-Iruka's Apartment-
"Mmm..." Anko slowly stirred to consciousness as she could feel a deep, satisfying ache spreading through her body, a smile instantly curling upon her lips as she started to roll onto her side.
Or, at least she tried to. Her body, refused to budge more than the merest of inches as she felt her limbs bound tightly against the bed. As she moved to speak, to protest, she could feel the thick mess of fabric stuffed into her mouth, and tied into place as she let her eyes flutter open, glazed and unseeing at first.
Then she noticed it, the weight atop her own, the warm, soft flesh, naked as her own, as she looked down at the mess of dark hair tossed about the sleeping face. Kurenai's sleeping face, the woman bound chest to chest atop her, her mouth gagged just as she was as they lay in the apartment. Slowly, groggily she felt images of the previous night come back to her, and unconsciously, she let a shiver, ripple down her spine.
"Mmmph!"
"Oh, finally up Anko-chan?" the voice came from just beyond the bed, revealing a shirtless Iruka yawning just a bit, "Good thing your team has the weekend off, otherwise they'd be wondering where you two were."
"Mmm?"
"Oh, its around... hmm... 11, 12? Something like that," the man grinned down at her as he would casually reach his fingers to her unbound hair, running them through it with a grin, "Now Anko-chan... have you learned your lesson yet?"
Thinking back on the night before, the woman couldn't help but grin, lecherously up at the man and quickly shook her head.
"A shame," the man shrugged a bit, before grinning at her, "Then I guess we won't be doing that again," listening to the desperate whimper escaping her throat, he lightly began to shake on Kurenai's shoulder, "Kurenai-san, you might want to wake up."
Groggily the other woman slowly was roused to wakefulness, her crimson eyes blinking, slowly, uncertainly glazed over with sleep before she looked down and realized her situation. Blushing the same shade as her eyes, the man himself blushed lightly at her whimper before he would carefully start to cuff her wrists and ankles, freeing her. That done, he gently pulled a sheet atop her, his eyes not quite able to meet her own as he continued to flush crimson.
Carefully reaching up, the woman untied the gag from her mouth, not quite able to meet the man's gaze as she gave a soft murmured response, "Th-thank you Iruka-sama."
"Ah, right," the man responded with a nervous chuckle before he looked down as he gave Anko a 'this is all your fault' look. The woman in question merely smiled up at him with her eyes, shining happily before giving a muffled 'mmm' in response, "So, ah yeah... I errr... washed your clothes and what not... they're in the bathroom... down the hall, on the left."
"Of course... Did you want me to go?" the woman responded, her eyes darting up towards the man with a sheepish blush on her face.
"Um," the man paused a moment, shifting worriedly as he couldn't quite look back at her, "I'm more surprised you aren't killing me, than anything."
"Oh," the woman paused a moment, blinking at the man before glancing down at Anko, seeing the shrug the woman her friend gave her, she flicked her eyes back to Iruka, "Why?"
"I might've gotten a bit... carried away," the man said carefully.
"Before or after you took control, and fucked our brains out?" The woman asked curiously as she casually let the sheet drop, casually revealing her soft, naked flesh.
"Um, with the whole taking control and uh, fucking your brains out," the man responded nervously as he watched the beautiful woman shrug once more as she casually ran her fingers against Anko's upper stomach.
"I don't know, do you think he got carried away with it Anko-chan?" Kurenai looked down at Anko, canting her head lightly to the side as she watched her friend violently shake her head. Pursing her lips lightly, the woman grinned down at Anko, "You seem to be spending a lot of time bound and gagged lately, Anko-chan. I think I'm starting to enjoy the quiet."
"Mph!" the woman humphed through her gag as she unconsciously pressed herself up against her friend.
"Naughty girl," Kurenai grinned down at the helpless woman, "I think you're really starting to develop a fetish."
The woman beneath her flushed crimson as she carefully rubbed her thighs together as much as she could considering their spread position, even as she shrugged lightly, "Mmm."
"So then, after much debate," Kurenai responded, "Anko-chan and I have decided that you most certainly did NOT get carried away last night Iruka-sama, and that a repeat is indeed in order."
"Mmmhmmhmm!" Anko eagerly added.
"Oh, and your girlfriend would like to inquire where you got all that stamina from," the red eyed woman remarked casually.
"Spend a few years chasing after Naruto after his pranks," the man responded with a shrug, "You pick up stamina by necessity."
"Ah yes," the woman responded sagely, "I imagine that would do it."
"So... Iruka-Sama?" the man stressed the last part, a carefully arched brow on his scarred face, "When did that happen?"
"I think somewhere between rounds three and four," the woman responded dryly as she would lightly stroke her fingers against her stomach, "You were very... Convincing."
"MHMM!" Anko was nodded rapidly, her whole body shaking in the process as she practically vibrated against Kurenai.
"Now Anko-chan," the man responded carefully, "Did you want this to become a more... permanent thing?"
The woman paused a moment, as if in deep, careful thought, causing Kurenai to give her a slap to some of her more sensitive anatomy, "Ignore the theatrics, she's been fantasizing about it for years."
"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM," the low moan of agreement reached to both their ears, causing the unbound pair to blush lightly.
