned in their depths, he owed this boy, more than he could ever imagine repaying, "Thank you."

Next to them, Hanabi watched with wide, uncertain eyes as her father's hand came down on the boy's shoulder. She'd seen him around the compound before, laughing and playing with her sister more than anything, but she didn't really know who he was. Listening to him talk to, berate her father, and have the man simply... accept it. She wasn't sure what to make of it.

"Hey, I promised her, remember?" the boy smiled that sad smile of his as he looked up at the man, "She helped me find myself, my way, my life. I owe her more than I can ever pay."

"I know she's proud of you Naruto," the man spoke very softly, "Just as I know your parents are."

"Ya wanna know something funny?" the boy said softly, "I never missed them until I met her. Before that... they were just... things I couldn't quite comprehend. Phantoms..." he paused a moment, shaking his head softly, "But when she talked about them... the look in her eye, they way she spoke... she made them real for me."

Hiashi wordlessly looked down at the boy, not saying much, for a long moment, before looking, staring at the wall and beyond it as his eyes glazed over, the past awakening before him, "She and your mother were close friends... you've got a lot of her spirit in you. Passionate, unrestrained, undeniable. It didn't matter to her if you were a genin or the Hokage himself, she was like a storm with a smile on her lips."

"..." Naruto froze where he was looking at the noodles, not saying anything as he heard the man's words, the emotions in his voice, before slowly looking up, watching his eyes, almost afraid to breath.

"She was a bit of a terror when she was younger," the man chuckled softly, leaving himself lost in the past for a moment, "Quite the tomboy really... Never afraid to get her hands dirty," he paused again, before slowly pulling himself back to the present, "When she got older, she was known as one of the most beautiful kunoichi in the Elemental Countries... and one of the most powerful."

"... Thank you Hiashi," the boy said softly, his voice, barely a whisper as it left his lips, his eyes, stung with tears as he could feel the swell of emotions rippling through him.

The man would look down at the boy before his hand gently squeezed onto his shoulder, "I wish I could tell you more about them Naruto, I wish I could tell you everything..."

"But you can't," the boy responded softly, "I know... That's what everyone tells me."

"You have enough on your shoulders Naruto," the man said softly, "And enough burdens to bear as it is. Even you can't carry the weight of the world on your shoulders."

"All right," the boy said softly as he reached down, picking up Hanabi and tossing the girl over his shoulder, listening to the quiet sound of protest the girl made, "I'll have her back sometime soon... I'll see what I can do about the stick up her ass."

There was another muffled protest as the girl squirmed again, anger flushing across her face as she tried to kick at the boy futilely. With a nod, Hiashi continued to eat his ramen, "I know you will Naruto, see you soon."

"Later Hiashi," and with that the boy was gone, carrying off the squirming bundle of Hyuga spitfire.

"You can't shoulder the weight of the world Naruto," the man paused softly as he took another bite of his noodles, "But, I know you'd try in a heart beat... Take care of the burdens you've already taken... you've cost yourself enough as it is."

"Heh," Teuchi Ichiraku shook his head as he listened to the man speak, "That kid, he's something isn't he?"

"He's his parents child," Hiashi responded quietly, "Even without knowing them, he can be no less."

"They must've been something to produce a kid like that," the chef smiled back at the man.

"They were," Hiashi responded, laying down payment for the meals, "Something Amazing."

With a quiet nod, the head of the Hyuga clan rose, then turned, walking quietly down the street as he made his way towards a certain flower shop. The boy had been right, and perhaps he could find the strength to remember old bonds.

-Dun Dun DUUUN-

Naruto paused a moment as he looked around the forested area, nodding casually before dropping the girl down on the ground, and peering at her, "Well then Hanabi-chan, looks like we're here!"

Grinning he reached down and carefully undid the gag stuffed in her mouth with a happy little smile on his lips.

"I'm going to KILL YOU!" the little girl screamed as she glared angrily up at the boy, "Kill, Kill KILL!"

"Yeesh, the stick up your ass is almost as big as the one up Neji's," the boy chuckled softly as he stretched out, "Ah well, I do enjoy a challenge."

The girl glared up at the boy, haughtily lifting her chin, "I don't know how you managed to convince my father of this, but..."

"Neh, yeesh," the boy shook his head and chuckled, "You were a lot quieter as a baby."

"Eh?" the girl blinked at that sudden comment.

"I said, you were a lot quieter as a baby," he smirked softly, "Though, a lot stinkier... I remember when I had to change your diapers."

"GAAAAH!" the girl flushed crimson as she continued to glare balefully at the boy, "Liar!"

"Nope, you used to make the STINKIEST messes," Naruto was smirking, broadly as his eyes twinkled brilliantly, "I mean, eesh, I don't know what they used to feed you, but man..."

"SHUT UP!" The girl screamed her eyes bulging as her face burned crimson.

"Hmm... That's almost Hinata-chan red," the boy observed, "I guess you're definitely her sister Stinky-chan."

"KILL!" Hanabi squealed, as she pushed her self forward, trying to lunge at the boy with her mouth.

"You know, that can't be be good for your teeth," Naruto deadpanned, " Sure you don't want an apple to take a bit out of instead?"

"Grrrrr..." the girl just growled back at the boy as she glared balefully at him.

"Hm, so this is your sister Hinata-chan?" a new voice spoke up curiously, female and energetic as a blonde girl almost bounced into the fallen Hyuga's vision, clad almost entirely in purple, "She acts more like your cousin."

"He used to babysit her," another voice offered as the bound girl watched her older sister gracefully walked forward, "And father was so busy he allowed the Elders to help raise her and well..." the girl shrugged a bit, "They lodged it quite firmly up there, Ino-chan."

"Yeah, but that's why we're here now," Naruto spoke up cheerfully, "We're going to help dislodge that stick from Stinky-chan's ass!"

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" the girl screamed again as she squirmed on the ground.

"Stinky-chan?" Ino inquired curiously.

"Naruto-kun used to have to change her diapers," Hinata clarified, "It was rather... pungent as I recall."

"Ahhhh," the blonde nodded, "Stinky-chan!"

"ARRRGH!" the little girl practically screamed, lightly banging her head against the ground.

"Now, now, Stinky-chan," Naruto spoke up as he lightly shifted the girl up so she could no longer smash her head against the ground, "No need to hurt yourself."

"I hate you!" the little girl spat back at the boy, growling deep in the back of her throat.

"Hmm..." the boy paused, putting his chin between his thumb and index finger as he considered, "Nah, you don't," He paused again, before grinning as he made a sign with his hands, "Doesn't mean I'm not gonna punish you though!"

Instantly a group of three shadow clones popped into existence as they advanced on the suddenly frightened girl, "No! Stay away!"

As one, did they descend, a solitary purpose in their minds as their grins spoke the promises they would keep. And as one, did they begin. Suddenly tickling the girl like mad.

"Noooo!" the girl struggled against the giggles rippling through her, fighting back as best she could, squirming, writhing with fright as her eyes stared back at the figures that had already shucked her sandals to tickle her feet, "Stoooooooop!"

Hanabi finally couldn't hold back any longer, erupting into a storm of giggling laughter as she struggled to breath, her face reddening as tears streamed down her eyes while she flailed about against her bonds. Finally though, the tickling slowed, then stopped, leaving her to gasp hungrily for breath. Panting, softly, coming down from the storm of sensations, she grumbled softly, "That wasn't nice."

"What, you'd have preferred a spanking?" Naruto asked humorously.

"Well, she IS Hinata-chan's sister," Ino chirruped earning herself a blushing glare from the older pale eyed girl.

"Hush Ino-chan," Hinata murmured just a bit as she would never the less, shift lightly and lean against the girl.

"Now, now girls," Naruto chided lightly, "Play nice... We're here for Stinky-chan after all."