"I simply didn't think there was anyone that could handle it," Kurenai smirked as she would lean back, casually arching as her body slide across Anko's own, "Well, at least anyone that isn't currently on our genin team, is far too young for us to even consider, and already has his own pair of ladies to keep up with."
"Well he did already have Hinata," the man agreed lightly, "Though, I didn't think... he'd get Ino so easily."
"For anyone else?" Kurenai grinned wickedly, "Probably would never have happened. But..."
"Its Naruto," Iruka finished for her with a soft chuckle before he looked down at her, with an arched brow, "So, I think we're going to need to ungag Anko and lay down... some rules for this."
"Mmmm," Kurenai stretched again, before grinning, "Oh, so I know what I have to do to get punished Iruka-sama?"
The man twitched lightly as he gave her a bit of a look, "No, so you know what you need to NOT do in order to get what you want."
"Hmph," the woman actually pouted back at him as she carefully nibbled, sensually on Anko's neck just so he could watch, "And you think, we're going to just let you?"
"I think..." the man paused a long moment, as he thought about his little 'talk' with Naruto, "That I'm rather glad Naruto taught me enough to know that yes, you are."
"Damn," the woman responded half heartedly, her eyes fluttering shut as she could feel the calloused touch of his hands, moving down along her back, "Shall we get... to negoiations then?"
"Yes... lets."
-Somewhere in Konoha days later-
"Kitty, Puppy, do you copy?" a voice crackled to life across a radio band.
"This is Puppy, in position, over," a soft feminine voice rippled through the line.
"This is Kitty, in position," this second voice, no less feminine, but stronger, more forceful, "Lets get this over with already, I want some fun time, over."
"Keep your panties on Kitty," a woman's snarky voice crackled over the radio, "I know how eager you are to drop them for Big Boy, but..."
"Ahem," the first voice crackled over the radio with a cough, "I told you, I am NOT using that call sign."
"Mmm but its soooo true!" Puppy giggled lightly.
"... Kitty gets first snuggle rights today,"
"Just let me get that image out of my head," Kitty spoke up, with an almost purr to her voice, "It might take a bit, I'll get back to you on it."
"... You both are gonna get it now," the boy responded over the radio, grumbling softly, "And I refuse to respond to that call sign."
"All right Cuddles," the snarky voice came on again, "So, is the operation good to go?"
"... I'm so taking Iruka on a guys only vacation after this," 'Cuddles' grumbled angrily.
"Hey, why're you punishing us too?" Kitty, some how bringing the image of her pouting lips to mind with her tone alone.
"I'll allow it," a more refined woman's voice spoke up, "As long as I'm allowed to chaperone."
"Traitor!" the snarky woman's voice spat back.
"No, just greedy," the refined woman responded.
"Yeah... lets get this mission taken care of," 'Cuddles' managed, "Before I end up needing a drink."
"Heh, first rounds on me!" the snarky woman responded.
"I'm pretty sure Iruka would object," he shot back, "At least if he wasn't the one getting them off you."
"I love this kid to death," the snarky woman shot back, "Just lemme prove it!"
"Uh, yeah... I don't think so," the boy responded, "Anyway, target's coming up on you Puppy, ready to chase it to Kitty's position, over?"
"Confirmed Cuddles," the girl's voice giggled back in response, "Herding target to Kitty's position, over."
"Target is in sight Puppy," Kitty spoke up, "Preparing to execute capture, over."
"Confirmed Kitty," Puppy spoke up, grinning eagerly, "Lets get this furball under wraps so we can get back to mmmmm."
"Definitely Confirmed Puppy," Kitty shot back, "Target has been neutralized and captured, over."
"Finally," 'Cuddles' spoke up, "I say next time, we give the thing to Stinky-chan first."
"That's not nice Cuddles," Kitty responded back, "Even if the thing deserves it."
"Plus... who knew she'd turn out like... that," Puppy said with a note of awe in her voice.
"What can I say?" 'Cuddles' voice had an audible grin to it, "I... inspired her! Hehehe..."
"I noticed," Puppy responded with a grin, "She's been dragging me into helping her prank Neji."
"All right, cut the chatter on the com," the snarky woman's voice snapped out with a chuckle, "Its bad form."
"But it'll leave anyone else confused as hell" 'Cuddles' protested.
"Or thinking all kinds of distracting thoughts that they really shouldn't," Kitty practically purred back.
"I said can it you pervs!" the snarky voice snapped back.
"Like you're one to talk, " the boy drawled, "All that talk of... what was it? Iruka-sama? Heh... Signing off."
With an audible click, the boy cut out just before the string of curses started up, his eyes twinkling with mirth as he laughed softly then pulled out a notebook. Naruto "Cuddles" Uzumaki had things to plan. Wicked plans, the likes of which sent shivers down the spines of a variety of white masked men and women all through out the village. Something, big was coming their way.
-The Academy-
The giggling rippled through the air like a waterfall roaring in the distance as one floated down stream. A haunting, ominous thing that promised nothing but trouble to those that heard it. Upon it reaching his ears, Iruka Umino shrugged a bit before lightly flipping through his pages while the rest of the instructors began to panic.
"You know Iruka-sensei," the giggling stifled for a moment, a voice piped up, "It ruins the atmosphere when you don't start panicking like the rest of them."
"Hanabi-chan," the man spoke up, not even bothering to glance up from where he was grading his papers, "I spent years teaching Naruto. I date Anko Mitarashi. I sleep with her. Do you think, for a moment, you've got ANYTHING that will make me panic like them?"
"Well no," the pout on Hanabi's face was practically audible, "But a girl likes to be appreciated for her skills."
"That's fine, why don't you go play with Konohamaru?" the man responded as he made another note on his test, "His grades have been slipping again."
"Oooooh," the girl's pale eyes lit up, "Does this mean I get to remind him to be a better student?!"
"I was thinking more along the lines of reminding him what happens when he tries to emulate Naruto so poorly," the man drawled with a chuckle, "By the way, nice trap on those paint bombs, you're getting better."
"Awwwww, thank you Iruka-sensei!"
"Mhm, just remember one thing Hanabi-chan," the man said casually.
"What's that Iruka-sensei?" the girl inquired innocently, just before a trio of paint bombs exploded all around her, covering her in green paint.
"I know how to fight back," the man didn't even crack a smirk as he continued grading the test papers, "Have fun with Konohamaru Hanabi-chan."
"I will Iruka-sensei!" the green colored girl giggled again, before she raced off, leaving a trail of green paint behind her.
"... I can't believe you did that to Hiashi Hyuga's daughter," there was a note of frightened awe in the other teacher's voice as he stared at Iruka.
"Hmm?" the man finally looked up as he finished the last paper, "Oh, I just got permission to fight fire with fire."
"Do you think the rest of us could get that?" the man said hopefully.
"No, not really," Iruka casually responded as he straightened the papers, "Naruto doesn't like the rest of you very much," he paused, offering the man a cold smile, "Enjoy your lunch, I don't think Hanabi-chan managed to get a hold of yours this time."
The scar faced man paused for a moment, before looking back at the nervously pale teacher, "Of course, I didn't watch her the whole time, she's getting sneakier that one," again, he paused, a rather sweet little smile on his lips, "Gets it from Naruto."
Turning again, Iruka made his way out of the school and headed towards Ichiraku's Ramen stand, all this reminiscing was making him hungry.
Outside, a shivering Konohamaru was nervously twitching as he looked this way and that, jumping at almost the slightest of sounds, his flesh pale and his eyes sunken. He sat, shivering in fear as he stared at the bento in front of him. Had she gotten to it? Was it safe? Did he even dare open it?
He wasn't certain, he didn't know if he could even take the risk. The last few weeks had been a nightmare, prank after prank, unrelenting, unstopping all accompanied by that singular, haunting sound. Then, he heard it, the tell tale sound of the damned being given notice.
The giggling of Hanabi Hyuga.
"Oh Konohamaruuuuu...!" instantly he tensed again, his eyes widening, hoping, searching for the figure so he knew which way to run, before it was too late.
Then, she was in front of him, smiling her happy little smile as she giggled down at him, "Hello Kon-kun! I heard you've been a bad, bad boy again! Letting your grades slip like that!"
"No more!" the boy desperately pleaded, "Please, no more!" his voice broke into a pathetic whimper, "I can't take it anymore!"
"Awwww, what's the matter Kon-kun?" the girl casually plopped down, covered in that vivid green paint as she casually threw an arm around his shoulder, spreading the paint onto his clothes, "I thought you WANTED to play with me!"
"Play!" the boy almost shouted, "Not end up in a warzone!"
"Heh," the girl grinned, "Nah, this isn't a warzone, besides, they're just pranks. Best way to start sharpening our ninja skills and have fun at the same time while we're still kids!"
"Do I LOOK like I'm having fun?!" the boy almost screamed back.
"No, you look like you're a poke away from a nervous break down," the girl smiled back, "What, didn't expect me to be be this good hmm?"
The boy shuddered again as she curled up, shivering wildly as he would half whimper again, not responding with words as he struggled to avoid her gaze.
"And just think, we've still got years, and years together!" Hanabi chirped happily as she giggled again, "Maybe I'll be lucky enough to be like Naruto-kun and get some B-Ranked missions testing ninja before graduating!"
"... I liked you better when you were a stiff, stuck up bitch," Konohamaru mumbled, "Then all I had to worry about was you screaming at me after I pranked you..." the boy paused, before glaring at her sullenly, "Not get a giggling lecture on what I did wrong."
"A ninja must always strive to improve themselves!" the Hyuga girl grinned back, "Besides, I rather like having loosened up," she thoughtfully tapped her lips for a moment, "Though, it did take Naruto-kun, my sister and their teammate a good bit of time to help me to where I am now."
"Doesn't your father object to all this?" the boy said desperately, trying to grasp onto anything for a bit of relief.
"I haven't seen daddy smile so much in years actually!" the girl giggled again as she flipped to her feet then playfully began to walk up the tree the boy sat under, walking up to just over his head as she leaned forward to look into his eyes, "The elders though, they've been very very upset that I stopped playing by their rules... That and all the little things I've had fun doing to them. What they get for lying to me about Mother!"
"Um... ok?" the boy said as he shifted nervously while watching her.