"Stop calling me that," Hanabi snapped quietly, "I am not stinky."

"Well, you're definitely not happy," Ino chuckled as her hand came up, wrapping about Hinata's shoulder as she lightly stroked the dark strands of hair.

"This, is an intervention," Naruto nodded sagely, "You've been dependent on the stick up your ass for too long, we can't allow you to follow down Neji's path!"

"And what's wrong with Neji-san huh?!" the girl shot back, blushing lightly at the words.

"Oh gods, its worse than we thought," Naruto said in horror as he turned and looked at Hinata and Ino, "She ADMIRES him!"

"Its good we decided to do this now instead of later then Naruto-kun," Ino added seriously.

"Yes, no telling how bad she could have gotten," Hinata nodded sagely, "She could've started babbling about fate and no one being able to change and so on."

"Yes, we much make sure to take proper preventative measures now!" Naruto declared proudly, "Though, I'm not sure if we should really show her those photos..."

"Aww, but they're so cuuuuuute!" Ino giggled as she continued to stroke Hinata's hair, "Don't you think Hinata-chan?"

"I... um..." the girl in question blushed brightly as she buried her head against Ino's chest, "I really don't wanna see those pictures, EVER again!"

"Aww, don't be like that Hinata-chan," Ino said soothingly.

"I went blind!" the girl shivered softly, "Well, not actually blind but still!"

"I think she was traumatized enough, Ino-chan," Naruto offered with a chuckle as he stretched out before grinning at Hanabi, "All right Stinky-chan, here's the deal, we're going to make you have fun and loosen up, until you get that stick out of your ass and act like a normal person."

"And what gives you the right to kidnap me and force me into this!?" the girl screeched again.

"Your mother," the boy responded simply as he lightly petted the girl atop her head, "Now, Hinata-chan, Ino-chan, ready to have some fun?"

"Yup, every thing's ready to go, Naruto-kun!" Ino giggled happily.

"Ah, good, good," Naruto nodded as he casually, started untying the bonds holding the fuming Hanabi in place, then, once the last was undone, he quickly grabbed the girl before she could escape and tossed her struggling, flailing body over his shoulder, "Come on girls, Stinky-chan needs her bath."

"LET ME GOOOOO!" the girl screamed angrily as the boy carried her like a sack of potatoes, "I won't forgive you for this!"

"Neh you will eventually," the boy grinned, leading her off, until they suddenly came upon a large pool filled entirely with wet, glistening mud, "Bath time!"

"What?!" her eyes widened in horror as she looked at the pool of mud, "NO! You wouldn't! That's not a bath!"

"Sure it is Stinky-chan," Naruto grinned back before tossing her in, "A mud bath!"

"NOOO~!" the cry was cut off, as the girl was dumped, face first into the mud, with a loud, splat.

"Oooh," Ino grinned as she looked at the girl, "That's gonna be a pain to get clean..."

Naruto whistled innocently as he watched Ino giggling at the edge of the pool before he casually pushed her in with the girl, "Oooops!"

"HEEEEY~!" Ino was suddenly flailing around the mud, next to Hanabi, grumbling softly as she glared up at Naruto through her mud caked face.

"Whaaaa?" the boy grinned, "I thought mud was good for the skin!"

Smiling softly Hinata carefully leaned in close, slowly, softly whispering against his ear as he could feel her soft hands moving over his body, "Naruto-kun..."

"Errr... Yes Hinata-chan?" he asked back with a slight blush.

"Its time..." she breathed, slowly against her ear, before suddenly pushing him hard, "For you to join them!"

"ACK!" the boy fell back into the mud with the other two girls, before bursting out laughing with a grin, "Oh, a wise girl eh?"

Grabbing a hand full of mud, Naruto suddenly slung, directly at Hinata, catching the smiling girl right on the face with a grin, "HA!"