"I am however, sorely disappointed in you Konohamaru Sarutobi," Hanabi spoke up, her hands on her hips as she glared petulantly down at the boy, "And here I thought you, of all people could enjoy the new me and have fun, but nooooo you just had to go and be a wimpy, boring little stick in the mud!" she snorted disdainfully as she crossed her arms about her chest, "Iruka-sensei is more fun than you!"
"Erk," Konohamaru flinched slightly as he looked warily up at the girl, "You don't give me a break! You keep pranking me non-stop! I can't take it! EVERY DAY! EVERY HOUR ALMOST!"
"Bah, quit whining," the girl grumbled, "You wanna be a ninja or a weakling?"
"I am not weak!" he huffed indignantly.
"Meh, you're the one that keeps whining and whining and whining," the girl responded with a shrug, "Yet, you don't do anything about it!"
"Eh?" the boy blinked slightly as his eyes widened at the girl.
"You!" she reached down, jabbing her finger against his chest for emphasis, "Don't. Fight. Back," she rolled her eyes, her finger poking him with each word, "Seriously, how do you expect to EVER become a ninja if you just sit there, waiting to get nailed?"
"B-bu-but...!"the boy twitched a bit, shifting nervously, "Naruto'll kill me!"
"No," the girl responded quite calmly, "He'd have killed you if you were pranking me when I wasn't pranking you first, or back. When you were just picking on me," she paused, looming over him from above, "So, now you have a choice..." she grinned wickedly down at him, "Go insane and never become a ninja, let alone Hokage, or start showing you have what it takes."
Giggling again, she flicked at the boy's nose before jumping and flipping neatly over his head and almost skipping back to class, leaving a rather flummoxed boy behind to stare uncertainly at her retreating form.
"Oh, so she wants a war?" the boy narrowed his eyes then, letting a dangerous glint pass over
them, "Then she'll get a war, hehehe."
-The Hyuga Compound-
"How was the academy today Hanabi-chan?" Hiashi looked up from his papers, as he sipped at his tea, only arching a brow slightly at his green splattered daughter as she smiled sunnily back at him.
"Oh, it was just fine Daddy!" the girl giggled in response, "Iruka-sensei complimented me on how far my skills on trapping my traps were coming!"
"Ah I see," the man nodded as he took another sip, "And the reason for your... condition?"
"He caught me?" the girl responded easily, smiling again as she stretched out slowly before shrugging, "I don't see why they don't encourage pranking more, its GREAT for building up skills!"
"Yes, however, some people tend to... not notice that particular feature," the man's lips twitched slightly, "Hiroshi for instance. I do believe you finally broke him this morning, replacing his shampoo with hair remover," he paused a moment, sipping his tea again, "I seem to recall he was rather proud of the condition of his hair."
"Oh?" the girl responded innocently, "I never knew! He didn't once mention it all those times he was telling me how I should act like a prim and proper woman like Mother!"
"Yes," the man actually smiled at that, "Of course the other elders are furious about it... They're going around with their Byakugan active at almost all times," he paused casually, "They're so busy trying to keep from being caught in their pranks, that they've almost completely stepped out of the clan's affairs."
"Awwww," the girl grinned back at her father, "I know how much you appreciate all their hard work and selfless dedication..."
The man snorted back a laugh as he took another sip of his tea, "Yes, of course Hanabi-chan... of course... Though, it would seem they've been... relaxing more and more while you're at the Academy. Apparently they think that they're safer when you're not here. So they can let their guards down."
"Tsk!" the girl responded with a slight frown, "Why those...! Insulting my pranking skills?! Unforgivable!" she rubbed her hands together, an evil gleam running across those pale eyes, "I'll get them... oh yes... I'll get them but goooooood... Hehehehehehe."
"I'm sure you will honey," the man nodded as he took another sip from his tea, restraining the smile threatening to mimic his daughter's own, "Anything else happen today?"
"Oh, not much, just started a war," the girl nodded casually as she started to walk away.
"... Just started a war?" the man paused, eying his daughter carefully, "Freeze, explain."
"Oh, its nothing daddy!" the girl insisted, grinning back at him, "I just finally think I pushed Konohamaru far enough to start fighting back! Things should start being fun now!"
"I expect I'll be hearing from your teachers even more often now?" the man paused, sipping again at his tea.
"Probably!" the girl nodded with a wide grin, "Well, except for Iruka-sensei," the girl paused a moment, before frowning, "I think he's going to start sending home critiques like Naruto-kun."
"Good for him," the man nodded back, "I was thinking of talking to the Hokage about encouraging students to take a more active role in these types of exercises, Naruto has certainly proven how effective they can be in training."
"Yay, full class prank war!" the girl was practically drooling over the thought, "Complete and utter chaos! YAAAAAY!"
"... I think I might have to rethink that proposal," the head of the Hyuga Clan twitched lightly as he sipped his tea again, watching his now pouting daughter.
"Awwww..." the girl lightly kicked the ground, "Go maniacal one time and everyone's afraid of you."
"More... Cautious than anything," the man shrugged a bit, "Plus, we do need the academy students to graduate with their... minds intact."
"But, its soooo much more fun to be crazy!" the girl grinned back at her father, "Bye bye now daddy, I'm off to play with the Elders!"
"Have fun sweety," the man chuckled as he responded, "And remember..." he paused, his eyes suddenly gleaming wickedly, "No need to worry about holding back."
"With them, I never do!"
-ANBU Headquarters-
"CODE ORANGE! REPEAT CODE ORANGE!" the words erupted across the compound, blaring at every individual as they as one, felt a cold shiver, running down their spines. A moment later, they knew why.
Chickens were everywhere. In every room, squawking, flapping their wings around as they dashed this way and that. Small greased pigs were running around the floors, slipping through the fingers of cursing white masked figures. And somehow, in the middle of the training room, a single, solitary cow was munching on a roll of hay left out for it to feed on.
A purple haired woman, stood there, her arms crossed as she lightly tapped a finger against her arm, as a single unmasked jounin stood next to her, coughing slightly, "Huh... Looks like another performance review."
"Yes, I can see that," the woman nodded slightly, twitching underneath her mask as a greased pig ran between her legs, followed by a lunging ANBU lunging after it.
Said ANBU suddenly found a pair of sword's pressed against his body, one at his throat, held in the hand of the jounin, the other, pressed firmly between the man's legs. Instantly freezing, the man leg out a startled squeak as he let the pig squirm loose from his grip and continue darting across the room. The unmasked jounin, looked down at the man and coughed again, "I do believe... you're somewhere you shouldn't be."
The man nodded carefully, making certain not to press too firmly against the razor sharp blade pressed to his throat as the ANBU woman growled in turn, "Then, why are you still there?"
"Um... Because if I try to go anywhere else..." the man trailed off carefully gesturing to the swords pressed against his skin.
Before either sword wielders could respond, a pair of chickens suddenly flew into their faces, batting them with feathers and and dulled claws as one managed to tangle itself in the woman's hair. Growling the swordswoman removed the blade from her coworker and started trying to push the flapping avian away from her purple hair. The jounin next to her managed to bat the chicken assaulting his face to grab hold of the neck of the one attacking her and pulling it away, and painfully tugging her hair in the process.
It was then, that the second stage of the prank began, as multiple copies of a whistling Naruto could be seen, practically bounding through the building, throwing tags onto both the ANBU forces, and the animals themselves. Moments later the soft puffs of paint exploding out of the tags could be heard as vivid colors splattered all over the various animals and ninjas. In the middle of it all, the jounin and the ANBU woman next to him, simply stared as one Naruto calmly walked up to them.
"Huh, well this is going better than expected," the boy commented lazily as he stretched out, "Though, seriously..." he paused, tsking lightly as he gave them a look, "That's not a good thing for your reviews."
"We're off duty," the woman shrugged a bit, "And we were about to head on a date."
"Ah, of course, of course," the Naruto nodded as he looked around, "We'll just say you were already out on your date then, though, you might want to get going."
"Right," the man coughed softly as he looked at the woman, "Shall we then?"
The woman agreed with a nod, before the pair of them disappeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving the chaos behind them as the Naruto tsked again then looked around the room, before sighing, "You know, you guys DO realize this is just a distraction, right?"
The ANBU froze where they were attempting to catch the various animals racing about the room, just in time to see a trio of figures racing off, as the boy sighed again, "Tsk tsk... This isn't going to look good for ya'll... If they make it to the wall, you guys fail your reviews."
Instantly, the sensation of every eye widening at once rippled through the room, as the Naruto pulled out a watch and looked it over, "You do realize you only have maybe ten minutes or so before they reach the wall right?"
The rush of figures suddenly trampled over the Naruto, causing it to vanish in a puff of smoke as a mass of ANBU personnel raced out of the headquarters all as one. And directly into a series of glue and feather tags that left them once more Konoha's Feather Dusters. The trio of figures paused again, looking back at the group expectantly before shaking their heads with a sigh.
"They fell for it," the first figure spoke up.
"So I see," chimed the second.
"Rather sad isn't it?" added the third.
"Yes, rather," the first agreed.
"This is going to be a long review, isn't it?" sighed the second.
"Most definitely," nodded the third, "Ah well, shall we then?"
"Off we go!" the first nodded as the trio raced down the streets, followed moments later by the now thoroughly enraged, and feathered, ANBU forces.
In his tower, the Hokage chuckled as he watched the unfolding scene, his eyes alight with delight as he observed the series of tricks the boy was pulling on the group, as well as the careful distractions his teammates were setting up. It was honestly a delight to watch the boy work. Though, again it was quite disappointing how easily he was able to overcome the various ANBU forces with simple diversion and misdirection. He wondered if any of them would even notice the variety of different surprises the boy had left after they'd almost completely abandoned the headquarters en mass.
Ah well, if they didn't notice themselves, it served them right to learn the hard way.
Grinning softly, he focused in on another scene in particular, where a Naruto was busy jotting down notes from a nearby rooftop as a triumphant, though quite feathered ANBU was approaching him from behind.
"Got you, you slick bastard!" the man said triumphantly as he loomed over the boy.
"Sorry," the boy responded, not even bothering to look up as he continued to jot down notes into the notebook before him, "Observational clone number 23, I'm not part of the exercise, I'm merely recording and taking notes for the review."