"Eeek!" the girl giggled softly as she was splattered by the mud, pouting back at the boy, "Bad Naruto-kun!"

Before the boy could respond, he himself was splattered right in the face, not once, but twice, by the two girls in the pool with him. Pausing a moment, he turned and caught the satisfied little smirk on Hanabi's face, before grinning broadly, "Way to go Stinky-chan!"

"Grrr!" again the girl threw another splatter of mud at the boy, who in turned, dodged through the mud to throw some back at her, catching her on her face, causing to girl to let out an angry shriek, "Eee!"

"Aw, come on Stinky-chan, you can do better than that!" the boy laughed loudly as he dodged through the almost syrupy mud being thrown at him again and again, before suddenly a mess of it was dumped on his head.

"Ha! That'll teach you to forgot you're not facing only one opponent!" Ino crowed victoriously as she grinned back at the boy. At least, until she caught sight of his fiendish, muddy grin.

"Oh, I didn't forget about you, Ino-chan!" the boy grinned in response as he would would suddenly grab hold of the girl, and pull her with him, down into the mud, covering them both completely as she shrieked helplessly

"Naruto-kun!" the girl squealed softly, covered head to toe in mud as she flicked it off her fingers at his face, watching him laugh back at her just as completely covered.

Seeing a possibly chance to escape, Hanabi grinned as she began to quietly slosh towards the edge of the pool, before suddenly finding her escape cut off, by her gently smiling sister, "Going somewhere Hanabi-chan?"

"Ummm..." the girl paused a moment before she noticed how her sister's hands were held behind her back, "Maybe...?"

Hearing the hopeful reply the girl made, Hinata shook her head and grinned, "Tsk tsk... Now Hanabi-chan, you're saying that like you didn't enjoy throwing that mud at Naruto-kun."

The girl huffed at her sister, even as she struggled to keep the smile off her face, at least, until she felt a water balloon burst over her head, as her sister was smiling down at her, innocently as she summoned another from the scroll she'd kept behind her back. Wiggling her eye brows the elder sister smiled serenely down at her startled younger sibling, "You might want to run now."

And with that, the girl began to lob the water balloons at her sister, who shrieked at the cold water splashing over her and ran back towards the laughing Ino and Naruto. Well, the pair were laughing, until Hanabi ducked behind them to evade the fire and they suddenly found themselves caught in it. Leaving them to sputter in return.

"Hey!" Naruto protested, "Oh, gonna play it that way?" he grinned down at Hanabi, huddled against his back, "Come on Stinky-chan, lets get her!"

The younger girl didn't even have a chance to protest her nickname as Naruto scooped up mud, beginning to fling it across the pool back at Hinata, who shrieked playfully and tried to avoid the splattering mud. Not to be outdone by the boy, Hanabi herself moved out from behind her shield and grabbed her own mud, laughing softly as she threw it back at her sister. A moment later Ino joined in, and quickly Hinata found herself just as muddied as the rest of them, covered and splattered with mud as she threw her balloons eagerly back at the group.

It was sometime later that the little game finally ended, and the group, made their way to a nearby lake, cleaning themselves and their clothes off, before falling into another little playful fight, splashing each other with the water as they went for a swim. As they walked back to camp, Hanabi herself was caught in a soft peal of giggles at the three's antics, though an occasional scowl broke out at a 'Stinky-chan' crack. When they arrived, Naruto quickly began to put wood into the fire before grinning at Ino

"Well Ino-chan, if you'd be so kind?" the boy grinned softly, his eyes dancing with a grin.

"Bah, just because you're too lazy to learn a decent fire technique..." the girl rolled her eyes, grinning back at the boy before lighting the fire with a grin.

"Hey, wind element!" the boy pouted softly before stretching out, "Besides, you need the practice."

"Uh huh," the girl rolled her eyes as she leaned back, "So, what're we gonna do now?"

"I was thinking... S'mores," the boy grinned as he pulled out a bag of marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers, "After that..." he shrugged just a bit before chuckling, "Maybe some more fun."

"Why're you doing this?" Hanabi spoke up quietly before anyone else could respond.

"Doing what Stinky-chan?" the boy grinned back at her as he stretched, warming his hands against the fire.

"Grrr... All this!" the young girl pouted softly at the boy before gesturing around her, "The mud fights, the water balloons, all of it!"

"Oh that?" the boy shrugged softly before grinning, "You having fun?"

The girl glared at the boy silently for a long moment, before slowly, reluctantly nodding her head, "Yes."

"That's why," Naruto responded with a grin.

"Why do you care about my having fun?" there was a tone of frustration, "Why do you care at all?!"

"Still haven't figured it out Stinky-chan?" the boy smiled softly as he started to open up the bag of marshmallows, while giving Hinata a pointedly look with a grin.

"What, you're doing this for my sister?" asked, her tone a bit frostier now.

"Nope, though, her wanting you to loosen up too is a bonus," the boy grinned back at her as he stretched out, slowly, easily, "No, there's someone else that I'm doing this for."

"My father?"

"Again, just a bonus," the boy grinned mischievously as he watched the increasingly frustrated girl.

"Who then!" she sighed, audibly as she humphed lightly.

"Your mother," he said in a soft, simple voice as he would stick a marshmallow on the tip of a stick before lightly letting it heat over the fire.

"M...other...?" the girl paused, uncertainly as she looked at the boy.

"Your Mother," He said slowly, evenly turning the fluffy confection, "My teacher."

"Mother... taught you?" the girl turned her head, turning her eyes to her sister who nodded gently in confirmation, a smile on her lips.

"Yes, Mother was Naruto-kun's first teacher," Hinata smiled as he moved over, sitting next to the boy to snuggle up against his side, "He's been looking after us since you were a baby Hanabi-chan."

"Hence the embarrassing baby stories," the boy grinned softly, "Why, I remember one time..."

"Stop!" the little girl almost screamed, her face flushed crimson as she buried her face in her hands, "I do NOT need to hear all these things I did as a baby."

"Eh, anyway," the boy grinned softly as he would lightly pull the now toasted marshmallow away from the heat and fire as he lightly offered it up to Hanabi, who, after staring at it a moment, carefully pulled it off, and tossed the crisped, melting mallow into her mouth, "I promised your Mother I'd look after you two..."

"I don't remember you looking out for me that much!" the girl huffed quietly.

"Most of it was when you were a lot younger... No offense Stink-chan, but Hinata-chan and your father were hit a lot harder by her death than you," he paused a moment as he lightly stared at the fire, "You were still young enough that it didn't hit home as much... Then, there was the Cloud Incident."

Hinata shivered at that, hugging a bit tighter against Naruto in the process, while Ino moved next to her, gently cradling the girl between her teammates, "Naruto-kun... was busy, trying to keep from losing Father and I... He didn't think things would get so... out of control with you."

"Things are perfectly in control with me," the girl huffed lightly even as she nibbled more on the toasted mallow.

"Yes, a young girl trying to act like she's an adult, all prim and proper, not having any fun or being a child is certainly perfectly fine," the sarcasm dripped acidicly from the boy's words, "Do you have any idea what your mother would do to the Elders if she was still alive for the shit they pulled?"

The girl blinked slightly, "But... I'm just trying to be a proper Hyuga! Like Mother was!"

Two sets of eyes simply stared at her, for a long, drawn out moment, before Naruto twitched slowly and visibly, "A... proper Hyuga? Sensei? They told you that she was..."

"Naruto-kun..." Hinata said soothingly, stroking his back gently.

"I'm gonna kill em," he said it, visibly seething as he twitched, "In the slowest, most humiliating way possible."

"What...?" Hanabi blinked, uncertain as she looked at the angry boy.

"But, Naruto-kun..." Hinata spoke up, "You don't have the bloodline limit to summon the red neck treefolk to sodomized them to death in the middle of the village!"