"Yeah right, you're coming with me, kid," the man said as he roughly grabbed hold of the boy's arm, "Now."
"And, you do realize that interfering with a B-ranked mission issued by the Hokage himself isn't something taken lightly correct?" the boy asked, looking down at the man's arm before looking back up at him, arching a brow casually.
"You. Are. Coming. With. ME," the man growled out, his eyes flashing beneath his mask, "Got it you little demon brat?!"
"Oh, you really, really shouldn't have said that," the clone tsked softly and shook his head, "Now you're in for it."
"Oh yeah, and what're you gonna do about it?" the man snarled back cockily.
"You do realize I'm a SHADOW clone, right?" the boy responded, before shaking his head, "Or, are you just so stupid that you don't realize exactly what that means?"
"That's it!" the man growled, then roughly slammed his fist into the boy's face, causing him to vanish in a puff of smoke.
The man paused a moment, before exactly what the boy had said dawned on him, especially when a moment later, a rather excessive number of copies of Naruto suddenly surrounded him, "Oh... shit."
"Yeah, once one of us goes poof, we ALL know what he did," the sound of cracking knuckles was heard all around the man, "Oh, and you fail your performance review."
"... Double shit," the man bemoaned, just before the swarm was upon him.
When it cleared, the man had been stripped down to his boxers and mask, his body, completely hogtied. As he sweated nervously, he was treated to the sight of another clone picking up the notebook and continuing where the first had left off, as the rest of the clones took off to various different locations, vanishing from sight.
"Are you just going to leave me like this?" the man demanded, ignoring the aches in his body.
"Oh no," the clone responded, continuing to take the notes, "But the rest of your punishment is going to wait until the review is over."
The blonde boy paused, before turning his head, grinning viciously at the man, "After all, what's the fun of making an example out of you, if no one sees it?"
The man broke back a whimper as he struggled futilely against the chakra bound ropes, the feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach only growing.
A predatory grin from the clone didn't help much either.
Back in the streets, madness ensued as a mess of white feathered figures raced along the streets, almost blindly chasing after the three figures as one managed to pull ahead almost catching them as the group managed a good 30 feet lead on the rest of the group. After turning a sharp corner, the rest of the crowd was briefly cut off from sight of the fleeing three and their closest pursuer. When they turned the corner, they found themselves at a fork in the road, their lead pursuer standing there in a daze.
"Which way did they go?!" someone from the group shouted at the seemingly confused looking man.
He looked back at them a moment, his masked face unreadable before he raised his arms, then crossed them about his chest, pointing in both streets, "They went... Thatta way!"
For a moment the group paused in confusion, uncertain what to make of the odd directions, before the group, split, attempting to follow both paths. Unfortunately, as it worked out, people ended up attempting to head to the opposite fork, causing the group to fall over themselves in confusion. The man looked at the group of fallen nins and canted his head lightly to the side.
"Huh... " the figure shrugged, before picking up a bag at his feet, then jumping into the group, "Banzai!"
No one noticed him making a hand sign in midair, releasing a technique just before he landed in the group, and the pink paint bombs in the bag, exploded, covering the group in a brilliant swath of color. At the side of the street, a blonde haired girl suddenly jerked her head up from where she seemed to have been napping and blinked at the group. She couldn't help but immediately start giggling as she watched the ANBU struggle back to their feet before attempting to give chase once more.
Back at the now deserted ANBU headquarters, the various animals left behind, suddenly transformed into shadow clones as they grinned at once another and quickly went to work. Everything was rearranged and moved, tidied, but visibly altered. When the group did finally return, despondent at their failure, the realized the greater mistake they'd made in not leaving anyone behind to protect their headquarters.
Left neatly there in the room, was another table full of ramen, and another, far thicker performance review waiting for their perusal.
Else where, the jounin and ANBU couple blinked slightly as they watched a group of clones carrying a nearly naked ANBU through the street, heading straight towards the Academy. Blinking towards his female companion, the jounin spoke up, "Isn't that...?"
"Yes, I do believe it is," the woman nodded in agreement.
"You don't think he was stupid enough to...?"
"Yes, I do believe he is," she nodded simply and succinctly.
"Huh," the man coughed softly before shrugging, "What he gets then."
"Indeed," the woman agreed, "Pass the dango."
"Oh this?" the man blinked a moment, holding up a stick as he gave her a weak smile then pulled her over onto his lap, "Its easier this way."
"Yes, I do believe you're right," she agreed, then nuzzled into his neck with a smile.
"Shall we get back to our date, and ignore the stupidity of our comrades?" the man offered as he held the dango stick up to the purple-haired woman's lips.
"Lets," she agreed, taking a bite before getting nice and comfortable against his chest.
The Hokage himself blinked at the five reports that were dropped off on his desk by a group of clones, who grinned, and supplied him with two bowls of ramen before pointing to the note a top the reviews, and disappearing. As he read the note, he merely chuckled before making a very familiar hand sign.
When the smoke cleared and five copies of Sarutobi popped into existence, the man himself began to happily eat his ramen as the shadow clones went to work, going over the performance reviews.
-Some days later Training ground 28-
"Neji Hyuga..." the words echoed through the forested training ground, a whisper that couldn't quite be ignored.