The rest of them, stared at the girl, their eyes, bulging slightly at the image she conjured, causing the girl to blush brightly as she continued, "What? Its in the history books as the way the First executed traitors."

"You scare me sometimes, Hinata-chan," Ino said simply as she still snuggled up against the girl.

Blushing lightly the girl snuggled against both of her teammates in response, "Sorry Ino-chan..."

"Aaaaanyway," Naruto continued, "After that disturbing tidbit of information..." the boy paused before looking at Hanabi, "When I first met your mother, she was working at her sex shop, dressed in a corset and tight leather pants... Does that SOUND like the Elders were telling you she acted?"

"No!" the girl blushed brilliantly, a horrified look on her face, "She wouldn't!"

"She did Hanabi-chan," Hinata spoke up, blushing as well before she pulled out a photo album, handing it over to her sister, "Here... See for yourself."

"What...?" the girl curiously opened the album, but there on the first page... the images, "Nooooo!"

"Yup," Naruto responded pushing another mallow onto the stick and rolling it over the fire, "I think that might've been customer appreciation night.

Hanabi stared at the boy for a moment, before promptly falling back in a dead faint.

"Hmm, that went better than I thought," the boy said casually as he would crisp the mallow until it was lightly browned.

"What do you mean Naruto-kun?" Ino blinked as she would start to roast her own mallow.

"I thought she was gonna run off before fainting," He shrugged, grinning lightly, "This is much easier though."

"So what're we going to do now Naruto-kun?" Hinata spoke up in her curious little voice.

Naruto grinned in return as he would lean in, whispering lightly against her ear, "Make her look at the entire album of course. Then, we'll see where we need to go from there."

-Sometime later-

"HE LIED TO ME!" there was outrage in that voice as the young girl shrieked angrily as she came to her realization, "That bastard Neji LIED to me!"

"Well he is a bastard," Naruto nodded, "After he attacked Hinata, I had to... look into getting him some proper lessons in respect."

"HE WHAT?!"

"Turn down the volume Stinky-chan," the blonde boy winced lightly as he pushed his finger into his ear and wiggled it around, "I really don't wanna go deaf..." he paused, before suddenly grinning conspiratorially, "I've got pics if you're interested."

The girl's dainty little hands shot out expectantly her pale eyes burning as she wiggled her fingers, "Gimme!"

"There's hope for you yet Stinky-chan," The boy laughed, before he handed over the photographs of Neji's... disciplining with the Uchiha.

"I still say we need to mail those to Sakura," Ino giggled softly as she lightly licked at Hinata's ear, drawing a blush across the girl's face, "Mmm Hinata-chan tastes so nice..."

Fortunately, Hanabi's attention was glued on the photographs in her hand, blushing brightly as she flipped from one to the next, giggling all the while as her sister, shivered to suppress her moans, "B-bad Ino-chan! Not in front of my sister!"

"Awww," the girl pouted softly before reluctantly nodding and carefully going back to nuzzling the girl, "Doesn't Hinata-puppy like Ino-kitty?"

"Ino... kitty?" there was a hesitancy as Naruto asked, eying the girl warily.

"Mhm!" the girl grinned, stretching out casually before flopping down, her back across Hinata's lap as her head rested in Naruto's, "And the kitty demands attention!"

Naruto looked at Hinata quietly, "Yeah, we've definitely created a monster..."

"Yes, but I'm a cute one dammit!" Ino agree, letting off a soft laugh as she arched more across their laps, "So, Stinky-chan, having enough fun with those pictures?"

"... Well, it DOES explain why he was walking even stiffer than before..." Hanabi agreed, not even reacting to the girl's use of her nickname, "... Still, it doesn't seem like... enough."

"Oh, its not," Naruto agreed, "But, what else is needed... well, that's up to YOU."

"Eh?" the girl blinked owlishly at the boy, "Up to me? But..."