Instantly the pale eyed boy tensed, his bloodlimit activating as he scanned the area for the source, "Who's there?" the calmness of his words struggled against the gnawing worry that echoed inside of him, all he could see was his teammates and instructor.
"Neji? What's going on?" the bun haired Tenten spoke up, eying the Hyuga warily as she looked around herself, "Who's calling you?"
"Neji... Hyuga... Your time, has come," again the words came, twisting through the air in the air with their haunting echo.
The boy in question froze for a moment, before he glared back into the forest, "You won't take me Naruto-sama! You might've gotten Hinata-sama and Hanabi-sama, but you won't get me!"
The rest of his team looked back at him, at what passed for a look of almost panic in those pale eyes as the nervously began to eye the forest themselves.
"Yosh! What is it my rival Neji?!" The thick browed Rock Lee asked excitedly, his eyes looking around, "Something for us to test our youthfulness against?!"
"Actually, we're just here for Neji," the voice came back in a bland voice, echoing around them, "Sorry."
"But surely you will not deny my team a test of their youthfulness!?" The towering jounin instructor proclaimed, "For if we cannot aid our teammates, I'll..."
Whatever else the man might've said, was cut off, as a scroll dropped from the air, directly onto his head, before bouncing off and landing in his hands. Blinking in surprise, the teacher slowly opened up the scroll before his eyes widened slightly before looking down at Lee and Tenten, "I am sorry my most youthful students, but our most unyouthful companion is to be punished for his most unyouthful actions against his cousin!"
"Really?" Tenten blinked, "What did he do?"
Wordlessly, the super bushy browed Gai handed the scroll over to the girl, watching as she read through the scroll, blinking a moment before scowling lightly at her teammate, "He did WHAT?!"
Neji blinked a moment, before making note of the expression of righteous anger flooding Tenten's face, his panicked expression only growing in response, "Really Tenten-san, there's a perfectly..."
Any further response the boy would have made, was promptly cut off as string of kunai began to fly towards the pale eyed boy. As the scroll fell to the ground, Lee picked it up himself and began to read through the contents. Blinking again, he stared, in open mouth shock at his teammate, unable to properly articulate the words to respond.
Stepping into view, Hinata and Hanabi Hyuga blinked slightly as they watched Tenten viciously attempt to turn their cousin into a pin cushion before giggling softly to themselves. After a moment, Hinata coughed softly into her hand as her sister continued to giggle, "Um, Tenten-san?"
The bun haired girl blinked and paused a moment, a kunai poised to release as she looked towards the pale eyed girls, "Yes Hinata-san?"
"While I'm sure that we all appreciate your... enthusiasm," the girl smiled as her sister giggled even more for a moment, "We do need him in relatively one piece."
"Oh," Tenten blushed brightly as she quickly gave the girl a bow, "Sorry about that..."
"No worries!," Hanabi spoke up, before grinning as she darted over to the girl and gave a conspiratorial stage whisper to the girl that everyone could hear, "Wanna see pictures of how he learned respect?"
If it was possible, Neji paled even further, his eyes widening as he gulped out, "Hanabi-sama... there's... no need to do that!"
"Hmmm?" Tenten blinked at Neji's pallid response before she turned back to the girl, "It would seem I most certainly do..."
Grinning madly, the young girl scampered over, climbing onto the surprised girl's back, clinging there, just over her shoulder as she pulled the photos out so she could look at them over the girl's shoulder, "Heeeeeere! Hehehehe."
Blinking a bit at the expressly familiar demeanor of the girl, Tenten took the photos somewhat warily before beginning to flip through them. Suddenly blushing bright crimson, she stared at the contents, looking over at Neji again, before blushing even brighter, flipping more slowly, but steadily through the photos as Hanabi whispered above her ear, "He really taunt Neji-san the meaning of the term Respect! Right Neji-san?"
The man flinched visibly still pale as he would nod, sweat building across his cheeks, "Yes, Hanabi-sama."
"Now Neji-san," Hinata spoke up, walking over to the boy and smiling sweetly at him, "I do believe you're familiar with these?" she held up a collar and leash.
"Y-y-yes Hinata-sama," if possible, the boy was getting even paler as he responded.
"Good boy," she practically purred, "Now, you're in luck... Sasuke-kun is out on a mission for the time being, so he's not here."
Relief flooded across the boy's features as he would reluctantly take the collar, looking at it a long moment before pleading with her with his eyes.
"Now, now Neji-san," the girl tsked audibly, "You wouldn't want Naruto-kun to think you're being... disrespectful would you?"
"Yes, you wouldn't want that, would you Neji?" a voice, whispered through the training ground causing the dark haired boy to stiffen again and quickly shake his head as he pulled and strapped the collar about his throat.
"Good boy," Hinata smiled visibly as she petted her taller cousin atop his head then gave the leash a light little tug, "Come along."
As Hinata began to lead the boy off, Hanabi quickly spoke up, "Big sister! Can we take Tenten-chan here with us?! I'm sure she'd love to help!"
Blushing brightly still, Tenten quickly shifted her eyes from Hinata then towards her instructor, "Um, if Gai-sensei doesn't mind..."
"YOSH!" the man stuck his thumb up towards the girl, smiling broadly, "Tenten shines brightly with the flames of youth! Go, help your companion restore his youthfulness and redeem his most unyouthful actions!"
"Oh, I suppose," Hinata offered demurely before offering the leash to the bun haired girl, "Would you like to be the one to hold onto this?"
"Why yes... Yes I would," Tenten, grinned, wickedly as she took the leash from Hinata, then adjusted Hanabi slightly against her back, carrying the girl pig-back style as she led her teammate like a pet.
All Neji could do, was lower his head in shame, as he marched on, feeling the sensation of impending doom falling down his spine with each step.
-Some Days Later-
"I hope Team 7 gets back soon," Sakura grumbled as she idly watched Chouji munching away, "Its been getting boring without Kiba to lighten things up."
"What, no troublesome whining about Sasuke-kun?" Naruto laughed where he sat with Ino perched on his lap this time and Hinata snuggled up at his side.
Shikamaru, blinked a bit then glared at Naruto, "Quite being troublesome Naruto."
Blushing Sakura shrugged a bit before leaning back, "Well, its kinda pointless for me to be all squealing over a gay guy isn't it?" she blushed again as the image popped up in his head, a bit of blood trickling out of her nose as an image appeared before her.
"Oh boy," Ino rolled her eyes as she leaned back comfortably against Naruto, pulling his arm about her waist, "Forehead's gone again, hey Chouji, give her a nudge would you?"
"Fine, fine Ino," the big boned boy grumbled as he nudged his teammate lightly, "Troublesome girl."
"Is everyone going to keep being so damned troublesome?" Shikamaru grumbled lightly as he turned his lazy glare towards his best friend now.
"Probably," Naruto chimed in with a grin as he nuzzled lightly against Ino's neck while he lightly caressed against Hinata's side, "But, I'm kinda enjoying not having Kiba about."
"That's just because you're tired of him drooling in jealousy Naruto-kun," Hinata spoke up with a giggle as she snuggled in closer to her two teammates.
"Well, yes, there is that," the blonde boy admitted with a nod and a sheepish grin.
"I don't see how you two can just... share like that," Sakura stared at her best friend and the blonde's teammate, "Its just.. weird."
"But Hinata-chan's sooooo cute!" Ino grinned back at her best friend as she would lightly pull her teammate's head down against her lap, lightly stroking the rapidly blushing girl's hair, "I mean, look at the way she blushes!"
"Ino-chaaaaan!" the girl in question whined lightly in protest as she helplessly gave into the steady stroking of her hair, pouting lightly.
"Oh, hush," the blonde girl in question grinned as she grinned at the Hyuga girl, "You're cute, deal with it."
"You're both cute," Naruto spoke up underneath both girls as he chuckled a bit, "So, moving on?"
"I have no idea how you can manage such troublesome girls Naruto," Shikamaru drawled as he lay his head on the table, earning himself a glare from Ino, "I've been stuck with Ino since we were kids... I'm glad you got her not us."
"Heh," Naruto chuckled a bit, "Eh, she's not that bad, you just have to know how to handle her."
"Oh, and you think you know how to... Handle me?" Ino almost purred as she looked saucily over her shoulder, arching a brow challengingly to her teammate.
"I can prove it right here and now if you want," the boy responded with a sweet smile while he would lightly let his fingers caress through Hinata's hair as he ran his fingers atop Ino's own.
The girl immediately blushed and looked away, grumbling lightly under her breath about 'troublesome' boys, earning her a hurt glare from Shikamaru, "You too?"
"Oh hush Shika," the girl grunted just a bit as she looked at her friend, before squirming slightly as she looked down at Hinata, "Ok, so maybe Naruto-kun does know how to handle me... Though..."
Ino suddenly giggled as she winked down at Hinata, "Should we tell them what our dads have been up to?"
Hinata blushed crimson as she turned her head, burying her face into Ino's lap as she gave a muffled response, "I don't know HOW you found out about that!"
"Some of the girls dropped dad off one night," Ino giggled wickedly, her eyes gleaming, "Man, that was funny, I had to tell them to wait until he was sober to take advantage of him!"
Team 8 stared at Team 10, before blinking slightly and shaking their heads, "Ok... do we even wanna know?"
"I don't know about you guys, but I sure do!" a familiar voice sounded out as Kiba's eager face appeared, just before he slid into the booth, "After the mission we had, I could use some juicy news."
"Oi dog face," Ino grumbled as she leaned back resignedly against Naruto's chest, "When'd you guys get back?"
"Just now, we figured we'd come and see if you guys were here, so Spanky could give his big news," the Inuzuka made a slight face as he tried to slide in next to Hinata, only to get a withering glare from both girls that sent him sheepishly to the other side of the booth.
"Ah?" Sakura blinked slightly as she scooted over to sit on the other side of Naruto while everyone made room for the rest of Team 7, "What's Sasuke's big news?"
"Yo," Shino spoke quietly as he sat down next to Kiba, before everyone's attention turned towards two nervous figures that stood at the edge of the table.
Grinning sheepishly, Sasuke had his arm around the waist of a very pretty, feminine figure with long dark hair as his free hand lightly ran through his hair, "Hey guys... This is Haku... My, um.. boyfriend."