"Oh don't worry, we'll help... but for now..." the boy grinned widely, "I want you to meet your new sensei in learning how to relax and just be a girl," chuckling he reached down, and poked lightly on Ino's stomach, "Ino-chan here."

"Ooooh," Ino squeaked lightly at the poke, before grinning lazily at Hanabi, "We, my girl, are going to be having... Fun."

Back in the Hyuga compound, Neji Hyuga felt a cold chill run down his spine. Something bad was fated to happen to him, he knew it.

-Yamanaka Household-

A knock at the door drew a curious Inoich, opening it to reveal the unusually relaxed face of Hiashi Hyuga, "Ah, good evening Inoichi."

"Good evening Hiashi-san," the man responded hesitantly, "What can I do for you tonight? My daughter didn't... do anything did she?"

"No, not that I'm aware of," the man shrugged slightly as he would smile back at the man, "It was merely pointed out to me today, that I have been letting my... social life, become rather... less than social."

"Aheh..." the blonde man nodded nervously himself, "I'm not exactly sure I'd be much help, I haven't exactly been the most... social of persons since my wife passed."

"Why I'm here," the dark haired man nodded, "I was recently posed a question, that considering the... similarities between our wives... I thought I should pose to you as well."

"Errr, that being?"

"Do you really want to meet your wife again without having given her plenty of kinky sex to watch?" the Hyuga clan head responded, his face, completely straight and somber.

Inoichi paused a long, long moment, staring back at the man in front of him his mind raced through the possibilities, "I'll get my coat, we'll see what we can find at the bar, neh?"

"If nothing else..." Hiashi spoke up, looking around them warily, "There is... that one club with the off-duty kunoichi, that we could always visit afterwards."

"Erk," the man froze slightly, shifting nervously, "You mean... THAT club?"

"Well, we DO technically own it," the man coughed into his hand, "Might as well... enjoy it don't you agree?"

"Does... SHE still work there?" Inoichi responded nervously.

"Why yes, I do believe she's one of the Managers now," Hiashi responded, slowly grinning, "And as I recall, she DID leave that offer..."

"Well, um, err... " the blonde man flushed brightly, "We have probably put off taking her up on it long enough, don't you think?"

"Indeed," the man responded with a sage nod.

"Yeah, I'll get my coat."

"I thought you might."

-The spirit realm-

"FINALLY!" a blonde woman squealed as she rubbed hands together, "Remind me to thank your student profusely when he gets up here."

"I know, such a good boy isn't he?" a familiar dark haired woman responded, "Always looking after others."

"And so good with his hands too," the first woman grinned wickedly, "To be able to handle BOTH our daughters! Mmmm..."

"Yes, well at least we won't have to get all our porn from watching them, now will we?"

"What're you two going on about this time?" a red haired woman spoke up as she wandered up behind the two, "You getting upset at your husbands AGAIN?"

"Nope Kushkush," the first woman grinned brightly, "That magnificent bastard that's your son convinced our hubbies to go out and get laid!"

"He did?!" the red head squealed happily, before frowning, "Wait, does this mean we won't get to watch the kids anymore?"

"Oh, hell no!" the dark haired woman responded, "I can't WAIT until they finally get around to it!"

"Oh, yes, I know..." the red head had a dreamy look in her eyes, "Waaah, my Naruto is SO MANLY!"

A blonde man's head popped up, as he looked at the three dreamy looks plastered on the women's faces before sweating softly, "I'm not getting out of bed for a week again, am I?"

"Oh quit complaining Minato!" the blonde woman laughed, "Go on Kushkush, go reward him for helping make such a fine son, we'll be sure to set the DVR for you, so you don't miss any of the good parts!"

"I swear, if I wasn't dead already, that boy would be the death of me," Minato mock grumbled as he allowed his wife to drag him off.

"Oh, but what a way to gooo!" the woman leered back, tossing the blonde man over her shoulder and giggling madly as she raced down the hall, "See you in a week ladies!"

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